There’s always lots going on at Solel.

Sukkot Service & Solel@50 Celebration Launch!

Our Sukkot morning service on Shabbat will be followed by a catered kiddush luncheon. The mayor and other dignitaries have been invited to attend as our guests. Registration is required for the luncheon. See our Solel@50 page for more information about our year of 50th anniversary celebrations.

Family Erev Simchat Torah Community Dinner & Service

Lunch & Learn: Israel Today – A Perspective

Presented by Noga Maliniak, sponsored by ARZA Canada. She started her career in the Jewish world upon retiring from the military, over twenty years ago, including two terms of “Shlichut” to Jewish communities in the U.S., as well as senior positions at the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Our Calendar and High Holidays
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: What Makes a Home?

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Our Texts: Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, Talmud and Midrash
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

Solel@50 Erev Shabbat: Honouring Our Founders and Those Who Helped Build Solel

Join us for this special Solel@50 celebration Erev Shabbat Service, where we will honour our founding members, old time members, and members who have passed away. Our Friday evening service will be followed by a special oneg. See our Solel@50 page for more information about our year of 50th anniversary celebrations.

Family Shabbat Morning Service

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Partnership and Its Expectations

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Lunch & Learn: Solel’s Beginnings

Presented by Solel’s Rabbi Emeritus Larry Englander and Cheryl Englander. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Jewish Lifecycles: Birth to Marriage
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: The Rupture of Life as You Know It

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn. A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: The Obligations of Parents

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: On Being Our Kids’ Teachers

Erev Shabbat – Kristallnacht Commemoration

At our Erev Shabbat service we will remember the victims of Kristallnacht. We will be joined by a special guest speaker: Mr. Joseph Gottdenker, who will speak about his experiences during the Shoah.

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Lunch & Learn: Alzheimer’s Disease

Presented by Danielle Farrell, Public Education Coordinator for Alzheimer Society Peel. Learn about warning signs, the diagnosis process, medication/treatment, and resources for families. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Reconstituting Our Parents’ Reality

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: The Hardest Job Ever

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other Stories by Etgar Keret. Classic warped and wonderful stories from a “genius” (The New York Times) and master storyteller. Brief, intense, painfully funny, and shockingly hoenst, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate life with intelligence and wit.

Lunch & Learn: Avoiding Fraud and Scams

Presented by Constable Steve Foster, of the Peel Police. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Lunch & Learn: Jews of South Africa

Presented by John and Brenda Lewsen. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: From the Mouths of Babes

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Death is a constant fascination for human beings. We read about it, we watch movies about it, we fear it, we wonder what will happen after it… but what if we could know when are going to die? Would that change anything about how we live our lives? That’s the concept Chloe Benjamin explores in this bestselling novel.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Shalom Bayit

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

The Home We Build Together

Rabbi Pollack will lead this conversational group for parents who are looking to deepen their understanding of Judaism on their terms. Check out the full program overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Siyyum

Our Spiritual To-Do List

Rabbi Pollack will lead this adult text study. Over the course of ten weeks we will take a deep dive into a prayer that we recite at the very beginning of each day: “Eilu Devarim – These are the words”. Hybrid in-person at Solel and via Zoom. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.

Lunch & Learn: Downsizing, Staging Your Future

Presented by Heather Lochner of Sotheby’s International Team. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David by a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist!

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Mapmaker’s Daughter by Laurel Corona. A sweeping story of 1492 Spain, exploring how what we know about the world shapes our map of life.

Lunch & Learn: Almost First: Martha Neumark and the Ordination of Women Rabbis

Presented by Rabbi Bill Tepper. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Lunch & Learn: Dutch Judaism

Presented by Leo Van Thyn. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: The Hows and Whys of the Shalosh Regalim (Three Pilgrimage Festivals)
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

Lunch & Learn: The Lamed-Vavniks, or The Thirty-six Righteous Persons

Presented by Rabbi Bill Tepper. Our rabbis of antiquity teach us that there are, at all times, thirty-six righteous persons in the world upon whose shoulders rest the sufferings of humanity. Who are these Thirty-six Righteous persons? Why do they exist? How do we distinguish them from others? And how do their stories originate? Rabbi Tepper will share an array of texts and sources – both classical and contemporary, including novelist Andre Schwarz-Bart’s classic novel “The Last of the Just”. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: Shabbat and Service Choreography
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism. Check out the full course overview as well as other Adult Education offerings.
This session: The “Yom” Occasions as well as a brief discussion of death and mourning
Please contact the Solel office to register. No cost for Solel members, non-members very welcome, $10 per session per person.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: Walking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. After one night’s deadly mistake, a man will go to any lengths to save his family and his reputation.

Lunch & Learn: Menschlekeit – Does It Exist?

Presented by Professor Paul Socken. Join us from 11:30 to 1:00 for a great opportunity to share a meal and learn together. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. To attend via Zoom instead, watch for the link in your Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office.