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BY JENNIFER GREEN Congregation Beth Shalom has sold its With numbers continuing to dwindle at Chapel Street building and must move out many major Ottawa synagogues, congre- by the end of March. gations are being challenged like never Talks to merge with Agudath Israel, before to fi nd new models to sustain Ottawa’s other major Conservative themselves. congregation, “have been challenging,” he The issue is so pressing, said Ian said. Sherman, president of the Conservative But ignoring fi scal realities would mean Congregation Beth Shalom, that if the deferring the problem for a future board to current rate of attrition continues, then face. the days of the traditional synagogue — “At a certain point you really, really PHOTO: ASHLEY FRASER with a rabbi, cantor and administrative need to take tough decisions,” Sherman Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Machzikei Hadas since staff — may soon be over. See Synagogue challenges on page 2 1967 and is known for his indefatigable energy and charisma. Sherman was responding to the Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. released last month that found far fewer identify as “religious” than Loneliness, cost, clergy and cluelessness in the past. The ranks of American Jews identifying with the Conservative move- In this guest column, Samantha Banks, tions is down. If you only attend shul on ors. I attended a Jew-ish camp. There was ment in particular have declined to 18 per director of initiatives for the emerging the High Holidays, one-third of your nothing Jewish about it, except that every cent from 41 per cent in 1971. generation at the of Ottawa, experience is associated with standing for camper was Jewish. Despite my unobserv- Sherman said his own congregation has explains why she thinks many young adults are hours in silence, starvation and uncom- ant upbringing, my passion for the State of shrunk and now attracts about 500 people turning away from traditional synagogue fortable clothing, while dreaming about Israel, my contributions to our vibrant on the High Holy Days, down from 1,800 in affi liation. your dairy-laden meal after sundown. Jewish community and my desire to make the 1970s. s it not ironic that Yom Kippur – the “My name is Samantha Banks and I am a Jewish home are undeniable. “We have been losing a lot of money. All most depressing day of the year for me guilty of attending shul three times a year.” On October 20, I participated in a panel of the hard work the shul volunteers put in – happens to be the day the majority I did not go to Hebrew day school, I did at Limmud Ottawa titled, “Why Do Young … the fruits of our efforts just don’t seem Iof Jewish people attend shul? No not grow up in a kosher home, and my Adults Turn Away from Shul?” to be there. It’s very sad.” wonder membership in Ottawa congrega- grandparents were not Holocaust surviv- See Banks on page 2

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and issues that have arisen over the years Synagogue challenges: Appealing to the unaffi liated which led to the emergence of the other Orthodox services in the area. Continued from page 1 adding that membership has been Vista has declined by about one-third over “My greatest goal is trying to bring said. “If that is the reality of Jewish life … dropping by two to fi ve per cent per year. the past 15 years, said Jonah Rabinovitch, [everyone] back together,” said Rabbi then your infrastructures need to be As well as a possible merger with Beth president of Ottawa’s oldest Orthodox Galandauer. modifi ed to deal with that reality. The Shalom, permanent clergy is an issue of congregation. Now it has about 300 Appealing to the unaffi liated is a goal of traditional infrastructures are no longer concern at Agudath Israel where Rabbi families. many congregations, including Temple feasible.” Barry Schlesinger was brought in from One of its attractions has been its Israel. With the move from the building it has Israel on an interim basis, originally for charismatic and indefatigable spiritual Mark Bowman, treasurer of Ottawa’s occupied almost since the congregation one year, in 2011. A year-long extension leader, Rabbi Reuven Bulka. But he is 69, only Reform congregation, said that while was created in 1956 by the merger of two will expire later this year. and has been there since 1967. the number of member families is stable at downtown congregations – Adath A third Conservative congregation, the While Machzikei Hadas is broadening See Synagogues on page 16 Jeshurun and Agudath Achim – imminent, smaller Adath Shalom, is not encumbered its programing for young families in an and a merger with Agudath Israel far from by the infrastructure problems Sherman attempt to boost membership, Young More on synagogues: US faces dilemma of certain, the Beth Shalom board advised referred to as it has no offi ce staff and Israel of Ottawa, a traditional Orthodox non-Jews in the pews, page 26; congregants last month that temporary meets on the Jewish Community Campus, synagogue in Westboro, is looking to Mira Sucharov on going to shul, page 41 relocation sites “in the East End, in the usually in the chapel of the Ottawa Jewish strengthen attendance by bringing back West End and downtown” are being looked Community School, but moving next door congregants who have dispersed to at and that Centrepointe Theatre has been to the Soloway Jewish Community Centre smaller minyans in the area in recent Share your thoughts reserved for the 2014 High Holy Days. when bar and bat mitzvahs and High Holy years. Join the conversation. Membership is also a concern at Day services attract larger crowds. As Rabbi Ari Galandauer explained, Send letters to the editor to bulletin@ Agudath Israel. Howard Levine, the Meanwhile, several other Ottawa there are four Orthodox services in the ottawajewishbulletin.com or submit congregation’s president, said the shul congregations are facing similar infra- area on morning, “so each is a them online at http://ottawajewish attracted only 20 new families in the past structure and membership problems. little bit small.” bulletin.com. year. “It was disappointing,” Levine said Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Alta He said there have been group dynamics Banks: Like Miley Cyrus sings, “This is our house, this is our rules”

Continued from page 1 does not read or speak Hebrew, does not Here are four reasons why I believe understand biblical text and cannot relate young adults are straying from traditional to the material. shul and Jewish experiences. Considering all of the above, can you Loneliness: Quite often, young adults blame a young person for not making the move away from the cities where they effort to attend shul? were raised to pursue academic and career Young adults today have alternative opportunities. Without family or friends, lifestyles, so why would we choose to go to shul can be perceived as a daunting place a place that can come across as restrictive to go to alone. when we can bring to ourselves? Cost: Without your family paying your While I am certainly not religious, I do shul fees, and no longer qualifying for a practise my own version of Judaism. Every youth membership, the cost can be a Friday night, I host or get hosted for burden a young person does not want to Shabbat dinner. I rock the apron, then PHOTO: ROBIN CHERNICK Panelists discuss why many young adults are turning away from shul at Limmud Ottawa, throw on the heels! budget for. October 20, at Beth Shalom. (From left) Eric Trottier, Adam Moscoe, Samantha Banks, Rabbi Clergy: When not attending your own Two of the rabbis on the Limmud Michael Goldstein, Rabbi Leibish Hundert, Rabbi Menachem Blum, (standing) Scott Goldstein. shul, you probably never had the oppor- Ottawa panel – Rabbi Michael Goldstein of tunity to schmooze with the rabbis of your Shul in Ottawa and Rabbi started in their homes. Holidays. They will view your shul as a new city. It is hard to relate to a sermon and Leibish Hundert of the Ghetto Shul in Give young adults multiple reasons to social meeting ground and not just a to the leadership of a shul without having a Montreal – have had tremendous success walk through your shul’s doors, and I high-paying membership club. Young relationship outside the sanctuary. generating large numbers of young adults promise, after a few social, educational adults are waiting to be engaged! Just like Cluelessness: What the heck is going at their services and Shabbat dinners and swanky events, they will return for Miley Cyrus sings, “This is our house, this on up there? The average shul attendee because their formula is grassroots and services, Shabbat dinners and the High is our rules.”

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In her Emerging Gen column, Ilana Belfer ‘Hallelujah, fi nally, explains why the Bulletin’s new web edition is crucial and welcome to our world!’ to her generation. ome age-old questions: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a Ssound? If there’s content of interest to the emerging generation in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, but it’s not online, do young adults ever see it? Probably not. That’s why, after three years as a Bulletin columnist, intern and freelance reporter, I’m jumping for joy over the redesign, which includes an improved website and digital edition, as well as social media – Facebook and Twitter – presence. Prior to the redesign, there were only two or three articles available online per issue. I try to speak only for myself in my columns, but I think I’m safe in speaking for pretty well all 18- to-45-year-old members of the community when I say, ‘Hallelujah, fi nally, and welcome to our world!’ I mean it. My generation lives online. According to a 2011 Ipsos Media survey, affl uent American millennials, aged 18 to 29, spend more than 40 hours per week online, essentially a full-time job. The PHOTO: RYAN KARDISH fi gure is likely comparable in , and (From left) Mitchell Fogel, Arielle Kreisman, Emerging Gen columnist Ilana Belfer and Dana Abrams check out the latest online. Ilana admits, that number has surely risen with time. “Honestly, I spend most of my days in cyberspace.” Honestly, I spend most of my day in cyberspace, most days of the week. As my the Bulletin. It means that when, in a end, east end or downtown – it can be think again. We are most defi nitely grandma likes to say, “You sure are glued previous column, I asked the emerging read by anyone, anywhere. connected to Wi-Fi . And, if we can’t get it to that thing, aren’t you?” generation several questions and called The newspaper informs us of commun- where we are, we’ll move. We are con- That “thing” is my computer. “What out for answers, no one responded. ity issues and events, and acts as an nected to iTunes, just look at those are you doing on there?” she asks me. How could I blame them? They ongoing forum in which we can dialogue headphones sticking out of our ears. I am To someone who grew up without the probably never even caught wind of the about community concerns, whether personally connected to thousands of Internet, I can understand why it might piece. Because the Bulletin was inaccess- current or gleaned from a glance back Facebook friends and hundreds of Twitter seem incomprehensible that I am literally ible by way of the central place we turn to into the archives. It’s a non-physical space followers. doing everything on there: banking, for sharing, spreading and discussing where we interact and check in with one If you want to connect with us, follow submitting school assignments, chatting information. another on a regular basis. us where we’re doing our connecting: with friends and looking at their photos, The Jewish Federation of Ottawa and Some older people complain that we online. shopping, sending out or responding to the community-at-large have been younger people are not connected. Maybe That the Bulletin has taken steps to do event invitations, and even dating (JDate making grand efforts and great strides no one’s been checking in with us in an this will be critical to achieving the only, of course). over the past few years in trying to engage environment we understand. community’s goal of attracting and So are my peers. the emerging generation – a generation Thanks to the Internet, Gen Y has a retaining the emerging generation. Now Whatever happened to good old-fash- that, according to the recent Pew terrible attention span, but an amazing that the Bulletin has entered emerging ioned radio-listening or TV-watching? We Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews, ability to multitask. We have a penchant gen territory, the least we can do is do that online, too. decreasingly identifi es as Jewish, and a for speed and instant gratifi cation. We practise hachnasat orchim and welcome it So, it should come as no surprise that generation with declining synagogue expect our articles to come with multi- into our homes with open arms and food when, in every one of my journalism attendance. media content such as videos and for thought. First order of business: why classes at , the profes- The Federation hired a director of hyperlinks to other pages. We expect to not share this column?! sors ask students about our primary initiatives for the emerging generation, interact instantly and easily with the On behalf of the emerging generation, I source of news, all hands go up at the and implemented a micro-grant program content, its author and other readers. wish the Bulletin Mazel Tov on this sound of “World Wide Web.” to fund our initiatives. Institutions And if you think we’re not “connected,” exciting new chapter. What I’m trying to say is, in a time targeting people my age, like the Glebe where people – or, at least, people my age Shul, have popped up. And now, fi nally, – are getting their news, and other things, we are turning our attention to a valuable from exclusively digital sources, the community resource: the Bulletin. On the web at OttawaJewishBulletin.com Bulletin has (until now) remained What better way to connect commun- Visit http://www.ottawajewish and to submit news stories, letters-to- exclusively in-print. ity-wide than via the community news- bulletin.com/ for a PDF version of the the-editor, photos, announcements and That means, for the past few years, my paper? The newspaper has no entire print edition with clickable ads, as event listings. parents’ friends have frequently given me denomination and does not belong to a well as a page-turning version, with “Like” the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin on feedback on my latest articles, while most certain shul or political party. The optimized search function and hyper- Facebook and follow us on Twitter at of my friends don’t even know I write for newspaper need not be read in the west links; for live updates and story alerts; @JBulletin for regular updates. 4 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Dinner pays tribute to Heart Institute CEO

BY MICHAEL REGENSTREIF for everything the Jewish community Dr. Robert Roberts, president and CEO of has done for us.” University of Ottawa Heart Institute Roberts also paid tribute to Jewish since 2004, was the honouree as friends, contributions to religious thought – not- colleagues and supporters joined ing the 10 Commandments given to Ottawa’s Jewish community in paying Moses on Mount Sinai have remained a tribute to the world-renowned cardiolo- cornerstone of Judaism, Christianity, gist at the sold-out Negev Dinner Islam and Western thought – as well as to presented by the Jewish National Fund such fi elds as literature, music and, (JNF) of Ottawa, October 29, at the particularly, his own fi elds of medicine Fairmont Château Laurier. and science, and to the State of Israel. PHOTO: MARILYN MIKKELSEN Roberts was honoured “for his “There are more Nobel Prize winners (From left) JNF Ottawa President Alan Blostein, keynote speaker Bret Stephens, JNF Ottawa demonstration of community leader- in science, per capita, in Israel than in Executive Director Lynda Taller-Wakter, honouree Dr. Robert Roberts, and Negev Dinner Chair ship, for his integrity and diligence, for any other country in the world,” he said. Lawrence Weinstein at the JNF Negev Dinner, October 29. his accomplishments, and for his Roberts devoted much of his speech to support of the State of Israel.” a look at what he described as “my Roberts predicted that the human life Iraq was slipping back into chaos and He chose the Yir’On Recycled Water optimism for the future of mankind,” span will double again in this century. that Jordan was buckling under the Reservoir in the Upper Galilee – the predicting the 21st century would be one “That means children born in the fi rst weight of trying to cope with refugees region twinned with Ottawa in the of the greatest eras in human history, 12 years of this century will have an from the civil war in Syria. Syria, he said, Partnership 2gether program – as the thanks to the rapidly developing fi eld of average life span of 120 years,” he said. is the direst situation in the Middle East. benefi ciary of funds raised by the Negev genetics and the mapping of the human “Their children will average about 140 Stephens also warned that, should Dinner in his honour. genome. and their grandchildren about 160 Iran attain nuclear weapon capability, it In thanking JNF for honouring him, DNA sequencing, he explained, years.” would put great pressure on Saudi Roberts said it also gave him the oppor- determines an individual’s susceptibility The keynote speaker for the evening Arabia, “which fi nanced Pakistan’s tunity to thank the Jewish community to specifi c diseases and, as we get to the was Bret Stephens, the conservative nuclear program,” to follow suit. for all it has done on behalf of the Ottawa point where everyone’s DNA will be foreign affairs columnist for the Wall Referring to the presence of a small Heart Institute. mapped, preventive medicine and Street Journal, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer group of noisy protesters chanting “Not just for your philanthropy, but so treatments will be tailored to individual Prize for commentary, and a former anti-Israel, anti-JNF and pro-Palestinian many of you have given of your time on needs. Ultimately, this will result in editor-in-chief of the Post. slogans outside the hotel prior to the our boards, on our committees, and in living signifi cantly longer and more Stephens surveyed the current dinner, Stephens said it was important to our various activities – all of which have qualitative lives. circumstances of the Middle East, noting note Israel’s record on traditionally been so meaningful to the Heart Noting that the life span of human that Israel remains the only country in liberal agenda items including environ- Institute,” he said. “We are very grateful beings doubled in the 20th century, the area that is both democratic and mentalism, human rights – including stable. women’s rights and gay rights – and the Mahmoud Abbas, he observed, pursuit of peace was, by far, the strong- remains president of the Palestinian est of any country in the Middle East. Authority despite the fact that the term “Why is it that progressive young he was elected to expired almost fi ve people would be protesting a country years ago, and that the Palestinian and an organization that has done more Authority long ago lost control of Gaza for the environment than perhaps any to Hamas. other country or organization of its kind He pointed out that the military had anywhere in the world?” he asked recently retaken control of Egypt, that rhetorically. Heidi Pivnick Allan Taylor Luxury Travel & Cruise Specialist ■ GROUP PLANS ■ LIFE INSURANCE 613-314-6953 ■ DISABILITY INSURANCE ■ PENSION and RRIFs 613-244-9073

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BY LOUISE RACHLIS changes to the last Canadian census will Speakers at a lively panel discussion on make projections about Canada’s Jewish the Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. population “much more diffi cult” because Jews stressed the importance of Jewish of the lack of proper data. day schools, and that families must make Regarding trends in interfaith marriage, Judaism a priority. the rate depends on where you live, she The discussion, held November 4 at the said. Soloway Jewish Community Centre, “Geography is important. If you live in featured panellists Rabbi Barry Toronto or Montreal, the odds of marrying Schlesinger of Agudath Israel a Jew are higher” because there is a much Congregation, sociologist Jackie Luffman, larger pool of Jews to meet. and Rabbi Michael Goldstein of the Glebe Rabbi Goldstein stressed the import- PHOTO: MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Rabbis Barry Schlesinger (left) and Michael Goldstein listen to sociologist Jackie Luffman’s ance of Judaism as a lifestyle and in not Shul and NCSY. The moderator was Bram presentation during a panel discussion on the Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews. Bregman, vice-president of community losing sight of the importance of a core building at the Jewish Federation of relationship with God. Ottawa. He quoted from an essay in Slate Holocaust’ was of prime importance for to high tuition costs, and to a grandparent Among the fi ndings of the Pew report magazine saying “who cares?” about Jewish identity, but said that identity who said the cost was a major factor were that a growing proportion of Jewish assimilation. shouldn’t be solely based on negativity. keeping her grandchildren from the adults say they have no religion but have a “I don’t like his conclusion, but, if we “We should be doing things that add school, Kimmel noted that no children in Jewish background and consider them- want to tackle this problem in a genuine value to our lives. It’s got to be something the community are being denied a Jewish selves Jewish. Intermarriage continues its way, we have to look at the root causes,” future-oriented. Our identity can’t be education or Jewish camping experience long-term upward trend. he said. based on anti-Semitism.” because of the cost. Rabbi Schlesinger spoke about the Michael Polowin, chair of the board of Federation chair Steven Kimmel Kimmel encouraged parents and “Three Bs” of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa, added a thanked Bregman for putting the discus- grandparents to be proactive in ensuring founder of the Reconstructionist move- positive note. sion together. their children and grandchildren’s Jewish ment: belonging, believing and behaving. “I found this a little depressing, but I In response to several Ottawa Jewish future. “The strongest and most encouraging want to offer some optimism. Seven years Community School parents in attendance See more reaction to the Pew Research statistic is belonging. Most Jews are proud ago, our camp was on the verge of dying,” who had noted declines in enrolment due Center Survey on pages 6 and 17. of their identity; those are very encour- he said. aging numbers,” said Rabbi Schlesinger. Polowin said the camp’s marketing plan “However, as for believing and behav- was “forget the older kids, let’s get the ing, we’re low in numbers.” little kids. Our camp is full now,” noting The rabbi said he is not overly disturbed “we are providing the ‘b’ of belonging.” Get The Flooring & Window Coverings You Want. . . Now! by the secularization of Jews. Responding to the camp’s upbeat “There are many secular Jews in Israel success story, Rabbi Schlesinger asked …What I’m worried about is Jewish Polowin to “engage your kids to work with illiteracy.” my shul to build strong, engaged kids.” Cork Carpet Vinyl Hardwood Ceramic Area Rugs Laminate He said from , we’ve Mark Holzman, a past president of learned about tikkun olam. 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Thirty per cent of our we will learn how to behave … Judaism is members are interfaith couples.” not only about tikkun olam, it’s a lot In closing the discussion, Bregman more.” noted that 70 per cent of the Pew Luffman said that methodological respondents said ‘remembering the 195 Colonnade. Rd. S. Ottawa 613-226-3830 6 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

Campaign thanks to Campaign Chairs ‘We are committed Charles Schachnow and Leiba Krantzberg, the hundreds of canvassers and the capable Federation staff who to shedding more light work tirelessly to ensure that we can continue to shine more light, day after every day in our community’ day, month after month and year after year. We are working together with our The new Bulletin has been a work in and the miracle of Chanukah with others. community agencies on initiatives that progress, with the lay leadership and With each day of Chanukah, as we add a will ensure the lights of our people will staff working hard over the past 24 candle, we strengthen the light. never be extinguished. months to bring the vision to fruition. At the Federation, we are committed to Another message of Chanukah is one

FEDERATION REPORT Kol Hakoved to all of them! As you read shedding more light every day in our of hope. I believe the Ottawa Jewish STEVEN KIMMEL through this inaugural edition, I hope community by supporting agencies that community has much to be hopeful for CHAIR you will agree their hard work has paid promote quality , excel and, with the help of each member, we off. in caring for our elderly and ensure can fulfi l our dreams. s I sit down to write this We are set to celebrate Chanukah, and support for the vulnerable, just to name a On behalf of my wife and children, I column, the expression, ‘It’s all I feel this is a good time to refl ect on the few. wish you all a joyous Chanukah, in the timing,’ is most appro- sense of renewal that is being experi- All these important needs could not be Hannukah, Chanuka, Chanukkah, Apriate, as this is appearing in enced at the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. met without the tremendous fi nancial Hanuka, Channukah, Chanukka, the newly remodelled Chanukah edition Tradition has us light the Chanukiah support and enthusiasm our community Hanukka – however you spell it! of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. in the window in order to share the light has shown to date during the Annual Am Yisroel Chai, B’shalom.

Yes, there are shrinking pews in the synagogues of . But we can We need to re-energize stem the tide through continued and re-energized efforts to educate the young and the unlearned in an affordable way. efforts in the wake To neglect our tasks as educators as a matter of deference to a devastating of Pew statistics report would be gross negligence. As the rabbis tell us in Sanhedrin, “Even the Let the monies The battle to retain Jewish lives takes saving of one life in Israel is equivalent to place in the streets, in the university halls the rescuing an entire world.” wasted on studies and in the pubs. Outreach organizations be invested in schools cannot stem the tidal wave of assimila- and synagogues standing tion, but they can rescue individuals Ottawa Jewish Bulletin FROM THE PULPIT on the front line in the battle from that deluge of dissociation with the VOLUME 78 | ISSUE 6 RABBI HOWARD FINKELSTEIN Jewish community by providing classes, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Publishing Co. Ltd. BEIT TIKVAH against assimilation. meals, events, etc. 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, K2A 1R9 Tel: 613 798-4696 | Fax: 613 798-4730 Let the energy consumed What we do not need are any more Email: [email protected] he Pew Research Center Survey studies where countless dollars are Published 19 times per year. of U.S. Jews, released last month in researching wasted on producing documents that © Copyright 2013 in the , shows a what we already know reiterate what we already know on an PUBLISHER Andrea Freedman shrinking number of young instinctual and anecdotal level. T in these studies EDITOR Jewish people who are identifying with be invested in outreach. Let the monies wasted on studies be Michael Regenstreif Judaism from a religious point of invested in schools and synagogues PRODUCTION MANAGER departure. standing on the front line in the battle Brenda Van Vliet The absurd tally that shows that certain circles today in the Jewish against assimilation. Let the energy BUSINESS MANAGER Jewish people consider a sense of community, despite the successes of consumed in researching what we Barry Silverman humour to be representative of Judaism Birthright and similar programs. already know in these studies be invested The Bulletin, established in 1937 as “a force for constructive communal consciousness,” is laughable and, at the same time, quite Interestingly, for a large percentage of in outreach. communicates the messages of the Jewish pathetic. The rising rate of assimilation the Jewish population in the U.S., the Organizations such as Aish HaTorah Federation of Ottawa and its agencies and, as the city’s only Jewish newspaper, welcomes a in our southern neighbour’s Jewish Holocaust serves as a prime indicator of and their affi liates in North America need diversity of opinion as it strives to inform and communities is alarming and is threat- Jewish identifi cation. Anti-Semitism support to continue their good work with enrich the community. Viewpoints expressed ening our own constituencies as well. in these pages do not necessarily represent unites the Jew. The horrors of the Shoah university students and adults. Outreach the policies and values of the Federation. Years ago, the barnyard wisdom unite our people. The positive values of organizations can take a page from the The Bulletin cannot vouch for the kashrut declared that the Canadian Jewish Judaism do not. playbook of Chabad, probably the most of the products or establishment advertised community is 20 years behind its It is possible to manoeuvre through successful outreach program in Jewish in this publication unless they have the certification of the Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut or American counterpart. the Orthodox enclaves of Toronto and history. One does not have to be a other rabbinic authority recognized by the To my great consternation, I believe we Brooklyn and believe all is good with the Chabadnik to acknowledge the highly Ottawa Vaad HaKashrut. have caught up with them. Our syna- Jewish community. While it is true these successful campaign run by this move- $30 Local Subscription | $36 Canada $50 International | $2 per issue gogue affi liations are diminishing, our pockets of Jewish areas give the mistaken ment, which speaks to the heart (and day school numbers continue to dwindle impression all is well with the North We acknowledge the financial support of the perhaps stomach) of the Jew. Government of Canada through the and the rates of assimilation and inter- American Jewish community, the cold Isaiah spoke of the “remnant” of Jewry Canada Periodical Fund of the Department marriage continue to rise. reality that most of our people, young that would remain loyal to Judaism. I of Canadian Heritage. There is less and less cohesiveness in and not so young, are at best peripherally pray that his prophecy not be fulfi lled in ISSN: 1196-1929 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40018822 the Jewish community vis-à-vis Israel. It affi liated serves as a warning as to our our time. I pray instead that his other Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: is no longer a given that the overwhelm- future vitality as a community. prophecy, in that the knowledge of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin ing majority of Jews is totally supportive What, then, are the solutions? Lord will be as the universal as the waters 21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa ON K2A 1R9 of Israel. There is ennui about Israel in Grandiose schemes do not work. of the world, will indeed come true. November 25, 2013 7 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

how to engage young adults – the Pew report ties in to many emerging generation in their 20s and 30s – in Jewish life. It has been one of the of our conversations primary focus areas of the Federation in recent years and certainly in the pages of Pulpit column on page 6, of a JTA report to be a Jew of no religion. Overall, 22 per the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. Putting the from the General Assembly of the Jewish cent of adult U.S. Jews identify as such. Bulletin fully online – which we’re doing Federations of North America on page 17, Broken down by generation, we see that for the fi rst time with this issue – is a of a JTA report of how Conservative it ranges from just seven per cent of the major component of our strategy to synagogues are wrestling with an effect greatest generation – the generation that engage the emerging generation, most of of growing rates of intermarriage on fought in the Second World War – to 32 whom have abandoned printed news- page 26; and is also mentioned in the per cent of the millenials, those born papers in favour of the digital world.

FROM THE THE FROM EDITOR article about the challenges faced by after 1980. My own cohort, baby boomers Aspects of these conversations always MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Ottawa’s synagogues on page 1, and in born between 1946 and 1964, is at 19 per remind me of how the more things Ilana Belfer’s Emerging Gen column on cent. change, the more they stay the same. In ecently, much of the conversa- page 3, Andrea Freedman’s publisher’s A bit of perspective: According to 2010 Montreal in the 1970s and ’80s, when I tion in North American Jewish column on page 8 and Bram Bregman’s polling data, 42 per cent of Jewish Israelis was a member of the emerging genera- circles has been dominated by guest column on page 18. identify themselves as “secular,” that is tion, I took part in similar discussions. Rthe Pew Research Center Although the Pew report statistics to say “Jews of no religion.” That’s And mine was hardly the fi rst generation Survey of U.S. Jews released at the apply specifi cally to U.S. Jews, there is almost double the fi ndings for American to have those discussions. beginning of October. Jewish federations much for Canadian Jews to learn from Jews in the Pew report. Another 25 per The same can be said about the throughout North America, including the trends. The conventional wisdom cent of Jewish Israelis in the 2010 poll changes we’re seeing in synagogue life in the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, and used to be that Canadian Jews were a identifi ed as “not very religious.” Ottawa. The models that worked a many other Jewish organizations, from generation behind our American cousins There are many reasons for the century ago had been abandoned or local synagogues to the largest inter- in societal trends. I’ve seen some growing trend of Jews claiming no changed by the 1950s and ’60s. The national bodies, have discussed the Canadian commentators who agree with religion and a lot of them go back to the solutions we fi nd now will be different implications of the study and what to do that, others who think we’ve already development of liberal thought and than they were then; and, years from about the trends it reports. caught up. modernity and to how we now live in now, new solutions will have to be found Indeed, the Pew study has been the Perhaps the Pew report statistic that North America as citizens who fully when today’s emerging generation is No. 1 topic of late in much of the Jewish has caused the greatest anxiety in Jewish participate in all aspects of our wider wondering how to engage their grand- media. circles is the one about Jews who identify society. Perhaps that’s subject fodder for children in Jewish life. It’s a primary focus of our report on as being Jewish, but as “Jews of no future columns. Please join the conversation. Send page 3 about the Federation’s panel religion.” In many ways, the Pew report statistics your letters to bulletin@ottawajewish discussion about the Pew report, of The Pew report shows that the tie in to conversations that have domin- bulletin.com or submit them online at Rabbi Howard Finkelstein’s From the younger one is, the more likely they are ated Jewish circles for a long time on http:ottawajewishbulletin.com/.

done that, and thanks for the memories and the political war stories’ I had in Let’s all celebrate the revamped abundance. As for ever telling a story again in any medium, like I said, I fi gured Ottawa Jewish Bulletin my future was behind me. I knew Bulletin Editor Michael Regenstreif, but our relationship, when many of its 76 years of existence to have information and ideas – intellectual, as we would meet at the Soloway Jewish had the Bulletin threatened by lack of well as practical. How can you know Community Centre, had nothing to do interest, lack of volunteers, or lack of about all community events, if you don’t with journalism. Michael and I talked money – but people with commitment read the Bulletin (or tell the Bulletin about about music. Ask Michael if you ever want and vision kept it alive because they knew your events)? How can you know the to discover a new artist. He can really and understood its importance. And now, human stories that help us better under- freshen up your playlist. In any case, two

IDEAS AND IDEAS IMPRESSIONS with the Bulletin’s redesign and expansion stand organizations like Tamir, Hillel years ago, I got a call from Michael and I JASON MOSCOVITZ to the web, the commitment is there for Lodge, the Jewish National Fund, as well knew it had nothing to do with music. the next 76 years – at least in spirit. as Jewish Family Services? There is an Whatever the subject was, he wouldn’t The Bulletin is like the little engine that endless amount of information we should say. He asked if I could see him in his ommunity and communication: could. But, within the community, it could know and share within our own commun- offi ce. We met soon after and I was told there can be no community become a bigger and a better engine. ity – things the Bulletin has been telling us several people had suggested I become a without communication, and a There are still too many people in our about for 76 years – but not enough of us columnist for the Bulletin. It may have Cmeasure of the strength of a community who don’t read the Bulletin. have been taking advantage of it. been his idea, but he couched it in the community is how good the communica- Sometimes, little engines like the Bulletin It is there to be distributed and read, royal ‘we.’ tion is. The revamped Ottawa Jewish could be more boastful, more vocal, more and now, with the revamped print edition I was really surprised and very reluc- Bulletin is going to make for better present, and certainly more and web availability, the onus is on tant. I recall saying I was not sure I have communication, and we should all present-of-mind. readers, not leaders, to do the rest. More anything to write about. I remember being celebrate that. The Bulletin is headed in the right people need to subscribe to the Bulletin more against the idea, but I did agree to As someone who began a television direction, but it takes more than that. and read it. More people need to make think it over. Within a month, my fi rst career 40 years ago using black-and-white Communication goes two ways. Those their own unique contributions. The column appeared. fi lm, communication innovation has who believe in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Bulletin can be a great forum for commun- Two years later, the little engine that become second nature to me, but is believe engagement begins with people ity input. We live in an age of communica- could has been, and remains, a great nonetheless always exciting. The obvious being interested in the product and then tion, should we not begin right at home? experience for me. I love sitting down to truth is the Bulletin is not reinventing the also being interested in making their own I left journalism for a lot of good and write. It has been a wonderful retirement wheel, but it is progressing and moving unique and important contributions in bad reasons almost 12 years ago. I never gift that I conclude the community has forward, and for that, community leaders terms of content. thought I would write anything for given me. should be praised. The Bulletin can be an even more publication again. It was a part of my life I I look very much forward to that little It would have been easy, I am sure, over important place to get and provide put in the past. It was kind of ‘been there, engine getting bigger and better. 8 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Jewish life is about tackling important issues, meeting today’s challenges,

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chanukah | Students’ art and essays

Dovid Listerman Chanukah’s miracles

BY MIRIAM KAHANE RAMBAM DAY SCHOOL GRADE 5 On Chanukah, three big miracles happened. The fi rst miracle was that the Maccabees won the war against the Greeks. The great miracle in that was that the Greeks had about There are four sides of the 1,000 more people. The second dreidel with a Hebrew letter on was the miracle of oil. They each side. The letters are shin, needed to have pure oil to light nun, hay and gimal, which stand the menorah. When they came for the Hebrew words meaning to the Bas Hamigdas after they “a great miracle happened won, they could not fi nd pure there.” oil. After looking for a while, The miracle happened in Grade 1 | Torah Academy they found a drop of pure oil in a Eretz Yisroel so, in Israel, bottle under a board of wood. dreidels have a pay instead of a The third miracle is that the shin. So the dreidels there drop of pure oil lasted eight represent the Hebrew words, “a The miracles of Chanukah days. great miracle happened here.” Chanukah The things we do to remember We play dreidel with BY JOSHUA WOLFSOHN mighty and powerful Greeks. the two miracles of oil are that Chanukah gelt (chocolate BY MALKA ALTER OJCS – GRADE 8 The other miracle – the we cook things like doughnuts coins) or raisins. Yummy! TORAH ACADEMY Chanukah is a time of joy, a reason why we light candles on a GRADE 6 and latkes in oil. Mmmm! Chanukah is great because chanukiah – is the miracle of the Jewish holiday to commemorate Why do we play dreidel on we get to have family time. We oil. When the war was over, the the victory of the Maccabees, Chanukah? We play dreidel on light the menorah. We play Chanukah is here Jews needed to light the a small Jewish army, over the Chanukah because the Jews dreidel and we eat a meal. menorah, but there was only Have a share Greeks who wanted Jews to played dreidel when they heard The best part of the meal is that enough oil to last one day. give up their religion or be the Greeks coming. So, when we get to have latkes and for And eat all the gelt Miraculously, the menorah forced to die or leave the land of the Greek guard asked, “What dessert we get jelly doughnuts. stayed lit for eight days! No don’t let it melt Judea. are you doing?’’ they would say, Mmmm! They burned down the First Chanukah is a holiday to “We are playing a game.” Have a great Chanukah! Up on the sill Temple and de-sanctifi ed it. celebrate our miraculous victor- Kindle and fi ll While Judah the Maccabee ies. So spin some dreidels (which was preparing his army, Jews we use because Jews played with A wonderful street practised Judaism secretly. them when the Greeks ruled), eat One of the miracles of some greasy food (not too much Have a nice treat Chanukah was the tiny army though!), light the chanukiah of Maccabees defeating the and enjoy the warmth of family.

Nava Wolfi sh | Grade 5 Tzvi Yecheztel | Grade 1 | Torah Academy Ottawa Jewish Community School 12 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

chanukah | Students’ art and essays

Chaya Sara Loff | Grade 1 The traditions of Chanukah Torah Academy BY MIRIAM CAYTAK money, which parents give to RAMBAM DAY SCHOOL their children. GRADE 8 After lighting the menorah, it is Chanukah is an interesting customary to sing “Ma’oz Tzur” holiday with traditions that go and “Haneros Hallalu.” People back to ancient times. It com- usually sing other songs every day memorates the rededication of of the holiday. It is also a custom the holy Temple in Jerusalem, to eat foods fried in olive oil such during the period of the second as potato pancakes and jelly Temple. It is celebrated for eight doughnuts. days and eight nights. The word Chanukah means One of the most interesting ‘dedication’ or ‘induction.’ Also, traditions is lighting the candles the word Chanukah can be in the menorah. Each night, one divided into two: Chanu (they more candle is lit so that on the rested) and Kah (Hai, which has a last day of Chanukah all eight numerical value of 25 in Hebrew. candles are shining. On the 25th day of the Hebrew There are also different month of Kislev, the Maccabees Publicizing the miracle of Chanukah traditions involved in the holiday rested from their battle and celebrations. It is not forbidden to marched into the holy Temple BY CHAYA BOYARSKY Another way of publicizing father taking care of a young work during the eight days of the ready to rededicate it. RAMBAM DAY SCHOOL the Chanukah miracle is by daughter. holiday, but usually people go The miracle of Chanukah GRADE 5 having Chanukah parties in He fell into a deep depression home from work earlier to be occurred in a dark time when Pirsumei Nisa is an Aramaic public places like a mall, on and decided one day that he there for the lighting of the there were wicked decrees against term which means publicizing , or even at a would commit suicide. He felt it menorah. Although there are no the Jews. But the Maccabees had the miracle of Chanukah. There Senators game! These are all was only right to fi rst treat his religious reasons to close schools courage and never lost hope. Their are many different ways of ways that publicize the miracle. daughter to a movie at the mall. for the holiday, in Israel they are mesirut nefesh (self-sacrifi ce) publicizing the miracle and one There is a story about a man On his way to the movie theatre, closed from the second day until turned the darkness into light! of them is by doing a menorah who almost took his life, but, he suddenly noticed a festive the end of Chanukah. Some Today, too, our mesirut nefesh parade. after an unplanned visit to one Chanukah celebration taking people have a custom to give for Torah and mitzvot will light Around the world, Chabad of these public celebrations, he place. There was a crowd of Chanukah gelt each day of the up the world and bring Moshiach does a menorah parade every decided to give life a second people dancing and the man got holiday. Chanukah gelt is gifts of now! year during Chanukah. The chance. pulled into the circle. He felt so Chabad community goes into A few years earlier, this man uplifted he decided to cancel his the streets with booming loud had suffered a terrible car plan. music and menorahs on their accident, which tragically killed This is why it is so important cars and goes driving through his wife and one of his daugh- to make sure everyone can learn the streets. ters. He was suddenly a single about and celebrate Chanukah.

Shira Rudin

Grade 5 Ottawa Jewish Community School Binyamin MacCleod-Stokes | Grade 9 Ottawa Jewish Community School November 25, 2013 13 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM chanukah | Students’ art and essays

David Alter| Grade 1 | Torah Academy

Celebrate the miracles of Chanukah

BY BRACHI COODIN quickly hid their Torah scrolls do on Chanukah is light the RAMBAM DAY SCHOOL and started playing dreidel. menorah in order to remember GRADE 8 We also eat fried foods like the miracle of the oil and During Chanukah, we cele- doughnuts and latkes to remem- announce it to everyone. brate miracles that happened ber the oil that would normally That is why we light the Shauna many years ago. last for one day, lasted eight menorah near a window or a One of the things we do is play whole days! doorway. Miller dreidel because when Jews were Another custom is giving gifts I really like Chanukah because Grade 9 not allowed to learn Torah, of gelt to children on Chanukah I get to spend time with friends Ottawa Jewish Community School children would learn Torah to encourage them to learn more and family, play dreidel, and secretly. When Greek soldiers Torah and do more mitzvot. celebrate the miracles of came around, the children The most important thing we Chanukah.

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It’s not a biblical archeological dig, but there is an excavation going on beside Temple Israel on . The side door is blocked, and Temple members are entering through the kitchen or the lower level. In a letter to congregants, Temple president Lorne Rachlis discussed the sinkhole, which developed in the Hellenic Centre’s parking lot, next door to Temple, early in September. “Excavation began on the site, which was formerly occupied by a gas station, and various scrap items as well as some contaminated soil were removed. The Hellenic Community asked and received permission to continue the excavation This photo taken November 5 shows the extent of the work taking place beside Temple Israel’s front door. onto Temple property, at their expense, in order to ensure that all contaminated soil would be removed.” has been “more extensive and of longer Mendelsohn plus Steve Asherman, David “It is expected that the hole will be They also agreed to return Temple’s duration than anyone anticipated.” Delicate and Julie Taub – is in regular re-fi lled and access to our front door will property surface to its original condition. Temple’s Building Committee – communication with the Hellenic Centre be reinstated prior to the onset of The letter noted that the excavation Co-chairs Marjorie Feldman and Steve staff and executive. winter,” said Rachlis.

PHOTO: MICHAEL REGENSTREIF Federation meets with agency directors The Jewish Federation of Ottawa organized a meeting, October 30, with the executive directors of all its beneficiary agencies. “It is important to bring together the various agencies so they can dialogue and collaborate with each other, as the Jewish community is always stronger when we work together. We plan to do more of these programs for all Jewish organizations in Ottawa,” said Bram Bregman, Federation vice-president of community building.

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Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton became the fi rst-ever perma- Synagogues: Alternatives see some success nent spiritual leader of Or Haneshamah, Ottawa’s Reconstructionist congregation earlier this year. The congregation began as a chavurah meeting in living Continued from page 2 they are unable to cover upkeep on the buildings, and rooms in 1987. Now, its 70 families meet at a Unitarian about 350, the shul is striving to refi ne communications continue to pay clergy and support staff. congregation in the west end. and outreach to the unaffi liated. Ellis Solomon, president of Congregation Beit Tikvah, Rabbi Bolton said Reconstructionism is “a new vision The Temple Israel board must also start looking for a an Orthodox synagogue in Craig Henry, said fundraising is of Judaism that steps out of the Orthodox-to-Reform rabbi to replace its long-serving spiritual leader, Rabbi diffi cult with many congregations and other Jewish continuum. We’re a very limber movement. What that Steven Garten, who will retire soon. organizations competing for money from the same pool means is meeting in Quaker spaces, and we also meet in Finding suffi cient money to support initiatives, from of about 14,000 Jews in the city. other synagogues.” communications and outreach to meaningful program- But not only are congregations competing for funds, Rabbi Bolton said she wants to facilitate all the portals ming, is diffi cult for most congregations. Fees play a they are also competing for time. through which Jews of any age can connect with their critical role in supporting congregations, but many young Working families often fi nd it diffi cult to get to syna- culture and faith. families now balk at the rates. Most charge annual gogue for Shabbat services that are several hours long. But membership fees ranging from a few hundred to a few what options are there? Should congregations change Chabad, with several locations in the city, including the thousand per family. But all adjust their fees for people religious practice to accommodate kids’ hockey practice? Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad (OTC) in , is who just can’t afford the full amount. The answers aren’t clear, but some rabbis insist another growing movement in Ottawa. After years in a Some congregations have looked at lowering or Ottawa’s Jews are still religious; they just want to fi nd new temporary structure, OTC is currently constructing a dropping fees, but it’s a vicious circle. Without the money, ways to express it. permanent building which is due to open in time for the High Holy Days next September. While Chabad Lubavitch is a Chasidic movement, it serves as a religious outreach movement aimed at Jews of all denominational backgrounds and levels of observance. Why Choose the According to the OTC’s Rabbi Menachem Blum, young families don’t accept synagogue membership as a given. “It doesn’t cut it,” he said. “We need to be where they Ottawa Jewish Community School? are, and speak their language and be with them,” noting upcoming Chanukah programs like the menorah lighting at during the Senators-Canucks Respect. Responsibility. Reaching for Excellence. game on November 28. Orthodox Rabbi Michael Goldstein and his wife Stacy are also trying something different. Working with the Academic Excellence Je w ish Identity Enriching Lives religious outreach organization JET (Jewish Education through Torah); they established the Glebe Shul in 2011 as “a shul without walls” aimed at “students, young profes- sionals and new families.” Glebe Shul activities mostly Our students score + centre on social events, classes and Shabbat dinners in the $200 students per class Goldsteins’ Fifth Avenue home. 80% or higher (on Tzedakah raised and (on14 average) “For dinner, we can squish in 48 and we always have a average) on provincial tests donated each month waiting list,” said Rabbi Goldstein. in English and Math. That is by ADK-grade eight students. Do other synagogues and congregations feel like the Glebe Shul is skimming the young people? above the provincial average. All middle school students receive “At fi rst there was a feeling that we were getting into leadership training & opportunities. the shul business in a place that’s already overpopulated th 40community service with shuls,” but Rabbi Goldstein said the Glebe Shul OJCS student places hours required for high doesn’t want to position itself as competition. 9 “People confuse marketing and sales. They are very overall out of over 11,000 school students. different things,” he explained. students nationwide in the 100% of high He said most of the mainstream congregations do a lot Maple Leaf Math Challenge. of students school students of marketing, with great programs, lovely facilities, and 100% ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌϭƐƚ lot of good fl yers and posters. But then nobody comes and visit Hillel Lodge. choice of university. they are disappointed. The Glebe Shul, he said, uses the 78,000 grade opposite approach – sales – making one-to-one pitches to 7 and 8 students Monthly Rosh Chodesh ĂŶĚƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŽīĞƌĞĚƚŽ individuals, saying, ‘Attend this event. You’ll like it.’ “We’re heavy into sales and that’s coming through.” across Canada participate in service and breakfast with students in grades 5 to 8. a D’var Torah presented by Meanwhile, after Beth Shalom leaves its building in University of Waterloo Gauss about four months, the only remaining downtown Math contest. Three OJCS students. synagogue will be Ohev Yisroel, a tiny, Orthodox congre- students received a perfect gation of 25 families on Rideau Street. score in 2 years. Only 35 in Practising Tikkun Olam President Heshel Teitelbaum said the small synagogue Canada received similiar scores. through annual 8 keeps its doors open by being receptive to all, attracting middle school ĂƉƉŝĞƐŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌ travellers and students in the downtown area. our high school drama program. green projects. So, while many traditional congregations continue to deal with the challenges illustrated in the Pew report, 13 high school students Back-to-back OISSA some of Ottawa’s alternative synagogue options appear to received $320,000 in basketball champions. be fi nding ways to redefi ne what it means to serve the Competitors in annual Jewish community’s desire for organized religion. scholarship offers. As they look for their own new way forward, leaders of Moot Beit Din high school + many Ottawa synagogues will likely be taking note of what 35 ĐůƵďƐ͕ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͕ has happened at Or Haneshamah since the arrival of Rabbi Jewish debate program. ĂŶĚĂƚŚůĞƟĐƐŽīĞƌĞĚƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ Bolton, the city’s fi rst female rabbi. The Reconstructionist congregation has seen an increase in memberships of nearly 10 per cent in the last few months alone, and many Elementary School ADK - 5 ‡ Middle School 6-8 ‡ High School 9-12 ‡ Learn more at www.theojcs.ca more people are asking questions about joining. November 25, 2013 17 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Pew survey statistics cast long shadow over Jerusalem General Assembly North American leaders focus on developing personal connections between community leaders and young Jews. Winner of “The Consumer’s Choice” Award debate plans for future “The fact that we act collectively, that is our brand,” for 16 consecutive years! Silverman said at a plenary. “Not just the things we do, but Voted Best Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturer BY BEN SALES the fact that we do them together. Let’s never forget that. in the Ottawa Region Jerusalem (JTA) – When it’s held in Israel once every fi ve Let’s never be so passionate about a single cause that we years, the General Assembly (GA) of the Jewish forget that our real cause is community.” For all your Kitchen, Bathroom Vanity Federations of North America (JFNA) aims to focus on Silverman lamented the high cost of Jewish education and Closet Organizing needs, contact challenges and opportunities facing the Jewish state. In and called for Jewish preschool to be free, as well as for a Aviva Ben-Choreen, CKD large part, this year’s GA, held November 10 to 12, was no major expansion of the Jewish summer camp network. exception. Federations, Silverman said, need to do a better job of at 613-836-5353 ext. 321 Israel’s president, prime minister and other prominent engaging the “low-hanging branches” of alumni from 2415 Carp Road www.laurysenkitchens.com politicians addressed the crowd. Sessions covered Israel’s large programs like the free 10-day Birthright trip to Israel. foreign and domestic agenda, from Iran’s nuclear program He recommended establishing a one-on-one mentoring to Israel’s marriage laws to the aftermath of the 2011 social program between community leaders and young Jews. Working for you to make the most protests. The conference culminated with a walk to the Silverman also advocated making better use of technol- of your Goals and Dreams! Western Wall. ogy and announced plans for the creation of an encyclo- But a funny thing happened on the way to Jerusalem. pedic website within a year to share communal best The release of the Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews practices and pool data. He reiterated his call for Birthright Sarah Levine gave conference delegates a comprehensive picture of to make more of its data available to communities nation- Mortgage Agent Jewish life in America, a set of sometimes troubling wide, a process that Birthright says was already underway. 613-220-0396 statistics and plenty to talk about. “Half of our young population has been exposed to [email protected] Hanging over the delegates’ heads were two questions Israel and yet we don’t follow up,” Silverman said. “We that have obsessed the Jewish community since the study could change the face of Jewish communal life one visit: sarahlevine.ca was released last month: What does it mean? And what do relationship at a time.” we do about it? Siegal called for the creation of “Jewish development Answers came in sessions before and during the zones” where large communities each would have a conference, and in speeches by JFNA CEO Jerry Silverman summer camp, high-quality Jewish day schools, increased Dominion Lending Centres and Chair Michael Siegal. Taken together, they recom- youth programming and leadership training The Mortgage Source mended greater accessibility to communal resources and opportunities. Independently Owned and Operated Lic. #10145 programs such as preschool and camp, combined with a Panel sessions focused less on policy solutions and more on what principles should guide the Jewish community in responding to a lack of communal connection among Wishing young Jews. A two-day summit on formulating a plan to the Best strengthen the connection between Israel and Diaspora for You Jewish communities ahead of the GA emphasized the 783 Bank value of immersive experiences for North American Jews 230-6434 in Israel and with Israelis. “The Jewish identity of Jews around the world has For weakened,” the director-general of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Beautiful Offi ce, Harel Locker, said at the summit’s opening session. Living “This shift is opening a gap between the Jews of the Naturally Diaspora and Israel, especially among the younger generation.” Speaking at a Global Jewish Peoplehood Roundtable sponsored by the UJA-Federation of New York, Boston’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies Executive Vice-President Gil Preuss said that federations should focus on giving young Jews meaningful, substantive Jewish experiences instead of aiming to attract the maximum number of participants to programs. “What does it mean to be Jewish, to be part of the Jewish people?” he said. “If you focus on content, you’ll get numbers.”

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alcolm Gladwell’s bestseller not-so-good times, and working together answer, by 73 per cent of respondents, Outliers: The Story of Success to improve this world. The Jewish com- was remembering the Holocaust. begins with the remarkable BRAM BREGMAN munity of Ottawa is one of the fi nest, one I am a fi rm believer in remembering Mstory of Roseto, Pennsyl- GUEST COLUMN we should all be proud to be a part of. the Holocaust and its lessons, but, if the vania. Roseto was a unique town in the Historically, Jews have been unifi ed most tragic event in the history of the mid-20th century in that almost no one and galvanized by the scourge of Jewish people is what is the most under 55 had suffered a heart attack, anti-Semitism. The question for today, essential part of what being Jewish while death from heart disease among community. Roseto comprised close-knit when our survival as a people is no means to Jews today, our community men over 65 was half the national families who cared for, and spoke with, longer a pressing issue, how do we build will not sustain itself. average. one another. This alone resulted in the the Jewish community of tomorrow? This cannot be what Jewish identity is Doctors and sociologists were baffl ed. townsfolk living healthier and longer. The answer may be found in the most predicated on. Was it healthier living? Were all towns in Being a part of a community is a ancient book of all. When Tony Blair was We can build a sense of community in this vicinity similar? Was it genetics? beautiful thing that enhances our lives, prime minister of the United Kingdom, Ottawa in the same fashion that Jews After much investigation, researchers adds meaning and gives us purpose. It is he regularly learned Bible (Torah) with built the mishkan thousands of years ago concluded there was one reason: about being with people in good times and Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Blair asked – by uniting and working in common Rabbi Sacks why only 34 verses were purpose. A common purpose of celebrat- needed to describe creation, but more ing our Jewish holidays and traditions, of Employment Opportunity - Machzikei Hadas than 10 times that number to outline the being there for each other in good and Seeking Office Administrator: Congregation Machzikei Hadas is a Modern Orthodox building of the mishkan, the tabernacle bad times, of bettering our proud synagogue with a warm atmosphere and a membership of 300 families. It is led by Rabbi Dr. built by the Jews in the desert. homeland of Israel and a common Reuven Bulka, a world famous speaker, a prolific writer, and a Member of the Order of Canada. Rabbi Sacks answered that, in the purpose of repairing the world. This Ottawa synagogue is seeking an Office Administrator to fill a one-year vacancy due to maternity leave. desert, the Jews had not yet become a We need more community builders in The Office Administrator supervises office and maintenance staff, manages the budget and nation. Moses needed a way to bring Ottawa to unite people for common the gift card program, replies to inquiries and concerns, programs events and activities, liaises together diverse individuals to become a good. Mitzvah Day is an Ottawa event with rental occupants and with community institutions, and reports regularly to the Board and singular people. So God tells Moses that, where the entire Jewish community can Executive. He/she is responsible for High Holiday preparations, administration of service con- to unite the Jews into the nation of Israel, be with one another for a morning of tracts, purchasing, and publication of synagogue communications. they must come together and build doing good deeds and acts of kindness. The successful candidate should be highly motivated and demonstrate strong communica- together. By creating an intricate Let’s not wait for something bad to tion, interpersonal, organizational and planning skills. Preference will be given to those with a mishkan, a common purpose among all happen. Let’s all come together on university degree and a minimum of two years experience in an office setting. We offer com- the Jews of that time, God and Moses Sunday, February 9, as proud members petitive earnings and benefits. Please send your application to Jonah Rabinovitch, President, by mail to Congregation were able to build community. of the Ottawa Jewish community and Machzikei Hadas, 2310 Virginia Drive, Ottawa, ON K1H 6S2; or by fax to 613-521-0067; or Rabbi Sacks turned this insight into a let’s do a mitzvah together. by email to [email protected]. Only those invited to an interview will be contacted. book, which became part of U.K. policy Community is something we are all on creating a cohesive multicultural invested in, and, as with all good invest- society. ments, the more we put in, the more we As a community, we cannot wait for a get out. The Jewish community has so common enemy to come along to unite much to offer – if each one of us fi nds us. In the recent, much-publicized Pew something personally meaningful to get Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews, involved with, we can build community there was much discussion of the together. It is good for our souls – and, disturbingly low rates of Jewish affi lia- apparently, our hearts as well. tion and identity. Most alarming to me Bram Bregman is vice-president of was a response that did not receive much community building of the Jewish attention. It was to the question, “What’s Federation of Ottawa. He can be reached at essential to being Jewish?” The top 613-262-6279 or [email protected].

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Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest devastated areas of Leyte and Samar storms on record, slammed into the islands are reporting that over 90 per central Philippines on November 8 cent of houses collapsed,” said IsraAID Canada urged to recognize plight of killing at least 2,275 people, with many Founding Director Shachar Zahavi as the more feared dead, while forcing an organization prepared for its mission to Jewish refugees who fl ed Arab lands estimated 750,000 people to fl ee their the Philippines. homes. In response, the Jewish “From what I’ve seen and heard, the Federation of Ottawa has established a scenario in the Philippines today is Ottawa (JTA) – A parliamentary and Yemen eventually left their homes Philippines Typhoon Relief Fund. reminiscent of the horrifi c 2004 Indian committee called on the federal and communities, which had existed in Funds raised will support the life-sav- Ocean Tsunami. According to reports, government to recognize the plight of the Middle East and North Africa for ing efforts of its partner agency, the countless people are walking around, Jewish refugees from Arab lands. centuries.” Israeli-based humanitarian organization aimlessly, in search of food, warmth, and A report from the Standing Committee The committee heard that, since 1948, IsraAID, which was one of the fi rst a place to lay their head if only for a little on Foreign Affairs and International about 850,000 Jews fl ed persecution and international aid organizations on the while,” Zahavi said. Development recommends that Ottawa violence in the Middle East and North ground in the Philippines. Visit http://jewishottawa.com/ or call “offi cially recognize the experience of Africa, and that about 650,000 immi- In co-ordination with Israel’s Prime Jean Myers at 613-798-4696, ext. 242, to Jewish refugees who were displaced from grated to Israel, while the rest settled in Minister’s Offi ce, IsraAID sent a team to donate to the Philippines Typhoon Relief states in the Middle East and North Africa other countries, including Canada. the Philippines immediately, consisting Fund. after 1948.” It also recommends that The report stressed that “recognition of medical, trauma and relief profession- Donations to the fund will be matched Canada “encourage the direct negotiating of the experiences of Jewish refugees als. On their arrival, the IsraAID team by the Canadian government, which has parties to take into account all refugee does not diminish or compete with the joined forces with local NGOs and UN pledged to match funds from individual populations as part of any just and situation of Palestinian refugees.” agencies in treating the hundreds of donated to registered comprehensive resolution to the Israeli- When the committee began deliber- thousands affected by Typhoon Haiyan Canadian charities responding to the Palestinian and Arab-Israeli confl icts.” ations, the Canadian Centre for Israel and which raced across a string of highly crisis. Submitted to Parliament this month, Jewish Affairs (CIJA), which appeared as the 17-page report noted that, during the a witness, noted that Canada’s offi cial course of its hearings in May, the commit- Middle East policy “neglects” Jewish tee “learned of the discrimination and refugees from Arab countries, “only hardship faced by Jewish people living in accounting for Palestinian refugees.” the Middle East and North Africa in the CIJA welcomed the report. 20th century [which] surged over the “We are hopeful that the federal years in tandem with the crisis moments government will quickly enact the of the Arab-Israeli confl ict, in particular committee’s recommendations and the 1948-1949 and 1967 wars. ensure that Canadian policy refl ects a fair, “As a result,” the report states, “almost accurate and complete account of the all of the Jews in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, history of Middle Eastern refugees,” said *Not including airfare. $36 registration processing fee upon acceptance. 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Greenberg Family Stephen and Debra Schneiderman IN MEMORY OF: Hillel Lodge Family Fund Jeffrey Katz by Stella and Norman Beck; In the Joseph In Memory of: by Sheila Beck; by Sylvia Monson; by Judy and Inez Zelikovitz Sollie Goldmaker by Stephen and Debra and Paul Mendelsohn; by Rosalie and Harold Schneiderman Schwartz; by Marilyn Waserman; by Anna Long Term Care Centre Bilsky; by Peter and Minda Wershof; and by Harold and Lillian Shoihet Evelyn Monson and Robert Elder Jean Lichtenstein by Henry and Maureen Memorial Fund Marcia Dworkin by Claire and Irving Card Donations In Memory of: Bercovitch Card donations go a long way to improv- Molot Roy Bassett by Maureen Molot Jean Lichtenstein by Dovid and Jessica Sollie Goldmaker by Ingrid Levitz; ing the quality of life for our residents. Shoihet by Shirley Viner; by Tina and Itzhak Thank you for considering their needs and Rosenbaum and family; by the Residents, Evelyn and Irving Greenberg Fund Sarah and Arnie Swedler Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; by contributing to their well-being. In Honour of: Family Fund Lawrence Pleet; by Richard Addleman; by Sylvia On behalf of the residents and their fam- Lawrence Gradus Happy birthday by In Memory of: Bronsther; by Sylvia Cohen; by Pinchas ilies, we extend sincere appreciation to the Evelyn Greenberg Sollie Goldmaker by Arnie Swedler and and Barbara Pleet; by Carol and Stephen following individuals and families who made Barbara Gutmajer Happy birthday by Rhoda Zaitlin Cowitz; by Sam and Sandra Zunder and family; card donations to the Hillel Lodge Long- Evelyn Greenberg Jean Lichtenstein by Arnie Swedler and by John and Gladys Greenberg & family; by Term Care Foundation between October 23 Rhoda Zaitlin Cassim Khan; by Sylvia Gold Segal Kutzin; David, Harvey, Victor Kardish and November 4, 2013 inclusive. and by Debi and David Shore Family Fund Milton and Mary (Terry) Viner Miriam White by Judy, Paul, Kelly and In Observance of the Yahrzeit of HONOUR FUNDS Family Fund Adam Mendelsohn Israel Kardish, beloved father and grand- Unlike a bequest or gift of life insurance, In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Roy Bassett by the Residents, Board and father by Margo, David, Aaron and Gail which are realized some time in the future, a Pearl Viner by Millie, Fran and Steven Staff of Hillel Lodge Kardish named Honour Fund (i.e., endowment fund) Schaenfield Jean Lichtenstein by Esty Bybelezer; by In Memory of: is established during your lifetime. 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R’fuah Shlema: Staff of Hillel Lodge Kardish A Hillel Lodge Honour Fund is a per- Miriam Weiner by Irma Sachs manent pool of capital that earns interest or IN OBSERVANCE income each year. This income then supports Morris and Lillian Kimmel Carole and Norman Zagerman OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Family Fund the priorities designated by you, the donor. Family Fund Dan Landen, beloved husband by Edith In Memory of: In Memory of: Landen Ruth and Irving Aaron Jean Lichtenstein by the Kimmel, Kaiman Marcia Dworkin by Carole and Norman Family Fund and Levine families Zagerman and Andrea Arron In Memory of: R’fuah Shlema: Roslyn Rose by Carole and Norman Jeffrey Katz by Ruth and Irving Aaron Sylvia Pleet by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Zagerman Jean Lichtenstein by Ruth and Irving Levine families Sollie Goldmaker by Carole and Norman Aaron In Honour of: Zagerman Sollie Goldmaker by Ruth and Irving Aaron Noreen and Syd Bosloy Mazal tov on Jean Lichtenstein by Carole and Norman the engagement of your granddaughter Gillian Zagerman Bill and Leona Adler and on the graduation of your grandson Max Memorial Fund with love by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In Memory of: families Feeding Fund: Roy Bassett by Marilyn Adler Karen and Bernie Farber Mazal tov on the In Memory of: Card donations engagement of your daughter Gillian and on the Jeffrey Katz by Marion Silver and Alan Jenny and Murray Citron graduation of your son, Max with love by the Brass and family go a long way Endowment Fund Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families to improving In Memory of: IN HONOUR OF: Sollie Goldmaker by Murray Citron Joan and Russell Kronick Pearl Torontow Happy special birthday by the quality of life Family Fund Jean Naemark and family for our residents. 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Members of the Tamir Neshama Choir with special guest JJ Keki. (Standing, from left) Kate Capogreco, Michael Murphy, Shirley Harris, Jason Kershman, Cantor Daniel Benlolo, JJ Keki, Debbie Waserman, Robyn Purkayastha, Samantha Molot, Vesna Scott, Frank Charbonneau; (seated) Betty Ann Capogreco, Meredith Caplan, Edith Garmen and Claire Zloten. The Tamir Neshama Choir and JJ Keki come together in song Abayudaya leader sings on new recording BY KATHERINE CARTER the recording.” TAMIR Choir member Debbie Waserman he Tamir Neshama Choir hosted could not contain her joy about the a very special guest, November 2, whole experience. when Joab Jonadeb (JJ) Keki – a “He has an amazing voice! We should Tfeatured musician and singer on try to recruit him!” she said. the 2005 Grammy-nominated CD, “I’ve never met anyone from Uganda, Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People and it was incredible to listen to him talk of Uganda – joined as a guest singer on about how they practise Jewish life. It’s their latest project, a new album being amazing how people can come from recorded! different countries, cultures and still fi nd The project, which is spearheaded by something that connects us to one Cantor Daniel Benlolo, focuses on their another,” Debbie added. “And that we message of inclusion and the benefi ts of make music together is really special working creatively beside artists and too.” professionals, from near and far. Two days after their fi rst meeting, JJ JJ, who was the fi rst chair of the was at the recording studio with the Abayudaya (Jewish) community in Neshama Choir to record “Lecha Dodi,” Uganda, and is the founding director of in his African style. the Delicious Peace Coffee Co-operative, “I was very happy to join them in their an interfaith co-op of Muslim, Christian singing,” JJ said. “They can sing better and Jewish coffee farmers, was in Ottawa than many people and that is their gift. recently for several speaking and musical “Being with the choir shows you that appearances organized through Canadian God gives everyone something that Friends of Pearl Children, an organization makes you special. The choir’s gift is their dedicated to improving the quality of life voice.” of orphans, disadvantaged children and JJ pointed out that “music is also a impoverished families in Uganda. language of its own. You can hear the When Tamir Board member Richard words, but you also need to listen to the Zuker heard about JJ’s visit, he invited voices of the people singing. You learn him to meet the choir. and connect by doing this,” he said. “I felt that it was important for JJ and “If I had more time, I would have loved the Tamir choir to meet, to give them an to sing more with them. I have felt so opportunity to hear each other sing, and welcomed by the community here, so I to sing together,” he said. guess I’ll just have to come back,” he That single meeting was all it took for added. something wonderful to occur. The Neshama Choir will continue From the moment JJ arrived, a friend- recording the album this fall and looks ship began to develop. JJ brought his forward to collaborating with more guitar in order to perform for the choir musical artists and groups in their and he had a chance to teach them a few endeavour to spread their message of pieces. inclusion and the joy of singing. Over the course of the evening, Cantor Come see the Tamir Neshama Choir Benlolo and JJ connected through their perform at the Tamir Family Chanukah shared interest in interfaith activities. Party on Tuesday, December 3, 4 pm, at “I’m from Northern Africa and I also Agudath Israel Congregation, 1400 work with the Jewish community in Coldrey Avenue. Nigeria, so there was a lot for us to talk The Tamir Neshama Choir is available about” Cantor Benlolo said. to sing at events. For information, call “It just seemed right that JJ be a part of Frances Mercer at 613-725-3519, ext. 112. 22 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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ottawa jewish bulletin | Section Two Night of Broken Glass was turning point that led to the Shoah PHOTO: PETER WAISER (From left) Shoah Committee members Joyce Bellman and Sara Kardish; Rabbi Barry Schlesinger of Agudath Israel; keynote speaker David Engel; Holocaust Education Shoah Committee Chair Mina Cohn; Shoah Committee members Tova Lynch, Ricki Samuels and Benita Siemiatycki; and Jewish Federation of Month launched Ottawa President and CEO Andrea Freedman, at the Holocaust Education Month launch event, November 10. on 75th anniversary and geographic scene in Europe leading consider what, if any, other methods for nine years before leaving for Israel. up to and following the events of could be used to help refugees today and She later moved to England and lived in a of Kristallnacht November 9 and 10, 1938. in the future. number of countries as a Canadian Sitting in the comfort of the beautiful Mina Cohn, chair of the Shoah diplomatic spouse, eventually arriving in BY DIANE KOVEN sanctuary, it was diffi cult to imagine the (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Ottawa. “After November 9 and 10, 1938, Germany wave of violence, destruction and terror Federation of Ottawa and a child of The Holocaust Education Month turned a corner on the road to mass unleashed on the homes, businesses and Holocaust survivors, gave a presentation launch event was presented by the Shoah murder,” said David Engel about synagogues of the Jews of Germany and that included two poignant anecdotes (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Austria on that same date so many years about her own family, many of whom Federation of Ottawa. The co-sponsors an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany ago. That night marked a turning point in perished in the Holocaust. included the Embassy of the United and Austria. Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews. The program also included prayers led States, Agudath Israel Congregation, the Engel, a professor of Holocaust studies, On the eve of Remembrance Day, the by Rabbi Barry Schlesinger and Cantor Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Hebrew and Judaic studies and history at audience was reminded of the plight Jeremy Burko of Agudath Israel, an Jewish Studies at Carleton University, and New York University, a senior fellow of faced by Jewish refugees trying to fl ee excerpt from the video, Kristallnacht: The the Campus Outreach Lecture Program of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Europe and fi nd a safe haven. Night of Broken Glass, and a reading by the U.S. Holocaust Memoriam Museum’s Center at University, and a Unfortunately, said Engel, Canada’s Holocaust survivor Tova Clark from her Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. member of the Academic Committee of record for accepting Jews was the worst memoir, Compartments. The event was attended by Holocaust the United States Holocaust Memorial of all Western nations. Clark was born in Nazi Germany. Her survivors and their families, several Museum, was keynote speaker at the “The world today is organized as a family survived the Holocaust by escap- Parliamentarians, ambassadors of a launch event for Holocaust Education system of independent, sovereign states, ing to Shanghai, China, where number of countries, Jewish community Month in Ottawa. each of which has responsibility for a approximately 23,000 Jews found refuge offi cials and members of the public. CBC The event took place, November 10, at limited number of citizens. They are not during the Second World War. Shanghai Radio news anchor Laurence Wall acted Agudath Israel Congregation and was very well equipped or motivated to worry was one of the few places in the world to as master of ceremonies. held on the 75thh anniversary of about people that are not part of that accept Jewish refugees fl eeing the Holocaust Education Month continues Kristallnacht. group,” he said. Holocaust. Her story told of her comfort- until November 29 with the exhibit, Jan Engel’s topic, “The Context of “These decisions can have life and able childhood in Germany being forever Karski’s Mission for Humanity, at the Kristallnacht: Poland, Polish Jewry and death consequences,” he added, urging changed by the Nazis. . The exhibit is the Refugee Crisis,” outlined the political the audience to ask questions and try to Clark and her family lived in Shanghai free of charge. Extended Festival of Lights Shopping Hours* From Dec 9th 1309 Carling Avenue Monday to Friday 9:30 am – 9 pm * The mall will be closed Saturday 9:30 am – 6 pm December 25 and 26, 2013 Sunday 11 am – 5 pm and January 1, 2014 26 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Conservative synagogues wrestle with non-Jews in the pews

(JTA) – To an outsider, the battles might seem to be over trifl es – in some cases, just a few feet. Where may a non-Jewish parent stand in the synagogue during his child’s bar mitzvah? Can a non-Jew open the holy ark? Should non-Jewish synagogue members have voting rights? Such questions have been pushed to the fore by the growing percentage of Conservative homes that include non-Jewish family members – more than one-quarter of them in the United States, according to the recent Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Jews. For many Conservative synagogues, the issues are not trivial. They cut to the heart of a philosophical and practical debate PHOTO: ADAS ISRAEL about how open they should be toward A non-Jewish woman is among those at a at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington. Many Conservative synagogues are finding the non-Jews in their midst. new ways for non-Jews to participate in synagogue life. “For a variety of reasons, my colleagues are being challenged to rethink positions unique to Conservative Judaism; the adapt to an era of increasing non-Jews in involved Conservative Jews, and we that in the past we accepted almost as Reform movement has grappled with their ranks while still adhering to realize that in order to do so we need to be dogma,” said Rabbi Charles Simon, who as some of the same issues. But Reform Conservative principles of Jewish law that welcoming to their partners and spouses executive director of the Conservative synagogues are not bound by Jewish law, among other things forbid intermarriage. and families,” said Rabbi Raphael Adler of movement’s Federation of Jewish Men’s and the movement accepts intermarriage The discussions also come at a time of the Woodbury Jewish Center in New York. Clubs organizes seminars for Conservative – two key distinctions from Conservative serious decline for the Conservative “Many in our congregations are not synagogues on how to be more inclusive Judaism. On the Orthodox side, the line movement, whose share of the American willing to give up our children and our of non-Jews. “It doesn’t mean that the against non-Jewish participation is pretty Jewish population has fallen to 18 per families to Reform synagogues or to no standards of Conservative Judaism are clear; many strictly Orthodox synagogues cent, according to the Pew study. congregation at all. It seems wrong.” changing. It means that my colleagues are won’t even allow the Jewish partner in an “Since such a large percentage of our The ways Conservative synagogues are metaphorically learning they have to interfaith marriage to lead services. younger families include interfaith adapting varies widely. Many offer broaden their own tents.” Conservative synagogues are navigating marriages and relationships, we want very non-Jews the honour of reciting the In some ways, the dilemma is not the parlous middle, wrestling with how to much to keep our children as loyal and See pews on page 29

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BY ALYCE BAKER event in tribute to Bess, with proceeds ISRAELI BRUNCH COMMITTEE going to Hillel Lodge, her new home. In the 1970s and ‘80s, one of the most The Israeli Brunch will take place popular events in our community was Monday, June 9, from 11:30 am to 2 pm at the annual Israeli Brunches sponsored by the home of Sharon Appotive. Sharon the National Council of Jewish Women has a personal connection to Hillel (NCJW). Proceeds from this elaborate Lodge: her mother, Sue Slack, was a event were directed to the Israel Family resident. Counselling Association. Hundreds of Patrons are encouraged to drop in women of all ages would fl ock to some during their lunch hour, as we are trying generous patron’s home for a visually to accommodate working women. We beautiful and tasteful lunch, leaving with will also provide transportation for those brunchipes – some of the most popular requiring a ride. recipes served that day and presented in In order to eliminate any carbon a unique format. footprint in this eco-friendly age, we will Unfortunately, NCJW’s presence in the be sending e-vites rather than mailing city disappeared, and, along with it, the invitations. With the event limited to 200 Israeli Brunch. persons, email us at israelibrunch2014@ Fast forward to this year when it was gmail.com to ensure you are “on the list” brought to my attention that Hillel and provide your email address to Lodge’s government funding had been confi rm your invitation. cut by $190,000. As an added bonus, Israeli Brunch Coincidentally, the Lodge has recently guests will receive a copy of the newly become the new home of Bess Swedlove. published cookbook, Friends with Food Bess will turn 100 this spring and is one Benefi ts, a compilation of local recipes of the original grande dames of NCJW. and stories gathered over the years. And then the idea hit me. Let’s bring This event promises to be both unique back the Israeli Brunch and dedicate the and memorable. Don’t miss it! (From left) Myra Aronson, Roslyn Kimmel and Daphne Arron at an Israeli Brunch, circa late- 1970s.

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interfaith couple with the same syna- there stops being any reason to convert, Pews: Different congregations gogue gift bestowed upon Jewish couples. and I don’t want that,” Rabbi Grover told “We should be as open and inclusive as JTA. “I want to push conversion because possible within the parameters of Jewish the right way to raise Jewish children is take different approaches law and the Conservative movement,” she with two Jewish parents.” said. “It’s not that the congregation is Rabbi Stewart Vogel of Temple Aliyah Continued from page 26 Conservative synagogues now offer advocating intermarriage, but I think in Los Angeles rejects that approach. English prayer for the government, Israel non-Jews a place of honour, but with there’s a little bit of acceptance that this “Parents who have made a commit- or peace. Some allow non-Jews voting limitations. At the Woodbury synagogue, happens, and don’t we want our children ment to raise a Jewish household and they rights but bar them from board positions. non-Jewish parents may join their Jewish and the next generation to feel comfort- don’t convert, I think they’re heroes,” Others exclude them from membership. spouses when receiving an aliyah to the able in the synagogue?” Rabbi Vogel said. “I think they deserve For Debbie Burton, who was married to Torah during a bar mitzvah service, but Rabbi Alpert says she fi nds it painful to our praise and recognition. Instead, what a Jew and raising her kids as Jews but the non-Jew must take a couple of steps have to explain to interfaith couples why do they get? At best, a feeling that they’re wasn’t Jewish herself, exclusion from back when the blessings are recited. A she cannot offi ciate at their weddings. accepted.” synagogue ritual roles never really non-Jewish grandparent may offer an Though the Conservative movement also Rabbi Vogel’s synagogue doesn’t just bothered her until her daughter’s bat English blessing composed by the rabbi, bars its rabbis from attending inter- welcome interfaith families but celebrates mitzvah, when she was told she could not but only from his place in the pews, not marriages, the rule often is ignored. them. On “anniversary ,” when speak from the pulpit of her Chicago-area from the bimah. Like many Conservative clergy in couples celebrating anniversaries are synagogue. Rabbi Adler says reaction to the Canada, Rabbi Jarrod Grover of Beth acknowledged in shul, intermarried “It was the fi rst time that I had ever felt changes has been mixed: Some members Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto considers couples are honoured along with every- that I was excluded from a minyan activity have threatened to quit if certain changes intermarriage a breach of Conservative body else. At bar mitzvahs, the non-Jew- because I was not Jewish,” Burton, a are adopted. Judaism. At Beth Tikvah, non-Jews are ish parent is invited to be part of the tallit professor of mechanical engineering at Rabbi David Booth of Kol Emeth in Palo barred from membership. Synagogue mail presentation but must step back when the Northwestern University, wrote in a 2010 Alto, Calif., recently began giving non- sent to interfaith homes omits the name blessing is recited. essay for Interfaithfamily.com. “I was hurt Jews in his congregation a stand-alone of the non-Jewish spouse. The synagogue “Some of my most committed congre- to feel prevented from publicly sharing ritual role unconnected to life-cycle does not allow blessings for interfaith gants are non-Jewish congregants,” he my thoughts on the occasion of a Jewish events: opening the ark. Last month, the unions. said. milestone of my child. After all, even Conservative movement’s Committee on “We do not recognize the validity of Rabbi Vogel says he initially was though I wasn’t Jewish, I had played an Jewish Law and Standards formally intermarriages – period. There’s no resistant to many of these changes, but his important role in my children’s Jewish endorsed the practice. simcha, there’s no aufruf,” Rabbi Grover attitude shifted over time. education and upbringing.” At Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel said. “My actions have been changed by the Burton told JTA that the experience in Port Chester, N.Y., Rabbi Jaymee Alpert He believes the best way to welcome personal interactions with congregants prompted her to push for changes in her offers a public blessing to interfaith non-Jews and encourage them to raise a and seeing how with a change in attitude synagogue’s policies, though in the end couples right before their wedding in an Jewish family is to lower the bar for we can really inspire them Jewishly,” he she didn’t require the changes for herself adaptation of the traditional Shabbat conversion. said. “Someone who might otherwise turn because she converted. aufruf celebration that precedes a Jewish “The danger of making the shul too away is now validated and sanctifi ed. It’s During life-cycle events, many wedding. Rabbi Alpert also presents the welcoming for the intermarried is that so affi rming.” 30 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Founded in 1917, CHW is non-political, volunteer driven and funds programs and projects for Children, Healthcare and Women in Israel and Canada. 613-724-3733 Web: www.chw.ca/ottawa E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 613.699.0802 Happy Chanukah! www.redcarpetfloorfashions.ca November 25, 2013 31 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Steinman siblings thrilled with summer spent at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem BY LOUISE RACHLIS Knesset, Yad Vashem, and even had a day a great lab to work in, in natural product FOR CFHU trip to Tel Aviv to enhance our learning synthesis, nanoparticles and polymer dina and Noam Steinman, the experience. These opportunities allowed synthesis or, more simply, chemistry. It children of Ned Steinman and me to learn about Israel outside the was amazing!” Golda Feig-Steinman of Ottawa, classroom. It was a new and interesting Noam has been to Israel many times Aboth spent this past summer at way to learn about the country.” and plans to move there once he fi nishes the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was in Israel for two months and his own degree at Brandeis. He is now in Adina participated in the Rothberg spent the fi rst month living in the newly third-year chemistry and looking at PhD International School summer program renovated student dorms at the Hebrew programs in chemistry in Israel. while Noam was a lab research assistant. University. “It’s always better to get real experien- For Adina, 18, one of the highlights of “This was an amazing experience,” she ces in Israel by working with Israelis, if spending the summer studying in Israel said, “since I got to live with students you can,” he said. “There’s nothing like was getting out of the classroom. from all over the world, who were also getting to know people in your fi eld, For Noam, 21, the best part was getting enrolled in the summer program.” where you want to live.” “my feet wet in research and real life in During the second month, she trav- “I’d strongly encourage young students Siblings Noam and Adina Steinman both Israel. I loved going to work and not being elled through northern Israel with friends to attend the Hebrew University,” said spent the summer at the Hebrew University of a tourist.” and spent some time with her family. Adina. “This school is located in Israel’s Jerusalem. The siblings have family history with “This worked out perfectly, because I got capital, which is full of so many religious the Hebrew University. Their grand- the perfect blend of family time and and cultural activities. The Hebrew among Israeli universities. The founding mother, Carolyn Steinman, was director having an individual experience in University is reputable worldwide and the charter declared the institution would be of the Montreal chapter of Canadian Israel.” courses are taught by interesting profes- open to every qualifi ed man and woman Friends of the Hebrew University of The most memorable part of her sors. There is no better place to learn irrespective of religion, race or Jerusalem (CFHU) for 25 years. summer, Adina said, was attending the about Israel than inside Israel itself, and nationality. “I decided to go to the Hebrew Maccabiah Games opening ceremony in my summer at the Hebrew University CFHU facilitates academic and research University because I had heard such great Jerusalem. The event brought together provided an excellent environment for partnerships between Canada and Israel things about the school from friends and Jews from around the world to compete studies about Israel.” as well as establishing scholarships, family,” said Adina. “I was also interested in sporting events. Founded in 1918, the Hebrew supporting research, cultivating student in taking courses about Israeli politics “Seeing all these different commun- University of Jerusalem opened offi cially and faculty exchanges and recruiting and history, and the university provided ities come together to appreciate the state in 1925 as Israel’s premier university and Canadian students to attend the Rothberg an enriching program that included of Israel, sports and the Jewish people leading research institution. The Hebrew International School. coursework, lectures, trips and guest was truly inspiring.” University is ranked among the 100 For more information, visit http:// speakers surrounding those topics.” Now in her second year at Brandeis leading universities in the world and fi rst www.cfhu.org/about-HU. Adina particularly enjoyed the experi- University in Massachusetts, Adina plans ential learning at the Hebrew University. to major in economics and business and “Rather than sitting in long lectures, hopes to get an internship in Israel within the professors took us out into the streets the next year. of Jerusalem to teach us about culture “This was my second summer at the and politics,” she said. “We got to visit the Hebrew University,” said Noam. “I found 32 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

the U.S. Twenty-three of the photographs are of synagogues, 17 of which are in Houses of Worship: Canada. The book also includes transcripts of interviews Schacter did with a rabbi, an New book by Ottawa imam, a Buddhist scholar and two Christian clergy about the signifi cance of photographer Mark Schacter the house of worship to the practice and experience of religious faith. There is also an introductory essay that explains BY LOUISE RACHLIS the project – as he was photographing how his interest in this project was ark Schacter, an Ottawa- Temple Sons of Israel in Sydney, NS, rooted in his experience as a Jewish boy based photographer, is where the Jewish community is shrink- growing up in Thunder Bay. author of a new book of ing, that he might also be photographing On the front of the book is a photo of Mphotographs, Houses of history. the Pretty Place Chapel in the Blue Ridge Worship, published this month by Fifth “In many places,” he said, “I was Mountains of South Carolina. On the House. photographing buildings in bad need of back is the interior of the North Shore He sees the photographs of religious repair, but where the dwindling mem- Mark Schachter Congregation of Israel Synagogue in institutions as a way to portray an aspect bership base can’t afford to fi x them. I Glencoe, Illinois, which was designed by of the ‘invisible.’ had the feeling that many of the build- the same architect as the twin towers of “I’m not religious at all,” said Schacter, ings will not be functioning as houses of ascribe to, you can relate to what a house the World Trade Center in 56, “but I’ve always been fascinated by worship in 30 or 40 years.” of worship stands for – a basic human that were destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist religious symbolism and faith ... As a Schacter grew up in Thunder Bay, and desire for certainty and a sense of attacks in 2001. photographer, the challenge is ‘how do left with his family when he was 16. After permanence.” Schacter also has two earlier books you explore something that is invisible?’ living in various places, he and his wife, The book contains photographs of of photography, Roads and Sweet Seas: My solution was to approach faith Shereen Miller, settled in Ottawa in 1997. about 200 synagogues, churches, Portraits of the Great Lakes. Visit through the buildings people erect to He does all kinds of photography, mosques, gurdwaras and temples http://www.luxetveritas.net/ for more practise their faith.” including urban, industrial and (Hindu, Buddhist, Baha’i) in Canada and information. Schacter began doing the photography landscape. for the book in early 2012 after the His father used to tell him a story from publisher gave him the go-ahead. He the 1930s when he was in the Thunder found the synagogues the least ostenta- Bay synagogue on Yom Kippur and a tious of all the religious buildings he was rock came crashing through the window photographing. during Kol Nidre. “This made sense to me, because “Houses of worship can bring out the diaspora Jews have often wanted to keep worst in us, they become targets of a low public profi le,” he said. intolerance. But I think they can also It occurred to him halfway through inspire tolerance. Whatever religion you

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Visit our web site: www.hillel-ltc.com Life at the L odge Where Great Things Are Happening ... As the new Director of the Hillel LTC Foundation, it is my pleasure to share with the community all of the exciting activities taking place at HilleI Lodge. – Jana L. Rand A New and Improved Look for the Lodge I believe that the Lodge is an extension of the community. It is your Home! For that very reason the facility represents a considerable investment – which is why this news is so wonderful! We are very sensitive to keeping the building and it’s furnishings up to date and in good condition. We take pride in that. This past month, through some generous donations, we were able to remodel the main lounge with a whole new look. The new fur- nishings are modern and have a home-like feel. They have been warmly received by our residents and their families. In addition, New furnishings enhance the main lounge. improvements are being made throughout the Lodge. New flooring has been ordered, new chairs and equipment for the Hair Salon and all four lounges on all the units will have updates made to them. The Foundation Office goes Mainstreet! In the new year, the Foundation Office will be relocating to the main lobby (formerly home to the Auxiliary Gift Shoppe). Now, more than ever, it will be easy to find us! This exciting transformation will allow residents and their families the opportunity to visit the Foundation office regularly for news and to stay in touch regarding updates on the vari- ous happenings at the Lodge. Website re-design The Foundation office will be embarking The Auxiliary members and attendees at the Auxiliary Tea held October 27th, 2013. on the launch of a new website. Please visit Giving Our Residents’ A Lift – Auxiliary Tea held October 27th 2013 our current site at www.hillel-ltc.com. We want to hear from you on what family mem- The Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge has a very simple and important mandate and that is to help bers, donors and visitors want to see to make the Lodge and its residents make every day a little better. Functioning autonomously, the the site more user friendly! Auxiliary provides services and raises the money required to help bring the many important extras that bring comfort and enjoyment to the residents. With close to half of the resident pop- For more information about the Founda- ulation over 90 and more than 50% occupying wheelchairs, new assistive devices are needed to tion, don’t hesitate to contact me directly at help support the most frail and vulnerable. Some proceeds raised from this year’s tea resulted 613.728.3900 ext. 192 or [email protected]. in the purchase of two mechanical lifts. – THANK YOU!

If you want to make a difference in people’s lives (including your own), give volunteering at Hillel Lodge a try. The time commitment can range from a few hours per month to regular weekly or bi-weekly visits. To become a volunteer, please contact Marilyn Adler, our Manager of Recreation and Volunteer Programs.

Hillel Lodge is proud of the quality care we provide to our residents. Donations to the Lodge can be made in several ways: by going to our web site at www.hillel-ltc.com; contacting the Long-Term Care Foundation at (613) 728-3900 extension 111; or e-mailing us at [email protected] 34 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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Sheila Hartman by Gail & Stephen Victor Simone, Alan, Michael & families Morris Schachnow by Dale & Ruth Fyman; Roz Taller; Ryan & Tara McLean (Wedding) by Gord & Laura Spergel TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED Gail & Stephen Victor Sandra & Ivar Riff (Gabriel & Karen’s Engagement) by Shira Schlesinger by Art & Marcia Saper Bryna & Murray Cohen CONDOLENCES TO: & Murray Cohen; Lesley & Jack Cramer; Susan Heisel & Sye Mark Siegel by Lynda & Alex Wakter Michael & Jackie Shulman (50th) by Linda Nadolny- Linda Acton-Riddle in memory of Gordon by Merle Mincoff; Estelle & Ian Melzer; Bryna & Ilan Rumstein; Faye & Sara Vered by Shirley Teitelbaum Cogan & Arthur Cogan Haltrecht-Matte & Guy Matte Arnold Tennenhouse; Gail & Stephen Victor Eric Vernon by Felice & Jeff Pleet Michael & Rachelle Silverberg (Ben & Karen’s Glenna Alevizos & Family in memory of Dr. James Audrey Kleinberg in memory of Morris Lang by Marty Engagement) by Marty & Elaine Brodsky Alevizos by Pinchas & Barbara Pleet & Elaine Brodsky HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Cantor Ben Silverberg & Karen (Engagement) by Marty Marcia Aronson in memory of Susan Goodman by Linda Alan Krilov in memory of Morris Krilov by Barbara & Lester Baker by Donna Cummings & Bernie Shaffer & Elaine Brodsky Slotin & Jonathan Fisher Pinchas Pleet Moe Bergman by Helen & Sol Rauch Dr. & Mrs. H Stern (Daniel & Erin’s Engagement) by Aerin Barnes in memory of Garner Kinmond by Bryna & Nedra Lander in memory of Thelma Sarnow by Bob & Aaron Blajwajs (80th) by Sylvia, Marc, Sarina & Jaclyn Debra & Gary Viner Murray Cohen Ruth Fyman Agneta Gibson by Floralove Katz Rick & Helen Zipes (Kyle & Connie’s wedding) by Debra Chaya Berger in memory of Rabbi Mordechai Berger by John Laven & Family in memory of Dominic Laven by Dr. Bernard Greenspan (65th) by Sheela & Simon Morin & Gary Viner Mary Brauner; 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Tree Bank $150 for 10 trees Jeannette & Arnold Finkelstein (50th) by Ilan & Bryna – and no expiry. 100% Tax Receiptable. REFUAH SHLEIMAH/WISHING GOOD HEALTH TO: Rumstein JNF thanks you for your generous contribution. Yehuda Azuelos by Gail & Stephen Victor Rabbi & Mrs. Finkelstein (Tani’s upcoming wedding) by Mera Goldstein by Margo & Alan Blostein Mory Macleod & Jonathan Stokes; Tom & Natalie Gussman Please accept our apologies if we misspelled Larry Gradus by Jackie & Lucien Sitwell Sophie & Neil Frenkel (40th) by Esther & Irving Kulik or omitted anyone’s name or contribution. Shelley Harris by Alan & Margo Blostein Cecille & Bernard Hattin (65th) by Lisa, Adrienne, November 25, 2013 35 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Leadership program pairs students with Jewish community agencies

BY ILANA BELFER Outreach, project management and FOR THE ZELIKOVITZ CENTRE event co-ordination are also professional t’s no secret that one of the central skills she said she expects to gain. community questions of the day is: Her supervisor, Joel Weiner, said the how do we engage the emerging Historical Society has benefi ted as much May the lights of Hanukkah Igeneration? The Max and Tessie as the interns themselves. Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at “They’re not working bees – they’re shine brightly on your loved Carleton University has been helping to thinking strategically and creatively about address this concern through the what we want to do and then going ahead ones and home! Developing Future Leaders program and doing it,” he said. (DFL) – but funding for the program may On DFL feedback forms, agencies have 613-580-2473 soon run out. noted the benefi t of having an extra hand, DFL, now in its fourth year, is a program as well as the ability to tap into the [email protected] that pairs Carleton students with partner creativity and energy of youth. @BarrhavenJan agencies in the community for paid work Ultimately, though, DFL is about facebook.com/BarrhavenJanHarder placements. Some of the agencies have building bridges between the student and included the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, partner agency, as well as the commun- Hillel Ottawa, Congregation Machzikei ity-at-large. Many of the interns remain www.JanHarder.com Hadas, the Centre for Israel and Jewish involved in the community even after Affairs, and Tamir. their time with DFL has ended. In addition, interns are required to “I see this as a stepping stone into the COUNCILLOR PROUDLY SERVING participate in 20 hours of leadership Jewish community,” intern Benita Arora COUNCILLOR PROUDLY SERVING training throughout the year. said. WARDWARD 99 “I think DFL is a great program,” said As a partnership of the Jewish com- KNOXDALE-MERIVALE Mitchell Bellman, former president and munity, the university and private KNOXDALE-MERIVALE CEO of the Federation. “It allows young funders, DFL director Josée Posen said the people to get experience working in DFL program has proven to be a successful Jewish organizations, it allows organiza- model of how to interest young people in tions to get input and support from these Jewish communal affairs. Wishing you and your very capable students in a variety of ways, The larger vision is to share that model and I think it exposes the Carleton with other Canadian Jewish communities, family a very happy students to what Jewish professional work or even other ethnic and religious is all about.” communities. Chanukah. Practical on-the-ground experience can There have also been talks with the be hard to come by in a classroom-centric Federation of using DFL as a feeder Visit for university setting, especially when program for young leadership programs, www.keithegli.ca seeking remuneration in the “age of the she said. information on issues and upcoming unpaid intern,” which, unlike DFL, leaves But DFL’s potential can only be realized events at City Hall and in the ward some students unable to take on appren- with funds that go beyond the program’s ticeships due to fi nancial constraints. current ‘sunset,’ in spring of 2015. [email protected] “I’ve never been able to interview “With the vision and necessary funding, people before, so I fi nd that to be amaz- the Canadian Jewish community can Tel: 613.580.2479 ing,” said Dana Murray, a master’s student establish a reservoir of Jewish leadership Fax: 613.580.2519 of religion and public life, who is helping capacity for the future,” said Posen. the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society For more information, visit http:// document the history of Jews in www1.carleton.ca/jewishstudies/ or contact Lowertown. dfl [email protected]. MaurilMauril BélangerBélanger M.P. / député, Ottawa-Vanier

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À votre service! Happy Hanukkah! / Joyeuse Hanoukka! On the occasion of the Jewish Festival of Light, I would like to extend my gratitude for your contribution to the vitality of the Ottawa-Vanier constituency! ——————————— À l’occasion de la fête juive de la lumière, j’aimerais saluer votre participation à la vitalité de la circonscription d’Ottawa-Vanier!

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Camp Gan Israel This past summer, counsellors came from Los Angeles, Chicago, Winnipeg, New York, Buffalo and Ottawa to work at Camp Gan Israel in Ottawa. After camp, one day, the counsellors visited with Dorothy Nadolny, sharing their plans for the future and their love of working with Jewish children and teaching Jewish values. (From left) Bracha Leah Caytak, Yehudis Raices, Shira Friedman, Chaya Karp, Dorothy Nadolny, camp director Devora Caytak, Chaya Mushka Glaser, Estee Hanoka, Chaya Mushka Wolowik and Mussia Caytak. Call Devora Caytak at 613-729-7712 or visit http://www.cgiottawa.org/ for more information or to register children from 18 months to 13 years of age for next summer.

Ottawa Modern Jewish School See page 42 for an Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Jordan Gregory (left) and Sadie Rivier were among the Grade 4/5 students at Ottawa Modern Jewish School who baked chocolate subscription-saving deal. chip challah, October 27.

Members of the Les membres du Ottawa Liberal Caucus caucus libéral d’Ottawa wish you a vous souhaitent un Happy Chanukah! joyeux Chanukah!

Hon. John Fraser Hon. Hon. Phil McNeelyly Ottawa West-Nepean Ottawa South Ottawa-Vanier Ottawa Centre Ottawa-Orléansns Ottawa-ouest-Nepean Ottawa-sud Ottawa-Vanier Ottawa-Centre Ottawa-Orléansns 613-721-8075 613-736-9573 613-744-4484 613-722-6414 613-834-86799

Hon. Authorized by the Ontario Liberal Caucus | Autorisé par le caucus libéral de l’Ontario Première ministre de l’Ontario 416-325-7200 November 25, 2013 37 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Jewish Youth Library to celebrate 30th anniversary with fundraising dinner, May 4 BY NESHI RODIN FOR JEWISH YOUTH LIBRARY The Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa (JYL) will hold its 30th anniversary fundraising dinner on Sunday, May 4 at the Fairmont Château Laurier. The event will showcase the JYL’s Students and staff from the Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool enjoy a hayride and apple picking field trip, October 1. Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool, Ottawa’s only Jewish Montessori pre- ment. We are child and family oriented, a give the children a love of learning and a teachers are exceptionally warm and school, along with the Friendship Circle, ‘little house of children,’ with the vision solid foundation for their future,” added caring, and the curriculum is excellent Camp Gan Israel and the Judaica library. and goal of responding to the child’s Gailor. “I treasure every day that I come and very well-rounded. Not only have The dinner will honour Erin Gailor, the natural inquisitive mind and drive for to school to teach them.” the children gained close friends from senior Montessori teacher as ‘Teacher of independence.” Sarah Beutel, whose four children attending the JYL preschool and camp, the Year,’ and Doron Shmorgun and his As well as pre-academics, the pre- attended Camp Gan Israel, and whose our family’s closest friends are all wife, Elianna Saidenberg, who are the school focuses on helping the children – two youngest attended the preschool, families met throughout the years school’s ‘Parents of the Year.’ who range in age from 18 months to fi ve said she learned about the Jewish Youth through participating in JYL programs. It Gailor is responsible for the pre- years – develop mentchlichkeit (human- Library almost 18 years ago when she is a unique organization that holds a school’s Montessori content and heads a ity, decency). attended a Shabbat program with her special place in our hearts.” team of three other teachers. “Children learn how to respond with fi rst child. For more information about the “Westboro Jewish Montessori grace and courtesy, as vibrant beings “Our children loved all the programs preschool, other JYL programs, or the Preschool isn’t a babysitting service or a expressing their independence while and gained very much from the experi- 30th anniversary dinner, contact JYL daycare,” said Gailor. “It is a true centre helping each other,” said Gailor. ence, making special lasting friend- Director Devora Caytak at 613-729-7712 of learning where children work at their “Westboro Jewish Montessori ships,” said Beutel. or visit http://www.jewishyouthlibrary. own pace in a prepared, loving environ- Preschool gives me the opportunity to “The preschool is very special, the com/. 38 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Students with learning disabilities thriving at Tel-Hai College in Upper Galilee far Blum, Israel – Itamar Katz has fi nally found people who speak his language – not the Hebrew or English he speaks with ease, but the BARBARA CROOK Haappy Klanguage of learning disabilities. Chanukahah! “I can’t describe the feeling of thinking you’re alone in MY ISRAEL the world,” says Katz, 28, who is studying biotechnology and agriculture at Tel-Hai College, north of Kiryat Shmona in the Upper Galilee. He’s able to pursue his studies with the help of the college’s Support Centre for Students with Learning Disabilities. pursuing graduate studies. “Part of the prep course for this program is actually Ben Hakimi, 33, is in his third year of the environ- learning about ADHD (attention defi cit hyperactivity mental science program. He studied at both the Hebrew disorder) and other learning disabilities. That’s where I University and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in found people who spoke my language.” Jerusalem, but “couldn’t take it any more” because of his The learning disabilities centre is internationally learning disabilities. recognized for its holistic approach and individualized He was constantly told he had to learn how to study, programs, which include peer mentoring and career but no one gave him useful skills or strategies until he counselling. Ninety-eight per cent of its students gradu- took the preparatory program through the support ate compared to about 75 per cent or fewer in regular centre. college programs. The Upper Galilee is one of the most beautiful parts of Students complete an undergraduate degree in four Israel. But, like many peripheral regions of the country, it years instead of three. They learn time management, faces major socio-economic challenges. And its towns, Happy Chanukah organizational skills and how to use assistive technolo- kibbutzim and moshavim (agricultural settlements) are to the gies, such as computer programs that help with reading still recovering from the rocket attacks and devastation of and writing. the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Ottawa Jewish community They also receive emotional support and counselling, The Jewish Federation of Ottawa and other Jewish which are essential for young adults who have been federations across the country support a variety of written off throughout their lives as ‘lazy,’ ‘slow’ or projects and programs in this region through P2G ‘anti-social.’ (Partnership 2gether), which links our communities with “It’s a way of being – you have to learn to manage your Israeli regions to strengthen Israeli society and promote energy, not just your time,” says Katz, who needs to unity and Jewish identity. (I’ll be writing more about this channel his excess energy with frequent horseback rides in future columns.) “or other things fall apart. [My counsellor] Ilana under- The Canadian connection to Tel-Hai’s learning disabil- stands that, and knows that I have to plan that into my ities centre is through Vancouver’s Thau family, which @Randall_Denley schedule.” has been a major supporter of the mentorship program. Katz was born in the United States and moved to Eilat But our Ottawa community has had a long relationship Your Progressive Conservative candidate when he was eight. His lack of Hebrew skills meant he with other projects at Tel-Hai, which offers academic and in Ottawa West-Nepean was behind his Israeli peers from the outset. He barely continuing education programs in sciences and the made it through school, and had a hard time in the army. humanities to about 4,500 students. It was only later in life that the engaging young man The college describes itself as “the most powerful was diagnosed with ADHD as well as dyslexia, dysgraphia engine for the educational, economic and social develop- and dyscalculia – learning disorders that involve diffi cul- ment of the Upper Galilee.” Its outreach programs LOCK IN YOUR CURRENT ties with reading, writing and mathematical skills. include the Sidney Warren Science Education Centre for Although he’s skilled at training horses – his passion is Youth, which runs enrichment programs for about 1,000 SUBSCRIPTION RATE for horses with special gaits, like the Tennessee walking talented elementary and high school students, including horse and the Icelandic horse – that’s not a great career a signifi cant number of Druze. option in Israel. And he had trouble holding down other That’s one of our partnership projects, as is a new Subscription rates jobs. regional 3-D printing network that will be connected to Katz started at Tel-Hai three years ago, the same year the Warren Centre. will be increasing he started taking Ritalin for his ADHD. He met his The benefi ts of these partnerships and initiatives are fi ancée through the program, and is thinking about not limited to the region, or even to Israel. in 2014. Efrat Birk, who was dismissed as a ‘lazy student’ in her youth, completed a biotechnology degree at Tel-Hai with the help of the learning disorders centre. She went on to See page 42 study medicine at , where she discov- ered a gene that leads to a particular type of develop- to learn how mental delay. Itamar Katz has been an informal mentor to a fellow horse enthusiast with severe learning disabilities, who’d to lock in our never talked to anyone about the challenges that were limiting his options in life. Now 19, the young man is current best rates about to enter the army. Ben Hakimi is not only succeeding in his own studies, for the but he’s mentoring other students with learning disabil- ities, and is trying to develop a program for students with Ottawa Jewish autism spectrum disorder. “I felt I belonged,” Hakimi says of the emotional and Bulletin. practical support he received at the college. “Everybody knew my name.” November 25, 2013 39 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM 40 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

The truth about the legend of Chanukah CINDY FEINGOLD

’m not sure, but I suspect I may be one of the last eight-day festival of Chanukah was born. MADE WITH people over the age of 10 to fi nd out that the Why eight days? Well, here’s where the story begins to LOVE miraculous oil story of Chanukah is just a legend! diverge. According to the Book of Maccabee II, while the IKind of reminiscent of coming home for winter Maccabees were fi ghting, they had missed the eight-day break during my fi rst year at university to discover I was holiday of Sukkot, so, to celebrate the Second Temple the last one in the family to fi nd out that our dog, Heidi, rededication, they declared a ‘better-late-than-never’ Chanukah this way in a December 15, 2011 post to his had died! celebration of Sukkot. Blog Shalom: ‘Truth’ is a word to be avoided when discussing The Talmud, though, offers an alternative explana- “Even without the oil, Chanukah is still a miraculous history and religion. The victors of a battle often write tion, that Judah Maccabee and his team, who took part story. The Maccabees were a tiny group of Jews who the history. The facts of what happened in the past in the rededication of the Second Temple, witnessed should not have been able to defeat the powerful depend very much on whom you ask and, when it what they believed to be a miracle. Even though there Greeks. But they did! And, because of this miracle, comes to religion, everyone has a different truth. was only enough oil to keep the menorah burning for a Judaism survived and did not become consumed by Chanukah is the only major Jewish holiday not single day, the fl ames burned for eight nights. This Greek culture. This story of miraculous survival repeats explicitly mentioned in the Torah, since the events that wondrous event inspired the rabbis to proclaim a yearly itself many times throughout Jewish history. Despite inspired the holiday occurred after it was written. The eight-day festival. tremendous powers that have raged against us, nothing rabbis wrote about Chanukah in the Talmud, but that The rabbis barely mentioned the battle between the has stopped the Jewish people. This is a miracle.” was written more than 600 years after the Maccabees’ Maccabees and the Greeks in the Talmud. The reason for http://tinyurl.com/miracle-Chanukah revolt. Their version of Chanukah differs markedly from this is unclear. Perhaps they did not want to encourage Although the miraculous oil story may be a legend, I the Books of Maccabees written in the second century the celebration of a military battle, or perhaps, as refuse to give up food fried in oil on Chanukah! To BCE. pacifi sts, they did not want to encourage the Jewish celebrate my newfound knowledge, I am going to go all So we have here two versions of the Chanukah story: people, who at that time, were living under Roman rule, out this year and celebrate Chanukah with these one from the Books of Maccabees and the other from the to be inspired by revolt. decadent Pomegranate Sugar-Dusted White Chocolate Talmud. Both versions agree on the fi rst part of the Rabbi Andrew Jacobs explains the miracle of Doughnuts. story. Around 200 BCE, Judea came under control of the Syrian King, Antiochus III. He was a benevolent fellow and allowed the Jews to continue practising their POMEGRANATE SUGAR-DUSTED WHITE CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS religion. Things changed drastically when his son, Antiochus IV, took over. This evil king outlawed the Jewish religion and Makes 16 doughnuts Add the milk, yeast, sugar and eggs to a bowl and ordered the Jews to worship Greek gods. In 168 BCE, his blend slightly. Add the fl our and salt and blend by soldiers marched into Jerusalem, exterminated thou- The doughnut dough recipe for these treats comes hand or in a mixer fi tted with the dough hook sands of people and desecrated the holy Second Temple from Anna Olsen, on her Food Network show, Bake attachment. Immediately start adding the butter a by constructing an altar to Zeus and commanding the with Anna. The idea of fi lling them with white bit at a time and continue to mix until the dough Jews to sacrifi ce a pig upon this alter. chocolate ganache and then rolling them in pom- comes together. If using a mixer, continue to knead The Jewish priest Mattathias and his fi ve sons led a egranate sugar comes from the genius mind of Chef the dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 min- large-scale rebellion against Antiochus and his army. Lynn Crawford! I have adapted their recipes slightly. utes, and if mixing by hand, once the dough When Mattathias died in 166 BCE, his son, Judah becomes to diffi cult to stir, turn it out onto a lightly Maccabee, took over. Within two years, the Jews, relying Pomegranate Sugar fl oured surface and knead by hand until smooth and on guerrilla warfare tactics, defeated the Syrian Greek 1 cup white sugar elastic. Place the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, army and drove them out of Jerusalem. 2 tablespoons pomegranate juice cover the surface of the dough with plastic wrap and The Maccabees cleansed the Second Temple, rebuilt let rise for at least 2 hours, or chill and let rise the altar, lit its menorah and celebrated the rededication White Chocolate Cream Filling overnight. (the word ‘Chanukah’ means dedication). And thus the 6 ounces good quality white chocolate, finely Turn the risen dough out onto a lightly fl oured chopped (do not use white chocolate chips) surface and roll it out to 1/2 inch thickness. Use a 1/4 cup 35% cream 3-inch cookie cutter to cut out 16 doughnuts, 1/2 cup 35% cream re-rolling the dough, if needed. Place the doughnuts onto a parchment-lined baking tray, cover the tray Doughnut Dough with plastic wrap and let the doughnuts rise for 45 2/3 cup warm homogenized milk (105 F.) minutes, if using room temperature dough, or for an 2 1/4 teaspoons (1 package) instant dry yeast hour, if using cold dough. 1/3 cup sugar Pour the oil into a tabletop deep fryer (following 3 eggs at room temperature manufacturer’s instructions) or into a large, deep 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour pot so that it is only fi lled about 3 inches. Heat the 1 teaspoon salt oil to 350 F (use a candy thermometer, if cooking 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature doughnuts in a pot). Have a baking tray lined with Vegetable oil, for frying paper towel, with a cooling rack placed over it. Place a doughnut onto a slotted spoon and lower gently In a small mixing bowl, combine the sugar and into the oil. Fit in as many doughnuts as you can, but juice together. Spread evenly on a baking sheet and with enough room that they have at least an inch allow to dry overnight at room temperature. Pulse between them. Fry the doughnuts for about 3 pomegranate sugar in food processor for about 30 minutes, then fl ip over and fry for another 3 min- seconds and store in a sealed jar. Can be made a utes. Use your slotted spoon to remove the dough- week ahead. nuts onto the cooling rack to drain. Place the chocolate in medium-sized bowl. Set on Fill a disposable piping bag, fi tted with a medium top of a pot of hot water over low heat. Mix until sized plain tip, with the white chocolate cream. smooth. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup 35% Place the piping bag tip in the side of the doughnut cream in 2 batches. Set aside to cool. Whip remain- and squeeze gently to fi ll doughnut. Be careful not ing 1/2 cup 35% cream until stiff peaks form. Fold to overfi ll. Roll the fi lled doughnuts in the pom- cream into melted chocolate. Cover and refrigerate egranate sugar. until ready to use. Can be made a day ahead. These are best served the same day they are made. November 25, 2013 41 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

form of a shul-based supplementary school – can help, but that is not without its costs and risks. So can a Shul: ‘What makes me go? delicious and nutritious weekly Kiddush. Warm, energetic clergy are a key, as is a warm and What makes others stay away?’ welcoming atmosphere. While professional clergy are trained to be welcoming, I would think many shul f my own estimates are correct, I am among the membership communities are less welcoming than they minority of Ottawa Jews – especially in my age think they are. Finally, going to where others are – in the demographic and especially in the non-Orthodox MIRA SUCHAROV form of creating opportunities for ‘public space Judaism’ Icommunity – who can be found at shul with my VALUES, ETHICS, – may help bolster the particular brand, if not regular family on Shabbat roughly once a month. What makes shul attendance. me go? What makes others stay away? And what makes COMMUNITY But, what if Jews simply don’t want to come? What if me value going while understanding and relating to why they prefer to spend their free weekend mornings with others don’t? the kind of recreational activities that provide exercise or Ever since Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen wrote other direct artistic or skill-building enrichment? What if about the Jewish “sovereign self” in their book, The Jew Jewish literacy. On a recent Shabbat, my daughter helped they just want to laze around the house, enjoying the Within: Self, Family, and Community in America, pub- lead the very wordy “Ashrei” prayer after my son was unstructured family time of a private Saturday morning? lished in 2000, social analysts of Jewish life, particularly given the honour of opening the ark – a fascinated smile What if they want to read or take a walk or watch Netfl ix in non-Orthodox communities, have understood that crossing his lips as he peered into the Torah-scroll-fi lled or visit with friends or catch up on work? religious practice is experienced more and more as a opening. All this raises the question of whether shuls should choice rather than as a fi xed obligation. For non-Ortho- Sure, I have my bored and restless moments (a Shabbat work to help create demand, or simply respond to waning dox Jews, Jewish practice is not automatic, even if certain morning Conservative service isn’t exactly concise), and it and shifting preferences. In the case of religious institu- rituals may give rise to strong sensory or kishke memories sometimes feels like an effort to fi t these semi-structured tions, the business of creating demand is risky business. and associations. hours into our weekend. Still, we are a minority within a It is a fi ne line between creating an attractive product On a given Saturday morning, when we’re not at shul, minority. Most Ottawa Jews rarely, if ever, come to shul on that naturally draws people versus wielding the weapon my family is typically rushing one or more of my kids to a given week. Most Ottawa Jews associate shul, if they do of guilt and obligation. an extra-curricular activity, seeing the adults tag-teaming go at all, with High Holidays and perhaps Purim. Is there a point at which shuls should simply claim to yoga class, or lounging at home, watching Saturday So what are shuls to do? defeat, and allow natural membership to atrophy as the morning cartoons, reading or playing cards. It seems to me there are a few options. older generation fades away, perhaps amalgamate as the When we do get our act together to get dressed in our Shuls can focus on attracting members by emphasizing opportunity arises, or perhaps operate a skeleton shul fi nery and drive 10 minutes west, I am always glad lifecycle events. In that case, a shul is there for you if and operation – available for life cycle events and open on we did. The kids develop a fi rst-hand relationship with a when you need it. Membership is therefore viewed as an major holidays only? community space that is not commercial. They pal insurance policy. Today, I leave you with more questions than answers. around with their friends, enjoy the teen-led kids’ Or a shul can also focus on trying to fi ll the pews on a Maybe we can discuss this over egg and tuna salad with service, and form friendly connections with other shul regular basis, a strategy that will more likely lead to a carrots and zucchini sticks on the side – at shul Kiddush. members representing a variety of generations. And they committed membership base. Creating a connection Mira Sucharov, an associate professor of political science develop a sense of communal identity and hone their between Jewish education and Jewish practice – in the at Carleton University, blogs at Haaretz.com.

discount and defl ect compliments about your appearance? Harnessing the power of making one change When someone points out how slim or fi t you look, or that your outfi t is fl attering, do you automatically respond with According to the “Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 self-deprecating humour? One change you can implement (The Lancet, December 13, 2012),” which examined health to help with poor body image is to repeatedly remind data in 50 countries from 1990 to 2010, obesity now poses GLORIA SCHWARTZ yourself to accept compliments by simply saying “thank a greater global health threat than malnutrition. you.” Except for sub-Saharan countries, more young adults FOCUS ON A single, small change will not overhaul your physical are dying from non-communicable diseases, such as heart FITNESS and emotional self. However, it is a starting point. We all disease and cancer, than from starvation or communicable have to start somewhere. Committing to an achievable diseases. The culprit is the Western lifestyle the majority of change in writing is a powerful statement that will help countries have adopted. Essentially, we are eating our- you move forward. When you consistently reproduce that selves to death. understand that you truly have the power to improve your change, you’ll feel motivated to make other changes. The study also indicated that, while advances in body inside and out, you’ll be more receptive to change. Eventually, you’ll cross the chasm from apathy to action. medicine have allowed men and women to live longer – One of the activities I challenge attendees of my A series of small changes can evolve into a process of more than a decade longer than in 1970 – the last 14 years motivational talks to do is write down one specifi c change transformation. But you won’t be able to make changes, if of their lives, – our lives – on average, are of decreased they believe they can make, effective immediately. I you dwell on your fears. You need to shed your baggage quality due to illness or pain. emphasize a sense of urgency because procrastination and drop the excuses. The good news is that deaths from heart disease in usually results in inaction. According to Charles Horton Cooley’s “looking-glass Western countries have declined by 70 per cent due to I’m giving you, my readers, this same challenge. Think self” theory (1902), we perceive ourselves the way we think medical advances. The bad news is that more people are of some of your unhealthy habits and identify one change others perceive and judge us. Feeling embarrassed, frumpy being diagnosed with heart disease due to lifestyle. you’re willing to make starting now. Send me the one or unco-ordinated? Perhaps you think that’s how others The key is prevention. Unfortunately, when we are change you’re committing to and I’ll send you some tips to perceive you and, therefore, you won’t set foot in a fi tness young adults, we may feel as though we are invincible. As help you succeed. [email protected] class or work out at the gym. Did you ever consider that we get older and wiser and sometimes develop health Need an example? How about “I will not eat fried foods people might actually be admiring you for your efforts or issues, we may still live like an ostrich. Denial doesn’t anymore”? are not even noticing you? We need to stop worrying about make problems go away. You can implement this change with a few strategies. what others might be thinking about us. Whether I’m discussing obstacles and goals with When dining out, ask your server how food is prepared Incorporating change and consistency into our lives individual clients, or presenting a motivational talk to a and choose a baked option over fried. Modify the way you may seem like a paradox. In its simplest terms, we need to group, one of the main themes I address is change. People cook food. During Chanukah, skip the traditional change our negative thoughts and behaviours one at a are often afraid of this concept because they don’t truly artery-clogging sufganiyot (deep-fried doughnuts). Bake, time and consistently engage in more positive ones. understand it. Change is not all or nothing. Change doesn’t rather than fry, golden latkes on a baking sheet sprayed Congratulations to the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin on the mean you have to give up everything you enjoy. with olive oil. Adapt your thinking and learn to enjoy a new design and web edition. The Bulletin is a consistent Those who most need to change are often the most healthier holiday – and, more importantly, enjoy every day source of information in my household. resistant to it. It’s frightening to step out of your comfort – without all the chazerai. Gloria Schwartz is a certifi ed personal trainer at the zone. It takes courage and commitment. Once you Here’s another example. Do you, like so many people, Soloway JCC. 42 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM Book contrasts the commander of Auschwitz with the determined German Jew who brought him to justice

Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz By Thomas Harding House of Anansi Press RUBIN FRIEDMAN 348 pages BOOK REVIEW

Lock in NOW read Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz at the beginning of Holocaust Education before Imonth. Written by a journalist who is the grand- nephew of “Hanns” of the title, the book is partly biography and family history, partly a detective mystery, subscription and partly documentation of the destruction of the Jews in death camps such as Auschwitz and Treblinka as part of the “Final Solution.” rates increase The lives of the two protagonists are presented in parallel, although Rudolf Höss was 17 years older than Hanns Alexander, the Jew who pursued him. The story in 2014. of both individuals is presented in the context of their families and their environment from childhood until adulthood. Pictures and documents as well as footnotes and references are plentiful. In Hanns, the kommandant, we see the evolution of a poor unloved boy who grows into a man who relishes violence, the company of male comrades and the Lock in now for up to recurring sense that he is always alone, nevertheless. He manages to put aside any human feeling in the service two years at our current of what he might think are great causes to the point where he is able to organize the death of millions coldly low annual rates: and objectively because of some political imperative (Ottawa/Gatineau region) rather than personal hatred. $30 In Rudolf, the pursuer, we are introduced to a young $36 (Canada) Jewish boy growing up in the heart of a privileged family, whose father is a doctor, and, with his twin $50 (international) brother, is capable of pulling very nasty and cruel controversial aspects to the book. pranks. The twins are presented as spoiled brats until Thomas Harding senses something of this problem as the Nazis come to power and everything changes. The he apologizes for part of it in his author’s note: “By whole family is forced out of its life in Berlin into exile, calling Hanns and Rudolf by their fi rst names I do not To subscribe the two boys, now teens, having to make their way in mean to equate them … If this offends, and I under- the world with little money. stand why it might, I ask for your forgiveness.” or extend your Hanns is a true psychopath. The story of his activities But the issue goes deeper. Although the author claims and testimony about them at his trial is both gripping he did not want to create any moral equivalence subscription, and horrifying, but leaves open the question of how between the two main characters, he describes them in human beings could do such things to other human similar terms several times. contact beings and pretend to be leading a normal life. Both Rudolf and Hanns are described as being able to The tale of how Hanns eventually tracks down Rudolf compartmentalize their experience between the cruelty Barry Silverman contains both cruelty and a lingering on themes of of their work and home life. Both Rudolf and Hanns are revenge. Perhaps that is a true refl ection of Hanns’ capable of cruelty when they believe in the justice of character. After capturing Rudolf, he seems to have their cause. They are even described as having had the 613-798-4696, retreated from public life and hemmed himself in same favourite children’s book, Max and Moritz. somewhat because of his hatred for Germans and Finally, I am not sure the author understands the ext. 256 Germany. quotation from Deuteronomy with which he opens the The fi nal part of the book is like a detective novel and book, because it seems to blame the Jews for their keeps one riveted to the text even though the fi nal result suffering. is known. Hans and Rudolf is a good biography and family The epilogue, which describes the reaction of des- memoir, an excellent documentation of the Holocaust, cendants of Höss to what he did, is a lesson on human and a grippingly engaging detective story. But I would psychology in the face of what seems like impossibly look elsewhere for moral understanding. cruel actions by our ancestors. Rubin Friedman is the author of Our Family Holocaust There are, however, some disturbing and potentially Chronicle: Part 1 – Running for Their Lives.

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JEWISH WAR VETERANS FUND OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY Jean Lichtenstein by Shelly, Gary and Jamie ROBERT AND LEAH GENCHER ENDOWMENT FUND OTTAWA TORAH INSTITUTE Berezin. FAMILY FUND In Memory of: TORAH EDUCATION FUND Sol Goldmaker by Shelley, Gary and Jamie In Memory of: Jeffrey Katz by Carol and Stuart Levine. PINCHAS ZUKERMAN Berezin. Jean Lichtenstein by the Gencher family. Arnold Isaacson by Diane Koven. MUSIC EDUCATION FUND Mazal Tov to: RAMBAM MAIMONIDES Ingrid Levitz on the birth of her granddaugh- AJA 50+ DAVID SMITH STAN AND LIBBY GLUBE JEWISH CONTINUITY FUND ter Livia by Shelley, Gary and Jamie Berezin. OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL FAMILY FUND SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Mazal Tov to: SCHOLARSHIP FUND DR. GERALD BLOOM EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUND Vera and Malcolm Glube on the occasion of AKIVA EVENING HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIAL FUND their grandson Noah’s Bar Mitzvah by Shirley ENDOWMENT FUND SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY Mazel Tov to: SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND and Norman Levitt. ADINA BEN PORAT MACHON SARAH Harley Bloom on receiving the Mayor’s Sharon and Solomon Reichstein on the occa- TORAH EDUCATION FUND SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Building Award for his volunteer work by Ethel ENDOWMENT FUND sion of their son Noah’s Bar Mitzvah by Shirley SHIRLEY AND SHIER BERMAN FUND Bloom. and Norman Levitt. FOR OTTAWA JEWISH ARCHIVES SOLOWAY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Condolences to: YOUTH SERVICES FUND DORIS BRONSTEIN TALMUD TORAH Harry Kamen on the loss of his brother by EVA, DIANE AND JACK GOLDFIELD AFTERNOON SCHOOL FUND TORAH ACADEMY OF OTTAWA Ethel Bloom and family. MEMORIAL FUND BARRY FISHMAN TORAH EDUCATION FUND In Memory of: RONALD BODNOFF MEMORIAL FUND OTTAWA JEWISH BULLETIN SARA AND ZEEV VERED Jeffrey Katz by Morley Goldfield. In Memory of: SCHOLARSHIP FUND ISRAEL CULTURAL PROGRAM FUND Lewis Levy by Rhoda Bodnoff and family. Continued on page 44 44 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM

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HERB AND DENA GOSEWICH JEREMY KANTER MEMORIAL FUND Best Wishes to: by Anna Silverman and Josh Silverman; by ENDOWMENT FUND Mazal Tov to: David and Gita Aptowitzer by Daniel and Max Kazman; by Pinchas and Barbara Pleet; In Memory of: David and Beverly Gluzman on the birth of Marilyn Kimmel. by Kevin and Jessica Cantor and family; by Sol Goldmaker by Herb and Dena Gosewich. their grandson by Evelyn Eisenberg. Marjorie Hecht-Kugelmass and Stanley Jean Lichtenstein by Herb and Dena Gosewich. Mildred Weinstein on the birth of her great PHILLIP AND ETTIE KIMMEL Kugelmass; by Gloria Heller; by Diane Koven; grandson by Evelyn Eisenberg. MEMORIAL FUND and by Cathy and Stewart Indig. LAURA AND MILTON GREENBERG Mazal Tov to: FAMILY FOUNDATION PINNEY AND LIBBY KARDASH Kenneth and Leah Miller on the Bat Mitzvah ARNOLD AND ROSE LITHWICK R’fuah Sh’leimah to: ENDOWMENT FUND of their granddaughter by Milton and Joyce MEMORIAL FUND Sylvia Pleet by Laura Greenberg and family. In Memory of: Kimmel. Birthday Wishes to: In Memory of: Jean Lichtenstein by Cally and Sidney Kardash. In Memory of: Harvey and Yvonne Lithwick by Marcia and Jean Lichtenstein by Laura Greenberg. Jean Lichtenstein by Stan Kimmel. Harold Fein. BENJAMIN AND LILLIAN KATZ Sol Goldmaker by Stan Kimmel. MICHAEL GREENBERG MEMORIAL FUND MORTY MAYBERGER MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of: KRANTZBERG KRANE FAMILY FUND UNITED JEWISH APPEAL Mazal Tov to: Jeffrey Katz by Sheldon and Corinne In Memory of: GOLF TOURNAMENT FUND Stephen and Jocelyne Greenberg on the birth Taylor; by Leonard Shore and Jane Mirsky; and by Jeffrey Katz by Myra and Sam Krane and Mazal Tov to: of their granddaughter by Sheldon and Corinne Harriet and Mark Podolak. family. Rena Garshowitz and David Granovsky on Taylor and family. Condolences to: the birth of their daughter Lyla, by Charles STEPHEN AND JOCELYNE GREENBERG SYD, ETHEL, LINDA AND STEVEN Minna Shulman on the loss of a beloved Schachnow. COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND KERZNER AND FAMILY father by Julia Krane, Daniel Paul and Jacob Mazal Tov to: COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND Krane-Paul. CHUCK AND BONNIE MEROVITZ Stephen and Jocelyn Greenberg on the birth In Memory of: FAMILY FUND of their granddaughter by Bram and Chani Jeffrey Katz by Linda, Steven, Jessica and ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU In Memory of: Bregman. Lorne Kerzner. ENDOWMENT FUND Arnold Isaacson by Chuck and Bonnie Morris Kerzner by Linda, Steven, Jessica In Memory of: Merovitz. HY AND PAULINE HOCHBERG and Lorne Kerzner. Jeffrey Katz by Edith Landau. ENDOWMENT FUND Arnold Isaacson by Linda, Steven, Jessica Sol Goldmaker by Edith Landau. TANYA AND SAMUEL MOSES MORIN In Memory of: and Lorne Kerzner. MEMORIAL FUND Morris Kerzner by Pauline Hochberg. Jean Lichtenstein by Linda, Steven, Jessica HILDY AND STEVEN LESH In Memory of: and Lorne Kerzner. ENDOWMENT FUND Jeffrey Katz by Harvey Morin. DOROTHY AND HY HYMES In Memory of: Sol Goldmaker by Harvey Morin. ENDOWMENT FUND ARTHUR AND SARAH KIMMEL Arnold Isaacson by Steven and Hildy Lesh. In Memory of: MEMORIAL FUND DOROTHY AND HERBERT NADOLNY Jeffrey Katz by Dorothy Hymes. In Memory of: JOHN AND ESTELLE LIBERMAN ENDOWMENT FUND Morris Kerzner by Dorothy Hymes. Jeffrey Katz by Roslyn and Arnold Kimmel. ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday Wishes to: R’fuah Sh’leimah to: Dorothy Nadolny by Stephen and Gail Anne Levitsky by John and Estelle Liberman. Victor and family.

JOSEPH AND JEAN LICHTENSTEIN MOE AND SARAH RESNICK May ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: In Memory of: the joy Jean Lichtenstein by Ingrid Levitz; by Jean Lichtenstein by Penny and Gordon Murray Citron; by Sheldon and Corinne Resnick. Taylor and family; by Charlotte Cantor; by of Chanukah Maureen and Gerry Mazin; by Jean Morin; Continued on page 45 and the peace Donating made easy at and goodwill www.OJCF.ca of the season Donations can be made fill our hearts for all occasions and inspire us and life-cycle events. to lead lives Use our online donation form to send one of compassion. or multiple tribute cards to your friends and loved ones in one secure transaction. Happy Charitable receipts are issued and sent directly to your email account.

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FLORENCE STELLA AND LOUIS SLACK MILDRED AND PERCY WEINSTEIN Mazal Tov to: AND GDALYAH ROSENFELD MEMORIAL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Lynne Oreck-Wener and Robert Wener on ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Mazal Tov to: the engagement of their daughter Taryn to In Memory of: Jeffrey Katz by Myra and Lester Aronson. David and Beverly Gluzman on the birth of Tim by Janet Dollin and Zave Chad; by Eileen Jeffrey Katz by Anita Rosenfeld. their new grandson by Mildred Weinstein. Melnick-McCarthy and family; by Debbie Joseph King by Anita Rosenfeld. MOE AND CHARLOTTE SLACK Halton-Weiss and Ronald Weiss; by Debi and Joe Chapman by Anita Rosenfeld. MEMORIAL FUND ROBERT WENER Neil Zaret and family; and by Yaffa Greenbaum In Memory of: AND LYNNE ORECK WENER and Jack Shinder. FRANCES AND MORTON ROSS Morris Kerzner by Carol and Stuart Levine; FAMILY FUND Brittany Cantor on her marriage to David by FAMLY FUND by Enid Slack and Ron Kanter and family; by Birthday Wishes to: Yaffa Greenbaum and Jack Shinder. In Memory of: Sandra Palef and Nissim Avraham; and by Robert Wener by Dorothy Ullman and In Memory of: Roslyn Rose by Frances and Morton Ross. Marlene Levine and Andrea Siman. family. Arnold Isaacson by Lynne Oreck-Wener and Jeffrey Katz by Frances and Morton Ross. Robert Wener; by Erica Sher and family; and by Norman and Evelyn Potechin by Frances and SAM AND SUE SLACK IRVING AND DIANE WEXLER Eileen Melnick-McCarthy and family. Morton Ross. ENDOWMENT FUND FAMILY FUND Jeffrey Katz by Yaffa Greenbaum and Jack In Memory of: In Memory of: Shinder. RICHARD ROTH AND RIVA LEVITAN Jean Lichtenstein by David and Sharon Jeffrey Katz by Carol Segal and family. Bill Curry by Eileen Melnick-McCarthy. FAMILY FUND Appotive and family. Roslyn Rose by Carol Segal and family. Condolences to: In Memory of: Rabbi Mordecai Berger by Carol and Felicia Marcia Aronson on the loss of her dear Arnold Isaacson by Richard Roth and Riva JACK AND LINDA SMITH Segal. sister Susan, by Yaffa Greenbaum and Jack Levitan. ENDOWMENT FUND Shinder. In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: SAM AND HELENE ZARET SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN Inez Smith by Leslie Smith. MEMORIAL FUND THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB MEMORIAL FUND Mazal Tov to: B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM In Memory of: RUTH TALLER Stephen and Jocelyne Greenberg on the birth Sol Goldmaker by Sheldon and Corinne MEMORIAL FUND of their granddaughter by Debi and Neil Zaret MAX MORGAN Taylor and family. In Memory of: and family. MITZVAH FUND Jeffrey Katz by Nina and Jason Taller. In Memory of: GABY SASSOON FUND Roslyn Rose by Nina and Jason Taller. ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY Arnold Isaacson by Sarah Beutel and Steven FOR VICTIMS OF TERROR ENDOWMENT FUND Morgan. IN ISRAEL CLAIRE AND SAM TANNER Mazal Tov to: Contributions may be made online at In Memory of: MEMORIAL FUND Helaine and Jack Gould on the birth of their www.OJCF.ca or by contacting Jessica Jeffrey Katz by Diane Koven. Birthday Wishes to: fourth grandchild and second grandson by Rick Joe Sega by Lana and Stephen Tanner. and Helen Zipes. Kerzner at 613-798-4696 extension 274, HERMINA SCHACHNOW In Memory of: In Memory of: Monday to Friday or by email at dona- MEMORIAL FUND Jeffrey Katz by Lana and Stephen Tanner. Jeffrey Katz by Rick and Helen Zipes. [email protected]. Attractive cards are sent In Memory of: Sol Goldmaker by Lana and Stephen to convey the appropriate sentiments. Arnold Isaacson by Charles Schachnow. Tanner. THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE All donations are acknowledged with Roslyn Rose by Charles Schachnow. PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM a charitable receipt. We accept Visa, MOSES, CHENYA Providing support for services and programs MasterCard and Amex. ARNOLD SHINDER AND HENRY TORONTOW that directly benefit women and children. SCHOLARSHIP FUND MEMORIAL FUND Birthday Wishes to: Birthday Wishes to: WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE Please support our Arnie Shinder by Adele and Bernard Jean Naemark by Beatrice Torontow and ENDOWMENT FUND Shinder. family. Birthday Wishes to: advertisers and tell them Robert Wener by Sarah and Dan, Daniel and ISRAEL AND REBECCA SHORE STEPHEN AND GAIL VICTOR Joan, and Joan Sheps; and by Yaffa Greenbaum you saw their advertisement MEMORIAL FUND ENDOWMENT FUND and Jack Shinder. in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. In Memory of: In Memory of: Adele Shinder by Yaffa Greenbaum. Lewis Levy by Leonard Shore and Jane Jean Lichtenstein by Stephen and Gail Mirsky. Victor.

FAY AND JOSEPH SHULMAN HARRY AND RAE WEIDMAN ENDOWMENT FUND MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of: In Memory of: Jeffrey Katz by Nadine and Brian Marcia Dworkin by Leonard Shore and Jane Mordfield. Mirsky.

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The Eighth Menorah Six new books to help young children By Lauren L. Wohl; Illustrated by Laura Hughes Albert Whitman enjoy Chanukah celebrations Ages 4-7, 32 pages

(JTA) – A gift-giving, angst-ridden purple gorilla is In this delightful story, a among the characters who help enliven the Chanukah young boy named Sam makes celebrations in these new holiday books for children. PENNY SCHWARTZ a Chanukah menorah in using a shiny Eight is Great CHANUKAH rock he picks at a park outing. By Tilda Balsley; KID LIT But he frets: What will his Illustrated by Hideko Takahashi family do with one more menorah? In phone conversa- Kar-Ben tions with his grandmother, Sam confi des that he’s Ages 1-4, 12 pages keeping a special Chanukah secret for the family. Their large-format page is fi lled with cartoon-like illustrations relationship feels authentic and warm. Readers will Simple rhymes and illustrations and a simple riddle that can be solved by looking at the wonder along with Sam as he tries to fi gure out the enliven the colorful toddler board book that plays on pictures of fl ames on a menorah, a maze to Jerusalem’s perfect new home for the menorah. the theme of the eight nights of Chanukah. Holy Temple and plates full of sugar-coated doughnuts. Laura Hughes’ illustrations convey a contemporary, real-world feel. Grandma lives in a condo in an urban Thank You For Me! Sadie’s Almost Marvelous Menorah high-rise, and there’s a refreshingly diverse group of By Rick Recht; By Jamie Korngold; Illustrated by Julie Fortenberry kids at Hebrew school. Rules for how to play dreidel are Illustrated by Ann Koffsky Kar-Ben included. Jewish World Publishing Ages 2-6, 24 pages Ages 1-3, 14 pages Esther’s Hanukkah Disaster What pre- By Jane Sutton; The illustrated lullaby, which schooler won’t Illustrated by can be read or sung, encourages relate to young Andy Rowland young ones to appreciate themselves and all that Sadie when her Kar-Ben surrounds them. carefully crafted Ages 4-9, 32 pages and painted clay ABC Hanukkah Hunt menorah shatters Poor Esther. The By Tilda Balsley; into a million endearing purple Illustrated by Helen Poole pieces? Sadie’s gorilla is looking Kar-Ben spirits are lifted forward to celebrat- Ages 3-8, 32 pages when she discovers that the shamash helper candle ing Chanukah with holder did not break. All’s well when Sadie uses the her jungle friends, but all the gifts she selects turn out A lively rhyming alphabet pink-and-blue shamash to light all the household wrong. Worse, the friends give her the “perfect” romp through Chanukah menorahs, starting a new family tradition. Chanukah gifts. But Esther makes it all right at a provides plenty of entertain- Julie Fortenberry’s colorful illustrations allow kids to Chanukah party where good friends celebrate together ment for young kids. Each tell the story through the expressive and energetic art. and swap the gifts.

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◂ Jonathan Roytenberg, a grade 12 Ottawa Jewish Community School (OJCS ) student, is congratulated by Rabbi Howard Finkelstein, head of Judaic studies, on winning a special award for Talmud proficiency from the University High School Bekiut Program. A number of OJCS high school students are participating in this program, which attracts more than 2,000 students from across North America who study the same tractate of Talmud. Last year, the students studied tractate Rosh Hashanah dealing with the Jewish calendar and holidays. This year, they are studying tractate Taanit, ▴ Lyla Sasha Granovsky, born October 11, 2013 which delves into the issues Daughter of Rena Garshowitz and David Granovsky. Proud concerning public and grandparents Paula and Gord Garshowitz of Dundas, and private fasts. Israel and Faina Granovsky of Montreal.

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WEEKLY EVENTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Haneshamah. Congregation Beth Info: 613-798-4644. TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Shalom, 151 Chapel Street, 7:00 pm. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 MONDAYS Ottawa Jewish Community School Info: 613-789-3501. Stand-up Comedian Alan Shain and Drop-In Playgroup for newborn to 3 Production of “The Three Musketeers”. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 Propeller Dance, an integrated dance years of age. 9:00 am. 31 Nadolny Sachs Private, 7:00 pm. Celebrate Chanukah with PJ Library company. Presented by Congregation Info: 613-798-9818, ext. 263. Info: 613-722-0020. and Agudath Israel Congregation: Agudath Israel’s TOV Team (Tikkun TUESDAYS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Stories, songs, candle-lighting, and more. Olam Volunteers) in celebration of Inter- Israeli Folkdancing. Learn contempor- Jewish Federation of Ottawa Members’ Loblaws College Square, Community national Day of Persons with Disabilities. ary Israeli dances in a friendly atmos- Meeting, featuring the unveiling of the Room (upstairs level), 1980 Baseline 1400 Coldrey Avenue, 7:00 pm. phere. No partner required. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin’s new format and Road, 6:00 pm. Info: 613-728-3501. 6:30 pm - Introductory Steps; fresh content. All welcome. 7:00 pm. 7:00 pm - Beginners and Requests; Info: 613-798-4696, ext. 236. HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MONTH continues until November 29 8:30 pm - Intermediate and Advanced THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 THE WORLD KNEW – Requests. Ottawa Jewish Community Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity Chanukah Night at Canadian Tire School Gymnasium, 31 Nadolny Sachs describes the four perilous missions Centre, featuring the Ottawa Senators Private. that Karski, a young Polish diplomat, vs. Vancouver Canucks. Discounted Info: 613-256-6272. undertook to smuggle information tickets at www.capitaltickets.ca with out of occupied Europe about the fate FRIDAYS promotional code DREIDEL. 7:30 pm. of Polish Jews and into the hands Shabbat Drop-in. After playtime, recite Info: 613-798-4696, ext. 241. blessings, sing songs and enjoy a snack of the Allies. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30 of challah and juice. 9:30 am. Exhibit at the Info: 613-798-9818, ext. 263. Community-Wide Chanukah Ball, Canadian War Museum featuring live entertainment, dancing 1, place Vimy Place MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 and buffet dinner. Tickets available Shalom Ottawa community TV show on from: Adath Shalom, Agudath Israel, Guided tours available. Rogers 22. 6:00 pm. (Repeats November Beth Shalom, Machzikei Hadas, Temple Info: 613-798-4696, ext. 253. 29 at 6:00 pm.) Israel, Glebe Minyan, Beit Tikvah and Or

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Condolences are extended to the families of: GARDENS Roy Bassett Your one-stop Rachel Paley The Condolence Column is offered as a public service resource Myra Schwartz, Toronto to the community. There is no charge. centre for For listing in this column, please call 613 798-4696, (mother of Ellen Wright) funeral etc. 274. Voice mail is available. Miriam Weiner planning May their memory be a blessing always. 613-688-3530 www.jewishmemorialgardens.org 48 November 25, 2013 OTTAWAJEWISHBULLETIN.COM