By Victor Rabinovitch
For many decades, a solid core of synagogue members at Agudath Israel (and in other Ottawa shuls) would keep up the daily morning minyan for shacharit, and then for mincha and maariv in the evening. At Agudath (which joined Beth Shalom a few years ago to become Kehilla…
By Michael Regenstreif, Editor
Well, here we are, it’s the last day of 2020 and this column, my 235th “From the Editor” column since 2008, is my swan song as editor of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin. Sadly, it is also the swan song of the Bulletin after 83 years of publication.
The Ottaw…
By Jason Moscovitz
Nothing is forever and I realize, after nine years writing a column for the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, and after 40 years of writing and reporting, that this is likely the last column I will ever write anywhere. It is my swan song and opportunity for me to get down those las…
By Gloria Schwartz
When I first approached Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Editor Michael Regenstreif back in 2012 with my idea for a fitness column, I never imagined my column would last this long. I’ve enjoyed sharing my thoughts with readers on a variety of topics. Some of my articles flowed qu…
By Rabbi Dara Lithwick
A few weeks ago, on November 7, the world lost a gadol, a giant in the Jewish world and beyond, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Z”L at 72 years of age. The British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author, and politician served as the chief rabbi of the United Hebr…
