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WINTER 2018 PJ Library News AJC Annual report Jewish Legion in N.S. Shalom to be commemorated CONNECTING THE ATLANTIC JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP KADIMAH TO CELEBRATE 75 YEARS IN 2018 20TH MACCABIAH GAMES IN ISRAEL HALIFAX HEROES LOCAL COUPLE HELPS FUNDRAISE MILLIONS FOR CHARITIES Thank you to all our sponsors, supporters, volunteers and audience, we couldn’t have done it without you. We hope to see you again next year! SPONSORS PRODUCER Israel Bonds Canada DIRECTORS Charm Diamond Centres Cineplex Entertainment LP Menemsha Films TOP BILLINGS Andy Fillmore, MP Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs My Mother’s Bloomers FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival EL AL Airlines Pavia Bishop’s Cellar Mahone Bay Trading Co. Photopolis Bluenose Seafood Moskowitz Capital SOMA Vein & Laser Centre Cast MEmbER SPONSORS Rosalind and Phil Belitsky Shirlee and Ralph Medjuck Joan and Ron Pink Dawn Frail and Tim Margolian Jo-Anne Nozick and Michael Argand Lynda Suissa Linda Law and Lloyd Newman Lezlie Oler and David Zitner The Zive Family Cast MEmbER ADVERTISERS About Care Healthcare Inc. Labi Kousoulis MLA Shaar Shalom Synagogue Jamie Baillie, PC Leader Live Art Dance Studio 14 Gifts & Gallery Designer Craft Shop Jessica Margolian, Royal LePage Websavers Halcraft BDO Canada, Mark Rosen FILM FANS Carol and Simmy Airst Rhonna and Tom Gaum Gloria and Steven Pink Jane and David Alexander Judith and Victor Goldberg Rita and Joel Pink Nancy and Seth Bloom Roselle Green and Family Molly Rechnitzer Karen and Howard Conter Wendy Katz and Alan Young Jeff Schelew Howard Epstein Valerie MacDonald and Jim Spatz Ann and Howard Thaw The Honourable Myra Freeman Jennifer and Wayne O’Connor Myrna and Harold Yazer and Mr. Lawrence Freeman A SPECIAL THANKS TO Advanced Systems Audio Visual/Atmosphere Entertainment, Carbon Arc Independent Cinema, East Coast Bakery, Roll on Two Chimney Cakes, and Sweet Ideas IN THIS ISSUE WINTER 2018 VOL. 42 | NO. 3 Shalom SHEVAT 5778 SHALOM MAGAZINE President FEATURES MICHAEL ARGAND 11 Canadian Young Judaea: Executive Director Halifax Connects NAOMI ROSENFELD 16 Camp Kadimah to Celebrate 75 Years Editor in 2018 EDNA LEVINE 18 On the Life of Harold Schwartz z”l Contributing Editor 16 19 Marianne Ferguson z”l JOEL JACOBSON 20 AJC’s Annual Report Design MEGHAN RUSHTON 26 Brain Research: Halifax – Beersheva Advertising 27 Partnership 2Gether EDNA LEVINE 29 Halifax Heroes JOSEPH BEHL 30 Jewish Legion in Nova Scotia to be Address all correspondence Commemorated including advertising enquires to: 30 EDITOR, C/O SHALOM IN EVERY ISSUE ATLANTIC JEWISH COUNCIL 4 Message from Michael Argand, President 5670 SPRING GARDEN ROAD SUITE 309 & Naomi Rosenfeld, Executive Director HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA B3J 1H6 7 From the desk of Edna LeVine, Director of Community Engagement TEL. 902-422-7491 | FAX 902-425-3722 [email protected] 9 Campus & PJ Libraty News [email protected] 10 The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs www.theajc.ns.ca (CIJA) Report 12 Camp Kadimah News This publication is printed by: ON THE COVER Rabbis Corner HALCRAFT PRINTERS INC. 39 The Tower of David, Mailed under Canada Post: by Tom Forrestall ATLANTIC JEWISH FOUNDATION PUBLICATIONS MAIL SALES AGREEMENT 22 20th Maccabiah Games Much More NO. 40052452 This beautiful, original watercolour The Tower Than Silver of Daivd, 14” x 22”, from the series 35 Days 23 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel NOTE TO OUR READERS in Israel is available for purchase from the AJC: $4,100 framed (plus delivery). Our Atlantic Jewish community is losing more 24 My Trip to Israel Tom Forrestall is one of Canada’s most acclaimed and more members as the years go on. In the past, and exciting realist painters. Forrestall was born in 25 A Piece in the Mosaic Shalom has printed stories of regional community Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia in 1936. In 1965, he members who have passed away. While we try to held his first solo show at Roberts Gallery in Toronto AROUND OUR REGION acknowledge the major contributions of many of and has since continued to show in galleries and museums across Canada. He completed a large outdoor 28 Halifax our late friends and family members, we request piece for Expo ’67. He was elected a member of the 33 Cape Breton that you inform Shalom of passings of which Royal Canadian Academy in 1973. we may be unaware so we may recognize these “Watercolor has been with me since my earliest days of 34 Saint John individuals. Shalom’s editorial staff reserves the painting and has always been the most enjoyable side of my 35 Prince Edward Island right to determine the length of memorial pieces to painting experience; allowing me to work while I travel be printed in the magazine. throughout my own country and abroad… The water- 36 Newfoundland colors I did in Israel are, I feel, some of my finest efforts. I Moncton Written articles are the opinion of the was honored and delighted for the opportunity to work and 38 individual writers and do not necessarily travel throughout this beautiful country. The sights and 38 Fredericton reflect the opinion of the AJC. people of the land will continue to inspire me for years to come.” – Tom Forrestall, March, 2011 theAJC.ns.ca WINTER 2018 Shalom 3 PRESIDent’S MESSAGE From The Desk Of From The Desk Of MICHAEL NAOMI ARGAND ROSENFELD President of the Executive Director Atlantic Jewish Council HOW DO YOU FIND JEWS THAT While the final months of any calendar year DON’T WANT TO BE FOUND? tend to be busy for the AJC, the last few months of 2017 have been exceptionally UNAFFILIATED. DETACHED. UNINVOLVED. hectic yet productive. Looking back, here are Call it whatever you want, but we all know one: a Jew who, for one some of my highlights of the last few months: reason or another, chooses not to engage with the organized Jewish community in Atlantic Canada. According to the 2011 Canadian National Household Survey, • We published our first ever Annual Report. In a concise Atlantic Canada is home to more than 4,000 Jews. Four Thou- snapshot, this report allowed us to showcase the true breadth sand. Think about that number for a second. and depth of our programming and services, as well as high- Now, let’s think about another number: the number of Jews in light where our UJA campaign dollars go to help Jews in Atlantic Canada who belong to a synagogue or affiliate with an- need here at home, abroad and in Israel. I hope this was the other Jewish organization such as the AJC, the PEIJC, or Chabad. first of many such reports we produce. Based on my experiences and conversations with leaders of Jewish • We hired Lindsay Kerr, our new Director of Hillel & Next organizations across the region, my best guess is that such a figure Generation Engagement. Having moved here all the way would be just over 1,500 Jews. Maybe as high as 2,000. from Winnipeg to join our team, Lindsay has already proven herself to be a true asset to our community. WHERE ARE OUR FELLOW 2000 MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE HIDING? On the one hand, one might see the phenomenon of Jews hid- • Thanks to a generous grant from the Harold Grinspoon ing in plain sight as a mark of progress. After all, less than half a foundation, we were able to launch an exciting new pro- century ago, Jews didn’t have the luxury of choosing to disaffiliate. gramming component to our PJ Library® initiative, seeing Jews became affiliated automatically as the societies we lived in families with young children coming together from all walks “othered” us, marking us as different and less than. If a Jew in At- of life to celebrate Shabbat. lantic Canada wanted the social experience afforded to members of • Naomi accompanied a group of young mothers on the Jew- country clubs, we had to turn to the Jewish community. We weren’t ish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) – an 8-day trip allowed into the country clubs of non-Jewish peers. Similarly, if a to Israel which saw the ladies taking in the sites while learn- Jew wanted to find a spouse, our best bet was to turn to the Jew- ing more about Jewish values and parenting through a Jewish ish community. After all, at the time, interfaith marriages were lens. frowned upon just as much – if not more – by the general commu- nity as they were by Jewish community. • We completed our 2017 UJA Campaign with a record And yet, somehow, almost magically, over the last 50 years, as breaking number of volunteers and first-time donations! Karen Brodkin puts it: Jews became white folks. We are no longer Thank you so much to every single person who contributed “othered” in the way we once were. Do you think our ancestors this year. Your support really does make a huge impact! could have ever imagined that in the 2016 American presidential elections, both of the final presidential candidates would have a As with everything we do at the AJC, none of these accom- Jewish son-in-law? plishments could have been achieved without the help and And yet, with this progress, comes a new challenge for our com- support of numerous volunteers and supporters from across the munity: finding and engaging those Jews that don’t feel the need to community. Thank you! S affiliate. In Atlantic Canada, with our small populations, finding innovative solutions to this challenge will be pivotal for the long- term sustainability of our Jewish community. 4 Shalom WINTER 2018 theAJC.ns.ca FROM THE DESK OF NAOMI ROSENFELD Naomi Rosenfeld, top right, accompanied 13 Halifax women on the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project trip to Israel.