HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Every contribution to the CAI Legacy Project – Capital Fund Raising Campaign will be eligible for a charitable donation receipt from Congregation Agudas Israel. Congregation Agudas Israel is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency. Our registration number is 106967169 RR0001 . Here’s an example of how a contribution of $10,000 from a Saskatchewan resident will be treated for tax purposes:

You make a donation of $10,000 in 2017 and you are a Saskatchewan resident; 1.The Federal charitable tax credit rate is 15% on the first $200 and 29% on the balance of the donation. Your Federal tax credit is therefore $2,872; 2. The Saskatchewan charitable tax credit rate is 11% on the first $200 and 15% on the balance of the donation. Your provincial charitable tax credit is therefore $1,492.

Your net cost, after the tax saving, is actually only $5,636. This benefit is available for each and every year you make the donation in the event your donation is spread over a number of years.

There are also significant tax benefits for gifts of publicly listed securities. We would be pleased to discuss this option with you at any time.

To get involved in the CAI Legacy Project Capital Fund Raising Campaign please call, send a cheque or fill out the ‘Pledge Form’ insert included in this brochure and send it to:

Grant Scharfstein200 – 123 2nd Ave. S.Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7K 7E6Or email it to: gscharfstein@scharfsteinlaw.com

Cheques are to be made out to CAI Legacy Project

You can also contribute online by Debit or Visa by going to the Congregation Agudas Israel Website at www.agudasisrael.org and clicking on ‘Legacy Project’

We need you to participate in this life changing Legacy Project - if you have any questions or comments please contact Grant Scharfstein at

gscharfstein@scharfsteinlaw.com or by calling 306-653-2838. Thank you for your consideration.

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Deadline for the next Bulletin is November 15th, 2017

Congregation Agudas Israel 715 McKinnon Ave, Saskatoon S7H 2G2 (306) 343-7023 Fax: (306) 343-1244 Rabbi Claudio Jodorkovsky Website: www.agudasisrael.org President:HaroldShiffman

Elul / Tishrei / Heshvan / Kislev / 5777 Vol. 28, No. 1 Fall 2017

This page is sponsored by Gladys Rose of Toronto

Annual General Meeting Of Congregation Agudas IsraelWednesday, September 13th, 7:30 pm

The Legacy FundHow high can we go!

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B’nai Brith 63rd

Silver Plate DinnerWednesday,

November 8th, 2017TCU • Cocktails 5:30 pm • Dinner

6:30 pm • $250 / ticket• Dinner Chairman:

David Katzman• Ticket Chairman:

Arnie Shaw• The We’re Proud of YouAward: Randy Katzman

• Silent and Live Auction: Ron Gitlin

• Audiovisual: Bryce Sasko• We’re Proud of You Award• Display: Steven Simpson

• The Masters Of Ceremonies: Steven

Goluboff and Joel Bernbaum

A very special event is planned for the evening of

Monday, October 30th, 2017in Saskatoon.

Save The Date! Oct 30th 6pm

Grand Salon - TCU Place, SaskatoonPlan now to join us as we celebrate the launch of the

Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation and honour its cornerstone donation from

Elaine and Sherwood SharfeStay tuned for more details!

Tickets will be available in September through TCUTicketOffice(www.tcutickets.ca)

Mark your calendar with this event we are certain you will want to attend.More info on page 16

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Have you ever wondered which holiday is more deserving to be celebrated: Mother’s Day or Father’s Day? Well, this was the topic of the debate at this year’s Silver Spoon Dinner, Monday, May 8th. Our celebrity entertainment this year was the CBC Radio comedy troupe, The Debaters, and the three guest comedians tackled this weighty topic head on. Kate Davis was pro-Mother’s Day, Dave Hemstad argued for Father’s Day and Steve Patterson hosted the whole show. They were hilarious!!! Many of the women weren’t familiar with The Debaters and boy, were they pleasantly surprised! The introductory stand-up routines and then the actual “debate” had everyone roaring with laughter. It was all very clever and hugely entertaining for the 625 women at the Silver Spoon Dinner.

This was our 27th annual Silver Spoon Dinner. We continue to be Saskatoon’s premiere women’s gala fundraiser because Silver Spoon is a wonderfully fun, prize-laden, pampering evening for the ladies, even giving them the opportunity to shop - at our awesome Silent Auction. Once again, our MC for the evening was the delightful Shauna Foster, C95 Radio Host. One of the highlights was the annual presentation of The Sterling Award in recognition of a remark-able unsung volunteer and community leader, for her contribution to life in Saskatoon and area. This year’s winner was Wendy Ma-son. I was particularly pleased that she was chosen because she has volunteered with Silver Spoon for years. Her nomination, though, was based on the hundreds of hours she has worked as a volunteer for The Girl Guides, Folkfest, READ Saskatoon, Mount Royal Collegiate Cheerleading Squad and the Autism Society. So well-deserved.

As in past, the elegant Grand Salon at TCU Place was electric with anticipation as we awaited the winners of the Balloon Pop Air Canada Trip for Two (Donna Tetrault)

2017

by Linda Shaw

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This page is sponsored by Steven, Leila, Sarah & Shaina Goluboff

The Mission Statement of Congregation Agudas IsraelCongregation Agudas Israel is a spiritual, religious, educational and social home committed to deepening the quality of Jewish life in Saskatoon and district. We are an evolving link in the historical traditions of the Jewish people. We are a progressive, democratic and sensitive congregation responding to the widest spectrum of Jewish thought and practice.

Written at the 2002 Kallah by the members of Congregation Agudas Israel

FROM OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

MAZEL TOV AND CONGRATULATIONS TO:Bryce Sasko, Dave Soucy and Jennifer Soucy for having completed their Giur

(conversion). They were examined by the Bet Din (Rabbinical Court) and did their immersion in the Mikvah on August 23th. We welcome them as new members of the

Jewish People. Yasher Koach!Dr. Henry Woolf who is being honored by the U. of S. Department of Drama with the naming of the North Studio Theatre, The Henry Woolf Theatre, including a large photo of Henry playing the role of

Shylock from the “Merchant of Venice”. As well, Henry is launching his memoire, Barcelona in Trouble, at a McNally Robinson sponsored

event at the Word on the Street Festival on Broadway Avenue on Sunday September 24th. Henry will be in attendance to read from his memoires and to sign autographed copies of his book. Following this, Henry will leave for London, England to act in the play Spyder Love.

Henry will be introduced at this event by U of S President Peter Stoicheff.

The Bernbaum family, Mel and Joel, on the anniversary of Mel’s sister and brother-in-law, Sherna and Jerry Posner on the celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. StevenandLeilaGoluboff on the celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary on

September 25th. Former Shlichim, Dan and Lee Vardi on the birth of their first child, daughter Be’ery.

Former Shlichim, Ran and Rachelli Zarevitch, on the birth of their third daughter, Leah, a sister to Tamar and Shira.

Former Shlichim, Ayelet and Ido Weisler, on the birth of their third daughter.

Former Shaliach, Lior Bachar and Reviana Shiftor on the birth of a son Yotam, a brother to Naomi and Alma.

June Avivi who is being honoured with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the investiture scheduled for Wednesday, November 29th.

Ben King, son of Sherry and Cam King, who received an Academic Silver Medal from the University of Regina in the Department of Social work, for academic

achievement in the 2016-17 academic year.MikeScharfsteinandJaymiePfeifferon the birth of a their daughter, Sophie

Elizabeth on July 11th, 2017Cindi Cohen, on the birth of her second son, Ezra Samuel,

brother to Gideon, on June 29th, 2017.David Katzman, President of B’nai Brith on his Hole-in-One at

Riverside Country Club, on July 22, 2017, witnessed by The Bulletin’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Steven Goluboff.

Kayla Hock, whose grandson, Marshal Young from Regina, represented Canada in the Macabiah games in Israel in the sport of

Water Polo. CONDOLENCES TO:

Mel and Joel Bernbaum on the death of their cousin Karen (nee Lifshen) Oster.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:Rosy would like any of the members who have not updated their information for the CAI

database to please do so as soon as possible.

Editorial by Steven Goluboff

For those of you have not noticed, for the first time in 27 years there has not been a summer Bulletin, for a variety of reasons, not the least

of which was it was a very quiet time and hardly any activities were going on. Rabbi Claudio and his family spent a three week well-deserved holiday in Chile, we have still not returned to Folk Fest, and many of our members were busy with family holidays. But we are back with a flurry of fall activities starting with the Annual General Meeting on September 13th 7:30 pm at the JCC. This is an opportunity to come out and support your Board and participate in the future planning of our congregation. The High Holy Days are soon upon us and we welcome back to assist Rabbi Claudio, Cantor Fabian, to lead us in prayer and reflection.

At the end of October, Sherwood and Elaine Sharfe will be honoured by the Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation as it leads the way in the development of a curriculum to teach our K-12 children about the concepts of their responsibility as citizens in a country that values responsibility, participatory citizenship, and the promotion of justice in our pluralistic citizenship. This program which has been driven by our community friend Judge David Arnott is certainly compatible with the Jewish tenets of Tikkun Olam. We hope our com-munity will be represented well at this event.

One of the more disturbing issues in our Jewish world has been the retraction of the commitment by the Israeli government to en-sure a place for egalitarian worship at the Kotel in Jerusalem. As well, there is a movement to grant the Orthodox Rabbinate a monopoly over all conversions performed in Israel. These events are a reflection of the control that the Orthodox wish to have over all issues of religion in Israel. This also challenges the role and importance of diaspora Jews and our relationship to Israel. Many in the diaspora feel this is an affront to their own brand of Judaism and some wish to turn their back on Israel and refuse to support such valid roles played by institutions such as the UIA-Jewish Federations and our own United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Rabbi Steve Wernick, CEO of USCJ spoke to the Israeli Knesset and we have chosen to print his remarks in this is-

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Divrei Harav – Rabbi Claudio’s MessageConversion To Judaism – Bring The Conversation Back

By Rabbi Claudio Jodorkovsky

From the Presidentby Harold Shiffman, President, CAI

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By the time our An-nual General Meeting rolls around on Sep-tember 13th, 2017, I will have completed two years as President of Congregation Agu-

das Israel. Normally this would conclude a presidency, but in a small community like Saskatoon, each of us must give a little extra to ensure there is continuity over the long term. As such, I have accepted another term as president, presuming a challenger does not arise prior to our AGM. I would not object to a challenger, as that would be a good sign toward the health of our community, but if there is none, I will assume that the com-munity is confident in this board’s ability to do good work.

Although these past two years have not been without their challenges, the board of trustees has managed to do some incredible things. We worked with the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan to bring a Syrian refugee family to Saskatoon (of which our community still has much work to do and support to offer), we examined the internal structures of the community and developed job profiles and organizational charts to help understand the

roles and functions we lacked, and most sig-nificantly, we set about a major operation to renovate and add to our aging facility.

At the first meeting of this board of trustees back in September of 2015, it was decided that a “Future Planning Task Force” would be established with the purpose of examining the ongoing needs of our community. The task force immediately set out to interview key individuals regarding the type of spaces we would need in our building not just today, but years into the future. After a thorough examination of the existing building, the deci-sion was made to undergo a major overhaul and expansion of the facility at a cost of $3 million.

The members of the Future Planning Task Force had predicted a renovation cost of close to that amount, but none of them had predicted the fantastic response we have seen from inside, and outside of our community. I’m especially humbled by the generous dona-tion from Sherwood and Elaine Sharfe, who really kicked off our fundraising campaign with a bang!

Once the construction starts, we must va-cate our long-time home for a period, but I am excited to see what we decide to do with our newly renovated space. No longer will a

summer wedding or early High Holiday ser-vice cause each of us to overheat in chairs (as the new building will have air conditioning). No longer will we have to hold our breath, or hope that the one working toilet in the boy’s washroom is free. No longer will anyone have to worry that they will not be met at the back door to access the elevator, as the full site will be much more accommodation to those with physical disabilities. It has been a long time coming, and we are all ready for something better.

This is going to be an important legacy for our community, and it is something that all members should participate in. It isn’t a question of how much you can donate, as each donation is valuable. Every person who donates the minimum or more will be recognized on a “Donor’s Board” that will be permanently displayed in the building. All members of our community should be on that board as a reminder to future generations of our will and dedication.

If you haven’t done so already, please visit our website and go to the CAI Legacy Project Capital Campaign at agudasisrael.org/legacy/ and click on the Donate button. As our grand-parents and parents did for us, so too shall we do for the next generation.

A few days ago we welcomed three new members of the Jewish People. These three

adults finished their conversion process after almost a year of learning and active participa-tion in our Congregation. Finally, they were examined by the Beit Din – a Rabbinical Court – who determined their sincere desire to belong to the Jewish People, their commit-ment to participate in our Congregation and to raise a Jewish family, providing Jewish education to their children. Witnessing their commitment, both during their entire process as well as in the final ceremony, was an in-credible moving experience. It was a reminder that the future of the Jewish People relies, to a large extent, on people willing to endorse our tradition and build Jewish families.

In times when Jews are fortunate to live integrated with the non-Jewish society, con-version to Judaism may represent our best

chance of survival. This is even more evi-dent in a small Jewish community like ours, because as it happens with all minorities our small numbers and isolated nature position us in a very fragile situation. But we would be wrong to think this a new reality; what is new and worrisome is that the young generations – those who are getting married and raising kids – are not encouraging their non-Jewish partners to become Jews. In contrast to what their own parents did, who in many cases mar-ried non-Jewish partners but they invited and encouraged them to embrace Judaism, many of the young Jews today believe that the mere fact of suggesting their spouses to become Jewish is a wrong thing to do. Some believe it’s disrespectful, it contradicts their values or it’s not compatible with what they think about love. Their parents, who many years before acted differently, feel uncomfortable to have a conversation about the subject, believing they don’t have any right to suggest to their

kids what to do with their marriage, and how to raise their children.

While many of these attitudes and reactions

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This morning, my mom--my smart, warm, beautiful mom, passed away peacefully at North York General, two days short of her 91st birthday. Feisty as ever, Mom always said she would die when she decided to and not a moment sooner. And so she did. Almost to the end, my mom was completely herself, charming us with her stories and repeating how grateful she was to have had a wonderful life. We will miss her deeply but take comfort knowing that she is out of pain.

Mom loved her family and especially her grandchildren: Michelle, William and Jacob. Mom had an incredible spirit, making a genuine difference in the lives of those around her. She started young. In grammar school, she sat at the head of the class. A small black girl, who was having great difficulty learning to read, was exiled to the back. Mom asked her whether she wanted help. She did and so Mom ran home, grabbed a quick lunch, came back and the two of them sat on the steps to the grade one classroom and reviewed the reading lesson. They did this every day until the girl learned to read.

Mom’s generosity of spirit persisted throughout her days. In her 80s, she invited the girl who lived down the hall in her apartment building to come over and use her piano so

This page is spsonored by Debbie Diament (daughter of Rabbi Saul and Ann Diament), of Toronto

Ann Diament - an Obituary July 12, 1926 - July 10, 2017

by Debbie Diament

that she would have a chance to practice. Mom was committed to creating connections with people, whether through sharing newspaper c l i p p i n g s ( o r web links later in life) or personal contacts between people whom she knew needed to meet. Mom had the capacity to be completely present to people, and to draw out from them their best selves. She was politically engaged, widely r e a d , h u g e l y knowledgeable about the arts, and was a masterful conversationalist. She spoke French, Spanish and Italian and began learning Mandarin to better converse with her Chinese friends.

I am anguished at the loss of mom, but am grateful we got to spend so much time together in these last years. Last week, we spent a lot of time discussing absolutely everything,

crying and laughing and even singing songs. She thanked me over and over again for all I did for her these last 5 years and especially

the last 6 months. As much as mom felt gratitude

at the end, I join her family and friends in knowing that we are the ones truly grateful to her and for her, for her help, for her presence, for her kindness, and for her enthusiastic interest in life. As my niece Michelle wrote 13 yrs ago when my dad, her Grandpa Saul, passed away and appropriate now:

May you rest in peace and look upon us from the bright heavens, s m i l i n g y o u r wonderful smile, b e c a u s e , w e will be smiling back. Love you forever, mom.

Editor’s Note: Ann’s husband Rabbi Saul Diament was our CAI spiritual leader for many years in the late 60’s and early 70’s.

SlateofOfficersandTrustees2017-2018Annual General Meeting - Wednesday, September 13th - 7:30pm

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This page is sponsored by Leona Wasserman

Leona Wasserman with Gladys Rose and BB President David Katzman

Here I am again! Incredible that I cel-ebrated my 90th birthday a few months ago. I am so happy to see all of you.

Over the years you have become accus-tomed to welcoming at least one other Rose family member. This year, Toby is represent-ing the “mishpocha”. She had another very good reason for being in our hometown, hav-ing spent the last couple of days celebrating the 40th anniversary of her graduating from the U of S medical school.

18th Annual B’nai BrithGerry Rose Volunteer AwardRecipient Leona Wasserman

Sunday June 25, 2017by Gladys Rose

I’m going to briefly review the background for the Gerry Rose Award:

Gerry was my husband and Toby’s father. Both Gerry and I were born, raised, educated and married in Saskatoon. Gerry served in the Signal Corps of the Canadian Army during the Second World War. He and the other young Jews did not know the extent of the horrors of the Shoah, but they knew something about the evil Nazi ideology and were eager to join the fight.

After the war, returned from overseas, he joined Arthur Rose Ltd. the family dryclean-ing business, still operating but no longer related to us. Gerry’s volunteer work was recognized by the B’nai Brith “We are Proud

of You” award in 1987 and by other awards, including being made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998.

We are here tonight to recognize and honour Leona Wasserman, and to formally thank her for her many years of volunteer work for the Jewish Community and for Agudas Israel. By volunteering, she has contributed to the well-being of the country and to the betterment of all Canadians.

Saskatoon has been Leona’s home since 1988 when she moved here from Prince Albert with her husband Bud and their teen-aged daughters Lisa and Paula. The late Bud

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By now, most of you will have heard that the Syrian refugee family that we, CAI, are co-sponsoring with the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan arrived in Saskatoon on the afternoon of Thursday, August 3, 2017. This was the third family we had attempted to sponsor—there apparently were problems with ‘travel-readiness’ with the other two families, and lucky for us, the third time was indeed the charm. Ayman (M) and Rasha (F) [with Mohammad Yusef (M, 9 years), Mayyar (M, 6 years), Sewwar (F, 4 years), and Sadeel (F, 3 years)] are grateful that people stepped up to help them escape an intolerable situa-tion. In many ways, they seem like a normal, happy family, but they have been displaced and have suffered from the social upheaval Syria has experienced in the last several years. Furthermore, Sewwar has a heart condition that requires surveillance, something that was difficult under the circumstances. Like all of us, their family deserves to live free from war and persecution, in security, and with decent social supports.

You will remember that our sponsorship of the other two families was plagued with communication problems—we were origi-nally told that the first family would arrive within a few days of the government’s ok of our sponsorship (which would have meant they would come in February, 2016) but were left hanging for months without news; then

we were told a second family would get to Saskatoon by the end of 2016, but probably before—and heard nothing until their travel to Canada was cancelled in late April, 2017. The mode of arrival of this family then was a per-fect completion of this story: we first learned they were coming when we were notified that the family was waiting at the Saskatoon air-port for us, and none of us was there to greet them! (Actually, when I got the email from the Canadian government asking where we were, I myself was at the airport in Dayton, Ohio, preparing to fly back to Saskatoon that night.) The family eventually made their way to the Open Door Society, where, who should they run into but their next-door neighbour from Syria! Anyway, luckily, Mayah (Holtslander), Hanan (Elbardouh), and Ayla (Raazi) were in town and available to answer the call and get them settled for the night.

This is certainly not how we envisioned the start of our sponsorship, but in any case, we are thrilled they are finally here, in time for the start of school and while the weather is still warm. With help from members of our com-munities, they are already settling into their duplex in Lakeview on Stillwater Dr., close to Lakeview Park. It is unfortunately a bit more expensive than the house we had rented for our first sponsored family in partnership with the Metis Housing Authority, Camponi Hous-ing, but regrettably they have no vacancies for

the foresee-able future. The house is well-out-fitted with f u r n i t u r e , housewares, and o ther donations collected for our co-sponsorship in early 2016. We are now in the process of go-ing down our “to do” list of getting them bank accounts, health cards, filing for SIN numbers, registering for school, English classes, etc. This is just the beginning of helping them get acclimated to life in Canada in earnest. No-one in the family speaks English yet, but we can already see that they are happy to be here and eager to start their new life. The kids absolutely love the playgrounds in Saskatoon!

Members of the CAI and IAS communities are sharing the costs and the work of support-ing this family. We hope you are willing once again to work with us to welcome this family. There will be much to do, including jobs that are not terribly active or taxing, such helping the family practice their English. We also hope to have a welcome potluck or coffee, once they are more settled. If you are interested in donat-ing or helping, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Rosey Kreindel, Sarah Goluboff, Mayah Holtslander, or me, JoAnn Jaffe.

CAI Refugee Storyby JoAnn Jaffe

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on, looking down Elliott Street towards the next corner.

Oh my gosh. Who would go up there? Everything looks so big when you are small. By the age of five, of course, our mothers were free because we all began kindergarten. And such a wonderful kindergarten it was.

I remember so much. My first memories were of living on Elliott street and going to Brunskill School for an entire eight years. After that I went to City Park Collegiate Institute, just like my sister Sherna and brother Mel.

I remember it all. Why not? It was the most marvellous experience being a Jewish youngster at that time.

And I still remember the old Shul on the west side with the Hebrew school building across the street. We would arrive in the winter when it was so cold and go inside to learn as much as we could after spending an entire day at our regular pubic school. Now, going to after school Hebrew classes was difficult for us and the teachers. In the middle of winter we would arrive in the dark and leave after the lesson.

I can remember very well the big event of the opening the new synagogue. This meant a new building, with a library and a basement with all the classrooms below the synagogue.

I do remember being able to walk to it from Elliott Street. Every Saturday morning we

would have junior congregation. We also had a special choir with choir gowns and caps.

That memory triggers this question:

WHERE are all the pictures of all those years that were taken and hung outside on the walls along the lower level? I would love one of them if they are being auctioned off to raise money for the new addition.

Perhaps they are in storage already for preparation of the new addition to the building. This plan excites me.

I remember all the Bar Mitzvahs, the Bat Mitzvahs, the weddings and the exodus of the children, older and younger than me to other places all over the world.

And now the new project. This is a wonderful idea. Hopefully the children and grandchildren of Dr. and Mrs. Frank and Frances Bernbaum and the descendants of other Saskatoon pioneer families will be able to contribute enough so that children like Judah Bernbaum, the fourth generation of Bernbaums born in Saskatoon, will be involved in the Jewish community.

Now, as we all leave this world slowly but surely, we know that the memories of those who were part of the Saskatoon Jewish community are wrapped up in all of us. An example is my cousin Karen Lifshen Oster who recently died in Toronto and was buried in June. So quick it was. We are absolutely shocked that she is gone. It was not supposed to happen. Those who spoke at her funeral commended my cousin for her many contributions in Toronto.

I remember her growing up and all the Seders and Rosh Hashanah dinners our families shared with the wonderful baking and cooking of our Baba Faigie Bernbaum. The tastes still stick in my mouth.

We must all remember our past and know from where we came to understand and embrace where we shall go. The journey is what we make it.

The following is the poem my cousin Debbie Lifshen read at Karen’s funeral.

Remember Me

To the living I am gone.To the sorrowful, I will never return.To the angry, I was cheated.But to the happy, I am at peace,And to the faithful, I have never left.I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.So as you stand upon a shore, gazing at a beautiful sea-remember me.As you look in awe at a mighty forest and its grand majesty- remember me.As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity - remember me. Remember me in you heart, your thoughts, your memories of the times we loved,The times we cried, the times we fought, the times we laughed. For if you think of me, I will never be gone.

Margret Mead.

I Rememberby Lorna Bernbaum – Reporting for the Bulletin

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Every member of our community (regardless of background, religious commitment, knowledge) has something to contribute to our community. Beneath all the disparate forms of Judaism in its long history and that it manifests today, there is a fundamental unity. I want to suggest what a community that accepts both pluralism and also the possibility of fundamental unity would look like.

These are the foundations of all forms of Judaism:-

1. Jews are a people united by a Covenant with God, the terms of which are Torah Jews who understand themselves and their God through their historical experience. History is the stage on which God works out a plan for humankind, a drama in which Jews play a leading role.

2. Jews define religion as practicing justice, loving compassion and walking humbly with God.

3. To avoid being trapped in the written text of the Hebrew Bible, Jews have created the idea of an oral tradition that dialogs continually with the written text, enabling it to speak to ongoing change That oral text is the Rabbinic tradition of Talmud and Responsa and Midrash, which encompasses both halakhah, law and aggada, theology and ethics.

4. Living Torah includes all of human life. Noble ideals are fine, but it is the actual doing that counts. This includes living morally, having certain beliefs about the world, and doing certain ritual acts that mark the passing of time.

5. Judaism demands study. Unless we know what we have to do, we can not do it.

Each one of us brings our own experience and insight to the way we understand Judaism. We have to strive to integrate human experience into a whole that inspires and satisfies the heart, mind and conscience, whether that be through the arts and sciences or whatever.

Any community must be founded on compromise. We need each other. We function in two worlds: the private domain

and the public domain. Midrash reminds us: “Everyone must have two pieces of paper in their pockets. On one is written ‘For my sake the world was created’, on the other, ‘I am but dust and ashes’.”

Our Jewish community consists of those who worship on Sabbath and Festivals (some daily), both in the synagogue and in the home. Worship can reflect old, new, traditional and innovative, Hebrew and English. It should be

open to influence of the liturgical creativity and spiritual insights of all Judaisms yet not trapped in any. Our prayer should reflect the spirituality of both men and women, for the good of all

There are areas of Jewish thought and practice that are open to question in light of modern scholarship, e.g. non-Jewish partners in the synagogue; kashrut for a modern Jew; relationships with other life forms; cremation, etc.

Adult education is extremely important, for without it how well will we educate our children? Hebrew is the entrance to Judaism: without it Judaism is a closed world.

We probably should struggle with religious ideas. Judaism is never closed but always growing and changing. It makes no sense to

struggle with religious vs. cultural Judaism. A Synagogue must remain a place of worship and not a golf club for Jews. Some of our forebears accepted martyrdom, a “kiddush ha shem” - for the sake

of God, not to preserve geffilte fish recipes. We will struggle but without Judaism, the Jewish people would end their history, not with a bang but a whimper.

(edited by Patricia Pavey)

Any community must be founded on compromise. We need each other.

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“This is not the first time I have been to the Knesset. I have been here on many occasions; I have spoken here any number of times. But this time it is different.

This time I am here to make certain you understand the very precarious place in which Klal Yisrael finds itself. We are on the edge; on the edge of very real, very serious and very harmful distancing of Israeli Jewry with Diaspora Jewry.

On June 25 it wasn’t enough for the gov-ernment of Prime Minister Netanyahu to just cancel the Kotel agreement - and it is a cancel-lation - on the very same day the Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved as well The Shas Conversion Law.

Any one of these governmental actions alone would have angered Diaspora Jewry, but both of them together? That sends a message of disrespect and delegitimization of Klal Yisrael. Our feelings go beyond the intellectual, they are emotional. If we are brothers and sisters, if we are family, then the sense of betrayal feels like abandonment.

You have to understand. Ninety percent of the Jewish people are concentrated in two places - Israel and North America. That means that the future of Klal Yisrael is depen-dent upon the success of both communities. One cannot thrive without the other.

Israel has reached this moment in history

Rabbi Steve Wernick Speaks To The Knesset

“I am here to make certain you un-derstand the very precarious place in which Klal Yisrael finds itself. We are on the edge; on the edge of very real, very serious and very harm-ful distancing of Israeli Jewry with Diaspora Jewry.”

So began my remarks yesterday at a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Aliyah and Absorption dedicated to the issues of Jewish pluralism in Israel. I was reacting to two recent Government decisions: one to

in large part because of the commitments of North American Jewry to Israel.

* We lobby our governments for recogni-tion and support - political, economic and strategic

* We are on the front lines responding to BDS and against those who would delegitimize Israel, including the UN

* We invest billions of dollars in Israel’s infrastructure

* We contribute billions of dollars in tzedakah

* We support Aliyah* We send our children as lone soldiers* We visit en masse every year - birthright,

Macabbiya, congregational trips, KK”L and more

And we have benefited from that invest-

ment. * Israel is the anchor of the Jewish world

globally* We learn Torah here* Some discover their Jewish identity here.

All deepen their Jewish identities here But we don’t support Israel because there

is benefit. We support Israel because we are Zionists. We share the vision of a nation-state for the Jewish People - lihiyot am chofshee b’artzaynu.

And an essential element of that vision, a key ingredient of what it means to be a free people in our land, is for our religious expres-sions that give meaning to our Jewish identi-ties and lead us to be Zionists to be respected and supported in our Jewish homeland by its government.

The Kotel agreement for the first time in our relationship gave us a real sense of optimism that we were on the cusp of achieving that vision, that goal.

Today, we feel betrayed. Not just because that optimism was crushed, but also because legislation like the Conversion bill negatively diminish not only our standing, but those of others. And if you think the Rabbinut will stop only with controlling conversions in Israel, take a look at yesterday’s news and see the 160 rabbis of all types who they have blacklisted.

Mitzvah may gorreret mitzvah, but aveyra also gorreret aveyra.

Valuing Klal Yisrael, working for it, fighting for it, is not simply for any particular edah’s benefit, it is for the benefit of the whole. Klal Yisrael is a vision of unity without unanim-ity. The Kotel was a perfect example - don’t take away, expand. Expand the notion of the Kotel. Expand the physical space of the Kotel and make sure there is enough space for all.

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suspend plans to build and new and permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel and the other a bill that would grant the Orthodox-controlled Chief Rabbinate a monopoly over all conversations performed in Israel.

Please see my complete remarks below. As the network of nearly 600 Conservative Jewish communities across North America, we are com-mitted to advancing the critical role an authentic and dynamic Judaism plays in Israel and around the world.

B’Shalom,

Rabbi Steve WernickCEO, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

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Faced by challeng-es across the board from a shrinking membership to con-fronting existential questions of identity,

the character and nature of many small re-gional Jewish communities across Canada are being reshaped with fateful consequences for their future. For some it is a dour exercise in survivability, for others a period when long simmering issues are at last being addressed and then, extraordinarily, there are those who see it as a time of opportunity.

One such community is Saskatoon where at its main synagogue, Congregation Agudas Israel something remarkable is taking place.

With a family membership of just 100 in a Jewish community of some 500 in a city of 270,000 inhabitants, it has launched a campaign to raise $3 Million to expand and renovate its existing facilities. The projected plan, besides attending to the rejuvenation of an ageing structure, will include a new library, a new mikva, installing ‘a more welcoming and contemporary Bima’ and a Jewish mu-seum for all of Saskatchewan.

By taking this action it is following in the steps of its forbears who also sought renewal when some sixty years ago the congregation moved from an Orthodox synagogue and He-brew school to its current address and decided to affiliate with the Conservative movement. Without second guessing what may have happened had they remained Orthodox its accomplishments over the years across a

The Congregation That Couldby Dov Harris

comprehensive Jewish agenda have been of a magnitude many times its size, including a vibrant and successful UIA Campaign.

A major factor in explaining the commu-nity’s success is where it happens to be. Con-gregation Agudas Israel’s distinctive profile has emerged from a lively and meaningful re-lationship with the city of Saskatoon in which it is embedded, a city that is open, pluralistic and overwhelmingly welcome. Having done so, seamlessly, as proud Jews, who in Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s marvelous phrase celebrate the ‘dignity of difference’, their faith and her-itage, and making an inordinate contribution to the civic culture of their city.

It is why leaders of the community have, as well, cut such a wide swath in the general community and is why events such as the Ha-dassah Silver Spoon Dinner and B’nai Brith Silver Plate Dinner held for local, national, Jewish and non-Jewish charities are massively supported by the wider Saskatoon community. Perhaps most noteworthy is the commemora-tion of Yom Hashoah . Over 400 attend this event at Agudas Israel that is almost always addressed by a survivor. For the last two years the keynote speaker has addressed a gather-ing in a local Catholic cathedral attended by over 2,000 schoolchildren. Surely, this is the largest attendance anywhere for such an oc-casion in Canada.

Yet, of all the reasons that help explain the success of this community, the most relevant is the one that is the least complicated: The Jews of Saskatoon simply love their com-munity, wherever they may live. And, this is

crucial. If not for the profound emotional and spiritual links Agudas Israel alumni maintain with their mother community, there would have been no launch of the building campaign.

Dr. Steven Goluboff, the Editor of the Con-gregation’s award winning bimonthly Bulletin explains: “It is obvious that our small congre-gation cannot come close to raising the funds that would be required for this project. Only through appealing to our Agudas Israel alumni will it be possible to realize this dream. Over the decades and after early formative Jewish experiences in Saskatoon, many have left to make their mark in cities from Vancouver to Toronto and Montreal and everywhere in between, in the US and in Israel.”

That Congregation Agudas Israel rose to the challenge from within and as well from its ‘borderless community’ at a time when de-cisive action was needed will resonate for all the generations that follow and be their finest legacy. Could there be a better illustration of a community’s sense of self, of its confidence to fulfill a pledge expressed succinctly in the Talmud: “As my ancestors planted for me so do I plant for those who will come after me”?

Editor’s Note: Dov Harris who lives in Toron-to and is retired from UIA Federations, where he was responsible for small communities, and worked with the Saskatoon community for twenty five years.

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Give Back to Canada: CIJA Launches Pledge 150 Campaign

by Steve McDonald, Assistant Director of Communications - CIJA

R e f l e c t i n g o n Canada 150, Shimon Koffler Fogel – CEO of the Centre for Is-rael and Jewish Af-

fairs (CIJA) – recently wrote in the Globe and Mail:

“Surely marking 150 years as a united confederation means more than just an extravagant party and a day off work? …Canada 150 is an opportunity to appreci-ate the privileges and benefits we enjoy in our great country. But these reflections risk becoming mere platitudes if they are not animated with positive action. With privilege comes responsibility. Canada 150 is a moment for each of us to consider how we can pay the great gift of being Canadian forward through tangible contributions that enhance the experience for all who call Canada home.”

As someone whose family has been in Canada since the late 1700s, these words resonated with me. Indeed, my own ancestors were among Canada’s first refugees: Loyalists who had supported and fought for the British in the American Revolution.

In my case, the Lyon family (my father’s mother’s family) were Connecticut Loyalists who lost everything because of their active service to the Crown. Passionate support-ers of the British way of life and system of government, they fled to New Brunswick

bereft of their possessions. In their new home, unfamiliar but welcoming, they turned their efforts to building the extraordinary country that would become Canada.

The legacy the Loyalists left – combined with the work of generations of Canadians from innumerable backgrounds – was poi-gnantly felt on the 150th anniversary of Ca-nadian confederation. Today, Canada is the envy of much of the world. While Canada is not perfect (what nation is?), Canadians enjoy greater freedom, security, social harmony, and prosperity than perhaps any other country on the planet.

More than anything, our forebears taught us that, as with most good things in life, a remarkable country doesn’t just happen; it is the product of vision, values, and hard work. This no less true today than it was in 1867. The country my children inherit will be made better or worse by the actions (or inaction) of my own generation.

It was in that vein that Shimon continued, in his Globe and Mail column, to present a Pledge 150 challenge to all faith communities:

“The challenge is straightforward: we ask every church, temple, mosque and synagogue to commit to undertaking 150 positive deeds that make Canada better tomorrow than it is today. 150 volunteer hours visiting the elderly. 150 new dona-tions to community food banks. 150 new Canadian Blood Services donations. 150 hands extended to Indigenous communi-

ties. The list of concrete opportunities is as limitless as the need for them.”

What better way to teach our children what it means to be Canadian than to do something tangible to make our country a better place?

At the same time, the Pledge 150 approach requires us to be thoughtful, organized, and sustained in our contribution. Based on the premise that we are changed through rep-etition, the great Jewish philosopher-rabbi Maimonides noted that it is better to undertake many individual acts than one large act of giv-ing. The process of giving not only benefits the recipient but, when adopted as a conscious habit, it also creates a mindset of generosity in the donor.

If you, your family, or your synagogue are interested in taking part, I invite you to visit www.pledge150.ca for more details – and to connect with us to share your Pledge ideas with others. As for me and my family, we have pledged to collect 150 items of clothing over the year to donate to those in need. By encouraging our young children to be part of the effort, we share with them the importance of helping those less fortunate – a value at the heart of Jewish tradition and Canadian civic values.

Steve McDonald is Deputy Director, Communications and Public Affairs, at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) – the advocacy agent of Canada’s Jewish Federations

We have almost completed work on cleaning up of the Congregation Agudas Israel Cemetery and doing things that haven’t been done for years In the fenced-in area, we have another 60 graves marked and room for approximately 300 new graves. The next few years we are going to have to move the fence on the west side over to the boundary and put a fence across the back of the cemetery. That will give us about 120 years of graves at the current rate of burials. We will have to start fencing it in, laying out the locations and putting in sprinkler systems to serve the new area.

We have used up 10 of the 19 acres. There are 9.6 acres left to the south. Some people think we should sell that and others think we shouldn’t. We must remember that by keeping it as planned by those that built the cemetery,

Report from the Cemeteryby Ralph Katzman

we can take care of our needs for many years. If we don’t retain the property where will we go? We don’t want to run out of land like everyone else has done.

The Perpetual Care Fund, which is restricted for cemetery use, is in good shape and should last a long time. Remember, the land and the cemetery will be here forever so we must make sure that the resources are there to for long term care. We are one of the few religious cemeteries that is in good shape because in 1982 some of our community leaders planned for perpetual care to make sure that this would not be an abandoned cemetery.

I assume that in the next 25 years, the city will have taken us within its limits. They are currently forecasting about 20 years but I think it will be a bit longer as Kensington has

not been selling as fast as expected. In the next 5 years the city will be directly along the south end of our property. The natural gas line is being put in now, Sasktel lines have been put in already and the power and water were put in last year. As that gets closer to us, we will have to make decisions.

We have been fairly fortunate with the help of the Urban Camp, to have saved a lot of money over the years.

My time at the cemetery is going to end in the near future. We are going to be looking for someone who has both the desire and the understanding of how a cemetery should be kept and either hire or make contractual arrangements. . If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

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I n t o d a y ’ s i n c r e a s i n g l y c o n n e c t e d a n d complicated world, rarely does a day go by where the news

doesn’t report an incident involving a hostile or violent action resulting in the harm of innocent victims. Whether in Israel, Europe or North America; whether committed by a ‘lone wolf’ or an organized terrorist cell; One thing is certain, each and every vicious action of this sort stems from intolerance and hatred.

The Jewish people have long been the target of antisemitic and anti-Zionist actions. Throughout history, countless Jewish families

MakingaDifference:Yesterday.Today.Tomorrowby Veronica Klein

across the globe have been victimized and too many lives have been cut short.

While it is a struggle to accept that these despicable incidents will continue to happen, one constant is the Jewish people’s commitment to ‘tikkun olam’ – to doing whatever is within our power to repair the world. We can truthfully say that, as a global community, we are making a positive difference in this world every day. And we can say it with pride.

Since 1967, Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA has been supporting Jewish life at home, in Israel and around the world, in over 70 countries. We support Jewish agencies that provide essential aid and services to Jewish families in Israel and overseas. The advocacy work of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

is far reaching, from student programming on post-secondary campuses across Canada to consulting with government on issues of importance to the Jewish community. Our partnership programs in Israel continue to change the lives of disadvantaged families and their surrounding communities.

While we have made a positive impact over the past 50 years, there’s still vital work to be done today to ensure a better tomorrow. We hope you will join us in our mission to nurture and sustain our Jewish community. Please visit www.jewishcanada.org to learn more and to donate.

Editor’s Note: Veronica Klein works with small communities across Canada and hopes to visit Saskatchewan in the fall.

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Since June 25, when the Govern-ment of Israel (GOI) decided to suspend

the Kotel resolution and advance controver-sial legislation on Jewish conversion require-ments, the leadership of Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA (JFC-UIA) has been work-ing with Canadian partners and affiliated international agencies to address immediate challenges and lay the groundwork for future action around these issues.

In July, The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) executive team, which includes Cana-dian representatives, initiated a plan of action to meet 3 key goals: 1. Raise awareness among young Israelis

about the concerns of world Jewry

and help them understand the dangers to Jewish unity inherent in the current crisis and the need promote Jewish solidarity and partnership.

2. Apprise the Israeli public of the importance of protecting religious pluralism in Israel, not only for their relationship with world Jewry but on the strength of Israeli democracy itself and richness of their own Jewish identity.

3. Educate young Jews throughout the world about issues impacting on the global Jewish family, the significance of Jewish pluralism and ways to foster greater Israel-Diaspora understanding

Over the coming months, JAFI is going to leverage its strategic platforms to build a broad, non partisan coalition in support of

Jewish unity. As the national representa-tive of the federated Jewish community of Canada, JFC-UIA will keep you apprised of any developments and community initiatives related to this issue of vital importance to every member of the Jewish community in the Diaspora and Israel.

In these complex times, it has never been more important to unite as a people intrin-sically connected by a shared history and cultural values. We must stand together in solidarity and express unwavering support for an environment that promotes inclusion and diversity for the entire Jewish people.

Shana Tova v’ Metuqua,

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Strength in Unityby Linda Kislowicz, President & CEO, Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA

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and the 50/50 winner (Ali Turnquist - $4334). Our Silent Auction items and door prizes were outstanding and so attractive. Saskatoon companies and individuals really stepped up this year, donating goods and services even more generously than ever. The support that they give Silver Spoon Dinner is what makes our event so successful. Once again, Hillberg and Berk donated sparkle ball ear-rings to auction off at every table to help us fundraise even more and new this year: Team Scotiabank came out to help sell balloons and 50/50 tickets and then generously made a huge donation to our cause. WOW! Our deepest appreciation goes out to all our sponsors and donors and also to our awesome volunteers and committee. A huge “Thank You” to all of you! We certainly couldn’t do it without you.

We are so proud that our small community and tiny committee continues to do so much good in the community. Funds raised from our Dinner go to Congregation Agudas Is-rael, Saskatoon Hadassah-WIZO, Saskatoon Interval House and Ronald McDonald House. Despite our lower attendance, there has been overwhelmingly positive feedback on this year’s event. That and the healthy bottom line on our financials give us reason to call this year’s Silver Spoon Dinner a giant success. What a great evening!

See you next year…..Linda and Robin, Co-chairs

Silver Spoon... continued from page 2The Silver Spoon Dinner

Committee: Co-chairpersons - Linda Shaw & Robin

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Media Relations & Celebrity Chair - Jan Gitlin

Ticket Chairperson - Robin SaskoSilent Auction - Rebecca Simpson,

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Volunteers – Rosy Kreindel & Lezlie Goudie-Cloutier

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Award-winning, Order of Canada recipient poet, Elizabeth Brewster, was a member of our congregation until her death in December of 2012. Here is a timely poem:

Poem in September

A soft September day,leaves on the trees pale yellowunder the morning mist.Brown, curled leavesbegin to collectat the edge of the sidewalks

not yet enough of themfor children to scuff through.

In September I remember April,the new leaves just budding,yellow before green.

Spring and fallare both times for beginningand for remembering.

“Remember us in your Book of Life,”is the prayer for this season,the season of turning leaves.

(from Time and Seasons, Oberon Press, c2009)

On the issues of religious pluralism in the Jewish State we have lost our patience.

It is no longer acceptable for Israel to sim-ply claim it is the Jewish homeland without it actually being the homeland of all the Jews.

Now is the time, therefore, for us to work together to make real progress on these is-sues. To expand the Kotel as the holiest site

Steve Warnick... continued from page 9

of Judaism for all edot to worship according to their custom. To ensure that Israel’s laws impacting who is a Jew take into account Klal Yisrael. To open Israel’s religious establish-ment to the authenticity and dynamism of modern Judaism in all its expressions.

You in the Knesset represent not only the Parliament of the Jewish State, but if you rise to the occasion you can also be the Parliament of the Jewish people. Let’s rise together.”

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This was my second summer at Camp BB. It was fun and I really enjoyed it. My favorite activities were zip-lining, tubing, arts and crafts, and horseback riding. I loved my cabin, my friends, and my counselors. I also loved being a Jew among Jews. Being at Camp BB made me feel happy and excited. That was my experience at Camp BB.

by Elle Sheckter

My favourite part of camp this year was that I was there with my friend Elle. We were in the same cabin this year and I was really happy about that! It was special to be at Jewish camp because there were so many other Jewish people. I liked having Shabbat with all my friends. It was really nice being around other Jewish kids who understand all the Jew-

ish holidays. I liked being able to talk to them about Jewish holi-days. Camp was AWESOME! It

was REALLY, REALLY FUN!!!by Ruth Cooper

I had a lot of fun this year at camp BB. I really liked being around lots of other Jewish kids my age that I could relate to and share my opinions.

This year I was in the Machon age group (Grades 7-8) and I really liked all the new things we got to do. We were able to go on a camping trip, have a simcha after Friday night services and go to bed later. This year was awesome and I hope it will be like this next year.

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H i ! M y name is Noah and I’ve been a camper at C a m p B B R i b a c k f o r eight awesome years . This yea r I was in Machon 2 and I had a lot of fun. My counse l lo r s were Ethan and Luca and

they were really nice. I was in Levi cabin with eight other boys. My camp buddies are from Calgary and Edmonton. This year was one of my best years at camp because my friends and I had a ton of fun and I didn’t get into too much trouble.

I liked waterfront and tubing and I enjoyed learning about Judaism with Sapir. I really liked the food, it was way better than previous years. My favourite meal was chicken wings.

Maccabia, the camp-wide mini Olympics, was a lot of fun. The teams were Han Solo and Indiana Jones. I was on Han Solo and we won by one point!

During the second week of camp our group went on a camping trip to Kananaskis. I really

Hi! My name is Adam and I am 10 years old. This was my 4th year at Camp BB Reback and this was my best year yet. All my friends are really nice. My favourite activity is discovery. At discovery we got to burn our names into wood with a magnifying glass. I like the food there this year. My favourite meal was spring rolls. I can’t wait to go back and see my friends again next year.

Thank you B’nai B’rith for helping me get to go to camp again!

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enjoyed riding bikes, sleeping in tents, hiking and fishing. The weather was amazing and we didn’t have any bugs.

All in all camp was awesome and I’d like to thank the BB men for helping to send me to camp year after year!

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Wasserman had spent much of his childhood in Saskatoon, so, in a sense, it was a home-coming when they moved here. Leona Da-vidoff and Bud Wasserman were married in 1966. Sadly, Bud died in 1990.

Leona is a social worker by profession and worked as an adoption case worker with the Department of Social Services. Whenever I am here, Leona reminds me that Gerry always inquired about her girls, who are the pride and joy of her life. Both are medical doctors. Lisa is an orthopedic surgeon in Minneapolis, and she and partner Aimee have a brand new baby named Ashton Paul. Paula is an anesthetist in Calgary and has two children. Leona was a great role model for her daughters.

Leona has been involved in many volunteer activities over a long period of time. For several years, she co-chaired the annual Sil-ver Spoon Dinner, one of the vital sources of funds for the congregation, Hadassah-Wizo and the general community. Her co-chair Linda Shaw (a previous Rose Awardee) says she continues to work and that “her opinions are highly valued”. Leona has often opened her home for Hadassah meetings with warm and gracious hospitality. She helps cook and serve the “Dinner for 8” – a hugely successful Hadassah Raffle fund-raiser. She has me-ticulously watched over FolkFest passports, delivered welcome baskets to new-comers, chaired Sisterhood Cards, and continues to produce delicious kugels when needed.

Leona joins a growing list of previous win-ners. Many are here tonight, but a few have passed away. I want to acknowledge the most recent posthumous honour to the late David Kaplan – a Chair in Music has been estab-lished in his name at U of S, made possible by a $2 million gift from a former student.

To return to Leona – only the most deserv-ing volunteers are recognized, and we are so proud to have you join the ranks of people like David.

I want to talk a little about what this com-munity means to me, and the ambitious and wonderful goal that Agudas Israel has set to allow you to continue your history of activity and meaning by renovations to this shul. It means raising a considerable sum of money.

My father and mother were the immigrant generation, making a life for themselves and then for me. I am so grateful that they gave me the best Jewish education available. Gerry and I were married at the old shul on Avenue F in 1946. Our children were born here, attended Hebrew School, and had B’nai Mitzvot. Two of our daughters were married in this building, Kathy in 1972 and Toby in 1981. Generations of our family are buried in the cemetery, including Gerry’s grandfather Harris Holzberg. So you can see that our lives

are entwined with this place -- Saskatoon and Agudas Israel.

Now we are in a new and exciting stage. A huge vote of appreciation must go to President Howard Shiffman, Chairman Grant Scharf-stein and the Board of Trustees for leading the way. Our family is doing its part in this endeavor, and we follow each development with interest because we know all of you will dig deep to allow this renovation to take place. You are looking forward to a future that holds a promise of continuity, as the Talmud says “As my father planted for me before I was

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born, so do I plant for those who will come after me”.

So let me connect all of this to our guest of honour, Leona. She is a great example of the spirit of Congregation Agudas Israel, of the B’nai B’rith and all the fantastic volunteers who preceded her and who are waiting in the wings. The values she represents are what make her so deserving of this recognition.

It gives me great pleasure to present the B’nai B’rith Gerry Rose Volunteer Award. Mazal tov, Leona!

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represent the spirit of our times, the future of the Jewish People depends to a large extent on the desire of parents to talk with their children about conversion. There is no doubt that we are talking about a delicate and very personal issue, specially because there are no universal recipes and not all answers apply to everyone, but not addressing the issue because of its challenging nature can end up sacrificing what has been so important for us. Ultimately it’s our children’s decision what to do with their lives, but it’s important to remember that in most cases our children appreciate what we think, and if we don’t share our views on the future of Judaism with them, they may get the impression that Judaism is after all not so important for us.

If the previous generation did encourage their partners to embrace Judaism, why is it that their children are not doing the same? One possible answer could be the lack of communication between the two genera-tions, plus the fear of parents for sharing an opinion about their children’s decisions. That fear could mean many missed opportunities, a broken link between the tradition we have received and our responsibility for “L’Dor V’dor”, to transmit from generation to gen-eration. Another reason could be the fact that young people tend to associate conversion with discrimination and religious intoler-ance. In the spirit of our multicultural world, our children tend to believe it’s incorrect to expect their non-Jewish partners to embrace Judaism. They equate conversion to racism, religious imposition and cultural insensitivity.

They ask themselves: What’s my right to ask my spouse to give up on his/her own beliefs and choose mine? But the truth is that when we begin a family project there are always important decisions to make and many of them imply compromises in traditions and values. In contrast to the “Hollywood” defini-tion of romantic love we learn from movies and TV shows (“love conquers all”), mature people know that love means giving up on many things in order to create a unified and cohesive shared project of life. By asking their non-Jewish partners to embrace their tradition our children won’t be disrespecting their partner’s own traditions, they would be actually expressing that it’s important for their family to have a unified system of values and practices, and to raise their children by them with the support and personal example of both parents. Raising children starting from two different traditions has been demonstrated to be difficult, sometimes even traumatic. There is usually a dominant tradition that ends up “defeating” the other in the mind of the kids, which in addition to becoming this competition between the parents, it ends up being an expression of passive intolerance and insensibility. Instead of ignoring the conversa-tion and letting the family’s religious identity “flow” by itself, it’s always better to agree on a unified system of values and traditions that is shared by all members of the family. If that is not possible, at least there must be an agree-ment on what type of religious education the kids will receive and it must be supported by both parents, even when it doesn’t represent

one of them. As I already mentioned, this is a delicate

and personal issue and that fact may prevent us from addressing it with our children, as well as our children with their partners. But ignoring it will probably be worse, specially because of the consequences on the develop-ment of the religious identity of their future children. The conversation must happen, and when that time comes it’s important to differ-entiate our responsibility on passing Judaism from one generation to other and ensuring Jewish grandchildren and great-grandchil-dren, from the specific needs and possibilities of our children. Both perspectives must be respected and taken into consideration. The Jewish People, our families and in particular our Jewish Community need our non-Jewish partners to formally embrace us through conversion because that will help ensure that our future generations will remain Jewish. It is essential that we remind our children that this is an important value for our families, so they can share it with their partners. Having that in mind, we should never forget to address this issue with sensitivity, respect and love, remembering that conversion to Judaism is not always an option for everyone and when that’s not possible it doesn’t mean a rejection of our family or traditions. Although challenging, we must bring the conversation about conversion back, remembering that open and respectful communication is always the best path.

B’birkat Shalom, With the blessing of peace,Rabbi Claudio

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sue. As well, Linda Kislowisc the President and CEO of Jewish Federations Canada-UIA writes about “strength in unity” as she also challenges these potential changes in Israeli government policy.

Our regular contributor Steve McDonald of CIJA reflects on Canada’s 150th birthday and encourages us and quotes CIJA CEO Shi-mon Fogel, “to consider how we can pay the great gift of being Canadian through tangible contributions that enhance the experience for all who call Canada home”. This may very well be a worthy project through our Hebrew School as Steve refers us to www.pledge150.ca website.

Our refugee family has finally arrived and with the help of volunteers of both the Jewish and Islamic communities, they are beginning the challenges process of settling into a new

country, culture and language. JoAnn Jaffe’s article talks about how all of us may be able to help in that process.

My final comments are directed to the CAI Legacy Project and fund raising campaign. As you are all aware, we have launched a project to renovate and add on to our synagogue and community centre. Our 60 year old building is in dire need of renovation and with that initiative it was determined that an addition would be appropriate going forward for future generations. We have succeeded in raising almost 2 million dollars mostly from a small number of donors. The next million will be a greater challenge. We are reaching out to our own members to contribute to this project and reminding them all that this is not a one year gift for a small project. It is a legacy gift for the future and it is hoped that families

will look at this as something for decades to come. We have also reached out to our alumni and many have come forward with generous contributions. That piece of the campaign is even more challenging as we try to track down addresses and emails and make those all-important personal calls to those individu-als. This is where we need even more input, support and action by our Board of Trustees and community members. Please review the information that was sent out to you earlier in the summer and share any contacts you may have of our alumni. Our longtime friend Dov Harris writes how we are “the community that could”. Please take his words to heart.

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