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Supreme Court judge broke new ground A colourful life Employment, she coined the term and in the spotlight the concept of “employment equity,” as a strategy to remedy workplace dis- arbara Amiel has been called a lot of crimination faced by women, Aborigin- B things, but boring shouldn’t be one of al Peoples, people with disabilities and them. visible minorities. Known for her outspoken, politically That same year she was the first conservative column in Maclean’s maga- woman chair of the Ontario Labour Re- zine as much as for her marriage to for- lations Board and later became the first mer media baron Conrad Black, Amiel is Barbara Amiel Rosalie Silberman Abella woman in the British Commonwealth to a British Canadian journalist, writer and head a law reform commission. socialite. In 2001, Amiel made a splash when she osalie Silberman Abella, the first In 2004, she was appointed to the Su- Born in England, Amiel moved with her reported in the British weekly magazine, R Jewish woman appointed to the Su- preme Court, where she has written de- family to Hamilton, Ont., as an adolescent, The Spectator, that the then-French am- preme Court of Canada has been shat- cisions on family law, employment law, but spent years living on her own and bassador to Britain had called Israel “that tering the glass ceiling her entire life. youth criminal justice and human rights. holding various jobs to support herself af- shitty little country” to Black at a private Born to Holocaust survivor parents in She continues to be involved in issues ter her mother and stepfather pushed her dinner party he was hosting. a displaced person’s camp in Stuttgart, of concern to the Jewish community. She out on her own when she was 14. Amiel has been criticized for derogator- Germany, she came to Canada at age has been on the international board of In 1959, Amiel went to the University of To- ily portraying Arabs and Islam in her writ- four. Her father, a lawyer, was not al- Hebrew University and was a member of ronto to study philosophy and English and ing and for writing shamelessly about her lowed to practise law in Canada because the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s committee became, for a time, an active Communist. personal extravagance. he was not a citizen, which set Abella on on conscience. In the late 1960s, Amiel worked as a story In 2004, she lost her job as columnist at her life path. In 2004, she was awarded the Walter editor and on-camera presence at CBC the Daily Telegraph in the wake of legal bat- A gifted pianist who won numerous S. Tarnopolsky Award for Human Rights television. A decade later, she worked for tles flared between her husband, Conrad awards, she followed her father’s path by the Canadian Bar Association, which both CTV and TV Ontario and co-auth- Black, whom she married in 1992, and the and became a lawyer herself. Six years af- stated: “She has shaped Canadian policy ored a crime book with her then-husband. Telegraph’s parent company. In 2007, Black ter graduating from law school, she was in equality rights and… has also had a In the 1980s and ’90s, she worked as a To- was convicted of fraud and obstruction appointed at age 29 to the Ontario family profound impact on human rights law ronto Sun columnist and briefly, the news- of justice in Chicago and was imprisoned court, becoming Canada’s first woman and policy outside Canada. Her contribu- paper’s daily editor, making her the first from 2008 until 2012. In 2008, Amiel pub- judge and the country’s youngest judge. tions to society as a lawyer, teacher, com- woman to edit a daily metropolitan news- lished a lengthy defence of her husband As the sole author of the 1984 fed- missioner and judge have always been paper in Canada. She went on to work at in Maclean’s and the Sunday Times, por- eral Royal Commission on Equality in shaped by her profound humanity.” n newspapersRosh-CJN.08.18.2015.pdf in the United Kingdom. 1 2015-08-18 traying 9:15 AM herself as the victim of injustice. n

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Daughter fulfils her father’s legacy Furthering Azrieli ver the past 10 to 15 years, Gail Asper Foundation’s goals Ohas become one of Canada’s most widely recognized public figures. It was ost programs funded by the Azrieli mainly through her unflagging efforts M Foundation have a personal connec- that the Canadian Museum for Human tion for Naomi Azrieli, chair and CEO of Rights, the last major initiative launched the family foundation established in 1989 by her late father, I.H. Asper, came to by her late father, real estate entrepreneur fruition. Gail Asper spent more than a and philanthropist David Azrieli. Naomi Azrieli decade crisscrossing the country, raising The foundation she heads funds a wide tens of millions of dollars for the project range of initiatives in education, archi- will be matched by the Israeli government. and negotiating with and prodding gov- Gail Asper tecture and design, Jewish community, One of the foundation’s recent initiatives ernment to support the concept. Holocaust commemoration and educa- is the Azrieli Neurodevelopmental Re- It was a herculean effort, but at the tion supports including Yad Vashem, tion, scientific and medical research and search Program, a joint venture with the same time, she managed to chair the the Hebrew University Asper School for the arts, in both Canada and Israel. Brain Canada Foundation and the federal Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s Com- Entrepreneurship, the Interdisciplinary In a CJN column last May, Toron- Canada Brain Research Fund. The project bined Jewish Appeal campaign two Centre of Herzliya, the Menachem Begin to-based Naomi Azrieli talked about the supports Canadian neuroscientists do- years running and directed the cam- Centre, and the Holocaust & Human importance of Holocaust education and ing research on fragile X syndrome and paign to record levels. Rights Education program in Canada. the “universality of its lessons and their autism spectrum disorder. Another is the She has also long been a major sup- “We are also exploring new initiatives relevance to present-day issues.” Canada-Israel Health Research Program, porter of the arts in Winnipeg and has for Israel,” she says. “We’re at the very ear- Indeed, the foundation’s Holocaust Sur- which works to increase understanding herself taken to the stage in recent years, ly stages and are not certain how the end vivor Memoirs Program, started in 2005 of neuroscience and biomedicine. Azrieli appearing in fundraising musicals for result will look, but it’s pretty exciting.” and one of the foundation’s best-known has written about her family’s journey the Manitoba Law Society (of which she Asper is a member of board of govern- initiatives, is a Holocaust educational tool. with her brother, who was diagnosed with is a member) and other productions. ors of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew Initiated by David Azrieli, himself a Holo- fragile X, a cause of some forms of autism. Asper says she is continuing on as University and serves on its executive. She caust survivor, it records the first-person At the announcement of the Canada-Is- president of The Asper Foundation and also continues to serve on the board and stories of Holocaust survivors in books dis- rael Health Research Program in June, Az- working on developing the foundation’s executive of the Jewish Federation of Win- tributed without charge. rieli said, “Canada is our home, and our Community Action centres in Israel, nipeg. Medical education is also important to pride is to be a Canadian foundation, but expanding the foundation’s school and “I am focusing my efforts on trying to her. In May, the foundation granted the Israel is our passion, and funding science community centre garden programs find new sources of revenue including largest gift ever to the Bar-Ilan University’s at the highest level is our mission.” and all the other projects the founda- building the endowment fund,” she says. n school of medicine in the Galilee, funds that Her foundation does this, and much more.n

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n his first 47 years, Jordan Banks can I lay claim to several dream jobs. The Ot- tawa native, who grew up in Toronto, has worked for the National Hockey League’s Shana Tovah Player Association, serving as its head of licensing and international business oper- to our clients ations. He was lured away by eBay Can- ada when the online shopping site started and friends operations in 2000 and he helped propel it to gross merchandise sales of more than $1 billion, accounting for a quarter of all kpmg.ca Canadian e-commerce activity. He currently serves as global head of vertical strategy and managing director of Jordan Banks Facebook Canada, the social networking site that boasts 15 million daily users in He founded Sportsfest, an annual event Canada alone. There he is responsible for that has raised more than $1 million for expanding the commercial side of Face- Alzheimer’s research and care, and he sits book’s activities and on the global side, on the board of Baycrest Health Sciences he leads the team responsible for identi- as well as the Tanz Centre for Research in fying and developing strategies for trans- Neurodegenerative Diseases. forming businesses in Facebook’s key in- His support for the world of business dustry categories around the world. and philanthropy has not gone unnoticed. In between eBay and Facebook, he Last year, Weizmann Canada, which served as CEO of JumpTV, an online pro- supports the Weizmann Institute of Sci- vider of live and on-demand sports and ence in Israel, named Banks one of its international television. 10 Canadian “leading men,” who share He’s also worked on Bay Street as a law- a commitment to philanthropic endeav- © 2013 KPMG LLP, a Canadian limited liability yer and he co-founded Thunder Road ours along with an understanding of the partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG Capital, an investment and advisory com- positive impact scientific research can International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. All rights reserved. pany that supports early stage tech com- have on the world. panies. He’s been named one of Canada’s 50 As if all that is not enough to keep him Most Powerful Business People by Can- busy, Banks backs several charities as adian Business Magazine as well as one of well, with support for Alzheimer research the 25 Most Influential People in Canada Out of Province Emergency Travel Insurance among the most pre-eminent. by Financial Post Magazine. n

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disorder and it took four to five years for a diagnosis to be made. Belzberg would change that, estab- lishing the Dystonia Foundation with neurologist Stanley Fahn in 1976. The foundation has made significant con- tributions to clinical and diagnostic treatments and has helped improve the lives of thousands of people with the disorder, as well as offering counselling and support. Belzberg has established many other in- itiatives, too. In 1977, he created the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tol- erance in Los Angeles. The mission of the Samuel Belzberg centre is to confront anti-Semitism, pro- mote human rights and ensure that the ounder and chair of Vancou- Holocaust is never forgotten. F ver-based Gibralt Capital Corp. and Belzberg credits his success to picking Second City Real Estate, Samuel Belz- the right partners for his projects. “It’s berg’s two companies manage and own relatively easy to donate money, but it’s more than $500 million of real estate not so easy to take your time and actually and capital investments. In 2001, he work at a project. I’ve been very lucky in created Action Canada, which, in part- that I’ve picked good partners. They carry nership with the federal government, the ball and I help the best way I can.” endows 20 fellowships each year to Can- He added that his involvement with adians who want to make a difference in Weizmann Canada over the years was the world. prompted by a belief that the Weizmann In the 1970s, one of Belzberg’s four Institute “is among the greatest insti- children, Cheri, was diagnosed with tutes in Israel. The scientists at Weiz- dystonia, a neurological disorder that mann have accomplished so much, and affected her mobility and speech. At it’s a great honour to be playing a small that time, doctors knew little about the part in moving the research forward.” n

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n the 15 years since Avi Benlolo became I president and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), he has worked to promote Holo- caust education, human rights, tolerance and democracy, and to advocate for Israel. Having studied and conducted in-depth research on the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and racism, Benlolo documented surviv- or testimony from a number of genocides before starting his career with UJA Feder- ation of Greater Toronto in roles including research and development, campaign as- Avi Benlolo sociate and director of young leadership. As the head of FSWC, Benlolo founded a accommodate a 32-seat theatre. number of successful programs including Benlolo told The CJN that it was de- Shanah the annual Spirit of Hope benefit, which signed to bring its educational programs has attracted speakers including Prime beyond the Greater Toronto Area to the Minister Stephen Harper and former pres- entire province of Ontario, as there are idents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. many people living outside of Toronto Tova Through that event and a number of other to whom FSWC’s Toronto-based classes initiatives, Benlolo has helped raise more aren’t accessible. than $75 million for human rights advocacy The bus travels from town to town of- and programs throughout his career. fering workshops for students, educators U’Metukah FSWC’s latest project, the Tour for Hu- and law enforcement representatives on manity, garnered a lot of attention when topics including the Holocaust, genocide, it launched in 2013 as a “mobile tolerance bullying, heroes and leadership. education centre.” For all his work to promote human rights The only one of its kind, the Tour for Hu- and tolerance in Canada and abroad, Ben- manity is a $1-million, retrofitted, 42-foot lolo was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Fleetwood bus that was re-engineered to Jubilee Medal. n M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B6 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Charity improves children’s lives Author documents communities. “We derive benefit from the Russian-Jewish manufacturing in the developing world, so obviously we should be putting something experience back in,” she says. Recently, Berdugo Adler launched, with similarly minded businesspeople, Indus- he Latvian-born, Toronto-raised au- trial Revolution II (IRII), a new environ- Tthor David Bezmozgis can be cred- mentally friendly and socially responsible ited with vividly capturing the experience business model for apparel manufacturing. of growing up in Toronto’s Russian Jew- IRII opened a state-of-the-art factory to ish neighbourhood along Bathurst Street David Bezmozgis Joëlle Berdugo Adler make high-end clothing in Port-au-Prince, between Steeles and Finch avenues, ex- Haiti. She hopes this initial project will be ploring with poignancy and humour the later found to have drowned after what oëlle Berdugo Adler is former president a model for the industry and be replicated community’s eccentricities and struggles. was said to be an accidental drug over- Jand CEO of Diesel Canada and founder globally. As part of ONEXONE’s pledge to His 2004 collection of short stories, dose. The film premiered in 2009 at the of the charitable foundation ONEXONE, help rebuild the country, the foundation Natasha and Other Stories, which focuses Sundance Film Festival. which has been active in Haiti since the dev- has announced a $3-million donation for on one Russian Jewish family’s efforts to Bezmozgis’ two novels, The Free World astating 2010 earthquake, when it provided the construction of a new pediatric ward. adjust to life in Canada, received much (2011) and The Betrayers (2014) also re- on-the-ground aid and sent $12 million in Berdugo Adler founded ONEXONE in international praise. It was named one of ceived significant praise, with both being medical equipment and other goods there. 2005 in memory of her husband to improve the New York Public Library’s 25 Books to nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Her goal is to “reinvent the business of the lives of children through such basic Remember, and was nominated for the and the latter being awarded the Nation- philanthropy through groundbreaking needs as food, water, health care and edu- Guardian First Book Award in the United al Jewish Book in fiction. Both deal with sustainable models.” cation here and around the world. In addi- Kingdom, the L.A. Times First Book Award, Jewish themes: the first features Soviet In 1986, she and future husband Lou tion to Haiti, the foundation is especially the Governor General’s Award in Canada Jewish émigrés held up in Rome in 1978, Adler, who has since died, secured exclu- active in South Africa, Rwanda and Kenya. and the Toronto Book Award and Com- while the second explores the political sive Canadian rights for the Italian-based In North America, ONEXONE funds nutri- monwealth Writer’s Prize for first book. downfall of a Sharansky-esque Soviet Jew Diesel designer jeans label. Philanthropy tious meals for over 4,000 schoolchildren. Bezmozgis, 42, also wrote and directed who returns to Crimea years after he was and humanitarianism have always gone Berdugo Adler is also a top benefactor of an acclaimed feature film, Victoria Day, imprisoned in the Gulag as a dissident. hand in hand with business for her, and Montreal’s Hope & Cope cancer support based on a true incident in Toronto in Bezmozgis’ second feature film, based she’s worked to improve the quality of life group and founder of its Wellness Centre, 1988, when a 14-year-old Jewish boy, on Natasha, is slated for release later this of fashion industry employees and their known as Lou’s House. n Benji Hayward, disappeared and was year. n Happy New Year COMPLIMENTS OF Shana Tova Ian Sterling President Ian Sterling President Bill Bill Wolfenden Wolfenden Lloyd Goldstein Lloyd Goldstein Paul St. Louis Paul St.Bob LouisGauthier Bob Gauthier SeniorSenior Vice-President Vice-President Senior Vice-President Senior Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President

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Philanthropic family’s legacy endures MP a key player on developers who propose to demolish on the world stage the award-winning Maison Alcan on Sher- brooke Street and build an office tower. n his farewell speech to the House of Her nephew heads the family’s private I Commons in June, Irwin Cotler paid investment firm, Claridge Inc., founded tribute to his parents’ teaching as the in 1987 by Charles. Its diverse portfolio impetus for his long and stellar role in includes investments in food products, the struggle for human rights and peace: entertainment, real estate, energy and they instilled in him a reverence for technology industries. democracy and justice. Irwin Cotler Stephen Bronfman This year, through Claridge, the Bron- Cotler is stepping down as the Liberal fmans once again began investing in Israel MP for Mount Royal after 16 years, but and Nelson Mandela. Freedom for polit- ince Charles Bronfman moved to New though a joint venture with the Caisse de every indication is that, at 75, he will ical prisoners will be a preoccupation for S York almost 20 years ago, his son Ste- dépôt et placement du Québec, in prom- continue to be active on the world stage. him in his political retirement. phen and sister Phyllis Lambert have been ising technology. Bronfman, 51, and his Previously a constitutional lawyer at One of his last acts in Parliament was carrying on the family legacy in Montreal. wife Claudine spend much of their time McGill University, Cotler was always the a statement calling for the release of Their contribution is less about business supporting causes dear to them, both in reluctant politician, yet he ranks among four “prisoners of conscience” he rep- though, and more about philanthropy and the Jewish community and beyond. They’re the most prolific lawmakers in terms resents in different countries. Cotler has public spiritedness. especially concerned with helping young of motions and private member’s bills been guided by the belief that equality Lambert, daughter of the legendary dis- people stay in Quebec and establish careers. tabled. Cotler served as justice minis- must be the “organizing principle for the tiller Sam Bronfman, is founder of the They underwrite two generous fellow- ter in the government of Paul Martin, building of, not only a just society, but a Canadian Centre for Architecture, a world- ships each year to emerging contempor- ushering in the landmark legislation on compassionate and humane one.” class museum she established in 1989. It’s ary artists. The environment is another same-sex marriage. In Opposition, he Among other notable legislation he has housed in an imposing edifice built around concern, and they sponsor, in particular, has been the Liberals’ critic for rights shepherded are Canada’s first against hu- the former Shaughnessy mansion. programs aimed at youth. With Federation and freedoms and international justice. man trafficking, and crimes against hu- Lambert launched her career in a big way CJA, they’ve established a loan and men- Before going to Ottawa, Cotler was manity and war crimes acts, as well as a in the 1950s when her father entrusted her torship program for new entrepreneurs a key player in the struggle for human more transparent process for Supreme with overseeing the design of the Seagram and have been supportive of innovative rights in the Soviet Union, particular- Court appointments. In recent years, he Building in New York, whose chief architect projects that attract young adults to Jew- ly the emigration of Jews, and against has been especially vocal in holding the was the famous Mies van der Rohe. ish community life. Last year, Stephen was apartheid in South Africa. He defended Iranian regime accountable for its rights She continues to be an advocate for Mont- chair of Combined Jewish Appeal, restor- two famous political prisoners in those violations and threats to annihilate Israel real’s urban heritage, and is currently taking ing proceeds to their pre-recession level. n causes, respectively, Natan Sharansky and sponsorship of terrorism. n M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B8 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Securing Jewish Father and son Winnipeg’s future both contribute to arsha Cowan is in an enviable pos- welfare of others M ition. As CEO of the Jewish Foun- dation of Manitoba, she presides over olocaust survivor Leslie Dan has be- an organization with a capital fund that H come one of Canada’s richest and currently sits at more than $100 million. most generous Jewish philanthropists. Leslie Dan That’s an outstanding sum considering In 2000, Leslie Dan, now 85, sold the size of Winnipeg’s Jewish commun- Novopharm, the pharmaceutical com- ity, she notes. Marsha Cowan pany he founded in 1965, to Israel’s Teva “No other community of our size has a Pharmaceuticals for $430 million. Since capital fund this large,” she says. son – and the first woman – to lead the then, he has founded Viventia Bio Inc., a A lifelong Winnipegger, Cowan began Jewish Foundation of Manitoba in its biotechnology company that produces her working career as a high school 51-year history. When she assumed her cancer medications. teacher. After taking time off to raise her current position, the foundation capital In addition to his influence as a business- children, she joined her late husband fund stood at $52 million. man and funder of Jewish education, syna- in a garment manufacturing business. Under her leadership, first as president gogues and organizations including B’nai Michael Dan She worked in the business for 10 years, and later as CEO, the foundation has Brith Canada, Dan is working toward finding mainly in sales and sales presentations introduced several new programs, most a cure for cancer, a cause close to his heart, training programs for youth shelters. – experience that prepared her well for notably the Endowment Book of Life, having lost many friends to the disease. His latest venture is Gemini Power Corp., her current role, she says. which have served as models for other His son, Michael Dan, 55, has also made a hydro-electric company that financed the “This is a business, too. I have to go out foundations throughout North America. a name for himself – as a surgeon, an entre- construction of a $35-million power station into the community to represent the foun- “We receive many calls from other preneur with a conscience and a philan- in northwestern Ontario. The goal was to dation. I am the face of the foundation. foundations asking for assistance or thropist. After becoming a neurosurgeon have it run and operated by the Lac LaCroix A good part of our growth has been the asking us to do presentations,” she says. and moving to New Orleans, Michael First Nation and generate about $2 million result of our enhanced image and wide- “Now that we have passed the Dan earned an MBA degree and returned in annual revenue for the community. spread respect in the wider community.” $100-million mark, we are preparing to to Toronto in the mid-1990s to work at Michael Dan is also the founder of the Cowan served as the Jewish Founda- take the foundation to the next level. We Novopharm. He returned to the field of Paloma Foundation, an organization that tion of Manitoba’s president from 1994 are currently working on a long-term neurosurgery a few years later, and more funds social programs around Toronto to 1998 before she was appointed CEO plan and setting goals for the next five recently joined the board of the Scarbor- to provide intervention programs for the 11 years ago. She is only the third per- years.” n ough Hospital Foundation and sponsored city’s homeless. n

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Diamonds have long history of giving Rapper makes his Recent donations include, gifting the mark worldwide land for the BC Cancer Research build- ing, endowment of a chair in Jewish law rake’s influence on pop culture is un- and ethics at the University of British D deniable. Columbia and continuing support of the Regardless of whether you consider Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. yourself a fan, if you’ve ever caught your- Funds from the Diamond Foundation self saying YOLO (you only live once), financed the construction of the King ironically or not, or referring to your David High School in Vancouver, and a hometown of Toronto as “The Six,” you’ve $20 million contribution to the Health been influenced by the international rap Care Centre for the VGH & UBC Hospi- star whose name is Aubrey Graham. Drake tal Foundation created the Gordon and Beyond that, 28-year-old Drake, raised Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre. by his Jewish mother in Toronto’s Forest hip-hop heavyweights including Jay-Z, Gordon donated a further $1 million Hill, has never hidden his roots – rather, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West to Toronto, in 2012 for the expansion of VGH’s renal he flaunts his Jewish pride and promotes led to the founding of his record label OVO dialysis program, which will allow pa- his hometown through his musical and Sound in 2012. Gordon and Leslie Diamond tients greater independence in manag- professional endeavours, better than any Putting aside his current public beef ing their kidney disease. ambassador could. with rappers Meek Mill and Kendrick ordon and Leslie Diamond are Leslie, a cancer survivor herself, has As if his 2012 music video for HYFR (Hell Lamar, Drake has become a respected G highly regarded philanthropists donated millions in gifts and property Ya F***ing Right), which depicted his “re- player in the hip-hop game since the re- with a long history of giving. Gordon, to establish partnerships and several bar mitzvah,” wasn’t enough of an acknow- lease of his first official debut album in along with his late father, Jack Diamond, cancer research initiatives. ledgement of his Jewish roots, Drake named 2010 titled Thank Me Later. established the Diamond Foundation in In honour of her 70th birthday, Gor- his new members-only club at the Air Can- He became the first rapper to top the 1984 and has gifted tens of millions of don donated $1 million to the BC Cancer ada Center “Sher,” after his Jewish maternal Billboard Artist 100 following the release dollars since then. Foundation to create a chair in cancer grandparents, Evelyn and Reuben Sher. of his surprise mixtape If You’re Reading Recipients range from Vancouver to survivorship. The new chair represents a As the ambassador for the Toronto Rap- This It’s Too Late, earlier this year. Jerusalem and organizations include significant partnership toward improved tors, his partnership with the team seems Arguably one of the best producers of the Vancouver General Hospital, the cancer survivorship between Simon Fra- to be garnering positive press for the only hip hop right now, Drake continues to YWCA, the Jewish Family Services ser University, the BC Cancer Agency and Canadian team in the NBA. bring pride to Toronto’s Jewish commun- Agency and the Cultch Theatre. the BC Cancer Foundation. n Drake’s OVO Fest, an annual music fes- ity, and will likely continue to be a pop tival founded in 2010 that has brought culture influencer in the years to come. n

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himon Fogel’s role as a Jewish com- Shimon Smunity leader goes back more than Fogel three decades, long before he assumed the role as CEO for the restructured Centre for yond the Jewish community, having served Israel and Jewish Affairs in 2011. as a consultant to the standing committee That year, a restructuring plan that saw on foreign affairs of the Canadian House of Canadian Jewish Congress, Canada-Israel Commons, and as a member of the round Committee, the University Outreach Com- table on global security under the Depart- mittee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, and ment of National Defence. UIA - Federations Canada merge into one In 2002 he introduced the concept of the new organization known as CIJA, angered “Shared Values” strategy as a way to garner many in the Jewish community who wor- support for Israel, which was adopted by ried that the new umbrella organization many international pro-Israel advocacy wouldn’t serve the community as well as it groups, including Israel’s Ministry of For- would have as separate organizations. eign Affairs. But Fogel, who joined the Canada-Israel In 2005 he developed a Middle East Committee as director of government re- peace model that focuses on conflict lations in 1988 and was appointed CEO management rather than conflict resolu- in 2001 before being tapped as CIJA’s CEO tion. 10 years later, worked to address the con- In 2013, he brought the concept of Jew- cerns of the Jewish community. ish refugees from Arab countries to the “We have a problem in the Jewish com- standing committee on foreign affairs munity,” Fogel told The Jewish Independ- and international development, pushing ent in 2013. “We are not monolithic…. for Canada to officially recognize the per- There are a multitude of different per- secution and displacement of more than spectives. The broader that we can make 850,000 Jews from the Middle East and It’s time for the the tent, the richer we will be for it.” North Africa, helping to reframe Israel’s things that really matter. Fogel’s experience as a leader extends be- narrative. n Discover all there is to love. Power couple Friends | Hobbies | Games | Dining | Assistance When Needed wields clout THIS IS RETIREMENT LIVING few years ago, Washington-based Acommentator David Frum wrote AS IT SHOULD BE. this about his sister, Sen. Linda Frum: “You can see why Linda has flourished in politics. Through the hard years from 1993 through 2006, Linda tirelessly cham- Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski pioned the fluctuating cause of Canadian Conservatism....Linda’s house became the In 2012, then-citizenship minister Jason forum in which the new party met its busi- Kenney appointed Frum co-chair of the ness constituency. She worked especially advisory council for the 2013 task force for hard to shift the Toronto Jewish commun- international co-operation on Holocaust ity from its old, obsolete attachment to the education, remembrance, and research. Liberals.” Like Frum, Sokolowski grew up in Toron- The extent to which Frum can take cred- to. After graduating from York University, it for peeling away Jewish support from he went into property development, even- the Liberals remains debatable, but her tually founding Tribute Communities. 1066 Avenue Road 866 Sheppard Ave. W. commitment to the Jewish community is Over the next 25 years, the company Toronto, ON M5N 0A3 Toronto, ON M3H 2T5 apparent from her charitable work, and went on to develop more than 30,000 416 - 483-9900 416-636-9555 that of her husband, Howard Sokolowski. homes. Sokolowski founded Metropia, LivingLifeOnTheAvenue.com TheKensingtonPlace.com In 2006, she served as chair of the another property development com- Women’s Division of United Jewish Ap- pany, which focuses on urban renewal peal, the community’s fundraising arm. and design innovation, affordability and a She is a past board member of the Can- responsibility to the environment. CALL ABOUT OUR ada-Israel Committee, and a recipient of In 2011, Sokolowski was appointed to LIMITED TIME RATES the Golda Meir Leadership Award from the Order of Ontario for his contributions the State of Israel Bonds. to the arts, health care and education. In 2010, Yeshiva University awarded her Over the years, the couple have given an honorary doctorate. millions to a variety of charitable organiz- Frum was appointed to the Senate by ations including many in the Jewish com- Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009. munity. n THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS M september 10, 2015 [ RH 5776 ] B11 M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B12 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Journalist heads Developer, architect one of Canada’s leaving their mark premier magazines in Toronto

arah Fulford, the daughter of prom- n an inspired partnership, real estate Sinent Canadian journalist and I developer and impresario David Mirv- essayist Robert Fulford and Geraldine ish and star architect Frank Gehry are re- Frank Gehry David Mirvish Sherman, a freelance and short-story making Toronto’s downtown core. writer, is an impressive journalist in her Their plans to change the face of King atres. The theatres have hosted numerous own right. Street will see the construction of two blockbuster productions. She cemented her own media profile Sarah Fulford curvaceous condo towers, a gallery dis- The Gerhry-Mirvish partnership and when, in 2008, she was made editor-in- playing Mirvish’s modern art collection, their massive project is being touted as chief of Toronto Life magazine, one of book reviews to the Jerusalem Report. and a new campus for the Ontario College a pivotal moment for Toronto, which will the country’s premier titles, at the un- Fulford has won multiple National of Art and Design University. cement the men’s legacy. precedentedly young age of 33. Magazine Awards, is a board member of Toronto-born Gehry is arguably the “I think it will give the city a sense of She was also the first female editor- the Toronto Public Library Foundation most famous contemporary architect, place,” Mirvish told the Toronto Star last in-chief in Toronto Life history. The ap- and sits on the Humber College journal- whose work, notably the Guggenheim year, after the project was approved by parently hand-picked successor of John ism program’s advisory board. In 2014, Museum in Bilboa, Spain, has revitalized city council, “and a place in the larger Macfarlane, a media heavyweight and she was awarded an honorary degree cities. world. Frank [Gehry] has come through editor of the magazine for 15 years. Ful- from Humber. In Toronto, Gehry, who grew up down- with something that will make Toronto a ford was tasked with helping to remake Like her parents before her, Fulford town and moved to Los Angeles as a young more exciting city.” n the prominent magazine’s website and also forms one half of a Canadian liter- man, is best known for his skilful renova- ushering Toronto Life into the age of In- ary power couple. Her husband, novel- tion of the Art Gallery of Ontario. ternet journalism while maintaining its ist Steve Marche, has written five books Mirvish, whose father, the late Ed Mirv- strong readership base. and is a columnist for Esquire magazine. ish, owned the iconic Honest Ed’s, a bar- Fulford was first hired by Toronto Life His first novel, Raymond and Hannah, is gain shopping experience, started as an in 1999 as an assistant editor, and was a love story about a young gentile man art dealer and then took over his father’s promoted to senior editor in 2003. The and a Jewish woman and their struggle Royal Alexandra Theatre. native Torontonian spent time living in to maintain their relationship when the Over the years, Mirvish’s theatre empire Israel after graduating from university, latter spends a year exploring her Jewish has expanded with the construction of and upon her return, she contributed roots in Jerusalem. n the Princess of Wales Theatre in 1993 and the purchase of two other existing the- Mirvish and Frank Gehry model

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Urban theorist Quebecer’s life spent building bridges helms Canada’s t 92, Victor Goldbloom is still devoting Ahis life to promoting better under- largest university standing between people. The trail-blazing Goldbloom began his prominent urban theorist and one of professional life as a pediatrician, follow- ACanada’s most oft-cited geographers, ing in his father’s footsteps. He learned Meric Gertler is currently entering his from his father that the best way to com- third year as president of the University of bat anti-Semitism was to be fully engaged Toronto, the country’s largest university. Meric Gertler in society. It’s a position the native Albertan rose to After practising medicine for some years, after serving as dean of U of T’s faculty of cities in his work, in order to understand he found his true vocation in public life Victor Goldbloom arts and science from 2008 to 2013. how local social and cultural dynamics and entered politics, running as a Liberal Gertler’s impressive academic creden- can contribute to economic success. in the new provincial riding of D’Arcy Mc- chaired the committee of Jewish public tials include a master of city planning de- He has authored, co-authored and Gee in 1966. He was re-elected three times. health and social service institutions and gree from the University of California and co-edited dozens of scholarly publica- Goldbloom became the first Jewish cab- was chair of Canadian Jewish Congress, a PhD from Harvard University. He was tions, as well as seven books. He has also inet minister in Quebec in 1970 when Quebec region. also a professor at U of T in geography served as an adviser to governments at then-premier Robert Bourassa named him Well into his 80s, he toured the province and planning, and his work has focused the local, regional and national levels, the first environment minister. Later, as trying to demystify Jews, and during the his work on the geography of innovative in Canada, the United States and Eur- municipal affairs minister, he had respons- rancorous charter of values debate two activity, the economies of cities, the local ope, as well as to international agencies ibility for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. years ago, he recorded YouTube videos ap- nature of a globalized economy and the such as the Organization for Economic After resigning from politics in 1979, he pealing to Quebecers’ tolerance. role of manufacturing within local cultur- Co-operation and Development in Paris headed the Canadian Council of Chris- This spring Goldbloom published a mem- al norms, practice and assumptions. and the European Union. tians and Jews in the 1980s and was Can- oir, aptly titled Building Bridges (Les Ponts A co-founder of a large research pro- Gertler was founding co-director of the ada’s commissioner of official languages in du Dialogue, for the French version, which gram at U of T’s Munk School of Global Munk School of Global Affairs’ Program the 1990s. He was one of the first Jewish he translated himself). At the Montreal city Affairs, Gertler – whose mother was a on Globalization and Regional Innova- leaders to reach out to the Catholic Church hall launch, Goldbloom said, “The things Czechoslovakian-born Holocaust surviv- tion Systems and he holds the Goldring in Quebec in the 1950s. I have been part of, never in their wildest or and whose father was an urban plan- Chair in Canadian Studies. He has taught A few years ago, Goldbloom was be- dreams would [my four Russian immigrant ner and professor at the University of at a host of global universities, including stowed with a papal knighthood, a rare grandparents] have thought imaginable for Waterloo – has explored comparative an- Oxford, University College London and honour for a non-Catholic. their grandson, that I would have the priv- alyses of North American and European the University of Oslo. n In the Jewish community, he notably ilege to do what I have been able to do.” n

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Developer indulges in love of sports

itch Goldhar, owner of In 1994, after a few years of back MSmartCentres, puts nothing and forth wrangling with Walmart, ahead of his passion for sports. he became the local development The Toronto-based developer, who partner when Walmart sealed a deal has built shopping centres featuring with Woolworth’s to convert 122 large retailers including Walmart, Canadian Woolco outlets into Wal- has been known to put off a meeting marts. for a game of pick-up hockey, and is After that deal, the company, on owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv Soccer average, opened a mall every three Club. weeks, with Walmart almost always Goldhar, whose wealth has been the lead tenant. listed in excess of $1.5 billion, comes About three years ago, in order to from a family of entrepreneurs. His fuel his passion for sports, Goldhar grandparents, who were immigrants bought the Tel Aviv soccer club from from Poland, ran a cigar store, and Alex Schneider, also a Canadian bil- his father was a commercial de- lionaire. veloper. With the soccer club on the brink When he left school, he joined the of bankruptcy, Goldhar wanted to Mitch Goldhar family business, First Professional prove that his success in business Management, before striking out on could be translated to the playing In an interview with Jerusalem his own in the late 1980s. It was then field. Online, he said he bought the team that he realized there was a gap in He added new training facilities, for his love of sports and his love of the market for shopping centres fea- and under his leadership, the team Israel. He’s not looking for fame, he Wishes You turing deep-discount retailers. won a national championship. added. n

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Leading the fight against anti-Semitism

host Ezra Levant and columnist Salim Mansur, to speak out in support of Israel. In 2011, Kates arranged an international conference with the theme “When Middle East Politics Invade Campus,” to expose anti-Israel hostility on campuses. A conference she arranged the follow- ing year, on “Canada and the New Middle East,” highlighted Israel’s contribution in the fields of energy, technology and hu- man rights. Since Kates became the executive direc- tor of the Canadian chapter of StandWithUs – an international non-profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering Meryle Kates Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus to defend against anti-Israel rhetoric – she ombating anti-Israel propaganda on has worked to provide Canadian pro-Is- CCanadian campuses is a fight Stand- rael students with support and resources WithUs Canada’s executive director Mer- to combat anti-Israel student groups that yle Kates refuses to walk away from. promote events including Israel Apartheid Kates, who began her career as an editor Week and the boycott, divestment and of Canadian fashion magazines before sanctions (BDS) movement. venturing into public relations, market- “We all know that [the BDS movement] ing and advertising, has been advocating is not criticism of Israel. It is a form of for Israel long before StandWithUs estab- anti-Semitism that makes our students lished a Canadian chapter in 2012. feel uncomfortable,” Kates told The CJN In 2007, she organized a lecture series recently. for legal and financial professionals, pre- “Students shouldn’t have to be con- senting high profile speakers, including cerned about defending who they are or Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, Defence Minister defending a country in classrooms and on Jason Kenney, former Sun News Network campus in general.” n

The literary giant most anglophones SHANA TOVA have never heard of UMETUKAH he work of francophone Quebec Tauthor, dramatist and literary crit- ic Naim Kattan has been recognized worldwide. An associate professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Naim Kattan he was born in Iraq in 1928, and studied Our Montreal partners, Choula Ammar, Isaac Benizri, in Baghdad and France before moving ary critic Jacques Allard described him as Moise Hadid, Joy Murad, Erle Shrier, Shelley Smith, to Quebec in 1954. He has written more a “keen observer of daily life.” He praised than 30 books, only five of which have Kattan for “the finesse of his observations, and staff wish you and your family a wonderful been translated into English. the quality of his narration.” Rosh Hashanah. Among many honours, he is an officer At the time, Kattan said, “I am a narrator, of the Order of Canada, knight of the Na- a storyteller, even when I write essays.” Assurance | Accounting | Taxation | Advisory Services tional Order of Quebec and chevalier of The stories are about the search for love. the Légion d’Honneur of France. “The need for love is essential in life… If But praise from one’s peers is often there is no love, there is no life,” he said 1000 De La Gauchetiere St. W., Suite 200 most meaningful. In 2012, the Quebec of the book’s theme. Montréal QC literary review, Les Écrits, paid tribute to Kattan’s novel Farida, written in 1991, 514 931 0841 Kattan in works written by Québécois, was recently translated into English www.bdo.ca French and Lebanese writers and aca- (Guernica). In telling the story of a young demics. They praised him for his talent Jewish singer who fights for freedom for as a writer, but also for his faithful friend- women in Iraqi society in 1936, the book ship, his generosity, his openness to the offers a rare picture of life in the Jewish world and his love of life. community of Iraq at the time, which On the publication this spring of Kat- perhaps gives another view of Iraq that tan’s latest work L’Amour Encore, a collec- may help better understand the country tion of novellas, Quebec editor and liter- today. n M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B16 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Oilers owner hopes UIA CEO has always to bring Stanley Cup worked for the back to Edmonton Jewish community

he owner of the Edmonton Oilers, or the past 40 years, Linda Kislowicz, TDaryl Katz, 54, was born and raised Fwho is currently CEO of UIA Federations in Edmonton and has been an Oilers Canada, has dedicated her professional ca- fan all his life. reer to the benefit of the Jewish community Katz is a 1985 law graduate from Daryl Katz in Canada and abroad. Linda Kislowicz the University of Alberta. In 1990, he Before her appointment as UIA’s CEO in founded the Katz Group, now one of be home to the Edmonton Oilers and 2006, Kislowicz, a Montreal native, held served. In her current role, her focus is on Canada’s largest privately owned com- promises to revitalize the urban core. countless positions in the Jewish philan- promoting Jewish education, health care panies, with more than 8,600 employ- In 2007, Katz joined the board of thropic world. and Israel’s social and economic welfare. ees. Katz started out purchasing dis- directors at the Alberta Investment She was executive director of the Jewish Kislowicz recently told The CJN that UIA’s tressed pharmacies in the late 1990s, Management Corporation, one of the Family Services of the Baron de Hirsch In- relationship with Israel is mutually benefi- and his company now oversees some largest and most sophisticated invest- stitute of Montreal; executive director of cial. 460 Rexall pharmacies in central and ment managers in the country, with Montreal’s Jewish Community Centre, the “Israel has a role to play financially and western Canada. more than $70 billion in assets held in YM-YWHA; and served as a director of the otherwise in helping to strengthen Dias- In 2012, the Katz Group sold its Medi- a number of funds invested globally. board for organizations including the Jew- pora communities because we are one cine Shoppe pharmacy business and Katz is recognized as a leading phil- ish Community Centres Association, World global Jewish People,” she said. its drug trading unit to McKesson Corp. anthropist in Edmonton and beyond. Conference of Jewish Communal Service, The Israeli government understands for around $1 billion. In 2003, he was appointed to the Pre- the Montreal Health Board, the Association “that there is a strong and compelling need Katz purchased the NHL’s Oilers in mier’s Council on Alberta’s Promise, of Jewish Family and Childrens’ Agencies, to invest strategically and financially in 2008. His goal is to bring the Stanley Cup an organization dedicated to improv- Federation CJA, Family Services of Canada, strengthening the education of Diaspora back to the City of Champions. But he’s ing the lives of Alberta’s children and the Bronfman Jewish Education Council and Jews, and that is a wonderful thing. I think also been active in the Edmonton arena youth. He is also a member of the the Corporation of Social Workers of Quebec. the message is that we need to be investing district project, Rogers Place, which Canadian Council of Chief Executives She has received numerous awards in- more aggressively… in strengthening Jew- involves developing acres of park- and was co-chair of the University of cluding the Queen’s Jubilee Award. ish education… and making Jewish educa- ing lots in downtown Edmonton into Alberta’s “Campaign 2008,” the largest Using her experience and expertise, Kislo- tion more affordable and more accessible a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly sports fundraising campaign in the univer- wicz spearheaded numerous changes and to families and young people because… and entertainment district that will sity’s history. n improvements in the organizations she that’s the foundation.”n

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Hope & Cope founder TSN host speaks out about depression still works to help f you watch Off the Record (OTR) on ITSN, and see host Michael Landsberg cancer patients shmooze with his guests, exchange barbs and toss questions at them like ven the most hard-nosed will agree a baseball pitching machine set to 11, Ethat Sheila Kussner is in a class of her you’d never think this guy suffered from own as a fundraiser, one that has been in- depression. strumental in securing many millions of But Landsberg, one of the most private dollars to better the lives of people prominent sports broadcast per- Michael with cancer. sonalities in the country, does suf- Landsberg Her drive and energy, which are scarcely Sheila Kussner fer from depression. And he’s also diminished at 82, are unparalleled. More a vocal advocate for others who do. 1997 he left to host OTR, which has be- than that, her compassion – even for com- out a hint of hubris is 18 or 19 hours a day. Landsberg has a Twitter account, @ come one of Canada’s longest running plete strangers – defies comparison. She The death from cancer of Marvyn, her hus- heylandsberg, where he urges people to talk shows. will literally head out in the middle of the band and partner in this avocation, has seek help and to have hope about their He’s been nominated for the Gem- night to be at someone’s bedside. only spurred her on. condition. ini Award for Best Host or Interviewer “I’m not a religious person, but I believe I Over the years, Hope & Cope has ex- He’s spoken out about the illness, try- in a Sports Program or Sportscast, and was put on this earth for this purpose,” she panded into a multi-faceted program, ing to raise awareness about the debili- he’s covered some of the biggest sports said. “My life was spared to do this work.” operating from within the JGH and its tating effects it can have, and to reduce stories of his era, including the Dubin At 14, Kussner was diagnosed with a type Wellness Centre, opened in 2007, gaining its stigma. inquiry into performance enhancing of bone cancer that had only a five per cent international recognition for its innovation. “Sharing my mental illness has given drugs and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic chance of cure in those days. Her leg was Kussner is an officer of the Order of Can- me the chance to take back some of Winter Games. amputated above the knee. In 1981, Kuss- ada and the Ordre national du Québec, and what I’ve lost. My way of saying, ‘Hey His 2013 documentary, Darkness ner founded Hope & Cope, based at the has received honorary degrees from McGill depression, FU!,’” he’s written. and Hope: Depression, Sports and Me, Jewish General Hospital but open to all. University and the Université de Montréal. That’s what you call leveraging your was nominated for a Canadian Screen It provided free of charge psycho-social Whatever honours she has accepted are role as a national figure in one area to Award for Best History or Biography support to cancer patients, something that to advance the cause. Kussner said one of help people in another. Documentary Program or Series. was sorely lacking. Hope & Cope’s greatest achievements has Landsberg got his start at TSN in 1984, And on Twitter, his hashtag, #sicknot- Though she stepped down as its chair been changing the attitude of doctors, who when the network first took to the air. weak, encourages discussion about in 2012, she has not reduced the time she used to dismiss non-medical intervention in He was an anchor on Sportscentre, the mental health and creates a forum for puts into the cause, which she says with- cancer treatment and patient autonomy. n forerunner to today’s SportsDesk, and in those needing help. n MHcl

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Lebovic brothers Ryerson president so good, he couldn’t leave build houses heldon Levy, Ryerson University’s S president, is so beloved that the school changed its bylaws to allow him to and communities continue for an unprecedented five-year third term. Levy declined the offer, but o, from the lumber we started said he would stay on while the univer- “Sbuilding houses. Subsequently, sity found a replacement. Starting Dec. 1, when you build houses, you have to buy Levy will become the new deputy minister building lots. You buy building lots from of Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges the developers. Developers are making Joseph and Wolf Lebovic and Universities. more money than builders, so we start- Levy, 66, who had previously been in ed buying land and we became land de- their contributions. senior positions at York University and velopers. So it was an evolutionary thing Add the Canadian Cancer Society, the University of Toronto, has revitalized and so now we are doing everything. We’re Centenary Hospital, the Jewish National Ryerson and the part of the downtown doing building and land development.” Fund and York University, and you have core that the university occupies during That’s how Joseph Lebovic described a broad cross section of organizations in his decade at the helm of the school. to The CJN the evolutionary process that both the Jewish and broader commun- With a special interest in combining led him and his brother, Wolf, to become ities that have benefited from the Lebo- academics and entrepreneurship, Levy Sheldon Levy big players in the real estate market, vic brother’s generosity. built the Digital Media Zone (DMZ), rated after starting in the lumber business, Joe and Wolf regularly donate 20 per one of the best university-based business Ryerson’s academic reputation has also founded by their father, Harry. cent of their earnings to charity. incubators in the world. flourished during Levy’s tenure. Research They’ve become so big, the money Though in their 80s, the two brothers, The DMZ, which is credited with more funding has doubled in the last four years, generated in business has been used natives of Czechoslovakia who survived than 180 startups and the creation of 1,500 and applications to the university con- to fund numerous philanthropic en- the Holocaust in Hungary, have no plans jobs, reflects Levy’s passion for keeping tinue to rise. deavours across the city: millions were to slow down. young talent in Canada. He also created a In his new role, Levy promises to bring given to the Jewish community campus “We’re still working, we have more pro- new business school, aptly located atop a the same passion for nurturing new ideas in York Region that bears their name; jects going than ever,” Joe told The CJN. downtown Canadian Tire store. and young people that he had at Ryerson. $50 million went to Mount Sinai Hos- Joe has quipped that he’d like to keep His legacy also includes a new eight-stor- In a note sent to Ryerson staff after ac- pital; Joe also gave $150,000 for an ORT- going until he’s 120. Why not, he said. ey learning centre, which transformed a cepting the new post, Levy wrote he would OISE program to prepare teachers in the “What we’re doing now, the accomplish- neglected section of Yonge Street, and a be “supporting the government’s innova- Orthodox school system; and the Shaare ment of building homes, we’re adding student athletic complex in the historic tion agenda and developing tomorrow’s Zedek Medical Centre benefited from value to people who are buying homes.” n former Maple Leaf Gardens building. talent and ingenuity.” n

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Developer branched out beyond Halifax Designer changed Canadian fashion orn and raised in Halifax, Ralph B Medjuck is chair and CEO of the prominent Atlantic Canada real estate hose of us who consider a plain white development company, the Centennial T cotton T-shirt as a wardrobe staple Group Limited. have Canadian fashion icon and business- In this capacity, he is behind many man Joe Mimran to thank. of Halifax’s downtown office buildings, Mimran, the Jewish Moroccan-born de- seniors residences, apartment complex- signer who influenced the landscape of es and hotels. Canada’s fashion industry, having built Educated and trained as a lawyer at brands including Club Monaco, Joe Fresh, Dalhousie University, Medjuck previ- Alfred Sung and Caban, was introduced to ously practised with the firm Medjuck, Ralph Medjuck design at an early age and influenced by Buchanan & Dickson. He was honoured his mother, Esther, a former couturier in Joe Mimran by his alma mater with a doctor of laws the Halifax-Dartmouth United Appeal Morocco. degree in 2006 and by Saint Mary’s Uni- campaign and the Neptune Theatre His path to the fashion world was not Following his successful partnership versity with a doctorate in civil law in Foundation, director of the Nova Scotia a direct one. After studying sociology, art with Loblaw Companies Limited super- 2013. Rehabilitation Council, the Canadian history and Japanese cinema, Mimran be- stores and supermarkets to develop a pri- Medjuck eventually left law for a ca- Mental Health Association and the Nova came an accountant. vate-label apparel line called Joe Fresh, reer in real estate development, and Scotia Human Rights Foundation, and But when his brother, Saul, purchased Mimran became a household name. he initiated projects in Halifax includ- he was a council member for the Halifax a garment factory in Toronto in 1976 to Mimran has also dedicated his time and ing the well-known Lord Nelson Ho- Board of Trade. expand the family-run dressmaking busi- funds to a number of philanthropic caus- tel and Citadel Inn, as well as student Medjuck has also contributed to the ness, Mimran left his accounting job and es, including sitting on the board of Reena housing for Saint Mary’s University. local Jewish community, having served headed its operations, manufacturing and Foundation, an organization that assists He also expanded into development in as the director of the Canadian Council finance. those living with developmental disabil- New Brunswick, Alberta and Ontario. for Christians and Jews and the Canada Inspired by the difficulty he faced trying ities. In Toronto, he is known for building Israel Foundation, and as chair of the to find a plain, white cotton shirt in the As an established fashion icon and the Yonge Richmond Centre and Cam- Canadian Jewish Congress’s Atlantic re- mid-1980s, Mimran decided he would entrepreneur, Mimran was chosen to join bridge Suites Hotel. gion, the United Jewish Appeal, Camp make one – a decision that gave way to season 10 of the Canadian reality tele- Medjuck’s community work over the Kadimah and the State of Israel Bonds, Club Monaco, one of Canada’s most suc- vision series Dragons’ Den, which will air years has included serving as chair of Halifax. n cessful clothing brands. this fall on CBC. n

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New CEO spreads word about B’nai Brith Finance minister his goal is to broaden the community’s has lots on his plate understanding of the organization’s ac- tivities and values, and to attract young- ith an election campaign underway er leaders who will engage in fundrais- Wand the Canadian economy in the ing that will ensure the organization’s doldrums – if not in outright recession – long-term health. there’s lots to keep Finance Minister Joe Since its inception more than 140 Oliver awake at night. years ago, he said, B’nai Brith’s man- Like, how the situation in Greece is Joe Oliver date has been to serve the community going to affect the Canadian economy; Michael Mostyn by providing services such as summer what’s next for the price of oil and how vard Business School in 1970. camps and youth and women’s groups, will that affect the economy generally and He’s worked as an investment banker ichael Mostyn wants to spread the and by representing Jewish Canadian government revenue specifically; and will with Merrill Lynch and then Nesbitt Thom- Mword about B’nai Brith Canada. interests to government, NGOs and the he be able to follow through on the gov- son, and he has served as executive direc- CEO of the organization since he re- wider public. ernment’s promise of a modest budget tor of the Ontario Securities Commission. placed Frank Dimant last fall, Mostyn, B’nai Brith’s League for Human Rights surplus this year. He was also named the CEO of the Invest- 41, wants people to know that B’nai compiles an annual audit of anti-Sem- Weighty questions indeed, and Oliver, ment Dealers Association of Canada. Brith is much more than lodges, seniors itic incidents and is involved in Israel MP for Eglinton-Lawrence, is Prime Min- His first foray into politics proved less lunch programs or sports leagues. advocacy on campus. ister Stephen Harper’s go-to guy when it than successful. He ran in the 2008 elec- A lawyer by profession, Mostyn was a Speaking at the national ceremony comes to running the country’s finances. tion, but lost to Liberal cabinet minister senior partner in his family’s law firm, commemorating the 70th anniversary of A small-c conservative who believes Joe Volpe, the longtime MP in the riding. a former senior officer at two different the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau in economic freedom and who looks to In the 2011 election, he reversed that high-tech firms, and he ran unsuccess- concentration camp, held in Ottawa last former British prime minister Margaret outcome, defeating Volpe by more than fully as a Conservative candidate in York winter, Mostyn said anti-Semitism is Thatcher for inspiration, Oliver has been a 4,000 votes. Centre in the 2004 and 2006 federal elec- manifesting itself on college and univer- strong advocate for the Canadian resource Oliver first served as Minister of Natur- tions and the 2011 provincial election. sity campuses, and Jewish students are industry and for the pipelines needed to get al Resources, and in March 2014, he was He served as B’nai Brith’s national direc- being made to feel threatened. oil to an increasingly international market. appointed to replace Jim Flaherty as min- tor of public affairs from 2006 until 2010. He said Canadians need to rededicate A native of Montreal, Oliver, 75, boasts ister of finance. When he took over his current pos- themselves to fighting the forces of an- an extensive background in the world of He’s running hard to keep the seat for ition from Dimant, who served as CEO ti-Semitism, racism, hatred and bigotry finance and investment. After earning a the Tories, no doubt counting on his stew- for 36 years, he said in an interview that wherever they are found. n bachelor of civil law degree from McGill ardship of the economy to persuade vot- University, he received a MBA from Har- ers to return him to Ottawa. n

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Politics fascinate Author recounts journey to new identity father and son Canadian novelist and poet, Ali- oronto-based journalist, author and A son Pick is likely best known in Tdocumentary producer Steve Paikin is the Canadian Jewish community for known to many Ontarians for his coverage her 2014 memoir Between Gods, which of politics and political issues, and now his chronicles her journey to forge a new son Zach is making a name for himself in identity after confronting her father’s the political realm as a Liberal party activ- Zach, left and Steve Paikin hidden Jewish past and stories of rela- ist. tives who perished in the Holocaust. The elder Paikin, 55, who anchors TVO’s He’s the author three books, including Pick, who grew up in Kitchener, Ont., flagship current affairs program The Agen- The Life: The Seductive Call of Politics, and Quebec’s Eastern Townships, is cur- da, was born in Hamilton and previously which features a number of federal and rently based in Toronto. worked as host of a daily news and current provincial politicians discussing their rea- In her memoir, she tells of the lengthy affairs program on CBC Newsworld, plus sons for going into politics. and often complicated process she went reported for private radio and print, in- Paikin’s son Zach, 22, campaigned for the through to convert to Reform Judaism, cluding at the Hamilton Spectator and as a position of Liberal Party of Canada’s na- as well as her creative frustrations, re- Alison Pick Toronto City Hall reporter for CHFI. tional policy chair on a platform of creat- lationship issues and struggle with de- He began working at TVO in 1992, host- ing an open and grassroots political party. pression. the Man Booker Prize and won the Can- ing the political series Between the Lines In 2014, he ran to become a Liberal MP Between Gods was named a top book adian Jewish Book Award. and the Queen’s Park magazine Fourth in the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas of 2014 by CBC and the Globe and Mail Her first book of poetry, Question & Reading from 1992 to 1994. In 1994, he be- nomination race, but withdrew his can- and provides fascinating insight into Answer, features meditations on life came co-host of the news program Studio didacy in protest after Liberal Leader Jus- what it’s like to fight to enter what can and death, happiness and sorrow. It also 2 and began hosting a weekly foreign af- tin Trudeau blocked Christine Innes from feel to an outsider like a largely closed explores the discovery of Pick’s Jewish fairs show, Diplomatic Immunity. running against candidate Chrystia Free- Jewish community. heritage and her attempts to retrieve a Paikin has gained wide respect for land in downtown Toronto after promising Pick previously authored two ac- lost family history, was short-listed for even-handedly moderating six provincial to have open nomination processses. claimed novels and two collections of the Gerald Lampert Award for best first and federal leaders’ debates from 2006 “I cannot, in good conscience, cam- poetry. book of poetry in Canada. to 2014. He’s also produced a number of paign to be a part of a team of candidates Her 2010 novel Far To Go, about an Pick is a faculty member at the Hum- documentaries, including Return to the if others seeking to join that team are pre- affluent Jewish family living in Prague ber School for Writers, the Banff Centre Warsaw Ghetto, which won the Silver vented from doing so if their ideas or am- in the lead-up to Adolf Hitler’s invasion for the Arts and the Iceland Writers Re- Screen Award at the U.S. International bitions run contrary to the party leader’s of Czechoslovakia, was nominated for treat. n Film and Video Festival. interest,” he said at the time. n

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Rabbi speaks up for national community Toronto couple’s volunteerism has improved their world

he Toronto Jewish community and Rabbi Poupko has Tthe community at large are better taken progressive places thanks in a large part to Joel and Jill Reitman. positions on issues Joel, founder and president, since such as conversion 1994, of Jillcy Investments, a global in- and organ vestment firm, also co-founded MIJO transplantation Corporation, an advertising company, until it was sold to a Dallas firm. He and his wife, a psychologist by profession who specialized in children Rabbi Reuben Poupko of the Living youth trip to Poland and Is- and adolescents, are well known, how- Joel and Jill Reitman rael numerous times. ever, for their charitable endeavours abbi Reuben Poupko is the “go-to He chairs the committee that co-or- and their extensive volunteer work. R guy” for the media when they want a dinates security for Montreal Jewish in- Joel has been active with the Can- est achievements is the founding of pithy, unvarnished quote about what the stitutions. Descended from a long line of adian Jewish Political Affairs Commit- the Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Jewish community thinks. Orthodox rabbis, he was ordained by the tee (CJPAC), United Israel Appeal, CIJA Centre for Alzheimer’s Support and At the podium, he is known for his ora- late renowned halachic authority Rabbi and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Training at Mount Sinai Hospital. torical skills and rhetorical flourishes Moshe Feinstein. He also serves on the Mount Sinai Hos- The centre’s services include a de- which he uses frequently in speaking out His father, the late Rabbi Baruch Poup- pital Foundation board and the Mount mentia care program that introduces against anti-Semitism and in the defence ko, was a noted scholar. The younger Sinai Hospital board. the innovative use of standardized of the State of Israel. Rabbi Poupko has advocated for a resolu- Jill spent many years on the boards of patients – actors trained to simulate Spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Is- tion of the agunot problem, that of men her children’s schools, and has been ac- real-life situations – so that caregivers, rael Beth Aaron since 1986, the Pittsburgh who refuse to give their ex-wives a Jewish tive in UJA Federation, serving as presi- guided by expert clinical coaches, will native is not an official spokesperson, divorce decree. He was interviewed in dent of Jewish Women’s Federation and learn how to deal with common chal- but he has been associated with almost the film Untying the Bonds…Jewish Di- chair of the business and professional lenging situations. every major Montreal and national Jew- vorce, produced by the Coalition of Jewish women’s campaign. She also sits on the The centre also has state-of-the-art ish organization, including the former Women for the Get. board of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal outpatient services for people with de- Canada-Israel Committee and Canadian Despite his chassidic roots, Rabbi Poup- Center for Holocaust Studies. mentia. Jewish Congress. ko has taken progressive positions on She completed the two-year Wexner The ultimate goal of the program is He is currently on the executive of Fed- other issues, such as conversion and or- Heritage Foundation program, a to enable family caregivers to support eration CJA and local board of the Centre gan transplantation, and has taken part leadership initiative sponsored by re- their loved ones’ ability to successful- for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and in dialogue with other religions. This past tail giant Leslie Wexner. ly age at home as they cope with the chairs its national rabbinic caucus. He year, he also firmly opposed the Jewish Perhaps one of the Reitmans’ great- chronic and debilitating disease. n also chairs the National Israel Experience Defence League’s attempt to beef up its Centre, and has accompanied the March presence in Montreal. n Rosh Hashanah Happy New Year Bonne année Rosh Les Créateurs to all our friends, customers Ha’shanahand artists. Tobah To all our clients and friends our best wishes for a very WISHES ALL THEIR Rabah Shannah happy, healthy and tovah Toba Rabah CLIENTS AND FRIENDS prosperous New Year A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY Chana Tova Rosh NEW YEAR

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Physician takes on the tough assignments

hysician Lawrence Rosenberg, since Immigrant heads Canada’s legacy airline PApril, has been president-director gen- eral of one of the new mega-centres that n one fairly favourable profile, Calin administer health and social services in IRovinescu was called “an uber-com- Quebec. petitive hard-ass,” no doubt as a form He heads the Integrated Health and Social of compliment. Services University Network for West-Cen- When you’re the president and CEO tral Montreal, generally known as a CIUSSS, of Air Canada, the country’s legacy air- the French acronym. Rosenberg oversees line, that sort of remorseless evaluation 18 institutions in the territory, including comes with the territory. the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) of which Like the time when the board of direc- he was previously executive director. tors agreed to boost Rovinescu’s pension Before joining the JGH staff in 2007 to payouts and unionized workers com- become chief of surgical services, he was pared that to their own belt-tightening; director of the multi-organ transplant or when the airline announced it would program at the Montreal General Hospital charge passengers a fee for each piece where he led the first successful liver trans- of luggage; or when Rovinescu criticized plant and inaugurated pancreatic trans- Ontario’s proposed jet fuel tax. plantation. Despite the critiques, Rovinescu’s run While at the helm of the JGH, he took a at the top of Air Canada has proven a defiant stance against the Parti Québécois success. The Globe and Mail’s Report on government’s proposed charter of values, Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg Business named him top CEO for 2013 Calin Rovinescu which would have banned public sector after he turned around the fortunes of employees from wearing religious sym- the ailing airline, making it “the come- His parents, Ionel and Adriana, bols, calling it “patently discriminatory.” back story of 2013.” stressed higher education and excelling Before its adoption last year, he spoke A year later, the Financial Post named in whatever he did. out against the current Liberal govern- him the Number 1 CEO of the year. He went to work for Air Canada in 2000 ment’s Bill 52, which will legalize the doc- We do not give life and Rovinescu was named to the top job as executive vice-president for corpor- tor-assisted suicide of gravely ill, consent- we have no right to at Air Canada in 2009 when the airline’s ate development and strategy but left ing patients. future was in doubt. He is credited with the company in 2004 to co-found the in- “We do not give life and we have no right take life transforming the air carrier, overseeing vestment bank Genuity Capital Markets. to take life,” he said at the time, blasting its expansion with new fuel-efficient Since his return to Air Canada in 2009, the government for “expediency” rather planes, negotiating new labour con- Rovinescu, 60, has gone on to serve as than addressing the lack of palliative care. kabbalist, famous for dissenting from the tracts and boosting the carrier’s cap- chair of the Star Alliance chief executive Rosenberg is an observant, kippah-wear- Vaad Ha’ir’s monopoly over kashrut in acity and its load factor (the seats that board, he’s a member of the board of ing Jew, descended from a long line of 1920s Montreal. are filled). governors of IATA, a trade association chassidic rabbis. Rosenberg has said he inherited this re- Not bad for the son of Romanian im- representing 240 airlines, and he sits on His great-grandfather was Rabbi Yudel bellious streak and made known he is not migrants who arrived in Canada with the board of the Canadian Council of Rosenberg (also related to the late Mor- one to back down from a fight if he be- about $200 in their pockets. Chief Executives. n decai Richler), a renowned talmudist and lieves he is on the side of the right. n

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Couple donated millions to various causes Israeli-Canadian architect is a eparately, both Heather Reisman Sand Gerald Schwartz are hugely suc- cessful entrepreneurs, having achieved global citizen astronomical success as CEO of Canada’s biggest bookstore chain, Indigo Chapters, oshe Safdie is frequently referred and as the CEO of Onex Corporation, re- M to as an Israeli architect, but he’s spectively. also a professor, urban planner, educa- Together, Reisman and Schwartz, who tor and author. married in 1982, are philanthropic com- A 2010-2011exhibition characterized munity builders, unapologetic promoters him as a “global citizen,” and his influ- of Zionism, the state of Israel, and human ence can be seen worldwide in almost rights. 100 projects on five continents. His Bos- Winnipeg native Gerald Schwartz, is the ton-based practice has offices in Jerusa- co-founder of CanWest Global Communi- lem, Toronto, Singapore and Shanghai. cations Inc., founder, chairman and CEO A citizen of Israel, Canada and the of Onex – Canada’s largest private equity United States, Safdie was born in Haifa firm – and was ranked 24th on a list Can- in 1938 to a family with roots in Safed – Moshe Safdie ada’s wealthiest, with an estimated net hence the name Safdie. He grew up and worth of $1 billion (US). Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman was educated in Montreal and studied After Montreal-born Reisman moved at McGill University. the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Mu- to Toronto, she co-founded Paradigm scholarship program for IDF lone soldiers He is still best known by many for his seum in Jerusalem, for which he said he Consulting, where she served as manag- called the Heseg Foundation in 2005. first professional project, Habitat 67, felt an “extraordinary responsibility.” ing director for 17 years before serving as Over the years, Schwartz and Reisman built for Expo 67 in Montreal, an experi- He has also been cited for the use of president for Cott Beverages. have donated tens of millions of dollars mental housing complex constructed light in his designs, frequently using In 1996, backed by Onex, Reisman to hospitals, universities, and Jewish in- from prefabricated concrete blocks, glass to let the light shine in. “Light is founded Indigo Books. By 2001, she suc- stitutions, including about $28 million based on research done for his academ- central… Light is nourishing,” he ex- ceeded in the hostile takeover of Chapters, to Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, nearly ic thesis. plains. Inc., Indigo’s biggest competitor, achiev- $600,000 to the University of Waterloo for It brought him the first of numerous Among his many Canadian designs ing a near monopoly in Canada’s retail an exchange program with Israel’s Univer- awards of recognition, including being are the National Gallery of Canada in book market. sity of Haifa, and a gift to UJA Federation named to the Order of Canada in 1986. Ottawa, the Montreal Museum of Fine Never one to shy away from taking a of Greater Toronto to build the Jewish Each of Safdie’s projects is known for arts and the new terminal at Toronto’s principled stance, Reisman decided to Community Centre – the Shwartz/Reis- its sense of place, a link to the location Pearson International Airport. remove Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf from man Centre – at the Joseph & Wolf Lebovic where it stands. He says he has to spend He has created designs in the United Indigo’s shelves, sparking controversy Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan. considerable time on a site, “to see the States, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, Iran, around the issues of censorship and hate “Laying the foundation for this growing, relationship,” before he can begin to India, China and Puerto Rico. The “Is- literature. thriving Jewish community is a source create the design. raeli” artist has even built a mosque in Schwartz and Reisman, who have often of great pride for us and our family,” One of the most difficult for him was Dubai. n faced criticism for their prominent finan- Schwartz said in 2010 following the an- cial and moral support of Israel, started a nouncement of the JCC gift. n

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Businessman ‘is a mensch’ CEO of Apotex delivers affordable drugs

lvin Segal is a name to reckon with in ernard (Barry) Sherman, CEO and A Montreal. Bchair of Apotex Inc., the largest Can- The businessman and philanthropist adian-owned pharmaceutical company, began modestly, working in his father-in- is dedicated to providing consumers law’s Montreal-based business, Peerless with affordable drugs. Clothing. Today, thanks to Segal’s efforts His goal is to be one of the world’s and acumen, he’s chair and CEO of Peer- leading suppliers of generic prescription less, the largest supplier of fine tailored medications, which are researched, de- clothing in North America. In fact, he con- veloped and manufactured in Canada. tributed to the negotiations that led to the Married to Honey with four grown chil- North American Free Trade Agreement in dren, Sherman, who is worth more than 1994, which enabled him to expand into $5 billion, began working for his uncle Bernard Sherman the much larger U.S. market. Lewis Lloyd Winter’s pharmaceutical When Segal received the Order of Can- company, Empire Laboratories, when he ada in 2010, he said, “I’ve been lucky in was in high school. business. I want to share my success.” He bought the company when he He and his wife, Leanor, have, indeed, graduated with a PhD in astrophysics used their success to help others, donating from MIT, after his uncle had died. He Company is in millions of dollars to education, medicine sold it in 1972 and started Apotex in 1974 the Top 15 of the and culture. They have touched the lives with a few former Empire employees. He of Jewish teachers and students; lovers of now employs more than 10,000 people world’s largest Yiddish; actors, producers and theatre- and makes more than 300 medicines, pharmaceutical goers; cancer patients and their caregivers, which are used worldwide. companies. and researchers. With its head office in Toronto, Apo- One of their first efforts went to sustain Alvin Segal tex is in the Top 15 of the world’s largest corporate donations to that agency. Montreal’s Dora Wasserman Yiddish The- pharmaceutical companies. Personally, Sherman has donated $50 atre at the then-Saidye Bronfman Cen- Sherman, born in 1942, is also dedicat- million to UJA Federation of Greater To- tre (SBC). Shortly after that, they made have also donated to other educational and ed to his philanthropic endeavours. ronto and built a major addition – the a $1-million donation to the Centre for medical programs in Canada and Israel. One of Apotex’s priorities is to work Apotex Centre – to Baycrest Health Sci- Jewish Studies at McGill University, which In May, Segal received the Mount Scopus with members of the pharmacy profes- ences. was in danger of closing for lack of funds. Award for excellence in his chosen field sion to provide financial support for a Baycrest’s Precious Legacy Exhibit, a They became the leading donors, giving and his philanthropy – the highest honour wide variety of professional programs collection of 180 black-and-white photo- more than $20 million, to create the Segal given by the Canadian Friends of the Heb- and research initiatives, both nationally graphs of Holocaust survivors who lived Cancer Centre at the Jewish General Hospi- rew University. and regionally. The company has also or attended programs at Baycrest, was tal. More recently, the couple contributed In presenting the award, Canadian raised more than $1 million for United sponsored in honour of the Shermans $6 million for the renovation of the SBC, Friends chapter president Lewis Dobrin Way and is recognized as the No. 1 phar- for their commitment to Shoah educa- which, in 2006, became the Segal Centre said, “Alvin is a real mensch, a decent up- maceutical company in Canada for total tion. n for Performing Arts at the Saidye. They right, honourable human being”. n

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Sports mogul is also a superfan A pioneer hen Larry Tanenbaum and Bell in HIV research WMedia acquired the Toronto Argo- nauts in May, some observers noted that finally the team will be owned by some- ioneering researcher Mark Wainberg Mark one who’s not likely to go broke. P has been director of the McGill Uni- Wainberg In the world where sports and business versity AIDS Centre since 1990 and head intersect, Tanenbaum is one of Toronto’s of research into that disease at the Jew- In 2012, Wainberg was awarded the best-known figures. ish General Hospital’s (JGH) Lady Davis prestigious $100,000 Killam Prize in Beyond the Argos, Tanenbaum has his Larry Tanenbaum Institute since 1984, when he established health sciences by the Canada Council. fingers in a number of sports pies as a the first lab of its kind in Canada there. Three years earlier, the Canadian Medical minority shareholder and chair of Maple mid-market companies. Wainberg, a microbiologist, has earned Association presented Wainberg with its Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the com- In 2007, Tanenbaum was named to the international recognition for his ground- Medal of Honour. pany that owns the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Order of Canada for his extensive philan- breaking work in this field, which in- France, where HIV was first identified, Marlies and Toronto FC. thropic work. He serves as vice-chair of cludes being the first in Canada to isolate made Wainberg a Chevalier of the Légion He also serves as an NBA league govern- Mount Sinai Hospital’s board of directors; HIV from infected people and the discov- d’Honneur in 2008, when he was cred- or for the Raptors and holds similar pos- he’s a member of the board of Brain Can- ery of 3TC as an anti-viral drug effective ited with “helping to save millions of lives itions for the Maple Leafs and Toronto FC. ada; he’s a member of the university coun- against HIV in 1989. around the world.” Through Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Ltd. cil at Cornell University, where he stud- He has since contributed significantly Wainberg is also an Officer of the Or- (KVN), where he is CEO and chair, he has in- ied as a young man; he’s on the advisory to the understanding of HIV’s replication der of Canada and member of the Ordre vestment in Insight Sports, a sports media board of Baycrest Health Sciences; he’s a and drug resistance, and the search for a national du Québec. An observant, kip- company, as well as specialty TV stations founding member of the Centre for Israel vaccine. His current focus is on HIV pre- pah-wearing Jew, Wainberg has spoken that broadcast – you guessed it – sports. and Jewish Affairs; and along with Gerald vention projects in developing countries, out against discrimination suffered by Though Tanenbaum admits to being a Schwartz, he co-chairs the $400-million especially southern Africa. gay people. “Promiscuity is without “superfan,” he earned his money in the Tomorrow Campaign, which funds infra- In addition, Wainberg, 70, has been a question a key factor in the spread of road construction business and private structure for Toronto’s Jewish community. tireless advocate for more government HIV/AIDS and is not something any of capital investments. All that philanthropy hasn’t hurt the funding of HIV intervention programs us should condone,” he said in 2008. KVN is a construction company with bottom line. According to Canadian and universal access to prevention and “Having said that, I feel strongly that no interests in road building, paving, con- Business’ list of Canada’s richest people, treatment, and has specifically criticized man or woman has a choice in their sex- crete, trucking and pipe manufacturing. Tanenbaum ranks 64th, with a net worth Prime Minister Stephen Harper for not ual orientation. God made them the way Kilmer Capital Partners is a private equity of more than $1.3 billion. The Argos ap- giving HIV/AIDS sufficient priority. they are.” n firm with investments in a number of pear to be in good hands. n

Law was a natural career choice Helping Russian Jews stay connected

file Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry – a public inquiry established by the province abbi Yoseph Zaltzman has devoted his of Manitoba to examine the circum- Rlife to keeping Russian Jews connect- stances surrounding the death of a child ed to their heritage. who had been receiving services from He is the senior rabbi and founder of the the child welfare system. Walsh was the Jewish Russian Community Centre of On- first woman in Manitoba to hold such a tario (JRCC), an organization whose mis- position. sion is to promote Jewish identity, con- In 2012, she was appointed the chief tinuity and integration among Jews from adjudicator of the adjudication panel the former Soviet Union through the pro- Sherri Walsh established pursuant to the Human vision of educational, spiritual, religious Rights Code (Manitoba) and has sat as and cultural services. Rabbi Yoseph herri Walsh grew up in a family that an adjudicator under the code since Rabbi Zaltzman was born in Russia in Zaltzman Semphasized community engage- 2007. 1956 to a family devoted to strengthening ment and the pursuit of justice – influ- In 1999, she received the Manitoba Jewish life in the Soviet Union through of emissaries and help make the dream of ences that led to her choosing a career Bar Association’s Award for pro bono the underground Lubavitch network. In the Mashiach a reality. in law. work. In 2000 she received the inaug- Dushanbe, where Rabbi Zaltzman was He studied at the Rebbe’s yeshiva, the Called to the bar in 1986, Walsh is a ural Manitoba Human Rights Commit- born, his parents succeeded in building a Rabbinical College of America, in New partner with the law firm Hill Sokalski ment Award. In 2006, she was named a mikvah. They later moved to Samarkand Jersey and at 19 was sent on his first mis- Walsh Olson in Winnipeg, a firm that is “star” by the Manitoba League of Per- and struggled to acquire kosher food and sion as a yeshiva student emissary to Kfar consistently recognized as one of Can- sons with Disabilities. In 2013, she was lead a religious life. They held yeshiva Chabad in Israel. ada’s top litigation firms. recognized as the Manitoba Female studies and other illicit Jewish activities in Subsequently, he helped lead Passover Her practice covers virtually all areas Litigator of the year by Benchmark Liti- their home, where Rabbi Zaltzman stud- seders for Russian Jews in Brighton Beach, of civil litigation with an emphasis on gation Canada. ied as a child. Detroit and Denver, and he worked as a employment law, securities and insur- Outside the practice of law, Walsh He spent his childhood from age seven camp counsellor for Jewish Russian chil- ance litigation, constitutional and hu- has sat on the boards of a number of to 12 in hiding, to avoid police discov- dren in New York and Los Angeles. In 1979, man rights issues and administrative non-profit organizations. For four ering that he did not attend public school. Rabbi Zaltzman married his wife, Chiena, law. She has appeared at all levels of years, she was president of Winni- In 1971, his family was permitted to leave and in 1980, he was sent by the Rebbe to court in Manitoba and before the Su- peg Harvest – a non-profit food bank. the Soviet Union for Israel. be his emissary to the Russian Jewish com- preme Court of Canada Walsh currently sits as a director on After visiting the Lubavitcher Rebbe munity of Toronto. In this role, the couple In 2011, Walsh was appointed to act the board of the University of Winnipeg with his father in New York that same year, has reached out to Russian Jewish families, as commission counsel to the high pro- Foundation. n Rabbi Zaltzman decided to commit his organizing gatherings and opening a syna- life to acting as one of the Rebbe’s army gogue, preschool and day school. n THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS M september 10, 2015 [ RH 5776 ] B27 ‘Can you help us find a safe place?’

EXCERPT: The Gold family seeks shelter from the Nazis, only to find themselves discarded and surrounded instead

Ellr a Bu akowski “You go,” he said. “Leave the Jews with me.” Hanna didn’t like how that sounded, arian knew the lay of the land and and for that matter, neither did Marian. was able to guide them unseen He turned to Hanna. “You’ll be fine here Mthrough the mountainous ter- for a while. Take care of the children, and Waving their weapons rain. His own life depended on it as well. stay safe.” and fists in the The trek to Pilarski’s was uneventful. So “Thank you for all you’ve done for us, much had happened in such a short span Marian. Leib would be so grateful to know air they chanted a they were already losing track of time, but how you have helped his family. I hope common phrase over it was still morning on Oct. 7, 1942, when one day in the near future we can enjoy and over in an awful they made it to Pilarski’s farm. ourselves over dinner like we used to.” drone: ‘Give the Jews “Hanna, you and the children stay there, Marian felt guilty that he couldn’t do and remain out of sight,” Marian said as he more for them. He had no choice but to to the Germans.’ pointed to a wooded area. They all moved leave them with Pilarski even though, quickly into the brush. Hanna watched as deep down, he didn’t trust the man. He Marian walked down the hill toward the could only hope he had done right by lane that led to the farm. From their ele- Leib. He felt a pang of guilt recogniz- vated vantage point, they could see the ing that, in truth, he was relieved to be layout of the property. It was large, with a free of the responsibility and burden of two-storey farmhouse. White horizontal hiding them. He went over to David and fencing separated the home from the barn crouched down to his height. “You’ll be and stables. Hanna could see the leftover fine here, David. Remember our little talk. rows of potatoes that had not yet been Take care of the ladies, my son.” He pulled harvested from the fields. Pigs roamed in David in for one last hug and turned to their pens, and a few cows grazed in the leave. He walked back to his home, a load distance. off his mind, but in his heart he feared Someone answered the door, but Hanna they would not survive. into the shed. voice. could not make out who it was. Marian Pilarski still had not looked directly at Pilarski was back at the house rehashing “What about our deal?” Hanna asked. disappeared into the house. It seemed like any of them. “Follow me,” he said. Behind his commitment. What was he thinking, “The deal is off. The Germans have in- forever before there was any more move- the stable was an old, battered, wood offering to help these Jews? vaded the town, and I’m not putting my- ment at the farm, but finally Marian came structure. It was small and smelled like it German propaganda claiming Jews were self in danger for Jews. Get out now.” His out. He watched his feet as he climbed might have had manure stored in there at evil had intensified. Movies and posters face was red, and he spat as he spoke. back up the hill, avoiding the fallen tree one time. depicting them as corrupt, filthy, and lazy With a jerk of her head Hanna motioned branches. “Get in there,” he ordered. They entered, circulated. They were shown as people to the children. They immediately got up, “Here’s the plan,” he said when he and Pilarski closed the door behind them. who had taken control of the banks and brushed themselves off, picked up their reached them. “Pilarski is willing to hide Fortunately, there was plenty of light as were blamed for every person’s unfortu- belongings, and prepared to leave. you for now, but made no commitment the wooden slats had so many breaks nate situation. The propaganda equated “Drop everything and go. Now!” he for how long. The deal Leib made with and holes that the light streamed through Jews to rats. Comparing Jews to vermin shouted. him was for David only, so to hide the rest every crevice. would dehumanize them, making it more With the efficiency of a seasoned thief, of you, he wants an additional thousand Esther, was very good at finding the posi- acceptable to eliminate them. Drawings Esther hid her mother’s sack under her zloty for each person.” tive in a bad situation. She had blossomed were posted, showing Jews with large, coat as the rest of them put their belong- Without hesitation, Hanna agreed. She into a strong, confident young woman. hooked noses, warts, and dirty, roach-in- ings on the ground and left the shed. took 3,000 zloty from her boot and hand- “Look here,” she said. “We can take these fested beards. Warnings of typhoid and Hanna thought she would try to get their ed it to Marian. bales apart and cover the dirt floor with other diseases were written in red letters, money back. As she walked past him she Together they all walked down the hill. straw. We’ll be fine here for a while, you’ll see.” meant to look like blood. said, “If the deal is off, then return our Pilarski was feeding the pigs when Shoshana and David took their cue and Many Polish people had come to believe money.” Marian and the Golds approached. He started to pull out the straw from the well- this propaganda, and Pilarski was no ex- “GET OUT!” he bellowed as he picked up stopped what he was doing. formed bales. David knew it would be ception. He’d begun blaming Jews a year a pitchfork. “Where’s the money?” Pilarski did not easier if he used his switchblade to open ago; around the same time he had trouble They fled up the hill, retracing their make eye contact, or even look in the the bales but was afraid to reveal it to his putting food on the table. After Kristal- original path. After only a few hundred direction of Hanna and her children. He mother. She would confiscate it, and he lnacht, the two-day Nazi rampage that metres they heard a deep voice shouting spoke directly to Marian. had no intention of letting that happen. started on Nov. 9, 1938, leaving almost 100 in Polish, “Hey, Jews!” It was not Pilarski’s Marian wanted some reassurances be- David was making decisions by himself Jews dead and 30,000 arrested, it was easy voice. This voice was much raspier. fore he handed him the cash. “You will now. He had to think what would be best to believe Jews were the enemy. It was Hanna moved behind David and whis- hide all of them for this money, correct?” for his family, what his father would do, so safer to believe it too. pered, “Don’t answer. Keep moving.” Pilarski was fixated on Marian’s pocket. he continued to undo the bales by hand A few hours later, Hanna heard Pilar- Focused on the forest ahead, they hoped He knew there was cash in it. and kept the weapon a secret. It took a ski’s heavy footsteps. She was hopeful they could lose whoever was calling in the “Yes, yes,” Pilarski assured Marian, “you couple of hours, but they managed to that he was bringing some food. The door thick brush. They picked up their pace, have nothing to worry about. They’ll be make an acceptable area to rest on. It was opened, and he stood there, once again but did not run. perfectly safe here.” getting late, and Hanna still had the bag not looking directly at them. He seemed At that moment David remembered his Marian pulled his hand from his pocket of food Frania packed. She pulled it out to to be looking past them, over their heads. father’s words when he was being chased and gave the money to Pilarski. He counted eat, but decided to ration it, as they had “Leave all your things, and get off of my by a large dog. every zloty and then looked up at Marian. not seen Pilarski since he’d ordered them farm,” he said in a deep commanding Continued on next page M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B28 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Continued FROM previous page the eye, but did not back away, either. As “Never look strange dogs in the eye. They the man moved dangerously close, David will consider it a challenge. If you want to braced himself knowing he was about to get away, stand tall with your shoulders be struck. It wasn’t until a split second back, and walk quickly with confidence, before the man’s arm made contact that but do not run.” David instinctively raised he caught a glimpse of the blade clutched David immediately straightened up, put his own arm to protect in the fellow’s hand. David instinctively his shoulders back and walked with his raised his own arm to protect his face as head held high. his face as the knife came the knife came down and plunged into the This time a different voice spoke from down and plunged into the back of David’s hand. The ruffian watched behind them. “Hey, Jews! Where you go- back of David’s hand for the boy’s reaction, but David did not ing? We’re not finished with you.” flinch. He stayed tall and complied with From the forest two more men ap- his original command to remove his coat. peared. The Golds couldn’t move forward The blood dripping from David’s hand or backward. More people emerged from energized the mob, and their chanting the left and the right. Carrying shovels, grew louder. Hanna began reciting the pitchforks, and makeshift weapons, these Shema, a Jewish prayer said when one threatening assailants advanced slowly to- is ready to die. David watched the blood ward them. One of the men laughed. oozing from his wound and was surprised He’s enjoying our fear, Hanna thought. it didn’t hurt. It took a few minutes before Another man staggered toward them, the throbbing set in. drinking from a tarnished silver flask. Anti-Semitic poster - Beware of typhus, Esther instinctively placed herself be- From their clothes, it was clear they were avoid Jews. tween her brother and his attacker. With- all farm workers. out hesitation the farmer pushed hard Hanna and her children backed into a Hatred spewed as they fed off each carry on the family name. enough to throw her to the ground. circle, each facing a different direction. other’s energy. Waving their weapons and “Please, leave us alone,” she cried out to As the farmers were just about to swarm, Clutching at each other’s coats, they dared fists in the air, they chanted a common them. “Go home. We will leave quickly and an imposing command came from be- not take their eyes off the approaching phrase over and over in an awful drone: not bother you. My son is going up the hill. yond the mad scene. men. They were surrounded. “Give the Jews to the Germans.” You can take us if you must, but he is go- “STOP!” Sobowice was a small town, and Pilarski The crowd grew, and now there were at ing to leave,” she said in an assertive tone. Everyone turned to see two burly men must have put the word out that he was least 20 men. Hanna was sure they were The farmers could trade these four Jews walking toward them. The smaller of the releasing Jews. These men had come out going to be killed. to the Germans for eight kilos of sugar. two had a gun pointed straight at the to harass them, maybe even kill them. David recalled the horrible vision of Mr. They were not letting David go anywhere. crowd. They were growing in numbers, and Zimmerman in pain, holding his stom- David felt up his sleeve for the knife The two men moved closer. They had there was no escape. Then the heckling ach, with the blood spewing between his Marian had given him. He wanted to use the attention of the farmers. The larger of began. fingers. In that moment David prayed, it, but there were just too many of them. the two spoke in Polish. “Dirty Jews.” “Please, please, God, let someone shoot A few of the men moved in closer. One “Are you all crazy? What do you think “Take your diseases back where you me in the head. I don’t want to die a slow of them looked directly at him. “Give me you’re doing, have you all lost your minds? came from.” death like Mr. Zimmerman.” your clothes.” Do you have any idea what’s going on out “Go back to the gutter with the rats that Hanna wanted to at least save David, her David stood tall, as his father had there?” you are.” youngest child, the only one that could instructed. He did not look the man in Continued on next page

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His friend still had the gun drawn, his finger on the trigger. Surprisingly, the farmers listened as he continued. “We’ve just come from Germany; we escaped from a labour camp. The Ger- mans are killing all the Poles as well as Jews. Do you really want to help them? Do you really have to be their instruments and do their dirty work for them? They’re coming for you, too. Who will save you and your families?” He became more en- raged as he went on. “Let these people go. They’ve done nothing to you. You have two choices: either go back to your homes and your families while you still can, or die here.” The large man looked over at the lyzing. She needed their help, but was and figured it would take them the better gun his friend had pointed at them. afraid to trust them. Even though they part of the night to reach it. His words actually cut through the col- acted like good people, she was not taking At the offer of money, the two men lective hatred. Some of the men made dis- any chances. looked at each other, and, once again, the paraging remarks to save face, but they all As a symbol of respect, one of the men larger man spoke. “We were headed in backed off and dispersed. Hanna breathed removed the hat he was wearing while that direction anyway, so you can come a sigh of relief, but unable to control her Shoshana spoke. “Can you help us find a with us.” shaking legs, she grabbed on to Shoshana D avid Gold age 12 with the Star of David safe place?” she asked. Shoshana caught the calculating look for support. armband. Hanna intervened, “Do you know how the two men had given each other, and Esther got up off the ground and moved to get to Dzialoszyce? We would be very she didn’t want to be robbed. She quickly closer to David to examine his hand. accentuated her ivory skin and made her grateful, and we can pay you for your help placed herself between the two of them, She took off one of her extra socks and appear more Polish than Jewish. She had if you can take us there.” Hanna had heard and in a playful manner she interlaced her wrapped it tightly around his wound to a sultry demeanour men were drawn to, that the Jews in Dzialoszyce were working arms through theirs, one on either side stop the bleeding. and she could use it if she had to. in ghettos and had not all been deported of her. “Come boys,” she said coyly. “You Shoshana steadied her mother and then She walked over to the two Poles who to concentration camps. She thought if show us the way.” She began to lead with sprang into action. She could hear her had just saved them and with a flirtatious they could get there, they might buy some a smiling man on each arm. n father’s voice in her head. Blue eyes and intonation said, “You men were wonder- time, while they figured out what to do fine features. Shoshana was an attract- ful. How can we ever thank you? I don’t next. Leib’s cousin Aaron lived there, and Excerpted from Hidden Gold, a True Story ive woman. She was 23 and had those want to think what would have happened Hanna knew how to find the house if she of the Holocaust by Ella Burakowski. intense blue eyes, a small button nose, if you hadn’t come along.” could only get to Dzialoszyce. She knew it Published by Second Story Press. and a beautiful smile. Her thick, dark hair While she was talking, she was also ana- was about 25 kilometre south of Pinczow www.hiddengoldbook.com

Who stole Abe Kivenko’s plaque?

One Sunday night, a sign honouring the past president of the shul was removed from the wall. By morning the news was all over town.

Gerald Tulchinsky Baruch, named in memory of Baruch shamess came in to pick up the Sabbath (Billy) Bucavetsky who was killed in July, prayer books and the talesim strewn over here are places across Canada 1943, while on active service with the the benches; maybe the rabbi arrived on where small Jewish communities Royal Canadian Air Force. The shul was some mission; maybe a stranger came Tonce thrived, strung out like frin- built in 1947 on Waterloo Street in close by and decided to rest himself for a few ges of a huge tallis, in small cities and proximity to the Jewish neighbourhood, minutes. Who knows? Maybe even one towns where Jews made their livings as and just around the corner from the old of the legendary lamed-vavniks, the 36 peddlers, storekeepers, and scrap col- shul, a ramshackle structure that was righteous persons who, according to lectors. From all over Eastern Europe later converted into a Hungarian Baptist Jewish tradition, pass through this world, they immigrated and settled throughout church. and by their deeds uphold its continuing this vast country during the great immi- One Sunday night – not a dark and existence before the Almighty, stopped gration waves of the early 20th century. stormy one – just an ordinary night, not here and witnessed the loss. It could even Brantford in south-western Ontario too dark, not too bright, not too stormy, have been Elijah the Prophet himself, was once such place, in the 1940s an in- not too pleasant, just a regular Sunday passing through on a pre-Passover tour, dustrial city of 30,000 people, amongst night in this Jewish community, a ter- possibly to scout out the Jewish houses them some 200 Jews in 60 families. From rible thing happened. A plaque hon- he would visit on that holiday. It doesn’t villages and small towns in the back- ouring Abe Kivenko, immediate past matter. Somebody found out early Mon- waters of Russia, Lithuania, Austria, and president of the shul, was removed from day morning, and by 10 o’clock the news Poland they came together in uneasy, the synagogue’s wall. Nobody knew who was all over town. though necessary, communion to pray was the first to find out; maybe there was in the new but modest synagogue, Beth a minyan the next morning; maybe the Continued on next page M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS B30 [ RH 5776 ] september 10, 2015

Continued FROM previous page they entered, sidled up to the counter and It read: asked “What’s new in town”? There was no shortage of broadcast ABRAHAM J. KIVENKO, ESQ. media at our disposal and I don’t mean “Nu, vos hertzach”? PRESIDENT BETH BARUCH radio (television was not yet available). Somehow the news “Vos machstu”? Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1950 Numerous persons were prepared, on would come off the Murafsky would raise his hands, smile, HONOURED BY ALL receiving such serious news, to rush to wince, mumble, roll his eyes, puff out this their telephones and spend hours re- shelves and up from cheeks, shrug his shoulders, laugh in an Abe had many enemies. Several of laying information, impressions, gossip, the pickle barrels, and exaggerated manner, thereby hinting that them, including Ben Kranzler and “Mack” reflections, interpretations, slander, and into his customer’s indeed something was up. Somehow the Brauer had done the deed. How do we outright lies to eager listeners who, in shopping bags to be news would come off the shelves and up know? Tabachnik had found out. How turn, spread the “news” yet further. One from the pickle barrels, and into his cus- did he find out? He sniffed around. He lady was so well known for such broad- taken home. tomers’ shopping bags to be taken home knew the town. He knew its characters as casting that she was called “CKPC”, the and spread around the neighbourhood well as anyone and he put things together. signal of the local radio station. And there streets and kitchens. Downtown, he walked slowly up Colborne was “old man” Murafsky and his wife, Riv- The best broadcaster in town was Abe Street, where he recognized all the store- kah, at whose grocery store not far from Kivenko. One says “of course” because keepers, and around Market Street and up the shul such stories collected and stored everyone knew that Abe Kivenko regularly Dalhousie, past the post office, stopping themselves like the cans of preserved disseminated information, misinforma- to chat wherever he saw a friendly face. food and stacks of Stanfield underwear tion, rumours, fabrications, speculation, He spent even more time than usual in on its rickety shelves, or the pickles in and calumny from his perch in Greco’s Greco’s Grill schmoozing with the local the enormous barrels in the basement, to Grill, a downtown greasy spoon, where storekeepers and the salesman, drifters, be picked up by his Jewish customers as he met some of the Colborne Street Jew- and schnorrers coming through town, ish storekeepers like Boris Israel Tabach- the haberdashers, shoe salesmen, and nik on a daily basis. Abe told stories about ladieswear storeowners. He watched at everybody and, what he didn’t know for shul meetings who was talking to whom. sure, he invented. Was the rabbi’s wife not At a Bnai B’rith stag in the shul’s basement seen in shul last Sabbath? Kivenko’s an- for Jack Moldaver, who had rejoined the swer: she’s pregnant again. Canadian Army as an artillery major to With Many Good Wishes Did an engagement break up between fight in Korea, he overheard some of the two local soon-to-be-weds? With lowered younger guys talking, laughing, and whis- for Happiness voice Abe related that at the Hamilton pering. He conferred with his cronies. He steam bath where some of the Jewish ruminated and within a week he had it guys gathered after poker, he’d noticed nailed down. But he kept his mouth shut. at Rosh Hashanah and Always that the intended groom’s penis was un- What to do? The insult to Kivenko was usually small and that the bride’s father serious, of course, but in Tabachnik’s was informed by – who knew? Did some- eyes the main thing was to avoid deeper body’s son get a police summons for be- communal animosity. There was awful ing caught late one night with a bottle and unrest in town. If Kivenko’s plaque could a broad parked down beside the Swamp be removed, whose plaque was safe? The Road, otherwise known as Humpers’ Hol- Wall of Honour could become decimat- low? Abe told the story with embellish- ed, leaving nothing but a series of empty ments galore to ready listeners. Did Billy spaces where dozens of brass plates in- Bucavetsky, our local star Jewish athlete scribing the deeds of former shul pres- and a real shtarker, bash in the faces of idents and generous donors of prayer the Anderson brothers for some “dirty books and monies for the building fund Jew” remarks? Abe would describe the in- now gleamed forth. cident as a bar room brawl in which Billy Tabachnik wanted to shut the issue was roaring drunk. down and get the community up for There were no limits to this man’s lying, the really important things like the next his distortion, his purely vicious nature. United Jewish Appeal campaign and the His malevolence, innuendo, and dark hiring of a new rabbi to replace Rabbi hints poisoned the town so badly, it was a Fisher who, to everyone’s relief, had been wonder, Tabachnik often reflected aloud, “called” to the pulpit in nearby Guelph. why, given the capabilities of some of our So Tabachnik approached Louis Renkle local Jews, Abe wasn’t roughed up verbal- and Max Weiss, and in deep commun- ly, or even physically. ion in the rear of Renkle’s furniture store, So when Kivenko’s plaque on the shul’s the three devised a three-part strategy. Wall of Honour was torn off and removed Tabachnik’s job was to placate Kivenko, that Sunday night, there was quiet con- who was loudly threatening dire conse- tentment throughout the community that quences all over town unless the plaque the son-of-a-bitch had received his due. was found and replaced. He had asked his In fact everybody had resented having lawyers, the firm of MacLachlan, Ryerson, 5025, Ramsay ◆ St. Hubert ◆ Quebec ◆ J2Y 2S3 it there in the first place. So when his Waterous, MacCready, and O’Toole, to term as shul president ended amidst al- begin legal proceedings against the syna- ◆ most constant community acrimony and gogue – itself a scandal, involving non- Tel: (450) 445-0050 (514) 879-9008 Fax: (450) 445-4828 unrest after only a few months, Kivenko Jews in an internal Jewish dispute. 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Weiss, the richest and most influential Jew in town, would enlist our feckless rabbi to try to spread peace throughout What would Ontario’s the community, which was talking about Jew-haters make of nothing besides Kivenko’s missing plaque and the implied threat to the Wall of Hon- the whole business? our. But the campaign plan ran into trouble from the very start. Kivenko was adamant and all Tabachnik’s efforts failed to di- vert him from his lawsuit. The rabbi’s at- tempts to calm the community were only marginally successful, as acrimony bit deeply into its soul. And Renkle’s negoti- cerned about the public relations aspects ations with the supposed plaque thieves, of the case. What if the affair were re- Kranzler and Brauer, met with loud de- ported to the press? What would Ontario’s nials and dark smirks. Worse still was the Jew-haters make of the whole business? news from the shul’s secretary that the In due course, therefore, notwithstand- congregation’s minute books had been ing all of these attempts at concession, tampered with and the page on which he conciliation, and negotiation between had recorded the hasty decision to allow the parties at issue, the case came to court Kivenko’s plaque was missing; it had been before old Judge Richard S. “Dick” Gre- torn right out of the book. ville, sometimes known as “the Major” (he “Ribboinoi shel Oylem!” Tabachnik was had won the Military Cross for outstand- so distressed he could hardly eat his nor- ing bravery in World War I), who knew mally hearty suppers. What to do, what to every character in town, including all do? In desperation he drove with Renkle the local drunks, brawlers, wife-beaters, to nearby Hamilton to consult with the whores, bootleggers, rapists, thieves, and distinguished and widely revered Rabbi other offenders against the king’s peace. Greenbaum, a pious and learned man He knew all about “the reasonable man,” of about 80, who had headed that city’s the rules of evidence, “probable cause”, oldest Orthodox synagogue for over 40 and other standbys of the lawyers’ trade. years. They pleaded with him to make He knew the difference between fact and L’Shanah Tovah. a visitation to Brantford, and with the fiction, credible witnesses, and so forth. authority and prestige he enjoyed as the After about an hour of loud and confusing “chief rabbi” of the region (embracing testimony from various witnesses in his WiShing you a heaLThy, happy and communities in the areas bordering west- busy court, he leaned over the bench and SucceSSfuL neW year. ern Lake Ontario, eastern Lake Erie, and sharply asked Kivenko what value he put From your trusted business advisors and accountants at MNP. the entire Grand River valley), he could on the plaque. Caught off guard, Abe re- persuade the community and the defi- plied: “$100,” which was the cost to him. ant warring parties to follow the path of “Fine,” said the judge. “I order the syna- peace. With a quiet but pained sigh, the gogue to pay Mr. Kivenko $100 for the loss good rabbi agreed to come. of his plaque. I also order that the syna- His visitation began with prayers and gogue permit him to erect a new plaque ended with pleas for harmony in this in place of the one which was removed. deeply riven community. Learned refer- And, finally, I further order that all costs ences to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; to of this action be paid by Mr. Kivenko. Next Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, and Leah; to Moses case.” and the Judges; to all the prophets; to Kivenko went out of court $100 richer, kings Saul, David, and Solomon; to the but – when all the bills came in – poorer sages and all the learned rabbis of the by about $1,000 in court costs and legal BE PART OF OUR SPECIAL SECTIONS Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash were to fees. However, he had the right to put no avail. up another plaque. And this he did very “Sit geholfn vi a toiten bankess,” said soon. It remains on the shul’s wall to this Tabachnik in completed disgust as he day. viewed the congregation’s stony faces after the exhausted Rabbi Greenbaum It reads: departed, slumped in the rear seat of LITERARY SUPPLEMENT SHANAH TOVAH uc,f, vcuy vbak

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