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magine if you discovered that Wayne Committee of the Jewish Federation of Gretsky had “a secret chapter.” Ottawa, Aili McConnon will present an That’s what journalist Aili author’s talk on Monday, November 14, 7 IMcConnon said it was like painstak- pm, at the Soloway Jewish Community ingly unearthing the story of cyclist Gino Centre, describing the process of uncov- Bartali, who made the greatest comeback ering Bartali’s amazing history and in Tour de France history, and who, writing the book – the 2013 Canadian between his Tour victories, secretly aided Jewish Book Award recipient for the Italian resistance during the Second biography. World War. “My brother and I were cycling fans and An Italian Catholic, married with a son, often watched together,” said McConnon, Bartali had the courage to help save Jews, who grew up in Brampton, . “He McConnon told the Ottawa Jewish was watching the Tour de France the year Bulletin in a telephone interview. before Lance Armstrong was disgraced. “If it had been discovered he was Armstrong was competing in his 30s and helping the Jewish community, he would there was a discussion of how old one can have been killed. Yet he stood up for what be and still win in this sport. In that he believed in.” context, we learned about Gino Bartali, McConnon, a Canadian freelance who won at age 24 and again at age 34.”

journalist now based in New York, and Knowing the Italian experience in the WIKIPEDIA her brother, Andres, a historical Second World War, they decided to look Italian Tour de France winner Gino Bartali, researcher, are the co-authors of Road to into Bartali further. Aili McConnon, co-author of Road to Valour¸ seen in a circa 1945 photo, used his training routes to smuggle documents, hidden in his Valour, which tells Bartali’s epic story. “We wanted to fi gure out whether he which tells the story of an Italian cyclist who helped save Jewish lives during the Holo- bicycle seat post, which helped save Jews At a Holocaust Education Month event helped the Fascists,” she said. “We found caust, will speak, November 14, at the SJCC. from the Holocaust. presented by the Shoah (Holocaust) See Cyclist on page 2 Powerful fi lm depicts the largest rescue of the Holocaust BY LOUISE RACHLIS With many thousands of refugees This heroic feat was characterized by the world. would rather stand with God outside the Portuguese consulate Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer as This story is told in the powerful fi lm against Man than with Man attempting to escape Nazi horrors, Sousa “the largest rescue action by a single “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes against God,’ declared Aristides Mendes defi ed his own government’s individual during the Holocaust.” The Story,” which will be shown Sunday, ‘Ide Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese orders and issued some 30,000 visas, visas allowed the refugees safe passage November 27, 3 pm, at Ben Franklin consul in Bordeaux, France, in June of including about 10,000 to Jews, over the through Spain to Lisbon, Portugal, from Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, at a 1940. period of a few days. where they could travel to other parts of See Disobedience on page 2

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Continued from page 1 university or fi nding meaningful work. Holocaust Education Month program “There is a long line of suffering presented by the Shoah (Holocaust) behind this story,” said Louis-Philippe. Committee of the Jewish Federation of “I was able to witness the sorrow within Ottawa. my father’s heart and that of his brothers The event will include a ques- and sisters. They were never able to get tion-and-answer session with Sousa over it.” Mendes’ grandson, Louis-Philippe When people see the fi lm, “they are Mendes, who learned of his grandfather’s very touched and emotional, including heroism when he was six years old in me,” said Louis-Philippe, an engineer, 1966 when declared Sousa who lives in Montreal. “I’ve seen it more Mendes to be Righteous Among the than 15 times, and I am still emotional.” Nations. While Sousa Mendes and his wife “My father went to New York City for Angelina “never wanted to leave Portugal that occasion, and I saw that picture with because he said he did nothing wrong,” Rabbi Kruger,” Louis-Philippe told the they did encourage their children to leave Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in a telephone because they were blacklisted and had no interview. future there. Frédéric Quiring as Rabbi Chaim Kruger (left) and Bernard Le Coq as Aristides de Sousa Mendes Rabbi Chaim Kruger was a Chasidic “My father kept in touch with his in a scene from “Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story.” rabbi who refused to accept the visa father until the end, and he was the last offered to him until all of the Jewish to leave Portugal. My grandfather’s would my grandparents say about what is heads or we can look into these scary refugees in Bordeaux were able to escape. message was ‘I don’t leave you much, but going on in the world today,” said situations where you need to take a For his act of defi ance, Sousa Mendes I leave you my name,’” said Louis-Philippe. “They would ask, ‘How stand, and become an activist.” was stripped of his diplomatic position Louis-Philippe. can we help people?’ … He had that The “Disobedience” event is free of and forbidden from earning a living. He Aristides de Sousa Mendes died April vision of helping others, and that’s what charge, but RSVP is required to Elana had 15 children, who were themselves 3rd, 1954 in poverty in Lisbon. he did. Moscoe at [email protected] or blacklisted and prevented from attending “Screening the movie, I wonder what “Personally, I think we can turn our 613-798-4696, ext. 355. Cyclist recognized as Righteous Among the Nations

Continued from page 1 It immediately intrigued us that there was the documents there. The inspectors who was saved as a young boy because an Italian Jewish newspaper published in this secret chapter of a cycling hero. It didn’t know enough to take the bike Bartali had sheltered a family in a small Florence that said he’d helped during the started us on the journey.” apart. apartment he fi nanced with his cycling War. I did a bit more digging; his son was The siblings spent nearly 10 years “Bartali would jump on his bike in winnings. still alive and said his father was part of a tracking down the story. Florence, and then cycle a few hours to After the book came out, Yad Vashem network distributing false identity cards. “One of the interesting challenges was where the printing press was,” she said. contacted the McConnons and obtained the network he was a part of,” she said. “It “He would drop off the details for new material that helped to recognize Bartali, was critical that any single person didn’t immigrants and then come back to pick who died in 2000, as Righteous Among Correction know about the others so they couldn’t up the forged documents and deliver the Nations. The article “Jewish geography from the give the network up if they were tortured. them to where the immigrants were “I hope people are inspired by Bartali,” pages of faded Yiddish magazines What that meant was that, if we were hiding. He was in a unique position to she said. “We need these stories in what (September 26),” incorrectly referred to lucky, we could fi nd a few different eye travel around, because his excuse was can be a violent and scary world.” the “ of 1942.” witnesses to bring that to life.” always that he was out training.” McConnon’s talk is free of charge, The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising took place A priest who, as a young boy, had seen McConnon spoke to many Italian Jews but RSVP to Elana Moscoe at in 1943. Bartali in action, told her Bartali would who had been in the War. Someone in [email protected] or 613-798- take off the seat post of his bike and hide led her to her brother in Tel Aviv 4696, ext. 355, is appreciated.

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Breaking news updated daily at www.ottawajewishbulletin.com October 31, 2016 3 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Limmud Ottawa returns Nov. 20 with exciting program of Jewish learning sessions

BY ADAM MOSCOE event is highly enriching and allows FOR LIMMUD OTTAWA individuals from all parts of the Jewish driven group of volunteers is community to meet, learn and share in a currently at work preparing for stimulating environment. The Limmud the fi fth annual Limmud model embraces and celebrates the AOttawa. unique (and often surprising) talents of Limmud, the global Jewish learning attendees, who lead sessions on topics phenomenon – where every participant close to their hearts if not their profes- has something to teach and plenty to sional trajectory. I have been very learn – is now active on six continents in fortunate to lead Limmud sessions on

80 communities around the world, from everything from musical theatre to REN MOFFATT China to Brazil. This year’s program on post-genocide Rwanda, in both Ottawa Harvey Goldberg blows the shofar at Limmud Ottawa in 2015 signalling the time Sunday, November 20 at the Soloway and at the fl agship Limmud Conference for one session to end and the next to begin. Jewish Community Centre, will feature in the . sophisticated and creative sessions at the This year’s program promises to satisfy society, meet a local lone soldier, and wide range of backgrounds to share ideas intersection of culture, theology, politics, a wide range of curiosities. Try Yemenite examine new polling on how Canadians and shape the future of our community law and art. and Moroccan cuisine, tour a mikvah, perceive Israel. Participants can also – from our schools to our approaches to The experience of attending a Limmud discuss issues of gender equality in Israeli explore issues of LGBT inclusion, con- advocacy. sider a Jewish perspective on the power Limmud Ottawa’s organizers are and limits of the zodiac, and learn about driven by the belief that a diversity of the role Jews played in building Canada’s perspectives, dedication to learning in its Constitution with returning presenter broadest sense, and strong engagement Adam Dodek, a professor of law at the of volunteers are essential for inspiring . growth. Limmud Ottawa is committed to First-time presenter Jonathan Gray harnessing the energy of people from will offer a Jewish legal perspective on across the Jewish landscape – all ages and forensic psychiatry, and Peggy Kleinplatz, forms of observance – while also contrib- a clinical professor of psychology at the uting to the global Limmud movement University of Ottawa, returns to share her that is igniting the Jewish world with a new research on extraordinary intimacy. spark of curiosity, collaboration and As a young professional in Ottawa, I inclusiveness. am constantly seeking out avenues for On Sunday, November 20, take one learning and personal growth, and for step further on your Jewish journey with making our Jewish community as Limmud Ottawa. impactful and successful as possible in For more information and to register, ROBIN CHERNICK the years to come. Limmud offers an visit www.limmudottawa.ca or search Irwin Cotler discusses anti-Semitism at a 2015 Limmud Ottawa session. exciting platform for millennials of a “Limmud Ottawa” on Facebook. Jewish artists invited to exhibit at Limmud Ottawa

Jewish artists in the Ottawa area are artists,” said Chernick. “He did the Israeli invited to display their art at Limmud fl ag made from aluminum can strips. He Ottawa, the annual festival of Jewish was a Holocaust survivor who grew up in learning and culture being held on Israel and moved as a young scholar to Sunday, November 20 at the Soloway Canada to become a professional Jewish Community Centre. The art engineer. His pop-can Israeli fl ag was a exhibit will be viewed by hundreds of rather large piece, which stayed on participants attending Limmud through- display for weeks.” out the day. All artists are welcome. “Last year’s art display was a beautiful “We are hoping to exhibit a range of visual addition to the Limmud event, styles and media, including oils, acrylics, and it created a lot of buzz,” said Robin watercolour, pastels, drawing, mixed Chernick, a member of the volunteer media, ceramics, and photography,” said Limmud committee. The art was a Judith Rostenne of the Jewish Art Guild. destination between sessions, and Send an email to JewishArtistsGuild@ Limmud attendees enjoyed meeting the gmail.com for an artist application form more than a dozen artists and seeing for Limmud. their work. The deadline for artist applications is REN MOFFATT Pop-can Israeli flag installation by the late Shlomo Feldberg was part of the “Since last Limmud, we lost Shlomo Friday, November 4 before sundown. art exhibit last year at Limmud Ottawa. Feldberg, one of our contributing –Louise Rachlis 4 October 31, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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YOSSI ZEILGER Blind Israeli participants in the 2103 walk their guide dogs. ‘Blind Love’ shows the power of love in a place of evil

BY LOUISE RACHLIS I think they got more out of the trip than here’s an Ottawa connection to people with vision. the 2015 documentary fi lm, “They all realized that you put yourself “Blind Love,” which recounts a in the position of the Holocaust where TMarch of the Living trip in 2013 people with disabilities were cursed and by a delegation of six blind Israelis and punished twice. And the Nazis used dogs their guide dogs. to maim and kill people. For these people The fi lm will be shown, November 23, it was so meaningful. Here they were, at a Holocaust Education Month event marching proudly with their guide dogs organized by the Shoah (Holocaust) that are trained to be gentle and loving to The University of Ottawa’s Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program presents Committee of Ottawa. Eli Rubenstein, the the very people the Nazis set out to Yiddish in the New Millennium: fi lm’s director and national director of destroy.” March of the Living Canada, will be on The impact of this fi lm has been A Symposium on hand to introduce and discuss the fi lm. “phenomenal,” he said. “In Israel, several “Auschwitz survivor David Shentow of television stations want to show it, and in New Yiddish Language and Culture Ottawa is in the fi lm,” said Rubenstein in Poland the POLIN Museum of the History a telephone interview with the Ottawa of Polish Jews has prepared a separate November 5-6, 2016 Jewish Bulletin. “In the scene is a young version of the fi lm in Polish, which they woman who is so upset she collapses to are showing at an educational disabilities Saturday, November 5, 7:30 pm, Library and Archives Canada her knees because of what she’s hearing, event.” A performance talk on “Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Songs” The impact of the participation of the by ethnomusicologist and musician Judith Cohen of . and her dog comes over and licks her tears. That’s where the title of the fi lm blind Israelis and their dogs on the March Sunday, November 6, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, University of Ottawa came to me – in a beautiful example of was profound, Rubenstein noted, on both A full day of lectures by international scholars blind love in a place of such evil. the blind participants and on those who Topics include: “David Shentow watches that scene observed them at the time and those who Yiddish language learning • Yiddish in the Ultra Orthodox world and recalls watching a dog let loose by see the fi lm. Yiddish digitization and oral history • Yiddish in literature and film the SS kill a man. It’s a central moment in “It was such a positive experience. the fi lm.” They are coming back again with March Contemporary Yiddish literature • Yiddish translation • New Yiddish performance Rubenstein is also chair of Canadian of the Living this coming year,” he said. All events are open to the public but seating is very limited Friends of Israel Guide Dog Center for the “Blind Love” will be shown at the and reservations are required. Blind and the centre sponsored the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on Wednesday, November 23, 7 pm. For details or to reserve a spot, please visit: March of the Living trip for the blind http://yiddishnewmillennium.yolasite.com Israelis and their guide dogs. Admission is free of charge, but RSVP “What I didn’t realize at the time was is appreciated to Elana Moscoe at For more information, please contact what the blind participants would feel on [email protected] or 613-798- Professor Rebecca Margolis at [email protected] the trip,” Rubenstein said. “In some ways, 4696, ext. 355. Co-sponsored by the Jacob M. Lowy Collection at Library and Archives Canada To advertise in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, contact:

Eddie Peltzman / 613-798-4696, ext. 256 [email protected] October 31, 2016 5 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM U.K.’s chief Orthodox rabbi to speak at Machzikei Hadas

BY BRAM BREGMAN FOR MACHZIKEI HADAS n November 3, Ottawa’s Jewish community will have a rare opportunity to hear from one of the world’s foremost Jewish leaders, Rabbi Ephraim OMirvis, of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Rabbi Mirvis took offi ce September 2013 succeeding Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who called the accomplish- ments of the new chief rabbi “the stuff of legend.” Rabbi Mirvis was born in South Africa and received his rabbinic ordination in Israel. In 1984, at age 28, he became chief rabbi of , a position he held for eight years. He then moved to London, England, where he started the Kinloss Learning Centre, a community education program, which other Jewish communities have since replicated, as well as the Morasha Jewish Primary School, of which he remains honorary principal. As a strong proponent of interfaith dialogue, Rabbi Mirvis served as president of the Irish Council of Christians and Jews from 1985 to 1992. Following his move to London, he often engaged with church leaders, including meetings at Windsor Castle and Lambeth Palace. Prior to becoming chief rabbi, he was the fi rst rabbi to host an imam, Mohammed Essam El-Din Fahim, in his synagogue, and organized a Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, will speak at Machzikei Hadas, public service day on December 25 between his syna- November 3, during his official visit to Canada. gogue and the Finchley mosque. Mizrachi Canada is organizing the offi cial visit of Rabbi on Thursday, November 3, 8 pm. A question-and-answer world, and this is the fi rst time in over 30 years that our Mirvis to Canada, which will also include stops in Toronto session will follow. The event is being chaired by Bram community will have the great honour of hosting a public and Montreal. While in Ottawa, Rabbi Mirvis will meet Bregman and Ron Prehogan. address by the chief rabbi.” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other offi cials. “This is truly a historic occasion,” said Rabbi Idan The event is open to the entire community and is Rabbi Mirvis will speak on the “Jewish Response to our Scher of Machzikei Hadas. “The offi ce of the chief rabbi is free of charge. Visit www.cmhottawa.com for more New Divided World” at Congregation Machzikei Hadas one of the most respected religious positions in the information.

Federation Programs in Recognition of Holocaust Education Month Nov 14, 2016 • 7 pm Nov 23, 2016 • 7 pm Book-talk with co-author Film, “Blind Love” Aili McConnon SJCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. SJCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. RSVP appreciated

RSVP appreciated The story of six blind Israelis and their “Road to Valor” is the inspiring story guide dogs who took part in March of of legendary cyclist and Righteous the Living, traveling from Auschwitz- Among the Nations humanitarian Birkenau to Poland in memory of the Gino Bartali, who made the greatest victims of Nazis genocide and against comeback in Tour de France history prejudice, intolerance and hate. and who, between his Tour victories, secretly aided the Italian resistance Nov 27, 2016 • 3-6 pm during World War II. Film, “Disobedience” Aili McConnon will speak about Q&A with Aristide de Sousa Mendes’ the process of writing the book and grandson, Louis-Philippe Mendes uncovering this incredible piece of 101 Centrepointe Dr. history. RSVP required

For a listing of Holocaust Education Month Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the programs visit The Centre for Holocaust Portuguese consul stationed in Education and Scholarship (CHES) Bordeaux, France during World carleton.ca/jewishstudies/ches/ War II granted visas to thousands of refugees, against the strict orders of his government, in a feat described by historian Yehuda Bauer as “perhaps the largest rescue action by a single individual In Partnership with during the Holocaust.” Visit jewishottawa.com/HEM ROAD to To RSVP or for info contact Elana at [email protected] or VALOUR 613-798-4696 x 355 6 October 31, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

it means to take responsibility as the next Remembering the Holocaust generation of Holocaust witnesses. Our fi nal event explores a truly remarkable story of courage and deter- and teaching others is mination to do the “right thing.” The fi lm “Disobedience” tells the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the a shared responsibility Portuguese consul stationed in other Jewish community organizations, undertook dangerous activities, includ- Bordeaux, France, who, during the will be hosting events during the month, ing sheltering a family of Jews, and Second World War, granted 30,000 visas including workshops directed at educa- smuggling counterfeit identity docu- to refugees, including 10,000 Jews, tors, students, and second generation. In ments in the frame of his bicycle. against the strict orders of his govern- partnership with Kehillat Beth Israel, McConnon will talk about the process ment. The award-winning docudrama,

FEDERATION REPORT CHES will be hosting an evening to of writing the book, and uncovering this fi lmed in French with English subtitles, DEBBIE HALTON-WEISS commemorate Kristallnacht on piece of history. The following day, she will be screened in partnership with the HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MONTH Wednesday, November 9, 7 pm, featuring will share this inspiring story with public Sousa Mendes Foundation. This will be historian Michael R. Marrus. high school students. followed by a Q & A with Mendes’ he Shoah (Holocaust) In recognition of HEM, Federation’s In partnership with the March of the grandson, Louis-Philippe Mendes, who Committee of the Jewish Shoah Committee has organized three Living, the Shoah Committee will host a now lives in Montreal. The screening will Federation of Ottawa has an events. screening of the documentary “Blind be held in the Chamber Theatre at Ben important mission to preserve On Monday, November 14, 7 pm, at the Love” and discussion on Wednesday, Franklin Place (Centrepointe), Sunday, T November 27 at 3 pm. Seating is limited, the memories and legacies of the past so Soloway Jewish Community Centre November 23, 7 pm, at the SJCC. we may educate future generations about (SJCC), Canadian award-winning “Blind Love” is the story of six blind so please RSVP to ensure a spot. one of the worst genocides in modern journalist Aili McConnon, who is now Israelis and their guide dogs who took All Federation HEM events are free of history. based in New York, will speak about her part in the March of the Living. Eli charge, but an RSVP to Elana Moscoe at November is Holocaust Education book Road to Valour. The 2012 bestseller Rubenstein, national director of March of [email protected] or 613-798- Month (HEM) and the Centre for tells the inspiring story of the legendary the Living and producer of the fi lm, and 4696, ext. 355, is greatly appreciated. Holocaust Education and Scholarship cyclist and Righteous Among the Nations editor of the book, Witness: Passing the Visit www.jewishottawa.com for a full (CHES) has taken on the responsibility to humanitarian Gino Bartali, who made Torch of Holocaust Memory to New listing of all the events being held during ensure that quality educational oppor- the greatest comeback in Tour De France Generations, will lead a discussion. March Holocaust Education Month. I hope tunities are available in the greater history. of the Living alumni will share their everyone will attend some of these Ottawa community. CHES, along with During the Second World War, Bartali experiences and their knowledge of what programs. 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orderly transition of power. But Trump is refusing to say he will Trump’s campaign is an concede a loss; only that he will accept the result if he wins. Many observers fear he will launch a post-election campaign to attack on democracy itself delegitimize Clinton’s presidency. That is something that Trump has done polls, his Democratic opponent, Hillary Trump has shown before. He was cheerleader-in-chief of the Clinton, has widened her lead after each almost no real so-called “birther” movement – a racist of the three head-to-head debates to the understanding of the fringe movement – that for years tried to point where it now appears to be delegitimize the presidency of Barack insurmountable. myriad important issues Obama, the fi rst African American Poll analyst Nate Silver’s www. he would face on both president of the United States, by falsely FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR fi vethirtyeight.com creates models based claiming he was born in Africa. Trump MICHAEL REGENSTREIF domestic and on the state-by-state polls to predict the international fronts. continued to lead the movement for years, eventual Electoral College results and even after Obama released his birth t’s been like watching a train wreck constantly updates the predictions. As of revealed about him. certifi cate from the state of Hawaii. these last 16 months. Horrifying for now, Clinton holds an 86.2 per cent And, as it has become obvious to all Trump’s behaviour throughout the too many reasons, but impossible to chance of winning the election while that he is losing the election, Trump has campaign has been appalling. He is the Ilook away from. Trump has a 13.8 per cent chance. Minus ramped up his attacks – on Clinton, of fi rst presidential nominee candidate in I am referring to the Republican U.S. some completely unpredictable and course, but also on Republican leaders more than 40 years not to release his tax presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, highly unlikely scenario, Clinton will like Paul Ryan, speaker of the U.S. House returns and he has acted like nothing the TV reality show star and real estate surely be the fi rst woman to be president of Representatives, and most appallingly, more than a schoolyard bully. Trump’s mogul. Despite a seemingly endless string of the United States. on democracy itself. personal attacks on the women who have of ongoing insults variously hurled at While Trump’s campaign has been in For weeks, Trump has been complain- come forward to allege that he behaved women, Hispanics, Muslims, the handi- freefall recently – thanks to Trump’s own ing that the American electoral system toward them in ways that he himself capped, prisoners of war, leaders of his behaviour – it is astounding that the least has been “rigged” against him and that described in the now infamous 2005 tape own party, and so many others, his qualifi ed candidate (at least in modern the only way he can lose the election is if have been particularly disgraceful. candidacy has endured. times) to ever win a major party’s nomin- it is rigged. And he absurdly claims the And, as a candidate for the most Thankfully, it will soon be over. As I ation for the U.S. presidency, a man with American media has entered into a important offi ce in the world, he has write – on October 21 – the election is just no experience in public service (and, conspiracy against him. shown almost no real understanding of 18 days away and it appears that Trump apparently, little experience in paying It is a tradition in Western democracies the myriad important issues he would has thrown away any chance of recovering federal taxes), still maintains a base of that, when the votes are counted and the face on both domestic and international and fi nding enough support to win the support of about 40 per cent of the winner of an election is determined, the fronts. election. Although they were running American electorate, despite all that he defeated candidate(s) concedes the loss, Hopefully, Trump will fade away – at neck-and-neck at one time in the national has said and done – and all that has been and the government proceeds to an least politically – after November 8.

munity. Because people, rightly or ‘So much has happened and wrongly, thought I knew something, they would engage me in conversations about how they believed there was no differ- yet nothing has changed’ ence between Quebec separatists and Nazis. Nor was there Lévesque, leader of the feeling that has permeated the present Those were not easy conversations. Parti Québécois. To our surprise, we were American election campaign. It is the When I tried to say I didn’t agree with the told that, contrary to custom, Lévesque despair of people disliking and disbeliev- Nazi parallel, people would just get angrier would not travel with reporters. He had a ing traditional politicians and how and I would become the target. I remem- modern little airplane to himself. Party extreme voters can sometimes be to ber seeing the fright in people’s eyes and I brass thought having Lévesque play cards generate wholesale change. instinctively knew to back off and try to and banter with reporters – let’s recall that In Quebec’s case it was a revolution. say nothing. But, saying nothing didn’t IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS he had been a reporter – was not in the Throwing out and trouncing a federalist alleviate anything; any conversation felt JASON MOSCOVITZ best interests of the separatist party’s solution to elect Lévesque and his party’s like being in a pressure cooker. chances. dream of a separate country was turning The fi re sale of homes in Jewish t was this time of year 40 years ago. I That was a statement in itself. It meant politics on its head, and it left Quebec’s Montreal began. My boyhood home was was 25 and about to set out on an the hatches were being locked down minorities scrambling for life-jackets. The sold for peanuts. Unlike most sellers, my unforgettable election campaign because those in charge knew something angst, the fear and, above all, the loss of parents stayed in Montreal. They found Iadventure. I found myself at very few Quebecers sensed. Lévesque and feeling secure, ran rampant. It was out how much their home was really Montreal’s Dorval Airport at a private the Parti Québécois, separatist or not, had snowballing and no one could stop it. worth less than fi ve years later. hangar about to get on what was, even a viable chance to pull off the biggest I remember when the election ended While many in the modern day exodus then, an ancient airplane. political surprise in Canadian history by how delighted French Quebec was in went to Ottawa, Toronto and points west, The plane for media covering René winning the 1976 provincial election in knowing how displeased, to put it mildly, many who stayed still fi ght the old battles. Lévesque was a DC-3 right out of Quebec. the minorities were. On the French side, it In August, I was talking to long-time Humphrey Bogart’s “Casablanca.” First Six months before the election, prime was payback time for perceived and, in Jewish friends and a spark was lit. produced in the 1930s, most DC-3s were minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau boldly and many cases, justifi ed historical injustices I heard all about the Nazi-like language manufactured in the ‘40s. Once considered boastfully declared that separatism in while, on the English side, it was fear of police, the gross intolerance, and the one of the fi nest airplanes ever built, this Quebec was dead. Political leaders can’t losing their footing in what they called inexcusable unfairness directed at was a very old aircraft in 1976. afford to be embarrassed and that one cut home. English-speakers in Quebec. It wasn’t the All the reporters looked at each other as deep. What pains me to this day was substance, but rather the intensity that we literally climbed on. The DC-3 was built Although the polls didn’t show it at fi rst, returning to normal life after the intensity surprised me. on a 45-degree angle. The seats were torn what was clear on that 1976 autumn of the election campaign and getting into Forty years and two independence and worn. It looked like an old crate and it election campaign was that there was unavoidable conversations with my referendum defeats later, so much has smelled bad. There was no toilet. peaking anger in Quebec. It was a kind of friends and family in the Jewish com- happened and yet nothing has changed. 8 October 31, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM The Romanian chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

his year, the world bade farewell to , one of the most prominent Holocaust surviv- ADRIAN LIGOR ors, a towering fi gure among those who Ttirelessly advocated for both justice and GUEST COLUMN remembrance. Born in a small town in northwest Romania, he became a remarkable example of a person who achieved greatness without relying on power, functions and institutions. Yet, losing another voice of conscience and a direct witness to the horrors of the Second World War is a clear and painful reminder that, in preserving the legacy and the lessons of the Holocaust, we cannot rely solely on the increasingly few survivors. Rather, we all need to carry forward the message of peace and respect and build resilient structures that can promote the “sacred duty of memory.” The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which Romania has the honour to chair until March 2017, is an intergovernmental body devoted to the concerted international education, research and action upon the causes and consequences of the Holocaust. Midway through the Romanian IHRA chairmanship, we are proud to report progress on all our top priorities: working with the media and social media to foster knowledge on the Holocaust and promote dialogue, mutual understanding and tolerance; consolidating Holocaust studies in member states and beyond; and promoting academic research into the Holocaust. A fi rst plenary meeting of the IHRA was organized in Bucharest in May. Against the background of a global resurgence of the politics of hatred, 240 experts and Adrian Ligor is chargé d’affaires ad interim at the Embassy policy-makers met to discuss the Holocaust, anti-Semit- of Romania in Ottawa. ism and extremism. Equally important, IHRA adopted a working defi nition of anti-Semitism, a political tool that Promoting abroad the importance to combat indiffer- will serve the cause of clarity and action against this ence to anti-Semitism does not obscure the need for scourge. By adopting it, with signifi cant Canadian progress at home. Real progress has been made in support, the IHRA is setting an example of responsible Romania in previous years: building a Holocaust conduct to other international fora, and hopes to inspire Memorial in Bucharest; legally establishing a national them to take action in their turn on setting a legally day to commemorate Holocaust victims; implementing binding framework for addressing anti-Semitism. a course and a high-school textbook on the Holocaust; A second plenary will take place in Iași, in November. creating an Institute for Holocaust Studies (named for The location was not randomly selected. The city in Elie Wiesel); opening Holocaust archives; and con- northeast Romania was the scene of a terrible pogrom ducting intensive specialized training for teachers, that took place 75 years ago. As Romanian society starts police offi cers and magistrates, to name but a few. to unveil more details about this terrible event, it is Earlier this year, a Holocaust Memorial was opened in apparent that more has to be done to stress the endur- city of Gherla and work has started on establishing a ing imperative of denouncing every form of intolerance Museum of Jewish History. and anti-Semitism. The mission of the IHRA is to bring to the attention of An exhibition on the Iași Pogrom will be presented in the world not just the memory of the past, but also our the coming months in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto by duty to the present. It is a never-ending task, but a the Embassy of Romania. While primarily a learning tool worthwhile one. Identifying the roots of hate that led to for the young generations of Romanians, the exhibition the tragedy of the Holocaust is a prerequisite for a safe will offer to the Canadian public a glimpse into a lesser and democratic future. And the Romanian chairman- known, but seminal moment in the drama of the ship of the IHRA is fully committed to playing its part in European Jews during the Second World War. this arduous but rewarding task.

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This trip will expand perceptions of Israel Beruriah Wiegrand, poet and lecturer at Oxford beyond traditional and religious ties to include the new, University, will address contemporary Yiddish litera- vibrant and dynamic aspects of our beloved homeland. ture, specifi cally the legacy of the Soviet literary journal March 5-13, 2017 – Small Community Mission – Sovetish Heymland, and contemporary Yiddish poetry This is all about giving people a unique Israel experience. It is geared for those who have never been to Israel before or who have not been in quite some time. This trip is for all religious denominations. Life’s brighter under the sun May 21-26, 2017 – King David Circle – The annual gathering of the King David Circle will take place in Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Reunification I can help with: of Jerusalem. 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Stay informed on key issues affecting Ottawa’s Jewish community. Members’ Meetings are an important tool to ensure you are up to date on the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s key deliverables, priorities and outcomes. Topics to be discussed include: • Strategic Plan Updates and Work Plans • Volunteer Centre • Shinshinim in our community • Recent Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project trip to Israel

For more information contact Alecia Laliberte: 613-798-4696, ext. 236 Leon Katz Tennis Courts dedicated: The tennis courts in St. Luke’s Park at the corner of Frank and Cartier Streets in Ottawa were renamed the Leon Katz Tennis Courts at a dedication ceremony, October 6. Katz, who died in 2015 at age 90, invented a number of important and widely used medical devices. Attending the ceremony were (from left) Ottawa City Councillor Catherine McKenney, Katz’s wife, Ruth Gottlieb Katz, and daughter, Floralove Katz. October 31, 2016 11 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Women’s Community Challah Bake Thursday, November 10 Kehillat Beth Israel • 7 pm Tickets $18 BE PART OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY! Experience in Ottawa with one of these local organizations: Find out about the first ever PJ Library Acheinu JET Shabbat Dinner Matching Project Adath Shalom Kehillat Beth Israel Beit Tikvah Kollel of Ottawa Chabad of Centrepointe Machzikei Hadas For a complete list of events Chabad Student Network NCSY Congregation Lubavitch Ohev Yisroel and for info about celebrating Glebe Minyan Or Haneshamah and keeping Shabbat visit Glebe Shul Ottawa Torah Centre Jewish Youth Library Sephardi Association jewishottawa.com/shabbatproject Hillel Lodge Temple Israel Hillel Ottawa Young Israel Israel Connect

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Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Leadership Conference: The Ottawa delegation – (from left) Deidre Butler, Carolyn Bickerton, Lauren Shaps, Samantha Freedman and Nikki Shapiro – gathers, September 19, at the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Leadership Conference in College Park, Maryland.

Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool police visit: Constable Kevin Williams of the Ottawa IRV OSTERER Giant etrog: Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky of Chabad Student Network attending morning services Police Service gathers with students and staff outside the Westboro Jewish Montessori at Congregation Beit Tikvah on October 20, the second intermediate day of Sukkot, with a lulav Preschool, September 14. Williams spoke to the students about safety in their everyday lives and what photographer Irv Osterer described as “the biggest etrog I have ever seen.” and then showed them the equipment in his police car.

Advertorial Partners in Jewish Learning and Legacy: The Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies and CHES celebrate milestones By Andrea D. Lobel joined this year by scholar and community taking up the torch, the DFL is stronger than Ten years ago, Max Zelikovitz endowed leader Susan Landau-Chark as Associate ever. Carleton University with a generous dona- Director. In keeping with Zelikovitz’s phil- Growth continues for the Zelikovitz tion of $500,000 to establish the Max and anthropic vision, it has grown into a flour- Centre with the founding of the Centre Dr. Deidre Butler, Director (left) and Dr. Susan Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies ishing centre for Jewish Studies research, for Holocaust Education and Scholarship Landau Chark, Associate Director, of the Max and in honour of his late wife. In so doing, the teaching, and community outreach. (CHES) at the ZC. Headed by Director Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies. seeds were planted for a centre that has As Butler states, “the ZC has thrived Mina Cohn, CHES is a new driving force enriched both the university and the com- because, from its inception, we have seen in Holocaust education, now celebrating its for Holocaust Education Month will host munity at large. each challenge as an opportunity to broaden first anniversary. Its success was immedi- keynote speaker Dr. Michael Marrus on Matched by an endowment from the late that community of learners. The people who ate, with community members rallying to “Lessons of the Holocaust: A Historian’s E. Bower Carty, the new centre was headed have worked for the ZC, our volunteers and raise money for a series of videos of local Reflections.” by Director Aviva Freedman, who envi- partners, have each strengthened that spirit Holocaust survivor testimonies. 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Unique in North America, experiences, as well as a public second- for Holocaust Education and Scholarship, With a new year ahead, the Zelikovitz DFL welcomes a new cohort of student generation symposium featuring Dr. Diane please visit: Centre celebrates its 10th anniversary under interns under the Directorship of commu- F. Afoumado of the United States Holocaust http://carleton.ca/jewishstudies/events the Directorship of Professor Deidre Butler, nity leader Cindi Resnick. With new funders Memorial Museum. The public launch and http://carleton.ca/ches/events October 31, 2016 13 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Deborah Lipstadt provides speech lessons to Rachel Weisz for ‘Denial’ role Proudly Serving Barrhaven for over 18 years! 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BY MARSHA KAISERMAN ments that violate this fundamental right, consequences of extremism by setting up FOR EMUNAH OTTAWA and other related activities, Reverend El emergency services in times of crisis and everend Majed El Shafi e, a Shafi e has developed signifi cant know- by operating family counselling centres in human rights leader and founder ledge and insight into the dynamics of Israel to provide therapy for victims of of One Free World International persecuted religious minorities. terrorist attacks. R(OFWI), will be the featured Reverend El Shafi e has advocated on You are welcome to learn more about speaker at Emunah Ottawa’s annual behalf of Christians, Falun Gong, Jews, Reverend El Shafi e’s important work, as membership drive. Baha’i, Ahmadiyya Muslims, China’s well as the work of Emunah at the mem- As described on the OFWI website, Uyghur Muslims, and others. His work has bership drive. A pareve supper and Reverend El Shafi e began his human rights been featured in the media, and he was the desserts will be served. journey in his native Egypt – from where subject of “Freedom Fighter,” a 2012 Both women and men are welcome to he was ultimately forced to fl ee – after documentary fi lm. attend the event to be held at the home of being tortured and sentenced to death for Reverend El Shafi e was honoured with Barbara Crook on Sunday, November 20, his conversion to Christianity, and for the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee 6:30 pm. Admission is $36 (includes bringing awareness to human rights Medal in 2012 and the admission and annual membership) or

violations related to religious persecution. Citation for Moral Courage in 2016. $25 for Emunah life members. The cost of MICHAEL REGENSTREIF As a survivor of religious prosecution, Emunah shares Reverend El Shafi e’s life membership is $250. Reverend Majed El Shafie speaks at a Holocaust remembrance event at Ottawa City and as a result of his work advocating for concern with the effects of extremism. Call Rivka Kraus at 613-241-5613 or email Hall, February 1, 2016. religious freedom, confronting govern- Emunah actively addresses the violent [email protected] to RSVP.

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BY JACK (YANKL) BOTWINIK ou don’t need to be an fan to appreciate the city’s NHL team, which has Ybenefi tted Ottawa tremendously in the worlds of sports and commerce. Bruce Firestone, the founder of the modern-day Ottawa Senators and the arena now known as , and a “real estate guru,” will be at Congregation Machzikei Hadas on Tuesday, November 15, and the commun- ity is invited to hear him regale us with an account of his herculean undertaking to “bring back the Senators” against all odds. Bruce Firestone says anyone can build “Professor Bruce,” as he is affection- wealth through real estate. ately known, will bring to life little known and fascinating Ottawa hockey history dees an electronic copy of his latest book, and real estate tidbits, and share his vision Don’t Back Down, and will donate 50 per of how anyone can build steady and cent of the profi t of hardcopy books sold generational wealth through real estate. that evening to Machzikei Hadas. Firestone is a prolifi c author and Refreshments will be served at 7:15 pm sought-after speaker. His talk, “Making and Firestone will speak at 7:30. Bruce and Zev Lewis of Washington, D.C. were on hand when Tamir dedicated an art Impossible Possible for Ottawa NHL,” has Admission is $10 (adults) and $5 and craft room in memory of their aunt, the late Lillian Cardash, a distinguished artist and teacher. already captivated the imagination of (students). many Ottawans. RSVP at offi [email protected] or As a gift, Firestone will give all atten- 613-521-9700 is recommended.

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BY PAMELA ROSENBERG SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE ick Karp, a Whitehorse resident and president of the Jewish Cultural Society of Yukon, was Rshocked when a doctor from Minnesota approached him nearly 20 years ago and told him about a Jewish cemetery in Dawson City. “No way,” Karp said in disbelief. He also began his mission to fi nd it. The Jewish Cultural Society of Yukon was soon formed, research began, and soon Karp had an idea where it might be. He got a couple of friends together and set out to fi nd the only Jewish cemetery in Canada’s northern territories. “We saw a picket fence and went over and moved it. It was all grown over,” said Karp. “Then we went home, got our chain saws, and came back and cleared The entrance to Beit Chaim, the Jewish cemetery in Dawson City, Yukon. the area.” What they uncovered was Beit Chaim, the resting place of seven Jews who were May and was displayed for several weeks Jewish communities across the country in the area during the Klondike Gold Rick Karp founded the Jewish Cultural Society at Whitehorse’s MacBride Museum of can see it,” said Karp. “It is indicative of Rush and died between 1902 and 1930. of Yukon after finding a Jewish cemetery, Yukon History. It was then shown at the the strength of the Jewish people and unused since 1930, in Dawson City. By August of 1998, the cemetery had Dawson City Museum. The Jewish what we can achieve.” been restored and was ready to be Cultural Society of Yukon hopes it will For information about the Jews of rededicated to the Jewish people of the Klondike Gold Rush and decided it become a permanent exhibit at the Yukon exhibit at the Soloway JCC, Yukon. People came from across the was time to share their fi ndings. Dawson City Museum. contact Roslyn Wollock at 613-798-9818 country, including a rabbi from To do this, they created an exhibit that “We would like to organize it so that ext. 254 or [email protected]. Edmonton and the late Herb Gray, then consists of a three-panelled mobile deputy prime minister of Canada. A display, a video presentation and a Torah was also fl own in for the ceremony. 30-page booklet fi lled with stories of the “Now Jewish people can be buried people. there,” said Karp. “It is the most north- The exhibit will be on display at the erly Jewish cemetery, in Canada at least, Soloway Jewish Community Centre from because it’s at the 62nd parallel.” November 3 to 17 and is divided into But that is just the beginning. In three sections: “Getting to the Gold uncovering the forgotten cemetery, and Rush” (there were no airplanes, they had after years of research, the team discov- to walk); “During the Gold Rush”; and ered hundreds of amazing stories as well “Contributions following the Gold Rush.” as a rich history of Jewish involvement in Work on the exhibit was completed in

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Arbor Memorial Inc. 18 October 31, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Hillel Lodge resident remembers the night everything changed Kristallnacht survivor Gustav “Opa” Hecht, the oldest male resident of Hillel Lodge, will celebrate his 99th birthday on November 18. Michael Aarenau reports.

rowing up in pre-war Germany, lost the peace; there was nothing left, so Gustav “Opa” Hecht remembers it was one crisis after the other,” he said. Kristallnacht – November 9, 1938 Hecht moved to Canada and worked in G– as if it happened yesterday. For Montreal as a master tailor. In 1977, he Hecht, and for all Jews living in Germany, moved to Ottawa during the anglo it was the night everything changed. exodus in the wake of the separatist Parti “I heard the shouting, the screaming, Québécois’ election victory. Gustav “Opa” Hecht in the garden at Hillel Lodge with (from left) grandson Steve Neumann, everything. That was the night the “I was bilingual – just not the right type daughter Ann Neumann, great-great-granddaughter Lesly Neumann, and great-grandson Holocaust started. Until then, you were of bilingual,” Hecht joked referring to his Zachary Neumann, August 14, 2016. still somehow protected by German law. English and German language skills. But, after that, you could walk down the In Ottawa, Hecht continued working as hobby is “staying alive.” Asked what he attributes his longevity street and, if a fellow knocked you over, a master tailor crafting fi ne suits until “I’m crippled, I’m useless, I can’t do to, Hecht said, “Hard work.” hit you, killed you, no one would do retiring in 1994. anything … but I’m alive. One of my kids And the wisest advice he would anything about it,” he said. Hecht – who will turn 99 on November said to me, ‘You stay alive as long as you dispense to readers of the Bulletin would Hecht knew at that moment that he 18 – now lives at Hillel Lodge, where he is can,’ so I said I’m working on making it to be to take what life throws at you. had to escape. Hecht and his wife escaped the oldest male resident. 105,” he said. “There’s only one thing you’ve got to to England in 1939, where he joined the Hecht suffers from cuada equine Hecht said he lives for those moments learn: adapt to your circumstances, British Armed Forces. syndrome, a spinal cord condition that of happiness when he can “kvel with which change from one day to the next. After the war, Hecht felt he couldn’t keeps him in a wheelchair. But, he pride.” Such a moment occurred at Hillel You’ve got to adapt to it because, if you stay in England. “They won the war, but remains sharp, dryly retorting that his Lodge in August, when he was sur- don’t, you fi ght all your life. Adapt to rounded by four generations of his what you can’t alter. Wonder about it and family, including great-great-grand- worry about it, yes, but take it as it Owners get a daughter Lesly, who sat on his lap. comes.” stronger ROI

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y father grew up in a small town, so perhaps times. We research the latest and best trends in parent- that’s how he came to really enjoy ing, convinced there is a different, or better, way to raise Halloween. STEPHANIE SHEFRIN our kids than the way our parents raised us. M In a place where kids didn’t have a lot of MODERN How often do we take the same conscious approach to excitement, a night where they could dress up, get what our values will be and how we’ll share them? And, candy, and be freed from their parents, was a pretty big MISHPOCHA in turn, how often do we do that by thoughtfully deal. examining the values our parents instilled in us, how But that’s just a guess. No one I’ve asked can answer they did so, and to what extent we want to pass them why Dad took such delight in putting on crazy wigs or along? masks for not just his childhood, but his entire adult L’dor v’dor has taken on I don’t know why Dad loved Halloween. Does it life. Truth is – for reasons no one can explain either – new meaning to me as a parent. matter? Not really. A lesson to be taken from that is it he loved doing that for many occasions, not just on doesn’t matter how you come to have moments of pure October 31. What am I doing if not taking silliness with your kids – but that it’s important you On Halloween, he’d wear a purple clown wig to work the lessons of the generation have them. and, later, a Dracula mask for the trick-or-treaters, that raised me, adding to those I did hate that Dad “taxed” my candy. In retrospect, it cuing up a “scary sounds” tape when they rang the was a clever parenting tool, using a good that mattered door. my own experiences, to me in order to explain the important concepts of tax It wasn’t all play. He’d use our candy haul to teach us and then transmitting and charity. about tax and charity – we could keep half, some was it all to my child? I refl ected on this recently when I tried to explain “taxed,” and the rest was to be donated. the concept of charity to our three-year-old, using her The rituals stuck and, for Dad and me, Halloween when they embedded into Judaism’s daily prayers a beloved PJ Library tzedakah box. It’s full, and I evolved into being an oddly meaningful day. I even phrase that’s come to be a central tenet of Jewish explained to her we were now going to donate the came back the fi rst Halloween I lived away, just so I culture: the importance of sharing our community’s money to someone or something that could use it. could mark the occasion with him. customs, laws, traditions, lessons and stories l’dor v’dor Telling a toddler you’re going to take something away, My father died seven years ago this October. I have his (from generation to generation). something they love, to give to someone they’ve never purple wig now, and this column will appear in the But, I still think my proudly Jewish father would met, whatever the reason, equals meltdown, an epic October 31 edition, so picture me wearing it for a few approve. parenting fail. minutes on that day. L’dor v’dor has taken on new meaning to me as a Parenting, I think, is fi nding the sweet spot in the Maybe, this year, my daughter will ask about it. If she parent. What am I doing if not taking the lessons of the Jewish concept of l’dor v’dor – taking that which does, I’ll tell her a story about Dad. And, maybe, the generation that raised me, adding to those my own works for us from what our parents taught us, but same thing will happen next year and, over time, it will experiences, and then transmitting it all to my child? also adding our own perspectives and situations to the become an annual ritual for us to share a story of my Yet, there’s a common refrain among parents – I’m mix. father on that day. not going to be like my mother or father was. We say Meaning maybe I’ll save the candy tax for another OK, so it’s not exactly what the sages had in mind that about discipline tactics, or approaches to meal- year. Are you game for any of these fi tness trends?

verything old is new again. Apparently, it’s very much more leisure time and disposable income, an de rigueur to fl oat in a sensory deprivation tank. emerging trend may be lifestyle-oriented clubs that This is something I tried in Montreal in the GLORIA SCHWARTZ deliver low-impact functional fi tness classes as well as E1980s. The tank looks like a cross between a FOCUS ON spa-like offerings such as healthy meals and appealing large coffi n and one of the Apollo command modules I areas for quiet time and socializing. Imagine a half- or watched splash down on black-and-white TV when I FITNESS full-day outing several times per week where you can was a child. enjoy exercise, a truly heart-healthy lunch with friends, The tank contains water with a high concentration of quiet time to read or meditate, and a wellness lecture on Epsom salt so you fl oat effortlessly, like in the Dead Sea. a topic that is of interest to your age group. It’s sort of like being in a tanning bed, minus the skin provide an element of novelty that can help participants Seniors are not the only ones the fi tness industry is cancer risk, or like being in an MRI machine minus the maintain motivation. taking into consideration when envisioning the near loud banging. It can be eerily dark and silent in the tank Two of the most common excuses for avoiding future. Younger adults (and older ones, too) are better especially if you close the hatch, hence the name exercise are cost and lack of time. Many people want educated about health now than a generation or two ago sensory deprivation. The aim is relaxation, and the physical activities to be cheap and convenient. You’ve because of access to information via the Internet. This intended result from the fl oating and isolation is a probably seen some no-frills fi tness clubs with inexpen- sector of the population grew up with computers and temporary reduction in stress and pain. sive memberships spring up in recent years around cell phones, so it expects information at its fi ngertips. Sensory-deprivation therapy is available in trend-set- town. This is an option for people on a budget who want Billions of nuggets of information on every health, ting cities like New York City and Los Angeles, but I was to join a gym. There’s still a demand for clubs that offer fi tness and wellness topic imaginable are currently surprised to learn that there are a few places in Ottawa more services, such as personal training or massage available on demand via Googling or apps, and this will offering this service. While I’m not convinced that all of therapy and different levels of membership. Also, continue to grow exponentially through new techno- the numerous benefi ts listed on these and other such there’s a trend towards having a membership with a logical delivery mechanisms. companies’ websites have been scientifi cally validated, I fi tness centre, but also paying for speciality classes such Fitness pundits have a lot of predictions about what do think it’s worth a try. as hot yoga at different studios. we can expect to see in the coming years. Whether Meditation pods, which I’ve never experienced, are Shorter classes, such as 30-minute circuit training that you’re an early adopter of the latest fads or you like the similar but without the water. Apparently they’re includes high-intensity exercises, are gaining in popu- tried-and-true fundamentals of fi tness, the most gaining momentum in some high-end health clubs and larity in order to appeal to working and other busy folks important thing is to fi nd what you enjoy and keep hotels. who want to get in and out quickly. On the other hand, exercising. There’s no single type of workout or class Ancient practices such as yoga and meditation have the aging population has some unique needs. By 2030, that is an absolute ideal for everyone. We each have stood the test of time, while blended forms of exercise 23 per cent of the population will be over the age of different needs, abilities and goals. Whether you are gaining in popularity. For example, classes that fuse sixty-fi ve, compared to 15 per cent now. exercise at home, outdoors, in a budget-oriented or Pilates and boxing (Piloxing) or incorporate weights http://tinyurl.com/jhb32w7 high-end gym or a community centre, what matters and yoga-type poses aren’t just a marketing ploy; they With a lot of those people being retired and having most is that you keep moving and stay fi t. October 31, 2016 23 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM ‘The Palestinian leadership has never given up on its true goal of eliminating Israel’

ithin 24 hours of the death of former Israeli In brilliant understatement, she does concede, president , offi cial Palestinian “Palestinians certainly made mistakes.” Authority (PA) described him as “the Since she fails to itemize any of these failures, allow me. Wgreatest fraud in the history of the Zionist BARBARA CROOK Nobel Peace Prize to the contrary, Arafat never truly movement” and the “greatest man of war in Israel.” MY ISRAEL embraced the Oslo Accords. Indeed, he proudly com- As shown in a Palestinian Media Watch report – pared them to the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s http://tinyurl.com/jd88n7d – the website of Fatah, the Hudaybiyyah peace treaty with the Quraish tribe of self-styled “moderate” faction of PA President Mahmoud Mecca – a 10-year deal that Muhammad violated after two Abbas, featured a cartoon of a trembling, handcuffed years when he attacked and conquered Mecca. Peres with the Grim Reaper, who is holding a list of all the bombing as a tactic in 2002 because it was politically http://tinyurl.com/jrm67gq crimes Peres committed. The fl ames of Hell in the damaging, not because it was morally wrong – the article For Arafat, treaties were clearly a temporary means to background suggest Peres’s fi nal destination. is reasoned, intelligent and articulate. And, like any good accomplish his true goal of destroying Israel. And, when Abbas attended the funeral of Peres and piece of propaganda, it contains many true statements. It’s easy to focus on settlements, borders and the shook hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Yes, Peres was an early supporter of establishing unattainable “right” of every descendant of every Netanyahu, he was widely condemned by Palestinians as settlements on disputed territory. Yes, he fought in Israel’s displaced Palestinian to return to his or her original home a traitor and collaborator with Israel. War of Independence, during which tens of thousands of within Israel’s borders as obstacles to peace. None of this should be surprising to close observers of Arabs – Ashrawi says 750,000 – fl ed what was to become But let’s not forget that Arafat and the Palestinian the Middle East. Nor should the reaction of one of Israel’s the Jewish State. Authority never even tried to live up to their agreements most diehard critics, Robert Fisk of Britain’s The Indepen- Yes, he was involved in the establishment of Israel’s in Article XXII of the Oslo II Accord to abstain from dent: “When the world heard that Shimon Peres had died, atomic weapons program. And, yes, he was president incitement and to educate their children to seek peace it shouted ‘Peacemaker!’ But when I heard that Peres was during the tenure of the hardline Netanyahu. with Israel. dead, I thought of blood and fi re and slaughter.” And, yes, if Peres had called early elections after the Instead, they unleashed a series of terror wars that have The usual suspects had the usual opinions about Peres 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Oslo Accords killed more than 1,600 Israeli civilians since the fi rst Oslo – from the predictable demonizers to the equally predict- might have been salvaged (though at what cost to Israel is Accord was signed in 1993. able hagiographers. Since my opinion of the idealistic a whole other discussion). Abbas and his ministers continue to praise terrorists Peres was somewhere in the middle, and I had nothing But the brilliance of Ashrawi’s argument is what she and glorify terror. Indeed, they pay salaries to terrorists particularly unique to say about him, I had not planned to doesn’t say. and their families – the more Israelis killed, the higher the write about him or his legacy. She doesn’t mention, for example, that Palestinians salary. http://tinyurl.com/oyk3mdm But then I saw an op-ed in the New York Times by fl ed or were displaced in 1948 because their leaders Whatever the faults of Peres, Arafat and the terrorists Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian lawmaker and member of declared war on Israel and continue to refuse to recognize he mentored and glorifi ed did not resort to violence the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive commit- its legitimacy. because the Oslo Accords failed. tee, blaming Peres and Israel for the failure of the Oslo She acknowledges “fl aws” in Oslo’s Declaration of The Oslo process, and every subsequent attempt at a Accords. http://tinyurl.com/jzwjllp Principles – not, of course, its crucial fl aw of legitimizing peace deal, failed because the Palestinian leadership has Like Ashrawi herself – who is widely viewed as a Yasser Arafat and the PLO, but because it allegedly gave never given up on its true goal of eliminating Israel and moderate, although she famously rejected suicide Israel too much power. the Jewish people. Thinking of the quality of mercy while preparing for Yom Kippur

reparing for Yom Kippur this year meant Yom Kippur, when we seek to feel God and contend reviewing prayers for the Torah service that I SARAH WAISVISZ with the Book of Life, is also a day of paradox. was to lead on Yom Kippur morning. I had led a I knew a loving and compassionate man once named Pfew Torah services before, but only on Shabbat DISPATCHES Rahamim. His full name was Rahamim ben Shalom. The mornings, never for the Days of Awe. FROM THE compassion and peace he was named for were the I was especially nervous because the last time I led a values he embodied. He was elegant as a dancer and Torah service was for a baby-naming in June 2015. What DIASPORA kind. He could be tough, but that fi erceness was motiv- a joyous occasion that was. I knew the little girl, and her ated by his desire to protect his family and friends. parents were friends of mine. I felt such a sense of When he laughed, his whole face would crack open with honour to contribute to that celebration. In my memory, tions/Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin/And joy. He was beloved, and he left his family too soon. I can taste the colour of the golden sunlight seeping in granting pardon.” Whenever I see or chant or sing the Hebrew word through the windows. Many of us were in tears. This The context of this passage is interesting. These lines “rahamim,” or “rahum,” I think of him. I feel sadness new baby was so loved, and she had been so desired. come as a response to Moshe’s insistence that God show and also a kind of warmth. It is a surprise each time I When our rabbi blessed her and her family under the himself after the debacle of the golden calf. Before this read those words in my siddur. tallit, everyone in the room cried. moment, God and Moshe had spoken “panim el panim His presence comes over me and I remember how It was easy to lead a Torah service that morning (face to face),’ but here God puts Moshe inside a rock- much he loved his daughter, my dear friend. So, during because the congregation radiated affection and hope. face and passes before him so that Moshe can only feel the Yom Kippur Torah service, when I led our congrega- How could I go from that to leading a Torah service his presence and see only his back. tion in singing “Adonai, Adonai,” we sang “el rahum on Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur is like a funeral: tene- Rabbi Avi Winokur writes of the apparent paradox v’chanun” and I thought of Rahamim, and also of that brous, sombre, with tears as we ask for mercy and between Moshe’s previous ability to see God “face to sweet baby whose young life brings her parents such joy. forgiveness. face” and the new reality of only feeling his presence I felt two things at once: awe for grief and loss, and also Technically speaking, the Torah service itself does not pass over him. “There are times when God is seemingly wonder for life. And why not? Both are of this world. differ much between Yom Kippur and Shabbat. Unlike easy to access, like at a beautiful sunset, or the birth of a Both are what we contend with each day, even more on Shabbat, however, on all High Holy Days and other child, or a wedding … God is, so to speak, ‘face to face.’ strikingly on Yom Kippur. festivals, we sing “Adonai, Adonai el Rahum v’hanun” as At other times, it is not so easy: when times are tough, “Adonai, Adonai” reminds us there are different ways part of the Torah service. These words, from parsha “Ki when we’re under pressure, or grieving or going through to feel God’s presence: face to face or as a sweeping Teze,” are translated as “God, God; Gracious and hard times. Then God is not so easy to see face to face, presence passing over us; in the laughter of a new baby Compassionate One/Patient and abounding in kindness but rather God is El Rahum v’ Hanun, the God of com- or in the sweet memory of a beautiful soul lost too soon and faithfulness/Assuring love for a thousand genera- passion.” http://tinyurl.com/jeca3kd – all are miracles, acts of mercy. 24 October 31, 2016 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

doctors: “Dear Doctor” and “Age Appropriate.” They Green’s short stories ‘give our past have their own pleasures related to style and humour, but they struck me as being in a lighter vein. The letters are both written by a character named and present a coherent meaning’ Rose Enfeld, whose voice and style might sound familiar to those in Toronto’s Jewish community. “I heard your Aspects of Nature name mentioned, Doctor, when eavesdropping on By Rhoda Rabinowitz Green three women seated at a table next to mine in Yorkville’s Inanna Publications Le Paradis Bistro.” Nevertheless, they touch on issues 160 pages RUBIN FRIEDMAN of health and identity including who decides to sched- ule mammograms and whether plastic surgery is spects of Nature is a collection of short stories BOOK REVIEW necessary. by Rhoda Rabinowitz Green. The story I had the most diffi culty relating to was As eight of the 11 stories have previously “Aspects of Nature,” the story that gave the book its Abeen published elsewhere over the title. It concerns a set of six acquaintances with some past 23 years, the collection is thus a kind of of the past has faded. “As for rediscovering history with each other, along with a relative newcomer short story itself; a memory of what has those who were part of who he was and is … from Trinidad. They have gathered for a weekend dinner come before and what is most current; a as for them, he’ll fi nd them in his book.” It is at a home of the hosts, Roger and Carrie, who insist on recollection that is a guide to the author’s the longest story in the collection and the calling the home a cottage and the dinner formal. Except interests in the past and what they have most fully realized. for Roger and Carrie, there are no couples. become. This is, in fact, a key theme that Other stories that deal with memory and The story concerns the banter and tensions among links the stories: a set of searches for the age show similar empathy and care while these characters as the weather builds up to a storm. The meaning of one’s own life and identity, and highlighting the barriers the aged and their characters do not develop and some remained cyphers the challenges we face in putting and offspring and friends meet as the contexts of to me throughout. They were there as devices. Perhaps keeping our “selves” together as people. their lives evolve away from each other. In Green should have removed the characters that do not In “Finding Maryan,” the author’s “You Make Your Decision,” the husband, contribute much and focused on the tensions among empathy, care and admiration are fully concerned with career, and the wife, afraid those remaining. It would still have been possible to expressed even as she recounts the diffi cult of never fi nding her identity, never succeed conclude with the actual last line: “Aspects of nature struggles of Maryan Filar, a young prodigy caught up in in fully discussing their differences, a pattern that unresolved?” the Holocaust, a survivor who fi nds a way to begin again threatens to repeat itself with respect to their children. Overall, this is an excellent collection of stories that after the war and to reinsert himself into world of Barriers to communication play a central role in many touch on key aspects of human nature. Green has a classical piano masters. Nor does she shy away from the of the stories, including “Shayndeleh,” “The Day of the fl exible style, which she adapts to the nature of the challenges of the aging musician as memories fade. Gorgon,” “What’s Going On Here, Anyway,” “Out to particular story she is telling and slips easily into a “Finding Maryan” is a remembrance of a brilliant Lunch With the Girls” and “Shayndeleh’s Real Estate.” satiric and humorous expression that amuses. But, to musician, a search by the narrator to fi nd the musician, These, and the stories I discussed above, were the ones I me, she is most successful in dealing sympathetically and a simultaneous recounting of the musician’s life and enjoyed the most and felt were most real. with the human condition and the search to give our his own search for himself, which ends after his memory The other three stories include two that are letters to past and present a coherent meaning. October 31, 2016 25 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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For a complete list of Holocaust Education Month events, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 visit jewishottawa.com/HEM Yiddish in the New Millennium (Part 1): Chanah’s Voice: Exploring Women’s Rituals, A Women’s Book TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., 7:30 pm. Club: Four-week series. Wednesdays until November 30. Part 2, full day at University of Ottawa, 9 am. The Glebe Minyan, 1 - 64 Powell Ave., 7 to 8:30 pm. Choices - 10th Anniversary: Register: http://yiddishnewmillennium.yolasite.com Info: Anna Maranta, 613-867-5505, [email protected] Kehillat Beth Israel, 1400 Coldrey Ave., 5:30 pm. Info: Rebecca Margolis, [email protected] Info: Judy Toombs, 613-798-4696, [email protected] Lessons of the Holocaust – a Historian’s Refl ections: EG 2nd Annual Casino Night: . CHES Holocaust Education Month launch with Michael R. Marrus. Ottawa Israeli Dance: Everyone welcome. SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St., 8 pm. Kehillat Beth Israel, 1400 Coldrey Ave., 7 to 9 pm. OJCS Gymnasium, 31 Nadolny Sachs Pvt., 7:00 pm. Info: Ariel Fainer, 613-798-4696, [email protected] Info: CHES, 613-695-9700, [email protected] Tuesdays until May 30, 2017. Info: Miriam Tepper, [email protected] SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Women’s Community Challah Bake: Shabbat Project Ottawa: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Bezalel School of Art: Art and Jewish Identity in Palestine in the early 1900s with Montrealer Barbara Weiser, 10:30 am. Women prepare challah dough together worldwide. Mozart at the Opera, with Music Critic Jean-Jacques Van Info: Roslyn Wollock, 613-798-9818, [email protected] Kehillat Beth Israel, 1400 Coldrey Ave., 7 to 10 pm. Vlasselaer: Week 6: Don Giovanni, 1:30 pm. Info: Elana Moscoe, 613-798-4696, [email protected] Info: Maxine Miska, 613-798-9818, [email protected] Evening of Jewish Music: Congregation Beit Tikvah, 15 Chartwell Ave., 5 to 10 pm. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Info: Sara Breiner, 613-828-1446, [email protected] Community Unity Havdallah: The Shabbat Project: Celebrate CHES Second Generation Symposium: U.S. Elections 2016 Series: What does Judaism say? with a meaningful Havdallah service, food and music, 7:30 pm. For children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. Second of two-session course, 7 pm. Info: Elana Moscoe, 613-798-9839, [email protected] Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., 4:30 pm. Info: Rabbi Blum, 613-843-7770, [email protected] SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Info: Marion Silver, 613-224-3354, [email protected] Register: http://carleton.ca/ches/events/ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 “Sempo Sugihara” – A One Man Show about Chiune Sugihara: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at Machzikei Hadas: Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner: Silent and live auctions and Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall, Carleton University, 4 pm. “A Jewish Response to Our New Divided World.” dinner in support of the Soloway JCC. Info: CHES, 613-695-9700, [email protected] Machzikei Hadas Congregation, 2310 Virginia Dr., 8 pm. Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Rd., 5 pm. CANDLE LIGHTING BEFORE Info/Register: Rabbi Goldstein, [email protected] Info: Pam Rosenberg, 613-798-9818, [email protected] NOVEMBER 4 5:24 PM NOVEMBER 18 4:08 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 NOVEMBER 11 4:15 PM NOVEMBER 25 4:03 PM CHES Breakfast and Learn with Diane Afoumado: POLIN Museum Reconnecting with a Great Forgotten Past: BULLETIN DEADLINES An interactive session on the 1939 voyage of the M.S. St Louis. With Prof. Darius Stola. RSVP required. Carleton University, Paterson Hall, room 400, 9 am. Polish Embassy, 443 Daly Ave., 2:30 pm. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 FOR NOVEMBER 28 Info: 613-520 2600, ext. 1320, [email protected] RSVP/Info: Embassy of Poland, [email protected] WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 FOR DECEMBER 12

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