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Meet the city’s new spiritual leaders
Rabbi Rob Morais
is excited to be
in Ottawa and says
Temple Israel has
enormous potential
to develop new
and exciting Jewish
programing.
Rabbi Idan Scher
says he’s felt a
warm welcome,
both from members
of Congregation
Machzikei Hadas
and from the wider
Jewish community.
BY HANNAH BERDOWSKI
BY HANNAH BERDOWSKI
R
abbi Rob Morais has only been in
Ottawa for a few weeks, but he’s
jumped right into his role at
Temple Israel of Ottawa as the
Reform congregation’s new spiritual
leader.
A Toronto native, Rabbi Morais has
returned to Canada from Michigan where
he served as spiritual leader of Temple Beth
Israel in Jackson and as director of the
Jewish children’s museum in Detroit.
“This is the kind of city I want to live in.
This city has lots of potential; the synagogue is in a good healthy place,” Rabbi
Morais said during an interview with the
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.
“It’s a huge transition for the congregation. Number one, we have a transition of
rabbis after 20 years.”
Rabbi Morais succeeds Rabbi Norman
Klein, who served as interim rabbi for one
year following the June 2014 retirement of
Rabbi Steven Garten, who served as
spiritual leader of Temple Israel since 1995.
Rabbi Garten continues to be involved
with the congregation as rabbi emeritus,
inside:
Rabbi Rob Morais says he plans to embrace
the openness and creativity of Temple Israel
“and to advance that.”
the first in Temple Israel’s history.
Rabbi Morais said Rabbi Garten will
maintain an active role in congregational
life, continuing to teach and being a great
source of information. Rabbi Morais said
the two have been working closely together
and revealed their relationship began
many years ago.
As a young boy, Rabbi Morais was a
student at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto
where Rabbi Garten was the director. After
earning his rabbinic ordination at Hebrew
Union College – Jewish Institute of
Religion, Rabbi Morais worked with Rabbi
Garten through Camp George, the Reform
movement camp in Ontario.
“This has been a very carefully planned
transition. There have been many, many,
wonderful and dedicated people who
worked on the transition,” said Rabbi
See Rabbi Morais on page 2
Ambassador Rafael Barak
on the Iran nuclear deal > p. 4
R
abbi Idan Scher will be formally
installed, September 1, as spiritual
leader of Congregation Machzikei
Hadas. He will succeed Rabbi
Reuven P. Bulka, who has led the modern
Orthodox congregation since 1967, and will
become the congregation’s rabbi emeritus
(see From the Pulpit, page 6).
Rabbi Scher arrived in Ottawa from
Baltimore last summer, with his wife
Shifra and their son Shlomo, and has spent
the past year working with Rabbi Bulka as
associate rabbi while getting to know the
congregation and Ottawa’s Jewish
community.
In Baltimore, Rabbi Scher served as
campus rabbi at the University of
Maryland and was a rabbinic intern at an
Orthodox synagogue.
After growing up in Chicago and
working in Baltimore, large American
cities with large Jewish communities,
Rabbi Scher said he’s been enjoying living
and working in Ottawa over the past year.
“I love it. I love the people, the way they
live their lives,” he said.
‘I’m not saying goodbye,’
says Rabbi Reuven Bulka > p. 6
After serving the congregation for one year as
associate rabbi, Rabbi Idan Scher looks
forward to his installation as spiritual leader of
Congregation Machzikei Hadas, September 1.
Although Rabbi Scher was born and
raised in Chicago, he has a number of
relatives in Ottawa – both his parents and
grandparents were married at Machzikei
Hadas – and he visited Ottawa often over
the years. He said the warm welcome he
has received from the congregation makes
him feel “like I have a huge extended
family.”
Asked about the transitional period at
Machzikei Hadas over the past year, Rabbi
Scher said he’s been lucky to have been
mentored by Rabbi Bulka.
“Many people thought [the transition]
wouldn’t be the easiest for me … but it’s
been beyond my expectations. Rabbi
Bulka has been so supportive throughout
this past year … people take direction
from him, and the confidence he has had
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Continued from page 1
Morais. He was particularly appreciative of
the work done over the past year by Rabbi
Klein.
“The role of the interim is to bridge
between old and new, and to be able to
navigate for the congregation. [Rabbi
Klein’s] job was preparing them for a new
leader, and that was done exceptionally
well. They’re poised, they’re ready, they’re
hungry. I’m hungry, and so we’re going to
get started.”
A second transition is taking place at the
Temple Israel Religious School where Sue
Potechin, a former teacher and youth
adviser for the congregation, has been
hired as the new director of Education.
“I come with a lot of programmatic and
education experience. So, together, we will
be providing a significant change and
enhancement to our education program,”
said Rabbi Morais.
“I think that there’s enormous potential
to develop Jewish programing and Jewish
activities and Jewish experiences for
people across the age spectrum. I think
there is an amazing dedication to Jewish
life, that I’ve seen here, that doesn’t exist in
other places.”
Rabbi Morais spoke excitedly about his
new congregation and the values Temple
Israel instils.
“[They are] poised to understand that we
need to do it differently than we’ve done it
in the past,” said Rabbi Morais, who spoke
about learning to embrace people with
different ideas, and families of different
backgrounds, including those centred on
same sex couples.
“This synagogue has been doing [that]
forever, but we haven’t talked much about
what we do,” said Rabbi Morais, whose goal
is to get the word out about “the warmth
and the excitement that is Temple Israel.
“Nothing radical is going to change
tomorrow, but we’ll make sure that the
changes we do make are done in a thoughtfully planned way.”
His strategy, he said, is to re-evaluate and
reflect on all areas of the synagogue by
asking, ‘Is this our best, and what the
synagogue needs?’
“The plans are to embrace the openness
and creativity that the synagogue has
always shown and to advance that. … I
think the synagogue sees itself as an
extended family and [I hope] to embrace
and nurture that and be the one to help
guide the vision … we create together,”
said Rabbi Morais.
Rabbi Steven Garten became rabbi emeritus
of Temple Israel in June 2014.
Rabbi Scher: ‘Judaism is constantly evolving’
Continued from page 1
in me made it easier for them to accept me.
Rabbi Bulka has done a lot of the difficult
work on my behalf.”
Rabbi Scher said what made his first
year in Ottawa so special was that it wasn’t
only the Machzikei Hadas community that
was so welcoming; it was the entire Ottawa
Jewish community.
“It shows how passionately the entire
community cares for the vibrancy and
continuity of Jewish life,” he said. “[It]
makes me wake up knowing I love what
I’m doing and gives me the confidence to
do what I envision for Ottawa.”
The specific moment that made him
certain his move to Ottawa was the best
decision he’s ever made took place last
September during his first Rosh Hashanah
here.
CORRECTION
In an interview for the Bulletin article,
“Inspiring ‘Fed Talks’ and humour to be
featured at Annual Campaign Kickoff
(June 27),” Allison Josephs incorrectly
identified the topic of the talk she will
give at the Jewish Federation of Ottawa
Annual Campaign Kickoff, September 9,
at Centrepointe Theatre.
In her talk, Josephs will discuss how
to make Jewish values relevant for
today’s generation.
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“I had no idea what I got myself into,”
recalled Rabbi Scher as he described his
nervousness about speaking on the
second day of Rosh Hashanah to such a
large congregation. “I put thought into it
and I think I said it pretty well. Afterward,
Rabbi Bulka was very kind, saying, ‘Now
you all got to see why Rabbi Scher has my
vote, and I’m sure he has all your votes as
well.’”
Rabbi Scher noted that congregations
today must continue to change to meet
the needs of its congregants and the
community.
“Judaism is constantly evolving,” he
said. “What spoke to people 10 years ago
does not speak to them today, and what
speaks to people today will not speak to
them in 10 years.”
The installation of Rabbi Scher, and the
appointment of Rabbi Bulka as rabbi
emeritus, is on Tuesday, September 1, at
Congregation Machzikei Hadas. The
evening begins with a reception at 6:30
pm to be followed by the ceremony at 7:30.
Rabbi Scher said he plans to use the
opportunity – in addition to expressing his
gratitude – as a platform to give a “state of
union address” and share his vision and
plans for the congregation.
For more information, contact
Michael Goldstein at 613-521-9700 or
mgoldstein@cmhottawa.com.
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on September 1. He led the congregation for 48 years.
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Young Israeli hockey player
spends a great summer in Ottawa
Noy Rosenberg, 15, one of the few female hockey
players in Israel, has become an unofficial
‘ambassador’ for hockey among Israelis, for the
Canada Israel Hockey School, and for Israel
when she travels to North America. Noy spent
this summer in Ottawa at the Sens hockey camp
and at Camp B’nai Brith. Mitch Miller reports.
W
hile Noy Rosenberg, a
15-year-old girl from
Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, may
not be an official member
of Israel’s diplomatic core, she does
represent Israel and Israeli youth
whenever she travels abroad to play
hockey.
This year, Noy has been spending
her summer in the Ottawa area: first,
as a participant in the Ottawa Senators
Summer Hockey Camp in July, then
as a camper at Camp B’nai Brith of
Ottawa.
As a member of the Canada Israel
Hockey School (CIHS), headquartered at
the Canada Centre in Metula (in the
Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s partnership region in northern Israel in the
Partnership2Gether program), Noy is one
of the few female hockey players in the
State of Israel. She began playing four
years ago and instantly fell in love with
Canada’s number one sport.
Canadians first met Noy three years
ago when she was featured in The Neutral
Zone, a TSN documentary about the CIHS
and the challenges and successes of
operating a hockey program in Israel,
which welcomes boys and girls, Jews
and Arabs, Christians, Druze and
Muslims.
In the documentary, Noy and her
friend, Bisan, a Druze girl from Majdal
Shams in the Golan Heights, show us
how sports can break down barriers.
They met on the ice and are best of
friends.
Noy was only 12 years old in the
documentary. Since then, she has
travelled with CIHS with groups of
Israeli hockey players to Washington,
D.C., and Pittsburgh, where she’s been
interviewed on network TV and in major
newspapers. The Embassy of Israel in
Washington was very impressed with
how she handled each interview and
represented Israel.
This summer’s trip to Ottawa – thanks
to the Partnership2Gether program of
the Jewish Federation of Ottawa – was
Noy’s first hockey trip without her
Israeli hockey teammates. She travelled
solo to improve her hockey skills and to
meet Canadian youth.
From the day Noy arrived in Ottawa,
it was time to improve on her already
solid hockey skills. She participated in
the Ottawa Senators Summer Hockey
Camp by day, and in Next Generation
HKY on-ice sessions in the evenings.
As with any 15-year-old hockey player
entering a new program, Noy was
nervous at first. She questioned how her
skills would match up to the Canadians.
Would she be playing with boys and/or
girls? Did she have the right equipment,
skates and sticks?
From her first practice in Ottawa, Noy
had new hockey friends. Her Ottawa
peers learned about Israel through
friendship with someone their own age
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Israeli hockey player Noy Rosenberg (second from left) poses with some of her Ottawa friends
at the Ottawa Senators Summer Hockey Camp, July 16.
who shares a passion for the same sport.
They all worked hard on the ice and
smiled and laughed. At the end of each
day, there were hugs, and Noy gave every
player and coach she met a Canada/
Israel friendship pin with the flags of
both countries.
Partnership2Gether builds and
strengthens bridges between Israel and
the Diaspora. It was incredible to learn
that many youths and their parents at
the local arenas didn’t really know much
about Israel, beyond what they see in the
evening news. They had no idea that
some Israelis play hockey, that they speak
English, and that there are so many more
common bonds with Canadians.
By the time the week of hockey had
ended, Noy had grown her circle of
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friends – they plan to keep in touch via
social media – and her new Ottawa
hockey buddies now have a real connection to Israel.
In Ottawa, Noy also met Israeli
Ambassador Rafael Barak and was
interviewed on TSN 1200 radio and CTV.
She went on to have a great time at
Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa, once
again representing her kibbutz and
our partnership region in Israel’s
north.
Noy hasn’t decided yet if she should
enter Israel’s diplomatic core or be a
professional hockey player.
Mitch Miller, chair of the Soloway Jewish
Community Centre, is an organizer and
volunteer coach for the Canada Israel
Hockey School.
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Iran nuclear deal: Historic mistake, missed opportunity
O
n the morning of July 14,
Canadians woke up to breaking
news from Vienna of a deal
reached over Iran’s nuclear
program.
To understand why Israel sees this
agreement as a threat to global peace
and security, let me share with you five
key questions:
DOES THE AGREEMENT STOP IRAN
FROM ATTAINING A NUCLEAR BOMB?
No, plain and simple.
Over the years, the international
community constructed a robust system
of sanctions, squeezing the Iranian
economy and bringing the regime to the
negotiating table. The aim was to dismantle Iran’s military nuclear program.
Just as this objective was finally within
reach, the negotiators changed their
approach. They handed the Iranian
regime a dream deal that will quickly end
the sanctions, the one form of leverage,
AMBASSADOR RAFAEL BARAK
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while leaving most of Iran’s nuclear
infrastructure in place.
Now Iran is all but guaranteed a
nuclear bomb.
Assuming it doesn’t cheat, it can
simply wait 10 years – continuing to
advance its nuclear capabilities – and
then quickly become a nuclear superpower with full international legitimacy.
DOES THE DEAL STOP IRAN
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Again, the answer is no.
The negotiators were initially guided
by a strong awareness of Iran’s long
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underground enrichment facilities at
Fordow and Arak.
What was supposed to be “anywhere,
anytime” inspections with just 24-hours’
notice, became a bureaucratic process
that can last at least 24 days. Now, even if
we learn about Iran’s undeclared sites,
the regime has nearly a month to hide
the evidence.
This is especially disconcerting for
Israel, a small country, two-thirds the size
of Vancouver Island with half our 8.2
million citizens located in the central
core. Iran’s ability to build and deliver
just one nuclear warhead can mean our
total demise.
WILL THE AYATOLLAHS USE THE
$150 BILLION OF SANCTION RELIEF
TO HELP THE IRANIAN PEOPLE?
Here, too, the answer is no.
It is not a coincidence that some of the
deal’s fiercest opponents are Iranian
democracy advocates. Despite the
election of President Hassan Rouhani, a
so-called “reformer,” these dissidents
know that the regime has only upped its
oppression of women, political activists,
religious minorities, and members of the
LGBT community.
Moreover, the world’s experience with
North Korea shows that a generous
economic package to feed and help the
population, including half million tons
WILL THE DEAL SUCCEED
IN MAKING IRAN A REGIONAL
PARTNER FOR PEACE?
Absolutely not.
Iran is playing a direct role in the
instability raging across the Middle East:
President Rouhani – propping up the
embattled Assad regime in Syria, building up Hezbollah’s arsenal of over
100,000 missiles aimed at Israel, supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and
playing dangerous games in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Those who live under this shadow, not
just Israel but many Arab countries,
stand united against this bad deal that
gives international legitimacy and
transforms Iran – the region’s main
source of instability – from the problem
to being a wishful part of the solution.
For Israel, this is a significant game
changer that hands the Iranian regime
– which was never shy in calling for our
annihilation and denying the Holocaust
– with an exceptional geopolitical asset.
Israel and the Jewish people understand the link between rhetoric and
action. We clearly saw that four days
before the deal was signed, President
Rouhani was leading mobs in the streets
of Tehran, chanting “Down with
America, Death to Israel.” Just days after
the signing, with the ink not even dry,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated his
regime’s commitment to its allies and his
policies against Israel and the U.S.
IS WAR THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE
TO THIS AGREEMENT?
Not at all. Diplomacy is always the best
option. The alternative has always been a
better deal – one that rolls back Iran’s
military nuclear program and links the
easing of sanctions to a total change in
Iran’s behaviour vis-à-vis Israel, its Arab
neighbours, and its own population.
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Rabbi Finkelstein launches new
afterschool education program
for high school students
BY HANNAH BERDOWSKI
R
abbi Howard Finkelstein of
Congregation Beit Tikvah has
founded Yeshivat Tikvah, a new
afterschool program for high
school students. The program will
explore Judaic text, based on contemporary issues and Jewish law.
Rabbi Finkelstein told the Ottawa
Jewish Bulletin his intent is to “fill the
hole that has been created in the Ottawa
Jewish community by the absence of
Yitzhak Rabin High School.”
Rabbi Finkelstein was the Judaic
studies principal at Rabin from its
inception in 1995 and became dean of
Judaic studies when Rabin and Hillel
Academy merged in 2009 to form the
Ottawa Jewish Community School
(OJCS). The high school program at OJCS
Rabbi Howard Finkelstein says the new
was phased out at the end of this past
Yeshivat Tikvah program for high school
school year due to enrolment levels that
students will explore Judaic text, based on
were not sustainable.
contemporary issues and Jewish law.
Yeshivat Tikvah will not be competing
with existing programs already in the
and female high school students. Tuition
community for high school students,
is free of charge for members of
Rabbi Finkelstein said. Rather, the new
Congregation Beit Tikvah. Tuition is $250
program will add more intensive textfor associate members of Beit Tikvah and
based study to what is already available
$500 for non-members.
and noted there could be collaborative
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STACY GOLDSTEIN
AND TAMARA FATHI
BEN-GURION SOCIETY
‘W
hat a great way to
spotlight the next
generation of Jewish
leadership!’ we both
thought when Ottawa’s Ben-Gurion
Society (BGS) was asked to collectively
chair the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s
2016 Annual Campaign kickoff event.
The BGS is a donor recognition
program and networking forum for
those under the age of 45 who make an
annual gift of at least $1,000 to the
Annual Campaign. We choose to be part
Ottawa’s Ben-Gurion Society
to chair 2016 Annual
Campaign kickoff
of this donor group because we
staunchly believe in the principles upon
which BGS was founded with the goal to
build a strong and responsible Jewish
community at home, in Israel, and
around the world. BGS and its 31 members in Ottawa now have this wonderful
opportunity to flex our young leadership
muscles and plan one of the largest
community events – launching
Federation’s Annual Campaign – the
engine that drives our community.
As engaged and driven leaders in the
young adult community, and as a current
(Stacy) and past (Tamara) member of
the Federation’s board, it seemed right
that the two of us step forward to
represent BGS in co-chairing this year’s
Kickoff event on Wednesday, September
9 at Centrepointe Theatre.
When planning the program, it was
very important to us that we follow in
the footsteps of those who came before
us – the dedicated donors and community leaders who have led by example and
inspired our involvement. We maintained the goal of helping to shape our
Ottawa Jewish community of the future,
by being the next generation of young
Jewish leaders and philanthropists. With
this in mind, we have planned a program
that includes a variety of featured
speakers who reflect both a traditional
and novel approach to community
engagement.
We are hosting what we are fondly
calling FED Talks, which is based on the
well-known TED Talks format devoted to
spreading ideas via short powerful talks
by some of the most engaging speakers
around the world sharing innovative and
inspiring ideas. We wanted to engage
young, dynamic and philanthropic
trailblazers in today’s world to share
FROM THE
PULPIT
I’m not saying goodbye
RABBI REUVEN P. BULKA
MACHZIKEI HADAS
T
he From the Pulpit column is a
welcome opportunity for the
city’s congregational rabbis to
connect with the city as a whole.
This is my final contribution to the
column. The next time that Congregation
Machzikei Hadas will be represented in
this space, the author will be Rabbi Idan
Scher, a young, dynamic, energetic,
engaging, personable, and immensely
capable rabbi. For the past year, he has
been the shul’s associate rabbi, during
which time he and his wife, Shifra, have
connected on so many levels with our
congregational family and with many
members of the broader community.
Leah joins me in wishing the Schers well
as they embark on this exciting challenge,
or more accurately, the challenges that
define the modern day rabbinate. At the
same time, I will become the synagogue’s
rabbi emeritus. Exactly what is a rabbi
emeritus you may wonder? In truth, no
one really knows. If you ask a group of
rabbis emeritus, each of them will give you
a different view of what that is for them.
What I can share with you is that, for
me, it definitely does not mean
“retirement.”
Retirement, I never tire of repeating, is
not a Jewish concept. There is too much to
do, not enough time to do it, and never an
excuse for removing oneself from being
involved. It means recalculating, but not in
a GPS sense. The GPS recalculates when
you’ve made a wrong turn, or missed an
exit, or took too early an exit, etc. The
wonderful years we have spent together in
Ottawa have been anything but a wrong
turn. My years here have transcended the
wildest dreams anyone can legitimately
entertain when entering the rabbinate.
I enter the next chapter full of gratitude
for all the previous chapters. Many of you
have suggested I put all these chapters into
a book. I am somewhat hesitant about
that, even though such a volume would
contain many warm recollections of the
wonderful people who built this community and of their successors who have
further built upon the foundation. Maybe
one day my arm will be twisted enough
that I capitulate.
For now, the recalculating is more along
the lines of what next? In the as-yet-notfully-defined response to this question, a
few things are clear. Ottawa will hopefully
be part of “what’s next?” I hope to be
available, when and if needed, both for
Machzikei Hadas as well for the Jewish and
general community. Leah and I are also
looking forward to spending more time
with the children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
I am also way behind on a number of
books I have started, which are currently
in permanent stall. Finally, I am happy to
share with you that I am the president and
CEO of a new and ambitious not-for-profit
called Kind Canada Généreux. It is the first
of its kind, a truly national endeavour to
advance the implementation of a kindness-imbued culture at home, in the
workplace, in schools, indeed everywhere.
Thanks to Michael Regenstreif and all
his predecessors at the Ottawa Jewish
Bulletin for always being a pleasure to
work together. Thanks to Andrea
Freedman and all her predecessors at the
Jewish Federation of Ottawa for their
leadership and dedication, and to
Federation Chair Linda Kerzner and those
who preceded her. Thanks, too, to my
colleagues with whom it has been a
pleasure to interact.
We have a great community, and great
challenges. I am full of confidence that,
with the vision, resolve and commitment
of our leaders and volunteers, we will
successfully meet these challenges.
Warmest wishes, but not goodbye,
Rabbi Reuven P. Bulka,
(Soon-to-be) Rabbi Emeritus,
Congregation Machzikei Hadas
their innovative ideas and approaches
based on one theme, “L’dor v’dor, from
generation to generation: inspiring and
empowering future generations.”
We were thrilled to get renowned
social entrepreneur, and co-founder of
Free the Children, Marc Kielburger, and
Jew in the City blogger and outreach
maven, Allison Josephs. Plus, a little
levity will be added to the program with
the help of comedian and Ottawa native
Jon Steinberg.
Although our generation is often
perceived as the “What’s in it for me?”
generation, we want the community
to know that we, and all of BGS, are
committed and engaged young Jewish
adults with a strong desire to make a
difference, to lead by example and to
inspire others to get involved to ensure
our community continues to thrive
L’dor v’dor, from generation to
generation.
We are thrilled by the initial positive
response to FED Talks and hope to see
you there!
The Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s
2016 Annual Campaign Kickoff is
Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 pm, at
Centrepointe Theatre, 101 Centrepointe
Drive. Tickets are $20 and are available
at www.centrepointetheatre.com.
For more information, contact Rena
Garshowitz at 613-798-4696, ext. 241 or
rgarshowitz@jewishottawa.com.
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IDEAS AND
IMPRESSIONS
his issue of the Ottawa Jewish
Bulletin marks the final appearance of Rabbi Reuven Bulka as
one of our From the Pulpit
columnists. The Pulpit column rotates
among the pulpit rabbis of Ottawa’s
different congregations – each of them
writing two or three times per year.
In about two weeks, Rabbi Bulka will
become rabbi emeritus of Congregation
Machzikei Hadas after serving 48 years
– nearly half a century – as spiritual
leader of the congregation. His tenure in
the Machzikei pulpit is unprecedented in
Ottawa – and very rare anywhere else.
The impact of Rabbi Bulka’s leadership has been felt far beyond his congregation: in Ottawa’s Jewish community,
and in the national Jewish community;
and in the broader community, where he
JASON MOSCOVITZ
I
t is so out of whack for a politician to
do almost everything Donald Trump
does that it really makes you
wonder. Is the man a genius or a
lunatic?
Trump took off in the earliest of days
of a very long U.S. presidential campaign,
and he accomplished it by being his
bombastic self. Without any filters, he
said what he thought, and it appeared he
would say just about anything. When he
launched his campaign calling illegal
Mexican immigrants drug dealers and
rapists, heads spun and most experts
thought he had blown himself up.
Instead, he took the headlines and he
used the many media opportunities to
say more not less. And the more he said,
Rabbi Bulka’s remarkable,
unprecedented tenure
is well known for his many books and
newspaper columns, for his weekly radio
program, as honorary chaplain of the
Royal Canadian Legion, and as a leader
who has launched so many important
initiatives, from encouraging organ
donations to creating Kindness Week.
Although Rabbi Bulka and his wife
Leah will be taking more time to spend
with their children and grandchildren,
he will continue to be an important
leader in the community.
Thank you, Rabbi, for so many
insightful Pulpit columns in the Bulletin.
You’re always welcome to contribute
guest columns to our pages whenever
you have commentaries to share with
the community.
THANK YOU MIRA SUCHAROV
This issue also includes the final
instalment of Mira Sucharov’s Values,
Ethics, Community column, and I also
take this opportunity to thank Mira for
sharing her challenging thoughts with us
in every edition of the paper over the
past seven years. In fact, it’s been exactly
seven years, as her first column appeared
in the August edition in 2008.
Mira was actually the first new regular
columnist I recruited for the Bulletin
after becoming editor. I’d inherited all of
our other columnists at the time from
my predecessor, the late Barry Fishman.
Over the years, Mira often challenged
us by taking on controversial issues and
by being unafraid to take controversial
positions. She wrote about difficult
topics in the community, in Israel, and in
the wider Jewish world. Speaking
personally, I sometimes agreed with
Mira’s take on a particular issue and
sometimes disagreed. But that’s the
nature of opinion columns and, as both
an editor and a reader, I want to be
challenged – and Mira certainly did
challenge her readers.
Newspapers are always evolving and
columnists come and go – for a variety of
reasons. Sometimes a columnist decides
to wind down his or her column and
sometimes it’s the newspaper that
decides it’s time. And both scenarios
have played out at the Bulletin over the
years. That’s the way it works at all
newspapers – from the largest dailies to
community papers like ours. None of the
columnists who were with us in 2008 are
still writing their columns now. And, in
the interim, a number of other columns
Politicians discovering
just how peeved voters are
the deeper he got, like when he said U.S.
Senator John McCain was not a war hero
because he had been taken prisoner by
the North Vietnamese. Cries for an
apology were cast aside by Trump. He
chose to keep shooting as he defiantly
pushed his opponents in the Republican
race to engage him – which just made for
more Trump headlines and more
airtime.
With chutzpah galore, he didn’t flinch
when he proclaimed he had played the
political game as a businessman, giving
many politicians money for their campaigns. And he unabashedly added that
they all loved him for it, making it clear
he gave money to buy favours. He
claimed his opponents are still selling
favours because that is how they fund
their campaigns, something he doesn’t
have to do because he has so much
money.
As shocking as this is, it speaks to
people. Lots of people in western democracies who have had it with politicians
and the whole political process, including political media, communication
gurus, controlled messaging, pollsters,
lobbyists – the whole carefully calcu-
lated, politically correct scene that
Trump so willingly, forcibly and effectively attacks with almost every utterance,
every gesture.
Regardless of where Trump stands
when this column is published, voter
anger is real, and no one ever ripped up
the rule book like Trump. No one has
done it because no one thought being
outrageous could be politically advantageous. No one in recent memory ever
said things like “I don’t need a debate
coach, I am who I am.”
Virtually no one thinks Trump will
ultimately go very far in politics. But he
has already gone a good distance by
waking people up to how being a
non-conformist can work in a political
environment perceived to be so terribly
flawed, disliked and distrusted.
Our federal election in Canada is just
two months away, and you can bet the
Trump approach is being watched and
evaluated here for what it is: a game
changer in the world of waking up and
seeing how peeved voters are.
While it is hard to imagine Trump’s
brash and bombastic approach working
in Canada, there is another way of
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have come and gone from our pages.
Of all our regular columnists, Mira
has, by far, had her space in our paper
the longest. In fact, our next longest
serving columnist has been with us only
half as long. And, as Mira notes in her
column this issue, she now contributes
regular columns and blogs to the print
and/or online versions of several other
Jewish and mainstream newspapers.
So, when we decided this year that it was
time to bring a fresh voice into the
Bulletin, all of those factors were considered. We knew that Mira’s voice
would continue to be heard in forums
far and wide.
Mira, thank you, again, for your
contributions to the Ottawa Jewish
Bulletin these past seven years. We’re all
the richer for the eloquence and passion
you brought to so many issues of
concern.
NEW COLUMN TO DEBUT
I’m also thrilled to announce that our
new column, Dispatches from the
Diaspora by Sarah Waisvisz, will debut in
the September 7 issue. Sarah is a young
Ottawa-based playwright, actor and
academic – she received her PhD this
year – interested in many issues in the
Jewish world.
From my discussions with her, I’m
sure that Sarah’s column will be
insightful, thought-provoking and
exciting.
looking at it. If traditional approaches are
old and stale, then traditional voting
patterns may also be part of the past. In
May, we saw that in Canada, when the
NDP took power in Alberta.
Albertans acted out the kind of
thinking that brought Trump to the
forefront this summer. Who cares about
the rules and who thinks about the way it
is supposed to be when you are really fed
up with traditional politics? As well, in
Alberta, there was a horrendously run
Progressive Conservative Party
campaign.
But, consider this. The NDP won in
Alberta and the lights suddenly went on
for Thomas Mulcair and the federal NDP.
The momentum hasn’t stopped since. If
you are really upset with the political
system and how things are and have
been, then why not do the unthinkable
and elect a party that has never been
even distantly close to winning a federal
election. Talk about shockers and
rewriting the rule book.
Donald Trump entertains people on
TV because he thinks out loud and he
does it with no attempt to soften the
edges. While it is unthinkable that a
Canadian political leader would be so out
there, there is the thought that voters
may actually do the talking.
For many Canadians, the temptation to
actually do the unthinkable is very much
part of our present election campaign.
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rights activists. Smotrich is a longtime
opponent of the gay rights movement.
“The witch hunt has begun,” Smotrich
tweeted, August 2, after Bennett’s
invitation was withdrawn. “Everyone
who dares to oppose same-sex marriage
and abomination marches is arrested by
the police. Delusional. A dark day for
democracy. Enough silencing!”
Many Israeli politicians have sought to
draw a link between the Jerusalem Pride
Parade stabbings and the torching of a
Palestinian home on the West Bank just
hours later that killed an 18-month-old
baby boy and critically injured his
parents and brother. Rallies across Israel,
August 1, decried the violence, while
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called for
stronger action to prevent future attacks.
On August 3, Rivlin spoke of Banki at a
conference of Israel’s General Federation
of Students and Young Workers.
“She joined the parade in the name of
the values in which she believed – tolerance, equality, hope and love,” he said.
“The battle against incitement and
hatred does not begin and end with
police protection.
“Silence and indifference to both real
and virtual threats will only increase the
danger.”
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the Israeli government.
Shin Bet sought to put Ettinger under
administrative detention in 2014, according to Haaretz, but state prosecutor Shai
Nitzan denied the request, instead barring
Ettinger from Jerusalem and the West
Bank.
Last week, Haaretz reported that the
Shin Bet accused Ettinger of leading an
underground group responsible for the
arson attack on the Church of the
Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in
June, a charge Ettinger denied on his blog.
In his post, Ettinger denied the existence of a Jewish underground, but wrote
there are “lots and lots of Jews, many
more than one might think, whose value
system is very different than that of the
High Court of Justice or the Shin Bet, and
the laws that bind them are not the laws
of the state … but rather laws that are
much more eternal.”
Kahane, who was assassinated in 1990,
inspired the creation of Israel’s outlawed
Kahane Chai (Kach) party.
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village believed to have been perpetrated
by Jewish terrorists, Israel’s Shin Bet
arrested its most wanted Jewish terrorist
suspect.
Meir Ettinger, 24, a grandson of the late
extremist far-right leader Rabbi Meir
Kahane, was arrested, August 3, in the
northern Israeli town of Safed. Shin Bet
officials told the French news agency AFP
that it was interrogating Ettinger
“because of his activities in a Jewish
extremist organization.”
It was not clear whether he is a suspect
in the July 31 firebombing, which killed a
Palestinian toddler and severely injured
his family. However, officials said Ettinger
was being interrogated for information
that could help find the perpetrator of the
bombing in Duma.
Haaretz reported that Ettinger topped
the Shin Bet’s list of most wanted Jewish
suspects. He was believed to have been
planning a series of attacks against
Palestinians intended to stir up unrest
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Jewish groups call on Israel
to rein in Jewish extremists
(JTA) – Jewish groups in North America
have called on Israel to more forcefully
rein in its Jewish extremists.
The call came in messages condemning two attacks: the firebombing of
a Palestinian home in the West Bank,
which led to the death of a sleeping baby;
and the stabbing of six people during the
Jerusalem Pride Parade, which led to the
death of a 16-year-old girl.
“We unequivocally condemn and are
disgusted by this outrageous act of
terrorism,” said David. J. Cape, chair, of
the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs,
in a statement released in Ottawa
following the firebombing. “We mourn
the loss of an infant who was senselessly
murdered, and we pray for a full recovery
for the injured.
“Those who attack Palestinians in
so-called ‘price tag’ raids not only
threaten innocent lives, they violate the
fundamental values of Israelis. Indeed,
we note that Israeli leaders across the
political spectrum, including leaders of
the settler movement, have denounced
this attack in the harshest of terms. We
trust that the perpetrators will be
apprehended quickly and the courts will
apply the full weight of the law commensurate with the abhorrence of these
crimes,” said Cape.
The attacks “must be met with
determined action to prevent violence,
apprehend perpetrators, and hold to
account those who engage in incitement,” Stephen Greenberg, chair, and
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice-chair
and CEO of the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Organizations,
said in a statement, which also
“expressed their profound sorrow to the
Dawabsha family on the death of their
child, Ali Saad Dawabsha.”
“Terror – whatever the source – must
be given no quarter,” AIPAC said in a
statement, which condemned the attack
and expressed condolences to the family.
“The deliberate and heinous targeting
and murder of innocents cannot be
tolerated.”
“Setting ablaze the home of an
innocent Palestinian family, of any such
family, is frightening in its pure evil,”
American Jewish Committee Executive
Director David Harris said in a statement. “Whoever carried out this appalling deed must be apprehended and
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law, and additional steps must be taken
in an effort to prevent any future such
attacks.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
condemned what it called the “shocking
terror attack” in a statement.
“For seven years, extremists have
perpetrated acts of violence and hate,
targeting mosques, churches, and private
property. Now these unacceptable acts of
hatred and unbridled zealotry have
resulted in the murder of an innocent
child,” Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL U.S.
national director, and Carole Nuriel,
director of ADL’s Israel office, said.
“Expressions of outrage are no longer
enough. The perpetrators of these crimes
need to face specific, enhanced consequences for these despicable acts of hate
and terrorism. Community and religious
leaders must make unquestionably clear
that any act of hate and violence is
unacceptable, un-Jewish, and that
anyone involved in such incidents will be
shunned by the community, let alone
prosecuted to the full extent of the law,”
they stressed.
“Such a heinous act offends all people
of good will and violates basic Jewish
values,” the Orthodox Union said in a
statement. “We commend Prime
Minister Netanyahu for his unequivocal
repudiation of this act and his commitment to bring the perpetrators to
justice.”
This report includes files from the
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin.
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suspected of setting the fire.
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Fight to bring him to Israel
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – U.S. President
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released, a signal that Israel’s struggle to
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November release date.
“Mr. Pollard will serve his sentence as
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“The president has no intention of
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It is not clear what, if any, parole terms
may be imposed on the convicted Israeli
spy upon his November 20 release after
serving 30 years in a federal prison. In a
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the United States for five years. Within
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The corrected statement nonetheless
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“President Obama, who has the
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as the authority to allow Mr. Pollard to
leave the United States and move to Israel
immediately,” the statement said, noting
Pollard’s mandated release date by
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A Justice Department spokesman told
JTA that the Parole Commission’s
communication with the lawyers for
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Jonathan Pollard will be released from a
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years of a life sentence. The civilian U.S.
Navy analyst was convicted of spying for
Israel. Pollard was granted Israeli citizenship
in 1995.
and Semmelman and Lauer told JTA that
they were not ready to release it.
The lawyers have secured lodging and
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area once he is released.
Israeli officials and U.S. advocacy
groups for years have called for the
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See Pollard on page 16
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life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel.
The hope is that he would move immediately to Israel.
A number of Israeli officials rushed to
express the hope that they would greet
him on his arrival in Israel, but Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was
cautious, stopping short of looking
forward to Pollard’s arrival in a short
statement he released after he spoke with
Pollard’s wife, Esther.
“After decades of effort, Jonathan
Pollard will finally be released,”
Netanyahu said. “Throughout his time in
prison, I consistently raised the issue of
his release in my meetings and conversations with the leadership of successive
U.S. administrations. We are looking
forward to his release.”
In 1995, Pollard was granted Israeli
citizenship, in part because he hoped to
travel to Israel as soon as he was released.
Mandatory parole did not guarantee
Pollard’s release. However, as opposed to
previous requests, where the burden was
on Pollard to show why he should be
released, in the case of mandatory parole,
the burden was on the government to
show why he should not be freed. Justice
Department officials declined to raise
objections.
“The Department of Justice has always
maintained that Jonathan Pollard should
serve his full sentence for the serious
crimes he committed, which in this case
is a 30-year sentence, as mandated by
statute, ending Nov. 21, 2015,” Justice
Department spokesman Marc Raimondi
said in an email to JTA. Another spokesman later clarified that under the law at
the time Pollard was prosecuted, “an
individual would be presumed eligible for
mandatory parole once they had served
two-thirds of their sentence. Thirty years
is two-thirds of 45.”
Obama administration officials have
been at pains to distinguish between the
November 20 parole and the earlier
denied requests.
A number of media reports and critics
of the Obama administration have said
that Pollard’s release is compensation to
Israel for the Iran nuclear deal reached
between the major powers and Iran on
July 14. Israel’s government rejects the
deal and is urging the U.S. Congress to
use its power to kill it.
“Mr. Pollard’s status was determined
by the United States Parole Commission
according to standard procedures, and
the Parole Commission’s decision was in
no way linked to foreign policy considerations,” Baskey said.
The Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations, the
umbrella foreign policy body for the
community, in welcoming the paroled
release announcement also emphasized
that Iran was not a factor.
“We do not believe that there is any
connection to the nuclear agreement
with Iran,” its statement said. “The parole
date was set at the time of his sentencing
and the current parole process preceded
the negotiations with Iran.”
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Egyptians and their leaders are warming to Jews, Israel
BY JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER
CAIRO (JTA) – It’s been a particularly
challenging summer for Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Within
one week in late June and early July, his
attorney general was assassinated in the
upscale Cairo suburb of Heliopolis and
an Islamic State affiliate launched a
two-day siege in the North Sinai town of
Sheikh Zuweid.
But, just days after the bloody Sinai
battle, Sisi put aside two hours to meet
with a delegation from the American
Jewish Committee (AJC), the global
Jewish advocacy group, and then delivered a matter-of-fact account of the
meeting to the state-run Middle East
News Agency. The conversation revolved
around regional terrorism threats, the
stalled peace talks between Israelis and
Palestinians, the nuclear deal with Iran
and the preservation of Egyptian Jewish
heritage, according to the AJC’s director
of government and international affairs,
Jason Isaacson, who co-ordinated the
delegation.
The AJC meeting at the presidential
palace came at a time when Egyptian
attitudes about Jews are changing.
Egyptians are reassessing 1950s-era
nationalization policies that squeezed
out the Jewish community and other
ethnic minorities. The word “Jew” is used
less frequently as a curse word, and the
COURTESY OF KEN BANDLER
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi (centre) meeting with a delegation from the American Jewish Committee, July 2015.
historical TV drama Jewish Quarter was a
breakout hit during Ramadan. The series
cast the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood as
a greater threat to Egypt’s unity and
security than the Jews and, sometimes,
even the Zionists. (Past TV series during
Ramadan have traded in negative tropes
and stereotypes about Jewish “treachery”
and hostility, so Jewish Quarter represented a major departure.)
“I find more tolerance,” said Isaacson,
referring to the period since Sisi came to
power in 2013. “I find more respect for
Israel and more feeling of commonality
between Egyptian and Israeli strategic
concerns with common attitudes towards
Hamas, especially toward the connections between Hamas and other extremist groups.”
Officially, fewer than eight Jews remain
in this capital city – all of them elderly
women. The community’s leader, Magda
Haroun, last month opened the heavily
guarded and rarely used Shaar
Hashamayim synagogue in downtown
Cairo for an interfaith Ramadan Iftar
event, the daily break-fast meal during
the holy month. (There were some
75,000 Jews in Egypt before 1948, but, in
the 1950s, the Jewish population was
largely stripped of citizenship and assets
by then-president Gamal Abdel Nasser.)
See Egypt on page 24
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AJA 50+ announces fall programming for retirees
BY ANNETTE PAQUIN
AJA 50+
F
or 15 years, AJA (Active Jewish
Adults) 50+ has offered yearround programming for retirees in
Ottawa. The philosophy of AJA
50+ is “by members, for members.” More
than 100 programs are suggested and
organized by the membership each year.
Fall 2015 will feature a wide variety of
programming.
For the amateur astronomer, Howard
Simkover will kick off the fall session
with “Rocks from the Sky: Meteors and
Meteorites.” Other interesting science-based programming will include
“Hey, What Happened to You? My
Victory over Leukemia,” with Bernard
Gotleib, Canada’s longest surviving bone
marrow transplant recipient and “The
Transgendered Brain” with Carleton
University neuroscientist Elaine
Waddington Lamont.
For history buffs, participants can
explore life during the 1800s on a visit to
Upper Canada Village or experience the
tragedy of life behind bars with an
historic tour of Hawkesbury Prison. A
special behind-the-scenes tour of the
architecture of the Supreme Court of
Canada is also being offered. A knowledgeable historian will take us through
the Jacob M. Lowy Collection, Canada’s
national treasure of old and rare Judaica
AJA 50+ is a membership and volunteer-driven organization. A volunteer appreciation tea was held, June 3, at the Billings Estate.
spanning five centuries.
Art lovers will not be disappointed.
There will be tours of the National
Gallery and visits to studios of local
artists Ozzie Silverman and Lynn
Dubinsky. Back by popular demand is
Leonard Shore who always brings us
interesting current criminal cases that
participants, as jurors, have to adjudicate.
In addition to many other fascinating
topics, regular weekly programming will
continue, including Drop-in Bridge,
mah-jongg, Sharing the Music, Scrabble
and Chess for Fun. The popular Jewish
Film Series, in partnership with the
Greenberg Families Library, will again
offer an outstanding lineup of contemporary films from Israel and around the
world.
Creative Connections, a day program
for seniors over age 75 who wish to have a
full day of programming in a Jewish
environment with their peers, will return
in October with a very special programming lineup. This season, Creative
Connections will have enriched program-
ming and healthy snacks, and will be able
to ensure transportation is available for
all participants. An intensive music
program of both performance and
participation is new this session.
The AJA 50+ fall activity guide will be
available by the third week of August,
and registration for fall programs will
take place Monday, August 24, 9:30-11:30
am at the Soloway Jewish Community
Centre. Information on membership and
registration for programs is also available
at www.aja50plus.ca.
Dr. Sam Lewinshtein is pleased to announce
that DR. HARRIS PREHOGAN joined
our dental team on July 1st.
This is an exciting time for our practice as Dr. Prehogan’s
addition to the team is allowing Dr. Lewinshtein to take
some time off.
We are pleased to be able to expand our services to
Invisalign orthodontics, implant dentistry
and oral sleep apnea appliance treatment.
Dr. Prehogan brings eight years of clinical experience
in General Family Dentistry to our team. He enjoys
all aspects of dentistry and is excited to begin working
with the team and meet our wonderful patients.
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In support of the Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge
In the Joseph and Inez Zelikovitz Long Term Care Centre
613-728-3990
Card Donations
Card donations go a long way to improving the
quality of life for our residents. Thank you for considering their needs and contributing to their well-being.
On behalf of the residents and their families, we
extend sincere appreciation to the following individuals and families who made card donations to the Hillel
Lodge Long-Term Care Foundation between July 9
and 29, 2015 inclusive.
HONOUR FUNDS
Unlike a bequest or gift of life insurance, which
are realized some time in the future, a named Honour
Fund (i.e., endowment fund) is established during
your lifetime.
By making a contribution of $1,000 or more, you
can create a permanent remembrance for a loved one,
honour a family member, declare what the Lodge
has meant to you and/or support a cause that you
believe in.
A Hillel Lodge Honour Fund is a permanent pool
of capital that earns interest or income each year. This
income then supports the priorities designated by you,
the donor.
Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund
In Memory of:
Anna Froimovitch by Marilyn Adler
Norman Lesh by Marilyn Adler
In Observance of the Yahrzeit of:
Bill Adler Beloved father by Jeff, Marilyn and
Elayne Adler
Samuel and Jean Akerman Memorial Fund
In Honour of:
Sid and Carolyn Katz Mazel Tov on your upcoming anniversary by Sheila and Larry Hartman
Fred and Esther Ballon Family Fund
In Memory of:
Norman Lesh by Fred and Esther Ballon
Boris and Dolly Blacher Family Fund
In Memory of:
Arthur Klein by Marla Blacher
Sid and Barbara Cohen Family Fund
R’fuah Shlema:
Norman Zagerman by Sid and Barbara Cohen
The Friedberg and Dale Families Fund
In Honour of:
Susan Marcus and Mark Silver Mazel Tov on
your 25th anniversary by Elaine Friedberg and Bob
Dale
Neil and Bella Kraitberg Mazel Tov on your 25th
anniversary by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale
Harold and Rosalie Schwartz Mazel Tov on
Leah`s engagement by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale
In Memory of:
Phyllis Friedberg by Elaine Friedberg and Bob
Dale
In Observance of the Yahrzeit of:
Tillie Dale Beloved mother by Bob Dale
Evelyn and Irving Greenberg Fund
In Memory of:
Milton Shaffer by Evelyn Greenberg
Gunner Family Fund
In Memory of:
Arthur Klein by Sol and Estelle Gunner
David, Harvey, Victor Kardish Family Fund
In Memory of:
Norman Lesh by Margo and David Kardish
Milton (Red) Shaffer by Margo, David, Aaron and
Gail Kardish
Nordau and Roslyn Kanigsberg Family Fund
In Memory of:
David Ben-Reuven by Nordau and Roz Kanigsberg
Morris and Lillian Kimmel Family Fund
In Memory of:
Elaine Singer by Janet, Steve, Tobin & Aaron
Kaiman
David Ben-Reuven by Brenda Levine and Janet
Kaiman
In Observance of the Yahrzeit of:
Bill Adler by Janet, Steve, Tobin and Aaron
Kaiman
Russell and Joan Kronick
Anniversary Fund
In Honour of:
Joan and Russell Kronick Mazel Tov on your
three celebrations by Toby and Ted Nathanson
Russell and Joan Kronick Family Fund
In Memory of:
David Ben-Reuven by Joan and Russell Kronick
Norm Lesh by Joan and Russell Kronick
In Honour of:
Yvonne Azuelos Happy special birthday by
Russell and Joan Kronick
Max Lieff Family Fund
In Memory of:
Arnell Goldberg by Dorothy Lieff
Elaine Singer by Dorothy Lieff
Ida and Sidney Lithwick Fund
In Honour of:
Jonathan and Elana Lithwick Mazel Tov on the
birth of Erica by Barry and Marieta Lithwick and family
Howard and Carol Lithwick Mazel Tov on the
birth of your granddaughter, Erica by Cathy and Dan
Sigler and Sol and Estelle Gunner
Shirley and Maurice Rose Family Fund
In Memory of:
Anne Froimovitch by Mavis and Simon
Wasserberger
Schachter-Ingber Family Fund
In Honour of:
Robert Lederman In honour of your special birthday by Rachel and Howard Schachter
Stephen and Debra Schneiderman
Family Fund
In Memory of:
Norman Lesh by Stephen and Debra Schneiderman
Harold and Lillian Shoihet Memorial Fund
In Honour of:
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stokes Mazel Tov on your
Anniversary by Dovid Shoihet & family
Lillian Shoihet Mazel Tov on your birthday by
Dovid Shoihet
Douglas Smith and Lisa Mason Mazel Tov on
your royal wedding by David Shoihet
In Memory of:
Simcha Zirkind by Dovid Shoihet
Skulsky Family Memorial Fund
In Honour of:
Steven Wiseman Best wishes on your birthday by
Ray and Ernie Goldstein
Stanley Wax Best wishes on your birthday by Ray
and Ernie Goldstein
Monica and Alvin Stein Family Fund
In Honour of:
Larry Hartman Happy Birthday and Mazel Tov
on your recent retirement by Monica and Alvin Stein
Ralph and Anne Sternberg
Memorial Fund
In Honour of:
Thomas Gussman Mazel Tov on your birthday by
Laya and Ted Jacobsen
In Memory of:
Arthur Klein by Laya and Ted Jacobsen
Sarah and Arnie Swedler Family Fund
In Memory of:
Arthur Klein by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda Zaitlin
Norman Lesh by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda Zaitlin
In Honour of:
Norm Wolfish Happy Birthday by Arnie Swedler
and Rhoda Zaitlin
Larry Hartman Congratulations on your retirement by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda Zaitlin
R`fuah Shlema:
Norman Zagerman by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda
Zaitlin
Milton and Mary (Terry) Viner Family Fund
In Observance of the Yahrzeit of:
Cecil Viner A beloved father by Millie Schaenfield
Eric Weiner and Arlene Godfrey Family Fund
In Memory of:
Norman Lesh by Carol Gradus
Toby and Joel Yan Family Fund
In Memory of:
Sidney Lipsey by Toby and Joel Yan
Arthur Klein by Joel and Toby Yan
Therapeutic Program
In Honour of:
Shayna Shuster Mazel Tov on your special birthday by Butch and Val Zinman
IN HONOUR OF:
Debi Shore by Sylvia Caplan
Ralph Levenstein Best wishes for a happy, healthy
year by Bill and Laura Chochinov
Mark and Carol Tolchinsky Happy Anniversary
by Bill and Laurie Chochinov
Joy Chochinov HappyBirthday by Bill and Laurie
Chochinov
Steve Aronson Happy Birthday by Laizer
Kaminsky and Sophie Kohn-Kaminsky
Yehudah Lev Goldstein Mazel Tov on your Bar
Mitzvah by Moishe Shapiro
Irene Blieberg Happy Birthday by Elaine
Hauptman
Rosalie and Harold Schwartz Mazel Tov on the
engagement of your daughter by Michael and Judy
Aranoff
Norman Wolfish Mazel Tov on your birthday by
Norman Ironstone
Jessica Strauss and Jean Surette Congratulations
on the birth of Ethan Lawrence by Bill and Laurie
Chochinov
IN MEMORY OF:
Therese Moore by Bill and Laurie Chochinov
Elaine Singer by Bill and Laurie Chochinov, Lorna
and Carl Raskin
Edgar Wayne Boone by Laurie Chochinov
Elaine Singer by Elaine Hauptman
Anna Froimovitch by Janice and Ed Fine, the
residents, staff and Board of the Lodge and LTC
Foundation, Clair Krantzberg, Robert Krantzberg,
Joshua, Jaclyn and Annie Krane, Sandy and Marvin
Granatstein, Marlene & Seymour Dubrow, Merka and
Ernest Weiss, Lenora and Paul Chamaillard, Sheri-Lyn
Chamaillard, Mark, Iris, Alyssa and Joey Krantzberg,
Helen and Norman Kalmanovitch, Zoe and Willy
Kalmanovitch and Anne Siu
Sydney Lipsey by Eric Elkin and Molly Hirsch
David Boonov by Bill and Laurie Chochinov
Minerva Cohen by Ruth and Lawrence Mendell
Alice McKelvey by Dennis and Lorna Varden
Milton Shaffer by Josh, Jaclyn and Annie Krane
Save the Date
Carole and Norman Zagerman Family Fund
In Memory of:
Anna Froimovitch by Carole and Norman
Zagerman
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Feeding Program
In Honour of:
Clifford and Shirley Yumansky Mazel Tov on
the birth of your granddaughter by Marilyn and David
Ackman
Elizabeth Petigorsky and Rachel Plotnick by
Mariel Griffith
In Memory of:
Elaine Singer by Michael and Sylvia Caplan
Celebratory event,
Sunday, October 18
THE LODGE EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT
AND APOLOGIZES FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, THE WORDING APPEARING
IN THE BULLETIN IS NOT NECESSARILY THE WORDING WHICH APPEARED ON THE CARD.
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Jewish roots, contemporary values, egalitarian
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Services, 6:15 pm.
Saturday Shabbat Services, 10:15 am.
Second Friday of the month:
Bring your own dinner following Kabbalat Shabbat.
Thursday morning minyanim:
second and fourth Thursdays, 7:30 am.
Rabbi Robert Morais
Rabbi Emeritus Steven H. Garten
Executive Director Heather Cohen
Temple Israel Religious School Principal Sue Potechin
Administration Officer Cathy Loves
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Choose from a wide variety
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Egypt: Israeli and Egyptian
armies sharing intelligence
Continued from page 20
The meeting also coincided with a
warming trend between Sisi, the strongman who leads the world’s most populous Arab country, and Israel. In June,
Egypt appointed Hazem Khairat as its
new ambassador to Tel Aviv. Sisi’s
predecessor, Mohamed Morsi, long
affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood,
had recalled the previous ambassador in
November 2012 after the Israeli Air Force
struck and killed a top Hamas military
commander and launched an eight-day
offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s war last summer in Gaza threw
in sharp relief just how far from favour
Hamas, founded as an offshoot of the
Muslim Brotherhood, has fallen in
official Cairo since Sisi’s ascent to power.
(Morsi was removed in a 2013 military
takeover orchestrated by Sisi, who
became president the following year.) As
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge
unfolded, Egypt’s state-sanctioned TV
stations specifically deployed the term
“terrorist” to describe Hamas-launched
missile attacks on Israel. And, in the wake
of increased activity in the Sinai by
affiliates of the Islamic State, the Israel
Defense Forces’ Southern Command and
the Egyptian Army in Sinai are increas-
ingly sharing intelligence on the movement of for-profit weapons smugglers
and ideologically motivated militants.
Sisi’s administration has also been
widely criticized in the West for clamping
down on free speech and press freedoms,
and for jailing political opponents.
Washington withheld funds and equipment from Egypt after a particularly
violent confrontation in August 2013
between government troops and supporters of Morsi, a clash that left more
than 600 dead on the streets of Cairo.
In March, U.S. President Barack Obama
restored most of the $1.3 billion in annual
military funding, and the Pentagon
resumed shipments of new Harpoon
missiles, F-16 fighter jets and replacement kits for Abrams tanks. The Egyptian
Air Force’s ability to deploy F-16s allowed
government troops to beat back the
assault against Sheik Zuweid by Ansar
Beit Al Maqdis, an ISIS-affiliated group.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was
in Cairo August 3, where he co-chaired a
“Strategic Dialogue” meeting with
Egypt’s minister of foreign affairs, Sameh
Shoukry.
If anyone in Egypt deserves credit for
the contemporary shift in attitudes,
perhaps it is Amir Ramses, whose recent
The historical TV drama Jewish Quarter was a hit in Egypt during Ramadan.
two-part documentary project The Jews
of Egypt and End of a Journey explores the
rise and demise of the Jewish communities of Cairo and Alexandria between the
late-19th and middle-20th centuries.
Ramses, a middle-class Muslim from
Cairo, battled official censors here under
the administrations of both Morsi and
Hosni Mubarak, and Islamists were
particularly rankled by the documentary’s revisiting of the “Balfour Day” riots
instigated by the Muslim Brotherhood in
1945. They coincided with the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the 1917
letter declaring Britain’s intention to set
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Special rates for young adults
between the ages of 25 and 30.
A Youth Shabbaton on Agust 29
Our Annual Meet and Greet BBQ
on Labour Day, September 7
Please join our daily minyan
Our CBTO Bazaar November 22
and so much more!
As well as Shabbat and all Chagim.
Selichot: September 5 at 11:00 pm
Rosh Hashanah: September 14 & 15
Yom Kippur: September 23
Succot: September 28 – October 5
Simchat Torah: October 6
For more information
About our vibrant, welcoming
and diverse community,
see our web site
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up a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Yet,
last year, Ramses’ films were screened in
Egypt to critical acclaim.
Ramses said he was intrigued by
stories from his grandparents about
Jewish, Greek and Italian neighbours
whose different foods and folkways
added an international flair to the
metropolis – a flair that is now decidedly
absent.
“The big picture I am trying to draw,”
he said, “is an image of the pre-1952
society through the window of the
diversity of a cosmopolitan way of living
in Cairo.”
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Cantor: Yair Subar
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for intensive study of Jewish texts
concentrating on the examination of
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For more information contact:
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synagogue in the west end
of our Nation’s Capital
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GABE FRIEDMAN
Some of the thousands of protesters in Times Square protesting the Iran nuclear deal, July 22, 2015.
What can Iran hide in 24 days? Answering
the questions posed by the nuclear deal
BY RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The U.S. Congress has until
late-September to consider whether to reject the nuclear
restrictions for the sanctions rollback deal reached by
Iran and six major powers on July 14. Some of the
debate is over the meaning of certain provisions in the
accord. Here’s a breakdown of differences in how the
sides interpret parts of the deal.
THE 24 DAYS
All sides agree that the deal has a rigorous inspections
regime for Iran’s known sites: “24/7” scrutiny, as U.S.
President Barack Obama has put it, with inspectors and
video monitoring.
But what happens when intelligence agencies suspect
nuclear weapons activity at an unmonitored site?
Under the agreement, Iran has 14 days to work out
terms to check the site in question with a joint commission composed of its own representatives along with
those from the United States, Britain, France, Germany,
the European Union, Russia and China. If, after 14 days,
terms are not agreed upon, the commission has up to
seven days for a majority of its members to decide on
terms of inspection. Iran must comply within three days
– a total of 24 days.
Obama and his Cabinet have said that detectable
signs of nuclear enrichment activity outlast 24 days – by
centuries, even.
But critics say there are other activities related to
nuclear weaponization that can go undetected, such as
computer modelling for nuclear devices, explosives
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the United States to avoid sabotage
operations like Stuxnet, the computer
virus believed to have been designed by
Israel and the United States that wrecked
Iran’s centrifuges in 2010.
But Dubowitz says the wording may
give Iran legal cover to solicit assistance
from other countries, such as China, in
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“It’s not clear from the agreement,” he
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Continued from page 25
testing and the building of nuclear
warheads, said Mark Dubowitz, director
of the Foundation of Defense of
Democracies.
“That kind of activity may not involve
actual enrichment where there would be
traces of uranium to detect,” he told JTA.
Additionally, a small centrifuge plant
with advanced centrifuges in a containment system could be rapidly moved
without leaving traces, according to U.S.
Senate testimony given August 4 by David
Albright, a former U.S. nuclear inspector
who is now president of the Institute for
Science and International Security.
Deal proponents say the mining and
transportation of the uranium needed for
a contained enrichment site would be
impossible to hide, given the numerous
monitoring and verification choke points.
Additionally, Iran has little to gain from
such small-scale cheating like testing
explosives, said Alireza Nader, an Iran
analyst with the Rand Corp.
PREVENTING SABOTAGE
Among the agreement’s provisions
aimed at ensuring nuclear safety is
“co-operation through training and
workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to
protect against, and respond to nuclear
security threats, including sabotage, as
well as to enable effective and sustainable
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A view of the reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern
Iran as the first fuel is loaded, Aug. 21, 2010.
nuclear security and physical protection
systems.”
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a
Republican candidate for the 2016
presidential nomination, argues that this
provision sets the United States and its
traditional allies in the Middle East on a
collision course by requiring the United
States to help Iran defend itself against
Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other U.S.
allies in the region.
But Daryl Kimball, president of the
Arms Control Association, says that is
not the intention of the provision. Rather
it’s meant to maintain security at civilian
nuclear sites so terrorists can’t access
them or steal equipment for other
countries. The provision does not oblige
GHASAN SOLEYMANI
Soleymani, the general in the Iranian
Revolutionary Guard Corps whose Quds
force is believed to have trained
Hezbollah and helped carry out some of
the worst Assad regime atrocities during
the ongoing Syrian civil war, has
appeared on a broad array of sanctions
lists since 2007. In the agreement, he
appears on a long list of entities and
individuals to be removed from “nuclear-related” sanctions lists.
Critics say that this and other de-listings open up the floodgates to global
financial activity by the Revolutionary
Guard.
Deal defenders note that Soleymani
still appears on multiple lists, in the
United States and elsewhere, sanctioning
him for terrorist activity.
“The United States has a lot of leverage
on that person,” Kimball said.
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Camp Gan Izzy enjoys ‘exceptional summer’
BY LOUISE RACHLIS
FOR CAMP GAN ISRAEL
L
ast year, Ariel Wilbur was still
singing summer day camp songs
long into the fall.
This summer, six-year-old
Ariel, his brother, Jonah, 9, and sister,
Lilly, 3, all loved their experiences at
Camp Gan Israel of Ottawa. It was Ariel’s
second year and Lilly’s first. Jonah has
attended the Chabad-affiliated day camp
– nicknamed “Camp Gan Izzy” and part
of an international network of Gan Israel
day camps – for four years.
“I sent them there because I was
familiar with the facility, because they
went to the [Westboro Jewish Montessori]
preschool,” said the Wilbur children’s
mother, Dina Schneider. “I knew the
programming would be top notch, and
my kids would be safe and included.”
Jonah has life-threatening allergies,
and his mother felt secure that the camp
knew how to deal with food issues.
“We’ve always felt welcome there,” said
Schneider, who grew up Reform and
attends Temple Israel. “The kids go to
Temple school, but they love the davening. It reinforces their Jewish identity.
There is so much spirit in the camp! They
come home singing.”
She said Lilly couldn’t wait to get to
camp.
Three-year-old Lilly Wilbur is a happy camper in the pool at Camp Gan Israel of Ottawa.
“This has been a really wonderful
experience to open her up to that. I’m a
teacher and don’t have to send my kids to
camp – but they really wanted to go.”
Camp Gan Izzy has been run by Yosef
and Devora Caytak since the 1990s, out of
the Jewish Youth Library building at 192
Switzer Avenue, using the beautiful
outdoor pool for group and private
swimming lessons.
The 2015 theme at Camp Gan Izzy was
“Floating Towards a Better World” and
there was a full calendar of special
activities like “Jump Rope” with the
Ottawa Acro Ropers, “Spiderman
Magnetic Climbing Wall” with
Funatorium Explorium, “Wooden Rod
Puppetry” with the Rag and Bone Puppet
Theatre, “Animal Adventures” to
Barnyard Zoo, Lego Day, and more.
There was swimming, with swim
instruction, every day except
Wednesdays.
“Our campers look forward to Camp
Gan Izzy all year round,” said Devora
Caytak, director of the camp, and of
Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool.
“This summer was an exceptional year.
Our registration increased over 10 per
cent, with families sending their children
from all over the city. We are looking
forward to an even larger registration
next year.”
Visit www.cgiottawa.org or call Devora
Caytak at 613-729-7712 for more information about Camp Gan Israel of Ottawa.
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Athletes recognized at SJCC Breakfast of Champions
BY JON BRAUN
SOLOWAY JCC
L
ocal athletes, winning teams and volunteers
were recognized for their achievements, June 14,
at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre’s 14th
annual Breakfast of Champions featuring
keynote speaker Osvaldo Jeanty, the former Carleton
Ravens basketball all-Canadian.
The Noah Cantor Middle School Athletes of the year
were Samantha Tanner and Jonah Cantor. Jonah is the
nephew of Noah Cantor, a four-time Grey Cup
champion.
The Jack Goldfield High School Athletes of the Year
were Rachel Feldberg and Daniel Novick.
The Parliament Lodge Graduating Student Athletes of
the Year were Nepean High School graduate Zachary
Shabinsky and Glebe Collegiate graduate Samantha
Cogan. Zach will be attending the University of Miami
this fall where he will be studying business, while Sam
will be attending the University of Wisconsin where she
will be a student athlete playing varsity hockey for the
NCAA Lady Badgers.
The Sharon Koffman Memorial Award, given to the
top university varsity athlete, was won by Elie Vered
who led Liberty College of Hartford Connecticut in
winning the NCAA Division 3 Hockey Championship.
Manny Olszynko was awarded the Irving ‘Shap’
Shapero Award for his longtime commitment to JCC
Athletics as a volunteer in the JCC Men’s Basketball
League.
The Lou Honigman Award, which is awarded to “a
local Jewish athlete who, on account of his perseverance, courage, ability and strength of character, distinguishes himself or herself in a local sporting activity
Jack Goldfield High School Athletes of the Year Daniel Novick
(left) and Rachel Feldberg (right) with Morley Goldfield.
Noah Cantor Middle School Athletes of the year Jonah Cantor
(left) and Samantha Tanner (right) with four-time Grey Cup
champion Noah Cantor.
over a lengthy period of time,” was posthumously
awarded to Arnie Vered, Mark Kerzner and Howard
Osterer. Arnie, Mark and Howard not only participated
in community athletics for many years, they all were
community volunteers who were committed to making
Ottawa’s Jewish community a special place to live and
raise families.
Parliament Lodge Graduating Student Athletes of the Year
Zachary Shabinsky (left) and Samantha Cogan (right) with
keynote speaker Osvaldo Jeanty.
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Reflecting on seven years of Bulletin columns: I’ve tried to
encourage people to think about things from a new perspective
A
s the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin has asked me to
step down from my columnist’s post, I’d like
to take this opportunity to thank one person
in particular, and to reflect on my time writing
the Values, Ethics, Community column.
Thanks go to my editor, Michael Regenstreif, who
gave me the opportunity to find my public writing voice.
After requesting a couple of book reviews in 2008,
Michael offered me a regular column. I will forever be
grateful for the opportunity. As an academic, it has been
particularly gratifying to be offered a platform in which
to share my ideas more broadly, beyond the audience of
my peers alone. Indeed, since finding my feet at the
Bulletin, I’ve had regular columns or been a frequent
blogger at Haaretz, the Daily Beast, the Jewish
Independent (Vancouver), the Forward, the Canadian
Jewish News and the Globe and Mail. Michael tipped the
ball into the court for me.
What I’ve tried to do in the Bulletin is five-fold. I’ve
tried to share some of my own vulnerabilities and
challenges around issues such as parenting in general,
Jewish parenting in particular, marriage and mortality.
I’ve tried to transfer parking-lot chatter into informed
and balanced commentary surrounding emotional
issues such as day school decisions, synagogue rules
around Hebrew school attendance for obtaining bar and
bat mitzvah privileges, and community kashrut requirements and negotiations.
I’ve tried to strengthen commitment toward Jewish
literacy, including education, knowledge of Israeli
politics and culture and, especially, Hebrew language.
I’ve tried to suggest more ethical ways of conducting
ourselves individually and in our community, including
issues around environmentalism, LGBTQ inclusion,
MIRA SUCHAROV
VALUES, ETHICS,
COMMUNITY
As an opinion writer leaving one perch,
it’s tempting to ask whether
I changed any minds. I doubt it.
Judging from the letters-to-the-editor
I read, I know I raised blood pressure levels
among some readers. I also know
from casual conversation that I pleased
the sensibilities of others,
though they were probably less likely
to write to the paper.
how we treat domestic workers, disability inclusion,
responding to Islamophobia and pursuing social justice
more generally.
And I’ve tried to shed light to offset the polarized heat
generated by the red-hot issue of Israeli policy, and how
these ideas get played out in the Diaspora. While, to the
best of my recollection, party affiliation in Canada – or
party preference in Israel – never came up, I made no
secret of my distress over the ongoing Israeli occupation
and the need to have serious and sustained discussion
about what can be done. Neither did I give those, like
How I cracked my sugar addiction
A
t home or on the go, I try to keep healthy
snacks on hand. I’m far from perfect. There are
days when I give in to mindless, unhealthy
snacking. There’s always room for improvement. I periodically make a conscious decision to
improve my habits. Over the past eight years, my
lifestyle changes have included adding regular exercise
and eliminating fast food, fried food and soft drinks from
my diet, as well as reducing my sodium intake. This
spring, I made a commitment to myself to stop eating
foods containing added sugar. Given my sweet tooth, I
knew this would be very difficult, which is why I set my
goal as a one-month trial.
I chose sugar because:
1. I’m addicted to it. When I don’t have it, I feel
irritable or tired.
2. I educated myself on the recent scientific associations between sugar and a host of chronic health issues.
3. I was inspired by Eat Clean author Tosca Reno whom
I interviewed. Her one-month Strike Sugar Challenge
doesn’t permit sugar, grains and most dairy and fruit. See
my recent column, “There’s no sugar coating from Tosca
Reno,” in the June 22 issue.
Some mid-20th century doctors recommended
cigarettes, and sugar companies touted their products as
healthy – low in calories, high in energy and helpful for
curbing your appetite. These days, we know smoking is
dangerous, but we’re not as informed about sugar. Sugar
is no longer promoted in ads or on packaging, but it’s
more prevalent than ever.
GLORIA SCHWARTZ
FOCUS ON
FITNESS
A number of people – those who also struggle with
unhealthy habits, are diabetic or are just curious – have
asked me for the parameters of my self-imposed sugar-free challenge. (See your doctor or dietician, if you
have health issues). I decided not to eat any desserts or
snacks containing sugar or other sweeteners such as
honey or aspartame. Cake, cookies, candy, ice cream and
my beloved chocolate were off limits. I also cut out most
processed foods containing added sugar; for example,
canned pasta sauce, ketchup, sweet pickles, crackers and
breakfast cereals. I continued to eat whole grain bread
even though it contains some sugar because I’ve been on
a doctor-advised protein-restricted diet for many years. If
you have no reason to limit your protein, eat lean protein
as it’s a more nutritious and satiating choice, as are
healthy fats. I’ve been asked if I cut out fruit because it
contains a lot of natural sugar. I did not. Fruit is full of
fibre and nutrients.
The first couple of days without my sweet treats were
not easy. I felt a bit of psychological withdrawal. I also
had to think more about what I was going to eat.
the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) community, much play. In my estimation, neither of those
positions – full BDS or tacit acceptance of the status quo
– will lead to the kind of endgame necessary for both
Israelis and Palestinians to maintain collective and
individual needs, desires and dignity. I also sought to
inject an analytical overlay to issues I felt were being
misunderstood in the fog of parochial loyalties, such as
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand
that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a
Jewish state.
As an opinion writer leaving one perch, it’s tempting
to ask whether I changed any minds. I doubt it. Judging
from the letters-to-the-editor I read, I know I raised
blood pressure levels among some readers. I also know
from casual conversation that I pleased the sensibilities
of others, though they were probably less likely to write
to the paper.
And I know that my political perspective – squarely
within the Zionist tent, but not right wing enough to
suit the tastes of some of the establishment voices in
Jewish Ottawa – cost me a leadership position at a
Jewish community institution I had believed in, and had
faithfully served for several years. This is something I
wrote about in my blog at Haaretz, and it was a jarring
realization that critical wrestling is not good enough
when it comes to the tone and tenor of our donor-driven
community. Sadly, the problem is not unique to Ottawa.
What I have tried to do more than anything else in my
seven years at the Bulletin is to encourage people to
think about things from a new perspective, even if for a
moment; and to model what I believe is the tenor of
discourse essential to a productive exchange of ideas in
any society or community. In that, I hope I succeeded.
Grabbing cookies from the cupboard was no longer an
option, nor was my morning bowl of Cheerios. One of the
secrets to success is to put some effort into planning. I
made hard-boiled eggs and kept them in the fridge along
with a fruit bowl and cut up veggies and hummus. If it’s
easily accessible and visually appealing, you’re more
likely to eat it. Don’t keep all fruits and vegetables in the
crisper drawers; out of sight is out of mind.
After my initial shell shock I was, surprisingly, no
longer craving sweets. I also wasn’t feeling tempted at
restaurants when people ate dessert in front of me. I
actually enjoyed watching them indulge and I was OK
with it because I knew I was doing something healthy for
myself. I do the grocery shopping, so I didn’t buy cookies
or other sweets because I still wasn’t sure I’d have the
willpower when I was home alone with my old nemeses.
What was the outcome of this experiment? I lost five
pounds. Not a whole lot, but enough for my tummy to
look flatter. You can lose weight with any type of caloric
reduction. In my case, the key was replacing sugary
snacks with lower-calorie, more nutritionally dense
snacks, as well as cutting out desserts and miscellaneous
items containing sugars. I estimate I reduced my daily
sugar consumption by 90 per cent.
When the month was over, I was proud of myself. But
short-lived change doesn’t have much impact. It has to
be a lifestyle change. The potential long-term preventative health benefits of sugar reduction are real and
significant. I decided to keep up this routine. It’s been
three months so far with two “cheats.” I’m always honest
with you. I was in New Orleans this summer and allowed
myself to indulge in beignets. And, yes, they were
delicious!
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PJ Library program goes ‘beyond the books,’ parents say
W
hy were almost 200 kids and their parents
enjoying a kosher barbecue and playtime
in Centrepointe Park on June 14?
Books.
PJ Library in the Park was the largest and most
successful gathering yet of Jewish families in Ottawa who
subscribe to PJ Library.
Every month, PJ Library sends free Jewish-content
books to families with children ages six months to
six-and-a-half years. For Chanukah, a CD of Jewish music
is sent.
With parents and their kids building a special bond by
reading the Jewish books together at bedtime, families
are now reaching out to each other through PJ Library
events. Mom’s and Dad’s Night Out events also complement the kids’ activities so that the parents can network
and make friends in an adult setting.
“I think, in the programming sense from all the
activities that we run, parents are getting a chance to
meet each other, and to connect with other Jewish
parents and build their own Jewish community and have
their own Jewish network,” said Ariel Fainer, director of
the Emerging Generation Division at the Jewish
Federation of Ottawa, who co-ordinates PJ Library
locally.
That has been very true for the four co-chairs of PJ
Library in the Park, Jessica and Justin Shulman, and
Jordana Polowin Lesser and Ari Lesser, who said that
while it is all about the kids, the parents get so much out
of the programming, too.
Family and togetherness is the “common thread that
links people,” said Jessica Shulman, 35. “Different people
have different levels of observance and belong to
different denominations within the Jewish religion. So
MONIQUE ELLIOT
EMERGING GEN
they wouldn’t necessarily overlap, otherwise.”
Parents in the emerging generation range in age from
their early-20s to their mid-40s, so it was natural that
some friend groups or networks simply never crossed,
until a common interest and purpose brought them
together.
Jordana Polowin Lesser, 33, who was born and raised
in Ottawa, can attest to that. Most of her lifelong, Jewish
friendships are a result of her time spent at Camp B’nai
Brith of Ottawa. But, her husband, Ari Lesser, 36, only
moved to Ottawa after they married. He said the Dad’s
Night Out events have helped to include the fathers who
don’t have the traditional support systems that many
mothers do.
While PJ Library in the Park wasn’t the first event to
draw out dozens of Ottawa families, it is being recognized as a benchmark of success for anticipating both
parents’ and kids’ needs.
The Shulmans and the Lessers highlighted four main
areas where both the children’s events and parents’
events succeed.
1. Time to plan. Just about every parent will tell you
that last-minute plans are out of the question when it
comes to young children with routines. They said
parents told them they appreciated having enough
lead-time to co-ordinate the family for events.
2. Flexibility. The events and activities are low-commitment. The parent organizers know that sometimes
things come up after a family or parent has sent their
RSVP and that there will be some no-shows. That’s OK.
Life happens.
3. Variety. There were different activities for children
at PJ Library in the Park, from Monkey Rock music to a
splash pad, to games, crafts and story time. For the
Mom’s and Dad’s Night Out events, the venues and
formats evolve according to attendee feedback.
4. Inclusivity. This critical aspect spans everything
from religious affiliation to gender, and the organizers
said they plan for everyone. At the park event, Polowin
Lesser said there were two mashgiachs ensuring the food
was kosher, a concern for some families. She also praised
Fainer for meticulously going through ingredient lists of
the food cooked at the barbecue. “There are not a lot of
barriers to getting involved,” Polowin Lesser said. “It’s
not religiously affiliated, so you can be anybody and
come and just be culturally religious and show up and be
comfortable. There’s no Jewish component to it except
that we’re Jewish and we live in Ottawa.”
“Give it a try, and meet new people, and enjoy it for
what it is,” Jessica Shulman said. “It’s such a rich,
important program in our community. It’s such a
blessing to have this at our fingertips.”
Ottawa is one of 200 communities in North America
that participates in PJ Library. More than five million
books have been mailed out since its inception and there
are currently 125,000 active subscribers.
For more information about PJ Library and its events,
contact Ariel Fainer at pjlibrary@jewishottawa.com or
613-798-4696 ext. 240.
August 17, 2015
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A murder case that shocked
Ottawa’s Jewish community in 1931
Alice in Shandehland: Scandal and Scorn
in the Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case
By Monda Halpern
McGill-Queen’s University Press
276 pages
F
rom all accounts, it was an extramarital affair
and a killing that shocked the small, close-knit
Jewish community centred in the Lowertown
and Sandy Hill neighbourhoods of Ottawa 84
years ago.
In 1931, jewelry store owner Ben Edelson and his wife,
Alice, had been married for two decades – she was just
15 when they wed – and they had seven children. But, for
eight years, Alice had been having an affair with Jack
Horwitz, also a jewelry store owner. There were suspicions that one or two of the Edelson children had been
fathered by Horwitz.
On the night of November 24, 1931, Edelson followed
his wife to Myrand Avenue in Lowertown and confronted
her and Horwitz there. After a brief argument, the three
agreed to adjourn to Edelson’s jewelry store at 24 Rideau
Street to discuss the affair and what to do about it.
At the store, an argument ensued when Edelson
wanted to call Horwitz’s wife, Yetta, to the meeting.
Horwitz was shot and killed with the gun Edelson kept
in the store (apparently, a common practice at Ottawa
jewelry stores at the time).
In the thoroughly researched Alice in Shandehland:
Scandal and Scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case,
Monda Halpern, an associate professor of history at
MICHAEL REGENSTREIF
BOOK REVIEW
Western University, uses newspaper accounts from the
time, court records, material from the
Ottawa Jewish Archives, and interviews
with community members – including
helpful members of the Edelson and
Horwitz families – to recreate the
circumstances of the case and examine
its consequences.
Halpern effectively sets the scene with
detailed biographical sketches of the
principal players in this tragic drama,
vivid descriptions of the events that
unfolded, analysis of the court case that
ensued, and of how the scandal affected
the Jewish community and the standings of the principals, and of their
families, in the community.
Readers will find themselves gripped by the unfolding
events of that cold November night in 1931 when the
shooting occurred and of the events that followed, from
Edelson’s arrest, to the court case and his ultimate
acquittal on the murder charge.
Although Edelson’s lawyer argued that Horwitz was
killed when the gun went off accidentally during a
scuffle, Halpern, as she notes very early in the book (so
this is not a spoiler), attributes Edelson’s acquittal to the
all-male jury’s embrace of the “unwritten law – according to which betrayed men are entitled to avenge their
wife’s seducer.”
Ultimately, the Edelson marriage endured despite
Alice’s long affair, the killing of her lover and the
criminal trial of her husband. They remained married
another 40 years until Alice’s death at age 76 in 1972. By
the 1960s, the couple revelled in their roles as grandparents, and Alice was an active volunteer for several
community organizations rising to the presidency of her
Hadassah-WIZO chapter.
Ben Edelson continued to run his store well into his
senior years before passing it on to his daughter Dina. He
died at age 98 in 1988, spending his final
eight years as a resident of Hillel Lodge
on Wurtemburg Street in Lowertown.
Edelson Jewellers remained a family
business until finally closing in 2005.
Soon after the trial, Horwitz’s widow,
Yetta, moved away from Ottawa with their
daughter. She soon remarried and lived,
first in Montreal,then in Los Angeles,
until her own death at age 98 in 1998.
The main events discussed in Alice in
Shandehland took place five and six
years before the founding of the Ottawa
Jewish Bulletin in 1937. In the ensuing
decades, it seems the case was only
discussed in whispers in Ottawa’s Jewish
community – so this book review is probably the first
time the Edelson/Horwitz case has been discussed in
this newspaper. I wonder how my predecessors would
have covered this case had it happened just a few short
years later, or how I might approach a case like this if it
happened today. I hope we never have to find out.
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