Two of Ottawa’s largest congregations recently hired talented new directors

Two of Jewish Ottawa’s largest congregations recently hired talented new Executive Directors.  Jeremy Rosenberg started work at Kehillat Beth Israel (KBI) at the end of January and Michael Goldstein returned to Congregation Machzikei Hadas (CMH) in November.  

For Goldstein, coming ba…

PJ Library teaches chesed with the help of Robyn Aaron's Labour of Love

As part of a Kindness Week initiative, PJ Library is partnering with a grassroots project to create a special program that teaches the values of chesed (kindness) and tzedek (justice) while helping women in need.   

 

Ten years ago, Jewish community member Robyn Aaron began a personal l…

Something funny is coming to town

Ottawa Jewish Community Festival “Jews on the Roof” plays the Bytowne on March 21

What makes Jews funny? Is it, as Saul Bellow explains, the perfect balance of “laughter and trembling.” Or, what Freud calls our “defensive coping mechanism;” or, simply a way of dealing with mi…

Celebrating the success of Federation’s strategic plan

In June 2019, the Jewish Federation of Ottawa approved a five-year strategic plan — and now, looking back, it seems like a lifetime has passed. There was a global pandemic and overnight there were workforce changes like remote and hybrid environments, a dramatic increase in antisemitism, …

Celebrating Jewish Ottawa’s inclusion successes

In the past year, the Jewish Ottawa community has seen some amazing successes in inclusion. As we head into Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month this February, the E-Bulletin wanted to take a look at some of those wins: 

Camp B'nai Brith of Ottawa launched its Inclusion Initiati…