Tuesday August 31, 2023

Meetings are generally opened by the following:

Word of the Day:  Pundit (from Merriam-Webster.com/word-of-the-day)

Yiddish Corner: Fyvush Finkel (from Yiddish Book Centre, Wexler Oral History 

What Day is it:  National Eat Outdoors Day, National Trail Mix day, National Matchmakers Day which led into a clip, availabe from Youtube, of the song "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof.

Parshat Hashavua and Haftorah: Parsha "Ki Tavoh" and Haftorah was the 6th of 7th haftorot of consolation after Tisha B'Av.  Laya Crust shared with her painting of the Haftorah and an explanation of same.

As Laya is a calligrapher, there was a discussion of a new book by Israeli calligrapher, Izzy Pludwinski "Beauty of Hebrew Letters from Sacred Scrolls to Graffiti.  His website is impwriter.com.

Laya also advised that on Wednesday September 6th at 12 p.m. she will be presenting  in a Zoom meeting about                .  The presentation will be about 1/2 hour followed by an interview of her.

Some of our members attended an exhibit of Marc Chagall's lithographs.  The exhibit is at Wycliffe College at University of Toronto.  Please contact the college to arrange a visiting time.  

We watched a video about an American artist, Jacob Glushakow.  Google him for more info.

In the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) last year, there was a movie about Jason Logan, an ink maker who makes inks from natural materials.  We watched a short video about Jason Logan about his inkmaking journey (youtube put out by the Arts Guild).  Google his website "The Toronto Ink Company".

A discussion ensued about possible toxicity of natural inks - perhaps less toxic than chemical inks, but may be toxic none-the-less.  And also questions were raised about the longevity of such inks.  Laya said that she uses gouache as she is able to adjust its colour and intensity by adding liquid to change its consistency.

We finished up with a Parsha menu from jamiegeller.com/holidays.

P.S.  Actually we concluded the L&S on a musical note.  During the Hebrew month of Elul, the prayer "Achat Sh'alti" is recited or sung.  This week's version was on Youtube with Rabbi Claudia Kreiman, Noah Weinberg and the TBZ community.