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BY MONIQUE ELLIOT “People here really do care about others and, when you pull together as a commun- ity, you can do amazing things,” said ice cream icon Jerry Greenfi eld as he mingled with the large crowd sampling three of Ben & Jerry’s popular fl avours in the lobby of Theatre. “People are incredibly warm, welcoming, hospitable, gracious, and I was over- whelmed with the reception I got,” he said after his entertaining and inspiring address at the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s 2015 Rabbi Menachem Blum (centre) cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad’s new synagogue building PHOTO: MIKE CARROCCETTO Annual Campaign Kickoff event, in . With him (from left) are Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre, Dina Blum and the Blum children. September 14. Discussing how charitable giving can be integrated into all aspects of life, Greenfi eld had the crowd laughing along as he told ‘Impossible dream’ realized stories about how he and his childhood best friend Ben Cohen, co-founded the 12,000 square-foot, $4.5 million multi- Vermont-based ice cream company that Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad building purpose facility indoors to enthusiastic incorporated their “hippie” values into the and encouraging applause from the business world, making philanthropy a city’s fi rst new synagogue in decades crowd, an occasion he said was 17 years in high priority. the making. The ice cream team started giving back BY MONIQUE ELLIOT Drive in Barrhaven to standing-room- The grand opening was an opportunity early, after founding the company in 1978 he sky darkened early and it only capacity during its grand opening to “commemorate, celebrate and dedi- and working through the inevitable started to rain, but that didn’t ceremony, September 15. cate our new home,” said Perry Medicoff, growing pains of small business entrepre- stop hundreds of congregants “The impossible dream has become a the event’s master of ceremonies, who neurship. Their increasing popularity made Tand well-wishers from fi lling the dynamic reality,” said Rabbi Menachem participated in the building’s ground- them realize they were “bursting at the new Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad (OTC) Blum, executive director of OTC. breaking just 16 months ago. seams” and needed a new manufacturing synagogue building at 111 Lamplighters Rabbi Blum cut the ribbon to the new, See OTC on page 5 See Kickoff on page 2

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Continued from page 1 for the future, when he spoke of their plant where all supplies and ingredients decision to enrol their three young could be stored. children at the Ottawa Jewish Community Instead of pursuing venture capital School (OJCS). funding, as most small-businesses do, Despite “two very good public schools” Greenfi eld and Cohen established a close to their home in Barrhaven, the precedent-setting public stock offering in Greenbergs wanted their children to be Vermont, allowing their customers to “get able to thrive in a safe environment both a scoop of the action.” academically and socially, and to be able to “We were looking for our neighbours: “develop a strong sense of Jewish identity.” people who had been supporting us.” Greenberg said they decided on OJCS As the business began to grow, after doing their “due diligence” and Greenfi eld said he and Cohen were visiting some schools. concerned their company was becoming The Greenberg children have also “just another cog in the economic attended summer day camp and partici- machine” and took steps to redirect that pated in the After Care program at the path. Ben & Jerry’s earmarks 7.5 per cent of Soloway Jewish Community Centre. its pre-tax profi ts to support a variety of “That turned out to be a few of the best charitable causes – the average among decisions we ever made in terms of American corporations being 1.5 per cent. programming, excellent staff and the The company also has 14 partnership friendships that were started,” he said. shops that work with at-risk youth and Sophie Kohn Kaminsky of AJA (Active supports Fair Trade-certifi ed vanilla, cocoa Jewish Adults) 50+ capped off the testi- and coffee beans. monials about programs subsidized or “As you give, you receive,” he said, funded by the Annual Campaign as she explaining that the principles they spoke of the social networking and established have been maintained in the PHOTO: SHAUGHNESSY PHOTOGRAPHY programming offered by AJA 50+. years since Ben & Jerry’s was bought by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield (seated centre) with (from left) Jewish “Simply put, AJA 50+ provides many Unilever, the multinational food company. Federation of Ottawa Chair Steven Kimmel, Federation President and CEO Andrea Freedman, opportunities to develop new friendships, Cohen and Greenfi eld have stayed on at Annual Campaign Co-chairs Jeffrey Miller and Leiba Krantzberg and Kickoff Co-chairs Gillie social connections and ways to keep Ben & Jerry’s as brand ambassadors. Vered and Susan Viner Vered. healthy and active in mind, body and Kickoff Co-chairs Gillie Vered and Susan spirit,” she said of the impact AJA 50+ has Viner Vered hosted the event and funded by the Annual Campaign. has been a lifeline and a true blessing,” he on its 400 members. expressed their deep thanks to Ottawa’s John Molot spoke about his daughter added. Other participants in the kickoff event Jewish community for its continued Samantha (Sam), a Tamir client, with both Shelby Levine spoke of the impact the included the OJCS Choir, which led the support of the Annual Campaign and for developmental and physical disabilities. Social Action Mission to Israel had on her singing of “O Canada” and “Hatikvah,” and special appeals such as the Israel Crisis Molot described Tamir as a “well-organ- life when she was part of a group of young violinists Dahlia Bercovitch and Shelly Cao, Fund, which raised $200,000 during ized, vibrant community” and considers it adults from Ottawa who travelled to who played a selection of three peace Israel’s Operation Protective Edge this past to be “one of the community’s most valued Metula in Northern Israel last winter to songs. summer. agencies because of the organization’s help repair a youth centre. As well, the 2015 Annual Campaign “The Jewish community of Ottawa dedication to assisting people with “The space was originally dirty, dark and video highlighting several Federation- needs your support,” Viner Vered said. “We developmental disabilities. honestly completely unpleasant. With a lot funded programs was shown. need your participation, your spirit and “Tamir helps their clients realize their of elbow grease, we made into a bright, After Greenfi eld’s address, attendees your talent, your creativity, and, for those full potential,” he said. clean and interactive space for the teen- proceeded to the ice cream party in the who can, your fi nancial contribution. Sam is now heavily involved with Tamir agers of Metula,” Levine said. theatre lobby where they sampled scoops Participation is ageless and gender programming, but Molot said he truly saw “It has defi nitely been one of the most of Phish Food, Chocolate Chip Cookie neutral.” the powerful impact the organization had meaningful trips I have ever been on,” she Dough and Salted Caramel. Many stopped Annual Campaign Co-chairs Leiba on her life when her mother passed away. said of the trip that combined regional to take photos with Greenfi eld, who would Krantzberg and Jeffrey Miller echoed that Sam refused to move from the couch when development and creating a living bridge, not shake people’s hands. sentiment: “Community is real in the it came time to move to a respite housing Gesher Chai, further connecting the “I’m a hugger,” he boomed, as each Jewish people … a community committed and daily care program. A Tamir staff emerging generation to Israel and its person waiting to chat was enveloped in a to enriching lives,” Krantzberg said. member arrived and chatted with her. people. bear hug. 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BY NAOMI PFEFFERMAN West Bank. is unravelling amid the murky world of JEWISH JOURNAL But the Palestinian who was awarded Middle East politics and her family’s OF GREATER LOS ANGELES the contract to lay the cable is murdered painful past. She is not only haunted by n the opening moments of The in a killing made to look like a suicide; the death of her father but also by the Honourable Woman,” an eight-part Nessa’s efforts to introduce a talented murder of his entire family. series that premiered September 29 Palestinian violinist at the Royal “Nessa inherited the tragedy of the Ion CBC-TV, the young Nessa Stein Academy of Music ends in the kidnap- Holocaust from her father, and so much looks on as an assassin plunges sharp ping of her nephew from the concert of the confl ict in the Middle East has to tongs into her father’s neck, splattering hall; Mossad and British secret service do with the inheritance of that pain,” her face with blood. spooks lurk everywhere; and Nessa fears Gyllenhaal said. “She has a visceral The action then fast-forwards to the for her life as she suffers fl ashbacks to her knowledge of that kind of fear, and thus same room in London, 29 years later, kidnapping and incarceration in what she is not someone who is trusting at all.” where the now-35-year-old Nessa appears to be a Gaza prison some years Nessa is further isolated as an Israeli- (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a powerful busi- earlier. born Jew who frequents the circles of the nesswoman and philanthropist, tells a In a telephone interview from New British elite. Gyllenhaal said she came to gathered audience that her murdered York, the frank Gyllenhaal said she was understand that kind of subtle marginal- father was “fi rst and foremost, a great son “terrifi ed” when writer-director Hugo ization while she was in Britain to shoot Maggie Gyllenhaal says she felt strongly a of Israel.” A Holocaust survivor who lost Blick approached her to star in the series the series. Jewish actress should play Nessa Stein. his entire family to the Nazis, he had spotlighting the Israeli-Palestinian “In America, there’s no social differ- arrived in England as a refugee in 1939 confl ict through the lens of Nessa’s ence between Jews and non-Jews,” she and, as an adult, went on to become a family. said. “But, in England, I would have portray the character. wealthy Zionist gunrunner, providing “There are moments in watching the conversations in which people would talk Even so, on the third day of shooting, tanks and munitions to the fl edgling series when I know that viewers will say, about Jewishness and how that might Gyllenhaal found herself crying in her Jewish state. ‘Oh, they’re absolutely pro-Israeli, or affect how people speak and behave. I trailer, worried that she couldn’t carry the Having eventually inherited his pro-Palestinian.’ But, to those people, I guess I was particularly sensitive to that series on her shoulders. business empire, Nessa, along with her would say: ‘Watch it all. It really does end because I’m Jewish, even though I don’t “But then I realized that kind of brother, Ephra, now believes that “the up somewhere very special,’” she said. “I have a Jewish name and nobody would sentiment was exactly what Nessa was greatest threat to Israel is not politics, but have my own thoughts on a solution to ever know.” feeling,” she said. “It’s, ‘How can I handle poverty.” So the siblings have trans- the confl ict, but I don’t want to share Playing Nessa Stein, she said, is her this, will I fall apart, and can I manage formed their father’s business into a them because the piece says something most overtly Jewish role to date, and she this massive, very important charitable foundation that, after months that I can deeply stand behind.” felt strongly that a Jewish actress should endeavour?’” of negotiations with the Israeli govern- Gyllenhaal, 36, was drawn to The ment and the Palestinian Authority, Honourable Woman for the chance to play plans to bring broadband Internet to the a complex character whose calm veneer

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Continued from page 1 “I know this represents a very special time for your come, but also as a communal recognition of where we Medicoff recounted how Rabbi Blum and his wife, beautiful and bright community,” said Israeli have yet to go.” Dina, created the foundation of the centre by reaching Ambassador Rafael Barak. “Tonight represents yet out to families when they arrived in Ottawa with the another beginning for the collective Ottawa vision of building up local infrastructure. community.” “What Rabbi and Dina [Blum] did, was they went out “We are humbled beyond words by this blessing and person by person, family by family, and introduced this awesome responsibility,” Rabbi Blum said. Ottawa Torah Centre to the community. And that is the With the newly opened building, Rabbi Blum said this foundation on which we are standing today,” Medicoff achievement only pushes them to do more in the said. community. The Blums organized Jewish programming fi rst out of “We remain focused on how much more we can their townhouse basement, and now more than 100 accomplish,” Rabbi Blum said. families make use of the OTC’s services, including “So as joyous and as glorious as this day may be, let it Chabad Hebrew School, adult education courses, and not only serve as a celebration for how far we have Shabbat and holiday services. Noah Horovitz, 14, who has been involved with OTC programming for the past decade, thanked the Blums for helping him to develop a strong sense of confi dence šBWmdI_]d in himself. —VOTE— Donate The occasion marked the fi rst time a new synagogue OCT 27, 2014 š has been built in Ottawa in 30 years said Mayor Jim šVolunteer Watson, who announced that Rabbi Blum would be a 2014 recipient of the Mayor’s City Builder Award at on October 8. janharder.ca “We are fortunate to have, in Ottawa, such a strong and growing Jewish community as we see here tonight,” 613-983-5266 Watson said. 6 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

and programs are in place to help. For those too frail to leave their homes, it Federation system brings means meal and medication deliveries and daily visits from chesed workers from the JDC. For those who have the individuals and communities capacity and desire to move, it means accelerated preparation for aliyah to together to help one another Israel and assistance with resettlement in Israel provided by the Jewish Agency. in place, including such Jewish needs as engaged with Israel and with commun- The mission of the Federation is very kosher food, belonging to Jewish ities worldwide where Jews are living in simple. It serves as the vehicle through community organizations, having access distress. Our work is not limited by which we connect to all of these to affordable housing. geography. concerns.

FEDERATION REPORT We are committed to ensuring that we This past summer, we experienced The genius of the Federation system is LINDA KISLOWICZ offer children, youth and young adults confl ict and distress on multiple fronts. that it does it all. The local network of JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF CANADA formal and experiential Jewish educa- Operation Protective Edge took an agencies, schools and synagogues, the tional opportunities that develop a enormous toll on all Israelis, most national and international network of ne of the fundamental values, strong Jewish identity and a connection particularly those in southern commun- agents and partners – all of their work in fact the very core of the to Israel. We do this by offering fi nancial ities. While we know Israelis are a strong embodies the key principle of caring for Federation system, is the assistance and providing an array of and resilient people, we also know the each other. The system allows for a principle Kol yisrael arevim zeh experiences through schools, syna- impact of terror, loss and trauma does coherent and integrated approach based O on a thorough understanding of needs. It b’zeh (we are here for one another). We gogues, youth groups, summer camps not necessarily stop with a cease-fi re. care for one another. and Israel experience programs, which Our work to assist does not end when allows for dialogue and debate that This value resonates as loudly today as engage our younger community mem- the troops come home. In many cases, it includes representation from many ever, reminding us of our responsibility bers with Judaism and with Israel. is just beginning. community sectors. And it fosters and obligation as Jews to care for each At the national level, we are commit- At the same time, we were also connections among individuals and other – at home in our local community, ted to ensuring that everyone has a seat concerned with a deteriorating situation communities for the single purpose of in Canada where not all Jewish commun- at the table, irrespective of whether they in Ukraine, which placed Jews in signifi - caring and strengthening each other. ities can sustain themselves independ- are from a Jewish community of 200,000 cant diffi culty. Meanwhile, in France, During the High Holiday season, let us ently, and in Israel and overseas, where with well-developed infrastructure or a and elsewhere in Europe, we saw an continue to work together transforming Jews may be in need. Jewish community of 2,000. We provide increase of anti-Semitic incidents. lives, providing for the ordinary and the At the local level, we are concerned a forum for collective thought and Through a network of international extraordinary, and let us pray for a sweet with protecting and caring for the activity and enable communities who partners such as the American Jewish healthy year for our families and com- vulnerable members of our community, need support to participate in a network Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and munities and peace for Israel. for the poor, the elderly, the disabled. We that offers strength and connectivity. the Jewish Agency for Israel, our Linda Kislowicz is CEO of Jewish ensure that a basic standard of living is At the international level, we are Federation system ensures that services Federations of Canada – UIA.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin VOLUME 79 | ISSUE 1 The sukkah is a powerful bridge between Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 the absolute solemnity of Yom Kippur Email: [email protected] Published 19 times per year. © Copyright 2014 and absolute joy of Sukkot PUBLISHER Andrea Freedman Jonah, “found a place east of the city. shelter (sukkah) of Your peace.” The EDITOR He made a booth (sukkah) there and sat booth we build on Sukkot mirrors the Michael Regenstreif PRODUCTION MANAGER under it in the shade, until he should see heavenly sukkah God spreads over us. It Brenda Van Vliet what happened to the city” (Jonah 4:5). is an expression of sanctity, security, and BUSINESS MANAGER Although a sukkah is typically associated hope in our future. Barry Silverman with peace, shelter and God’s benefi - In the Haftarah of Yom Kippur, Isaiah’s AD SALES Monique Elliot FROM THE PULPIT cence, Jonah turns the true image of the words propel us toward tikkun olam, the RABBI ELIZABETH BOLTON The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force sukkah on its head. It is as if Jonah is repair of a broken world. Building the for constructive communal consciousness,” OR HANESHAMAH lying in wait for war, destruction and sukkah becomes Israel’s tikkun (apology) communicates the messages of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as malevolence. for Jonah’s acrimonious desire. the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a n Yom Kippur, we heard about Dissatisfi ed and even angry with the So it makes sense that we go right diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed the building of a sukkah, yet it mercy God has shown to the Ninevites, from reading the story of Jonah to in these pages do not necessarily represent is nothing like the sukkot we Jonah waits to prove he is right – that his building our sukkot! We want to build a the policies and values of the Federation. build for this week’s festival of aggrieved attitude will prevail, and God shelter of peace, and not sustain the The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut O of advertised products or establishments Sukkot. will destroy the Ninevites. One who image of a shelter of destructive unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad Yes, we get the sense that the booth should be rejoicing in God’s mercy impulses. HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized Jonah put up is a shaky shelter, an becomes embittered. The sukkah is a powerful bridge by OVH. impermanent one, built hastily. The How fi tting it is then that, at the between the absolute solemnity of Yom $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue structures we build for the festival are conclusion of Yom Kippur, we are Kippur and absolute joy of Sukkot. commanded to build a different kind of Vesamachta bechagecha … vehatiya akh We acknowledge the financial support of the also impermanent, built hastily. Even if Government of Canada through the one observes the custom of beginning to sukkah. The sukkah we build is one that Sameach, you shall rejoice in your Canada Periodical Fund of the Department build directly after Yom Kippur (well, repudiates Jonah’s pessimism in human festival and be truly joy fi lled of Canadian Heritage. perhaps, directly after that fi rst bite of nature. It is a sukkah that stands for (Deuteronomy 16:14-15); a season of joy ISSN: 1196-1929 break-fast bagel), it’s still a quick-up, peace, faith, shelter and optimism. – zeman simchateynu. Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: quick-down project. Liturgy itself conveys such an image. May our booths be shelters of peace, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin But, are the shelters we build, and the In the evening service and the bedtime and may we sit in them in much joy. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 shelter Jonah built, the same thing? Shema, we read, “Spread over us the Chag Sukkot akh Sameach. October 6, 2014 7 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

One of the most interesting areas of the survey pertains to intermarriage. Survey shows Ottawa’s Ottawa’s intermarriage rate was at 39.9 per cent in 2011, up from 32 per cent in 2001. More strikingly, the intermarriage Jewish community is aging rate for couples under age 30 was 53.8 per cent. The survey also indicates that, and the results paint a fascinating to be innovative and creative to bring ever while 28.6 per cent of young children in picture that help us to understand some greater proportions of our children to intermarried families are being raised of the problems we face as a community Jewish day and supplementary schools. Jewishly, 52.5 per cent are being raised and challenges we’ll have to meet in The real growth in Ottawa’s Jewish with no religious affi liation. years to come. community – and it was as signifi cant as This shows there is much potential for Some results were surprising. After the decline in the number of children outreach to ensure the unaffi liated feel

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR decades of double-digit percentage – was among the middle-aged, those welcome in the Jewish community – and MICHAEL REGENSTREIF growth that far outstripped the overall between 45 and 64, and among seniors, that there will be potential for enrolment growth of Canada’s national Jewish aged 65 and over. growth in our Jewish schools as the inda Kislowicz, CEO of Jewish community, Ottawa’s Jewish community The good news in those numbers is that unaffi liated begin to feel there is a place Federations of Canada – UIA grew by just 2.8 per cent from 2001 to middle-aged adults – the baby-boom gen- for them in the community. (JFC-UIA), was in Ottawa, 2011 (compared to national growth of 4.7 eration – are at the peak of their earning It should also be noted that, as of 2011, LSeptember 17, to address a per cent). As of 2011, the Jewish popula- years and, for many, their children are Jews made up only 1.2 per cent of members meeting of the Jewish tion of Ottawa was estimated to be grown and independent. Therefore, many Ottawa’s overall population. Ethnically, Federation of Ottawa at which she pre- 14,005 people, up from 13,630 in 2001. in this age group are well-positioned to this compares to the city’s growing Arab sented an initial demographic analysis of And, while the size of the community help the community through increased community, which comprised 4.4 per the 2011 National Household Survey as it grew, one of the most important demo- charitable giving and by having more time cent of the city’s population. pertains to Ottawa’s Jewish community. graphic groups declined as the number to devote to volunteerism. Finally, while any rate of poverty is The voluntary National Household of children aged 14 and younger fell to And that trend continues into the unacceptable and needs to be addressed, Survey replaced the obligatory long-form 2,255 in 2011 from 2,725 in 2001. There senior age group. With more and more of there is a relatively low rate of poverty in Canadian Census that was conducted were almost 500 fewer children in the us remaining vigorous and healthy as we Ottawa’s Jewish community at just 8.9 every 10 years, most recently in 2001. community in 2011 than a decade earlier. get older, the volunteer corps – upon per cent. This is the lowest rate of Because the 2011 survey used a different In part, this helps to explain the trend which the community relies – becomes poverty for all Canadian Jewish com- methodology – which many social of declining enrolment at Ottawa’s Jewish stronger and even more vital. munities and compares favourably to the scientists believe is less reliable – the day and supplementary schools in recent But, clearly, ours is an aging commun- 13.5 per cent poverty rate overall in data may not be as accurate as what we years. While our schools and the com- ity and that trend is likely to continue. Ottawa. used to get from the long-form census. munity have already taken many innova- This indicates a need to focus greater Kislowicz’s presentation was based on Still, Kislowicz noted, the data from tive steps to ensure the long-term viability attention in programming and services the fi rst fi ndings of the 2011 National the survey is reliable enough that it can and educational enhancement of our on older members of the community as Household Survey. There will be more to be interpreted with relative confi dence Jewish schools, we will need to continue we move forward. come.

almost 10 years. The promotion of “change” is always to the advantage of Does Justin Trudeau have what the challenger. As Mulroney so rightfully pointed out, he and the Progressive it takes to be prime minister? Conservatives were the change to the Liberals in 1984, just as Jean Chrétien and when a much younger Justin Trudeau private school in British Columbia. His the Liberals were a change from the eulogized his father at Notre Dame role that day would have done central Tories in 1993. Cathedral. Other than maybe his fi rst casting proud. He could not have been So, does Justin Trudeau just have to name and the fact he was Pierre more on top of his theatrical game. show up? Trudeau’s son, no one in the country He has to have come a long way since I have heard it said many times by knew who he was. But then there was that eulogy. After all, he is knocking on Conservative supporters that Trudeau that eulogy, which was, in one word, the door to be the next prime minister. may not pass the true test of the tape in phenomenal. He has led in the polls for 18 consecutive an election campaign, and particularly in IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS It was so good, people referenced it months. The election is a year from now, the debates. They point out he is known JASON MOSCOVITZ afterward as one of the best speeches in if not sooner. What is it I don’t get? to have made some incredible gaffes Canadian oratorical history. The CBC had I have always admired Brian Mulroney since assuming the leadership and, wonder. Is it fi nally time to take it readily available on it’s website for as a politician who could, in another life, chances are, under pressure, he could Justin Trudeau seriously? many years, university professors used it have been a fi rst-rate political analyst and make too many election campaign To say I haven’t until now would as a teaching tool when demonstrating to commentator. He sees things in a mistakes to overcome. Somehow, I think I be an understatement. I just don’t young people the pinnacle of being able prescient way, and his analytical judg- those are desperate people clinging to a see him as the prime minister. I don’t see to communicate. ment is so often stunningly accurate. last hope. the experience, I don’t see the intellec- I have made mention before how a When Trudeau fi rst became leader of I have covered election campaigns in tual depth, and I don’t see a person who very cynical colleague at the CBC the Liberal Party, Mulroney told an which “change” meant everything. The truly understands how the world works remarked to me that day that Justin interviewer no one should underestimate clamouring for change, once it is – let alone how the economy of the Trudeau had just launched his leadership him. He saw all the potential for Trudeau engaged, is very hard to stop. country works. campaign. I told him he was too cynical. to win. Now, with the next election that As for Trudeau, he may be just the What I see is an extremely good It turns out he was just smarter than me. much closer, Mulroney went even further right person at the right moment in looking man who had a famous political According to Maclean’s magazine, in an interview last month, when he said history to win the election in 2015. And, if father. And, unfortunately for me, and, Trudeau planned every word and gesture Trudeau could do well in the next he does, we can only wish him well. perhaps, some other Canadians, I still of that speech with his closest confi dant, election just on the issue that he is not There is always lots of room in politics to can’t get my head around how all this who now, by no accident, is his chief of Stephen Harper. surprise. started. staff. They had a lot to work with. No, he is not Harper, and he doesn’t We’ll see if Justin Trudeau has what it It was in Montreal in October 2000, Trudeau once taught drama at a wear the scars of being prime minister for takes to be prime minister. 8 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Ottawa Torah Institute reopens under new leadership: The Ottawa Torah Institute, a yeshiva high school for boys, has reopened this school year at the Young Israel of Ottawa synagogue under the direction of Rabbis Yaakov Moshe Harris and Dovid Mandel who relocated here from Queens, N.Y. to serve as roshei yeshiva. Ten of the 11 students are seen here with OTI teachers (from left) Michael Beall, Rabbi Harris, Crystal Richard- Green, Rabbi Mandel and Harry Corrin.

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Professor Jonathan Calof (right) thanks Mayor Udi Gat for his presentation to JNF and Telfer Executive MBA, August 20.

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Continued from page 4 I start to realize that our team is Canadian Magen David Adom. Where to sit? Surely it doesn’t matter. winning, and join in the cheers. But, three years into being a hockey Four years and a bar mitzvah later, and, mom, I fi nally learned there is a specifi ed now, with two kids playing hockey, I have place to sit: opposite your kid’s team a full-length down coat, a thermos for hot bench. Oh! chocolate, and a Mexican blanket I bring The game begins and seems to be going to all games to sit on. well. But all the kids look the same, and My kids now put on their own equip- the puck is too small and too fast-moving ment and know which arena to go to. to see. They enjoy hockey and benefi t from Apparently a goal is scored. After a the camaraderie, discipline, teamwork, few minutes, I fi gure out which team and exercise the game affords. scored. They also play well, and I get to By the second period, I can tell which kvell. kid is my son, and, by the third period, I And isn’t that what it’s really all can almost see the puck. about? Re-elect Katherine Hobbs Best wishes to you and your families for the High Holidays. Proceeds collected from your donations will go Shana Tova & Tzom Kal. towards replenishing essential medical supplies Katherine Hobbs for all Israeli citizens. Visit my website: www.votekatherinehobbs.ca Follow me on Twitter: @Katherine_Hobbs Monday, October 27, 2014 @ 7:00 pm Email me: [email protected] Find me on Facebook, Instagram or Linkedin Congregation Beth Shalom Phone me: 613-325-8927 151 Chapel Street Visit my campaign office: 352 Richmond Road (just west of Churchill Avenue) To reserve: [email protected] On October 27, Special Guest Speaker: Daniel Amzallag vote to re-elect CMDA National Youth Coordinator and Paramedic Katherine Hobbs to represent you at City Hall. WE NEED YOU! 12 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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creativity PHOTO: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90 Secular Israelis outside the Cinema City theatre in Jerusalem demonstrate for everyone in favour of allowing movie theatres to open on Shabbat, February 25, 2014. Sunday, November 2, 2014 at the Soloway Jewish Most Israelis favour greater Community Centre religion-state separation, new study shows

BY BEN SALES “On the other side, [those favouring TEL AVIV (JTA) – During the past 18 religion-state separation feel] the govern- months, the governing coalition in Israel ment has never really been attentive,” has passed legislation to extend the said Rabbi Regev. -PUTPG-PYt+FXJTI'FNJOJTNt&NQPXFSJOH:PVUIt5IF"DDJEFOUBM;JPOJTU nation’s mandatory conscription to the The Knesset’s largest party, the centrist $IBWSVUB4UVEZ4FTTJPOt5IF/FX"OUJ4FNJUJTNt5IF.BHJDBM)JTUPSZ5PVS haredi Orthodox – a group currently Yesh Atid, pushed through a law this year 5IF/BWBM#MPDLBEFPG(B[Bt1FSTPOBM#FTU.JOEPWFS#PEZ exempted from military service – and to include haredim in Israel’s mandatory 3FBTTFTTJOH5IFPMPHJDBM.ZUITt4IJGUJOH4BOETJOUIF.JEEMF&BTU Knesset leaders have advanced bills that draft. The mandate doesn’t go into effect %FBMJOHXJUI$BUBTUSPQIJD*MMOFTTt,PTIFS&ODPVOUFSTPGB5IJSE,JOE would allow for civil unions and ease for another three years, and 61 per cent of restrictions on Jewish conversions. Israelis – including 98 per cent of *TUIF.FEJB#JBTFE"HBJOTU*TSBFM t+FXTPG$BOBEB1BTU 1SFTFOU 'VUVSF But a new study shows that the haredim themselves – don’t believe .Z.PUIFS 5IF/B[J.JEXJGFBOE.Ft)PX4PDJFUJFT7JFX5IFJS+FXJTI1BTU majority of Israeli electorate remains haredi Jews ultimately will be drafted. +FXJTI*OnVFODFPO*OUFSOBUJPOBM-BXt+FXJTI5FYUT0O$MJNBUF$IBOHF unhappy with the amount of religious The passage of the draft law this year Daf Yomi t#PPL-BVODIt5FFOT"SUProject t+FXJTI.FEJUBUJPO infl uence on Israeli life and law. came amid rising haredi-secular tensions, -JUVSHZBOE.VTJDt5IF.JESBTIPG1PFUSZt0QFO.VTJD4FTTJPO The annual report, released September which culminated with at least 300,000 Everyday Kabbalah t-JNNVE"SU&YIJCJUJPO 22 by Hiddush – a fi ve-year-old organiza- haredim taking to the streets of and much more tion that lobbies the Knesset to promote Jerusalem in mass protest in March. religious freedom – revealed that 61 per According to the Hiddush poll, 68 per cent of Israelis viewed haredi-secular Doug Baum Gustave Goldmann Louis Moscovitz cent of Israelis support increased reli- Menachem Blum Michael Goldstein Mark Palmer gion-state separation and 78 per cent are tensions as one of the worst internal Barry Bokhaut Scott Goldstein Michael Parkin dissatisfi ed with the government’s confl icts in Israel. Liz Bolton Dylan Hanley Gina Roitman actions on religion-and-state issues. “Last year was characterized by a lack Yocheved Boyarsky Yair Harel Joyce Schachter Specifi cally, two-thirds of Israelis back of communication between the sectors,” Bram Bregman Michael Kent Idan Scher legalizing civil marriage, up from 61 per Aharon Kravitz, a haredi journalist and David Brooks Peggy Kleinplatz Barry Schlesinger cent in 2010. And 64 per cent of Israelis activist, told JTA. “People talked about Deidre Butler Betina Kuzmarov Gloria Schwartz support recognizing Conservative and the haredim. Nobody talked with the Andrew Cohen Ryan Leszner Erica Sher Reform conversions, a slight rise from the haredim. There’s a lack of understanding, Leah Cohen Fred Litwin Aharon Trottier and that infl uences public opinion.” Irwin Cotler Seymour Mayne Laurence Wall 60 per cent in 2010. Marjorie Feldman Allan Moscovitch Morton Weinfeld On both issues, no less than 100 per There was agreement with the haredim cent of haredim polled supported Israel’s on at least one point: A majority of longstanding policies in which the Israelis, including four-fi fths of haredim, QNTafillalt concert at Carleton University Orthodox Chief Rabbinate maintains backed affi rmative action to place control over Jewish marriages and haredim in government jobs. XXXMJNNVEPUUBXBDBtJOGP!MJNNVEPUUBXBDB recognizes only Orthodox conversions. As in previous years, the poll also Still, one-third of haredi respondents found that Israelis have bridged a joined the 71 per cent of Israelis who once-stark religious-secular divide. disapproved of the Chief Rabbinate. Among the 800 total respondents, 49 per “For haredim who think Israel should cent identifi ed as secular, 17 per cent as be a theocracy, it’s described as a govern- traditional-not-so-religious, 13 per cent as ment of destruction,” said Hiddush CEO traditional-religious, 12 per cent as Rabbi Uri Regev. religious and 9 per cent as haredi. October 6, 2014 13 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Panel discusses media, social media, coverage of Israel

BY LOUISE RACHLIS advocate against the existence of the he often polarizing effect of State of Israel and support such tactics as social media during the recent the boycott, divestment and sanctions Gaza confl ict was a lively topic movement. Tduring a panel discussion about Goldman said +972 Magazine was media coverage of Israel. established in 2010 by a group of working “There is so much information, but journalists in Israel who “were really we’re not building bridges, we’re yelling concerned about the path the Israeli at each other,” said panelist Lisa government was taking.” They make an Goldman, a founding editor of the Tel effort to recruit writers from the Aviv-based +972 Magazine, an online Palestinian community and no writers publication staffed by volunteers. are paid. “During this past war there was a vio- “I’m regarded now as a nutty radical lence to the discourse I hadn’t seen because I’m the voice of the Israel before.” military,” said Goldberg of his Forward Goldman, who is originally from column and blog. I don’t write anything Vancouver and now works in New York your average head of the Mossad as director of the Israel-Palestine wouldn’t agree with ... I want to tell Initiative at the New America people what they don’t know already. Foundation, was one of four participants That’s the most important thing.” in the panel discussion presented by the PHOTO: SYLVIE BARZILAY Goldberg said the criticism and New Israel Fund of Canada, September 15, (From left) Moderator Joseph Rosen asks panelists J.J. Goldberg, Lisa Goldman pressure he receives comes primarily at the Soloway Jewish Community and Michael Regenstreif to discuss their publications’ approach to writing about Israel. from readers rather than advertisers. Centre. “Stuff that doesn’t make you proud to be The other participants were moderator “The question of bias continues to As a community newspaper, Jewish, they don’t want to hear it.” Joseph Rosen, a professor at Dawson rage. Different media outlets appeal to Regenstreif explained the Bulletin On the question of social media, College in Montreal and author of “The different groups and don’t cross paths. subscribes to “a big tent kind of philo- Regenstreif said he sees both individuals Israel Taboo,” a widely discussed article People read the media they agree with,” sophy” within a Zionist framework that and organizations using it to post links to published in the January/February 2014 said Rosen in his introduction, adding allows for a diversity of opinions on articles that reinforce what they believe issue of The Walrus magazine; J.J. that “explosions of anger silence real the left-to-right spectrum from its in. “Everyone is preaching to their own Goldberg, editor-at-large of the Jewish conversation.” regular columnists and community constituencies.” Daily Forward in New York; and Michael Each of the panelists explained the contributors. Goldberg said social media scares him Regenstreif, editor of the Ottawa Jewish editorial philosophies of their publica- The Bulletin draws the line, he said, at because, “When everyone becomes their Bulletin. tions or columns. giving voice to groups or individuals who own reporter, there are no reporters.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR! “I look forward to exceeding your expectations.” Yudi Chein       You don’t have to be rich to keep kosher 14 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Beth Shalom concert to benefi t Canadian Magen David Adom

BY DONNA STRAUSS FOR CANADIAN MAGEN DAVID ADOM ark your calendars and plan to attend a free concert on October 27 when the Tamir MNeshama and Beth Shalom Choirs team up to benefi t Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel (CMDA). Under the direction of Cantor Daniel Benlolo, the evening promises to deliver beautiful and inspirational sounds, and an opportunity to give to a worthy cause. The guest speaker will be CMDA national youth co-ordinator and paramedic Daniel Amzallag. With the loss of life in Israel this past summer and the continuing stress caused by the confl ict, the people of Israel need our support. Voluntary donations at the concert will help CMDA provide essential medical equipment and supplies for all Israeli citizens. Magen David Adom is on the ground every day giving help in so many crucial and Cantor Daniel Benlolo performs with the Tamir Neshama Choir. lifesaving ways, providing emergency, ambulance and blood services, as well as Israeli selections, Broadway musicals and popular songs. There will be more than The concert takes place Monday, disaster relief. popular songs. The choir sings in Hebrew, a hint of nostalgia as the choir and its October 27, 7 pm, at Congregation Beth The enthusiastic men and women of Yiddish and English, and has performed guest artists perform in what are now the Shalom, 115 Chapel Street. the Tamir Neshama Choir love to per- locally as well as to standing ovations in fi nal days of their beloved downtown All are welcome. Contact Cantor form as a way of giving back to the Montreal, Florida and Israel. synagogue building. Benlolo at [email protected] to community, which continues to give Equally passionate and well received, This will be one of the community’s reserve tickets. them so much encouragement and the talented members of the Beth fi nal opportunities to enjoy the majestic Visit www.cmdai.org for more informa- generosity. Their extensive repertoire and Shalom Choir are looking forward to sanctuary at Beth Shalom. Let our voices tion on the important work of Canadian varied sounds derive from liturgical and entertaining you with a medley of inspire you to support CMDA. Magen David Adom for Israel. October 6, 2014 15 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 16 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Appeal of deadly promise must not be underestimated oses are red, violets are blue, IS is coming to a higher cause. They emphasize the purity of the ISIS vision town near you.” of Islam, and the glory of holy war. So read a recent post by jihadist Abu “When you fi ght over there, it’s like being in a trance,” ‘RTuraab, who uses his social media savvy and BARBARA CROOK Can, 27, a former ISIS fi ghter from Turkey, told the New excellent English as international propaganda and MY ISRAEL York Times. recruitment tools for the Sunni terrorist organization “Everyone shouts, ‘God is the greatest,’ which gives you Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS, ISIL or IS). divine strength to kill the enemy without being fazed by ISIS was responsible for the videotaped beheadings of blood or splattered guts,” he said. American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff Amaranth Amarasingam, a post-doctoral fellow at (Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen) and British aid worker Sotloff and Haines is a British national nicknamed “Jihadi Dalhousie University, is part of a team researching David Haines. It’s also claimed responsibility for barbaric John.” Canadian foreign fi ghters in Syria. terror attacks and mass executions that have killed ISIS is not just planning overseas attacks. At time of He has observed that Abu Turaab’s posts target “hypo- thousands of civilians in Syria and Iraq. writing, the Australian government had just foiled a plot crites” – what jihadists call fellow Muslims they accuse of It has indeed come to a town near us. Abu Turaab is the by homegrown terrorists, recruited by ISIS, to snatch an compromising their faith to fi t into Western society. nom de guerre of Canadian citizen Mohammed Ali, 23, Australian civilian, record the beheading of the victim and “This belief and rhetoric is quite prevalent amongst who left Toronto in April to join ISIS in Syria. He is but drape his or her body with the ISIS fl ag. most of the Canadian youth who have left to fi ght in Iraq one of an estimated 12,000 young men from 74 countries What motivates young Muslim men like Abu Turaab, and Syria – the idea that living in Canada forces Muslims who have fl ocked to the Middle East to wage global jihad. Abu-Salha and others to want to return to the dark ages? to sacrifi ce a part of themselves,” he told the National Post. His Twitter page and other online postings cheer ISIS It’s essential to realize that the beliefs and aims of ISIS In his 1941 book Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm atrocities, eulogize dead terrorists and try to coax others are not new. Since 2000, more than 1,250 Israeli civilians argued that those who fi nd democratic freedoms frighten- to join him in Syria. have died at the hands of Islamist terrorists and suicide ing and overwhelming are often drawn to authoritarian “You’ll never kill the desire, nor the love the believers bombers who were convinced by Hamas and Palestinian regimes that promise order, pride and certainty. have for jihad and fi ghting to raise the word of Allah the Authority political and religious leaders that killing Just as Nazi propaganda restored the national pride of highest,” he posted in August. infi dels – especially Jews – is a fast track to heaven, and Germans in the 1930s and promised a return to world ISIS recruit Moner Mohammed Abu-Salha of Vero that dying as a martyr for Allah nets 72 virgins in paradise. dominance, ISIS presents an apocalyptic vision in which Beach, Florida, was believed to have been the fi rst ISIS is delivering the same messages, albeit with highly its form of Islam – as barbaric as it seems to outsiders – American suicide bomber in Syria. sophisticated propaganda tools and expert use of social will rule the world. “We are coming for you, mark my words,” he said in a media – including its own Twitter app that enables its “A day will come,” promised an article in the Ramadan farewell video recorded before his May suicide mission. messages to go viral. edition of Dabiq, “when the Muslim will walk everywhere “You think you’ve won? You have never won.” ISIS recruitment videos and its online magazine Dabiq as a master, having honour, being revered, with his head One slick recruitment video for ISIS features a 20-year- – published in several European languages including raised high and his dignity preserved.” old identifi ed as a British medical student, exhorting the English – promise disenfranchised young men action, We must not underestimate the seductive appeal of glories of martyrdom. And the executioner of Foley, adventure, a sense of belonging and a connection to a that deadly promise. It’s our turn to give back say Emerging Generation Campaign co-chairs

o say the emerging generation is a complex for the public Ottawa Carleton District School Board. demographic is a strong understatement, and She has spent the past fi ve years working at SJCC the co-chairs for Emerging Generation division summer day camps and volunteers as an annual cam- Tof the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s Annual MONIQUE ELLIOT paign canvasser. Campaign say they intend to tap into its potential this EMERGING GEN “For me, what’s most important at this point in my life year. is my career and trying to get my foot in the door,” she The Federation defi nes the emerging gen as young said. “But, you know, coming [to the SJCC] every day and adults, aged 18 to 45. to see these kids around the school … makes me happy.” That is essentially where the defi nition ends, and it is The co-chairs said they also see their eight-year age gap understandable, as the age group now amalgamates two munity and give to generations past, present and future. as benefi cial to the campaign. vastly different, yet equally powerful generations. The co-chairs, both born and raised in Ottawa, said “I think that was the idea,” Aronson said. “I’d be a little The emerging gen combines the tail end of Generation they have benefi ted from the many programs made on the older end, and Arielle would be a little on the X (those born between approximately 1966 and 1971) and possible through Federation funding. younger end, so that we’d reach more people that way.” Generation Y (also known as Millennials), many of Aronson, 32, attended Hillel Academy and Camp B’nai The challenge this year, the co-chairs said, is to engage whom are the children of the baby boomers. Brith, and played fl oor hockey at the Soloway Jewish the unaffi liated emerging generation in the community, According to 2011 census data, Gen X made up only Community Centre (SJCC) among other sports programs which is best achieved through word-of-mouth, events about eight per cent of the population, relatively small and activities. and programming. Aronson said he got even more compared to Millennials, who made up 27 per cent of the An accountant at Ginsberg, Gluzman Fage & Levitz, he involved with the Emerging Gen after seeing an adver- population, creating a now somewhat “bottom-heavy” said that, after a childhood of community involvement, tisement for the Social Action Mission and travelling to emerging gen in 2014. he realizes he has a responsibility to create a positive, northern Israel this past winter. These are the individuals who will be – or who already welcoming and safe environment for future generations. The emerging generation has shown itself to be a are – taking care of Generation Z, also known as the “I was involved in all of these things as a kid, but I multi-faceted group, both transforming the Ottawa Internet generation, so-called because they were born never supported any of it. It was always my parents and Jewish community and repeating history at the same around 1993, after the invention of the Internet, accord- that generation, and so now it’s my turn,” he said. “If time. ing to Statistics Canada. Even more complicated, some of we’re going to have the next generation being involved, Therein is its power. Aronson and Kreisman said their those youngsters are already members of the emerging and they’re going to go to all these camps and everything, campaign goal is to increase emerging generation gen, as those born in 1993 are now 21 years old. it’s going to have to be us who does that. We have a lot of donations by 30 per cent this year, adding they believe it Creating a relationship between fi rst-year university young families here, and it’s their kids who are going.” is possible. students and those who may be responsible for a gaggle of Kreisman, 24, also said she knows fi rst-hand how The co-chairs said there is much to look forward to this preschoolers creates a unique challenge when attempting important it is to invest in future generations. A recent year, including events like the Emerging Gen pre-party to engage a group with potentially different priorities, but graduate of the University of Ottawa teaching program, held at the Annual Campaign Kickoff, applying for the Emerging Generation division Co-chairs Adam Aronson she has spent the past year supply teaching at private Emerging Gen grant, and the next Social Action Mission. and Arielle Kreisman said they are confi dent the emer- schools such as the Ottawa Jewish Community School and “There’s plenty of stuff they can do. There’s plenty of ging generation will continue to be committed to com- Turnbull School, and as an emergency occasional teacher things to get involved in,” Aronson said. October 6, 2014 17 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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BY SARA-LYNNE LEVINE leadership and perseverance. OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL “Implementing character education ccording to Thomas Lickona, programs refl ect and uphold our Jewish author of Educating for beliefs, values and ideals,” said OJCS Head Character: How Our Schools of School Marlene Wolinsky. ACan Teach Respect and “We are developing a new generation of Responsibility, character education is “the Jewish leaders, and character education is The 6th Annual MediSystems deliberate effort to help people under- an important piece in fostering Jewish stand, care about, and act upon core continuity, instilling Jewish identity and Biking for Bubbies – a great success! ethical values. developing strong and caring Jewish “When we think about the kind of leaders.” It was a chilly autumn morning for the 6th annual Biking for Bubbies, which took place on character we want for our children, it’s While learning to be a mensch is Sunday, September 14, 2014. A special thank you to all our riders, volunteers and corporate clear that we want them to be able to something all parents hope for their sponsors who supported the LTC Foundation’s major fundraising event. Over $67,000 was judge what is right, care deeply about children, at OJCS it is an integral part of raised with additional pledges still being received. what is right, and then do what they our curriculum. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: believe to be right – even in the face of Our students are receiving an excellent pressure from without and temptation education within an engaging Judaic and from within.” trilingual environment. Our monthly Each month, the Ottawa Jewish assemblies address different character Community School (OJCS) brings a traits throughout the year and our new different character education trait to light. trilingual certifi cates will recognize our We encourage our students to model that students. trait or behaviour as part of being a good Contact Andréa Black at 613-722-0020 citizen and part of our dynamic learning or [email protected] to learn more communities. Qualities include respect, about character education at OJCS, or to responsibility, acceptance, empathy, book a private tour of the school.

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ith the High Holidays, as well as the new So, here goes. Chanukah is the Hebrew word for school year, upon us, I’d like to take the dedication or inauguration. Knowing this would help opportunity to offer a single wish for MIRA SUCHAROV kids remember that central to the holiday was the WJewish community life in Ottawa. It’s quite VALUES, ETHICS, rededication of the Second Temple, and would render specifi c and straightforward but, I believe, far-reaching. intelligible the chanukat hamizbayach phrase in the I hope and wish that our community’s supplementary COMMUNITY popular holiday song whose Hebrew words often school teachers would speak Hebrew to the students. In register in kids’ minds as gibberish, unless they are other words, I’d like to see us put the Hebrew back in schooled in the language. Hebrew school. Chanukat bayit is also the Hebrew phrase for house- Having experienced more than one supplementary Hebrew language acquisition conceptually distinct from warming. A bit of modern Israeli political history reveals school via my own kids, this column is not meant to “teaching kids to be Jews”? that Ariel Sharon’s provocative Muslim Quarter house- impugn any particular school, but rather is meant to Now, admittedly, I’m one of the more passionate warming party in December 1987, during Chanukah, is capture a troubling dynamic I’ve witnessed in more Hebrew-philes there is, having elected to speak only understood by many political observers to have helped than one place, and with more than one teacher. Hebrew to my kids since they were infants. I realize not fuel the fi rst Palestinian Intifada. (Perhaps his house- For example, seldom have I heard the teachers say everyone shares my obsession for Hebrew and Israeli warming party was meant to be a word play on the the simplest of Hebrew phrases – such as “boker tov sitcoms, music and news. festival of lights, falling as it was at the same time. (good morning)” – to the kids when greeting them. I decided to tackle that director’s implication. I started Perhaps not, but it also serves as a useful memory As I picked up my kids recently, I puzzled over why the by thinking about the one Hebrew word that virtually mnemonic for students of Israeli politics.) teacher was asking the students to put the chairs on everyone living in a North American city knows. By dint Finally, all Hebrew words derive from a three letter the tables in English when Hebrew would work of the craze around Christmas, probably the fi rst root. The root of Chanukah is the same as the root for beautifully for a simple command involving two Hebrew word children learn – even before shalom, ima chinuch (education) and for chanich (camper, initiate). common nouns. or Shabbat – is Chanukah. In other words, in a beautiful piece of poetic connection, Some months ago, I approached one school director Now, most everyone knows that Chanukah is the understanding Hebrew can be seen to be an early step about my concern, citing the city’s very successful name of the Jewish holiday commemorating the of being initiated into the Jewish people in a meaning- French immersion program as a model. (Recall that, Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian-Greeks. But, how ful way. until recently in Ottawa, kindergarten classes were only many of us actually know the literal meaning of the In any event, the idea of education in Jewish life a couple of hours per day, showing that even direct word? – whether formal, through school, or informal, through application of spoken French in a limited time can have Here’s a further challenge: I would wager that camps and youth groups – is meant to remind kids they profound results.) knowing the literal meaning of the word “Chanukah” are joining something much larger than themselves. The director’s response was that, for French immer- provides key links to three seemingly unrelated things: And that can only be helped by being regularly sion schools, French is akin to a religion. Here, on the a) better recall of the meaning of the holiday; b) an exposed to the rich and eternally clever language of our other hand, the director explained, “We are in the understanding of the causes of the First Intifada; and c) people. business of teaching kids how to be Jews.” a deeper conceptualization of the entire relationship Mira Sucharov is an associate professor of political science I’ve been mulling over the distinction since then. Is between Jewish identity and education. at Carleton University. Can you really get fi t and healthy by laughing?

hen the woman who made me laugh for Does laughter impact disease? Research on humour, more than 30 years suddenly passed away, physiological and psychological well-being and health I felt sad. As a teenager, I stayed up late to GLORIA SCHWARTZ outcomes suggests that, while there is evidence to sup- Wwatch Joan Rivers guest host the Tonight FOCUS ON port a connection between sense of humour and self- Show. Her brand of humour was edgy, witty and some- reported physical well-being, it’s diffi cult to determine times shocking – even offensive to some. Yes, it was my FITNESS whether humour and laughter have any real impact on kind of humour! I’d laugh so hard, I’d have tears disease. While watching funny videos may help cancer streaming down my face and my stomach would hurt. patients feel better psychologically, more research is They say “laughter is the best medicine,” so I decided to needed to determine whether there’s any impact on the fi nd out if there’s any science to substantiate the notion Does laughter strengthen muscles? Laughter disease itself. that laughter is good for us. engages the abdominal muscles, but you won’t get One study found that laughter positively affects Does laughter improve health markers? Studies six-pack abs by laughing. Laughter may not strengthen post-meal blood glucose levels in Type 2 diabetics. suggest that a good belly laugh can provide some of the muscles, but it does relax them. A hearty laugh relieves The authors suggest that diabetics should seek daily health benefi ts associated with exercise: improved muscular tension and may relax the muscles for up to 45 opportunities for laughter (“The Effects of Laughter on cholesterol and blood pressure, decreased stress hor- minutes. According to the Mayo Clinic, laughter can ease Post-Prandial Glucose Levels and Gene Expression in mones and a strengthened immune system. Laughter may pain because it causes the body to produce natural pain Type 2 Diabetic Patients,” Takashi Hayashi and Kazuo also improve sleep and memory. killers. http://tinyurl.com/pfzj7cs Murakami, Life Sciences, July 29, 2009). Does laughter provide cardiorespiratory benefi ts? Does laughter burn calories? A 2005 study at You can add laughter into your life by socializing with While a chuckle doesn’t provide measurable health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine found that funny people, reading joke books and watching humor- benefi ts, hard laughter leads to an increase in heart rate, laughing for 15 minutes per day burns 10 to 40 calories ous fi lms and TV shows. Just like you may have to try respiratory rate and oxygen consumption. Unfortunately, (depending on an individual’s weight and the intensity different types of sports or exercise until you fi nd what you can’t get the health benefi ts from laughing that you of the laughter). That may seem trivial, but it can add you enjoy, you may have to experiment with different get from aerobic exercise, such as cycling or running. up to a weight loss of about four pounds per year, types of humour until you fi nd what makes you laugh. You’d have to sustain a high intensity of laughter for a just from laughing! And that’s no joke. Google “laughter yoga” and practise a contagious form prolonged period of time (“Humor and Laughter May http://tinyurl.com/laughter-calories of laughter without a funny stimulus. Infl uence Health,” Mary Payne Bennett and Cecile Does laughter reduce stress? Laughter is a natural Have you heard the joke about the doctor who advised Lengacher, Evidence-Based Complementary and coping mechanism for stressful events. Laughter boosts her patient to stop smoking, drinking, eating junk food Alternative Medicine, 2008). the immune system. Next time you feel a cold coming on, and staying up late? “Will I live longer?” asked the For example, you’d have to laugh 100 times to get the watch a funny movie. Personally, I think laughter is like patient. “No,” replied the doctor. “But it will sure feel aerobic equivalence of 10 minutes on a rowing machine or vitamin C supplements: If you get a cold and take vitamin longer.” There, you just burned 10 calories! 15 minutes on a stationary bike (“Towards Optimal C, the cold will be gone in a week. If you don’t take Gloria Schwartz is a personal trainer at the Soloway JCC Health: The Experts Discuss Therapeutic Humor,” Jodi R. vitamin C, the cold will last a full seven days. Even if laugh- and the author of Personal Best: Train Your Brain and Godfrey, Journal of Women’s Health, June 2004). ing doesn’t ward off your cold, at least you’ll have fun. Transform Your Body for Life. 22 October 6, 2014 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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GIVING IS RECEIVING – ATTRACTIVE CARDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS Here’s a good opportunity to recognize an event or convey the appropriate sentiment to someone important to you and at the same time support the Lodge. Card orders may be given to Bev at 613-728-3990, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday. You may also e-mail your orders to [email protected] or online donations can be made through our website: www.hillel-ltc.com. All orders must include name, address, postal code, and any message to person receiving the card; and, amount of donation, name, address and postal code of the person making the donation. Cards may be paid for by Visa, Mastercard, Cheque or Cash. Contributions are tax deductible. October 6, 2014 23 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 2015 Annual Campaign Canvasser call night: Tot Shabbat at Agudath Israel: Join us for a great Ottawa Jewish Community School AGM: Canvassers are welcome to bring their pledge cards to service for children ages 6 and under featuring prayers, 31 Nadolny Sachs Private, 6:30 to 8 pm. begin calling donors to the 2015 Annual Campaign. activities, games and a special kid-friendly kiddush! Info: Ellie Kamil, 613-722-0020, [email protected] Other community members may also help, 6 to 8 pm. Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Avenue, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 Info: Dawn Paterson 613-798-4696 ext. 272, 10:30 am to 12 pm. [email protected] Info: Malachai Handler, 613-513-9910, AJA 50+ Bridge and Mah Jongg Fundraiser: [email protected] Games fundraiser. Includes lunch and door prizes. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Avenue, Shabbat in the Sukkah at Minyan: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 11:15 am to 3 pm. Bring new socks, T-shirts or underwear, plus Hillel Auxiliary Annual Tea: Info: Annette Paquin, 613-526-2968, a vegetarian contribution to share. Black bean chilli, Everyone welcome, 50/50 draw. [email protected] challah, apple cider and treats provided. Hillel Lodge, 10 Nadolny Sachs Private, 2 to 4 pm. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 The Glebe Minyan, 64 Powell Avenue, 5 to 9 pm. Info: Dee Gaffen, 613-829-9911, [email protected] Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner: Join us for a meditative Info: Anna Maranta, 613-867-5505, The global marketing strategy of Al-Qaeda & ISIS: service followed by a potluck dairy meal and conversation. [email protected] Anat Hochberg-Marom presents a unique The Glebe Minyan, 91A Fourth Avenue, 6 to 9 pm. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 and innovative way to analyze and explain Info: Anna Maranta, 613-867-5505, Pancake Breakfast in the Sukkah:Morning and the global terror phenomenon – [email protected] marketing perspective, 7 to 8:30 pm holiday services in the Community Sukkah at the SJCC. CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE Pancake breakfast to follow, 7:30 to 9:30 am Info: Ella Dagan, 613-798-9818, ext. 243, [email protected] SUKKOT FIRST DAY SHEMINI ATZERET Info: [email protected] OCTOBER 8 6:12 PM OCTOBER 15 5:57 PM Malca Pass Library Book Discussion Group: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 SUKKOT SECOND DAY SIMCHAT TORAH “A Guide for the Perplexed” by Dara Horn will be JNF Negev Dinner honouring Dorothy Nadolny, OCTOBER 9 AFTER 7:10 PM OCTOBER 16 AFTER 6:58 PM reviewed by Sophie Kohn-Kaminsky. with keynote speaker Ambassaador Michael Oren . OCTOBER 10 6:06 PM OCTOBER 17 5:53 PM OCTOBER 24 5:42 PM Agudath Israel Congregation, Ottawa Convention Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, 7 to 10 pm. 1400 Coldrey Avenue, 7:30 to 9 pm. Info: JNF Ottawa, 613-798-2411, BULLETIN DEADLINES Info: 613-728-3501, [email protected] [email protected] OCTOBER 22 FOR NOVEMBER 10

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Celebrate over 50 years of dedication to Israel and the Ottawa community NEGEV DINNER 2014

HONOURING DOROTHY NADOLNY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014 OTTAWA CONVENTION CENTRE DINNER CHAIR: STEPHEN VICTOR, Q. C.

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