Everything that's Happening in Jewish Calgary
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Next ePom: Monday, January 6, 2020
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PJ Library
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Tot Shabbat Chanukah
Friday, December 20
9:45 - 10:00am start | Calgary JCC
Join PJ Library® as we celebrate Chanukah with songs, brachot, treats, and of course, challah. There is no charge for our half hour to forty-five minute program and no need to register. Please note that this program is suitable for children who are not yet in preschool. Please
email Kathie
or phone 403-537-8592 for more information. Next Tot Shabbat dates: January 10 and 24, 2020.
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Shalom Baby Shower
Sunday, January 19
11:00am - 1:00pm | JCC Senior's Lounge
Have you recently been blessed with a new addition to your family? Shalom Baby would like to formally welcome your new child to the Jewish community! Join with other families to receive your Shalom Baby gift bag, and stay for coffee and snacks, along with games and face painting for older kids.
Contact Shalom Baby for more details or to register.
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Winter Break Camp Registration
December 23 - January 3
Calgary JCC is offering a Winter Break Camp over the holiday break (no camp December 25, 26, and January 1). You can register for a full package or individual days. Visit our
website
for more details.
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Camp Gan Israel Winter Camp
December 24 - January 3
Registration is now open for ages 4 to 12. Lunches and snacks included! Amazing outings and more!
Visit our website
for more info and to register or call 403-281-3770 or
email
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Tot Shabbat
Friday, January 10
5:30pm | Beth Tzedec Congregation
Members: 0-4 Free, 5-12 $5, 13+ $10
Guests: 0-4 Free, 5-12 $10, 13+ $20
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of Kabbalat Shabbat in a relaxed kid-friendly environment. Light Shabbat Dinner provided. For more information
email Cantor Russ or call 403-255-8688, ext.2. RSVP via
email or call 403-255-8688 by
Wednesday, January 8.
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Juniors Shabbaton, ages 10-12
January 10-11
Location TBD
Save the date for the annual Junior NCSY Shabbaton! Experience an awesome Shabbat with your friends, plus an epic Saturday night at VRKade and iFLY! For more information and to register,
email Miriam
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Live2Give Volunteering
Sunday, December 15
4:00-6:00pm | House of Jacob (1613 92 Ave. SW)
This Sunday, Calgary teens are getting together to make soup to stock the Jewish Family Services frozen pantry. Additionally, a JFSC representative will be presenting the Olive Branch Project, an interactive discussion on understanding and responding to racism for teens. For more information, email
Miriam
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Weekly JSU Club for Grades 8 & 9
Every Wednesday
6:30-7:30pm | House of Jacob (1613 92 Ave. SW)
JSU is a fun and interactive program that invites teens to hang out and get a little Jewish flavour in their life. Drinks and snacks are provided. PLUS - $5 off Vancouver Spring Regional each week they attend! RSVP is required.
For more information or to sign up,
email Rabbi Moshe Carr
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Learn & Earn for Grades 9-12
Every Wednesday
7:30-8:30pm | House of Jacob (1613 92 Ave. SW)
An engaging discussion-based program that explores various Jewish topics and encourages teens to voice their own opinions. PLUS $15 off Vancouver Spring Regional each week attended, or $10 gift card. RSVP is required.
For more information or to sign up,
email Rabbi Moshe Carr
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Hillel | Young Professionals
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Hillel Chanukah Potluck
Saturday, December 21
6:00 - 8:30pm | Senior’s Lounge, JCC
Bring your favourite vegetarian appetizer or dessert to share with your friends! Latkes and sufganiyot provided! Don’t forget your wrapped Secret Moses gift (under $20)!
Jewdo - Festivus for the Rest of Us
Tuesday, December 24
9:00pm - 2:00am | Hudsons Canada's Pub, 1201 5 Street SW
Put on your dancing shoes and drinking hats, Festivus is upon us again! Connect with friends new and old in a casual, relaxed environment. What else is a Jew to do on Christmas Eve?!
Buy your ticket in advance
and get a FREE drink for being so organized! ***Ugly holiday sweaters encouraged***
Contact Danielle Braitman
for more info.
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Save the Date: JACFit Spin off the Latkes
Sunday, January 12
1:00-2:00pm | JCC GroupX Studio
Glide into your fitness goals with this one-hour spin and pump class. Registration details coming soon.
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סיפורי מוסיקה Stories of Music
Tuesday, December 10
6:30pm
Thursday, December 12
10:30am
Beth Tzedec Congregation
Cantor Russ is proud to be bringing to Beth Tzedec an adult education project developed in partnership with the Cantors Assembly, the American Conference of Cantors, and the Milken Archive of Jewish Music. This ten-session curriculum will engage you to think about the Jewish experience in North America in new and different ways as you explore stories of the evolving nature of Jewish music. We hope you will join Cantor Russ and be a part of this exciting new program. For more information or to sign up, please contact 403-255-8688 or
email. Members: Free of charge. Guests: $18 per class.
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Interfaith Bible Study
Wednesday, December 11
1:00-2:30 pm | Temple B’nai Tikvah
Temple B’nai Tikvah is hosting the Interfaith Bible Study in the Betty Switzer Social Hall. Free and open to all. Facilitated by Cantor Russell Jayne (Beth Tzedec), Rev. Tara Livingston (Holy Nativity Anglican Church), and Rev. Anna Greenwood-Lee (St. Laurence Anglican Church and the Wisdom Centre).
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Journey to Self-Improvement – an In-depth Study of the Book:
The
Path of the Just
December 11 and 18
1:30 - 2:30pm | Congregation House of Jacob Mikveh Israel
Class with Rabbi Binyomin Halpern
Information: 587-917-6651
Gemara
December 12 and 19
7:30pm | Congregation House of Jacob Mikveh Israel
Classes with Rabbi Binyomin Halpern and Rabbi Chaim Safren
Information: 403-259-3230
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Special Chanukah Class
Why Jews MUST engage with the world?
Thursday, December 26
7:30pm | Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta - Calgary Campus
Special Chanukah refreshments will be served!
For more info. Please contact Rabbi Mordechai Groner 403-281-3770 or
email us
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Community Celebrations | Commemorations
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Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker, Rabbi David Meyer
Friday, December 13
7:30pm | Temple B’nai Tikvah
During the Shabbat Service on Friday evening, we will be welcoming our guest speaker Rabbi Meyer of Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, MA, who served as a student rabbi at Temple B'nai Tikvah in the 1980s. Rabbi Meyer will be speaking about the "Caretakers of the Resistance", a sermon, that takes off from an incident in 1982
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Family Service and Chanukah Party
Friday, December 27
7:00pm | Temple B’nai Tikvah
Join us for an abbreviated Family Service followed by a Chanukah celebration with music, wine, latkes, and dreidel games. Fun for all ages
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BTZ Chanukah Party
Sunday, December 22
10:00am - 12:00pm | Beth Tzedec Congregation
Please join us for a morning of fun, light, and joy as we celebrate Chanukah. Enjoy latkes, sufganiyot, crafts, bouncy castles, games, and more! Free of charge. Please bring a donation for the Food Bank. Everyone is welcome! Please be aware that we will be photographing this event. By attending, you are consenting to your photograph, and those of any minor children with you, being taken and used in our online and printed publications.
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31st Annual Calgary Community Menorah Lighting
A Calgary Tradition!
Monday, December 23
LIVE from Calgary City Hall
Featuring live music, Chanukah gelt, Israel Bonds raffle, dignitaries, community leaders, latkes, and more! Free busing (by rsvp only)
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HOJMI Chanukah Party
Sunday, December 29
10:00am - 12:00pm | Congregation House of Jacob Mikveh Israel
Information: 403-259-3230
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Meet the Author Series -
Goldie Morgentaler
Part of the Jewish Book Festival
Tuesday, December 10
2:00 - 3:30pm | Calgary JCC
2019 Canadian Jewish Literary Award winner – introduces the world of Yiddish, and life before and after the Holocaust, through readings from her book Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava Rosenfarb. Co-Sponsored by Calgary Jewish Federation.
Contact Shula
for more information.
Meet the Author Series - Jochebed Katan
Part of the Jewish Book Festival
Tuesday, December 10
6:30 - 7:30pm | Calgary JCC
Jochebed Katan tells the story of five gentile families and individuals who enabled her family to survive the Holocaust in her memoir You’re are Not Allowed to Shoot Me. Co-Sponsored by Calgary Jewish Federation.
Contact Shula
for more information.
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Jewish Book Festival
December 8 - 15 | Calgary JCC
The Calgary JCC invites you to the 24th edition of the Jewish Book Festival, where authors and readers of all ages gather in a celebration of books, ideas and current conversations that make up the fabric of today’s Jewish world. Ten remarkable authors will present their latest work, among them two award winners and finalists. Browse a copious book sale, photo exhibits, writing workshops and book-art workshops and even a Hebrew language Book Exchange. Enjoy listening to meaningful stories, all written from the author’s heartfelt experience. For the complete schedule, bios and on-going happenings,
go online or find us on
Facebook.
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Welcome Shabbat Storytelling at the Jewish Book Festival
Friday, December 13
11:00am | Calgary JCC
Join us with authors, Jacqueline Mills and Roz Schwartz for a heartfelt Shabbat ceremony while listening to the
Little Synagogue on the Prairie story and singing from the traditional children's Jewish songbook.
"Stacks & Piles" Photo Exhibit - Call for Submissions
Along with this year's Jewish Book Festival, the photo exhibit,
Stacks & Piles will be displayed by Karen's Café. If you are a book reader and want to share your readings, take a picture of your "pile" and
email it to Shula with a caption. If you've gone digital, just take a photo of your ipad or e-reader showing the titles.
Call for Visual Artists
Calgary JCC Arts & Culture is calling professional and emergent Jewish visual artists to submit their artwork for upcoming shows.
Email portfolio to Shula.
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Come to Heritage Park and celebrate Chanukah at the Little Synagogue
Saturdays and Sundays through to December 22
9:30am - 4:00pm | Heritage Park
Enjoy dreidl games, crafts, storytelling and a fun family sing-along. You’ll love the wonderful Chanukah atmosphere. While you’re at the park, be sure to take in all the other
Once Upon a Christmas
activities including carolers, wagon rides, a petting zoo, hot chocolate station, interactive games, exhibits and much more. For more information,
go online
. Discount coupons are available at Safeway and Sobeys locations.
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BTZ Annual Movies and Dinner!
Wednesday, December 25
Beth Tzedec Congregation
Movies are Free: 1:30pm
Coco
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Mrs. Doubtfire
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6:00pm Services | 6:30pm Dinner | 7:30pm
The Joy Luck Club
- Rated R
Kosher Dinner prepared by Akiba Charikar!
Members: $15 - Adult, $10 - Children
Guests: $20 - Adult, $15 - Children RSVP to the BTZ office at 403-255-8688 or
email. Everyone is welcome!
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Winter Program Registration
Registration for our winter programs is now open for our JCC members and on
Wednesday, December 11 at 8:00am for the public. You can register
online, in person at our Customer Service Desk, or call 403-253-8600, ext.0.
Challah Baking
Please note that the last day for Challah baking at the Calgary JCC this year will be on
December 13. Challah sales will resume on
January 10. A special thank you to our wonderful volunteers who come in every Friday to braid the Challah. Without their generous time and support this program would not be possible.
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Sandwich Brigade Schmear & Schmooz
Thursday, December 12
6:30pm | Temple B’nai Tikvah
We will be making sandwiches to be delivered for lunches to the Calgary Drop-In Centre. This is a great opportunity to practice Tikkun Olam with your children of sandwich making ages. Please
email Nadine if you can come or feel free to just arrive. Everyone is welcome.
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Chanukah Escape Room
Monday, December 16
7:30pm
Members - Free, Non-Members - $10
Join us for a home-made Chanukah themed escape room and other fun. For more information or to RSVP, please
email us
. New friends are always welcome at Na'amat. To become a member, you can purchase a membership
here.
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The Calgary Jewish Academy Annual Open House
Thursday, January 23
9:30am | The Calgary Jewish Academy
Hear perspectives from current CJA students and get to know faculty and staff. The event will also feature guided tours of the CJA. RSVP
via email
or call 403-253-3992.
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