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Tamir participates in Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival

By Ilana Belfer Tamir participants teamed up with family members, board members, staff and volunteers to race a 44-inch dragon boat across Mooney’s Bay. It was Team Tamir’s first time participating in the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, which took place over the weekend of June 17 to 19.

Ottawa’s is the biggest dragon boat festival in North America.

Thousands of paddlers race in 22person teams on long, slim boats – a dragon’s head at the bow and a tail at the stern, based on the 2,400-year-old Chinese dragon boat tradition.

“We heard about dragon boat and how it’s been such a phenomenal success … It’s such a fun event,” said Tamir Executive Director Mark Palmer about their decision to enter the festival.

Palmer explained that partici-

pating in the festival is not only about the day of the race.

“It’s about the preparation and becoming a team together,” he said.

Tamir team practices took place nearly every Sunday and Wednesday from the beginning of May with the help of coaches Amanda Kijewski and Leah Dobbin from the Rideau Canoe Club.

“Things that some paddlers might take for granted, like being able to paddle in unison, or even knowing how to put their paddle in the water takes some doing – more practice, more patience, more perseverance,” Palmer explained.

Tamir participant Shirley Harris said practising for the race was a lot of work, but it eventually got easier and she felt stronger over time.

Members of Team Tamir at Mooney’s Bay for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival.

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Erwin Koranyi donates important Holocaust documents to Archives

By Benita Baker Erwin Koranyi, the esteemed Ottawa psychiatrist, professor and philanthropist, has given an immeasurable gift to the Ottawa Jewish Archives.

The 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, who was twice saved from certain death by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, preserved many of the documents from his harrowing survival odyssey in Nazi Europe.

They now have a new home in the Archives.

“I wish to have local young people, in particular, see with their own eyes evidence of the Holocaust,” said Koranyi. “With Holocaust denial widespread, and our youth exposed to horrible demonstrations at universities, these documents are tangible evidence of what happened.”

Mina Cohn, chair of the Shoah Commit(Continued on page 2)

(From left) Mina Cohn, chair of the Shoah Committee of Ottawa, Erwin Koranyi, and Archivist Laurie Dougherty with some of the important documents Koranyi has donated to the Ottawa Jewish Archives.

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Ottawa’s Jewish schools ‘win’ at Walkathon

By Ilana Belfer About 500 people gathered Sunday, June 12 to walk or run as Am Echad (one people) in support of Ottawa’s Jewish schools.

Despite weather reports calling for rain, the sky was clear as Spartacat, the Ottawa Senators’ mascot, signed autographs and mingled with a crowd of smiling children before the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s annual Walkathon.

After Spartacat and Soloway JCC fitness centre manager Ryan Armitage led opening stretches, volunteer Nathan Smith counted down from 10. But, instead of a gunshot, the race began with Smith exclaiming “L’Chaim!”

Funds raised at this year’s Walkathon – dubbed Walk/Run for Jewish Education in Ottawa – supported all of Ottawa’s Jewish day and supplementary schools. Upon registration, all participants selected which particular school would be benefit from the funds they raised.

“It’s exciting,” said Jasmine Segal, a Grade 10 student at Yitzhak Rabin High School. “I came for the Jewish community to help out.”

She said knowing the money was being donated to her school made her more enthusiastic about taking part.

Some of the 500 hundred kids, parents, teachers and community members walking in support of Jewish education in Ottawa. Some dogs walked too.

(Photo: Peter Waiser)

Participants had the option of doing a 1-km walk, a 1-km run, or a 3-km run around the perimeter of the Jewish Community Campus.

In previous years, the route has tended to be longer and extend further from the campus.

“A10-km walk is all spread out.

You’re not walking together, there’s

no unity … I thought it was time we try something new,” said Mitch Miller, chair of the event.

“Regardless of your age, gender or how you express your Jewishness, everyone was … together … being one people.”

Miller said the implementation of the shorter route, as well as the

addition of another new feature – race bags containing bibs and timing chips, was mainly for the purpose of getting kids more excited and involved.

Miller said getting their medal after crossing the finish line was exciting for the kids.

Along the route and at the finish

line, volunteers cheered on walkers or runners who returned to a “family fun zone.”

“It’s great to see everybody,” said Henry Kolatacz, who attended the Walkathon for the first time, with his wife, Anne, and five-yearold twin sons Samuel and Oliver. “[My sons] are having a great time,” he said. “They go to Hillel Academy so we’re here also to support Hillel Academy.”

This year, for the first time, participants could register and solicit donations online, which, Miller said “allowed everyone to have the ability to fundraise from near and far.”

“I wish we did this kind of thing more than once a year,” said teacher Noga Reiss. “Every single one of these people is really concerned and cares about Jewish education.”

Miller called the event “a big success,” and said every Jewish school in Ottawa had at least one participant, meaning every school will get a cheque from the Federation.

“I put together a great team of volunteers,” said Miller, repeatedly expressing his gratitude to the planning committee. “But, it wasn’t just me … It was the community that organized [the event] and the community that enjoyed the day.”

Dragon Boat Festival a success for Tamir (Continued from page 1)

“Everybody was so charged up, having a blast every minute,” Palmer noted.

Other than pure fun, Tamir Development and Communications Co-ordinator Melanie Fulop said part of the reason they put the team together was to further Tamir’s “vision and values” of helping participants realize their potential and make meaningful contributions to society.

Each member of Team Tamir fundraised for the event, surpassing their goal of $2,500.

Funds raised by the various dragon boat teams are distributed by the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation to selected charities including the Ottawa Humane Society and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

“Tamir enjoys so much support … We want to demonstrate how people with developmental disabilities are really an asset to the community and how we give back everyday,” Palmer said, mentioning that participants volunteer at Hillel Lodge, hold jobs in the community, and sing all over the city in the Tamir Choir.

“I hope [Tamir’s participation] will continue because it’s to help other organizations who need the help and it’s nice to be part of the Dragon Boat Festival,” Harris said.

“It was the best thing that ever happened to me besides Joseph,” she added in reference to Tamir’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2010.

Participant Jason Kershman said his favourite parts were paddling with the different teams who were there and being among friends. Kershman said it is something he would want to take part in

it again.

So, how did Team Tamir fare on the day of the race?

“Well, we didn’t come last,” participant Debbie Applebaum said with a big smile.

Koranyi urges other survivors to donate documents (Continued from page 1)

tee of Ottawa agrees.

“These documents have significant historical value for research and education,” she said. “It is an honour for this community to have them.”

Koranyi always planned to donate the documents for the benefit of future generations, but thought it would be after he was gone. Realizing that many other Holocaust survivors living in Ottawa might also have significant Holocaust-related artifacts, he changed his mind.

“I want to initiate a movement,” he said. “I want to encourage other survivors who may have similar documents or photos to contribute.

Even a photograph of the tattoo on their arm is important.”

Among Koranyi’s documents is his Schutzpass, a special Swedish

passport invented and signed by Wallenberg that exempted its holders from laws against the Jews, including wearing the yellow star and deportation to death camps.

There is also his identification booklet from a forced labour camp, stamped with a large ZS (for Jew).

This is an especially important item because most who were issued one did not survive.

When a Swedish newspaper obtained and published a copy of Wallenberg’s daily calendar after it was discovered in Russia’s Lublinka Prison, a family member sent Koranyi a copy of the page from 1944, with the entry “appointment with Erwin Koranyi.” This copy is also among the documents. Another is Koranyi’s DP Certificate, issued after the war to Jews who were in temporary displaced persons camps, with nowhere to go.

Koranyi considered giving these important documents to Yad Vashem, or to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, before settling on the Ottawa Jewish Archives.

“I want the local population to have something to learn from and I want others to donate also,” said Koranyi, who has made Ottawa his home since 1970.

Since the Archives are dedicated to preserving the collective memory of the Ottawa Jewish community, it was a natural choice for the Koranyi documents.

“The Archives is very pleased to work with the Shoah Committee on this important acquisition,” said Archivist Laurie Dougherty. “Dr. Koranyi’s personal documents will provide researchers of all ages with new and valuable information about his experience during the

war.”

Like Koranyi, Cohn hopes the donation will inspire other survivors to also contribute their Holocaust photos and artifacts.

“The documents, which mean so much to Dr. Koranyi, were cherished by him and travelled with him from Europe to Canada over 50 years ago, will now be preserved and cared for by the archivist,” Cohn said. “They will be displayed and used for research and as educational material. I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to other survivors who might have artifacts or documents relating to the Holocaust to contact the Shoah Committee if they wish to donate them.”

Shoah Committee co-ordinator Sarah Beutel can be reached at 613-798-4696, ext. 253, or sbeutel@jewishottawa.com.

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Canadian Jewish advocacy agencies merged

By Ron Csillag (JTA) – It’s an age-old question in the organized Jewish world: With so many similar-sounding organizations doing so much similar-sounding work, is there any way to streamline things and eliminate unnecessary duplication by consolidating like-minded agencies?

While American Jewish organizations have rarely gone that route, in Canada, some of the country’s main Jewish groups have undergone a major overhaul that has transformed the governing agencies of Canadian Jewry.

In early June, after 18 months of talks, the boards of the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy, or CIJA, and United Israel Appeal Federations Canada approved a major restructuring of community agencies.

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Since July 1, those organizations have been folded into a new Canadian umbrella agency for Jewish and Israel advocacy. The agency has yet to get its formal name.

Shimon Fogel, the Ottawa-based CEO of the temporarily named CIJA 2.0, has said it’s possible the

new agency will be named the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC). The traditional CJC, founded in 1919, endured a round of layoffs concurrent with the consolidation.

The new organization “will continue the work of all the agencies that it is succeeding or that are being folded into it, including the whole range of traditional Congress activities,” Fogel told JTA. Noting that CJC leaders were involved in the process, he added, “This isn’t a hostile takeover.”

Fogel has said the need for reorganization stemmed from the belief the line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism has become almost indistinguishable.

“This isn’t about changing the agenda. This is about delivering on that agenda in a more efficient and effective way. Nobody’s abandoning any of the elements of one organizational agenda in favour of another,” he said. “We had an opportunity to integrate and consolidate all the thematic agendas – campus, anti-Semitism, Israel relations, social policy agenda at the local community level – all of

those things could be brought into one, holistic institution.”

Fogel said the new entity will transform the relationship with local Jewish federations.

“It represents an opportunity for the federations to engage more directly in the advocacy process,” he said.

The new organization will have a national 21member board and local committees, according to Moshe Ronen, a former CJC president and chair of the Canada-Israel Committee until the July 1 amalgama-

tion. The nuts and bolts will be implemented over the next month or so, he said.

Mitchell Bellman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, told the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin the Federation’s Communications and Community Relations Committee will fulfil the role of Ottawa’s local committee in the new structure.

Six senior CJC employees received termination notices in the wake of the restructuring, including the acting CEO and one employee who worked in the

Ottawa office for 24 years (see sidebar). Community officials are not ruling out more dismissals as the new agency takes shape.

“It’s impossible for anybody to be happy when other people are losing their jobs,” said Rabbi Reuven Bulka, a former co-president of the CJC. “It’s impossible to say it doesn’t hurt.”

Rabbi Bulka said he hopes “whatever comes out of this will be something positive for the community.

If it works, it works.”

Michael Regenstreif contributed to this report.

Six key CJC officials lose jobs in restructuring of advocacy agencies (JTA) – Six senior employees of Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) have lost their jobs in the restructuring of Canada’s Jewish advocacy agencies.

Notices of dismissal, effective June 30, were sent to Benjamin Shinewald, CJC’s Toronto-based acting CEO; Wendy Lampert, national director of community relations; and Enza Martuccelli, director of community relations in CJC’s Montreal office.

Two longtime CJC employees in the Ottawa office – Eric Vernon, director of government relations and international affairs, and Josh Rotblatt, director of

operations – received notices effective July 31.

Romy Ritter, regional director in Vancouver, was also told her employment will not continue.

The personnel moves were “mandated” by the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy

(CIJA), said CJC President Mark Freiman in a statement to his board on June 24.

“I grieve for our community’s loss in terms of the talents and devoted service of those whose employment CIJA has decided to terminate,” Freiman said.

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National Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony honours Righteous Among the Nations

By Ilana Belfer The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem honoured three “Righteous Among the Nations,” June 14, at the 2011 National Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony themed “True Heroes – The Legacy of the Righteous.”

“We … join with Canadians from all walks of life, young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish, to remember with collective sorrow the six million Jews who were murdered in the Shoah,” said Fran Sonshine, chair of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem.

The event, held at the Canadian War Museum, was postponed from May 2, National Holocaust Memorial Day, after the federal election was called for that day.

Among 500 people in attendance were diplomats from 50 countries, eight senators and 34 members of Parliament.

“In May 1945, Germany surrendered …

We were scattered, desperate and completely demoralized. The story of how we emerged and re-established our state in our homeland is truly inspirational,” said Israel’s Deputy Chief of Mission Eliaz Luf in his address.

Luf explained this was only possible due to the Righteous Among the Nations, gentiles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. They were “more than heroes,” he said.

“Today, thanks to our strength as a nation … never again will we fall victim to the threat of hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Luf. “Israel has an obligation to acknowledge, honour and salute the brave individuals who saved Jews … when no one else would.”

The honourees recognized as Righteous Among the Nations were Julia Ciurko and Wladyslaw and Petronela Ziolo.

The Ziolos, Christian Polish farmers, took Joe Gottdenker, a baby at the time, and his mother, Binna, into their home until Binna recognized a local woman and fled, fearful of being identified. For the next three years, the Ziolos raised Gottdenker until Binna returned

for him after the liberation.

The Ziolos were “ordinary people who did something extraordinary,” said Gottdenker, who was present at the ceremony. He is now a businessman and noted philanthropist in Toronto.

“I have asked myself if … I could ever risk my life or the lives of my wife or children to save the life of another, often a stranger,” Gottdenker said, asking the assembly to consider the same question. “We cannot know, but it forces us to confront ourselves, our values and our courage.”

Gottdenker also reinforced the adage that appeared at the end of each Yad Vashem video chronicling the honourees: “He who saves a single life, saves the entire world.”

Each of the honourees received Righteous Among the Nations certificates and medals.

Sonshine announced that their names will be “forever engraved on the honour wall in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.”

Beata Swierc, granddaughter of Petronela and Wladyslaw Ziolo, accepted the award on their behalf.

Julia Ciurko’s granddaughter, Grazyna Swist, accepted the posthumous award on behalf of her grandmother.

Candle lightings by honoured attendees took place throughout the event on a sixbranched Yad Vashem candelabrum to pay tribute to the six million Jews who perished in the Shoah.

At the end of the ceremony, all Canadian students present were invited to drop yellow roses at the base of the menorah to, said Sonshine, represent the transcendence of good over “the other yellow symbol,” the Star of David that Jews were forced to wear in Nazioccupied Europe.

“In honour of the future generation to carry on the lessons of tolerance … you are our future and we look to you,” Sonshine told them.

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Sea Lions and Tamir brought ruach and koach to the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival It has been a busy, exciting time since I became chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa on June 1. I would like to share a small sample of what I’ve been up to.

There have been graduations, AGMs, meetings and ceremonies to attend. I have felt honoured and privileged to represent the Federation in both the Jewish and general communities, and I am so proud of all that we achieve.

Sometimes it requires viewing things through the eyes of others to be reminded of our many successes. While attending the Hillel Academy graduation, I had the pleasure of seeing 21 remarkable, talented and eloquent students take the next step in their Jewish journey. They reminded me of how lucky we are to have these new, capable ambassadors representing Ottawa’s Jewish community.

On June 15, the Federation Board of Directors held our annual retreat. We spent nearly 12 hours getting to know each other and planning for the coming year. We identified four priority areas we need to address more fully: young adult engagement, campaign and fundraising revitalization, Jewish education and renewal, and campus asset management.

We discussed the importance of not working silos and integrating our committees to work collaboratively for a common goal. We discussed the make-up of our

Federation Report Debbie Halton-Weiss Chair committees and the importance of having a wider representation of people from diverse backgrounds. We also recognized how certain projects can be short-term with clear time frames, and attracting involvement from the younger demographic.

Board members will be meeting over the summer to ensure we are on top of some of the more pressing issues. By September, we want to be ready to move forward with a revitalized structure in which we’ll all feel the pride of ownership, and view the organization as an extension of ourselves and as a means to achieve the goals we believe the community values.

On the weekend of June 17, I participated in the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival as one of the Sea Lions. Some of the Sea Lions have been on the team for three consecutive years while some, including members of the Young Women’s Leadership Council, joined us for the first time. Once again, we came to the finish line winning awards for our spirit, participation and

This position ... carries the weight of responsibility and commitment, but it also provides a wonderful sense of satisfaction, pride and inspiration. successful fundraising achievements.

The difference this year was that Tamir, our community organization that meets the needs of developmentally challenged Jewish adults, also had a team competing in the Festival. Their participation reinforced exactly why the Sea Lions became involved in the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Sea Lions have raised a considerable amount of charitable dollars for the Dragon Boat Festival, helping to raise the bar to a whole new level, and giving the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation some unexpected funds. Through our participation, they heard about Tamir, its great work and its production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Feeling this program fell within their

mandate and criteria, the Festival Foundation generously contributed funds to the production. Tamir was then introduced to the sport of dragon boating, its teambuilding potential and its values of accessibility and inclusivity, and entered the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, side-by-side with the Sea Lions. They too wanted to give something back to the community and help others in need.

After the race, when Tamir returned to the shoreline to the cheers of supporters, we all danced the hora and celebrated our mutual successes and pride. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival has never witnessed such ruach and koach (spirit and strength).

Tamir, along with the Sea Lions, Young Leadership teams, and others, is starting to plan and develop fundraising initiatives so that we will all go to Israel together in May 2012 for Dragon Boat Israel.

So, these are a few of the things that have kept me busy. I continue to be surprised and energized by the many opportunities I have had in these few short weeks.

This position, of course, carries the weight of responsibility and commitment, but it also provides a wonderful sense of satisfaction, pride and inspiration.

I invite you to join me on this journey, as you, too, might be surprised and similarly gratified and inspired.

‘While Judaism maintains that life is worthwhile, it does not claim that life is easy’ “From the beginning of Av we limit our joy.” (Mishna Ta’anith) While most of the world welcomes the warmth and beauty of the summer months,

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month – Tisha B’Av – Judaism marks the darkest days of our calendar year. Catastrophe is commemorated. Destruction and displacement are the highlighted themes. At no other time does the rhythm of Judaism seem so out of sync with everything around us.

Yet, it is not unusual for Judaism to inject a note of dissonance into an otherwise harmonious setting. Do we not read the sobering book of Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) on Sukkot, “the time of our joy”? Do we not break a glass at the wedding ceremony to remind us of the chaos that intrudes on our personal and communal lives? Indeed, on all of our major festivals, we add the Yizkor prayers, injecting a note of sadness into our celebrations. While Judaism maintains that life is worthwhile, it does not claim that life is easy.

Nonetheless, the commemoration of tragedy is not complete until the depression has turned to elation. In the weeks before Tisha B’Av, we read three haftarot of rebuke. But, following Tisha B’Av, we recite seven haftarot of consolation. On Tisha B’Av itself, the practices of the day

From the pulpit Rabbi Charles Popky Agudath Israel reflect a movement from deep mourning to a sense of comfort and restoration. And, according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, the 15th of Av is one of the happiest days of the year, a propitious day for making matches. As the psalmist would have it, “They who sow in tears shall reap in joy.”

Thus, the incongruity of a mourning period during the summer months is actually a reflection of Judaism’s realistic outlook and its sober – but not sombre – assessment of life. Chaos intrudes into every life, and, on both a personal and a communal level, we will likely face pain, tragedy and suffering. Yet, even as Judaism recognizes and acknowledges this chaos, we are taught to look past it for the possibility of joy that lies ahead.

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The history of the Canadian Jewish Congress should be honoured and celebrated The Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) website – which was still accessible as of July 7 – includes a brief history of the organization that first came together to represent the Jewish community on a national basis in March 1919.

I presume the page was written about two years ago because the last line is, “From coast to coast, Canadian Jewish Congress is still going strong at 90 years old.”

At 92, though, the CJC, ceased its operations. On July 1, as you may already have read in the JTA reports on page 4, the CJC, the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee, were all merged into a new organization temporarily being called CIJA 2.0.

CIJA (the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy) itself is a relatively new body. It was established in 2004 by UIA Federations Canada – the national organization of the Jewish federations in Canada, including the Jewish Federation of Ottawa – as an umbrella organization to co-ordinate the advocacy efforts of the organizations it has now absorbed. In the original CIJA model, each of the advoca-

Editor Michael Regenstreif cy organizations remained independent with its own structure, board of directors and staff.

In the months since the news of the CIJA restructuring began to emerge late last year, there have been many expressions of concern, particularly from CJC activists, present and past, that CJC’s rich history will be forgotten and that its advocacy work on a broad range of issues of concern to Canadian Jewry will be overshadowed by the new organization’s concentration on Israel-related issues (hitherto, the domain of the Canada-Israel Committee).

One suggestion on the table throughout the merger discussions is that the new organization be called ‘Canadian Jewish Congress.’ This would provide a measure of historical continuity to Canada’s national Jewish advocacy organization and

also recognize the CJC’s long and venerable history. The other organizations merged into CIJA 2.0 are all much newer creations, none of them nearly as well known as the CJC. According to the JTA report, CIJA 2.0 CEO Shimon Fogel has said in the past that it’s possible the new agency will be called ‘Canadian Jewish Congress.’

I suppose the choice of a permanent name for CIJA 2.0 will depend on whether the decision-makers want the new organization to reflect a long history of Jewish activism in Canada or whether they want to start from scratch in building a new brand for Jewish and Israel advocacy.

If it were up to me, I would choose to honour the many thousands of people whose actions have been a part of the CJC over a period that almost reached a century and retain the name ‘Canadian Jewish Congress.’ It’s a history that should be celebrated and not forgotten.

The Gaza Flotilla As I write on July 7, there have been several reports that organizers of the socalled Gaza Freedom Flotilla have finally decided to abandon their ships after none of them made it out of the Athens port in

their attempt to sail the Mediterranean past the Israeli navy bringing “peace, freedom and humanitarian aid” to the Palestinian people.

The flotilla, in reality, was a sham that had nothing to do with peace or freedom and little to do with humanitarian aid. It was simply about delegitimizing the State of Israel.

The amounts of food and other aid that flows daily into Gaza from Israel and from Gaza’s now-open border with Egypt dwarfs anything the flotilla might have brought.

The flotilla’s real goal was to lend support to Hamas, the terrorist organization that governs Gaza while continuing to practise terrorism, while continuing to hold Gilad Shalit – who was kidnapped from Israel – captive for more than five years.

You can’t support Hamas, in word or deed, and be a peace activist. Hamas rejects peace. Hamas is in league with Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator whose regime has murdered thousands of his own people in recent months.

“Peace activists” who want to fight for human rights in the Middle East should try sailing their flotilla into Syria

Canada Day in Ottawa begins Will and Kate’s excellent Canadian adventure For her first Canada Day appearance on Parliament Hill, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, did not disappoint either Royal watchers or patriotic Canadians. She emerged from her ride decked out in red and white, including a stunning cream dress by the British Reiss label, a red fascinator hat with a maple leaf motif designed by Sylvia Fletcher at Lock and Co., and stylish red pumps.

The pièce de résistance, of course, was a diamond brooch in the form of a maple leaf, loaned to the duchess for the tour by the Queen, who first wore the same item of jewelry on her maiden tour of Canada as a young princess in 1951.

For my part, on Canada Day, I wore a fetching black-and-white striped, shortsleeved, buttoned-down-the-middle, wrinkle-free-cotton Arrow shirt (on sale at Zellers last month for $17.99), coupled with a pair of khaki cotton Timberland shorts and – in a Kate-like nod to recyclable fashion, and to the patriotic colours of the day – I topped off the ensemble with my four-yearold Ottawa Lynx red baseball cap.

Although I have been photographed wearing that cap on numerous occasions, these are tough economic times and I need to do my part, however symbolically.

Alan Echenberg Later, the duchess returned to Parliament Hill for the evening festivities wearing a striking long-sleeved V-necked purple Issa dress. She retained the Queen’s brooch. Unlike Kate, I opted to remain in my complete morning ensemble for the entire day. I even retained the cap (mostly because I didn’t want photos of my hat hair appearing in the weekend tabloids).

Actually, I missed out on all of Ottawa’s live, in-person Royal-watching because of an out-of-town commitment, but I wasn’t left completely out of the loop. Because I am a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, I got daily e-mail updates from “Miguel,” Will and Kate’s (and also Prince Harry’s) personal press secretary, most of which detailed whatever outfit Kate happened to be wearing that day.

The day after Canada Day, for example, Miguel informed me that Kate was wearing

a grey Kensington dress by Catherine Walker. The following day it was a blue, lace “Jacquenta” dress by Canadian designer Erdem.

I wrote back, asking Miguel to please inform the Duchess that I had on my red Montreal Canadiens 100th Anniversary T-shirt, and that the mustard stain is now almost completely undetectable.

I really didn’t need to be on the press e-mail list to be kept up-to-date on all of the Royal goings-on. With hundreds of members of the international media covering the first official tour of the celebrated newlyweds, every detail of it – Kate’s outfits and beyond – was covered instantly and extensively around the world and across the Internet.

Canada hadn’t been featured in so many international news stories since, well, since last month’s Stanley Cup riot.

But to what end?

How much of the frenzied and fawning attention to Will and Kate’s excellent Canadian adventure was due to the Royal couple’s Hollywood-like celebrity and how much of it was due to an appreciation of the Duke’s hereditary role as the future head of state of our constitutional monarchy?

Probably a lot more of the former than of

the latter. Canadians seem more interested in seeing Will’s face on the front cover of People magazine than on the front of the $20 bill (where it may one day be).

From the point of view of the Royal family, it probably doesn’t matter why we were all paying attention, only that we were. The Will-and-Kate show is the best PR in decades for that often controversial, sometimes scandal-plagued and frequently mocked institution.

For that matter, it’s not likely that any of the Canadian politicians sharing the stage with the Royal newlyweds – the prime minister, federal cabinet ministers, provincial premiers, etc. – were upset about the reflected attention they received as a result.

Whether you believe the monarchy continues to have relevance in the 21st century, or whether you believe it is an archaic institution with no place in a modern democracy, there’s no denying the Royal duo made a positive splash in this town and across the country.

As far as hereditary heads of states go, you certainly could do a lot worse than Will. But maybe we should consider putting Kate’s image there with his on the $20 bill.

I’d even be willing to lend her my Ottawa Lynx cap.

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Roth also announced the Jewish Legacy Challenge in which community members are asked to include a gift to the community in their wills in order to help “ensure the vibrancy and long-term sustainability of our community.”

As an incentive, Roth announced that he and his wife Riva have opened the Legacy Challenge Fund with an initial deposit of $25,000, which “will be used to pay professional costs for community members who wish to create their Jewish legacy.”

In his remarks, outgoing OJCF Chair Harold Feder highlighted several areas of accomplishment during his

two-year term, including the diversification of the board, including more women and younger members, and more tailoring of fundraising efforts to match donor interests.

Feder said the OJCF’s evening with Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon discussing their book, The Art of Giving, was a personal highlight of his term as OJCF chair.

Feder also paid tribute to the OJCF staff for their ongoing support, and to Roger Greenberg, his predecessor as OJCF chair, who was completing his tenure on the board.

Greenberg, he said, was owed a big debt of gratitude for all that he’s done for the OJCF. Also during the meeting, University of Ottawa psychology student Adam Moscoe received the OJCF’s George Joseph Cooper Scholarship Award, valued this year at $13,029.

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Disabled Israeli veterans spoke to Hillel Academy students, June 22, during their two-day visit to Ottawa.

Disabled Israeli veterans visit Hillel Academy students

By Michael Regenstreif In 1949, after Israel’s War of Independence left more than 6,000 of its soldiers disabled, the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization (ZDVO) was created. Today, ZDVO serves more than 50,000 disabled veterans at its Beit Halochem rehabilitation centres in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem and at its Beit Kay recreation centre in Nahariya. Israeli civilians disabled by terrorist attacks are also served at the ZDVO centres.

A popular ZDVO program is trips for disabled veterans who visit Europe and North America as guests of local Jewish communities.

The trips create strong bonds between Diaspora communi-

ties and Israel’s disabled veterans. Ottawa has long been an important stop for the veterans on their Canadian tours.

On June 21 and 22, a group of 10 disabled veterans, ranging in age from their 20s to their 60s, toured Ottawa, where their itinerary included a visit with Hillel Academy students who listened intently as some of the veterans told of how they were injured in Israel’s various conflicts – from the Yom Kippur War to Operation Cast Lead – and were rehabilitated at Beit Halochem centres.

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Another who spoke was Eitan Kochman, 29, who was injured in Gaza in 2001 during the Second Intifada.

“Beit Halochem was my home after the war,” said Kochman. “It was not easy,

but it was a place in which to heal.”

Kochman also paid tribute to Diaspora communities that provide support to Beit Halochem and welcome disabled veterans like himself on tours like the one that brought him and his friends to Ottawa.

“Jews around the world give us strength,” he said.

During their visit to Ottawa, the disabled Israeli veterans also enjoyed a dinner hosted by David Smith of Creative Kosher Catering at his home.

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Rabbi Simes faces every day with courage

By Ilana Belfer There wasn’t an empty seat, June 14, when Torah High Ottawa celebrated its fifth anniversary at the Joseph and Rose Ages Family Building with a keynote address from its beloved director of education, Rabbi Yehuda Simes.

The rabbi, who has spent the past year recovering from devastating injuries suffered in a highway accident, started Torah High with Bram Bregman and Kathy Kovacs, the NCSY Ottawa executive director and chair, in 2006.

The after-school Jewish studies program offers ministrycertified high school credits to public high school students. This past school year saw participation from 101 Jewish teenagers. “At Torah High, we don’t see one room in a small space next to the Quickie,� said Bregman. “We see the future leaders of the Jewish people.�

The audience stood in silence as Rabbi Simes manoeuvred his wheelchair to the front of the room. He is a C-level quadriplegic, which he explained, is “quite a high level.�

Rabbi Simes began by addressing his trouble finding proficient homecare. “I asked, ‘Why is that?’ I can’t be the only one in a city of one million who’s ever had an accident such as mine,� he said.

He said the response, the fact that few quads live in home environments due to the anger and depression they experience, would frame the rest of his speech. “They are broken people ... They break up their families and therefore have to move in to long-term care facilities ‌ I’m not going to touch that,â€? he asserted.

Rabbi Simes went on to explain how he beats the odds: spiritually, generally

and personally. “I firmly understand and believe that everything God does is good,� he said, clarifying that bad does exist in the world, but only because we can’t understand why it’s good. “God put each of us here to be the best we can with everything that’s in our path – if only we could all internalize that lesson.�

Rabbi Simes said each day takes courage, adding, “If God believes in me because he gave this to me, then I’m going to believe in myself.�

After a long pause, Rabbi Simes admitted that, given the choice, he wouldn’t want to be in his current condition, even “in order to see more of the greatness from Hashem.�

Despite his situation, he has chosen to remain positive, a decision, he said, anyone can make regardless of their religiosity. “I don’t ask why,� said

Rabbi Yehuda Simes speaks at Torah High’s five-year celebration, June 14.

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Rabbi Simes, explaining he sees that as a signal of anger or complaint. “I ask what:

‘What does God want from me now?’ instead of ‘Why did God do this to me?’�

Rabbi Simes said he has surpassed doctors’ expectations in his recovery and called his ability to breathe and swallow on his own a “miracle.� He said he is not done improving. “I want to tell you a secret: it’s because of you,� he said, showing his appreciation to the community.

He also spoke of his wife’s strength of character, whispering, “She doesn’t know this part of the speech,� before thanking her and calling her “the reason [I] made it.�

Rabbi Simes said he plans to go back to teaching at both Torah High and Hillel Academy as soon as he is ready, and expressed regret that he could not be more specific about when that will be.

He did say, though, that the time of his return is “getting closer,� which was followed by applause from the crowd.

Congregation Machzikei Hadas Stock Hullabaloo

By Roger Keen for Machzikei Hadas As any shul fundraising committee knows, it takes hard work and dedicated volunteers to come up with creative ideas to help raise the funds that support programming and activities for shul members and the community.

One creative idea we’ve come up with at Congregation Machzikei Hadas is a Stock Hullabaloo contest.

So, what is a Stock Hullabaloo contest?

It’s really very simple. You enter a contest to see how well you can pick a portfolio of four stocks to appreciate the most in a bull market or depreciate the least in a bear market.

Organizers of the contest have selected 36 stocks from the Toronto Stock Exchange. You pick four.

The contest entry fee of $100 gives you a hypothetical $10,000

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JET Young Professionals to launch the Glebe Shul

By Marlee Wasser for the Glebe Shul A team of enthusiastic Jewish urbanites is gearing up to launch a new initiative this August, “The Glebe Shul,” under the leadership of Rabbi Michael and Stacy Goldstein.

As many of Ottawa’s young Jewish professionals can tell you, Friday night dinners and davening at the Goldstein home are kind of a big deal.

Since taking over the reins of JET’s Young Professionals division last year, the couple has attracted a regular Shabbat crowd to their house on Fifth Avenue.

“At first, 20 people would come,” said Rabbi Goldstein.

“As time went on, we would invite people for Shabbat dinner and not have enough space for everyone.”

Once they got to that point, he said they realized a fairly rich community was growing around their Shabbat dinners.

That’s when they decided to bring the community together in a more formal way.

He and Stacy began discussing the idea of creating an informal downtown shul, like others they’d seen develop in Toronto and Montreal,

Rabbi Michael and Stacy Goldstein will lead the Glebe Shul, launching in August.

with the hope they could bring the same kind of success to Ottawa’s urban Jewish community.

“We were both really excited about the idea of it, but also hesitant for a couple of reasons,” he said.

While they wanted to keep their home as the central location for the shul, at least at the beginning, they were a little intimidated by the extent to which this would mean

sharing their house with the community. They’d already been having large groups over for regular Shabbat dinners, but creating a shul in their home would be a more serious commitment. On the other hand, they also had concerns that creating too much of a shul environment might change the nature of what everyone already loved about what they were doing.

“We like the intimacy of inviting people to our home,” Rabbi Goldstein said, as opposed to inviting people to an organized dinner at a formal shul.

After talking it out, the couple agreed they could make it work.

“We’re intentionally structuring the shul in a way where we’ll hopefully see that same level of intimacy,”

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he said, explaining it will be “a shul without walls” where members will be able to enjoy dinners in their home, or at other people’s homes, and remain more united through programming than any actual physical location.

Rabbi Goldstein wants the Glebe Shul’s educational and volunteer activities to be member-driven. He wants everyone to feel a sense of ownership and involvement in the programming.

“We want to create opportunities,” he said. “We want to be a place where people can come to create the type of Jewish community they’re looking for.”

Rabbi Goldstein said if Ottawa’s young Jewish community wants an art space, or social space or Jewish learning space, he wants the shul to be able to provide the space for all of that.

“We’ll move with the community,” he said.

With this vision, the Goldsteins found it was easy getting others to jump onboard the idea.

“People said you should do it and we want to do it with you. Everybody we approached to be on the launch team said yes immediately. It is significant for us to have that kind of support,” said Rabbi Goldstein.

The Glebe Shul is the latest in a long list of innovative, groundbreaking JET programs.

“JET is always looking for ways to strengthen our community,” said JET Director Rabbi Zischa Shaps. “It is our hope the Glebe Shul will serve as a gateway to the general Jewish community of Ottawa for young professionals and students.”

The Glebe Shul’s first official Friday night service and dinner is on August 12, with a launch party on Sunday, August 14, coinciding with Tu B’Av. For information, contact the Glebe Shul at glebeshul@gmail.com.

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Rabbi Sender Gordon is Ottawa’s newest mohel

By Ilana Belfer When Rabbi Sender Gordon was ordained, he didn’t want to stop learning.

“I didn’t just want to be a regular rabbi,” he said.

After 10 years abroad, Rabbi Gordon, 23, has returned to his hometown as Ottawa’s newest mohel.

While becoming a rabbi was a goal since high school, the decision to be a brit milah (circumcision) practitioner came more gradually.

He left Ottawa at 13 to attend the Mesivta of Chicago, a Lubavitch high school for boys.

After high school, he pursued his rabbinical studies, which included two years at Yeshivat Chabad Chulon in Israel, one year studying in Detroit, Michigan, and one year teaching at a yeshiva in Moscow, Russia.

In January 2010, after two additional years of rabbinical studies, he was ordained by Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yeruslavsky of Israel and also received his BA in Talmudic Law from the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva at Chabad Lubavitch headquarters (a.k.a.

770) in Brooklyn, New York.

Two months later, he married his wife Sarah, also from Ottawa, and the couple moved to Israel so he could further his studies and become a certified mohel.

A brit, he said, “plays a very important role in Jewish life. It’s something I wanted to be part of.”

Rabbi Gordon studied with Rabbi Yakov Schechter of B’nai Brak, a well-known mohel. Schechter taught him

everything from the medical side to the practical side, as well as the ritual aspects of performing a brit.

He said the learning process mostly involved watching how things are done while Rabbi Schecter performed five or six circumcisions per day. Slowly, Rabbi Gordon was allowed to do parts of the procedure, and, eventually, the whole thing.

Rabbi Gordon returned home to Ottawa in March to become a program director at the Ottawa Torah Centre in Barrhaven.

Two months ago, after having performed around 70 brits, he gained a true understanding of the custom that a father’s first brit should be his own son’s.

“No one will trust you until you do your own son,” he said, which is what he did for his first child, Yitzy.

“I felt I couldn’t do it … but I was able to focus … and block out the emotions,” he said, describing the feeling as “wow,” particularly because Rabbi Gordon’s own father, Steven, was standing by his side as the sandek (the person who holds the baby).

“Many people came up to us afterward and told us how emotional it was to see,” Rabbi Gordon said. “In Ottawa, it’s not necessarily an everyday event that you would have the three [generations] working together.”

The beginning of Rabbi Gordon’s career as an Ottawa mohel comes at a time of circumcision-related controversy in California. A proposal to ban circumcision of male

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“When you are looking at it from a medical point of view … different people will tell you different things,” Rabbi Gordon said. “We’re doing it strictly because that’s what God commanded us to do. That’s what our greatgrandfathers did and that’s the way we’re going to do it as well.”

The word “brit,” which has been translated as circumcision, actually means “covenant.” In this case, the one God took between Abraham and his descendants.

Rabbi Gordon explained the importance of that covenant: “No matter what happens … this is something that’s always there to remind us there’s a God above us and we have to be connected with him.”

Rabbi Sender Gordon can be reached by e-mail at mymohel1@gmail.com or 613- 276-7195.

NAC string quintet visits Jewish preschool in Westboro

By Cynthia Nyman Engel for Jewish Youth Library When Morah (teacher) Rachel began teaching her young charges about orchestras, she never imagined she’d wind up with a string quintet from the National Arts Centre Orchestra performing in her classroom.

“It was beyond anything I ever expected,” she beams. “The kids loved it. I loved it. I’d have them come back in a heartbeat.”

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From the Archives

It’s time to remember Congregation B’nai Jacob

By Laurie Dougherty Ottawa Jewish Archives A century ago, a small group of Jewish families living in what was then called “Uptown” formed a congregation that would serve the needs of Jewish families living in the centre of Ottawa.

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plained in the 1944 souvenir booklet, A History of Sons of Jacob Congregation 1911-1944, the weather in the fall of 1910 was particularly stormy, and several woman and children were drenched as they made their way through the streets to attend High Holiday services in Lower Town. So this new congregation was formed, at least partly as a result of stormy weather.

“So, when the Jewish High Holidays rolled around for the year 1911, the following individuals took it upon themselves to organize a congregation according to the precepts of their forefathers: A. Bookman, B. Bookman, H. Ellis, M. Friedman, M. Korn, H. Levin, M. Segel.

The first step that the above took was to obtain a place where the worship could be conducted and the choice fell to a public hall located at 219 Bank Street.

“The Hall was appropriately fitted out and a sefer torah was rented from one of the established synagogues for ten dollars. A canvass was undertaken for prospective worshippers and some twenty families were present when the embryo B’nai Jacob congregation welcomed the Jewish New Year in 1911.”

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at 54 James Street and was used as the shul and a Talmud Torah for 40 children.

Rev. Morris Lappin was the first religious leader. In the financially troubled times of 1927, the Sons of Jacob In Trust Loan Society was organized to help members.

Also in 1927, planning was started to rebuild the synagogue. The plans were realized on July 1, 1931 when Adolphe Sherman laid the cornerstone. Sherman was president of the congregation and A. Bookman was the Building Committee chair.

Rev. Samuel Schreiber served as cantor and shoichet for 35 years until the synagogue closed and he retired in Israel. Benjamin Finestein was vicepresident for many years.

His son, Abe Finestein, recently recalled that, as they lived only a few blocks from the synagogue, his father would drop by when the cement steps were being repaired or other work was

being done to maintain the building. He added that B’nai Jacob was able to carry on as a congregation because of careful financial management. As a cost saving measure, beginning in the 1930s, the congregation shared the United Synagogue Rabbis Abraham H. Freedman, William Margolis, Oscar Fasman, Emanuel Lifschutz and Simon Eckstein.

By 1944, B’nai Jacob had a membership of 175 families, 10 more than Machzikei Hadas and a little more than half the membership of Agudath Achim.

They had a very active Uptown Ladies Auxiliary, which was primarily responsible for raising enough funds to celebrate the burning of the James Street synagogue mortgage on November 19, 1944.

With declining membership and falling revenues in the late 1960s, an amalgamation committee explored an association with another

Ottawa congregation and the congregation voted to join Beth Shalom Congregation.

Following Shavuot, on May 31, 1971, the last service at 54 James Street was held by the Sons of Jacob.

The executive decided to hold a closing breakfast on Sunday, June 6, 1971. In a letter to Rabbi Simon Eckstein, President Reuben Kalin wrote, “This will be our final event – not a celebration – but rather an occasion to pay tribute to a beloved shul which must close its doors.”

The building soon served a new congregation when it was sold to Temple Israel Congregation that same year. Temple Israel Congregation used the building, their first permanent syna-

gogue, until it was destroyed by fire in October 1972.

2011 marks the centenary of the formation of the Sons of Jacob congregation.

It is also the 80th anniversary of the laying of the corner stone for a new synagogue building and the 40th anniversary of its amalgamation with Congregation Beth Shalom. So, this is the year to remember the James Street Synagogue.

The Ottawa Jewish Archives has created a new display about this synagogue, which will be available for viewing in the display case located outside the Greenberg Families Library in the Joseph and Rose Ages Family Building until after the High Holidays.

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Tamir bar and bat mitzvah ceremony a ‘celebration of inclusion’

By Joshua Finn for Tamir Months of practice and learning culminated in a joyous celebration, June 12 at Congregation Beth Shalom, as six Tamir participants – Carly Bright, Colin Dow, Daniel Grinfeld, Ashley Hagerman, Samantha Molot and Trent Thompson – celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs with more than 250 family members, friends and Tamir supporters.

Tamir initiatives like the B’nei Mitzvah Program provide opportunities for participants – adults with developmental disabilities – to develop their Jewish identities.

The day was a “celebration of inclusion,” said Tamir President Howard Yegendorf. “Tamir participants have every right to have an equal place in the community-atlarge.”

During the ceremony, the celebrants donned tallits and recited a prayer together officially marking their bar and bat mitzvahs.

After the ark was opened by Tamir founders Lily and Jerry Penso, participants said a silent prayer in front of the Torah and, with their parents, recited the “Shehecheyanu.”

Six Tamir participants gathered celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs, June 12, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Tamir participants who had previously celebrated bar and bat mitzvahs participated in the ceremony and acted as mentors for this year’s group.

Participants and family members spoke about what the occasion meant to them.

“It is now my duty to keep the commandments. I now become responsible for my own actions,” said Samantha Molot.

“I am now a member of the community of Israel,” added Carly Bright.

Simon Dow said he’d thought his older brother Colin had already reached his maximum potential.

However, with the help of Tamir, Simon said Colin has grown and developed far beyond his expectations.

“This is a turning point, a new chapter, in Colin’s life,” he said.

At 14, Ashley Hagerman was the youngest of the six celebrants. She thanked her many supporters, including her sister Stephanie who stood by her side as she spoke.

Daniel Grinfeld’s sister Alexandra spoke about her brother’s fun and sometimes mischievous personality.

“Everyone who knows him adores him. Life wouldn’t be nearly as beautiful ... without him as my

brother,” she said.

With great pride, Daniel faced the audience, held his bar mitzvah certificate, and gave his mother Barbara a big hug.

Trent Thompson’s sister Kendra said her brother always has a smile on his face and while people may see him as different on the outside, “we are all the same on the inside.”

The ceremony ended with a rousing “Hallelujah,” led by the Tamir Neshama Choir and the singing of “Adon Olam” to the tune of Colin Dow’s favourite song, the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.”

At the reception after the ceremony, Tamir participants and their families danced the hora and celebrated their achievements.

The program leaders who prepared the Tamir participants for their bar and mitzvahs were Cantor Daniel Benlolo, Adele Horwitz and Adam Moscoe.

Horwitz said she learned personal lessons from each of the participants. Moscoe said he was proud “to empower youth with developmental disabilities to develop a strong Jewish identity,” and Cantor Benlolo said it was events like this that make his work with Tamir so worthwhile.

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Kilgour applauds persecuted Canadian whistleblowers

By Cynthia Nyman Engel for Temple Israel Former MP David Kilgour brought three federal whistleblowers with him when he delivered the annual Dr. Imre Rosenberg Memorial Lecture, June 12, at Temple Israel.

Speaking on the topic, “A Global Perspective on Human Rights,” Kilgour noted Canada is not beyond reproach when it comes to human rights.

“We pride ourselves in living in one of the best performers on the UN Human Development Index, year after year,” he told the 100 in attendance. “Although someone pointed out that if only our Aboriginal peoples were considered, we would rank Truda Rosenberg and speaker David Kilgour share a 48th instead of fifth or sixth. moment before the Dr. Imre Rosenberg Memorial Lec“We believe in transparen- ture, June 12, at Temple Israel.

(Photo: Robin Chernick) cy and the rule of law and have cheered on the investigations of outgo- stroyed and RCMP officials even shredded ing Auditor General Sheila Fraser,” the re- their own report confirming his concerns.

The third whistleblower Kilgour brought spected human rights advocate said. “Yet, if you scratch beneath the shiny surface, we with him was Sean Bruyea, a former Air Force intelligence officer. have lots of work to do.”

In 2005, Bruyea discovered serious flaws Introducing his guests, Kilgour said, “Virtually nothing is more powerful than truth in in a new program for injured soldiers being rushed through Parliament. The legislation confronting abuses of office.

“Consider what happened to conscientious scrapped comprehensive life-long benefits public servants Joanna Gualtieri and Brian hitherto provided to injured veterans in favour of a one-time lump sum payment of McAdam of Ottawa.”

Gualtieri, a real estate specialist at the for- much lower value. Although not personally eign affairs ministry, exposed lavish extrava- affected by the new program, Bruyea became gance in the procurement of accommodations an outspoken critic of the legislation and for Canadian diplomats abroad. Rather than campaigned vigorously against it.

Kilgour said Veterans Affairs bureaucrats correct the problem, Kilgour said, her bosses bullied her, eventually forcing her out of her punished Bruyea by implying he was mentaljob. When she sued to hold them accountable, ly unstable, broadcasting highly sensitive pergovernment lawyers used endless procedural sonal information from his medical files.

Ultimately, more than 800 people in the manoeuvres to drag the case out for 12 years.

In the end, the government settled, avoiding a bureaucracy had access to Bruyea’s personal public trial, which would have shone a light medical records – perhaps one of the worst violations ever of Canadian privacy laws. on wrongdoing and cover-up.

“The single most effective tool is informa“Joanna now has her life back,” Kilgour said, pointing out she’s now subject to a gag tion from employees,” said Kilgour. “That’s order preventing her from speaking about the why effective whistleblower protection is a very wrongdoing she put her career and well- key component of good governance.” being on the line to expose.

During the lecture, Kilgour also singled Doing his job protecting the security of out Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo Canada’s diplomatic missions abroad, and China for their human rights violations.

McAdam discovered the immigration office The lecture series is named for Imre in Hong Kong had been infiltrated by orga- Rosenberg who fled to Canada from his nized crime, allowing criminals to immigrate Czechoslovakia in 1948 where he was under to Canada. Rather than correct the problem, life sentence for Zionist activities. He was viKilgour said, senior officials turned on tally concerned with all issues related to McAdam, harassing him and forcing him out human rights, refugees and displacement, and of government service. For years, they served on the federal Refugee Status Advisostalled, blocked and undermined inquiries ry Committee. His wife, Truda, established into McAdam’s allegations. the lecture series following his death. The Kilgour said much of the evidence first Dr. Imre Rosenberg Memorial Lecture McAdam provided to the RCMP was de- took place in 1987.

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David Shentow honoured by province and Canadian Society for Yad Vashem

By Ilana Belfer The province of Ontario and the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem honoured 19 Holocaust survivors, May 19 at Queen’s Park in Toronto, for their contributions to the province. The sole Ottawan among them was David Shentow.

“I was very moved … [and] very humbled,” said Shentow, who received a certificate of recognition at the ceremony. Shentow was nominated for the honour by Lorne Rachlis, president of Temple Israel, his synagogue.

“I was told it’s because I’m very much involved in talking about the Holocaust, which is definitely not my favourite subject,” Shentow said.

Shentow was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1925 and moved to Antwerp, Belgium as an infant. He was imprisoned in concentration camps, including Auschwitz, from 1942 to 1945 when he was liberated on April 29, his 20th birthday.

He came to Canada in 1949, got married in

1950 and had his first daughter one year later to begin making up for the family he had lost – 17 members – as quickly as possible.

Now, with the number 72585 still engrained on his forearm, Shentow visits at least two schools per month during the academic year to speak to students about the Holocaust. He has also travelled around Canada and to Belgium to tell his story and he’s participated in the March of the Living four times, which he called “an honour.”

Although he said his initial reaction is always “find somebody else,” Shentow is in special demand because he can speak French.

“And then, of course, how much longer will I be here?” he added.

The incident that pushed Shentow to speak out about the Holocaust was an encounter his wife Rose had with German Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel in a Toronto park near the home of their daughter and her family nearly 20 years ago.

“Until the Holocaust deniers came, they couldn’t get me anywhere, but I can’t say it

anymore. I feel I have an obligation,” he said.

Shentow does not come with a prepared speech and tells the students exactly what happened “from the heart.” He and Rose also come “armed with artillery,” as she put it, bringing documents such as maps, photographs and detailed Gestapo papers with the names of Shentow and his family members.

“What’s so painful is … even if [the Holocaust] happened 60 years ago, when I talk about it at schools, it’s as if it happened yesterday,” said Shentow, whose presentations are titled “What Hell is All About.”

Although Shentow said he typically receives favourable reactions from students, there have been instances that prove the necessity of his efforts. Shentow recalled an Ashbury College student whose dad had told him concentration camps had swimming pools.

“So, I made up my mind. I will talk,” said Shentow, who has bags full of thank-you letters from students.

But don’t call him a hero. Before he be-

David Shentow was honoured for his outstanding work in Holocaust education.

gins to speak, Shentow always asks students not to applaud.

“I am not an entertainer, I am a witness,” he said.

Asked to determine the most important message he gives the students, Shentow looked to Rose, who, he said, knows him better than he knows himself.

“Don’t hate,” she said. “It’s more than tolerance. It’s having compassion and understanding … Hate is poison.”

Hillel Academy students meet pen pals at Charles H. Hulse Public School

By Ilana Belfer The Grade 6 students of Charles H. Hulse Public School sit along the wall of their gymnasium, the room abuzz with chatter.

Hulse is an inner-city school in Alta Vista with a predominantly Muslim population. Since January, the class has been participating in a pen pal exchange with Grade 6 students at Hillel Academy. They know things about one another from the letters – “she’s a dancer” or “he has guinea pig” – but do not know what each other looks like.

Today, June 22, they finally meet.

“When are they coming? It’s like taking forever!” says Kelsey Ross, 11.

Soon there are cries of “they’re here, they’re here,” followed by a big ovation. As the Hillel students enter – kippot and all – the gym grows silent.

The first step, Hulse teacher Patrick Mascoe tells them, is to get up and mingle. He won’t be telling them who their pen pals are – they’ll

have to figure it out themselves.

Mascoe started the annual cultural understanding program between Hulse and Hillel eight years ago after hearing anti-Semitic comments in hallways and classrooms. He was shocked that most of the children had never even met a Jewish person.

Mascoe developed the initiative to help his students learn about and apply principles of tolerance and responsible citizenship.

Throughout the morning, collaborative activities, such as a scavenger hunt and storyboarding exercise, encourage the children to work together toward a common goal.

“You look around at how they just kind of mesh together … it just breaks the ice,” says Shelley King, an educational assistant in Mascoe’s class. “Unless you teach this generation, things never change … This is our window of opportunity to make a difference.”

When the kids are given a recess in the outdoor playground, some default into their cliques, but Mascoe smiles as he watches a game of

Charles H. Hulse Public School teacher Patrick Mascoe speaks to Grade 6 students from Hulse and (Photo: Ilan Belfer) Hillel Academy.

basketball being played by a mix of students from both schools.

“She’s funny,” says Reem El Makdah of her pen pal, Allegra Pearl. “Actually, we both like to play sports and we both can be a girly-girl and tomboy and we’re both pretty sarcastic.”

Some Hillel students had expressed nervousness about not being able to pronounce their pen pals’ names, while some Hulse students had said they feared saying the wrong thing to their pen pals and unintentionally hurting their feelings. Quickly, though, those concerns are all but forgotten.

“We didn’t know them and then

when we met them it was like we already knew each other. We knew what to say,” Serena Taller, a student at Hillel, says at lunchtime.

“I was nervous, but they’re just like us,” adds classmate Daniel Segal. “I’m going to be adding some more people on Facebook.

Nasser Ali-Ahmed, 18, a student at Ridgemont High School, did his co-op with Mascoe’s class.

“I come from a school where people don’t really accept each other for who they are. So, when you come here and see this, it’s a miracle,” he says.

In the afternoon, special guests MP Justin Trudeau (Papineau) and

MPP Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre) speak about co-operation through shared Canadian values. But the main presentation is by Holocaust survivor David Shentow.

“That’s an example of what racism and discrimination does,” Mascoe tells the students, whose jaws drop while watching Shentow’s presentation: a video recording of his story followed by a question period.

As usual, Shentow leaves them with this final message: “I am a witness and now you are all witnesses too. If you see something wrong, it’s not enough to turn your head. You have to speak up.”

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Ben Lipitz: Nine years as Pumbaa in The Lion King

By Michael Regenstreif Growing up in the large Jewish community of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, just outside Philadelphia, Ben Lipitz was active in B’nai Brith Youth and seriously considered becoming a rabbi.

“It was either rabbinical school or becoming an actor. Many of the traits are the same,” he told the Bulletin in a cell phone interview moments after getting off a plane.

Lipitz is spending part of the summer in Ottawa, appearing as “Pumbaa” in Disney’s hit musical The Lion King. For nine years, he has been playing Pumbaa, the warthog who befriends Simba, on Broadway and in the touring production.

“Never in my wildest dreams,” responded Lipitz when asked if he thought he’d be playing the role for such a long time.

Lipitz is one of several actors who have been with The Lion

King for many years.

“I’m definitely one of the veterans,” he said, “but the cast includes three members of the original touring company and three more who came from the original Broadway production.”

Lipitz said playing in The Lion King “never gets stale … You’d think it would become ordinary but it’s kept fresh thanks to the music, the puppets and grand spectacle of the production.”

Although Lipitz has been kept busy for up to 12 months of the year playing Pumbaa, he said the Disney organization has been very generous in allowing him time to take on guest roles on such TV series as The Sopranos and Law and Order.

“My faith and my upbringing inform my work as an actor,” said Lipitz whose lengthy résumé of theatrical roles includes such Jewish-themed plays and characters as

Nick Cordileone (left) as “Timon” and Ben Lipitz as “Pumbaa” in The Lion King.

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Social Action Mission participants volunteer at school for special needs children, build friendships with the people of Northern Israel

By Hana Shusterman and Sara Holzman From April 27 to May 8, we were among 18 graduate students and young professionals from the Partnership 2000 (P2K) communities (Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary and Atlantic Canada) paired with the Galilee Panhandle Region of Northern Israel who participated in the Social Action Mission to Israel.

While there was a similar social action mission from Ottawa last year, this was the first to include participants from across the country.

For our volunteer work, we were paired for three days with the Shechafim School, a school for children with severe special needs.

There are Jewish, Muslim and Druze children and teachers all coexisting. (shechafim.org.il) Our volunteering mainly consisted of projects to ensure a lasting positive effect on both current and future students. We spent our three days painting, gardening, creating murals and making outdoor seating areas. We could tell that our sprucing up of the school really lifted the spirits of the students and, especially, the teachers. The mayor of the region even dropped by to thank us for our work.

The partnership aspect of the program was, perhaps, the most

Social Action Mission participants with Israeli hosts, P2K staff, and Shechafim School staff.

unique part of the mission. Instead of staying in a guesthouse or hostel the whole time, we spent five nights being hosted by students from the Rothschild Ambassador program at Tel Hai College in Kiryat Shmona. We had absolutely fantastic hosts and were impressed and touched by their generosity and hospitality. Several of us were fortunate enough to extend our stays after the organized trip made it back up North to again be hosted by the students.

One of our most meaningful activities with the Israeli students was observing Yom HaShoah as a group. It was a sombre day that began with a service, entirely in Hebrew, at Tel Hai College. While most of us couldn’t understand more than a few words, we all joined in as the whole campus sang “Hatikvah” together, which grew in loudness and strength. We also had a really interesting conversation about what it means to remember and how Yom HaShoah affects us

differently depending on where we live in the world.

We also had the opportunity to explore and tour the North. We went to the Canada Centre in Metulla, rafted on the Jordan River, ATVed and visited a drop-in centre for youth in Kiryat Shmona. We hiked, enjoyed picnics and barbecues, and bonded with our new Israeli friends. A unique highlight for some of us was donating blood.

This was suggested by a participant who had previously donated blood

during his Birthright trip and was followed through by one of our Ottawa participants, a paramedic who understands the need for blood banks. Most of us had never donated blood before, but saw it as a tangible way to help.

Spending our last Shabbat in Jerusalem was a highlight. The weekend was extra special because many of the Israeli students joined us. We spent time exploring different shuks, had services at the Kotel, toured the Old City, shopped and watched the semi-finals of the European Basketball Championships – Tel Aviv Macabee won!

One part of the weekend that was particularly moving for many – Canadians and Israelis alike – was visiting the Gilad Shalit tent and speaking with his family. The day we were there, Gilad had been in captivity for 1,777 days. It was sobering to think about everything we’ve done in those 1,777 days.

The North of Israel is a special place that is missed on many group trips. It was so great to be able to spend time there getting to know the people and their landscape. The friendships we made there did not end when we returned to Canada.

We’re keeping in contact with our new Israeli friends via e-mail, Skype and Facebook and bugging them to come to Canada so we can show them the same hospitality!

July 18, 2011 – Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – Page 21

Page 22 – Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – July 18, 2011 Employment Opportunity Advocacy Coordinator Hillel Ottawa Reporting to the Executive Director, Hillel Ottawa, the Advocacy Coordinator will be working primarily with Hillel Ottawa and Israel Awareness Committee members to engage university students for Jewish and Israel Activism on campus in Ottawa.

Responsibilities: • Initiate, and work with students on initiating a wide range of dynamic, attractive and relevant programs/ projects related to IAC responsibilities.

• Liaise, organize, facilitate and develop Hillel Ottawa’s Israel Advocacy Committees (IAC) on campuses.

• Recruit members for the Israel Advocacy Committees on campus.

• Engage students one on one to build personal relationships and enhance involvement on campus • Ensure, wherever possible, that programs are self-funded through partnership or other means.

• Provide relevant information and personal experiences to better inform students about Israel, and to serve as genuine ambassadors for Israel to the local and campus community.

• Enhance Israel education, engagement and program participation amongst university students in Ottawa.

• Build relationships with Jewish and Israel community organizations.

• Coordinate with and report to all relevant national and international Jewish Agencies related to Israel Advocacy at Ottawa’s university campuses.

• Facilitate recruiting, interviewing and administration of the Taglit-Birthright Israel program in Ottawa.

• Lead Birthright follow-up with students who have applied for Birthright and are Birthright alumni.

• Promote short- and long-term Israel programs for MASA, IPC and Taglit-Birthright as well as other opportunities to travel to Israel, and to facilitate personal and communal follow-up for students upon their return from Israel.

• Assist with general Hillel programming.

Education Requirements: • Post-secondary education required, bachelor’s degree an asset.

• Knowledge of Israeli politics and culture.

Hours: Full-time, some evenings and weekends required Starting Wednesday, August 8, 2010 Ending Friday, June 1, 2012 Salary: Commensurate with experience

To apply send a résumé and cover letter to info@hillelottawa.ca

Employment Opportunity Director of Initiatives for the Emerging Generation Under the supervision of the Senior Director of Planning, the Director of Initiatives for the Emerging Generation (DIEG) is responsible for the programmatic and financial resource development initiatives targeted at the Emerging Generation of young Jews in Ottawa by the Federation, with the goal of building strong relationships with otherwise un-involved and under-involved graduate students, young professionals, singles and young families aged 18-40.

Responsibilities: • Creates and implements a strategic engagement plan for the Jewish Federation of Ottawa.

• Recruits hub leaders and works to maximize meaningful Jewish points of contacts while connecting individuals to Jewish resources.

• Creates relationships with individual leaders; refers them to resources in the Jewish community and beyond, when necessary.

• Supports and provides resources for community programming for the emerging generation such as Jnet, young adult professional networks, etc.

• Manages and supports Jewish student programming on campus through Hillel Ottawa.

• Manages and enhances the Young Womens’ Leadership Council.

• Creates development strategies to increase the development capacity of the Ben Gurion Society and young adult divisions of the annual campaign.

• Assists various Federation committees to recruit and retain young leaders for committee memberships and program development.

Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree.

• Knowledge of Israel and Jewish values, concepts and traditions are required.

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Hours: Full-time, some evenings and weekends required Salary: Commensurate with experience Please send all résumés to: careers@jewishottawa.com. Deadline is July 31, 2011.

(From left) CICF Ottawa Chapter President Norman Barwin at the Ruth Berger Memorial Concert, June 21 at Hillel Lodge, with musicians Asi Matathias, Marc Sabbah and Tatiana Goncharova, and Ruth Berger’s family members Debbie Cohen and Lisa VanLint.

(Photo: Jared Isaacson)

Hillel Lodge residents enjoy classical music concert

By Ilana Belfer Residents of the Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge didn’t need to leave the lobby to enjoy a classical music concert, June 21.

The Annual Ruth Berger Memorial Concert is presented by the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation (CICF) and the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation (OCJF).

The annual concert, said CICF Ottawa Chapter President Norman Barwin, features “young, promising, budding artists.”

The 2011 artists were violist Marc Sabbah and violinist Asi Matathias. They were accompanied by pianist Tatiana Goncharova, a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music and the National Arts Centre (NAC) Summer Music Institute.

“To describe what you did is like trying to capture a ray of sunshine. I can’t do it,” said Stephen Schneiderman, executive director of Hillel Lodge. “We look so forward to this concert every year.”

Matathias is receiving funding from the Pinchas Zukerman Music Education Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships to bring talented Israeli musicians to Ottawa to

participate in the NAC’s Young Artists Program.

The program, founded by Pinchas Zukerman, the principal conductor and music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, is a “technical study and chamber music coaching” summer program for students from around the world.

Barwin and the late Ruth Berger served on the committee that established the fund 10 years ago. Barwin said the two started the Hillel Lodge concert series to demonstrate the value of “giving back” to the OCJF. Since Berger’s passing in 2004, the concerts have been named in her honour.

Berger’s daughter, Lisa VanLint, now lives in Toronto, but comes back for the concert every year.

“My mother was an amazing woman,” VanLint said, “She cared about the arts so much, and she also cared about the Jewish community. It fills me with pride.”

Donations to the Pinchas Zukerman Music Education Endowment Fund can be made by calling 613-798-4696, ext. 232, or online at ojcf.ca.

Musicians play for preschoolers (Continued from page 13)

music performance. The unique outreach program brings musical ensembles, as well as individual musicians, into schools to instruct and perform on a variety of musical instruments.

“In class we’d talked about all the different parts of the orchestra – the strings, winds, brass and percussion – and gone to the virtual instrument lab to listen to the four different parts of the orchestra,” Segal explains.

“Then, we focused on the strings. So, when I connected with Music in the Schools, I arranged for a string quintet to come to the school. It was a real hands-on experience. The musicians did an excellent job and they looked like they were enjoying it as much as the kids.”

The quintet spent an hour with the youngsters. They introduced their instruments to the children and played songs the children could sing along with. One youngster had the oppor-

tunity to play the cello and another was invited to conduct the players.

“It was absolutely wonderful,” says Segal.

“The musicians had no trouble holding the kids’ attention for the full hour. The kids were totally engaged.

“And so,” she smiles, “was I. It was a real treat.”

Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool students are encouraged to explore the world, learn to be part of a group, and to solve problems in a constructive manner. Through various art forms – creative movement, music, rhythm and visual arts, students benefit from comprehensive secular and Jewish curriculum.

Westboro Jewish Montessori Preschool, an affiliate of the Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa, will be starting a new class for toddlers (18 months to two and-a-half years). For further information, call 613-729-7712 or visit jylofottawa.org..”

July 18, 2011 – Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – Page 23

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 May 25 and June 28, 2011 inclusive.

HONOUR FUNDS Unlike a bequest or gift of life insurance, which are realized some time in the future, a named Honour Fund (i.e., endowment fund) is established during your lifetime.

By making a contribution of $1,000 or more, you can create a permanent remembrance for a loved one, honour a family member, declare what the Lodge has meant to you and/or support a cause that you believe in.

A Hillel Lodge Honour Fund is a permanent pool of capital that earns interest or income each year. This income then supports the priorities designated by you, the donor.

Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund In Honour of: Sylvia and Michael Caplan Congratulations on receiving the Thelma Steinman Direct Service award by Marilyn Adler, Neil and Daniel Blacher Maureen Molot Congratulations on receiving the Shalom Perel award by Marilyn Adler Morris Kimmel Congratulations on receiving the Shem Tov award by Marilyn Adler, Neil and Daniel Blacher; and by Elayne Adler, Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler Stephen Schneiderman Mazal tov on your twenty-five years of wonderful service to Hillel Lodge by Elayne Adler, Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler Rabbi D. Burger and family Kol-Tuv by Elayne Adler, Farley Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler In Memory of: Lila Fainer by Elayne Adler, Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler Harold Sachs by Marilyn Adler Sister of Sheila Bahar by Marilyn Adler, Neil and Daniel Blacher Louis Weiner by Marilyn Adler In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Leona Adler our beloved mother by Elayne, Marilyn and Jeff Adler Leona Adler by Steve, Janet, Aaron and Tobin Kaiman Father of Esti Fogel by Elayne Adler, Farley, Jordan and Benjamin Stenzler

Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Carolyn and Sid Katz Sarah Barak by Carolyn and Sid Katz Boris and Dolly Blacher Family Fund In Honour of: Neil Blacher Thank you for you being so generous with your time and expertise by Miriam Kozolanka Jenny and Murray Citron Endowment Fund In Memory of: Irving Gencher by Murray Citron Louis Weiner by Murray Citron Joel and Sharon Edelson Family Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Joel and Sharon Edelson Elliot and Helen Marshall Family Endowment Fund In Memory of: Irving Gencher by Jeff, Cheryl, Evie and Jorey Cohen Joseph Ginsberg Family Endowment Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Lynn Greenblatt Malcolm and Vera Glube Endowment Fund In Memory of: Mother of David Fromer by Malcolm and Vera Glube Louis Weiner by Malcolm and Vera Glube R’fuah Shlema: Dr. John Telner by Malcolm and Vera Glube Dorothy Greenberg by Malcolm and Vera Glube In Honour of: Laya Shabinsky Happy birthday and many more by Malcolm and Vera Glube Esther and Al Schwartzberg Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary by Malcolm and Vera Glube Nell Gluck Memorial Fund In Honour of: Maureen Molot Mazal tov on receiving the Shalom Perel award by Yanda and Mark Max Stephen and Heidi Polowin Mazal tov on the birth of your granddaughter by Henry and Maureen Molot Alan and Esther Williams Mazal tov on your 40th wedding anniversary by Henry and Maureen Molot Cantor and Mrs. P, Levinson Mazal tov on

Pnina’s engagement by Henry and Maureen Molot R’fuah Shlema: Ray Fathi by Henry and Maureen Molot In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Henry and Maureen Molot; and by Manny Gluck and Cheryle Hothersall Louis Weiner by Manny Gluck and Cheryle Hothersall; and by Henry and Maureen Molot Father of Dr. Adele Reinhartz by Henry and Maureen Molot Gunner Family Fund In Honour of: Miriam Levitin Mazal tov on the birth of your twin grandsons by Sol and Estelle Gunner Maureen Molot Mazal tov on receiving the Shalom Perel award by Sol and Estelle Gunner Sylvia and Michael Caplan Mazal tov on receiving the Thelma Steinman Direct Service award

by Sol and Estelle Gunner Laurie and Carol Pascoe Mazal tov on the marriage of Byron and Elissa by Sol and Estelle Gunner R’fuah Shlema: Laurie Pascoe by Sol and Estelle Gunner Moe Greenberg and Elissa Greenberg Iny Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Elissa and Avraham Iny Nordau and Roslyn Kanigsberg Family Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Roz and Nordau Kanigsberg David, Harvey, Victor Kardish Family Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Sheryl, Harvey, Mallory and Ryan Kardish Morris and Lillian Kimmel Family Fund In Honour of: Morris Kimmel Congratulations on receiving the Shem Tov award by Sandi and Raoul Korngold; by Noreen and Sid Bosloy; by Margo and Judah Silverman and family; by David and Cheryl Breger; by Eva and Frank Lepore; by Rickie and Marty Saslove; and by Edie Landau Dr. Noa and Sheldon Schwartz Mazal tov on Jesse’s graduation from medical school with all our love by Morris Kimmel, Janet and Steve Kaiman and boys, and Brenda and Nathan Levine and boys Jeff Baum In honour of your 50th birthday by Brenda, Nathan, Jesse and Daniel Levine In Memory of: Father of Karen Fresco with all our love by Janet and Steve Kaiman and Boys, Brenda and Nathan Levine and Boys and Morris Kimmel Louis Weiner by Morris Kimmel, Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Rose Rosen by the Kimmel, Kaiman and Levine families Joan and Russell Kronick Family Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Joan and Russell Kronick

Levenson-Polowin Feeding Fund In Honour of: Stephen and Heidi Polowin Mazal tov on the birth of your granddaughter Aviva Elizabeth by Ingrid Levitz; by the Silverstein family; by Bev and Abe Feinstein; The Appotive Families; and by Yanda and Mark Max and family Laurie and Carol Pascoe Mazal tov on the wedding of your son and a wish for a speedy recovery for Laurie by Heidi and Stephen Polowin In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Heidi and Stephen Polowin Ida and Sid Lithwick Family Fund In Honour of: Howard and Carol Lithwick Mazal tov on Stuart’s engagement by Sol and Estelle Gunner Abe and Bertha Palmer Endowment Fund In Memory of: Edith Sporn by Sunny and Johnny Tavel Bessie Taller by Sunny and Johnny Tavel Molly Phomin by Sunny and Johnny Tavel Pencer Family Fund In Honour of: Marcia and Irwin Pencer happy 40th wedding anniversary by the Avery’s; by Elena and Roger Keen; by Joyce and Seymour Bellman; by Howard Modlin; and by Harold and Sandy Klesmer Sonia Rawicki Agulnik Music Therapy Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Paula and Manny Agulnik Shelley and Sidney Rothman Family Fund In Honour of: Shelley Rothman Mazal tov on Stuart’s engagement by Roz and Steve Fremeth Irma and Harold Sachs Family Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Ingrid Levitz; by Shirley Viner; by S & S Electric; by Sid and Cally Kardash; by Laurie and Carol Pascoe; by Carol and Larry Gradus; by Dee and Yale Gaffen; by Sam, Roberta and Jonathan Goldmaker; by Edie Landau; by Norma Latsonas; by Marion Silver, Alan Brass and family; by Betty Elman and family; by Evelyn Greenberg and Irving Taylor; by Eileen, Ann and Stan Goldberg; by Eva and Frank Lepore; by Jean Naemark; by Alexander and Aviva Golger; by Deborah Bloom Hall, Brian Hall, Lynda Bloom and Graham Fraser; Norman and Elaine Wolfish; by Roz and Steve Fremeth; by Joan Bloom; by Sol and Estelle Gunner; by Debi and David Shore; by Kayla and Brian Schneiderman; Don Piafsky; by Libby and Stan Katz; Liz Lesh and family; by Aviva Lightstone; by Lory Wainberg; by Arlene and Norman Glube; by Janice Charbonneau; by Sunny and Johnny Tavel;

by Ruth and Manny Shacter; by Arnon and Ruth Miller; by Susan, Billy and Marley Greenberg; by Rickie and Marty Saslove; by Laurysen Kitchens Ltd.; Eleanor Dover; by John and Gladys Greenberg; by Steven Kimmel and the Staff of Westboro Flooring and Décor; by Chuck and (Continued on page 24)

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 Bev at 613-728-3900, extension 111, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am to 3:30 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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and Mrs. Louis Tannenbaum In Honour of: Phyllis Waxman Best wishes on your special birthday by The Honourable Mr. Justice and Mrs. Louis Tannenbaum Joe Waxman Best wishes on your special birthday by The Honourable Mr. Justice and Mrs. Louis Tannenbaum (Continued from page 23)

Aviva Freedman; by Ruth Calof and David Moscovic; by Ruth and Uri Tal; by Carol and Bernard Starkman and family; by Jill and Allan Bellack; by Clair Krantzberg; by Robert Krantzberg; by Gail Krantzberg and Douglas Markoff; by Mark Krantzberg and Iris Rosenbluth;

by Shuli Rodal; by Michael and Erin Baker; by Fran and Mort Ross, John and Liz; by Ingrid Shapiro and Sarah Shaffer; Gary Zumar; by Lori and David Weinzweig; by Mary and Phil Seaman;

by Queenie Teichman; by Bonnie and Howard Heneson; and by Lilyan Philipp Louis Weiner by Irma Sachs Schachter-Ingber Family Fund In Memory of: Doris Posner by Rachel, Howard, Davida and Josh Schachter Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Family Fund In Honour of: Stephen and Heidi Polowin Mazal tov on becoming first-time zaidie and bubbie by Stephen and Debra Schneiderman In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Sema Krupp by Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Louis Weiner by Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Harold and Lillian Shoihet Family Fund In Memory of: Lila Fainer by Dovid Shoihet and family Irving Gencher by Dovid Shoihet and family Honour of: Cantor and Mrs. Pinchus Levinson Mazal tov on Pnina’s engagement by Dovid Shoihet and family Dr. Ian Zunder In appreciation for all your hard work by David Shoihet Ralph and Anne Sternberg Memorial Fund In Honour of: Ricky and Victor Grebler Mazal tov on the birth of a third grandchild by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Shirley Steinberg Mazal tov on your special birthday with love by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Merle Matte-Haltrecht and the volunteer team Mazal tov for a resounding success of the 10th Anniversary Gala of AJA 50+ by Laya and Ted Jacobsen Laya Jacobsen Happy birthday to the Lovely Laya with love by your husband-in-awe,Ted. Laya Jacobsen Happy birthday by Natalie and Tom Gussman Sarah and Arnie Swedler Family Fund In Memory of: Irving Gencher by Arnie Swedler and Rhoda Zaitlin

Milton and Mary (Terry) Viner Family Fund In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Joe Viner by Millie, Fran and Stephen Schaenfield Eric Weiner and Arlene Godfrey Family Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Miriam and Louis Weiner Louis Weiner by Pamela Allen; by Evelyn Greenberg; by the Holzman Family; by Debi and David Shore; Jeff and Sharon Appotive; by Etta Karp; by Marilyn and Evan Weiner; by Sharon, Paul, Joshua, Jordan and Davina Finn; by Lynn and Brian Keller; by Rhonda and Danny Levine;

by Shauna Dorskind; by Edna and Seymour Eisenberg; by Lucian, Jackie, Michael and Simon Sitwell; Fran and Mort Ross and Helen Fleming;

by Sol and Estelle Gunner; by Freda, Stanley, Elaine and Larry Lithwick; by Susan Wayne and Michael Godfrey and Jason; by Mary and Nathan Godfrey; by Sunny and John Tavel; by Cantor and Tracy Bielak; by Maggie and Bob Lederman; by Mark and Susan Lampert; and by Warren, Linda, Jacob and Michael Melamed In Honour of: Paul and Eleanor Weiner Congratulations on your 65th anniversary by Arlene Godfrey, Eric, Melissa and Laura Weiner Anna and Samuel Wex Family Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Anna and Sam Wex Toby and Joel Yan Family Fund In Honour of: Victor Rabinovitch Mazal tov on your contribution to Public Service in Canada by Toby and Joel Yan Maureen Molot Mazal Tov on receiving the Shalom Perel award with love by Toby and Joel Yan Alex and David Griller and family Mazal tov on Nadia’s engagement by Toby and Joel Yan Anne Koffman Mazal tov on your Bat Mitzvah by Toby and Joel Yan Carole and Norman Zagerman Family Fund In Memory of: Harold Sachs by Carole and Norman Zagerman Louis Weiner by Carole and Norman Zagerman In Honour of: Maureen Molot Mazal tov on receiving the Shalom Perel award by Carole and Norman Zagerman R’fuah Shlema: Lou Eisenberg by Carole and Norman Zagerman Syd Greenberg by Carole and Norman Zagerman

Roslyn and Myles Taller Endowment Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Roslyn, Myles Taller

********** Capital Campaign In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Seymour and Joy Mender In Honour of: Heidi and Stephen Polowin Mazal tov on becoming grandparents by Seymour and Joy Mender

Louis and Diane Tannenbaum Family Fund In Memory of: Rhoda Cohen by The Honourable Mr. Justice

Feeding Program In Memory of: Dorothy Stein by Dale and Ruth Fyman

Irving Gencher by Ethel and Abe Murray R’fuah Shlema: Ray Fathi by Dale and Ruth Fyman In Honour of: Eileen Goldberg Happy birthday by Miriam & Lou Weiner (Z”L) and Carol & Larry Gradus Gary and Diane Arkin Mazal tov on Roxanne’s graduation from Dalhousie University by the Averys Elizabeth Petigorsky Happy birthday by Emilse Tesillo; and by Mariel Griffith Ritual Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Ruth and Dale Fyman In Honour of: Edward Fine In honour of your special birthday by Ruth Fyman Therapeutices Fund In Memory of: Louis Weiner by Joanna and Ira Abrams In Honour of: Carol and Laurie Pascoe In honour of your son Byron’s wedding by Arnie and Chevy Fine IN HONOUR OF: Sylvia Monson to a very special lady on her very special birthday by Joyce and Farrand Miller Eileen Goldberg Mazal tov on your 97th birthday with love by Ernie, Reva, Ryan and Robyn Goldberg; and by Ethel and David Malek Dr. and Mrs. Tibor Schatteles In appreciation and thankfulness for your kindness by Esty Bybelezer Maureen Molot Mazal tov on receiving the Shalom Perel award by Anna Lee Chiprout Marcia and Dick Zuker In honour of Deborah Zuker becoming a Rabbi by Carl and Lorna Raskin Helen Trachtenberg Mazal tov on your Bat Mitzvah by the Trachtenberg family Evelyn Rotenberg Happy birthday and many more with love by Eliot, Donna, Rachael, Kyle and Dylan Shore; by Babe Dubinsky; and by Charles Rotenberg Seymour Eisenberg Best wishes on your 80th birthday by Edith Landen Cantor Daniel Benlolo Thank you for all your hard work and inspiration with the Bat Mitzvah program by by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Aviva Lightstone Thank you for sharing your musical talents and enhancing the Bat Mitzvah program by by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Dr. Robert Smolkin Best wishes on your retirement by Ed and Betty Rose Clary Ottman Best wishes on your retirement

by Ed and Betty Rose Carol and Laurie Pascoe In honour on the marriage of your son by Ed and Betty Rose; and by Rosalie and Harold Schwartz and family Joy and Eric Weisbloom In honour of the marriage of your daughter Becky to George by Ed and Betty Rose Yale and Dee Gaffen In honour of your 25th wedding anniversary by Ed and Betty Rose Nadine and Brian Mordfield In honour of your son’s engagement by Ed and Betty Rose Esther and Alan Williams Mazal tov on your special anniversary by Ian and Estelle Melzer Lana Tanner Best wishes on your special birthday by Anna and Ronny Cantor and family Jeff and Felice Pleet Mazal tov on Erin’s and Zach’s graduation by Art and Marcia Saper Beverly and Irving Swedko by Norman Ironstone The Kirschenblatt Family Mazal tov on Ben’s Bar Mitzvah by Ethlyn, Barry and Sarah Agulnik Debbie Baylin Mazal tov on the birth of your granddaughter by Ethlyn, Barry and Sarah Agulnik

Eleanor and Paul Weiner Mazal tov on your special anniversary with love by Carol and Larry Gradus Janet Ironstone Happy special birthday with love by Arlene and Norm Glube Sarah Breiner Happy special birthday with love by Arlene and Norm Glube IN MEMORY OF: Anna Heilman by Sandi and Raoul Korngold Doris Edelstein by Rene Fleming and Athena Quitevis; by Dede, David, Kyla and Zachary Neuss Judith Schanzer by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Jeffrey Gold by Susan Heisel, Sye Mincoff and Sarita Walerstein and families Harold Sachs by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; Dina Kovalenko; Evelyn and Joseph Lieff; by Dorothy and Hy Hymes; by Rhona and Peter Hoffman; by J.L. Richards & Associates Limited and Staff; by Alan Freed; by Barb and Len Farber; and by The Vered Family Lila Fainer by Eileen, Ann and Stan Goldberg Sister of Sheila Bahar by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge Michael Elman by Bev, Bryan, Alison and Rob Glube Doris Edelstein by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Streamer Irving Gencher by the Team at ESP; by Brenda Schafer and family; by Trecia and Tim, The Sales Advantage; by Rob, Tina, Marc, Jenny and your entire Spector & Co. Team; by Jessica, Jarrad and Sadie Freeman; by Ethel and David Malek; by Anna Bilsky; by Sandra and Sam Zunder and family; by Milton and Joyce Kimmel;

by Edie Landau; by Roz and Stan Labow; and by Anna and Ronny Cantor and family Louis Weiner by the Residents, Board and Staff of Hillel Lodge; by Ethel and David Malek;

by Anna Bilsky; by Sandra and Sam Zunder and family; by Leslie Singer; by Bev and Bryan Glube;

by Milton and Joyce Kimmel; Ingrid Levitz; by Vivian and Warren Gradus; by Rochelle Gordon;

by Edie Landau; by Laurie and Carol Pascoe; by Mary Larkin; by Sharon Mock; by Yanda and Mark Max and family; Marcia and Barry Cantor;

by Myra and Lester Aronson and family; by Sylvia Bronsther; by Alana Freed; by Libby and Stan Katz; by Arlene and Norman Glube; by Irene Waxman and family; by Brenda Wolf; by Rona Shaffran and Brian Tannenbaum; by Millie and Steve Mirsky; by Sol and Sibyl Goldmaker; by Sam and Roberta Goldmaker; by Anna and Ronny Cantor and family; by Marjorie and Lou Goldmaker; by Lezlie Oler; by Sue and Phil Bronsther; by Barb and Len Farber; by Joanne Tannenbaum; by Evelyn and Joseph Lieff; by Rosemary Sampson; by Ruth and Joe Viner; by Mary Lou and William Galbraith; by Sheila Cooper; by Arthur Max and Ruth Karp; by Arthur and Mary Gordon; by Ethlyn, Barry and Sarah Agulnik; by the Firm Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP; by Betty and Jerry Caplan; by Rhoda, Jeff, Howard and Sara Miller; by Sheila Beck; and by Jeff and Sharon Appotive Edward Guralnick by Danny, Rhonda, Sam, Zachary and Shelby Levine Susan Fisher by Ethlyn, Barry and Sarah Agulnik Lorraine Lightstone by the Rosenthal & McCormack families Yetta Mednick by Arlene and Norman Glube; and by Bev, Bryan, Alison and Rob Glube IN APPRECIATION: Naomi Lipsky Cracower by Myra Kamen R’FUAH SHLEMA: Laurie Pascoe by Harold and Rosalie Schwartz and family; by Steve and Marcia Aronson

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There’s magic in old memories of high school musicals On a family trip to London recently, my husband and I took our kids to see their first big-budget, West End musical. Planning in advance, we offered the kids a choice of age-appropriate fair: The Lion King or Wicked.

The kids chose Wicked, and off we went on the subway from our friends’ home in North London to the theatre district. The play was mesmerizing, the intermission confection was sticky and sweet, and the lobby, bathed in thematic green light, was charming, atmospheric and great for photos.

The plot is much nuanced – so nuanced that I needed my seven-year-old to fill in some gaps for me. It was a powerful meditation on friendship, perception and the nature of evil. The vocals were fabulous and the costumes were dazzling. After a long show, we people-watched in the train station before squeezing onto the rush hour tube.

Along with their Broadway counterparts, West End musicals are second to none. But some of my most powerful memories of experiencing stage musicals were from a much simpler venue – the local high school, Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate (JWC) – when I was growing up in Winnipeg.

Going with my mom to see JWC’s production of Guys and Dolls in 1980 gave me a taste for Damon Runyon’s New York. The songs of Oliver! brought me closer to Charles Dickens’ social justice concerns and gave me an appreciation for the 1968 film, one I passed onto my kids weeks before we mucked about on the Thames.

But, when I was 10 and saw the JWC production of West Side Story, I was positively transformed. Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents and Jerome

Robbins became the stuff of my artistic fantasies.

I recall my thrill at camp a few months later, when I looked around the chadar ochel and spotted ‘Tony,’ ‘Chino,’ ‘Baby John’ and ‘Diesel,’ now moonlighting as counsellors.

My friend Ara and I spent much of our free time that session perfecting song and dance numbers from the show.

Chino helped us choreograph “America” and Diesel painstakingly scribbled the lyrics to “Gee, Officer Krupke” for us.

As it happened, I would end up performing “America” years later, as Rosalia in my own high school production of the show in Vancouver. Being onstage in a full auditorium was humbling and thrilling, but not the same as dancing across the freshly cut grass of the Manitoba prairie at camp minutes before Shabbat.

I treasured the keepsake theatre programs, tacking them to my bedroom walls. I learned the songs and memorized the cast lists. Last spring, I was back in Winnipeg visiting friends and met someone at a gathering. Taking a trip down memory lane, she mentioned that she had starred as ‘Maria’ in that storied 1982 production of West Side Story.

Strange, I mused, I don’t recall that. I turned away, and seconds later stopped in my tracks.

“Wait a minute. Weren’t there two actors playing Maria that year?” I asked. “I must have seen it on the alternating night.”

It turned out I was right, and my musical universe was restored.

When we get the chance, my husband and I try to take our kids to experience local community musical produc-

Values, Ethics, Community Mira Sucharov tions in Ottawa. At four, my daughter sat through a neighbourhood production of The Sound of Music featuring some friends from our chavurah.

My kids were charmed by Merivale High School’s Once Upon a Mattress, co-starring their cousin and a youth leader from our shul. They were intrigued to see their own dad doing Shakespearean sword fighting and starring as the murder victim in a local mystery in the Glebe. And my son might remember hearing “Tradition” when he was in utero and I was singing and dancing in our neighbourhood production of Fiddler on the Roof.

My kids will always remember Wicked as their first professional stage musical. But nothing can replace that first local high school production, watching a stage where dreams and community come together in perfect harmony.

I hear West Side Story is coming to the National Arts Centre this year, as is Oliver!

Maybe I’ll dig up my old Betamax videos of those high school productions before taking my kids to see the professionals again. After all, they should be reminded what a bunch of local teens singing, dancing and acting their hearts out can do to a willing audience. It helps insert us straight into the dynamic tradition that is the inspiring and infectious form of the hallowed stage musical. That is the magic of theatre.

Mira Sucharov, an associate professor of political science at Carleton University, blogs at the Huffington Post.

Genealogy is more than names and dates on a family tree We all know the horrific events of the Holocaust took the lives of six million of our brethren. Whether we are knowledgeable about our personal histories or not, there are very few Ashkenazi Jews who did not lose family during this terrible chapter in our modern history. Not only were our cousins needlessly killed, but the shtetlach that served as their homes for centuries disappeared as well. These communities provided everything for our relatives: their homes, businesses, schools, synagogues, and other social, cultural and religious institutions.

Part of doing genealogy involves finding out where our ancestors came from and learning as much as possible about the lives they lived and the conditions that existed that influenced their decisions. Were there pogroms in the region that provided the motivation to leave for Canada or the United States?

Was there political unrest or natural disasters that made them leave the shtetl for a larger town or city in the same area? As part of doing this research, we tend to become very knowledgeable about the towns of our ancestors, and feel a bond with other unrelated Jews with ties to the same towns.

The communities of importance to me are the Galician towns of Grzymalow, Bitziki and Skalat, currently in Ukraine but part of Poland in the prewar years when my father was growing up.

On my mother’s side are the shtetlach of Sokolets and Zhvanets, also currently in Ukraine but further south and east.

There are several ways to remember these important homes of our ancestors. One of the most common ways of memorializing a community was done by the former residents, or landsmanshaftn, themselves, in the form of Yizkor books. The books contain the histories of the communities, anecdotes and lists of former residents, and were generally written in the years after the Holocaust as a tribute to their former homes. Libraries around the world, including that of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Ottawa (JGSO), have extensive collections of Yizkor books, mostly written in Yiddish or

Connecting the branches John Diener Hebrew, although many now have been translated and appear on the JewishGen website (jewishgen.org). A list of our Ottawa collection can be found on the JGSO website (jgso.org).

Genealogists like me who never lived in the Old Country have found other ways to commemorate our heritage.

JewishGen hosts a number of websites that serve as virtual shtetlach, where researchers have collaborated to collect information about the towns of their ancestors. Generally, each of these town websites has a shtetl leader, and I am proud to be the co-ordinator for Grzymalow.

Part of my role involved collecting data, interacting with other researchers and submitting the material for the webmasters to put online for others interested in the same community. The Grzymalow site has maps, stories, pictures, burial information, immigration records and much more. Hundreds of these town sites can be accessed at shtetlinks.jewishgen.org.

Other researchers have posted their own websites, so, if you can’t find your town in Shtetlinks, try Googling the town name to see if there is a privately created site.

One of my other towns is Zhvanets, the birthplace of my great-great-great-grandfather. Several years ago, I saw a posting on JewishGen from a man in Boston who had just returned from visiting that town. He was very excited to have discovered the overgrown Jewish cemetery, located just outside the

village limits. He came back to the U.S. with the idea of restoring the cemetery and appealed to fellow genealogists with roots in the area to help him with the project. Several people expressed interest, but we quickly discovered that it would be too expensive to restore and maintain the grounds.

We then decided that the next best thing would be to hire locals to clear the cemetery grounds and then to photograph all of the monuments.

In 2004, we did this. While the grass and weeds immediately swallowed the cemetery up again, we were able to preserve the names and vital information of the 1,200 people buried there. It was very satisfying to know that, while most of these people are no longer remembered by family, we have preserved their memories on an electronic equivalent to the Yahrzeit boards found in so many of our synagogues.

Shortly after that, a group of my fellow Zhvanetsers began meeting annually at the Jewish Genealogical Conference and plans are now underway to develop a website devoted to the community.

Genealogy is more than putting names and dates on a family tree. It is about learning how our ancestors lived and preserving their memories for future generations. By remembering our past, we honour those whose lives were much more difficult than ours and we can better appreciate the freedom and material possessions that most of us take for granted today.

Annual conference The annual conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies will be held this year from August 14 to 19 in Washington, D.C. There will be several hundred sessions offered on all aspects of Jewish genealogy.

For information, visit DC2011.org. You can also contact the JGSO at jgsottawa@gmail.com about the conference or about anything related to genealogy.

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Made with Love

Doing the wild blueberry dance If you were driving past Parkdale Market at around 2:30 on a recent Thursday afternoon and saw a crazy woman doing a happy song and dance, it was probably me. I honestly do try very hard not to embarrass my children on a regular basis, but I just couldn’t help myself – the wild blueberries had arrived!

I look forward to the arrival of many seasonal foods, but none more than wild blueberries. The cultivated ones available during the rest of the year are sour and they don’t taste like real blueberries. But the little wild ones are sweet and packed with pure blueberry flavour. I love them in my Oatmeal Squares cereal in the morning, mixed with cottage cheese or yogurt for lunch, and tossed into a green salad at dinner.

When I see them at the market, I kind of go into hoarding mode and buy way more than we can possibly consume in a few days. As hard as we try, after the third day, there are still several boxes of wild blueberries kicking around in the fridge, begging to be used up in something delicious, rather than meeting their end in the compost heap. (Can you think of a smellier way to go?)

When blueberry gluttony hits your home, and you know it’s only a matter of time before you succumb to the lure of wild blueberries, try this recipe for Blueberry Coffee Cake.

Moist and delicious, it will keep in the fridge for at least five days, but I doubt it will last that long in your house.

The idea for this cake came from Foodland Ontario’s website. The original was made with rhubarb. They suggested baking it in a Bundt pan and putting the topping on the bottom of the pan so, when you turned the cake out, the topping was on the top of the cake. I found that the weight of the cake batter compressed the topping and it wasn’t very crispy after being baked under the cake. I suggest you bake it in a regular cake pan and crumble the topping over the batter. I also found the amount of topping in the original recipe too skimpy, so I

doubled it, because the crumbly part is always the best part of the cake! I used pecans instead of walnuts, but feel free to use your favourite nut.

The original cake batter recipe called for 2 cups of allpurpose flour, but I was curious to see what would happen if I replaced 2/3 of a cup with whole-wheat. I was pleasantly surprised that it added a nutty taste to the cake without making it too heavy. The final change I made was using both dark and golden brown sugar in the cake batter instead of just golden brown. I like the slight molasses bitterness

Cindy Feingold you get from dark brown sugar.

I have no doubt you will all be doing the wild blueberry dance in your house very soon!

Blueberry Coffee Cake Topping 1 cup regular large flake rolled oats 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes Cake 1/2 cup lightly packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup lightly packed golden brown sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons maple syrup 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup whole-wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups wild blueberries

Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Grease and flour a round 10-inch cake pan. Set aside.

In bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, pecans, flour, maple syrup and cinnamon. Using your fingers or a fork, cut in cold butter until crumbly. Set aside.

In large bowl, cream together brown sugar and butter.

Mix in egg, sour cream and maple syrup. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt then stir into butter mixture until just combined. Stir in blueberries, being careful not to over mix. Transfer batter to prepared cake pan.

Now, using my patented clumping and dropping method, put topping over the batter. Using your hands, take about a tablespoon sized amount of topping and squeeze it into a clump. Gently drop clump on top of the batter. Repeat until all the topping has been clumped and dropped! This method of clumping ensures the crunchiest topping ever.

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Run knife around outside edge of cake to invert onto cake platter. Turn cake over so that crumb topping is on the top.

Eighteen things you may not know about Stuart Schwartz If you’re looking at the headline for this edition’s 18 things and have no idea who this Stuart Schwartz guy is, then I’m achieving my goal of introducing you to someone interesting in the community.

But you probably do know Stuart Schwartz by his nickname. He’s a famous Ottawa radio personality, the celebrated PA announcer for the Ottawa Senators, a talented auctioneer, and a generous supporter of so many community services and fundraising initiatives in the city. On July 11, he successfully chaired the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s Golf Tournament.

Yes, this husband and father of two young children – Matteo and Isabella – is “Stuntman Stu.” Here are 18 things you may not know about Stuart Schwartz …

1. I grew up in Montreal and was asked to leave two different Hebrew schools due to my antics in class. There I was known as “Shlomo.”

2. This summer is 20 years that I have been on radio. My career began at the Y Country Camp north of Montreal where I was “Mr. Stu” on the camp PA system and used to perform in the dining hall.

3. I absolutely love doing the starting line-ups at Ottawa Senators hockey games, and one of my favourite names to announce was former Sens player Jarkko Ruutu. It got to the point where I would just say his first name and the crowd at Scotiabank Place would answer with “Ruutu!”

4. I get sore throats just as much as anyone else and do not have any magic tricks. I just complain to my wife Connie and drink lots of tea with lemon and honey.

5. Yes I am really up at 3:00 am on weekday mornings. I try to go to sleep by 9:00 pm, but, somehow, it usually ends up closer to 11:00. Currently, you can catch me on the weekday morning show on Majic 100.

6. My Bar Mitzvah was incredible! We had a cotton candy machine, ice-cream sundae station, and a photographer took

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Sarah Silverstein pictures of everyone, which then got mounted on “Stu’s Bar Mitzvah” buttons!

7. My all-time favourite comfort food is french fries with some ketchup.

8. I love meeting people, but one person who really stuck out was Henry Winkler. I had the opportunity to meet “the Fonz” when he headlined at the Federation’s Campaign Kickoff. I loved that he was such a genuine, down-to-earth guy, and that he does not try to hide from his iconic Fonz role.

9. I met my wife Connie when we were both students at Algonquin College’s Radio Broadcasting Program. In 1997, we both worked at the radio station “The Bear.” Unlike me, Connie did not get kicked out of Algonquin and have to talk her way back in! (But I did end up graduating with honours.)

10. I have participated in a lot of strange events over the years and have definitely earned my nickname “Stuntman.”

Once I was placed in goalie gear on a driving range 150 yards out and people had to try to hit me. One person actually succeeded and won a set of golf clubs!

11. Growing up, I always pictured myself happily married with two children (one boy, one girl), living in the suburbs and being on radio. Be careful what you wish for! I am very grateful that my wishes have come true and I really do like Barrhaven.

12. Chanukah has always been my favourite Jewish holiday. My mom would make tons of great, nonhealthy and very greasy latkes from scratch. As an only child, I would get to eat most of those latkes and receive lots of Stu with his children, gifts.

Isabella and Matteo.

13. I have been to hundreds of concerts over the years, but my absolute favourite has been Michael Bublé whom I have seen twice.

14. I predict the Ottawa Senators will win a Stanley Cup before the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it would be incredible to announce that game!

15. I have an artsy side and I love to make collages of memorabilia. Recently, I completed a collage of mementos from my time working in Vancouver during the Winter Olympics. Being at the Olympics was an incredible experience, and I feel that it was the fans from all over the world who made it so special.

16. My wife would describe me as loud, creative and impatient.

17. I am always wearing a golf shirt or a suit. I love shopping for new suits, but am very picky!

18. I am a major gadget guy and love splurging on new electronics. I use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, have my own blog, and have recently started using about.me. I update my various accounts many times throughout the day. Right now I am a BlackBerry user, but we shall see.

July 18, 2011 – Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – Page 29

Essays explore kashrut from Reform Judaism perspective The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic Edited by Mary L. Zamore CCAR Press 519 pages Food politics is too important to be left to scripture alone.

Or is it?

In a timely compendium of voices from the Reform movement, Mary L. Zamore has assembled a collection of perspectives surrounding what should be an ethical approach to eating that is informed by ritual and tradition. I have argued more than once in the pages of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin that, as a community, we should be thinking more deeply about what our individual and collective approach to food might be, especially in light of the challenges that kashrut sometimes poses to making ethically sound food choices. The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic is an excellent resource for furthering those discussions.

The volume covers many ethical issues, including whether ritual slaughter is the most humane (though more space could be devoted to this question), labour practices (especially in light of the 2008 Agriprocessors scandal), ecological issues (whether kashrut should be informed by an organics approach), food rescue, food obsessions and disorders, local and global hunger, and overall healthfulness. It also offers a resource essay detailing the series of rules and rituals underlying kashrut.

In reading through the essays, the reader gains an appreciation not only for debates surrounding the ethics of eating, but also for the foundational ideas of Reform Judaism itself: namely attention to individual autonomy, the value of building bridges between Jews and non-Jews, and attention to social justice.

Zamore’s collection recounts the origins of Reform’s relationship to dietary practice, including the 1885 Pittsburgh Platform, which rejected kashrut outright, and the now mythic 1883 Trefa Banquet in Cincinnati, where the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College rabbinical students was feted with clams, crab and shrimp, followed by meat, ice cream and cheese.

The Reform movement’s initial rejection of kashrut was

not simply for ease of living, but rather had a specific ethical value underpinning it: namely, the desire to break down barriers between Jews and others. Breaking bread together is a pivotal part of living in communities, and Reform Judaism’s founders wanted to cultivate a spirit of interaction across religious communities that allowed Jews to better integrate into broader society. Later articulations of Reform Judaism relaxed the movement’s opposition to kashrut, and have begun to invite reconsiderations of how kashrut can inform meaningful Reform practice. This is where the volume is well positioned.

The early chapters in the volume address some of these

It wasn’t me, it was the hacker It wasn’t me who wrote this article. My brain was hacked by a prankster who moved my fingers on the keyboard while I sat snoozing.

Apparently, the hacker sent out a series of salacious pictures stolen from my hard drive. Not that I want to make a big thing out of it; it happens all the time when you’re online. But I really don’t want this outrageous stuff to be attributed to me (I mean, the me that is me, and not the prankster). But, if you want to attribute it to the prankster, then go ahead.

I have the same problem with the computer’s autocorrect and spellchecker, which try to override my typing. So, if I type something in French, the program zaps it and it comes out in English, even when I type with all the write Frenchkey combinations. Oops! I meant “all the right French-key combinations.”

This shows that when I type something incorrectly, just a small slip, but the word itself is an actual English word, autocorrect and spellchecker will ignore it. Sometimes, I think my brain was hacked when I produced the original, just to cause me problems with my pubic.

Oops! I was hacked again! I meant “public.”

Sometimes I – Rubin Friedman – seem to find myself in

a life and death struggle with this Trojan, calling itself “Weiner,” which tries to appropriate all I write and recombine it into text messages it sends out to young women. I swear it’s not me.

But, enough of this trivial stuff, I want to deal with serious issues. I am never going to mention this stuff again. OK? I mean why should I mention it? After all, we have built up a bond of trust and you know I would never do such a thing.

I swear it was someone else who did it. I mean, I get it. I get the joke. Ha! Ha! Someone got me, made me look bad.

But, really, can we move on? Do we have to keep on talking about what is, after all, one minor incident, one lapse in attention, when my alter ego took over and had his way with me?

No, I don’t mean anything sexual, of course. I mean he hacked my writing program to produce material that’s the furthest thing from my mind – no matter how often women contact me on Facebook.

Of course, I do get the occasional message on Facebook, but it’s all above board. Why are we even talking about it?

Do you have to keep bringing this stuff up? Haven’t I already explained everything? I am sure people are finding this all to be old news. Let’s move on and get back to our main

Book Review Mira Sucharov philosophical issues head on. Perhaps the most radical voice is Seth M. Limmer who argues for a reading of traditional sources suggesting that he should reject kashrut.

“Here I refer to my understanding of Israel’s ‘carnal’ nature: a dedication to enjoy the constructive pleasures of our divinely created world ... a religious approach that abhors asceticism,” writes Limmer.

Other voices are more measured.

Alan Henkin argues that, in the context of dietary practice, true dietary autonomy is a false notion. While the rejector of kashrut may think she is eating autonomously, he reasons, in fact she is eating according to some other social system (say, the all-American diet of “yes” to cheeseburgers, but “no” to dog or horse).

There is some repetition across chapters, and certain important points, such as the recent development of Conservative Judaism’s Magen Tzedek ethical-kosher seal, feel buried in the middle. But the patient reader, willing to scavenge through all the chapters as I hungrily did, will find almost no stone left unturned.

Taken together, the essays help piece together a spiritually informed approach to balancing these concerns. Rather than view kashrut as an inherent obstacle given its bracketing of ethical concerns in many cases, and rather than view kashrut as something you do “just because it says so,” the authors look to the core values underlying ritual food ethics, including the role of tradition itself.

The authors emphasize the idea that kashrut refers to the idea of what is “fit” to eat, and they think deeply and broadly about the idea of what is “proper.” With tradition informing practice, rather than practice being a slave to literal readings of ritual tradition, there is room for balancing and incorporating an array of values. Caring for the earth (baal tashchit), caring for creatures (tzaar baalei chayim), caring for our bodies (shmirat haguf), as well as paying homage to tradition are taken together to create if not a buffet of choices for the autonomous individual, then perhaps a rich and hearty stew of ethics blended with tradition.

Humour me, please Rubin Friedman topic: Jewish guilt.

What do you mean, “Do I have anything to feel guilty about?”

No. Well, apart from Jewish guilt for bad things that happen even though they have nothing to do with me, I do have a strange feeling that this hacker or program called “Weiner” is somehow related to Jews – Jewish males in particular. For example, I was once hacked by another program when I stayed at a hotel and my brain and mouth were taken over by a virus named “Strauss-Kahn.” But I deny any responsibility. I couldn’t help it, could I? Anyone reading this column should be aware that I am not guilty of any of those heinous acts. It was the computer programs that did it.

For my full confession, tune in to CNN next week.

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Did you know the Sea Lions won the Spirit Award?

• The Sea Lions once again made a splash at the 2011 Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, now the largest festival of its kind in North America, with 195 teams participating. They won the Spirit Award and came in third in overall fundraising, bringing in $25,500. Team members are Sharon Appotive, Myrna Barwin, Aviva Ben-Choreen, Lauren Bronstein, Marcia Cantor, Shelly Crawford, Diana Farber, Tamara Fathi, Tracy Fenton, Andrea Freedman, Rosalyn Fremeth, Debbie Halton-Weiss, Elissa Iny, Linda Kerzner, Shelli Kimmel, Betina Kuzmarov, Bonnie Merovitz, Donna Nadolny, Lynne Oreck-Wener, Melanie Teplinsky, Margo Viner, Susan Viner-Vered and Eleni Wener.

• After a 40-year absence, hometown boy Howard Pearl returned to Ottawa to accept the position of president and CEO of Guardian Mobility, a maker of aircraft tracking and monitoring technologies. According to the company’s press release, Pearl, who had been living in China, “has both founded start-ups and restarted existing businesses worldwide with the same end result – creating market leaders.”

• The County of Carleton Law Association presented Abraham Feinstein with its first ever Solicitors’ Award at the association’s 17th East Region Solicitors’ Conference in May at Château Montebello. The award honours a solicitor member of the CCLA for exemplary service to the association, the profession and/or the community.

• Did you shed a tear when Nate’s Deli on Rideau Street closed? Well, here’s some good news. The unstoppable Dave Smith has partnered with Scott Singer to resurrect Nate’s, now called Nate’s Deli Family Kitchen. Although the location at 1545 Merivale Road may be new, the menu is much the same, especially the Montreal smoked meat and the other classic Jewish-style items from the original menu.

• Producer Neil Bregman brought a little bit of Hollywood to Ottawa in June when actress Mischa Barton was in

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Did you know?

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Aaron Levine accepts a Cappie Award for his performance in Fiddler on the Roof.

(Photo: Irv Osterer)

town to film Offline, a made-for-TV thriller to be shown on the Lifetime Network. Also starring in the movie is Eugene Levy’s son, Daniel Levy.

• Adam Moscoe, 19, whom I profiled last month in the Bulletin, added another accolade to his already lengthy résumé of awards and accomplishments in June when the Globe and Mail named him to their “Top Twenty Under Twenty” list.

• Send-A-Kid to Camp committee members Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Dan Palayew, Stuart Ages, Jason Shinder, Mitch Miller, Jon Braun and Barry Sohn have launched the annual drive to raise funds so that kids in need can attend JCC of Ottawa Summer Camps. For more information or to donate, contact Jon at 613-798-9818, ext. 267, or jbraun@jccottawa.com.

• Aaron Levine won the 2011 Cappie Award for featured actor in a musical for his role as the rabbi in the Woodroffe High School production of Fiddler on the Roof. The 18-yearold is spending five months in Israel studying sustainable farming as part of the Eco-Israel program.

• A Musical Taste of our Canadian Heritage, the stage production developed by, and starring, Deborah Davis has had another successful year. The acclaimed musical has been teaching the history of Canada through music for 11 years.

• The Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation’s new Chair Ron Prehogan held a series of “friend-raisers” at west end homes to raise awareness (not funds) about the hospital and its recent growth. Care Grows West, the $35 million fundraising campaign aimed at expanding the hospital’s equipment and facilities, includes the $11 million donation from the Greenberg Family to create the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre.

• Davina Finn, 21, was selected for the prestigious Tony Blair Faith Foundation fellowship. Finn was one of only 30 who were accepted into the program from the more than 700 who applied. The program’s goal is to train a young generation of leaders to build partnerships across faith lines and show the world how faith can be a positive force for global equity. Fellows are young leaders chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants based on their interfaith expertise, experience in global poverty issues, skills, character and leadership potential.

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Mailbag Javanpour is wrong about Obama Oliver Javanpour is completely off base in his analysis of U.S. President Barack Obama (World Affairs, June 13).

Likening Obama to the “neo-left intelligentsia,” Javanpour accuses Obama of delegitimizing the State of Israel in his May speeches on the Middle East.

What?

Obama clearly said the Palestinians must accept Israel “as a Jewish state and homeland for the Jewish people.”

That, Javanpour should know, has been Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s key demand.

Obama said that negotiations should be based on the 1967 lines “with mutually agreed swaps” to allow Israel to retain the major settlements within its permanent borders.

This has been the de facto position of successive Israeli and American governments going back to the Bill Clinton and Yitzhak Rabin era.

Obama said that Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with a Palestinian Authority that includes Hamas. He said that a Palestinian state cannot be created by a vote of the UN and that Israel should not withdraw from the West Bank until a non-militarized Palestinian force can demonstrate its ability to keep the peace.

Given the facts, I am amazed that Javanpour paints Obama as an enemy of Israel. Yes, there was the appearance of a tiff between Obama and Netanyahu at the White House, but it was smoothed over by the time they both spoke at the AIPAC Conference a few days later.

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Netanyahu, in his AIPAC speech, praised Obama as “Israel’s best friend.”

Javanpour also states: “It is well-established that landfor-peace concessions by Israel have not led to any successes in the past.”

That is simply not true. Israel dismantled its settlements and returned the Sinai to Egypt well over 30 years ago in return for peace. The peace with Egypt may not be friendly, but it is a peace that has endured. Javanpour should know that.

A two-state solution is Israel’s only hope for enduring peace and to remain both Jewish and democratic in the decades to come. That is Obama’s agenda for Israel and that proves Netanyahu’s point that Obama is “Israel’s best friend.”

Dani Schwartz

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Tom and Marjorie Schwartz on the birth of their grandson by Sam and Susan Firestone.

FLORENCE FAMILY MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by A.L., Ann and Leanne Smith.

ALFRED AND KAYSA FRIEDMAN ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Irving Gencher by Alfred and Kaysa Friedman.

Mazal Tov to: Michael and Cayla Baylin on the marriage of Maxwell and Janice by Alfred and Kaysa Friedman.

FRAN AND SID GERSHBERG FAMILY FUND Condolences to: Rhoda Seal on the loss of a dear sister by Fran and Sid Gershberg.

Birthday wishes to: Rose Kostiner by Fran and Sid Gershberg.

GILBOA/MAOZ FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Morris Kimmel on being the recipient of the Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award by Helen and Chaim Gilboa.

HOWARD HERZL GOLDBERG MEMORIAL FUND Condolences to: Larry Toste on the loss of a dear father by Shawn and Helene Goldberg.

EVA, DIANE AND JACK GOLDFIELD MEMORIAL FUND In observance of the Yahrzeit of: Lionel Goldfield, a beloved brother by Anita, Richard and Evan Landis.

Diane Goldfield, a beloved sister-in-law by Anita, Richard and Evan Landis.

In memory of: Irving Gencher by Morley Goldfield and family.

Louis Weiner by Morley Goldfield and family; and by Anita, Richard and Evan Landis.

Speedy recovery to: Ray Fathi by Morley Goldfield and family.

Lisa Sklar by Anita Landis.

Birthday wishes to: Doreen Kaminker by Anita Landis.

JACK AND GERT GOLDSTEIN MEMORIAL FUND Anniversary wishes to: Bernie and Adele Shinder by Allen and Diane Abramson; and by Ernest and Ray Goldstein.

HERB AND DENA GOSEWICH ENDOWMENT FUND R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Edna Eisenberg by Herb and Dena Gosewich.

Mazal Tov to: Simmy Gardner on the birth of her grandson Noah by Herb and Dena Gosewich.

GROSSMAN KLEIN FAMILIES FUND In memory of: Norman Epelbaum by Vera and Leslie Klein and family.

Doris Edelstein by Vera and Leslie Klein and family.

Susan Fisher by Vera and Leslie Klein and family.

Harold Sachs by Vera and Leslie Klein and family.

R’fuah Sh’lemah to: Kaysa Friedman by Vera and Leslie Klein.

Mark Max by Vera and Leslie Klein and family.

LARRY AND SHEILA HARTMAN ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Larry Hartman by Shirley Strean-Hartman; and

by Avraham and Elissa Iny. HY AND PAULINE HOCHBERG ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by Pauline Hochberg.

Louis Weiner by Pauline Hochberg.

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS ARTHUR AND SARAH KIMMEL MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by Norman and Isabel Lesh.

Birthday wishes to: Larry Gordon by Arnold and Roslyn Kimmel.

Michael Shapiro by Norman and Isabel Lesh.

Arnold Kimmel by Larry and Sheila Hartman.

SHARON KOFFMAN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND Birthday wishes to: Sam Yanover by Fay Koffman; and by Sandra Zagon.

Reva Derrick by Sandra Zagon.

Fay Koffman by Sandra, Jodi, Sibby, Bev and families.

KRANTZBERG KRANE FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Shelley Rothman and family on the Stuart’s engagement to Laura by Myra, Sam, Joshua, Jaclyn and Justin Krane.

SUSAN AND DAVID KRIGER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Levine by Susan and David Kriger.

RIVA AND ABRAHAM KROLL MEMORIAL FUND Mazal Tov to: Norton Lithwick and family on the occasion of Ely’s Bar Mitzvah by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick.

ANNICE AND SYDNEY KRONICK FAMILY FUND In memory of: Geri Langsam by Debi and Neil Zaret and family; and by Sydney Kronick and Barbara Sugarman.

Mazal Tov to: Dr. Sydney Kronick on his retirement by his children and grandchildren.

Sally and Elliot Levitan on their granddaughter Shana’s marriage by Debi and Neil Zaret and family.

Rhoda and Joe Levitan on their daughter Shana’s marriage by Debi and Neil Zaret and family.

ISSIE AND EDITH LANDAU ENDOWMENT FUND Mazal Tov to: Sheli Braun on receiving the GrinspoonSteinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education

by Edie Landau.

Moe Litwack on his daughter Debbie’s engagement to Jerry Solomon by Edie Landau.

LEON AND BYRTHA LECKIE MEMORIAL FUND In loving memory of: A dear mother Byrtha Leckie by Esther Leckie; and by Robin Leckie.

A dear father Leon Leckie by Esther Leckie.

NORMAN AND ISABEL LESH ENDOWMENT FUND Condolences to: Lorri Taller on the loss of a dear friend by Norman and Isabel Lesh.

SALLY AND ELLIOTT LEVITAN ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Sally and Elliott Levitan.

Mazal Tov to: Sally and Elliott Levitan on the birth of their great-granddaughter by Joan Bloom.

NATHAN, MIRIAM AND LAURIE LEVITIN MEMORIAL FUND Mazal Tov to: Miriam Levitin on the birth of her twin greatgrandsons by Brenda Wolf.

JOSEPH AND EVELYN LIEFF ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Anna Heilman by Joseph and Evelyn Lieff.

Zave Kahn by Joseph and Evelyn Lieff.

Tova Menipaz by Joseph and Evelyn Lieff.

Birthday wishes to: Laya Shabinsky by Joseph and Evelyn Lieff.

Mazal Tov to: Sally and Elliott Levitan on the birth of their great-granddaughter by Joseph and Evelyn Lieff.

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

IRVING AND ELLEN LITHWICK ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Norton Lithwick by Yvonne and Harvey Lithwick.

ETHEL AND DAVID MALEK ENDOWMENT FUND Mazal Tov to: Morris Kimmel on being the recipient of Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award by Ethel and David Malek.

Sheli Braun on being the recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education by Ethel and David Malek.

Aviva and Leo Lightstone on their son Noam’s graduation from the University of Ottawa by Ethel and David Malek.

JACOB MALOMET MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Tova Menipaz by Diana and Alvin Malomet.

Mazal Tov to: Sally and Elliott Levitan on the birth of their great-granddaughter by Diana and Alvin Malomet.

CHUCK AND BONNIE MEROVITZ FAMILY FUND In appreciation to: The Sea Lions Dragon Boat Race Team by Ron Levitan.

RHODA AND JEFFREY MILLER FAMILY FUND In memory of: Ernest Simon by Rhoda and Jeffrey Miller and family.

Irving Gencher by Rhoda and Jeffrey Miller.

TANYA AND SAMUEL MOSES MORIN MEMORIAL FUND In observance of the Yahrzeit of: Samuel Moses Morin, a dearly beloved father by Harvey Morin.

Tanya Morin, a dearly beloved mother by Harvey Morin.

JEAN AND MAX NAEMARK ENDOWMENT FUND In observance of the Yahrzeit of: Leah Torontow by Jean Naemark and family.

JACK AND MIRIAM PLEET ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Miriam Pleet.

Tova Menipaz by Miriam Pleet.

Mazal Tov to: Sally and Elliott Levitan on the birth of their great-granddaughter by Miriam Pleet.

EVELYN AND NORMAN POTECHIN ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Norman Potechin by Libby and Stan Katz.

MOE AND SARAH RESNICK ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Gordon and Penny Resnick and family.

Rose Rosen by Gordon and Penny Resnick and family.

ALTI AND BEREL RODAL FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Herb and Sharon Gray and Jonathan and Rachel Gray on the birth and bris of Ovadya Aharon by Alti and Berel Rodal.

FLORENCE AND GDALYAH ROSENFELD ENDOWMENT FUND Birthday wishes to: Gdalyah Rosenfeld by Ena Segall; and by Jocelyn Slatt and Anita Rosenfeld and families.

Happy Father’s Day to: Gdalyah Rosenfeld by Jocelyn Slatt and Anita Rosenfeld and families.

SAMUEL AND RUTH ROTHMAN MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by Sue and Steve Rothman and family.

Irving Gencher by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Sema Krupp by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

Mazal Tov to: Shelley Rothman and family on the engagement of Stuart to Laura by Steve and Sue Rothman and Sheldon and Corinne Taylor and families.

Jacob and Dorothy Huyer on the occasion of their daughter making Aliyah by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

SHELLEY AND SID ROTHMAN FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Morris Kimmel on receiving the Shem Tov Community Volunteer Award by Shelley Rothman and family.

Eric and Joy Weisbloom on the marriage of their daughter Becky to George Gillam by Shelley Rothman.

Rhoda and Joe Levitan on Shayna’s graduation from Dentistry and Yoni’s call to the Bar of Ontario

by Shelley Rothman and family.

Eric and Donna Levin on the recent marriage of their daughter Jennifer to Josh Zaret by Shelley Rothman and family.

Shelley Rothman on Marshall’s engagement by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Debbie Weiss on assuming the Chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa by Shelley Rothman.

HAROLD AND IRMA SACHS COMMUNITY ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by Bernie and Donna Dolansky; by Sally and Elliott Levitan; by Stacey and Mark Cantor; and by Daniel and Marilyn Kimmel.

AL AND BETTY SEGAL MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Ned and Gail Segal and family.

HAROLD SHAFFER MEMORIAL FUND Birthday wishes to: Jeffrey Shaffer by Sheldon and Sonia Shaffer.

HARRY AND SYLVIA SHINDER MEMORIAL FUND Mazal Tov to: Ian Sherman on his receipt of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by Stephen and Lorraine Landau.

LORNE AND LAURIE SHUSTERMAN FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Debbie Weiss on assuming the Chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa by Lorne and Laurie Shusterman.

JACK AND SARAH SILVERSTEIN FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Anna Heilman by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family.

Joyce Rossman by Jack and Sarah Silverstein and family.

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

Birthday wishes to: Herb Pearl by Myra and Lester Aronson.

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An unveiling in memory of

Tami Berezin, z”l will take place

Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 11:00 am

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

In Appreciation Please accept my sincere appreciation for the donations and good wishes made in honour of my receiving the SHEM TOV COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AWARD. Morris Kimmel

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FOUNDATION DONATIONS Rhoda Eisenstadt by Myra and Lester Aronson.

Larry Gordon by Myra and Lester Aronson.

Mazal Tov to: Bev and Irving Swedko on their milestone celebrations by Myra and Lester Aronson.

LISE AND MARK THAW FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Shelley Rothman on her son Stuart’s engagement to Laura by Lise, Mark, Alayna and Bryan Thaw.

MOE AND CHARLOTTE SLACK MEMORIAL FUND Mazal Tov to: Marlene Levine on being elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of The Ottawa Hospital by Carol and Stuart Levine.

HENRY (HANK) TORONTOW 39TH BOY SCOUTS In observance of the Yahrzeit of: Henry Torontow by Jean Naemark and family.

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

Anniversary wishes to: Dr. and Mrs. Michael Molot by Doris and Richard Stern.

Sid and Barbara Cohen by Doris and Richard Stern.

Russell and Joanie Kronick by Doris and Richard Stern.

RUTH AND JOSEPH VINER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Harold Sachs by Ruth and Joseph Viner.

Irving Gencher by Ruth and Joseph Viner.

Michael Shaver by Ruth and Joseph Viner.

HAZE WAINBERG FAMILY FUND In memory of: Marty Taub by Haze Wainberg.

JAY B. TALLER MEMORIAL FUND In observance of the Yahrzeit of: Elizabeth Roodman by Sally Taller.

Birthday wishes to: Sally Taller by Stan and Libby Katz.

HARRY AND RAE WEIDMAN MEMORIAL FUND Birthday wishes to: Marcie Dworkin by Roslyn Taller and family.

In loving memory of: Harry and Rae Weidman, dear parents by Roslyn Taller.

SALLY AND MAX TALLER FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Heidi and Steve Polowin on the birth of their granddaughter Aviva by Sally Taller.

MIRIAM AND LOUIS WEINER ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Rick and Helen Zipes; by Sally Taller; and by Sheldon and Corinne Taylor.

The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation has published its Annual Report summarizing the 2010 calendar year.

The report can be viewed online at www.OJCF.ca.

To obtain a hard copy of the report, please contact the Foundation office at 613-798-4696 ext. 252, via email at fpaulin@ojcf.ca or in writing c/o Francine Paulin 21 Nadolny Sachs Private Ottawa, ON K2A 1R9.

HALTON/WEISS FAMILY FUND Mazal Tov to: Debbie Weiss on her election as Chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa by Barb and Len Farber.

ROBERT WENER AND LYNNE ORECK WENER FAMILY FUND Best of luck to: Bob Wener on his future endeavours by Debi and Neil Zaret and family.

IRVING AND DIANE WEXLER FAMILY FUND In Observance of the Yahrzeit of: Irving Norman Wexler (June 18) a beloved husband and father by Diane, Carol, Michael and Muriel Wexler.

In memory of: Louis Weiner by Diane Wexler and family.

SAM AND HELENE ZARET MEMORIAL FUND In memory of: Dorothy Stein by Debi and Neil Zaret.

Mazal Tov to: Heidi and Steve Polowin on the birth of their granddaughter by Debi and Neil Zaret and family.

ZIPES KARANOFSKY FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Norbert Reinhartz by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Mazal Tov to: Steve and Shelagh Senman on the recent marriage of their son Toban to Melissa by Rick and Helen Zipes.

Rony and Dekel Podolsky on their vow renewal ceremony by Rick and Helen Zipes.

THE WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM Providing support for services and programs that directly benefit women and children.

WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE ENDOWMENT FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Diane Koven.

Harold Hertzman by Diane Koven.

Mazal Tov to: Sheli Braun on being the recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education by Hart, Eleni, Taryn, Lynne and Bob Wener.

In appreciation to: Rabbi and Alison Popky by Betina Kuzmarov.

Birthday wishes to: Nordau Kanigsberg by Diane Koven.

THE SAUL AND EDNA GOLDFARB B’NAI MITZVAH PROGRAM MARA BOSLOY B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Anniversary wishes to: Jonathan and Judy Bosloy by Ruth Calof and David Moskovic.

RYAN GOLDBERG B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Mazal Tov to: Ian Sherman on his receipt of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by Ernie, Reva, Ryan and Robyn Goldberg.

Birthday wishes to: Fan Tucker by Len and Mary Potechin.

Norman Potechin by Len and Mary Potechin.

Bram Potechin by Len and Mary Potechin.

DAHLIA AND ZACHARY SHABSOVE B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Mazal Tov to: Sheli Braun on being the recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award of Excellence in Jewish Education by the Shabsove family.

Lisa Miller on being the recipient of the Freiman Family Young Leadership Award by the Shabsove family.

Jackie Shabsove on her graduation by the Shabsove family.

JONATHAN, MATTHEW AND ADAM SHERMAN B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Mazal Tov to: Ian Sherman on being the recipient of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by Allan, Stephanie, Brianna and Andrea Goldstein; by Barbara Sherman and Sy Gutmajer; and by Ethel and David Malek.

Jonathan Sherman on his graduation by Barbara Sherman and Sy Gutmajer; and by Ethel and David Malek.

In appreciation to: Rabbi David and Suzanne Burger for their hard work in the Ottawa Jewish Community by Ian, Randi, Jonathan, Matthew and Adam Sherman.

ZACK SHORE MITZVAH FUND In memory of: Louis Weiner by Andrea, Mark, Zack and Jordan Shore.

ZACHARY SILBER B’NAI MITZVAH FUND Mazal Tov to: Ian Sherman on being the recipient of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award by Lawrence and Shari Silber.

Contributions may be made online at www.OJCF.ca or by contacting Erin Bolling at 613-798-4696 extension 232, Monday to Friday or by email at donation@ojcf.ca. Attractive cards are sent to convey the appropriate sentiments. All donations are acknowledged with a charitable receipt. We accept Visa, MasterCard and Amex.

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WHAT’S GOING ON July 18 to August 14, 2011 WEEKLY EVENTS TUESDAYS Israeli Folk Dancing, McNabb Community Centre, 180 Percy Street, 7:15 pm. Info: 613-288-9194.

CANDLELIGHTING BEFORE Jul 22 Jul 29 Aug 5 Aug 12 Aug 19 Aug 26 Sep 2 Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 23

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10 JFO Women’s Golf Tournament, “Nine and Dine”: Event chairs Helen Zipes and Linda Slotin invite all women golfers to

WEDNESDAY JULY 20 Medicine-Wheel Making: An aboriginal experience, sponsored by Jewish Family Services, 2255 Carling Avenue, Suite 300, 1:30 pm. Info: 613-722-2225, ext. 411.

WEDNESDAY JULY 27 Boomer and Beyond Lecture and Lunch, sponsored by Jewish Family Services and Beit Tikvah Synagogue. Guest speaker: Richard Marceau from the Canada-Israel Committee, 15 Chartwell Avenue, 12:00 pm. Info: 613-723-1800.

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participate, Canadian Golf and Country Club, 7800 Golf Club Way, Ashton, ON. Breakfast and clinics at 8:30 am, shotgun at 10:00.

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COMING SOON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 SJCC Open House. Open entry to try fitness classes, swimming, and family programs.

Refreshments and evening sing-along, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.

Info: 613-798-9818.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Federation’s 2012 Campaign Kickoff with Joan Rivers, National Arts Centre, 7:30 pm.

Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca or the NAC box office.

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

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Condolences Condolences are extended to the families of: Irving Gencher Tova Menipaz, Israel (sister of Sara Vered) Norbert Reinhartz, Toronto (father of Adele Reinhartz) Rose Rosen Michael Shaver Rita Singer, Montreal (mother of Benita Baker) Louis Weiner

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