JEWISH NATIONAL FUND TU BI’SHEVAT TELETHONHON FEBRUARY 12, 20177 VISIT ISRAEL WITH JNF: JNFOTTAWA.CAAWAA.CCA [email protected] 613.798.2411 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin JANUARY 23, 2017 | 25 TEVET 5777 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 Is Europe’s terrorism New ambassador arrives from Israel problem generating empathy toward Israel? BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ Jewish state permitted by local author- (JTA) – Is terrorism softening European ities. Rotterdam City Hall fl ew the Israeli attitudes toward Israel? fl ag at half-mast. When a Palestinian terrorist used a car To Eran and other observers of Israeli- to ram and kill an Israeli soldier in EU relations, this change in tune is eastern Jerusalem in 2014, the European indicative of greater understanding and Union (EU) urged “restraint” and, empathy in Europe to Israel’s fi ght without condemning the attack, called it against terrorism following a wave of SGT. JOHANIE MAHEU, RIDEAU HALL merely “further painful evidence of the terrorist attacks on the continent begin- Ambassador Nimrod Barkan, Israel’s new ambassador to Canada, presents need to undertake serious efforts towards ning in 2012. his credentials to Governor General David Johnston, December 12, in a ceremony a sustainable peace agreement.” “I think it’s a new development that at Rideau Hall. The statement by EU foreign relations sincerely stems from the change in the chief Federica Mogherini was “a typical mind of many people in Europe, in EU reaction, which blames the victim for government and beyond, who now Jew elected to public offi ce in Canada getting attacked,” Oded Eran, a former understand better than a few years ago Editor’s note – even before Confederation. ambassador of Israel to the European the impact and infl uence of terrorism on As part of our Canada 150 celebration, Union and a senior research fellow at the the daily lives of innocent victims,” Eran Does this issue of the Ottawa Jewish we’re also inviting you to submit a short Institute for National Security Studies, told JTA. Bulletin look better and seem easier to essay on what it means for you to be said at the time. He was referring to the cumulative read? Do the photos have more clarity Jewish in Canada. See page 5 for submis- Two years later, however, European effect of at least a dozen major attacks on than in the past? sion details. offi cials had a much different reaction to Western European soil since 2012, in In an effort to improve our product, I’ll also remind you that the Ottawa a similar attack in eastern Jerusalem, which local or foreign jihadists killed we’ve upgraded to HiBrite, a whiter, Jewish Bulletin website at www.ottawa which killed four Israeli soldiers on hundreds of victims using methods long brighter and better-quality newsprint than jewishbulletin.com is updated daily – often January 8. associated with Palestinian terrorists. what we’ve traditionally used to print the throughout the day – with breaking news “The European Union condemns the Last month, a terrorist whom the Bulletin. We hope you’ll enjoy the change. stories from Ottawa, Israel and around the murder of these four young Israelis, as Islamic State terrorist group described This year – 2017 – Canada celebrates the Jewish world. Most of these articles are well as any praise or incitement for as its “soldier” killed 11 people, including 150th anniversary of Confederation and over and above what we can publish in the terrorist acts,” the EU said in a statement, one Israeli tourist, at a Berlin Christmas much of the celebrations are centred here print edition. At the website, you can also which, unlike the 2014 communiqué market by plowing a stolen truck in Ottawa. As the Jewish community download PDF and page-fl ip versions of omitted any reference to the fact that the through the crowd. In July, a similar newspaper in our national capital, we’re the print edition to read on your comput- attack happened in an area of Jerusalem attack claimed more than 80 lives in celebrating Canada’s milestone year with a ers, tablets and smartphones. Check the that it considers occupied. Nice, France. Days later, an Afghan man series of profi les, one per issue, spotlight- site often to stay up-to-date and “like” us Unusually, following the recent attack, injured four people with an axe on a train ing the contributions of historically and follow us at www.facebook.com/ the Israeli fl ag was projected on the in southern Germany. important Jewish Canadians to our OttawaJewishBulletin for updates on all Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and Paris These events happened just months country. We begin the series on page 5 by new articles posted to the site. City Hall, signs of solidarity with the See Terrorism on page 2 calling attention to Ezekiel Hart, the fi rst – Michael Regenstreif Jewish Women’s Renaissance 150 reasons to participate Barbara Crook on inside: Project Momentum trip > p. 3 in Mitzvah Day > p. 6 U.S.-Israel relations > p. 25 The Perfect Mover Since 1947 Customized service to meet your specifi c needs 613.244.4444 www.boydmoving.com 2 January 23, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Terrorism: Attitudes shift following jihadist attacks in Europe Continued from page 1 President Joachim Gauck said as much in On Twitter, the German Foreign and as far as I understand it was a jihadist after the murder of over 30 people in a a reply he sent to a condolence message Ministry shared a picture of the projec- who did that, whose intention was to series of explosions in Brussels in March, from Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. tion, stating it was “in solidarity with attack people,” she said. and fresh on the heels of a horrifi c series “You and your country are in a pos- Israel.” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, by In Belgium, the fi rebrand anti-Israel of bombings and shootings that left 130 ition to understand fully what being contrast, described the gesture in her city columnist Dyab Abou Jahjah, who for people dead in Paris in November 2015. threatened by terrorism means for a merely as a “tribute to the victims of the years justifi ed violence against Israelis The Israeli government and Prime people and a nation because in your attack” in Jerusalem. and Americans in the pages of the De Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particu- country it has become almost a daily Muna Duzdar, an Austrian state Standaard daily, was fi red Monday for the lar have been persistently drawing equiv- phenomenon. We know that you can feel secretary, insisted in an interview with Jerusalem attack on social media. alence between the attacks in Europe and with us and commiserate,” Gauck said. JTA that “Europe always understood “An attack on occupation soldiers in attacks against Israelis by Palestinians. Israeli Ambassador to Germany that Israel has a right to defend itself and occupied territory is not terrorism! It is “The terrorists who attack us have the Avraham Nir-Feldklein further drove have security,” and that greater empathy an act of Resistance. #FreePalestine,” same murderous intent as those in Paris,” home the message in a statement in Europe for terror victims extends not Abou Jahjah wrote. Netanyahu said about the November 2015 following the projection of the Israeli fl ag just to Israel but to victims around the In a statement, De Standaard editor-in- Paris attacks. “It is time for states to con- on the Brandenburg Gate, a gesture world. chief Karel Verhoeven wrote that Abou demn terrorism against us like they initiated by pro-Israel activists. But following the attacks in Europe, Jahjah “has placed himself beyond the condemn terrorism anywhere else in the “We all fi nd ourselves facing the same “now we’re having the situation that we borders of acceptable debate” by endors- world.” terror, from Nice through Berlin to have daily terrorist attacks. I wake up and ing violence. Some European leaders clearly see his Jerusalem, but together we will stand there’s an attack in Israel, in Iraq, in Yet, the gestures of empathy toward point. against evil, and we will prevail,” he Afghanistan, in Germany. No country is Israel will not likely carry over to EU Following the Berlin attack, German wrote. left unaffected. And it might be that policy, according to Eran, the former someone who was affected himself has a ambassador. better understanding of this.” “These gestures are heartwarming BENITA SIEMIATYCKI, BA, MA Duzdar, who was born in Austria to and indicative of a positive change, but Sales Representative See page 27 Palestinian parents and heads the there is a clear distinction between 613-236-9551 BUSINESS for Publication Palestinian Austrian Society, rejected empathy and policy in the corridors of 1-888-335-6565 TOLL FREE 613-612-6779 CELL and Deadline claims that the attack was not a terrorist the European Union, which is likely to [email protected] incident because it was directed against remain as critical as ever of Israeli dates soldiers on land that Palestinians settlements and continue to oppose 100 ARGYLE AVENUE OTTAWA, ON K2P 1B6 and consider occupied. them on every international arena,” he www.cbrhodes.com Candlelighting “This attack targeted human beings, said. times. Each Office Is Independently Owned and Operated. Knowledge and Service You CanKnowledge Trust andEach OfficeService Is Independently You Owned Can and TrustOperated. ODD ANDERSON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A view of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin with the image of the Israeli flag, January 9. Commercial Sales & Leasing ❋ Consulting ❋ Site Selection/Relocations ❋ Tenant Representation ❋ Feasibility Studies Investment/User Properties ❋ Strategic Growth Planning ❋ Land Assemblies/Development Sites BRENT TAYLOR BROKER of RECORD, PRESIDENT [email protected] www.brentcomrealty.com 613-726-7323 / FAX 613-721-8849 January 23, 2017 3 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Empowering women to change the world through Jewish values Thirty-six women from Ottawa were in Israel from November 13 to 23 taking part in a Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Momentum trip.