Are you the child or grandchild of a Holocaust survivor? Would you be interested in developing an educational presentation that bridges generations? Are you interested in sharing your family’s survival experience to teach about the dangers of hate and prejudice? … Continued
On Friday, February 17, CHES delivered a workshop for OCDSB Canadian and World Studies (CWS) educators’ Professional Development Day at Colonel By Secondary School. CHES Chair Mina Cohn was approached in early January by a member of the CWS subject counsel with … Continued
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, Algonquin College invited CHES to participate in their commemoration: “Stories of Hope & Remembrance”. College Vice-President Diane McCutcheon introduced the event. CHES member Muriel Korngold Wexler, a member of the Bar of … Continued
By Marion Silver Four years ago, several Jewish students at Kingston Collegiate Institute (KCI) were on the receiving end of antisemitic slurs from their fellow classmates. One mother contacted CHES Chair, Mina Cohn, who prevailed upon David Moskovic to describe … Continued
A SPECIAL REPORT On January 27th, 1945, the Auschwitz- Birkenau concentration camp, where more than one million people died in its notorious gas chambers, was liberated. On January 27th, 2023 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day – students at Ottawa’s Sir … Continued
The For the Child exhibit provides a powerful current and relevant connection to today’s students by exploring the impact of what it means to be a refugee, an experience shared by some of our students. The For the Child exhibit … Continued
By Marion Silver I cannot abandon my father and mother We are destined to have the same fate Darling, have strength Please do what you can to survive Maybe, one day, we will meet again. Such are the lines … Continued
Further to inviting teacher candidates at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Education for CHES’s November Teachers’ Workshop, Tracy Crowe, Program Specialist-Teacher Education, spoke with CHES about the lack of resources about antisemitism for future educators. She was interested in … Continued
By Lisa Levitan While antisemitism is omnipresent, in recent years the OCDSB has experienced a horrific rise of Jewish hate within their schools. After two years of Jewish educators asking for Jewish representation on the OCDSB equity team, on January … Continued
By Kara Goodwin Despite stormy weather, members of Ottawa’s Indigenous and Jewish communities gathered at Temple Israel (and via Zoom) on December 10th and 11th for the Jewish – Indigenous Relations through the Creative Arts program. CHES was proud to … Continued