The Butterfly Project
nullnullS stnullents hononull child victims of nulllocanullt
If you’ve seen the documentary nullnullaper nulllipsnull about The nullolocaust era poem nullThe Butterfly,null
a southern null.S. school and its grassroots trib- written by a childnull nullavel nullriedmannnull inspired
ute to victims of the nullolocaustnull you’ll appreci- the choice of butternullies as a symbol of hopenull
ate the Butternully nullronullect. Students at Toronto’s faithnull Jewish life and religious freedom.
nullnited Synagogue nullay School do. nulleople around the world were invited to
nulln commemoration of nullolocaust educa- nulloin SnullJnull by creating butternullies and send-
tion weenullnull they created ceramic butternullies ing them to San nulliegonull where they will be
as a contribution to the pronullect developed added to the thousands of butternullies deco-
at the San nulliego Jewish nullcademy nullSnullJnullnull to rating the school’s campus.
memorialinulle the null.null million children who By bringing together childrennull parents and
perished in the nullolocaust. grandparents null some of them nullolocaust sur-
The goal is to create null.null million beautiful vivors null in a collaborative school community
ceramic butternulliesnull with the participation effortnull nullSnullS connected its students to differ-
of communities worldwidenull to honour the ent generations and communities across the
survivors. globe and to history. fn
null ynull or Comes Calling
From Real Gelt
We may like to think of it as Jerusalem of goldnull but in reality
nullsrael’s capital has more than its share of challengesnull
To Chocolate Gelt
a brain drain enullodus of university gradsnull religious
tensions and povertynull nullust to name a few. nullir Barnullat
null one year into his term as Jerusalem’s mayor null was
in Toronto recently to share his vision for his city’s
futurenull including a plan to rebuild the its economy.
The youthful mayornull nullnown for his entrepreneurial
touch as a self-made multi-millionaire in the hi-
tech industrynull placed nulley importance on attracting tourists. nulln 2nullnullnullnull compared to nullew
nullornull attracting nullnull million tourists and nullomenull nullaris and nullondon hosting more than nullnull
millionnull Jerusalem had only about two million visitors. nullor a city that has spiritual
signinullance to three billion people worldwidenull Barnullt told the Jerusalem nulloundation
of nullanada that Jerusalem should be able to attract nullnull million tourists annually by the
nenullt decade. nullnulle have to return Jerusalem to the role it played 2nullnullnullnull and 3nullnullnullnull years
agonullnull he saidnull nullwhen Jews and non-Jews alinulle would comenull practice their faithnull spiritualinulle
and go bacnull home as ambassadors of peace.null fn
null ynull or Comes ellingnull
Toronto nullayor nullavid nulliller was on hand recently to help
celebrate nullnull years of Toronto’s Jewish community nullour years agonull nullaren nullisman traded in the world of mergers and
centres. Together with nulleritage Torontonull nulliller un- acnulluisitions for the world of nullltninull and nullunchnullns. vnull ing up
veiled a planullue at the nulliles nulladal Jnullnull commemo- a career as an enulluities analystnull she started writing children’s boonulls.
rating a history that began in nullnullnullnull with the opening She began by manulling up stories and telling them to her children’s
of the nulloung nullen’s - nulloung nullomen’s nullebrew nullsso- nursery classesnull when one of the teachers said she ought to write
ciation and has evolved into the city’s three current them down. Then inspiration came during the nullecember holiday
hubs of Jewish lifenull the nulliles nulladal Jnullnull downtownnull season. nullnulle had nullust come bacfrnull om seeing nullutcracnuller Suitenullnull she
the new nullrosserman Jnullnull at Bathurst and Sheppardnull saysnull nulland my son asnulled why there are no nullanunullh stories with
and the Schwartnull-nulleisman nullommunity nullentre in enullciting battle scenesnull cranully adventures and a cannon.null Those are all
nullornull nullegion. elements she wrote into her nullrst published boonullnull An Adventure in
nullayor nulliller told Friday Night that the building at the corner of Bloor and Spadina Latkaland: A Hanukkah Story. nullt’s a story of magic dreidlsnull nullacca-
held a warm spot in his heartnull null went to fT null down the street and this Jnull was well bee linulle adventuresnull and magical places linulle the nullolden nullelt nullorest
nullown as part of the fabric of the communitynull part of who we are.null fn null all of which came to life when nullisman read publicly for families
and local school children at the recent Toronto Jewish Boonull nullair. fn
January/February 2010 friday night 1null
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