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Fall 2013 Coming up at the JCC! Volume 14, Issue 4 • Sun., Sept. 22, 9:00am
JCC ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Sun., Sept. 29 • 10:00am-1:00pm
Please make a donation to the JCC’s Annual Campaign. We need your help to continue to provide programs and services for those in financial need. Donations benefit The JCC Scholarship Fund. The JCC allocated more than $210,000 last year in financial assistance to those who could not afford to attend camp or preschool, participate in swim team, or afford for JCC membership. The Fund also supports our senior program and provides financial assistance to individuals with disabilities and special needs. The brochure you will receive in the mail details the importance of the Annual Campaign, and how your donation – no matter the amount – makes a difference in lives of people right here in our own community. Please consider donating. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Friedman, JCC Executive Director Laura Friedman at x213; LFriedman@ssbjcc.org.
Thursday, October 17 6:30pm Register by October 7: $125 Entry Fee/Person & receive an extra 1,000 chips After October 7: $125 Entry Fee/Person Pay an additional $20 and get an extra 1,000 chips Fee includes dinner, snacks, open bar and start-up chips. To Register, Call x201 or register online: www.ssbjcc.org/texas
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Call Debbie Golden for more information at x210;DGolden@ssbjcc.org
Bubble Up Day (Raindate Sept. 23) • Sun.,Sept. 29, 10:00am-1:00pm Annual Campaign Phone-a-thon • Fri., Oct. 4, Nov. 1 & Dec. 6, 12 Noon: Movie Day (Adults) • Thurs., Oct. 10, 7pm: Sandwich Generation • Wed., Oct. 16, 10am-12:00pm: Free BP & Sugar Screenings • Thurs., Oct. 17, 9:30am-3:00pm: Grounds for Sculpture Trip; 6:30pm: Texas Hold’em Tournament • Sun., Oct. 27, 8:45am: Mah Jongg Tournament 11:30am: Honeymoon in Vegas (George St. Playhouse) • Thurs., Nov. 14, 11:00am-7:30pm: Holiday Shopping Boutique • Sat., Nov. 16, 7:00pm: Dancing with the Stars, Season 2 Please see Page 3 for a listing of upcoming Jewish LIFE programs.
Get Ready for Chanukah!
Holiday Shopping Boutique at the JCC Thursday, November 14 11:00am – 7:30pm
Free to the Community!
Call Lisa x206 for Vendor Opportunities.
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Saturday November 16 6:30 pm
Register Now... Please support our dancers and Ad Journal. www.ssbjcc.org/adult/dancing
HOLIDAY HOURS Thursday, November 28 The JCC will be closed for Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, December 24: The JCC will be closing early at 6pm.
Wednesday, December 25: The JCC will be closing early at 6pm.
Tuesday, December 31:
The JCC will closing early for New Year’s Eve at 5pm.
Wednesday, January 1:
The JCC will be closed for New Year’s Day.
Opportunity of a Lifetime!
home for the summer
Super Early Bird Available to 2013 Campers. Save $200! Ends Oct. 15 $$$$$$$$
Early Bird available to all! Save $100! Ends Jan. 14
Thank you to all of our campers for a wonderful summer! Have a great school year and see you next summer!
Limited Spots available for 2013-2014 school year.
Thank You! Thank you to the Raffle Committee: David Bernstein and Peter Horowitz
Thank you to everyone who purchased a Raffle.
Thank you to all the Dog Day Sponsors: Title Sponsor: Tarheel Total Pet Care
Sponsors: Barker Bus; Bridgewater Veterinary Hospital; Camp Bow Wow; Cherrybrook Pet Supply Thank you to all of our vendors and donors, and to everyone who attended Dog Day! Thank you to Dog Day Committe members Ken Bernstein, Bruce Levinston, Lisa Kopman and Ellen McCloskey.
The JCC thanks the following for their Tribute Card Donations: Debby & Arthur Feldman; Carole Goldstein; Judy & Larry Gross; Andrea & Peter Horowitz; Lynn & Alvin Levine; Midstate Lumber; Marsha Panzer
Tribute Cards are a meaningful way to honor or memorialize loved ones or recognize a milestone or special occasions. Funds generated help support the important programs and services the JCC provides our community. Please call x201 and our Receptionist will be happy to assist you.
Pictured above are a wonderful group of campers and counselors that have been attending Camp Ruach for 10 years or more!
ROOF!
Chanukah Party Monday, December 10 • 6:00 pm
If you would like information on our preschool gift for someone you love at our program, or wouldMake like toa schedule a personal tour, please contact:many Linda“gift Weiss, Early Childhood making” stations. Then Director at 908-725-6994 get it allx208; readyLWeiss@ssbjcc.org to give by going to our
“wrapping” and “card making” stations. Art specialists will be on hand to assist THANK YOU! in making awesome gifts! Latkas and a Tribute dinner Card Donations: kid friendly will be served. Harriet & George Blank • Laura Friedman Fee: $6/child, MaxGolden per family $30 Amy $8/adult, & Seth Geldzahler • Debbie Latkas!
Family Chanukah Party
Monday, December 2 • 6:00pm Pizza &
Judy & Larry Gross • Caryn & Jeff Kenin
Fee: $10/ child, $5/Adult or $30 Max/Family Ronni & Mark Lederman • Harriet Rosen Monica & Richard Skydell • Sherry & Doron Steger Mona & Eric Yorke
Join us for a JCC Family Chanukah celebration! JCCcandles Tribute Cards for are easy to send & support We will light the the 6th night of The JCC Scholarship Fund. Chanukah (bring your candles). Minimum donationChaukiah is $18. Call x201 for& assistance. you to ourholder Dog Day Sponsors: Make a Chanukah Thank oil candle and oil from Barker Bus, Camp Bow Wow, Bridgewater Veterinary an olive. Visit stations to makePetan additional Hospital, Cherrybrook Supplies Thankwrapping you to our Texas Hold’em Committee: Chanukah gift & our station. Art projects Geoff Feinstein, Chair led by our own Debbie Lubliner (preschool Josh Cohen, Richard Hirsch, Spencer Tucker teacher) and Jessica Demcsak (art teacher). you to our Texas Sponsors: Enjoy Chanukah Thank music and the Hold’em company of our Felt Table Sponsors: JCC Family. All Cables ages& Chips; are The welcome. To Group register, Jeffrey Matthews Platinum Sponsors: please call our Receptionist atTable x201. Gary’s Wine & Marketplace; Protiviti
Staff positions available. Apply online: www.ssbjcc.org
Table Sponsors: Luongo Tucker & Associates, LLC; Money Mailer Toscana’s Italian Restaurant Thank you to all of our Texas Hold’em participants and congratulations to our first place winner, Wally Yosafat. Thank you to all our members who participated in the Member Art Show.
Jewish Family Programs Shabbat at the J!
Join us every Friday at 10:45am and 3:15pm in the Lobby as we welcome Shabbat... Enjoy challah & juice!
The JCC invites you to join us for a variety of family programs this fall:
Enjoy bagels, juice and fruit in the Sukkah with company of our JCC Family members, or grab something to go.
RSVP to SHerman@ssbjcc.org by Oct. 15.
Come at any time before 7:30pm. Snacks provided. RSVP to SHerman@ssbjcc.org by Nov. 18.
Jewish LIFE (Learning Is For Everyone), our community wide adult education program, has an exciting new season of programs and special events planned for the coming year. A wide variety of classes and films are offered at our participating synagogues. The complete 2013-2014 Jewish LIFE brochure is available on line at www.ssbjcc.org and printed copies are available at the JCC. Below are the special events coming up this Fall. We are pleased to also offer two new exciting opportunities for adult learning, The Melton School and iEngage. NEW!!! NEW!!! Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning (A project of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The Melton School will be offered at the Shimon and JCC in Bridgewater on Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30am, from October 2013 through June 2014. Registration Fee: $650/person
iEngage: Engaging Israel: Foundations for a New Relationship, Sundays, 4-6pm: 10/6, 10/27, 11/17, 1/5, 2/2, 3/2, 4/6, 5/4 and 6/8 (Hosted at Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough). Sundays, 9:00-10:15am: 10/6, 11/3, 12/15, 1/26, 2/23, 3/23, 4/6, 5/4 (Hosted at Or Chadash, Flemington) Fee: $50 per student
· Sun., Sept. 29, 10:30am: Katherine Rosman, If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter’s Notebook (Hosted by Or Chadash, Flemington) · Wed., Oct. 9, 7pm: Rabbi Deborah Prinz, Author of On the Chocolate Trail (Hosted by Temple Har Shalom, Warren) · Thurs., Oct. 10, 7pm: Yossi Klein Halevi, Author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israel…… (Hosted by Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough) · Sat., Oct. 12, 5pm: Sholem Aleichem, Laughing in the Darkness (Film Hosted by Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough) · Tues., Oct. 15, 9am: Imagine 2013. Hosted by Jewish Federation Women’s Philanthropy Group at Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater · Sun., Oct. 20, 10:30 am: Fraidy Reiss, Founder & Executive Director of Unchained at Last, (Hosted by Or Chadash, Flemington) · Thurs., Oct. 24, 7 pm: Return Engagement! Martin Fletcher, Author of Jacob’s Oath (Hosted by the JCC) · Thurs., Nov. 14, 7pm: Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, Author of And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning (Hosted by the JCC) · Sun., Nov. 17, 10:30am: Martin Russ Federman, Author of Russ & Daughters: Reflections & Recipes from the Hour that Herring Built (Hosted by Or Chadash, Flemington). · Wed., Dec. 4, 12 Noon: Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Author of How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick. Program & Luncheon (Hosted by the JCC). · Thurs., Dec. 12, 6:30pm: Irma Horowitz Film Series Featuring Falafel & Films. The Breakfast Parliament, The Ranch, The Rabbi’s Daughter (Hosted by the JCC).
Please refer to the Jewish LIFE brochure for program fees and additional information. To register for special events, please call 908-725-6994 x201.
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Upcoming Adult Programs Chinese Cooking Class
Sandwich Generation
Instructor: Chef Eiko
Informative lecture and conversation on the Sandwich Generation. Social Worker Kristen Palmieri from Homewatch Caregivers will lead the discussion. If you are a caregiver for a family member and also taking care of your own children, then this is the lecture for you. Get answers to your questions, about this growing trend.
Thursday, September 26 • 11am-1pm $25/person (class limited to 10 people)
Thursday, October 10 • 7pm Free to the Community
Eiko is not just a chief, but a designer of healthy food! Every ingredient is chosen for its aroma, taste and texture, but most importantly the nutrient effect on the body. Learn the art of Chinese cooking while we prepare, cook and enjoy delicious Vegetable Pie and Beijing Miso Noodles with Vegetables.
You bring the frying pan and everything else is supplied!
Coffee & dessert will be served. Donations gladly accepted for the JCC senior program.
Call x201 to register. Questions…contact Lisa Kopman at x206; LKopman@ssbjcc.org
Sunday, October 27 9:30am
Doors open at 8:45am and the Tournament begins promptly at 9:30am. Registration Fee includes Tournament play, deli lunch, morning coffee: $55/person when received by October 18 and $65/person after October 18.
Call x201 to register. Questions…contact Lisa Kopman at x206; LKopman@ssbjcc.org
Fall Sports Open Volleyball
The JCC is starting Club Volleyball Teams in December
Wednesday Evenings | www.ssbjcc.org | info@ssbjcc.org 10/2 - 10/30 If you are interested, please join us (908) 725-6994
for the Open Volleyball on Wednesdays! 6pm – 7pm 10-12 year olds No prior volleyball experience required. Club Teams 7pm – 8pm will be run by the Central Jersey Volleyball Academy, 13-14775 yearTalamini olds Road Bridgewater, NJ Flemington, NJ. 08807 Free to all JCC Members
$5 per night for non-members
Parents Meeting for Club Teams November 13: 6:30pm 10-12 year olds 7:30pm 13-14 year olds Question? Call Carole Webb x212 • Email: cwebb@ssbjcc.org
Private & Semi-Private Tennis Lessons Instructor: Ameet Bhatt Fee: Ages 10 & under, $40/hr Ages 11-15, $50/hr Ages 16 - adults, $60/hr Call Carole Webb at x212 with any questions and to schedule lessons.
Bubble Up Volunteers Needed! Lunch will be provided.
Sun.,Sept. 22 • 9:00am Raindate: Mon. Sept 23 RSVP to Carol Goldstein x215