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Jewish LIFE
Learning Is For
Everyone
STEP UP
FOR ISRAEL
Jewish LIFE Mission Statement:
Jewish LIFE, a collaborative Jewish education program created by the JCC,
Rabbis, lay leadership and Jewish agencies, strives to expand and enhance the
Jewish educational opportunities offered to both affiliated and non-affiliated
Jews in Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties.
PEACE
YOU’RE THE MISSING
Jewish LIFE, a Community Adult Education Program, is Supported By:
Chabad of Greater Somerset County; Chabad Jewish Center of Southern Somerset
County; Chabad of Hunterdon County; Flemington Jewish Community Center;
Congregation Kehilat Shalom, Congregation Knesseth Israel; Jewish Family Service
of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties; Jewish Federation of Somerset,
Hunterdon and Warren Counties; Or Chadash, the Reform Temple of Hunterdon County;
Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center, Bridgewater; Jewish Center of
Northwest Jersey; Temple Beth- El, Hillsborough; Temple Beth El, Somerset; and
Temple Sholom, Bridgewater.
Program Guide
2012-13/5773
Registration Form
Event
Date
Event Price
Patron*/ Benefactor**
Qty
Total
$180/Person - $360/Couple
Breast Health- Promoting Well Being/Or Chadash
Sunday,October 14
Free to Community
The Irma Horowitz Falafel and Film Festival- JCC
Thursday, October 18
$10/advance-$15/door
Katie Workman: The Mom 100 Cookbook
$8/advance -$10/door
Breast Health - Promoting Well Being/JCC
Free to Community
The Minstrel and the Storyteller — Peninnah Schram
& Gerard Edery at Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough
Saturday, November 3
$18 /advance -$22 /door
Peninnah Schram/ Temple Beth El-Hillsborough- 9:30am
Sunday, November 4
Free to Community
Peninnah Schram/ Or Chadash- 11:15am
Sunday, November 4
Free to Community
Ron Isaacs- Bubbe Melses:Jewish Myths,Jewish Realities Wednesday, November 14 Free to Community
“Prime Time” Expo
Sunday, November 18
Free to Community
Global Day of Jewish Learning-Rabbi Jaffe
Sunday, November 18
Free to Community
Patricia Cohen-In our Prime: The invention of Middle Age
Sunday, November 18
Free to Community
Carol Miller- Up all Night
Thursday, November 29 $8/advance-$10/door
Iris Krasnow - The Secret Lives of Wives
Wednesday, January 9
Simcha Weinstein -The Case for Children
Thursday, January 17
$8/advance-$10/door
Reuven Firestone - Holy War in Judaism
Tuesday, February 12
$8/advance-$10/door
Thursday, February 7
Thursday, March 7
$8/advance-$10/door
Wednesday, March 20
The Irma Horowitz Falafel & Film Festival- Or Chadash
Friday, March 1
Yom HaShoah Community-Wide Program
Sunday, April 7
Free to Community
The Irma Horowitz Falafel and Film Festival - JCC
Robert Rosenthal - From Plagues to Miracle
Delia Ephron - The Lion is In
Thursday, April 11
Mama Doni Concert/Yom Hazmuat Celebration
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*Patron: $180 includes 1 Ticket with Reserved
Seating for each Event.
**Benefactor: $360 includes 2 Tickets
w/Reserved Seating for each Event.
Please call JCC Executive Director
Laura Friedman for details: (908) 725-6994 x213
• [email protected]
Please complete and return the
registration form with payment to:
Jewish LIFE 775 Talamini Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Make checks payable to:
Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center
course registration information
If you are interested in registering for any class listed under Course Offerings,
please contact the host locations directly, using the following guide.
Code Organization
Code Organization
BES Temple Beth El Somerset
1489 Hamilton Street, Somerset 08873
(732) 873-2325 Fax: ( 732) 873-3892
Denomination: Conservative
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
OCH Or Chadash
149 Foothill Road Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 806-2122 Fax: (908) 806-2162
Denomination: Reform
Rabbi Joseph M. Forman
CKS Congregation Kehilat Shalom
253 Griggstown Road, Belle Mead 08503
(908) 359-0420 Fax: (908) 359-8848
Denomination: Reconstructionist
Rabbi Susan Falk
CKI Congregation Knesseth Israel
229 Mountain Avenue, Bound Brook, NJ
(732)469-0934 Fax: (732)356-1325
Rabbi Jack Kramer
CJC-BR Chabad Jewish Center of
Greater Somerset County
3048 Valley Road, Basking Ridge 07920
(908) 604-8844 Fax: (908) 604-0771
Denomination: Independent
Rabbi Mendy Herson
CJC-H Chabad Jewish Center of
Southern Somerset County
26 New Amwell Road, Hillsborough 08844
(908) 874-0444 Fax: (908) 450-3333
Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky
CJC-HC Chabad of Hunterdon County
90 Beaver Avenue, Clinton 08809
(908) 238-9002 Fax: ( 908) 238-9006
Rabbi Eli Kornfeld
FJCC Flemington Jewish Community Center
5 Sergeantsville Road, Flemington 08822
(908) 782-6410 Fax: (908) 806-7736
Rabbi Evan Jaffe
Jewish LIFE Events and Films
JCNWJ Jewish Center of Northwest Jersey
115 Youmans Avenue, Washington 07882
(908) 689-0762
Rabbi Ellen Lewis
JFS Jewish Family Service of Somerset,
Hunterdon & Warren Counties
150-A West High Street, Somerville 08876
(908) 725-7799 Fax: (908) 725-0284
Executive Director: Jerry Starr
JFED Jewish Federation of Somerset,
Hunterdon & Warren Counties
775 Talamini Road, Bridgewater 08807
(908) 725-6994 Fax: (908) 725-9753
Executive Director: Diane Naar
SSBJCC Shimon and Sara Birnbaum
Jewish Community Center
775 Talamini Road, Bridgewater 08807
(908) 725-6994 Fax: (908) 725-9753
Exec. Director: Laura Friedman
TBE Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough
67 U.S. Hwy. 206, Hillsborough 08844
(908) 722-0674 Fax: (908) 429-1418
Rabbi Arnie Gluck
TS Temple Sholom
P.O. Box 6007, North Bridge Street
Bridgewater 08807
(908) 722-1339 Fax: (908) 253-0878
Rabbi Ron Isaacs
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Jewish LIFE course offerings
September
Israeli Folk Dancing
Instructor: Anna Paun
Thursdays: 7:30-9:00 PM
Dates: September 6, 20; October 4, 18; November 1, 15, 29;
December 13, 27; January 10, 24; February 7, 28; March 14, 28;
April 11, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, 20
Location: BES
Fee: $
7 per session,
$50 for 10 sessions.
Joyously dancing together since 2002. First trial session is FREE.
For more info, call (908) 369-7884
Enriching the Journey:
Judaism as Spiritual Practice
Instructor: Sarah Gluck
Sundays : 8:40-9:40 AM
Dates: September 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 18; December 2,
9, 16; January 6, 13, 27; February 3, 10, 24; March 3, 10; April 7, 21, 28
Location: TBE
“Do you wish for a life that is physically grounded, emotionally
satisfying, intellectually expansive, and profoundly connected? This is a
question Rabbi Goldie Milgram poses in her book Reclaiming Judaism
as a Spiritual Practice: Holy Days and Shabbat. Using the book as our
guide, we will embark on a spiritual journey that will help us integrate
what we know about Judaism with how we feel and, ultimately, what
we can do.
Prerequisite: Curiosity and a desire to explore the riches of Jewish
tradition and the rewards of Jewish living. All are welcome to join the
conversation.
Woman’s Torah Class
Instructor: Rabbi Mendy Herson
Tuesdays: 9:30 AM
Dates: Ongoing
Location: CJC-BR
A text-based discussion of the Torah and its messages for
contemporary life. A year round class, which began two years ago, it
began at the Torah’s first verse (Genesis) and is currently about half
way through that first book of the Torah.
Sunday Morning Food for Thought
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew
Sundays: 9:45-10:45 AM
Dates: September 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28;
November 18; December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13,
27; February 3, 10, 24; March 3, 10; April 7, 21, 28
Location: TBE
Continuing toward conclusion of The First
Hebrew Primer, this class will guide you toward
reading, understanding, and translating passages
from the Torah through building grammar,
vocabulary, and a basic understanding of biblical
syntax and style. By the time we complete the
book, you will be able to read excerpts from the
Book of Ruth in the original classical language
Advanced Hebrew
Sundays: 11:15 AM-12:45 PM
Dates: September 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November
18; December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13, 27; February 3, 10,
24; March 3, 10; April 7, 21, 28
Location: TBE
Students in this class will continue to read and translate
passages from the Tanach, building vocabulary, roots,
and grammar and an understanding of biblical syntax
and style. This year, we will incorporate Modern Hebrew
into our classes through reading and listening to Israeli
poetry and prose, watching the occasional video, and
using basic Hebrew conversation in the classroom.
Sundays: 9:30 AM Dates: Ongoing Location: CJC-BR
Spirited, freewheeling and intelligent discussion of Judaism. No holds barred.
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Jewish LIFE Is
Possible Only With
Your Support
Patron: $180 includes 1 Ticket with Reserved Seating for each Event.
Benefactor: $360 includes 2 Tickets with Reserved Seating for each Event.
Please call JCC Executive Director Laura Friedman for details.
(908) 725-6994 x213 • e-mail: [email protected]
October
Torah Studies
Instructor: Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky
Thurdays: 8:00 PM
Dates: : Begins Thursday October 11
Location: The Renaissance Community in Somerset, NJ
Fee: $25
films
Jewish Film Series at
Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough
“Free Zone”
Discussion with
Rabbi Arnie Gluck
Torah Studies program brings you the tradition of classical Jewish learning in a series
of clear and engaging weekly classes. Probing the ideas and issues presented in each
week’s Torah portion, the Torah Studies classes offer timely, meaningful lessons for
living – from the most timeless of all texts.
Saturday,
The Torah Portion: Lunch and Learn
Doors open at 6:30 PM for hors
d’oeuvres and schmoozing.
Instructor: Rabbi Eli Garfinkel
Mondays: 12:00 NOON
Dates: : Begins Monday, October 15
Location:BES
The weekly Torah portion is a locked vault with treasures inside. Unfortunately, too
many Jews have forgotten the combination. Rabbi Eli Garfinkel will teach you how
to open the vault of the weekly portion and how to enjoy the wealth of learning
contained therein. Although the focus of the class will be on translated primary
sources, no Hebrew language ability is required for this class.
Mondays with Rabbi Jaffe
Instructor: Rabbi Evan Jaffe
Mondays: 8:00 PM
Dates: : Begins Monday, October 15
Location: FJCC
Fee: Members are Free, Non-Members $36
Spend your Mondays in meaningful conversation with peers. Discussions will be
focused on topics of interests to participants.
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Crossing the Line:
The Intifada Comes to Campus
Thursday, October 4 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Tuesday, October 16 • 7:30pm
Hosted by Or Chadash, Flemington
Sunday, October 21 • 9:30am
Chabad of Basking Ridge
October 20, 7:00 PM
Location: TBE
Running Time: 90 minutes
4 Israeli Film Academy nominations (2005),
Best Feature Film at Chicago International
Film Festival (2005), Best Actress for
Hana Laszlo and Palme D’Or nomination at
Cannes Film Festival (2005).
In this road-trip drama from “Kippur”
director Amos Gitai, Rebecca (Natalie
Portman), who left the USA to live in Israel,
but is now feeling confused and wanting
to escape after a painful breakup with her
fiancée, agrees to accompany Hanna (Hana
Laszlo) on her arduous journey through
Israel to Jordan’s Free Zone. Hanna hopes
to collect a large debt owed to her ailing
husband by his business partner, known
only as “The American”, in that tax-free
region surrounded by Syria, Iraq and Saudi
Arabia. When Hanna and Rebecca cross
the border and finally arrive in the Free
Zone, they discover that Hanna’s contact
and money have mysteriously gone missing,
but a Palestinian woman named Leila
agrees to lead the skeptical Hanna to both
“The American” and Hanna’s rightly due
cash. The film is a fascinating exploration
of borders, borders between countries,
between cultures, between people and
between times.
(See back cover for more information about film)
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October
Beginners Hebrew Reading
special events
Breast Health: Promoting Well Being
Sunday, October 14 · 10AM
Hosted by Congregation Or Chadash, Flemington
Thursday, October 25 · 7PM
Hosted by the JCC
Jewish women are at a higher risk for breast cancer as it relates to the bracha
1 gene. This is a program in recognition of October being Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. There will be a panel discussion focused on breast health and
overall health and wellness.
Contact JFS at 908 725-7799 or [email protected] to reserve a seat.
Instructor: Jessica Jentis
Wednesdays: 9:30 AM
Instructor: Robert Grant
Wednesdays: 5:00 PM
Sundays: 9:00 AM
Begins: October 17
Location: TS
This course will teach participants with no Hebrew
reading skills how to read Hebrew. It is a beginners
course for those who have never learned. Those who
need a refresher course would also likely benefit
from this course. Preregistration is a must.
Call Temple Sholom (908-722-1339) to register.
Open to the community
Co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren
Counties (JFS) and Jewish LIFE
“IMAGINE 2012”
“Shalom” in Hebrew
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM
Pirke Avot: Judaism’s
First Self Help Book
Location: Basking Ridge Country Club
Be sure to join Women’s Philanthropy for
their biggest event of the year, “Imagine
2012!” Featuring comedian Cory Kahaney
(grand finalist on “Last Comic Standing” with
comedy specials on Comedy Central and
HBO), boutique vendors, brunch and more,
this year’s program promises to be fun and
inspiring and benefit the elderly at the Adult
Day Center of Somerset County and Amutat
Havaya in Merchavim, Israel.
To register for the event, visit www.jfedshaw.org
or call (908) 725-6994 x204.
Instructor: Rabbi Ron Isaacs
Tuesdays: 9-10:30 AM
Dates: Begins Tuesday October 16
(5 sessions)
Location: TS
The Talmudic tractate of Pirke Avot (Ethics of
the Fathers) is a book of wisdom and ethical
advice. According to the ancient Rabbis, one
who desires to be virtuous must fulfill the
precepts of the book. Come and join and learn
to be virtuous. (This will be a continuation
of Pirke Avot from last year, beginning with
chapter 2.)
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October
The Dynamic World of Torah
The Irma Horowitz
Falafel & Films Series
Israeli Short Films
The Ma’aleh School
Instructor: Rabbi Arnie Gluck
Tuesdays: 7:15-8:00 PM
Dates: October 16, 23, 30; November 13, 20, 27; December 4, 11, 18;
February 12, 26; March 12, 19; April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Location: TBE
Each week Rabbi Gluck will bring a great text or teaching from our tradition for us to
explore, including texts he has studied with the extraordinary teachers at the Shalom
Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Wrestling with G-d: Exploring
Jewish Views of the Divine
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
Begins: October 16, 23, 30
Location: TBE
To be a believing Jew does not mean accepting a single, specific view of G-d. Our
tradition contains within it many different, sometimes contradictory, concepts. Come
join Rabbi Gluck on a journey through the pathways of Jewish faith as we consider
some of the ways Jews have thought about G-d.
Indian Religions from a Jewish Perspective
Tuesdays: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
Begins: October 16
Location: BES
A large percentage of central New Jersey residents practice Indian religions such as
Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and other faiths. Rabbi Garfinkel will lead a group study
and discussion about the theologies of these religions. We will compare and contrast
these faiths with our own. In so doing, we’ll learn more about what it means to be a
Jew in the spiritual sense.
Learn to Read Torah
Instructor: Cantor Natan Fetman
Dates: Sunday, October 21 Sundays: 10:00- 11:00 AM
Location: TS
Presented by Ma’aleh School of
Television Film and the Arts in Jerusalem
Thursday, October 18 • 6:30 PM
hosted by the Bridgewater JCC
“The Orthodox Way”
Eli, who is single, goes out on a blind date to
please his aunt. But everything that could
possibly go wrong, does, and Eli and his date
spend a bizarre evening driving around the
streets of Jerusalem. A romantic comedy
about dating the Orthodox way.
Awards include Judges Prize, Ma’aleh
Graduation Ceremony 2003; Special Prize,
Jewish Film Festival, Gerona Spain 2004;
First Prize, Haifa Film Festival 2004; First
Prize, Students category, Israeli Film Festival,
NY- LA 2004
“The Divide”
Kobi has joined the army despite his parents’
opposition. He returns to his home in the hills
of Samaria for Shabbat just before he is to be
given the award for Outstanding Soldier at an
upcoming IDF ceremony. There he discovers
that the army has given the order for his
family’s eviction.
“71 Square Meters”
Sometimes you have to leave in order to
come back. You have to forget in order to
remember. Chezi goes to his deceased
parents’ house the day before the bulldozers
will raze it to the ground. It is the last 24
hours: 24 hours to remember his mother, his
father, Bjorn Borg, an old Mezuza.
Awards include The Audience Favorite,
International Student Film Festival, Tel Aviv
2010.
This program is supported in part by the
Irma Horowitz Endowment Fund.
The chanting of the Torah is a liturgical skill that involves much preparation. Come learn
trope (musical notations) from one of our community’s premier Torah readers, Cantor Natan
Fetman. He will take you on a musical journey that will lead you to be a skilled Torah reader.
The Kabbalah of You: A Guide to Unlocking Your
Hidden Potential
Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky
Tuesdays: 7:30 PM
Dates: Oct. 30 - Dec. 4 Location: CJC-BR
Fee: $99
Rabbi Mendy Herson
Tuesdays: 7:30 PM
Dates: Tues. October 30 - Dec. 4
Location: CJC-H
Fee: $99
Are you all you can be? How can you unleash the infinite power of your soul within? This course provides
a mystical road map to living a life of happiness, fulfillment, and self actualization by revealing how you
can thrive and be more than just alive.
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October
special events
Katie Workman: The Mom 100 Cookbook
Thursday: October 25
7:00 PM
Hosted by Bridgewater JCC
Katie Workman, founding editor in chief of Cookstr.com and mother of two schoolage kids, offers recipes, tips, techniques, attitudes, and wisdom for staying happy
in the kitchen. The Mom 100 is 20 dilemmas every mom faces, with 5 solutions for
each. The Mom 100 dazzles with main-dish meats, Monday Night Brisket to fish
dishes they’ll actually eat, healthy snacks and pretty healthy desserts, like fun Fruit
Salad on a Stick. Picky eaters? Breakfast insanity? Last-minute company? Don’t
worry – the Mom 100’s got you covered!
LIFE ON THE LINE: You Make the Call (JLI TEENS)
Instructor: Rabbi Shmaya and Miriam Krinsky
Sundays: 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Begins: October 21- December 2
Location: CJC-H
This series presents real-life news stories, challenging students to share their views
and opinions on each case. Discover a different way of navigating through life’s tough
decisions: this series demonstrates how to change direction and think “outward.”
Students will become familiar with Jewish law as it pertains to aspects of modern life.
In addition, students will be challenged and inspired to review their own role in society,
learning the idea that Jewish law stresses our obligations to other people in order to
fulfill the mission of Tikkun Olam, partnering with G-d to make a positive impact on the
world.
Temple Beth El Film Festival
Tuesdays: 8:00-9:00 p.m. Every Fourth Tuesday of the Month
Date: Begins Tuesday October 30
Location: BES
The Temple Beth El Film Festival is back by overwhelming popular demand! We’ll
watch and discuss movies and documentaries that speak to the state of Jewish life
in our day. Many of them are award-winning masterpieces. If you are not a member
of Temple Beth El and would like to receive the movie schedule when it is available,
please send an email to [email protected].
Instructors:
Rabbi Shmaya and Miriam Krinsky
Sundays: 9:00-10:30 AM
Dates: Starting October 21
Location: CJC-H
Join us once a month for some cake and
coffee, as we explore YOUR questions
about Judaism. No questions are offlimits as we discover the depth of our
heritage. Every attendee is an integral
part of the discussion in this unique,
enjoyable & meaningful way for adults to
delve deep into key Jewish beliefs and
traditions. (No Fee)
Heavenly Sex: Making
Jewish Decisions about the
Body
Goodnight/Laila Tov Shabbat Dinner
Friday, October 26
6:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Join our JCC for a PJ Library Event.
Shabbat Dinner, prayers, PJ Library story, make your own Shabbat pillowcase and
learn night-time rituals.
Call Shalom Stacy for more information; 908-725-6994 x223 or [email protected].
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Stump the Rabbi & Rebbetzin
Sundays: 10:00 AM
Begins: October 21 (4 sessions)
Location: TS
This course will offer a fresh look at
sexuality in the Jewish tradition. Topics
to include: care of the body, dressing
and deportment, family purity, sexual
offenses, forbidden marriages, Judaism
and pornography, definition of
“kosher sex.”
Jewish LIFE Is
Possible Only With
Your Support
Patron: $180 includes 1 Ticket with Reserved Seating for each Event.
Benefactor: $360 includes 2 Tickets with Reserved Seating for each Event.
November
special events
Peninnah Schram &
Gerard Edery
“The Minstrel and the
Storyteller”
Saturday, November 3
7:00 PM
Hosted by Temple Beth-El
The world-renowned storyteller and
master singer/guitarist interweave
Sephardic, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic,
Hasidic, and original songs with beloved
Jewish folktales.
Peninnah Schram
The Apple Tree’s Discovery
Sunday: November 4
9:30 AM11:15 AM
Hosted by Temple Beth-El in Hillsborough
Hosted by Or Chadash in Flemington
Ms. Schram is the Founding Director of the Jewish Storytelling Center. She has told
stories in America, Canada, England, and Israel, at synagogues, festivals, conferences,
colleges, organizations, camps, and schools. She is also a catalyst, sparking ideas,
inspiring others to tell stories, and creating places for other storytellers to gather and
share stories. Along with co-author Rachayl Eckstein Davis, Schram has written a
children’s version of the midrash with a lesson for children and adults alike. A little apple
tree in a forest of oaks begs G-d for stars like those glimmering on the branches of the
great oak trees beside her. As the seasons pass, she learns to appreciate her own gifts
and realizes that it’s possible to find a star in each of us.
“Prime Time” Expo at the JCC
Sunday, November 18
Noon - 5:30pm
If you have been retired, are newly retired, or even thinking about retirement, you won’t want to miss this
event! Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties presents an afternoon of
informational and experiential workshops, resources, food, and entertainment. Travel, Entertainment/
Leisure, Healthcare, Wellness/Fitness, Healthy Aging, Lifelong Learning, Health Insurance, Travel, 55+
Communities, Hospitals, Financial Planning, Social Services, Estate Planning, Banks, JCC, JFS, Volunteer
opportunities and more. For more information please contact 908-725-7799 or [email protected].
Workshops:
Patricia Cohen
In Our PrimeThe Invention of Middle Age
12:30-1:30pm
From the New York Times reporter whose beat is culture and ideas, a fascinating, revelatory and timely
social history of the concept of middle ages, from the late nineteenth century when the term “midlife” first
entered the dictionary to the present. For the first time in history, boomers or the middle aged, make up
the largest, richest, and most influential segment of the country. In Our Prime is an illuminating biography
of the idea of middle age from its invention to its current place at the center of American society.
Bubbe Meises:
Jewish Myths,
Jewish Realities
with Rabbi Ron Isaacs
Wednesday, November 14 • 1pm
Jews have had a long and illustrious
history. Over the centuries, many
misunderstandings, myths and misconceptions and bubbe meises (old
wives’ tales) have been circulated
and handed down. This presentation
examines some of the more interesting bubbe meises and how they have
influenced Jewish living.
Jewish Day of Learning
with Rabbi Evan Jaffe
3:30-4:30 pm
Featuring the subject ,“Old enough for G-D? Issues of spirituality and community as we age.
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Creation of a State
Thursday, November 1 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Tuesday, November 13 • 7:30pm
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Jewish LIFE Is
Possible Only With
Your Support
Patron: $180 includes 1 Ticket with Reserved Seating for each Event,
Benefactor: $360 includes 2 Tickets with Reserved Seating for each Event,
November
Pizza Torah For Teens
Challenging Bible Stories
Sundays: 10:00 PM
Dates: Begins November 18 (5 sessions)
Location: TS
Come study Torah and learn how to understand some of the most
interesting and challenging stories in the Five Books of Moses. Bring a
Humash to class if you have one.
Thursdays: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Begins: November 18
Location: BES
Teenagers often miss out on Jewish educational
opportunities during these critically formative years. What
teenagers learn about their identity and heritage has an
enormous impact on the choices they make as adult Jews.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel will lead a weekly group discussion on
the topics that teenagers care about most. Oh, yeah, and
there will be pizza, too!
Journeys: A Taste of Jewish Mysticism
Tuesdays: 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Begins: November 20 (5 sessions)
Location: TS
Mysticism is the search for spiritual knowledge–for
understanding of truths we cannot know with our minds.
Mystical experience is not confined to the historical past. It is
possible here and now, anywhere, anytime. Come join us on this
spiritual journey and learn new insights and new ways of seeing
the world.
The Origins and Development of
Israeli Music
Instructor: Cantor Emily Pincus
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
Dates: November 27; December 4
Location: TBE
In this two-part class, we will trace the development of Israeli
music from its origins at the beginning of the twentieth century,
when Jews from different lands began to settle there in greater
numbers, bringing with them their various musical traditions,
including Russian folk, Chasidic, Klezmer, and Yemenite, as well
as the influence of composers trained in classical European
composition, and the attempt to create a national sound. The
second session will focus on the influence of folk, jazz, rock, and
pop from the United States and Europe.
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special events
Carol Miller
Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio
Thursday: November 29
7:00 PM
Hosted by the JCC
Carol Miller is one of the longest-running New York Radio
personalities, currently heard on Clear Channel’s Q104.3/New
York, Sirius/XM satellite radio, and nationwide through United
Stations. She’s been on the air at WPLJ and WNEW, is featured in
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has hosted dozens of national
and international radio shows. In her book, Up All Night, Carol spins
the entertaining, moving, and revealing story of her life and times.
A star-studded roster of rock and roll royalty, Carol’s memoir is
simultaneously a collection of snap-shots of the ever-changing
panorama of pop culture: from the arrival of television to JFK and
the Beatles, the March on Washington, the death of John Lennon,
9/11, and beyond. But hers is also a tale of guilt, disappointment,
and alienation, of a brilliant, charismatic pioneer who believed
she’d failed her Jewish parents. And it is the story of the biggest
challenge she has faced, her ongoing battle to beat breast and
uterine cancer.
December
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Israel & The West
Thursday, December 6 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Tuesday, December 11 • 7:30pm
January
SUPER JEW: The Miracle of Jewish Survival (JLI TEENS)
Instructors: Rabbi Shmaya & Miriam Krinsky
Sundays: 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Dates: January 6 - March 3
Location: CJC- H
This series will address anti-Semitism, assimilation, lessons from the Holocaust, the chosen people and Jewish pride. Teens will
embrace their Jewish identity in a modern world. From the ghettos and pogroms of the Middle Ages, to the concentration camps in
Europe, to Islamist terror all across the world today, Jews have been beaten, attacked, and singled out for destruction. The hateful
rhetoric on college campuses, in the media, and all over the Internet seems to get worse by the day. Even modern Israel lives under
constant threat and has to fight for the right to exist. Why is it that ever since the dawn of the Jewish nation, there have been
people who tried to destroy us? For what reason or purpose are the Jews still here? Would the world be any different if the Jews
didn’t exist?
The Psalms
Tuesdays: 8:00 – 9:00 PM
Dates: January 8
Location: BES
The Psalms, or tehillim as they are also known, are a source of individual spirituality
about which many Jews know very little. If you find services in your synagogue
unfulfilling, you will benefit from learning the deep meaning of the Psalms. The Psalms
give us a Jewish method for expressing the emotions of gratitude, joy, celebration,
grief, anger, and even desperation. If you think that Jewish liturgy has nothing for you,
come to this class and learn how to use this ancient source.
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Crossing the Line:
Tuesday, January 8 •7:30pm
Encore Presentation
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January
special events
Iris Krasnow
Simcha Weinstein
The Secret Lives of Wives
Wednesday, January 9
12 NOON
The Case for Children:
Why Parenthood Makes Your
World Better
Thursday, January 17
7:00 pm
Hosted by the JCC
Iris Krasnow is a New York Times best-selling author and specialized
in celebrity profiles, including Yoko Ono, Billy Graham, Ted Kennedy,
and many more. She is a longtime professor and Academic Director
of Washington Journalism Semester at American University in
Washington, D.C. Her writing has been featured in many national
publications including The Wall Street Journal and The Washington
Post. Iris has been a guest on numerous national television and
radio programs including Oprah, Good Morning America and has
been featured on CNN several times. The Secret Lives of Wives is a
composite of 200 interviews conducted by Iris with women married
from 15 to 70 years. Fresh, honest, and bold, Iris parts the curtain
and reveals uncensored real-life confessions of what it really takes
to keep the promise “till death do us part”—without killing someone
first. “The real secret to happily-ever-after”, says Iris, “is to have
your own passions and not to expect a spouse to make you happy.”
Co-sponsored by the Brandeis National Committee Somerset
Chapter; Temple Beth El, Somerset Sisterhood; Temple Sholom
Sisterhood.
Hosted by the JCC
Rabbi Simcha Weinstein is a best-selling author and
speaker. He has appeared on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight and
PPR, and has been profiled in leading publications,
including ,The New York Times, The Miami Herald, and
The London Guardian. His groundbreaking book explores
the benefits that parenthood brings to individuals and
society and provides strong evidence that contradicts
many modern myths of Parenthood. Quite simply,
parenthood makes your world physically, materially, and
spiritually better.
Adult Trope Refresher
Instructor: Cantor Emily Pincus
Tuesdays; 8:00 PM • January 15, 22, 29; February 5
Location: TBE
This class is for those who learned Torah trope last year,
or who have some previous understanding of trope. We
will continue to use Portnoy and Wolff’s The Art of Torah
Cantillation, delving more deeply into the “second-page”
tropes. Participants will have the opportunity to chant
Torah at a Shabbat or Festival service; the assigned
portion will serve as part of their study.
Textbook: The Art of Torah Cantillation: A Step-by-Step
Guide to Chanting Torah
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Jewish LIFE
The Jewish LIFE Festival of Books & Culture is made possible in part by a grant
from the Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon & Warren Counties.
The JCC thanks the Jewish Book Council for making this program possible.
January
Ascending Jacob’s Ladder:
Jewish Views of Angels, Demons
and Evil Spirits
Sundays: 10:00 AM
Dates: Begins January 13 (5 sessions)
Location: TS
Seventy five percent of all Americans believe in angels. This course will explore the
purpose and characteristics of angels and evil spirits and demons as they appear in
Jewish tradition.
I Believe:
The Thirteen Principles
of Faith
Tuesdays: 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Dates:January 15
Location: TS
Most of us would like to be able to state
what we believe, as well as articulate
the basic principles of Judaism. This
course will examine Moses Maimonides’
attempt to communicate Judaism’s basic
concepts in his Thirteen Principles of
Faith. By studying what he had to say, you
may be able to reach an understanding
about what you personally believe.
Living with Integrity:
Navigating Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
Tuesdays: 7:30 PM
Tuesdays: 7:30 PM
Location: CJC-HLocation: CJC-BR
Fee: $99Fee: $99
Are you obliged to keep all commitments? What are the responsibilities of the sandwich generation? Are the ungracious deserving
of our charity? How far should we go to give the benefit of the doubt? A discussion on personal ethics and the Jewish view on laws
that test the limits of our integrity.
PJ LIBRARY IS A NATIONAL BOOK PROGRAM implemented on a local level. It is
a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, and it is made possible through
partnerships with philanthropists and local Jewish organizations throughout North
America.
PJ Library mails free, high-quality Jewish children’s books and music to families
across the continent on a monthly basis. Today, more than 70,000 families in
more than 135 communities in the United States and Canada are able to explore
the timeless core values of Judaism through the art and literature of these free
children’s books.
All families raising Jewish children from age six months through five, six, seven or
eight years, depending on the community, are welcome to enroll.
Contact Stacey Herman for more information at [email protected].
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February
The Irma Horowitz
Israeli Short Films
Presented by Ma’aleh School of Television Film and the Arts in Jerusalem
Thursday, February 7
Dinner at 6:30 PM followed by films
Hosted by JCC
special events
“Barriers”
Reuven Firestone
Uri, a young officer, together with two soldiers under his command, are manning a
checkpoint in the territitories. Two women from the “Watch” organization try to interfere
with their work. Uri is confused as he receives an order to close the checkpoint because of a
bomb threat amidst the women’s screaming. An unpredictable outcome ensues….
Holy War in JudaismThe Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea
Awards include First Prize for short drama Jerusalem Film Festival 2011; Munich
International Students Film Festival
Tuesday, February 12
7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Holy War in Judaism is the first book to consider
how the concept of “ holy war” disappeared from
Jewish thought for almost 2000 years, only to
reemerge with renewed vigor in modern times.
In this book Rueven Firestone identifies, analyzes
and explains the historical, conceptual and the
intellectual processes that revived holy war ideas
in modern Judaism. The book serves as a case
study of the way in which one ancient religious
concept once deemed irrelevant or even dangerous was successfully revivied in order to fill
a pressing contemporary need. It also helps to
clarify the current political and religious situation
in Israel and the Middle East.
Reuven Firestone is Professor of Medieval
Judaism and Islam at Hebrew Union College and
Senior Fellow at the Center for Religious and
Civic Culture at the University of Southern California.
“Stand Up”
Dudi is learning in a yeshiva to become a school teacher. His wife doesn’t know that he
really spends most of his time trying to be a stand-up comic. He goes to a comedy club
when he should be at the yeshiva. His friends from the yeshiva find out, and Dudi loses his
best friend. He is now afraid that his wife will also find out. Dudi needs to decide whether
to tell his wife or keep his dream.
“Cheftzi On Air”
Chefzi is a radio broadcaster who offers romantic advice to her single, female callers.
One night, she decides to take her own advice, and proposes marriage on live radio to her
boyfriend Yonatan. To Chefzi’s surprise, her theories don’t work in practice and her world
begins to collapse.
Awards include First Prize for short film, Seoul Women Film Festival 2006; Promised
Director, International Students Film Festival Tel Aviv 2006.
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Crossing the Line:
Wednesday, February 13 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Encore Presentation
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February
Ask the Rabbi
Sundays: 10:00 AM
Begins February 24 (3 sessions)
Location: TS
Years ago the Prophetess and Judge
Deborah sat under her palm tree and
fielded the questions of her people. She
offered of her advice and wisdom. Using
this biblical model, come to the Library
with your questions and ask the Rabbi.
(E mailing your questions in advance
would be helpful: [email protected].)
A Joyful Introduction to Talmud
Sundays: 8:00 -9:00 PM
Begins February 24
Location: BES
Among those who have never experienced Talmud study, the very
word Talmud conjures images of old men in black coats swaying as
they talk about seemingly irrelevant details of Jewish law. Come
to this class and discover for yourself that learning Talmud can not
only be enriching but enjoyable as well! No prior experience with
Talmud or Hebrew is required.
films
Jewish Film
Series at
“To Take A Wife”
Saturday, February 9• 7:00 PM
Location: TBE
Running Time: 97minutes
Doors will be open at 6:30pm for hors
Critics Awards at both Hamburg and Venice
(the film received a standing ovation) Film
Festivals (2004), Best Actor for Simon
Abkarian (Eliyahu) at both Thessalonika and
Mons Film Festivals (2004), Best Actress for
Elkabetz at Mons and Israeli Film Academy
(2004).
TO TAKE A WIFE features yet another
brilliant performance by powerhouse actress
Ronit Elkabetz. If Edward Albee were
Jewish, this is the kind of family he would
write about. Viviane and Eliyahu are first
generation Israelis: she works out of their
home as a beautician, he has a job at the post
office. They’ve been together for 20 years,
have four children together and live with his
elderly mother, whose eyes show nothing but
disapproval. Eliyahu’s life, inflexibly bound
by Orthodox tradition, enables him to cope
with his sense of displacement in an evermodernizing Israel. But to Viviane, questions
of religious duty should be subservient to
life. Eliyahu’s inability to express love or
appreciation sent her into the arms of Albert
three years earlier, and her former lover’s
return renews her desperation. This is a razor
sharp look at a marriage not so much frayed
as eviscerated.
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March
special events
Robert Rosenthal
From Plagues to Miracle
Thursday, March 7
7pm
Hosted by JCC
In From Plagues to Miracles, psychiatrist Robert Rosenthal takes a fresh and bold new look at the story
of Exodus in which the figures of Moses and Pharaoh represent dueling aspects of the human mind.
Pharaoh is the ego-mind: arrogant, capricious, and cut off from God and Spirit. Moses represents the part
of the mind that is and has always been in full, direct connection with God. And the Hebrews represent
us—all of us, regardless of religious affiliation. If you’ve always felt that there must be more to the Old
Testament, but could never sift the spiritual wheat from the thou-shalt-not chaff, then this discussion is
for you.
Delia Ephron
The Lion is in
Program to be followed by Lunch
Hosted by Bridgewater JCC
Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter. Her movies include The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You’ve Got Mail, Hanging Up, and Michael.
Her newest novel, The Lion Is In, is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage,
love – and learning to salsa with the king of the jungle.
Co-sponsored by the Brandeis National Committee Somerset Chapter; Temple
Beth El, Somerset/ Sisterhood; Temple Sholom Sisterhood.
Jewish Film Series
“Troupe”
Saturday, March 2• 7:00 PM
Location: TBE Running Time: 110 minutes
Doors will be open at 6:30pm for hors d’oeuvres and
schmoozing.
Based on the real-life stories of two of its ensemble
cast, this crazy musical comedy follows 12 young men
and women brought together as members of an Israeli
army entertainment troupe after the Six-Day War.
There are, for instance, a Don Juan, a heartless beauty,
a good-natured girl with lots of talent and a shy young
man just waiting to burst out of his shell. The film
follows the performers through bus trips, stage shows
and into tiny field tents.
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Israeli Short Films
Presented by Ma’aleh School of Television
Film and the Arts in Jerusalem
Friday, March 1
Dinner at 6:30 PM followed by films
“Willingly”
Wednesday, March 20
12:00 PM
films
The Irma Horowitz
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
SPEAK UP for Israel
Wednesday, March 13 •7:30pm
Thursday, March 14 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
This film raises questions about love
andcommitment, about the advantages and
disadvantages of “get” as a ceremony, and
about Israel’s non-separation of religion and
state. ALl Jewish divorcing couples, regardless
of their religious orientation, must divorce with
this ceremony in the State of Israel. This film
has been featured in several festivals around
the world.
“A Jerusalem Tale”
Lazer and Baila Hirsch, an older orthodox
couple who have emigrated to Israel from
America, struggle with financial hardship and
general misfortune. Lazer, a Bretzlav Hassid,
finds that his capacity for simcha (joy) is put
to the test. The couple prays for a miracle, but
miracles come in unexpected guises...This film
has been featured in Haifa Film Festival 2007
and the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival 2009.
“Luz”
This is the story of the unique relationship
between Lisa and her adopted daughter, Luz.
Unable to have children, Lisa adopted Luz
from Columbia when Luz was three months
old. The bond between them is special and
despite their differences, the two have built a
home which is loving and strong. Now 18 years
old and trouble by questions of identity, Luz
re-opens her adoption file while Lisa builds a
home with her new husband. A dramatic new
development in their lives threatens to destroy
all the old bonds, and forces Luz and her
mother to confront the basic questions: What
is a home? What is motherhood? And what is
the meaning of a blood relationship?
Awards include Best Short Film: International
Film Festival Haifa 2007. Featured in the
International Film Festival Haifa 2007 and
International Documentary Film Festival
Guandzo China 2009.
March/April
Get into the Spirit of Things:
Pathways to a Spiritually Enriched Life
Instructor: Ronnie Weyl
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM Dates: March 5,12,19
Location: TBE
Are you interested in enhancing the spiritual dimensions of your life? Do you yearn
for a deeper connection with G-d to help you meet life’s challenges and experience
life’s joys? If so, join us for a three-part series that will explore the treasures of our
Jewish spiritual tradition and help us rediscover the sacred in our everyday lives.
Drawing from the writings of Rabbis Rami Shapiro, Jeff Roth, Lawrence Kushner, and
others, we will read and study together and then do the practice, to cultivate greater
mindfulness, compassion, patience, a sense of gratitude, and a nurtured soul.
• Session 1: The Breath: Jewish Meditation & Repetition
• Session 2: Inspirational Readings: Musar & Psalms
• Session 3: Sacred Moments: Jewish Ritual
special events
Doni Zasloff Thomas
Get Cooking! A Jewish American Family Cookbook
Musical Book Talk
Thursday, April 11 – 6:00 PM
Hosted by the JCC
Packed with holiday activities, jokes, and rocking tunes on
a free CD from popular children’s musician Mama Doni, Get
Cooking! celebrates Jewish American culture and holidays plus
makes a Jewish connection to secular American holidays in an
exuberant guide that works for Jewish families of all levels of
religious observance. Doni Zasloff Thomas (Mama Doni) won
a 2011 Parents Choice award for her CD ‘Shabbat Shaboom’
and the Simcha Award for “Inspiring Joy through Music” at
the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam. She
celebrates Jewish culture with irrepressible zest in high energy
family rock concerts that break the mold of traditional Jewish
music.
Women’s Trip to Israel
March 3- 12
Women’s Philanthropy of The Jewish Federation
of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties.
Featuring food, fashion, friendship, culture, and history!
To register or to learn more about the mission and itinerary,
visit www.jfedshaw.org or contact Diane Naar at 908.725.6994 x202
or [email protected]
Run in the Tel Aviv
Marathon
Trip to Israel
March 11-21
6 and 11 Day trips
Pre and Post Marathon trips, in which you
will explore some of Israel’s spas, wineries,
organic restaurants and farms, as well as
see Israel in a totally new way- bike, hike,
raft, and Segway around this amazing land.
For more information contact; Tovah
Grafstein at [email protected].
Seeing G-d in All Things: The
Spiritual Wisdom of Chasidism
Tuesdays: 8:00 PM
Dates: April 2, 9, 16
Location: BES
Those of us who identify Chasidism with
ultra-Orthodoxy might be surprised to learn
that it was in its day a “reform” movement.
It offered a new dynamism and uplift to an
ossified Jewish world in need of spiritual
renewal. In our time, the insights of
Chasidism can speak meaningfully to us as
non-Orthodox Jews and help us find renewal
of mind and spirit. Join Rabbi Gluck for an
exploration of some of the riches of the
Chasidic tradition.
JEWISH REVOLUTIONS:
Building a Better World
(JLI TEENS)
Instructor: Rabbi Shmaya & Miriam Krinsky
Sunday: 10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
Dates: April 7- May 19
Location: CJC-H
One individual can change the world! This
series explores Judaism’s take on modern
causes such as social justice, world peace,
freedom, and the environment. From time
immemorial, brave young individuals have
stood up to make a difference and change
the world—for good. Young people around
the world volunteer their time, raise money
and awareness, and take concrete steps to
fix real problems in their communities. What
drives us to fix the world? Where does this
inner passion come from? What values and
beliefs does Judaism promote that we can
use to effect change?
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April/May
special events
Community-Wide Yom HaShoah Program
Sunday, April 7 • 7pm
Congregation Knesseth Israel in Bound Brook
films
“Joy”
Jewish Film Series
Saturday, April 13 • 7:00 PM
Location: TBE
Free to the Community
Program details to come.
4 nominations (Best Actor, Best Director,
Best Film, Best Screenplay) and 3 wins
(Best Actress, Best Costumes and Best
Supporting Actress) at 2005 Israeli
Academy Awards.
Curious Tales of the Talmud: Finding Personal
Meaning in the Legends of our Sages
Tuesdays: 7:30 PM
Mondays: 7:30PM
Dates: April 23 - May 28
Dates: April 22-May 20
& Tuesday May 28
Location: CJC-H
Location: CJC-BR
Fee: $99Fee: $99
Everyone loves a good story. Knowing this, the sages of the Talmud used stories
to encode messages about life that are far too deep and profound to communicate
directly. This course decodes some of these extraordinary Talmudic mysteries to
uncover layer within layer of insight into the nature of life, the universe, G-d, and man.
Modern Mohel Talk- Lucy Waldman
Thursday, May 2
6:00PM
Hosted by the JCC
Lucy Waldman is a Certified Mohel and Certified Nurse Midwife. Her
practice Birth to Bris merges medical practices with a caring philosophy. Lucy will discuss modern options for welcoming your Jewish baby
into our world.
As a mohel, Waldman said, “I have compassion as a woman and as a
mother.” She also has plenty of professional experience performing
medical circumcisions. She’s been on the staff at St. Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital in New York since 1995. “I’ve been doing circumcisions all
these years. Waldman went through the intensive training program offered by the Reform movement’s Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles
and followed up with several weeks of learning with her own rabbi,
Steven Bayar, at Congregation B’nai Israel in Millburn.
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Joy Levine lives in an old apartment that is
shabby and worn-out on the outside while
well-kept and filled with joy on the inside.
Her life changes when she auditions for a TV
show. To her astonishment, she is chosen,
and her mission is to throw a surprise
party for her parents on an upcoming show.
However, there is a price to pay for all this.
She has to share with the viewers an event
that made a tight-knit bunch of friends
shun her parents. The show is to be aired
right after Yom Kippur, and the theme is
forgiveness. Joy must get all her parents’
friends to the party in order to conduct the
reconciliation. However, the idyll expected
from such a show is jeopardized by a string
of events that threaten to shatter the already
fractured family cell.
STEP UP FOR ISRAEL
Israel Inside
Wednesday, April 10 •7:30pm
Thursday, April 11 •7:00pm
Hosted by the JCC
Jewish LIFE
The Jewish LIFE Festival of Books & Culture is made possible in part by a grant
from the Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon & Warren Counties.
The JCC thanks the Jewish Book Council for making this program possible.
May
films
“An evening to celebrate”
Jewish Film
Series at
Temple Beth-El,
Hillsborough
Tuesday, May 7
6:30PM
Event honorees:
Rabbi Evan Jaffe – Rabbi & Community Leader;
Rafi Marks – Student President, Rutgers Hillel.
“The Flood”
Saturday, May 18
Location: Fiddlers Elbow.
Israeli cuisine. Dietary laws observed.
$50 for adults; $18 for students
7:00 PM
Experience Israel’s culture, hear a briefing, invest in Israeli bonds and support Israel!
Doors will be open at 6:30pm for hors
Location: TBE
Five nominations (Best Actor, Best
Actress, Best Film, Best Screenplay
and Best Sound) and one win (Best
Supporting Actor) at 2010 Israeli
Academy Award. Best Film honors
at the Haifa and Berlin International
Film Festivals and Audience Award at
Thessalonki Festival.
Jewish Stories
Tuesdays: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
Date: May 21
Location: BES
Stories and the Jews go together like peanut butter and jelly. Rabbi Garfinkel will teach
this class about Jewish stories written by authors such as Sholom Aleichem, S.Y. Agnon,
Saul Bellow, and others. We’ll use the book Great Jewish Short Stories, edited by Saul
Bellow.
June
Birnbaum JCC
2013 Camp Ruach Israel Trip
June 30 – July 23, 2013
Ages: Entering 10th & 11th grade
Price: TBD
Contact: Paige Silberfein
Phone: (908) 725-6994 x207
E-mail: [email protected]
www.jccmaccabiisrael.o rg
Summer 2013
Teen Trip to Israel
www.jccmaccabiisrael.org
Experience Israel with friends from your community. This unique
life changing experience includes a comprehensivetour throughout
Israel with leadership seminars, social action (Tikkun Olam)
activities and more.The 2013 Israel summer adventure includes
visiting and exploring Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, climbing Masada,
ﬂoating in the Dead Sea, hiking, camel trekking and a traditional
Bedouin meal, hanging with Israeli teens, getting to know about
everyday life in the Jewish State, and much, much more!
Information session for
parents and teens will be on
Sunday, October 21 at 5pm.
Featuring powerful performances
and lyrical imagery, The Flood is the
critically acclaimed Israeli drama
about the painful truth and hidden
strength that binds a family together.
The story is told with humor and
irony through the eyes of a gifted but
underdeveloped 13-year-old. Bullied
by classmates and with his parents on
the brink of divorce, Yoni’s Bar Mitzvah
looms. His broken home life is further
shaken by the unexpected return of an
institutionalized autistic older brother
and the revelation of long repressed
secrets. Acting as the only responsible
adult in the family, Yoni is left to cope
with his brother’s obsessive behaviors
until the two find common ground in the
story of the flood and Noah’s Ark, which
Yoni is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah.
STEP UP films
FOR ISRAEL
STEP UP for Israel: 5 Part Film Series
Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus
Discover the growing anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses.
•Thursday, October 4, 2012: 7:00pm at JCC
•Tuesday, October 16, 2012: 7:30pm at Or Chadash, Flemington
• Sunday, October 21, 2012: 9:30am at Chabad of Basking Ridge
Creation of a State
Learn about the founding of the State of Israel and its struggle for peace and security.
•Thursday, November 1, 2012: 7:00pm at JCC
•Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 7:30pm at Or Chadash, Flemington
Israel & The West
Discover Israel as a democratic nation with shared Western values, and learn how the media
shapes negative opinions about Israel.
•Thursday, December 6, 2012: 7:00pm at JCC
•Tuesday, December 11, 2012: 7:30pm at Or Chadash, Flemington
Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus
Sponsored by the Jewish Federation
of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren
Counties as part of the Jewish LIFE
program.
•Tuesday, January 8, 2013: 7:30pm Or Chadash, Flemington
•Wednesday, February 13, 2013: 7:00pm at JCC
Special re-showing of Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus
Geared for college-bound students and their parents, to prepare the student for the growing
anti-Israel sentiment taking root on college campuses across North America.
Speak Up for Israel
FREE TO THE COMMUNITY!
Learn how to speak up on Israel’s behalf.
PEACE
Israel Inside
YOU’RE THE MISSING
•Wednesday, March 13, 2013: 7:30pm at Or Chadash, Flemington
•Thursday, March 14, 2013: 7:00pm at JCC
Experience Israel’s dynamic, innovative, and humanitarian society.
•Wednesday, April 10, 2013: 7:30pm at Or Chadash, Flemington
•Thursday, April 11, 2013: 7:00pm at JCC
Jewish LIFE
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Bridgewater, NJ 08807
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