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The Servus Heritage Festival is one of the most important outreach oppor-

tunities for the Edmonton Jewish Com-munity. This year was no different, as more than 350,000 people visited the Festival site over the August long week-end. The culmination of many months of hard work from volunteers and staff, the Israel Pavilion celebrated Israeli and Jew-ish culture, while educating the broader public too! Visitors had opportunities to take in cultural displays including per-formances of classical and modern Israeli dance from the Aviv Dancers, as well as visual exhibits in the cultural tent that showed many aspects of Israeli culture and history. These included a recreated Israeli marketplace, an oasis in the Negev desert, an archaeological dig, as well as a Western Wall segment were visitors could write notes that will later be taken

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Israel Pavilion Coordinator Joey Tappenden, Caterer Eddie Yedgarova of Catering by Ed, Federation CEO Debby Shoctor and 2014 Israel Pavilion Chair Christina Reboh. The Israel Pavilion won two awards this year, including 1st place for Arts & Crafts (the cultural display) and an Honourable Mention for entertainment.

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Israeli Ambassador Visits BY DEBBY SHOCTOR

Ambassador Barak speaks with Michael Zabludowski.

On August 24th, we were delighted to host His Excellency Ambassador

Rafael Barak, the new Israeli Ambas-sador to Canada. Ambassador Barak and his wife, Miriam, came to Canada last November, and this was their first visit to Alberta.

A dinner for community leadership was held at the Beth Israel Synagogue, at which Ambassador and Mrs. Barak were the guests of honour. After a wonderful kosher dinner catered by Eddie and Susan

Yedgarova, Ambassador Barak addressed the community. About 150 community members attended to hear Ambassador Barak speak about his goals and vision for his current posting to Canada.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, to parents who emigrated from Kishinev, Ambassador Barak made Aliyah to Israel at the age of 18 as a part of a youth group who went to help during the Six-Day War. Since then, he has never looked back, and

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at the Beth Shalom Synagogue. Then, unfortunately, this led to an Emergency Campaign for Israel, highlighted by the Solidarity Rally at the Beth Israel in July. Thanks go to all the speakers, and the staff, who helped put this event together, including Daniel Larson, Joey Tappenden and Eleanor Millar of CJPAC. We were very heartened to see such a large response and a good turnout at this event, over 300 people. We are also pleased to report that our Emergency Campaign raised over $38,000, which is over four times what was requested from us by our national agency, Jewish Federa-

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Message from the CEO

Another year is about to begin, but we have been hard at work here at the

Federation offices over the summer. As you will see from this issue of HaKol, our work never ceases. Especially this summer, with the situation in Israel, we were all on the edge of our seats every day with news of Operation Protective Edge. It started with a special service for the three abducted Israeli teenagers

Message from our Federation President

Some might equate an intern to a vol-unteer in our new millennial lexicon.

There are differences however- an intern gains experience while a volunteer both gains and gives of their experience. One you do for your future and the other you do for the future of others. One commonality they share is both are unpaid positions.

In today’s world, unpaid internships have an even worse connotation as some view the intern as being taken advantage of, which they often are. Working as a vol-unteer is by definition unpaid, yet is seen as a mitzvah. So how does one untangle this other difference between being an intern and a volunteer? Personally, I believe that as a volunteer, doing something for the community, as my parents showed me, is a principle that I want to pass-down to my children The only way to do this is to dem-onstrate by actions. Instead of a do as I say and not as I do approach, I believe in the see what I do and then decide for yourself method. Often the only way to have a com-munity and pass down any tradition is to demonstrate by our actions.

In an era where our society is assaulted by advertising and branding, selling all manner of products, services and ideolo-gies, there is a message that our children

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rarely internalize. The notion we cannot sell them on, try as we might, is the con-tinuation of our traditions, beliefs, values and community. Rather, we should not try to force these things we find meaningful and worthwhile. Surprisingly, the best way to show and teach value in what we hold dear is the simplest method: If we dem-onstrate what is important to us, they will incorporate it.

So why all the preamble you might ask? Perhaps at this time of personal reflection, as we approach the High Holidays and as I get closer to the end of my three-year term as Federation President—I have a message to share from my bimah:

Just volunteer—whether it be as a Jewish Federation Board member or a UJA canvasser, at your kid’s school, your Synagogue, or for organizations that sup-port the State of Israel, there is always work to be done. The rewards are immeasurable, the work is fulfilling and in 2014 – volun-teerism is a principle that should be treas-ured, valued and demonstrated to those around us. I know I speak from countless years of experience!

So, as we enter the High Holidays, I would like to wish everyone in our Edmonton Jewish community a Chag Sameach, may you have a year overflowing with sweetness and a good dose of volunteering!

Stephanie HendinPresident,

The Jewish Federation of Edmonton

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to the real Western Wall in Israel! All that walking around Hawrelak Park can make anyone hungry; luckily the Israel Pavilion had a wide selection of delicious foods to snack on, including falafel, lat-kes, rugelach, deep-fried pickles, water-melon and refreshing Lemonana to wash it all down.

The hard work and dedication of everyone involved was recognized by the Heritage Festival Board of Directors, as the Israel Pavilion once again received a First Place award for Arts & Crafts, rec-ognizing the overall flow and feel of the pavilion’s cultural side! The pavilion was also presented with an honourable men-tion for entertainment!

The Jewish Federation of Edmonton would like to acknowledge the work of Constable Christopher Lukas of the Edmonton Police Service, who worked with our community to ensure smooth

The Aviv Israeli Folk Dance Association entertained crowds at the Heritage Festival, and posed for a photo with Constable Christopher Lukas of the

Edmonton Police Service.

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operations for our pavilion over the course of the Festival, as well as our pri-vate security guards, Dean and Neill.

Thanks go out to all the volunteers who helped put on another successful year! Special thanks also go out to Pavilion

Chair Christina Reboh, and Federation staff member Joey Tappenden, who is in charge of coordinating this event, to the Aviv Dancers and to Catering by Ed, which provides our food service.

From left: Stephanie Hendin, President of The Jewish Federation of Edmonton, Ambassador Barak, Debby Shoctor, CEO of The Jewish Federation of Edmonton.

Members of the Jewish Community of Edmonton gather at Beth Israel to hear Ambassador Barak address the Community.

has spent his entire career in the Israeli diplomatic corps, having been posted to France, Belgium, the U.S. and other countries. He speaks English, Hebrew, Spanish and French.

Ambassador Barak said he hopes to increase trade and business partnerships between our two countries and named several specific initiatives he is working on. He also praised the Canadian gov-ernment for their unwavering support of Israel, saying they are Israel’s strong-est supporters in the world, currently, thanks to their moral and ethical stance in politics and international relations.

While in Edmonton, Ambassador Barak met with representatives from the Provincial Government, including out-going Premier Hancock and leader of the official opposition, Danielle Smith. He also met with the editorial staff of the Edmonton Journal. In addition, he met with the Board and Chief Curator of the

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Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), including Board President Barry Zalmanowitz. The AGA will be hosting an exhibit of Israeli Art, which will be coming to the AGA from the National Gallery in Ottawa. The Israeli Consulate as well as The Jewish Federation of Edmonton will be co-hosting the opening reception for this exhibit, which will take place on October 23rd at the AGA. Ambassador Barak will be returning to Edmonton for this event.

The exhibit also received a $5000 grant from the Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation, and additional donations from community members.

From Edmonton, Ambassador Barak continued on to Calgary, Winnipeg, Charlottetown and then Regina and Saskatoon, to complete his visits to Canadian communities he had not already visited.

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We are so excited for PJ Library this year! I would like to start off by wel-

coming our new committee members, Michelle Ausfresser, Talya Shafir, Marnie Pellet, Rachel Marcus, and our new com-mittee chair, Ellie Lanciano. We have been busy meeting and planning for an amazing year of PJ Programs.

On September 14th, 2014 we held our first program of the year, the theme was Rosh Hashana. It was filled with crafts, songs, stories, and snacks. The kids got to put their new year’s wishes on a balloon and release them into the air for them to come true. Everyone enjoyed apples and honey too, of course!

We are holding PJ Library programs on a monthly basis, so please check the Federation Community Calendar for the locations and dates at www.jewishedmonton.org

PJ Library is a monthly subscription of free, Jewish-themed books and CDs that come to your child in the mail. To sign up for your child’s subscription to PJ Library please visit www.pjlibrary.org/communities/edmonton/309 or call Dani Uretsky at 780-487-0585 ext 205.

Happy Reading!!PJ Library held a very successful Rosh Hashanah-themed event at Willowby Community Hall on September 14th.

PJ Library Prepares for a New Programming Year!BY DANI URETSKY

tions of Canada - UIA. We should all be very proud of ourselves. Thankfully the situation has quieted down, but the work is ongoing.

In August, we had a very successful Heritage Days event, which fortunately was well-attended and without incident. Thanks go to Pavilion Chair Christina Reboh and her team, including Joey Tappenden, our Director of Community Relations, who leads the staff efforts for the event, to Susan and Eddie Yedgarova who head up the food side, and to the Aviv Dancers who provide wonderful enter-tainment for the event. And of course, the pavilion volunteers: without them,

we could not host this event. Thanks to the efforts of all these team members, we again won First Place for our cultural display and Honourable Mention for our entertainment. Plans are already under-way for next year’s event, which will be even better!

After Heritage Days, we were hon-oured with a visit from His Excellency Rafael Barak, the new Israeli Ambassador to Canada, and his wife, who had not visited Edmonton before. He graced us with his presence at a lovely dinner for Jewish Community leadership at the Beth Israel, and then spoke to the entire community for about an hour about what is happening in Israel, his efforts

to promote business and research ties between Canada and Israel, and about his personal experiences as a diplomat for Israel. We are fortunate that Mr. Barak will be back in our city on October 23rd for the opening of an Israeli Art exhibit, A Moving Image, at the Art Gallery of Alberta, which is coming to us straight from the National Gallery in Ottawa. I hope that you will all be able to see this exhibit while it is in town. The exhibit is the recipient of funding from many members of our community, includ-ing the Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation, which recently had its annual grant distribution. The



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For an organization that is so involved in our community, Jewish Family

Services has such a low profile that most people know very little about it. Additonally, some of the impressions out there are plain out-of-date or incorrect. Here are some myth-busters you may find surprising:

“JFS doesn’t serve many Jews”

JFS has earned a stellar reputation in the wider community, particularly with the large Integrity Counselling and the Edmonton Healing Centre for Grief and Loss programs. Like some famous insti-tutions (Jewish hospitals come to mind) this demonstrates solid Jewish values and brings recognition of the import-ant Jewish contribution to society. Up to 10% of the clients of these programs are Jewish, and they operate without any Jewish community dollars.

However, both our Seniors Making Age-Related Transitions (SMART) pro-gram (operated jointly with the Jewish Senior Citizens’ Centre), and Survivors’ Home Support program, have a 100% Jewish clientele. And 75% our Life Links settlement & advocacy service clients are Jewish. We’re definitely here for the Jewish community!

“The Federation mostly pays for it”

The Federation does support JFS and there is no question that your dol-lars flowing through the United Jewish Appeal campaign are critically important and deeply appreciated. But Federation grants don’t cover all the costs of services that JFS provides to the Jewish com-munity alone. Every year we are blessed with gifts from many individuals, service organizations and synagogues, but even that falls short. To some degree we can leverage grants from the wider com-munity, but for Jewish-only services, few funders are interested. We do our best to fund raise, but we all know there’s a

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lot of competition. Quite simply, JFS’s work – as your hands of compassion and kindness in our community – requires greater funding. There is so much more we yet could do.

“Are there really poor Jews in

Edmonton?”

According to the 2011 census, 13.2 of Jews in Edmonton are living below the low-income cut off. They live all over the city, most often out of sight. They are young working families and they are older persons living alone. They are Canadian-born and they are immigrants. They are people who struggle with persistent health or addiction issues and they are people who suffered a single catastrophic personal event that changed everything for them. Jews are not immune to such challenges any more than non-Jews. Fortunately, many of those in need do make use of JFS’s services at reduced or no cost to them.

“JFS is for people who are destitute”

That’s true... but only partially! A few fit that description, but most who come to JFS range all the way to the other end of the spectrum. It should not be surprising that ordinary, self-reliant, generally “together” people also need a hand sometimes to sort out a challenge or setback in life. That could be dealing with kids or teens, cop-ing with physical or mental health issues, relationship struggles, career or financial woes, getting older or having an aging parent… things any of us may face. JFS is about promoting well-being for all families and individuals in our community. (And by the way, we’re serious about protecting confidentiality and anonymity so you can set that concern aside.)

We’d be happy to hear from you with any questions or comments. Check out www.JFSE.org. Thank you for your sup-port through the UJA and directly! Please come to our Andrea Martin concert at the Jubilee Auditorium on Sunday, October 5 (tickets at Ticketmaster.ca).

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Jewish Federation of Edmonton is co-sponsoring the opening reception.

September is already upon us and so is the UJA Campaign. This annual cam-paign is the life-blood of our community, and allows us to do what we do. It started with a Canvasser Welcome meeting at the home of Stacey Wright, our new cam-paign co-chair. She and co-chair Clyde Hurtig are heading up a new drive this year to raise $1.25 million, a new goal for our campaign, which they are confident we can reach. Many canvassers have been given their cards and the whole thing kicked off on Sept. 21st with an event at Muttart Hall of the Alberta College branch of Grant McEwan University. American-Iranian comedian Dan Ahdoot and JFC-UIA Chair Dr. Ralph Shedletsky entertained and educated a crowd of about 150 Community members.

Our committees have also been hard at work over the summer. PJ Library has a

whole year of events scheduled with their first one having been held on Sept. 14th at the Willowby Community League. We are pleased to welcome Ellie Lanciano as the new chair of this committee. J.CORE has been hard at work under the leader-ship of Sarah Dolgoy and Eleanor Millar, planning their Shabadoo and networking events. This year, Shabadoo will be held in conjunction with The Shabbos Project on October 24th. The Community Facilities Utilization Committee has been meeting with interested community organizations over the summer and is holding a one-day focus group with Debbie Stein from The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) on Sept. 30th to formulate scen-arios for the future of our community, which will be brought to the members at town hall meetings on November 12th, 20th and 23rd. We hope, through these meetings, to reach some kind of consen-sus about the future of our community and its buildings. Thanks to Clive Oshry and his committee for heading up this

monumental task.BBYO has started up again, with Fall

Boards on the way, as has Hillel, with several events planned on campus. In early October, the Israeli youth from our partnership region in the Galilee Panhandle will be visiting us and their Talmud Torah friends under the guid-ance of Ivan Steiner, our P2G chair. Part of their visit here during Succoth will include a trip to the mountains, which is always a highlight for everyone. This program helps to support our partner-ship region and cement friendships and ties between the two groups of students which last a lifetime.

I want to wish everyone a healthy, happy and sweet new year, and all the best for the year to come – I can assure you it will be filled with events and hap-penings you won’t want to miss, courtesy of The Jewish Federation of Edmonton.

Debby Shoctor CEO, The Jewish Federation Edmonton



The Community Facilities Utilization Committee of The Jewish Federation

of Edmonton has been hard at work over the summer working on a plan for the future of our community.

The Committee, consisting of Chair Clive Oshry and members Stephanie Hendin, Elaine Romanovsky, Shane Asbell, Chloe Soibelman, Marshall Shoctor, Ellery Lew and Sharon Marcus, aided by Federation CEO Debby Shoctor, has been meeting over the summer with various stakeholder groups. Meetings have been held with organizations in the commun-ity to determine synergies which may or may not be created in terms of a new facility for the community. To that end, subcommittees have met with Talmud Torah, Beth Israel and Beit Horim, as well as other groups such as BBYO and JAHSENA. Much useful information has been gathered from these meetings, and is being analyzed by the committee.

The Committee has created a blog on the

Federation website, on which it has posted the results of our Ambassador meetings with the community, as well as the commit-tee’s Terms of Reference, Vision Statement and Guiding Principles. The Guiding Principles of the Committee include having a Transparent and Consultative Process; being Forward-Looking and Inclusive, and being Financially Responsible. The com-mittee is hard at work to fulfill its vision of creating a new home and central address for the Jewish Community of Edmonton.

On September 30th, the Committee, together with the Federation Board will meet with a Facilitator from The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), Debbie Stein, to further examine the data collected so far and to explore scenarios and the ultimate goals of this process. After the results of this meeting are ana-lyzed, scenarios will be created which will be brought to the community during several Town Hall meetings to take place November 12th, 20th and 23rd. It is the

hope of the Committee that the results of these meetings will allow the Committee to make a recommendation to the Executive, which will then be brought to the Board and Community for approval at the AGM on December 3rd. However, this may not be possible, and if so, a special meeting of the Community will be called.

We know it has been a long process, but it has been the goal of the Committee to do a thorough and transparent job of trying to determine the best course of action for the future of our community. If you have any questions about this pro-cess or would like to offer your opinions, please watch for and attend the Town Hall meetings, the dates and times of which will be announced shortly.

We appreciate your patience and look forward to seeing you at the upcoming meetings.

Sincerely, Clive Oshry,

Chair, Community Facilities Utilization Committee

Autumn Report of the Community Facilities Utilization Committee

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J . C O R E is Keeping Busy!BY ELEANOR MILLAR & SARAH DOLGOY

J.CORE has passed our one-year anni-versary and shows no signs of slow-

ing down! Our mission is to reconnect people in our age demographic (25-45) with the broader Jewish community in Edmonton and to each other. This mes-sage has been gradually but consistently filtering out to all segments of the com-munity. Our dedicated and enthusiastic Executive is reenergized to work even harder in year two.

Our Young Professional Networking Committee, guided by our organized and creative Executive member, Kira Gregson, held their first event on September 10th. The committee worked collaboratively to bring insight into what type of event would appeal to the Young Professionals in our community. The event, “Schmooze, Booze and Jew-z” was held at Latitude 53 gallery and brought out new faces as well as returning J.CORE members. Over glasses of wine and beer, and munching on delicious vegetarian appetizers, connec-tions were made and business cards were exchanged. There was a unanimous feeling amongst attendees that these events were valuable and the committee looks forward to planning the next one.

J.CORE is committed to supporting the efforts of other Jewish communal organizations. We are thrilled to be able

Schmooze, Booze and Jew-Z at Latitude 53

J.CORE Young Professional Networking Committee members (L-R) Adam Zepp, Kira Gregson, Darryl Antel, Amy Oygen, Erin Isman and J.CORE Co-Chair Eleanor Millar.

Kira Gregson and her husband Reed Clark at the Latitude 53. Reed, a representative

for Sleeman Breweries, was a sponsor.

to partner with Jewish Family Services to help Edmonton’s Jewish seniors. During the High Holiday period, the Mitzvah Committee is organizing the “Honey Cake and a Smile” event, to deliver honey cakes and spend time visiting with the older members of our community.

Shabbadoo

After the success last year of, “Shabbadoo, Night of 1000 Shabbat Dinners” we are making it an annual event! The Shabbadoo committee is busy recruiting hosts and attendees as well as assembling a fantastic basket of Shabbat goodies to distribute to hosts. This year, together with The Shabbos Project we are also helping with two additional events to bookend the main Shabbadoo event which is taking place on Friday October 24th. On Thursday October 23rd people are invited to come together and “DO THE TWIST:

Challah Baking 101”at the Fantasyland Hotel and then on Saturday October 25th we hope to see a great crowd at “HAVDALLAH & S’MORE(s): Community Havdallah, Smores & Hot Chocolate”.

The Welcome Wagons are still rolling out to new members of the Edmonton Jewish community in our demographic. So far we have welcomed 22 new families to Edmonton. The response has been very positive. If you know anyone else who has recently moved to Edmonton in the 25-45 age demographic please email J.CORE to let us know.

Information for all of these events and more can be found on the J.CORE Facebook page or sign up to receive email notifications at [email protected]. We hope that everyone in our demographic will sign up to get involved, receive our emails and come out to our events.

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Marty BlattHarry Bondar z"lTammy & Rick BronsonJudah BusheikinJerry CooperMark DolgoyMax Dolgoy z"lAnne FanningJack FeldmanSimen FialkowShirley GhitterMurray GlickDebbie & Alvin GoldsmanBessie Goldstick z"lRobert GraesserSondra GroshLeslie HalpertMichael HendinHoney & Eddy IsaacsAmir IsacksonAlan JacobsonLesley JacobsonMyra & Abie KacewLeon KaganBetty & Leon KagnaVerne KarasickJane & Edgar KarstaedtLiam KellyIrina & Abram KhazanovichKaysi KushnerPercy LernerSusan & Murray LiebermanPhil ListerLijun LiuShari & Gary McNeilJoy-Ruth & Ed MickelsonLiza & Shlomo MuradovMarya Owen- ToporowskiJay PalterSean ParkerAnita Pearlman z"lMariann & Jeff RabinovitchMaxine & Irwin RaphaelMartin RolandAbner RubinJoe ShafirMiriam SheckterMaita Silver & Jim BowronErin & Paul SilvermanToby SilvermanLauren SkyNeil SmordinJane & Hersh SobelGaylene SoiferDebbie & Gaby SonegoColin SoskolneEsther StarkmanJudy & Harvey SternbergJoseph TappendenPenny Tappenden

Shira & Aubrey UretskyLeanne WaselShelley WeinsteinEva & Samuel WeiszMel WyneMichael ZabludowskiMarty ZellKaren Leibovici & Stephen Zepp

Supporters : $ 300-$ 499Anonymous (x3)Gloria AaronStephen AaronSharon AbbottClive AllenLissa AntflickMarilyn BercovichBlair BondarRivie BondarKrista & Robert BrickJoseph BrumlikBonnie ChetnerSarah DolgoyJanice Richman-Eisenstat & Dr. David EisenstatNina Estrin-HardinCory FelberCyril FriedSonia & Gabe GoldbergShirley GoldbergKaren GoldsteinSheila GreenbergSandra Maygard & Barry GreenspanRon GrobermanNeil HandelsmanGillian HorwitzMark HubermanSharon & Mark KatzeffKaren & Randy KondorDoreen LutskyLutz MarburgJudy MillerArlene & Pierre MorinLaurie MozesonBeryl & Mike NahornickPhyllis NurgitzFrances Ratner DolgoyLawrence RodnunskyElaine & Mark SalkieSari SchiffDebby ShoctorMiriam & Mark SidersonLinda SilvermanGeoff SkyPaula SnyderErica Solomon & Jeff WintersteinNatalie & Ken SorokaEira SpanerGil SpangletBoris SukalskyPhillip Switzer

The Jewish Federation of Edmonton - UJA wishes to acknowledge the following generous gifts

received during the 2013 UJA campaign:

Through your generosity, over $1,200,000

was raised for Jewish Community needs at the local level, nationally and in Israel.

We apologize for any errors or omissions. If your name has been missed, please contact the UJA office at 780-487-0585 x 206 or [email protected]

Esfira & Zalman VaynshteynJini VogelNikki & Rick VogelDenise & Michael WebsterOsnat & Eytan WineSue WinestockDoug WolchMorley WolfmanNaomi WolfmanEdward YedgarovaSusan YedgarovaEsi ZionAngela Topping &Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Fr iends : $ 150-$299Anonymous (x6)Robert AaronLaurence AbbottLuba AllenMark AsbellSherrie Banks & Robert WoodSofia & Aron BelostotskiMorris BesneyHelaine BlattStan BronsonSheila BronsonGail & Brian BuckFrieda BugisSylvia Chetner z"lBarrie ChiversMiriam CooperLarry DerkachCherie DiamondTrudianne & Bill DolmanJudy EdelmannMinnie & Harvey EmasArnold FaintuchLarry & Judi FieldingDonna FreedmanSteven FriedenthalRabbi Daniel & Batya FriedmanSam FrohlichMichael FurmanKaren GallSandra Ghitter MannesBarry GoldbergBluma & Jack GoldbergGeorge GoldfordAndrew GowBrent GreenThe Happy Camel, Inc.Joy Hartman & Rory ZivBronia & James Heilik

Jeannette & Bernie HoffmanZachary HoltzmanErica KarabusDebby KarasickShelby KarpmanFred KatzJennifer KatzMichael KlebanovJerome KleinGeorge KrausAlex KravetsLilia KravetsMartha KushnerBrian LeighPenny LernerSari & Kingsley LeungSandy LitmanDiane & Irving MarcovitchAnnie MarcusSharon MarcusEleanor MillarGail & Kevin MilnerIsadore MonsRuth & Harry NolanSharon OhayonDoron & Meirav OrMaria & Ilya OratovskyNetta PhilletJanet PollockPaul PolushinJosie PromislowLinda RabinovitchSaul RabinovitzChristina Tzipora & Joel RebohNurit ReshefLiza RobinsonEve & Craig RoseMona RosenbergLinda RutmanReisa SegalRuth-Ellen ShafirAnat & Raffi SharonDeb ShatzFrank SheckterSonia SheckterRoni ShepsCheryl & Wayne ShurGarry SilvermanFrances SimonJune SkibinGary SmordinRuth SniderEarle SniderJane SoiferMarv Soroka

Lillian SorokaEd (Bucky) StochinskyPerry SwensonGayle TallmanZhanna & Leonid UritskyCarmen & Phyllis WallaceMarlene & Harry WarhaftPaula & Eric WeilNaomi WolchJodi ZabludowskiMark Zeltserman

Donors : $76-$ 149Anonymous (x2)Jennifer Abbott- CaronDarryl AntelJerry AntflickIsrael Daniel AsshRuth & Norman BlaywaysShirlann & Lawrence BlissRita & Jason CairnsJudi CardKaren CoganMatt CohenDavid CowanPaul DeutschBernard DlinRabbi Ari & Rifka DrelichTanis (Tybie) FloomMargaret FrohlichMaurice FurmanGertrude FurmanJoel GhitterMara GhitterOsnat GoldsandBrandy GraesserKira GregsonSara & Avi HabinskyNancy & Ralph HechterErin IsmanBradley JohnstonClara KaganMaury KatzinSofia Vichnevsky & Alex KoganBruce KoligerMolly KoligerTova KondorUri KondorSamuel KoplowiczAlexander KrimbergGerald LarsonSara LarsonJay Lerner

Ethel LeveneGary J. LevineNancy LiebermanHinda LipshitzDaniella LymanDyanne & Alan LyonsElaine LyonsLutz MarburgMax MarcusRobin MarcusDave MarcusMarcia & Walter McKallRivvy MeloffPaul MessingerEsther MillerGabriel MillerMarvin MitchellAmy OygenAdam PaullVioletta ProfisLisa & Robert RabinovitchFern RobinsonMiriam RobsonIsabel RodnunskyHelen RosenbergBernard SchwartzDavid SchwartzSofi & Simon ShapiroMarilyn Sheckter & Sam FialkovRhoda SheininAnita SkyJohn Michael TerrettCindie ThompsonDani & Jason UretskyTovah YedlinSaul Zalik

Contr ibutors : $75 and underAnonymousDave AaronHannah AaronSarah AaronRose AbramsGeorge AbramsJeni AdlerDoreen AlbertSylvia AlpernMartin BankeyShoshana BankeyRegina & Itsikas BarakerisTodd BaramTslila & Gershon BarzelSara & Ezra BavlyElizabeth BerkovichEsther Besney z"l

Rabbi Mendy Blachman & Chiah-Sarah WaydenLana BlackYelena BraslavskyFreda BraudeMichelle BrewerMira & Gary CampbellFrances ChatrinSharon CohenRenee Davis ConstamRabbi Rafi DraimanDaniella DrisdellReuven DvorkinJason EidelmanRhonda EidelmanDavina EisenstatLeeor EliyahuBarry EstrinFani EstrinGenach FeldmanRocky FeldmanFrida FeldmanEvgeny FialkovNina FieldingBernie FrankelGloria FrankelDorita FurmanCarol GallAndrew GergelyVergenne GlaserJudy GleibermanSeth GlickAbraham GoldbergKathy GoldbergGary GoldsandJacob GoorCindy HardinJerrod HenochMarvin HorwitzDaphne HorwitzMichael JacobsonNathan KahnSandra KahnBenjamin KaneeRozalia & Yefmas KarpulisEsta KarpulisMaya KhasinDaniel KoganElizabeth KoganEmily KoganJennifer KoganMarla KovacsOleg KovarskyTatyana KovlerEli LagnadoLiebe LagnadoAdam Larson

Rabbi David & Shulamis LauferRotem LavyFay LeighReesa LernerRobby LernerMargo LeveyAnna & Eugene LinetskyGabe MandelDavid MannesCarol McKinlayRachel MillerBernice & Sparkie MilnerShenita MooreHelen MuskalStan NathanJared Paull & Hannah AndersonFrida & Greg PesinMisha PesinJosephine PetersKhana PodjarskayaHanna PollackTamara Raynor-CoteNathan RebohOrna & Alan RichterLaura SchechterSusan SchubertJack SchwartzbergAnna ShapiroGrigory ShapiroLyubov ShapiroMiriam SheckterMihail ShmuilovichIrvin ShoreSheila ShoreAnita ShwarzmanStaci SilvermanRuth SniderAriel SnidermanLiz SnidermanFlorence SoiferPhyllis SolsbergAliya SpigelmanMartha SquireAlice SwitzerClarice SwitzerKathleen ThurberDaniel ToegStan TubinshlakUnited WayRachel WarhaftJoel WeiszRabbi Will & Sarah YeamansMichal Zitomer

The Jewish Federation of Edmonton - UJA wishes to acknowledge the following generous gifts

received during the 2013 UJA campaign:

Through your generosity, over $1,200,000

was raised for Jewish Community needs at the local level, nationally and in Israel.

We apologize for any errors or omissions. If your name has been missed, please contact the UJA office at 780-487-0585 x 206 or [email protected]

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It is the mandate of the Edmonton Jew-ish Community Charitable Foundation

(EJCCF) to annually distribute 3.5% of the total value of held funds to various Jewish organizations throughout Edmonton.

Our aim is that one day we will grow our funds such that that our annual distribution will be so vast that we will be able to annually fund all of our local Jewish Charitable Organizations. We are a far cry from that, but I have learned that you have to make small goals first.

Our goal for this year is to have $1,000,000 in our fund in perpetuity, which means every year we distribute the 3.5% and still at the end of the year have over

$1,000,000. While acknowledging that we all have everyday needs, the EJCCF sees the need to get our Community to see the value of long-term thinking and planning.

We have started to meet with Community stakeholders who are willing to start up a fund, by donating $10,000 or $25,000, and paying that amount over a five- or ten-year period. It is a great way for families to give a special thank-you to their parents or grandparents by naming the fund after them, and then directing which partner agency in the community should be a beneficiary.

Another area of great interest for our board is bringing on new members. The

board meets up to six times a year, and members have input on which Jewish organizations will receive EJCCF funding each year. It is a great opportunity to get involved and learn more about how our community works together.

If you are interested in learning more about the simple process of setting up a fund within the EJCCF, or would like to join our board, please be in touch!

Sincerely,Michael Paull

Chair, Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation

[email protected] 780-452-0490

This past August, Edmonton sent a mighty group to this year’s JCC Maccabi

Games and Artsfest in Detroit, Michigan.It is important to note that while only

five Edmontonian youth attended this year’s games, it is the first time that Edmonton has participated in both the sporting competition and Artsfest.

On the sports side, Lydia Samis attended the games for her second time and for the second year in a row, returned home with a medal. She was paired up with Max Segal from New Jersey, and they won the bronze in doubles tennis.

A veteran of four JCC Maccabi Games, Levi Sonego finally medaled in soccer. He and first year participant Noah Campbell joined forces with Calgary players to win the silver medal in the boys under-16 soccer tournament.

Edmonton represents at the JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsfestBY LISA MILLER

them in and around Detroit.After organizing Edmonton’s delega-

tion to four JCC Maccabi Games, Lisa Miller is stepping down and Alexa Steiner is stepping up to organize the group for the 2015 Games. Alexa has attended five JCC Maccabi games, three as an athlete and two as coach and organizer. She is actively recruiting for next year’s games which will be held in August either in Fort Lauderdale, Milwaukee or Dallas. If you have a teenager that might be interested in taking part in the JCC Maccabi Games and Artsfest as either an athlete or artist, please contact Alexa at 587-224-2522 or email: [email protected]. Alexa would be more than happy to answer any questions you might have about this opportunity.

Autumn Update from the Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable Foundation

The Maccabi Alberta soccer team poses for a team photo.

Edmonton’s delegation to the Maccabi Games and Artsfest (L-R) Karin Vaisbein, Noah Campbell, Tevyn Shadlyn, Coach and Organizer Lisa Miller, Levi Sonego and Lydia Samis.

The JCC Maccabi games began 32 years ago with the idea of bringing together Jewish youth from North America, Israel and other countries for a sporting competition. Since the inception of the games, more than 100,000 teens aged 13-16 have taken part in not only sporting competition, but performed community service in the host cities.

A few years back, Artsfest was added to the mix, inviting kids aged 13-17 to sing, dance, act, paint and cook in workshop sessions.

This year, a newcomer to our city, Karin Vaisbein, took part in Artsfest dance. She was one of three young women and one male to train under Mark McCleese. Mark has choreographed nearly 70 musicals coast to coast and in a few short days crafted three dances for these teens to perform in the final showcase.

Tevyn Shadlyn made his fourth trip to the JCC Maccabi Games but first as an Artsfest participant. He spent the week in culinary school working with a pastry chef, and a TV/celebrity chef but the high-light was the Jewish cooking class.

Each evening, the kids hung up their aprons, dance shoes, soccer cleats and tennis sneakers and joined the more than 1000 other teens from Canada, U.S.A., Israel, Mexico and Venezuela at dance parties and other social events planned for

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From August 18-20, the annual national meetings of Canada Israel Experience

– Birthright (CIE), Hillel Canada and The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) were held in Toronto. These sessions brought together the staff and lay-leader-ship of these organizations, all of which are initiatives of Federations across Can-ada, for strategic planning sessions for the 2014-2015 year. Attendees were treat-ed to presentations and best-practices sessions by the likes of Linda Kislowicz, CEO of Jewish Federations of Canada – United Israel Appeal (JFC-UIA) and Don Sylvan, CEO of Hillel Ontario, among others. Nearly every Jewish Community across the country was represented and especially as pertaining to Western Can-ada, where new Hillel staff are on board for both Winnipeg and Calgary, this was a great opportunity plan our Western Can-adian collaborative programming and to learn from our partners out in the East. Breakout sessions facilitated by CIJA and Edmonton’s own Eleanor Millar from the

CIJA Hosts Birthright, Hillel and Israel Advocacy Sessions

Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Com-mittee (CJPAC) were positive environ-ments to discuss advocacy surrounding Israel, as well as Jewish issues at both the campus and broader civil society levels. Meanwhile, on the Birthright front, com-munity representatives were updated as

to new Birthright policies and marketing approaches. Thanks go out to CIJA for facilitating these discussions to be truly national in scope and for inviting all the respective community delegates to these well-run educational sessions.

Dear Community members, on behalf of the UJA team and everyone at The Jewish Federa-

tion of Edmonton, we would like to thank you for your support of our community and the import-ant work that we all do. For the past few years, we have held very successful campaigns where we have grown incrementally, but have hovered just above the $1,000,000 mark. Our community finds itself in a very unique situation now, with new

families in town and new energies engaging youth, young adults and our Jewish future. Through your support and community dedication, we aim to reach our 2014 UJA campaign goal of $1,250,000. We are confident that we will be able to reach that goal, especially given the great community projects and pro-gramming that we have brought to our community since this time last year. It is our belief that this year’s campaign message of strength through community, wherein We Answer the Needs of the Jewish World, will inspire your continued support of our Community both through volunteerism and philanthropy.

Sincerely,Clyde Hurtig & Stacey Wright

Message from our UJA co-chairs:

With the summer over and everyone getting back into their fall routine, Edmonton’s Jewish high school students are

beginning their preparation for a fantastic year in terms of BBYO programming. BBYO is a worldwide teen movement, bringing together high school students from all over the globe, with all types of interests and from all types of Jewish backgrounds. BBYO’s pluralistic movement of Jewish teens, alumni, parents, volunteers and philanthropists serves as the one of the Jewish community’s most valuable platform for delivering to the post- Bar/Bat Mitzvah demographic a fun and meaningful experiences that inspires a lasting connection to the Jewish people.

With the programming year nearly in full swing, teens have the opportunity to connect with each other at weekly programs that promote teen leadership, community service and social action. BBYO teaches teens the importance of community. Leadership development is an important aspect of BBYO, but we ensure that there is a strong element of fun to BBYO programming as well. Be sure to keep your eye open for exciting events and oppor-tunities with BBYO. Have any questions? Want to receive more information? Contact Joseph Tappenden at The Jewish Federation of Edmonton: (780) 487 0585 ext. 204 or [email protected]

BBYO Update BY JOEY TAPPENDEN

Hillel President Bari Lavy tabled at the University of Alberta Clubs Fair in early September and signed up new students!

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Request for Permission to Continue to Send Email Communications

You may have heard recently that the Federal Government’s Canadian

Anti-Spam Legislations (CASL) came into force on July 1, 2014. This legislation has impacted how all organizations, such as The Jewish Federation of Edmonton, engage in electronic communication and marketing by prohibiting the transmis-sion of a “Commercial Electronic Mes-sage” (CEM) to an electronic address unless the recipient has already con-sented to the receipt of the CEM.

Emails seeking donations, volunteers, members, or promoting ticket sales, events and the organization itself are considered commercial activities.

In order to comply with the new legislation, The Jewish Federation of Edmonton must gain consent from all members in order to continue sending electronic communications. If you have not already done so, please email [email protected] stating your consent, or fill out the form below and fax or mail it back.

By signing below, I hereby give my permission to The Jewish Federation of Edmonton to communicate with me via email or other means, both electronic and other, at the address below in order to inform me about its events, member-ship voluntary opportunities, etc.

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Please return this form to us at: #200, 10220-156 St. Edmonton, AB T5P 2R1 FAX (780)481-1854 [email protected]

Every September, The Jewish Federa-tion of Edmonton holds its annual

UJA Kickoff event to mark the start of the UJA Campaign season. In years past, we have been privileged to have as our guests, educators, journalists and polit-icians from across Canada and beyond. In fact, last year our community was privileged to have Michael Farber as our guest. This year, we took a different path, and on September 21st the UJA team was pleased to present Dan Ahdoot as our special guest. Dan is a comedian who splits his time between Los Angeles

UJA Kicks Off with Comedian Dan Ahdoot

UJA Co-Chair Clyde Hurtig, Dan Ahdoot, Jewish Federations of Canada - UIA Chair Dr. Ralph Shedletsky, UJA Co-Chair Stacey Wright, Jewish Federation of

Edmonton CEO Debby Shoctor at the UJA Kickoff.

Mira & Gary Campbell pose for a photo with Dan Ahdoot.

Dan Ahdoot entertained Community members at the UJA Kickoff.

and New York, and has worked on vari-ous prominent television shows such as Kickin’ it, on the Disney Channel, where he plays the beloved character “Falafel Phil” and The Tonight Show. We were also pleased to welcome another special guest, Dr. Ralph Shedletsky, who is the Chair of the national Federation system, Jewish Federations of Canada – United Israel Appeal (JFC-UIA). Our campaign kickoff featured presentations about the work of Edmonton UJA and the Jewish Federations across Canada and speeches by UJA Co-Chairs Clyde Hurtig and Sta-cey Wright. After the presentations about our Campaign and a video message from Yossi Tanuri, Director General of JFC-UIA thanking our Community for supporting Israel during the recent Operation Pro-tective Edge, Dan Ahdoot took the stage. Dan, who had flown in directly from Los Angeles for the UJA Kickoff, performed a hilarious set and a great time was had by all who attended. The event was held at the Muttart Hall of Grant MacEwan Uni-versity’s Alberta College Campus and was well-attended by community members. It was preceded by a cocktail reception for major donors at the Union Bank Inn, and followed by a dessert reception for all those who attended. The goal of the 2014 Edmonton UJA Campaign is to raise $1,250,000 for Jewish community causes locally, nationally and abroad. To arrange a gift to the 2014 campaign, contact Daniel Larson at the UJA office at 780-487-0585 ext. 206.

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