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AJA 50+ announces spring and summer programs By Dena Speevak for AJA 50+ After a giddy first few months in retirement, many of us start to survey the landscape for new op-
portunities. If you are one of the hundreds who have discovered AJA (Active Jewish Adults) 50+, you know there’s something about AJA 50+ that inspires renewal, ca-
Merivale High School Jewish Culture Club Meagan Hollinger presents Bram Bregman of NCSY with a token of appreciation from Merivale High School’s Jewish Culture Club recognizing the recent tribute dinner held in his hon(Photo: Irv Osterer) our by Ottawa Torah Academy.
maraderie and growth at this stage of life. AJA 50+ has recently launched our own website at aja50plus.ca where you can now view the latest program guide by clicking on the ‘What’s Happening’ link. Following a very successful trip to Israel two years ago, AJA 50+ is returning to Israel from October 10 to 22. This tour will be geared specifically to the interests of active seniors and will be guided by scholar-in-residence Rabbi Steven Garten. For information, click on ‘Special Events’ on the website or e-mail Annette Paquin at aja50plus@sympatico.ca. AJA 50+ programs this spring and summer will include nature and birdwatching walks, architectural and heritage tours, garden tours and other day trips and golf outings. As always, there will be much to stimulate the senses and intellect, including concerts, art gallery visits, a tour of the CBC with Laurence Wall, and lectures such as Capital Cases for an insider’s view of the Ottawa legal scene. Bridge lessons are always popular. This season, Liz Schwartz will teach intermediate bridge and
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Barbara Crook speaks to AJA 50+, April 4, about Palestinian Media Watch and the Middle East peace process. (Photo: Michael Regenstreif)
Julia Rowlands will teach beginners’ bridge. You can also take advantage of classes in canasta, mah-jong, Chinese brush painting and watercolour painting. In partnership with the Soloway Jewish Community Centre (JCC), AJA 50+ will offer a course on Yiddish writers entitled From the Shtetl to the Goldene Medina with Rabbi Garten and a study of Israel-Palestinian rela-
tions with Carleton University political science professor Mira Sucharov. To learn more and meet members, come to Registration Day, Tuesday, May 1, between 9:30 am and noon at the Soloway JCC. For information about membership in AJA 50+, contact Dan Sigler at 613-224-6110 or ajamembership@gmail.com, or visit aja50plus.ca.
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