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DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS
CORNEUE FRDEDMANN SEPT. 13
ADOLPHINGRE SEPT. 15
GERTRUDE HACHTER BORYS MARDER SEPT. 17
BETTY GLORIA ERGAS SEPT. 18
This is to advise that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memory of
SUSAN BLUMAN
will take place Sunday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. at the
ScharaTzedeck Cemetery
Rabbi Bregman will officiate
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Synagogues
CoKleliglriiiig:
Fridity, Se{^. 23 6:49 p.m. Ki Tavo Sept. 24, 7:43p.m.
Ahava* Olam, Box 19569, Vancouver, V5T 4E7. Rabbi David Mivasair, www.ahavat-olam.ca. 604-S75-0240.
Aish Hetooh (Orlbcdox)JCC, 3636 Shelboume St., Viaoria. Min-yanim two Shabbatim a month at 9:30 a.m. 250-592-4162.
Belh Hamidrash (Sepbardic Orthodox) 3231 Heather St. Rabbi Aco-ca. Weekdays, 7 a.m.; Sun-Thur, 7:30 p.m.; Fri, at candlelighting; Shabbat, 9 a.m.; minchah, 45 minutes before sundown; Sun, 8:30 a.m. 604-872-4222. 6^
Belh braei (Conseivatwe) 4350 Oak St. Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Daily, 8 a.m. (public holidays, 9 a.m.) and 6 p.m.; Fri, 6 pjn.; Sat, 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sun, 9 a.m. and6p.m, 604-731-il6l. 6. :
Belh Shalom Sonduoiy (Traditional) OJCC, 108 North Glenmore Rd., Kelowna. Shabbat service last Saturday of the month, 9:30 a.m. 250^2-2305.
Beth Tikvah (Conservative) 9711 Geal Rd., Richmond. Rabbi Clau-dio Kaiser-Blueth. Fri, 8 p.m. and Sat, 9:30a.m. 604-271-6262. 6.
Centre for Judaism (Cbassidic) 2351128 Sl, White Rock. Rabbi Fa-lik Schtroks. Shabbat (and holiday) morning services 10 a.m., followed by kiddush lunch. Kabbalat Shabbat, 7 p.m., the fust Friday of every month. 604-541-4111. 6-
OwbaeRubavikh (Cbassidic) ^'^ Oak Sl Rabbi Yitzchak Wineberg. Daily, 7 a.m.; Sat, 10 a.m.; Sun, 9 z.m. 604-266-1515.
ChabacHBdimond (Cbassidic)2S0-4775 Blundell Rd. Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman. Sat, 10 a.m.; Sun, 9:30 a.m. 604-277-6427.
Chabad-Vancouver bland (Ojos-sidic) 5107 Aldridge St., Viaoria. Rabbi Meir Kaplan. 250-595-7656. .
BtzOwim (Onbodox) 1079^0. 3Rd. 604-275-<X)07. 6-
bnopu^ (Conservative) 1461 Blan-. shard, Victoria. Thur, 7 a.m.; Sat,'
9 a.m. 250-382-0615. 6.
Her B (Conservative) 1305 Taylor. Way, West Vancouver. Rabbi-Shmuel Bimham. Fri, 6 p.m.; Sat,
10 a.m. 604-925-6488.6^
Kolot Mayim (Reform) Second Fri of every month, services with student rabbi, 7:30 p.m.; fouitfiFriof every month is a family service, 7 pjn.. Viaoria JCC 250-177-7749. .
Friday, Sept. 30 6:34 p.m. Nitzavim Oct. 1,7:32 p.m.
Louis Brier Home (Ortbodox) 1055 West 41st Ave. Fri, 4 p.m., led by S. Haber and choir - A. Selwyn, P. Pelnian, M. Moses and R. Rosenberg. Sat, 9 a.m., led by D. Komfeld, R. Rosenberg and C. Kornfeld. Daily, 4:15 p.m. 604-261-9376. 4v
Ohel Ya'olcov Community Kollel
(Traditional) 1965 Broadway. Rabbi Shmulik Yeshayahu. Friday service, 7:30 p.m., followed by dinner, 8 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. followed by .lunch. 604-267-7060.
Or Shalom (Renewal) 710 East 10th Ave. Rabbis Laura Duhan Kaplan and Hillel Goelman. Traditional-egalitarian services. Sat, 10 a.m. services followed by lunch; Kabbalat Shabbat once a month, 6 p.m.; www.orshalom.ca. 604-872-1614. 6.
ScharaTzedeck (Ortbodox)5476 Oak St. Rabbi Rosenblatt, Cantor Orzech. Mon and Thur, 7 a.m.; Tue and Wed, 7:15 a.m.; weekdays, sunset; Fri, 7:15 a.m. and sunset; Sat, 9 a.m. and half-hour before sunset; Sun, 8:30 a.m. 604-736-7607.
Sha'arei Mizrah (XraditionaD Conservative-style Shabbat and holiday services, 2860 Dewdney Tmnk Rd, Coquitlam. Services led by Cantor Steve Levin. 604-552-7221. 6^
ShooreyTefikih 785 W. I6th Ave. Rabbi Schachar Orenstein. Morning minyamim, 7:15 a.m.; Sat, Sun, holidays, 9 a.m.; Kabbalat Shabbat, sundown. 604-873-2700. b-
Ten^jleSholom (R^omi)7190Oak St. Rabbi Philip Bregman, Cantori-ai Soloist Arthur Guttman. Morning minyanim; Mon and Wed, 7:15 a.m.; Fri, 8:15 p.m.; Sat, 10 a.m. 604-266-7190. 6w
Torat Hayim Community (Traditional participatory) 485 Eastcot Rd., West Van. Services led byjef-fiey Milton and Gabriel Milton. Sat, 10:30 a.m., followed by kiddush. 604-9844168.
While Rock/South Surrey Jewish Communily Centre #32 - 3033 King George Hwy., Surrey. Monthly Friday services, 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Cantor Steve Levin and community members. 604-541-9995. 6.
young had (Ortbodoai)702D Francis Rd. in Richmond, Sun-Fri, 7 a jn. and 8 p.m.; Fri, 6 p.m.; Sat, 9 a.m. and 1 hour before sunset 604-689-.8228 or 604-274-2277..
Stop cruelty to animals
Factory farming goes against Jewish precepts.
RABBI ADAM FRANK
At an early age, I was taught that the laws of Jewish slaughter reflea Jthe concern for minimizing an animal's pain at the end of life. But, in the summer of2003, the realities of the food industry hit me like as closed fist.
I am vegan, meaning that I abstain from eating foods that contain animal products. It was two • years ago that I attended my first animal rights conference. Like the seeming majority of people, I considered myself an animal lover. This conference was the single most important wake-up call to my nearsighted understanding of what it means to have concern for animals. As a Jew, I was particularly affected by my evaluation that the treatment of animals to fulfil human food desires is an ap palling violation of the Jewish law prohibiting the unnecessary in-fliaion of pain on an animal. Additionally, though the animal rights industry is disproportionately represented by a large number of Jewish activists, I was, with the exception of one speaker, the only observant Jew participating.
At the conference, I met people who were at one time on the front lines of animal farming. That is, many animal welfare activists are people who previously worked in the animal food-based industry and whose experiences led them to work to alleviate/eliminate the abuses they witnessed. These abuses are documented by hours of films, scientific data, research and hundreds of testimonials. In the United States alone,-more than nine billion animals are killed each year for the food supply - more than 25 million animals a day. It is not possible to breed, raise, handle, transport and slau^ter this number of animals in a non-abusive way. Cruelty to animals is the industrial norm and not the exception.
As an observant Jew, I believe that Jewish law, which governs Jewish life, is intended to shape a charaaer of sensitivity, kindness, passion and compassion. Not only does my observance of Jewish law craft my charaaer, it constructs my vehicle of relationship with G-d. To ignore the religiously unlawful atrocities infliaed by humans . onto the animals of the world would be devastating to the integrity with which I approach my observance of Jewish obligations. It would also taint the relationship of sincerity that I desire to have with G-d.
1 do not want to be misunderstood: Jewish teachings affirm that humans have the privilege to use animals for oumeeds. However,
Judaism also legislates that human use of animals must be done with a concern for the animals' physical welfare and dignity. Humans are permitted to use animals for our needs only in concert with concern for animal suffering: the end user of a produa knowingly derived by cruel means is a participant in the cruelty.
I will use a pronounced example to illustrate the point. It is unlawful to hunt elephants. For years, elephants were hunted and killed for the sole purpose of harvesting their tusks for ivory. Today, illegal poaching of elephants still occurs. Not only are the elephant poachers criminals, but tliose who purchase the ivory of tlie hunted elephants have also committed a crime. Were there no consumers willing to buy the tusks, there would be no incentive for the hunters to poach elephants. I apply the same ethics of principle to food choices.
Modem societies permit atrocious living conditions and heinous mistreatment of animals for the food industry. The reasons for this abuse are economic - to produce vast quantities of produa at the least possible expense. Unarguably, Jewish law legislates human interaction with animals and a holistic reading of Jewish law prohibits modern factory farming praaices. My decision to abstain from the consumption of animal products is an expression of my adherence to Jewish law and it expresses my disapproval and disdain for the cruel practices of the industry.
, Judaism does not make the claim of moral superiority; rather, it makes the demand for responsible actions. Judaism starts from a place of concern for justice and tries to protect all community members, both local and global, from abuses of power and privilege. Thus, Judaism's critique of a social system that fails to protea all of its inhabitants is tliat the system needs repair. The same logic applies to the food industry.
Importantly, within Judaism there is a self-correaing mechanism. This mechanism depends. on its members voicing concern and condemnation at a societal leadership that fails them. The decision not to oppose the systemic animal abuse in the food industry is to condone this abuse - and, it is the wrong decision for the serious Jew and the compassionate person. 8 "'
Adam Fiank is rabbi of Congre-ffttUmMoresbet Yismd in Jerusalem and teaches at the Pardes Institute c^JeuHsb Studies in Jerusalem.