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A Publication of Windsor Jewish Federation – Vol. 21 – No. 1 Passover 5779 – 2019
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News & Views Message from the President of Jewish Federations of Canada
1641 Ouellette Nikki Holland, President and CEO, Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA
Windsor, ON N8X 1K9
News & Views is published a short distance away from where It made me appreciate that
seasonally by the Windsor I used to walk every day to catch everything changes. Change isn’t
Jewish Federation
the Eged 4 אbus get to the Mount usually bad. It is always different,
Telephone: (519) 973-1772 Scopus campus, much as I felt like and mostly for the better. And as my
Fax: (519) 973-1774 no time had passed, I also realized realization about Jerusalem showed
just how much Jerusalem has me, change takes time. It doesn’t
WINDSOR JEWISH changed since I called it home. happen overnight.
FEDERATION Replete with historical At Jewish Federations of
PRESIDENT and biblical references, and with Canada – UIA, we are undergoing
Mark Abraham matching stone that ensures that a process of change, or more aptly,
every building not only looks a process of enhancement. We are
SECRETARY similar but also feels historical, looking at what was and at what is
Roz Breshgold
Jerusalem is also modern and and finding ways to make Jewish
TREASURER It seems like only relevant city. On foot, I felt its Federations of Canada – UIA more
Howard Spinner vibrant energy under my feet, relevant and responsive to the needs
yesterday that I lived in Israel.
EX-OFFICIO Even though it’s been 24 years, as I walked past new buildings, of today’s Jewish community. We are
Jay Katz if I close my eyes I could swear it new restaurants, new pathways thoughtfully looking at the foundation
was just a moment ago that I was and new streets. I realized that of our historical organization so that
IMMEDIATE PAST beneath my memories are new we can build on it.
PRESIDENT a student at Hebrew University,
David Robins But as I drove through the discoveries to be made and new
streets of Jerusalem in February, opportunities to be explored. Continue on page 13
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Message from the Windsor Jewish Federation President
by Mark Abraham
history here and the many generous benefactors I am pleased to have the chance to continue
such as Izzy, Sol and Harry Sigal A”H. The Sigal to build the future of Jewish Windsor. Please help
brothers have now all passed away, though they by volunteering and by donating to Windsor Jewish
have left a legacy of significant bequests to our Federation and the WJCC.
community, supporting the Jewish Community Finally, I ask is that we support each other in
Endowment Fund of Windsor, our Congregations our community programs. Please make an effort to
and the Jewish cemetery, which are all so important attend any of the community programs, whether here
to the future of Jewish Windsor. It is our goal as a at the Centre or any of our congregations. I can tell
board to reach out to Jews across Canada to share you from experience how appreciated and rewarding
our story, hoping that we can attract more of them it is when you attend a program. I had the pleasure of
to come join us in Canada’s banana belt. We have attending both Beth El’s and Chabad’s Purim parties
reached out to various organizations in Windsor and and they were both wonderful programs. Thank you to
Essex County, including Windsor Essex Economic all the volunteers that made them happen.
Development Council, in order to craft a message
As we approach the festival of the that resonates with Jews looking for an affordable, Summer will be here before we know it. My
exodus, the time of year that our families safe, fully serviced Community to raise a Jewish children, Sarina, Max and Lilah can’t wait for Camp
come together to celebrate, it’s a great time family. Yomee to start. Please make an effort to send your
for discussions and reflections around the children, even for a week or two, so that our Jewish
Seder table about how truly blessed we are I was also reminded at the reunion about kids can get to know each other and develop closer
to live in Canada, and specifically here in what a great legacy this community has, what ties and lifelong friendships, as I and many of you did
Windsor. I have just returned from Ottawa valuable impact it has had on the lives of its members, when we were at Camp Yomee.
where I represented our community at a how vital our community is, and how widespread
lunch hosted by our Prime Minister in its reach is, with Windsor Jews living across North From all of the staff and board at the Federation
honour of the president of Israel, Reuven American and around the world. With the increase and from my family to yours, my wish to you is that you
Rivlin. In speaking with our many Jewish in global anti-Semitic rhetoric, it is more import than have a Kosher and Freilicha Pesach spent with family
leaders and members of parliament they ever that we maintain a strong Jewish presence in and friends. This year, wouldn’t it be great to share
were surprised to hear that in a city with Windsor. your Seder with some friends, Jewish or non-Jewish
only 1,500 Jewish souls (according to the last We have done great work preserving the that haven’t been before and help them experience the
census, which can be debated) we are able JCC for the future. Our operations are profitable. We miracle of Pesach?
to maintain the congregations, organizations have made improvements to our facilities including
and community centres that we do. a new JCC roof, a new Peretz House roof, new Peretz All the best,
House windows and doors and we have worked to Mark
We are blessed with our families’ strengthen ties with the general community.
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CIJA’s 5-Point Plan for Combating Antisemitism
by Joel Reitman and Jeffrey Rosenthal
What are you doing about staff – to identify and take appropriate action For instance, we mobilized more than twenty
antisemitism? The CIJA team receives this to counter antisemitism, so that small incidents organizations from a diverse set of faith and
question at virtually every meeting and event do not snowball into larger trends. Our ethnic groups to push Parliament to pass Bill
held across Canada. From small to large objective is to ensure fewer Canadians adopt C-305. As a result, hate vandalism targeting day
communities, Jewish Canadians across the antisemitic attitudes, which is why outreach to schools and JCCs is now automatically treated
country are rightly concerned about the rise media, community leaders, and educators is so with the same level of seriousness under the
of antisemitism in many parts of the world. vital. Criminal Code as similar crimes against places
Recent headlines confirm a chilling surge in of worship.
various forms of Jew hatred. 2. Protection. Our security team
provides free-of-charge services to synagogues, 5. Exposure and Isolation. When
While Canada remains a relatively day schools, and JCCs to make their facilities antisemites rear their head, we shine a light
safe country, we must be vigilant, proactive, more secure. CIJA also operates the National on them, expose the danger such hate poses to
and strategic in combating antisemitism. As Community Security Program, providing local all Canadians, and ensure those who promote
parents wanting to secure a future for our Jewish communities with guidance, security Jew hatred are shunned by broader society.
children, we can’t afford to be complacent. training, and incident support. Our team is Our video footage antisemitism taking place
That’s why we volunteer with CIJA. in constant contact with local and national at the notorious Al-Quds Day protest, which
Let’s be honest, antisemitism is a complex law enforcement. Through the NCSP, we we first exposed in 2011, resulted in its broad
challenge that requires a comprehensive rapidly share intelligence so that community condemnation in recent years.
strategy. To fight antisemitism, authorities must institutions deploy the right measures in
first be able to identify it. This is why CIJA is response to threat levels. While there is much more to share than
calling on all three levels of government to adopt space will allow, our hope is that this gives you
the International Holocaust Remembrance 3. Enforcement. When antisemitic a sense of our strategy in this vital area. Our
Alliance working definition of antisemitism. activity is criminal, we are not shy about calling community is a source of incredible wisdom
for the full weight of the law to be applied and ideas. We encourage you to email us at
And that’s not all. against perpetrators. We work diligently to info@cija.ca to share your thoughts on how
share evidence and voice our community’s best to counter the world’s oldest hate.
Here is an inside look at CIJA’s strategy concerns with legal authorities, as we have
for combating antisemitism: when Jewish children were threatened in We wish you and your family a very
Montreal and antisemitic propagandists spread happy Passover – chag Pesach sameach!
1. Prevention. Through proactive hate in Toronto – to name just two recent
outreach, we raise public awareness of examples. Joel Reitman and Jeffrey Rosenthal are Co-
antisemitism and build coalitions to speak Chairs of the Centre for Israel and Jewish
out against it. We also conduct training 4.Policy Advocacy. When laws are Affairs (CIJA).
for key officials – including public school inadequate, we advocate for policy change –
superintendents and human rights commission and do so in partnership with non-Jewish allies.
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Beth El Book Club continues to shrink, we welcome participation
beyond Beth El to any interested member of the
the Peretz House. We usually have had between
eight and twelve people at our meetings, and
by Stu Selby Jewish community. there are some people who just like to get our
This is a club without rules, without information about the books and read them on
dues, and without attendance requirements. their own. We have read about 200 different
You become a “member” by showing up when books over the years in every genre, and all of us
we meet. We hope that we have all read the have been enriched by reading books we would
book, but you are welcome even if you have never have found or selected on our own. If you
not had the chance, but just want to learn more want to know more, contact the JCC with your
about the book. Advance information about the email address and I will reply to you.
books is given on the Book Club page of the
Beth El Bulletin, and by email for members who
don’t get the Bulletin. Books are suggested by
members, based either on their own reading,
recommendations from friends, or from reviews
that look promising. At each meeting, we
pick future selections. Some books are in the
The Beth El Book Club came out public library system, but most often we buy
of Synagogue 2000, a program of Reform them in a bookstore, or order them new or used
synagogue renewal almost two decades online. Sometimes the books are really cheap
ago. Congregation Beth El participated with and sometimes they are not. More of us are
the southeast Michigan area, and while we getting them on e-readers, either to save money
reluctantly realized that most of the creative ideas or space or because we are having a hard time
could work only in large congregations, one of reading small print. We never select expensive
our longest-lasting initiatives, functioning for hardcovers, and will wait for paperback editions
17 years, has been the Book Club. The purpose to come out. But on the basis of cost per hour of
of the Book Club is to foster friendship and pleasure, books are far cheaper than films, plays,
community through sharing discussion of books or concerts.
of Jewish interest. Our discussions are never
academic alone, but to share our life experiences Most, but not all of our members are
and to get to know each other better. A few of us older or retired. During the winter months many
have been part of the Book Club since the start, of our readers are away in warmer locations. We
and others only a short time. We have lost more usually meet on Wednesday evenings so as not
members to illness, death, and departure than to conflict with community committee meetings,
we have gained, and each person in our group but this winter we also have been holding a
is precious. As our Windsor Jewish community lunch meeting at the Mazal Tov restaurant in
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WJCC DONORS (as of April, 2019)
Jewish Community Endowment Nels Katzman Harold and Paula Taub Jacqueline Margolis
Fund of Windsor Lanny Joffe and Stephen Kurtz Sidney Troister and Claudia Sharon Mock
Leslie and Lisa Aaron Nels Katzman Blumberger Vesna Rip and Families Rip and
Neil and Cindy Abramson Ruth, Ron, Adina and Zevi Kline Paula Zivot and Gary Samuel Barbaric
Howard and Marla Adler Jerry Lewis and Family and Family Steven Sharpe
Shelley Alexander Dr. Michael and Sandra Malowitz Deborah Stocker
Ian and Shelley Alexis Geraldine Margolis Windsor Jewish Communal Ana Sztabinski
The Azrieli Foundation The Miller Family Projects (WJCP) Paula Trossman
The Belz Family Victor and Sharon Moncarz Jim Brody Dana Brooks
Alan and Lynn Berger The Moncarz Kids Margaret Cole-Patterson John Craig
David and Susan Berger Gale Moore Myra Fazekas Salek and Rita Dajczman
Magda Berger Christine Ozimek William and Judy Glendenning Lois Ann Dobson
Caroll Bolge Vesna Rip Lanny Joffe and Stephen Kurtz Rosemary and Howard Drukarsh
Michael and Rosalyn Breshgold Barry Rivelis Vesna Rip Wendy Eizenga
Roz Breshgold Dr. Janet Rosenbaum Norah Seage Jonathan Fleischmann
Herbert and Ellen Brudner Jeff and Meryl Rosenthal Richard D. Williams Cheryl Gold
Daniel Brzezinski Isaac and Blume Sakinofsky Donna Goss and Don Spafford
Kevin and Jessica Cantor Greg and Melanie Samuels Windsor Jewish Communal Marian Hale
Rob and Kerri Chetner Shauna Brail and Ayal Schaffer Projects (WJCP) Donation Roof Dr. Jaelline Jaffe
Barry and Melanie Cohen Gerald and Irene Schen Audrey Bondy Peggy Kleinplatz
Jeff and Laurie Cohen Norah Seage Jane Buttery Sam Kleinplatz
Philip and Brenda Cohen Abbee Shanbon William and Judy Glendenning Stefan Laxdal
Cecile Cooke Edith Sheffman Jay Katz Joel Levine and Deborah Berkman
Barry S. Corbin Dr. Rick Siegel Karen Leiter Martin Lewin
Corbin Estates Law Professional Dr. Stuart and Suzanne Selby Jacqueline Margolis Tema Lewin
Corporation Lori Seguin and Rosa Sgaravato Sharon Mock Helen Martin
Carol Craine Abbey Shanbon Vesna Rip and Families Rip and Hayley O’Brien
Gail Danto Milton and Hilda Shore Barbaric Jesse Ovadia
Lisa Defoe Irving and Joan Shuter Steven Sharpe Loris Sandre
Michael and Paula Dodick Anita Sky and Howard Davidov Deborah Stocker Florida Santillan
Myra Fazekas Geoff and Lauren Sky Ana Sztabinski Barbara Sarah
Harold and Nancy Finkel Rena Sky and Harvey Stone Paula Trossman Dr. Reuben and Aviva Schnayer
Michael Fremes Noreen Slack Peter and Cheryl Sprague
Dean and Aviva Friedman Ron Sorokin Windsor Jewish Communal Ronna Warsh
Joel Friedman Jeff and Shira Stanfield Projects (WJCP) YOMHA Janice Webber
Connie Glaser Barbara Stein Audrey Bondy
Jerry Goldberg Betty Strosberg Jane Buttery UJA Special
Sid and Nancy Golden TD Wealth Private Investment William and Judy Glendenning Herb and Ellen Brudner
Sally Goldhar Advice Jay Katz Donald Moxon
Shelley Greene Debra Fetzer Karen Leiter
Stan and Sharon Joehlin
WANT FREE JEWISH BOOKS FOR
YOUR CHILDREN EVERY MONTH?
Sometimes finding the right books and making the time to read as a family can be hard. That’s where PJ Library
comes in. The Windsor Jewish Community Centre has partnered with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to bring
PJ Library to Windsor and Essex County and send free Jewish children’s books to families every month.
We know that something magical happens when parents sit down together to read with their children. PJ Library
shares Jewish stories that can help your family talk together about values and traditions that are important to
you. Families with kids ages 6 months through 8 years old with Judaism as part of their lives, are welcome to sign
up, regardless of their Jewish background, knowledge, or observance.
To sign up for this absolutely FREE program and to receive 1 free book for every child each month, contact the
WJCC 519-9731772 or sign up online pjlibrary.org
HAPPY PASSOVER FROM PJ LIBRARY!
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Many Thanks to our 2018/2019 UJA Donors (as of April, 2019)
AMBASSADORS ($25,000+) LEADERS ($1,000-2,499) Harvey Kessler & Marcia Gary & Lynda Lieberman Kenneth Golish
Anonymous Anonymous Weinberg Louis & Frances Parnes Shelley Gordner
Harvey & Cathy Strosberg David & Donna Abraham Asaf Klein & Lesley Rubin Michael & Galina Rabkin Klara Gorelik
Magda Berger Anonymous Branko & Rahel Rip Dr. Reuben Hackam
GOVERNORS ($15,000-24,999) Michael & Cheryl Blacher Dr. & Mrs. Oloadayo & Naomi Irving & Joan Shuter Cecil & Barbara Halpert
Anonymous Rosalyn & Michael Breshgold Levitz Shobola Neil Silver Alex & Sharon Harper
Freed & Orman Families Miki Fromm-Closs Sharon Mock Deborah Silver & Peter Smeltzer Shirley Horwitz
Sally, Mark & Jerry Goldhar Windsor Barrel & Drum Dr. Michael & Karen Sklash Sheldon Indig
GUARDIANS ($10,000-14,999) Sheldon & Bethe Jarcaig Murray Nosanchuk Betty Strosberg Lanny Joffe
Carl & Elaine Cohen Joel & Kim Katz Lawrence Pazner & Jori Al & Simha Teshuba Deborah Livneh
Dr. Michael Gossack Jay Katz Rosenberg David & Ruth Waltman Howard & Kathy Lyons
Brian & Mary Lazarus Dr. Jerry Kopstein Dr. Ronald & Joanne Polsky Ralph & Anne Winograd Leonid Lyubarsky
Harry Sigal Joshua & Tia Lazarus Larry & Judith Polsky Susan Meretsky
Sol Sigal Rosalie Lopatin Dr. Jim Porter CONTRIBUTORS ($5-249) Melvin & Reva Monczak
Jeffrey & Estelle Slopen Dr. Eli Malus Jacqueline Putterman Anonymous Ellen Mossney
Dr. Natalie Malus Dr. Andrew Richter Anonymous Susan Muroff
BUILDERS ($5,000-9,999) Sam Mossman Gerald & Irene Schen Irvine Barat Anton Pribanic
Anonymous Dr. Stewart & Sandy Plotnick Leo & Katherine Shapiro Isaac & Ene Barsky Mazal Rabi
Mark & Kelly-Lynn Abraham Dr. Anat Ravid Jay & Stephanie Strosberg Eugene Beliaikine Semyon Rabkin
Nancy Barat Charles & Karen Rosen Noah Tepperman & Julie Sylvia Berk Ruslan Rakhoutine
Bruce & Nancy Elman Dr. Janet Rosenbaum Zuckerman Jack & Ann Blaine Vesna Rip
Jerry & Frances Goldberg Vera Rosenbaum Justice Barry & Deborah Tobin B’Nai Brith Canada Branch Jacqueline Shanfield
William & Pamela Goldstein Jeffrey & Lisa Shulman Jerry & Patty Weingarden 1011 Men Edith Sheffman
Marc Katzman & Marilee Marcotte Howard & Janice Spinner Revelone Bookman Mildred Silver
Jerry & Lynda Lev Barbara Stein SUPPORTERS ($250-499) Larry Brodsky Morley Silver
Dr. Bernard & Barbara Lyons Harold & Paula Taub Anonymous Morton Brodsky Lilia & Grigory Simanovski
Dr. Michael & Sandra Malowitz Andrew & Tina Tepperman Jerry & Beverley Alexis Jim Brody Joseph Sionov
Barrie & Maureen Rubin Dr. Morrie Kleinplatz & Issie & Phyllis Armeland Selma Cheifetz Noreen Slack
Arthur & Madelyn Weingarden Ronna Hope Warsh Darlene & Richard Baker Rosalie & Mandy Dalfen Elaine Strosberg
Judge Carl & Vicky Zalev Bud & Mary Weingarden Maria Belenkova Doug David Jordana Strosberg
Anonymous Arnold & Diane Blaine Marcy David & David Osmun Miniona Tcherkezova
CHAMPIONS ($2,500-4,999) Jim Brody Sheila Dinnendahl Ben Veniamin & Ella Lev
Anonymous PATRONS ($500-999) Isaac & Tamara Davidovich Emily Enkin Jack Yavno
Herb & Ellen Brudner Alan and Lynn Berger Howard & Sherri Douglas Semyon & Liliya Epshteyn Anna Zaidman-Shleyfman & Maxim
Jim & Betty Cohen Daniel & Audrey Bondy Emily Enkin Myra Fazekas Shleyfman
William Mechanic & Rachel Dr. Jerome Cohen Norma Fink & Salomon Smeer Oscar & Esfira Feldman Sid Walman
Kaiman Philip & Brenda Cohen Aubrey Friedman David & Judy Frank Alla & Boris Zaltsman
Mark & Cathy Morrison Jacqueline Eisenberg Cheryl Gold Jakov & Alicia Frenkel Naum Ziskind
Dr. Joshua Polsky & Dr. Elis David & Fraudelle Glaser Dr. Sharon Horlick Rabbi Sholom Galperin
Milrod Jonathan & Jeanne Glass Shirley Horwitz Joyce Garber
David Robins & Sharon Strosberg Garry & Katherine Glatter Nels Katzman Robert & Herda Glatter
Dr. Reuben & Aviva Schnayer Mina Grossman Ianni Jack & Rose Langer William & Judy Glendenning
Sheldon & Esther Schwartz Lauren & Aaron Hamer Dr. Sheldon Lewis & Dr. Jody Pamela Gold & Martin
Dr. Stuart & Suzanne Selby Ms. Anita Hurwitz Hurst Handelman
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Successful EmergingGen Event for
Young Jewish Windsor Adults
The inaugural event of the WJCC’s Attila Sherman. “I am so excited this
new Emerging Generation Group took group has had such a strong start. I
place on March 19th at F & B Restaurant look forward to all the future events
in Olde Walkerville. Everyone received and relationships.” Co-chairs Attila
a handmade original cocktail created by Sherman and Josh Cheifetz planned the
F&B’s master bartender. The scrumptious entire evening’s menu and speaker, and
dinner menu included a variety of gourmet they even both sponsored the event, to
appetizers and a choice between a lamb ensure tickets remained at an affordable
or beef entrée. Speaker Roni Leibovitch pics.
was brought in from Michigan to discuss Josh and Attila are already
Cannabis and Judaism, as well as the planning the next EmergingGen event
current entrepreneurial opportunities – stay tuned to find out where the fun
currently available in the Michigan will be next time! Special thanks to
Cannabis industry. F & B for hosting the event, to Roni
The event provided a great Leibovitch for his Cannabis talk and
opportunity for local young Jewish adults to Josh Cheifetz and Attila and Aline
to meet and mingle. “I was overwhelmed Sherman for organizing and sponsoring
by the turnout, and how well everyone the event.
received each other,” said event co-chair
Chanukah Party
On December 9th the WJCC threw a Chanukah party in the gymnasium. Guests were
treated to Latkes, Sufganiyot (jelly donuts), Chanukah Gelt, and a variety of other
snacks. There was also entertainment for the whole family which included Israeli
Chanukah music, a show by Puppeteer Mathew Romaine, a bouncy castle, arts and
crafts, and of course lighting the menorah. The event was a great success and the WJCC
looks forward to hosting another Chanukah Party in 2019!News & Views - Passover 2019 - 11
Tu Bi’Shevat
Over 50 children, parents and grandparents made the trip to
The Bloomin’ Gardener for the Jewish National Fund of Windsor’s Tu
Bi’Shevat on Jan 20th, 2019.
The program started with each child making and decorating
their own handprint to be added to a ‘tree’ on a wall at Congregation
Beth El. Then Erie Wildlife Rescue provided an interactive presentation
showing how to care for injured or abandoned animals found in the
wild. Snacks included items made from all of the seven plant species
- dates, figs, pomegranates, and more!
Plenty of goodies were brought home by participating guests
– including bird feeders that the children made from bagels. Erie
Wildlife was happy to take the remaining bird seed back to their
rescued birds. Each child and many of the adults also planted their
own olive tree (provided by our gracious hosts), bringing them home
to watch them grow.
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CIJA Community Consultation in Windsor
As part of determining how to best be the advocacy voice of Jewish people across
Canada, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (“CIJA”) holds consultations in Jewish
communities across the country. CIJA defines its missions as “Improving the quality of
Jewish life in Canada by advancing the public policy interests of Canada’s organized
Jewish community.”
Steve McDonald, Director of Policy and Strategic Communication at CIJA came
to Windsor this past January, to facilitate a consultation with members of the Windsor
Jewish Community. As always, the evening was informative and engaging for those who
were able to attend. Steve was also able to bring much information back to CIJA about
the priorities of the Windsor Jewish community, as expressed by those in attendance. We
learned that our priorities are very similar to those of many Jewish communities across the Jay Katz, Noah Tepperman, Josh Berkovitz, Steve
country. McDonald, David Glaser, Fraudelle Glaser and Donna
Abraham at the January 22 CIJA Consultation at the WJCC.
Student Social Justice Forum
On February 21st, two students from nearly every grade school in
Windsor-Essex participated in the 15th annual Student Forum for Social
Justice, held in the Odette Business School on the University of Windsor
Campus. The event was organized and sponsored by the Holocaust
Education Committee of the Windsor Jewish Community Centre, Unifor
Local 200, The Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor,
the Greater Essex Country District School Board, the Windsor- Essex
Catholic School Board and the Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence.
During this one-day event, students participated in five different
workshops: Lessons Learned from the Holocaust, Reducing the Stigma
of Mental Health, The Right to Water, Poverty and Homelessness, and
Experiential Learning through the Arts. The event was once again a big
success, which left students prepared and excited to go back to their own
to school to educate their classmates about their experience at the Student
Forum.
Wishing you and
your family a
Happy
Passover!
from the board and
staff of the WJCCNews & Views - Passover 2019 - 13
lots of time, creativity, collaboration and help each other move forward, using the
Nikki Holland Continued planning to get there. past to help us chart the future. And with
antisemitism on the rise, we also need to
The reason for my visit to Jerusalem reach beyond our borders, continentally
Much like the developments I noticed was the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of and internationally. We must to work with
in Jerusalem. Governors meetings, during which the topic our Jewish neighbors near and far to ensure
of change was on the agenda. The Jewish a healthy and strong future for the Diaspora
In Jerusalem, the old train station was Agency is a 90-year-old agency that is and for Israel.
left defunct for many years after the high- looking to the future to secure the past. It is
speed rail system was installed. But it was working strategically to grow the people and I am profoundly excited about this
eventually turned into a hipster hangout with state of Israel and ensure that we take the best challenge and honoured to move ahead. We
restaurants, bike rentals, organic juice bar and of what is and what was in order to strengthen are working hard right now to solidify our
free evening Zumba classes. There’s even the future. vision for the future of this organization
a multi-denominational Kabbalah Shabbat to ensure that we are aiming higher and
service. As Canada’s representative to the building better connections nationally and
meetings, it was abundantly clear to me globally.
But all these incredible improvements that Canadian Jews coast-to-coast need to
to the city didn’t happen immediately. It took be stand together, to support each other and Wishing you and your loved ones a happy
Passover.
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Convention
by Rabbi Lynn Goldstein
Almost 600 Reform Rabbis gathered of the Reform Movement. The Reform Movement includes the
in Cincinnati, Ohio for our annual Central Union for Reform Judaism, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Institute of Religion, and the Central Conference of American
convention. The CCAR is the Reform Rabbinic Rabbis. "I'm so honored by the opportunity to lead CCAR at
leadership organization, which provides a time when we're celebrating our organization's proud history
religious, spiritual, ethical and intellectual and bright future," said Rabbi Person. "This year's Convention
leadership and wisdom. 2,100 rabbis serve more was a powerful reminder of the strength of our growing and
than 1.5 million Reform Jews. We gathered to diverse rabbinate and of the Reform Movement, a recognition
study and learn together, to share new ideas, of the achievements of our leaders past and present, and also an
to be supportive of each other, and recharge opportunity to discuss how best to confront the challenges we
our spiritual batteries. We discussed the rising faces as a movement, as a broader Jewish community, and" as
Rabbi Hara Person
antisemitism continent wide, the attacks in North Americans.
Pittsburg, and anti-semitism on the internet. We also focused on criminal
justice, same sex marriages, and the advancement of human rights in North
America and around the world along with the challenges and crises of human
rights that will confront us in the future. We studied texts, participated in a
huge variety of different workshops, and were challenged to think out of the
box. For this year's convention, we went back to our roots in Cincinnati as130
years ago, the Central Conference of American Rabbis was founded in that
very same place. And we recognized the 200th birthday of its founder, Rabbi
Isaac Mayer Wise.
The CCAR also celebrated the selection of its first female chief executive
Rabbi Hara Person. When Rabbi Person becomes the chief executive of the
CCAR this summer, she will be the first woman to lead a legacy institution
Chag Sameach!
And a Healthy Passover to all our
Donors, Supporters and Friends
WINDSOR CHAPTER
Ruth Liebman, Chair
Phone: 250-216-2897
Email: ruth.liebman@dfsin.ca
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17th Annual Ruth and Bernard Friedman
Windsor Jewish Film Festival
The Windsor Jewish Film Festival is The hard-working, focused and Stephen Lutvak
well established as one of the highlights of committed Film Festival committee is the Dr. Michael Malowitz
the year in the Windsor Jewish community, other group of people whose dedication, Sandi Malowitz
and among the many cinephiles in Windsor- curation and savvy are critical to the WJFF’s Dr. Stu Selby
Essex. The ongoing and consistent success success. This committee, led by co-chairs Sue Selby
of this festival is due to the people who Nancy Barat and Helen Arbour, screens dozens Anne Winograd
have been devoted to bringing it to life. of films each year, in order to select the 10 Ralph Winograd
The commitment starts with the Friedman award winners that are featured at the festival. Richie Kamen
Family, who have renewed their support for They oversee all aspects of the festival: from
the festival for another 10 years. It began with the Gala Sponsor Dinner to ticket sales and This year, the Film Fest committee has
Ruth and Bernard Freidman, who believed it sponsorship; from the advertising and program once again selected ten exquisite films for our
was vital that Windsor’s Jewish community design to the pre-screening introductions. The viewing pleasure. Please go to our website –
get together on a regular basis to celebrate members of this dedicated and capable team www.jewishwindsor.org – and check out the
the deep and rich connections borne in our are: video previews online, so you can select which
close-knit and friendly city. The commitment Nancy Barat – Co-Chair of the truly excellent, award-winning films you
has now passed on to the next generation of Helen Arbour – Co-Chair wish to see this
Friedmans – Ellen, Bryna, Gilda, Aubrey and Roz Breshgold
Phil, who were instrumental in the family’s Dr. John Cappucci
commitment to be the lead Film Fest sponsors Dr. Sharon Horlick
for another 10 years. Dr. Jody Hurst-Lewis
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR AT
THE WJCC
Educational Films for Windsor-Essex The Windsor Jewish
High School Students Community Centre will be
keeping a calendar of all
The 17th Ruth and Bernard Friedman the Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence events happening in
Jewish Film Festival is reaching out to an will be viewing one of three films especially the Windsor Jewish
entirely new group of Windsor-Essex residents selected by educators – with lesson plans to Community. People and
to enrich their lives through quality films – help integrate the films into their classroom organizations in
High school Students. Thanks to a grant from curriculum. The Friedman family are the Jewish Community can
the Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, particularly happy to see their parents’ vision now call the WJCC when
over 1,000 high school students from the fulfilled of film being used as a tool to teach they are planning events,
Greater Windsor Essex District School Board, students across our community the Jewish to see if there is anything
the Windsor Essex Catholic District School values of tolerance, justice, peace, compassion entered into the Calendar.
Board, the Conseil Scolaire Viamonde and and self-respect.
If you are planning any
events, please all to the
WJCC at 519-973-1772,
ext. 201, to see if anything
is already scheduled, and
to make sure we can add
you event and your dates
to the Windsor Jewish
Community Calendar, now
being administered by the
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There’s Something Truly Special About
Growing Up in Windsor
by Heather Sherman – reprinted with permission from The Canadian Jewish News
Who was your grandfather?’ suitors Bubbe would invite to her apartment
for Shabbat brunch. “I want you should get
“He had such a great married before I die,” she would say in her
time.” Yiddish accent. “And I don’t feel good.” (It’s
all about the comedic timing with Bubbe E.)
For Alan Orman and
his wife Diana, pillars of the According to the late Rabbi Jonathan
Jewish community for the Plaut, author of Windsor’s Jews: 1790 to 1990
past 60 years, the reunion (and a former neighbour), the city’s Jewish
was simply too important to population reached 3,000 in the 1930s and
miss, despite Alan’s recent early 1940s and remained steady right up until
stroke. the 1980s. Since then, however, the numbers
have shrunk significantly – down to 1,500,
“Life changes on a with half of the members over the age of 60.
dime,” says Diana, “but we
certainly were blessed that “The Windsor Jewish community
The author, centre, with her family. From left, Selma Cheifetz, has always been small but mighty,” says
Alan was able to attend this
Alan Cheifetz, Stephen Cheifetz and Barbara Cheifetz.
incredible event.” Jay Katz, executive director of the Windsor
JCC. “Nothing demonstrates that more than
This is how the conversation generally Meanwhile, Mikie Freed, a longtime hundreds of people flying in from North
goes: “Oh, you’re from Windsor? Do you Windsor resident and philanthropist (and one America and across the world to spend a night
know…” of my mom’s mah-jong partners) said the best laughing, smiling, hugging and reminiscing
part was seeing her childrens’ friends all grown with old friends, about the warm joyful
“Yes,” I cut the inquirer off, jokingly. up, successful, with families of their own. Janet experience they had growing up in Windsor.”
It’s often a favourite babysitter, a former Cohen Rosenbaum, 82, was thrilled to reunite Katz says that, despite the challenges,
neighbour, or one of my mother’s mah-jong with many of her childhood friends who came it’s a good time to be Jewish in Windsor.
partners. That’s just what it’s like growing up in from Boston, Ohio and Michigan. “It was The JCC’s membership is on the rise, a
small-town Jewish. as if time stood still and we were teenagers generous endowment fund is supporting
again!” long-standing infrastructure projects and
Things came full circle for me recently innovative partnerships with local school
at Windsor’s first Jewish community reunion. From Hadassah bazaars and elaborate boards, the Windsor Police Service and even
Close to 400 people crowded into the city’s Jewish theatre productions to B’nai Brith the government of Mexico are helping to raise
JCC, the epicentre of Jewish life in the city championship bowling leagues and cross- the organization’s profile.
since it opened in the late 1950s, for an epic border youth groups, there’s no question
homecoming. Windsor was – and is – a special place to grow Proceeds from the reunion will be used
up Jewish. to “pay it forward” to the Jewish community.
“It was one ‘OMG’ moment after “Our goal was to ensure that we covered our
another,” says reunion co-chair Karen “A favourite for me was going with my costs of the event with the added benefit of
Rosenbaum Moness. “Some people hadn’t grandmother to do the shopping for Shabbat,” any surplus remaining in the community’s
seen each other in 40-plus years!” remembers Naomi Weinroth. “We would go to endowment,” says Rosenbaum Moness.
the market, to Adler’s and to Hy’s fish market
Guests ranged in age from 19 to the and Harry the butcher. Harry always had an The evening was also an opportunity
mid-90s, and came from as far away as British Elite flake chocolate bar to give me while my for Jewish Windsorites of all ages to come
Columbia, New York, Florida and even grandmother ordered the meat.” together and celebrate a shared history. “The
Hong Kong. “We reconnected not only with theme of the reunion – ‘There’s No Place Like
family and friends, but also with friends of For Carrie Winograd Kaufman, who Home’ – could not have been more fitting,”
our parents and grandparents, former Hebrew flew in from New York, one of her favourite Rosenbaum Moness adds.
school teachers, day camp counsellors – memories is attending Camp Yomee at the
people who really made a difference in our Windsor JCC, especially the friendship circle “The connection we have and the
lives,” adds Karen’s childhood friend and song they’d sing at the close of each day. love that we share for one another and our
reunion co-chair, Amy Whiteman Shafron. “Friends, friends, friends, we will always be…” community is very special,” says Whiteman
Shafron. “I don’t think you find that in many
At 95, Sam Orechkin was the evening’s One of my favourite traditions was other small cities.”
oldest attendee. Sam, who worked for his accompanying my Bubbe Esther on Rosh
father transporting cattle to local butchers, Hashanah to perform tashlikh, casting our Heather Sherman is a freelance journalist
left Windsor in the 1940s (he currently lives sins – bread crumbs – into the murky water and proud Windsorite, now living in Toronto.
in Detroit) but still feels a connection after of the Detroit River. People would stare in
all these years. At the reunion, his daughter, wonder and I would feel proud, even though
Lisa, later told me, “he would see someone’s I didn’t really know why. One of my not-so-
name tag and ask ‘Who was your father? favourite memories is dodging the many single16 News & Views - Passover 2019
Message from Rabbi Sholom Galperin:
Matza - the Bread of Humility
The eight-day festival of Passover eat any leavened breads for the duration faith”. This is because the egotistical person who is
is celebrated in the early spring, from the of the holiday, and to eat Matzah - flat swelled by pride, does not leave room for a higher
15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month unleavened bread. truth to enter his or her life. The entire motivation
of Nissan. This year, 2019, those dates behind any behaviors or thoughts is self-fulfilling
correspond to the eve of April 19th through For the duration of the 8 day and self-serving. On the other hand, the humble
April 27th. The holiday commemorates the holiday, the Jewish home is cleared of person is receptive to faith in a Higher Being, and
emancipation of the Jewish people from all remnants and crumbs of leavened is willing to commit to a strong set of morals and
slavery in Ancient Egypt through many bread, cake, or the like. The Passover values. Well, one might ask, if Matza represents
miraculous events such as the Ten Plagues version of bread, Matza, is made by such a virtuous state of being, why is it not eaten all
and the Splitting of the Red Sea. mixing flour with water and baking it in year long in place of leavened bread? This is because
an oven. However, no time is allowed both the virtues symbolized by leavened bread, and
With the last of the ten plagues, for the dough to ferment and rise, and the virtues symbolized by unleavened bread, are
Death of the Firstborn, Pharaoh’s resistance the result is a flat, hard, cracker-like necessary for a life of productivity and meaning.
was broken, and he virtually chased his bread. Our Sages teach us that leavened It is of ultimate importance that a person recognize
former slaves out of the land. The Israelites bread, with its characteristic height, the significance of their actions and have confidence
left in such a hurry, in fact, that the bread represent ego and self-aggrandizement, in their ability to affect change in the people and
they baked as provisions for the way did while Matza represents humility. It is world around them. At the same time, one should
not have time to rise. Among other Passover specifically Matza, the flat bread, which not get so carried away with his self-worth that he
observances, it is the Jewish tradition not to Jewish liturgy refers to as “the bread of leaves no room for people and principles outside of
his immediate comfort zone. This is the paradoxical
nature of our relationship with bread. On the one
hand, leavened bread sustains us practically all year
long. Its presence is vital and necessary. On the
other hand, for eight days each year it is banned by
Jewish law. Both of these practices carry practical
applications to our personal lives as growing and
developing human beings.
I hope you will join us for our community
Seder the 1st night of Passover, Friday, April 19,
2019 at 8:00PM and have the “Feeling of Home and
inspiration of community”. Please R.S.V.P. as soon
as possible.
With best wishes for a healthy, happy and stress free
Pesach.
Rabbi Sholom Galperin
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Passover Message from Rabbi Goldstein
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Four leaf clovers are supposed to be We all know that we tell the Passover we eat other vegetables; on this night a bitter
good luck. Supposedly, each leaf brings us story. But did you know we start to tell it four vegetable (maror). On all other nights, we do
one of the four blessings, faith, hope, love, times, before we actually do tell the story? not dip even once; on this night, twice. On
and luck. I read somewhere that out of every We recite HaLachma Anya. We say Avadim all other nights, we eat either sitting upright
10,000 clovers, only one will have four leaves. Hayinu—we were slaves in Egypt and now or reclining; on this night, we recline. We
Passover shares something special with four we are free. We remind ourselves that in the literally take into ourselves the taste and feel
leaf clovers. Our Seder is filled with fours! beginning, our ancestors worshipped idols. of the holiday and we recline in comfort to
And that even Abraham’s father bowed to show our sense of freedom.
We are taught: You shall tell your idols. And we say My Father was a Wondering
child it is because of what God did for me Aramean. Only after these four starts, do we Another set of fours reminds us to
when I went free from Egypt. Through four continue on! I like to think that these four starts respond individually to our children, to make
repetitions of this verse we focus ourselves on help us to dig more deeply into the meaning of sure we teach them in a way in which they will
the importance of the heart of Pesach and on Seder. understand. We talk to the one who doesn’t
teaching this story to our children. know how to ask, to the simple one, the wicked
And then we reach the four cups of one, and the wise one. We teach each child in
We have four names for Passover. wine/grape juice. God made four promises to their own way.
Z’man Cherutaynu or the Time of Our us, well, actually five. But we’ll get there in a
Freedom, reminds us that we were once slaves, minute. The four promises are promises made Finally, we use the matzah in four
but we only gain freedom when we fight for and then fulfilled by God in Exodus 6:6. These different ways. We traditionally set three
all to be free. Chag HaPesach, the Holiday four are: I am God and I will free you from the matzot on the table, and break the middle one
of Passing Over reminds us that the Angel slavery of the Egyptians. I will deliver you in half. Now we have four. We hold up the
of Death passed over the homes of the Jews, from their bondage. I will redeem you with an broken piece and recite HaLachma Anya. Let
killing only the Egyptian first born children. outstretched arm and through extraordinary all who are hungry come and eat. Then we say
During Temple times, special sacrifices were chastisements and I will take you to be My the Motzi over the matzah and eat it. Next, we
made. Later, that sacrifice was eaten with people and I will be Your God. Each time we make a matzah sandwich of matzah, maror and
roasted matzah and maror and was called the repeat one of these four promises, we drink charoset, and finally, we hide the afikomen,
Korban Pesach. Chag HaMatzot…we all know wine/grape juice to show our joy in one the search for it, find it, redeem it, and eat it. Some
the story. We had to leave Egypt and couldn’t four promises that are redeemed. After the say that we should add a whole 4th matzah to
wait for the bread to rise. We therefore refrain four promises, we do have a 5th promise. It is remember those who cannot observe Passover.
from eating foods that could rise: wheat, an unredeemed promise made by God for the Using these matzot throughout the Seder we
rye, oats, barley and spelt. And finally, Chag future. It is the promise that God will bring us mark the signposts of our narrative.
Ha’Aviv, or the holiday of spring, the first into Israel when we have all worked together
month on our Jewish calendar, and the month to make the world a more perfect place. In the May the each of you be blessed with
in which we celebrate Passover. meantime, we place a 5th cup on our table. Pesach Fours! May you celebrate with those
The unfulfilled promise. The promise of the you love. May you enjoy a meaningful and
When we recite HaLachma Anya— future. Elijah’s Cup. It remains untouched. thoughtful Pesach experience. May you look
This is the Bread of Affliction, we make four forward to Seders with your loved ones and
statements. Let all who are hungry come and Our next set of fours are the Four friends for many years to come. And may the
eat. Let all who are in need come and celebrate Questions. Actually, those four questions message of Pesach help you to create tikkun
Pesach. This year we are here, next year in aren’t questions at all. Passover has one olam, healing brokenness wherever you may
Jerusalem. This year we are slaves, next year question with four answers! Our question: encounter it.
all will be free! Let us hope and pray for a year Why is this night different from all other
free from want, a year of opening our hearts nights? And our answers: On all other nights, L’Shannah HaBa’ah B’Yerushalayim.
to others, a year of fulfillment, and a year of we eat leavened bread (chametz) and matzah,
wholeness on this night, only matzah. On all other nights,News & Views - Passover 2019 - 19
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