There’s lots going on at Solel.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: Songs for the Broken Heart by Ayelet Tsabari. A debut novel that explores family secrets, love and the cultural heritage of Yemenite Jews in Israel. Via Zoom. See your The Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office for Zoom information.

Lunch & Learn: Cognitive Decline

Presented by Solel’s very own Jill Rich. Bring your lunch. This session will provide an overview of normal cognitive aging, abnormal cognitive decline, and signs of the transitional stage between the two. The talk will focus primarily on memory with a briefer review of other cognitive domains. Coffee and tea are provided. Watch the The Shammas – Solel This Week for Zoom info if you aren’t attending in person.

Erev Shabbat Service with Kristallnacht Observance

Join us for our Friday evening Shabbat service as we honour the Jews of Horovice, whose Torah scroll was rescued from the Nazis and which is now in Solel’s safekeeping.

Lunch & Learn: Recognizing Digital Scams

Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Watch the The Shammas – Solel This Week for Zoom info if you aren’t attending in person.

Chanukkah Market

Shabbat Service with Kitah Dalet

Join us for our Shabbat morning service featuring the participation of Bet Sefer Solel’s Kitah Dalet students, followed by a community Shabbat luncheon.

Hanukkah Party

Come to Solel for our annual Hanukkah Party with latkes, pizza & sufganiyot for lunch. There will be lots of fun for the kids, including clowns, caricaturists, face painters, animal balloonists and music. Everyone is welcome – bring your friends!

Lunch & Learn: What Your Smart TV and Phone Know About You

Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Watch the The Shammas – Solel This Week for Zoom info if you aren’t attending in person.

Hanukkah Zimriya Service

Join us for our traditional fun and music-filled Hanukkah Shabbat service. All are welcome, fun for all ages. Bring your whole family! Bring your own menorah for our communal candle lighting!

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Keeper of Secrets: A Novel of Love, Loss & Survival by Julie Thomas. Beautiful and mysterious, this novel follows a priceless violin across generations – from WWII to Stalinist Russia, to the gilded international concert halls of today – and reveals the loss, love, and secrets of the families who owned it. Via Zoom. See your The Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office for Zoom information.

Lunch & Learn: Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt

Presented by Rabbi Bill Tepper. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Watch the The Shammas – Solel This Week for Zoom info if you aren’t attending in person.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr. This new historical fiction gifts the reader with jaw-dropping moments worth of a Tarantino film, a story that could not be more timely, and a heroine whose ferocity and valour knows no bounds. Via Zoom. See your The Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office for Zoom information.

Lunch & Learn: Artist Archie Rand

Presented by Rabbi Bill Tepper. Bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Watch the The Shammas – Solel This Week for Zoom info if you aren’t attending in person.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Midwives Escape from Egypt to Jericho by Maggie Anton. After years of archaeological research and biblical studies, award-winning author Maggie Anton has created an historical novel filled with adventure, warefare, and romance, that is true to both Torah and to history. Via Zoom. See your The Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office for Zoom information.

Arliene’s Book Club

This time: The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret. A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a “genius” (the New York Times) and master storyteller. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father gets cancer. The threat of constant war looms over their home and permeates daily life. Via Zoom. See your The Shammas – Solel This Week newsletter or contact the Solel office for Zoom information.