Voices

Submissions from members of our community. (Archived columns from Bulletin columnists).

Try our seasonally-themed Rosh Hashanah Wordle!

It's time for another Wordle!

This week's answer is related to the upcoming Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Hint: It has to do with something sweet we eat during the holiday!

Give it your best shot and share your answer with us!

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The many faces of resilience

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…

Try our seasonally-themed Yiddish Wordle!

Want a way to practise your Yiddish? Look no further than our Wordle! This week's answer is related to summer. Give it your best shot and share the answer with us if you got it! Click here to play now

No Pride in War

By Maddy Eisenberg
 
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 …

Student reflections from the March of the Living trip

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…