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‘Not only our right but our duty to take action and to make choices’ Keynote speaker Julia Koschitzky delivered an inspiring address at Choices, an annual event of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa Women’s Campaign. Louise Rachlis reports.

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e will do and then we will hear. We will go forward irrespective of the challenges,’ said Julia Koschitzky, quoting a teaching from the Torah.

“At the end of the day, all the challenges turn out to be blessings, not only for the Jewish people, but for the world at large.”

Koschitzky, a Toronto-based activist and philanthropist who has held important leadership positions in the Canadian and international Jewish communities, was keynote speaker at Choices, an annual event of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa Women’s Campaign, held October 8 at Agudath Israel Congregation.

In a world where the only certainties are “continual change, strife, civil unrest, fear, rise of anti-Semitism, boycott, divestment and sanctions,” said Koschitzky, “only Israel continues to stand steadfast, strong, [and] ready to fulfil the authentic purpose for which it was created: to provide a safe and caring

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homeland for Jews whatever corner of the world they may come from.”

Calling Choices “a wonderful ongoing tradition,” Koschitzky, who was appointed to the Order of Canada on July 1, said she was honoured to return to speak in Ottawa.

“There is nothing more rewarding and gratifying for a speaker than to be invited back,” said Koschitzky, who attended this year’s event with her husband, Henry Koschitzky. “This is my fourth or fifth visit here spanning 30 years! I don’t take any of this for granted.”

She said her husband asked if any other men would be present at the Choices event. The answer was yes as Arieh Rosenblum, director of development of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation, was in attendance.

“How fortuitous,” Koschitzky said.

“Arieh and Henry’s families survived the war years together in Khazakakstan before immigrating to Canada, and we

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Keynote speaker Julia Koschitzky (centre) with (from left) Women’s Campaign Chair Sharon Appotive, Choices Chair Shari Silber, Federation Chair Linda Kerzner, and Federation President and CEO Andrea Freedman gather at Choices, an annual event of the Women’s Campaign, October 8, at Agudath Israel Congregation.

have enjoyed a close friendship that has lasted over 70 years. Neither family could have foreseen in those bleak days that their children and grandchildren would meet in Ottawa for the purpose of fostering a sense of Jewish peoplehood.

“Our sages recognized our virtues early on when they said, ‘Hakol talui ba’isha – All depends on the woman,’ because they intuitively knew that the wisdom of women builds homes and communities,” Koschitzky said. “I know that the Ottawa community still fits that description of continuing commitment fuelled by unwavering effort and devotion.”

It is no coincidence that the beginning of a new Annual Campaign coincides with the beginning of the New Year on the Jewish calendar, she said.

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“No sooner is one campaign finished than we must begin again to fulfil our responsibilities. It is Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca and Leah in the Book of Genesis that teach us that it is not only our right but our duty to take action and to make choices.”

The Choices event – with dinner and décor by Creative Kosher Catering – was attended by 275 women donors to the Federation’s Annual Campaign, which supports 23 Jewish agencies in Ottawa that build community, help the vulnerable, educate Jewishly and support Israel.

“I am delighted to see so many people here,” said Shari Silber, chair of Choices 2015. “I want to thank you all for making a choice to be here tonight.”

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Choices: ‘May all your good deeds continue to grow’ Continued from page 1

Federation Chair Linda Kerzner said she was inspired when she overheard a canvasser on Campaign kickoff day say to a person on the telephone, “I’ve lived through a life threatening illness as well, and I understand if you can’t give a donation.”

But, Kerzner said, the man insisted on making a donation even though he was in palliative care.

“It is my honour and my obligation to give to the campaign,’” he told the canvasser. “It’s the right thing to do.”

Women’s Campaign Chair Sharon Appotive described being challenged by Federation President and CEO Andrea Freedman to take on the role of chair of Lion of Judah division for another year and to then become chair of the 2016 and 2017 Women’s Campaigns. She said she agreed to serve in the positions if Freedman would give up Diet Coke.

Appotive also said she was inspired when her son, Brody Appotive, gave a speech about his March of the Living trip and talked about how important it is to care about the preservation of Jewish life.

“I care about the health and well-being of my community,” said Appotive. “I haven’t looked back since.”

She said that “together we can do so much ... I urge you to care, and join us to create a thriving Jewish community.

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Julia Koschitzky, recently appointed to the Order of Canada, speaks at the 2015 Choices event, October 8

Brody made a choice to care. What will your choice be?”

Barbara Farber, a past president of both the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa/Vaad Ha’Ir (now the Jewish Federation of Ottawa) and Jewish Federations of Canada–UIA, introduced Koschitzky and described their first meeting.

“I stood in awe of this woman who knew everything about everything,” Farber said, adding that Koschitzky was extremely helpful to her as a friend and mentor.

“You have earned the respect and inspiration 100 times over,” Koschitzky replied to Farber.

With each successive visit to Ottawa, Koschitzky said she gets to see what the community has produced. She asked for a round of applause for the girls of the Ottawa Jewish Community School’s Grade 8 class in attendance, noting they are future leaders of the community.

Referring to the close-knit family she grew up in, Koschitzky said, “It was where I was taught, nurtured, inspired and encouraged to take on many roles of leadership and responsibility ... It made

me realize that, as Jewish woman, in order for me to reach the centre of my Jewish being, I have to act!”

Koschitzky continued her praise for Israel and likened the Jewish state to a woman of valour.

“The changes in Israel’s achievements over the course of the last 30 years have been nothing short of extraordinary. And they have done it all with their hands tied behind their backs. This is due mainly to the miraculous steadfastness and resilience of the IDF and of every Israeli citizen,” she said.

“You are a fine example, Israel ... You are today’s modern eshet chayil, whose praises we sing every Friday night, a woman of valour, a woman of worth! As are all of you here,” she said to the women attending Choices. “May all your good deeds continue to grow and multiply and may you become more beautiful each and every day.

“None of us as individuals can end global warming, bring peace to the Middle East or bring justice and compassion to the international arena,” said Koschitzky. “But we can, as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has stated, develop the strength of character that will make a difference not only to our own lives, but to those around us.”

See page 9 for “How I came to be a community volunteer” by Choices Chair Shari Silber.

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Hymie Smith’s life of adventure brings him back to Ottawa Hymie Smith left Ottawa to serve overseas in the Second World War and then spent more than 60 years in Western and Northern Canada. Now back in his hometown, he has ensured his legacy will be used to help people and support Jewish causes important to him.

Benita Baker reports.

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i ya honey,’ says Hymie Smith, who greets me with a twinkle in his eye and then immediately bursts into song. “Have I told you lately that I love you,” he croons. Clearly the 94-year-old has not lost his sense of humour or his love of life.

Born into Ottawa’s legendary Smith family, he grew up one of 13 children – nine boys and four girls – which included philanthropist and Nate’s Deli restaurateur Dave, the late kosher caterer Jack, and the late Freda, also of Nate’s Deli fame.

Hymie joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War and was stationed in England where he learned to maintain aircraft, a skill that became his profession, but forced him out to western Canada after the war because that’s where the jobs were.

“We helped him pack his bags,” declares younger brother Dave about saying goodbye to one of the clan. “Now there would be two more slices of bread

At 94, Hymie Smith is always quick to share a laugh.

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Second World War veteran Hymie Smith (right) kibitzes with younger brother Dave Smith during a visit at the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre.

for the rest of us to eat.”

And so began a life of adventure. This was the heyday of the oil industry and for 30 years, Hymie worked for Mobil Oil, mostly based in Calgary. It was a rewarding job although there was a downside.

“Every time there was a promotion, the little Jewish boy was bypassed,” he recalls.

During his time out west, Hymie spent five years working four-month stints on the C.D. Howe icebreaker on the Arctic Ocean. His vital responsibility was maintaining the one helicopter that flew food and supplies into the northern communities in the region.

Hymie met his wife, Erika, in Ottawa through his sister Molly. She did not hesitate to move to Calgary with him, and later to Dawson City, Yukon, when the oil company transferred him there.

“She didn’t want to get rid of a great little boy like me,” he says smiling.

Dawson City, a mining town, could get cold – 60 below zero cold – but you get used to it, Hymie says. One of the hardest parts of living there was the lack of fresh food. The closest store was 200 miles

away in Whitehorse. So Hymie and Erika, along with a partner, opened Dawson City Grocery, a store they built completely by hand.

The miners, who were only paid at the end of the season, bought everything on credit. They were pretty good at honouring their debts recalls Hymie, who sums up his approach to life by saying, “If I can’t do a man any good, I won’t do him any harm.”

Unfortunately, the gas deliveryman fell asleep in his truck one day while filling the store’s tank. The overflowing gas reached the furnace pilot light and exploded. Not only was the store gone, but also all the credit records.

“Suddenly, no one owed me any money,” Hymie laughs.

Although he says Alberta was the best part of his life, Hymie decided to move back to Ottawa after Erika died.

“That’s where I was born and that’s where I want to die,” he says.

Now a resident of the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre, Hymie is thinking about his legacy.

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“I stopped drinking so I have some money,” says the serial wise-cracker, before becoming more serious. “I didn’t live my life as a Jew, but I am a Jew, so that’s where I want my money to go.”

To that end, he established the Hymie and Erika Smith Fund at the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation.

“When I visited Hymie at the Perley, I was impressed with his warmth, his wonderful sense of humour and his strong desire to give back,” said Lynne Oreck-Wener, who was chair of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation when Hymie established the fund. “We were touched by Hymie’s generosity to our community and his demonstration of the highest ideals of the concept of tzedakah. He’s an example for all of us.”

Hymie has also contributed to a number of Jewish organizations, including Jewish Family Services and Tamir in Ottawa, and Beit Halochem and Magen David Adom in Israel. He is proud that his family is “doing alright” and that he is able to give his money to “the needy and not the greedy.”

When asked how he wants to be remembered, Hymie pauses as if he doesn’t understand the question.

“What do you want people to say about you?” I ask again.

“He’s a good fella, that’s all,” Hymie replies. “I had a good life and a good wife.”

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Working group studies feasibility of Jewish retirement residence on Jewish Community Campus

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his past spring, Jewish residents of Ottawa aged 55 and over were surveyed to gauge their interest in a potential Jewish retirement residence located on or near the Jewish Community Campus.

The concept of a Jewish retirement residence in Ottawa is not new. A decade ago, AJA 50+ launched a project to construct a Jewish seniors’ residence on land owned by Agudath Israel Congregation. However that project never came to fruition.

Moving forward to 2013, Tamir launched a new plan to construct an Integrated Living Centre (ILC) on or near the Jewish Community Campus to support the need for housing for its supported independent living clients.

In the fall of 2014, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa approved a plan for the development of the Tamir ILC to be built on campus land. This provided a fresh opportunity to assess the feasibility of combining these two projects: to address the needs of Tamir clients and the need for housing for seniors.

Addressing issues affecting seniors is

part of Federation’s five-year strategic plan, which includes goals of “expanding involvement and engagement in Jewish life and learning for all ages,” and “fostering greater co-operation and partnership among community agencies and organizations.”

Federation assembled a Working Group, which includes representatives of Tamir, AJA 50+ and Jewish Family Services. The Working Group, chaired by Lewis Leikin, decided that a survey of Jewish seniors in Ottawa was the next step in determining whether or not there is sufficient need and interest among Ottawa’s Jewish seniors to make a Jewish retirement residence viable, and the extent of support for such a residence to be integrated with Tamir’s ILC. “Here we have an opportunity for different organizations to work together to link projects, to find ways to leverage resources,” explained Leikin. “This is a window of opportunity for our community, and we must move forward quickly but carefully to see if it is possible to meet multiple needs at once.”

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Retirement Residence Survey.

The survey was conducted in March and April and included 175 telephone interviews and an online survey completed by 275 people. Several individuals were interviewed in Russian to ensure the participation of the Russian-speaking Jewish community.

A majority of respondents expressed at least some level of interest in living in a Jewish retirement residence. More than half, 54.6 per cent, said they might be interested in living in a Jewish retirement residence, while 27 per cent said they were definitely interested. Less than one in five, 18.4 per cent, expressed no interest. Additionally, the themes expressed by respondents in their open-ended responses were generally positive and enthusiastic about living in a Jewish retirement residence.

The survey results and the expressed level of support are encouraging, but they are not without limitations. A cautionary interpretation of the results should be taken for several reasons.

The first red flag is that the Jewish aspects of a retirement residence were ranked as far less important to respondents than other aspects such as affordability and the attractiveness of the apartment, the building and the common areas.

Another cautionary point is that the

survey indicated a wide disparity in price point, accommodation type and health needs among respondents. While people may agree on the concept of a Jewish retirement residence, appealing to the varied tastes and desires of individuals presents a significant challenge.

The final cause for a cautionary interpretation of the results is that, according to the demographer, the survey methodology may have underestimated the ambivalence of seniors’ interest in living in an integrated residence with Tamir residents.

For these reasons, further investigation is warranted to assess the operational and financial feasibility of an Ottawa Jewish community retirement residence.

Additional efforts are needed to determine if there is sufficient commonality among users and demand for a fully integrated Jewish seniors’ living centre.

Accordingly, the Working Group will continue to analyze the survey results, and plans to seek input from industry experts as part of the assessment exercise. The Working Group expects to make specific recommendations to the Federation Board in late fall. The recommendations will then be shared with the community.

An executive summary of the survey report, and the full report, are available at www.Jewishottawa.com/giving/reports.

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Message from Jerusalem: We will not succumb

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erusalem is a special city and Jerusalemites are a unique and extraordinary people. Jerusalem is a large city, and, when necessary, we know how to function as a warm and embracing community. We band together, becoming one family, putting into practice the adage of our Sages, “All the people of Israel are responsible for one another.”

The wave of terrorism we are experiencing in Jerusalem is brutal and cruel.

Inflammatory incitement and lies from mosques, Palestinian leaders and the Islamic Movement are resulting in the murder of innocent civilians, and terror in the streets of Jerusalem that attempts to disrupt our daily routine.

To our shock and horror, there is no limit to the cruelty of murderers who use meat cleavers and kitchen knives to attack innocent young children on bikes on their way home from school. We Jerusalemites are strong, united and determined. We have survived harder times and overcome them.

The care, responsiveness and empathy of Jerusalem’s residents are an exemplary model. Our security forces and police are combating terrorists in the field and saving lives on a daily basis. People

who take responsibility and act quickly and decisively are protecting the innocent.

We feel the pain of the families who have lost their loved ones, we care for and support our wounded, we stand tall and we move forward. That is how it has always been and this will always be our answer to terrorism. That is why we will emerge victorious this time as well.

When we stand united and strong, we are invincible.

The emergency routine in which we find ourselves requires us to be alert and responsible, and, most of all, unified, strong and determined in the current struggle against terrorists and the shocking forms of evil we are being confronted with.

But it also requires us to continue with our daily routines and to build and strengthen Jerusalem. It requires us to overcome our fear and anxiety and to pursue our daily lives, and to continue planning for the future.

Jerusalem is sending a loud and clear message to all the people of Israel: do not let the murderers get what they want.

We must continue with our lives.

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FEDERATION REPORT

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DEBBIE HALTON-WEISS SHOAH COMMITTEE

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he Shoah (Holocaust) Committee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa has an important mission to preserve the memories and legacies of the past so we may educate future generations about the worst genocide in modern history.

November is Holocaust Education Month, during which we hold programs focused on educating the Jewish and broader communities about the Holocaust. When I assumed the role as the chair of the Shoah Committee this summer, I did so out of a deep and personal belief in the importance of the work.

I am a child of Holocaust survivors.

Every day, when I look at my hands, I

Holocaust Education Month: To remember our past and to inspire the future remember and I am also inspired. I wear a ring that holds one of three diamonds my grandmother managed to hide while in Theresienstadt. When she was transferred to Auschwitz, she gave the diamonds to a young man who she thought had a greater chance of surviving. She asked him to give the diamonds to her son in London.

After the war, he kept his promise and found her son – my father – and delivered the precious stones. One of the diamonds was made into a ring, which my mother gave to me before she died.

The ring reminds me of where I come from and the goodness in humanity.

These are part of the goals of Holocaust Education Month: to remember our past and to inspire the future by teaching them about the incredible legacies of the Holocaust.

On Sunday, November 1, 7 pm, we will hold our launch event, “A Night to Remember” at the National Gallery of Canada. Internationally renowned violinist Eugene Drucker and accom-

plished pianist Marija Stroke will perform Bach, Brahms and Prokofiev as part of a special concert, sponsored by Jewish Family Services (JFS) and the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, “in memory of those who perished” and “in honour of those who survived.”

Both performers are children of Holocaust survivors. Proceeds will go toward JFS social and recreational programming for Russian Jewish seniors in Ottawa, most of whom are Holocaust survivors. For information and tickets, contact Rotem Brajtman at 613-722-2225, ext. 467 or rbrajtman@jfsottawa.com.

Later in November, the Shoah Committee is hosting two events.

On Sunday, November 15, 3:30 pm, there will be a free screening of the documentary, There Was Once... at Centrepointe Theatre. This is an inspiring story of a high school teacher in Kalocsa, Hungary, who seeks to discover what happened to the Jews who used to live in her town, as part of a history lesson for her students. Her tenacity helps her find

survivors spread around the world, one of whom is Gabor Kalman, the film’s producer, who resides in Los Angeles.

The screening will conclude with a question-and-answer period with Gabor Kalman. This event is co-sponsored with the Embassy of Hungary. Hungary currently chairs the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

On Monday, November 23, 7 pm, Richard Marceau will give a talk at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre on where Canada stands regarding restitution for Canadian Holocaust survivors for property that was seized by the Nazis. A former member of Parliament, Richard Marceau is general counsel and senior government adviser of the Canadian Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and currently sits on the Working Group on Negotiations and Advocacy of the World Jewish Restitution Organization.

For more information on these two events, contact Benita Siemiatycki at bsiemyiaticki@jewishottawa.com or 613-798-4644.

I hope everyone is able to attend all, or some, of these events. Your support in remembering the Holocaust and teaching others is appreciated.

Among her many volunteer community leadership roles, Debbie Halton-Weiss is a past chair of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa.

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here is so much to be thankful for in our lives. On a personal note, I am deeply thankful for the warm welcome the community has extended me.

I moved to Ottawa this summer from the Detroit, Michigan area, where I had been living for the past nine years. For me, moving to Canada is coming home!

I was born and grew up in Toronto. I then went on to attend the Reform Movement’s Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion’s rabbinic program in Jerusalem and then Cincinnati, Ohio.

I have had the honour of working in both the Rochester, New York, and Detroit Jewish communities and I am

Taking time to thank God for what is really important thrilled to have begun my tenure at Temple Israel of Ottawa.

During our beautiful High Holiday services, I had the opportunity to speak about the Shehecheyanu prayer – the prayer that thanks God for all the things God provides for us. A prayer we say when we have done something special or unique either for the first time ever, or for the first time that year.

As I write this article, we have just concluded Sukkot, our festival of thanks, as well as Canadian Thanksgiving, our national holiday of thanks. I am deeply thankful for the blessings of health, of community and the love of family and friends. As we celebrated Thanksgiving this year, I included the Shehecheyanu in our Thanksgiving Day festivities. Taking the time to thank God for what is really important!

Sadly, not everyone in the world has as many reasons to say Shehecheyanu as we do. To live in Canada is to live a life full of blessings that we often take for granted.

Our civil and religious rights are well protected. We have the freedom to speak out on social and political issues as we see fit. We do not fear reprisals from

either the government or from radical groups waiting to persecute us.

Sadly, for millions in Syria and neighbouring countries, that is precisely their reality. It is not hard to understand why hundreds of thousands have fled their homes and are seeking a better life in another country.

As a Canadian Jewish community, we know well the feeling of being a refugee. My mother and her parents arrived in Canada as refugees from Shanghai in the late-1940s. It is no surprise to me that the Jewish community has begun to mobilize and to try to find ways to help the Syrian refugees.

Through sponsorship, advocacy and awareness, we are doing our part to help those in need.

I am looking forward to celebrating my installation at Temple Israel with the entire Ottawa Jewish community on Saturday, November 14 with a Shabbat service of installation, and on Sunday, November 15, at the community meetand-greet. Hope to see you there!

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IDEAS AND IMPRESSIONS

s I’ve mentioned before, this column is generally the last thing written before an issue of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin goes to press, so I often use this space to comment on issues of concern that are in the news while being as up-to-date as is possible when we have to go press 10 days before the official publication date and about a week before the issue begins to arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes.

The two news stories that have dominated my attention as we worked on this issue have been the federal election campaign here in Canada and the terrible wave of terrorism in Israel.

As I write, we are three days away from the October 19 election day. While the votes will have been counted by the time

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hile I followed the Canadian election with great interest, I must say the early American presidential race has had me glued to my TV for its mere entertainment value.

Even though I am hooked, I must say thank goodness we are comparatively boring in Canada, because the age of celebrity in the United States has overtaken logic and good sense. Ideally, politics should be about clear thinking people presenting themselves to the electorate without the notion of celebrity attached. Celebrity is the equivalent of the politics of cheap thrills.

I so vividly remember watching Bill Clinton in his first presidential race in the early 1990s, playing a mean saxo-

There is never any possible justification for terrorism you read this, we can only look at the opinion polls – which may or may not reflect what actually happens at the only polls that ultimately count – and speculate on what will happen and who will form the next government. I expect to have more to say in our next issue on what did happen when we voted.

The latest wave of terrorism has been brutal – at least seven innocent Israelis have been murdered in terrorist attacks in recent days – and so utterly senseless in that the terrorists, many of whom seem to be lone wolves attacking independently, have been inspired, as Barbara Crook notes in her My Israel column on page 21, by absolutely false lies and rumours that Israel will seize control or even destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim holy place built on the site of the ancient Jewish Temples in Jerusalem.

These rumours are not new. When the Second Intifada was launched in 2000, it was said to be in response to a visit to the Temple Mount by Ariel Sharon and his plan to seize control of the Muslim holy place. It turned out, of course, that PLO leader Yasser Arafat

had long planned the Intifada.

Then, as now, Israel has been unequivocal that the Al-Aqsa Mosque will remain under the control of the Jordanian Muslim Waqf, as it has since Israel captured eastern Jerusalem from Jordan in the Six-Day War of 1967 and reunited the city.

While much of this latest wave of terrorism has been propagated by so-called lone wolves – some of them very young teenagers – they have been egged on by the highest levels of the Palestinian leadership. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas repeated the claim that Israel would take control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and has even followed in Arafat’s footsteps by denying the historical existence of the Jewish Temples.

In what was perhaps his most obscene moment of incitement, Abbas took to Palestinian TV on October 14 to claim that Ahmed Mansara, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, was executed “in cold blood” by Israel.

In fact, Mansara, who was filmed stabbing a Jewish man in Jerusalem, was injured when hit by a car as he attempted to flee the scene of his crime

Celebrity culture drives politics in the U.S. phone and wearing cool sunglasses on one of the late-night shows. It was the first time I really noticed him. What a way for Clinton to starting cultivating and branding a new generation campaign theme.

Two decades later, Donald Trump fathered his theme of discontentment by calling illegal Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers. The brash Trump knew best how to exploit the media by grabbing all the attention and managing to maintain it. That is his genius. Trump was already a celebrity from his TV show and from countless other endeavours and, somehow, he has hung on to the bridle of political stardom as well.

America has its own unique way of producing an appetite for celebrities. It is an appetite that is quickly satisfied. Carly Fiorina is one of the far too many candidates vying for the Republican Presidential nomination. She was almost totally unknown six weeks ago. Today she is a rising star.

Her story is about how – with spunk and smarts – she distinguished herself from the huge pack and determinedly

became a frontrunner. With improving poll numbers, she was invited onto last month’s prime time Republican debate stage. She stole the show, and her campaign took off, swept up in the vortex of the U.S. celebrity factory.

Late-night shows, morning shows, newspapers, magazines and social media all fell in love with Fiorina, giving her all that face time. Meanwhile, the news networks keep producing polls that say she is getting more and more popular.

Another star is born. Talk about polling and self- fulfilling prophesies.

In the U.S., good polling numbers turn to growing polling numbers, especially when the appetite is there for celebrity. It is part of their culture. Whether it is athletes, movie stars, singers or politicians, good or bad, they feed the goat of celebrity. From the Kardashians to O.J. Simpson, the craving is obvious.

In Canada, we understand that our public figures are well known. But does that make them celebrities? To me, that just makes them politicians who, by the way, just love to be recognized on the street or at an airport. And I can tell you it actually gives TV reporters the same

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and was recovering well in an Israeli hospital.

Two days later, an unnamed official in Abbas’ office tried to walk back the claim saying Abbas had been misled before making the execution claim. So far, though, Abbas himself has remained silent.

In a speech at Harvard University on October 14, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry blamed the existence of Israeli settlements in the West Bank for the terrorism.

Of course, history tells us that Palestinian terrorism against Israel began years before there was ever an Israeli settlement, and that terrorism from Gaza only increased in the years after Israel shut down its settlements there. The next day, the U.S. State Department walked back Kerry’s statements, suggesting what he meant was the settlements pose an impediment to achieving a two-state solution.

There is never any possible justification for terrorism. In fact, terrorism is always counter-productive as no government (of any country) can allow its citizens to live under such threats for long. The quest for a just peace, for a viable two-state solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians, is always set back by such violence.

Let us hope there will soon be a return to calm and that the quest for real peace will resume.

kind of buzz. But, again, in Canada does that make either politician or journalist a celebrity?

We are a lot more humble and we don’t jump on the bandwagon either as quickly or as absolutely. We have our icons and we cherish them – but we don’t want too many of them. What sets some people apart from others, for us, is how they truly worked their way to the top of their profession.

In Canada, we know the difference between a gifted writer, musician, artist or athlete and a politician. We don’t mix things up. We don’t need to make new celebrities and we don’t have late-night talk shows to facilitate it. Almost every attempt to produce a successful late-night talk show in Canada has failed miserably.

There has never been an appetite for that kind of celebrity culture here.

You could argue that Justin Trudeau bolted onto the Canadian political scene as a celebrity. For sure, he is a really good looking guy whose father was a worthy historic figure. And, while that helped, no well-oiled machine necessarily set out to turn Trudeau into a celebrity.

The American way is, of course, good business, too. Trump’s mere presence at the CNN Republican debate amassed a record-setting audience of more than 20 million viewers. It was like a political Super Bowl.

It was also just like apple pie.

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DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA Sarah Waisvisz’ column, “Jew-Day: Offensively named, but earnest in intention” (Dispatches from the Diaspora, September 21), captures the problem many people face in their attempts to connect with the Jewish community. Her description of her high school experiences is at once both humorous and poignant, and highlights dilemmas on both sides of the equation – those searching to connect and those who represent the established community.

The stop-gap solution of celebrating Jewish identity through a one-day event in which a mixed bag of rituals and food are used raised many valid questions that are highly relevant. She questions the how and why of inclusiveness. These are questions that affect all of us – not just the young.

It also reminded me of an experience I had a few years ago and that initially seemed to be very much like the situation Sarah described. I was contacted by an individual to participate in a wedding at a local hotel.

They needed someone to sing the cantorial music under the chuppah. There seemed to be no issue with my gender or qualifications.

A few more questions about the ceremony revealed that a healthy number of Jewish rituals would be used in this ceremony, including blowing a shofar. I was intrigued, and the contact sent further information that indicated it was a Jews-for-Jesus group that was organizing the ceremony.

This ceremony would have seemed just as comical as the Jew-Day Sarah described, except that it represented a systematic and purposeful use of Jewish ritual by people who had either abandoned and/or commandeered the essential tenets of Judaism. It was personally disturbing because it attempted to draw me into the charade.

I told the contact this was clearly a Christian event

and I could not participate in it. But I cannot help but wonder how many Jews already within this group might not have been able to discern the difference, and had been drawn in by superficial means.

Connecting with one’s Jewish identity requires so much more than a party, and established community organizations need to be there to provide the support and care to nurture those who yearn to connect. It requires a welcoming, non-judgmental approach, and those involved must be nimble enough to act quickly and appropriately to meet the needs that are plainly in front of us each day.

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JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Thank you for supporting autism research As the JNF Ottawa Negev Dinner campaign comes to a close, all of us at JNF want to thank our supporters and donors for contributing to Barry and Allan Baker’s chosen project of autism research. We have tremendous faith in our partner ALUT, the Israeli Society for Autistic Children, that their research will pave a path to successfully integrate children with autism into mainstream society.

Introducing JNF University (JNFU) JNFU was developed for individuals on campus to offer programming and events, missions to Israel and forums with young Jewish leaders. JNFU will bring educational speakers to Canadian campuses in order to inform students and give them the tools needed to positively showcase Israel. JNFU is an added value for students that will teach them what Israel has accomplished in a fun, interactive and innovative way. Thanks to local partnerships, we look forward to offering Ottawa students programming starting this school year.

Anna Kos, a former Hillel president and bachelor of commerce graduate of McMaster University, joined JNF in 2013 with the drive and passion to launch JNF U and work with the Jewish community, especially Jewish students and young professionals. Says Anna, “Through JNFU we will be able to captivate young leaders and strengthen their bond to JNF and the land of Israel.”

What students are saying about JNFU “Through JNFU I will be able to strengthen my connection to Israel and meet students from across the country that share my interests. I also hope to present Israel to my school campus in a way that disputes the negative stereotypes associated with it.”

– Joshua Clarke, University of Western Ontario “I am very excited and grateful to know that JNF will always be there, prepared to give all the resources needed to make sure that students are always informed and educated about Israel. I am most excited to know that JNFU will be focusing on Israel as a whole – the culture, the innovations, and the beauty, which is what Israel is all about!”

– Liel Miron-Halyo, University of Guelph “I see JNFU as a way to better connect students on campuses to the bigger picture. When students attend university, they often lose track of what is going outside the school’s walls, i.e. what important progress is being made in the world, and how our politics, culture, and life evolves.

JNFU will work to maintain a relationship between Jewish students, and their religion and homeland by bringing in speakers and hosting unique events.”

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could never relate when friends in Ottawa would tell me that “volunteering is something they’ve always grown up with,” that they were “following in their parent’s footsteps.” Growing up in Montreal, volunteer work was something I did on occasion, but it was definitely not a focus in my family.

I have a vague recollection of being 12 years old and going door-to-door trying to sell oranges for B’nai Brith.

These memories are not all that positive. In fact, I had always associated volunteering with something that cut into my personal time, which was precious to me, particularly when I was working full time and raising two children.

When my husband Lawrence and I moved to Ottawa in the early 1980s, I watched as Lawrence got involved with the Jewish Community Centre, our synagogue and other organizations. Still, his commitment didn’t inspire any interest on my part. Volunteering was not on my agenda. I did eventually dabble in some volunteer work at my children’s school, but somehow the experiences did not motivate me to want to get involved on a long-term basis. Perhaps that sounds selfish. But, if you listen to anyone who really gets involved in a cause, they will always tell you they do it not only because of the difference they are making, but also because of the personal satisfaction they get back.

That all changed one day in the fall of 2012, when I received a call from my dear friend Sandra Zagon – a dedicated community leader. Sandra asked if I would like to chair Choices, an annual event of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa Women’s Campaign. I was flattered. I had never been chair of anything. She promised she’d help and, the next thing I knew, I was, indeed, the new chair of Choices.

That phone call was a turning point for me. Becoming chair of Choices gave me the opportunity to work with and meet so many amazing women from so many diverse backgrounds. I have met women who have so much to offer, not only professionally, but also personally. Women who have their own set of skills and abilities based on their unique experiences in life.

I have been attending Choices since its inception nine years ago. I attend to reconnect with friends, have a great night out and hear inspiring speakers share their personal stories about choices they had made that changed the course of their lives. Truthfully, attending makes me feel like I am part of something special – so many women in one room who made a choice to support the work our invaluable community agencies do on behalf of our community. Regardless of whether the speaker is better from one year to the next, or whether the food or décor are as good or better than the year before, I always love seeing old friends, and reminding myself of the importance of staying connected.

Chairing Choices has given me more clarity on volunteering and has taught me that everyone has something to offer. It really is about “choice.” You can

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choose to be involved in a one-time opportunity where you get your feet wet by volunteering with one the 25 Jewish agencies serving those in need. Or, you can choose to get involved on an annual basis with one event that may appeal to your interest. Fortunately, Choices has fostered opportunities for me and in many ways has become a stepping stone to future involvement. In fact, I’ve already made my next move by participating in committee work with the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, a place that is near and dear to me.

I still don’t think of myself as a volunteer. I just think of what I do as something I thoroughly enjoy and that gives me tremendous satisfaction. The fact that I am helping to strengthen our great Ottawa community is just icing on the cake.

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SJCC benefits from bequest left by Ben Schwartz

BY MAXINE MISKA SOLOWAY JCC

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en (Berel) Schwartz never forgot the Ottawa Jewish Community Centre (JCC). In 1940, at the age of 18, he moved to Ottawa from Toronto to work in the federal government – an institution not yet acquainted with multiculturalism. Ben found solace and companionship at the old JCC and, when he passed away February 26, he left a bequest to the Soloway JCC. “He always remembered that the JCC was there for him, and he believed it should always be there,” said David

Schwartz, his nephew.

After serving in Burma with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a radar technician during the Second World War, Ben received a degree in mechanical engineering and returned to Ottawa to work in the federal government’s Trade and Patent Group. He found his long-time friends on the basketball court in the JCC gym on Chapel Street.

The JCC was a comforting and safe place for a young Jew alone in the city.

Jews were not welcome in many of Ottawa’s clubs and organizations in the first half of the 20th century. Sports were

not just recreation, they were community. The JCC was the place where Ben found connection.

Ben and other Ottawa Jews also created their own social hubs, such as the Montefiore Club on Gilmour Street. The club was created in 1944 as a business and professional men’s club, with the Doublers’ Bridge Club as its centrepiece.

In addition to playing locally, the members participated in tournaments all over North America.

When the club dissolved and the property was sold, the proceeds were invested in a fund at the Ottawa Jewish

Matisyahu proud to ‘stand up’ to BDS movement (JTA) – American Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu said that he was proud to stand up to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement protestors who attempted to bar him from playing at a Spanish music festival.

“I’m glad that it happened in the end,” said Matisyahu after visiting former Israeli prime minister and president Shimon Peres at his Peace Centre in Jaffa on October 7. “I was given the opportunity to

stand up for what I believe in, and, as a proud Jew, to stand up for Israel.”

Matisyahu was slotted to play at Spain’s Rototom SunSplash reggae music festival in August before BDS activists pressured the event’s organizers to disinvite him because of his support for Israel. After a backlash from Jewish organizations and the Spanish government, the festival organizers apologized and invited Matisyahu back. He performed in front of a

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crowd that included people waving Palestinian flags.

In the meeting with Peres, Matisyahu said he was proud to play in Israel, especially during the violence in Jerusalem.

“I think it’s an important thing for Jews outside of Israel, American Jews like myself, to come to Israel no matter what’s happening here,” he said.

“Not only do you represent peace and hope and togetherness, but also courage,” Peres told him.

Matisyahu performed at the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem on October 10.

Community Foundation, as a legacy for the community.

According to his nephew, Ben had a lively mind and loved bridge, playing jazz piano and games of chance that required skill and strategy. He frequented the racetrack and there found his life-long companion, Germaine Bolduc, a harness racing jockey, a rare occupation for a woman at that time.

They eventually retired to a farm in Embrun. Ben spent his last years in a retirement home in Toronto, returning to his roots and to his tallit and tefillin.

“The SJCC is grateful for the bequest and will use it to enrich the experience of our members and all who gather for events at the SJCC,” said Barry Sohn, president and chief operating officer of the Soloway JCC. “Ben was an engineer and chose the most efficient method to transform his memories and experiences into a means of sustaining and developing the JCC, which meant so much to him.”

For information about creating a Jewish legacy through a will or estate planning, contact Arieh Rosenblum, director of development at the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation and Jewish Federation of Ottawa, at arosenblum@jewishottawa.com or 613-798-4696, ext. 270.

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In honour of the 60th anniversary of The Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge, please join us for an evening of inspiration and celebration

In Their Daughter’s Words A live presentation and book launch/signing of International Author/Speaker Roslyn Franken’s newest book,

MEANT TO BE: A True Story of Might, Miracles and Triumph of the Human Spirit As the proud daughter of two unlikely WWII survivors, Roslyn will reveal the unforgettable true story of her newest book, MEANT TO BE, which tells the remarkable journey of her mother, who endured the horrors of Auschwitz and escaped death in the gas chambers three times, and her father who at 93 is the only living Canadian POW Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivor.

How did John and Sonja survive their captivity? How did they meet to find enduring love? What did Roslyn, as a cancer survivor, learn from her parents that can help us all live better lives? The answers to these questions and more are what make up the powerful and uplifting story of MEANT TO BE. Her father, a proud resident of Hillel Lodge, is one of a number of expected guests of honour, including Rabbi Reuven Bulka; Stephen Schneiderman, Executive Director of Hillel Lodge; Ambassadors from the Embassies to Canada of Israel, The Kingdom of The Netherlands, the Republic of Korea and other embassy dignitaries.

“People should not miss hearing and reading about this inspirational story.” – Stephen Schneiderman, Executive Director

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Community invited to celebrate installation of new spiritual leader at Temple Israel

BY LOUISE RACHLIS FOR TEMPLE ISRAEL

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emple Israel Ottawa is extending an invitation to the entire Ottawa community to join us in celebrating the installation of Rabbi S. Robert Morais as our new spiritual leader.

“We are very fortunate to have two accomplished rabbis at Temple Israel: our new rabbi, Robert Morais, and Steven Garten, Temple’s rabbi emeritus,” said Miriam Burke, co-chair of the Installation Weekend Committee.

Temple Israel will celebrate this milestone in our history with the official installation of Rabbi Morais during a weekend of celebrations at Temple Israel.

On Saturday, November 14, there will be a special Shabbat morning service at 10:15 am featuring Rabbi Emeritus Steven Garten, along with Rabbis Laurence Kotok and Sharon Sobel of New York who have played an important role in Rabbi Morais’ spiritual and professional development.

Temple is delighted to be hosting these distinguished rabbis. A Kiddush lunch will follow the service. There will be an adult education panel discussion from 2 until 3:30 pm featuring Rabbis Morais, Garten, Kotok and Sobel.

The following day, Sunday, November 15, Temple Israel will host a community-wide reception from 1:30 to 3:30 pm so that all of Jewish Ottawa – and friends of Jewish Ottawa – can meet Rabbi Morais. All are welcome and encouraged to attend these events to mark a truly important moment in the life of Temple Israel.

Temple Israel is at 1301 Prince of Wales Drive. Visit www.templeisraelottawa.ca or call 613-224-1802 for more information.

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The new Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) will be housed at Carleton’s Zelikovitz Centre and will build on its expertise in Holocaust Studies.

The mission of CHES will be to offer educational programs and activities in order to promote a deeper understanding of the history and legacy of the Holocaust. Bringing together academics, educators, survivors, students and community members, CHES will offer year round-programming whose objectives will include combatting prejudice and racism; and promoting respect for diversity, social justice and

human rights.

The inaugural event of CHES will be the North American premiere of the 2015 Israeli documentary, The Shores of Light, produced, written and directed by Yael Katzir, on Sunday, November 8, 7:30 pm, the eve of the 77th anniversary Kristallnacht, at 303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University. Admission is free. (Carleton parking is $4; closest lot is P1 on Library Road.)

The Shores of Light tells the poignant, previously untold story of the warmth and compassion extended to thousands of Jewish displaced Holocaust survivors who landed in southern Italy on their way to Israel after the Second World War. To their surprise, the survivors were enthusiastically welcomed by the mostly poor locals. In that time of psychological and physical healing, hundreds of Jewish children were born among the displaced families.

The ďŹ lm follows the story of three Israeli women who were born in Santa-Maria-di-Leuca at that time and weaves rare historical footage with unique testimonials.

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Rising star of Jewish music sings only for women

BY ZEV SINGER FOR BINOSEHA WOMEN’S CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TORAH STUDIES

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very month, Shaindel Antelis gets a list from iTunes of the places around the globe where her music is being purchased. By now, she has sold thousands of albums and the New York-based singer-song writer travels far and wide to play concerts. She will be performing in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon, November 8.

At 26, and with three albums released to date, Antelis is a rising star in the world of Jewish music. It’s pretty impressive, especially when you consider how hard she works to keep certain people from hearing her music.

As a fervently Orthodox woman, Antelis does not sing in front of men. Her Ottawa concert, like all her shows, is a women-only event, and her recordings and YouTube videos note they are only intended for women.

While most aspiring singers would say the bigger the audience, the better, it is not so for Antelis. The last thing she wants is to hear her music on the radio or blasting from the window of a car driving by. For her, success in the music business

has to be measured a different way.

“It’s not about being rich and famous and everybody knowing who you are,” Antelis said from her Brooklyn home.

“It’s about inspiring the right people.”

She says she writes her songs to help women realize their own strength and inner beauty. She knows some people have a hard time understanding the women-only policy and see it as an unfair restriction. Yet, Antelis explains that, for her, the ideal of modesty isn’t an obstacle she is forced to put up with. It’s just the opposite, she says. A true understanding of modesty, which she internalized deeply during her time at seminary, is actually what inspires and helps her succeed.

Modesty of dress is one example she cites.

“Judaism is focused on the internal, not just the outside of the person,” she says. “Dressing modestly makes a lot of sense because people are really able to see the true you without being distracted by other things. I feel like when I dress modestly I can express myself even more than if I’m dressing in a way that is trying to get attention from other people.”

When it comes to the law of kol isha,

Singer-songwriter Shaindel Antelis performs in Ottawa, November 8, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas.

which prohibits men from listening to the singing voices of women except their wives or other immediate relatives, Antelis says this also makes sense to her.

“There is something very powerful and special about the woman’s voice,” she said.

Her all-female concerts, she says, have a unique atmosphere.

“People can really be themselves, let their hair down without the need to

impress anybody. They can just enjoy themselves without the pressure of who’s there looking at them.”

Antelis will perform for women only on Sunday, November 8, 1 pm, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas, 2310 Virginia Drive.

For tickets, contact Shaindel Simes, director of the Binoseha Women’s Centre for Advanced Torah Studies, at 613-2248791 or Shaindelsimes@gmail.com.

Congregation Beth Shalom of Ottawa Presents An Evening of Networking with Keynote Speaker Celebrity Amanda Forrest In an inspiring session, Celebrity Designer and Design Expert on the Marilyn Denis Show, Amanda Forrest, will walk the audience through personal stories and moments throughout her creative business journey. In a fun and interactive way, Amanda will encourage the audience to step out of their comfort zone and add colour to both their personal and professional life.

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• Easy three-step process to add drama to your living space • Balancing a successful career and family Date: Time: Location: Cost:

Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Nosh & Networking after Presentation Soloway Jewish Community Centre Social Hall $40/person (cocktails included)

Contact Anita Almstedt, Director of Administration and Operations: 613-789-3501 ext. 221 • E-mail anita@bethshalom.ca

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Emunah to screen Yiddish: A Tale of Survival; Filmmaker Abigail Hirsch to speak

BY LEAH COHEN FOR EMUNAH OTTAWA

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ather than wring their hands and cry “gevalt” at the loss of Yiddish as a lingua franca among Ashkenazi Jews, filmmaker Abigail Hirsch and those portrayed in her film, Yiddish: A Tale of Survival, are busy creating and refreshing Yiddish culture and language.

Emunah Ottawa will screen Yiddish: A Tale of Survival on Sunday, November 8, 6:30 pm, and Hirsch will be present to discuss the film and answer questions.

The documentary was shown at the New York City International Film Festival and at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2013 and features three champions of Yiddish, each representing different generations and different locales.

Theatre director Shmuel Atzamon, a Holocaust survivor, notes there had been a well-established Yiddish theatre culture, which he chose to revive by establishing the Yiddishpiel Theatre in Israel.

Bryna Wasserman, daughter of the legendary Dora Wasserman who founded and developed the Yiddish Theatre in Montreal, inherited her mother’s passion and directs plays in the mamaloshen in

Montreal and New York.

Paris-based Milena Kartowsky is a young professional singer who sings her heart out in Yiddish, a language she discovered as an adult.

The indomitable spirit of Emunah is akin to that of filmmaker Hirsch and these champions of the Yiddish language.

In addition to our essential goal of supporting those in need in Israel, Emunah is also committed to the flourishing of Jewish art and culture as seen by Michlelet Emunah, the College of the Arts in Jerusalem.

Hirsch, CEO, AskAbigail Productions is interested in many faucets of Judaism and Jewish culture. A child of Holocaust survivors born in Hungary in 1946, she remembers holding onto her mother’s skirt while fleeing across the border to Czechoslovakia, a few years later. After growing up in Montreal, she studied in Israel for several years and later she completed her master of social work degree in New York, where she practised for many years.

About a decade ago, after her return to Montreal, a trip to Hungary with her mother and sister inspired her to learn how to make videos. She subsequently became an accomplished filmmaker.

The screening of Yiddish: A Tale of Survival will take place at the home of Barbara Crook on Sunday, November 8, 6:30 pm, following a catered parve buffet.

Both women and men are welcome to

attend. Cost is $25 for Emunah life members or $36 (which includes yearly membership in Emunah). RSVP: Leah Cohen at leahle2012@gmail.com or Rivka Kraus at 613-241-5613.

Sukkot at Ottawa City Hall: The Chabad Student Network (CSN) served meals throughout Sukkot in a sukkah it put up outside Ottawa City Hall. Mayor Jim Watson joined CSN directors Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsky and students just before Erev Sukkot, September 27, to inaugurate the sukkah.

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

613-728-3990 Card Donations Card donations go a long way to improving the quality of life for our residents. Thank you for considering their needs and contributing to their well-being.

On behalf of the residents and their families, we extend sincere appreciation to the following individuals and families who made card donations to the Hillel Lodge Long-Term Care Foundation between August 12 and September 2, 2015 inclusive.

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

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

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

Ruth and Irving Aaron Family Fund In Memory of: Harry Cogan by Ruth and Irving Aaron Bill and Leona Adler Memorial Fund In Memory of: Moses Cook by Marilyn Adler Bess Swedlove by Marilyn Adler and Neil Blacher Albert Winer by Marilyn Adler Eddie Cherry by Marilyn Adler Sid and Barbara Cohen Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Sid and Barbara Cohen Norman and Stella Beck Family Fund In Memory of: Evelyn Krane by Stella Beck Joel and Sharon Edelson Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Joel and Sharon Edelson Nell Gluck Memorial Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Maureen and Henry Molot Moses Cook by Maureen and Henry Molot Albert Winer by Maureen and Henry Molot In Honour of: Naomi Shuman Mazel Tov on your milestone Birthday by Julia Gluck and Ted and Jess Overton Jess Overton Mazel Tov on your second anniversary of Aliyah by Julia Gluck and Ted Overton Maureen and Henry Molot thank you for your hospitality at Rosh Hashanah by Ted Overton and Julia Gluck Moe Greenberg and Elissa Greenberg Iny Family Fund In Honour of: Avraham Iny Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Joan and Russell Kronick

Gunner Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Sol and Estelle Gunner Albert Winer by Sol and Estelle Gunner

on the birth of your granddaughter by Daniel and Marilyn Kimmel

Isadore and Evelyn Hoffman Family Fund R`Fuah Shlema: Roslyn Raskin by Issie and Evelyn Hoffman

In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Stephen and Schneiderman Moses Cook by Stephen and Schneiderman

Avraham Iny Family Birthday Fund In Honour of: Avraham Iny Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Syrille and Paul Rosman, Claire Iny and family, Marilyn and Eddie Iny, Danielle and Robbie Iny, Pamela and Joseph Iny, Laura Iny, Sunny and John Tavel, and Stephen and Gail Victor

Linda and Stanley Shiff Family Fund In Honour of: Stephen Feder Our very best wishes to you on the occasion of Julian and Alicia`s marriage by Linda and Stan Shiff In Memory of: Evelyn Krane by Linda and Stan Shiff

Nordau and Roslyn Kanigsberg Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Nordau and Roz Kanigsberg David, Harvey, Victor Kardish Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Gale, Victor and Sidney Kardish, David, Margo, Aaron and Gail Kardish Paul Weiner by Margo and David Kardish Aaron Mintz by Margo, David, Aaron and Gail Kardish In Honour of: Allan Baker wishing you all the best on your special Birthday by Margo and David Kardish Dorothy and Maurie Karp Endowment Fund In Honour of: Pat Sims-Karp Congratulations on your special Birthday by Etta Karp Morris and Lillian Kimmel Family Fund In Honour of: Brenda and Nathan Levine by Sally and Harry Weltman Joan and Russell Kronick Family Fund In Memory of: Sylvia Kaiman by Joan and Russell Kronick Moses Cook by Joan and Russell Kronick In Honour of: Barbara and Len Farber Mazel Tov on Michael`s marriage by Joan and Russell Kronick Carole and Norman Zagerman Mazel Tov on Andrea`s wedding by Joan and Russell Kronick Shirley and Maurice Rose Memorial Fund: In Memory of: Evelyn Krane by Mavis and Simon Wasserberger Irma and Harold Sachs Family Fund In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Irma Sachs Schachter/Ingber Family Fund In Memory of: Albert Winer by Rachel, Howard, Davida and Josh Schachter and Bob and Maggie Lederman Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Family Fund In Honour of: Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Mazel Tov

In Memory of: Albert Winer by Violet, Ben, Lesley and Allan Segal **************

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Roslyn and Myles Taller Family Fund In Honour of: Stephen and Debra Schneiderman Mazel Tov on the birth of your granddaughter by Roz and Myles Taller R’Fuah Shlema: Roslyn Raskin by Roz and Myles Taller Louis and Diane Tannenbaum Family Fund In Memory of: Allan Magonet by the Honourable Louis and Mrs. Diane Tannenbaum Eric Weiner and Arlene Godfrey Family Fund In Memory of: Paul Weiner by Carol Gradus Carole and Norman Zagerman Family Fund In Memory of: Evelyn Krane by Carole and Norman Zagerman Bess Swedlove by Carole and Norman Zagerman ************** Feeding Program In Memory of: Bess Swedlove by Carol Gradus, Ruth Calof and David Moskovic, Judith and David Kalin, Carol and Laurie Pascoe Sylvia Kaiman by Lily Feig Phyllis Rackow by Lily Feig Evelyn Krane by Lysette, Louis, Julie, Andrew, Lilah, Jonathan, Melissa, Jamie and Mia Kohn Moses Cook by Steven and Barbara Levinson Albert Winer by Carol and Laurie Pascoe In Honour of: Larry Hershorn Mazel Tov on your special Birthday by Donna Finkelstein Debbie Szirtes Best wishes on your special Birthday by Steven and Barbara Levinson Recreation In Honour of: Bev Gershkovitch Happy 75th by Sam and Lydia Sourani Dr. and Mrs. Ken Mintz We wish all of you only good things in the New Year by Violet and Ben Segal

IN MEMORY OF: Bess Swedlove by the residents, staff and Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foundation, Adele and Jeff Sidney, Cheryl and Gert Leyton and Manuel Glimcher, Danny, Rhonda, Samuel, Zachary and Shelby Levine, Libby and Leo Ratner, Ingrid Levitz, Marion Silver and Alan Brass and family, Sheila and Stephen Senman, Saul Schwartz and Nancy Werk, Arlene & Mel Schwey and family, Don and Harriet Wagman, Norm Leckie and Robin Chernick, Anna Bilsky and Brenda and Bob Silverstone Ed Cherry by the residents, staff and Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foundation, Lori Burke and Michael Kleinman and family, Anna Burke, Rose and Rubin Friedman and Michel and Ashley Ohayon Moses Cook by the residents, staff and Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foundation, the partners of Starship Logistics and Ingrid Levitz Albert Winer by the residents, staff and Boards of the Lodge and LTC Foundation, Calum and Theo Carmichael, Allan and Marsha Maslove, O.I.R.P. – Carleton University, Irwin and Fenja Brodo and Ruth and Jack Parmalee Jack Feldman by Joyce Miller Harry Cogan by Harry and Sally Weltman, Bonnie and Chuck Merovitz Aaron Mintz by Anita Rosenfeld and Jocelyn Slatt Simon Beitner by Julie Greenspon and Fraser Clark Anna Froimovitch by The Dolgin Family IN HONOUR OF: Jonathan Freedman and Aviva Ben-Choreen Todah Rabah for your Shabbat hospitality by Ariel, Sadie, Lindsay and Neil Gottheil Rabbi and Mrs. Mendelsohn by Irwin and Annie Hinberg Carole and Norman Zagerman by Harry and Sally Weltman Helen Zipes In appreciation of your guidance during the Holiday services by Toby and Tedd Nathanson and family Dr. Shlomo Litwin and Ruth Elias Congratulations on the birth of your grandson Eli by Toby and Tedd Nathanson Bryna Gartenberg and Norman Heimlich Mazel Tov on your recent marriage by Carolyn Weiss Beverley and Danny Cantor by Joni and Clummus Spunt Bryna and Murray Cohen by Joni and Clummus Spunt Jackie and Burt Gorenstein by Joni and Clummus Spunt Alissa and Yaacov Attias Mazel Tov on Caren’s engagement by Judi and Rubin Bodnoff IN OBSERVATION OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Esther Malka Bruner by Elly and Al Bruner and family

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“GIVING IS RECEIVING” - ATTRACTIVE CARDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS Here’s a great opportunity to recognize an event or convey the appropriate sentiment to someone important to you and at the same time support the Lodge. Call orders may be given to Cathie at 728-3900, Ext 111, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. You may also go to: www.hillel-ltc.com and click on the “Donate Now” button to make your donations. Cards may be paid for by Visa or Mastercard. Contributions are tax deductible.

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Daughter documents parents’ inspiring stories of survival in new book The late Sonja Franken survived the Holocaust. Her husband, John Franken, now a resident of Hillel Lodge, survived the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki as a prisoner-of-war. Their daughter, Roslyn Franken launches a book about her parents, November 4, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas. Hannah Berdowski reports.

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n her new book, Meant to Be: A True Story of Might, Miracles and Triumph of the Human Spirit, author Roslyn Franken tells the unforgettable story of how her parents, Sonja and John survived the Second World War against all odds.

“I’m the daughter of two incredible World War II survivors,” said Franken in an interview with the Ottawa Jewish

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When she was 15, Sonja and her family were taken by the Nazis from their home in the Netherlands. While Sonja and her sisters were transferred to slave labour camps, her parents and brothers perished in Sobibor. Sonja continued to be transferred to a number of concentration camps, among them Auschwitz, and miraculously escaped death in the gas chambers on three separate occasions.

John was born in the Dutch East Indies – now Indonesia – and was recruited to the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service at age 18. Captured by the Japanese, he spent three-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war and survived the atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Today, he lives in Ottawa at Hillel Lodge and is the sole living Canadian survivor of the Nagasaki blast.

After the war, John went to the Netherlands to finish his navy service.

There he met Sonja who had returned after surviving the Holocaust. But,

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Author Roslyn Franken’s latest book, Meant to Be, tells her parents’ stories of survival during the Second World War.

finding little work after his naval contract was up, John moved to Montreal. John and Sonja corresponded, and Sonja soon followed her heart and her dreams and moved to Montreal to start a life with John.

Meant to Be includes excerpts from the love letters Franken’s parents sent to one another during their time apart.

Originally written in Dutch, Franken translated the letters after finding them a few years ago.

“She didn’t even know the language,” said Franken of her mother’s move to Montreal, “but, had she been afraid of the unknown, she could have missed out on her dream to have kids.”

Having the courage to take a risk is one of many lessons Franken says she learned from her parents, who also taught her to focus on the meaningful things in life and not on what is missing.

When Sonja, who died in 2004, was diagnosed with cancer and John suffered a severe heart attack, Franken said her parents channelled the same courage and determination that got them through the war. And when Franken herself was diagnosed with cancer at age 29, she turned to her parents’ perpetual courage as inspiration to overcome adversity.

“Surviving to me is not about the quantity of life, but about the quality,” said Franken who associates survival with finding the inner strength to face each day with a renewed determination and appreciation for life.

For years, Franken says people would ask her about her parents’ triumphs in

the face of such overwhelming adversity, but it wasn’t until she was giving a presentation in Clearwater, Florida, that she decided to write the book.

During the presentation, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor interrupted her, exclaiming that her parents’ story should be shared with the world in a book.

So Franken, already a published author, wrote Meant to Be. And, although it tells a Jewish story, she says she wrote the book for everyone.

“My mission with the book is not just to teach about history, but humanity and triumph of the human spirit,” she said.

Franken is also hoping to present her family’s story to students.

“Young people need to be made aware of stories like this,” said Franken, who hopes that in sharing her stories she will instil the lesson that you can triumph over any challenges you face and live a joyous life.

Meant To Be: A True Story of Might, Miracles and Triumph of the Human Spirit will be launched at a special event called “In Their Daughter’s Words,” in support of Hillel Lodge and in celebration of its 60th anniversary, on Wednesday, November 4, 7:30 pm, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas, 2310 Virginia Drive.

Admission is $25, which includes a complimentary copy of the book. Visit www.hillel-ltc.com or call 613-843-0155 for reservations.

Visit www.roslynfranken.com for more information about Franken, her books, speaking engagements and contact information.

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Genie of hatred once again released from bottle of ignorance and fear

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husband and wife gunned down in front of their four children. A family stabbed in the Old City after worshipping at the Western Wall. A Jewish teen stabbed by teenage terrorists as he rode his bike in a Jerusalem neighbourhood.

At time of writing, seven Israelis have been murdered in street attacks, mostly in Jerusalem, since the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. More than two dozen Palestinians, including 11 terrorists and eight children, have died in the resulting security crackdowns.

Are these merely “lone-wolf” attacks? Signs of a “terrorism epidemic”? Or the beginning of the Third Intifada?

My crystal ball is in the shop, and even Israel’s political leaders and top security experts disagree on what this latest wave of violence portends.

But, as sudden as these attacks may seem, they are the result of systematic incitement by Palestinian leaders, including the man who bills himself as Mr. Moderate – Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.

And the incitement is based on the myth that Israel is about to take over or destroy the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim holy site that is also the site of the First and Second Temples.

That there is no evidence to support this myth – Jews are allowed to visit there, but not pray, during certain hours – hasn’t stopped the violence.

Haaretz has reported that the Shin Bet security service insists that Abbas is not encouraging terrorism, “and is even instructing his security forces to prevent terror attacks as much as possible.”

They must not be doing their homework, because

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Abbas’s attacks on Israel and glorification of terrorist violence in recent weeks have been blatant and unabashed.

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) – www.palwatch.org – has for years documented the ways in which the PA leadership and the official media – controlled by Abbas – have systematically delegitimized Israel’s existence and encouraged violence and hatred against Jews.

Despite its claims of poverty, every year, the PA pays more than $100 million to terrorists imprisoned in Israeli jails. Their salaries are four to seven times the average PA salary – the more lethal the attack, the higher the blood money.

And Abbas is diligent about visiting the families of terrorist “martyrs” and praising the killers’ actions.

But, because the United States and Europe, as well as the mainstream Western media, need a hero and a villain for their narratives to make sense, Abbas has consistently escaped widespread criticism because he’s seen as a better alternative to Hamas.

Even worse, the former right-hand man to uber-terrorist Yasser Arafat gets to play statesman at the United Nations (UN), abandoning any pretense at peace talks in his quest to establish a Palestinian state through an international body that continually attacks Israel but

Tallit or tzniut? It’s not easy being a 21st century feminist Jewess

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t still surprises me that, during the six years I lived in Montreal, each of my homes was in a neighbourhood significant to Jewish life.

My first apartment was on Bagg Street. Visible from my window was the Bagg Street Shul, Montreal’s oldest, still active synagogue. It is an Orthodox shul in the heart of the traditional neighbourhood known for St. Urbain Street, St. Laurent Boulevard, Schwartz’s smoked meat, and Warshaw’s, where you could buy anything. I lived on Bagg Street, but I never dared to attend services at the shul. Not one Shabbat or High Holy Day service.

Why not? I think I worried I would feel uncomfortable.

Then I lived for two years on Park Avenue among the haredi of Mile End-Outremont. There was a cheder directly behind my apartment. I bought chocolate babka at Cheskies Bakery and I got used to averting my eyes when I paid the male cashier at the grocery store where I bought Shabbat candles and Israeli halvah.

This is the neighbourhood in which I would sit for hours in leafy Parc Outremont, ostensibly reading Nabokov or Derrida, but really staring at the young women my age who were already mothers to multiple bouncing children. On Simchat Torah, I joined a street party on Esplanade Avenue. I almost rented a basement apartment with a recently kashered kitchen and, every chance I had, I spoke to the young women. They were often in pairs or trios, often with their children, and they

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DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA wanted to talk to me, too, despite my lack of modesty – my ignorance of tzniut.

“Oh, you’re Jewish?” they would exclaim, when I told them. Their eyes widened at the books I carried. Their eyes widened at my too-short skirts. “How old are you?

You’re not married? You don’t have children? Don’t you want to be a mother? Don’t you believe in God?” Somehow, I kept engaging in the conversations. The young women looked harried, but they also seemed to have a sense of purpose in life. I was a drifter and a dreamer who had no idea what to do. These girls seemed to have a sense of certainty. Did I want what they had?

“What’s it like to keep Shabbat?” I finally asked.

“You don’t keep Shabbat? Keeping Shabbat is the most wonderful gift!” one girl said to me.

“Yeah,” agreed her friend. “I feel pity for those who don’t keep Shabbat. You should try it!”

Since I left Montreal almost 10 years ago, I have found

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turns a blind eye to dictators and human rights abusers in other member countries.

In his September 30 speech at the UN, Abbas directly attacked Israel for allowing “extremist groups” to commit “repeated, systematic incursions upon Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

Two weeks earlier, he announced in Ramallah that both Al-Aqsa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a hallowed Christian site, belong to the Palestinians, and that Jews “have no right to desecrate them with their filthy feet.”

By praising those who harassed Jews at the Temple Mount, he tacitly encouraged future violence: “Each drop of blood that was spilled in Jerusalem is pure blood as long as it’s for the sake of Allah. Every shahid (martyr) will be in heaven and every wounded person will be rewarded, by Allah’s will.”

Senior Palestinian officials have said that killing Israeli settlers is “legitimate and legal,” and the October 1 murders of Na’ama and Eitan Henkin in front of their four children was a “national duty” (PMW website http://tinyurl.com/pkyo5ux).

Boaz Ganor, founder and executive director of the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, calls the latest wave of attacks a “terrorist epidemic” that should dissipate now that Abbas is supposedly taking measures against it.

He wrote in the Jerusalem Post that these attacks could be followed by “a more deadly wave of terrorism (suicide attacks or rockets)” if Abbas doesn’t stop the incitement and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t come forward with a “new and sincere political initiative” to revive the peace process.

But Abbas may have unleashed more than he can handle, and the odds of Israel’s restarting the peace process are slim to none while terrorism persists.

Now that the genie of hatred has been released once again from the bottle of ignorance and fear, it will take tremendous political courage to find the stopper.

the Jewish home I never expected to find at Or Haneshamah, Ottawa’s Reconstructionist community.

OrH is progressive and resolutely egalitarian, and I wonder if my haredi former neighbours would see my deepening practice as legitimate.

On September 28, the Forward published “From Black Hats to Egalitarian Prayer – and Back?” by Orthodox New Yorker Eli Reiter, who writes about his first experience davening “egal” and the maelstrom of emotions he felt during and after the service: guilt, discomfort, and also awe. The woman service leader prayed and led with a kavanah (intention) that left Reiter “shaken … moved … [and] wanting,” even though he felt he “wasn’t supposed to like it.” As Reiter comes to admit, spiritual practice can come in different forms, but the beauty is in whether or not it moves you. “Out of the corner of my eye,” he writes about the egalitarian service, “I noticed something I’ve never seen before during prayer. A woman was crying. Who knew some people express emotion during services?”

I wear a tallit now when I pray, or when I lead services or chant Torah, but I have not forgotten the young women of my Mile End-Outremont neighbourhood. In fact, I think of them every Friday night, because I keep Shabbat now, in my way. Shabbat is wonderful, I think, and when I light the candles I send out a smile, over time and space, to my Montreal interlocutors. Yet I would never feel pity for those who don’t observe Shabbat like they do, because I think Shabbat is a state of mind you can carry in your pocket. The point may not be how we pray, but that we pray. Or at least, that we connect at all, with intention.

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Compelling and meaningful programs being planned for Holocaust Education Week on campus

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he past couple of months have been extremely busy. With holiday services, events and high carb foods, it’s been an exciting time for Jewish student life.

It was so beautiful seeing the very large number of students – perhaps, the largest yet – attending services, dinners and events for the High Holidays as Jewish students of all levels of observance came together to partake in the multitude of festivities, including Rosh Hashanah services and meals, Yom Kippur pre-fast meal and services, Yom Kippur break-fast meal, Shabbat under the stars, Darbukkah in the Sukkah, Simchat Torah celebrations and much more.

It’s been an engaging start to Jewish student life on campus this new year. But attracting such high attendance to these events was no easy feat with every holiday this year falling on a school or work day. So it was truly heartwarming to see large numbers of students at every event. From services to meals to sukkah decorating and more, it was truly wonderful seeing how many people were eagerly and enthusiastically in attendance. Credit is due to the Chabad Student Network (CSN) for running all services and serving meals during the High Holidays and to Hillel Ottawa for hosting various cultural events pertaining to the holidays.

Although the holidays have wound down, community involvement never ends. Holocaust Education Month takes place in Ottawa in November. This is a very important time, dedicated to education, remembrance and honour, which offers students of all faiths opportunities to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust

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There isn’t a more appropriate time in the year for Jewish people of all backgrounds and sects to come together.

This will be a paramount week for Jewish life, and I highly encourage everyone to take the time out of your busy schedules to take part in whichever activities you can. through various educational programs and events on campus and in the wider community, including listening to testimonies from Holocaust survivors. It serves as a powerful reminder to never forget, and to never allow history to repeat itself.

Holocaust Education Month also serves as a reminder to celebrate and appreciate life, culture and religion. It

reminds us to be proud of our Jewish identity and to be our own advocates, standing up for ourselves and representing our people as best we can. It is a time that unites Jewish people of all levels of observance and religiosity, everyone coalescing to honour and remember a tragedy to which we are all connected on some level. It is an opportunity to show our strength, pride and respect in unity.

Ottawa students are invited to take part in Holocaust Education Month programming throughout the city, and there will be a Holocaust Education Week of incredibly compelling and meaningful programs on campus for students. It is sure to be a very moving week, and I look forward to seeing everyone there.

The week will include, but is not limited to, speakers, lunch and learn, a reception, Shabbat dinner, movies, and more. All programming is geared towards enriching one’s knowledge of the Holocaust, strengthening Jewish identity, and appreciating life. Programming for Holocaust Education Week on campus will involve contributions of all Jewish student organizations, a beautiful attribute to this important week.

There isn’t a more appropriate time in the year for Jewish people of all backgrounds and sects to come together. This will be a paramount week for Jewish life, and I highly encourage everyone to take the time out of your busy schedules to take part in whichever activities you can.

I hope everyone had meaningful and heartwarming holidays, and I look forward to seeing you all at future events!

What would aliens think of our lifestyle?

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ith NASA’s recent discovery that water flows on Mars, life in some form on that planet now seems plausible. Imagine if the tables were turned and intelligent Martian beings explored life on Earth. If they studied our modern society, they might be perplexed by some of our dietary and exercise habits. Here’s what a Martian’s report might look like: Human beings travel in land-based vehicles from their homes to facilities called fitness centres. Once inside, the humans engage in curiously repetitive behaviours. Some of them walk on moving sidewalks called treadmills. Others pedal stationary bicycles. Still others row boats that are not in water. In all cases, they go nowhere. I’ve witnessed many humans performing various lifting movements against the force of gravity using objects they aptly call dumbbells.

Some humans engage in group fitness classes. A leader jumps around to the beat of loud music that would give me an antennae-ache. The human species’ evolution to date does not include extrasensory perception. Thus, the leader shouts commands at the participants. The participants attempt to imitate the leader’s every move. I’ve previously noted this sort of purposeful mimicry in apes and chimpanzees.

The rooms in which people exercise have mirrored walls. Humans seem to gain pleasure from observing themselves. The stronger ones flex and pose gratuitously. Perhaps that’s a mating ritual. Unlike our highly evolved, streamlined Martian bodies, humans come in various shapes and sizes. Some of them work out a lot in pursuit of thinner, stronger or more flexible bodies.

Some fear aging. If only they knew that, by Martian

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FOCUS ON FITNESS standards, a 100-year-old is still a baby.

After completing their exercise, they leave the fitness centre. Some of them drive to their workplace where they typically sit for the next eight hours. Others drive to a building where they exchange currency for something called a doughnut. I’ve yet to determine why they consume these rings composed of sugar and fat if their desire is to lose weight. The doughnuts are often accompanied by a dark beverage containing artificial sweetener that humans think will prevent weight gain.

Such beverages – which have no nutritional value – are an odd choice considering Earth has plenty of clean drinking water.

After the humans drive back to their homes, some of them remove boxes from a cooling machine and place them inside a heating machine. With the push of a button, they have hot food ready to eat in minutes. I haven’t figured out why so many of them eat this type of calorically dense food given that they are sedentary most hours of the day as opposed to their hunter and gatherer ancestors.

Once the meal is complete, the humans walk approximately 10 metres and sit down. They use a relatively primitive remote control and watch moving

images on a TV. We had similar technology on Mars light years ago. Popular genres of programs include cooking, weight-loss and sports. I’ve documented many cases of humans sitting for hours at a time, staring at programs and only moving to get what they call a snack. Snacks often consist of more over-processed foods packaged in colourful human-made materials such as plastic. The empty plastic containers are later placed in bins outside their homes for collection by other humans in an effort to lessen damage to the Earth’s environment. Sighting of humans hauling bins to the curb suggests that even inactive humans engage in occasional, physically demanding movements.

Optimally, humans should sleep an average of six to eight hours, but I’ve observed many staying up late playing mindless games or communicating with fellow humans elsewhere on Earth via their computers. In the morning, many of them feel tired and irritable.

The majority of humans are overweight according to their blueprint. This is a recent phenomenon. On my last visit to Earth just 50 years ago, only a small percentage of humans were too heavy. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. Some humans are very active and fit and eat healthy meals, which they prepare from whole foods cultivated on Earth.

I’ve learned from this galactic voyage that there is variation among humans in terms of their physical appearance, health and habits. Some of these differences are genetic, but most are due to individual choices and behaviours or access to information and other resources. Although they differ in many ways from us, humans share a common bond with us Martians – the desire to live long and prosper.

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Israeli absurdist and British researcher offer contrasting memoirs The Seven Good Years: A Memoir

By Etgar Keret Riverhead Books 192 pages

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BOOK REVIEW

On the Move: A Life

By Oliver Sacks Knopf Canada 416 pages

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wo contrasting memoirs published this year from a young Israeli absurdist and an elderly British researcher into mental anomalies span opposite ends of the Jewish world. Etgar Keret has produced a terse chain of recollections of life as a young father, while neurologist Oliver Sacks, who died August 30, doffed his white coat to share his personal life.

In our era of time-compressed news feeds continuously melting away, perhaps it is ďŹ tting for authors to write their memoirs while still in the upward arc of their careers as in Gary Shteyngartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Failure (which I reviewed in the March 17, 2014 issue of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin) and now Etgar Keretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Seven Good Years: A Memoir. The title, of course, refers to Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prophecy of seven good years followed by seven years of famine, and this impending dread suffuses Keretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reminiscences from the birth of his son Lev to his seventh birthday.

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wich game â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the pastrami is Lev in the middle ďŹ&#x201A;anked by him and his wife as bread. Lev wants to know when they will get a chance to play again, and Keret ruefully remarks that there will be many opportunities.

If Keretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrative seems parsimonious, Sacks is bounteous in his depiction of his personal life, from journals he kept of his experience travelling though Canada and down to California, and in his detailed descriptions of his many motorcycles and body building routines to his famous relatives Abba Eban and cartoonist Al Capp.

In On the Move: A Life, Sacks pulls back the camera on the cinematic character of his earlier works to reveal the production set of the movie. Sacks emerges as an outlier, a maverick in medical practice, also a transitional ďŹ gure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; beginning his neurology practice before the development of MRIs, CT scans and neuroscience, yet ahead of his time, as a storyteller and philosopher of medicine.

Sacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; otherness was manifold, living within the bubble of an intense Jewish community in London, until his parents sent him to the countryside during the blitz to a Dickensian private school. After his father probes his sexuality and Sacks admits that he is gay, his mother, a surgeon, and enlightened in other matters, wishes that he had never been born. Homosexuality was a criminal offence in England at the time, and Sacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mother was raised Orthodox. Sacks brings a 19th century natural science perspective to the hard-edged science of the 20th century, and ďŹ ghts with his mentors in producing a book on migraines, who object to his antiquarian sources. He follows his interest in the mind into the California drug counterculture, and becomes addicted to amphetamines, which he described his book, Hallucinations.

Awakenings, perhaps his best known work, describes Sacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; success using the drug L-DOPA to treat survivors of the Spanish ďŹ&#x201A;u epidemic trapped in a Parkinson-like frozen state. Through his memoir, an alternative version of his success emerges: Sacks as a loner, an outsider often at odds with his colleagues, closer to his patients than the medical profession. As he progresses to his later studies of Touretteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s syndrome, autism and various neurological anomalies, it is clear he is as much a science journalist as a member of the medical establishment, and a man who works long hours, eats dinner standing in the kitchen and writes with a novelistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identiďŹ cation with his subject.

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