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FEBRUARY 18, 2019 | ADAR 13, 5779 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 ‘Tree of Kindness’ blooms at Mitzvah Day “You brought smiles ister of Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod, MPPs Joel Hard- to many faces,” Naomi en and John Fraser, and Deputy Mayor Laura Dudas – participated in a friendly Mitchell told the crowd competition to see who could braid the of enthusiastic doers most challahs, which were then donated to the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank. of good deeds. Matthew Also in attendance was former MPP and cabinet minister Yasir Naqvi and Horwood reports. former deputy mayor Mark Taylor. New Mitzvah Day activities this year ore than 400 community included a cultural scavenger hunt, members of all ages gathered workshops to create fleece-tie blankets at the Soloway Jewish for CHEO and T-shirt tote bags for per- Community Centre (SJCC) sonal use, Shabbat story and craft, and Mand Hillel Lodge, February 3, for the ‘caring for animals and the environ- Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s annual ment’ with Little Ray Nature Centres. Mitzvah Day of doing good deeds. Among the favourite returning Mitz- On Mitzvah Day, the community vah Day activities were the singalong at

gathers to volunteer time and energy HOWARD SANDLER Hillel Lodge, assembling soup kits for the in the spirit of Tikkun Olam (repairing (From left) Jewish Federation of Ottawa President and CEO Andrea Freedman; Ontario Minister of Ottawa Kosher Food Bank and birthday the world) and to give a helping hand Children, Community and Social Services Lisa MacLeod; Annual Campaign Co-Chair Karen party kits for families living in shelters. to those in need in Ottawa’s Jewish and Palayew; and Ottawa Deputy Mayor Lisa Dudas braided challahs for the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank Mitzvah Day Co-Chairs Naomi and broader communities. to help launch Mitzvah Day, February 3, at the SJCC. See page 8 for more Mitzvah Day photos. Jonathan Mitchell thanked participants At the opening ceremonies, which for their efforts at a wrap-up party at followed a free breakfast for all partic- are all building together,” he said. made the day special on a ‘Future-self the end of the morning in the SJCC ipants provided in part by the Friends Federation President and CEO Andrea Mitzvah Day Postcard,’ which would be social hall. of Mitzvah Day, Federation Vice-Chair Freedman said the theme of this year’s mailed back to them in a few weeks. “You brought smiles to many faces Michael Polowin, who is also the Ottawa Mitzvah Day was “making kindness Sarah Beutel, Federation vice-president and comfort to people in need. Today has Jewish Community School board presi- bloom.” After the first mitzvah session, of community building, said the cards been an absolutely amazing day of vol- dent, told participants he was amazed to participants signed their names on were meant to “remind people of the unteering, and you can continue to build see the number of children and adults paper ‘leaves’ which read, “I performed activities they did and some of the Jew- on this experience by getting involved who come to Mitzvah Day every year. a Mitzvah today!” which were then ish values they took away from it.” throughout the year,” Naomi said. “The Federation is proud to host this placed on the Tree of Kindness at the Before participants dispersed “There are many volunteer oppor- event that brings together people from end of the event to make it ‘bloom.’ throughout the SJCC and over to Hillel tunities available, whether it’s once a all parts of our community. It is a perfect After the second mitzvah session, Lodge to begin their mitzvahs, elected week, once a month or offering your example of the Jewish Superhighway we participants could write what they felt officials in attendance – including Min- skills for a one-time project,” she said.

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BY MATTHEW HORWOOD risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis – in order to give the audience a “measure of optimism.” he Nazis based their hatred of Jews, which led Examples of these stories included a German man to the Holocaust – the genocidal murder of six who saved a Jewish woman from being arrested by million European Jews – on a “pseudoscience pretending to be her husband, and a monastery that hid of inherited differences between Jews and 200 Jewish boys and girls even though women were Teveryone else,” said Eli Rubenstein. normally forbidden from entering the building. Rubenstein, a Holocaust educator and national “This is the side of the people who resisted Nazi director of March of the Living Canada, was speaking at Germany. This is the side of people who stood up against Ottawa’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day injustice in ways that are probably more shocking than commemoration, January 27, at Library and Archives the brutality I’ve just referenced,” Rubenstein said. Canada. His keynote lecture was “Nazi Germany’s “These righteous people deserve to be heard, because Global War Against the Jews: Responding to Implacable we don’t want the next generation to be misanthropes. Hatred without Losing our Humanity.” We want people to understand there’s also goodness in Rubenstein said when he read the None Is Too Many, humanity.” Irving Abella and Harold Troper’s book about Canada’s On display publically at the event for the first time was restrictive immigration policy towards Jews in the 1930s Hitler’s personal copy of Statistik, Presse und and ’40s, he was “never more ashamed to be a Canadian.” Organisationen des Judentums in den Vereinigten Staaten KAREN PALAYEW However, when the Canadian government apologized in und Kanada (Statistics, Media, and Organizations of Jewry Holocaust survivor Elly Bollegraaf (left) and keynote speaker November for turning away Jewish refugees, Rubenstein in the United States and Canada), a 1944 report which lists Eli Rubenstein at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at Library and Archives Canada, January 27. said he had “never been prouder to be a Canadian.” census information for Canadian and U.S. cities, includ- To illustrate his point about Nazi anti-Semitism, ing their Jewish populations. The book offers a glimpse Rubenstein told a story about a German midwife who into what might have happened to North American a public institution where it could contribute to strangled Jewish newborns to death in a displaced persons Jewry had the Nazis won the Second World War. Holocaust memory,” Kent said. camp in the years after the war had officially ended. “It’s up to archives and libraries everywhere to educate The event was MCed by March of the Living partici- “The war is over. Hitler is dead. Germany is in ruins. and to advocate for the most complete historical record pants Neilah Shapiro and Anne Khazzam and featured Sixty million people have lost their lives, and this possible, no matter how controversial or contentious,” said music by violinist Ralitsa Tcholakova. Kaddish was led German midwife is still strangling minutes-old infants. Librarian and Archivist of Canada Guy Berthiaume as he by Rabbi Idan Scher of Congregation Machzikei Hadas. Can you come to grips with that evil?” he asked. explained why the document was acquired by Library and Attendee Lynda Margeson said her “skin crawled” Rubenstein then switched gears and discussed some Archives Canada. when she saw the display containing the book once of the Righteous Among the Nations – non-Jews who Michael Kent, curator of Library and Archives owned by Hitler. Canada’s Jacob M. Lowy “This was unbelievable and I’m still in a state of Allan Taylor Collection, said preserving shock,” she said. Ira Abrams Holocaust memory is Margeson said she believes it’s important to keep CPA, CA ■ group plans something in which controversial historical documents around, because “if Licenced Public ■ life insurance Library and Archives we don’t learn from the past we won’t do any better in Accountant E tt ■ disability insurance Canada has a role. the future.” Plng 613-224-6808 Customer:■ pension and rrifs “We believe that given “It’s very important to know about everything, espe- ABRAMS613-244-9073 & rising xenophobia, the cially the things we don’t want to know about,” she said. M xzr [email protected] decline of Holocaust At the end of the event, audience members held up legacy Issue: FEB 18/19 knowledge and the rise of small signs reading “We Remember” for a group photo Colour: process Holocaust denial, it was posted on the Internet as part of the World Jewish Size: 3.3 X 2 www.taylorfinancial.ca essential for us to acquire Congress’ International Holocaust Remembrance Day [email protected] • www.abramsaccounting.ca Proof #: 3 this item and bring it into social media campaign. February 18, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 3 Volunteers honoured at Soloway JCC AGM

BY PAMELA ROSENBERG Grade 11 student at Sir Robert Borden SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE High School (SRB). She is a member of he Soloway Jewish Community A Ripple Effect and a junior adviser and Centre (SJCC) honoured three board member for NCSY. Dahlia is an outstanding community mem- active member of the SRB Jewish Cul- bers at our annual general ture Club and has volunteered for the Tmeeting, February 4. Food Bank, Breast Cancer Action, ME to Rabbi Steven Garten received the Ben WE, and Relay for Life cancer research. Karp Volunteer Service Award which Jonah, also an OJCS graduate, is a honours a volunteer who best exem- Grade 12 student at Lisgar Collegiate plifies communal ideals and sets an High School and is president of the ongoing example for others. Barry Karp, school’s Jewish Culture Club, which son of the late Ben Karp, was on hand to recently partnered with the Muslim Stu- present the award. dent Association to raise funds following Best known in the Ottawa commu- the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in nity for his 19 years as spiritual leader Pittsburgh. Jonah is a regular participant of Temple Israel, Rabbi Garten has in the Jewish federation of Ottawa’s been the director of the SJCC’s Florence Mitzvah Day and has attended Torah Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning High. He plays in the Lisgar band, is a for the past five years. A member of the math tutor; and is head of the Lisgar SJCC Board of Directors, he is chair of Society of Debate where he organizes a the Strategic Plan Implementation Com- speaker series which welcomed MP Eliz- mittee. He has also been involved with abeth May, leader of the Green Party of several other organizations in the city Canada. During winter break, Jonah and including the Multi-Faith Housing Initia- his family volunteered to serve Christ- tive and Faith Partners. mas dinner to those in need at a Shep- ALEX SARNA The Grossman-Klein Teen Leadership herds of Good Hope facility. Ben Karp Award recipient Rabbi Steven Garten (centre) with Grossman-Klein Teen Leadership Awards, for male and female teens who Jonah has worked at JCC of Ottawa Award recipients Jonah Leinwand (left) and Dahlia Belfer at the SJCC AGM, February 4. have shown outstanding dedication and Summer Camps and is plays in the SJCC service to the Jewish community and Jewish Men’s Basketball League. He University in New Brunswick as part dents to develop his invention, AirTree. the community at large, were presented has spent two years in the HeadStart of SHAD program focussing on STEM- During the AGM, retiring SJCC Board to Dahlia Belfer and Jonah Leinwand. program at University of Ottawa where based learning and research. Since his members Jack Shinder and Dana Geber Dahlia, a graduate of the Ottawa he takes university math classes and, return from Mt. Allison Jonah has been were thanked for their service and Lisa Jewish Community School (OJCS), is a this past summer, attended Mt. Allison working with a professor and grad stu- Rosenkrantz was welcomed to the Board.

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BY ELI KOWAZ the anti-Netanyahu camp.” easier for Likud to dismiss. But the cen- from the Palestinians rather than annex- TEL AVIV (JTA) – In just over 20 min- In addition to the spike in the polls, tre is precisely where Gantz is position- ation of the West Bank. He promised utes, Benny Gantz cemented himself the best indication that Gantz’s speech ing himself. to bolster all the settlement blocs and as the most likely candidate to defeat struck a nerve was the Likud’s panicked Gantz placed a special focus on that Jerusalem would remain Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in response. Ministers Gilad Erdan and security, calling out Israel’s enemies undivided eternal capital, and assured the upcoming Israeli elections. Miri Regev struggled to present talking by name: President Rouhani in Iran, listeners that Israel’s eastern border will “I thank Netanyahu for his 10 years points they were handed earlier that Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in Lebanon remain the Jordan Valley. as prime minister. We’ll take it from day on primetime news. They both tried and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Of course, none of this stopped Net- here,” Gantz declared in front of hun- to paint Gantz and his new partner, Gaza, warning Sinwar, “I suggest you anyahu from tweeting that Gantz is a dreds of supporters and journalists here the one-time chief of staff and defense not test me again,” referring to the blow “weak left[ist].” on January 29. minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, as left- delivered by the Israeli army to Hamas But more than anything, Gantz called In the hours after his speech, Gantz’s ists in centre-right clothing, but their during the 2014 Gaza war while Gantz for national unity among Israelis. popularity skyrocketed: A poll by Hada- arguments came off as desperate and was chief of staff. Gantz criticized the “The struggle between left and right shot 13 found Netanyahu and Gantz incoherent. Regev embarrassingly waved Netanyahu government for its Gaza pol- rips us apart,” he declared, referring to tied, at 42 per cent each, for most a paper with talking points she had icy in particular, especially for allowing the growing divide in Israel, an issue preferred prime minister and that his written down. $15 million payments from Qatar into that is particularly important to Israe- newly formed Israel Resilience party We’ve known for months that Gantz Gaza in suitcases to fund Hamas salaries. lis today. The 2018 Israel Democracy would pick up 24 seats, more than dou- would enter Israeli politics, but his At the same time, Gantz promised Institute Index found that for the first ble recent estimates and just six seats electoral potential remained uncertain – his government will “strive for peace” time in 16 years, Jewish Israelis view the behind Netanyahu’s Likud party. until now. After his blockbuster speech, and “not miss an opportunity to bring friction between the right and the left as Gantz drew praise from large parts in which he revealed his political views about regional change,” giving credit the No. 1 tension within Israeli society – of the Israeli media. Political commen- for the first time, Gantz made clear that to prime ministers Begin, Rabin and above that between Jews and Arabs. tators including Reshet’s Barak Raviv he poses a credible threat to Netanyahu, even Netanyahu, labelling each of them Gantz’s criticism of Netanyahu and Hadashot’s Amnon Abramovitch a feat no candidate has achieved in the “patriots.” focused on the incumbent’s legal issues. compared him to former prime minister past decade. By the looks of things, Gantz will do He noted that no prime minister should Yitzhak Rabin. Haaretz editor-in-chief Netanyahu and his party had hoped his best to avoid specifics on the Pal- serve under indictment, referring to Aluf Benn wrote that “for the first time that Gantz would present a leftist agen- estinian issue, which only got a brief Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s in a decade, the opposition has someone da. The majority of the Israeli public mention in his opening speech. From expected recommendation to indict the with authority and military experience, identifies as either centre or right, and a the little he said, we can surmise that prime minister for corruption before and Gantz’s speech showed he can lead challenge from the left would be much Gantz will advance gradual separation See Gantz on page 5 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS Nominate someone for the 2019 Community Service Awards today!

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Gantz: Israelis go to the polls in national elections on April 9

Continued from page 4 stage near the end of his remarks. April’s election, and lambasted Netanya- Ya’alon resigned as defence minister in hu’s public showcasing of covert military May 2016 in response to political pres- operations for political gain. Gantz also sure for defending the decision to prose- criticized Netanyahu’s divisive targeting cute Elor Azaria, a soldier that executed of Israel’s leftists and minorities, refer- an incapacitated Palestinian assailant ring to the Nation-State Law and Net- in Hebron. Ya’alon remains widely anyahu’s infamous fabricated 2015 story respected in Israeli society and cements that the left was sponsoring buses send- Gantz and Resilience for Israel, or Hosen ing “droves” of Israeli Arabs to the polls. LeYisrael, as a centre-right party with a Gantz addressed nearly every issue strong security portfolio. in the public discourse: security fears It’s unlikely that the rest of Gantz’s on the northern front near the Syrian coalition will be built from members of border, Gaza, the Israel Defense Forc- opposition parties, such as Labor head es, treatment of Israel’s minorities, the Avi Gabbay or Hatnuah’s Tzipi Livni, increasing divide between the right and two of Netanyahu’s most outspoken crit- left, the relationship between religion ics. Neither are doing well in the polls, and state, LGBTQ rights, public corrup- and being branded as a leftist would be tion and the importance of pursuing nothing short of a death knell for Gantz. peace with the Palestinians. Yair Lapid, leader of the secular, cen- Though the official campaign period trist Yesh Atid party, has said that he is 90 days, campaigns only start to heat won’t be anyone’s No. 2, making Orly up about 45 days before the April 9 elec- Levy-Abekasis the most likely candi- tion, when the party lists are confirmed. date to join Gantz. Her Gesher party’s Nonetheless, it now appears that Net- social-economic agenda complements anyahu will face a formidable challenger Gantz’s security focus and addresses with a strong security background. criticism that Resilience for Israel lacks To win this election, Gantz must take female representation. more seats than the prime minister’s No matter who Gantz chooses to join Likud, which controls 30 seats. To do this, him, the road ahead is a long one. But Gantz will need to convince other promi- if Gantz can reproduce more moments nent politicians to merge into his party. like his January 29 speech, and if Israelis HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90 Hours before the event, Gantz can’t keep his catchy jingle out of their Benny Gantz (right) with Moshe Ya’alon at the opening campaign opening of the Israel reached an agreement to join forces heads, then he just might be able to pull Resilience Party in Tel Aviv, Jan. 29, 2019. with Ya’alon, welcoming him to the this off.

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Shinshinim program is a bridge between Israel and Canada

culture, history, tradition and Hebrew Liam has learned much about Jew- ed that their confidence has grown, language with everyone they meet. ish life in the Diaspora. He recognized and they feel they can contribute with They work six days per week all over early on that Jews in the Diaspora must meaning. the community – at the Ottawa Jewish make a conscious choice to choose to The shinshinim are each hosted by Community School, at five supplemen- be Jewish, paying extra for kosher food, up to three local families. Despite their tary schools, leading youth program- for Jewish education whether it be day busy schedule, a special bond often ming, delivering D’var Yisrael at five or afternoon school, and even having to forms between the shinshinim and host FEDERATION FEDERATION REPORT synagogues, and leading programs for take unpaid or vacation days off work families. Keren Rabin, a host parent, NIKKI SHAPIRO, CHAIR agencies including Hillel Ottawa, the to observe Jewish holidays. In Israel, says that hosting has been one of the SHINSHINIM COMMITTEE Bess and Moe Greenberg Hillel Lodge, being Jewish is just part of life, it is not most rewarding experiences they have Limmud, AJA 50+, and The Ripple a choice. had as a family. t has been six months since Israeli Effect. Their dedication is evident, as Inbar said that the Ottawa Jewish “Through the program my children Shinshinim Liam Afota and Inbar they took part in an impressive 14 Cha- community has taken her under its were exposed to new music, foods, tra- Haimovich assumed their roles. nukah events with over 1,100 communi- wing and made her one of our own. In ditions, we learned about how Liam’s Already they have made meaning- ty members! six short months, she has been able family celebrates the high holidays, Iful connections and have made lasting Liam and Inbar’s energy is conta- to teach (and learn) about Israel, her politics and Hebrew. It was a wonder- impressions with many in our commun- gious. Both can be spotted smiling from home country that she loves so much. ful experience that gave my children a ity. The Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s ear to ear. She feels that this program is like a pride in their heritage that I am trying Shinshinim program is a valuable tool Seeing how maturely they represent bridge between two countries and she to foster,” she said. to impress upon our community the Israel, we forget that they are young can act as a representative for not only The next six months of Liam and importance of our connection to Israel, themselves. Only 18, and months after Israel, but also for Canadian life when Inbar’s year of service is surely to be and our fellow Jews. high school graduation, they packed she returns home at the end of her equally impressive. They will be spend- Liam and Inbar interact with over up and left their family, friends and service. ing the summer at Camp B’nai Brith, 500 youth monthly, providing fun, comfort zones behind to share their Liam and Inbar feel privileged to be sharing their lives with host families, interactive and diverse programming lives with us. Both Liam and Inbar have in Ottawa. It has been a tremendous- in addition to community engagement about Israel and Jewish pride. Primarily grown so much, and we provide a safe ly warm and welcoming community, and programming. working with school-aged children as space to build their leadership and dis- allowing them to express themselves trained facilitators, they share Israeli cover who they want to be. and be heard. Both of them comment-

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Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Engaging with Israel Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 Email: [email protected] Published 19 times per year. that that the Wall was just a wall. What everyone had in common was joy – © Copyright 2019 makes it special, he said, was that you everyone seemed happy to be out and PUBLISHER must make it your own. We all looked celebrating life. Andrea Freedman at him with blank teenaged stares. He This trip is an opportunity to engage EDITOR Michael Regenstreif went on to say that it was his hope with the Israel of today, a place of con- PRODUCTION CONSULTANT that this trip would only be our first of stant innovation, change, and creativity Patti Moran many visits to Israel. He then suggest- in areas including food, wine, start-ups, BUSINESS MANAGER ed that we find a distinctive stone in art, and culture. We are visiting the Eddie Peltzman the wall, one that we would be able to real Israel – the Israel that leads the remember, in a sense, make our own, world in ideas and start-up companies. FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force so that when we returned in the future, The Israel that is on the leading edge RABBI S. ROBERT MORAIS, for constructive communal consciousness,” we would be able to revisit our person- of technological innovation. The trip communicates the messages of the Jewish TEMPLE ISRAEL al stone. is an opportunity to gain new insights Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a I have used this story with many of into the Israel of today and the people diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and hat is Israel? All too often the groups I have led, giving people the behind these innovations. enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed we are consumed with a opportunity to really claim the Kotel We are also meeting with leaders of in these pages do not necessarily represent the policies and values of the Federation. conversation about the as their own. When I was there this Reform Judaism in Israel, to show our Israeli-Palestinian conflict. evening, I stood at my stone, reflecting support for their continued struggle The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut of advertised products or establishments WAs I write, I have just retuned from on the many trips I have taken and the for religious equality for non-Orthodox unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad a walk in Jerusalem. We walked from strong sense of connection I feel to Isra- Judaism in Israel. They need to know HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized the hotel and made our way through el, its land and people. I quietly, offered that they are not alone; that we are by OVH. the gates of the Old City, winding our my own personal prayers, standing fully in support of the important work $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue way though the Jewish Quarter until alongside Jews of every denomination they are doing, both to bring liberal we reached the Kotel, the Western Wall. and observance. Judaism to as many people in Israel as Funded by the Government of Canada. The site of our ancient temple and After the Kotel we made our way possible, and also to oppose the govern- today the place known as Judaism’s to the pedestrian mall on Ben Yehuda ment’s biased policies. ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 most sacred locale. Street. If, at the Kotel, we experienced During our time together we pray, I have been to the Kotel many times the Israel of our spirits, it was here that explore what is new and innovative Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin before. In fact, this is probably my 15th we felt the Israel of our souls. The vital- and, I am sure, deepen our connections 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, trip to Israel. On my first trip, we had a ity of an Israel filled with young people, and commitments to this incredible Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 wonderful guide who brought us to the some native Israelis, others studying land and its people – our land and our plaza in front of the Kotel and told us here for a few months or a year. What people! February 18, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 7

Paul Dewar will be ‘sorely missed’ community events, or occasionally at with Israel. The NDP, he added, supports great parliamentarian and champion for music events like the Ottawa Folk Fes- Israel’s right to defend itself from region- Ottawa. He was caring, companionate tival. And during election campaigns al threats – including terrorist attacks. and competent. Thinking of his family when the Jewish Federation of Ottawa During that meeting, Dewar also at this difficult time,” tweeted Baird, would hold round-table discussions expressed support for community agen- the former foreign affairs minister and with Ottawa-area candidates, I always cies like Jewish Family Services of Otta- Conservative MP. found Dewar to be one of the best wa, Tamir and Hillel Lodge which are on “Paul… challenged us all to dream FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR informed and most articulate represen- the frontlines of providing social services. bigger and do better to care for the MICHAEL REGENSTREIF tatives of any of the parties. Dewar was also a strong advocate for people around us… He distinguished Although there were some New Holocaust survivors. himself as a community builder, an ccording to Leo Rosten in his Democratic Party MPs who were hostile “Canada has a clear and proudly advocate for young people, and a tena- 1968 book, The Joys of Yiddish, to the State of Israel, Dewar, the NDP’s multi-partisan tradition of support- cious voice for human rights around “A mensch is someone to foreign affairs critic for many years, ing Holocaust victims and survivors,” the world. He lived up to everything a admire and emulate, someone joined party leaders Jack Layton and Dewar wrote in a 2014 letter to then-for- leader should be – principled, compas- Aof noble character. The key to being ‘a Thomas Mulcair in expressing a prin- eign affairs minister John Baird urging sionate, and brave… He will be sorely real mensch’ is nothing less than charac- cipled stand that maintained support him to encourage his counterparts in missed,” said Prime Minister Justin ter, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is for the country and people while some- Central and Eastern Europe to commit Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party. right, responsible, [and] decorous. times diverging from policies of the to restitution and compensate survivors In a final message posted to his Canada lost a real mensch on Febru- Israeli government. and their families for property seized Facebook page on the day of his death, ary 6 when Paul Dewar, the member of While an NDP government would during the Holocaust. Dewar continued to inspire. Parliament for Ottawa Centre from 2006 maintain Canada’s strong friend- “Canada has both the ability and the “In the stoic stillness of my journey, I until 2015, passed away following a year- ship and support for Israel, govern- responsibility to play a leading role in have found my way to peace,” he wrote long battle with Grade 4 glioblastoma, a ment-to-government relations, when advocating for prompt and proper resti- near the end of the message. “May you type of brain cancer. He was just 56. necessary, would be more nuanced than tution or compensation, in accordance keep building a more peaceful and bet- Dewar’s family – wife Julia Sneyd, they were under the then-current Con- with internationally recognized stan- ter world for all. Let this sacred ground and sons Nathaniel and Jordan – were servative government, Dewar said at a dards of justice,” he added. be a place for all. Let the building of with him when he died. His mother, Federation round-table meeting with Despite often profound policy differ- a better world begin with our neigh- from whom he inherited his commit- NDP candidates on September 3, 2015. ences, Dewar was one of those rare pol- bours. May we dream together. May we ments to social justice and public ser- “Friends, sometimes, should be able iticians who was universally respected gather our courage and stand together vice, was the late Marion Dewar, mayor to criticize friends,” said Dewar, saying by his political opponents in the Liberal in moments of despair, and may we be of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985. an NDP government would be “construc- and Conservative parties. bound together by joyous celebration While I didn’t know Dewar well, he tively critical” when necessary but would “Devastated to learn of the passing of life. We are best when we love and was always friendly when I’d encounter certainly maintain and expand Canada’s of my friend and former colleague Paul when we are loved… My love to you him at Mitzvah Day and other Jewish strong diplomatic and trade relationships Dewar. An incredibly decent guy and always, Paul.” Remembering Canada’s first Flag Day

told prime minister Jean Chrétien was tory, Chrétien finished the first-ever from hell kept spiraling downward. giving a morning speech to mark Flag Flag Day speech and charged across the It was my job that night to do the lead Day at a park in Gatineau. park with his RCMP guards to get to his story for The National telling Canadi- As the reporter who covered the warm car. He was a fast, determined ans how their prime minister choked a prime minister, it was usually my job to walker and it is no exaggeration to visu- demonstrator on the first-ever Flag Day. go where he went. But when the events alize him charging across the park. We had to credit Global News and the were not considered newsworthy, the Following him were the demonstra- Toronto Star for the images and as humili- assignments were usually given to more tors who weren’t anxious to see him ating as that was, it was just the beginning. junior reporters to cover. Flag Day was depart because that meant their fun was The story wouldn’t go away. An old left to my discretion and I chose not to over. A demonstrator tried to block the friend in government used to say when IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS go. No other reporter was assigned. The prime minister’s path and an angry, frus- newspaper is used to wrap rotting fish it JASON MOSCOVITZ camera crew went alone. trated Chrétien reached out, grabbed the means the story is dead. The Shawinigan Journalists know that something man by the throat and forced him to the handshake just kept smelling and there his week Canada marked untoward can happen at any moment, ground. They called it the “Shawinigan was a columnist from the Toronto Sun National Flag of Canada Day. at any time, and in any place, but being handshake.” I called it my nightmare. who for months always found a way to Not a statutory holiday, Flag Day human means any professional can It is not every day a prime minister remind his readers how the CBC, the commemorates the moment in make a mistake. For almost 25 years, chokes a demonstrator all by himself state-funded CBC, missed such a big story. T1965 when Canada began to fly its new I have known I made a mistake that in broad daylight. No question it was Then the demonstrator, Bill Clennett, flag which was another important freezing cold day. It’s obvious in retro- breaking news and a terrible blunder sued Chrétien because he claimed his symbolic step away from Great Britain. spect: I should have gone to Gatineau for a reporter not to be there. I had to denture was broken in the altercation. For most Canadians, Flag Day comes to hear Chrétien’s Flag Day speech. rely on the camera crew to bring me As for Chrétien, he tried to use choking and goes every February 15 without As expected, there was nothing hopefully great video of the instantly Clennett as a positive sign of how tough much thought. But there are at least newsworthy in the speech. But who unforgettable Shawinigan handshake. and no-nonsense he could be. Chré- three Canadians who won’t forget the knew there would be so many angry But the CBC camera crew was tien’s critics, though, saw it as a window first officially declared Flag Day in 1996. unemployed demonstrators shouting nowhere close to the choke. The cam- into his nasty side which, they claimed, I am one of them. down Chrétien as he tried to speak? era and sound people were not well he tried to keep under wraps through- February 15, 1996 was a miserably That, too, is not necessarily newsworthy positioned and got the back of people’s out his political life. cold day. That morning I got to the until something more unusual happens. heads. Global News got the video and I don’t know about Chrétien and Clen- warmth of the CBC parliamentary And happen it did. won an award for it. A still photographer nett, but every mid-February I remember bureau on Wellington Street and was Now etched forever in political his- from the Toronto Star got it, too. My day Flag Day and wished that I didn’t. February 18, 2019 8 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Jordan Geist hopes to secure funding to build a Jewish student centre in Waterloo. Ottawa student Jordan Geist leads Hillel Waterloo

BY MATTHEW HORWOOD Hillel Waterloo also coordinates with ordan Geist, an Ottawa Jewish Chabad of Waterloo/Laurier so that Community School graduate, was a Jewish student activities and Shabbat Grade 12 student at Sir Robert dinners never overlap. Geist said atten- JBorden High School when she dance ay Hillel’s Shabbat dinners have received the Grossman-Klein Teen “almost doubled” from 40 to 50 people Leadership Award from the Soloway last year to nearly 100 now. Jewish Community Centre in 2016. Geist says she has been so busy as Three years later, her leadership skills president of Hillel Waterloo that she intact, Geist is a major force behind a has had to step back from other leader- thriving Jewish student life at the Uni- ship opportunities on campus, such as versity of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier the management engineering-focused University as president of Hillel Water- design team she founded. loo. According to Geist, Hillel Waterloo Geist, now in her third year of man- has opened up a “whole community agement engineering at the University of like-minded people” to her, both at of Waterloo, said when she first came to Waterloo and Laurier. Waterloo, she was surprised to learn the “People think it’s funny, but I hon- school has over 1,000 Jewish students. estly feel like I have a huge Jewish com- “It’s quite a large Jewish community munity here that [seems] larger than my that I didn’t even know about,” she said. Jewish community back home.” Geist – the daughter of Allison Gef- Geist said her primary goal at Hillel fen, a family physician in Ottawa, and Waterloo is to secure funding to build Michael Geist, a law professor at the a Jewish student centre, as they are the University of Ottawa – said she initial- “only Hillel in Ontario that doesn’t have ly became involved at Hillel Waterloo a permanent space.” when she joined the Holocaust Educa- Hillel Waterloo also plans to “grow tion Week Committee. out” the community by providing more As president, Geist oversees Hillel support for students, “whether it’s cel- operations at Waterloo and Laurier and ebrating holidays, bringing in different manages an “amazing team” of 12 indi- guest speakers, or helping students with viduals on the executive board. their education through study spaces or In the past year, Hillel Waterloo has resumé critiques.” hosted numerous social events, such as Geist said she takes pride in the the Jews & Brews pub night, Campus Suk- expansion of Hillel Waterloo and in the kah movie night, and the 2019 Bar Mitz- “growing community of students we are vah Bash, which sold over 200 tickets. continuing to build.” February 18, 2019 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 13

Since 2016, Jonah Sohmer has sent more than 60 bags of hockey equipment to Israel and another 50 bags to other countries.

MITCH MILLER Team Jonah: bar mitzvah project still going strong

BY MITCH MILLER needed, they called on Uncle Jack and n 2016, cousins Jonah Sohmer of Aunt Helaine to join the team). To date, Ottawa and Jason Kornbluth of Jonah’s project has sent well over 100 Cleveland were planning to celebrate hockey bags filled with quality equip- their bar mitzvahs in Israel. They ment around the world – including Iboth love hockey, so it was natural that more than 60 bags to Israel, 20 bags to they wanted to incorporate two of their India, and 30 bags to Greece. They have passions: hockey and Israel. also connected with Hockey Without For their bar mitzvah project, Jonah Borders to continue helping young peo- and Jason decided to collect hockey gear ple around the world share their passion in the fall of 2016 which they brought for the world’s coolest sport. with them to Israel when they travelled Uncle David also initiated “Operation there for their bar mitzvahs in Decem- Jock Strap” and collected over 350 brand ber of that year. Now, though, a simple new jocks and jills to send to Israel (not equipment drive from Jonah’s garage in an item you want to receive used). Craig Henry has grown from a one-time Keeping with Jonah’s original idea of bar mitzvah project into a meaningful connecting Israel and hockey, through gift that keeps on giving. his gift of giving, Hockey Without Bor- When Jonah and his family returned ders has connected with the Canada from Israel, they were motivated to do Israel Hockey School in Metulla and more to help provide youth in Israel with is now looking at the possibility of hockey equipment. In Israel, they had organizing a trip to Israel from anoth- met boys and girls – Jewish, Christian, er non-traditional hockey country and Druze – who all played hockey at – exposing more young people from the Canada Centre in Metulla – but there around the world to the beauty of the are no hockey stores in Israel. Jonah and Holy Land. Jason had the opportunity to skate with What is inspiring is that Jonah and the hockey youth and light the Chanu- his family have not asked for recogni- kah candles with them. It inspired some- tion. They do what they do from the thing in the boys and their families. goodness of their hearts in the space Jonah’s father, Ben, and his uncle, provided by their garage and basement David Lisbona, put a plan into action (and occasionally the front hallway). helping him launch “Team Jonah.” If you have hockey equipment (in Jonah’s mother, Ali, happily stored good condition) that you would like to hockey bags in their garage and base- donate, contact Team Jonah at ment (and when more storage was [email protected]. February 18, 2019 14 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ significant contributions by fostering group had donated many millions of (JTA) – To the many colleagues and sup- evangelical support for Israel,” wrote dollars over the years. The funding porters of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the stopped in 2014 amid a fight over rec- died February 6 at the age of 67, he was Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ognition for the ICFJ by the agency and a man of vision whose enormous drive Rabbi Eckstein, who moved to Israel Rabbi Eckstein’s long-held reservations to succeed both facilitated and compli- in 1999, began his involvement in inter- about the agency’s efficiency in fulfilling cated his relentless efforts on behalf of faith dialogue with the ADL in 1974 and its main task: facilitating immigration of the Jewish people. started the International Fellowship Jews to Israel, or aliyah. As head of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) in 1983. That year, Rabbi Eckstein had the of Christians and Jews, or IFCJ, the New Using television advertising, his tremen- ICFJ start its own aliyah operation. He York-born rabbi raised hundreds of mil- dous charisma and tireless outreach offered every new immigrant a $1,000 lions of dollars in donations – mostly from legwork in the United States, he made grant on top of benefits offered by the Christians – for projects benefiting needy unprecedented headway in raising funds Jewish Agency. And he helped bring Jews and Arabs in Israel and beyond. for Israel and Jews in crisis situations thousands of immigrants from Ukraine, Yechiel Eckstein’s childhood was among evangelicals. during its conflict with Russia, France, spent in Ottawa. In 1952, when he was Eckstein served as a member of the Venezuela, Yemen and other trouble just one year old, his father, Rabbi board and executive committee of the spots for Jews. Simon Eckstein, became the spiritual American Jewish Joint Distribution But Rabbi Eckstein’s outreach to leader of four Orthodox congregations Committee and in 2014, together with Christians to make that happen made in the city: Adath Jeshurun, Agudath IFCJ, received its highest honour, the him a pariah for many years for Israel’s Achim, Machzikei Hadas and B’nai Raoul Wallenberg Award. Chief Rabbinate. Jacob. In 1956, when Adath Jeshurun He also pushed back against Jewish In 2001, Israel’s then chief Ashke- and Agudath Achim merged to form leaders who distrusted evangelical sup- nazi rabbi, Avraham Shapira, published Congregation Beth Shalom, Rabbi Simon port of Israel. INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS a letter condemning Eckstein’s use of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein arriving in Israel with Eckstein became spiritual leader of the “The majority of evangelicals are pas- Christian money to “expand Christian the first group of immigrants brought by the merged congregation, serving until 1975. sionately pro-Israel because it is part of International Fellowship of Christians and missionary propaganda.” Rabbi Yosef To many thousands of ordinary Jews their theology to love and support the Jews, Dec. 22, 2014. Shalom Elyashiv, an influential haredi and Christians whose lives he touched Jewish people,” Eckstein wrote in 2002. Orthodox Talmud scholar, signed a without ever meeting them, Rabbi “I could not accept the conditional love letter forbidding cooperation with Eck- Yechiel Eckstein was something of a of those who expect a payback on behalf for the state and people of Israel, and stein, calling it “close to idolatry.” guardian angel, heading a powerful of my people. I could not embark on a his actions bettered the lives of count- Rabbi Eckstein, who dismissed the machine that offered everyday assis- relationship that would compromise my less people all over the country.” Chief Rabbinate’s attacks as not wor- tance and was able to intervene quickly personal integrity and ideals or that of Isaac Herzog, chair of the Jewish thy of a response, angered some of his in emergencies, in creative ways cutting the Jewish community I represent. But Agency for Israel, wrote on Twitter that nationalist critics with his group’s sup- through the red tape characteristic of having been the first – and most often the Jewish people have lost “a leader port to the tune of millions of dollars for some other Jewish aid groups. the only – Jew to build bridges with who worked tirelessly on their behalf.” Israeli Arabs, Christians and Muslims. The impact left by Rabbi Eckstein, the right-wing Christian community, I Rabbi Eckstein was ordained at Yeshi- Despite repeated conflicts over the years who died of cardiac arrest at his home in have a view and understanding of their va University in New York, and held with establishment figures and bodies, the Jerusalem, was reflected in the glowing pro-Israel fervour that most people ‘on master’s degrees from Yeshiva Univer- scale of Rabbi Eckstein’s work made his eulogies that mainstream Jewish groups the outside’ lack.” sity and Columbia University, where he organization too big to ignore or sideline, offered within hours of his death. Israel’s influential Tzohar rabbinical also completed studies for his doctorate. forcing even his most outspoken critics to “He was a tireless worker for the Jew- group called him a “visionary whose One of his three daughters, Yael, work with him or get out of his way. ish people and for Israel, and he made leadership enabled tremendous support works at the ICFJ as global executive Thanks to Rabbi Eckstein, “today so vice-president. many Christians from around the world Despite the posthumous embrace, stand in fellowship with Israel,” Rabbi WESTBORO Eckstein had a thorny relationship with Tuly Weisz, an author and publisher of the Jewish establishment most every- the Israel National News website wrote FLOORING & DECOR where he went. Critics considered him in an obituary. “We, Jews and Christians a manipulator of public opinion with a together, mourn the tragic loss of a true Just like you, your home is unique. 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While THE REPORTER, VESTAL, NY this section offers new material for BOOK REVIEW those unfamiliar with the recovery of these works, those interested in Jewish life during this period will find the other sections of greater interest. For example, Discovering Second Temple Litera- in “Jewish Life in the Second Temple ture: The Scriptures and Stories That Period,” Simkovich talks about life not Shaped Early Judaism only in Jerusalem, but in two other, if By Malka Z. Simkovich lesser known, centres of Jewish life: Jewish Publication Society Alexandria and Antioch. 384 pages The history of Jerusalem – the war with Rome and the destruction of the magine a time when writing Second Temple – may be familiar to many appeared in scrolls rather than in readers. Simkovich does an excellent job book format. Each of these scrolls reviewing what occurred, which helps contained one book. That meant place the writings from that place and Ithat if one wanted to read Jewish reli- period in context. Jewish Alexandria is gious writings, one had to decide which less well known because the ancient rab- scrolls were holy and worth reading. bis did not accept works from the city’s During Second Temple times, there was writers into the Jewish canon. One reason still a debate about which books would may be that most of these texts were be entered into the canon, especially written in Greek and echo Greek works. since there was a wide variety of material The best known of these writers is circulating. Philo of Alexandria, who, according to In Discovering Second Temple Liter- Simkovich, “offers fascinating details ature: The Scriptures and Stories That about the Jews of his city, their internal Shaped Early Judaism, Malka Z. Sim- organization of limited self-leadership, kovich, the chair of Jewish studies and and their synagogues.” While there were director of Catholic-Jewish studies at the problems, this community thrived for Catholic Theological Union, discusses almost four centuries. works from this time period that didn’t Different Jewish sects are discussed make it into the traditional Jewish in “The Worldviews of Second Temple canon, but which give insights into the Writers.” Simkovich also speaks of lives of Jews from the period. those who did not belong to any sec- Simkovich notes that over the cen- tarian group and notes the sectarian turies both Jews and Christians have groups did not represent the majority generally ignored this literature, most of of Jews. This large group practiced which didn’t make it into either canon. “what scholars call Common Judaism, Rabbinic writings speak as if nothing of which comprised a common set of importance appeared between when the practices, including the regular reading book of Chronicles was written to the of the scriptures, observance of the compilation of the Mishnah. The works Sabbath, dietary laws, and circumci- featured reflect Jewish groups that did sion.” Simkovich suggests the Phar- not support the followers of what was isees became popular because they sidered sacred scripture by all Jews. The Literature can be used in college and later called rabbinic Judaism and the made Judaism accessible to the com- discussions of works that translated and religious school courses, but her clear, books they produced were, therefore, mon people. It was they who believed interpreted the biblical text, or which easy-to-read prose makes this book ignored in rabbinic writings. These “that one could worship the Jewish rewrote biblical stories, were accepted accessible to non-scholastic readers. works show a Judaism that contains God through the study of scriptures by some and discarded by others. Many For those unfamiliar with the many many different facets and ideas – not all and the observance of a set of laws of these books did not make the canon. divisions within Judaism at that time, of which were accepted by the ancient outside of the Temple.” It was fascinating to read about such or with Jewish life in other parts of rabbis. In the work’s final section, “The Holy works as the Greek Esther (in which the Roman Empire, this book offers an The four sections of Discovering Sec- Texts of Second Temple Judaism,” Sim- God plays a major role in the story) and excellent introduction to a little-studied ond Temple Literature focus on different kovich explores the codification of the “Joseph and Aseneth,” a novella about time period. aspects of this period. “The Modern canon. She notes that during Second the biblical Joseph and his wife. Readers of Jewish history will defi- Recovery of Second Temple Literature” Temple time only the Chumash, the In her introduction, Simkovich writes nitely want to add this work to their speaks of the discoveries of scrolls from first five books of the Bible, were con- about how Discovering Second Temple shelves.

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n April 8, 1903 – Easter Sunday – a pogrom the inquisitive mind recognizes that there is a hun- started in the small Russian city of Kishnev. At ger to understand this small country whose contin- the end of three days, 49 Jews had been killed, RABBI STEVEN H. GARTEN ued existence remains a source of wonder and hate. 600 Jewish woman had been raped, and Israeli shows such as “Fauda,” “Hostages,” “Mossad Ohundreds of others injured. The Jewish world would A VIEW FROM 101” and “Prisoners of War” – upon which the Amer- never be the same. THE BLEACHERS ican-Israeli blockbuster “Homeland” is based – pro- The aftermath of the pogrom is brilliantly analyzed vide a glimpse into the lives of those charged with in Pogrom: Kishnev and the Tilt of History, by social his- protecting the State of Israel. It is not a pretty world, torian Stephen J. Zipperstein. Among many outcomes but one full of moral ambiguity that comes by living of Kishnev, Zipperstein tells of two that continue to on the verge of extinction. resonate throughout the Jewish world. Russian Zion- What is it about this country of Shows such as “Srugim,” “Shtisel,” “Beauty and the ists, were horrified by what appeared to be the almost fewer than nine million inhabitants Baker,” “Angel,” and “The A Word” offer a window universal lack of resistance of the Jewish community. that captures the imagination of into the everyday lives of ordinary Israelis revealing an Chaim Nachman Bialik, the most important of the Israel that “The National” and CNN never show. first generation of Hebrew poets, wrote his famous “In the world? “Shtisel” is a soap opera following the lives of an the City of the Killings,” a poem that mobilized many Ashkenazi yeshivish family. If you believe that frum Zionists to action and helped lead to increased aliyah anti-Semites, and Israel-haters throughout the world. families are monolithic and insulated from the crazi- to Palestine. If you have any sense of irony, you will note that at ness of the modern world, this show will disuade you. Then, in September 1903, just five months after least one claim in The Protocols claims has [seemingly] “Beauty and the Baker” is a Cinderella-like story about the pogrom, a group of Russian extremists began a come to fruition. We Jews have, indeed, begun a steady a wealthy Israeli woman falling in love with a baker. protracted campaign of anti-Semitism with the publi- march to control the media. Nowhere is this more Fluff, yes, but Israeli fluff. Even when living under the cation of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which pur- obvious then on Netflix, a service that streams a wide threat of annihilation, Israeli television recognizes that ported to be the minutes of a secret 19th century meet- variety of television series, movies and documentaries. fantasy is often as important to survival as a well pre- ing where Jewish leaders discussed their goal of global Netflix’s offerings come from many different countries pared IDF. Jewish hegemony through subversion of the morals of but no country, beyond the United States, is as widely I could continue to elaborate on the Israeli shows Gentiles and by seizing control of the world press and represented as Israel. At last count there were 13 Israeli available, but I’m not a shill for any particular stream- the world economy. television shows and multiple Israeli movies available ing service. But I do encourage those with access to The Protocols found a willing audience. American to Netflix subscribers. Amazon Prime and Hulu, two these services to take a peek at the Israel that lives entrepreneur Henry Ford funded an English translation other streaming services, also provide access to Israeli behind the headlines. It is often an Israel that even the and distributed 500,000 copies throughout the United film and television shows. most attuned student of Israeli society does not really States in the 1920s. For the Nazis, it was a foundational What is it about this country of fewer than nine see. As for the anti-Semites, well, let them continue to text. It is still available in many languages, including million inhabitants that captures the imagination of believe that we are controlling the media. Maybe all Arabic. It has an unlimited shelf life and its poisonous the world? The cynic looks to The Protocols and says, these Israeli movies and shows will help our survival words live on through the missives of white nationalists, “See I told you they want to control the media.” But more than AIPAC or CIJA. Caring for the Vulnerable Federation’s THE ISSUE: A growing number of individuals face numerous barriers to being able to participate fully in the Jewish community due to mobility, transportation, financial constraints and other challenges. IMPACT HOW WE HELP: Federation funds programs and services that enable individuals with varying needs, to access Jewish life. Hillel Lodge Jewish Family Services

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ran into someone the other week who I went to Conversely, in my professional life, I’ve arrived at a high school with. I probably hadn’t seen him since STEPHANIE SHEFRIN stage in my career where my seniority and experience graduation day. create different requirements than those of a newbie When I called out his name, he turned and I MODERN and I realize how apart our lives really all. Icould see that split second where he wasn’t sure who All of us need different things at different stages in I was – but then recognition dawned. “Steph,” he said, MISHPOCHA our lives. How and what we are looking for from com- “you look exactly the same.” munity isn’t static or attached to how old we are. I’m 40. Do I look the same as I did then? For one To borrow a phrase from the trend of the moment – thing, I had way nicer skin at 18. And for another, what matters is finding ways to engage that spark joy. I’ve lived a half-dozen different lifetimes since prom And in the spirit of the magic of tidying up, I have at the Château Laurier. I like to think I’ve aged well All of us need different things at some loose ends to mention when it comes to the and respectably since that time, and that I’m the very different stages in our lives. Modern Mishpocha column. picture of wisdom and sophistication. Basically Meryl First, I’m heartened by the feedback I receive. Streep. I don’t want to look like my 18-year-old self. I How and what we are looking for Whether you agree or disagree with what I say, like who I am now much better. from community isn’t static or I’m glad what I write sparks debate and dialogue. But I suppose you could look at it another way, attached to how old we are. Keep writing those letters to the editor through the lens of the expression “life begins at 40.” ([email protected]) or to me If that’s true, maybe I do look as I did on the cusp personally ([email protected]). of adulthood and independence at 18, because my last The name has always brought to mind caterpil- Second, to follow up on my November 12, 2018 birthday did feel like the start of a new phase of life. lars turning into butterflies, the idea that through its column where I mused about Jewish education for Could be just the round number, the cultural zeit- efforts with EG, Federation will help people find their parents, I’m pleased to let you know that wheels are geist connected with being a 40-something, etc. But Jewish wings and soar into community living and giv- turning to bring a popular course called “Foundations” there are tangible markers than I’m entering a new ing. to Ottawa. It is a curriculum that uses PJ Library and phase. Perhaps we should have a bat mitzvah-type cere- other resources to help educate parents about Jewish Take membership fees. While my salary is not a dol- mony for this milestone. It makes me think of a great themes, so they can in turn talk about them with their lar higher at 40 than it was at 39, I’m suddenly above kids’ book, Zog, where a dragon learns to do things kids. Stay tuned for more. the cut-off age for all the young family/professional independently with a refrain, “Now that you’ve been Finally, I bid a fond farewell to Emma Mallach, who discounts on offer across the community. shown, you can practice on your own.” wrote several interesting columns for Modern Mishpo- More broadly, at 40, I am technically no longer part I may be 40, but on this, my second maternity leave, cha over the past year. I’ll miss her writing and insight. of the so-called “Emerging Generation (EG),” the name I find myself often in situations where many of the Over the course of the next year, I’ll be joined in this given to the division of Jewish Federation of Ottawa babies I meet have parents who are five or six years space by a variety of other members of our communi- programming focused on young adults just finding younger than me, sometimes even more. Yet, because ty, sharing their perspective on being a modern mish- their way into independent community life. of the age of our kids, we have a great deal in common. pocha with you. Happy reading.

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FITNESS a higher proportion of plant-based foods which are The guide was originally published in 1942 to address high in dietary fibre; widespread nutritional deficiencies caused by wartime • Avoiding foods high in saturated fat, sodium, sugar food rationing. The guide has changed over time to food group, which sounds logical, but made it challeng- and other real and artificial sweeteners; reflect the needs of Canadians and the latest research ing to adhere to and may have encouraged caloric intake • Avoiding foods containing and trans fat; in nutrition science. Sometimes food industry lobby that exceeded requirements, leading to weight gain. • Water as the beverage of choice and avoiding sweet groups have influenced the content and not always in The 2007 guide included guidelines for limiting drinks such as sports drinks, soda, fruit juices and ways that are in the best interest of Canadians. added fats and oils and other foods and beverages and chocolate milk – and limiting alcohol; In the 1940s, iodized salt was recommended to com- it recommended drinking water. It also emphasized • Daily servings from each food group and portion bat iodine deficiency. Today we consume too much eating a variety of foods, whole foods, colourful foods sizes have been removed; sodium because of the abundance of processed foods. and whole grains. • How to eat, such as cooking more at home and The 1949 guide reflected the end of war-era food rations Most Canadians today consume too many calories dining out less, being aware of deceptive food mar- and recommended avoiding excess food intake. Mar- and unhealthy foods high in salt, sugar and saturated keting, using nutritional information on food labels garine, which had been illegal except during wartime fat. Sixty-two per cent of Canadian men and 46 per and developing good habits; butter shortages, became permanently legal in 1948 and cent of Canadian women are overweight or obese and • Avoiding restrictive fad diets that can lead to nutri- was added to the guide. https://tinyurl.com/y9gy5xbn many Canadians suffer from preventable lifestyle-relat- tional deficiencies. The 1961 guide reflected the changes in food process- ed chronic diseases. https://tinyurl.com/y7ulnsh3 According to a 2012 survey of 10,000 Canadians, less ing, shelf life and transportation as well as types of food The 2019 version includes three major guidelines: than a third of respondents had seen the last guide and more readily available to Canadians such as citrus fruit. 1) Nutritious foods are the foundations for heathy eat- just nine per cent said it was their information source By 1977, the guide removed the recommendation to eat ing; 2) Processed or prepared foods and beverages that for healthy eating. However, 25 per cent of those who potatoes daily, it included meat alternatives and enriched undermine healthy eating should not be consumed used that guide reported better eating habits than those products (e.g., enriched white bread as an alternative to regularly; and 3) Food skills are needed to navigate the who used other sources. https://tinyurl.com/y7xgxjk3 whole grain bread; this is no longer recommended) and complex food environment and support healthy eating. Focusing on improving one’s eating habits should other dairy foods besides milk. By 1982, the guide con- More specifically, the guidelines include: be balanced with enjoying food and not feeling sidered the impact of diet on chronic diseases, and the • Replacement of the four major food groups (vege- stressed, guilty or ashamed. concept of energy balance was introduced. tables and fruit, grain products, milk and alterna- While the guidelines are intended to be helpful, I The 1992 guide included information about energy tives, and meat and alternatives) with three groups think Canadians may find them more confusing than requirements based on age, gender, body size, activity (1-fruit and vegetables, 2-whole grains, nuts and practical. The complete 2019 guidelines as well as what level and conditions such as pregnancy and nursing. The seeds, and 3-protein). The protein group includes I think are its shortcomings are available on my web- guide suggested the number of servings per day for each meat, poultry, fish, dairy products and legumes; site. www.personalbestthebook.com

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