Rosanna Lerner is a local teen who participates in one of Ottawa’s BBYO chapters: Yad B’Yad BBG. Having recently been elected to her chapter’s board, she shares her thoughts on what BBYO means to her, and why she is eager to take on this new position. She also hopes to inspire other t…
More than 15 large containers of soup have been distributed to an Ottawa women’s shelter following a recent collaboration between the Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel Lodge and the Women’s Collective Philanthropy Program (WCPP) of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation.
Jewish Family Services (JFS) Ottawa is proud to introduce a new chapter in its commitment to supporting our community: the Jewish Community Support Services Unit (JCSS). This newly formed unit brings together the longstanding strengths of the Tikvah Unit and the Thelma Steinm…
Galeet Dardashti is an Iranian Jewish anthropologist and singer who beautifully weaves together her musical heritage with storytelling. Based in New York, she travels around the world studying Sephardi and Mizrahi liturgical music, as well as Middle Eastern mu…
For nearly two decades, Yiddish theatre flourished in Ottawa through the passion, creativity, and dedication of Die Folkshpieler, the Soloway JCC’s (SJCC) Yiddish Players. What began as a small weekly gathering at the Chapel Street JCC in 1998 evolved into one…
