There’s always lots going on at Solel.

Here’s what’s coming up:


Celebrate the High Holy Days with Solel

For complete details of Solel’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services and activities, check out our High Holy Days page!


30 Sep

Saturday 10:00am

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.


1 Oct

Sunday 12:00pm

Menschen and Monsters


6 Oct

Friday 6:45pm

Family Erev Simchat Torah Community Dinner & Service

Simchat Torah


10 Oct

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


11 Oct

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


15 Oct

Sunday 10:30am

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?


18 Oct

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


20 Oct

Friday 7:30pm

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.


22 Oct

Sunday 10:30am

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


24 Oct

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


25 Oct

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Fall Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


29 Oct

Sunday 10:30am

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


30 Oct

Monday 8:00pm

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.


5 Nov

Sunday 10:30am

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


19 Nov

Sunday 10:30am

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


21 Nov

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


26 Nov

Sunday 10:30am

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


3 Dec

Sunday 10:30am

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


4 Dec

Monday 8:00pm

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.


12 Dec

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


9 Jan

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


3 Jan

Sunday 10:30am

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


15 Jan

Monday 8:00pm

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.


21 Jan

Sunday 10:30am

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


28 Jan

Sunday 10:30am

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


13 Feb

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


26 Feb

Monday 8:00pm

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!


25 Mar

Monday 8:00pm

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.


27 Mar

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


9 Apr

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


8 May

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


14 May

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


15 May

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


22 May

Wednesday 7:30pm

Doing Jewish (Spring Session)

This fascinating course is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about Judasism. 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.


27 May

Monday 8:00pm

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.


4 Jun

Tuesday 11:30am

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.


Special Virtual Events & Programs

Here are some of the things you can join in online with your Solel family:

Solel Lunch Break

Every Thursday at 12:00 noon in Solel’s Zoom Room.
Have lunch with Rabbi Pollack as we discuss current events and enjoy each other’s virtual company. Contact the Solel office or check your Solel Shammas to get Zoom connection details.

Adult Text Study

Join Rabbi Pollack and your favourite Solelniks in an adult text study of Jewish scripture and Rabbinic wisdom. Contact the Solel office or check your Shammas: Solel This Week to get Zoom connection details.