On Thursday, Sept. 30, Canada is marking the first national Truth and Reconciliation Day, a day of remembrance to recognize and commemorate the history and legacy of residential schools.
To mark this important day, the Jewish Federation of Ottawa is honoured to have Bob Watts, former interi…
The Jewish Federation of Ottawa conducted election roundtables over the last two weeks, meeting with candidates from the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Green Party.
Each roundtable followed the same format with candidates being asked the same questions, before answer…
NDP candidates Angela MacEwen (Ottawa Centre) and Sean Devine (Nepean) spoke to the Ottawa Jewish community last week to discuss the NDP platform and the concerns of the community, including addressing the housing crisis, Holocaust education initiatives and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanction…
With a party platform and plan focused on economic recovery, Conservative candidates Matt Triemstra (Nepean) and Carol Clemenhagen, (Ottawa Centre), spoke to the Ottawa Jewish community last week about their priorities — and how they’d meet the needs of Jews in Ottawa.
With an educator and a health practitioner as Green Party candidates for Ottawa, the discussion with David Stibbe (Ottawa-West Nepean) and Jennifer Purdy (Kanata-Carleton) covered a lot of topics, including adding Holocaust education to curriculums, combatting online hate and media distor…
