Over the last 75 years, the Ottawa Jewish Community School (OJCS), formerly Hillel Academy, has been an institution in our community and a symbol of outstanding secular and Jewish education. Since its founding, OJCS has followed their core Jewish values of Tzedakah (justice) and Tikkun Olam …
Learn more about the work of Jewish Family Services (JFS) in this agency submission sharing the stories of those who have benefited from their services.
By David Dern, CFRE, Director of Development
As an inter-faith, multi-service agency, Jewish Family Services Ottawa, (JFS) supports m…
For three days in February, the World Zionist Organization (WZO) hosted a conference for Israeli immigrants from North America to meet in Miami and talk about how to further their leadership efforts and outreach to and for Israeli immigrants in Canada and the United States. Two volunteers, I…
If you are someone who binge watches Netflix, you most likely have seen Aleeza Ben Shalom work her magic on “Jewish Matchmaking.” And whether you’re single, married for 50 years, Orthodox, secular, or anything in between, Aleeza has made her way into our hearts of…
Every year, many of the local Jewish youth groups come together for a blockbuster event on Purim. The joint group calls themselves JOY (Jewish Ottawa Youth). Spearheaded by Rabbi David Rotenberg from NCSY and Sasha Kathron from USY at Kehillat Beth Israel (KBI), with support from Gail Lieff …
