Just as the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary, one of its largest beneficiary agencies, is also observing a milestone year. Tamir, which opened in 1985 as a residence for just three people, is now marking 36 years of assisting people to live their best life.
The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation has been supporting the Jewish community of Ottawa for 50 years and now has roughly $80 million under management with almost a thousand individual funds disbursing annually to causes near and dear to its dedicated and generous donors.
To mark their 50th anniversary, The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation is celebrating their fund donors, and sharing their philanthropic motivation. In this feature, Rabbi Steven Garten shares his passion for adult Jewish education.
Rabbi Steven Garten has worked for the preservation of the…
As Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa’s medical director, a board member, and the father of a camper and a counsellor, I look at camp through many different lenses but with one ultimate goal: a safe and healthy camp population. Now that summer 2021 is in the rear-view, …
Following Tamir’s focus groups, held earlier this year with the aim to develop their strategic plan, Tamir is now inviting the Ottawa Jewish community to fill out their Ottawa Wide Community Disabilities Survey.
Tamir supports people living with disabilities through a broad range of thera…
