Celebrate Purim - literarily - by dressing as your favourite character(s), real or fictional, from a PJ Library story!  

Prizes (gift certificates to Chapters) will be awarded for Most Original Costume, Most Entertaining Costume, Most Creative Costume, Most Heart-Warming Costume, and Best Family Costume.

Here are some ideas to kickstart your creativity

Please submit up to four photos to Lindsay by noon on March 14, indicating permission for the photo to be shared publicly. Some photos will be shared on the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and PJ Library Ottawa Facebook pages on March 16-17, with votes calculated and prizes awarded on March 18.

Questions? Contact Lindsay Newman: [email protected], 613-798-4696 x272.


AWESOME PURIM OFFER: the first 25 families who register for the hamentashen will receive a 4-pack of cookies (regardless of whether or not your children participate) provided by A Dashing Pinch!

Offer: one per family

  • 4- pack of hamantashen

    4- pack of hamantashen

    - Yes, I would like to receive a free 4-pack of hamantaschen from A Dashing Pinch Village Café as a gift from PJ Library Ottawa .


  • No thank you!

    No thank you!

    - No thank you to the cookies, but I would like to enter the costume contest!


By uploading your photos, you understand that the Jewish Federation of Ottawa may publish and share your photos on our website and/or social platforms.


Good luck! / Bonne chance! / B'Hatzlacha!

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