Reception for Israelis and Canadians
Thursday,
Nov 5, 2015
at 10:15 PM.
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ARZA Canada
Week
All Congregations
November 9-15
2015
Rabbi Gilad Kariv and
Rabbi Nir Barkin,
Israeli leaders of IMPJ
will be visiting Canadian Congregations
Anat Hoffman, IRAC,
at Temple Sholom in Vancouver
Scholar in Residence
November 16-17, 2015
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ARZA Canada Week
November 9-15
Our thirteen member ARZA Canada delegation has just returned from an exhilarating week in Jerusalem for the 37th World Zionist Congress. In the world of Zionist politics, presence is power, and power works to implement our values. This Congress was very successful in doing just that. Our thanks go out to ARZENU Chair, our own Rabbi Larry Englander, who led the Reform delegation from around the world.
With this exciting chapter of our Zionist organizational life behind us, many are looking forward to the upcoming URJ Biennial in Orlando where ARZA Canada will be hosting a reception for Canadians and Israelis to meet and greet.
We are especially delighted to be welcoming top Israeli Reform leaders to Canada immediately following the Biennial to participate in our ARZA Canada Week. Every Reform congregation is encouraged to focus on an Israeli-themed program during this week. The goal is always to grow Israel engagement in our congregations and to increase awareness of and membership in ARZA Canada.
We are fortunate to have three outstanding Israeli leaders as guests: Rabbi Gilad Kariv, the Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism (IMPJ), Rabbi Nir Barkin, the Director of Israel Diaspora relations for IMPJ, and Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Centre (IRAC). They will be visiting many of our congregations across Canada as well as meeting privately with Federations and individual supporters of IMPJ. You are invited to come hear them speak, whether at your own congregation or one available to you. I invite you to join me in showing our Israeli partners how much we care
As always, thank you for your support.
L'shalom
Miriam
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Religious Pluralism in Israel: Mission Impossible?
Rabbi Gilad Kariv
Join Rabbi Kariv as we learn more about the challenges of the Reform Movement in Israel and as he addresses the current situation in Israel. Constitutional attorney, Reform Rabbi, Executive Director of the Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ), and Labour Party Knesset Candidate, Rabbi Kariv is an insightful writer and provocative Israeli spokesperson for liberal, democratic Jewish values in the Land of Israel.
Rabbi Kariv, along with many others, works hard to share the accomplishments and the struggles of our sister congregations in Israel. Under his leadership, the Israeli Reform Movement has grown to 45 congregations and Rabbi Kariv has been active not only in advancing the Movement in Israel but also fighting for a pluralistic, democratic, and just state.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 7:30pm
Temple Sinai Congregation
Toronto
Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 7:30pm
Shaarei Beth-El Congregation of Halton
Oakville
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 7:30pm
Holy Blossom Congregation
Toronto
Friday, November 13, 2015, 8pm
Temple Sinai Congregation
Toronto
Saturday, November 14, 2015, 10:00am
Solel Congregation, Mississauga
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 9am Temple Har Zion
Thornhill
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 7:30pm
City Shul
Toronto
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 7pm
Temple Emanu-el Beth Sholom
Montreal
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120 Years of Zionism and Their Implications on Reform Judaism in Israel: 1898-2015
Rabbi Nir Barkin
Rabbi Barkin is a sixth generation Jerusalemite, is currently serving as the first director of the newly-established Israel Diaspora Department of the Israel Reform and Progressive Movement. He leads the DOMIM-aLike initiative to build and strengthen relationships between World Reform and Progressive synagogues, in cooperation with the government of Israel.
Rabbi Barkin was one of two spiritual leaders of Congregation YOZMA in Modi'in from 2005 to May 2015, and a marketing and communications specialist in the Israeli high-tech industry prior to his rabbinical journey. He served in the Intelligence Corps of the IDF and is a graduate cum laude of the Department of Middle Eastern and African studies at Tel Aviv U and a masters degree from Hebrew U in Contemporary Jewish Studies. Rabbi Barkin is married to Anat and together they have three children.
Monday, November 9, 2015, 7pm Temple B'nai Tikvah Calgary
Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 8pm Temple Sholom Vancouver
Thursday, November 13, 2015, 8pm
Temple Emanu-el
Toronto
Saturday, November 14, 2015, 9am Temple Kol Ami
Thornhill
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 10am
Temple Anshe Shalom
Hamilton
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 7pm
Temple Emanu-el Beth Sholom
Montreal
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Anat Hoffman 
Scholar-in-Residence
November 16 & 17, 2015
Anat Hoffman is a national icon and a hero of the Israeli Civil Rights Movement. Anat is executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) as well as a founding member and chairwoman of Women of the Wall (WOW). Her life and career have been informed by a profound commitment to social action, justice, and the Jewish principle of tikkun olam (repairing the world).
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