‘It’s important to explain to our children where we come from’

(From left) Isabelle Benhamou, president of the Sephardi Association of Ottawa, speaker Chochana Boukhobza, event chair Viviane Ohana Sandler, and speaker Nina B. Lichtenstein gather at the event commemorating Jewish refugees from Arab lands, November 25, at the Soloway Jewish Community…

A gift of a Sefer Torah: From Jews in Ottawa to Jews in Africa

Rabbi Eytan Kenter reads from the Torah, November 7, in the small synagogue in Arusha, Tanzania. It was the first passage read from the scroll – a gift from Kehillat Beth Israel in Ottawa – in its new home.

Antisemitism: ‘The time for silence is finished’

(From left) Rabbi Howard Finkelstein; Deputy Head of Mission Franziska Hagedron, Embassy of Germany; Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president of Carleton University; keynote speaker Professor Deborah Lipstadt; former justice minister Irwin Cotler; Professor Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa,…

Deborah Lipstadt: World-renowned expert to speak about antisemitism

Professor Deborah Lipstadt said she will address the current state of antisemitism when she speaks in Ottawa on November 10, at the launch of Holocaust Education Month. (Osnat Perelshtein)

President of Ben-Gurion University visits Ottawa

Daniel Chamovitz, president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, speaks at a reception during his visit to Ottawa, September 12. (Andrew Saipe Kizell)