Open Sukkah
2021-09-23 10:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-24 10:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-25 10:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-26 10:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-27 10:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-28 10:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Our beautiful sukkah is open for the community to enjoy sharing a meal or simply hanging out. Private functions and community agencies are welcome to book the sukkah by emailing Shula Banchik. Donations welcome.

A Day of Truth and Reconciliation - A Talk with Casey Eagle Speaker
2021-09-26 10:30 - 11:30 | AB
Paperny Family JCC Arts & Culture invites you to:
Day of Truth and Reconciliation
A Talk with Casey Eagle Speaker with introductory remarks by Cantor Russ Jayne from Beth Tzedec Congregation
Sunday, September 26
10:30am MDT | On Zoom
Free admission
Casey Eagle Speaker is the aboriginal resource co-ordinator at Hull Services, a Calgary non-profit agency that focuses on children’s mental and behavioural health.
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
2021-09-30 09:00 - 14:00 | AB
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
We honour the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. All are encouraged to wear the colour orange to raise awareness of the very tragic legacy of residential schools and honour the thousands of Survivors.
Everyone is welcome to come by the JCC to participate in the creation of a giant dream catcher. Be part of making this communal Indigenous symbol while watching short videos, listening to testimonies of residential school survivors, and learning about this dark era of Canadian history.

Golden Age Luncheon - October 2021
2021-10-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Enjoy an hour of food, fun, and friendship at our virtual lunch for our Golden Age group!
We will deliver a boxed lunch to your home or you can pick-up at the JCC between 11:00 and 11:30am. Log on to Zoom at noon and take in musical entertainment by Elliott Steinberg with Derek Stoll on keyboard.
Register at the Customer Service Desk at 403-253-8600, ext.0 by Wednesday, October 6.
Generously sponsored by Lenny and Faigel Shapiro and Family.
For more information email Nessie Hollander or call 403-690-2449.
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Ability Arts Community Mural Exhibit
2021-10-17 - 2021-11-10 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
All are welcome to view our Ability Arts Community Mural Exhibit at the Paperny Family JCC.
Exhibit: October 17 to November 10, 2021.
Open House: November 10, from 2:00 to 6:00pm.
Join us to celebrate resilience, hope, and community!

Line Dancing Pop Up with Paula Bickford
2021-10-20 11:00 - 11:50 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Line Dancing Pop Up with Paula Bickford
Wednesday, October 20
11:00 – 11:50am
In person at the JCC or use your 11:00am October Zoom link to attend virtually
Members: Free | Public: $10
Paula Bickford is an experienced and passionate dancer and instructor, leading her to teach Step Dancing to adults in 2000 – a dream come true! – offering classes for beginners through to advanced. Certified as a instructor in Zumba® Gold and Zumba® Toning, Paula’s love for dance and performing has propelled her to pursue studying Ukrainian dance, belly dance, burlesque and country line dance. Paula currently teaches at many facilities around Calgary including seniors residences, community centres, and local schools.
For more information email Cathy Bjorndalen or call 403-537-8595.

Qi Gong with Erica Welsh
2021-10-27 11:00 - 11:50 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Qi Gong with Erica Welsh
Wednesday, October 27
11:00 – 11:50am
In person at the JCC or use your 11:00am October Zoom link to attend virtually
Members: Free | Public: $10
COME PRACTICE QI GONG MEDITATION
Class begins with gentle warm-up exercises that include light bouncing, and tapping and cupping energy points in the body to stimulate energy flow and prepare the body for the session. The warm-up is followed by approximately 30 minutes of mindful movement practice, which can be done in a standing or seated position. Class concludes with a seated, guided meditation that is typically 10 to 15 minutes in duration.
For more information email Cathy Bjorndalen or call 403-537-8595.

Teen Connect - Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park
2021-10-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park, 5342 72 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Paperny Family JCC and BBYO Teen Connect invite all teens grade 7 and 8 for an afternoon of fun at Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park (5342 72 Avenue SE).
Sunday, October 31
1:00 – 3:00pm
$20 per person
Join us and invite your friends!
For info, email Barry or call 403-444-3155.
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The Paperny Family JCC welcomes and supports children and adults with disabilities as well as their families. Individuals needing special accommodations to participate in our programs, activities or services should email Rhona Shore, Executive Director or call 403-444-3168.

Remembrance Day WOD
2021-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
J•Factory CrossFit at the Paperny Family JCC is hosting a Remembrance Day WOD on 11-11-21 at 11am!
$10 drop-in. Free for first responders, teachers, medical professionals, military, and veterans.

The Momma Market
2021-11-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Let the holiday shopping begin! Free and fun for the whole family.
Sunday, November 21
10:00am – 2:00pm
We will have approximately 30 vendors promoting their businesses with a health/wellness/ family/ fun focus. We also have 6 amazing guest speakers lined up throughout the day to talk on a variety of health-related topics.
In addition to our fabulous line of guest speakers, we will have face painting for kids, and access to the facility’s gymnasium where there will be a bouncy castle, and other fun gym equipment for your little ones to enjoy.
The Momma Market will also give each guest that attends a swag bag with lots of awesome giveaways from event vendors and chances to enter and win a variety of door prizes.
There will be prizes for customers that complete their ‘momma market passport card’ and show proof of visiting every table at the market in order to make sure each and every one of our vendors are visited!!
Momma Market bucks 3 draws for $50 will be given away to 2 lucky guests to spend money within the market to help support our vendors.
There will also be a cafe open at the JCC throughout the day that serves tasty snacks and delicious, nutritious lunch offerings.
Visit The Momma Market for more information.

Virtual Kentucky Derby High Tea
2021-11-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Dress in your Sunday best with your largest derby hat! Enjoy entertainment by Talia Joffe.
Sunday, November 21
2:00 – 3:30pm
$10 per person
Your High Tea Package includes: Party sandwiches, scone, jam and butter, fruit, dessert and a tea bag.
RSVP before November 17 at Customer Service Desk at 403-253-8600, ext. 0 or to Nessie Hollander at 403-690-2449.
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Happy Chanukah - Bring a Friend Event
2021-11-29, 2021-11-30, 2021-12-01, 2021-12-02, 2021-12-03, 2021-12-04, 2021-12-05, 2021-12-06 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
From November 29 to December 6
JCC members are invited to celebrate the eight days of Chanukah with and and bring a friend for free!
GroupX • Pool • Weight Room
Call 403-253-8600, ext.0 for booking information.
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Chanukah Line Dance Party
2021-12-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Everyone is invited to celebrate Chanukah at the Paperny Family JCC with family-friendly line dance Lessons, cookie decorating and crafts!
Sunday, December 25
2:00-4:00pm | Paperny Family JCC Auditorium and lobby
This event is free but registration is requires and numbers are limited due to COVID protocols. Proof of full vaccination (QR code) will be required for anyone over 12 years old.
For more information, email Danielle Braitman or call 403-444-3146.
Building an inclusive community is a priority. Contact us and we will make very effort to meet your needs.
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JCC Literary Festival - Ayelet Tsabari
2021-12-07 19:00 - 20:00 | AB
Author Ayelet Tsabari and her book, The Art of Leaving, in conversation with Dr. Angy Cohen, University of Calgary’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel Studies (pre-recorded in Israel).
Ayelet Tsabari (צברי איילת) is the author of the memoir The Art of Leaving, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, and The Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature, and an Apple Books and Kirkus Review Best Book of 2019. Her first book, The Best Place on Earth, won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction. The book was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Kirkus Review’s Best Debut Fiction of 2016, was nominated for The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and has been published internationally to great acclaim.
Ayelet was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent. She grew up in a suburb of Tel Aviv, and travelled extensively throughout South East Asia, Europe and North America. In 1998 Ayelet moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she studied film and photography in Capilano University’s Media Program. She directed two documentary films, one of which won an award at the Palm Spring International Short Film Festival. She wrote her first story in English in 2006. A graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, Ayelet teaches at the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, and University of King’s College’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

JCC Literary Festival - Maddison Tory
2021-12-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Calgary JCC, 1607 90 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2V 4V7, Canada
Author / Youth Social Activist Maddison Tory and her book, Your Secret Superpower: Ignite Your Spark (in-person and virtual – subject to change).
Maddison Tory is a Grade 12 Henry Wise Wood student from Calgary. She is a health advocate, children’s book author, international motivational speaker, and founder of her own social enterprise HUGS. Maddi recently wrote and published a children’s empowerment book called Your Secret Superpower: Ignite your SPARK. The book encourages young people to find their spark and use it to ignite positive change in the world. The book has inspired students internationally to start gratitude and passion projects in their communities. It’s perfect for young philanthropists. Profits from the book are donated to children’s hospitals across Canada.

JCC Literary Festival - Paul Alster
2021-12-08 19:00 - 20:00 | AB
Author / Journalist Paul Alster discusses his book, Kin or Country with writer-editor and Paperny Family JCC Literary Festival chair Danyael Halprin (pre-recorded in Israel).
British-Israeli broadcast journalist Paul Alster decided to write a novel highlighting the expected two-thirds increase in the Israeli population over the next 30 years, most which will come from the Ultra Orthodox and Haredi Jewish communities. This dramatic new demographic will significantly move the balance of power in Israeli society and change day-to-day living in the world’s only majority Jewish nation. The question Kin or Country poses (and that much of Israeli society is already asking itself), is whether or not such changes will lead to societal chaos? Is there a potential Jewish civil war in the offing?
Written as a political thriller revolving around a frenetic police investigation into a murder discovered just days before the referendum is due to take place, Kin or Country also reflects the geopolitical issues that would come to pass in such a situation. Both American and Iranian political interests are also on the line, but the thought-provoking storyline also focuses on the very human dilemmas and emotions facing one Jerusalem-based family that reflects both sides of the heated political debate. Where do their loyalties lie? With their kin or their country?

JCC Literary Festival - Bonnie Kaplan
2021-12-09 13:00 - 14:00 | AB
Author Bonnie Kaplan, professor at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and her book, The Better Brain: Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition (virtual).
Bonnie J Kaplan, PhD, is Professor Emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She has published widely on the biological basis of developmental disorders and mental health – particularly, the contribution of nutrition to mental health. Her efforts to include nutrition knowledge in the care of people with mental health challenges has earned her a variety of awards, including the Dr. Rogers Prize in September 2019; and in 2017 she was selected as one of 150 Canadian Difference Makers in Mental Health, in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday. Her recent book The Better Brain, is co-authored with Professor Julia Rucklidge (University of Canterbury, New Zealand).

JCC Literary Festival - Alan Scott Haft
2021-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 | AB
Author Alan Scott Haft and his book, Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (virtual).
Alan Scott Haft was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1950. He is a 1973 graduate of Queens College, New York. He received his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1978. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife Gail. They have two children, Hartley and Jamie.
The story of Alan’s father Harry Haft, Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano was first published in hardcover by Syracuse University Press in 2006. Today the book is available in hardcover, paperback, and as an audio book. It has also been translated from English into German and Polish. A graphic novel based on the book, Der Boxer, by acclaimed German cartoonist Reinhard Kleist was published in Germany in 2006 and is available in 26 countries.
A major motion picture The Survivor, produced by BronStudios, directed by Barry Levinson, and starring Ben Foster premiered in September 2021 at the Toronto International Film Festival. HBO/HBO MAX has acquired the North American rights to the film.
