Community Calendar

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Jun 1, 2025
Erev Shavuot
Jun 2, 2025
Shavuot
Jun 3, 2025
Shavuot
Jun

1 2025

Renewing Ruth

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Raq Black
1301 Prince of Wales
Ottawa, ON K2C1N2

 

Sunday June 1 (7pm) – Renewing Ruth: A Narrative of Hesed with Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell (virtual only) (make flyer, pi…

Jun

1 2025

Colourful Profile's Course

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Chabad of Wellington West
166 Huron Ave N.
Ottawa, ON K1Z 1E5

 

Join a 4 week new fascinating course as we explore some of the most amazing stories in Jewish History.

Jun

2 2025

Shavuot Dairy Dinner

6:00AM - 8:00PM  

Ottawa Torah Centre
111 Lamplighters Dr
ottawa, ON k2j0c2

 

Join OTC for a delicious family-friendly dairy dinner and reading of the Ten Commandments in celebration of Shavuot!

Jun

2 2025

Community Shavuot Celebration

5:30PM - 7:00PM  

Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa
192 Switzer Ave
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7H9

 

Community Shavuot celebration at Chabad of Wellington West

Jun

2 2025

SHAVUOT ICE CREAM PARTY

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

 

Join us for the Reading of the Ten Commandments Followed by a Delicious Kiddush & Ice Cream Party
Enjoy a traditional…

Jun

4 2025

 

Please join us for an inspiring evening as we celebrate the strength of our community, honour our outgoing Chair Sand…

Jun

5 2025

Annual Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Soloway JCC

 

Opening Night!

Jun

6 2025

PJ Library's Babies & Bagels, SJCC & Ganon Kabbalat Shabbat!

10:00AM - 11:30AM  

Soloway Jewish Community Centre
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON K2A 1R9

 

🌟 Join Us Every Friday Morning! 🌟 From May 16 to June 13, come to PJ Library Babies & Bagels at SJCC &…

Jun

6 2025

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Jun

7 2025

 

On June 6 at 6:45 pm we’ll kick off the celebrations at KBI with Kabbalat Shabbat services and a festive Pride Sh…

Jun

6 2025

Dances of Universal Peace

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

First United Church
347 Richmond Rd
Ottawa,, K2A 0E7

 

No experience is necessary to do the dances, and no dance partner is needed. The movements are not difficult and…

Jun

7 2025

Demystifying the Mikveh with Rabbinic Student Intern Rani Silverman-Gitin

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

Or Haneshamah Ottawa's Reconstructionist Community
30 Cleary Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2A 4A1

 

Reconstructionist Rabbinic Student Intern Rani Silverman-Gitin will speak about the mikveh and Jewish laws that surro…

Jun

8 2025

Mikveh Visit @ SJCC with Rabbinic Student Intern Rani Silverman-Gitin

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

SJCC 21 Nadolny Sachs Private
30 Cleary Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2A 2E1

 

We will tour the JCC mikveh together, then gather in their cafe to debrief and discuss historical to contemporary pra…

Jun

8 2025

Craft & Schmooze

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Or Haneshamah Ottawa's Reconstructionist Community
30 Cleary Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2A 4A1

 

Do you knit, macrame, sew, embroider, crochet, weave, or practice another crafting hobby? Come along, schmooze, and c…

Jun

8 2025

Sassy, Smart, and Seriously Good Stories with Sara Goodman Confino

3:00PM - 4:00PM  

Greenberg Families Library
21 NADOLNY SACHS PRIVATE
Ottawa, ON K2A1R9

 

Join bestselling author Sara Goodman Confino in the Greenberg Families Library for an event full of wit, warmth, and …

Jun

8 2025

Annual Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Soloway JCC

 

Join us for the 22nd annual Israeli Film Festival. Doors open at 6:40 pm at the Soloway JCC.

A limited number of t…

Jun

10 2025

Babies & Bagels: Pool Day!

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Soloway JCC-Pool
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON K2A 1R9

 

Join us for a delightful Babies & Bagels day at the SJCC pool, perfect for parents and their little ones! Enjoy a…

Jun

12 2025

Annual Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Soloway JCC

 

Join us for the 22nd annual Israeli Film Festival. Doors open at 6:40 pm at the Soloway JCC.

A limited number of ti…

Jun

13 2025

PJ Library's Babies & Bagels, SJCC & Ganon Kabbalat Shabbat!

10:00AM - 11:30AM  

Soloway Jewish Community Centre
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON K2A 1R9

 

🌟 Join Us Every Friday Morning! 🌟 From May 16 to June 13, come to PJ Library Babies & Bagels at SJCC &…

Jun

13 2025

Teddy Bear Shabbat

5:30PM - 6:30PM  

Or Haneshamah Ottawa's Reconstructionist Community
30 Cleary Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2A 4A1

 

Welcome Shabbat with Rabbi Zuker in this family-friendly event. Sing Shabbat songs and enjoy snacks and cupcakes
This…

Jun

13 2025

Freylekh Friday

6:30PM - 9:00PM  

Or Haneshamah Ottawa's Reconstructionist Community
30 Cleary Ave.
Ottawa, ON K2A 4A1

 

Freylekh Friday!
Teddy Bear Shabbat at 5:30 pm - Join Rabbi Zuker for snacks, stories and stuffies!
Potluck Shabbat …

Jun

14 2025

Oy, What They Said About Love

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Atelier Theatre
67 Nicholas St.
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B9

 

Steve wonders why other people can tie the knot and he can’t. Oy, does he wonder! So he asked a bunch of couples…

Jun

15 2025

Musica Ebraica Concert - Mavens of the Musical

4:30PM - 6:00PM  

Kehillat Beth Israel
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z7P9

 

Musica Ebraica celebrates its 25th anniversary off bringing Jewish choral delights to the Ottawa community with a spe…

Jun

15 2025

Annual Israeli Film Festival, closing night

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Soloway JCC

 

IFF, closing night
details TBA

Jun

16 2025

Masked Tours at the Yiddish Book Center

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002

 

The Yiddish Book Center is now offering masked tours of Yiddish: A Global Culture, our permanent exhibition. Visitors…

Jun

18 2025

20th-century Canada through the Magic of Radio with Laurence Wall

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

KBI
1400 Coldrey Ave
Ottawa, ON K1Z7P9

 

Laurence Wall will present a program on Twentieth-century Canada through the Magic of Radio. Lunch will be served…

Jun

20 2025

PRIDE-Stories that Sparkle

5:30PM - 8:30PM  

Raq Black
1301 Prince of Wales
Ottawa, ON K2C1N2

 

We propose a vibrant, intergenerational storytelling and comedy event that brings together Jewish youth, a local drag…

Jun

20 2025

Pow-Wow Fare Shabbat

7:00PM - 11:00PM  

Private Home in Nepean
near Baseline and Greenbank

 

Jew Crew invites Jewish young adults (20s & 30s), along with their partners, to our monthly social. As Shabbat…

Jun

22 2025

PJ In the Park

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

 

Join us for a fun day in the park filled with fun activities for all ages.

Jun

23 2025

Masked Tours at the Yiddish Book Center

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002

 

The Yiddish Book Center is now offering masked tours of Yiddish: A Global Culture, our permanent exhibition. Visitors…

Jun

25 2025

Lunch and Launch for the Ottawa Jewish Seniors Facebook Group

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

KBI
1400 Coldrey Ave.
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Curious how this new Facebook group for Jewish Seniors can help you? Meet the moderators and administrators of the gr…

Jun

25 2025

AGM Jewish Federation of Ottawa

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

 

Please stay tuned for more details.

Jun

29 2025

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Jul

5 2025

Yarchei Kallah

9:15AM - 10:00PM  



ON

 

The JET Yarchei Kallah is modeled after the description of the Yarchei Kallah in the Talmud. In the two months of the…