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Ottawa cousins help Canada win gold at World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament

By Ariel Vered There’s only one Olympic-size rink in Israel, and that’s in the Canada Centre, or Merkaz Canada, in Metulla, Israel’s northernmost town. So it was appropriate that the juniors’ gold medal game last month at the World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament in the Canada Centre was a face-off between two Canadian teams: Canada White and Canada Red. The Vered family was very proud to have cousins Elie Vered, 16, a forward, and Michael Vered, 15, a defenceman, representing Ottawa on the winning Canada White team.

In 2007, Israel hosted the first World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament with senior teams from Israel, Canada, France and the United States, who won the tournament.

This year marked the second tournament and the first time juniors (under 18) participated in the event.

Founded by Sidney Greenberg, the championship encourages Jews around the world to come to Israel and participate in a sport they love to play.

The tournament began on Sunday, July 5 with a figure skating performance from Canada Centre skating pupils and welcoming speeches. Following the opening ceremony, the senior Canada team played Israel, winning 4-0. Earlier that day, the United States senior team had beaten Russia 16-0. The tournament was off to a good start.

The seniors’ tournament may have been a bit more of a marquee event – the Canada team featured NHL goalie Josh Tjordman from the Phoenix Coyotes. The U.S.

team beat Canada soundly 6-0 in the gold medal game giving Canada the silver medal. Israel beat France to take the bronze.

But the junior teams didn’t disappoint. The two Canadian teams, the U.S. team and the Israeli team all played at a comparable level of talent, resulting in some very tight games.

Canada White started off against the United States, which turned out to be a nail-biter of a game. Tied at 2, the game went into overtime and then a shootout to make it a 3-2 final for Canada White. It was quite exciting, and a great win for the team.

The father of the U.S. juniors’ goalie was overheard commenting on the superior play of the Canada team. The game did reveal one of (Continued on page 2)

Michael Vered (left) and Elie Vered of Ottawa wear gold medals after the final juniors’ game at the World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament in Metulla, Israel.

(Photos: Ariel Vered)

Alleged Paris synagogue bomber removed at Carleton University (JTA) – Carleton University in Ottawa removed a sociology teacher accused of playing a key role in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue.

On July 28, Hassan Diab, 55, began teaching an introduction to sociology summer course at Carleton University that was scheduled to meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the middle of August.

Diab had taught a similar course before at Carleton. He has also taught at the University of Ottawa.

But later that day, the university

issued a statement: “In the interest of providing its students with a stable, productive academic environment that is conducive to learning, Carleton University announced today that a full-time faculty member, with direct experience teaching introductory sociology, will immediately replace the current instructor, Hassan Diab. No further comment will be made regarding this issue.”

Diab’s employment emerged in court on July 27, when he and his wife, Rania Tfaily, attended a hearing to decide whether evidence

seized by police can be sent to French officials as evidence in their case against Diab in the bombing of the Rue Copernic Synagogue.

In January, Diab is scheduled to appear in court to decide if he should be extradited to France to face allegations that he participated in the bombing of the Paris synagogue. Four people were killed – three French citizens and an Israeli – and dozens were wounded in the attack.

Diab has been under virtual confinement at home since his ar-

rest late last year, must wear an ankle bracelet and is not allowed to leave his house unless accompanied by one of five individuals who posted a combined $250,000 in bail bonds.

Born in Lebanon, Diab has been a Canadian citizen since 1993. According to the Ottawa Citizen, he has led a nomadic life living in six different countries and leaving “behind a string of marriages, divorces and common-law relationships” and two children.

The Citizen also reported that Diab’s 2006 marriage to Tfaily, a

Carleton University sociology professor, was “in a religious ceremony that was not legally binding.”

Tfaily was one of 30 members of Carleton’s department of sociology and anthropology who signed an op-ed piece in the Citizen, August 1, condemning the university for removing Diab, calling it “a bleak chapter in the story of injustice and discrimination in the dark shadow of 9/11,” and asking for his reinstatement.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin editor Michael Regenstreif contributed to this report.

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Heat and play generate fog on the Israeli ice (Continued from page 1)

the rink’s shortcomings – some of the rough play along the boards caused the glass panels to dislodge.

Canada White versus Israel resulted in a 5-2 win for Canada. Adding to the excitement was a ceiling panel falling onto the ice, causing everyone in the arena to gasp.

The Canada White versus Canada Red match-up was much-anticipated. Canada White beat Canada Red 4-2.

For the semi-finals, firstplace Canada White played opposite fourth-place Israel and the result was 6-2 for Canada. In the other semifinal game, Canada Red upset the U.S. team 4-3 in a seven-shot shootout.

In the bronze game, the U.S. beat Israel. Finally, the gold medal game found the two Canadian teams facing off against each other once again, which ended with Canada White victorious in a decisive 9-2 result.

It was certainly strange to watch hockey in Israel. The rink itself was a far cry from the frigid rinks we’re used to in Canada. While blankets, gloves and winter jackets can be seen even at summer hockey games in Canada, the rink in Israel was warm enough to sit comfortably in T-shirts and shorts.

However, temperature control posed a problem for the players on the ice. The heat generated from the skating would create a fog, making it impossible to see the puck, and play would be suspended to allow the mist to settle.

The boys found it harder to play because they were sweating a lot and getting tired much quicker. The ice was slushy, the puck bounced around and the boards were so unpredictable that, if they tried to bounce the puck off the boards, they didn’t know where it would go.

It was great to see that the

Mailbag Chevra Kadisha policy change The Ottawa Jewish community is now even more caring, benevolent and inclusive thanks, in large part, to Terry Schwarzfeld. She was able to achieve, by her tragic and untimely passing, something many others could not do during their lifetimes – namely getting the Ottawa Chevra Kadisha (OCK) to change its policy.

The OCK will now respect the wishes of the deceased’s family and will provide its services for funerals held in venues other than the Jewish Community Memorial Chapel on Cuba Avenue and at graveside. The professionalism and support of Rabbis Steven Garten and Charles Popky, among others, leading up to Terry’s funeral at Congregation Agudath Israel was instrumental, but Terry was the catalyst – as ever.

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Michael Vered on the ice in Metulla for Canada White.

tournament receive exposure from such media outlets as the Globe and Mail and NHL.com. Such coverage will help to establish the championship as a successful event that will expand

and attract participation from more countries.

The Vered boys had a lot of fun on the ice. Since the tournament brought together a lot of good players, the boys enjoyed the competi-

tive nature of the play.

The Canadian teams spent two days prior to the tournament practising in Toronto, which really helped team unity. Since all the junior teams stayed together at

Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, both Canadian teams and the Israeli team spent a lot of time hanging out and creating bonds that will live on as Facebook friends.

When the kids weren’t playing hockey, they were touring Israel. Some of the places they visited were Mount Hermon, Safed, Kibbutz Misgav Am on the border of Lebanon, and Yad Vashem.

For kids who had never before visited Israel, the tournament was a real eye opener and a wonderful opportunity to appreciate Northern Israel.

Michael had no goals, three assists and two penalties, which can be considered restraint for the defenceman. Elie had a goal in the finals and five assists during the tournament.

For the Vered cousins, and for the Vered cheering section from Ottawa, it was a truly meaningful experience that will never be forgotten.

Israelis protest murders at gay centre bulletin@ottawajewishbulletin.com Star of David Hebrew School I was shocked to read about the funding being denied Star of David Hebrew School. Although all schools and Jewish organizations are feeling the effect of the difficult economic times, to totally cut off Star of David’s funding is unconscionable. Both Murray and I want to contribute to the school in support of its mandate and wish the school continued success.

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(JTA) – Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated to protest an attack on a gay community centre in Tel Aviv in which two people were fatally shot.

The demonstrations throughout the country began August 2 in Tel Aviv near the centre where, the night before, a masked gunman killed a 26-year-old and a 17-year-old with a machine gun during a support group meeting for gay teens.

Five others were injured, including four seriously.

The demonstrations spread to Haifa in the north and Beersheba in the south, as well as to Jerusalem’s Zion Square.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu con-

demned the attack at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on August 2.

“I strongly condemn the shocking murders that were perpetrated last night in Tel Aviv,” he said. “This morning I spoke with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch. I fully back the police in their search to find the murderer. We will

bring him to justice and treat him with the utmost severity of the law.

“I would like to take this opportunity to remind all Israelis that ours is a democratic state. We are a nation of law,” Netanyahu said.

“Ours is a country built on tolerance, and we must respect all people as they are.”

Jordan River may stop flowing, group warns (JTA) – An environmental group warned that the Jordan River may cease flowing this summer.

Officials of Friends of the Earth have measured the flow of the Jordan to be as shallow as 30 cm in some of its southern parts and fear it might dry up altogether in a few months, according to a news release. Years of drought and overuse for irrigation have reduced the flow of the once mighty river to a trickle.

“The state of the Jordan is indeed a catastrophe,” Gidon Bromberg, the group’s Middle East director, told Reuters.

“There are places where you struggle to see a river.”

Correction − Kosher Food Bank The Volunteer Spotlight in the July 20 issue mentioned that 40 families are served by the Kosher Food Bank. In fact, the Kosher Food Bank serves 80 families per month divided into two distribution days of 40 families each.

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Helping all students to reach their full potential

By Nicola Hamer Communications Director Hillel Academy & Yitzhak Rabin High School Hillel Academy has been working hard to revitalize our curriculum and programs over the past couple of years.

Nowhere is this as evident as in the Resource Department.

It is very important to the school that the needs of all children be fully supported to allow them to reach their full academic potential in all subject areas.

Student Services co-ordinator Tal Gilboa runs the department. Her dedication was evident in the spring, when she vowed to raise as much money as possible for her department, and the community, by becoming a Super Chai

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Gilboa raised more money than any other walker, resulting in $750 going directly to the school. Impressed with her dedication, the Jewish Federation of Ottawa donated its portion of her Walkathon funds, a further $1,800, to the Resource Department. Then, a private donor came forward and provided the rest of the funds necessary for Gilboa and Hillel Academy to achieve the goal of enough Neos.

Hillel Academy received the first few Neos near the end of the school year, without enough time to train students on their use. But, says Gilboa, “the potential of this technology to help students is enormous and the Resource Department is delighted to be able to start the 2009-2010 school year with a full set of the word processors.”

Gilboa is delighted, but not surprised, by such an incredibly supportive community.

“I think people understand how important it is to have a community school that has the resources to serve every student.”

The Neos are just one small example of the great strides the Resource Department has made in the past few years. It has expanded from a single teacher to two full-time and two part-time teachers. Formalization of the IEP (Individual Education Plans) has been completed. There is also an occupational therapist and a speech therapist available on a parttime basis to work with students in the school.

New to the department this coming school year is Janet Darwish, who will be working half-time as the reading recovery teacher.

Hillel Academy is putting an early intervention reading program in place and will be testing all students from kindergarten to Grade 2 for appropriate reading skills.

This will allow for immediate intervention and support for any students with reading difficulties.

A new addition this past school year was Sheli Braun as the full-time Jewish Studies, Hebrew resource and ESL teacher. Braun has been teaching children with special needs for many years and is skilled at meeting the particular needs of her students.

For example, she has found that most kids with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder learn better when allowed to move. So she brings exercise balls into her classroom for the students to sit on while she works with them.

Braun also provides enrichment for those students who require it. The mandate of the Resource Department goes beyond finding ways to support those students who need extra help in the classroom. Sometimes that support involves allowing students to go beyond what is being taught in the classroom. Another teacher, Beata Myhill, provides math enrichment both in and outside of the classroom.

“The goal of our department,” says Gilboa, “is to ensure that every single student gets the most out of their experience at Hillel Academy.

“We recognize that not all children learn the same way. We want to support not only the kids, but the teachers and the parents as well, to make sure every student receives the best education they can.”

Tamir: making dreams come true

By Mona Klinger for Tamir How often do you get the opportunity to make someone’s dream come true?

Right now, you can fulfil the dreams (big and small) of Tamir participants. Tamir provides community living in a Jewish environment for adults with developmental disabilities in Ottawa. Recently, participants compiled a list of items and activities that represent some of their fondest dreams.

The list of dreams waiting to be fulfilled include exciting experiences, such as tickets to a water park, a

trip to a cottage or farm, attending a Senators game or having a massage. The list also includes dream items that would benefit many of the Tamir participants, such as window blinds, a picnic basket, new dairy dishes and a new television.

Some of the dreams can be fulfilled with a small donation or an in-kind donation, such as a kiddy pool for the backyard and movie tickets.

Other dreams are bigger, such as the dream of a group trip to Toronto to see the CN Tower. But, to paraphrase the MasterCard ad, fulfilling a dream: price-

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The joy of having a dream fulfilled has already been experienced by a Tamir participant whose dream was to attend a National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra concert. A recent donation of two tickets from a generous Tamir supporter allowed the lucky participant to attend the concert at the NAC. At the upcoming Tamir Chai Tea honouring Jackie

Holzman – August 30 in the atrium of Centrepointe Theatre – there will be an opportunity to view a complete list of dreams, and your opportunity to sign up to fulfil a dream.

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IN MEMORIAM

Ethel Taylor remembered

By Cynthia Nyman Engel Ethel Taylor was pure sunshine, through and through. From the top of her head to the tip of her toes, she twinkled with goodness and exuded a warmth and radiance that captivated everyone she encountered.

With her knockout smile, infectious laugh, twinkling blue eyes and heart of 24-carat gold, she touched countless lives in meaningful ways.

Ethel, the fifth of Bessie and Sam Greenberg’s six children, was born in Ottawa on April 5, 1935. The family lived in Billings Bridge where her father, a market gardener, farmed a parcel of land he rented from the Billings family. In time, the Greenbergs moved their brood – John, Doris, Benny, Alan, Ethel and Jack – into Ottawa proper, ultimately settling into a home at 92 Sweetland Avenue, where they lived for many years.

Ethel attended Lisgar Collegiate, graduated from the High School of Commerce and was seriously considering a career in nursing when a young man named Irving Taylor came along. They fell in love and Ethel decided to forget nursing, follow her heart and get married instead. Irving and Ethel Taylor shared 54 happy years together.

In a talk she gave a few years ago to the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society, Ethel chuckled, remembering that when Irving asked her father for her hand in marriage, he promised there would always be food on the table and that he would take good care of her.

“My father,” she added, with her characteristic sparkle, “would be happy to know that he took good care of me,” as did she of him.

Generous and charitable by nature, Ethel was always supportive of the causes Irving espoused. She never said no to a charitable request and was a volunteer par excellence. She was the recipient of many awards in appreciation of her commitment.

UJA Women’s Division was the cause closest to Ethel’s heart. She chaired the division in 1981, and worked tirelessly on its behalf for many years. Her Lion of Judah pin became a fixture in her life. She wore it proudly and often, whenever and wherever she could.

In 1989, Ethel co-chaired a State of Israel Bonds Gala with Tom Grossman and, in 2005, with husband Irving, and Rose and Chick Taylor, co-chaired the Ottawa Jewish Community Endowment Campaign event held in Boca Raton, Florida.

Ethel’s selflessness and generosity touched almost everyone whose path she

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crossed, as many would attest. In his heartfelt eulogy, Irving Taylor said, “She never left the house without a bag of suckers for children, or candies and other goodies.”

Longtime Vaad and JCC staffers have fond memories of Ethel Taylor’s Yom Tov appearances at the 151 Chapel Street offices to distribute individual bags of her home baked goodies (and they were very, very good!) to the small army of mighty appreciative Jewish communal civil servants.

Ethel never had a bad word to say about anyone and was always grateful for all the bounty that life brought her. But she never forgot her roots.

“I’m just a farmer’s daughter from good Billings stock,” she’d say, with that delightful twinkle in her eyes.

Irving best summed up the essence of his lovely wife.

“When Ethel walked into a room, she seemed to make everyone feel more comfortable and better because she was there.”

That she did.

Ethel lived for her beloved Irving, their children Susan and husband Mark, Brent and wife Risa, and her adored grandchildren Stephanie, Shira, Jennifer and Daniel.

She fought like a tiger, but, on July 10, Ethel succumbed to the cancer that had invaded her body. With Ethel’s passing, her loved ones and the community have lost a remarkable woman, a true Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valour).

She is sorely missed.

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Tamir: Advocacy for people with developmental disabilities To spend a great deal of time with, and be connected to, an organization like Tamir, is to know that people with developmental disabilities are integral to our community and enrich us all. To spend time watching the day-to-day operations of Tamir is to understand that our participants – people who were once hidden away from the rest of society – are to be loved and appreciated as contributing members.

It is our differences that make each of us unique, and my years with Tamir have taught me how important it is to celebrate differences, to stand out and to have your own unique identity.

Mark Palmer has been executive director of Tamir for 20 years and he and his staff have worked tirelessly to provide developmentally disabled people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, with various services that are integral to their lives.

These include residential, day, Judaic Outreach and respite services. Tamir has consistently enriched the lives of its participants by working to include them

Federation Report Howard Yegendorf Tamir in the mainstream community. Tamir receives its funding from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and from numerous corporate and individual donors.

The goal of inclusion for our participants is one to which Tamir will always strive. Whereas people in their 40s and older grew up in a time when developmentally disabled people lived in the margins of society, our children have grown up in an era where inclusion is an accepted objective. While we have made great strides, there is still some way to go.

The challenge now for Tamir is to ensure that our participants are not only included in the larger community, but that they are also treated fairly and equally as full citizens. Therefore, Tamir has a special role as advocate for its participants. And as a trial lawyer, I have a special interest in assisting Tamir in the area of advocacy.

Tamir currently has three significant advocacy initiatives on the go.

The first stems from the fact that there is no government policy in place to ensure that Jewish families needing relief from constant responsibilities have priority for service with Tamir. Therefore, Tamir is leading an initiative, together with other faith-ethno-culture groups in the province, to advocate for a vacancy management policy from the Ministry of Community and Social Services to ensure that individuals of particular faith-ethnocultural backgrounds receive priority for placement within their own communities.

The second is advocating for students

with disabilities. Tamir’s core business is serving adults with developmental disabilities. However, a few years ago, Tamir spearheaded a community-wide, professionally run survey, funded by the Federation, of 16 Jewish schools and agencies in Ottawa to assess the nature and extent of special education needs.

Between 17 and 21 per cent of Jewish children were found to have special education needs. We at Tamir were pleased that one of these schools, the Ottawa Talmud Torah, wants to collaborate with Tamir to create a class for children with developmental and other disabilities. However, the recent difficult economic times have hit funding of all charitable organizations hard and therefore, our plans are temporarily on hold. But, we have identified this as an essential need – a gap in services – and will redouble our efforts, advocate for these children and pursue funding for this and other like programs.

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Let the sound of the shofar call us to moments of passion It is summer and, in spite of the rain and cold, a young rabbi’s thoughts turn to baseball. I am not the only rabbi whose summer obsessions run from reading of Isaac’s sacrifice to a sacrifice bunt. Michael Gordon, of Manchester, VT, James Gordon of Chicago, and Elie Weinstock of New York are all rabbis who have written extensively about baseball and Judaism.

Those three rabbis represent a variety of Jewish religious perspectives. Two of them are Orthodox and one is Reconstructionist. I could, of course, list many other rabbis and Jewish leaders whose religious passion includes the great American pastime. Baseball, as a passion, is not relegated to ordained rabbis. There are few identified-Jews who do not take pride in the accomplishments of Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Many Jews remember Koufax’s refusal to pitch on Yom Kippur 1965. The American Jewish Historical Society has produced three volumes of Jewish baseball player cards.

When I consider the power of baseball to capture the Jewish imagination, I often think of Cal Ripken, Jr. On September 6, 1995, Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record by playing in 2,131 consecutive games. The record spanned 13 years. Three years later, on September 20, 1998, he voluntarily removed himself from a starting line-up after setting a new record for consecutive games at 2,632.

How many of us can speak of working 16 years without a day off? One need also remember that baseball or any sport daily presents the opportunity for injury and Ripken avoided physical impediments for 16 seasons. However, what has remained with me, to this day, is that Ripken ended his streak on Rosh Hashanah 5759. Every year, as we

From the pulpit Rabbi Steven Garten Temple Israel approach the Holy Days, I consider that monumental achievement of endurance, durability and consistency. However, more than anything else, this record is a mark of passion. Ripken never would have achieved this feat without an intense love and enthusiasm for baseball.

Jewish tradition promotes passion. But, unfortunately, few of us integrate that passion into our essence, except when it comes to the State of Israel. On the Holy Days, we read of the great passion our ancestors had for God and the Jewish people. On Rosh Hashanah, we read of Sarah’s passionate, but controversial, decision to banish Ishmael from her home. We read of her passionate commitment to Isaac, her son with Abraham. We read of Abraham’s passionate faith, which led to his willingness to sacrifice Isaac in the name of faith.

The Haftorah on Rosh Hashanah introduces us to Hannah, the woman whose passionate desire for a child leads to a form of prayer that serves as the penultimate model of Jewish prayer.

On Yom Kippur, we read about the Ten Martyrs who displayed the ultimate passion for Torah and Judaism by giving their lives for the preservation of Torah.

The message of our Holy Days is unambiguous: there is much in Judaism to be passionate about.

Yet, we are all too aware of the reality of Jewish life. As our thoughts turn to the fall and the Holy Days, it is not the passion of faith and religious action that occupies our consciousness. It is usually questions about whether it is worth all the money we are asked to pay. The Federation’s Annual Campaign will ask for our new pledges.

The synagogue will ask for our new commitments. The school will ask for tuition.

Community institutions will ask for financial contributions. All of them are valuable and important requests, yet what we require this coming year is to be passionate about being Jewish and practising Judaism. All else flows from our sense of passion and without it all else seems hollow or obligatory, not intuitive.

During the second half of the baseball season, there will be many conversations about how modern players show less commitment and passion than Ripken did. The same could be said for us, as modern Jews. Passion is not simply going through the motions. Nobody could play for 16 years without taking a day off without passion for their enterprise. We have many exemplars of passionate pursuers of our faith and beliefs. This is the time of year that we get to discover whether we have a passion for the faith and practices of Judaism, or whether it’s only a game for us.

When the shofar sounds this Yontif, let it call us to moments of passion, and may we hear it as powerfully as some hear “take me out to the ball game.”

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The Diab affair at Carleton should never have happened It was a shocking act of terrorism, almost three decades ago in Paris, when a powerful bomb, hidden in motorcycle saddlebags, was detonated, allegedly by the Special Operations cell of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in front of the Rue Copernic Synagogue.

Four people – three French men and one Israeli woman – were killed and about 40 others were injured. It was Erev Simchat Torah and the toll would almost surely have been much worse had the explosion come a few minutes later as congregants exited the shul after services.

Ottawans were shocked last November, when Hassan Diab, a part-time sociology professor at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and a dual Lebanese and Canadian citizen, was arrested by the RCMP, accused by French authorities of perpetrating the heinous act.

Diab – who proclaims his innocence – was jailed until bail was granted under strict conditions in late-March. In January, he will face an extradition hearing to determine if he’ll have to return to France to face trial.

No one expected to hear much about Diab until the extradition hearing. But, then, late last month, news broke that Carleton’s department of sociology and anthropology

Editor Michael Regenstreif had hired Diab to teach introductory sociology to summer students beginning July 28.

The university should have anticipated the controversy that would result from hiring an alleged terrorist. As the Ottawa Citizen said in an editorial published July 31, “If he stood accused of sexual harassment you can bet no sociology department would ever have anything to do with him, but trying to kill Jews? Hey, it was a long time ago.”

Diab spent one day in the classroom before Carleton cancelled his contract and replaced him with another professor.

Just as predictable as the controversy of hiring Diab was the reaction of some of his colleagues to his firing. Thirty members of Carleton’s department of sociology and anthropology signed an op-ed piece in the Citizen demanding his reinstatement, painting his dismissal as post-9/11 injustice and discrimination.

The French case is strong enough that Canadian authorities arrested Diab, jailed him for several months pending a bail hearing, then released him under the very strict bail conditions until the extradition hearing, which was determined to be justified.

Diab has not been convicted of the crimes to which he stands accused and must be regarded as innocent until proven guilty.

And, if he’s cleared of the charges, they should not be held against him. But that doesn’t mean he should be teaching first year undergrads – or PhD students for that matter – while standing accused of terrorism and multiple murders.

Intro to sociology is a course that can be taught by any sociology faculty member, and probably by most grad students in the department. Carleton did not owe this course to Diab. This entire episode, so predictable from start to finish, should not have happened. ********** Twice since I’ve been at the Bulletin, I’ve done interviews with highly placed Israelis who spoke about the openness of Israeli society to its gay and lesbian community, of how Israel was unique among all Middle Eastern countries in this regard.

When I interviewed then-Ambassador

Alan Baker in April last year for our special Israel @ 60 supplement, he talked about that Israeli openness and pointed out that there were even Palestinian gays and lesbians who have sought asylum in Israel from the discrimination they faced in their own society.

Earlier this summer, retired-Admiral Abraham Ben-Shoshan, who now heads the Tel Aviv Foundation, visited the Bulletin office to talk about the city of Tel Aviv and the foundation. Ben-Shoshan mentioned the city’s live-and-let-live attitude, its openness to gay culture and such events as its very popular gay pride parade.

Sadly, that live-and-let-live attitude was put to the test early this month when a disguised gunman in Tel Aviv entered a community centre support group meeting for gay teenagers and sprayed the room with machine gun fire murdering two people and wounding five others.

Israelis were shocked by what is widely believed to be a hate-crime. To his credit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was unequivocal in his statement that it was a “terrorist act,” that he rejected such “gratuitous hatred” and that the gay community in Israel had special needs that should be met with openness and sensitivity.

Back from Israel with 15 new friendships I visited Israel in June. It was my third time there and all three trips were missions. If you’re not familiar with the concept, missions are like guided tours – with a twist. Along with the standards, such as dunking in the Dead Sea, a mission to Israel also involves education of one sort or another.

The first two missions I went on were run by United Jewish Appeal (UJA). Therefore, much of the educational aspects of the trips involved learning more about what UJA funds help to accomplish in Israel. Activities included visiting schools in the north, meeting with parents of missing soldiers and hearing from Ethiopian Jews about their adjustment to Israeli life.

Those missions also had the agenda of strengthening our ties to Israel, encouraging us to see it as our ‘other home.’

It worked very well on me. Since returning from the second trip three years ago, I have been eager to return as soon as possible. So when JET (Jewish Education through Torah) leader Lauren Shaps told me

Nicola Hamer about a 10-day mission she was part of to send people to Israel for a mere $500, you’d think I’d have leapt at it.

The catch was that it was a mission for women only, and I wasn’t good friends with any of them. I knew a couple of the women casually, including Lauren herself, but that was it. Most were complete strangers.

I confess I was nervous about the idea.

After almost 15 years of marriage, I’m no longer used to travelling on my own. Most trips involve family and I went on the other two missions with my husband.

To further complicate matters, I’m still recovering from a very serious illness. Not only do I not have the stamina and strength

of a healthy woman, but I’m used to my husband, who knows my limitations, running interference for me. Oh, let’s not sugar-coat it. He looks after me.

There, I’ve said it. The feminist in me cringes.

The feminist in me also decided that I am an adult woman who has managed a great deal on my own, like say, learning to walk again, and I can darn well go on a mission alone too. I probably would have told my inner feminist to shut up already, if it weren’t Israel. But it was, and so off I went, with 15 other women I hardly knew.

I knew what to expect. I was going to love Israel: the desert, the people, the food, the Old City. I was going to love the touristy bits of the mission. I would find the lectures mostly interesting, but I’m not good with sitting and listening for a long time, so I might get bored. I brought knitting to counter that problem.

I was going to hate sharing a room with someone, as I’m quite reserved and only knew my roomie slightly. I’d be a little

lonely, among all these people I didn’t know, but being in Israel would be worth it.

The only part I wasn’t sure of was how I’d cope with pretending to be healthier than I actual am for 10 days in a row, so as not to be a burden.

It took no more than 24 hours for me to realize that entire last paragraph was not going to happen. My roommate and I turned out to have exactly the same level of disorganization and were instantly comfortable with each other. I wasn’t lonely for a minute, nor did I need to hide my health problems. I can honestly say I have never met a more supportive group of women.

As with the last two times, I hated leaving Israel. But, this time, I got to bring home much more than I expected. Not only did I have souvenirs for the kids and memories of Masada, camel rides and the Western Wall. I returned with 15 new friendships. If you get the chance, I cannot recommend going to Israel enough. You never know what you will find there.

Alan Echenberg will return in September.

Tamir to celebrate 25th anniversary with integrated theatre production (Continued from page 6)

A third advocacy project emerged as a result of Tamir’s being denied housing for its residents by a major developer in Ottawa. We believe that denial was discriminatory, so we are advocating on behalf of our participants by pursuing a complaint to the Ontario Human Rights

Commission. That complaint process is currently ongoing.

In 2010, Tamir will be celebrating our 25th anniversary and will mark this milestone with a theatrical production of the Broadway hit, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. For the first time ever, a professionally managed, fully

integrated theatrical production will be created involving people with developmental disabilities alongside people from professional and amateur theatre, culminating in a live performance at Centrepointe Theatre on May 13, 2010.

Our participants are very proud of this production and are working hard at

rehearsal. We look forward to the entire community joining Tamir to celebrate our anniversary in what will surely be a magical evening.

If you would like to help or learn more about Tamir, visit tamir.ca or call me at 613-237-5000, ext. 233, or Mark Palmer at 613-725-3519, ext 103.

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Jewish Memorial Gardens facilitates funeral arrangements

By Cynthia Nyman Engel for Jewish Memorial Gardens When a loved one dies, you suddenly find yourself in uncharted waters facing major decisions that must be resolved within 24 hours.

Despite emotional turmoil and paralyzing grief, there is a funeral to be planned, a taharah arranged for, and a shomer engaged. You’ll have to choose a casket and – if not previously attended to – purchase a cemetery plot. You’ll need to select a funeral home and choose the time and locale of the funeral, speak to officiating clergy, compose and submit an obituary for the newspaper, identify pallbearers, contribute to the eulogy, and order an appropriate aftercemetery meal. Then there’s the cortege, the shiva chairs, the siddurim, the memorial candle.

Who do you call first? Rabbi?

Funeral home? Chevra Kadisha?

Ottawa Citizen? Synagogue? All of them? And in what order?

Enter Shelly Fiennes, Jewish Memorial Gardens executive director. Her job is to facilitate funeral arrangements for the Ottawa Jewish community. She has the answers to all your questions. A call to Fiennes sets the entire process in motion: instantly, efficiently and professionally.

“Shelly works behind the scenes with the family,” says Lawrence Zinman, chair of the Jewish Memorial Gardens. “And, because she knows the protocol associated with a Jewish burial, and knows the roles of the Chevra Kadisha, the synagogues and the clergy, she simplifies an otherwise difficult process.

“If your rabbi is unaware that death has occurred, Shelly will contact him. It is she who alerts

the Chevra Kadisha to prepare for a taharah, and notifies the gravediggers that a funeral is pending. It is Shelly who will explain the available funeral homes that have submitted their basic costs for a funeral. If a plot is needed, Shelly will make the arrangements. She explains the expenses being incurred and the terms of payment.

“It’s really one-stop resource,” says Zinman, “Shelly takes over and makes the elements of a terribly trying time virtually seamless for the grieving family.”

The Jewish Memorial Gardens was reorganized on July 1, 2008 after negotiations conducted over a three-year period by community leader Roger Greenberg, thenCemetery Committee chair Mayer Alvo and the synagogues. It replaced the previous cemetery committee and is mandated is to

Israel Museum celebrated at Ottawa theatre event

By Jane Gordon for CFIM One hundred Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum (CFIM) supporters attended the opening night of Sleeping Dog Theatre’s Portrait of an Unidentified Man, written and performed by Pierre Brault, July 9 at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre.

The evening began with a cocktail reception for CFIM guests and ended with a dessert reception with Sleeping Dog Theatre for all performance attendees to celebrate the show’s upcoming tour to New Zealand. Representatives from the Hungarian and New Zealand embassies were in attendance.

The performance, which played to a full house of 260, was outstanding. Actor-playwright Brault brilliantly assumed the identity of Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian born art collector, dealer, expert and, perhaps, the greatest art forger of the 20th century. To quote Brault, “Identity is not something we think about constantly, but every once in a while, even the most secure of us wonders: ‘Who am I?’” For 80 minutes without intermission, Brault kept the audience spellbound. He was truly another person with another identity.

The Israel Museum is a must-see for all who visit Israel, and even more so for Israeli youth. Through the generosity of the supporters of CFIM, Israeli children, aged five to

Gathered (left to right) July 9 at the CFIM cocktail reception at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre are actor-playwright Pierre Brault, Fran Pearl, Judi Pearl, CFIM national co-chair Wendy Eisen and CFIM Ottawa co-chair Norman Barwin.

17, and from all ethnic backgrounds, can visit the museum for free to learn about Israel’s cultural heritage from biblical times until today. CFIM’s goal is to subsidize more than 100,000 children annually who could otherwise not afford to spend a day in Jerusalem expanding their knowledge at the museum and attending its unique educational and cultural programs, including hands-on workshops and many art activities for all ages.

Despite the fact that the Israel Museum in Jerusalem is undergoing a major renewal of its campus, the museum’s Shrine of the Book, the Holy Land Model of Jerusalem in Second Temple Times, and its youth wing remarkably drew more

than 550,000 visitors last year.

When completed next May, the campus renewal will transform Israel’s national museum into one of the world’s most spectacular cultural institutions. There will be a Canadian delegation joining the Israel Museum’s International Council in May to celebrate the renewed campus and the museum’s 45th anniversary. This will be a once-in-alifetime event as Jews from around the world join Israelis to rejoice in the renewed jewel in Israel’s cultural crown.

For further information about CFIM or the International Council activities in May 2010, call 416-901-2231 or e-mail cfim@rogers.com.

administer both the Bank Street and Osgoode cemeteries, and to simplify funeral arrangements.

“The very first thing the new board of directors did was send out a request for standing offers to Ottawa’s four funeral homes,” Zinman says.

“That action resulted in a considerable lowering of the cost of a funeral and an expanded choice of funeral homes.”

Although the Jewish Memorial Gardens owns and manages the

cemetery grounds, the rabbis and synagogues have halachic jurisdiction over their individual sections. Each spiritual leader can decide who can be buried in his synagogue’s section, and can dictate who may officiate at the funeral.

The Jewish Memorial Gardens maintains a Zicharon Fund, the proceeds of which are used to enhance and maintain the appearance of the cemetery.

Shelly Fiennes can be reached at 613-263-4062.

Shiva dos and don’ts

By Frances Kraft Canadian Jewish News We’ve recently received a number of requests to publish a guide on what to do and say while paying a shiva visit.

Don’t hesitate to visit if you didn’t know the person who died or are not a close friend or relative of the mourners. Visits from neighbours, colleagues and synagogue acquaintances remind mourners that the community, not just their own small circle, cares about them.

Do visit during the day – particularly in the morning – if you want quality time with the mourner when fewer visitors are present.

Don’t convey condolences second-hand. Call, visit or send a card yourself.

Do think about what you want to say before you go to the shiva – particularly what you want to say at the beginning and end of your visit.

Do take your cue from the mourners regarding the topic of conversation and how much they feel like talking.

Arrive on time if you are going for prayer services. Men should bring tallit and teffillin for morning services.

Do limit small talk with other visitors in front of the mourners.

It’s better to catch up in another room, or after the visit.

Do allow mourners to express grief without trying to change the subject or distract them.

Keep visits short unless you are a close friend or family member.

Do offer to help if you are staying longer, even if it’s just to bring a cup of coffee to the mourners. Other ways to assist include taking children to school, or shopping for needed items. Be

ready to help in ways that the mourner considers helpful.

Do offer condolences to all the mourners who are nearby.

Do share stories about the person who has died. Mourners often find it comforting.

Don’t question decisions that mourners have made, particularly health-care decisions that preceded the death.

Do be sensitive to kashrut needs if you are providing food.

Sephardic mourners do not eat meat during the shiva week.

Don’t arrive too early in the morning, or stay too late at night.

Don’t tell a mourner what to expect or that you know how he or she feels. Alternatives are, “Some people find that ...”; “You might find that …” or “I found that ...”

Don’t arrive at meal times, unless you are helping to serve a meal and clean up. This may be the only time mourners have with each other, without visitors.

Don’t join the family at the table unless you are invited.

The traditional Hebrew words of comfort when leaving a shiva house are HaMakom yenachem etchem b’toch sha’ar avelei Tzion vi’Yerushalayim (May the Lord comfort you among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem).

They do not pre-empt the need to offer personal words of comfort.

Do call when the shiva is over.

Another visit or an offer to help in a specific way may be welcome, particularly if a mourner is older or doesn’t feel like going out.

Some recommended books include: Grieving... Personal Reflections and Turning Grief into Gratitude, both by Rabbi Reuven Bulka; To Comfort the Bereaved,

by Rabbi Aaron Levine; and The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning, by Rabbi Maurice Lamm.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 17, 2009 – Page 9

New Tarantino film challenges standard Jewish stereotypes

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KKL-JNF in the international arena Innovations and achievements serving humanity My column this month is drawn from an article written by Ahuva Bar-Lev and Gabi Bron of the KKL-JNF Liaison, Information and Publication Office about the extensive and very impressive international collaboration of KKL-JNF researchers from Israel working with scientists around the world, including Canada. Their joint projects address the most serious environmental and agricultural issues of the day, from pollution control to pest management to global warming, and include ongoing work with researchers in Western Canada which is now taking place with the help of JNF Canada.

Today, KKL-JNF projects in forestry and open spaces, in water and river rehabilitation, in combating desertification, in land reclamation, and in applied agricultural research and development, are a focus of international interest. Thanks to its achievements and expertise, KKL-JNF has attained major international status in global frameworks. This reputation is based on the understanding that many of the challenges that KKL-JNF faces in Israel are similar to the problems tackled by many other nations around the world. Organizations, institutions and governments worldwide relate to KKLJNF as a partner for environmental projects with global ramifications.

In its interrelationship with Canada, the Canadian experts teach the Israelis about methods to preserve and rehabilitate water sources. In return, the Israelis instruct their colleagues from Manitoba about methods developed in Israel to purify polluted water sources. Israelis also carry out joint research on water with colleagues in Alberta. Thanks to this co-operation, it quickly became apparent that, in spite of basic differences between the Canadian and Israeli climates, our two nations have identical problems in preserving water sources and removing pollutants from natural bodies of water (rivers, lakes and aquifers). These shared interests speedily led to regular, permanent, joint research. As part of this cooperation, the Second Annual Manitoba-Israel Water Symposium is planned for the beginning of January 2010, on topics of Limnology, Wetlands and Water Conservation.

KKL-JNF World Chairman Efi Stenzler said that “there is tremendous importance to ongoing connections with governments, organizations and professionals from around the world. These ties give us opportunities to acquire new knowledge and to provide information to other countries. We must concentrate on the present while looking towards the future. Only if we work together and pool our resources will we be able to meet the challenges that threaten our very existence.”

Space does not permit me to outline, even briefly, the global reach of the research projects being undertaken

by KKL-JNF researchers.

I invite you to read the full article online on the KKLJNF website at tinyurl.com/kkl-jnf-international-arena.

On a daily basis you can plant trees for all occasions. An attractive card is sent to the recipient.

To order, call the JNF office (613.798.2411).

By Simcha Weinstein NEW YORK (JTA) – Add acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino to the long list of filmmakers who can’t resist making their own Second World War fantasy-action flick.

Tarantino’s latest release is Inglourious Basterds – and yes, the misspelling is intentional.

Inspired by a schlocky 1970s Italian “macaroni combat” action picture of the same name, the movie is Tarantino’s homage to the “misfits on a mission” movies of old, like The Dirty Dozen.

His heroes are a Jewish-American revenge squad wreaking havoc throughout German-occupied France who not only kill but scalp their Nazi targets.

In a parallel storyline, a beautiful young Jewish woman whose family was slaughtered by the SS somehow takes over the Paris cinema where Goebbel’s latest propaganda film will debut, with Hitler in attendance. She plans to trap the audience of highranking Nazis inside and burn the building to the ground.

“My name is Shoshanna Dreyfus,” she announces, “and this is the face of Jewish vengeance.”

At the news conference following the film’s debut, one journalist asks if Inglourious Basterds is a “Jewish revenge fantasy.”

“It’s something I dreamed since I was a kid,” replied Eli Roth, one of Tarantino’s ‘basterds.’

In the movie, Roth gets to live out his childhood fantasy: He plays the baseball bat-swinging ‘Bear Jew,’ who some of the film’s Nazis believe is really a vengeful golem.

The concept of the film challenges the stereotype of wimpy Jewish males on the big screen personified by Woody Allen back in the 1960s. It’s a stock character that still makes appearances, notably in the film comedies of Ben Stiller and TV shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The 21st century iteration retains traces of nebbishness, but also displays an edgy attitude reminiscent of the scruffy, hyper, cocky Jewish characters Richard Dreyfus specialized in during the 1970s.

Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd and Jonah Hill are three of the stars in Jewish director Judd Apatow’s constellation who seem to be channelling Dreyfus’ satirical outlook and boundless energy in Apatow films such as The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad.

The Hebrew Hammer (2003), starring Adam Goldberg, paved the way for a new kind of swaggering Jewish hero on film. He’s sexy because he’s Jewish, not in spite of it.

The movie plays with AfricanAmerican and Jewish cultural touchstones: The Hammer drives a pimped-out white Cadillac with Magen David headlights; his licence plate reads “L’Chaim” and his fuzzy dice are dreidels.

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After saving some Jewish children from older Christian bullies, he tells them solemnly, “Stay Jewish.” The result is the first Jewsploitation film.

More swaggering Hebrew heroes turned up in other comedies like Hot Rod (2007), in which Andy Samberg stars as an Evel Knievel-inspired stuntman – not exactly a profession commonly chosen by Jews.

Meanwhile, Adam Sandler starred in You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008), about a former Mossad agent who dreams of becoming a hairdresser.

Jews with attitude aren’t restricted to comedies, but they aren’t seen very often in dramas, either, except in movies such as Raid on Entebbe, made back in 1977.

Recently, however, the character of the armed, defiant Jew has reappeared. Edward Zwick’s Defiance, for example, is about four Jewish brothers from Poland who escape the Nazis and go on to rescue fellow Jews.

And now Inglourious Basterds is set to hit the big screens on August 21, and the unabashedly Jewish characters are a major selling and plot point.

The movie is sure to inspire a tingle of what-if wish fulfilment in audiences, Jewish and non-Jewish.

Simcha Weinstein’s latest book is Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the 21st century (Barricade Books, 2008).

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Special Russian-themed AJA 50+ registration day September 9

By Annette Paquin Executive Director AJA 50+ AJA 50+ (Active Jewish Adults 50+) will kick off our fall season with a Russianthemed registration day on Wednesday, September 9, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Soloway Jewish Community Centre Social Hall.

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AJA 50+ is an Ottawa success story with more than 400 members and 10 years of experience in providing a

range of programs to meet the varied needs of adults from 50 to 90. Cecily Bregman, currently president of AJA 50+ and one of the founders, says that AJA 50+ is “about building connections between people with a focus to the interaction, be it cultural, recreational, or educational.”

If you have been curious about what AJA is all about, this is your opportunity! Drop by on registration day and flip

open the Fall Program Guide.

In it you will find a megacruise ship smorgasbord of activities such as Introduction to Bollywood Dance; Beginners’ Bridge Lessons; The Original Twitter – Birdwatching with the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club; Introductory Pottery; or a chance to hear professionals lecture on Nutrition and Aging or the Medical Isotopes Crisis.

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Malca Pass Library launches book club’s 19th season

By Estelle Gunner Malca Pass Library Agudath Israel’s Malca Pass Library has announced the 19th year of our popular Book Discussion Group series. Selections include a wide variety of books by Canadian, Israeli and international authors with reviewers representing varied approaches and styles.

All sessions take place on Tuesday evenings, beginning at 7:30 pm in the Simcha Room of the synagogue. Membership in the

Book Group is $15 per person or $25 per couple for the entire series or $5 per person for individual sessions.

The Malca Pass Library boasts an excellent collection of fiction, non-fiction, music and movies. Membership in the Library is free and open to the entire community. There is no charge for borrowing materials. Library hours are Thursdays

from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm and Sunday mornings from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm from September through June.

For further information on the Book Discussion Group or the Library, contact me at 613-829-2455 or esgunner@rogers.com, or librarian Jack Schecter through the synagogue office at 613-7283501, ext.

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November 24: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrows, reviewed by Linda Rossman.

February 23: After River by Donna Milner, reviewed by Jack Schecter.

March 23: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz, reviewed by Alvina Ruprecht.

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Israeli artist offers support to OMJS

By Sheldon Howard, OMJS Parent An exhibition and sale of paintings by acclaimed Israeli artist Vera Gutkina is introducing Ottawa to a gifted painter and raising much-needed funds for the Ottawa Modern Jewish School (OMJS). The show, Angels & Icons, is on display at the Ottawa offices of Big North Media, 1960 Scott Street, Suite 300, until August 20.

There is a reasonably direct connection linking the Jerusalem-based painter to Ottawa and OMJS. That would be me. I have been friends with Gutkina since the mid-1980s when I lived and worked in Israel as a journalist. I began collecting her work at that time and still do.

The OMJS connection is through my son, Sam. OMJS is his school. While we didn’t find the school when we first started looking a few years ago, we landed happily on OMJS in 2006.

We wanted a school that shared our passion for Israel, Hebrew language, Jewish culture and history and OMJS was the best fit. Sam has thrived there and recently completed Grade 3.

With the loss of its allocation from the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, fundraising for OMJS is critical.

When Gutkina heard of OMJS’s situation, she offered her help immediately. As someone originally from the Soviet Union, she has a particularly deep appreciation for the value of Jewish education.

“More choice,” she says, “is always better than less.”

Cutting Jewish education options was as confounding and counterintuitive to her as it was for the families of OMJS. She is hopeful a successful exhibition will raise awareness of the issue and money to help ensure its future.

Gutkina is also a poet and writer. She has lived and worked in Jerusalem since 1982 and has published books of poetry in addition to her career as an artist.

In 1988, Gutkina received a scholarship from Israel’s Ministry of Education and Culture to paint in Paris at the Cité des Beaux Arts. She has returned there regularly over the years to paint and exhibit her work. In addition to Paris, Gutkina’s art has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions in Israel and abroad including in Toronto, New York, Cleveland and London, England.

Ella Klier of the Ella Gallery in Jerusalem described Gutkina’s work for an exhibition there in 2005: “Using expressive brush strokes, Vera transforms the objects and frees them from reality to abstractness but her paintings are always a product of her observing nature. The painting, for her, is like a living creature and a window through which she wishes to express a sense of freedom.

“In Vera’s paintings, the boundaries between the object, the image and the background diminish – all is transformed into a spectacular surface of colour, and the painting on the fabric is as if alive, filled with rhythmic motion of linear blots and the bursting energy of colour.”

Call 613-724-8858 for an appointment to view the exhibition or purchase a painting.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 17, 2009 – Page 11

P2K program funds inspiring projects

By Ariel Vered The Partnership 2000 (P2K) program was established with the idea that communities in the Diaspora could contribute to the rebuilding and improvement of projects in disadvantaged communities in Israel. It isn’t simply a matter of philanthropists and others sending money. P2K is about creating partnerships that make changes to the social and physical infrastructure of these communities. It’s about bringing people together and benefiting from shared progress. But we rarely get to see the results first-hand.

While in Metulla for the World Jewish Ice Hockey Tournament, members of the Vered family had the pleasure of touring three P2K program sites. The Galilee Panhandle is affiliated with the Canadian coast-to-coast communities, which include the Atlantic region, Ottawa, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmon-

ton and Vancouver. While we didn’t visit any Ottawaaffiliated programs, we did get to see the results of inspiring projects funded by other Canadian communities. Leading us on the tour was Michael Biton, director of Partnerships and Strategic Planning for United Israel Appeal of Canada.

In Yesod Hama’ala, we toured the community centre. The head of the local council, Amos Rudin, told us he will always remember and appreciate the help that was given to his community

by Canada.

Amy Ben Shimon, the community centre director, gathered all the children and presented us with a book of drawings they had made earlier that morning. They were particularly proud and thankful for the building’s computer centre, since most kids might not have a computer at home. The new computer centre was funded by the Calgary Jewish Council.

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Our next stop was the Mevoot HaHermon Hydrotherapy Centre, which is partnered with Atlantic Canada.

Hydrotherapy is a waterbased activity that exploits its properties for rehabilitation and healing. The new specially designed therapeutic pool, to open soon, will benefit many physically handicapped individuals from all over Israel with a special emphasis placed on the rehabilitation of children suffering from physical, emotional and developmental challenges as well as hyperactivity.

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and Hagar Sharon, director of the hydrotherapy centre, told us about the value of having the only hydrotherapy centre in the Upper Galilee. These two inspiring individuals are so committed to helping those with special needs and physical and mental challenges.

Finally, we visited the Beit Vancouver Youth Centre in Kiryat Shmona. It’s a place for kids born and raised in Kiryat Shmona to hang out, helping at-risk youth by providing them a safe space to go.

Elad Hershovitz, the youth co-ordinator, took us on a tour of the centre, where they offer the chil-

dren volunteer projects and a music program where they can learn instruments. On the day of our tour, there was a drum demonstration where each child got his or her own drum to beat to the rhythms, giving them the chance to be a part of some-

thing productive.

In the game room, we gathered to meet Ifat Shasha-Biton, the deputy mayor of Kiryat Shmona and head of the Department of Education. We also met a young man from Kiryat Shmona, just out of high school, who had chosen to postpone his army service to spend a year volunteering at the centre. It was wonderful to see that the centre had inspired a young adult to serve his community.

It’s one thing to hear about the good work being done. It is entirely something else to view these projects up close, to meet the people who are so grateful for the help of concerned people they have never met.

Our family didn’t have anything to do with funding these fantastic projects and yet we were treated as if we’d paid for the buildings.

It was a proud day to be Jewish, Canadian and a P2K partner with the Galilee Panhandle.

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Friendship Circle honours volunteers at barbecue

By Diane Koven for Friendship Circle Everyone loves a barbecue and the families involved with the Friendship Circle are no exception. There’s no better way to celebrate the end of the school year and honour the volunteers who make this program such a success!

On June 17, more than 65 people gathered at Hampton Park to eat, socialize and enjoy the music of the Junkyard Symphony, an innovative garage band which uses instruments made of ‘junk.’ The party was an opportunity to celebrate and thank the 10 volunteers who, throughout the year, enhance the lives of their ‘buddies’ in the Friendship Circle program.

Certificates of appreciation, provided by Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, were presented to the volunteers whose families were present to celebrate with them. Bob Wilson, a Grant Review Team member of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, which provides funding to the program, attended the barbecue as he has in past years.

The Ottawa Friendship Circle, in its nearly four years of existence, has enriched the lives of many local Jewish children with special

Pictured at the Friendship Circle barbecue, June 17, at Hampton Park are (front row, left to right) Devora Caytak, Elianna Rose, Cassandra Starosta, Rena Bruner, Sarah Leyton-Glimcher, Emilie Elbaz, Michelle Mauskops, Molly Eliot, Shirley Argoetti, (back row) Bob Wilson, Sophia Giaccone, Sigal Baray, Corinne Baray and Stephanie Hagerman.

needs. The Friendship Circle program, created 13 years ago in Detroit, matches volunteers with special needs children for social and recreational outings. The children benefit, and so do the families who are given an often much-needed break and some time to focus on the other family members.

Thirteen-year-old Cassandra Starosta has been volunteering with Friendship Circle for three

years. She and her mother researched various projects that Cassandra could undertake as preparation for her Bat Mitzvah and the Friendship Circle appealed to them both.

“After my Bat Mitzvah was over, I just really liked it and kept doing it,” said Cassandra who is paired up with a little girl in a wheelchair. “I go to visit her every second Sunday and we play,” she said.

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Cassandra has enjoyed the Friendship Circle so much that she recommended it to a neighbour who is now a volunteer as well.

The key to the Friendship Circle’s success is the matching of each participant with an appropriate volunteer. One mother, whose child has Asperger Syndrome, credits Friendship Circle co-ordinator Sigal Baray with having such a knack.

“She just knows how to make the right matches between people … Sigal is not only doing a job, she really cares and she gives her heart,” she said.

This mother is so grateful to see her daughter happy.

“My daughter got a chance to make new friends through this program, which is great because it is so hard for her to make friends because of having Asperger’s … We both met new people who care and some of them share the same difficulties with us. That feels so good. The program is an excellent idea,” she said.

The barbecue was a chance to honour the volunteers and an opportunity for the families to meet and share common experiences.

“We don’t often have an opportunity to speak to other parents who have similar family situations,” this mother said.

Some of the Friendship Circle programs include Sunday circles, Tae Kwon Do, special events and Jewish celebrations. Friendship Circle is under the auspices of the Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa and serves the entire community. For more information, call Devora Caytak at 613-729-1619.

Come sing with Musica Ebraica

By Patsy Royer Musica Ebraica Musica Ebraica is entering its eighth year of entertaining and informing audiences in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal with a wealth of Jewish music from around the world. The choir performs several major concerts each year as well as in seniors’ homes, synagogues and universities.

We are currently seeking tenors, basses and sopranos to round out our numbers. Choir director Dave Malecki wil hold auditions, and we encourage application by those with choral experience and some knowledge of sight-reading. You don’t even have to be Jew-

ish to sing our music, just keenly interested in the challenge of four-part harmony well sung.

Musica Ebraica rehearses at Temple Israel on Sunday evenings and we’ll begin regular practices after Yom Kippur. Our first big concert of the year will take place at the end of January.

There is a fee for participants to cover the costs of our music, accompanist and other incidentals.

If you love to sing and are looking for a great bunch of like-minded people with whom you can make a joyful noise, call Dave Malecki at 613-836-1389 or me at 613-2333099. We look forward to singing with you.

The Young Israel of Ottawa is an Orthodox Synagogue located in the heart of Westboro.

Experience the warmth of our Synagogue by joining us for our: High Holiday Services under the dynamic leadership of our new spiritual leader, Rabbi Ari Galandauer.

Rosh Hashana September 19-20 Yom Kippur September 28 Services led by professional Baalei Tefila Chaim Moykopf and Rabbi Menachem Friedman.

Babysitting provided aswell as an exciting childrens program.

For more information please call 613-722-8394 or 863-3626 Make Young Israel your home and we’ll make you part of our family.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 17, 2009 – Page 13

In support of the Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge In the Joseph and Inez Zelikovitz Long Term Care Centre 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 wellbeing.

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 June 30 and July 29, 2009 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.

Ruth and Irving Aaron Family Fund In Memory of: Fern Bybelezer by Ruth and Irving Aaron Irene Kronick by Ruth and Irving Aaron Barbara Mirsky by Ruth and Irving Aaron Jeanette Pelcovitz by Ruth and Irving Aaron In Honour of: Marcia and Barry Cantor Mazal tov and best wishes on the engagement of your son Jeremy by Ruth and Irving Aaron Dr. Steve Fremeth With sincere appreciation by Ruth Aaron Molly Hirsch and Eric Elkin Mazal tov and best wishes on the marriage of your daughter Nina by Ruth and Irving Aaron Issie Scarowsky With sincere appreciation by Ruth Aaron R’fuah Shlema: Marion Silver by Ruth and Irving Aaron Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund In Memory of: Bill Adler by Marilyn, Elayne and Jeff Adler Molly Greenberg by Elayne Adler and Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler; and Marilyn Adler and Neil Blacher In Honour of: Sylvia and Sol Kaiman Mazal tov and best wishes on the marriage of your grandson Adam to Juline by Elayne Adler and Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler Anna Morgovsky Mazal tov on becoming a Bubby by Marilyn Adler, Neil and Daniel Blacher

Gaye and Joel Taller Mazal tov and best wishes on the marriage of your son Adam to Juline by Elayne Adler and Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler Jean and Samuel Akerman Memorial Fund In Memory of: Rachel Gould by Sheila and Larry Hartman Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge Fund In Memory of: Molly Greenberg by Carolyn and Sid Katz Elsie Baker Endowment Fund In Honour of: Hazel Elsie Baker Happy 85th birthday by Polly, Jack and Sammy Moran In Memory of: Bruce Kirkpatrick by Mel Baker Jeanette Pelcovitz by Polly and Jack Moran Boris and Dolly Blacher Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by the Blacher family Jenny and Murray Citron Endowment Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Murray Citron In Honour of: Fran and Paul Pearl In appreciation by Murray Citron R’fuah Shlema: Gerry Levitz by Murray Citron Joel and Sharon Edelson Family Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Sharon and Joel Edelson Tania Firestone Family Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Ida Firestone In Honour of: Vivian Caplan A very happy special birthday to you with love by Ida Firestone Friedberg and Dale Families Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale Samuel Walerstein by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale In commemoration of the Yahrzeit of: A beloved mother, Tillie Dale by Bob Dale In Honour of: Tal Gilboa and Rob Steiner Mazal tov on your engagement by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale Shirley and Hymie Schildkraut Mazal tov on the

birth of your latest grandson, son of Debbie and Rob

by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale Adele and Jeff Sidney Mazal tov on the birth of your newest grandchild by Elaine Friedberg and Bob Dale Malcolm and Vera Glube Endowment Fund In Memory of: Frank Carroll by Vera and Malcolm Glube Eddie Cohen by Vera and Malcolm Glube Irene Kronick by Vera and Malcolm Glube Evelyn Baum Siegel by Vera and Malcolm Glube Ethel Taylor by Vera and Malcolm Glube Oscar Weinstein by Vera and Malcolm Glube In Honour of: John Holzman Wishing you a happy 80th birthday and many, many more by Vera and Malcolm Glube Jill and Mark Leiberman Congratulations on the birth of your twin granddaughters by Vera and Malcolm Glube Sidney Lithwick Mazal tov on the birth of your twin great granddaughters and wishing you a speedy recovery by Vera and Malcolm Glube Nell Gluck Memorial Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Maureen and Henry Molot In Honour of: Carolyn Borer Congratulations on your recent graduation by Julia, Ted and Jess Overton Sandy and Mark David Goldstein Congratulations on your recent marriage by Manny Gluck and Cheryle Roger Keen Mazal tov on your milestone birthday and best wishes for many, many more by Maureen and Henry Molot Jess Overton Mazal tov and best wishes on your graduation from McGill University by Sandra Appel and Jerry, Mira and Naomi Shuman Ted Overton Congratulations on your birthday celebration by Manny Gluck and Cheryle Issie Scarowsky Thank you for your never ending thoughtfulness and generosity by Maureen and Henry Molot Shirley and Hymie Schildkraut Mazal tov on the birth of your grandson Aharon Meir by Maureen and Henry Molot Adele and Jeff Sidney Mazal tov on the birth of your second grandson by Manny Gluck and Cheryle Pearl and Joseph Steinberg Mazal tov on the birth of your first great-grandchild. What a wonderful milestone by Maureen and Henry Molot Evelyn and Irving Greenberg Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Evelyn Greenberg Barbara Mirsky by Evelyn Greenberg In Honour of: Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wright Congratulations on the birth of your grandson by Evelyn Greenberg Moe Greenberg and Elissa Greenberg Iny Family Fund In Memory of: Gordon Allen by Elissa and Avraham Iny Chuck Dalfen by Elissa and Avraham Iny and family

Irene Kronick by Elissa and Avraham Iny and family Ethel Taylor by Elissa and Avraham Iny In Honour of: Norman Barwin Mazal tov and best wishes on receiving an honorary degree by Elissa and Avraham Iny Gunner Family Fund In Honour of: Estelle Gunner Mazal tov on receiving the Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award by Toby and Tedd Nathanson Ingrid and Gerry Levitz Our thoughts are with you by Estelle and Sol Gunner Frank and Lily Hoffenberg Family Fund In Honour of: Ron Hoffenberg Mazal tov and best wishes on your 70th birthday by Faye and Jerry Swartz Nordau and Roslyn Kanigsberg Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Roz and Nordau Kanigsberg R’fuah Shlema: Gerry Levitz by Roz and Nordau Kanigsberg Dorothy and Maurie Karp Endowment Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Etta Karp Morris and Lillian Kimmel Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Morris Kimmel and family In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Bill Adler by Janet, Steve, Tobin and Aaron Kaiman In Honour of: David Alpert Wishing you a very happy 80th birthday and many more happy and healthy ones to come by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Tommy Gussman Wishing you a very happy special birthday by Morris Kimmel and the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Janet Kaiman Wishing you continued good health always by Sally and Harry Weltman R’fuah Shlema: Syd Bosloy by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Gerry Levitz by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Joan and Russell Kronick Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Judith Ross and Arnell Goldberg; Dee and Yale Gaffen and Mitzi Merson; Ingrid and Gerry Levitz; Barbara and Sy Gutmajer; Estelle and Sol Gunner; Zelaine and Sol Shinder; Randi and Neil Shinder; Cally and Sid Kardash; Myrtle Borts; Eslyn Meertens; Toby and Tedd Nathanson; and Elaine Sigler and Joel Weiner Levenson-Polowin Feeding Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Inez Zelikovitz R’fuah Shlema: Gerry Levitz by Inez Zelikovitz (Continued on page 14)

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. GIVING IS RECEIVING – ATTRACTIVE CARDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS Here’s a good opportunity to recognize an event or convey the appropriate sentiment to someone important to you and at the same time support the Lodge. Card orders may be given to Debra or Rhonda at 613-728-3900, extension 111, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday to Thursday, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Friday. You may also e-mail your orders to donations@hillel-ltc.com. E-mail orders must include name, address, postal code, and any message to person receiving the card; and, amount of donation, name, address and postal code of the person making the donation. Cards may be paid for by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cheque or Cash. Contributions are tax deductible.

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Max Lieff Endowment Fund In Honour of: Jim Montgomery With best wishes on your retirement by Dorothy Lieff Abe and Bertha Palmer Endowment Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Sunny and John Tavel Pencer Family Fund In Honour of: Roger Keen Happy special birthday by Marcia and Irwin Pencer Shirley and Maurice Rose Memorial Fund In Memory of: Faith Harvey by Mavis and Simon Wasserberger Rosenthal/McCormick Family Fund In Honour of: Marion Silver Wishing you a speedy recovery and a return to the pool by Monica Rosenthal Sam and Ruth Rothman Memorial Fund In Honour of: Corinne and Sheldon Taylor Mazal tov on your son Andrew being called to the Bar by Sonja and Ron Kesten Irma and Harold Sachs Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Irma and Harold Sachs In Honour of: Cayla and Michael Baylin Mazal tov and best wishes on the birth of your grandchild by Irma and Harold Sachs Rickie and Marty Saslove With appreciation by Irma Sachs Schachter-Ingber Family Fund In Memory of: Fania Ingber by Robert Kaplan Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman Sally Starr by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman In Honour of: Morris Kimmel Belated birthday wishes for a happy and healthy year by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman Roz Taller Wishing you a happy special birthday

by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman R’fuah Shlema: Syd Bosloy by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman Harold and Lillian Shoihet Memorial Fund In Honour of: Debbie and Brian Aarenau Mazal tov on Sarina’s Bat Mitzvah by Dovid Shoihet, Miriam Sabo and family Sidney Appelton Mazal tov on your 90th birthday and may you live to 120! by Dovid Shoihet Suzanne and Paul Bregman Mazal tov on Jordy’s marriage to Meir Lipschitz by Dovid Shoihet, Miriam Sabo and family Mel Schecter Mazal tov on your special birthday and may you have 50 more by David Shoihet and family

Label and Leona Silver Family Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Leona and Label Silver In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: A dear sister, Betty Gold by Millie Schaenfield In Honour of: Roger Keen Mazal tov on your special birthday

by Leona and Label Silver Adele and Jeff Sidney Mazal tov on the birth of your grandson by Leona and Label Silver Ralph and Anne Sternberg Memorial Fund In Memory of: Lisa Beame by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Marge Jacobsen by Laya and Ted Jacobsen In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: William (Bill) Sternberg May the memory of our beloved brother be a blessing for all who loved him by Laya and Ted Jacobsen In Honour of: Eileen Gardner Happy 91st birthday to our mother in Winnipeg with love by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Tommy Gussman Happy birthday to our dear friend with warmest wishes by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Laya Jacobsen Happy 30th wedding anniversary to the ‘Lovely Laya’ with love from your Husband-inAwe, Teddy Arthur Klein All the best for a very happy 80th birthday with warm wishes by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Judy and Paul Mendelsohn Mazal tov to our dear friends on their 40th wedding anniversary with warmest wishes by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Mendy Taller and family Mazal tov on the marriage of your son Jason to Nina by Laya and Ted Jacobsen R’fuah Shlema: Ian Kagedan by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Sarah and Arnie Swedler Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Sarah and Arnie Swedler In Honour of: The Auxiliary Gift Shoppe In appreciation by Sarah and Arnie Swedler Sarah Swedler Thinking of you by Sonja and Ron Kesten Roslyn and Myles Taller Family Endowment Fund In Memory of: Molly Greenberg by Roslyn and Myles Taller Mac Jack by Roz and Myles Taller and family In Honour of: Roz Taller All the best on this very special birthday and may you celebrate many more happy and healthy ones with lots of love by Lois and Jerry Nudelman; Debbie, Norm and Vicky Ferkin; and Selena, Alexa and Arianna Louis and Diane Tannenbaum Family Fund In Memory of: Sarah Horowitz Guttman by Diane and Louis Tannenbaum In Honour of: Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Best wishes for happiness on your anniversary and always by Diane and Louis Tannenbaum

In Honour of: The Honourable Robert Decarie Retirement isn’t so bad, the best is yet to come by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum The Honourable Alice Desjardins Retirement isn’t so bad, the best is yet to come by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum The Honourable Allan Linden Retirement isn’t so bad, the best is yet to come by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Alvin Malomet Wishing you a very happy birthday by Fuzzy and Morty Teitelbaum Chief Justice John Richard Retirement isn’t so bad, the best is yet to come by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Mervin Silverberg Mazal tov on this auspicious occasion and hope to celebrate many more by Fuzzy and Mutti Teitelbaum Roselle and David Zinman Wishing you a happy anniversary and hope to celebrate many more by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Sally Zinman Mazal tov on your 95th birthday by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Milton and Mary (Terry) Viner Family Fund In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Cecil Viner by Millie Schaenfield Eric Weiner and Arlene Godfrey Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Arlene Godfrey and Eric Weiner and family Ethel Taylor by Arlene Godfrey and Eric Weiner and family Anna and Samuel Wex Family Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Anna and Sam Wex R’fuah Shlema: Gerry Levitz by Anna and Sam Wex Feeding Program In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Mara and Isaac Muzikansky; Carol and Laurie Pascoe; and Carol and Larry Gradus Ethel Taylor by Heidi and Steve Polowin Sonny Walerstein by Pat Guthrie; Zena Lieff; Lorri Fraser-Roblin; and Diane Mintz In Honour of: Jeff Greenberg For going above and beyond, our sincere appreciation by Heidi and Steve Polowin Nonna Karpova Happy 90th Birthday by Mara and Isaac Muzikansky and family Recreation Program In Honour of: Judi and Edward Kerzner Mazal tov on your 50th wedding anniversary and many, many more years of good health and happiness to you both by Lillian Kahan and Sally Matook Steven Kerzner All the best in the world for a very happy birthday by Lillian Kahan and Sally Matook

Ethel and Irving Taylor Family Fund In Memory of: Ethel Taylor by Debra and Stephen Schneiderman

Therapeutics Program In Honour of: Jessica Kerzner Mazal tov on all your good works, keep it up. We are all proud of you by Lillian Kahan and Sally Matook Anna Morgovsky Mazal tov on becoming a Bubby by Lillian Kahan, Linda Kerzner and Sally Matook

Edith Teitelbaum and Eddie Zinman Memorial Fund In Memory of: Irene Kronick by Fuzzy and Max Teitelbaum Beloved sister of Jack Mendelson by Fuzzy and Morty Teitelbaum

************ IN MEMORY OF: Elias Brantz by Cathy and Tom Trueman and family Molly Greenberg by Edith Landen David Igra by Bev, Bryan, Alison and Rob Glube

Irene Kronick by Issie and Leah Scarowsky; Janice Charbonneau; Marion Silver and Alan Brass and family; Jane and Bill James; the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; Annette and Jack Edelson; Arlene and Norm Glube; Rita and Herbie, Marilyn, David, Michael and Lauren; Ginsberg Gluzman Fage and Levitz; Esther Cepelinski and family; Mildred Kronick; Beverley and Abe Feinstein; the Mitzvah Knitters; Debbie and Sheldon Wiseman and family; Beverly, David, Jory and Mark Gluzman; Sally Stoller Levine; Diane Koven; Ruth Karp and Arthur Max; Libby and Stan Katz; Sandy Kronick and family; Anna Bilsky; Cheryl Leyton and Manuel Glimcher; Lilyan Philipp; and Debi and David Shore William Leibach by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Barbara Mirsky by Annette and Jack Edelson Monty, beloved brother and brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Shinwell by Julie, Daniel and Jonah Kanter Ethel Taylor by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; Bev and Bryan Glube and family; Jane and Bill James; Ethel and Abe Murray; Bonnie, Bruce, Matthew, Hana and Sabrina Engel; Arlene and Norm Glube; Mildred Kronick; Sandy Kronick and family; and Nikki Fischer and family Sheila Power Stone Zangwill by Sheela and Ozzie Silverman IN HONOUR OF: Michael Abbey Happy 60th Rock on forever by Rebecca and Henri, Susan and Alan Daniel Blacher Mazal tov on your Bar Mitzvah

by Minnie Milson; Helen Zawalsky and Adam Greenberg; Sylvia Cohen; Grazia and Antonella Floccari; Doreen Taylor; and Krystle Steffan and Ashley McGee Vivian Caplan Our very best wishes for a happy birthday by Annette and Jack Edelson and family Joy Chochinov Happy birthday and best wishes for a happy, healthy year by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Joel Diener Happy 50th birthday by Seymour Diener and family Dina Edelson Our very best wishes for a happy birthday by Annette and Jack Edelson and family Alan Freed Happy special birthday by Judy and Seymour Berger Molly Hirsch and Eric Elkin Mazal tov on the marriage of Nina and Jason by Ingrid and Gerry Levitz Ruth and Dale Fyman In appreciation by Shirley and Hymie Schildkraut Roger Keen Best wishes on your special birthday

by Cary and Ed Lander Ralph Levenstein Happy birthday and best wishes for a happy and healthy year by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Joyce and Bernie Pagurek Mazal tov on the Bar Mitzvah of your grandson David Pagurek van Mossel

by Laurie and Bill Chochinov Brenda and Marvin Segal Mazal tov on the upcoming marriage of your son Harvey to Taryn by Bev, Bryan, Alison and Rob Glube Adele and Jeff Sidney Mazal tov on the birth of your grandson by Issie and Leah Scarowsky Carol and Mark Tolchinsky Happy anniversary and best wishes for continued happiness and joy by Laurie and Bill Chochinov R’FUAH SHLEMA: Syd Bosloy by Claire and Irving Bercovitch; and Mildred Kronick Gerry Levitz by Bev and Bryan Glube and family; Marion Silver and Alan Brass and family; and Arlene and Norman Glube Sarah Swedler by Marion Silver and Alan Brass and family

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 17, 2009 – Page 15

Yiddish Tog comes to Ottawa September 13

By Rebecca Margolis Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program On Sunday, September 13, the University of Ottawa’s Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program will present a special day of activities devoted to Yiddish. The Yiddish Tog (Yiddish Day) is intended to bring together members of the Ottawa community who have an interest in Yiddish language and culture.

The Yiddish Tog springs from the Vered Program’s commitment to promoting and teaching Yiddish language and culture, both in the university classroom and in the wider community.

“This is a wonderful occasion for members of the community to join the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program in connecting to and celebrating one of the main streams of our cultural heritage. We welcome everyone to partake of the activities, to enjoy them with us, and to kvell, too, at what we can achieve together fostering Yiddishkeit,” says Professor Seymour Mayne, the senior faculty member of the Vered Program.

The event has also been made possible by a special grant from the Chaim Schwartz Foundation, a fund

Janie Respitz will lecture on Yiddish literature and perform Yiddish songs during the Yiddish Tog, September 13, at the Soloway JCC.

dedicated to preserving and enriching Yiddishkeit.

The day will feature Montreal teacher and singer, Janie Respitz. A product of the Yiddish schools, she grew up with Yiddish and holds an MA in Yiddish language and literature. For the past 20 years, she has been teaching courses relating to Yiddish language and a variety of topics dealing with Yiddish literature, eastern European Jewish history and Yiddish folklore. Having taught children for a number of years, she currently offers courses and concerts to adults, particularly senior citizens, and has taught courses in Yiddish lit-

erature in translation at Queen’s University.

As part of her presentations on Yiddish language and folklore, Respitz incorporates the singing of Yiddish songs, sharing her lifelong passion with her students and audiences. She has performed and delighted audiences with her vast repertoire of Yiddish songs in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Amherst, New York City, Montevideo and Israel.

The Yiddish Tog will offer a full day of activities at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC) beginning at 10:00 am with conversation classes both for those who

Aviv Quartet at Chamberfest “Israeli quartet’s Ottawa debut stunning,” read the Ottawa Citizen headline to classical music critic Richard Todd’s glowing review of the Aviv Quartet’s concert at Dominion-Chalmers Church July 28 during the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. The concert, which celebrated 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and Israel, included works by Tchaikovsky, Haydn and Mendelssohn. (Photo: Howard Sandler)

speak Yiddish and for those who would like to learn a few phrases.

At 11:00 am, Respitz will present a brunch lecture on Yiddish literature.

In Mendele Moykher Sforim, Sholem Aleichem, Y.L. Peretz: Grandfather, Father and Son of Yiddish Literature, Respitz will discuss the three founding figures of modern Yiddish literature.

From 12:30 to 2:30 pm, there will be a screening of the classic 1939 Yiddish film, Tevye, starring Maurice Schwartz, based on the Sholem Aleichem novel that would later be the basis of Fiddler on the Roof.

The day will conclude with a performance by Respitz called Yiddish Songs from Cradle to Grave.

Respitz will discuss and perform Yiddish songs that reflect every aspect of Jewish life, from lullabies for infants and mothers, through a child’s growth into the playful cheder years, adolescence, young love, the hard work of adulthood, and aging. Each song provides its own window onto of the joys and hardships of eastern European Jewish life.

The event marks another collaborative project with the Soloway JCC, which has cosponsored a number of Yiddish events with the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program in the past and has been a great supporter of local Yiddish initiatives.

Roslyn Brozovsky Wollock, adult program manager at the Soloway JCC, says, “In addition to offering Yiddish language and theatre programs, the Soloway JCC takes great pride in partnering with the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program to bring the rich treasures of Yiddishkeit to our community, and hopes to play an ongoing role in fostering an interest in the many aspects of Yiddish culture.”

The Yiddish Tog has been designed to be as accessible as possible. The day’s activities are open to the public free of charge, with no advance registration needed.

Everyone is welcome to attend the whole day or just a part. No previous knowledge of Yiddish is required. We hope to see you there!

For more information on the Yiddish Tog, contact me at 613-562-5800, ext. 2955 or rmargoli@uOttawa.ca.

Visit www.vered.uottawa.ca for information about the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program.

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Special Needs Aquatics Program teaches swimming in a friendly, safe environment

By Pamela Rosenberg for Soloway JCC Robin Jordan, Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC) aquatics manager, marathon runner and mom, splashes into new territory with the Special Needs Aquatics Program for children who are autistic, deaf or hard of hearing.

Lessons for the deaf and hearing impaired are available as private, semi-private or in a group and will be taught by Jordan, who holds a Level 3 in American Sign Language (ASL) from Algonquin College.

From her first-hand experience with her daughter Kyra, who now hears with two cochlear implants (which come out when she goes in the pool), Jordan says that deaf children have a natural ability in the water. Her daughter was very comfortable from the first time she took her for a swim.

After spending so much time at

Robin Jordan

the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at CHEO with her daughter, Jordan learned that, although parents of deaf children were interested in teaching their

children to swim, they were afraid of putting them in regular classes.

“You can visually show kids what to do in the water, but it’s difficult if you can’t communicate with them,” says Jordan. “If deaf children are in a class with children who can hear they are going to be behind because they can’t hear the cues and the water can be so dangerous. Everyone needs to learn to swim. It’s a safety thing. I want to make it a friendly environment.”

Aquatics Adventures for Autistic Children takes place on Sunday afternoons for one hour in the Soloway JCC’s salt water pool.

Parents will be in the water with the children and the program includes teaching appropriate behaviour in and around the pool.

Jordan Mason, an aquatics supervisor at the Soloway JCC, who has taught an autistic swim program for the City of Ottawa for

JFS Yiddish group attends international Yiddish festival

By Michael Regenstreif It was a homecoming of sorts, earlier this summer, when Shaina Lipsey, seniors’ outreach co-ordinator at Jewish Family Services (JFS), accompanied a group of 18 Yiddish-speaking – or, at least, Yiddish-understanding – Ottawans, ranging from their early-60s to their early-80s, as they spent a day at the International Yiddish Theatre Festival in Montreal.

The festival took place at Montreal’s Segal Centre for the Performing Arts – the former Saidye Bronfman Centre – home to the city’s famed Yiddish Theatre, now named in honour of the late Dora Wasserman, its legendary founding director. Beginning at age 10 in 1970, Lipsey spent more than a decade working with Wasserman and eventually served as the theatre’s first Yiddish-speaking stage manager.

“It was a fabulous, wonderful time,” said Lipsey, describing the day trip to the Bulletin. “We saw the film Amerikaner Shadkhn (American Matchmaker) and the play S’Brent (It’s Burning), based on Sholem Aleichem characters, attended a reception and were back in Ottawa in time for dinner.”

The bus trip to Montreal to attend the Yiddish theatre festival was an outgrowth of Lomir Reydn Yid-

Some of the group from Ottawa who attended the International Yiddish Theatre Festival gathered around the piano singing Yiddish (Photo: Shaina Lipsey) songs at the Segal Centre in Montreal.

dish, a Yiddish-conversation group that meets on the fourth Thursday morning of the month at JFS to talk and read stories like Sholem Aleichem’s Motl Peysi Dem Chazn’s.

“It’s a good, motivated group,” said Lipsey, who grew up in a Yiddish-speaking family and animates their sessions, “and part of our efforts at building Jewish community.”

Contact Shaina Lipsey at 613722-2225, ext.

325 or slipsey@jfsottawa.com for information on Lomir Reydn Yiddish and other JFS outreach programs for seniors.

Shaina Lipsey performing in 1982 in the Yiddish Theatre production of Gimpel the Fool.

(Photo courtesy of the Segal Centre)

the past five years, will work with the autistic children.

“Swimming is an important skill, particularly for autistic kids,” says Mason. “They don’t deal well with change and things they can’t predict, and water is that to a tee.

Learning to swim helps them deal with things as they learn to deal with the unpredictability of water.”

There will be no one else in the pool during these lessons as many autistic children are sensitive to sounds. According to Mason, having the pool to themselves gives these children the opportunity to move around and experience the water on their own.

“One person can be a huge distraction. When they are alone, they can focus better,” he says.

In addition to being a more conducive learning environment for the children, having the pool closed to other swimmers during this program is a welcome break for the parents as well.

“One of the tough things these parents have to deal with is other parents judging them and saying they can’t control their child,” explains Mason. “When they are alone and only with people that understand their situation, they can relax and build friendships with the other parents and not feel like they are being judged.”

For more information on the Soloway JCC pool or the Special Needs Aquatics Program, contact Robin Jordan at 613-798-9818, ext 377, or rjordan@jccottawa.com.

Aquatics manager set to run the Boston Marathon Aside from introducing new aquatics programs, learning sign language and raising twins, Robin Jordan, Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC) aquatics manager, recently competed in the National Capital Marathon where she qualified for the Boston Marathon and also managed to shave 25 minutes off her time from two years ago, finishing the race in three hours and 50 minutes, a personal best for the 41-year-old.

“I wanted to qualify for Boston, but I didn’t tell anyone just in case I couldn’t,” says Jordan who will run in the most prestigious of marathons on April 19, 2010 with her entire family cheering on the sidelines.

Even with two successful marathons, five years of triathlons and three half-Ironmans under her belt, Jordan is not done yet. She has her sights set on an Ultra Marathon (50 km and 100 km run) and a full Ironman (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike ride, 42.2 km run), which she is planning to do in Florida in 2011 and already prepping for.

“Anything I do, I always try to better my time,” says Jordan. “I always push myself to see how far I can push my body.”

Although she says sports has always been her ‘thing,’ whether it was team sports or track, her real love is for the water, and the pools at the Soloway JCC are her babies.

When Jordan was 16, she started working as a lifeguard and, in 1996, before the Soloway JCC was built,

she spent summers working at the outdoor pool.

When it came time to build a new JCC in 1998, the people behind the project called on Jordan and her aquatic expertise for valuable input on how to make the most of the new facility.

“When they developed the pool and the JCC building, I had input into how the pool should be. The fact that I have been here since the beginning makes it special to me.

All the things that go wrong, and all the things that go right, it’s mine,” says Jordan. “The kids I taught to swim when they were four years old are now my staff and they look after my kids.”

After the Soloway JCC was completed, she moved to the indoor pool where she was the manager until she gave birth to twin girls, Mackenzie and Kyra, now nineand-a-half years old. She came back from her maternity leave as assistant director and eventually became aquatics manager.

So how does a mother of two with a full-time job find the time in her busy schedule for the gruelling training that goes into her athletic endeavours? Easy, she works at a place with a top notch fitness facility fully equipped with everything she needs to stay in shape for triathlons and marathons.

“I can do all of my training at work,” says Jordan. “That is one of the great things about working at the Soloway JCC.” – Pamela Rosenberg

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A stolen green ball and the ethics of consequentialism My almost-three-year-old son discovered our stolen ball the other day. Not a ball that we owned that someone else had stolen, but a ball that my husband and I had stolen. Or, rather, helped ourselves to. At the time, we didn’t consider the act – consciously, at least – to be one of theft. To us, that softball-sized green plastic orb simply represented the intoxicating days and nights of our thrilling romance during the dog days of summer in 1995.

When my husband and I were first going around, global warming was a distant thought and, for fun, we’d drive from Richmond, B.C. to the McDonald’s in Bellingham, Washington – in search of a soft-serve cone.

One night, we found ourselves in an empty restaurant near closing time. Bellingham-area kids were long asleep and Steve and I were left alone to frolic in the ‘ball room,’ the kind made famous by IKEA with its many coloured globes. Buried up to our necks in red, blue, green and yellow plastic, the waitress accommodatingly snapped our photo, and we silently pocketed an emerald green sphere – as a memento of our love.

Fast-forward 14 years. The photo, framed, graces the top of our son’s dresser, near the actual ball that I’d kept (though had forgotten about) in his top drawer.

The morning our son discovered the ball, he brought it into our room, where our five-year-old daughter was curled up for her morning cuddle.

“Where’d you get that?” she inquired.

My husband replied, eyes shifting, “We took it from a

restaurant.”

To which, I quickly lied, “We asked if we could take it.”

Divulging our transgression – however minor and inconsequential – would be irresponsible, I thought. How would our daughter reconcile the lessons we try to teach her about honesty and integrity with the knowledge that her parents had nicked a toy?

What was additionally remarkable about the discovery was that we happen to have hundreds of these balls in the house. I bought a giant bag of them a few years ago at our neighbourhood garage sale. But our son could tell that something was different about this one. It is ever-so-slightly heavier than the other balls. And the ubiquitous golden arches (about which he still remains mercifully ignorant) are barely noticeably embossed onto the plastic.

These balls, of course, are cheap as chips: seven cents each at the grocery store; less, certainly, en masse from a wholesaler. Plus, unlike retail goods, which must be accounted for, a single ball in that room filled with thousands could not possibly be missed. Some snowbird-bubbies are famed for stuffing their purses with pilfered packets of Sweet’N Low and who hasn’t helped themself to more napkins than they need? And, in junior high, when some of my friends developed petty shoplifting as a hobby, I was appalled.

Still.

When are children old enough to grasp moral complexity? When can they be helped to understand that there are

Values, Ethics, Community Mira Sucharov ethical tradeoffs that sometimes can be made and not be entirely wrong (though not entirely right either)?

Lately, I have tried to engage our daughter on these questions, starting with the Robin Hood tale. She gets that it’s bad that Robin Hood steals, but good that he helps the poor. Her proposed solution, though, is that he “get a job and then decide whether, and how much, of his money to give to the poor.” One of her grandfathers is worried this means she’ll eventually vote Tory. And, in response to her apparent police-related phobia of late, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to school her in the basics of Freud’s structural theory. This has resulted in her asking whether “bad guys still have superegos.”

If our kids do ask about the ball again, I could always say that we applied an ethics of consequentialism. We figured that having a real-life piece of that still-life memory to give to our future children would outweigh this small, nearly victimless crime. It’s probably true, on some level, but would probably reek of a hasty and self-serving ethics.

In the meantime, I’ve taken to carrying the ball around with me in my purse, hoping to prevent it from getting mixed up with the many unsentimental toys scattered around our basement, and as a reminder that moral nuance might be the first step toward ethical certitude.

The new president and his ‘engagement’ strategy It is customary for a new American president to be tested by some of the international bullies early in his tenure.

And, since President Barack Obama took office in January, several tests have been conducted by some of the bestknown global bullies.

The way the bullies are interpreting the response, their tests have yielded success and they have gained the upper hand, at least for the moment.

The president’s neutrality has been read as lack of capacity and weakness. There is a serious erosion of confidence and a loss of credibility before the international audience.

The only folks who are happy are the bullies because they get to carry on, not only as they were, but having raised the stakes through these tests.

Engagement is the name of the game in Washington, and Obama is sold on the idea. But some folks are not the kind the president can galvanize with oratory and philosophize with while avoiding taking decisive and strategic action.

In fact, in a unique way, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have set the stage and impressively dictated their own terms. You have to give it to them: a hand well played so far.

Frankly, it appears that most states, including the European Union, have started to pursue more localized international strategic policy approaches, suffering as they are from the overwhelming fatigue of constant chatter from the U.S. about playing nice and its squeamishness about making hard or unpopular decisions.

Internationally, there have been vigorous attempts on Washington’s part to engage and re-engage folks and the results have not been what Washington expected.

North Korea is threatening to fire missiles at Hawaii, Iran seems to be a few short months away from declaring itself a nuclear nation, Israel has been partially handcuffed and put on probation, the crisis in Darfur has been swept

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under the carpet again, and support for freedom across the world, especially in the Middle East, has been dropped in favour of the status quo.

It is hardly surprising that Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and others are positioning themselves for a greater role in global decision-making and impact. They have determined that Washington, and particularly the White House, is more malleable than it has ever been before – at least so far.

By now, the president and his advisers have probably discovered that the reality of running the most powerful country on the planet is not what they thought it would be.

There are really two parallel realities, one under which the president wishes to operate and the other, a somewhat less tidy one, in which the world is full of bellicose dictators who persist in pursuing their own interests. No matter how much you cater to them or engage them, the end result is not going to be magical change.

Catering to the international squeaky wheels through shuttle diplomacy is not exactly strategic or new. What’s the plan? And how do we measure its long-term success?

Engagement is well and good. But when folks do not want to be engaged, or they give you the runaround, you need to come up with an alternative.

In the cases of Iran and North Korea, there have been six years of engagement by various groups, including the Unit-

ed States from the sidelines. When folks tell us in no uncertain terms that they will proceed with their plans, we should believe them.

The engagement approach gets even more dangerous when some nations use it as a lever for further demands. In fact, some folks are really crafty about how they get engaged. Slowly but surely, they change both the game plan and the potential policies we could have been pursuing.

Take the Syrians, for example. The regime has been isolated even in the Arab world, but they are extremely good at negotiating and being engaged. They want to be engaged all the time. Or take the Russians, who are master negotiators. Surely the price of their engagement already may be too high in the areas of national and global security for the U.S. and her allies.

In the case of Iran, for example, there is no incentive in the world that would deter the Iranians from achieving their goal. Washington has been throwing various ideas at this problem, all of them hinging on engagement or negotiation.

But Washington doesn’t think like Iranians do. For Iranians, it is a matter of pride, a way of rebuilding Iran’s imperial influence.

Even as Washington tries to set itself up to negotiate with North Korea, it has to ask itself, what do the generals in Pyongyang want? Again, Washington can scratch its collective head, but, ultimately, when there is no bargaining chip, you cannot bargain. You need to have something the other side wants or needs.

Unfortunately, like most policy approaches, results only show up 10, 20 or 30 years later. So far, it doesn’t look like Washington is embracing the lessons learned from past policies. Nor does it seem that there is a great deal of listening and comprehension going on.

But we remain hopeful that perhaps these are early days and there will be reality checks along the way that will bring significant adjustments

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Kosher wine review:

Pea pod taste dominates New Zealand sauvignon blanc

By Levi Reiss Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of occasional kosher wine reviews written by Levi Reiss, an Ottawa wine lover who recently completed the sommelier program at La Cité Collégiale.

Goose Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2007 13.0 per cent alcohol $23.00 LCBO #28134 Until fairly recently, few thought of New Zealand as wine country, and even fewer put New Zealand wines on their kosher wine list. This little country, 1,000 miles southeast of Australia, was once a real centre of the temperance movement. Although New Zealand has produced wine for more than 150 years, restaurants there weren’t allowed to sell wine until the 1960s.

Grape growers were seriously afraid that wine would be outlawed and so chose to grow table grapes such as Isabella. This hapless grape doesn’t belong to the wine grape family, but is a relative of the concord grape, that mainstay of super sweet kosher wines.

But, times have changed. By the ‘80s, New Zealand wines became popular mostly because of their signature white grape, sauvignon blanc. Many claim that New Zealand sauvignon blancs are the best in the world. In any case, they are unique. This New Zealand sauvignon blanc white wine is mevushal and is kosher for Passover.

The Goose Bay Sauvignon Blanc comes from the Marlborough region in the northeast of New Zealand’s southern island, the region that arguably produces the country’s best sauvignon blancs. The producer is Royal Wines, the world’s largest producer, importer, and distributor of kosher wines and spirits.

My first meal with this wine consisted of slow-cooked veal shanks with sliced potatoes and crushed tomatoes. The LCBO blurb for the wine talked about both aromas and tastes of pea pods and, boy, were they ever right. The pea pod taste was quite present, and even dominant. This was unfortunate because the wine would have been elegant and balanced except for that unpleasant taste. For dessert, I had fruit juice candy that brought out the wine’s acidity, but wasn’t able to remove the problem.

The second pairing involved a roasted Atlantic salmon steak in liquid soy seasoning and maple sauce accompanied

Mazal Tov! It’s a girl!

With great joy, we announce the birth of our daughter Dalia Anna Weisz, named in honour of her great grandmothers. Her proud parents, Nausikaa & Tavi Weisz, her brother David and her family, Ildi, Judit, Lia, Leila, Adi.

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by plain rice. The sauvignon blanc wine was elegant and lengthy, but the pea pod taste remained.

The final meal centred around baked chicken in a maple syrup and onion sauce with packaged potato salad and a moderately spicy tomato, garlic and lime salsa. The wine showed bright acidity with notes of gooseberry, but the pea pods were still lurking in the background. The wine became more forceful with the potato salad and more acidic with the salsa. Together, the sauvignon blanc wine and the salsa did a fine job of cleansing the palate. For dessert, I had some fruit rugelach and the wine showed pleasant acidity and offered some touches of guava and honey. It may be weird, but this was the best pairing of all.

My first cheese pairing was with a spreadable creamy white cheese. The wine was nicely acidic, but still domi-

nated by pea pods. In the presence of partly skim milk mozzarella, the wine was oily.

I have rarely tasted a wine in which a single, unusual flavour was so dominant. By the way, these pairings came from two different bottles. Even without this quirk, I wouldn’t rush to buy this wine again.

Another review of this wine with additional kosher food pairings is available at my website, theworldwidewine.com.

Click on the Tasting Kosher Wine link about halfway down on the left side of the page.

Note: All wines tasted and reviewed are purchased at the full retail price and are available at the LCBO, at least for a short time period. All meals are kosher. The individual pairings take place on different days, and the cheese pairings are done separately.

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Made with Love

What was that grilled mystery meat?

A few weeks ago, we took our annual trek up to the Muskokas to visit our friends, ‘The Chimpanzees.’ That’s not their real name, but they are such wonderful hosts, I cannot reveal their identity, lest they become overrun with house guests and there is no room for us!

We have been making this trip for the past four years as our son’s camp is a 30-minute drive from their cottage. After

Grilled London Broil Serves 6-8 people 1 3-4 pound London broil (top round roast) 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup honey 3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon salt 6 cloves garlic, finely minced Using a sharp knife, score meat 4-5 times, only going about a half-inch deep into the surface. Turn meat and score on the other side. This will help the marinade to penetrate the roast.

Whisk together marinade ingredients and place in a large Zip loc bag. Add meat and seal bag. Gently massage marinade into roast. Place bag in a Pyrex baking dish, to catch any leaks, and marinate in fridge for at least 8 hours.

Barbecue beef on high heat for 5 minutes per side. Turn down heat to medium-low and continue grilling for about another 10-15 minutes per side. Total cooking time will depend upon thickness of the roast. Using an internal meat thermometer will help you gauge doneness. The beef will be medium rare at 130 degrees. Cooking beyond this point will make the meat tough.

Remove meat to a platter, cover with foil and let rest for 10-15 minutes. Slice thinly across the grain and serve.

Sensational Sandwiches

by Janis

our weekend with them, we pick our son up at camp and bring him back to our cottage.

Although the weather was cold and rainy, we had a wonderful weekend with our friends, laughing and arguing (well, Mrs. Chimpanzee and my husband like to battle and debate many issues, while Mr. Chimpanzee and I just smile and nod knowingly). In between all our laughing and debating we ate some great food and created a fantastic summer cocktail.

On Saturday night, Mrs. Chimpanzee brought to the table a large oblong-shaped roast that had been cooked on the grill. It looked like beef tenderloin, but they keep kosher so I knew it couldn’t be that. She told me it was called London broil. I had heard of London broil, but was not sure exactly

Dilled Green Bean and Celery Salad Serves 8 This makes a wonderful accompaniment to the London broil. This recipe comes from the August 2007 issue of Canadian House and Home.

1 pound green beans 1 pound yellow beans 1 red pepper, cut into thin strips 1 yellow pepper, cut into thin strips 2 stalks celery, finely diced 1 shallot, finely diced 1/4 cup cider vinegar 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons canola oil 1/4 cup toasted salted sunflower seeds

Cindy Feingold what cut of beef it was. Mrs. Chimpanzee had no idea, she said, she just got it from the butcher as “London broil.” It was delicious.

When I got home, I did some research and discovered that London broil does not refer to a specific cut of beef, but is a preparation method for a boneless cut of beef, usually flank steak or top round steak flank, that is marinated, then broiled or grilled to medium rare, and served in thin slices cut across the grain. I get most of my kosher meat from Joel Diener at Saslove’s Meat Market. He orders it from Hartman’s in Toronto. I called Joel and thought I’d sound knowledgeable by ordering a top round roast. He said, “Oh, you want London broil.”

Whatever you call it, one of these roasts, marinated for several hours in a soy-based marinade and then grilled, is an easy summer dinner to serve for company. Serve with Dilled Green Bean and Celery Salad and some roasted new potatoes, and sit back and wait for the recipe requests. Then you can show off your new-found knowledge about this cut of meat.

Muskoka Martini Serves 2-3 Mrs. Chimpanzee and I collaborated on this cocktail.

Plain vodka would work fine, but lemon vodka makes it extra special.

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Celebrating a woman of conviction and courage Naomi’s Song

By Selma Kritzer Silverberg Jewish Publication Society 2009 142 pages. Ages 12 and up.

As presented in the book’s foreword, the story behind the writing and publication of Naomi’s Song is almost as interesting as the book itself. The late Selma Kritzer Silverberg was a housewife who, as far as her family was concerned, deferred to her husband and the needs of her family. Late in Selma’s life, however, her daughter came to realize that her mother did much more than that. Selma was, in fact, a woman of strength, conviction and courage, the very qualities she ascribed to Naomi in this work of biblical fiction that is, in essence, midrashic.

Born in 1908, Selma started writing Naomi’s Song around age 49. She completed it nine years later, but failed in her efforts to have it published then. When she was 76, Selma added a preface and photocopied the manuscript for her five granddaughters. Naomi’s Song was finally published posthumously.

Quite a journey for a story that describes several journeys and all that befalls her biblical characters along the way.

Based on the Book of Ruth, which belongs to the period of the Judges – about 1200 to 1000 BCE – Naomi’s Song provides a comprehensive fill-in-the gaps history of Naomi’s life in the Judean city of Bethlehem and in Moab.

Dramatically orphaned at the age of 10, readers follow Naomi through her impoverished childhood to her marriage to Elimelek, the birth of their two sons and their flight to Moab, to widowhood, to Naomi’s return journey home with Ruth, and ending with the birth of her first and only grandchild, Oved, son of Ruth and Boaz and grandfather of King David.

Through it all, Naomi grows in strength, determination,

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faith and wisdom to become one of the 22 women of valour enumerated in the Aggadah by our ancient rabbis. But it’s the details it provides about life and belief in ancient Judaea that makes Naomi’s Song so fascinating. Jewish law was determined by a Council of Elders. Lineage, birth order and gender were of critical importance to one’s status and relationships.

Enemies, both natural and human, abounded. The matter of Judah taking a king was at an early stage of discussion. Marriages were primarily business transactions. Business contracts were sealed by the exchange of a sandal.

Time and again Naomi’s strength of conviction and character as well as her physical strength and inner beauty shine through. Her in-laws see beyond Naomi’s pugilistic reputation, enabling Naomi to demonstrate her devotion to family.

Her husband, Elimelek, teaches his bride how to fight off foraging animals and how to use a sling shot. Naomi uses both those lessons to save lives.

While our sages regarded Ruth as the prototype of the righteous convert, Selma regarded Naomi as the great teacher, parent and leader whose caring, kindness, skill and guile are responsible for Ruth’s devotion and their very survival. Indeed, Naomi’s ability to see God’s hand in her struggles provides an insight into the motivation leading to her eventual triumphs over numerous personal tragedies and adversities.

Midrash, adventure story, romance, even a bit risqué; Naomi’s Song is all that and more. Naomi’s Song is very much a feminist plea that the voices of men and women be heard with equal care and thoughtfulness. Little wonder, then, that it wasn’t published in the 1960s. Not only was biblical fiction not a big seller at that time, the feminist movement was just getting off the ground and the Jewish feminist movement was still to come.

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Is comic book artist Art Spiegelman’s darkness rooted in the Holocaust?

Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!

By Art Spiegelman Pantheon 2008 Hardcover 72 pages Many know comic-book artist Art Spiegelman for Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. Published in two volumes in 1986 and 1991, that Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel told his father’s Holocaust story and of his own experiences as the son of survivors. But Spiegelman’s career long preceded that impressive piece.

Breakdowns is a reissue of a 1977 collection of his work, bookended by autobiographical material in both graphic and prose form. There is also the three-page Maus prototype that he introduced in 1972.

Maus made me an immediate fan of Spiegelman when I

first read it, but I now realize he had been in my imagination long before. My contemporaries will recall Wacky Packs, the Topps trading cards that satirized popular products via vividly drawn stickers and a stick of gum.

Of his two decades spent creating for Topps, Spiegelman writes that he was “warping a generation of kids with the MAD [magazine] lessons that had warped him.” After having kids of his own, he sought more reputable employment.

As a parent, I can relate to that sentiment. Though somehow my own childhood visual world would have seemed less rich – and certainly my exposure to satire less abundant – without my Wacky Packs collection.

Breakdowns provides a glimpse into the evolution of Spiegelman’s craft – “I studied MAD the way some kids studied the Talmud,” he says – mixed with his troubled biography. Hospitalized for a mental breakdown in 1968, he was released only to discover, soon after, that his mother

Nothing like government to bring out the pet peeves You’re very lucky today as I’m going to tell you about my pet peeves. You know what those are: petty annoyances that you nurture and keep close by so that, when you are in a foul mood, you can take them out, stroke them and dissipate your foulness by realizing how really annoyed you actually could be.

Driving in Ottawa has its joys. We are, after all, not far from the Gatineau Hills and its beauties of nature. But, among our fellow citizens, we can also find a bit of wild behaviour as we try to follow them down the road.

Have you ever noticed how many drivers will stop at the head of a long line in the left lane at a red light and then, when the light turns green, decide to flick on their left turn signal?

I tend to think it’s because we have such highly educated people here that they are constantly thinking in abstractions and forget, occasionally, where they are or that there are people in the world with them. Nothing malicious, mind you, they’re just engrossed with the anxieties of national politics and the need to pick up the kids from day care on time.

Another consequence of this constant preoccupation with the affairs of state is that it seems like everyone is on his or her cell phone while driving with one hand. Sometimes such drivers have had their left turn signal flashing in front of me as they veered off into the right lane. It seems that high finances and important policies have taken attention away from the direction they actually intended to go.

It’s the same thing for teenagers. They do not have enough hands to drive, talk on the cell phone and adjust the radio or iPod simultaneously. It is fortunate that most cars will continue to go in a straight line, more or less, even if you are using both your hands for something else. Besides, you can always try using your knees to steer.

Government is an important part of our lives in Ottawa.

We either work in it or have fiends and relatives who do.

Now, public service is an important role and one that is not easy to carry out. But, for those of us who occasionally fall

Humour me, please RubinFriedman into its machinery, it is like experiencing theatre of the absurd; you know, the kind of thing where you’re made to feel helpless and in the wrong, no matter what.

A few months ago, I heard from a government department about a grant proposal I had prepared eight months earlier. Apparently, after careful consideration and review, and sitting on various desks for six months, my project had been approved. We would be getting the final agreement in two weeks.

Two months later, I had still had not received the final agreement.

Where was the agreement? No one knew.

When would we have a final decision? No one knew.

Check with the minister’s office.

We checked and no one in the minister’s office could give us an answer. Someone would say they could not say for sure, but, they hoped the answer would come in two weeks.

Two weeks later, and two weeks after that, there was still no answer.

This felt like water boarding. They have worn me down.

I am ready to confess to anything just to get the damn answer. “My name is Abu Zubaydah and I am guilty. Will this help?”

Apparently not. On my voice mail, I just got a message: “Good news. Your agreement will be ready in two weeks!”

Instead of holding my breath, however, I’ve decided to pull out all of my pet peeves, stroke their fur, receive comfort and share my frustrations with you.

Book Review Mira Sucharov had committed suicide.

His mother had been a worried type, with the Holocaust casting an ever-present shadow in their home. About a mail-order playhouse Spiegelman covets, he enthuses, “Maybe Dad’ll even let me get a dog and use it as a doghouse!” To which his mother replies, “Even before Auschwitz your father was afraid of dogs.”

Preparing for a family vacation, his father tells him, “Many times I had to run with only what I can carry! You have to use what little space you have to pack inside everything that you can!”

Spiegelman muses that “this was the best advice I’ve ever gotten as a cartoonist!”

Watching the Dick Van Dyke show with his mother as a child seems to be one of the only happy memories he shared with her. He chronicles the narrative of her suicide and funeral, with haunting Hebrew letters depicting the mourner’s Kaddish.

Of his complex relationship with his father, Spiegelman depicts a fire-breathing dragon flying out of a box, which Spiegelman presents to his own son. He tells his son, “It’s magical! It makes you feel so worthless you don’t believe you even have the right to breathe! And – just think! – someday you’ll be able to pass it on to your son!”

Some of his body of work is disturbing and hyper-sexualized. Much of it is cryptic and bizarre. Expressing the frustration, in the final essay, of not always connecting with his readers, Spiegelman quotes a colleague as saying “When you don’t understand a painting, you assume you’re stupid. When you don’t understand a comic strip, you assume the cartoonist is stupid.”

Never did I think Spiegelman stupid, though I do admit to some impatience with the weirder sequences. I found the autobiographical sequences much more accessible than his Midget Detective sequence, for instance.

The concluding essay alludes to much more violent, sexual imagery – during a particularly disturbed and drugaddled period of his life – than is (mercifully, perhaps) contained in Breakdowns. Still, in a telling passage, he shares his concern that “mainstream booksellers” may have been reluctant to stock the book, given the sexually explicit content. (To which his editor mockingly responds, “Huh, you mean the naughty bits?”)

Some readers might find these sequences more than ‘naughty,’ and I would urge you to consider where you would store the volume if you have young children – for whom the colourful tome will appear an immediate draw.

(Parents who want to introduce their kids to Spiegelman’s work might consider his new children’s book satirizing the jack-in-the-box.)

We can never know whether it was the Holocaust or his own personal demons that led to Spiegelman’s angst. And whether the familiar theme of attempted vitality represented by the sex acts in his comics was spurred by the shadow of death haunting his life. Perhaps he was simply reflecting the zeitgeist of the 1960s that rejected the superficial moral strictures of the generation before, or whether he was merely competing with his edgy contemporaries Robert Crumb (Fritz the Cat), to whom he refers in the concluding essay, and Harvey Pekar (American Splendor).

What is clear is that, through emotional honesty and raw talent, Spiegelman has helped propel an artistic genre from the underground to the mainstream. For that, his body of work deserves attention.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – August 17, 2009 – Page 27

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ISAAC AND HELEN BEILES ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Norman Beiles by Herby and Pam Beiles and family.

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COOPERMAN-SHUSTER FAMILY FUND Condolences to: Linda Vurma on the loss of a beloved husband, father and grandfather by Earl and Bruria Cooperman.

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DOLANSKY FAMILY FUND Anniversary wishes to: Donna and Bernie Dolansky by Leo and Sandra Lazare; by Janet and Norm Ironstone; by Sandy and Murray Ages; by Merv and Lynn Stone, Robyn, David, Mark, Zach and Mallory; by Enid and Jeff Gould and by Roslyn and Arnie Kimmel and family.

MORRIE AND HELEN EISEN ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Moses (Moe) Greenspoon by Helen Eisen.

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS JEFFREY AND LOIS EISEN FAMILY FUND Anniversary wishes to: Lois and Jeff Eisen by Sherri and Jack Torjman.

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BARBARA AND LEN FARBER ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Ann Marcus by Barbie and Lenny Farber.

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Camper gives back to summer camp To say that Abigail Greenberg loves going to Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa (CBB) may be understating the obvious.

Abigail, like many other Ottawa area kids, can’t wait for her summers at CBB. Abigail is a grade six student at Hillel Academy who celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on March 14, 2009. As she approached this milestone in her life, Abigail discovered that, by opening a B’nai Mitzvah Fund through the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation, she could accomplish two goals … give back to her community and the summer camp she so dearly loves.

Although “just” 12 Abigail is continuing her history of using special occasions in her life to give. For years while celebrating her birthday, Abigail asked her friends to donate to a worthy cause instead of bringing gifts. For example, she has been able to help the Canadian Guide Dogs, Hillel Academy Library and CHEO .Abigail was very excited at the idea of creating a fund that would allow her to continue her tradition of giving.

“It is exciting to be able to do this through my own fund and I feel lucky to have this opportunity. I look forward to many years of giving,” says Abigail.

Each year, the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF) disburses money through donor advised funds to beneficiary agencies. The OJCF increases its capital

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through donations made by donors, which are gifts held in perpetuity. From the capital the available income is distributed to the beneficiary agencies. A donation to the OJCF is a gift that keeps on giving from one generation to the next.

Through the “Abigail Greenberg Mitzvah Fund,” Abigail aspires to coordinate with CBB a scholarship or assistance program to help kids to participate in the camp.

To find out more about the B’nai Mitzvah program and opening a fund with the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation, contact Francine Paulin, Foundation Associate at 613-798-4696 ext. 252.

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS David Morton by Susan and David Kriger and family.

ANNICE AND SYDNEY KRONICK FAMILY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Debi and Neil Zaret.

SAMUEL AND IRENE KRONICK ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Richard Addleman; by Alvin and Ilene Powers; by Barbara and Len Farber; by Alan Freed and Sharon Rosentzveig and by Dan and Marilyn Kimmel.

JOAN AND RUSSELL KRONICK FAMILY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Marilyn and Bill Newman; by Anne Steinberg and by Ann Max and Mike Morling.

ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU ENDOWMENT FUND Best wishes to: Herb Gosewich by Edie Landau.

R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Cantor Moshe Kraus by Edie Landau.

Mazal Tov to: Harold and Deborah Stocker on the birth of their twin grandchildren by Edie Landau.

GOLDMAN/LANDAU FAMILY FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Michael Landau and Faye Goldman and family.

HARRY AND ZENA LEIKIN MEMORIAL FUND Birthday wishes to: Goldie Spieler by Libby and Stan Katz.

The unveiling of a monument in loving memory of

Diane Kriger will take place

Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 11:00 am

New Cemetery, Osgoode Family and friends are invited to attend.

The unveiling of a monument in loving memory of

Jack Smith

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GEORGE LESH MIRACLE FUND Best of luck to: George Lesh in his new home by Sharon, Paul, Joshua, Jordan and Davina Finn.

Speedy recovery to: Marion Silver by Sharon, Paul, Joshua, Jordan and Davina Finn.

Mazel Tov to: Barry and Marcia Cantor on the engagement of Jeremy by Sharon, Paul, Joshua, Jordan and Davina Finn.

NORMAN AND ISABEL LESH ENDOWMENT FUND Mazel Tov to: Barry and Marcia Cantor on their son’s engagement

by Norman and Isabel Lesh.

MURIEL LEVINE MEMORIAL FUND Good wishes to: Gerry Levitz by Stan and Cathy Levine.

Congratulations to: Ingrid Levitz on receiving the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by Stan and Cathy Levine.

In memory of: Barbara Mirsky by Stan and Cathy Levine.

Ethel Taylor by Stan, Cathy, Mira and Michael Levine.

SANDRA AND JACIE LEVINSON ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Sally Weltman by Sandra and Jacie Levinson.

John Holzman by Sandra and Jacie Levinson.

In memory of: Nancy Ritt Hoadley by Sandra and Jacie Levinson.

Speedy recovery to: Sarah Swedler by Sandra and Jacie Levinson.

RUTH AND RON LEVITAN ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Ron and Ruth Levitan.

Irene Kronick by Ron and Ruth Levitan.

SALLY AND ELLIOTT LEVITAN ENDOWMENT FUND Speedy recovery to: Saul Davidson by Sally and Elliott Levitan.

Al Cohen by Sally and Elliott Levitan.

In memory of: Henry Bloom by Sally and Elliott Levitan.

ERNEST AND IDA LEVITZ MEMORIAL FUND Thinking of you to: Gerald Levitz by Kathy Shefrin, Agi and George; by Libby and Stan Katz; by Zelda and Leon Zelikovitz and

by Barbara and Len Farber.

Speedy recovery to: Gerry Levitz by Michael Cohen and Minda Latowsky; by Fern Cohen and family; by Diane Koven;

JOSEPH AND EVELYN LIEFF ENDOWMENT FUND Thinking of you to: Gerry Levitz by Norman Lieff and Francie Greenspoon and by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff.

Edith Kizell by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff.

In memory of: Irene Kronick by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff.

Ethel Taylor by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff.

Special birthday wishes to: John Holzman by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff.

ARNOLD AND ROSE LITHWICK MEMORIAL FUND Birthday wishes to: Marcia Fein by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick and family.

Freda Lithwick by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick and family.

Mazel Tov to: David and Rhoda Eisenstadt on the birth of their first grandchild by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick and family.

CHARLES AND BONNIE MEROVITZ FAMILY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Bonnie and Chuck Merovitz.

GERI MIGICOVSKY CICF FOUNDATION FOR THE PINCHAS ZUKERMAN MUSIC EDUCATION FUND Mazel Tov to: Norman Barwin on receiving an Honorary Doctorate

by Geri Migicovsky.

JEFFREY AND RHODA MILLER FAMILY FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Rhoda, Jeffrey, Howard and Sara Miller.

Irene Kronick by Jeffrey Miller and Rhoda SasloveMiller and family.

Anniversary wishes to: Dr. and Mrs. Howard Cohen by Rhoda, Jeffrey, Howard and Sara Miller.

NORMAN AND ANNE MIRSKY MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Barbara Mirsky by Dan and Marilyn Kimmel.

DAVID LOEB FAMILY FUND In memory of; Ethel Taylor by David and Adele Loeb.

PERCY AND SHELLEY OSTROFF FAMILY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Percy and Shelley Ostroff.

SAMUEL AND LEEMA MAGIDSON ENDOWMENT FUND Anniversary wishes to: Roz and Arnie Kimmel by Larry Weisz and by Enid and Jeff Gould.

GERALD AND MARY-BELLE PULVERMACHER FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND Anniversary wishes to: Trudy and Sheldon Wiseman by Mary-Belle and Continued on page 30

In Appreciation We wish to thank the many people who lent their support upon the loss of our dear mother and mother-in-law, Cornelia (Nelly) Engel. She was a much loved and frequent visitor to Ottawa. The heartfelt donations, meals sent and especially the visits to us in Montreal were greatly appreciated. Please accept this as our personal thank you.

Dr. AndrĂŠ and Shelley Engel

in loving memory of

Maurie Karp will take place

will take place

Sunday, August 23, 2009

at 11:00 am

Family and friends are welcome to attend.

JOHN AND ESTELLE LIBERMAN ENDOWMENT FUND Speedy Recovery to: Bobby Mayers by John and Estelle Liberman.

ANNE (BLAIR) AND HYMAN MAYBERGER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Shelley and Morris Schachnow.

An unveiling

Sunday, August 30, 2009

at 12 noon Bank Street Cemetery Machzikei Hadas Section

by Adrienne and Chuck Shabsove and by Corinne and Sheldon Taylor.

Bank Street Cemetery Beth Shalom Section Family and friends are invited to attend.

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS Gerry Pulvermacher.

Roz and Arnie Kimmel by Mary-Belle and Gerry Pulvermacher.

Mazel Tov to: Jack and Agnes Laing on the birth of their grandson

by Mary-Belle and Gerry Pulvermacher.

In memory of: Barbara Mirsky by Mary-Belle and Gerry Pulvermacher.

PHYLLIS AND ALAN RACKOW ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Molly Greenberg by Phyllis and Alan Rackow and family.

Ethel Taylor by Phyllis and Alan Rackow and family.

ALTI AND BEREL RODAL FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: Shuli Rodal and Michael Noble on the birth of Naomi Sarah by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Maya Rodal and Jeroen Berendsen on the birth and bris of Noah Alexander Chaim by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Menachem and Shterna Rodal and Rochel and Yitzi Loewenthal on the birth of Dvora Leah by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Rabbi and Mrs. Shmulik Rodal and Sorale and Shmary Brownstein on the birth of Moshe Yedidia by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Norman Barwin on being awarded the degree of a Doctorate Honoris Causa by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Gertie and Jonathan Spiegel on the engagement of Ian and Tracy by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Jozef and Vera Straus and Daniel and Davida Straus on the birth and bris of Kalonynus Mordechai by Alti and Berel Rodal.

In memory of: Chuck Dalfen by Alti and Berel Rodal.

Moshe Kopolovicz by Alti and Berel Rodal.

FLORENCE AND GDALYAH ROSENFELD ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Molly Greenberg by Florence and Gdalyah Rosenfeld.

Ethel Taylor by Florence and Gdalyah Rosenfeld.

FRANCES AND MORTON ROSS FAMLY FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Frances and Morton Ross.

Irene Kronick by Frances and Morton Ross.

Barbara Mirsky by Frances and Morton Ross.

RICHARD ROTH AND RIVA LEVITAN FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: Arnie and Liz Vered on “their” graduation from Hillel Academy by Richard Roth, Riva Levitan and family.

In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Richard Roth, Riva Levitan and family.

Irene Kronick by Richard Roth, Riva Levitan and family.

SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN MEMORIAL FUND Get well soon to: Gerry Levitz by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Mazel Tov to: Reisa and Allan Glenns on the marriage of their son, Robbie, to Carrie Diamond by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Jane Ehrenworth on the birth of her grandchild by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Mendy Taller on the marriage of his son, Jason, to Nina Elkin by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

In memory of: Irene Kronick by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Ethel Taylor by Sue and Stephen Rothman and family.

Barbara Mirsky by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor and family.

R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Ian Kagedan by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor and family.

HAROLD AND IRMA SACHS COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Hirshel Solomon by Sheila and Larry Hartman.

RICKIE AND MARTIN SASLOVE FAMILY FUND R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Gerry Levitz by Rickie and Martin Saslove.

In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Rickie and Martin Saslove.

Irene Kronick by Rickie and Martin Saslove.

Birthday wishes to: Eddy Hart by Rickie and Martin Saslove.

HARRY AND FRANCES SAXE ENDOWMENT FUND Anniversary wishes to: Eileen and Donald Kominsky by Carole and Norman Zagerman.

ELAYNE AND WESLEY SCHACTER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Esther Elke Kaplan by Elayne and Wesley Schacter and family and by Irwin Igra and Joanne Shinwell and family.

Bert Bainerman by Elayne and Wesley Schacter.

HERMINA SCHACHNOW MEMORIAL FUND Mazel Tov to: Josh Schachnow on his graduation and award in chemistry by Shelley and Morris Schachnow.

Mazel Tov to: Harvey Slack on his appointment to the Board of the Ontario Arts Council by Marlene Levine and Andrew Siman.

In memory of: Barbara Mirsky by Marlene Levine.

HARRIET AND IRVING SLONE ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Carol and Stuart Levine and by Corinne Levine.

JACK AND LINDA SMITH ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Jack Smith by Sally and Morton Taller.

MAX AND PEARL SMOLKIN FAMILY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Max Smolkin and by Bob and Sheila Smolkin.

LAURA AND GORDON SPERGEL ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Gordon Spergel by Libby and Stan Katz; by Judy, Frank, Ryan and Ali Schure and by Daphne, Leslie, A.J., Chloe and Romy Goldberg.

DORIS AND RICHARD STERN FAMILY FUND In memory of: Barbara Mirsky by Doris and Richard Stern.

SYLVIA AND HARRY SHERMAN MEMORIAL FUND Condolences to: Jack Gwartz and family on the loss of a dear wife and mother by Mr. Louis Sherman and Family.

WILLIAM “BILL” STERNBERG MEMORIAL FUND In observance of the Yahrzeit of: William (Bill) Sternberg by Laya and Ted Jacobsen.

HERB GRAY AND SHARON SHOLZBERG-GRAY FAMILY FUND Congratulations to: Alti and Berel Rodal on the birth of their granddaughter by Sharon Sholzberg-Gray and Herb Gray.

MAX AND PHYLLIS STERNTHAL FAMILY FUND In memory of: Bill Kincaid by Phyllis and Max Sternthal.

Ethel Taylor by Phyllis and Max Sternthal.

FAY AND JOSEPH SHULMAN ENDOWMENT FUND Thinking of you to: Jodi and Sammy Lieff by Nadine and Brian Mordfield.

FREDA AND PHIL SWEDKO MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Molly Greenberg by Claire and Irving Bercovitch.

Speedy recovery to: Gordon Kushner by Claire and Irving Bercovitch.

LORNE AND LAURIE SHUSTERMAN FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: Michael Vered on your “Gold Medal” win at the World Jewish Hockey Championship by Lorne, Laurie, Zak & Ben Shusterman.

Elie Vered on your “Gold Medal” win at the World Jewish Hockey Championship by Lorne, Laurie, Zak & Ben Shusterman.

JAY B. TALLER MEMORIAL FUND Anniversary wishes to: Sally and Morton Taller by Libby and Stan Katz.

JACK AND SARAH SILVERSTEIN FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Gerry Levitz by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family.

In memory of: Irene Kronick by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family.

Birthday wishes to: Morris Kimmel by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family.

LOUIS AND STELLA SLACK MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Myra and Lester Aronson.

MOE AND CHARLOTTE SLACK MEMORIAL FUND Anniversary wishes to: Edward and Judi Kerzner by Marlene Levine and Andrew Siman.

CHARLES AND RAE TAVEL MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Nancy Ritt-Hoadley by Lilyan Philipp.

BRENT AND RISA TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Mark and Marla Spergel and family;

by Lawrence Moskovic and by Robert Kerzner and David Taras.

Birthday wishes to: Chuck Polowin by Risa, Brent and Shira Taylor.

CHARLES AND ROSE TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Chuck Polowin by Chick and Rose Taylor.

IRVING AND ETHEL TAYLOR ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Sally Taller; by Michael Cohen and Minda Latowski; by Fern Cohen and family; by Judith and Murray Lieff; by Steven Lieff; by Cynthia and Max Weinstein; by Clair Krantzberg; by Ingrid and Gerry Levitz; by Sandi and Eddy Cook; by Cally and Sid

Kardash; by Andrew Taylor and family; by Libby and Stan Katz; by Gittel and Martin Tatz; by Jean Myers; by Norman and Myrna Barwin; by Daphne and Stanley Arron; by Ellyn, Steve, Jaclyn and Dana Rosenbaum; by Sherlynn Akitt; by Bonnie and Chuck Merovitz; by Marty, Ellen, and Sharon Cardash; by Myra Presser and Ruth Pellatt; by Ann Brozovsky; by Sam and Roberta Goldmaker; by Laura Greenberg and family; by Susan and Sam Firestone; by Lise and Mark Thaw; by Roseanne and Richard Hill; by Simone Brightstein; by Alan Freed;

by Sandra and Norman Slover; by Isaac and Miriam Muzikansky and family; by the Catana family; by Dan and Marilyn Kimmel; by Shelley Rothman; by Joan and Mel Hartman; by Elisabeth and David Koblinsky; by Sylvie Lachance on behalf of First Capital Realty; by Corinne and Sheldon Taylor and family; by Mitchell Bellman and Nicola Hamer; by David and Judith Kalin;

by Doris and Richard Stern; by Helen and Chaim Gilboa;

by Tracey Kronick and Al Abelson; by Stan and Galela Borenstein; by Esther and Harry Froman; by Martin Allaire on behalf of Metro Inc.; by Felice and Jeffrey Pleet; by Harriette and Saul Brottman; by Laura and Joe Monteforte; by Ann and Mark Dover; by Susan and Jonathan Fisher; by Joan Bloom; by Deborah DoverPaisley, Brian, Amy and Dylan Paisley; by Goldie Cantor;

by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family; by Kevin Librach; by Adrienne and Chuck Shabsove; by Malca and Chuck Polowin; by Marcia and Barry Cantor; by Barbara and Jack Prince; by Lilyan Philipp; by Leslie and Rory Gardiner; by Claude and Claude Arfi; by Sorrell Gwartzman; by Mike, Pam, Aaron and Briana Dover; by Bernice Kerzner; by Freda Weisman; by Jennie Morin; by Shirley and Akiva Kriger; by Barbara and Len Farber; by Norman and Isabel Lesh; by Blossom Read; by Barbara, Larry, Deborah, Gregg and Howie Hershorn; by Robert and Lois Abelson; by Arthur Max and Ruth Karp; by Sophie, Neil and Josh Frenkel; by Sharon, Mark and Charlotte Diamond; by Roslyn and Nordau Kanigsberg;

by John, Andrea, Morgan and Jordan Zagerman; by the Staff and Lawyers at Devry, Smith & Frank LLP; by Stephen & Jocelyne Greenberg; by Ed and Susan Freeman (Poplove) and family; by Sandra Zagon; by Moe Kardish; by Bernard and Donna Dolansky; by Dan, Sari, Ruth and Ron Harrel; by Alvin and Ilene Powers; by Pamela Miles; by Irv Hoffman; by Carmela Feraco; by L. Zinman and Company; by Cantor Shneur and Tracy Bielak; by Zees and Myer Weinger; by Sharin, Adam, Emily and Maya Froman; by Gordon and Laura Spergel;

by Harold Toulch; by Sharon McNaughton on behalf of Donna Polowin’s co-workers; by Ron and Jennifer Vered;

by Sally and Elliott Levitan; by Allan Taylor, Maria and Sophia; by Sheila and Larry Hartman; by Gary and Jody Roodman; by Mia and Manny Bernard; by Danny, Heather, Amanda and Michael Rajf; by Mona, Ari, Lauren, Alex and Daniel Taylor; by Ruth and Irving Aaron; by Stanley and Orly Aaron; by Mr. and Mrs. Eric Goldszmidt; by Ruth and Myron Poplove; by Bruce and Nadine Greenberg and family and by Hy and Zuzik Burstein.

BARBARA AND GERALD THAW ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Gerald and Barbara Thaw.

STEPHEN AND GAIL VICTOR ENDOWMENT FUND Mazel Tov to: Stephen Victor on his Honorary Fellowship from Hebrew University by Eileen, Ann and Stan Goldberg; by Corinne and Sheldon Taylor and by Sandy Marchello.

In memory of: Zelda Weiss by Sandy Marchello.

Bernice Ladoucer by Sandy Marchello.

SONIA AND ARTHUR VINER MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Oded, Pam, Ayala, Amir and Ariela Ravek.

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS MIRIAM AND LOUIS WEINER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Molly Greenberg by Miriam and Lou Weiner.

Ethel Taylor by Miriam and Lou Weiner.

Irene Kronick by Miriam and Lou Weiner.

MILDRED AND PERCY WEINSTEIN ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Molly Greenberg by Millie Weinstein.

Ethel Taylor by Millie Weinstein.

Irene Kronick by Millie Weinstein.

HALTON/WEISS FAMILY FUND Mazel Tov to: Frank and Margo Rosen on the engagement of Lisa to Jeremiah by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

Diane and Michael Parkin on the engagement of Jeremy to Nathalie by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

Norman Barwin on being awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

Anniversary wishes to: Elaine and Irwin Singer by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

In memory of: Sheila Finestone by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

Ethel Taylor by Debbie and Ron Weiss.

IRVING AND DIANE WEXLER FAMILY FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Diane Wexler and family.

Irene Kronick by Diane Wexler and family.

Condolences to: Sonny Segal on the loss of his sister, Tillie by Sandy Marchello.

Congratulations to: Muriel and Michael Wexler on the birth of their grandson by Sandy Marchello.

SAM AND HELENE ZARET MEMORIAL FUND In appreciation to: Donna, Eric and Jen Levin by Debi, Neil and Josh Zaret.

BELLA ZELIKOW - HILLEL LODGE PHYSICAL THERAPY FUND In memory of: Irene Kronick by Norm and Myrna Barwin.

ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND Condolences to: Helen Zipes on the loss of her Aunt by Alyce and Allan Baker.

In memory of: Irene Kronick by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Birthday wishes to: John Holzman by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Mazel Tov to: Ron and Francoise Vexler on the marriage of Daniel to Maya Mailer by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Allan and Elizabeth Schwartz on the marriage of Marla to Earl Morris by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Dave Wylie and Liz Cosgrove on the birth of their grandson by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Matisyahu spends Shabbat in Ottawa before concert

SANDRA AND SAM ZUNDER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Sam and Sandra Zunder.

THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM NOAM ARNON-McGREGOR MITZVAH FUND Thank you to: Rabbi Charles Popky by Noam Arnon-McGregor.

Cantor Shneur Bielak by Noam Arnon-McGregor.

Irv Osterer by Noam Arnon-McGregor.

JORDAN SAMUEL FINN B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Condolences to: Susan Heisel on the loss of her father by Sharon and Paul Finn.

RYAN GOLDBERG B’NAI MITZVAH FUND In memory of: Ethel Taylor by Mary and Len Potechin and by Ernie, Reva, Robyn and Ryan Goldberg.

Birthday wishes to: Bram Potechin by Mary and Len Potechin.

ABIGAIL GREENBERG MITZVAH FUND Mazel Tov to: Abigail Greenberg on her Bat Mitzvah by Miriam Freilich and Aaron Landau.

SARAH ESTHER LESH B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Mazel Tov to: Jonas and Nava Rosenbloom on the birth of their daughter by Liz, Sarah and Sammy Lesh.

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Reggae star Matisyahu, an observant Jew, performed July 11 at the Ottawa Bluesfest. Matisyahu arrived in Ottawa the day before and spent Shabbat with the Chabad Student Network. He arrived early enough to take pictures with students at a preShabbat cocktail reception followed by candle-lighting and a prayer service at sundown. At the Shabbat dinner, “Matisyahu shared some of his life experiences that led to his journey of taking on the observance of Torah and Mitzvot. The party went on through the rest of Shabbat, with a morning service and Kiddush lunch the next day,” reports Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky.

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WHAT’S GOING ON August 17 to September 6, 2009 WEEKLY EVENTS TUESDAYS Israeli Folkdancing, learn dances, have fun, no experience necessary, Vincent Massey Park bandstand, 7:00 pm. Info: 613-722-9323.

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WEDNESDAYS Chill and Grill with Chabad, sponsored by the Chabad Student Network.

Enjoy a delicious barbecue dinner, meet old friends and make new ones, 29 Gilmour Street, 6:00 pm. Info: 613-6017701.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 Wonderful Wednesdays, luncheon program sponsored

by Congregation Machzikei Hadas and Jewish Family Services. Penny Gershon Giaccone speakes on her family’s experience volunteering in Ghana, 2310 Virginia Drive, 12:00 pm. Info: 613-521-9700.

MONDAY, AUGUST 17 Israel: A Pluralistic Society – The Future of the Jewish State, with speaker Marty Davis, director general of the Zionist Activities Department of the World Zionist Organization, sponsored by the Vered Israel Cultural and Educational Program, 7:30 pm. Info: 613-7989818, ext. 243.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 Tamir Tea, in support of Keshet for Kids March Break Program, Centrepointe Theatre Atrium, 1:00 pm. Info: 613-7253519, ext. 113.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 The Kibbitz Club, luncheon program sponsored by Congregation Beth Shalom and Jewish Family Services, speaker to be announced, 151 Chapel Street, 12:00 pm. Info: 613-789-3501.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 Let’s Do Lunch, luncheon program sponsored by Congregation Agudath Israel and Jewish Families Services, speaker to be announced, 1400 Coldrey

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COMING SOON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Best of Hebrew U, Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University presents an informative evening with world-renowned professors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Congregation Agudath Israel, 1400 Coldrey Avenue, Ottawa, 5:00 pm.

Info: 613-829-3150.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Biking for Bubbies, in support of the Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge.

Meet at Hillel Lodge, 10 Nadolny Sachs Private, and follow route, 8:00 am.

Info: 613-727-1991.

Yiddish Day, sponsored by the SJCC and the Vered Canadian Jewish Studies Program, featuring teacher and singer Janie Respitz, includes classes, brunch, lecture on Yiddish literature, film screening and song workshop, 10:00 am.

Info: 613-798-9818, ext. 254.

Kickoff BBQ, sponsored by Chabad Student Network, burgers, steaks, beer, fries and live music; friends welcome, 29 Gilmour Street, 5:00 pm.

Info: 613-601-7701.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Jewish Federation of Ottawa Annual Campaign Kickoff 2010, featuring Henry Winkler (aka “The Fonz”), Centrepointe Theatre, 7:30 pm.

Info: 613-798-4696, ext. 241.

Unless otherwise noted, activities take place at The Joseph and Rose Ages Family Building, 21 Nadolny Sachs Private.

This information is taken from the community calendar maintained by the Jewish Ottawa InfoCentre. Organizations which would like their events to be listed, no matter where they are to be held, should send the information to InfoCentre coordinator Benita Siemiatycki via e-mail at bsiemiatycki@jewishottawa.com or fax at 613-798-4695. She can also be reached by telephone at 613-798-4644. Accurate details must be provided and all events must be open to the Jewish public.

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BULLETIN DEADLINES SEPTEMBER 2 FOR SEPTEMBER 21 SEPTEMBER 16 FOR OCTOBER 5 SEPTEMBER 30 FOR OCTOBER 19 OCTOBER 14 FOR NOVEMBER 2 OCTOBER 28 FOR NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER 18 FOR DECEMBER 7* JANUARY 6 FOR JANUARY 25 JANUARY 20 FOR FEBRUARY 8 FEBRUARY 3 FOR FEBRUARY 22 * Community-wide Issue (all dates subject to change)