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BY LOUISE RACHLIS Haltrecht-Matte, who retired from gation’s board of directors. She has even nitting kippot for Israeli sol- teaching in 2002, has worn many volun- accompanied Temple Israel Religious diers, crocheting milk bags into teer hats throughout her life. School Grade 10 students on a trip to sleeping mats for Haiti, doing “I remember Sunday afternoons as a Israel. Kshalom calling, helping Israeli teenager going with a Jewish group to In her letter in support of Haltrecht- students practise their English for play with children in a group home. I Matte’s nomination for the Shem Tov IsraelConnect , being a volunteer driver received a cup for doing it. My mother Award, Sarah Gordon of IsraelConnect for Jewish Family Services, and tutoring and grandmother did a lot of volunteer- described her as “an incredibly compe- refugees, are just some of Merle ing, so it’s in my DNA,” she said. tent and gifted leader who simply does Haltrecht-Matte volunteer activities. She has volunteered for the Ottawa not know the word ‘no’ when it comes to Haltrecht-Matte will receive the Shem Kosher Food Bank and, in 2008, initiated volunteering.” Tov Community Volunteer Award at the Temple Israel’s Baby Quilt Project, which “I think everybody should fi nd some- annual general meeting of the Jewish has made more than 1,000 baby quilts thing they really like doing,” said Federation of Ottawa, Wednesday, June 15, that are sent to Israel. Haltrecht-Matte. “They might not know 7 pm, at the Soloway Jewish Community Her volunteer work with Temple Israel they like working with older people, or Centre (SJCC). The award recognizes an has also included co-ordinating the 40th helping make quilts until they try it. You outstanding volunteer whose many years anniversary weekend in 2006, chairing can volunteer as an individual or you can of service have contributed to the Temple’s Social Action Committee for volunteer in a group, but it has to be Merle Haltrecht-Matte, Shem Tov enrichment of Jewish life in Ottawa. several years, and serving on the congre- See Shem Tov on page 2 Community Volunteer Award Freiman Family Award: ‘It’s important to make a contribution to the community,’ says Debbie Scharf

BY LOUISE RACHLIS lished by the Freiman family in 1988, said. “In a small community like Ottawa, he Jewish Federation of Ottawa recognizes a young leader for their if we don’t all contribute, our institutions has announced that Debbie exceptional volunteerism and service to won’t survive and thrive.” Scharf will receive this year’s the Ottawa Jewish community. JET (Jewish Education through Torah) TFreiman Family Young Despite being extremely busy with her was Scharf’s introduction to the Ottawa Leadership Award. job and young family, Scharf, an Jewish community when she moved to Scharf will receive the award at the ex-Montrealer who came to Ottawa 15 Ottawa after completing her graduate Federation’s annual general meeting, years ago, always fi nds time for degree in environmental economics. Wednesday, June 15, 7 pm, at the Soloway volunteering. Scharf joined the JET board in 2008 Debbie Scharf, Freiman Family Jewish Community Centre. The Freiman “I think it’s important to make a and became its chair in 2010, providing Young Leadership Award Family Young Leadership Award, estab- contribution to the community,” she See Scharf on page 2

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BY LOUISE RACHLIS Jewish Community Centre. The Student “Hillel has always been really under- rielle Ellis, who will graduate Award recognizes a student pursuing a standing about the fact that we’re in from the University of Ottawa post-secondary degree who demonstrates Ottawa to go to school,” she said. “They next month, will be the fi rst leadership and outstanding commitment have always been very accommodating. Arecipient of the Jewish Federa- to the Ottawa Jewish community. Organizations are run by real people, and tion of Ottawa’s new Student Award. Ellis says students shouldn’t be afraid they understand.” Ellis, 22, will receive the award at the that volunteering for organizations such Ellis joined the Hillel Ottawa student Federation’s annual general meeting, as Hillel Ottawa will prevent them from board in 2012 and quickly became one of Wednesday, June 15, 7 pm, at the Soloway getting their schoolwork done. its most passionate members, serving as citywide president of Hillel Ottawa from 2013 to 2015. Scharf: ‘Making the Jewish “I fi nd that when I have a lot of things going on in my life, everything goes Arielle Ellis, Student Award better for all of them; I’m better organ- commmunity a better place’ ized,” said Ellis, who completed a degree that should never be taken for granted,” in public administration and hopes to go she said. Continued from page 1 While there are many organizations on to law school. “The March reminded me of how lucky strategic guidance and fi nancial steward- that need help, “sometimes you have to For the past two school years, Ellis was I am to be part of this vibrant time in ship of the organization. She is also be proactive,” she said. “I was very the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin’s Campus Life Judaism, where I am able to so freely vice-chair of the board of Ten Yad of fortunate that Ten Yad approached me to columnist. express my Jewish identity and publicly Ottawa, a volunteer-run, commun- go on the board, but sometimes you have “I’ve become pretty good at setting celebrate being a Jew.” ity-based, independent organization that to make that opportunity.” deadlines, and absolutely everything I do Hillel Ottawa and the Chabad Student “lends a hand” to individuals and “Debbie brings a wealth of knowledge is in my calendar. School is always a big Network both played large roles in Ellis’ families in the Jewish community during and experience to all her volunteering priority, but almost as big for me was four years at uOttawa. life-altering situations. positions,” said Ilan Metz in his letter being purposeful about writing my “I found it to be incredibly important She joined the board of Torah nominating Scharf for the award. “She is Bulletin column and volunteering in the to have shared events between Hillel and Academy of Ottawa almost two years ago dedicated, effective and effi cient, and has community.” Chabad, and while they both exist for as treasurer and is currently chairing the made a strong contribution to all the She encourages other students to different reasons, they have come to help transition committee bringing together organizations for which she has volunteer. one another out, rather than being the Torah Academy and Rambam Day volunteered.” “The community is very welcoming competing forces.” School communities in one Orthodox “It does make you feel good that you’re and open to new ideas, and if you have an This month, Ellis is leading a Birthright day school beginning in September. She making the Ottawa Jewish community a idea for something that isn’t happening Israel trip and then plans to work in will become the school’s board chair better place,” Scharf said. “I’m very yet, that’s all the more reason to get Toronto for the summer. when the transition committee complete honoured and very surprised to be involved,” she said. Her parents are both entrepreneurs, its work. receiving the award.” Ellis’ passion for involvement in Jewish and she has three younger brothers, ages Scharf and husband Jeffrey have three How does she manage everything? student and community life was trig- 19, 15, and 12. The 19-year-old is currently children: Eli, seven, Sarah, fi ve, and “I move very quickly at everything I gered by her meaningful experiences on serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Aryeh, three. She works at Natural do,” laughs Scharf, who was just back the March of the Living as a high school Resources Canada as a director in the from a Passover visit in Israel with her student in Toronto. offi ce of energy effi ciency. mother and brother who live in “The program served as a very power- The next issue of the Bulletin “I think people should think about Jerusalem. ful reminder for me that I am so fortun- will be published on Monday, what they’re good at, and try to fi nd an “I only know one speed – faster – and I ate to be part of such a thriving, culturally June 20, 2016. opportunity to use those skills,” she said. have a great husband!” rich community; and that is something Shem Tov: ‘You fi nd the right thing that works for you’

Continued from page 1 10 years. You fi nd the right thing that anniversary and then we decided to make June 10). rewarding to yourself.” works for you.” 60 quilts in a year for the 60th anniver- “What I like about this kind of volun- For example, she points to her volun- If you’d asked her in 2008 if she wanted sary of the State of Israel. And that turned teering is that they are for a limited time. teer service as an Alzheimer Society to make 1,000 baby quilts, Haltrecht- into over 1,000.” Then I like to move on to another project. facilitator. Matte says she would have said, “You’re Her latest volunteer project was “I have dreams about these events. “I didn’t know I’d like that, but I took crazy, that’s impossible. But I co-ordin- organizing the photo exhibit of Scot- They are on my mind when I go to sleep the training and I’ve been doing it for over ated the large quilt for the Temple’s 40th tish Jewry currently at the SJCC (until at night.”

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BY MAXINE MISKA (See page 12 for a full article about SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE “Rabin in his Own Words.”) ife in Israel, and its depiction in The festival will close on Sunday, June art, often refl ects a duality in 26 with “Wedding Doll,” directed by which everyday life can turn its Nitzan Giladi, a jewel-like fi lm. Hagit is a Lback on the continuing confl ict young woman with mild cognitive and peril. The four fi lms being screened defi cits, who works in a toilet paper at Ottawa’s 13th Annual Israeli Film factory in Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev. Festival contain this dichotomy: two are She dreams of marriage to the son of the intensely political and two explore factory owner and creates small bridal devotion within families. effi gies out of toilet paper. Abandoned The festival opens Thursday, June 9 by her husband, Hagit’s mother Sarah with “Laugh Lines,” directed by Pini Eden, struggles to protect Hagit, who is deter- the bittersweet tale of Dana, a young mined to fi nd independence and woman who shoulders the problems of marriage. two generations of her family. Dana’s life All fi lms begin at 7 pm, have English revolves around her aging grandparents. “Laugh Lines,” June 9. “Wounded Land,” June 19. subtitles, and will be shown at the River Her grandmother has decided that she Building Theatre RB2200, 43 Campus and her husband should end their lives suicide bombing, the victims and the directed by Erez Laufer, a skillful docu- Avenue at Carleton University. gracefully with a suicide pact. How much bomber are brought to the same hospital mentary using archival footage and home Tickets are $13 (general public) and $9 determination and cunning does it require for triage and treatment. In the 24 hours movies and Yitzhak Rabin’s own voice to (SJCC members, Canadian Film Institute to deter her grandparents’ death and her after the attack, the hospital staff and a portray Rabin’s life through his early members, seniors, and students). Tickets parents’ divorce? And how much control policeman guarding the bomber struggle years as a brilliant student, his service in are available at the door, cash only. does Dana really have over other people’s to maintain their principles and profes- the Palmach, his military career as The Israeli Film Festival is sponsored lives? sional standards in the chaos of locating chief-of-staff of the Israel Defense Forces, by the Canadian Film Institute and the On Sunday, June 19 the festival pre- their own family members who might his political life as a diplomat in Israel Cultural Forum: Soloway Jewish sents “Wounded Land,” directed by Erez have been at the bomb site. Washington and as prime minister of Community Centre, Vered Israel Cultural Tadmor, a fraught drama set in the mixed On Thursday, June 23 the festival will Israel, including his role in the Oslo and Educational Program, Embassy of Jewish and Arab city of Haifa. After a screen “Rabin in his Own Words,” Accords and embrace of the Israeli- Israel, Jewish Federation of Ottawa, and Palestinian peace process which led to Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation. his tragic assassination. Laufer captures For information, contact Ella Dagan, more than Rabin’s biography: he docu- Vered Israel Cultural and Educational ments stark changes in the Israeli Program manager, at 613-798-9818, ext. political landscape. 243, or [email protected].

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BY MICHAEL AARENAU shared by Israel and Canada. embers of Ottawa’s Jewish Singer Nicole Raviv and DJ Lahit community of all ages Barosh led the crowd in upbeat Israeli turned out in droves, May 12, music, with many taking to the dance Mto celebrate Yom fl oor to show off their moves. Ha’Atzmaut at a huge party at the The Yom Ha’Atzmaut children’s Soloway Jewish Community Centre programming downstairs at the SJCC (SJCC). drew big crowds of kids and parents for This year’s Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Israel’s the bouncy castle, an obstacle course, Independence Day – marked the 68th balloon animals, a juggler, a circus show, anniversary of the establishment of the arts and crafts and Israeli music. modern state in 1948. Israeli food – including falafel, sabich “For the Jews of Ottawa, this is also our and shakshuka, and desserts like cup- holiday,” said the event chair, Shari cakes with blue and white icing and Silber, to the large crowd of celebrants. cookies in the shape of the Magen David In her remarks, Silber highlighted – drew many to Babi’s Restaurant beside some of Israel’s global contributions the SJCC social hall, and many of ranging from agricultural innovations to Ottawa’s Jewish organizations and advancements in neuroscience. agencies were on hand with information

“Today’s a day of celebration,” said tables highlighting their services and MICHAEL AARENAU Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak, who activities. Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak joins dancers celebrating Yom Ha’Atzmaut spoke about how Israel has not only Earlier in the day, about 200 commun- at the SJCC, May 12. survived, but thrived, against all odds. ity members joined dignitaries, including Barak thanked Ottawa’s Jewish commun- Mayor Jim Watson, Israeli Ambassador hosted by Federation President and CEO Château Laurier attended by members of ity for its ongoing support of Israel. Rafael Barak, U.S. Ambassador Bruce Andrea Freedman. the diplomatic corps, cabinet ministers, Sabina Wasserlauf, chair of the SJCC Heyman, Natural Resources Minister Jim Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebrations con- MPs, Supreme Court justices, military board, spoke about Ottawa’s connection Carr, Rabbi Idan Scher, Cantor Pinchas tinued on May 18 when the Embassy of officers and Jewish community leaders. to Israel, noting that many community Levinson, Jewish Federation of Ottawa Israel hosted a reception at the Fairmont With fi les from Michael Regenstreif. members have taken trips to Israel. She Chair Linda Kerzner and several MPs and also said that the values of freedom, city councillors, for an Israeli fl ag-raising democracy and the rule of law were ceremony in front of Ottawa City Hall

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BY MICHAEL AARENAU studying in Israel. While her own son will ur thoughts and prayers this soon return home, Ezra’s parents will evening are with those who never get to see their son again. are fi ghting for democracy,’ “We cannot forget a single Jewish life,” ‘Osaid Jonathan Freedman at Prizant said before lighting a memorial the Yom Hazikaron ceremony, May 10, at candle. the Soloway Jewish Community Centre Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak spoke (SJCC). about the meaning of Yom Hazikaron. Yom Hazikaron is Israel’s day of “Today, more than every day, we are remembrance for fallen soldiers and family,” said Barak, reminding the victims of terrorism. assembly that all Jews have a connection “A nation that remembers its fallen is a to the State of Israel. strong nation,” said Freedman, a former Barak also spoke about the Canada- battalion commander and a lieuten- Israel relationship and said Canada has ant-colonel in the Israel Defense Forces stood by Israel’s side during both good (IDF) reserves, and master of ceremonies times and bad and that that the friend- at the event. ship enjoyed by the two countries will The spirit of remembrance would be endure. felt throughout the evening, beginning Jewish Federation of Ottawa Chair with the lowering of the Israeli fl ag to Linda Kerzner reiterated the connection half-mast followed by the sounding of the felt by members of the Jewish commun- siren for a moment of silence. ity with the State of Israel. Several community members lit Songs were performed by Musica memorial candles and spoke about those Ebraica and Ottawa Jewish Community who were killed in terror attacks over the School students Kayla Sabloff, Kayla past year. One of the innocent civilians Reichstein and Olivia Benguigui read recently murdered was Ezra Schwartz, 18, Hayim Hefer’s poem, “The Paratroopers one of three people gunned down by a Cry.” Palestinian terrorist while he was in Israel Rabbi Menachem Blum read the prayer doing volunteer work. for the IDF and Cantor Pinchas Levinson “[Ezra Schwartz] won’t be coming back closed the ceremony by reciting HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90 home,” Linda Prizant told the sombre “Kaddish” and “Kel Maleh Rachamim,” Israeli soldiers and bereaved families visit graves of fallen soldiers at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on Yom Hazikaron, which commemorates Israel’s fallen crowd, refl ecting on how she feels as the followed by the Canadian and Israeli soldiers and Israeli civilians killed in terror attacks. mother of a 19-year-old son currently national anthems. 6 May 30, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

moms and dads. These events, held at PJ Library: Out of the home local bars and establishments, allowed fathers and mothers to get to know each other and enjoy some time together. and into the community They were so successful we decided to organize a party for both parents. The PJ Library was established by the toddlers. Our committee refl ects the fi rst Parents’ Night Out was so much fun Harold Grinspoon Foundation working diversity of Ottawa’s Jewish community, that people left the event eager to know with local partners and was brought to and we have organized 15 events, includ- when the next one would be held. Ottawa in 2011 by the Jewish Federation ing one almost every month since the We know we are only scratching the of Ottawa. PJ Library connects the love of success of PJ Library in Centrepointe surface. Our committee is growing so reading with love for Jewish culture and Park last year. that we can connect to as many elements knowledge of our rich heritage. More From a Tel Aviv-themed pool party at of our community as possible. We know

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If you have any fi lled the air at Centrepointe attentive children together at bedtime to Ottawa-based Jewish institutions. Our suggestions or want to partner with us O on a future event, please contact Ariel Park. The smell of hot dogs on the share in their Judaism. success is thanks to the great assistance barbecue wafted throughout the park as About a year-and-a-half ago, we had and enthusiasm we have received from Fainer at [email protected] or toddlers ran from the swings to the play the idea of bringing PJ Library out of our community partners. We know our 613-798-4696, ext. 240. structure with their parents in tow. 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corporal, and has often been highly Netanyahu says hello critical of the restraint shown by Israel’s military in diffi cult circumstances. While it’s still much too early to know Liberman, goodbye Ya’alon what all of the consequences of these developments will be, a few questions Bringing Herzog into the coalition was Tobianski, it must be noted, was are obvious. seen as a move that would signal executed quickly with no right to appeal. Will Herzog’s tenure as chair of the Netanyahu’s seriousness about his desire A year later, evidence revealed he was Zionist Union come to an end? His move for direct negotiations with the not guilty and he was exonerated. toward joining Netanyahu’s coalition Palestinians that would hopefully lead to Liberman’s other main demand was was not supported by many of the a two-state solution. It would also have that he replace Ya’alon as defense Zionist Union Knesset members and the

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR stabilized Netanyahu’s coalition whose minister; a demand that Netanyahu result could only have embarrassed him. MICHAEL REGENSTREIF razor-thin majority has stood at just 61 of accepted. With that acceptance, Ya’alon As defense minister, Liberman the Knesset’s120 seats. resigned from cabinet and from his seat assumes tremendous power in the West s I write – on May 20 just However, it appears that at the same in the Knesset. Bank. While Ya’alon was pragmatic and before we go to press – Israel’s time it was openly acknowledged he was Netanyahu said he regretted Ya’alon’s somewhat conciliatory with the governing coalition under negotiating with Herzog, he was also resignation and said he had offered to Palestinians, Liberman has been seen to APrime Minister Benjamin secretly talking with Liberman whose appoint him foreign minister. be much more hardline. Will the Netanyahu is in a state of fl ux. Defense right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party – with In resigning, Ya’alon cited Netanyahu’s Palestinian Authority be able to work Minister Moshe Ya’alon is on his way out its six Knesset seats – has sat on the conduct during “recent developments” with him, for example, on day-to-day with former foreign minister Avigdor opposition benches since the 2015 (presumably the negotiations that security co-operation? Liberman his presumptive replacement. election. brought in Liberman), which demon- And will there be an impact on Israel’s This turn of events in Israeli politics – Liberman brought several demands to strated the prime minister’s “lack of current negotiations with the U.S. for long- indications of which began to surface on the table. Among them was instituting trust” in him. term defense aid? Ya’alon enjoyed gen- May 18 – came as a surprise because there capital punishment for convicted It would be hard – if not impossible – erally good relations with the U.S. while had been reports over the past several terrorists. In the State of Israel’s 68-year to make the case that Liberman is more Liberman, as foreign minister, did not. weeks that Netanyahu and Israel’s history there have only been two qualifi ed than Ya’alon to be defense What about Ya’alon’s political future? opposition leader, Isaac Herzog, chair of executions: army offi cer Meir Tobianski minister. With rare exceptions, Israel’s Will he be a formidable challenger to the centre-left Zionist Union (a joint on June 30, 1948 by fi ring squad after he defense ministers have enjoyed the Netanyahu’s leadership within Likud? Or electoral list bringing together Herzog’s was convicted of treason by court-mar- confi dence of Israel’s military because to Likud as the leader of a new, more Labor Party and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnuah tial during the War of Independence, and they have had distinguished military moderate centre-right party? Party), were close to an agreement that Adolf Eichman on May 31, 1962 by careers serving in the highest ranks of “I have no intention of [permanently] would have brought the Zionist Union hanging after he was convicted of crimes the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Ya’alon, leaving public life, and in the future into the coalition with Herzog becoming against humanity and war crimes for his for example, rose to be the IDF chief-of- I will return as a candidate for national foreign minister (a post that Netanyahu central role in perpetrating the staff. Liberman, in contrast, served leadership,” he said in his resignation has held onto himself since 2015). Holocaust. briefl y in the IDF, attaining the rank of speech.

I have been fortunate in my life to In 20 years the baby boomers have witnessed a lot and, like many journalists, I have a thick layer of protective cynicism that usually spares will begin to turn 90 me from being shocked. So, when I am shocked, I am not just shocked, I am also grandparents. limiting realities of daily life, you begin shaken. Two of my grandparents died in their to see the beauty of elderly people’s A few weeks ago, I was surfi ng chan- 60s, another at 72, and I don’t recall battles to push forward and live on. You nels and came across the Radio-Canada anyone saying they died young. Many wonder where that determination comes national newscast. A report caught my people died in their 60s then – while from and you learn it is the beautiful attention because it was about caring for today it is a rarity. The parameters have human instinct of never giving up on elderly people, specifi cally the question changed. As the numbers clearly indi- life. Part of that is purely physical, even of the new law in Quebec pertaining to IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS cate, old today means really old. gravely ill human beings fi ght to keep doctor-assisted death. On the forefront JASON MOSCOVITZ Those of you who have experienced breathing. It is remarkable how very old of euthanasia legislation in Canada, the spending time in a seniors’ residence people focus on tomorrow. Quebec government has moved the have never been someone who where there are many people in their 90s We live at a time when extended life is debate to reality. thought much about death and know what is involved. There is the often a medical miracle that can’t and The report featured two doctors who dying. obvious reality of old age. Get near or won’t be undone. And we are entering a said the Quebec government was no I Other than my sister and her over 90 and the body or the mind, or phase of uncharted waters as the fi rst longer making new investments in husband losing a young child almost 40 both, just can’t do it anymore. For many baby boomers will begin to turn 90 just palliative care, despite the growing need years ago, I have not lived the intimate elderly, the determination is there in 20 years from now in 2036. for new places and more resources. The experience of losing an immediate their souls, but the impediments are The numbers are overwhelming. doctors came right out and said it. The family member. My father will be 94 in huge. Being 90 is a full-time job. Where will the space be? Where will the Quebec government had decided that in July and my mother 91 in August. Both Seeing so many people in one place so care come from? The system can barely a cash-strapped health care system, are as well as their age allows. compromised is always like a kick in the cope now, so how will it cope with three caring for the old and dying was not I know many people who have aging belly. You never get past it. It is the times the number of 90-year-olds in less necessarily the most viable option. parents close to and in their 90s and we emotion of feeling helpless because than 25 years from now? The Quebec health minister was asked share the concerns of trying to help there is not a lot anyone can do to make There are no good answers to those if the Quebec government chose death fi gure out with our parents, and with things much better. It is about managing questions. For someone my age, it is not over care and, of course, he indignantly other family members, what’s best in to keep things together for as long as a good subject to contemplate, so we said one thing had nothing to do with terms of residency and care. It’s all new possible. It is a world where the status tend to try not to think about it. But, of the other. to me. My childhood memories are quo beats the alternative. course, we do and thinking about it can I still fi nd myself shocked and shaken limited in experiencing elderly When you get past the obvious be quite horrifying. realizing how fast the wheel is turning. 8 May 30, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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The See page 27 for Publication/Deadline dates and Candlelighting times. the role of Christian Zionists in supporting the creation social attitude about acceptance also changed and every of modern Israel. He described how his relationship to effort was made to obtain entry into secular clubs and institutions. There was a striving to belong, that we had Israel developed during his fi rst visit to Israel in 1981 BS"D with his wife and children. He and his family lived at the arrived. Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Giv’at Ram for six This all came at a cost: the loss of religiosity and the months, learning Hebrew, and immersing themselves in new association of culture. The way of communication Israeli life. He was able to work and study with other also changed as people now used social media to authorities in his fi eld while teaching a seminar. communicate. 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on an Israeli army supply base Conservative Rabbinical Assembly elects fi rst Canadian president

(JTA) – The Rabbinical Assembly, the international been deeply involved in Canadian pro-Israel activism. Free: accommodations, kosher meals, trips, events. association of Conservative rabbis, has elected its fi rst “He has emphasized the connection between his Cost: air fare, $100 registration, weekend expenses. Canadian president. congregation and the State of Israel, and the importance

416-781-6089 or [email protected] Rabbi Philip Scheim, who has led Beth David Congrega- of refl ecting and exemplifying Canadian values in all of 514-735-0272 or [email protected] tion in Toronto since 1984, was elected by the member- its congregants’ endeavours,” the Rabbinical Assembly ship and was installed May 22 at an event in New York. said in a statement. www.sarelcanada.orgwww.sarelcanada.org Rabbi Scheim, who was ordained by the Jewish The Rabbinical Assembly, which was founded in 1901, Programs start approximatelyapproximately every every 3 3 weeksweeks.. Theological Seminary in 1981, has served on the move- encompasses the Conservative movement in North ment’s Committee of Jewish Law and Standards and America and its affi liated Masorti movement overseas. May 30, 2016 9 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Advertorial Supreme Court Justice Michael Moldaver to speak at Soloway JCC

BY ADAM DODEK FOR SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Dan More than trees Lynda orn and raised in Peterborough, Supreme Court Mader Taller-Wakter of Canada Justice Michael Moldaver was fi rst President 613.798.2411 Executive [email protected] Director appointed a judge in 1990 at the ripe old age of B42. By then, he had already established his JEWISH NATIONAL FUND reputation as one of Canada’s leading criminal defence lawyers. Farewells and Welcomes He articled with the legendary G. Arthur Martin and was called to the bar in Ontario in 1973. During his time JNF Ottawa Board update as a criminal lawyer, he practised with many greats in After three years of dedication, Alan Blostein completed the fi eld. including Joseph Pomerant, Eddie Greenspan his term as the JNF Ottawa Board president at the 2017 JNF Ottawa Annual General Meeting held at the home of Alex and and Alan Gold. Moldaver rose to the top of his profes- Lynda Wakter. Alan has generously agreed to help JNF Ottawa sion and was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1985. connect with donors to help them find a project to support, In 1990, Moldaver was appointed to the High Court of to establish their own legacy project in Israel or to create a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario and worked as a bequest. We look forward to collaborating together. trial judge until he was appointed to the Ontario Court Lisa Cogan also stepped down from the JNF Ottawa Board of Appeal in 1995. this year after 16 years of dedication. Lisa was instrumental in Sixteen years later, Moldaver was appointed to the reinvigorating the Negev Dinner and her work helped to sup- Supreme Court of Canada in October 2011. He appeared port many projects in Israel as diverse as a botanical garden to before a committee of parliamentarians who grilled him nanotechnology for water conservation. about his qualifi cations before he was offi cially appointed to the highest court in the land by prime

minister Stephen Harper. ANDREW BALFOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, © SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Moldaver and his wife Rivka (Riky) moved to Ottawa Supreme Court Justice Michael Moldaver will discuss and the judge began his work on the most scrutinized his career in a conversation with uOttawa law professor Adam Dodek, June 21 at the SJCC. court in the country. A lively raconteur, Moldaver will appear at his fi rst public community speaking event since taking his seat can never expect where it will take you.” on the high court. In a fi reside chat with Professor Adam The Unpredictability of Life: The Honourable Justice Dodek of the University of Ottawa, Moldaver will share Michael Moldaver in conversation with Professor Adam his refl ections on his fascinating career and what it is Dodek at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, like to be a judge on Canada’s highest court. His path to Tuesday, June 21, 7 pm. For more information, contact the Supreme Court is not what many would assume. Roslyn Wollock at [email protected] or 613-798- “Life is unpredictable”, commented Moldaver. “You 9818, ext. 254.

Please support Lisa Cogan and Alan Blostein our As we say farewell, we are also delighted to welcome Dan advertisers Mader as our new JNF Ottawa Board president. Dan inher- ited his passion for JNF from his grandfather Nathan Scott, a and long-time JNF volunteer and former national president. He is committed to helping develop and protect the land of Israel. tell them Dan is a vice-president at NATIONAL Public Relations. Dan has a background in consulting and public affairs, includ- you saw ing nearly six years working as a senior adviser to federal cabinet ministers. Dan served as a senior adviser to the Hon. their John Baird and later worked as chief-of-staff to the minister responsible for defence procurement and served as deputy advertisement communications director for a provincial election campaign. in the Dan began his career designing and developing enterprise software. Dan has an MBA from the University of Toronto and Ottawa a degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo. He is a regular commentator on Canadian politics. Jewish Sefer Bar Mitzvah Bulletin. Carter Jones was inscribed by his grandparents, Burt and Jackie Gorenstein.

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BY LOUISE RACHLIS here were honours, admiration and tears as a distinguished cantor, a young violinist, and two Teducators were recognized at the National Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, May 5, at the Canadian War Museum. The annual event is organized by the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem. Cantor Moshe Kraus, a Holocaust survivor who has lived in Ottawa for 40 years, was presented with the fi rst Cantor Kraus Catalyst for Change Award by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau praised the courage of Cantor Kraus and noted he was the second Prime Minister Trudeau to COURTESY OF CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM have the honour of meeting him. A group of Holocaust survivors is joined by students as they light the sixth memorial candle at The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem the National Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, May 5, at the Canadian War Museum. created the award in Cantor Kraus’ name. The other recipients to receive the award Parliament who spoke at the event Laverdière. “Canada must now lead the this year were teachers Patrick Mascoe of included Opposition Leader Rona way for restitution of property and Ottawa and Larry Mikulcik of Strasbourg, Ambrose, representing the Conservative compensation. We owe [Holocaust Saskatchewan, and Toronto student Erin COURTESY OF CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM Party; Hélène Laverdière, representing survivors] nothing less ... We must never Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Sade, a volunteer who promotes the the New Democratic Party; and Green forget that love is stronger than hate.” Society’s Twinning Program in which presents the first Cantor Kraus Catalyst for Change Award to Cantor Moshe Kraus, Party leader Elizabeth May. The ceremony was attended by many young people celebrating their bar and for whom the award was named, May 5, Both Trudeau and May noted that cabinet ministers and members of bat mitzvahs are twinned with a child at the Canadian War Museum. surrounded by the War Museum’s tanks Parliament; diplomats from more than 50 who didn’t get to celebrate their own and military equipment, the Canadian countries, including Israeli Ambassador because they were murdered in the Society for Yad Vashem miraculously Rafael Barak; rabbis, including Rabbi Holocaust. Sade played the theme from Sonshine, national chair of the Canadian transforms the space into “a sacred place Reuven Bulka who delivered a D’var “Schindler’s List” on her violin at the Society for Yad Vashem. of prayer.” Torah; hundreds of Holocaust survivors ceremony. She keeps a photo of her “Astonishingly in Bergen Belsen, “We offer our respect and our gratitude and their families; and the public. “twin” who died in the Holocaust beside Cantor Kraus went from barrack to to those survivors who are still with us,” Also in attendance were student her when she plays the violin. barrack at night, singing songs to his said Ambrose, who added that lessons participants in “Ambassadors of Change,” Through its educational and commem- fellow inmates to keep up their spirits,” from the Holocaust demand “we defend a program led by Ottawa teacher Patrick orative activities, the Society carries out said Sonshine. religious freedom around the world and Mascoe that brings young Canadians Yad Vashem’s mission of ensuring that Six candles were lit, one for each fi ght against any attempt to delegitimize together with Holocaust survivors in the Holocaust and its lessons are forever million killed in the Holocaust. There was Israel. Canadians value freedom, democ- order to identify the roots of discrimina- engraved in the memory of humankind. singing by Hebrew Foundation School racy and rule of law, and we will act on tion and intolerance for the purpose of The 2016 theme for Yad Vashem is “the students from Montreal, as well as “Kel these values for a world free of terror, eliminating hatred and racism in the struggle to maintain the human spirit Maleh Rachamim” by Colonel Willie persecution and genocide.” future. In a round table setting prior to during the Holocaust” and Cantor Kraus Glaser, and “Kaddish” by Cantor Kraus. “It is up to all of us to fi ght this legacy the ceremony, students discussed issues epitomizes that theme, said Fran In addition to Trudeau, members of of hatred and anti-Semitism,” said of intolerance with Holocaust survivors.

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BY BEN SALES diplomats in Jerusalem, he asked for help two-state solution. In the lead-up to work for peace in the hope that what is (JTA) – For a leader often accused of not arranging a meeting between himself and elections 14 months ago, he dismissed not achievable today might be achievable wanting to talk peace with the Palestinian Authority (PA) President the possibility of a Palestinian state on tomorrow.” Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. his watch. At the same time, Abbas repeatedly Benjamin Netanyahu sure does a lot of “I have taken steps that no other prime But in a talk to North American Jewish has declined another round of negotia- talking about wanting to talk to the minister in Israel’s history has taken to federations last November, he said he tions, saying he would only talk following Palestinians. advance peace,” he said. “Every minute “remain[s] committed to a vision of two Israeli good-faith measures. Before the In a series of three statements this that President Abbas refuses to accept my states for two peoples where a demilitar- last series of talks, in 2013, Israel released month, Netanyahu repeatedly stressed call for peace robs Palestinians and ized Palestinian state recognizes the 82 Palestinian prisoners before the two the need for peace with the Palestinians. Israelis of the opportunity to live without Jewish state, and Israel will continue to See Netanyahu on page 17 He called the peace process one of his fear.” highest priorities and hinted that a Netanyahu’s commitment to a renewal of talks might be underway. Palestinian state, even in theory, has Responding to a question about the remained a question mark and divided peace process on Twitter on May 12, observers of Israeli politics since he took Israel’s Independence Day, Netanyahu offi ce in 2009. Both his defenders and said “there’s nothing I want more or am his critics point to different sets of more active on, in many ways you don’t gestures and statements he’s made that know.” Later that day, speaking to foreign signal support for, or opposition to, a

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BY CURT SCHLEIER after one of his initiatives. (JTA) – “Rabin in his Own Words,” which Rabin remained true to his beliefs. will be shown in Ottawa on Thursday, “You don’t make peace with friends,” June 23, 7 pm, at the River Building he said. “You make it with very Theatre at Carleton University during the unsavoury enemies.” Israeli Film Festival, is more than a As early as 1973, he worked to return tribute to the two-time Israeli prime the Sinai to Egypt, something he said minister tragically gunned down in 1995. “brought us much closer to peace.” A few The aptly named cinematic autobiog- years later, Rabin urged returning the raphy, which uses archival footage going West Bank to Jordan. back to the statesman’s childhood, is And he consistently spoke out against entirely narrated by Yitzhak Rabin settlements in the administered territor- himself. ies, which he considered “a grave mistake Filmmaker Erez Laufer, 53, designed [that] did nothing but undermine peace it that way because, he told JTA, “I got efforts.” tired of hearing people analyzing him, He was an architect of the Israel-Jordan people talking about him, both from peace treaty and, of course, shared the admirers and people who didn’t. “For me, Nobel Peace Prize for his participation in the message of the fi lm is you can kill the Oslo Accords. It was the latter that someone, but his voice lives on.” precipitated his assassination by an Laufer, for the record, is squarely in the Orthodox Jew who objected to the pro-Rabin camp. Speaking via FaceTime ISRAEL GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE agreement. from his home in Tel Aviv – ironically just Yitzhak Rabin and his wife, Leah, in 1968 “Rabin” is a complete and reasonably a block from Rabin Square – Laufer balanced account of an important life. explains that he grew up near the Israel by November 2015, the 20th for his efforts to bring peace, along with The only thing it can’t offer is what the Kadoorie Agricultural High School, the anniversary of Rabin’s assassination. protests deeming him a murderer Middle East might be like if he were alive iconic institution in northern Israel It was rushed, but quality did not because Palestinian violence erupted today. where Rabin graduated. suffer in the process. The fi lm eloquently “I always had, it’s very hard for me to captures the two sides of Rabin – the fi nd the word” – he pauses to think of an fi erce warrior and the dedicated peacenik appropriate English translation – a who fought for a two-state solution. “fascination or [been a] political sup- Rabin was born in Jerusalem in 1922. porter of his vision,” Laufer said. His father, who came to Israel from From start to fi nish, the fi lm took only Ukraine via the United States, died when a year, as Laufer wanted to screen it in he was young. He was raised by his strict mother, Rose, from Belarus, who was a highly regarded labour leader. In 1941, The unveiling Rabin joined the Palmach, the com- in memory of mando unit of the Haganah, the pre-state our beloved mother defence force, and helped the British invade Lebanon during the Second World Millicent (Millie) War. He then fought in the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. Schaenfield Rabin stayed in the military, was will take place named chief-of-staff in 1964, and three years later, led the Israel Defense Forces Sunday, June 19, 2016 to victory in the Six-Day War. From there, at 1:00 pm he served in a variety of jobs, including ambassador to the U.S., several cabinet 6549 Herberts Corners Road posts and two stints as prime minister. Refreshments to follow at 2:00 pm What’s interesting to watch is how at Agudath Israel. contentious Israeli politics are, especially when it comes to a fi gure as polarizing as COURTESY OF EREZ LAUFER Filmmaker Erez Laufer created a cinematic autobiography of Yitzhak Rabin Family and friends Rabin. The fi lm shows demonstration with archival footage that is narrated by the assassinated Israeli prime minister himself. are welcome to attend. footage of crowds calling Rabin a saviour

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ELLEN O’CONNOR Yom HaShoah at OJCS: Grade 7 students at the Ottawa Jewish Community School, Keep your address up-to-date by advising us of any changes you may have led by Morah Ruthie Lebovich, used narrative, dance, and song in a moving and emotionally during the year. Contact us to include your listing in the next directory charged Yom HaShoah presentation, May 5, to honour and remember the six million Jews [note: there’s no charge for residential listings in the directory]. murdered in the Holocaust. The event also included a candle lighting ceremony by faculty Email: [email protected] or call our office: 613 788-2913. members and parents. May 30, 2016 17 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Netanyahu: Israeli PM wants direct talks with Palestinians

Continued from page 11 Palestine. Israel thus far has refused to ”If things come together, it’s possible Gershon Baskin, who has acted as a sides met. Netanyahu’s defenders say participate, saying the statehood recogni- he would be ready for a deal, but I don’t conduit between the Netanyahu govern- Abbas’ reticence shows that the tion threat gives the Palestinians no think it’s practical in the current ment and Palestinian leaders, told JTA Palestinian leader remains the main incentive to negotiate in good faith. government.” that Abbas has thrice offered to begin obstacle to a deal. “The only way to advance a true peace Those who insist Netanyahu is sincere secret direct talks with Netanyahu. “This process has two sides, and I between us and the Palestinians is by about renewing talks point to his 2009 Each time, Baskin said, Netanyahu has think the central problem isn’t Israel but means of direct negotiations between us speech at Bar-Ilan University, where refused. Abu Mazen,” said former Israeli deputy and them, without preconditions,” he committed to supporting a demilitar- “The point isn’t negotiating anymore national security adviser Shaul Shay, Netanyahu told his cabinet on May 15. ized Palestinian state alongside Israel. – it’s making decisions,” Baskin said. using Abbas’ nom de guerre. “Abu Mazen “Any other attempt only makes peace They note that he froze West Bank “[Netanyahu] doesn’t do anything in isn’t prepared to reach an agreement, so more remote and gives the Palestinians settlement growth in 2010 and freed terms of policy to show that a two-state things are stuck not necessarily because an escape hatch.” Palestinian prisoners to jump-start solution is what he wants. Nothing on the of Israel.” Netanyahu’s peace talk may also have negotiations in 2013 and 2014. Since ground indicates that.” Abbas instead has turned to inter- been prompted, analysts say, by a need to taking offi ce seven years ago, Netanyahu But others insist it is Abbas offering national forums, including the United give a sort of “State of the Union” on repeatedly has called for direct negotia- the “Mixed Messages,” as the Washington Nations, to recognize a Palestinian state Independence Day. While prospects for tions with Abbas. Institute for Near East Policy titled a and hold Israel accountable for what he peace may be dim, Shay said, relations “He’s ready to make concessions,” said recent report on the Palestinian leader calls violations of international law. with the Palestinians are still of para- Ephraim Inbar, director of Bar-Ilan’s and Israel. Most recently, Abbas endorsed a mount importance. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. “It is not just that Abbas and the PA French-led initiative to convene an “On Independence Day, the prime “Everyone knows he’ll make concessions. turned their backs on any peace talks Israeli-Palestinian peace conference for minister talks to the people and surveys He was ready to freeze settlements. There with Israel – a position they have hewed the summer, an initiative Israel opposes. what the situation is and what the future are concessions he won’t make for to ever since” turning to the international The France initiative is just one of will hold,” Shay said. “You can’t ignore security reasons, for historical reasons, community for unilateral actions, wrote three factors leading Netanyahu to this central subject.” and the nation agrees with him.” David Pollock, the Kaufman fellow and emphasize peace talks again, analysts Renewed negotiations have seemed Others point to Netanyahu’s dec- director of Project Fikra at The Washing- say. The others include the possibility of remote recently. A brutal war in Gaza ades-long opposition to Palestinian ton Institute. the centre-left Labor Party joining his followed the collapse of talks in 2014. Last statehood prior to 2009. Since the “It is also that they had decided coalition – which is now unlikely –and a year saw the formation of a right-wing building freeze, they note, Netanyahu has thenceforth to seek independent state- desire to project optimism on Israel’s Israeli government, succeeded by a wave expanded settlements throughout the hood for themselves without paying any Independence Day. of terror that is only now fading. West Bank. And in March 2015, two days price at all to Israel – neither the end of The French initiative calls for a “He sees a theoretical possibility but not before Israeli elections, Netanyahu told claims and confl ict, nor a compromise on regional peace conference to be held in a practical one,” said Dror Zeevi, a Middle the Israeli news website NRG that a refugees, nor formal agreement on any the summer. Should negotiations fail, Eastern studies professor at Hebrew Palestinian state would not rise while he other issue. In other words, their object- France has vowed to recognize a State of University, referring to Netanyahu. is prime minister. ive was land without peace.” 18 May 30, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Chabad’s secret: ‘Every shliach is an entrepreneur’

The Secret of Chabad: to make local contacts, and to set up shop: a shul, a Inside the world’s most successful Jewish movement school, a Chabad house. Most of the book is an anec- By Rabbi David Eliezrie dotal account of the growth of Chabad from “a sideshow Toby Press MURRAY CITRON in Brooklyn” in the early 1950s to a worldwide move- 432 pages BOOK REVIEW ment with over 4,000 shluchim in 80 countries. Chabad’s “secret” is explained in Chapter Eight, s the subtitle says, this is an insider’s book. “Every Shliach is an Entrepreneur.” The author, Rabbi David Eliezrie, is a Chabad While there is seed money available from major shliach in Yorba Linda, California, whose fi rst donors, it is up to the shliach to contact community Acontact with the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe, members, start operations, and raise funds to keep Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was in 1966, at going and support himself and his family. Rabbi Eliezrie age 14, on a school trip from Montreal. He describes the contrasts this with the model in which a Jewish organiz- event reverently, and with affection, and tells how it ation is created when a group decides to form a congre- changed his life. gation, a school or a social agency. The directors hire and After this introduction, the book gives a brief history fi re the rabbi or other professional. “Congregational of the Lubavitch movement, starting with Rabbi Israel rabbis and Jewish communal professionals have to tread Baal Shem Tov’s introduction of Jewish mysticism to the softly. … Chabad rabbis are empowered to decide and daily life of East European Jews in the 18th century. This move forward, limited only by the amount of money was the beginning of Chassidism. “The Baal Shem Tov they can raise.” emboldened the common man with a sense of spiritual The intimacy of this book makes the reading comfort- dignity and purpose,” writes Rabbi Eliezrie. able. It is not a scholarly book, and it is not a history. It is A number of Chassidic sects developed, each centred a farbrengn (gathering) in print, which seems written on a rebbe. Often the rebbe was considered to have with a view to invite readers into the mishpacha. It special access to God, and to have the ability to make achieves that, but there are concerns. There is no index minor miracles. The Lubavitch sect was founded by or bibliography. Statements are put forward as factual Rabbi Schneur Zalman. It took its name from a small that are hard to accept. We are told that the fi rst rebbe town near Smolensk, where the founder’s son, the was once imprisoned in St. Petersburg, and the czar second Lubavitcher rebbe, settled, and where four of the came in disguise to visit him in his cell; and that the seven Chabad rebbes lived. sixth rebbe once prevented an anti-Jewish decree by The word Chabad is an acronym of three Hebrew entering the offi ce involved when it was unoccupied words, chochmah, binah, da’at (wisdom, understanding, during lunch hour and fi nding the government minis- knowledge), which have their own mystical meaning in ter’s rejection stamp and affi xing it to the document. Kabbalah. It seems to have been used for the fi rst time The book is, of course, written from a Chabad perspec- as a name in 1788, when Rabbi Schneur Zalman founded tive. The Haskalah – the Jewish enlightenment movement Colel Chabad to support the Chassidic community in of the late-17th and early-19thh century – is dismissed as Palestine. Today, it is synonymous with Lubavitch as the an effort to secularize the Jewish people. The word name of a movement. Yiddishkeit, which for many people has a cultural The movement began to take its modern form, having meaning, is equated with Judaism, the Jewish religion. not only religious but political effect, after the Bolshevik Still, success speaks with its own voice. The world- revolution. Lenin decreed a materialistic state organiza- wide reach of Chabad is not hard to show. As this review tion governed from the top with no place for divinity or ment, and set out to build up Chabad. He found funds to was being written, the April 18 edition of the Ottawa mysticism. The Jewish department of the Communist acquire the building at 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, Jewish Bulletin arrived, with stories about a Chabad Party, the Yevsektsia, took on the job of stamping out now known as 770, the world centre of Chabad. The youth Shabbaton in Ottawa and a coming Chabad Jewish religious observance and secularizing Jewish life. sixth rebbe, now known in the movement as Der Passover seder in Nepal. The sixth rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Schneersohn, Frierdike Rebbe (the previous rebbe), built up a staff and, The seventh rebbe died in 1994. Many followers resisted openly. He was jailed and exiled, and fi nally throughout the 1940s, sent shluchim to various destina- believed he would be revealed as the Moshiach (mes- forced to leave Russia. He organized an underground tions “with specifi c tasks: open a school, become a rabbi siah) before his death. He did not groom a successor and system of shluchim (messengers), who were able to of a synagogue, or a teacher.” He died in 1950 and was he is still referred to as the “Rebbe.” There is a Chabad- maintain religious schools and observance, at great risk, succeeded by his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lubavitch secretariat, which operates at 770, and until the end of the Bolshevik system. Schneerson, who became the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe. dispatches shluchim around the world. The cover In 1940, the sixth rebbe, suffering from multiple As told by Rabbi Eliezrie, the seventh rebbe’s photograph of the book shows hundreds of bearded, sclerosis, made his way to the United States. He was approach was different. His practice was to send young black-hatted shluchim posing in front of 770. It is distressed at the state of Jewish observance generally, rabbis, usually with a rebbitzin, to destinations all over inescapable that behind those beards there is much and especially at the weakness of the Lubavitch move- the world, wherever there might be Jewish life, to settle, organizational shrewdness and administrative energy. To advertise in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, contact:

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BY ESTHER SHETZER Yiddishe Momme,” “Alexander’s MUSICA EBRAICA Ragtime Band,” and “Mayn Shtetele t our next concert, June 1, Belz,” a poignant lament to old world life. Musica Ebraica will explore the And who doesn’t remember “Bei Mir unique role of Jewish compos- Bist Tushein,” composed by Sholom Aers and lyricists in the creation Secunda for a 1932 Yiddish musical and of the Broadway musical in a concert turned into a 1937 hit song by the called “Mavins of the Musical: From Andrews Sisters, and “Sheyn Vi Di Yiddish Theatre to Broadway.” Levone,” made famous by the Barry We’re talking about the likes of George Sisters? and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Other selections will include Fiddler on Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart, Kurt Weill, the Roof excerpts and a medley from Les Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Misérables. John Kander and Fred Eb, Jerome Kern, This Musica Ebraica concert promises Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and to be fun and entertaining as well as Irving Berlin. These songwriters wrote educational. Look for some fantastic the songs for many of the great musicals, solos from Mirren Lithwick and Evan leading to an assertion that the musical is Weiner and guest musicians, including almost an exclusively Jewish creation. master of ceremonies Laurence Wall who Indeed, could it not be said that Jews will play his cello. actually ‘invented’ the Broadway Musica Ebraica will perform “Mavins musical? Musica Ebraica will perform “Mavins of the Musical: From Yiddish Theatre to Broadway” on of the Musical: From Yiddish Theatre to The concert will begin with a look at Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 pm, at Agudath Israel Congregation Broadway” on Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 the vibrant musical theatre culture that pm, at Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 was popular in the shtetls and cities of modern Yiddish theatre. Goldfaden “Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and Coldrey Avenue. Tickets are $20 (general Russia and Eastern Europe, beginning wrote some 40 Yiddish plays between Almonds).” admission) and $10 (students). with works by Abraham Goldfaden, 1869 and 1908 as well as hundreds of This concert will continue with For information, contact Patsy Royer at considered by many to be the father of songs, including, most famously, favourites such as “Dona Dona,” “My 613-233-3099. A gift of life: One friend donates kidney to another AJA 50+ event to focus on kidney health, June 20

BY CYNTHIA POWELL per cent of those were waiting for a surgery. Soloway Jewish Community Centre, AJA FOR AJA 50+ kidney. Jonathan’s surgery was much more 50+ will present a lecture by Pankhurst he defi nition of a mitzvah is According to the Kidney Foundation of extensive. While his failed kidneys were who will discuss the importance of what this article is about. Canada, the transplant success rates from left in place, the transplanted kidney was kidney function, what you can do to keep Two men who hadn’t seen live kidney donations are greater than placed much lower in his abdomen. them healthy, and kidney donation. Teach other for a while met for donations from deceased persons, and According to Holly Pankhurst, Ontario Also, both Jonathan Wouk and Tom coffee one day. patients do better physically in their program co-ordinator of the Kidney Trottier – who have both recovered well “I need a kidney transplant,” said one post-op recoveries. Jonathan’s feeling was Foundation of Canada, one in 10 and are riding bicycles again – will be on to the other. that choosing to go off dialysis and have a Canadians has kidney disease. hand to describe their journey and “I will give you one of my kidneys,” kidney transplant would give him the On Monday, June 20, 1 pm, at the answer questions. Admission is $5. replied his friend. potential of a much better quality of life On February 25, Tom Trottier gave and a longer life expectancy. He could Jonathan Wouk the gift of life: a kidney. already feel his body becoming weaker, Jonathan had been on dialysis three full and feared he would soon need to use a afternoons a week for more than two walker. years. Dialysis would only extend his life Tom made his decision to donate a for a short period of time. Jonathan was kidney because “Jonathan was a man suffering without the use of either who gave so much of himself to his kidney, and with diabetes for years. community, and life on dialysis was In 2014 – the most recent year for horrible.” which statistics are available on the Tom wanted to give Jonathan a longer 613.730.2188 federal government website, more than life span. homewatchcaregivers.ca/ottawa 4,500 Canadians were on waiting-lists Tom was in good health, and his for an organ donation, and more than 77 kidney was removed by laparoscopic Let our family care for yours When you need assistance Affordable Care Solutions with a senior family x Nurses, Personal Care Professionals and member, adult or child, we The next Bulletin will be Companions are committed to providing x Post Surgical Assistance (Hospital/Home) compassionate care through x Specialized Dementia Care published June 20, 2016. experienced, caring staff. x Back Up Child Care Caring for Ottawa’s Jewish Deadline: June 1, 2016 Community since 2004 x Hourly to 24 Hour Care BRIAN LEVITAN CERTIFIED SENIOR ADVISOR 20 May 30, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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yal Zimerman’s career has been defi ned by what and asked her to collect a suitcase full of dresses from he calls “happy accidents.” his mother to bring with her. Those dresses were The Israeli fashion designer, whose work was featured in the Ottawa showcase. Eshowcased at the Loft Gala in Ottawa earlier this BARBARA CROOK Zimerman eventually connected with Bruno Racine, spring, showed an early aptitude for architecture. When MY ISRAEL co-owner of The Loft hair salon and spa and the creator he realized it wasn’t the career for him, his next choices of Ottawa Fashion Week and its successor, the annual were photography or fashion design. Loft Gala. “I said, ‘You know, let’s try fashion,’” recalls He spent four months working on the dresses for the Zimerman, 40, from his home in Kiryat Ono, near Tel gala, many of which involved a great deal of hand Aviv. Tornai’s designs, and eventually became her assistant. stitching. He doesn’t use assistants – “It’s a lot of hours, More than 20 years later, designing and creating They worked together for six years. He believes his calm but I have control of everything I make” – and has an women’s evening and bridal wear remains his passion. demeanour balanced what he calls her “hot enviable collection of rare and vintage fabrics from all There have been many other “happy accidents” along temperature.” over the world. the way, and Zimerman was always quick to take He eventually moved on to focus on his own designs. I bought one of Zimerman’s designs to wear to the advantage of them. And, even when he worked for other designers, he gala. We did all the measurements and discussions His high school studies in fashion, which included always created a private collection. online, and met in Ottawa only three days before the private lessons and training with professionals, were His Canadian connection was another “happy event for a “live” fi tting. I felt like a princess in the fl oaty interrupted by his three years of army service. accident,” after he followed his heart to Montreal two chiffon confection. But, as soon as he left the army, he took another years ago. The romantic relationship didn’t last, but he Zimerman’s creations (http://tinyurl.com/hmaeroh) design course and then started looking for work in his forged other enduring friendships and Canadian have been worn by Herieth Paul, the Ottawa-raised fi eld. connections. supermodel and new face of Maybelline cosmetics. He’s “Twenty years ago, there wasn’t as much social On a train one day, Zimerman noticed a striking interested in opening a boutique in Ottawa because he media,” he recalls. “So I went up and down Dizengoff young woman he thought would be an ideal model for loves the city and believes there’s a market for his Street [in Tel Aviv], knocking on doors.” him. luxurious dresses, which start at $1,000 US. Behind one of those doors was Pnina Tornai, an His Canadian friend said it wasn’t polite to approach But he’s not interested in growing his brand if it internationally known designer who has since been strangers in Canada. But Zimerman gave her his card, means losing the personal connection with customers. featured on the American TV show, “Say Yes to the never expecting to hear from her. “I want to keep my personality – I don’t want to be Dress.” The model, Solitha Shortte, called an hour later and that huge,” he says. “I don’t want to destroy the affec- “She came to look at me and said, ‘Who’s he?’ She told said, “When are we going to meet?” She had checked tion that I have for the customers and the clothing.” her assistant, ‘I only take people from Shenkar [College out his designs online, and was eager to work with him. of Engineering, Design and Art], but you know? Take his Now based in Halifax, she remains his muse. number – maybe he can be an assistant to my mother,’ “She gave me the courage,” he says, to seek out See page 27 for Publication who was running her retail store. photographers, models and makeup artists in Montreal. “I came home, and I was really upset. But the next A few weeks before he was due to return to Israel, he had and Deadline dates day, she called me. I was so excited – the best designer in an opportunity to do a showcase for photographers and and Candlelighting times. Israel and she called me!” makeup artists in Ottawa. Zimerman started by cutting dress lengths for He called a friend who was about to leave for Canada,

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e are in the period of counting of the Omer, about certain issues, including about the State of Israel, the period of seven weeks between SARAH WAISVISZ the participants shared the experience of feeling like they Passover and Shavuot. Although I never were “not enough” for the mainstream Jewish commun- Wmanage to count each day, I fi nd it inspiring DISPATCHES ity. Yavilah McCoy opened the Convening with these and calming to meditate on the attributes associated with FROM THE words: “Everyone here needs to hear this: You are each week and day of the Omer. I am writing this column beautiful. You are gorgeous. Anyone who told you during Week 3, which is associated with the attribute of DIASPORA otherwise was lying in the name of white supremacy.” As tiferet (beauty, compassion, and harmony). And I am Samuel wrote her article, much crying followed McCoy’s wondering, today, what makes tiferet distinct from the statement. quality of chesed (loving kindness and benevolence), the Jews of colour. In previous columns, I have written about If chesed is loving kindness, and tiferet is compassion, attribute associated with Week 1 of the Omer. the need to expand our defi nition of who “counts” as perhaps each attribute has to be considered in a comple- During the week associated with gevurah (strength, Jewish. Our communities have never been only white and mentary way in conjunction and in accumulation with discipline, judgment, justice, awe), I had the honour of only European because Jews come in “all hues” with all the previous quality. Between chesed and tiferet is performing my one-woman play, “Monstrous,” as part of measure of past experiences, families of origin, and gevurah. Maybe in order to embody and understand a theatre festival hosted by the Toronto company B geographic and spiritual journeys – and, yet, many tiferet we must also develop the strength to offer compas- Current. people feel they are on the outside. sion to ourselves, to have the discipline to know the B Current was founded to support and produce work My Toronto performance coincided with the inaugural difference between struggle and challenge, to believe in from the African diaspora, and it has now opened its Jews of Color National Convening, which took place May the awe that is possible when we open ourselves up and mandate to be a home for stories and artists of colour 1-3 at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York. The permit ourselves to be vulnerable – when we can show from all different cultural backgrounds, including Forward’s opinion editor, Sigal Samuel, wrote that “this compassion to ourselves as well as to others. indigenous artists and mixed-race artists. desire to own all aspects of a hyphenated identity at once I am inspired by the Jews of Color National Convening I was invited to perform and I was excited to have my was probably the most pronounced unifying theme for and the increasing trend in North American Jewish Toronto debut as a playwright and performer. But I was the conference participants, who spanned the gamut of communities to practice “radical” or “audacious” also very worried that I would be perceived as “not of skin tones and religious observance levels. We shared the hospitality within as well as beyond their communities. colour enough” for the festival and its audience. experience of feeling like outsiders, and many shared an There is so much work still to be done until we all feel Ironically, that is what “Monstrous” is about: not feeling overlapping constellation of marginalized identities like fully at home in our Jewish circles, fully at home in black enough to legitimately connect with my Afro- non-whiteness, queerness and far-left politics.” ourselves, and until our Jewish circles fully open up to Caribbean roots; not being always white enough in our http://tinyurl.com/h7278ga others still on the outside. But I am hopeful. This kind of white society; not feeling quite Jewish enough in our A unique and empowering experience not without its work is truly the work of the heart, truly the work of typically Ashkenazi-centric communities, “never quite emotionally charged challenges, the Convening was tikkun olam. We have all the resources and skills to do it. enough.” presented by the Jewish Multiracial Network and Jews for It just takes a little loving kindness, strength, and A similar feeling of un-belonging is shared by many Racial and Economic Justice. Despite trenchant discords compassion – for others as well as for ourselves. Ten questions to ask your doctor about exercise

as your physician advised you to exercise? A 1. How will exercise help me? 2007 survey of more than 13,000 Canadian 2. What goals should we set based on my medical physicians revealed that, while 85 per cent of GLORIA SCHWARTZ status (e.g., reduce pain, blood pressure, weight, anxiety, Hdoctors ask patients about their physical FOCUS ON depression; improve strength, bone density, balance, activity levels, only 26 per cent assess patient fi tness, only cardiorespiratory function)? 11 per cent refer patients to others for a fi tness assess- FITNESS 3. Which types of exercise should I do, how often, ment, and only 16 per cent provide patients with written and are there particular types of activities that are better instructions about exercise. http://tinyurl.com/h67tvx3 suited for me (e.g., cycling, swimming, walking, weight- A meta-analysis on the effects of specifi c exercise lifting, specialty classes geared for my specifi c chronic interventions on different chronic health issues found However, lack of time and lack of exercise expertise are disease or mobility level)? that simply telling patients to exercise is inadequate. often cited by doctors as barriers to prescribing exercise. 4. Are there special considerations or contraindica- Doctors need to provide effective strategies to improve There also seems to be a gap between the patient tions for me at this time (e.g., avoid high impact; take a the odds of long-term adherence to exercise programs. receiving an exercise prescription and the patient taking certain medication x hours before or after exercise)? Doctors need more education about what kinds of appropriate action, even when the prescription is 5. Can any of my medications (prescription or exercise offer the most benefi ts for each chronic condi- something as straight-forward as going for a 30-minute over-the-counter) negatively affect me when I’m tion. “Exercise is benefi cial for many chronic diseases and walk each day. It’s diffi cult to get started when you’ve exercising (e.g., make me dizzy)? can offer benefi ts that are comparable to pharmacologic been inactive for years, are overweight or have physical 6. Do I need a medical assessment from a specialist interventions, yet exercise is under prescribed,” is one of or mental health issues. It can be confusing, even prior to starting an exercise program (e.g., stress test for the key points of the article. http://tinyurl.com/zw5zkck overwhelming, if the exercise prescription is more persons with history of cardiac disease)? Sedentary people need extra help to get motivated. A complex. 7. Can you write all of this information as a “pre- written exercise prescription should be considered as For example, a sedentary person who needs to engage scription” so I don’t forget? important as a pharmacological prescription. Some in strength training while dealing with osteoarthritis 8. Should I work with an exercise professional (e.g., provincial medical societies are leading a paradigm shift and perhaps a second chronic condition likely would personal trainer or physiotherapist), and can you by making exercise prescription pads available to their not know precisely what kinds of exercises to do to recommend someone? members. The pads include options for the doctor to strengthen different muscles, how to perform them 9. Do you need to give me a signed Physical Activity select, such as the type of exercise, minutes per day and safely and effectively, or how hard to push himself while Readiness Medical Examination form (PARmed-X) that number of days per week with pace to include patient- coping with pain. This gap can be closed by having I can give to a fi tness professional? specifi c considerations. The Canadian Diabetes doctors refer patients to exercise specialists. Depending 10. When should I have my follow-up appointment Association has a downloadable prescription pad that on their health status, some patients may even need with you to discuss my progress? all doctors can use to provide diabetic patients with medical supervision when they start a new exercise If you’re going to work with a personal trainer, show exercise guidelines. http://tinyurl.com/zlwkf5e program. For others, working with a physiotherapist or her the exercise prescription. Just as most doctors do For an exercise prescription to be a success, doctors personal trainer would help set patients up for success. not typically have exercise-specifi c training, fi tness also need to spend a few minutes counselling patients, Next time your doctor tells you to exercise – or if professionals cannot be expected to have expertise in explaining the short- and long-term health benefi ts for you’re inactive and your doctor has not recommended every chronic condition. Sharing information between the patient, and setting up goals and an action plan. exercise – ask her the following 10 questions. professionals benefi ts everyone – especially you! May 30, 2016 23 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 24 May 30, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM May 30, 2016 25 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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