SPRING PROGRAMS AT-A-GLANCE

APRIL

2 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • Baby Lap Time

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • Growing Grasshoppers

GLOE • Families at Home: Good Deeds Week

ENTRYPOINTDC • Hunger Action Project for Good Deeds Week

4 ACTIVE RETIREES CLUB • Soul Writing Circle

INCLUSION • Game Night

11 JEWISH LIFE • Celebrate Passover with Jews of Color and their Families

ACTIVE RETIREES CLUB • Soul Writing Circle

16 INCLUSION • Friends and Family Walk & Picnic

JEWISH LIFE • Yom HaShoah Memoir Writing Workshop and Author Talk with Gina Roitman

18 THEATER J • Classes for Theater Lovers Underworld Trilogy in Translation

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Volunteer Night at the Capital Area Food Bank

ACTIVE RETIREES CLUB • Soul Writing Circle

19 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • EDCJCC Urban Gardening Team

20 INCLUSION • Bingo Night

ENTRYPOINTDC • Jewish Cooking Mastered: Israeli

Flavors

21 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Handmade for the Homeless FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • Tot Shabbat in the Lot with special guest Auntie A

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Game Night at The Bridge

J • Classes for Theater Lovers Underworld

16 THEATER J • Classes for Theater Lovers Underworld Trilogy in Translation

17 JxJ • Festival Keynote: The 21%: The Lives of Arab Citizens of Israel

PARENTING CENTER • Pathways to Parenthood

18 PARENTING CENTER • Beyond the Bump

PARENTING CENTER • Parent Coffee: Hiring a Nanny

INCLUSION • Bingo Night

JxJ • Festival Screening: Shttl

20 JxJ • Festival Screening: SCHÄTCHEN

21 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Handmade for the Homeless

JxJ • Festival: Teen Film Contest

JxJ • Festival Closing Night: Paris Boutique and Matchmaking

23 INCLUSION • Bowling Night

TBD INCLUSION • Karaoke Night

25 PARENTING CENTER • Beyond the Bump

PARENTING CENTER • Raising a Reader

JUNE

1 PARENTING CENTER • Beyond the Bump

5 JEWISH LIFE • Language Classes begin

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7 FITNESS • Krav Maga Workshop

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • Baby Lap Time

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT • Growing Grasshoppers

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JEWISH LIFE • Author Talk with David Elcott: The Future of Liberal Democracy in Israel and the World

THEATER J • Classes for Theater Lovers Underworld Trilogy in Translation

TBD ENTRYPOINTDC • Havdalah Bonfire & Musical Sing-A-Long ENTRYPOINTDC • Jewish Geography Scavenger Hunt

11 JxJ • Festival Opening Night: June Zero

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Celebrate Spring with Housing Up

PARENTING CENTER • Beyond the Bump

13 JxJ • Festival Concert: Shalva Band

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As I draft this letter to you, I can barely believe how my first two months as the CEO of the Edlavitch DCJCC have flown by! While there is still so much to learn and so many more people to meet, it’s been an inspiring, exciting and educational time.

Already, I have had so many varied experiences across the Center. At the Opening Night production of Theater J’s Gloria: A Life, I had the opportunity to meet the legend Gloria Steinhem herself! I’ve seen first-hand JxJ’s upcoming Film & Music Festival take shape, and I’ve watched the list of international artists who will be attending grow.

I’ve met with our Preschool community as a group and one-on-one to learn about their experiences as parents in the city and at the EDCJCC. I’ve been engaged in conversations about the ideal profile for our next Director of Jewish Life; worked with our Security, Buildings, and Grounds Committee to ensure our facility is safe and secure; brought our staff together to discuss what it will look like to celebrate Israel’s 75th Anniversary at the JCC of the nation’s capital; and so much more! I’ve been on a listening tour to understand how I can best support the EDCJCC’s ongoing journey to be a more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming JCC for all of our community members and employees.

Of course, I’ve also been out and about getting to know the community and listening to people’s stories. I have enjoyed many drinks and meals with the generous stakeholders of the EDCJCC whose dedication to vibrant Jewish life in our nation’s capital is unparalleled and makes everything we do possible.

I’d love to meet you and hear your story! Send me an email at jzwilling@edcjcc.org and let’s find time to grab a coffee at the EDCJCC’s very own Baked By Yael cafe.

Until then, I look forward to bumping into you at an EDCJCC program soon – maybe I’ll see you at a JxJ movie or concert in May!

Wishing you all well,