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Sruli and Lisa’s
Wanderers
Family Band Klezmer Concert!
from Noah
Breakfast Run with Midnightrun.org
to Now
How Does Judaism View the Good Life?
PJ Library
Sukkot Party
Kids Chef Academy: B.L.D.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dessert in 90 Minutes with ShirLaLa
Back Together
Family Picnic
Supermarketing for Seniors
Baking Goods For Good
Story Time
Jesus as Teacher of Judaism
Get Climbing!
Avraham’s Daughter and Other
Women Missing from the Torah
Hanukkah Party
Visualizing the Bible:
Shabbat Around Town
The Works of David Wander
Krav Maga
Hanukkah Helpers
Red Cross Babysitter Training
Jewish Jamaica
The Flavors of Israel
Women, Wine and Wisdom
Shalom
Japan How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits
Ideas & Arts
Thursday, September 24,
$25 includes lunch and round-trip
transportation from Greenwich
Bus leaves One Holly Hill Lane at 9:45 am
Tour begins at 11 am
Lunch at Temple Emanu-El at 12 pm
Return to Greenwich at 1:30 pm
Private Gallery Tour of the Herbert & Eileen Bernard
Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El, NYC
Visualizing the Bible:
The Works of David Wander
Wednesday, October 7, 7 pm
Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library
In partnership with the AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary Series
Author of People of the Book, Year of Wonders
and March. Her new novel, The Secret Chord,
is about one of literature’s richest and most
enigmatic figures: King David, a man who
shimmers between history and legend.
An Evening with:
Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Geraldine Brooks
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Ideas & Arts
The Flavors of Israel
With Leah Garber
from JCC Association
Wednesday, October 14, 10:15 am
One Holly Hill Lane, Greenwich
Coffee and light breakfast served
Get a taste of the sights, sounds and flavors
to be savored on our Women’s Food, Wine
and Art Tour of Israel in Fall 2017.
Plus a sneak preview excerpt of Roger
Sherman’s PBS documentary “The Search
for Israeli Cuisine,” featuring celebrity chef
Michael Solomonov.
Private Tour at the Whitney
Frank Stella: A Retrospective
Thursday, November 12, 11 am
$45 per person
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, New York City
During the Whitney’s inaugural year in its
new building, the Museum will present a
career retrospective of Frank Stella (b. 1936),
one of the most important living American
artists. This exhibition will feature Stella’s
best-known works alongside rarely seen
examples drawn from collections around
the world.
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Ideas & Arts
Ideas & Arts
Tuesday, December 1, 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 15, 7 pm
At the home of Stephanie and
Marc Esquenazi. Address given at
registration. $36 per person
(Following the UJA Annual Meeting at 7 pm)
$25 per person includes book • $10 per person general admission
One of the world’s best-known attorneys gives us a no-holds-barred
history of Jewish lawyers: from the biblical Abraham, who argued
with God on behalf of the doomed sinners of Sodom, through
modern-day advocates who have changed the world by challenging
the status quo, defending the unpopular, contributing to the rule of
law, and following the biblical command to pursue justice.
Advice on taking charge with your kids,
from the author of Permission to Parent.
“...should be present in every delivery room!”
-- Reese Witherspoon.
ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ is the New York Times best-selling author
of more than thirty books. His articles have appeared in hundreds
of publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The
Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post,
Harvard Law Review, The Yale Law Journal, The Jerusalem Post,and
Haaretz. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, at
Harvard Law School, and has worked for more than fifty years in the
areas of civil liberties, human rights, and criminal law.
Sponsored by Stephanie & Marc Esquenazi
With Robin Berman, MD
Women, Wine and Wisdom
How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits
Shalom Japan
With Chefs
Sawako Okochi
& Aaron Israel
Wednesday, October 28, 11 am - 1 pm
Address given at registration
$90 per person
Learn how to cook “authentically inauthentic
Jewish and Japanese food” from the co-chefs
of Brooklyn’s acclaimed restaurant.
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Abraham: The World’s First (But Certainly Not Last) Jewish Lawyer
An Evening with Alan Dershowitz
Krav Maga
With Gus Bottazzi
from Israeli Krav Maga CT
Wednesday, November 4, 9:45 - 11:15 am
Location TBA
$25 per person
Learn how to defend yourself using combat
techniques honed in the Israeli military and used
by powerhouses from the FBI to Jennifer Lopez.
Get fit while getting your kicks!
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Lunch ‘n Learn
Lunch ‘n Learn is a weekly program of UJA Greenwich.
Every Thursday from 12:30 - 1:30 pm at One Holly Hill Lane, Greenwich.
Complimentary lunch served. A gift to the community sponsored by Rita Edelston.
Thursday, October 15
Thursday November 12
Born in Beirut and raised in Mexico
City, the Rabbi of Congregation
Edmond J. Safra charts Abraham’s
odyssey and how it relates to today’s
Jewish refugees from Arab lands.
Have a glimpse at existence from a
Jewish optic, with our distinguished
Talmudic scholar.
With Rabbi Elie Abadie
With JTS Professor
David Kraemer
Jewish Wanderers from Noah to Now
How Does Judaism View the Good Life?
Avraham’s Daughter and Other
Women Missing from the Torah
Jesus as Teacher of Judaism
With Rabbi
Jack Bemporad
With Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Thursday, October 22
Thursday, December 17
What are the Jewish inspirations for
the Gospel of Jesus?
The Old Testament chronicles
generation upon generation of
the Israelite nation, but who begat
them? The Dean of Yeshivat Maharat
explores lost women of the bible.
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Rabbi David Kalb
Cantor Matt Axelrod
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, September 17
Thursday, September 3
Why
we
read
what
we
read
Your Guide to the
The Greatest Challenge Facing
in
the
Torah
on
the
High
Jewish Holidays
the Jewish People
Holidays
Rabbi Aaron Brusso
Thursday, October 29
Words Create Worlds
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Rabbi Jeffrey S. Fox
Thursday, November 5
Where Does Jewish Law
Come Down on Conversion?
JTS Professor
David Kraemer
Thursday November 12
How Does Judaism
View the Good Life?
Rabbi Daniel Gropper
Thursday, October 1
Life in Five Scrolls
Rabbi David Schuck
Thursday, November 19
Prayer: An Act of Subversion
and Creation
Chaim Lauer
Thursday, October 8
Three Rabbis Walk Into A Bar....
Mitzvah, Humor and Its Uses in
the Talmud
Dr. Mark Weisstuch
Thursday, December 3
How Has the Meaning of
Hanukkah Changed over Time?
Rabbi Elie Abadie
Rabba Sara Hurwitz
Rabbi Adam Mintz
Rabbi Jack Bemporad
Thursday, October 15
Jewish Wanderers from
Noah to Now
Thursday, December 10
Judith and the Hanukkah
Story
Thursday, October 22
Avraham’s Daughter &
Other Women Missing
from the Torah
Thursday, December 17
Jesus as Teacher of Judaism
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Come with us to:
Jewish Jamaica
A Teen Community Service
Travel Experience
FILM
FESTIVAL
Bow-Tie Criterion Cinemas at Greenwich Plaza, 2 Railroad Avenue | 7 pm • $15, or $118 for all 10 films
Wednesday, September 9 Zero Motivation
Wednesday, October 14 Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz / Drama / Israel, France,
Germany / 115 min.
Talya Lavie / Comedy, Drama / Israel / 100 min.
Female soldiers M*A*S*H it up in
this dark comedy about a human
resources unit of the IDF.
February 12 - 15
Kingston, Jamaica
This powerhouse divorce drama
from the sibling directors Shlomi
and Ronit Elkabetz took the 2014
Israeli Academy Award for Best
Picture. Israel’s submission for
the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Picture.
Winner of TriBeCa 2014 Best Narrative
Feature & Nora Ephron Prize.
Learn the story of conversos who made Jamaica
their home. Spend Shabbat at the United
Congregation of Israelites. Help revitalize the
Jewish Cemetery near Port Royal and plant a
garden to help sustain the Jewish community
living outside Kingston. And of course enjoy the
beach, culture and food of Jamaica.
“… expertly written, brilliantly acted”
- Variety
“… an astonishing work of
craftsmanship” - Hollywood Reporter
$1,250 per person (plus airfare) before
October 1, $1,350 per person (plus
airfare) after October 1.
Minimum of eight participants.
Wednesday, November 18
Wednesday, December 16 The First Time I Turned Twenty
Fauda
(Chaos)
Lorraine Lévy / Comedy / France / 93 min.
Assaf Bernstein / TV Drama / Israel / 40 min. per
episode
In this warm and witty comedy
set in 1950s France, a zaftig
teen scores points for misfits
everywhere with the help of jazz.
The latest TV sensation from
Israel gives an unprecedented
look at a special IDF unit, IDF
combat soldiers disguised as
Arabs. Episodes I & II.
This film takes the traditional story of a
likable misfit and lifts it to an unusual
level of charm, humor and poignancy.
“More than a television event…’Fauda’
is also a political event.” -- Yediot
Achronot
Save these Winter & Spring Film Festival Dates
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Visit JCCGreenwich.org for the trip application and details.
Coming
January 13
Coming
February 17
Coming
March 9
Felix and
Meira
Crime After
Crime
Dough
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Teens
Teens
Teens Doing Good Together
Teen-led Activities & Community Service
Projects Every Other Sunday plus service
projects dates • Sundays 5:30 - 7 pm
For Middle School and High School Students
Meeting Dates
10/18/201511/1/201511/15/201512/6/201512/20/2015
1/10/20161/24/20162/21/20163/6/20163/20/2016
4/3/20165/1/20165/15/20166/5/2016
5:30 - 7 pm, $5 per meeting for dinner; pay in advance $50/year
Sunday, September 20, 1 - 3 pm
Help bake and sell baked goods for a good cause.
$18 per participant
Spend National Grandparents Day raising
awareness and funds for the JFS Greenwich
Supermarketing for Seniors program.
Baking:
Monday, November 30, 6 - 8 pm
For Middle and High School Students
Selling:
Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Supermarketing for Seniors
Breakfast Run with Midnightrun.org
Sunday, October 4, 6:30 am – 10 am
$36 per participant
Help serve breakfast to homeless men and
women living on the streets of NYC.
For Middle and High School Students
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Baking Goods For Good
Hanukkah Helpers
Sunday, December 13, 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Volunteer to help kids in our community
enjoy a festive Hanukkah party with
activities, community service project and
snacks for kids.
For Middle and High School Students
More details on these projects and other community service at JCCGreenwich.org
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Kids
Kids
Get Climbing!
At The Rock Club
Sunday, October 4 , 2 - 4 pm
The Rock Club, New Rochelle, NY
$36 per person
Grades 3 - 5
Drop off and pick up at One Holly Hill Lane,
Greenwich
JCC emergency forms and The Rock Club
waivers required for all climbers.
Sunday, November 8, 3:30 - 5 pm
$18 per family
Grades K - 5 with adult partner
Sunday, February 21, 2 - 3 pm & 4 - 5 pm
For children and families • A gift to the
community
Greenwich Arts Council Meeting Room
299 Greenwich Avenue, 2nd Floor
Sruli and Lisa have been featured on PBS
and NPR, and the Family Band has headlined
at world festivals from Krakow to Toronto in
addition to playing at Citifield for the NY Mets.
Their mix of traditional music, song, dance, and
fun will have you clapping, singing and dancing
in the aisles.
JCC Greenwich and Curiosity Concerts Present:
Sruli and Lisa’s
Family Band Klezmer Concert!
(Parents/aunts/uncles/grandparents/teen siblings welcome)
In partnership with the YWCA
259 E Putnam Ave, Greenwich
Learn easy yummy treats that kids can make in
the microwave! Apple Pie Oatmeal, Pizza Toss
and Black Forest Cake.
Sponsored by Amy and Alon Herman
With Dina Cheney
Author of Mug Meals
Kids Chef Academy: B.L.D.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dessert in 90 Minutes
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The Matzah Factory
is Coming to Greenwich
Save the Date!
April 3, 2016
Fun for everyone! More details to come
about this family event to get us ready for
Passover!
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KIDS! (Grades K-2)
Sundays 3:45 - 5 pm
One Holly Hill Lane
$15 per session before 9/20
$20 per session
$105 for all seven sessions
Polymer Play
Our Power Promise
Train with Fenom Fitness
Sunday, September 20
Sunday, October 18
Sunday, November 15
With The New Children’s Museum.
Slimy experiments with solids and liquids and the strange
chains called polymers.
A Power Promise is a promise to make the world better. Help
With Special Guests!
Fenom Fitness trainers will get us moving! Challenge yourself,
work together as a team and have fun!
Garden Science Adventure Purim Hamentashen Making
Gabriel set the dinner table for people living in homeless
shelters by decorating plates, bowls and place mats to brighten
up the table.
Sponsored by The Levy Family in honor of Gabriel.
Celebrate Israel
Want S’more?!
Sunday, January 10
Sunday, March 6
Sunday, May 1
Sunday, June 5
Go on this Garden Science Adventure with Noa!
The New Children’s Museum returns with a garden adventure
story and helps us dissect flowers and plants to see what’s
happening inside.
Sponsored by The Magasiner Family in honor of
Noa.
What’s your favorite filling for these traditional triangle cookies?
Try both the traditional and unusual fillings!
Israeli snacks, special community service project, games and
activities!
Are you ready for camp? Kick off summer with a campfire,
s’mores and games!
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Tots! (18 months to Preschool)
Tots play and learn with pre-school educators.
Moms and dads drink coffee and schmooze.
Get connected with PJ Library and Jewish
Greenwich! Baby siblings welcome!
Sundays 3:45 - 5 pm
Activity begins at 4 pm
75 Holly Hill Lane
Water Works
Music & Movement with MISS NINA
Special Guest Story Time
Sunday, September 20
Sunday, October 18
Sunday, November 15
With The New Children’s Museum.
Little scientists play with water: Does it sink or does it float?
Always a thrill with this 2013 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor
Winner and joyful performing artist.
PJ Library author Tracy Newman (Shabbat is Coming!) leads
story time with her brand new book, Hanukkah is Coming! – the
latest from her holiday series. Walkers, wigglers and crawlers
welcome!
In partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Crafty Critters
Little Yogis
Play-Doh Party Time My First Trike-A-Thon
Sunday, January 10
Sunday, March 6
Sunday, May 1
Sunday, June 5
With The New Children’s Museum.
Visit with some Wildlife Sanctuary critters and find out about
where they live and what they eat.
Come play yoga with Karma Kids Yoga of NYC.
Weave stories with our bodies, minds and
souls as we become animals, trees, flowers
and warriors -- and honor the ways children
learn.
Make it! Play with it! Take it! The possibilities are endless!
Bring your Big Wheels, Radio Flyer or Schwinn Easy Steer and
get ready for summer with bike safety tips.
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Sponsored by The Cooper Family in honor of Eliza.
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Back Together
Family Picnic
Thursday, November 12, 3:45-4:45 pm
Cos Cob Library
5 Sinawoy Rd, Cos Cob, CT
PJ Library friends meet and play at Cos Cob
Library for crafts, snacks, and story time with
a special guest.
Sunday, August 30, 3 - 5 pm
At the home of Lisa and Marc Abrams.
Address provided at registration.
Back from our summer adventures and
can’t wait to see “PJ” friends!
Story Time
Snacks, games, family photos and story
time in motion.
Sponsored by Lisa & Marc Abrams
Thursday, October 1, 3:45 - 5 pm
$10 per family
Healthy snacks included
At the home of Irit and Jonathan Tratt
Address provided at registration
“ShirLaLa is Jewish Kiddie Rock! And, if
‘joyful Jewish’ had a sound it would be Shira Kline.”
-- Dava Schub, The JCC in Manhattan
Sponsored by:
Marissa & Jarret Cohen • Jennifer & Jeffrey Davis
Jill & Michael Derikrava • Jordan & Doug Sanders
Sukkot Party with
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Shabbat Around
Town
Celebrate Shabbat with friends and the
traveling “PJ” Shabbat Treasure Box at the
home of a PJ Library family. Make your
reservation to host or attend as a guest…
For all ages!
9/25
10/23
11/13
12/181/292/26
3/11
5/20
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Families
JBabies is a JCC Greenwich-moderated listserve, which is a
great resource for moms with babies. Your first connection to
mom’s with real questions and real answers, info on meetups for
moms and babies and other special speaker events including:
September: Stroll • October: Infant and Toddler Nutrition
Specialist • November: Sleep Solutions (dates to be announced).
Sign up at: www.bigtent.com/groups/jbabiesgwch
Greenwich
September Stroll
Thursday, September 17
Hanukkah Party
Featuring Bash The Trash:
Environmental Arts Performance
Sunday, December 13, 3 - 5 pm
$18 per person
Moms connect to walk and talk with kids in tow. Make new
friends, catch up on local events and kibbitz around town.
Location and meetup time to be announced on JBabies and
JCCGreenwich.org.
Science, Sound and Sustainability!
Kids will make instruments from recycled and reused materials,
then play and parade in this musical celebration for Hanukkah.
Hanukkah snacks and refreshments • More details to come at JCCGreenwich.org
Tuesday, November 3, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
One Holly Hill Lane, Greenwich
Jump-start your teen’s first business with a
babysitter training course.
$125 includes certification, course materials
and lunch.
For ages 11 and up
Red Cross Babysitter Training
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BaBysitter’s
BaBysitter’s
trainingtraining
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BABYSITTER’S
BABYSITTER’S
Jumpstart your teenager’s
Jumpstart your teenager’s
first business withfirst business with
Jumpstart your teenager’s
Jumpstart your teenager’s
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Davis Film Festival: Zero Motivation
7 pm • p.9
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September Stroll
TBA • p.21
Supermarketing for Seniors
1 pm • p.10
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TOTS Waterworks
KIDS Polymer Play
3:45 pm • p.14
the Bible
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9:45 am • p.2
Around Town
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4 Breakfast Run
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7 Geraldine Brooks
14 Flavors of Israel
14 Davis Film Festival: Gett
15 Jewish Wanderers
15 Women, Wine & Wisdom
Meeting
18 TOTS Miss Nina
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6:30 am • p.10
2 pm • p.12
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Ideas & Arts
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KIDS Power Promise
3:45 pm • p.15
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23 Shabbat Around Town
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12:30 pm • p.6
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Krav Maga
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Judaism & the Good Life
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Red Cross Babysitter Training
9:30 am • p.21
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3:45 pm • p.17
KIDS Train w. Fenom
3:45 pm • p.17
Davis Film Festival
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Davis Film Festival:
The First Time I Turned 20
7 pm • p.9
Baking Goods for Good
6 pm • p.11
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Baking Goods for Good
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Alan Dershowitz
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Meeting
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Hanukkah Party
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Hanukkah Helpers
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Jesus,Teacher of Judaism
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Davis Film Festival: Fauda
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Shabbat Around Town
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Meeting
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