Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) recently announced that Dollard des Ormeaux’s Alanna Elias, formerly the Montreal Centre Coordinator, has been promoted to Director of Development, Eastern Canada.
Robert (Bobby) Kleinman, who for more than 25 years has been a key architect of its success.
âQuiet and unassuming, but smart and community-minded Bobby personifies the values and approach of the JCF,â explains
Kathy Assayag, Executive Director. âWithout fanfare but often with a touch of humor, he simply gets the job done. Thanks in large measure to his vision and hard work, the JCF makes a significant difference in the lives of Montrealers. He is largely responsible for our growth and as a community we are indebted to him.â
The JCF was launched in 1971 by a group of Montreal Jewish leaders, led by the visionary
A group of former Canadian Jewish Congress senior leaders from coast to coast, as well as some new young leadership, have come together to establish the Canadian Jewish Community Forum
The new group is a federally incorporated all-volunteer organization.
The group s founders say the new organization will provide a forum to educate, discuss and debate issues of interest and concern, both regional and national, that impact Canada, the Canadian Jewish community and the welfare of the people of Israel.
The process to launch the group began in January, with virtual meetings. The group hopes to engage the former leadership of CJC and new young leaders to honour, learn and draw from the legacy of Congress, a body that worked and fought for social justice in Canada, says a CJCF statement. The CJC understood that making Canada a peaceful, inclusive and just society is good for all of its peoples. It is the prime objective of the CJCF to take lessons from the past and use them to inform communal policy in the present and future, to promote Jewish values of
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