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Cards for NCJW OP SHOP Please contact Faye Seefeld 55 741152 Rabbi’s new email address: email Welcome to new members: Topping Surfers Central Synagogue
4 River Terrace, Surfers Paradise
P O Box 6803 Gold Coast Mail Centre
Bundall Qld 9726
Phone/Fax 55 70 6143
Newsletter
October 2005/Elul 5765/Tishre 5766 Email:
admin@surferscentralsynagoguegoldcoast.com
ROSH HASHANA MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
Dear Members and Friends,
This Rosh Hashana marks just over 12 months since Rabbi and Rebbitzen Belfer
came to our Shul setting the final stage of Surfers Central Synagogue as an
alternative Orthodox Congregation on the Gold I well remember the excitement
of heralding our first Rabbi and the beautiful service which he rendered and
I still wonder how fortunate we as a Congregation have been to have such a gentleman
whose g In spite of ill health Rebbitzen Belfer has continually entertained
members and interstate visitors including assisting with accommodation and has
supported the Rabbi in his many Shiurim at Gibraltar It is so easy to take everything
for granted and in the Belfers’ home that is easy to do because they quietly
go about their duties with the interest of our Shul at heart.
These coming High Holidays both Rabbi Edward Belfer and Rabbi Chaim Ingram will
conduct services, inspiring and uplifting our prayers, as they did last Rosh
Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Our Shul this year will be filled to capacity with members, friends and interstate
visitors who have heard of our growing reputation in our services and we are
delighted that so many wish to join us d
It is said in the Rosh Hashana mussaf service :
“To-day is the birthday of the world; to-day G-d will sit in judgement
over all the world‘s creations.”
“Rosh Hashana is a day on which each person individually, and the nations
of the world collectively, are judged by an omniscient, omnipotent G-d.
On Rosh Hashanah we commemorate G-d’s creation of the world. He alone created;
He alone commands the earth below and the sky above. Rosh Hashana is the annual
coronation of the King of Kings, a c
On behalf of the Board of Management, I wish you and your family the traditional
greeting that you may all be written in the Book of Life this coming New Year
and may it be a Sweet Healthy and Joyo
L’ Shona Tov
AVON COOK
President
President’s Report Shop Hours over Yomtov
Wednesday 5th October 9.00am – 12.00pm
Friday 14th October 9.00am - 12.00pm
Normal Office Hours:
Monday ) 9.00am
Wednesday ) to
Friday ) 1.00pm
Service Times
Shabbat Mornings 9.00am
Mincha/Seudat Shelishit 5.30pm
Mon – Fri 7.00am
5.30pm
Sun & Holidays 8.00am
5.30pm
Selichot Services
Daily(except Shabbat) 6.45am
Until Erev Yom Kippur
Sundays 8.00am
Also inside this Edition:
From the Rabbi’s Desk
NCJW Op Shop
Dates and times of services
Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur
Monthly calendar
Breaking of the fast
Cards and religious items
Tribute to the late Simon Wiesenthal
L’Shana Tova to all and well over the fast.
4 River Terrace Surfers Paradise
P O Box 6803 Gold Coast Mail Centre
Queensland 9726
Phone/Fax 55 70 6143
Newsletter
March 2005/Adar 5765
Email
each centre is a matter of how well they have prepared his type of scenario.
Fifth Century, three more powers were added to the previous five,
viz., television, oil and the internet.
Today, in the 21st Century, very little has changed. These eight
powers continue to be applied, but more intensely so. More people are affected
by the ravages of war throughout the world th
Is there a second side to this picture? Of course there is. What could
be more positive than the world’s reaction to the tsunami and to hurricane
Katrina? We have witnessed on these sa
What then, is the Jewish attitude to these problems?
Are we obligated to assist in bringing relief to all these distressed people?
Our record speaks for itself. Time after time, Israel is the first country to
offer and send materiel, medical The Chafetz Chaim zt”l wrote in
his sefer Ahavat Chessed,
“Our wealth really belongs to G-d. When we give tzedakah,
our principal reward comes from our willingness to give it”.
The Torah commands us to give one tenth of our capital and net income. Whatever
we give must be given with a good and cheerful heart, with empathy and consoling
words. Our aim should be to preserve If we follow the principle of “FAMILY
FIRST” in dispensing tzedakah then we must be cognizant of the significant
number of our Jewish families in Israel also who live below the poverty line.
Whatever support we can give and, however much or little it may be, let us give
with an open hand and an open heart. Let us give it where it will do the most
good but, above all, let us do it with lo Giving tzedakah in memory of departed
parents, enables our parents to continue their good influence even after their
death, and this also benefits them in the spiritual world.
On 6th September, this year, we passed the milestone of our first
anniversary with Surfers Central Synagogue. It has been an eventful year and
one of personal growth and learning. We look f
Frances and I wish each and every one of you, together with your dear families,
K’tivah VeChatimah Tovah - that we all may be written and sealed
for a Shanah Tovah u’M’
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The calendar may also be viewed on our website
Please check it out
Monday 3rd October Eve of Rosh HaShana 5.30pm
Tuesday 4th October Rosh Ha Shana 9.00am First Day
5.30pm
Weddings, Bar – Bat Mitzvahs,
Condolences, Rosh HaShana and
Other occasions are available
From the office
All $3.50 each
Wednesday 5th October Second Day 9.00am
Friday 8th October Shabbat Shuva Eve 5.30pm
Saturday 9th October Shabbat Shuva 9.00am
Wednesday 12th October Mincha 3.00pm
Eve Yom Kippur 6.00pm
Thursday 13th October Yom Kippur Day 8.00am
if you have a spare day and wish to
volunteer in the shop or if you have items to donate.
Reading of the Law 11.00am
Yizkor 12.00pm
Fast ends 6.29pm
Monday 17th October Sukkot 1st Night 5.30pm
Tuesday 18th October Sukkot 1st Day 9.00am
Sukkot 2nd Night 5.30pm
Wednesday 19th October Sukkot 2nd Day 9.00am
Friday 21st October Shabbat Chol Hamoed 5.30pm
rabbi@surferscentralsynagoguegoldcoast.com
Saturday 22nd October Shabbat Chol Hamoed 9.00am
Monday 24th October Hoshanah Rabbah 8.00am
Eve Shemini Atzeret 5.30pm
Tuesday 25th October Shemini Atzeret 9.00am
Yizkor 11.00am
Eve Simchat Torah 6.30pm
Wednesday 26th October Simchat Torah 9.00am
Friday 29th October Shabbat Bereshit 9.00am
We are all very happy that Gerry Seefeld is home again from Hospital, we wish
you well.
Orna Perlman is progressing well after her hip operation. Keep up the good work.
To all our members who have been suffering with the flu, please get well soon.
Peter and Paula Durbach
Susan Duncan
Ofer and Karen Bader & family
Sheila Catterall
Peter Wittman
Members of your newly elected Board of management:
Avon Cook President Phone: 0405 105375
Zelig Berkhut Vice President Phone: 55399098
Lew Rischin Vice President Phone: 55315125
Secretary Scott Lewis Phone: 0415 456244 NOTE:
Board members: Anyone wishing to break the fast in the Shule must
advise the office as soon as possible as we can only
Judy Baskett Phone: 0410 447238 accommodate 30 people. Dinner will be $20.00
per
Lewis Kay (Security) Phone: 0412 727473 person.
RECIPE FROM THE GUILD
Chocolate Honey Cake
1 cup vegetable oil _ cup cocoa 1 cup coffee (room Temp)
1 cup sugar 2 _ cups flour _ cup slivered almonds
2/3 cup brown sugar _ tsp baking soda 4 eggs
1 cup light honey 1 tbsp baking powder _ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla _ tsp salt
_ cup coarsely chopped semi sweet chocolate, icing sugar and cocoa.
In a medium bowl blend the oil with the sugars, honey and vanilla. Blend in
the eggs and mix well.
In a separate larger bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Make a well in the
centre of the dry ingredients and stir in the wet ingredients, slowly add the
coffee. Blend well to make a smooth batter. Spoon the mixture into a greases
cake tin and sprinkle top with almonds.
Bake cake for 12 minutes at 180’ then reduce heat to 160’ and bake
for approx another hour.
On removing the cake from oven, sprinkle on the chopped chocolate. Shake pan
to loosen cake but do not remove it. Refrigerate to set the chocolate. Once
set invert pan and remove cake Dust with icin
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SIMON WIESENTHAL:
Simon Wiesenthal’s life did not end like that of his 89 relatives, including
his mother who perished at the hands of the Nazi’s. Wiesenthal survived
12 concentration camps and only succumbed
Wiesenthal died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Vienna. But as long as
he lived, Wiesenthal was determined that no Nazi enjoy a privilege. To that
end he roamed the earth tracking Nazis, eventu
“When history looks back, I want people to know that the Nazis weren’t
able to kill millions of people and get away with it,” Wiesenthal once
replied to a question on why he chose his l
Nazi hunting of course, isn’t a profession one aspires to as a child; it
is only by virtue of cruel circumstances and single mindedness that one enters
such a career path. Indeed few have followe
“He just took the job. It was a job no one else wanted. He was a full-time
Nazi hunter,” Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal
Centre in Los Angeles, told the Jerusalem
Born on December 31, 1908 in what is now Lvov, Ukraine. Wiesenthal was denied
admission in the local polytechnic institute because of it’s quota on Jews.
He instead attended the Technical Univers
He worked as an architect for three years before World War 11 struck. He was
able to provide his blond haired, blue eyed wife, Cyla with false papers allowing
her to pose as a Pole and escape executio
Instead he escaped from a series of work and then death camps, surviving a death
march before being rescued by American forces at Mauthausen in May of 1945.
He and his wife both believed the other dead, but later they were reunited.
Their only daughter Pauline was born the next year. She has spent most of her
adult life in Herzliya. Cyla Wiesenthal passed
But the touch of his work has been felt well beyond his family circle.
“He kept the memory alive when no one had time to hunt Nazis. In the 1950s,
the US was busy with the cold war, while Israel had its own troubles with the
Arabs,” Hier said. “One must un
And go after them he did.
“A day after World War 11 ended, Wiesenthal handed over a crumbling list
of Nazis to US Army intelligence,” according to Hier. “He also cooperated
with Israeli authorities, especially t
There has been much controversy about the extent of his collaboration with the
Israeli agents in the capture of Eichmann.
Although often accused of exaggerating his role in Eichmann’s capture,
Wiesenthal did not claim sole responsibility, only saying that he knew by 1954
where Eichmann was.
Eichmann’s capture “was a teamwork of many who did not know each other,”
Wiesenthal told AP in 1972. “I do not know if and to what extent reports
I sent to Israel were used.”< Less controversial was his role in finding
Austrian policeman Karl Silberbauer, who he believed arrested the Dutch teenager
Anne Frank and sent her to the Bergen Belsen concentration camp where she di
Wiesenthal decided to pursue Silberbauer in 1958 after a youth told him he did
not believe in Frank’s existence and murder, but would if Wiesenthal could
find the man who arrested her. His 5 year
If his spy drama brought attention, he was able to capitalise on world interest
and convert it into awareness of Holocaust crimes and their victims. An international
network of centres bearing his nam
Wiesenthal accomplished much of his successes with a limited – sometimes
non-existent – budget. According to Rabbi Hier, “For years, he was
all by himself. He was even forced to close t
Until a few years before his death he came to his small office in Vienna for
work each day, even after a bomb exploded in front of his house in 1982, necessitating
a security guard at home and work. T
Austria made strides in overcoming it’s denial of it’s mistreatment
of the Jews thanks in large part to Wiesenthal’s tireless if controversial
stumping for his cause.
His funeral was held Friday in Jerusalem.
“I have received many honours in my lifetime,” Wiesenthal once said
of the more that 50 awards he has received from European countries, Jewish groups,
and human rights organisations. “W
This report was from the Jerusalem Post. (Shani Rosenfelder and AP contributed
to this report)
4 River Terrace Surfers Paradise
P O Box 6803 Gold Coast Mail Centre
Queensland 9726
Phone/Fax 55 70 6143
Newsletter
March 2005/Adar 5765