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Agreement #40007180 Because you asked ... Where do my dollars go? The waiting game with a new baby in their lives arie and joy pekar It’s quite simple. As Jews, it is Kadimah, the JCC and other essen- our responsibility to take care of tial services. Last year, for example, hang on to the hope of finding a kidney donor one another — especially those less your dollars enabled 116 students fortunate than ourselves. to receive day school bursaries, One of the most significant ways 75 seniors to receive monthly Jewish Hamiltonians can make stipends and 110 people to receive a difference is through Hamil- regular financial assistance. ton Jewish Federation’s annual Your gift also helps us fulfill our Community Campaign. national obligations to the Centre How are your dollars spent? Your for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), gift goes towards local agencies, Canadian Jewry’s national advo- programs and overseas partners, cacy organization and Jewish providing a safety net of services Federations of Canada - UIA. Last, to Jews in Hamilton, Israel and but certainly not least, a portion throughout the world. of your dollars go to Israel, where Your gift covers all of Jewish they are directed towards the Hamilton through improving the absorption and integration of new lives of the poor, unemployed, immigrants and transforming the elderly, abused, immigrants in need and many others. It also lives of disadvantaged youth and provides for our community’s day other populations at risk living in and supplementary schools, Camp Israel’s peripheral communities.
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a thriving community Family time: Joy Pekar keeps baby Benny amused, while staying close to Arie during his twice-weekly dialysis treatment. In 2013/14 we allocated: Photo by Wendy Schneider $361,415 towards STRENGTHENING JEWISH IDENTITY by wendy schneider, the Hamilton Jewish News • Jewish Day Schools • Jewish Afternoon Schools • Midrasha - Hamilton Hebrew High uch has changed since Joy and Arie Pekar first went public a year • McMaster Hillel ago about Arie’s need to find a kidney donor. At that time the • Hamilton to Toronto Jewish High School Shuttle • Asper Foundation for Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program couple was hoping to avoid his going on dialysis in the face of • Hamilton Jewish Federation Programs deteriorating genetic kidney disease. A year later, blessed with a $301,536 towards ASSISTING THE VULNERABLE new baby, whose early arrival coincided with Arie’s starting dialy- • Beth Tikvah Foundation Msis, the Pekars are doing their best to adjust to a vastly different reality. • Jewish Social Services • Camp Kadimah Scholarships It’s the Pekars’ unfailing optimism that But by the time Arie completed tests to deter- • Hamilton Jewish Federation Programs leaves the strongest impression on a visitor to mine if he was a candidate for a less invasive $269,087 towards COMMUNITY SERVICES their Dundas home. Laughter is ever-present form of dialysis (he wasn’t), his surgery as the couple explains the circumstances ended up being booked only three weeks • Hamilton Jewish News • Holocaust Education surrounding the birth of their son, Benny, just before the baby was due. • Hamilton Kashrut Services days after Arie’s undergoing a surgical proced- “I said to myself, ‘That’s ok. First babies are • Jewish Community Centre ure to enable him to do at-home dialysis treat- usually about a week late so we’ll have about • Hamilton Jewish Federation Programs ments. With Arie’s doctor telling him that he a month. And of course our baby shows up $180,352 towards ISRAEL AND OVERSEAS could not afford to delay starting dialysis any three weeks early.” Benny’s arrival by emer- longer than necessary, the Pekars decided to gency caesariean section four days following • Canada Israel Experience • Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) start the process well before Joy’s expected Arie’s surgery led to both Joy and Arie recu- • March of the Living due date. perating on different floors of the same hospi- • Ralph Travis Israel bursaries “In theory they could have postponed it,” tal. Joy laughs as she recalls that particular • Jewish Federations of Canada - UIA • Hamilton Jewish Federation Programs said Joy, “but he would have gotten sicker.” scene and the days that followed. Cont’d on page 16 Telling their stories Stan Tick shares why he gives P9 2 HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • FEBRUARY 2014 Editorial cieowners. respective a their Inc., of Canada property Waterhouse the are TD trademarks of All division Fund. a Protection is Investor Advice Canadian Advisor. Investment the Investment of Private CFA, Member Wealth Thomson, – TD Inc. Scott Advice. Canada and Investment Waterhouse Advisor ® Private TD Investment Wealth Bank. 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W agencies. ficiary strength of the thanks to yourmillion, generosity, it is by no means a certainty. were lastyear. Andwhileweare stillhopefulthatwewillreach ourgoalof$1.2 $1,030,000 abitaheadofwhere thetimeofmywriting), we inpledges(at our many canvassers. the inspired leadership of behalf. Ourthankstothededicatedmembersofcampaigncabinetunder than 25 agencies and programs within Jewish Campaign what constitutes a vibrant Jewish community. preferring projects. ing for the long haul, instead to volunteer for time-limited the nature ofvolunteerism withfewerfolksinterested ischanging involunteer- connection to and engagement with Federation is not keeping pace. In addition, census datarecords theJewishpopulationat5,115, from (up 4,680in2001), community, with our Shem andinthegreater Jewish as evidencedbyparticipationonourcommittees, and thedesire forastrong, vibrantJewishcommunity. Volunteerism isthriving, Community is some good news and some bad news. the possibilitiesforfuture Asyou there ofJewishHamilton. mightimagine, rather share withyou someofmythoughtsaboutthethingsI’ve learnedand etc.Iwould howmanymeetingsIattended, how Ispentmytime,whometwith, could bore you with the facts and figures of I wantedtoprovide abitofreview. W it speaks to the possibilities of the future. Archimedes on which to place it and I can move the world.” “Give mealever longenoughandafulcrum REVIEW IN YEAR HA O CE dialogue, tolearnaboutyour visionforourfuture, andhow wemightgetthere. by telephone, andviaemail with the intent toengage in out to you, inperson, Over Iwillbereachingof theseissuesaswellothers. thenextfourmonths, community envisioned in that study. Federation vibrantandenduringJewish iscommittedtobuildingthestrong, build ontheworkthathasgonebefore inorder tocontinuemappingthefuture. W well asanumberofotheraspectscommunitylifeinHamilton. T tive forcommunity planning. 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