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May

15 2016

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Jun

10 2016

Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging and the Future

4:00PM  

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

 

Documentary photographer Judah Passow spent 2013 photographing Scotland's Jewish community, travelling across the…

Jun

1 2016

A Life in politics: A Personal Story

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

Soloway JCC
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON K2A1R9

 

Ms. Sholzberg-Gray, a retired member of the Quebec Bar, has science and law degrees from McGill University and a B.A.…

Jun

1 2016

Workshop for Agencies' Staff, Board and Volunteers

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

SJCC

21 Nadolny Sacks Private,
Ottawa, ON

 

Jewish Federation of Ottawa presents a professional development workshop for local Jewish agencies and…

Jun

1 2016

​ Mavins of the Musical: From Yiddish Theatre to Broadway

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Agudath Israel Synagogue
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa,

 

Musica Ebraica choir of Ottawa presents a survey of Jewish musical theatre songs. Guests include Laurence Wall as MC …

Jun

2 2016

Jewish Leadership Through the Eyes of Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

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

 

Jewish Leadership Through the Eyes of Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks. Professor Steven Prawer discusses leadership as…

Jun

2 2016

Jewish Leadership Through the Eyes of Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks

7:30PM - 8:45PM  

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

 

Jewish Leadership Through the Eyes of Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks Professor Prawer discusses leadership as seen…

Jun

3 2016

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Jun

5 2016

An Inspiring Weekend with Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb,

12:00AM  

Machzikei HaDas Synagogue
2310 Virginia Drive
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7H8

 

Please join us for an inspiring Weekend/Shabbaton with Scholar in Residence Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, former…

Jun

4 2016

Tot Shabbat at Agudath Israel

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Tots and their parents are invited to join us for our monthly Tot Shabbat program on June 4th! Led by Rabbi Zuker, To…

Jun

5 2016

Am Echad Walkathon for Jewish Educatation

3:00PM - 6:00PM  

 

Am Echad Walkathon for Jewish Education in Ottawa. Please visit our website for information or to register.

Jun

5 2016

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Jun

6 2016

AJA 50+ Trivia Night

6:00PM - 10:00PM  

Temple Israel
1301 Prince of Wales Drive
Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2

 

A fun evening out for the whole community. Questions, answers, challenges, great food and lots of laughter.

Jun

6 2016

Ottawa Talmud Circle

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

The Talmud has been part of the Jewish tradition for over 2,000 years. Historically study of the Talmud has been limi…

Jun

6 2016

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Jun

7 2016

In Conversation with Writer Assaf Gavron

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Carleton University Art Gallery
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON

 

With a string of international literary awards and bestselling novels to his credit, Assaf Gavron has earned his plac…

Jun

7 2016

J-Babies Playgroup: Fun in the Sun!

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Calling all parents and caregivers of Jewish babies! Join us every Tuesday in June as we move our playgroup outside (…

Jun

7 2016

Alef, Bet and beyond: Hebrew Language Learning

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

This Hebrew language learning class is suitable for beginning through intermediate learners.
Based on the needs of s…

Jun

7 2016

Tea and Torah: Weekly Parasha Study

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Join Rav Anna to study the Parasha of the week! No Hebrew needed. All welcome – including non-Jews and those on a J…

Jun

8 2016

Women’s Torah Study with Rabbi Deborah Zuker

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

 

Agudath Israel and Beth Shalom Present Women’s Torah Study with Rabbi Deborah Zuker
Join Rabbi Zuker in her home fo…

Jun

8 2016

Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation Annual General Meeting

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Social Hall
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON

 

Join us for the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation's annual general meeting.

Jun

9 2016

Israeli Film Festival Opening Night

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Carleton University, River Building Theatre
RB2200, 43 Campus Ave. (corner of University Dr.)
Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr.
Ottawa, ON

 

Dana, 24, bears the load of her family on her frail shoulders and finds out that the price she pays is her youth.…

Jun

10 2016

Shabbat Potluck Dinner

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

Rabbi Anna Maranta
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Join us to celebrate Shabbat, including table prayers, study and song.
Please bring a vegetarian main dish or desser…

Jun

11 2016

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Jun

12 2016

Shavuot Together

6:00PM - 12:00AM  

SJCC
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON

 

A night filled with interesting breakout sessions ; learning sessions with Rabbi Bolton, Rabbi Morais, Rabbi Zuker,…

Jun

11 2016

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Jun

13 2016

Shavuot at Young Israel

8:30PM - 9:30PM  

Young Israel of Ottawa
627 Kirkwood Ave.
Ottawa, ON

 

Young Israel of Ottawa Shavuot learning schedule. All are welcome to attend.

Jun

12 2016

Chabad of Centrepointe Shavuot Ice Cream Party & Ten Commandments

10:00AM - 1:00PM  

Chabad of Centrepointe
100 Constellation Dr.
Ottawa, ON K2G 5M6

 

On Sunday June 12, come celebrate Shavuot! Come join us for Shavuot holiday services (10 am) followed by the…

Jun

12 2016

Shavuot Carnival at Machzikei

10:00AM - 12:30PM  

Machzikei Hadas
2310 Virginia Drive

 

Bring the kids for an amazing Journey to Mount Sinai Carnival, featuring games, prizes, cupcake decorating, and a kid…

Jun

12 2016

Ice Cream Party @ Chabad of Kanata

11:00AM - 1:00PM  

Red Oak Senior Living
3501 Campeau Drive
Kanata, ON K2K 0C1

 

Come and join us to celebrate Shavuot!

Don't miss a great time for whole family!

Elegant and delicious dairy Kidush…

Jun

12 2016

Shavuot Dairy Buffet and Reading of Ten Commandments

11:00AM - 2:00PM  

Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad
111 Lamplighters Drive
Ottawa, ON K2J0C2

 

Let's celebrate the giving of the Torah with family and friends at OTC's annual Shavuot Dairy brunch and reading of T…

Jun

12 2016

Machzikei Hadas Live! Shavuot Special

11:45AM - 2:00PM  

Machzikei Hadas
2310 Virginia Drive

 

Please join us for davening and our traditional gourmet dairy kiddush lunch on the first day of Shavuot. Then after l…

Jun

12 2016

Cheesecake Making & Shavuot Dinner!

4:00PM - 6:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Join Agudath Israel and Beth Shalom and celebrate Shavuot! We'll be making mini cheesecakes in a variety of delicious…

Jun

13 2016

Cheshbon HaNefesh, An Introduction to Mussar

7:00AM - 8:30PM  

Anna Maranta
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Second and fourth Monday evenings
In this introductory series we will explore the concept of “Chesbon HaNefesh” o…

Jun

13 2016

Shavuot Camp

8:30AM - 4:30PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Calling all kids in kindergarten - grade 8! Join us for SHAVUOT CAMP, a fun full-day program featuring games, activit…

Jun

13 2016

Yizkor and Kidush with Disabled Veterans of Israel

11:15AM - 3:00PM  

Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad
111 Lamplighters Drive
Ottawa, ON K2J0C2

 

Please join us for a special Shavuot Yizkor Memorial Service with a special delegation from Beit Halochem Disabled Ve…

Jun

14 2016

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Jun

16 2016

2016 Ottawa Jewish Telephone DIrectory Sale Days

8:30AM - 1:00PM  

 

Save $4.00 and purchase your copy of the 2016 Ottawa Jewish Telephone Directory at the Soloway JCC for $23 during…

Jun

14 2016

J-Babies Playgroup: Fun in the Sun!

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Calling all parents and caregivers of Jewish babies! Join us every Tuesday in June as we move our playgroup outside (…

Jun

14 2016

Alef, Bet and beyond: Hebrew Language Learning

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

This Hebrew language learning class is suitable for beginning through intermediate learners.
Based on the needs of s…

Jun

14 2016

Tea and Torah: Weekly Parasha Study

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Join Rav Anna to study the Parasha of the week! No Hebrew needed. All welcome – including non-Jews and those on a J…

Jun

15 2016

82nd Annual General Meeting of the JFO

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

 

The Federation's Annual General meeting is open to the public. Please join us for important business updates and the …

Jun

15 2016

Young Israel of Ottawa Tribute Concert to honour Joel and Rachel Diena

7:30PM - 11:55PM  

Centrepointe Mainstage Theatre
101 Centrepointe Drive

 

Join Young Israel of Ottawa for a Tribute Concert honouring Joel & Rachel Diena Featuring world-famous…

Jun

19 2016

Breakfast of Champions

11:00AM - 12:30PM  

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

 

Celebrate our community’s athletic heroes of the past 12 months. Middle school, high school and university athletes…

Jun

19 2016

KBI Kids Kick Off Party!

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Celebrate the start of KBI Kids with your new Kehillat Beth Israel family! Join us for a deli picnic on the lawn and …

Jun

19 2016

Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Carleton University, River Building Theatre
RB2200, 43 Campus Ave. (corner of University Dr.)
Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr.
Ottawa, ON

 

When a suicide bomber creates multiple injuries in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Haifa, the hospital trauma centre…

Jun

20 2016

Movie night - Dough

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

SJCC Social Hall
21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, ON

 

Dough - Trailer : An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice acciden…

Jun

20 2016

Ottawa Talmud Circle

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

The Talmud has been part of the Jewish tradition for over 2,000 years. Historically study of the Talmud has been limi…

Jun

21 2016

J-Babies Playgroup: Fun in the Sun!

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Calling all parents and caregivers of Jewish babies! Join us every Tuesday in June as we move our playgroup outside (…

Jun

21 2016

Alef, Bet and beyond: Hebrew Language Learning

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

This Hebrew language learning class is suitable for beginning through intermediate learners.
Based on the needs of s…

Jun

21 2016

Honourable Justice Michael Moldaver

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

 

The Unpredictability of Life: The Honourable Justice Michael Moldaver, Supreme Court of Canada, in conversation with…

Jun

21 2016

Tea and Torah: Weekly Parasha Study

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Join Rav Anna to study the Parasha of the week! No Hebrew needed. All welcome – including non-Jews and those on a J…

Jun

23 2016

Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Carleton University, River Building Theatre
RB2200, 43 Campus Ave. (corner of University Dr.)
Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr.
Ottawa, ON

 

An “autobiography” told entirely in Rabin’s own voice. Through a combination of rare archival footage, home movies…

Jun

24 2016

Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Vegetarian Potluck Dinner

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

The Glebe Minyan
91A Fourth Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1S2L1

 

TGM offers a meditative Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a dairy potluck.
We meet at the Quaker Meeting House, 91…

Jun

26 2016

Torah Dedication Ceremony & Celebration

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Ottawa Torah Centre
111 Lamplighters Drive
Ottawa, ON K2J0C2

 

Join us as we welcome a new Torah Scroll written in Israel in memory of Norman & Evelyn Potechin Ob"m
10:00 a.m. …

Jun

26 2016

Ottawa Jewish historical Society Book Launch

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Ben Franklin Place
101 Centrepointe Drive, Atrium
Ottawa, ON K2G5K7

 

The Ottawa Jewish Historical Society will host an event to launch a new book by Sylvia Bodovsky-Kershman. It will tak…

Jun

26 2016

PJ Library in the Park- Dancin' in the Park

3:00PM - 6:00PM  

Centrepointe Park
114 Centrepointe Drive
Ottawa, ON K2G 3N1

 

PJ Library in the Park is back and better than ever! We'll be splashing in the splash pads and playing on the…

Jun

26 2016

Israeli Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Carleton University, River Building Theatre
RB2200, 43 Campus Ave. (corner of University Dr.)
Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr.
Ottawa, ON

 

Hagit, a young woman with mild mental deficiency, works in a toilet-paper factory. She lives with her mother Sarah,…

Jun

27 2016

Cheshbon HaNefesh, An Introduction to Mussar

7:00AM - 8:30PM  

Anna Maranta
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Second and fourth Monday evenings
In this introductory series we will explore the concept of “Chesbon HaNefesh” o…

Jun

28 2016

J-Babies Playgroup: Fun in the Sun!

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

Agudath Israel Congregation
1400 Coldrey Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 7P9

 

Calling all parents and caregivers of Jewish babies! Join us every Tuesday in June as we move our playgroup outside (…

Jun

28 2016

Alef, Bet and beyond: Hebrew Language Learning

2:00PM - 3:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

This Hebrew language learning class is suitable for beginning through intermediate learners.
Based on the needs of s…

Jun

28 2016

Tea and Torah: Weekly Parasha Study

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The Glebe Minyan
64 Powell Avenue
1
Ottawa, ON K1S2A1

 

Join Rav Anna to study the Parasha of the week! No Hebrew needed. All welcome – including non-Jews and those on a J…

Jun

29 2016

Tamir Foundation Annual General Meeting

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

 

Tamir invites you to join us for our Annual General Meeting Wednesday June 29th 2016. Agudath Israel Congregation 140…