By Kenra Mroz Kenra Mroz is an English, Writer’s Craft and Special Education teacher at Sir Robert Borden High School. She is also the Equity and Diversity co-representative and co-ordinates the school’s Social Justice Club. This July I had the … Continued
By Mina Cohn A single violin displayed in a corner of the room was visible from the entrance to the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center in Phoenix, Arizona, one Sunday in early February 2019. The occasion was an exhibit by … Continued
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2019 Time: 2 p.m. Location: Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa Cost: General admission: $20.00; Full-time students: $10.00 To purchase tickets in advance (recommended) call Temple Israel at 613-224-1802 ext. 5 or purchase online … Continued
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2019 Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa Cost: Free (seating limited, registration required at www.bac-lac.gc.ca) The event will feature a special lecture by Eli Rubenstein, National Director … Continued
Thursday, January 24, 2019 CHES cooperated with Library and Archives Canada, CIJA, the Jewish Federation and the Wallenberg Coalition Initiative on this event. The book will be available for viewing on Sunday January 27th at the event at Library and … Continued
By Kati Morrison and Judy Young Drache On November 18th 2018 thirteen Ottawa participants of the 2018 March of the Living (MOL) Program met with five local Holocaust survivors, among them Elly Bollegraaf, Raoul Korngold, Kati Morrison , David Moskovic … Continued
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM Location: Siskind Room 503, MacOdrum Library, Carlton University Cost: Free Speaker: Dr. Helmut Walser Smith, Martha Rivers Professor of History at Vanderbilt University The November Pogrom of 1938, the Night … Continued
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 Time: 4:30 – 8:30 PM Location: Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa Cost: Free but registration is required by November 15th at http://bit.ly/CHESTeachers2018 Facilitator and keynote speaker: Leora Schaefer Leora Schaefer directs the … Continued
2018 marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). On November 9, 1938 the worst outbreak of terror and violence since the Nazis came to power against Jews all over Germany, Annexed Austria, and in areas of the … Continued
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2018 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM Location: JCC, Room TBD (not open to the public) March of the Living (MOL) Ottawa is collaborating with The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) on a joint project. … Continued