In The Ottawa Community
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* The New Spice Box: Jewish Canadian Writing Yesterday and Today.
The Canadian Jewish Experience and Library and Archives Canada are hosting a literary party with Ruth Panofsky, editor of the newly published anthology,
The New Spice Box: Canadian Jewish Writing and Seymour Mayne, who will speak about Jewish Canadian literature anthologies and how they shaped their own stream in Canadian letters. Readings by Gabriella Goliger and Seymour Mayne from their short fiction included in The New Spice Box. The program will close with a musical tribute to Leonard Cohen by Ottawa's The Tower of Song ensemble led by Jerry Golland. Sunday, September 24 at 7:00 PM, National Library and Archives Canada - Alfred Pellan Room.
* Reminder: Jewish Federation of Ottawa 2018 Annual Campaign Kickoff takes place on Sunday Sept. 17. The evening event, featuring Hillel Neuer, takes place at the SJCC at 7pm. We urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible by visiting our ticket site here. Mr. Neuer, a Montreal-born lawyer, writer and activist, is the executive director of UN Watch in Geneva. He is recognized as "one of the world's foremost human rights advocates." To learn more about this impressive man, listen to his speeches at the UN and read the article where he credits his Canadian values for helping with his work.
* A sold-out afternoon family concert featuring family entertainers, Sharon and Bram takes place at Kehillat Beth Israel Synagogue, 1400 Coldrey Ave. at 3pm. We have a waiting list and will do our best to accommodate requests. Please contact Samantha at ssharkey@jewishottawa.com or call 613-798-4696 x241. Tickets for the afternoon family concert are $10/household, while the evening event is $10/individual or $20/household.
* The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) is pleased to invite you to a special program to honour the inauguration of the National Holocaust Monument on Sept 27th at 7:00 pm at Library and Archives Canada. The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship felt it was important to give people in Ottawa an opportunity to gather following the official inauguration, later that evening, and hear about the monument from the those who were involved in creating it. The public premiere screening of CHES’s survivors testimonials will be part of this event: the two minute testimonial excerpts of Raoul Korngold, a survivor from France, and Kati Morrison, a survivor from Hungary, and the half hour Testimonial film of Tova Clark, a survivor from Germany, will be screened. For more info about this event please visit: https://carleton.ca/ches/events and see www.ottawajewishbulletin.com/2017/08/special-program-to-honour-inauguration-of-national-holocaust-monument/
* Red House Honey ( www.redhousehoney.ca ) in Cardinal, Ontario is now offering special wholesale discounts on bulk purchases of our freshly extracted kosher honey available in cases of 12 jars (250 g) for $7.99 per jar ($95.88 per case—only a limited number is available) or smaller, 140 g jars for $4.99 each ($59.88 per case of 12). The 450 g jars are $12.99 each based on purchase of a case of six. Red House Honey is under the supervision of Rabbi Levy Teitlebaum. They can arrange free delivery to Ottawa to JCC or synagogues for bulk purchases and there is no tax. For more information contact Leslie Smith at leslie@redhousehoney.ca
Ottawa Jewish Archives photo exhibition.
You are cordially invited to attend Exhibition Vernissage on Wednesday, September 6 at 7pm, 2nd floor, Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt. To mark Canada's 150th anniversary, a photography exhibition is being presented by the Ottawa Jewish Archives. The exhibition, Face to Face - Vis à Vis, highlights the contributions made by 24 notable Jewish Ottawans to Canada's public service and political landscape. RSVP to Rachel at rabenhaim@jewishottawa.com or call 613-798-4696 x 236.
