Ner Tamid, Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Reuven Bulka
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Scholar in Residence Rabbi Reuven Bulka May 28, 2011 Shabbat Bamidbar Sermon - âJewish Demographics: Are we Winning or Losing?â Lunch - âAre We as Happy as we Should Be?â Before Shalosh Seudos- âMitzvah Surprises - Obligations That Fall Under the Radarâ Reuven P. Bulka is a rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and former co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. He received his Rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary in New York City, and his Ph.D.degree from the University of Ottawa in 1971, concentrating on the Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl. He has been the Rabbi of Congregation Mach-zikei Hadas in Ottawa since 1967. Rabbi Bulka was the founder and editor of the Journal of Psychology and Judaism. He was also the host of the TV series, In Good Faith and continues to host the weekly radio call-in program Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka on CFRA in Ottawa, as well as weekly radio Jewish culture and music program JEW-BILATION on CJLL-FM. He is a regular columnist for the Ottawa Citizen's "Ask the Religion Experts" feature. Bulka is the author and/or editor of 35 books, including Turning Grief into Gratitude. In 2009, he called on the leadership of the Catholic Church in Canada to follow the lead of bishops in France, Belgium and Germany, among other countries, in denouncing the Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism of Bishop Richard Williamson and in reaffirming in no uncertain terms that such hateful views have no place in the Church.