1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2017 Annual Report 11 12 13 14 MISSION TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE AN EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF JEWISH LIFE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND CEO OF FEDERATION VISION A THRIVING OTTAWA JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE, ACCESSIBLE, EDUCATED AND ENGAGED Thanks to the generosity of our Dear Friends, visionary and We are so appreciative of the vibrancy that is Jewish Ottawa compassionate CORE VALUES and are proud of Federation’s invaluable work to advance and TORAH, CHESED (LOVING KINDNESS), K’LAL YISRAEL (JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD), donors, Federation promote an exceptional quality of Jewish life. TZEDAKAH (PHILANTHROPIC GIVING), AND TIKKUN OLAM (REPAIRING THE is able to fund our WORLD) partner agencies and When we reflect on the past year, four primary thoughts come to mind. meet many of the ENDURING AFFINITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH STATE OF ISRAEL needs to support Firstly, the critical importance of fundraising to our community and the vital role that Annual Campaign chairs our community’s Sharon Appotive and Michael Polowin played in securing funds to support Jewish life. The Annual Campaign four pillars to is the engine that drives the community. Without the generosity of our donors, the exceptional work done by CORPORATE PRINCIPLES Build Community, Federation and our beneficiary agencies would be curtailed and Jewish lives would be at risk. Campaign funds Help the Vulnerable, offer a lifeline for so many. COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP CARE, ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT FOR Educate Jewishly EVERY INDIVIDUAL, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, and Support Secondly, it is only through the wonderful partnership between volunteers and community professionals that INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD-THINKING LEADERSHIP Israel. our community functions and, indeed, thrives. We are enormously grateful for the many hours that so many K’LAL ISRAEL contribute for the benefit of others. AGENCIES Thirdly, it has been a year of tremendous accomplishment. Federation marquee programs such as PJ Library For a complete list of all programs and Birthright Israel are flourishing. Federation community-wide programs such as Holocaust remembrance care supported please see page 3. SUPPORTED and Mitzvah Day have never been stronger. And new programs such as the Shinshinim program have been added with great results. Federation continues to strategically plan for the future, through initiatives big and BY FEDERATION small – including on-going collaboration and partnership with the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation – to • AJA 50+ • Ottawa Jewish ensure our community’s future. And Federation continues to bring leaders together to promote the exciting Community School activities organized by other individuals and institutions across the community. CORPORATE • The Bess and Moe Greenberg Family Hillel • Ottawa Modern Lodge Jewish School Finally, even as we celebrate the excellence of the past year, much work remains. We remained focused on PRINCIPLES increasing the number of consumers of Jewish education and Jewish life. Not a simple or easy task to be sure, • Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa • Ottawa Talmud but an all-important one. Torah Afternoon School core values • Chabad Student Network tzedakah • Ottawa Torah Centre/Chabad We are grateful and appreciative of our dedicated board and volunteers, hard-working staff, exceptionally leadership • Hillel Ottawa: The Foundation for Hebrew School generous donors and wonderful community. In fact, each and every community member is an integral partner Jewish Campus Life in building Jewish Ottawa. What role can we support you in playing? CARE • Ottawa Torah Institute/ • Jewish Education Through Torah (JET) Machon Sarah High School /Glebe Shul Sincerely, VISION • Sephardi Association of Ottawa • Jewish Family Services • Soloway Jewish Community Centre torah • Jewish Youth Library • Tamir • Limmud Ottawa Linda Kerzner Andrea Freedman respect • Temple Israel Religious School Chair President & CEO TZEDAKAH • NCSY/Torah High [email protected] [email protected] VALUES • Torah Day School acceptance MISSION TIKKUN • Or Haneshamah accountability Machaneh Shabbat • Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies OLAM (Developing Future Leaders Program) 1 chesedMISSION VISION COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS 2016/2017 Strengthening Community Federation and Community Services Organization Program $ Organization $ Active Jewish Adults 50+ ..................................AJA 50+ $10,000 Archives ......................................................................... $30,598 Chabad Student Network ............Holiday Programming $3,500 Birthright ........................................................................ $29,000 Zelikovitz Centre, Carleton University ..Developing Future Campus and Maintenance ............................................. $303,268 Leaders Interns $2,500 Federation Services .................... Communications and Hillel Ottawa .................................Student Campus Life $51,000 Community Relations (includes Interfaith Dialogue) $185,931 Jewish Education through Torah .......................................Adult Education $9,000 Community Building (includes Shoah/ JWRP Post-Trip Programming $3,000 Holocaust Education) $177,385 Freiman Family Young Glebe Shul $15,000 Community Services $639,528 Student Leadership Award Shem Tov Gilbert Greenberg Jewish Youth Library ........Jewish Montessori Preschool $3,000 Governance and Representation $88,713 Leadership and Lawrence Greenberg Community Volunteer Distinguished Leadership Award Young Leadership Award Award Limmud .................................................Limmud Ottawa $2,000 Capacity Building Contingency $25,000 Development Award NCSY ....................................................... Culture Clubs $24,200 March of the Living ........................................................ $13,600 Ottawa Torah Centre ..................................JLI Courses $3,000 Parternship2Gether ....................................................... $35,000 Living Legacy $10,000 Emerging Generation .................................................... $17,000 EYAL PODOLSKY GILLIAN PRESNER HYMAN REICHSTEIN JEFFREY MILLER Sephardi Association ................ Sephardi Programming $9,000 Eyal became BBYO’s Gillian helped organize the Hymie was past president Jeff‘s impressive list of Soloway JCC ............................Organizational Funding $329,850 TOTAL ........................................................................... $1,545,022 chapter president, regional 2011 openOttawa of Machzikei Hadas volunteer work speaks for itself. Jeff was treasurer vice-president, and chapter symposium to engage a Congregation and one of TOTAL ........................................................................... $475,050 secretary. He was vice new generation of young the shul’s most dedicated for Mackzikei Hadas National and Overseas $ president and president of adults. She co-chaired the volunteers, working Congregation, the Ottawa JFC-UIA - Domestic (including CIJA) & Torah Academy Board and Sir Robert Borden’s Jewish Young Women’s Leadership tirelessly on the finance Overseas Agenda and Israel .................................... $685,593 Jewish Family Services, as Assisting the Vulnerable Culture Club, volunteered Council and as an SJCC and fundraising well as president of Hillel Applicant Program $ with Hillel Lodge and board member, Gillian committees. Hymie also Academy (now OJCS) for Grand Total ..................................................... $4,322,429 participated in the spearheaded a successful headed up a much needed AJA 50+ ..........................................Creative Connections $3,000 two years. He chaired two Developing Future Leaders campaign to boost the fundraising campaign for Millionaires Nights for Camp B’nai Brith .............................Camper Scholarships $22,000 program through the Ganon Preschool’s the Ottawa Torah Institute B’nai Brith of Ottawa, two Hillel Lodge ..................................Organizational Funding $231,787 Zelikovitz Centre. As enrolment. She was an and is very involved with Desert Classic Golf Allocations are reported in the president of Hillel, Eyal instrumental voice for the Jewish Genealogical Tournaments in support Jewish Family Services ...............Organizational Funding $384,487 financial statements as follows $ of the Soloway JCC and Jewish Youth Library ..............................Friendship Circle $4,400 oversaw all programs, young families in the Society of Ottawa and Allocations to Agencies ..................................................... $3,084,416 events and meetings, and search and selection Jewish Memorial Gardens, Hillel Academy, and has Soloway JCC ............................................... Scholarships $54,817 canvassed for Federation Internally Restricted Net Assets ........................................ $1,238,013 became the voice of Hillel committee for Kehillat making a significant Tamir ............................................Organizational Funding $86,787 and Jewish life on campus. Beth Israel’s new rabbi. impact on both for close to 30 years. Jeff was instrumental in GRAND TOTAL OF ALL ALLOCATIONS ................... $4,322,429 Last year, she and her organizations. chairing the Hillel Lodge TOTAL .............................................................................. $787,278 In his nomination letter on husband co-chaired Capital Campaign to raise behalf of Eyal, Dovi Chein Federation’s 2016 Annual In his nomination