Inclusion changed with COVID
Shelly Christensen visited our community, Jewish Federation of Ottawa awarded grants to the supplementary schools to train teachers on inclusive teaching practices, and Jewish Disability…
The pivot: How Ottawa Jewish day schools are finding a COVID silver lining
I have to give the credit to the teachers — the lockdown kept getting extended and the teachers would prepare packets for parents to pick up, never knowing what was next.” At OJCS, the key…
Ottawa Jewish Archives finding success online despite pandemic challenges
24, the Archives will be the focus of the Bytown Museum's Beyond Bytown Virtual Talk series. The Archives will also be part of Digital Doors Open and are just one of three Heritage…
A Mohel, a Dragon Boat drummer & a community leader: Meet Lisa Rosenkrantz
They’ve continued it since then.” This year, in welcoming back Dragon Boats and the festival, the team of female physicians has decided to remove some of the pressure and just focus on the…
Congregation Beth Shalom Legacy Fund
CHES was planning an initiative called “In Depth Exploration of the Voices of Survivors.” The objective was to design an educational program for teachers, with a focus on local survivor…
Federation Report: Torah Day School welcomes new head
It will provide us with data as a school so we may examine what areas we need to focus on and where individual students need improvement or enrichment. We are proud of what’s happening at our…
Modern Mishpocha: Inclusion – Make the day sparkle for exceptional parents
We focus on structures that may facilitate inclusion but not always with a mindset of truly wanting to do what it takes to be inclusive. Structures and actions can represent our faith,…
From the Pulpit: A culture of creating leaders
Whether their focus should be on youth programming, serving the elderly, education or on social programs and services. In describing the Rebbe’s impact on world Jewry for the last 70 years,…
Ottawa Police reinstates Hate Crimes Section
The section will focus on the prevention of hate-motivated incidents through public education, outreach, and the development of intelligence to address extremism. It partners with the…
Federation Report: Ensuring ‘Never Again’ becomes a reality
The majority were orphans. “From Dachau to Cyprus” features a talk by Professor Eliana Hadjisavvas, who holds a PhD in history with an emphasis on Jewish displacement in post-war Europe, and…
Federation Report: Ensuring meaningful education grounded in Jewish values
We will particularly focus on strengthening board member engagement and the personal commitment to the ambassadorship of OJCS. It is an exciting time at OJCS with Jon Mitzmacher entering his…
Book Review: Novel imagines what happened to Lily Litvyak
Nattel’s ability to do this smoothly is outstanding. Lily knows little of Jewish religion or traditions other than stories from her father and grandmother, and these focus heavily on how they…
New Archives' podcast focuses on history of Federation
The Ottawa Jewish Archives, which is comprised of hundreds of thousands of files and holds nearly 100 boxes worth of records on the history of the Vaad/Jewish Federation of Ottawa, many of…
How do we make everyone feel welcome and included?
This is an amazing way to change perceptions and open up the conversation of ‘who is a Jew’” She closes with, “as a Jewish community in Canada we need to focus our efforts on including…
Jewish community reflects for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ask others to do the same. Illuminate the past and focus your community’s attention through a public display of remembrance. Other community events taking place for IHRD include a…
Congregation Beth Shalom Legacy Fund supports community at large
Since 2015, the Congregation Beth Shalom Legacy Fund has been providing support for Ottawa Jewish community projects, big and small. From funding for the Hillel Ottawa Israel Advocacy…