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A lifetime of bringing people together: Canada s Rabbi Reuven Bulka dies
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Rabbi Reuven Bulka sounds tired on the phone, lacking his usual spark, in this sombre season of his life.
And next week may be harder still he begins chemotherapy for the late-stage cancer that has attacked his liver and pancreas.
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“We’re going to do it in increments and we’ll see how it goes,” he said Thursday.
Ottawa’s best-known rabbi, a dual U.S. citizen, has left the city to be near family in the New York City area. It is unclear if he’ll ever be able to come back for any extended period.
But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, often dubbed Canada s rabbi, says he has no complaints. In terms of having complaints to God or complaints that life isn t giving me a fair shake, that doesn t enter my mind, the 76-year-old beloved spiritual leader in Ottawa s Jewish community said in a telephone interview from New York City, where he has gone to be with his five children. I really feel blessed in the life that I ve lived.
Over almost 50 years as rabbi and now rabbi emeritus at Ottawa s Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Bulka has spent countless hours at the bedside of dying people and consoling grieving family members.
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