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MICHAEL HAYMANPUBLISHER AND EDITOR

JULIUS HAYMANB.A., L.L.B.

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The Jewish Standard is published monthly in Toronto and Montreal by Michael Hayman, B.A., M.A., Editor and Publisher. 1912A Avenue Road, Suite E5,Toronto, Ontario M5M 4A1. (416) 537-2696 Printed and bound in Toronto, Canada by Regal Press Canada. Publication Mail Registration Number 40715545Please send all address changes to: [email protected] We cannot guarantee that voice mail changes will be made.

We applaud the work that theLeague for Human Rights of Bnai BrithCanada does in combatting anti-Semitism. And the Friends of the SimonWiesenthal Center deserves enormouscredit for bringing to light the anti-Semiticcurriculum of the Toronto MuslimMadrassah. The Center for Israel andJewish Affairs did all Canadians a favourwhen it helped prevent Dieudonne M’BalaM’Bala from spewing his venom in Montrealand using his platform to promote his fea-ture film L’Antisemite, which was producedin Iran Regrettably there remain those,even in this supposedly enlightened era,who see their life’s work as aiding in theextermination of the “treacherous Jews”.Only if we bring blatant acts of discrimi-nation to the attention of authorities canwe be confident that purveyors of hatredwill be exposed and ultimately be broughtto judgement.

But we are concerned that BnaiBrith’s report, which concludes that anti-Semitism in Canada remains at an “all timehigh”, gives the impression that Canada isinfested with the poison of racism and thathatred lurks behind the walls of every non-Jewish house.

Our fear of anti-Semitism is under-standable. The exaggeration of this fear, too,is easily explained. We are still not that farremoved from the Hitler era and its savageconsequences to react objectively even toamateurish hate-mongering. There are stilltoo many Jews with the tell-tale marks ontheir arms. But it would be a double tragedyif we were to allow the incidents outlined inBnai Brith’s report to destroy our faith in

Anti-Semitism in Canada -A Return to Reason

WHILE IT WOULD BE FOOLISH FOR CANADIAN JEWS TOslough off acts of anti-Semitism, there is no justification forworrying that “it could happen here”.

Canadian pluralism. Canadian Jews wouldbe doing themselves a great disservice if weirrationally looked at all our non-Jewishneighbours as the “enemy camp”. If we can’tlead rich, full and satisfying lives here, ifsocial acceptability and economic securityare beyond our grasp, then why build syna-gogues, schools and libraries?

Apathy and smugness would befolly. Eternal vigilance is today, as it hasalways been, the price of liberty; and weJews must exercise all the vigilance neces-sary to ensure that the hate mongers amongus are prevented from achieving their aims.But we must be equally on guard againstthe development among us of a neurotichysteria, created by the trauma of our trag-ic history of being the perennial scapegoat.Many of today’s anti-Semites are nothingmore than crackpots and hoodlums. If thislunatic fringe of non-entities is going to causeJews to worry that their foundation inCanada is a precarious one, that our fate is intheir hands, then these crackpots will, sure-ly, have accomplished more than they hadhoped.

And there’s one additional point thathas to be made. Too often we hear Jewsreferring to Blacks as “shvartz.” All too fre-quently the words “shiksa” and “sheketz”are disparagingly thrown around the dinnertable. Nor do we think it particularly appro-priate when we refer, even amongst our-selves, to non-Jews by the obviously pejo-rative label “goy”. Those who are girdingthemselves for the fight against anti-Semitism should perhaps pause to remindthemselves that Jews owe non-Jews thesame respect we seek for ourselves.

Cover StoryIsraeli Consul

General Joel Lion getsinto the spirit of therecent YomHa'atzmaut rally indowntown Montreal,where more than12,000 Montrealersjoined in the celebra-tion. Photos MikeCohen

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THE WORLD IN REVIEWNEWS OF THE RECENT PAST IS REVIEWED

By NOAH FREEDMAN

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knew that sneaking into theMunich Olympic Villagewould not be much of achallenge. “I didn’t evenhave a key to the apart-ment”, he recalls.

The story of theMunich attack has beentold and retold in film,books and documentaries.But a new documentary,The Eleventh Day-TheSurvivors of Munich 1972,will focus solely on the sur-vivors. “It’s almost unbeliev-

Munich -

Forty Years Later

THOUGH THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WARwith Iran may have abated only slightly,and internal divisions between haredi andsecular Israelis seem at an all-time high,Israelis are still proud of what they haveaccomplished in 64 short years and remainconfident in their country’s future.

Avraham Melamedis now 67. Forty years ago,the Israeli Olympic swim-mer survived the Munichterrorist attack because hehappened to be sleeping inBuilding 2, which due to thequick thinking of some ofthe captives was missed bythe terrorists. Eleven ofMelamed’s friends andteammates were not as for-tunate.

Almost immediatelyafter the Munich gamesMelamed returned to theUnited States to finish col-lege and resume his swim-ming career at West LibertyState College. He hasremained in the UnitedStates ever since. Today,the olympian teaches swim-ming at a health club out-side New York city. He triesto do so in anonymity, butthe swimmers on thePremier Athletic Club teamare now aware of his past.Erika Krumlauf says shehad no idea who her coachwas when she joined theteam. But she googled theinstructor and learned thathe swam for Israel in boththe 1964 and 1968Olympics.

Melamed was notnamed to the 1972 Israeliolympic team. Internal pol-itics in Israeli swimmingmeant that he was over-looked. He was sent toMunich by an obscureIsraeli newspaper but couldnot get media credentialsonce in Munich. However,he had begun serving as acoach for one of the Israeliswimmers and he was ableto stay with the team’s dele-gation. But even if he had-n’t received permission he

able”, says EmanuelRotstein, the director of pro-duction, that those menwho survived such a terribleassault on their lives disap-peared from the collectivememory and didn’t play anyrole in the way the attackswere reported and evencommemorated up to now”.The documentary will bereleased on July 7th, justahead of the LondonGames.

Meanwhile, Melamed,

who reluctantly went toMunich to be interviewedfor the documentary, andwho was reunited with fel-low survivors for the firsttime, continues to reflect onthe impact that fateful dayin Munich had on his life.“It’s like people surviving atornado,” he says. “You goon. It was a tornado in mylife. It was disruptive, but itpassed.”

The computer sci-ence programmer andswimming coach adds: “Myfriends died...I’m not a vic-tim. I’m a survivor”.

Mitt Romney’s

Jewish Date

Republican presi-dential candidate and pre-sumptive nominee MittRomney had a Jewish girl-friend in high school,although the relationshipwas a fleeting one.

Mary Fisher, thedaughter of Max Fisher, the“dean of the JewishRepublicans”, caught theeye of Romney as he beganhis social life. Even as a rel-ative youngster Romneywas following the “money”.He was intrigued by theFisher wealth and wasamazed that a family couldhave a private movie theaterin their home.

Mary Fisher came toprominence in her own rightwhen she brought her HIV+status before theRepublican Convention in1992. “It does not carewhether you are Democrator Republican”, Mary Fishertold delegates.

Today Mary Fisher isan artist and speaker. Andfor what it’s worth sheremembers her high school


The vast majority ofIsraeli Arabs are recon-ciled with the existence ofIsrael as a Jewish anddemocratic state and evenexhibit a degree of patrio-tism, according to a recentpoll .

The survey by HaifaUniversity found thatnearly one in seven(68.3%) preferred to live inIsrael than anywhere else,even a future Palestinianstate. It found that 57.7%are reconciled with Israelas a Jewish democraticstate whose day of rest isthe Sabbath on Saturdayand Hebrew is the main

Smooha, who hasbeen monitoring attitudesamong Israeli Arabs formore than 30 years, toldThe Media line that therehas been a steady erosionof faith in Israel’s democ-racy over the years.

Still, it found thatthe Israeli Arab public-at-large was less extremistthan its leadership, hesaid.

“Their leadersreject Israel as a Jewishdemocratic state, whereasour studies over the yearshave found that the Arabpublic say that while they


ISRAELI ARABS PREFER

TO LIVE IN ISRAELNEW SURVEY FINDS ISRAELI ARABS RECONCILED TO THE EXISTENCE OF JEWISH STATE

By ARIEH O’SULLIVAN, MEDIA LINE

language.“I wouldn’t say that

the Arabs are Israeli patri-ots. What we found wasthat they said that Israelwas a good place to livein. They have benefits inIsrael. They have the ruleof law. They have democ-racy. They have a modernway of life. And all thisthey appreciate and thisis their pragmatism,”Sammy Smooha, theUniversity of Haifa profes-sor who conducted thesurvey, told The MediaLine.”

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selves with the Jewishstate this doesn’t meanthat they prefer a Jewishstate. They prefer to havea bi-national state. Thisalso doesn’t mean theyjustify a Jewish state,”Smooha added.

The poll of 715Israeli Arabs found that80% blame the Jews forthe Nakba, or “catastro-phe,” the “forced” expul-sion of most (over700,000) of thePalestinians from Israelduring the 1948 war. Italso found that 38% par-ticipate in events markingthe Nakba.

EYE ON MONTREALThe Jewish Standard, July-August 2012 5

NAMES IN THE NEWS IN OUR CITY

By MIKE COHEN

BUSY BUILDERSAMUEL GEWURZ:Prominent Hampstead resi-dent Samuel Gewurz isindeed one of the city’s mostprominent real estate devel-opment executives. Heestablished PromentCorporation in 1965 andwas initially involved in therecycling of older industrialand commercial buildingsto other uses. In 1980 thecompany entered into thefield of residential develop-ment and for the past threedecades Proment has dis-tinguished itself by being atrend-setter in high-riseluxury condominium com-munities and in the devel-opment of high-end resi-dential neighbourhoods onNuns’ Island. Les Verrièressur le fleuve, Val de l’Anse,Club Marin, Domaine de laForêt, Sommets sur lefleuve, and Le Vistal aresome of the projects createdby the Proment team.Through its developments,Proment has established

Nuns’ Island as one ofMontreal’s most high-endcommunities.

When I spoke toSam recently, he was par-ticularly proud of the latestproject: Pointe Nord(www.pointenord.com). Thisis being described as a boldnew residential project onNuns' Island, combining thewarmth of a friendly neigh-bourhood, the excitement ofcontemporary architectureand the rejuvenating pres-ence of nature. “Life on theisland reinvented“ is thetheme of this 25 acre sitebordering the St. LawrenceRiver adjacent to the Bellcampus on the northern tipof Nuns’ Island. The devel-opment will consist of 1,800residential units of high-rise, mid-rise and town-houses around a small vil-lage square with shops,hotel and recreational facil-ities.

The architecturaldesigns on the website showa walkable community

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SAMUEL GEWURZ IS A SUCCESSFUL MONTREALreal state developer who has another exciting pro-ject for Nun's Island. See Eye on Montreal

where parks and recreation,boutique shops and water-front paths are seamlesslycombined, all at the resi-dent’s doorstep. This will bea true “green” community.Sustainability, quality of lifeand environmental protec-tion have been considered inevery aspect of planning,design and construction.The goal is to create a neigh-bourhood designed forsmart living - pedestrianfriendly, energy efficient,superior air quality, lessdependent on potable waterand one in which publicinfrastructure is more sus-

tainable. Different phaseswill be rolled out over thenext several years. “We aretrying to create a place thatis very exciting for someoneto live,” Sam told me.

Working with Sam ishis wife Brenda, who is thecompany’s vice-president ofmarketing and sales. Youcan check it all out atwww.proment.com.

NEW CONSTRUC-TION AT JEWISH DAYSCHOOL: Hebrew Academyannounced recently that itis starting construction ofits new state-of-the-art out-



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tempts to pin down the elu-sive key characteristics thatmake modern Israel anation unlike all othernations.

I’ll name a few:Chutzpah, TransformingAdversity to Advantage andPowerful Family Links.While many explanationshave been offered as to whyour nation has accom-plished so much in such ashort amount of time and ina challenging and hostileenvironment, I believe thatthe issue of national charac-ter and personal determina-tion shouldn’t be over-looked.

Undoubtedly, thereis an underlying Israeli (ormany would say Jewish)characteristic that can onlybe defined as chutzpah. Tothe uninitiated, this term isoften mistranslated asbrashness or even rude-ness. Yet, those who trulyappreciate what motivates

chutzpah know that this isa character trait driven byan unwavering determina-tion to get things done –and ensuring that “no” cannot be the answer.Chutzpah can also be usedpositively to challenge thestatus quo and look fornew ways to do things bet-ter and reject the skepti-cism of the naysayers. Thisis a big part of what makesIsrael so successful andunique.

I can certainlyrelate to this character trait- it’s what made me pushahead when I foundedBirthright Israel and sincethen, it’s a vision that Ihave been blessed to sharewith hundreds of thou-sands of young peoplesince the program’slaunch.

In the spirit of thisfilm, Israel’s 64th anniver-sary should be used to dis-


I S R A E L A T 6 4CHUTZPAH IS THE KEY TO STATE’S SUCCESS

By MICHAEL STEINHARDT

Michael Steinhardt is the Founder of Birthright Israeland a member of the advisory Board ofJerusalemOnlineU.com. He is featured alongside other lead-ing Jewish and Israeli personalities in the film “IsraelInside” To find out about viewings, visithttp://www.israelinsidethemovie.com. - The Editor

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As Israel prepares tobegin its 65th year of mod-ern-day independence,there can be no disputingthat this nation remainsconfronted with a myriad ofchallenges and threats to itsvery existence. But despitethe perceived pall of fearand tension which seem tohang eternally over Israel, Ican confidently say, assomeone who has beenblessed to contribute to itsmodern renaissance, that

Israel’s daily reality is oneof hope and promise for abrighter future – a reality inwhich most Israelis live.

Recently, I appearedin a new film which willsoon be showing across theworld: "Israel Inside: How aSmall Nation Makes a BigDif ference." The film at-

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ING: You need not wonderwhy the City of Toronto’stourism (http://www.see-torontonow.com) continuesto boom. Between Broadwaymusical productions, excit-ing attractions, wonderfuldining options and a wellearned title as Canada’sfinancial capital, our neigh-bour down Highway 401 ishumming.

WHERE TO STAY: Ihave always wanted to stayat the Delta Chelsea(www.deltachelsea.com).This is Canada’s largesthotel and it offers a varietyof options in guestroomsand meeting space. Locatedin the heart of downtownToronto at 33 Gerrard StreetWest, it is within walkingdistance of the College sub-

way station, the city’s cen-tral business district, gov-ernment offices and thehospital community. Fortourists, you also happento be only minutes fromthe city’s best shoppingdistricts, notably theToronto Eaton Centre,Yonge-Dundas Square,fantastic live theatre,vibrant nightlife and excit-ing attractions

The hotel recentlycompleted a $6 million ren-ovation, including all hotelcorridors, 270 guestroomsand the Market GardenThere are an incredible1,590 rooms in all at thisfacility, making it thelargest hotel in theCanadian Commonwealth.It is easy to maintain yourfitness routine while stay-

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king bed or two doubles. Itfeatured modern and styl-ish residential furnishings,designer fabrics and blackand white artwork. Allrooms feature the Delta“Sanctuary Bed” with luxu-rious pillow top mattress,white striped bedding,plush duvet, designer cum-merbund and accent pil-low. There is a work desk,complimentary high-speedinternet, an iron and iron-ing board, coffee/teamaker, bathrobe andhairdryer.

The hotel has manyJewish guests and arrange-ments can be made forkosher meals. These arepre-ordered via an outsidekosher caterer. For more


ing at the Delta Chelsea.Their health club gives youunlimited access to cardioand weight training equip-ment while enjoying apanoramic view of down-town Toronto. There aretwo pools here: one, like theheath club, for adults-only(with a whirlpool as well)and their big draw, a sec-ond floor Family Fun Zonefeaturing a family pool witha 130 foot indoor“Corkscrew” waterslide,Club 33 teen lounge andKid Centre.

They even have aCamp Chelsea, an all daycamp for children aged fiveto 12. We had a lovelydeluxe room, approximately315 square feet in size andequipped with either one

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THE CANADIAN ZIONIST FEDERATION REGIONrecently awarded the Jerusalem Prize to ProfessorHarold M. Walle for his dedication, devotion andoutstanding service to the State of Israel and theJewish Community. Pictured above, from left toright, are Joel Lion, Consul General of Israel;Professor.Waller and Arlazar Eliashi, president ofthe CZF.


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2006.“This poll con-

firms the continuedtrend of the hardening ofArab attitudes and theworsening of ArabJewish relations, butalso shows that there isa lot of pragmatismamong the Arabs and theframework for Arab-Jewish relations is stillin existence and stillsolid,” Smooha said.

He defined theframework as the accep-tance of the state of Israeland the Palestinian statealongside.

Ali Haider, co-director of Sikkuy, anorganization pushing forcivic equality in Israel,was more skeptical. Hesaid it was important tohave surveys to examinetrends, but he dislikedterms like “co-existence,”“pragmatism” and “alien-ation.”

“We talk aboutequality and shared pub-lic space and respect ofidentities,” Haider toldThe Media Line. “ThePalestinian minority inIsrael from 2000 untilnow feels some kind offrustration from the gov-ernment and Jewish soci-ety, especially after thelast election,” which high-lighted a right-wing agen-da.

“Israeli Arabs feelthat the government inIsrael is working againstthem. Current trendsreflect to the Arabs thatthey are not welcomed andtheir citizenship is threat-ened,” Haider said.

He was referring tothe so-called “Nakba Law”which imposes financialdamages on any state-funded institution spon-soring a Nakba-relatedevent; imposed civil ser-vice; incitement againstArab leadership; andincreasing racism byright-wing Israeli leaders.

“I don’t know towhich national group weare patriotic, but we want

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prefer a bi-nationalstate,they are reconciledwith reality and say theyhave to deal with it,”Smooha explained.

Extremism was notabsent from the survey.Nineteen percent of IsraeliArabs denied Israel's rightto exist, as opposed to11% who expressed a sim-

lar view in 2003. Fifty-seven percent of IsraeliArabs said that theywould support a referen-dum that defined Israel asa "Jewish, democraticstate that promised fullcivil rights to Arabs,"compared to the 70.9%who said they would sup-port such a referendum in

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to be citizens of Israel; buton the other hand, wewant to keep ourPalestinian identity andfeel part of the Palestinianpeople and also citizens ofIsrael,” Haider said.

“This combinationis very complicated. Ithink that identity is notsomething static. This isdynamic and people canhave at the same timemore than one identityand this is the issue


scholarships for a threeweek experience as part ofthe Yad VashemInternational Seminar forEducators. Julie Etheridge,Mary Rutherford, SteveSantella and CarinSchwartz will be in Israelfrom July 1 to 19. They arethe 2012 recipients of theRiva and Thomas O. HechtScholarship, Teaching ofthe Holocaust forEducators Program. Theteachers will take part in aprofessional developmentprogram under the direc-tion of the Faculty of theYad Vashem Seminars forEducators from Abroad,International School forHolocaust Studies. Thegoal of the program is toprovide professional devel-opment activities to teach-ers for teaching about theHolocaust and anti-Semitism to students in the

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EYE ON MONTREAL(Continued from page 4)

door playground. Theground breaking coincidedwith the launch of its sup-porting fundraising initia-tive, Campaign forExcellence. This new play-ground will include a soccerfield, basketball court,preschool playground,climbing wall, and commonarea providing a fun andsafe environment for itsstudents. The Academy isstriving to have construc-tion of the new facilitiescompleted in time for stu-dents to enjoy upon returnto school at the end ofAugust. Close to half themoney necessary for theproject has already beenraised.

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MARC GARNEAU, FORMER ASTRONAUT ANDcurrent MP for Westmount-Ville Marie recentlygave an informative address to Cummings CentreVolunteers about his experiences in the space pro-gram. Garneau elaborated on the transitions hemade through his varied career choices, whichultimately led to politics. Among the participantsin attendance were (left to right) Cummings CentreVolunteer Enrichment Committee Member StephenWohl, Cummings Centre Vice President MaxineBloom, Marc Garneau, Volunteer EnrichmentCommittee Chair Barbara Mintzberg andCommittee Members Bram Besner and DoraParsons Photo by Rina Friedman

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miss the notion of a modernIsrael solely defined by theconflict that surrounds it.In little more than half acentury, a country has beencreated that is a burgeoninghaven of scientific innova-tion, a marketplace of ideasthat attracts the world’sleading minds and a centerof some of the world’s mostcontributive medical discov-eries.

An arid land ofdesert and harsh climatehas literally been trans-formed into a leading inter-national exporter of thou-sands of products to themajority of ports around theglobe. Despite the globaleconomic downturn, theIsraeli export industry con-tinues to grow and in 2011recorded $89 billion insales, a 4.5 percentincrease over the previousyear.

As clichéd as manymight think it to be, thetruth is that all of Israel isone big family – in timesboth good and bad. Theconcept of a national collec-tive that motivated theestablishment of the statedemonstrates itself today inthe ethos of a nationalresponsibility for fellow citi-zens and has penetratedinto all aspects of Israelisociety.

I chided the Jewishestablishment when Ifounded Birthright. My the-ory was that Jewish identityamong American secularJews would surge if thatgroup felt connected toIsrael. And I was right.

Here, I will chideagain: Israel’s identity at 64must be linked to our col-lective pride in Israel’saccomplishments, and theconfidence that we haveonly revealed a portion ofthe country’s full nationalpotential. It is for this rea-son that I threw my lot inwith the makers of IsraelI n s i d e J e r u s a l e mOnlineU.com, a group


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in Rosemount, where shehas taught since 2001.Rutherford, Santella andSchwartz are with theLester B. Pearson SchoolBoard. Notes Riva Hecht:“Our scholarship programis an essential educationalcomponent for teachingabout the history of theJewish people. We are pri-

vileged to be able to providethis professional develop-ment opportunity toQuebec teachers.”

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look on the Jewish Stateand ensure that we begin toview her for what she trulyis – a nation of remarkableprogress and the very bestof downright chutzpah.

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reasons to look forward toanother year of our belovednation’s independence. Butmost of all we need toremember that now is thetime to embrace a new out-


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friend “as being really nice”,a real gentleman.

Ballpark Packed -

But Not For Baseball

There were 40,000people in the stands at NewYork’s Citi Field on May20th. The Jumbo Tron dis-played shots of cute kids inthe stands. Airlines fromLaGuardia drowned out thenoise from the stands.

But there was some-thing different about thiscrowd. For one, the crowdconsisted of all men in blackhats. For another, therewas no sign of any baseballplayers. The Mets were inPittsburgh. And two bill-boards advertising CholulaHot Sauce were covered inplastic to hide the scantilyclad women pictured on thebottles.

So who were these40,000 men? They wereultra-Orthodox Jews attend-ing a rally to protest thedangers of the Internet.Rabbis told the crowd thatthe Internet was a threat totheir children and to ultra-Orthodoxy in general. TheInternet, said RabbiEphfraim Wachsman, is“changing who we are...Youcan see it in the ebbing eyesof the younger generation. inthe jittery inattentiveness ofour children, in the flippantand callous language andattitude, the cynism...theunbelievable breeches ofmodesty”. Added RabbiYechiel Meir Katz, the Dziboirebbe, “There is not suffi-cient integrity among thegeneration today for people

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there were some 118 syna-gogues. In the downtownarea you will find the FirstNarayever Congregation(www.narayever.com) at187 Brunswick Ave, just afew steps north of Harbord

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to be able to sit in front of ascreen with the Internet,and to be able to decidewhat is acceptable and whatis not.

The event was orga-nized by Ichud HakehillosLeTohar HaMachane, or the


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Unification of the Communitiesfor the Purification of theCamp. Both Hasidic andnon-Hasidic ultra-Orthodoxwere in attendance.

As for women, livefeeds were broadcast towomen only venues in someOrthodox neighbourhoods.

Not the

Biggest Tipper

It has not been thebest of times for FacebookFounder Mark Zuckerberg.While he is still worth bil-lions, the value of his port-folio has clearly dimin-ished over the past fewweeks. So it seems thatwhile on his recent honey-moon, Zuckerberg realizedthat he would have toscrimp just a bit.

The newly-wed cou-ple spent their honeymoonin Rome. While there heand Priscilla lunched atthe kosher restaurantNonna Betta in the city’sJewish Ghetto area. Thebill came to $40.

In Europe, ofcourse, the gratuity isincluded in the totalamount of the check. Butwaiters, aware of his repu-tation for being a generoustipper, were expecting theZuckerbergs to leave a lit-tle something extra.

But the staff wasout of luck. The couplewalked out the door with-out leaving a cent morethan the $40.

And one morething. Wine was apparent-ly beyond the couple’s bud-get. They limited theirdrinks to water and tea.

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Conservative rabbisexplore and improvisethis still evolving area ofConservative halacha.

people at a staging post forDutch Jews. His sentencewas commuted to life in1952 but he escaped theDutch prison and fled toGermany. He became acitizen and lived as a fugi-tive for 60 years, resistingattempts by theNetherlands to have himextradited.

Guidelines for

Conservative Rabbis

Gerald Skolnik isthe president of a group of1600 Conservative rabbis.When he was asked to offi-ciate at a gay wedding hewas totally lost. Should itlook like a heterosexualwedding, he wondered. Orshould the ceremony becompletely different.

Conservative lead-ers first sanctioned samesex marriages in 2006.But it is only now that theassembly’s Committee onJewish Law and Standardshas approved templates.These guidelines will help

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