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World Malaria Day - April 2010
"Cast a net of hope to stop Malaria and change the world".
An evening discussion with MP Glen Pearson
Proudly presented by Ottawa Alliance Against Malaria, Faiths Act, Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Tickets: $20
*Net ticket sales will be personally matched by former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Proceeds to the Spread the Net Foundation
For ticket information call: Erica Bregman, 613.722.2225
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Coats-to-Coast drive collects winter wear for those in need
By Louisa Taylor, The Ottawa Citizen
Erica Bregman was clearing out her closet last September when she had one of those little epiphanies
which grew into a big idea.
"I realized that if I have coats to donate, other people probably do, too, and wouldn't it be great to get everyone
to clean out their closet and collect the coats for people who need them," says Bregman, 32. Soon Bregman
who works at Jewish Family Services (JFS), had enlisted the city's nine Jewish congregations to help out,
and Coats-to-Coast was born: a one-day "coat drive".
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JFS
Yiddish group attends International Yiddish Festival
By Michael Regenstreif, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, August
17, 2009
It was a homecoming of
sorts, earlier this summer, when Shaina Lipsey, seniors’
outreach
co-ordinator at Jewish Family Services (JFS),
accompanied a group of 18 Yiddish-speaking or, at least,
Yiddish understanding – Ottawans, ranging from their early-60's
to their early-80's,
as they spent a day at the International
Yiddish Theatre Festival in Montreal.
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Meals
served by mensches at kosher homeless BBQ
By Desmond Devoy, Ottawa East EMC
Volunteer server Suzanne Bregman
chats with a client before serving some food at Congregation
Beth Shalom.EMC News - If Meals on Wheels provides food
for seniors,
then last week, Lowertown's homeless population
were fed Meals by Mensches.
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Editorial,
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin
by Jack Shinder, July 29 2009
During the past 18 months as
Chairperson of Jewish Family Services (JFS) the agency
has developed into the premiere social service agency
in Ottawa. Our Anti-racism program has been acclaimed.
Our mentoring of ethnic communities is lauded from coast
to coast. We are recognized as a leader and innovator
by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments
as well as the United Way.
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Now is
not the time to reduce Jewish Family Services ability
to meet the needs of our community
by Geremy Miller, May 11, 2009, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin
On May 1st, 2009 Jewish Family
Services of Ottawa will be launching its annual “Friends
of JFS” campaign which helps fund several of the agency’s
innovative programs. These programs help connect members
of our community to vital services. “This year brings
its own set of challenges...
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Homeless
enjoy kosher meal at shul
By DIANE KOVEN, Ottawa Correspondent, Thursday, 12
February 2009, Canadian Jewish News
OTTAWA — Although only a handful
of this city’s homeless population is Jewish, they were
given an opportunity to come in from the cold on a recent
winter day and enjoy a warm and delicious kosher lunch.
In fact, several hundred homeless people were invited
to join them, whether they needed, wanted or even understood
the meaning of kosher food....
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It’s
got to be kosher — even for the homeless
A kosher meal for the homeless was something special
By Louisa Taylor, The Ottawa
Citizen January 27, 2009
OTTAWA-The ballroom at Beth Shalom Synagogue is an elegant
space — soaring ceilings,
soothing cream-coloured decor
and a stunning chandelier. It’s often packed with revellers
for bar mitzvahs, weddings and anniversary parties, but
yesterday it was the site of an unusual gathering: scores
of cheerful volunteers serving lunch to street people,
in what organizers said was the city’s first kosher meal
for the homeless....
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Program
aims to keep ethnic seniors at home
By DIANE KOVEN
Jewish Family Services of Ottawa
(JFS) is poised to become a leader in providing support
to ethnic seniors in the Ottawa area. As part of the Ontario
government’s Aging at Home Strategy, and with funding
from the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
the program is underway in several local immigrant communities...
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Reaching
out to other communities
I was pleasantly surprised and
elated that the Jewish community in Toronto has reached
out, in a tangible way,
to a new and different community
(“Jews, Somalis launch mentoring program,” CJN, Nov. 6).For
the past 12 years, Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Ottawa and the Somali Centre for Family Services have been working
together....
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Yiddish
Group for Seniors starting at JFS
JFS is constantly trying to reach
out to different segments of our community and make them
feel comfortable
upon settling in Ottawa. One of the groups
that we focus on is Russian seniors. This segment of the
immigrant population is often more at risk than their
younger counterparts. Despite the numerous and unique
challenges
that the Russian seniors who immigrate to Canada
face, JFS has remained committed to helping them in
all
areas of settlement.
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Citizenship
and Immigration Canada provides grant to JFS to fight
Racism
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
has provided a substantial grant to Jewish Family Services
of Ottawa
in order for them to develop and implement a
program to fight racism and promote the adaptation
of
immigrants. The program will provide training to help
frontline workers in the settlement agencies
of Ottawa
to deal with biases and prejudices expressed by newcomers,
which can impede their successful settlement and settlement
in Canada.
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JFS to
Begin New Outreach to Russian Community
Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, October 2008
...The integration of Jews from
the former Soviet Union has been a failure in North America.
Recognizing this problem JIAS funded agencies across Canada
with Mila Voihanski from JIAS Canada, devised a program
to outreach and support leadership training for those
immigrants who have lived in Canada for over ten years....
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5 Local
Agencies come together to Bridge the Cultural Divide;
Aging at Home in Ottawa
press release, September 9, 2008
As part of the Ontario Government’s
“Aging at Home” strategy, Jewish Family Services of Ottawa
will lead a group of local Ottawa agencies in providing
support to the new-Canadian senior population in the Ottawa-Carleton
region whose first language is neither French nor English.
This new initiative is funded by the Champlain Local Health
Integration Network.
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