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Some Jewish Gazans resettled well
SHOMRIYA, Israel — The majority of the nearly 9,000 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip who were evicted from their homes prior to Israel’s unilateral withdrawal in the summer of 2005 are still dazed and bitter as they struggle to regain their footing.

David Raisch in Shomriya [Sheldon Kirshner photo]

 
Canadian ambassador loves his posting in Israel

HERZLIYA PITUACH, Israel – Jon Allen, Canada’s 17th resident ambassador to Israel, is floating on a cloud of bliss.

Jon Allen and wife Clara [Sheldon Kirshner photo] 

“I’m having a wonderful time,” he said in an interview last month at his palatial rented residence just north of Tel Aviv.

 
New project tries to care for the caregivers

TORONTO — For the first time, seven Jewish community agencies are joining forces to help people who are caring for aging or ailing family members.

The agencies – Circle of Care, Baycrest, Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living, Chai Tikvah Foundation, Jewish Family & Child, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services Toronto and Reena – will collaborate to deliver support services through the newly established Family Caregiver Connections Project.

 
Ashkenaz features 200 performers from a dozen countries

TORONTO — Eric Stein’s serendipitous introduction to klezmer music turned out to be a life-altering event.

He was doing sound recording for his late brother, David Stein, a filmmaker, who was documenting the 1997 Toronto Ashkenaz Festival. At the time, Stein had completed an MA in history and was planning to stay on the academic career track.

 
Beth Sholom founding rabbi ‘considered everyone a friend’
TORONTO — Rabbi David Monson, known fondly as “the people’s rabbi,” died last week. He was 91.

He was founding rabbi and later rabbi emeritus of Beth Sholom Synagogue. The last time he was in the shul was last fall, when he received an aliyah in honour of his 90th birthday.

 
La pauvreté un grand défi pour Israël
La pauvreté qui touche de plein fouet les franges les plus défavorisées d’Israël est un “fléau” qui constitue “une sérieuse menace” pour l’avenir de l’État hébreu, estime la vice-présidente de la Knesset, la députée du Parti Travailliste Colette Avital.
 
Argentine envoy pledges justice for AMIA bombing
MONTREAL — The Argentine government is determined to finally get to the bottom of the notorious bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires 14 years ago, the country’s consul general in Montreal said.

Pictured at the AMIA commemoration are, from left, Argentine Consul General Guillermo Tagino, Cote St. Luc Mayor Anthony Housefather, Hampstead Mayor William Steinberg, D’Arcy McGee MNA Lawrence Bergman and Israeli Consul General Yoram Elron.

 
UJA Federation looks to the future
TORONTO — The Toronto Jewish community provides leadership for the entire Jewish world, said Ted Sokolsky, president and CEO of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto at the organization’s annual leadership retreat recently.

The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto recently held a leadership retreat at Jeff and Lori Rosenthal’s cottage in Innisfil, Ont.
 
Sara Diamond is billed as young sensation

MONTREAL — Sara Diamond stood before a Bell Centre corporate holiday crowd of almost 6,000 people last December. It was a month before her 13th birthday.

Singer Sara Diamond is at the start of a bright career. [Heather Solomon photo]

As she sang A Moment Like This, she saw her own image multiplied in size on the massive screen above the stage.

 
Paralyzed Israeli soldier speaks out in praise of his army
At 22, Ron Weinreich looks too young and strong to be in a wheelchair.
 
 But the veteran Israeli soldier has seen the battlefield up close, and he lives with the price of war every day. Severely wounded during the Second Lebanon War, Weinreich is paralyzed from the chest down.

 
Media critic suing French news outlets
After successfully defending a defamation case brought by one of France’s premier television networks, Philippe Karsenty is going on the offensive.
 
The Three Weeks
Grief and sadness are not major elements of the Jewish religion. Our holidays are festivals during which we are commanded to be joyful and content. Yet, when a loved one passes away, we mourn at the shivah, and we grieve for 12 months for the loss of a parent.
 
Scholar sought opportunity, found pride instead
This special feature series will profile people who were in Israel in 1948, at the birth of the Jewish state.
 
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