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BY HANNAH BERDOWSKI include some Russian music in the olocaust Education Month will program. be launched Sunday, “Prokofi ev wrote music inspired by November 1, 7 pm, at the Jewish music. He was very concerned HNational Gallery of about the whole Jewish situation,” said with “A Night to Remember,” a special Stroke. concert “in memory of those who Drucker described Prokofi ev’s work as perished” and “in honour of those who sombre. “It’s a magnifi cent and strong survived.” piece of music.” The concert, presented by Jewish He said the Bach and Brahms compos- Family Services (JFS) and Jewish itions they will perform were chosen to Federation of Ottawa, will feature world provide a balance to the Prokofi ev and renowned violinist Eugene Drucker and are a “sublimely moving, spiritual, pianist Marija Stroke, both children of elevating kind of music.” Holocaust survivors. Proceeds from the As children of Holocaust survivors, event will support JFS programs for Drucker and Stroke both said they are Russian Jewish seniors in Ottawa. honoured to perform at a Holocaust Violinist Eugene Drucker and pianist Marija Stroke will perform compositions by Bach, Brahms Drucker and Stroke will perform Education Month concert. and Prokofiev in a concert launching Holocaust Education Month, November 1, at the National “The Holocaust had been so close to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gallery of Canada. Johannes Brahms and Sergei Prokofi ev in me and my family. I’m just very hon- what Drucker described as “an intimate oured to be a part of an event honouring program … where the violin and piano the memories of those who perished and father went with his family to Paris where over the Pyrenees and imprisoned by the function as equal parts.” those who survived,” said Stroke. they spent most of the Second World War Spanish police in a detention camp. The Prokofi ev work was chosen, said After being expelled from Yugoslavia in hiding. After escaping to the south of Drucker is the son of Ernest Drucker, Drucker, because the duo wanted to for not having proper papers, Stroke’s France, her father was caught climbing See Concert on page 2 Everyone encouraged to take part in Shabbat Project, Oct. 23-24

BY BENITA SIEMIATYCKI American professor Dan Ariely, a And thus, the Shabbat Project was from driving and returned to the trad- OF OTTAWA renowned behavioural economist at born. For one Shabbat in October 2013, itional observances their ancestors t started as an experiment. South Duke University, Ariely told Rabbi Jews across South Africa, regardless of practised. A toolkit was created to help African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein that you can’t get people to denominational affi liation or levels of educate Jews with little knowledge of Goldstein was looking for a way to change their behaviours drastically and observance, were urged to buy in. From Shabbat. Iget his Jewish communities to permanently right away. He suggested sunset Friday to Havdallah Saturday, an It wasn’t long before news of the observe Shabbat – a core aspect of getting them to buy in for a fi nite period estimated 20,000 people turned every- Shabbat Project spread. Last year, Ottawa Judaism. In a chance encounter with of time – just to give a taste. thing off, attended services, refrained See Project on page 4

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BY BENITA SIEMIATYCKI of their experiences and that it will MARCH OF THE LIVING CO-ORDINATOR be up to the next generation of wit- he 2016 March of the Living nesses, including March of the Living doesn’t depart until May, but the participants, to carry on with Holocaust chaperones who will accompany education and awareness in the Tthe Ottawa high school students future. on the trip are very excited to be part of “It will be my honour to help the this incredible journey. Marchers of 2016 gain the most out of Jennifer Kardash and Cantor Daniel this emotional experience. How much Benlolo will take charge of the Ottawa the next generation knows about the group, and all Jewish high school stu- Holocaust depends on them,” she said. dents in Grades 10 through 12 are eligible Like Kardash, Cantor Daniel Benlolo of to participate. Registration is ongoing Congregation Beth Shalom is following a until the end of October. family tradition with the March. He sent Originally from Vancouver, Kardash three children on the March in 2010, 2012 has lived in Ottawa for 23 years. An active and 2014 respectively. Inspired by their volunteer in the Jewish community, she stories, he is eager to experience the launched the popular Choices women’s March through the eyes of teenagers. event, sits on the Jewish Federation of “Over the years, I have found that Ottawa Board of Directors and served on there is always a certain presence that the Federation’s Women’s Cabinet. But, human beings will respond to, and that she said, her most notable decision was there is always an appropriate tone to be to send her two daughters on the March taken with people. I think that this skill is of the Living in 2014 and 2015. Seeing the one that will not be lost on the impact the March had on them turned impressionable youths under my care. I her into an advocate. She joined the am truly humbled by this honour and MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Ottawa March of the Living Committee in opportunity,” said Cantor Benlolo. Chaperones Cantor Daniel Benlolo and Jennifer Kardash look forward to guiding Ottawa high school students on the 2016 March of the Living. Both were inspired by their own children’s 2014, and her dedication to Holocaust Both chaperones know how emotion- participation in the March. remembrance moved her to chair the ally charged the March of the Living is. 2015 Federation’s Yom HaShoah The students visit Poland for one week, commemoration. where they experience Yom HaShoah Ha’Atzmaut, a day of solemn memory To register, visit www.marchoftheliving. Kardash is acutely aware of the and witness the sites where the Jews of and then a festive celebration focused on org. For additional information, contact dwindling numbers of Holocaust surviv- Europe were decimated. They then go to the anniversary of the founding of the Benita Siemiatycki at 613-798-4644 or ors who can provide fi rst-hand accounts Israel for Yom Hazikaron and Yom modern Jewish state. [email protected]. Concert: Artists are children of Holoclaust survivors

Continued from page 1 perform at his graduation concert in 1933. portion of the concerto. Although there Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, the a German Jew who studied violin at the However, when he checked the program, was no disturbance at the ceremony, piece whose fi rst movement his father Cologne Conservatory of Music, and a his name had been crossed off. He Drucker’s father played in front of rows had played in 1933. man whose history has recently become brought it to the attention of his teacher of Nazi storm troopers. Drucker said that, with the ranks of a topic of interest. Bram Eldering, who took him to the “It must have felt strange for him to Holocaust survivors quickly diminishing, “Growing up, I was always aware of the offi ce of the appointed Nazi administra- see the fi rst three rows lined with hostile it is important the lessons continue to be history, the magnitude, of the Holocaust tor who also served as the conservatory’s faces,” said Drucker. passed from one generation to the next. and the convulsion most of the world artistic director. Eldering threatened to The Völkische Beobachter, a Nazi news- Tickets are $180 for preferred seating experienced during the Second World resign if Ernest Drucker wasn’t allowed paper, wrote a one sentence review: “It is with a $140 charitable tax receipt and a War. I was not led by my father to be to play. beyond our comprehension that the reception following the concert, or $50 bitter to all Germans … he taught me that “He must have been a lenient Nazi, immortal German violin concerto of for general admission. the Nazi ideology and the German because he offered a compromise,” said Brahms could be entrusted to a Jew.” Contact Rotem Brajtman at Jewish character were not the same,” said Drucker. This past spring, Drucker appeared in Family Services at 613-722-2225, ext. 467, Drucker. His father was allowed to play the fi rst Israel with the Raanana Symphonette or [email protected] for tickets or Ernest Drucker was supposed to of the three movements, a signifi cant Orchestra to perform the full version of more information.

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BY BRODY APPOTIVE FOR MARCH OF THE LIVING ichael Zehaf-Bibeau fatally shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier on Mceremonial sentry duty at the National War Memorial, on October 22, 2014. Sitting in my public law classroom at Queen’s University, I froze. I was speech- less. Shock turned into confusion, sadness and anger. This was in Ottawa. This was Canada. I have worked as an Ottawa tour guide in the summer. With our buses departing directly across the street from the Memorial, I had talked to the soldiers there on countless occasions. My family was locked down for hours, downtown. My friend, working on , was stuck in Centre Block. All I could think about for the next few days was what was going on, and how my friends and family were. This was real to me. This struck a chord. This hit home. This was my home. And why do I bring this up? His March of the Living experiences taught Because, in reality, this is what the him to care and to not tolerate injustice, says Brody Appotive (right) and Harrison Freeman at the Kotel in Jerusalem during the 2008 March March of the Living is all about: learning Brody Appotive. of the Living trip to Poland and Israel. to care. After the March of the Living in 2008, opinion, it’s really about learning to care. their minds so they internalize it, and participant leaving Israel with a little bit we were left with a mission: to not be And, so, the greater objective of the truly feel it. They need to care. more care in his body for the country and bystanders; to not sit idly by; and to not March truly becomes to merge these two We need to make sure that, when its people than the amount with which tolerate injustice. And, in a sense, we ideas: to care, and to care about the tyrant leaders call for the annihilation of he entered. have failed. Tragedies in Syria, Sudan, preservation of Jewish life. Israel off the face of the Earth, we do As David Shentow, the Holocaust Newtown, Ukraine, Ferguson, the Ebola We need to make sure that, when something about it – whether it means survivor on my Match of the Living trip in crisis: we, or certainly I, have become teenagers see “Terrorist attack in defending Israel in public or just by 2008, said at Auschwitz on the steps of immune to these stories. Each is just Jerusalem kills fi ve” on CNN, or that an having a conversation with a friend. They Block #4, “You are all now my witness. another headline in the morning news. If innocent Jewish, Israeli soldier was need to care. This is your responsibility. This is your it doesn’t affect us, we don’t care. Our stabbed in the back, they don’t just see it As the world watches in disbelief as the time to act.” lives aren’t abruptly put in jeopardy, so as another headline in their morning Middle East crisis unfolds, they need to Brody Appotive participated in the why bother? news, but they see it in the same way as I be reminded not only that Israel is the March of the Living in 2008. But, on that fateful October 22 mor- saw the attack in Ottawa. They need to homeland of the Jewish people, but why The next March of the Living for students ning, I did care. I was no longer immune care. it needs to be the homeland of the Jewish in Grades 10-12 will take place in May. To to it. I’m not trying to say this is more people. They need to care. register, visit www.marchoftheliving.org And, while some of you may say the important than that, or A is a more just At the end of the day, there is no or contact Benita Siemiatycki at 613-798- March of the Living is about preserving cause than B, but we need to engrain that greater token of respect to the Holocaust 4644 or [email protected] the Jewish identity and way of life, in my Jewish identity, that Jewish soul into survivors than a March of the Living for more information.

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Continued from page 1 Thursday, October 22, 7 pm, at the joined cities around the world, October Soloway Jewish Community Centre 24-25, by hosting the Shabbat Project (SJCC). Women will learn how to make with the participation of every congrega- the dough and get the perfect twist on tion in the city. A community-wide their challah, which they’ll take home to Havdallah was held at the Soloway their families. Tickets are $18, and space Jewish Community Centre with more is limited. than 450 people in attendance. With a Shabbat will end with a Unity raucous and freilach performance by Havdallah on Saturday, October 24, 7:45 Montreal’s klezmer band, Shtreiml, pm, when a shuk-style festival will everyone was on their feet and in a party descend on the SJCC. Various activities, mood. including buskers, make-your-own This year, Ottawa will again be one of besamim (Havdallah spices), crafts, 170 cities in 30 countries participating in wine-making and, of course, food will be HOWARD SANDLER the Shabbat Project on October 23 and 24. featured. Everyone is invited to enjoy this Steven Kimmel, then chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, holds a traditional Havdallah candle during the community-wide Havdallah service at the SJCC following Twenty-four organizations, from congre- meaningful end to Shabbat hosted by the Shabbat, October 25, 2014. gations to youth groups representing Jewish Federation of Ottawa and the every religious affi liation, will offer SJCC. Admission is free. Shabbat programming. Everyone in the “We are really excited to be expanding Challah Bake and Unity Havdallah will be tion about keeping Shabbat, are available community is encouraged to attend a the Shabbat Project this year in Ottawa fun and inspiring evenings where Jews of at www.jewishottawa.com/shabbatproject. Shabbat service at a synagogue of their based on the tremendous response we all backgrounds can celebrate together.” Challah Bake tickets may be purchased choice. received last year,” said Bram Bregman, The goal this year is to have every seat on the website or at the SJCC. The weekend actually starts off with a vice-president of Community Building at at every shul service and community Contact Benita Siemiatycki at “twist” – a Challah Bake for women on the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. “The event fi lled. A list of events and partici- [email protected] or pating organizations, as well as informa- 613-798-4644 for more information. Allan Taylor ■ GROUP PLANS ■ LIFE INSURANCE ■ DISABILITY INSURANCE Proudly Serving ■ PENSION and RRIFs for over 17 years! 613-244-9073 [email protected] 613-580-2473 @BarrhavenJan facebook.com/BarrhavenJanHarder www.taylorfi nancial.ca www.JanHarder.com Now Under Construction Jewish Memorial Gardens A major renovation and revitalization project for the Cemetery which includes: _ A NEW ROAD _ PARKING LOT _ REFLECTIVE GARDEN and RECEPTION AREA _ ENHANCED MAINTENANCE TO DONATE ONLINE www.jewishmemorialgardens.org or call: 613-688-3530 ext.1 JMG is a Registered Charitable Organization

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s a parent of university gradu- Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) works ships that will ultimately prove vital in ates, I know of the myriad with Hillel, students, faculty and admin- JUDY ZELIKOVITZ the fi ght against BDS and other anti-Is- challenges facing students istrations on more than 25 campuses CIJA rael initiatives. Atoday. Virtually every Canadian across the country, including Carleton GUEST COLUMN Third, be creative and confi dent. who pursues higher education will University and the University of Ottawa. Remember that the other side has experience, at some point during their Our national campus team is engaged rhetoric, but we have truth and we have studies, academic, social or fi nancial year-round in building relationships with results. Not a single university adminis- diffi culties. For many Jewish students, campus leaders, whether through ships that can prove crucial in fi ghting tration in Canada has endorsed BDS. added to the list is the challenge of in-person briefi ngs or through fact-fi nd- anti-Israel trends. Canada-Israel relations and trade are at anti-Israel activism on their campus, be it ing trips to Israel (CIJA hosts more than As Jewish students immerse them- an all-time high. Israel is thriving eco- boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) 50 students and university offi cials on selves in the fall term, I would offer the nomically and culturally, and continues resolutions at student council, anti-Israel such trips annually). CIJA staff work with following thoughts to those who are to amaze the world with its technological materials in shared student spaces or Hillels across the country, providing concerned about anti-Israel activism. achievements. And, despite the persis- anti-Zionist commentary in student training, fi nancial resources, materials First, don’t be silent. Speak up, ask tence of anti-Semitism and threats to the newspapers. and rapid response support to defeat questions and fi nd out what CIJA and our Jewish state, the Jewish people enjoy No one can guarantee easy grades or a anti-Israel initiatives. Hillel partners can do to help. Contact us greater security in Israel and most of problem-free campus experience. To the While this includes a broad range of at [email protected] if you or someone Diaspora than perhaps at any time in contrary, developing greater independ- projects, it is worth highlighting the you know experiences a challenging history. Amid challenges, we must ence and learning to overcome challen- grants CIJA offers to Hillels and grass- situation on campus. remain grateful and optimistic. ges are integral parts of earning a degree. roots students who create their own Second, get involved. The best way for And don’t forget to be proud of who However, we can and must guarantee the innovative advocacy projects, a program Jewish students to make a difference is to you are and to have fun. This will send a academic and free speech rights of every that has achieved exciting results. For become active in student government, strong message to anti-Israel activists student. Jewish students have every right example, Hillel at Queen’s University campus newspapers and various groups that you will not be brow-beaten and to express solidarity with Israelis, love hosted a successful Tel Aviv-themed and associations at their school. Get bullied. In addition to earning a degree the Jewish state and champion Israel’s party last year, which enabled more than involved in Hillel, but also reach out to and overcoming challenges, university is contributions to the world – and to do so 700 students – the vast majority student leaders in other faith commun- a time to build memories that you will with pride. non-Jewish – to experience Israel as a ities. If you are interested in human cherish for the rest of your life. My hope We send our students off to campus beacon of culture, technology and rights, social justice or a particular is that this will include memories of the knowing they will inevitably encounter human rights. While this is a model for professional fi eld, seek out and join the many times you stood up for your beliefs malicious views about Israel, but we how we can attract non-Jewish students groups on your campus that focus on on campus. must provide them with support, to learn more about Israel, it’s only the these issues. For Jewish students to be Judy Zelikovitz is vice-president, knowledge, advocacy tools and our fi rst step in building alliances on campus. heard, they need to be active participants University and Local Partner Services, at assurance that they are not alone in this The vibrant events we sponsor open the across campus society, fostering relation- the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. cause. door for deeper conversations about the As the advocacy agent of the Jewish threats and challenges facing Israel, and Federations of Canada, the Centre for likewise enable Hillel to build relation- MEMBERS MEETING A meeting of the members Temple Israel of the An egalitarian Reform congregation Jewish Federation of Ottawa will be held on Jewish roots, contemporary values, egalitarian Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:15 pm. 7:00 pm Saturday Shabbat Services, 10:15 am. Social Hall A

Thursday morning minyanim: The Joseph and Rose Ages Family Building second and fourth Thursdays, 7:30 am. Meeting is open to the public.

Second Friday of the month: Important updates on Federation’s strategic plan, Bring your own dinner following Kabbalat Shabbat. key performance indicators, a highlight of community events and an interesting presentation from keynote speaker Daniel Held on the state of Jewish education. Rabbi Robert Morais See jewishottawa.com for the full meeting agenda. Rabbi Emeritus Steven H. Garten Executive Director Heather Cohen For more information contact: Temple Israel Religious School Principal Sue Potechin Administration Officer Cathy Loves 613-798-4696, ext. 236

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do a mitzvah, help today! Besides, who ‘Each of us needs knows what the future holds? Perhaps, one day, you or a loved one may be in need of the services of one of our agen- to take responsibility cies. By giving now, you are also hon- ouring previous generations who helped build this great community. for our community’s future’ Giving to Campaign strengthens our we live and where we chose to raise our return. Such acts sustain the world connection to our . Last year, families. The funding raised through because they connect people to one 26,428 European Jews made aliyah with Campaign ensures the vitality and the another without expectation. These are the help of the Jewish Agency for Israel. future of everything we love. Point blank: the values we teach our children and the The Federation partners with this agency the Annual Campaign helps fuel all that values that make the entire world a better and other international organizations, so

FEDERATION REPORT Ottawa’s Jewish community does, is and place. your gift supports programs that help the JEFFREY MILLER will be. Tikkun Olam. We have an obligation to most disadvantaged Jews all over the CAMPAIGN CHAIR For our community to continue to help repair the world. While this may globe. thrive, we need your help. For us, the sound like a huge endeavour, we do this A donation is tax deductible. Since SHARON APPOTIVE reasons to give to the Annual Campaign one mitzvah at a time, one gift at a time. Jeffrey is an accountant, we couldn’t miss WOMEN’S CAMPAIGN CHAIR are clear. All of these mount up to make an enor- mentioning this aspect! While this might No other gift touches more lives. mous difference. Every gift made to the not be your sole motivation, it is also good he Jewish Federation of Ottawa With one gift to Campaign, you have the Campaign helps us improve our commun- to know that giving to others can also help 2016 Annual Campaign was ability to impact the life of every member ity and our world. you pay less in taxes. launched on September 9 with a of Ottawa’s Jewish community, young and If you don’t help, who will? And if not Put simply, it just feels good to do Tmoving, humorous and old, healthy or those in need of assistance. now, when? Each of us needs to take good. Did you know people actually thought-provoking event that we hope Chesed and Tzedakah are core Jewish responsibility for our community’s future. experience a psychological response to left you feeling as inspired as we felt. values. Kindness and charity are acts that This is a debt we owe to our predecessors being kind? We feel happiness and The Campaign’s success is very per- an individual completes without the and is our gift to our children, grandchil- pleasure as if we, too, were the recipient of sonal for us. This is our community, where anticipation of receiving something in dren and future generations. Don’t wait to the kindness. This is why people want to pay a good deed forward. A single act of kindness can create a domino effect of more and more generous acts. Please try it! The Shabbat Project revisited To make a donation today, please contact 613-798-4696, ext. 272, or visit or is there a greater purpose, which is of zachor and shamor does not happen jewishottawa.com. more diffi cult to achieve, namely shmirat overnight, but is an ongoing process that Shabbat (Shabbat observance)? people choose to accept. It takes time, There is no question that a Shabbat effort and dedication. It means experien- Ottawa Jewish Bulletin meal and services accompanied by a cing Shabbat not as a one-time-a-year VOLUME 80 | ISSUE 2 program are wonderful aspects of special program, but as an ongoing Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Shabbat awareness and appreciation. In once-a-week expectation. The shomer Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 effect, our community, as well as numer- Shabbat individual or family does not Email: [email protected] Published 19 times per year. ous others, through these types of perceive the prohibitions of melacha on © Copyright 2015 activities advances the concept of the Shabbat to be cumbersome, but PUBLISHER FROM THE PULPIT zachor element of Shabbat. In other liberating. Andrea Freedman RABBI HOWARD FINKELSTEIN words, the positive manifestations of I remember when, as a rabbi in EDITOR BEIT TIKVAH Shabbat such as candle lighting, challah Kingston, , I had invited a Michael Regenstreif baking, Kiddush, meals and prayer fulfi l scholar-in-residence who claimed he PRODUCTION MANAGER Brenda Van Vliet here is no doubt the Shabbat the biblical command to remember the could make my entire congregation BUSINESS MANAGER Project, which originated in Shabbat to sanctify it. shomer Shabbat in the space of a two- Barry Silverman South Africa and made its debut But there is the second command to hour presentation. The bet was on. At the The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force In Ottawa last year, was an observe (shamor) the Shabbat, which is end of his speech, a committee of people for constructive communal consciousness,” T communicates the messages of the Jewish amazing experience for those who referenced by the prohibitions of creative approached me with the desire to take on Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as participated. I have no doubt that this activity (melacha) on this holy day. Do Sabbath observance. I was dumb- the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a year’s program – October 23-24 – will be any of our programs concentrate on this founded. What did he tell them that diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed equally successful as the community is aspect of Shabbat? 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But we cannot simply open Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 in terms of effectuating change in the life ment made to that effect. The comment the door to full Shabbat observance. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: styles and habits of members of the by our sages that God said both words at There has to be follow-up to this wonder- Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Jewish community here and elsewhere. Is the same time indicates that one without ful program we are celebrating this year 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, the Shabbat Project simply designed to the other is insuffi cient. on Parshat Lech Lecha to bring zachor Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 be a feel good community building event, The combination of the two elements and shamor together. October 12, 2015 7 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Commons. Next government may not Realistically, it’s hard to imagine the Conservatives working with either of the other two parties. be obvious on election night And while the other two parties may be closer ideologically to each other than members of Parliament to form a majority not always the party with the most seats either is to the Conservatives, this has government. The question then becomes that heads the governing coalition (and it been a campaign marked by their leaders’ which party will form the government? is always a coalition there), it is the party seeming disdain for each other. Conventionally, in a minority situation, that can make the deals that give it the Is there enough common ground we assume the Governor General will call confi dence of the majority. In 2009, for between the Liberals and the NDP to form on the party that elects the greatest example, Tzipi Livni’s party a stable coalition? Would one leader yield number of MPs to form the government. received more votes and elected more to the other as prime minister? Would we

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR That’s the way it’s usually worked in the members than Benjamin Netanyahu’s see a power-sharing agreement – as we MICHAEL REGENSTREIF past when the competition to form Likud, but it was Netanyahu who was able sometimes see in Israel – where one is government has been between two main to cobble together a majority coalition prime minister for two years and then he longest federal election parties with third parties well behind in making him prime minister. they switch? campaign in modern Canadian their seat counts. Could Canada, after October 19, 2015, be Both the Liberals and the NDP have history is fi nally into the home- This time, though, it looks like all three in for the kind of negotiations that take talked about electoral reform that would Tstretch and, as I write on October main parties could well end up within place after every Israeli election? result in a House of Commons whose 2, it’s still a horserace with the three main striking distance of each other with just a Let’s assume the current polling membership more accurately refl ects parties – Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, few seats separating the fi rst place party numbers are somewhat accurate and that national voting patterns than the fi rst- Tom Mulcair’s , and from the second and third. This presents a they hold up through election day. The past-the-post system in each riding that ’s Liberals – very close in number of possible scenarios, which analysis at www.threehundredeight.com – a has been in play since Confederation. If a the opinion polls. The latest data shows could turn the days, or possibly weeks, site that aggregates and analyzes results proportional or partial-proportional the Conservatives with such a small lead following October 19 into a whole new from all the main polling fi rms – suggests representation system is introduced in over the Liberals that it’s within the ballgame. each of the three main parties will win Canada, it may well mean we’ll never elect margin of error, with the NDP not far The way parliamentary systems more than 100 seats. a majority government again and Israeli- behind. actually work is that it’s not necessarily If that’s what happens and the parties style negotiations leading to Israeli-style If the current polling trends are an the party with the most elected members all insist on going their separate ways, coalition governments becomes the norm accurate refl ection of what will happen on that forms the government. Rather, it is we’ll have an unstable minority govern- here. October 19 – and that remains to be seen the party – or a coalition of parties – best ment and will almost certainly be in for In the past, when we’ve elected a given both the volatility of the electorate seen to command the confi dence of the another election very soon. majority government or a minority and the diffi culty pollsters have had in majority of members that establishes However, if any two of the three main government with a signifi cant plurality, recent years achieving reliable polling government. parties can form some sort of coalition, it the election night results have been results – then it is all but certain none of In Israel, where no party ever elects a would have the support of a solid majority quickly obvious. the three main parties will elect enough majority of members of the Knesset, it’s of members sitting in the House of That may not be the case on October 19.

is the kind of terminology the Obama We watch the news administration never uses. On this one, I will go with the Pentagon. And, in the middle of a perpetual state and are rendered speechless of war with ISIS, the Obama administra- tion signs a nuclear agreement with Iran, in the hands of the useless Iraqi army crisis that eats away at our insides which sponsors a string of other terrorist when U.S. President Barack Obama because our heads and our hearts may groups. It is diffi cult to have confi dence withdrew the American soldiers. What a tell us different things. the agreement is a good thing. It took too mistake that war was and who could There is no doubt ISIS and the migrant long to achieve and there are too many blame Obama for pulling the plug on story go together as cause-and-effect – as clauses that open too many doors. And, everything bad that president George W. does Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s with loopholes galore, Iran also success- Bush’s dumb decision to get rid of impoverished brain, which ordered the fully negotiates ending sanctions, which

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS Saddam Hussein led to. gassing of his own people. What means more money for terrorists. JASON MOSCOVITZ ISIS is a mean and nasty collection of inhumanity prevails in the Middle East? How can Obama and U.S. Secretary of religiously motivated soldiers. They fi ght Every day, it seems there are suicide State John Kerry have confi dence in the and are willing to sacrifi ce their lives in a bombers killing hundreds in a variety of agreement when, just days after it was t is just past the time of year when fl ash for what they see as glory. While countries. The lone wolf attacks and signed, the supreme leader of Iran led we assess where we have been and much of the rest of the world sees them attempted attacks in the west, while not crowds chanting, “Death to America, where we might be going spiritually as fanatics, the bottom line is we are in a as frequent, are still deadly and chillingly Death to Israel”? Kerry lamely acknow- Iand humanly as we look around and battle with a real army that now holds scary. We watch and read the news and ledged it wasn’t helpful. try to be optimistic. But there has been real territory. This is an army with global are rendered speechless. We quickly Sadly, with a new year just beginning, so much dramatic change to witness and reach and this is not some far away war. think about something else because we there is so much more to keep us up at digest recently. It has come to our own streets. Need we are frightened. night. These worries can easily make us It has been only 15 months since ISIS be reminded of the upcoming fi rst When your enemy knows no bounds, uneasy and fearful. The Middle East is a began its reign of terror by beheading anniversary of the terror attack at the it’s hard to see a good ending. It is not tinder box, and Israel faces even more journalists to get our attention. Now, they War Memorial and Parliament? like there is a chance of some future enemies at every gate. burn people alive and blow up cherished ISIS is even a factor in our present peace table where people will reason and If there is any consolation, it is that Iran ancient ruins while posting it all online election campaign. There is the military compromise and share territory. Reason is Shia and ISIS is Sunni and they hate with their Hollywood-like techniques. action Canada has taken against ISIS, and reasonable dialogue are not part of each other. It’s a good question who they Shocking people seems to add to their which the Harper Conservatives have to this equation. hate more. Is it each other or is it Israel? recruitment numbers. How sick. defend against opposition promises to This summer, for the fi rst time, a In today’s tumultuous Middle East, How sad it is that ISIS is making war change Canada’s role. But that’s not the Pentagon offi cial described the present there is only a desperately hopeful with American military equipment left big thing. The big thing is the refugee ISIS threat as a perpetual state of war. It answer to that question. 8 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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BY GABRIELLA GOLIGER CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW he profound upheaval occurring We are a faith-based organization that provides both long-term care across much of the Arab world and community support services seeking: raises grave questions for Israel. Director of Environmental Services TWhat are the dangers created by all the strife swirling near Israel’s borders? We are an accredited 121-bed charitable long-term care facility, What are the implications for Israel’s providing a full range of long-term care programs and services overall security and for its confl ict with the as approved by the Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care. Palestinians? Are there any opportunities for peace building to be found amid the POSITION OVERVIEW: shifting political sands? Reporting to the Executive Director, The Director of Environmental Services is a Noted analyst Mark Rosenblum will key member of the Home’s Management team and will be accountable for the over- address some of these questions when he all management of the building systems and maintenance departments. speaks on October 28, 7:30 pm, at the Solo- way Jewish Community Centre. His topic is KEY RESPONSIBILITES: “The Great Unravelling of the Modern • Plan, coordinate, direct and monitor the effectiveness of all operational activities Middle East: Threads of Hope for the within the Environmental Services department which includes housekeeping, Israeli-Palestinian Confl ict.” The event is Historian Mark Rosenblum travels extensively laundry, maintenance and stores. hosted by Canadian Friends of Peace Now. in the Middle East and has been working on Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution since Rosenblum is an award-winning • Develop and sustain operational plans and safety systems the 1980s. historian at Queens College of the City to ensure optimal resident care. University of New York where he is director • Liaise with the Fire Prevention Officer and the Emergency Planning Service of the Center for , the Center Appreciating the complexities of the provider. for Ethnic, Racial and Religious Under- “great unravelling” is the key to having • Ascertain that all Fire Prevention & Safety Inspections are completed standing, as well as the Michael Harrington some grasp on potential consequences for and oversee scheduling, completion and follow up of all fire /safety reports Center for Democratic Values and Social the Israeli-Palestinian dynamic, • Coordinate and liaise with all contract services/providers. Change. An expert on the Middle East, he Rosenblum says. He points out that many • Review and organize all contracts pertaining to equipment, supplies, has combined academic research and in the West tend to view what is happening the building and property. policy analysis with direct involvement in in the Arab world as a war between Sunni • Ensure proper mechanical maintenance of equipment, and repairs to plumbing Israeli-Palestinian confl ict resolution since and Shiite Islam, which is a great over- and electrical systems, and oversee contractors meet deadlines and safety / the 1980s. He has organized and moderated simplifi cation. There are multiple cleav- regulatory requirements. six international conferences, hosted a ages within these two broad groups. One • Conduct regular rounds to ensure all safety, emergency, building roundtable discussion series televised in example he mentions is the chasm and support systems are functioning properly. the U.S., and launched an Israeli- between Wahhabi-inspired organizations • Ensure that information technology and information service resources Palestinian youth dialogue program. He is and the Muslim Brotherhood. They are are managed effectively using external technical expertise as required. also a founder and former political director very far from a united front, he says. • Guarantee high standards in completing maintenance work around the property of Americans for Peace Now. Despite the frightening dimensions of such as gardening, cutting grass, maintaining patio areas and snow removal. Rosenblum is also director of the the regional turmoil, Rosenblum sees Ibrahim Student Leadership and Dialogue glimmers of hope for breaking the impasse • Establish, monitor and evaluate staffing patterns and work schedules for Project, based at Queens College, and between Israel and the Palestinians. But he Environmental Services in accordance with the annual budget travels extensively in the Middle East does not offer easy answers. 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t would seem that whenever the hospitals in the affected areas and the collective pain of millions, the State topic of Israeli foreign aid comes up, contributed $8.75 million to fi ght the MICHAEL AARENAU of Israel is taking action. While Israel and it’s too often an argument about how disease. The United Nations declared ISRAEL AWARENESS COMMITTEE Syria have fought three major wars (War Imuch Israel receives and rarely is it Israel the top contributor per capita in of Independence in 1948, the Six Day War about how much they give. So let’s recap. the fi ght against Ebola. GUEST COLUMN in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973), When the destructive Typhoon Haiyan And earlier this year, when Nepal was Israel has once again risen to the occa- ripped its way through the Philippines in struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, sion to help the helpless, with Israeli 2013 leaving more than 4,000 dead and Israel sent a delegation of 260 personnel killed and more than 1.5 million wounded NGOs providing food, medicine and countless others homeless and fi lled with – more than the U.K., the U.S., China, with no sign of Syrian President Bashar clothing to Syrian refugees residing in despair, Israel arrived on the scene South Korea, Taiwan, Italy and France al-Assad’s brutality ending any time Jordan since 2013. almost immediately, with 150 Israel combined – to set up fi eld hospitals and soon. With this tragic and gruesome civil Additionally, the IDF has erected a fi eld Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and administer aid to the thousands of war comes millions of innocent civilians hospital on the Israel-Syria border to medical teams setting up fi eld hospitals. Nepalese victims affected by the disaster. displaced from their homes, fl eeing Syria treat Syrian refugees. They brought more than 100 tons of food And now the world is being forced to and looking frantically for any sanctuary As if this were not enough, Chief of and medical supplies with them. witness yet another tragedy with the civil and support they can fi nd. General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot has Then, in 2014, when countries in West war in Syria. According to the Syrian While the Arab world continues to said the IDF would act in the vicinity of Africa were struck by the deadly outbreak Observatory for Human Rights, more point fi ngers at the West for not taking in its border to defend Syrian refugees of Ebola virus, Israel constructed fi eld than 320,000 Syrian civilians have been enough Syrian refugees, perhaps it’s best trying to escape the barbarity of Islamic to look a little closer to home. While State fi ghters and Syrian military forces. countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, This truly shows the value the State of Hillel Lodge Biking for Bubbies and Iraq have taken in hundreds of Israel places on human life. Given their September 20, 2015 thousands of refugees, the wealthy gulf history of mutual disdain, Israel has states of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and virtually no reason to show any compas- the United Arab Emirates have taken in sion towards Syria. However, the senti- none, while simultaneously profi ting ment of “never again” and empathy from their suffering by selling arms to the towards the innocent rings true in the rebel jihadist forces and fanning the heart of most Israelis and so, once again, fl ames of war (and with Iran taking in no the nation is only too happy to lend its refugees as well, but backing the Assad support. regime instead). Michael Aarenau is vice-president While the aforementioned nations (communications) of Hillel Ottawa’s MediSystem Biking for Bubbies continue to pad their pocketbooks with Israel-Awareness Committee. a great success! It was a great morning for the 7th annual Biking for Bubbies, which took place on Sunday, September 20, 2015. A special thank you to all our riders, volunteers and corporate sponsors who supported the LTC Foundation’s major fundraising event. Over $60,000 was raised for Hillel Lodge with additional pledges still being received. Thank you to our corporate sponsors:

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BY MONIQUE ELLIOT Lynch said that, while the plan has only show how we’ve overcome barriers, made production values. The committee is he committee spearheading a been a few months in the making, much major contributions and become integral hoping to raise $1.8 million in donations year-long exhibit that would pay progress has already been made. parts of Canada’s diversity and unity as from the Canadian Jewish community and tribute to Jewish life in Canada Historical items to be displayed, both anglophones and francophones,” $1.1 million in funding from private and Tsaid it is hoping to raise almost $2 including the NHL’s Hart Memorial said Rabinovitch. “We learn from our past, government sources. million in private donations to build and Trophy, will be predominantly on loan and we can help shape the future, as Lynch said she hopes to incorporate operate the project by 2017, Canada’s from private and public collections, Canadians and as Jews.” interactive programming for students on 150th anniversary of Confederation. galleries and museums from across The CJE partnered with the National fi eld trips so that the next generation will The commemorative exhibit, Canadian Canada. The CJE is not meant to become Capital Commission (NCC) to fi nd a understand the depth of the Jewish Jewish Experience: A Tribute to Canada permanent or create rivalry with existing suitable location for the exhibit. It will be community’s contributions to Canadian 150, will feature key aspects of Jewish life Jewish museums, Lynch said. Instead, the installed at 30 Metcalfe Street in the society. in Canada since the mid-1700s. There are group hopes to complement the existing downtown core. “It’s a story that should be told,” Lynch plans for nine distinct displays, showcas- collections and to highlight major Jewish Despite the measures to keep costs low, said. “We should be very proud of our ing migration, the military, industry and contributions to Canadian society. the total anticipated cost of the exhibit is heritage and what we contributed to entrepreneurship, sports, media and The CJE’s major goal is to educate expected to be $2.9 million. While Lynch Canada.” entertainment, anti-Semitism, politics, non-Jews specifi cally about the commun- said the minimum cost to get the CJE up For more information about the CJE, architecture, and a Hall of Fame of 150 ity’s contributions, increase tolerance and and running is just under $1 million, there contact Lynch at [email protected] or Canadian Jews. reduce discrimination, while celebrating would be a noticeable difference in 613-680-8820. “We really want to showcase it to the its “deep pride” for its accomplishments. many people who come to Ottawa,” said The committee anticipates about 350,000 Canadian Jewish Experience (CJE) Canadians will visit the exhibit in 2017. founder, Tova Lynch. “I learned a lot About one-third, they estimate, will be doing this, I found it fascinating, and I students on fi eld trips. think it’s an important story to tell.” Board member Victor Rabinovitch, who Former senator Jerry S. Grafstein, a CJE served as president and CEO of the committee member, agreed. Canadian Museum of Civilization and the “This is really important in my view,” for 11 years, said he said. “When I got to Ottawa in 1961 … I the exhibit “fi ts so well” in celebrating the was simply amazed to discover that there big picture in Canada’s 150-year evolution. was little or no reference to the Jewish “It is important for people like our- contribution of the making of Canada.” selves to share our own stories in Canada, AJA 50+ to hold annual bridge Bon Appetit Weddings and games fundraiser, October 22 Bar/Bat Mitzvahs BY FRED TABACHNICK AND DENA SPEEVAK pleased that Liz Schwartz, who is Welcome to Ottawa’s Holiday Meals AJA 50+ accredited with the American Contract Newest Kosher Caterer! s the cool days of fall arrive, Bridge League, will direct the duplicate what could be better than a tables. For family celebrations, Corporate Catering warm-hearted afternoon of This fundraiser is the major source of business presentations Shiva Meals Abridge or canasta, games, funds for AJA (Active Jewish Adults) or a Shabbat meal at home, catered lunch, prizes, and camaraderie? 50+. Many AJA 50+ members consider you will get much more This year’s Annual AJA 50+ Bridge and the organization to be a lifeline to social than flavourful food – Bris and Baby Naming Games Fundraiser will be held Thursday, engagement and stimulating activities. with a Middle Eastern flair. October 22, 11:15 am to 3:00 pm, at the The community is invited to support Choose from a wide variety Party and Event Catering Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre in Britannia AJA 50+ by registering for the event, of appetizers, main courses Park. The cost is $40, which includes by clicking on “Special Events” at and desserts prepared by Catering for Synagogues lunch, coffee and desserts. 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BY GIL ZOHAR lost her battle with cancer in Jerusalem recycling waste materials. But with the ation with Jews or Israelis. But there are FOR Y THEATER on June 16. arrival of an entrepreneur to set up the also Jewish Israelis who refuse to partici- he late Bonna Devora Haberman The performance follows acclaimed construction of a separation wall, pate in a joint Israeli-Palestinian project.” must be smiling in heaven to presentations in September in Jerusalem co-existence collapses, and chaos and Before her death, Haberman described know that Take Away, a show and Tel Aviv and stars original cast violence reign. the play as “a unique collaboration Tshe co-created, will be performed members Huraini and Dana Gleser, plus Unrelenting and in your face, the between an ardent Zionist and a by Y Theater, the avant-garde Israeli- new actors, costumes and music. guerrilla theatre production is bilingual Palestinian nationalist,” while Huraini Palestinian community theatre company Take Away examines how Palestinians in Hebrew and Arabic, with a smattering says it’s a new way to tell the story of his she co-founded in 2009 with Qadar and Israelis trash one another. Set in a of English and Yiddish (simultaneous homeland to the world. Huraini, in her hometown of Ottawa on garbage dump on Jerusalem’s sacred hill, English supertitles are provided). The On Tuesday, October 27, the day after Monday, October 26, 8 pm, at Arts Court the play ultimately inspires hope for the production is riddled with symbolic the performance, Y Theater will hold a Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue. possibility of co-existence and cultural theatrical language. workshop from 1:30 to 4:30 pm at the This performance of Take Away is part understanding. Initially, the main “We are Palestinians and Israelis,” Soloway Jewish Community Centre. of Y Theater’s month-long Canadian and characters, Jewish and Arab garbage proclaims Y Theater’s website. “Our lives In the workshop, Y Theater shares its American tour, the fi rst since Haberman pickers, live in peace while orderly and world views usually exclude one work process in creating the play com- another. We agree about almost nothing. bining physical and movement exercises We are Muslims, Jews, Christians and with theatre work. The goal of the The Unravelling Druze who collaborate … We struggle. We workshop is to empower participants “to do not whitewash. We face difference and interact with attention, respect, and of the Modern Middle East: diffi culty with caring and respect.” caring, as a base for traversing the “I don’t think this [performance] is borders of identity and confl ict.” Threads of Hope normalization,” Huraini said, noting Admission to the both the perform- normalization of any sort, including in ance and workshop are “pay as you for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict the realm of art and theatre, is taboo in want,” with audience and participants Palestinian civil society. asked “to donate as they see fi t.” “There are Palestinians who declined Visit www.ytheater.org for more with Professor Mark Rosenblum to participate in this because it is co-oper- information.

Prof. Rosenblum is an award-winning historian at Queens College, City University of New York. He is Director of the Center for Jewish Studies; the Center for Ethnic, Racial & Religious Understanding; and the Michael Harrington Center for Democratic Values and Social Change. In addition, he directs the Ibrahim Student Leadership and Dialogue Project. He has combined academic research and policy analysis with direct involvement in Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution since the 1980s.

October 28, 2015 • 7:30 pm Soloway Jewish Community Centre 21 Nadolny Sachs Private Admission free, donations welcome

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BY MAXINE MISKA with her students last year. was a highlight of the trip for many. archaeological and historical sites in SOLOWAY JCC Students learned about the Assyrian In the spring of 2014, just before the Israel for 12 days in May. The group will ward-winning professor invasion by touring Tel Lachish and by Carleton travel course was set to leave, travel from Tel Dan to Tel Arad, stopping Shawna Dolansky has been walking through Hezekiah’s tunnel. The Dolansky was teaching a Soloway Jewish at more than two dozen places in captivating university students post-biblical period was the subject of Community Centre (SJCC) Enlightened between. They will sift archaeological Afor 15 years, interweaving onsite lectures at the ruins of Qumran, Jewish Education course on the Bible and debris from the Temple Mount, sail on history, text study and archaeology to the top of Masada, and inside the Bar archaeology. She couldn’t contain her the Sea of Galilee, examine the evidence bring the biblical world to life in her Kochba Caves. Changes in worship and excitement about the upcoming trip, and of David’s battle with Goliath at the Elah classes. ritual practices were the focus of study at her adult education students at the SJCC Valley, walk through the ruins of his city In 2014, she took 19 the Temple Mount, in the Kotel tunnels, got caught up in her enthusiasm. in Jerusalem, and tour the remains of students to Israel for a travel course, and at Israelite city sites and shrines, and at “How come you don’t take us on a trip Canaanite, Israelite, Jewish, Christian, the land of the Bible became her class- half a dozen ancient synagogue ruins, too?” many asked. Samaritan, Roman and Byzantine sites. room. This coming May, she is offering with their beautiful mosaics, around the And so, the idea of a SJCC fi eld trip to An illustrated information session the Ottawa Jewish community the country. The origins of Christianity were Israel was born. In partnership with on the trip will be held on Sunday, opportunity to travel and study with her discussed along Via Dolorosa in archaeologist and award-winning Israeli October 25, 6:30 pm, at the SJCC. Visit on an archeological fi eld trip to Israel. Jerusalem, and in the Church of the Holy tour guide Danny Herman, Dolansky and www.tinyurl.com/pbxk3yd for more “I didn’t have to use slides to talk Sepulcher. the SJCC are offering a package-tour of information. about the evidence for David’s kingdom. But Dolansky is never content to just We just went to the Israel Museum to see reconstruct history. She always talks the Tel Dan inscription, then to the City about how we can know what we know, of David to look at what may have been and how to weigh archaeological and his palace. Then we’d get a King David textual evidence against each other. This pizza on Jaffa Street before calling it a is why a hands-on exploration of archae- Strength & night,” said Dolansky describing the trip ology at the Temple Mount Sifting Project Compassion in Ottawa West-Nepean • Return the retirement age to 65 and enhance the CPP and GIS so nobody retires into poverty • Ensure all families can get $15-a-day child care • Restore door-to-door mail • Make health care a priority, ensuring everybody has access to quality care

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BY BEN SALES government is failing. six-year-old organization that promotes overwhelming majority of Israelis who are TEL AVIV (JTA) – Secular and haredi That’s one of the fi ndings of an annual religious freedom in Israel. unhappy about the way religion and state Orthodox Israelis differ on many things, survey of Israeli religious identifi cation The survey found that 95 per cent of are linked and impacting the lives of but there’s one thing both sides agree on: and attitudes toward religious policy secular respondents are dissatisfi ed with individuals and the state,” Rabbi Regev When it comes to religious affairs, their released last month by Hiddush, a the government’s handling of religious said. “The public clearly does not like issues, with large majorities favouring what the Israeli government has provided civil marriage or civil unions and offi cial it with.” recognition of non-Orthodox The survey also found a rise in support conversions. for same-sex marriage – with 64 per cent But the survey also reported dissatisfac- in support, compared to 56 per cent last TAMIR tion with religious policy among 81 per year. The jump follows national legaliza- cent of haredi Orthodox Israelis, despite tion of gay marriage in the United States NESHAMA the fact that haredi parties regained and a stabbing attack at the Jerusalem gay control over the Religious Affairs Ministry pride parade in July that killed a 16-year- and the powerful Knesset Finance old girl. But a substantial portion of CHOIR Committee following the March elections. Israel’s governing coalition opposes Since then, the parties have set about same-sex marriage, making its passage rolling back several reforms adopted by unlikely. the previous government by removing the Israelis’ long-held desire for religious teeth from a law drafting haredi men into reform hasn’t led to corresponding the military and repealing a conversion government action. According to Rabbi reform passed last year. Regev, that’s because Israelis, when “When the haredim are unhappy, voting, place less of a priority on religion they’re unhappy about something than security or economics. That was different than why the secular [Israelis] especially true ahead of this year’s are unhappy,” Rabbi Uri Regev, the election following a war in Gaza and much Hiddush CEO, told JTA. “To many of them, public discussion about skyrocketing q Israel is not giving them enough, not housing prices. Religious issues didn’t TAMIR enforcing their prerogatives enough, not even register in a March pre-election poll enforcing Shabbat observance.” that asked about the country’s most Covering a broad spectrum of questions pressing concerns. Nor have issues like on religious policy and identifi cation, the marriage and conversion been subjects of Hiddush survey reported large majorities major public protest. of Israelis supporting religious policy In 2013, religious policy briefl y rose in change, as it has every year since the poll prominence as Yesh Atid became the began in 2009. Sixty-four per cent of Knesset’s second-largest party, promising Jewish Israelis support recognizing to draft haredim and push for civil unions. “ ” Conservative and Reform conversions – But those issues faded as Israel entered SOLE toSOUL not just Orthodox, as is currently the case. last summer’s war in Gaza. In this year’s Nearly three-quarters of Israelis want elections, the new kingmaker was Kulanu, public transit on Shabbat. And 86 per cent a party largely focused on economics. of respondents support haredi men Yesh Atid, meanwhile, lost eight seats and CD LAUNCH performing military or civilian national joined the parliamentary opposition. service. “Yes, the majority of Israelis don’t like Sixty-four per cent of Jewish Israelis the way things are. Yes, they want reli- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015 want Israel to enact civil marriage or civil gious freedom and equality,” Rabbi Regev unions, though 63 per cent said they said. “But should that be the condition for would still choose an Orthodox ceremony sitting in the government? No. The CENTREPOINTE STUDIO THEATRE for themselves – including three-quarters challenge is how do you translate passive FREE of Conservative Jews. support and understanding of the issues 7:00PM TICKETS $10 REFRESHMENTS “There is clearly a growing, solid, into mobilization?”

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BY MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Davy died at age 58 in 1963, when Bob “We called him ‘Davy the Punk,’” the multi-media show fi lled with engrossing EDITOR was 17. When Bob was growing up, his old man said, when Bob told him that monologues, rich characterizations and ’ve known Canadian singer-song- father ran a theatrical agency. Bob didn’t Davy was his father. captivating songs. It was a fascinating writer Bob Bossin since the 1970s. In really know anything of his previous And so began Bob’s almost-lifelong look at a distinctly Jewish character from those days, he co-led Stringband, an occupation in Toronto’s underworld. quest to fi nd out all he could about his those times and an intriguing look at a Iaccomplished folk group that Researching his father’s life decades later, father. Over a period of many years, he Jewish community so very different in pioneered the do-it-yourself recording it was explained to him that his father got talked to elderly relatives and to friends many ways from that of today. industry that is so prevalent 40 years out of the gambling business when Bob and cronies of his father. He also studied Bob is returning to Ottawa to perform later, and I produced several concerts in was a young boy because Davy didn’t newspaper clippings and court records the full-length version of Davy the Punk Montreal in the 1970s and ‘80s with the want his son growing up in a criminal from back in the day, eventually piecing on Thursday, October 29, 7:30 pm, at the band and with Bob as a solo performer. milieu. together the story of Davy’s life. About Soloway Jewish Community Centre. Bob’s latest projects – a book released In the ‘70s, more than a decade after nine years ago – when he turned 60 – Bob Tickets are $20 at the door. last year and a captivating stage show his father’s death, Bob was having lunch began to write the book as well as the Visitwww.davythepunk.com for more he’s been touring across Canada, both at the United Bakers Dairy restaurant on script and songs for the stage show. information about the stage show or called Davy the Punk – tell the story, or, Spadina Avenue in Toronto’s old Jewish In June of 2014, Bob performed an book. Contact Roslyn Wollock at rather tell stories, about Davy Bossin, neighbourhood and got into a conversa- abridged version of Davy the Punk at the [email protected] or 613-798-9818, Bob’s father, an infamous bookie in tion with the old man working behind Ottawa Fringe Festival. It was a warm- ext. 254 for more information about the Toronto in the 1930s and ‘40s. And, while the counter (Bob thinks it may have been hearted, poignant and funny one-man event . Davy the Punk is specifi cally about one one of the restaurant’s original owners man, it’s also the story of an immigrant from 1912). Asking the counterman if he Jewish community struggling to survive remembered the Bossin family, the old and establish itself in Canada at a time of man mentioned all the Bossins he profound anti-Semitism. remembered, including Davy.

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BY LISA GARMAN seeking to lead full Jewish lives. California in 1988. As a new olah and a fi ve-year terms on the Efrat town council, FOR AGUDATH ISRAEL The question of “Who is a Jew?” young mother, she was astonished at the developed a reputation as an articulate AND MACHZIKEI HADAS continues to disturb North America-Israel enormous difference between the and serious radio personality through her gudath Israel Congregation and relations. In the past, the issue was popular perception of life in Israel and the show “Rejuvenation with Eve Harrow” on Congregation Machzikei Hadas conversion and if the Law of Return actual reality she was living. She found the Voice of Israel, and become an have announced the fi rst two would apply to those converted by herself contending with many things that extremely respected and knowledgeable Aevents for our second annual non-Orthodox rabbis. More recently, the were far from perfect and realized she had licensed tour guide. joint lecture series. The theme for the status of Jews by birth is in question and to become part of the solution. Harrow’s lectures and seminars are series will be Jewish activism in the 21st how to prove that one has been born Despite no formal background in powerful and passionate and her exten- century. Jewish when a letter from one’s rabbi is politics, journalism or public speaking, sive political activism on a wide range of Rabbi Seth Farber will address the topic not accepted by the Israeli rabbinate. and while raising seven children with her issues provides her audiences with a of “What One Rabbi is Doing to Change Rabbi Farber is on the cutting edge in physician husband, she has served two unique insight into Israeli political life. the Israeli Rabbinate” on Sunday, October dealing with problems of this nature. 18, 7:30 pm, at Congregation Machzikei Rabbi Farber believes that non-Ortho- Hadas. dox Jews and Orthodox Jews, including OTTAWA CENTRE Issues of personal status in Israel the Israeli Rabbinate, must learn to work – marriage, divorce, conversion and burial together on the diffi cult issues of personal Damian – are administered by the Ministry of status. In his talk, he will highlight some Religious Affairs in a way that often leaves of the challenges he deals with and give a KONSTANTINAKOS people confused and bitter, and Rabbi report from the front lines about the Farber does not hesitate to tell it like it is. future of Jewish life. Conservative

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BY TOM TUGEND Lies, though fi ctionalized, explores how LOS ANGELES (JTA) – When the German the trial – which triggered a gradual fi lm Labyrinth of Lies opens, Hitler’s transformation of the German mindset Third Reich was defeated only 13 years – came to be. earlier. Germany is rising from the ruins, “I thought the story was incredible and but in 1958 its people are largely in a state I couldn’t believe that many Germans in of forgetfulness and denial about the the late 1950s had never heard of recent past. Auschwitz,” the fi lm’s director, Giulio Ask the man in the street about Ricciarelli, said in an interview. “But millions of Jews exterminated in SS actually, after the end of World War II, concentration camps and he’ll tell you there was an attempt to silence the dark that’s “Greuelpropaganda,” horror past.” propaganda, invented by the enemy. Originally and more aptly titled Auschwitz? What’s that? Labyrinth of Silence, the fi lm illustrates What about the Nuremberg Trials of Germany’s transformation over the last war criminals? Well, that’s just the half-century. The fi lm, which was written winners judging the losers, as after every and performed by German artists, was war. selected as the country’s offi cial Academy SONY PICTURES CLASSICS Alexander Fehling in Labyrinth of Lies, Germany’s entry in the 2016 . Today – when the German government Awards entry in the foreign-language and people have accepted full responsib- fi lm competition. ility for the murder of six million Jews Labyrinth of Lies explores a favourite been hired as a junior prosecutor by the when an investigative journalist tells him – it’s hard to fathom the German mindset cinematic theme: the young idealist attorney general for the German state of that a former SS concentration camp in the immediate postwar years. going up against an entrenched bureau- Hesse. He is played by Alexander Fehling, guard now works as a gym teacher in a The fi rst chink in the wall of denial was cratic power structure. best known in the United States as local high school. the so-called Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials, The stubborn truth-seeker here is the Wehrmacht soldier Sgt. Wilhelm in Such an appointment is against the from 1963 to 1965, in which the German young German lawyer Johann Radmann Inglourious Basterds. law, but nobody wants to bother check- government prosecuted 22 people who – a composite of three of the real-life In the fi lm, Radmann quickly tires of ing out the case. Radmann’s immediate helped run the death camp. Labyrinth of prosecutors in the trials – who has just dealing with traffi c offences. He perks up See Film on page 22 22 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM ★★★★ “CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER IS RIVETING.” TASHAUNA REID, CBC

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BY FRAN KLODAWSKY ing, a generous, interest free loan of community events each year. tion of the widespread commitment to FOR MULTIFAITH HOUSING INITIATIVE $150,000 was a signifi cant turning point. On Sunday, November 15, 3 pm, the end the severe housing need in Ottawa s Jews, we have a special MHI heard from our members that the seventh annual National Housing Day and a testament to the power of working obligation to help the home- organization needed to “walk the talk” and Celebration will be held at Centrepointe together across faiths to make Ottawa a less. But what difference can as a result, MHI made its fi rst housing Theatre. The event includes both a better place for all. Aone person make? purchase in 2005 in the form of a fi ve-unit powerful interfaith prayer service and a Volunteers are always needed and Since 2002, people like you and me apartment building. Despite the many reception to raise awareness and funds. welcome. There is much to be done. have been taking action against Ottawa’s challenges of being a landlord, MHI is In the spring, on Sunday, May 1, the Visit www.multifaithhousing.ca or long-standing affordable housing crisis convinced we can and need to be a signifi - ninth annual Tulipathon will take place. contact Sahada Aholo at 613-686-1825 or through the Multifaith Housing Initiative cant player in acquiring and maintaining This fundraising walk involving multiple [email protected] for more (MHI). From humble beginnings, MHI affordable rental stock in Ottawa. faith communities is both a demonstra- information. has grown to include 66 faith organiza- By 2014, MHI had acquired two other tions from the Jewish, Baha’i, Christian, properties: 10 condominium units in Hindu, Muslim and Unitarian commun- Somerset Gardens and 27 units at Blake FOR RENT ities working together. House in Vanier. Of equal signifi cance, Wonderful 4-Bedroom Jewish support for and involvement MHI was awarded the 2014 Action Semi-Detached in Craig Henry! with MHI has been long-standing. Ottawa Affordable Housing RFP. MHI is Congregations currently active in MHI about to break ground in Barrhaven to 4-bedroom 2 bath semi-detached with include Adath Shalom, Agudath Israel, build 98 units around the corner from approx. 2000 sq ft on quiet court in popular Or Haneshamah, Ottawa Torah Centre the Ottawa Torah Centre. Craig Henry. Chabad and Temple Israel, and the 18 Together with these ambitious pro- Main fl oor opens up with large bright kitchen, religious leaders who are MHI patrons jects, MHI also provides opportunities for dining area, spacious living room with huge include Rabbis Reuven Bulka, Steven communities of different faiths to work window. Two bedrooms on main fl oor, renovated bathroom. Lower level boasts Garten and Elizabeth Bolton. together toward a common and vital goal. huge family room with fi replace and patio doors to backyard, two more bedrooms Although MHI began as an organization As well as offering to visit individual faith and full bathroom, access to the garage. Finished basement makes a great studio. intended to support individual congrega- communities to talk about affordable Gorgeous landscaped yard with deck, beautiful gardens, loads of privacy. Double tion’s efforts to increase affordable hous- housing, MHI hosts two important car garage, parking for 6 cars! Walking distance to shul, schools, transit & shopping. Easy access to Hunt Club & 417. All appliances included. Breaking news updated daily at www.ottawajewishbulletin.com Please call David at 514-457-3679 for more information. 24 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Emerging generation to play important role at Limmud Ottawa

immud Ottawa is one of the most interesting In the years that I’ve been covering it, Limmud community events of the year. To me, it symbol- Ottawa has grown in size, complexity and diversity. I’ve izes so many aspects of Jewish life in Canada’s had the pleasure of chatting with everyone from Lcapital city. MONIQUE ELLIOT children, teens and tweens, a range of emerging genera- Limmud is an international organization based in the EMERGING GEN tion members, curious non-Jews taking religion or United Kingdom that focuses on open, non-denomina- anthropology courses at university and even recent tional, non-hierarchical and politics-free Jewish learning converts who were exploring how Judaism fi ts within for all. The name Limmud is derived from the Hebrew their lives, and how they can contribute to the commun- word for learning. ity in a meaningful way. The fi rst event I covered about the Jewish community justice Irwin Cotler, actress and director Bronwyn Every conversation was a fascinating peek into how – in Ottawa was the 2013 Limmud Ottawa event held at Steinberg, and Canada’s fi rst ambassador of Religious or whether – individuals in Ottawa’s Jewish community Congregation Beth Shalom. I was reporting for the Freedom, Andrew Bennett, among many others, will choose to celebrate their relationship with Judaism. As I Canadian Jewish News and the emerging generation was also host sessions. moved from room to room (quietly, I hope) between the focus of that article, which spotlighted a Limmud “It’s a bit crazy, but we’re doing it,” Moscoe laughed. sessions each year, I found many others were encour- session on declining rates for synagogue attendance by “I think that after this year, we may be outgrowing the aged to do the same – and they did! By “voting with young adults. one day in Ottawa. We may need to think about some- their feet,” organizers also got a sense of what the Limmud Ottawa will be held this year on Sunday, thing a little more expansive.” community was interested in learning about. November 1, beginning at 8:30 am at the Soloway Jewish The emerging generation will be a key demographic Moscoe said he hopes the next step involves partner- Community Centre. I recently caught up with Adam taking the opportunity to speak to their community, ing with Limmud in Montreal and Toronto and bringing Moscoe, a member of the emerging generation, active this year. in guest speakers from Israel, the United States, and on the Limmud Ottawa planning committee, who will “There are a number of younger speakers, young Europe. be co-hosting a session about the Jewish contribution to professionals … who are going to be giving their I’m not sure about you, but I’m going to fi nd it very musical theatre. refl ections,” Moscoe said. diffi cult to choose which sessions to attend at this year’s According to Moscoe, this year’s Limmud Ottawa “I guess that’s what I love about Limmud, that some event. What do you want to learn or teach? lineup will include more than 60 speakers, covering people don’t consider themselves professional public The registration fee for Limmud Ottawa is $25 for everything from world issues, to the arts, to children’s speakers. In fact, most people don’t, but Limmud is all adults, $10 for students, and free of charge for those 17 workshops, to Ottawa’s fi rst-ever interfaith text study about giving people a platform to just share something and under. Attendees can come and go as they please led by Rabbi Steven Garten and Imam Mohamad Jebara. that they’re passionate about and connecting it to and sit in on any talk that piques their interest. Former member of Parliament and former minister of Jewish life and Jewish ideas,” he added. Visit www.limmudottawa.ca for more information.

Are you functionally fi t? 60-64: 17; 65-69: 16; 70-74: 15; 75-79: 14; 80-84: 13; 85-89: 11; 90-94: 9. Arm Curls: Measures upper body strength. Do as ot everyone excels at sports or aspires to be a many bicep curls as you can with your dominant arm in competitive athlete, but most of us would like 30 seconds with full range of motion (curl all the way up to remain functionally fi t well into our later GLORIA SCHWARTZ and lower your arm all the way down). Men use an Nyears. There are various defi nitions of func- FOCUS ON eight-pound dumbbell. Women use a fi ve-pound tional fi tness, but the common focus is on preparing dumbbell. your body so you can engage in real-world activities. For FITNESS Here are the norms for WOMEN by age group: example, you may enjoy lifting weights in the gym, but 60-64: 17; 65-69: 17; 70-74: 16; 75-79: 15; 80-84: 14; what is the practical application of this skill? For older 85-89: 13; 90-94: 11. The norms for MEN by age group: adults, it may translate into something as simple but as 60-64: 19; 65-69: 18; 70-74: 17; 75-79: 16; 80-84: 15; important as being able to lift your grocery bags out of at California State University, Fullerton, and Jessie Jones, 85-89: 13; 90-94: 11. the shopping cart. a professor of Health Science at California State Six-Minute Walk: Measures your endurance. When you’re functionally fi t, you have adequate University, Fullerton. This battery of six tests is con- Measure the distance in yards that you can walk in six strength, endurance and fl exibility to engage in com- sidered by some experts on aging to be the gold stan- minutes. mon everyday tasks safely and independently without dard for functional fi tness assessment in older adults. Here are the norms for WOMEN by age group: pain, discomfort, injury or undue fatigue. A sedentary The performance norms are based on more than 7,000 60-64: 625; 65-69: 605; 70-74: 580; 75-79: 550; 80-84: lifestyle or health issues may lead to a signifi cant loss in American adults between 60 and 94. Due to space 510; 85-89: 460; 90-94: 400. The norms for MEN by age functional fi tness, which may result in an inability to limitations, I’m going to describe a subset of the tests to group: 60-64: 680; 65-69: 650; 70-74: 620; 75-79: 580; perform some tasks, an avoidance of some previously help you get an estimate of your functional fi tness level 80-84: 530; 85-89: 470; 90-94: 400. enjoyed activities or even an increase in your risk for for your gender and age group. It’s helpful to have a Up and Go: Measures speed, agility and balance. Sit premature loss of physical independence. Some studies partner time, count and record your scores. on a chair. When your partner says “go,” get up and walk on aging suggest that 40 to 50 per cent of people over Chair Stands: Measures lower body strength. Place briskly to a spot marked on the fl oor eight feet away, the age of 65 have some diffi culty with activities neces- an armless chair against a wall. Sit in the middle of the then walk back as quickly as you can and sit down. sary for daily living. You should discuss any noticeable chair without leaning back. Cross your arms against Using a stopwatch, your partner will time you to the changes in your fi tness with your doctor to rule out your chest. Stand up and sit down as many times as you nearest 10th of a second. medical causes. can in 30 seconds. Here are the norms for WOMEN by age group: The Functional Fitness Test, also known as the Senior Here are the norms for WOMEN by age group: 60-64: 5.0; 65-69: 5.3; 70-74: 5.6; 75-79: 6.0; 80-84: 6.5; Fitness Test, was developed in 1999 by Roberta Rikli, 60-64: 15; 65-69: 15; 70-74: 14; 75-79: 13; 80-84: 12; 85-89: 7.1; 90-94: 8.0. The norms for MEN by age group: dean of the College of Health and Human Development 85-89: 11; 90-94: 9. The norms for MEN by age group: 60-64: 4.8; 65-69: 5.1; 70-74: 5.5; 75-79: 5.9; 80-84: 6.4; 85-89: 7.1; 90-94: 8.0. You can read about all of the tests in more detail at To advertise in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, contact: http://tinyurl.com/njhafc9. If you weren’t able to complete a test as described or you scored below normal, consider it your opportunity BARRY SILVERMAN 613-798-4696, ext. 256 | to improve. A fi tness professional can help you target your weaknesses with appropriate exercises. You may be [email protected] able to slow the rate of decline and even improve your functional fi tness regardless of your age. October 12, 2015 25 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Beyond the gay rights issue, the BDS movement in Why do smart and ethical people do Iceland and elsewhere identifi es with victims. And nobody’s better at marketing victimhood than the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. stupid things when it comes to Israel? Every time Hamas precipitates war by fi ring rockets at civilian targets in Israel, the resulting confl ict kills he Viking Boycott is over – sort of. hundreds of Palestinian civilians. During these confl icts, But the rash decision by Iceland’s capital city offi cial Palestinian Authority TV broadcasts hours of of Reykjavik to boycott goods made in Israel is a footage of mutilated, burned and crushed bodies, BARBARA CROOK Tfascinating study of the psychology of the especially children. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. MY ISRAEL It is a terrible sight, and these people are indeed It’s also very personal for me. I made my third visit to victims. Iceland in August, love the country and its people, and But well-meaning liberals see only the victimhood. just had an Icelandic friend as a house guest. They forget that Hamas started this war, and that it used I also adore the city of Reykjavik, which is hip, its population – especially its kids – as human shields. cultured and edgy. In general, Icelanders are passionate about family, It’s so much more convenient to blame Israel. I’m not about to defend or condone the city council’s nature, the environment, great food and drink, and As I wrote in my September 7 column, not a single bone-headed boycott decision – later amended to living life to the fullest – just like Israelis and Canadians. house damaged in last year’s Operation Protective Edge confi ne the boycott to products made in the “occupied And Icelanders have a social conscience. More than has been rebuilt. One of the reasons is that construction territories,” as if that somehow makes more sense. 11,000 families in Iceland have offered to take in Syrian materials intended for housing get sold on the black But it’s an opportunity to puzzle over why otherwise refugees, even though the country’s offi cial limit is 50 market, and are likely to be used to build tunnels for smart and ethical people do stupid things when it comes asylum-seekers per year. terrorists to attack Israel. Is that Israel’s fault? to Israel. Reykjavik’s annual gay pride parade attracts more Even during the worst of the terror attacks against After the boycott was fi rst announced, I saw some than 100,000 people from around the world. Although Israel, it was never Israel’s policy to exploit photos of disturbing posts that slammed Icelanders as primitive most of the fl oats celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual terror victims or murdered children – partly out of and violent. and transgender (LGBT) community, a surprisingly respect for the dead and partly because the country Primitive? Iceland has fi ve of the world’s biggest geo- large number deal with political oppression, with Russia refuses to adopt a culture of victimhood. thermal power stations, and there are plans to make the as a very popular target. Besides being misguided, the BDS movement ultim- country 100 per cent free of fossil fuels. The capital is a This is a city that prides itself on identifying with the ately hurts the Palestinian economy more than that of bustling centre for music, design, fashion and visual arts. underdog. But, just like Canada’s now-defunct Queers Israel. Violent? With fewer than 150 people in prisons – and Against Israeli Apartheid and other pro-Palestinian, Even the offi cial Palestinian Authority newspaper, that includes people waiting to be charged – its incarcer- anti-Israel movements within the “progressive” world, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, praised the working conditions at ation rate is half that of Canada’s. And it has the they have their facts wrong when it comes to Israel. SodaStream’s West Bank factory. But the intense third-lowest murder rate in the world. Although there are acts of violence against gays in international BDS backlash against SodaStream was one The men are on the macho side – they’re proud of Israel – most recently the murder of 16-year-old Shira of the reasons the company moved its factory to Be’er their Viking roots. And Icelanders do eat disgusting Banki and the wounding of fi ve others by a haredi Sheva, putting at least 500 Palestinians out of work. things like putrid shark. (Thank goodness keeping Orthodox man at Jerusalem’s gay pride parade in There is nothing wrong with wanting to help victims. kosher has always allowed me to pass on this initiation August – Israel is the only country in the Middle East But understanding the roots of victimhood is far more ritual!) that protects LGBT rights. helpful than pointed fi ngers and empty gestures. Poetry that compels us to feel, to think, and to act

utumn/Tishrei: the season of change. This is a particular sacred text or tractate. But I am a writer, and the season when we listen to the call of the SARAH WAISVISZ a reader, and I know we can also look to the words of our shofar. It is a sound of celebration, a sound poets, to the tefi llah wrought by our artists. Adrienne Athat heralds joy for the New Year. But it is also DISPATCHES Rich, the late and great American-Jewish poet, challen- a call to action. FROM THE ges us to consider the relationship between poetry and The blast of the shofar challenges us to wake up, dares politics, between art and engagement. In her long poem, us to act differently. But responding to the call to action DIASPORA “An Atlas of the Diffi cult World,” she writes: “A patriot is is diffi cult when we fear change and hesitate to examine not a weapon. A patriot is one who wrestles for the / soul ourselves truly. Often we feel powerless in the face of of her country / as she wrestles for her own being, for the injustice or incomprehensible tragedy. Usually we just papers with clenched teeth, not sure when things would soul of his country … as he wrestles for his own being.” don’t know what to do. spill across the border into Lebanon. We can speak about political accords and funds and If we are honest, sometimes we feel tired and hopeless While visiting the ancient town of Byblos, we met a actions – and these are critical and practical steps in a because the bad news seems relentless. “Here we go shoe polisher and his young son. They told us they were crisis – but these steps must also be rooted in ethical again. Not another famine/war there again. There’s Kurdish refugees from Syria and that they had left engagement, in wrestling with the heart and the mind. always war there. I don’t have time for this.” Academics because things were beginning to go badly for them. Poetry and creative response is one way to wrestle with and humanitarian workers refer to this phenomenon as They were very worried about family members still diffi cult questions. Our poets have written jeremiads, “atrocity fatigue.” there. refl ections of the heart, lamentations, prophecies, and The Syrian refugee crisis has been in the news, “This is going to spill into our country, too,” our calls to action that encourage us to see complexity, relentlessly, for the past few weeks. I feel overwhelmed Turkish friend said. paradox, and nuance – that compel us to feel, to think, thinking of the 11 million people displaced so far. What “We Lebanese are used to war. We just fi nished one and to act. are we doing about it? though. Why couldn’t there be a longer break before the What would it take for those ideas, for those attributes I was in Beirut in the spring of 2012 for an academic next one? Our civil war lasted 15 years. May this one be of poetry and art, to be accepted as the necessary conference on human rights and literature. This was a shorter,” said one Lebanese friend. precursors and foundations to action? What of responses year into the increasing insurrections and uprisings in “Beirutis can feel war coming. These past few weeks, to war and to large-scale human suffering that are Syria and a year since the beginning of the Siege of we have been feeling it crawling on our skin like bugs,” founded in the nuanced refl ection, questioning, and Homs. It was while the United Nations attempted – and another Lebanese friend said. wrestling that is at the root of poetry? failed – to mediate a ceasefi re and just before the “How much for a shoeshine? Please do all of our Rich’s poem concludes with these questions: “Where massacre in Houla on May 25. And, it was a few months shoes,” our American friend said. are we moored? What are the bindings? What behooves before the Red Cross defi ned the confl ict as a civil war. Where might we look to for answers and for inspira- us?” The increasing tension was barely making news in tion? Where might we fi nd a Jewishly focused response? The poet’s words are a kavanah – a kavanah for the North America. But, in Beirut, we read the daily news- I am not a rabbi, so I can’t point you in the direction of month of Tishrei and beyond. 26 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM October 12, 2015 27 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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The Board of Directors of the Otta- ARTHUR AND LINDA COGAN FUND Our future is in your hands wa Jewish Community Foundation FOR YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP acknowledges with thanks contri- In Memory of: To make a donation butions to the following funds as of David Ben-Reuven by Arthur and Linda Cogan. September 11, 2015. and/or send a tribute card, Norman Lesh by Arthur and Linda Cogan. Mazel Tov to: call the Foundation office ANNETTE ALBERT Linda Kerzner on becoming Chair of the (613-798-4696 ext. 274) ENDOWMENT FUND Jewish Federation of Ottawa by Arthur and Linda Anniversary Wishes to: Cogan. e-mail: [email protected] Jackie and Bert Gorenstein by Annette Albert Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of their and Lew Perelmutter. granddaughter, Sloan Hannah Resnick by Arthur website: www.OJCF.ca Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: and Linda Cogan. Naomi and Gordon Fogel by Annette Albert Harvey and Sari Toll on the birth of their and Lew Perelmutter. grandchild by Arthur and Linda Cogan. R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Join us in building our community MARY AND ISRAEL (AL) ALLICE Nathan Smith by Arthur and Linda Cogan. MEMORIAL FUND Irving Swedko by Arthur and Linda Cogan. In Memory of: Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: by supporting these local agencies Harry Cogan by Beverly and Irving Sylvia Asa by Arthur and Linda Cogan. Swedko. Beverlee Ashmele by Arthur and Linda HILLEL LODGE LEGACY FUND JEWISH YOUTH LIBRARY Cogan. Anniversary Wishes to: OF OTTAWA ANNE AND LOUIS ARRON Roslyn and Lee Raskin by Barbara ENDOWMENT FUND MEMORIAL FUND SANDI AND EDDY COOK Gutmajer. DAVID “THE BEAR” KARDASH In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND CAMP B’NAI BRITH MEMORIAL FUND Paul Weiner by Daphne and Stanley Arron. SARA AND ZEEV VERED Anniversary Wishes to: OTTAWA JEWISH CEMETERIES R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Fran and Stan Ages by Sandi and Eddy Cook ISRAEL CULTURAL PROGRAM FUND David Loeb by Daphne and Stanley Arron. R’fuah Sh’leimah to: ZICHARON FUND and family. OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY In Memory of: David Loeb by Sara Vered. ALYCE AND ALLAN BAKER ENDOWMENT FUND Pyare Sharma by Sandi and Eddy Cook and FAMILY FUND family. SOLOWAY JEWISH OTTAWA JEWISH Condolences to: COMMUNITY CENTRE COMMUNITY SCHOOL Annice Kronick on the loss of her dear moth- JOSEPH AND ESTHER EISENSTADT YOUTH SERVICES FUND PARENT FUND er, Marjorie by Alyce and Allan Baker. MEMORIAL FUND Mazel Tov to: OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY Good Wishes to: Barbara Levine and David Spring on In Memory of: SCHOOL AGENCY FUND Barry and Marna Weinstock by Alyce and Irving Freed by Joan Sacksner. becoming grandparents by Carol and Laurie Allan Baker. Pascoe. OTTAWA JEWISH Sid Lebow by Joan Sacksner. COMMUNITY SCHOOL Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Gaston Marx by Joan Sacksner. AJA 50+ ENDOWMENT FUND CHILDREN OF THE Jack and Carol-Sue Shapiro by Alyce and In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Allan Baker. AJA 50+ DAVID SMITH BOOK AWARD FUND Esther Eisenstadt, a dear mother by Joan Rick and Helen Zipes by Alyce and Allan OTTAWA JEWISH OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY Sacksner. Baker. COMMUNITY SCHOOL SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND Fern Eisenstadt, a dear sister by Joan SCHOLARSHIP FUND OTTAWA JEWISH Sacksner. CAYLA AND MICHAEL BAYLIN Joseph Eisenstadt, a dear father by Joan AKIVA EVENING HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND Sacksner. ENDOWMENT FUND FUND IN MEMORY OF EVA WINTROB In Memory of: David Sacksner, a dear husband by Joan OTTAWA JEWISH ADINA BEN PORAT MACHON SARAH Harry Cogan by Cayla Baylin. Sacksner. HISTORICAL SOCIETY FUND TORAH EDUCATION FUND Mazel Tov to: SHIRLEY AND SHIER BERMAN FUND OTTAWA LODGE B’NAI BRITH #885 CLAIRE AND IRVING BERCOVITCH Marcia and Craig Michel on their marriage by FOR OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES PAST PRESIDENTS FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Joan Sacksner. DORIS BRONSTEIN TALMUD TORAH OTTAWA LODGE B’NAI BRITH #885 Mazel Tov to: The Silverman family on Marcia’s marriage AFTERNOON SCHOOL FUND PRESIDENTS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Claire Bercovitch on her grandson, Dylan’s by Joan Sacksner. Bar Mitzvah by Barbara Gutmajer. BARRY FISHMAN OTTAWA MODERN Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: JEWISH SCHOOL FUND The Eisenstein and Saks families by Joan OTTAWA JEWISH BULLETIN SAMUEL AND BESSIE BLAIR SCHOLARSHIP FUND OTTAWA POST Sacksner. MEMORIAL FUND Jake Grossman by Joan Sacksner. MARTIN GLATT JEWISH WAR VETERANS FUND In Memory of: The Lebow family by Joan Sacksner. PARLIAMENT LODGE OTTAWA TORAH INSTITUTE Bessie Blair by Bob and Flory Cohen. Stephen and Barbara Yak and families by B’NAI BRITH TORAH EDUCATION FUND Samuel Blair by Bob and Flory Cohen. Joan Sacksner. PAST PRESIDENTS’ FUND PINCHAS ZUKERMAN MENDEL AND VALERIE GOOD MUSIC EDUCATION FUND DR. GERALD BLOOM ELLEN AND RAHAMIM FATHI HOLOCAUST CONTINUING RAMBAM MAIMONIDES MEMORIAL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND EDUCATION FUND JEWISH CONTINUITY FUND Anniversary Wishes to: Birthday Wishes to: Roslyn and Lee Raskin by Ethel Bloom and GREENBERG FAMILIES SOLOWAY JEWISH Morley Goldfield by Ellen Fathi and family. family. LIBRARY FUND COMMUNITY CENTRE FUND FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SHARON AND PAUL FINN LORI CAPLAN AND PHIL RIMER NEXT GENERATION EDUCATION FUND ENDOWMENT FUND FAMILY FOUNDATION In Memory of: JEWISH COMMUNITY CEMETERY SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY Birthday Wishes to: Paul Weiner by Sharon and Paul Finn. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND Eric Weisbloom by Lori Caplan and Phil Mazel Tov to: JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES SOLOWAY JEWISH Rimer. Joany and Andy Katz on the birth of their AGENCY FUND COMMUNITY CENTRE granddaughter by Sharon and Paul Finn. JEWISH MEN’S ENDOWMENT FUND TILLIE AND HARRY CHERM Barbara Levine and David Spring on the SOFTBALL LEAGUE FUND TAMIR ENDOWMENT FUND MEMORIAL FUND birth of their granddaughter, Maya Tilly by Paul, JEWISH STUDENTS ASSOCIATION - TORAH ACADEMY OF OTTAWA In Memory of: Sharon, Joshua, Jordan and Davina Finn. HILLEL FUND TORAH EDUCATION FUND Sylvia Kaiman by Donald Cherm and Robert Lebans. Continued on page 28 28 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Sunny and John Tavel by Alfred and Kaysa ARTHUR AND SARAH KIMMEL MORTY MAYBERGER daughter, Sydney Blair by Sharon and Paul Finn. Friedman. MEMORIAL FUND UNITED JEWISH APPEAL R’fuah Sh’leimah to: R’fuah Sh’leimah to: GOLF TOURNAMENT FUND Leslie Kaufman by Sharon and Paul Finn. JACK AND GERT GOLDSTEIN David Loeb by Roslyn and Arnie Kimmel. In Memory of: MEMORIAL FUND Irving Swedko by Roslyn and Arnie Kimmel. Milton Shaffer by Shelley and Morris STEVEN AND ROZ FREMETH In Memory of: Schachnow. FAMILY FUND Joy Manne by Allen and Diane Abramson. DANIEL AND MARILYN KIMMEL Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: ENDOWMENT FUND RHODA AND JEFFREY MILLER Steven and Roz Fremeth by Donna and Eric FRITZI AND MAX (CHIEF) GREENBERG In Memory of: FAMILY FUND Levin. MEMORIAL FUND Milton Shaffer by Yvonne and Harvey Mazel Tov to: Mazel Tov to: Lithwick and family. Harry Prizant on his marriage to Linda ALFRED AND KAYSA FRIEDMAN Joany and Andy Katz on the birth of their Edelman by Rhoda and Jeffrey Miller and SHARON KOFFMAN ENDOWMENT FUND granddaughter by Linda and Murray Greenberg family. ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND Anniversary Wishes to: and family. In Memory of: Joan and Russell Kronick by Alfred and PHYLLIS AND ALAN RACKOW Berte Ginsberg by Sandra Zagon. Kaysa Friedman. LAURA AND MILTON GREENBERG ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: FAMILY FOUNDATION KRANTZBERG KRANE FAMILY FUND In Memory of: Milton Shaffer by Alfred and Kaysa Friedman. Anniversary Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: Phyllis Rackow by Linda and Murray Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Roslyn and Lee Raskin by Laura Greenberg. Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Greenberg and family. Ricki and Barry Baker by Alfred and Kaysa son, Jacob Sidney by Myra and Sam Krane and Friedman. TEENA AND WALTER HENDELMAN family. FLORENCE Sid and Barbara Cohen by Alfred and Kaysa FAMILY FUND Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- AND GDALYAH ROSENFELD Friedman. In Memory of: daughter, Sydney Blair by Myra and Sam Krane ENDOWMENT FUND Simone Gardner and family by Alfred and Phyllis Rackow by Teena and Walter and family. In Appreciation to: Kaysa Friedman. Hendelman. Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Anita Rosenfeld and Jocelyn Slatt by Melané Bill and Jane James by Alfred and Kaysa Charles and Susan Schwartzman and family Hotz. Friedman. JEREMY KANTER MEMORIAL FUND by Myra and Sam Krane and family. Josee Posen and family by Alfred and Kaysa Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN Friedman. Roz and Steve Fremeth by Julie Kanter and RIVA AND ABRAHAM KROLL MEMORIAL FUND Margo and Gordon Roston by Alfred and Joe Silverman and families. MEMORIAL FUND Mazel Tov to: Kaysa Friedman. In Memory of: Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Steve and Carole Rubins by Alfred and Kaysa HIRAM AND LILLIAN KATHNELSON Abraham Kroll by Bob and Flory Cohen. son, Jacob Sidney by Corinne and Sheldon Friedman. FAMILY FUND Riva Kroll by Bob and Flory Cohen. Taylor and family. Sol and Laya Shabinsky by Alfred and Kaysa Anniversary Wishes to: Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Friedman. Roslyn and Lee Raskin by Anita Roodman. ANNICE AND SYDNEY KRONICK daughter, Sydney Blair by Corinne and Sheldon FAMILY FUND Taylor and family. Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Debi and Neil Zaret and family by Donna and SHELLEY AND SID ROTHMAN Important Notice Eric Levin. FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: to all Fund Advisors NORMAN AND ISABEL LESH Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- ENDOWMENT FUND son, Jacob Sidney by Linda and Murray of the Anniversary Wishes to: Greenberg and family. Roslyn and Lee Raskin and by Isabel Lesh. Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation In Memory of: daughter, Sydney Blair by Linda and Murray Norman Lesh by Barry and Marieta Lithwick; Greenberg and family. by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick and family; and If you would like to make changes by Paul and Celine Bouzanis. RICKIE AND MARTIN SASLOVE in the allocations from your endowment fund Mazel Tov to: FAMILY FUND Shirley Kriger on her granddaughter’s Mazel Tov to: for the 2015 disbursements, engagement by Isabel Lesh. Rickie and Martin Saslove on the marriage of her granddaughter Sara to Joe by Barbara the request needs to be received in writing SANDRA AND JACIE LEVINSON Gutmajer. ENDOWMENT FUND by October 31, 2015. Rickie and Martin Saslove on the marriage Birthday Wishes to: of her grandson, Howard to Sarah by Barbara Jacie Levinson by Dan and Marilyn Kimmel. Gutmajer. Please send your allocation instructions SALLY AND ELLIOTT LEVITAN ENDOWMENT FUND ELAYNE AND WESLEY SCHACTER by one of the following methods: Birthday Wishes to: ENDOWMENT FUND Sally Levitan by Dundi and Lyon Sachs. Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Online request form: www.OJCF.ca Beverley and Bryan Glube and family by THE LEVITZ FAMILY FUND Elayne and Wesley Schacter and family. Email: [email protected] Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Brenda and Stephen Stein and family by FAY AND JOSEPH SHULMAN Ingrid Levitz and family. ENDOWMENT FUND Tel: 613-798-4696, ext. 252 Condolences to: ARNOLD AND ROSE LITHWICK Sye Mincoff on the loss of his dear brother- Fax: 613-798-4695, Attn: Mike Bazuk MEMORIAL FUND in-law by Nadine and Brian Mordfield. Birthday Wishes to: Mail or in person: Marieta Lithwick by Yvonne and Harvey SAMUEL AND KATHERINE SIGLER 21 Nadolny Sachs Private Lithwick and family. 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MARGO AND JUDAH and Leiba Krantzberg. and Leiba Krantzberg ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY SILVERMAN FAMILY Melanie and Jerry Gluss by David Smith and Linda Smith by David Smith and Leiba ENDOWMENT FUND COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND Leiba Krantzberg. Krantzberg. Birthday Wishes to: In Memory of: Sharon Sholzberg-Gray by David Smith and Mark Smith by David Smith and Leiba Mac Jewett by Rick and Helen Zipes. Joel Scher by Margo and Judah Silverman. Leiba Krantzberg. Krantzberg. Condolences to: Carol Greenberg by David Smith and Leiba Moishe Smith and Renee Bates by David Walid Mourad on the loss of his dear father by SAM AND SUE SLACK Krantzberg. Smith and Leiba Krantzberg. Rick and Helen Zipes. ENDOWMENT FUND Rabbi and Mrs. Hayes by David Smith and Nathan and Cindy Smith by David Smith and Mazel Tov to: Mazel Tov to: Leiba Krantzberg. Leiba Krantzberg. Linda Slotin and Jonathan Fisher on their mar- Ruth Elias and Shlomo Litwin on the birth of Margo and David Kardish by David Smith and Ellis and Cecile Solomon by David Smith and riage by Rick and Helen Zipes. their grandson by Sharon and David Appotive Leiba Krantzberg. Leiba Krantzberg. and family. Libby Katz by David Smith and Leiba Rabbi and Mrs. Teitlebaum by David Smith THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB Krantzberg. and Leiba Krantzberg. B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM IRVING AND HARRIET SLONE Steven and Linda Kerzner by David Smith and Mark and Lise Thaw by David Smith and ENDOWMENT FUND Leiba Krantzberg. Leiba Krantzberg. LIEFF FAMILY B’NAI MITZVAH FUND In Memory of: Leiba Krantzberg by David Smith. Liz Vered and family by David Smith and Birthday Wishes to: Annabelle Horwitz by Donna and Eric Levin. Linda and Jeffrey Laks by David Smith and Leiba Krantzberg. Dorothy Hymes by Francie Greenspoon and Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Leiba Krantzberg. Ron and Jennifer Vered by David Smith and Norman Lieff. Carol and Stuart Levine by Donna and Eric Isabel Lesh by David Smith and Leiba Leiba Krantzberg. Mazel Tov to: Levin. Krantzberg. Sara Vered and family by David Smith and Danya Vered and David Glick-Stal on their Cantor and Sara Levinson by David Smith and Leiba Krantzberg. marriage by Francie Greenspoon and Norman LINDA SLOTIN AND JONATHAN FISHER Leiba Krantzberg. Susan and Gillie Vered by David Smith and Lieff. ENDOWMENT FUND Rhoda and Joe Levitan by David Smith and Leiba Krantzberg. Liz Vered on the marriage of her daughter, Mazel Tov to: Leiba Krantzberg. Sharon and Lawrie Weinstein by David Smith Danya to David Glick-Stal by Francie Greenspoon Linda Slotin and Jonathan Fisher on their mar- Sally and Elliott Levitan by David Smith and and Leiba Krantzberg. and Norman Lieff. riage by Ellen, David, Jacob and Zachary Fisher; Leiba Krantzberg. 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about how some in the gay community have sacrifi ced a gay rights agenda in favour of a left wing one. He has Conservative activist is tough on both much to say in that regard about such groups as Toronto’s Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and says the left wing and right wing hypocrisy Harper government has been the most supportive of gay rights in Canadian history. However, Litwin also shows that he is not a party-line Conservative Confi dential: conservative and is particularly critical of right wing Inside the Fabulous Blue Tent Islamaphobia, arguing that common cause must be By Fred Litwin MICHAEL REGENSTREIF made with the vast majority of Muslims who are not NortherBlues Books Islamist. 216 pages BOOK REVIEW And, by book’s end, Litwin reveals his disappoint- ment with Stephen Harper’s Conservative government red Litwin, founder of the Free Thinking Film describing it as “quite timid,” even “arrogantly timid” Society, is well known in Ottawa as a small-c about too many issues, particularly in the realm of conservative, pro-Israel and pro-gay rights the Left offered a quick easy, foreign policy. Factivist. On occasion, he has also been a knee-jerk response. No thought He is even more critical of the Conservative Party campaign worker (not, however, in went into any of it. It was all current crop of Republican the current election campaign – more on that later). America’s fault.” candidates in the U.S. But Litwin did not always identify as a political right Litwin looks back at his decades “All the leading Republicans winger. His transformation from left wing activism to as “a man of the left” and explains gave me the creeps,” he said, his current position as a socially progressive conserva- the evolution of his thinking, when describing a trip to the tive began when he read The Politics of Bad Faith by noting how much easier it had Conservative Political Action David Horowitz, another Jewish left wing activist who been to come out as a gay man to Conference in Washington this had become disillusioned with leftist thinking and had his family and straight friends in past February. pivoted right. But it was with the events of September 11, 1983 than as a conservative to his Litwin is an articulate writer 2001 – a day that changed the world in so many ways – liberal and left wing friends a who never leaves a doubt about that Litwin realized he was on a political road very couple of decades later. where he stands on any issue he different from the left wing activism that had guided Along the way, Litwin offers a addresses in Conservative him since his university days in the 1970s in Montreal. fascinating account of how the Confi dential. He makes his In Conservative Confi dential: Inside the Fabulous Blue Iranian embassy in Ottawa tried personal story compelling and his Tent – which is part autobiography and part political (and almost succeeded) to stop his arguments – whether one agrees commentary and analysis – Litwin details his political fi lm society from showing Iranium, or disagrees with him on any or all evolution by noting “in the days after 9/11, I expected a documentary exposé on Iran’s issues – are presented with both the Left would rise to the occasion and come up with nuclear program made several clarity and honesty. Although some worthwhile explanations, some reasonable years before the recent debates now identifying as conservative, analysis, some idea of what it all meant, some leader- over the Iran nuclear deal. He also offers cogent argu- he is as tough on right wing hypocrisy as he is on left ship on the right thing to do. But straight off the mark, ments about anti-Israel bias in CBC news reporting and wing hypocrisy.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 SJCC/PJ Library School Age Book Club Adventure: Roy Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 102 Greenview Ave., 11:15 am. In Memory and Remembrance: 10:30 am to 12 pm. Info: Annette Paquin, 613-526-2968, [email protected] Info: Gail Lieff, 613-798-9818 ext. 303, [email protected] Commemorating the 70th anniversary Community Challah Bake for Women:Part of the Shabbat of the end of the Holocaust. Pearls of Wisdom 2015: Project in Ottawa. Limited tickets available, 7 pm. Canadian Museum of History, 100 rue Laurier, Gatineau, 7 pm. Panel discussion: “A Jewish woman’s perspective: How do we Info: Sarah Beutel, 613-798-4696, ext. 253, [email protected] Info: Dan Hartal, 514-991-7660, [email protected] view our bodies and our health?” Art and jewelry sale, 3 pm. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 Info: Mike Bazuk, 613-798-4696, ext. 252, [email protected] Community Unity Havdallah: An extraordinary international Hillel Lodge’s Night that ‘Sparkles’: Jewish National Fund of Canada - 2015 Negev Dinner: celebration of Shabbat. A collaboration among 23 community Celebrate 60 years of Hillel Lodge. Château Laurier, 1 Rideau St., 6 pm. organizations, 7:45 pm. Hillel Lodge, 10 Nadolny Sachs Pvt., 7:30 pm. Info: Ilana Albert-Novick, 613-798-2411, [email protected] Info: Sarah Beutel, 613-798-4696, ext. 253, [email protected] Info: Jana Rand, 613-798-3900, ext. 192, [email protected] The Rabin Legacy and the Quest for Peace: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 Canadian Friends of Peace Now sponsored talk by Yuval Rabin, “What One Rabbi is Doing to Change the Israeli Rabbinate” A lecture on the War of Independence: son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, 7:30 pm. with Rabbi Seth Farber: Agudath Israel and Machzikei Hadas Sara Vered will speak from her personal experience Info: Gabriella Goliger, 613-523-8969, [email protected] partner to provide a series of four lectures. Machzikei Hadas Congregation, 2310 Virginia Dr., 7:30 pm. about the War of Independence in Israel, 4 pm. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 Info: Miriam Lerson, 613-728-3501, [email protected] Info: Ella Dagan, 613-798-9818, ext. 243, [email protected] Or Haneshamah Jewish education program for children: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 A walk through Jewish Montreal entitled “Rabbis, Writers Jewish learning program for children aged 6 to 11. and Radicals:” Tour the Mile End community of Montreal, while Six-part seminar entitled “A Guide for the Perplexed Or Haneshamah, 30 Cleary Ave., 8:45 am to 12:45 pm. walking through the parks, streets and back lanes, tracing the Conservative Jew:” led by Rabbi Barry Schlesinger. Weekly until June 18 (confi rm by email). evolution of Montreal’s Jewish literary, musical and culinary life, Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Ave., 7 pm. Info: Eliyanah Delicate, 613-239-4988, [email protected] 7:30 am to 11:59 pm. Tuesdays until November 24. Info: Miriam Lerson, 613-728-3501, [email protected] Community-Wide Teen Havdallah and Karaoke Night: Info: Miriam Lerson, 613-728-3501, [email protected] Open to all teenagers from grades 8 to 12, 7:30 pm. Info: Gail Lieff, 613-798-9818, ext. 303, [email protected] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE “Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied OCTOBER 16 5:56 PM OCTOBER 30 5:37 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 Poland:” uOttawa Prof. Jan Grabowski talks about his book, 7:30 pm. OCTOBER 23 5:44 PM NOVEMBER 6 4:23 PM Books and Bagels Book Review and discussion: Bagel breakfast Info: Roslyn Wollock, 613-798-9818, ext. 254, [email protected] followed by book review and discussion. Angus Smith reviews “The Mathematician’s Shiva” by Stuart Rojstaczer. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 BULLETIN DEADLINES Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Dr., 9:30 am. AJA 50+ Bridge and games fundraiser: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 FOR NOVEMBER 9 Info: Shayla Mindell. 613-594-4556, [email protected] Come with a partner/table or be assigned to one. Lunch included. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 FOR NOVEMBER 23

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