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 …
With the help of a microGRANT from the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, and the Soloway JCC, Janice Pleet and Jan Jones are solving a gap in Jewish Ottawa’s programmatic offerings by launching Ottawa Jewish Singles 60+.
According to the National Institute on Aging, “Estimates suggest that 1…