{"id":724,"date":"2017-03-08T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/?page_id=724\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T04:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:16:25","slug":"salle-de-presse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/salle-de-presse\/","title":{"rendered":"Salle de presse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-parallax-fixed nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: #ffffff;background-image: url(\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/maple-leaves-bg.jpg\");background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1  fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\"><h1 data-fontsize=\"54\" data-lineheight=\"75\">Salle de presse<\/h1>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"42\" data-lineheight=\"63\">L\u2019EJC dans les m\u00e9dias<\/h2><\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">#accordion-724-1 .fusion-panel:hover{ background-color: #f9f9f9 } #accordion-724-1 .fusion-panel { border-color:#cccccc; border-width:1px; background-color:#ffffff; }.fusion-accordian  #accordion-724-1 .panel-title a .fa-fusion-box{ color: #ffffff;}.fusion-accordian  #accordion-724-1 .panel-title a .fa-fusion-box:before{ font-size: 13px; width: 13px;}<\/style><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\"><div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion-724-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#d9d22b61e2dc654b0\" href=\"#d9d22b61e2dc654b0\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Canadian Jewish News<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"d9d22b61e2dc654b0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"td-post-header td-pb-padding-side\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Ottawa exhibit illustrates the Canadian Jewish experience<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-info\">\n<div class=\"td-post-author-name\" style=\"text-align: center;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/author\/nancy-wigston\/\">Nancy Wigston<\/a> &#8211;<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-date\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2017-05-30T13:23:45+00:00\">May 30, 2017<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content td-pb-padding-side\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/curly.jpg\" data-caption=\"Alberta\u2019s Curly Gurevitch, right, the \u201cCowboy from the Colony\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"curly\" src=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/curly-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberta\u2019s Curly Gurevitch, right, the \u201cCowboy from the Colony\u00a0\u00bb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline \"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On a sunny Ottawa afternoon in a very sunny year \u2013 as our nation celebrates its 150th anniversary \u2013 I happened on a special exhibit. <i>The Canadian Jewish Experience<\/i> is small but packed with information, covering 250 years of Jewish history in Canada, from pedlars to politicians to stars of stage and screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Tucked away at 30 Metcalfe St. in the heart of downtown Ottawa, this free exhibit treats visitors to nine panels illustrated by illuminating archival photographs that tell of both the familiar (Herb Gray, Lorne Greene) and the less familiar (Ezekiel Hart, Drake).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167295\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-167295 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake-768x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake-640x853.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Drake-681x908.jpg 681w\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drawing of the Toronto Jewish artist Drake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">Of course, familiarity may depend on your generation. Whereas our son knew all about singer Drake and his Jewish roots \u2013 although perhaps not his two bar mitzvahs \u2013 we, his parents, were only vaguely familiar with the multiple-award winner\u2019s family and career. And though I was intrigued to learn about Alberta\u2019s Curly Gurevitch, the \u201cCowboy from the Colony,\u201d shown in a 1930 photo wearing chaps, cowboy boots, Magen David emblazoned on his shirt, Curly\u2019s existence was not news to my Winnipeg-bred husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/news\/canada\/oy-canada-national-anthem-gets-yiddishifed\"><em><strong>READ: NOT OY CANADA. CANADA\u2019S NATIONAL ANTHEM GETS YIDDISHIZED<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Jewish experience in Canada has not always been easy, of course. Prejudice prevailed until the 1960s, the exhibit explains, when that changed \u2013 although not completely, as evidenced by a rash of recent hate crimes. In 1914, there were 100,000 Jews in Canada; today there are roughly 400,000. Besides traditional early occupations \u2013 pedlars, shopkeepers, fur traders, garment workers \u2013 11 Jewish farm colonies once existed on the Prairies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Depression years halted immigration, a situation compounded during the war years by the odious None is Too Many government policy applied to Jews fleeing Nazi Europe. Canada\u2019s borders opened after the war, welcoming 40,000 Holocaust survivors, many of them orphans. In recent years, Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Russia have arrived in greater numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In a panel entitled \u201cWar and Peace,\u201d visitors are reminded that Jews have fought for Canada in every war, and that 38 per cent of male Jews volunteered to fight in the Second World War, amounting to 16,880 men. Nearly 2,000 of these soldiers won military awards; 420 died and were buried with both the Maple Leaf and the Star of David on their graves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">While many remember that Barney Danson, minister of defence in the Pierre Trudeau government, had lost an eye during the D-Day invasion, he was far from Canada\u2019s only Jewish war hero. Sgt. David Hart was decorated by King George VI for his gallantry at Dieppe. In 1944, the Canadian Jewish Congress published comic books highlighting the exploits of Jewish war heroes as a morale booster and recruitment tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">There is, naturally, a collection of \u201cfirsts,\u201d like Ezekiel Hart becoming the first Jew elected to serve in the lower house in 1807. However, Hart was banned from taking office due to his religion. This would change in 1832, when Jews could take their own religious oath of office, allowing them to legally occupy political office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Hart Affair paved the way for more Jewish political firsts. In 1871, Henry Nathan was elected to serve in the new Canadian House of Commons; in 1955, David Croll became the first Jewish senator; in 1969, Herb Gray, first federal cabinet minister; in 1971, David Lewis, first to lead a national political party; in 1972, David Barrett, first provincial premier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167298\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-167298 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"http:\/\/1cr9883up6mem97ddj01yxgu.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-795x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-795x1024.jpg 795w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-768x990.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-640x825.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/National-Gallery-of-Canada-Great-Hall-at-night-credit-National-Gallery-of-Canada-681x877.jpg 681w\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Gallery of Canada at night. NATIONAL GALLERY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are almost too many world-famous Canadian Jewish architects and builders to mention. Here are just a few superstars: at 29 years old, McGill graduate Moshe Safdie, designed his strikingly original modular housing unit, Habitat 67; Ottawa\u2019s National Gallery is another Safdie design. World-renowned<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>architect Frank Gehry hails from Toronto. The esteemed Cornelia Oberlander, now based in Vancouver, began her career as a landscape architect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This wide-ranging exhibit, touching as it does on every aspect of Canadian life, paints a portrait of the diversity typical of the country in which Jews, native or foreign-born, made their mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the sports world, among names like David Hart, who donated hockey\u2019s Hart Trophy in the 1920s, and whose son Cecil was a longtime Montreal Canadiens coach and general manager, there also appears 1928 Olympic running champion Fanny (Bobbie) Rosenfeld, as well as the lesser-known saga of Montrealer Louis Rubenstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rubenstein won the gold medal at what is considered the first world figure skating championship in 1890 (the event was not official, as there was not yet an international federation). First, the Russian hosts tried to prevent him from competing, then they tried to deny him his victory. Undeterred, the lifetime athlete referred to as the \u201cfather of Canadian figure skating\u201d later became known as the \u201cfather of bowling in Canada.\u201d Similar tenacity was shown by Canadian Jewish boxers Sammy Luftspring and Norman (Baby) Yack when they protested Nazi policies by boycotting the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">These are inspirational stories, like so many in this exhibit. As a result, this collection should intrigue visitors from every region and demographic. Visitors may indeed find the exhibit\u2019s inspiration contagious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once you\u2019re in Ottawa, make sure to drop by Moshe Safdie\u2019s National Gallery, an imposing, soaring structure that contains a wealth of Canadian and international art. Both the current <i>Photography in Canada 1960-2000<\/i> and <i>Indigenous Art 1968-to Present <\/i>exhibits are fascinating, but this time I found my gaze wandering upward, dazzled by Safdie\u2019s vision, as I toured the gallery as if for the very first time. <span class=\"s1\">n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><i>If you go: The Canadian Jewish Experience, 30 Metcalfe St., until Dec. 31, 2017.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Information on the exhibit\u2019s origins and many stunning archival photographs are available at www.cje2017.com<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#2a18b193e8058dbee\" href=\"#2a18b193e8058dbee\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Calgary Herald<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"2a18b193e8058dbee\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>EXHIBIT CELEBRATES JEWISH CANADIANS<br \/>\n<\/strong>Calgarian helped spearhead national project<br \/>\nCalgary Herald, 8 Jul 2017, CHRIS NELSON<\/p>\n<h4><strong>HISTORICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1838\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/E0001-Jewish-Cowboys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/E0001-Jewish-Cowboys-200x176.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/E0001-Jewish-Cowboys-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/E0001-Jewish-Cowboys-400x351.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/E0001-Jewish-Cowboys.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>Sam Raskin, left, with Curly Gurevitch, the \u201cJewish Cowboy\u201d from the<br \/>\nRamsey-Trochu Farming Colony in central Alberta, 1930.<\/p>\n<h4>The Jewish contribution to Canada during 150 years of this country\u2019s history is being celebrated this weekend at Calgary City Hall.<\/h4>\n<h4>A series of nine panels, covering all facets of Jewish involvement through those many decades, is part of a nationwide exhibit coinciding with the country\u2019s 150th birthday celebrations.<\/h4>\n<h4>And it is a Calgarian, Sandra Morton Weizman, who has helped spearhead the national project by assembling and curating the entire bilingual display, highlighting how Jewish Canadians have contributed to the fabric of the land since Confederation.<\/h4>\n<h4>The large panels, measuring almost seven feet tall, each feature themes ranging from original Jewish immigration, through to involvement in business, the arts, culture, architecture and military service.<\/h4>\n<h4>Deciding what to include and what to leave out was a very difficult task for Weizman, although the process itself became a labour of love for the Calgary woman, who has worked as a successful museum curator for many years.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThere is only so much you can say in nine panels; there are so many stories about so many people,\u201d she says.<\/h4>\n<h4>The original exhibit opened in Ottawa in early April and, rather than transporting the panels across the country and limiting their accessibility, replicas were produced so that a total of 10 major cities will be able to display the works, entitled The Canadian Jewish Experience: A Tribute to Canada 150. In each city, one separate panel will feature a particularly local story inspired by a Jewish success in that locale. In Calgary it is the story of Morris Schumiatcher that is being featured.<\/h4>\n<h4>Schumiatcher arrived with his family from Russia in 1910 and later, after changing the family name to Smith, he borrowed $300 to buy Calgary Hat Works. He changed the company name to Smithbilt Hats, eventually making the white hat synonymous with our city.<\/h4>\n<h4>Many such stories became part of Weizman\u2019s work since she began curating the project last fall. Among the many remarkable Jewish individuals, she came across in her research, she says one of her favourites is the story of boxer Sammy Luftspring, once the welterweight championship of Canada.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cHe and another boxer boycotted the Berlin Olympics in 1936 because of what was going on with Nazism in Germany at the time and they always wore a Star of David on their boxing shorts. Even at a time when there was so much anti-Semitism, prior to World War Two beginning, they were very proud of their Jewish identity,\u201d she says.<\/h4>\n<h4>Such anti- Semitism in Canada has waned down over the years and Weizman was pleased to track its gradual decline as she worked on the project.<\/h4>\n<h4>In Calgary, the exhibit opened first at the Jewish Community Centre on June 25 before being moved to the atrium of City Hall Friday, where it will remain on display for five days. Next, it will be taken to Heritage Park for display from July 14 to 20. It is expected that a more permanent home will be found afterwards.<\/h4>\n<h4>Weizman\u2019s work as a curator and consultant has included a stint as senior curator of cultural history at the Glenbow Museum. Although Jewish history has not been her exclusive area of expertise. it is one for which she has become nationally well-known.<\/h4>\n<h4>In addition to work on the nine-panel display, Weizman was also heavily involved in putting together a complementary website, which allowed her to include more detail on the Jewish history in this country.<\/h4>\n<h4>Those interested can check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cje2017.com\">www.cje2017.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>SOURCE: https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/@Sandra_Weizman\/KH2OER2STVO6<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#1f96b23143c1aab96\" href=\"#1f96b23143c1aab96\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Winnipeg Jewish Review<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"1f96b23143c1aab96\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1789\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-200x66.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-400x132.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-600x198.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-768x254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017-800x264.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Media-Winnipeg-Jewish-Review-27-July-2017.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience: A Tribute to Canada 150 will be installed at 30 Metcalfe Street just two blocks from Parliament Hill. The exhibition will be open to the public daily 9-6PM, starting April 4th 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A new exhibit will open in Ottawa on April 2, 2017 to mark the contribution of Jews to Canada and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience is composed of specially created, bilingual exhibit panels illustrating nine major themes, such as: contributions in war and diplomacy, public service, human rights, business growth, arts, culture and sport. A travelling version of the CJE exhibit will be available for display in other cities in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A parallel web site has also been created to present more detailed information about the CJE exhibit topics and about many extraordinary Canadians. The web site will also provide information about venues for the lecture series and locations where the travelling exhibit can be viewed.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience will also present a speaker series to highlight the contributions of Jewish Canadians to the development of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>CJE has produced a special exhibit panel \u201cRemembering Louis Rasminsky\u201d which describes the work of Rasminsky, who was the first ever Jewish person to be Governor of the Bank of Canada. This will be on display at the Bank of Canada headquarters in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>CJE Committee head Tova Lynch thanked donors from across Canada for the financial assistance they provided. In particular, CJE acknowledges the generosity of its major donors: The Asper Foundation and Bel-Fran Charitable Foundation (Samuel and Frances Belzberg) from Vancouver. Tova Lynch added, \u201cThe CJE is an example of the tremendous love which Canadians have for our country.\u201d She praised the National Capital Commission for its cooperation. \u201cThrough our partnership with the National Capital Commission CJE has an excellent downtown facility at the centre of events celebrating Canada\u2019s 150th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynch noted, \u201cExcitement is building as we approach Canada Day 2017. CJE will tell Canada\u2019s Jewish story to many thousands of visitors to Ottawa in 2017.\u201d Lynch pointed out that \u201cJewish Canadians have played a key role in all facets of life in Canada. Their accomplishments reflect the challenges and successes experienced by Canada in its first 150 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish connection to Canada dates back to the mid-1700s. \u201cThe first Jewish Canadians arrived more than one hundred years before Confederation,\u201d notes Senator Linda Frum. \u201cWe\u2019ve been here for a quarter of a millennium, but many Canadians don\u2019t know the role we\u2019ve played to make our country strong and vibrant. The Canadian Jewish Experience will help to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said that the national capital is the appropriate home for the Canadian Jewish Experience. \u201cIn 2017, Ottawa will be at the centre of celebrating Canada\u2019s 150th birthday and Jewish people have played a key role in all facets of life in the city. In fact, their accomplishments here reflect all the themes of the Canadian Jewish Experience, including being elected Mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Jewish leaders and organizations who have assisted the Canadian Jewish Experience project include: Victor Rabinovitch, former President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now the Canadian Museum of History); the leaders of Jewish Federations across Canada and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. CJE is also supported by: Members of Parliament from all federal parties; Senator Linda Frum, former Senator Gerry Grafstein; and, Rabbi Dr. Reuven Bulka, O.C.. Sandra Morton Weizman of Calgary is the curator of the CJE exhibit and virtual exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The following dignitaries have confirmed their participation at the CJE opening: Rabbi Reuven Bulka (Master of Ceremonies); Mayor Jim Watson; Dr. Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the National Capital Commission; Supreme Court Judge Hon. Michael J Moldaver Linda Kerzner, Chair of the Ottawa Jewish Federation, representative of other faiths have been invited.<\/p>\n<p>The CJE needs local volunteers to staff the Ottawa exhibit and provide information to visitors. If you would like to volunteer at the exhibit, or contribute to funding the project, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:2017CJE@gmail.com\">2017CJE@gmail.com<\/a>, 613 680-8820.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on the CJE please contact <a href=\"mailto:tova1405@gmail.com\">tova1405@gmail.com<\/a> or by phone 613-680-8820.<\/p>\n<p>For your information, the time of the CJE opening is April 2nd, 1-3 PM.<\/p>\n<h4>SOURCE: http:\/\/www.winnipegjewishreview.com\/article_detail.cfm?id=5415&amp;sec=2&amp;title=Opening_in_Ottawa_of_a_Jewish_Exhibit_Celebrating_Canada\u2019s_150th_Anniversary<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#58a14036cba6d4f3f\" href=\"#58a14036cba6d4f3f\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Jewish Standard-Military Event<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"58a14036cba6d4f3f\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1833\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2910\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-200x35.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-400x71.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-600x106.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-768x136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-800x142.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-1024x182.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-1200x213.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg 2910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2910px) 100vw, 2910px\" \/>Montreal, QC, June 30, 2017, p.12.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1754\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0007-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience recently held a panel discussion in Montreal composed of Jewish veterans of the Canadian armed Forces who discussed their military experience as Jews. Pictured above, left to right, are rick Garber, Dr. Markus martin, David Hart and Edward Fitch. Readers can go to www.cJe2017.com to learn more about this event and the exhibit in Ottawa.<br \/>\n<strong>SOURCE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejewishstandardmagazinecanada.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/click-here-to-read-the-montreal-june-2017-edition.pdf\">https:\/\/thejewishstandardmagazinecanada.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/click-here-to-read-the-montreal-june-2017-edition.pdf<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#648a4b95033629d09\" href=\"#648a4b95033629d09\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Jewish Standard-Grand Opening<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"648a4b95033629d09\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1833\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2910\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-200x35.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-400x71.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-600x106.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-768x136.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-800x142.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-1024x182.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017-1200x213.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/B0009-CJE-MTL-Meeting-29-May-2017.jpg 2910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2910px) 100vw, 2910px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1545\" src=\"http:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0001-Grand-Opening-PG-2-April-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0001-Grand-Opening-PG-2-April-2017-200x151.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0001-Grand-Opening-PG-2-April-2017-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0001-Grand-Opening-PG-2-April-2017-400x303.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cje2017.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0001-Grand-Opening-PG-2-April-2017.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ribbon-cutting of the launch of the Canadian Jewish Experience (CJE) located at 30 Metcalfe street.The exhibit marks the contributions of Jews to Canada and is composed of specially created exhibit panels illustrating nine major themes, including Jewish contributions in war and diplomacy, public service, human rights, economic growth, arts, culture and sports. a travelling version of the exhibit is being displayed in other cities across canada.the exhibition is open daily 9 a.m. &#8211; 6 p.m.. from left to right: Dr. Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the national capital commission; supreme court Justice Michael J.<\/div>\n<div>Moldaver; ottawa police chief charles bordeleau; Rabbi Reuven bulka, Rabbi emeritus of<\/div>\n<div>Machzikei hadas synagogue; Mrs. catherine b\u00e9langer; tova lynch, chair of cJe; linda<\/div>\n<div>Kerzner, chair, Jewish federation of ottawa; cantor daniel benlolo of congregation Kehilat<\/div>\n<div>beth israel,<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#1471cd1332916d5a3\" href=\"#1471cd1332916d5a3\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Jewish Week<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"1471cd1332916d5a3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"headline\">Mounting A Case For Canada<\/h1>\n<div class=\"under-headline\"><span class=\"byline\">By <a title=\"Hilary Danailova\" href=\"http:\/\/jewishweek.timesofisrael.com\/writers\/hilary-danailova\/\">Hilary Danailova<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">February 7, 2017, 1:14 pm<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"media\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.timesofisrael.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/46-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" title=\"46\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.timesofisrael.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/46-1-635x357.jpg\" alt=\"46\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Ottawa\u2019s Byward Market, one of the many sites for \u2018Canada 150\u201d festivities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">O<\/span>n a <span class=\"s2\">two-hour ride across Ontario last year, my driver was a 30-something Afghani who was raising his family in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. We chatted about our kids, his two decades in Canada \u2014 he\u2019d arrived as a teen \u2014 and our shared love of Niagara wine. We discovered that our families\u2019 Florida condos were within 10 minutes of each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">It was the kind of conversation you might have in New York, but it was also delightfully Canadian: the discovery that despite radically different roots, two New World urbanites have a lot in common. And that is precisely the spirit Canada is celebrating during its yearlong 150th anniversary party, dubbed \u201cCanada 150.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">The recent massacre at a Qu\u00e9bec City mosque notwithstanding, Canada has long cherished its image as a country of immigrants. This sparsely populated land was the first nation in the world to adopt multiculturalism as official policy, in 1971, and has since embraced newcomers with a zeal rarely seen elsewhere \u2014 including, since its earliest days, Jews from across the diaspora. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The contributions of Canadian Jewry are among the highlights of \u201cCanada 150\u201d festivities taking place this year around the country \u2014 from coast to coast to coast, as our Arctic neighbors like to say. With pessimism and uncertainty roiling politics to the south and across the Pond, Canada\u2019s joyous celebration couldn\u2019t come at a better time, and it\u2019s the reason Canada topped virtually every \u201cwhere to go\u201d list for 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Why not start outdoors? This is Canada, after all; vast, dramatic wilderness is its defining feature, as much a part of its culture as museums and Mounties. All year long, Parks Canada is offering free admission to every Canadian park and historic site via a Discovery Card (apply online). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Exploring the mountains, lakes and glaciers of a still largely virgin continent, you\u2019ll discover how Canadian geography has shaped everything from urban layouts (underground winter tunnels and Ottawa\u2019s famous Rideau Canal Skateway, where locals commute downtown on ice) to immigration policy (there\u2019s an awful lot of space, and resources, to cultivate). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">For a Jewish take on the sesquicentennial, head to the newly vibrant capital for the Jewish community\u2019s signature \u201cCanada 150\u201d exhibition: The Canadian Jewish Experience. Through photographs and artifacts, this downtown Ottawa show covers territory from Romanian Jewish immigration to Bora Laskin, Canada\u2019s first Jewish Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">Summer can be sleepy in government-centric Ottawa, but this year promises plenty of quirky \u201cCanada 150\u201d fun. Highlights include Inspiration Village, an outdoor concert series to be held in a popup art installation in Ottawa\u2019s historic ByWard Market neighborhood; and Mosa\u00efcanada 150\/2017, where 40 large-scale, \u201cliving\u201d sculptures will fill landscaped gardens and a walking path through Jacques-Cartier Park along the Ottawa River.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">While Canada is a young nation, the French founded Montr\u00e9al a staggering 375 years ago \u2014 and what many consider Canada\u2019s coolest, most cosmopolitan city is mounting its own celebration in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Montreal\u2019s urban core is a visually stimulating jolt of historic and modern architecture, combining European-style plazas, the strikingly cubist Habitat 67 apartment complex by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie, modern art in the metro and grand 18th- and 19th-century structures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The latter form the backdrop for Cit\u00e9 M\u00e9moire, a year-long series of nightly projections onto the walls of Old Montreal that literally illuminate significant people, communities and events. They include the 1849 burning of parliament to the Jewish Children\u2019s Transport Train of 1947, when nearly a thousand orphaned Holocaust survivors were adopted by Montreal families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">And in November, the late, great Canadian-Jewish musician and poet Leonard Cohen is the subject of a tribute exhibition at Montreal\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art. Cohen\u2019s minor-key melancholy, rich with irony and resonant with the overtones of a religious upbringing, feels distinctively Jewish \u2014 but does it sound Canadian?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">That\u2019s a question Canadian composers are attempting to answer in \u201cCanada Mosaic,\u201d a year-long, country-wide concert series organized by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra that features two-minute commissions called \u201cSesquies\u201d \u2014 short works intended to capture the spirit of Canadian music. Sesquies, naturally, refer to the sesquicentennial, and will be presented alongside everything from a Glenn Gould tribute to the Yukon\u2019s Longest Night Ensemble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Toronto, of course, is the city where Canada\u2019s evolving, multicultural identity is most dynamic \u2014 and for \u201cCanada 150,\u201d the city explores its own piece of that mosaic with \u201cBecoming Canadian in Toronto: Snapshots Through Time.\u201d The exhibition at Market Gallery, near Toronto\u2019s glittering modern waterfront, looks at the city\u2019s changing demographics through key events, from the War of 1812 to the recent arrival of Syrian refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">In October, Toronto\u2019s York University will host a sesquicentennial symposium entitled \u201cNo Better Home For The Jews\u2026Than Canada?\u201d It\u2019s a provocative question, given the ongoing diversification of Canadian society and the uncertainty of other Jewish destinations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">But if you ask my Afghani driver, and his Qu\u00e9becois Jewish neighbors wintering in Ft. Lauderdale, Canada at 150 is a pretty good bet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-toggle-no-divider fusion-toggle-boxed-mode\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion-724-1\" data-target=\"#724b572076923718f\" href=\"#724b572076923718f\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">Ottawa Jewish Bulletin<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"724b572076923718f\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse \"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content fusion-clearfix\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit to be launched on April 2<\/h1>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"><time class=\"entry-time\" datetime=\"2017-03-20T15:14:04+00:00\">March 20, 2017<\/time><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_72147\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawajewishbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Linda-Frum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ottawajewishbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Linda-Frum-300x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ottawajewishbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Linda-Frum-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ottawajewishbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Linda-Frum-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ottawajewishbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Linda-Frum.jpg 401w\" alt=\"The Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit will help Canadians appreciate the role Jews have played to make Canada a strong and vibrant country, says Senator Linda Frum.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Canadian Jewish Experience exhibit will help Canadians appreciate the role Jews have played to make Canada a strong and vibrant country, says Senator Linda Frum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An exhibit marking the contributions of Jews to Canada and celebrating the 150th anniversary of Confederation is set to open in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience: A Tribute to Canada 150 will be unveiled on Sunday, April 2, 1 pm, in the lobby of 30 Metcalfe Street, two blocks from Parliament Hill.<span id=\"more-72146\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience is composed of specially created exhibit panels illustrating nine major themes, including Jewish contributions in war and diplomacy, public service, human rights, economic growth, arts, culture and sports. A travelling version of the exhibit will be displayed in other cities across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience will also present a lecture series to highlight the contributions of Jewish Canadians to the development of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A Canadian Jewish Experience website will be launched to provide more detailed information about the exhibit topics and the accomplished Jewish Canadians it highlights. The website will also provide information about the lecture series and locations across Canada where the travelling exhibit can be viewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcitement is building as we approach Canada Day 2017,\u201d said Tova Lynch, chair of the Canadian Jewish Experience committee.\u00a0 The exhibit \u201cwill tell Canada\u2019s Jewish story to many thousands of visitors to Ottawa in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first Jewish Canadians arrived more than 100 years before Confederation,\u201d said Senator Linda Frum. \u201cWe\u2019ve been here for a quarter of a millennium, but many Canadians don\u2019t know the role we\u2019ve played to make our country strong and vibrant. The Canadian Jewish Experience will help to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said the national capital is the appropriate home for the Canadian Jewish Experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, Ottawa will be at the centre of celebrating Canada\u2019s 150th birthday,\u201d said Watson, \u201cand Jewish people have played a key role in all facets of life in the city. In fact, their accomplishments here reflect all the themes of the Canadian Jewish Experience, including being elected mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Jewish Experience is seeking local volunteers to staff the Ottawa exhibit and provide information to visitors. For more information, contact Tova Lynch at <a href=\"mailto:2017CJE@gmail.com\"><em>2017CJE@gmail.com<\/em><\/a> or 613 680-8820.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-724","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/724\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cje2017.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}