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Hate is Hate. We’re stronger
fighting it together
By Shimon Koffler Fogel
On a hot night in August
1933, a group of thugs
raised a swastika banner to
taunt Jewish spectators at a
baseball game in Toronto's
Annex neighbourhood -
sparking the famous, hours-
long Christie Pits riots.
However appalling, the
shameful actions of Nazi
Shimon Koffler Fogel sympathizers that night
were taken without
knowing the full extent of the Third Reich's genocidal
agenda. One can only hope that those who waved the
swastika at Christie Pits in 1933 hung their heads in
disgrace as, in 1945, news emerged from the death camps of
Europe.
Not one of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists
gathered at Charlottesville can make the same claim to
ignorance. The several hundred chanting "Jews will not
replace us" in the obscene torch-lit parade at the University
of Virginia — without masks and in full view of the media —
have openly embraced an ideology they know calls for the
murder of Jews. Among the millions who have since viewed
this disturbing rally online are countless Jews, many whose
parents and grandparents bear the emotional scars and
numbered tattoos that testify to the dangers of Nazism.
In Jewish tradition, there is a concept of "descent for the
sake of ascent." There are times in our lives — and in the life
of a society — marked by painful challenge. But such
moments of descent can awaken within us the courage and
determination we need to rise again and overcome barriers.
What happened in Charlottesville was more than a
descent. It was a horrible event that thrust into the spotlight
the reality of hate today. It showed us that neo-Nazis and
white supremacists exist not only in the dark corners of the
internet but also in the flesh, in combat fatigues and bearing
arms.
It demonstrated the clear link between threatening
rhetoric and deadly action. For anyone who questioned the
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power of dangerous
ideologies, the shocking
killing of Heather Heyer the
following day should have
dispelled all illusions.
And it demonstrated to
many who thought anti-
Semitism a thing of the past
that they are wrong. Anti-
Semitism is a contemporary
threat — and it is
inextricably connected to White supremacists rally
white supremacism and
other forms of hate. Those who target any minority will grow
to hate every minority and, to the detriment of all, they will
challenge the very underpinnings of democracy.
Now more than ever, those of us who work in human
rights and anti-discrimination advocacy must unite in
common cause to counter hate with legal, non-violent means.
When hatemongers violate the law or are vulnerable to civil
actions, we must work with law enforcement and the courts
to hold them accountable.
When our laws are lacking and enforcement inadequate,
we must work cooperatively with government to offer
practical policy changes that will make our communities
safer. And when bigots take to the airwaves and social
media, we must exercise our own freedom of speech to expose
the dangers they pose not only to minorities but to our entire
society.
This is why my organization, the Centre for Israel and
Jewish Affairs (CIJA), has united with more than 50 diverse
community groups — including prominent LGBTQ+,
Christian, Muslim, Sikh, African-Canadian and Chinese-
Canadian representatives — to issue a joint declaration
against hate, the full text of which appears below.
Resolute words must be followed by unwavering action.
As time creates distance between us and Charlottesville, we
must not forget the shocking realization that shook us this
month. We must now ask ourselves and our allies in other
communities: Will we commit to the hard work necessary to
ascend to a higher place?
The Joint statement of solidarity and call for action
against hate reads as follows: “We affirm our shared
commitment to building and defending a country in which all
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in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (Ron Kampeas)
Canadians enjoy equal rights and can live free of fear,
intimidation, dehumanizing rhetoric and acts of bigotry.
“We refuse to be silent in response to the horrible events
that took place in Charlottesville, Va., and acts of hate that
have been perpetrated here in Canada — including incidents
of bigoted graffiti, the dissemination of racist propaganda,
and white nationalist rallies. Now more than ever, it is clear
that white supremacy, anti-Semitism, homophobia, anti-
Muslim prejudice, bigotry against Indigenous peoples, and
all forms of hate are inextricably linked and must be opposed
with legal and non-violent means by all people of good will.
“We pledge our solidarity with those communities
targeted for hate in these rallies. An attack against any
minority is nothing less than an assault on Canada's
democratic values and a threat to our entire society.
“We urge all levels of government in Canada to take
action to counter these concerning trends.
“We ask that governments review laws and policies
pertaining to hate and hate crime, and make appropriate
changes where necessary — including: Establishing uniform
guidelines for the collection and publication of hate crime
and hate incident data; Creating training programs for
public, police, and prosecutors that allow for more consistent
and effective enforcement of hate speech laws; The creation
of dedicated hate crime units for all sizeable police agencies;
and New measures to monitor and counter the spread of hate
propaganda, which often serves as a precursor to violent
radicalization.”
Shimon Koffler Fogel is CEO of the Centre for Israel and
Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the advocacy agent of Canada's
Jewish Federations. (Reprinted from Huffington Post)
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Israel wins Best Cultural Program Award at Heritage Festival

A record breaking 480,000 people visited Edmonton’s 2017 Servus Heritage Festival and Israel was one of the stars of the weekend. The Israel Pavilion, hosted
by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, included a vibrant stage for the Aviv and Shira Hashir dance groups, a fantastic menu of delicious street food items and an
impressive array of interactive and educational cultural presentations on the diverse attractions in Israel. With a large number of informed and energetic volunteers
under the direction of Christina Reboh, it is no wonder that the Israel Pavilion was awarded first place in the culture and arts category. Yasher Koach to all the
volunteers for a job well done! (Photos courtesy of Jewish Federa tion of Edmonton)
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Rosh Hashanah is a EJ Baseball Champions

time machine
By Rabbi Gila Caine

Temple Beth Ora

Rosh Hashanah is a time

machine. Each year it sends
me back in time to that first
moment of BANG, of
exploding possibilities,
ideas, desires, fear and
longing, unlimited potential
Rabbi Gila Caine and creativity. Every year I
ask myself – where will I be
next year, right now on the first day of Tishrei?
Rosh Hashanah is holy because it is a time out of time –
like Shabbat, but on a larger scale. We’re used to calling Yom
Kippur “Shabbat Shabbaton,” the Shabbat of all Shabbats
put together. But my understanding of Rosh Hashanah the
festival of Creation, is that on this day the gates are opened
and we are welcomed into that mythical time-out-of-time
when the world was all shiny and new.
This happens every year, and it’s extremely important for The Edmonton Jewish Baseball League wrapped up a very exciting season on Sunday August 27 with an
us to notice this in our world, today. awesome tournament at John Fry Park. A great time was had by all of the competing team members with
For many years Jewish tradition has had much to say
families and friends cheering them on. Team Firma emerged victorious and were crowned League
about redemption (the redemption out of Egypt and all that
Champions for the 2017 season.
this brings with it would be the first example that comes to disintegration and loneliness. A time when animals are may start to interact with all living creatures and the Earth
mind). Jewish tradition has also had much to say about enslaved and land is eaten up by our greed. A time when our itself, with all the respect they deserve as the living face of
revelation (that miraculous moment when G-d is revealed to children are bereft of their childhood, food is plastic and Adonai our G-d.
worthy individuals like Moses, or at some special times to chemicals and we are playing around pretending to be G-d And so, Rosh Hashanah is a time machine – not the one
the whole nation - on the shores of the Red Sea or over Mt. with our inventions. we use to change the past, but to change the future.
Sinai).
The concept of revelation in creation calls on us to notice And so, I go back to the days of creation and see this world
These are both central ideas in the development of Jewish that creation, as an ongoing process, is happening all around as the miracle it is. I then have ten days before Yom Kippur
thought and identity. us. And, that creation in all it’s beauty and diversity, is arrives to think about all that I am seeing, smelling, hearing,
But our generation is remembering to bring in another actually the face of Elohim, G-d (or if you are an atheist – call feeling and tasting. I have ten days to think where I wish to
element, one that would allow us a more complete it by any other word that means something extremely holy). be next year on the first day of Tishrei, and where I wish and
understanding of what it means to be a Jew in our world. This idea reminds us that Kedushah (holiness) is all hope the rest of creation will be – a calmer, happier and more
This is the story of creation and of life itself. around us in the world and inside ourselves, and it reminds respectful world.
To be more precise, and I’m borrowing here from Rabbi us that the existence of LIFE is a miracle. This is a complex I invite you to take some time on Rosh Hashanah and
Arthur Green’s writings – we are invited to embrace a theology of interconnectedness and of a Delicate and Aweful think of one action you would like to take, an action to help
relationship to all that is sacred in which there is revelation presence of G-d around and within us. Everywhere and at all preserve and honour life on our Adamah (earth).
in creation. times. Wishing all of us here at Edmonton, and around the
What does this mean? When we are aware that G-d is revealed in creation all world, a Shanah Tovah U’metuka!
We are living in a time of environmental crisis, social around us, then we may begin to remember our manners. We
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JNF joins Camp BB-Riback for an Israel Day celebration

JNF Edmonton spent an amazing day at Camp BB-Riback this summer in celebration of Israel Day with the staff and campers. Everyone had a great time learning
about a wide range of interesting and innovative developments in Israel and the valuable work being done by the Jewish National Fund.

Israel Day
at Camp
BB-Riback
By Jay Cairns

(EJNews) - JNF put on

their blue and white
sweaters and headed out to
Camp BB-Riback to run
activities for Israel Day
held on July 20.
With the help of the
incredible staff out at Camp
BB-Riback we were able to
have an amazing day
connecting with the
campers about different
developments in Israel and
the important work of the
JNF.
There were a wide range
of activities throughout the
day that allowed the
campers to explore and
learn about everything
from the geography of
Israel to solar panel
developments and water
reservoirs and why they are
so important in Israel. The
older campers had the
opportunity to participate
in an engaging
conversation with the
sheliachs about the
Declaration of
Independence of the State
of Israel and the
importance of Jewish and
Israel leadership on
University Campuses.
On behalf of JNF, thank
you Eytan and the staff at
Camp BB for being such
amazing hosts!
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Destroying the Idols of History

Beth Israel hosted a really enjoyable Golf Tournament on August 17, thanks to
By Rabbi D. Friedman fearful of the state of twenty a host of hard working volunteers including Yiskah Feinstien, Jodi
first century anti-Semitism. Zabludowski and Sylvia Benjamin.
In our country, we have not
Beth Israel
been exempted from the
In other words, if we see something in the Torah that, in
controversies, as we struggle to define our perspectives on
The year is 2117. light of today’s values, makes us uncomfortable, we need to
the place of certain Canadian historical figures, in light of
Following important approach it in one of two ways. Either we need to
contemporary values and understandings. (Thank G-d , we
research on concussions and demonstrate the humility of knowing that, in contrast with
have been spared the violence of our southern neighbours.)
serious injuries, it has now Torah values, societal values are not static and will change
The latest target of such protests is our first prime minister,
been fifty years since with time. Or, we need to admit that we are probably
John A. Macdonald, whose legacy in dealing with First
“barbaric” sports were misunderstanding the Torah; oftentimes due to as basic an
Nations Canadians is troubling.
outlawed. Football, issue as a mistranslation.
Societal values will always change. Things that are
wrestling and boxing have The alternative option of dismissing the Torah as archaic
Rabbi Daniel Friedman acceptable today will be considered beyond the pale in future
been thrown into the and outdated is short-sighted and immature and leads to the
generations. Guaranteed. That’s why it’s important to have
dustbin of humankind’s erosion of Jewish and societal values. If ultimately nothing
values that are above time and place. The Torah provides
shame, joining other previously banned pursuits such as in this world is eternally true, then why believe anything at
those values. When do the Torah’s values fail? Only when
gladiatorial ‘to the death’ duels. But every decision has all? Once we remove our timeless commitment to our
we view them through the prism of our short-term 2017
ramifications. The Government of Canada is facing intense foundational text, the Bible, what are we left with? It’s no
culture and values.
pressure to remove the bust of former Prime Minister Justin wonder that synagogues and churches that have questioned
Trudeau from the Parliament building. On the one hand, he Let’s take one example: Slavery. Today we all know that and dismissed its eternal truth are left scratching their
was a great leader who contributed so much to this country. slavery is bad. And yet the Torah seems to condone it! heads as to why the next generation is not interested in
On the other hand, his reputation is chequered undoubtedly Viewing the Torah through the lens of today’s fleeting values showing up. If it’s all made up and open to change based on
by his record of repeated physical assaults on his fellow leads one to be dismissive of G-d’s Word. But once one each generation’s version of morality, why bother with an
human beings. realizes that our present lens is what is deficient, not the ancient book? Today we know better!
Torah, then we can begin to understand the meaning of the
Over the past few weeks, we have seen a spate of There’s something deep in our souls that draws out every
Torah. In the case of slavery, it’s pretty much a
challenges to historical figures in North America, some Jewish person, even the most “irreligious,” to High Holy day
mistranslation. A better translation would probably be
tussles bringing out the worst dregs of society and ending services. It’s the feeling, however subconscious, that amidst
‘servitude,’ a term applied throughout our tradition,
tragically. The terror in Charlottesville and President all the fleeting values offered by the world around us, there’s
including to public servants such as rabbis and even the
Donald Trump’s equivocal response has left us all reeling, an authenticity that only the synagogue offers. This Rosh
Jewish monarch! Indeed, our Sages teach that “One who
Hashanah, let us all recommit to the eternal truth of the
acquires a servant acquires a master over himself.” Why?
Torah and rejoice in our Divine gift, a guide for all
Because the standard the Torah demands when dealing with
generations. On behalf of Rabbanit Batya and myself, we
a servant is incredible: one must share one’s regular meal at
wish everyone a healthy, happy, and sweet New Year, and
the table, provide them with the same standard of shelter
generations of children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces
and bedding, clothe the servant and his family in an
that appreciate our eternal Jewish values!
honourable manner, and so on.

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An Accounting of the Soul Heritage Days Fun

By Rabbi Kliel Rose Schwartz who is a high-
functioning person with a
form of autism known as
Beth Shalom
Asperger's syndrome. It's a
developmental disorder that
Shalom U’vracha!  The affects a person's ability to
month of Elul initiates our socialize and communicate
spiritual preparations for effectively with others. The
the New Year. Leading up to inspiration for Schwartz’s
the Yamim Noraim, literally show is his own life and the
the Days of Awe (Rosh challenges he faces trying to
Hashanah and Yom Kippur) make friends and,
Rabbi Kliel Rose
we are encouraged to delve specifically, with the issue of
deeply into the process finding a girlfriend.
called heshbon hanefesh, an accounting of the soul. 
Individuals who have
In this work of self-reflection, we are invited to face Asperger's syndrome often
ourselves, to examine who we are and what we yearn to refer to themselves as
become. "Aspies." Aspies do not
Elul urges us to explore the ways in which we have always understand the
responded to both the blessings and challenges we have nuances of language and
experienced.   It calls us to notice ways we have created social norms. They also
connection and comfort, and ways in which we have caused have difficulty dealing with
alienation and pain.  sarcasm, and they may
Engaging in this process we are moved toward honest (mistakenly) take these
reflection, forgiveness, celebration and healing. comments seriously.
The word ELUL (spelled in Hebrew,  Aleph-Lamed-Vav- In an interview with the
Lamed) serves as an acronym for a well-known verse in the Winnipeg Free Press Adam
Song of Songs, Ani l’dodi,v’dodi li. I am for my beloved and shared the following when
my beloved is for me.  talking about creating his
The connection between the name of the month and this show: "I came to understand The Jewish Federation of Edmonton sponsored a wonderful Israel Pavilion
Biblical verse becomes clear when we realize that heshbon that I'm on a different again this year during the Servus Heritage Festival. The pavilion included a
hanefesh is a way of sensitizing us, with love and tenderness. wavelength than most variety of cultural activities manned by volunteers from the community.
While we are asked to be honest, this doesn't necessarily people, and I'm probably
mean that we are meant to feel shame or harsh judgment. always going to be a social message to each of us about how we (collectively) often miss
Nor are we prevented from looking at the errors which we misfit wherever I go...Having Asperger's has caused a lot of the mark when interacting with folks who are not
have made without some degree of humour.   Rather, we depression, but at other times, I'm happy with who I am." "neurotypicals" (a term for non-Aspies).
reflect on where we have been and what we have witnessed, What I took away from this brutally honest and humorous Learning to use this method - ideally with compassion,
truthfully, and with a heart filled with compassion.   presentation was that Adam is a person who is deeply aware levity and love - we learn that heshbon hanefesh provides us
While it may seem like a peculiar segue, the idea of of his essential self. In fact, his comic monologue contains a with an opportunity not only to reflect on our own nature,
heshbon hanefesh came home to me just the other day, in a message of positivity and hope. but also to discover how to make amends; how to fix our
most unusual setting (perhaps?).  As a viewer but perhaps even more as a father of an Aspie relationships with others, and how to return to what we find
Sunday  night, during the first week of the Edmonton child, I was moved and really impressed with Adam's show.   most valuable in those relationships.
Fringe Festival, my wife and I attended an evening Adam Schwartz’s presentation, at the Fringe festival, was In the coming New Year may we be blessed to engage in
performance of a one-man comedic show. a truthful, eloquent and funny self-appraisal. It was an the heshbon hanefesh process with members of our precious
“Asperger’s: A Tale of a Social Misfit” is a comedy, written accounting of the soul; a really fine example of what our community, and may we together reach higher levels of
and performed by a young Jewish Winnipegger named Adam tradition calls heshbon hanefesh. The performance was filled insight and spiritual fulfillment.  
with a beautiful awareness Dorit and the younger Kosmin-Roses (our children --
of one’s ability to look Toviel, Kolya, Aziza, Dia & Anaya) join me in blessing each
inward, to reflect (with true of you with a New Year filled with love, good health, and
humility, love, and prosperity.
tenderness towards the self). Shanah Tovah U'M'tukah; a happy and sweet year to all!
It also carried a powerful

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JNF presents an Israel Security
Briefing: September 14
(EJNews) - The Edmonton Jewish community has a rare
opportunity to hear a security briefing from Israel’s National
Police Spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld on September 14. The
presentation will be held at the Fantasyland Hotel at 7:30
and it is hosted by the Jewish National Fund of Edmonton.
There is no charge to attend the presentation but
reservations are required by contacting edm@jnf.ca.
UK-born Micky Rosenfeld, 45, is Israel’s police spokesman
to the foreign press, the go-to man whenever there is trouble
in the country.
“I finished high school in Israel, the Hartman School,
taking advantage of the English teaching. Then I went into
the army, in the Givati infantry brigade, specializing in
training and operations,” he recalls.
Initially he thought about going back to the UK to study,
but instead decided to work with security organizations that
had the most active units working on counter-terrorism.
How I keep my Bubbe’s memory
alive during the High Holidays
By Stacey Zisook Robinson
(Kveller via JTA) -- As a kid, I didn’t live a particularly
Jewish life. We were sent to Hebrew school on Tuesdays and
Thursdays and got dropped off at Sunday school. We fidgeted
through services occasionally — usually because we were
attending a bar mitzvah or it was High Holidays season. I
went to Saturday morning services pretty regularly the year
prior to my own bat mitzvah — only because it was a
requirement. My parents were under no such requirements,
so their weekends were filled with other things.
They got their Judaism through osmosis, I guess — the
act of taking us to temple, their proximity to the building,
hearing us practice a prayer or a chant. That was Jewish
enough for them.
Don’t get me wrong, they took great pride in their
Judaism. Not only did they occasionally drop into a service
on Shabbat, they never missed attending High Holidays
services, enjoyed lox and bagels on Sunday mornings at the
local deli (and the much less kosher ribs on Sunday nights),
Edmonton Jewish News
Every criminal or terror-
related incident in Israel
lands eventually on
Superintendent Rosenfeld’s
desk. “I have operating
experience on the scene, but my experience and English
language skills are just as important,” he says. “To do this job
you have to understand the international perspective.”
Israel works with Interpol and police forces from Britain
to America. “Our focus is on making sure we are one step
ahead”.
The foreign press, he says, “know exactly what is going on.
The Israel police work fast and furious, but accurately,
wherever they can. We ensure that everything is
instantaneous and online – and all the security
organizations work together, so that there are no gaps in
knowledge or response. Every operation has to be explained,
and it is critical to do it. My duty and that of all the police is
to protect Israel and its citizens.”
Rosenfeld is married with three children aged eight,
eleven and twelve. His wife is the eighth generation of a
Jerusalem Old City family, and his two younger children
followed all the “famous”
Jews who made it into the
news for good (ya!) or ill
(oy!), and observed all the
holidays (that they knew
of), and by “observe” I mean mom cooked a huge meal and
the extended family came to feast.
The beginning of every holiday meant soup. Chicken soup,
replete with lokshen (noodles), knaidlach (matzah balls, the
harder the better), kreplach (think “Jewish ravioli” and you’ll
be close). Even those occasional Friday nights when, for no
discernible reason, mom got it into her head to “do Shabbat,”
dinner started with chicken soup. And while her mother
would make the noodles from scratch, along with the
kreplach and knaidlach, mom was happy to start with the
package variety of everything but kreplach.
My mother visited her mother often. We lived in the south
suburbs of Chicago; Bubbie was on the north side, our
version of the shtetls of Poland and Russia, though made up
of high rises and gorgeous lake views. Still, Tevye would
have fit right in after a day or two. Every so often, her
pilgrimage had a specific mission: replenish the kreplach
supply. She stored them in the freezer until needed. I would
come across the bag every so often as I searched for
something else and I would seriously think of taking — just
one! — to eat, but in the days before microwaves, I couldn’t
come up with a way to do it
quickly and, more
important, stealthily.
As my grandmother aged,
though the quality never
diminished, the amount of
kreplach did. It was difficult
for her to chop the meat by
hand, in her wooden bowl
and with an ancient blade.
Somewhere my mother
has that recipe for kreplach,
as dictated by my Bubbie.
There’s even a video of her,
my mother, sister-in-law and
niece learning the art of
September 1, 2017
Micky Rosenfeld
study in the Old City. “Our lives [despite terrorism] continue
as normal, and we continue to focus and function,” he says.
“I’m where I always wanted to be. I’ve always taken 100
percent responsibility.”
To reserve your spot at the September 17 event, visit
jnfedmonton.ca, email edm@jnf.ca or call 780-481-7881.
There will be a reception following the presentation.
kreplach-making. Mom also has the recipes for brisket and
chopped liver and challah and roasted chicken and kishke
and every other food that has come to mean holiday and feast
and family and love. Most are kept in her head. I told her
years and years ago that she never needed to buy me another
present, that for any birthday or holiday, all she needed to do
was write down one of the recipes. She swears she’s doing
this, but I’m not holding my breath.
I know — I could look up the recipe for anything I would
ever want to cook on the interwebs. But those recipes don’t
taste the same as the ones from my mother, who got them
from her mother, who got them from her mother, who got
them from that long line of ancestors going back into almost
forever ago.
When I make my soup — as I did last year for Rosh
Hashanah — I think back to my Bubbie, whom I called the
first time I made her soup. Add some salt, she said. How
much? Enough. You’ll taste it. But it’s water, Bubbie!! You’ll
know. An exasperated sigh. Add the carrots after you’ve
skimmed off the dreck that floats to the top. Dreck? Ew.
Don’t forget the dill! How much dill? Enough. You’ll know.
Oy. I was beginning to sense a pattern here. Finally: And five
minutes before it’s done … Wait. What? How will I know
when it’s done? You’ll know.
I feel my grandmother with me whenever I make her
soup. I feel her mother, and hers, and all of them — that long
line of them back to forever ago. My kitchen is crowded with
their presence, in the steam and the scent and the bubbling
pot that holds so much more than soup.
I got lost in that thought as I stirred and skimmed that
day. My 17-year-old came into the kitchen.
“Soup!” he said. I nodded. “You know, you have to write
that recipe down for me before I go away to school next year.”
I nod again, mostly because I couldn’t talk in that minute. “Is
it done yet?”
How will I know if it’s done?
I’ll know.
Stacey Zisook Robinson has been published in several
magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the book,
“Dancing in the Palm of God’s Hand.” She blogs at
http://staceyzrobinson.blogspot.com.
September 1, 2017 Edmonton Jewish News Page 9

Reflections on my visit to
Israel and Poland
By Kelly McCauley facing Israel. It’s easy to
dismiss concerns about
terrorism or extremism
August 2017) - This past July I had the privilege of from a position thousands of
visiting Israel at the invitation of the Centre for Israel and miles away in the safety of
Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with my Conservative colleague Canada, and it’s necessary
Blaine Calkins, and four of my colleagues from the NDP and to remember the very real,
Liberals. As well, I toured Poland with my son, Jensen, and very close threats that the
we visited several Holocaust memorial sites including Israeli people face and must
Auschwitz, and memorials of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto be prepared to handle. We
Uprising and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. I’d like to take a sat at locations within short
moment to describe my visits to Israel and Poland, and distance and in clear view of
provide some reflections on what I saw. Hezbollah missile sites, and,
We arrived in Jerusalem on July 10, and took an evening on our visit to the Golan
tour of the old city, followed by a welcome dinner hosted by Heights, we heard artillery
David Weinberg, the Director of CIJA’s Israel office. The duels between competing
following day, we toured the Knesset and Yad Vashem, Syrian factions. Our
Israel’s National Holocaust Museum. We also met Anat security advisor pointed out
Berko, a Member of the Knesset (MK), who was born in spots on the Syrian side of
Canada and is current Co-chair of the Canada-Israel the Golan Heights where
Parliamentary Friendship group, and MK Yoel Hasson, her ISIS forces had reached just
Co-chair. a few hundred yards away
The next day was characterized by a demonstration of from Israeli homes and
Israeli security concerns and actions, as we visited Ramallah schools.
and toured Jerusalem’s security barrier, in addition to Second, contrary to
meetings with Ambassador Liora Herzl and Emmanuel popular opinion of the BDS
Nachshon, who both work at the Israel Ministry of Foreign movement in western
Affairs. Our dinner guests that evening were Dr. Yuval countries, Israel has
Steinitz, the Minister of Intelligence, and Col. (res.) Dr. Eran extensive humanitarian
MP Kelly McCauley and his colleagues received a briefing about the Golan
Lerman, the former Deputy National Security Advisor for efforts in place to help
Heights during their visit to Israel this summer.The following month McCauley
Foreign Policy and International Affairs. Palestinians in Gaza and
and his son visited Poland.
The following day we drove to the Golan Heights, visiting the West Bank, as well as Syrians hurt in the war. This is a Jewish people and indeed all those targeted by the Nazi
the historical site of Masada, the Dead Sea, and Qasr el side of Israel frequently unseen in international media, yet it regime. In Warsaw, we visited the site of the old Ghetto. The
Yehud baptism site on the lower Jordan River. The next day, characterizes Israeli society quite well and I’m glad my destruction was so thorough, no buildings remain – just a
we received a strategic briefing at the Mt. Bental lookout on colleagues and I were able to learn this. small portion of the wall the Nazis built around the ghetto.
the Golan Heights, overlooking Syria, with Sarit Zehavi, who Third, Israel undertook a concerted effort to invest and My son, who is an avid supporter of Israel, is about to
is the founder and CEO of Alma, Israel’s Security Challenges develop its hi-tech industry, which is today driving the enter university to study political science, and I’m glad he
on the Northern Border. We later received another strategic Israeli economy. Israel’s industry and state-efforts to develop was able to gain necessary perspective about world history
briefing from Mr. Zehavi at the Misgav Am lookout this industry could serve as examples for Canada and and the capability of humankind to commit truly
overlooking Lebanon. We spent the night in Tel Aviv, after a Alberta to follow in seeking to diversify our own economies. unspeakable atrocities. The BDS movement is particularly
Shabbat Dinner with Ralph Jansen, the Canadian Deputy The final takeaway from my summer travels was the active in Canadian universities and I’m glad there will be
Head of Mission at the Canadian Embassy. overwhelming emotion I felt when I visited Auschwitz. I was one more educated voice on campus fighting this insidious
We finished our visit to Israel with a tour of Jaffa and struck by the simple mechanics of the holocaust, and how form of anti-Semitism.
Neve Tzedek neighborhoods, the new Sarona market, and an cold and mechanical the
Israeli wine tasting session, as well as meetings with Dr. Nazi genocide-machine
Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg, the Deputy Governor of the really was. I still find it
Bank of Israel (who is from Montreal and taught at McGill), difficult to comprehend the
and two Israeli entrepreneurs who discussed the innovative ability of individuals and
hi-tech industry in Israel. states to dehumanize people
In August, I took my oldest son to visit Krakow and in such a way as the Nazis
Warsaw. Just outside Krakow, we toured Auschwitz l and ll. did during the Holocaust,
This extensive itinerary in Israel was illuminating and and am reminded that we
comprehensive, and I have a few takeaways. First, I was able cannot forget the atrocities
to gain a better perspective on the very real security threats committed against the

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Beth Israel Synagogue Enjoyed

a Great Day of Golf
By Dr. Stan Kitay and Mike Zabludowski, Co-Chairs

On Thursday, August 17, 2017, 35 golfers and over a dozen volunteers had a terrific day
at the Beth Israel Golf Tournament held at the beautiful Lewis Estates Golf Club. Whether
the scores were high, low, or somewhere in between, it was the challenge, fun and teamwork
that made the golf day so special.
The day took many months of planning by a volunteer committee headed up by Stan
Kitay, Past-President of the Beth Israel Synagogue and long-time volunteer and Past-
President, Mike Zabludowski. Many individuals took the time to plan a tournament
extraordinaire including: Paul Deutsch, Dr. Shelby Karpman, Rosemary Kitay, Steve
Lazanik, Tsipora Reboh, Jodi Zabludowski, and Program Coordinator, Luba Allen.
We are proud to announce that every hole was sponsored. Thanks to all who donated
funds to make sure this happened. There was even a hole-in-one sponsored by Investors
Group (Sandra Nageli), although no one was lucky enough to win the $5,000.
The event was fortunate to have 3 silver sponsors: Dr. Stan & Rosemary Kitay, NCJWC-
Edmonton, and an Anonymous Donor. There was one bronze sponsor: Total Plumbing and
Heating. The other hole sponsors were: Bunt & Associates, Edmonton Granite Memorials,
Morris & Pearl Grojecki in memory of Sara & David Grojecki, Dr. Shelby Karpman, Land
Rover Edmonton, Dr. Sam & Michelle Marcushamer in honour of the soldiers of the IDF,
Metalex Recycling, Mintz Law, Barristers & Solicitors, Risktech Insurance Services,
Romanovsky & Associates (Alan Jacobson and Ram Romanovsky), Schayer & Wolinsky
Families, Smith & Wight Opticians, Stratica Medical, and Michael & Jodi Zabludowski.
The tournament could not have occurred without the able volunteers at the various holes.
Each and every volunteer, too numerous to mention, contributed immensely to make the day
fantastic for all involved. The golfers appreciated the fresh donuts generously donated by
Bliss Baked Goods. The EDGJE, courtesy of Rabbi Kaplan, cooked up a tasty cholent which
was provided “at the turn”; this was very special and made the golf tournament a unique
experience. Having fruit kabobs, delicious salami sliders, a scotch and beer hole, plus a candy
hole together with photos, made the day memorable and fun.
The day proceeded into the evening where golfers, guests and members of the community
enjoyed a delicious steak dinner with all the fixings catered by Lauren Baram and her able
crew. Prizes were given out, and people enjoyed bidding on over 25 silent auction items
generously donated by the Jewish and general community at large.
David Dempsey, who was raised in Australia and lives in Edmonton, provided comic relief
to the audience. He is a very talented young man and he became a Western Australian state
finalist for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s competition in 2006. He gave his
Continued on page 20 Wonderful weather and a great group of golfers and volunteers made for a
superb Beth Israel Golf Tournament. The top three teams are pictured above.

Team 3 won the BI Ball Until the End Award.

Shana Tova!
September 1, 2017 Edmonton Jewish News Page 11

Yom Kippur is a reminder of Black Ribbon Day

the power of words
By Joyce Newmark talk about his feelings, but
from the day Al died he
insisted that when you were
(JTA) -- For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend invited to a simcha you must
named Al. They grew up in the same neighborhood in go, no matter the
Brooklyn, and after returning from the service in World War circumstances. Still, it was
II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island too late to repair what had
town and opened related businesses. been broken.
They were closer than brothers. In fact, when my brother All this hurt resulted
and I were growing up, our parents’ wills named Al and his because no one involved
wife, rather than any relatives, as the people who would could take back a few
become our guardians should that become necessary. Even unthinking words spoken in
after my parents moved to Nevada, the two couples haste.
remained close, speaking on the phone every week or so and
The power of words has a
visiting back and forth every couple of years.
very real, almost physical
Almost 40 years ago, Al’s daughter was getting married presence on Yom Kippur.
and my parents were planning to travel to New York for the Look at the list of "al chets,"
wedding. One day, the two couples were on the phone talking or confessions, that we recite On August 28, a sombre Black Ribbon Day ceremony was held at the Provincial
about the wedding. My mother had recently undergone foot again and again on this day. Legislature to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the horrific
surgery and was walking around in ugly post-surgery shoes. We confess our sins of using Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in
“I may have to wear blue jeans and sneakers, but we’ll be foul language, speaking 1939. The pact led to the occupation of numerous eastern and central
there,” she told Al's wife. falsehoods, idle chatter, European nations and the victimization of millions of people. It also
The response: “But the wedding is formal!” slander, disrespecting our contributed to the start of the Second World War.The day (August 23) was
My mother was hurt. She thought the only proper parents and teachers, and declared a national day of remembrance by the Parliament of Canada in 2009.
response to her statement was, “We don’t care what you’re spreading gossip. On and on;
wearing, we just want you to be there.” perhaps half the sins we every direction. He returned to the rabbi and asked again for
Al’s wife was hurt, too. She felt that my mother had to confess are sins of speech. forgiveness.
know how stressed she was trying to plan the perfect Why? Because, despite our communal confessions on Yom The rabbi replied, “There’s one more thing. First you have
wedding and shouldn’t have teased her. Kippur, most of us are not thieves or doers of violence. We to pick up all the feathers.”
Neither would apologize. are not evil people, but sins of words are easy to commit. We
Like feathers turned loose, words have a life of their own.
do it every day. That’s why at the end of every Amidah we
The phone calls became less frequent and my parents You can’t take them back and pretend they were never said
recite the prayer of Mar, son of Ravina, “My God, keep my
began saying that traveling to New York would be expensive because words have power. “Taking back” only happens in
tongue from evil, my lips from lies,” rather than praying
and uncomfortable -- and in early September it would be hot children’s games.
“God, help me not to steal, help me not to murder.”
and humid. They decided not to attend the wedding. You can’t forget, but you can forgive.
The truth is, you can never take back words, you can’t go
Nine months later Al was dead of lung cancer and my The Torah tells us that the first luhot, the tablets of the
back to the time before the words were spoken.
father finally flew to New York to be a pallbearer at the Ten Commandments that Moses shattered after the sin of
funeral. There's a story about a man in a small village in Eastern
the Golden Calf, were made by God. The second luhot, given
Europe who didn’t like the rabbi. No one knew why he didn’t
Like many men of his generation, my father wasn’t one to after Moses persuaded God not to destroy the Israelites,
like the rabbi; perhaps even
were made by Moses. God said to Moses, “Carve out two
he didn’t know. But there
stone tablets like the first ones.” The new ones would not be
was no doubt that he didn’t
the same because the people’s sin could not be undone or
like the rabbi. So, no matter
forgotten, but God could forgive them.
what the rabbi did, this
man had something nasty Rabbinic tradition holds that the second tablets were
to say about it -- often, and given on Yom Kippur as a sign that God forgives and that
to whomever would listen. people must forgive. Forgive doesn’t mean forget, but it is
possible to gather the broken pieces and build a new
One year, as the High
relationship.
Holidays approached, the
man realized that his nasty The rabbis teach that both the second set of tablets and
gossip was a terrible sin, so the broken pieces of the first were placed together in the
he went to the rabbi’s office Holy Ark. Why? To teach us that just as the second tablets
to ask for forgiveness. The could be broken as easily as the first, relationships are
rabbi said, “Of course I’ll fragile, so we must guard our tongues. Moreover, even if a
forgive you, but first you break occurs, the relationship can be repaired. It won’t be
must do something for me. exactly the same, but a break should not be permitted to last
Go home, take your fattest forever.
pillow up to the roof, open it And most important, the time to do something about
up, and shake it out.” broken relationships is now and not next year or someday.
The man thought this Nothing is more precious than love and friendship. Because
was odd, but he did as he words have power, not only to hurt but to heal.
was asked. It was a windy Rabbi Joyce Newmark of Teaneck, New Jersey, is a former
day and the feathers from religious leader of congregations in Leonia, New Jersey, and
the pillow were blown in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Page 12 Edmonton Jewish News September 1, 2017

UJA campaign kickoff features

saxophonist Paul Shapiro
(EJNews) - The Edmonton Jewish Federation and United
Jewish Appeal are hosting a very special 2017 campaign
kickoff event on September 12th at the Citadel Theatre,
presenting a star-studded night of Klezmer, Yiddish swing
and Jewish jazz. The event will feature highly-acclaimed
New York saxophonist and jazz clarinetist Paul Shapiro with
pianist Jerry Korman and friends.
The evening will also include guest speaker Ann Baidack
Pava, past chair of National Women’s Philanthropy for the
Jewish Federations of North America.
The Jewish Federation of Edmonton is presenting this
exceptional event at no charge to UJA members. Non-
members welcome with an $18 donation. Seats are limited
and must be reserved in advance by emailing
eliannal@edjfed.org or calling 780-487-0585 ext 207.
Paul Shapiro is a renowned New York-based saxophonist
with serious new-jazz and R&B credentials and an incredible
range that delights music lovers of all ages and genres. A
mainstay of New York City's downtown creative nexus,
Shapiro's background in jazz and funk led him to recording
session work with Michael Jackson, Rufus Wainwright,
Queen Latifah, Lou Reed and Jay-Z, among many others.
He was co-founder of Brooklyn Funk Essentials and a
former member of Microscopic Sextet but his growing
interest in Jewish music eventually led him to Klezmer - a
fascinating middle ground between big band swing, Yiddish
pop and R&B.
Paul Shapiro: Ribs and Brisket Revue recorded two
albums on John Zorn's Judeocentric Tzadik label entitled
"Midnight Minyan" (2003) and "It's in the Twilight" (2006).
They were both serious instrumental collections of
traditional Jewish songs and standards, seen anew through
the contemporary prism of Shapiro's working aesthetic of
jazz, funk and rhythm 'n' blues.
But a funny thing happened on the way to downtown hip
street cred. Shapiro encountered songs from the 1930s and
'40s -- like Slim Gaillard's
"Dunkin' Bagel" and Cab
Calloway's "A Bee Gezindt" -
- that clearly indicated a
significant musical
exchange. Rather than
grafting forms such as
Dixieland and bebop onto
traditional Jewish
instrumental music,
Shapiro’s third release on
the Tzadik label, “Essen”
delivers those Jewish folk
forms in their pure, joyful Paul Shapiro, Jerry Korman and friends will be performing at the Citadel
and unadulterated form. Theatre on September 12 to launch the 2017 Edmonton UJA campaign.
The songs on “Essen” the shofar.
feature vocals that evoke the humour and pathos of
Guest speaker for the evening event, Anna Baidack Pava
traditional Jewish culture and Shapiro’s fine horn work and
is a passionate advocate for Jewish day school education. She
ear for arrangements are completely dazzling.
was the founding president of the Hebrew High School of
“Essen” features songs mostly about food; there are plenty New England, the region’s first Jewish high school, serving
of bagels, matzo balls, and gefilte fish in these tunes, given a the communities of Western Massachusetts, Greater
contemporary twist by Shapiro and his R&B-fueled outfit. Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut.
In his fourth and most widely-acclaimed release on the In 2006, Pava received the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland
Tzadik label, entitled “Shofarot Verses,” Shapiro reimagines award as an outstanding woman philanthropic leader at the
Jewish liturgical melodies and modes through a modern International Lion of Judah Conference in Washington, D.C.
worldly jazz lens. What makes this so engaging is the way She is also a recipient of the ADL's Torch of Liberty Award,
Shapiro mixes the songs of prayer in with the blues, R&B, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's Lay Leadership Award
surf and improvisational jazz to create mature new music. for Excellence in Jewish Education, and the Philip E. Saks
“Shofarot Verses” shows off all sides of Shapiro’s musical Young Leadership Award of the Jewish Federation of
personality, from the dark, intense spirituality of a solo Western Massachusetts.
version of “Hashiveinu” to the guitar-driven antics of “Surfin’ This fabulous event will launch the 2017 Edmonton
Salami.” His playing is sonically rich and harmonically United Jewish Appeal Campaign. No solicitation will take
dense, and the shifts in mood are deftly achieved and place that evening. The event will begin with an appetizer
frequently quite funny. Given the numerous references to the reception at 6 pm and the show will start at 7 pm. To reserve
High Holy Days on the album this might just be perfect your seat, contact eliannal@edjfed.org.
listening for the month of Elul which coincides perfectly for
the Edmonton concert on September 12. He might even play

Georg von Trapp, Lauren Kidwell as The Mother Abbess,

“The Sound of Music” is coming to Edmonton
Edmonton- A brand new production of “The Sound of calling 1-800-889-8457. Ticket prices start at $30.50.
Music,” produced by NETworks Presentations, is making its Performances run – Tuesday through Saturday evenings
Edmonton premiere September 19– 24, 2017 at the Northern at 8 pm, Sunday evening 7:30 pm with 2 pm matinees on
Alberta Jubilee Auditorium as part of a North American Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit
tour. To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.ca or call 1- SoundOfMusicOnTour.com.
855-985-5000. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by “The Sound of Music” features music by Richard Rodgers,
lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II, book by
Howard Lindsay and Russel
Crouse, suggested by The
Trapp Family Singers by
Maria Augusta Trapp. The
beloved musical story of
Maria and the von Trapp
Family will once again thrill
audiences with its Tony®,
Grammy® and Academy
Award®–winning Best
Score, including “My
Favorite Things,”
“Edelweiss” and the title
song.
“The Sound of Music”
enjoyed extraordinary
success as a live television
production when “The
Sound of Music Live!” aired
on NBC in December, 2013
and was seen by over 44
million people. 2015 marked
the 50th anniversary of the
film version, which
continues to be the most
successful movie musical in
history.
Jill-Christine Wiley will
play Maria Rainer, with
Mike McLean as Captain
Jake Mills as Max Detweiler, Melissa McKamie as Elsa
Schraeder, Keslie Ward as Liesl and Chad P. Campbell as
Rolf Gruber. The von Trapp children are played by Landon
Brimacombe (Friedrich), Arick Brooks (Kurt), Katie Grgecic
(Brigitta), Madeleine Guilbot (Gretl), Maya Karp (Louisa)
and Amaryllis C. Miller (Marta).
In the words of Ted Chapin, President of Rodgers &
Hammerstein, “I waited for a moment when we could
rediscover “The Sound of Music” as it was originally created.
Because of the enormous success of the film, few were aware
that it started life as a hit Broadway show - and a very big
hit at that!  The artists behind this production embraced
what the authors wrote, looked at it all through modern eyes
and, in so doing, found depth and resonance that has been
recognized by critics and audiences across the country. It's
like visiting an old friend but finding yourself surprised as
well.  It's also a reminder of why this show is such
an evergreen."
The creative team for this new production includes
direction by Matt Lenz, based on the national tour’s original
direction by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien
(Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The
Coast of Utopia). Original choreography by Danny Mefford
(Dear Evan Hansen, Fun Home, The Bridges of Madison
County, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) has been recreated
by Jonathan Warren, with music supervision by Andy
Einhorn (Hello, Dolly!, Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers +
Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Light in the Piazza). The
design and production team is comprised of Tony Award®
nominee Douglas W. Schmidt, set design (The Front Page,
42nd Street, Into the Woods); Tony Award® winner Jane
Greenwood, costume design (The Little Foxes, 2014 Special
Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), six-
time Tony Award® winner Natasha Katz, lighting design
(Long Day’s Journey Into Night, An American in Paris, Once,
Aida, The Coast of Utopia, The Glass Menagerie). Original
sound design by Ken Travis (Aladdin, Newsies, Memphis)
has been adapted by Shannon Slaton, and casting is by
Stewart/Whitley.

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Everyday at Kids Kottage
We know how difficult it can be to imagine a homeless
child, or a child that has been neglected, left to go hungry, or
affected by a violent home. At Kids Kottage, we don’t have to
imagine these children, because we see them every day,
holding the hands of their parents who are too overwhelmed,
too sick, too alone, or unable to provide the necessities their
children need. These are the children who stay with us for up
to 72 hours, safe and warm at the Kottage, with nutritious
food in their little bellies, new friends to play with, and new
playrooms to explore, while we help their parents face their
crisis situations head on and come up with a plan to make
home safe again.
This isn’t all we see at the Kottage, however. We also see
the huge impact that our generous supporters and
volunteers have on the lives of the children who come to stay
with us for a while. We see this impact every time we help a
little one dress for the day, or sit with them at breakfast. We
Just do it: A High Holidays call to action
By David Markus
Rabbis Without Borders via JTA) -- As the
High Holidays tides approach and soon over-wash with their
poignant waters of joy, awe, solemnity and introspection, it’s
tempting to imagine that this season is only for emotional
and spiritual internals.
This season of teshuvah (returning, repairing, forgiving)
is for thinking and feeling teshuvah – but mainly as
springboards for action.
It’s good to think teshuvah in our minds and feel teshuvah
in our hearts. It’s healthy to commit to change behaviors that
don’t serve us, others or the world. It’s right to arouse
intention to seek and give forgiveness. Good, healthy and
right as our inner turns can be, they aren’t fully teshuvah
until they spur action where action is possible.
Jews are called to action. Our spiritual ancestors
answered Sinai’s call by responding "na’aseh v’nishma," “We
will do and we will hear” (Exodus 19:8) – doing is paramount.
Shabbat doesn’t just happen magically: “The Children of
Israel will … do Shabbat for all their generations as an
Edmonton Jewish News
see it as those little faces light up at
play time, scaling our climber
outside or exploring our playrooms
inside. We see it at lunch time, as
they realize that they get to eat
again today, and then at snack and
dinner time too. We see it at bath
time, as we help scrub between toes
and behind ears, and we see it at
bed time, as we tuck little ones in on their first night away
from home. We see it as we rock babies to sleep while the sun
goes down.
We see it in each exhausted mother’s face as we reassure
her that she doesn’t have to do this alone anymore. We aren’t
there to judge – we are there to help, to talk, to support her
through whatever she is facing. And most of all, we see this
huge impact as our little guests get to go home again, holding
eternal covenant” (Exodus 31:16) – doing makes Shabbat.
Doing is our covenant.
Doing is the goal of the inner return and repair we call
teshuvah. The riveting High  Holidays  Avinu Malkeinu
liturgy pleads to G-d "Aseh imanu va’chesed" – “do with us
justice and lovingkindness.” On Yom Kippur, we hear anew
the call to emulate G-d – “Be holy, for I [the Holy One] am
holy” (Leviticus 15:2) – so this season calls us to do likewise.
We are to do the same justice and lovingkindness that we
crave for ourselves.
What is a teshuvah of doing? It depends on context, but
usually includes action knowable to others. It can mean
actually speaking apology to people we wronged (not just
thinking or feeling it). It can mean correcting a rumor we
spread (even if we can’t undo all of a rumor’s harm). It can
mean sending an email to begin repairing a relationship. It
can mean communicating forgiveness long restrained by
grudge. It can mean returning an item that belongs to
another.
In all of these cases, teshuvah means doing: Thinking and
feeling are the fertile soil of
teshuvah, but action is the
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Mom’s hand and reassured that home is safe now, knowing
that if things ever get bad again, someone at Kids Kottage
will be waiting with a warm smile and a bed and a cuddly
blanket to keep them warm.
At Kids Kottage, we believe that every child should be
safe. And with your help, we can continue to be a safe haven
for all vulnerable Edmonton area families and their children.
Please visit us at kidskottage.org or call 780-448-1752 for
more information.
harvest – the purpose and fulfillment.
Teshuvah often is risky: action risks rejection and failure.
But in most cases, that’s exactly the point. Except in abusive
or dangerous contexts in which repair is not safely feasible
by action in this world, risk is part of what we must do to
heed the call of teshuvah. A true teshuvah of action asks
courage to risk our hearts in service of doing true repair and
healing. Our hearts and souls – and others’ hearts and souls
– are worth it.
That’s the call of this season – a teshuvah of action that’s
riskier – and far more healing and liberating – than thinking
or feeling alone.
Justice and lovingkindness, community and spirituality,
compassion and mercy, forgiveness and repair, Shabbat and
Jewish life – all of these call us to do. So in this season of
teshuvah, what are you waiting for? Make that call. Send
that email. Just do it.
Rabbi David Evan Markus is co-chair of ALEPH: Alliance
for Jewish Renewal, the umbrella organization for the Jewish
Renewal movement, and co-rabbi of Temple Beth-El of City
Island in New York City.
Page 14 Edmonton Jewish News September 1, 2017

Hebrew U launches the world’s

largest index of Jewish art
and ideas, not of images. As
Jerusalem  - The Center
the largest virtual Jewish
for Jewish Art at the
museum in the world, the
Hebrew University of
Index of Jewish Art is a
Jerusalem launched the
sophisticated
world’s largest online tool for
studying visual aspects of
database of Jewish art on
Jewish heritage. We hope
August 9, at the World
that making this Index
Congress of Jewish Studies
available will lead to further
in Jerusalem.
in-depth study of primary
The Bezalel Narkiss
sources, and serve as an
Index of Jewish Art is a
enduring launching pad for
collection of digitized
the study of the historical
images and information
Dr. Vladimir Levin and cultural significance of
about Jewish artifacts from
Jewish art for many years to
all over the world. The online collection includes more than
come,” said Dr. Levin.
260,000 images of objects and artifacts from 700 museums,
The extensive collection
synagogues and private collections in 41 different countries,
contains over 100,000
as well as architectural drawings of 1,500 synagogues and
entries in the Jewish Ritual
Jewish ritual buildings from antiquity to the modern day. The Centre for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem includes over
Architecture category alone. 260,000 images of objects and artifacts from collections in 41
The public can access the Bezalel Index of Jewish Art and
“We cannot physically differentcountries.
start exploring the world of Jewish art
preserve
at  cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php. Amateur or professional all Jewish
buildings everywhere, but we can preserve them visually established the  Hebrew University’s Department of Art
researchers easily access more than a quarter of a million
through documentation and drawings,” said Dr. Levin.
images, with accompanying details and descriptions, either History in 1966 with his colleague Prof. Moshe Barasch. In
The digitization of the Center for Jewish Art archives
by simple keyword search, or according to such categories as 1979 Narkiss established the Center for Jewish Art with the
became possible in the framework of a joint project with the
Iconographical Subject, Origin, Artist, Object, Community, goal of creating a research center that focuses on
Collection or Location. National Library of Israel and Judaica Division of Harvard investigating and preserving Jewish visual art. Since then,
University Library. It was generously funded by the the Center has employed a small but dedicated group of
The Center for Jewish Art is the world's foremost
Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, "Landmarks" professionals and graduate students who routinely go on
institution dedicated to the preservation of the Jewish
Program of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Judaica Book documentation expeditions all over the world.
artistic heritage. The Center's activities include
Fund endowments established by David B. Keidan
documentation, research, education and publishing. Under On these trips abroad, researchers document six
(Harvard), as well as by the Conference on Jewish Material
the direction of Dr. Vladimir Levin, the Center has in recent categories of Jewish art: Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts,
Claims Against Germany, The Morris and Beverly Baker
years worked steadily toward completing the Index by Sacred and Ritual Objects, Jewish Cemeteries, Ancient
Foundation, Mrs. Josephine Urban and Mr. William Gross.
photographing, measuring and painstakingly describing and Jewish Art, Modern Jewish Art, and Jewish Ritual
The Israeli government recognized The Bezalel Narkiss
categorizing each piece to be made available online to the Architecture. Some of the pieces documented are no longer in
public. Index of Jewish Art as a non-tangible national heritage in existence, but have a permanent place in the vast index that
2012, and it is today considered the most comprehensive has taken more than thirty years to collect and six years to
“Jewish culture is largely perceived as a culture of texts
database of Jewish art in the digitize. In some cases, the researchers were able to
world, existing as a virtual document an object just in time, such as right before a
Join Beth Israel, the Family Shul for an inspirational crumbling East European synagogue collapsed to its
museum available to all.
journey through the 2017 High Holy Days. foundation, or a ritual object disappeared into obscurity at
Prof. Bezalel Narkiss was
an Israel Prize laureate who Continued on page 15

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Israel President Rivlin meets

with UN Secretary General
(August 28, 2017) - Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin held
a working meeting at his residence with United Nations
Secretary General, António Guterres, who is on his first visit
to Israel since his appointment. Before their meeting both
men gave media statements.
President Rivlin began by welcoming the Secretary
General to Israel and wished him success in his new role on
behalf of the Israeli people. The President noted, “We do
appreciate all that the UN is doing to fight world hunger, to
improve access to clean water, and to raising awareness
about climate and environmental challenges.” He stressed,
“However, as we stand in Jerusalem, the ancient and eternal
capital of the Jewish nation, I would like to remind us one
important lesson. The United Nations was established with
an understanding of the importance of nation states. The UN
makes it possible for nation states to work together as
equals, for the sake of all humanity. No one understands this
better than us, Israelis.”
The President urged the Secretary General to work to end
the discrimination against Israel in sections of the UN, and
said, “The State of Israel is the one place in which the Jewish
nation can fulfill its right for self-determination.
Unfortunately, all around our region we are witnessing these
days, how dangerous is the collapse of the nation-state. We
are witnessing with our own eyes, terrible humanitarian
disasters where the state is too weak and cannot help its
people. And because the idea of the nation-state is so deeply
rooted in the values and principles of the UN, I call upon you,
Mr. Secretary General, to work to end the discrimination
against Israel in some branches of your organization. This
targeting of Israel, this singling out of the world's only
Jewish State - and even actions and statements that
threaten to destroy Israel - are unacceptable and should
come at a price.” The President added, “No member state in
the UN should be allowed to behave like that. These actions
weaken cooperation between states and are against the rule
of law.”
He added, “Mr. Secretary General, we appreciate your
brave leadership regarding the discrimination against
Israel. We hope that working together, we can create a more
productive partnership,
between Israel and the UN,
for the sake of our region,
and for the sake of all
humanity.”
The President continued,
“Secretary General, Israel
remains committed to peace
with its neighbors. Hamas in
Gaza must not be allowed to
rebuild their weapons, and
the world must call on
Hamas, to return our sons.
Return them home. To their
families. I urge you to take Israel's President Reuven Rivlin met with United Nations Secretary General
this mission and to help us Antonio Guterres during his first visit to Israel since his appointment.
bring back our sons.”
Secretary General Guterres thanked the President and I do believe that in particular when you mention those that
noted, “I started this visit to your beautiful country with two call for the destruction of the State of Israel that that is a
very emotional moments. First in Yad Vashem, and then in form of modern anti-Semitism, but you also understand that
the Grove of (Righteous Among the) Nations. And Yad I sometimes disagree with positions with the Government of
Vashem is to remind us of the Holocaust, and to remind us of Israel or any other government, and that is absolutely
how important it is even today as the Holocaust was not normal in a society where many of your citizens have exactly
more than the culmination of millennia of the expression of the same expressions of opinions. We will always be very
anti-Semitism around the world, through discrimination, frank in the dialogue with the State of Israel in trying to find
through persecution. Yad Vashem is there to remind us that ways for peace to be possible in this region, but we will
we need to be in the first line in fighting against anti- always be very committed to make sure anti-Semitism
Semitism, but first of all fighting against all other forms of doesn't prevail and that equality in the treatment of all
bigotry be it racism, xenophobia, even anti-Muslim hatred, states is fully respected.”
to promote understanding and to promote dialogue, and I am During their meeting, the President stressed to the
very appreciative Mr. President for what has been your Secretary General that it was inconceivable that Iran could
commitment to dialogue and understanding.” have the rights of a member of the United Nations and
He continued, “I want to express to you Mr. President that continue inciting against the State of Israel. The President
you can be fully confident that in my role as Secretary made it clear that these statements contradicted the values
General, and in relation to the functions of the secretariat of the UN, and allowed for the spread of anti-Semitism from
that I am supposed to meet, I am very keen in stressing the this important stage.
values of the Charter, and the very important value of the The two discussed the current situation in Gaza, the role
Charter, impartiality. And impartiality means treating all of UNDOF along the northern border of Israel, and the
states equally, and I am totally committed to that in my importance of restoring confidence as a central component of
action and in everything I can do for the organization I lead. Israeli-Palestinian discourse.

Hebrew U Cont. from page 14
an auction.
One such expedition that researchers from the Center
went on occurred in Siberia in 2015. While researchers give
extra attention to areas of Europe where Jewish
communities were ravaged during World War Two and have
inherited the worst crisis of heritage preservation in the
aftermath of the destruction brought on by the Holocaust,
the former Soviet Union’s Jewish communities in the far
north have also fared poorly.
Researchers on the expedition found that many
synagogues, long since abandoned, were on the verge of
collapse. Many Jewish cemeteries had been destroyed over
the years, or were in such a state of dilapidation and neglect
that they were in danger of disappearing.  While the
expedition team worked tirelessly at documenting the
objects that they could find, they also attempted to raise
awareness among the locals of the importance of preserving
Jewish heritage sites, not just for Jewish communities, but
also as a significant part of their own history and culture.
The Center has more exciting projects lined up in the
coming months. The monograph Synagogues of Ukraine:
Volhynia, by Dr. Sergey Kravtsov and Dr. Vladimir Levin, is
due to be published this summer. “Historic Synagogues of
Europe,” a joint project with the Foundation for Jewish
Heritage, will be opened to the public in November 2017. It
will offer, for the first time, an inventory of all of the historic
synagogues of Europe, rating them according to their
significance and condition, therefore providing a
comprehensive and strategic perspective for the
preservation of European Jewish heritage.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem  is Israel’s leading
academic and research institution, producing one-third of all
civilian research in Israel. For more information, visit
new.huji.ac.il/en
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Jewish summer camps reopen
to host Houston victims
By Ben Sales
(JTA) -- Three weeks ago, Lauren Laderman left Camp
Young Judaea-Texas after serving as the unit head for 14-
year-olds this summer.
Then Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast, and
Laderman was back at camp, this time preparing the cabins
for evacuees in need of a place to live.
On August 29, families began moving into the 180-acre
facility outside of Austin.
“I want to keep the families in high hopes, knowing that
they’re going to go back to Houston and [have to] figure
things out,” said Laderman, 23, a recent college graduate
who grew up in Houston. “But we can give them a few days
of relaxation knowing they’ll have somewhere to sleep and
good food.”
As Tropical Storm Harvey continues to barrage the Texas
coast -- deluging the Houston area, destroying property and
filling convention centers with evacuees -- Jewish summer
camps are mobilizing to aid families by sheltering them or
supervising their children.
Ten people have died as a result of the storm, a number
expected to rise, and more than 3,000 have had to be rescued.
Young Judaea emailed parents and alumni on August 28,
three days into the storm, opening its doors to families that
have evacuated Houston, about a three-hour drive away. Ten
families were expected to arrive starting Tuesday, and more
are anticipated once families are able to leave the flooded
city, where the roads are closed.
“We don’t have a lot of money but we have a great staff, so
we said, 'Let’s open it up,'” said camp director Frank
Silberlicht, who had evacuated his Houston home this week
after living two days without power. “For people to have
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some kind of normalcy,
that’s what camp provides.”
Greene Family Camp, a
Reform overnight camp
north of Austin, also offered
space for families to stay.
But staff realized that
families would be better
served by an impromptu
day camp for kids in
Houston, freeing up their
parents to go back home
and survey property
damage. As of Tuesday
afternoon, the camp was
looking for space at dry “The level of rain that we’re seeing here is biblical,” David Krohn, a cantor at
Jewish institutions in the Houston’s Congregation Brith Shalom, told Haaretz.“It’s diluvian rain all day and
area and aiming to all night, rain that keeps accumulating.” (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
open August 31.
The camp is also business center with computers and an internet connection.
providing canned goods and clothes to those in need, and a When families are not eating or sleeping, counselors like
few families have taken shelter at the overnight camp, Laderman will put on programing for kids and adults, from
where there is staff to care for them. sports and trivia games to swimming and -- given the right
“We’re going to do everything we can to support them instructor -- a ropes course.
emotionally as well as physically, keep them occupied and try “Families will be there, but they can come and go,”
to take their minds off of what’s going on,” said Loui Dobin, Silberlicht said. “People there, they want to participate. So
the Greene Family Camp’s executive director. people can help set the table, clear the tables, help in the
In both cases, the camps hope to re-create the fun, relaxed kitchen. People want to feel useful as well.”
atmosphere they provide each summer. Dobin expects a Jewish institutions have been damaged by the flooding,
couple hundred kids to attend the day camp once it opens, and the Houston Jewish federation estimated that the vast
where they will receive meals and do activities like relay majority of local Jews live in affected areas. The federation is
races or movie time. He hopes to arrange a pickup point for raising relief funds and coordinating Jewish service
families so they don’t all have to figure out how to maneuver agencies.
to the camp. Meanwhile, Chabad is importing certain kosher foods
Young Judaea will house that have become scarce due to the flooding and IsraAid, an
families in private guest Israeli relief agency, is preparing teams to deploy to the area.
rooms that usually serve as A few families have taken shelter at the Robert M. Beren
space for retreats or Academy Orthodox Jewish day school.
conventions. The camp has Both the Greene and Young Judaea camps have sheltered
bed linens, towels and about families in previous floods and storms, and expect to remain
a week of food for 100 people open at least until  Sept. 5, the  earliest date that Houston
-- it's far enough from the schools may reopen — school was slated to begin Aug. 28.
flooding to buy more. In Neither camp knows how many people will need help, but
addition to beds, the camp is they hope to provide safe haven, physically and emotionally,
providing the families three at least for a few days.
meals a day and snacks.
“It was hard for us to watch it from afar, so now we can be
Camp staff has also been proactive and help families,” said Julia Paeglis, the director
meeting families’ special of year-round programs for Young Judaea-Texas. “We want
requests, from portable cribs to provide a relief and escape a little bit before they have to
to a few sets of dry clothing, go back and deal with their houses.”
and is planning to open a
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5 new kids' books for

the High Holidays
By Penny Schwartz

(JTA) — A challah-baking Jewish giant, a young baseball champ and an

endearing boy in a pumpkin patch are among the stars of five delightful new
books for kids published just in time for the High Holidays.
This year's crop includes new stories by two of the country's most
prominent children's book writers, David A. Adler and Eric A. Kimmel, who
have entertained and informed decades of young readers. Three of the books
are set during the holidays — Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year; Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement; and Sukkot, the seven-day fall harvest festival.
Two others are uplifting, kid-centered stories about good deeds and
repairing the world — themes that reflect the spirit of the holidays as a time
for reflection as well as renewing commitments to do better in the year ahead.
Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale
By Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Jim Starr
Apples & Honey Press; ages 3-8
Samson the Giant, known as “Big Sam” to his friends, sets out to make a
giant round challah in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. Big Sam begins by
digging a big hole – the Grand Canyon — to use as a mixing bowl. Step by
massive step, Big Sam crisscrosses the U.S., filling his bowl with a mountain
of flour, a lake of oil, thousands of eggs and more. For water, he dams up the
Colorado River and then whittles a giant California redwood into a spoon for
stirring.
But before he can celebrate the holiday, two bald eagles caution the giant that he's caused perfect pumpkin to decorate his family's sukkah, the temporary hut Jewish families build to
an awful lot of damage to the environment — flattening hills and threatening habitats. In celebrate the fall harvest festival of Sukkot.
the spirit of the holiday, Big Sam considers his misdeeds and sets about to make things right. In this warm tale, Micah learns about generosity -- he picks many more "perfect"
When he's finally ready to dig in to the huge challah, Big Sam welcomes in Rosh Hashanah pumpkins, turning them over to Farmer Jared to use to help feed the hungry. But what about
with his American tall-tale pals – Paul Bunyan and Slue Foot Sue among them. Micah's own sukkah? As the day at the farm comes to an end, Micah is unexpectedly
Yom Kippur Shortstop delighted when he discovers that a pumpkin headed to the compost pile offer up seeds he can
By David A. Adler; illustrated by Andre Ceolin plant for next year's "perfect" Sukkot pumpkin.
Apples & Honey Press; ages 4-8 Moti the Mitzvah Mouse
The story opens as a young boy named Jacob makes the winning catch in the last inning By Vivian Newman; illustrated by Inga Knopp-Kilpert
of his Little League game. If they win the next game, they'll be the champions — but the final Kar-Ben; ages 2-5
game is on Yom Kippur. After reminding Jacob that Yom Kippur is an important holiday, Moti, a busy little mouse with a big heart, lives under the sink at the Bermans' house.
Jacob's father says, “Think about what you want to do.” When the Berman kids — and the family cat — are asleep, Moti secretly wanders the house
Over the course of the next few days, Jacob does just that. Will he go to the game or spend finding ways to be helpful. Each page finds Moti doing a mitzvah: He feeds the fish, he puts
the day at synagogue with friends and family, observing the holy Jewish day? No spoilers away misplaced toys, he collects loose coins left around and puts them in the tzedakah box.
here, but Jacob eventually realizes that he's part of many teams: his family, friends, his Lively illustrations make this an engaging, interactive read that kids will want to read
people and Little League. again and again.
This relatable, deftly told story taps into the reality facing many American Jewish families It Only Takes a Minute
today – the conflicts between Jewish  holidays  and the secular calendar of school, sports, By Bracha Goetz; illustrated by Bill Bolton
recitals and other activities. The story is, of course, inspired by the Jewish baseball legend Hachai Publishing; ages 2-5
Sandy Koufax, who sat out the opening game of the 1965 World Series because it was Yom
A young boy in a haredi Orthodox family discovers that small acts of kindness can make
Kippur. In his author's note, Adler introduces the Hall of Fame pitcher to his young readers.
a big difference —  when he remembers to do them, of course. Throughout the book, the boy
The Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever learns "it only takes a minute" to do good deeds, such as saying "thank you" or to thoughtfully
By Laya Steinberg; illustrations by Colleen Madden say a bracha – a blessing – even when he is rushing for the school bus. At a soccer game, he
Kar-Ben; ages 4-9 takes a minute to appreciate the nature around him. While aimed at traditional religious
Micah can hardly contain his enthusiasm for picking pumpkins at Farmer Jared's families, the narrative touches a universal chord: that even young kids can, and should,
pumpkin patch. He and his family join others from their synagogue who are helping the make the effort to do what is right.
farmer pick the last of the season's pumpkins to donate to a
soup kitchen. Micah, however, thinks he's searching for the

May the sound of the shofar

herald a year of happiness
for you and your families

Shana Tova
from the
Slawsky Family
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American mayors' group and ADL
agree to combat hate
By Ben Sales
NEW YORK (JTA) -- The mayors of America's largest
cities are launching a partnership with the Anti-Defamation
League to combat hate and bigotry.
Nearly 200 mayors have joined the agreement, which was
announced Friday, since it was first circulated on August 15
among the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The mayors are
agreeing to explicitly condemn racism, white supremacy and
bigotry, and to implement educational and public safety
programs to safeguard vulnerable populations and
discourage discrimination.
Signers include the mayors of New York City, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C, and
Phoenix.
"For decades, America’s mayors have taken a strong
position in support of civil rights and in opposition to racism
and discrimination of all kinds," the Mayors' Compact reads.
"We are now seeing efforts in our states and at the highest
levels of our government to weaken existing civil rights
policies and reduce their enforcement. We have seen an
increase in hate violence, xenophobic rhetoric, and
discriminatory actions that
target Muslims, Jews, and
other minorities."
The compact sets out a
10-point program that
includes publicly condemning bigotry; ensuring public safety
while protecting free speech; training and funding law
enforcement to enforce hate crime laws; working with
community leaders to combat bigotry; and strengthening
anti-bias education programs in schools.
Many of the points echo a plan of action that the ADL
called on the White House to adopt earlier this week. The
group proposed the plan following the white supremacist
rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and President Donald
Trump's response, which the ADL and many others have
slammed.
"The events in Charlottesville once again showed us we
have much work to do to bring Americans together," said
Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL's national director on a
conference call with reporters. "We know that hate is on the
rise. ADL can't wait any longer for the president to act. ADL
is ready to work with communities across the country to
combat hate."
The announcement of the compact comes during a high-
profile week for the ADL, which combats anti-Semitism and
bigotry. The group received $1 million donations from Apple
and 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch, and announced
a partnership with Bumble, a dating app, to block bigoted
profiles.
Other mayors also portrayed the compact as a response in
part to the president's equivocation of white supremacists
and those who oppose them. Steve Adler, the Jewish mayor
of Austin, Texas, who has volunteered for the ADL in the
past, said during the call that "mayors don't need a
teleprompter to say Nazis are bad."
"There's a clear lack of a moral compass," Mayor Shane
Bemis of Gresham, Oregon, a city of 100,000 east of
Portland, said on the call. "This shouldn't be a surprise to
anyone, how he has continued to divide us since the election.
It is clearly, in my view, an absence of any sort of moral
leadership from the president."
But mayors were divided on a couple of contentious
issues, including the removal of Confederate monuments
from cities and how to strike a balance between protecting
civil liberties while guarding against incitement and threats
to public safety. Tom Cochran, CEO of the mayors'
conference, said policy on how to deal with Confederate
memorials should be left up to individual cities.
"This discussion is not about monuments," he said in the
call. "This conversation is about coming together to denigrate
all acts of hate wherever they occur, and making sure we
protect public safety while making sure that the right to free
speech will always be protected."

Beth Israel Cont. from page 10

thought provoking insight into daily life living in Canada in
general, and Edmonton in particular.
The top three teams for the golf tournament proudly
accepted their prizes at the dinner. The winning team for
this tournament was: Mark Huberman, Michael Paull,
Randy Soifer, and Jeff Rubin. Congratulations to this
winning team! The second place team was: Mike
Zabludowski, Dr. Shelby Karpman, Steve Lazanik and
Ernest Pheh. The third place team was Dr. Heather and
David Vickar, and Asher Pertman. The Men’s Longest Drive
prize went to Alex Bernstein and the Men’s Longest Putt
went to Paul Deutsch. The Closest to the Hole - 2nd Shot
went to Dr. Shelby Karpman. The Women’s Longest Drive
went to Heather Vickar and the Women’s Longest Putt went
to Lindsay Logodin. Andrew Gergely won the Ball in the
Water and Dr. Stan Kitay won the Ball in the Sand.
Honorable mention goes to Andrew Gergely for wearing the
most original golf pants which no one can ever forget! The
ladies’ team, consisting of Michelle Marcushamer, Evelyn
Schayer and Judy Sternberg, won the BI Ball contest (they
were the only team to hand in their played golf ball at the
end of the day). Congratulations to all the winners!!
Proceeds from this event will go toward The Beth Israel
programs for both children and adults. Beth Israel, the Beth Israel Synagogue hosted an enjoyable golf tournament on August 17 at the beautiful Lewis Estates Golf
Family Shul, is a forward-thinking modern orthodox Club. Everyone had a great time! Later that evening BI hosted a delicious steak dinner at the shul, catered
synagogue. The Youth Department runs weekly and annual by Lauren Baram.
programming for all ages, infants to Grade 12. No matter a
person’s tradition, all are invited to future events for fun,
inspiration and programs that will leave you with fond
memories and new friends.
Thanks, again, to all who participated in the day of golf
and evening program. We look forward to celebrating future
events with you!

Beth Israel golfers enjoy the day.

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The Jewish Federaon of Edmonton - United Jewish Appeal

wishes to acknowledge the following generous gi s
received during the 2016 UJA campaign:
Tzadik: $200,000 + Ray & Linda Rutman Stewards: $500 - $749 Ruth-Ellen Shafir Marvin Soroka Mendy & Chaya Sara Blachman
Katz Family Perry & Sandra Segal Sharon Abbott Deborah Shatz Shira Spring Lana Black & George Abrams
Sveta Silverman Marvin & Freda Abugov Miriam Sheckter Neomi Stocklin & Asaf Sagi Blue Sea Philanthropy
Hineni: $100,000- $199,999 Howard & Esther Starkman Lissa Antflick Abe & Toby Silverman Barbara Swanson Freda Braude
Ghermezian Family Rick & Stephanie Velie Rivie & Blair Bondar Geoff Sky The Benevity Charity Impact Fund Earl & Roberta Bubis
Irving & Dianne Kipnes Harvey & Vicky Wright David Bookhalter Gary & Beverley Smordin Kathleen Thurber Jason Cairns
Phyllis Nurgitz & Mel Wyne Robert & Krista Brick Ruth Snider Raymond Tomcej Larry Charach
Philanthropists: $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous x 2 Sheila & Stan Bronson Ari Sniderman & Faren Hochman Madeline & Tal Toubiana Jennifer Chen
David & Pamela Margolus Neil & Marlene Brown Eira Spaner Aubrey Uretsky Sharon Cohen
Leo Superstein z"l Sponsors: $1,500 - $1,999 Judah Busheikin Daniel & Marina Starkman Jason & Dani Uretsky Indira De La Rosa Noriega
Gloria Aaron Sarah Dolgoy Boris & Teresa Sukalsky Harry Warhaft Robert Dlin
Ambassadors: $15,000 - $24,999 Jack & Marilyn Cohen Cynthia Doz Josh Raizman & Sarah Troster Robert Wood & Sherrie Banks Daniella Drisdell
Catherine Miller & Leonard Dolgoy Joseph Doz Anne Fanning Binder Jini Vogel & Alex Krimberg Jodi Zabludowski Jason Eidelman
Lionel Groberman Lynn Einstein Cory Felber Rick & Nikki Vogel Mark Zeltserman Rhonda Eidelman
Eric & Elexis Schloss Michael & Cheryl Gluckman Simen Fialkow Samuel & Eva Weisz Adam Zepp Aly Eidelman
Linda Goody Micah Field & Colleen Verville Doug Wolch Anonmymous x 8 Leeor & Ohad Eliyahu
Governors: $10,000 - $14,999 Stephanie & Michael Hendin Donna & Herb Freedman Naomi Wolfman Barry Estrin
Henri & Lil Cynamon Lyle Kanee Daniel & Batya Friedman Morley Wolfman Donors: $76 - $149 Fani Estrin
Harry & Pam Kipnes Stanley & Rosemary Kitay Gabe & Sonia Goldberg Eddie Yedgarova Jennifer Abbott-Caron Chuck & Yiskah Feinstein
Valda Levin Sydney & Sheila Labelle Alvin & Debbie Goldsman Susan Yedgarova Doreen Albert Rakhmiel & Nekhama Feldman
Arliss Miller Victor & Lena Linetsky Robert Graesser Anonymous x 6 Luba & Clive Allen Rocky Feldman
Kayla Shoctor Moe & Sandy Litman Pam Hofmann Darryl Antel Frida Feldman
Jack Margolus Gillian Horwitz Friends: $150 - $299 Daniel Assh & Brenda Lee Evgeny Fialkov
Builders: $6,500 - $9,999 Susan & Bruce Mintz Mark & Michelle Huberman Robert Aaron Ari Bernstein Bernie & Gloria Frankel
Lisa Redmond & Ron Sorokin Ruth Pakes Sherry Hunter Paul Adilman Norman & Ruth Blayways Carol Gall
Ram & Elaine Romanovsky Debby Remis & Irv Yaverbaum Eddy & Honey Isaacs Michael Alpern Bliss' Baked Goods Seth Glick
Fred & Jenny Singer Jeff & Sonia Sheckter Lesley Jacobson Mark Asbell Matt & Tami Cairns & Family Howard & Leah Goldford
Shawna Vogel & Chris Gregson Molly Shugarman Dmitry & Irena Kaplan Lauren Baram Gary & Mira Campbell Adele Hartum
Rick & Pauline Uretsky Jane & Edgar Karstaedt Tslila & Gershon Barzel Judit Campbell Daphne Horwitz
Trustees: $5,000 - $6,499 Joel & Linda Weiner Liam Kelly Susan & Glen Binnington Barrie Chivers Marvin Horwitz
Daniel Abbott z"l Marvin and Donna z"l Weisler Mitch Klimove Shirlann & Lawrence Bliss David Cowan Amir & Sarit Isackson
Marcia Bercov Anonymous Percy Lerner Elaine Bookhalter Wendy Danson Bai Doreen Jampolsky
Michael & Shelley Bobroff Phil Lister Spencer Brawner Paul Deutsch Nathan & Sandra Kahn
Isadore Burstyn Leaders: $1,000 - $1,499 Doreen Lutsky-Hooper z"l Brian & Gail Buck Ari & Rifka Drelich Benjamin Kanee
Ray & Christa Friedman David & Florie Axler James Mallet & Sara Thomsen Frieda Bugis Benji Eidelman & Rachel Cohen Terry Karpman
Abe & Joan Goldstein Albert Bahizi Sharon Marcus Judi Card Margaret Frohlich Rozalia & Yefmas Karpulis
Trevor & Taryn Horwitz Marvin Bercovich Jacob Masliyah Mary Cardinal Maurice Furman Maya Khasin
Clyde Hurtig & Karen Farkas Suzan Blatt Odette Masliyah Michael Cohen & Susan Andrew Andrew Gergely & Aliya Spigelman Alla Khotin
Stephen & Lynn Mandel Derrick Clive Shari & Gary McNeil Chris Cooper Joel Ghitter Lena Kichnevskaia
Norbert & Patricia Morgenstern Erica & Matt Dance Judy & John Miller Jerry Cooper Harold Glass Boris & Zoya Kisiler
Les Moss Debbie Davis Liza & Shlomo Muradov Miriam Cooper Hillel & Maya Goldberg Elizabeth Kogan
Cecil Paull Mark Dolgoy & Francis Ratner Thomas & Lynn Owen Bill & Trudianne Dolman Alex Goldberg Emily Kogan
Lauren Gayle Pearson Chico Felber Sean & Asia Parker Judith Edelmann Brandy Graesser Marni & Doug Kondor
Asher Pertman Stephen Gaerber Jeff & Mariann Rabinovitch Edmonton International Airport Deidre Greenfeld Marla & Jerry Kovacs
Cynthia Pertman Shirley & Earl Ghitter Irwin & Maxine Raphael Harvey & Minnie Emas Avi Habinski Tatyana & Phil Kovler
Sharon Pertman Shulamit Gil & Keith Dannacker Mona & Dan Rosenberg Felix Fridman Sara Habinski Liebe & Eli Lagnado
Wayne Pertman Benaron & Judy Gleiberman Abner Rubin Rhoda Friedman Doug & Nellie Haines Jim Lambshead
Tulane Rollingher Ann Goldblatt Reisa Segal Karen Gall Jacqui Jacobson Gerald & Sara Larson
Adam Romanovsky George & Judy Goldsand Janice & Vaughn Seward Helly Goez Clara Kagan Adam Larson
Robert Rosen Peter Grainge Joe Shafir Barry & Kathy Golberg Stephen Karlowsky Fay Leigh
Tony & Alison Russell Jerry & Norma Grobman Maita Silver & Jim Bowron Bluma & Jack Goldberg Maury Katzin Liran & Liora Levin
Carole & Stan Rutwind Karen Hofmann Neil Smordin Mitchell & Kelly Goldford Alex Kogan & Sofia Vichnevsky Michael & Penny Levy
Farrel Shadlyn & Lisa Miller Avi & Mati Isackson Hersh & Jane Sobel Lillian Green Bruce & Molly Koliger Anna & Eugene Linetsky
Howard & Riva Shein Cyril & Faye Kay Gil Spanglet & Becky Harrison Kira Gregson Randy Kondor Elianna Lisan & Giovanni Di Lullo
Howie & Debbie Sniderman Lewis & Irene Klar Harvey & Judy Sternberg Tessa Gregson Gloria & Ralph Lallouz Gabe Mandel & Megan Karlowsky
David & Heather Vickar Eric & Sharon Macklin Marya & John Toporowski Miriam Grossman Rob & Erin Lerner David Mannes
Grant Vogel & Lemore Alima Josh & Michele Miller Leanne Wasel Linda & Peter Hartum Jay Lerner David Marcus
Mona Witten Clive & Heidi Oshry Shelley Weinstein & Bruce Bradley Ralph & Nancy Hechter Gary Levine Max & Eliana Marcus
Barry Zalmanowitz & June Ross Yossi Ovics Richard & Rhonda Winston James & Bronia Heilik Hinda Lipshitz Eleanor Millar
Anonymous Reeva Parker Michael Zabludowski Jeannette & Bernie Hoffman Daniella Lyman Bernice & Sparkie Milner
Michael & Colleen Paull Marty Zell Zachary Holtzman Alan Lyons Dan Moser
Benefactors: $3,000 - $4,999 Abe Peliowski Stephen Zepp & Karen Leibovici Doug Hughes Elaine Lyons Helen Muskal
Wes Alexander Ed & Linda Rabinovitch Anonymous x 3 Marshall & Sharon Hundert Vera Mannerow Stan & Beryl Nathan
Allan Shustack Jeff Rubin & Gaylene Soifer Charles Hyman Diane Marcovitch Jared & Hannah Paull
Howard & Debbie Anson Debby Shoctor Supporters: $300 - $499 Erica Karabus Marcia & Walter McKall Svetlana Pavlenko
Shane & Rebecca Asbell Harry Silverman Stephen Aaron Shelby Karpman Paul Messinger Josephine Peters
Sydney & Eleanor Bercov Chloe & Felix Soibelman Laurence Abbott Fred Katz Rachel Miller & Kurtis Borhaven Devora Pinson
Howard Davidow & Anita Sky Gaby & Debbie Sonego Susan Baram Jerome & Mary Jane Klein Esther Miller Dovid Pinson
Suzanne Davis & Ted Croll Jack & Lillian Soroka Marilyn Bercovich Tova Kondor Robert & Lisa Rabinovitch Ben & Laura Ragosin
David Eisenstat & Janice Richman- Ken & Natalie Soroka Joseph Brumlik Uri Kondor Mildred Ragosin Liza Robinson
Eisenstat Lois & Hershel Sorokin Cherie Cohen Samuel Koplowicz Amir Reshef Rebeccah Rosenblum & Family
Sam & Joyce Galante Robyn Sperber Larry Derkach George Kraus Helen Rosenberg Laura Schechter
Phil & Penny Hardin Ben Starkman Ron & Ellen Dlin Lilia & Alex Kravets Moira & Herb Sacks Jack Schwartzberg
Abe & Karen Hering Mark & Lorraine Stillman Arnold Faintuch Martha Kushner David Schwartz Rowena Schwartzberg
Mark & Debbi Joffe Joey & Rafael Superstein Cyril & Sheena Fried Daniel Larson Bernard & Janet Schwartz Anna Shapiro
Jerry & Miriam Katz Alan & Ruth Swerling Sandra Ghitter-Mannes Brian Leigh Rhoda Sheinin Rudi & Val Shlomovitch
Ellery Lew & Karen Oshry Syma & Allan Uram Shirley Goldberg Penny Lerner Stewart & Rose Shinewald Irvin Shore
Lawrie & Nora Lyman Lewis & Freya Wasel George Goldford Debra Lieberman Anita Sky Sheila Shore
Michael & Alissia Oshry Norman Wasel Karen Goldstein Bertrand Malo Penny & Al Smith Anita Shwarzman
Ann Secter Denise & Michael Webster Barry Greenspan z"l & Sandra Robin Marcus Amir Taller Staci Silverman
Steven & Talya Shafir Eytan & Osnat Wine Maygard Rivvy Meloff Craig & Gayle Tallman Phyllis Solsberg
Stephen & Beverly Shafran Alvin & Sue Winestock Ron & Lisa Groberman Ernest & Raya Mermel John Michael & Patricia Terrett Inna Sukonnik
Marshall Shoctor Jeff Winterstein & Erica Solomon Sondra Grosh Gabriel z"l and Sandra Miller Carmen & Phyllis Wallace Perry Swenson
Matt & Alisa Singer Hal Zalmanowitz Nina Hardin Marvin Mitchell Simone & Ryan Wynnyk Alice Switzer
Larry & Marielle Witten Anonymous Jason & Debbie Hatch James Moses Saul Zalik Clarice Switzer
Stacey Leavitt-Wright & Erin Wright Russell & Janice Joseph Laurie & Chuck Mozeson Forrest & Anna Zeisler Joey Tappenden
Danny & Connie Zalmanowitz Patrons: $750 - $999 Jennifer Katz Ruth Nolan Anonymous x 4 Lee Tappenden
Anonymous x 2 AdvGuard Inc. Mark & Sharon Katzeff Meirav & Doron Or Sari Uretsky & Kingsley Leung
Alan Arnstein Abram & Irina Khazanovich Ilya & Maria Oratovsky Contributors: $75 and under Leonid & Zhanna Uritsky
Champions: $2,000 - $2,999 Boris & Marina Belostotsky Michael & Bella Klebanov Violet Owen Hannah Aaron Jason Uritsky
Bernie & Miriam Adler Gordon & Darlene Bushewsky Karen Kondor Amy Oygen Rose Abrams Esther Viragh
Daniel Barer & Sheila Bailin Barer David & Shirley Grossman Stephen & Kaysi Kushner Netta Phillet Jeni Adler Janey Walker
Mor Barzel & Gary Wolch Leslie & Susan Halpert Murray & Susan Lieberman Janet Pollock Sylvia Alpern Richard Weisler
Brian Besney & Joyce Markson Alan & Jean Jacobson Grigory Litvinov Paul Polushin Israel & Dorit Amirav Roanne & David Weisz
Ruth Bogoch Steiner Leon & Susan Kagan Frank & Marilyn Markson Leland Remson Aleks & Crystal Aronov Joel Weisz
Sharon Bookhalter & Jerry Glasser Verne & Debby Karasick Leon & Debbie Miller Nurit & Yonatan Reshef Martin Bankey Larry & Livia Woloshin
Michael, Bonnie & Daniel Chetner Francis Landy & Bennett Matthews Gail & Kevin Milner Orna & Alan Richter Shoshana Bankey Michael Zisin
Frances Cyngiser & David Weisfeld Robert & Terrie Margolis Arlene & Pierre Morin Lawrence Rodnunsky Adam Baram Stella Zisin
Robin & Melanie Fainsinger Harold & Ruth Samuels Michael & Beryl Nahornick Craig & Eve Rose Richard M. Beale Lilia & Gennady Zisin
Sheldon & Jaima Geller Esther Sklofsky Sharon Ohayon Louise Rae & Barry Rosof Semion Belau Emma Zwaigenbaum
Norman Gleiberman Lauren Sky Saul Rabinovitz Ya'ara & Omer Shabtai Leor Benjamin Anonymous x 6
Isidor Gliener Lonnie Zwaigenbaum & Angela Joel & Christina Reboh Daniel Shafran & Becky Antel Melissa Benjamin
Russell & Shirley Greiner Topping Dorit Kosmin-Rose & Kliel Rose Sonia Sheckter Jeff Bennet & Ellie Lanciano
Aaron & Jean Oshry Eli & Shannon Sabbah Roni Sheps Adam Bentley
Errol & Renee Raff Mark & Elaine Salkie Linda Silverman Marni Bercov
Carol & Ron Ritch Sari Schiff Frances Simon Elizabeth Berkovich
Martin Roland Chris Pestre & Susan Schiffman Earle Snider Reva Bernstein z"l

We apologize for any errors or omissions. If your name has been missed, please contact the UJA office at 780-487-0585 or susans@edjfed.org
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This months update from Talmud Torah school

Talmud Torah staff and students were on summer holidays but the Talmud Torah Early Childhood Learning Centre provided wonderful programming for young
children throughout the summer. Everybody had so much fun - playing, exploring and learning!

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Friends and Family this Rosh Hashanah!

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Place your orders at: (780) 481-3377

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by: September 11th

In Support of:
Shabbaton and Gr. 9 Israel Trips

Shana Tova to the entire Jewish Community!

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kosher salt to taste absorbed, about 8 minutes, then add dried fruit and continue
An easy-to-prepare holiday menu Directions: cooking until all liquid is absorbed.
rich with flavor and color 1. Heat a cast-iron grill
pan or traditional grill until
3. Toss couscous mixture with sesame oil, season to taste
with salt and serve immediately.
By Megan Wolf very hot. Note:  The couscous can clump if it is cooked and left
2. Toss challah with olive oil and place on grill pan, cook untouched. Serve as soon as possible after cooking, or toss
until all sides are grilled or slightly charred, set aside. with a touch of olive oil to help loosen the clumps.
(JTA) -- Two things are especially important to my holiday Spicy Spinach And Walnut Chimichurri Salmon
3. In a large bowl, combine tomatoes and mozzarella and
dishes: ease of preparation ahead of time and, of course,
set aside. Ingredients:
appeal to crowds. When time is short – and really when is it
not short? – let’s make things as simple as possible. 4. Immediately before serving, heat a small saucepan over 2 cups raw baby spinach
medium heat and reduce balsamic vinegar until thick. 1/4 cup parsley
This menu fits the bill while offering a combination of
flavors, textures and colors. 5. Add grilled challah to tomato mixture and drizzle with 1 teaspoon dried oregano
reduced balsamic vinegar, olive oil and top with kosher salt 1/2 cup olive oil + more for fish
The grilled challah Caprese salad is one of my favorite
to taste.
dishes and is elevated with a super flavorful -- and incredibly 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
easy to make -- balsamic glaze. The challah can be grilled 6. Serve immediately.
2 tablespoons honey
ahead of time and set aside in a covered container for up to Note: The balsamic glaze can harden if it is overcooked or
1/2 teaspoon red pepper plus more to taste
two days.  taken off the heat and left to rest. Reduce immediately before
you are ready to serve.  1/4 cup toasted walnuts
Israeli couscous cooks very quickly and has a simple
salt to taste
flavor profile allowing the grain to take on bolder flavors like Israeli Couscous With Dried Fruit
the toasted sesame oil and dried fruit. Ingredients: 4 5-ounce salmon filets
The salmon dish is perfect roasted, pan seared or grilled. 1 cup water Directions:
The spinach and walnut chimichurri sauce is versatile; try it 1 cup vegetable stock 1. Preheat oven to 425 F.
on chicken or other varieties of fish. It also lasts a few days 1 cup Israeli couscous 2.  To make the chimichurri sauce:  In a blender or food
in the fridge, so can be made ahead of time. For those who processor, combine spinach, parsley and oregano until finely
1/4 cup each: golden raisins, traditional raisins and
don’t care for spicy flavors, skip the red pepper flakes.  chopped. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar, then blend to
cranberries
Grilled Challah Caprese Salad combine. Add honey, red pepper and walnuts, pulse until
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil combined then season to taste with salt and set aside.
Ingredients:
salt to taste 3. Pat dry each salmon filet and lightly brush salmon with
2 cups diced challah
Directions: olive oil and roast 6-8 minutes, or until the fish is cooked to
2 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes
1. In a large saucepan, boil water and vegetable stock, your liking.
1 1/2 cups mozzarella balls then add couscous and reduce heat to low. 4. Top with chimichurri sauce and additional red pepper
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2. Cook couscous until the liquid has almost fully flakes and serve hot.
3 tablespoons olive oil plus more for grilling

The Israel Pavilion, at Edmonton's Heritage Festival,had a wide range of interactive cultural activities that were manned by a large number of energetic volunteers.

Oren and Sarah would like to wish a

happy, healthy and successful New Year to
David & Yael, Shimon & Tanya, Jeff & Shira
and the entire Edmonton community.
We miss you.
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