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$2.00 • 40 PAGES • WWW.CJNEWS.COM MONTREAL EDITION November 13, 2014 • 20 cheshvan, 5775 Inside ‘Sigd kept us strong’ As Ethiopian Jews prepare for their annual holiday, Canadian Jewry should take note. PAGE 8 Tension in Jerusalem Is this the beginning of the third intifadah? Or is it too early to tell? Commentary PAGE 29 Le parcours insolite d’un grand défenseur de la Justice sociale Une entrevue avec le célèbre Avocat Julius Grey. Page 38 Chayei Sarah Liberals set to choose candidate Class of ’39 marks 75 years Play examines the Holocaust Housefather and Goldbloom to face off at Nov. 30 Mount Royal nomination meeting. Nine Baron Byng grads hope reunion qualifies for Guinness record. PAGE 22 Teesri Duniya Theatre to stage Canadian playwright’s Corpus. 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With the ‘honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb’ OFFERED at $998,900 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 3 M Letters to the Editor Affordable schools needed Rabbi Dow Marmur lists low birth rates, intermarriage and anti-Semitism as some of the factors that could eventually lead to the extinction of the Jewish people (“We need more Jews,” Oct. 30). There is, however, a factor not mentioned on the esteemed rabbi’s list. Until our first two children became of school age, we would never have thought of it, but it relates to another ongoing discussion in the Jewish community that The CJN has covered widely. Specifically, we have had several friends who have two children tell us that they would like a third child but the cost of Jewish schooling renders this financially impossible or impractical. We are blessed with three children. Our house is wild and crazy, but as our baby approaches two years old, we often wonder about having a fourth child. There are many reasons why we have chosen to stop at three, and frankly, the cost of Jewish education is one of them. The Jewish community has done an excellent job of promoting Israel, for ex- ample, through philanthropists who have funded the wonderful Birthright program. What is urgently needed is a similar type of philanthropic endeavour to assist with Jewish day school funding. There are many Jewish people who want more kids, but decide to limit their numbers because Jewish schools are too expensive and this is very sad, especially given that, as Rabbi Marmur says, we need more Jews. Leigh A. Lampert Toronto Women must run mikvahs In the 1980s, I tried without success to find out who ran the mikvah in Toronto that I used, to learn what measures were in place (proper chlorination, etc.) to protect women using the facility from risk of infection or disease of any kind. It was a fruitless, frustrating exercise, and for my trouble, I was criticized by a prominent Orthodox rabbi, who said I was making this a “feminist” issue, as if the health and safety of a wife and mother is somehow related to gender politics. I don’t know what, if anything, has since changed in the administration of local mikvahs. But in light of recent allegations of mikvah voyeurism against a Washington, D.C., rabbi involved in the conversion process, it’s time to recognize that women must be in charge of their own mikvahs. And by that, I don’t mean buying the towels and replenishing the soap dispensers. Mikvahs for women should be run by women. Each mikvah should have a board of directors that meets regularly, with at least one health-care professional at the table to provide expert guidance on health and safety practices and to ensure their compliance. The latter is especially important when pools of water are repeatedly used by numerous women immersing nude in the course of a single night. An all-female executive would also be readily accessible to any mikvah user with concerns of any kind, whether related to privacy, cleanliness of the premises or quality of the toiletry supplies. The use of a mikvah is the most private, personal engagement a Jewish woman has in religious life. It’s time for women to administer the one aspect of ritual observance they can claim as their own. is in charge (“Jews should think twice about supporting the Tories,” cjnews. com). But this fantasy has no foundation in reality. Canada stood by silently and often participated in votes hostile to Israel during the Liberal years. Recently, when federal Liberal candidate Darshan Kang appeared as a speaker at a pro-Hamas rally, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was silent. When he speaks about Israel, Trudeau calls for a return to the honest broker tradition in Canadian foreign policy. We all know what he really means, that between Israel and Hamas, Canada should seek a “middle ground.” By contrast, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have steadfastly supported Israel the entire time they have been in power. Israel ultimately needs friends with backbone willing to support her whenever the international community isolates and condemns her. David Posluns Toronto Dorothy Lipovenko Westmount, Que. Divorced from reality Zach Paikin promotes the partisan fiction that Canada will remain Israel’s best friend on the world stage, no matter which party Letters to the editor are welcome if they are brief and in English or French. Mail letters to our address or to [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit and condense letters, which must bear the sender’s name, address and phone number. More letters can be found this week at cjnews.com. 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Rabbi YAEL SPLANSKY seat – boys and girls – to hear her calling me “rabbi.” I admire her for it. Things are changing. holy Blossom Temple, toronto Rabbi MARK FISHMAN Congregation Beth Tikvah, MONTREAL Mazal tov to Michael David Knafo on becoming a bar mitzvah!! We love you! Mamie Simy & Papi Robert Abitan. Gypsy & Jordan Fisher and Gabriel announce the birth of Pera Yogesha, Oct. 29, Victoria, B.C. Grandparents, Joanne & Barry Fisher, Hugh Wilson of Australia. Mazel tov and love to Etta & Jerry Gross, the golden couple who celebrated 65 years together on Oct. 29. Love, your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Email your digital photos along with a description of 25 words or less to cblackman@ thecjn.ca or go online to www.CJNews.com and click on “Family Moments” Mazel Tov! מ ז ל !טוב Rabbi Splansky: Rabbi Fishman, I am very grateful to The Canadian Jewish News for introducing us to one another. Even from a distance, the devotion of your rabbinate rings through so clearly. You have mentioned previously that our monthly “conversations” are the first real exchange you’ve had with a Reform rabbi. I wonder if you feel there is more common ground now under our feet than when we first began our correspondence. Rabbi Fishman: I, too, feel a deep appreciation to The CJN for the opportunity to engage in this forum. The truth of the matter is that at the outset of our dialogue, I was not sure which direction it would take. I felt an intuition that it is easier to break down rather than build up, and I worried that if we focused on our differences, we would not succeed to inspire, engage or lead. Rather, I felt that if we focused on what we have in common, we might realize that while differences are there, perhaps we share more than that which divides us. Rabbi Splansky: This summer, the Toronto Jewish community held a memorial service for the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped and subsequently killed. An impressive crowd gathered in the extended sanctuary of an Orthodox shul. I was invited to join a Conservative rabbi and an Orthodox rabbi on the bimah. The Orthodox rabbi picked up on the message of Rachel Naftali, the mother of one of the boys, who spoke about achdut, unity. I believe people heard her loud and clear. Later, as I walked back to my car, I heard a woman calling out, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” I turned to see an Orthodox family packed into a passing car. The mother offered big smiles and big compliments through her open window. She clearly wanted me to hear her nice words about what I had offered from the bimah, but more than that, I believe she wanted her children in the back How to reach us Vol. XLIV, No. 44 (2,170)* Head Office: 1750 Steeles Ave. W., Ste. 218, Concord, Ont. L4K 2L7 mOntreal Office: Carré Décarie Sq., 6900 boul. Décarie, Ste. 3125, Côte St. Luc, Qué. H3X 2T8 tel: 514-735-2612; fax: 514-735-9090 editorial e-mail: [email protected] advertising e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cjnews.com Subscription inquiries: 416-932-5095 fax: 416-932-2488 toll free: 1-866-849-0864 Rabbi Fishman: My teacher, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, once wrote, “Can we see the presence of God in the face of a stranger?” I think our dialogue together has moved us beyond being strangers, perhaps even beyond being mere colleagues. I find that so much of the fear and trepidation people experience of the “other” is due to the fact that they have not sat down and had lunch with one another. Social interactions – even simply listening to a rabbi on a bimah inside a different synagogue – can sometimes be all it takes to expose us to the face of the other. If we can look into another’s eyes when we speak to them, I would suggest we will not only see the presence of God, but deeper still, find a reflection of ourselves. Rabbi Splansky: One God. One Torah. One People. More often than not, we get it together in the face of a crisis. But all too often, we then return to our separate corners and carry on with a Jewish life apart from one another. It may feel safer, somehow, for each circle to stay behind its own synagogue doors, but everyone knows the truth: we are stronger together. How can the talmudic conclusion of “Eilu v’eilu” – “Both these and these are the words of the living God” come to be the dominant voice? We don’t have to be the same. Regional and halachic differences have always been the spice of Jewish life. But when we see a fellow Jew, thoughts of differentiation must be secondary to the overwhelming thought: “Brother. Sister. Family. Amcha.” Rabbi Fishman: The off-Broadway show Soul Brother recently played in Montreal. One scene in the play that was particularly poignant for me was Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In the scene, Rabbi Carlebach asks his teacher how he can make a difference to the Jewish People, how he will be able to express the love he feels for the Judaism that matters so much to him. The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s response was: “One, by one, by one, by one.” We are so much more than the sum of our denominations. Yes, we are truly “Brother. Sister. Family. Amcha.” n israeli advertising representative: IMP, Tel: 02-625-2933. E-mail: [email protected] circulation: Total circulation: 33,717 copies Total paid circulation: 25,011 copies CCNA verified circulation: August 5, 2014 Postmaster: Please return 29Bs and changes of address to: CJN, 1750 Steeles Ave. W., Ste. 218, Concord, Ont. L4K 2L7. Postage Paid at Toronto Canada Post Publication Agreement #40010684 *Under current ownership We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. 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L4K 2L7 From the Archives | Lest we forget Former Toronto mayor Phil Givens, centre, stands in front of a Jewish war veterans memorial during the Remembrance Day ceremony held by the General Wingate Branch 256 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Nov. 11, 1984. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre photo SeeJN | Ambassadorial endorsement JONNI SUPER PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO Canada’s ambassador to Israel, Vivian Bercovici, right, joined Gary Tile, executive director of OneFamily Fund Canada and 47 hikers from Toronto and Ottawa who were part of OneFamily Fund Canada’s annual five-day hike in Israel last month. The hike raises money for victims of terror and war, and strengthens the bond between Canadians and Israelis. Bercovici addressed the hikers and more than 100 Israeli parents who were travelling to a OneFamily retreat for bereaved parents. She thanked OneFamily for the work the organization does and said she is inspired by the courage and strength of the victims. From Yoni’s Desk Should Jews pray at the Temple Mount? T he attempted assassination of Rabbi Yehuda Glick in Jerusalem on Oct. 29 has reignited debate over access to Har Habayit – the Temple Mount. Rabbi Glick, head of a coalition of groups aiming to win full rights for Jews at the Temple Mount, was shot four times by Mutaz Hijazi, a member of Islamic Jihad with a history of security crimes. (Hijazi was subsequently killed during a shootout with Israeli police.) Rabbi Glick is recovering – miraculously, by some accounts – at a Jerusalem hospital. In the meantime, tension is mounting on Har Habayit: Israeli police and rioting Palestinians have clashed there in recent days, including inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Palestinians, and the government of Jordan, claim Israeli law enforcement officials entered further into the mosque than they have since 1967; Israeli police deny that, and claim they discovered in the entranceway to the mosque caches of rudimentary weapons. The latest hostilities on the Temple Mount highlight two connected debates: should Jews be granted the right to pray at the Temple Mount? And if the answer is yes, how should Jews act upon it? In the hours after the conquest of Jerusalem in 1967, Israeli leaders opted to leave control of the Temple Mount in the hands of Muslim leaders. Had they decided otherwise, they believed, the Six Day War might have turned into a bloodier and extended clash of religions. Ever since, the policy of the government of Israel has been clear: Jews are generally discouraged from visiting the Temple Mount. Those who do ascend to Har Habayit must be accompanied by police, and are not allowed to pray while there. Last week, Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu argued unequivocally that the rules governing Temple Mount visitation must not be changed. But within his own Likud party and the governing coalition, not everyone agrees: Likud MK Moshe Feiglin entered the Temple Mount in the wake of the attempt on Rabbi Glick’s life, while Housing Minister Uri Ariel and Bayit Yehudi chief Naftali Bennett have openly challenged Netanyahu over Har Habayit policy. And as the political stance regarding the Temple Mount wavers, so too does the religious approach. Many religious leaders continue to profess that Jews should avoid the Temple Mount – a position derived from the biblical laws regarding purity at Judaism’s holiest place. Without the requisite religious accoutrements (including a red heifer), the argument goes, Jews may not set foot there. Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reiterated that position last Friday, suggesting Jews who pray on Har Habayit might be punished with death. But a growing cohort of rabbis disagree: Rabbi Glick is just one of many religious leaders who suggest Jews can – and should – pray on the Temple Mount. In the wake of his shooting, their ranks appear to be increasing. Rabbi Glick’s opinion isn’t to everyone’s taste, no doubt, but he did not deserve to be targeted for it. If his actions have revived public debate about how Jews should manage Har Habayit, those questions have been swirling since 1967. All the while, Har Habayit remains effectively off-limits to Jews, so close but so far away. You can see why that’s a frustrating reality for so many. n — YONI THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Perspectives M 7 Feature Integrating Arab Israelis into the high-tech economy Imad Telhami O f the many statistics about the economic status of Israel’s Arab citizens, the two that concern me most are that Arab citizens make up 20 per cent of the total population (approximately 1.6 million people) but less than one per cent of Israel’s high-tech industry. For Israel, this is a serious economic and societal liability. For Arab citizens, it means another generation who will not dare to dream. During my 25 years at Delta-Galil Textiles, a traditional manufacturing company, we took pride in providing jobs to thousands of people, mostly Arabs, at our factories in the north of Israel and in the role these employees played in the company’s success. But as the economy changed and Israel became a startup nation, manufacturing jobs were not able to keep up with the growing income gaps in the country. Though high-tech was booming, Arab citizens were not integrating into the industry. Dreaming of a major exit or the next world-changing app became a common aspiration among Israeli Jews, but most Arabs were still focused on finding a job, keeping it, and hanging on. Why? There are many structural answers to this question: a lack of jobs in Israel’s periphery where most Arabs live, separate Hebrew and Arab public education streams that put Arabs at a disadvantage in a professional environment, insufficient public transportation, and daycare options that put education and employment beyond the reach of Arab women especially, to name a few. I come from these communities and was fortunate to have broken through these barriers myself. As a Delta executive, my exposure to business people and Babcom Centers has grown to 1, 700 employees, 70 per cent of whom are Arab. practices around the world changed my understanding of limits. I no longer saw a world of Arabs and Jews, minorities and majorities, but a world of people that followed dreams, and those that feared them. By and large, Arab citizens in Israel are the latter. Years of muted aspirations have turned into assumptions about the range of possibility and opportunity available to them. This is to the detriment of a community that needs role models, and to a country that needs the creativity of all its citizens. When Delta was sold and closed its factory doors in the Galilee, it was a deep hit for this northern part of Israel’s periphery. But it was also an opportunity. What if instead of replacing manufacturing jobs, we could bring professional career-building industry to this underdeveloped region? What if Arab women who thought that being a seamstress was their future, could now build business skills and experience? Delta founder Dov Lautman and I set out to create a hightech enterprise, and revolutionize what the many Arab communities here could imagine. In 2008 we launched Babcom Centers, a business and software services company, in the Tefen Industrial Park. It was the first ever high-tech company in an Arab area and has since served as a gateway between Israel’s economic centre and its periphery, tapping into the country’s broad human resources – Arab and Jewish, men and women – as part of Israel’s continued growth. (Babcom means “Your Gateway” in Arabic). Today, we have grown to 1,700 employees – 70 per cent Arab, 70 per cent women – who touch nearly every household in Israel through the call-centers alone. Our values are excellence and service and our motto, “Getting Better Every Day,” refers to each employee’s individual achievements and what we are doing for the country as a whole. We are breaking barriers and instilling hope in a region that needs it. It is the most fun I’ve ever had in business. Babcom Centers’ success has served as a model for similar businesses that see the benefit and potential in Israel’s domestic human resources. The result has been more jobs and more opportunities outside the centre, and a whole generation now aspiring to professional careers in the industry. This is change in the right direction, but I still have bigger dreams. Israel’s economic engine is its startup economy and the disruptive force of technological entrepreneurship and innovation. Though there are more startups per capita than any other country, not a single exit has yet been made by an Arab entrepreneur. I believe such an event would kick-start a wave of higher aspiration in the Arab community as well as cultural and economic change in Israel as a whole. This year, along with high-tech entrepreneurs Erel Margalit and Chemi Peres, we launched Takwin Labs in Haifa as a start-up incubator for Arab citizens. In Arabic takwin means “new beginnings” and “to bring something into life.” We completed our first funding round of $4.5 million out of $20 million this September. By some estimates, Arab startups could grow the Israeli economy as much as $9 billion a year by tapping into the international Arab-speaking market. As you can imagine, I envision more. With Arab role models, investors, and government support, the meaning of economic development in Israel can go hand in hand with interdependent development, where progress in one region, in one sector improves realities for the whole. 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The annual Sigd holiday is an important event in the Beta Israel calendar year, and one that did much to keep hope alive – hope that one day the community would return en masse to their ancient homeland. For hundreds of years, Jews in Ethiopia gathered on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan to proceed together up a high mountain, to fast and to pray for that return. The kessim, the spiritual leaders, read throughout the day from their Orit (Torah) and led the community in prayer. At sunset, those gathered would all proceed down the mountain to break their fast and to celebrate the giving of the Torah and the renewal of their Covenant with God, as set out in the Book of Nehemiah. The community paid a high price for its loyalty to Judaism. Over the centuries, the Beta Israel fell prey to many forms of repression. In Gondar province, the anti-Semitic governor, Maj. Melaku Tefera, ordered that the weekly market day be switched to Saturday, thus ruthlessly curtailing the livelihood of thousands of Jews. The teaching of Hebrew was made a punishable act, and young teachers were jailed and often tortured. “I became bald overnight,” Osnako Sendeke, a former Hebrew teacher in Ambover village, said of his first round of torture. His wry grin and pronounced limp reflect the agony that this Prisoner of Zion endured. “The Sigd gathered us all together. It was a day for us to express the joy of receiving the Torah, a day that kept us strong,” Osnako said. Since their arrival in Israel, the community has been gathering to celebrate the Sigd on Jerusalem’s Sherover Promen- ISRAEL th 2i5 ry versa Ann 2014 / 2015 Best Family Tours in North America www.israelfamilytours.com Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tours • • • • • call us for recent testimonials Winter Break Summer Dec. 18, 2014 – Jan. 01, 2015 Jun. 28 – Jul. 9, 2015 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony Incl. 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She is the heroine of the writer’s book Cry of the Giraffe. ade in Armon Hanatziv, Talpiot, – a high point that provides a spectacular view of the Old City. The event begins with a procession of the white turbaned kessoch, with their colourful umbrellas held high overhead, and is followed by their lengthy reading of religious texts and symbolic teachings, and then the blowing of the shofar. It thus also serves as a gathering point for the whole community and an opportunity to pass their beliefs and traditions on to the next generation. And if elaborate hairstyles and colourful, traditional costumes are discreetly flaunted and bits of gossip exchanged, well, that’s the way of Jews congregating everywhere. In July 2008, the Israeli Knesset made the Sigd a state holiday. So, should we not now incorporate the Sigd into our Jewish calendar here in Canada? Cheshvan is the only month without a Jewish religious festival. As such, it is often referred to as mar-Cheshvan, or “bitter Cheshvan,” because of the lack of festive opportunities to celebrate our faith. It might be said that the Sigd is the Beta Israel community’s precious gift to the Jewish world, completing as it does the calendar year with a holy day that is unique to the Beta Israel but is now available for adoption by all Jews. On the evening of Nov. 20 at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, I’ll be incorporating a discussion about the Sigd holiday into a book talk about Cry of the Giraffe: Based on a True Story. In my novel, the heroine, a young Jewish teenager named Wuditu (not her real name) wakes up on Easter morning with the thought that, having been trapped in slavery and kept away from her community, she has no idea when she should be marking the Sigd. Despite her desperately ill and malnourished condition, she decides: “It would be better to mark the day late rather than not at all. So as I worked, I fasted that whole day and prayed that I would find a way to go home to my family and to my people. That evening, I collapsed, unconscious – right in the middle of my mistress’ coffee cups! Fortunately, I didn’t break any of her dishes or my debt would have been even greater and my enslavement even longer.” Fortunately, Wuditu now celebrates the Sigd in Jerusalem. In February 1992, I went from Israel to Ethiopia to look for her and to pay for her freedom. A few days later, we climbed the highest mountain near the formerly Jewish village of Ambover. Nearby, we saw the school where, decades ago, Osnako taught Hebrew to Wuditu’s brother, David. Next to it still stands the synagogue with its metal Star of David, fashioned by a Jewish craftsman. From that village, hundreds of Jews set out for Sudan. 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Unless something changes drastically before this column appears, the six major powers (five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) and Iran will remain far apart on a deal that would deprive Iran of the capacity to acquire a nuclear bomb – a development that would engender radically destabilizing nuclear proliferation throughout the region. As things stand now, despite somewhat optimistic U.S. reports that Iran is willing to compromise, prospects for genuine progress appear bleak. In fact, the New York Times reported on Oct. 31 that Yukiya Amano, head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that Iran was stonewalling on President Hassan Rouhani’s commitment to answer questions about the “possible military dimensions” of its nuclear program – generally referred to as “weaponization” – efforts, past and current, to create components for a nuclear bomb. This stonewalling is consistent with Iran’s refusal to allow IAEA inspectors access to its covert Parchin military site where weaponization efforts have been suspected for many years. (It’s also the site where a mysterious, major explosion occurred early last month.) Amano’s comments came the same day that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry remarked “We’re closer [to a deal] than we were a week ago or 10 weeks ago. But we’re still with big gaps.” On Nov. 2, citing an anonymous senior Israeli official, the Times of Israel’s Avi Issacharoff wrote: “A deal between the U.S. and Iran, or an extension of talks [beyond Nov. 24] on that contentious issue of Iran’s nuclear capabilities, are both terrible options that would further destabilize the Middle East and allow the Islamic Republic to develop atomic weapons with relative ease.” Contrary to UN Security Council resolutions ordering Iran to cease nuclear fuel enrichment, the U.S.-brokered deal would permit Iran to enrich fuel at a low level. Israel considers any such outcome to be disastrous. According to the official in Issacharoff’s report, “The number of centrifuges the U.S. agreed to [allow Iran] is rising. Already, there are talks about 5,000 centrifuges, while it is clear that the Iranians do not need that many for civilian purposes.” Israel also fears that the Americans may settle for a bad agreement as it seeks, behind the scenes, to gain Iran’s co-oper- ation in fighting ISIS. Israel is dismayed at this prospect, given that the U.S. State Department still lists Iran as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and that, with the help of its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, Iran continues to play a major role in supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s brutal assault on his own people. In the meantime, the Nov. 1 issue of the influential Economist magazine is devoted to Iran, with a cover story titled “The revolution is over.” The argument – in its lead editorial and 14-page special report – is that the religious zealotry, which has characterized Iran since Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1979 Islamic revolution, is now yielding to a moderate, pragmatic wave (if not a counter-revolution). As to what this means for a nuclear deal, the Economist is sanguine: “For a start, that on balance, Iran will act pragmatically, in what it sees as its own interests, rather than out of a messianic desire to pull down the world order.” Whether this also includes Iran’s renouncing its desire to “wipe Israel off the map,” potentially by a nuclear bomb, the august publication doesn’t say. n Pearson would have loathed ISIS, too Mordechai Ben-Dat R ear-view mirrors often have a warning to the driver not to trust the accuracy of the image they see. That same warning could apply to some pundits who reverently posit theories about the past without actually looking at the whole truth about the way things once were. In particular, I refer to the scorn certain writers heap upon Canada’s foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, which they consider a betrayal of our historic role there. One recent such expression appeared in the Globe and Mail on Oct. 26 written by Mark MacKinnon, a veteran foreign news specialist. MacKinnon regretted the government’s decision to join the allied military front against the Islamic State. “Let’s pause a minute to mourn the passing of the Canada that we used to know, the country that saw itself as a ‘midConnect with us: E-mail: [email protected] dle power,’ a force for peace and internationalism… Our decision to join the fight against an opponent [Islamic State] that – until this week – had never attacked us has been noted.” But his main regret seemed to be over Canada’s policy regarding the Arab-Israeli dispute. “We were still the nation that had invented international peacekeeping [in the Sinai Peninsula] and perceived, most of the time, as something like a balanced mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. “Our changing posture in the Middle East – from balance-seeker to belligerent – has been evident since 2006. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s then newly elected Conservative government rushed to be the first in the world … to announce a boycott of the new Hamas parliament that Palestinians had elected… On my next visit to the Gaza Strip, the Hamas leaders I interviewed were perplexed... Why was Canada leading the boycott? What had Hamas done to Canada?” (my emphasis). MacKinnon then ruefully eulogized Canada: “Consider this is a lament for the idea of a nation. A mourning for the Facebook: facebook.com/TheCJN Canada of old, the mention of which used to draw smiles in… the Gaza Strip.” Oh how he wishes he could once again see those missing smiles on Hamas leaders’ faces! But he displays no equivalent remorse, let alone misgivings, over the fact those same Hamas leaders shamelessly, even boastfully, announce their primary aim to annihilate the Jewish State of Israel. To be sure they were elected. But they have no loyalty to democracy. Their chief loyalty is to the appropriation of their religion for the sacred mission of genocide. And what might the Canadian diplomat who made our country “the nation that invented international peacekeeping” think about Canada’s condemnation of Hamas and its terrorism? Historian John English, who wrote the entry on former prime minister Lester Pearson in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, gives us a clue: “[Pearson] was pragmatic but deeply principled and his principles were based upon a liberal conviction that brutal dictatorships not only repress many of their own citizens, but also threaten the security of democratic nations.” Pearson abhorred Neville Chamberlain’s Twitter: @TheCJN appeasement in Munich and conveyed his views to the Foreign Affairs Ministry: “I think of Hitler screeching into the microphone, Jewish women and children in ditches on the Polish border… and whatever the British side may represent, the other does indeed stand for savagery and barbarism.” Other Canadians, too, rely on the views of the inventor of peacekeeping to justify acting against genocidal regimes such as ISIS and Hamas. In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Sheila Copps, Stockwell Day and Lorne Nystrom quoted Pearson from a lecture in 1955: “The fact is, that to every challenge given by the threat of death and destruction, there has always been the response from free men: it shall not be. By these responses, man has not only saved himself, but has ensured his future.” Pearson believed there was no contradiction in a Canada that stands clearly against the savagery and barbarism of brutal regimes as well as one that is a force for peace and internationalism. Indeed, he likely believed that without being the former, Canada could never be the latter. n THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Comment M 11 We need not price Jews out of Judaism Rabbi Jay Kelman T here has been much written – including a cover story in this newspaper two weeks ago – regarding the placing of hidden cameras in the Washington mikvah, and I have little to add to this tragic story. However there is one aspect of the fallout that I would like to address. In light of this scandal there has been much discussion on how conversions can be made more user friendly. It is specifically this group that is most vulnerable to abuse and even in the best of cases the process of conversion is not an easy one. It is for this reason that the Torah placed so much emphasis on treating the convert with the utmost of sensitivity. Being “nice” to the ger – meaning both a stranger and a convert – is mentioned no fewer than 36 times in the Torah. While traditionally those who sought to convert were initially given a hard time, such was done to ensure their seriousness and commitment to Judaism. But once assured (as best is humanly possible) of their sincerity they are to be wholeheartedly embraced. Rejecting a convert is to be done for religious reasons only. The idea of accepting or rejecting converts based on their financial status would seem to be sacrilegious. But with the cost of Jewish life such as it is, financial considerations enter the confusing calculus of the conversion process. Rabbi Zvi Romm, administrator of the Rabbinical Council of America’s New York beit din, noted, “One of the considerations we make [regarding potential converts] is, can the person hack it financially? If a person says I have no money whatsoever, I can’t afford the $400 fee paid out over time, the question you have to ask is, how are you going to make it as an Orthodox Jew?” What is most tragic about this com- ment is its truth. Living a committed Jewish life – be it Orthodox or not – is exceedingly expensive with its kosher food, synagogue membership, ritual items, housing in a Jewish neighbourhood and the exorbitant costs of a day school education. For good reason all Orthodox and many non-Orthodox rabbis will insist that a potential convert agree to send their children to a Jewish day school, the single greatest predictor of future Jewish engagement. Yet perhaps it is most irresponsible to convert someone who will be unable to afford such, leading to much familial strain. What happens when the non-Jewish spouse and children of an intermarried couple convert and cannot afford the $250,000 per child that a day school education costs? Must we tell such a couple to forgo conversion unless and until Jewish education becomes most affordable for the middle and lower middle class? If so it might be a long wait. Morris Zbar, the new president and CEO of UJA Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, was quoted in this paper in Au- gust as saying that federation “will never be able to provide the kind of funding that allows for open access. But we have to try to find a creative solution to keep costs capped.” It is painful for me to write these words. How dare I suggest that perhaps we have no right to convert the non-Jewish spouse of an intermarried couple! But we surely have no right to welcome anyone into the Jewish community without being brutally honest about the high costs that their new life will bring. How sad that in an era of unprecedented wealth and unprecedented assimilation we as a community have priced so many Jews out of Judaism. Yet it need not be this way. We must mobilize as a community to ensure that all who want to partake of Jewish life be enabled to do so fully regardless of their financial means. This is a task that will take hard work and many people working together. But it is a task where we can and must succeed. n intricacy. To understand our religion, like any religion, requires great depth of knowledge and awareness of long histories and variable interpretations. It requires patience, study and exposure. One cannot know Judaism just by reading one book or taking one course. One cannot know Judaism by stopping classes at age 12 or 13. One cannot know it intellectually without experiencing the ritual and ceremonial aspects. This means that true to my opening quote, mostly we can only lay claim to a very partial knowledge. Nonetheless, I must mention my uneasiness about the applicability of that quote in my own life. Since I am a teacher do I not proclaim, by definition, that I know a lot more than a thing or two? How can I teach without declaring that I am indeed truly knowledgeable? In fact, by taking on the title professor, by being inducted into the realms of scholarship, by the very fact that I am paid to impart knowledge, I am ipso facto attesting to my greater erudition. I am caught in between both these approaches. I prefer the humility approach to knowledge. Humility, true modesty, is the best way. But I must acknowledge that I know more than a thing or two about my specific areas of specialization. I want to be respectful and even modest about my learning. I also want to teach. My path then seems to be to admit that while I teach I don’t know all there is to know. My knowledge is limited by my own experience and history and by the fact that we keep discovering more. That old world attitude of final truths cannot be applied today. All our theories and preconceived ideas are waiting new data and transformation. There is so much more to discover. And that is the wonderful truth about knowledge. There is always more to learn. Clearly, I can teach because I do know a thing or two or more about a thing or two or more. But I want to know even more so I keep on studying and being circumspect about all that I do know. n Comments to rabbijay@torahinmotion. org. Knowing a thing or two Norma Baumel Joseph I know something. But how much do I know and what can I claim as a result? What does knowing something mean? The famous quote, “Well I know a thing or two about a thing or two,” attributed to Robert DeNiro’s character Dwight Hansen in the movie This Boy’s Life, seems appropriate for my state of knowledge. What does it mean to know a thing or two? In some sense, we can infer that the subject is very knowledgeable about many topics – almost a renaissance person! Yet the plain meaning is much more circumscribed. The speaker can only claim to know one or two things about one or two things. This then represents quite a limited education. And perhaps that is the best we can say about the state of our wisdom. Given this attitude – which I think is a healthy one – it behooves us to be humble about what we proclaim. I am especially concerned with how we read the newspaper or receive the news in general. If we begin with the notion that having read one column, or – heaven forbid – watched CNN, we now know the situation and can report on it to all, then we are exhibiting an unfounded arrogance. The honest reporter can only claim to know a thing or two about said topic. How can we claim more? In the Jewish world, we might be more sensitive to this perspective from observing the news about Israel. Reports are full of half-truths and misdirected information. The Israel I know is a place of innovation, excitement, culture and wonderful people. It is also a place of great complexities and contradictions. Yes there are tensions, but to know a thing or two about Israel should include knowledge of its vibrancy and 12 M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News Academic BDS a growing threat: campus activist Janice Arnold [email protected] The academic boycott of Israel is gaining ground, not so much as a result of student activism, but because a growing number of faculty members openly endorse and promote the campaign, says the director of an organization that investigates anti-Semitism on U.S. campuses. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the Amcha Initiative, which she co-founded in 2011, warned while in Montreal recently that the academic boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is, at root, anti-Semitic, and support from North American academics is contributing to the legitimization of the eradication of Israel. “We are facing a threat, [and] the end game is the elimination of the Jewish state. The notion of academic freedom has somehow become an excuse to hide anti-Semitism or political activism,” said Rossman-Benjamin, a lecturer at the University of California-Santa Cruz. “The boycotters have infiltrated our campuses and sought in the name of academic freedom to stifle all criticism of their behaviour – and they have been largely successful.” University administrations are unwilling to enforce university policies, or even state or federal laws, including those against political indoctrination or discrimination or harassment. Pro-Israel Jewish students, she said, often find themselves in a hostile environment. “The effect is that the academic mission Tammi Rossman-Benjamin of universities is being corrupted – political advocacy is winning out over education.” The academic boycott may take the form of opposition to Israeli academics or universities participating in campus events or publishing in academic journals, to institutional co-operation, and even to student exchanges, she said, as well as calling for divesting university holdings in Israeli businesses or companies that do business with Israel. This anti-Israel sentiment also can be felt in the classrooms, in what and how these faculty members teach their students, she added. The campaign was launched in 2005 by a coalition of Palestinian organizations that included Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, she said. Rossman-Benjamin spoke at McGill REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS CHABAD LUBAVITCH YOUTH ORGANIZATION chabadmontreal.com got bar/bat mitzva? MONTREAL Perfect The World - One Mitzvah At A Time CHABAD OF NDG AND LOYOLA CAMPUS jewishmonkland.com CHABAD OF OLD MONTREAL chabadoldmontreal.com CHABAD QUEEN-MARY chabadqueenmary.com BETH CHABAD C.S.L. chabadcsl.com CHABAD CHABANEL MAISON BELFIELD MOSHIACH RESOURCE CENTRE 514.385.9514 CHABAD CHAI CENTRE thechai.com CHABAD OF LASALLE chabadlasalle.com CHABAD LIFELINE chabadlifeline.com Chabad University as part of a lecture series sponsored by the New York-based Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy. Although she’s American, she obtained her undergraduate degree in English at McGill and graduate degree at Concordia University. Her research focuses on the United States, but she noted that the number of BDS-supporting academics is increasing in Canada as well. She cited an organization called Faculty for Palestine, which has more than 500 members at over 40 universities. At a private meeting with members of the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, Rossman-Benjamin shared the findings of a study Amcha recently undertook to better know the boycotters. It looked at 938 faculty members at 316 U.S. colleges, including all the major ones, who have signed on to one or more calls for an Israel boycott. Amcha found that the vast majority (86 per cent) teach in the humanities or social sciences. Only seven per cent were in engineering and four per cent in the arts. Of those in the humanities and social sciences, the largest proportion (21 per cent) was primarily affiliated with English departments, followed by ethnic or identity studies (10 per cent), history (seven per cent), gender studies (seven per cent). Only three per cent were in Middle East studies. She estimates that a significant number of the 938, perhaps 20 per cent, are Jewish. The connection between English and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seemed remote, CHABAD OF MILE END chabadmileend.com CHABAD MONTREAL WEST 514.996.6770 CHABAD RUSSIAN YOUTH CENTRE 514.777.9161 CHABAD OF THE TOWN chabadtmr.com CHABAD UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTREAL chabaduniversitedemontreal.com CHABAD VILLE S. LAURENT chabadvsl.com CHABAD OF WESTMOUNT chabadwestmount.com JEWISH RUSSIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE jrccmtl.com until Rossman-Benjamin delved deeper. Of the 143 English faculty members under study, she found four recurring themes in their areas of expertise – in descending order: race or ethnicity; gender or sexual identity; empire, such as colonialism or post-colonialism; and class theory, socio-economic or political. Fully 92 per cent were engaged in one or more of these interests, she said, compared to 38 per cent of English faculty members as whole. “I propose that all four of these areas deal in ideological paradigms that pit the oppressed against the oppressor… Israel then fits as the oppressor and the Palestinians as the oppressed.” All are tied to social movements that demand political action, she said, and these faculty members are “more likely to be applauded than condemned by their colleagues.” Rossman-Benjamin believes the only solution to stemming BDS on campus is concerted pressure on university administrations from organizations, parents, donors and the public at large as taxpayers. Legal action should also be considered, she said, if government funds are being misused as, she believes, they sometimes are. She said Amcha (which means “the people” in Hebrew) has a full-time staff of just two, relies solely on private donations, and is not supported by any Jewish organization. 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LAZARE & HUDSON chabadstlazare.com CHAI WEST thechai.com DORVAL JEWISH CENTER jewishdorval.com A P R O J E C T O F C H A B A D L U B AV I T C H YO U T H O R G A N I Z AT I O N O F M O N T R E A L E S TA B L I S H E D B Y T H E R E B B E I N 1 9 5 5 Đīč THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M 13 Mount Royal Liberals to choose candidate JANICE ARNOLD [email protected] The next chapter in what even seasoned political observers are calling one of the most interesting federal contests in a long time will be written Nov. 30 when the Mount Royal Liberals hold their nomination meeting. The two strong candidates in the running are Côte St. Luc Mayor Anthony Housefather and public relations specialist Jonathan Goldbloom. Insiders acknowledge that this is a race that can be characterized as the people’s versus, at least tacitly, the party’s choice. Housefather, who officially launched his bid in March, used that early start to get a leg up in the critical job of signing on party members. He told The CJN that he had brought in over 3,000 members by the deadline of 5 p.m. on Nov. 5. Goldbloom, who kicked off his campaign in earnest in September but let it be known he would run months earlier, refused to say how many members he had signed up. The nomination meeting call is sooner than many had expected. If the meeting had taken place in 2015, any memberships before Sept. 1 would have expired and have to be re-activated – at $10 each – a greater disadvantage to earlybird Housefather. “People know my record as mayor and on city council, and in public life over the past 20 years,” said Housefather, 43, who began his political career as a councillor in Hampstead. “I don’t know why anyone would be surprised” that the nomination meeting is being held now, when other Liberal nomination meetings in about 45 other ridings in Quebec [out of 78] have been held or will be by the end of the year. Goldbloom, 59, has worked for many years within the Liberal party as a strategist and ran Bob Rae’s unsuccessful bid for the leadership. (Rae was guest speaker at Goldbloom’s official launch.) “I’m not going to get into the numbers battle,” he said when asked how many members he had secured. “But I will say I have strong support in the Jewish community, and also the Filipino, Lebanese and francophone communities. I’m pleased with the breadth of support across the riding…I’m quite confident going into the vote. I think we’re closing the gap with [Housefather], who had a head start.” Both now face the challenge of getting members out to the nomination meeting – the venue had not been announced – and hoping that in the interim and in their speeches that day they can retain or win over the party faithful. Both men enjoy strong brand recognition. Housefather has had a populist-style municipal career, which includes a high profile in wider suburban issues, and before that, activism with the now defunct Alliance Quebec English-rights group. Goldbloom is less known at the grassroots-level or for involvement in frontline community work, but he is widely respected in the broader English population, especially its institutions. Of course, his name also carries a lot of weight. His father, former Quebec cabinet minister and Jewish community leader, Victor Goldbloom, spoke at his launch. Although the organized Jewish community is strictly neutral publicly, Goldbloom would appear to be the one it favours. Jews represent about 35 per cent of Mount Royal’s population. After Irwin Cotler announced in February that he would not seek re-election in the next federal election, speculation became intense about who would run for the Lib- Jonathan Goldbloom erals and for the Conservatives which have been gaining ground in this Liberal stronghold, especially since Stephen Harper became prime minister in 2006. The widely respected Cotler enjoyed over 90 per cent support when he was first elected in 1999, but that had eroded to 41 per cent in the 2011 election, when Conservative rival Saulie Zajdel, a former Montreal city councillor, came within 2,200 votes of him. Continued on page 26 14 News M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 La Campagne sépharade de l’Appel Juif Unifié LET’S TALK ABOUT TORAH Elias Levy [email protected] YESHIVA UNIVERSITY FALL 2014 OPEN HOUSE FOR MEN YESHIVA COLLEGE & SY SYMS Nov. 23, 2014 Dynamic Torah personalities and personal spiritual mentors, including Rabbi Herschel Schachter, Rabbi Michael Rosensweig, Rabbi Hayyim Angel, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky and Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg meet the needs of young men from every background, enabling students to grow and deepen their understanding of—and commitment to—Jewish life. Let’s talk! Call our Office of Admissions at 212.960.5277 to learn more about our Undergraduate Torah Studies program. Register online at www.yu.edu/cjn #LetsTalkYU 500 West 185th Street | New York, NY 10033 | 212.960.5277 | [email protected] | www.yu.edu Daniel Assouline, Président de la Campagne sépharade de l’Appel Juif Unifié (A.J.U.) 2014 de la FÉDÉRATION CJA, exhorte les Sépharades à “contribuer généreusement” cette année à cette “cause communautaire vitale”. Les fonds recueillis annuellement dans le cadre de la Campagne de l’A.J.U. permettent de prodiguer de l’aide à de nombreuses familles très démunies de notre Communauté et à offrir une panoplie de Services -sociaux, éducatifs, support aux personnes âgées, aide aux personnes cherchant un emploi, aide aux nouveaux immigrants… rappelle-t-il. “La FÉDÉRATION CJA de Montréal a toujours été là pour les Sépharades. Depuis 50 ans, ces derniers ont grandement bénéficié des nombreux Services offerts par les diverses Agences de cette Institution. Cette aide précieuse fut grandement appréciée par nos parents lorsqu’ils émigrèrent au Canada. Aujourd’hui, la nouvelle génération de Sépharades, qui réussit brillamment dans de nombreux domaines professionnels et est parfaitement bien intégrée dans les sociétés québécoise et canadienne, doit aussi faire sa part en contribuant à son tour à la Campagne de l’A.J.U.”, dit Daniel Assouline en entrevue. Tous les jours, grâce aux fonds amassés par la Campagne de l’A.J.U., la FÉDÉRATION CJA “contribue à atténuer les difficultés existentielles de nombreuses familles nécessiteuses de notre Communauté”, souligne-t-il. Né à Montréal, Daniel Assouline a vécu successivement pendant plusieurs années au Zaïre, en Guadeloupe, en France, aux États-Unis et au Mexique. Cet Ingénieur de formation est actuellement Chef de la Direction d’une entreprise oeuvrant dans le créneau du développement de logiciels. Daniel Assouline est très encouragé par les résultats “fort prometteurs” atteints jusque-là -quatre semaines avant la clôture officielle de la Campagne de l’A.J.U. 2014- par la Campagne sépharade. Cette année, beaucoup de jeunes adultes Sépharades ont contribué, ou augmenté leur don, à l’A.J.U., constate-t-il ravi. Cet “effort particulier et très apprécié” s’est traduit concrètement par une augmentation de 300 000$ par rapport au montant recueilli lors de la Campagne sépharade de l’A.J.U. 2013. “La Campagne sépharade de 2014 devrait atteindre le montant, inégalé jusqu’ici, de 3.2 millions de dollars. Ce résultat notoire est le fruit du labeur ac- Daniel Assouline compli par une équipe de bénévoles très motivés appuyés par des professionnels remarquables.” D’après Daniel Assouline, les Sépharades ont toujours été des “donateurs très généreux”. S’il est vrai que les Sépharades valorisent une Tradition philanthropique qui les enjoint à soutenir financièrement des oeuvres à caractère religieux -Yéchivot, Synagogues… il est vrai aussi qu’ils sont chaque année plus nombreux à contribuer à la Campagne de l’A.J.U. “De plus en plus de Sépharades sont conscients du rôle très important que la FÉDÉRATION CJA et ses Agences jouent dans notre Communauté, particulièrement auprès des familles les plus démunies matériellement. Dès qu’ils réalisent comment et où les fonds collectés par la FÉDÉRATION CJA sont alloués, les Sépharades sont beaucoup plus réceptifs au message de l’A.J.U.” La notion de “Génération” doit être prise en considération quand on essaye de mesurer les changements profonds qui se sont produits au sein de la Communauté sépharade depuis son installation au Québec, au début des années 60, estime Daniel Assouline. La Communauté sépharade n’est plus celle d’il y a 50 ans. Celle-ci n’est plus une Communauté constituée majoritairement d’immigrants contraints de trimer très fort pour subvenir aux besoins élémentaires de leurs familles. La 3ème génération de Sépharades montréalais est parfaitement bien intégrée socialement et réussit avec succès au niveau professionnel, dit-il. Suite à la page 16 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M Combattre l’antisémitisme et le racisme dans les écoles Elias Levy [email protected] Le remarquable Programme éducatif FAST -Fighting Antisemitism Together (Finissons-en avec l’Antisémitisme Sans Tarder)- a vu le jour en 2005 à l’initiative de deux personnalités publiques canadiennes, Tony Comper, ancien chef de la direction et président du Groupe financier BMO, et son épouse, Elizabeth Comper, ex-enseignante. La mission de FAST est de lutter vigoureusement, au niveau des écoles secondaires et des Cégeps, contre l’antisémitisme et toutes les autres formes de discrimination. Le Programme phare de FAST, Choisissez votre Voix, a remporté, en 2010, le Prix d’excellence de la Fondation canadienne des relations raciales. 19 000 écoles et plus de 2 millions d’étudiants à travers le Canada ont déjà utilisé ce Guide éducatif. Le deuxième volet de cette grande initiative pédagogique, lancé fin octobre, s’intitule Parlez et Agissez. Selon Tony Comper, “les échanges et les discussions suscités par les Programmes pédagogiques élaborés par FAST sont nécessaires et salutaires en raison de la multiplication des incidents à caractère raciste et antisémite au Canada. Nous pensons que les salles de classe sont des lieux d’apprentissage féconds où les changements positifs sont possibles”. Tony Comper se fait encore plus incisif à l’endroit des enseignants en les incitant à faire de leurs classes des lieux d’échanges sur les grands enjeux de notre époque. “Sensibilisez vos élèves en leur proposant des réflexions sur le combat continu de l’humanité pour la justice et l’équité. Conscientiser les aux dures réalités de l’immigration, de l’homophobie, de l’expérience autochtone, de l’Holocauste et des Génocides”, a déclaré le cofondateur du Programme FAST. Le nouveau Programme pédagogique Parlez et Agissez est offert gratuitement en ligne -www.parlezetagissez.ca- (en anglais, l’adresse de ce Site Web est: www. voicesintoaction.ca). “Le Programme Parlez et Agissez est proposé sous la forme d’un Portail Web à l’intention des élèves et des enseignants. Ils peuvent accéder à ce Site Web librement et gratuitement. Pour utiliser les outils d’enseignement et personnaliser leurs Plans de cours en choisissant les Unités qu’ils veulent enseigner, les éducateurs peuvent s’inscrire sans frais. Ce Site Web met à la disposition des éducateurs et des élèves divers outils péda- 15 On November 23, I’m inviting everyone over. LAURA WALLACE, AT CHARTWELL SINCE 2013. If you’re like Laura, you never miss an opportunity to get together with friends and have fun. That’s why you’re all invited to our Sentimental Journey, a performance offered by The Hudson Big Swing Band. Join us and learn why our residents feel so at home at Chartwell. CHARTWELL.COM Tony et Elizabeth Comper, cofondateurs du Programme FAST. gogiques: des vidéos, des jeux questionnaires, des études de cas, des exercices artistiques… Cette ressource est en lien avec le Curriculum scolaire, notamment avec les Cours: Éthique et Culture religieuse; Géographie; Histoire et Éducation à la Citoyenneté; Monde contemporain; Autonomie et Participation sociale; Art dramatique; et Arts plastiques”, explique Nicole Miller, directrice générale du Programme éducatif FAST. Le Programme Parlez et Agissez propose aux écoles secondaires et aux Cégeps un large éventail de leçons et d’activités pédagogiques portant sur des questions fondamentales telles que: le racisme; les droits de la personne; l’expérience autochtone; l’égalité des sexes; l’expérience vécue par les Noirs; les droits des personnes handicapées… Une Unité entière est consacrée à l’étude des Génocides en privilégiant des angles particuliers comme: le silence des nations durant la perpétration de l’Holocauste; le rôle des médias pendant la guerre en Bosnie; les principales causes du Génocide perpétré au Rwanda; la manière de commémorer le Génocide arménien… Au chapitre des préjugés et de la discrimination, les questions de l’islamophobie, de l’homophobie et de la cyberintimidation sont également étudiées. Les questions relatives à l’immigration sont analysées en profondeur. Le périple du Paquebot Saint-Louis, les réfugiés de la mer dans les années 70, l’exode des Catholiques irlandais et l’immigration chinoise sont aussi inscrits au Programme. Suite à la page 16 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by The Hudson Big Band November 23 12:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Make us part of your story. 5740 Cavendish Blvd., Côte Saint-Luc 438-228-9293 Conditions may apply. 16 News M Tuesday Night Learning at the Shaar Fall Semester 2014 Free Admission hear learn come and Suite de la page 14 7:30 - 8:20 pm 8:30 - 9:30 pm Special Culinary Series Featured Guest Lecture You Are What You Eat: A Course in Flavours, Friends and Torah Maharat Abby Brown Scheier and Shawna Goodman Sone How The Bible Became Holy Michael Satlow Oy Vegan! Come discover great recipes packed with flavour without eggs or dairy Learn with Community Leaders Rabbi Adam Scheier Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Professor, Religious Studies and Judaic Studies, Brown University; specializes in Early Judaism; published journals on gender, sexuality and marriage among Jews in antiquity, The Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish theology and social history of Jews in the rabbinic period. Elijah Chronicles CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM 425 Metcalfe Avenue, Westmount, QC 514.937.9471 shaarhashomayim.org mb ha tre de cham hes b rc McGill C re er Orches tr a 1939 McGILL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Boris Brott, Artistic Director Taras Kulish, Executive Director This concert is part of the O 2014 2015 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Encourager les Sépharades à contribuer à l’A.J.U. come and Tuesday, November 18, 2014 “Les barrières culturelles qui séparaient jadis les Ashkénazes et les Sépharades se sont estompées. Désormais, les jeunes Sépharades et Ashkénazes se côtoient quotidiennement. Ils étudient dans les mêmes écoles, Cégeps et Universités. Ils sont bilingues. Ils se marient entre eux. Ils sont confrontés aux mêmes menaces -l’antisémitisme, l’assimilation…- et aux mêmes grands défis -préserver leur Identité juive et celle de leurs enfants dans un monde de plus en plus globalisé, assurer la pérennité du Judaïsme et de leur Communauté à Montréal…” Daniel Assouline se réjouit que les Sépharades soient aujourd’hui “très à l’aise” à tous les échelons de la structure organisationnelle de la FÉDÉRATION CJA. Par ailleurs, cette année particulièrement, le Leadership féminin sépharade assume des fonctions majeures dans la Campagne de l’A.J.U. “Les femmes Leaders Sépharades jouent un rôle important dans la Campagne de l’A.J.U. 2014. Je tiens à rendre hommage et à souligner le travail extraordinaire accompli par deux femmes Leaders exceptionnelles, Hélène Amar Langburt, Présidente de la Campagne des Femmes Sépharades, et Karen Aflalo, Présidente de la Campagne de Y.A.D. -Division des “Jeunes adultes”-.” La FÉDÉRATION CJA “ouvre grandement ses portes aux Sépharades”, rappelle Daniel Assouline. “C’est un signe manifeste que notre Communauté est de plus en plus unie et soudée. Ce vigoureux esprit de solidarité communautaire nous aide à envisager avec optimisme le futur de notre Communauté.” n In an interview, Daniel Assouline, chair of the 2014 Combined Jewish Appeal’s Sephardi Campaign, praises the generous support of the Sephardi community and outlines some of the programs made possible by the campaign. ‘FAST’ un Programme pédagogique très innovateur Suite de la page 15 75TH SEASON BACH’S KEYBOARDS The multiple harpsichord concertos of J.S. Bach Luc Beauséjour, Hank Knox, Mark Edwards, Rona Nadler BORIS BROTT, CONDUCTOR November 25th, 2014 - 7:30 pm Pre-Concert Talk: 6:30 pm Bourgie Hall – 1339, Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal Tickets: $22.50 - $53.50 514-285-2000 ext. 4 www.ocm-mco.org Jean-Pierre Verville, professeur d’Éthique et de Culture religieuse à la Polyvalente de l’Ancienne Lorette, située près de Québec, ne tarit pas d’éloges sur le Projet FAST et tient à rendre hommage à ses initiateurs. “Internet ressemble parfois à une poubelle virtuelle. On doit se féliciter de pouvoir accéder à des contenus pédagogiques d’une telle qualité qui encouragent les élèves à accomplir leurs Devoirs de Mémoire, car nous devons absolument tirer des leçons de l’Histoire”, dit le professeur Jean-Pierre Verville. “Pour Mémoire, le 22 août 1939, quelques jours avant l’invasion de la Pologne par l’Armée allemande, Hitler déclara aux membres de son État-major: “Mais qui se souvient encore du massacre des Arméniens?” Cette phrase à elle seule démontre le lien entre le Génocide du peuple arménien et le Génocide du peuple juif. L’impunité dont a bénéficié le premier Génocide a facilité la perpétration du second. On ne peut construire un monde nouveau sur l’amnésie. Ignorer le passé, c’est se priver d’avenir”, ajoute le professeur JeanPierre Verville, initiateur de l’Exposition ‘FAST’ un Programme pédagogique pour lutter contre tous les racismes “Mémoires Vives”, dédiée à la l’Histoire du peuple juif et à la Shoah, présentée dernièrement à la Polyvalente de l’Ancienne Lorette. Pour obtenir plus de renseignements sur le Programme éducatif FAST, contacter Nicole Miller au 416-916-8366. Courriel: [email protected] n FAST – Fighting Anti-Semitism Together, established by Tony and Elizabeth Comper, has developed an educational Internet program called Speak and Act, for use by high school students. THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Opinion M guest voice McGill students abandon slacktivism to defeat anti-Israel motion Jeff Bicher T he once-vibrant community of Jewish student activists has morphed over time into a community of slacktivists, where picket signs and regular meetings have been replaced with Facebook “likes” and WhatsApp groups. It is now commonplace to hear people on campus say, “I have chosen to focus on global issues right now.” This is the new reality, until something happens, that is. And something always happens. This time it was at McGill University, when on Oct. 22, a group of students put forward a one-sided, anti-Israel motion at the Students’ Society for McGill University (SSMU) general assembly meeting, causing the handful of Jewish student activists to galvanize their peers. At the beginning of October, the leaders of Israel on Campus – McGill (IOC-M) got wind that a known anti-Israel student group would be putting forward a lengthy motion condemning Israel for its actions last summer and standing in support of Gazans. Jordan Devon, co-president of IOC-M, brought this issue to our campus relations team, comprising professionals from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and Hillel Montreal. When a motion like this is presented on campus, it would not have a direct impact, positive or negative, on the university itself or change the way McGill works with its Israeli counterparts. Essentially, this kind of motion can only serve to affect the atmosphere for students and thereby provide justification for further anti-Israel rhetoric on campus. If this motion was the beginning of the marginalization of a specific group of students on campus, it was clear to student activists that the argument against this motion would be about McGill campus culture and not about Israel. So at the very well attended general assembly – there were more than 800 students at one point for a meeting that usually draws 150 people – as the anti-Israel motion was about to be discussed, a new motion was brought forward to table the anti-Israel motion indefinitely. It was argued that the original motion was divisive and would cause students on either side of the debate to be upset. Supporters of the counter-motion fur- ther argued that there was no positive outcome to debating if Israel would be condemned. After almost two hours of debating the merits of debating the original motion, the presiding chair called for a vote, reminding all students in the room that unlike a general motion, this motion required those in attendance to vote – abstentions were not permitted. Ultimately, to the relief of many, the motion to table the original anti-Israel motion indefinitely was passed. Close to 650 people left as soon as the motion was tabled. For those diehards who stayed, the evening was not over. The student activists still at the meeting were able to send out word that a subsequent motion against military research funding was being amended to condemn supposed human rights violations made by countries who benefit from military research, including Israel, Canada and the United States. Even though many of the students were in the throes of mid-terms, 75 students ran back to the meeting and defeated the amendment. The students then stayed until the meeting was adjourned. Aliza Saskin, co-president of IOC-M, in a statement made after the general assembly, said, “It is of paramount importance to recognize that this was not a victory for the students who opposed the proposed motion, but a victory for the entire student body.” Israel on Campus – McGill is a newly formed McGill student club whose purpose is to bolster the pro-Israel community on campus. Working with the Jewish Agency Israel Fellow for Hillel at Hillel Montreal, IOC-M focuses on Israel engagement beyond the conflict, including Israel education, Israel awareness and Israel advocacy. In the end, the mood on campus, not just at McGill, is not what it used to be, yet our students will continue to be at the forefront of this debate. And through our significant partnership with CIJA Quebec, Hillel Montreal will continue to be there for students affected by these issues. We wish the campus community continued resilience and strength, so that campus life could continue to foster healthy societal trends. n Jeff Bicher the executive director and CEO of Hillel Montréal, The Jewish General Hospital's Mona Zavalkoff Annual Lecture Series presents: ADVANCES IN PROFILING AND TARGETED THERAPY FOR LUNG CANCER by Natasha Leighl, M.D., MMSc Date Wednesday, November 19 Time 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Location Jewish General Hospital 3755 Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd. Block Amphitheatre, Room B-106 RSVP: 514-340-8222, ext. 3545 Complimentary parking available at 5790 Côte-des-Neiges Rd. Light refreshments will be served. ALL ARE WELCOME 17 18 News M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Government and chassidic school reach agreement Janice Arnold [email protected] A chassidic school that was fighting closure by the Quebec government a few years ago has reached an out-of-court settlement with the province’s attorney general. The accord represents a compromise between the community’s determination to teach its children according to its beliefs and its obligation to abide by the law. Quebec Superior Court Justice Claudine Roy confirmed the agreement between Yeshiva Toras Moshe Academy, a boys school under Satmar auspices in Mile End, and the education department, on Nov. 4. The more than 60-year-old yeshiva was deemed illegal because it does not have a permit to operate as a private school, does not teach the mandatory provincial curriculum adequately, employs unlicensed teachers and commits other violations of the education act. The agreement allows the 163 elementary students to study the compulsory courses at home, under the supervision of their parents. The yeshiva will provide support in mathematics and English instruction. The children will continue to attend the yeshiva for their religious instruction only. The agreement does not specify how many hours they must spend either at the yeshiva or being home-schooled. The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has been given the responsibility of verifying that the students are learning what they should and of administering the required exams. The yeshiva, the EMSB and the education department must meet once a year, in November, to ensure the agreement is being complied with. The yeshiva, which does not receive any public funding and has never sought any over its 63-year history, has consistently refused to teach secular subjects adequately, or in certain cases, at all, claiming either there is not enough time given the heavy religious instruction, or that the subjects are at variance with their religious beliefs, including some aspects of science and most literature. A court injunction to shut down the yeshiva was sought by the justice department in 2010. A Superior Court judge the following year ruled in favour of the yeshiva, recommending the parties submit the case for trial. Alex Werzberger That trial was set to begin on Nov. 3, the day before the agreement was sealed. Alex Werzberger, head of the Coalition of Outremont Chassidic Organizations, said the community got word through its lawyer on the Friday just before Shabbat that the trial was off. Under the new agreement, the yeshiva is allowed to continue activities at its premises, including religious instruction, but may not seek a permit to operate as a school. The association with the EMSB also means that, for the first time, the education department will have official records of each of these students and be able to track their progress. For at least eight years, successive governments have tried to get this yeshiva and a half-dozen other chassidic or Orthodox schools to comply with the law, threatening withdrawal of funding, if applicable, or closure, if they did not comply. Werzberger was guarded in his opinion of how well he thinks the agreement will work, whether the children will learn from their parents the mandatory curriculum more thoroughly than they did in the yeshiva. “They are going to get a basic education, and will be tested each year. 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Les Écoles juives populaires et les Écoles Peretz inc. c’est JPPS. *Les entrevues seront planifiées suivant la réception des applications *Interviews will be scheduled following the receipt of completed applications École primaire JPPS - JPPS Elementary School Préscolaire au sixième année - Kindergarten to grade 6 5170, ave Van Horne, Montréal (Québec), H3W 1J6 (514) 514-731-6456 | [email protected] west_end_gym_OCT.indd 1 2014-09-23 3:42 PM We hope you enjoyed your visit! Application deadline: November 28, 2014 À remettre à JPPS avant: le 28 novembre 2014 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M 19 Outremont to review bylaws on Sukkot CJN Staff The borough of Outremont is expected to decide next month whether to limit the time sukkot can be kept in place by residents on their own property. The issue was the subject of a stormy council meeting on Oct. 29. Under the current bylaws, the temporary shelters may be in place for 15 days – the nine days of the holiday of Sukkot, plus three days before and three days after for their construction and dismantling. Some Jewish residents, however, find this is not enough time because Outremont bans construction on Sundays and observant Jews do not engage in such activity on Shabbat – Saturday. Coun. Mindy Pollak has asked that the bylaw be amended to extend the grace period to seven days before and seven days after the holiday, as is the case in the Côte des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grâce borough. Another councillor, Céline Forget, is a longtime critic of the borough’s Orthodox Jews’ alleged violation of regulations. She argued that the bylaw should be maintained as it is. She said that 30 complaints were filed by residents this year about the sukkot. Another councillor, Janie Hogue, agreed that three days at each end of the holiday is fair. Among the 200 people at the council meeting were opponents to any extension who claim that the usually wooden sukkot are unattractive and dangerous. Outremont is home to a large chassidic community. n Issue was the subject of a stormy meeting ‘There are other ways of learning’ Continued FROM PREVIOUS page Werzberger, who attended Toras Moshe in the 1950s, as did his sons, said there has to be recognition of the worth of the traditional education chassidic children receive. “A diploma is not everything. There are other ways of learning. Certainly, our kids are not on drugs or into crime.” A successful businessman, he noted that he can speak six languages, for instance. Board spokesperson Michael Cohen said the role assigned to the EMSB came as a bit of a surprise, but the board looks forward to fulfilling it. “Our administrators did have discus- sions regarding this possibility over the last few months,” he said. “[But] we had no warning that a decision was imminent, so the news caught us by surprise. Nonetheless, we are excited about the possibilities for this arrangement. “At the moment, we only have a handful of students who are home-schooled, so this will be quite the challenge for us. I am sure we will make it work, but home-schooling is not as easy as it sounds – for the school board, the student or the educator at home. “Meetings have to be held, individualized education plans developed and the curriculum followed very thoroughly.” n 20 News M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 La Musique andalouse réunit Juifs et Musulmans Elias Levy [email protected] À un moment lugubre où des bruits de guerre retentissent de nouveau en Israël et en Palestine, les musiciens très talentueux, Musulmans et Juifs, de l’Orchestre de Musique arabo-andalouse marocaine, Association Soleil de l’Andalousie de Montréal (A.S.A.M.), nous démontrent avec éclat qu’il ne faut jamais désespérer face aux situations les plus dramatiques. Ces virtuoses de l’Oud -instrument de Musique orientale à cordes pincées-, du Violon, du Luth, de la Derbouka -instrument de percussion ayant la forme d’un petit tambour-… partagent une passion commune: la Musique arabo-andalouse marocaine, appelée en arabe Al Anda lousia Maghribia, l’un des fleurons, plusieurs fois centenaire, de la riche Culture du Royaume chérifien. L’Orchestre A.S.A.M. a été créé en 2011 par des Montréalais d’origine marocaine, Musulmans et Juifs, passionnés par la Musique arabo-andalouse. Depuis, cet Orchestre représente la référence en Musique arabo-andalouse marocaine au Québec et au Canada. Nous avons rencontré la quinzaine de musiciens, accompagnés par un groupe de choristes femmes, de ce magnifique Orchestre arabo-andalou lors d’une séance de répétition qui a eu lieu dans un salon d’un hôtel sis au centre-ville de Montréal. “L’Orchestre A.S.A.M. est la preuve pa tente que la passion de la Musique peut rapprocher les Communautés juive et musulmane même à une époque où le désespoir et la fatalité semblent être la norme. Notre Orchestre perpétue une vieille Tradition de dialogue et de coexistence intercommunautaire, qui a toujours été l’une des caractéristiques notoires du Maroc. Voir des musiciens Musulmans et Juifs marocains jouer ensemble des œuvres musicales appartenant à leur Patrimoine culturel commun, c’est indéniablement une belle leçon de paix et de fraternité”, nous a dit l’un des membres de l’Orchestre A.S.A.M., Sylvain Dahan. 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Le Dr Khalil Moqadem, médecin et pharmacien de formation qui travaille actuellement comme chercheur et consultant auprès de l’Institut National d’Excellence en Santé et en Services sociaux du Québec, est le Directeur de l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. “Les musiciens de l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. sont des Marocains de confessions juive et musulmane établis au Québec depuis longtemps. Ces derniers, qui oeuvrent dans différents milieux professionnels, ont un point commun: la connaissance de la Musique andalouse marocaine. Certains ont exercé au sein d’Orchestres réputés au Maroc, notamment auprès des célèbres chanteurs Bajedoub, Bennis et Souiri. Leur passion pour la Musique andalouse marocaine les a amenés à fonder en 2011 l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. Nous nous sommes fixé comme Mission de préserver, promouvoir et diffuser ce précieux Patrimoine musical au Canada, auprès des ressortissants Marocains, des autres Communautés maghrébines et des Canadiens non-Marocains”, explique le Dr Khalil Moqadem. Ervin Sebag, né à Montréal, qui travaille dans le domaine de l’Électronique, est un violoniste chevronné formé aux méthodes classiques depuis son enfance. C’est sa passion pour la Musique arabo-andalouse qui l’a fortement motivé à se joindre à l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. Suite à la prochaine page Michael Kastner has made a gift of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to the Brian Mulroney Institute for Government of St. Francis Xavier University in support of his Law School classmate and friend, The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada. THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M 21 L’Association Soleil de l’Andalousie de Montréal Suite de la page précédente “La Musique arabo-andalouse marocaine est un Art magnifique et enivrant. En tant que Sépharade marocain, je suis très fier d’être l’héritier de ce merveilleux Patrimoine musical que nous devons absolument transmettre à la jeune génération de Marocains, Juifs et Musulmans, dit-il. C’est une richesse culturelle inouïe dont nous devons assurer la pérennité.” L’un des objectifs de l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. est d’initier des jeunes Montréalais d’origine marocaine aux rudiments de cet Art musical qui joue un rôle fondamental au chapitre de la transmission de l’héritage culturel marocain. Depuis sa fondation en 2011, l’Orchestre Objectif: perpétuer une Tradition musicale importante de l’Héritage culturel marocain A.S.A.M. a donné de nombreux récitals et participé, au Québec, au Canada et au Maroc, à plusieurs Festivals de Musique arabo-andalouse et à des manifestations culturelles majeures. Notamment, au Festival Fenêtre ouverte sur le Maroc, qui a eu lieu à Montréal en 2012; à la Soirée hommage organisée à la mémoire d’un grand Maître de la Musique arabo-andalouse, le regretté musicien et chanteur Juif Samy El-Maghribi, qui a eu lieu à la Congrégation Spanish & Portuguese de Montréal en 2012; à la Soirée célébrant les 50 ans de relations diplomatiques entre le Canada et le Maroc, qui a eu lieu à Toronto en 2012; à la Soirée organisée par le Consulat général du Maroc à Montréal à l’occasion de la Fête du Trône… Les amateurs de Musique arabo-anda louse dans la Communauté sépharade de Montréal apprécieront fortement l’immense talent musical des musiciens et des choristes de ce superbe Orchestre qui incarne avec brio le vigoureux esprit de coexistence judéo-musulmane qui a toujours été l’un des particularismes du Maroc alaouite. Le Site Web de l’Orchestre A.S.A.M. : www.asamandalou.com n Their love of Andalusian music is the uniting force behind the Association Soleil de l’Andalousie de Montréal, a Montrealbased orchestra whose members are Muslim and Jewish musicians of Moroccan background. 22 News M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Baron Byng class of ’39 hopes 75th reunion sets record Janice Arnold [email protected] They were the children of struggling Jewish immigrants, raised in poverty during the Depression in a tight-knit “ghetto” at a time when the sight of anti-Semitic fascists marching in the streets was commonplace. When they graduated from Baron Byng High School on St. Urbain Street in 1939, these ambitious teens were plunged into a world war. Almost all the boys signed up. After the war, they entered adulthood in a changed society. These circumstances may explain the unshakeable bond that developed among the 149 students in that class, virtually all of them Jewish in a nominally Protestant school taught almost entirely by WASP teachers. The class of ’39 has been holding reunions almost every year for the past 50 years, and with their recent 75th get-together, the organizers believe this time they will qualify for Guinness World Records. Nine of those graduates – now average age 92 – attended. Chief organizer Eddy Wolkove, who can take the lion’s share of the credit for keeping the classmates in touch over the passing decades, says he will inquire with Guinness as to whether they have indeed set a record. “I was in touch with Guinness a few years ago, and at that time, the record was held by a class from a Pennsylvania school that had held at 71st anniversary reunion,” said Wolkove, a chartered accountant who served numerous Jewish community organizations, most notably Canadian Jewish Congress. In any event, classmate George Nashen quipped: “We intend to keep on holding reunions as long as there are two of us standing.” The others present were Mamie (Miller) Trager, Mildred (Israelovitch) Leiter, Sam Levy, Dr. Gilbert Rosenberg, Nina (Levenstone) Cass, Jack Sibales and Ruth (Reisler) Feigelson. Wolkove has tried to keep track of his classmates over the years, but is not sure how many are still alive. Nashen estimates there are about 20, which makes the turnout of nine quite extraordinary. The great majority of the class of ’39 remained in Montreal, they say, with the rest scattered around Canada, the United States and elsewhere. The lure of Baron Byng and the kids who went there was strong from the outset. Trager remembered that she fibbed about which side of Hutchison Street she lived on so that she could get into Baron Byng and not have to go to Strathcona Academy in Outremont, where she was supposed to go after finishing Fairmount elementary school. Despite their cultural differences, these students also formed a strong attachment to their teachers. At the early reunions, the teachers were always invited to attend, including the formidable principal, a “Dr. Asprey.” Wolkove recalled meeting with Asprey at the seniors’ residence he was by then living in when the first reunion was to be held in 1964. “He received me and thanked me for the invitation to be guest speaker, but said he had to decline. He wanted us to remember him as he was then, and not the deteriorated old man he had become. Instead, he gave us a written message, which we read.” Other legendary teachers were fondly eulogized at this reunion, notably art teacher Anne Savage, an accomplished artist, and music teacher D.M. Herbert. Their former students credited them with instilling in them a lifelong appreciation for the arts. Past reunions always included sing-alongs of the songs they learned at school, rousing renditions of such British standards as Land of Hope and Glory. The reunions used to be daylong affairs at the country home of the late alumnus, Ottawa real estate developer Saul Goldfarb, who passed away last year. The 75th was much simpler: Sunday breakfast at a popular West End eatery with a few reminiscences and a chance to ask each other if they knew whatever happened to such-and-such. Nashen said most of their teachers were outstanding – many of the men were World War I veterans – but a few were truly eccentric, perhaps affected by the war. “One would call us a bunch of Arabs,” he said, but he can recall no anti-Semitism of the mean-spirited variety among them. Most were very decent. 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For more info: www.chabadwestmount.com 514-937-4772 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M Reunited members of the 1939 Baron Byng High School graduating class are, from left, Eddy Wolkove, Dr. Gilbert Rosenberg, Ruth Feigelson, Nina Cass, Mamie Trager, George Nashen, Mildred Leiter and Sam Levy. Missing Jack Sibales. Janice Arnold photo Continued FROM PREVIOUS page “They pleaded with the administration to let them stay in school. Some even paid the fee themselves, even though teachers were not paid very well,” she said. Wolkove remembered the kindness of gym teacher W.E. Jones, who used to come in on Saturday mornings to super- vise badminton games, lending the kids rackets they could not afford to own. “He used to joke: ‘You should be in synagogue. I’m a better Jew than you.’ We 23 would ask why, and he would say, ‘Look at my initials, turn them around and they spell ‘Jew.’” Service during World War II – many of the ’39 class went into the air force because it was perceived as the elite branch – opened up opportunity for the boys that they might not otherwise have. Like Levy, who became a biochemist, they took advantage of their veterans benefits and went to university. The class produced a high proportion of doctors, lawyers, professors and accountants. “It’s a wonder what our class accomplished,” Nashen said. “We are really distinct.” Two class members were killed while serving: Bob Berger and Joe Gertel. A few, including Sibales, whose plane went down in Germany were prisoners of war. Levy is the class archivist. He has been collecting a “ton” of photos and documents over the years about his class and others at Baron Byng. This material is being considered for a “virtual” museum celebrating Baron Byng, which was in existence from 1921-81, a project being undertaken by George Sand and other graduates. Interviews with the ’39 classmates are also being conducted for the project, whose completion date is not yet known.n 24 Opinion M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 guest voice Norma, I love you, but you’re wrong Women of the Wall’s Kotel compromise isn’t a sellout, founder tells CJN columnist Anat Hoffman N orma Joseph and I are now at odds over Women of the Wall’s (WOW) current dialogue with the government of Israel. We are sisters in a struggle of 26 years for women’s equality and freedom of religious expression in Judaism’s’ holiest site. Norma was one of the founding members of our group in 1988 in Jerusalem, and we always remember that we began our long march following in the footsteps of her Canadian feet. Now, in her CJN column of Oct. 15, “On Compromising,” she accuses me of “selling out” and of negotiating away, mindlessly, the legal right of women to pray openly in the women’s section of the Western Wall. She eloquently describes the parameters of a reasonable compromise, only to point out that the current board of WOW misguidedly gave away everything and received nothing in return. Unfortunately, she has her facts wrong. Women of the Wall was not “vindicated,” as she said, by the Supreme Court of We are gradually moving toward an agreed solution we can all live with. Anat Hoffman at the Kotel FLash90 PHOTO Israel. The judges did not “pronounce in our favour.” To the contrary, the verdict was an order to the state to provide us with an alternative site so that we can be moved from the women’s section to another less controversial location. The government made an attempt to build us an alternate site and spent 4.8 million shekels ($1.4 million) on the project. In her article, she emphasized that “we received another major decision in our favour from the district court in Jerusalem.” She said the court said “everything we seek is legal and in adherence to the custom of the place – minhag hamakom.” I really wish that all these legal victories she described were true. Here is what the district court really said. Judge Moshe Sobel ruled that as long as the government has not given the rabbi in charge of the Wall the legal authority to declare what is local custom at there, he is not authorized to determine whether or not our prayer service is in accordance with the desired custom at the Wall. But this opened the door for the government to grant the rabbi that authority if two ministers simply sign a decree granting him to determine local custom. This signing can take five minutes. The two ministers needed for this are the minister of justice, Tzipi Livni, and the minister of religious affairs, Naftali Bennett. Bennett was more than eager to grant the rabbi full and total authority. The only thing that stood in his way was the strong and resolute stance of Livni. The minister of justice refused to co-sign. We applaud her strength every day. However, based on political realities, we cannot expect her to be there for us indefinitely. We believe that we are leading a historic revolution in the Jewish world. Building on what you started, Norma, we are leading the way to tolerance and pluralism. We are no longer a tiny group. We are at the epicentre of a powerful coalition that demands and expects radical change. Our coalition is unique and rare, representing millions of Jews. We are joined by the leaders of the North American and Israeli Reform and Conservative movements, the leader of the North American federations and Natan Sharansky, the one who originally envisioned the potential for a settlement. Across the table sits the prime minister of Israel and the cabinet secretary and an army of legal advisers. They represent the chief rabbis, the minister of religious affairs and the rabbi who runs the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. We are gradually moving toward an agreed solution we can all live with. WOW will not leave the women’s section until the last of our demands is implemented in full at the new site, which is on holy ground. All of our partners agreed to this important clause We are not compromising and moving to “the back of the bus.” We are constructing a whole new bus. Norma, we do this as we stand on your shoulders. I invite you to take part in this historic opportunity that you helped create with your passion and your dedication. “Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren” (Genesis 13:8). n Anat Hoffman is the chair of Women of the Wall and executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center. THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M 25 Ottawa Limmud draws 250 for day of Jewish learning Diane Koven Ottawa Correspondent This city’s second Limmud festival, a full day of Jewish learning, culture and creativity, attracted an audience as diverse as the topics on the day’s schedule. More than 250 participants came to the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (SJCC) for the Nov. 2 event, which was like no other in the community. For one thing, the entire program was organized and executed by volunteers. Jenny Roberge, chair of the organizing committee of 10, said: “We are really out of the box. We have no hierarchy.” Planning began with a group of people on an education committee at Congregation Beth Shalom and evolved into what is now a program affiliated with Limmud International. The umbrella organization, which started 30 years ago in the United Kingdom, organizes a week-long yearly event attracting 20,000 people from around the world. For the past few years, there have been smaller versions of the program in Canada. “We put out a call for presenters,” said Roberge. “You name a topic, we will research it and find a Jewish perspective. It is all across the board.” University professors, doctors, lawyers, clergy, librarians, scientists, authors, artists and musicians and experts of all kinds volunteered their time to present such diverse topics as “What does Classical Jewish Text say about Climate Change?” and “Extraordinary Sexual Intimacy: Which Way to Transcendence?” A group of local Jewish artists exhibited their work as well. Though the event is run by volunteers, the community support has been very strong and includes the SJCC, the Ottawa Vaad Hakashrut, Hillel Ottawa, Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. The Vered Israel Cultural and Educational Program and the Israeli Embassy assisted and, with the help of a special grant from the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University, the innovative, Jerusalem-based musical group Tafillalt made its premiere appearance in Canada. The group gave a master class during the day and performed an evening concert at Carleton University as the festival’s closing event.n CJN Mazel Tov Getting married? Celebrating a special birthday or anniversary? Just had a Bar or Bat Mitzvah? SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!! Upload your digital photo along with your maximum 25 word description to: www.cjnews.com click on the Family Moments banner. 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Label the back of all photos and enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return. Programs take place in Florida at locations in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. For details: cummingscentre.org/florida Learn. Share. Do. 26 News M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Hamilton art gallery returns Nazi-looted painting Abigail Cukier Special to the CJN, HAMILTON, ONT. A family’s decades-long search for a Nazi-looted painting has ended at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Portrait of a Lady, by Dutch 17th-century artist Johannes Verspronck, was stolen in 1940, along with other possessions of Alma Bertha Salomonsohn, who had left Germany for London in 1939 and put her belongings in a container to be shipped to her. After it was stolen, Salomonsohn tried to lay claim to the portrait, but was unsuccessful. It was sold at auction in Hamburg in 1941, with the proceeds going to the tax office in Berlin-Brandenburg. Salomonsohn’s husband Arthur Salomonsohn, chair of the board of the Deutsche Bank, who died in 1930, had assembled an important art collection. Salomonsohn, who changed her name to Solmssen after immigrating to the United States in 1948, began a search for her husband’s paintings. After she died in 1961, her family continued the search. “The record went blank until 1987,” said Benedict Leca, the AGH’s director of cur- atorial affairs. Portrait of a Lady has been part of the AGH’s collection since 1987, when the gallery’s volunteer committee purchased it for $58,000 at a Sotheby’s sale of important Old Master paintings in New York, unaware it had been stolen during World War II. The Solmssens retained a Berlin law firm that specializes in the restitution of Nazi-confiscated works. In 2003, the law firm notified the AGH that it believed Portrait of a Lady had been stolen. More than 10 years of negotiations and research followed to prove the painting’s provenance until the gallery decided earlier this year that it belonged with the Solmssens. When Leca joined the gallery in May 2012, this was the first file handed to him. He has spent hours researching the painting’s story. “I found it was on the sought works database [www.lootedart.com]. There is a bill of sale from 1909 from the gallery where the portrait was purchased. There are documents in Germany showing the Gestapo had taken Alma’s possessions,” Leca said. “The database of sought works is relatively new and was not around when Portrait of a Lady by Johannes Verspronck the AGH purchased the painting. The Art Gallery of Hamilton bought it in good faith.” Leca said that in these situations, galleries have to allow for certain gaps in documentation due to the circumstances of the war. “You have to take people at their word. But as stewards of the civic collection of Hamilton, we can’t be just giving stuff back without checking. The overarching evidence shows the painting belonged to this family, and the Gestapo and the evildoers got it.” The gallery has agreed to return the portrait to Sarah Solmssen, Alma’s greatgranddaughter-in-law, who represents Alma’s heirs. “We are grateful to the Art Gallery of Hamilton for its decision. Portrait of a Lady hung in Omi’s [Alma’s] bedroom in Berlin and we are happy for its return. We are sad only that Omi [Alma] did not live to see her painting again,” Solmssen said in a statement. Last month, Sarah and her husband Peter Solmssen came to Hamilton to view the painting. They advised the gallery that it could remain there until April 26, 2015, when AGH’s Art for a Century: 100 for the 100th centenary exhibition closes. “It’s a story of displacement and wrongdoing,” Leca said. “But it’s also the story of the dogged pursuit of one woman. She kept pushing and looking and then her descendants pushed and looked. This is a sad story but with a happy ending.” n Mount Royal riding is ‘up for grabs’ in next election Continued from page 13 Analyses of the polls indicated that the majority of Jewish voters had gone Tory. Which party was the stronger supporter of Israel was a dominant theme in that campaign within the Jewish constituency and the Harper-led Conservatives easily won that debate, even though Cotler, now 74, has devoted his life to the defence of Israel and the Jewish people. But Mount Royal has been Liberal for 75 years, and it was the riding represented by Pierre Elliott Trudeau for almost 20 of those. His son, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, is likely putting considerable personal effort into seeing that that does not change. The Mount Royal Conservatives have not announced their nomination meeting. Gary Shapiro, who heads the nominations committee, expects it to be held early in the new year. At this point there are two contenders. As with the Liberals, both are interesting and well qualified. Robert Libman, 54, is a former Côte St. Luc mayor and Montreal executive committee member, and an architect by profession. Beryl Wajsman, 60, is editor of The Suburban and a lawyer by training. Both have long histories in political and social activism. Libman has made Israel a centrepiece of his campaign, saying that Jews should show their appreciation to Harper by voting Conservative, while Wajsman has played his strengths in the broader community, citing his work on behalf of diverse issues and the regard he believes he has earned in different communities. Libman is remembered as the cofounder and leader of the Anglo-rights protest party, the Equality Party, which upset another Liberal stronghold, D’Arcy McGee, in 1989. He has been a political analyst in the media since leaving politics, offering his characteristically sober opinion. The more flamboyant Wajsman has the advantage of having his views published every week, as well as the financial support of the wealthy Sochaczevski family who owns the Suburban. Rumours are swirling that a “star” candidate is being considered by the Conservatives for Mount Royal. “They are nothing more than that – rumours,” said Shapiro, but he does allow that the field may not be complete yet. “There are others who have not announced, a couple of people have shown an interest,” he said. “The riding is really up for grabs. It’s one Côte St. Luc Mayor Anthony Housefather of the most watched races in the country.” Steven Pinkus, a former Liberal party vice-president in his 50s, agreed this is the “most fascinating race in my adult life. I’ve never seen anything like this.” All four nomination hopefuls, whom he has each known for decades, are capable people, who bring different strengths to the table, and whatever pair emerges in the election campaign as the main opponents will provide great political theatre, he thinks. Another interesting race is shaping up in Pierrefonds-Dollard, which all three major parties are vigorously contesting. Although the Jewish population there is about 15 per cent, its vote could be decisive in a close match. That West Island riding is currently held by New Democrat Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe, who upset the Liberals’ 18-year grip in the unprecedented NDP surge in Quebec in 2011. Pierrefonds-Dollard was represented from 1988-93 by Progressive Conservative Gerry Wiener, who had been MP for the former Dollard riding from 1984-88. Local businessman Valérie Assouline, 45, who is Jewish, won the Conservative nomination last month. Wiener, a Mulroney cabinet minister, was among those who endorsed her. She ran unsuccessfully for the Coalition Avenir Québec in last spring’s provincial election. There are four aspirants for the Liberal nomination, which will be decided on Nov. 18. One of them is Brigitte Garceau, a lawyer with Robinson Sheppard Shapiro, who has close ties with the Jewish community. Although Cotler has not indicated any preference in the Mount Royal nomination process, he has endorsed Garceau, according to her website. n THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 News M 27 Alleged shul bomber asks Supreme Court to hear case Simon Wiesenthal Center urges Canada to extradite him ‘without further delay’ PAUL LUNGEN [email protected] A Lebanese-born professor living in Ottawa is playing his last legal card in a bid to avoid extradition to France to face allegations that he bombed a Paris synagogue in 1980, killing four people and wounding 40. Hassan Diab is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to consider his appeal of a decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal that would allow his extradition to France on the bombing charges. Diab, a dual Lebanese and Canadian citizen, says his case raises a number of important issues of national importance. Turning him over to a jurisdiction that relies on intelligence evidence that cannot be adequately tested violates his Charter protections, he claims. There is no automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court. The court has the discretion to accept or reject applications requesting an appeal. In its reply to Diab’s court filings, federal authorities argue that the case “raises no issue of public importance.” Diab, 60, is accused by French officials of being part of a 1980 bombing plot by Palestinian terrorists in which a bomb was left in a motorcycle outside the Union Libérale Israélite de France on rue Copernic. The attack took place on the eve of Simchat Torah. According to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s European office, the rue Copernic bombing launched “two years of anti-Semitic terrorism – 79 shootings and bombings of Jewish targets across Western Europe, of which 29 [were] in France. This wave of atrocity ended with a machine-gun spree in the rue des Rosiers, Paris Jewish quarter, in August 1982, leaving nine dead.” In a letter to Justice Minister Peter Mackay, Shimon Samuels of the Wiesenthal Center’s European office called on Canada to extradite Diab “without further delay.” “The trial of Hassan Diab will grant to many an end to their mourning. It will also set before a new generation the lessons of a dark period in order to confront a new wave of resurgent anti-Semitism and indiscriminate terrorist violence,” he states. French authorities say Diab is tied to the attack through fingerprint evidence, his passport, his membership in a Palestinian terrorist group, eyewitness evidence, as well as the analysis by a handwriting expert comparing Diab’s writing to handwriting on a hotel registration card filled out by the bomber. Diab denies the allegations. In a statement on the “Justice for Hassan Diab” website, he said, “I neither participated in nor had any knowledge of this heinous crime. I have always opposed anti-Semitism, discrimination and violence. I am innocent of the accusations against me.” Nevertheless, in 2011, an extradition judge upheld a French request for Diab’s transfer to their jurisdiction. In May 2014 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld that decision. In responding to Diab’s allegation that the intelligence evidence against him cannot properly be evaluated, the federal brief to the Supreme Court stated, “Surrender should only be refused owing to trial fairness concerns if it is demonstrated that the criminal laws or procedures in the requesting state shock the Canadian conscience.” Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), commended the federal government for responding to France’s extradition request. CARIBBEAN CRUISES BAHAMAS YESHIVA WEEK & PESACH 15% YESHIVA WEEK JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL Jan. 18-25, 2015 Royal Caribbean: Allure of the Seas CHANUKKAH CRUISE Dec. 21-27, 2014 Norwegian: Epic OFF JAN.18-25, 2015 EXPIRES DEC. 4 PGA PESACH RESORT - Limited Space! KOSHERICA Luxury Travel Collection Hassan Diab youtube screenshot “Our hope and expectation is that the Supreme Court of Canada will not grant leave [to appeal], because there are no new issues of law for them to determine here,” Fogel said. “There is no question of Diab not getting a fair trial in France,” he added. “I can’t imagine a basis in which they’d grant an appeal.” Whether Diab is convicted is another matter. It will be up to a French court to weigh the evidence and determine whether under French law he should be convicted, he noted. n Rated AAA Four Diamond Award - Breathtaking beachfront resort MIAMI BEACH PESACH 2015 #1 Overall Ski Resort in the world Whistler, British Columbia PESACH 2015 Kosherica - 305.695.2700 - 877.724.5567 - kosherica.com 28 Food M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Chili for chilly days Rivka Tal Special to The CJN W hat is chili? A spicy bean dish becomes “chili” when we add a strong (or subtle) combination of seasonings with that Tex-Mex touch. Chili peppers, fresh or dried, of course, and usually tomatoes. Garlic, onions, cumin… you get the picture. There’s chili con carne (chili with meat, the classic) and there’s vegetarian chili. Here are two chili recipes without meat and one classic one for chili con carne. Any one of them will warm up a blustery day. Cabbage Chili o 1 cup dried kidney beans o 1 medium head green cabbage o 1 medium onion, chopped o 1/2 tsp. salt o 1 tsp. hot paprika o 1/2 tsp. ground cumin o 1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes Sort and rinse kidney beans. Place in a large saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Boil, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Drain and add fresh water to cover beans. Partially cover and simmer for 1-1½ hours or until tender. Drain and set aside. Preheat oven to 400. Remove outer leaves of cabbage. Wash and cut into wedges; pat dry. Chop cabbage finely. Combine beans, cabbage and all other ingredients in a lightly-greased ovenproof baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes. May also be cooked in a microwave oven, on full power, for 15 minutes. Makes 8 servings. Pumpkin-Chard Chile Verde o 1 1/2 cup dried kidney beans o 1 bunch Swiss chard o 1 1/2 tsp. canola oil o 1 1/2 lb. fresh edible pumpkin, peeled and cut into julienne strips o 1 large onion, diced o 4 cloves garlic, minced o 1/2 tsp. salt o 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper o 1 tsp. ground cumin o 1 tsp. oregano o 1 tsp. cayenne pepper o 3 1/2 oz. tomato paste Soak kidney beans in cold water to cover overnight. Alternately, place in a large bowl and pour boiling water over to cover, and then soak for three hours. Sort, rinse and drain. Cook in boiling water for about one hour until almost tender. Drain and set aside. Rinse and dry Swiss chard. Cut leaves and stems into 2-inch pieces. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onions and garlic. Stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Add chard and pumpkin and continue to stir fry for 4-5 minutes. Add kidney beans, seasonings and water to cover. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for approximately 20 minutes, or until beans and pumpkin are thoroughly cooked. Do not overcook. Stir in tomato paste and heat through. Serve immediately. Note: You may substitute butternut or any other winter squash for the pumpkin, but the pumpkin lends beautiful colour. Makes 8 servings. Chili Con Carne You can adjust the seasoning to your liking. o 2 tbsp. canola oil o 2 yellow onions, finely chopped o 2 tsp. hot pepper flakes o 1 tbsp. ground cumin o 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper o 4 large garlic cloves, minced o 2 lb. ground beef (preferably lean) o 2 (15-oz.) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed o 1 (28-oz.) can whole stewed tomatoes o 1 (28-oz.) can tomato puree salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat the oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, hot pepper flakes, cumin and cayenne pepper, stirring constantly until the onions have softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds. Add beef and increase the heat to medium high. Cook, breaking up the beef with until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Stir in the beans, stewed tomatoes and tomato puree. Bring to a light boil and then cover, reduce heat to barely a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Uncover and continue to simmer for an additional 45 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste before serving. Makes 8 servings. n THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 29 M INTERNATIONAL Commentary A third intifadah? David Berlin I n September 2000, a defiant Ariel Sharon marched up to the Temple Mount, accompanied by an army of bodyguards. This action, with which Sharon launched his political campaign, was followed by the second intifadah, which lasted four years. Eleven hundred Israelis, including many whose only sin was to be on the wrong bus at the wrong time, got limbs torn from limbs even before they were allowed to give up their ghost. At the intifada’s most virulent, it became impossible to stop attacks inside Israel, and several senior Israel Defence Forces officers were at their wits’ end. High-ranking officers contemplated resignation, not out of weariness, but because they believed themselves incapable of doing the job for which they were hired. The state and the people of Israel, these officer said, could not be defended against human bombs whose rage and fantasies of the hereafter were so vivid as to make their own lives seem worthless. That all happened less than a decade ago. But, somehow (and it boggles my mind to understand just how), memory of those horrors have faded to such an extent that at least a dozen Israeli religious and political leaders are once again tempting fate by calling on Jews to assert their right to pray on the Temple Mount, which houses Haram Al Sharif, Islam’s third-holiest site. Will this lead to a third intifadah? On Sunday, I drove to Jerusalem where the director general of Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yosef Kupperwasser was scheduled to address this question. The trip was more difficult than I expected. Shu’afat Street in Jerusalem was blocked off by a police wagon and by a handful of the more than 3,000 extra police forces recently deployed in the Jerusalem area. Force met force. The Child Development Center at the corner of Shu’afat and Maari streets was closed, and the young Palestinian workers poured out to face the police. From where my car was stopped, I could see the remains of a train station that was burned to the ground by Palestinians who believe the light rail system that runs through Arab neighbourhoods is no less than Israel’s latest move to annex all of Jerusalem. To the wall of an adjacent building was affixed a huge poster-size photograph of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, the 16-yearold Arab lad who was bludgeoned and burned alive by young Israeli hoodlums seeking revenge for the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish youths. Most probably, the Israeli authorities had already fined those responsible for the unlawfully displayed poster. Most probably, the poster had been removed, replaced by a second and then a third. A recently passed law allowing Israeli police to levy heavy fines and prison terms on Palestinians who throw stones, abuse police or nail unlawful posters to walls is being enforced everywhere in Israel. When my car was finally waved through, I found myself driving past several more burned down train stops, past the station on Shimon Hatzadik Street – where Ibrahim Al-Akri had recently plowed through an intersection killing two Israelis, including the 17-yearold grandson of Rabbi Shimon Badani, a member of the Shas Party Council of Torah Sages. Speaking at the young Badani’s funeral, Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reiterated the Jewish prohibition against prayer on the Temple Mount. Rabbi Yosef then lashed out at colleagues – Rabbi Nahum Rabinowitz, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Haim Druckman – for encouraging yeshiva students to ignore both the religious prohibition and the Israeli law that expressly forbids Jews from praying on the Temple Mount. “This is the place to call on the esteemed public to stop this incitement,” Rabbi Yosef said. “From here, a call is heard forbidding any Jew from going up to the Temple Mount. Stop this… so that the blood of the people of Israel may stop being spilled.” But Kupperwasser did not blame the rabbis. On the contrary, during the first 20 minutes of his talk, the chief of strategic affairs showed clips of Hamas leaders and Fatah members of Parliament, including the infamous Jibril Rajub, clearly inciting their people against the Jews. The clips are chilling. “Do you have a car, Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in 2000, top, was followed by the second intifadah. Clashes between Palestinians and police on Nov. 2 followed the closing of the Al Aqsa Mosque. file photo/ Flash 90. a kitchen knife?” one Hamasnik asks. “If so, use it against those Jews who seek to defile our holy sites.” “The message I want to send,” Kupperwasser told a room filled with reporters who had heard it all a thousand times before, “is that the current Palestinian violence against the Jewish state is well planned, racist, undertaken deliberately.” Will this lead to a third intifadah? Kupperwasser said it was too early to tell. n David Berlin is the founding editor of The Walrus magazine. 30 International M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 OPINION Inshallah, there should be peace in Jerusalem Yair Lootsteen I see “A” several times a week. He cleans the stairwell and public areas of my apartment building in Jerusalem. He does the same in several other buildings in my neighbourhood, usually bringing two sons along with him. They’re in their late teens, early 20s. I see them working when I’m out walking my dog. “A” and his sons are Arabs, Muslims, from Silwan, an area just south of the Old City in east Jerusalem. He’s a nice enough fellow, and when opportunity allows, we exchange niceties and sometimes a bit more. In Hebrew of course – his Hebrew is good, and my Arabic is basically non-existent. I ask him about his take on things: Jews and Arabs, Fatah and Hamas. It’s not often I get to speak to Arabs. In the “forever united” Jerusalem, I dare say most Jews couldn’t name more than one or two Arab neighbourhoods in the city, let alone speak civilly to one of their residents. In late October, Abdelrachman Al-Shaludi, a resident of Silwan, ran over a group of Jewish commuters at a crowded light-rail station in the northern part of the city, killing three-month old Chaya Zissel Braun, and Karen Yemima Muscara, a 20-something citizen of Ecuador who had come to Israel to convert to Judaism. He injured seven other people. Security camera footage of the incident seems to portray an intentional act of barbarism. Al-Shaludi tried to escape the scene, but was shot and killed by a passerby. Riots began in his neighbourhood. He was declared a shahid – a martyr. Relatives claimed it was a traffic accident, that Al-Shaludi had no motive. I met “A” a day or two later and asked him how anyone could justify killing a three-month old infant. He said you The Miracle of Chanukah Is there a miracle in your life you want to share with our readers for our Chanukah supplement? can’t and that declaring Al-Shaludi, who knew nothing of Islam, a shahid, was plainly wrong. We spoke of the violence that’s been sweeping across east Jerusalem for the past several months. This time things seem different. During the two intifadahs, Israel prided itself in the fact Jerusalem’s Arabs didn’t join the fray. Now they seem to be leading it. “A” has six kids. He leaves home early each morning and returns late every night. It’s the only way to support his family. He tells me I spend more time with my dog than he does with his children. That you can’t compare the level of services, schools, parks, cleanliness, development in east and west Jerusalem. That classrooms are packed and kids have nothing to do after school, and their dads aren’t around to control them. Police and border patrols are coming into Silwan more than they used to, and even more since Jews started buying up property in the neighbourhood and Israeli families – “settlers” he calls them – have moved in. And “A” is a devout Muslim. Fridays he likes to pray on what we call the Temple Mount and he calls Haram al-Sharif. But for several weeks, he hasn’t been able to do so. He’s 47, and the complex has been declared out of bounds for men under 50. It upsets him, but he takes it in stride and prays elsewhere. For many others, especially younger men, it’s a much bigger issue. I ask him if there’s a solution. He can’t really see one and isn’t very optimistic. We parted. I went to a meeting. He continued mopping. We wished each other that God willing – inshallah – things would calm down. I love my Jerusalem and that my kids are proud Jerusalemites who can’t see themselves living anywhere else, at least for now. “A” and his family aren’t going anywhere soon, either. Let’s hope for the wisdom and creativity needed to make this wonderful city a place for all of us to live happily and in peace. Inshallah! n Congratulations! In honour of your marriage, The Canadian Jewish News is pleased to present you with a 6 month subscription. Send us your story in less than 500 words with a picture for consideration by Nov. 14 noon to: [email protected] Use Chanukah Submission in the subject heading Please fill in the requested information and mail to PO Box 1324 Stn K Toronto, ON M4P 3J4 or fax to 450-445-6656 Name ___________________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________________ City_____________________Province___________ Postal Code________________ Phone number ___________________________________________________________ Email ____________________________________________________________________ Doc key: W14FXCJN THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 International M 31 U.S. Supreme Court judges talk Jewish at GA opening JTA OXON HILL, Md. U.S. Supreme Court justices Stephen Breyer and Elana Kagan talked about their Jewish identities at the opening plenary of the 2014 General Assembly conference of the Jewish Federations of North America. Speaking before a crowd of more than 2,000 people at a conference centre just outside Washington, D.C., Breyer said the most remarkable thing about there being three Jews among the nine Supreme Court justices is how unremarkable it is in America today. Kagan, the other justice on the panel discussion moderated by NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg, said her Jewish identity was the one thing that didn’t come up during her confirmation process. “The one thing nobody ever said, the one thing I never heard was, ‘We don’t need a third Jewish justice,’ or ‘There’s a problem with that,’” she said. “So that’s a wonderful thing. My grandmother would have said ‘Only in America.’” Kagan also talked about her bat mitzvah, crediting Rabbi Shlomo Riskin – then of the Lincoln Square Synagogue on Man- hattan’s Upper West Side (and now rabbi in Efrat, West Bank), with enabling the ceremony, even though that sort of thing was not done in Orthodox synagogues when Kagan was a kid. The bat mitzvah wasn’t exactly identical to her brother’s, Kagan said – it was called a bat Torah, took place on Friday night rather than Saturday and had her chanting the Haftorah portion rather than the Torah portion – but it was meaningful and groundbreaking nonetheless. “We reached a kind of deal: it wasn’t a full bar mitzvah, but it was something,” she said. “Rabbi Riskin was very gracious, and I think it was good for the synagogue.” Breyer said the great divisions of the world today are between those who believe in the rule of law and those who don’t. “And that is a battle, and we’re on the right side of that,” he said. The theme of this year’s General Assembly was “The world is our backyard,” and scheduled speakers included U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and, via satellite, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This year’s GA will remind us of why federation is relevant and critical,” GA cochair Howard Friedman said. n Obama manages expectations on Iran JTA Washington D.C. U.S. President Barack Obama tamped down expectations about brokering a nuclear deal with Iran before the upcoming deadline. “There’s still a big gap,” Obama told Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer on Sunday on the 60th-anniversary broadcast of the CBS program. “We may not be able to get there.” Nov. 24 is the deadline for a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers. American negotiators in recent weeks have sounded more optimistic about achieving an agreement. Obama said there have been “significant negotiations.” Israel rejects any deal that allows Iran to continue enriching uranium at even minimal levels, which it is believed that a nuclear deal with Iran will include. Israel believes any enrichment capacity leaves Iran as a nuclear threshold state. Meanwhile, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted Sunday on his official Twitter account a plan to eliminate Israel, or what he called the “fake Zionist regime.” “The elimination of Israel does not mean the massacre of the Jewish people in the region,” he said. The plan, which Khamenei believes will be palatable to the international community, calls for a referendum by “all the original people of Palestine including Muslims, Christians and Jews wherever they are.”n 32 International M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Netanyahu blames Hamas, IS, for riots MARISSA NEWMAN AND STUART WINER Jerusalem Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Nov. 9 that the Israeli authorities would act forcefully against Arab-Israeli protesters who are “calling for the destruction of the State of Israel.” The riots that have been sparked in Arab-Israeli towns in the Galilee last weekend are being instigated by Hamas, the Islamic Movement and the Palestinian Authority, he added. “Israel is a nation of law. Whoever violates the law will be punished severely. We will not tolerate disturbances and riots. We will take determined action against those who throw stones, firebombs and fireworks, and block roads, and against demonstrations that call for our destruction,” Netanyahu told ministers at last Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “We are not prepared to tolerate more demonstrations in the heart of our cities in which Hamas or Islamic State flags are waved and calls are made to redeem Palestine with blood and fire – calling in effect for the destruction of the State of Israel. “I have instructed the interior minister to use all means, including evaluating the possibility of revoking the citizenship of those who call for the destruction of the State of Israel,” he added. The prime minister said it was the government’s responsibility to defend the Jewish historical connection to the land of Israel, which he said Palestinian leaders negated. “Standing behind this incitement are, first of all, the various Islamic movements: Hamas and the Islamic Movement in Israel. In the forefront, at least vis-a-vis the agitation on the Temple Mount, are the Mourabitoun and the Mourabiat – move- Riots broke out in many Arab towns in northern Israel last week after the shooting of a 22-year-old Arab Israeli. Israel sun photos ments engaged in incitement and which are financed by funds from extremist Islam,” he said. “I have instructed that they be outlawed.” Netanyahu continued with a strident criticism of Palestinian leaders. “But also standing behind this incitement is the Palestinian Authority and its leader, Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas]. The website of their official body, Fatah, explains that the Jewish people were, in effect, never here, that the Temple was never here, that David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah and the kings and prophets of Israel are all fiction. This is nothing less than a clear attempt to distort not only the modern truth, but also the historical truth. Against these distortions and these gross lies, we must tell the truth to our people and to the world,” he said. Netanyahu also addressed the call by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khameini, for the “annihilation” of Israel, as well as a report that the Iranians may have violated the terms of the interim nuclear deal. The international community “faces a simple choice – to surrender to Iran’s demands in a deal that’s dangerous not only for Israel, but for the entire world, or to demand that Iran dismantle its capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon,” he said. “Israel will not agree to a deal that leaves Iran as a nuclear threshold state – it is a danger to us all.” The prime minister’s remarks came amid a fresh wave of riots in the capital and northern Israel, as many Arab Israelis took to the streets to protest what they said was the unjustified killing of 22-yearold Kafr Kanna resident Kheir Hamdan by police last weekend. Finance Minister Yair Lapid also addressed the riots in the cabinet meeting, urging the government to take a more proactive role in calming tensions. “Ministers, members of the government and Knesset members need to engage in putting out flames, not fanning them. We have to continue living here together, and Israeli police must continue to operate within the Arab sector. The fact that politicians are using this incident to gain political capital shows a lack of national responsibility,” Lapid said in a statement. Overnight last Sunday, Israeli Arabs removed an Israeli flag from a police station near Misgav in the north, Army Radio reported, replacing it with a Palestinian flag. Police officers removed the Palestinian banner and raised the Israeli flag over the station a short while later and launched an investigation into the incident. Riots near the northern Arab town of Taibe forced the closure of Route 444 on the morning of Nov. 9 until police arrived to disperse the crowds. Protesters burned tires and police arrested an 18-year-old suspected of involvement in the disturbances as police officers brought the riot to an end. The road was reopened a short while later. In a separate incident, a swastika symbol was spray-painted on a bus stop at a junction in the northern Arab town of Fureidis, near Haifa. Thousands of Arab protesters massed along the main street of Kafr Kanna, protesting Hamdan’s death. The town mayor called the incident “murder in cold blood.” Arab Israeli umbrella groups called a general strike on Sunday in protest of the shooting, and Israel Radio reported that further demonstrations were expected. In line with the strike, many Arab schools and colleges were shuttered. Businesses closed en masse in several Arab towns. Partial closures were also evident in other towns. In the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Acre, most Arab businesses opened normally. n Times of Israel Timesofisrael.com Chief rabbi tells Jews to stay away from Temple Mount JTA JERUSALEM An Israeli chief rabbi urged Jews to stay away from the Temple Mount in order to prevent bloodshed. Yitzhak Yosef, Israel’s chief Sephardi rabbi, made the call during the funeral last Friday of Shalom Ba’adani, 17, who died that morning in hospital from wounds he sustained on Nov. 5 when a Palestinian terrorist hit him and 12 others with his car. Ba’adani was the second fatality from that attack, which also claimed the life of an Israel Border Guard soldier. The terrorist, Ibrahim abu-Achari, was shot dead by other Border Guard officers. “This is the place to call on the esteemed public to stop this incitement, from here a call is heard, forbidding any Jews from going up to the Temple Mount. From here a call is heard to stop this so that the blood of the People of Israel may stop being spilled,” Rabbi Yosef said. Members of the Jewish Home Party criticized Rabbi Yosef for calling to Jews to stay away from the Temple Mount and disputed his assertion that it led to bloodshed. Naftali Bennett, the party’s leader and Israel’s economy minister, wrote on Facebook: “Honorable Chief Rabbi, Jewish blood was spilled because Arabs murdered them.” Orit Struck, a lawmaker for the party, called the rabbi’s remarks “unfortunate,” “I protest the blaming of Jews for the incitement and murder committed by Arab terrorists,” she said. Israeli authorities limit Jewish worship on the mount, the holiest site in Judaism. The site is considered the third holiest in Islam. In recent weeks, Jerusalem has seen an increase in violence by Palestinians, prompting police to double its presence in the Old City of Jerusalem to 3,000 officers. Ba’adani was the grandson of Shimon Ba’adani, a senior member of the Shas movement of Sephardic Orthodox Jews. The Palestinian driver who killed him plowed into a light rail stop in Jerusalem, killing an Israel Border Police officer on the spot. n Approved by: .............................................................................................. THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 33 M Multicultural theatre examines Holocaust with Corpus Arts Scene by Heather Solomon Rahul Varma, co-founder and artistic director of Teesri Duniya Theatre, is convinced that humanity is capable of not repeating the horrors of history. “If we truly understood the Armenian genocide, then there would have been no Jewish Holocaust, and then if we understood the Holocaust, there would have been no Rwandan genocide,” he says. “The way events in the world have unfolded, our common understanding is our only hope to prevent such atrocities.” He proved that storytelling and dialogue between opposing camps are a step forward when he staged Reading Hebron in 2000, bringing to a post-play discussion table both Israelis and Palestinians. “Dora Wasserman was among the audience members. She came and held my face in her hands and said, ‘How did you do that?’” The Indian-born Varma, a Montrealer since 1976, created Teesri Duniya Theatre (“Third World” in Hindustani) 33 years ago to give South Asians a voice. He then broadened its scope across multicultural lines. This will be exemplified by the production of young Canadian playwright Darrah Teitel’s Corpus Nov. 13 to 30 at MAI (Montréal arts interculturels), 3680 Jeanne Mance St., under the direction of Liz Valdez, who recently directed Gas Girls at the Segal Centre. Valdez believes it’s a play about “what it means to live with shame: people try to intellectualize it, forget it, deny it, everything but live with it.” She is referring to the shame of the oppressor and also the shame of survivor guilt. In Corpus, graduate student Megan scrabbles frantically for a thesis topic to cap her genocide studies, landing an idea through a German online contact who engages her affections. As she pursues her research in a chat room, time falls away and the story is brought to life onstage, telling of a Nazi officer’s wife who is in love with her tutor, a Jewish Sonderkommando whose job it is to dispose of corpses from the Auschwitz crematoria. He has been sent by her husband to teach her Polish. The account seems perfect for Megan’s Holocaust revisionist dissertation on the psychology of the perpetrators of genocide. Her angle is to prove whether Nazi supporters were shaped by events or biology, but she finds out, says Varma, that often these people lived a “dual life – one was real and the other was pretend, only to survive.” The play won the 2010 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Contest sponsored by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre in Toronto, after it was workshopped and staged in Calgary, Banff and by the Harold Green Jewish Theatre. Toronto-born Teitel graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada’s playwriting program in Montreal. She began writing Corpus after her friend, the grandchild of survivors, fled in tears while hearing a group of genocide scholars casually “comparing the numbers of people killed in mass graves in Rwanda and Cambodia to the Nazi Judeocide, and deciding what is or isn’t a genocide according to theoretical rules. “I thought here is a subject for a play, academic detachment and emotional response,” Teitel says. “What happens in the end teaches a lesson. Struggle as we might to make this [the Holocaust] OK, it’s not OK and we have to live with that knowledge.” “It’s a modern-day third generation’s perspective of this historical event,” says Varma, who for the last few years has been producing a series on genocide that includes his own play, State of Denial, to be remounted in 2015, revolving around the Rwandan and Armenian genocides. His research came from the Life Stories project (Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War, Genocide and other Human Rights Violations) co-initiated by Steven High at Concordia University to record oral histories and make them available for interdisciplinary inspiration. The cast of Corpus includes Susan Bain, Davide Chiazzese, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Ian Geldart, Melissa Paulson and Gilles Plouffe. Tickets are at 514-982-3386 or www.m-a-i.qc.ca/ billeterie/. Sunday matinees feature panel discussions. n Pharmacy V. Sumbly & S. Melki Phamacien 5462 Westminster Ave. 514-489-4909 Mr. Arnold Smith has joined our team Serving The Community For More than 50 years at The same location. 5881 Victoria Tel: 514-737-1153 Fax: 514-737-0524 Free delivery Livraison Gratuite Message to CJN Snowbirds Two travel options are available to you regarding your Canadian Jewish News 1. Instruct subscriber services to suspend delivery until you return to Canada which will extend your subscription. 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Ariel Danan est directeur-adjoint de la BibEn collaboration avec liothèque de l’Alliance israélite universelle et AIU et ALEPH-Centre d’Etudes Juives Con- Secrétaire général de la Commission frantemporaines çaise des Archives juives. 4 THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 So much more than all that jazz Lauren Kramer Special to The CJN Our jeep is stationary and I’m marvelling at the scenery when I feel someone nuzzling my back very gently. Turning slowly I find myself eye to eye with an adult zebra whose broad smile displays a set of large, yellow teeth. His message is clear: “Corn, please, ma’am!” This being the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, La., the zebra isn’t overstepping his boundaries in the slightest. He knows only too well that private jeep tours like ours are well stocked with one of his favourite treats – dried corn. I fill my plastic cup and pour corn directly into his gaping mouth, watching as my new friend guzzles the food in seconds. The largest free-roaming wildlife park in America, the Global Wildlife Center’s 900 acres are filled with 30 species of very tame herbivores and omnivores from all over the world. There are Somalian giraffes, Chinese Father David deer, South American rhea birds, African eland and zebra, Australian kangaroos, Indian black buck and at least 1,000 fallow deer. It’s the latter that all the other animals are eyeing wearily the day of our jeep tour. “It’s rutting season,” explains our guide, Paul. “This is a time when the fallow deer are mean to each other and to all the other animals, too!” The animals scamper toward the jeeps and wagon tours, conditioned to understand that visitor-filled vehicles mean free food handouts. Their proximity allows close encounters, with some animals feeding directly out of our hands and others opening their mouths gratefully as my daughter Sarah and I pour food inside. Trust me, nothing gets a kid off their iPod faster than the extended tongue of an African watusi cow with impressive horns and imploring eyes, or the sweet, kissing sensation of a 16-foot reticulated giraffe willingly scooping food from the palm of your hand. Sarah, 11, turns to me with shining eyes and a huge smile. “This is so cool,” she declares. We’d crossed the 39-kilometre causeway from New Orleans to St. Tammany Parish a few days earlier, intent on exploring Louisiana’s North Shore. With Lake Pontchartrain behind us we quickly learned that the nine communities that comprise the parish offer the warm friendliness of the south coupled with a great selection of outdoor, family friendly attractions – from giraffes to swamp monsters and beady-eyed alligators. We started out on the still waters of Cane Bayou in Lacombe, paddling past trees heavy with Spanish moss and turtles sunning lazily on upturned logs. Within minutes the traffic was far behind us and birdsong filled the air. With Fontainebleu State Park on one side of the bayou and a national wildlife refuge on the other, this is a landscape untouched by time, one as perfect today as it was 150 years ago. I had bare feet drifting overboard the kayak when our guide, Shannon Villemarette, owner of Bayou Adventure, pointed out a statuesque 10-foot alligator a few yards away. “Best to put your feet back in the boat,” she said, reeling in the shrimp bait that was dangling from a fishing line off the end of the kayak. I followed her advice, thinking there seemed little point attracting reptilian attention in a place this remote. Later that day, though, Captain John was determined to do just that. Our guide on the Honey Island Swamp had attached a white marshmallow to the end of a stick and was dangling it off the end of our boat. Within seconds we were in the company of an alligator – a small one, but a reptile whose larger relatives weren’t far away. “They think these are turtle eggs,” explained the Captain of the Pearl River Eco-Tour excursion, who was leading our group of 20. The brochure had tempted us with potential sightings of panther, wild boar, alligators, and perhaps even the elusive swamp monster. In no time at all the feral hogs showed up on the embankment, pushing each other out of the way to get as close to the boat as they could. It turned out they were avid marshmallow fans, too. “They’re a real problem right now,” says the captain, describing the speed at which the wild pigs reproduce – three times a year from the age of three months. The two-hour tour takes us deep into the swamp and we putter gently The Tammany Trace bike and hike trail winds 31 miles through the Northshore. through some of its narrow channels, examining the plant life. Bald cypress trees point their skinny knees out of the water while Spanish moss hangs like thick, ghostly white hair from their branches. The captain pulls closer to the bank to peer at unusually large tracks in the mud. “I have no idea who or what made these prints,” he says, shaking his head. “I’ve also been out here at night and heard sounds I can’t identify. I’m not saying it’s the swamp monster. I’m just saying, I don’t know.” If You Go: • Covington’s new boutique Southern Hotel is an elegant oasis of comfort in a 150-year-old building located in the heart of the city’s historic centre, Southernhotel.com; 985-871-5223 • Global Wildlife Center offers wagon tours (kids $11, adults $17) and private jeep tours at $35 per person. Globalwildlife.com; 985-796-3535 • Kayak rentals and guided bayou tours are offered at bayouadventure. com in Lacombe. Bayouadventure. com; 985- 882-9208. For swamp tours contact Pearl River Eco-Tours at pearlriverecotours.com; 985-892-0708 n Sarah Aginsky feeds the giraffes. lauren kramer photo THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 35 M About Town by Janice Arnold Thursday, Nov. 13 on vegetarianism “Demystifying Vegetarian Nutrition and Lifestyles” is Karen Messier’s topic at a Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors (CJCS) meeting at 96 Roger Pilon St., Dollard des Ormeaux, at 1 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., the CJCS West Island branch presents a show by hypnotist Ariel Sherker at the Hampton Inn and Suites. 514-624-5005, ext. 230. politics of the poor Frances Fox Piven, a political science professor at City University of New York and anti-poverty activist since the 1960s, speaks on “The Politics of the Poor in a Neo-Liberal World” at McGill University at 6 p.m. at the International Community Action Network (formerly the Middle East Peace Program). A panel discussion follows with members of ICAN’s team in Israel, Jordan and Palestinian Territories. Reservations, [email protected]. israeli artists Israeli performance artists Doron Polak and Michael Lazar, with Shalom Thomas Neuman of New York, give workshops in drawing, collage and narration from noon to 5 p.m. at the Joyce Yahouda Gallery, 372 Ste. Catherine St. W. Their exhibition Earth and Bodies, on until Nov. 15, explores the relationship between ourselves and the earth. Dead Sea mud is involved. info@ joyceyahoudagallery.com. Friday, Nov. 14 world without jews Prof. Alon Confino of Ben-Gurion University speaks on “A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide” at Concordia University’s McConnell building, Room 1014, under the auspices of the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, at 11 a.m. [email protected]. children’s shabbaton Free Hebrew for Juniors offers a Shabbaton for children aged 9-12 that includes meals and a trip to SkyTag, a trampoline park, on Saturday night. Reservations, 514735-2259, ext. 239. Free Hebrew runs Judaica classes for kids aged 5-12 on Sundays, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Friendship Circle, 4585 Bourret St. www.freehebrew.com. Adults’ shabbaton Chabad of the Town invites everyone to a Shabbaton with Rabbi Shais Taub, auth- or of God of Our Understanding. He covers such topics as “Emotional Sobriety” and “Does the Torah Believe in Romantic Love?” Children’s activities provided. Reservations, [email protected]. Saturday, Nov. 15 brazilian soiree Federation CJA’s YAD Montreal division hosts a Brazilian carnival themed gala at the Montreal Science Centre at 7:30 p.m. (for VIPs) and 9:30 p.m. (general admission). Organizers say a night of “glitz and glamour” – all for a good cause – can be expected. Reservations, Meghan Wein stein, 514-345-2645, ext. 3179. global anti-semitism Prof. Martin Kramer, president of Shalem College in Jerusalem, speaks at McGill University, Leacock building, on “Gaza=Auschwitz: Anti-Semitism by Analogy?” at 6 p.m., sponsored by the New York-based Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy. info@ isgap.org. jews of france Ariel Danan, secretary-general of the Commission française des Archives juives, speaks on “Les Juifs de France et l’État d’Israël 1948-1982” at the Jewish Public Library at 7:30 p.m. His book of the same title is launched that evening. Tickets, 514-345-2627, ext. 3017. Sunday, Nov. 16 Tuesday, Nov. 18 Learn with boteach Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of the bestselling Kosher Sex, is keynote speaker at the Global Day of Jewish Learning at Federation CJA’s Gelber Conference Centre 10 a.m.-4 p.m. He speaks at 11 a.m. on “Sexual Impropriety in the Bible.” Several other speakers address the day’s theme: “Heroes, Villains, Saints and Fools,” emphasizing the Jewish texts. Adrienne Sholzberg, 514-345-2645, ext. 3356. jews of north africa The film Histoire des Juifs d’Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale is presented at the Gelber Conference Centre at 7 p.m. by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre with l’Alliance Israélite Universelle Canada and others. mhmc.ca. ROMANIAN HOLOCAUST A commemoration of the Romanian Holocaust is held at Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem at 10 a.m. Over 270,000 Romanian Jews perished in Transnistria, yet it is little known. 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Tickets, 514-345-2627, ext. 3042. human rights in israel Rabbi Arik Ascherman, president of Rabbis for Human Rights, speaks on human rights issues in Israel at the Gelber Conference Centre at 7 p.m., sponsored by the Canadian Friends of Rabbis for Human Rights. [email protected]. Monday, Nov. 17 anxiety in kids Dr. Sonia Lupien, an expert on stress, gives a lecture on “Gen Angst: Are We Raising a Generation of Anxious Kids?” at Shaare Zion Congregation at 7:30 p.m., presented with Agence Ometz. Registration, www.ometz.ca/plcd. Changing of ICRF guard Jewish General Hospital oncologist Dr. Walter Gotlieb, left, succeeds colleague Dr. Gerald Batist as chair of the Israel Cancer Research Fund Montreal Scientific Advisory Board. They are seen with the organization’s new president, Jeffrey Bernstein, right. 36 M THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Chayei Sarah | Genesis 23:1 - 25:18 Rabbi Ilan Acoca explains why failure is necessary in order to succeed Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl says respectful relations lead to the Land of Promise Rabbi Catharine Clark argues Rebecca’s hastiness stands as a powerful reminder to slow down Rabbi Ilan Acoca Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl Rabbi Catharine Clark I G L remember as a child once thinking about Abraham buying a burial plot for his wife Sarah. It seems like Abraham failed. Why would he pay for it if it was offered to him for free by Ephron the owner of Mearat Hamechpela? As I grew older, I understood that Abraham did not fail at all. Abraham was guided by God to buy it in order not to allow any nation in the future to claim that it belongs to them, since Abraham did not pay for it. We sometimes think that we have failed, but God has other plans. When I was looking for my bashert, I travelled all over North America for shidduchim. After a while, I went to my rabbi, frustrated, and asked him, “When will I get married?” His words were “Everything you are going through will get you closer to meet your bashert.” At the time, it was difficult for me to understand his words. I felt like I had failed. I even thought that maybe I wasn’t meant to get married. After I met my wife and got married, I understood my teacher’s message. He meant that every person must go through some failures, but these failures are necessary in order to succeed. Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik quotes a midrash that God created many worlds that he was not pleased with, and then He created this world. Rabbi Soloveitchik says God did this in order to teach us that even he could “fail.” God does not want or expect perfection. Adam, as great as he was, made a mistake. Perhaps this is why men are born physically imperfect, to instil within us the notion that life is a process of trying to improve and to grow from our previous failures. It’s up to each one of us to tune in to the message God sends us. n Rabbi Ilan Acoca is rabbi at Congregation Beth Hamidrash in Vancouver. od may have promised Abraham that he would have land and progeny, but that revelation did not disclose the personal effort that he and Sarah would have to expend to attain those blessings. In the Torah portion that tells us of the death of his beloved wife, we read details of Abraham’s efforts to properly acquire land to bury his life mate and of the assignment – on which he dispatched his trusted house servant – to find a proper partner for Isaac. Twice before did Abraham settle (vayeshev) in the Land of Promise: after the expedition to Egypt (13:12 and 18) and following the encounter with Avimelech of Gerar (20:1 and 15). Each of these previous efforts to “settle” was connected to an incident involving Sarah. Now, when Abraham will finally purchase (koneh) some land, it will be to bury Sarah. The Torah teaches in a subtle way that the Land of Promise is related to the women who will give birth to the children of the future. Abraham is clearly a powerful figure, “a prince of God” (nasi elokim), who has displayed his strength to the leaders of Egypt and Gerar, as well as in war with the area chieftains. Yet when it comes to purchasing property, in Hebron, Abraham relies neither on Divine promises nor on human power. Instead, Abraham negotiates with Ephron and the local residents and pays full value for the property. The Torah teaches subtly that the Land of Promise must be acquired through respectful relations and proper financial exchange. The mission of Abraham involves not only the gain of land and the birth of future children. It entails the creation of a community to “keep the way of the Eternal by doing righteousness and justice” for all who live in the mixed society in the Land of Promise. n Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl is senior rabbi at Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto. Follow him at bethtzedec.org and www.facebook.com/bfrydmankohl ike many of us, Rebecca is a woman in a hurry. In Parshat Chayei Sarah, when Abraham’s servant comes to the well to find a wife for Isaac, Rebecca hurries to lower her jar so that he may drink. When he is sated, she hurries to empty her jar and runs to refill it so that his camels may drink. Later, Rebecca runs to report to her household the arrival of this intriguing stranger. Her rushing about in this week’s parshah is for good purpose. Rebecca’s whirlwind of activity at the well proves that she is a worthy partner for Isaac. Next week, however, we will see that Rebecca’s industriousness is not necessarily a virtue. In the lead-up to Jacob, rather than Esau, receiving Isaac’s blessing, Rebecca hurries, but not for good purpose. Rather, Rebecca eavesdrops on Isaac telling Esau to go get him meat in order to receive his father’s blessing. Rebecca repeats this story to Jacob, cooks a dish Isaac likes, takes Esau’s clothes, gives them to Jacob, covers his hands and neck with fur, and puts the cooked dish into Jacob’s hands. That is a lot of activity accomplished before Esau returns from the hunt. Rebecca rushes about, full of energy, but not virtue. Her aim is deception. The contrast between Rebecca hurrying in the two parshiyot is a reminder to us to slow down. We have a tendency to regard the efficient completion of a to-do list as the clearest indicator of good character. 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Reasonable Reasonable Saint Croix, U.S. Islands, provide provide affordable affordable high high quality quality 379 CLOCKS/WATCHES repairs on premises. 416-654-0518. for for30 30days. days. Bathurst Bathurst /Briar /Briar Hill. Apt. Apt.for for Rent, Rent, elderly. Homes, hospitals, ret. A-1 A-1416-392-3000 Handyman. Handyman. Specializes Specializes inin rates! Hallandale Beach, Parker Tower wallpaper 380 CLOTHING NewHill. Oceanfront Development 75 apartmentS narrator with his girlfriend’s father are obliterating this kind of over-sweetened rates!416-303-3276. 416-303-3276. maid maid&&janitorial janitorialservices. services.For For Christiansted, Hillside. Living rm., 382 COUNSELLING English gentleman w/reliable kitchen kitchenrepairs repairs&&refacing refacing&&new new on thehome, beach. 2 bdrm/2 priv. priv. home, sep. sep. entr., entr., 2 2bath., bdrm, bdrm, homes. Eng. & Polish-speaking. Sunny Isles Beach, Florida COMPUTER for rent details detailscall call416-666-5570. 416-666-5570. 3 bdrm/1bth., kit., min. 3 mths. kits., gonif and goyim; the first gets an authortradition. At the end 385 of The ApPainting, residential,Yiddish commercial, car & hydro, spare time will drive you Live kits., fin. fin. bsmts., bsmts., & & elec. elec. & & plumbplumbfully renovated, furnished, 386 DANCING cable, cable, hydro,yard, yard, carpet, carpet, 2224-7 prkg, prkg, in & out. 647 739 7138 – cell. 387 DECORATING Yvonne 1-340-773-6884 or ing, South Florida Real Estate Professional interior/exterior. Ceramic Tile & around to shops, errands, etc. 410 health & ing, etc. etc. Call Call 647-533-2735. 647-533-2735. security &valet prk. Avail. Nov. ial translation while the second is left to prenticeship of Duddy Kravitz he provides alarm, alarm,kosher kosher kitchen. kitchen. $950/mnth $950/mnth 390 DRIVING Metropolitan Conservatory, 333 Clark, Address your mail to: Specializing in Sunny3,000 Isles, Bal Harbour e-mail:[email protected] 392 DRY CLEANING/LA Reliable PSW, cleaner, homeSuits daily Book 20/14. Call: Drywall. Reasonable. FREE Gr. Gr.flr, Avail. Avail.1-847-858-0853 Mar Mar 1.1.journeys. 416-781-2319 416-781-2319 s.f., 3flr,regular bdrm. renov. PH, 3 bath, and South Beach 394engaged EDUCATION stand asbeauty is, possibly to remain a part of a Jewish gangster’s surprisingly Odd Oddjobs, jobs, small small repairs, repairs,paintpaintnow, limited spaces.. Call Lee’s 265 265 people people maker & RPN avail. to work any Licensing 395 ELECTRICAL ESTIMATES. PAINT HOUSE The Canadian huge terrace. Call 905-881-8380. ing, ing, etc. etc. Please Please call call Fred Fred at at 396 ELECTRONICS cell: 647-859 CONTACT -0501 or atME home: TODAY a more coded communication between critique of such literary representatives shift FT/PT. SearCh W/car. 647-351-2503 SearCh Healthy Body for All Jewish News 400 ENTERTAINMENT cARs E&M Painting. The fastest, Commission FLORIDA 416-420-8731. 416-420-8731. 130 3905-884-5755. 4 C A130 R S C floriDa AfloriDa DDEN DRIVE 402 FINANCIAL Glutathione level is declining. writer and reader. of the past: “Sitting in their dark cramped 1750 Steeles Ave. W., Ste. 218 G o o d c o o k / h o u s e k e e p e r 404 FLOORING cleanest, And most professional www.JodiPuder.com PROPERTY Bathurst/Sheppard. Country property property Your416-392-3000 Body can pay the price! 405 FURNITURE Bored? Bored? over over75? 75?looking lookingfor forgin gin avail. European. Experienced painting in GTA. Commercial and Concord, Ont. Beyond these, though, Roth’s narrator ghetto corners they wrote the most mawk- DOORS 406 GARAGE sALE Selling your car, van, or SUV, 888.291.8810 feel in theFOR city, spacious, bright, www.max.com/502436/chuck for forrent rent 407 GIFTS References. 416-655-4083. rummy/poker rummy/poker players playersdowntown. downtown. Residential Eli. 647-898-5804 L4K 2L7 410 HEALTH doesn’t overdo it. His Aunt Gladys feeds ish, school-girlish stuff about green fields& BEAUTY [email protected] I am a buyer. 514-686-3680; or clean apt., renovated, quiet ravine 412 HEATING/AIR CON contact contactCari Cari atat416-606-5898 416-606-5898 Beautiful Beautiful Bdrm Bdrm Vacation Vacation Rental Rental First time on market. South hard working and MILE’S PAINTING FLORIDA PROPERTY 415 HOME IMPROVEME 514-336-8514 Don’t forget to put setting off33 main street. TTC. 1/2 Reliable, him pot roast and boiled potatoes, but and sky. Terrible poetry, but touching . . . .” FLORIDAcaregivers PROPERTY 416 HOME INSPECTION home Beach Fbdrm. lhome a . avail. cBoynton oBoynton n dimmed., o . 1Beach 715bdrm. 0 FL sFL qavail. .55+ f55+ t. experienced Professional painting . interior FOR RENT availthe Box Number on 419 INTERNET SERVIC does so while talking to him in native This outlook returns, fully worked out 3bdrm/2bath pkg. incl. over420 INVITATIONS/PRINT Gate Gateguarded guarded all allamenities amenities comcomFORcallRENT 415 home 416-546-5380. & exterior. Over 16 years your envelope. April Call 905-474-3600 or able. Please 425 JEWELLERY looking intercostal waterway. LEssONs munity. munity. 6 6 mo mo min min begin begin 12-1-14 12-1-14 427 JUDAICA American English. for optimal satiric effect, in Richler’s 1989 improvementS experience. GTA. References 416-638-6813 Hollywood, South/sunny, on Harmonia Maid & Janitorial. We 430 LEASING 1000 [email protected] Dr. Hallandale CJN Box #’s are valid 702-233-2711 702-233-2711 [email protected] 431 LANDSCAPING/LAW upon request. beach, luxurious Ocean Palms, Richler takes a different, thornier ap- Reasonable novel, Solomon Gursky Was Here. In light provide affordable high quality Bch. Immediate poss. askFLORIDA PROPERTY 432 LAWYERS for 30 days. Bathurst /Briar Hill. Apt. for Rent, 3 bdr/ 3 1/2 baths furn’d. All you A-1 Handyman. Specializes in rates! 416-303-3276. Violin teacher, lessons, kids & 433 LESSONS maid & janitorial services. For Please note our new Phone number: ing $229,000. Call Alexander proach. His characters, like Roth’s, seem enof this approach, Richler’s choice of YingFOR RENT priv. home, sep. entr., 2 bdrm, need. Valet, health club, billiards, 434 LIMOUSINE/TAXI adults. Graduate of the conser- kitchen repairs & refacing & new details call 416-666-5570. Rosembusz-305-215-4518; 435 LIQUIDATION 245 245 employment employment fin.borrowed bsmts., & elec. & plumbcable, hydro, yard, carpet, 2 prkg, tennis, concierge. No pets. 3 mos. vatory. 514-271-2202-stage kits., tirely from real life, with rich and lish over Yiddish in Duddy Kravitz is tell438 LOCKSMITH Elite International Realty 439 MAKE-UP wanteD wanteD ing, etc. Call 647-533-2735. experience Hollywood, South/sunny, on alarm, kosher kitchen. $950/mnth min. $6900./mo. Call 917-273-1630 440 MISCELLANEOUS quirky mid-century urban Jewish voices. ing. In his life as well as in his work, he 442 MUSICAL SERVICE beach, luxurious Palms, Gr. flr, Avail. Mar 1.Ocean 416-781-2319 Odd jobs, small repairs, paint443 MORTGAGES Hallandale. On beach, new 3 bdr, 265 people There are gonifs and schnorrers among insisted on abandoning, even denigrating English gentleman gentleman w/reliable w/reliable 3English bdr/ 3 1/2 baths furn’d. All you 305 artiCleS wanteD 445 MOVING vAcATION FLORIDA PROPERTY ing, etc. Please call Fred at fully furnished. 7 pools. WANTED 449 PEST CONTROL ARTICLES car car&&Valet, spare spare time timeclub, will willdrive drive you you 3 bath condo,SearCh need. health billiards, them, but the most common second lanthis “mawkish, school-girlish stuff.” But PROPERTY 450 PAINTING/WALLPA 416-420-8731. 130 floriDa FOR RENT around around to toshops, shops, errands, etc. etc. Call:after 8:00 pm.- 905-771-0351 452 PARTY SERVICES tennis, concierge. Noerrands, pets. 3 mos. Metropolitan Metropolitan AvAILAbLE guage among Duddy’s compatriots – most Richler’s characters, when he wants them 455 PHOTOGRAPHY/VI property Suits Suits regular regular daily daily journeys.Book Book B”H min. $6900./mo. Calljourneys. 917-273-1630 Hallandale 460 PLUMBING Bored? over 75? Intercoastal, looking for gin SE now, now,limited limited spaces.. spaces.. Call CallLee’s Lee’s crn. of whom are born in Canada before the to be funny and likeably Jewish,465 arePROFESSIONAL tummfor rent Licensing Licensing unit acrs.players frm. bch. 2 bdr./2 rummy/poker downtown. 470 RENOVATIONS Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Hallandale. On beach, new 3 bdr, cell: cell:647-859 647-859-0501 -0501or oratathome: home: bath.min 3mths. Nov-April/15. The CJN accepts Visa, Mastercard, 472 RETIREMENT HOM war – is Yinglish, not Yiddish. Here Richler lers (the Yinglish word for noise-making contact Cari at 416-606-5898 3Beautiful bath condo, fully furnished. 7Rental pools. Christiansted, Hillside. Living rm., 475 ROOFING 3 Bdrm Vacation Commission Commission 905-884-5755. 905-884-5755. 954-923-8475 476 SATELITE & EQUIP FINE ASIAN ART & ANTIQUES American or Cash. Call:after 8:00 pm.905-771-0351 3 bdrm/1bth., kit., min. 3FLmths. has an uncanny ear forExpress, what wasCheque becoming entertainers). Duddy may share a word or SYSTEM home Boynton Beach 55+ 480 SECURITY 416-392-3000 416-392-3000 481 SEWING Hallandale Beach, Parker Tower PURCHASING CHINESE, Yvonne 1-340-773-6884 or Gate Hallandale guarded all amenities comB”H Intercoastal, 485 SNOW REMOVAL of Yiddish in an era when it was no longtwo of Yiddish with oldtimers, but these on the beach. 2 bdrm/2 JAPANESE, bath., 490 TABLE COVERING e-mail:[email protected] crn. unit 6 acrs. frm.begin bch. 212-1-14 bdr./2 munity. mo min ASIAN ANTIQUES The CJN cannot be responsible 493 TAILORING/ALTERA fully renovated, furnished, 24-7 er the primary spoken language of Jewish scenarios are rendered by Richler in Eng495 TILING bath.min 3mths. Nov-April/15. 702-233-2711 [email protected] for more than one incorrect insertion. Porcelain, security &valet prk. Avail. Nov. Ceramics, Bronze, Jade & Coral 496 TRAINING 954-923-8475 Canadians, and when thePlease history and cullish. As a pusherke, Duddy stands firm-& TOURISM 498on TRAVEL bring any problems to the 20/14. Call: 1-847-858-0853 Carvings, Snuff Bottles, Ivory, Cloisonné, cARs 500 TUTORING ture associated with it were being set aside ly North American ground. ■ 510 UPHOLSTERY Hallandale Beach, Parker Tower attention of your sales representative paintings, etc. Over 35 years experience, 245 employment 512 WAITERING SERVIC on the beach. 2 bdrm/2 bath., before your ad is repeated. 515 WATERPROOFING in favour of the prospect of assimilation, professional and courteous. wanteD Selling your car, van, or SUV, 517 WEIGHT LOSS/FITN FLORIDA fully renovated, furnished, 24-7 520 WINDOW SERVICE prosperity and a new affiliation with modNorman Ravvin is a writer and teacher in I am a buyer. or security &valet514-686-3680; prk. Avail. Nov. 550 WORKSHOPS PROPERTY Call: 416 669 1716 English gentleman w/reliable 514-336-8514 20/14. Call: 1-847-858-0853 ern Hebrew. The Yinglish word, often misMontreal. FOR sALE car & spare time will drive you around to shops, errands, etc. First time on market. South Metropolitan LEssONs FLORIDA Suits regular daily journeys. Book F l a . c o n d o . 1 7 5 0 s q . f t . now, limited spaces.. Call Lee’s 3bdrm/2bath pkg. incl. overPROPERTY Licensing avail. immed., 1 bdrm. avail. Feb/ Mar Call 905-474-3600 or 416638-6813. 37 Richler, Roth, BezmozgisREAL and ESTATE the life of Yiddish REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE 30 ConDominiumS for Sale 275 perSonal 250 DomeStiC help available Replying to an ad CompanionS with a wanteD CJN Box Number? SERVICE DIRECTORY Baycrest Life-lease luxury condos available for independent I can clean your home and apt. Educated gentleman interestseniors 1 & 2 bdrm. 416-785-2500 quickly and nicely. Good prices. ed in meeting an educated lady, Call 647.867.6144. 72-76 for a L/T relationship. 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C’est à l’âge de 9 ans, sur les bancs de l’école protestante anglophone de Mont réal, où ses parents, qui parlaient le français, furent contraints de l’inscrire -à cette époque-là, au Québec, les nonCatholiques ne pouvaient pas fréquen ter une école française-, que Julius Grey a décidé qu’il défendrait, lorsqu’il devien drait adulte, les êtres “les plus faibles” et “les plus défavorisés”. “J’étais complètement perdu dans cette école. J’ai vécu alors l’expérience absolu ment cauchemardesque de me retrouver dans une classe où je ne savais pas ce qui se passait. J’étais désarçonné et me sentais très vulnérable. Ce sentiment de désarroi allait changer radicalement le cours de mon existence. Je me suis alors juré que toute ma vie je défendrai avec vigueur et conviction les personnes les plus désem parées et les plus marginalisées de notre société”, raconte Julius Grey en entrevue. Promesse largement tenue. Ce citoyen très engagé socialement, Ju riste renommé -il est Diplômé en Droit de l’Université McGill, Institution acadé mique où il a enseigné pendant quinze ans, et de l’Université d’Oxford-, pourfen deur de la rectitude politique et infatigable défenseur de la liberté individuelle et de la justice sociale, a participé avec beaucoup d’entrain aux grands débats de société qui ont révulsé le Québec et le Canada au cours des cinquante dernières années. Notam ment aux débats fondamentaux, souvent très virulents, sur la langue, la liberté d’expression et la liberté de religion. Cet éminent Juriste, qui a reçu en 2004 la prestigieuse Médaille du Barreau du Québec, a remporté plusieurs victoires éclatantes devant la Cour suprême du Canada. Ses plaidoiries mémorables lors de la défense de causes où la liberté de religion était en jeu, notamment dans les Affaires du port du Kirpan -cas Gurbaj Singh Mul tani, en 2006-, de l’Eruv et de la Soukah -cas Moïse Amselem, en 2004-, font désor mais partie des Annales de la Jurispru dence canadienne. Julius Grey évoque son parcours de vie et ses combats homériques devant les plus importants Tribunaux du Québec et du Canada et étaye ses points de vue, souvent très iconoclastes, sur divers sujets d’une brûlante actualité -la liberté de conscience versus la liberté de religion; faut-il limit er la liberté d’expression?; les lacunes du système judiciaire canadien; l’avenir de la démocratie; les grands défis du libéra lisme; la crise du multiculturalisme cana dien; l’identité québécoise; ses positions contrastées sur la Loi 101…- dans un livre d’entretiens avec l’universitaire et polito logue québécoise Geneviève Nootens, qui vient de paraître aux Éditions du Boréal. Un essai de réflexion brillant dont on ne peut que recommander fortement la lecture en ces temps nébuleux où notre société tra verse une profonde crise des valeurs. Qu’est-ce qui a motivé le Juif très laïc que vous êtes à défendre vigoureusement devant les plus hauts Tribunaux du Québec et du Canada des causes où la liberté de religion était mise à mal? Dans toutes les causes concernant la reli gion que j’ai défendues devant les Tribu naux, ma position a toujours été la même: pour moi, ce qui doit primer ce n’est pas la liberté de religion, mais la liberté de conscience, c’est-à-dire le droit d’un indivi du de dire “Non”. Ma plaidoirie lors de la défense de la cause du jeune Multani, qui l’opposait à la Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, a été mal comprise par les Sikhs. Ces derniers étaient résolument convaincus que j’ai défendu leur droit à la différence. Ce n’est point le cas. J’ai défendu le droit de chaque individu à la différence et non le droit d’un groupe spécifique à la différence. Dans l’Affaire Multani, pour moi, le but ultime était de permettre à ce jeune Sikh de porter le Kirpan à l’école publique afin de favoriser son intégration à celle-ci. Dans le cas Amselem, avez-vous craint que les plaidoiries devant les Magistrats de la Cour suprême du Canada ne se transforment par moments en un débat portant sur des interprétations purement religieuses ? Les avocats du Sanctuaire du Mont-Royal -qui défendaient la position des proprié taires de l’immeuble de condominiums où résidait M. Amselem, qui s’opposaient à ce que ce dernier érige une Soukah sur le balcon de son domicile- prirent l’initia tive perspicace de solliciter le point de vue d’une éminente personnalité rabbinique et universitaire, le Rabbin Barry Levy, Do yen de la Faculté des Études Religieuses de l’Université McGill. Ce dernier a produit un Rapport d’expert qui affirmait qu’il n’était pas nécessaire d’avoir une Soukah séparée pour être un bon Juif. Le Rabbin Levy a dit que l’Affaire Amselem reposait sur une mauvaise interprétation du Talmud. Les avocats du Sanctuaire du Mont-Royal ont alors fait valoir que la liberté de religion devait être défendue seulement quand c’était nécessaire pour la religion. Vous avez brillamment soutenu le contraire devant les Juges de la Cour suprême du Canada et gagné avec une marge très serrée: cinq voix contre quatre. de cultures, est un meilleur modèle pour une société que ce que Joe Clark appelait la “Communauté des communautés”. Le Projet de Charte des valeurs québécoises proposé par le gouvernement péquiste de Pauline Marois vous a profondément choqué. Cette Charte des valeurs québécoises, qui était d’une mesquinerie et d’une petitesse effarantes, visait avant tout les Musulmans. Si les Kirpans et les Kippas allaient être bannis aussi de l’espace public, c’était par ricochet… J’ai été offusqué par ce débat très malsain parce que je me suis dit que j’étais naïf de croire que le nationalisme ethnique était fini au Québec. Mais, finale ment, le peuple québécois a eu le dernier mot: il a très majoritairement rejeté cette Charte identitaire. Julius Grey Il n’était pas question pour moi d’entamer un débat avec un universitaire aussi érudit que le Rabbin Barry Levy sur ce que la reli gion juive dit ou ne dit pas sur la Soukah. J’ai tout simplement expliqué aux Juges que la position du Judaïsme sur la Soukah n’avait à mes yeux aucune pertinence à partir du moment où M. Amselem voulait et croyait sincèrement que lui dans sa conscience avait l’obligation d’ériger une Soukah sur la terrasse de sa maison… Ce qui est fon damental et prioritaire à mes yeux, c’est ce que l’individu croit. Je n’ai jamais pris en considération dans ma ligne de pensée ce qui est hérétique pour une religion. Pourquoi êtes-vous un farouche opposant au multiculturalisme canadien? Je considère que le multiculturalisme canadien est un échec parce qu’il est im possible de maintenir l’harmonie sociale si les groupes conservent leurs caracté ristiques distinctes d’une génération à l’autre et ne se mêlent pas. Le modèle du multiculturalisme favorise un émiettement de la société. Chaque individu vit dans son propre coin, respecte peut-être l’autre, mais refuse de le côtoyer. L’interculturalisme proposé par la Commission Bouchard-Taylor sur les pratiques d’accommodement au Québec reliées aux différences culturelles vous paraît être un meilleur modèle que le multiculturalisme. Pourtant, certains considèrent que ce modèle sociétal est très chimérique. L’interculturalisme proposé par la Com mission Bouchard-Taylor est une très bonne idée. Ce modèle permet aux gens d’avoir leur propre culture tout en parta geant, s’ils le désirent bien sûr, une cul ture commune… Je pense que le modèle interculturel québécois, basé sur l’idée d’une culture commune et d’un mélange La recrudescence de l’antisémitisme dans les pays occidentaux, le Canada n’ayant pas été épargné par ce fléau délétère, vous inquiète-t-elle? Je pense qu’il n’y a pas d’antisémitisme dans la société moderne. Il y a certaine ment des antisémites dans tous les pays du monde, comme il y a des gens qui détestent les francophones ou les anglo phones. Pendant le Référendum québé cois de 1995, j’ai vu des graffitis abjects contre les anglophones et aussi contre les francophones. Posez-vous cette question: est-ce qu’aujourd’hui un enfant Juif né à Montréal a moins de chances de succès qu’un enfant anglophone ou francophone montréalais non-Juif? Pensez-y! Pour vous, la liberté d’expression ne devrait jamais être limitée. Cette position s’applique-t-elle aussi à ceux qui tiennent un discours haineux ou antisémite? Pour moi, la liberté d’expression est une valeur capitale. Ça prend vraiment une raison très importante pour limiter celleci. J’ai toujours pensé qu’en matière de discours, la limite qu’on doit tracer cor respond aux véritables dommages. Il faut faire très attention avec l’argument voulant qu’un discours peut réellement causer du tort. Ce n’est vrai que dans des cas extrêmes. Par exemple, si quelqu’un martèle un dis cours haineux prônant la violence contre les membres d’une minorité et incitant la population à attaquer ces derniers, c’est un cas extrêmement grave. Il y a là un véri table dommage. Un dommage est sérieux quand celui-ci est concret et documenté. Je pense que si quelqu’un traite une per sonne de “sale Noir” ou de “sale Juif”, il y a un réel dommage… n Vous pourrez lire la version intégrale de cette entrevue avec Julius Grey sur le Site Web du C.J.N.: www.cjnews.com THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Social Scene M 39 The Jews of jihad Backstory Erol Araf B y the time the roaring Guns of August finally fell silent, four great empires – Ottoman, German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian – lay buried under the smouldering ruins of World War I. More than 500,000 Jews fought and died on both sides of the war and few survived. In the Imperial Russian Army alone 350,000 Jews fought for their national colours; in the Austrian army 100,000; in the German army about 40,000; and in the British and French forces 50,000. One story that has never been properly told deals with Turkish Jews who were fiercely loyal to the Ottoman Empire and served gallantly in the shadow of the Crescent from Gallipoli to the Sinai. They, like their Muslim compatriots, took up arms when Sultan Mehmet V formally declared jihad against the Allies on Nov. 11, 1914. This was the last genuine proclamation of Holy War in history by the reigning Caliph: Viceroy to Allah. The story of the Jews of jihad is riveting. Few know that the most famous Jew serving in the Ottoman Army was none other than Moshe Sharett, who became the second prime minister of Israel. When the war broke out, he was studying law at Istanbul University, the same faculty of law where both Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and David Ben-Gurion had attended. He enlisted and served as a first lieutenant in the Ottoman Army as an interpreter. Many others fell in battle, including prominent Jewish physicians. Maj. Yitzhak Acubel and captains Albert Kohen, Yzidor Palom, Albert Menae, Pepo Akyote, David Feder and Behar Alfandari were among the most respected doctors in Istanbul and Izmir. The sacrifices of Turkish Jews were recognized by both the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic which succeeded it. Indeed, according to the book Our Holy Dead, published by the Turkish Defence Ministry, Pte. Istor Benajel served with the “Composed Military Aid Battalion of Adana,” was wounded in Palestine and died at the Adana Military Hospital. Martyr Be- Like their Muslim counterparts they took up arms when Sultan Mehmet V declared jihad najel was from Corum, a town a few hours away from Ankara. He rests in the Adana Jewish Cemetery and was buried with military honours. The famous Jewish musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelson, the composer of the celebrated song Hava Nagila, served as band master in the Ottoman Army during the Great War. On the cloak and dagger side of the war, one of the most intriguing Ottoman spies was Veterinary Capt. Vital Sturumuza from Mersin, the son of a famous Jewish family. After the war the Ottoman Empire was partitioned. When the Mersin and Cilicia Province was occupied by the French, Sturumuza was among the first to respond to Mustafa Kemal’s call for national liberation and organized a local Jewish Committee of National Resistance. He was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned by the French and on one occasion he was saved by the Spanish consul general in Mersin, Hanri Gatenyon, a fellow Jew, who used his influence to have Sturumuza released. In the archives in Istanbul, there is a faded brown photograph of Jewish Ottoman soldiers in Gallipoli praying on Yom Kippur in 1915. This extraordinary event took place because Kemal Pasha – the future Ataturk – commander-in-chief of the Ottoman forces fighting the Allies, had decreed that Jewish soldiers would observe their Day of Atonement away from the hostilities. I wonder what must have gone through the minds of my countrymen as they recited the payer of inscription: “Who shall live and who shall die; Who by fire and who by water; Who by the sword and who by wild beasts.” The same prayer was also intoned on the other side of the blood-soaked valley of shadows by British, French, Australian and New Zealand Jews. “Who shall live and who shall die.” n Ask Ella Bullying is not exclusive to children Ella Burakowski [email protected] Dear Ella, I can’t stand being around my fatherin-law. At our wedding, he took credit for everything and did nothing. This year, I had a difficult time at work, and he made fun of me in front of family and friends. When I had our baby, I gained weight and had a hard time losing it. What an opportunity for him to belittle me and make sure everyone knew how weak and out of control I was. Even my husband avoids him. He didn’t have an easy upbringing. I can’t stand being around him, and he scares me. How do I handle a guy like this? Mean and Nasty FIL Dear Mean and Nasty FIL, What you are describing is a classic adult bully. Your FIL is a man who thrives on domination and control. He needs to feel powerful and obviously has no other way to prove his worth. Perhaps he was bullied by his own father, or became this way because of his business, but that is no excuse for treating people with a lack of respect and compassion. He knows exactly how low he is hitting by commenting on your post-pregnancy weight, especially in front of others. Your husband should have stuck up for you, but there may be some deep emotional problems between him and his dad, so you need to take control for yourself. There is no real way of handling this other than to ignore him, but in a very deliberate way. When he says something demeaning, stop, sit up straight and tall, shoulders back, pause, look him straight in the eye for three seconds then turn away and talk to someone else. Don’t pout, don’t make any gesture that will give him the satisfaction of knowing he has injured you. Instead, by simply looking at him with confidence and as though you pity him, you gain the upper hand. By turning away and speaking about something completely different, you have dismissed him as though he doesn’t exist. A bully doesn’t like that. You’ve taken away his power, his ability to take control of you and the room. Doing this over and over will teach him that you are a force to be reckoned with and he will probably move on to someone else. Will he ever stop? Probably not. From your description, it sounds like he has been exhibiting this behaviour for a long time. Dear Ella, This is my first year as a teacher and I love my job – almost. It’s not the kids that are the problem. It’s one particular mother. I’ve met with her twice. She not only raised her voice with me, but she accused me of picking on her son. She has every excuse in the book for his bad behaviour and lack of work. He is nasty to other kids, and I can certainly see where he gets it. She has threatened to go to the administration and has accused me of being incompetent. I haven’t spoken to anyone about this. I was hoping to handle it on my own, but now I’m not sure. What should I do? Teacher Parent Problem Dear Teacher Parent Problem, Teaching kids is a noble profession and can be extremely rewarding and frustrating at the same time. You need to learn to deal with this these types of parents from the start. Unfortunately, overbearing parents are sometimes part of the job. If you think you are going to change her parenting methods, I can assure you that you are not. She is frustrated and has chosen you as her scapegoat. She’s trying to bully you into agreeing with whatever her complaints are. Be prepared. Have all your notes ready and don’t be defensive. Hone your listening skills. Even if the parent is being condescending and loud, listen to what she is saying and be objective. Don’t interrupt her. It will only fuel the fire. Instead, sit or stand tall and look straight at her. Your body posture should be confident. Determine if there is any truth to her accusations. For future meetings, bring in a colleague or the principal for support. Every teacher goes through this as some point. Don’t be shy to ask for help or ideas. Each school will have protocol on how to handle these situations. Above all, you’re a teacher. Don’t let this incident affect how you treat her son. Each child should be treated equally. n Ella’s advice is not a replacement for medical, legal or any other advice. 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