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Saturday, September 8, 2018

Ottawa Holocaust Education Month Pop-Up Museum November 4-5, 2018

In honour of Holocaust Education Month, the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies, Temple Israel Religious School, and the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship, are collaborating to create a Pop-Up Museum where local Ottawa families will tell the story of their family’s experience of the Holocaust through objects. To learn more about... More

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

DFL Peer-to-Peer Campaign Supports Students at Carleton University’s Indigenous Ojigkwanong Centre

We are so proud of this year's Developing Future Leaders interns who raised money to support students at Carleton University's Indigenous Ojigkwanong Centre. Their fundraising efforts facilitated the purchase of a qulliq, the traditional oil lamp used by the Inuit. The qulliq will be used when the Medicine Room at the Centre is officially... More

Monday, May 14, 2018

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Monday, March 12, 2018

Holy Land Archaeology: Where the Past Meets the Present

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

DFL Peer-to-Peer Campaign

Developing Future Leaders' Peer to Peer campaign is excited to help support the Ojigkwanong Centre of Carleton Unversity as well as JET (Jewish Education through Torah). Funds raised will benefit the Ojigkwanog Centre's purchase of a Quilliq, a ceremonial lamp for the Inuit students of the Carleton University community. Surplus funds that are... More

Thursday, February 1, 2018

International Holocaust Remembrance Day – Ottawa Proclamation

In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa last Friday, Mayor Watson presented a Proclamation of the Day. The Mayor Proclaimed January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa and urged all citizen of Ottawa to commemorate this day to honor all victims of the Nazis.  This is the first time such a... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Julius Rosenwald: The Amazing Story of Jewish Values in Action

Proceeds will support the enhancement of the Ojigkwanong Centre, "a home away from home" for many Indigenous students, and JET's education programming. Rosenwald is a documentary film telling the story of Julius Rosenwald, a high school drop-out who rose to become the President of Sears and a prominent philanthropist. Incensed by racial inequality... More

Sunday, January 21, 2018

We Remember: A Memorial to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Excerpt from cija.ca/weremember: "Together, let us remember those brutally murdered by the Nazi regime and join as one to reaffirm our collective commitment to ‘Never Again’. We invite you to a memorial to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day where we will pause to remember the millions of Holocaust victims and renew our commitment to... More

Friday, January 19, 2018

The Evidence Room, Holocaust Exhibition at Carleton University

The Evidence Room is currently on view, through February 16th 2018 in the Lightroom Gallery at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism. This powerful installation features some of the thousands of documents which historian Robert Jan van Pelt introduced as evidence in a court case in London in 2000. His expert testimony... More

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

DFL Blog #6 – The Importance of Working in a Jewish Setting

The importance of working in a Jewish setting is immeasurable for a student who wishes to maintain a strong Jewish identity. I am a first-year student, with strong cultural ties to Judaism. I attended a Hebrew a bilingual public elementary school and have spent the last decade of my summers at Camp Massad Manitoba,... More

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Canada’s Oldest Jewish Congregation Celebration 250 Years

It’s the oldest Jewish congregation in Canada and among the first in North America. Turning 250 is not only an extraordinary milestone for Montreal’s Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, but an event that should be recognized by the entire Jewish community and all Montrealers, say the organizers of the shul’s yearlong celebration. The... More

Monday, December 18, 2017

DFL Blog #5 – What is DFL?

The DFL program sees potential in every intern they handpicked. They see us as the future leaders of the Jewish community. Through this program they instill with us tools and a passion to contribute and be part of a community. The DFL ignites a passion in us so that we can continue to be... More

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