CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY BASH

The Centennial Birthday Bash will forever be an event to remember!  From the food and music to the endless activities, shows and performances, the evening was celebrated by over 1,500 people!

Thank you to the Parent Teacher Council, the Centennial Birthday Bash Committee and all the volunteers for their hard work, dedication and commitment to ensuring that the CBB was a huge success.

A very special thank you to Lazar Yitzchok, Aaron's and Toronto Kosher for a delicious BBQ dinner, Richman's Bakery, Magen Boys, Vibe Dance and Fitness Studio Hart Entertainment and Stock Transportation.

Thank you to all of the vendors, donors and suppliers.  We greatly appreciate your ongoing support and generosity. 

Thank you also to everyone who attended the Centennial Birthday Bash.  We hope you had a fabulous time!

The success of this event would not have been possible if not each and every one of you. 

Looking forward to the next 100 years!

Kol HaKavod!

Raquel Sananes & Rochelle Kerzner

Co-chairs, Centennial Birthday Bash

Please check the photo gallery for pictures of this great event!

C E N T E N N I A L  G A L A  D I N N E R

Our Promise. Our Children. Our Future.

Thursday, November 6, 2008 | Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Congregation

Associated Hebrew Schools’ Centennial celebrations will culminate with Our Promise. Our Children. Our Future, – a gala dinner on November 6, 2008.

This elegant evening will pay tribute to Associated’s contribution to Jewish education and celebrate the School’s rich history and our exciting future. The evening will honour our key leaders who have been instrumental in helping
Associated reach this amazing milestone.

The evening will also feature the fabulous entertainment of renowned mentalist Mark Salem, the comedy of alumnus Robert Cait, who will act as the Master of Ceremonies, the music of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band and much more!

We invite alumni, past parents, current parents and all our community supporters to attend this fabulous celebration. Continue to check our website for more details.

“Write a letter in the Torah and feel the breath of eternity”
– RABBI CHARLES GRYSMAN, RABBI IN-RESIDENCE, ASSOCIATED HEBREW SCHOOLS

The Torah is the timeless wellspring of Jewish thought and wisdom, endlessly linking and empowering the generations of the Jewish People. For 100 years Associated Hebrew Schools has guarded and sustained
the Torah while it has guided and spiritually sustained Associated.

Our gift to the future generations of Associated will be our Torah L’Dorot, a new Torah scroll being scribed in Israel especially for the School, which will provide the opportunity to truly link the generations of Associated students.

A Mitzvah of a Lifetime

We joyfully invite our students, parents, alumni and those in the community to join us in fulfilling the 613th mitzvah of “writing” a new Sefer Torah in honour of Associated’s Centennial.

A donation to our Torah campaign is your opportunity to join with children and grandchildren in demonstrating our commitment to the tradition and values that have brought us to this 100-year milestone and will sustain us through our next 100 years. Funds raised will enable the completion and adornment of the new Sefer Torah and will be directed to the five Centres of Excellence that are the core of Associated’s future plan.

A Celebration for All
Associated students will have the opportunity to complete a letter in the new Torah L’Dorot. In addition,
students at all grade levels will be involved in educational and art projects focused on how the scrolls
are written and much more.

On October 29, 2008, the new Sefer Torah will be welcomed to its new home with a grand celebration
( Hachnasat Sefer Torah –Dedication Ceremony) involving each and every Associated student, along with his/her parents and grandparents. Community supporters and dignitaries will also join us as we welcome the Sefer Torah, which will reside at the Danilack Middle School where it will be used on a regular basis by generations of Associated Students to come.

For more information on how you can participate, click here to view our Torah L'Dorot brochure.

Associated’s Centennial Forest in Israel

We are pleased to announce that in honour of Associated Hebrew Schools 100th and Israel’s 60th anniversary, we are planning to establish the Associated Hebrew Schools Centennial Forest in Israel through the Jewish National Fund. From here on, all trees purchased through the School will be planted in our own
dedicated forest.

By planting trees in the AHS Centennial Forest, you will be honouring both of these momentous milestones! We encourage you to participate by purchasing trees this year, at a cost of $18 each. To take part, please contact the JNF at 416-638-7200 and request that your tree be part of the AHS Centennial Forest.

Plans are underway to have an inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony with Associated Alumni at the Associated Hebrew Schools’ Centennial Forest in October. If you are AHS alumnus residing in Israel we hope that you will join us for this special ceremony and commemorate this special day with us.