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AUGUST 19, 2019 | AV 18, 5779 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 Elon Gold to headline Annual Campaign Kickoff Jewish comedian says he has a secular act and an act “for my people.” Matthew Horwood reports.

lon Gold says he is looking for- things funny. That is all the more reason ward to performing at the Jewish to do so,” he said. Federation of Ottawa Annual Gold said he has two different types Campaign Kickoff 2020 on Tues- of comedy performances: his secular Eday, September 10, 7 pm at the Algon- act, and an act “for my people,” adding quin Commons Theatre. that he finds there is something about Gold is a comedian and actor who has the shared experience of Judaism that starred in several TV series, including “allows me and my Jewish audiences to “Stacked” and “In-Laws,” has appeared vibe on a much deeper level.” on “The Tonight Show” and “The Late For example, Gold said his jokes Late Show with James Cordon,” and has about certain Jewish holidays “would a Netflix special, “Elon Gold: Chosen just fall flat during my secular act,” and Taken.” that “non-Jewish audiences would have The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin reached no idea what I am talking about. It’s a Gold in Toronto late last month where unique experience that anybody outside he was on location for an upcoming of our little world would be unable to movie, “The Broken Heart Gallery.” relate to.” Gold said he enjoys coming to Cana- Gold said he doesn’t come at his Jew- da, where he has performed frequently ish act “from a negative perspective,” he at the Just for Laughs Festival in Mon- is simply poking fun. “There are oddities treal and at Jewish federation events in that are worthy of a bit of fun-poking, Vancouver and Winnipeg. But the kick- and that is my job as a comedian.” off will mark his first visit to Ottawa. Gold said he believes it’s important “It’s time to fall in love with Ottawa,” to keep a sense of humour in life about he said, adding that he is looking forward everything, including antisemitism, to visiting “another chill Canadian city.” which Gold experienced directly in 2014 Evelyn Silverman, co-chair of the while walking home from a Shabbat Annual Campaign Kickoff 2020 with her dinner in Los Angeles. An observant Jew, Elon Gold says much of his humour is powered by his Judaism. husband Howard, said Gold was chosen “One way to sort of fight back – for to perform because organizers wanted me at least – is by making fun of it,” the event to be “light, fun and a great Gold said. “[Comedians] talk about “Just try to let go of any problems or affair,” Gold said. evening of entertainment for the com- what’s going on and what’s relevant to issues you have and have a fun time, Tickets for the Jewish Federation munity,” and felt a comedian would be us, and antisemitism falls under those despite how difficult that is for our peo- of Ottawa Annual Campaign Kickoff the best choice. things.” ple,” he joked. 2020 are $18. Visit https://tinyurl.com/ An observant Jew, Gold says much of With tongue firmly in cheek, Gold “We have enough problems already kickoff2020 to order online. For more his humour is powered by his Judaism. encourages the community to get their in the world and in our lives, so this is information, contact Tanya Poirier at “Just because I live such a Jewish life, Kickoff tickets now, as “Jews are such an opportunity to forget about it all and [email protected] or 613-798- doesn’t mean I turn off my eye for all last-minute, procrastinating people.” have some laughs. It’s going to be a fun 4696, ext. 241.

Barbara Farber becomes honourary 613Archives podcast begins telling Counsellors bring Israeli flavour inside: Lt.-Col. of Cameron Highlanders> p. 2 stories from our community > p. 2 to Camp B’nai Brith > p. 3 August 19, 2019 2 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Barbara Farber becomes Honorary honorary lieutenant-colonel Lieutenant- Colonel Barbara Farber stands of the Cameron Highlanders in front of the Cameron Highlanders Community leader says she is proud as a of Ottawa regimental Jewish woman to serve the reserve unit. colours at the reports. Cartier Square Matthew Horwood Drill Hall. arbara Farber has been appoint- son, commanding officer of the Camer- ed honorary lieutenant-colonel on Highlanders, said the regiment was of the Cameron Highlanders of searching for “someone who had a very Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh’s prominent role within the community” MATTHEW HORWOOD BOwn) by Minister of National Defence to be the honorary lieutenant-colonel. well as being a consultant to her com- during the Remembrance Day Ceremony Harjit Sajjan. Jackson said Farber’s philanthropic manding officer from a “business and at the National War Memorial. Holzman The Cameron Highlanders are a efforts, including her involvement with charitable perspective.” encouraged Farber to dress warmly for reserve infantry unit in the Canadian hospitals, First Nations communities, “I’ve often been accused of mother- the November 11 ceremony, as “her Armed Forces, a part of the 33 Canadian and the city of Ottawa through various ing everybody, and that’s kind of part knees will get cold.” Brigade Group. According to its website, boards, made her a “very prominent and parcel of the role I will be playing,” Another Jewish community leader, the regiment traces its roots to 1856, choice” for the position. Farber joked. Roger Greenberg, serves as the honou- and its members have served Canada in Jackson said Farber has “quickly Farber said her approach to the role rary colonel of the 30th Field Artillery “all armed conflicts from the Northwest jumped into her role as the bridge will be “one of knowledge” with the Regiment, which is also based in Ottawa. Rebellion to Afghanistan.” between the regiment and different goal of acquainting people with what Farber said she feels “extremely Farber, a prominent leader in both elements of our city,” and that she is a the unit does. Farber said she would proud” to have accepted this position the Jewish and broader communities, natural speaker with a “big heart.” like to make the Cameron Highlanders as a Jewish woman, and hopes she can said she was approached several years As honorary lieutenant-colonel, “a household name in Ottawa,” as she “bring some of that diversity to the ago by a friend who was at the time the Farber said one of the most important would “venture to say few people know Canadian Armed Forces.” honorary lieutenant-colonel of the Cam- things she will do is help the reservists what the Cameron Highlanders are.” Farber has already had several meet- eron Highlanders. He wanted to put Far- to secure employment, “because if they Farber is the second member of Otta- ings with her brigade and hosted a ber’s name forward for the same posi- are happily employed in Ottawa, they wa’s Jewish community to serve as hon- barbecue at her home for the junior tion, and she accepted. The process took will stay with their regiment.” orary lieutenant-colonel of the Cameron officers. She said the regiment now calls 19 months to come to fruition and she Farber said many of the reservists Highlanders. Former Ottawa mayor Jac- themselves her “extended family.” officially began her position on May 9. have full-time jobs, while others have quelin Holzman served in the position “I was gratified by the first function Farber explained that the vetting recently graduated from university or from 1999 to 2005. Holzman – who said I attended. They were concerned about process for the nomination goes “up college. Farber said she will be attempt- she has known Farber for many years – providing a kosher meal for me, and through the various army ranks to the ing to “incentivize employers to hire offered her congratulations and said she that kind of effort and sensitivity really top, and at that point they recommend reservists, as they are going to be good expected Farber would “represent the speaks volumes,” Farber said. it to the minister of National Defence, employees.” regiment well.” “I want to treat them with the same who then approves it,” Farber said. Farber said she will also be mentoring Holzman predicted Farber will “take kind of respect and try to help as much Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Jack- and giving advice to the reservists, as great pride in her role,” especially as I can,” she added.

613Archives podcast begins telling stories from our community

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD ical roots of Rideau Bakery. As for the he Ottawa Jewish Archives next three episodes, Thrumston said has a launched a new podcast, she wants them to be a surprise for the 613Archives, to tell stories about community. the history of Ottawa’s Jewish Thrumston said her team has already Tcommunity. received positive feedback from the Archivist Zoe Thrumston says the community. podcast was given this name because “People are interested, and I think 613 is both Ottawa’s area code and the Ottawa’s Jewish community hasn’t had a number of mitzvot listed in the Torah. podcast just about us before… It is fun While a lot of her work involves cat- to hear about your own history,” Thrum-

aloguing newly donated materials, “the MICHAEL REGENSTREIF ston said. fun part of my work is getting the infor- 613Archives podcast host James Gutman Joshua “Socalled” Dolgin performing at the Thrumston said she will not be bas- mation out there through educational (left) with archivist Zoe Thrumston. Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal. ing the podcast’s success solely on the programming and dissemination proj- number of listeners. ects,” Thrumston said. and compelling to people.” make this possible. “If I can have even a few people lis- “I was thinking about how the com- Thrumston is the researcher and writ- The first episode of the 613Archives tening who are touched, entertained or munity might want their stories told, er for the podcast and her collaborators podcast – which is now available on have learned something, then I would and I thought a podcast would be a are history buff James Gutman as host such podcast platforms as Spotify, consider this a success,” she said. great way to do so because they are and klezmer/hip-hop musician Josh- Google Play and Apple Podcasts – is For more information about the creative, accessible and easy to digest,” ua “Socalled” Dolgin as producer and about the history of Adath Jeshurun, 613Archives podcast, contact Zoe Thrumston said. sound-mixer. A $3,000 grant from the Ottawa’s first Jewish congregation. The Thrumston at archives@jewishottawa. “The issue is making [history] fun Ottawa Jewish Historical Society helped second episode will discuss the histor- com or 613-7984696, ext. 260. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 3 Counsellors bring Israeli flavour to Camp B’nai Brith

Liam Afota, from Nesher, who is at CBB completing A record number of young his year of service as one of the Jewish Federation of Israelis are working as Ottawa’s shinshinim, said “the fact I am here sharing my experiences makes the campers feel more connect- counsellors this summer at ed to Israel. They will remember the Israeli counsellors they had.” Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa. Afota’s shinshinim partner, Inbar Haimovich, is also at CBB as a dance specialist and counsellor. Bulletin reporter Matthew CBB has numerous programs and activities, includ- Horwood visited the camp ing athletics, waterfront and arts. Fainberg said there are activities that would appeal to any type of child. and spoke with three of them. “Whether the child is artistic or sporty, shy or out- going, this is their opportunity to try new things and here is a distinctly Israeli flavour to Camp B’nai to shine,” she said. Brith of Ottawa (CBB) this summer as campers Haviv said for him, it is “really important that my interact daily with 17 Israeli counsellors – the campers try new things.” largest ever group of Israeli counsellors at CBB. Some of the camp’s activities and events relate spe- TIris Fainberg, who hails from Jerusalem, said for cifically to Judaism and Israel. For example, on Fridays, many campers the presence of Israelis at CBB “is in the campers come to Shabbat dinner “in beautiful and of itself an association with what Israel is.” white clothing,” said Fainberg. “I find it so interesting to be that person who can be On Saturdays, the Israeli counsellors host Shabbat a bridge to Judaism and Israel, even for something like programs to help campers learn about different aspects translating a prayer,” Fainberg said. “Kids sometimes of Israel, including culture, food, and games, according say [Hebrew] words and have no idea what they mean, to Afota. but being able to explain them is an amazing thing.” Asked about some of the notable interactions the Nitzan Haviv, from Bat Yam, said the Israeli coun- Israeli counsellors have had with campers, Fainberg sellors are being given “the opportunity to empower recalled a “special moment” during an activity when connections between Israel and the Jewish community, the kids were asked to write about or draw things they and for the next generation of the community.” associated with home. Fainberg said many of the kids wrote down “Israel,” despite none of them having lived (From left) Iris Fainberg, Liam Afota and Nitzan Haviv are three there. of the 17 young Israelis enjoying the summer while working as “That was very powerful to see,” she said. counsellors at Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa. See CBB on page 8 MATTHEW HORWOOD August 19, 2019 4 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM OTC to host kosher barbecue festival, September 8

BY MARCIA CANTOR FOR OTTAWA TORAH CENTRE CHABAD Jewish music, and connect with other Jews in a wel- A kosher food court will be open throughout the coming and inclusive environment open to all ages, day featuring a variety of kosher barbecue delicacies. he school year will have started and many peo- backgrounds and affiliations. Participants will be able to feast on pulled brisket ple will be thinking about holiday cooking, but Some teams are competing on behalf of community sandwiches, corned beef sandwiches, Moroccan burg- barbecue season will still be going strong when organizations such as the Ottawa Jewish Community ers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, knishes, fries, salads and the Ottawa Torah Centre (OTC) holds its first School and Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa. Others are drinks, as well as popcorn and cotton candy. The festi- Tannual Ottawa Kosher BBQ Cook-Off and Festival in groups of individuals and barbecue enthusiasts in our val will also include a craft beer garden featuring two partnership with the Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut and the community. The double-blind entries will be judged local brewers and their beers. Canadian BBQ Society on Sunday, September 8, from by certified Kansas City Barbecue Society judges and The Ottawa Kosher BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 11:30 am until 3:30 pm. other local celebrity judges. Teams must meet their cri- will also create a unique annual opportunity for the Taking place on the OTC parking lot at 111 Lamp- teria for each entry. non-Jewish community to experience kosher food and lighters Drive in Barrhaven, the event will be a celebra- There will be “taster tickets” for sale so fans can Jewish culture. This new initiative – supported by a tion of rich flavours and cuisine while engaging all sec- vote for the People’s Choice Award. The festival will Jewish Federation of Ottawa Jewish Experience Micro- tors of Ottawa Jewish life. Seven teams from across the conclude with an award presentation ceremony for the grant and the Norman Lesh Philanthropy Award from Jewish community will compete in a one-day extrav- winners of the competition in each category. the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation – promises aganza featuring pit masters and cooks, grilling and All participating teams will be on the same level to be a fantastic day and a great opportunity to meet smoking in various categories including best brisket, playing field. Each team will be provided with the new people, as well as congregate with old friends. chicken, and turkey, all in keeping with a kosher diet. same equipment – a kettle grill and a smoker – and Admission to the festival is free of charge. Summertime kosher barbecue cook-offs and Jewish the same amount and quality of meat. Tickets for the food court and the kid’s zone are avail- food festivals have gained popularity in many Jewish The festival will also feature Jewish music and a able online in advance at www.theotc.org/bbq as well communities. They have become a creative way to kid’s zone with a nine-hole mini-putt, as well as inflat- as at the festival. For more information, call OTC at bring communities together to bond over food, enjoy ables and carnival games. 613-843-7770.

Israeli economy is a ‘miracle,’ but problems remain

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD While it used to take about 13 years to espite facing several challeng- obtain permits and build a house, “we es, Israel’s economy is doing took down government bureaucracy, extremely well, said Shai and now the average time between plan- Babad, director-general of Isra- ning to build the house and actually get- Del’s Ministry of Finance since 2015, during ting the keys is five years,” Babad said. a visit to Ottawa. Another example of government Babad was the keynote speaker at a bureaucracy is the difficulty in opening “Lunch & Listen” event presented by up small businesses, which according State of Israel Bonds, June 12, at the Solo- to Babad takes up to a month in most way Jewish Community Centre, where he countries, but can take up to six months discussed Israel’s economy and some of MATTHEW HORWOOD in Israel. Shai Babad, director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Finance, discusses the country’s economy the major challenges facing the country. during a visit to Ottawa, June 12. “Large businesses have lawyers to Overall, Babad said Israel’s economy solve problems and deal with bureau- is a “miracle” with its gross domestic cracy, but when it comes to small and product (GDP) being seven times higher “the market is doing well, the economy is Babad said an important avenue to medium enterprises (SMEs), they often than in the 1950s, and its GDP per capita growing and more people are joining the reducing Israel’s economic inequality is describe government with frustration,” being 50 times higher. labour force.” Babad said more than 20 through education. He pointed out that he said. Israel’s economy, he said, is growing per cent of global investments in cyber richer cities in Israel – such as Tel Aviv Babad said the Ministry of Finance has at a rate of 3.5 per cent per year, which technology are being made in Israel. – receive more funding from the gov- taken steps to increase competition in is higher than the Organization for Eco- However, Babad said, Israel still lags ernment for education, as they have the Israel’s financial sector, such as assuring nomic Cooperation and Development behind other developed countries when “political leverage to push for money.” more credit is handed out in an “accessi- average. According to Babad, this means it comes to GDP per capita and GDP per According to Babad, another major ble and competitive way” to SMEs. hour worked. He attribut- problem for the Israeli economy are Another important issue for Israel’s ed this to the country’s housing prices, which have boomed dra- economy, he said, is reducing the size Haredi Orthodox and Arab matically over the past 10 years, rising and scope of the black market. In 2010, populations, which have 107 per cent from 2002 to 2019. the World Bank said Israel’s black market “low skills, and thus low In order for Israel’s housing demand economy was equal to 22 per cent of its productivity.” to keep up with population growth, economic output. “Those billions of shek- I can help with: • Life insurance • RRSPs/RRIFs • Mutual funds* Babad said the country would have to els are not being put into welfare, educa- • Personal health insurance • TFSAs • Employee benefits build 40,000 new homes every year. tion or construction,” Babad explained. Allan Taylor This explosion in housing costs, he Finally, Babad said Israel is falling Diane Koven BA (Hons) CFP® CHS™ ■ group plans said, is “destroying the ability of young behind other developed countries in 613-728-1223 ext 2235 ■ life insurance people and couples to build their lives,” infrastructure and pointed to the Tel [email protected] ■ disability insurance and is often their highest single expen- Aviv–Jerusalem railway as an example. 1525 Carling Avenue, Suite 600 ■ pension and rrifs diture. It has been under construction since Ottawa, ON 613-244-9073 Babad said since 2016, the Ministry 2001 and was only partially opened in [email protected] of Finance has taken steps to stream- 2018, due to engineering difficulties and line the home-building process, such as bureaucratic delays. requiring the numerous permits needed “This is not a rail to Siberia that is 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. www.taylorfinancial.ca to develop housing to go through the 3,000 miles long. It’s a seven-kilometre, © Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2019. Ministry of Finance. above ground railway” Babad said. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 5

Jewish Federation of Ottawa Annual Campaign KickO 2020 ELON GOLD Comedy and Community Chairs: Howard and Evelyn Silverman September 10 @ 7 pm Algonquin Commons Theatre – Building E 1385 Woodro e Ave. Tickets on sale now! Share your For more info visit our website jokes! Submit your at jewishottawa.com/kicko favourites (in text or video clips) to Pauline at [email protected]. The best ones will be chosen for “a joke of the week post” to be shared on Facebook and Instragram. Follow us to laugh along. August 19, 2019 6 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Ensuring meaningful education grounded in Jewish values

This is certainly a reasonable ques- includes our commitment to establishing they seamlessly align with our strategic tion, as my personal connections to an endowment fund capable of securing planning. The board regards and values OJCS runs deep. My father-in-law is a OJCS’ permanence as a leading Jewish OJCS as a critical and vital resource in proud graduate of the very first Hil- Ottawa institution. the Ottawa Jewish community. This lel Academy graduating class of 1956. To maintain the calibre of excellence significant responsibility pushes us to He was followed by my husband, and over the coming term, we will continue work towards the highest standards and

FEDERATION FEDERATION REPORT my children – two graduates and the to work on succession plans to guar- to hold ourselves accountable to both LEILA AGES, OTTAWA JEWISH youngest to graduate this year. antee a board leadership development the OJCS family and the greater Ottawa COMMUNITY SCHOOL This legacy of commitment is pre- pipeline. We will particularly focus on Jewish community. We strive to make cisely why I am privileged to take on the strengthening board member engage- valuable connections and partnerships role. I want to ensure students within ment and the personal commitment to within the community as “we learn bet- have received many congratulatory our community benefit from the OJCS the ambassadorship of OJCS. ter together” (one of six North Stars) as remarks over the past month as I experience as my children did. I look It is an exciting time at OJCS with Jon a strong OJCS can only contribute to a share the news of my official appoint- forward to continuing the work of the Mitzmacher entering his third year as strong Jewish Ottawa. ment as the new board president of previous president, Michael Polowin, and head of school. The performance met- I am honoured to be part of this Ithe Ottawa Jewish Community School the board who successfully led the school rics are on an upswing, as is the general journey to secure a meaningful edu- (OJCS). What has inevitably accompa- into a position of stability. As a board, we positive feeling in the building and in cation grounded in Jewish values for nied the genuine praise is a registration are responsible for holding OJCS and its the community. OJCS has solidified our future leaders. The next time I am of surprise followed by a question: “Why mission in trust for future generations its particular and unique way of doing asked why I accepted the role of board would you take on this responsibility at a of the Ottawa Jewish community and, as things, guided by our “North Stars.” president, my simplest reply will be time when you are at the tail end of your such, we will continue on this clear path As a board, we are working to inter- the words of Rabbi Hillel: “If not now, family’s chapter at OJCS?” to ensuring long-term sustainability. This nalize these guiding principles so that when?” (Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14)

It’s a small world and even smaller

Jewish world Ottawa Jewish Bulletin VOLUME 83 | ISSUE 17

about our plans for all of the Torahs. We lated and unable to fully pray without Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. acknowledged that since the majority a Torah. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 of the scrolls required significant work, The Kehillat Beth Israel board over- Email: [email protected] we would need to figure out how to whelmingly agreed to donate one of Published 19 times per year. navigate the bevy of repairs. And in our Torah scrolls to this community, © Copyright 2019 an effort to look beyond our own use, but one cannot simply FedEx a Torah to PUBLISHER Andrea Freedman

FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT our shul leadership discussed donating Africa. Additionally, we wished to use some of the scrolls to smaller commu- the Torah donation as a way to foster a EDITOR RABBI EYTAN KENTER, Michael Regenstreif nities who couldn’t otherwise afford a relationship between our communities KEHILLAT BETH ISRAEL PRODUCTION CONSULTANT scroll of their own. A Torah can easily so that we can continue to support and Patti Moran cost upwards of $20,000. learn from one another. Therefore, this BUSINESS MANAGER s the inheritor of the ritual A few months after their visit, I November, a group of over 30 from Eddie Peltzman objects of not only the two received a phone call from Sofer on Site. Kehillat Beth Israel will arrive in Arusha INTERN legacy congregations that An individual had reached out to them with a Torah and the opportunity to Matthew Horwood became Kehillat Beth Israel, for a Torah scroll for his community. better understand one another. I look Abut also of the Jewish communities of Might we be interested in donating one forward to documenting our trip this The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force for constructive communal consciousness,” Pembroke and Cornwall, our congre- of our scrolls to them? Once we heard a fall and sharing it with the larger com- communicates the messages of the Jewish gation found itself in possession of 33 little bit about the community, we knew munity. Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as Torah scrolls. Upon my arrival at the that we had to assist them. For now, I take great satisfaction that the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and synagogue a little over three years ago, The request came from the Jewish this gift will bring our two communities enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed 11 Torahs were in the arks and the rest community of Arusha, Tanzania, a together. We’ve already seen the impact in these pages do not necessarily represent were kept under less than ideal condi- generations-old community made up of this partnership, as one delegate in the policies and values of the Federation. tions in a storage room. For the sanctity of descendants of Jews from Yemen our group has connected this commu- The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut of these scrolls, we knew this could not and Morocco who arrived in the nity with the Commonwealth Jewish of advertised products or establishments unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad continue. 1800s. This 70-person strong commu- Council, providing a link to the wider HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized To determine the status of the Torah nity lost its Torah in the 1970s – when Jewish world where previously there by OVH. scrolls in storage and whether they were it was destroyed in fights between was none. $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada eligible for use, we contacted a com- Christian evangelicals and the Jewish As the leader of the community told $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue pany, Sofer on Site, to examine all of community – and were requesting me, while geographically distant, these Funded by the Government of Canada. our scrolls and ensure that those in use one so that they could worship more conversations make Canada feel mere are still kosher, and to determine what fully. The leader of the community, minutes away. I cannot wait to further ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 repairs others would need to resume who is a lawyer and professor, studies develop this relationship and explore Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: kosher status. almost daily via Skype with a rabbi in the ways in which our communities can Ottawa Jewish Bulletin When Sofer on Site arrived, they New Jersey in order to gain the skills continue to enrich each other for many 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, quickly worked their way through the necessary to guide his community. years to come. It is, after all, a very Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 33 scrolls, but couldn’t help but ask However, the community remains iso- small Jewish world after all. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 7

A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian the greatest and most powerful Nation So, while Omar did come to under- justified pride in its multiculturalism. on earth, how our government is to stand why Jewish people were hurt by her But, and it’s a big but, “a Canadian be run. Why don’t they go back and words, and apologized for them, Trump is a Canadian is a Canadian” is not help fix the totally broken and crime has shown no such understanding. necessarily true when Quebec, our infested places from which they came,” Even leaders of some of the U.S.’s second-largest province, encompassing Trump tweeted on July 14. closest allies took the unusual step of nearly a quarter of our population, uses And that was only the beginning of calling out the American president for the notwithstanding clause to override Trump’s tweet storm. remarks he made about domestic politi- the Canadian Charter of Rights and Just for the record, three of the four cal opponents. Freedoms to prevent people working in

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR congresswomen Trump was attacking – “The prime minister’s view is that the public sector from wearing kippot, MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Press- the language used to refer to these hijabs, turbans and other expressions of ley and Rashida Tlaib – were born in the women was completely unacceptable,” religious belief, including Stars of David. United States. The fourth, Ilhan Omar, said the spokesperson for then-prime For example, Minister of National o matter what one may feel was born in Somalia and was brought to minister Theresa May of the United Defence Harjit Sajjan is a Sikh whose about the policies of “The the U.S. legally as a refugee when she was Kingdom. religion mandates that he wear a turban Squad,” four women of colour a child. Omar became an American citi- German Chancellor Angela Merkel – a turban that he wears in the House elected in 2018 to their first zen in 2000 when she was 17. said she rejects Trump’s racist com- of Commons, a turban that he wore Nterms in the United States Congress, or By the way, earlier this year when ments and stands in solidarity with the as a Canadian military officer serving even the antisemitic tropes that were Jewish organizations and congressional congresswomen he targeted. on deployments to Bosnia and Herze- tweeted by one of them, there was no colleagues came down hard on Omar “That is not how we do things in govina and three times to Afghanistan, denying the explicit racism employed for employing antisemitic tropes in Canada. A Canadian is a Canadian is and a turban he wore during an 11-year by U.S. President Donald Trump in his criticizing Israeli government policies a Canadian, and the diversity of our career as a Vancouver police officer and attacks on them last month. toward the Palestinians, she did apolo- country is actually one of our greatest detective. Now, though, because of that “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ gize for them – even writing an op-ed in strengths and a source of tremendous turban, Sajjan cannot be a police officer Democrat Congresswomen, who orig- the Washington Post describing Israel as resilience and pride for Canadians, and in Quebec. inally came from countries whose the “historical homeland” of the Jews we will continue to defend that,” said With a federal election two months governments are a complete and total and reiterating her support for a two- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. away, are Trudeau and the other federal catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt state solution to the conflict, calling for Trudeau’s comments were inspiring leaders and candidates willing to defend and inept anywhere in the world (if “internationally recognized borders, to hear at that time. Our Canadian Jew- our diversity – in both official languag- they even have a functioning govern- which allow for both Israelis and Pal- ish community, and so many other eth- es – and ensure that “a Canadian is a ment at all), now loudly and viciously estinians to have their own sanctuaries nic and religious communities in Cana- Canadian is a Canadian” is more than telling the people of the United States, and self-determination.” da, have thrived in a country that takes just a platitude? Environment will be major election issue

ernment, a new wave of environmental When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau da’s carbon footprint. Yet, at the same awareness was ushered in. In almost says Canadians will be reimbursed for time, socio-economic and political con- four decades since, there have been the carbon tax, just remember that siderations will force him to support many waves, big and small, that have Mulroney used to say the goods-and- Alberta in selling and distributing dirty kept the environmental pot simmering services tax would be revenue neutral. oil from what used to be commonly while Rome burns. What was a debate There is no such thing as a tax that referred to as the tar sands. about acid rain is now a worldwide doesn’t come out of your pocket. In fairness, Alberta rejects the notion debate about climate change. In Ontario, a decade ago, then Liber- its oil sands is dirty oil. Alberta’s recent- It is clear the environment will be an al premier Dalton McGuinty set out on ly elected premier, Jason Kenney, is ful- IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS important issue in the October federal a green agenda. His government closed filling his take-no-prisoners campaign JASON MOSCOVITZ election. While it is a safe bet environ- coal generating plants and spent count- promise to fiercely defend Alberta’s mental issues will play a more signifi- less millions on windmill farms. After resource sector – even if that shakes the cant role than in any previous election, all the “green” changes were made, unity of the country. There was noth- haven’t heard anyone talk about progressing on climate change is going Ontarians’ hydro bills skyrocketed. ing subtle about getting people to talk acid rain in ages and yet I imagine to be as formidable a task as ever. According to a 2017 study by the Fraser about Alberta separatism again. Obvi- when it rains, the rain water still While melting ice caps in the far Institute, Ontario hydro bills were the ously, doing things to curtail climate contains a significant dose of toxins. north is a scientific fact, and while there highest in Canada, yet climate change is change is not Kenney’s priority. IIt is so hard to declare victory when it are more global examples of extreme as big a threat as ever. And that brings us back to Trudeau. comes to the environment. You have to weather than ever before, climate Getting rid of straws and plastic bags He’s a big climate guy who is now also wonder if the problem is bigger than any change deniers are active and boister- can’t be bad ideas but the reality check a big oil and pipeline guy. After all, his possible solution. ous and determined to continue to deny is this: as long as we use gas powered government actually bought a pipeline Acid rain discussion in the 1980s the obvious. Their act of denial is not cars and diesel trucks, how is significant company. That $4.5 billion investment primarily focused on the damage being for nothing, because really caring about change going to happen? Last month to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline done to our cherished Canadian lakes. the environment means changing old we celebrated the 50th anniversary of from Kinder Morgan means the still- Then prime minister Brian Mulroney habits and spending a lot of money. landing on the moon, and yet clean to-be-built pipeline from Alberta to the tenaciously embraced the cause, mak- Ultimately, it is political leadership electric-powered cars are still not practi- coast of British Columbia now has to be ing acid rain an important agenda item that says thumbs up or down to mea- cal enough to put them on every drive- built or Trudeau will have thrown away for his government. It wasn’t the begin- sures to cut the high levels of green- way in North America, let alone around almost $5 billion. His own fiscal credi- ning of pollution talk in Canada, but house gasses that are bad for the planet. the world. bility is on the line. the conversation was more scientific To make impactful change means In the October election campaign, The bottom line is that committed than it had ever been. diminishing our dependence on fossil Trudeau will try to run as the leader environmentalists, by definition, are not With the science, and an activist gov- fuel. It also means paying more in taxes. with a practical plan to clean up Cana- pipeline builders. August 19, 2019 8 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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It was not the finished lower level (rec room). Street to get her the live yeast that was fundamental to traditional way of celebrating Shabbat, but for me it October 1st occupancy the challah and cinnamon bread she would bake on encompassed the concept of Shabbat. It was a beautiful, @ 48 Blackburn Avenue Thursdays. And there would always be one of Tillie’s warm and sunny day spent outdoors, and I was able to poems taped to the front window of the store. My late relax and take a break from my normal activities. I father would occasionally spoil me with a Florentine spent time with members of my Jewish community and CENTREPOINTE, $425,000 from the bakery. developed a greater bond with them. 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Open concept principal rooms, bright kitchen sandwiches sold to downtown workers. Every Monday The focus of the SJCC is on Jewish community. It / eat-in area & main level family room morning, after preparing sandwiches for the week, the should recognize the spectrum of Jewish experience in overlooking a private rear yard. owner would sell off bags of end-pieces – too small for Ottawa and be welcoming and inclusive of those who Move in condition. August 16 poss. sandwiches – for 35 cents. The glossy chewy end-piece closely follow traditional practice, as well as those who 35Arbordale.com of a Rideau Bakery kimmel bread is better than the best affiliate with our Jewish community without a strong pastry you can find anywhere, and to be able to buy a adherence to religious observance. bag of so many ends was like being able to buy a Barry Bokhaut THE RIVERGATE, $750,000 Over 1800 SQ. FT. in this two bedroom plus den condominium with southwest exposure on the 12th floor. This home features 9’ CBB: Kids get a real connection to Israel ceilings, granite counters, hardwood flooring, Continued from page 3 are addicted to cellphones and computer screens, CBB convenient in-suite laundry, stainless Afota said that for him, it is the “small moments allows them to “have personal connections to each steel appliances & much more! that make our impact much bigger,” such as bonding other and just have fun.” Cell phones, he added, are off SALE PENDING with the campers during activities and while waiting in limits at camp. Two lockers included! One parking included. lines for events or meals. CBB Director Cindy Benedek said the camp recruits 24 hour gated community guard house. “They ask questions about what I will be doing in the counsellors from Israel to help ensure the kids get “a 60+ day poss. Israeli army, about Hebrew and blessings, and about the real connection to Israel, as opposed to just talking 1202-3580Rivergate.com differences between our two countries,” Afota said. about it or doing programing.” Haviv said he enjoyed teaching the campers Hebrew Benedek said the camp has “always had some form CENTREPOINTE, $949,000 words and then witnessing them have competitions on of an Israeli delegation,” but in past 10 years they have All brick Minto built 5 bedroom family home who could pronounce them better. been working with Jewish Agency for Israel, to get “It can be very funny, and is a lot of fun,” he said. “direct hires, instead of going through an organization.” on a child friendly street with a main floor Fainberg said CBB is a place where “it’s cool to be Benedek said CBB would typically receive three to den on a premium and oversized private lot! Jewish,” where the campers can talk about Judaism six Israeli staff. But this year, with shinshinim from Over 3,500 SQ FT. plus a fully finished without feeling self-conscious. Ottawa and Toronto, and others recruited via Jewish lower level. Large principal rooms with a “It feels so oddly natural. This little place felt like Agency, CBB is enjoying its largest ever delegation of spacious main level laundry room. home for me within a day. It is exhausting work, but Israelis at 17. Three car garage. Excellent value! really fun,” she said. Benedek said having camp staff from Israel allows Immediate possession Haviv said it was his “pleasure” to have been picked the children to “make real life connections and hear to come to CBB. how Israel is the same but different” as well as “see 12Saddlebrook.com Afota said that in a generation where many kids Israel as a part of who we are as Jewish people.” JEFF GREENBERG SALES REPRESENTATIVE ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY (613) 725-1171 Breaking news updated at www.ottawajewishbulletin.com www.jeffgreenberg.realtor August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 9

MATTHEW HORWOOD A group of Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa counsellors who volunteered to be swabbed during the stem cell registry drive, July 24, at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre. Volunteers have DNA swabbed at SJCC for possible stem cell donations

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD early 70 people volunteered to have their DNA swabbed during a stem cell registry drive, July 24, at the Soloway Jewish Commu- nity Centre (SJCC) to match potential donors Nto patients who need stem cell transplants. The drive, organized by the Jewish Federation of Ottawa with the help of Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry, was held in response to the #StartWith- Hillary social media campaign, launched by Hillary McKibbin’s parents in the hopes of finding her a potential match. The six-year-old Manotick girl was diagnosed with a rare blood disease in May. She is one of more than 800 patients in Canada currently waiting for a match. MATTHEW HORWOOD Volunteers willing to be added to the stem cell reg- Jewish Federation of Ottawa Vice-President of Community istry had to be 17 to 35 years of age and meet certain Building Sarah Beutel (centre) with volunteers Joan Panich health criteria in order to be eligible. Younger, male (left) and Robert Taylor of the Ottawa Chapter of the Bruce donors were especially encouraged to donate, as they Denniston Bone Marrow Society, who assisted Canadian have been known to provide the best patient outcomes. Blood Services during the stem cell registry drive, July 24, at After completing a short health screening, volun- the Soloway Jewish Community Centre. teers swabbed the inside of their cheeks in order to register. If a participant is found to be a match, they will join the World Marrow Donor Association and can great mitzvah and we are happy to do it.” then donate stem cells either through bone marrow Emily Kom, who helped arrange the drive at the or a non-surgical blood procedure. Transplants can be SJCC, said she was ineligible to be swabbed because of used to treat blood cancers such as leukemia, lympho- her age. ma and multiple myeloma. “I was disappointed by the news but still wanted to Among those swabbed was a group of counsellors help. I had the idea of doing a community drive, and from Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa (CBB) who travelled thought the SJCC would be a good location,” Kom said. nearly an hour to get to the SJCC. Kom said she made the call to Canadian Blood Ser- Tommy Friedlich, head of waterfront at CBB, said vices in order to coordinate bringing the drive to the the group was especially eager to volunteer because SJCC, while Sarah Beutel, Federation vice-president for Jess Shulman, assistant director of the junior camp, community building, “worked out the logistics of the knows Hillary McKibbin’s father. event.” “Everyone here has the luxury of being able to Kom said she didn’t want people to be discouraged donate bone marrow or stem cells, whereas some peo- if they were ineligible to be swabbed. “You can always ple don’t have that ability,” Friedlich said. “This is a donate blood instead.” August 19, 2019 10 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Federal election falling on Shemini Atzeret won’t be rescheduled

BY MARCY OSTER ish holidays or Shabbat, when obser- (JTA) – The date of the upcoming fed- vant Jews are prohibited from working, eral election will not be changed from travelling, actively using electricity or October 21, even though it falls on a performing a variety of workday tasks. Jewish holiday. However, a special ballot can be sent Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Per- by mail. rault announced July 29 that he would Perrault said he is committed to not recommend changing the date, working with the Jewish community to which coincides with Shemini Atzeret “maximize voting options.” and Erev Simchat Torah. Earlier last In a statement at the time of the month, the Federal Court ordered him court ruling ordering the chief elector- to review a prior decision not to move al officer to review the decision not to the date. That review was ordered in change the election date, Shimon Koffler response to a lawsuit filed by an Ortho- Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and dox Jewish candidate and a Jewish voter. Jewish Affairs, said the organization They claimed that holding elections on would work with Elections Canada to Shemini Atzeret discriminates against ensure all Jewish voters have opportuni- observant Canadian Jews. ties to cast their ballots. Chani Aryeh-Bain, the Conservative “Changing the date at this stage Party candidate for the Toronto-area entails considerable logistical and district of Eglington-Lawrence, is an financial implications. We note that observant Jew and therefore will not Elections Canada has taken significant be able to campaign on Election Day, measures, in consultation with the Jew- nor have members of her community ish community, to ensure every Jewish campaign for her outside of polling voter can cast their ballot,” said Koffler stations. Fogel. “We will respect the chief elector- Since 2007, the Canada Elections Act al officer’s decision and will continue has mandated that federal elections be working closely with Elections Canada held on the third Monday in October in to support its efforts to maximize voter the fourth calendar year following the participation and inclusion of the Jewish previous election. The 2008 federal elec- community – which is a cornerstone of Chani Aryeh-Bain, the Conservative Party candidate for Eglington-Lawrence and an observant tion fell on the first day of Sukkot. democracy.” Orthodox Jew, launched a lawsuit asking that the federal election date be changed because it Of the four days scheduled for The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin contributed falls on a Jewish holiday. advance voting, three are on other Jew- to this report.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) Temple Israel and then-defence An egalitarian Reform congregation minister Avigdor Liberman speak to Our community is dedicated to the the media, study of Torah, meaningful worship Jan. 10, 2017. and Tikkun Olam. Temple Israel Religious School – kindergarten through high school. HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90 Full time university students receive complimentary admission for Israel Election: Netanyahu High Holy Days with student ID. says no to unity government President: Stephen Asherman Sr. Rabbi: Daniel Mikelberg BY SAM SOKOL Rabbi Emeritus: Steven Garten State of Israel? Will a weak and inexpe- Executive Director: Heather Cohen JERUSALEM (JTA) – Prime Minister rienced left-wing government led by Yair Administrative Officer: Cathy Loves Benjamin Netanyahu is making his Lapid and Benny Gantz be established; Principal: Sue Potechin political vision for Israel crystal clear, or rather a strong right-wing govern- promising to establish “a strong right- ment headed by the Likud under my Friday Kabbalat 6:15 -7:15 pm wing government.” leadership,” he wrote. Shabbat Services “This is my commitment to Likud “To form a right-wing government, voters. There will be no unity govern- voters from the nationalist camp must Torah Study 9:00 am ment,” he wrote in an op-ed published wake up and shed their apathy.” August 7 in the conservative Israel Netanyahu’s comments come after Saturday 10:15 am- Hayom newspaper. Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liber- Shabbat 12:00 noon Netanyahu is pushing back on man said that he will only support a Services demands that he form a unity govern- candidate for prime minister who is will- ment with the centrist Blue and White ing to push for a national unity govern- 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2 party. ment. Liberman scuttled coalition talks Tel: 613-224-1802 Fax: 613-224-0707 “The citizens of Israel face a single in May and prevented Netanyahu from www.templeisraelottawa.ca choice in the upcoming election: Who forming a government, and polls show will be the next prime minister of the him gaining strength. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 11 ‘We’ve lost a part of ourselves’ El Paso’s diverse Jewish community grapples with a mass shooting

BY JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) – Joseph Charter used to feel safe in El Paso. But on August 3, when a gun- man killed 22 people and injured 26 at a Walmart store in the Texas city, every- thing changed. “I had to go to Target the following day, and for the first time ever I kind of looked around,” he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a phone inter- view. “You have to start second guessing and be a little more cautious.” His wife, Fabiola, feels especially vul- nerable. She is Mexican American, and the suspect, Patrick Crusius, is believed to have posted a manifesto prior to the shooting in which he railed against immi- grants and Latinos. A relative of Charter’s ex-wife was among the victims, and one of his co-workers was there during the attack but managed to escape. MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES JORDYN ROZENSKY/FRONTERA STUDIO His wife feels “a little more self-con- People gather at a makeshift memorial (From left) Rabbi Ben Zeidman and Rabbi Scott Rosenberg speak at an interfaith vigil with scious about ‘I’m Mexican and there are honouring victims outside the Walmart in El Msgr. Arturo Banuelas following the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 4, 2019. people here who do not welcome me Paso where the shooting took place, Aug. 6, here,’” said Charter, who is Jewish. 2019. Rabbi Leon with similar inquiries. It rabbi said. He said the shooting has sparked new turned out they had Jewish heritage. In Charter said the tragedy has united discussions with his wife. all, Leon says 70 families have returned the city. “She has now talked about ‘I want ish Bulletin’s “From the Pulpit” column.] to Judaism through his work. Most live “I’m used to having a very close-knit to get a gun. I don’t feel safe. I want The Reform congregation, which has in El Paso, although some are in nearby support system in the Jewish commu- to make sure if I was ever put in that nearly 400 member households, is also Texas towns or in Mexico. nity,” he said. “And now I’m seeing it in situation I would have at least some raising money to distribute to victims “This has become my passion,” the the greater El Paso community.” means to try to protect our children,’” and their families. he said. El Paso is also home to a Jewish fed- Charter, 33, and his wife belong to the eration, a Chabad house, a Jewish pre- city’s Reform synagogue, where they are school and a Holocaust museum. Celebrate the olidays one of many Latino-Jewish couples. “Historically, there’s been a close by placin your osh ashanah reetins “A lot of the families at Temple relationship between the Jewish com- Mount Sinai include people who have munity and the Hispanic community,” in the ulletin chosen Judaism, who were local people said Rabbi Stephen Leon, rabbi emeritus reetins will be published in the September 23, 201 issue. and fell in love with Judaism as they of B’nai Zion, which has 250 member were falling in love with a future spouse, families. Deadline: uust 28, 201. and it includes a lot of interfaith families Rabbi Leon was at the mall where the Choose from one of these options. The messaes are interchaneable. as well,” said the congregation’s Rabbi shooting took place just three days earli- ds will be in colour. Cost: 4 incl. ST Ben Zeidman. er with his wife and grandchildren. There are approximately 5,000 Jews “You just say – without being cliché Option 1. Option 2. in El Paso, and even for those who do – just for the grace of God that could’ve Best wishes From our family Shana Tova! not have Latino family members, the been us,” he said. for a sweet, happy to yours, best wishes shooting hit hard. The Jewish commu- Like the Reform synagogue, Rabbi and healthy New Year. for a healthy nity is close with the Latino community, Leon’s congregation is diverse. Twenty to Shana Tova! and happy New Year. which makes up 80 per cent of the city. 25 per cent of the congregation is Latino Two lines ...... Two lines ...... Members mix socially and at interfaith – mostly families who grew up Catholic for family name(s) for family name(s) events. but discovered they have Jewish roots. “There’s this feeling like we’ve lost Since arriving in El Paso in 1986, a part of ourselves in a way because of Rabbi Leon has been active in reaching Option 3. Option 4. what our city is and how we relate to out to people in the local Hispanic com- May the New Year bring To our family and friends, everybody else who is here,” Rabbi Zeid- munity who believe they are the descen- all the blessings of peace, happy, healthy man said. dants of conversos, Sephardi Jews who health and prosperity. and peaceful New Year. The rabbi helped organize an inter- were forcibly converted to Catholicism Shana Tova. Shana Tova. faith vigil the night after the shooting. during the Spanish Inquisition. Two lines ...... Two lines ...... He represented his congregation along- It all started days after he arrived in for family name(s) for family name(s) side Rabbi Scott Rosenberg of B’nai the city for the first time, when a man Zion, the city’s Conservative congrega- from the nearby city of Juarez, Mexi- reetins must be prepaid by S or asterCard, tion. Temple Mount Sinai’s choir sang as co, sought him out to tell him about part of the musical prelude. a peculiar family custom: His grand- and must be submitted before Wednesday, uust 28, 201. [Editor’s note: Rabbi Rosenberg was mother would light candles every Fri- Phone orders will be taen by ddie Peltman spiritual leader of Congregation Beth day night and say a prayer in a foreign at 613-78-466, ext. 26. Shalom in Ottawa from 2010 until 2013 language. or by e-mail at epeltmanottawaewishbulletin.com and was a contributor to the Ottawa Jew- That week, two others approached August 19, 2019 12 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Building friendships Buildingthat last friendshipsa lifetime that last a lifetime

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BY ARSEN OSTROVSKY TEL AVIV (JTA) – This month marks five years since Israeli soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed by Hamas in the midst of a humanitarian cease-fire during Operation Protective Edge. On August 1, 2014, hours after the cease-fire went into effect, Hamas ter- rorists emerged from a tunnel in Gaza, ambushed an Israel Defense Forces unit and killed Goldin, who was only 23. Hamas took his body and has been holding it hostage in Gaza, treating it contemptuously as both a bargaining chip and an instrument with which to heartlessly torment his family. Hamas is also keeping the remains of another Israeli soldier killed that sum- mer, Oron Shaul, who was only 20. To this day, Hamas refuses even to grant the International Committee of the Red Cross access to their remains. In June, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolu- tion 2474, which calls upon parties to armed conflict to take all appropriate measures, to actively search, account for AFP/GETTY IMAGES and return the remains of all persons Israeli Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed by Hamas in 2014 and his body taken hostage. His parents have waged a years-long campaign to bring back reported missing “without adverse dis- the remains of their son from Gaza. tinction” and “consistent with applicable obligations under international humani- tarian law and human rights law.” Jason Greenblatt, the U.S. administra- the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by continue to be de facto aiding and abet- Holding the bodies of soldiers killed tion’s point man on the Israeli-Palestin- Mahmoud Abbas. ting Hamas in the perpetuation of this in action and refusing their return to ian conflict, has raised the matter repeat- The PA, which accepted the jurisdic- grave crime and abuse of international their next of kin for burial is a flagrant edly during international gatherings. tion of the International Criminal Court humanitarian law. and indisputable violation of the Geneva Regrettably, however, there has been over alleged crimes committed since Likewise, the United Nations, under Conventions and international human- almost a callous indifference from the June 13, 2014, could be deemed liable whose auspices the cease-fire was enact- itarian law, as is wantonly using the rest of the international community – under international law for the ongoing ed, therefore also bears moral and legal soldiers’ bodies as bargaining chips and especially the European Union (EU). crimes carried out by Hamas, including responsibility for Goldin’s capture and intentionally withholding information In April 2018, the European Parlia- failure to act to bring about the release return. The UN must uphold its char- about missing persons, which Hamas ment overwhelmingly passed a reso- of Goldin and the other captive Israelis. ter and Security Council resolution in continues to do. lution calling on Hamas to return to However, instead of holding the demanding the immediate and uncondi- The bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Israel the remains of Goldin and Shaul PA accountable, the EU continues to tional release of his remains and all the Shaul must be returned to Israel for (as well as the civilians Avera Mengistu underwrite the Palestinian Authority’s captive Israelis. proper burial immediately, uncondition- and Hisham al-Sayed). But the EU has “pay to slay” program, incentivizing and The families of these young men ally and without reservation. barely paid lip service to its own reso- contributing funds to the PA’s payments deserve – and by law are entitled to – a It is not surprising that Hamas, a lution by failing to apply it and call on of salaries to Palestinian terrorists and proper burial at home in Israel. fanatical Iran-funded Islamist terror- the Palestinian leadership to release their families. It is time the international communi- ist organization that uses children as the Israelis. As long as the EU fails to abide by ty showed that it is prepared to uphold human shields and aims rockets at The EU, which prides itself on being its own principles, as well as commit- the sacrosanct principles of internation- Israeli civilians, does not abide by inter- a beacon of peace, human rights and ments under international law and the al humanitarian law and that Israeli national law. But what about the com- respect for the rule of law, cannot con- resolutions of its own parliament, it will lives matter, too. mitment of the international commu- tinue to turn its back on the humanitari- nity to uphold these fundamental and an plight of the captive Israelis. inalienable principles? Even just this month, with explosive The United States has seemingly been revelations of mass corruption and ethics Hulse, Playfair the sole voice to take up this humanitar- breaches at UNRWA, the United Nations’ ian cause. aid agency for Palestinians, most of the & McGarry The parents of Hadar Goldin recently EU has continued with business as usual, FUNERAL SERVICES met in Berlin with the U.S. ambassador serving as an ATM to the leadership of to Germany, Richard Grenell, who called Hamas and the Palestinian Authority: In for the immediate repatriation of Gol- 2018 it provided a total of $415 million Serving your community since 1925 Customer: din’s body while urging those who fund US in aid, including to Gaza, the Pales- HULSE, PLAYFAIR UN Palestinian programs to “demand tinian Authority and UNRWA. & MCGARRY action.” Former U.S. ambassador to the Although it is Hamas that is directly 613-233-1143 www.hpmcgarry.ca Issue: JUNE 25, 2018 United Nations Nikki Haley has also responsible for the killing, abduction Colour: B&W taken up the cause of Goldin, both and captivity of Goldin, we must also Click and stay connected with us Size: 5” x 2.5” during her time at the UN and after. not overlook the legal responsibility of Proof #: 4 August 19, 2019 14 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM HEALTH & WELLNESS The puzzling rite of circumcision in the 21st century

e are having a boy!!” does not talk about place, but it is never to occur in a Usually I hear about this announce- sanctuary or be conducted by a priest. ment through e-mail, after the parent- DR. LISA ROSENKRANTZ Today is not the first time that rite of circumcision to-be, or parents-to-be, have had their has been challenged by Jewish families. In the Gre- ‘Wultrasound and identified the sex of their baby. HEALTH & co-Roman period, incomplete circumcision was prac- In the 22 years I have been doing brit milah, as a WELLNESS ticed. Jewish males would undergo surgical procedures mohelet, a lot has changed. to conceal their circumcisions, as they were the object Those number of years ago, parents or the new of derision in the gymnasium. It was at this time that grandparents were calling me after the baby was born, the rabbis demanded that the whole glans be exposed. to make arrangements for the brit milah. I would It was also at this time that the ‘throne of Elijah’ was ask questions to understand their family situation, Words have power. Rightly spoken introduced, and this derives from the thrones that the how extended family may be affected, what this child with proper intention, coming from Romans used for divine visitors, when a child would be means for them, understand what their values are, and named. finally why they want a brit milah. the heart, words can turn the What do I think my role is, today, as a mohelet? The responses would include: “It is what we do, everyday into something remarkable. Words have power. Rightly spoken with proper right?” “This is for my parents,” “I want my child to be intention, coming from the heart, words can turn the Jewish,” and “This is important to me.” It was mostly everyday into something remarkable. My role is to taken for granted that the birth of a Jewish boy gener- Jewish couples. It cannot be taken for granted anymore facilitate and connect the child and the family to this ally entailed a ritual circumcision eight days later. that our children will circumcise their children, never amazing covenantal Jewish experience. Today, the conversations often take place a lot mind have a brit milah. In conversations with parents I often begin talking earlier. Parents-to-be have looked up things on the Forty years ago, Erich Isaac, a professor at the City about the brit milah ceremony, to explore and strength- internet, weighed the medical opinions, gone to social University of New York, wrote that ritual observance of en the parents’ attachment to the larger Jewish com- media. And some parents ask, “Why are we still doing all kinds has become problematic not only for non-be- munity, to welcome them and to facilitate this process. this barbaric act?” Choosing not to circumcise their lievers, but for the thinking adherents of various faiths. I also mention Shalom Baby, PJ Library, and events at child, is a lot more common, than 22 years ago, for As we come to understand the historical roots of var- the Soloway Jewish Community Centre if they do not ious practices, they may have made sense at the time, yet have a connection to a synagogue to reinforce the but not as much now. opportunity and choice of this Jewish experience. What are we to make of the mysterious rite of cir- Ideally, they will experience living a Jewish life as a cumcision? source of joy that binds people together in celebration It was practiced by the ancient Hebrews, as well as and community rather than as laws that restrict and by Israel’s pagan neighbours. As a general statement, constrain us. 613-836-8080 Customer:the whole Bible is against pagan practices, and bodily To be a Jew is to become more than what we think UPPERmutilation CANADA of any sort. we are. As a mohelet, I have the responsibility of [email protected] ELEVATORSCircumcision is mentioned in Genesis 17, when it is changing the personal, private event for the parents, Your local accessibility specialists! Issue:used MAY as a27/19 sign of the covenant between God and Abra- into a public and momentous event for their family, Stannah Stairlifts – Home Elevators Colour:ham andPROCESS his descendants. The eighth day is stipulated for the House of Israel and for the Divine. Size:in Leviticus 3.3 X 2 12:3 and a flint knife was used for the oper- Dr. Lisa Rosenkrantz is a family physician and Proofation #: as2 mentioned in Joshua 5:2-3 and Exodus 4:25. It mohelet in Ottawa.

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BY MAXINE MISKA the Israella Choir, and an informal Yid- SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE dish group called Gelekhter un Gesang. hirley Steinberg helps keeps Yid- Taking up a challenge from a drama dish alive in Ottawa through laugh- teacher at the SJCC, Steinberg formed ter. Since 2000, Shirley has hosted Die Folkshpieler, the Yiddish Players, Yiddish salons at the Soloway gathering all the Yiddish speakers will- SJewish Community Centre (SJCC) for the ing to act and sing. delectation of Yiddish witticisms and song. “I felt Yiddish needed to be part of the For 12 years, Steinberg wrote and SJCC program. There was a resurgence directed Yiddish comic plays performed of Yiddish all over. Yiddish needed to by Die Folkshpieler – the Yiddish Play- he heard, and young people need to be ers. Excerpts from these scripts have introduced to the culture,” Steinberg said. been gathered into Men Darf Lakhn: “Shirley Steinberg came to Ottawa A Collection of Yiddish Skits, Plays and with a unique background. She taught Monologues. The book will be on sale us Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino songs. on Sunday, September 15, 2 pm, at the She put Ottawa on the map for Yiddish SJCC’s next Yiddish Café, “for a good programming, but nothing was written price – bilig vi borsht,” said Shirley Ber- down. I thought her contribution should man, who published the book. be acknowledged,” said Berman in BENITA SIEMIATYCKI Steinberg’s involvement with Yiddish Shirley Steinberg’s Yiddish plays have kept audiences laughing at the SJCC for years. explaining why she published Men Darf began while growing up in a Jewish Lakhn. enclave in Brooklyn. Her father read the ‘Intermittent Yiddish artists’ will family dramatic stories from the Sunday Yiddish radio station in New York. any playful Jewish music for preschool- perform selections from the book at the edition of the Yiddish newspaper and After receiving a degree in Hebrew ers, she composed her own, complied in Yiddish Café, which Steinberg describes her mother took her to see the Second studies at the Jewish Theological Sem- the three-album “Holiday Music Box,” as a “convivial, joyful Yiddish gathering Avenue Yiddish theatre in Manhattan. inary, and a master’s degree in early which includes her well-known “Frog replete with wit, skits, comic capers and, As a child, Shirley starred in Yiddish childhood education from New York Song” about the 10 plagues. of course, a nosh.” For information con- plays at Hebrew school and eventually University, Steinberg supervised pre- When Steinberg came to Ottawa with tact Roslyn Wollock, SJCC adult cultural performed on her own weekly radio pro- school teachers in New York’s Jewish her Canadian husband, she directed her program manager, at 613-798-9818, gram, “Shirei Moledet,” on WEVD, the school system. When she could not find creativity and talent to the formation of ext. 254 or [email protected]. Ottawa Jewish Historical Society announces two fall events

BY TERI LEVINE amazing things she did that were part Sol Shinder, Leonard Shore, Lawrence OTTAWA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY of an illustrious career. You will not Soloway and Stephen Victor. he Ottawa Jewish Historical want to miss it. Plan to join us for a The OJHS welcomes one and all to Society (OJHS) is delighted to wonderful evening. Refreshments will be each of these special evenings. Please announce the final two presen- served. tell your friends, family and anyone else tations in our Shirley Berman The final presentation for the year is you think might enjoy what promises to TLecture Series for 2019. “Jews and the Law: Through the Years be two inspiring evenings. Jackie Holzman, who was the first and the Eyes of Some of the Best.” It will While admission is free of charge, Jewish woman to serve as mayor of be held Thursday, October 24, 7:30 pm, donations to the OJHS are appreciated Ottawa, will discuss “Beshert: In the at the Soloway Jewish Community Cen- and receipts will be provided for dona- Beginning” on Wednesday, September tre (SJCC). tions over $20. Donations allow us to con- Jackie Holzman, the first Jewish woman to 18, 7:30 pm, at Temple Israel, 1301 Prince Presented in conjunction with the tinue presenting these types of programs. serve as mayor of Ottawa, will discuss her of Wales Drive. SJCC, the presentation will feature a For more information, contact the career, September 18, at a lecture presented Holzman has a fascinating story to panel of some of our community’s Ottawa Jewish Historical Society at 613- by the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society. tell about her youth in Ottawa and the important legal minds: Abe Feinstein, 798-9818, ext. 264 or [email protected].

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OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY Refuah Shlema to: In Memory of: CHARLES AND RAE TAVEL SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND Allan Baker by Mary-Belle and Elliot Levitan by Myra and Lester Aronson MEMORIAL FUND (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HILLEL Gerald Pulvermacher Ruth Fleisher by Myra and Lester Aronson Mazel Tov to: ACADEMY ENDOWMENT FUND) Sandy and Murray Ages on their 50th In Memory of: FRANCES AND MORTON ROSS LINDA SLOTIN AND JONATHAN anniversary by Sunny and John Tavel Ruth Fleisher by Ingrid Levitz and family FAMILY FUND FISHER ENDOWMENT FUND Joan Kronick on her special birthday by Mazel Tov to: Birthday Wishes to: In Memory of: Sunny and John Tavel Staci Zemlak-Kenter by Micah and Bryna Cohen by Frances and Morton Ross Elliott Levitan by Linda Slotin and Refuah Shlema to: Jessica Garten In Memory of: Jonathan Fisher Betty Rose by Sunny and John Tavel Trudy Wiseman by Frances and Mazel Tov to: THE OTTAWA LION OF JUDAH Morton Ross Maureen and Mark Farovitch on ALLAN TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND Susan Rothman by Frances and Stephanie’s wedding by Linda Slotin and ENDOWMENT FUND Mazel Tov to: Morton Ross and Liz Ross Jacobs Jonathan Fisher Condolences to: Ellen Nadolny and Frank Grimsley on Elliott Levitan by Frances and Vera Arnott and the Dahan family by the birth of their grandson by Morton Ross THE DAVID SMITH FUND FOR Allan and Maria Taylor Leiba Krantzberg and Michael Metz JEWISH LIFE Dorothy Nadolny on the birth of her SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN In Memory of: BRENT AND RISA TAYLOR great-grandson by Leiba Krantzberg and MEMORIAL FUND Susan Rothman by Leiba Krantzberg and ENDOWMENT FUND Michael Metz In Memory of: Michael Metz Birthday Wishes to: Cheryl and David Dubrofsky on their Susan Rothman by Stephen Polowin; and by Bella Topas by Leiba Krantzberg and Charles Polowin by Risa, Brent and Shira new home by Leiba Krantzberg and the Board of Directors and Cindy Presser Michael Metz Taylor Michael Metz Benedek of Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa In Memory of: FREDA AND PHIL SWEDKO SUSAN WEISMAN AND JEFF Elliott Levitan by Leiba Krantzberg and ELAYNE AND WESLEY SCHACTER MEMORIAL FUND TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Michael Metz Best Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: In Memory of: Elsa Swedko by Claire Bercovitch Susan Weisman and Jeff Taylor on their HARRY AND BERTHA PLEET Ruth Fleisher by Elayne and Wesley son Josh’s graduation from medical MEMORIAL FUND Schacter CASEY AND BESS SWEDLOVE school by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor. 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PULVERMACHER FAMILY SIMON SIGLER B’NAI MITZVAH ENDOWMENT FUND FUND Mazel Tov to: In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Learn about the Rosalyn and Arnold Kimmel on their Josh Sherman by Jules Sigler 50th wedding anniversary by Mary-Belle Ottawa Jewish Community and Gerald Pulvermacher STELLA AND LOUIS SLACK Foundation’s Legacy Challenge at Elizabeth and Allan Schwartz on their MEMORIAL FUND 50th wedding anniversary by Mary-Belle Mazel Tov to: ojcf.ca and Gerald Pulvermacher Myra and Lester Aronson on the In Memory of: engagement of Jordan and Karine by Ruth Fleisher by Mary Belle and Gerald Sandra and Norman Slover; and by Contact Micah Garten at 613-798-4696 ext. 270 Pulvermacher Stuart and Carol Levine or email [email protected] August 19, 2019 24 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM New directors appointed to lead JET’s Glebe Shul

BY DANIELLE ALTONAGA She graduated from the University of Cin- JET cinnati with a master’s degree in speech ET (Jewish Education through and language pathology. She specializes Torah) is delighted to welcome in working with young children, some- Rabbi Kasriel and Pessie Gewirtz- thing she has always had a passion for. Jman who have taken the reins of Rabbi Kasriel was also born and the Glebe Shul, the young adult division raised in Brooklyn and is currently of JET. working toward his master’s degree in Rabbi Yoey and Smin Shaps, the counselling from Bellevue University. previous Glebe Shul directors, have relo- On completion of five years of study in cated to Florida, where Smin’s family is Israel, he received his rabbinic ordina- from, to teach in Jewish day schools in tion from Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovitz of Boca Raton. the Jerusalem Kollel. While in Israel, Rabbi Kasriel and Pessie excitedly Rabbi Kasriel was a volunteer EMT for look forward to creating meaningful Magen David Adom. experiences for young adults in the They are both avid hikers. While living Ottawa Jewish community. They are in Israel, they eagerly explored the coun- passionate, warm, down-to-earth, and try on foot. They share a love of travel in love connecting with new people. general, especially where learning about As the new leaders of the Glebe world history is involved. Rabbi Kasriel Shul, the couple has all kinds of plans can also be found playing and watching in store. They look forward to build- sports. (Yes, he likes hockey!) ing relationships, hosting Shabbat and Rabbi Kasriel and Pessie are the holiday meals, teaching weekly classes, proud parents of three-year-old Chaim running challah bakes, holiday parties, and two-year-old Shimon. and other Glebe Shul programs initiated Visit www.glebeshul.com for more by founders Rabbi Michael and Stacy information about the Glebe Shul and Goldstein and continued under the lead- our programs for young adults and visit ership of Rabbi Yoey and Smin Shaps. www.jetottawa.com for information on Pessie Gewirtzman (holding Shimon) and Rabbi Kasriel Gewirtzman (holding Chaim) have Pessie grew up in Brooklyn, New York. other JET programs. moved to Ottawa to become directors of the Glebe Shul. AJA 50+ swings into fall with diverse programming

BY HANNAH BERNSTEIN working to present more than 100 pro- hear “Alex’s Story,” when Ottawa’s Alex “Neanderthal Man,” a visit to the RCMP FOR AJA 50+ grams per year, the upcoming fall lineup Polowin will describe his personal expe- Stables, and guided viewings of current hether you’re in your promises to challenge, stimulate and rience during the Second World War on a exhibits at the National Gallery of Canada. 50s, 90s, or anywhere in delight our close to 400 members. ship that played a critical role on D-Day. Crafters will be able to hone their between, Active Jewish Informative lectures and talks are Frequent travellers won’t want to skills through card-making. In a nod to Adults (AJA) 50+, now a mainstay at AJA 50+. For the sci- miss hearing all about the timely sub- the arts, AJA 50+ members can enjoy a Win our 18th year, delivers a range of pro- ence-minded, an intriguing talk on jects of air passenger rights and accessi- contemporary jazz concert and, in con- grams to suit tastes and interests that are “Distant Worlds of the Solar System” will ble transportation. “Medical Assistance junction with community partner MASC as diverse as its members. explore the search for the elusive Planet in Dying,” presented by Dying with Dig- (Multicultural Arts for Schools and With a dedicated program committee X. Local history buffs will be keen to nity Canada, will provide context and Communities), attend “An Afternoon at background on the law, process, and the Opera,” hear a “Junkyard Sympho- current issues on this highly complex ny,” and learn about the many and var- WESTBORO and controversial subject. ied “Instruments of the World.” Keeping the mind sharp is important A key component of AJA 50+’s com- FLOORING & DECOR to all seniors. Offered for the first time mitment to the community is evidenced are two programs that will do just that: through our exciting weekly, all-day Choose ECHO Luxury Vinyl Flooring for an “Fun Math and Logic Puzzles,” and Jewish social and recreational program, easy to maintain wood or tile floor look. “Advanced Bridge Lessons.” Creative Connections, which caters to Offered in conjunction with the Solo- our older seniors by offering a variety of way Jewish Community Centre are two workshops, informative lectures, gentle OTTAWA KINGSTON multi-session programs: connect with exercise classes and an engaging music 195 Colonnade Rd.S 649 Justus Drive your inner artist at “Watercolour for program. 613-226-3830 613-384-7447 Beginners,” and learn how the “Cultural After 18 years of continuous operation, Migration of the Jewish, Irish, Italian, AJA 50+ is getting ready to party! A chai Chinese and Lebanese Communities” celebration is in the works for October. has contributed to Ottawa’s vibrant and New members are invited to join in cosmopolitan environment. person at Temple Israel on Monday, For games enthusiasts, there’s weekly August 26, between 9:30 am and noon, chess, mah jongg, bridge, ping pong and and all are welcome to register for excit- Scrabble. This fall, golfers are invited to ing fall programs. Or visit continue taking to the links for weekly www.aja50plus.ca where the fall program tee-offs. guide will be posted during the week of If exploring and tours are your thing, August 19, with online registration com- www.westboroflooring.com consider a tour of the Canadian Muse- mencing on August 27. AJA 50+ looks um of History and its special exhibit on forward to seeing you this autumn. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 25 Pashtida with zucchini, corn and tomatoes A colourful celebration of summer produce

BY EMANUELLE LEE his recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. Pashtida (a crustless quiche) is beloved and common in Israel, where it is enjoyed at pot- lucks, school events, shivas, and everything in Tbetween. It’s also commonly prepared for Shavuot and Sukkot. The versatile dish transports well, and there is no right or wrong way to make one. Israelis make pashtida all year long, but it’s a dish especially perfect for warmer climates and seasons, when it’s just too hot to spend hours in an overheat- ed kitchen. Plus, during warmer months, there are so many incredible seasonal ingredients available to include in the pashtida, making it extra delicious. You should feel free to use this recipe as a base and add the vegetables and cheese that speak most to your tastes. Alongside a fresh salad at brunch or a pasta at dinner, this pashtida with zucchini, grilled corn, toma- toes and basil completes a perfect meal.

Serves 4-6.

2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon olive oil 6 scallions, roughly chopped 2 zucchinis, cut into 1/4 cm-thick half-rounds EMANUELLE LEE The versatile pashtida transports well, and there is no right or wrong way to make one. 2 ears of corn, kernels removed from cob 1 2 /2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes, half of them cut in half 9. Add the vegetables into the egg mixture, reserving dish. Pour the mixture into the tin or dish. Shred 4 eggs a little bit of each vegetable for the top. Mix well. the remainder of the mozzarella over the top of the 3 tablespoons plain flour Shred half of the mozzarella into small pieces and mixture and then top with the remaining grated 1 /3 cup ricotta add to the mixture. cheddar. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper 1 3 /2 ounces fresh mozzarella 10. Lightly grease an 8-inch round cake tin or pie dish and top with the reserved vegetables. 2 ounces cheddar cheese, grated with butter or olive oil. Sprinkle half the grated 11. Bake the pashtida for 30-35 minutes, or until it’s 1 tablespoon butter cheddar around the bottom and sides of the tin or fluffy and cooked through. 1 large handful of fresh basil Sea salt and black pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Stand with Israel... 2. Stand the ears of corn up on a plate and careful- ly remove the kernels, cutting downward with a In Israel sharp knife. 3. Heat a medium-large pan on high heat and add the corn kernels to the dry pan. Stir occasionally, allowing them to become more bright yellow in colour and a little bit charred. Transfer the corn to another plate, season with a pinch of sea salt and allow half the butter to melt over it. 4. Let the pan cool for a few minutes and then place it back onto medium heat. Add 1 table- spoon olive oil and then the zucchini slices. Stir occasionally until they become slightly softened and begin to brown. Transfer to the plate with the corn and add the remaining butter and a pinch of sea salt. 5. Wipe the pan with a paper towel. On medium heat, heat 1 teaspoon olive oil and add the scallions. They should sizzle and become charred within a few minutes. Stir them occasionally, then remove them from the pan. 6. Add the last tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and add the tomatoes. Let them blister and soften FACEBOOK Rideau Bakery bread – Farm Boy began selling the [email protected] slightly. Season with a pinch of salt and remove Rideau Bakery line of kosher breads at its stores 514-735-0272 or [email protected] them from the heat. throughout Ontario on August 7. The bread is being 7. Allow all the cooked vegetables to cool down. baked under the supervision of the Ottawa Vaad 8. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs until slightly HaKashrut. Farm Boy purchased the Rideau Bakery www.sarelcanada.org frothy. Slowly add the flour and mix continuously. recipes and equipment from the Kardish family after the Programs start approximately Then add the ricotta and mix well. Season with a closure of the two Rideau Bakery locations in late June. every 3 weeks. pinch of salt and black pepper. August 19, 2019 26 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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In Memory of: Chuck Polowin Mazel Tov on your very special Elliott Levitan by Joel and Barbara Diener Gunner Family Fund Birthday by Debbie and Bernie Tonchin, In Memory of: Shari, Joe and Mira Polowin, Alex Polowin Ruth and Irving Aaron Family Fund Dr. Mark and Nina Dover Family Fund David Keeb by Sol and Estelle Gunner and family and Flo and Joel Morgan In Memory of: In Honour of: Judith Hans by Sol and Estelle Gunner In Memory of: Elliott Levitan by Ruth and Irving Aaron Nina Dover Wishing you a Happy Birthday Elliott Levitan by Sol and Estelle Gunner Elliott Levitan by Malca and Chuck Polowin Trudy Wiseman by Ruth and Irving Aaron by your friends at the Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation Sydney and Ethel Hartman Fund Ratner / Levine Family Fund Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund In Memory of: In Memory of: In Memory of: In Memory of: Elliott Levitan by Mark and Nina Dover Sheila Hartman by Sheela and Simon Morin Elliott Levitan by Danny and Rhonda Levine Natalie Seward by Marilyn Adler and family Shmuel and Malka Feig Evelyn and Isadore Hoffman Family Ruth Fleisher by Danny and Rhonda Levine Sam and Jean Akerman Memorial Family Fund Fund and family Fund In Memory of: In Honour of: In Memory of: Malka Feig by Linda, Steve and Lorne Kerzner Rabbi Sender and Mrs. Sarah Gordon Mazel Sonia Rawicki Agulnik Music Fund Sheila Hartman by Evelyn Lieff and Jessica and Myles Kraut Tov on the birth of your new daughter by In Memory of: Issie and Evelyn Hoffman (Correction from Trudy Wiseman by Paula and Manny Agulnik Stephen and Marcia Aronson Family Alan Freed Family Fund previous bulletin) Fund In Honour of: In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Sam and Ruth Rothman In Honour of: Alan Freed Mazel Tov on your special Birth- Sender Hoffman by Issie and Evelyn Hoffman Memorial Fund Carol and Laurie Pascoe Mazel Tov on the day by George and Elaine Citrome In Memory of: marriage of Sarah to Noah by Marcia and David, Harvey and Victor Kardish Sue Rothman by Jeff and Felice Pleet, Steve Aronson Friedberg and Dale Families Fund Family Fund Ben Rothman and Cynthia Fisher, Diana Malomet Wishing you well in your new In Memory of: In Memory of: Denise and Rene Piche, Ingrid Levitz and home by Marcia and Steve Aronson Sue Rothman by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Elliott Levitan by Margo and David Kardish family, Danny and Darlene Rosenhek, Jack- Annette Albert Mazel Tov on your special Daley and family Continued on page x7

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Sarah and Arnie Swedler In Honour of: ****************** Family Fund Bev and Bryan Glube Mazel Tov on the Ritual Program In Memory of: birth of your beautiful grandson by Joy and In Honour of: Elliott Levitan by Arnie Swedler and Seymour Mender Issie Scarowsky In appreciation for taking pic- Rhoda Zaitlin Linda and Alex Wakter Mazel Tov on Tara’s tures at KBI’s “Echoes of the Soul” concert Ruth Fleisher by Arnie Swedler and Continued from page 26 engagement to Kobi by Joy and by Cantor Jason Green and the Kehillat Rhoda Zaitlin Seymour Mender Beth Israel Congregation David and Cheryl Dubrofsky Wishing Rabbi Levy and Dina Teitelbaum Mazel Tov on Roslyn and Myles Taller Family Fund you many happy years In your new the wedding of Mushka and Adam by Lind- ie and Grant and Natai, Lois and In Memory of: surroundings by Susan and Charlie say and Darren Morenstein Jeffrey Eisen, Halley and Isaac and family, Elliott Levitan by Roz Taller Schwartzman Allan and Natalie and family, Barb and R’Fuah Shlema: ****************** Lenny Farber, Michoel Klugmann and R’Fuah Shlema: Zelaine Shinder by Roz Taller Therapeutic Program Firmland, Jim and Eleanor Dowling, Tracey Kronick by Roz Taller Judith Piazza by Carol Gradus Patrick and Sarah and family, Darlene and Allan Baker by Carol Gradus In Honour of: Rhoda Aronson Wishing you a Happy Birth- Derrick and family, Rosalyn Reider and Ethel and Irving Taylor Family Fund family, Canadian Capital Mortgage day by Judy and Jerry Goldsteins In Memory of: ****************** Corporation, Auntray and Debbie Sue Rothman by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor ****************** Mendelker, Sheldon, Robert and Vincent, Betsy, Samantha and Lindsay Recreation Program In Memory of: Carole and Norman Zagerman Borden, Stuart and Laura Rothman, In Honour of: Elliott Levitan by Morton and Sylvia Pleet, Jeff Family Fund Rosie and Paul Parnass and Peter and Ruth Poplove Mazel Tov on your special and Felice Pleet, Marty Saslove, Sandy and In Memory of: Vicki Goldman Birthday by Diana Malomet marvin Granatstein Shirley Cohen by Evelyn Lieff Natalie Stein Best wishes on your 75th Trudy Wiseman by Ingrid Levitz and family Shelley and Sidney Rothman Mark Molot by Carole Zagerman Birthday by Esther and David Kwavnick Natalie Seward by Morris Shapiro and Bernice Family Fund Ruth Fleisher by Carole Zagerman Seward Elliott Levitan by Carole Zagerman and Howie Levine Mazel Tov on your retirement by In Memory of: Morris Agulnik by Mark and Ann Dover Andrea and Laurie Arron Barbara and Larry Hershorn Sue Rothman by Shelley Rothman and family Ruth Fleisher by Janet and Norman Ironstone David and Norma Freeman Happy 30th Elliott Levitan by Shelley Rothman In Honour of: and Beverly Friedman and family Chuck Polowin Mazel Tov on your very special Anniversary by Bubby Sylvia In Honour of: Schachter/Ingber Family Fund 90th Birthday by Carole Zagerman and Bryna Cohen Wishing you a Happy Birthday Enid and Jeff Gould Best wishes on your 50th Andrea and Laurie Arron In Memory of: by Naomi Lipsky Cracower, Elissa Iny and Anniversary by Evelyn Lieff R’Fuah Shlema: Ruth Fleisher by Rachel, Howard, Davida and Sue Cohen Rhoda Aronson Wishing you a happy and Tracey Kronick by Carole Zagerman Josh Schachter Allan and Liz Schwartz Mazel Tov on your healthy Birthday by Molly Hirsch and Eric 50th Anniversary by Sandy and Marvin Elkin *************** Monica and Alvin Stein Family Fund Granatstein Bryna Cohen Wishing you a very happy Birth- Feeding Program In Honour of: Harriette Borins Mazel Tov and best wishes on day by Joan and Howard Spunt In Memory of: Harris Pleet In appreciation by Rena Cohen Monica Stein Wishing you a very Happy Birth- your very special Birthday by Ingrid Levitz Elliott Levitan by Joy and Seymour Mender Chuck Polowin Happy 90th Birthday by day by your friends at the Hillel Lodge LTC and family Foundation and family Donna and Eric Levin

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Chairs: Adam Schacter Sponsored by: and Seymour Mender August 19, 2019 28 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Pink Lionesses Israel dragon boat team helps women recover from cancer Dragon boating in Israel is a legacy of the efforts of a small group of women from Ottawa’s Jewish community. Matthew Horwood reports.

ink Lionesses Israel (PLI), an Israe- li dragon boating team for women recovering from various cancers, is saving lives according to its coach Pand founder Reuven (Ruvik) Ram. Ram visited Ottawa, July 16 to 19, to Members of Pink Lionesses Israel, a dragon boating team for women recovering from cancer, gather on the shore of Lake Kinneret where they practice. promote awareness and gain support for PLI. The concept of dragon boating in has 125 women on the team, and there Israel can be traced back to 2009 when are more than 60 others “waiting for Debbie Halton-Weiss and several other permission from their doctors to join in Lion of Judah members formed the Sea these activities.” Lions to compete in the Ottawa Dragon While the Pink Lionesses are “thriv- Boat Festival. ing,” funding for PLI remains an issue, The team’s success in the festival according to Halton-Weiss, as they are emboldened them to think about orga- volunteer-run and don’t yet have chari- nizing a dragon boat festival in Israel. table status. Halton-Weiss said her team had this While PLI is recognized by the Jor- idea because she did some research and dan Valley Regional Sports Council and discovered “there were dragon boat fes- receives about 25,000 shekels in fund- tivals in 71 countries, but not in Israel.” ing, Halton-Weiss said this money is In 2011, after Halton-Weiss – who “not nearly enough for what they need, served as chair of the Jewish Federation but it is a real start.” of Ottawa from 2011 to 2013 – and seven It costs around $400 to equip a single other Jewish women volunteers from MATTHEW HORWOOD woman with the equipment necessary Ottawa raised the necessary funds to During a trip to Ottawa, Pink Lionesses Israel founder and coach Reuven (Ruvik) Ram holds to practice, such as “UV clothing, spe- purchase six dragon boats from China, a photo of the team practicing on Lake Kinneret. cialized lifejackets and carbon paddles,” they travelled to Israel to introduce Ram explained, a difficult financial chal- dragon boating to the country. It was boating team, Degania Bet, which he gery or radiation therapy, Ram said none lenge for many PLI members who “can- then that Ram stepped foot in a dragon coached for four years. In 2015, he joined of the women on his dragon boating team not work and are paying for expensive boat for the first time. the Haifa Lions as their coach. have developed the condition. cancer treatments.” In 2012, Israel held its first ever After travelling with the Haifa Lions “I say I am just a coach, but some PLI, Halton-Weiss explained, recent- dragon boat festival on Lake Kinneret, to Taiwan and Hong Kong for dragon ladies have told me that I saved their ly secured a manufacturing sponsor in raising more than $50,000 for various boating festivals and meeting with lives,” Ram said. “This group is what Israel that has created a new design for charities. Dragon Boat Israel was a joint breast cancer survivors from other coun- is saving lives, not only because of the lifejackets specifically for breast cancer Canada-Israel initiative, spearheaded by tries, Ram said he was inspired to found exercising, but because of the socializing survivors. They plan to patent the life- the Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA Pink Lionesses Israel in 2018. aspect.” jackets and offer them to PLI members and Ottawa’s Jewish community. PLI is a group of women at different According to Halton-Weiss, PLI has at a discounted price. The sponsor has The teams participating in the festival stages of recovery, coping with various physicians involved “both on and off the also supplied the team with discounted included “breast cancer survivors, dis- cancers. Ram said the team was initially team” who have been impressed with paddles, covers for the paddles and for advantaged kids, Muslims and Druze – only for women with breast cancer, but how dragon boating is “facilitating the the dragon boats, and has plans to give people who would have never gotten in after a few months they “decided to physical and mental recovery of these all the boats a fresh coat of paint. a boat together,” said Halton-Weiss. expand it to women with all forms of women, some of whom never get out of Ram said organizing and coaching Halton-Weiss’ plan was to host Drag- cancer.” the house except to go to practice.” PLI is “the most meaningful thing I on Boat Israel for three years and then Ram created PLI with the help of Orit Ram said the other unique aspect of have ever done in my life.” “transfer ownership and direction over Ziv, an Israeli breast cancer survivor his dragon boating team is the diversity Halton-Weiss said she is “thrilled that to the Israelis,” and work with them in a who lost her sister Tali to the disease. of its members. Dragon Boat Israel’s legacy continues to more limited capacity. Ziv is a manager of PLI and assists with “You can find Arab Muslims and live on” and that her festival introduced The final Dragon Boat Israel festival volunteer organizing. Arab Christians, Ethiopians, Jews from so many Israeli women to the sport. was held in 2015, but its legacy contin- While there are numerous groups in the east and west, Russians and Druze,” “We had our original vision of the ues on through Ram and PLI. Israel assisting women with their recov- he said. dragon boat festival, but it’s gone and Ram, who taught high school physi- ery from various cancers, Ram said PLI “They are all in the same boat, not morphed into areas we could have never cal education for over 35 years and was is the first group to do so with physical talking politics. This can change the imagined,” Halton-Weiss said. “They a basketball and sailing coach, said his activity. world,” Ram said. have taken our values of inclusivity and experience in those roles made it “very While it is common for breast cancer PLI members, he explained, come from accessibility to develop their own very easy” to transition over to coaching patients to develop lymphedema, a condi- all over Israel, some commuting from as successful program.” dragon boating. tion which results in swelling in the limbs far as Beer Sheva, a two-hour drive. Find more information at In 2011, Ram founded a dragon which can be caused by breast cancer sur- Halton-Weiss said the PLI currently www.facebook.com/pinklionessesisrael/. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 29 The double-edged sword of independence

t started small, as most things do, when my daugh- they play, even if we are watching over her shoulder. ter insisted on brushing her teeth by herself. And let’s face it: old-fashioned bribery works per- Only three months shy of her fourth birthday, SHIRLEE PRESS fectly in a pinch. After all, we can’t be perfect. she began flexing her “big girl” muscles more and It comes down to giving her a feeling of being in Imore, which forced my husband and I to start setting MODERN control as much as possible. That doesn’t mean an end limits around her newfound independence. MISHPOCHA to tantrums, but limits the impossible-to-win situa- We have been adjusting those limits by necessity; tions we find ourselves in. having a busy and very mobile one-year-old means we But all this independence is a double-edged sword. can’t always be there for the big sister. So she now goes Our girls are young and clingy, and that means I to the bathroom, picks her clothes, gets dressed, brush- often find myself feeling guilty about craving some es her teeth, and washes her hands, all by herself. As I quickly found out, telling her space. The guilt comes from knowing this time is so She has also been given more leeway at her daycare how things work just doesn’t… work. short, and as their independence grows, their need for to work on those “big girl” abilities and comes home their parents will begin to diminish. to test the limits. This is where the friction kicks in. “Just wait until they’re teenagers,” our parents often “I can do whatever I want.” stool she used to reach the light switch by herself. I remind us. “You have to listen to my words.” dug in – trying to teach her to put away things she Yes, I try not to think about that. “You can’t tell me what to do.” takes out – but it quickly spiralled out of control. The After the stool incident, my husband told me a “Oh, yes I can. I’m the mommy and I get to make next thing I knew, I was holding the door shut while story his mother likes to tell in these situations. When the rules. When you’re a mommy you can make the she screamed and smashed the stool against the door he was about four years old, he wanted to walk into rules.” on the other side. #parentingfail daycare by himself. She followed, remaining a few As I quickly found out, telling her how things work What my husband and I have found most helpful steps back to give him the space and independence he just doesn’t… work. is reframing the situation. We tell her to use her “nice sought. So what is a parent to do? words” to see how we respond. We give her choices for “So, what’s your point?” I asked, feeling deflated. I really struggled with this at first and still do. I’m meals, which means we have to respect her decision “I kept looking over my shoulder,” he replied, “to a stubborn person and I have (perhaps I deserve) two even if we don’t like it (unless she asks for chocolate). make sure my mom was still there.” equally-stubborn daughters. How can I look myself in We are really trying to explain why we need to do It was a good reminder that our children will be the mirror as a mother when my four-year-old can out- something she may not like and offer her an activity constantly looking over their shoulders, even when smart me in an argument? she will like later on. And we find new ways to make they get old enough to roll their eyes and say, “Mom, Learning to pick my battles has been humbling. her feel in charge or give her small responsibilities, can you give me some space?” The other night she tried to get me to put back a such as keeping an eye on her younger sister while Hopefully they will at least say please.

Physical and mental fitness you can practice from the comfort of your deck chair

ummer is in full swing. While some people take technique. Close your eyes, relax and form a picture advantage of the weather and do more outdoor in your mind of yourself doing something physically sports and physical activities, others like nothing GLORIA SCHWARTZ active. The power of visualization is that it helps you more than lazing on a deck chair by the pool, to mentally rehearse a behaviour. You can increase Son the shore, in their backyard or on their balcony. A FOCUS ON self-confidence with this technique. vigorous workout entails moving in ways that increase FITNESS Deep, diaphragmatic breathing can improve blood your heart rate and get you sweating. However, there are flow and decrease blood pressure and anxiety. You can times when you may not be in the mood or feel motivat- breathe deeply while reclining or sitting up. With one ed to get off your butt. If you only want to get up from hand on your chest and one on your stomach, inhale your deck chair to top up your cold beverage, I can sug- a nice hip stretch. Repeat both stretches on the other through your nose for five seconds, allow the oxygen gest a number of low-to-no intensity practices you can leg. to fill your belly (your chest should not rise) and engage in to improve your well-being. You don’t even If you’ve delivered a baby vaginally, have prostate exhale through your mouth with pursed lips for five need special equipment, workout clothes or running issues or are past middle age, you may experience seconds. Repeat for one to five minutes. shoes. So no excuses! occasional bladder leaks due to weak pelvic floor While you’re feeling very relaxed, take a few If you’re sitting or laying around for an extended muscles. The Kegel exercise, which you can do any- moments of gratitude. Try closing your eyes and think- period of time, your lower back can benefit from the where without anyone noticing, can strengthen these ing of things you’re grateful for today. We all endure Sphynx stretch. It’s safest to stretch with warmed-up muscles. It’s best to do Kegels on an empty bladder. hardships in life; but it’s important to reflect on the lit- muscles, which you probably have if you’re outdoors Squeeze the same muscles you’d squeeze if you were tle things that make life worthwhile, which give us joy in the summer heat. Lie face down on your deck chair, urinating and wanted to stop the flow mid-stream. and that make life meaningful. This mental exercise is a lift your upper body supported by your elbows and Squeeze and hold for a few seconds then relax and good reminder that even in dark times, there are beau- gaze slightly upwards. You should feel comfortable in repeat several more times. tiful moments. As I write this article while reclining on this position. You can hold that pose for a few seconds You can also strengthen your upper body without a chair on my dock, I hear birds screeching somewhere or a few minutes. equipment while reclining on your deck chair. in the woods and I see ripples gently making their way There are many other gentle stretches you can do For example, you can work your abdominal muscles across the lake. I feel grateful for this gift of being able from the comfort of your deck chair. Lying on your and if you have a couple of water bottles you can to write and relax while surrounded by nature. back, raise one leg and hold it with your hands. With- work your biceps, triceps, pecs and shoulders. Visit Another thing you can do from your deck chair is out forcing it, see how high you can raise your leg https://tinyurl.com/yxpqdpdj to watch my demo, start a plan. Summer will be over before you know it. while keeping it straight. The more flexible your ham- “Gloria demonstrates Deck Chair Exercises.” What will you do when the lazy days of summer are strings, the higher you’ll be able to hold your leg. Next, Visualization or mental imagery is a sports psychol- over? Think of what you’d like to work on for your bend your knee and cross the ankle over your other ogy technique that professional athletes sometimes health and fitness come autumn. Make a mental note thigh. Press both legs towards your body and you’ll get employ. You don’t have to be an athlete to use this and don’t forget to follow up. August 19, 2019 30 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Anglican Church of Canada to remove prayer for conversion of Jews

BY SAM SOKOL

(JTA) – The Anglican Church of Can- ada is close to removing a prayer for There were 1,447 newborn Davids in Israel in 2018 and 1,289 Tamars. the conversion of the Jews from its official liturgy. The church’s General Synod over- whelmingly approved its deletion David and Tamar top lists of most during a recent meeting in Vancou- ver, the Canadian Jewish News (CJN) popular Jewish baby names in Israel reported. The Centre for Israel and Jewish BY MARCY OSTER closely by the name Ariel for boys at Affairs’ Canadian Rabbinic Caucus JERUSALEM (JTA) – David is the most 1,323. called the move “a milestone in popular name for a Jewish baby boy in The girls’ name Tamar was the most Anglican-Jewish relations.” A view of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Israel and Tamar for a Jewish baby girl. popular name for newborn Jewish According to the CJN, the prayer at 217 First Avenue in Ottawa. The name Muhammad is still the girls for the third year in a row. Tamar will be replaced with one calling for most common name given to newborns was followed by Maya. The name Noa “reconciliation with the Jews.” If rat- in Israel, mainly among Muslim boys, dropped to fourth place. ified at the 2022 General Synod, the edge and repent” its “participation though it continues to decline in popu- Rising in popularity from 2000 to motion will go into effect and the in antisemitism” and help it to larity, according to a report released on 2018 were the names Ayala, Abigail, church will no longer officially call “stop singling out Jews as a target July 30 by the Central Bureau of Statis- Arbel, Ophir, Carmel, Shai-Lee, Aviv, for Jews to abandon their faith. for our evangelistic efforts, and to tics. For Muslim girls, the most common Omer, Gefen, Levi, Hallel, Halali, May- In a statement, the Anglican assume a humble and reconciliato- name was Miriam with 523 in 2018. all, Ariel, Anhal, Emmanuel and Tohar, bishop of Quebec said the change ry stance with our Jewish elders in There were 1,447 newborn Davids in according to the report. Also on the rise would help the church “acknowl- the faith.” Israel in 2018 and 1,289 Tamars. are Aria, Miley, Mila, Emily, Romi, Liv, The boys’ name David was followed Lenny, Alma, Emma, Eve, Gaia and Ann. August 19, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 31

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MONDAY, AUGUST 19 Federation of Ottawa and the Canadian Jewish Political kickoff event will feature Elon Gold, internationally Affairs Committee. Co-hosts: Kehillat Beth Israel, known comedian and actor. Film NIght – “The Fruit Machine” with a discussion Temple Israel, Or Haneshamah 7 - 9 pm, Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Dr. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Contact: Dar Blue, [email protected] SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 Film screening of “The Fruit Machine” and discussion led Yiddish Café by Michelle Douglas, who successfully sued the Canadian Capital Pride Parade Tailgate Party 2 - 4 pm. Armed Forces in a 1992 case that ended Canada’s formal- 11:30 am - 2 pm, Pride Parade, Gladstone at Bank Contact: Roslyn Wollock, [email protected] ized ban on LGBTQ people in the military. Contact: Dar Blue, [email protected] Cost: $10. A convivial, joyful Yiddish gathering replete Join us before the parade begins for cold drinks, snacks, with wit, skits, comic capers and, of course, a nosh. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 schmoozing and fun! Look for our posters with more details on where to meet. Rainbow wear highly encour- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 All Gender Rainbow Challah Bake aged! All LGBTQ people and allies welcome! 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, Sponsor: Temple Israel Author Talk with Gila Green 1400 Coldrey Ave. 1 - 3 pm Contact: Deborah Zuker Ethiopian Dinner and Showcase Contact: Jack Schecter, [email protected] [email protected] 6 - 8 pm, Congregation Beit Tikvah of Ottawa, Gila Green is an Israel-based Canadian author from Cost: $ 10. All are welcome! KBI invites you, your friends 15 Chartwell Ave. Ottawa, who works as a freelance writer, editor and and family, LGBTQ, Jewish and non-Jewish, folks of all Contact: Ben Shillow, [email protected] author of Passport Control, White Zion, No Entry and King abilities, adults and teens looking to connect, share Representatives of the Ethiopian Jewish communities of the Class. traditions, and celebrate Pride Week together! Our lead from Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto will be preparing a baker will be Jenny Roberge. traditional and authentic kosher dinner. There will be THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 freshly brewed Ethiopian beer, a variety of home-cooked Ethiopian dishes, a singer and more awaiting our guests, Nefesh Mountain Concert and Welcome Fair FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 all served and presented by members of our own Ottawa 5 - 10 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation Ethiopian community! Come celebrate a joyous evening 1400 Coldrey Ave. Rainbow Pride Teddy Bear Shabbat of culture, cuisine, unity and diversity! $40 non-mem- Contact: Deborah Zuker featuring Drag Queen Story Hour ber, $36 members, $15 children ages 3-12 [email protected] 5:30 - 7 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, Register at cbto.org/dinner – RSVP by Tuesday, August 20 Kehillat Beth Israel welcomes renowned Jewish 1400 Coldrey Ave. bluegrass group Nefesh Mountain for an evening of Contact: Deborah Zuker COMING SOON music and community! Plan to join us for a family [email protected] concert in the early evening, a welcome fair for all to Tots 6 and under and their adults are invited to this very SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 learn more about KBI’s unique and thriving congrega- special Teddy Bear Shabbat to celebrate Pride! Our tion, and an evening all-ages concert. special guest and story teller will be Drag Queen Kosher BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Adrianna Exposée. Don’t miss this wonderful opportun- 3 - 7 pm, Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad ity to celebrate love in all families and being the real 111 Lamplighters Dr. CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE you! This program is free and open to the community, Contact: Rabbi Blum, [email protected] AUGUST 23 7:39 PM all are welcome! BBQ competition, food galore, family entertainment. AUGUST 30 7:27 PM SEPTEMBER 6 7:14 PM Capital Pride Shabbat TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 SEPTEMBER 13 7:00 PM 7:30 – 9:30 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel, 1400 Coldrey Ave. SEPTEMBER 20 6:47 PM Cost: $10 - $18 at www.eventbrite.ca Annual Campaign Kickoff 2020 Contact: Jessica Burke, [email protected], 416-728-6376 7 - 9 pm, Algonquin Commons Theatre, BULLETIN DEADLINES Please join us as we celebrate Pride in our diversity! This 1385 Woodroffe Ave., Building E WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 FOR SEPTEMBER 23 is a fully catered event including wine and dessert. Contact: Tanya Poirier, [email protected] WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 FOR OCTOBER 7 Tickets must be purchased in advance only. Hosted by 613-798-4696, ext. 241 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 FOR OCTOBER 28 The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Jewish The Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s 2020 campaign WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 FOR NOVEMBER 11

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