Ottawa’s Machzikei Hadas synagogue has suddenly shut down for a week due to COVID in December 2021
Ottawa’s large Orthodox Jewish congregation, Machzikei Hadas, has notified its members that it is closing the building for a week, after a child who had attended Saturday programming on Dec. 11 tested positive for COVID-19. In an email Monday, the president of the congregation, Bonnie Boretsky, said the child had attended youth programming on the […]
Hundreds of people share memories of a culinary icon
Barbara Silverstein shares some touching tributes from Norene Gilletz’s ‘Noreners’ and a few of her most memorable recipes.
