February 9, 2012 /16 Sh’vat, 5772 EWISHEPublication MailW Agreement #40011766ISH JJ JNF UNDER ATTACK –P. 5 TTLargest JeRIBUNERwish WeeIkly iBn CanadaUCNirculatioEn 60,490 ‘I am an IDF soldier like everyone else’: UWO STUDENTS DISRUPT blind terror victim JEWISH EVENT JERUSALEM – Oren Almog says he serves in the IDF Frustrated student warns ‘all hell will break loose’ “like everyone else.” How- ever, there are a few differ- if anti-Israel activists don’t face repercussions ences: Terror cost him his eyesight – and five relatives. A suicide bombing attack at Haifa’s Maxim restaurant in 2003 killed 16 people in addition to Oren’s father, brother and other family members. He went blind while being treated for his wounds. Oren Olmog: blind soldier He obviously is exempt from the draft but insisted on enlisting in the armed forced and being like most other Israelis – and now he is a soldier in the IDF. He is a volunteer soldier in an intelligence unit, the name of which cannot be disclosed. Last week he pledged his loyalty to the IDF while walking up to the ceremonial stage unassisted by either a walking cane or a seeing-eye dog. The audience applauded – and cried. “As someone who was hit pretty hard by terrorism I am proud to serve an organization that aims to protect the secu- A large group of anti-Israel activists showed up en masse, and without permission, to a non-political Israel On Campus Israel Day event last rity of Israel, to prevent terrorism and to protect its resi- week at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON. Although campus police were on the scene, the activists were allowed to block access to the Israel Day event for about an hour. Many of the protesters had duct tape over their mouths and carried signs with anti-Israel dents,” he said later. messages. Campus police did not act because interference will only inflame the situation and “create a huge scene.” “I want my father and grandfather to be proud of me,” he said. “I was raised by them to serve; if I had not enlisted I Joanne Hill students who disrupted an same standards that every strategic fashion.” would feel a very big missed opportunity. I am proud that Correspondent Israel On Campus (IOC) other club is subject to, all Beginning this week, I’ve decided to undertake this trying task, and contribute event don’t face repercus- hell is going to break out.” Austen said, campus police back to the state.” TORONTO – All hell will sions, warned a frustrated It’s too early to say if the will meet with students on Arutz-7 break loose at the University IOC member. protesters will face any both sides to collect infor- of Western Ontario if the Aubrey Chapnick, a third sanctions, according to Elgin mation, and then “discuss year student in the Business Austen, director of campus what the strategy should be Management & Organiza- police at UWO. to not let this happen Hamas, Fatah reconcile, but tional Studies program at Campus police arrived on again.” They will need to UWO, told the Jewish Trib- the scene quickly but did “assess the best courses of une he was enjoying the not intervene or make the action...because we haven’t some in Hamas angry non-political Israel Day dis- protesters leave because had this kind of situation JERUSALEM – Qatari mediation efforts prepare the groundwork for elections for the plays last Wednesday when “it’s better to observe occur before.” Any discipli- between rival PLO groups Fatah and Hamas presidency and for the legislative council. a large group of anti-Israel what’s happening, see nary action that might be have succeeded and the twin terror organi- These had been delayed for procedural rea- activists showed up en who’s actually there, and taken “will be decided at a zations have signed a reconciliation agree- sons. masse, without permission, then deal with it,” Elgin later point.” ment, it was reported Sunday. The impasse The ultra-leftist Geneva Initiative called and were allowed by cam- Austen, director of campus Jeremy Chad, a third-year over the identity of the interim prime minis- the reconciliation “a diplomatic opportunity pus police to block access to police at UWO, told the Jew- business and engineering ter has been solved – but there are already that may never be repeated” and called the event for about an hour. ish Tribune. Although “it’s student at UWO and IOC threats within Hamas to split the organiza- upon Israel to suggest “a serious plan that Many of the protesters had not acceptable for picketers member, told the Tribune tion. will test whether the united Palestinian duct tape over their mouths to come in and do that,” that the protest appeared to The Qatari suggestion, which was accept- leadership seeks peace.” and carried signs with anti- direct police interference have been planned. Shortly ed by both parties, was that Palestinian Al Arabiya news network reported Sunday Israel messages. will only inflame the situa- before 1:30 p.m., members Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas that senior officials in Hamas are threaten- If the rules aren’t enforced, tion and “create a huge of the student newspaper would head the temporary transition gov- ing to split the terror group in two, because Chapnick warned, “the Jew- scene.” arrived and were seen ernment until elections are held at a date they do not accept Mahmoud Abbas as ish community at Western Austen assured the Tribune watching from the balcony, that has yet to be set. prime minister, even in a transitional gov- will be in an uproar.... If that, “We don’t appreciate and others who looked like The transition government will be com- ernment. these individuals and groups what happened and we will posed of independent “technocrats.” It will – Arutz-7 aren’t being held to the be dealing with this in a See UWO, page 7.
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Government Gouvernement of Canada du Canada www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune February 9, 2012 - 3 NEWS > CANADA-ISRAEL POLITICS Show Israel You Care! ‘The big struggle of our generation Volunteer as a Civilian worker is terrorism,’ Baird asserts for 2 or 3 weeks Atara Beck Israel Correspondent TEL AVIV – While attending a gathering for victims of terror at the village of Kfar Chabad last week, Canadian Minister for External Affairs John Baird spoke passion- ately against the concept of moral relativism. on an Israeli army supply base He recalled hearing news of a terrorist attack many years ago that took place in the northern town of Metul- la, which is home to the Canada Centre, and asking, as a “young, naïve” govern- ment employee, what Cana- Free: accommodations, kosher meals, trips, events. da could do. Cost: air fare, $100 registration, weekend expenses. According to Baird, “the 416-781-6089 or [email protected] official said: ‘We don’t get 514-735-0272 or [email protected] involved because it’s hard to tell the black hat from the www.sarelcanada.org PHOTO: ATARA BECK white hat.’ Canadian Minister for External Affairs John Baird samples a freshly baked product at the matzah factory Programs start approximately every 3 weeks. “That’s moral relativism,” in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Baird declared. Comparing a “The big struggle of our and brother were injured. itch Rebbe; Rabbi Mordechai terrorist organization to a generation is terrorism. In Moshe Mashiach cried, “In Ashkenazi, chief rabbi of democracy “is black and Canada we know that the a few seconds, I lost three Kfar Chabad; Rabbi Yosef white, and I know whose Jewish people and the peo- generations of family.” Aharonov, director of Chabad side I’m on.” ple of Israel are in the front The victims of terror activities in Israel; Rabbi Notwithstanding accusa- lines of that struggle.” included his wife of 45 Menachem Brod, spokesper- tions that Canada has He listened to heart- years, a daughter, a son in- son for Chabad in Israel, and ceased to be an honest bro- wrenching accounts from law and a nine-month-old Rabbi Yossi Swerdlov, direc- ker in the Middle East, Baird three families who suffered granddaughter. tor of Chabad Children of reiterated the current gov- unspeakable loss because of Addressing Baird, he Chernobyl. ernment’s support for the terror against Israeli men, asserted: Visiting the matzah facto- Jewish state based on prin- women and children. He “I want you to know that I ry, the Canadian minister ciple at several events here, also heard how Chabad in don’t want revenge. We helped knead the dough and including the annual Her- Israel has reached out to ter- want the world to know that enjoyed some of the freshly zliya conference. At meet- ror victims of diverse back- if we have peace, they, too, baked products. ings in Ramallah, he told grounds, religious and secu- will have peace. I want you Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, Palestinian leaders that they lar, from across the country. to know that Israel has its director of public affairs for should negotiate directly “Thank G-d I met Rabbi hand outstretched for the Canadian Federation of with Israel without pre-con- [Menachem] Kutner,” direc- peace.” Chabad-Lubavitch, brought ditions. tor of the Chabad Terror Vic- Upon his arrival at Kfar his grandfather, Saul Cohen, “We have no interest in tims Project, stated Chana Chabad, near Tel Aviv, the a former Montrealer and interacting with Hamas. It is Maoz, whose daughter was Canadian dignitary was resident of Israel for many a terrorist organization,” he killed by a suicide bombing taken to a replica of 770 East- years, to the event. A WWII stated. at Jerusalem’s Sbarro ern Parkway in Brooklyn, the war veteran, Cohen wore “My grandfather, who I am restaurant 10 years ago. central headquarters of his Royal Cadet cap and was very close to, left school and “Chabad really helped,” Chabad-Lubavitch. He was beaming with Canadian and went to fight in WWII said Evyatar Arosh, an IDF greeted by several prominent Jewish pride. against fascism and stayed soldier who described the Chabad leaders, including Also present were Paul 25 years to fight against traumatic experience he Rabbi Leibel Groner, who Hunt, the Canadian ambas- Communism. Those were experienced as a pre-school- had served as secretary for sador to Israel, and Israeli the big struggles of his gen- er, when his father was Rabbi Menachem M. Ambassador to Canada Miri- eration. butchered and his mother Schneerson, the late Lubav- am Ziv.
Flaherty meets with Israeli, Palestinian leaders PHOTO: ATARA BECK Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty was on his third visit to Israel last week, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian political lead- ers together with Minister for External Affairs John Baird. At the Western Wall, from the left: Flaherty and his wife, Whitby-Oshawa MPP Christine Elliott, and their tour guide listen as Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, director of public affairs for the Canadian Federation of Chabad-Lubavitch, discusses the profound significance of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple to the Jewish people. Visible in the background is the ‘Colel Chabad’ soup kitchen, which provides daily meals to the needy. 4 - The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012 www.jewishtribune.ca NEWS > MIDDLE EAST
CANADA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE Try Ahmadinejad for crimes against humanity, Israeli broadcaster urges Joanne Hill ples and nations, Fleisher that also allows you to be out both of those, you can’t Correspondent told the Jewish Tribune in nice. You have to be like be either. If you don’t know According to broadcaster an interview. Abraham. Abraham had his how to give respect in the Yishai Fleisher, “the Middle TORONTO – Israel needs to “Israel’s got to take a tent open to four sides and Middle East, you don’t East is a place [where], if you don’t assert yourself, assume greater leadership in greater role and it’s got to when he saw nomads pass- know how to survive.... If somebody else is going to the Middle East and trying become more active in ing through he would wel- you don’t know how to insinuate their will and Iranian President Mahmoud ensuring its own security.... come them in and wash answer a threat with trample on your rights.” Ahmadinejad for crimes The Middle East is a place their feet and feed them. extreme prejudice and against humanity would be [where], if you don’t assert But when they kidnapped immediacy, if you don’t a good start, Israeli broad- yourself, somebody else is his nephew, Lot, he chased know how to react with cer- caster Yishai Fleisher urges. going to insinuate their will them all the way to Damas- tainty and sharpness, then Middle Eastern culture and trample on your cus. you’re also not being a Mid- demands a unique balance rights.... “So you have to know dle Easterner. of strength and respect in “You have to be tough when to be a lover and “You’re expected to do PHOTO: JOANNE HILL interactions between peo- and, when you’re tough, when to be a fighter. 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ON THE EVE OF TU’BSHVAT Planting trees is racist?! Steve Emerson device [which] functions endurance against an enemy much like use of the term that threatens them openly WASHINGTON – An interna- ‘holocaust’ to describe any with a ‘Holocaust.’” tional campaign wants to and all human disasters. It In March 2008, a terrorist stop a non-profit environ- obscures apartheid’s consti- entered the Mercaz Harav mental organization that has tutive core, racism, as well Yeshiva in Jerusalem and been functioning for more as its actual historical con- opened fire, killing eight stu- than 100 years by purport- text, South Africa.” dents and wounding nine ing fallacies and anti-Israel The false notion that Israel more. The massacre was propaganda. engaged in “ethnic cleans- praised by Hamas and sup- The Jewish National Fund ing” of Palestinians cheap- ported by 84 per cent of (JNF) was established with ens actual cases of ethnic Palestinians, according to a the hope to help the birth of cleansing, including the poll taken shortly after. the state of Israel. JNF Bosnian genocide commit- BNC is the Palestinian plants trees for forest devel- ted by Bosnian Serbs, Nazi coordinating body for the opment in Israel, creates Germany’s persecutions and worldwide Boycott, Divest- parks, battles forest fires, is expulsions of Jews, which ment and Sanctions (BDS) The Stop the JNF Campaign alleges that the Jewish National Fund “was instrumental in the ethnic responsible for soil conser- culminated into the Holo- campaign. BDS is a world- cleansing of Palestine in the 1948 ‘Nakba,’ and continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel’s regime of apartheid.” It calls for the revocation of JNF’s charity status. vation, pioneers innovative caust, the Sudanese cam- wide initiative to encourage solutions to help Israel’s paign against black ethnic companies, consumers, uni- an Israeli-owned business in dent group at the university, including lecturers and water supply, among other groups in Darfur, among versities, cultural centres Melbourne after it was which is not sanctioning nor guests from Jordan, Kosovo, notable work. many other examples. and more to boycott and attacked by demonstrators. sponsoring the conference. Greece, Italy, Portugal, The Stop the JNF Cam- A look at the founders of divest from all Israeli inter- “I don’t think in 21st-cen- BDS tactics have not Spain, Canada and the US. paign alleges that the Jew- the Stop the JNF Campaign ests and bodies. On college tury Australia there is a achieved many practical Additionally, JNF maintains ish National Fund “was helps explain its outrageous campuses, BDS often takes place for the attempted boy- results and seem more sym- partnerships with govern- instrumental in the ethnic agenda. It was started by the form of student groups cott of a Jewish business,” bolic in nature. This also ment and professional cleansing of Palestine in the the Habitat International and professors pushing for Rudd said. “I thought we holds true for the Stop the organizations in the United 1948 ‘Nakba,’ and continues Coalition (HIC), the Interna- universities to divest from had learned that from histo- JNF Campaign. Just last States, Egypt and Jordan. to play a central role in tional Jewish Anti-Zionist companies that have hold- ry,” he added. week Israel’s ministry of If planting trees has maintaining Israel’s regime Network (IJAN), the Scot- ings with Israel or do busi- Unfortunately, the BDS cam- environmental protection in become an act of evil, it of apartheid.” It calls for the tish Solidarity Campaign ness with Israel. paign is gaining ground cooperation with the Jewish may be time to re-evaluate revocation of JNF’s charity (SPSC) and the Palestinian The Stop the JNF Campaign among youth in the United National Fund held an inter- your thinking. status and to isolate the Boycott, Divestment and is one initiative of the world- States. This past weekend, the national conference on Cli- group by breaking all ties Sanctions National Commit- wide BDS campaign. Its 2012 National BDS Confer- mate Change & Forest Fires Reprinted with permission of with it. tee (BNC). launch last March was ence was held at the Universi- in the Mediterranean Basin: the Investigative Project on Ter- The campaign posted an IJAN is a radical organiza- announced on the BDS web- ty of Pennsylvania. The con- Management & Risk Reduc- rorism, which can be reached action alert on its website tion that advocates the site. BDS leaders such as ference, organized by tion. The conference drew at
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As one of my men- him share your work.” tors once told me, “when you have small chil- She recognizes his wisdom and in a private dren, you have small problems and when you moment with her husband tells him: “I hope have big children, you have big problems.” you don’t mind. I had your desk brought in.” Leah Farber The difference between parenting young chil- When she finally invites Albert to bring his dren and parenting older children, however, is desk into her office, it signals an understanding that small children generally listen to you and that they are in this together, that they willing- May her memory be a blessing big children think for themselves. Older chil- ly share their destinies, that they both want the to all who knew her dren will not simply follow your recommenda- best for England. tions. 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Complex World. www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune - February 9, 2012 - 7 NEWS > ISRAEL POLITICS Feiglin claims victory in Netanyahu landslide JERUSALEM – Prime Minis- voted “for me and for a Jew- ry speech last Tuesday Likud is Feiglin, and Feiglin ter Benjamin Netanyahu ish state." night, “The Likud move- is the Likud.” trounced challenger Moshe The low turnout was a ment is committed to a Jew- She reiterated her theme Feiglin, as both expected, in favourable factor for Feiglin, ish presence in the land of that the Likud is an the vote last Tuesday for the and Netanyahu spread the Israel and to the future of “extremist” party and that leadership of the Likud message during the evening the people of Israel.” Kadima is the “only strong party, but both also said to urge more Likud mem- Right before the primaries, alternative.” they won. bers to vote. In Judea and he also set up a three-per- While claiming that the Netanyahu won 75 per Samaria, polls opened late, son committee to define Likud is the real loser in the cent of the vote, while Fei- causing friction and com- land ownership issues in leadership vote, she is bat- glin won 25 per cent, with plaints. Judea and Samaria, replac- tling for her political life, Feiglin gaining 5 per cent The sharp difference in ing Ariel Sharon’s controver- with MK and former Chief compared to the results in views between Netanyahu Despite trouncing by PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Moshe Feiglin (right) sial Sasson Report used as of Staff Shaul Mofaz set to the previous leadership race. and Feiglin is expressed on claimed victory by taking 25 per cent of the Likud leadership vote. the basis for demolitions. try to take over the Kadima “We did something that the future of Judea and financial aid to leave Israel. Judea and Samaria but leav- However, he did not define leadership. was almost impossible” by Samaria, which Feiglin said Netanyahu has tried to ing open the possibility of the ‘land of Israel,’ leaving Support for Kadima has winning a quarter of the should be annexed and maintain a centrist view, destroying many communi- him open to criticism that he sunk sharply since she lost vote, said Feiglin, who where Arab residents should maintaining support for ties and expelling their resi- is prepared for expulsions far her bid to form the govern- maintained his supporters be encouraged with liberal Jewish communities in dents in order to create a PA larger than those in 2005, ment three years ago, and state, leaving large blocs when the Likud-turned Kadi- the numbers in pre-election and Jerusalem in Israel’s ma government expelled polls crashed after journalist It’s up to students’ council hands. He previously has more than 9,000 Jews from Yair Lapid last month offered such concessions to Gaza and four northern announced his entry into and campus police, UWO Palestinian Authority leader Samaria communities. politics. Mahmoud Abbas, who Tzipi Livni, leader of the The next election for the administration says rejected them out of hand as Kadima party, tried to paint Knesset will take place as UWO cont. from page 1. Chapnick said he recog- the operation of the cultural being insufficient. Netanyahu and Feiglin with scheduled, next year, unless nized members of the Soli- centre and it would be up to Clearly concerned that the the same brush after the the government coalition media showed up around darity for Palestinian campus police “to investi- support for Feiglin is enough vote. breaks up or Netanyahu the same time, said Chad. Human Rights (SPHR) club, gate beyond what was wit- to influence the list of candi- “The Likud determined decides to dissolve the At about 1:30, a group of including their executive, as nessed.” dates in the next Knesset tonight it will continue with Knesset. Neither scenario is about 60 people, “came well as individuals involved Marnoch told the Tribune elections, Prime Minister the extreme policies of Fei- likely at this point. from the downstairs area in the Occupy London the day after the incident, Netanyahu said in his victo- glin and Netanyahu. The Arutz-7 and stood in between the movement, amongst the “Both of those groups [of Israel Day booths and the protesters. students] were brought in entrance to the building.” According to an article today and spoken to by RIBS, RIBS, RIBS The protesters created a posted on the SPHR UWO campus police but I don’t physical barrier that pre- website, the group was de- know what the outcome of * vented anyone from seeing ratified in 2006; however, those meetings were and I or visiting the Israel Day Forgione said that it current- don’t have any more infor- FEST All Day Sunday and Monday festivities. ly has standing as an mation at this point.” STARTER – ENTRÉE – DESSERT According to Chad, signs approved club. He said UWO administra- Choice of Soup or Salad held by protesters were Austen confirmed that the tion would get reports from BBQ Pork Back Ribs 21 “outrageous, complete prop- protesters claimed no club campus police but couldn’t Served with French fries and coleslaw. 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She said that, erning usage of the Univer- although members of SPHR sity Cultural Centre (UCC) took part in the protest, they where the event took place; did so as individuals and according to members of not as representatives of the IOC, at least three articles of club. UWO’s building usage poli- “Personally, I was not cy were violated by the pro- involved with the protest, testers. nor was SPHR.... I didn’t Use of the UCC is con- even know about it and I trolled by the University run every single [SPHR] Students’ Council (USC). Its event on campus, including President, Andrew Forgione, pro-Palestinian events.” said he witnessed the Sara Gurza, president, protest. “Israel On Campus IOC, also recognized mem- booked the Atrium.... They bers of SPHR. Whether as a waited all year, so it was group or as individuals, she Join us for our Dumpling Festival! unfair.... 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They would have ment.” had to have been disband- When asked to explain ed.” The Clubs Governance when the university admin- Committee would have istration would get involved dealt with the infractions in the investigation, Keith “but it’s all kind of irrele- Marnoch, director of media mandarinrestaurant.commandarinrestaurant.com vant because this group and community relations at LikeLike Us o onn FFacebookacebook a andnd F Followollow Us on Twit Twitter A Celebration off Taasaste.stete. wasn’t a club, so we don’t UWO, said the students’ really know.” council was responsible for 8 - The Jewish Tribune - February 9, 2012 www.jewishtribune.ca NEWS > MARCH OF THE LIVING Liberator of Buchenwald shares ‘emotionally charged moment’ with survivor Joanne Hill Churches were always a cut an oval out of the barbed Correspondent good place to go for informa- wire fence, and the people tion, Carrier had learned, so started coming through.” TORONTO – Irving Roth was when he spotted the spire of a Their striped prison uniforms a starving 15-year-old impris- cathedral, he “drove over the were torn and some of the oned at Buchenwald when rubble to find that church,” prisoners’ arms were covered American Army Combat Engi- he told the Tribune. People at with open sores. “Some were neer Frederick (Rick) Goss the church told him about a on their hands and knees and Carrier literally blew the locks stone quarry and lumber mill groaning.” off the concentration camp’s at the site of a prison camp The danger of contracting gate. nearby and offered to take typhus from the sick prisoners Roth doesn’t know if he met him there. or of being caught in the gun- Carrier on April 11, 1945, the One of them told Carrier fire between the Russians and day the camp was liberated that Russian prisoners had Nazis was too great, so Carri- by the Americans, but it was overpowered camp guards fol- er and his companions “an emotionally charged lowing the evacuation, just a retreated to his jeep and moment” when the two men few weeks earlier, of thou- returned to the town. He shook hands recently at an sands of Jewish prisoners radioed his commanding offi- event hosted by the March of who were taken on a forced cer and was told they would the Living. death march to Auschwitz. send troops, including “His hand is the one that Prisoners who were left medics, the next day to take blew up the lock to Buchen- behind were deemed too sick over the camp. wald,” Roth told the Jewish to move and many had Carrier spent part of the Tribune in a telephone inter- already died of typhus, he night at the church in Weimer, view. “Without him, if they was told. then returned to Buchenwald World War II liberator Rick Carrier (in uniform) and Buchanwald survivor Irving Roth clasp hands at had tarried another two or Nothing they told him could and took refuge high in a their recent meeting, 66 years after Carrier’s discovery led to the liberation of Buchenwald. three weeks, I may not be have prepared Carrier for guard tower at the edge of the handle it.” part of this whole mission,” Birkenau in memory of all alive.” what he witnessed when they camp where he waited until Thanks to Carrier’s discov- said Carrier. victims of the Holocaust. Carrier was an assault arrived at Buchenwald. It was morning, “watching for ery and actions, Buchenwald Roth, now 82, has been on Their stay in Poland will be reconnaissance combat engi- his 20th birthday. dawn.” was liberated by the Ameri- the march several times and followed by a week in Israel, neer attached to General Pat- “I left my teenaged years He met the US armoured cans the day after his 20th will participate again this where they will mark Yom ton’s Third Army during and became a man that day,” guard at the gate. He wrapped birthday. year. He gives his survivor Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s Inde- World War II. He was follow- said Carrier. “The barbed wire explosives around the heavy “The war was fought for a testimony before tens of thou- pendence Day, by walking ing the advancing American fences were covered by [liv- padlock and chain, ignited it, purpose and we achieved that sands of people each year through Jerusalem. infantry in the German city of ing] skeletons: they were so and opened the gate. More hor- purpose: we defeated the through programs offered by “They are taking a journey Weimar on April 10, 1945, starved they looked like zom- rible discoveries awaited them Nazis.” March of the Living, Chris- that many people who per- tasked with finding and secur- bies. They were staring inside the campgrounds. Carri- This year, Carrier will be tians United for Israel (CUFI), ished in the Holocaust would ing engineering equipment, through the barbed wire.” er had served under General one of a delegation of from 80 and other organizations. He have loved to take,” said vehicles such as trucks and Carrier and his guides heard Dwight Eisenhower on D-Day to 100 WWII liberators who said it is important for him Rubinstein. “We are taking cement mixers, and road- and gunfire nearby and saw pris- and “was used to seeing will join the 25th annual personally as a survivor, and the steps for them.” bridge-building supplies left oners trying to squeeze corpses lying around but never March of the Living, to walk for young people who are Their visit to the Jewish behind by the Nazis. He had through a small gap at the people who had been torment- and bear witness together learning about the Holocaust, homeland “is such an impor- to find the materials, map bottom of the fence. Carrier ed and starved to death. The with about 100 Holocaust sur- to hear the “validating” testi- tant part of our trip. We go them and get the information acted instinctively. “I turned, look in their eyes! When I first vivors. “I’m 86 years old and mony of liberators. from the tragedy of our past, to his superiors. grabbed my wire cutters and saw it I upchucked; I couldn’t I’m only too happy to be a “In a sense, I have another which is the Shoah, to the corroborating eyewitness to hope of our future, which is what I’m saying, someone Israel.”
PJ families celebrate Tu B’Shvat Rebeca Kuropatwa dren and engage them in Jewish monthly Jewish books and CDs Prairies Correspondent life, traditions and storytelling,” geared to children from 6 months said Katz. to 8 years. WINNIPEG – Tu B’Shvat is a Jew- Organizers opted to have the PJ Library partners with other ish holiday sometimes referred to event at Indigo instead of the JCC Jewish organizations on programs as “the New Year for Trees.” or elsewhere, Katz explained, “to throughout the year. There is a PJ It is celebrated at the beginning reach out to PJ Library participants Library Pesach program coming of spring, when, in Israel, rain is and potential subscribers. up. As well, partnered program- plentiful and trees are blossoming. “Some families feel more com- ming is being planned with PJ The literal translation of the fortable attending a synagogue or Library, local synagogues, and the Hebrew words Tu B’Sheva is “the Jewish community centre. Others Rady JCC (like a Shabbat Torah 15th of the month of Shvat.” enjoy having programs in public Tots program happening March 24 At Kenaston Common’s Indigo spaces. We’ve done programs in and April 21, organized by Congre- Books store recently, the PJ bookstores in the past.” gation Etz Chayim and PJ Library). Library Book Club (of the Jewish The PJ (Pyjama) Library, Jewish “It’s our good fortune to also be Federation of Winnipeg) in cele- Bedtime Stories and Songs for able to offer programs for young bration of Tu B’Shvat read holiday- Families program was designed families, making it possible for themed books, played games and especially for parents to enjoy them to connect with one another activities, and created arts-and- with their children. and our Jewish organizations,” crafts projects. “PJ Library offers a unique said Katz. “Our goal is to reach out to as opportunity for families to acquire A child and family can sign up to many families with young children Jewish books and CDs in a city subscribe to PJ Library by visiting as possible in the community, and like Winnipeg, where these items www.jewishwinnipeg.org/pjli- engage them with different pro- are scarce,” said Katz. “They come brary. Once parents sign up for the grams,” said event facilitator, Flo- with reading guides and are Jew- program, a free bedtime story rencia Katz of the local Jewish ish holiday-themed.” (book or CD) will be sent to them Federation. Participants get a free gift in the every month. “Our programs expand on this mail every month (courtesy of the The PJ Library program is spon- offering with programs that local Jewish Federation aided by sored in partnership with the attract young families with chil- its donors) – a subscription to Harold Grinspoon Foundation. 10 - The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012 www.jewishtribune.ca FEATURES > PROFILE > BOOKS Treasury Board president proud of his Jewish heritage Mike Cohen Canada-Israel relations are bet- Quebec Bureau Chief ter than ever before, Clement maintained. MONTREAL – Is Natural “Not only do we have the best Resources Minister Joe Oliver diplomatic relations,” he said, “but really the only Jewish member of we have the best commercial rela- the federal cabinet? Treasury tions as well. That was the purpose Board President Tony Clement of my trip in 2009. Our finance min- makes no secrets about his Jew- ister, Jim Flaherty, followed this up ish heritage. on his recent trip to Israel. There is “I am very proud that Canada in a Canada-Israel small business net- 2012 is a place where all people work that we are fostering along regardless of race, religion, gender with the state of Israel. If we can or ethnicity can live in peace and expand business ties and economic realize their dreams,” Clement activities between our two nations, shared with the Jewish Tribune in these are the ties that can bind.” an interview last Friday. Turning to his government, “I’m an immigrant to this coun- Clement said, “I’m proud of our try, and my maternal grandmoth- history of promoting human rights er, my bubbie, was Jewish – from and combatting hate and discrimi- Syria. Canada has lived up to the nation. And I’m proud of our posi- promise that encouraged my par- tion as a leader in the global fight ents to decide to seek their lives PHOTO: MIKE COHEN against antisemitism, both in Cana- here with me, their four-year-old Tony Clement (right) chats with his chief of staff Tenzin Khangsar. da and around the world. son by their side. That promise is “Canada does not shirk from embodied in the values that I that Israel and Cyprus are con- Ontario riding of Parry growing numbers of Canadians. promoting peace, prosperity and learned at an early age – hard ducting a joint venture in gas and Sound–Muskoka since 2006. In He spent eight years as an stability worldwide. We continue, work, tenacity and a constant oil exploration. I hope this will be the House of Commons, he has Ontario MPP, holding prominent for example, to work with the optimism that a great land like successful for both countries. To served on the front benches as cabinet positions in the provincial growing list of like-minded coun- Canada always instills.” have both sides of my heritage both health minister and industry government, including health tries in a bid to limit Iran’s ability Clement’s grandmother was represented in that type of eco- minister. He is credited with minister and environment minis- to undermine this.” born in Aleppo. Her family, the nomic activity is very pleasing.” playing a leading role in Canada’s ter. Clement said the Canadian gov- Djebbahs, were Jewish mercantile While Clement noted that he economic recovery after the most During his six years in Parlia- ernment remains deeply disturbed traders and spoke Arabic. His never really talked to his grand- significant global economic reces- ment, Clement got an opportunity by the information contained in mother, Carol (née Drapkin) mar- mother about her Jewish roots, sion since the 1930s. Last May he to visit Israel in 2009 in his capac- the most recent International ried Greek Cypriot Peter Panayi his mother has agreed to put in was re-elected for a third consec- ity as industry minister. Atomic Energy Agency report on in Manchester, England. They writing as much as she remem- utive time, at which time he was “It was very special for me,” he the state of Iran’s nuclear pro- later divorced. She remarried bers. “Obviously it is part of my handed the Treasury Board port- said. “I was naturally very busy, gram. “This is yet more proof that Ontario politician John Clement, heritage that I do not wish to folio. so sightseeing was not an option. the current regime in Teheran who adopted Tony. lose,” he said. A well-known user of social My intention is to go back on a poses the most significant threats “My father was born in Cyprus, Clement, a lawyer by profes- media, he is a promoter of its use private visit with my wife and our to global peace and security so I am very interested in the fact sion, has been the MP for the by government as a tool to reach three children.” today,” he remarked. Kosher Jesus stirs up storm of controversy Joanne Hill overarching concern of all of of Jewish-Christian rap- about the fully human part.... might have changed the story Book Review these rabbis is that vulnerable prochement that has no In mainstream evangelical of Jesus to make their new Jews who read Boteach’s precedent.... There is a need Christianity there is a move- religion acceptable to Roman TORONTO – Nothing illus- book will be enticed to study to create a theological ment to discover the humani- rulers and palatable to pagans trates the maxim that you the New Testament and sub- bridge...based on mutual ty and the Jewishness of and idol worshippers. Boteach cannot be both a Christian sequently abandon Judaism. understanding, even if we Jesus.” states in his book that his and a Jew better than the A careful reading of the part significantly on our Kosher Jesus is well-written views on Jesus have been book Kosher Jesus, which book, including Part IV, enti- understanding of Jesus.” and easy to follow. It does a heavily influenced by the makes its condemnation by tled, Why the Jews Cannot Christians believe that Jesus thorough job of explaining the work of Hyam Maccoby, some Jewish leaders down- Accept Jesus, should put that was both fully human and ways in which the writers and “which serves as a pivotal right puzzling. fear to rest. fully divine, and “this book is editors of the New Testament foundation and central pillar Given the insistence by the “Any Jews who read this book’s author, Rabbi Shmuley book will be afforded an Boteach, that Jesus was a immunity to Christian mis- Author of How Jesus became Christian devout Jew who would have sionaries,” Boteach told the considered the Christian reli- Jewish Tribune in a telephone surprised by reaction to Kosher Jesus gion to be blasphemous in the interview. The rabbis’ “whole TORONTO – Barrie Wilson, from Christianity to Jesus’ first followers, those extreme, one might have position is that Christians are the Canadian author of the Judaism, said, “Scholarship led by his brother James in expected an outcry from not to be trusted because they 2008 book, How Jesus supports the view that Jesus Jerusalem, who regarded Christian leaders. Instead, the want to steal our souls. That Became Christian, is sur- was an Orthodox Jew.” him as Jewish, worshipped Author Schmuley Boteach’s new loudest objections so far have is an antiquated idea.... By prised by the reaction to Jewish readers of his and in the Temple and who fol- book is topping sales charts. come from rabbis who worry and large the Christian com- Kosher Jesus, which he Boteach’s books may be sur- lowed the path of Torah.” for what follows here.” that it may cause Jews to con- munity are the best friends of intends to read soon. prised by what they learn, Wilson spoke to the Jewish This book will appeal to a vert to Christianity. Israel and the Jewish commu- “It surprises me because said Wilson. “He was a failed Tribune by phone and email wide readership that likely Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Scho- nity today.” my book received positive prophet but he was a Torah- while en route from Rome will not include the Christians chet of Toronto has branded Boteach said Schochet’s call reviews from almost every- observant failed prophet and to Tel Aviv. He said he had for whom it was intended the book “heretical.” Scho- for an effective ban on the one, except for evangelical that’s surprising.” spoken to a number of because its message is chet issued a halachic opin- book has caused it to go to Christians: they hated it,” He added, “Another reason priests at the Vatican and unequivocal and unrelenting: ion, posted on the website the top of several book lists said Wilson, explaining that why it is important that none complained about his Jesus was a Torah-observant, www.algemeiner.com, which on Amazon.com. He joked evangelicals could not Jews read Kosher Jesus and book. kosher-keeping, Talmud- forbids anyone from buying that his first reaction to Scho- accept the premise that similar books is that, by “I find it very strange that inspired rabbi who would or reading the book or giving chet’s letter “was that I ought “[the Apostle] Paul was the knowing the differences a rabbi would condemn have been horrified at the Boteach “a platform in any to give him royalties on the originator” of their religion. between the Jewish Jesus [Kosher Jesus].... The pope ways in which his words and way shape or form to discuss book,” but added more seri- After Jesus’ death, his fol- and Paul, one is thereby less hasn’t condemned [How mission were falsified. this topic.” ously that, “Rabbi Schochet’s lowers were forced to either likely to be converted to Jesus Became Christian].I Boteach may have had the Rabbi Schochet did not ban on the book was outra- come to terms with his fail- Christianity.... wish he would; it would best of intentions in writing respond to the Tribune's geous, indefensible and an ure to be the hoped-for mes- “The deification of a have increased the sales.” this book for evangelical request for an interview affront on scholarship,” as siah, or accept Paul’s ver- human, the rejection of How Jesus Became Chris- Christians but, well, you before deadline. well as “a Khomeini-esque sion of his life’s purpose. Torah, and the creation of a tian received the 2009 Cana- know what they say about As well, three rabbis affiliat- action.” “Jesus’s message was that, separate infrastructure all dian Jewish Book Award in good intentions. ed with the organization Jews Evangelical Christians have ‘the Kingdom of G-d is com- placed Paul’s religion out- the history category. Kosher Jesus is published by for Judaism have posted a hunger to understand the ing soon,’” said Wilson, side the Jewish family, right For more information, visit Gefen Publishing House. For detailed critiques online at Jewishness of Jesus, said “and it didn’t happen.” from the outset. This con- www.barriewilson.com. more information, visit www.jewsforjudaism.ca. The Boteach. “We are in a new era Wilson, who is a convert trasts with the teachings of – J.H. www.shmuley.com. www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012- 11 NEWS > COMMUNITY > APPOINTMENT
Cravatts named president of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East BOSTON, MA – Richard L. ideological distortions – as well as programmatic and Cravatts, PhD, professor of including antisemitic and advancement, activities of practice and director of the anti-Zionist slanders – that the organization, including communications manage- poison debate and work donor relations, confer- ment program in the School against peace. ences, white papers, peti- of Management of Simmons As the SPME president, Cra- tions and task forces. College in Boston, has been vatts will be the chief officer Cravatts has published elected president of Scholars of the board of directors and more than 350 articles, op- for Peace in the Middle East, will oversee all the activities ed pieces, columns, and the third in the organiza- of the organization for its chapters in books on cam- tion’s history. more than 50,000 members pus antisemitism, academic Scholars for Peace in the on some 3,400 campuses free speech, terrorism, Con- Middle East (SPME) is a worldwide. Along with the stitutional law, Middle East grassroots community of other officers of the associa- politics, real estate and academics who have united tion, the president enforces social policy, and is the to promote honest fact- policies established by the author of the newly released based, and civil discourse. organization for implementa- book, Genocidal Liberalism: The organization’s mission tion by individual members, The University’s War is to inform, motivate, and committees, task forces and Against Israel & Jews. He is encourage faculty to use campus chapters. also a frequent contributor their academic skills and The president is responsi- to the Jewish Tribune and a disciplines on campus, in ble for working with the guest on radio programs and classrooms and in academic organization’s executive lectures nationally on the publications to develop director and managing the topic of higher education effective responses to the day-to-day administrative, and the Middle East.
PHOTO: NORM GORDNER A little off the sides and back, please Alon Yitzchak Beigel’s mother took out a special “insurance policy” for his upsherin, which was cele- brated at the B’nai Brith Canada banquet hall last week. “He did fantastic,” proud mother Yael Mamann (left) told the Jewish Tribune. “I had an insurance policy: I got a really substantial lollipop!” The lollipop wasn’t needed, however, as young Alon (centre) stayed calm for his very first haircut and closed his eyes in concentration to quietly say, “Shema Yisrael” into the microphone. Rabbi Moshe Steiner (back- ground), co-director of Uptown Chabad, led the service and told those in attendance that now “Alon is a child,” no longer a baby. Family and friends gathered to share this special occasion; Alon’s maternal grandmother came from Florida and his paternal grandmother came all the way from Israel. The upsh- erin was done on Alon’s third Hebrew birthday and the next day was his third English birthday. “He looked like such a big boy today,” said Mamann. “Today was his first day wearing a kippa and tzitzit to school. Now he looks like his brothers.” Mamann said she is the first member of her family to host an upsherin. She wanted to make it a big party with dinner in part because, “I wanted to show my friends, who maybe aren’t so observant, how beautiful it is when you bring a young child into Yiddishkeit.” Many of Alon’s relatives helped cut his hair. Seen here is one of his uncles.
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Sderot ‘fighting on the front line of the media information war’ Rebeca Kuropatwa cussed, Hamas, Gaza, and as well as the European Prairies Correspondent the Arab Spring – A View Union (EU), the United from the Ground in Southern Nations (UN) and Capitol WINNIPEG – Sderot has Israel. Hill in Washington. been under rocket fire from According to Bedein, “Around the world – espe- Gaza for the last decade, Israel’s air force commander cially on North American with about 13,000 rockets has reported that 97 per cent campuses – I’m seeing peo- having been fired from Gaza of all rockets being fired from ple becoming anti-Zionist to Israel’s western region. among the civilian popula- and anti-Israel. I’m trying to Noam Bedein, director of tion in Gaza are being fired explain where things are the Sderot Media Centre, from behind homes, schools really at. has been living in Sderot for and mosques – in residential “How is it that this ongo- the last five years. He is a areas. ing rocket reality of Sderot native of Tzfat and grew up He said, “Israel has no has become acceptable to in Efrat, Israel and he wants choice but to defend her cit- the entire world, when any- to know how it is possible izens by hitting a target in where else in the world hav- that these ongoing rocket Gaza...and the next day, ing rockets fired at them is attacks have become accept- these images of mosques inconceivable?” able to the world, when it and schools are plastered all Sderot is about a kilometre would be inconceivable and over the international news, away from the Gaza border. unacceptable if the rockets affecting people around the This means residents of were fired anywhere else in world.” Sderot have 15 second to the world. Gaza is the first Middle run for their lives when a B’nai Brith Canada’s Mani- East Arab territory under rocket is fired. toba Jewish/Christian/Abo- the control of an interna- “We’re fighting on the riginal Roundtable recently tionally recognized terrorist front line of the media infor- hosted a wine & cheese regime. mation war,” said Bedein. evening with Bedein as “We’re up against “If you go to YouTube and guest speaker. an…imbalance of media type in ‘15 Seconds,’ our The event, which attracted coverage,” said Bedein. Noam Bedein, director of the Sderot Media Centre, talked about rockets and the media war over Sderot. video is No. 1. Because real- about 100 people at the Jew- “It’s not only a growing Globally, people are being on Israeli civilian popula- Israel as Nazi Germany and ly, what can you possibly do ish Community Centre, was challenge to represent a exposed to only one side of tions and have legitimacy Gaza as the Holocaust.” in just 15 seconds? Every co-chaired by Belle Millo unique rocket reality, but the story, conveyed Bedein. for it. Giving legitimacy to This is the third time single person and family in and Pastor Raymond also what’s happening on “People have more sympa- terrorism is one of the most Bedein has travelled world- Sderot has experienced a McLean. the other side of the fence – thy for the Palestinian cause dangerous and dark ele- wide to counter Israel rocket attack, and once David Matas, senior coun- in the Gaza Strip – affects in Gaza,” he said. “This ments in the world, leading Apartheid Week (IAW), you’ve had that experience, sel for B’nai Brith Canada, not only Sderot, but regions enables terrorist organiza- people – even within Jewish addressing some-150 cam- your life is changed forev- introduced Bedein who dis- around the world.” tions to keep firing rockets communities – to view puses across North America, er.” ‘Israeli government policy has no influence on the connection US Jewish leaders accompany of young Diaspora Jews to Israel,’ committee hears Ethiopian emigres to Israel regarding the causes for the distancing ca, warned that its relationship with JERUSALEM – Researchers from a JERUSALEM – Seventy-one Ethiopians arrived in Israel of Diaspora Jews from Israel. the Diaspora is Israel’s greatest strate- number of universities and research accompanied by lay leaders from the Jewish Federations of One camp claims that these young gic asset and that the Knesset must institutes said at a meeting of the North America. After landing last Thursday at Ben Gurion people will continue to feel distant realize how lack of understanding of Knesset Immigration and Absorption Airport, the new immigrants and the delegation of leaders from Israel when they grow older Jewish leadership abroad may harm Committee last Tuesday that Israel’s were taken to an absorption centre in Kiryat Gat. while the other believes that young this relationship. policies, the Israel-Arab conflict and The mission travelled to Ethiopia to meet the remain- Jews in the Diaspora are always more “What is said on the Knesset podium Israel’s relations with the Arab coun- ing members of the community and visit the Jewish distant from Israel, but when they also has an effect abroad,” she said. tries have little influence on the Community Centre and school in Gondar before escort- grow older, marry and raise families Alon Friedman, director of Israel strength of the connection felt by ing the olim to Israel. In Israel, the delegation will dis- their ties with Israel become stronger. operations of the Masa program, noted young Jews around the world to Israel. cuss the future of Ethiopian immigrants with Jewish The second view is supported by that many of the 10,000 participants in “Government policies merely provide Agency and American Jewish Joint Distribution Commit- convincing data gathered over the the project who come to Israel for six an excuse for those who have no inter- tee representatives. years. months to a year are the results of est in a connection with the Jewish “Seeing firsthand the hardships that the Jews of “The best medication of all is to mixed marriages. state,” said Shmuel Rosner, a fellow of Ethiopia face, and joining them as they come home to strengthen the American Jewish identi- “Many of the non-Jewish parents the Jewish People Policy Institute, Israel, truly illustrates why making the dream of aliyah a ty, and so Israel must help Jewish have no religion, and where the Jewish claiming this view has been backed up reality is such an important part of our work,” said John communities in the US to bring these parent is the more dominant, the chil- by data over the years. Ruskay, executive vice president and CEO of the UJA- young Jews closer to their Jewish iden- dren grow up with a bond to Judaism. Atzmaut MK Dr. Einat Wilf, chair of Federation of New York. “But our obligations go much tity through programs such as Taglit “The attraction of Israel’s image as a the subcommittee for relations deeper than simply bringing them to Israel. We believe it and Masa, and also through funding of technological power is stronger than between Israel and the Jewish people, is our responsibility to give the Jews of Ethiopia the Jewish education," he said. the deterrence of the political prob- who initiated this debate on percep- tools to succeed once they arrive." tions of Israel by the younger genera- Avinoam Bar Yosef, president of the lems,” he added. tions of Jews around the world, Jewish People Policy Institute, insisted stressed that “a number of studies that programs for Diaspora Jewry seem to show – and I admit that this is should be developed by the foreign Outside intervention not needed to solve an interesting surprise – that the issue affairs ministry and be under the of the effect of political positions in responsibility of a minister in the Israel-PA issues, Czech foreign minister says forming the perceptions of the younger Prime Minister’s Office, which would JERUSALEM – Unlike the US, “I don't know what the solu- seen in our own country how generation towards the state of Israel give appropriate expression to relations EU and UN, Czech Foreign Min- tion is, but even if I did, I occupation damages not only are irrelevant. with the Diaspora. ister Karel Schwarzenberg does would not get involved in the the occupied, but corrupts the “Whether these young people sup- It may be, he said, that during the not believe that outside inter- dispute, perhaps only if one occupier.” port the policies of the Israeli govern- period they are establishing them- vention is necessary to solving side asked for my help. But a But most of the interview ment or not, does not influence the selves, young Jews abroad devote the issues between Israel and Foreign Minister of another involved Schwarzenberg’s love degree of their connection to Israel or more energy to their own affairs, and the Palestinian Authority. country should not get for Israel, which he first visited Israelis. It is important that we, at the only later begin to show interest in In an interview with Army involved, at least in public. I am in 1964. Knesset, do not make political use of Israel again. Radio last Thursday, not a journalist or an academi- “Since then I try to come back the young generation of Jews abroad Prof. Steve Cohen of the Hebrew Schwarzenberg said that the cian; as a foreign minister, I here at every opportunity,” he in promoting one policy or other. The Union College in New York said, in a two sides were perfectly capa- must put limits on my behav- said. “When I first came here, one thing that is clear – and here there direct broadcast during the debate, ble of solving their own prob- iour,” he said. nobody even locked their doors. is no place for political differences – is that more and more young Jews are lems. Despite his proclaimed neutral In recent decades Israel, like that we must work to strengthen Jew- meeting non-Jews, and that assimila- The long-standing competition status, Schwarzenberg does many other countries, has gone ish identity among young Jews abroad, tion leads to a reduced interest in for control of the Holy Land has believe that the dispute must be through many changes, for bet- and that the state of Israel must make Israel. stumped diplomats and states- resolved in a manner in which ter or worse.” Still, he added, a decision to invest significant, con- “The children of mixed marriages,” men for decades, and “all residents of the state are Israeli society was “a wonder. I centrated and planned efforts in this he said, “no longer see themselves as Schwarzenberg does not pre- able to live a normal, peaceful try to come back to this won- direction.” Jews.” tend to have any solutions or life. This is the most important derful country as often as I Rosner noted that there are two Becky Caspi, senior vice-president of prophetic insight, he said in the objective.” can.” camps among American researchers the Jewish Federations of North Ameri- interview. With that, he added, “we have – Arutz-7 www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune - February 9, 2012- 13
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The family of Candy Schaffel Are you opening – or closing – Black (below) hopes to raise $260,000 in her your children’s hearts? memory to pur- chase medical Rabbi Rami Shapiro equipment for the neonatal unit at There are only two ways to Shaare Zedek Hos- raise your children: you either pital in Jerusalem. shut them down or you open About 700 of the estimated 14,000 them up. If you shut them babies born at down you raise them in a Shaare Zedek each zero-sum world of winners year are premature and losers. You teach them and require special- ized care in the that the world is a pie of fixed neonatal unit. There size and that if they want is a special more they must see that oth- fundraising snow ers have less or perhaps noth- day on Feb. 29 at the Alpine Ski Club ing at all. This is a fearful in Collingwood. world of endless and often violent competition and retri- bution; a world of haves and have-nots; a world of us ver- sus them where the ends (the success of us) justify the means (whatever secures the failure of them). If you open your children up Rabbi Rami Shapiro asks parents: Is your parenting open or closed? you raise them in a non-zero- Below is the cover of his new book. sum world where abundance ine that telling the story of is the norm, and while there justice and injustice is auto- will still be winners and losers matically heart-opening. If – those who have more and your justice story demonizes CANDY SCHAFFEL BLACK SNOW DAY those have less – it is not a the wealthy or makes saints world that allows some to of the poor you are still telling have nothing. This is a world a tale that closes the heart. As rooted in compassion rather long as you tell stories that pit than competition; a world of an ‘us’ against a ‘them,’ you Playing in the snow us and them rather than a are perpetuating a world and world of us versus them. a mindset that will force your Are you parenting opened child to live in a fearful world for a very good cause hearts or closed hearts? haunted by the spectre of the TORONTO – Candy Schaffel Black’s family fundraising is crucial because Shaare Zedek One way to know is to ana- other. hopes to raise $260,000 in her memory to does not receive any funding from the lyze the stories you share Telling heart-opening stories purchase medical equipment for the neona- Israeli government. About 700 of the esti- with your children. I’m not isn’t easy. It requires you to tal unit at Shaare Zedek Hospital in mated 14,000 babies born at Shaare Zedek talking about the storybooks world to come, I found myself carefully examine your world- Jerusalem. each year are premature and require special- you read to your kids, though in a minority of one. If G-d view and the stories you tell Schaffel Black died in January 2011 at the ized care in the neonatal unit. The hospital these too need to be looked wants to burn people for to reinforce it. It may force age of 52 after an almost eight-year battle is also a first responder after terrorist at; I’m talking about the sto- believing what they believe you to challenge cherished with colon cancer. The devoted wife and attacks. ries you teach them through that is His business, I was stories of your own: stories mother of three was a successful lawyer Premature babies held a special place in your faith and your dealings told. So yes, we should avoid about being chosen and not who also made time for tzedakah. Candy’s and Philip’s hearts ever since their with others. telling our children that our chosen, or saved and She and her husband Philip Black were first baby was born early, weighing just 3 The other day I was in a G-d condones violence damned. It may force you to involved with the Canadian Shaare Zedek lbs., 10 oz. local Wal-Mart walking down against those who believe dif- change your story and that Hospital Foundation for more than 20 years. Candy and Philip were married 24 years; a toy isle. Two kids were eye- ferently than we do, but we may cause others who still The charity’s ski day was a perfect combina- their three daughters, Shira, 22, Arly, 21, ing the action figures. Both should tell them that G-d will cherish that story to reject you tion for them: skiing is Phil Black’s favourite and Estee, 17, were born and raised in boys were with their moms, do just that when they die. because you rejected it. Story- sport and they were both motivated by a Toronto. one of whom was dressed in Of course religion isn’t the telling has real-life conse- deep love for children and Israel. Black, Philip Black has visited the hospital in a manner that identified her only source of heart-closing quences, and because it does, president of Minicards, had less time for the Jerusalem twice. Much of the money that as a Muslim. The little Mus- stories. Politics, nationalism, it is vital that you know what charity’s board during Schaffel Black’s ill- has been raised by the foundation in recent lim boy picked up a toy and ethnicity, race can all be used you telling. ness but they almost always participated in years has gone towards the new Wilf Chil- turned to show it to the other to this end. And what all If you want to raise open- the event itself and now he has returned dren’s Hospital currently being built at boy who moved closer to get these heart-closing stories hearted kids tell them heart- with a renewed commitment. Shaare Zedek. The foundation hopes to a better look. As the boy have in common is that they opening stories; stories that Black told the Jewish Tribune that he reach its new fundraising goal over the next moved closer his mom, who demonize the other. speak of us and them rather approached the foundation’s board mem- few years. had been holding his hand, So what stories are you than us versus them; stories bers with the idea of honouring his late “Nothing was closer to Candy’s heart,” yanked him back, turned and telling your children? that link success to personal wife’s dedication to the hospital and togeth- said Shelley Black. “Her role as a daughter, walked to another isle. As she When you see a homeless integrity, creativity, compas- er they decided to rename the event. as a mother, were so important to her. Even passed me I heard her say to person is your story ‘There sion and curiosity rather than “It used to be called a ski day; it’s now though she was an extraordinarily busy her son, “We don’t talk to but for the grace of G-d go I,’ selfishness, greed, conformity, called the Candy Schaffel Black Snow Day,” lawyer and a partner at Goodman’s LLP... those people. They don’t or do you talk about the and exploiting the weakness- said Black. “The snow day is literally all her devotion to her family was paramount believe in Jesus.” power of negative thinking, or es of others; stories that show about coming out to play in the snow.” to her. The opportunity to help families Religion is often a means for do you talk about justice and a world rooted in love rather The fundraising event will be held on have healthy children seemed like such a closed-heartedness, and paral- injustice and our obligations than fear. And if you take on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at the Alpine Ski Club perfect fit. It’s something that we just know lel stories could be found in to the poor? None of these this challenge, just know that in Collingwood. It has been expanded to Candy would feel strongly about.” any faith. Because religious stories stops you from giving you will be doing so in the offer a spa component, a health and well- The Black family also has a long and stories are some of the most money to the poor and home- face of a culture that too often ness seminar, skiing, snowshoeing, auc- strong association with B’nai Brith Canada. personality shaping stories we less, but each speaks to a tells a very different story. tions, a casino and gourmet kosher meals. Philip, who was from Peterborough, met humans tell, we must exam- worldview that is either heart- “In the Jewish calendar, and in any calen- Candy, who was from Toronto, through ine them to see what kind of closing or heart-opening. Rabbi Rami Shapiro, PhD dar, there is not another day like this. We’re mutual friends at the B’nai Brith Youth children we are raising when If your story is ‘There but teaches religious studies at tenting part of the outside, we’re having a Organization (BBYO). we tell them these stories. for the grace of G-d go I,’ you Middle Tennessee State Uni- fire pit with marshmallows, and we’re hav- “If it wasn’t for his BBYO connection,” sis- A few months ago I met are saying that G-d loves you versity and is the director of ing hot chocolate and hot popcorn on the ter Shelley said, “he would never have met with a small gathering of more than G-d does the poor Wisdom House Center for hill.” Candy and had the life, and amazing family, Muslim and Christian clergy and homeless. If your story is Interfaith Studies in Nashville. In years past, Black said, family and that they had.” to draft a statement condemn- one of negative thinking: the He has written over two dozen friends would arrive in Collingwood a day In addition, Philip’s and Shelley’s father, ing religious violence. We had homeless person attracted books and a new series, Rabbi early to give themselves time to enjoy the Isadore Black, became president of B’nai Brith no problem doing this as long poverty to herself by “think- Rami Guides: Roadside Assis- sights. “This year, a lot of people are coming Canada’s Eastern Canada division in 1959. as the violence was this- ing poor” rather than “think- tance for the Spiritual Traveler, the day before and making it into a two-day Tickets to the Feb. 29 Candy Schaffel Black worldly, but when I suggested ing rich,” you are saying that available at Spirituality & event just to have a mid-winter break. Snow Day cost $180 per person and include we also condemn the eternal you think better than does Health Books (www.spirituali- There’s going to be a pre-dinner event, then roundtrip transportation by bus. torture of non-believers (who this other person. tyhealth.com/shop/print- we’ll do dinner and go walking in the vil- For information, call (416) 781-3584 or visit are really only differently Both of these stories are books/) and lage.” www.hospitalwithaheart.ca/events/onthes- believing believers) in the heart-closing, but don’t imag- www.amazon.com. According to Black’s sister, Shelley Black, lopes2012. www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012- 15
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Editor of the series Liz Pearl (left) and author Rabbi Rena Arshinoff Author Dr. Ariella Damelin autographs books. Contributor Natalie Fingerhut chats with an admirer. Jewish women tap writing’s healing power Denise Rootenberg A common motif in the lat- sanctuary and they made survived the canoe accident Leora Freedman felt “there lar religious path I’ve never Correspondent est collection is bereavement peace with their scars.” that killed her middle-aged was something deep inside been tormented .... We femi- – particularly the loss of a At 12, Natalie Fingerhut father. that needed to emerge” and nist seekers can claim the TORONTO – The third vol- father – grief and healing. Despite the seemingly finally “realized that what right to celebrate diversity and ume in the series Living Pearl explained they were morbid subject matter, the was missing in my work was female energy by creating our Legacies: A Collection of not suggested themes but stories are arresting, the that I wasn’t writing as what I own belief systems.” Writing by Contemporary that they often trigger legacy authors vibrant and was, a Jewish woman.... A Canadian anthology Canadian Jewish Women writing. engaged. What’s kept me writing is the would be incomplete with- proves the demographic is a For Rena Arshinoff the Fingerhut mischievously excitement of this rich materi- out contributions by immi- wellspring of engrossing death of her elderly father envisages the succession of al connected to a culture that grants. memoirs encompassing wis- was the catalyst for an rabbis at Holy Blossom Tem- is so meaningful.” Iraqi-Indian Diana Mingail dom, life experience, love unexpected new mid-life ple who mentored her as Robyn Israel creates an recounts her father’s mirac- and loss. career as a rabbi providing being specifically chosen award-winning show, Jewish ulous survival when the Therapist and editor Liz pastoral care. “I have cho- and sent by her late father Girls Don’t Kayak, about Japanese bombed Calcutta Pearl presents the motiva- sen to specialize in grief; to guide her “spunky, rebel- dating non-Jews but admits, in World War II; Lishai Peel tion behind the anthologies that is no surprise.” lious, self-centred smart- “Though I have strayed describes in prose and poet- thusly: “We write to bless Dr. Ariella Damelin runs ass” self, eventually saving from my roots, I am still, at ry the pain of not belonging those who come after us.” courses, entitled Writing for her from “wind[ing] heart, a Jewish girl from as an Indian-Israeli in Eng- At the launch, held by the Health of It, for those up...writing bad Canadian Montreal.” land, Israel and “this Cana- Miles Nadal JCC, the atmos- with serious injuries and ill- fiction about being a morose Elaine Mitchell doesn’t find da – one big playground of phere was one of pride, sup- nesses and encounters the fatherless daughter.” her Judaism onerous, ‘you don’t belong here,’ port and connection, from grateful women she has Judaism is an unavoidable “because I’ve always accepted ‘you’re too white,’ ‘not Jew- PHOTOS: DENISE ROOTENBERG attending family and friends helped wherever she goes in Author Robyn Israel displays influence on world view and being Jewish without parental ish enough,’ ‘not brown and between the authors. Toronto. “Writing became a Volume III at the launch creativity. insistence to follow a particu- enough.’” The problem with zero tolerance and domestic abuse their families. Much has been written in this correct’ to even suggest this problem exists, with a criminal offence in front of the com- column over the past 31 years about domes- but it sadly does, and often in wealthy munity and (d) not seeing his kids except tic violence against women and how difficult homes, not just modest ones. on terms his wife will accept, unless the it is to obtain their cooperation when I When a person, inevitably male, is falsely Family Court intervenes, which costs even attempt to interview them; many are so accused, several of my clients have been more money – a lot more money. Moreover, John abused that they cannot break out of such summarily arrested, falsely imprisoned, it takes time to have a Family Court make SYRTASH relationships. They are psychologically kicked out of their own home, sometimes an order on parenting issues. In Newmarket, trapped by the men who victimize them into where their businesses are located, strip ON, one can wait several months for a case Ontario has a zero tolerance policy and a pattern of abuse to which they have searched and thrown in jail. They are then conference and then a motion on the issue. police officers are instructed that they must become “accustomed,” especially if they are alienated from their own children and their And since the fellow is no longer living with lay a charge “if there are reasonable financially tied to the man’s purse strings. No possessions inside the home, often for sev- the children, the court will normally side grounds to believe an offence has been com- matter how much I explain that the law will eral months to a year until their criminal with the parent who has lived with the chil- mitted in relation to the Criminal Code, protect them with spousal/child support, lawyer was brave enough to conduct a full dren since the separation when awarding Child and Family Services Act, Children’s property division and restraining orders, blown trial to obtain a complete acquittal “custody” or “primary care and control.” Law Reform Act or Family Law Act.” In the most don’t believe me or find greater comfort that can cost $10,000-20,000, which they Hence, by kicking out the father on false politically-charged atmosphere of “domestic in the abusive relationships to which habit have never recovered, unless they have suc- charges, the mother wins this fight by violence,” ‘reasonable grounds’ is often as a has chained them to these monsters. When I cessfully sued their wives for wrongful dis- underhanded means. Then when the father complaint of a single event of domestic vio- offer to get them medical or psychological missal. So in many such cases, such a vic- goes to Family Court, he fights only for “bet- lence, even if there is no visible evidence, help, many simply walk away, comforted in timized spouse might settle for “peace ter terms of access.” Is this really fair? no corroborating witness and even if the the “knowledge” that their partners have bond” in which he agrees to “keep the Surely more careful investigations must event took place years ago. taken away all their self-esteem in exchange peace” even if he didn’t do anything be carried out before the Zero Tolerance rule Once interviewed, the person alleged to for a Faustean devil’s bargain: a roof over because its cheaper than a trial! And just is applied so summarily in this province. have committed the offence may protest their heads, an allowance and a way of life how fair is that? Unfortunately, by that time, Meanwhile, men better make sure that that nothing happened whatsoever, that the that they “know.” his wife has effectively won the war on cus- they marry or partner with women who whole allegation is fabricated or that it was What is less known is the hidden problem tody, since she has had the children in her play fair. Otherwise, a jail cell may be await- a minor mutual struggle (i.e., they pushed of domestic violence against men. I have care for the better part of the year and ing them – if she decides to simply pick up each other with the person alleging the had several male clients over the years who “exclusive possession” of the house, since the phone and dial three digits: 911. assault starting the altercation). It makes no have been punched, had items thrown at her intention of falsely accusing her hus- difference. In many such situations, once them, stabbed with pens and other imple- band of assault and having him arrested Contact information: the person goes to the police, the police ments, bruised, spat on, kicked violently was designed solely to create “facts on the JOHN T. SYRTASH, B.A.(Hon.) LL.B, often video tape the complaint made and and even hospitalized. These men are terri- ground”: i.e., get sole possession of the Phone: (416) 642-5410 arrest the person complained about. In fied to fight back. Some are badly intimidat- house and control of the children since once Barrister and Solicitor almost every one of these situations the ed by their partners, don’t have the person- your husband is arrested the court imposes Mediator complainant is a woman and the person ality to “fight back” or are very concerned a court order, called a recognizance or “bail Mr. Syrtash is Counsel to Garfin Zeidenberg complained about is male. Men rarely go to about the impact of how their reactions will order” pending trial (a year later) that pre- LLP the police to complain about women attack- impact on their children. Others seriously vents the husband from coming back to the 5255 Yonge St., Suite 800 ing them. worry about the police and getting arrested house. The victimized spouse, usually male, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6P4 In those cases where women have truly should they defend themselves, so they has now spent thousands of dollars for the Cell (416) 886-0359 been assaulted this process appears to be walk away and don’t tell anyone, especially privilege of (a) being thrown in jail, (b) web site: www.freemychild.com quite fair and works well to protect women the authorities. They are also understand- being shut out of his own home, (c) suffer- email: [email protected] and their children who witness violence in ably embarrassed. It may not be ‘politically ing the embarrassment of being charged In practice for 27 years www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012 - 17 FEATURE > TECHNOLOGY Illuminating the Dark Continent with solar power Daniel Ben-Tal the fixture is theft-proof, he ISRAEL21c added. “We designed the light poles in a way that no Israeli-designed solar-pow- one can steal the batteries ered light fixtures are light- from inside. There’s also the ing up the moribund nights option of adding a CCTV of Africa, South America camera to the pole so that and beyond. anyone trying to vandalize it How can local govern- will be seen from the central ments keep public spaces control facility.” and roads illuminated at This facility, usually oper- night in places where ated by a municipality or there’s no electricity, or an local government, can moni- unreliable supply? Solar tor the performance of all power, obviously. the installed light fixtures. But there’s a catch. “We can see if a bulb has “The vast majority of burned out or a solar panel solar-powered streetlights is not working optimally and similar fixtures on the from afar, and dim or raise market don’ t survive for the lights by remote control, long,” Zeev Jakoby, manag- using radio frequencies,” he ing director of Israeli startup said. “This means easier Globe Light & Water System, upkeep of the fixtures, lower tells ISRAEL21c. “That’s energy consumption and why we’ve devised a sturdy, longer working lives.” solar-powered light fixture Jakoby is using his exten- that needs no infrastruc- sive web of contacts in ture.” Lighting up roadways with no need for electricity (above). The Orion solar streetlight mechanism (below). Africa to get the project off This could prove a god- the ground. send to developing nations “Ultimately, marketing a where a lack of street light- revolutionary product such ing results in dangerous as ours needs personal con- driving conditions and far tacts in the initial stage. We slower economies. started in Nigeria and “It’s designed with the spread to other countries. African market in mind,” We’re already developing explains Jakoby, who spent lighting systems for Nigeria, many years in Nigeria over- Ethiopia and Colombia, and seeing construction projects. are in the negotiation “In Africa, the heat, process with several other humidity, mud and dust are countries. given factors that have to be Meanwhile, there’s great taken into consideration. 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Jack BORENSTEIN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT TORONTO – Rachel Gotlieb has displayed daring and determination in pursuit of her favourite sport. Winning CISAA Alpine Ski- ing Level 2 races during consecutive weeks in January and half a dozen top 20 finishes in Junior Federation International De Ski (FIS) races puts her in good stead for what- ever ski career plans she has in future. The 16-year-old Torontonian’s sports repertoire included figure skating until Grade 8 when time constraints led her to concentrate solely on skiing. “My parents introduced me to skiing at age three,” said Gotlieb. “I loved all aspects of the sport – being on the slopes with fami- ly and friends – and started training at Cale- don Ski Club at 10. I transferred, at 14, to Osler Bluff Ski Club (OBSC) in Blue Moun- tains, ON, which is a more competitive and intense setting. I spent as much time train- ing and practising on the hills to improve Despite an ACL injury that cost her a year, Rachel Gotlieb “faces each race with an appropriate level of aggression, courage and skill,” her coach says. quickly as possible.” Her most memorable race to date occurred OBSC with Gillian White being her current makes you feel like a ‘hero’ when you ski. Havergal team members. March 2008 in the Alpine Ontario K1 Spring coach. It’s feel-good snow when it’s dry, and “He treats everyone equally, always has a Series at Craigleith, ON, “because I made “Both coaches have been great for me packed down hard.” positive outlook and is well organized.” the podium for the first time in an individ- technically and tacticly before training. She prepares for races by visualizing the Though achieving a respectable 15th place ual race.” Coach Overgaard and Coach White go course lay out and physically inspecting finish in her initial 2012 FIS junior race in At home, Gotlieb observes many aspects of through the layout of the course enabling individual sections and gates. Georgian Peaks, ON, on Jan. 24, Gotlieb will Judaism including Friday night Shabbat me to envision what to anticipate and avoid “There may be hairpins (two consecutive be taking a break from competitions to meals with her family. As well, she said, during a race.” vertical closed gates), which must be navi- focus on academics at Havergal. “We celebrate the High Holidays along with Her favourite skier is three-time consecu- gated very quickly. Knowing the course and “Going to higher levels of skiing means Chanukah and Passover. I had my bat mitz- tive overall World Cup champion Lindsey anticipating where gates occur during a race more time away from school. I’m not sure vah at Holy Blossom Temple and am a part- Vonn. “Vonn is a strong skier who is confi- are of prime importance.” yet what to do but would love to ski while time Grade 6 student teacher at Holy Blos- dent on the slopes and has great runs in dif- She finished a career-best 11th in an FIS attending university.” som’s Hebrew school this year. It’s been a ficult races.” entry-level junior Giant Slalom race in Osler Gotlieb has learned that there’s no substi- great experience working with the regular Gotlieb returned to skiing a year ago fin- Bluff, ON. tute for training time on the hill. teacher and I can relate easily to the kids in ishing 14th in a FIS entry-level giant slalom “Racing on my home course was an “A lot of performing well has to do with the classroom.” race in Osler, ON. advantage,” she said. “It felt good looking how you approach the race mentally. It’s During skiing practice in Saas-Fee, “Ski racing is, at times, scary and a lot of down from the top of the hill before the really important to not let yourself be intimi- Switzerland, in spring 2010 Gotlieb tore her the sport is a mental process. I knew I had start and I skied with confidence through- dated by the presence of stronger skiers.” ACL. to put my crash in Switzerland out of my out.” Overgaard said he noticed how much “I love skiing and would never stop partic- head and trust that my injured knee was Tony Nardi, Havergal College ski coach smarter Gotlieb is skiing this winter. ipating for anything,” she said. “I under- okay. I had two solid runs with really good since 2003, said Gotlieb’s abilities over the “Staying healthy will be a huge key for went surgery and it took one year before I finishes and the result gave me a much years with her professional training at ski Rachel having lost a big year to injury. It’s was able to resume skiing.” needed confidence boost.” clubs outside of school “have excelled far good she’s taking a little wider approach Former Canadian Alpine Ski team member Gotlieb competes in technical alpine ski beyond anything I could’ve dreamed of. She going full speed into turns. Technically get- Stefan Overgaard first met Gotlieb during events – giant slalom and slalom. Both faces each race with an appropriate level of ting her hips to stay down while skiing will spring 2009 at his SXS Fitness Centre in involve two runs skiing between sets of aggression, courage and skill. Her strength, lead to increased success.” mid-Toronto where she undergoes dry-land poles (aka gates) held on different courses. agility, balance and technique are unsur- Gotlieb has taken to heart one of Over- training three to four times weekly. Giant slalom gates are spaced at greater dis- passed on the hill.” gaard’s skiing mottos of ‘Train like you race “Rachel wanted to enhance her ski per- tances to each other while Slalom gates are He added that Gotlieb’s 2012 CISAA wins and race like you train.’ formance, was already quite fit when she much closer together resulting in quicker at Mansfield Ski Club and Alpine Ski Club “It has taken me a couple of years to really came to our facility and had a quiet compet- shorter turns. reflected hard work, dedication and love of understand what he means. I know I train itiveness about her.” “I enjoy both disciplines but favour slalom the sport. like I race and now I’m working on the sec- He was working with Gotlieb at the time due to the speed. I’ve raced Super G but it is “Rachel exhibits wonderful qualities both ond part – to race as well as I do in train- of her injury. not my strength and would take a signifi- as an athlete and a student,” he said. “She ing.” “We all asked if we were pushing Rachel cant amount of training to become competi- is kind, generous of spirit, eager to learn too much in recovery but she diligently tive.” and improve. It’s wonderful to have such a Jack Borenstein can be emailed at j_boren- went into rehab without any apprehension.” Her favourite ski surface is hero snow, talented young woman on our team.” [email protected]. Follow him on twitter Overgaard coached Gotlieb her first year at which is “essentially any type of snow that Gotlieb said Nardi makes skiing fun for all @JackJaybee Did you ever wonder how to? 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The question the Rabbi Benjamin haredi community, as such, must face – HECHT even as they state that these “kooks” are not representative of their group – is: how could I read with interest Atara Beck’s excellent their teachings become so perverted? It is in columns about Beit Shemesh (Jewish Trib- regard to this issue that they must further une, Jan. 19, 2012). respond and undertake to correct its dam- Atara maintains that, despite the strong age. negative impressions presented in the This is not just a challenge that must be media, “Beit Shemesh is mostly a tolerant faced solely by the haredi community. I city” with many taking steps to counteract found it sad to read that the battle cry, in the extremists – and she does live there. Beit Shemesh, of girls from a religious, Yet, there is still no doubt that the tensions Zionist high school was: “We wanted a experienced in Beit Shemesh do reflect mall, a bowling alley, a theatre.” Not to underlying (and not so underlying) tensions say these items don’t have their place, yet that exist, and must be addressed, within are these still the dominant objectives not only Beit Shemesh and not only the which we would want enunciated by our Jewish community in Israel but the entire children? global Jewish community. Atara also mentioned individuals who We cannot simply be content with the grouped not only all haredim together but existence of forces of moderation. We must all religious individuals together. Does this take steps to eradicate the negative forces not also show a weakness in education? that are still clearly present. This demands, In the recent past, we have also seen many however, not only looking at the other but different sub-groups of larger groupings, also at ourselves. reflecting the entire gamut of Israel’s popu- Atara writes that Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz lation, manifesting problematic behaviour, of Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham in Ramat citing the teachings that they learned in sup- Beit Shemesh Aleph asserted, online, in his port. synagogue newsletter: It is not enough for a greater group to dis- “Do you also ask all Jews to condemn tance themselves from a deviant few; it is Bernard Madoff? How antisemitic! Do you not even enough for the larger group to con- ask all Italians to condemn Mafia murder? demn such sub-groups. It is necessary for That is racism at its worst!” everyone to ask how it is even possible that He, thus, concludes that, aside from it someone could so misinterpret teachings being wrong to blame all haredim for the and arrive at such deviant conclusions. And actions of what he describes as “kooks,” it then this fault must be corrected. is also wrong to assume that haredi leaders The solution to the conflicts facing us should be outspoken in their condemnation cannot emerge through one group cri- of these “kooks. tiquing another, only to be met by the To apply Rabbi Malinowitz’s compari- other subsequently simply defending their son, however, the Jews I know clearly did position and further responding with a wish to distance themselves from Bernie critique of the first group. There is a need Madoff and took whatever steps were nec- for introspection, for each group to also essary in this regard. From what I further look at themselves read, any Jewish entity that could be por- Our sages inform us that we must be stren- Dry Bones: 40 years trayed as, in some way, linked with Mad- uously careful with what we say lest it be off took definite steps to make it clear misunderstood and lead to problematic that they were not connected with him results. We know that there are many hared- of Zionist cartooning and his crimes. Such individuals did not im who also condemn the actions of these have to wait to be asked to condemn bullies in Beit Shemesh and that it is wrong The political cartoon Dry of 1973, comic strips were a mentaries discussing wide Madoff because it was so obvious that it to condemn all haredim for such actions. Bones and its creator, strip of cartoons and editori- ranging terms. Kirschen was the necessary and proper thing to do. Yet we can question the haredi world on Yaakov Kirschen, will al and political cartoonists said that as a non-religious Was Rabbi Malinowitz complaining that how it was even possible for someone to receive the Israeli Museum did one-panel metaphors,” Jew he recognizes that there was no need to ask haredim to con- emerge from their educational institutions of Caricature and Comics’ he said. Ezekiel’s vision is difficult demn those individuals in Beit Shemesh with such beliefs, and demand that this “Golden Pencil” award next Dry Bones’ main charac- to understand from a secu- who acted so abhorrently as that would community scrutinize itself to determine the week. The prize is awarded ter’s name is Shuldig, which lar point of view, “so what be insulting for, of course, haredim, on root of this breakdown to their system. annually as a lifetime is Yiddish for ‘guilt.’ I’m doing in Dry Bones is their own, would know, internalize and This, though, is not a demand that can achievement award and a Kirschen said the reason he simply filling in the pieces implement the necessary and proper only be made upon the haredi world. We prize designed to encourage chose this name is that that Ezekiel didn’t have response to such behaviour? Somehow, must equally question ourselves and our creative young artists and “when I came to Israel I rec- time to tell us.” though, I don’t think that was Rabbi Mali- educational institutions when we see prob- students. ognized that with all the He said that unlike other nowitz’s point. lematic behaviour undertaken in the name Dry Bones has appeared problems, there’s no one cartoonists, he tries to Rabbi Malinowitz seems to also have of causes and concepts to which we are for almost 40 years in news- who would accept the attract Israel’s enemies “so ignored a major difference between the committed. And then we must determinedly papers around the world, in blame, so I decided I would that when they laugh at a Madoff case and what occurred in Beit and without ease correct ourselves. The Jerusalem Post and on a create a character who joke they will, for that Shemesh. Madoff never stated that he did successful internet blog. would accept the blame and moment, see it from my what he did because he was Jewish and/or Rabbi Benjamin Hecht is the Founding Direc- Kirschen, who made aliyah say, ‘I’m guilty.’” point of view. fulfilling the directives of Judaism. True, it tor of Nishma, which fosters the critical to Israel from New York in The name of the cartoon, “My goal in Dry Bones is would be wrong to critique the actions of an investigation of contemporary issues. For fur- 1971, said that what makes Dry Bones, is based on the to make people laugh,” said entire group because of the behaviour of a ther info, see www.nishma.org and Dry Bones unique compared prophet Ezekiel’s vision of Kirschen. “When the news few members of the group. Yet if these few nishmablog.blogspot.com. If you would like to other political cartoons is dry bones coming to life. is so horrendous that I can’t are proclaiming that they are undertaking to have Rabbi Hecht as a speaker at one of that it is a political comic The vision’s meaning is get a laugh out of it, then I this behaviour as representatives of this your events, you can reach him at strip. multi-layered in Jewish tra- figure I’ve failed.” group and/or because of the teachings of [email protected]. “When I started in January dition, with rabbinic com- – Arutz-7
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Dovid EFUNE
On Nov. 26, 2008 the world recoiled in hor- ror as the infamous Mumbai terror attacks unfolded. Three days later, unthinkable death and devastation remained. For the Jewish community the brutal murder of Chabad emissaries Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg highlighted the vulnerability of many that stand at the forefront of commu- nity work in remote corners of the globe. Now, over the past few weeks, it has emerged that two other Chabad centres had been identified as targets in thwarted terror attacks. On Jan. 13, Thai authorities announced that they had arrested a Lebanese citizen on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Bangkok. The New York Times reported that “Western intelligence agencies know that Hezbollah operatives have scouted El Al offices and counters in Thailand, as well as the Chabad House in Bangkok.” Security analysis blog Debkafile went a step further claiming that “it was to have followed the same lines as al Qaeda’s 2008 assault on the Mumbai Chabad centre which killed eight Israelis and Jews – only more ambitious.” The six-story Jewish centre in Mumbai, known as the Chabad House, was attacked in November 2008. Among those who were brutally murdered were A week ago Monday, Haaretz reported that Chabad Rabbi Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg (inset), which highlighted the vulnerability of many who stand in the forefront of community work. in Baku, Azerbaijan, “The Azeri ministry Public displays of Jewish pride are an inte- Their budget in 2011 was more than 4 mil- the ‘shluchim’ Gennady Bogolubov would said it had arrested a cell that planned to gral component of the Chabad modus lion rand, about half a million US dollars. be to establish a ‘gun fund.’ ‘kill public activists…’ [and] it became operandi, precluding the possibility of low- Rabbi Wilhelm of Bangkok told Mishpacha Of course, this would only apply in coun- apparent that the intended victims were two ering the profile of their activities. Whatever magazine: “We have security 24 hours a day tries where gun ownership is legal. Accord- Israeli Chabad emissaries, a rabbi and a the risks, you won’t find a Chabad centre – at our expense, and at the cost of between ing to gunpolicy.org this includes Thailand, teacher employed by the ‘Chabad Or Avner’ buried within a building complex, like a $60,000 and $80,000 a year.” Unfortunately, India and Azerbaijan under the following Jewish school in Baku.” synagogue I visited in The Hague a few for many Chabad houses that are struggling terms: “Applicants for a gun owner’s license Israeli Interior minister Eli Yishai was right years back, which wouldn’t display so much to pay their bills for basic necessities such are required to prove genuine reason to pos- when he explained to Israeli security chiefs as a small Star of David to mark its pres- as rent and electricity, the cost may be pro- sess a firearm, for example, hunting, sports that “Chabad Houses in many countries are ence. hibitive. shooting, collection and self-defence.” ‘the soft underbelly’ of attacks because of Of course, investing in the hiring of securi- A far cheaper and very effective strategy Additionally, if a Chabad gun policy were the high volume of Israeli tourists and back- ty services and personnel is an option, but would be for the various Chabad emissary to be established and widely publicized, it packers.” Additionally, Chabad houses and the expenses can become quite significant. support groups to encourage the purchase would serve as an effective deterrent to rabbis are highly visible and symbolic tar- The most effective security setup that I have of personal firearms for each rabbi and facil- would-be attackers, who would likely seek gets for would be terror planners. seen, is in the South African Jewish commu- itate their weapons proficiency training. As the path of least resistance. It is admirable and a source of great inspira- nity, which established the Community recorded in Chabad literature they would be After all, wouldn't one expect ‘the men in tion that the ‘Rebbe’s Army’ is by no means Active Patrol (CAP) in 2006, an organization following in the footsteps of the previous black’ to be strapped? deterred by the inherent daily risks that they that in effect serves as a private Jewish Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Schneerson, are undertaking for themselves and their fami- army. Ex-military personnel, armed to the who, when informed of a threat from ‘gang- The Author is the director of the Algemeiner lies, standing at the forefront of Jewish com- teeth and dressed from head to toe in black, sters’ that intended to attack him, made Journal and the GJCF and can be e-mailed at munal activity wherever Jewish life is to be patrol communal areas in imposing vehi- sure to carry a pistol. Perhaps an appropri- [email protected]. Please visit www.alge- found. But what can be done to minimize the cles, investigating any suspicious activity. ate next project for the billionaire patron of meiner.com for more information. risk that many Chabad rabbis face? Lament for the Arab nation mar Kaddafi, who was ironically described by is simply an abuse of statistics.” Perhaps ture are becoming all too common as the for- Hosni Mubarak as a “madman.” This “mad- Borges was thinking about how the Nazis took mer freedom rhetoric of the protestors is being man” however, ruled Libya with satanic power in 1933 by achieving a powerful, translated into violence by the new ruling repression for forty years. though non-majority representation in the groups – a violence not yet comparable to the Even in Sana, the most backward of the Arab Reichstag, through a democratic vote. ‘Terror,’ which followed the French Revolution Arnold countries in terms of human rights, those who There is a painful echo of that event in the of 1789 but coming uncomfortably close to AGES have and are demonstrating in the country’s parliamentary victory of the Muslim Brother- that pathology. capital city are advocating for the kind of ele- hood in Egypt’s recent election. The word The unanticipated consequences of revolu- It has been said that great ideas give birth to mentary freedoms that the West in general has ‘Brotherhood’ attached to that political entity tion and its aftermath are reminders that tyran- great institutions and those institutions tend to enjoyed for centuries. has nothing to do with the conventional mean- ny, once the staple of the Arab world, cannot destroy the ideas on which they were built. But a special lament is merited for the fate of ing of that idea but reflects a narrow theologi- be replaced by ‘mobocracy,’ which explains The melancholic truth of this historical dictum the Syrian protesters who have borne the brunt cal view of the world defined by extremist why NATO is very reluctant to intervene in appears to be replicated in the wake of the of military reprisals which have now cost more Islam, hatred of Israel, disdain for the West Syria and why Syrian protestors have little ideas which, since January 2011, have animat- than five thousand lives, a “punishment” and xenophobia. hope in the farcical attempts of the Arab ed the revolutionary zeal of activists in several which is redolent of what Bashir Assad’s father The rise to prominence by the Muslim Broth- League to de-fang Bashir al Assad, the ophthal- Arab countries. did in Homs more than two decades ago when erhood in Egypt shows that democracy is not mologist who sees clearly the writing on the Let us concede that some of those great ideas he quintupled the number of victims in that merely the results of a ballot box but the long wall. were authentically present among the Tunisian Syrian city. process that incarnates respect for human Friedrich Engels once said, “All great world- protesters who initiated the first genuinely A year has passed since the epoch-making rights, freedom of religion, protection of historic facts and personages appear, so to democratic impulses in modern Arab history. revolutionary acts within the precincts of the minorities and a willingness to entertain speak, twice: the first time as tragedy, the sec- Tahrir Square in Cairo also had it share of pur- Arab nation and it is now possible to make diverse viewpoints – concepts which are not ond time as farce.” This sobering analysis veyors of libertarian ideas among the coura- some tentative judgments about the progress part of the credo endorsed by the Brotherhood. seems to characterize what is happening to the geous men and women who confronted Egypt- of democratic ideals in that constituency. There are other indications that the cries for Arab Spring except that Engels’s definition ian security forces. There are disquieting signs that the demand freedom, which echoed so strongly in the Arab must be nuanced by observing that both The opposition forces in Libya were equally for freedom voiced by protesters in the streets street a year ago, are being subverted by those tragedy and farce are coming together this time inspired and moved by the desire to experi- of Tunis, Bengazi, Cairo, Sana, and Manama who took power after the dictators fled or were in our lament for the Arab nation. ence the elemental freedoms that had been are not being realized and in part, tend to vali- deposed and/or put on trial. In Tunisia and denied to them as far back as the reign of King date the statement by the sage of Argentina, Libya there is evidence that tribal sympathies Arnold Ages is Distinguished Emeritus Pro- Idris and subsequently by his successor, Mua- Jorge Luis Borges, that sometimes “democracy and the idea of settling old scores through tor- fessor, University of Waterloo. www.jewishtribune.ca The Jewish Tribune February 9, 2012 - 21 COMMENTARY > MIDDLE EAST Documenting incitement within Palestinian Authority The state-controlled Palestinian media with a regime that adulates such monsters sanctified the murders committed by the on its controlled TV outlets? released terrorists. Thus Ahlam Tamimi, the The book itself chillingly provides docu- woman who orchestrated the suicide bomb- mentation demonstrating how an entire gen- ing at the Jerusalem Sbarro restaurant, eration is brainwashed into absorbing a cul- Isi which killed 22 civilians, including seven ture of death and slaughter. The Palestinian LEIBLER children, was quoted proudly proclaiming children’s programs promoting hatred and she would do it again; Abbas al-Sayed who evil are incorporated into textbooks, music We are told, day after day, that Palestinian perpetrated the Passover suicide attack at videos and summer camps all blatantly Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is a gen- the Park Hotel in Netanya, which killed 30 indoctrinating the sanctity of Shahada (mar- uine moderate committed to achieving a Israelis, was described by Abbas as a “hero” tyrdom) and murder of Jews. peace settlement with Israel. In addition to and “symbol of the Palestinian Authority.” Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, purportedly the international community, even some Only recently, while commemorating the the most moderate of all Palestinian leaders, Israelis – admittedly a dwindling minority – 47th anniversary of Fatah, the Mufti is cited for his speech praising four terrorists also chant this mantra. Muhammad Hussein, the PAs highest reli- and sponsoring of a Palestinian children’s Abbas and his spokesman Saeb Erekat bol- gious authority appointed by Abbas, pro- summer camp, in which the participants ster this theme by uttering soothing state- claimed that the killing of Jews was a major were divided into groups labelled with the ments in English, endorsing peace to the Islamic goal required before the Islamic Res- names of terrorists including a notorious gullible international community. Yet they urrection. The moderator introducing him bus hijacker. speak with forked tongues because in Ara- reiterated that “our war against the descen- Marcus and Zilberdik point out how, in the bic to their own people, they deny Israel’s dants of apes and pigs is a war of religion course of one day, a Palestinian child can right to exist and promote vicious hatred and faith.” walk on a street named after the mass mur- against Jews. And just last week PMW reported how the derer Abu Jihad, to a school named after the They also claim to have reneged violence. PA State TV conveyed “greetings” to Hakim founder of Hamas, where he will read hate- But the PA never conceded that terrorism Awad, the barbaric and unrepentant mur- filled textbooks, work in a computer room was immoral. They simply concluded that derer of the Vogel family, which included a named after a suicide bomber, spend the having failed to achieve their objectives by 4-month-old infant and children aged 3 and afternoon at a soccer tournament with the violence, their goals could best be promoted 11. His mother was honoured on the pro- teams named after suicide bombers, go in Itamar Marcus, founder Palestinian Media by temporarily suspending terrorism to gain Watch, has compiled a book – Deception: gram and conveyed “greetings to dear the evening to the Abu Iyad community Western support. Abbas made it clear that Betraying the Peace Process – with Nan Jacques Hakim, the apple of my eye, who carried centre, the orchestrator of the massacre of he “had the honour of firing the first shot in Zilberdik out the operation in Itamar, sentenced to Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich 1965” and was only opposed to terrorist up the PA approach when he stated “every five life sentences.” His aunt also related to Olympics, and finally return home to view attacks “at this time” for tactical reasons prisoner is for us a saint and we must exult “Hakim Awad, the hero, the legend.” How antisemitic cartoons on TV before going to and that “in the future things may change.” him.” He subsequently appointed Mahmoud can people claiming to be promoting human bed. Yet, even within this framework, Fatah has Damra, a notorious terrorist, as his advisor. rights conceivably associate themselves After reading this book, a number of ques- still succeeded in killing more Israelis than tions come to mind. Hamas. The US Congress was considering termi- The true objectives of the PA are reflected PALESTINIAN ROGUES’ GALLERY? nating the funding of the PA general budget in the poisonous hatred against Jews and unless it terminated incitement, glorification Israel inculcated to their people through the of suicide bombers as heroic role models, broad range of institutions they control, per- payment of more than $5 million a month meating every level of society – from kinder- for “salaries” to 5,500 terrorists in Israeli garten and upwards. prisons, and pensions to the families of ter- This can be traced to the very inception of rorists. Why did Prime Minister Benjamin the Oslo Accords. Before that, the relation- Netanyahu ask them to desist? ship between Palestinians and Israelis, Why does Netanyahu so frequently pay lip whilst far from ideal, was certainly better service to Abbas as a peace partner and, than now, when polls indicate that 84 per other than very recently, fail to systematical- cent of Palestinians endorse the murder of ly highlight the criminality of the Palestinian Israelis. leaders? If our prime minister agreed not to As well as denying Jewish sovereignty, the publicly highlight these evils to placate Pres- PA from the outset indulged in the most ident Barack Obama, we are likely to pay a horrendous demonization, describing Jews bitter price. If the civilized world is made as the descendants of apes and pigs, com- aware of the culture of death and hatred paring them to Nazis whilst simultaneously that permeate Palestinian society, we would praising Hitler, accusing them of stealing be in a far stronger position in the ongoing Palestinian body parts, using human blood war of ideas. during Passover, promoting AIDs and many And finally, how can President Obama and other loathsome blood libels. Western countries justify their repeated vit- This defamatory torrent impacts directly riolic condemnations of Israeli construction on Israel’s diminished standing in the inter- in Jewish suburbs of Jerusalem and yet national community. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abba PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, purportedly the denies Israel’s existence when talking to his own most moderate of all Palestinian leaders, is cited have so little to say about a society that In response to this, an important book people in Arabic. in book for his speech praising four terrorists. indoctrinates its children with such a bar- compiled by Itamar Marcus and Nan baric worldview? How can Secretary of State Jacques Zilberdik, Deception: Betraying the Hillary Clinton validate her silence over Peace Process, has just been released. It these issues after having so passionately meticulously documents the poisonous condemned Palestinian incitement against behaviour of the Palestinian Authority dur- Israel when she was a Senator? ing 2010 and 2011 throughout the broad After reviewing these horrific texts, which range of institutions they control. It will document such a savage state-imposed Jiha- become an important source for pro-Israeli di culture, it is surely delusional to view the activists and provide irrefutable evidence in current Palestinian leadership as peace part- response to those denying the criminality ners. Such a calculated policy of deception pervading Palestinian society. reflected by the disparity between reality Itamar Marcus founded Palestinian Media and duplicitous statements designed for for- Watch (PMW) in 1966 as a non-profit organ- eign consumption is not merely an expres- ization to monitor the Palestinian media. Its sion of malice. It is a manifestation of a documentation of Palestinian behaviour, determined policy to poison the people including systematically taping State Pales- against any possible accommodation with tinian TV, became important sources for Israel. It provides a devastating response to parliamentarians and serious journalists the question raised in the introduction to throughout the world. His briefing of US the book. Was a genuine peace process ever legislators was a major factor contributing intended? towards the prevailing pro-Israel orientation of Congress and the American people. Isi Leibler’s website can be viewed at The book and the PMW website www.wordfromjerusalem.com and he may (www.palwatch.org) chronicle obscene be contacted at [email protected] This examples of incitement, especially in the column was originally published in the wake of the release of the terrorists in the Mufti Muhammad Hussein, the PAs highest reli- Saeb Erekat endorses peace to the gullible inter- gious authority appointed by Abbas, proclaimed national community, yet preaches hatred when Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom and is Shalit exchange. Abbas, who publicly that the killing of Jews was a major Islamic goal speaking to his own people in Arabic, according reprinted with the permission of the author. embraced these mass murderers, summed required before the Islamic Resurrection. the the new Marcus-Zilberdik book. 22 - The Jewish Tribune -February 9, 2012 www.jewishtribune.ca Sudoku
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