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- - SOLD OUT! THANK YOU - - JNF OTTAWA NEGEV DINNER OCT. 15 SJCC trip to Israel Ken SCHACHNOW GUEST SPEAKER DENNIS PRAGER Shawna Dolansky will lead Sales Representative SUPPORTING AUTISM RESEARCH IN ISRAEL DIRECT: 613.292.2200 12-day tour of Israeli archeological OFFICE: 613.829.1818 POLAND-ISRAEL MISSION OCT. 18-NOV. 3 EMAIL: [email protected] KELLERWILLIAMS VIP REALTY www.kenschachnow.com [email protected] 613-798-2411 and historic sites > p. 15 Brokerage, Independently Owned And Operated Ottawa Jewish Bulletin OCTOBER 12, 2015 | 29 TISHREI 5776 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 Holocaust Education Month to be launched with special concert at National Gallery World-renowned violinist, pianist to perform 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 Canada 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- JEWISH FEDERATION 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 Bob Bossin’s Davy the Punk Barbara Crook on Sarah Waisvisz on poetry inside: coming to the SJCC > p. 17 bone-headed boycotts > p. 25 that compels us to act > p. 25 World Class Outsourcing ... and more! 613-744-6444 613-244-7225 Providing quality service 613-744-5767 613-244-4444 to the National Capital Region Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 since 1947! www.boydgroup.on.ca 2 October 12, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM March of the Living chaperones eager to bear witness alongside students 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.