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Join the May Fitness Frenzy!
Get your mind and body tuned up for spring.
Pick up a Fitness Frenzy card and have an instructor initial it each time you participate in a Group Fitness or Aquafit Program during the month of May. Fill in as many boxes as you can throughout the month and qualify to win great prizes. The more classes you take the better chance you have of being a winner.
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Film - The MOSSAD’S First
Sunday May 6, 7:00 pm
Soloway JCC, $5
Reuven Shiloah is considered “The Father of Israel’s Intelligence Services.” Join us for the film followed by a talk by his son, Dov Shiloah.
Contact: Penni Namer
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Shalom Baby
Check the Shalom Baby web site or  Facebook page to see what’s coming in May. |
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Srugim - Season 3
Israel’s favourite TV series is coming back to the SJCC.
See our web site for dates and times.
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Attention all lap swimmers!
To avoid collision within the lap lanes, please be sure to:
- Wait for any swimmers already in the pool to return to the wall before joining the lane.
- Always swim in a counter clockwise circle no matter how many people are in the lane.
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Sports Breakfast of Champions
Celebrate our community's middle school, high school and university athletes of the past year and honour our volunteers and team champs.
Sunday June 3, 2012
11:00 am – 12:30 pm at the Soloway JCC
Kosher Buffet Breakfast
Children 13 and under $10
Adults $15
To nominate an athlete click here.
Contact: Jon Braun (613) 798-9818 ext. 267, jbraun@jccottawa.com
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Soloway JCC Student Summer Membership
$100 May-August
With a valid student ID. Must be at least 18.
Contact Patrice (613) 798-9818 ext. 233, pberdowski@jccottawa.com |
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Shiru Lach Choir presents
"A Musical Mosaic" with special guest Orpheus Choral Group
Featuring an eclectic mix of Hebrew, Yiddish and English songs, plus Jazz and Pop selections.
Tuesday May 29, 7:30 pm, Soloway JCC
For ticket information contact Roslyn Brozovsky Wollock: (613)798-9818 ext. 254,rwollock@jccottawa.com |
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Essential Pilates
Essential Pilates teaches the five basic principles of the Stott Pilates® method, and is a good starting point for those new to Pilates as it builds a foundation of exercises needed to move on to the next level. The workout is designed to help participants establish core strength and stability, develop lean muscles and heighten mind-body awareness. Props, like flex bands, small balls and fitness circles may be incorporated.
Vanessa Novini is a Stott Pilates certified instructor and has been teaching in the Ottawa area since 1999.
Wednesdays 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
May 2 – June 27 • 9 weeks
$85 members • $115 non-members
Contact Carla (613) 798-9818 ext. 278
cgencher@jccottawa.com
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Music Appreciation Series
By Professor Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer
Mozart's Five Opera Masterworks
May 2 The Magic Flute: about love and fraternity
May 9 Cosi fan tutte: about love and reality
May 16 Don Giovanni: about love and death
Presentations of the operas' meaning, their place in Mozart's oeuvre and comparative interpretations.
Wednesday, 1:30 Solway JCC
SJCC members: $48 for the series • $12 per lecture
General Public: $60 for the series • $15 per lecture.
Tickets are available at the SJCC Front Desk, reserve by phone with a credit card or purchase at the lecture.
For tickets, please call 613-798-9818 ext. 295
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Enlightened Jewish Education
New! From Shtetl to The Goldene Medina
Thursday, May 10 – 31
10:00 am – 11:30 am
How Yiddish stories and poems responded to our ancestors' journey from the Shtetl/Eastern Europe to North America, the Golden Land. Join Rabbi Steven Garten as he delves into short stories and novellas by some of the great Yiddish writers includen Shalom Aleichem, I.L. Peretz, Shalom Asch and more.
In partnership with AJA50+
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Film: Montreal Jewish Memories –
Part IV
Thursday, May 10, 7:30 pm
Soloway JCC Social Hall A
This final instalment looks at post-war Stories 1945-1952
A returning soldier looks for a date. Young survivors arrive, zionist pioneers leave.
A new house in Snowdon. Work and study. Hora and boogie woogies. Summer in the mountains. Producer / Director / Editor Dov Okouneff, Co- Director / Narrator / Reasearcher: Stanley Asher, Director of Photography: Howard Kay
Contact: Roslyn Brozovsky Wollock (613) 798-9818 ext. 254, rwollock@jccottawa.com
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9th Annual Israeli Film Festival
The Flood (Mabul), May 31, 7:00 pm
Restoration, June 3, 7:00 pm
My Lovely Sister, June 10, 7:00 pm
Melting Away, June 14, 7:00 pm
Dolphin Boy, June 14, 9:00 pm
Auditorium (formerly Library and Archives Canada)
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Admission:
Canadian Film Institute Members, Soloway JCC Members, seniors, students: $8
(SJCC Members must present membership card to receive the discount)
$12 non members
$15 annual membership for CFI
Contact Penni Namer (613) 798-9818 ext. 243, pnamer@jccottawa.com
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