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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, November 19, 2015 | 10 Shaarei-Beth El celebrating its 60th anniversary by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff The Shaarei-Beth El congregation is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. The Oakville facility, said to be the only synagogue in Halton Region, will celebrate with a weekend of events Nov. 21 and 22. The Halton community is invited to participate in the celebrations. There will be a special Shabbat worship service on Saturday, Nov. 21 with a choir performing a new piece of liturgical music composed for the occasion. The synagogue's longest-serving Rabbi Ed Goldfarb, will be on-hand to deliver a sermon. The day will also see Frimmy Burnstein honoured with the first ever Liz Fein Memorial Leadership Award. The award is named for Fein, a past-president of the congregation. 25 AMAZING NEW RECIPES MONDAY TO SUNDAY 7AM TO 3PM OAKVILLE 146 Lakeshore Rd.W. 905.338.6333 "She was a very vibrant member. She sang in the choir on a weekly basis. She served on committees, the board. She was just a very welcoming and outgoing person," said Rabbi Stephen Wise. "Whenever someone was new to the synagogue, and the community , she would be the first to call. She was just an incredible person." While Fein died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2013, Wise said the congregation wants to keep her memory alive and so has created an award in her name that recognizes exceptional leadership. Burnstein was selected as the first recipient of this award because of her outstanding community involvement. "Frimmy has been a part of the synagogue probably as long as Liz Fein was... 20 to 25 years. She has also been involved in volunteering, and on the board, and in social justice projects and Rabbi Stephen Wise education for the children," said Wise. "Her most valuable contribution recently has been this Social Action Committee of which she has been the chair for six or seven years. In her time, she has galvanized this community to be more involved in social justice work, such as twice a year serving food at Kerr Street Mission's soup kitchen. We've done the cancer awareness Daffodil Program. We've raised awareness for hospitals in Israel and fundraisers to support native Canadians. It seems like she is always pushing us and guiding us into different social justice areas." The evening of Sunday, Nov. 22 will feature a Gala Dinner Fundraiser. There will be a presentation of archives of the congregation's 60-year history, a welcoming address from Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union of Reform Judaism representing the nearly 900 Reform Jewish congregations across North America. There will also be a musical presentation from renowned Latin guitarist Johannes Linstead. Local mayors, MPs, MPPs and members of the interfaith community are expected to be in attendance. The congregation's origins date back to 1912. That year, Morris Burke left Romania, went on to meet and marry his wife Rose, and then settled in Oakville in 1922. Also in 1912, Michael Brown (Marcos Zuckerman) left Bukovina, married his wife Becky and later settled in Oakville in 1923. The two women, both pregnant, met at a baby clinic in town and the idea of a Jewish congregation was conceived. In 1955, the group founded the OakvilleTrafalgar Jewish Community Centre with 15 families and a plan to have poker nights for the dads, celebrate Jewish holidays together and have religious instruction for the children. As the congregation grew and looked for land to build a synagogue, the Jensen family of Oakville offered the far end of what was then called Morrison Farms. Donations came in and the building was finished in 1962 at which point the congregation was renamed Beth El, meaning house of God. By the late 1960s, the congregation had grown to 100 families and hired a Rabbi. It hosted events in Oakville, including a bazaar, bingo and fashion show in Oakville Arena's Pine Room. By the 1980s, the synagogue was looking to expand and merged with the Burlington Jewish Group to form what is now Shaarei-Beth El. The synagogue was renovated to the current 5,000-sq.-ft. facility the congregation uses today. In recent years, the building was renovated and retrofitted further so that it is eco-friendly outside and beautiful and warm inside. For more information about the events, call 905-849-6000 or visit www.sbe.ca. www.oakville.ca Public Open House #3 College Park Transportation Study Thursday, December 3, 2015 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oakville/Trafalgar Rooms, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Your input is important! The Town of Oakville appreciates your feedback and we encourage you to get involved. This is the third open house for this study. At this open house, the project team will present the project details, review study findings, address public comments and concerns and present the recommended solutions. The project study team will be available to answer your questions and take your comments. What is the purpose of this study? The Town of Oakville is undertaking a transportation study to examine various transportation issues in the College Park neighbourhood. Concerns around traffic congestion, vehicle speeds and public safety have previously been raised in the study area that has led the town to undertake this study. The study includes a specific focus on the intersection of Sixth Line and McCraney Street while also focusing on transportation issues around the various schools in the study area. The study area does not include Sheridan College, the Oakville Place shopping centre, or roads under the jurisdiction of Halton Region (e.g., Trafalgar Road, Upper Middle Road, South Service Road). If you have comments or questions, please contact: Lin Rogers, P.Eng. Project Manager Town of Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, Ontario L6H 0H3 Phone: 905-845-6601, ext. 3236 Fax: 905-338-4414 email: lin.rogers@oakville.ca Stephen Keen, P.Eng. Consultant Project Manager CIMA Canada Inc. 3027 Harvester Road, Suite 400 Burlington, Ontario L7N 3G7 Phone: 289-288-0287 Fax: 289-288-0285 email: stephen.keen@cima.ca If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact Lin Rogers at 905-845-6601, ext. 3236 or (TTY: 905-338-4200) or fill out an accessible form online at oakville.ca one week before the meeting date. The personal information accompsanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended, and can form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to Lin Rogers.