televised observations of Remembrance Day services at the National War Memorial. Organizations He was on the editorial boards of Tradition, SASSON Magazine, Journal of Religion and Health, International Forum for Logotherapy and Pastoral Psychology''. Among other leadership roles, he served as Chairman of the RCA Publications Committee, the Ottawa World Jewry Committee (formerly Ottawa Soviet Jewry Committee), Israel Bonds's Rabbinic Cabinet, the Canadian Christian-Jewish Consultation, Ottawa Kindness Week, and the Trillium Gift of Life Network, President of the International Rabbinic Forum of Keren Hayesod, founder of Clergy for a United Canada, and Honorary Chaplain of the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion. He was a member of the Interfaith Committee on Canadian Military Chaplaincy and was instrumental in restoring Jewish Chaplains to the Canadian Forces. As a part of this Committee he received a Command Commendation from the Chief of Military Personnel. He was a member of the board of Canadian Blood Services and chaired the Hospice Ottawa West campaign. Previously he chaired the Courage Campaign for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation which raised $25 million for cancer care. Bulka's work with Kind Canada led to the federal government designating the third week of February in each and every year as "Kindness Week" with the adoption of Bill S-223 during the 43rd Canadian Parliament. As co-President of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bulka 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. Awards and honours Bulka was a recipient of the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal (January 1993) as well as the Beryl Plumptre Award of Excellence from the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Eastern Ontario Branch (1998). He was also awarded the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award of the Ottawa Jewish Community (1999), the Mayor's Award for Community Service (1999), the Bronfman Medal from the Canadian Jewish Congress. He was named the honorary principal of SAR Academy in Riverdale, New York in February 2009. In 2006 Rabbi Bulka was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Carleton University, and on February 18, 2010, he was awarded the Key to the City of Ottawa. He also received Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee Medal, Golden Jubilee