There’s always lots going on at Solel.

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

Menschen & Monsters!

Senior School (Grade 8 through 11) Join us for lunch (provided) and some table top role playing, where you can try out Dungeons & Dragons or other adventure games – run by our Game Master: Dylan. New players are welcome!

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

Note this has been rescheduled from Monday, 4 December!
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 honest, Etgar Keret’s stories are snapshots that illuminate life with intelligence and wit.

Community Hannukah Dinner, Candle Lighting and Zimriyah Service

Hannukah Party

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.

Family Shabbat Service

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

Menschen & Monsters!

Senior School (Grade 8 through 11) Join us for lunch (provided) and some table top role playing, where you can try out Dungeons & Dragons or other adventure games – run by our Game Master: Dylan. New players are welcome!

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.