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MARCH 23, 2020 | ADAR 27, 5780 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 Remembering Jon Braun, 1957-2020 Jon Braun, director of ing thousands of kids about the value of sports. For many, he was their connec- athletics, leagues and tion to the Jewish community. “Jon was all about the kids… mak- summer camps at the ing sure they got to experience and SJCC since 1988 was a get a taste of different activities in the sporting world,” said SJCC Youth Pro- beloved figure to the grams Manager and Specialty Camps Director Gail Lieff. “This was his prior- generations of chil- ity when he took over the JCC Sports Camp and turned it into the Travelling dren and adults whose Sports Camp.” lives he touched over Jon’s official title at the SJCC was director of Athletics where he oversaw the past 32 years. sports leagues for adults and kids, in addition to being executive director BY PAMELA ROSENBERG of Summer Camps and director of the SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Travelling Sports Camp. Although none of those job descriptions include fund- on Braun passed away unexpectedly raising, ensuring there was enough on March 9, at age 63, leaving gen- money in the pot so that every child erations of Ottawa families at a loss. could experience a summer at JCC Sum- JWhile adults were in shock, teens mer Camps was something he took very shared the news on social media and lit- seriously. tle kids, who came to the Soloway Jewish “JB had a deep belief in the inherent Community Centre (SJCC) to take part goodness of people. In his work with in “JB’s After School Sports” programs, children at summer camp, he cultivated wanted to know why JB wasn’t there. their goodness like a patient gardener,” Within seconds of posting the notice Jon Braun always showed great pride in the accomplishments of those participating in his said Maxine Miska, SJCC vice-president of Jon’s passing on the SJCC Facebook programs. of Operations and Programs. page, comments started rolling in. Just His commitment to youth sports in the first hour, more than 100 people culminated in an annual event called from all over, commented, shared pic- lives of so many over the years. ment at Algonquin College. “Breakfast of Champions” which Jon tures and were shocked and devastated Jon, son of the late Peter and the late In his late teens, began Jon suffering created 17 years ago. While there were by the sad news. Miriam Braun, and brother and brother- from keratoconus, an eye disease of the plenty of local events that honoured The main thing that can be taken in-law of Martin and Reesa Braun of cornea that causes a progressive loss of award-winning athletes, Jon wanted to away from those hundreds of posts is Toronto, was born February 22, 1957 and vision. However, successful cornea trans- create something that made everyone that Jon was a special person. Words like grew up in Montreal where he graduated plants in 1981 and 1983 allowed Jon to feel special. The event celebrates middle “mensch” and “legend” were used to from Wagar High School and Concordia proceed with his education and career. school, high school and college athletes, describe this man who had a great nick- University. After moving to Ottawa, Jon Jon first came to the Chapel Street as well as those who tried hard in one of name for everyone he came across, and earned a graduate diploma in sport and JCC in 1988 and has been an integral Jon’s SJCC sports leagues. clearly had a profound impact on the recreation administration and manage- part of the community ever since, teach- See BRAUN on page 2

‘Socalled with Strings: Yiddish Song’ Rabbi Boruch Perton on the Jason Moscovitz on missing Purim inside: coming to National Arts Centre > p. 3 Torah Day School ‘community’ > p. 6 in Jerusalem > p. 7 March 23, 2020 2 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Braun: ‘His loss is tragic to the SJCC and our entire community’

Continued from page 1 And while Jon didn’t have any children of his own, it has been said that he had thousands of kids. His long-time friend Mitch Miller said what Jon did at the SJCC was not a job for him. “He felt so much pride when a kid who grew up at the SJCC played college hockey or graduated from law school. He would say, ‘He used to be in my program.’ He would beam with pride over their academic and athletic achievements.” When a group of Jon’s “kids,” including David Slover, grew up and moved to Toronto several years ago, they formed a baseball team and proudly named themselves “The Jon Brauns.” Jon was quietly put to rest at a small graveside service in Toronto on March 13 with his family and a few close friends in attendance. According to Mitch, who made the trip to say good bye to his buddy, Jon’s older brother Martin, gave a heartfelt eulogy where he shared some inside jokes between him and his little brother. He also spoke about Jon’s impact on Ottawa’s Jewish community and recalled how he gave Jon the nickname “King Braun.” “Jon Braun was my colleague and my friend. His Jon Braun (second from left) and friends at the 2015 SJCC Purim Carnival. loss is tragic to the SJCC and our entire community. The outpouring of emotion from so many people that Jon touched has been amazing,” said SJCC President and COO Barry Sohn. “It has helped me to get through this awful sadness I feel. Jon touched generations in ways that we are just beginning to realize. We will cel- ebrate his life and do our best to honour him in the near future.” And while we will no longer see Jon in his “JB uni- form” of grey sweats and Montreal Canadiens or Bruce Springsteen T-shirts wandering around the SJCC doling out nicknames, or sitting in his office catching up with a friend, he will forever be in our hearts and the legacy that he created in the Ottawa community will live on forever. Donations in Jon’s memory may be made to the Jonathan Braun Camp Scholarship fund “to help give Jon Braun and participants in the SJCC after-school archery Jon Braun and SJCC President and COO Barry Sohn share a all children, regardless of their financial situation, the program celebrate a bullseye. celebratory moment. gift of a summer at JCC Summer Camps” by visiting https://ojcf.ca/jb or calling the Ottawa Jewish Commu- nity Foundation at 613-798-4696, ext. 274.

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Speaker, Maxwell Smart Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration

Please join us for the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s annual commemoration, and hear MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Josh “Socalled” Dolgin, seen performing at the 2016 Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal, is one Maxwell Smart’s story of survival and transformation. of the most innovative artists in Jewish music. Interview by journalist Stephanie Levitz. Josh Dolgin brings Monday, April 20 ‘Socalled Sings with Strings: Yiddish Song’ to the NAC  pm Soloway JCC, Social Hall • 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. BY MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Free event, all welcome. EDITOR As Dolgin explained in a recent con- versation, the process of developing a osh Dolgin, who grew up in the Yiddish song repertoire to perform with Ottawa area – and across the river classical string quartets began years ago Maxwell Smart was born in Buczacz, Poland in in Chelsea, Quebec – has been one when he was searching for sounds to 1930. While his family was forced from their home Jof the most innovative artists and incorporate into his hip-hop explora- far-reaching artists in Jewish music over tions. by the Nazi invasion in 1942, Maxwell the past 15 or more years. “I started to fall upon Jewish records, I first encountered Dolgin close to 20 Yiddish records, cantorial music, Chas- escaped to the woods of Eastern Europe. years ago when he was playing accordi- sidic music, klezmer, and then Yiddish Surviving by hiding in forests and small bunkers, on and singing in Shtreiml, the Montre- folk songs, Yiddish theatre music, Yid- al-based klezmer band. But Dolgin really dish art songs. I was looking for sam- his life was a world of hunger, illness, and fear. rose to prominence a few years later, ples, little sounds I could use in making under the stage name “Socalled,” with new music. In the process of that, I fell In 1948, at the age of 17, a war orphan, Maxwell an unlikely and unique fusion of hip- in love with the music, with that culture immigrated to Montreal where he began his hop and klezmer music. Writing about and I started to get involved with this his album “Ghettoblaster” in a 2008 so-called revival of Yiddish culture that prolific career as an artist and author. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Review music started in the 1970s. column, I noted, “While Dolgin is tak- That revival, spurred by a new gener- • ing Jewish music in directions it’s never ation of klezmer musicians and scholars, Today, Maxwell Smart is recognized as before gone, there is always the sense began to reverse a decline in Yiddish that he knows, understands and has the culture that was dealt a mortal blow “a Jewel of the Montreal art scene.” utmost respect for the musical traditions when millions of Yiddish-speakers were he’s challenging and changing.” murdered by the Nazis during the Holo- In a twist that may have surprised caust and Jewish culture in the Soviet Info or RSVP to Anne Read at [email protected] long-time Socalled fans, Dolgin record- Union was being supressed by Joseph ed his latest album, “Socalled Sings ‘Di Stalin’s Communist regime. Meanwhile, or 613-798-4696 x355 Frosh’ and Other Yiddish Songs,” with many Jews in the United States were the Kaiser Quartett, a classical string assimilating and the new State of Israel Sponsored by quartet, and will be bringing his show, promoted the revival of Hebrew as the A program of the Shoah Committee of “Socalled Sings with Strings: Yiddish lingua franca of the Jewish people. the Jewish Federation of Ottawa Song,” to the National Arts Centre’s Azri- “Great! But they threw the baby out eli Studio on Tuesday, April 28, at 8 pm. See Dolgin on page 4 March 23, 2020 4 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Josh “Socalled” CHILD’S SMILE Dolgin will perform Yiddish songs with the SAYS IT ALL Warhol Dervish String Quartet, April 28, at the Where Learning is: National Arts Centre. • Inquiry-based & hands-on • Differentiated & individualized • Judaically-centred • Inspirational & fun • Meeting or exceeding PETER HÖNNEMANN Ontario Ministry Dolgin: ‘A classy Yiddish show’ standards Continued from page 3 “It all came together,” he explained, with the bath water and for someone “the love of harmony, the love of rep- like me, looking for an identity, looking ertoire, string quartet writing, wanting for who I was, and looking for what it to take it to another sophisticated level, meant to be Jewish… looking at my kind of growing up a little, kind of a own roots, which come from eastern mid-life crisis, not just wanting to be the Europe, Ukraine and Romania, where rapper/crazy guy who raps over Yiddish my grandparents came to Canada from, beats, trying to grow up as a musician, I started to find this music and it spoke but with something that felt real.” to me. It was uniquely my own and was Dolgin had grown up at Temple Israel something I wasn’t hearing anywhere of Ottawa and the congregation invited else,” Dolgin said. Dolgin to present a concert as part of its As he pursued his various projects on 50th anniversary celebrations in October the cutting edges of Jewish music, Dol- 2016. gin kept finding himself immersed in “I thought this could be the excuse the traditional Yiddish song repertoire. to get together that repertoire to do a “Even though I’m sort of this hip-hop classy Yiddish show,” Dolgin said. klezmer renegade, I’m also kind of a tra- “I asked some arranger friends to ditionalist and I really like what it used take either old recordings and transcribe to sound like. I don’t want to mess with them or to take these four-part harmo- it. I love recordings from the 1920s, ’30s, ny choral arrangements and write them ’40s and ’50s, so, over the years, just out for string quartet and voice. I chose singing the songs more, I’d always have my favourite pieces from art song, from one Yiddish song in a set, no matter Yiddish theatre, from folksong, from where I was,” he said. children’s lullabies, to funny political Dolgin also began to explore choral songs and I made a repertoire.” music. He sang in the choir at the Shaar From its humble beginnings at Tem- Hashomayim, perhaps Montreal’s most ple Israel, Dolgin has taken “Socalled renowned synagogue choir, and began Sings with Strings: Yiddish Song” directing Yiddish choirs at KlezKanada – around the world performing with the annual celebration of Yiddish cul- string quartets in North America, ture held at Camp B’nai Brith of Mon- Europe and Australia. treal in the Laurentians at the end of At the National Arts Centre, Dolgin summer – arranging the songs in four- will be working with a Montreal-based part group harmony. string quartet called Warhol Dervish, led “If you’re trying to rediscover the lost by violist Pemi Paull, whose roots are Learn more about tradition and you find a four-part har- also in Ottawa’s Jewish community. Torah Day School of Ottawa mony arrangement, it gives you a whole “I even wear a tux,” Dolgin explained other layer of detail of how to harmo- with a laugh. “I always pooh-poohed For more information or to book your private tour nize the song in a Jewish way. It’s not dressing up to do a [Socalled] show. But call 613-274-0110 just a melody, it’s not just a rhythm, it’s with this concert, I thought it needed a not just the lyrics, it’s also the arrange- touch of class, so I started wearing the ment and the way things are harmo- black tux.” Torah Day School of Ottawa nized,” he said. Tickets for the April 28 concert are 1119 Lazard Street, Ottawa, ON K2C 2R5 Meanwhile, Dolgin began writing available at the National Arts Centre 613-274-0110 • [email protected] musicals and was developing skills in box office, online at https://nac-cna.ca/ For more information visit our website torahday.ca arranging and composing for string en/event/23696 or by phone at 1-888- quartets. 991-2787. March 23, 2020 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 5 Federation announces new grants to help ensure care for the vulnerable BY KEVIN BARWIN those in need to socialize and make GRANTS AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE Jewish connections. The program is JEWISH FEDERATION OF OTTAWA The Fund to Ensure Care for the Vulnerable will invest inspired by Montreal’s Le Café program. o one left behind” is one of $240,000 in these seven programs over the next three years. We are fortunate in our community that the Jewish Federation of the 2019 Annual Campaign exceeded its Ottawa’s new strategic targets, which has enabled innovative, goals. Our vision is a amongst other criteria. funds for two programs. Moadon – which critical investment in our community. ‘Ncommunity where everyone is welcome The approved grants include a pro- is Hebrew for meeting place – will Through the work of Federation’s Stra- and has access to Jewish life. Now, with posal from the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank provide a drop-in space at the JFS offices tegic Funding Task Force, several new the approval of grants from the Fund to to offer a “Cook and Carry” program that for regular clients where they will have funds were created to help address specific Ensure Care for the Vulnerable, will support clients with cooking classes access to computers, snacks, activities community needs. So far this year, the Federation will be supporting seven new and special kitchen items. The classes will and more. The JFS Care for the Caregiver Grants and Evaluation Committee has and innovative programs that will serve reduce social isolation and improve program is designed to improve how reviewed and approved grants for day our most at-risk community members, to healthy eating and cooking skills. Jewish Ottawa supports care for seniors, school programs, supplementary school help reach that goal. A partnership of Tamir, Jewish Family by understanding and providing educa- programs, and security matching grants The Fund to Ensure Care for the Services of Ottawa (JFS), JOIN-Jewish tion and support to family caregivers. (dependent on government and Security Vulnerable will invest $240,000 in these Ottawa Inclusion Network and This program will work in synergy with Infrastructure Program grants). seven programs over the next three years. Federation will fund a part-time com- another program at Hillel Lodge. The The final strategic funding grants to The objective of these one-time grants, munity inclusion coordinator to help the Hillel Lodge Frail Elderly Support day roll out will be the Jewish Journeys grants each spread over three years, is to assist Jewish community and local Jewish program is a two-year project that will to be awarded for programs that enable local Jewish organizations to care for the organizations make their programs and provide respite and care for seniors Ottawa Jewish organizations to reach vulnerable and/or to help prevent future facilities more welcoming to people with through physically, emotionally, and more people in our community and help vulnerability. The maximum value of special needs. AJA 50+ also received cognitively stimulating activities in a them take the next step in their Jewish each grant is $50,000. The Grants and additional funding to support Creative positive Jewish environment. journey. Applications for these grants Evaluation Committee reviewed many Connections, a popular day program for Hillel Lodge, together with community close on April 20. For more information, proposals and considered how each new cognitively-well seniors that provides volunteers Helen and Mayer Alvo, also contact Federation Director of project could have long-term positive interesting activities and lunch to a received a grant to launch Café Menorah, Community Collaboration Kara Goodwin impacts and whether the projects were growing demographic in our community. a volunteer-led program that will provide at [email protected] or meeting an unmet community need, Jewish Family Services was granted a kosher hot meal and an opportunity for 613-798-4616, ext. 200. March 23, 2020 6 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

At Torah Day School we are ‘community’ cators appreciate the delicate balance We are a school that all subject areas with small groups and between creating a warm atmosphere one-on-on assessment. while maintaining a professional learn- graduates future leaders Our Judaic studies curriculum con- ing environment. Science labs, robot- who have a deep tinues to inspire, excite and amaze. Our ics, core and enriched French, Hebrew understanding of Jewish students are fluent in Hebrew, knowl- language, Judaic studies, intramural edgeable about the Jewish life cycle and sports leagues, chess club, taekwondo, text, culture and eager participants in their synagogues, Shabbatons, chesed, skating and more community. at Shabbat tables, community seders unique opportunities and fun activities and other Jewish rituals and events.

FEDERATION FEDERATION REPORT create a well-rounded graduate. Recently received grants have allowed This is an exciting time for Torah RABBI BORUCH PERTON, We are a school where the students us to improve our STEM (Science, Tech- Day and for the entire community. HEAD OF SCHOOL, come from homes representing all nology, Engineering, Mathematics) cur- A wonderful example of community TORAH DAY SCHOOL OF OTTAWA demographics within our broad Jewish riculum. We now have mobile science is how 14 rabbis from across Ottawa, community. In this milieu, children carts (thanks to the Jewish Federation together with parents, grandparents, orah Day School of Ottawa learn to appreciate each other (and of Ottawa) allowing teachers and stu- Jewish leaders (including a Federation (TDSO) is more than a school not just tolerate each other). We are dents to engage in hands-on, innovative team) are running as part of Team that follows the Ontario Min- a school that graduates future leaders studies. Our interactive math program TDSO in the upcoming Ottawa Mara- istry of Education curriculum. who have a deep understanding of Jew- allows our teachers to individualize stu- thon as during Tamarack Ottawa Race TTDSO is also more than a school that ish text, culture and community. We are dent learning. This facilitates parents, Weekend. We would love for you to year-after-year produces academic a school that instills a love and pride students, and teachers to collaborate come cheer us on (or even sponsor us results above the public and private in being Jewish every single day. Judaic together. Our enriched French pro- at www.runottawa.ca) on Sunday, May school norms based upon annual stan- studies aren’t a course at TDSO – they gram allows students to not only learn 24, when we “Run with the Rabbis” in dardized testing. Who are we? are a way of life. vocabulary and grammar, but practical, support of Jewish education in Ottawa. We are a school where students We are a school that is on an upward conversational French ensuring our For more information about Torah smile as they approach every learning growth trajectory. We are excited to students are able to converse in both Day School of Ottawa and our special opportunity with a determined grin. welcome new families who are moving official languages. Creative, talented and “community,” please contact Head of Where dedicated teaching staff care to Ottawa, who have chosen Torah Day caring teachers offer unique lessons to School Rabbi Boruch Perton at deeply about every child. Where edu- School for their family in September. our students, bringing learning to life in [email protected].

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Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. proud Jewish heart and soul 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 Email: [email protected] about our rich heritage and culture. Published 19 times per year. © Copyright 2020 On Purim, we are The record level of intermarriage with- in North America is riveting proof of PUBLISHER committed to clinging how overwhelming this battle truly Andrea Freedman is. Many of our youth today have very EDITOR to our joint religion and Michael Regenstreif little idea of what it even means to be heritage. We all beat PRODUCTION CONSULTANT Jewish, let alone to live Jewish. Patti Moran FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT with one proud Jewish That is why I was particularly heart- BUSINESS MANAGER RABBI CHAIM MENDELSOHN, heart and soul. ened to witness a group of 10 local Eddie Peltzman CHABAD OF CENTREPOINTE Am Yisroel Chai. teens who travelled with my wife Bassy to New York to join 3,000 other teens Although this “From the Pulpit” col- for a memorable weekend focused The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force umn appears in the Ottawa Jewish Bul- festive meal, donating to the poor and on Jewish pride. In fact, the highlight for constructive communal consciousness,” communicates the messages of the Jewish letin after Purim, I am writing it just a distributing food baskets to our friends. of the weekend was a Jewish con- Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as few days before this joyous festival. As If I was asked to capture the mes- cert in Times Square where the teens the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a such, I would like to devote this article sage of Purim in one short phrase, it screamed “Shema Yisroel” at the tops diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed to the timeless message of Purim. would be “Jewish Pride.” of their lungs. in these pages do not necessarily represent Most of us are familiar with the You see, Haman’s anger against the As participant Mimi Breiter wrote the policies and values of the Federation. incredible story behind our joy. But Jewish people was because they refused in a text message, “The trip was very The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut allow me to share with you a short syn- to bow to him and treat him as a deity inspiring. It was so different to all the of advertised products or establishments opsis. while stubbornly remaining loyal to other Shabbatons I’ve been on. I have unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized The wicked Haman, viceroy of the God, Torah, tradition and culture. They never seen so many Jews in one place by OVH. king of Persia is intent on wiping out remained fiercely proud of their heri- before. I was proud to be Jewish with $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada the Jewish people. Due to the inter- tage, refusing to assimilate. In fact, the everyone, and because of this I felt so $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue vention of Queen Esther, cousin of Megillah records Haman’s justification included.” Funded by the Government of Canada. the Jewish leader Mordechai, whose to the king for wiping out the Jewish Perhaps this is the reason behind Jewish identity is unknown in the pal- nation, and it is precisely because they wearing masks on Purim. It is as if we ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 ace, the decree of Jewish extinction is refused to blend in. are collectively saying, on this day our averted. Living today in North America with personal externalities cease to matter. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin The miracle was recorded in detail unprecedented religious freedom, I am On Purim, we are committed to cling- 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, by Mordechai and Esther in the Megil- afraid we are still battling a different ing to our joint religion and heritage. Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 lah which we read every year on Purim. type of Haman. Modern society begs We all beat with one proud Jewish In addition, we celebrate by eating a us to assimilate and blend in, to forget heart and soul. Am Yisroel Chai. March 23, 2020 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 7

COVID-19 now affects all of us since been many more. Sports leagues – munity School, like many Jewish day JON BRAUN including the NHL, the NBA and Major schools elsewhere, will remain closed Like so many in our community, I was League Baseball and others – have until after the Passover break next shocked and deeply saddened by the sud- suspended or postponed their seasons. month, and Hillel Lodge, like all long- den passing of Jon Braun, the director of Broadway has cancelled all of its shows term care facilities in Ontario, has been athletics, leagues and summer camps at for at least a month and other cultural closed to visitors until further notice. the SJCC for more than three decades, and venues have followed suit. Here in Otta- The first event cancellation or post- a beloved figure to generations of kids and wa, the National Arts Centre and the ponement I learned of in the commu- adults in Ottawa’s Jewish community. Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe have nity was Limmud Ottawa – one of my I met JB, as he was affectionately

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR cancelled all scheduled performances favourite annual community events – known, on my first day of work at the MICHAEL REGENSTREIF and events until (at least) April 5. which was to have taken place on March Bulletin in 2007. We’d see each other The House of Commons has been 15 at the SJCC. Other community events, almost every day at the SJCC and had adjourned until April 20 and Prime no doubt, will be cancelled or post- countless conversations about our s I write, the world seems Minister Justin Trudeau is among the poned in the days, weeks and, perhaps, common Montreal background, about to be in a state of constant Canadians in self-isolation at home months ahead. I would advise verifying our shared passion for music, about the flux as COVID-19, the novel because his wife, Sophie Grégoire with organizers that scheduled events community, about politics, and even, corona virus, spreads and gov- Trudeau, who had travelled to England are going ahead before leaving home. sometimes, about sports, even though Aernments, organizations, families and for a charity event, was the second per- Our lives will be more complicated I’m not much of a sports fan. individuals take actions and precautions son in the Ottawa area to test positive until COVID-19 is under control, but JB was passionate about his work and, to slow the spread of the pandemic and for COVID-19. even as we engage in precautions like appropriately, the SJCC has established mitigate its effects. Our Jewish community in Ottawa vigilant hand-washing, safe sneezing the Jonathan Braun Camp Scholarship So much about this story has changed has been affected. Since, March 13, I and coughing, and “social distancing” Fund at the Ottawa Jewish Community rapidly in such a short period of time. have been working from home because practices ranging from avoiding large- Foundation to help support Jon’s vision Not too long ago, we were looking at hot the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin office is in scale events and nonessential travel that all Jewish children in the communi- COVID-19 zones in China, Iran and Italy. the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (see Jason Moscovitz’s story in the ty have the opportunity to enjoy a great Today virtually the entire world has been (SJCC) and the SJCC, like many facili- space below), to not shaking hands, summer at one of the JCC day camps. affected in some way or another. ties in Ottawa and across the country, etc., such adversities also have a way of Visit https://ojcf.ca/jb for more informa- Events, large and small, have been has been closed as a precaution. The bringing communities together. Turn tion or to make a contribution. cancelled. South-by-Southwest in Austin, SJCC has announced it will tentatively to page 17 for an inspiring story about I know I’m not alone in offering my Texas is one of the largest music festivals reopen on March 30 but “will re-evalu- how a large cluster of COVID-19 cases deepest condolences to JB’s family and in the world and it was one of the first ate as the situation evolves.” has affected the Jewish community of to his many friends, but also to the major events to be cancelled. There have Meanwhile, the Ottawa Jewish Com- New Rochelle, New York. entire community – we’ll all miss him.

‘We missed Purim in Jerusalem’

I missed. said we couldn’t go. He told me it was Friedman said what I had been thinking Ironically, even when the reports of too risky. I got upset and said, “I’m not all afternoon. “The next three weeks,” he COVID-19 started to intensify, we didn’t going on holiday. I’m going to see my said, “were critical.” That really got my think we would have to be concerned grandchildren.” attention. I needed another day to think. about safe Israel, so far from the epicen- “You can see them another time,” he The lure of family and grandchildren tre in China. Not only that, we were fly- replied. is as strong as iron and when your ing directly from Canada. There was no True, but I didn’t want to hear that. loved ones live far away, need I say risk transferring at a European airport. The father-son conversation was more? But we didn’t go. By a long shot, For weeks, we didn’t see a problem. getting a little heated and I told him I it was the right decision. IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS But, as the departure date didn’t want to talk about it anymore. As The day after cancelling, I got unex- JASON MOSCOVITZ approached, there was one constant we sharp as ever a few months away from pected news. My daughter Emmanu- had to deal with. Every day the status of his 98th birthday, he told me he didn’t elle was in self-quarantine at home in t the beginning, COVID-19 the virus was worse than the day before. understand why we wanted to walk into Jerusalem. She had travelled to Paris meant deciding whether to Every day there were more countries a hornets’ nest. Now that stung. on business the week before and was travel or not. For me and my hit, more people sick, and more dying. I got off the phone and tried to use ordered by the government not to go partner there appeared to be The real shocker was news that Israel a logical approach to the risks and pos- outside for 10 days. Aonly one answer, not to travel, although had its own growing number of people sibilities. I instantly realized the dilem- I can only imagine how disappoint- to the end we were heavily leaning the suffering from COVID-19 and that there ma. There was no way in the world of ing it would have been to be there with other way. were many more there at risk. knowing what lay ahead. The unknown my daughter confined to her residence. Almost every year since 2008, I have I can be stubborn, and even facing was the hornet’s nest. Who knows how easily, or how hard, ended winter early by going to Israel in formidable reasons to stay home, my That very afternoon I reasoned the it might have been to travel home at March to enjoy full-blown spring and mind still raced back and forth. There next three weeks would be critical. the end of March? “Who knows any- even some summer-like days wearing were some moments we were 100 per Either COVID-19 would be reasonably thing about anything?” has been the shorts and T-shirts in Jerusalem. cent sure we would go and some we under control or in three weeks the truly scary part of COVID-19 from the This year, we were going to arrive were 100 per cent sure we wouldn’t. world would be upside down with a beginning. on Purim. I was going to wear a big fur Back and forth our minds went like a raging pandemic. I don’t know why I We missed Purim in Jerusalem. We winter hat that makes my young grand- seesaw. Something had to happen to thought three weeks. Perhaps, subcon- missed Shalev who was Superman. children laugh because I tell them it’s either get us to go or not go. sciously, I knew we were going away for We missed Aurianne who was Queen not a hat it’s my hair. Instead of having Less than a week before departure, three weeks. Esther. that pleasure, I stayed in Ottawa to my 97-year-old father phoned from That night I was watching CNN and And Jerusalem missed my big fur wear winter boots and think about what Montreal. Never one to mince words, Eli New York Times columnist Thomas winter hat. March 23, 2020 8 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Remembering an inspiring Israeli hero

Shai Sagi, one of the In 1997, Ramon was Jewish Federation of chosen to be the first Israeli astronaut. A year Ottawa’s shinshinim later, he and his wife from Israel, remem- Rona and their four bers Israeli astronaut young children moved Ilan Ramon. to the U.S. in order to train with NASA. n February 1, we commemorat- ed the anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, to have a representative in space. which exploded during re-en- I feel that I cannot speak about Ilan Otry to Earth’s atmosphere following a Ramon without talking about his wife, 16-day science and research mission in Rona Ramon. 2003. One of the team members was Ilan Rona is also inspiring. Following Ramon, the first and to-date only Israeli the Columbia explosion and the death to travel in space. of Ilan, Rona and their four children Ramon was born in 1954 to a family returned to Israel. When it was time for of Holocaust survivors and grew up Assaf, the eldest son, to join the IDF, he in Ramat Gan and in Beer Sheva. He knew he wanted to be a pilot just like served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) his father. In the IDF, a strict guideline as an air force pilot, having graduated says that if you are from a family in from his training course with honours. which a member has been killed in ser- On June 7, 1981, Ramon took part vice you cannot serve in a combat posi- in Operation Opera, the bombing of a tion unless a parent agrees. Rona knew nuclear reactor site that was being built that it the strength of Assaf’s desire to in Iraq. He was one of the first to take serve as a fighter pilot and agreed. Assaf part in the planning of the operation was a phenomenal pilot and finished and as the youngest pilot of the team, first in his training course with honours. he was the last in the attack structure. Six years after Ilan was killed, Assaf This position is considered to be par- died when his plane crashed during a ticularly dangerous because as the last training session. It was an enormous aircraft carrying out the attack, the sur- tragedy and I remember how sad every- prise element is lost and the enemy can one in Israel was. easily hit back. Even with all the sorrow and the Following that operation, Ramon great loss, Rona succeeded in finding served in several important positions in strength and energy and founded the the Israeli air force and was considered Ramon Foundation in the memory of a very gifted pilot. He later completed a Ilan and Assaf. The foundation pro- degree in computer science and served motes education and leadership to as head of air force’s weapons division. Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion on February 1, Israeli youth, providing scholarships and In 1997, Ramon was chosen to be the 2003. opportunities for kids from lower socio- first Israeli astronaut. A year later, he economic areas. and his wife Rona and their four young Another program of the foundation is children moved to the U.S. in order to six times to determine Shabbat begins. Holocaust survivor and a Torah book. Ramon Spacelab, which allows teams of train with NASA. While researching Ramon’s story, I All of these objects demonstrate how students to submit an experiment to the During his training, one of the things learned more about him through the closely Ramon was connected to his International Space Station. concerned him was how he could objects he brought with him to space roots and to Judaism. During Israel’s annual Space Week, observe Shabbat in space as there is including flags of the State of Israel, of While in space, Ramon kept a diary astronauts and Space Agency represen- neither sunrise or sunset in space. An the cities where he grew up, and of the and eight pages from it survived the tatives from around the world visit Isra- important tip he got from one of the rab- institutions where he worked and stud- explosion and were restored. In the el to participate in a Ramon conference bis he consulted was to count 24 hours ied. He took also a painting drawn by a pages found, Ramon documented his all under the Ramon Foundation events. experiences from the day of the launch In 2016, during the 68th Yom until his sixth day in space. On one of Ha’Atzmaut celebrations, Rona had the those pages Ramon wrote the words of honour of lighting a torch at the annual Hulse, Playfair the Kiddush words for Shabbat. torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl The remains of the objects that in Jerusalem. And in June 2018, she was & McGarry were found are all displayed at the Ilan awarded an honorary fellowship by the FUNERAL SERVICES Ramon Museum and Memorial in Mitzpe Technion in recognition of her many years Ramon, in the Negev. As well, there are of work and contribution to Israeli society. schools in Israel named for him and the Rona died in December 2018 from Serving your community since 1925 Customer:Ramon Airport in Eilat is named for Ilan pancreatic cancer. 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BY SHULI KARKOWSKY a part of my life. He’s someone who ix months ago, after giving birth would invite me for a Shabbat meal; he’s to a beautiful son (our third!), we someone who would give me a ride to or gave up on the delusion of being from the train. He’s a part of my life in a a cool urban family and moved real way now, and I want desperately for Sfrom the Upper West Side of Manhattan him and his family to be all right. to New Rochelle, in New York’s suburban Since the quarantine was announced, Westchester County. those same WhatsApp groups have We joined a local shul, Young Israel been fountains of comfort and filled of New Rochelle, and have never felt with offers of help. I’ve received tons of more welcomed in our lives. From the emails from local people and businesses, moment we joined, we weren’t consid- all of whom are trying to help the affect- ered “new members” – we were firmly A significant number of COVID-19 cases have been identified among members of Young Israel ed families in any way possible – offer- of New Rochelle, an Orthodox congregation north of New York City. (Courtesy of Young Israel of part of the community. ing to deliver groceries to those who New Rochelle) Having lived here approximately 30 can’t leave the house, taking pictures of weeks, we’ve been invited to Shabbat the kosher food inventory at our local lunch by fellow synagogue members 19 coronavirus. Hours after that, our memory of a warm smile and some wel- stores so we can make good selections, approximately 28 times. I already belong entire congregation – including me, my coming words. commiserating over WhatsApp with just to a WhatsApp group of working moms; husband and those aforementioned Two days later, after many rumours the right GIFs. we offer to pick up groceries for each three children, including a little baby – about how he was doing, I found out It’s a hard thing to have joined a shul other when we go to the store, know- was quarantined. that that man’s condition had stabilized. that abruptly and unexpectedly put us ing we’re all busy and trying to keep it This first diagnosed member of our He was out of the coma and improving. at significant risk, sending my family together. I also belong to a shul-wide shul was in critical condition. (He was I cried. Warm, wet tears streamed down into quarantine. But here’s the thing: WhatsApp group offering rides to and hospitalized at New York-Presbyterian my face at the thought of this man and I didn’t join a shul. I became a part of from the neighbourhood to our local Hospital in Manhattan and was report- his family being reunited – hopefully – a community. From the day we joined, Metro-North station, with the under- ed to have an underlying respiratory one day soon. Yes, some of those tears that shul was not about what happened standing that it is totally cool to beg ailment.) I think I met this gentleman were selfish tears – if he’s OK, maybe inside the building. Rather it’s about a ride off someone you’ve never met once, briefly, about four months ago, we’ll all be OK – but I honestly think the what gathering in that building has before. Here, that’s what community while walking to shul on Shabbat. Even vast majority were community tears. done to us: It’s allowed God to dwell means. that, I couldn’t swear to – I honestly I barely know this man, but I truly among us, binding a group of people On March 8, we found out that a didn’t remember what he looked like care deeply about him and his family. into an “us.” And for that reason, I don’t member of our warm, tight-knit com- until the newspaper published a photo- We may have only met for a moment, have a single regret. munity was diagnosed with the COVID- graph of him. But the photo sparked a but he is part of my community. He is This story originally appeared on Kveller.

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BY ROSALIE SCHWARTZ NA’AMAT OTTAWA AVIVA CHAPTER money to raise and it was recognized that to reach its quota, Na’amat Ottawa This article on the history of Na’am- would have to reach out to Ottawa’s at, internationally and in Ottawa, was larger Jewish community. As a result written in celebration of International of this, the Ottawa Jewish Telephone Women’s Day on March 8 and the 70th Directory was created and we are proud anniversary of Na’amat’s Ottawa Jewish to say the directory will celebrate its Telephone Directory in 2020. 70th anniversary in 2020. Sonia Viner was its first chair and Goldie Shabinsky ioneer Women – known as was captain of teams to solicit ads. The Moetzet Hapoelot (Working directories were hand delivered to Jew- Women’s Council) – was founded ish homes at a cost of $1 and were gladly in 1921 in British Mandate Pales- accepted into many homes. The Ottawa Ptine. A North American branch, Pioneer Jewish Telephone Directory became an Women USA, was founded in 1925 and important connective tool for Ottawa’s was dedicated to aiding the women try- Jewish community. ing to survive in pre-state Israel. These Sonia Viner founded the Chana women were attracted to the Zionist Senesh chapter, which though no longer cause as they were at the forefront active, still has members who support of “creating legislation that involved Na’amat financially. In the 1970s and women and children.” subsequent years, several local Na’amat Canadian chapters of Pioneer Women chapters formed: Aviva, Nitza, Otzma, were affiliated with Pioneer Women USA Tikvah and Ma’ayan. Today, members until 1965 when Canada established its of Aviva and Otzma remain actively own separate organization. In 1975, Pio- involved in Na’amat Ottawa. neer Women in Israel changed its name Here we are, 82 years since the found- to Na’amat (Nashim Avdot Umitnavdot), ing of Na’amat Ottawa and nearly 100 a Hebrew acronym for working women years since the founding of the world- and volunteers. wide organization. Na’amat has become Na’amat Ottawa’s first group was Israel’s largest women’s movement. We OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES founded in 1938. The group was named continue to work to improve human Lil Dubrofsky (left) and Sylvia Shinder at the Pioneer Women’s booth at the Israel Trade Fair in after Golda Meir, a founding member of rights in Israel, Canada, the U.S.A. and Ottawa, September 20, 1948. Na’amat and future prime minister of eight other countries. It is through the Israel. Meetings were held once a week strength of women that Na’amat, to this and were conducted in Yiddish. Their day, continues to support daycare centres; stated purpose was to aid morally and technological high schools; youth villages financially the institutions connected to for troubled teens; legal aid for women; the labour movement in Israel. Degania, centres for the prevention and treatment the first English-speaking chapter in Otta- of domestic violence and shelter for bat- wa, was formed in 1943 under the guid- tered women; scholarships to college and TempleAn egalitarian Israel Reform congregation ance of Sylvia Shinder and Ida Krakover. for post-graduate degrees; women’s rights The second English-speaking chap- in the Knesset and in courts. Jewish roots, contemporary values, egalitarian ter, Kinnereth, was founded in 1946 We should be proud to be members from an identified need to attract newer of this wonderful organization and and younger members for Na’amat to salute the women who made Na’amat a Friday Kabbalat survive. The group’s emphasis was on part of our lives. Shabbat Services cultural programming, and though this Information for this article was drawn 6:15 pm group was often criticized for their social from “Immigration and Ethnic History,” vs. political aspirations, they contin- a 1995 paper written by then Carleton Torah Study ued to strongly identify with Israel and University student Corrina Walter. The Saturdays 9:00 am many of their programs were motivated paper can be found in the Ottawa Jewish Saturday Shabbat by political awareness. Archives. Information was also obtained Services 10:15 am In each city, Na’amat chapters were from the websites of Na’amat Canada assigned a predetermined amount of and Na’amat USA. Thursday morning minyanim 7:30 am Second and fourth Thursdays (From left) Rae Nadolny, Sylvia Shinder, Dora Green, Claire Levinson President: Margot Montgomery Executive Director: Heather Cohen and Dina Shalom Sr. Rabbi: Daniel Mikelberg Administrative Officer: Cathy Loves celebrate the 25th Rabbi Emeritus: Steven H. Garten Religious School Principal: Sue Potechin anniversary of the founding of the first 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Pioneer Women chapter Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2 in Ottawa. The photo was taken in 1963 at the Tel: 613-224-1802 Histradut Centre, 292 Fax: 613-224-0707 Laurier Avenue East. www.templeisraelottawa.ca

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very week we receive a school update from our time as this that you attained the royal position!” kids’ principal. The other week, the update (Book of Esther 4:13-14) focused on a program that is being incorporated JENNY T. BURNS The climax of the Purim story is when Esther, keep- throughout the kindergarten to Grade 6 learning MODERN ing her WITS about her, reveals herself as a Jew to Ecycle. Called WITS, it brings together schools, families Achashverosh, her husband and king. and stands up to and communities to create safe and responsive environ- MISHPOCHA Haman. In doing so, she saves her people. ments where students are empowered to make positive In turn, the holiday of Passover is also called Chag choices when dealing with peer conflict and bullying. As Ha-Cherut (the festival of freedom). The essence of the noted at www.witsprogram.ca, WITS is an acronym that Passover story is God’s freeing of the Israelite slaves stands for Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out, and Seek help: We are now in between two holidays in Egypt from Pharaoh, with Moses’ cry of “Let my “Walk away! Just leave the situation you are in. that contain complementary themes: people go!” Universally, Passover and the story of the Take a friend with you if you can. Get help if you need Exodus from slavery symbolize the hope that all peo- it. Timed a month apart, from one ple should be free to live in dignity, free from bondage, “Ignore! Ignore is an action not a passive response. full moon to the next, both holidays from bullying, from discrimination. Through our col- Don’t respond to meanness or teasing. Sometimes it contain models of standing up to lective Jewish experience as slaves in Mitzrayim we are works. If not, seek help. reminded to care for each other. We are reminded at “Talk it out! This one is tricky – talk it out can mean forces of bullying and discrimination, least 36 times in Torah to “love the stranger” because a lot of things: Speak Up, Use your words, etc. It also and valuing all that each of us has we collectively remember what it was like to be a means that there is a solution to the problems you are to offer. stranger in Mitzrayim. having, but you may have to be brave and go ahead and As a parent, I love how both Purim and Passover talk about it. Sometimes it is hard, but using words really are holidays that encourage active celebration by our is the best way to resolve conflicts. of us has to offer. children, and that contain great messaging to take with “Seek help! All children deserve to feel safe and that There is an amazing passage in the Book of Esther them wherever they go: to be themselves, to stand up the adults in their lives will help if needed. Keep asking about speaking out and speaking up that is super rele- for each other, to care for each other and for others. In for help from someone new – if the first person you ask vant today. Mordechai says the following to Esther: this way the holidays reinforce the WITS teachings that doesn’t help you to fix the problem.” “Do not imagine that you will be able to escape in our children are receiving in school and to resolve con- We are now in between two holidays that contain the King’s palace any more than the rest of the Jews. flicts in respectful ways, to speak out against bullying complementary themes: Purim and Passover. Timed For if you persist in keeping silent at a time like this, and discrimination, to seek help when needed, and to a month apart, from one full moon to the next, both relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from some stand up for each other. holidays contain models of standing up to forces of other place, while you and your father’s house will Wishing you and all of us a meaningful journey bullying and discrimination, and valuing all that each perish. And who knows whether it was just for such a from Purim to Pesach!

Achieving Jewish and democratic values he most recent election in Israel, the third in HaMoked, Gisha, and Yesh Din are three human less than 12 months, offered a clear window RABBI STEVEN H. GARTEN rights organizations in Israel dedicated to promoting, into Israeli voting patterns. The voters’ prefer- assuring and achieving structural improvement to the ences are ossified. The results of each election A VIEW FROM human rights situation in the West Bank and Gaza. Thave changed very little. A small shift in votes provides Though each has a particular area of focus, together THE BLEACHERS an additional seat or the withdrawal of a seat. What is with B’Tselem and Rabbis for Human Rights, they clear to all is that the status quo between the Palestinian actively work to prevent human rights violations in Authority and Israel’s government is acceptable to most Israel and the territories. Israelis. These elections have not been a contest between focus for their desired support of the State of Israel. According to the NGO Committee on Disarmament, the parties of peace and the parties of aggression. Benja- At times such as these, it is useful to remember that Peace & Security, Seeds of Peace “is an organization min Netanyahu’s Likud might be more aggressive about the results of elections do not stop Israelis from actu- dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions actualizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s permission to alizing their desire for a peaceful coexistence between of conflict with the leadership skills required to annex 30 per cent of the West Bank, but Benny Gantz’s competing peoples and competing national narratives. advance reconciliation and coexistence.” Its program- Blue and White is not a party of the left. It publicly Israelis have a pantheon of nongovernmental organi- ming is well known to our community as for years a avoids speaking of a two-state solution and suggests zations (NGOs) to which they can direct their commit- summer camp for Israeli and Palestinian teenagers was the annexation of the West Bank is to be determined by ment, energies and funds. held here in Ottawa. A variant of this type of program- negotiations sponsored by international organizations. Some of these NGOs look for support from Diaspora ming is Kids4Peace, or Open House. The results of this election will bring joy to many Jews. So rather than kvetching about Israeli politics or Parents Circle-Families Forum and Combatants for Diaspora supporters of Israel. Those who support the the results of the election, those living outside Israel Peace are just two of many grassroots initiatives ded- status quo as a reasonable and prudent response to might be better served if they became better acquaint- icated to bringing the families of violence together to Hamas and Hezbollah will be ecstatic with the right- ed with the myriad of initiatives dedicated to making find hope and reconciliation out of their grief. wing “victory.” Those who support a theocracy will Israel a land of Jewish and democratic values. There is one organization that calls out to all hoping be overjoyed that the political promise of a weakened This list is not exhaustive but provides insight into and yearning for an Israel dedicated to a Jewish State Orthodox religious establishment did not materialize. the hard work done to promote peace and understand- without compromising on its commitment to human- Those who support the biblical view of a greater Israel ing. If one of the NGOs on the list catches your inter- istic and democratic values. The Israel Religious Action will be gratified. est, perhaps a more exhaustive internet search will Centre fights against religious extremism and gender Of course there are those who might be disheart- show a path to participation and/or support. separation, it fights against racism and advances a ened by the results. Especially those supporters of According to the NGO Committee on Disarmament, shared society between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs Israel hoping for a return to a more redemptive notion Peace & Security, the Arik Foundation, established by and it promotes an adherence to law by all the arms of of an Israel dedicated to values of the Hebrew proph- Yitzhak Frankenthal in 1994 in memory of his son, the civil society. IRAC is the legal advocacy arm of the ets and democratic ideals of inclusivity and equality. Arik, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists, “seeks to Reform Movement in Israel. All too often, individuals in this camp find themselves resolve the reactions of repression and denial among All of these organizations give hope to those dispir- adrift. They cannot support the policies of the Israe- both Israeli and Palestinian populations, aiming to fos- ited by the election results that the Israel of Zionist li government and consequently they do not have a ter reconciliation, tolerance and peace.” dreams is not written in the past tense. March 23, 2020 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 21 March 23, 2020 22 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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PLEASE VERIFY WITH ORGANIZERS THAT FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Professor Shawna Dolansky will take you [email protected] SCHEDULED EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE. on a tour through the book of Genesis, Passover Event hosted by PJ Library and Shabbat Downtown revealing what its less well-known stories OJCS! This event will be filled with fun, ONGOING EVENTS 6:30 - 11 pm, 185 Lyon St. N. (Second floor might tell us about their authors’ snacks as well as some Passover arts and party room) concerns with identity politics in their crafts. Everyone is welcome! TOTally Shabbat Contact: Adam Moscoe, 613-408-6131 larger Syro-Canaanite environment. 5:30 - 6:30 pm, monthly on the 4th Friday [email protected] Klez 13 at the SJCC – until June 26, 2020, Temple Israel Attendance is free thanks to generous Annelies – choral concert A Touch of Klez band 1301 Prince of Wales Dr. sponsorship. A donation of $5 (via 3 - 5 pm, Church of St. Francis of Assisi 3 - 5 pm Contact: Sue Potechin, 613-864-8156 Eventbrite) to the Ottawa Kosher Food 20 Fairmont Ave. Contact: Paul Adler, 613-521-0170 [email protected] Bank is required to secure your spot. Contact: admin@ottawachoralsociety. [email protected] Multigenerational program for families Kabbalat Shabbat services at 6:30 pm, com, 613-725-2560 Cost: $15. A Touch of Klez will be per- with children under 6. Music, move- followed by candle lighting. Traditional Cost: $25. Annelies is a choral work based forming, along with the Ottawa ment and stories with Rabbi Mikelberg Shabbat dinner starting at 7 pm. Wine, on the diary of Anne Frank. Tickets International Folk Dancers. Sponsors: and Morah Sue, followed by pasta or beer, and non-alcoholic drinks included. available online: $25, $35, $50. Adath Shalom Congregation, Temple pizza dinner. Families are welcome to Sign up via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ Sponsor: Ottawa Choral Society Israel, Kehillat Beth Israel, Or stay for Kabbalat Shabbat service at shabbat-downtown-tickets-96350026523 Haneshama Congregation. 6:30 pm. Family Chocolate Seder 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel SATURDAY, MARCH 28 General Swim in the City Motzei Shabbat Video Torah Lecture 1400 Coldrey Ave. 4:30 - 6:30 pm 7 - 8:30 pm, weekly on Saturdays until Contact: Rabbi Zuker, 613-728-3501 Emerging Generation Casino Night RSVP: jill@cbbottawa April 25, 2020, 1724 Kilborn Ave. [email protected] 8:45 pm- 12:30 am, La Nouvelle Scene 613-244-9210 Contact: Elie Benzaquen, 343-882-3702 Join us for a fun family learning experi- 333 King Edward Ave. Come for a swim, snack and friends! [email protected] ence as we prepare for Passover Contact: Tanya Poirier (Maybe even some prizes for some Join us every Motzei Shabbat for a video [email protected] special swimmers). Please RSVP Torah Lecture presented by top English TUESDAY, MARCH 31 613-798-4696, ext. 241 speakers in the Jewish world, followed Cost: $36. Enjoy the Roaring ’20s with a Giora Zinger Comedy Show by open Q & A. For men and women. J-Fellows Session 3 – “Well being in the glamorous evening of casino games, food, (in Hebrew) Text to confirm, as we will occasionally Workplace” drinks and fun. Dress in your best 7:30 - 9 pm be out of town. Sponsor: Elie & Ilana 7 - 9pm “Roaring ’20s glam!” Tickets https:// Contact: Ella Dagan, Benzaquen. Contact: Anne Read, 613-798-4696 ext. 355 events.idonate.com/egcasino [email protected] 613-798-9818, ext. 243 [email protected] WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 Cost: Free. Join Sabina Wasserlauf and SUNDAY, MARCH 29 Leah Labib to explore mindfulness, Cost: $49. Giora Zinger on Canadian tour. Sponsor: SJCC, Vered Israel, CICF. Rare Book Collection from the gratitude, and hatha yoga from a Jewish SJCC Biathlon Fundraiser Montreal Jewish Public Library perspective. Develop stress management 8 am - 11:59 pm 1 - 3 pm, Contact: Roslyn Wollock strategies for increased focus, and Contact: Carla Gencher, 613-798-9818, ext. 254 personal well being. Online registration 613-798-9818 ext. 278 CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE [email protected] required: https://jewishottawa.com/ [email protected] Books date from 1481 and will be on view, our-community/j-fellows MARCH 27 7:07 PM www.jccottawa.com APRIL 3 7:16 PM providing a snapshot of Jewish literary A fun day of fitness that raises funds for SUNDAY, APRIL 5 APRIL 8 7:23 PM tradition. After the Holocaust, the Jewish the Soloway JCC. APRIL 9 AFTER 8:28 PM Restitution Organization was respon- PJ Library and OJCS present a APRIL 10 7:25 sible for reuniting stolen and hidden Identity Politics in Ancient Israel Passover Event books with their owners. Books that BULLETIN DEADLINES 10:3o - 12 pm 1 - 3 pm, Ottawa Jewish Community could not be repatriated with their Contact: Roslyn Wollock, School, 31 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. FOR ISSUE DEADLINE owners were distributed to libraries 613-798-9818, ext. 254 Contact: Jenn Greenberg APRIL 27 APRIL 1 around the world. [email protected] 613-722-0020 ext. 345 MAY 11 APRIL 22

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