IN THIS ISSUE
• Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month
• Acting Jewishly in a multifaith setting
• Quiz: Jewish Heritage Month
May 3, 2022 • Jewish Federation of Ottawa
‘Just write’: New memoir
on Rabbi Simes released

A new book on “Rolling Rabbi” Simes is inspiring the Ottawa Jewish community — and took author Shaindel Simes by surprise.

Rabbi Yehuda Simes Z”L, Ottawa’s “Rolling Rabbi,” died in 2017 — nearly seven years after he was paralyzed and left a quadriplegic after a car accident.
In time for Yom Ha'atzmaut:
A lone soldier's experience in Israel

Temima Silver grew up in a predominantly Jewish environment in Ottawa — but when she entered public high school she realized antisemitism wasn’t as far away as she thought.

That experience was among the reasons that made her decide to enlist as a lone soldier for the Israeli Defence Force, (IDF), where she has been for more than a year.
Celebrating our connection to Israel through Partnership2Gether (P2G)

Jewish communities around the world are celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, making this week the ideal time to celebrate our local connection to Israel through the Partnership2Gether (P2G) program.

Through the Jewish Federation network, Ottawa has been working with communities in the North of Israel for decades as part of P2G.
Looking at our early roots
for Jewish Heritage Month

In honour of Jewish Heritage Month, the E-Bulletin went to Ottawa Jewish Archives to learn more about Ottawa’s early Jewish community.
Here are the stories of two Jewish families who helped settle this area and create the thriving Jewish community that we enjoy today.
Acting Jewishly
in a multifaith setting

In 2002, long before the general public recognized the growing affordable housing crisis that is apparent today, a few far-sighted individuals from Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in Ottawa came together to create Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI).
Quiz: Let's learn about Ottawa's Jewish settlers for
Jewish Heritage Month 

How much do you know about Ottawa's "first" Jewish families?

Test your skills with this week's quiz!

Please tell us how you do!
Marking life's milestones
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