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If the separatist minority government of PaulineMarois in Quebec has its way, Jews, Muslims, Sikhsand others will be prohibited from wearing religioushead coverings in public buildings, which would in-clude courts, hospitals, municipal buildings, police sta-tions, provincial buildings and others. For more onthis story and reaction, see page 4.

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TORONTO – Following anti-hate hotline reports of anovernight crime spree of van-dalism, including swastikaspainted on cars parked in frontof homes in one residentialarea of Thornhill, B’nai BrithCanada is urging all residentsto report any information theymay have as soon as possibleto assist the police in solving

these latest incidents of hate. “These incidents are just the

latest of what appears to be anupsurge in hate-based vandal-ism that we have documentedin the past few weeks,” saidFrank Dimant, CEO, B’naiBrith Canada. “The ongoinghate-based graffiti in Win-nipeg, the threatening messag-ing scrawled on Jewish homes

in Toronto, the swastikacarved into the grounds of theRichmond Hill Golf Club –they are all examples of howthis hate symbol continues tofind its victims.

“Nine years ago numeroushomes in Thornhill were de-faced with swastikas and othermessages of hate. Those hatecrimes have not been solved tothis day and no perpetratorsidentified. With the help of thepublic, this does not have tobe the case in this latest seriesof incidents,” Dimant said.

“We have been in close con-tact with the York Regional Po-lice who continue to canvassthe area in search of evidence.

“Anyone who has been a vic-tim of vandalism or has addi-tional information about theseincidents is being asked to re-port them to police and to theB’nai Brith Anti-Hate Hotlineat 1-800-892-2624.”

Hate-based vandalismspree in Vaughan

Swastikas were spray-painted on cars in hate-based vandalism in Thornhill

EU‘can consider revising’ 1967 lines boycott(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) – The new EuropeanUnion (EU) directive that bars its member nations from de-veloping future financial cooperation with Israeli communi-ties beyond the 1967 lines can be reviewed and revised,French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is visiting Is-rael, said during a press conference held Sunday in Tel Aviv.

The EU directive, passed in mid-July, calls on its principalinstitutions and 28-member nations to limit or suspend theireconomic, social and academic cooperation with Israeli insti-tutions that operate beyond the pre-1967 lines, which includeJudea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.The new funding guidelines, which could cost Israel billionsof dollars, go into effect in 2014.

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The latest opinion poll by theEgyptian Centre for PublicOpinion Research (Baseera) in-dicated that 67 per cent ofEgyptians are ‘content’ withthe police’s dispersal operationof two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Au-gust.

The same poll showed that24 per cent of respondentsaren’t content and 9 per centare undecided.

According to Magued Osman,head of the centre, the poll alsoshowed that only 17 per cent ofthe respondents believe the sit-in was unarmed. Sixty-sevenper cent believe it containedweapons and only 16 per centsay they don’t know.

Twenty-four percent of Egyp-tians who participated in thesurvey say it would have beenbetter to give more time for ne-gotiations. Meanwhile, 70 percent view the time period the

Muslim Brotherhood had toend their protests was suffi-cient and they should not begiven more chances.

Regarding the use of force todisperse the pro-Morsi sit-ins,23 per cent say the dispersalused excessive force, while 65per cent believe it wasn’t tooviolent. However, 56 per centof respondents consider thedeath toll from the dispersal tobe too high. Thirty-four percent didn’t think it was. Sixty-two per cent say the reason forthe high number is due to theprotesters, only 13 per cent saythe police are responsible and25 per cent aren’t sure.

On international reactions, 78per cent of respondents believecountries who object to the se-curity forces’ move don’t havethe right to do so, while 8 percent say it is the right reaction,and 15 per cent aren’t sure.

Thirty-nine per cent of re-spondents believe the Egypt-ian responses to internationalreactions were good, while 32per cent say it was average and10 per cent say it was bad.

The survey was conductedon a sample of 1,395 Egyp-tians ages 18+ via telephoneand mobile interviews fromAug. 19 to Aug. 21. The re-search was launched four daysfollowing the dispersal of thesit-ins to allow people to graspan understanding of the eventsand form a sense of the after-math, said Osman.

Morsi supporters protestedfor several weeks at Cairo’sRabaa Al-Adawiya and Giza’sAl-Nahda calling for the rein-statement of deposed IslamistPresident Mohamed Morsi.

– Independent Media Reviewand Analysis (IMRA)

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Itamar Marcus andNan Jacques ZilberdikPalestinian Media WatchIn a ceremony celebrating its150th anniversary, the Inter-national Red Cross togetherwith the Palestinian Red Cres-cent planted 150 trees bearingthe names of “veteran prison-ers.”

The Palestinian Authority(PA) uses the term “veteranprisoners” to refer to thosewho have been in jail thelongest, and in most cases, areserving life sentences for mur-der or multiple murders.

Giorgio Ferrario, representa-tive of the International Feder-ation of Red Cross and RedCrescent Societies, partici-pated in this ceremony hon-ouring terrorists. Theceremony was named My Hon-our is My Freedom.

Palestinian Media Watch re-cently reported that Issa AbdRabbo, who shot and mur-dered two university studentshiking near Jerusalem, was re-ferred to as a “veteran pris-oner.” Abd Rabbo was recently

honoured by PA Chair Mah-moud Abbas.

The Palestinian Red Cres-cent’s website writes that its“programs, projects andevents” are funded by the In-ternational Red Cross:

“The International Move-ment of the Red Cross RedCrescent has provided contin-uous support to programs,projects and events organized

by the PRCS(Pales t in ianRed Crescent).Without thefinancial andtechnical sup-port by the In-t e r n a t i o n a lCommittee ofthe Red Cross(ICRC), andthe Interna-tional Federa-tion of the RedCross RedCrescent Soci-eties andmany sisternational Soci-eties, it wouldbe difficult forPRCS to pro-

vide its services.”It is significant that the Inter-

national Red Cross funds notonly the general budget of thePalestinian Red Crescent butalso “events.”

The article did not statewhether the International RedCross directly funded ormerely participated in this ter-ror glorification event.

International Red Cross plantstrees to honour terrorists

Jerusalem

67% of Egyptians satisfied with dispersal of Brotherhood sit-ins: poll

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Joanne HillChief CorrespondentThe Hilton Toronto/MarkhamConference Centre & Spa willnot cancel the Sept. 17 PamelaGeller/Robert Spencer eventdespite a letter of complaint bya Muslim organization.

“The booking is confirmed totake place as scheduled,” thehotel’s General ManagerPatrick Regina told the JewishTribune after consulting withlegal counsel, Hilton World-wide and the York RegionalPolice Hate Crimes Unit.

Regina’s review was triggeredby a letter from Ihsaan Gardee,executive director of the Na-tional Council of CanadianMuslims (NCCM, formerlyCAIR-Canada).

In his letter, Gardee de-scribed the American authorsand bloggers as “notoriousxenophobic activists” and in-voked the displeasure of the “1million-strong Canadian Mus-lim community and indeed the1.6 billion Muslims world-wide” should the hotel not

cancel the event.Geller and Spencer said they

were not surprised by theNCCM’s complaint.

“What Islamic supremacistgroups like the NCCM want todo is make it illegal, or at leastsocially unacceptable, to criti-cize Islam and jihad,” saidGeller. “The end result of thatwill be that the jihad againstthe West will advance unchal-lenged.”

Spencer added, “It is just an-other in a long string of defam-atory attacks by leftists andIslamic supremacists who aredesperate to shut us down sothat the truth about jihad vio-lence and Islamic suprema-cism will not be heard.”

Geller and Spencer are beingbrought to the GTA by theJewish Defence League (JDL)of Canada. Rabbi Daniel Ko-robkin, spiritual leader of BethAvraham Yoseph of Toronto(BAYT) Congregation – one ofthe largest Orthodox congre-gations in North America –will introduce the two speak-ers at the event.

Although the JDL had pro-vided the hotel with a writtenresponse to the NCCM’s com-plaint, Rabbi Korobkin askedJDL Director Meir Weinstein togo an extra step and request aface-to-face meeting with theNCCM. The NCCM turnedthem down.

“I asked Meir Weinstein towrite a letter requesting tomeet with them because I

don’t believe that any moder-ate Muslim should have aproblem with what Ms Gellerhas to say,” said Rabbi Ko-robkin. “She’s not anti-Muslim,she’s anti-radical Muslim and Iagree with her.... I believe thatshe is raising a very legitimateissue, which is that there areextremists within the Islamiccommunity [who] find thereto be irreconcilable differences

between Western democracyand Islam. Those people arewaging what they call a jihadto Islamicize the Westernworld and they will not be sat-isfied until there is a caliphatethat is formed where Shari’a isthe prevailing law. Those arethe people that Pamela Gelleris opposed to.... I see no rea-son why [the NCCM] shouldbe opposed to her unless they

sympathize with those senti-ments.”

Rabbi Korobkin said heagreed to introduce Geller andSpencer because it’s importantto stand up for freedom ofspeech.

“I also felt that the recent de-bacle with the cancellation ofMs Geller from a venue, wherethe York Regional Police putpressure on the venue to dis-invite her, was extremely un-fortunate and I felt that sheneeds to be supported.”

He also disagreed with theToronto Board of Rabbis’ publicdenunciation of Geller last May.

“I think that was unfortunateand I think most of the Jewishcommunity agrees that thatwas an unfortunate pro-nouncement of the Board ofRabbis. I certainly cannot lendmy support to that decision.These are my colleagues, and Ihave the greatest affection andrespect for them, but I believethat they misspoke in that in-stance.”

Gardee was unavailable forcomment before deadline.

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Muslim group protests Geller-Spencer talk to no avail

Despite attempts by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-Canada), an event featuring activists Pamela Geller andRobert Spencer will take place Sept. 17 in Markham. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin (right), spiritual leader of the BAYT, will introduce them.

Mike CohenQuebec Bureau ChiefAs summer draws to a close,the Parti Québecois govern-ment has once again started tostoke the fires of intolerancewith a proposed Charter ofQuebec Values.

Media reports suggest that the

PQ, with its minority status,will introduce a bill in the fallaiming at regulating religioussymbols in public life. Uncon-firmed reports indicate that thePQ wants to ban individualsfrom wearing any visible reli-gious symbols in many publiclocations. They would do thisby modifying Quebec’s Charter

of Human Rights and Freedomsand include what would becalled “Quebec values.”

Yarmulkes, burqas, turbans,hijabs and crosses would notbe permitted in any public of-fice, according to the reports.This would include courts, po-lice stations, hospitals or gov-ernment offices.

CTV reports that staff mem-bers in public schools, includ-ing large daycares, CEGEPs anduniversities would fall underthe same rules, while those inprivate schools and family-rundaycares would be exempt.

“The PQ seems to have de-veloped a total disregard forminorities and religious indi-viduals,” said MoïseMoghrabi, Quebec regional

chair of the League for HumanRights of B’nai Brith Canada.“The PQ knows full well thatsome religions demand of theirfaithful the wearing of symbolsof religious significance. It isnot a matter of banning a reli-gious fashion accessory or per-sonal statement, but ratherforbidding any religious indi-vidual from practising theirfaith according to its precepts.

“By banning individuals fromwearing any visible religioussymbol in public office theyare effectively excluding suchreligious individuals fromholding any job or position inpublic office.

“The PQ is hence attemptingto legalize discriminationbased on religion by the stateitself all the while attemptingto pass it off as a Quebec value.I am confident that the major-ity of Quebecers will never ac-cept such a blatant concept ofdiscrimination.”

Noted Jewish constitutionallawyer Julius Grey agreed, say-ing that he would expect ifsuch Draconian laws werepassed they would be chal-lenged, “and I think the lowercourts would have to upholdthe rulings of the SupremeCourt.”

It is interesting to note thatreports suggest that the cruci-fix in the National Assembly, agift from the Catholic Churchin 1936, would be consideredan icon of cultural heritageand so would remain in theHouse of Laws.

An exemption clause will re-portedly also be part of the leg-

islation. This would allow in-stitutions such as hospitals toapply to allow staff membersto wear religious icons. Theexemption would have to berenewed every five years.

Lionel Perez, the OrthodoxJewish mayor of the Montrealborough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, haswaded into the debate.

“I’m someone who has beenwearing the kippa as an electedofficial for the last four years,”he said. “I don’t know and ithasn’t been explained how thathas hindered my ability to rep-resent my constituents and myresidents or act on behalf of themunicipality.”

Another prominent Jewishvoice, former public schoolboard Chair Marcus Tabach-nick, said the documentshould more accurately benamed the Charter of Intoler-ance.

“If this piece of legislation ac-tually comes to the NationalAssembly this fall, the opposi-tion parties will have no choicebut to defeat this insensitive,intolerant and politically andmorally bankrupt govern-ment,” he stated. “Every gov-ernment leaks this kind ofinformation in the dog days ofsummer to see what public re-action there may be to whatthey know will be controver-sial proposals for new laws.We, Quebecers of all politicalstripes, should react loud andlong against even the intro-duction of such legislation. Wecitizens must take the respon-sibility to shut this down be-

cause we cannot count on thesecond opposition party to dowhat is right and get rid of thislaw and this government.”

Quebec Liberal LeaderPhilippe Couillard has dis-missed the idea in the past andshrugged it off last Tuesday asa “trial balloon.”

François Legault, leader ofthat second opposition party,Coalition Avenir Québec, didcriticize the Marois govern-ment for going too far. How-ever, as Tabachnick cautioned,he said he will try to proposea middle-ground solution thatfalls between the approachesof the PQ and Liberals.

Mukhbir Singh, the WorldSikh Organization of Canada’svice-president for Quebec andAtlantic Canada, believes anysuch legislation is unnecessary.

“There’s no problem that’sbeing solved by this,” he said.

In Ontario, Michael Coteau,citizenship and immigrationminister, waded into the con-troversy, releasing a statementabout prohibition of religioussymbols and coverings in gov-ernment offices and any otherplaces that receive publicfunding.

“Our government would op-pose the introduction of anylegislation in Ontario to re-strict or prohibit people’s free-dom of expression and religionin public places,” he said in thestatement. “Ontario’s diversityand freedom of expression andreligion is a model to theworld – where we celebrateand respect each other’s differ-ences.”

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‘The PQ…has developed a total disregard for minorities.’

– Moïse Moghrabi

If such draconianlaws were passedthey would be challenged.

– Julius Grey

‘I’m…wearing akippa as an electedofficial…. How hasthat hindered me?’

– Lionel Perez

‘The opposition par-ties will have nochoice but to…de-feat the govenment.’– Marcus Tabachnick

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Rabbi Menachem PosnerSpecial to the TribuneSince early August, Aaron and AmandaSpiro of the Montreal island suburb ofHampstead have been spending their freetime knocking on seniors’ doors, handingout fresh round challahs traditionallyeaten at the Jewish High Holiday feasts.

“The holidays are often hard for seniors,”said Spiro, executive director of Senior As-sist Montreal, a company that specializesin helping families care for aging parentsby providing care and support. “Many ofour clients have children who live out oftown, and I see firsthand how so manyolder people are alone at home with noholiday meals and no one to celebratewith.

“On a whim, I went to the bakery andpicked up a few loaves of fresh sweetraisin challah – whose smell can bringback vivid memories to anyone who hasever celebrated Rosh Hashanah – andbrought them to a former client, an olderwoman suffering from dementia.”

Spiro said that the responses have beenincredible.

“Some people have a hard time under-standing why I am there, so I just say,‘stick this in the freezer and take it out forRosh Hashanah. It is a gift from my fam-ily to yours.’”

Although his challah distribution is anentirely personal affair, Spiro said that it’sconsistent with the values on which hefounded Senior Assist back in 2011.

“Judaism teaches that old age is not a li-

ability but rather a virtue and a blessing,”he said. “Our elders are to be loved,revered, and treasured. And that is what Itry to do on a professional level, one sen-ior at a time.”

Bosmat Loebenberg, a resident of NDG,whose mother-in-law Phyllis was a clientof Spiro’s, applauded his efforts.

“My mother-in-law was 82 and we werenot able to care for her on our own. He and

his staff coordinated her medical program,arranged an assistant to take her shoppingand to the doctor and had his in-house chefprepare and deliver kosher meals to her.Aaron even helped us make her house safeas her condition deteriorated.”

Upon hearing that Spiro planned tobring her mother-in-law challah for theholidays, Loebenberg was not surprised:“He is very kind. It is very beautiful. Thereis a special feeling that the holidays bring,and to know that Aaron is bringing thatjoy to others really warms your heart. Youcan see that he genuinely cares.”

Anyone wishing to have a challah deliveredto themselves or a family member should call(514) 571-0185 or email aaron@SAmon-treal.com.

Spiro said that he is also looking formore volunteers.

“When it comes to seniors, the best timeto reach out is now.”

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WARSAW – Fourteen Polish citizenshave been honoured by Yad Vashem asRighteous of the Nations for their role insaving Jews during the Shoah.

The ceremony took place last week atWarsaw’s new Museum of the History ofPolish Jews and the awards were pre-sented by Israel’s ambassador to Poland

Zvi Rav-Ner.In several cases, the medals were pre-

sented posthumously to the recipientsthrough their sons or daughters.

Of the 24,911 citizens from across theworld honoured until Jan. 1, 2013,6,394 are Poles.

– European Jewish Congress

Montreal

Warming seniors’ hearts, one challah at a time

Aaron Spiro, executive director of Senior Assist Montreal, gives Challah for the holidays to Meier Schlomowitz.

14 Poles honoured for saving Jews in war

Palestinian factions march against negotiationsAccording to the website ofEzzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades -Palestine, the military wing ofthe Islamic resistance movementHamas, hundreds of people inthe Gaza Strip protested last Fri-day against the peace talks, inmarches organized by Hamasand Islamic Jihad.

Marchers set off from mosquesacross the coastal strip beforeconverging on a square in themiddle of Gaza City, with pro-testers brandishing signs saying‘No to negotiations’ and slam-ming West Bank-based Palestin-ian president Mahmud Abbas’s‘political failure,’ the statement

on the website said.Al-Qassam Brigades said that

Religious Affairs Minister IsmailRidwan addressed march:

“All the Palestinian factions sayyou don’t have the right to relin-quish any piece of our land, orto give up Palestinian rights.”

Hamas said Abbas’s decision toreturn to the negotiating tablewith Israel is not representativeof the will of the Palestinians.

Israeli and Palestinian negotia-tors held another round of US-brokered talks last Tuesday inJerusalem.

“Returning to talks is a blow tothe jihad and to the sacrifices of

our people, the blood of ourmartyrs and to our prisoners be-hind bars in Israel,” Ridwan said.

Israeli plans to build another2,129 settlement units in eastJerusalem and in Judea andSamaria, announced days beforethe latest talks started, angeredPalestinian officials, said the Al-Qassam Brigades website.

In related news, according toan Associated Press report, Pales-tinian negotiators called off aplanned round of peace talksMonday after Israeli soldierskilled three protesters duringclashes following an arrest raidin the West Bank, officials said.

Hundreds of Palestinians march to protestIsraeli-Palestinian peace talks, accordingthe Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades website.

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A Man for All Seasons illustratesthat silence is a fence to wisdomWhen I assumedmy first positionas a synagoguerabbi, I was aman with manyopinions. Freshout of rabbinicalschool, I felt Ihad access to thewhole truth andnothing but thetruth. If some-one wrote an article with which I disagreed, Iwrote back a sharp response to indicate the in-tellectual weakness of the writer’s argument andthe truth of mine. I could not resist not beingsilent. I knew the right answers and it was mymission to let everyone else know of the cor-rectness of my position as well.

Very soon, thankfully, I became aware of thearrogance and silliness of my ways. I receivedan acidic letter from someone whose article Itook issue with. He accused me of narrow-mindedness and insensitivity. As I reflected onhis comments, I realized he was right. Therewas no reason for me to publicly criticize some-one else just to demonstrate the correctness ofmy position. I forgot the maxim of our sagesthat silence is a fence to wisdom and that myoverall success in the rabbinate did not dependon my diminishing the reputation of others.There was no point to my diatribes. I shouldhave remained quiet, and from then on, I did.

The issue of silence is critical in A Man for AllSeasons, the story of Thomas More and his quar-rel with Henry VIII, King of England, whowanted More, in his capacity as lord chancellorof England, to ask Pope Clement VII to annulhis marriage to Catherine of Aragon, who didnot bear him a male child. More resigned ratherthan take an oath of supremacy declaring theKing as supreme head of the Church of Eng-land, an oath that would allow the king to dis-pense with the need to ask the pope for theannulment.

More chooses silence as his response to thepolitical pressures around him. He is cautiousabout his words and serves as a sterling exam-ple of the man who measures carefully each andevery word he utters, knowing that the wrong

word can ruin him in this world and possiblyin the next.

However, he cannot escape the entreaties ofthe king, and ultimately More is branded a trai-tor for his unwillingness to take an oath sup-porting Henry’s new marriage to Anne Boleyn.More’s silence is construed as high treasonagainst the king.

At his trial, the matter of silence is a key argu-ment of Cromwell, the prosecutor, who ex-plores the different interpretations of silence:“Gentlemen of the jury, there are many kinds ofsilence. Consider first the silence of a man whois dead. What does it betoken, this silence?Nothing; this is silence pure and simple. But letus take another case. Suppose I were to take adagger from my sleeve and make to kill the pris-oner with it; and my lordships there, instead ofcrying out for me to stop, maintained their si-lence. It would suggest a willingness that Ishould do it, and under the law, they will beguilty with me. So silence can, according to thecircumstances, speak.”

Cromwell then attacks More by suggesting thathis silence is a clever denial of Henry’s authorityas supreme head of the Church of England.

More responds that his silence should not nec-essarily be interpreted as denial, but rather asthe silence of consent. In truth, he should beacquitted for he has never said a word againstthe king.

Jewish tradition has much to say about silence.The Ethics of the Fathers offers several pithy state-ments: “There is nothing better for a man than si-lence. Silence is a fence to wisdom. He whoincreases his words increases sin.” Clearly, thethrust of Jewish tradition is to weigh one’s words.Once uttered, they cannot be recalled. Therefore,it behooves us to carefully consider the value andpurpose of our speech before opening ourmouths to offer an opinion. I am thankful Ilearned this lesson early in my career.

Rabbi Herbert Cohen, PhD is the author of KosherParenting: a Guide for Raising Kids in a Com-plex World; Walking in Two Worlds: VisioningTorah Concepts through Secular Studies; TexasTorah: the Interface of the Weekly Torah Por-tion with Everyday Life, and The One of Us: aLife in Jewish Education.

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Facebook has removed an an-tisemitic post published inAustralia that stated the “Jew-ish dream will burn in hell firefor living eternity,” and thatclaimed “G-d damned youJews to hell.”

According to the poster, Jewshave no country, they arenothing but “a bunch of gyp-sies” and that “Zionist pigs aregoing to cop it real soon.”

The comments were madenext to a flyer for a Boycott,Divestment and Sanctions(BDS) rally against Israel thathas been targetting the Israelichocolate store Max Brenner,which has outlets in Australia.

“We take our Statement ofRights and Responsibilitiesvery seriously and reactquickly to remove reportedcontent that violates our poli-cies,” a Facebook spokesper-

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to content that includespornography, bullying, hatespeech and actionable threatsof violence.

“The goal of these policies isto strike a very delicate balancebetween giving people thefreedom to express themselves

and maintaining a safe andtrusted environment.”

Executive Council of Aus-tralian Jewry’s Research OfficerJulie Nathan said that anti-Is-rael groups and their onlinepages increasingly attract anti-Jewish comments.

Nathan said those behindanti-Israel pages need to con-

sider two questions: “Firstly,why are they not monitoringand deleting racist contentagainst Jews? Secondly, what isit about the images and rheto-ric they are promoting whichattracts such hateful and geno-cidal anti-Jewish, racist com-ments?”

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TORONTO – B’nai BrithCanada, through its League forHuman Rights, has beengranted intervenor status by theNew Brunswick Court ofQueen’s Bench in the Mc-Corkell case. Since learning thatthe deceased Robert McCorkellhad left the bulk of his estate toa US-based neo-Nazi group, theNational Alliance, B'nai Brith

Canada has been actively en-gaged in ensuring that the be-quest does not go forward onpublic policy principles.

“Public policy grounds de-mand that the National Al-liance, at one time the leadingwhite-supremacist group, notbe given new life by an infu-sion of money from the Mc-Corkells estate. Their brand of

hatred is still one that attracts aselect group of followers. Re-viving the group is in no one’sinterest,” said Frank Dimant,CEO of B’nai Brith Canada.

“Now that our status as anintervening party has been rec-ognized, we will be able to as-sist the court through expertevidence and submissions onthe issues at hand.”

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B’nai Brith Winnipeg takes 1,300 out to the ballgame

The 5th Annual B’nai Brith Canada Afternoon with the Goldeyes took place in Winnipeg recently where 1,315 people from 44 commu-nity organizations were treated to a completely free afternoon of a baseball game, picnic lunch and snacks, courtesy of B’nai Brith

Canada. Above, kids from one group stand with Earl J. Barish, chair of the program. Before the game got under way, Barish (right) threwthe ceremonial first pitch of the game featuring the Winnipeg Goldeyes vs. Kansas City T-Bones. (Photos: Hart Macklin)

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With its 2,000 volunteerEMTs, paramedics and doc-tors, United Hatzalah of Israelhas achieved Israel’s fastest re-sponse times thanks to aground-breaking invention‘ambucycles,’ motorcycles spe-cially equipped with life-sav-ing equipment that can avoidtraffic and construction andaccess narrow lanes and alley-ways.

Volunteers, who also workregular jobs, are available 24/7and carry GPS tracking de-vices. When United Hatzalah’sdispatch centre receives anemergency call, they are ableto instantly pinpoint the clos-est vehicle.

“My concept is to spreadthese ambucycles to the vol-unteers,” said Eli Beer, founder

of United Hatzalah, in a phoneinterview from Jerusalem.“They take them home, toshop or to the beach, if theywant. It’s theirs for daily use. Ithas to be near them.”

According to Beer, UnitedHatzalah’s role complements

regular ambulance services. “We’re not in the business of

transport,” he said. “The realjob in saving lives is stabilizingpatients. If you start theprocess in the first two min-utes you can save them.”

To achieve a 90-second re-

sponse time throughout thecountry, the organization islooking to double its ambucy-cle fleet to 500.

Or Benoz, a business profes-sional who got involved withthe organization six monthsago, has initiated a crowd-

sourcing campaign on in-diegogo.com.

“We’d like to start with one$29,000 ambucycle,” he said ina phone interview from NewYork. “I think the cause is superimportant because in Israel everyvictim is treated the same,” said

Benoz. “It doesn’t matter if you’reChassidic, Arab or secular, you’retreated equally.”

In fact, more than 100 of theemergency responders are fromthe Arab sector. Beer received aphone call from an Arab ac-quaintance whose father haddied of a heart attack in Abu Torfollowing a long ambulance waitand wanted to become an emer-gency medical responder.

Beer started training 25 Arabvolunteers in Jerusalem.

“Amazing things happened,”he said. “People started con-necting and helping eachother. It worked very, verywell. We even have settlersworking with Muslim Palestin-ian volunteers. They train to-gether and help each other.”

Their ambucycle model hasalready been adopted in fourSouth and Central Americancountries and is set to be im-plemented in other parts of theworld. For more informationabout the crowd-sourcingcampaign, visit:http://igg.me/p/454363/x/2842490 at indiegogo.com.

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Prohibitive franchise feesforced the popular MeltonSchool for Adult Jewish Learn-ing to close after 12 years, butthere is a new, independentprogram in its place calledMorasha.

“People are thirsty for Jew-ish knowledge,” said LorettaTanenbaum, former directorof the Toronto Melton fran-chise, now director ofMorasha (which, she ex-plained, means tradition orpassing down in Hebrew).“This is purely learning forthe sake of learning.”

Classes will be held at theBeth Emeth Bais Yehuda Syna-gogue, as before, and theteachers will be carried over,too, but they have developedtheir own, shorter courses thatwill run from six to eightsweeks in duration.

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Recently a video wentviral showing AshtonKutcher speaking atthe Teen ChoiceAwards. What manyuse as a platform tothank fans and family,Ashton used to teach.He started off sayingthat he wanted toshare his Hollywoodsecrets of success. Thefirst point was thatyou need opportunity. How did he define op-portunity?

As hard work. Not exactly inspiring or mind-blowing. In fact, when he said it, there was abrief, deafening silence. It was almost like thecrowd was waiting for the punch line. Instead,

he went on to detail all of the trivial, labouriousjobs he had as a teen that made him who he is.He explained that he never quit any job becauseit was hard work.

This is not exactly what these teens came tohear that night.

As I watched this clip, his point definitely rangtrue to me, but I wondered how many in theaudience were a) even listening, b) agreed withhim or c) cared at all about the topic.

I certainly hope they were listening. And I’msure many people who’ve seen the clip onlinehave, too. But how many in this generation (I’llsay those born between 1980 and 2000) reallyappreciate what he was talking about?

We have grown up in a time where televisionhas told us from the time we were young thatwe can achieve any dream we want. Many plot-lines on TV are even of miraculous success sto-ries. Granted, shows only have 30 minutes totell a story. But seldom does the media go intothe years of work, etc., that millionaires and fa-mous people went through to get to where theyare now. And so this generation thinks workshould be easy for them. Same goes for school.When faced with a challenge, they often quit orcomplain that the teacher is giving them workthat is too difficult.

What’s funny is that as I write this I can’t helpbut feel that I sound old – as if my parents werelecturing me. And Ashton was no different.However, the message is right on and hard workis so important for this generation.

Success is not instantaneous and without ef-fort.

This is the message of Elul, the month we arecurrently in. We have an amazing opportunityduring Elul to use this time as a motivator towork harder. Not just in your career, but in yourhealth, your marriage, your parenting and mostimportantly your relationship to G-d.

Nothing worthwhile or valuable comesquickly and all of these things are no exception.I’m always surprised when people ask me whythey didn’t “feel” anything at the Kotel. WhenI ask them when the last time they spoke to G-

d was, they seem to be shocked that this rela-tionship, too, requires effort.

Marriage, many of us know all too well, is cer-tainly not the forum for slacking. If you want itto last and have a happy, dynamic relationship,it requires effort and sacrifice.

I encourage all of my readers to take some

time to think of an area in your life that you canwork harder in. Isolate one thing and challengeyourself to work on that for the next year.

When you are standing there on RoshHashanah, you will feel confident that this NewYear will really be the beginning of somethinggreat.

Ukraine chief rabbi slams‘provocative’ cross near Jewish siteThe recent placing of a crucifix near theUman grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslovwas an act of “clear provocation,” said RabbiYaakov Bleich, chief rabbi of Ukraine.

“Ukraine is not a Jewish country and Ukrain-ian Jews respect Christian symbols like crosses,”Bleich told the Jewish Ukrainian news siteEvreiskiy.kiev.ua. “However, the cross raised inUman, in the immediate vicinity of the tomb ofRabbi Nachman, is a clear provocation.”

Earlier this month, Hebrew graffiti was dis-covered on the crucifix, which was erectedin recent weeks on the banks of a lake nearthe grave of the 18th-century founder of theBreslav Chassidic movement.

Bleich also said that the installation of thecross has not been endorsed by the leader-ship of Christian denominations nor by thelocal authorities, which, in his opinion,should intervene.

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Jewish Tribune Survey

Keeping kosher in the GTA

Ronald Rotenberg and Sam Moses Exclusive to the Tribune

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FINDINGSAlmost half of the respon-dents (49 per cent) said thatthey do not keep kosher athome nor do they normallykeep kosher outside thehome, making it the top re-sponse. This was followed bythose who indicated thatthey keep strictly kosherboth within and outside thehome (15 per cent). Another15 per cent claimed theykeep kosher inside the home,but eat only fish/dairy out-side. Those who keep kosherat home but will eat meatoutside numbered 14 percent. The smallest propor-tion (7 per cent) keepskosher in their home butconsume non-kosher foods

outside the home includingpork and/or shellfish.

Of those who said they donot keep a kosher home, 85per cent cited that they donot consider keeping kosherto be necessary and/or be-lieve they can be Jewishwithout being kosher.

Only 9 per cent of respon-dents claimed that the mostimportant reason for notkeeping a kosher home is be-cause it is more expensive tobuy kosher food.

Also, more than half of therespondents cited that it istheir personal decisionwhether to keep kosher andtheir religious affiliation

does not play apart in the deci-sion.

As expected, ultra-Or-thodox Jews are strictlykosher both inside and out-side their homes. Almosthalf of the respondents whoconsider themselves modernOrthodox cited that theykeep strictly kosher insideand outside the home, whileanother 35 per cent of mod-ern Orthodox respondentscited that they keep kosherin the home, but eatdairy/fish/vegetables outsidethe home. Only 4 per cent ofrespondents who consider

themselves conservativekeep kosher inside and out-side the home.

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Table 2: Why do you not keep Kosher? Per cent

Not necessary/can be Jewish without it

More expensive than non-kosher

Too much time/hassle needing 2 sets of dishes

Don’t live near kosher stores

Food not as tasty

Don't know thekosher laws

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Table 1: Do you keep kosher? Per cent

Do not keep kosherat home or outside

Strictly kosher inside and outside home

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Keep kosher at home but meat outside

Keep kosher at home but anything outside

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Dave GordonCorrespondentVeteran children’s entertainersJudy and David Gershon willbe running from a herd of ele-phants, swimming with frogs,sprinting away from alligatorsand flying off to distant plan-ets in their forthcoming televi-sion show, JiggiJump.

Premiering on CBC, begin-ning next week, the duo aimsto gets kids physically activewithin the backdrop of amake-believe world.

The idea began with a liveconcert in 2007, developing asa way for teachers to help stu-dents exercise.

As the Ontario governmentmandated daily physical activ-ity in schools, some educatorsdid not always have access tothe gym or equipment, saidDavid Gershon. The duo setout to creatively solve theproblem.

“With a little imagination

now they don’t need a gym.They can join us when we goto a jungle, or a far distantplanet. They love play andlove music…and we put it allinto a story.”

Childhood obesity rates havetripled in the past 15 years, headded, and one way to moti-vate kids to become physicallyactive is with a combination ofmusic, movement and narra-tive.

The duo teamed up with theOntario Physical Health Edu-cation Association to deter-mine what kids wouldrespond to, what exerciseskids should do and what exer-cises would be appropriate.

Their research study con-cluded that nearly 96 per centof those surveyed, includingeducators, gave the program abig thumbs up, said Gershon.

“This was unprecedented.The results have been as-tounding…. I think we hit ona concept that really works.”

The five-minute segmentswill premier on CBC, Sept. 3,and will air at 10:11 a.m. onTuesdays and Thursdays.

“If we can get a young childeven moving for five minutesand have that stimulate otheractivity, that’s a good start. Andgetting started is one of thehardest things to do.”

Each episode begins with ajourney to visit JJ the Kanga-roo, a full-size costumed char-acter who can’t stop moving.As Judy and David walk tofind him, they are actuallydoing warm up exercises andencouraging the viewers tojoin in.

Judy and David have becomeone of the most prolific chil-dren’s recording acts in NorthAmerica, with 16 albums, fourvideo releases and more thanfive million recordings soldworldwide. They have per-formed live for more than100,000 people a year.

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OSSY’S FAVOURITEPAREVE NOODLE KUGELOssy Goldenberg, the managerof admissions and tuition atAHS, serves this sweet noodlekugel made with apples andpineapple every RoshHashanah. It’s a winner! Ingredients1/4 cup oil1 pkg (375g/10 1/2 oz)medium egg noodles

4 Tbsp pareve margarine,melted5 eggs1 (398 ml/14 oz) can crushedpineapple plus half the juice3 or 4 apples, grated3/4 or 1 cup sugar1 pkg (102 g/3 1/2 oz) parevevanilla pudding mixTopping1/2 cup corn-flake crumbs1/4 cup brown sugarPreparationPreheat oven to 350°F. Greasea 9x13-inch ovenproof dishwith oil. Heat for 5 minutes.

Cook noodles according to

package directions and drainwell.

In a bowl, mix warm noodleswith melted margarine. Addeggs one at a time and com-bine using a wooden spoon,mixing well between each egg.Add pineapple, half thepineapple juice, apples, sugarand pudding. Mix together.

In a separate bowl, combinecorn flakes and brown sugar.Mix well.

Add noodle mixture to pre-heated dish. Top with corn-flake crumb mixture. Bake for45 minutes.

Makes 12 servings

HONEY GARLIC FRENCHBRICK ROAST WITHSWEET POTATOESJodi Passof, one of the co-chairs for More Please! told me,“I use this versatile marinadeon chicken, veal ribs, Miamiribs or any cut of beef.”Ingredients1/2 cup honey1/2 cup soya sauce1/4 cup canola oil1/4 tsp ground ginger2 Tbsp Dijon mustard6 garlic cloves, minced1 (5 lb) French brick roast6-8 sweet potatoes, sliced6 carrots, sliced in chunksPreparationPlace roast in a roasting pan. Ina bowl, whisk together honey,soya sauce, oil, ginger, mus-tard and garlic. Pour over theroast. Cover and marinateovernight.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Coverroasting pan tightly. Cook ap-proximately 90 minutes.

Add sweet potatoes and car-rots under and around the

roast. Cover tightly and cookanother 90 minutes or until afork goes easily into the roast.

Let the roast cool completelybefore slicing. Place roast slicesand veggies in a pan to reheat.

Yield: 8 servingsTipsRoast can be frozen but not thevegetables.

Brick roast is also known asFrench roast, square cut chuckroast or thick London broil.For easier slicing, refrigerateroast after cooking. Reheat inpan juices.

Norene Gilletz is the leading authorof kosher cookbooks in Canada. Sheis the author of nine cookbooks anddivides her time between work as afood writer, culinary consultant,spokesperson, cooking instructor,lecturer and editor. Norene lives inToronto and her motto is “Foodthat’s good for you should tastegood!” For more information, visither website atwww.gourmania.com or email herat goodfood@gourmania.com.

Copyright ©Norene Gilletz,August 21, 2013.

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Point of View

What do you dowhen every Jew-ish institution inyour communityis answering thequestion: How tobe Jewish?, whileeveryone I canthink of is actu-ally asking an en-tirely differentquestion?

Whether we real-ize it or not, todayeveryone is asking:Why be Jewish? – not how. More importantly,why be Jewish here-now-today? Why be Jewishin the shul we never go to, in the confines de-fined by the bagel places and delis we frequent,or even the charming and inconspicuouslynamed acronym(ed) organizations we shy awayfrom?

I’m at that age where some of the people Iused to waste endless hours gossiping about thelatest trends in footwear with – as well as en-gaging in long hours of retail therapy sessionswith – are now pondering the question of whata Jewish future will look like for their prover-bial or, in some cases, even real live children.How will those children benefit from partici-pating in the Jewish institutions we all seem tobe questioning or even blatantly ignoringtoday?

I’ll tell you what I’ve noticed: most institutionsshy away from answering the question of Whybe Jewish? They say that it is “not their place” toanswer such existential questions…and then gointo some endless diatribe about pluralism andinclusiveness that likely is performed in themost neutral tonality to get you to write acheque for something that sounds…well rea-sonable enough. Our institutions’ answers tothese questions are guided by the most senselesstalking points that can only be conjured up byan insufferably politically correct, gender-neu-tral, inoffensive, culturally sensitive communi-cations despot who used to craft messages foreverything – except faith.

Pardon the digression, but I don’t want toknow How to be Jewish…. I can read that in anytext, I can hear that from the pulpit or evenlearn it on the internet. I want to know Why beJewish? and I want it to be a compelling enoughreason for me to make even the slightest effortto preserve a nation the world spends so muchtime talking about.

I want to know that the future of the Jewishpeople has more to offer my children than themere idea of protecting ourselves from assimi-lation or standing together in the face of anti-semitism. I want to know that the reason to beJewish is one that is rooted in us knowing our-selves, not by how we’re perceived, treated oreven systematically eradicated. I want to knowthat the key to our Jewish future is not definedby the act of non-Jews loving us so much they

want to marry us or hating us so much theywant to slaughter us. These are things that areimposed on us; they happen to us. But whatdoes that actually say about what we think ofourselves? Are we actually going to define our-selves by how others see us? This cannot be. Wemight need a similarly kitschy I AM JOE and IAM CANADIAN commercial to ensure we knowwho we are based on…well who we are.

So, here’s the part where I offer you a simplerealization that dawns on me every time I makean excuse to be indolent and consciously apa-thetic about my Judaism, every time I’m bur-dened by the responsibility of acting inaccordance with the values I know to be good –and frankly terrified about being able to pass onthe wisdom to carry this whole thing forwardwithout diluting it or screwing up the message.Here’s that simple realization:

There is something inexplicable about theJewish people – I know you feel this – I knowyou know it, otherwise you wouldn’t bespending your time reading a communitynewspaper when you can be doing just aboutanything else you want. For 3,500 years, theJewish people have continued to exist devotedto but one G-d while others, more abundantin number and commanding in the pages ofhistory, have gone astray, disappeared and arenow mere stories in a coloured history of whatonce was a people guided by something di-vine or many things divine. The idea that wehave a special relationship with history is so

very hard to ignore, despite how much I wantto sleep all day on a Saturday or just not showup anywhere where Jews are doing Jewish-ythings.

So when you’re thinking about Why be Jewish?tell the organization on the phone which hasdecided that it is “not their place” to tell you theanswer to this very important question thatbeing Jewish is a better way of life. Fact. It’s bet-ter for the world and it’s better for the individ-ual. It is the guidance that directs us to showconcern for our own people and care for the fateof the rest of the world. Imagine a world wherejustice prevails. Imagine a world where therewas absolute value placed on human life, on re-lationships, on ensuring that you treat others ina way that is dignified and reverential. Imaginea world where the love and pride for the Jewishpeople transcends time, space and every geo-graphic border including the most subjectiveand arbitrary ones. Imagine a world where spir-ituality and its rituals can elevate one’s soul.Imagine a world when an injustice is committedand our voices are unified in protest.

Imagine that kind of world. For me, these areonly a few things that make up a very long andnot-so-complicated answer, but I think it’senough to ensure I do a little more for my faiththan I did yesterday.

You can Google the How to be Jewish? part later.

Melissa is a talent agent and communications pro-fessional living in Toronto.

Asking the wrong questions. Answering the right ones.

Melissa LantsmanThe Pulse

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Anav SilvermanTazpit News AgencyA 10-member delegation ofdairy farmers from the Pun-jab region of India recentlyvisited Israel to participate ina training program aboutmodern dairy farming tech-niques.

The unique program was es-pecially designed for the groupby the Center for InternationalAgricultural Development Co-operation (CINDACO) of Is-rael’s agriculture and ruraldevelopment ministry.

The Times of India reportedthat in late July, the Punjabfarmers visited modern dairyfarms on kibbutzim andmoshavim across Israel andlearned the latest dairy farm-ing techniques from Israelifarmers.

A member of the delegation,Karnail Singh, told the Times ofIndia that weather conditionsin Israel are similar to the Pun-jab but that in Israel there are“special arrangements to con-trol heat stress.”

Singh also pointed out thetwo different types of dairyfarms in Israel: cooperativeand family based, which em-ploy such technology as solarsystems that generate electric-ity for the farming functions.There are 776 family-owned

farms and 163 cooperative-based farms in Israel.

According to the MASHAVwebsite, the aim of the trainingprogram was “to showcase Is-raeli innovations achieved byleading Israeli companies aswell as to share advancedmodern dairy technologies.”

The Punjab delegation also in-cluded veterinarians, researchersand staff from the Punjab DairyDevelopment Board. The Pun-jabi government made the re-quest to visit Israel thoughMASHAV, Israel’s agency for in-ternational development coop-eration, which brings Israel’s

expertise in economic, social andenvironmental sustainable de-velopment to developing coun-tries.

MASHAV has trained270,000 participants from 132countries in various agricul-tural programs both in Israeland abroad.

News

Jewish Agency gives Ethiopianschool to mayor(JNS.org) – Jewish Agency for Israel Chair Natan Sharanskyhanded Getnet Amare, the mayor of Gondar, Ethiopia, the keysto the school that had prepared thousands of Jewish Ethiopianchildren for their subsequent immigration to Israel through ed-ucation in math, physics, computers and English.

In a ceremony last week, the Jewish Agency donated all theschool buildings and equipment to the city.

“Jews lived in Gondar for 2,500 years. However, their longingto return home never weakened,” Sharansky said at the cere-mony marking the conclusion of the Jewish Agency-led Opera-tion Wings of a Dove. Through the operation, launched in 2010,Israel absorbed about 7,000 people in Ethiopia, the Falash Mura,whose ancestors were Jewish, but were forced to convert toChristianity.

“For us it is very symbolic that the Jewish community here isleaving behind a place of study. It’s a promise we make all thecountries from which Jews emigrate: that we will leave behind aschool for their local community’s children,” Sharansky said.

The final flight of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel was expectedto arrive on Aug. 28 with 400 immigrants.

Palestinian Fatah party glorifiesSaddam Hussein on Facebook(JNS.org) – One of Palestinian Fatah party’s official Facebookpages recently posted a picture of Saddam Hussein with thecaption: ‘How many people love this hero?’

The same Facebook page posted two other pictures of theformer Iraqi dictator last year, portraying him as a hero, Pales-tinian Media Watch reported Aug. 21.

“He smiled to deny the enemy the pleasure of victory. MayAllah have mercy on you, Saddam Hussein,” one of the photocaptions on the Fatah Facebook page stated.

The most recent glorifying picture of Hussein garnered 1,439Facebook ‘likes’ and 111 comments praising it.

Future US military aid to Israeldiscussed while threats grow(JNS.org) – Israel is seeking an in-crease in US military aid to help itdeal with the growing Middle Eastthreats that surround it.

Israeli and American defence of-ficials have been meeting to dis-cuss a new 10-year military aidpackage after the current one ex-pires in 2017. Israel’s main con-cerns are maintaining its so-called Qualitative Military Edge(QME) over its Arab neighbours and modernizing its military.

“I don’t know how big of a role, if at all, QME played in theprevious round of negotiations. But the nexus between QME andFMF (US Foreign Military Financing) has become stronger,” Is-raeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren told Defense News.

Israel is also concerned about modernizing its military. Ac-cording to a report in the Economist, Israeli military planners havebegun shifting resources away from large mechanized units andinfantry designed to defend against Arab armies, to focus on airpower and cyber warfare to deal with new threats from Iran orterror groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.

“We’re looking at a holistic Mideastern picture, which includesgrowth of missile arsenals in Lebanon and Gaza; the strategic sit-uation in Sinai; the Syrian situation as it impacts us and othercountries, including Jordan...and the fact that all this is going onin an age of sequestration,” Oren told Defense News.

But according to American officials, discussions on future USmilitary aid to Israel are still preliminary.

“At this point, we’re trying to understand and assess the fullrange of Israel’s security concerns,” a US official told DefenseNews.

(JNS.org) – Israeli-Palestinianconflict negotiations were heldsecretly last week in Jerusalem,AFP reported, citing Palestin-ian sources.

Israeli Justice Minister TzipiLivni and Yitzhak Molcho,Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu’s special envoy, re-portedly met twice – first fortwo hours and later for onehour – with chief Palestiniannegotiator Saeb Erekat andPalestinian Authority (PA)President Mahmoud Abbasaide Mohammad Shtayyeh.

Israeli Arab journalistKhaled Abu Toameh wrotefor the Gatestone Institutethat the PA wants peace talksheld secretly because it fears“the reactions of Palestiniansand the Arab world.” BothAbbas and Erekat are “fullyaware of the growing opposi-tion among Palestinians and

Arabs to the resumption ofthe peace talks with Israelunder the terms of the US ad-ministration,” said Toameh.

“That is why the two men donot want to be seen sitting in aroom with any Israeli repre-sentative,” he wrote. “Theyknow that any photo of Erekatand Livni shaking hands or sit-ting together would providetheir enemies with additionalammunition.”

Toameh added that the anti-Israel culture that the PA hasfostered among the Palestinian

people also leads to a desire tokeep Israeli-Palestinian con-flict negotiations away frommedia coverage.

“For many years, the Pales-tinian Authority has been sup-porting boycott campaignsagainst Israel, as well as organ-izations combatting ‘normal-ization’ with Israelis,” Toamehwrote. “If Palestinian childrenare condemned for playingfootball with Israelis, whyshould it be acceptable forErekat to be talking withLivni?”

Punjab farmers learn farming techniques from Israel. (Photo: MASHAV)

Jerusalem

Punjab dairy farmers get training in Israel

Israeli-PA negotiations under radar

Israeli Ambassador to US Michael Oren

Israel’s Tzipi Livni and the PA’s Saeb Erekat holding secret meetings.

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Mike CohenQuebec Bureau ChiefThe third-largest Jewish com-munity in Canada continues togrow. Vancouver (www.touris-mvancouver.com) is home to25,740 Jews. That is up from16,565 in 1991 and 22,000 in2001.

There are seven mainstreamJewish congregations in MetroVancouver, one non-denomi-national congregation inWhite Rock, five Chabadhouses and two Kollels.

The Reform synagogues havethe most members, closely fol-lowed by the Conservative andthen Orthodox congregations.

It is estimated that about athird of the identified Jewishcommunity on the LowerMainland are synagogue mem-bers.

The Jewish Federation ofGreater Vancouver (www.jew-ishvancouver.com) conductsthe community’s centralfundraising initiative, the Fed-eration Annual Campaign,which supports 40 partneragencies locally, nationally andin Israel.

The Jewish education systemincludes five pre-schools, fiveday schools and nine supple-mentary schools. Youth and stu-

dent organizations include Hillel(http://www.vancouverhillel.ca),which serves Jewish studentsattending the University ofBritish Columbia, SimonFraser University and the Uni-versity of Victoria, as well asother colleges in Metro Van-couver. There are additionalJewish youth organizations ac-tive in Metro Vancouver, said

Becky Saegert, communica-tions and marketing directorfor the federation.

As for accommodations whenvisiting, the Rosedale on Robson(www.rosedaleonrobson.com)offers 217 one- and two-bed-room suites for the price of aconventional hotel room.

Labelled as the “Hotel in theHeart of the Sports and Enter-

tainment District of Down-town Vancouver,” the Rosedaleon Robson was the recipient ofthe 2013 Trip Advisor Certifi-cate of Excellence.

Jodi Sprackman, director ofcommunity relations, is thedaughter of cookbook legendand Jewish Tribune columnistNoreen Gilletz. Among thecommunity projects she workson with the hotel are the Jew-ish Book Festival and theChutzpah Festival.

At the Vancouver Aquarium(www.vanaqua.org) you comeface-to-fin with more than70,000 animals, including bel-uga whales, steller sea lions,dolphins, seals and more. Eric

Solomon, the aquarium’s Jew-ish director of Arctic connec-tions, has more than 15 yearsof experience working in thefield of science and environ-mental education and commu-nication with museums,science centres and publicaquariums in the US andCanada.

Check out the magnificentArts Club Theatre Company(www.artsclub.com) at 1585Johnston St. next to the publicmarket. Shows are Tuesdaythrough Sundays at what iscalled Western Canada’s largestnot-for-profit organization ofits kind, having been in opera-tion for 49 years. Coming pro-

ductions include Jewish play-wright Neil Simon’s The OddCouple and Driving Miss Daisy,starring Jewish actress NicoleLipman.

There are some superb restau-rants in Vancouver, including JoeFortes Seafood & Chop House(www.joefortes.ca) on down-town Thurlow Street. It’sowned by noted Jewish restau-rateur David Aisenstat.

Tori Simons, a 19-year-oldmember of the Vancouver Jew-ish community, has been serv-ing as a hostess at the restaurantthis summer before heading toMontreal to resume her studiesin anatomy and cell biology atMcGill University.

News

(JNS.org) – EBay plans to co-operate with the Israel Exportand International CooperationInstitute (IEICI) for the firsttime.

For three months, the onlineretail giant will assist 10 Israeli

exporters with small busi-nesses in the field of consumergoods by exporting their prod-ucts through eBay’s onlinecommerce platform.

This is just the first stage inthe planned cooperation.

“We see this support as atop value and hope to make itpermanent in the future,”said the head of eBay’s busi-ness activity in Israel, EladGoldenberg, according toYedioth Achronoth

Vancouver

Home to growing Jewish community, Vancouver great place to visit

Hostess Tori Simons worked at Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House before heading back toMcGill. (Mike Cohen photo)

Councillors present outgoing deputy mayor –and new MPP – with key to cityCity councillors and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford presented outgoing Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday with a ceremonial Key to the City lastweek. Holyday will be taking a seat in Ontario’s legislature after winning a recent byelection. “Doug Holyday has consistently beena strong supporter of Toronto’s Jewish community and Israel. I could always count on his assistance with moving items through citycouncil, including condemning the term Israeli Apartheid and updating the city’s anti-discrimination policy," said Councillor JamesPasternak. From left to right: Councillor Pasternak, Councillor David Shiner, Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, Councillor NormKelly, Councillor Frances Nunziata, MPP Holyday, Mayor Ford, Councillor Vincent Crisanti, Councillor Karen Stintz and Councillor DougFord.

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Navras Jaat AafreediTazpit News AgencyJune 19, 2013 was an historicday as it saw the release of theonly work of fiction by a mem-ber of the Baghdadi Jewishcommunity of Kolkata.

The Jewish community ofKolkata was the last of the Jew-ish communities to settle inIndia and the first to leave it,but during their stay the Bagh-dadis made significant contri-butions to its cultural andcommercial life.

The novel, The Man withMany Hats, written by Jael Sil-liman becomes even more sig-nificant as “definitions of whois and who is not an Indian arebeing increasingly politicized,the identities of place are beingessentialized and secular forcesare increasingly challenged.

“In this political context, mi-nority narratives such as thisone have an important place.They resist efforts to seek tocommunalize India’s past andpresent and contrast sharplywith contemporary histories inIndia today that are beingrewritten to serve communalpolitics,” as Silliman wrote inher book Jewish Portraits, In-dian Frames: Women’s Narra-tives from a Diaspora of Hope(2001), while working as atenured associate professor atthe University of Iowa.

In Jewish Portraits, IndianFrames, Silliman explored inclear-eyed non-fiction the his-tory of three generations of herJewish female ancestors in Cal-cutta.

The Man with Many Hats cov-ers similar ground fictionally,mainly through the eyes of herprotagonist Rachel. The noveloffers an in-depth insight intoJewish and Bengali customs, atangible tour of Calcutta in allits glory and an evocation ofwhat, in non-fiction, might becalled “cross-cultural ex-changes,” as Shashi Tharoorpoints out in his foreword tothe novel.

Silliman is neither the onlyIndian Jewish novelist nor theonly Indian Jewish novelistwho writes in English. She isnot even the only womanamong the Indian Jewish writ-ers. Her novel is also not thefirst to be based on the Bagh-dadi Jewish community ofKolkata, for there has beenGay Courter’s Flowers in the

Blood (1990). But with thismaiden novel of hers she cer-tainly emerges as the first nov-elist ever from her BaghdadiJewish community of Kolkata.It is a valuable social docu-

ment as it gives a rare glimpseinto the life of the tiny com-munity, now on the verge ofextinction, in post-indepen-dence Calcutta (now calledKolkata) when it was rapidly

getting even tinier as a result ofthe Jewish exodus from India.

The book further delves intothe interesting interfaith rela-tions in cosmopolitan Cal-cutta, and in doing so breaksmany stereotypes, like theJews and Muslims being natu-ral adversaries. She providesus a peek into the emotionalbond that emerged betweenMuslims, who were tradition-

ally employed as cooks inBaghdadi households, andtheir Jewish employers.

“Jael Silliman evokes an Indiathat has all but disappearedand draws on her personalknowledge of the Jews of Indiato create a unique and power-ful novel about the humanheart,” as Chitra Divakaruni,author of Oleander Girl, Palaceof Illusions points out.

It provides an insight into thesensibilities and sensitivities ofthe members of a minoritywithin a minority, which hap-pens to be the smallest reli-gious minority of India, afterthey stay back in India whilemost of their fellow membersof the community leave forother countries: “The CalcuttaJews had come to the city fromIraq and Syria when the Britishfirst came to trade in India,and had grown and prosperedunder the Raj. Favoured by theBritish and commercially suc-cessful, many were unsure oftheir economic futures whenIndia gained independence.Since they were a tightly knitcommunity, once a few Jewschose to leave, other familymembers soon followed suit.By the ’60s the communityhad dwindled precipitously.This saddened Morris who

had opted to stay – he had athriving family business, manyfriends and loved his life inCalcutta. He was optimisticabout India’s future andwanted to be part of the new,emerging India. Morris re-solved to be both Jewish andIndian, and quite sure hecould fuse the two identitiessuccessfully.”

While there has been a stringof novels by Esther David onher Bene Israel community,short stories about them bySophie Judah, and a Hindinovel each by Meera Mahade-van and Sheela Rohekar, this isthe only work of fiction on theBaghdadi Jewish communityfrom one of its members inany language.

The novel is dotted with in-teresting memories of how lifeused to be for Baghdadi Jewsin Kolkata, which makes it soabsorbing, like the replace-ment of French glass cylindersof perfumed water with waterpistols for the festival of Sim-chat Torah, the legendary Na-houm’s Bakery in New Market,the use of Arabic curses likekusemek or ibn kalb, the inter-esting Jewish visitors fromother parts of the world, “howat one time 90 per cent of thebuildings on Chowringhee,

the main thoroughfare” there,“were either owned by theEzras, a Jewish dynasty, or by aMr Aratoon, an Armenian,”the Yael Choir that met once aweek to learn and sing Jewishsongs and dance the Hora, theJewish Girls Hostel, the JudeanClub, the Hebrew lessons, theBaghdadi delicacies, viz.,cheese samboosas, kuliches,baklavas, date babas, etc., thesynagogues there, viz., theMaghen David, the Beth Eland the Neveh Shalome andmany others.

The novel progresses as theprotagonist Rachel narrates herlife story and reminisces abouther fluctuating relationshipwith her father, “knowing itwould take her years to fullygrasp the totality of the manwith many hats who had beenher father.”

It could be counted amongthe best works of fiction ex-ploring the complications andsubtleties of a father-daughterrelationship. Navras Jaat Aafreedi is a re-searcher in Indo-Judaic Studiesand a Muslim-Jewish relationsactivist, currently employed as anassistant professor in the Schoolof Humanities & Social Sciences,Gautam Buddha University,Greater NOIDA, India.

Book Reviews

Joanne HillChief CorrespondentA new memoir by a prominentleader of the American Jewishcommunity provides an in-sider’s view of high-level meet-ings behind the scenes of theIsraeli-Arab peace process.

Robert K. Lifton was asought-after advisor to MiddleEastern heads of state throughhis roles as president of theAmerican Jewish Congressfrom 1988-1994, foundingpresident of the Israel PolicyForum in the early 1990s andco-chair of the Middle EastProject of the Council on For-eign Relations from 1994-2008.

As Lifton states in his book,An Entrepreneur’s Journey: Sto-ries from a Life in Business andPersonal Diplomacy, the experi-ences he recounts “illustratehow many parallels there are

to today’s events.”Some of the leaders have

died or been deposed in theintervening years, while thepolitical fate of others has risenor fallen with the times, butthe names of those with whomLifton and his colleagues metwill be familiar to anyone whofollows events in the MiddleEast.

Those names include sittingIsraeli Prime Ministers EhudOlmert, Ehud Barak and thenow-deceased Yitzhak Rabin,current Prime Minister Ben-jamin Netanyahu when he wasthe Israeli ambassador to theUN and President ShimonPeres when he held differentgovernment positions; then-Egyptian President HosniMubarak; the now-deceasedYasser Arafat, then-leader ofthe Palestinian Liberation Or-ganization; then-Indian PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi; then-

King Hussein of Jordan andthe current King Abdullah II ofJordan; the now-deceasedRafic Hariri, then prime min-ister of Lebanon; the now-de-ceased Hafex al-Assad, thenpresident of Syria; and mem-bers of Saudi Arabia’s royalfamily.

Lifton’s book offers behind-the-scenes stories about themall. Now aged 85 and semi-re-tired, Lifton relied on diarieshe has kept since 1967, as wellas newsletters and articles hehas written over the years, toprovide key details when writ-ing his book.

The self-described “ardentZionist” said he became ac-tively involved in trying to finda solution to the Israeli-Pales-tinian conflict in 1988 whenthe American Jewish Congressofficially adopted and en-dorsed a position in favour ofwhat is now called the two-

state solution. It was not acommonly held or popular po-sition at the time.

The American Jewish Con-gress stated, “Israel shouldseparate itself out from whatwere then called the OccupiedTerritories (the West Bank andGaza),” Lifton told the JewishTribune. If Israel insisted on ab-sorbing the territories, “ulti-mately, because of thedemographics, Israel mightend up having a Palestinianpopulation that overwhelmedthe Jewish population and los-ing its character as a Jewishstate. Or, if it refused thatPalestinian population a vote,losing its character as a demo-cratic state and, finally, beingaccused of an apartheid posi-tion.”

In his book, Lifton also de-scribes growing up in NewYork during the Great Depres-sion, his education from

yeshiva to law school, experi-ences as an art collector, suc-cesses and failures in differentareas of business, includingthe film and music industries,and how he ended up on Pres-ident Richard Nixon’s enemieslist. An Entrepreneur’s Journey isavailable at Indigo Book Storesand Amazon.ca.

Toronto

A Baghdadi Jew from India looks at life in Kolkata

Jael Silliman looks at the Jewish community of Kolkata in The Man with Many Hats.

Toronto

An insider’s view of the Israeli-Arab peace process

Author Robert K. Lifton

Larry Bell won six Mastersswimming medals while setterCole Grossinger and his fa-ther/assistant coach HowieGrossinger won silver medalsin indoor Open volleyball, atlast month’s Maccabiah Gamesin Israel. Beyond those im-pressive results this is alsoabout a generational family –grandfather, grandson andson-in-law – participating insporting competitions that en-hanced their appreciation ofbeing Jewish.

Cole, 17, a Richmond Hillresident, began playing volley-ball at 10.

“My dad captained Univer-sity of Toronto’s volleyballteams and played Open vol-leyball at 2001 and 2005 Mac-cabiah Games, so I knew allabout the sport,” he said. “Ibegan competing on variousteams including Tanenbaum-CHAT (Kimel Centre).”

Bell’s story is very specialconsidering his prior gamesparticipation occurred in 1957and 1961.

“I grew up in the Bathurst-College area of Toronto and at-tended Yeshiva Torah Chaimschool,” said Bell. “I startedswimming at age four, swam atthe YMHA on Brunswick Ave.and later with an Etobicokeswim club. Besides swimmingI also enjoyed competing inwater polo.”

Bell, 72, said the ’57 gameshad “no athletes’ village inRamat Gan so we slept intents, resulting in my havingflu and a fever and going to alocal hospital.”

He won gold in the 4x100mswim relay at the ’61 games andhelped U of T win OUAA swimtitles in 1960, 1961 and 1962.

Cole Grossinger won gold at2008, 2010 and 2011 Volley-ball Canada indoor nationalsand 2009 Volleyball CanadaU14 beach category. He alsowon bronze at the 2010 On-tario Summer Games.

“A major growth spurt thepast few years has made me abetter blocker,” he said. “I pri-vately train twice weekly withvolleyball coach Jeff Chung.He helped improve my gamefor Israel and also for my up-coming rookie season withUniversity of Western On-tario’s volleyball team.”While attending a weddingmore than a year ago, Bell metDr. Tommy Bacher, MaccabiCanada president.

“Tommy said the person nextto him was Ami Trauber, whocompeted in swimming duringthe ’57 games as I did and rep-resented Israel in the 1960Olympics. Ami lives in Canadaand asked me to help himform a Masters relay team.With Howie and Cole going Ithought it would be great hav-ing three generations of ourfamily at the MaccabiahGames, but had to make sure Iwouldn’t embarrass myself.”

His diligent training regimenresulted in gold in the 200mMixed Medley relay (setting aCanadian record) and the200m Mixed Freestyle relay(setting an Ontario record),along with a bronze in the200m Freestyle at May’s Cana-dian Masters Swimming Na-tionals in Nepean.

He complimented his Mac-cabi Canada Masters coachesfor preparing him in terms ofswim strokes and techniques.

Bell started the games bywinning gold in the 200mFreestyle “and broke theGames Masters record time. Ifelt proud to be a Canadianteam member and happy toaccomplish this for family andfriends in Israel. Holding thatgold medal was a highly emo-tional experience.”

He also won gold in the100m Freestyle and two4x50m Freestyle and Medleyrelays, and silver in 50m and400m Freestyle.

He added how happy andproud he was watching Coleand Howie’s matches, alongwith watching them receivetheir medals.

“Israel coming from almost adesert environment and notmuch in the north and southregions, has establishedtremendous growth in all areasover the years. On our last dayMaccabi Canada took every-one to an IDF base and wetalked to soldiers on their feel-

ings about successfully de-fending our heritage. Our fam-ily supports Israel in every wayand hopes the country contin-ues flourishing.”

Cole recalled the openinggames ceremonies “especiallywalking side by side with mydad and grandfather into thestadium, which was special andmemorable.” He added beinginspired seeing Bell’s “competi-tive side in the pool and cheer-ing my zaidy as he accumulatedmedals. I’m proud of the longamount of training he did andwatching his races is somethingI’ll never forget.”

He said his volleyball teamhad a game plan for their goldmedal game “but Israel wasjust too strong overall. Most ofus hadn’t played together till afew days before the games, butI’m still quite happy about oureffort against such excellent in-ternational competition.”

Cole hopes to compete in the2017 Maccabiah Games withbrother Zane who also is a setter.

“Being at the games gave mea different perspective. I in-tend to participate in 2014Birthright Israel and hope tocontinue visiting Israel on ayearly basis.”

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It’s a privilege to bean American whoworks on foreignpolicy, as I havedone since the late1970s, participatingin a small way in thegrand project offinding my country’splace in the world.But now, underBarack Obama, de-cisions made in Washington have dramaticallyshrunk in importance. It’s unsettling and dis-maying. And no longer a privilege.

Whether during the structured Cold War orthe chaotic two decades that followed, Amer-ica’s economic size, technological edge, militaryprowess and basic decency meant that even inits inactivity, the US government counted asmuch or more in world developments than anyother state. Sniffles in Washington translatedinto influenza elsewhere.

Weak and largely indifferent presidents likeJimmy Carter and Bill Clinton mattered despitethemselves, for example in the Iranian revolu-tion of 1978-79 or the Arab-Israeli conflict inthe 1990s. Strong and active presidents likeRonald Reagan and George W. Bush had greaterimpact, speeding up the Soviet collapse or in-vading Afghanistan and Iraq.

But now, with Barack Obama, the UnitedStates has slid into shocking irrelevance in theMiddle East, the world’s most turbulent region.Inconstancy, incompetence and inaction haverendered the Obama administration impotent.In the foreign policy arena, Obama acts asthough he would rather be the prime ministerof Belgium, a small country that usually copiesthe decisions of its larger neighbours when cast-ing votes at the United Nations or preeningmorally about distant troubles. Belgians natu-rally “lead from behind,” to use the famedphrase emanating from Obama’s White House.

Qatar (with a population of 225,000) has anarguably greater impact on current events thanthe 1,400-times-larger United States (popula-tion: 314 million). Note how Obama these daystakes a back seat to the emirs of Doha: they takethe lead supplying arms to the Libyan rebels, hefollows. They actively help the rebels in Syria,he dithers. They provide billions to the newleadership in Egypt, he stumbles over himself.They unreservedly back Hamas in Gaza, he pur-sues delusions of an Israeli-Palestinian ‘peaceprocess.’ Toward this end, the US secretary ofstate made six trips in four months to Israel andthe Palestinian territories in pursuit of a diplo-matic initiative that almost no one believes willend the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Meanwhile, the US secretary of defence calledEgyptian leader Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi 17 times in

conversations lasting 60-90 minutes, yet failedin his pleas that al-Sisi desist from using forceagainst the Muslim Brotherhood. More strikingyet, al-Sisi apparently refused to take a phonecall from Obama. The $1.5 billion in annual USaid to Egypt suddenly looks paltry in compari-son to the $12 billion from three Persian Gulfcountries, with promises to make up for anyWestern cuts in aid. Both sides in Egypt’s deeppolitical divide accuse Obama of favouring theother and execrate his name. As dozens of Cop-tic churches burned, he played six rounds ofgolf. Ironically, Egypt is where, four long yearsago, Obama delivered a major speech repudiat-ing George W. Bush’s policies with seeming tri-umph.

Obama’s ambitions lie elsewhere – in aug-menting the role of government within theUnited States, as epitomized by Obamacare. Ac-cordingly, he treats foreign policy as an after-thought, an unwelcome burden and somethingto dispatch before returning to juicier matters.He oversees withdrawals from Iraq andAfghanistan with little concern for what follows.His unique foreign policy accomplishment,trumpeted ad nauseam, was the execution ofOsama bin Laden.

So far, the price to American interests forObama’s ineptitude has not been high. But thatcould change quickly. Most worrisome, Irancould soon achieve nuclear breakout and startto throw its newfound weight around, if not todeploy its brand-new weapons. The new regimein Egypt could revert to its earlier anti-Ameri-canism and anti-Zionism; already, important el-ements in Egypt are calling for rejection of USaid and termination of the peace treaty with Is-rael.

As an American who sees his country as aforce for good, these developments are painfuland scary. The world needs an active, thought-ful and assertive United States. The historianWalter A. McDougall rightly states that “the cre-ation of the United States of America is the cen-tral event of the past 400 years” and itscivilization “perturbs the trajectories of all othercivilizations just by existing.” Well, not so muchperturbation these days; may the dismal pres-ent be brief in duration.

Daniel Pipes (DanielPipes.org) is president of theMiddle East Forum. © 2013 by Daniel Pipes. Allrights reserved.

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The actions of the Syrian gov-ernment using chemicalweapons against their own citi-zens (think of what they woulddo to Israel) is more than repre-hensible. The condemnation ofthe entire world is completelyjustified. Knowing this, whydoes the Syrian dictator Basharal-Assad use them? To put itquite simply: chemical weaponsare effective against his enemiesand he knows that no one isgoing to do anything about it(all the remarks about crossinga red line aside).

The worst that is going tohappen is that the US and EU(the UN continues to be un-able to do anything) will slapeconomic sanctions on Syria,which doesn’t bother al-Assadin the slightest. Except for

some small areas controlled bythe Syrian rebels, as well as aneven smaller area controlled bySyrian Kurds in northeastSyria, Assad remains The Manand he is not going to relin-quish control, even if it meansanother few hundred thou-

sand Syrians will be murderedand millions more will beforced to seek refuge in othercountries.

And that’s the bottom line.

Jack de LoweRaanana, Israel

Obama’s foreign fiasco

No one will do anything to stop al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad doesn’t listen to anyone.

Daniel Pipes

Doha, now more influential than Washington in the Middle East.

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Ilya Feoktistov and Charles Jacobs“If they find out I’m Jewish, they’ll target me.”

This is one of a litany of chilling claims byJewish students at Northeastern Universityabout the antisemitic hostility they have beenforced to deal with on campus, as quoted in aletter recently sent by the Zionist Organizationof America (ZOA) to Northeastern’s PresidentJoseph Aoun. First alerted by our organization’s

exposés ofthe univer-sity’s hostileclimate forJews, theZOA’s owninvestigationhas gonemuch furtherto lift the cur-tain on whatJewish stu-dents can ex-pect to face ifthey enroll atNortheastern.

ZOA’s letter, based on first-hand reports fromstudents, shows that the problem at Northeast-ern is not simply a case of professorial academicbias against Israel. Northeastern’s professors areusing the basest forms of social bullying and in-timidation to silence Jewish students who daredefend their Jewish identity in the classroom.

According to ZOA’s investigation, ProfessorDenis Sullivan, director of the university’s Mid-dle East Center goes furthest in abusing his au-thority in the classroom to violate his students’academic freedom. Here are some vignettesfrom what the students told ZOA about Sulli-van’s lack of academic ethics in class:

“A Jewish student in the class raised her handand asked a legitimate question… Instead of an-swering the question, Professor Sullivan per-sonally attacked the student, as the rest of theclass snickered…. She was so traumatized bythe attack that she began crying and had toleave the room.”

“According to one Jewish student, when youquestion what Sullivan tells the class about Is-rael, Sullivan ‘finds a way to make you feel stu-pid.’”

A Jewish student wrote a paper taking the po-sition that Hamas, with its genocidal goals, can-not be given legitimacy. “Professor Sullivanrejected the student’s paper and threatened herwith a poor grade unless she rewrote it … TheJewish student felt that she had no choice but torewrite her paper.”

“One student reported that he is afraid evento reveal his Jewish identity in Sullivan’s class.”

When a Jewish student questioned the anti-Israel position of a visiting Palestinian diplomatSullivan brought as a guest to his class, “Profes-sor Sullivan publicly ridiculed the student.” Thediplomat “refused to answer the question, char-acterizing it as offensive.”

Sadly, Sullivan is not the only Northeasternprofessor who has victimized Jewish students,according to the ZOA:

“When a Jewish student respectfully chal-lenged” Northeastern Sociology and Interna-tional Affairs Professor Berna Turam’sjustification of Islamic honour killings duringclass, “Professor Turam – and the other studentsin the class – laughed at the student, humiliat-ing her. On another occasion, Professor Turamlaughed at and publicly mocked this same stu-dent as she presented her research proposal inclass … Strangely, Professor Turam repeatedlyreferred to this student as Rachel – a Hebrewname – despite being told that this is not thestudent’s name. This student stopped wearingher Star of David to Professor Turam’s class.”

Readers of this column will have heard bynow about Northeastern’s Economics Professorand Pakistani citizen M. Shahid Alam, who wascaught on video telling students that anti-semitism is something that one should be proudof and bragging about intimidating pro-Israelstudents in his classes. As the ZOA’s investiga-tion revealed, in an email to Northeastern’s Pres-ident Joseph Aoun, a Jewish student personallyrecounted his feelings in response to hearingAlam’s hateful words:

“I sat painfully listening to Professor Alam in-sinuate that students should be proud to becalled antisemitic. I had never in my life, ever,experienced antisemitism firsthand until thispast year when I witnessed Professor Alam andProfessor Sullivan display an age-old hatredagainst the Jewish people ... No one should ex-perience hatred like this in their learning envi-ronment.”

Aoun never did respond to the Jewish student,although his cold shoulder was better than thetreatment other Jewish students got from cam-pus administrators. At a seminar on campus in-clusiveness held by the President’s Council onDiversity and Inclusion, a Jewish student spokeup about how marginalized he and other Jewsfelt on campus. As the ZOA recounts, “InterimDean Uta G. Poiger publicly embarrassed thestudent. Instead of showing compassion for theproblems that he and other Jewish studentshave been enduring at Northeastern, DeanPoiger questioned the veracity of Jewish stu-dents’ campus experiences and thereby publiclydemeaned them and their concerns.”

The responses of other campus administratorsto the issue have been disappointingly similar,according to the ZOA. For example, Northeast-ern Provost Stephen Director has said thatclaims of antisemitic incidents on campus “arecompletely unfounded, and we reject them. Thepresent-day facts are clear: Northeastern is fullysupportive of Jewish life and learning.”

The former President of the American JewishCommittee of Boston, Larry Lowenthal, who isnow on Northeastern’s payroll, went so far as todefend Professor Sullivan:

“As an Adjunct Professor in the Jewish Studiesprogram at Northeastern University, I wish tooffer some personal comments on the contro-versy surrounding Professor Denis Sullivan ...At all times, Sullivan treated me and my viewswith dignity, sensitivity and deep respect. In mypersonal experience, Northeastern has providedan open, unhindered and stimulating environ-

ment for the expression of Jewish and Zionistpoints of view.”

And perhaps most disappointing has been thereaction of Lori Lefkovitz, the Chair of North-eastern’s Jewish Studies Department. She has re-fused to acknowledge any problem, stating that:“I am sorry that there are those who are unsat-isfied with an accounting of the present state ofJewish life and learning at the school.” Sheclaimed that concerns about antisemitism oncampus are “designed to put us on the defen-sive and to make the Jewish community lesssupportive of Northeastern at precisely the mo-ment when Northeastern deserves kudos andthe strong support of Jews who care about Jew-ish campus life.”

Lefkovitz invited Professor Sullivan to speakat Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Newton,where her husband is the Rabbi.

Discussing the initial Americans for Peace andTolerance (APT) exposé of Northeastern’s mis-treatment of its Jewish students with membersof Mishkan Tefila, Lefkovitz said the Jewishcommunity should not “dignify it by taking ittoo seriously.” It is particularly disappointing tosee the head of Jewish studies at Northeasternplace more importance on being a dutiful em-ployee than on protecting the Jewish studentsin her charge.

Jewish leaders naturally want to claim thatthere is no hostility toward Jewish studentswithin their spaces of influence, yet this onlyabets the further marginalization of those stu-dents. Faced with undeniable proof that they’rewrong, they are caught in a trap. Admitting thatthere is a problem would raise questions abouttheir lack of response in the past and in thepresent. Denial allows them to avoid stressfulconflict with those among their fellow profes-sors who abuse Jewish students, and with theadministration, which refuses to stop the abuse.The abandonment of Jewish students on cam-pus is a massive scandal that has not yet beenentirely exposed.

Northeastern University exemplifies the uglyatmosphere that makes being a pro-Israel Jew-ish student so difficult on today’s campuses.

ZOA’s letter to Aoun exposes with intensemoral clarity the stark failure of Jewishleaders and American educational institu-tions to keep Jewish students safe from ahostile environment. It should be a clarioncall for all Jews and people of conscienceto speak out in condemning this failure.Only consistent and unyielding pressurewill protect Jewish youth from hatred.

This article is reprinted with permission of Ilya Feok-tistov (left) and Charles Jacobs, research director andpresident, respectively, of Americans for Peace and Tol-erance (www.peaceandtolerance.com).

‘A Jewish student…asked aquestion…Professor Sullivanpersonallyattacked the student’

Ryan NutterAt the beginning of the first months of WorldWar II the Nazi regime passed a series of edictstargeting the Jewish community and their busi-nesses. In an effort to wipe Germany of their“misfortune,” Joseph Goebells instructed hisBrown Shirts to destroy all non-German busi-nesses and burn them to the ground.

This night infamously became known asKristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass).

Today as I read the accounts of the horrors un-folding on the ground in Egypt I am remindedof what survivors of the Holocaust have said:Never Again. Yet we as a civilization are allow-ing the same atrocities to occur in Egypt againstthe Christian and non-Muslim population ashappened under Hitler’s Nazi regime.

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTIONSince the election of the Muslim Brotherhood,all non-Muslims, secularists and liberal Muslimsin Egypt have been systemically targetted, butnone more so than the Coptic Christians. Busi-nesses, houses of worship, orphanages andother non-combatant places are being burnedto the ground. Nuns and priests are being pa-raded through the streets of Cairo like cattlegoing to market.

“What did the church do to get involved in astruggle such as this? What did the church dothat it was attacked with such aggression?”These are the questions posed by His HolinessPope Tawadros II that all of us must answer.

What if anything could a community such ashis have done to deserve such systemic and un-forgiving violence?

In response to the pope’s plea for peace, theMuslim Brotherhood has developed a new strat-egy. This strategy seeks to clearly identify safeMuslim businesses by spray-painting them witha red ‘x,’ versus those owned by members of theChristian community, marked with a black ‘x’.Not only have these actions been condoned bythe Muslim Brotherhood, but they have also en-couraged their followers to raze any buildingsmarked with a black ‘x’ to the ground.

It wasn’t until I visited the gas chambers ofAuschwitz, Treblinka and Majdanek that I un-derstood the danger of indifference and silence.The deteriorating situation in Egypt is just an-other example of how we as humans have failedto protect our own. While Western govern-ments debate whether to support the militaryregime or the ousted Islamist government, realpeople are dying on the ground.

Are we in the West willing to become by-standers in another impending genocide?

“Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not bea perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be abystander,” said Holocaust historian YehudaBauer.

Ryan Nutter is president and chair of the ReligiousFreedom Initiative, a charitable organization thatpromotes public awareness of the ongoing state andnon-state sponsored persecution of religious groupsoccurring throughout the world.

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Saturday, Aug. 31

Selichot Program and ServiceTemple Har Zion, 7360Bayview Ave. in Thornhill, isinviting the community to aSelichot program and servicestarting at 9 p.m. Guestspeaker is Rev. Greg Smith-Young, founder of UnitedAgainst the Boycott. The pro-gram will be followed bydessert at 10 p.m., then Hav-dallah and a Selichot service.All are welcome. Information:(905) 889-2252.

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Sunday, Sept. 1

Check Your MezuzotThe Chai Centre is asking peo-ple to drop off their mezuzotthroughout the day to havethem checked. Mezuzot can bedropped off at the centre, 1089Spadina Rd. in Toronto, andthey will be checked within aweek. Costs are $10 to haveyour mezuzah checked or $40

for a new mezuzah. Free pick-up and drop-off are also avail-able. For more information,call (416) 271-0659 or emailRabbi@thechaicentre.com.

Tuesday, Sept. 3

The Art of PrayerThe Chai Centre Women’sRosh Chodesh Club will dealwith the The Art of Prayer at itsmonthly meeting starting at 8p.m. in Toronto. Admission isfree and the meeting is forwomen only. Light refresh-ments will be served. For moreinformation, visitinfo@thechaircentre.com orcall (416) 781-1787.

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JPL Yiddish Language ClassesThe Jewish Public Library(JPL) is now accepting regis-trations for its series of begin-ner, intermediate andadvanced Yiddish languageclasses, which begin as of Sept.10. Classes will be taught bySheila Witt and Lorna Smithand are taking place at the li-brary, 5151 Cote St-CatherineRd. For information and regis-tration, call (514) 345-2627,ext. 3006.

Eitz Chaim LectureEitz Chaim is holding its an-

nual Sam and Sara KerznerMemorial Lecture on Sept. 11,8 p.m., at the Beth AvrahamYosef of Toronto Congregation,613 Clark Ave. in Thornhill.Guest speaker is RabbiPaysach Krohn who will speakon the topic of A Time for Com-mitment and Connection. Ad-mission is free and everyone iswelcome to attend.

Betel Centre Computer ClassesRegistration is now taking placefor a wide variety of computerclasses being offered by theBernard Betel Centre, 1003Steeles Ave, W,, with classesstarting on Oct. 7. Classes caterto all levels of learning and in-clude digital photography, iPad,Picasa and Printmaster. Formore information, call Dianneat (416) 225-2112, ext. 128 orvisit their website at www.betel-centre.com.

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agency or synagogue in the Mon-treal and Toronto Jewish commu-nities have an event, happening,fundraiser or any item of interestthat you would like to have pub-licized in this column, please sendthe information (including or-ganization name, type of event,day, place, time, event details andcontact info) to me atevents@jewishtribune.ca.

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I am currentlyworking full-timeas a social workerat a local commu-nity agency. Often,I dock overtimehours and am on-call 24/7. I love mywork and theclients, but there isno room for anypromotion, profes-sional or career growth at this agency. I havebeen a dedicated and successful employeefor more than eight years. During theseyears, I have acquired several certifications,degrees, have learned countless skills andgained relevant experience on my resume. Iam ready for a new job and the next step inmy career path. How do I look for workwhen I am working full-time?Job Searching & Working (JSW)

Dear Job Searching,I congratulate you on your desire to continuallylearn and grow in your career. You sound like atalented and competent professional who de-serves to be promoted, recognized and pre-sented with better opportunities in the labourmarket. There is a consensus amongst the ex-perts in the field that it’s better to look for workwhile you are working as candidates currentlyemployed tend to be more attractive to a hiringmanager (Hein, 2013 from www.cio.com).Klappholz from www.theladders.com adds that“being gainfully employed automatically takesa lot of the pressure off and frees you from thedesperation that makes many unemployed peo-ple take jobs they don’t want.”

It is definitely difficult to balance your currentjob responsibilities and tasks with the timecommitment of looking for another job so itmight take you longer to find the dream job andyou will have much less free time. So, while youare working, I recommend the following tips aspresented by Hein on how to look for your nextcareer move:

1. To be or not to be transparent with yourown boss. Usually, it is a good idea to keepyour job search quiet and do not share this withanyone at work. Some firms have a policy to firepeople who are actively searching for work.Your job hunt should be on a need-to-knowbasis, warns Hein. However, if you trust yourmanager and he/she is supportive of your learn-ing and growth, you might want to share yourfrustration at work and see if there are growthopportunities within your organization. Canyou transfer to another department? Can youapply for a senior position? If the answer is no,then it is time to start looking in the labour mar-ket for your dream job. I will leave it up to yourdiscretion if it is best for you to be straightfor-ward with your boss.

2. Access more information for your jobsearch. As an engaged member of the work-force, you’re likely to have access to a lot moreinformation in your field that could benefit youthan if you were unemployed. “Keep your eyesand ears open for things and make mentalnotes,” said Loeb (www.theladders.com). “Youmay have the opportunity to get more informa-

tion about what’s going on that may feed yourjob search.”

3. Creative Networking. Use your time off,lunch hours, after work, weekends and duringpersonal and vacation days, if need be, contin-ues Loeb, to meet people in your network. In-vite professionals in your field for a drink or acup of coffee after work. Request informationinterviews and connect with as many people aspossible who you think could help you withyour job search without betraying your em-ployer. Make sure you explain to individualswho receive your resume that you are employedand that your search is confidential.

4. Don’t job search on company time. When youare at your job, you should stay focussed andproductive. In fact, I recommend you over per-form, exceed the manager’s expectations, neversay no and accept new projects and responsi-bilities. Don’t hurt your productivity. In yourcover letter or resume applications, you can listspecific times to reach you, especially for the re-cruiters. Do not use a company email addressor phone number when on the job hunt. Useyour personal email and telephone contact de-tails on LinkedIn, Twitter.

5. Never say anything negative about your em-ployer. It is definitely tempting to spill your guts,but hold on for now. Bad-mouthing your com-pany or boss is not going to get you a job. Re-main positive and focus on your skills,experience and expertise relevant to the posi-tion. Market yourself as someone who has goneas far as you can go in the company and thatyou are looking for a more senior position thatis not available in your place of employment.

6. References. Don’t use your boss as a refer-ence. Receiving a reference check call could putyour supervisor in a compromising position.You should only use someone from your work-place if you trust that they will keep your jobsearch confidential.

7. Don’t rush. Take your time to explore allyour options and opportunities in the labourmarket. Make sure that you have done all yourhomework and put yourself in the best positionto secure the job that you want before leaving.If you have an opportunity to job shadow or tryout a new possible job, then consider taking acouple of vacation days to do this. You want toensure that if you do decide to leave your em-ployment that you are making an informed de-cision.

I wish you lots of success and courage to moveto the next step in your career.Joanna

To submit your questions for this column in con-fidence, email dearjoanna@jvstoronto.org.

Joanna Samuels, B.A., B.Ed. is a certified Life SkillsCoach, Career Management Fellow and Personal-ity Dimensions Facilitator, who is a team lead of em-ployer services and job developer/job coach at JVSToronto.

• • •EMETemployment, a division of ©Jewish Voca-tional Service (JVS Toronto) is a free confidentialemployment support and referral service for jobseekers from the Jewish community. In addition,EMETemployment offers employers recruitmentservices at no cost. For more information, visitwww.emetemployment.ca.

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