Jodi Green, Advocacy and Interfaith Relations Specialist at the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, recently returned from an adult Birthright Volunteer trip with her husband, Cantor Jason Green. What she found was a country transformed — not just by time, but by the deep scars and quiet strength…
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I got an email in the middle of May that I couldn’t quite believe. I had been chosen as a thought leader to join a North American delegation of around a dozen people for a week-long trip to Israel, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There was no question …
Earlier this month, 11 Ottawa teens went on the March of the Living trip, a transformative experience that brings students to Poland to mark Yom HaShoah, and then to Israel for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut. The following will be two reflections from students who went on this year's trip…