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.
OTTAWA, Ill. — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, . . .
Rabbi Reuven Bulka has devoted his life to promoting kindness. Joan Bryden, Canadian Press
| Updated January 19, 2021
The Canadian Press
Governor General David Johnston invests Rabbi Reuven Bulka of Ottawa into the Order of Canada to during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 7, 2014.
OTTAWA For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all.
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.
OTTAWA, Ill. — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, . . .
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