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
Thursday, November 15, 2018 CHES is pleased to note that thanks to our on-going advocacy, the demand for speakers in educational intuitions has increased considerably, with recent requests coming from as far away as Brockville and Kingston. Kingston is an … Continued
November 13, 2018 Dear Mina, Deidre and Everyone involved with CHES, I want to express both my thanks and congratulations for the beautiful, memorable and heartfelt evening you organized for the launch of Holocaust Education Month last Wednesday. Clearly, a … Continued
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Avenue, Ottawa Cost: Free, please RSVP at: https://10november2018.eventbrite.com Under the sponsorship of the German Embassy, and in cooperation with the Embassy of Israel, the German National … Continued
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018 Time: 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM Location: Carleton University Cost: Free, but open only to registered students of the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies (not open to the public)
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Kehillat Beth Israel Synagogue Cost: Free November 9th, 2018 marks exactly 80 years since the occurrence of Kristallnacht, the infamous Night of Broken Glass. This terrible evening saw the destruction of … Continued