Jewish Ottawa

Local news and updates on the Jewish community of Ottawa.

Furnishing homes for refugees

Look around your living room — do you have a couch, a table, a bookshelf? What about in the bedroom — is there a bed, a dresser and a nightstand?

So far this year, Canada has welcomed more than 150,000 refugees from countries around the world — many coming from Syria, and Afghanistan …

‘We want to be a lighthouse’: Microgrants bring Jewish community together

Anyone — seriously, anyone — with a new and creative initiative that’s focused on community building for the Ottawa Jewish community, can apply for one of the Jewish Experience microgrants.

Funded both through Federation and through the generosity of private donors, the microgrants pr…

Bringing the community together — one Shabbat at a time!

The Shabbat Project 2021 presented Ottawa with a great opportunity after a year and a half in lockdown, unable to share our Shabbats and High Holidays as a community. Thousands of Jews from around the world will be coming together for the Shabbat of October 22 & 23 for this year's Shabbat Pr…

Actor Saul Rubinek headlines CHES Kristallnacht Commemoration

Heroes, Victims, Perpetrators and the Ties that Transform

By Toby Herscovitch

Be among the first to hear acclaimed Canadian actor Saul Rubinek perform excerpts from his play “All in the Telling” at the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship’s (CHES’s) Kristallnacht commemor…

Stars Without a Heaven exhibit showcases childhood during the Holocaust

It’s hard to imagine what childhood was like for boys and girls who lived during the Holocaust and it can be even more difficult to decide how to begin to teach other children about their lives. But this is exactly what the exhibit Stars without a Heaven (Children in Holocaust), aims to do…