Jewish Ottawa

Local news and updates on the Jewish community of Ottawa.

‘We Remember’: International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration

Guests attending the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at Library and Archives Canada, January 27, hold signs reading “We Remember.” (CIJA/Facebook)

Rabbi Deborah Zuker set to donate kidney to David Uzan

Rabbi-Deborah-Zuker-and-Dvid-Uzan-by-Matthew David Uzan (right) visits Rabbi Deborah Zuker, January 21. Rabbi Zuker will donate a kidney to Uzan, who suffers from IgA nephropathy and has been searching for living donor. (Matthew Horwood)

Library and Archives Canada acquires book from Hitler’s personal collection

Michael Kent Library and Archives Michael Kent, curator of the Jacob M. Lowry Collection at Library and Archives Canada, unveils Statistik, Presse und Organisationen des Judentums in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada, a book once owned by Hitler, January 23, 2019.

Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article inspires children’s book

Sara Loewenthal -book-signing Author Sara Loewenthal signs copies of “The Courtyard’s Secret,” December 9, 2018 at the SJCC.

Josh Engel named managing partner at GGFL

Josh Engel Josh Engel joined GGFL in 1996 and became a partner in 2010.