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JUNE 26, 2017 | 2 TAMMUZ 5777 ESTABLISHED 1937 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM | $2 A messenger who opened eyes, touched hearts, and inspired action Teacher Patrick Mascoe, who founded the Day of Cultural Understanding, remembers his friend and Holocaust survivor David Shentow.

avid Shentow passed away in Much of David’s success was attribut- Toronto, June 12, in the company ed to his friendly disposition and his of his loving wife Rose and their ability to speak five languages. But daughters, Lorie and Renée. there was one topic he never spoke DI had the honour of getting to know about until many years later: his life David starting in 2004, after inviting before 1949. him to Charles H. Hulse Public School David was born April 29, 1925 in War- to speak to my Grade 6 students about saw, Poland. When he was six weeks racism and discrimination. He came old, his parents moved from Poland to back every year and we became friends. Antwerp, Belgium. At the beginning of I visited him in Toronto just two days the Second World War, his father tried before he died and he was humble, as to find a way out of Europe, but they he always was, asking about my wife, were trapped. Gradually life in Antwerp

my students, and my health; typical changed – daily decrees were issued to KAREN PALAYEW David, it was never about him. dehumanize Jews. David and his sisters David Shentow and his wife Rose travelled alongside March of the Living students four times David lived two very distinct lives. were forbidden from attending schools, because David felt an immense responsibility to share his story and to instil in others the He arrived in Canada on March 27, 1949, cinemas, theatres, and even from sitting importance of remembering the Holocaust. and settled in Toronto because he had on park benches. an uncle living in the city. His uncle One day when he was 17, a letter helped him find his first job, sewing arrived from the Gestapo. David and his Community’s duty to a great man: linings for women’s clothing. That year, father were ordered to report to the rail- David met his future wife, Rose Feldberg way station in Antwerp. They boarded teach the lessons of the Holocaust of Ottawa. A few months later, Rose the train on August 10, 1942. It was the invited David to Ottawa for Chanukah last time he saw his mother and sisters BY KAREN PALAYEW his family, and he loved and appreciat- and he never left. alive. The train eventually arrived at The Ottawa Jewish community, the ed the beauty of life. Newly married, David began working Dannes-Camiers, and the prisoners were community at large, and humanity David was a Holocaust survivor – a in his father-in-law’s clothing store. He forced inside a work camp. Eventual- itself, has lost a beautiful soul. survivor who courageously dedicated encouraged Rose to go to university ly, the work camp was closed and the David Shentow, who passed away himself to openly and honestly sharing to become a high school teacher. After forced labourers were to be sent back to June 12, will be remembered as an his personal story of loss and survival. the birth of their two daughters, David Belgium. Each man was given a loaf of intelligent, engaging, and kind human Like many survivors, he did not speak became a buyer for the A.J. Frieman bread and loaded onto a train. But when being. He had a brilliant sense of about his experiences until the early Company, which was eventually bought the train finally stopped, they knew they humour. He was strong, resilient, and 1980s, when Holocaust deniers began to by the Hudson’s Bay Company. See Shentow on page 16 righteous. He adored his wife Rose and See Lessons on page 16

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Palmer, Casey Swedlove, Samuel Taller, and forms; body types, ages and levels HOWARD SANDLER Harold Shenkman and Hy Soloway. of ability.” The award was accepted by Outgoing Chair Michael Landau (left) and incoming Chair Gillie Landau at the Ottawa Jewish In her remarks, Foundation Presi- Bob Thompson, president of the Tamir Community Foundation annual general meeting. dent and CEO Andrea Freedman noted Board, and Krystal Valencia, director of the vision of the Foundation founders development and communication. and said each of us the power to fur- Lynne Oreck-Wener presented two ther that vision through philanthropy grants on behalf of the Women’s Col- and to inspire others to do so. lective Philanthropy Program. Miriam The Ilana and Steven Rubin Scholar- Friedman-Tanger received $1,907 for her ship Award was presented for the first initiative to create a new organization in time to two students graduating from support of single and divorced mothers high school and going on to university. and their children in Ottawa’s Jewish com- The award fund was launched by Ste- munity; and the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank HOWARD SANDLER Paul Finn (left) presents the Norman Lesh Philan- ven Rubin in honour of his late wife, received $1,000 for its new holiday bas- thropy Award was presented to Tamir represen- Steven Rubin presents an Ilana and Steven Ilana, a beloved Jewish studies teacher See Foundation AGM on page 23 tatives Krystal Valencia and Bob Thompson. Rubin Scholarship Award to Olivia Vale.

HOWARD SANDLER Lynne Oreck-Wener (left) presents a Women’s

HOWARD SANDLER Collective Philanthropy Program grant to Lynne Oreck-Wener (left) presents a Women’s Miriam Friedman-Tanger for her initiative to HOWARD SANDLER HOWARD SANDLER Steven Rubin presents an Ilana and Steven Collective Philanthropy Program grant to Donna create a new organization in support of single Paul Finn presents the George Joseph Cooper Rubin Scholarship Award to Yaffa Segal. Strauss of the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank. and divorced mothers and their children. Scholarship to Anna Frenkel. June 26, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 3 Jewish education to be top priority, says new Federation chair Expects new Tamir living centre to be built on Jewish Community Campus

BY NORAH MOR nsuring the future of Jewish education in Ottawa will be his top priority, said Jewish Federation of Ottawa Chair EHartley Stern in his inaugural address at the Federation’s annual general meeting, June 14. Stern succeeded outgoing Chair Linda Kerzner who completed her two- year term during the meeting. HOWARD SANDLER “We need to find ways to ensure the Hyman Reichstein (right) receives the Shem survival of a high quality and affordable Tov Community Volunteer Award from Steven Jewish Education in Ottawa,” he said. Kimmel. Stern pointed to the hiring of Jon Mitzmacher to be head of school at the Ottawa Jewish Community School (OJCS) and the restructuring of the school’s board with Michael Polowin as chair, as key elements which will help ensure the day school’s future. The viability of Ottawa’s Ortho-

dox schools, and the supplementary HOWARD SANDLER schools, are also essential, said Stern. Outgoing Chair Linda Kerzner and incoming Chair Hartley Stern at the Jewish Federation of Giving to the Annual Campaign, Ottawa annual general meeting. Stern estimated, will need to increase by 30 per cent in order to provide the nec- HOWARD SANDLER essary funding to ensure the long-term 2018 Annual Campaign Chair Sharon Appotive and 2018 Women’s Campaign Chair viability of Ottawa’s Jewish schools. Aviva Ben-Choreen at the Jewish Federation Stern also announced that he expects of Ottawa annual general meeting. ground to be broken within the next year for a $10 million integrated, assist- ed living centre for Tamir residents on the Jewish Community Campus. “It’s not quite a done deal, yet,” said Stern, but he expects all of the financ- ing, much of it coming from government and other sources outside Otta- wa’s Jewish community. Tamir is the Ottawa Jewish community agency which serves people with developmental disabilities, helping them realize their potential through HOWARD SANDLER residences and programs offered in a Chair Hartley Stern and President and CEO supportive Jewish environment. Andrea Freedman at the Jewish Federation of Stern has been working behind the Ottawa annual general meeting. scenes for several years with Tamir and HOWARD SANDLER the Federation Board to bring the proj- Gillian Presner receives the Freiman Family Young Leadership Award from A.J. Freiman. ect to fruition. In her address, outgoing Federation Chair Linda Kerzner thanked the community for the opportunity to serve as chair over the past two years and pointed to the dedication of fellow board members and Federation staff – as well as to the boards and staffs of Ottawa’s various Jewish agencies and organizations. Federation President and CEO Andrea Freedman talked about recently running her first 10K race and drew par- allels between training for the race and Federation’s ongoing community work. Commonalities, she said, include

having a vision, setting milestones with HOWARD SANDLER HOWARD SANDLER Jeffrey Miller (left) receives the Gilbert Tommy Podolsky (right) receives the Student transparent reporting, having cheer- HOWARD SANDLER Greenberg Distinguished Service Award from Award on behalf of his brother, Eyal Linda Kerzner presents a gift to 2017 Annual leaders (and being a cheerleader), tak- Robert Greenberg. Podolsky, from Steven Kimmel. Campaign Chair Michael Polowin. ing the first steps (and helping others See Federation AGM on page 23 June 26, 2017 4 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Moscovitch’s story of Jewish immigration to Canada coming to NAC

BY NORAH MOR think that’s something that both new and existing and old-stock Canadians can agree with,” said then-prime minister ‘IStephen Harper during a federal election campaign leaders’ debate on September 17, 2015. That reference, along with the more recent arrivals of thousands of Syrian refugees in Canada, led to the creation of “Old Stock: a refugee love story” by playwright Hannah Moscovitch, singer-songwriter Ben Caplan and theatre Playwright Hannah Moscovitch based director Christian Barry. the characters in “Old Stock” on her “Old Stock” will be presented at the great-grandparents. National Arts Centre in the Azrieli Studio, for four performances from July 13 to 15, [encompassing] exodus, love, despair and as part of the Canada Scene Festival. hope, even non-Jews will understand it,” The play tells the story of Chaim and said Moscovitch. Chaya, inspired by Moscovitch’s Caplan, who is the play’s narrator and great-grandparents, Jewish-Romanian wrote the music, said it is about “seeing refugees who met at Pier 21 in Halifax, a the universal in the specific, and the main entry point for immigrants to specific in the universal.” Canada early in the 20th century. The Caplan’s music – which is central to the Ben Caplan stars in “Old Stock: a refugee love story” at the NAC, July 13-15. Canadian Museum of Immigration is now play – combines traditional East located at Pier 21 and a visit to the European klezmer influences with Moscovitch, have been warm and seen as ‘old stock’ Canadians, were museum led Moscovitch to look into her contemporary styles, and there are passionate. children of immigrants, and the immi- family history. moments when the audience joins in “We get effusive feedback from Jewish grants of 1908 were not so different from Chaim and Chaya left their homes and with hand clapping and foot stomping. communities saying that they’ve never those of 2017,” he added. families behind and fled to a strange Reviews from the Halifax run suggest seen such an honest display of the Jewish Tickets are available at the NAC box place in hope of finding and a better Moscovitch’s writing holds many funny community portrayed on stage before,” office (across the street from the NAC at future. and joyous moments. said Caplan. 54 Elgin Street) or by phone at “Although it’s a very Jewish story Audience responses, said Caplan and “Not so long ago, people who are now 1-888-991-2787.

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A series of profiles throughout 2017 spotlighting the contributions of historically important Jewish Canadians to our country.

ical science from McGill. Irving Layton 1912 - 2006 In addition to establishing his rep- utation as poet and as a mentor to younger poets such as Leonard One of Canada’s most Cohen, Layton developed a reputa- tion as a debater and appeared fre- influential poets quently during the 1950s on the CBC- TV debate show, “Fighting Words.” By Brenna Mackay A.M. Klein, and the two met weekly to IRVINGLAYTON.COM orn Israel Pincu Lazarovitch read poetry together. Klein published During the 1950s, he also became an in Romania on March 12, 1912, Layton’s first poems in The McGilliad, a English and history teacher at Herzli- Irving Peter Layton was one literary journal at McGill University. ah High School – a Jewish community high school in Montreal. Many of of Canada’s most influential Layton earned his bachelor of sci- his students at Herzliah – including Band widely recognized poets. ence degree at Macdonald College, future television magnate Moses McGill University’s agricultural school. Layton was an infant when his family Znaimer and future justice minister During this time, he became involved immigrated to Canada in 1913 and set- Irwin Cotler – have spoken of being tled on St. Urbain Street in what was in artistic circles and was following a inspired by Layton’s teaching. He then Montreal’s Jewish immigrant career as a poet. He befriended many would later become a professor of neighbourhood. Growing up, his fellow Canadian poets and they creat- poetry at Sir George Williams Univer- family faced many struggles at a time ed a new Canadian movement in poet- sity (now part of Concordia Universi- when anti-Semitism was rampant in ry, independent of British influences. ty) in Montreal and at York University received the Governor-General’s Award Quebec society. Layton served in the Canadian Army in Toronto. Layton received an honor- for Poetry in 1959 and was named an Layton attended Baron Byng High during the Second World War and ary doctorate from Concordia in 1976. Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976. School where he became enraptured afterward returned to Montreal More than 40 volumes of Layton’s Late in life, Layton suffered from Alz- by literature and the works of the where he became involved in several poetry were published between 1945 heimer’s disease and died at age 93 great poets, novelists and essayists. literary magazines. In 1946, Layton and 1992 and he was a nominee for the at the Maimonides Geriatric Centre in In 1930, Layton met poet and novelist earned an MA in economics and polit- Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. Layton Montreal in 2006.

Next in the series Submit an essay To help mark Canada’s 150th, we are welcoming personal essays from readers. Lorne Greene 1915 –1987 Please share with us! What does it mean to you to be Jewish in Canada? As a Lorne Greene was an Ottawa-born broadcaster who Canadian Jew, what do you hope for our future? Is there anything special in our Canadian history that has impacted you as Jew? anchored the National News on CBC Radio during the Second World War. He later became an actor and achieved fame as Please note, submission should be about 300 words and will be edited for style. the star of “Bonanza.” Send submissions to: [email protected]

Members of the Provincial Government’s Ottawa Caucus wish you a Happy Canada Day! Celebrating 150 years

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(OJCS) and the future of Jewish educa- We face no issues or threats tion in general in Ottawa. The second is the flattening of overall philanthropy in the Jewish community. I believe that the which cannot be overcome inspired recruitment of Jon Mitzmach- er as the new head of school at OJCS, more than $35 million annually. and, as I reflect on why I accepted the combined with a restructured board, is Secondly, he negotiated the purchase position of chair of the Jewish Federation fundamental to the plan of sustainable, of land adjacent to the hospital, at of Ottawa, my role model. There are affordable, high quality Jewish educa- the time a convent, from the Catholic many other examples of exemplary con- tion in Ottawa. But it is not sufficient. Church for a significant reduction in tributors to Jewish community life and Secondly, we, as a community, must price. Significantly, this purchase was citizenry in Ottawa and elsewhere. It is share a vision of what we collectively based on an agreement to respect the simply that Jonathan stands tall amongst believe is the right plan for all Jewish FEDERATION REPORT dignity of the property and to preserve them and it is he who inspired me. educational needs, and then act in HARTLEY STERN the chapel. I have learned, and believe passion- concert to leverage all the human and FEDERATION CHAIR These two changes permitted the ately, that there are no issues or threats other resources to make it happen. No hospital to grow into one of the leading that the Ottawa Jewish community matter how well we come together on pproximately 15 years ago in academic health centres in the country. faces which cannot be overcome with this issue, we will inevitably face the Montreal, about five years Jonathan was able to do this largely a clear vision, inspiration, trust, leader- reality of declining community engage- before my arrival there, Jon- because he enjoyed the trust of the ship, and a sound plan. I further believe ment, most tangibly, but not exclu- athan Wener, as chair of the Jewish community and the Quebec gov- that we are blessed with a strong man- sively, represented in money raised. Aboard of the Jewish General Hospital ernment. He inspired people through agement team and Board at Federation. Quite simply, we will need a substantial (JGH), orchestrated two events that his vision, his grasp of good governance The strategic plan developed under increase in annual giving to meet all forever enhanced the contributions of and good management, and his holistic the leadership of Linda Kerzner, my of the community needs, in particular the JGH to the delivery of health care commitment to his community which, predecessor, and Andrea Freedman, is those of Jewish education. in Quebec. in addition to his contributions to the excellent. I hope to do what Jonathan Wener Firstly, he facilitated the hiring of JGH, have included sponsoring mega What I see as obstacles are not taught me. I expect to listen carefully to Myer Bick as CEO of the JGH Founda- missions to Israel and serving as chan- simple, but are unequivocally fixable. all of you, gain your trust, and with the tion. Myer transformed the foundation cellor of Concordia University. The first hurdle is the sustainability of help of our strong team at Federation, from a $6 million per year campaign to Jonathan became my mentor, friend the Ottawa Jewish Community School OJCS, and all of our other agencies, obtain your support in re-engaging you in our exciting plans for our wonderful Wearing a kippah has community. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin inspired me to be better VOLUME 81 | ISSUE 15 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 difference between our two groups on ism would always be known. I would Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 that front because she would always be never hide who I was nor try to pass as Email: [email protected] Published 19 times per year. identifiable as a black woman, while someone other than who I am. © Copyright 2017 Jews are not instantly identifiable as I must admit that wearing a kippah PUBLISHER Jews by appearance alone. When we all the time has had consequences. Andrea Freedman walk down the street, no one necessari- When I am out, there are Christians EDITOR ly knows that we are Jews. who come up to me and want to talk Michael Regenstreif I interjected, suggesting that by wear- about Judaism. There are people in the PRODUCTION CONSULTANT FROM THE THE FROM PULPIT ing a kippah, people always know that I supermarket who check my cart or ask Patti Moran RABBI EYTAN KENTER am a Jew. The group reminded me that where certain foods are. And there are BUSINESS MANAGER KEHILLAT BETH ISRAEL I can always take my kippah off, while moments when I am inclined to act dif- Eddie Peltzman for them, their skin cannot be cast aside ferently because everyone knows that I INTERN Norah Mor ur son just turned three. As so easily. am a Jew. I am less likely to cut some- The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force he reached this milestone, we That reality shook me. I began to one off in traffic because they will know for constructive communal consciousness,” decided it was time for him think more consciously about how few it is a Jew doing it. I am more likely communicates the messages of the Jewish to start wearing a kippah on Jews wear a kippah in public. Many to give to panhandlers on the street Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a Oa regular basis. As we have begun his Jews who are reasonably observant because it is not simply an individual diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and education on this front, it has inspired do not wear a kippah to work or on choosing to give or not give, but a Jew- enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed in these pages do not necessarily represent me to think about my journey regarding the street. Jews, who proudly serve on ish person making that choice. 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mentary film, “Ben-Gurion: Epilogue,”

My bar mitzvah year which was screened this month in Otta- wa during the Israeli Film Festival). Israel eventually signed peace trea- was historic ties with Egypt and Jordan and returned the Sinai to Egypt. But, by the time of ly inevitable as Egypt closed the Straits den to Jews. The Western Wall, or Kotel, those treaties, Egypt had relinquished of Tiran to Israeli shipping, expelled was in the same city as the Knesset, any claim to Gaza and Jordan had relin- the United Nations peacekeeping forces Israel’s parliament, but Jews were for- quished any claims to the West Bank from Sinai and Gaza, and massed its bidden to go there for the first 19 years and eastern Jerusalem – leaving those troops near the Israeli border. of modern statehood. areas to be settled in negotiations with About six weeks after my bar mitzvah, As mentioned, we rejoiced in Israel’s the Palestinians.

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR on June 5, 1967, the war broke out. We victory in the Six-Day War and, particu- Fifty years after the Six-Day War, MICHAEL REGENSTREIF feared for the very survival of the tiny larly, in the reunification of Jerusalem. Israel and the Palestinians have yet to country, the world’s only Jewish state. If ever there was an underdog of a reach the agreement they need to end But, what would soon come to be known country, surely it was Israel – surround- the conflict with a two-state solution celebrated my bar mitzvah on April as the Six-Day War was over on June 10. ed by hostile Arab countries with mas- that ensures Israel the Jewish and dem- 22, 1967 on Shabbat HaGadol, the Israel had defeated the military forc- sively larger territories, populations and ocratic future it needs and ensures the Shabbat just before Passover. It’s es of the surrounding Arab countries militaries. That Israel prevailed in the Palestinians will be able to meet their hard to believe that a half-century while capturing the Sinai Peninsula and war seemed like a miracle. own national aspirations. Ihas passed since I became a 13-year-old Gaza from Egypt, the Golan Heights By 1967, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s While hopes of peace with the Pales- Jewish man. from Syria, and the West Bank and founding prime minister, was four years tinians have been raised and have fallen My bar mitzvah year was historic. east Jerusalem from Jordan. Israel had into his retirement and widely regarded many times, recently, Israeli Defense Every community, every school and secured its greatest ever military victory as the country’s elder statesman. Ben-Gu- Minister Avigdor Liberman – who, as every organization, it seemed, was in in its shortest ever war. rion, too, rejoiced in the reunification of foreign minister when I met him a few the midst of some significant project to Israel and the Jewish Diaspora Jerusalem, and felt Israel should retain years ago in Ottawa, was an uncom- mark Canada’s centennial. Expo 67, the rejoiced particularly in the reunification the Golan Heights for strategic reasons, promising hardliner – recently said an biggest centennial project of them all, of Jerusalem. The capital city had been but said the rest of the captured territo- agreement with the Palestinians is “far began its six-month run just a few days divided since 1948 when the War of ries should be given back. He understood closer” than it has ever been before. after my bar mitzvah. Independence ended with Israel in con- there were would be unintended conse- Asked why, Liberman credited the As a Jewish community, we were trol of western Jerusalem and Jordan in quences to the military victory. arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump happy to celebrate Canada’s milestone, control of eastern Jerusalem. “If I could choose between peace and on the scene and the realization by and to virtually see the world at Expo. Eastern Jerusalem includes the Old all the territories which we conquered Arab countries “that their problem is But our eyes were also on Israel, then City where sites like the Western Wall – last year, I would prefer peace,” Ben-Gu- not Israel. Israel can be a solution to the just 19 years past its War of Indepen- a place holy to Jews for millennia – are rion said in a 1968 interview (footage problem.” dence. Another war seemed increasing- located; a place which became forbid- from which is included in the docu- Can Liberman be right? We’ll see.

from the first day that it was not going The consequences to end well.

I am not proud to say that we drove the poor woman nuts. She could never of overcrowding get a grip on either herself or the classroom. It was like a daily journey to the afternoon, another Grade 2 class of school also always had one of the high- chaos and confusion instead of learning. equal size used the same classroom. est overall averages in Quebec’s high It was about surviving bad behaviour, Large classes brought on all kinds school leaving exams. which only got worse because bad of issues. Like, how about having five But, while the academic achieve- behaviour inevitably feeds on itself. Roberts in the same classroom? I still ments were exemplary, the behavioural Although September and October recall the day the teacher had to figure issues were often deplorable. It was so went by badly, Miss Martin was still

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS that out. The five Roberts figured it out hard for teachers to control a classroom standing in November, and we were still JASON MOSCOVITZ themselves. of almost 50 teenagers – especially being rotten, spoiled teenagers. Then, As the teacher went up and down when teacher and students were from one day in early December, we drove the long rows asking students to call different worlds. her over the edge. ondering how the public out their names, the second Robert My Grade 10 biology class was a Miss Martin stood in front of the health care system will announced she could call him “Rob- case in point. Of the 44 students, you class trying to get our attention. She accommodate the unprec- bie.” The third said he would go with could bet 42 were Jewish, but our couldn’t, and in total exasperation, said edented leap in numbers “Bobby.” The fourth said “Bob” and teacher wasn’t. Her name was Miss loudly enough for everyone to hear, Wwhen the baby boomers begin to reach when she came to the fifth Robert, he Martin. She was a classic Brit, a spin- “Sometimes I wonder if what Hitler did their 80s in just 10 years brings back said everyone could call him “Bucky.” ster as they used to say, fit and proper in Germany was so wrong.” baby boom memories of what it was Only at Wagar High School in Mon- with a navy blue dress well below her Within a month Miss Martin was like in overcrowded public schools. treal, a nominally Protestant school knees and hair tied in a bun. I don’t gone. The principal told us a Trump- My high school classes always had with an enrolment that was probably remember if she was a good teacher. I like whopper: that her leaving had more than 40 students. There were 42 98 per cent Jewish, could there be more do remember that she could not con- nothing to do with what she had said. students in my Grade 9 English class than one student in the same class trol the class. To this day, I remember how ugly the and 44 in Grade 10 biology. Students’ named David Cohen. There was no hiding the huge cultur- whole thing got. Overcrowding a class- desks were lined up to the blackboard. As for the quality of education, you al gap. Miss Martin had no understand- room is to invite ugliness. In elementary school there were so would think it could not have been ing of our identity, our culture, our reli- And I guess logic tells me that when many students that in Grade 2, I only very good at my overcrowded school. gion. And we had little understanding life and death issues are on the line, it is went to school for half-days. I was in Yet, every year, Wagar had the highest of hers. We were so different. She was a going to get even uglier for baby boom- a class of 40-plus in the morning. In number of top students in Quebec. The fish in a shark tank and we had a sense ers in super-overcrowded hospitals. June 26, 2017 8 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Without ALEH, many of these children would be forced to spend their lives in hospitals, with no opportunities BY NORAH MOR Miller was her class valedictorian in Hebrew and for rehabilitation, education, social interaction and the love and warmth of a home. aley Miller, who has just completed Grade 8 at said she “can read Hebrew without nikkud (vowel For more information visit us at Ottawa.jnf.ca or contact the Ottawa Jewish Community School and is symbols), but it’s hard, sometimes.” our office. a top-rated rhythmic gymnast – she’s cur- Asked about her favourite aspect of gymnastics, rently rated ninth in Canada – says she’s Miller pointed to the confidence it builds. 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Hundreds walk and run covered A group of students enjoys the opportunity to be covered in colours. in colours for Jewish education

BY NORAH MOR support the school at the walk/run. he grey skies, drizzle and The school, said Polowin, gave his occasional downpour didn’t children a wonderful start in life “and dampen spirits, June 4, when also taught them about who they are.” students and supporters – A new component to the event added Tincluding graduates, parents, grandpar- this year was the Colours Race. Racers ents, and even a few dogs – of all of the ran through the Ottawa Jewish Commu- city’s Jewish day and supplementary nity School (OJCS) parking lot where schools spent a Sunday afternoon having onlookers covered them with coloured fun and raising funds for their schools at powder. the annual Am Echad Walk/Run for “This is the most fun part of the day Jewish Education in Ottawa. for me, and one of the main reasons I Each participant in the Am Echad came today,” said Libby Weiss, a Grade 5 Walk/Run chose which school would student at OJCS. receive the funds they raised through Following the walk/run, the action sponsorships for their participation. shifted inside the OJCS building where NORAH MOR Thirteen schools, including day schools, a kosher dinner was served and the fun A group of runners leaving the starting line just before they’re covered in coloured powder. supplementary schools, and even Jewish and games, including inflatable rides for preschools were represented. the kids, continued through the rest of “It is truly fantastic to see how import- the afternoon. ant Jewish education is for the commu- Co-ordinating all the action were nity,” said Rabbi Elazar Durden, principal OJCS parents Jennifer Greenberg and of Torah Day School of Ottawa, who was Galit Sternthal, the event co-chairs, and A family’s dog participating in his first Am Echad Walk/ Leila Ages, the fundraising chair. walks in the rain to Run, along with his son Yehuda. “Although it was a lot of work, it was ISSIE SCAROWSKY Michael Polowin, a proud father of also great fun for us,” said Greenberg. A young girl slides down one support of the inflatable rides in the two OJCS graduates and incoming chair “We are very excited to see the great Jewish OJCS gym after the walk/run. education. of the OJCS board, said he was proud to turnout.” ISSIE SCAROWSKY

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BY BENITA BAKER even years ago, when acclaimed Toronto actress Paula Wolfson began searching for information about her grandparents – whom Sshe had never met – little did she realize her search would bring her to the ByWard Market on a sunny spring day to witness the unveiling of a replica of the clock that once hung over her grandfather’s Clarence Street watch shop. The event took place on Friday, May 12 at the official opening of the rede- signed George Street Plaza. Part of a larger initiative aimed at revitalizing the ByWard Market, the giant Wolfson clock is central to the new design. City Councillor Mathieu Fleury described the clock as a focal point of the OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES plaza, as in “meet me under the clock.” Watchmaker David Wolfson stands outside The ceremony was clearly emotional his Clarence Street shop in the ByWard for Wolfson. Market, circa 1930. The original Wolfson clock “My grandfather would be so hon- can be seen in the doorway on the upper left. oured to know that he left behind such an enduring legacy,” she said, holding back tears. “My grandfather would be Initially, Wolfson had little success so honoured to know that finding any information about her he left behind such an grandparents. But then she encountered John Diener, vice-president of the Jewish enduring legacy.” Genealogical Society of Ottawa. The genealogical detective kept fol- changed its name to Sam’s Buy and Sell.

lowing leads that ultimately led him to Musical instruments became their most BENITA BAKER the Ottawa Jewish Archives. There he popular item so they changed the name Paula Wolfson (right) with John Diener of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Ottawa and Saara not only found a photo from the 1920s to Sam’s ABC Music. Mortensen of the Ottawa Jewish Archives under the replica of the Wolfson clock in the ByWard of David Wolfson in front of his Clarence When Sam’s moved to Bank Street at Market’s George Street Plaza. Street watch shop, but also the clock. Alta Vista in the 1980s, the clock sign With the help of archivist Saara was removed and stored by the Ottawa Mortensen, David Wolfson’s story and Jewish Historical Society (OJHS). a piece of Ottawa’s Jewish history came In 2009, the OJHS restored the clock to life. and donated it to the Ottawa Jewish When Wolfson closed his shop, he Archives. gave the clock to Sam Nathanson, who “The Wolfson clock is the most ran a pawnshop on William Street. After important artifact in our collection,” serving in the Second World War, Louis said archivist Saara Mortensen. “Seeing Nathanson joined his father in business. a copy of it here in the square keeps He modified the clock by adding ‘pawn- history alive and relevant. Visibility is broker’ across its face as well as the the key.” pawnbroker’s symbol to the bottom. “Paula’s grandparents were forgotten In 1946, Sam Nathanson’s daugh- for the last 60 years,” added Diener. ter Sylvia married Bertram Bronsther. “This clock has made them come alive They joined Louis in the business and again.” June 26, 2017 12 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Meet Federation’s community building team

BY SARAH BEUTEL VICE-PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY BUILDING JEWISH FEDERATION OF OTTAWA ou might see me walking down the street, or at Loblaws, and ask, “So what’s new at the Jewish Federation of Ottawa?” MICHAEL REGENSTRIEF Y“Do you have some time to chat?” I The Jewish Federation of Ottawa community building team: (from left) Pauline Colwin, Natalie Abenhaim, Samantha Sharkey, Scott Goldstein, respond, “There’s lots that is new and I Ariel Fainer and Sarah Beutel. Missing from the photo are Dovi Chein and Saara Mortensen. really want to tell you about it!” “Uh, sure, I’d love to hear all about farewell to colleagues who have become the highly successful PJ Library program manager. Samantha is co-ordinating a it,” you say. friends, it is also an opportunity for us in Ottawa, and overseeing Federation’s variety of Federation events, from Annu- New faces have joined Federation’s as an organization to bring in new ener- efforts to engage the next generation in al Campaign Kick-off to Mitzvah Day, community building team. Several gy and fresh ideas that help to propel us our vibrant community. Contact Ariel at and more. Contact Samantha at long-time and valued employees have forward toward meeting our many and [email protected]. [email protected]. moved on to new adventures; some varied objectives. Dovi Chein, formerly the Jewish stu- Scott Goldstein, the former direc- have retired, some have decided to I would like to introduce you to our dent life co-ordinator, was promoted to tor of Hillel Ottawa, was promoted to pursue new directions, and a few of amazing team (in alphabetical order by director of Hillel Ottawa, and continues the position of director of community us, as a result of new openings within first name). to work to create a welcoming, inclu- collaboration last November. He has the organization, have taken on new Ariel Fainer, a familiar face for many, sive and pluralistic environment for delved right into his new role, building positions. continues as director of initiatives for Jewish students on Ottawa’s university connections with many Jewish organiza- While it is always sad and hard to say the Emerging Generation, rolling out campuses. Contact Dovi at director@ tions and individuals. Among the many hillelottawa.ca. programs that he oversees are Federa- Natalie Abenhaim is our new com- tion’s Shinshinim program, our Israel munity engagement specialist whose connection through Partnership 2Gether role is to engage people in volunteer and Federation’s allocations to partner opportunities within the Jewish com- agencies. Contact Scott at sgoldstein@ munity. Natalie is also overseeing the jewishottawa.com. TempleAn egalitarian Israel Reform congregation virtual Jewish Ottawa Info-Centre, and Supporting our team’s efforts is co-ordinating the important work of Pauline Colwin, Federation’s director of the Shoah Committee and March of communications. Pauline and the com- Jewish roots, contemporary values, egalitarian Living. Reach Natalie at nabenhaim@ munications team are an integral part jewishottawa.com. of everything Federation does to build, Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:15 pm. Saara Mortensen continues as archi- strengthen and support our Jewish com- vist of the Ottawa Jewish Archives. She munity. Contact Pauline at pcolwin@ Saturday Shabbat Services, 10:15 am. can be found in the special Archives jewishottawa.com. Thursday morning minyanim: area within the Greenberg Families The next time you attend a commu- second and fourth Thursdays, 7:30 am. Library overseeing the collection, con- nity event, or maybe see one of us at servation and preservation of our Jewish Loblaws, please stop to say “hi!” We community’s collective memory. Contact would love to catch up, and to hear Information: Saara at [email protected]. your take on the latest happenings in For information on Temple Israel Religious School Samantha Sharkey is our new events our community, or how we can best please call 613-224-3133 co-ordinator and brings years of event use your talents for the benefit of our planning experience to Federation. She community. For information on Temple Israel replaces Rena Garshowitz who was pro- You can reach out to me at sbeutel@ please call 613-224-1802 #4 moted in March to Annual Campaign jewishottawa.com.

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BY NICKIE SHOBEIRY very survival story is a love story,” said Andy Réti, a child survivor of the Holocaust, born in 1942 in Rechnitz, Austria. “Love of life, love of family, and ‘Elove of freedom.” Réti, now a Toronto-based Holocaust educator, was speaking to 700 students from public high schools in the Ottawa area gathered, May 26, at Algonquin Col- lege Theatre for a Holocaust education event presented by the Azrieli Foundation and Shoah Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. Réti’s book, Stronger Together, which tells the story of how Réti and his mother Ibolya Grossman survived the Holocaust, was published by the Azrieli Founda- tion’s Holocaust Survivors Memoirs Program. Each of the students in attendance received a copy of the book. Inspiring students to be not a “bystander” but an “up-stander” in the face of bullying, Réti discussed how the Holocaust has affected his life. In just two months in 1944, 440,000 Hungarian Jews were deported, Réti said. Many were sent to Auschwitz, including his maternal grandparents. The only Jewish JORDANA COLOMBY community left was in Budapest, where they were sub- Child Holocaust survivor Andy Réti reads from his memoir during a presentation to high school students May 26, at Algonquin ject to assault, death marches and murder. Before this, College Theatre. anti-Jewish laws were set in place, drafting men into forced labour. The death toll was in the thousands, including Réti’s father. from her hometown, the stranger who protested when a hatred is love.” “Murdered!” Réti shouted. “For one reason and one blanket was taken from Ibolya, for her baby. Eventually, Réti held the students in rapt attention, many of reason only: because he was Jewish.” Réti’s family were taken to a ghetto where they stayed them moved to tears, and he received many standing Thousands of Jews in Budapest were removed from for three months. In a building meant only for 600 peo- ovations. their homes and confined to ghettos. Men, no older ple, 3,000 lived, with 27 crammed into one apartment. After the talk, there were long lines of students than 20, came to Réti’s home, giving his mother and Réti shared a personal recollection of the liberation: who waited patiently for Réti to sign their copies of his grandmother five minutes to pack. a Russian soldier, giving him a bread roll. book. “We were able to pack up a small knapsack,” Réti “We go home, we try to pick up the pieces, and it’s Visit http://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/ for more said. “Crackers, water, a few necessities. In no time, not easy,” Réti continued. “But life does go on.” information about the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust tens of thousands were marched out of every building In 1958, Réti and his family moved to Canada. He Survivors Memoir Program. and forced, at the end of a gun, to march down to the went on to have children and grandchildren, and at the end of the street.” age of 60, became a member of a motorcycle club. In All valuables were to be handed over. Touching the February 2005, Réti’s mother passed away. It was also Show Israel You Care! ring on his finger, Réti explained, “My mother was so the year that Réti did his first ever Ride to Remember, Volunteer as a civilian worker much in love with this beautiful man that at the risk of with his mother’s wedding band – the ‘Ring of Love’ – her own life – and my own – she refused to hand over in his breast pocket. for two or three weeks her wedding band.” Ibolya hid the ring in Réti’s diaper. Reflecting on the hate he has seen, Réti said, “You on an Israeli army supply base Réti counted the miracles that happened during don’t learn that on your own. You are taught hatred. the ordeal: the policeman his grandmother recognised And what is the opposite of hatred? The opposite of

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BY LOUISE RACHLIS said Rabbi Morais. “They were always FOR TEMPLE ISRAEL there to bounce ideas off. It’s a tremen- here were several dynamics dous loss to the institution.” happening as a capacity crowd He said the Hebrew word for elder is of 108 gathered at Temple an acronym meaning “the one who has Israel, June 4, to take part in a attained wisdom.” Tmorning of “rebellious discussion on “Our obligation is to respect and wel- life’s third act.” come the advice and insights of those “First, people were engaging in con- who have gone before us. The Torah versations about life planning and topics advises us to rise before the aged and they don’t usually discuss,” noted Rabbi show deference to the old, those who ROBIN CHERNCIK Rob Morais, one of the keynote speak- come before us… You have to make that Participants in one of 10 small groups discuss issues related to the “Aging Rebel” mini- ers. “Second, the information we are advance, seek out the wisdom, and sit conference at Temple Israel. (Robin Cherncik) gleaning about services that are poten- at the table with those who have that tially available; to hear about how this wisdom.” stuff really works. And thirdly,” he said, The other keynote speaker was Domi- “there’s the dreaming about what could nique Dennery. be, and what you want. The different “One hundred years ago, the average ideas floating around the table were life expectancy was 57,” she said. “Now really wonderful to hear.” it’s 84. We are guaranteed a certain num- “We knew there’d be a great ber of years our ancestors weren’t. We response,” said organizer Fran don’t realize how much we’ve internal- Klodawsky as she looked around the ized the script that it’s all about retire- sessions in progress. “There is all this ment. It’s fun for the first few years, incredible energy and thirst for knowl- then what... All this expertise and wis- edge, a desire to remain vital, to be con- dom and potential goes untapped.” sulted.” Five years ago, Dennery said, her The mini-conference, “Aging Rebel,” friend Cathy Carmody presented the was the second event in the series, idea of “Novescence,” a new life stage “Thinking Social Action/Justice: The from age 55 to 85, where we can write a Next 50 Years,” that is part of Temple new script. Israel’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. “Ask yourself,” she said, “what have

“Fifty years ago, very brave people I not done yet that I would love to do? ROBIN CHERNCIK decided to found Temple Israel,” said What opportunities am I not seizing Participants in one of 10 small groups discuss issues related to the “Aging Rebel” mini- Rabbi Morais, who spoke about the Jew- because I think it’s too late?” conference at Temple Israel. ish perspective on the “Aging Rebel.” Dennery became a serious artist, a “Institutions age like people do. Over sculptor. The keynote speakers were followed where participants chatted enthusias- the past few years, we’ve lost many of “It’s about a deep contentment and by 10 small group sessions spread tically about various issues related to those founding fathers and mothers,” renewal,” she said. throughout the Temple Israel building rebellious aging. Shopping For Respecting tradition Hardwood Flooring? At your time of need or when Experience our vast selection planning ahead, rely on us to of Canadian Made hardwood flooring. provide everything you need. We are proud to support the Jewish Memorial Gardens Revitalization Project.

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RODRIGUEZ/GETTY IMAGES this month based on the iconic DC Gal Gadot at the premiere of “Wonder Woman” at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood, Calif., May 25, 2017. Comics series. Starring in the average Hollywood has been building steadily around the already were well-known, such as Jenni- and her love of the Israeli character. superhero blockbuster instantly makes film for years. The hype only increased fer Garner in “Elektra” and Halle Berry “In Israel, people have chutzpah,” any actor an international sensation – when a female director (Patty Jenkins) in “Catwoman.” she said in a recent cover story in Marie but this isn’t your average superhero took over the project in 2015, making One thing is for sure: Gadot will go Claire. “People take issue with it, but I’d flick. “Wonder Woman,” featuring one “Wonder Woman” the first female super- down in history as a distinctly Israeli rather have that than play games. Here, of the few iconic female superheroes, hero film to be directed by a woman. actress. Unlike Natalie Portman, an everyone’s like, ‘We love you; you’re so carries the kind of symbolic weight that And Gadot is actually already well international superstar and Oscar winner wonderful.’ I prefer to know the truth, could turn Gadot into a global feminist on her way to becoming embraced as a who was born in Israel but left at age not waste time.” torch-holder for decades to come. feminist icon. Last fall, she was included two, Gadot speaks English with an Israeli So if Gadot finds the superstardom Gadot, 32, has long been a household in a UN ceremony honouring the Won- accent. She talks openly about being she seems headed for, Israel will have a name in Israel, where she has been a der Woman character as an honorary from a small Israeli city, Rosh Haayin, new most famous face. supermodel since winning the Miss ambassador for the empowerment of Israel pageant at 18 in 2004. She proud- women and girls. (The United Nations ly served her mandatory two years of soon dropped the character as an honor- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY service in the Israel Defense Forces and, ary ambassador after staffers there com- yes, she is married (to Israeli business- plained that the comic book superhero- Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation and man Yaron Versano). ine was “not culturally encompassing or Jewish Federation of Ottawa Gadot scored a part as an ex-Mossad sensitive.”) Gadot recently proclaimed agent in the fourth film of “The Fast and that Wonder Woman, “of course,” is a the Furious” franchise in 2009 – in part, feminist in an Entertainment Weekly DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT she said, because director Justin Lin was interview that is being cited across the Working with the CEO, the Director of Development will impressed with her military experience. Internet. From her lack of underarm Her first appearance as Princess Diana hair to the kind of shoes she wears, work to ensure the current and future financial security of of Themyscira (Wonder Woman’s real everything is being analyzed through a Ottawa’s Jewish Community and its agencies. Broadening name) came in “Batman v. Superman: feminist lens. the donor base, enhancing relationships with Major Donors, Dawn of Justice” starring Ben Affleck It won’t hurt Gadot’s popularity that and Henry Cavill in 2016. she seems to be, as the original Wonder motivating volunteers and developing new revenue streams Although she wasn’t widely known Woman character was in the comics, are the keys to success. Last year, the Jewish Federation of outside of Israel, her profile is quickly sculpted from clay by a god. 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Continued from page 1 surface in Canada. This made him realize that he had an obligation to share with others what he had wit- nessed during the war. David and Rose became actively involved in the Coast to Coast March of the Living (MOL) program. They travelled alongside MOL students in 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2012. Each time, David returned to Poland – to Treblinka and Auschwitz – where his entire family perished. With each experience, his wounds were reopened. Yet, David felt a responsibility to share his story on the hallowed grounds where the atrocities took place in order to instil in others the importance of remembering the tragedy of our past. David’s commitment to Holocaust education went beyond the March of the Living program. He spoke to students of all ages and ethnic backgrounds in schools throughout Ottawa. Each time he shared his story it was with a genuine sense of shock, hor- ror and disbelief over the profound transgressions against humanity he had lived through. David often expressed his belief that it was a miracle he survived. Yet, in his survival, he kept alive the stories of millions who perished. David was a witness to a tragic period in the history of mankind. In sharing his story, he has passed on the torch. We are now the witnesses. It is now our duty and responsibility to commit ourselves to Holocaust David Shentow speaks with Grade 6 students from Charles H. Hulse Public School and Ottawa Jewish Community School during remembrance and education and to speak out against a Day of Cultural Understanding. racism, hatred and discrimination against any individual or group of people. This is David’s legacy and the a better world for generations to come. Karen Palayew is the Ottawa chair of the March of the greatest honour we can give to a man who devoted his Zekher tzadik livrakhah – May the memory of this Living. For more information visit www.marchoftheliving. life to remembering our past with the hope of creating righteous one be a blessing. org. Shentow: ‘I am not a hero, I am simply a witness to history’

Continued from page 1 into a cattle car and transported to the Dachau con- a messenger. His message was heard by thousands. weren’t in Belgium. The sign at the train station read centration camp. It was a message that opened eyes, touched hearts “Auschwitz.” During the last week of April 1945, David was lying and even inspired action. It was also a message that SS guards ordered the men off the train. Strag- on his bunk unable to get up; his legs were no more he honestly hated giving. Every time he spoke of the glers were shot without warning. The prisoners were than sticks. He knew that prisoners unable to work tragic events of his youth he suffered nightmares. ordered to form lines of five men abreast. They were were immediately sent to the gas chamber. He had Yet, whenever asked to speak publicly he was always told to proceed past a tall, blond SS officer. With the cheated death often but now knew his time was up. An accommodating. flick of a finger he directed some men to the left and SS officer entered the barracks screaming, “Get up, you David always proclaimed, “I am not a hero, I am others to the right. This officer was Dr. Josef Mengele, filthy Jew! Get up!” David’s punishment was a savage simply a witness to history.” the Angel of Death, and being sent to the left meant beating that would destroy his hearing. Hours later, With all due respect, there are many who would certain death. Mengele waved the two men on David’s after being left for dead, he dragged himself out of his disagree with him. One would be my former Grade 6 right and the two men on his left toward the left side barracks. Something was wrong. The camp gates were student, Sophia Mirzayee. of the platform. David was spared. wide open and there were no guards. It was April 29, Sophia recently graduated from Carleton Universi- In reality his nightmare was just beginning. While 1945, the day that Dachau was liberated by Allied Forc- ty with a degree in Human Rights. Last September at most men only survived the harsh, inhumane climate es. It was also David’s 20th birthday. Once again, he the Canadian War Museum, Sophia delivered a speech of Auschwitz for mere weeks, David was still a prison- had miraculously cheated death. to an audience that included Prime Minister Justin er in the summer of 1944, when things got even worse. Decades later, in his retirement years, David became Trudeau. She spoke with great passion and eloquence The Nazis feared the arrival of the Russians and began Ottawa’s most prominent Holocaust educator. about the importance of Holocaust education and its moving all prisoners on foot to Kutno, Poland. This David said that he often wondered how he sur- connection to teaching tolerance. She also said meet- was the first of the notorious Death Marches. Those vived when so many other innocent people perished. ing David Shentow in Grade 6 and hearing his message who fell behind were attacked by dogs or shot by I always told him that maybe someone had different changed her life. guards. David once again survived, only to be loaded plans for him. Maybe his true destiny in life was to be The Nazis failed to take David’s life. They tried to delete his identity by erasing his name and assigning him a number – 72585. That also failed. For those who Athens Rugs Ltd. knew David, his number was nothing more than a scar HIGH QUALITY FLOORING from the past. It was part of him but it never defined him. Carpet Hardwood Ceramic Holocaust deniers tried to discredit his words. They Laminate Cork Vinyl also failed. David’s message will live on. It will live 1365 Cyrville Road on through countless teachers such as myself, and through students like Sophia. 613-741-4261 David Shentow will be remembered as a loving hus- www.athensrugs.com band and father, a respected member of his commu- e: [email protected] nity, a teacher, and a testament to the strength of the Since 1975 human spirit. June 26, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 17 Yom Yerushalayim celebrated at Ottawa event BY MICHAEL AARENAU Vered, the evening’s featured speaker, n event celebrating Yom recalled the 1948 war and some of the Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), people she met at the time, including a the Israeli holiday marking the botanist near Mount Scopus who, with reunification of Jerusalem, was his wife, watered his plants every day in Aheld May 21 at the Soloway Jewish spite of the fighting unfolding around Community Centre (SJCC). them, and a brave boy who threw a Held two days before Yom Yerusha- Molotov cocktail through a window to layim began on the evening of May 23, help hold down West Jerusalem until the this year’s celebration marked the 50th armistice agreement was signed. anniversary of the capture of East Jeru- “We’re the people of history and salem during the Six-Day War in 1967 our history makes us strong,” Vered and the reunification of the city which declared. “It’s our task to keep telling had been divided since the 1948 War of these stories because we want each gen- Independence. eration to know that if we didn’t have Noga Weiss and Canaf Ahituv, Otta- the State of Israel, we’d still be wander- wa’s Shinshinim – young emissaries ing from nation to nation.” to the community from the State of Perhaps the event’s most poignant Israel – organized and hosted the event moment was Jason Goldfarb’s descrip- on behalf of the Jewish Federation of tion of how his grandparents, Saul and Ottawa and neither could hold back Edna Goldfarb, bought the first Chanu- their emotions while describing what it kah menorah lit at the Western Wall in was like to visit Jerusalem each year to 1967. They bought the menorah in 1972 celebrate Yom Yerushalayim. Both were and, many years later, donated it to the born long after Jerusalem was united Soloway Jewish Community Centre. Saul and said it was almost unthinkable to lit the menorah at the communitywide SCOTT GOLDSTEIN Shinshinim Noga Weiss (left) and Canaf Ahituv host the Yom Yerushalayim event, imagine a time when the Western Wall Chanukah celebration in 1998. May 21, at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre. wasn’t under Israel’s control. Daniel and Orit Tor, the Canadian Sara Vered, though, remembers the Friends of Hebrew University commu- War of Independence and bore witness nity ambassadors in Ottawa, explained feel the history around you, but it’s also “Every one of us has his or her own to “the brave soldiers who gave their that Jerusalem symbolizes many differ- new and vibrant, with the cultures and Jerusalem,” Orit added. “While I’m far lives in 1948, holding Jerusalem from ent things. flavours intertwined with the history,” away from my home in Israel, today I the invading Arab armies.” “When you live in Jerusalem, you said Daniel. feel like I’m home.”

March of the Living Canada expresses it sadness over the passing of

Holocaust Survivor and Educator March of the Living Canada expresses it sadness over the passing of David Shentow Z”L

Holocaust Survivor and Educator The finish line for Alexa David Shentow Z”L Shabinsky is here. The talented Ashbury College student shines on stage, and excels on the track. Alexa proudly represented Ashbury at the OFSAA Track and Field meet in June, and will soon receive the Duke of Edinburgh David Shentow, of Ottawa, Ontario, educated thousands of young people across award. Just days after Canada about the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and intolerance. she collects her Ashbury diploma, Alexa will fly A true gentleman, and gentle man, his legacy of kindness and hope will live on in the to Israel where she’ll hearts of so many teens who had the privilege of joining him on the March of the compete for Canada at the David Shentow, of Ottawa, Ontario, educated thousands of young people across Living or hearing his eloquent words at other Holocaust related events. international Maccabiah Canada about the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and intolerance. Congratulations Alexa! Games. In September, Alexa will sprint south, where May his family find comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. A true gentleman, and gentle man, his legacy of kindness and hope will live on in the Class of 2017 For memorial service details, please see she’ll study broadcast hearts of so many teens who had the privilege of joining him on the March of the journalism at the University Living or hearing his eloquent words at other Holocaust related events. of Miami. Grades 4-12, Coeducation http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ServiceDetails.aspx?snum=133601&fg=0May his family find comfort among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. ashbury.ca | [email protected] For memorial service details, please see 613.749.5954

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BY GABE FRIEDMAN NEW YORK (JTA) – Paul Shaffer, sporting a gray T-shirt and a one- or two-day-old beard, is sitting in the living room of his spacious Manhattan apartment near Lincoln Center. The walls are crammed with music memorabilia, including a signed Curtis Mayfield single and a plaque presented by the State of Israel to Sammy Davis, Jr. The homey scene is a far cry from the glamorous studio environs that made Shaffer famous. For more than 30 years, Shaffer served as David Let- terman’s sidekick, musical director and band leader on his two late-night television shows. Since Letterman’s first show aired on NBC in 1982, Shaffer has been known for his sparkling suits and quirky sunglasses, and for backing some of the biggest musicians in the world, including Miles Davis, Carole King and Steve JOHN PAUL FILO/CBS VIA GETTY IMAGES Winwood. Paul Shaffer on the set of the “Late Show with David Letterman” in 2001. But now, on a steamy late spring evening, Shaf- fer has an audience of one as he sits down at an old Hammond organ near a window. The instrument once Orthodox. So Shaffer had an Orthodox bar mitzvah known as the “Paul Shaffer Celebrity Seder” for the belonged to the late James Brown, Shaffer said, and he and learned to love Orthodox services, which he says cast and crew of “Saturday Night Live” during the picked it up years ago at an auction. he still attends from time to time at a synagogue in show’s early years. One year, Shaffer recalled, Murray Shaffer turns on the large multi-tiered organ, lets it Manhattan. He brought up his daughter and son Jew- showed up with his mother and brother. Another year warm up and starts playing a walking bass line on the ish in the New York City suburbs of Westchester Coun- Eddie Fisher, there with his daughter Carrie and her bass pedals. ty; his son also had an Orthodox bar mitzvah. eventual husband, Paul Simon, sang “My Yiddishe “I used to stay away from [the bass pedals], I was Far from having the stereotypical dreams of “my Mama.” too afraid of them,” he said with a smile. “Now I’m son, the doctor,” Shaffer said his parents “secretly” “I have to confess I broke halachic rules and accom- getting to the point where I really want to play them wanted him to succeed in music. panied Fisher on the piano,” Shaffer said. all the time.” “There was the Jewish attitude of, ‘That kid is going Shaffer said he and Letterman remain in touch. In Time is something Shaffer, 67, has had since Letter- to play the piano if I have to break every one of his fact, the comedian showed up at a Chabad fundraiser man retired in 2015. fingers,’” he recalled. “I was going to be musical. I had dinner a few months ago to present Shaffer with an “I thought, let’s take a break and enjoy a few things that kind of Jewish mother.” award. other than show business,” he told JTA. “I guess I don’t Shaffer didn’t hide his Jewish identity as he rose These days, Letterman sports a long, bushy Cha- have the depth for that because I just got bored right through the ranks of show business. His career began sidic-style beard – and it didn’t go unnoticed by the away – and depressed.” in earnest in 1972 when he was the musical director of guests. So Shaffer soon found himself in a recording studio the Toronto production of the hit rock musical “God- His opening sentence was, “I can’t tell you, ladies with his “Late Show” band. An album, “Paul Shaffer spell” – its impressive cast included Victor Garber, and gentlemen, how many people have approached and The World’s Most Dangerous Band,” was released Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy and Martin Short. me tonight and said, ‘Rabbi what time is sundown?’” in March, and features an array of guest vocalists, Shaffer then played in the original “Saturday Night Shaffer recalled. At the end, they presented him with a including Bill Murray (yes, that Bill Murray). Live” band before becoming the music director on black hat. The new record, which consists mostly of covers the Letterman shows – “Late Night” on NBC and then What’s next for Shaffer? of R&B classics, is something of a return to his roots. “The Late Show” on CBS. A New York magazine arti- He’s not sure yet, but at least one thing is clear: his A nice Jewish boy from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Shaf- cle from 1986 described him as a “musician, comic, organ practice will continue. fer recalled how his father – a lawyer he describes as celebrity, fan, workaholic, hipster and ethical Jew” With his hands moving swiftly around the keys and “conservative but hip” – played Sam Cooke and Ray who seems “equally comfortable at a rock concert or a his feet hitting the bass pedals, Shaffer sounds like an Charles around the house. cocktail lounge, at a comedy club or a seder.” eager piano student all over again. The Shaffers were among some 40 Jewish families Shaffer, in what New York magazine called one of “I’m trying to get to the point – and I’m achieving in a Lake Superior town, and the only synagogue was the city’s “most bizarre rituals,” hosted what became it, too – where it’s just natural,” he said.

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For more information, call JET at ing series entitled, “The Path to Per- Simes, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Rabbi Events will be held at the Solo- 613-695-4800. Federation AGM Continued from page 2 “You are a true mensch, and I’m OBITUARY take their first steps) and taking a team honoured to present the award to you,” SHENTOW, David – On Monday, June 12, 2017, at Bradgate approach. said Robert Greenberg, one of the late “The one fundamental difference is Gilbert Greenberg’s sons, in presenting Arms Retirement Residence in Toronto, David Shentow z”l that a race has a clear finish line where- the award to Miller. passed away at age 92 with his wife and daughters by his as community work continues.” The Shem Tov Community Volunteer side. Beloved husband of Rose for 67 years, devoted and The most emotional point of the Award was presented to Hyman Reich- loving father to Renee and Lorie, grandfather to Michael and evening came during the presentation stein, while Eyal Podolsky received the Rachel, great-grandfather to Rachel and Chaim’s children: of the community service awards, when Student Award. Podolsky accepted his Esti, Miri and Momo. David, recipient of the Diamond Gillian Presner accepted the Freiman award via an audio recording sent from Family Young Leadership Award and the France where he is a student intern on Jubilee Medal in 2012, and Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers Lawrence Greenberg Young Leadership a breast cancer research project. His earlier this year, touched many lives, particularily when Development Award. brother, Tommy, picked up the award telling of his experiences during the Holocaust. Born in Presner talked about letters she wrote on his behalf. Warsaw, Poland, and growing up in Antwerp, Belgium to her young daughters last summer Tributes were also offered to Sharon with his parents and two younger sisters, David was the before undergoing brain surgery. She Appotive, who chaired the 2016 and sole survivor of his family. He was dedicated to Holocaust said she wrote the letters in case she 2017 Women’s Campaigns, and Michael did not survive the surgery because she Polowin, the 2017 Annual Campaign education. Always accompanied by Rose, David accepted wanted her children to know her enthu- chair. Polowin had been scheduled to invitations from schools, universities and organizations siasm and passion for the community, lead the 2018 Annual Campaign but to share his testimony, participated in March of the Living “that my work here is not yet done.” stepped down due to his new role as four times, and appeared in documentary films about the Jeffrey Miller received the Gilbert OJCS board chair. Holocaust. Passionate about the arts and travel, his zest for Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. Kerzner announced that Appotive life was unmatched. David’s generosity, warmth and sense Now presented every second year, it is will return to chair the 2018 Annual the highest tribute the Ottawa Jewish Campaign with Aviva Ben-Choreen as of humour charmed everyone in his presence. A funeral community bestows. Women’s Campaign chair. service was held from Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel on June 14th. Interment was in the Community Section of Foundation AGM Pardes Chaim Cemetery. Continued from page 2 chair of the Foundation noting that Memorial donations may be made to the March of the ket program helping families headed by much was done during his tenure to fur- women. Volunteer Donna Strauss accepted ther the Foundation’s fundraising efforts. Living, 416-398-6931, or to the charity of your choice. the grant on behalf of the food bank. “I believe we should continue to pur- Paul Finn also presented the George sue higher goals,” Landau said, noting the Joseph Cooper Scholarship, valued this Foundation’s annual distribution to com- year at $15,687, to Anna Frenkel for her munity agencies is now about $3 million. leadership, academic excellence and “I have big shoes to fill,” said incom- strong commitment to the Jewish coming Foundation Chair Gillie Vered. Breaking news updated daily at munity. Frenkel is pursuing a master’s “Thank you for this opportunity to keep degree in education while continuing up the good work of those who had to study speech-language pathology. come before me. Passing the torch is Michael Landau ended his term as what the Foundation is about.” www.ottawajewishbulletin.com June 26, 2017 24 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM What I learned from summer camp here are many things I miss about childhood, So, yeah, camp is a big deal in our house. but there are two times a year I miss it more Camp taught me a lot. The lessons I listed above, than any other. STEPHANIE SHEFRIN how to water ski, the joys of Led Zeppelin. To this day, One is September, for no other reason than I can still make a macramé bracelet out of pretty much Tthe thrill of all the new school supplies. To this day, MODERN anything. I’m a sucker for a fresh notebook and a new package MISHPOCHA When people talk about the benefits of summer of pens. camp, the one most often cited is independence. And, The other is summer. for sure, that’s true – you learn to take care of yourself More specifically – summer camp. in a way that’s completely different than at home. I started going to sleepaway summer camp the year Lesson three learned at summer camp: if kids are There’s a Jewish side of that as well. I turned either six or seven – I don’t exactly remember going to judge you because you don’t have a cool You see, I went to Jewish day school. I was raised in which. towel, those aren’t the kids you want to be friends with a Jewish home. But here’s what I do remember. The weeks before, anyway. Yet, I can say without question, that camp is where my father took me to the Scouts Canada shop so I’d Five or six summers later, I finally told my parents I actually delighted in being Jewish in a way I just have every single imaginable piece of gear I could that I really didn’t want to go back to that camp. didn’t the rest of the year. need. And that’s when they decided to send me to the I’m not much of a dancer, but put on the tunes for Lesson one learned from summer camp: make a list best summer camp on earth: Camp Kadimah in Barss Oneg Shabbat at camp, and I’ll do that popcorn dance when you’re packing. It helps you make sure you’ve Corner, N.S. Yes, a Jewish summer camp in the middle until my palms were smarting from all the clapping. got what you need, and if you’re out of room, you of nowhere – but the best. There’s something to be said for the fact that at Jew- know what you don’t. (Goodbye, canoe paddle.) If you are a camp person, you’re now ready to pick ish summer camp you can live a Jewish life in a way That summer, or perhaps the one after, my parents a fight with me and tell me I’m wrong because your you just can’t in the city, no matter where you are on gave me a Walkman to take to camp and I remember camp, not mine, is the best camp in the world. the religious spectrum. Perhaps it’s because in our mil- exactly which tape I chose first to take with me: Fats That’s how camp people are. It’s how my husband lion-channel universe, there’s only ever one program Domino. and I are. The only consistent disagreement we have on at camp. Lesson two learned from summer camp: music fads over raising our daughter is where to send her to sum- So, while regular readers of this column might come and go, but the classics are that way for a reason. mer camp. know we still haven’t settled on whether our daughter At that time in my life, my mom actually did most I should be clear: this is of such profound concern will attend Jewish day school, she will be going to Jew- of the packing. On the list were towels for swimming to us that we were having the argument even before ish summer camp. and showers. So, she did what most reasonable people we got pregnant. Maybe she’ll end up at my camp or my husband’s. would do when packing for a kid going to camp – she And, if you still think I’m not serious: when she was Or maybe we’ll compromise and she’ll go somewhere packed old towels. an infant, we’d each sing her our own camp songs as new, and come home with a new version of “Rad Little did she know – and how could she – that all lullabies and once got into an argument over the prop- Hayom.” the other girls were going to show up with beach tow- er lyrics to “Rad Hayom.” His camp does it one way, But Kadimah will always be the best camp. Just els decorated with all manner of colours or cartoons. mine another. saying. Do calorie counts help you make better choices? o to almost any fast food chain restaurant or 3,500 calories, you lose a pound of fat. This rule is based coffee shop in Ottawa and you’ll notice that the on mathematical research by Max Wishnofsky in 1958, number of calories in each item is posted on GLORIA SCHWARTZ and although it’s been quoted by weight-loss profession- the menu board. On January 1, 2017, Ontario als and scientists for decades, it’s an oversimplification Gimplemented the Healthy Menu Choices Act, becoming FOCUS ON that’s been refuted in the past few years. For example, the first province in Canada to require chain restaurants FITNESS a 500-calorie deficit (skip the muffin, exercise more) and coffee shops with more than 20 locations, as well as per day and it’s assumed you’ll lose a pound of fat each grocery and convenience stores and movie theatres to week. Weight loss includes not just fat, but lean tissue if post the calorie counts of every standard food item and you don’t exercise, and water. In theory, you should lose drink on the menu. The goal of the signage is to help caloric information is posted but some reports show 52 pounds per year with an ongoing 500-calorie daily consumers make more informed and healthier choices. that certain subgroups – such as young men – buy deficit. Anyone who’s tried to lose weight knows that Having an idea of how many calories you should higher-calorie items after reading caloric info. Perhaps rapid weight loss is easier the first few days or weeks of be eating provides context when making purchasing these consumers want to gain weight or get more value dieting and then it slows down. This is due to a variety decisions. The act requires establishments to post a for their money. http://tinyurl.com/ycjaufav of factors including the body’s metabolic adaptation. statement indicating the average number of calories an Do adults use caloric information to make smarter When we cut calories and begin to lose weight, our body adult (2,000) and a child from age four to 12 (1,500) choices for their children, if not for themselves? This expends fewer calories. To continue with weight loss needs per day. does not seem to be the case. A review of American over time, you’d have to cut out even more calories to The number of calories you need varies depending consumers’ receipts from fast food restaurants in a city lose each additional pound. Over a year, you’d have to on several factors including age, gender, weight, body where caloric labelling is mandated versus one where restrict your intake by as much as 7,000 calories to lose composition and level of physical activity. It’s also it is not, suggests that while menu board calorie post- a pound! http://tinyurl.com/m78tpnt important to understand that not all calories are equal ing increases awareness, it doesn’t decrease the calories Unfortunately, most websites, apps and dieticians and, unfortunately, the act does not require the posting purchased by adults for their children. still base their advice on the 3,500-calorie rule rather of nutritional information beyond the calorie counts. http://tinyurl.com/y87ascbj than more up-to-date predictive models. Do the numbers on signage affect your buying deci- Canadians love coffee. In a 2015 survey of 80 coun- While losing weight is not as simple as choosing a sions and eating habits? While I couldn’t track down a tries, Canada ranked number one for litres of coffee cup of coffee and a banana over a Frappuccino and a provincial study, an American survey found that only consumed per capita at food service establishments. muffin, it’s a good place to start. Healthy habits begin 12 per cent of respondents ordered menu items with Unfortunately, coffee shops sell a plethora of high-cal- with small steps. Small steps begin with knowledge. fewer calories after reading the caloric content. Only orie doughnuts, croissants and beverages, delivering a Caloric information has the potential to improve waist- half of these consumers even noticed that calories jolt of temptations that many consumers find difficult lines and health. I’d like to see additional nutritional were posted on menu boards when the numbers were to resist when they buy coffee, even when caloric info information at the point of sale – such as sodium and initially posted. http://tinyurl.com/y8jkfsdo is in plain view. sugar content – as well as healthier menu options. Other reports show improvement in selection when The long-held belief is that if you have a deficit of What you do with the information is up to you. June 26, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 25 ‘The world is catching on to the PA’s antics’

s the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s policy of paying appointment of Karim Younes, an Israeli Arab serving salaries to imprisoned terrorists and their families a 40-year sentence for kidnapping and murdering an finally starting to backfire? Or, can PA President Israeli soldier, to his Fatah party’s ruling Central Com- Mahmoud Abbas continue selling the line that the BARBARA CROOK mittee. IPA raises its children in a “culture of peace”? As foreign funding is declining, the PA is scrambling MY ISRAEL And what affect will these factors have on U.S. Pres- for reasons to justify its terror promotion and terrorist ident Donald Trump’s vows to broker an Israeli-Pales- salaries. tinian peace deal? The most ludicrous argument was voiced by Fatah At time of writing, Trump is fighting allegations Central Committee Member and Commissioner of of obstruction of justice after fired FBI director The PA minister of finance has admitted that for- International Relations Rawhi Fattouh. James Comey told an extraordinary Senate hearing eign aid has dropped by 70 per cent since Palestin- In a statement published on Falestinona, a Lebanese that the president attempted to derail an FBI inqui- ian Media Watch (PMW) – www.palwatch.org – start- Fatah website, he argued that paying salaries to terror- ry into Trump’s former national security adviser, ed publicizing the issue of terrorist salaries in 2011. ists prevents them from turning “to ISIS or any other Michael Flynn, and his inappropriate contact with In April, the PA cut salaries to its employees in extremist party.” Russia. Gaza, but maintained the salaries of terrorist prisoners Under this logic, foreign donors “help the PA bring So, it may be a while before Trump returns to tack- and released terrorists. peace to the Middle East.” ling a peace deal he has said “is not as difficult as peo- Republican Senator Lindsay Graham has reintro- Fattouh said that countries that suspend aid “must ple have thought.” duced legislation to cut U.S. finding to the PA if it con- bear the consequences,” presumably a deadlier form of But, assuming he survives the latest challenge to his tinues paying those salaries. terror. disastrous presidency, Trump will be unable to resist Israel may follow suit. A government committee Moves to dramatically reduce U.S. foreign aid to the urge to succeed where other U.S. presidents and has approved preliminary reading of a bill calling for the PA usually get vetoed or watered down for fear world leaders and international pressure have failed withholding about a billion shekels (C$380 million) of destabilizing the Abbas regime and empowering miserably. from the tax revenues it collects for the PA – about Hamas. Abbas went on a charm offensive when he visited equivalent to the amount the PA disbursed in “martyr In hopes of advancing the peace process, Trump the White House in early May. In their joint White pay” in 2016. has already backed down on his campaign promise House news conference, he assured Trump that “we PMW reports that the governments of Norway to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren, and Denmark have asked the PA to return money lem. on a culture of peace.” they donated to a youth centre for women after Is he angry enough to sanction the PA for its terror- But Israel’s Channel 2, citing an unnamed U.S. PMW revealed that it was named for arch-terrorist salaries and other incitement? Or will he follow his source, says that Trump yelled at Abbas during their ist Dalal Mughrabi. She led a 1978 bus hijacking in predecessors’ lead and opt for appeasement? meeting in Bethlehem later in the month. which 37 Israelis, including 12 children, were mur- “I never get too attached to one deal or one “You tricked me in D.C.!” Trump is alleged to have dered. approach,” Trump wrote in his 1987 book The Art of shouted at a shocked Abbas. Even the UN, which usually turns a blind eye to the the Deal. “You talked there about your commitment to peace, PA’s antics, rejected the choice of name as “wrong and “I keep a lot of balls in the air, because most but the Israelis showed me your involvement in incite- unacceptable.” deals fall out, no matter how promising they seem ment [against Israel].” Days after sending a message to Israelis at a Tel Aviv at first.” Recent developments suggest the world is catching demonstration for a two-state solution that the PA’s The president may need to brush up on his juggling on to the PA’s antics. hand was “extended in peace,” Abbas approved the skills to get this deal done. This land ‘is not mine; it does not belong to me’

n Jewish thought, there are several categories about being visitors and then settlers to a land. I won- SARAH WAISVISZ of citizenship including stranger, citizen, and der whether our historic knowledge of living alongside in-dwelling stranger. “Ger” means stranger, “gerim,” DISPATCHES others, and of being a less powerful minority within the plural, means strangers. In Leviticus 19:34, we FROM THE a majority community, might not be a useful posi- Ifind a discussion of the ger: “The stranger who resides tion from which to contribute to the ongoing labour with you shall be to you as one of your citizens; you DIASPORA of repairing old relations and nurturing new, healthy shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the relations between settlers and indigenous peoples land of Egypt.” in Canada. Can Canadian Jews take up the call more “Ger toshav (the one who dwells among you)” is their descendants] are gerim, what will it take for us loudly, and perhaps, in an institutional way, stand up distinct from ger. A ger toshav is a positive term to to merit the designation gerei toshav? What does ally- for indigenous peoples in Canada who, for 500 years, describe a non-Jewish person who stands for the rights ship look like? More specifically, what will it take for have been reduced to third-class citizens in their own of Jewish people, who raises Jewish children but does non-indigenous Jewish people in Canada to be allies of land? If we are visitors here, on land that belongs to not themselves convert, who is active in congregation- indigenous communities? others, what can we do to be supportive and ethical al life, or who is on a Jewish journey without being No matter how we as contemporary individuals in-dwelling strangers, to be supportive gerei toshav? born Jewish. Because ger toshav has connotations of feel about the modern State of Israel, many will agree I write this column at my desk in a house I rent, a otherness, of being different from the group, some that our status as a Diaspora community depends on house built on the unceded and unsurrendered land Jewish communities prefer to use the term k’rov Yis- the Babylonian Exile and expulsion from the spiritu- of the Algonquin people. In naming my position, I rael (friend or relative of Israel). For both ger toshav al and historic Eretz Yisrael. The word “diaspora” is challenge myself to be aware that I am a visitor to this and k’rov Yisrael the term, and the responsibility it from the ancient Greek word meaning “scattering” or land, just as I am a visitor to this house. It is not mine. demands, is about allyship. “dispersion.” Jews have been living in Diaspora since It does not belong to me. Yet as a visitor, as an in-dwell- As I write this, just a few weeks before a summer ancient times, as strangers within strange lands, and ing stranger, I have responsibilities to uphold. I must of epic Canada 150 celebrations, I am thinking about have nurtured new communities away from Eretz treat this house, this land, this water, this nature, and how all non-indigenous people in Canada can be con- Yisrael. Each year at Passover we also remember the the people who own it with respect. I must actively sidered gerim. In this analysis, all of us who are not end of the Israelites’ first significant Diaspora when practice being an ally. Only then can I be honoured as a indigenous are visitors to a land that rightfully belongs they returned to Canaan after several generations of ger toshav. to the Inuit, the Métis, and the First Nations. Accord- slavery, as well as exile, in Mitzrayim (Egypt). These questions and others will define how I ing to my hypothesis, if all immigrants to Canada [and The Jewish people therefore know a thing or two observe Canada’s 150th. How about you? June 26, 2017 26 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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MAURICE KLEIN AJA 50+: AJA (Active Jewish Adults) 50+ held a volunteer appreciation event at Herb Garden in Almonte, June 7. “These dedicated people believe in all work and no pay,” said Margo Rosen, outgoing president of AJA 50+. AJA 50+ provides year round programming Lag B’Omer CHEO walk: The Lag B’Omer carnival, May 14, sponsored by Chabad of and social networking for mature adults.º Centrepointe and the Soloway Jewish Community Centre began with a walk and award presentation honouring the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). From left: CHEO pediatric hematologist/oncologist Dr. Donna Johnston; CHEO CEO Alex Munter; Rabbi Reuven Bulka; Mayor Jim Watson; and Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn.

HOWARD SANDLER Kol Miriam Choir: The Kol Miriam Choir gave its first performance, June 4, at Congregation Beit Tikvah, during an Emunah event.

ISSIE SCAROWSKY Magen David Adom event: Kehillat Beth Israel hosted a concert benefitting Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel (CMDA) on June 11. Among those in attendance were (from left) Susan Puritz, CMDA administrative assistant; Daniel Amzallag, CMDA national media co-ordinator; Anita Vandenbeld, MP (Ottawa West-Nepean); Cantor Daniel Benlolo; Dan Dransfield; Seymour Eisenberg, CMDA Ottawa Chapter president; and Sidney Benizri, CMDA national executive director. Performers included Cantor Benlolo and the Tamir Neshama Choir.

Jerusalem Stories: In May, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University presented an exhibit, “Jerusalem Stories,” at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre in celebration of the 50th Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967. The stories were collected from Ottawa community members who wanted to share their special connection to Jerusalem. June 26, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 29

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The Board of Directors of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation Anniversary Wishes to: ISRAEL AND POLLY COHEN acknowledges with thanks contributions to the following funds as of Barry and Ricki Baker by Beverly and ENDOWMENT FUND June 5, 2017. Irving Swedko. In Memory of: Eli Hoffman by Ronald and Anna Cantor. HILLEL LODGE LEGACY FUND APPOTIVE FAMILY Anniversary Wishes to: JOIN US IN BUILDING OUR ENDOWMENT FUND COMMUNITY BY SUPPORTING In Memory of: Barry and Ricki Baker by Ronald and THESE LOCAL AGENCIES Frank Wolff by Bob and Lois Abelson. Mazel Tov to: Anna Cantor. Bernard (Buddy) Stein by Mendy and Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Birthday Wishes to: AJA 50+ ENDOWMENT FUND Lori Taller. Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award Donna Dolansky by Ronald and Anna by Sharon and David Appotive. Anniversary Wishes to: Refuah Shlemah to: Cantor. Ilan and Bryna Rumstein by Steve and Harvey Slipacoff by Mendy and Lori Kenneth Mirsky by Ronald and Anna Taller. BRAYDEN APPOTIVE Cantor. Sheila Senman. ENDOWMENT FUND SHIRLEY AND SHIER BERMAN ABELSON FAMILY ENDOWMENT Mazel Tov to: SID AND BARBARA COHEN FUND FOR OTTAWA JEWISH FUND Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT ARCHIVES their grandson Kyle Aiden Resnick by FUND In Memory of: Sharon and David Appotive and family. In Appreciation of: Ruth Berger by Bob and Lois Abelson. In Memory of: Heidi and Jon Pivnick on the birth of Sid Cohen by Judi Hoffman. Eric Vernon by Shirley and Shier Berman. their granddaughter by Sharon and Hennie Honigman by Shirley and Shier SAMUEL AND JEAN AKERMAN David Appotive and family. Berman. MEMORIAL FUND SANDI AND EDDY COOK Bev and Bryan Glube on the birth of ENDOWMENT FUND Barbara Crook by Shirley and Shier Birthday Wishes to: their granddaughter by Sharon and Berman. Sheila Hartman by Tracy, Schneur and David Appotive and family. In Memory of: In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Sophia Bielak. Michael and Melanie Polowin on the Margaret Mead by Sandi, Eddy and tc Samy Cook. Joseph Osterer by Shirley and Shier tc ef ef engagement of Jacob to Sarah by Berman. MARY AND ISRAEL (AL) ALLICE Sharon and David Appotive and family. Mazel Tov to: Birthday Wishes to: MEMORIAL FUND Irwin and Audrey Kreisman on the Elissa and Avi Iny on the Bat Mitzvah of Mitchell Bellman by Shirley and Shier In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: marriage of their daughter Sarah by their granddaughter by Sandi and Eddy Berman. Israel Allice by Beverly and Irving Sharon and David Appotive. Cook and family. Swedko. Ricki and Barry Baker on the Bar FUND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION Mazel Tov to: ALYCE AND ALLAN BAKER Mitzvah of their grandson by Sandi and Mazel Tov to: Gerald and Mary-Belle Pulvermacher on FAMILY FUND Eddy Cook and family. Ariella Morgan on her Bat Mitzvah by their granddaughter Mia’s Bat Mitzvah Birthday Wishes to: Bryna and Murray Cohen on the Evelyn Greenberg. by Beverly and Irving Swedko. Allen Abramson by Alyce and Allan Baker. marriage of their daughter Robin to wc wc Jonathan by Sandi and Eddy Cook. RICKI AND BARRY BAKER ip ip e e ENDOWMENT FUND NATHAN AND REBA DIENER f In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND f In Memory of: Jacie Levinson by Ricki and Barry Baker. Foundation FACTS Sandra Levinson by Ricki and Barry Joel Taller by Reba Diener. Baker. Mazel Tov to: Chaim Borenstein by Ricki and Barry Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Baker. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award A Legacy Gift places your Anniversary Wishes to: by Joel and Barbara Diener. Ricki and Barry Baker by Dodo and Bryan and Beverly Glube on the birth of aspirations for mthe future m Liney Bronstein; by Sandra and Norman their granddaughter by Joel and Barbara of the community in expert Slover; by Marilyn and William Newman; Diener. l l by Leonard and Barbara Farber; and by Irwin and Audrey Kreisman on the g marriage of their daughter by Joel and g Zelaine and Sol Shinder. hands. bf bf Barbara Diener. CAYLA AND MICHAEL BAYLIN Gabe Karlin on his retirements by Joel ENDOWMENT FUND and Barbara Diener. You can provide for the ongoing support of the causes in the In Memory of: George Karlin by Cayla Baylin. ABRAHAM AND FANNY DOBROW community with which you identify most closely. A legacy gift MEMORIAL FUND JENNIE AND MORRIS BAYLIN Mazel Tov to: most often takes the form of a bequest in your will that MEMORIAL FUND Irving Solman on his special Bar Mitzvah Refuah Shlemah to: celebration by Adele and Jeff Sidney. designates a portion of your estate to create an endowment Karen O’Donohoe by Betty Baylin. DOLANSKY FAMILY FUND fund. Take Foundation’s Legacy Challenge, and with a bequest LT. COL. EDMOND AND Birthday Wishes to: MRS. ELIZABETH BLAIS Donna Dolansky by Myrna and Michael of $10,000 or more, we’ll cover up to $1,000 in legal costs. MEMORIAL FUND Waiser. In Memory of: Mazel Tov to: Donald Stevens by Barbara and The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation supports the long term ﬁ nancial Gillian Presner on receiving the Freiman Jules Sigler and family. Family Young Leadership Award by stability of the agencies which serve the Ottawa Jewish Community. Barbara and Len Farber; by Marc and TILLIE AND HARRY CHERM Jessica Borenstein and family; and by Find out more at OJCF.CA or contact MEMORIAL FUND Sharon and David Appotive. Andrea Freedman, President and CEO Refuah Shlemah to: Bernard and Donna Dolansky on Gillian’s Robert Lebans by Karen and Ian Schwey receipt of the Freiman Family Young at afreedman@jewishott awa.com and families; and by Arlene and Melvin Leadership Award by George and Elaine 613-798-4711 Schwey. Citrome. June 26, 2017 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 31

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JOSEPH AND JEAN DOVER HERB AND DENA GOSEWICH INY FAMILY FUND LEON AND BYRTHA LECKIE ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of: Birthday Wishes to: Chaim Borenstein by Avraham and In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Jay Dover by Gerry Dover. Kenneth Mirsky by Dena Gosewich. Elissa Iny. Byrtha Leckie by Robin Leckie. Mazel Tov to: CYNTHIA AND ABE ENGEL Leslie and Vera Klein on the Bar Mitzvah JEREMY KANTER MEMORIAL FUND NORMAN AND ISABEL LESH ENDOWMENT FUND of their grandson Benjamin by Dena Passover Wishes to: ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Gosewich. Steven and Lynda Latner and family by Mazel Tov to: Issie Karon by Cynthia Engel and family. Julie Kanter and Joe Silverman; Evelyn Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Birthday Wishes to: LINDSAY AND NEIL GOTTHEIL Eisenberg. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award Manny Agulnik by Cynthia Engel. FAMILY FUND In Memory of: by Isabel Lesh. In Appreciation of: Joel Taller by Evelyn Eisenberg. Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem SHARON AND PAUL FINN Rose-Anne Freedman and Sid Goldstein Tov Community Volunteer Award by ENDOWMENT FUND by Lindsay, Neil, Ariel and Sadie SAMUEL AND TILLIE KARDISH Isabel Lesh. Mazel Tov to: Gottheil. MEMORIAL FUND Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Stacy and Michael Goldstein by Lindsay, Birthday Wishes to: SANDRA AND JACIE LEVINSON Greenberg Distinguished Service Award Neil, Ariel and Sadie Gottheil. Manny Agulnik by Cheryl Kardish- ENDOWMENT FUND by Sharon and Paul Finn. Levitan and Brian Levitan. In Memory of: Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem PAULINE AND IRVING GOTTHEIL Sandra Levinson by Judi Hoffman. Tov Community Volunteer Award by AND FELA AND HENRY LEADER ARTHUR AND SARAH KIMMEL Sharon and Paul Finn. MEMORIAL FUND MEMORIAL FUND SAMUEL AND LEEMA MAGIDSON Rony and Dekel Podolsky on Eyal receiv- Birthday Wishes to: In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND ing the Student Leadership Award by Ellen Leader by Helene, Norman and Norton Lithwick by Isabel Lesh. Mazel Tov to: Sharon and Paul Finn. Jeffrey Bronstein. Mazel Tov to: Arnold and Roslyn Kimmel on their Mary-Belle and Gerald Pulvermacher on grandson Sam’s Bar Mitzvah by Trudy SAM AND SUSAN FIRESTONE BARBARA AND SYDNEY their granddaughter Mia’s Bat Mitzvah and Sheldon Wiseman. ENDOWMENT FUND GREENBERG ENDOWMENT FUND by Arnold and Roslyn Kimmel. In Memory of: Mother’s Day Wishes to: JACOB MALOMET MEMORIAL Chaim Borenstein by Sam and Susan Linda Signer by Tamara, Ilana, Marissa SHARON KOFFMAN ATHLETIC FUND Firestone. and Eugene Signer. SCHOLARSHIP FUND Birthday Wishes to: Birthday Wishes to: Harriet Slone by Diana and Alvin ALFRED AND KAYSA FRIEDMAN FRITZI AND MAX (CHIEF) Lorna Erdman by Fay Koffman. Malomet. GREENBERG MEMORIAL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Refuah Shlemah to: In Memory of: Sascha Rehmer by Fay Koffman. SEYMOUR AND JOY MENDER Sam Zunder by Alfred and Kaysa Friedman. Joel Taller by Linda and Murray Herb Schwartzman by Ken and Tina FAMILY FUND In Memory of: Greenberg. Koffman. Mazel Tov to: Rinaldo Canonico by Alfred and Kaysa Mazel Tov to: Seymour and Joy Mender on the Friedman. Alissa and Yaacov Attias on the birth KRANTZBERG KRANE FAMILY FUND engagement of their son Jared to Leah of their granddaughter by Linda and In Memory of: Bottner by Sharon Rosentzveig, Alan AL AND LISA GARMAN FAMILY Murray Greenberg. Joel Taller by Sam and Myra Krane. Freed and family. FUND Herb Schwartzman by Sam and Myra LARRY AND SHEILA HARTMAN Krane. RHODA AND JEFFREY MILLER Mazel Tov to: ENDOWMENT FUND Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Anniversary Wishes to: FAMILY FUND Greenberg Distinguished Service Award Mazel Tov to: Charles and Susan Schwartzman by Sam Mazel Tov to: by Al and Lisa Garman. Norma and David Freeman on Harrison and Myra Krane. Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem getting his law degree by Larry and Greenberg Distinguished Service Tov Community Volunteer Award by Al Sheila Hartman. SUSAN AND DAVID KRIGER Award by Peter and Lori Greenberg; by and Lisa Garman. In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND Barbara and Len Farber; by Zelaine and Bernard (Buddy) Stein by Larry and In Memory of: Sol Shinder; and by Sharon and David GILBOA/MAOZ FAMILY FUND Sheila Hartman. Murray Acker by Susan and David Kriger. Appotive. In Memory of: Melanie and Michael Polowin on the David Povitz by Tal Gilboa and Rob HY AND PAULINE HOCHBERG ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU engagement of Jacob and Sarah by Steiner. ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Rhoda and Jeff Miller. In Appreciation of: Birthday Wishes to: In Memory of: Beatrice Dubinsky by Pauline Hochberg Esther Shapiro by Edie, Jerrold, Tzippy Rabbi and Mrs. Blum by Tal Gilboa and Continued on page 32 Rob Steiner. and Brian Hochberg. and Michael Landau. Birthday Wishes to: Jonathan Gilboa by Tal Gilboa and Rob Steiner and family. Foundation tc tc STAN AND LIBBY GLUBE FAMILY ef ef FUND FACTS Mazel Tov to: An Endowment Fund can be your way to make Bev and Bryan Glube on the birth of a commitment to our future. their granddaughter by Susan and wc wc Charles Schwartzman. An endowment fund creates a legacy in support of charitable organizationsip ip for e e current and future generations. The Foundation’s funds are carefully invested in f f IBOLYA AND HOWARD ﬁ xed income and equity markets – as part of the Ottawa Jewish Community GOLDBERG FAMILY FUND Foundation’s larger portfolio – to generate annual distribution income. 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TANYA AND SAMUEL MOSES Mazel Tov to: Leadership Award by Steve and Laurie IRVING AND HARRIET SLONE MORIN MEMORIAL FUND Sam and Roberta Goldmaker by Gordie Gordon. ENDOWMENT FUND Mazel Tov to: and Penny Resnick and family. Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem Birthday Wishes to: Hyman Reichstein on receiving the 2017 Tov Community Volunteer Award by Harriet Slone by Stuart and Carole Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN Steve and Laurie Gordon. Levine; by Malca and Chuck Polowin; by Harvey Morin. MEMORIAL FUND Jeffrey Miller on receiving the Gilbert by Blossom Read; by Donna and Eric Greenberg Distinguished Service Award Refuah Shlemah to: Mazel Tov to: Levin; by Clair Krantzberg; by Jen, by Steve and Laurie Gordon. Harvey Slipacoff by Harvey Morin. Paul and Rosie Parnass on the birth of Josh, Marlowe and Fenway Zaret; their graddaughter by Steve and Sue and by Andrea Charlebois and Bruce SYDNEY SLOAN POTECHIN Rothman and Sheldon and Corinne SOL AND ZELAINE SHINDER Taylor. MEMORIAL FUND Taylor. ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Clifford and Shirley Yumansky on the Mazel Tov to: LINDA SLOTIN AND JONATHAN Nettie Forsiuk by Sally Taller, Fran & birth of their granddaughter by Sheldon Bryna and Murray Cohen on the FISHER ENDOWMENT FUND John Spinks, Dodie & Bram Potechin and Corinne Taylor. marriage of their daughter Robin to Refuah Shlemah to: and families. Alan and Barbara Goldrosen on the Jonathan by Sol and Zelaine Shinder. Len Polsky by Linda Slotin and The Honourable Madame Justice Heidi birth of their grandson by Sheldon and Jonathan Fisher. Polowin by Dodie & Bram Potechin. Corinne Taylor. LINDA SILVERMAN MEMORIAL John and Dayra Diener on the marriage FUND Mazel Tov to: GERALD AND MARY-BELLE of Brian and Wendy by Sheldon and Ray and Ernie Goldstein on the birth Birthday Wishes to: of their granddaughter by Linda Slotin PULVERMACHER FAMILY Corinne Taylor. Harriet Slone by Phyllis and Marvin ENDOWMENT FUND and Jonathan Fisher. In Memory of: Silverman. Refuah Shlemah to: Mazel Tov to: Joel Taller by Steve and Sue Rothman Shirley Eidinger by Phyllis and Marvin Leon Bronstein by Linda Slotin and Gerald and Mary-Belle Pulvermacher on and Sheldon and Corinne Taylor. Silverman. Jonathan Fisher. their granddaughter Mia’s Bat Mitzvah by Trudy and Sheldon Wiseman; and by SHELLEY AND SID ROTHMAN MARGO AND JUDAH SILVERMAN Avraham and Elissa Iny. FAMILY FUND FAMILY COMMUNITY PATRICIA SMOLKIN MEMORIAL FUND Beverly and Irving Swedko on their In Memory of: ENDOWMENT FUND grandson Max’s Bar Mitzvah by Gerald Joel Taller by Shelley Rothman. In Memory of: Mazel Tov to: and Mary-Belle Pulvermacher. Joel Taller by Margo and Judah Ben Shapiro on his Bar Mitzvah by Herb Roslyn and Arnold Kimmel on their ELAYNE AND WESLEY SCHACTER Silverman. and Susan Pearl. grandson Sam’s Bar Mitzvah by Gerald ENDOWMENT FUND and Mary-Belle Pulvermacher. STELLA AND LOUIS SLACK THE STELCNER FAMILY Myra and Lester Aronson on the engage- Mazel Tov to: MEMORIAL FUND FOUNDATION ment of Greg and Meaghan by Gerald Francie Greenspoon on her retirement by Elayne and Wesley Schacter. Birthday Wishes to: Birthday Wishes to: and Mary-Belle Pulvermacher. Myra Aronson by Sandra Slover; Mike Stelcner by Sandi and Eddy Cook Roslyn and Steven Fremeth on the birth by Rosalind and Stan Labow; and family. of their grandson Jackson by Gerald and HAROLD AND FRANCES SHAFFER MEMORIAL FUND by Elaine and George Citrome; by Dodo Mary-Belle Pulvermacher. and Liney Bronstein; by Carol Gradus; Birthday Wishes to: DORIS AND RICHARD STERN Birthday Wishes to: by Alyce Baker; by Gerald and Mary- FAMILY FUND Gerald Pulvermacher by Derrick and Myra Krane by Rhea Wohl and Dorothy Belle Pulvermacher; by Anna Cantor; by In Memory of: Luana Bloomenthal and family. Shaffer. Bryna Cohen; by Leonard and Barbara Renee Sasson by Doris and Richard Sheldon Shaffer by Myra and Sam Krane Farber; and by Beverly and Irving Stern. MOE AND SARAH RESNICK and family. Swedko. ENDOWMENT FUND Refuah Shlemah: SHEKEL HAKODESH SAM AND SUE SLACK CASEY AND BESS SWEDLOVE Elaine Kurtz by Gordie and Penny ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND MEMORIAL FUND Resnick and family. In Memory of: Mazel Tov to: Mazel Tov to: In Memory of: Joel Taller by Steve and Laurie Gordon. Joy and Seymour Mender on Jared’s Jack and Carol-Sue Shapiro on the Joel Taller by Gordie and Penny Resnick Mazel Tov to: engagement to Leah Bottner by Susan Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Ben and family. Eyal Podolsky on receiving the Student and Charles Schwartzman. by David and Judith Kalin.

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ARCHIE AND LILLIAN TALLER their twin granddaughters by Rick and Mazel Tov to: NOAH REICHSTEIN B’NAI ENDOWMENT FUND Helen Zipes. Cindi and Mark Resnick on the birth of MITZVAH FUND In Memory of: Steve Morgan & Sarah Beutel on the Bat their grandson by Joany and Andy Katz. Mazel Tov to: Joel Taller by David and Judith Kalin. Mitzvah of Ariella by Rick and Helen Zipes. Penny and Lewis Leikin on the birth of Jeff Miller on receiving the Gilbert Irwin and Elli Horner on the birth of their their grandson by Joany and Andy Katz. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award CLAIRE AND SAM TANNER granddaughter by Rick and Helen Zipes. Alissa and Yaacov Attias on the birth of by Malcolm and Vera Glube. MEMORIAL FUND Refuah Shlemah to: their granddaughter by Joany and Andy Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem Nicki Ages by Rick and Helen Zipes. Katz. Tov Community Volunteer Award by Mazal Tov to: Lise and Mark Thaw on the engagement of Steven and Linda Kerzner on the Malcolm and Vera Glube. Bryan to Cynthia by Joany and Andy Katz. engagement of their daughter Jessica by THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE Gillian Presner on receiving the Freiman Stephen and Lana Tanner. PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM Family Young Leadership Award by Providing support for services and pro- LIEFF FAMILY B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Malcolm and Vera Glube. CHARLES AND RAE TAVEL grams that directly benefit women and Birthday Wishes to: MEMORIAL FUND children. Mazel Tov to: Hildy Lesh by Malcolm and Vera Glube. Bev and Bryan Glube on the birth In Memory of: of their granddaughter by Francie Chaim Borenstein by Sunny and John WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE BENJAMIN SHAPIRO BAR ENDOWMENT FUND Greenspoon and Norman Lieff. MITZVAH FUND Tavel. Francie Greenspoon on her retirement Joel Taller by Sunny and John Tavel. Mother’s Day Wishes to: Mazel Tov to: Susan Marcovitch by Gita and Jerry Pearl. by Sharon and David Appotive. Birthday Wishes to: Nikki and Michael Shapiro on the Bar Liz Pearl by Gita and Jerry Pearl. Kenneth Mirsky by Sunny and John Tavel. KAYLA REICHSTEIN B’NAI Mitzvah of their son Ben by Sarah Beutel Shirley Katz by Gita and Jerry Pearl. MITZVAH FUND and Steven Morgan and family. Aviva Orenstein Kalin by David and ALLAN TAYLOR ENDOWMENT Mazel Tov to: FUND Judith Kalin. Nina Dover by Dr. Mark Dover. Stanley and Orly Aaron on their daugh- Contributions may be made online ter Yael’s Bat Mitzvah by Malcolm and Mazel Tov to: Dr. Karen Dover by Dr. Mark Dover. at www.OJCF.ca or by contacting Allan Taylor and Maria Medeiros on Ruth Kaplan by Fran Freedman-Kesler Vera Glube. their recent wedding by Marty, Ellen and family. Arnold and Roslyn Kimmel on their the office at 613-798-4696 exten- and Sharon Cardash; by Max and Ellie Libby Katz by Fran Freedman-Kesler and grandson Sam’s Bar Mitzvah by Malcolm sion 274, Monday to Friday or by and Vera Glube. Greenberg and family; by Jerry and Lily family. email at [email protected]. Penso and family; and by Murray and Ethel Kesler by Fran Freedman-Kesler Avraham and Elissa Iny on their Judy Lieff. and family. granddaughter Emily’s Bat Mitzvah by Attractive cards are sent to con- Sylvia Kershman by Fran Freedman- Malcolm and Vera Glube. vey the appropriate sentiments. Irving and Beverly Swedko on their BRENT AND RISA TAYLOR Kesler and family. All donations are acknowledged ENDOWMENT FUND Mother’s Day Wishes in Memory of: grandson Max’s Bar Mitzvah by Malcolm Mazel Tov to: Bess Swedlove by Carol-Sue Shapiro. and Vera Glube. with a charitable receipt. Hyman Reichstein on receiving the Shem In Memory of: Tov Community Volunteer Award by Carole Goldstein by Rhoda and Joe Brent, Risa and Shira Taylor. Levitan. Allan Taylor and Maria Medeiros on their marriage by Brent, Risa and Shira Taylor. Mazel Tov to: · Building Trust Vivian Paul and Robert Douglas on their Dayra and John Diener on the marriage marriage by Lynne Oreck-Wener and of Brian to Wendy by Brent, Risa and Bob Wener. · Serving the Community Shira Taylor. Felice and Jeff Pleet on the marriage of Refuah Shlemah to: Erin to Chris by Brent, Risa and Shira Manny Agulnik by Lynne Oreck-Wener · Growing Our Collective Legacy Taylor. and Bob Wener. Alissa and Yaacov Attias by Brent, Risa and Shira Taylor. THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation In Memory of: Joel Taller by Brent, Risa and Shira follows a strong investment policy guiding Taylor. STEFANIE AND TAYLOR AGES Allan Ingles by Brent, Risa and Shira B’NAI MITZVAH FUND successful portfolio managers with oversight from Taylor. In Appreciation of: Lianne Laing for volunteering her time our investment committee SUSAN WEISMAN AND JEFF to speak at OJCS by Leila Ages. and Board. The committee TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND RYAN JEREMY BAKER B’NAI In Memory of: is made up of ﬁnancial and Betty Finkelman by Susan Weisman and MITZVAH FUND Jeff Taylor. Mazel Tov to: business experts who lead Andrea Rosen and Gabe Karlin on the Mazel Tov to: % the Foundation’s growth birth of their first grandchild Austin by 10.4 Felice and Jeff Pleet on the marriage of Benita and Steven Baker and family. Erin to Chris by Susan Weisman and Jeff with results that allow you Judy Cleiman on the birth of her grand- Return Taylor. son Felix by Benita and Steven Baker to donate with conﬁdence. IRVING AND DIANE WEXLER and family. Low Management 5-year annualized return (net of fees) as of FAMILY FUND YITZHAK KAMIL MITZVAH FUND Mother’s Day Wishes to: Fees Dec. 31, 2016. * Please note that past Birthday Wishes to: Diane Wexler by Dorothy and Bernie performance is not an assurance of future David Kardish by the Kamil family. Tonchin. Foundation growth. STACEY SAMANTHA KATZ B’NAI ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY Contact: Andrea Freedman, President and ENDOWMENT FUND MITZVAH FUND In Memory of: CEO at 613-798-4711 or Mazel Tov to: Joel Taller by Joany and Andy Katz. Frieda and Phil Chodos on the birth of [email protected] June 26, 2017 34 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM A rich account of the remarkable life of Cantor Kraus

The Life of Moshele der Zinger: How My Singing Saved My Life BARBARA CROOK By Cantor Moshe S. Kraus Baico Publishing Inc. BOOK REVIEW [email protected] 245 pages

n the Bergen-Belsen concentration these stories in person and can state camp, he was known as Moshele der unequivocally that the book – shaped Zinger (Moshele the Singer). The with the help of writer/editor Lynn diminutive young man with the gold- Cohen – truly captures his voice and his Ien voice used his talents to entertain, sus- unique style of storytelling. tain and give solace to his fellow prison- It includes a collection of Chasidic ers as they faced deprivation and death. tales – some humorous, some poignant But as he recounts in his autobiogra- – which Cantor Kraus learned from his phy, Cantor Moshe Kraus’s prodigious late father. talents saved his own life on more than Cantor Kraus was born in Uzhhorod, one occasion. in what was then Czechoslovakia but is That’s why Moshele der Zinger is sub- now Ukraine. The oldest of nine chil- titled How My Singing Saved My Life. It’s dren in a close-knit Chasidic family, he a rich account of the remarkable life of was recognized at a young age as a wun- Cantor Kraus, 95, and his more than 70 derkind, a child singing sensation. years as a renowned chazzan. By the age of 13, he had sung at con- Full disclaimer: I have known Moshe certs and Shabbat services throughout and Rivka Kraus since 1998. I travelled Eastern Europe. At 18, he became city to Germany with Cantor Kraus to com- cantor of Sighet, Romania, which was memorate the 60th anniversary of the a thriving Jewish community with five liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and I wrote large synagogues before most of its the foreword to the book. Jews were wiped out in the Holocaust. So I am far from an objective review- It was also the home of the late Holo- er. But I’ve been lucky enough over the caust survivor and human rights activist choir and referred to him as his “rebbe” all these years,” he writes. “There is no years to hear Cantor Kraus tell some of Elie Wiesel, who sang in Cantor Kraus’ for the rest of his life. answer as to why. If somebody gives you Cantor Kraus soon became the chief an answer, tell him he’s a liar. There is cantor of Budapest. But in 1943, he was no answer.” deported to the Bor labour camp in After liberation, Cantor Kraus worked what was then Yugoslavia, and to Ber- for the American Jewish Joint Distri- gen-Belsen the following year. bution Committee, and later moved to More than 600,000 Hungarian Jews Israel to become the first chief cantor of died in the Holocaust, including Cantor the Israeli army. Kraus’ parents, five of his eight siblings, 20 It was there that he met the aunts and uncles and almost 100 cousins. 16-year-old Rivka, to whom he pro- Although his experiences at Bor and posed a half-hour after they met. She Bergen-Belsen comprise only one chapter called him a meshuggener, Yiddish for in a book that includes countless humor- crazy person. But he persisted, and ous anecdotes, this portion of Cantor they became engaged a year later. Kraus’ life is essential to understanding In addition to a solo career that took Ashbury College prepared his physical and mental resilience, reli- him around the world, Cantor Kraus Jonah Shinder to take gious faith and luck, as well as the sing- was head cantor in Antwerp, Johannes- on the world. The talented student athlete ing talent that indeed saved his life. burg and Mexico City. The cantor and participated in both football As a teenager, Cantor Kraus had Rivka settled in Ottawa in the 1970s, and rugby at the school, loved the singing of the German Jewish where he worked at Congregation Beth travelling to South Africa tenor Yosef Schmidt, and later studied Shalom until his retirement in 1980. with the rugby team this with Schmidt’s teacher. Although he’s been fêted by the spring. Jonah mentored At Bergen-Belsen, he was asked to rich and powerful and honoured by Grade 9 students at Christie sing for the camp commander, Josef world leaders, his memoirs make it Lake Camp, and took part Kramer, known as the Beast of Belsen, clear that Cantor Kraus’ life continues in International Day, where who made a game of shooting prisoners. to be defined by faith, gratitude and he helped showcase foods When he requested music in German, the sanctity of prayer. from Israel. This astute Cantor Kraus was able to sing the rep- “My highlight was every tefillah,” he member of Ashbury’s investment club will put his ertoire of Yosef Schmidt so beautifully told Kinneret Globerman for an Ottawa commerce knowledge to Congratulations Jonah! that Kramer made sure he was never Jewish Bulletin article in 2006. “Every good use when he attends among the 1,000 prisoners Cantor Kraus davening I gave my best. I always knew I Dalhousie University in Class of 2017 says were chosen to die every day. was standing before God.” September. When he was liberated on April 15, “I didn’t daven to entertain people. I 1945, Cantor Kraus was infested with lice davened for God.” Grades 4-12, Coeducation and weighed less than 80 pounds. The book launch event for The Life ashbury.ca | [email protected] Although Cantor Kraus remains a of Moshele der Zinger: How My Singing 613.749.5954 relentlessly positive person, he is still Saved My Life by Cantor Moshe S. 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