Av/Elul 5770 August 2010 Volume 2/ Number 8. Special Kiddush s

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1 Av/Elul 5770 August 2010 Volume 2/ Number 8 Parashat August 7 Re e August 14 Shoftim August 21 Ki Tetze August 28 Ki Tavo SHABBAT CANDLE LIGHTING August 6 6:05PM August 13 6:02PM August 20 5:58PM August 27 5:53PM ROSH CHODESH August 10 and 11 WEEKLY Sunday: 8:00 am Minian/ 9:30 am Hebrew School Monday: 7:15 am Minian Shacharit Tuesday: 11:00 am class with Rabbanit for Women Thursday: 7:15 am Minian Shacharit Opening of the Gan/ School Page 4 Birthday/Bat Mitzvah Style Celebration Page 5 Lecture by Profession Goldstein Page 6 Friday: 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat: 9:30 am Minian followed by Kiddush Graduates Page 7 August 1 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 Special Kiddush s Bat Mitzvah Style Celebration of Belinda Fragman Prayers for the Speedy recovery of Sinai Djemal Malca Family to Celebrate Fiona s Birthday Betsy and Simon Malca s Wedding Anniversary Celebration Nati Moskovich Despedida Party

2 PAGE 2 August 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:30PM 7Children s Service 10:30 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 8Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 9 10 Rosh Chodesh 1 11 Rosh Chodesh Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:30PM 14Children s Service 10:30 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 15Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:30PM 21Children s Service 10:30 Ladies Lesson after Lunch 22Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children 29Hebrew and Torah Classes for Children Maariv Shabbat followed by Dinner 6:30PM 28Children s Service 10:30 Ladies Lesson after Lunch SUPPORT YOUR JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Do you know that membership in the Jewish Association of the Philippines only costs PHP18,000 per year for a family and PHP14,000 per year for singles? Do you know that this small amount goes to paying for all the Shabaton lunches, dinners, events, salaries, lights, maintenance and upkeep of the building. And in addition to all this, your Jewish Association does a lot of charity work. VISIT YOUR SYNAGOGUE We are WIFI. Come in, browse the library, have coffee and surf the net. JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES 110 H. V. Dela Costa Street Salcedo Village, Makati City Philippines Tel: (632) Fax: (632) Website: admin@jewishphilippines.net (John Kater) president@jewishphilippines.net (Paul Rosenberg) rabbi@jewishphilippines.net (Rabbi Azaria)

3 PAGE 3 Civil Birthday Hebrew Birthday This Years Civil Date DATUIN Enrique August 1 Av 14 July 25 AYLY Lael Ayly August 2 Av 12 July 23 HOLZ Frank August 4, MINC Marcelo August 15 Av 11 July 22 SCHWARTZ Alexa Hayley August 18 Av 20 July 31 SCHWARTZ Serena Carlie August 18 Av 20 July 31 HAREL Nancy August 19 Av 24 Aug 4 WANG Gertrude August 19 Elul 9 Aug 19 MALCA Fiona August 22 Elul 2 Aug 12 CARDEMA Rina August 23 WANG Sarah August 25 Av 22 Aug 2 ADELMAN Billie Ann August 2 Elul 8 Aug 18 REINES Harrison August 27 Av 24 Aug 4 FRIEDLAND Harry August 28 Av 26 Aug 6 GOLAN Dorithy August 30 Av 29 Aug 9 LAHM Lesley August 31 Elul 15 Aug 25 Upcoming Kiddush s September 4 Cherrie Sarfati September 11 Chava Wang Jacob s Birthday In Honor of the Synagogue welcoming September 25 Sharon and Michael Kohler them to the Community Please check Bulletin Board outside of Social Hall for future available Dates Join us on Facebook Receive all the updates and news about the Synagogue When in Facebook search The Jewish Association of the Philippines or paste the below URL

4 PAGE 4 SCHOOL/GAN STARTS The Rabbi and Rabbanit rushed back from their vacation in Israel to prepare for the opening of the Gan. With help from the community, they were able to open the school for pre-schoolers on time, July 19. It has been a rousing success. At least 10 children attend daily with more signed up for later starts once the parents vacations are over. As you can see from the pictures, there is lots of arts and crafts. There are bible stories, readings, Hebrew taught. All classes are in English. Secular classes include math, numbers, shapes and colors, and reading. We are very lucky this year to have the Rabbanit s sister as a teacher. She is a qualified Kindergarten teacher. We have a second teacher plus of course the Rabbi and Rabbanit. We have helpers for the children. There are many exciting lessons and trips planned.

5 PAGE 5 The Birthday/Bat Mitzvah Style Celebration Of Belinda Fragman

6 PAGE 6 My Bat Mitzvah My family and friends encouragement made it possible for the Bas Mitzvah to have meaning to me and to remember that I am doing this for myself, my grandparents, my parents and especially for G-d. My Daddy, Mommy and my friends that love me helped in every little way and that s what made it special, the help and encouragement they did made the feeling of having my Bat Mitzvah special, and to keep the feeling in our hearts to never give up in G-d and in hope. I want to thank John Berry for taking pictures at my special event. -Belinda Fragman- Professor Jonathan Goldstein Our community was blessed to receive a visit from Professor Goldstein and for him to give a talk. It was extremely interesting. He spoke about the book he is working on which covers the history of the Jewish communities in Harben, Singapore and Manila. Professor Goldstein is Professor of East Asian History at the University of West Georgia since 1981 and Research Associate of Harvard University s John K. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies [formerly Fairbank Center for East Asian Research] since He has many Awards, Fellowships and research grants. A few of which are the Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities grant for research conference on Jewish Diasporas in China: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Harvard University Fairbank Center, Yad Vashem grant and many many more. BAGELBOYS JULY 4TH CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL The Bagelboys, who claim to be the second largest Jewish Organization in the Philippines, celebrated July 4 in Ron s house in Angeles City. They started with a memorial to Stephen Rosenberg. After the memorial, they started the barbeque and fun was had by all.

7 PAGE 5 BOOKS FROM OUR LIBRARY Every month we will review a book which is in our library. We encourage everyone to use our library. According to Rabbi Talmid, we have the largest library in Southeast Asia. It is here for your reading and learning pleasure. A truly excellent beginning for young readers and also adults just beginning an exploration of the Jewish Torah to learn the narrative of the Jewish past, present and future. This history faithfully adheres to the spirit of the Scriptures without being imbued with an anti-religious bias or any attempts to diminish the sanctity of the Torah. Throughout the narrative runs a a 'thread of blue' a holy narrative of divine destiny running through the history of the Jewish people. This will guide the Jewish child to not only feel a great pride and dignity in the past, present and future of her people, but also answer the great question that will perplex him or her, in this time of the nations questioning the existence of the Jewish people and the Jewish state. This digest also complements the Bible with other traditional sources such as the Talmud and Midrash. Thus we read of Nimrod's attempts to have Abram killed, the death of Nimrod at the hands of Esau. That Osnat, the princess who Joseph married from Potiphar's household was Osnat, the daughter of Joseph's sister Dina And the incident where Pharaoh put the young child Moses to the test of putting a gold nugget or a coal into his mouth and putting the burning coal into his mouth saved his life but gave him a speech impediment for life. Also includes handy timelines, maps and family charts as appendi at the back of the book. Congratulations to the Graduates Raya Camille Gilan graduated from Bais Yaacov High School in Denver Colorado Blake Cassey Blumenthal graduated from Southville International School International Baccalaureate Program

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12 PAGE 8 AVON HAS MOVED Since the early 1980 s, when the new Synagogue was opened in Makati, the building the Synagogue was in has been rented by Avon. We have been very fortunate that for all these years the rental was able to cover most of the Synagogue s overhead. As of December 1, they left. We are actively trying to rent the building. In the meantime, we need all the help we can get. We need families and individuals who are not members to join. We will annualize all membership dues to begin January 1, If you have paid already for part of 2010, we will pro rate. But all dues will begin starting January 1. Please also update all of your membership information including birthdays, anniversaries, Yahrzeits. Any help we can get to rent the building will be greatly appreciated. Information is below. Location: 1963 Taft Avenue Corner of Quirino Avenue Floor Area: 1,500 sqm over 2 floors Building available from December 1,2009. There is parking in the front of the building. For BPO/Call Center it can seat 330. Located conveniently near many Universities, like dela Salle. Sale or Lease of Makati Apartment Owned by Asher Gofer 2 BR Apt. about 65 SQM, fully furnished, with a parking lot, at the newly opened GSM Condominium along H. V. de la Costa Street, just 50 meters or so from the Synagogue! Will be ready for lease or sale by June Interested parties may contact Jun or us at agoffer@neto.net.il for more details.