Music: Fearless songs and klezmer music from Broadway
Music: Fearless songs and klezmer music from Broadway By Michael Regenstreif, Editor SONiA disappear fear By My Silence Disappear Records www.soniadisappearfear.com Sisters Sonia Rutstein and…
Woodstock and its relevancy to our community
Firstly, despite our differences, we should prioritize finding common ground and focus our efforts in these areas. Secondly, we have a responsibility to help others and provide for those who…
Celebrating Ottawa’s Maccabiah athletes
This allows them to see and experience Israel before they focus on their sport and the Games which officially begin July 14th with opening ceremonies. Ottawa will be represented in U18 Girls…
Election Roundtable — Green Party
All local candidates were invited to participate. Shelby Bertrand (Ottawa Centre), Nira Dookeran (Ottawa South), Pat Freel (Kanata-Carleton) and Steven Warren (Ottawa West-Nepean) all…
Celebrating volunteers for National Volunteer Week
“Over the years, I have had so many rich experiences and have met so many incredibly dedicated people that have inspired me to continue to make time.” The Greenbergs add volunteering to their…
Celebrating Andrea Freedman's leadership, contributions
Among some of the recent highlights are welcoming Ottawa’s first shinshinim; the Generations Trust for Jewish education, a permanent endowment; the Jewish Experience Microgrant program;…
Social work “requires a bit of faith": highlighting JFS
There are ones like me that focus on mental health issues, but there are social workers in many fields such as child protection, hospitals, and correctional systems.” Gershuny, who became a…
Teen's winning essay on inclusion
They should focus more on self reflection and presuming competence and how they relay that information to others. They have so many opportunities to influence the community, and they should…
Seniors identified as Ukrainian group in greatest need of support
About 420,196 have been approved. Meanwhile, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) has recently allocated $7 million for Ukraine aid, including a focus on emergency winter relief. Since…
Mayoral candidate: Mark Sutcliffe
“I would like to expand hiring and training at the Ottawa Police Services, and one of the areas of focus for new hires would be the Hate and Bias Crime Unit, which I understand is…
Guest Column: Carving out space for laughter
It can help us let go of what’s out of our control so we can focus on what we can change. It helps us heal. It’s a way to be present. It’s a way to call out injustice. And unlike hand…
Modern Mishpocha: On teaching our children
As we have moved into greater stages of reopening, there has been an understandable focus on restarting the economy. It is my hope that we as a society emphasize the import of quality…
Modern Mishpocha: Juggling our interfaith family
Rather than ‘othering’ my in-laws, I can focus on the aspects I admire about their religion and use them as a common ground. For instance, I love that their branch of Christianity supports…
Ideas and Impressions: Ontario debt – The alarm bells are ringing
We still can’t seem to focus on the new reality: Ontario is a thinly tattered thread away from being something bordering on economic basket case status. The factual data is staggering. As the…
Women's Collective celebrates 10th anniversary
“It makes me tingle just talking about it.” Oreck-Wener said the other thing that’s “cool” is that now other organizations come to WCPP and ask to partner on providing grants or program…
Innovation grants create endless possibilities
“We were all about the here and now, with less focus on how we take advantage of technological advancement.” After the pandemic forced services to update, Rabbi Mikelberg and the Temple team…