Dear donors and supporters,

Thank you for your incredible generosity and support of our new initiative! Your contributions have turned our vision into a resounding success. We embarked on this journey with excitement, but as it grew closer to reality, we also felt a hint of anxiety: would it be embraced? Would it truly make a difference?

Thanks to your generous donations, we received a resounding "Yes" to these questions. The calendar will be hot off the presses by mid-August and will be available at various Ottawa Jewish institutions.

If you would like us to deliver a calendar to your home, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at NCOttawa @ naamat.com or give us a call.
Your continued support means the world to us. To make your donation click here. Feel free to email NCOttawa @ naamat.com or call us (613) 788-2913 if you have any questions.

Na’amat Canada Ottawa has two chapters, the Aviva Chapter of women in their 60’s and beyond, and the Otzma chapter with women in their 40’s and beyond. They meet throughout the year for a variety of interesting programs and activities.

Na’amat Canada Ottawa is led by the Na’amat Canada Ottawa Council, a group representing leadership from the two local chapters as well as other long-time local and national leaders. Council meets on a regular basis throughout the year to manage the local administration and to plan city-wide events.

Our programming has included a book review each spring, led by one of our chapter members, Mary Rubin, who digs deep to research themes and lessons from each book. Our most recent book review, "The Beekeeper’s Apprentice" by Laurie R. King, was held this past June.

Other recent programs have included a talk on navigating our course into the future, a discussion about the changes to our living arrangements as we age, a talk by the head of the Ottawa Police Services Hate and Bias Crime unit, talking about the uptick in antisemitic incidents, a review and discussion of the documentary "Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen" (highly recommended), and a talk about the Sar El program (volunteering in Israel). In early May we enjoyed our annual post-Passover meal out. We regularly plan a garden party every summer, a Chanukah pot luck with trivia,and lunch out in the winter months.

Ottawa council has participated for many years in our city’s Chanukah fair, where we sell cards, Ottawa Jewish Directories, and raffle tickets for a gift basket that Marilyn Schwartz puts together with donations.

I would be remiss if I neglected to mention our School Supplies for Kids, currently chaired by Danielle Schneiderman, which is fortunate to receive community grants to put together backpacks full of school supplies for children in domestic violence shelters. These children often leave home in a hurry with just the clothes on their backs.

Na’amat Canada Ottawa will be soon be releasing our second Na’amat calendar (inspired by Montreal’s calendar), a unique 16-month calendar which encompasses both English and Jewish years, with lots of Na’amat information and advertisements by local partners. We are lucky to have Mary Rubin chairing this project. She is a hard worker and very organized!

Thank you to all our volunteers!

Marian Lederman
Council President, Na’amat Canada Ottawa