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OCTOBER 15, 2018 | CHESHVAN 6, 5779 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 Lip-sync battle kicks off Federation Annual Campaign

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD he kickoff of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s 2019 Annual Campaign was a marked departure from previous years that focused on guest speakers. This year’s event, September 16 at Centrepointe TTheatre, was a lip-sync battle featuring representatives from many of the community’s agencies and organizations dancing and pretending to sing hit songs. The Zaret family – Debi, Neil, Adam, Josh and Jen – chaired the event. “Our family is honoured to be the chairs of this special event, and we thank you for joining us. We are happy to have with us tonight: no special guest!” Adam Zaret joked. “This will not be a night of speeches. We are here to have fun, and instead of talking, we hope to show you many wonderful aspects of our community and prove why giving to the Annual Campaign is so important,” said Neil Zaret. ‘Stuntman’ Stu Schwartz was the MC for the lip- HOWARD SANDLER The team from Tamir was the audience’s clear choice for the Golden Challah People’s Choice Award. sync battle and the performances were judged by local media celebrities Abigail Bimman, Lianne Laing and Laurence Wall. The dances were choreographed by Soloway Jewish Community Centre), Ottawa Jewish enthusiastic performance. DeNeige Dojack, Elizabeth Greenberg, Karli Speevak Community School, Supplemental School (Ottawa Mod- The Golden Kiddush Cup for “best overall” pre- and Gabriel Wolinsky. ern Jewish School, Ottawa Talmud Torah and Temple sentation as chosen by the judges was awarded to the After each group performed their act, the judges Israel Religious School), The Rabbis (Rabbis Reuven Ottawa Jewish Community School, whose performers gave their critiques and Stuntman Stu held a short Bulka and Steven Garten, the rabbis emeritus of Congre- included Board President Michael Polowin as a hilari- Q&A session giving each group an opportunity to talk gation Machzikei Hadas and Temple Israel), and Tamir. ous Alice Cooper. about the organizations they were representing. The teams used unique costumes and props in their The judges also awarded the Lead Matzoh Ball to During the lip-sync battle interviews, Jewish Feder- performances. For example, the Jewish Life team wore the Federation team for their valiant effort despite the ation of Ottawa Chair Hartley Stern and President and Beatle wigs for a medley of the Fab Four’s hits, while “most lead-footed” dancing of the evening. CEO Andrea Freedman presented a short video show- Camp B’nai Brith wielded canoe paddles while dancing “Thank you all so much for devoting the time and casing the Jewish Superhighway and Rabbis Reuven and lip-syncing to the Proclaimers “I’m Gonna be (500 energy to rehearse and to put yourselves out there to Bulka – the Campaign co-chair – and Steven Garten Miles),” the Supplemental Schools, who were dressed make tonight’s event a huge success,” Jen Zaret said, presented a short video highlighting the 2019 Annual as cheerleaders to perform “We’re All in This Together” after the awards had been presented. Campaign’s special challenge fund. from “High School Musical” and The Rabbis, whose “We hope you leave tonight with a greater appreci- “This campaign is about raising another million costumes were appropriate to their medley of songs ation for the scope and breadth of our Jewish commu- dollars that will bring us forward to new programs and from “Fiddler on the Roof.” nity, the many organizations and opportunities that enhancing old ones, to really allow every single Jew in The Golden Challah People’s Choice Award, for we have right in front of us.” Added Josh Zaret. “We all this city to have that experience they cherish,” Stern said. the most popular act of the night as determined by hope you will join us in giving generously to this year’s The teams included Federation, Camp B’nai Brith the audience via the ‘Clap-O-Meter,’ was presented to Annual Campaign.” of Ottawa, Jewish Life (AJA 50+, Hillel Ottawa and the Tamir for their stylistically diverse set of songs and See page 2 for more photos.

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The Federation team in full disco mode for their finale.

(From left) Judges Abbigail Bimman, Laurence The Zaret Family, The Camp B’nai Brith team paddling to Wall and Lianne Laing comment on a lip-sync co-chairs of the 2019 “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).” battle performance. Annual Campaign Kickoff: (From left) Jodi Weinstein and Adam Zaret, Neil and Debi Zaret, Jen and Josh Zaret.

Below: Rabbis Reuven Bulka (left) and Steven Garten dancing to songs The Ottawa Jewish Community School received There were more ‘Beatles’ on the Jewish Life from “Fiddler on the Golden Kiddush Cup for best overall team than in the actual Beatles. the Roof.” performance.

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BY MATTHEW HORWOOD work to spread the word in Ottawa about avid Uzan, a married father of Uzan’s search for a kidney. Kaufman four young children, with a said she feels “frustrated” that she is not chronic kidney disease is allowed to be an organ donor, as she and asking for potential kidney Uzan have the same blood type. Ddonors to step forward. “We have the power – especially with Uzan, an active member of Ottawa’s kidneys, which we have two of, and Jewish community, has IgA nephrop- livers, which regenerate – to save a life athy, also known as Berger’s disease, by organ donation,” Kaufman said. “So and will likely require a kidney trans- knowing you can save a life with a spare plant within six-to-nine months to organ you don’t need or will grow back, avoid ongoing dialysis treatments. IgA why wouldn’t you do something?” nephropathy occurs when an antibody While Kaufman acknowledged any (immunoglobulin A) gets lodged in surgery is risky, this is a surgery “that the kidneys, causing inflammation that happens all the time and every day,” she can hamper the kidney’s ability to filter said. wastes from the bloodstream. “I know lots of people who are liver Dialysis treatment involves being and kidney donors who have recovered hooked to a machine for several hours David Uzan (far right) with (from left) wife Ru, and their children Freddy, Adina, Na’ama, and Nadav. beautifully. I know a few seniors who several times per week that filters the even donated when they were in their body’s blood as the kidneys are sup- later years,” she said. posed to do. Uzan said this would keep one else in need and a donor linked School of Ottawa last year and is cur- Uzan said he is very appreciative of his body in balance, “but results in a to a different recipient would then rently a consultant for the Jewish Otta- the community’s support. significantly reduced quality of life and donate to him. This is known as a paired wa Inclusion Network, which his wife “It would be doing a huge favour for life span. So a new kidney is the highly exchange. founded. me and it would allow me to give back preferred option.” For someone willing to donate a Leslie Kaufman, vice-president of cor- to the community.” Uzan said the main criteria for a kidney, some funding for recovery of porate services at the Jewish Federation Anyone interested in possibly donat- direct kidney donation would be a expenses, such as income replacement, of Ottawa, underwent lifesaving liver ing a kidney for Uzan is asked to call the donor good health and with a blood is available through the Program for transplant surgery in 2015, said that since living donor coordinator of the Ottawa types B, O or possibly A. He explained Reimbursing Expenses of Living Organ her transplant she has wanted to give Hospital at 613-738-8400, ext. 82778, that even if someone doesn’t directly Donors, administered by the Trillium back any way she could. After hearing of for information or to start the testing meet the criteria to donate their kidney Gift of Life Network. Uzan’s request, she reached out to the process. Information is also available at to him, they could donate it to some- Uzan was on the board of Torah Day National Capital Region Gift of Life Net- https://tinyurl.com/OH-kidney. October 15, 2018 4 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

NIKLAS HALLEN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A September poll found that nearly 40 per cent of British Jews would seriously consider emigrating if Labour Party leader Jeremy

Corbyn – seen at a rally in Trafalgar Square JOHN PHILLIPS/GETTY IMAGES in London on July 13, 2018 – becomes prime Author J.K. Rowling – seen at the British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London, February 12, 2017 – has been fighting minister of the U.K. anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom. In J.K. Rowling’s new novel, a villain is an Israel-hating anti-Semite

BY YVETTE ALT MILLER political activists who believe Zionists its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, have been abuse of your fellow citizens by attack- (JTA) – For months, author J.K. Rowling are evil and have a stranglehold on accused of insensitivity to Jews and con- ing the actions of another country’s has been warning about the dangers of Western governments. doning anti-Jewish sentiments within government. Would your response to anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, Extortionist Jimmy Knight’s extreme the party’s ranks. Corbyn previously any other form of racism or bigotry be sparring on Twitter with critics who hatred of Israel has led him to hate Jews. defended a grotesquely anti-Semitic to squirm, deflect or justify?” either downplay the phenomenon or say “I wouldn’t trust him if it was any- London mural depicting Jewish bankers, When a Jewish mother tweeted Rowl- its proponents are confusing criticism of thing to do with Jews,” Knight’s ex-wife and referred to his “friends” in terror ing to say her son had faced anti-Semitic Israel with Jew hatred. tells a detective. “He doesn’t like them. groups Hamas and Hezbollah, though bullies in school, Rowling tweeted back Now, in her newest book, she Israel’s the root of all evil, according to he’s said he now regrets these positions. “So sorry” and wrote “Know that you includes a character whose obsessive Jimmy. Zionism: I got sick of the bloody A September poll found that nearly aren’t alone and that a lot of us stand anti-Zionism morphs into anti-Semi- sound of the word. You’d think they’d 40 per cent of British Jews would seri- with you xx.” tism. suffered enough,” she says of Jews. ously consider emigrating if Corbyn A few months later, on August 26, Lethal White, the fourth book in Rowling’s depiction of a far-left became prime minister – as polls show after a fellow mystery writer, Simon Rowling’s “Cormoran Strike” mystery anti-Semite comes at a time of record he might. Maginn, tweeted that British Jews’ out- series, written under the pen name Rob- high anti-Semitism in Britain, where The latest novel isn’t the first time rage over Corbyn’s views were “synthet- ert Galbraith, features a pair of hard-left she lives. The British Labour Party and the author of the Harry Potter series has ic,” Rowling responded, “What other commented on the dangers of anti-Sem- minority would you speak to this way?”

Delivery Wall itism. and then quoted from Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Most U.K. Jews in my timeline are essay, “Anti-Semite and Jew.” Back Splash Texture currently having to field this kind of In 2015, Rowling declined to endorse crap, so perhaps some of us non-Jews open letters calling for a cultural and Colour should start shouldering the burden,” academic boycott of Israel signed by Grout & Match Mix Floor she wrote in April, in response to a crit- over 1,000 British authors and opinion Installation ic who said Judaism is a religion, not a leaders. Instead, she joined 150 other race. “Anti-Semites thinks this is a clev- writers and artists in penning an alter-

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BY MATTHEW HORWOOD n the aftermath of six tornadoes which hit the National Capital Region on Friday, September 21, destroying homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people, Ottawa’s Jewish community Icame together to help out those in need and allow them to celebrate Sukkot. Andrea Freedman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, said Federation and the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (SJCC) worked together to open the facility on the Sunday after the tornadoes – the building’s power was restored the night before – to SJCC members and non-members alike. “We provided services in terms of showers, giving people coffee, and offering a place to charge their PATRICK HOULE/FACEBOOK Tornado damage to a home near Greenbank Road is seen in a photo posted to social media. phones and benefit from each other’s company,” Freedman said. “In terms of doing the right thing, it was really a no-brainer.” the city to use our walk-in freezer to store their per- using natural sunlight through narrow windows until Freedman said there were several Jewish families ishables, saving tens of thousands of dollars of kosher then.” in the Craig Henry/Arlington Woods area who were meat that would have otherwise perished,” Rabbi “We try to make life as normal as possible through severely impacted by the tornadoes, but she said Scher said. acts of kindness – across the board – in Ottawa’s Jew- there’s a “silver lining in everything,” in this case see- Rabbi Sher said these acts were a “testament to the ish community and non-Jewish community,” Rabbi ing how kind people are during difficult times. power of this community” and left him very impressed Finkelstein said. “Everybody is helping one another “The number of people who opened up their homes and in awe of “what people are willing to do to help and there are amazing scenes to behold of strangers to others and who reached out to offer assistance, as other people.” helping strangers.” well as the food organizations providing meals to peo- Rabbi Menachem Blum of Ottawa Torah Centre Chris Frizell, residential supervisor at Tamir, said ple – watching that was very heartwarming.” Chabad3 said when the power went out the congrega- they started getting calls on Friday night letting them Ten Yad of Ottawa, a grassroots, volunteer-run tion “made do with what we had,” and held Shabbat know the power had gone out at the various residenc- organization dedicated to undertaking acts of chesed services in the dark. es. (kindness), stepped up to provide assistance. Founder “It was very special to see community members “We didn’t know how long the power would be out, Esti Fogel said Ten Yad reached out to the community come together, with those whose power was restored so I was checking in on programs to see if everyone via email and social media to offer “meal support for earlier offering a space for people to charge their was OK,” Frizell said. “Some have people with higher Shabbat, the last days of Sukkot and Simchat Torah” to phones and take hot showers,” Rabbi Blum said. needs, so they needed battery power on their feeding any family whose homes had “structural issues, water Kehillat Beth Israel regained its power on Monday machines.” damage or a lack of electricity” due to the tornados. and opened the synagogue up to people in need of “a On Sunday, Frizell and his team continued check- “Many people have been impacted both emotionally place to stay, to eat, to charge your phone, or a refriger- ing in on the residences and hooked up generators for and physically by the tornadoes, so the suffering is on ator or freezer to hold your foods,” Rabbi Eytan Kenter those with high-need individuals. He said by Monday many different levels,” Fogel said. “We got a response and said in a Facebook post. “Being a community means morning power was restored at all Tamir locations. are providing catered meals to those who need them.” supporting our friends and neighbours at times like Ted Cohen, CEO of the Bess and Moe Greenberg Fogel also said she found Ottawa’s Jewish commu- these.” Family Hillel Lodge, said power was out for about 24 nity’s response to the tornadoes to be heartwarming, Rabbi Rob Morais of Temple Israel said that when hours at the Lodge, but backup generators powered all with “people stepping up to do whatever they could to the congregation lost power, they held Friday Kabalat central services. help.” Shabbat service by candlelight. “Everyone pitched in to ensure the needs of resi- The Ottawa Kosher Food Bank, which provides food “We had a lovely, beautiful service that was more dents were looked after,” Cohen said. “We are grateful to around 75 families, was forced to throw out all of meditative and reflective. Then in the middle of it we for everyone working as a team and pitching in to its frozen food when power went out to its freezers. went outside to watch a rainbow together, and we talk- make the residents comfortable.” Michelle Hutchison, manager of the Kosher Food Bank, ed about being thankful for our safety and wellbeing,” said these items included “chicken, ground beef, soups, he said. cakes, tofu, and bread products from Rideau Bakery.” Rabbi Morais said he found it “interesting” that Hutchison said the Kosher Food Bank received on Sukkot last year there was a wind storm as well. donations from Rideau Bakery to replace all their He said he believes the fact that both of these weath- The Unveiling bread products, which they are “super thankful and er events happened around Sukkot “highlight how to the memory of grateful for,” but they remain in need of “easy to pre- thankful we should be for the shelters and protection pare stuff” such as canned foods, cereal, meat and we enjoy.” jams. She said that additional families have come for- Neighbourhoods around Congregation Beit Tikvah Carol Greenberg z”l ward asking for assistance since the tornadoes. in Craig Henry were among the areas hit hard by a The Ottawa Kosher Food Bank has contacts in the tornado. The City of Ottawa collaborated with the con- will take place food industry, and as a result Hutchison said they are gregation in holding an information meeting on the able to purchase foods at lower than normal retail value. Sunday after the tornadoes for people affected. Rabbi Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so online at Howard Finkelstein said the congregation came togeth- Sunday, October 21, 2018 www.okfb.ca. er to provide meals to people who didn’t have food. at 11:30 a.m. Several synagogues in Ottawa lost power, but were “We fed over 200 people in our congregation over still able to provide assistance to community members the first two days of Sukkot,” he said. Jewish Memorial Gardens in need. As well, Rabbi Finkelstein said congregants took Rabbi Idan Scher of Congregation Machzikei Hadas others into their homes to live until their damaged Bank Street said power at the synagogue came back the day after homes are rebuilt. the tornadoes so they were able to “quickly mobilize” As for how Beit Tikvah itself fared throughout the Family and friends to host families who wanted to observe the holidays tornadoes, Rabbi Finkelstein said, “our services contin- but had nowhere to go. ued without any interruptions and our synagogue was are invited to attend “We opened our homes to these people, served an not damaged. The power went out and it came back extra 250 meals, and we allowed families from all over Tuesday afternoon, so we held services in the dark October 15, 2018 6 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM The future of our community is seeded in today’s dreams of how quickly life can change. services, like Hillel Lodge, Tamir and programs, more money is needed just For the many Jewish families with Jewish Family Services, to our thriving to keep up with inflation. But we don’t homes in the storms’ destructive path, Jewish Community Campus, home to want to just keep up. We want to be it was also a reminder of our communi- our community centre, Jewish pre- vibrant, and to do more. ty’s tremendous generosity and caring. school, daycare, day school and a thriv- This year’s Campaign has a wonder- Our community quickly banded togeth- ing hub of Jewish communal life. These ful bonus. Three generous families have er helping those without power and are tangible results in which we can stepped forward to create a Challenge food. There are so many stories of kind- rejoice. Fund of $500,000. With this incen- FEDERATION REPORT ness as people and agencies stepped up Just as worthy of appreciation, but tive, all new or increased donations to AVIVA BEN-CHOREEN, CO-CHAIR to help those most affected. These acts harder to gauge, is the everyday work the Campaign will be matched, dollar 2019 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN of kindness, large and small, are simply behind the scenes at Federation’s many for dollar. If everyone gives a little bit part of what we do. beneficiary agencies. Their hard work more, with the matching fund, we could s Jews, we have learned from The Jewish community has a long and diligent care, supported and facili- raise as much as $1 million in increased our history and understand history of amazing successes and of ral- tated by Federation, are what keeps the donations! full well the fragility of life, lying together. The Jewish Federation of community going. Indeed, they power This would be a terrific boost to our and how quickly circum- Ottawa, and its predecessor the Jewish the lights and keep the wheels on the community and would allow Federation Astances can flip. Indeed, we even have Community Council of Ottawa/Vaad bus turning! to build its vision of the Jewish Super- holidays like Sukkot, when we purposely Ha’Ir, have helped facilitate our success To support these existing programs highway, filled with Jewish options, spend time in a temporary structure – a by funding communal projects, helping and initiatives, while boosting innova- where everyone can find shelter in reminder of the transience and fragility the vulnerable and supporting Israel. tion, we need to raise more money. As times of storm and where no one is left of life. Last month’s tornadoes, occurring Today, examples of our progress are the needs and expenses of our commu- behind. The future of our community just two days before the start of Sukkot, numerous: from emergency responses nity increase, so must our fundraising. is seeded in the dreams we have for it were a powerful and dramatic reminder to the strength of our Jewish support Even if we simply supported the same today. Let’s dream big!

Who brings on the wind and rain?

ata Ado-nai Elo-heinu melech ha’olam prayer of Jewish liturgy) that asks God Ottawa Jewish Bulletin zocher ha’brit v’ne’eman bevrito v’kayam to send down the dew each day. Each VOLUME 83 | ISSUE 1 b’ma’amoro (Blessed are You, Adonai year our liturgy changes at Shemini Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. our God, Ruler of the universe, who Atzeret, and our prayer for dew chang- 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 remembers the covenant, and is faith- es to a prayer for wind and rain. Email: [email protected] ful to the covenant, and keeps God’s In the hours after the storm, it Published 19 times per year. promise). became clear that our city had suffered © Copyright 2018 Incredible how we were reminded a very significant storm. Many homes PUBLISHER that despite the awesome destructive were damaged, roofs torn off, windows Andrea Freedman EDITOR

FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT power of the storm, just an hour later blown in, businesses were closed, Michael Regenstreif we were able to be reassured that the and much of the city was left without RABBI S. ROBERT MORAIS, PRODUCTION CONSULTANT TEMPLE ISRAEL beauty of God’s creation would shine power. Patti Moran though. As Shabbat faded into Sunday, we BUSINESS MANAGER It was one of the most meaningful learned that for many people it would Eddie Peltzman his year, as many of us were Kabbalat Shabbat Services we have be several days before power was putting the finishing touches had! As the sun set, and the sanctuary restored. Many Jewish organizations The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force on our sukkah, we experienced became dark, save for the light of the who had power, like the Soloway Jew- for constructive communal consciousness,” more wind and rain than we candles, we powerfully felt the transi- ish Community Centre, opened their communicates the messages of the Jewish Twould ever want. tion into Shabbat. doors to welcome people, giving them Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a The tornadoes and storms that We Jews have a prayer for every- a warm place to rest, charge their diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and ripped through our city on Friday, Sep- thing and everything has a prayer. Like phones and have a warm shower. It enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed tember 21 caused incredible damage many other faiths, we ask God for a was beautiful to see so many people in these pages do not necessarily represent the policies and values of the Federation. to homes and businesses in our com- variety of things – health, prosperi- extend offers of kindness, support munity. It took days for power to be ty, freedom, and yes, rain. Since our and help to their friends and strangers The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut of advertised products or establishments restored, and some families lost their liturgical calendar follows the cycle of alike. unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad homes. Incredibly, no one was killed the seasons in the Land of Israel, our Sukkot, a time when we leave our HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized and only a few suffered injuries. prayers for rain do the same. comfortable homes and experience life by OVH. At Temple Israel, as I was preparing There is a long standing rabbinic in the temporary dwelling of a sukkah, $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue to lead our Friday evening Kabbalat practice that prevents us from pray- makes us so aware of the blessings Shabbat service, we lost power. The ing for that which is not possible or we have. This year especially, we are Funded by the Government of Canada. sanctuary, however, was lit with emer- logical. Thus, praying for rain in the powerfully reminded of the fragility of gency lights and as our service began midst of a desert climate in the sum- our lives and how quickly they can be ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 we added some candles and welcomed mer months was deemed as praying turned upside down. Shabbat. As the service progressed, the for something that was simply out of Wishing you all a very happy and Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin skies cleared, and someone noticed the realm of possibility. In its place, we healthy 5779. May the winds blow and 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, that there was a rainbow in the sky. pray for dew. the rains come in their seasons. May we Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 We all went outside and together said Since Pesach we have been inserting always be willing to extend help and the blessing for the rainbow: Baruch a prayer into the Amidah (the central love to those around us who need it. October 15, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 7

Solidarityxxx from federal leaders ed out in a statement on September 9, ada. I know what it’s like to experience is a powerful statement to have federal Lascaris’ tweet suggests the two MPs are racism & discrimination, and to have party leaders unite, despite their many disloyal to Canada, “a textbook exam- my loyalty to Canada questioned. other differences, in defence of our ple of anti-Semitism as defined by the @LevittMichael and @AHousefather, community when we are targeted for International Holocaust Remembrance I stand with you today,” tweeted NDP anti-Semitism.” Alliance (IHRA),” the definition of Leader Jagmeet Singh. As encouraged as I was to see the anti-Semitism that has been adopted by And, from Green Party Leader Eliza- federal leaders come together in a FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR many governments and organizations beth May: “Just saw the attack on you united stance against anti-Semitism MICHAEL REGENSTREIF in democratic countries. both. So unacceptable. Your loyalty to just before Rosh Hashanah, I was also Among the examples of anti-Sem- Canada is unquestioned. See you soon. concerned, at about the same time, to ow rare is it to see the leaders itism cited in the IHRA definition is, Sending love. @AHousefather learn that Premier Doug Ford’s new of the federal Liberal, “Accusing Jewish citizens of being more @LevittMichael.” Progressive Conservative government Conservative, New loyal to Israel, or to the alleged prior- I was particularly pleased to see May had ordered the dismantling of four Democratic, and Green parties ities of Jews worldwide, than to the standing in solidarity with the other sub-committees of Ontario’s Anti-Rac- Hcome together quickly to take a common interests of their own nations.” leaders, as Lascaris was a Green Party ism Directorate – including a sub-com- stand on an issue? “Vile anti-Semitic smears like this candidate and justice critic in the par- mittee charged with developing provin- But that is what happened just are completely unacceptable, and ty’s shadow cabinet in the 2015 federal cial strategies to combat anti-Semitism before Rosh Hashanah when two Liber- should always be called out. Thank you election. He also led the pro-BDS cam- – apparently as an austerity measure. al MPs – Anthony Housefather (Mount @LevittMichael and @AHousefather for paign within the party in 2016 – a cam- The other affected sub-committees Royal) and Michael Levitt (York Cen- standing up to this and for everything paign that led May to briefly consider were charged with fighting racism tre) – were subjected to an anti-Semitic you do for your communities and our her future as party leader. directed at Blacks, Indigenous people tweet from prominent anti-Israel activ- country,” tweeted Prime Minister Justin As Fogel also pointed out, some of and Muslims. ist Dimitri Lascaris. Trudeau. those seeking to demonize and dele- In his tweet, Lascaris, chair of the Official Opposition Leader Andrew gitimize the State of Israel “through CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD board of Canadians for Justice and Scheer tweeted: “It’s shameful to see BDS and other toxic forms of advocacy, Mazel Tov to University of Ottawa Peace in the Middle East, tweeted that two MPs subjected to such anti-Semi- are becoming bolder and more aggres- professor Seymour Mayne whose 2017 Housefather and Levitt, who are both tism, accused of dual loyalties, simply sive. They are letting the veil slip on poetry book, In Your Words: Transla- Jewish, “are more devoted to apartheid because they’re Jewish & support Israel. the false distinction between anti-Zi- tions from the Yiddish and the Hebrew, Israel than to their own Prime Minister The entire [Conservative Party] caucus onism and anti-Semitism … some of was selected as the Yiddish category and their own colleagues in the Liberal & I stand w/ our colleagues across the them openly seeking to undermine winner for 2018 by the Canadian Jewish caucus.” aisle, proudly supportive of all Jewish our rights as Jewish Canadians to be Literary Awards. The awards presen- As Centre for Israel and Jewish Canadians.” accepted as equals in Canadian poli- tation was scheduled for October 14 at Affairs CEO Shimon Koffler Fogel point- “Anti-Semitism has no place in Can- tics, democracy, and civil society… It York University in Toronto.

Joel Yan’s passionate Jewish journey

Kippur and it piqued my curiosity. old by lay leaders and by the teacher dren. Leaving his government job to That brought me to their home as who served as Beth Jacob’s spiritual study to become a rabbi was some- Rosh Hashanah approached. I went to leader. His teacher, Marcel Hellinger, thing Toby quickly told him was not interview Joel just as he was finishing had been an opera singer in Prague a viable option. However, becoming packing for the long trek north the until the Nazis smashed his teeth in more involved in Adath Shalom – next morning. to end his singing career. Hellinger Ottawa’s lay-led Conservative congre- Joel grew up in the Sault and I have survived the war, came to Canada, gation – certainly was. He continues always been intrigued by how Jews and was hired in the Sault to teach all to co-chair the ritual committee, he grow up as minuscule minorities in things Jewish to children like Joel. teaches davening and Torah reading, small towns where, today, so little Jew- Joel talks about how, as a young and he and others lead services.

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS ish life is left. Somehow, Congregation boy, he loved the sounds and the feel When retirement from Statistics JASON MOSCOVITZ Beth Jacob in the Sault still stands. of davening. He says it put him on a Canada came in 2009, the window While there are not regular Shabbat lifetime path of Jewish learning. opened for much more. Today Joel and t was four days before Rosh Hashanah services, there have always been High He says his passion for music is also his musician friends bring much joy to and I was about to find out more Holy Day services. Since 2015, Joel has rooted in the Sault, where he and his the residents at Hillel Lodge. He and about a member of our community led those services with Toby taking on four siblings were encouraged by his Toby team up to bring Jewish music whose life path always intrigued me. a larger D’var Torah role every year. father Max’s love for music. There were to the Early Beginnings Daycare, and IJoel Yan’s love and passion for Jewish Even with Jews coming from plac- piano lessons at a young age and a Joel recently began working with the ritual, his love of music, his and wife es like Elliot Lake, Bruce Mines, and guitar which has not left his shoulder developmentally challenged as head of Toby’s commitment as community Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, there are since he was 16. Tamir’s Judaic outreach programs. His volunteers, is a story worth telling. only about 35 people who attend High After university, a job at Statistics dream is to integrate as many Judaic Mostly from a distance, I’ve known Holy Day services at Beth Jacob, but Canada in 1975 brought Joel and Toby programs as possible. Joel since 1990. Our daughters were in the fact that services exist brings tears to Ottawa. All went well until he had a In his spare time, Joel leads the the same class at Hillel Academy and to the person whose earliest Jewish mid-life crisis. His depression in 1992 Ottawa Simcha Band, which, by the today our daughters’ friendship thrives memories are in that hometown shul. led him to the Employee Assistance way, got its name at my eldest daugh- in Israel with their Israeli husbands Joel reflectively says that when he Program. He did a series of psycho- ter Simonne’s wedding in 2012. He is and families. is leading services in Beth Jacob, he logical tests which concluded his best also a member of the Chevra Kadisha I recently heard from one of my thinks how proud his mother Betty career path would be as a “priest,” burial society. daughters that Joel and Toby go to would be. social worker or teacher. As he puts it, And to think, Joel Yan’s Jewish jour- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to lead ser- Joel really gets choked up when he a “would be rabbi was born.” ney began a long time ago in his nev- vices for Rosh Hashanah and Yom remembers being inspired as a 10-year- He was 42 with three young chil- er-to-be-forgotten Sault St. Marie. October 15, 2018 8 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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This was the result of Project Isaiah undertaken by Our next goal is to purchase a commercial refrigera- Large entertainment sized principal rooms KBI, where bags were given out to be returned to the tor that would permit us to stock fresh eggs and dairy with a 20’ x 10’ den / family room. synagogue filled with food items. products. Imagine if seven people donated $500 each! 2 car underground parking & more! 30-60 The shelves in the shop were pretty bare and the And while you’re in shopping mode, if it’s time to day / TBA poss. room somewhat chaotic. The room is a small niche throw out old grocery bags, you can replace them with 111Echodr.com near the dairy kitchen carved out to meet the needs of great Ottawa Kosher Food Bank bags. They are five local families desperately requiring assistance. for $20 and are available at KBI and hopefully soon at But after four-and-a-half hours of laborious effort, other Jewish outlets in town. Judy Bosloy and I created a veritable grocery store with In these days of festive meals with tables brimming JEFF GREENBERG loaded shelves ready for the next “shopping day.” with delectable foods, let’s not forget those vulnerable There are a couple of concerns I want to express. and less fortunate than ourselves. SALES REPRESENTATIVE ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY The Kosher Food Bank receives many donations of Post script: This article was written prior to the dev- (613) 725-1171 food products that do not have kosher certification. astating tornadoes that hit Ottawa on September 21. www.jeffgreenberg.realtor While these items are passed on to a non-Jewish food The needs at the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank are even bank, it does take volunteer hours to sort through and greater now. Visit www.okfb.ca for more information. October 15, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 9 Advertorial The Nazis’ lesser-known human experiments Dan Mader Lynda Taller-Wakter led to amenorrhea. Some reports suggest that the Board Chair Executive Director younger the adolescent girl at the time she arrived in GUEST COLUMN JNF is Past, Present, Future Auschwitz, the greater the long-term impact upon her PEGGY J. KLEINPLATZ / future reproduction. Building Israel since 1901 In the years after the Shoah, the common – and PAUL WEINDLING understandable – medical assumption was that the Restoring Tu Bishvat security plantings cessation of menstruation was the result of malnutri- in the Negev tion. Unfortunately, this line of thinking impeded the In recent weeks KKL-JNF has been reducing the harm done to here is extensive literature chronicling the study and documentation of the connection between Tu Bishvat security plantings, caring for them daily, removing coerced medical experiments conducted by these forced injections and oral ingestions and their the weeds and creating partitions within the plots. But the trees Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. But there are more aftermath. Indeed, there are preliminary data to refute are severely damaged from the kite firebombs, with many euca- stories of medical procedures at Nazi death this line of thinking: women arriving to Auschwitz lypts, pines and acacias burned. Tcamps that have yet to be documented. In some cases, in 1944 from Poland’s ghettos already emaciated, and Rehabilitation of the damaged areas will not begin until this history has been hiding in plain sight. women arriving in 1944 from Hungary, all stopped the winter. With its restorative rains, winter will help the adult eucalypts recover. However, the young trees and the burned For example, the history of the forced administra- menstruating after the injections upon arrival on the pines will be cut down and the ground will need to be prepared tion of substances to women – which led to amenor- platforms – regardless of differences in body mass. for saplings. rhea and, for some, infertility – remains overlooked. We need to identify which substances were forced Greenery dotted with bright red anemones will return in There are a variety of reasons why this has been the upon these women, ascertain how many women were the winter. With your continued support, KKL-JNF has the case, perhaps chiefly because it was part of standard victims of these procedures and learn about the short- strength, the power and the ability to restore the beauty. “processing” of new female arrivals at Auschwitz. and long-term consequences they suffered. Because Routine aspects of life in Auschwitz related to sexual- they did not self-identify as victims of Nazi “experi- Don’t miss Alfie vs. Andy ity and fertility have received limited investigation, at ments,” but rather of routine medical interventions In a one-time only exhibition match on November 14, Israeli least in part because of the sensitive and taboo subject in Auschwitz (and perhaps other camps, too), there is tennis legend Andy Ram goes racket to racket with Ottawa’s matter. As such, survivors may be reluctant to raise no cohesive, documented narrative of their particular legendary Daniel Alfredsson. The event is hosted by Glenview these issues and interviewers may not have thought experience. These stories exist vividly in the memo- and the Ottawa Athletic Club. Negev Dinner sponsors and – or had the proper training – to ask the kinds of ques- ries of survivors who still do not know what exactly donors, please contact our office for your tickets or to get on the waiting list. There will be limited seating, so if you’re interested, tions that would elicit this material. was done to them, or why. This information needs to please call us! Moreover, routine medical interventions conducted be gathered quickly – time is short to link what was in 1943 and 1944 – as opposed to Mengele’s well-de- forced upon these women at Auschwitz to long-term lineated and demarcated experiments – may not have medical complications. led survivors or their physicians to question, and even- Information about this unknown phenomenon tually identify, the link between medical procedures needs to be documented and disseminated. These occurring at Auschwitz and subsequent amenorrhea, women’s stories deserve to be given voice – both to multiple miscarriages and possible infertility. give answers and affirmations to the women in ques- This much is certain: routine administration of tion who are still alive, and to honour those who are injections into women’s breasts was conducted on no longer in a position to recount this crucial piece the platforms of Auschwitz. The recipients of these of their own stories. Moreover, the long-term conse- injections immediately ceased menstruation, some quences of these routine medical interventions may for months, some for years. Others were left perma- affect the children and grandchildren of women who Sefer Bar and Bat Mitzvah Inscriptions nently infertile. Some women at Auschwitz during the did survive. Nicolas Husereau, by his parents, Gabriela Lewin and Donald same timeframe were forced to ingest food or liquids, As researchers, we are attempting to assemble the Husereau. David Kardash, by his father, Samuel Kardash. which contained a substance that also immediately fragments of this unknown chapter of the Shoah. It’s Eliana Mitzmacher, by her parents, Jaimee and Jon time to begin to create a cohesive narrative of this Mitzmacher. unrecognized phenomenon. Adam Rosenblatt, by his parents, Mary Carmen Espinosa and Ariel Rosenblatt. Peggy J. Kleinplatz is a professor in the faculty of medi- Daniel Vered, by his parents, Jennifer Innes and Ron Vered. cine and director of sex and couples therapy training at Kiera Vered, by her parents, Jennifer Innes and Ron Vered. the University of Ottawa. She can be reached at 613-563- Tobias Michael Langsner, by his grandparents, Helen and Sol Rauch. 0846. Paul J. Weindling is the Welcome Trust research professor in the history of medicine at Oxford Brookes Golden Book Inscriptions University. He can be reached at pjweindling@brookes. Reisa and Allan Glenns, in honour of their 50th wedding ac.uk. anniversary, by Margo and David Kardish. This article was originally published by the Canadian Owen LaPierre, in honour of his becoming Bar Mitzvah, and Jewish News. in memory of his grandfather, the late Laurier L. LaPierre, by Harvey A. Slack. Toby LaPierre, in honour of her becoming Bat Mitzvah and in memory of her grandfather, the late Laurier L. LaPierre, by Harvey A. Slack.

205-11 Nadolny Sachs Pvt Celebrate all occasions Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Israel experiences 613-798-2411 • [email protected] Legacy projects www.jnfottawa.ca October 15, 2018 10 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Ottawa-born author Sarah Weinman launches The Real Lolita

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD the fabric of the novel, and not just as a ew York-based author Sarah parenthesis or afterthought.” Weinman, who grew up in “Knowing about Sally Horner does Kanata and graduated from not diminish Lolita’s brilliance or Hillel Academy (now the Nabokov’s audacious inventiveness, but NOttawa Jewish Community School) in it does augment the horror the novel 1993, returned to her hometown during a captures,” she said. “What I was trying North American tour launching her latest to get at was how these real and fiction- book, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of al narratives intertwined, and what can Sally Horner and the Novel That we see from the ways in which they con- Scandalized the World. nect to some larger purpose.” Weinman sat down with Carleton Weinman’s book is also meant to University English professor Dana Dra- support the charge that Nabokov “pil- gunoiu, an expert on Vladimir Nabokov fered” from the Horner tragedy by “strip and his 1955 novel Lolita, at the Sunny- mining” her story to serve his creative side branch of the Ottawa Public Library purposes. on September 20. Weinman discussed “If you fictionalize someone’s pain her book – as well as Nabokov’s – took or take a real-life crime and turn it into questions from Dragunoiu and from the fiction, the degree of difficulty in writing audience, and signed copies of her book. is so outstandingly high that you often The Real Lolita focuses on the 1948 see the fault lines in the transformation abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner from life to art,” she said. by a pedophile, who took her from What attracted Weinman to writing New Jersey to California. Horner’s story crime stories was “trying to understand inspired Nabokov’s Lolita, which is what people are capable of at their most about a middle-aged literature profes- extreme level,” she said in response to a sor who becomes sexually active with question from the audience. “It’s like an a 12-year-old girl, named Dolores Haze, abyss you can peer down into. It peers after becoming her stepfather. back up at you and you hope it doesn’t Weinman said she first started research- swallow you up,” she said. MATTHEW HORWOOD Sarah Weinman (seated) signs copies of her ing Horner’s story in 2013. The Real Lolita Weinman was asked about her mem- latest book, The Real Lolita, at the Sunnyside grew out of a 2016 article she wrote for ories of Hillel Academy when she spoke branch of the Ottawa Public Library, the Canadian literary website Hazlitt, but, with the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin after September 20. “I knew I wasn’t done and I had so much the event. more to say than I could in 8,000 words.” “What I mostly remember about Hil- In her book, Weinman argues that lel was having so many great teachers; the case, you don’t realize what you the fate of Horner acts as a “master one of them is actually here tonight,” learned in elementary school is a foun- source” for Lolita, and Weinman told the she said. “It was such a good grounding dation for what you do later.” audience that Horner is “stitched into for what I eventually did, but as is often Weinman said the overall message she is trying to get across in her book is that Sally Horner mattered and was a real person. “There are so many girls and women just like her, and her story is almost like the enormity of the kind of trauma and abuse so many people endure,” she said. “We can’t fathom it in full, so to look at Sally’s story is a way to look at other people’s stories.” As for the next story Weinman will be working on, she said she knows, “what my next project is – which I can’t reveal – but it is another true crime novel.”

Breaking news updated daily at www.ottawajewishbulletin.com October 15, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 11 Ehrenreich helps artifacts ‘speak’ for Holocaust victims BY TOBY HERSCOVITCH FOR CENTRE FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP ow can an exhibition return the humanity to all the people murdered in the chaos of war when the numbers are literally incomprehensible?” asks Robert M. ‘HEhrenreich and co-author Jane Klinger in an article titled “War in Context: Let the Artifacts Speak.” This is

an issue that the Centre for Holocaust Education and U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Scholarship (CHES) and similar organizations confront Artifact example: scissors confiscated when trying to convey the impact of genocide on lives from prisoners upon their arrival at the past, present and future. Auschwitz concentration camp. Ehrenreich, director of the National Academic Pro- grams of the United States Holocaust Memorial Muse- um, will explore these questions during Holocaust Edu- cation Month in Ottawa at an event organized by Tem- ple Israel, the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies and CHES. He will speak on the topic of “Let the Artifacts Speak: Returning Humanity to Holocaust Victims” at Temple Israel on Monday, November 5, 7:30 pm. U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM “How can we show, as Holocaust survivor Abel Robert M. Ehrenreich, director of the National Academic Programs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will speak Herzberg said so well, that ‘There were not six million at a Holocaust Education Month event, November 5 at Temple Israel. Jews murdered; there was one murder, six million times?’” says Ehrenreich. “How do we convey that these were real people with real lives and families?” program will engage survivors, descendants of survi- as well as to contemplate how they would have reacted In his presentation, Ehrenreich will discuss how per- vors, scholars, students and the community at large in to such events.” sonal items can turn the inconceivable numbers of vic- creating this special exhibit. Items should be submit- The Pop-Up Museum will be open at Temple Israel tims back into individuals and return their humanity, ted electronically for evaluation by October 15 with a on Sunday, November 4, 12:30-4 pm, and again on based on three case-studies: personal items discovered title and short description of the object’s relationship Monday, November 5, 6:30-7:15 pm in advance of the near shooting pits in Ukraine; damaged photographs to the Holocaust. Ehrenreich lecture. Afterwards, the objects and their from Poland; and a piece of mica from the Theresien- “Properly conserving and displaying personal items stories will continue to be shared with the community stadt Glimmerwerke (mica works). [in context] can help visitors see events from the vic- through a virtual museum hosted on the Zelikovitz tim’s perspective and provide a glimpse of the struggle Centre website. POP-UP MUSEUM that these people were forced to endure,” wrote Ehren- To learn more about the Pop-Up Museum or to In conjunction with the Ehrenreich talk, the public is reich and Klinger. “Such artifacts and stories allow share your family’s object through this project, visit invited to submit Holocaust-related artifacts to create a visitors to appreciate the large number of victims or www.carleton.ca/hempopup or call the Zelikovitz Cen- community-wide ‘Pop-Up’ (temporary) museum. This refugees as individuals as opposed to faceless numbers, tre at 613-520-2600, ext. 1320. Violins of Hope: Reclaiming a lost heritage

BY SHEILA HURTIG ROBERTSON FOR CENTRE FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND “Because where there’s music, there’s hope,” he says SCHOLARSHIP of the name, adding that today more than 60 string instruments have been restored. irtuoso violinist Niv Ashkenazi is coming to Niv Ashkenazi completed a residency with the Ottawa, bringing with him a prized instru- Perlman Music Program, and has won numerous comment. But this is no ordinary violin. Rather, it petitions, including the 2010 American Protégé Inter- is one of scores of violins played during the national Piano and Strings Competition. Praised for his VHolocaust by “Jews in ghettoes, forest hideouts, and “lush sound…passionate playing” (CASA Magazine) concentration camp orchestras” and lovingly restored by and “formidable technical powers” (Santa Barbara Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein and his son Avshalom. News-Press), he is an active soloist and chamber musi- Countless recollections tell of the rich place of cian whose appearances include Carnegie Hall and the music in Jewish lives through the ages, even in times Kennedy Center, and performances in Europe, the Mid- of despair. And the violin was at the heart of Jewish dle East, and across the United States. life for reasons that are “partly spiritual, partly prac- Niv Ashkenazi will perform on a restored violin played during Writing in his May 2017 newsletter, Niv said: “In tical. Orthodox Jews faced religious prohibitions in the Holocaust at the Holocaust Education Month launch February, I had the opportunity to perform on some the arts of painting, sculpture, and dance. Music was event, November 7, at Kehillat Beth Israel. of the Violins of Hope. Ammon has been so incredibly one of the few artistic outlets and violins were cheap, generous as to entrust us with one of the instruments light, and easy to carry. When persecution forced Jews from his collection ... Being able to feature this instru- to flee, they could grab their violins and run,” wrote tine in 1938, 400 relatives lost their lives during the Holo- ment and its story will enrich the performance so Marty Fugate. https://tinyurl.com/y8smbwyl caust – including grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. much.” https://tinyurl.com/yatw3jq4 “Music connects us to history in a way we can relate Initially a wood sculptor and jewellery designer, Niv will perform during the launch of Holocaust to, and that’s particularly true of the violins. Just think- around 1965, Amnon turned to violin making and Education Month, Wednesday, November 7, 7 pm at ing about the role violins played during the Holocaust became a world-respected practitioner of the art. His Kehillat Beth Israel. The event will mark 80 years since makes us shiver as we feel, think, and identify with the life changed in 1996 when he was asked to restore a Kristallnacht. Michael Berenbaum, a founder of the victims,” said Amnon on the Violins of Hope Birming- damaged violin a Jewish concentration camp inmate United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Wash- ham website. https://www.violinsofhopebhm.org/ had played. Remembering his relatives’ fate, he accept- ington, will be the keynote speaker. Admission is free While Amnon’s father Moshe had immigrated to Pales- ed the challenge and “Violins of Hope” was born. of charge, all are welcome. October 15, 2018 12 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Chabad of Kanata holds inspiring High Holy Days services BY MINDY WALLACH FOR CHABAD OF KANATA hen Rabbi Michoel Gershzon returned to Ottawa from a sabbatical in Israel, he didn’t think he’d be able to arrange High Holiday services in the short span of time left before WRosh Hashanah. But his community regulars at Chabad of Kanata couldn’t imagine the High Holidays anywhere else and encouraged him to ensure they took place. In the end, it was one of the most inspiring High Holidays periods that Chabad of Kanata, established in 2009, has had yet. More than 80 individuals partici- pated on Rosh Hashanah and over 60 on Yom Kippur, held at three different venues in Kanata. Jews of every age – families with young children, young professionals, and retirees – came together and a warm spirit pervaded throughout. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the congregation held services at the SS1 Community Centre. How- ever, the room was already booked for the second day of the holiday. Undeterred, the rabbi and wife Miriam arranged to hold services in a meeting room at the Marriott Hotel. For Yom Kippur, Jacques and Judith Rostenne stepped up to help, arranging to hold services in the clubhouse of their adult community, Tweedsmuir on the Park, and opening their home to those who wanted to rest during the long fast day. The inspiring holidays culminated in long, powerful blast of the Shofar at the conclusion of Yom Kippur. Despite a long day of services, many lingered Rabbi Michoel Gershzon leads Havdalah after Yom Kippur at the home of Jacques and Judith Rostenne in Kanata. at the break-fast until close to 11 pm, reluctant to part from their holiday family.

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he Nancy Bercovitch Concert Series has announced its first concerts of the 2018-2019 season with two programs largely dedicated to Jewish composers. TThe first, on Sunday, October 28, 2 pm, is “From Jewish Life” with cellist Paul Marleyn and myself, pianist Dina Namer. Marleyn is professor of cello and head of strings at the University of Otta- wa’s School of Music. He appears frequently as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe and Asia. I am a chamber musician and teacher, and continuing adjunct lecturer in piano at Queen’s University. “From Jewish Life” refers to a series of pieces by the Swiss-Jewish composer Ernst Bloch entitled “Prayer, Supplication, and Jewish Song.” The program will PERRY COODIN PETER MARES also include works by Joachim Stutschewsky, Rodion Pianist Dina Namer will perform in two concerts this fall at Cellist Paul Marleyn will perform at Temple Israel on October Schedrin, David Popper, and Sholom Secunda. There Temple Israel. 28. will be a little bit of Klezmer as well with “Avreml, the Pickpocket,” written by Mordechai Gebirtig, and “Dona, Dona,” a popular Yiddish theatre song written by Secun- On Sunday November 25, 2 pm, violinist Leah Rose- careers, but were subjected to the ban on performance da and Aaron Zeitlin. Altogether, a delightful mix rep- man and I will present “Forbidden and Forgotten,” a of Jewish composers during the Third Reich. resenting the many different aspects of Jewish music: program of little known works for violin and piano. Tickets for both concerts are $20 for adults. Chil- lament, irony, humour, dance, storytelling, passion and This concert will focus on Joseph Achron, Karl Gold- dren under 12 are free of charge. the joy of celebration. In addition, we will perform the mark and Robert Kahn, three European composers Call 613-233-3099 or 613-224-1802 for more informa- beloved “Arpeggione Sonata” by Franz Schubert. who were prolific and well known during their early tion.

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BY ANNE ALPER 9:30 am followed at 10 by a book review and discussion. FOR TEMPLE ISRAEL All sessions are held at Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of emple Israel’s popular Books and Bagels Wales Drive. Pre-registration is not required nor is it program features reviews and discussion of necessary to have read the book to enjoy the discussion. books of Jewish interest and is open to the There is no charge, but a voluntary donation to cover entire community. Sessions take place on the cost of breakfast is appreciated. Everyone is TSunday mornings beginning with a bagel breakfast at welcome.

THREE EVENTS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS FALL October 21 – Angus Smith will review Pogrom: ISRAELI DANCING… Kishinev and the Tilt of History by Steven J. Zipper- Contemporary Israeli dances, old favourites, greatIN music,OTTAWA stein. This book examines the Kishinev pogrom of exercise,Contemporary all in aIsraeli fun and dances, friendly old atmosphere. favourites, great music, all – three days that left 49 Jews dead, hundreds injured and thousands homeless. exercise,What all in havea fun and you friendly been atmosphere. waiting for? Join us WhatTuesday have evenings you in the been gym ofwaiting the for? November 18 – Rubin Friedman will present a com- parative review of Bellevue Square, a comic thriller OttawaJoin us JewishTuesday Community evenings School,in the gym 31 Nadolnyof the Sachs Private (off Carling Avenue and Broadview) and winner of the 2017 Giller prize by Michael Red- Ottawa Jewish Community School, 31 Nadolny Sachs Private hill, and Dinner at the Center of the Earth, a spell- (off Carling Avenue and Broadview) From 6:30 to 10 pm, starting Tuesday, October 9, 2018. binding thriller, spy novel and love story by Nathan Englander. LearnFrom beginner 7 to 10 pm,steps starting and easier Tuesday, dances September to start, progressing 12, 2017. toLearn intermediate beginner andsteps advanced and easier dances. dances No to experience start, progressing or December 9 – Rabbi Idan Scher of Congregation partnerto intermediate necessary. and All advanced ages welcome. dances. No experience or Machzikei Hadas will review Rebbe: The Life and partner necessary.Cost: $5/evening All ages welcome. (pay at the door) Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Cost: $5/evening (pay at the door) Influential Rabbi in Modern History by Joseph Telushkin. Visit our website www.ottawaisraelidance.ca and our Facebook page, ottawaisraelidance, Contact Shayla Mindell at [email protected] for more information about Books and Bagels. Visit our Facebookfor details, page, or email ottawaisraelidance, [email protected] for details, or email [email protected] more information. for more information October 15, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 17

NASA signs deal with The Department of English at Ryerson University | The Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa | The Association for Canadian Jewish Israel Space Agency Studies | Library and Archives Canada present a conference for lunar mission Canadian Holocaust (JTA) – NASA has signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and The landing would culminate the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL to collaborate on the Jewish state’s unmanned eight years of collaboration moon mission slated to launch from on the $88 million US project. Literature: Cape Canaveral next year. The landing would culminate eight SpaceIL lunar magnetometer installed Charting the Field years of collaboration on the $88 mil- aboard the spacecraft. lion US project. If it succeeds, Israel will In addition, NASA’s Lunar Recon- Saturday, October 27, 2018 become the fourth country to reach naissance Orbiter will attempt to take Evening opening panel at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre Earth’s rocky satellite. The spacecraft’s scientific measurements of the SpaceIL journey to the moon will last about two lander as it lands on the moon. 21 Nadony Sachs Private months. The Israeli craft will be the “I’m thrilled to extend progress in Sunday, October 28, 2018 smallest to land on the moon, weighing commercial cooperation we’ve made in Full day conference at Library and Archives Canada only 1,322 pounds. low-Earth orbit to the lunar environment 395 Wellington Street Upon its landing, the spacecraft plans with this new agreement with the Isra- to take photos and video of the landing el Space Agency and SpaceIL,” NASA site while also measuring the moon’s administrator Jim Bridenstine said. “Inno- magnetic field as part of a Weizmann vative partnerships like this are going to Institute scientific experiment. be essential as we go forward to the Moon According to the new agreement, and create new opportunities there.” The events are free and open to the public but advance registration is which was announced on October 3, In a post on Facebook, SpaceIL CEO required by visiting Eventbrite.ca, Canadian Holocaust Literature NASA will contribute a laser retroreflec- Ido Antebi said it was “a great honour” Event in English Only tor array to aid with ground tracking to collaborate with NASA and that he and support to aid in mission communi- hoped that this upcoming mission would cation. ISA and SpaceIL will share data lead to more “space missions and other with the U.S. space agency from the technological challenges” in the future. October 15, 2018 18 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Phyllis Sadowski was born in Toronto on September “Study in Humanity” watching her Father-in-Law not only doing business with the 10, 1925 to Lillian and Max Webber. They lived near Indigenous population but also taking care of their families. Bloor and Spadina (Phyllis points out that they lived north of Bloor) where she attended Huron Street Phyllis shared how proud they were to be Jewish, lighting the Shabbat candles and Public School, and then Central Commerce followed opening the blinds to the dining room windows so that every passerby could see by Harbord Collegiate. Phyllis was always active. that the Sabbath was beginning. On one occasion in the early fall, a cattle buyer She had public school, Hebrew school, Sunday was passing through as he had many times over the previous years and decades – school, piano lessons, Young Judea and so much but this time he asked if there was a synagogue nearby as he was Jewish and a more. When I asked her about her younger brother High Holiday was to begin that evening. Phyllis replied that he could join them for a Murray, she told me that she “was so busy that she Yom Tov dinner and join them to go to the Shul in Sudbury for services. The tough, Phyllis Sadowski usually ignored him…and he was a bug.” experienced cattleman’s jaw dropped when he found out the General store owner who he had known for years was also Jewish. It was in December 1947 that Phyllis met Joseph Herman Sadowski (of Massey, Ontario) on a blind date organized by her friend Ray Moses. As Phyllis told me with Now you can nd Phyllis at Hillel Lodge, happy to strike up a conversation while a grin, “once I opened the door – that was it for me – I was in love.” Their rst date knitting and crocheting. How did she get started? When she was ten years old, she was at a dance being held at a Toronto hotel. They corresponded by mail used to eat the sucker on a sucker stick, then wash them, and then use the sticks to (remember those hand written letters that required thought and did not come begin learning to knit. Her rst project included a quote “Let me live by the house with spellcheck). Joseph must have felt the same way about Phyllis as he proposed on the side of the road and be a friend to man”. Since that rst project, she has by letter, and then at his brother’s wedding on March 28, 1948 he gave her the made blankets for people in Israel and friends and family near and far (actually, she engagement ring, and on June 14, 1948 they were married (for history bus, in is still making blankets by request – but you will need to pay for the wool). between Phyllis receiving her ring and getting married…The State of Israel was Phyllis is very proud of her daughter Debra and son-in-law Gary, her late daughter born). Marilyn and son-in-law Arthur and her four grandchildren and of course her three They were married at the King Edward hotel in Toronto by the Rabbi of the McCaul wonderful great grandchildren. When I asked her about the Lodge, she told me that Street shul – Rabbi Reuben Slonin, and then Phyllis moved to Massey to live with it is a special place. She enjoys the frequent visits from students from the OJCS and her husband and help run the General store his family owned. When Phyllis’ father her own visits to the JCC. A little more prodding and she shares with me that what visited Massey before the wedding to go shing with his soon to be Machetanym the Lodge really needs is more sta. “What the province provides is simply not (in-laws) he pulled Phyllis aside and asked “Do you know what the heck you’re enough – we need more funding”. doing?” and she replied “no, but I love him”. Phyllis shared many wonderful stories about her time in Massey and helping at the General store. She described it as a By Mitch Miller, Executive Director, Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation October 15, 2018 20 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM ‘Fauda’ screenwriter wanted to depict terrorists as ‘real human beings’

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(JTA) – Moshe Zonder noticed it quickly: “My students are completely seri- ous. They are writing. They are doing the assignments. All of them. It’s great teaching here.” Zonder shouldn’t be that surprised. For an aspiring screenwriter, who better to study with than the man who wrote the entire first season of “Fauda,” the controversial international Israeli hit that airs on Netflix? Zonder is spending the fall semester teaching a course called Screenwriting and Television at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It’s part of the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artists Program, which brings Israeli artists to American universities and other cultural COURTESY OF NETFLIX institutions. Laetitia Eïdo (left) and Lior Raz in a scene from “Fauda.” “Fauda,” which had its second season launch in May, is the Arabic word for chaos, and that’s what viewers expe- reporter covering the Mossad and the “It’s not that Doron is good and Abu Before “Fauda,” Zonder wrote the rience. It is centred on an elite Israeli Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security ser- Ahmad is bad. … It was important for multiple award-winning docudrama undercover military unit whose mem- vice. me as an Israeli to show that members “Sabena Hijacking: My Version,” about bers pose as Arabs, cross into the West “Of course the world we describe is of the Hamas military wing have their the 1997 hijacking of a Sabena Airlines Bank, and use harsh and often deadly totally realistic, although the characters families and their motives. They are flight and the rescue of its passengers. It violence to root out terrorists. It’s at are from our imagination,” Zonder said. not [totally] evil. This is the basis of the was Israel’s entry in the 2015 Academy once exciting and depressing, leaving “Fauda” also has been noted for put- DNA of the first season of ‘Fauda.’” Awards’ foreign film race. the impression that there is no hope of ting a human face on Arabs living in the The show has been praised for this Between classes, he’s at work writing a peaceful resolution to the contentious West Bank, including terrorists. Zonder refreshing perspective and equally for another docudrama, about the Mossad’s divide. was a big part of that daring move. its gripping plot. Palestinian writer Operation Wrath of God, the effort to Zonder was involved in the show “I felt… members of Hamas didn’t Yasmeen Serhan wrote in The Atlantic kill the terrorists responsible for the from the beginning, when creators exist as real human beings [for some in June that despite her qualms with Munich Olympics massacre (it was Lior Raz (who also plays the show’s Israelis], and I wanted them to have a watching a show about the conflict from depicted onscreen in Steven Spielberg’s lead character, Doron Kavillio) and Avi wife and kids they loved that they can- an Israeli perspective, it is “binge-wor- film “Munich”). Issacharoff (who also writes columns not [visit and] see. It is a motive [for thy TV.” Zonder came to Rutgers at about for The Times of Israel) first tried to their behaviour] that you can under- “Fauda” was a surprise hit in Israel the same time the U.S. government sell it. The process took over four years, stand. and, subsequently, in much of the rest reopened its case charging that the Zonder said in a telephone interview. “This was something of a revolution. of the world. school failed to respond to discrimina- The reluctance of Israeli networks to There were no such characters in TV “The settlers loved it. Even Hamas,” tion aimed at Jewish students. A suit air the show is perhaps understandable. before.” Zonder said. “Their spokesman posted by the Zionist Organization of America The trio had created a story arc that To humanize them, Zonder said, online that ‘the Zionists could not kill alleges that organizers of a pro-Palestin- involves a morally compromised Israeli “was my intention.” us in the field, so they’re killing us on ian event singled out Jewish students counterterrorism unit that lives by its “The creators all went along with TV.’ Then they put a link to the first epi- by charging them admission for the free own rules, indiscriminately shooting me,” he said. “We all felt this way.” sode on their website.” event. Palestinians, invading their homes and In his view, the show has another dis- In March, the BDS movement If BDS protesters were to show up kidnapping them. tinguishing characteristic. against Israel insisted that Netflix drop when he speaks at Rutgers, Zonder said What’s most frightening is that “There isn’t any hero in the sense of the series, claiming it “promotes and he wouldn’t argue with them. “Fauda” seems to reflect the reality on a good guy or a bad guy,” Zonder said. legitimizes the war crimes committed “I must tell you I’m really not a hero, the ground. It has been reported that “Life is more complicated. There is a by death squads.” It may, in fact, do but I would like to meet with [them],” Raz served in Duvdevan, an elite com- protagonist and an antagonist – Doron the exact opposite, and give even the he said. “I’m prepared to hear what they mando force known for posing as Arabs. is the protagonist and Abu Ahmad staunchest Israeli supporter pause about have to say in case they are ready to lis- Zonder spent years as an investigative (Hisham Suleiman) is the antagonist. tactics used by the Israeli military. ten, too. Otherwise not.”

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Student Board Michael Lazarus – City wide president Samantha Cohen- Ottawa U president Danya Baird- Carleton president Ally Pedvis – Ottawa U vice president Aimee Veiner- Carleton vice president Carly Jacuck – Law school rep. Ali Goodbaum – Medical school rep. Marshall Rothman – Young professional chair Jewish students and young professionals in downtown Ottawa October 15, 2018 22 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM A Chicago teacher showed her grandfather was a Nazi collaborator. Now Lithuania is paying attention.

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ But that narrative ignores the level (JTA) – Barring unexpected delays, of complicity by ordinary Lithuanians Silvia Foti is months away from fulfilling – many of whom viewed Jews as agents an old promise that’s become her life’s of communism – in the near total anni- work: to write a biography of her late hilation of the approximately 220,000 grandfather, who is a national hero in Jews who lived in Lithuania before the his native Lithuania. Holocaust, according to Efraim Zuroff, Foti, a 60-year-old high school teach- the Eastern Europe director of the er from Chicago, made the pledge to Simon Wiesenthal Center. her dying mother 18 years ago. She has Zuroff believes that the veneration spent a long time studying the life of her of people like Noreika in some ways is grandfather, Jonas Noreika, as well as rooted in a collective desire to white- acquiring the writing skills necessary for wash Lithuanian complicity. chronicling it and finding a publisher. “You see this tendency across Eastern But rather than celebrating Norei- Europe,” he said, “but it’s strongest spe- INA BUDRYTE ka’s legacy as her mother requested, Silvia Foti, seen in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2013, says her grandfather, Jonas Noreika, venerated cifically in the countries with the high- the biography that Foti wrote confirms as a hero in Lithuania, was a Nazi collaborator in the genocide of Jews. est amounts of genocide complicity.” and amplifies the findings of Holocaust Lithuania is the only Nazi-occupied scholars who for years have called for country noted by Israel’s Yad Vashem stripping Noreika of his honours. Last week, Foreign Minister Linas after its members had been killed, pre- museum for its people’s “enthusiasm” The national hero, she and they Linkevicius urged authorities to remove sumably at his order. for collaboration with Germany. And insist, was a Nazi collaborator who a memorial plaque to Noreika from the Foti recalled being shocked when even when this enthusiasm “subsided helped murder thousands of Jews and wall of the Lithuanian Academy of Sci- she first learned of these allegations in … hostility towards Jews and denuncia- steal their property. ences in central Vilnius – the first such 2013 while visiting the school in Suki- tion persisted,” the museum says. The unpublished biography, which call by a senior Lithuanian official on onių named for her grandfather. The One example of this genocidal zeal Foti summarized in a bombshell Salon any of the country’s numerous monu- principal told her that “he got a lot of occurred in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second article in July, split her own family. She ments celebrating killers of Jews. grief from the Jews” over the name, but city. At the Lietukis Garage, pro-German said her father and his second wife Following the Salon article and cov- assured her it “was all Soviet lies.” Lithuanian nationalists killed more than asked Foti not to publish the book erage of it in The New York Times, That remark put her on a path to 50 Jewish men in 1941 by beating, hos- because it would “make Lithuania look Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius, who unravel the history of Lithuanian Jewry’s ing and then murdering them with iron bad.” And it would have distressed for years has ignored calls by Jewish murder and her grandfather’s complicity bars, according to the U.S. Holocaust her mother if she were still alive – the groups to remove the plaque, asked the in it. At first she had “hoped to exoner- Memorial Museum. Some of the perpe- author said this causes her “great pain.” state-funded and operated Genocide and ate him,” Foti said. Yet a wealth of evi- trators then posed for pictures with the But the main significance of the book Resistance Research Center to review dence convinced her that her grandfa- victims’ tortured bodies, providing some is the unprecedented attention it is bring- Noreika’s status as a national hero. ther was complicit and actually “taught of the most memorable images of Nazi ing to Noreika’s alleged crimes in Lithu- In her book, Foti explores how her his Lithuanian soldiers how to extermi- collaboration anywhere. ania, where a school has been named for grandfather issued orders to round up nate Jews efficiently: how to sequester Foti’s research turned the plaque for him. Noreika died in 1947 while in the and kill the Jews after his appointment them, march them into the woods, force Noreika into a symbol for the fight for hands of the KGB. In 2000, former presi- in 1941 as head of Siauliai County under them to dig their own graves and shove recognition of that complicity. But the dent Vytautas Landsbergis, the first head the German Nazi occupation. And she them into pits after shooting them,” as plaque is just one of numerous expres- of state of independent Lithuania, attend- presents evidence that he personally she wrote in the Salon article. sions of veneration for perpetrators. ed the funeral of Noreika’s wife in Vilnius. moved into the home of a Jewish family It was a devastating discovery for a Juozas Krikstaponis, a member of woman who said she grew up “adoring” a death squad who killed thousands her late grandfather. At Christmas din- of Jews in Lithuania and Belarus, has ners, her tight-knit family would leave a monument for him in the city of an empty chair and glass of wine for Ukmergė, 30 miles north of Vilnius. him to acknowledge the absence of the The Nazi collaborator Kazys Skirpa, Respecting handsome man in framed portraits who who represented his nation in Berlin probably was tortured to death by the during the Second World War, has a main tradition KGB at the age of 37. street named after him in Kaunas, and Foti said she hopes the book helps his image features regularly in nationalist At your time of need or when “Lithuania finally take a good look at marches. An outspoken anti-Semite, Skir- planning ahead, rely on us to its own role in the Holocaust and stop pa “proposed to solve ‘the Jewish prob- provide everything you need. blaming the Germans for everything.” lem’ not by genocide but by the method We are proud to support the She has had to pray and seek guid- of expulsion from Lithuania,” the Geno- ance from God throughout her work on cide and Resistance Research Center of Jewish Memorial Gardens the book, she said. Lithuania asserted in 2015. Revitalization Project. The debate about Noreika and other Against this background, the devel- Call us 24 hours a day at: collaborators who sided with the Nazis opments around Foti’s article have 613-909-7370 when they were fighting Russia during surprised veteran campaigners for Holo- the Second World War goes to the heart caust recognition in Lithuania. Kelly Funeral Home of Lithuania’s national narrative that Zuroff acknowledged that Jewish Carling Chapel it was and is a victim of Russia. 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He led children from Solomon out the responsibilities, and watching Schechter Academy at the annual Zim- bring Ottawa’s Jewish your children become great parents is ria, a choral festival for students from unequaled.” Montreal’s Jewish day schools and community up to date However, grandparenthood and new accompanied Ottawa’s Tamir Choir on on his activities. titles of “Mami” and “Papi” has not an unforgettable journey to Israel in the slowed them down. Cantor Benlolo spring in conjunction with Partnership- Nancy Cooperberg, recently received rabbinic ordination 2Gether. from Rabbinical Seminary International “In addition, my friends from Tamir, president of Shaare in New York and seems to be ‘every- graced me with their presence and visit- where,’ making his mark in Montreal’s ed me this past August for a whirlwind Zedek Congregation Jewish community. one-day trip to Montreal. We sang, we in Montreal, reports. “I have been blessed to do what I travelled, we ate and we spread joy” said love for the past 37 years and now to Cantor Benlolo. add to my title only inspires me to do Cantor Benlolo wants Ottawa Jewish midst myriad goodbye parties more, help more and inspire more,” he community members to know they can in 2017, Cantor Daniel and said. reach out to him at any time. Muriel Benlolo said goodbye to Shaare Zedek Congregation, the “I take this opportunity to let my ‘family’ and friends in Ottawa, board of directors, and Rabbi Alan Ottawa friends and community know Aand returned to Montreal. It was a Bright were most welcoming and quick- that they could reach out to me at difficult decision to leave friendships at ly made Cantor Benlolo and his family any time and be a conduit and bridge Kehillat Beth Israel and their home of 23 feel at home. between our two wonderful communi- years. The pull was too strong from their Among the highlights of the year at ties. Whether to visit a family member Cantor Daniel Benlolo in the sanctuary of children, who were already in Montreal: Shaare Zedek was a Sephardic weekend or help in anything big or small, or just Shaare Zedek Congregation in Montreal. Jonathan and his wife Lea, Eve, Shira, hosted by Cantor Benlolo and his wife to catch up, I would love to hear from and Michael. Muriel that included a talk by David you,” he said. Bensoussan on Middle Eastern Jewry’s Contact Cantor Benlolo at early arrival in Canada. The weekend [email protected] or 514-484-1122, culminated with Moroccan chef extraor- ext. 108, or on his cell at 514-892-2859. dinaire Muriel demonstrating the art of He is “just around the corner,” if you Sephardi cuisine to a sold-out crowd. want to share a coffee or grab a bite. TempleAn egalitarian Israel Reform congregation Foti: Genocide needs to be acknowledged Continued from page 22 A community dedicated to the study of Torah, quickly get labelled as traitors. liberal credentials made her vulnerable to In 2015, Zuroff co-authored a landmark smear campaigns, Foti “totally blindsided worship and Tikkun Olam, good deeds. book with Ruta Vanagaite, a successful the Lithuanian government,” according to writer who is not Jewish, that chronicles Grant Gochin, a Los Angeles-based finan- Sunday October 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm their joint travels across many of the cial adviser of Lithuanian-Jewish descent. killing sites of Jews that dot Lithuania Gochin is behind multiple lawsuits over Nancy Berovitch Concert Series presents: and their history. Our People also features his ancestral homeland’s veneration of Vanagaite’s discovery that two of her war criminals, including Noreika. From Jewish Life: A performance of close relatives, her grandfather and uncle, “They can’t call Noreika’s daughter a music for cello and piano were active in the persecution of Jews. Soviet agent, they can’t defend against But Vanagaite’s publishing house last her,” he said. Cello: Paul Marleyn year dropped her as the mainstream In this respect Foti, who also favours media attempted to discredit her. Lands- the removal of the plaque honoring her Piano: Dina Namer bergis, who was Lithuania’s first leader grandfather and other honours, landed At Temple Israel. Tickets $20 at the door after communism, published an op-ed a rare victory for Zuroff, Vanagaite and on the Delfi news site calling Vanagaite Gochin’s side. She also highlighted their Children under 12, free a “moral scumbag” and “Mrs. Dushans- fight to the outside world. Information: 613-224-1802 ki” – a reference to the Jewish KGB offi- But the officials who said they cer Nachman Dushanski. favoured steps to remove Noreika as a President: Stephen Asherman Administrative Officer: Vanagaite’s publishing house also national hero were “clearly paying lip Sr. Rabbi: Robert Morais Cathy Loves recalled all of her books, only one of service,” Gochin said, “or it would’ve Rabbi Emeritus: Steven H. Garten Principal: which was about the Holocaust. And the happened long ago.” Executive Director: Heather Cohen Sue Potechin governing coalition in April introduced As long as Lithuanians are taught a bill banning the sale of books that to revere people like Noreika, Gochin 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2 “distort historical facts” in what was said, “the fight for historical accuracy is Tel: 613-224-1802 Fax: 613-224-0707 seen as direct reaction to some of her being lost.” www.templeisraelottawa.ca claims about the Second World War. “Genocide,” he said, “needs to be Whereas Vanagaite’s ties to Zuroff and acknowledged where it happened.” October 15, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 25

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his past July, the American Jewish Committee marriage, conversion and other aspects of personal and released a survey comparing opinion in the RABBI STEVEN H. GARTEN civil status, may have been annoying to those living United States and Israel. In key areas ranging outside the land, but was ignored as irrelevant by most from politics to prayer, from prime ministers to A VIEW FROM Western Jews. However, following the Six Day War and Tpresidents, from peoplehood to peace processing, large the Yom Kippur War when North American Jews start- THE BLEACHERS gaps separate American Jews from their Israeli counter- ed to turn to Israel to solve their identity problems, parts. An article about the survey on The Forward Israel’s slighting of the non-Orthodox branches of website was headlined, “The end of the Jewish people is Judaism suddenly stung more deeply and came to be here.” Even in our little village of Ottawa, we find room more resented. The results, according Natan Sharansky, past-chair and oxygen to argue over such issues as the Shabbat Conversely, as Israelis needed less money but more of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Gil Troy, a scholar closing of the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, help to fight boycott threats and UN sanctions, Jewish of North American history at McGill University, provide the necessity for full-time Jewish education, the place criticism of Israeli policies became more pointed and a snapshot of the Jewish people, clashing frequently, of the Jewish community in the greater community more resented by those criticized. arguing intensely, but for the most part unwilling to go response to reconciliation, poverty and homelessness, The interdependence – both new and unfamiliar their separate ways. and myriad other issues some find extremely import- to both Israelis and North American Jews – raises the This, of course, is nothing new to Jews. Our his- ant and others simply reject as not in our interest. emotional temperature of their dialogue. Both Israe- tory is replete with instances of one group of Jews In the Mishnah, Hillel the Elder is quoted as saying lis and Western Jews are correct in their beliefs, if we trying to out-shout another perspective. The prophets that argument for the sake of Heaven is worthwhile. acknowledge the world in which they live. Israelis are and the priests had little love for each other and, of But when the argument is about what constitutes struggling for physical survival and unity appears to course, the prophets and the ancient kings of Israel Heaven, how do we proceed? extremely important to them. North American Jews were at loggerheads for centuries. The Sadducees, We proceed by accepting that there are multiple are struggling with spiritual and communal survival Pharisees, and Essences wrestled with each other for truths in our reality. Multiple truths suggests that and pluralism appears to be essential. dominance and power for the first two centuries of there is no truth, but that is false syllogism. Multiple We can hold divergent views. We can even hold the Common Era. More than 1,000 years, later the truths suggests that individuals perceive events and divergent truths if we are prepared to acknowledge Hasidim and the Mitnagdim accused each other of circumstances from many different perspectives and that different circumstances and different cultural chal- heresy. The enlightenment of the late 19th century that their starting points may lead to divergent end lenges produce the beliefs and underpin the actions of would eventually lead to Jewish denominationalism points. each member of the family. If, however, we continue to and its opponents. The list is endless; we are a people For example, historically, when North American believe that there is only one path to walk and that it who revel in argument and the need to prove the cor- Jews were mostly helping Israel by sending cheques, is my way or the highway, then we will never find the rectness of our opinions. Israel’s Orthodox religious authority on issues such as argument that is for the sake of Heaven.

Too busy to exercise? Make your workouts more efficient

ne of the most common excuses for skipping a know enough to prepare your training program, hire a workout or not exercising is lack of time. If GLORIA SCHWARTZ personal trainer to create an effective, efficient work- you factor the travel time to the gym, prepar- out program tailored to your individual needs, abilities ing and changing into and out of your exercise FOCUS ON and goals. Oclothes, showering and grooming, it might be an hour Wear earbuds. Listening to music motivates people FITNESS or more. Add in an hour for your workout and you’ve to stay focused and work out more intensely. Even if used up a good chunk of the day. Every minute is you don’t like to listen to music, wearing earbuds tells precious whether you work, have dependants to care others that you’re there to exercise and that you’re not for, errands to run, chores to do or other obligations and that work opposing muscle groups. Because each available to stand around and chit-chat. interests. exercise uses different muscles, you don’t need to rest Schedule exercise. Whether a group fitness class, Sometimes less really is more. A shorter workout in between. For example, perform a set of bicep curls a session with your personal trainer or working out doesn’t necessarily mean you must compromise on its immediately followed by triceps kickbacks, or leg on your own, make exercise a priority. Decide at the effectiveness. In fact, you can spend less time exercis- extensions for quads then hamstring curls. Repeat each start of the week which days you want to exercise ing and still experience the health benefits if you learn set. You can save several minutes per superset, which and how much time you can commit on those days. how to work out smart. Here are some time saving can add up to a savings of approximately 16 minutes If you don’t have time for an hour-long class, see if strategies for busy days. when you do four supersets (eight different exercises). there’s a shorter one and put it on your calendar; or Include compound exercises (exercises involving Try high intensity interval training (HIIT) to get schedule a 20-minute workout that you can do any- multiple muscle groups and joints, such as deadlifts maximum health benefits from minimum time spent where. Schedule your shorter workouts such as HIIT or bench presses) in your workout instead of only iso- exercising. HIIT is a series of brief, very intense exer- or compound exercises for your busiest days. You can lation exercises (exercises that isolate a single muscle cises (e.g., sprints) with brief active recovery (not sit- even schedule a couple of 10-minute mini-workouts group, such as calf raises or bicep curls). Get a full- ting and resting) periods in between. When you don’t on very busy days. body workout in less time by replacing a long list of have a lot of time for exercise, you can replace some Carry a water bottle. It’s important to stay hydrat- isolation exercises with a shorter workout consisting of steady-state cardio that you might normally do – such ed before, during and after exercise. Bringing a water several compound exercises. as an hour of walking or jogging or an aerobics class – bottle to your workout will save time. Each trip to the Use heavier weights and perform fewer repetitions. with just a few minutes of HIIT. For more information, fountain wastes time and presents an opportunity to Ease into the weight increments slowly and safely and see this Focus on Fitness column from 2015 get distracted and engage in conversations with gym pay attention to form so you don’t injure yourself. The (https://tinyurl.com/ya6xjn5c). Check with your friends. Save the socializing for when you’re not in a last few repetitions should really challenge your muscles. doctor before starting a new or more intense exercise hurry. Replace some straight sets with supersets. A straight program. You don’t need to change everything all at once. If set is your typical eight to 15 repetitions of an exercise Arrive prepared. If you arrive at the gym and then you’re short for time and can’t seem to fit in regular followed by a couple of minutes of rest, then repeat- wonder what exercises you should do, you’re probably exercise, a few of these changes might get you back on ing the exercise. A superset is two different exercises wasting time. Come with a game plan. If you don’t track. October 15, 2018 26 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Spanish Jews, conversos and New Mexico on to their descendants, but didn’t ers felt themselves to be true Chris- always tell them their real meaning. RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN tians. How one such family of conversos The confusion some conversos felt THE REPORTER, VESTAL, N.Y. travelled from Spain to New Mexico is is well expressed by one character the subject of Mary Morris’ new novel when thinking about why her parents BOOK REVIEW Gateway to the Moon. wouldn’t leave the Jewish ghetto where The topic of conversos is raised even they lived: “After the massacres and Gateway to the Moon: A Novel before the novel begins. Morris not only forced conversions, it had been easy By Mary Morris offers a historical note about the history for [them] to convert. They had kept Nan A. Talese of these secret Jews, but also includes the Law of Moses out of convention. It 352 pages a chronology of events related to the was easy for them to let go of many of Inquisition and a list of characters, the rituals – though [he] never resigned onversos.” That was a which looks at both the 15th and 16th himself to the eating of pork. And they dangerous term when used centuries (with the author noting which kept the Sabbath as they had before. to describe converts to characters are actual historical figures) But for years now, they had been good Christianity, particularly and the late 20th century. The chap- Christians. They follow the teachings of ‘Cafter the Inquisition came to Spain ters move back and forth between the the Catholic Church. They go to mass. during the 15th and 16th centuries. In two time-periods as readers learn the They kneel. They take communion and 1492, all Jews living in Spain were connection between the contemporary ask for absolution for their sins.” Unfor- forced to convert or leave the country. characters and those who lived through tunately, this is not enough to save them Some of those who remained took on the Inquisition. when someone denounces them for only the outer trappings of Christianity, In the 20th century, the novel’s focus Judaizing. but kept Jewish practices in secret. The is on two characters: Miguel Torres It won’t come as a surprise to read- hidden observances of these conversos and Rachel Rothstein. Fourteen-year- though he never reveals to Rachel ers that Miguel comes from a converso could prove fatal if discovered because old Miguel is fascinated by astronomy. exactly how young he is. Rachel and family, even though his relatives have the Inquisition tortured and/or killed Neither of his parents, who no longer her family recently moved to New no idea why they perform certain ritu- those it found guilty of the crime of live together, understand his love of Mexico and the move is not working als. For example, the only time Miguel Judaizing. Some conversos who man- the stars. Miguel jumps at the chance out as well as she hoped. Although her and his mother ate at the table, rather aged to survive passed these practices to babysit the Rothstein children, even husband has found his place as a physi- than standing at the counter, was on cian, Rachel is floundering. In addition Friday nights. She always turned the to having difficulty dealing with her portrait of the Virgin Mary to the wall squabbling children, she is so unsettled before she lit candles, circled her arms  Dr. Michel Bastien MemberMember TheThe Canadian Canadian she’s unable to decide on her next art and then, with her eyes closed, said a aassossoCCiaiaTTionion project. Miguel loves working for the blessing. When Miguel asks her about  Dr. Harry Prizant ofof o oppTTooMMeeTTrisrisTTss Rothsteins, but wonders about the fam- this custom, she cannot answer except ®® optoMÉtrIstEs/optoMEtrIIsts ily dynamics, which seem so different to note that this is what her family has from his own. always done. would like to welcome Dr. Amber McIntosh to their practice.practice. The sections that take place during When Miguel spends part of a Fri- the 15th and 16th centuries focus day night at the Rothstein house, he’s on different, but related, characters, surprised to see Rachel perform similar as readers learn about the real life acts, although it never occurs to him to Jew who travelled with Christopher connect them to his mother’s behaviour. Columbus on his first voyage, and Only later does Miguel learn of his other real life and fictional characters ancestry. who lived publically as Christians, The writing in Gateway to the Moon but privately as Jews. Some of these feels dry at times, but there is great chapters are difficult to read because emotion underlying the prose. Parts of the author details the torture and the novel are very powerful and readers killing of some conversos. However, may find themselves rooting for charac- the historical sections were my favou- ters – especially contemporary ones – to Dr. McIntosh, second from the left, is currently accepting new patients.patients. rites because they offered insights change the course of their lives. Morris into why people continued to prac- manages to tie together the different Wishing theASK community US ABOUT OUR Shana STUDENT Tova and DISCOUNTS! a sweet newnew year!year! tice Jewish customs (everything from sections of her work into a believable habit to sincere belief) and why oth- and satisfying ending. 613.236.6066613.236.6066 || 447447 CuMberland sT. | basTienprizanienprizanTTopopTTooMMeeTTry.ry.CCooMM

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