Clean Speech Ottawa is a movement backed by more than 25 Jewish organizations. Their goal: encourage people to be mindful of the ways in which their flippant, offensive, condescending or insulting language can hurt other people. Their goal is to spread peace across communities “one word at a time.” One of the founders, Rabbi Zischa Shaps, joins the show to talk about the birth of the movement and why it matters so much in 2021.

What we talked about:

• Read the Senate bill that could bring Kindness Week to Canada
• Follow Clean Speech Ottawa on Facebook at facebook.com/CleanSpeechOttawa
• Learn about Rabbi Shaps’s organization, JET, at jetottawa.com

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