Iyar / Sivan /Tammuz 5775 Vol. 25. No. 5 May / June 2015 Website: www.agudasisrael.org

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B'nai Brith Lodge #739 invites you to the 16th Annual Gerry Rose Memorial and Volunteer Award Dinner Honouring Sherwood & Elaine Sharfe Friday June 26th, 2015 • 6:00 pm Jewish Community Centre Services 6 pm led by Hebrew School Children $5 a participant Cost of Dinner will Follow $20 max for family RSVP Myla 343-7023 or email to [email protected] Theatre in the Park 2015

Previous Winners of the Gerry Rose Volunteer Award Mark your calendars: 2000 2006 2011 Theatre in the Park 2015 Preview Thursday July Gerry & Glady Rose Walter, Lois & Ralph Katzman 2nd @ 7pm in Raoul Wallenberg Park. 2001 Susanne Gumprich 2012 Linda Shaw 2007 David & Randy Thanks to the generous support of 2002 Ron & Jan Gitlin Katzman Bert Gladstone 2008 2013 Congregation Agudas Israel and B’nai Brith 2003 Heather Fenyes Janet Erikson Lodge, Sum Theatre is back for our third season June & Abe Avivi 2009 2014 of Theatre in the Park! Theatre in the Park is Saskatchewan’s 2004 Steven Goluboff Arnie Shaw first-ever free professional live theatre performed in public parks. David Kaplan 2010 As a gesture of our appreciation to CAI and the B’nai Brith, Sum 2005 Marsha & Grant Theatre will once again present a special preview performance of Sam & Petty Landa Scharfstein this summer’s show before it tours the city. Please bring a blanket or lawn chair and your family and friends! 25th with Alan Thicke Monday, Follow us online for our show announcement and full performance Annual th schedule: https://www.facebook.com/SumTheatreSaskatoon May 11 , 2015 sumtheatre.com TCU Place (Centennial Auditorium) B’nai Brith Meeting/BBQ/Bocce Ball Championship 223 Lakeshore Place (Home of Susan and David Katzman) May 26th, 6 p.m. Members of BB, and potential members, are invited to enjoy an evening of BB camaraderie and some business (we will be reconsidering our dates for awarding funds so that agencies can plan for the fall). Elections will be held. Please call David (306-955-3563) if you have questions, ideas or want to volunteer to help.

This page is sponsored by Gladys Rose of Toronto Deadline for the next Bulletin is June 14, 2015 Now Available For Free In Saskatoon: Free high-quality Jewish books and music for children delivered to your home! to connect with your of 6 months and 8 years regardless children, read together of whether you are affiliated with and discuss human any synagogue. This is a non- values while growing denominational initiative across all their Jewish identi- of North America, Israel and other ties. The books come countries. Thanks to the Harold Grinspoon Founda- at no cost and are a For more information visit PJ tion, the United Synagogue for Conservative gift to you and your Library’s website: http://www. Judaism and a generous donation from Elaine children. They will pjlibrary.org/ and Sherwood Sharfe, Saskatoon children will grow your personal If you are interested in having receive a monthly high-quality Jewish book or Jewish library. your kids registered, please contact Rabbi piece of music delivered directly to your home. This program is available for any Jewish Claudio Jodorkovsky at rabbiclaudio@gmail. PJ library is a great opportunity THEfor CANADIANyou child JEWISH living NEWS in SaskatoonT between the ages com JULY 3, 2014 Perspectives 7 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS T JULY 3, 2014 Perspectives 7 Family History Family History The remarkable, long reach of the Rose family TheThe remarkable, Remarkable, long Longreach Reachof the Rose Of familyThe Rose Family Gerry Posner of the Royal College of Physicians and by Gerry Posner Surgeons of Canada. Gerry Posner of the Royal College of Physicians and The Groppers are no less imposing. The Robert Browning once wrote that “a man’sobert Browningfor the once young wrote couple, that “a Surgeons of Canada. eldest child, now a grandfather himself, reach should exceed his grasp.” ThatR phraseman’s reach given should the exceed 40-below his grasp.” The Groppers are no less imposing. The Mitchell Gropper, is a busy lawyer in Van- mustobert have Browning resonated once yearswrote thatago “a with That Arthur phrase temperature.must have resonated years eldest child, now a grandfather himself, couver. His brother Peter is a prominent Rman’s reach should exceed his grasp.” ago with Arthur and Elsie Rose, formerly Mitchell Gropper, is a busy lawyer in Van- orthopedic surgeon in Vancouver with a andThat Elsie phrase Rose, must ofhave Saskatoon. resonated yearsIn several of Saskatoon.ways, InYet, several begin ways, they their did,story couver. His brother Peter is a prominent specialty in hands. theirago with story Arthur is similarand Elsie toRose, that formerly of many is others,similar to thatand of manyit was others, not telling long of orthopedic surgeon in Vancouver with a And then come the judges: Two of Ar- tellingof Saskatoon. of their In severaldrive andways, dedication their story in tryingtheir drive to andbefore dedication Arthur in trying Rose to es get- specialty in hands. thur and Elsie’s progeny are now judges in getis similar ahead to inthat a of new many country others, telling and toof instilahead these in a new country and to instil these And then come the judges: Two of Ar- British Columbia. The first is Risa Levine, their drive and dedication in trying to get qualities in theirtablished descendants. Arthur Rose thur and Elsie’s progeny are now judges in now a judge of the Court of Appeal and qualitiesahead in a innew their country descendants. and to instil these Arthur RoseCleaners, (once Rosenthal) a dry was clean a - British Columbia. The first is Risa Levine, formerly of the Supreme Court of British qualities Arthur in theirRose descendants. (once Rosenthal) was atypical typical immigrant, ing operation arriving at 14 he in knewthe now a judge of the Court of Appeal and Columbia, and her sister, Miriam Gropper, immigrant,Arthur Rose (oncearriving Rosenthal) at 14 was in thea UnitedUnited States States nothingfrom Romania about with nowhen Eng- formerly of the Supreme Court of British now sits on the B.C. Supreme Court. fromtypical Romania immigrant, witharriving no at English 14 in the and fewlish prosand few- prospects.he started. But heWhile had ambi Ar-- Columbia, and her sister, Miriam Gropper, The Rose name, as carried on by the United States from Romania with no Eng- tion and worked as an itinerant salesman now sits on the B.C. Supreme Court. children of Gerry and Gladys, has been pects.lish and But few prospects.he had ambition But he had ambiand -workedthrough as an the Minnesotathur built and Wisconsinthe busi - The Rose name, as carried on by the distinguished by the four children. Kath- tion and worked as an itinerant salesman children of Gerry and Gladys, has been itinerant salesman through the Minnesotaareas. and He met ness, Elsie Holzberg Elsie was along raising the Pictured at the 50th wedding anniversary of Arthur and Elsie Rose in Saskatoon ryn Cooper, the eldest, was a very success- Wisconsinthrough the Minnesota areas. He and met Wisconsin Elsie Holzberg way, along and they her got marriedthree children, in 1912. the inPictured 1962 are:at the back 50th row, wedding from anniversary left, Gerry of Rose, Arthurdistinguished Harryand Elsie Levin, Roseby the Myrna in fourSaskatoon children.Levin, in Mitchell 1962 Kath are:- ful lawyer in Toronto in practice with her theareas. way, He met and Elsie they Holzberg got married along the in 1912.Elsie was bornlate in theMyrna, United StatesZoe andand Gropper,back row, from Peter left, Gropper, Arthur Rose, Nathan Harry Gropper, Levin, Myrnaryn Kathy Cooper, Levin, Rose Mitchell the and eldest, ArthurGropper, was Rose; aPeter very Gropper,middlesuccess - husband, Gerry Cooper, until her death way, and they got married in 1912. Picturedmade itat her the business 50th wedding to teach anniversary her husband of Arthur row,Nathan and GladysElsie Gropper, Rose Rose in Kathy Saskatoon (between Rose and in Harry1962 Arthur are: Levin Rose; andmiddleful lawyer Myrna row, in Gladys Levin), Toronto Rose Esther in (between practice Levin, Harrywith Risa her Levin in 2000. Her sister Dr. Toby Rose is the ElsieElsie was was born bornin the Unitedin the States United and StatesbackEnglish. row, and from They left, sonsought Arthur Gerry, better Rose, opportun asHarry well Levin,- as Myrna Gropper,and Levin, Myrna Mitchell ZoeLevin), Gropper Gropper, Esther Levin,Peter(between RisaGropper, Gropper,her son, Zoehusband, Peter, Gropper and Gerry (between husband, Cooper, her Nathan,); son,until Peter, her Jonathandeath and number 2 person in the Coroner’s Office, Levin, Julie Levin, Elsie Rose and Michael Levin; front row, Toby Rose, Miriam mademade it ither her business business to teach to her teach husband her Nathanhusbandities and Gropper, made Kathy their Roseway toand Saskatoon Arthur Rose; in middlehusband, row, Gladys Nathan,); Rose Jonathan (between Levin, Harry Julie Levin Levin, in Elsie 2000. Rose Her and sister Michael Dr. Toby Levin; Rose front is row, the Toby where she works as a forensic pathologist immersing herself in Gropper, David Rose, Naomi Rose and Daniel Levin. English.English. They They sought sought better opportun better- opportunitiesandFebruary Myrna Levin), 1913, teaching Esthernot the Levin, most new Risa auspicious Gropper,immi -Zoe GropperRose, Miriam (between Gropper, her son, David Peter, Rose, and Naomi Rosenumber and Daniel 2 person Levin. in the Coroner’s Office, and medical director of the Provincial For- andities andmade made their their way to toSaskatoon Saskatoon in inhusband,beginning Febru Nathan,);- for grantsthe Jonathan young English. couple, Levin, Julie given Elsie Levin, the Elsie Rose and Michael Levin; front row, Toby where she works as a forensic pathologist ensic Pathology Unit in Toronto. The third February 1913, not the most auspicious Rose,40-below Miriam temperature. Gropper, David Rose, Naomi Rose andchildren Daniel Levin. married: Gerry to Gladys,katoon Zoe thoughtandrecipient medical she might of director the Queen’s not of be the Jubilee Jewish, Provincial Medal as For shefor- sister, Naomi, a former head of the Miles arybeginning 1913, for not the theyoung most couple, auspicious given the beginningYet, begin theywas did, so and Americanized it was not long thatto Nathanthe pedlars Gropper in and Sas Myrna- didn’t to Harry speak ensicVoluntarism Yiddish Pathology and in Unit 2013 she in in Toronto. Saskatchewan.didn’t The bargain. third Nadal Centre in Toronto, is now the dir- 40-below temperature. childrenbefore Arthurmarried: Rose Gerry established to Gladys, Arthur Zoe recipientLevin. of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for sister,Arthur Naomi, and a Elsie’s formercontinued grandchildren head of theon pageMiles reflect 13 ector of strategic planning and integrated Yet, begin they did, and it was not long toRose Nathan Cleaners, Gropper a dry and cleaning Myrna operationto Harry he VoluntarismThe contribution in 2013 in of Saskatchewan. Arthur and Elsie to Nadalwell theCentre “stretching in Toronto, out” is to now make the their dir- marketing for the Ministry of Health and before Arthur Rose established Arthur Levin.knew nothing about when he started. Arthurtheir community and Elsie’s wasgrandchildren evident and reflect when ectormark of in strategic society. planning The Levin and group integrated was led Long-Term Care in Ontario. The youngest Rose Cleaners, a dry cleaning operation he TheWhile contribution Arthur built of Arthurthe business, and Elsie Elsie to wellArthur the “stretching died, a street out” in toSaskatoon make their was marketingby Michael, for whothe Ministry was, and of still Health is, a profesand - Rose child is Dr. David Rose, an internist knew nothing about when he started. theirwas community raising her threewas evident children, and the when late marknamed in society. Arthur The Rose Levin Avenue. group was led Long-Termsor of anthropology Care in Ontario. and sociology The youngest at the at the Scarborough General Hospital, who While Arthur built the business, Elsie ArthurMyrna, died, Zoe a andstreet son in Gerry, Saskatoon as well was as by Michael,The three who children was, and clearly still grasped is, a profes the- RoseUniversity child is ofDr. Toronto. David Rose, Julie anLevin internist was a was described by a patient, as a man born was raising her three children, the late namedimmersing Arthur herself Rose Avenue. in teaching new immi- sormessage of anthropology their parents and weresociology sending: at the atnurse the Scarborough and later taught General nurses Hospital, in Toronto. who to be a doctor. Myrna, Zoe and son Gerry, as well as Thegrants three English. children Elsie clearly was so grasped Americanized the Universitybecome involvedof Toronto. and Julie help Levin others. was Each a wasThe described late Esther by Rutha patient, Levin, as had a man a master’s born Of course, what has followed from all of immersing herself in teaching new immi- messagethat the their pedlars parents in Saskatoon were sending: thought she nurseof the and three later Rose taught children nurses became in Toronto. active todegree be a doctor. in environmental studies from York these distinguished grandchildren of Ar- grants English. Elsie was so Americanized becomemight notinvolved be Jewish, and help as she others. didn’t Each speak Thein thelate SaskatoonEsther Ruth and Levin, Winnipeg had a master’scom- OfUniversity course, whatand worked has followed for the from Toronto all of thur and Elsie Rose are 28 great-grandchil- that the pedlars in Saskatoon thought she ofYiddish the three and Rose she children didn’t bargain. became The active couple degreemunities, in environmental both Jewish and studies non-Jewish. from York theseDistrict distinguished School Board grandchildren as an executive of Ar - dren and 14 great-great-grandchildren, might not be Jewish, as she didn’t speak inwere the Saskatoon very involved and inWinnipeg the Jewish com com- - UniversityGerry was and appointed worked for to the OrderToronto of thurassistant and Elsie to the Rose chair. are 28Jonathan great-grandchil Levin is a- with more coming, which surely would be Yiddish and she didn’t bargain. The couple munities,munity asboth well Jewish as the and larger non-Jewish. one. DistrictCanada School for his Board contribution as an executive to the world drencounsellor and 14 great-great-grandchildren, in Massachusetts. The young - real naches for them. n were very involved in the Jewish com- GerryElsie was and appointed Arthur moved to the upward, Order of settled assistantof volunteering. to the chair. To thisJonathan day, B’nai Levin Brith is a withest moreson, Daniel, coming, is whichan assistant surely professor would be munity as well as the larger one. Canadain the morefor his affluent contribution section to of the Saska world- counsellorin Saskatoon in Massachusetts. hands out the TheGerry young Rose- realin nachesthe departments for them. nof radiology and child Gerry Posner is a retired lawyer and Elsie and Arthur moved upward, settled oftoon volunteering. and sent theirTo this three day, children B’nai Brith to the estVolunteer son, Daniel, Award. is an Some assistant of this professor Rose spirit health at the University of Manitoba, and Winnipeger transplanted to Toronto in in the more affluent section of Saska- inUniversity Saskatoon of hands Saskatchewan. out the Gerry The Rose three inwas the instilleddepartments in Gerry’s of radiology wife, Gladys, and child the Gerrychairs Posner the Nuclear is a retired Medicine lawyer Committeeand August 2012. toon and sent their three children to the Volunteer Award. Some of this Rose spirit health at the University of Manitoba, and Winnipeger transplanted to Toronto in University of Saskatchewan. The three was instilled in Gerry’s wife, Gladys, the chairs the Nuclear Medicine Committee August 2012.

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SPELL CHECK ✓ Editorial FROM OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY by Steven Goluboff The Mission Statement of Congregation Agudas Israel Congregation Agudas Israel is a spiritual, religious, educational and social home committed to deepening the quality of Jewish life in Saskatoon and district. We are an evolving link in the As we digest the pleth- historical traditions of the Jewish people. We are a progressive, democratic and sensitive con- ora of news that comes gregation responding to the widest spectrum of Jewish thought and practice. across our newspapers, Written at the 2002 Kallah by the members of Congregation Agudas Israel TV’s, Internet Connec- MAZEL TOV AND CONGRATULATIONS TO: tions, IPads and smart Dr. Cindy Cohen on the birth of her son Gideon Nathanial on April 9th phones we are over- Gerry and Dianne Greenblat who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their whelmed with more information than we know family in Maui. what to do with. We could spend hours reading Joel Bernbaum and Heather Morrison whose short play Baggage was selected in the and listening to what is going on around us lo- top six submitted from over 30 submitted from Canada and the USA, in the Short Cuts: 10 cally and in the far reaches of the earth. We are Minute Play Festival in Saskatoon. saddened by nature’s power and devastation in Steven and Leila Goluboff on the marriage of their nephew Michael Goluboff, son of Nepal but heartened by the response of many Richard and Georgina to Joanna Jhuo of Taiwan, on April 18th, 2015, in Victoria. nations around the world including Canada Sherwood and Elaine Sharfe who will be honoured for their years of service to Congrega- and Israel. We are confused about how the tion Agudas Israel as recipients of the Gerry Rose Volunteer of the Year Award on June 26th, State of Israel actually forms a government out 2015. of several dozen parties and cynical how politi- Yishay and Yael on the birth of Michael in February, brother to Maya. (see page 19) cal expediency gets in the way of true govern- Saskatoon Funeral Home who for the sixth year has been selected as the Consumer ance. Our Shlichim, Itai and Laurie challenge Choice Winner in the category of Funeral Service for the greater city of Saskatoon. us to be critical of Israel on the one hand but Since 1978, The Consumer Choice Award (CCA) mission has been to recognize love her on the other. Rabbi Claudio challenges and promote business excellence. This is truly a testament to the hard work and us to not confuse our synagogue with a Costco outstanding service Saskatoon Funeral Home has given to our community year product and I highly recommend you read his after year. Congratulations on a job well done! Divrei Harav carefully in this Bulletin. Rabbi Pavey still resonates with his intellectual rigor CONDOLENCES TO: as he also stimulates us in his latest article to Susanne Kaplan and all of her family on the death of Dr. David Kaplan on April 6th, 2015 consider the balance of “tradition and change, Carol Buckwold, children Mark and Mika and all of their families on the death of hus- continuity and innovation”. The educational band, father and grandfather, Rich Buckwold on March 19th, 2015. opportunities in our community are many both The family and friends on the recent death of Gerry Sugarman, a longtime member of for our children and adults. Rabbi Claudio’s in CAI, in Vancouver. the next two months will examine “Judaism st in the 21 Century” as he will examine the WELCOME NEW MEMBER: many movements in the Jewish world from Yahdein ( Dein) Senibo Sokaribo. He is the second of six siblings Orthodox and Conservative to Reform and and is currently studying economics and commerce at the University of Reconstructionist, all of which are probably Saskatchewan. Dien and his sister Oseh are regular participants in our represented in some way in the practices of Shabbat morning services. our own members. To make choices, we must understand and have knowledge. We must be GET WELL WISHES TO: open-minded yet critical. Rabbi Claudio has Cormac McGettigan and Jennie Bobowsky invited Rabbi Rafael Katz from Chabad to share his unique views of his perspective of UNVEILINGS: Judaism, an interaction which will be sure to Stuart Goldstein – May 15th 10 am be stimulating and informative. In addition Harry Broudy – May 17th 11 am Prince Albert to those educational opportunities, Rabbi Grace Goluboff – June 14th 10:30 am Claudio has also expedited a new opportunity Tibor Braun – June 14th 11:00 am for our younger children, whereby the PJ Pro- gram (yes, it does stand for pajamas) will be FOR YOUR INFORMATION: sending books and CD’s to our children with We are running low on Kippot at the Synagogue. Please bring to the synagogue any extra Jewish content and information. This program kippot you have at your homes. is described on page two of the Bulletin and is mainly here due to the generosity of Sherwood The University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections Department has put and Elaine Sharfe, the United Synagogue and together two displays of Dr. David Kaplan’s memorabilia. One is on the first floor of the the administrative assistance of the Calgary Murray library near Starbucks. The other is in Room 301 of the Murray Library Building. Jewish Federation. More than 30 children are THE BULLETIN so far the recipients of these books. At the Editor-in-Chief...... Steven Goluboff Issues/Year...... 6 end of June, we will remember Gerry Rose, Youth Editor...... Mayah Holtslander If you are happy with the Bulletin and enjoy read- the consummate volunteer as we celebrate Advertising Manager...... Ron Gitlin ing it, please consider sponsoring a page ($25/ and honour for the 16th year, volunteers in our Circulation Manager...... Myla Deptuch issue or $130/year). Contact Steven Goluboff or community. This year B’nai Brith is proud to Layout & Graphic Design...... Janet Eklund Ron Gitlin. recognize the decades of volunteerism and Proof Reading...... Bruce Cameron philanthropy of Sherwood and Elaine Sharfe. Cost of this issue with mailing...... $1200 E-Mail Address: [email protected], Advertisements...... $30/issue [email protected], Yasher Koach. Page Sponsorship...... $25/issue or $130/year [email protected] continued on page x Issues Published...... 149 website: http://agudasisrael.org This page is sponsored by Steven, Leila, Sarah & Shaina Goluboff 3 Divrei Harav – Rabbi Claudio’s Message Synagogue is not Costco by Rabbi Claudio Jodorkovsky

The story goes that a The man replied: “Well, you are the Rabbi, my dues? That’s what people analyse before new Rabbi arrived at talk about Judaism!” becoming members of Costco: They want to a congregation just Now, what’s the saddest part of this story? save more in groceries than what they an- before the High Holy Some may say that the saddest part is that nually pay for membership. Sadly, there are Days and because he didn’t know the con- people don’t keep Kosher, don’t study Juda- Jews who say: “I don’t have children in the gregation very well he approached one of ism and don’t attend services. That’s very sad, city, my grandkids don’t live here, I don’t the members to ask his advice about the best especially for a Rabbi. But there is sadder need a Hebrew School, so why should I pay topic for his sermons during the Holy Days. and much worrying part: The fact that there for Synagogue membership?” Others analyze “What do you think I should to say in my are members of a congregation who expect how much money they will save in a funeral sermons?” he asked. The member of the con- a Rabbi not to address these subjects. Even if they or their relatives become members. gregation replied: “Rabbi, please don’t talk worse, they don’t see any problem in demand- The problem with that is that you think of about keeping Kosher; Kosher meat is very ing that from him! your personal needs and not the needs of the expensive and if you talk about Kashrut you I need to clarify that this has never happened Jewish community (after all, why would you would make people very uncomfortable. And to me – at least not with that level of chutz- worry about Costco’s needs?). The opposite please do not insist too much about coming pah - but I do worry about a phenomenon that of that attitude is a beautiful story that hap- to study with you; people have other interests is growing in the religious world, Judaism pened to me a couple of weeks ago. I was in and they would feel uncomfortable with your included, and I am afraid it may grow in our a store and someone stopped me: “Are you words. Oh, and also please do not talk about congregation too. When it comes to Judaism, the Rabbi? I recognized you from your pic- coming to Shabbat services; they are very I like to call this phenomenon the “Costco ture in the Bulletin. I am a member of your busy Saturday mornings, and Friday nights Synagogue”. congregation and I never participate, but I they have supper at that time. I am sure you Why Costco? Because of two reasons: First of pay my dues because I believe a Jew must won’t want to make them feel uncomfortable all I see more and more people who do a cost- support the Jewish community” Of course, I with your sermons”. Surprised by this reply, benefit analysis before applying for member- wish she could participate in our activities, but the Rabbi asked: “But if I cannot talk about ship at a Synagogue. What will I receive for I am proud of her as a Jew who feels she has keeping Kosher, Torah study and Shabbat becoming a member? Will the “benefits” to support the Jewish community even when services, what am I supposed to talk about?!”. from my membership compensate the cost of continued on page 17

Ukraine- The Invisible Crisis

by Daniel Stern, Campaign Director and Director of Regional Community Services, Jewish Federations Canada – UIA

What first comes to Many people forget that there is an actual nered with the American Jewish Joint Distri- mind when you think war zone nearby that is destroying the fabric bution Committee (JDC) to bring life-saving about the recent crises of an active Jewish society that has existed relief to Jews in the Former Soviet Union. facing Jewish communities around the world? for centuries. Eastern Ukraine has been in In times of peace, 32 social welfare centres For some, it’s Israel’s war with Hamas last armed conflict for more than one year. As the in Ukraine supply food, medicine, homecare summer that cost 70 Israeli lives, over 2,000 Ukrainian government and Russian-backed and vital assistance to 70,000 vulnerable Palestinian lives and over $2 billion dollars in rebels move in and out of ceasefire arrange- Jews in over 1,000 Ukrainian cities, towns damage to Israel. The cost to rebuild Gaza is ments that have not stopped the violence, and villages. Today, many of these centres estimated at over $4 billion, although no na- there is no resolution in sight for the 350,000 also act as command centers for rescue and tion has started moving money to the Hamas- Jews caught in the crossfire. Cities have been relief work, supplying humanitarian aid to controlled region. bombed. Over 5,600 lives have been lost. the tens of thousands of Jews affected by the For others, it’s the rising rate of Anti- Many homes have no running water, no elec- ongoing conflict. Semitic activity across Europe, particularly tricity and no food on the shelves. Thousands JDC’s involvement in these communities is in Paris, where the January terrorist attack have been forced to flee. Europe now has the literally the difference between life and death at a kosher market left four dead and a com- largest population of displaced Jews since for many Jewish Ukrainians. Although world munity of 280,000 fearing for their safety. (If World War II. powers are unable to resolve the conflict and you are interested in reading about European There is a way you can help our Jewish end the bloodshed, together we can make Jewry I suggest you find Jeffrey Goldberg’s brothers and sisters overseas. For decades, difference. If we do not, the alternatives are Atlantic article ‘Is It Time For The Jews To Jewish Federations of Canada - UIA has part- unfathomable. Leave Europe?’) This Page is Sponsored by the United Israel Appeal of Canada This page is sponsored by Dr. Alan Rosenberg & Dr. Lesley-Ann Crone and family 4 Eulogies for David Kaplan December 12, 1923 - April 6, 2015 by David’s Children Cool Dad - Edward ducted for years, childhood memories include was a gig with the Dad was cool. He was hip. He led a life evenings when jazz musicians would come Saskatoon Hob- that was both in tune yet offbeat. over and just jam in the living room. Now by Band. Last Formally trained in classical music, at home that was cool! June, Dad orga- he would play Mozart’s clarinet concertos in From Western classical music theory and nized a concert his den, whether rehearsing for a concert or performance, he became interested in the featuring clarinet just for his own enjoyment. These were his music of other lands, and his world instru- and French Horn workouts; he was keeping in musical shape. ment collection was soon to follow. Dad used choirs along with That’s pretty cool! music to bridge cultures, build community and the Klezmer Over many years, he built the music pro- bring people together while at the same time band. Many family members attended as gram at the University of Saskatchewan. His exploring his own Jewish musical heritage. we thought it might well be his last concert. office in the basement of the Administration The results are there for all to see: Folkfest, the But Dad never stopped, and had a few more Building was a balagan – a chaotic room that Festival of Faiths, musicals like Chokecherry performances in him. He was working on yet served as an instrument storeroom and private Wine and Love and Latkes, and of course another concert to be performed right here lesson space in addition to his workplace. One the Saskatoon Klezmer Band. From a life in October. Among other groups, it was to of my earliest memories was blowing every in music, he showed us all the music in life. feature First Nation Cree drummers, and the tuba, trumpet or trombone in that office while That is incredibly cool! Klezmer band. That is just so typical of Dad he was trying to run orchestra rehearsals next In 2002, Dad was recognized with the – how he used music to bring people together. door. Starting from that basement, he guided Order of Canada for all of his contributions And really, there is nothing cooler than that. the growth of a department that has trained so to Saskatoon’s communities and beyond. He Dad, where you are now, the sun is shining, many of the province’s music educators and wore a kippah at the ceremony. Not bad for everyone is playing in tune, and your jokes performers. Very cool! a Jewish kid from Chicago. Way, way cool! never miss a beat. I love you, and I miss you His love of music knew no boundaries. In Over the past few years, Dad’s music kept very much. addition to the symphony concerts he con- him going. If it wasn’t the Klezmer band, it continued on page 16 Eulogy for Rich Buckwold December 25, 1950 - March 19, 2015 by Bruce Buckwold I’m here to- saw him pout over. ing families. Waskesiu was a very special place day to share We were raised in an atmosphere in which to Rich. It was his Palm Springs at the time. some thoughts family, friends and community were very Rich was always good at many things. about someone important. Those values became the founda- Although vertically challenged, he was a who was very tion of Rich’s life. Although Rich was not talented athlete. There were few team and close to me – particularly observant, we grew up with the individual sports at which he didn’t excel. He my cousin, my Jewish traditions and he was proud of his was competitive but not arrogant or boastful. lifelong friend Jewish heritage. He enjoyed playing and he enjoyed his team- and business Early life meant summers at Waskesiu where mates. Ping-pong was the only “sport” that I partner. I liked to introduce him as Rich the three brothers shared a family cabin. Often could beat him in. Buckwold and myself as poor Buckwold. all three families, mothers, maids, kids and pets Some of you may not have known that Rich Rich and I started life six months apart. in tow, somehow cohabited in a 1200 square played in a rock band called The Warlocks. Rich’s parents were Seymour and Mirriom. foot, one-bathroom cabin. I remember when Rich played bass and claimed to be the backup Seymour’s brothers were my father, Alvin, as young kids we decided it would be cool to vocalist, but truthfully I never heard him sing and Uncle Sid. The three brothers had 11 smoke. So we went to the hardware store in other than at his bar mitzvah which, as you children all of whom are here today, except Waskesiu and bought some rope. We cut it into might expect, we shared. my brother Ian. Rich was brother to Janice small pieces and put them in a cigarette pack- Rich and I were best friends, an honour I Glover, married to Stan, to Sherri Thompson age. We walked around town lighting pieces shared with many. Rich had close friends and to Andrea Cohen, married to Rob. We all of rope and puffing on them. everywhere. He was kind-hearted, supportive, grew up together in Saskatoon with a close Rich loved the lake. He lived on and in the a good listener, comforting not in words, but extended family that included anyone who was water. He loved boats, boating, water-skiing by being there for you. He was the guy who remotely related to us. and being with his lake friends. With the loss could sit in the back of the room and people Early life for Rich was pretty special. The of my father Alvin, the cabin ceased to be a just gravitated to him. Maybe it was that gentle Buckwold family shared all the traditional family cabin and morphed into a weekend smile, the twinkle in his eye or the cute dimple Jewish holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and summer playground for Rich, myself and my in his cheek. special events together. We were a close-knit, brother Ian. Waskesiu was named the Fort Rich enjoyed other people’s success and fun-loving, active group, intensely competitive Lauderdale of Canada by Time magazine. We encouraged it. He was never envious or petty. and constantly teasing. Richie’s greatest fear and our friends loved it. The Buckwold men aren’t known for their was home movie night, featuring footage of When we settled down and got married, outward display of personal emotion. We him and Janice bathing naked in the tub. He Waskesiu became the summer destination that aren’t huggers. But Rich had that magical way just couldn’t handle it. It’s the only thing I ever we would share with our new young and grow- continued on page 17 This page is sponsored by the Saskatchewan Jewish Council 5 Hadassah-WIZO News CHW is Canada’s leading Jewish women’s philanthropic organization. Founded in 1917, CHW is non-political, volunteer driven and funds a multitude of programs and projects for Children, Healthcare and Women in Israel and Canada.

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CANADIAN HADASSAH-WIZO (CHW) 2015 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

Posted March 31, 2015 – Winnipeg Jewish Review.com and printed in the Jewish Independent, Vancouver, April17, 2015. Written by Canadian Hadassah-WIZO

“CANADIAN HADASSAH-WIZO is provided a home away from home, and CHEP Board Member. CHEP started out as (CHW) is pleased to announce that the 2015 receives counselling in a stimulating, sup- an education program for children and has Annual Campaign, Big Needs, Caring portive environment. However, this is just since expanded to provide programming, Hearts, is underway in support of CHW one story. information and improved access to good projects in Israel. This pillar of CHW’s With the help of donors and friends, CHW food for everyone. Some of their initiatives fundraising efforts provides $1.42 million in can improve the lives of children, women and include Children’s Meal Programs, Com- aid to children in CHW’s 6 daycare Centres, families who are battling hunger, a devastating munity Kitchens & Community Gardens, at-risk youth at CHW’s 4 schools, women disease, or domestic violence. CHW has big Neighbourhood Mini Markets etc.. These and seniors at CHW’s 2 Community Centres; needs and caring hearts: we put the money highly subsidized programs are always in need and helps those seeking life-saving medical where our heart is. of donations if you want to help. care at CHW’s 2 hospitals. In Canada, CHW ABOUT CANADIAN HADASSAH- Right now all my volunteer energy is supports Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ) sum- WIZO (CHW) Canadian Hadassah-WIZO directed, of course, to the Silver Spoon Din- mer camps. (CHW) is Canada’s leading Jewish women’s ner happening Monday, May 11th. If you are “For me, the theme for this year’s An- philanthropic organization. Founded in 1917, reading this at the beginning of May, there nual Campaign encompasses everything that CHW is non-political, volunteer driven and is still time to buy tickets ladies, to donate our donors and volunteers do for CHW,” funds a multitude of programs and projects prizes or to volunteer. Call me - Linda @ says Claudia Goldman, CHW National for Children, Healthcare, and Women in Israel (306)374-7720. It’s our biggest and most President. “Each has their own personal and Canada.” prestigious project of the year. Money raised story for why they support the precious work Learn more at http://www.chw.ca/ goes to Congregation Agudas Israel, Ronald of CHW. And together, they make a state- All our Saskatoon and area members and McDonald House, Saskatoon Interval House ment about their strong belief in supporting friends should by now have received a dona- and of course to Canadian Hadassah-WIZO. the Jewish people by engaging in the mission tion request letter from the CHW National Be sure to be part of it. of CHW, which shows what huge hearts they Office. Last year we successfully got in step A final reminder - make a gift to our CHW all have.” with the rest of Canada by holding our Annual Annual Campaign and have a great summer. Donations received through the Annual Campaign Drive in the spring time, wind- Shalom, Campaign make a world of difference for ing up by June 30th and this continues this Linda those in CHW’s care. For almost 100 years, year. Once again, Jennifer Hesselson is our the organization has continued to ensure that Campaign Chair. Several of you have already immediate needs are met by continually re- contributed. Thank you so much. To the rest viewing the pressing issues facing children, of you I say: patients, and women at CHW projects and to PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY TO deliver a solution. A clear example of this is THIS YEAR’S CHW ANNUAL CAM- the newly formed French Na’aleh Program. PAIGN - on-line at www.chw.ca/donate. To Youth from Frenchspeaking countries, fac- make a gift by phone: call 1-866-937-9431. To ing mounting Anti-Semitism, have found a make a gift by mail: send your cheque payable safe haven at CHW’s Hadassim dormitory to Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, to 1310 Greene school, allowing these students to focus on Avenue, Suite 900, Montreal, QC H3Z 2B8. their studies in a secure environment. Eli, a student in the program from Paris, says, Locally, I’m pleased to report that our “Since being at CHW Hadassim, I no longer Sarah Goldenberg Chapter of CHW had a hide my Jewish heritage. At home, I could delightful afternoon Tea Party, Sunday, not go out in public with my Star of David March 22nd at the home of Leona Wasserman. necklace on. Here, I wear it proudly and Yummy treats were followed by an equally with confidence.” Through the CHW An- appetizing program – a presentation about nual Campaign, a child at-risk, like Eli, CHEP – good food inc. by Twyla Markham, This Page is Sponsored by Saskatoon Hadassah WIZO 6 Chan Katzman Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour Medal

On April 4 Chan Katzman was inducted as Knight of the French National Order of Honour at the Nutana Legion. The medal was presented by Vincent Martion, Honorary Consul of France to Saskatoon after a wonder- ful introduction provided by Reverend Colin Clay, chaplain of the Royal Regina Rifles. Chanan Katzman was born in the small village of Berlinetz, near Minsk, in what was then the USSR and is now Belarus. Although his Soviet passport shows February 2, 1922 as his birthdate, there is no accurate docu- mentation of his birth. Since he had to travel unescorted from Brussels to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1933 there is speculation that the easily memorized birthdate of 2/22/22 was concocted, perhaps by the family’s Canadian immigration lawyer, John Diefenbaker so that Chan Katzman receiving the medal of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of the child traveller would be able to readily Honour from Vincent Martel, Honourary Counsel of France to Saskatoon, May 11, 2015 at recall his birthdate. the Nutana Legion for his service liberating French soil. Oldest son Sid looks on proudly. Chan had to travel alone because his father, Labe, like so many other immigrants, had Chan quickly learned English, all manner of he had the honour of carrying a lengthy pipe escaped from the USSR to come to Canada sports and developed friendships that last until bomb, called a Bangalore, designed to blow ahead of his family in order to make enough this day. At the age of 17 or so, all of 5’6’’ a hole in the barbed wire beach defenses. The money to buy his son from the Soviets and and 140 pounds, he enlisted with the Regina German defenders focused their weapons on pay his passage to Canada. Sadly, his wife, Rifles in 1940. After lengthy training both in soldiers carrying such devices, and Chan was Dvorah and younger brother died before they Canada and in England, Chan was part of the wounded with a bullet through his shin not could travel to Canada, so Chan had to get to first waves of Canadian troops who stormed long after getting on the beach. The wound his father on his own. In the next seven years, Juno beach. Being very fast and very strong, was very serious. Using his Yiddish, which is continued on page x Psalm 93 The Psalm for Friday by Dale Sands

Two of our most VS 3. His kingdom stands from the earliest The singer is moved to declare joyfully that blessed leaders have time. He is eternal. the promises of the prophets have finally ar- contributed to us hav- The singer is celebrating the fact that the rived and the Bais HaMikdash will be rebuilt. ing this Psalm. Moses glory of the King has now been revealed The Psalm ends with a prayer that Hashem wrote it after receiving but reminds all that Hashem has existed un- will continue to live among Israel forever. a prophecy about the changed for all time, from before Creation. Messianic era. David It seems what is revealed here is the answer then decided to include it in his collection to the prayer in the last few sentences of the of writings. Aleinu. At first look we seem to see a gushing VS 4. The rivers may rise and rage, the Psalm full of high praise for God but there waters may pound and roar and the floods is more to it. The theme is all about the final may spread and storm; Geulah ( Redemption) when all mankind will VS 5. Above the crash of the sea and its Accounting & Auditing Financial Planning recognize the authority of Hashem as King of breakers awesome is the Lord our God. Estate Planning Mergers & Acquisitions the universe. The nations that rise up against Israel are Management Consulting Income Tax Returns Business Valuations Corporate Tax Returns VS1. The Lord is King, crowned with compared to raging rivers and floods as well splendor; as pounding waves against the shore but again The Lord reigns, robed in strength. Hashem is mightier than them all. Saskatoon Regina VS 2. He set the earth on a sure foundation. VS 6. Your decrees, O Lord, never fail. Tel: (306) 653-6100 Tel: (306) 522-6500 He created a world that stands firm. Holiness befits Your house for eternity. Website www.virtusgroup.ca

This page is sponsored by Naomi Rose and Stan Sinai of Toronto. 7 Israeli Ingenuity And Accessibility by Toby Rose Les and I travelled to Israel in February. an Android device and started a company and many more around the world. This is an- While we were there, we visited our friend called Sesame Enable to manufacture and dis- other quiet example of how Israel and Israelis Giora Livne and his family in Haifa. Giora’s tribute these modified cell phones. The tech- are contributing to Tikkum Olam. and Les’s families have been friends since nology uses the front-facing (“selfie”) camera You can read more about Giora’s story at their fathers were students together in Hun- on a specially programmed and mounted cell the following links: gary before WWII. phone, and users activate the applications us- http://www.newsweek.com/sesame-enable- Giora served in the Israeli navy, is an elec- ing facial expressions and movements. launches-touch-free-smartphone-mobility- trical engineer, and had a career with Hevrat That is an amazing enough example of impaired-298369 Hahashmal. Nine years ago, after he retired, Israeli ingenuity, perseverance and chutzpa, http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyol- he fell in a household accident and became but there is an even more amazing part of the son/2015/02/11/sesame-smartphone-disa- a quadriplegic. He has no movement in story: Giora and his partner, Ben Dov, entered bled-head-tracking his arms and legs, cannot feed himself, and their invention in Verizon’s Powerful Answers http://en.beitissie.org.il/tech/start-spot- requires 24-hour attendant care -- but he can Award competition, and last month learned light-sesame-enable/ talk and think, and is wonderful company. that they had won one of the four $1,000,000 He is able to use a computer with a light at- prizes. They will use this money for further Editor’s Note: Toby Rose grew up in tached to his nose that indicates which button development of their product. In the mean- Saskatoon. She is a member of Darchei Noam, he wishes to activate. But he was challenged time, they immediately took $34,000, equal a Reconstructionist Synagogue in Toronto by his inability to use a cell phone. to the amount they had raised through crowd- and works as a forensic pathologist. This He began to think about this problem, and sourcing, and purchased their special phones article was first published in her synagogue’s learned about a young computer whiz at the for people who are similarly disabled. magazine. Toby and her husband Les Klein Technion who was working on the problem of It has been estimated that there are up to have been sponsors of The Bulletin for many gesture recognition in computer applications. 150,000 children under the age of 18 in the US years. Together, they developed a technology using alone who could benefit from this technology,

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The truth is that we are driven by in order to hint that a danger like this exists in tells the story of the the things we learned about the community Israel, not at all. Israel is probably the world’s famous Jewish philos- and its people throughout our time here. After loudest democracy, almost every person in it opher during the Eich- a few months in, we understood that most of allows him/herself to speak out and challenge man trial. Of course it the known/popular perspectives on the Jewish policy and law makers. This is a fact in which was the proximity to the annual Holocaust world in general and the state of Israel in par- we all can be very proud of, yet there is an- Memorial Day which triggered us to screen ticular were covered, or at least more abundant other utilization of this fact. The other use of that specific film. Hanna Arendt (1906-1975) than others. After coming to this conclusion the mentioned fact is visible mainly from an was responsible for one of the biggest contro- we thought it would be a good idea to expose Israeli perspective; it says that leaders should, versies in the Jewish world of thought in post the community to other perspectives and to or even must, express their minds in a critical WW2 era. Her report (Eichman in Jerusalem, try and provoke thought. Not for the sake of way. This is to be done for the sake of fairness 1963) caused waves of disagreement amongst pure provocation, rather for the sake of getting and transparency. In our opinion, leaders are wide circles in and around Jewish communi- to know more than the familiar. The method supposed to be the main challengers of the ties throughout the world. For the wise ladies we used was to bring our crowd to situations known and familiar; we expect them to lead and gentleman who enjoyed the screening where they are not totally comfortable with their public towards the discovery of new with us on that Sunday morning it was a lot to what they are experiencing. It could have been truths and better realities. They shouldn’t be take in, it was only natural they had a lot to say a movie screening, a presentation or even a careful with their words; they should tell their in the followed discussion. One of the more two on one coffee. The goal was to break out people the truth, depicting it with their feel- profound comments we heard was regarding of the familiar definitions, to use critical think- ings and thoughts. No tyranny can grow in a the power of words; the specific context was ing and to reveal other truths. It is imperative place where the leaders are publicly critical the power of words said by powerful people. to understand that for us criticizing is not a towards themselves and the mechanism they Hannah Arendt was definitely a powerful sport, nor a trend. It is actually a way of life, serve. This is why we believe that the role of woman. It’s easy to see that by looking into a very Jewish one from our perspective. We two emissaries like us, who come from Israel her life story. It isn’t hard to see that she think in a critical way because we want to be for a short period of time, is to show the Jew- was very careful with words, very accurate better, we aspire to reach higher places and ish community the widest picture possible. and articulate. Still, she managed to have we know that without pointing out the flaws Although they represent a bigger entity they awakened a lot of animosity towards her. The we won’t be able to try and fix them. We love should not display a flawless positive image question that we were left with was: should our country. It is our eternal home. Pointing of this great country which exists 6000 miles people who have influence on others think out the flaws doesn’t challenge that last state- away. On the contrary, it is necessary to in- more than twice before they say something ment, not at all. We believe that a good citizen troduce the places where the country which controversial? Should they think of the long is one who believes there is always room for claims to be a home for all Jews gets it wrong. term consequences prior to their comments? improvement and steps towards that improve- Cynthia Ozick is a Jewish-American story This is without a doubt the most important ment should be taken at all times. A society writer, in her writings one can find the next question we struggled with, and still do, in in which people are content with the present quote: “Israel is imperfect…Because she is regards to our role in the community. Without situation could be a great society, but it is in imperfect she is always building. Because she knowing the true extent of our influence on respect to human nature when we say that it is is always building she is eternal”. The day we people, we try our best to express more con- also a dangerous society. Unfortunately, mod- or our criticizing companions will stop doing troversial comments than non-controversial ern times have taught us that when a society what we do we will be risking the “building” ones. Just to be clear, a saying is not only gets too comfortable with current affairs, a variable in that equation. 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This page is sponsored by Jeffrey and Sherril Stein. 9 From The Moral and Spiritual Values of Judaism: Avot by Rabbi Roger V. Pavey (z”l)

The following is not rely solely on tradition as the source of course, every new generation must challenge another essay from religious faith, for the experience of the past the accumulated wisdom of the past or we are Moral and Spiritual cannot just be taken over as it is by the present. condemned to sterility. But we cannot rebel Values, the unpub- But neither may we construct religious faith unless we have something to rebel against, lished work of the same title by the late Rabbi Roger Pavey. only from our present experience, ignoring some criterion that we can use to measure the past as irrelevant. Both are an integral both our starting place and our destination. Avot (ve Imahot) whole in the making of Judaism. As a happy Human history is a gradual growth, analogous The central section on prayer in the Jewish phrase has it, “Tradition has a vote but not a to human growth within one lifetime. There Prayer Book is called the Amidah, literally veto.” The theme of this prayer is precisely are times of mere persistence, punctuated by “standing”, because it is read while the wor- this: historical continuity. And in a world spurts of change. It is holding the balance shipper stands. It consists of 19 paragraphs that sees all too often a clear discontinuity of between the past and the present that guaran- on weekdays. While the first three and the last present from past, it is a theme that is very tees a future that will be both firmly rooted three are standard at all times, the intermediate worth stating. We tend to be so impressed and also optimistically changing. thirteen are conflated into one on Sabbaths by our achievement of modernity with all its This is a special value in Judaism. The and Festivals. Avot, literally “Fathers”, is the technological wizardry that we easily ignore Jewish people is seen as a historical commu- name of the first paragraph of the Amidah. the historical roots that we have grown from. nity that shares an identity arising out of the Most non-Orthodox Jews would now wish We give less and less weight to the past, to experience of the group in a specific time and to add the Imahot, the Matriarchs, to this tra- tradition, and assume too easily that it has no place. That identity has remained coherent ditional wording that refers to the Patriarchs of value to us and to our world, for we begin and has continued through time and space. Israel. Hence, Reform and Reconstructionist today and look to tomorrow, and to look back At its best it has developed the ability to hold Prayer Books would add to the traditional to yesterday is a wasted effort. A decade ago on to elements from the past that guarantee phrasing that refers to the God of Abraham, is prehistory, and the world of our fathers is identity and coherence, while letting go those Isaac and Jacob, a reference to God as being a world long gone and never to be recalled or that would block change and growth into also the God of Sarah, Rebeccah, Rachel remembered, a world of sepia photographs the future. And this has entered the Prayer and Leah. This option is also allowed in and absurd fashions. History is an academic Book, which is the source of Judaism most Conservative Judaism, though a minority subject of no immediate consequence. accessible to the ordinary Jew, in this prayer of Conservatives would retain the gendered However, we forget the past at our peril. that identifies the experience of the past with language of the traditional format. We human beings cannot begin anew in every that of the present and the promise of the The prayer praises the God of Jewish his- generation. There has to be a continuity of future, by referring to “our God” who is also torical experience and identifies it with the experience handed on through the generations. the God of the ancestors. That balance is of God of Jewish experience throughout time, Even if each new generation fondly imagines course especially important because it points yesterday, today and tomorrow. “Our God” that it invents sex anew, in fact of course to a teleological future. Tradition and change, is the same God as the God of the ancestors. human sexuality has been around for a long continuity and innovation, are the elements Neither past nor present has priority, both time! And we hand on to the future not just of the equation of history. Continuity is the are essentially the Jewish experience both our genes and our biological identity, we also means to fulfilling a purposive communal in history and transcending history. We can- hand on our culture, our language, in short our destiny; but, by the same token, that destiny experience, and that is our human identity. Of continued on page 14

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Consumers of recent elections, added that Labour Leader Treaty, and hidden their previous work on Israeli media were Isaac Herzog would have made “exactly atomic weapons.” gripped by cover- the same speech”. Yachimovich went on to Here in Canada, a similar consensus has age of the frame- criticize Netanyahu’s handling of the US- arisen around the need for effective measures work deal between Israel relationship (a natural position for the to cut off Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon. the P5+1 and Iran, negotiated in Lausanne, opposition party in any democracy), but this is “Canada’s three major federal parties have Switzerland. The agreed statement of prin- different from the matter of the Iranian nuclear all endorsed Canadian sanctions and called ciples will purportedly guide negotiations threat – on which there is broad consensus. for a robust agreement that includes strong toward a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear Indeed, it was widely overlooked in West- verification and comprehensive measures to program, to be signed by June 30th. ern media that the Zionist Union (Labour- block Iran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb,” For Israelis and Jews around the world, Hatnua) – Israel’s defacto official opposition noted David J. Cape, Chair of the Centre for the deal is more than a bit unnerving – even – issued a statement criticizing the Lausanne Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). if there are bizarre (and unexplained) differ- deal. Days later, Zionist Union Party Chair Canada has pledged $3 Million toward the ences between the English and Farsi versions Eitan Cabel declared on Facebook: “I refuse monitoring program, a tangible contribution of the text. Various issues remain outstanding to join those applauding the agreement with to the effort to hold Iran to account. Canadi- and unresolved, including Iran’s ability to stall Iran, because the truth is it keeps me awake ans can be proud that, across party lines, our inspectors, the pace of sanctions relief, what at night. President Obama promises that if the political leaders have called for vigilance and will happen once the limits on centrifuges Iranians cheat, the world will know, but isn’t scepticism in dealing with the Iranian regime. and enrichment expire, and unanswered ques- that exactly what the Americans promised As Canadian Foreign Minister Robert Nich- tions from the UN’s IAEA on Iran’s weapons after the agreement with North Korea?” olson noted, Canada will “judge Iran by its research. Yair Lapid, Leader of Yesh Atid (Israel’s actions, not its words.” Perhaps most worrisome is the idea that Iran main centrist party) reflected this consensus in As pro-Israel advocates, this consensus is a would retain a one-year “break out” period, the wake of the Lausanne announcement. “On critical part of the story – and one that we have the time it would take the regime to build a the Iranian nuclear issue there is no opposition to make known to our friends, colleagues and nuclear bomb should it decide to do so. The and coalition. We are all concerned that the neighbours. In Israel and Canada alike, there notion that the West could detect such a breach Iranians will circumvent the deal and Israel are immense differences of opinion between and act to stop it in time is, to put it mildly, an must protect its own security interests,” said the parties on most policy issues. That’s in- easier pill to swallow if you live in New York Lapid. “The Ayatollah’s regime has been ped- trinsic to any healthy democracy. But there than if you reside in Tel Aviv. dling fraud and deception for years and pro- are some issues that are so patently obvious, That said, we should not disregard the gressing with its nuclear program. They will some threats that are so pressing – even ex- strong political consensus has been developed try, from day one, to cheat the international istential – that all rational parties inevitably in Israel – and to a large extent in Canada – on community as they have done in the past.” come to the same conclusion, regardless of the issue of Iran. Similar concerns were expressed by the their other differences. In response to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s new centre-right party, Kulanu. Michael Oren, And that too is intrinsic to any healthy speech on the Iranian nuclear program to the former Israeli diplomat and current Kulanu democracy. US Congress on March 3rd, Labour MK Shel- MK, warned in a Time Magazine column that Steve McDonald is Associate Director, ley Yachimovich stated on Israeli television “the Iranians, we know, cheat. For more than Communications, at the Centre for Israel that “most Israelis agreed with the content of 30 years, they have lied about every aspect and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) – the advocacy the speech.” Yachimovich, who formerly led of their nuclear program, built secret, forti- agent of Jewish Federations of Canada – the party and was third on Labour’s list in the fied facilities, violated the Non-Proliferation UIA.

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Leonard Simon Nimoy was born March then enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve where In the 1970s studied 26, 1931 in the West End of Boston, Mass., he put on shows for the Armed Forces that he photography at UCLA. the son of Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, wrote, narrated, and emceed. His work has been ex- Soviet Union (now Ukraine). His parents left Following his discharge with the rank of hibited at galleries in Iziaslav separately—his father first walking sergeant at the end of 1955, Nimoy returned to Massachusetts. over the border into Poland—and reunited Hollywood to pursue his acting career. He got Nimoy had long been work playing a “heavy,” where his character active in the Jewish community. He could in the United States. His mother, Dora (née used street weapons like switchblades and speak and read Yiddish, his first language. Spinner), was a homemaker, and his father, guns, or had to threaten, hit, or kick people. In 1997, he narrated the documentary A Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop in the Mat- Despite overcoming his Boston accent, be- Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the tapan section of Boston. cause of his lean appearance Nimoy realized various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. In Nimoy began acting at the age of eight in a that becoming a star was not likely. He played October 2002, Nimoy published The Shekhina children’s and neighborhood theater. Another more than 50 small parts in B movies and Project, a photo-graphic study exploring the experience from that young age became a television series such as Dragnet and Perry feminine aspect of God’s presence, inspired trademark of his career with Star Trek. the Mason. To support his wife, Sandra [Zober] by Kabbalah. split-fingered Vulcan salute. He recalled, ”... whom in married in 1954, and two children, Nimoy died of complications of chronic when I was about eight years old, Julie (1955) and Adam obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) sitting in the synagogue at high holi- (1956), he often did on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83 in day services with my family. There other work, such as de- his Bel Air home. He was survived by his comes a moment in the ceremony livering papers, running second wife, Susan Bay; two children; six when the congregation is blessed by a pet shop in Canoga grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and his a group of gentlemen known as Ko- Park, and driving cabs. elder brother, Melvin. A few days before his hanim, members of the priestly tribe Nimoy’s featured role death, Nimoy shared some of his poetry on of the Hebrews. And the blessing is on a 1965 episode of social media website Twitter: “A life is like a one that we see in the Old and New The Lieutenant earned garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not Testament: ‘May the Lord bless you the attention of pro- preserved, except in memory. LLAP [Live long and keep you; may the Lord cause ducer and writer Gene and prosper]”. His countenance to shine upon you’, and so Roddenberry. At the time, Roddenberry was forth. When they give this blessing, you’re casting for the upcoming sci-fi series Star Author’s Note: I identify with some of Leon- told not to look! You’re supposed to avert Trek, and thought Nimoy would be ideal for ard Nimoy’s early life. He was born seven your eyes. I peeked, and I saw these guys the role of the stoic, logical, and brilliant sci- months after I was. Like him, I earned money with their hands stretched out - there were five ence officer known as Mr. Spock. Star Trek while at University (UCLA) selling vacuum or six of them, all with their hands stretched premiered in 1966 and turned both Nimoy cleaners. I also delivered papers as a teenager out toward the congregation - in that gesture, and co-star William Shatner into legitimate and while at UCLA. that split-fingered gesture. Some time later, I stars. The groundbreaking show garnered a learned that the shape that hand creates is a steady following and earned Nimoy three Editor’s Note: Stan Schroeder is the Editor letter in the Hebrew alphabet, the letter shin, Emmy nominations. Despite the show’s cult of Congregation Shir Ami’s “Shir Notes” in which is the first letter in the word Shaddai, popularity, Star Trek closed down production Los Angeles which also won a Gold Medal which is the name of the Almighty. So the and was taken off the air by 1969. for “Bulletins.” He writes biographies of suggestion is that they’re using a symbol of The 1977 blockbuster Star Wars and a famous Jews and has offered to share them God’s name with their hands as they bless the renewed interest in Star Trek as a result of with us. This article was first published in congregation.” rerun syndication convinced Paramount Pic- the Shir Notes. Steven Goluboff and Stan His parents wanted him to attend college tures to stay competitive with Lucas’ high- met each other in Jerusalem to discuss their and pursue a stable career, or even learn to grossing creation, giving the green light to a community Bulletins. play the accordion, with which, his father big-screen version of Star Trek. After settling advised Nimoy could always make a liv- some longstanding financial issues with the ing. But his grandfather encouraged him to studio, Nimoy signed on to reprise his role become an actor. His first major role was at as Mr. Spock. C H A R T E R E D A C C O U N T A NTS 17 in an amateur production that dealt with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, was released Keith Thomson B.Comm. CA Brian Turnquist B.Comm. CA the struggles of a Jewish family during the in December of 1979. It was a box-office Michael Gorniak B.Comm. CA Depression. Nimoy took drama classes at smash, and was nominated for three Oscars. Rodney Trayhorne MPAcc. CA Boston College and sold vacuum cleaners Nimoy returned for 1982’s sequel, Star Trek: Amberly Chabot B.Comm. to make extra money. He saved the $600 he The Wrath of Khan, and even directed the 3rd •Accounting & Auditing earned and moved to Los Angeles. There he •Personal & Corporate Tax Planning & Preparation and 4th installments. 1984’s Star Trek III: The • Computer Consulting, Training & Monthly Processing studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and Search for Spock and 1986’s Star Trek IV: The •Financial Planning & Loan Proposals got a job at an ice cream parlor on the Sunset Voyage Home. •Estate Planning •Agristability Strip. His method-acting role model was Nimoy’s interest in photography began in •Business Plans •Litigation Support •Business Valuations Marlon Brando. 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This page is spsonored by Ann & Debbie Diament (wife and daughter of former Rabbi Saul Diament), of Toronto 12 Chan Katzman... from page 7 close to German, Chan convinced a German in the ghetto of Mogilev, murdering many many of his best friends in the service were medic that it would better suit the German members of the Katzman family. First Nations and Metis. Chan had and main- medic’s longevity prospects if he put his best After returning to Canada, Chan had a very tains a great respect for these friends and he efforts towards tending to his wound first. successful business selling WearEver pots truly enjoyed his ability to talk to his “Indian Although the doctors in England later praised and pans in rural Saskatchewan. He was a comrades” in their language. In fact, Chan the German medic’s exceptional job of field charmer, both in the kitchen and on the dance is an associate member of the First Nations dressing Chan’s wound, they recommended floor where he met his wife, Wilma Matthews, Veterans’ Association. After the passing of his amputation. Chan refused the amputation in Wadena. They were soon married and had first wife, Chan was fortunate beyond measure and would not accept general anesthesia so their first two children in Wadena, and then to meet Marguerite Cox and they have shared he could remain conscious during the opera- three more children after they moved to Sas- many happy years together. tion. Chan went through a long and painful katoon in 1954. Chan moved to Saskatoon Chan is very proud of his five children recovery riding his bicycle up the steep hill in because there was a synagogue and a Hebrew but says that if he could have skipped hav- Prince Albert. There are still many days and School. He owned and operated a well-known ing children and gone straight to having his nights when he is painfully reminded of his western wear store, Chain Clothiers, for nine grandchildren, he would have done that. wound. It should be noted that during the time thirty years until he retired. In retirement, Chan now spends his time with his family, his that Chan was training in England, in 1940 he enrolled in several university courses. He garden and his books. and 1941, the Nazis were exterminating Jews particularly enjoyed learning Cree because

Rose Family... from page 2

The couple were very involved in the Jewish clear Medicine Committee of the Royal Col- Gerry Posner is a retired lawyer and Winni- community as well as the larger one. lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. peger transplanted to Toronto in August 2012. Elsie and Arthur moved upward, settled in The Groppers are no less imposing. The eld- He is married to Sherna Bernbaum who grew the more affluent section of Saskatoon and est child, now a grandfather himself, Mitchell up in Saskatoon. This article was first pub- sent their three children to the University of Gropper, is a busy lawyer in Vancouver. His lished in the Canadian Jewish News in 2014. Saskatchewan. The three children married: brother Peter is a prominent orthopedic sur- Gerry to Gladys, Zoe to Nathan Gropper and geon in Vancouver with a specialty in hands. Myrna to Harry Levin. And then come the judges: Two of Arthur The contribution of Arthur and Elsie to their and Elsie’s progeny are now judges in Brit- community was evident and when Arthur ish Columbia. The first is Risa Levine, now a died, a street in Saskatoon was named Arthur judge of the Court of Appeal and formerly of The gift is not Rose Avenue. the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and The three children clearly grasped the her sister, Miriam Gropper, now sits on the message their parents were sending: become B.C. Supreme Court. as precious as involved and help others. Each of the three The Rose name, as carried on by the chil- Rose children became active in the Saskatoon dren of Gerry and Gladys, has been distin- and Winnipeg communities, both Jewish and guished by the four children. Kathryn Cooper, the thought. non-Jewish. Gerry was appointed to the Order the eldest, was a very successful lawyer in of Canada for his contribution to the world Toronto in practice with her husband, Gerry of volunteering. To this day, B’nai Brith in Cooper, until her death in 2000. Her sister Saskatoon hands out the Gerry Rose Volunteer Dr. Toby Rose is the number 2 person in Award. Some of this Rose spirit was instilled the Coroner’s Office, where she works as a in Gerry’s wife, Gladys, the recipient of the forensic pathologist and medical director of Queen’s Jubilee Medal for Voluntarism in the Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit in 2013 in Saskatchewan. Toronto. The third sister, Naomi, a former Arthur and Elsie’s grandchildren reflect head of the Miles Nadal Centre in Toronto, well the “stretching out” to make their mark is now the director of strategic planning in society. The Levin group was led by Mi- and integrated marketing for the Ministry of chael, who was, and still is, a professor of Health and Long-Term Care in Ontario. The anthropology and sociology at the University youngest Rose child is Dr. David Rose, an of Toronto. Julie Levin was a nurse and later internist at the Scarborough General Hospital, taught nurses in Toronto. The late Esther Ruth who was described by a patient, as a man born Levin, had a master’s degree in environmental to be a doctor. studies from York University and worked for Of course, what has followed from all of the Toronto District School Board as an execu- these distinguished grandchildren of Arthur Rebecca Simpson tive assistant to the chair. Jonathan Levin is and Elsie Rose are 28 great-grandchildren Coordinator of Awesome a counsellor in Massachusetts. The youngest and 14 great-great-grandchildren, with more son, Daniel, is an assistant professor in the coming, which surely would be real naches 306.665.5380 Ext. 396 departments of radiology and child health at for them. [email protected] the University of Manitoba, and chairs the Nu- Web: www.centennial360.com

This page is sponsored by Arnold z’l & Claire Golumbia of Vancouver 13 Rabbi Pavey... from page 10 cannot be fulfilled by continuance alone. eternal present and the Torah stands outside gard all non-Orthodox forms of Judaism as in There has to be openness to change or the mutable reality, and the duty of the faithful principle one phenomenon, Liberal Judaism, community is condemned to irrelevance and Jew is merely to do and to obey in denial of of which Reform and Reconstructionist are the sterility and ultimate extinction. So Juda- change around, to be semper fidelis. Jews and radical left wing and Conservative the more ism is rooted in history which it seems as Judaism are strictly a historical phenomenon. traditionalist right wing, with much overlap- the stage for the drama that God is working For all forms of non-Orthodox Judaism this is ping. From the point of view of Orthodoxy of through. But history is not a time warp that not a possible position to take. Judaism for course, they are all equally heretical. Granted we are condemned to repeat. It evolves into them is, like everything else, a historical phe- the experience in Israel of cooperation to the present. And it points to a future imbued nomenon, subject to ongoing change. There resist the Orthodox manipulation of political with meaning and purpose. And much of the is complete acceptance of the Heracleitian power to delegitimize all non-Orthodox forms ritual through which Judaism teaches points position that one cannot step into the same of Jewish life, then perhaps outside Israel to this complex transcendence of time. waters twice. For Reform, Reconstructionist too the continued independent existence of Obviously, the lines between conservative and (in theory at least) Conservative Jews, Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist cleaving to the past and tradition on the one Torah is in dialogue with time and place and Synagogues and Synagogal organisations is hand and the liberal openness to the future and interacts with history in ongoing process: it no anomaly. Maybe they should amalgamate innovation on the other, will be drawn in dif- not so much IS as IS BECOMING. Of course, their efforts. Maybe with the demographic ferent places and times by Jews, depending on the line between tradition and change will still and religious stresses in modern Jewish life their own circumstances, their reading of the be drawn in different places. But for non- this will eventually be forced on them. past, present and future, and the differential Orthodox Jews as opposed to Orthodox Jews, There will always be Jews who value tradi- weighting that they give to those elements. there is a line and it does have to be drawn tion so deeply as to see its maintenance as the This is the major area of dispute between the somewhere. Conservative Jews will wish in single overriding consideration. There will Jewish “denominations”. It is also to some general to stress the elements of tradition and always be Jews who value change and rejoice degree a matter of individual personality. As continuity while accepting the necessity of in its challenges and will see openness as the W. S. Gilbert correctly points out, “every little change. Reform Jews will wish to stress the single overriding consideration. But for Juda- girl and every little boy that’s born into this need for innovation and change while accept- ism to remain authentic, the continuity of the world alive is either a little liberal or else a ing the necessity of tradition and continuity. experience of the community from past into little conservative.” Simplistically put, for In fundamental belief that both – continuity the future will be essential. All religious Jews Orthodox Judaism there is no problem at all and change – are essential, there is no dif- will want to continue to pray to “the God of in maintaining this balancing act, because ference between Reform and Conservative. our forebears”, the God that people encoun- it is merely a figment of the imagination. What differences there are in practical terms tered in history, and also to “our God”, the Torah was given at Sinai by God to Moses in are matters of emotion and politics rather than God that Jews today encounter in their own both its oral and written forms, and it cannot theology. And when it is necessary to co- lives and experience. The struggle to relate change and is totally independent of time or operate, as in resisting the Orthodox political the two experiences into an ongoing dialogue place. “En mukdam ve en meuhar ba Torah” hegemony in Israel, Reform and Conservative of faith, tradition and experience – past and (“there is no before and no after in the To- find it eminently possible to do so. In many present – will always go on as long as there rah”). There is no history as such, merely an ways it is honest and simple and true to re- are Jews.

Editorial... from page 3 The spring is also a time of Tikkun Olam as Rich and Carol maintained a membership in the Congregation and Hadassah Wizo hosts our congregation and continued to be one of the highly successful Silver Spoon Dinner the largest supporters of our UIA Campaign. on May 11th, which raises funds for the good The inimitable Dr. David Kaplan at the grand work of Hadassah in Israel, our own congrega- age of 91, and composing music up to a few tion and our two local charities, Saskatoon In- weeks before his death was an icon in our terval House and the Ronald McDonald House community and in the City of Saskatoon. which serve women and children in distress He will be forever remembered fondly and and the families of children in The Royal as we benefit from his cultural and musical University Hospital respectively. Volunteers contributions, The David Kaplan Stage at are needed for that big night as well as help the Synagogue will be a lasting tribute to his to sell the final tickets. The Annual Hadassah work as we will celebrate many more concerts Youth Aliyah Campaign is underway led yet on his stage. Joel Bernbaum and his SUM again by the incomparable Linda Shaw. Let Theatre are presenting rehearsing on that stage us all be part of this good work. for their creative summer theatrical season Sadly, we have again lost important mem- and will provide a preview for all of us on bers of our community. Most recently Rich July 2nd at the Raoul Wallenberg Park. Let us Buckwold passed away after a short and all have a peaceful and relaxing summer and tragic illness. Although Rich grew up and remembering that we still need minions for built his business in Saskatoon, he had not Shabbat morning services. lived here for fifteen years. In spite of that, This page is sponsored by Alan, Linda and Sam Goluboff of Toronto 14 The Saskatoon Jewish Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

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This page is sponsored by the late Dr. Lou and Mrs. Ruth Horlick 15 David Kaplan... from page 5 Family man - Sarah Dad many lessons, not only about music, but conversation between Dad and his life-long Many of you knew our father as a musi- about life itself. Perfection may not exist as a friend and colleague, Walter Mills. The two cian, an educator, and an active community state, but it most certainly does as a process, octogenarians were then planning a new show member; we would like to invite you to know and it is a continuous aspiration that requires and I innocently asked them how they planned his more private world as a father. preparation, daily practice, self-assessment, to finance the venture. “No problem at all,” Being a child of David was extraordinary. and the ongoing raising of standards. Though they chimed in. “We just ask the community We were taught decent values such as reliabil- practice is necessary, it is not enough. When for what we need. No one can turn us down.” ity, hard work, integrity, honesty and devo- I asked him how to play a certain passage, Lesson learned. tion. We all remark on the reality of growing his answer was “listen,” to the tempo, to the Goodbye Dad. May your memory be up with someone you could count on. If dad feeling. Be together. You are not alone. The blessed. said he would pick you up at four. Then be real beauty is revealed in the intertwining of ready for 3:50. In fact, if you were travelling voices – each unique, yet each only a part of David Kaplan’s Obituary and your flight was at 7:00 am, then be ready the higher truth – the sublime creation. from the Star Phoenix. to go to the airport the night before. Dad was “Our goal in life is to leave this world a David Kaplan is survived by his wife Susanne always on time. little better than it was when we arrived,” I Micheaux Kaplan, son Jonathan Kaplan of Dad was a role model for all of us. For the remember him saying. “Each of us has to find Jerusalem, Israel, son Edward Kaplan of boys, he modelled devotion and loyalty to the right way to do this.” Taking this message Hamden, CT and daughter Sarah Kaplan of the women in his life. He had a deep respect to heart as an adolescent, I challenged him: Cornwall, ON; grandchildren Naomi Kaplan for equality in the home. We were fortunate “Why do we need music when people are Damary, Rachel Orpaz, Allison Kaplan, to grow up seeing both parents sharing the starving, when there are terrible wars, and Serena Cortes- Kaplan and Hannah Cortes- work and not always in traditional ways. Our when horrible diseases torment our soci- Kaplan; great-granddaughter Michal Ruth father made the salad and the salad dressing ety?” He countered, almost religiously: “The Damary and step children Ivor MacKay and every night. He made the French fries, poured question is not only how to preserve life, but Elise Ginsburg. He was predeceased by his the water for us to drink and always cleaned what kind of life we wish to live.” For Dad, parents Joshua Samuel and Nettie Kaplan, the dishes after every meal. As his daughter, engagement in the arts was part of the full and brother Charles Kaplan and wife Harriett I learned what to expect from a male partner creative life that he wished for all humanity. It Elaine Kaplan. David was born in Chicago, and never accepted anything less. was a language that could connect people and Illinois on December 12, 1923. He served Dad inspired and guided us according to bridge their differences. As such, it provided in the US Army from 1942 to 1946, and our own unique paths. He didn’t have some him with a compass for his communal activity. received his Bachelor’s of Music at Roosevelt pre-set notion of who we should be. He helped Beauty was to be found not only in classic University (Chicago), Master’s of Music at each us become the best we could be. In fact, and western art forms but in all artistic expres- Oberlin College (Ohio) and PhD in Music when I was struggling in my first year of Uni- sion, and this necessitated a deep appreciation at Indiana University. Teaching music took versity over a paper topic, his one suggestion of the essential aspects of diverse societies him to Chicago, rural Illinois, Texas and is actually what launched the career path that and cultures across the globe, represented by Saskatoon. His career path included teaching, I am currently on. their music, musicians and musical instru- conducting, composing, adjudicating and Our father was an organized man, although ments. This basic faith in the human capacity serving as a member of provincial and sometimes this wasn’t obvious from his little to love and create meant attention to new and national music organizations. He was also a piles of scrap paper and pen containers but he avant-garde expressions of culture and ena- co-creator of Saskatoon’s Festival of Faith. He had a method and he never forgot anything – bled my father to communicate with young researched and collected musical instruments not once and all the way until just before he and old alike. Yet, despite his multi-cultural from around the world which now make up left us. He taught us how to balance multiple interests, his love of humankind and his broad the Kaplan Collection at the University of responsibilities while ensuring a high quality social mission, my father never strayed from Saskatchewan. David was an active member to whatever tasks we had to do. Even though his Jewish heritage. The path to social action of the Saskatoon Jewish Community, Nutana our household was very busy all the time, we and betterment originated in his affirmation Rotary Club, Saskatchewan Music Educators also learned the importance of helping others. of Judaism, with its ageless wisdom and acute Association, Saskatoon Multi- Faith, and We learned a deep respect of diversity and sense of social morality. These origins were Saskatoon Folk Fest. In recognition of his acceptance of all persons. Whether it was not to be left on the pile of idle nostalgia, but work, he received numerous awards, most through music, the continual flow of interest- welcomed as the subject of constant study notably the Order of Canada in 2002. Some ing visitors or just in conversation with dad; and the fertile soil for new composition and of his favorite pastimes and hobbies included we knew that all people have value. creation. stamp collecting, travelling, reading, tennis, To say that we will miss our dad is a huge Even in his last hours Dad shouted at me: camping, raising Scottish terriers and drinking understatement, but all the good that he did “What’s the plan? Let’s get going!” He was a good chocolate phosphate. David was lives on in his children, grandchildren and a man of action, and he profoundly respected known for his extreme sense of Chicago great grand-daughter. We know that there will the people who made things happen. Progress humour and comical facial expressions. His be sadness created by his absence in our lives, was about building a lasting structure: training children fondly remember his original stories but we are blessed with loving family and musicians and music educators at the univer- of Mr. Minisk, camping and his generosity. friends and the inner strength that he helped sity level, music programs in the primary and Music continued to be David’s main passion instill. We thank you for all that you have done secondary schools, active organizations such and in his later years he founded the Saskatoon for us and we say goodbye dad, our love for as bands and orchestras, events like com- Klezmer Band for which he composed you is eternal, may you rest in peace. petitions, festivals, performances… These and arranged numerous pieces. In lieu of were not only the places to raise talented flowers, donations may be made in David’s Lessons for Life - Jon musicians but also the vehicles for broader memory to the United Way, the University As the son who had the distinct misfortune social change, which deserved community of Saskatchewan Department of Music and to play under his father’s baton, I learned from support. At a Rotary meeting I remember a Congregation Agudas Israel.

This page is sponsored by Mordechai MacCarthy 16 Rich Buckwold... from page 5 of making you feel special. some very bright, very hard-working key was that they would have to drive the dogs to Although Rich led what would appear to be people, who were the brains of the organiza- Palm Springs. Carol and Rich complemented a charmed life, he suffered some pretty rough tion - too many to mention by name. Rich, in each other in every way, shared many interests times. He lost friends early, and his father at his quiet, methodical way, built an operations and built a tremendously successful and happy a young age. Rich was tough. I can’t recall a team of very sharp individuals who he liked life together. time when Rich broke down or gave up – he and respected and who liked and respected him. They have two great kids and he loved them moved on. He hid his personal sorrows deep They, together with our people in sales, finance dearly - Mark married to Lisa and Mika, inside. He had the capacity to live in the pre- and logistics made us very successful. Those married to Jeff - and four grandchildren who sent and look to the future. are the guys and girls who made us look good were perfect in Rich’s eyes, Jack, Annabelle, Even in the end, set back by a serious stroke, and Richie was part of the glue that put it to- Brooklyn and Clara. Rich took great pleasure defying the early reports based on an MRI gether. To quote an e-mail I received yesterday in his kids’ many accomplishments – Mark the test, Rich was showing remarkable resilience. from the office, “I will miss his infectious smile great skier and golfer, Mika the award-winning In a few short days, his speech was clear, his and kind spirit. He was a true gentleman.” equestrian and animal lover. wit was sharp, and he was moving limbs that Customers liked, respected, trusted and en- Rich especially loved the time he and Carol weren’t supposed to move yet. joyed Rich – even though he often took their spent together in Palm Springs with their fam- Rich and I worked together for 42 years. We money on the golf course. But he did it with a ily and friends in recent years. Palm Springs were the 3rd generation of Buckwolds who had smile. It’s a real tribute to him to see so many became their new Waskesiu. the privilege to build an established company of our customers here today. As I said when I started, in the Buckwold into a pretty successful enterprise. Most of all Richie was a family man. He family the extended family is like immediate In 42 years we never fought, challenged one met his lovely bride Carol while attending the family. Rich and Carol were beloved Uncle another, or formalized an agreement between University of Manitoba. They would have and Auntie to all our kids and dear friends to us. We operated as 50/50 partners and shared celebrated their 40th anniversary this August. all of us, our wives and husbands. He sup- profit equally. Until the bank and lawyers re- Carol and the Haver clan brought a new di- ported and encouraged everyone in his quiet, quired formal positions along with signatures, mension into Richie’s life. Carol brought out understated way. Rich brought warmth to neither of us had a title on our business cards. the best in him with her bubbly and outgoing every family gathering. Many of the extended One of Rich’s happiest moments was when personality, sense of humour, confidence, family have come a long ways to say good-bye. his son Mark and my son Adam joined the style and take-no-guff attitude. Rich liked I speak for all of us when I say that he will be business as the 4th generation of Buckwolds. to complain about Carol’s animals but we all greatly missed. Neither Rich or I were really brilliant busi- know he loved them as much as she did. The nessmen. We were very fortunate to have worst part about selling the company plane

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18 Dear friends, It is almost 8 years since we left Saskatoon. Our two years with you was a significant and unforgettable experience for us. Since our return to Israel we live in Kibbutz Tzivon, a small Kibbutz with 24 families in the north of Israel. It is a place with beautiful scenery and a great community. We now have two children, Maya is 2.5 years old, and Michael who was born in February. Yishay is still working as a social worker in rehabilitation prison. Yael is on maternity leave at home now with Michael and Maya. The time, the people and the experience in Saskatoon became part of us, and continues to influence our life in many ways.

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