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ver 400 guests packed the go directly to support Tamir programs. Grand Hall of the Canadian Joshua Finn, a member of the Tamir Museum of History, November Board of Directors, gave the evening’s 4, for Tamir’s ‘Stepping Out in opening remarks. OStyle 2.0.’ Tamir, Finn said, has been Tamir, the Ottawa agency “dedicated “life-changing” for his family, as his to assisting people with developmental brother Jordan has received support disabilities realize their potential in a from the organization since 2008. supportive Jewish environment,” was “Knowing that Jordan has excellent proud to present Ottawa’s “only fashion caregivers has been a huge relief for my show featuring diversely-abled models, parents. They also have the peace of professional models, and community mind that Jordan not only has his basic leaders,” for the first time in 2017. The needs met, but is living a fulfilled life.” event was so well received by the com- Media personality and fashion entre- munity that it has now become a much preneur Jeanne Beker and Jamie Green- HOWARD SANDLER anticipated biennial fundraising and berg, a Tamir participant, were MCs MCs Jamie Greenberg (left) and Jeanne Beker share a moment on stage during Tamir’s Stepping public awareness event. All funds raised See Tamir on page 2 Out in Style 2.0, November 4, at the Canadian Museum of History. Sharon and David Appotive honoured at Negev Dinner BY MATTHEW HORWOOD ried for 39 years, have an extensive an Israeli charity that has provided a regular volunteer with Jewish Family ight hundred people filled the volunteer history in Ottawa’s Jewish lifesaving treatment to more than 5,000 Services’ StreetSmarts program, Ten Yad Infinity Convention Centre to community. children in 61 countries suffering from and the Chevra Kadisha, and co-chaired capacity, November 11, to hon- Hartley Stern, the Negev Dinner’s congenital and rheumatic heart disease, the 2016-2018 Jewish Federation of Otta- our community leaders Sharon honorary chair, praised Sharon and for raising funds to support a charity wa Annual Campaigns. Eand David Appotive at the 2019 Jewish David for “continuously doing the right that looks after “the most vulnerable David, co-owner of Howard Fine National Fund (JNF) of Ottawa Negev things to support their community” population: children with sick hearts.” Jewellers and Dahavland Capital Corpo- Dinner. and, in reference to the dinner’s ben- Sharon currently sits on the Ottawa ration, volunteers with the Ottawa Vaad The Appotives, who have been mar- eficiary, Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), Jewish Community Foundation Board, is See Negev Dinner on page 3

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Continued from page 1 for the evening. Jamie describes his role as “a unique opportunity. I was honoured to be asked to MC the show and thrilled to meet Jeanne Beker. The night of the show it was nice to see my friends from Tamir all dressed up and excited to walk the runway. I was thrilled to look out into the audience and see my par- ents as well as so many other people from the commu- nity supporting Tamir.” More than 45 models took to the runway to strut their stuff, wearing a variety of outfits from fashion designers Desigual, Dominique Bridal, IZ Adaptive, Kania, Richard Robinson and Vivati. The runway models included Ottawa City Council- lor Mathieu Fleury; Jewish Federation of Ottawa Chair Michael Polowin; Solange Tuyishime, Mrs. Canada HOWARD SANDLER International 2019; Ottawa Redblacks player Rafael Tamir participant Debby Applebaum strikes a pose on the runway during Tamir’s Stepping Out in Style 2.0, November 4, at the Araujo-Lopes; and 18 Tamir participants. Supporters Canadian Museum of History. of JOIN – the Jewish Ottawa Inclusion Network, and some students and parents from the Ottawa Jewish Community School also took their turn on the runway, Berezowski enlisted the support of 20 students from adding a new dimension to the show. her business marketing class to assist in operating the JOIN co-founder Madelaine Werier participated in fashion show, from outfitting the models and doing the fashion show along with her daughter, Rachel. hair and makeup, to assisting with backstage and During the summer, Werier’s son Sammy was able to front-of-house tasks. attend camp thanks in part to a ‘shadow staff’ provid- Debby Applebaum, a Tamir participant since 2002, ed through Tamir’s ‘Keshet for Kids’ initiative. Werier was a model at the first fashion in 2017 and took to the said part of the fun was in the preparation. She and stage again this year. Debby said she especially enjoyed her daughter attended three practice runs held at the getting to try on several “marvelous” outfits, and she Soloway Jewish Community Centre, where the par- “fell in love” with the purple outfit from Richard Rob- ticipants were coached on “how to demonstrate con- inson she wore on the runway. “Not the airport run- fidence, how to walk and how to choose a pose they way – we didn’t take off by plane!” she joked. liked.” Tamir Executive Director Mark Palmer said this For the evening’s musical entertainment, Juno-nom- year’s fashion show was “truly an amazing event, on so inated folksinger Craig Cardiff teamed with Tamir’s many levels,” and the expressions of delight and pride Neshama Choir, coordinated by Deborah Davis, to sing on the faces of participants and audience members “Love is Louder,” “Safe Here,” and “True Colours.” were “unforgettable.” A special video was also part of the events, with tes- According to Palmer, many parents who, all too timonials from families who have benefited from the often, have felt the pain of seeing their kids marginal- life-changing supports Tamir has been able to offer ized got to see them receive public recognition for the their loved ones. first time. Renee Berezowski, assistant director at the Rich- “It did feel like a very special moment in which the ard Robinson Academy of Fashion Design, said when needle may have been moved – just a touch – in terms Tamir asked for her help in coordinating the event, she of awareness around the cause of inclusion in our knew it would be a “beautiful opportunity” to enable community,” Palmer said. Tamir participants to shine on the runway. Adam Moscoe, chair of the Tamir Fashion Show Committee, came up with the idea for the first fashion show in 2017. This year’s show, Moscoe said, “was another high

point for our participants, families and supporters, and HOWARD SANDLER a chance for many new people to be inspired by our Tamir participant Meredith Caplan walks the runway during participants, who are true champions for inclusion.” Tamir’s Stepping Out in Style 2.0, November 4, at the Did you miss the show? Stay tuned for video high- Canadian Museum of History. lights, soon to be released!

THE TRADITION CONTINUES Folksinger Craig Rideau Bakery Bread is available at all Cardiff and choir director Deborah Davis Farm Boy locations. Made with the same lead the Tamir starter, same recipes and same Neshama Choir in singing Cardiff’s song, Team Members as before. “Safe Here,” during Tamir’s Stepping Out in Style 2.0, November 4, at the Canadian Museum of History.

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November 25, 2019 3 Negev Dinner: ‘No better example of a miracle than saving a child’s heart’

Continued from page 1 HaKashrut and Congregation Machzikei Hadas and has served on the boards of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, the Ottawa Jewish Community School, Hillel Ottawa and Camp B’nai Brith Ottawa. SACH will use funds raised at the Negev Dinner to support the construc- tion of the International Pediatric Cardi- ac Center at the Wolfson Medical Centre (WMC) in Holon, which will serve as a children’s hospital. Following a short video about SACH, Dr. Ahmad Zarour, a cardiac surgeon from the West Bank, spoke to the audi- ence about his involvement with the organization and the need for a new children’s hospital. Zarour, who has travelled on more than 50 missions with SACH and is currently enrolled in their seven-year training program, said the facility would ROBIN CHERNICK Negev Dinner honorees Sharon and David Appotive are joined on stage for the presentation of the certificate of honour by family members and be one of the largest cardiac surgery and Negev Dinner and JNF officials. treatment facilities in the Middle East, (From left) Ryan Appotive, Yoni Appotive, Negev Dinner Chair Jeff Miller, Jaye Appotive, Honorees David and Sharon Appotive (holding the and would “allow children of different certificate), Brody Appotive, Negev Dinner Honorary Chair Hartley Stern, JNF Ottawa Executive Director Lynda Taller-Wakter, and JNF Ottawa religions, backgrounds and cultures to Board Chair David Baker. receive the best care possible.” Sharon Appotive said that with so many worthy causes “competing for our finite time, energy and dollars” “In Israel, in order to be the couple was “beyond appreciative” a realist, you must that the dinner attendees chose to support SACH. believe in miracles.” “Children are our everything. They David Ben-Gurion are our heart and soul, and we shower them with boundless love and opportu- nities. What would life be like if we had ron and David were 2016 Negev Dinner a child in need of cardiac surgery with- Honouree Barbara Farber, Negev Dinner out the hospitals, doctors, nurses and MC Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka, and Negev support to save them?” she asked. Dinner Chair Jeff Miller. “Tonight, because of JNF, Save a The keynote speaker was former U.S. Child’s Heart, and all of you, we have senator Joseph Lieberman, the Demo- more hope and are able to give a little cratic Party’s U.S. vice-presidential can- bit more of our hearts,” Sharon said. didate in 2000. Lieberman commended “Tonight is about the heart of our fam- Sharon and David Appotive for using ily, the heart of community and the JNF funds to “make visible and tangibly heart of Israel.” support” SACH, which Lieberman called David Appotive said the couple’s “the ultimate expression of our Jewish involvement with the “extraordinary faith and values.” organization” began with their 2013 Lieberman spoke at length about trip to Israel, when they visited the Theodor Herzl, the founding father of WMC and witnessed the “unrelenting modern Zionism, who organized the human kindness” the doctors and nurs- First Zionist Congress in 1901, the same es of SACH provided to children. The year the JNF was founded. Former U.S. senator Joseph Lieberman, speaking at the Negev Dinner, said Israel is a “glowing, couple visited the facility again in 2018 Lieberman said he sees the state of aspirational role model” for Jews around the world. because, he said, “we were smitten with Israel as not just a place of refuge and this hospital.” sanctuary in times of trouble, but as a “Combining our strong love and “glowing, aspirational role model” for desire to support children and the state Jews around the world who had previ- Hulse, Playfair of Israel, alongside our family’s history ously felt the need to keep a low profile. with heart disease, there was no second Lieberman said while the U.S.-Israel & McGarry guessing ourselves. Save a Child’s Heart partnership continues to receive strong FUNERAL SERVICES would be our JNF project,” David said. support in opinion polls, support for David quoted Israel’s first prime min- Israel in the United States is diminish- ister, David Ben-Gurion, who said, “In ing among segments of the Democratic Serving your community since 1925 Customer: Israel, in order to be a realist, you must Party and among young people. These HULSE, PLAYFAIR believe in miracles.” challenges to Israel, he said, need to be & MCGARRY David Appotive said there is no bet- “taken on directly,” and the changing 613-233-1143 www.hpmcgarry.ca Issue: JUNE 25, 2018 ter example of a miracle than saving a attitudes towards the Jewish State “must Colour: B&W child’s heart. be taken seriously by all who care about Click and stay connected with us Size: 5” x 2.5” Among those paying tribute to Sha- Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship.” Proof #: 4 November 25, 2019 4

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Legacy giving program launched aim to inspire everyone, all potential much engaged to ensure that all 13 of & Legacy program, I’m hopeful that donors, to develop a sense of mutual our partners are successful. we will be able to help sustain vibrant responsibility for that future, where “The Harold Grinspoon Foundation communities that allow future gener- securing legacy commitments is a win (HGF) is very excited to be partnering ations to enjoy our rich Jewish culture for the whole community. with the Ottawa Jewish Community and heritage,” said Harold Grinspoon, Beginning immediately, we are Foundation to establish a culture of the founder of HGF. partnering with the Harold Grinspoon legacy giving in Ottawa,” said Arlene D. Every member of the Jewish commu- Foundation (HGF) to help start this Schiff, national director of the program. nity benefits from strong Jewish insti- community-wide legacy giving program, “The time is right. This legacy program tutions. Now is your chance to assure

FEDERATION FEDERATION REPORT creating a shared goal for 13 other local will make the most of the generational continuity of services and programs LAWRENCE WEINSTEIN Jewish organizations to work toward. transfer of wealth, change the language in Jewish Ottawa by making a legacy OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY As a part of the collaboration, we have and landscape of giving and provide gift in your will or estate plan. Within FOUNDATION partnered with area social service orga- generous and forward-thinking mem- this special partnership you can then nizations, day schools and synagogues. bers of the Ottawa Jewish community choose one or more of these partner he Ottawa Jewish Community These organizations join us as a part with the opportunity to express their organizations to benefit from your gift. Foundation is excited to share of the four-year initiative that provides passion, purpose and commitment to It’s simple and yet very powerful. The that we were selected as one of coaching, training and incentive grants their most valued Jewish organizations.” more successful we are together, the four new organizations to join 62 to ensure that legacy giving becomes Life & Legacy is the newest initiative more all the organizations, and entire Tothers participating in a Jewish legacy giv- integrated in the philanthropic culture of HGF, which is investing $30 mil- community, benefits. The endowments ing program that to date has secured more of the community. lion over a 10-year period to preserve you will create will ensure the long- than 25,000 after-lifetime commitments As a participant, Foundation will vibrant Jewish life for future genera- term sustainability of our values and with an estimated value of almost $1 billion receive a grant from the Grinspoon tions by ensuring the long-term finan- our dreams for all future generations. for communities across North America. Foundation with matching funds of cial health of Jewish community organi- What will be our legacy? Find out Why is the Foundation so pleased to approximately $100,000 each year to zations in cities across North America, how you can become involved by con- be involved? A successful legacy cam- provide participating local organiza- including Ottawa. tacting Micah Garten at 613-798-4696, paign launches a conversation about tions with the opportunity to receive “Providing Jewish communities with ext. 270, or [email protected]. what the whole community wants for unrestricted incentive grants based on proven tools and training to help them Lawrence Weinstein is chair of the its future – the Jewish Ottawa we hope meeting legacy commitment bench- secure their long-term financial goals board of the Ottawa Jewish Community our great-grandchildren will inherit. We marks. And our Foundation is very is absolutely vital. Through the Life Foundation.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin VOLUME 84 | ISSUE 4 First impressions, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 Email: [email protected] north of the border Published 19 times per year. © Copyright 2019 displaying affection and compassion). nacle was in the middle, surrounded by PUBLISHER But in all honesty, my welcome to Can- the 12 tribes, each with its own special Andrea Freedman ada and the Ottawa Jewish community place. The commentaries compare this EDITOR Michael Regenstreif has been truly amazing. encampment to the shape of an old PRODUCTION CONSULTANT I often say that living in a Jewish fashioned spoked wagon wheel. Can Patti Moran community of our size, we are just too you picture it? There is a centre point BUSINESS MANAGER small not to get along. I have said that in and there are 12 spokes spreading out Eddie Peltzman

FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT the past, regarding other Jewish commu- from the centre in different directions. RABBI GAVRIEL RUDIN nities of similar sizes, but here I feel like Each tribe was different and lived their YOUNG ISRAEL OF OTTAWA I am preaching to the choir. The warm lives in different ways. Each had differ- The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force welcome I received from Jews across the ent strengths and weaknesses, and each for constructive communal consciousness,” communicates the messages of the Jewish orn and raised in the United Jewish spectrum, both from leadership had something different to contribute Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as States, I did not know what to and laypeople, has made my family to the greater good. Despite their dif- the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a expect upon moving to Canada. and me feel valued and right at home. I ferences, they were all anchored to the diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed Americans tend to think of Cana- feel privileged to have joined a diverse, same point in the middle, their service in these pages do not necessarily represent Bda as a cold distant suburb of the U.S., but yet united, team of Jews, dedicated to to God, represented by the Tabernacle. the policies and values of the Federation. somehow I get the impression that Canadi- community growth and advancement. The same is true with our communi- The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut ans had a different view on the matter, eh? I strongly believe that this is how all ties. We are all different, and have our of advertised products or establishments The first thing I must say is that Jewish communities were meant to be. own strengths and weaknesses. Howev- unless they are certified by Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut or a rabbinic authority recognized Canadians definitely have a lot of pride While we may be different and may er, as long as we can remain connected by OVH. in their country. I think I saw more red have different views and opinions, we to the core values that keep us coming $36 Local Subscription | $40 Canada maple leafs in the first week I was here share common goals and work together together toward a common goal, our $60 USA | $179 Overseas | $2 per issue than in an entire maple tree forest. The to achieve them, each adding our own differences will be the key to our suc- Funded by the Government of Canada. light and sound show on Parliament Hill unique piece to the greater puzzle. cess, not our undoing. this past summer was an amazing display Evidence of the need for community My first impression of this commu- ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 of all that Canadians have to be proud of. unity can be found when analyzing the nity is one of unity and direction. I Canadian politeness is definitely a very first “Jewish community” in all of believe that we are well on our way to Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin welcome change, having grown up a history. When the Jews left the land of continued growth and success, within 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, stone’s throw away from New York City Egypt and spent 40 years wandering in the Jewish community and out. I am Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 (New Yorkers are not necessarily rude, the desert, the Torah details the forma- proud and excited to be a part of the they just have their own special way of tion in which they camped. The Taber- Jewish Ottawa community!

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Feel the Bern on antisemitism and Israel major parties for the U.S. presidency. Benjamin Netanyahu. On these matters, Pittsburgh and Poway. The first discussion was in early Octo- Sanders is in lockstep with about 75 per But it was disappointing to see Sand- ber after Sanders suffered a heart attack cent of the American Jewish communi- ers merely pay lip service to left-wing on the campaign trail and had a couple ty, as well as with millions of Israelis. antisemitism, noting, “It is true that of stents inserted to open up his arteries. On BDS, Sanders has repeatedly some criticism of Israel can cross the One of my locker-room buddies was rejected the call to boycott Israel. Ear- line into antisemitism, especially when angry that Sanders, whom he described lier this year, he released a statement it denies the right of self-determination as “pro-BDS, anti-Israel and antisemitic,” saying, “While I do not support the to Jews, or when it plays into conspiracy would have Israeli-made stents inserted. BDS movement, we must defend every theories about outsized Jewish power.”

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR I don’t know whether or not Sand- American’s constitutional right to While right-wing antisemitism has MICHAEL REGENSTREIF ers’ stents were made in Israel. I could engage in political activity.” repeatedly proven lethal, the effects find no mainstream media references The more recent locker room discus- of left-wing antisemitism are also to where the stents were made. Be that sion about Sanders was on November 14 consequential. Look at how pro-Israel ince returning to work a year- as it may, it is simply wrong to suggest (I am writing this on the 15th), a few days students are marginalized on many and-a-half ago after open-heart that the leftist Sanders is “pro-BDS, after Sanders published an article in Jew- campuses. Look to the United Kingdom, surgery, daily exercise has been anti-Israel and antisemitic.” ish Currents on antisemitism – an article where the Labour Party under Jeremy a priority and since my office Sanders has spoken of his admira- that has provoked much reaction in Jew- Corbyn, once overwhelmingly support- Sis located in the Soloway Jewish Com- tion for the Jewish state and for the ish circles. https://tinyurl.com/JC-Bernie ed by British Jews, is now seen by many munity Centre (SJCC), I am very lucky ideals of Zionism, and has noted that I was pleased to see Sanders write so as an existential threat to the Jewish to have a first-class fitness centre just he lived and worked on a kibbutz near eloquently about antisemitism, partic- community. Or look to some of Sand- downstairs from my desk. The SJCC lock- Haifa as a young man in 1963. ularly about the lethal consequences of ers’ own supporters like Congresswom- er room is often the scene for impromp- While Sanders has consistently right-wing antisemitism as manifested an Ilhan Omar, who has apologized tu and opinionated discussions on the voiced his support for the State of by the white nationalist movement. more than once for using antisemitic news and issues of the day. Israel, including the right of Israel to As Sanders points out, “hate crimes tropes, or Women’s March organizer U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders – who defend itself from attacks, and for a against Jews rose by more than a third Linda Sarsour, who claims that a femi- is currently campaigning for the 2020 two-state solution to the conflict with in 2017 and accounted for 58 per cent of nist cannot be a Zionist. Democratic Party presidential nomina- the Palestinians, he has been vocifer- all religion-based hate crimes in Amer- Sanders’ generalized thoughts on tion – has been the centre of a couple of ous in his opposition to certain Israeli ica.” That year, we saw what happened antisemitism and his specific thoughts recent locker-room discussions. If nomi- government policies, particularly the in Charlottesville, and more recently we on right-wing antisemitism are correct. nated, Sanders would be the first Jewish occupation and settlement expansion have seen right-wing antisemitism lead But he seriously underplays the extent candidate nominated by one of the two in the West Bank, and to Prime Minister to the tragic synagogue shootings in and the effects of left-wing antisemitism.

‘Not enough shock and zero shame’

replays at night. political opponents, past and present. was a smoking machine gun. The spectacle of watching the Nixon was bloodthirsty for dirt on the There was something else about unthinkable every day for weeks was a Kennedys. Nixon. The Watergate break-in was not measure of how the Watergate hearings Nixon would have survived Water- Nixon’s only faux pas. His long list of had to be one of the best live dramas in gate except for those countless tape misdeeds included another break in at a the history of television. That and the recordings in which he clearly incrimi- psychiatrist’s office to get dirt on anoth- mourning weekend for president John nated himself. Once the Supreme Court er political enemy. And how about his Kennedy would be the classics. decision forced their release, Nixon’s threat to use the Internal Revenue Ser- Not to diminish anything on the Republicans in the U.S. Senate jumped vice to go after enemy journalists?

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS Kennedy side, Watergate ran on high ship and his presidency was dead. Trump’s long list of misdeeds stem over a long shelf life. It never got bor- You would have to wonder if the call from a Nixon-like mind that sees ene- JASON MOSCOVITZ ing. It just got better. What made it so with the Ukrainian president was taped mies everywhere while Trump surpass- interesting was that back then, many or preserved when Trump was seeking es Nixon when it comes to adultery and s the Trump impeachment Americans didn’t think a president dirt on Joe Biden. Somehow, you would illegal payoffs to keep women quiet. “breaking news” drama in could do such rotten things. think not. One would assume Nixon Watergate had “Deep Throat,” Mark the U.S. continues to feed on Today, people take it for granted that was the last of the U.S. presidents who Felt, the second-in-command at the FBI itself, I am more interested in President Donald Trump is no angel, taped themselves for posterity, but who was passed over by Nixon when Athe big picture than the details. The big but Nixon had a checkered past as well. in that nut house environment, who he named a new director. On one of the picture inevitably brings me to compar- He was called Tricky Dicky long before knows. What we do know is that there tapes, Nixon referred to Felt as “that isons with the Watergate scandal that Watergate. Point being, back then, the are hotly contested differences over the Jew from the FBI,” even though Felt was crushed president Richard Nixon. president of the United States, by virtue veracity of the transcript. not Jewish. The historic Watergate hearings in of the office, was usually, at least initial- Officials on the call with Trump have Trump’s Ukrainian extortion attempt the summer of 1973 coincided with my ly, given the benefit of the doubt. given sworn testimony that the White burst open when a whistleblower came graduating from journalism at Carleton In Nixon’s time, there was no all- House version is missing some key forward because, as in the Nixon era, it University. My major was political sci- news television or social media. The parts that would put Trump in an even ultimately came down to a president’s ence. Watergate became my passion and president was allowed to breathe and worse light. Missing parts? abuse of power. I absorbed everything. I had the time to some things really were kept top secret. It reminds me of a pivotal Nixon Nixon resigned before he was go full throttle. It was a cloistered public existence com- tape with an 18 minute gap. Nixon said impeached. Trump won’t have to After graduation, I worked part-time pared to today’s madness. Rosemary Woods, his executive assis- because in today’s world of five scan- doing media research. I worked on But for all the differences, there are tant mistakenly erased the 18 minutes dals a day, his bad behaviour is the my own schedule, so I had lots of free similarities – one of them glaring. The while transcribing. There was so much swamp that is the Trump presidency. time to follow Watergate all summer. root of both presidents’ trouble was bad stuff without the gap one could Unlike Watergate, there is not I watched every second and then the actions they undertook to get dirt on only assume the 18 missing minutes enough shock and zero shame. November 25, 2019 8

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EXPANDING THE CIRCLE “Expanding the Circle provided me with tools and In her Modern Mishpocha column (November 11), resources to help me incorporate more of my Jewish Jenny T. Burns eloquently delineates both the bounded heritage into my mixed background family. It helped SANDY HILL and inclusive aspects of her interfaith family life. I want me to appreciate my roots and to pass this appreciation to let readers know that the Soloway Jewish Community on to my partner and our children.” $2,800 / MONTH Centre (SJCC) and the Jewish Federation of Ottawa In meeting regularly and getting to know each other, End unit 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom townhouse sponsor a program called “Expanding the Circle” for participants were able explore aspects of interfaith near Strathcona Park in Sandy Hill. Large interfaith families to meet and share their experiences. family life, felt comfortable expressing their struggles and successes, and learned about the Jewish commun- kitchen / eat-in area, spacious living & din- The program consists of guided discussions and social activities facilitated by Jodi Green, MSW, and Jewish ity, all while their children played in the next room. ing rooms and a finished lower level. community professional. The program is free and Please join us! Immediate occupancy babysitting is provided so that all members of the Expanding the Circle meets monthly from 4:00-5:30 @ 48 Blackburn Avenue family can participate. pm on a Sunday at the SJCC. The next meetings are Last year at Expanding the Circle we discussed November 24 and December 15. For information, contact December holidays; Judaism – culture or religion; me at [email protected] or 613-798-9818, ext. 263. CENTREPOINTE Shabbat (with challah baking); life as a minority; Purim and antisemitism; Pesach; navigating family celebra- Maxine Miska $449,000 tions; Israel; and belonging to the Jewish community. Assistant Executive Director Well maintained 3 bedroom, One of our participants wrote about her experience: Soloway Jewish Community Centre 2.5 bathroom freehold townhome on a child friendly crescent. Spacious Minto built multi-level family home features main level family, an open concept SOLDliving & dining room, spacious eat-in kitchen & more! New roof shingles 2019. December poss. 62Arbordale.com Riverside Park South $459,000 Beautifully maintained 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom bungalow on a 52’ x 121’ private lot. This sun-filled family home features hard- wood floors, spacious kitchen & eat-in area, updated windowsSOLD throughout, update roof shingles, an updated gas furnace and more! No rear yard neighbours! 30-45 Day poss. (From left) Andrea Gardner of Jewish Family Services presents the Elaine Rabin Social Service Award to Rabbi Deborah Zuker, Ruchama Uzan and Madelaine Werier, founders of JOIN – the Jewish Ottawa Inclusion Network, at the JFS annual general 625Fielding.com meeting, October 30, at Bayview Yards. CENTREPOINTE $949,000 Jewish Family Services All brick Minto built 5 bedroom family home on a child friendly street with a main floor den on a premium and oversized private lot! celebrates 40 years at AGM Over 3,500 SQ FT. BY MATTHEW HORWOOD JFS serves 8,300 clients with more than 65 programs plus a fully finished lower level. ewish Family Services of Ottawa (JFS) celebrated and services, including its Tikvah Program to support Large principal rooms with a spacious main 40 years of serving Ottawa’s Jewish community at vulnerable and low income Jewish residents of Ottawa, level laundry room. Three car garage. its annual general meeting, October 30, at Bayview Shalom Bayit Services for women experiencing abuse, JYards. settlement support for newcomers from various cultur- Excellent value! Immediate possession According to JFS Executive Director Sarah Caspi, al, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, and a variety of 12Saddlebrook.com “none of this would have been possible without the counselling services for people of all ages. support of our innovative, dedicated and resilient staff.” “We continue to grow in size and scope, but we stay When the organization was created in 1979, Caspi said, true to our mission to serve our community,” Caspi said. JEFF GREENBERG it was located in the basement of the Jewish Community “Whether we are providing case management to an SALES REPRESENTATIVE Centre on Chapel Street, with just three staff and a bud- aging Holocaust survivor, offering trauma counselling ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY get of $42,000. Today, JFS has over 80 staff, offices that to a vulnerable newcomer, creating a safety plan for a (613) 725-1171 www.jeffgreenberg.realtor occupy two floors at 2255 Carling Avenue, and a budget of woman leaving an abusive relationship or providing over $6 million. See JFS on page 9

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JFS: Community is better when people work together Former Israeli Continued from page 8 Mossad Agent, short-term counselling to some- one struggling with mental health issues, our staff are there to help,” Yola Reitman, Caspi said. Jack Shinder, whose three-year shares her term as chair of the JFS board ended at the AGM, said JFS’ cor- leading role porate leadership has “never been stronger.” However, Shinder said, the organization’s capacity to serve in rescuing its clientele requires more human input, and so he encouraged the Ethiopian Jews audience to consider working alongside JFS with “empathy, from Sudan expertise and understanding.” Shinder was succeeded by Mark (as seen in the recent Luden and Steve Morgan who now serve as co-chairs of the JFS board. Shelli Kimmel receives the Jewish Family Services Volunteer of the Year Award from Netflix movie Morgan said JFS is “working George Sladowski at the JFS annual general meeting, October 30, at Bayview Yards. from a position of great strength” Red Sea Diving Resort). as a result of the skill, talent and dedication of its staff and laid out the JFS board’s priorities for the coming year: to “take stock of where we have come from and where we want to be in the future”; to ensure the organization has the proper structures in place to reflect its size and maturity; and to lever- age JFS’ volunteers to build upon the knowledge and experience of its board members. Luden quoted from the fourth chapter of Ecclesiastes, “two are bet- (From left) Jewish Family Services Co-Chairs Steve Morgan and Mark Luden with ter than one – but pity anyone who Past-Chair Jack Shinder at the JFS annual general meeting, October 30, at Bayview Yards. falls and has no one to help them up.” Luden said this passage is a commentary on a person’s fear of created, they found that JFS was isolation and disconnection, which the “go-to agency” when it came JFS has been working to decrease to the multicultural community. for 40 years. Luden also wished for That is why Compassionate Ottawa “increased connections between all has partnered with JFS to “help JNF Ottawa of us” in the New Year. people in their own environment, Jackie Holzman, Ottawa’s mayor with their own language and cul- is pleased to present from 1991 to 1997, was guest speak- ture, to be able to decide how they er at the AGM. JFS was founded want to live.” following a review of the social The Elaine Rabin Social Service Yola Reitman services available to Ottawa’s Jew- Award, given annually to “an indi- Thursday, November 28 ish community that was conducted vidual who has stood up for a cause by Holzman. The study found that or on behalf of a group that strug- 7pm Tickets: $18 despite what many thought at the gles to stand on their own” was time, there were problems in the presented by JFS Assistant Exec- Proceeds to support Jaffa Dalet and community. utive Director Andrea Gardner to the Ethiopian community in Israel. “When we talked about alcohol- Madelaine Werier, Rabbi Deborah ism, poverty or the unemployed, Zuker and Ruchama Uzan, found- people would say ‘not in our com- ers of JOIN – the Jewish Ottawa Keynote speaker Jackie Holzman with munity,’ but there was a need,” Inclusion Network, an organization Jewish Family Services Executive Former Holzman said. “Our community is that facilitates and advocates for Director Sarah Caspi at the JFS annual so much better when people work inclusion for children with special general meeting, October 30, at Bayview Israeli together, and that’s what [JFS] is all needs in the community. Yards. about.” George Sladowski presented the Mossad Holzman is currently vice-chair Volunteer of the Year Award to Agent of Compassionate Ottawa, a volun- Shelli Kimmel, and Caspi presented great community is not how it teer-driven organization created to the Long Service Awards to dozens treats its “kings and queens,” but “support and empower individuals, of JFS staff, to celebrate work mile- how it treats its most vulnerable. their families and their communi- stones of 10-15 years, 15-20 years Freedman credited JFS’ “inspiring ties throughout life for dying and and 20+ years. leadership team and tireless and To reserve your spot, contact: grieving well.” Jewish Federation of Ottawa dedicated volunteers” for helping 613-798-2411 [email protected] jnfottawa.ca Holzman said in 2017, when President and CEO Andrea Freed- to make Ottawa’s Jewish communi- Compassionate Ottawa was being man, said the hallmark of any ty “extraordinary.” November 25, 2019 10 ‘You meet new people, enjoy yourself and have some laughs’

Creative Connections provides weekly programming for older Jewish seniors at the SJCC. Matthew Horwood reports.

riendship, community and social engagement” are at the MATTHEW HORWOOD forefront of Creative Jay Kassirer and Rita Finnigan, with Patsy Royer at the keyboard, lead a singalong session for Creative Connections, November 5. Connections, a weekly Jewish ‘Fsocial and recreational program geared towards Ottawa’s “cognitively well, older strenuous” while still providing a chal- seniors.” lenge, and can be completed while sit- Creative Connections is a joint pro- ting down or holding on to chair, and gram of AJA (Active Jewish Adults) 50+ said the Creative Connections programs and the Soloway Jewish Community that appeal to him the most involve Centre (SJCC). The celebration of Jew- music, such as singalong sessions and ish holidays, education through invited Junkyard Symphony, or when Schwartz scholars, and the enjoyment of Jewish times her exercises to songs by artists film and music, are integral components like Tony Bennett and Doris Day. of the program. Eleanor Bocian said she was intro- The program meets on Tuesdays at duced to Creative Connections 12 years the SJCC. Typically, there will be some ago, when a friend encouraged her to sort of presentation or discussion in the join. morning followed by an exercise session. “You meet new people, enjoy your- MATTHEW HORWOOD After lunch, there will be another pre- Gloria Schwartz leads a ‘Gentle Gym’ workout for older seniors during Creative Connections’ self and have some laughs. It keeps me sentation or activity, often in conjunc- day of activities, November 5. going,” Bocian said. tion with AJA 50+. Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, who began On November 5, programming began participating in Creative Connections 18 in the morning with a musical perfor- Previous guest speakers for Creative Skoll and Eva Gelbman will be sharing years ago, when it was “just six or seven mance by Jay Kassirer and Rita Finnigan Connections have included Danielle their stories, and in January, Murray people,” said the program is a great way with Patsy Royer, who led the audience LeFrancois, who presented her nature Citron, who contributes book reviews to to get her out of the house. in singing songs such as “Sunrise, Sun- photography, lawyer Kate Wright, who the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, will offer a “I enjoy the speeches and music, and set” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” and talked about the law for seniors, and presentation on Yiddish poetry. I definitely like to sing along.” Golden- “Memory” from “Cats.” Ilana Rabin, who spoke about celebrat- Odin says participants feel consistent- berg said. The seniors then participated in a ing the High Holy Days in Israel. ly engaged in Creative Connections and Creative Connections runs on Tues- ‘Gentle Gym’ workout led by profession- Olly Wodin, coordinator of Creative they are a “lively, welcoming and intel- days from 9:30 am to 2:15 pm, in three al trainer and Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Connections, said the aim of the pro- ligent bunch.” She added that the group 10-week sessions taking place in fall, fitness columnist Gloria Schwartz, which gram is to create a welcoming Jewish “would love to have more volunteers.” winter and spring. Membership in AJA involved light exercises with dumbbells space for seniors, provide a variety of Murray Citron, a four-year participant 50+ or the SJCC is required to partic- and medicine balls, all of which could stimulating and engaging programs, and of Creative Connections, said Merle Hal- ipate. The program costs $50 for each be completed while sitting. to “reduce the isolation that sometimes trecht-Matte, then the program’s coordi- session, and an additional $60 a session After lunch catered by Babi’s Restau- comes with older age.” nator, invited him to join while he was for those requiring transportation. For rant, the Creative Connections group Wodin said many of the program’s at Hillel Lodge recovering from hip sur- seniors struggling with the program’s joined with AJA 50+ for a talk by crimi- ideas are generated from the Creative gery. Along with several other seniors, costs, financial assistance is available. nal defense lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, Connections members themselves, and Citron now makes use of Para Transpo For more information about Creative who discussed Canada’s criminal justice some lead programming on areas of services to regularly attend the sessions. Connections, contact Olly Wodin at system and spoke about the trials of Jian their interest or expertise. For example, Citron said he enjoys the ‘Gentle [email protected] or 613- Ghomeshi and Joshua Boyle. in December, Evelyn Marcovitch, Naomi Gym’ workouts as they are “not too 627-3837.

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November 25, 2019 11 Film screening celebrates ‘special relationship’ of Greek and Jewish communities

BY LOUISE RACHLIS people in Zakynthos, Greece.” people,” she added. “Our event was orig- ast February, Steven and Doris Immediately after she saw the movie inally planned for 200. The registration Ramphos saw the film, “Life Will in Florida, Doris contacted Steven Prio- kept increasing. It was a room full of Smile” at the Greek Orthodox volos, the film’s Los Angeles-based people sharing an amazing compassion- Church in Naples, Florida. producer, to see if she could arrange a ate story. I cannot tell you how special L“Life Will Smile” is a documentary screening in Ottawa in November. Not the night was.” based on the true story of an entire only did he agree, Priovolos said he’d Earlier in the day, explained Doris, Jewish community of 275 surviving the attend himself. Ambassador Dimitrios Azemopoulos of Second World War, thanks to the brave “His only condition when screening Greece hosted “an incredible luncheon” actions of the people on the Greek his movie is that no one be charged. at his residence where he honoured the island of Zakynthos. This made me want to screen it even departing ambassador of Israel, Nimrod This is widely thought to be the only more,” she said. “Steven Priovolos is an Barkan. “It was a beautiful lunch.” Jewish community in Nazi-occupied extremely compassionate person who The luncheon was attended, she Europe to survive the Holocaust intact, wanted to share this incredible story.” noted, by Supreme Court Justices without losing a single one of its mem- (From left) Steven and Doris Ramphos, who On November 7, Steven and Doris Andromache Karakatsanis and Rosalie bers. presented the film, “Life Will Smile,” in Ramphos sponsored the Canadian pre- Abella; Andrea Freedman, president and “We were so moved by this film that Ottawa with Steven Priovolos, the film’s miere of “Life Will Smile” at the Infinity CEO of the Jewish Federation of Otta- we were certain we wanted to share it producer, and their daughter, Paulina Centre during Holocaust Education wa, and Michael Polowin, chair of the with our friends and family in Ottawa,” Ramphos, who was the MC for the evening. Month and Priovolos was present for a Federation; Tony Vanikiotis, president said Doris, knowing immediately that it question-and-answer session with the of the Hellenic Community; Father Alex was something she wanted to do. ily,” she said. “My husband Steve was capacity audience – mostly from Otta- Michalopulos of the Greek Orthodox Steven Ramphos is president and originally partners with Lionel Shinder, wa’s Greek and Jewish communities – Church; Rabbi Idan Scher of Congrega- founder of District Realty and he and his Jason’s late father, when they incorpo- following the screening. tion Machzikei Hadas; Rabbi Menachem wife are active supporters of many local rated District Realty. Prior to that, Steve The event was “truly a celebration,” Blum of Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad; charities including the University of worked at Regional Realty for Len Pote- said Doris. “A celebration of the close and Steven Priovolos, the producer of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Hellenic chin and later Steve Gordon. connection between our two cultures. A “Life Will Smile.” Community of Ottawa. “He has been closely connected to celebration of humanity. A celebration Visit www.lifewillsmile.com for more “My husband Steve and I have such the Jewish people both as friends and of the special relationship that our two information on the film and the story of a connection with the Jewish people of in business. When we saw the movie in communities share. how the Jews of Zakynthos were saved Ottawa, specifically with the Shinder Naples we felt proud. We felt proud that “I was surprised by the number of and www.stevenpriovolos.com to learn family. The Shinder family are our fam- the Greek people assisted the Jewish people who registered to attend: 550 more about the producer.

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here’s not much we can do to get rid of antisemitism,” said Professor Deborah Lipstadt. “But we can become the ‘Tunwelcome guest at the dinner.” “We can’t be quiet,” she told an enthusiastic full house at Kehillat Beth Israel on November 10. Keynote speaker Deborah Lipstadt seated in the front row at the launch of Holocaust Education Month with a group of dignitaries. (From left) Rabbi Howard Finkelstein; Deputy Head of Mission Franziska Hagedron, Embassy of Germany; Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president of “Telegraph the message especially to Carleton University; Professor Deborah Lipstadt; former justice minister Irwin Cotler; Professor Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa, young people: You’ve got to speak out! recipient of the Arie Van Mansum Award. The time for silence is over. We see it on the right, we see it on the left – the time for silence is finished.” Jesus to be killed because he wanted the Jewish - but he’s very honest.’” You have to ask, what’s going on? Why Lipstadt’s talk was the keynote moneychangers out, and the Jews asked Then there’s the “stirring up the pot” this myopia? That’s what disturbs me. address at the launch of Holocaust the Romans to kill him. enabler kind of antisemite on the left When you call for the destruction of Education Month in Ottawa, held on As Lipstadt explained, that conspir- and on the right, like Jeremy Corbyn Israel, that’s antisemitism.” the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht acy theory went beyond the Church: and Donald Trump, she explained. Holocaust denial, Lipstadt said, is a (Night of Broken Glass), the antisemitic Voltaire, Karl Marx, and the eugenics “Nice people don’t attend rallies in form of antisemitism. pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria movement, “they all sound the same.” Charlottesville and chant ‘Jews will not But the fight against antisemitism that was the prelude to the Holocaust. “The antisemite looks on Jews to be replace us.’” shouldn’t become our sole identity, she The event was organized by the Cen- feared in a malicious and devious way,” For many of the people on the pro- cautioned. “Then we turn Jews into an tre for Holocaust Education and Scholar- she said. “The Jew becomes the devil gressive left, their view of prejudice is object, what’s done to Jews, instead of ship at the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish or the demon… the only one who can “refracted through a prism of ethnic- what Jews do.” Studies at Carleton University. harm God, and he comes in disguise so ity, class and power.” Jews are white, After a standing ovation, Lipstadt Lipstadt famously won the libel you don’t know you’ve encountered him privileged and, ipso facto, have power, was thanked by former justice min- suit brought against her by Holocaust until they’ve done their damage.” she said. “They look upon the Jew as ister Irwin Cotler, chair of the Raoul denier David Irving in the British courts, She described a Nazi propaganda film someone who could not be a victim of Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, described in her book History on Trial. that promoted Jews dressed in regular prejudice.” who praised her for stressing “the com- Her most recent book is Antisemitism: clothing as more dangerous than those And the far right “is something else.” pelling importance of each and all of Here and Now. with side-locks and traditional garb. They believe “there is a plan afoot for a us of standing up and being counted. “Antisemitism is part of a grouping “We all recognize the kind of genocide of white Christians” and these This must be the overriding message we of forms of hatred, but it’s different in antisemite who shoots up synagogues,” black and brown people, “they’re not take away. We cannot let antisemitism that it’s a conspiracy theory, with that she said. “Those people are dangerous, smart enough to be doing this on their become the linchpin of our identity and element of fear,” said Lipstadt. “The but for the dangerous things they do, own, so the Jews are helping them… who we are.” template of antisemitism is the way they are easier to spot and fight… The George Soros has become the Roth- The HEM launch event also included the story of the Crucifixion was used in dinner party antisemite sits at dinner schild of the 21st century. That’s what the presentation of the 2019 Arie Van the Middle Ages,” that the Jews wanted and says he hired an associate – ‘he’s they meant in Charlottesville when they Mansum Award for Excellence in Holo- chanted ‘Jews will not replace us.’” caust Education. Created in memory of Allan Taylor Lipstadt added that a fight over Arie Van Mansum, who was recognized Ira Abrams whether antisemitism is worse on the by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among CPA, CA ■ group plans left or the right is useless. the Nations, the award was presented to E tt Licensed Public ■ life insurance “They both are dangerous in different Professor Jan Grabowski of the Univer- Accountant Plng ■ disability insurance ways: on the left, structurally; on the sity of Ottawa by Global News journalist Incm 613-224-6808 Customer:■ pension and rrifs right, dangerous in terms of its violence Abigail Bimman. 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November 25, 2019 13 A gift of a Sefer Torah: From Jews in Ottawa to Jews in Africa A group of 38 North Americans – including 28 members of Kehillat Beth Israel in Ottawa – journeyed to Arusha, Tanzania this month with the gift of a Sefer Torah for the small Jewish community there. KBI member David Roytenberg reports from Tanzania.

n 1971, the Jewish community of Arusha, Tanzania, beset by Christian missionaries determined to con- vert them, lost their only Sefer Torah in a fire relat- ed to the conflict with the missionaries. The Tan- Izanian government had nationalized their synagogue leaving them homeless and without a Torah. The community struggled in the following decades to continue its existence but suffered a further blow with the death of their rabbi. In the face of all these difficulties the late rabbi’s son, Yehudah Amir, a law- Above: Rabbi Eytan Kenter reads from the Torah, November 7, yer by profession, has carried on the leadership of the in the small synagogue in Arusha, Tanzania. It was the first community, acting as [a de facto] rabbi, chazzan and passage read from the scroll – a gift from Kehillat Beth Israel teacher. He studies daily by Skype with Rabbi Meyer in Ottawa – in its new home. Landy in New Jersey, and the community meets every Right: Yehudah Amir of the Jewish community of Arusha, Shabbat for prayers. Tanzania carries the community’s new Torah – a gift from In the spring of 2019, thousands of miles away, Con- Kehillat Beth Israel in Ottawa – to their synagogue. gregation Kehillat Beth Israel of Ottawa, established by the merger of two long standing Ottawa synagogues, Congregation Beth Shalom and Agudath Israel Congre- world. The contact by remote communication with gation, began an inventory of the many Torah scrolls Rabbi Landy provided them with a lifeline and the visit in its possession. Both of the predecessor congrega- by our group from Kehillat Beth Israel has hopefully tions had accumulated a large number of scrolls as a demonstrated that engagement with the wider Jewish result of earlier amalgamations. The spiritual leader of world will enrich them and bolster them in their strug- Kehillat Beth Israel, Rabbi Eytan Kenter, began looking gle to survive as a Jewish community. for a small congregation somewhere that might be in In the coming years, I hope this connection will need of a Sefer Torah. blossom into ongoing ties of mutual affection and sup- Soon after sending out word, Kehillat Beth Israel port between Kehillat Beth Israel and the Jewish com- learned of the plight of the Arusha community and munity of Arusha. the fact that it had been without a proper Torah since the 1970s. With a membership of 70 persons, the com- munity continued under Yehudah’s leadership, and the offer of a Torah scroll was accepted by Yehudah on behalf of the Jewish community of Arusha. On November 7, a group of 38 pilgrims from North America celebrated with Yehudah and the Jewish com- munity of Arusha the inauguration of their new Torah scroll. A procession of several dozen people marched with the Torah into the synagogue and placed the Torah in the ark. A few minutes later, the Torah was removed from the ark and read for the first time in its new home. Rabbi Kenter leined the Thursday reading of the first Aliyah from Parshat Lech Lecha. After the reading, the Torah was joyfully lifted and tied and placed back in the ark. The participants, both the visitors from North America and the local people, were greatly moved by the celebration. Yehudah, in particular was visibly touched by the proceedings. For myself, it was a great privilege to be a witness and participant in this important moment of great joy for this small but resilient Jewish community. The Jewish community in Arusha has been quietly coping with its problems on its own for decades, without the help or even the knowledge of the broader Jewish November 25, 2019 14 Strawberry Blonde Bakery is now kosher

BY LOUISE RACHLIS non-kosher is clearly labelled. or all of their six years in business, Strawberry “We also do catering, wedding cakes, wholesale to Blonde Bakery has been vegan, gluten-free and all the Farm Boys across Ontario, and some smaller nut-free – and now the bakery has added kosher health food stores in Ottawa,” said Okum, who now to the in-demand offerings at their two locations, has about 40 staff in the two locations. “It’s a lot of F111 Richmond Road in Westboro and 767 Silver Seven business to manage.” Road, unit 17, in Kanata. Personally vegan, she said that while working “I’m thrilled that Strawberry Blonde Bakery has on the kosher process with Rabbi Teitlebaum, become kosher,” said Rabbi Levy Teitlebaum, director cross-contamination safeguards were put in place. of Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut. “It speaks to their dedica- “You can’t make mistakes. You can’t not be serious tion and inclusion of the community.” about it.” Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut is a kashrut certification Rabbi Teitlebaum describes Okum as “a leader who agency recognized by the Association of Kashrut Orga- creates delicious masterpieces. Vegan, gluten free and nizations. Its mission is to facilitate the availability of now kosher. Definitely someone who takes their labour a wide variety of reliably kosher food, products, and of love seriously. services to Ottawa’s Jewish community. “All the staff at Strawberry Blonde Bakery are won- “About five years ago, Rabbi Teitlebaum approached derful to work with. Allison and I have been working us about becoming kosher, because we used to be closely for over a year to achieve this milestone. Mazel located under the Ottawa Bagelshop,” said Strawberry Tov!” Blonde owner Jacqui Okum. “In kosher, we’ve always believed that we are They were only two staff at the time and very affected by the food we consume, both physically and busy, and so they didn’t get around to it, she said. spiritually,” said Rabbi Teitlebaum. “This certification “However, we touched base about a year ago because acknowledges that understanding our food source is as the Ottawa Bagelshop wanted to develop a glu- significant as eating it.” ten-free bagel, and we re-visited the idea of making Strawberry Blonde posted on social media about our whole bakery kosher. Manager Allison Iris-Fong going kosher early this month. was very detail-oriented and helped us take it off “The response [to becoming kosher] has been amazing, “The response has been amazing, more than I more than I expected,” says Strawberry Blonde Bakery the ground. We looked at every ingredient, changing expected,” Okum said. owner Jacqui Okum. ingredients that weren’t kosher.” As well, they also “Couples come in to order wedding cakes and say had to guarantee the products were dairy-free and ‘You’ve made me so happy!’ It makes all the work nut-free. frozen items, that aren’t yet kosher. Once those items worthwhile.” There are a few items made by Strawberry Blonde are sold out, everything in the bakery will be kosher. For more information, call 613-725-2253, or visit before their kosher certification, like chocolate and Now about 75 per cent is, Okum said, and everything www.strawberryblondebakery.com.

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November 25, 2019 15 Stepping Out in Style 2.0 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2019 • CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY – GRAND HALL

Ella Sherman-Donohue, Mom Barbara Sherman and Alora Sherman-Donohue

Jeanne Beker, Tamir Neshama Choir, Craig Cardiff and Deborah Davis Master of Ceremonies

Nabiha Khan Juneja, Marco Casalese, Jordan Shortt and Eva Comeau

Jamie Greenberg, Master of Ceremonies

Deby Applebaum, Tamir Particpant

Michael S. Polowin, Chair Lul Samater, Jewish Federation of Ottawa Tamir Participant Shira Brass, Board Member and Francesca Davila, Mark Palmer, Tamir Executive Director Development and Communications Coordinator

Madelaine Werier and her daughter Rachel

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November 25, 2019 17 November 25, 2019 HEALTH & WELLNESS 18 The impact of mental illnesses

sychiatry is the branch of medicine focused care and morbidity and mortality. on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of The most serious impact, however, is on the individ- mental, emotional and behavioural diseases. DR. KATHI KOVACS ual. Having a mental illness can be isolating and often Psychiatrists’ education and training allows results in shame and guilt. It is even more difficult Pthem to understand the relationship between mental HEALTH & for patients with mental illness to navigate a stressed health and other illnesses, make a diagnosis and work WELLNESS healthcare system. Even within a caring environment, with the patient to develop a treatment plan. there is stigmatization. Mental health patients may Mental illnesses are disorders which affect mood, be considered to be less serious cases in busy waiting thought processes, perception and reality testing. rooms. These patients often have more difficulty in Depending on the nature and severity of the disorder icant changes in sleep, appetite, energy, motivation, advocating for themselves. cognitive function, insight and judgement may be libido, concentration, and decision-making) 4.7 per For proper assessment and treatment, a multidisci- affected. Mental illness may also result in changes in cent of the population aged 15 and older were affected. plinary approach is optimal. The first step is to visit a gen- behaviour and bodily functions such as sleep, appetite Mental illness affects all ages and backgrounds. In any eral practitioner (GP) so that medical causes can be ruled and energy. Mental illness is typically categorized as given year, one in five Canadians will experience mental out as causes of the mental illness. Even some medications anxiety/mood disorder, major depressive illness, bipo- illness. In Canada, 6.7 million people live with a mental may have psychiatric symptoms as side effects. Often the lar illness, psychotic illness, eating disorders, and sub- illness, compared to 2.2 million Canadians who have GP will initiate treatment with therapy and/or medication stance abuse disorders. Type 2 diabetes. Mental illness hits earlier in life than and will often refer their patient to a psychologist, mental Anxiety disorders are perhaps the most prevalent. most other medical disorders. More than 28 per cent health social worker or other healthcare provider. A psy- As a category, it includes several subtypes including of people between 20 and 29 years of age suffer with a chiatric consultation can be made by the GP if needed. performance anxiety, separation anxiety, generalized mental illness in any given year. By the time a Canadian In Ottawa, there are several community agencies anxiety somatization and panic disorder. As an exam- is 40 years old, one in two will have had a mental illness. that provide excellent counselling, urgent care and ple of how common anxiety disorders are, a recent Sta- Suicide accounts for 24 per cent of deaths in the crisis intervention. Safety is key and for emergency tistics Canada report indicated that about 2.6 per cent 15-24 years age group. Self-harm is on the rise, and the care there should never be any hesitation in contacting of Canadians aged 15 and older reported symptoms impact of mental illness on society is astronomical. It emergency services. There are many initiatives under- consistent with generalized anxiety disorder, a condi- affects families, friends, classmates, workplaces and way in our area to improve our knowledge of mental tion characterized by a pattern of frequent, persistent health care facilities. The Mental Health Commission illness, but there is still much to learn about the inter- worry and excessive anxiety about several events or of Canada determined the economic cost, due to men- play between the mind, body and life experience. activities. For major depressive illnesses (disorders tal illness, of at least $50 billion per year. Approximate- Dr. Kathi Kovacs is chief of the Department of Psychi- characterized by sustained low mood as well as signif- ly $7.7 billion of this are direct costs related to hospital atry at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS November 25, 2019 19 Walking gait and strategies to improve it

he manner in which you walk – ing balance or endurance training hasn’t known as your gait – is an indi- been shown to significantly improve cator of vitality and a strong gait speed. However, adding music to predictor of life expectancy and GLORIA SCHWARTZ provide a rhythmic component to your Thealth. As you move about in your daily exercise helps with gait speed as it trains FOCUS ON FITNESS activities, think about your preferred cognitive functions important for gait. gait speed: the speed at which you usu- https://tinyurl.com/y2webrn8 ally walk. Is it slower than it used to be? Stretching to improve your range of Is it slower than other people in your motion or flexibility in your hip flexors age group? A slow gait can be caused test and find you fall below the norm, per second, divide the distance (10) in allows you to take longer strides which by underlying physical and cognitive do not be alarmed. A variety of factors metres by your average seconds (e.g., may improve speed. deficits. are involved in your gait such as lower 10 divided by seven equals 1.43 metres Practicing walking helps improve A longitudinal study of over 900 body strength, vision, proprioception per second). You can compare your your cardiovascular fitness which will people spanning four decades tested and aerobic capacity. Discuss your timed score to the following standardized table provide the needed oxygen to the and compared the participants from age results with your doctor to determine if of average walking speed (metres per muscles and keep you from feeling three through age 45. The participants further testing is warranted to identify second) by age and gender: Age 20-29, breathless. Walking on a treadmill is were evaluated on various physical the causes of your slow gait. men 1.36,women 1.34; Age 30-39, men unidirectional at a controlled speed. To functions including hand-eye coordina- To test your speed, measure a dis- 1.43, women 1.34; Age 40-49, men 1.43, work on motor skills, walk on the floor tion, balance and grip strength, and 19 tance of 20 metres in a straight line. women 1.34; age 50-59, men 1.43, women or outdoors in different directions, (e.g., biomarkers including blood pressure, There are different variations of this test. 1.31; Age 60-69, men 1.34, women 1.24; side to side, forwards and backwards or dental health, cardiovascular fitness and A common method is to make a mark Age 70-79, men 1.26, women 1.13; Age along a curved path); this can improve waist-to-hip ratio. on the line at five metres, 15 metres and 90-99, men 0.97, women 0.94. performance and create a more efficient They also underwent brain scans 20 metres. Someone with a stopwatch Studies show that the best strategy system for walking that requires less at age 45. Slow gait speed in their 40s must time you. If you normally use a to improve gait speed is to work on energy and therefore leaves you less was associated with significantly poorer walker or cane, use it for the test. Begin strengthening your lower body with fatigued. https://tinyurl.com/yyn8o4af physical health and cognitive deficits, walking at the start of the line at your progressive resistance training with high Being proactive about your fitness including smaller brain volume and usual self-selected pace and do not stop intensities. There are numerous exer- can improve your quality of life. With more cortical thinning indicative of pre- until you reach the end. The recorder cises to target these muscle groups. Ask proper training you can increase your mature accelerated ageing. Gait speed is begins the stopwatch when your toe your personal trainer or physiotherapist gait speed, walk with more confidence sometimes used as a marker of health crosses the five-metre mark and stops for recommendations. Surprisingly, add- and potentially increase your lifespan. and fitness in elderly adults; yet, the the stopwatch when your toe crosses the study showed that gait speed is some- 15-metre mark (smart phones have stop- thing to examine in middle-aged adults watches, usually in the clock app). The as well because it may be a warning sign first and last five metres aren’t included of diseases or premature death decades in the time as they’re used for you to before symptoms develop. accelerate and decelerate. Perform the https://tinyurl.com/yyvgacrk test three times then calculate the aver- You can take a 10-metre walking test age time. For example, if you took six, to determine your gait speed. The test seven and eight seconds to complete the can give you an idea of how you com- test, your average is seven. pare to your age group. If you take the To calculate your speed in metres

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November 25, 2019 23 ‘Be very grateful to live in Canada,’ Holocaust survivor tells his grandchildren

Fiksel worked for 30 years in the field Fred Fiksel, now a resident of Hillel Lodge, of medical device technology related to survived one of the Nazis’ most notorious the technical and regulatory aspect in government and industry, or as Fiksel put slave labour camps. Matthew Horwood reports. it, “stopping companies from engaging in monkey business and trying to peddle hile Fred Fiksel, 97, is now When the Allies pushed into Germa- whatever they could to the public.” living comfortably at the ny, the Mauthausen-Gusen camps were His work experience includes act- Bess and Moe Greenberg liberated by the U.S. army on May 5, ing as an adviser to the Pan American Family Hillel Lodge with his 1945. It is estimated that of the approx- Health Organization; serving on the Wwife, Jessie, he was once a prisoner of one imately 320,000 people imprisoned in Canadian Standards Association’s Health of Nazi Germany’s toughest slave labour the camps, only about 80,000 survived. Care Technology Program as executive concentration camps. While Fiksel survived and was able to of the Steering Committee on Health Fiksel was born in the Tarnopol recover in an American military hospi- Care Technology; co-founding the Cana- region of Poland (now part of Ukraine) tal, his mother, father and sister did not dian Association of Manufacturers of in 1922. He says his family was well-off, survive the Holocaust. He doesn’t even Medical Devices; and founding HTC and he had a “very happy childhood.” have photos of his family to remember MATTHEW HORWOOD Associates, a healthcare technology con- But when the Nazis invaded Poland them by. Fred Fiksel, in his room at Hillel Lodge, sulting firm. in 1939, Fiksel’s family was “dislodged Fiksel lived in Italy for five years recalls living on minimal food rations while Fiksel said he is grateful to live in from our normal course of life” and Fik- before immigrating to Montreal in 1951, working as a slave labourer during the Canada, “a fantastic and wonderful sel was sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen alongside his brother, Jay. In Montreal, Second World War. country,” especially when he hears concentration camp complex, located in Fiksel met his wife, Jessie, who survived about people in other countries being Eastern Austria. the Holocaust by hiding in a basement “dislodged from their normal lives, put “It’s a terrible thing to get up in the for two years during the Nazi’s occupa- degrees in science, arts, electrical engi- away into camps or killed. morning and there’s somebody knock- tion of Poland. Fiksel said he and his neering and biomedical engineering. “I keep telling my grandchildren – ing on the door to take you away to a wife got along because they both had Yegendorf recalled that during the day and maybe I repeat this too often – that camp, simply because you are Jewish,” a “long story of survival and a certain her father worked, and at night he they should be very grateful to live in Fiksel said. compassion for people around us, and would attend classes. Canada,” Fiksel said. “They can have a As noted on Wikipedia, the Mauthau- for each other.” “He was very tenacious and driven to good future, provided they get an educa- sen-Gusen concentration camp complex Fiksel said he received support from become something. I think he put all his tion and work hard to fit into the realm were labelled as “Grade III,” meaning Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, which stress into becoming successful,” she said. of society.” they were the toughest camps meant for paid for his schooling and allowed him the “incorrigible political enemies of the to earn several degrees. Reich.” “I was clinging to education as not “The conditions in the camp were only a means of curiosity, but also negative, and [the Nazis] tried to destroy because it was an easy way to get suste- us,” Fiksel recalled. nance to survive,” he said. Fiksel was forced to perform slave Seline Yegendorf, Fiksel’s daughter, labour while in the camp – which said her father would always tell her, included working in mines, munitions “Nobody can take away your education and arms factories – all while receiving or your curiosity for learning.” minimal food rations, “just 200 grams of In the 1960s, Fiksel attended McGill bread and watery soup” a day. University in Montreal where he earned WESTBORO FLOORING & DECOR Just like you, your home is unique. We provide CUSTOM made window coverings to compliment every style and budget

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BY MATTHEW HORWOOD also includes numerous references to Juda- uvin Geller, a Montreal native ism and to Montreal, which he says, “quite who has lived in Ottawa for over a few people will be able to relate to.” 35 years, began writing jokes in Geller defines the book as a work of 2012 because he wanted to try biographical fiction, because while many Rstandup comedy. But, then he decided he stories about his Uncle Joe have “some would rather “just sit and write a book.” truth to them,” he made a lot of them up. Geller published his first book, Sit “Some of the stories may have started Down Comedy, a collection of comical out being real, but maybe I exaggerat- short stories and puns based on his life, ed a few points or changed things if I in 2013. Now he’s back with a second thought they were funnier that way,” effort, Conversations with Uncle Joe, Geller said. recounting discussions he’d had with his Geller acknowledges many stories in late uncle over the course of his life. Each the book are “politically incorrect” and chapter of the book is a different mem- “not exactly friendly to today’s tolerance ory of Uncle Joe, who Geller describes as of the planet’s rich cultural diversities.” “a cross between Archie Bunker from ‘All He said this is because, at the time, ste- in the Family’ and Larry David’s character reotypes were “far more common than in ‘Curb your Enthusiasm.’” they are now,” and so Uncle Joe could be In one chapter, Uncle Joe gets pickle “ignorant, but not racist.” brine in his eye after managing to get Geller said while the overall purpose his hand lodged in a pickle jar. In anoth- of the book is to entertain, its underly- er, Uncle Joe argues that he doesn’t need ing message is that “deep down inside, to clean his dirty glasses because they no matter how rough around the edges “won’t get sick and they don’t smell.” a person is, they can still be good.” Several chapters reference Uncle Joe’s “[Uncle Joe] was rough around the frequent flatulence, which, Geller says, edges, didn’t have an education and was a “big joke for him.” was a bit of a simpleton, but he was not In each chapter, Geller sets the year for as bad in real life as he is in the book,” the conversation by mentioning which Geller said. “I believe my uncle was a MATTHEW HORWOOD Ottawa author holds a copy of his latest book, Conversations with Uncle Joe. current rock song he was listening to at good person. He was certainly quite a the time. Conversations with Uncle Joe character.”

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November 25, 2019 25 Opinion: What the fall of the Berlin Wall meant for Eastern European Jews

BY LIAM HOARE VIENNA (JTA) – “Neither ox nor donkey can block the path to socialism,” the East German leader Erich Honecker boldly declared on August 14, 1989. Less than three months later, on November 9, the Berlin Wall would fall. Newsweek’s then-Berlin bureau chief Michael Meyer called 1989 the year that changed the world. In We the PATRICK PIEL/GAMMA-RAPHO VIA GETTY IMAGES People, British historian Timothy Garton Ash described The Berlin Wall opens in November 1989. the opening of the Berlin Wall as “a moment of eman- cipation and liberation.” Ron Zuriel, a Jewish photogra- phy enthusiast, went to the wall frequently in the days whose parents unearthed their Jewishness, bequeath- state with a democratic facade where neo-Nazis recent- following November 9 to capture the moment. He told ing to their children a secret that they knew need not ly demonstrated in front of a Jewish-run community Mark Kurlansky for his 1995 book A Chosen Few that be hidden any longer. centre – or Poland, those conditions are now being East Germans “came into a different world.” Since 1989, Judaism in Eastern Europe has multi- deliberately undermined and the gifts of 1989 squan- Thirty years later, Garton Ash acknowledges that plied. The work of the JDC and Hillel International, dered. across Central and Eastern Europe, “the reality” of Moishe House and the Lauder Foundation has given “We know you can turn an aquarium into fish post-Berlin Wall Europe “did not live up to the dream.” birth to new Jewish schools, community and cultural soup,” so went the joke picked up by Garton Ash in Such is the nature of revolution on the one hand, centers in Warsaw and Krakow, Budapest and Timiso- 1989, “but can you turn fish soup back into an aquari- though it is certainly true that the fruits of 1989 were ara, and with it, new avenues and approaches to Juda- um?” not evenly shared. ism. Synagogues like Fraenkelufer in Berlin have been The challenge after the fall of the Berlin Wall was, in But if one community can be said to have been rejuvenated, new communities including Warsaw’s other words, tremendous. Its anniversary is a reminder entirely transformed by the Velvet Revolutions of Reform Beit Warszawa established, while the post-’89 not just of the work that has been done in the name of that year and the sometimes-bumpy transition from generation of Jewish leadership like Alek Oskar, presi- liberty, democracy and rebuilding Jewish life in Central communism to democracy, it would be Eastern Euro- dent of Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria, has arisen and Eastern Europe but that which is still to come. pean Jewry. to take the reins of community institutions. After 1945, Holocaust survivors in Western And the freedom to travel and the birth of cheap Europe, augmented by immigrants from Eastern air travel has strengthened Eastern European Jewry’s Europe, the Soviet Union and North Africa, were connection to Israel, as did programs like the Jewish able to rebuild Jewish life following the destructive Agency’s MiNYamin Fellowship. Stand with Israel... fascist experience. But Judaism under communism The fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolu- became what Kurlansky describes in A Chosen tions of 1989 made all this possible. It was a victory In Israel Few as a “death cult.” Though community bonds for Jewish life. Communism could not provide the remained, religion and Zionism were anathema to conditions necessary to live as a minority, be one Jew- communism. Jewish identity became a secret and ish, Roma or LGBT. Only liberal democracy offers the Judaism itself withered. basis for stable Jewish life in Europe. This means not Things began to change in the late 1980s when non- only the freedom of speech and thought, assembly and Jews in Poland, for example, took a renewed interest association, but also the right to private and family life in Judaism, leading to the birth of the Krakow Jewish and, as important, the rule of law and equal treatment Culture Festival. Yet it was only post-1989, after the thereunder. communist monopoly on power had been eradicated, Of course, whether in Hungary – an authoritarian that Jewish life itself could be revived. There were teething problems, particularly in Ger- many, as Kurlansky captured. Separated for 40 years, the two Germanys had developed two Judaisms. “The biggest event of the year at the [East Berlin] synagogue was the annual memorial to Kristallnacht,” I can help with: Kurlansky writes, adding that though there was an • Life insurance • RRSPs/RRIFs • Mutual funds* official East German Jewish Community that put on • Personal health insurance • TFSAs • Employee benefits lectures and cultural events, for most Jews in East Ger- ® many, their new religion was socialism. 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Len and Barbara Farber New Chanukah CD Elaine Palmer Best wishes on your special Birthday by Donna and Eric Levin BY GABE FRIEDMAN Carol Sue and Jack Shapiro In appreciation by Bill and Phyllis Cleiman (JTA) – Haim, Jack ****************** Black, the Flaming Recreation Program Lips, Yo La Tengo In Memory of: and other promi- Ethel and Irving Taylor Family Fund Anne Lipson by Sandy Shaver nent artists have In Memory of: Harry Postner by Esther and David Kwavnick recorded songs for Ken Pallett by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor Oscar Marengo by Esther and David Kwavnick a Chanukah album Chaim Gilboa by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor In Honour of: Mark Dover by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor Morris and Leah Melamed Wishing you many happy and titled “Hanuk- R’Fuah Shlema: healthy returns on this special occasion by Bernie and kah+.” John Diener by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor Leona Ship The album Zena Lieff Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Rosalie and also features con- Carole and Norman Zagerman Family Fund Harold Schwartz tributions from In Memory of: Marilyn and David Aisen Mazel Tov on the marriage of your folksinger Loud- Mark Dover by Carole Zagerman and Andrea Arron granddaughter by Esther and David Kwavnick on Wainwright III, Adam Green (of the band Moldy Sylvia Pleet by Carole Zagerman and Andrea Arron ****************** *************** Therapeutic Program Peaches), Alex Frankel (of the electronic group Holy Feeding Program In Memory of: Ghost) and more. In Memory of: Mark Dover by Debra and Gary Viner Rolling Stone reported that the record is a mix of Edith Kanter by Donna and Eric Levin covers and original songs. Haim’s contribution is a Mark Dover by Joan Bloom, Diana Malomet, Harriet and ****************** cover of the late Leonard Cohen’s “If It Be Your Will.” Irving Slone and Barbara and Steve Levinson In Memory of: Black wrote two originals, and the Flaming Lips and Yetta Cohen by Barbara and Steve Levinson Chaim Gilboa by Charles Schachnow Wainwright also penned new songs for the album. Chaim Gilboa by Steve Levinson Sylvia Pleet by Erin, Michael, Audrey and Griffin Baker, The project is the brainchild of Grammy-winning Harry Postner by Bill and Phyllis Cleiman Sam and Myra Krane, Brenda and Howard Patlik music supervisor Randall Poster, who was inspired by In Honour of: Harry Postner by the residents, staff and Boards of the Lodge Marvin Shabinsky Wishing you well by Rena Cohen and LTC Foundation Yo La Tengo’s annual run of Chanukah concerts. Laurie Pascoe Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Rosalie Nora Daigneault by Sam and Myra Krane “When our old friend Randy Poster asked us to and Harold Schwartz In Honour of: contribute to an album of Chanukah songs he was put- Jordana Sanft and Matthew Shane Mazel Tov on Kaleigh’s Larry and Ghita Segal Mazel Tov on the birth of your grandson ting together, we were kind of stumped,” Yo La Tengo, Bat Mitzvah by Joy and Seymour Mender and family by Charles Schachnow which is led by singer Ira Kaplan, said in a statement. Elisha Waggot Mazel Tov on your Bat Mitzvah by Dr. Michael Malek In appreciation by Roz and Stan Labow “As non-practicing Jews (and non-Jews), truthfully the Barry Lithwick R’Fuah Shlema: holiday has little meaning for us (that’s the meta-joke David Moskovic Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Sylvia Kershman by Stanley, Carol and Kayla Kershman behind Yo La Tengo’s Chanukah shows), but we were open to inspiration.”

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He did not wear #11 for the Ottawa Senators, but he Al e and Kaysa have two children, Michael who lives in LA and Stephanie (and Klaus) might be Ottawa’s original Al e. who live in Vancouver. Their two grandchildren are Oliver and Spencer. Alfred “Al e” Friedman was born in Ottawa in May Al e has a special way of connecting with people. When he learned that I was a 1934. His mother was originally from Philadelphia hockey fan, he told me about travelling with Kaysa to Russia in September of 1972 and his father was from New York – they moved to for the Summit Series. He shared with me that one of the Bronfmans was travelling Ottawa during the depression when family (The with them along with a few Ottawans (Norman Loeb, Norm Zagerman, Norman Alfred Friedman Ottawa Glucks) oered Al e’s father a job. Al e as he Mirsky, Mike Dworkin, Hy Soloway and more). Hy Soloway spoke Russian, and is better known, grew up in Sandy Hill, attended organized for the group to visit Leningrad and attend synagogue services at a shul in Lisgar and then graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylva- Moscow. They would come back to their hotel rooms, and the rooms had been nia followed by an MBA from NYU. tossed. They knew that the KGB was listening, so each evening Kaysa would say “goodnight” to the picture on the wall. When the nal game ended and Canada had Al e was a partner in many of Ottawa‘s best known restaurants such as Marble won the series, there were no taxis or modes of transportation available to the Works, Mayower, Maxwell’s, and more. Al e would travel the world, which he loved Canadian fans. Many of us have watched Paul Henderson’s goal on television. We to do with his wife Kaysa, and then come home to Ottawa with a new concept for a have heard about the series through various documentaries. It is a treat to hear the dining experience. rst-hand accounts from a member of our Ottawa Jewish Community. Interviewing Al e for this article was a pleasure. Watching his eyes light up as he Alfred “Al e” Friedman has been active in many Ottawa charitable organizations. shared with me how he met Kaysa almost 55 years ago at the Dorval airport. Their He was also one of the Founding members of Temple Israel, VP of the Ottawa Vaad ights were delayed due to snow. She was ying home to Sweden and he was ying Ha’ir, past chair of the UJA annual campaign, and over 20 years ago, he was on the to New York. He approached her and when he found out she was from Sweden, he committee that recommended that Hillel Lodge should move from Wurtemburg said “I know someone from Sweden”. Well, not only did he know someone from Street to the current location on the Jewish Community Campus. Now Al e is a Sweden, Kaysa actually knew the same person and the mutual friend had been resident of Hillel Lodge, bene tting from the foresight of our community’s need for trying to persuade Kaysa to visit Ottawa to go on a blind date. Without telling Al e, more Long Term Care beds. From his room at the Lodge, Al e enjoys keeping up with Kaysa learned about and then converted to Judaism in Sweden. In 1964, they were what is happening in the world and listening to good music. married in a synagogue in Stockholm. The ceremony was in Swedish and Hebrew. Al e’s best man (and lawyer), Arnie Goldberg said “If you didn’t understand, I can By Mitch Miller, Executive Director, Hillel Lodge LTC Foundation get you out.” Al e didn’t understand a word but was thrilled with the outcome. November 25, 2019 28 U.K. Labour Party has an opportunity in upcoming elections The antisemitism controversy is holding it back

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ But multiple opinion polls consistent- within his own party shows he is unfit” (JTA) – After nearly a decade in power, ly suggest that the Conservatives still to lead. Britain’s Conservative Party is in tatters. have a significant lead on Labour, which In the poll, 51 per cent said Labour Years of failing to negotiate a deal has been led by Jeremy Corbyn since has a “serious antisemitism problem” with the European Union to follow 2015. – up from 34 per cent when the same through with Brexit have led to internal Corbyn’s hard-left economic poli- question was asked by an earlier Com- party discord and roiled public frus- cies, often described as populist, his Res poll. Just 18 per cent disagreed. tration. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s perceived neutrality on Brexit, and his According to a YouGov survey from controversial push to leave the EU with- history of alleged support for Britain’s May, 80 per cent of British voters are out a negotiated deal has only added to enemies have caused major strife in now aware of Labour’s antisemitism the political headache. Labour’s own ranks and likely have con- crisis, and just 19 per cent are still As if Brexit woes aren’t enough, tributed to its dismal performance in the convinced by Labour and Corbyn’s Conservatives are also under fire in polls. arguments that they are not antise- the media for alleged xenophobic rad- But Labour’s many scandals involv- mitic. icalization in their ranks – not least by ing antisemitism – and the British Still, a typical voter from north- Johnson himself, who last year wrote media’s unrelenting attention to these ern England, for example, where few an op-ed calling Muslim women who problems – are also a key factor holding Jews live, will likely not be aware of wear face-covering veils “ridiculous” for back the party at this crucial moment the intricacies or the timeline of the choosing to look like “bank robbers” or of opportunity, according to expert Labour antisemitism crisis, says Jon- “letterboxes.” observers. athan Arkush, the previous president Johnson’s approval ratings in August Following Corbyn’s takeover of the of the Board of Deputies of British were the lowest of any British prime party, hate speech against Jews and Jews. minister in over 40 years of polling, and Israel began proliferating in Labour’s But even there, “there is now a pret- since then he’s suffered a succession of ranks. Thousands of incidents have been ty wide spread perception that there’s DAN KITWOOD/GETTY IMAGES policy defeats. He felt the need to call recorded both by internal Labour groups U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn makes something rather nasty around Labour,” for new elections, which will be held like Labour Against Antisemitism, and a campaign speech in Battersea, England, Arkush suggested. December 12. external ones, including the Campaign Oct. 31, 2019. “Voters aren’t stupid. They’re able to It all adds up to what seems like ideal Against Antisemitism. recognize when a pregnant woman, a conditions for the liberal Labour Party’s Corbyn came under scrutiny increas- member of Parliament, is being bullied,” return to power, which it has not held ingly in the media and beyond both speech and for past actions in which he he said, referencing the case of Luciana since 2010 under Gordon Brown. for his alleged failure to stop the hate appeared to ignore, condone or encour- Berger, a young rising star who resigned age it – and even to partake in it him- from Labour this year over antisemitism self. while pregnant. He has defended a London mural “They recognize it when another Jew- showing bankers, understood by many ish lawmaker, who represented Labour to be Jewish, playing monopoly on the for 20 years, faces hostile and aggressive backs of dark-skinned people. He once questions at a party meeting,” Arkush said that U.K.-born “Zionists” have “no added, referencing recent incidents sense of irony.” He blamed “the hand involving lawmakers Louise Ellman and of Israel” for an Islamist terrorist attack Ruth Smeeth. Ellman recently joined in Egypt in an interview for the Irani- other Jewish Labour leavers when she an state-run Press TV network. He has quit the party over antisemitism after 55 called Hezbollah and Hamas – terrorist years in its ranks. groups that vow to destroy Israel – his If Corbyn’s critics, especially his BROADWAY TUNES HIGHLIGHT AUXILIARY TEA friends. In 2015, he placed a wreath in a Jewish ones, are correct, it means By Marion Silver Tunisian cemetery to commemorate the that the general electorate is pun- For Auxiliary Of Hillel Lodge Black September terrorists who killed 11 ishing Corbyn for Labour’s perceived Broadway favourites delighted a capacity audience during the annual Hillel Lodge Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. treatment of a minority so small that Auxiliary Tea on Sunday, October 27th. Enthusiastic performances by Orpheus In 2016, an inter-parliamentary com- it comprises less than one-half of members Adam Moscoe, Katie Shapiro, Stephania Wheelhouse and Joseph Stone mittee, which included Labour repre- one per cent of the population. It’s and piano accompaniment by Evelyn Greenberg charmed the audience of 220 con- sentatives, accused Labour of creating a a remarkable scenario considering sisting of residents and guests. The delectable party sandwiches and elegant desserts, “safe space for those with vile attitudes the relative success of parties with a provided by Creative Kosher Catering, were enjoyed by everyone in attendance. towards Jewish people.” longer tradition of antisemitic contro- Shelley Goldenberg, Auxiliary President, welcomed everyone. In his remarks, Jewish community leaders and prom- versy elsewhere in Europe, including Ted Cohen, Executive Director of Hillel Lodge, expressed his appreciation to the inent members have not minced words the National Front in France and the Auxiliary for their continued commitment to the well-being of the elderly. He cited, about the controversy. Freedom Party in Austria. that this year’s fundraising efforts allowed the lodge to purchase new mattresses British Jewry’s leaders, including The possibility that Labour pays a for each resident and provided seed money for a new horticultural initiative and as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief price for its antisemitism problem at the well continue ongoing programs throughout the year. rabbi of the U.K., said it would be an ballot box makes Jonathan Hoffman, This year’s tea was ably convened by Hennie Palmer, Julie Kanter and Corinne “existential threat” to their community an activist who last year spearheaded a Taylor. Beautiful floral arrangements were provided by Diane Langdon of Langdon were Corbyn to come to power. In a billboard campaign against Corbyn, feel Flowers and Dirk Visbach of Dirk the Flowerman. Bohne Forsberg designed the recent poll, 85 per cent of British Jew- “relieved.” graphics and Issie Scarowsky and Boris Dachevski photographed the afternoon’s ish respondents said Corbyn is antise- “If we lived in a society whose people proceedings. Finally, a special mention must be given to Marilyn Adler and Patti Haas mitic. and media were prepared to overlook for their untiring efforts and ongoing devotion to Hillel Lodge. In a Jewish News poll last month of antisemitism, it’d be a terrible place,” The Auxiliary thanks all of our donors for their ongoing support to our Telethon and more than 1,000 non-Jewish voters, 55 Hoffman said. “And I’m proud of how Tea allowing us to continue our efforts on behalf of the residents. per cent agreed with the statement that Jews, but also many non-Jews, are stand- ADVERTISEMENT Corbyn’s “failure to tackle antisemitism ing up to antisemitism here.”

November 25, 2019 29 When in doubt, Shaboom!

ear the start of the school year, during the 10 the light back to God, healing God in the process. days of repentance between Rosh Hashanah The names Gabi and Rafael are also quite meaning- DARA LITHWICK and Yom Kippur, we received an email from ful. Rabbinic literature identifies Michael, Gabriel, Uriel our son’s Grade 2 teacher explaining there MODERN and Raphael as the four chief angels who surround the Nhad been a few incidents of children not treating each divine throne, each of whom has particular attributes. other with respect. Teachers were working with the stu- MISHPOCHA The Hebrew root in the name Gabriel (Gabi) means dents to “reinforce positive relationship building and strength of God, while Raphael means God’s healer. kindness at school,” including modeling positive social Gabi and Rafael have different colour skin, and both interactions and role playing challenging social situa- help show how relevant Judaism is to figuring out how take the lead in teaching key concepts. Together they tions. They encouraged parents to talk with their kids to live and get along. accurately represent the gender and racial diversity of about respect and kindness at home. But I did not quite know where to start. what it means to be Jewish. My partner Marci and I were taken aback as our I turned to my first source of help, “Rabbi” Goo- The next day I showed two episodes to our kids, children’s school exudes warmth and respect. But we gle, and typed a few words – “teshuvah,” “children,” and they loved them. They found the situations rel- were also heartened the school was treating these “respect,” “sorry” – into the search field. evant to their lives. They loved the pacing and the incidents as teachable moments and transformative Google nailed the response. One of the first results characters, and especially loved learning the Hebrew opportunities. was a YouTube channel called BimBam for a series of words. I loved how the episodes are also entertaining The day we received the email, we had a great sit- cartoon shorts titled “Shaboom.” and educational for me, and serve as great launching down with our kids (our daughter just started junior I was delighted. “Shaboom!” is an animated series points to talk to my children about the issues that are kindergarten) after dinner about being an ally to any geared to four-to-seven-year-olds that combines Jewish addressed in the videos. kids who need help, respecting each other, and say- wisdom with high quality programming. It is musical, Since then we have watched episodes about wel- ing “sorry” when we make mistakes. We talked about fast paced, sweet, contemporary, addressing universal coming guests, and visiting the sick, and our kids look being aware when something is awry in class or the values through a Jewish lens. It includes 10 episodes plus forward to more. playground, and knowing how to step in and be a Passover and Chanukah specials all focused on fixing the Of note, digital studio BimBam, that created leader and helper by showing kindness and respect to world through meaningful acts of loving kindness. “Shaboom,” ended active operations in April after 11 fellow classmates, and getting a grownup when their The series stars two magical “sparks,” Gabi and years of creating Jewish content online. At that time, help is needed. Rafael, who live in a playhouse in the clouds. The ref- ReformJudaism.org became the steward for all digital That night, I thought about how the timing of the erence to “sparks” is intentional, as are their names. In storytelling content produced by BimBam, including incidents at school meshed well with themes of the Jewish mystical tradition, following the work of Rabbi “Shaboom,” many parenting resources, a library of High Holidays – about the importance of treating Isaac Luria in the 16th century and elaborated through “Judaism 101” content for young adults, animation of each other well and engaging in teshuvah (heartfelt Chasidism, holy sparks are essentially God’s light that the Torah including a new King David series, totalling repentance) when we do something wrong or miss the shattered into sparks or vessels in the creation of the more than 400 original videos. Family resources can be mark. I wanted to put what had happened in a Jewish world. When we engage in acts of tikkun olam (repair- found here: www.bimbam.com/kids-family/ frame, as I felt that what was happening could also ing the world), we help redeem the sparks to connect When in doubt, Shaboom!

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building will be sold to a grocery chain. among Blackie, Duddy, Suddy, Chick- the issues and are assisted by the two RUBIN FRIEDMAN Like two stones dropped into water, ie, Oz and their advisers, two student young men who help keep the group the subsequent ripples move outward to Trotskyists, Tino and his mentor, the focused on what can be done. The ten- BOOK REVIEW drive much of the plot forward. Another wealthy non-Jewish Michael. sion in this effort is built as each side in stone drops when Tino, Blackie’s son, Duddy and Suddy interrupt a dis- the fight over the future of the building also moves out to live with his friends. cussion with an observation that leads tries to counter the other’s moves to While the story is fiction as the into another topic before it is brought obtain the largest number of votes. Shot Rock author notes, “This story is a story,” it back again to what was originally being In tandem with this is the effort of By Michael Tregebov resonates with events in the real world. talked about. They use odd Yiddishisms, Blackie and his team to qualify for the New Star Books The Jewish community in Winnipeg not always correctly or spelt to be easily Brier, the curling championship. Trege- 220 pages went through a shift of its population understood: “Mishlockt Yiddin”; “It’s bov does an excellent job of describing from the North End to the South End noch nila”; “Shockling his leg.” And each game building the tension. If they hot Rock, Michael Tregebov’s new where newer developments of larger I have no idea what “a sol chen van” win the championship, it will be harder novel is a kind of Yiddish cultural houses were being built in the late 1960s means. to sell the building. tragedy. It deals with inevitable and early ’70s. Thereafter, many of the The structure of the exchange These plotlines are resolved by the change as people age and find city’s Jewish institutions, including syna- becomes like an interwoven strand of end of the book as is the plot concern- Sthemselves passing into the memories of gogues and the Jewish Community Cen- DNA rather than a straight line talk driv- ing Blackie and his wife. Only the future the next generation, a narrative sparked tre followed suit. en only by logical progression. Some of of the son, Tino, is not firmly decided and energized by both anxieties for what Blackie and many of his friends, at these excursions are crass and sexist but by the end of the novel, but there are will be and warm comic relief. And at the the time of this story, would have been are typical of what some Jewish males strong hints about whether he will stay end, it still leaves open many of the ques- in their late 40s or early 50s. They came of that milieu and background sounded to study math and science or run off to tions posed in the story for the future to from a generation of mostly small busi- like. It was very familiar to me and even Toronto to be a poet. answer, a smaller perhaps more optimis- ness owners or employees of other Jew- though I wince, I find it accurate and While it seems that the strong and tic version of Tevye the Dairy Man. ish business owners. Some, through luck the efforts to control it, amusing. warm bonds among the original group Tregebov introduces us to the main or ambition, had become large business Blackie and Oz generally represent the will withstand the shocks and strains of character, Blackie, and some of the owners and wealthy. calmer and more rational approach to this exercise, only the future will tell. sources of his pleasures and anxieties in The main plot focuses on Blackie’s the first page. The curling season is late coterie of friends agreeing to fight the in starting while his wife has left him. sale of the curling rink and to take on Soon his anxieties and the reader’s are the money and influence of the “South increased. Max Foxman, the wealthy pres- Enders” led by Max Foxman. ident of the only Jewish curling club in The humour in the story comes from the North End of Winnipeg announces the the quick dialogue exchanges, especially

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ONGOING EVENTS [email protected] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Contact: Rabbi Zuker, 613-728-3501 Women writers exlain the journey of [email protected] PJ Library does Havdallah with Temple Finding Connection to God and Sephardic women exiled from North Cost: $25. A Shabbat experience designed 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Temple Israel, Meaning Through Our Prayers Africa. Nina Lichtenstein, author of for unattached adults. 1301 Prince of Wales Dr. 7 - 9 pm, Mondays through December 30, Sephardic Women’s Voices Out of North Contact: Jordan Waldman 1724 Kilborn Ave. Africa, and Chochana Boukhobza, author SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 613-798-4696, ext. 240 Contact: Ilana Benzaquen, 613-523-0279 of For the Love of the Father. [email protected] [email protected] Chanukah Gift Fair WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Come meet the new Rabbi and enjoy Cost: Free. Bring your Hebrew prayer 10 am - 4 pm Havdallah with friends and family. book, learn the meaning behind prayer “From Dachau to Cyprus” – Jewish Contact: Ella Dagan and gain an appreciation of the prayers Refugees and the Cyprus Internment SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 613-798-9818 ext 243 that are said on a daily basis. Camps 1946-1949. [email protected] Journey Through the 7 - 9 pm Holiday gifts, decorations, and every- Beit Tikvah Mincha (Winter edition) Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Contact: Anne Read, thing you need to celebrate Chanukah. 1 pm, Monday-Thursday, until February 10:30 am - 12 pm 613-798-4696 ext. 355 27, 2020. Congregation Beit Tikvah, Contact: Roslyn Wollock [email protected] PJ Library Annual Chanukah Party 15 Chartwell Ave., 613-723-1800 613-798-9818 ext. 254 Eliana Hadjisavvas’s topic will be 10 am - 1 pm With the change of the clock the first [email protected] “From Dachau to Cyprus” – Jewish Contact: Jordan Waldman weekend of November, we are instituting Cost: Free. Alti Rodal will provide an Refugees and the Cyprus Internment [email protected] a Monday through Thursday Mincha overview of the history of Jews on Camps 1946-1949. Special guest and 613-798-4696, ext. 240 service at the shul to be held at 1 pm. Ukrainian lands. Holocaust survivor, Rose Lipszyc will also Cost: $5 per child/$10 per family. Stories, Jewish & Kabbilistic Secrets to Feeling share her story. Sponsored by Shoah Yiddish Cafe crafts, sufganiyot and a performance by Good However You Feel Committee of Jewish Federation of 2 - 4 pm Singsong Party Time. No need to be a PJL 7 - 8:30 pm, Tuesdays through December Ottawa. Contact: Roslyn Wollock subscriber. Entertainment sponsored by [email protected] District Realty. 17, 2019, Ottawa Torah Centre, Na’amat Soup Extravaganza 111 Lamplighters Dr. 613-798-9818 ext. 254 7 - 9 pm, Location to be confirmed Remembering Leonard Cohen - Contact: Rabbi Blum, 613-843-7770 A joyful Yiddish afternoon with wit, skits, Contact: Marilyn Schwartz Concert with Tower of Song Band [email protected] comic, capers and a nosh. $10 at the door... [email protected] 2 - 4 pm Cost: $90. This course takes a fresh Bilig Vi Borscht. Cost: $30. Featuring 5 different soups Contact: Roslyn Wollock approach to the battle against bad crafted by Jackie Sitwell. Sip and slurp WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 TO [email protected] feelings, providing realistic spiritual while listening to speaker Aviva FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 613-798-9818 ext. 254 mechanisms for remaining upbeat no Rotenberg, founder and administrator of matter what life brings. Scholastic Book Fair at OJCS Ottawa Kosher Jewish Foodies. She will $Cost: $10. Join Jerry Golland and the discuss “The role of food in bringing the Ottawa Jewish Community School, 31 Bible Basics with Lauren Shaps Tower of Song Band as they play your Jewish Community together.” Funds Nadolny Sachs Pvt. 9:15 - 10:15 am, weekly on Thursdays Leonard Cohen favourites. Sponsored by raised support Na’amat. Contact: Jenn Greenberg Soloway JCC and Limmud Ottawa. through December 13, 2019 613-722-0020 ext. 345 Contact: Lauren Shaps, 613-695-4800 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 [email protected] [email protected] CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE JNF Ottawa presents Yola Reitman, Books for all ages in English, French and Searching for wisdom and a deeper FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 4:04 PM former Mossad Agent Hebrew, as well as all the interesting understanding of relationships and your FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 4:02 PM 7 - 9 pm, location to be confirmed trinkets. 8 am to 4:30 pm on Wednesday mission in life? See how events of the FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 4:02 PM 613-798-2411 and Thursday, 9 am to 3:30 pm on Friday. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 4:04 PM Exodus speak to challenges you face today. Contact: Ilana Albert-Novick FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 TO BULLETIN DEADLINES 613-798-2411, [email protected] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 Cost: $18. Yola Reitman will share about ISSUE DATE SUBMISSION DEADLINE Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands her leading role in “Operation Brothers” 1Table Shabbat Dinner Single Over 60 JANUARY 27 JANUARY 8 FEBRUARY 10 JANUARY 22 7 - 9 pm to rescue Ethiopian Jews, as seen in the 7 - 8:30 pm, Kehillat Beth Israel FEBRUARY 24 FEBRUARY 5 Contact: Viviane Ohana Netflix movie “Red Sea Diving Resort.” 1400 Coldrey Ave.

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Condolences are extended to the families of: The Condolence Column Fred Ballon is offered as a public service Yudie (Jules) Brozovsky to the community. There is no Bonnie McPhail May their memory charge. For listing in this column, be a blessing always. Harry Postner please call 613 798-4696, ext. 274. Ricarda Smith Voice mail is available. November 25, 2019 32

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