Hillel Ottawa serves all post secondary students in the capital region.
That means we serve Jewish undergraduate, graduate, medical, law and trade school students in Ottawa. Students around the capital region celebrate their role as Jewish participants and leaders at Hillel Ottawa.
Our Primary Campuses
Jewish Studies in Ottawa
The Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa
Minor in Jewish Canadian Studies: The Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program promotes an understanding of Jewish life, culture, language, literature and history in Canada. The program offers a variety of courses in an interdisciplinary environment with courses in Jewish Canadian culture, history, literature and Yiddish. Courses are open to all students at the University of Ottawa and to members of the community at large.
The Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University
The Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies promotes scholarly inquiry into all aspects of the Jewish experience from ancient times to the present and serves as a meeting point for scholars and the wider community, both Jewish and non-Jewish. The Centre encourages the growth of course offerings in Jewish Studies which deal with historical, religious, social, cultural, and political aspects of Jewish life from a variety of disciplinary perspectives
Carleton University has more than twenty-five faculty members conducting innovative research in the field of Jewish Studies. Their research projects cover a wide range of topics, including Jewish history (ancient to modern), literature, and philosophy, Jewish identity, gender and Judaism, antisemitism, diasporic experiences, and classical Jewish texts.
