Jewish Ottawa

Local news and updates on the Jewish community of Ottawa.

JET delivers hundreds of Mishloach Manot gift bags on Purim

JET volunteers help prepare Mishloach Manot gift bags, March 17 at Torah Day School of Ottawa, for distribution on Purim. (Issie Scarowsky)

Removing barriers to the on-ramp

Best-selling author Daniel Tammet will be keynote speaker at the opening event of “Pushing the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion and the Ottawa Jewish Community,” April 2, at Kehillat Beth Israel. (Melody Nelson)

He shoots! He scores! Bruce Engel joins the 500 Goal Club

Bruce Engel takes a victory skate around Merivale Arena with the trophy friends presented him with after scoring his 500th goal. (Mitch Miller)

‘Now the fun and the hard work begins’

Jewish Federation of Ottawa President and CEO Andrea Freedman (Peter Waiser)

Remembering beloved librarian Estelle Backman

Librarians Estelle Backman (right) and Donna Guttman in the Greenberg Families Library at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, circa 1998. (Courtesy of Ottawa Jewish Archives)