OTTAWA—The Jewish Federation of Ottawa says beloved Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka has died at the age of 77. He died Sunday morning in New York City where he had moved to spend time with his five children after being diagnosed with advanced stage pancreatic and liver cancer in January. Bulka was the rabbi, and then rabbi emeritus, at Ottawa’s Congregation Machzikei Hadas for more than 50 years, but his constant presence at the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa helped earn him the nickname “Canada’s Rabbi.” On June 3, federal legislation creating Kindness Week in the third week of February each year was given royal assent. The bill was inspired by Bulka’s own Kindness Week, created in Ottawa 14 years ago to celebrate and foster community acts of kindness. Bulka’s funeral will be livestreamed from New York at 4 p.m. Sunday. Tributes immediately flooded social media for the rabbi, who …
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