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Stephen Victor has berg Amphitheatre in Jerusalem on the been a prominent Mount Scopus campus during the Board of Governors’ gathering. leader in the Jewish Significantly, the bestowing of Vic- tor’s honorary doctorate will coincide community, both with events marking the centennial anniversary of the laying of the corner- locally and nationally, stone “in celebration of 100 years of since the 1970s. knowledge” at Hebrew University. Victor credits his lifelong involve- Next month he will ment with Israel to the influential exec- utive director of the Jewish Community be honoured by the Council of Ottawa/Vaad Ha’Ir (now the Jewish Federation of Ottawa) Hy Hoch- Hebrew University of berg in the 1970s. Jerusalem. “Hy Hochberg took my wife Gail Louise and me to Israel in 1972,” he said. “I Rachlis reports. was 31 and she was 29, and we were the youngest couple on the trip. I was already practicing law. We fell in love s a lawyer, advocate, and a with Israel… I decided that besides my volunteer, Stephen Victor is law practice and my family, I wanted to proud to have supported the do something additionally in my life. State of Israel for 50 years. Because of that trip, I decided that I’d AAnd now, a letter from the Hebrew devote my time and energy to the State University of Jerusalem has informed of Israel and the Jewish people. him that it will be conferring upon “I was lucky because in the ’67 war, I him the degree of Doctor Philosophiae was privileged to go to the home of Sol Honoris Causa, the university’s highest Shabinsky and saw the outpouring of accolade. financial support for the Six Day War. Born and raised in Ottawa, Victor Only the major donors were there, but RICHARD SMITH is senior partner in the law firm Vic- Stephen Victor will be honoured for a lifetime of volunteerism and philanthropy by the Hebrew Hy took me along. And then in ’73, I was tor Ages Vallance. From a start as the University of Jerusalem. in the boardroom when Gilbert Green- youngest-ever director of Camp B’nai berg led fundraising at that critical time. Brith of Ottawa at age 24, he has served And so, I said ‘hey, it’s not a bad idea to the Jewish community in many roles Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Victor’s honorary PhD will be con- devote a part of your life for this.’ And and has been honoured several times – Award, the highest award offered by the ferred at Hebrew University’s annual that’s what I’ve done ever since. It’s the including in 1992 when he received the Jewish community of Ottawa. convocation on June 11, at the Roth- See Victor on page 2
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SCOTT GOLDSTEIN Yom Ha’Atzmaut flag-raising: Dignitaries and community members gathered outside Ottawa City Hall, April 19, to celebrate Israel’s 70th Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Beyond Duty, an exhibit co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel and Global Affairs Canada, (From left) MP Peter Kent; City Councillor Jean Cloutier; Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor; honoured diplomats from 21 countries who saved Jews during the Holocaust and who have Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Israel Shlomit Sufa; Jewish Federation of Ottawa been recognized by the State of Israel (Yad Vashem) as Righteous Among the Nations, took President and CEO Andrea Freedman; Rabbi Robert Morais of Temple Israel; place in Ottawa at Global Affairs Canada from April 25 to May 1. and MP Kate Young.
Victor: ‘An outstanding professional and community leader’ Continued from page 1 of Hebrew University. ty lauded Victor as an “extraordinary the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the most worthy cause and I wanted it to be “It was an unbelievable experience,” example of an outstanding professional Federal Court Trial Division, the Federal part of my life.” he recalled, “and I met everybody from and community leader reflected in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court Victor’s community work continued. all over the world. I met the finest and wide variety of professional and com- of Canada. In 1981 he was appointed He was president of the Jewish Commu- greatest people at Hebrew University – munity roles that you have undertaken Queen’s Counsel. nity Centre from 1978 to ’80, UJA chair philanthropists as well – all committed throughout your life. He was the Ottawa JNF Negev Din- in 1983 and became president of the to the survival of the Jewish people and “The Stephen and Gail Victor Centre ner honouree in 2006 and chose the Vaad in 1987 for a two-year term. the survival of the State of Israel.” for Trial Advocacy at the Faculty of Law Hebrew University’s Botanical Gardens In 1990, he began working at the Victor has no regrets. and the Stephen and Gail Victor Plaza on Mount Scopus as the recipient of the national level and eventually was elect- “I have spent all my life on this, but at the Botanical Gardens on Mount Sco- funds raised. The central plaza of the ed chair of the Canada-Israel Commit- the time was always worth it. Whenever pus are both results of your leadership gardens was named the Stephen and tee, then the advocacy voice of the Jew- I was in negotiations in my law practice, and community respect,” said the letter. Gail Victor Botanical Garden. ish community in Canada on behalf of because of my community involvement, “In addition, you were instrumental in Today, he is delighted that the cita- Israel. He was there for four years, and people looked at me in a different way. establishing the Stephen Victor Academ- tion for his honorary doctorate men- all the Jewish organizations had repre- They knew I had credibility. It enhanced ic Exchange Scholarship between the tions that the historic garden “stands sentative on that board. the quality of my life,” he said. University of Ottawa and the Hebrew as a living testimonial to the Victors’ “I did things on a national basis and Victor has no plans to retire from University of Jerusalem.” decades of dedication to the university went to Israel three times a year,” he said. either the practice of law or volunteer- The prominent Ottawa lawyer and and to the Jewish people.” When Yitzhak Rabin, then the prime ism. And, after June 11, don’t call him community leader graduated from Car- For the convocation, he’ll be in Israel minister of Israel, was assassinated on “Dr. Victor.” leton University in 1963 with a bachelor for 10 days, along with his wife Gail and November 4, 1995, then-prime minister “For 25 years, I used to criticize guys of commerce (economics) degree. Three their children and grandchildren. Jean Chrétien invited Victor to accompa- who got honorary degrees and then years later, he earned his law degree “All of my community endeavours ny him to the funeral. called themselves ‘doctor,’ so I can’t do from the University of Ottawa. Since have been supported by my life partner In the early 2000s, Victor became that,” he laughed. then he has acted as lead counsel before Gail,” he said, “and any success that I’ve national president of Canadian Friends The letter from Hebrew Universi- the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, achieved is in large part due to her.”
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Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and IRIS The Visual Group. increased its 2017 disbursement rate to May 14, 2018 4 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Tamir’s ILC achievement: Notice of How the backing of ‘angels’ Annual made the difference overall ILC proposal to satisfy key stakeholders. MARK PALMER General Meeting But, like a struggling Broadway GUEST production, Tamir needed some vital ‘angels’ to help surmount a few critical The Jewish Federation of Ottawa will COLUMN hurdles in bringing the ILC to fruition. And as fate or luck would have it, a few hold its 84th Annual General Meeting on years ago, Jewish Federation of Ottawa n the early days of Broadway in President and CEO Andrea Freedman Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm New York City, many stellar introduced Tamir to Hartley Stern. productions would never have seen Hartley, who is now chair of the in the Social Hall of the Joseph and Rose the light of day without the help of Federation, had just returned to Otta- Iwhat were termed ‘angels.’ These were wa from Montreal, where he served as Ages Family Building. The entire Jewish influential individuals who recognized CEO of the Jewish General Hospital. As talent and promise and were willing to Andrea described, he “was looking for a community is invited to attend. fight against all odds to ensure strug- cause where he could make a significant gling theatrical productions made it to difference.” the stage. Every great community cause needs The Nominating Committee shall send the Nominating This bit of theatre history comes to at least one champion, especially when proposes that the following Committee report to each Full mind when looking back over Tamir’s spearheaded by an organization with lit- individuals be elected to serve Member and invite each Full long struggle to bring our own ‘pro- tle access to the “corridors of power and a term of two (2) years as Member to provide the President duction’ to the Ottawa stage – to create influence.” Hartley’s efforts on Tamir’s an Integrated Living Centre (ILC) here behalf raised the profile of the ILC members of the Board of and Chief Executive Officer, at in Ottawa to address the critical needs vision, opened doors, and caught the Directors of the Jewish least fourteen (14) days before faced by people with developmental dis- attention of decision-makers. Federation of Ottawa, serving the annual meeting, the name of abilities and their families. As the Otta- His sterling efforts were aided and to June 2020: any additional candidates which wa Jewish Bulletin reported on the front abetted by other angels: Andrea, the he/she wishes to nominate, page of the April 30 edition, the Tamir Federation Board, and Bryan Keshen, Jessica Greenberg ILC will be built on the Jewish Commu- CEO of Reena in Toronto and chair of Victor Rabinovitch together with a letter of support nity Campus. the International Community Consor- Hartley Stern, Chair from five (5) other Full Members Guided by an initial concept tium. All of these people played pivotal Danya Vered of the Corporation and a developed by members of the Tamir roles in making the ILC a reality. statement by the candidate of senior management team, the orga- In a world where so much of the interest and qualifications.” nization worked for years and spent news is negative, we should celebrate a great deal of energy and resources the ILC as a shining example of how Continuing to June 2019 in exploring various designs, locations, perseverance and hard work, coupled completion of an existing two (2) program options and partnerships. with the help of special ‘angels,’ can year term: Submissions should be sent to There were many disappointments make great things happen in our Jewish Solange Ashe, at David Appotive and setbacks along the way such as community. [email protected] no failed partnerships, rejected applica- Thanks to our collective efforts, the Kevin Barwin, Secretary later than 5 p.m. June 6, 2018 tions for government funding, and ILC production will, in the not too dis- Stacy Goldstein with the following subject line, promises of support that never mate- tant future, be opening in Ottawa and Sender Gordon rialized. But, through it all, the Tamir when it does we are confident there will RE: Nominating Committee Board and senior staff persevered, be standing ovations all round. Harold Feder, Treasurer Report, additional candidate. Linda Kerzner, Past Chair refining the initial concept, securing partnerships that were a good fit and, Mark Palmer is executive director of Michael Polowin, Vice Chair ultimately, adapting the program and Tamir. Nikki Shapiro Nominating Committee: Tamara Fathi Jonathan Ben-Choreen The Board of Directors of the Freedman B’nai Brith anti-Semitism audit Jewish Federation of Ottawa Andrea Freedman, Staff thanks the following director (JTA) – Canada had a record number of bled to 322 from 158. Rabbi Steven Garten anti-Semitic incidents in 2017, according The audit also saw as a “disturbing who will be completing her term Stacy Goldstein to B’nai Brith Canada’s annual audit of anti-Semitic trend” a rise in anti-Semi- in June 2018: Linda Kerzner anti-Semitic incidents in Canada released tism from both the far right and far left Lenora Zelikovitz Steven Kimmel April 24. of the political spectrum. Michael Polowin There were 1,752 incidents of harass- Quebec “is home to Islamist extremist ment, vandalism and violence, a 1.4 per enclaves, a sophisticated far-right scene, Hartley Stern cent increase over the record 1,728 last and many of Canada’s largest anti-Israel Section 11.22 of the by-laws state year. groups,” the audit said. that “At least thirty (30) days Please address any questions to Ontario recorded nearly half the total, To counter these trends, the audit before the annual general Solange Ashe with 808, while Quebec had 474. The rest proposed an eight-point plan to increase meeting, the board of directors at [email protected] were scattered among the nation’s eight resources for police hate crime units, a other provinces. national “Action Plan” and other mea- Acts of anti-Semitic vandalism dou- sures. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 5
Federation: Inclusion conference was milestone event for Jewish communities Continued from page 3 who wanted to ensure their kids could parents with the modern challenges of find fulfilling, meaningful jobs that fit how to teach kids about drugs and nav- within their Jewish lives. igating the internet. “We hope to invest Kislowicz also highlighted some of the in measures not previously funded,” she adaptations communities are making, explained. some as simple as their choice of lan- To sum up, Freedman showed an guage. For example in synagogue, instead image of a busy figure-eight roadway, a of the rabbi saying “please rise,” consider map of success, each stage building on the small, but meaningful and inclusive the next one, with the end result that addition, “please rise if you are able.” more people stay on the Jewish super- Summing up, Kislowicz said this is highway, keeping the journey going: not short-term work but will require “The results of a successful superhigh- long-term engagement and relationship way will be more frequent and signifi- building. The next steps involve capac- cant Jewish experiences, which lead to ity-building consultations and propos- more people engaged in community, als for pilot programs to be funded by which will attract newcomers to Ottawa, micro-grants. which will mean more philanthropy The conference also helped identify and stronger community organizations, inclusion specialists and professionals in which brings us back to the start, creat- local communities to help leaders in dif- ing a place where Jewish life is vibrant ferent cities implement change at their and no one is left behind.” own level. Perhaps most importantly, The theme of inclusivity was con- Kislowicz said the conference helped tinued by Linda Kislowicz, president connect people and was hugely success- and CEO of Jewish Federations of ful in creating a new national network. Canada-United Israel Appeal, who She is hopeful this will help keep the delivered a presentation on the results topic of inclusivity permanently on the of the national conference, “Pushing radar of all areas of government and the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion & community. Jewish Community,” which was held in “This was a milestone event for Jew- Toronto from April 15 to 17. ish communities,” she added, saying for The conference had more than 25 the Jewish Federations of Canada, “it presenters, panelists and moderators was part of their responsibility to put and the goal was to validate the impor- Linda Kislowicz, president and CEO of Jewish Federations of Canada-United Israel Appeal, this important social concern on the tance of inclusion, inspire innovation, spoke about the national conference, “Pushing the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion & Jewish national agenda.” educate and develop national networks. Community,” held last month, which included several participants from Ottawa. Stressing the importance of both “All speakers were individuals with talks, Federation Chair Hartley Stern, disabilities who shared their experienc- asked people to take away a few es and showed what they had accom- “nothing about us, without us”; and explained. She gave some powerful important points from the common plished,” said Kislowicz. Maayam Ziv stressed that “people are not examples of entrepreneurial projects, messages that while there is much to The themes of the talks spoke to disabled, environments are disabled.” like one undertaken by Ziv who has inspire us, there is still a lot we as a issues they faced in their daily lives: The topics that were discussed were created an app that shows where people community can do to fill the gaps that Rabbi Ruti Regan, who has autism, affordable housing, employment, educa- can find accessible services when trav- exist in services. He urged us as Jews shared that “access speaks louder than tion, synagogues and camps, and dating elling, like restaurants and bathrooms. to consider what kind of community words”; Ari Neeman reinforced the idea and relationships. Another example is Dani, which is a we want to live in and how we can step that people with disabilities must be fully Of great importance to many was catering service run by people with dis- up to help make these inspiring visions involved in their own life choices saying the issue of employment, Kislowicz abilities and was created by two mothers our reality.
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From darkness to light with hope I have a clear memory of being in became an inspirational figure to me, them a lifetime. Israel at 19 years of age and visiting Yad and ultimately contributed to my pur- My involvement with the March of Vashem. I was walking through the out- suit of pediatrics as a profession. the Living began in 2011 and my passion door garden exhibits and came upon From April 9 to 24, Shelli Wittes for the program continues to this day the statue of Janusz Korczak – a larger Kimmel, Michael Kent and I had the because of the children. During this two- than life memorial of him standing with privilege of accompanying the Ottawa week journey, as chaperones, we observe wide outstretched arms, embracing contingent on the 30th anniversary of and process through their eyes. We are children, his eyes filled with sorrow and the March of the Living program. We tuned in to their emotional responses as compassion. That day, I learned that he were in Poland for Yom HaShoah and they bear witness to man’s inhumanity
FEDERATION FEDERATION REPORT was a pediatrician and an educator. He then in Israel to share in the powerful to man in Poland, and we share in their KAREN PALAYEW, OTTAWA CHAIR ran an orphanage for Jewish children transition from Yom Hazikaron to Yom pride and joy of what they are experi- MARCH OF THE LIVING in Warsaw, and had a unique way of Ha’Atzmaut, celebrating 70 years of encing in Israel. We are with them as working with them. He believed in a Israel’s independence. We had an out- they move from darkness to light. democratic approach, honouring the standing group of students who were For each of these young adults, we hilst we can remember children’s individuality and giving each committed to learning about the Holo- know that this experience will in some the past, we cannot write of them a voice to be heard. I learned caust, anti-Semitism, and Israel. They way influence the path they choose to the future. Only our that he was offered sanctuary by the were caring and compassionate with follow in life. They are our ambassa- children, the future of our Nazis and how he chose to stay with Angela Orosz and David Schaffer, the dors. They are now the bearers of the ‘community,W can do that.” -Janusz Korczak the children of the orphanage, ultimate- two Holocaust survivors travelling with torch, carrying the tremendous respon- We all hold on to memories from our ly accompanying them to the gas cham- us. They were loving and supportive of sibility to share the history of our past past, memories of experiences that have bers of Treblinka on August 7, 1942. one another, creating new and strength- and to be strong voices for humanity. had a resounding impact on our lives. In that moment, Janusz Korczak ening old friendships which will last They are our hope for our future.
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Temple in Jerusalem. And yet, when we Wall) is an example of how we, as 21st excavate ancient Israelite cities, we find century Jews, miss the mark. For close sacrificial altars. We have evidence of to 2,000 years – from the destruction the bitter dispute between the ancient of the Temple in 70 CE until 1967 – the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin streams of Judaism. Kotel was a communal gathering place. VOLUME 82 | ISSUE 13 From the responsa letters that Men and women prayed there as their Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. went back and forth between Jewish hearts moved them. There was no offi- 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 communities in the Middle Ages, it is cial authority. No need for someone to Email: [email protected] clear that Judaism in Egypt was vastly tell other Jews how they should pray. 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Our job is we share the varied ways of being Jew- to tell others how they can and should to appreciate each group’s opinion, to ish with each other. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin express their Judaism. learn from it, and to allow its wisdom to We need to pursue unity – a unified 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, The ancient Temple priests fought inform our own opinions and practices. understanding that we all have much to Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 hard to consolidate their power and Recent disagreements over who can contribute to the collective of our Jew- centralize Jewish sacrifice within the pray and how at the Kotel (Western ish community. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 7
It’s so good to be back later; months or years from now?” I More than one person asked me day and I felt my strength and stamina asked him. The last time I’d had surgery asked me if it’s “kosher” to use porcine increase with my prescribed daily walks was to have my tonsils out in 1961. tissue. I knew the answer to that ques- which started at six minutes twice per “Probably months,” he said. He tion was yes even before Rabbi Reuven day and increased by one minute each strongly suggested cancelling the Flori- Bulka assured me of that during a con- day until I reached 30 minutes twice da vacation that Sylvie and I had sched- versation in January at the SJCC. Ulti- per day. uled for December. mately, my surgeon used a valve made Although complete recovery from He said he wanted to watch me for from bovine tissue. the surgery takes up to six months, I a while and scheduled another echo- My surgery was originally scheduled was able to resume most of my regular cardiogram for March – but said to call for February 6. That day I got a call activities – including work – after two
FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR him right away if I started noticing such from the Heart Institute postponing the months. And although both my cardi- MICHAEL REGENSTREIF symptoms as fatigue, shortness of breath procedure until February 21. ologist and surgeon explained that the or angina. A few weeks later, I realized I I did have the surgery on the 21st stenosis in my aortic valve had nothing ’m thrilled to be back to work at the was having symptoms and called him. and everything went well. I spent two to do with lifestyle choices over the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. My first day My cardiologist immediately repeat- nights in the ICU and four more nights years, I have committed myself to main- back was April 23 – just in time to ed the echocardiogram and then in a regular room before going home. taining the heart-healthy lifestyle I’ve work on this edition – after being referred me to a surgeon at the Uni- I can’t say enough good things followed over the past several months. away on a medicalI leave since February 5. versity of Ottawa Heart Institute. In about the Ottawa Heart Institute. I feel very grateful that I live near My medical adventure began last December I had an angiogram at the It’s an amazing place and everyone I the Ottawa Heart Institute. The care September when my family doctor sent Heart Institute which showed I had no encountered there – doctors, nurses, I received there – and the continuing me for an echocardiogram after she blockages in any of my arteries – so physiotherapists, orderlies, technicians, follow-up – has been outstanding. And heard a heart murmur that had never replacing my aortic valve would be the clerks, cleaners, volunteers, you name I’m very grateful to be living under the been detected before during a routine only focus of the surgery. it – is highly skilled, kind and compas- Canadian healthcare system where I exam. The echocardiogram – ultra- I also had a consultation with my sionate. We are incredibly lucky to have received this world-class care simply sound imaging of the heart – showed surgeon. He explained the surgery and this world-class facility in our city. I’m because I needed it. severe stenosis (narrowing) of my aortic discussed the option of whether to currently back at the Heart Institute on I’m also grateful for all the support valve. When she phoned to tell me the replace my aortic valve with a mechan- Tuesday and Thursday mornings doing I’ve received from family, friends and results of the test, the doctor told me ical valve or one made from animal the eight-week cardiac rehab program. colleagues from near and far. And she was referring me to a cardiologist tissue – each has advantages and disad- Most of my recovery time was spent special thanks to interim editor Laura but that surgery to correct the problem vantages and it was up to me to choose. at home and I also can’t say enough Robin and Jewish Federation of Ottawa appeared likely. I opted for the tissue valve tissue but I about the loving care I received from colleagues Pauline Colwin and Andrea The cardiologist confirmed that I wouldn’t know until after the surgery if Sylvie. Recovery was hard work and Freedman for taking care of my Bulletin would need surgery. my new valve would be from porcine or I couldn’t have done it without her. I duties while I was away. As I said, I’m “Are we talking about sooner or bovine tissue. think I made measurable progress every thrilled to be back at work.
What it takes to live in Israel
seemed to help get a snapshot of life in anger. It was an outburst I would never the instinct to stand tall and not give in, Israel because naked men in a locker duplicate in Canada. I think I instinc- are consistent in a country that relies room can’t hide anything. tively did it in Israel because it was my on a strong military to protect it. The The first thing to understand is that way of sticking up for myself. It seems military is where soldiers obey orders unlike Canada, where there are many to me, that in Israel, Jews sticking up and follow rules and, of course, almost relatively young, well-heeled retired for themselves is in the blood as much every Israeli has lived that experience. people keeping health clubs busy during as stubbornness is often in the air. Our seder was held in the Golan and working hours, in Jerusalem, on work- The community centre had a spin- it was impossible not to think of the ing days, it’s mostly very elderly people ning room with the usual racing bikes brutal Syrian civil war on the doorstep of – among them many Russian-speak- but the classes are only in the evening thriving Israeli towns. While so much of
IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS ers – who use the pool. These Israelis when people are not working. While Syria has been reduced to rubble, Israeli JASON MOSCOVITZ look weathered and worn. Their eyes in Canada there are daily classes and infrastructure in the Golan continues say they’ve had a hard life. They may guaranteed access to cycling facilities to shine with an emerging oil industry t’s been a month since returning have earned the right to be grumpy and between classes, at this gym in Jerusa- linked by recently built highways. from my annual family visit to intensely grumpy many of them are. I lem, the room is locked during the day. The contrast between a thriving coun- Israel. It has taken that long to didn’t take it personally, except once. Because they had no racing bikes on ty in a geo-political neighborhood of process everything I experienced. I came out of the shower and saw the gym floor I asked for access to the turmoil was glaring. The new high-speed IMy first thought was how two weeks is that my stuff which had been left on spinning room. But I was told it’s never train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv not enough. My dream would be future a bench beneath a hook was gone. As open during the day. On my last day, I has been completed. Final tests are being visits of a month or two. I looked for my clothes, an old guy – I asked the gym manager, if, as a special conducted before the 35-minute service Grandchildren change things and it can safely say that because he was at favour, he could quietly unlock the opens to the public. There are sections was during last year’s visit when I first least 20 years older than me – point- door. He told me he just couldn’t. where the shiny new train will thunder started to notice my perspective chang- ed his finger around the corner. My Flexibility does not come naturally past the controversial and contested wall ing. The tourist spots were of waning bag and clothes were piled on another or easily in Israel. I’ve known that since separating Israelis from Palestinians. interest in 2017 and of absolutely no bench because the grumpy old man my daughters made aliyah a decade Seventy years of growth and progress interest this year. thought my belongings were in his way. ago. I knew from their frustration and contrasted with 70 years of fighting for This year I immersed myself in fami- I knew no one spoke much English tears that rules and bureaucracy often the right to continue to progress. ly and community life. I joined a Jerusa- in that locker room crowd but I want- lead to a kind of stubborn obstinacy Being obstinate, resolute and some- lem community centre and I was in the ed to show that I wasn’t happy. So, in which Canadians can’t understand. But times grumpy could be what it takes to gym almost every day. 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May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 9 Advertorial Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks explain why two-state solution is dying
BY ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL Dan Mader Lynda Taller-Wakter said, adding that Hitler and the Zionists were once in Board Chair Executive Director NEW YORK (JTA) – Rabbi Donniel Hartman had some cahoots. JNF is Past, Present, Future bad news for his New York audience: The two-state The reaction – condemnations across the political solution might not be dead, but it’s not imminent spectrum – suggested this isn’t a question of dueling Building Israel since 1901 either, and most Israelis don’t believe the two-state narratives. By suggesting the Final Solution wasn’t solution is “implementable in their lifetime.” the result of blind and indiscriminate hatred for Jews It’s not a matter of ideology or triumphalism or and all things Jewish, Abbas attacked a core of Jew- religious messianism on their part, Hartman, president ish self-identity and the scholarly consensus. Israeli of the Shalom Hartman Institute, said at the Marlene Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “another Meyerson JCC Manhattan on May 1. It’s that 20 years anti-Semitic speech,” but liberal groups issued unusu- of false turns and Palestinian terrorism and the false ally strong statements, too. J Street said Abbas’ speech promises of the Arab Spring have undermined the “featured absurd anti-Semitic tropes and deeply offen- Israelis’ capacity for imagination. sive comments on the history of the Jewish people and “What is the second state?” he asked. “How many Israel.” functional Arab states are there?” Israelis look around The dovish Israel Policy Forum emphasized this the Middle East and see Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, and wasn’t just about one leader’s bad grasp of history. demand, “Show me this country that can be functional.” “It is impossible to view Abbas as a viable negotiat- Israelis aren’t wedded to occupation, Hartman said, ing partner when he continues to deny the right of the JNF Ottawa Executive Director Lynda Taller-Wakter, JNF and few want their kids to do what soldiers have to do Jewish people to their own national movement and Ottawa Board Chair Dan Mader, JNF Canada CEO Lance to maintain it. But they prefer the status quo to what- when he continues to insist that the basic recognition Davis, MK Avi Dichter, Oren Lavi (chief-of-staff for Avi Dichter) ever unknown thing might replace it. of a Jewish homeland is the original sin of the and JNF Ottawa Executive Assistant Ilana Albert-Novick at the April 22 event. The Hartman Institute is often described as a liberal Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” its statement read. Zionist think tank. Certainly its insistence on religious The Israel Policy Forum statement, like Hartman’s Standing-room only: and ideological pluralism makes it suspect on the remarks, help explain why words like Abbas’ drive yet A night with MK Avi Dichter right. And the left might find itself impatient with the another nail into the coffin of the two-state solution. The April 22nd evening event with keynote speaker Avi Dichter assertion by various Hartman scholars that Israel’s Israelis yearn for normalization more than occupation, was delayed as more and more chairs were needed to accommo- security establishment is functioning about as well and Hartman said. The Oslo process and subsequent efforts date what became a standing room only crowd at the Soloway as ethically as it can given the circumstances under by various Israeli prime ministers suggested what Isra- JCC. Mr. Dichter, a formidable speaker, spoke for over an hour as which it lives. el was willing to give up to create a Palestinian state. the 150-plus audience listened to him describe the serious threat to Israel posed by Iran balanced with the occasional lighthearted How those circumstances created the current Whether you agree with that version of history or not, joke and undercurrent of optimism. political climate was a large, and convincing, part of Hartman said, “the dominant perception is we offered Hartman’s talk. And it came the day after Palestin- and they said ‘no.’” What’s with Iran? Is there an end-game? ian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas seemed to But Israelis also define normalization as an accep- Iran, he says, has created a northern corridor [bordering Saudi ensure that the climate won’t change anytime soon. tance of at least the basic outlines of their historical Arabia] with five proxies in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Iran is also creating a southern corridor that includes Speaking to the National Palestinian Council in narrative, beginning with historical Jewish connection Yemen and they are working on “controlling” Libya and Sudan. Ramallah, Abbas offered what he called a “history les- to the land of Israel, the truth about the Holocaust What unites these countries and what softens them to Iran’s pres- son” on Jews and the Holocaust that echoed some of and the right of Jews to claim a national identity. Most ence is their mutual hatred of Israel. Although there is no research the worst of European-style denialism. Israelis are willing to discuss borders and security to support his own thinking, Dichter estimates that Iran wants to “They say hatred against Jews was not because of arrangements, but not until the Palestinians and their control the holy sites of Islam – whether it takes them five, 15 or 50 years, they have the time to wait it out. their religion, it was because of their social profession,” supporters accept Israel’s existence. Abbas said, quoting some unnamed scholars on why Of course, you can argue that the Palestinians’ The UN, the PA and the US – Is there a silver lining? the Nazis hunted and killed Jews. “So the Jewish issue hatred of the Jews explains why the two peoples need Dichter provided a few statistics that offer some insight into the that had spread against the Jews across Europe was to be separated in the first place. But right now, few status of Palestinians at the UN. The United Nations agency that not because of their religion, it was because of usury in the Israeli public have the stomach to enter into looks after a global population of 60 million refugees has a staff of 10,000. That’s in contrast with a staff of 30,000 at the UN agency, and banks.” talks and take risks with a partner who thinks the Jews UNRWA, created to look after the Palestinians. In other words, the six million had it coming to brought the Holocaust on themselves. He also reminded people of the hero culture of terrorism: Of them. And, by the way, Zionism was “a colonial enter- For all the bad news he shared, Hartman offered the $400 million Palestinian Authority 2018 budget, 7 per cent is prise that has nothing to do with Jewishness,” Abbas some hope that given the right partner and a new earmarked for terrorists as salaries or pensions or payments to discourse in Israel, a viable new vision for two states their families. Earlier this year, however, the US Congress passed legislation to eliminate these “martyr payments.” The measure, might emerge. But don’t hang by your thumbs. Israelis known as the Taylor Force Act, was named after a 29-year-old look at Gaza and don’t see innocents being mowed American military veteran fatally stabbed by a Palestinian while down along the border, but a society that has invested visiting Israel in 2016. Cemetery billions in global aid in constructing tunnels to infil- trate Israel – not to smuggle goods, but in the hopes Israel moves forward Thirty years ago, Dichter says, Israel had a population of 4.4 of kidnapping or killing an Israeli soldier or civilian. million and a per capita GDP of $8,000. Today, Israel’s popula- Israelis don’t want the West Bank to turn into Gaza. tion is 9 million with a per capita GDP of $41,000. “We have no plot for sale Diaspora Zionism, Hartman said, has the luxury time to wait for the neighbours for a peace process. The train is Bank Street Jewish of dwelling in the realm of the imagination. Diaspora continuing.” Memorial Gardens Jews can picture the ideal Israel, and even annoy Israe- lis with their insistence of what that can be. 205-11 Nadolny Sachs Pvt Celebrate all occasions Female only, and a member Hartman doesn’t want the Diaspora to stop imagin- Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Israel experiences of Kehillat Beth Israel. Customer:ing. Peace, he said, will be the result of a lot of “long- 613-798-2411 • [email protected] Legacy projects $3,700. ADELEterm TATE work.” But he does want Jews outside of Israel to www.jnfottawa.ca Issue:recognize MAY 14/18 what happens when imagination meets the Colour:reality BW of Arab and Iranian rejection. Call 613-325-4222 Size: “In3.3” our X 3” neighborhood,” he said, “imagination gets Proofyou #: dead.” 2 May 14, 2018 10 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM CHW to honour Sara Vered at spring tea
BY LINDA SENZILET, SOPHIE FRENKEL AND LYNN GILLMAN Sara has chosen the Pediatric Intensive CHW TEA CO-CHAIRS Care Unit at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Israel, to receive the donations ara Vered, a tireless volunteer in both the Jewish community and the wider Ottawa community, made in her honour. will be honoured by Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) at a high tea on Sunday, June 3, 2 pm, at Sara was honoured at the 2009 JNF Negev dinner Sthe home of her friend Dorothy Nadolny. for her tireless dedication to the community of Otta- The Annual Spring Tea, hosted by the Amit, Mollie wa and to the State of Israel and its people. She was Betcherman and Ina McCarthy Chapters of CHW Otta- invested into the Order of Ottawa in 2012 in recogni- wa Centre, is a not-to-be-missed event. Now in its 16th tion of her involvement in, and commitment to, the year, it is famous for its delicious party sandwiches, Ottawa community. In 2014, Sara became a member of stunning fruit platters, and exquisite homemade des- the Order of Canada in recognition of a life spent bet- serts. tering the world around her. Born in Tel Aviv, Sara worked as a wireless operator Sara has chosen the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the Haganah, and later served in Jerusalem and in (PICU) at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Israel, the Negev during Israel’s War of Independence. to receive the donations made in her honour. CHW has Sara is an accomplished leader and builder of the committed to funding state-of-the-art upgrades to the Jewish community. In order to foster a better under- world-renowned PICU. standing of Judaism in Canada, she and her late Special guests Alina Ianson, CHW national exec- husband founded the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies utive director, and Debbie Eisenberg, CHW national Program at the University of Ottawa. The Vered family president, will join us to thank our honouree and established the Vered Israel Cultural and Educational donors for their help in achieving CHW’s mission of Program in Ottawa, which presents concerts, lectures, supporting children, health care, and women in Israel and exhibitions in association with the Embassy of and Canada. Israel. Sara was a member of the Board of Directors CHW invites the community to attend the tea on of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the June 3. Donations may be sent to CHW at 1301 Prince National Gallery of Canada, and chair of the Women’s of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 1N2, or online at Division of the United Jewish Appeal. She was presi- Community leader Sara Vered will be honoured at the CHW www.chw.ca/ottawa-spring-tea. For more information dent of the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Society for Spring Tea, Sunday, June 2. about the event and accessibility, contact CHW Ottawa the Weizmann Institute of Science. Centre at 613-699-0802. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 11 May 14, 2018 12 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Ottawa celebrates H Israel’sa’A 70tht zmaut m ore than 800 community members gathered at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (SJCC) on April 19 to o celebrate Israel’s 70th year of independence. The Yom Ha’Atzmaut festivities began in the gym Y with music,M blow up activity areas, interactive busker shows, face paint, Israel-themed arts and crafts for the kids, and Israeli fare from the SJCC’s Babi’s Restaurant. Israeli Singer Shlomo Haviv sang while party-goers of all ages waved their flags and danced. PHOTOS: HOWARD SANDLER May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 13 New and classic Israeli films to be featured during annual festival a’Atzmaut BY MAXINE MISKA H SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE m he richness of Israel at 70 will be in full view at the 15th annual Israeli Film Festival. The festival o will feature five newly released films and two classics in honour of Israel’s 70th birthday and Y Twill be held in the new Arts Court Theatre at 2 Daly Avenue. The festival opens on Thursday, May 24 with “The Cakemaker” which begins with a homosexual affair in Berlin between Thomas, a German baker and Oren, an Israeli businessman. After Oren’s accidental death, Thomas comes to Jerusalem to absorb what he can about his lover’s life and to meet Anat, the wife he had known vicariously through Oren’s stories of their inti- macy. Not disclosing his connection to Oren, Thomas takes a job in Anat’s café and Thomas gradually slips into the life of his departed lover. The film explores how the dead can be embodied through the grief and attachment of the living. Director Ofir Raul Graizer lives in Berlin and visits Jerusalem frequently. A short film about David Ben-Gurion will also be screened. In director Oded Raz‘s wry comedy “Maktub” (Ara- Asher Lax is a scene from “Scaffolding,” screening June 7 bic for fate), screening Sunday, May 27, two goons who during the Israeli Film Festival. work for a protection racket are the only survivors a terrorist bomb. They head to the Kotel and stumble upon a unique way to make sense of why they were The festival will feature five newly released saved: making the prayers of strangers come true. In their not-so-divine intervention in other’s lives, they films and two classics in honour of Israel’s also fulfil their own inner desires. 70th birthday and will be held in the new “Saving Neta,” directed by Nir Bergman, an anthol- ogy film about four women, one for each season of the year, will be shown on Sunday, June 3. Each story Arts Court Theatre at 2 Daly Avenue. concerns a woman’s family ties. The stories are tangen- tially connected by a drifter, Neta, whom the women as seen through the viewpoints of 11 children from encounter. Although the conflicts are left unresolved different backgrounds and various parts of the country. at the end of each episode, the film has a coda where More than a moment in time, the film is the testimony the characters attend a children’s concert and viewers by the young people who will create Israel’s future. can see at a glance how everything turned out. The The classic film “The Policeman” will also be screened. Sarah Adler and Tim Kalkhof in a scene from “The Cakemaker,” classic film “The Band’s Visit” will be screened before All films begin at 7 pm and have English subtitles. opening the Israeli Film Festival on May 24. “Saving Neta.” Tickets are $13 per film for the general public or $9 for In “Scaffolding,” screening Thursday, June 7, dom- Soloway JCC members, Canadian Film Institute members, ineering father Milo and his tough son Asher work seniors, and students. Tickets are available for purchase together in construction. Through his relationship with at the door, cash only. a literature teacher, remedial high school student Asher The Israeli Film Festival is sponsored by the Canadi- discovers how to articulate the inchoate feelings that an Film Institute and The Israel Cultural Forum (Solo- erupt into violence. Writer-director Matan Yair, who way JCC, the Vered Israel Cultural and Educational taught troubled students, filmed “Scaffolding” with Program, the Embassy of Israel, the Jewish Federation Asher Lax, a former student performing in an autobi- of Ottawa and the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation). ographical role, giving the film a gritty immediacy. Visit http://israelifilmfestival.ca/ for more informa- Closing the festival on Sunday June 10 is “To Be a tion or contact Ella Dagan, Vered Israel Cultural and Child Again – Israel,” a documentary directed by Gabri- Educational Program manager at 613-798-9818 ext. 243 el and Moy Volcovich. The film is a snapshot of Israel or [email protected].
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The Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge gathers at its annual tea, October 29, 2017. Funds raised by the Annual Auxiliary support a numerous endeavours at the Lodge. General Meeting Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge Wednesday, June 6, 2018 telethon coming May 29 BY CORINNE TAYLOR AND SHELLEY GOLDENBERG The wish list given to us by the AUXILIARY OF HILLEL LODGE Hillel Lodge Board for 2018 Call to Order: 7 pm ave you ever watched residents at Hillel Lodge enjoying the includes funds for maintaining Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. tranquility of the aquariums the six beautiful aquariums, on each floor or enjoying purchasing a portable keyboard, Hrelaxing music? Do you wonder how residents manage in their showers or purchasing two safe shower Guest Speaker Gabi Ashkenazi, how the staff communicates about seats, providing tablets for staff residents’ care? Are there recreational to record resident care and the Former Chief of the General Staff activities available on weekends and evenings? providing funding for a of the IDF and current Chairman All of these things require funds and recreation assistant. that is what the members of the Aux- of the Rashi Philanthropic Foundation iliary of Hillel Lodge are focusing on in our telethon this year. The wish list with the phones for our major Blitz. We given to us by the Hillel Lodge Board for encourage you to watch for ‘Regional 2018 includes funds for maintaining the Realty’ on your phone displays and Please join us as we celebrate the grant six beautiful aquariums, purchasing a give generously to this very worthwhile portable keyboard, purchasing two safe event. and scholarship award recipients. shower seats, providing tablets for staff The entire community is asked to to record resident care and providing share in our efforts to provide these funding for a recreation assistant. much needed items for the residents Desserts, refreshments to be served The Auxiliary’s annual telethon is of Hillel Lodge. With your help we can our major fundraiser each year and this make this happen! year’s telethon will be held on May 29. Remember to mark your calendar! Regional Realty graciously allows us We’ll be calling on the evening of Tues- RSVP by May 31 to Sara Miller at the use of its facilities and provides us day, May 29. 613-798-4696 ext 252 or [email protected] Hulse, Playfair & McGarry Serving your community since 1925 Customer: 613-233-1143 www.hpmcgarry.ca HULSE, PLAYFAIR & MCGARRY Issue: JULY 24, 2017 Colour: B&W Click and stay connected with us Size: 5” x 2.5” Proof #: 1 May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 15
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The BoardBoard of of Directors Directors of theof the OttawaFRAN Jewish AND Community SID GERSHBERG Foundation LISE AND MARK THAW Condolences to: acknowledgesOttawa Jewish Community with thanks contributionsFAMILY to the FUND following funds from FAMILY FUND Shelli Kimmel on the loss of her Aunt Foundation acknowledges with thanks Happy Birthday to: Condolence to: by Debbie and Ron Halton-Weiss contributionsFebruary 28 to – Marchthe following 25, 2018 funds Arnie Swedler by Sid and Fran Gershberg Mark Thaw and Family on their loss by as Reminder: of April 3-April Printed 15, 2018. acknowledgment must be requested to appear in Joany and Andy Katz THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. BEN (BERCHIK) AND IDA JOIN US IN BUILDING OUR GREENBERG MEMORIAL FUND MOSES, CHENYA AND HENRY Providing support for services and COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING programs that directly benefit women Condolences to: TORONTOW MEMORIAL FUND THESE LOCAL AGENCIES and children. Dr. Jodie Murray on her loss by Lily Penso In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Ralph Torontow, a beloved father by JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES STACEY SAMANTHA KATZ B’NAI DANIEL AND MARILYN KIMMEL Tammy Torontow MITZVAH FUND AGENCY FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Happy Birthday to: STEPHEN AND GAIL VICTOR Refuah Shlemah to: Refuah Shlema to: Barry Weinstock by Sandra and Norman ENDOWMENT FUND Ronald Chorney by Joany and Andy Norman Zagerman by Marilyn and Slover Katz Daniel Kimmel Condolences to: Dr. Jodie Murray on her loss by OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY JONATHAN, MATTHEW Barbara and Pinchas Pleet AND ADAM SHERMAN ENDOWMENT FUND ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU Ms. Jodi Fleishman on her loss by ENDOWMENT FUND B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Condolences to: Gail and Stephen Victor Murray Citron on the loss of his sister Condolences to: Mazal Tov to: Mazal Tov to: Mr. and Mrs. Royz on the birth of the Shirley by the staff of the Bulletin Dr. Jodie Murray on her loss by Edith Steven Victor on receiving a well- Landau birth of their grandson by Norman and Mazal Tov to: deserved Honorary Doctorate from Dr. Stanley Goldstein Rebecca and Connor Dean on the occa- Hebrew University of Jerusalem by sion of the bris of their son Max Lloyd NORMAN LESH ENDOWMENT Adele Tate Dean by Peter Fine FUND Contributions may be made online Mira and Brad Royz on the occasion of Condolences to: HALTON-WEISS FAMILY FUND at www.OJCF.ca or by contacting the bris of their son Ari Royz by Tamara Dora Litwack and Family on their loss by Mazal Tov to: the office at 613-798-4696 exten- and Mikhail Royz Isabel Lesh Allan Shefrin and Stephanie Levitz on sion 274, Monday to Friday or by the safe arrival of Frankie by Debbie and email at [email protected]. TAMIR ENDOWMENT FUND THE LEVITZ FAMILY FUND Ron Halton-Weiss Attractive cards are sent to convey Condolences to: Mazal Tov to: Natalie Abenhaim on the safe arrival the appropriate sentiments. All Dr. John Molot on the loss of his daugh- Ingrid Levitz on the birth of her new of Gabriel by Debbie and Ron Halton- donations are acknowledged with a ter Samantha Molot by Lynn and Gary granddaughter Francis by Sarah Beutel Weiss charitable receipt. Dubinsky and Steven Morgan MARY AND ISRAEL (AL) ALLICE PINKAS AND YEHUDIT NEWMAN MEMORIAL FUND MEMORIAL FUND Condolences to: Happy Birthday to: Morris Neuman and Family on their loss William Newman by Lynn and Gary Dubinsky Foundation FACTS by Beverly and Irving Swedko Condolences to: Dr. Jodie Murray on her loss by Barbara BARRY AND RICKI BAKER and Pinchas Pleet ENDOWMENT FUND MOE AND SARAH RESNICK n ndowment Fund can Refuah Shlemah to: ENDOWMENT FUND Barry Baker by Rena and Max Cohen be your way to make a Barry Baker by Sandra and Norman Slover Condolences to: Leon Kurtz and Family on their loss by commitment to our future. CLAIRE AND IRVING BERCOVITCH Penny, Gordon and Resnick Family ef ef tc tc ENDOWMENT FUND FRANCES AND MORTON ROSS Condolences to: FAMLY FUND Marlene Burack on the loss of her sister An endowment fund creates a legacy in support Judy by Claire Bercovitch Condolences to: Dora Litwack on the loss of her husband Morris Neuman and Family on their loss of charitable organizations for current and future Sam by Claire Bercovitch by Frances and Morton Ross Howie Levitt on the loss of his wife generations. The Foundation’s funds are carefully JAMIE BEREZIN ENDOWMENT Karen Papernick-Levitt by Frances and FUND Morton Ross invested in fi xed income and equity markets – Mazal Tov To: Condolences to: as part of the Ottawa Jewish Communitywc wc Howard Levitt on the loss of his wife Betty Rose by Frances and Morton Ross Karen Papernick-Levitt by Shelley, Gary Evelyn Greenberg by Frances and Foundation’sip largerip portfolio – to generate Morton Ross e e and Jamie Berezin annual distribution income. f f SHMELZER-HOROVITCH SANDI AND EDDY COOK ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation supports Condolences to: In Memory of: Dr. Andea Winthrop and Families on the long term fi nancial stability of the agencies which serve Nina Cass by Sandi Cook their loss by Sol and Anne Shmelzer the Ottawa Jewish Community. BARBARA AND LEN FARBER FAY AND JOSEPH SHULMAN Find out more at OJCF.CA or contact ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND m m Condolences to: Micah Garten, Director of Development Condolences to: at mgarten@jewisho� awa.com Len Farber and Family on their loss by Farber Family on their loss by Brian and lg l Joany and Andy Katz g Lynn Mordfield 613-798-4696 x270 bf bf May 14, 2018 16 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM My internships were invaluable experiences The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin’s DFL intern and two of her colleagues look back on the two years they spent in the Zelikovitz Centre’s Developing Future Leaders program.
BY NORAH MOR
or the past two years, I’ve had the honour of working in Ottawa’s Jewish community as an intern through the Developing Future Leaders (DFL) program of the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz FCentre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University. The program, established in 2010, offers students a unique opportunity to enhance their personal skills in a nurturing and empowering environment through placements with various agencies and organizations in the community. Among the agencies who worked with DFL interns this past school year were Hillel Ottawa, Jewish Education through Torah (JET), Hillel Lodge, Save a Child’s Heart, Tamir, the Centre for Israeli and Jewish Affairs, the Ottawa Jewish Community School (From left) DFL interns Austin Pellizzer, Jared Hillel, Hannah Novack, Josh Layani, Nehara (Norah) Mor, Mushka Teitlebaum, Zach (OJCS), the Zelikovitz Centre and the Ottawa Jewish Morris, Belle Riley Thompson, Hannah Luden and Dayna Goldfarb with DFL coordinator Cindi Resnick (far right) and DFL Bulletin. facilitator Carolyn Bickerton (kneeling). Missing from photo: Thamar Spitzer. I knew next to nothing about Ottawa or the Jew- ish community here when I arrived in Canada from Israel to pursue graduate studies. It was through the Last year, Spitzer had an internship in the Parlia- school events such as Purim and Passover celebrations. DFL program that I was introduced to so much of ment Hill office of Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefa- “I love teaching,” he said, “and I knew the school what happens in the community and it was through ther where she practiced writing in a political context beforehand – so it was a perfect fit.” the program that I’ve met so many of the people I am and attended committee meetings, amongst other Morris also pointed to the experience that all close to today. duties. DFL interns receive while jointly organizing an This was my second year as a DFL intern. Last year, This year, she had a completely different work expe- annual fundraising event. Last year we organized I worked with Tamir’s management team on internal rience and work environment with JET. a comedy night benefiting the Shalom Bayit pro- policies, staff training and annual work-plans. This “I was part of the fantastic, up-beat team who put gram at Jewish Family Services while this year we year, I had the enormous opportunity to build on my things together for the Purim fundraiser, for Jewish organized a screening of the film “Rosenwald: The Hebrew-language journalism experience in Israel and Unity Live, and other ‘friend-raisers,” she said. Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with Afri- write for the Bulletin. “It was such a pleasure to work there,” she added, can-American Communities” which raised funds for One of my final assignments was to write about “and the added responsibility of being such a small the Ojigkwanong Centre for Indigenous Initiatives the DFL program itself and the impact that it has had team is that I was able to contribute a lot and I had at Carleton University. on participants so I met with fellow interns Thamar quite a bit of liberty – attending staff meetings right “I think the DFL program gives us an opportunity Spitzer and Zach Morris. away.” to put our leadership skills to the test with the fund- Spitzer, born and raised in Leiden, Netherlands, Morris, who was born and raised in Toronto, is a raising,” said Morris. “The annual fundraising events has just finished her bachelor’s degree in journalism student at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy taught me how to work as a team member… The com- at Carleton University. Next year she will pursue a and Administration. He served his DFL internship at munication and networking skills I gained are super master’s degree at the University of Ottawa Graduate the Ottawa Jewish Community School helping teach important in the workforce.” School of Public and International Affairs. Hebrew to Grade 2 and 3 students and helping plan One of the most important things I will remember from these two years is the enormous guidance and personal knowledge that the Zelikovitz Centre staff showered us with over the two years of my internship. 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Like an adult employed in professional 1525 Carling Avenue, Suite 600 context, the DFL program enabled us to create net- Ottawa, ON Price: $2,400 Customer:works that, as students, we wouldn’t be able to develop LYNNEourselves.” YOUNG Issue:Issue:The MAY DFL 14/18 program is now seeking new students for Call 613-867-3198 Colour:the 2018-2019 BW school year. Visit https://carleton.ca/ Mutual funds distributed by Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies. Size:jewishstudies/developing-future-leaders-program/ 3.3 X 3 © Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2018. Prooffor more#: 1 information. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 17 Rabbi Steven Garten honoured by Florence Melton School international directors School to offer year one of curriculum in the fall
BY ROSLYN WOLLOCK Melton School operating in Canada. The school will SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE begin its fourth year in September and will offer the t was announced at the Florence Melton first year of the Melton two-year core curriculum. International Directors Conference, held in Courses include “The Purposes of Jewish Living,” an Jerusalem from January 15 to 20, that Ottawa’s exploration of both ancient and modern responses to Melton director, Rabbi Steven Garten, would receive many of the major issues of Jewish thought and theol- the prestigiousI Florence Melton Leadership and ogy, and “The Rhythms of Jewish Living,” which looks Dedication Award. The annual conference – which at a wide variety of Jewish sources to discover the Rabbi Garten was unable to attend this year – brings deeper meanings underlying Jewish holidays, lifecycle together directors and staff from local branches of the observances, and Jewish practice. Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in This fall will also see the addition of a long anticipated Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, new graduate course, “The Star and the Crescent: The South Africa and Israel. Rabbi Steven Garten (centre), with Maxine Miska, SJCC Long Relationship of Judaism and Islam.” During this The Ottawa branch of the Melton School was suc- assistant executive director (left) and Roslyn Wollock, SJCC 10-week program, students will look at the longstanding cessfully revived in Ottawa in 2015 following an eight- Adult Education manager, holds his Florence Melton relationship between Judaism and Islam, between Jews year hiatus. The key to Melton’s success in Ottawa lies Leadership and Dedication Award. and Muslims, and will challenge long held assumptions directly with Rabbi Garten, who, after retiring from held by both groups. years in the pulpit at Temple Israel, decided to devote tive arm in Ottawa, continues to receive testimonials Tuition for year one of the core program (25 weeks) his energies to adult Jewish education. attesting to Rabbi Garten’s breadth of knowledge, his is $500. Tuition for the graduate course (10 weeks) is Rabbi Garten’s passion and mastery of teaching is ability to convey that knowledge clearly, and his ability $250. reflected in the fact that his Melton students return to to create a pluralistic, egalitarian and stimulating envi- For further information about the Florence Melton continue their studies after graduating from the two- ronment. School of Adult Jewish Learning, contact Roslyn Wol- year core program of study. The Soloway Jewish Com- Over the past three years, 80 students have passed lock, SJCC Adult Education manager/Melton adminis- munity Centre (SJCC), Melton’s host and administra- through Melton’s SJCC doors. Today it is the only trator at 613-798-9818, ext. 254.
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Hockey champs: Team White/Arctic Empire are the JCC Men’s Hockey League champs for 2017-2018. (Standing, from left) Howie Fremeth, Ryan Goldberg, Joe Sauret, Jonathan Katz, Ivan Mitar, Stephen Rich, Daniel IsraelMay 28at 70 Cherney, Matt Ratson, (kneeling) Marshall Rothman, Jeff Sherman, P.J. Rothman, Jacob Polowin and Gabriel Spector. Missing: Ryan Bodnoff and Josh Garrellek.
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Card Donations Friedberg and Dale Families Fund David, Harvey, Victor Kardish Sternberg / Jacobsen Family Fund Card donations go a long way to improv- In Honour of: Family Fund In Memory of: ing the quality of life for our residents. Harold and Rosalie Schwartz Mazel Tov on In Memory of: Paul Cook by Laya Jacobsen Thank you for considering their needs the birth of your granddaughter by Elaine Cila Farber by Margo and David Kardish Friedberg and Bob Dale In Honour of: Sarah and Arnie Swedler Family Fund and contributing to their well-being. In Memory of: Leiba Krantzberg Mazel Tov on your special In Honour of: On behalf of the residents and their Cila Farber by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale Birthday by Margo, David, Aaron and Gail Arnie Swedler Mazel Tov on your 80th Birth- families, we extend sincere appreciation Kardish day by Sol and Helen Rauch to the following individuals and fam- Nell Gluck Memorial Fund In Memory of: ilies who made card donations to the In Memory of: Dorothy and Maurie Karp Endowment Cila Farber by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda Hillel Lodge Long-Term Care Foundation Cila Farber by Henry and Maureen Molot Fund Zaitlin between April 11-25, 2018 inclusive. In Honour of: In Honour of: Robert Brinker by Arnie Swedler Julia Gluck and Ted Overton Mazel Tov on Etta Karp Mazel Tov on your 99th Birthday by Schachter / Ingber Family Fund HONOUR FUNDS Jess’s engagement to Ayelet by Toby and Dorothy Karp and Family Unlike a bequest or gift of life insur- Joel Yan, Carol Shattner and Barry Appel In Memory of: ance, which are realized some time in Franklin and Elaine Goldstein Mazel Tov on Morris and Lillian Kimmel Family Fund Janina Solomon by Rachel, Howard, Davida the future, a named Honour Fund (i.e., the birth of your grandson by Julia Gluck In Memory of: and Josh Schachter endowment fund) is established during and Ted Overton and Jess and Ayelet Nina Cass by Brenda and Nathan Levine and Archie and Lillian Taller Memorial Fund your lifetime. family In Memory of: By making a contribution of $1,000 Evelyn and Irving Greenberg Fund Gert and Norm Leyton Family Fund Cila Farber by Susan Marcus or more, you can create a permanent In Honour of: In Memory of: remembrance for a loved one, honour a Issie and Leah Scarowsky Mazel Tov on a very Sam Litwack by Manuel Glimcher and Cheryl Anna and Samuel Wex Family Fund family member, declare what the Lodge special honour by Evelyn Greenberg Leyton In Memory of: Sylvia Freeman Mazel Tov on your special has meant to you and/or support a cause Joe Murray by Manuel Glimcher and Cheryl Perry Silverman by Anna and Sam Wex Birthday by Evelyn Greenberg that you believe in. Leyton and Sarah Malka A Hillel Lodge Honour Fund is a per- In Memory of: Toby and Joel Yan Family Fund Esther Conway by Evelyn Greenberg manent pool of capital that earns interest Sam and Ruth Rothman Memorial In Memory of: or income each year. This income then Fund Cila Farber by Toby and Joel Yan Moe Greenberg and Elissa Greenberg *************** supports the priorities designated by you, In Memory of: Iny Fund Feeding Program the donor. Cila Farber by Steve and Sue Rothman In Memory of: Nina Cass by Steve and Sue Rothman and In Honour of: Nina Cass by Elissa and Avi Iny Family David Resnick Mazel Tov on your 65th Birth- Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund Sam Litwack by Elissa and Avi Iny day by Barbara and Steve Levinson Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Mazel Tov In Memory of: Shelley and Sidney Rothman Family on the birth of your granddaughter Layla Cila Farber by Elayne Adler Gunner Family Fund Fund by Barbara and Steve Levinson Esther Conway by Marilyn Adler In Memory of: In Memory of: Rosalie and Harold Schwartz Mazel Tov on the Perry Silverman by Sol and Estelle Gunner Nina Cass by Ingrid Levitz Norman and Stella Beck Family Fund Cila Farber by Sol and Estelle Gunner birth of your granddaughter by Carol and Laurie Pascoe In Memory of: Janet Shabsove by Sol and Estelle Gunner Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Stephanie Levitz and Allan Shefrin Mazel Tov Cila Farber by Stella Beck Paul Cook by Sol and Estelle Gunner Family Fund on the naming of Frances Gerri by Carol In Honour of: In Honour of: and Laurie Pascoe Boris and Dolly Blacher Family Fund Issie and Leah Scarowsky Mazel Tov on a Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Mazel Tov Tamara and Mikhail Royz Mazel Tov on the In Memory of: well-deserved honour by Sol and Estelle on the birth of your granddaughter by birth of your grandson by Barbara and Cila Farber by Neil Blacher and Marilyn Adler Gunner Heather and Mark Evenchick Steve Levinson In Memory of: Jenny and Murray Citron Endowment Evelyn and Isadore Hoffman Family Label and Leona Silver Family Fund Nina Cass by Dee and Yale Gaffen, Carol and Fund Fund In Memory of: Laurie Pascoe In Memory of: In Memory of: Joseph Shem-Tov by David Silver Cila Farber by Dee and Yale Gaffen, Donna Paul Cook by Murray Citron Cila Farber by Issie and Evelyn Hoffman and Eric Levin, Carol and Laurie Pascoe, Monica and Alvin Stein Family Fund In Honour of: Carol Gradus, Fran Kesler Joel and Sharon Edelson Family Fund Issie and Evelyn Hoffman Mazel Tov on your In Honour of: Earl Levitt by Fran Kesler In Memory of: 60th wedding Anniversary by Roz and Lee Arnie Swedler Mazel Tov on your 80th Birth- Paul Cook by Joel and Sharon Edelson Raskin day by Monica and Alvin Stein Continued on page 19
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“GIVING IS RECEIVING” – ATTRACTIVE CARDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS Here’s a great opportunity to recognize an event or convey the appropriate sentiment to someone important to you and at the same time support the Lodge. Call orders may be given to Cathie at 728-3990, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. You may also go to: www.hillel-ltc.com and click on the “Donate Now” button to make your donations. Cards may be paid for by Visa or Mastercard. Contributions are tax deductible. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 19
Robert Rothwell, Flo and Joel Morgan, Stephen and Debra Schneiderman, Pheung and Pean Taing, David Houghton, Hillel Lodge Sabina Wasserlauf and John, Benjamin and Zachary Kershman, Ron Vered, Jill and Allen Bellack, Shirley Marcus, Ian and NG for Penelope Ashe, Gary and Debra Viner, Donations, continued Susie Caplan-Firestone and Phil Firestone and Teema Lewin Sunday, September 16, 2018 From page 18 Elliott Feller by Betty and Ed Rose Joe Murray by Betty and Ed Rose Esther Cohen by Joy and Seymour Mender Paul Cook by Sandy Shaver and family Abraham Neuman by Donna and Bob Thom- Bob Brinker by Donna and Eric Levin sen REGISTER TODAY! Esther Cohen by Lysette and Louis Kohn Esther Conway by the residents, staff and Sima Mlynarski by Helen and Mayer Alvo Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foundation Joe Murray by Corky and Ruth Bordelay In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: ****************** Jacob and Pearl Gold by Sylvia Gold Fisher OUR GOAL: $121,000 In Memory of: Louis and Sydney Gold by Sylvia Gold Fisher Gerhard Harr by Grace and Barrett Brickell In Honour of: which is $1000 Leila MacNeill by Evelyn Monson Sylvia Freeman Mazel Tov on your 95th Perry Silverman by Ingrid Levitz, Janet and Birthday by Rita Hornstein, Marcia, Stuart, for each of our 121 Norman Ironstone, Flo and Joel Morgan Breanne, David and Oliver Freeman, Bon- Cila Farber by Harriet Dennis, Harris Pleet, nie and Bruce Engel and family, Roslyn wonderful residents Sylvia and Morton Pleet, Residents, staff and Gordon Byer, Cynthia Cowan and Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foun- Harold and Rosalie Schwartz Mazel Tov on dation, Ingrid Levitz, Patricia Howell, the birth of your granddaughter by Ingrid HILLEL-LTC.COM/PLEDGE Harvey Slack, Malca and Chuck Polowin, Levitz Golda and Ned Steinman and family, Lily Arnie Swedler Mazel Tov on your special Feig, Sarah Levin, Sandy Goldberg and Birthday by Janet and Norman Ironstone Register on our website, call the Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation John Jussup, Josh Engel, your friends at Ed and Betty Rose Mazel Tov on your grow- offi ce at 613-728-3990 or email [email protected] Merovitz Potechin, Recruiting in Motion ing family by Bill and Jane James Ottawa, Richard Addleman, Sol and Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Mazel Tov Zelaine Shinder, Josh, Sarah and Nina on the birth of your granddaughter by the Chairs: Adam Schacter and Seymour Mender Barber, Carol and Stuart Levine, Susan St Board and Executive of Hillel Lodge Sponsored by: Amand and daughters, R’Fuah Shlema: David Cimpello and Jessica McCoy, Katie Barry Baker by Bill and Jane James Au and Jonathan Maynard, Brenda and
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I felt like Issie was playing Abbott When Issie moved to Ottawa, he started working at Handy Andy’s at Westgate. After and Costello’s – “Who’s on First” building up the business over four years, Issie was disappointed when the company routine when I asked him when passed him over for a promotion and suggested that he move to Quebec to run a he moved to Ottawa, and he store in Verdun. Issie said “no thank you” and resigned. Through a connection, he answered – January 5, 1958. Then met someone who o ered him a job selling Life Insurance for London Life. Issie tells I asked him when he and Evelyn me that in those days, you went door to door to sell insurance. So he walked and Issie and Evelyn Ho man were married and he answered – knocked… ”What’s the worst they can say?” As Issie is a people person, he had January 5, 1958. I assumed that I erred on the date he moved to Ottawa – so I instant success. re-asked the question. Issie smiled and told me that he moved to Ottawa on the In the 1960’s Issie and Evelyn owned a store called “Ho man’s Wearing Apparel” in day he married Evelyn. the City View Plaza near Merivale and Clyde (you know, where Melo’s and the It was the second marriage for both of them, and they instantly had a family with Ontario driver’s license renewal place is). Evelyn took care of the store and Issie sold son Irv and daughter Sue-Anne (z”l) from their previous marriages. Evelyn and life insurance. Issie will tell you that Evelyn was incredible at math. Growing up her Issie’s family grew to include David and Shelley and today their family includes nine fellow students would ask her for help before their teacher. Once Kmart and other grandchildren and two great grandchildren. stores started popping up, it was time to get out of the clothing business, and Evelyn wanted more time to take care of their four children Interviewing Issie is a history lesson and a lesson in marketing all rolled up into one…and always fun. Ask Issie when he rst met Evelyn and he’ll tell you that she Issie and Evelyn celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Hillel Lodge, with Issie was at his Bris – The punchline: Issie’s parents (Joseph and Laya Ho man) and reading the Haftorah (as he also does on the Yahrzheit of his daughter, mother, Evelyn’s parents (Mary and Ben Rosenblatt) knew each other and Mary was father and brother), and sponsoring a Kiddush for all in attendance. Issie and Evelyn pregnant with Evelyn at Issie’s Bris. are now living at the Lodge. They have been supporters of the Lodge for a long time, as Evelyn’s parents Mary and Ben Rosenblatt were residents on Wurtemburg Issie was living in Montreal when a friend of the family suggested that he go on a and Ben was one of the rst residents at the current location on the Jewish blind date with Evelyn. Evelyn came to Montreal, stayed with friends of the family Community Campus. Evelyn and Issie have insured that their legacy of support for and the two of them stayed up talking till 4:00 am. Issie came home and told his the Lodge will continue after they are gone by opening and actively contributing to mother “Ma, I’m going to marry her”. His mother replied asking if he was sure. He the Evelyn and Isadore Ho man Family Fund with the Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation, had just met her and then his mother added in Yiddish “Zol zein mit glick” (if you and they have both included a bequest in their Wills to don’t understand Yiddish, visit the Lodge and Issie will explain). continue supporting the Residents of Hillel Lodge.
By Mitch Miller, Executive Director, Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation May 14, 2018 20 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM We have not yet fulfilled the dream of a Jewish home
sually a 70th birthday celebration is an Israel and elsewhere about the exact form and content occasion for unbridled joy. Although 70 is not of a democracy are at the heart of democratic systems. what it used to be it is still a milestone RABBI STEVEN H. GARTEN The more open, inclusive and transparent a country achievement for an individual or a country. A VIEW FROM is, the greater the proof of the country’s commitment UYet, in keeping with our history of being a ‘stiff-necked’ to the ideals of democracy. people, Yom Ha’Atzmaut in Israel was just the opposite. THE BLEACHERS Yet, only in the State of Israel does the debate In previous years the national celebration on Mount about a Jewish state occur, and only in Israel does Herzl was purposely apolitical with the major address the debate take place in the halls of political power, offered by the Speaker of the Knesset. This year, Prime of the occasion. Instead it led to a public furor over the Knesset. These public debates have a significant Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded to deliver the whether the minister and her colleagues in the Knes- impact on how Jews living outside the state emotion- address and only a last minute compromise, in which set are truly committed to its principles, particularly ally connect to the land of our ancestors. both Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and Netanyahu to the paragraph which reads in part, “The State of Recent events on U.S. college campuses indicate spoke, saved the celebration from total chaos. Israel…will be based on freedom, justice and peace as that fewer and fewer Jewish students stand up to If that were not enough to dim the 70 candles, an envisaged by the prophets of Israel.” defend Israel in the BDS debates. Why is that? Could “alternative celebration” was held. After much polit- The document does not proclaim the state to be a it be that conversations about the Jewish nature of the ical wrangling the gathering was permitted. Noted theocracy or grant Jews preferential rights beyond the state usually result in decisions that challenge how we Israeli author David Grossman, this year’s recipient of right of return. In fact, it states the very opposite, that understand Jewish life in North America? The deter- the Israel Prize, was the keynote speaker. His words Israel “will foster the development of the country for mination of who is a Jew, the decision to allow yeshiva were a powerful reminder of how some Israelis, and the benefit of all its inhabitants,” provide “complete students lifetime exemptions from military service, perhaps some living in the Diaspora, feel that the equality of social and political rights to all its inhabi- the binding of woman to dysfunctional marriages, the hope of 1948 has not yet been realized. tants, irrespective of religion, race, or sex” and “guaran- exclusion of hundreds of thousand Jewish citizens “We Israelis, even after 70 years, no matter how tee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education from state sanctioned wedding ceremonies, the uncer- many words dripping with patriotic honey will be and culture.” Needless to say, a number of Israelis signed tainty of burial rights for those declared to be not Jew- uttered in the next few days – are not yet there. We the document and a number of Israelis chose not to. ish. Could it be that the long public debate about the are not yet home. Israel was established so that the These examples of strife surrounding Yom obligation to provide sanctuary for African refugees Jewish people, who have nearly never felt at home in Ha’Atzmaut are symptomatic of the debate in Israel seems to fly in the face of the verses of the Haggadah the world, would finally have a home. And now, 70 that encompasses both the question of democracy and that tell us to “let all who are hungry come and eat.” years later, strong Israel may be a fortress, but is it a the question of Judaism. Israel is a thriving democra- Israel asks us to stand with her even when we might Jewish home?” said Grossman. cy if you live within the pre-1967 borders. As with all not agree with its political decisions. But how likely is As part of the celebration Minister of Culture Miri democracies there are ongoing struggles to define the that when her decisions about the Jewish character of Regev, whose office was responsible for all the official parameters of the term. Even Justin Trudeau, now our the state, which should include us, do not? celebrations, invited the public to electronically sign own prime minister, suggested during the 2015 federal Maybe David Grossman is correct. There is much to Israel’s Declaration of Independence. A powerful idea election campaign that our voting system was less celebrate, but we have not yet fulfilled the dream of a which should have added greatly to the significance than optimally democratic. These ongoing debates in Jewish home.
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uring my first pregnancy, I read dozens of advice; Korczak was himself a doctor. It is a reminder parenting books, watched “What to Expect to be critical of sources and certain “expert” opinions. EMMA MALLACH When You’re Expecting” at least twice and “When is the proper time for a child to start walking? burned through five seasons of the BBC MODERN When she does. When should her teeth start cutting? Dtelevision series “Call the Midwife.” Had I been intro- When they do. How many hours should a baby sleep? As duced to the writing of Janusz Korczak earlier, I may MISHPOCHA long as she needs to.” have saved myself countless hours. He recognized that Some parenting books fail to acknowledge that chil- parents have inherent knowledge concerning child dren are people and gloss over the fact that every child rearing and need to trust their natural abilities. “Forgiveness” was a cardinal rule and is different. I think the consequences are quite severe Henryk Goldszmit was born to a Jewish family in Korczak taught that making a mistake since it leaves many parents feeling guilty or anxious Warsaw in July 1878. He is better known by his pen that they aren’t doing things right or that something name Janusz Korczak. Korczak dreamed of a world was actually a learning opportunity. might be wrong with their child. Children need to where there were neither poor nor hungry children. be seen as people with their own likes, dislikes, and He was passionate about helping children in need. He children were loved and did whatever he could to pro- rights. Parenting should be enjoyable and this means studied medicine and worked at a hospital for Jewish vide for their needs. Despite offers to escape from the not putting too much pressure on children and not children. When he wasn’t practicing medicine, he was ghetto, Korczak refused to abandon the children. In being so hard on oneself as a parent. writing about education and orphanages. He accepted August 1942, Korczak was ordered to take his children “One must be careful not to confuse a good child with an invitation to be the director of an orphanage for to the train station from where they were sent to the an easy one.” Jewish children that opened in 1912. Treblinka extermination camp. While he couldn’t save As a new parent it didn’t take long for me to realize Korczak helped design the orphanage to be a place himself or his children from death at the camp, his that this was going to be one of the most difficult and where children could thrive. Here the children self-gov- legacy survives in a lifetime of nurturing and empow- challenging responsibilities of my life. An easy child erned by electing a parliament that created its own ering children. still needs to be taught our customs and conventions. rules, which even the staff had to follow. A children’s I was introduced to Janusz Korczak’s writing All children require positive energy and patience on court decided on punishments if rules were broken. through PJ Library’s Parents Book Choice in June 2016. behalf of parents. This investment can help transform “Forgiveness” was a cardinal rule and Korczak taught I read Loving Every Child, Wisdom for Parents in one sit- parenting into one of life’s most rewarding endeavours. that making a mistake was actually a learning oppor- ting. I was most inspired by the following excerpts. What I like most about Korczak’s writing is it reads tunity. Life in the orphanage wasn’t just about rules “I want everyone to understand that no book and no as words of wisdom and not as advice. In my case it and governance. Korczak recognized the importance doctor is a substitute for one’s own sensitive contempla- changed my life as a parent. of, and ensured there was plenty of time for, learning tion and careful observations.” skills, playing games, and reading. This boosts my confidence in my own ability to Editor’s note: Stephanie Shefrin is taking a well-de- During the Second World War, the Nazis deported raise my children and helps me realize that I am an served break from the Modern Mishpocha while she Jews to a walled ghetto. Korczak and the children had expert when it comes to my children’s needs. By no enjoys maternity leave and has arranged for Emma to move to the ghetto but he continued to ensure the means is this meant to be dismissive of a doctor’s Mallach to write the column while she is off.
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ccording to Statistics Canada, 45 per cent of seniors have had contradictory findings; investigation Canadians use nutritional supplements is ongoing. However, for many supplements, the lack (vitamins, minerals, multivitamins, fibre GLORIA SCHWARTZ of benefits and/or potential harm is clear and further supplements or fish and other oils high in FOCUS ON investigation is unjustified. Aomega-3 fatty acids) on a daily basis. That figure Vitamin supplements may be recommended for increases dramatically in people aged 51 to 70 years, FITNESS some populations and contraindicated for others. For with almost two-thirds of women and 42 per cent of example, folic acid is important for women who are men in that age group using supplements. pregnant or planning on getting pregnant; but it has Since writing “What you need to know about nutri- supplements when you don’t have a nutritional defi- no proven benefits for older adults and studies show it tional supplements” in this column three years ago ciency? Besides being a waste of money, some supple- increases their risk of cancer. (March 4, 2015), more scientific studies have been con- ments can be harmful especially when taken in large When it comes to access to supplementation, there’s ducted to identify what, if any health benefits, supple- doses. For example, vitamin E used to be recommend- a health disparity in North America. People who mentation provides. The conclusion is still that there ed for heart protection, then it was discovered that take vitamins tend to be more educated, have higher are no measurable health benefits for healthy people vitamin E can increase the risk of prostate cancer and incomes and live a healthier, more active lifestyle; who take vitamins or multivitamins. heart disease. Studies found that beta carotene pills these factors tend to reduce their risks for heart disease https://tinyurl.com/ybjtkbkl increased the rate of lung cancer. Similarly, calcium and cancer whether or not they take vitamins. Low-in- A 2017 study published in the Journal of Nutrition supplements were once highly promoted as a preven- come Canadians are less likely to take supplements found that “there’s no conclusive evidence that dietary tative strategy for osteoporosis; more recent findings even though their diets may not be as balanced and supplements prevent chronic disease in the average are that calcium supplements increase the risk of kid- they are more likely to have nutritional deficiencies. person.” https://tinyurl.com/y8smzelk ney stones and heart disease. Are you the type of person who tends to jump on The use of supplements “is not justified and they The use of some supplements has declined as cer- the bandwagon when you hear of possible health ben- should be avoided. This message is especially true tain ones have fallen out of favour, but more people efits of supplements? Are you taking a multivitamin to for the general population with no clear evidence of than ever are taking fish oil and vitamin D. Fish oil combat your suboptimal diet or as an insurance poli- micronutrient deficiencies, who represent most sup- supplements are touted as a strategic tool to prevent cy? Proactive behaviour is a good thing but it’s wise to plement users in the United States and in other coun- heart attacks, some cancers and even dementia, but get the facts. Eating better – even small improvements tries.” https://tinyurl.com/yaxdpd3n there isn’t yet any substantial scientific support. Eating – and exercising may be your best strategy. Don’t Despite the many problems with the average West- fish a couple of times per week instead of eating less waste your time and money taking supplements that ern diet (high in sodium, sugar, saturated fat and healthy foods is considered a sensible choice for reduc- are ineffective or potentially harmful. Don’t get your calories), it tends to provide sufficient vitamins and ing risks and studies suggest that the behaviour of “facts” from magazines at the checkout aisle or people minerals for the average person, especially since many replacing junky meals such as burgers and pizza with a whose objective is to sell supplements whether you food products such as flour, milk and salt are fortified healthier choice of fish (not fried) – not necessarily the need them or not. Talk to your medical doctor about with vitamins and minerals. consumption of omega-3 in the fish – reduces the risk whether you need testing for nutritional deficiencies Only a quarter of supplement consumers do so on of various diseases. and to discuss the pros and cons of any supplements the advice of their doctor. What’s the harm of taking Clinical trials of vitamin D for falls prevention in before you add them to your daily regimen. May 14, 2018 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 23
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