Let’s welcome Dr. Rena Secter Elbaze to the OJC. Dr. Elbaze serves as Executive Director of Winnipeg’s most historic synagogue, Shaarey Zedek, where she is also a member of the lay leadership team. Cultivating her expertise in Israel, Canada, and the French Riviera (ahhhh….), she is excited to step onto the OJC bimah and to […]
In honour of the kaffehaus’s origins as a centre of intellectual exchange, we’re opening the microphone to honest discourse at this month’s sanctuary-cum-café. And of course, there will also be plenty to nosh on! "Israel's Image in the Media: The Beauty Pageant We Just Can't Win" Dr. Rena Secter Elbaze reflects on how the […]
Let’s heartily welcome back to the OJC Rabbi Y. Lindsey bat Joseph! Rabbi Lindsey served as our part-time rabbi in the late 2000s. Since then, she’s been very busy, earning a (second!) master’s degree from SFU (this one in Moral Philosophy), founding and leading the Sol Mark Centre for Jewish Excellence, and serving as Associate […]