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Stephen Dubner kicks off Annual Campaign withthe story of a Catholic son’s return to Judaism

By Michael RegenstreifAs the youngest of eight chil-

dren born to devout Catholic par-ents, best-selling author Stephen J.Dubner said he owes his birth tothe traditional Catholic predilec-tion for large families. As an adult,though, he returned to the Jewishreligion that had been rejected inturn by both his mother and fatherbefore they met and married in the1940s.

Dubner, whose talk combinedhumour and poignancy, was the

keynote speaker, September 19, atthe kickoff of the Jewish Federa-tion of Ottawa’s 2011 AnnualCampaign at the Canadian Muse-um of Civilization Theatre.

The New York-based Dubner isbest known as the co-author –with Steven Levitt – of the best-selling book, Freakonomics: ARogue Economist Explores theHidden Side of Everything, and itssequel, SuperFreakonomics,began his fast-paced presentationwith a couple of anecdotes that

made some in the audience squirmjust a little bit, but ultimately putthe crowd at ease.

“Raise your hand,” he said, “ifyou don’t wash your hands afterusing a public restroom.”

No hands in the nominally fullhouse went up.

“That’s good,” Dubner contin-

ued, “because I’ve collected thedata that shows that about 30 percent of men do not wash theirhands after using public re-strooms, but, it seems that men inOttawa’s Jewish community havemuch better hand hygiene thanmost.”

Dubner blamed the discrepan-

cy between observational data andhand-raising audience survey re-sult on the survey method. No onein such an audience, he said,would ever raise their hand toadmit to such a practice – thusdemonstrating how surveys can beskewed to obtain desired results

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Bronfman and Solomon on The Art of Giving, October 14Charles Bronfman (left) and Jeffrey Solomon, the chair and president of the Andrea and CharlesBronfman Philanthropies, and co-authors of The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a BusinessPlan, will speak at an event organized by the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation on Thursday,October 14, 7:00 pm, at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive.

Tickets are $18 and are available by calling Erin Bolling at 613-798-4696, ext. 232.See page 20 for a review of The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan.

Author Stephen J. Dubner speaks at the Federation’s 2011 AnnualCampaign Kickoff at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre.

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and how the truth often liesbeneath the surface.

He also talked about a re-cent visit he made to Johan-nesburg, South Africa,where he learned about therat problem they were hav-ing in Alexandra Township.When the local authoritieswere unable to get controlof the situation, they put abounty on every dead ratresidents could produce.

The bounty, he said, re-sulted in some enterprisingcitizens developing ratfarms – an example of en-trepreneurship explained byfreakonomics.

Dubner then devotedmost of his presentation todiscussing the circumstancesof his Catholic upbringingand his personal road backto the Jewish religionspurned, individually, by hisparents; a story Dubner toldin his book, Choosing MyReligion: A Memoir Beyond

Belief (originally publishedin 1998 as Turbulent Souls:A Catholic Son’s Return toHis Jewish Family).

His father, SolomonDubner, and his mother,Florence Greenglass, bothgrew up Jewish in Brook-lyn. They met after each hadconverted to Catholicism,fell in love, married andmoved to Duanesburg, NewYork, a small town near Al-bany, where they raisedtheir family of four boysand four girls. His Catholicparents, Dubner said tolaughter from the audience,would speak Yiddish toeach other when they didn’twant the children to under-stand what they were talk-ing about.

Dubner said he had vir-tually no contact with Jewswhile growing up in Du-anesburg and while attend-ing Appalachian State Uni-versity in Boone, NorthCarolina. It was only when

he moved to New York Cityto do a master’s degree inwriting at Columbia Uni-

versity that he began tohave contact with largenumbers of Jews, including

some of his Jewish relativeswhom he sought out.

“My previous experiencewith Jews,” he said, in ref-erence to his parents, “wasthat they grew up and be-came Catholics. In NewYork City, surrounded bythousands of Jews, I foundthat wasn’t always true.”

Dubner eventually beganto learn about Judaism andfound he was attracted tothe religion and Jewish cul-ture rejected by his parents.

Dubner’s return to Ju-daism led to tensions withhis devoutly religious moth-er – Dubner’s father diedwhen he was 10 – that wereresolved after Dubnerrecorded his interview withNew York Archbishop JohnO’Connor who signalledapproval of Dubner’s in-formed decision to practiseanother valid faith.

The Campaign Kickoffwas co-chaired by Ron andAvalee Prehogan and theirson and daughter-in-law,Harris and Ilana Prehogan.

Harris said he grew upwatching his parents’ in-volvement in the Jewishcommunity.

“My mother spent fiveyears at Hillel Academyteaching kindergarten andGrade 2. My dad was instru-mental in the capital cam-paign for the Soloway JCC.He eventually became chairof the SJCC and chair of the

Federation,” he said.“I have come to recog-

nize just how precious thiscommunity is and that itwasn’t built by happen-stance. It is because of indi-viduals like my mother andfather, and many others sit-ting here tonight, who choseto get involved, and give oftheir time and resources tohelp shape a community ofwhich we all should beproud.”

Ilana added that the con-tinuity of generations wasessential to the continuity ofthe community.

“To stand here as a fami-ly is truly reflective of themessage that we wish to de-liver to all of you tonight,”she said. “What is essentialfor our community to meetthe challenges of the futureis ensuring that our cultureof supporting and giving ispassed on from generationto generation.

“Harris and I, as aremany of our peers enteringinto this new stage of build-ing our lives and family to-gether, are so excited to bepart of this new generation,looking to get engagedwithin the community andbecome part of this long-standing tradition of givingin Ottawa.”

To make a donation to the2011 Annual Campaign,visit jewishottawa.com orcall 613-798-4696, ext. 232.

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(From left) 2011 Annual Campaign Chairs Linda and Steven Kerzner and Campaign Kickoff Co-Chairs Avalee, Ilana,Harris and Ron Prehogan at the Kickoff. (Photo: Peter Waiser)

(From left) Federation President and CEO Mitchell Bellman, Stephen Dubner, Federation Chair Donna Dolanskyand Annual Campaign Executive Director Jack Silverstein at the Campaign Kickoff. (Photo: Peter Waiser)

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Seminar participantshope to revive Meltonprogram in Ottawa

By Margie and Aaron Moscoe

This summer, we partici-pated in the Melton IsraelSeminar, an amazing 11-dayinteractive, high qualitytext-based learning experi-ence that took place at sev-eral locations in Israel.Melton Israel Seminar se-lected some of the finest ho-tels for our stay: the Inbal inJerusalem, the Ruth Rimon-im in Tsfat, and Nof Gi-nosar in Kinneret. The sem-inar theme was Wrestlingwith the Angels: Encounterswith Jewish History.

Our opening dinner wasat the Faculty Club of theHebrew University ofJerusalem on Mount Sco-pus. We were greeted byYonatan Mirvis, interna-tional director of FlorenceMelton Adult Mini School(FMAMS) and Haim

Aronovich, our seminarleader.

Each day of our programhad a theme. Our favouritewas Fateful Decisions: TheCitizen’s Perspectives. Webegan with a study sessionwith Yonatan where welearned a lot about themulti-faceted population ofJerusalem and its signs andsymbols. Then we were senton our own to knock on adoor in a Jerusalem neigh-bourhood and interview thehomeowner about the citi-zen’s perspective of life inJerusalem.

We used the opportunityto knock on the door ofConnie Steinberg, who isoriginally from Ottawa. Wehad a really nice visit andinterview with her.

Before Shabbat, ourgroup met in the lobby andwalked together through

Yemin Moshe for candlelighting at King David’sTomb on Mount Zion,evening services at theKotel and Kabbalat Shabbatsongs at the Kotel Plaza,followed by a traditionalseudat Shabbat.

On Shabbat afternoon,we went back to YeminMoshe for a study session,A Poet and his City: A lookat Jerusalem with YehudaAmicha, and a picnic seudatshlishit overlooking the OldCity. Perhaps the best partof Shabbat was that ourdaughter Elana, who was inIsrael on an NCSY summerprogram, was welcomed byMelton and joined us.

Our favourite momentwas in Tsfat, sitting with ourgroup on an outdoor patio atthe Ruth Rimonim Hotel,feeling like the stars wereclose enough to touch, cele-

brating the birthday of oneof our group’s members andexploring The Fable of theGoat by S.Y. Agnon.

While we would love toreturn to Israel on anotherMelton Israel Seminar, ourgoal, for now, is to jump-start a Melton School againin Ottawa. A couple of yearsago, we participated in theFMAMS in Ottawa. We didnot have the opportunity tocomplete the second yearand receive a certificatefrom the Hebrew Universityor to take one of their cours-es for graduates as theMelton program was can-celled in Ottawa due to en-rolment and funding issues,although it continues to

thrive in other cities.The late Florence Melton

founded the FMAMS in1986 in North America. Herhusband, Sam Melton, start-ed the Melton Centre forJewish Education at He-brew University, focusingmainly on Jewish educationfor children. Florence want-ed something similar forJewish adults and theFMAMS was developed.The Melton Israel Seminar,was another of Florence’svisions and gives adults theopportunity to tour andstudy classic and contempo-rary texts in Israel.

Rebuilding the Meltonprogram in Ottawa willstrengthen our community.

Its unique and fascinatingapproach encourages partic-ipants to study Jewish laws,customs and history fromthe viewpoints of Orthodox,Conservative, Reform andother movements within Ju-daism.

We are sure that past par-ticipants in the FMAMSprograms in Ottawa wouldagree with us that the amaz-ing curriculum and wonder-ful teachers created unfor-gettable and extremelyworthwhile experiences.

With the help of BarrySohn and Maxine Miska ofthe Soloway Jewish Com-munity Centre, we hope torevive FMAMS in Ottawanext year.

Aaron and Margie Moscoe in Jerusalem during the Melton Israel Seminar.

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Improvements announced for Bank Street CemeteryBy Lawrence Zinman

Jewish Memorial GardensThe Jewish Memorial

Gardens Board has an-nounced a plan to improvethe cemetery lands at BankStreet.

Since the reorganizationof the cemetery operatingstructure in 2008, the Jew-ish Memorial GardensBoard has been strugglingwith the condition of thelands and infrastructure atthe Bank Street Cemetery.

Our concern has been thedifficulty of properly main-taining the lands as they arefaced with sunken gravesites, footstones that are notat ground level, sink holes,grave cave-ins, overgrowncedars, overgrown poplartrees, unlevelled land, anantiquated watering system,and a quality of grass that isconsidered farm field.

Since taking over the op-eration of the Bank StreetCemetery, we have upgrad-

ed the water filtration sys-tem, flower beds and one ofthe wells. We will shortlyfix a second well, change awater pressure tank and re-place the pipes of the water-ing system.

As a first step to improv-ing the lands, we will becutting down the cedars be-side the monuments.

The cedars may causedamage to the foundations,which would result in un-warranted costs to the fami-

lies. As well, the cedars areovergrown and, if pruned,would be bare and eventual-ly die.

The work will be donesouth of the White Buildingthis fall with the balance tobe completed in the springof 2011.

The board is also negoti-ating competitive priceswith suppliers to offer a ser-vice to families to levelfootstones and clean monu-ments.

A landscape architect isdeveloping a plan to correctall the deficiencies in thelands. The initial advice wehave received on this issueis that interconnectednessof the different deficiencies,with the exception of thecedars, will require all ofthe remedial work to bedone at the same time.

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Garage sale organizedon behalf of Rabbi Simes

A group of young Ottawa Jewish Community School students devoted part oftheir summer vacation to organizing a garage sale on behalf of Rabbi YehudaSimes, a beloved Judaic studies teacher at the school, who was critically injuredin a highway accident in New York State in June.

The sale, which featured items donated by community members, was held Sun-day, August 29 at Chabad of Centrepointe and raised $2,000 for the Simes family.

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This issue of our Ottawa Jewish Bulletinis being published during a wonderful timein our Jewish calendar, the holiday ofSukkot, the festival of our rejoicing. Thebest way to sum up the message of this hol-iday would be ‘It takes all kinds.’ Every-thing about Sukkot and Simchat Torah isabout Jewish unity and the value of everyJew.

Let’s begin with the sukkah. There arevarious requirements governing the mini-mum and maximum height of a sukkah, butthere is no maximum prescribed to thelength or breadth of a Sukkah (althoughthere is a minimum). It could be as big as acity. The Talmud teaches that “it is fittingthat the entire people of Israel dwell in asingle sukkah.” The symbolism of thesukkah is that despite the differences thatexist between Jews, the sukkah embraceseveryone equally within its walls.

Another tradition of Sukkot is the shak-ing of the four species. We take an etrog(citron), a lulav (date palm branch), hadas-sim (myrtle branches) and aravot (willowbranches) and we unite them while recitinga blessing. These four species represent thevarious types and personalities that com-prise the Jewish people, whose intrinsicunity we emphasize on Sukkot.

Each of the species has different quali-ties. The etrog has both taste and smell.This is compared to those individuals whoboth study the Torah and do good deeds.The date (the fruit of the lulav) has a taste

but no smell. This represents those whostudy Torah but do not excel in good deeds.The myrtle has a smell but no taste. Theseare the Jewish people who do good deedsbut do not necessarily study. Finally, thewillow has no taste and no smell. These arethose Jews who neither do good deeds norstudy the Torah. On Sukkot, God com-mands: “Let them all be bound together inone bundle and atone for each other.”

We are required to have all four speciespresent to perform the mitzvah, and if oneis missing, regardless which one, the unit isnot complete. Each of the four species pos-sesses something that the other three do not,and thus atones and compensates for thatquality’s absence in the other three. TrueJewish unity means to recognize that eachindividual Jew is important and compen-sates for the qualities that we may not have.

Finally, we come to Simchat Torah, atime to celebrate our precious heritage, theTorah. Yet, instead of opening it and study-ing its meaning, we keep it closed anddance with it. Studying is dependent on aperson’s knowledge and therefore expresses

the differences that exist between Jews.Dancing with the Torah however, is some-thing everyone can do in the same way andit expresses how we all inherited the Torahequally. We hold hands, join in a circle andunite around the Torah.

With all this Jewish unity, it is no won-der that Sukkot is called the Festival of Re-joicing. There is a level of joy that comesonly through unity. God too rejoices with usat our show of unity and embraces us in thewalls of the sukkah, reassuring us that we

can enter the New Year happy and confi-dent that our prayers have been heard andaccepted.

So, this year join the unity fest by fillingyour Sukkot/Simchat checklist:

Visit and eat in a Sukkah at least onceduring Sukkot;

Shake the lulav and etrog during the hol-iday of Sukkot;

Take your family to a synagogue forSimchat Torah celebration and join thedance with the Torah.

From the pulpit

Rabbi Menachem Blum

OTC Chabad

It takes all kinds to comprise Jewish unity

Shana Tova to all members of our com-munity.

We want to thank you for giving us theopportunity to chair our Annual Campaign.We truly do view it as an honour and a re-sponsibility.

So, why are we, as a couple, chairing theAnnual Campaign?

There are two main reasons. First, we areconcerned over the future of our family’sconnection to Judaism and Jewish giving;and second, we want to convince more ofour Jewish community members to give,and to give more, to Jewish causes in a waythat is meaningful to them.

We are determined to set a good examplefor our own family through our actions anddecisions regarding charitable giving, and intaking our Judaism seriously. We also hopethat, together with you, we can uncover so-lutions that work for you and for others.

We have to look at all potential solutionsto generational Jewish giving in ways thatwill keep young people connected to ourcommunity, and to our faith, in strong,healthy and viable ways. The continuing,and thriving, financial support of our com-munity requires our understanding that thenext generation has to believe in our Jewishvalues as worldwide values. After all, every-one wants their life, and their charitable giv-

ing, attached to something that is beneficialto humanity, that is serious, and that is long-lasting. We need to offer more than familyhistory and memories. We need to makeJewish giving relevant to our children’sadult lives.

Do you remember walking into your par-ents’ or grandparents’ home and seeing a va-riety of pushkes or tzedakah boxes for week-ly donations to a variety of Jewish organiza-tions on the windowsills and counter tops?

Those many containers, for charitiesranging from planting trees in Israel to feed-ing children in impoverished countries, rep-resent one of the highest levels of charity inour set of Jewish values because the donorsdo not know the recipients and the recipientsdo not know their benefactors. Tzedakah isat the heart of Jewish principles and is a cor-nerstone of the Jewish religion. Tzedakah –which means justice or righteousness – is

not limited to Jewish charities or founda-tions. Judaism points out, in relation totzedakah, that we are responsible for allpeople. We are directed that all human life isconsidered sacred and that it is our obliga-tion to save a life.

Do our children know more than one-quarter of the largest donations received bygeneral educational institutions North Ameri-ca wide are from Jewish donors? Or morethan 70 per cent of grants from Jewish foun-dations for humanitarian needs go to non-Jewish causes? Tzedakah, as a Jewish ethicaland religious principle, has an enormous ef-fect both on the survival and success of Jew-ish charities and on the health of worldwidehumanitarian causes in general.

It is vital that we, as Jews, contribute tothe improvement of the world – our world. Itis, however, just as vital that we do notshort-change Jewish institutions. We have

just come through a couple of very difficultyears economically and our local Jewishcharitable contributions have reflected this.

All of our local beneficiaries of campaignfunds have had to take a decrease in their al-locations and some have been hit particularlyhard. We see it as our job, as chairs, to re-store the balance and bring an appropriatelevel of funding back to these organizations.In the larger world, when two-thirds of Jew-ish philanthropy flows to causes outside thecommunity, and when our key institutionsare starved for funds, the proportions andpriorities are sorely out of balance. Our jobis to re-educate our donors and future donorsso they can feel very comfortable contribut-ing as informed Jewish givers.

So, when one of us, or one of our can-vassers, calls to ask for your pledge, pleaseremember we are counting on you to supporta vital Jewish community in Ottawa. A com-munity that exists to enrich the lives of allour fellow Jews. And please share your char-itable giving decisions and hopes for the fu-ture with your young adult children andother family members. Work together withus to ensure we meet all your needs, so thatyou all feel that your choices are relevant fortoday, and for the future, and that there willbe continuity for the growth and stability ofour community’s future.

Back to basics: The benefits of Jewish givingFederation ReportSteven Kerzner, Campaign Chair

and Linda Kerzner Women’s Campaign Chair

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Every so often, it’s good to travel out-side your comfort zone. Or even outsideyour hemisphere.

With that in mind, I found myself inSão Paulo, Brazil last month, journeyingon my own for several days.

São Paulo is a big, sprawling, unfath-omable megalopolis, one of the largestcities on earth. It is polluted and traffic-congested and extremely cultured and end-lessly fascinating.

There are parts of São Paulo you’d havea hard time escaping from with your life,or at least with your watch. There are otherparts of the city you’d have a hard time en-tering without a multimillion dollar apart-ment lease and a security card displayed inthe windshield of your Ferrari.

It has more people than any other urbanarea in the Southern Hemisphere, morerestaurants than any other city in the world,and a multicultural citizenry that includesthe largest population of Japanese peopleoutside Japan, a seven-generation-old Ital-ian community, and a Jewish communitywith its own distinctive landmark: a huge,Torah-shaped cultural centre that houses amuseum and sits atop its own metro sta-tion.

Oh, and everyone speaks Portuguese. And no, I don’t speak Portuguese.

Visiting a new and distant place – see-ing the sights, soaking in the culture, andtasting the food – can be an exhilaratingexperience. That was certainly the case forme. I grew blisters on top of blisters on myfeet exploring for hours what was, in theend, only a small slice of a city of 20 mil-lion people.

But it was a slice that had some of themost interesting urban architecture I’veever seen (Torah-shaped building includ-ed). São Paulo contains block after blockof generic high-rises interspersed with theoccasional structure possibly designed byMartians.

And the food? Non-stop delicious.Two handy tips about eating in Brazil:

If you’re hungry, you’ve come to the rightplace, with single portions big enough for afamily of four. But, if you’re a vegetarian,you might consider taking a break fromthat. Beef is big in Brazil. A vegetarian

meal could mean chicken or pork.If you do take a break, try the flank

steak. At the same time, I have to admit that

travelling alone in a massive and unfamil-iar city, halfway across the planet fromhome – where you know nobody and can’tunderstand what anyone is saying to you –can also feel disorienting at times.

In three days in São Paulo, I think Ispoke maybe 10 full sentences out loud toother human beings. I learned how to say“thank you,” “sorry,” and some other keywords in Portuguese. Between that andpointing at items in restaurant menus, I gotby.

Here was the most disorienting thing Iexperienced:

After a couple of days exploring thecity centre, I decided to venture furtherafield. I hopped on an intercity bus to visita small colonial town right outside the SãoPaulo city limits. After an hour-long busride, where it never really felt as if I hadleft the endless sprawl of the city, I hoppedoff at my destination and was greeted withloud gunfire.

Or so it seemed. I had no idea where I was or how to get

to where I was going. I figured the bestbet, of course, was to follow a route that

took me away from a possible shootout. Iwas nervous, disoriented, 7,000 km awayfrom the nearest person I knew and,frankly, lost. As I walked under a bug-in-fested grove of trees, I remembered that Ihad neglected to get my Yellow Fevershots.

Every five minutes, the explosionssounded. And they seemed to be moving inthe same direction I was going.

After about a half-hour, satisfying my-self that the obvious lack of panic in thestreets probably indicated something morebenign than a barrage of bullets, I headedtoward the sound of the blasts to investi-gate.

Turned out it wasn’t a firefight breakingout, but rather an election campaign.Brazilian federal elections take place nextmonth and an afternoon of setting off loudfirecrackers every few minutes as his cara-van wandered through town was one localcandidate’s way of soliciting votes.

I shook the guy’s hand as I passed him.One of his supporters handed me a cam-paign pamphlet.

Yes, it was in Portuguese. What else could I do at that point? I

headed straight to the nearest churrascariaand buried my nerves in a flank steak builtfor four.

Travelling alone in a massive and unfamiliar city

Justin Bieber, the diminutive teenagedsinger from Stratford, Ontario, who has be-come a pop culture phenomenon this year,was big news in Ottawa as we entered thelast week of August.

On Tuesday night, August 24, Biebersang to a crowd of 16,500 fans at Scotia-bank Place and he was all over the localmainstream media, including the nextmorning’s Ottawa Citizen, where Bieber’spicture dominated the front page.

We were in the dog days of August, sothere wasn’t much hard news to fill up thefront pages. A lot of people were still onvacation, Parliament wasn’t in session andthe municipal election campaign was stillin the warm-up stage. So, it was big newswhen this year’s teen heartthrob came totown.

What a difference a day makes (to bor-row an old song title).

Just as thousands of Ottawans werelooking at that picture of Bieber over theirmorning coffee, the RCMP and Ottawa po-lice were converging on a townhouse at 91Esterlawn Private – only about 15 cityblocks from Ottawa’s Jewish CommunityCampus – and on an apartment, 10 minutesaway at 220 Woodridge Crescent near theBayshore Shopping Centre, executing asearch warrant and arresting the first twosuspects in an alleged Islamist terror plot.

“Ottawa terror plot had al-Qaeda links:police,” screamed the headline on the front

page of the next day’s Citizen. As the news unfolded over the next

couple of days, we learned that the sus-pects arrested that morning in Ottawa wereMisbahuddin Ahmed, an X-ray technicianat the Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospi-tal, and Hiva Alizadeh, a former electricalengineering student. A third suspect arrest-ed in London, Ontario was Khurram Sher,a pathologist who went to medical schoolat McGill University, did part of his resi-dency at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospi-tal and once auditioned for Canadian Idol.

It was disconcerting, to say the least, tolearn that an alleged terrorism plot was un-folding in our own backyard.

While the news of an al-Qaeda plot inOttawa was disconcerting for all Canadi-ans, it was especially so for many in theJewish community because of the historyof terrorist attacks on Jewish targets in Is-rael, and in the Diaspora.

The murderous 2008 attack on theChabad House in Mumbai, India, remainsfresh in our collective memory.

We have also been reminded recently ofthe horrific synagogue bombing in Paris in1980, which killed four people and injureddozens more because Hassan Diab, a sus-pect in the case, was arrested in Ottawa in2008. Diab, a sociologist who has taughtcourses at both the University of Ottawaand Carleton, is currently fighting extradi-tion to France on the charges.

Yes, it is disconcerting to learn thatthere were alleged terrorists living, work-ing and shopping among us. But, it is alsocomforting to learn that our police and se-curity services are on the job and havebeen able to shut down alleged terroristcells like the one busted in Ottawa lastmonth, or the so-called Toronto 18 in2006, before they could carry out theirplots.

It’s a sad reality of our contemporary

world that society must remain ever onguard against the threat of terrorism.

Peace talksIsrael and the Palestinians are back at

the table, under the sponsorship of theObama Administration, negotiating direct-ly, and at the highest levels, for the firsttime in far too long. The negotiations willbe difficult and trying, but, hopefully,Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu andPresident Mahmoud Abbas will be able tosee the negotiations through to a conclu-sion that gives the Palestinians the statethey need and Israel the security it needs.

Whenever Israel has found itself at warover the past 62 years, it has benefittedfrom the unwavering solidarity of Jewishcommunities – and the overwhelming ma-jority of Jews – throughout the Diaspora.Less than two years ago, the Soloway JCCin Ottawa and other facilities across Cana-da overflowed with Jews standing in soli-darity on a January night during OperationCast Lead.

That solidarity with Israel in times ofwar has not been as strong, Michael Oren,Israel’s ambassador to the United States,pointed out this month, in times when Is-rael has searched for peace.

The road to peace will not be easy andwill demand compromises and concessionsfrom both sides. The peacemakers deserveand need our solidarity.

A terrorist plot in our own backyardEditor

Michael Regenstreif

Alan Echenberg

It’s a sad reality of our

contemporary world that society must remain ever on guard

against the threat of terrorism.


O’Brien points to securityissues as top priority

By Michael RegenstreifIncumbent Mayor Larry O’Brien says it

was a hard decision to stand for re-election,but he decided to put his name on the Octo-ber 25 ballot after looking at the other de-clared candidates.

“I realized I was probably the only per-son who could keep that complex equationof the future and the current economic sta-bility on one platform at one time. It would-n’t take too much for us to slam the brakeson,” he said.

“We have projects like Lansdowne Parkand light rail that I think are in jeopardy un-less I continue pushing them forward.”

O’Brien was speaking at a roundtablemeeting, September 15, with the Communi-cations and Community Relations Commit-tee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa.

The committee held meetings, over atwo-day period, with each of the top threecandidates vying for the mayor’s job in Ot-tawa’s municipal election to be held Octo-ber 25. See pages 11 and 13 for reports onthe meetings with candidates Jim Watsonand Clive Doucet.

O’Brien said he well understands theJewish community’s security concerns, par-ticularly following the recent arrests of in-dividuals involved in an alleged Islamistterrorist cell operating in Ottawa.

“As the mayor of a capital city of a G8nation, I, too, feel personally vulnerable,”said the mayor.

“So, I can understand [the Jewish com-munity’s] feeling of being vulnerable.There’s no softer political target in thiscountry than the mayor of a capital city.”

O’Brien gave full marks to the policeand to security agencies like CSIS which,

he said, “have a pretty good ear on what’sgoing on.”

O’Brien said that should security con-cerns warrant increased budgets for policeor other first-responders, “it would alwaysbe my number one priority.”

The mayor also said that the most im-portant tool in guarding against home-grown terrorism is the vigilance of citizensand all community groups in detecting andreporting areas where social services, policeand political leaders can focus their efforts.

When asked about the role the city couldplay in combating anti-Semitism in Ottawa,particularly on university campuses and inhigh schools, and in promoting social cohe-sion, O’Brien said, that as mayor, he is al-ways open to hearing the Jewish communi-ty’s suggestions about what he could do inthose areas.

When the discussion turned to the issueof housing for seniors, and the fact that lit-tle progress seems to have been made overthe past three years in obtaining provincialgovernment approval for 21 additional bedsfor Hillel Lodge, O’Brien admitted therewas little the city could do in a jurisdictionthat primarily belongs to the provincialgovernment. The city’s priorities, he said,had to remain focused on public safety, se-curity and basic services under municipaljurisdiction.

When it was pointed out to O’Brien thata city-owned apartment building housing anumber of Tamir participants at VanlangPrivate was in complete disrepair and in-fested with cockroaches, the mayor saidthere was an immense need to deal withsuch situations and asked that such situa-tions be brought to his office’s attention.

Mayoral election 2010

(From left) Communications and Community Relations Committee Chair StephenBindman, Federation President and CEO Mitchell Bellman, Mayor Larry O’Brien, Fed-eration Chair Donna Dolansky, and Federation Past-Chair Jonathan Freedman.

(Photo: Michael Regenstreif)


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We often read about Canadians to our west and north who face thethreat of forest fires during these hot and often dry months. In recentyears, that same summertime threat is also being felt by all Israelis,whether Jewish, Christian, Muslim or Druze. As in Canada, the burdenof fighting these conflagrations falls on a small group of incrediblybrave men and women. In Israel, these people are almost always the em-ployees of JNF-KKL. The same people, responsible for planting, tend-ing and preserving Israel’s forests, are being called on to risk their livesto protect and save those forests from the growing threat of fires.

Data collected by KKL-JNF for this year, up to July 26, shows thatthere were 1,000 fire incidents. And in those incidents, some 22,000dunams (5,500 acres) of natural and planted woodland, holding approx-imately 800,000 trees, went up in flames. After exhaustive investiga-tions, it was concluded that the majority of these fires were caused by‘arson terrorism.’

According to a recent article in the Jerusalem Post, heavy heat dom-inating most parts of Israel is also a contributing factor to some of thefires. A few were the result of the extreme weather conditions, as wellas hikers’ negligence. Near Jerusalem, two weeks after an enormous firethat destroyed 1,000 dunams (250 acres) of the Aminadav Forest, firereturned to the area once again. It took 13 teams of firefighters to con-trol the blaze. And, that same day, many teams from the Israel Police,firefighting crews and KKL-JNF fought to put out the fire that broke outin the Amatzia Forest, near Kiryat Gat. The personnel on the groundwere assisted by a helicopter until the fire was eventually brought undercontrol.

The dangerous, exhausting work of the KKL-JNF’s forest rangers inextinguishing fires was described by one of them, Aharon, in an inter-view in the newspaper Ma’ariv.

“The heat was 200 degrees Celsius within the circle of 360 trees,”he said about the large fire that raged in the Haruvit Forest at the end ofJune. “At that temperature trees combust. The flames are 40 metres highand they, my firefighters, are looking at me. They’re waiting for me tocome up with a solution ... I look for a spot that’s already burnt and pourwater around. We put on our masks and just waited for death. Sudden-ly, the wind changed direction, and so we were saved from the ring offire. Miracles still do happen. When our colleagues saw us emergingfrom the forest, they couldn’t believe it was us. They simply burst intears.”

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Advertorial Malca Pass LibraryBook Club launches20th season, Oct 3

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Agudath Israel Congregation’s Malca Pass Library hasannounced the 20th year of our popular Book Club.

Our special kickoff session, the Henry Pass MemorialLecture, jointly sponsored by the Malca Pass Library andthe Adult Education Committee, will take place Sunday, Oc-tober 3, 10:00 am following services and breakfast, whenAdele Reinhartz, professor in the Department of Classicsand Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, will re-view Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian, thetender memoir of a girlhood in revolutionary Iran.

All other sessions in the series will be held on Tuesdayevenings, 7:30 pm, in the Simcha Room of the synagogue.

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Did you know that AJA (Active JewishAdults) 50+ is celebrating 10 years of fillinga vital need in our community?

AJA 50+ was created in September 2000to meet the programming needs of the Jewishsenior population in Ottawa. Countless vol-unteer hours have been dedicated to ensuringthe organization is the best it can be.

AJA 50+ provides an affordable array ofsocial, cultural and active pursuits to morethan 450 Ottawa Jewish seniors. AJA 50+ in-cludes Creative Connections, a weekly socialprogram for older seniors.

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You can also support this fundraiser by be-coming a sponsor (tax receipts provided). Forinformation, contact Steve Rauch at 613-422-6766 or [email protected].

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Na’amat program providesschool supplies for localchildren living in shelters

By Annette PaquinNa’amat Canada Ottawa

For many children in the Ottawa areawhose families have been affected by vio-lence, returning to school this fall with abackpack full of needed supplies became areality thanks to the Na’amat CanadaSchool Supplies for Kids program.

Children living in domestic abuse shel-ters have suffered or witnessed abuse andface challenges few of us can imagine. As aconsequence, they can suffer emotional andbehavioural disturbances that compromisetheir academic performance. Not having theproper supplies for routine classroom activ-ities would be another setback for these stu-dents.

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tawa area School Supplies for Kids pro-gram. She and a team of volunteers raiseneeded funds, purchase the supplies andpack and distribute the backpacks.

Their efforts came together, August 25,at Temple Israel when volunteers, mostaged 12 and under, along with their momsand a dad, stuffed backpacks and boxedthem for delivery. Everyone involved leftwith a great sense of accomplishmentknowing that 230 children, at eight differentshelters, would head off to school with newbackpacks filled with the supplies theyneed.

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(From left) Federation Vice-Chair Debbie Weiss, Federation Chair Donna Dolansky,Communications and Community Relations Committee Chair Stephen Bindman, JimWatson, Federation Past-Chair Jonathan Freedman, Communications and Commu-nity Relations Committee member Sandra Zagon. (Photo: Michael Regenstreif)

Watson makes pledge to keep advocating for 21 new beds at Hillel Lodge

By Michael Regenstreif“I’m embarrassed by this file,” Ottawa

mayoralty candidate Jim Watson admittedwhen the longstanding question of approving21 additional beds for Hillel Lodge wasraised at Watson’s roundtable meeting, Sep-tember 16, with the Communications andCommunity Relations Committee of the Jew-ish Federation of Ottawa.

The committee held meetings, over a two-day period, with each of the top three candi-dates vying for the mayor’s job in Ottawa’smunicipal election to be held October 25. Seepages 8 and 13 for reports on the meetingswith candidates Larry O’Brien and CliveDoucet.

Watson, then running for re-election asMPP in Ottawa West-Nepean, pledged hissupport for the 21 beds at a similar roundtablediscussion in advance of the 2007 provincialelection. He vowed then to work for the beds’approval within six months. Three years later,the issue remains unresolved. And he pro-fessed to being deeply frustrated that he wasnot able to facilitate the 21 beds while servingas an MPP and Ontario cabinet minister underPremier Dalton McGuinty.

“I’ve been given assurance after assur-ance,” he said, recalling a visit he made to theLodge with David Caplan, then the healthminister. “I spoke with Deb Matthews, thenew minister. The premier’s office is aware ofit. They keep saying it’s in the bag, thateverything’s under control. But you go overthere [to Hillel Lodge] and there are still nobeds.”

Watson promised to continue advocatingon behalf of Hillel Lodge to resolve the issueof the 21 beds as soon as possible.

“It’s a serious issue in the community,” he

said. “We do have a severe shortage of long-term care beds, and I think the problem ismore acute here [in Ottawa] because we havean aging population ... We need significantlymore long-term beds than what we have.”

If elected, Watson said, he would convenea seniors’ summit within six months, withsuch stakeholders as housing providers,healthcare providers, social service agencies,officials from all levels of government andseniors themselves, to determine what mustbe done for Ottawa’s aging population.

Watson also discussed other issues sur-rounding housing and homelessness andpointed to his record as Ontario’s minister ofhousing when he signed an agreement for$1.2 billion in housing spending over twoyears. About $90 million of that money, Wat-son said, has been spent in Ottawa, including$15-17 million to repair and rehabilitate ex-isting buildings.

“Obviously, the building on Vanlang Pri-vate has not seen that money,” Watson said,when it was pointed out to him that a city-owned apartment building there, housing a number of Tamir participants, was in complete disrepair and infested with cock-roaches.

When the discussion turned to issues ofsecurity and social cohesion, Watson saidthat, as mayor, he would speak out and de-nounce acts of anti-Semitism and racism“that are inappropriate in the type of civilizedsociety we live in.”

Watson pointed to the recently launchedJewish mentorship program for the Somalicommunity as an exciting example of how tobuild social cohesion in the city. The mayor,he said, should act as a catalyst in developingsuch initiatives.



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THE LODGE EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT AND APOLOGIZES FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, THE WORDING APPEARING

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HONOUR FUNDSUnlike a bequest or gift of life insurance, which

are realized some time in the future, a named Hon-our Fund (i.e., endowment fund) is established dur-ing your lifetime.

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

A Hillel Lodge Honour Fund is a permanentpool of capital that earns interest or income eachyear. This income then supports the priorities desig-nated by you, the donor.

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(From left) Federation Chair Donna Dolansky, Communications and Community Re-lations Committee Chair Stephen Bindman, Clive Doucet, Federation Past-ChairJonathan Freedman, Federation Vice-Chair Debbie Weiss. (Photo: Michael Regenstreif)

Doucet’s candidacy is aboutpreparing Ottawa for the future

By Michael RegenstreifCapital Ward Councillor Clive Doucet

says his bid for Ottawa’s mayoralty is aboutpreparing the city for the future.

“I’m running for mayor because we haveto prepare for a different world,” he said.“The 21st century will be very differentfrom the 20th, and we have to prepare forthat world.”

Doucet was speaking at a roundtablemeeting, September 16, with the Communi-cations and Community Relations Commit-tee of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. Thecommittee held meetings, over a two-dayperiod, with each of the top three candidatesvying for the mayor’s job in Ottawa’s mu-nicipal election to be held October 25. Seepages 8 and 11 for reports on the meetingswith candidates Larry O’Brien and JimWatson.

If he’s not elected, Doucet said, Ottawa“would have to elect someone like me” inthe near future.

The councillor said he entered the race tobecome mayor because Mayor LarryO’Brien’s current term “was four years ofconfusion” and because former mayor andprovincial cabinet minister Jim Watson“can manage, but can’t lead,” said Doucet.

According to Doucet, Ottawa’s futurewill be marked by climate change and ener-gy shortages. Climate change, he said, is al-ready affecting the city.

“The [1998] ice storm,” he said, “was aclimate change event. Now, we have to dealwith periods of freeze and then thaw allwinter long.”

When asked about the housing issue, ingeneral, and about a city-owned apartmentbuilding housing a number of Tamir partic-ipants at Vanlang Private that is in completedisrepair and infested with cockroaches, in

particular, Doucet said all problems couldnot be solved by the mayor’s office.

“We need a task force to rethink ourstrategy and provide a long-term fix,” hesaid.

Doucet pointed to how Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, has dealt with housing is-sues as an example Ottawa should follow.

Saskatoon, he explained, has adopted astrategy of “land banking.” The city buystracts of land and leverages the value of theland to borrow money to create housing.”

When the discussion turned to the issueof housing for seniors, and the fact that lit-tle progress seems to have been made overthe past three years in obtaining provincialgovernment approval for 21 additional bedsfor Hillel Lodge, Doucet pledged, if he’selected, to get the long-awaited approvalfrom the Ontario government.

“I can help,” he said. “Getting the bedswill be easy, but getting a new approach [tolong-term care for the aged] is a biggerproblem.”

Prosperity and a strong sense of commu-nity, Doucet said, are keys to dealing withissues of security, racism and anti-Semi-tism.

Doucet pointed to the refurbishing of theformerly run-down and now thriving Pre-ston Street as an example of a “happyplace” that provides that kind of prosperityand community which, he said, could bereplicated along Carling Avenue from Pre-ston to Kanata via his east-west light railplan.

Doucet added that more festivals wouldenhance Ottawa’s sense of community.“Not festivals like Bluesfest or Chamber-fest, which play to specific audiences, butlike Winterlude,” which he said, brings allof Ottawa’s communities together.



Yom Kippur in India at the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth

By Ellie ShapiroI took a rickshaw to shul in

India last year.For a woman who grew up in

Ottawa attending Beth Shalomwith my parents, this was a far cryfrom what I considered my norm.But, I was four months into mysolo journey through India andwasn’t ready to head home yet. Infact, my trip wound up taking methrough six Asian countries over aperiod of 15 months.

I suppose I could have walkedto shul instead of taking India’sequivalent of a taxi – I had about45 minutes to spare before ErevYom Kippur services began – butdidn’t know exactly where theshul was located. So, I figured mybest mode of transportation wasIndia’s best mode: the three-wheeled motorized rickshaw.

The quaint, seaport town ofKochi is located in the state ofKerala, in southwest India. I camehere specifically for Yom Kippurafter reading in Lonely Planet’sIndia guidebook that it was hometo India’s oldest synagogue, theParadesi Synagogue. Built in1568, it is, in fact, the oldest syna-gogue in the Commonwealth ofNations.

I arrived in Kochi the day be-fore Erev Yom Kippur following a14-hour overnight train ride fromGoa, where I had spent an all-He-brew Rosh Hashanah with 30 Is-raelis.

It was an unforgettable nightfilled with music, laughter, and noelectricity. The power had goneout early in the evening – a com-mon occurrence in India – so weenjoyed our Rosh Hashanah mealwith just the glow of a few can-dles. My eyes filled with tears as Iprocessed where I was at that mo-ment – recalling that only oneweek earlier I was worried I’d becelebrating the High Holidaysalone eating palak paneer, an Indi-an dish made from spinach andcheese.

Life on the road had proven tobe incredible, on every level. Ilived in meditation ashrams,shared tea with monks while theDalai Lama spoke right in front ofus, saw life-altering things – somebeautiful and others difficult –while learning more about myselfduring every step of the way. Andnow I was on my way to shul inIndia for Kol Nidre. The conceptabsolutely astounded me.

I was dressed in a white tunic,flowy pants and sandals. My hairwas pulled back and I wore littlemakeup. Not exactly the look Iwould have put together for shul athome, but certainly one that feltappropriate for where I was, bothliterally and figuratively. By then,I had already discovered I neededless and less to feel more and morehappy. I even traded in my largebackpack for a smaller packloaded with just the necessities.

As the rickshaw wound its waythrough the streets, I stuck myhead out the back window to get abetter look at everything aroundme. There was always a lot hap-pening on the streets in India. Peo-ple, animals, shops: I was fasci-nated by all of it.

Within in a few minutes, wecame to a complete stop. As Istarted to get up, my driver turnedto me and said, “Wait here. I’ll beback in a few minutes.”

I watched as he ran into hisplace of worship to say hisevening prayers.

I waited patiently, knowing Ihad time to spare before Yom Kip-pur services began, laughing tomyself at yet another only in Indiaexperience.

Nothing in India was likehome. But, I learned early in mytravels that if I accepted that noth-ing was like home, my experi-ences would prove to be goodones.

Like the experience I was hav-ing at that moment. It was yet an-other opportunity for me to ponderwhere I was in my life. Here I was,a 40-something-year-old woman,alone, in India, yet somehow feel-ing more connected to my life thanever before.

Soon, the driver returned,thanked me for waiting, and droveme to the synagogue, a beautiful,blue, ancient structure at the endof a very narrow street.

I walked inside and was imme-diately taken by the antique beau-ty, and by the 70 or so warm faceswho greeted me. I heard Hebrewcoming from the mouths of many,including a family of Indians. AnAmerican man asked if I wantedto borrow one of his family’s Eng-lish prayer books. Completestrangers treated me like family.

The service was Orthodox andvery moving. And while I found ita bit hard to hear from where I wassitting, I took in the energy of the

place and the people, and said myprayers. Sitting in this lovingplace, filled with so much history,I gave thanks for my incrediblejourney in India, and my familyand friends all over the world whoI feel so fortunate to have in mylife.

And, especially, I gave thanksfor the memory of my loving par-ents who passed away a few yearsago. There was no better RoshHashanah or Yom Kippur than theones where I sat next to my moth-er in shul listening to my father’sbeautiful voice fill the sanctuaryas he conducted and sang with thechoir on the bimah. I miss thosedays tremendously, but know howfortunate I am to have those cher-ished memories – alongside thesenew ones.

May your new year be filledwith beautiful moments that be-come cherished memories.

Shana Tova! Ellie Shapiro, backpack in tow, at a market in India.

The bimah of the Paradesi Synagogue in Kochi, India, built in 1568.


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at Agudath IsraelSemmy Stahlhammer, first concert-master of the Stockholm RoyalOpera, klezmer musician and author,will be in Ottawa, October 6, for aunique evening of klezmer music andreadings from Codename Barber, hisbook about his father, MischaStahlhammer, a Polish Jew who, as ateenager, escaped from a Nazi forcedlabour camp to become a landminespecialist with the Polish partisansand then the Soviet Red Army. Mischaimmigrated to Sweden in 1948 andbecame a violinmaker.

In recent years, Semmy has revivedthe Stahlhammer Klezmer Band inSweden. The original StahlhammerKlezmer Band, founded by members ofhis family, performed in Poland from1920 until 1939.

Semmy, a violinist, will be accom-panied by Isabel Blommé, theStahlhammer Klezmer Band’s cellist.

The evening of readings andklezmer music takes place Wednesday,October 6, 7:00 pm, at Agudath IsraelCongregation, 1400 Coldrey Avenue,and is presented in collaboration withthe Embassy of Sweden. Admission isfree (donations welcome). Call 613-722-6422 for more information.

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St. Louis monument(JTA) – Renowned architect

Daniel Libeskind was chosen to de-sign and create a Canadian monu-ment to the Holocaust-era ship theSt. Louis.

To mark Canada’s refusal to ac-cept the ship and its Jewishrefugees, the monument will behoused at Pier 21, Canada’s Immi-gration Museum, in Halifax, NS.

The steamship fled Nazi Ger-many in 1939 with 907 Jewish pas-sengers bound for Latin America.No country in the region, includingCanada and the U.S., accepted itspassengers, and the St. Louis wasforced to return to Europe just aswar broke out.

Ultimately, according to esti-mates, at least one-third of its pas-sengers were killed in the Holocaust.

Last year, the Canadian govern-ment announced a grant of$500,000 to help fund the project.

Titled The Wheel of Conscience,Libeskind’s proposal will be madeof steel with four prominent gearsturning smaller wheels etched withthe words “hatred,” “racism,” “anti-Semitism” and “xenophobia.”

Libeskind is the son of Holo-caust survivors and the creator of aHolocaust memorial in Berlin.

The Canadian Jewish Congress,which worked closely with the mu-seum and held the artist selectionprocess, said the monument willserve as the centrepiece of a CJCproject to educate Canadians aboutthe St. Louis and its impact onCanada’s society and immigrationhistory.


Being Erica TV character transfixes Canadian JewsBy Renee Ghert-Zand

(JTA) – A young woman withlong auburn hair sits surroundedby friends and family in her moth-er’s living room while holding atiny baby on a pillow in her lap.

She is the sandek at the brit ofher cousin’s son, having agreed totake on this honorary role – theone who holds the baby – toplease her father, a Reform rabbiwho is the mohel. But, just as herfather is about to perform the cir-cumcision, the young womanfaints. Her father moves in just intime, grabbing the newborn beforehis daughter falls to the ground.

Meet Erica Strange, a brightand attractive Jewish woman inher early 30s living in a hip neigh-bourhood in downtown Torontoand working in book publishing.

Erica is the fictional, time-trav-elling, eponymous lead characterplayed by Erin Karpluk in the hitCanadian TV series Being Erica.The show – airing Tuesdays at9:00 pm – began its third seasonon CBC Television last week.

With much of the character de-rived from the life experience ofJana Sinyor, the show’s creatorand executive producer, this fic-tional 30-something Toronto Jewis resonating with many youngCanadian Jews who see somethingof themselves in her.

“Erica is Jewish like I’m Jew-ish. It’s not in your face, but, at thesame time, it’s not just by theway,” said Ramona Carmelly, aprofessional opera singer inToronto. “You really feel her Jew-ishness, even though Being Ericais not a Jewish show.”

But, some Jewish viewers areirked by the Jewish portrayal ofErica. One viewer, Pearl GropperBerman, said the laissez-faire wayin which the show treats Erica’sdating non-Jewish men and hersister’s intermarriage is not repre-sentative of Canadian Jews.

“I believe the daughter of aToronto rabbi would be more en-gaged in the Jewish community,”Berman said. “Toronto’s Jewishcommunity is much more conser-vative, and the decision-makingsurrounding dating someone non-Jewish would be more promi-nent.”

Regardless of how accurate aportrait Being Erica paints of thecontemporary Canadian Jew, itgives the larger Canadian viewingpublic some idea of what it’s liketo be young and Jewish in Toronto– and that has inspired pride evenamong many of the show’s Jewishcritics.

Rabbi Erin Polonsky of Toron-to’s Temple Sinai said she watchesBeing Erica despite her disap-pointment with how the show han-dles certain Jewish topics.

Berman also admitted to likingthe show despite its Jewish short-comings.

“It’s very cool to have a char-acter on TV who is Jewish, but

also smart, pretty, complicatedand funny,” she said.

Sinyor, Erica’s creator, said thiswas intentional.

“I purposely make charactersas specific as possible in everyway in order for them to be uni-versally appealing,” Sinyor toldJTA. “Everyone comes fromsomewhere, and I chose to make

Erica Jewish because that is whereI come from and what I knowbest.”

On the show, Erica deals withthe ups and downs of romantic re-lationships, dramas with friendsand lots of family mishegas. Shesees a therapist who, rather thanprescribing Prozac or employingstandard psychoanalysis, usestime travel to treat Erica, sendingher into the past, future and alter-nate realities to work through herissues.

Several episodes in the firsttwo seasons of the show hadheavy doses of Jewish culture,from one set on Yom Kippur to an-other that flashes back to Erica’sBat Mitzvah. The way Erica’s Ju-daism is weaved into her identityis typical of modern CanadianJews, some fans say.

Moshe Saadon, a sound techni-cian in the film and TV industrywho also happens to be a cantor, isone of several Judaic advisersSinyor has used to help her stageJewish scenes and episodes.Saadon arranged for his historicBeach Synagogue to serve as a lo-cation set, supplied religiousitems, and played a gabbai and arabbi in two different episodes. In

one, he officiated at the intermar-riage of Erica’s sister.

Saadon said he is impressed bythe earnestness with which theshow’s actors take on the Jewishaspects of their portrayals. Jewishcast members have helped otheractors with Hebrew pronuncia-tions.

Sinyor emphasized that she is“not speaking for Jews as awhole,” but she said the show pur-posely addresses Jewish issues,such as interfaith dating and oppo-sition to circumcision.

In the brit episode, Erica tellsher father in an emotional out-burst, “It’s awful! You’re cutting ababy without anaesthetic for nogood reason. I don’t get it! Ishould never have agreed to par-ticipate.”

Sinyor counts herself amongthe small percentage of CanadianJews who refused to have theirsons circumcised.

Marci Stepak O’Connor, a Jewfrom Toronto now living in Mon-treal and married to a Catholic,says she is a fan because Erica isnot complacent about her Jewish-ness – or anything in her life.

“Being Jewish means constant-ly questioning,” she said.

Erin Karpluk (left), who plays Erica Strange on the hit CBC dramaBeing Erica, with the show’s creator, Jana Sinyor, on location inToronto. (Photo: Temple Street Productions)

By Ruth Ellen GruberBudapest (JTA) – I always try to spend at

least part of the High Holidays in Budapest, soI can sample some of the spicy mixture thatcharacterizes the Jewish experience in Hun-gary’s capital.

As many as 90,000 Jews live in Budapest,the largest Jewish population in any central Eu-ropean city. The majority are unaffiliated.

Those who do identify as Jews, howevertenuously, have an evolving choice of publicand private, religious, cultural and secularways to express or explore their identity.

Gastronomic, too. This year, one friendmade challah for the first time to serve at theholiday dinner, and a downtown restauranteven offered a special Rosh Hashanah menu.

Call it goulash Judaism, a simmering mixwhose disparate, and often fractious, compo-nents combine to form a highly seasoned whole.

Events and observances this year bore wit-ness to the growing array of Jewish options,both inside and outside traditional settings.

The week leading up to Rosh Hashanah, forexample, saw the conclusion of the city’s 13thannual Jewish Summer Festival, a 10-day se-ries of performances and other events, includ-ing a book and crafts fair, that drew thousandsof visitors. Also that week, an ambitious IsraeliCultural Institute opened in a refurbishedbuilding at the edge of the main old downtownJewish quarter.

And further afield, in the Obuda district inthe northern part of the city, a 190-year-old

synagogue, which had been used for decadesas a state TV studio, was rededicated as a Jew-ish house of worship.

Rented from the state and restored byChabad, the synagogue will form part ofChabad’s growing local network.

Foreign VIPs were in town for all three oc-casions.

The Jewish Summer Festival culminatedwith a well-publicized concert by the Chasidicreggae rapper Matisyahu.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharanskyaffixed the mezuzah to the doorpost of the Is-raeli Cultural Institute, which was largelyfunded by the agency.

And Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, YonahMetzger, joined Chabad rabbis in cutting theribbon at the Obuda synagogue.

“This is the best possible answer to what theNazis did,” Rabbi Metzger told the crowd of1,000, including Hungarian government andreligious leaders, attending the ceremony.“Fifty years after the last time Rosh Hashanahwas celebrated here, it will be celebrated hereonce again.”

My own holiday observances also reflectednew choices.

I usually attend High Holidays services atone of the 15 or so mainstream synagogues ac-tive in Budapest, or sometimes I ‘synagoguehop’ to two or three shuls.

This year, I chose to avoid the mainstream.I sampled Rosh Hashanah services at two smallalternative groups – Bet Orim, one of Bu-

dapest’s two American-style Reform congre-gations, and Dor Chadash, a young people’sminyan associated with the Masorti, or Con-servative, movement.

Bet Orim celebrated a formal service in theauditorium of the Budapest JCC, while DorChadash held a more informal gathering in theliving room of the local Moishe House, adowntown apartment that serves as a combina-tion residence and centre for Jewish education-al encounters.

Each group numbered about 30 or 35 peo-ple, and both offered an American-style egali-tarian Jewish prayer experience that is alien tomainstream Hungarian Jewry.

At Bet Orim, in fact, a young woman namedFlora Polnauer served as the cantor for HighHolidays services.

“It’s the first time that a Hungarian Jewishwoman has fulfilled this role,” Bet Orim’srabbi, Ferenc Raj, told me proudly.

Rabbi Raj, a native of Hungary, moved tothe United States decades ago and is rabbiemeritus of Congregation Beth El in Berkeley,California.

“We are making history tonight,” he said.I had met Polnauer before under quite differ-

ent circumstances. The daughter of a rabbi, shesings with several local music groups, includinghard-driving Jewish hip hop bands.

During the service, dressed in white, shechanted the familiar melodies in a lilting voice.But she looked a little nervous and was clearlymoved by the experience.

Savouring goulash Judaism in the Hungarian capital


When I was a kid, my friends and I worshipped a range ofonscreen idols. When I make a mental list of some of them –John Travolta in Grease, Kevin Bacon in Footloose, MichaelJackson in his game-changing video Thriller, and MikhailBaryshnikov in White Nights, I see that they had two things incommon. These men were cool. And they could move.

For decades, being able to tear up the dance floor has heldhigh social currency. Think of Fred Astaire, Patrick Swayze,breakdancers – or even the Cuban baby boy gyrating to a fastsamba on a kitchen table, wearing nothing but a diaper, who’snow gone viral on YouTube.

In my run-of-the-mill high school, in 1980s Vancouver,with its locker cliques and jocks and preps and nerds, gettinga lead in the high school musical was considered pretty nifty,for both girls and guys. Singing was key, but having somedance skill meant that you’d actually look good on stage too.In Winnipeg, which I left at 12, teenage girls and boys con-tinue to be attracted to the Chai Folk Ensemble, a Jewishdancing and singing troupe.

I want my kids to be well rounded. I want them to have se-cure and meaningful friendships. And, though I would deny itif they asked, I would be pleased if they were even consideredpopular.

So, why do I feel socially subversive by enrolling my four-year-old son in – dance classes?

At his preschool, he tried out a weekly afternoon danceprogram, which he loved, until he noticed that most of theboys were down the hall taking gym. At our neighbourhoodcommunity centre, he took a ballet class with his big sister andseemed to enjoy it.

So, this fall, I’m enrolling him in musical theatre kinder-

dance. He’ll also do swimming, skating, skiing, drama, sport-ball and soccer (he’s busy). But, I admit that the end-of-yearroundup I’m most excited for is his dance recital, where Ithink I shall positively melt.

I’m not the first to say that gender stereotypes are prob-lematic and constraining in our society. It irks me to think thatit may have taken a song – Marlo Thomas’s haunting andbeautiful “William Wants a Doll” – in the 1970s to get parentsto realize that boys could play with plastic babies, and thatgirls could play with metal fire trucks without the world cav-ing in.

But, the last holdout seems to be boys taking dance. Thisparental resistance baffles me.

I picture these same parents curled up on the sofa with theirteenage daughters glued to So You Think You Can Dance, anAmerican television series that has averaged between five and10 million viewers over its five-year run. Not that I necessar-ily aspire to have my son sweating and skewered on interna-tional TV, but how do they think these men got there, tris,pecs, glutes and all?

Might the low number of boys in dance classes have some-

thing to do with worrying that enrolling one’s son in a pro-gram that encourages musical and kinesthetic awareness willmake them – gay? Let’s lay it on the table, folks.

If this really is a fear, I suggest that we, as a society, needto do two things: one is to address the absurdity, and the otheris to address the homophobia. Where did this bizarre notioncome from? I have yet to see any scientifically based evidencethat extracurricular activities shape sexual orientation in eitherdirection, in any way.

But, more problematically, there is a hidden – and some-times not so hidden – homophobia still lurking within manyof us, even though being gay is now as much of the main-stream as Glee (another hit TV series). The true test of Jewshaving made it in America was not when anti-Semitism waseradicated, but when it became impolite to articulate hatefulcomments about Jews. The same is now – thankfully – hap-pening for gays.

In other words, why should it matter?Who out there has young sons – who aren’t yet boxed in by

social conventions that only harden with age and self-con-sciousness – who wouldn’t have a blast shaking their grooveto good music?

The Jewish parental imperative is Torah, chuppah, andgood deeds. As to the second of these, our children – sons anddaughters, gay or straight – are certainly going to need toknow how to dance at their own wedding. We might as wellgive them the tools early so they look and feel good on theparquet floor – horas, hip-hops and all.

Mira Sucharov, an associate professor of political scienceat Carleton University, is writing a book on nostalgia and po-litical change.

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It’s already late-September. For students, school is backin session. We’re past Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur,Sukkot is upon us and, very soon, Simchat Torah will markthe end of the holiday festivities. The new year on campus isin motion and Hillel Ottawa, often referred to as “the centrefor Jewish campus life,” is fully open for business.

The organization runs for the purpose of “supporting Jew-ish community life through programming that facilitatesrecreation, social action, Jewish identity, as well as educa-tional and interfaith work,” explained Chelsea Sauvé, HillelOttawa’s city-wide president.

Here’s an introduction to Chelsea and the rest of HillelOttawa’s executive committee.

As mentioned, Chelsea Sauvé is the city-wide president.She is a fourth year political science honours student with aspecialization in international relations. Her favourite Hillelevent is the annual Holocaust survivor Shabbat dinner be-cause it promotes intergenerational interactions and seeks tofacilitate dialogue between two generations with two verydifferent sets of life experiences. Chelsea is looking forwardto this year’s strong, diverse, and inspirational executive.

“Each member of the team has something unique to offerto the Hillel Ottawa family. Their individual passion andgroup synergy will provide the Jewish student communitywith a successful year,” said Chelsea.

Leah Labib is city-wide vice-president and chair ofmedia and communications. Leah is entering her final year atthe University of Ottawa and is an honours student special-izing in biochemistry with a minor in classical studies. Sheenjoys Hillel’s Shabbat dinners, as they are the best opportu-

nity to catch up with old friends and meet new people.“I look forward to making improvements in Hillel Ot-

tawa’s organization and seeing Hillel in a new light, as amember of the student board,” said Leah.

Alexandra Izso, Hillel’s Carleton University president, isin her third year studying international relations and eco-nomics. She feels every Hillel event is a great opportunity tomeet students on campus, as well as become involved in theJewish community and maintain a strong Jewish identi-ty. Alex is excited about the programming that Hillel hasworked hard to create for the upcoming year. Some are newideas, while others are old favourites, such as the Purimparty and the opening barbecue.

“Hillel is fun and educational. Jewish students from allbackgrounds feel at home and make lasting friendships,”said Alex.

Sam Levine, the Carleton vice-president, is a fourth-yearstudent doing a bachelor of commerce with a concentrationin accounting. He loves Hillel’s Shabbat dinners becauseafter a long week at school, it is nice to enjoy a good meal,

schmooze with friends and take advantage of Shabbat’s rest-ful nature. Sam enjoyed the Hillel retreat on Labour Dayweekend, which was the first leadership retreat Hillel hasever done, and is looking forward to Hillel’s continuedgrowth.

Jennifer Hadad is Hillel’s University of Ottawa (uOt-tawa) president. Jen is in her third year of the human kinet-ics program at uOttawa, “though it might be fair to say myreal major is Hillel Ottawa,” she joked. The ManischewitzParty last April stands out as one of Jen’s favourite Hillelevents. There were more than 60 students hanging out andjamming in the backyard of the Hillel House. She has beenlistening to students’ ideas for programs they’d like to see orinitiatives they want to start on campus and looks forward toseeing these ideas develop.

Adam Moscoe, the uOttawa vice-president, is a psychol-ogy major in his second year. For 2010-2011, he also holdspositions as co-chair of social justice and Jewish identity forthe Canadian Federation of Jewish Students and CJPAC(Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee) fellow. Adamloves Hillel’s massive, extravagant, themed Shabbat Din-ners.

“I count down the days until each one,” Adam said. “It isa wonderful opportunity to see friends, meet all sorts of newpeople, and update everyone about initiatives on campus.The end-of-year Gala Shabbat is not to be missed.”

Adam is looking forward to lending his passions for so-cial justice, volunteerism, interfaith work and peace educa-tion to Hillel, as well as collaborating with other groups oncampus to maximize impact.

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Various ArtistsBlack Sabbath:

The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations

Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation

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This fascinating compilation was con-ceived when members of the Idelsohn So-ciety for Musical Preservation – a groupnamed for Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, thecomposer of “Hava Nagila” – chancedupon a 1958 recording by Johnny Mathis,the African American singer mostlyknown for his romantic, smooth popsongs, of “Kol Nidre,” the prayer traditionally sung on ErevYom Kippur.

Singing in the original Aramaic, Mathis, sounds like aveteran cantor on this powerfully stirring interpretation,which provides the finale for Black Sabbath: The Secret Mu-sical History of Black-Jewish Relations. The album exploresJewish music, or music composed by Jews in non-Jewishstyles or even by gentiles in Jewish styles (or with Jewishcultural references) and performed by African Americanartists between the 1930s and 1960s.

That there would be a history of musical interaction be-tween Jews and African Americans is hardly surprising.There are examples that stretch across the entire history of20th century popular, jazz and folk music.

A few of the 15 tracks included on the CD are wellknown, some are surprising.

Perhaps the most surprising is the version of “My Yid-dishe Momme” by the great jazz singer Billie Holiday thatopens the album. On this private recording made at the homeof a friend in 1956, and accompanied just by pianist, Holidaystrips the song of its usual nostalgic sentimentality, offeringinstead a poignant, plaintive lament.

One of the most astounding tracks isAretha Franklin’s 1966 recording of“Swanee,” a song written by Jewish song-writers George Gershwin and IrvingCaeser and made famous by Al Jolson,who sang it in blackface, a performancestyle abandoned many decades ago inrecognition of its inherent racism.Franklin – who was yet to record the soulclassics that made her a huge star – turnsin a soaring, powerful performance thatmakes Jolson’s version seem completelyirrelevant.

Several numbers are guaranteed to puta smile on your face and a tap in yourtoes. Johnny Hartman’s 1966 version of

“That Old Black Magic,” by Jewish composer Harold Arlen,incorporates verses from “Matilda,” the calypso song, andthen, more relevantly for this compilation, the Yiddish song“Di Grine Kuzine.” There’s a 1939 version of “Utt Da Zay,”performed by Cab Calloway that Jewish songwriters IrvingMills (Calloway’s manager) and Buck Ram adapted from thetraditional Yiddish folksong about a tailor. Calloway, one ofthe swing era’s great wits, sings the opening verses almostwith reverence, interspersing them with some scatting thatseems to sound like a Chasidic nigun. Soon, though, the bandis in full swing mode and his scats let us know that it’s all infun. And Slim Gaillard’s 1945 recording of “Dunkin’ Bagel,”is a musical hipster’s guide to such Jewish foods as bagels,matzo balls, gefilte fish, pickled herring, etc.

Fiddler on the Roof provides material for two tracks, in-cluding a spiritual-sounding instrumental version of “Sab-bath Prayer,” recorded in 1964 by jazz saxophonist Cannon-ball Adderley. Later in the CD, the Temptations do a 10-minute, Las Vegas-style medley drawing on many of the mu-sical’s hits.

A most interesting combination of composer, lyricist andperformer comes in African American singer Jimmy Scott’s

1969 version of “Exodus.” The music was composed in 1960as the theme for Exodus, the film based on Leon Uris’ novelabout the founding of the State of Israel. The lyrics Scottsings, easily interpreted as being from the perspective of aJew in his homeland, were written later by American popsinger and religious Christian Pat Boone. Another fascinat-ing combination of song, creators and performer is LenaHorne’s 1963 recording of “Now,” a civil rights song writtenby Jewish songwriters Adolph Green, Betty Comden andJule Styne to the melody of “Hava Nagila.”

In a similar theme, “Where Can I Go,” translated by LeoFuld from a Yiddish song that longs for a Jewish homeland,also became a civil rights anthem in its English-languageversion. It’s included here with Marlena Shaw’s 1969recording.

Other highlights include “Sholem,” a wild version of“Hevenu Shalom Aleichem,” recorded in 1959 by EarthaKitt; the Yiddish love song “Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieba,”performed by Alberta Hunter, a 1920s classic blues singer,on a 1982 album at age 87; a 1963 version of the Hebrewfolksong, “Eretz Zavat Chalav,” by the great Nina Simone;and a collaboration of Jewish singer Libby Holman andAfrican American folk and blues legend Josh White on a1942 recording of “Baby, Baby,” a variant of the traditional“See See Rider.”

These tracks just begin to illustrate the possibilities inher-ent in a musical history of black-Jewish relations. Let’s hopethis is just the first in a series of volumes.

African American artists perform Jewish music

MusicMichael

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The Art of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business PlanBy Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon

Jossey-Bass276 pages

As two giants in the world of charitable giving, CharlesBronfman and Jeffrey Solomon have written a book about val-ues, justice, recognition, power, vision, ideals and meaning. Inshort, this is a book about how to engage in effective and sat-isfying philanthropy, or “the art of giving,” as they call it.

The book is a highly readable labour of love, drawing thereader in with anecdotes – many taken directly from their ownexperiences with the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philan-thropies, a group of charitable foundations founded by Bronf-man and his late wife. Solomon, previously the chief operat-ing officer of UJA Federation of New York, is president of theAndrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies.

While much of the advice offered by Bronfman andSolomon is aimed at those with serious dollars to invest, almostall of the ideas are apt for those looking to maximize their im-pact, even with a modest sum, as well as for anyone who staffs,fundraises or serves on a board of a nonprofit organization.

The book is divided into the why, what and how questionsof giving. Why am I motivated to give? Which causes deservemy dollars? And how best can I go about making change?Drawing on the meaning of tzedakah (justice), the Hebrewword for philanthropy, Bronfman and Solomon suggest thatphilanthropy is, at its core, aspirational: How do I wish theworld to be?

For the why question, they do not address the fascinatingpsychological research surrounding the question of why somegive and others don’t. But, they do acknowledge that giving isalso getting. While they occasionally touch on the idea of al-truism, they emphasize that donors are naturally motivated bya range of quite specific values. In consultation sessions withdonors trying to decide where and how to give, they encour-age individuals to rank their values. They provide donors witha list from which to choose, ranging from power and recogni-tion to risk to tradition and loyalty to compassion and equity.They note that donors never acknowledge that power andrecognition are motivating factors, a point on which they

openly prod donors.For the what question, the authors ask donors probing

questions to help ascertain which causes he or she is most pas-sionate about. They suggest that there are around 150 differ-ent types of causes – including medical services, the arts, re-ligion, poverty relief, education, women’s empowerment, etc.

The rest of the book is devoted to the ins and outs of howto maximize your charitable impact. While they acknowledgethat some donors are more passive (in response to variouspleas), they gently encourage a more thoughtful sort of giving.One area where philanthropy has become more donor-direct-ed is in the area of restricted versus unrestricted gifts.

This has its pros and cons, they argue. They acknowledgethat recipient nonprofits most appreciate unrestricted gifts,particularly since there is a common aversion by donors tofund the overhead costs of an organization. But, they note, re-stricted gifts are increasing in popularity because donors tend

to want to have an impact on areas they are most passionateabout. This can be positive, as when donors help encourageinnovation, but can also be problematic, as when the intendedprogram no longer needs the funds, whereas another programin the same organization could now use them.

Not only are dollars important in the world of giving andnonprofits, so is serving on an agency’s board of directors.Bronfman and Solomon devote a chapter to how to be a goodtrustee, suggesting various pathologies that can overtake non-profit boards. They outline the types of trustee-staff-donor re-lations – even things as basic as good humour – that can helpnonprofits succeed.

Another useful governance insight is the idea of aiming fora two-thirds supermajority when boards vote on contentiousissues. This may serve to stave off factionalism while avoid-ing the paralyzing desire for conformity that can stymie orga-nizational growth. Despite being a book about philanthropy,Bronfman and Solomon provide the sober reminder that orga-nizations must follow “the mission rather than the money,” orrisk crippling their program and service delivery. Here, somereference to the social psychological research on organiza-tional pathologies such as groupthink would be useful toround out the analysis.

The authors provide an appendix of resources, and a chap-ter focused on how to navigate the tax implications of chari-table contributions. Canadian readers may wish to skim thischapter to see what sorts of questions they should ask an in-vestment adviser about Canadian tax law.

With the seemingly endless list of causes vying for our dol-lars, The Art of Giving may help dull the occasional stress ofbeing solicited. It can help empower each of us to maximizeour vision, impact and sense of personal satisfaction – allwhile engaging in Tikkun Olam.

The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation presents anevening with Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon,Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm, at the Hellenic Meetingand Reception Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive. Call613-798-4696, ext. 232 for information or tickets.

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Book ReviewMira

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I was an unfortunate young boy of 10 when I developedan unreasoned fear of breasts.

It started in Grade 6. At the end of the year, when we hada few weeks of spares and replacement teachers, the girls inthe class would sometimes get up from their seats, go downan aisle to their chosen male victim, then hug and kisshim. While this may seem like a pleasant fate to some, Iwas a year younger than most in the class and the girls weregenerally taller and more imposing than the boys.

One bright sunny afternoon, Patsy O’Shea, the largestgirl, loomed over me as I did my math exercises. In fear Iheard her whisper my name and then, ominously, “Give usa kiss.” She moved in for the kill as I bent more studious-ly over my desk. She grabbed my head and I struggled. Shehad me in a headlock while I pretended that the arithmeticwas fascinating me. I could hear everyone laughing. Then,wanting to get the whole thing over with, I stopped resist-ing. In some surprise, she then pulled up my face, not to herwaiting lips, but into the soft mounds below her neck. I wasburied in a soft sweater, surrounded by smothering warmth,and I could not breathe.

Then, she bent over and kissed me a wet smack as Iturned beet red. She gave me a look that I could not deci-

pher. It was as if she had just had a bite of a delicious sand-wich and was waiting to finish the whole meal. The classburst out into laughter. Patsy moved on to Duncan, theprospective school dropout who was 14, taller than the restof us, and sporting a ducktail haircut slathered in WildrootCream Oil. He stood up and French kissed Patsy Holly-wood style. Everybody cheered. I sat mortified, sinkinglower in my seat and hoping everyone would forget me. Ofcourse, they did not. I was just lucky the next year whenPatsy and I went to different schools.

Just a year later, at summer camp, Miriam, the first girlI slow danced with, was very impressed with my style; orso she told her friends. She did not realize that my dancingstyle was entirely due to my futile attempts to avoid herlarge breasts.

I held her at arms length, unsure of whether it was per-missible to let them touch my chest as we danced. She wastrying to make conversation by asking me about what Iliked while I was entirely concentrated on avoiding anycontact with those two large objects directly in front of me.

It was to no avail. As we moved, they kept on swingingfrom side to side. I watched in horror as they brushed onearm on the inside, then the other. I thought she would never

forgive me. And although I smiled with some sort of death-like grin, I couldn’t for the life of me remember anything Isaid.

Thankfully, the dance ended and I returned safely to theboys’ side of the room. I noticed that the other boys did notdance much with Miriam either. I avoided her off the dancefloor, too afraid to meet her gaze. I thought she would hateme because her breasts had touched my arms.

Imagine my shock when I overheard her telling herfriends she thought I was cute, and such a gentleman.

That night, I felt like I was tossed on a giant ocean withlarge looming waves and that I could do nothing as thewater rushed toward me.

That was then. Now, after painful therapy and diligenteffort, I have learned to overcome my fear and approach theprevious objects of my phobia with equanimity.

Overcoming my case of breastophobia Humour me,please

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Over the past decade, the Internet has become a majorcomponent of our lives and is probably the main reason for theincreased popularity of genealogy in recent years. Tradition-ally, those of us who were into family tree research had tomake trips to the archives and to libraries, whether local or faraway, and spend hours digging through dusty documents orreels of microfilm for something we were not even sure offinding. This kind of tedious searching did not appeal to themasses.

As Internet usage has grown, so too has the number of genealogy websites and online databases as genealogical so-cieties collect information and organized it into searchabledatabases. Companies like ancestry.com saw the potential tomarket this type of information and began collecting and or-ganizing immigration lists, census records, birth, marriageand death records, and much more. Even government institu-tions began putting records online. All of these are valuableresources, and will be discussed in future articles, but there isone website that should be your first step when doing onlineresearch. It is JewishGen (jewishgen.org).

JewishGen was born more than 20 years ago as a ge-nealogical discussion forum for its 150 members. It expandedwith the Internet and is now the most important website forthose researching their Jewish roots. JewishGen hosts morethan 14 million Jewish records and provides a variety of toolsand resources that are treasured by its members. While it iscompletely free of charge, you do have to register. Give it atry, you will not be disappointed.

Here are a few of the highlights at JewishGen.• Family Finder – Enter the town name or surname you’re

interested in and you’ll get a list of other people who are re-searching the same names. There is a capability to contactthose people through the website.

• Databases – There are thousands of searchable databases,or lists of people, mostly categorized by region. So, if you areresearching a particular area, you may find a relative on a list.

• Discussion Groups – You can join Special InterestGroups (SIGs) that deal with a specific area of research, eithergeographical, such as the Ukraine SIG, or related to a theme,such as the DNA SIG. You can ask questions of the group andreceive a copy of the discussions on a daily basis. The discus-sions are all archived, so if you have a question, you can eas-ily see if it has been asked or answered before, be it last weekor 10 years ago.

• JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry lists ofJewish burials around the world.

• Tools – There are great aids to help with date conver-sions, locating towns and calculating distances between twotowns. This is very valuable when trying to determine ifsomeone with your surname lived close to where your familylived.

• Info files – JewishGen is filled with information on manytopics related to genealogy, from where to find records for dif-ferent countries, to how to plan a trip to the ancestral shtetl.

• Family Tree of the Jewish People – Many genealogistshave already submitted their family trees to JewishGen. Youcan see if your family is there and connect with the submitterif you suspect a match.

• Yizkor Books with translated excerpts from memorialbooks of many towns and cities.

Rather than offering a step-by-step tour of JewishGen, Iencourage you to jump right in and give it a try. It is easy tonavigate, and full of great information and surprises. I recom-mend starting with the beginner’s link on the main page. Younever know what you will find.

Coming eventThe Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) of Ottawa has an-

nounced that several of the speakers from the annual confer-ence of the International Association of Jewish GenealogicalSocieties, held in Los Angeles in July, will make presentationsin Ottawa over the coming months.

The first is Robert J. Friedman, who will give a talk calledA Tailors Tale: From Transylvania to Tennessee on October 5.

Friedman was director of the Genealogy Institute at theCenter for Jewish History in New York from 2003 to 2007 andnow does genealogical research for individual clients. He isalso a frequent guest speaker and workshop leader at syna-gogues, Jewish community centres, Jewish genealogical soci-eties, public libraries and other community organizations.

The program guide to the July conference describes Fried-man’s lecture:

“Just over 100 years ago, apprentice tailor Samuel Fried-man left his bucolic surroundings in rural Transylvania (thenpart of Hungary), and began making his way to America. Un-deterred by his father’s disapproval, his mother’s anguish, andthe efforts of the Austrian police to arrest him for evading mil-itary service, Sam travelled by boat and train to Hamburg,where he boarded ship for New York. How Sam weathered thevoyage and ended up in Knoxville, Tennessee, his difficult ad-justment there, his anguished decision to marry a Christian

woman, and his return visit to see his parents in Romania in1929 are all chronicled in a memoir dictated to his daughter in1954. Sam’s cousin, Bob Friedman, will provide social-his-torical context and read excerpts from the manuscript, withslides of photos and documents to illustrate the journey.”

Friedman will be speaking at Congregation MachzikeiHadas, Tuesday, October 5, 7:30 pm. While this story is of hisfamily member, the problems and issues in his presentationwere common to most of our ancestors from Eastern Europe.Members and non-members of JGS Ottawa are welcome to at-tend.

For further information on the event, or on any-thing genealogical, contact Hymie Reichstein at [email protected] or me at [email protected].

JewishGen is the first stop on theInternet for Jewish genealogy

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On the August long weekend, we hosted our annualRabbi’s Weekend. This is a group of friends Roger roomedwith in university. The late father of two of this group wasa rabbi and somehow this weekend, which we have beenholding almost annually for 28 years, has become known asthe Rabbi’s Weekend.

Over the years, the numbers have swelled. We beganwith five couples and gradually the children started coming.Once we moved to Ottawa, a sixth couple somehowweaseled their way into our group and, with all our chil-dren, we now number 31 people.

A few years ago, we were faced with the dilemma of off-spring who’ve begun seriously dating. Should their dates beinvited? Yes, we decided, we would let them join us. For afew years, we were so many that we just stuck all the kidsin a houseboat one year, a trailer the next and, finally, aparty tent. Everyone was happy.

This year, a new member, Mr. Giraffe, joined our ranks.He is the boyfriend of one of our friend’s daughters. Ofcourse, that is not his real name. I am just protecting hisidentity. I have nicknamed him Mr. Giraffe because heshares many physical, behavioural and personality traitswith giraffes.

He is quite tall, just like a giraffe. I’m guessing about sixfoot five. This was quite handy when it was time to set thetable and empty the dishwasher as he was the only one whocould reach the top shelf of my dish cupboard. Giraffes tendto be most active in the early morning and late afternoonand will disappear under shady trees during the heat of day.Our Mr. Giraffe was certainly busy most afternoons. I don’tknow, though, what he was doing in the early morninghours as he and his girlfriend didn’t usually appear forbreakfast until 11:00 am.

Giraffes are known to have a highly selective diet, pre-ferring twigs and leaves of acacia, mimosa and wild apricottrees. Our Mr. Giraffe is also a picky eater. He avoidedtomatoes, coffee, all fruits except for canned pineapple, andate no chocolate. He was, however, an ice cream lover! Somuch so that he owns his own waffle cone maker and madehomemade waffle cones for us for dessert on Sunday night.He got big bonus points for that one!

Giraffes will avoid drinking if they are suspicious ofnearby danger. They don’t want to put their head down intothe water if they suspect trouble nearby. Our Mr. Giraffetried to avoid drinking shots of Glenlivet, Dalwhinnie,Bruichladdie and Jack Daniels on Friday night as he sus-pected that it could lead to trouble. His avoidance was un-successful – peer pressure is a powerful force – and he wascorrect. It did lead to trouble. All the men went out to playa game of moonlight baseball and all I am permitted to sayis that no one was seriously injured.

Giraffes are highly intelligent animals. Our Mr. Giraffeproved his intelligence beyond my wildest imagination. OnSunday, I discovered that the ‘2,’ ‘W,’ ‘S’ and ‘X’ keys onmy laptop were not functioning. Mr. Giraffe performedsurgery, opened up the back of my computer and fixed itusing only his bare hands, a few Q-tips and some vodka(the closest thing we had to rubbing alcohol). I am forever

in his debt. All in all, Mr. Giraffe was a delightful guest anda real keeper as far as I’m concerned.

Here are two recipes for some of the wonderful thingswe ate over that long weekend.

We welcome Mr. Giraffe Made with LoveCindy Feingold

Cedar Planked Salmon

Serves 4

1 2-pound salmon fillet, skin on1 cedar plank, soaked in water for at least 1 hour1/2 cup brown sugar2 tablespoons canola oil1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Preheat the grill with the lid closed, then place theplank on the grill and let it heat for five minutes or so,with the lid closed, until the plank begins to crackle andsmoke. Turn down heat to low.

While barbecue is heating, combine the brown sugar,oil, thyme, and cayenne in a bowl. Spread over thesalmon.

Place the salmon skin-side down on the cedar plankand cook, with grill covered, about 40 minutes or justuntil the surface fat begins to turn white.

Carefully remove plank from barbecue using heavyduty, long-handled tongs. Place plank on a baking sheetto avoid burning countertop or table. Cut fish and placeon a serving platter.

While you are eating, soak used plank in a bucket ofcold water for at least 30 minutes before throwingaway.

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This recipe comes from the June 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine. My friend, Mrs. Beaver, prepared this forus on Sunday night. Cooking on a wood plank imparts an amazing smoky flavour to salmon.

Cedar planks are easy to find and relatively inexpensive. She bought hers at Canadian Tire. Be sure to soak theplank for at least one hour (and up to four hours). Put something heavy, like a juice can, on top of the planks to weighthem down while soaking.

Smokin’ Wings with Chipotle Marinade

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24 whole chicken wings2 chipotle peppers in adobo, finely chopped

(remove seeds if you like it less hot)3 cloves garlic, finely minced1/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup lime juice1/4 cup soy sauce1 teaspoon dried oregano1 teaspoon dried basil

Cut off and discard tips from wings and cut wingsin two at the joint.

Mix together remaining ingredients for form mari-nade. Toss wings with marinade and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.

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A Canadian family finally recovers four paintings lost during the Holocaust

Restitution: A family’s fight for their heritage lost in the Holocaust

By Kathy KacerSecond Story Press

311 pages. Age 14 to adult.

Toronto psychologist and writer Kathy Kacer is a Holo-caust remembrance tour de force. A child of Holocaust sur-vivors, she has won numerous awards for her Holocaust kidlit, including the Yad Vashem Prize for Children’s HolocaustLiterature for Hiding Edith (which I reviewed in the No-vember 6, 2006 issue of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin).

Restitution, Kacer’s latest book, is what I would call across-over book for three reasons.

First, although it’s a written in the form of a novel, Resti-tution tells a true story. Except for three fictionalized names,the story includes actual names and events, family pho-tographs, and photographs of authentic documents and paint-ings.

Second, its intended readers are both mature young adultsand adults.

Third, it vividly describes two different, yet emotionallycompelling, and intertwined family legacies: the Reis-er/Reeser family’s story of escaping from Nazi-occupiedCzechoslovakia and starting a new life in Canada (“Reiser”was changed to “Reeser” on the family’s arrival in Canada);and, more than 50 years later, recovering the family’s fourvaluable paintings abandoned during their flight.

Because of the story’s many themes, locations and events,plotting could not have been easy. Yet, the book is so skill-fully written, this complex story seems straightforward.

However, as the saying goes, “The devil is in the details.”Not only the details of the Nazi rise to power in Germany,

Austria and Czechoslovakia leading up to the start of theSecond World War and the Holocaust, but also the details ofMarie Reiser’s gut-wrenching determination to get herself,her son, Karl, and daughter, Hana, out of Nazi-occupiedCzechoslovakia; the persistent, painstaking efforts of herhusband, Victor, to obtain entry visas to Canada at a timewhen “none is too many;” their adjustment to life in Canada;and the post-war Communist take-over of Czechoslovakia

with all that it entailed.The myriad details – atmospherics, personalities, physical

settings, emotional reactions, legal and political complexi-ties, cultural disparities, artistic subtleties, mystical inclina-tions, coincidences, timing, life in a Communist regime,luck, and so much more – could have overwhelmed a lesscommitted writer.

However, it is obvious that Kathy Kacer was as entrancedby the Reeser family story as was Canadian vice-consul toCzechoslovakia in 1989, Richard VandenBosch, and the“honest smuggler,” Canadian art dealer and ex-Czech com-munist, Theofil Kral (one of the fictional names). In Kacer’shands, those endless details make for a rip-roaring series ofadventures, near misses and compelling emotional quag-mires.

Told from a third person perspective, but primarily fo-cused on Marie and Karl Reeser, and on Theofil Kral, thestory moves back and forth in time, place and lead character,from Toronto in 1990 to Rakovnik, Czechoslovakia in 1937,and on until its penultimate climax in Toronto in February1990 and final success in March 1990.

Along the way, readers learn about following gut feelings,quick wits, bribery, loyalty, blatant displays of dishonesty,self-interest, courage, persistence, luck, duty and, in manyunexpected forms, dignity and kindness.

Role reversal is a fascinating phenomenon and a sad com-mentary on events. In effect, it happens twice in the story.First, when successful businessman Victor Reiser realizesthat his wife, Marie, has a better understanding of what theyand all Jews in Czechoslovakia face. In a variety of ways, itis Marie who is responsible for the family’s escape from

their Nazi-occupied country, from Europe, and for the avail-ability of funds used to bribe their way to safety. Second,when, to his own amazement, Karl takes up his dead moth-er’s unsuccessful quest to retrieve their four treasured paint-ings.

In recent years, there have been numerous newspaper sto-ries about Holocaust survivors and children of survivorsseeking to regain their former properties, including works ofart. Restitution: A family’s fight for their heritage lost in theHolocaust is a triumphant example of how that happened forone Toronto family. It also helps readers understand the emo-tional legacy – far beyond the monetary value – attached tothose possessions.

Kathy Kacer’s Restitution is a fresh take on Holocausthistory.

Kid Lit

Deanna Silverman

By Kathy Kacer

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4Taste of Judaism, given by

Rabbi Steven Garten of Temple Is-rael. Three-part course coveringSpirituality, Ethics, and Community,open to anyone interested in learn-ing about Judaism, 1301 Prince ofWales Drive, 7:15 pm. ContinuesMonday, October 18 and 25. Info: [email protected].

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 142010 Bridge and Mah-Jongg

Fundraiser, sponsored by AJA 50+.Other games such as Scrabble andWizard will also be available. Lunchand door prizes. Everyone welcome.11:15 am, 1400 Coldrey Avenue.Info: 613-798-9818, ext. 309.

The Art of Giving: The OttawaJewish Community Foundationpresents “An evening with CharlesBronfman and Jeffrey Solomon,”Hellenic Meeting and ReceptionCentre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive,

7:00 pm. Info: 613-798-4696, ext232.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17JCC Family Life Centre Open

House. See what this exciting newprogram is all about, 10:00 am.Info: 613-798-9818, ext. 294.

Jewish Information Coursedesigned for individuals interestedin acquiring an in-depth under-standing of Judaism, or who arecontemplating conversion in theliberal tradition. Taught by RabbiSteven Garten of Temple Israel.1301 Prince of Wales Drive, 12:45 pm. Course recurs weeklyuntil April 30, 2011. Info: [email protected].

A Celebration of Yiddish inOttawa: The University of Ottawa’sVered Jewish Canadian StudiesProgram presents an afternoon de-voted to Ottawa’s rich Yiddishcommunity, featuring the music ofMusaica Ebraica and Shiru Lachand the presentation of the inau-gural Ethel Cooper Yiddish StudiesAward of Excellence to a uOttawastudent, 2:00 pm. Info: 613-562-5800.

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

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

For more community listings, visit ottawa.jewishottawa.com

Select Calendar/Upcoming Events and Click to See More

COMING SOONTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

Best of Hebrew U. Light dinner and keynote addresses by visiting professors from Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

location to be confirmed, 5:30 pm. Info: 613-829-3150.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24Bess and Moe Greenberg Hillel Lodge Auxiliary Tea,

in honour of Debi Shore, 10 Nadolny Sachs Private, 2:00 pm. Info: 613-820-4004.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25Personalized Medicine: Doctor in a Cell, a talk given by Dr. Ehud Shapiro of the Weizmann Institute of Science, who will describe his ground-breaking research looking for changes in molecules that can indicate the presence of certain cancers and diseases.

Reservations required. Canadian Blood Services, 1800 Alta Vista Road, 7:30 pm.

Info: 613-236-3391.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28CHOICES, sponsored by the Women’s Division of the

Jewish Federation of Ottawa, dinner featuring guest speaker Karen James, a Jewish Olympian at the 1972 Munich Olympics,

1400 Coldrey Avenue, 6:00 pm. Info: 613-798-4696, ext. 270.

BULLETIN DEADLINESOCTOBER 6 FOR OCTOBER 25

OCTOBER 20 FOR NOVEMBER 8NOVEMBER 10 FOR NOVEMBER 29*NOVEMBER 24 FOR DECEMBER 13

JANUARY 5 FOR JANUARY 24JANUARY 19 FOR FEBRUARY 7

FEBRUARY 2 FOR FEBRUARY 21* Community-wide Issue (all dates subject to change)

Condolences are extended to the families of:

Louis Bernstein

Mary Brewer

George Cohen

Helen Rosenthal

Carol Spiro

Edith Sporn

Lily Tonchin

May their memory be a blessing always.

Condolences The CONDOLENCE

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is offered as a public service to the community. There is no charge.

For a listing in this column, please call

613-798-4696,ext. 232.

Voice mail is available.

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