February 3, 2000
RABBI DR. REUVEN P. BULKA
OF CONGREGATION MACHZIKEI HADAS IN OTTAWA
TO BE HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH LIFE
Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka of Congregation Machzikei Hadas,
in Ottawa, will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU)
Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner
on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, in New York City.
The OU will honor Rabbi Bulka as well as 11 other outstanding rabbis
and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life in
America. Rabbi Yosef Grunblatt, spiritual leader of the Queens Jewish Center in Forest
Hills, NY – who will also be honored at the dinner – will be the keynote
speaker.
"Rabbi Bulka is an impressive community and spiritual leader
who has made an enormous contribution to Jewish life, " said Mandell I. Ganchrow,
M.D., President of the OU.
Rabbi Bulka is a noted scholar, author and editor who has published
over 30 books as well as countless articles for professional journals in the fields of
religion, health and psychology. He is the host of both a television series –
"In Good Faith" – and a radio call-in program, "Sunday Night with
Rabbi Bulka."
Founder of Clergy for a United Canada, Rabbi Bulka serves as
Chairman of the Publications Committee for the Rabbinical Council of America as well as Chairman of the National
Rabbinic Cabinet for State of Israel Bonds and President of the International Rabbinic
Forum for Keren HaYesod. He is also a chaplain for the Dominion Command of the Royal
Canadian Legion and chairs the Religious and Inter-Religious Affairs Committee of Canadian
Jewish Congress. In addition, he chairs the Religious Advisory Committee for the United
Way of Ottowa-Carlton.
Rabbi Bulka received his semicha (rabbinic ordination) from the
Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary in New York and his Ph.D. (with a concentration in
the Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl) from the University of Ottawa.
"We cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis, synagogues
and communal institutions working in concert to insure a thriving Orthodoxy," said
Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU. "The Orthodox Union
acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life. Each community is built
around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that leadership that we are proud
to honor."
The honorees include: Rabbi Yosef Adler (Congregation Rinat Yisroel,
Teaneck,) Rabbi Moshe Bomzer (Congregation Beth Abraham Jacob, Albany); Rabbi Mark Dratch
(Agudath Sholom, Stamford); Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt (Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills);
Rabbi Dr. Basil F. Herring (Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach); Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick (Beth
Sholom, Rochester); Rabbi Zvulun (Sidney) Lieberman (Beth Torah Congregation, Brooklyn);
Rabbi Yisroel Miller (Poale Zedeck Congregation, Pittsburgh); Rabbi Adam Mintz (Lincoln
Square Synagogue, New York); Rabbi Arthur Schneier (Park East Synagogue, New York); and
Rabbi Harvey Well (Or Torah Congregation, Skokie).
For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at (212)
613-8134.
The Orthodox Union, now in its second century of service to the
Jewish community of America and beyond, is the world leader in youth work,
advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services,
adult education and political action. Its kosher supervision label, the OU, is the world’s
most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 220,000 products in 62 countries
around the globe.
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