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tee will identify three or four top candi- In 1967, when Rabbi Bulka arrived in PHOTO: ASHLEY FRASER dates who will visit the congregation over Ottawa at age 23, Machzikei Hadas was a Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka expects to become rabbi emeritus of Congregation Machzikei Hadas by the next few months. Members will then Lowertown congregation of less than 100 Rosh Hashanah in 2015. By then, he will have been spiritual leader of the modern Orthodox vote on their choice. families. Founded in 1907 and located at congregation for 48 years. Machzikei Hadas’ rabbinical search the corner of Murray Street and King committee, co-chaired by David Appotive Edward Avenue since 1923, it was strug- eventually grew to encompass more than PhD and to write or edit more than 30 and Bram Bregman, includes Bonnie gling because much of Ottawa’s Jewish 500 families. books and countless newspaper, maga- Fainer, Adele Sidney, Charlie Wiseman, community had already moved away Over the years, Rabbi Bulka has zine and journal articles, he has been a Lawrence Weinstein, Cybele Hamburg, from the neighbourhoods it had been become legendary for the scope of his tireless leader in many organizations Tamara Fathi, Sari Zelenietz and centred in since early in the 20th century. many activities as both a clergyman and a – including the Canadian Jewish Rabinovitch. The congregation, though, was revital- leader in the Jewish community and in Congress, where he served as co-presi- It is hoped the new rabbi will be settled ized by the charismatic young rabbi the broader civic community at the local, dent from 2007 to 2009 – and a crusader in Ottawa by next Rosh Hashanah and and, by 1973, had built a new synagogue provincial, national and international for many worthy causes. will work with Rabbi Bulka as associate on Virginia Drive in Alta Vista that levels. Somehow fi nding time to earn his See Rabbi Bulka on page 5

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BY MONIQUE ELLIOT favourite outlets in which I write because I The November 25 print issue of the Ottawa know I’m writing for my community and Jewish Bulletin was the fi rst to arrive in that there may be letters to the editor,” subscribers’ mailboxes with the 76-year- said Values, Ethics, Community columnist old community newspaper’s new design. Mira Sucharov, who reached a personal The launch of new design was cele- milestone of 100 columns for the Bulletin brated, and the Bulletin’s new online this year. edition at www.ottawajewishbulletin.com My Israel columnist Barbara Crook was “revealed” at the Jewish Federation of emphasized the need for a more open and Ottawa’s members meeting, November 26, engaging dialogue between readers and at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre. the Bulletin. Andrea Freedman, Federation president “We need more voices,” she said. “We and CEO, said revamping the Bulletin has don’t need fewer voices.” been “a labour of love.” Dissenting views would not weaken “It has been a two-year process to get us community ties, she emphasized; rather, it where we are today,” she said, noting the is important to hear and consider opinions Federation Board acknowledged the need of community members in order to to change and put the process in motion. challenge one’s own ideas in order to grow The relaunch of the Bulletin means a and learn. major change in four key areas, Freedman Editor Michael Regenstreif emphasized PHOTO: ASHLEY FRASER Bulletin columnist Jason Moscovitz pointed out that many of the publications that inspired him said. Among the most noticeable changes that the changes to the paper are a natural to become a journalist, such as the Montreal Star, the Ottawa Journal and Life magazine, have is the layout with a “crisp, clean, newer, progression of its history. disappeared while the 76-year-old Ottawa Jewish Bulletin has continued to adapt and reinvent terrifi c” look, she said. “The Bulletin has gone through many itself for the changing times. The editorial direction for the Bulletin is changes over these past 76 years, always also going to be more about dialogue striving to keep up with technology, with to-voice options. “That’s a game-changer,” he said. within the community, Freedman said. society as a whole, and with the Jewish Berman said he is very excited about the “For some in our community, that’s the “It will really delve into the key issues community in particular,” he said. level of accessibility the Bulletin now offers whole game.” we deal with on a day-to-day basis,” she The launch of the new Bulletin website to Ottawa’s Jewish community. While newspapers generating content said, adding that articles and columns will is seen by many involved in the project to He said the online issues would make it for both print and online is nothing new, analyze more divisive issues in order to be the most signifi cant update to the easier for persons with disabilities to stay Berman said Ottawa Jewish community encourage the community to engage in its paper, which will make it fully accessible informed and involved in the community members continue to be pioneers in their own problem solving. to anyone on the Internet and on plat- while simultaneously reaching younger quest for improvement and innovation “The Bulletin has joined the conversa- forms ranging from smartphones and adults who prefer to get their news online. when it comes to engagement, and praised tion,” she said. tablets to computers. Berman said he hopes the revamp will their ability to keep a community institu- Jason Moscovitz agreed it was time David Berman, whose company, “create a culture that leaves no one tion afl oat, even during tough times. for the Bulletin to join the online news David Berman Communications, was behind,” emphasizing that the assistive “It’s absolutely been a privilege for me community. commissioned to redesign the 76-year-old technology implemented in the website and my team” to be involved in the “I think it’s a big change, I think it’s a newspaper, walked the crowd through will not alienate any particular demo- revamp, he said. very positive change, but being online many of the new online features, includ- graphic or discourage persons with Established in 1937 as “a force for now, we’re not reinventing the wheel, ing functional links to advertisers’ disabilities from staying informed. constructive communal consciousness,” we’re catching up with the rest of the websites, moderated comment boards, One of the features Berman demon- those involved in the project said they see world,” said the Ideas and Impressions the event calendar, archives of back strated is ZoomText, which allows the Bulletin changes as continuing a columnist. issues, and website accessibility functions a person to enlarge the text and clearly process of renewal, hope, and sharing “The Bulletin is really one of my such as language selection and text- read articles. within Ottawa’s Jewish community.

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In this guest column, Joshua Finn talks about Tikkun olam: his inspiring trip to Thailand with a Jewish ‘We can all do a small part social justice group. to repair the world’

hailand: a country that conjures inspired by a number of strongly passion- up images of beautiful beaches, ate people working hard to change this ancient temples, elephants, reality for their community’s children Tbustling markets and exotic and to help ensure Thailand’s youth food. I discovered all these and more on enjoy a more promising future. my recent trip there. Yet, beneath the We met people such as Boom Bean, surface in what is often called the Land of who began the Big Brother project in Smiles, lies a different reality. which children living on the streets I travelled to Thailand with of Chiang Mai – Thailand’s Justifi , an organization that Thanks second-largest city – par- organizes social justice to Justifi , ticipate in activities with trips for Jewish stu- members of the local dents and young we had the chance police force. We were professionals. The to meet people ... lucky enough to join trip, from July 2 to 11, who saw a problem them on a bowling focused on issues of excursion. These human traffi cking and and had the courage outings are designed child exploitation and initiative to build trust and which are persistent to do something mutual understanding problems in the Asia- between the youth and Pacifi c region, home to half about it. the police. of the estimated 21 million In the rural area around people in forced labour worldwide. Chiang Rai, near the border with To learn fi rst-hand about these diffi cult Myanmar, we met Sakkawan Sommuang Joshua Finn (far right) and other Justifi volunteers with Sakkawan Sommuang – a.k.a. Tom – at issues, we fi rst met with Bonita – a.k.a. Tom – a jovial and inspiring man the Tom Karen Centre near Chiang Rai, Thailand. Thompson, founder of Bangkok’s House who literally built the Tom Karen Centre of New Beginnings. Bonita has made it from the ground up. her life’s mission to rescue Thai girls – The centre is an after-school facility for from its programs. bonded with the youth and gained a some as young as 11 – from the immense children from the Karen Hill tribe to In Chiang Rai, we also met Nathan deeper appreciation about some of the sex trade in Bangkok’s infamous red learn English. Profi ciency in English is a Ritter, an American who moved to tragic issues facing children in this part of light districts. key to ensuring a greater chance for Thailand four years ago to work with the the world, and more specifi cally, this part Bonita explained that most of the youth in Thailand to achieve success later SOLD Project. This organization provides of Thailand. victims come from the poorer regions of in life. Tom himself only recently began to scholarships and resources to children at Rabbi Jamie Cowland, who led the trip, Northern Thailand. With cultural learn English (with the help of the fi lm risk of entering prostitution and forced founded the Justifi organization to pressure to provide for the family, an Good Will Hunting). He runs the centre labour and was founded by Rachel provide an experience for Jewish stu- all-too-common downward spiral begins with few resources and little money, but Sparks, a documentary fi lmmaker who, dents and young professionals to “experi- with a move to Bangkok, frequently easily makes up for this with a fervent while producing The SOLD Project: ence the struggle for basic human rights, leading to prostitution often combined passion and desire to make a difference Thailand, a fi lm about child prostitu- idealism, leadership and the Jewish with drug and alcohol abuse. for his people. The Tom Karen Centre is tion, found that common themes of approach to tikkun olam (repairing In Northern Thailand, we were growing and is seeing positive results poverty, lack of education and an overall the world).” lack of other viable options were respon- Thanks to Justifi , we had the chance to sible for leading many children into meet people like Bonita, Boom, Tom and that life. Nathan: individuals who saw a problem Before the trip, I was somewhat and had the courage and initiative to do skeptical about the difference we could something about it. These people really make in such a short period of dedicate their lives to providing oppor- time. While we didn’t change the world in tunities and a brighter future for their 10 days, we did witness the genuine community’s children. They are doing appreciation of those we worked with, their part to repair a little piece of the and the excitement of the kids who had world. the opportunity to build their confi dence Not all of us can be Boom or Tom, but by practicing their English. I believe we we can all do a small part to repair the did make a difference. world – here at home and around the Through games of soccer and volley- world. My experiences in Thailand with ball at local elementary and high schools, Justifi showed me how much each of us mixing concrete to build the outside of a really can do, and how one person really frog pond, tying bamboo together to can make a difference. make fences at the Tom Karen Centre and Visit www.justifi .org for more informa- teaching English through drama and tion about Justifi and its social action Joshua Finn of Ottawa with students at a school in Northern Thailand. dance, in our short time in Thailand, we initiatives. 4 December 9, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Pearls of Wisdom event offers insight into fi nancial planning and philanthropy for women

PHOTO: REBECCA NAGRODSKI BY EILEEN MELNICK-MCCARTHY (From left) Andrea Freedman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation; WCPP WCPP MEMBER co-chairs Erica Sher and Yaffa Greenbaum; panelists Janet Dollin, Foundation Chair Lynne Oreck-Wener and Diane Koven; and Eileen Melnick- “We often hear, ‘If you don’t have your McCarthy at the Pearls of Wisdom event, October 27. health, then what do you have?’” said Janet Dollin, an Ottawa family physician. irritable bowels or headaches, mid-life regardless of their fi nancial circum- The WCPP has begun to provide “I will expand that to say, ‘If you don’t women with anxiety or depressed moods, stances, can take the fi rst steps in getting fi nancial support to deserving community have control of your wealth, however older women with insomnia, as just a few on track; and Lynne Oreck-Wener, chair of projects. Our fi rst grant was awarded last little or much there might be of it, then lifecycle examples, relating to their the Ottawa Jewish Community spring to JET (Jewish Education through you will never have your health.’” fi nancial insecurity,” she said. Foundation, who gave examples of the Torah) and its Ottawa division of the Dollin, a board member of the Ottawa There are many reasons women are many ways women can empower them- Jewish Women’s Renaissance Program. Jewish Community Foundation’s resistant to knowing their fi nances and selves to be philanthropic, regardless of The grant provided partial funding for Women’s Collective Philanthropy taking control of their money and Moira the size of their donation. From Head and Heart to Helping Hand, a Program (WCPP), was speaking at the Somers, a Winnipeg-based psychologist, Andrea Freedman, president and CEO program designed to provide Jewish WCPP’s annual Pearls of Wisdom event, coach and fi nancial change expert, of the Ottawa Jewish Community women between the ages of 30 and 60 October 27 at the Soloway Jewish provided some practical advice for getting Foundation and the Jewish Federation of with increased information, training and Community Centre. The theme this year past their initial trepidation in a video- Ottawa, moderated the discussion. skills to enable them to become active was Women and Our Money: Knowing It; taped message. “Our Pearls of Wisdom event is an volunteers and leaders in Ottawa’s Jewish Growing It and Giving It. Other speakers at the Pearls of Wisdom important fundraising vehicle for the community. Our spending and savings habits and event included Diane Koven, a certifi ed Women’s Collective Philanthropy The Women’s Collective Endowment attitudes can literally make us ill, accord- fi nancial planner and WCPP member, Program, and it does two things really Fund (WCEF) is a fund of the Ottawa ing to Dollin. who discussed the practical side of well,” said Yaffa Greenbaum, who Jewish Community Foundation. WCEF “I regularly see young women with fi nancial planning and how women, co-chairs the WCPP with Erica Sher. “It capital is invested annually, with a portion gives us the opportunity to share informa- of the income disbursed to causes that tion we believe is of interest to the women benefi t women and children in Ottawa. of our community, and it provides us with The mission of the WCPP is to educate an opportunity to profi le and support of and empower women to speak about Be part of our cause. 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Continued from page 1 although the specifi cs of his duties “I hope to,” Rabbi Bulka said, when In an interview with the Bulletin, Rabbi remain to be determined. asked if he planned to continue with such Bulka said he was looking forward to “I’ll be available to fi ll the congrega- activities as hosting his popular weekly assuming his role as rabbi emeritus, tional needs,” he said. radio program, Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka, on CFRA, providing the Jewish perspective to the “Ask the Religion RABBI BULKA TIMELINE Experts” column in the Ottawa Citizen, and his many charitable involvements. COMPILED BY EMILY LEONOFF 2001 – Recipient of the Scouts Canada Looking back at a long career in which OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES National Salute award. he has performed lifecycle events for 1944 – Born in London, England. 2004 – Recipient of the Bronfman Medal generations of many of the same families, 1946 – Family moved to New York. from the Canadian Jewish Congress. the rabbi was philosophical as he contem- 1965 – Graduated from City University 2006 – Named “outstanding volunteer plated this next step in his long career. in New York and ordained at the fundraiser” when he chaired the “Nothing lasts forever – nor should it, Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Ottawa Regional Cancer because there needs to be room for Seminary. Foundation’s Courage Campaign. succession, for new energies, and I’m 1967 – Invited to come lead the 2006 – Awarded an honorary doctorate happy that that will be happening and Congregation of Machzikei Hadas of laws from Carleton University. that it will unfold well,” he said. “Every in Ottawa. 2007 – Served as chair of the Trillium Gift rabbinate has its challenges – and we’ve 1970-2006 – Host of the TV series, of Life Network (responsible for had challenges here – but the [Ottawa] In Good Faith. organ and tissue donation in community has been super-duper and my This photo from the October 3, 1967 edition 1971 – Received his PhD from the Ontario). experience in the rabbinate here, on the of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin accompanied an University of Ottawa with a con- 2007-2009 – Served as co-president of the basis of comparisons with other col- article announcing Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka as centration in Logotherapy. Canadian Jewish Congress. leagues of mine, has been right at the top.” the new spiritual leader of Congregation 1976 – Founded the Centre for the Study of 2009 – Named honorary principal of Machzikei Hadas. Rabbi Bulka said he is most defi nitely Psychology and Judaism. He was Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy looking forward to opportunities to spend also founder and editor of the in Riverdale, NY. more time with his children and grand- While Rabbi Bulka speaks of the Journal of Psychology and Judaism. 2010 – Awarded the Key to the City of children, none of whom live in Ottawa. inevitability of his retirement, it will 1993 – Recipient of the 125th Anniversary Ottawa, the highest honour “I have two girls and three boys,” he surely not be easy for a congregation that of the Confederation of Canada bestowed by the city. said. “Most of them are in the New York has known no other spiritual leader for Medal. 2013 – Appointed to the Order of Canada. area, although one is in Baltimore and almost half a century. 1994 – Started as host of the weekly radio He is also the author of numerous books, another is in Jerusalem.” “I speak for all of us when I say that program, Sunday Night with Rabbi journal and newspaper articles on Jewish Rabbi Bulka noted that, among his fi ve Rabbi Bulka is a fi rst-class mensch and Bulka on CFRA. philosophy, psychology and the relation- children and his wife Leah’s two children, that it will be diffi cult to see him transi- 1995 – Became a regular contributor to the ship between psychology and religion and the couple has more than 30 grandchil- tion,” wrote Rabinovitch. “He has Ottawa Citizen’s “Ask the Religion psychology and Judaism. dren and he’s looking forward to being touched every one of our lives and has Experts” column. Rabbi Bulka was also chair of the with them on a more leisurely basis. always been there for us.” 1998 – Recipient of the Beryl Plumptre Religious and Inter-Religious Affairs Award of Excellence from the Committee of the Canadian Jewish Kidney Foundation of Canada. Congress, chair of the Canadian Christian- 1999 – Recipient of the Gilbert Greenberg Jewish Consultation, co-chair of the Ottawa Distinguished Service Award, the World Jewry Committee (formerly Ottawa highest honour bestowed by the Soviet Jewry Committee), chair of the State Jewish community of Ottawa. of Israel Bonds National Rabbinic Cabinet, TempleAn egalitarian Israel Reform congregation 1999 – Recipient of the Mayor’s Award and a number of other service organiza- for Community Service. tions – and much more. Jewish roots, contemporary values, egalitarian

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In the diaspora, we fi ght Ottawa Jewish Bulletin VOLUME 78 | ISSUE 7 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. and struggle to defi ne 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 our Jewishness Email: [email protected] Published 19 times per year. country that I hope will be explored. I ated Jewish identity defeated the am interested in the personal Jewish proponents of a shared Greek Jewish © Copyright 2013 journey each person makes. identity. PUBLISHER This is a land that prods and pricks That battle is no longer fought in this Andrea Freedman EDITOR one’s Jewish self. Shabbat here is land. In Ottawa, however, we fi ght and Michael Regenstreif FROM THE PULPIT unlike Shabbat anywhere else, but struggle to defi ne our Jewishness. We PRODUCTION MANAGER RABBI STEVEN GARTEN what of a Jerusalem Shabbat can we wrestle with defi nitions such as reli- Brenda Van Vliet TEMPLE ISRAEL bring home? gious, secular, cultural, ethnic and BUSINESS MANAGER If travelling here is to be more than a genetic. We actively or passively search Barry Silverman halom. Although I will be back in visit to the Jewish Disneyland, each of us for meaning in our Chanukah celebra- The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force for Ottawa by the time you read this should fi nd how to internalize and tions. Dreidels, latkes, childhood songs constructive communal consciousness,” communicates the messages of the Jewish edition of the Bulletin, I am synthesize the experience in a way that and fairy tale stories do not make for Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as writing from the holy city of makes us a different Jew from the one mature understandings and deep the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a S diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and Jerusalem where I am accompanying 25 who got on the plane. committed identities. enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed members of Ottawa’s Jewish community As I write, it is a few days before we When we light the candles on the fi rst in these pages do not necessarily represent the policies and values of the Federation. on an 11-day journey that began the will light the chanukiyah. Here, in Israel, night of Chanukah on a kibbutz near The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut of week before Chanukah. we may light the candles six hours the Lebanese border, we will hear advertised products or establishments unless There are many ways to traverse this earlier than those at home in Ottawa, kibbutzniks sing of a victory in the they are certified by Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut or land. Some trips focus on the miracle but that will not be the most signifi cant name of Jewish externality. But, when a rabbinic authority recognized by OVH. known as the Start-up Nation, the vibrant difference in our experiences. Nor will we sing the blessings and songs of the $30 Local Subscription | $36 Canada technological industry for which Israel the sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) we eat Maccabees, will we be as sure of why we $50 International | $2 per issue has become well known. versus the latkes you fry be the variable are singing? We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the There are trips that focus on the in our experiences. Due to deadlines and production Canada Periodical Fund of the Department politics of the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict No, what will mark our celebrations is schedules, I’m writing this column just of Canadian Heritage. and there are, of course, many missions the recognition that, in this land, the before Chanukah and you’ll be reading ISSN: 1196-1929 sponsored by institutions and organiza- battle between the forces of assimilation it just afterward. In any case, let me Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 tions. All of them are wonderful and and an exclusive Jewish identity were wish you a belated “Happy Chanukah!” Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin provide great opportunities to explore resolved 2,200 years ago. from the land of Judah, Judith, Abraham, 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 the new and old Israel. The Maccabees’ victory was one in Sarah and a thousand other Jewish Yet, when I am here, it is not the which the forces of a singular unassimil- role models. December 9, 2013 7 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

much of the next few years travelling. A rabbinic career that has While not being much of a cook myself, I’ve always enjoyed reading Made become truly legendary with Love and seeing how creative one can be in the kitchen. And it’s always extensively with the Canadian Jewish Terry is a cancer survivor and lost his been fascinating to see how Cindy has News and became well aware of Rabbi wife, Mary, to leukemia in 1992. Since tied stories and anecdotes from her life Bulka and the impact he has had on then, he has been dedicated to raising to the recipes she’s presented. the national stage as a Jewish com- the necessary funds and then building Bon Voyage and safe travels, Cindy munity leader – and as one of the best healing gardens for patients at cancer and Roger! known and most respected rabbis in centres in the United States and Canada. the country. His long tenure with And Rabbi Bulka has dedicated so JOIN THE CONVERSATION

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR Machzikei Hadas is unprecedented in much time and energy to many health- It’s now been a couple of weeks since MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Ottawa and has very few precedents related efforts, including chairing the the newly redesigned print edition and anywhere. Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s our all-new online edition at www. few days after our November And I soon found out that Rabbi Courage Campaign. I now know I ottawajewishbulletin.com were revealed. 25 issue went to press on Bulka’s stature extends far beyond the shouldn’t have been surprised that Terry I’m pleased to say the initial reaction has November 15, I received word Jewish community. His dedication to so would have known the rabbi and had so been great. Athat Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka many worthy causes, his radio show much fond affection for him. (By the We want the Bulletin, both in print and was announcing his plan to step down as and newspaper columns, his idea to way, there is now a Mary Eagan Healing online, to be a forum for constructive spiritual leader of Congregation establish Kindness Week, and so much Garden on the grounds of the Richard discussion about the issues of concern to Machzikei Hadas to become rabbi more, have made him one of the best and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors our community. So, join the conversation emeritus by Rosh Hashanah in 2015. known and most respected fi gures in Park in Ottawa.) and let your voice be heard. We welcome Despite the fact that his picture was Ottawa – and far beyond. your comments, letters, guest columns, on that November 25 front page illustrat- In 2007, I was talking with Terry THANK YOU CINDY articles and photos. You can submit them ing an article about the current state Eagan, a non-Jewish friend of mine who With this issue, the Ottawa Jewish online via the website or by email to of Ottawa’s synagogues, I knew this lives in the Boston area. When I told Bulletin bids a fond farewell to Cindy [email protected]. breaking news meant Rabbi Bulka would Terry I was about to move to Ottawa to Feingold and her Made with Love food While there is sometimes not enough be back on the front page again this work at the Bulletin, he surprised me by column, which has appeared in our space in the print edition to publish all issue. Such is the stature Rabbi Bulka saying, “You’ll get to meet my friend pages for the past 11 years. that we’d like to, the format of our new has earned in a career that has become Rabbi Bulka.” Back in February, Cindy let me know website allows us to publish web extras. truly legendary. How would Terry even know a rabbi in she planned to stop writing the column So, check the site regularly for breaking Before I moved to Ottawa to work at a city hundreds of miles and an inter- at the end of 2013 because she and her news and bonus articles not in the print the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, I worked national border away? husband, Roger, are hoping to spend edition.

for their own Watergates. But the rules of engagement are very different now than The blood sport of they were in the 1970s. There were no all-news channels to drive the agenda back then. If there were, all those covering politics Watergate secrets would never have remained secret for as long as they did. Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy bring ignored, it is more of an examination of As the damage piles up from the Ford reality TV up a level or two. They make it what is seen to be of more interest to saga, the celebrity senators and question- celebrity reality TV and people can’t stop news consumers. able credibility in high offi ce, there is the themselves from following it. And there News channels and their viewers love little known Liberal senator who seems to are so many moving parts. Political drama their juicy stories and once they start have slipped away from public scrutiny. played out in the highest offi ce in the telling them they can’t stop. There is an Mac Harb resigned his Senate seat after

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS land with that distinct scent of political adrenalin drive that goes with having paying back more than $231,000 he JASON MOSCOVITZ scandal that has the blood hounds celebrities in trouble, and the biggest allegedly owed the government. While his barking. Prime Minister Stephen Harper adrenalin rush comes from having the case remains under RCMP investigation, is no longer the same leader because he most powerful person in the country in the former senator can thank his lack of etween Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, no longer has the same invincible political diffi culty. The blood sport of national profi le for being moved off the the Senate, and all those ques- leadership mystique he had before. The covering politics is often about getting to radar screen. tions about credibility in the Nixon questions – “What did he know?” the top, getting to prove rot, corruption Before being appointed to the Senate BPrime Minister’s Offi ce, these and “When did he know it?” – are being and untruths in the highest of places. It by Jean Chrétien in 2003, Harb spent have been stupendously interesting asked. doesn’t mean there is rot, corruption and almost 15 years as MP for Ottawa Centre. times. It would be enough to make grown Celebrity, power and a crack smoking untruths in high offi ce, but it does mean His combined Commons/Senate pension men and women cry, if we weren’t so mayor in Toronto have pushed up ratings every journalist dreams of being the one is worth $125,000 annually. By resigning, cynical. Maybe crying would actually on all of the cable news channels. So, give to expose them, if there were. his pension is guaranteed, even if he is make us feel better. the people more and more of what they Politics is “the Sopranos without guns,” charged and convicted of any wrong With Ford, we all witnessed true blue want and keep the ratings in the wrote the National Post’s Andrew Coyne doing. Had he not resigned, and if he were raw reality TV. The personal demons and stratosphere. in his October 23 column. What an apt to be convicted, his pension would not be abuses made it, in a sick way, kind of It is often said that all-news television description. What happens to the leader guaranteed. Resigning fi rst was a well- funny at the beginning and just oh-so-sad drives the news agenda for all the other of a crime organization, a political thought-out business decision as his as it continued to unravel. And the world media. It was interesting to see last organization, any organization, when pension is almost as big as his Senate watched: when was the last time a month how the thousands of deaths in things go wrong? Those leaders, let’s say paycheque. Canadian politician was featured so the Philippines was not always the lead nine times out of 10, are never as strong In today’s world of 24-hour all-news prominently on CNN, or a skit about him item on the news. It depended on what again. channels, the luckiest senators are the or her opened Saturday Night Live? happened with Ford and what new The clock begins ticking toward their non-celebrities who will leave this mess As for the ongoing saga in the Senate, development there was in the Senate leadership ending and the television with a handsome, guaranteed, fully that story seems to write itself. Senators saga. It is not to say the Philippines were networks are in a feeding frenzy looking indexed pension, regardless. 8 December 9, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Students visibly moved by stories shared by Holocaust survivors

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Advertorial SJCC offers many opportunities JEWISH NATIONAL for adult learning this winter FUND BY ROSLYN WOLLOCK More than trees SOLOWAY JCC Alan Blostein n keeping with our tradition of providing high 613.798.2411 • [email protected] President calibre adult education options, the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC) has gathered some of the Save the Date: Imost respected and engaging professors, writers Tu Bi’Shevat Telethon is January 19 and artists in Ottawa to provide high level courses for the 2014 winter session. Adding security plantings Our adult learning courses cover a wide spectrum of to the Israel-Lebanese Border subjects, including new Jewish content, music, drama, Whenever you are in Israel and you see an abundance of literature and art, to complement our highly successful trees and forests, realize that they were planted by JNF with the Judaic core programs and art and music programs. The support of many communities around the world. Over the past few years, JNF telethons have raised funds to plant trees for fu- scope of this programming is evident in a few examples ture generations, to restore parklands that have been the targets of upcoming courses. of rockets, or to reseed forests that were the victims of wildfi res Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton of Or Haneshamah, Ottawa’s and arson. Specifi cally, JNF Ottawa telethons have raised money Reconstructionist congregation, will join our Judaic for key projects in Israel including the restoration of mountain program’s roster of instructors this winter. A much- terraces on Mount Carmel, the reforestation of recreation areas sought-after speaker, performer and instructor at local, in Sderot, the transformation of dry river beds in Be’er Sheva to national and international Jewish programs, “Rabbi Liz” a huge national 1,700-acre park paradise, and many more. will offer a fresh look at Purim during her four-week Just as the trees didn’t appear without hard work, JNF tele- course, “Purim and the Book of Esther: For Mature Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton joins the Soloway JCC’s Judaic program thons couldn’t happen without tremendous leadership and sup- Audiences Only,” emphasizing among other interesting with a four-week course on Purim. port. Aft er fi ve years of leading the JNF Ottawa Tu Bi’Shevat elements, the historical improbabilities and oddly named Telethon to new levels of fundraising success, Jane and Martin characters found in the Book of Esther. Italian, Jewish and Chinese communities will be dis- Gordon are passing the torch. In a second class, “From Talmud to Today – Music and cussed by Ottawa historian, author and columnist Phil “It was an honour to co-chair the Tu Bi’Shevat Telethon for Liturgy,” Rabbi Liz will employ her extensive music Jenkins in his newly researched four-week series, “Here the past fi ve years and work with so many dedicated volunteers. background to explore the fascinating history and to Stay: Tribal Migration to Ottawa.” We are part-time Israelis, and JNF has a special meaning for development of Jewish liturgical music. Students will If classical music is your passion, you’ll fi nd pleasure in us because of the work it does to improve the quality of life in learn how the sounds heard in North American “Music at Midday.” A stimulating noon hour can be yours Israel. It was a pleasure to assist the Ottawa Jewish community Ashkenazi congregations evolved from their rabbinic by joining pianist Katherine Addleman as she performs in generously supporting such a worthy cause,” said Jane. origins into a “nusah America.” and talks about the lives of Bach, Scarlatti and Fanny Penny Torontow, the former chair of Ottawa’s Yom Ha’Atz- maut celebration, and Debbie Silverman, an active community University of Ottawa professor Pierre Anctil returns in Mendelssohn, among others. volunteer, are taking over as co-chairs. January with a six-week course, “Contemporary Jewish Robert Sauvé’s “Gustav Klimt’s Vienna” will offer art “I care deeply about all things to do with Israel. Most of my History,” a look at Jewish history from the French Revolu- history afi cionados a look at why there remains an family lives in Israel and I know that JNF impacts the lives of tion of 1789 to the Six Day War. 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Brunch and learn speakers to discuss SAVE THE DATE! creating a plan to end homelessness in Ottawa BY BARBARA LEVINE mobilizing resources from various faith groups. Tee Up for Tamir FOR AGUDATH ISRAEL Agudath joined MHI two years ago, adding another id you know that an estimated 30,000 Jewish presence to the longstanding involvement of Canadians are homeless on any given night, Temple Israel. Support from more than 30 Jewish, Golf Fun-Raiser while more than 150,000 households in Christian, Muslim, Unitarian and Hindu congregations DOntario alone are waiting for affordable enables MHI to provide safe and affordable permanent housing? As citizens in a wealthy country, and as Jews housing to almost 100 adults and children in Ottawa Monday, June 9th, 2014 who believe in the values of compassion and tikkun who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. Rideau View Country Club, olam, we yearn for a time when ending homelessness is But there is more that needs to be done. Manotick, ON no longer a dream, but a reality. Governments, social service agencies, funders To realize the dream, we need to know more about and researchers have recognized that homelessness the problem, what others are doing to solve it, in Canada isn’t a passing short-term phenomenon, and how we can become part of the solution. All but an often chronic response to poverty, mental Mark your calendars. community members are invited to “Living in Dignity: illness and a lack of safe, secure affordable housing. Details to follow. Homelessness in Our Community,” a brunch and learn While the stereotype may be the single, addicted organized by the Tov Team at Agudath Israel male panhandling downtown, the number of adults For sponsorship inquiries or for more information, Congregation on Sunday, January 19, at 9:30 am. with children in need of shelter and food continues contact Katherine at 613-725-3519 x 104 Three dedicated community leaders will talk about to rise in our cities. or email [email protected] the issue and how, working together, we can rid Ottawa The good news is that research and experience in of homelessness. Canada, the United States and Europe suggest it’s Anna Silverman, executive director of Shepherds of more economical to provide safe and affordable Good Hope Foundation, will be joined by Peter Tilley, housing than to provide a patchwork of emergency The Ottawa-Carleton executive director of the Ottawa Mission, and Marsha services to those living on the street. While the solutions Association Wilson, who heads up St. Joe’s Women’s Centre, which are becoming more obvious, the challenge is to make for Persons with provides a variety of support services to women and them happen on a scale large enough to make a real Developmental Disabilities children who live in poverty, are at risk of homelessness difference. or are victims of violence. Participants in the MHI want to be part of the The moderator will be Barbara Levine, a member of solution. Come out for brunch on January 19 and PAPER SHREDDING Agudath Israel and a board member of the Multifaith learn how you can get involved. To attend, please RSVP SERVICES Housing Initiative (MHI), a grassroots organization to Susan Grossner in the Agudath Israel offi ce at dedicated to addressing homelessness in Ottawa by 613-728-3501. 30¢ a lb. for walk-in customers $11.00 a bin for an onsite pickup Please call Joe Silverman Please support our The Loeb Centre advertisers and tell them 161 Donald St., Ottawa K1K 1N1 you saw their Phone: 613-569-8993. ext. 620 advertisement in the Cell: 613-301-3638 Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. or e-mail at [email protected] Thank you

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BY SARA LOEWENTHAL Goldbaum of JET for the discussion period. THE WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE “I came away much more informed than when I he Women’s Health Initiative, a new health- entered,” said Devora Caytak, a member of the Women’s oriented lecture series for Jewish women, has Health Initiative committee. “It was a professional been launched in Ottawa. evening, with intelligent speakers.” T The initiative was organized by Dr. Elianna Our next lecture will take place Wednesday, January 8, Saidenberg, Sara Loewenthal, Nili Szilagyi and a com- 7 pm, when Dr. Paul Claman, professor of obstetrics and mittee of fi ve other women to better educate Jewish gynecology and chief of the Division of Reproductive women about the health concerns we may face. Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and an attending Although the lectures are designed with Halacha and physician at the Ottawa Hospital, will address the topic, sensitivity to meet the needs of Orthodox women, all “Testing and Treatment Issues in Halacha.” Jewish women, regardless of affi liation, are welcome. Among the other speakers scheduled are Dr. Radmilla The lectures take place in the Teen Lounge at the Lenz on post-partum depression on February 5, and Dr. Soloway Jewish Community Centre. The fi rst session Peggy Keinplatz on intimate marital relations on April 30. took place on November 13 when Dr. Tannys Vaus spoke The cost is $10 per lecture. Visit www.whiottawa.ca for Dr. Tannys Vaus (left) and Rochel Goldbaum. about menstruation and was joined by Rochel more information or to register to attend.

PHOTO: ELLY BOLLEGRAAF Karski panel discussion A panel discussion – Karski: The World Knew/What Have We Learned? – took place November 17 at the Canadian War Museum in conjunction with the exhibit, Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity. (From left) MP Irwin Cotler; Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter; Wanda Urbanska, president of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation; Professor Andrzej Zbikowski of the University of Warsaw and the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland; Professor Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa; and historian Gideon Greif of Yad Vashem. 14 December 9, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Na’amat leadership workshop reignites passion and commitment

BY SHARON REICHSTEIN NA’AMAT rowth, commitment, enthusi- asm – this is what all charitable organizations want for their Gmembership. And like other Jewish organizations in Ottawa, the work Na’amat does – improving the lives of disadvantaged women and families, both Participants in the Na’amat Ottawa leadership workshop. (Front, from left) Rose Krackower, Eileen Barak, Annette Albert, (second row) Andrea locally and in Israel – is too important to Malek, Marilyn Schwartz, Marian Lederman, Doris Wexler-Charow, Deana Schildkraut, Rosalie Schwartz, Sharon Reichstein, Sandra Bitton, (top) let a few challenges keep us from our Ilana Albert-Novick, Sarah Beutel, Danielle Schneiderman and Toby Herscovitch. mission. This conviction brought together a The workshop reinforced participants’ students annually at 20 technological high lively book chats, caring volunteer group of dedicated women from various resolve to rejuvenate our chapters’ schools, giving them a second chance to activities and much more. Na’amat Na’amat Ottawa chapters at the Soloway membership and level of engagement. succeed. And Na’amat’s Perpetual chapters are known for their inclusive and Jewish Community Centre, November 3, Most of all, Wexler-Charow reminded us Scholarship program awards nearly 200 inviting feel and atmosphere. It’s all about for an inspiring leadership workshop that passion and commitment are university scholarships to Israeli women women here helping women and children facilitated by Doris Wexler-Charow, contagious. each year. in need – in Canada and Israel. Na’amat Canada’s national membership And so is the cause. Na’amat serves Established in 1993, the Na’amat Canada “Joining Na’amat was a way of con- chair, whose expertise helps groups more than 18,000 youngsters of all cultural Glickman Centre for Family Violence necting to women who share similar brainstorm and come up with new ideas to backgrounds at 233 day care centres across Prevention in Tel Aviv is a safe haven for interests, said Danielle Schneiderman. strengthen their organizations. Israel and educates more than 3,500 victims of domestic abuse. This award-win- “I’ve met some of my closest friends ning centre shelters up to 14 women and 16 through Na’amat.” children at one time, while the counselling “The women in my chapter were such a and guidance units serve up to 150 women strong support system for me as a single each month. Here at home, Na’amat mom of young children,” recalled Deana Ottawa’s School Supplies for Kids project Schildkraut. “They used to drive home my donates more than 200 backpacks fi lled babysitter for me after a meeting or let me with supplies to local women’s shelters. hold meetings at my house so I didn’t need Na’amat has four chapters in Ottawa. a babysitter at all. I will always remember Monthly social programs range from fun their friendship and support.” cooking demos to expert speakers on If you are interested in joining one of matters of concern to women, such as the Na’amat chapters in Ottawa, contact parenting, relationships and health issues. Membership Chair Andrea Malek at There are also private museum tours, [email protected].

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incantations, Rabbi Miriam’s brachos In this guest column, struck truths, layering meaning and Joyce Schacter refl ects kindling joy, epitomizing contemplative Judaism. Michael taught impermanence on the Jewish Buddhist of body-mind, urgent real-time bound- aries and commitment to life. Between retreat she organized, Rabbi Miriam pointing heavenward and Michael’s earthbound gaze, we stretched November 1 to 4, and opened into the moment. Their co-leadership conjured a synergy of heart in Aylmer. and mind, feeling and intellect, Eyn Sof and Shekhinah, yin and yang. awoke to morning bells chiming I found my breath and followed it, outside my room, rolled out of bed, chanted prayers of praise, recalled dived into yogic sun salutations and boundless love bestowed on us always, shuffl ed to the 6:45 am meditation at felt my body breathe in intimate I PHOTO: AARON ROTENBERG the recent Jewish Buddhist retreat in exchange with God, framed with straight Rabbi Miriam Margles and Shôken Michael Stone lead a session at the Jewish Buddhist retreat Aylmer, Quebec. spine, hand mudra and stillness. last month in Aylmer, QC. Thirty-fi ve of us, of various denomina- Oriented outward with blessing to the tions and affi liations, from 27 to 90, and world in relationship with God and techniques for personal growth, trans- ideals of romance, nuclear family and from various locales, converged on La community, we seamlessly turned inward formation and mental fi tness analogous materialism for the Hin-Jews and Maison Bruyère to contemplate Jewish to awareness of internal spiritual anat- to Buddhist meditation practices? Twenty Jew-Bus among us? What is the role of and Buddhist practices on gratitude. Jews omy in relationship with ourselves and years ago, the Dalai Lama challenged silence, the spaces between the words and Buddhists, both and neither, each other. community leaders to share Judaism’s and lines for the people of the book? How engaged in a supportive, inclusive, safe “I see no confl ict being Jewish and spiritual richness in a forum of can we shema (listen) our daily lives? At environment. On zafus and zabatons, embracing Buddhist meditation tech- inclusivity. the Jewish Buddhist retreat, we asked benches or chairs, our main hall became niques,” said participant Len Shore of In our non-monastic tradition, do questions, built bridges and crossed the heart centre for a rich weekend of Ottawa. meditation sanghas provide spiritual them. study, prayer, chanting, meditation, We are hardly fi rst to discover Jewish friendship and community that values Joyce Schachter is a dedicated yogini and silence, discussions and chevruta/ Buddhist complementarity. These egalitarianism, acceptance and purpose- meditator, and mother of two. She practises dharma buddy exercises. religions likely crossed paths from ful engagement that’s missing in western gynecology during the day. Sponsored by Or Haneshamah, ancient times. A Jewish Buddhist phe- Ottawa’s Reconstructionist congregation, nomenon in North America was articu- this was the fi rst such gathering in the lated by Rodger Kamenetz in The Jew in country. As a yoga and meditation retreat the Lotus, an account of Jewish spiritual junkie, I wanted to integrate my Jewish leaders meeting the Dalai Lama in the A Perfect Gift heart with Buddhist mindfulness in a early-1990s. They discussed culture, one-stop spiritual booster. When such a beliefs and wisdoms, including opening retreat was absent from Google searches, Jewish mysticism to universal access and for any Occasion I opted for the DIY approach. One thing teaching. led to another and, shehechiyanu, the Do Buddhist practices help us appreci- retreat became reality. ate our Jewishness? Does silent medita- Led by Shôken Michael Stone, a Jewish tion cultivate receptivity to Jewish Buddhist monk, and Reconstructionist prayer? Have we forgotten a vision of Rabbi Miriam Margles, both of Toronto, Judaism as a contemplative practice? the retreat opened with Shabbat candle What is it about the language of Buddhist lighting, blessings and challah. Michael, meditation that makes mindfulness more in kippah and tallit, read along in Hebrew accessible to some spiritually inclined and Rabbi Miriam bowed graciously. Our Jews than our own Torah? Can we fi nd TIDES OF LOVE 14KT newly created community embodied spiritual depth within Judaism or do we Shabbat as an “Abraham Joshua Heschel have to order out? sacred pause in time.” Rabbi Liz Bolton, The recent Pew Research Center spiritual leader of Or Haneshamah, Survey of U.S. Jews suggests that brilliantly chanted Torah with simultan- American Jewish identity and practice eous English translation. are waning. How is Judaism relevant in Shining modern light on ancient our modern lives? Does Judaism have

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discussions of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, Punk Jews: ‘A piece of the Jewish mosaic’ conversion, denominations, and minority-majority cultures. In a twist of fate, Eric’s Franco-Ontarian espite Jews being a tribal community whose heritage proved helpful as he served as an impromptu members have travelled through history translator for an Orthodox Jewish panellist from France. together across the millennia, bound together MIRA SUCHAROV “I want to share my experiencesand to create space for Dby elaborate rituals and ancient and modern VALUES, ETHICS, others to share theirs,” Eric told me. texts, there are many ways to be Jewish. Even ways that I asked Eric why he wanted to bring Punk Jews to might involve punk rock. COMMUNITY Ottawa. So suggests the new documentary, Punk Jews, coming “Because it shows a piece of the Jewish mosaic,” he to the ByTowne Cinema on Thursday, January 16, at 9 said. “The Jewish community is comprised of a diverse pm. The producer, Evan Kleinman, will be present for a membership, each one exploring the meaning of Q-and-A following the screening. Thanks to a micro- female items for a girls-night-out, or sports gear for Jewishness in various ways. I feel that this is a point that grant from the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, Eric a boys’ sports day. When I see examples of that, I is becoming known to more people, but still has a long Trottier has worked to bring the fi lm to Ottawa. And, in and other queer-identifying people, question how way to go. Who says you can’t scream ‘Shema Yisrael’ to talking with Eric, I found that themes around Jewish welcome we are.” aggressive punk rock?” community, identity and belonging came to the fore in To his credit, Eric hasn’t simply waited on the sidelines Tickets to Punk Jews are $10. intriguing ways. to fi nd out. In October, he hosted a session at Limmud Mira Sucharov, an associate professor of political science At 28, Eric, who also goes by his Hebrew name Aharon Ottawa on the topic of Jewish diversity – including at Carleton University, blogs at Haaretz.com. Yaakov, considers himself a bit of a punk Jew. He likes to go clubbing. He doesn’t want kids. Some days, he wears his hair in a mohawk, which artfully complements the modern, stainless-steel chai he wears around his neck. Promoting quality of life for persons The website for Punk Jews has a tagline, “create YOUR culture.” According to the site, Punk Jews “explores an with developmental disabilities emerging movement of provocateurs and committed Jews who are asking, each in his or her own way, what it in a Jewish environmnent means to be Jewish in the 21st century. Jewish artists, activists and musicians from diverse backgrounds and communities are defying norms and expressing their Tamir acknowledges with sincere thanks the following donations, Jewish identities in unconventional ways. In the process, which were received as of November 18, 2013. they are challenging stereotypes and breaking down Mazel Tov to: Stein; by Sharon and Paul Finn and family Lynn Mallay by Lily Feig barriers.” Mr & Mrs Burt Gorenstein on the Harry Beck on the birth of your Roslyn Rose by Linda and Stephen Eric is aware of the challenges of expressing his beautiful chanting at the Haftorah by Jerry Grandson by Ellie, Joel, Sarah Kanigsberg Weiner multiple identities through a communal framework, and Lily Penso and Kathy, Justin and Ethan Schwartz Miriam Weiner by Irene Waxman and especially when being Jewish is so intrinsically tied to a Norm Ferkin on his happy special James and Kristen Ingram on the family; by Jerry and Lily Penso; by Tamir sense of community. birthday by Barbara Greenberg and Barry birth of your daughter Ivy by Sharon and Staff and Board of Directors “You cannot do it alone,” was one of the main lessons Bokhaut Paul Finn Morris Kerzner by Tamir Board of Mark Borts on his 60th birthday by Directors, Staff, family members and par- in Jewish life Eric took away from his Jewish conversion Elliot and Louise Finkelman; by Sandi Refuah Shlemah to: ticipants; by Len and Mary Potechin; by process the summer before last. and Raoul Korngold; by Marian Silver and Rona Shaffran Tannenbaum by Jerry and Lily Penso; by Max and Ellie Eric was drawn to the Jewish tradition while research- Alan Brass and Laurence, Rafi, and Shira; Tamir Board of Directors, Staff, family Greenberg; by Bernice Kerzner and family ing Judaism for a high school comparative religion class by Irvin Hoffman; by Linda and Stephen members and participants and Greg and Lee Curry he was teaching. He soon found himself “having Torah Weiner; by Ron Stein; by Deb, Norm and Mr. Andre Vertes by Sharon, Paul, Sidney Cooperstein by Jerry and Lily debates over lunch” with a Jewish guidance counsellor at Vicky Ferkin Josh, Jordy and Davina Finn Penso the same school and liked that he could interpret the Steven and Elizabeth Rubin on your Mrs. Luba Kaczan by Debbie and Jean Lichtenstein by Keren and Perry text and try to wrestle with it. significant birthdays by Esther and David Vicky Ferkin Tohn and family; by Shirley Kriger and “I was at a point in my life when I wanted a spiritual Kwavnick family; by Norma and Phil Lazear; by Fay and Arnold Tennehouse on your In Memory of: Chuck and Aviva Freedman; by Marvin community and rituals to mark my life and keep me birthdays by Linda Merali and family Norman and Evelyn Potechin by and Reta Avery; by Florence Antecol and grounded,” Eric told me. “I attended my fi rst synagogue Jerry and Lily Penso in honour of Phyllis and Allan Rackow; by Rona by Jerry and Lily Penso service, and it clicked and made sense.” your 55th Wedding Anniversary by Cally Shaffran and Brian Tannenbaum; by Marc Jeffrey Katz by Len and Mary For Eric, integrating his gay and Jewish identities and Sid Kardash Leduc and Piena Wharton; by Norm, Potechin; by Joel and Elli Kanigsberg; by has proven challenging, but taking a course through Jackie and Burt Gorenstein on the Debbie and Vicky Ferkin; by Pam and Jerry and Lily Penso; by Debbie and Norm the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies program at the Bat Mitzvah of your granddaughter by Ted Minden; by The Blacher family; by Ferkin and by Lee Bodnoff-Curry University of Ottawa helped him clarify those personal Esther and David Kwavnick Hay Group; by Cheryl Kardish; by Norma Henna Werner by Ellie, Joel, Sarah themes. 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Observations of a food columnist CINDY FEINGOLD

have written 207 Made with Love food columns for styling, and blogging continues to nourish my creative MADE WITH the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin over the past 11 years. soul. LOVE This one is my 208th and fi nal. I have tried to share For my fi nal column, I would like to leave you with a Imy passion for food with you and hope that you recipe that wraps you up and comforts you this winter. have learned a few things along the way. It has been a My perfect path to winter comfort is braised beef short wonderful journey for me, and I have discovered a few ribs heaped high over a mound of mashed potatoes. This surprising things about my family, our community and is not instant food. It takes about four hours to make BRAISED BEEF SHORT RIBS myself. these ribs, but the active cooking time is only about 45 I’ve discovered that not all my family members minutes. The oven does the rest of the work. Red wine is appreciate reading about their hilarious/embarrassing my liquid of choice for braising. A Barolo, Valpolicella or Recipe courtesy of Anne Burrell from Secrets of a escapades. I have tried explaining to them that all the Côtes du Rhône would be perfect. Restaurant Chef. literary experts advise budding writers to “write about The recipe calls for 2-3 cups of red wine, and then what they know.” However, my family would prefer that recommends topping up the casserole dish with water. Serves 6 I learn and write about something or someone else and Since a bottle of wine contains 3 cups, you can use the keep their dirty laundry hidden in the hamper where it whole thing, and then there would be no waste. These ribs can be made a day or two ahead and belongs. However, if you are following my comfort plan, pour 2 refrigerated. Scrape off any fat that comes to the top Since I’ve been writing this column, I’ve noticed, cups of wine into the pot and the third cup into a glass after chilling and remove before reheating. while shopping at Loblaws, more than a few curious for yourself! glances into my cart to see what the food writer is A little primer here on beef short ribs. We are talking 5 pounds bone-in beef short ribs (English-cut) buying. I have to hide the Twizzlers and M&Ms under- about ribs from the chuck shoulder area, not the rib Kosher salt neath the kale and brown rice. Several friends have area. Fatty and fl avourful, they are available bone-in or Extra-virgin olive oil admitted that initially they were too intimidated to bone-out. Short ribs come two ways: “Cross-cut” with 2 yellow onions, peeled invite me over for dinner. I put an end to that when I two or three sections of bone in each piece. These are and cut into 1/2-inch pieces told them I was so grateful to have a meal cooked for me also called fl anken when sliced 2 inches thick and Miami 2 ribs celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces that I didn’t really care what it was, as long as I didn’t or Korean ribs when sliced 1/2 inch thick; and “English- 2 carrots, peeled, cut in 1/2 lengthwise, have to cook it. cut,” made up of one long bone and a stack of meat on then cut into 1/2-inch pieces Personally, I have discovered that I love working in top of it. Sometimes these ribs are sold as “shorties,” cut 2 cloves garlic, smashed my pyjamas. Writing a column from home has got to be into individual bone sections ranging from 1 to 6 inches 1 1/2 cups tomato paste one of the best gigs out there. No offi ce politics to deal long. This is what my butcher sent me when I asked for 2 to 3 cups hearty red wine with, no meetings to attend. It’s really a pretty sweet short ribs. For this recipe, I prefer the English-cut ribs. 2 cups water deal. I’ve only ever met Michael Regenstreif, my wonder- As this gurgles away in your oven, your house will fi ll 1 bunch fresh thyme, tied with kitchen string ful editor, once face to face. with the most amazing aromas, and you will feel loved 2 bay leaves I have discovered that I love the craft of writing. It is a and cared for, I promise. About halfway through the wonderful outlet for my creative energy. It is through cooking time, check on the ribs to stir them and add Season short ribs generously with salt. Coat a writing this column that I marshalled up the confi dence more liquid, if they need it. Resist the urge to stick a pot large enough to accommodate all the meat and to start my own food blog – www.saltandserenity.com – in straw into the bubbling liquid and drink it all up. It’s vegetables with olive oil and bring to a high heat. 2009. I discovered a love of photography and food that good! Add the short ribs to the pan and brown very well, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Do not overcrowd pan. Cook in batches, if necessary. Preheat the oven to 375 F. While the short ribs are browning, purée all the vegetables and garlic in the food processor until it NEXT EDITION forms a coarse paste. When the short ribs are very brown on all sides, remove them from the pan. Drain the fat, coat DEADLINE: the bottom of same pan with fresh oil and add the puréed vegetables. Season the vegetables generously with salt and THURSDAY brown until they are very dark and a crust has formed on the bottom of the pan, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. JANUARY 2, 2014 Scrape the crust and let it reform. Scrape the crust again and add the tomato paste. Brown the tomato paste for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the wine and scrape the bottom of the pan. Lower the heat, if things start to burn. Reduce the mixture by half. Readers Return the short ribs to the pan and add 2 cups of water or until the water has just about covered the and advertisers meat. Add the thyme bundle and bay leaves. Cover the pan and place in the preheated oven for 3 hours. Check periodically during the cooking process and are advised add more water, if needed. Turn the ribs over halfway through the cooking time. Remove the lid the next edition during the last 20 minutes of cooking to let things get nice and brown and to let the sauce reduce. When done, the meat should be very tender, but not of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin will be falling apart. Serve with the braising liquid. These ribs are delicious served with mashed published on Monday, January 20, 2014. potatoes or creamy polenta or even some crusty bread to soak up all the fl avourful sauce. December 9, 2013 21 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

program that coaches talented youth between 15 and 25 to become true leaders in their regions and, ultimately, in Partnership with Upper Galilee helps Israeli society. Participants are mentored in high school, the army and many, including those with special needs beyond. The emphasis is on hands-on projects that focus on social change. One participant, for example, organized evo’ot HaHermon, Israel – It’s said that you an organ donor drive at voting stations during a recent can judge a community by the way it treats its election. most vulnerable members. Shira Or’s group recently organized a citizenship M You’d be hard-pressed to fi nd anyone who BARBARA CROOK seminar that included meetings with Palestinians and believes this more than Beni Ben-Movhar. MY ISRAEL Israelis who had lost relatives or friends because of the The mayor of the Mevo’ot HaHermon Regional Council, confl ict. which encompasses 13 agricultural settlements “It was a tough discussion,” says Or, 18, who has (moshavim) in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, has been travelled to Vancouver as part of Gesher Chai and was a blessed with able-bodied offspring. counsellor at Camp Kadimah in Nova Scotia. But there’s a special place in his heart for children with are ideal for physiotherapy and pain relief. “But being able to articulate our thoughts coherently, profound physical and mental handicaps, who will need “I come here every day,” said one of the pool’s users. “It not emotionally, had a very positive outcome.” special education and therapy for their entire lives. So, really helps with my Parkinson’s disease.” The third pillar of P2G is capacity building, a fancy term amidst all the competing priorities and demands of The regional council’s new headquarters were the site of for regional development. That’s where the hydrotherapy northern communities facing economic hardships and the most recent meetings of Partnership 2Gether (P2G), pool fi ts in. social fl ux, “Mayor Beni” fi nds a way to take care of those which links the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and other But, this time around, we’re not funding bricks and who have no voice. Canadian Jewish federations with Israeli regions to mortar. If you’ve been lucky enough to visit the north of “When I die, I don’t want a monument or a building strengthen Israeli society and promote unity and Jewish Israel, you know that its towns, kibbutzim and moshavim named after me,” said Ben-Movhar, a larger-than-life identity. are scattered throughout the region. It’s not enough to fi gure who’s been mayor since 1997 and appears to know I wrote about our partnership with Tel Hai College in my have a great treatment facility – there has to be a way to get what’s going on in every corner of the region. November 25 column and Lisa Rosenkrantz has more on the 140 special-needs clients (who include Druze and “I want to know that these children will be taken care of. the P2G meetings on page 6. But our special connection Israeli Arabs) to the pool. That will be my legacy.” with the Upper Galilee region is worth a few more words So Ottawa and the other Canadian federations (outside The Shechafi m School provides hands-on education to because we help change so many lives with relatively Montreal and Toronto) are funding the transportation special-needs children from throughout the region. It modest contributions from the Israel portion of the annual element of the hydrotherapy program. includes a park and playground with wheelchair-access- Federation campaign. At the time of writing, the U.S. and other world powers ible paths, and play structures that often double as musical (Full disclosure: I will succeed Lisa as chair of the have signed a seriously fl awed interim nuclear accord with instruments. The slats on top of one of the picnic tables, Ottawa P2G committee in June). Iran, the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is for example, form an oversized xylophone that can be As Lisa writes, a key component of the program is crumbling and Israel’s relations with the U.S. are increas- played by a child with limited manual dexterity. Gesher Chai (Living Bridge). This people-to-people ingly strained. The school is steps away from the community swim- initiative includes such elements as our partnership with There’ll be lots of time to write about those issues in ming pool and from Ben-Movhar’s latest project, a Hanadiv School in Metulla, student exchanges and the 2014. But it’s just as important to share stories of Israelis hydrotherapy pool that is used by children and adults. The upcoming Social Action Mission. coming together to take care of each other – especially wheelchair-accessible pool is heated to tropical temper- But we’re also involved in youth and education pro- when there are such strong Canadian and Ottawa connec- atures that wouldn’t be suitable for regular swimmers but grams, such as Kav Hazinuk (Starting Line), a 10-year tions to celebrate. Ten tips to succeed with New Year’s Resolutions ith 2014 just around the corner, some of you the majority of days, consider yourself a success. may be pondering New Year’s resolutions. 4. Have a contingency plan. Many people dump their Statistics vary, but it seems about 85 per cent resolutions as soon as they slip up. Don’t give up so easily. GLORIA SCHWARTZ Wof people make New Year’s resolutions but Anything important is worth fi ghting for. An ice cream FOCUS ON only fi ve to 10 per cent are successful. A whopping 90 to 95 binge or a week without exercise is a setback, not a failure. per cent fail by January 20. If you have more blanks than check marks on your FITNESS With the right strategies, you can increase your odds of calendar – that is, fewer days where you worked towards success. Don’t wait for January 1. Start planning now. Here your goal – think of different strategies to help you do are my top 10 tips to help you with your resolutions. better the next month. 1. Write resolutions in the form of goals. Writing 5. Take ownership. Instead of complaining about your walk on a cold winter’s day will give you a great cardio- your resolutions helps you clarify and commit to them. problems or blaming others for them – neither of which vascular workout. Reward yourself afterwards with a cup Articulate them in the form of specifi c, measurable, gets real results – work on developing an internal locus of of aromatic tea. achievable, realistic and time-bound goals that you can control. You have the power to help yourself in many ways. 9. Go for gold. Don’t accept mediocrity. You deserve to use to monitor your progress. Example: Instead of “Drink Set some realistic goals and work towards them. look and feel terrifi c. Push yourself and be consistent. more water in 2014,” write “Drink six to eight glasses of 6. Make your health a priority. You deserve the best Remember, the more effort you give, the more results water per day for the next three months.” health possible. Give yourself permission to spend time you’ll get. 2. Declare your goals. Inform friends and family taking care of yourself. Put exercise high on your list of 10. Spread goals out. Instead of setting multiple goals members about your plans for self-improvement. priorities. Set aside time to prepare healthy food. Find a on January 1, spread them out throughout the year. Trying Declaring your goals is an effective motivator. It takes way to de-stress. If you aren’t already looking after your to change several deeply ingrained habits all at once can be courage to share with others, especially if you have a fear physical and mental health, ensure that your resolutions overwhelming. of failure. By making your goals known, you may even address these essential needs. The New Year symbolizes a fresh start. Use it as an inspire others. While you’re at it, why not create a New 7. Drop the excuses. It’s all too easy to come up with opportunity to make some signifi cant and lasting changes. Year’s challenge on social media? Post your goals and ask excuses for why you cannot do something. Instead, think As Canadian crooner Michael Bublé sings, “It’s a new friends to post theirs. You can follow each other’s progress about why you can do it. Replace negative thinking with dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life. For me. And I’m feeling and provide each other with positive reinforcement. positive thoughts. It takes conscious effort and repeated good!” 3. Keep a journal. It’s easier to stay motivated and practice. Instead of telling yourself you can’t go for a walk Speaking of feeling good, I’ll be turning 50 on the last stick to your goals, if you keep track of your interim because it’s cold outside, remind yourself that, if you dress day of 2013 and I feel fi t, fantastic and very blessed. Let’s all accomplishments. Example: Make a check mark on your properly, you’ll warm up after a few minutes. pledge to make 2014 our best year ever by making fi tness digital or paper calendar at the end of each day, if you 8. Focus on rewards and benefi ts. Focus on all the and health a priority. drank six to eight glasses of water. At the end of each good that working towards your goals does for your body Gloria Schwartz is a certifi ed personal trainer at the month, look at your calendar. If you have a check mark on – inside and out – and you’ll be more motivated. A brisk Soloway JCC. 22 December 9, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM A strong, diverse Jewish voice on campus is important

wo recent events at North American campuses They often feel they are looked down on if they don’t left me perplexed and with many questions agree with all Israeli government policies or actions. This about the state of Jewish and Israeli politics on is what prevents greater Jewish student involvement on Tcampus in Canada. RANDY FOX our campuses and leaves us weaker as a Jewish student Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, has CAMPUS LIFE community. suspended its longstanding partnership with Al-Quds So, I’ve identifi ed the problem, but what solution am I University, following an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel proposing? protest at the Palestinian university, where protesters Those responsible for Jewish life on Ottawa’s campuses marched with weapons, portrayed dead Israeli soldiers should change their focus on Israel-oriented programming and raised the Nazi salute. Brandeis, which has partnered motivated by its having been founded under Jewish to put a stronger emphasis on encouraging a wider array of with Al-Quds for 15 years, released a statement that it community sponsorship and its large proportion of dialogue and a stronger effort on community engagement. “cannot, and will not, turn a blind eye to intolerance.” Jewish students. But, while Brandeis does have a large (In full disclosure, I am the social media and publicity At the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus, the Jewish community, so, too, does the University of Toronto. director on Hillel Ottawa’s student leadership board.) student union voted in favour of a motion to offi cially So, how to explain the differing approaches? Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are very real problems endorse Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), an annual hate- In my years at Carleton, there has been an ongoing on Canadian campuses, but by focusing only on a core fi lled week that aims to demonize Israel. This is the same struggle between the supporters of IAW and BDS and the group of Jewish students, and by not attempting to foster student union that offi cially endorsed the boycott, school’s student union and, occasionally, the administra- all different types of opinions on Israel, Israel-Canada divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel tion. Yet, the voice of Jewish students on campus has been relations and Judaism itself, we foster divisiveness and last April. Despite strong outcries and condemnations quieter than some of the others. Whether due to a lack of only hurt ourselves from within. More diverse voices will from several Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, the knowledge on how to speak up against hatred, or to make us stronger. University of Toronto has not intervened in the decision indifference and apathy, it is one of the biggest enablers of When I read about the recent events at Brandeis and to endorse IAW. the spreading of hatred on university campuses. the University of Toronto, I was perplexed by the These contrasting situations lead me to wonder what There are several Jewish groups on campus, including University of Toronto’s decision to not intervene when the would have happened if Al-Quds University had been a Hillel Ottawa and the Israel Awareness Committee (IAC), Scarborough campus student union endorsed IAW. But sister school of the University of Toronto – or Carleton that hold events and promote dialogue relating to Jewish what bothered me even more was my lack of faith in what University or the University of Ottawa. Would the schools life on campus and Israeli advocacy – but only a small my own school would have done under the have taken the same strong step against anti-Semitism minority of the Jewish students on Ottawa’s university circumstances. and intolerance that Brandeis did? Would there have been campuses actually go to these events. If Carleton or the University of Ottawa is ever in such a a statement released or a condemnation? As much as I Looking at the variety of Hillel and IAC events, and in position, a strong and active Jewish voice will be the would like to be sure that there would have been, after talking with many Jewish students, it became clear to me difference between following in the footsteps of the three years at Carleton, I am not sure. that many Jewish students actively avoid Jewish and University of Toronto or of Brandeis University. I, for one, At fi rst, I thought Brandeis’ action might have been pro-Israel events, because they do not feel comfortable. hope it will be the latter.

Genealogical society meetings JOHN DIENER can help you with your research CONNECTING THE BRANCHES am going to begin this column with an apology. new sites leads to questions and a discussion amongst Since starting to write about Jewish genealogy for those in attendance. Members also have the opportunity the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin more than three years to talk about their own projects and to ask questions of Iago, I have received calls and emails from many the group. Those in attendance with more experience Initially, it was not indexed, which meant you would people seeking assistance researching their family trees. can often point someone who is stuck in the right have to go to the section for a specifi c geographical To my surprise, I have even been approached by stran- direction. region, and then browse page by page to fi nd the people gers at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC) and We then move into the Library, where we can actually you were looking for. In a matter of a few months, at other community venues, who recognized me from access the computers and use the facilities there to assist though, Ancestry.com, indexed the complete census, the small picture that appears with the column. the members with their own specifi c research. JGSO has which means now you can actually search for the names I have always attempted to answer questions where I subscriptions to a number of pay sites that are very you are looking for. could, and, in some cases, have gotten quite involved in important tools. They include Ancestry.com, Fold3, Unfortunately, it appears the indexing was done actually doing some of the research. Often times, these Newspapers.com, fi ndmypast.com, genealogybank.com overseas by Ancestry staff who may not have been new cases have been very interesting, and quite reward- and Jewishdata.com. By telling us the specifi cs of your familiar with Jewish names, so the deciphering of the ing for me to work on, especially when my contribution research, we can log you in to the website that might census offi cer’s recording of information was not always has resulted in a major breakthrough for someone. have something of value to you, and, if lucky, you may accurate. In many cases, the handwriting on the forms Lately, though, there has been a signifi cant increase in fi nd that elusive missing piece of information. was also diffi cult to read, which means a genealogical the number of people looking for help, which has made What does it cost to attend a meeting? JGSO is cer- researcher has to be creative when doing a search. There it very diffi cult for me to assist all of those who have tainly happy to have visitors attend, and, if you feel it is are tips to overcoming these obstacles, so, if you are asked. To those of you who have requested assistance worthwhile, an annual membership is only $20. When interested, let us know, and we can advise you on ways to and to whom I haven’t yet responded, I do apologize. you consider that a full subscription to Ancestry.com can get around that problem. Where should one go, then, for help doing genea- cost about $400 annually, it is a very reasonable price to Another important census website is the Montefi ore logical research? The best place to start is to attend a pay. Unfortunately, though, access to the society’s Censuses at www.montefi oreendowment.org.uk/census. meeting of a local genealogical society. The Jewish subscriptions is only available at meetings. To fi nd out This website has information from the Montefi ore Genealogical Society of Ottawa (JGSO) meets monthly, when meetings are being held, or to be put on the JGSO Censuses conducted between 1839 and 1875 in what was to except for July and August, at the Soloway JCC. mailing list, you can email [email protected] or become modern day Israel. If you have family members Occasionally, we have guest speakers talking about [email protected]. who made aliyah in the 19th century, you may fi nd them something specifi c, but most of our meetings are in one of these censuses. The information was organized reserved for research. NEW RESOURCES by the Israel Genealogical Society, which has undertaken The meetings generally begin with Hymie Reichstein, One of the best sources for research is census records. In many important database projects. They have a very the JGSO president, presenting information on new Canada, our privacy laws allow census records to be informative website, located at www.isragen.org.il/. resources that have become available. Hymie monitors released after 92 years (in the U.S., they are kept sealed These are only two of the recent additions to materi- many genealogical digests and is very aware of new for only 72 years). Several months ago, Library and als available online. Come to a JGSO meeting to learn resources. Invariably, the introduction of some of these Archives Canada released the 1921 Canadian Census. more. December 9, 2013 23 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Charles Hulse & Brian McGarry, proud recipients of Ottawa’s B’nai Brith Award 26 December 9, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Analysis of Jewish humour is less than convincing No Joke: Making Jewish Humor By Ruth R. Wisse Princeton University Press 296 pages RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN BOOK REVIEW eactions to humour can be extremely personal. Something that makes one person laugh so hard they can’t speak may strike another as Lock in NOW Runfunny or pathetic. Cultural infl uences also affect people’s reactions; for example, humour can vary over time as groups become more or less acceptable as before targets for satire or ridicule. In No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, Ruth R. Wisse explores different examples of Jewish humour and subscription debates whether humour – particularly self-mockery – might be dangerous to Jewish survival. Wisse – a professor of Yiddish literature and compara- rates increase tive literature at Harvard University who grew up in Montreal and taught at McGill University for many years – doesn’t try to analyze Jewish humour as if it were in 2014. uniform across time and culture. Focusing on modern times, she instead offers “a descriptive map of some of the centres where Jewish humour thrived and where it still prospers” in order to show “how the benefi ts of Jewish humour are reaped from the paradoxes of Jewish life.” Lock in now for up to Chapters look at pre-Nazi Germany, pre-Second World War Eastern European communities, Great two years at our current Britain, the United States, Israel and the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin. However, readers may have low annual rates: trouble recognizing the examples she offers as humour. humour, and Jews rushed in where they could earn For example, I didn’t fi nd the selections she quoted their bread.” This was especially true in the United $30 (Ottawa/Gatineau region) from Heinrich Heine and Franz Kafka funny. States, where many Jews found their niche in vaudeville, Her description and quote from Isaac Babel’s work theatre, fi lm and television. $36 (Canada) also struck me as unfunny, even though Wisse says the The discussion of humour in Israel focuses on two $50 (international) only time in her adult life that she was “reduced to such separate issues: whether or not Israeli humour is Jewish laughter that I had to put down the book” was while humour, and whether the self-deprecating humour of reading one of his stories. the Diaspora would appear in the Jewish state. To subscribe or extend During the age of nationalism, different Jewish types Although the fi rst question is still under debate, of humour grew, which either made fun of other Jews or self-mocking humour can be found in Israel. Wisse also your subscription, the non-Jews who surrounded them. makes note of the black humour favoured by the Among the different types of humour Wisse discusses younger generation, which seems to be a result of living contact Barry Silverman are Haskalah humour, Jewish Enlightenment satire that in a country surrounded by enemies and vulnerable to skewered Chasidic rebbes; Chasidic humour, which terrorist attacks. 613-798-4696, ext. 256 featured beggars or simpletons who outwit secular wise Wisse ends with a warning about the dangers of men; Misnagdic humour, in which traditional rabbis of Jewish humour, particularly self-mocking humour, Eastern European yeshivas outsmart their opponents; which she sees as harmful. The author believes this and Women or folk humour, including proverbs and folk humour may prevent the Jewish people from protecting wisdom that also served as insults. themselves. Her argument was not particularly convin- Folk humour is often considered the same as Yiddish cing, although that may be due to its not being thor- humour. However, Wisse notes that one of the best- oughly developed over the course of her book. known Yiddish writers, Sholem Aleichem, accom- No Joke also struck me as disjointed. Wisse seems to plished something far more complex: “He invented a randomly jump from topic to topic. The underlying Jewish people that laughed its way through crisis.” question – whether the humour she notes is Jewish His characters became “national prototypes” with humour or just humour by Jews – was never convin- later generations believing all their shtetl ancestors had cingly answered, all of which made me less than satis- an “innate capacity for transmuting humiliation, fi ed with her work. subjugation, misery and dread into funniness.” This review originally appeared in The Reporter, The professionalization of Jewish humour came Vestal, NY. during a later period, when Jews were allowed to become citizens of the countries in which they lived. Correction Since Jews were already targets of mockery in these Due to an editing error in the review of Hans and nations, it wasn’t diffi cult for them to use self-mockery Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who as a way of dealing with the non-Jews with whom they Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz (November interacted. 25), part of the review mistakenly identifi ed Hans as or email him at Then, “once liberal culture began ascribing a positive the kommandant and Rudolf as his Jewish pursuer. value to humour and comedy became king, the tolera- [email protected] In fact, the reverse is true. We apologize for the error. tion of humour was overtaken by the expectation of December 9, 2013 27 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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