Rabbi reuven bulka bio

Canadian writer and rabbi (1944–2021)

Reuven Pinchas BulkaCM (Hebrew: ראובן פנחס בולקא; June 6, 1944 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster, and activist. He was the spiritual leader of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa from 1967, first as Rabbi and then, starting in 2015, as Rabbi Emeritus.

He served as co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 2007 to 2009. Bulka's work with Kind Canada led to the recognition of the third week of February every year as "Kindness Week" in Canada.

Biography

Bulka was born to Rabbi Chaim Yaakov "Jacob" and Yehudis "Ida" (Alt) Bulka in London on D-Day, June 6, 1944.^[2][4] The family moved to the United States in 1946, where his father taught at Hebrew schools in Providence and Rockaway before becoming rabbi of a synagogue in The Bronx.

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He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary in 1965 and was granted a Bachelor of Arts rabbi reuven bulka bio5 HEMEC