Agency News

News submissions from our agencies and organizations.

Limmud Ottawa 2020 to offer speakers from near and far

Hinda Packard and Nancy Kaplan, authors of Can(am)asta: The Official Handbook will discuss the history of canasta and lead the play at a canasta demonstration station at Limmud Ottawa 2020.

A new Life & Legacy Initiative

Deciding today on what to leave in the future

By Victor Rabinovitch, Board Member

Jewish Federation of Ottawa

Imagine the largest meeting room at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (SJCC) on the evening of January 8, packed with 60 activists and leaders from 14 community organizations, w…

Tamir is ‘fiercely fabulous for inclusion’ at second fashion show

Tamir participant Meredith Caplan walks the runway during Tamir’s Stepping Out in Style 2.0, November 4, at the Canadian Museum of History. (Howard Sandler)

Jewish Family Services of Ottawa celebrates 40 years at AGM

(From left) Jewish Family Services Co-Chairs Steve Morgan and Mark Luden with Past-Chair Jack Shinder at the JFS annual general meeting, October 30, at Bayview Yards.