Quick Calendar for
June 1 - July 1
June 2 - Young Professionals Shabbat Dinner
June 4 - PJOW, Ottawa launch
June 4 - Community Concert Band Returns!
June 4, 18, 22 - SJCC, Israeli Film Festival
June 5 - Federation, Pop-Up Restaurant event
June 8 - Foundation, AGM
June 9 - OrH, Freylekh Friday with guest speaker
June 11 - SJCC, Gym dedication to Jon Braun z"l
June 11 - CWW, Journey of the Soul
June 11 - PJ in the Park
June 11 - CHW, Spring Tea
June 11 - Kol Miriam Choir, Sound Moves
June 12 - OJCS, AGM
June 14 - Federation AGM
June 16 - PJ Library, Pre-Shabbat dinner with CMH
June 25 - HOTtawa Summer Party for Young Adults
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Annual General Meeting
June 14
7 pm
Join us as we honour outgoing Board Chair Ian Sherman,
in-coming Chair Karen Palayew and this year’s Community Service Award recipients Jessica Greenberg, Sandra Zagon and Donna Dolansky. Guests are invited to join us for dessert and Scotch following the meeting.
Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
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Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
Annual General Meeting
June 8
7 pm
Please join us as we celebrate the grant and scholarship award recipients, honour Outgoing Chair Lawrence Soloway and welcome our new Chair Sandy Pollack, as well as incoming and outgoing Board members. Guest speaker: Stephen Poloz, Special Advisor for Osler, and former Governor of the Bank of Canada. Reception to follow with desserts, refreshments, and Scotch.
Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt., Social Hall A
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Pop Up Restaurant Experience
June 5
OVH and Federation Pop Up Restaurant presents "Deli Night" featuring Deli Boyz.
Friday, June 2 at 2 pm.
111 Lamplighters Drive
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Federation, Machzikei Hadas and Glebe Shul Young Professionals Shabbat Dinner
June 2
7 pm
Get together with old friends and other young professionals and make connections that will last a lifetime.
New: sit with singles of your age and other seating options.
Cost per person: $36
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HOTtawa Summer Party 2023!
June 25
6 - 10 pm
Join other young professionals (18-45) for a summer poolside party! Enjoy casino tables, great music, eclectic food, and more! Places are limited - arrive early to enjoy all the attractions.
Early bird - per person before June 10: $25
Outdoor pool at the Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
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PJOW Ottawa Launch!
June 4
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Calling all tweens! You've aged out of PJ Library but the adventure continues! Come for the launch of PJ Our Way in Ottawa! Meet other Jewish tweens like you, make cool bookmarks for your summer reading and tell us all about what you want to see at PJOW next year! For 8-12 years of age. In partnership with Greenberg Families Library at the Soloway JCC.
21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
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PJ in the Park
June 11
10 am - 12 pm
Join us for our biggest event of the year! Enjoy a French and English musical performance, environmental crafts and activities. Bring your own picnic, play in the playground and the splash pad!
Centrepointe Park, 260 Centrepointe Dr.
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Summer Family Pre-Shabbat Dinner with CMH
June 16
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Enjoy the long summer nights with a musical Kabbalat Shabbat and delicious pre-Shabbat dinner for young families, along with crafts and activities. In partnership with Congregation Machzikei Hadas.
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Babies and Bagels
June 26
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Looking to make new friends for you or your little one, or you just love a good bagel with shmear... this is the place for you! Join us monthly for fun age-appropriate activities, bagels, coffee and great conversation in a home-setting.
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Community Events in alphabetical order by organization name
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Canadian Hadassah-WIZO Ottawa
Spring Tea
June 11
2 - 4 pm
Come join us at our annual event in support of the CHW Social Impact Investing Fund. We will be honouring Ottawa volunteers Lynn Gillman and Bobby Kaminsky at the home of Gina Grant. Lynn is the CHW National President (2022-2024), and Bobby is the recipient of Jewish Family Services of Ottawa’s 2022 Volunteer of the Year Award. Cost: $36
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Chabad of Wellington West
Journey Of The Soul — A Fresh Look At Life, Death, And The Rest In Peace
June 11, weekly until July 23
10 - 11 am
Rabbi Moshe Caytak will answer the question: What happens when we die? Join in this fascinating course (offered in person and virtually) designed to edify and put participants at ease with the topics of life and the afterlife: practical, powerful, reflective and relatable. Cost: $120
166 Huron Ave. N.
Sponsor: Jewish Federation of Ottawa MicroGRANTS
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Kol Miriam Choir
Sound Moves: Jewish Song for Body & Soul
June 11
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Nourish your soul with songs brought to life by our welcoming choral community, brilliantly led by Leslie Bricker with accompanist Aviva Lightstone.
Relax and energize your body with gentle movement led by Katherine Moss, and meet friends over light refreshments after the concert.
Congregation Beit Tikvah of Ottawa, Social Hall,
15 Chartwell Avenue.
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Or Haneshamah
Freylekh Friday
June 9
5:30 pm - Teddy Bear Shabbat with Rabbi Zuker
6:30 pm - Potluck Shabbat Dinner
7:30 pm - Musical Kabbalat Shabbat
8:15 pm - Guest Speaker
Join us for a monthly, multigenerational Shabbat evening. Artist Monica Rosenthal will discuss "the genesis of an art piece; commemorating my mother and her Holocaust experience."
30 Cleary, Room 5
Sponsor: Jewish Federation of Ottawa
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Ottawa Jewish Community School
Annual General Meeting
June 12
6 - 7 pm
Join us for OJCS's AGM!
31 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
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Soloway Jewish Community Centre
Ottawa Community Concert Band Returns!
June 4
2 - 3:30 pm
Ottawa Community Concert Band returns to the SJCC for the first time since 2019. The biggest concert band in Ottawa, we'll hear music from stage to screen with musical director, Jim Milne, and host for the evening, Shelley Posen. Cost: $10
Annual Israeli Film Festival
7 - 9 pm
June 4 - Perfect Strangers
June 18 - Matchmaking
June 22 - America
Enjoy these Hebrew films with English subtitles.
Cost $15, Free for students with valid ID.
Sponsor: Vered Israel Cultural and Education Centre, Jewish Federation of Ottawa, CICF
Gym Dedication to Jon Braun z"l
June 11
10 - 11 am
In March 2020, the community lost a dear friend, mentor, and beloved coach. Now, three years later, he will be forever memorialized at the Soloway JCC. Thanks to the generosity of community members, we will officially unveil the Jonathan Braun Athletics Centre.
Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
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