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BY LOUISE RACHLIS away, marched up the mountain to help his is a minga,’ said keynote fi nish the school. speaker Marc Kielburger Empowering young people to work for during his presentation at the the greater good was the essence of ‘T2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff Kielburger’s talk. He explained that he and of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, his brother have worked with 2.3 million September 9, at Centrepointe Theatre. young people in 10,000 schools through- A minga, he explained, means “the out Canada and the United States through coming together of people to work for the their Me to We program. Two of them were benefi t of all.” Ottawa Jewish Community School Kielburger learned the word from a students Haley Miller and Sadie Sider- community leader in the Andes when Free Echenberg, who helped to introduce him the Children, the group he co-founded by telling their own story of a project last with his brother Craig Kielburger, was year that earned their Grade 6 class the building its fi rst school in the South right to attend We Day, a celebration of American mountains. When the group was students’ social justice projects that Me to having diffi culties with construction and We holds annually in 14 cities, including with the donkeys being used to transport Ottawa. “We will never forget this experi- materials up the mountain, the leader told ence,” the girls said. him, “I will call a minga. Tomorrow there Kielburger said he was honoured to

will be a minga. No problem.” speak in support of the Federation Annual HOWARD SANDLER When the sun came up, the entire Campaign. “Think about how to get the Marc Kielburger says the Jewish Federation 2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff is a minga: “the coming together of people to work for the benefit of all.” community, as well as some from further See Kickoff on page 2 Federal election candidates discuss issues of concern to Jewish community

BY MICHAEL REGENSTREIF each of the four main national parties terrorism and calls for the destruction of diplomatic interventions to secure EDITOR contesting the election between August Israel; the role of ethnic communities restitution for Holocaust survivors. ith the campaign for the 31 and September 3. and their agencies in the planning , The candidate turnout varied by party. October 19 federal election Each of the parties was asked to funding and delivery of federal social The New Democratic Party was repre- campaign well under way, respond to a series of similar questions of services; the recommendations of the sented by the most number of candidates Wthe Communications and concern to the Jewish community Truth and Reconciliation Commission at seven. The Green Party sent four Community Relations Committee of the regarding Canada’s relationship with regarding Aboriginal residential schools; candidates; the Conservative Party, three; Jewish Federation of Ottawa organized a Israel; whether Canada should continue the Federal Security Infrastructure and the Liberal Party, two. series of roundtable discussions with to apply sanctions on Iran in light of its Program to protect at-risk communities See pages 4, 5, 10 and 11 for the Ottawa-area candidates representing nuclear program, state sponsorship of from hate-motivated crimes; and on reports.

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Continued from page 1 presentations by the New York-based next generation involved, and how we can Allison Josephs, founder and director of all heal the world,” he urged the audience. the Jew in the City blog, which does Jewish Indeed, as event Co-Chair Stacy outreach, and comedian and Ottawa Goldstein of the Ben-Gurion Society of native Jon Steinberg. Campaign Chair Ottawa explained, the kickoff event’s Jeffrey Miller and Women’s Campaign theme was “L’dor v’dor: From Generation Chair Sharon Appotive also spoke and to Generation – Inspiring and Empowering showed the 2016 Annual Campaign video. Future Generations.” Miller and Appotive thanked those in The kickoff was organized by the attendance for “coming out and showing Ben-Gurion Society of Ottawa, a group of your support” and also thanked “the new 31 young Jewish professionals, who have generation of community leaders” accepted the torch of leadership and represented by the Ben-Gurion Society. philanthropy. The Campaign chairs also called “The Ben-Gurion Society,” said attention to the program’s genera- Goldstein, is a networking forum for young tion-to-generation theme. Jewish professionals in their 20s and 30s, “Tonight’s guest speakers will focus on who are actively engaged in signifi cant engagement and why it matters and how leadership roles and philanthropy in the each of us needs to take responsibility for HOWARD SANDLER Ottawa Jewish community.” our community’s future as a debt we owe (From left) Comedian Jon Steinberg, Campaign Chair Jeffrey Miller, Women’s Campaign Chair Sharon Appotive, Federation President and CEO Andrea Freedman, Kickoff Co-Chair Goldstein said the Ben-Gurion Society to our predecessors and as our gift to our Stacey Goldstein, speakers Allison Josephs and Marc Kielburger at the 2016 Annual Campaign children, grandchildren and future represents the next generation of Jewish Kickoff. lay leaders in Ottawa. generations,” said Appotive. “We are all unique in our connection to Calling attention to the Annual the Jewish community,” she said, “but this Campaign’s crucial role in supporting the we share: We are motivated. We are com- work of Federation and its benefi ciary mitted. We are proud. We are the future.” agencies, Miller said it was imperative “to Goldstein introduced the evening’s FED increase both the number of contributors Talks format (modelled on the well-known to the campaign and the amount that we TED Talks). She noted the evening was raise.” planned to provide “entertainment, Miller and Appotive offered a Top 10 list inspiration and an opportunity to under- of reasons to support the Annual stand the impact of your campaign Campaign, including supporting such core support on the entire Ottawa Jewish Jewish values as tikkun olam, chesed and community.” tzedakah and – in keeping with the In addition to Kielburger, there were evening’s theme – honouring previous generations and providing for younger CORRECTIONS generations. Number one on the Top 10 list, they Rabbi Barry Schlesinger’s congregational said, is that “no other gift touches more affi liation was incorrectly identifi ed in lives. With one gift to the Federations’ the From the Pulpit column in the September 7 issue. He is, in fact, spiritual annual campaign, you have the ability, you leader of Agudath Israel Congregation. have the power, to impact the life of every The fi rst sentence in the feature on member of Ottawa’s Jewish Community, young and old, well or in need of adult Jewish education in the September HOWARD SANDLER 7 issue was truncated. The full sentence is assistance.” Ottawa Jewish Community School students Sadie Sider-Echenberg (left) and Haley Miller “The students are eager, and enrolment They also announced that Michael introduce speaker Marc Kielburger at the 2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff, September 9, at is growing in many of the adult Jewish Polowin will succeed Miller as campaign Centrepointe Theatre. education programs taking place in the chair next year. Ottawa area.” Josephs, wearing a bright red skirt and watch that decorated her room. ians, Jewish or not, have been infl uenced A photo caption in the September 7 black top, said “Orthodox Judaism links On a family trip to Hawaii, she was in a by Jewish comedians. issue about the program In Memory and people to a Jewish heritage that is just as rainforest she thought must have looked “Encourage your kids to do comedy. It’s Remembrance with Holocaust scholar relevant today as it ever was.” like the Garden of Eden and said, “God has a very rewarding career,” he said with a Florence Luxenberg-Eisenberg and She was just eight years old, she said, quite a paintbrush.” She looked up and straight face.“Fifteen years in the business, survivor Paul Hartal to be presented at when she realized that “something was suddenly knew that “everything has its and I fi nally hit six fi gures – cumulatively.” the Canadian War Museum included an missing from my life.” Growing up in the time and its place.” To make a gift to the Annual Campaign, incorrect date. The program will take New Jersey suburbs, she felt the seconds of During his performance, the bushy- contact Dawn Paterson at 613-798-4696, place Wednesday, October 14, 7 pm. her life ticking away on a giant Swatch haired Steinberg said all of today’s comed- ext. 272.

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BY MONIQUE ELLIOT Ottawa, all praised Rabbis Bulka and rust my instinct when I say Scher for their collective – and respective this candidate has it.’ – dedication, energy, passion, ideas and That is what Rudy Appotive, leadership. ‘Tthen-president of “People just wanted to be a part of this. Congregation Machzikei Hadas, said to Rabbi Bulka has been in this position for his son upon hiring “that rookie rabbi 48 years, and in that time he’s built the from New York,” Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka, stature of the rabbi at Machzikei Hadas, as the modern Orthodox congregation’s elevated it to a level that probably no one new spiritual leader in 1967. ever expected possible,” said Rabbi Rudy Appotive’s son, Stephen Michael Goldstein, the congregation’s Appotive, himself now a past-president of executive director, who served as MC for Machzikei Hadas, repeated those words as the ceremony. Rabbi Idan Scher was installed as the “And so, when that chair is being fi lled congregation’s fi rst new spiritual leader in by somebody else, it is a big deal. Not just 48 years, and Rabbi Bulka was appointed for Machzikei, but for the Ottawa Jewish HOWARD SANDLER rabbi emeritus at a ceremony, September community, for the Canadian Jewish Rabbi Reuven Bulka (left) and Rabbi Idan Scher banter during an interview session 1, at the synagogue in Alta Vista. community, for Canadian society. The at the rabbinic installation ceremony, September 1, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas. More than 450 people packed the person who fi lls this chair has an impact sanctuary at Machzikei Hadas to celebrate much beyond the walls of the synagogue.” the installation and unveiled his “three- During the interview, the two rabbis what many described as a “bittersweet” Rabbi Scher became spiritual leader of pronged” approach: focusing on Judaism praised each other. and “historic” occasion. Machzikei Hadas after serving as the that speaks deeply to everyone; reaching “I know a lot of people have made Charles Wiseman, the current congregation’s associate rabbi over the beyond the shul; and focusing on the mention of some of the sterling qualities Machzikei Hadas president, Mayor Jim past year. Machzikei Hadas family. that you have, the energy that you have, Watson, and Andrea Freedman, president Rabbi Scher said he was humbled at the “I’m ready,” Rabbi Scher said. “I’m the personableness that you have, your and CEO of the Jewish Federation of recognition and praise he received during feeling great and quite overwhelmed … great ideas, the capacity you have to after a year of being here, to know that engage people of all ages … but the thing there’s this many people cheering me on. that impressed me more than anything It’s something you don’t see very often. else, is the phenomenal respect you have It’s incredible.” for tradition,” Rabbi Bulka told his Rabbi Bulka said the position of rabbi successor. emeritus is not something he takes “You think of Rabbi Bulka, and you lightly. think of someone who walks among “It means a lot,” said Rabbi Bulka. people and just clearly stands out as the “One thing it does signify is an eternal embodiment of every one of our cher- link between me and [my wife] Leah and ished values of Judaism. And when you the congregation. And that is priceless.” think about it, who amongst Canadian Rabbi Bulka added that becoming rabbi Jewry is a greater ambassador than Rabbi emeritus allows for some continuity, and Bulka? It’s an unbelievable thing,” said for him to spend more time with his Rabbi Scher. grandchildren; but that he will be around When Rabbi Bulka asked Rabbi Scher for many years to come. about how he developed his rabbinic skills, the younger rabbi pointed to the HOWARD SANDLER In a move Rabbi Bulka described as “a “The puck stops here,” says Rabbi Reuven Bulka reading the inscription engraved little unorthodox,” the two rabbis set up infl uence of his late grandparents and his on the puck he presented to Rabbi Idan Scher along with a mini-Ottawa Senators hockey stick chairs and engaged in an interview, parents and said the best way he could at the rabbinic installation ceremony, September 1, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas. Rabbi reminiscent of Rabbi Bulka’s radio show, live up to their examples was to become a Scher plays in the SJCC’s Jewish Men’s Hockey League. bantering for the crowd. rabbi.

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BY BENITA BAKER synagogues from possible hate crimes, alling Canada “Israel’s best friend Poilievre declined to comment, saying in the world,” Pierre Poilievre that he could not make a policy state- pledged that a re-elected ment. However, Abdi, a constable cur- CConservative government would rently on leave from the Ottawa Police continue to build upon Canada’s “won- Service, said he would support any derful” friendship with the Jewish state. program that promotes a safe community. Poilievre was one of three Conservative The candidates were evasive when candidates who met with Jewish asked about the role of ethnic commun- Federation of Ottawa representatives in a ities and their agencies in the planning, roundtable discussion organized by the funding and delivery of federal social Federation’s Communications and services, including affordable housing and Community Relations Committee on senior care. August 31. Wang stressed the need to build a Poilievre – still minister of employment strong economy and said the home and social development and minister of renovation tax credit proposed by State for democratic reform – represented Conservative leader Stephen Harper

the former riding of Nepean–Carleton in MICHAEL REGENSTREIF would assist seniors in making their the last Parliament and is now the (From left) Federation representative Jonathan Calof; Conservative Party candidates homes more accessible while Poilievre Conservative Party candidate in the new Abdul Abdi, Pierre Poilievre and Andy Wang; and Federation representatives Jonathan mentioned several initiatives already riding of Carleton. He was joined at the Freedman and Mike Shahin pose following their roundtable discussion, August 31. implemented, including an increase in the discussion by candidates Abdul Abdi Guaranteed Income Supplement, the (Ottawa West–Nepean) and Andy Wang government, Poilievre said the approach happen when Israel is safe and secure and increased amount people can put in their (Nepean). “balances off the very extreme and the all recognized as a long-standing aboriginal Tax Free Savings Account and the exten- “This is a unique position for our too common position taken by other homeland of the Jewish people.” sion of the Employment Insurance country to stand with Israel,” said countries that have attempted to isolate Abdi and Wang agreed. “The ultimate compassionate leave period to six months Polievre. “Not just when it’s easy, but the one and only fully functioning result is to ensure that we have a safe, from six weeks. when it is most diffi cult, even if it means democracy in the Middle East.” secure Israel,” said Abdi. The candidates also emphasized the standing alone sometimes.” But, is this balance benefi cial to the “It is important for countries like friendship of the Conservative Party with Asked why the Conservative govern- peace process? Canada to speak out against terrorism and the Jewish community. ment’s support for Israel has been “Yes,” replied Polievre. “We believe in a to identity it as the cause of the confl ict in Abdi, a Muslim, said he would help unconditional and unquestioning of democratic and demilitarized Palestinian the Middle East,” said Polievre. “All the bring the Jewish and Muslim commun- certain policies and actions of the Israeli homeland. At the same time, that can only major incidents that have happened over ities together to collaborate and learn the last decade – Hezbollah attacks in the from each other and pointed to the north, Hamas rockets in the south – in all 11-year-old Ottawa program promoting of those cases it was the terrorists who friendship and understanding among were the provocateurs and it was Canada Grade 6 students at the predominately that stood almost alone in pointing to that Muslim Charles H. Hulse Public School fact. I don’t think we need for yet another and the Ottawa Jewish Community country to blame Israel for the actions of School. terrorists. We provided balance by “If they can start these discussions in pointing out who was really responsible.” elementary schools, we can do a lot Asked whether the Federal Security more work in the wider community,” he Infrastructure Program would be said. “I can be an ambassador to both expanded to help protect schools and communities.”

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pledge arrears – and he pursues it with passion. Why I won’t ask for money His reputation for integrity and 190 canvassers. This exceptional force is to ask for money” is something we hear delivering on his promises inspires those charged with the goal of raising more every day. It’s something many of us, he approaches to ensure they deliver on than $4.4 million needed annually to including me, have said at some point. their promises to our community. sustain our 22 benefi ciary agencies and Asking for money conjures up many Others canvassers are outstanding at to support Jewish communities overseas negative images and ideas. face-to-face canvasses. They fi nd, and Israel. Longtime community canvassers laugh through personal conversation, what is The Federation campaign offi ce is as they tell stories of how people cross the most meaningful to the person they are buzzing with activity: lists have been street when they see them coming. meeting with. Then, together with staff, generated, emails sent, packages collated, So, how do we do it, feel great about it, fi nd a way for that donor, or potential team captains are in place and strategies and never feel like we are asking for donor, or lost donor, to achieve their

FEDERATION REPORT are being outlined. money? goals within our community. LINDA KERZNER Over 2,000 pledge cards have been The secret to successfully asking for So, no, I won’t ask for money. Instead, I CHAIR distributed to canvassers. We should be support is to fi nd out what you are most ask you to give me the opportunity to very proud of the resources and efforts comfortable doing and do it. help you do a mitzvah. A truly great he Jewish Federation of Ottawa put in by all those volunteers and by the Many people know my husband mitzvah because the people and organiz- 2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff staff. And we are. But we need more help Steven. He’s known to be quiet and some- ations you are supporting do not know was held with great success on – more resources, more canvassers. what shy with an impeccable reputation who you are – and that’s the highest form TSeptember 9 and a canvasser Yet, how many of us feel sick at the for being respectful and honourable. of tzedakah. I won’t ask you for money, inspiration night took place in late idea of asking for money? “Ask me to Steven was assigned one of the toughest but I will ask you to lead the way by August to rally, educate and inspire our help in any other way, but don’t ask me and least popular jobs of all – handling making your gift now, and fulfi lling your Jewish responsibility for Tikkun Olam – repairing our community, and commun- ities abroad and in Israel. And, once you’ve carried out your personal mitzvah, at whatever level is A time for change right for you, and in whatever way is meaningful to you, then proudly help not realistic. Another claims that his literal and exact translation of the word others fulfi l their own by canvassing even opponents have no intentions to bring teshuvah is to return. Repentance one person. change, but rather it is all a bluff. connotes forgetting the past, remorse, I guarantee you that helping that one Interestingly, this hype about change and an intention to start behaving in a donor to help others will be gratifying is very relevant to us at this time of year. completely new way. Returning, beyond your expectations. Every Rosh Hashanah, we face the same teshuvah, however, means coming back dilemma. On one hand, we truly want to to the original past, to a natural pre-ex- effect change in our lives in the New isting condition. The foundation of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Year. At the same time, we know how concept of teshuvah is the notion that diffi cult it is to change, and how easy it is the Jew is, in essence, good. Desires or VOLUME 80 | ISSUE 1 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 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ing to open the morning newspaper today Canada must somehow act and learn that Canada’s immigration department, the department responsible for processing refugee applications, during the Syrian refugee crisis returned more than $350 million in unspent funds to the Canadian treasury between 2011 and 2014. Those unspent dollars imply Canada has not done all we could – or even what we have budgeted for – since the crisis began. As Jews, we know something of what it means to be refugees. Many of our ancestors arrived in Canada between the

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR 1880s and 1920s fl eeing the brutal MICHAEL REGENSTREIF anti-Semitic pogroms of Eastern Europe. More Jews arrived in Canada after the ’m writing this column on September Second World War as Holocaust survivors; 11 – just before this issue of the Ottawa and more again when life became unbear- MILOS BICANSKI/GETTY IMAGES Jewish Bulletin goes to press and just Refugees board a ferry to take them to Athens at the Greek island of Kos, August 14, 2015. able for Jews in many Muslim countries Ibefore we close our offi ce for Rosh following the creation of the State of Israel. Hashanah – and the news over the past The young boy’s mother and brother also unimaginably worse. It was seemingly And we remember when the Canadian several weeks, and, indeed, our federal drowned and the father was the family’s impossible to fi nd a credible faction in the government’s policy toward Jewish election campaign, has been dominated by only survivor. civil war worthy of support. All seemed to refugees attempting to fl ee the Holocaust the Syrian refugee crisis. With millions of The Kurdi family’s tragedy hit particu- be brutal and cruel and with no regard for was “none is too many.” refugees in camps in Jordan and Turkey larly hard here in this country, when we the innocent civilians whose ways of life The Syrian refugee crisis is incredibly and with thousands upon thousands learned the family had hoped ultimately to – if not their very lives – were being complicated, and I can’t pretend to have attempting to fi nd safety in Europe, it has join relatives already in Canada. destroyed. any answers as to how much we can been described it as the worst humanitar- The Syrian refugee crisis is not a new Watching these events from afar, possibly do now to alleviate the crisis – or ian crisis since the Second World War. phenomenon. The brutal civil war, which Canadians want our government to do what ultimately can be done to end the The world’s collective hearts were has seen hundreds of thousands killed and something to help solve the problem – but civil war that has brought about this broken early this month, when a photo of millions more displaced from their homes, we watch with a feeling of helplessness, seemingly unresolvable, catastrophic the drowned body of three-year-old Alan has been raging for more than four years. knowing that no matter how many refu- situation. We live in a world that seems to Kurdi, washed up on a Turkish beach after The terrible situation in Syria was gees we bring to Canada, it will solve but a be so cruelly extreme on so many levels. the small boat his family was in capsized. incomprehensibly tragic and unbearable drop in the bucket of human suffering. I do know, though, that Canada, indeed The boat, meant to hold a maximum of even before ISIS inserted itself into the Still, though, we need to see our country the world, cannot just stand by. We must eight people, carried 16 desperate refugees. confl ict in 2014, making everything do something. And, so, it was heartbreak- do something.

political ground under his feet and Politicians will say almost fi ghting for it. Trudeau is using the same public funding formula that Kathleen Wynne anything to get elected used in the last Ontario election. But that shouldn’t be surprising as many of his didn’t think he should have come out of campaign particularly fascinating is how advisers worked for Wynne then. What retirement. the main opposition parties have might be surprising is that many of those “Don’t worry,” Mackasey assured her, developed opposed economic positions, same people advised “hell or high water” “we’ll get rid of him before the next which they think are the winning formu- fi nance minister Paul Martin when he cut election.” las regardless of where the NDP and the the defi cit 20 years ago. Consistency and The lesson is as simple as it is crude. Liberals have traditionally lined up. politics are not natural soul mates. Politicians will say almost anything to get In emphasizing how the NDP will Being in power, Conservative leader

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS elected. They will seize a moment or they balance the budget upon election, Stephen Harper can make actions speak JASON MOSCOVITZ will make an elaborate plan based on Thomas Mulcair is disavowing what the louder than words, such as Canadian what they think voters want or need to federal NDP has believed in as a remedy families receiving fi rst-time child benefi t hear. It doesn’t matter if what they are for diffi cult economic times. It has always cheques in the mail – hundreds of dollars learned a crucial lesson about politics saying is necessarily true or entirely been their mantra that government and in some cases – just weeks before the a long time ago. I was doing a story consistent with what they and their party public spending are the way to prime the election call. on the late Bryce Mackasey, a Pierre traditionally stood for. Getting elected is economy and create jobs. Defi cits were It looked like a blatant effort to buy ITrudeau-era cabinet minister and was what matters most. seen by the federal NDP from its trad- votes; if not the policy, then at least the going door to door with him in Hamilton Sometimes, it is a matter of what is not itional seat in opposition as necessary timing, and it gets us back to the same during the 1980 election campaign. said. In this campaign, you had to know offshoots of moving the economy along in question of consistency. Be assured that, That was when Trudeau returned as the NDP was getting close to winning downturns. in opposition, Harper would have Liberal leader after he had resigned when it removed its convention-gener- It is now the Liberals who are advocat- denounced the sending of those cheques following his defeat by Joe Clark in 1979. ated policy positions from the party ing that very thing. The Liberals have on the eve of an election call. Trudeau’s return was surprising, but not website. After all, there could be all those moved markedly to the left of the NDP in But, we live in the present not the past, shocking. Polls indicated he would left wing positions, many of which are this election and those Liberal cries of no and, if the present is about saying what probably win the 1980 election – which consistent with where the NDP has stood; defi cits, “come hell or high water,” are enhances your chances of winning, why he did. but, so much for standing up for what you echoes of a political past that have also not do the apparently popular thing and At one doorstep in Hamilton that believe in when you are looking for votes. been discarded. follow opposition cries to allow more winter day, the resident told Mackasey As this campaign progresses, there are Justin Trudeau has found a place in this Syrian migrants into Canada. she was a long-time Liberal, but she more examples of saying what best works campaign even if he has to sound like an But Stephen Harper is not changing the would not vote liberal in that election in the moment to make voters feel good NDPer to do it. Agree with him or not, you rules or the numbers. Being consistent because she couldn’t stand Trudeau and about your party. What makes this have to give him credit for fi nding can actually be costly politically. 8 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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BY MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Leslie was succinct and to the point from the tutelage of retiring MP Irwin that a Liberal government would add EDITOR when the candidates were asked whether Cotler on issues surrounding Israel and $60 billion of spending over 10 years for here is no daylight between the and how Canadian government policy the peace process. Although they were infrastructure, social housing, seniors’ Liberals and the current in regard to Israel might change should unwilling to disclose details of the housing and renewable energy. Conservative government when the Liberals form the government after arrangement, Leslie and Bélanger said Bélanger said a Liberal government Tit comes to support for Israel the October 19 election (or if they formed Cotler has agreed to serve in an advisory would work co-operatively with the insisted Liberal Party candidate Andrew a governing coalition with another position, should the Liberal Party form provinces and municipalities on these Leslie (Orléans) at a roundtable discus- party). the next government. programs, and ethnic communities and sion with Jewish Federation of Ottawa “Trying to fi nd shades of gray would Leslie said the Liberal Party supports their agencies would be part of the representatives on September 3. be unproductive,” said Leslie, when the nuclear deal negotiated between process. Leslie, a lieutenant-general (retired) in pressed to differentiate policies of a Iran and the P5+1 nations led by the Asked about whether the Federal the Canadian Armed Forces, was joined potential Liberal government from the United States, and that the current Security Infrastructure Program to at the discussion organized by the currently governing Conservatives, when sanctions in place to cripple Iran’s ability protect at-risk communities from Federation’s Communications and it comes to policies regarding Israel or to pursue nuclear weaponry should be hate-motivated crimes would be Community Relations Committee, by the peace process with the Palestinians. lifted if Iran complies with the nuclear expanded under a Liberal government, Mauril Bélanger, the incumbent MP Leslie said both he personally and the deal once it is implemented. The deal, he both candidates said they were unfamil- running for re-election in Ottawa-Vanier. Liberal Party have benefi tted greatly said, will have to be enforced through iar with the program. Bélanger said the systems of verifi cation and not by Conservative government has not trusting Iran. informed Parliament about the program, However, Leslie also said there is but pledged to study the program and On the 20th anniversary “irrefutable proof” that Iran has acted as determine whether it would be possible of the assassination a state sponsor of terrorism through its to expand it. -support for terrorist groups such as Bélanger also said a Liberal govern ז״ל of Yitzhak Rabin Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in ment would implement all 94 recom- The Rabin Legacy Lebanon and Israel had an undeniable mendations of the Truth and right to defend itself from attacks by Reconciliation Commission that studied and the such groups. the effects of Aboriginal residential Quest for Peace Asked about the role of ethnic com- schools and said a Liberal government munities and their agencies in the would do whatever it could diplomatic- A talk with Yuval Rabin planning, funding and delivery of federal ally to infl uence countries that have social services, Bélanger cited Liberal been slow to provide restitution to Yuval Rabin is the son of Israel’s leader Justin Trudeau’s announcement Holocaust survivors. illustrious soldier and statesman, the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Yuval is an Israeli businessman, who, outside his professional life, has been active in continuing the quest for peace. He is chairman and co-founder of the Israel Peace Initiative and was chairman of Dor Shalom, a social movement that emerged in the aftermath of his father’s assassination.

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MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Sponsored by Canadian Friends of Peace Now (From left) Federation representatives Jonathan Calof, Mike Shahin and Jonathan Freedman; Liberal Party candidates Andrew Leslie and Mauril Belanger; and Federation representatives 1-866-405-5387 │ [email protected] │ www.peacenowcanada.org Bram Bregman and Harold Feder pose following their roundtable discussion, September 3.

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BY LOUISE RACHLIS said, and to learn from it. “We’re a hen four Ottawa-area Green thoughtful party.” Party candidates met with A lawyer, university professor, consti- representatives of the tutional activist and public servant, WJewish Federation of Coyne said she joined the Green Party Ottawa for a roundtable discussion on recently because it’s a grassroots party September 1, they said it was an oppor- without “megaphone moralizing.” tunity to meet members of the Jewish The fi rst question posed to the candi- community and learn about the com- dates by Mike Shahin, chair of the MICHAEL REGENSTREIF munity’s priorities. Federation’s Communications and (From left) Federation representatives Mike Shahin and Jonathan Freedman; Green Party “What is it you’re looking for from a Community Relations Committee, which candidates Jean-Luc Cooke, Nira Dookeran, Raphaël Morin and Deborah Coyne; and Federation representative Bram Bregman pose following their roundtable discussion, September 1. federal party?” asked candidate Nira organized the roundtable discussions, Dookeran (Ottawa Vanier). “It’s the concerned the “unconditional support” communities that know what the for Israel offered by Prime Minister make mistakes,” he said, and criticism Party recently announced a housing priorities are and the communities Stephen Harper’s government over the can be “constructive and helpful” in a strategy, adding “communities that are should be listened to.” past nine years. relationship that is “more nuanced and the most troubled are getting the worst Dookeran was joined by fellow Green Noting the Green Party stands “solidly mature.” results,” so fi nancing shouldn’t be tied Party candidates Jean-Luc Cooke behind the security of Israel, Coyne said A Green Party government, Cooke said, totally to results, but to capabilities. (Nepean), Deborah Coyne (Carleton) “Harper has taken too much of a one- “will assist an ally to defend its borders. “The Green Party supports getting the and Raphaël Morin (Orléans). sided approach. We will stand in solidarity with our federal government back in there to help Coyne – a former Liberal who ran “We want Canada to be more even- allies.” the country,” added Coyne. against Justin Trudeau for the party handed, to dial down the rhetoric,” “Violence is a perpetual cycle, and we “Let’s fi gure out how to fi nd the leadership and is now a senior policy noting “domestically and internationally, don’t want any more bloodshed,” added revenues.” adviser to Green Party leader Elizabeth the Green Party stands for diplomacy.” Morin. Regarding the recommendations of the May – said she saw the roundtable “Israel is an ally of Canada, and we’re Asked about the role of ethnic com- Truth and Reconciliation Commission, discussion as an opportunity to “inform not looking to change that,” added munities and their agencies in the Coyne said a fi rst step “will be to abolish ourselves” and to listen. She wants to Cooke, the small business critic in the planning, funding and delivery of federal the Indian Act, a structure that’s not hear from the Jewish community, she Green Party’s shadow cabinet. “Allies social services, Cooke said the Green working.”

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Choosing to say ”yes” to community involvement paved the way for Julia Koschitzky to become an extraordinary activist, philanthropist, and respected leader of Canadian and world Jewry. Recently nominated to the Order of Canada, Julia has spent over 35 years at the forefront of landmark events and initiatives in the Jewish world. She will share how this choice set her on a lifelong path of communal commitment that she considers a privilege and a joy. Date: Thursday, October 8, 2015 Say Place: Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Ave. Time: 6:00 pm cocktails, 6:45 pm dinner Couvert: $54, PLUS a suggested minimum gift of $150 to the 2016 Annual Campaign. For first time donors under the age of 40, the suggested minimum gift is $36. Chair: Shari Silber “yes” More info: [email protected] or 613-798-4696 ext. 305 12 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Yitzhak Rabin’s son to speak on father’s legacy and quest for peace

BY GABRIELLA GOLIGER CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW wenty years ago, on Cheshvan 12 (November 4 on the secular calendar), Yitzhak Rabin, the Tprime minister of Israel, was gunned down during a peace rally in the Tel Aviv square that now bears his name. The assassination brought an illustri- ous life to a tragic end. Rabin was one of Israel’s military heroes and, as a states- man, won a Nobel Prize for his peace-seeking efforts. To mark this important anniversary, Yuval Rabin, son of the late prime minister, will speak at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Thursday, October 15 at 7:30 pm. The talk, titled “Rabin Legacy and the Quest for Peace,” is organized by Canadian Friends of Peace Now in conjunction with American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin. Admission is Peace activist Yuval Rabin, son of free of charge. assassinated Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv by a Jewish Yuval Rabin will speak about his father’s Rabin, will speak in Ottawa, October 15. extremist on November 4, 1995. achievements, but also about his own views of where Israel is headed. A focus high-tech fi eld. He is also a keen observer He is chair and co-founder of the Yuval Rabin was chairman of Dor will be obstacles to and opportunities for of Israeli politics and has actively pro- Israeli Peace Initiative, a comprehensive Shalom, a grassroots social movement resolving the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict. moted the pursuit of peace with the proposal put forward by a group of that emerged in the aftermath of his Yuval Rabin is an Israeli businessman Palestinians as an essential component of prominent Israelis in 2011 in the hope of father’s assassination. He was also a with many years of experience in the his father’s legacy. creating momentum in the stalled peace board member of American Friends of process. Among the Initiative’s signator- Yitzhak Rabin, which supports programs ies are former Shin Bet chiefs Yaakov Peri that refl ect the legacy of the late prime and Ami Ayalon, former Mossad chief minister, including the core values of Danny Yatom, and former Israel Defense peace and democracy. It is associated Forces chief of staff Amnon Lipkin with the Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, a Shahak. museum and educational institute.

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MATT CARDY/GETTY IMAGES Migrants walk along railway tracks near the Hungarian village of Roszke, Sept. 7, 2015. CALL NOW What I saw along the COMPLIMENTARY HEARING TEST migrants’ road to Budapest Ask about manufacturer rebates. Schedule your Hearing Test TODAY! BY JULIA KALDORI Recent events pose challenges to the 613-728-HEAR (4327) BUDAPEST (JTA) – As our car rolled Jewish communities of Europe, so it is slowly toward Budapest, we saw a huge perhaps not surprising that many Jewish RODNEY TAYLOR, DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY group heading in the opposite direction leaders and individuals are actively Post-Doctoral Specialty Certifi cate in Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, Audiologist on the highway just outside the city: involved in providing aid to the refugees. Hundreds of people quietly walking in Personally, when I see how people are 1657 Carling Ave. 296 Metcalfe St. 2604 Draper Ave. the breakdown lane, marching toward fi shed out of trains on the basis of their ahac.ca freedom and peace. racial profi le, or locked up in camps I couldn’t tell if the other drivers were behind barbed wire, or used as scape- lifting their heads or not, but I couldn’t goats to maintain political power, I’m look away, paralyzed by a scene that grateful for my own life, for my healthy reminded me of the stories my grand- child, warm home, and the love of family father told me about his march from and friends. Budapest to the concentration camp at But I also can’t sit at home and look Mauthausen. away. As a journalist, I try to raise as Barbed wire fences are again being much awareness as I can. And, as a built in Europe to stop the fl ow of private person, I try to extend a hand, refugees. Thousands of men, women and helping the refugees fi nd a peaceful children drowned at sea on their way to moment in the railway stations or on the Europe across the Mediterranean. In highway from Budapest and Vienna. Budapest, refugees were led to trains they Since last month, when I joined the were promised would bring them to the volunteers – many of them Jewish – help- West, but instead were taken to a ing refugees in Budapest, I’ve come to so-called registration camp. In the Czech realize how many of them need someone Republic, refugees had identifi cation to listen to them as much as they need numbers written on their hands until the the medicine, blankets and kosher process was stopped amid a public (hence, also halal) food that we distribute outcry, the procedure too reminiscent of among them. When you look into their the tattooed numbers on concentration eyes, their plight stops being a demo- camp prisoners. And European political graphic issue. leaders, foremost among them I know they come from countries Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, where anti-Semitism and terrorism are warn of the refugees overfl owing Europe rampant. But the people determined to with their “different” cultures and kill Jews don’t need this stream of religions. refugees to infi ltrate Europe. They were These scenes from Europe in 2015 doing just fi ne before it started. sound like echoes of the Holocaust. But The refugees are mostly fl eeing ISIS Europe’s biggest humanitarian crisis barbarism – our common enemy. If we Discover the since the Second World War makes many Jews help them, our actions could build Europeans blind in their historical eye, bridges to a more secure future. Maybe Ashbury Advantage Information which in turn provokes concern among I’m being naive, but I need to be, if I am European Jewish leaders. At a recent to help make a bright future for my Grades 4-12, Coeducation Session demonstration in Budapest against the six-year-old son. International Baccalaureate October 20 inhumane handling of this crisis by the Julia Kaldori is the editor of Wina, a 7pm Hungarian government, anti-Semitic monthly magazine serving the Jewish insults were shouted by right wing community in Vienna. She was born in ashbury.ca | 613.749.5954 | [email protected] counter-demonstrators. Hungary. 14 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Seven Israeli expat writers to watch in the new year

BY BETH KISSILEFF (JTA) – Israelis get around the globe, as anyone who has travelled to Thailand, Goa or Patagonia knows. Writers, too, are known for living outside the lands of their birth – Czech-born Milan Kundera lives in Paris and writes in French; Jhumpa Lahiri moved to Rome in 2012 and wrote her fi rst book in Italian earlier this year and, last year, Arab-Israeli writer Sayed Kashua decamped to Champaign, Illinois, and continues to write in his adopted tongue, Hebrew. So, perhaps it comes as no surprise that there’s no shortage of Israeli writers who have made their homes in various corners of the world. Some have adopted the language of their resident country and choose to write in it; others continue SHARON BAKHAR HIRSCH COURTESY OF OLA GROISMAN NOAM ROSENTHAL to write in Hebrew. Maya Arad Ola Groisman Admiel Kosman The proliferation of Israeli writers living abroad hasn’t been without Israeli culture can have global reach. to go abroad. Her most recent book, hasn’t fared as well, perhaps because the controversy. In January, Israel’s top Here are some snapshots of seven Suspected Dementia, is about language author’s message is one Israelis don’t literary award, the Sapir Prize, was Israeli writers around the world worth and memories. want to hear. awarded to Reuven Namdar, an Israeli following. Ola Groisman immigrated to Israel Admiel Kosman, both a poet and who resides in New York. He was the fi rst Maya Arad has been the writer-in-resi- from Russia at age seven. For the past 12 professor of Jewish studies, grew up in an writer living outside Israel to receive it, dence at Stanford University’s Taube years, however, she has been living in Orthodox family and is the academic and, in the aftermath of his victory, Israel Center for Jewish Studies since 2009 and Cambridge, England, and writing in director at the Abraham Geiger College in passed a new law restricting the prize to is best known for her 2003 novel in verse Hebrew. Her fi rst novel, Suitcase on Snow, Potsdam, Germany – the fi rst school to writers living in Israel full time. Another Place, A Foreign City, which was about a young Israeli woman who travels train Reform rabbis in Germany since the Though the number of Hebrew translated into English. Most of her books back to Russia, was well received in Israel. Holocaust. His poem, “I Try To Wake You authors living abroad and writing are about Israelis who live abroad; in fact, Her second novel, The Misplaced – about In the Dark,” about his love and longing prize-worthy books may be small, their she said readers tell her they often give Russian immigrants’ diffi culties assimi- for Jerusalem, has been used by both work begs the question of whether or not her books to friends readying themselves lating to Israeli culture in the 1990s – See Writers on page 15

Developing Future Leaders Conference Partners in Emerging Leadership: Campus and Community October 7, 2015 Jewish communities around the world are asking how best to engage the next generation of leaders. Researchers seek to understand how and why young people are engaged, what professional training is most impactful, what community institutions need, and how universities and communities can best collaborate. As a university/community partnership, the Developing Future Leaders program at the Zelikovitz Centre will bring together scholars and leaders in the Jewish community and the community at large to learn from each other and to discuss the challenges, opportunities, strategies, and best practices with respect to attracting and training the emerging generation of leaders. Please join the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre at Fenn Lounge, Carleton University, on Wednesday, October 7th. 8:30 am: Coffee and registration 9:00 am-12:30 pm: Conference sessions and discussion 12:30-2:00 pm: Lunch Luncheon keynote address by Barbara Crook, Director, Danbe Foundation

The Zelikovitz Centre is delighted to make this conference free of charge to attendees; however, registration is requested in order to ensure the reservation of your kosher lunch. Registrants will also have access to free parking. In order to hold your place, or for more information, please e-mail [email protected] or call and leave a message at the Zelikovitz Centre at 613-520-2600, extension 1320. September 21, 2015 15 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Writers: Some Israeli expats still write in Hebrew

Continued from page 14 right wing Jewish groups and left wing Palestinian ones to express their feelings about the city. Now living his day-to-day life in German, he has said that Hebrew now holds a strength it did not have for him when he lived in Israel. His book, Approaching You in English: Selected Poems of Admiel Kosman was released in 2011. Reuven Namdar says one of his greatest joys is to sit in a coffee shop in New York, hearing the buzz of English all around him, while writing in Hebrew on his laptop. After his army service, Namdar, 52, moved to the United States where he discovered Jewish-American writers like Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Cynthia Ozick. He says his most recent T. KIRA MADDEN KEVIN NIXON/SFX MAGAZINE/TEAMROCK SEAN BRERERTON Shelly Oria Lavie Tidhar Ayelet Tsabari novel – the Sapir Prize-winning The Ruined House, about a professor who hallucinates about Jerusalem’s Holy unstable, co-habiting threesome to an on a kibbutz, but now a resident of Literature for her story collection The Temple – is a homage to them. The artist’s short reunion with the daughter London, Tidhar also edited the recently Best Place on Earth: Stories. The book, novel is currently being translated into he abandoned, feature characters who published anthologies Jews Vs. Zombies written in English, has stories from the English. are trying to negotiate both cultures, and Jews Vs. Aliens. Tidhar writes at the perspectives of a multitude of characters Shelly Oria moved from Tel Aviv to American and Israeli. The book, written intersection of speculative fi ction, noir, – a Yemenite grandmother, a Filipina New York to get a master’s degree in fi ne in English and published last year, is thriller and fantasy. His newest novel, caretaker, a British man of Indian arts at Sarah Lawrence College. Though currently being translated to Hebrew. Central Station, about Tel Aviv’s bus descent, a young woman in the Israeli she initially did her assignments in Lavie Tidhar has what few other station, was written in English, like the army. Though she now lives in Toronto, Hebrew and then translated them, at a authors have: the chutzpah to write majority of his work, will be published Tsabari often writes about Israel and says certain point she forced herself to fi ction about Osama bin Laden or create next March. that “longing for a place, the sense of compose in English. Her lauded collec- an alternate history of Auschwitz, which Ayelet Tsabari recently received a being away, is a very Jewish theme.” tion of postmodern stories, New York 1, the prolifi c writer has done in Osama: A great deal of attention with her recent Tsabari is currently at work on a novel Tel Aviv 0, which range in topic from an Novel and A Man Lies Dreaming. Raised win of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish and a memoir. 16 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Books and Bagels series at Temple Israel this fall

BY ANNE ALPER FOR TEMPLE ISRAEL hree sessions in Temple Israel’s popular Books and Bagels series will be held this fall. T Each session takes place on Sunday morning and begins with a bagel breakfast at 9:30 am that is followed by a book review and discussion. All sessions are held at Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, and pre-registration is not required. There is no charge, but a voluntary dona- tion to cover the cost of breakfast is appreciated. October 18 – Angus Smith will review The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer. This 2014 National Jewish Book Award winner celebrates the life of a famous, fi ctional mathematician, Rachela Karnokovitch, a Polish immigrant to Madison, Wisconsin, and professor who is rumoured to have solved the Navier-Stokes problem in mathematics and taken the American who works in publishing, decides solution to her grave. Her son Sasha must to come out to his parents. The impact is and iconic event, Hoffman weaves a All are dove keepers and all are keeping deal with the fl ock of friends and colleagues greatest on his father Owen, who, although spellbinding tale of four extraordinary, secrets about who they are, where they who descend upon the shiva, desperate to married for years to Rose, is secretly gay. bold, resourceful and sensuous women, come from, who fathered them and whom lay their hands on her masterpiece. December 6 – Shawna Dolansky will each of whom comes to Masada by a they love. November 8 – Hal Burnham will review review The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. different path. The lives of these four For more information, contact Shayla The Lost Language of Cranes by David Only two women and fi ve children survived complex and fi ercely independent women Mindell at [email protected] or Leavitt. Philip Benjamin, a 20-something the siege of Masada. Based on this tragic intersect in the desperate days of the siege. 613-594-4556.

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High Holiday Feature Why Shemini Atzeret is the pinnacle of the High Holidays season

BY SARAH CHANDLER Holidays were meant to prove our worth Shema, which links observance of the blessing of rain affi rms our lack of (JTA) – You might not know it, but so that the harvest season continued commandments to the provision of rain, dominion; on the other, calling out to Shemini Atzeret – October 5 this year – is smoothly and we merited rain once it to make the bold statement that as God implores us to act by reminding us the pinnacle of the High Holidays was time to plant again. In ancient times, modern Jews, we do not believe we can of our responsibilities. season. Not Rosh Hashanah, when our Sukkot opened with a water-drawing infl uence God to change the weather. In modern times, we need both fates for the year are traditionally ritual which, by pouring out the remains And yet, scientifi c research increas- scientists and activists telling us what to written, nor Yom Kippur, when they are of last year’s water, symbolized faith that ingly points to the fact that human do, as well as the faith that there are sealed. Shemini Atzeret, the oft-forgot- the coming year’s rains would fall just in actions can have an effect on the climate systems beyond our control. It is both ten coda that comes at the end of time. Today, we still beat willow branches – and, in turn, the weather. Moreover, no recognition and a release of our power. Sukkot, trumps them all. on the last day of Sukkot, Hoshan a matter how technologically advanced During the High Holidays season, a That’s not just my opinion. The rabbis Rabba, pleading for salvation in the form our society becomes, life as we know it renewed recognition of ancient Judaism’s and ancient Israelites knew it, too. of rain. Then, having completed a full will continue to depend on suffi cient relationship to the earth has great According to the agrarian roots of the week of waving the four species on rainfall. potential to bring us closer to the Jewish calendar, the date of Shemini Sukkot – each of which requires a And so we should continue to say rhythms of the seasons, which, in turn, Atzeret is timed to the start of the rainy signifi cant amount of water to produce Tefi llat Geshem – not because we believe can lead to a more sustainable future for season in Israel. In the holiday’s Musaf – we set it down and wait for the ultimate that fasting and chest pounding will the planet. service, we recite Tefi llat Geshem, the judgment. bring rain, but because it reminds us of The countdown to Shemini Atzeret prayer for rain, in which we ask God not It makes sense that Diaspora Jews tend the delicate balance necessary for life to can be an awakening for us to recognize only for rain but for the right amount of not to focus on the agricultural roots of thrive on this planet. the sanctity of our planet’s resources. rain. “Livracha velo liklala (for a blessing the High Holidays. As citizens of an Our petitions to God are more than Through honouring this often over- and not a curse)”; rain that will sustain a industrialized society, praying for rain requests to act on our behalf. A respon- looked day, by calling out loudly that people with fertile crops, not drown tends not to be at the top of our to-do sible, modern religious ethos serves two rain should fall, we ask that our com- them in torrential fl oods. lists. Most of us simply take it for granted seemly contradictory functions: On the munity be aligned with the natural cycles Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that substantial food will be shipped in one hand, our request that God reward of the earth – for blessing and not for merely functioned as preparation for this from wherever it can grow. our weeks of repentance with the curse. precarious time. In the Yom Kippur Theologically, we’ve moved away from Avodah service, the following prayer of this as well. Most contemporary religious the high priest is recited: “When the ideologies no longer equate following Would you like to advertise in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin? world is in need of rain, do not permit God’s laws with receiving enough rain for the prayers of the travellers with regard our crops to survive. The Reform move- Contact Barry Silverman | 613 798-4696, ext. 256 | to rain to gain entrance before You.” ment has even removed from its prayer [email protected] The prayers and sacrifi ces of the High books the second paragraph of the 20 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Jewish War Veterans announce scholarship recipients

Sonia Frenkel Sarina Aarenau

The Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada has announced that Sonia Frenkel and Sarina Aarenau are the recipients of the Post’s annual student scholarships for the current school year. Sonia, the daughter of Yuri and Inna Frenkel, a graduate of the Ottawa Jewish Community School, is now studying business management and commerce at Ryerson University in Toronto. Sarina, the daughter of Brian and Debbie Aarenau, a graduate of Machon Sarah High School, is now studying neuroscience at Carleton University. September 21, 2015 21 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Exciting Israeli innovations in 3D printing

ired of your wardrobe? Want a new look? The on Kibbutz Dafna, near Kiryat Shmona. airline lost your luggage and you have nothing to The XLN Space, which opened last November, works wear for that big meeting? with the new Physics and Technology Research Station to T Don’t panic. Just fi nd the nearest 3D printer and BARBARA CROOK enable high school and college students to be involved in whip up a new ensemble, complete with shoes. MY ISRAEL advanced scientifi c activities. That’s how Danit Peleg sees the future of fashion and Students, teachers and entrepreneurs often work technology. The 27-year-old native of Holon used 3D together. For example, six students from Eastern Galilee printers to create her entire graduation project for her schools are working with industrialists to build a red, fashion degree at Tel Aviv’s Shenkar College of Engineering green, blue and white LED lighting system that will be and Design. cost about $900 for someone having to rent a printer. And used to teach Grade 9 students about photosynthesis. The fi ve outfi ts in the collection, including shoes, were that doesn’t include design and assembly (the clothes are Several parts of the lighting system will be created on 3D made from a fl exible polyurethane fi lament called FilaFlex printed section by section and then assembled). printers. and printed on Witbox home 3D printers. However, that will change very quickly as the technol- Students from the Danziger High School in Kiryat “I’ve spent the past year searching for the best solution,” ogy progresses and the cost of 3D printers drops. Shmona designed and produced plastic rings to make it she says in a YouTube video (http://tinyurl.com/pv4vj5u). I fi rst heard about Peleg’s work through No Camels easier to carry pop and other bottles. “Just imagine the potential. If you’re cold, print your (www.nocamels.com), which showcases Israeli inventions A student in the music program at Tel Hai designed and own jacket. Travelling with no luggage? Just print your and technological advances. The fashion element is fun produced a guitar pick, while a father and son used the lab clothes in the hotel room. and fl ashy, but the innovation angle is even more exciting. to design a protective cover for the son’s camera. They “Will we soon be able to design, share and print our And the Ottawa Jewish community is helping to make improved upon a design they found on the Internet, and own clothes from home?” other breakthroughs in 3D printing possible in our designed and installed the cover within an hour. Peleg (www.danitpeleg.com) is not the fi rst fashion partnership region of the Upper Galilee. As chair of the Ottawa P2G committee, I have met the designer to work with 3D printing. The Dutch designer Iris The experts who helped Peleg with the technological people behind these exciting projects. van Herpen has made it her signature, and both Lady side of her project were the 3D printing lab What they’re designing is less important than the fact Gaga and Björk have showcased her work. TechFactoryPlus and the XLN community in Tel Aviv. that we’re helping develop the scientists and entrepre- But Peleg’s collection of lacy, see-through outfi ts is the XLN (Cross Lab Networks) is an Israeli venture com- neurs of the future become leaders in cutting-edge fi rst to be designed specifi cally to be produced on smaller prising centres throughout the country, where students of technology. 3D printers that can be used at home. all ages can learn about digital fabrication technology and We’re making this happen in a region of Israel that has The cost of printing remains the biggest barrier to where entrepreneurs can become early adopters of 3D struggled economically and has seen many of its residents widespread home use. The collection took more than fabrication technology. move south to escape wars and rocket attacks. 2,000 hours to print – about 400 hours per outfi t. Through Partnership 2Gether (P2G), the Jewish We’re creating partnerships among communities and The materials for the bright red “Liberté” jacket, with a communities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, institutions in the Galilee Panhandle that have discovered pattern of triangles inspired by Eugène Delacroix’s paint- Winnipeg, Ottawa and the Atlantic region have invested the power of working together. ing, “Liberty Leading the People,” cost only about $100. more than $100,000 to help the Reut Institute and Tel Hai And that’s even more exciting than printing a pair of But it took 220 hours to print, which Peleg says would College open an XLN Space at the Har Vagai High School shoes. Jew-Day: Offensively named, but earnest in intention

used to host an annual party called Jew-Day. My Young Girl by Anne Frank at least three times – and yet, high school friends who identifi ed as half-Jewish SARAH WAISVISZ because she has been made to feel less than, she will because they had one Jewish and one non-Jewish never feel equal to. Iparent would come over and we would light eight DISPATCHES I have a radical hypothesis. Had my mikvahed yet Chanukah candles and two Shabbat candles; spin FROM THE self-declared half-Jewish friend and her non-Jewish dreidels and tell the Passover story; and eat latkes, mother been welcomed more openly, I bet she would Rideau Bakery cookies and stale matzo left over from DIASPORA have grown up feeling 100 per cent Jewish. Not half. Not last Pesach. inadequate or defective in her Jewishness. Our com- The joke was that I was the one who, despite also munity openly sustains a paradox: we worry about not being 100 per cent [ethnically] Jewish, knew all the DNA to calculate just how Jewish you really are. Jewish continuity, but do little to include and accept holiday prayers and customs, even to the point of Remember, we are looking for fractions and percentages multi-faith families; mixed-race families; Jews of colour; knowing it was incorrect and inappropriate to casually here, people, not jokes or monologues or four questions. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in a predominantly bless everything at once and to mix up Shabbat and all This is Jewish Math!” Ashkenazic North America; adopted Jews; LGBTQ Jews; the holidays on a Sunday afternoon. But, because I had A rather different set of results would emerge, if the Jews who converted; progressive and feminist Jews; eight years of Jewish day school behind me as scaffold- instruction was to calculate how Jewish you seem to be Reform, Reconstructionist, and Renewal Jews, etc. ing, on Jew-Day, for my half-Jewish friends, I was 100 per according to other people’s opinions. In other words, if How do you defi ne yourself Jewishly? What kind of cent Jewish, as well as 100 per cent bubbe and zaide, and how, other people recognize you as Jewish. This is Jewish Arithmetic would you use to defi ne your affi lia- Jewish mama and teenage-girl rabbi. the question of passing. tion and identity and why? If I admit here in print that I I’m Not Jewish, But My Mother Is is a new play by Halachically, the protagonist of Martin’s play is pray in Hebrew without transliteration; that only 50 per [Ottawa actor and playwright] Steve Martin, that 100 per cent Jewish, if his mother is. But, what if he cent of my grandparents were Jewish; that I have premiered this summer at the Gladstone Theatre. doesn’t identify as Jewish? What if he doesn’t want to learned to chant Torah and wear a tallit because it is a It was billed as a hilarious and boisterous romp of a be Jewish? The subtext in the title is that he has re- spiritual practice for me; but that I have never, not once, family comedy. But the title also gives me pause. What jected his Judaism or never identifi ed with it in the read Anne Frank, what percentage Jewish does that makes Martin’s protagonist Jewish or not Jewish? What fi rst place. make me? makes someone 100 per cent Jewish? What makes a Using my aforementioned Jewish Arithmetic skills, I Jew-Day. Offensively named, but absolutely earnest in person Jewish enough? can tally up the number of my friends who, because they its intention. We observed Jew-Day every year because I fear this may be a question of Jewish Arithmetic, have one Jewish parent and one non-Jewish parent, my half-Jew friends yearned for something. They wanted passed on since Sinai by the people who can fi nd 613 consider themselves half-Jews, rather than 100 per cent to be invited to the party. On Jew-Day, as the twilight mitzvot in a pomegranate. This is not New Math but Jewish. Notice the implied inadequacy in their own snow fell softly outside, I offered Kedem grape juice and Tricky Math, involving percentages, fractions and the terminology: Half-Jew. One friend, who was ceremoni- led our alternative minyan in rousing renditions of concepts of “greater than, equal to, and less than.” ously blessed and dunked in the mikvah by an Orthodox “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel” and “Dayenu.” Jewish Arithmetic: “OK, get out your pencils and rabbi as an infant, still considers herself only a half-Jew. For a brief afternoon, we all felt like we counted. Like some paper, and divide up your family tree, recipes and She was converted in infancy and has read The Diary of a we belonged. Like we were enough. 22 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

upright and is therefore an excellent form of The power of balance weight-bearing exercise. There are many kinds of exercises specifi cally aimed ne of the leading causes of injury in people at improving your balance. Based on your current ability over 60 is falling. Balance is maintained by level, choose some exercises from my suggestions: sensory information from three systems: GLORIA SCHWARTZ Beginner: 1) Sit on a chair and stand up without using Ovision; proprioception (touch sensors in the FOCUS ON your arms for support. 2) Shift your weight while feet, trunk and spine); and the vestibular system (inner standing on both feet. 3) Stand on one leg while holding ear) (http://vestibular.org/node/2). FITNESS the back of a chair. Try it without holding on. Place your Injuries and diseases to these systems can affect hands on your hips. How many seconds can you hold sensory input and balance. For example, cataracts, this position? Make it more challenging by doing upper glaucoma and macular degeneration affect vision; body exercises at the same time, such as bicep curls with diabetic neuropathy affects vision and proprioception; Weight bearing exercise creates dumbbells. and benign tumours, viral infections and autoimmune a mechanical load Intermediate: 1) Stand up from seated position on a inner ear disease affect the vestibular system. Less bench or chair on one leg only. You can extend your muscle mass, more fat or postural changes begin to that sends signals arms forward to assist with your balance. Once you’re naturally occur around age 40 and can impact balance. to the bone-forming cells standing, carefully return to a seated position by Therefore, people of all ages and fi tness levels can to build new bone tissue. ... lowering yourself on the same leg. Try this several times benefi t from improving their balance. on each leg. 2) Change your base of support by placing Poor balance can lead to falls, which can result in Weight-bearing exercise your feet different distances apart while performing fractures, especially if you have osteoporosis. According also strengthens your muscles. upper body exercises. The closer together you place to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of With strong muscles, you’re less likely your feet; the more you must work to maintain your fi ve hip fracture patients die from complications within a balance. 3) Stand on one foot. Place the sole of your year of breaking a hip. Weak bones and weak muscles to fall; with strong bones, other foot against the inner calf or thigh of your stand- may be caused by a sedentary lifestyle, medical condi- if you do fall, you’re less likely ing leg. Place your palms together at chest level. Hold tions, inadequate nutrition or a combination of all three. to fracture a bone. that position for up to thirty seconds then switch sides. The good news is there are steps you can take to Advanced: 1) Squat as low as you can on one leg, then improve your balance. The fi rst is to see your medical suffi cient calcium from food and vitamin D from food or stand up. Repeat several times per leg. 2) Squat on both doctor if you feel your balance has declined. Your doctor natural sunlight may help offset some of the damage. legs on a BOSU ball (looks like a half ball). For max- may be able to identify the cause and treat you for any Weight bearing exercise creates a mechanical load imum instability and challenge, squat on an inverted health-related issues. that sends signals to the bone-forming cells to build new BOSU ball. 3) Step, jump or hop forwards, side to side or Your doctor may want to test you for nutritional bone tissue. Did you know that the cells in your skeleton backwards as quickly as possible along an agility ladder. defi ciencies and may recommend dietary changes or regenerate and that your skeleton is completely replaced You can’t prevent every fall, but you can reduce your supplements. If, for example, your diet is high in salty every 10 years or so? Weight-bearing exercise also risk. Improving your lifestyle can help, regardless of food, protein from animal sources or caffeinated strengthens your muscles. With strong muscles, you’re your age. So can avoiding hazards such as rugs and icy beverages, you may be losing excess calcium from your less likely to fall; with strong bones, if you do fall, you’re patches or using a walking aid if needed. And if you trip bones. Excessive alcohol consumption is also a risk less likely to fracture a bone. or slip but have optimized your sense of balance, you factor for osteoporosis and high cola consumption is According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, may be able to land on your feet. That’s the power of correlated with bone mineral loss in females. Getting walking makes you work against gravity while standing balance. Exciting year in store for Jewish university students in Ottawa

f there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past few for information about any or all of these events. years that I can be certain of, it’s that life never fails Hillel Ottawa will also be hosting cultural events for to throw you curve balls, constantly changing your Sukkot, including Darbukah in the Sukkah with Cantor ARIELLE ELLIS Iplans, requiring you to adjust accordingly. These Daniel Benlolo. Look forward to a musical Kabbalat curve balls, unexpected changes to our plans, carry the CAMPUS LIFE Shabbat, many Shabbat dinners, bagel lunches, and so potential to have both positive and negative effects on much more. Visit www.hillelottawa.ca for details on our lives. upcoming events. However, I like to believe that everything happens for It’s going to be a very exciting year for both Hillel a reason and that things tend to work out the way they Ottawa and the Chabad Student Network. Be sure not to should. I have recently been thrown a curve ball, Take advantage of the clean slate miss out. All events are geared towards both undergrad requiring me to adjust my plans and stay in Ottawa for and graduate students of all ages. another year. I apologize for suggesting in my last this new school year brings, Want the opportunity to visit Israel for free? Apply Campus Life column (April 13) that I would be leaving and embrace all of the to Birthright Israel today! Registration is now open at this beautiful and vibrant city. I am so excited and exciting opportunities that are www.israelforfree.com. Don’t miss out on this incred- grateful to have another year (or more!) here in Ottawa. ible opportunity. If you have any questions about This city has become a home to me, and I look forward bound to come your way. Birthright or your eligibility, contact Scott Goldstein to seeing what this year brings. Get involved in the community at [email protected]. It’s a new school year, offering everyone a fresh start in any way you feel comfortable. Take advantage of the clean slate this new school year and a clean slate. The beginning of every school year is brings, and embrace all of the exciting opportunities fi lled with ample opportunities, be it getting involved in Welcome the curve balls life throws that are bound to come your way. Get involved in the the Jewish student community, involving oneself in the your way with the confi dence community in any way you feel comfortable. Welcome invaluable experience of Israel advocacy, meeting new that things will all turn out the curve balls life throws your way with the confi dence people, studying harder, socializing more frequently, that things will all turn out as they should. I am sure this and did I mention getting involved with Jewish student as they should. will be an exciting year. Looking forward to seeing you life on campus? to its big dinner before Yom Kippur on September 22, to all, both old faces and new, around on campus and at Luckily for Jewish students on Ottawa’s university be followed by services. CSN will also host a break-fast community events. If you have any questions about campuses, there are many social and cultural opportun- the following night. During Sukkot, CSN’s main sukkah Jewish student life on Ottawa’s campuses, don’t hesitate ities in which to involve ourselves in the Jewish will be in front of Ottawa City Hall and meals and events to contact me at [email protected]. I’m happy to community. will be held there throughout the holiday. CSN will wind answer any questions or address any concerns. With the High Holidays in full swing, the Chabad up the holiday period with a Simchat Torah bash. Con- Wishing everyone an easy and meaningful fast on Student Network (CSN) has invited all Jewish students tact Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky at [email protected] Yom Kippur. Here’s to a great year to come! September 21, 2015 23 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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The Board of Directors of the CAYLA AND MICHAEL BAYLIN Our future is in your hands Ottawa Jewish Community Foun- ENDOWMENT FUND dation acknowledges with thanks Birthday Wishes to: To make a donation contributions to the following funds Norman Wolfish by Cayla Baylin. In Memory of: as of August 31, 2015. and/or send a tribute card, Michael Baylin by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick and family. call the Foundation office ABELSON FAMILY (613-798-4696 ext. 274) ENDOWMENT FUND MARTIN AND ELLIE BLACK In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND e-mail: [email protected] Phyllis Rackow by Lois and Bob Abelson. In Memory of: Milton Shaffer by Lois and Bob Abelson. David Ben-Reuven by Marty and Ellie website: www.OJCF.ca Black. MARJORIE AND BEN ACHBAR Sylvia Kaiman by Marty and Ellie Black. COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND Anniversary Wishes to: CHANI AND BRAM BREGMAN Join us in building our community Marjorie and Ben Achbar by Sheila Cooper. 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ENDOWMENT FUND COMMUNITY CENTRE JOSHUA BARAK AND ASHIRA PRIZANT ADINA BEN PORAT MACHON SARAH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUND FAMILY FOUNDATION NATHAN AND REBA DIENER Mazel Tov to: TORAH EDUCATION FUND SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND Linda and Harry Prizant on their marriage SHIRLEY AND SHIER BERMAN FUND SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: by Jonathan, Aviva, Liat, Tal-Or, Elishua Ben- FOR OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES SOLOWAY JEWISH Nathan Diener, a dear husband, father and Choreen. DORIS BRONSTEIN TALMUD TORAH COMMUNITY CENTRE grandfather by Reba Diener. AFTERNOON SCHOOL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND NORMAN AND MYRNA BARWIN BARRY FISHMAN ISAAC AND DORA FAGIN SOLOWAY JEWISH FOUNDATION OF THE OTTAWA JEWISH BULLETIN MEMORIAL FUND COMMUNITY CENTRE PINCHAS ZUKERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: YOUTH SERVICES FUND MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND MARTIN GLATT PARLIAMENT LODGE TAMIR ENDOWMENT FUND Sidney Halpern, a dear father by Shirley In Memory of: Halpern and family. B’NAI BRITH PAST PRESIDENTS’ FUND TORAH ACADEMY OF OTTAWA Phyllis Rackow by Norman and Myrna Bar- MENDEL AND VALERIE GOOD TORAH EDUCATION FUND Freida Halpern, a dear mother by Shirley win. Halpern and family. HOLOCAUST SARA AND ZEEV VERED Roel Joseph Wyman by Norman and Myrna CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND ISRAEL CULTURAL PROGRAM FUND Barwin. Continued on page 24 24 September 21, 2015 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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BARBARA AND LEN FARBER ALFRED AND KAYSA FRIEDMAN HANSER FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND SHARON KOFFMAN ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND Mazel Tov to: R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Abe Hanser, a dear uncle by Isabel Lesh and In Memory of: Barbara and Len Farber on the engagement Sandra Zunder by Alfred and Kaysa family. Milton Shaffer by Sandra Zagon. of their son, Michael to Leah by Joany and Friedman. Annie Hanser-Lang, a dear aunt by Isabel Roel Wyman by Sandra Zagon. Andy Katz. Lesh and family. Mazel Tov to: ROBERT AND LEAH GENCHER Linda and Harry Prizant on their marriage by ELLEN AND RAHAMIM FATHI FAMILY FUND DOROTHY AND HY HYMES Sandra Zagon. ENDOWMENT FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: ENDOWMENT FUND Carole and Norman Zagerman on Andrea’s R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Bat Sheva Engel, a beloved mother by Leah Birthday Wishes to: marriage to Bruce Stark by Sandra Zagon. Alexis Griller by Ellen Fathi and family. Gencher. Dorothy Hymes by Joan Bloom; by Blossom Read; and by Dundi and Lyon Sachs. KRANTZBERG KRANE SHARON AND PAUL FINN GILBOA/MAOZ FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: FAMILY FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Mazel Tov to: Dorothy Hymes on the birth of her In Memory of: Mazel Tov to: Heather Bowerk and Eitan Maoz on their great-grandson, Tyler by Blossom Read. Phyllis Rackow by Myra and Sam Krane Yaacov and Alissa Attias on Caryn’s engage- marriage by Helen and Chaim Gilboa. Carole and Norman Zagerman on Andrea’s and family. ment by Sharon and Paul Finn. Shauna and Jonathan Gilboa on Aaron’s Bar marriage to Bruce Stark by Dorothy Hymes. Andre Ibghy on being the Chief Architect Mitzvah by Helen and Chaim Gilboa. SUSAN AND DAVID KRIGER and Designer of the new Shriners Hospital for Sarah and Paz Maoz on their marriage by CHERYL AND ANDRE IBGHY ENDOWMENT FUND Children in Montreal by Sharon and Paul Finn Helen and Chaim Gilboa. ENDOWMENT FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: and family. Amanda and Ryan Steiner on their marriage Mazel Tov to: Kenneth M. Ain, a dear father by Susan and Stephen and Debbie Schneiderman on the by Helen and Chaim Gilboa. Linda Slotin and Jonathan Fisher on their David Kriger. birth of their granddaughter, Ruby by Sharon Tal and Rob Steiner on the marriages of their upcoming marriage by Cheryl Lesh-Ibghy and and Paul Finn. three children by Helen and Chaim Gilboa. Andre Ibghy. ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU Norman and Carole Zagerman on the mar- ENDOWMENT FUND riage of Andrea to Bruce Stark by Sharon and ANN AND LEON GLUZMAN INY FAMILY FUND R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Paul Finn. MEMORIAL FUND Birthday Wishes to: Nachum Lichtenstein by Edie Landau. Mazel Tov to: Avraham Iny by Ian and Melissa Shabinsky LAWRENCE AND Beverly and David Gluzman on the birth of and family; and by Mark and Lynn Shabinsky NORMAN AND ISABEL LESH AUDREY FREIMAN their grandson by Ingrid Levitz and family. and family. ENDOWMENT FUND FUND FOR CHILDREN In Memory of: WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES JEFFREY AND ENID GOULD JEREMY KANTER MEMORIAL FUND Carole and Norman Zagerman on Andrea’s In Memory of: FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: marriage to Bruce Stark by Isabel Lesh. Mary Dubinsky by Susan and Stan Birthday Wishes to: Lynda and Steven Latner on the engagement Norman Lesh by Lois and Bob Abelson; Bornstein. Norman Wolfish by Enid and Jeff Gould. of their son, Jack to Marci by Evelyn Eisenberg. by Chuck and Adrienne Shabsove; by Ron Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Cherney and Deborah Ferris; by Dan Palayew and Steven and Lynda Latner by Julie and Jonah Jocelyn Kapusta; by Carol and Laurie Pascoe; Kanter. and by Deborah Magidson.

SAMUEL AND TILLIE KARDISH THE LEVITZ MEMORIAL FUND FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: Anniversary Wishes to: Rabbi Idan Scher on his installation ceremo- Carol and Laurie Pascoe by Ingrid Levitz. ny to become Rabbi at Congregation Machzikei Birthday Wishes to: Hadas by Cheryl Kardish-Levitan and Brian Susan Weiner by Ingrid Levitz. Levitan and family. JOSEPH AND EVELYN LIEFF LIBBY AND STAN KATZ FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND Anniversary Wishes to: Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Zelaine and Sol Shinder by Evelyn Lieff. Libby Katz by Shirley Halpern and family. Birthday Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: Dorothy Hymes by Evelyn Lieff. Libby Katz on the engagement of her grand- Phyllis Silverman by Evelyn Lieff. son, Michael to Leah by Joany and Andy Katz. In Memory of: Sam Ages by Evelyn Lieff. SYD, ETHEL, LINDA Sylvia Kaiman by Evelyn Lieff. AND STEVEN KERZNER Phyllis Rackow by Evelyn Lieff. AND FAMILY COMMUNITY Milton Shaffer by Evelyn Lieff. ENDOWMENT FUND Elaine Singer by Evelyn Lieff. Birthday Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: Martin Kerzner by Anna Silverman and Stanley and Daphne Arron on the marriage Ralph Pepper. of Andrea to Bruce Stark by Evelyn Lieff. Evelyn Lieff on her grandson, Zachary ARTHUR AND SARAH KIMMEL Resnick being called to the Bar by Blossom MEMORIAL FUND Read. In Memory of: Ruth Milne on becoming a great- Milton Shaffer by Carol-Sue and Jack grandmother by Evelyn Lieff. Shapiro. Bernice Resnick on becoming a great- In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: grandmother by Evelyn Lieff. Arthur Kimmel, a dear father and grand- Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of father by Isabel Lesh and family. their granddaughter, Sloan Hannah Resnick by Evelyn Lieff. DANIEL AND MARILYN KIMMEL Norman and Carole Zagerman on the ENDOWMENT FUND marriage of Andrea to Bruce Stark by Evelyn In Memory of: Lieff. Milton Shaffer by Marilyn and Will Continued on page 25 Newman. September 21, 2015 25 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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IDIT AND JOSHUA LOWENSTEIN SHELLEY AND SID ROTHMAN PATRICIA SMOLKIN MEMORIAL FUND Stan and Gail Hitzig by Lise, Mark, Alayna FAMILY FOUNDATION FAMILY FUND Condolences to: and Bryan Thaw. Mazel Tov to: Mazel Tov to: Annice Kronick on the loss of her dear moth- Joany and Andy Katz and family by Lise, Linda and Harry Prizant on their marriage Rhoda and Jeff Miller on their son, Howard’s er, Marjorie by Carol-Sue and Jack Shapiro. Mark, Alayna and Bryan Thaw. by Jonathan, Aviva, Liat, Tal-Or, Elishua marriage to Sarah by Shelley Rothman. Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: Dorothy Nadolny by Lise, Mark, Alayna and Ben-Choreen. Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Michael, Nikki, Neilah and Ben Shapiro by Bryan Thaw. son, Jacob Sidney by Sue and Steve Rothman. Carol-Sue and Jack Shapiro. Norman and Elsa Swedko by Lise, Mark, RHODA AND JEFFREY MILLER Shelley Rothman on the birth of her grand- Alayna and Bryan Thaw. 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Ruth Viner on her granddaughter, Alisa’s ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY by Eileen Melnick McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Mazel Tov to: marriage by Shirley Halpern and family. ENDOWMENT FUND Amanda McCarthy. Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of Mazel Tov to: Mitchell and Carolyn Melnick by Eileen their granddaughter, Sloan Hannah Resnick by MIRIAM AND LOUIS WEINER Earl Karanofsky on being awarded the Dr. Melnick McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Amanda Francie Greenspoon and Norman Lieff. ENDOWMENT FUND Ralph Silverstone Teaching Award by Rick and McCarthy. In Memory of: Helen Zipes. Shirley and Phil Melnick by Eileen Melnick JORDAN H. MORGAN Phyllis Rackow by Carol Gradus. Gary and Debra Viner on their daughter, McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Amanda McCarthy. B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Alisa’s marriage to Jeff by Rick and Helen Zipes. Lauren and Zvi Shaps by Eileen Melnick In Memory of: MILDRED AND PERCY WEINSTEIN McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Amanda McCarthy. Sylvia Kaiman by Sarah Beutel and Steven ENDOWMENT FUND SANDRA AND SAM ZUNDER Joy and Sandy Smith and family by Eileen Morgan. Birthday Wishes to: ENDOWMENT FUND Melnick McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Amanda Dorothy Hymes by Millie Weinstein. In Memory of: McCarthy. YISRAEL SHMUEL PRIZANT In Memory of: Mark Putterman by Sandra and Sam Zunder B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Abraham Bookman by Ron Cherney and and families. THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB Mazel Tov to: Deborah Ferris. Phyllis Rackow by Sandra and Sam Zunder B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM Linda and Harry Prizant on their marriage Joan Levine by Millie Weinstein. and families. by Jonathan, Aviva, Liat, Tal-Or, Elishua Ben- Mazel Tov to: STACEY SAMANTHA KATZ Choreen. Barbara and Steve Levinson on the birth of THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE B’NAI MITZVAH FUND their grandson by Millie Weinstein. PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM Mazel Tov to: HANNAH SACHS R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Providing support for services and programs Rhoda and Jeff Miller on the marriage of B’NAI MITZVAH FUND David Loeb by Millie Weinstein. that directly benefit women and children. their daughter, Sara to Joe Fishman by Joany Birthday Wishes to: and Andy Katz. Kevin Barwin by Hannah, Tommy, Michelle SAM AND HELENE ZARET WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE Rhoda and Jeff Miller on the marriage of and Richard Sachs. MEMORIAL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND their son, Howard to Sarah by Joany and Andy Anniversary Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: Katz. Contributions may be made online Sharon and David Appotive by Debi and Neil Janet Dollin and Zave Chad on the birth of Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of their Zaret and family. their grandson, Noah by Lynne Oreck-Wener granddaughter, Sloan Hannah Resnick by Joany at www.OJCF.ca or by contacting Graciela and Buddy Steinberg by Debi and and Bob Wener. and Andy Katz. the office at 613-798-4696 extension Neil Zaret and family. Rosh Hashanah Wishes to: 274, Monday to Friday or by email at Mazel Tov to: Laura Goldstein and Boaz Rotaro by Eileen LIEFF FAMILY B’NAI MITZVAH FUND [email protected]. Attractive cards Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of their Melnick McCarthy, Stuart, Josh and Amanda In Memory of: are sent to convey the appropriate granddaughter, Sloan Hannah by Debi and Neil McCarthy. Norman Lesh by Francie Greenspoon and sentiments. All donations are acknowl- Zaret and family. Barbara and Barry Mandelker and family Norman Lieff. edged with a charitable receipt.

Her novel –also available in English translation – is based on her own experience and written on the model of The Warsaw Ghetto as imagined Tolstoy, with many characters and interlocking subplots. Aron’s family disintegrates. His friends catch on to his through the eyes of a young boy connection with the police and cut him off. At rock bottom, he is admitted into Dr. Janusz Korczak’s orphan- age. Korczak is portrayed as a weary and despondent The Book of Aron: A Novel man, determined to do his best for the children, spending By Jim Shepard his days begging for supplies. Knopf Shepard is interested in the ambiguity of human 260 pages MURRAY CITRON conduct under extreme conditions. Korczak was known BOOK REVIEW to be a heroic fi gure who refused chances to escape and n The Book of Aron, Jim Shepard, an American stayed with his children until the end. That heroism is author of Irish-Italian Catholic background, part of the story Shepard tells. Sadly, in the circum- attempts to imagine the life of Jewish children stances, it is ambiguous. The Warsaw Ghetto was liqui- Iduring the three years of the Warsaw Ghetto. He can, for the fi rst time, do something for his family. dated in 1942. In the book, Korczak organizes the children Imagination is needed as there are few witnesses. Then he is recruited and used by a yellow in a column and leads the parade to the German Nazi policy was to kill the children fi rst. police offi cer. The results are tragic. Aron railway siding where they will be loaded The story is told in the fi rst person, in Aron’s voice. At does not judge his own or anyone’s for Treblinka. If he had not done so, fi rst, it is reminiscent of other novels with child narra- behaviour. He narrates it. some would have suffered more in the tors, like Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Sholom For Jews, the Shoah is a loss we feel disorder. Some would have been killed Aleichem’s Motl the Cantor’s Son. The sentences are every day. For non-Jews, it is an event sooner. But the Germans would have had short and uncomplicated, the words simple. There are whose main characteristic is strangeness, more trouble. And who can know? comic passages. But this is the Warsaw Ghetto and the and they try to understand it. Shepard Maybe some of the children would have light soon fades. gives an impressive list of Jewish escaped. Aron begins life as one of the children in a poor shtetl Holocaust writing that he has read and The evacuation is supervised by an SS family. He is small, socially awkward, and not good in people he has consulted. He has explored offi cer named Witossek. school. “The years went by like one unhappy day.” In 1936, Warsaw. The study of Jews does not lead Witossek apologized for the necessity of the family moves to Warsaw because there is a factory job to understanding the Holocaust. For that, what had to happen and said he hoped there for Aron’s father. Aron is nine in 1939 when the a study of Germans is needed. Korczak understood the necessity was one Germans come and the reign of degradation begins. The Book of Aron is effective in explor- thing and the people who had to carry it For a while, this is an opportunity for Aron. The ing the way people may have lived in the out were another. He said he wanted the Germans confi ne the Jews in a walled and hungry ghetto, conditions of hunger and fear that the German Nazis good doctor to know that what was going to happen was and keep reducing its size. Aron becomes part of a group created. A mark of its effectiveness is that it bears going to happen and that how everyone chose to face it of child smugglers, who know where the holes are, and comparison with Chava Rosenfarb’s three-volume would be the point. how to navigate among the yellow police, the blue police, Yiddish novel, The Tree of Life, set in the Lodz Ghetto. “I agree with you,” Korczak said. and the green police – the Jews, the Poles, and the Rosenfarb did not need to do research for her work. She That is as close as the book comes to an explanation of Germans. lived in Lodz and was 17 when that ghetto was instituted. the Holocaust. September 21, 2015 27 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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