Welcome!
OJCA members from diverse Jewish backgrounds come together to create a welcoming, pluralistic congregation that conducts services and celebrates holidays in an all-inclusive manner.
Our Home
The Okanagan Jewish Community Association is located in the heart of the Okanagan Valley in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia.
We have an active involvement and a strong presence in the culturally diverse Okanagan community-at-large.
Life Events
Celebrating important moments:
BRIT MILAH
BAT & BAR MITZVAHS
WEDDINGS
FUNERAL & MEMORIAL
Special Announcements
Please join us for a weekend full of music, insight, and connection this November as we welcome back Rabbi Jeremy Parnes
Find full information on the Events page.
What’s New
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November 07, 2023Heroes In Our Midst
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October 22, 2023Poetry reading with Fern G. Z. Carr
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October 22, 2023October 20-21, 2023, Shabbaton weekend with Rabbi Orenstein
OJC was pleased to host our 3rd Monthly Shabbaton weekend for our congregation. This week-end we enjoyed having out again to Kelowna, Rabbi Schachar Orenstein from Montreal. It was a lovely and well-attended Friday night dinner and service, similarly matched by the Saturday morning service. Thanks go out to …
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October 10, 2023Israel Is Burning
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October 09, 2023The POLIN Museum in Warsaw – Presentation by Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, NYC
After a brief tribute to Israel, its victims, its wounded and its hostage-taking crisis during the terrible terrorist attack of Shabbat, October 7th, our member, Maya Pilin, introduced our speaker Dr. Barbara Kishenblatt-Gimblett. Dr. Barbara was the curator of the main exhibit of the newly created POLIN museum in Warsaw which tells …