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Ageless Art

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CEO’s Message

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Health & Fitness

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Children, Youth, Teens & Camp

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Arts & Culture

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Adults

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Tributes

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Upcoming Events

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Cover photo: Barry Perlis shows “Creation,” his work that will be included in this month’s senior adult art show, “A Lifetime of Perspective.” (Story, page 2)

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CENTER STORY Ageless Art with Heart

By Andrea Kronzek

“A Lifetime of Perspective: 19 Years Celebrating Art and Creativity” is featured in the Goldman Art Gallery April 23-May 14 mom certainly has an eye for beautiful artwork.”

Barry Perlis (cover photo), one of the artists whose work is featured in this year’s exhibit, is primarily a self-taught artist. He works in virtually every medium, including acrylic, water color, Plexiglas, copper and steel sculpture.

He enjoys being involved in the Jewish community and has always looked to art as his creative outlet. “Participating in the Lifetime of Perspective senior art show is another way to connect my Jewish involvements and my creative passion.”

Her love of the exhibit inspires Kandy Hutman, retired Bender JCC staff member, to return each year to coordinate “A Lifetime of Perspective.”

For the 19th year, the Bender JCC will host “A Lifetime of Perspective,” a celebration of the creative talents of our community’s amateur artists age 65+. But don’t let the word “amateur” fool you. Visitors to the exhibit will have the opportunity to view sophisticated, inspiring and thoughtprovoking works, reflecting the full and colorful lives that our senior artists have lived.

This special annual exhibit was created

by Deena and Jerome Kaplan and their family in memory of Deena’s parents, Eve and David Berliant. It is underwritten by the Kaplan family, the Bender JCC’s Deena and Jerome A. Kaplan Fund for Senior Adult Programming, and the Berliant/Kaplan Fund of the United Jewish Endowment Fund of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

“A Lifetime of Perspective” is an eclectic and exciting exhibit that is always a crowd pleaser for patrons of all ages.

Participants submit works in a broad variety of media, including paintings, prints, photography, jewelry, sculpture, collage, fine crafts, and glass, wood, fabric and metal art.

Karen Kaplan, a daughter of Deena and Jerry, chairs the exhibit. She says that her mother has spent a lifetime around beautiful art.

“My mother saw her father paint in oil and started collecting contemporary paintings with our dad. They then moved onto wood, glass, textiles, basketry and more. Our

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“The Kaplan family’s ongoing support for this special exhibit is deeply appreciated,” says Debbie Sokobin, senior adult services director. “It provides a warm and intimate venue for our senior adults to showcase their considerable talent and creativity, and is an amazing exhibit for the entire community to enjoy.”

ALL ARE WELCOME

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The Bender JCC embraces and welcomes the diversity of our community and encourages everyone to seek meaning and fulfillment by participating in our rich programming inspired by our Jewish heritage. We open our doors to everyone, including people of all backgrounds, religions, abilities and sexual orientations, and interfaith couples and families.

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Inclusion permeates our Center.

Inclusion is belonging.

Center Scene, the magazine of the Bender JCC of Greater Washington, is issued monthly from September through June. The Center is a member of the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, a beneficiary agency of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and receives support from the United Way and Combined Federal Campaigns.

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Kandy Hutman, volunteer coordinator of “A Lifetime of Perspective,” is retired as a staff member of the Bender JCC’s adult services department. One of the reasons she returns each year to give of her time and heart to this program is that she loves the whole process and the joy of the opening reception when the grandchildren and children are the ones who get to say what a great job their loved ones have done. “There are few things more moving than seeing them honor their grandparents and parents, rather than the other way around.”

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LEADERSHIP OFFICERS Felicia K. Gottdenker, Chair of the Board of Directors Heidi Hookman Brodsky, Chair-Elect Helen Rubin, Administration/Finance Chair & Treasurer Arthur Polott, Development Chair Adam Polsky, Membership & Programming Chair Holli Beckerman Jaffe, Governance Chair Noam Fischman, General Counsel Andrew Chod, Secretary Brian Gaines, Assistant Secretary Matthew Weinberg, Assistant Treasurer Lisa Gunty, Ombudsperson IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Bradley C. Stillman BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brent Berger, MD Randi K. Meyrowitz Mindy Berger Jill Myers Robert I. Black Tracy Bloom Schwartz Nathan Bortnick Reed Sexter Andrew Bridge Andrew P. Shulman Elana Fine Dale Singer Brett Friedman Maurice “Mac” Samuel Gallo VerStandig Ron Gorfinkel The Honorable Jeff Toby Gottesman Waldstreicher Meredith Jacobs Sharon Zissman Rami Kandel COUNCIL OF ADVISORS Daniel H. Abramowitz Michael Smith Liss David S. Bender Lawrence Mann Stuart Bindeman Alan Meltzer Dean Eisen Pamela Nadell, PhD Bernard Forseter Robert Phillips Greg Friedman Howard Ross The Honorable Julie Silver Douglas F. Gansler Kathy Sklar Toni Goodman Marc Solomon Eric Kassoff Robin Taub Michael Kay Michael E. Winer Mark Lerner Susan Zuckerman Jeffrey Linowes PAST PRESIDENTS Morris Cafritz z”l Steven D. Lustig Marcella E. Cohen Philip N. Margolius Scott M. Cohen Col. Benjamin Ourisman z”l The Honorable Sydney M. Polakoff Stuart E. Eizenstat Richard B. Reff, M.D. Barry P. Forman Leo Schlossberg z”l z”l Rosalie B. Gerber Burnett Siman z”l Michael S. Gildenhorn Beth C. Sloan Col. Julius Goldstein z”l Charles E. Smith z”l Simon Hirshman z”l Andrew M. Stern Lesley Israel Bradley C. Stillman Rosalyn Levy Jonas John D. VerStandig Edward H. Kaplan Bernard M. Weisz z”l Joel S. Kaufman Bernard S. White z”l z”l Harry King Morton H. Wilner z”l Fred Kogod z”l Donald E. Wolpe Robert P. Kogod z”l Samuel Lehrman of blessed memory Harry M. Linowes EXECUTIVE TEAM Michael Feinstein, Chief Executive Officer Treva Bustow, Chief Marketing Officer Debra L. Cooper, Chief Financial Officer Amy I. Gantz, Chief Operating Officer Tom Rogers, Human Resources Director Adam Tennen, Chief Development Officer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS Robert H. Weiner z”l

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My Four Questions Message from Michael Relief, dismay and bewilderment ― three emotions that I don’t typically experience simultaneously. But, those were the conflicting thoughts that ran through my mind after learning that the suspect arrested for making the bulk of the hoax bomb threat calls to our JCC, and JCCs and other Jewish institutions across North America, was a Jewish Israeli teen.

less interest in belonging to Jewish institutions in general, there is less of a connection to Israel, and there are more dual faith families. In the Torah, before the Israelites are freed, God tells Moses to tell the story to their children and children’s children.

The future of the Jewish people is presumed. Our opportunity, as a JCC, is to expand the ways in which we provide onramps to a Jewish journey by providing connections to our traditions, culture and values in ways that support community and create meaning to help ensure a Jewish future that enriches lives.

Different communities responded differently to this crisis. A few JCCs saw significant withdrawals from their preschool, a slow-down in summer camp enrollment and declines in membership that they attributed to the What is the role of the JCC in serving ongoing threats. It was disheartening the broader community? At our core, for me to hear those effects from JCCs are welcoming and inclusive my colleagues. We did not have that experience as our families, members Michael Feinstein, President & CEO for both the Jewish and broader community. We are encouraged to and participants have stood by us through two hoax bomb threats. As a Jewish welcome the stranger at our Passover table and community center, we serve both the Jewish and invite all who are hungry to come and eat. To create broader community. The steadfast resolve of those a more inclusive and thriving community we can we serve provided comfort and encouragement as provide more opportunities for our Jewish and nonmy staff and I navigated our response to the threats. Jewish communities to come together, as we did with our recent MultiFaith Film Festival.

As I think about what we have been through, and recognize that it still may not be over, I find myself What do the last two and half months mean to me? with more questions than answers, which is fitting The arrest in Israel was for many of the phone-call given the approach of Passover – our holiday of hoax bomb threats. I am wary about the ease with asking questions. As I prepare for the Seder, here which copycats can follow. I am thankful that all of the threats have been hoaxes, but I also know that are the four questions that I will be thinking about. there have been many other anti-Semitic acts in our What does it mean to go from oppression to community. With safety and security on the forefront liberation today? Even if the bomb threats were of my mind, we will not become complacent. We not based in anti-Semitism, we are nonetheless will continue to be vigilant, keeping in mind the witnessing an increase in anti-Semitic acts across importance of maintaining the warm and welcoming the country. Yet, based on a recent survey of U.S. environment that you expect. To accomplish this, we adults, the Pew Research Center again reported will need to devote significantly more of our budget that Jews are the most popular religious group in the to security. We need to generate the necessary country. This seems like a contradiction, but we can financial resources so that safety and security do not feel threatened and harassed even if it is the work come at the expense of creating community, building of a minority. At Passover, I will be thinking about Jewish identity and enriching lives. the ways in which all of the other faith communities expressed their support and stood with us as we I live in a neighborhood that reflects that diversity felt under attack. The same Pew study found that of our county. We recently put in a lawn sign that Muslims were the least popular religious group says, “No matter where you are from, we’re glad in the country and we have certainly seen a large you’re our neighbor.” It is written in English, Spanish increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes. It is not a and Arabic. Many have stopped to read it and we big leap for me to imagine what Muslims in our even received cookies from one Muslim neighbor. community are feeling. In what ways will I show At our J, you can hear many languages reflecting support and not stand idly by while the Muslim and the background of our diverse membership and immigrant communities are under duress right now? participant base. As I think about the four questions above, my goal is that even more of our neighbors How can our JCC better serve our Jewish will feel comfortable participating here and that we community? Over 100 years ago, JCCs were founded will embody our core Jewish values of “loving the to help Jewish immigrants become part of American stranger” and “not standing idly by.” It will take a culture and became vibrant centers for the Jewish great deal of work, but we can be encouraged by the community. Fast forward to the 21st century and we Jewish precept that we are not obligated to complete have seen seismic changes in the American Jewish the work, but neither are we free to abandon it. community. Jews are exercising their freedom to choose whether and how to identify Jewishly, synagogue affiliation rates have declined, there is

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SUPPORT LEADERSHIP

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T Proceeds will benefit the Bender JCC’s scholarship fund.

Requests for scholarships far exceed our resources.

Your generosity helps make the Bender JCC accessible to everyone who wants to participate.

Tribute ad deadline: April 25 To read about our honoree, Bruce Lane, and to register, please visit benderjccgw.org/imagine.

Event Chairs

Thursday, May 25 6:30 PM Honoring Bruce Lane

Robin London Jeffrey Z. Slavin

Benjamin Ourisman Memorial Award for Civic Achievement

The event will begin at 6:30 PM at the Bender JCC with a brief program followed by a strolling dinner reception, entertainment and dessert.

Event Committee

Heidi and Michael Brodsky Jodi and Scott Cohen Robin and Todd Galkin Lisa and Murry Gunty Honorary Chairs Cathy and Michael Gildenhorn Jessica and Michael Isen Leslie Lane Ellen and Stuart Lessans Courtenay and Ed Wallach

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2017 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Awards MONDAY, JUNE 12 18 Sivan 5777 7 PM Please join us to celebrate the installation of Bender JCC officers and board members, to recognize the service of outgoing board members, and to honor our volunteers.

VOLUNTEER AWARDS

Flora M. Stetson Distinguished Service Award Vivian and Morton Rabineau Teen Volunteer Award 4

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HEALTH & FITNESS Stay Active, Stay Healthy Regular physical activity can produce long-term health benefits. People of all ages, shapes, sizes, and abilities can benefit from being physically active. The more physical activity you do, the greater the health benefits.

Being physically active can help you: • Increase your chances of living longer • Feel better about yourself • Decrease your chances of becoming depressed • Sleep well at night • Move around more easily • Have stronger muscles and bones • Stay at or get to a healthy weight • Be with friends or meet new people • Enjoy yourself and have fun

Spend Your Hot Summer Days Cooling Off with Us!

Enjoy the outdoor pool and experience the whole fitness center and everything the Bender JCC has to offer.

• Fully-equipped fitness center • Full-court basketball and racquetball • Outdoor and indoor pools • Personal Training • 100+ group exercise classes offered weekly • Babysitting services

To find out how the Bender JCC Fitness Center can help you stay active and healthy, contact Dawn Hubbard-Powell at 301.348.3891 or dhubbard-powell@benderjccgw.org.

Individual and family summer memberships are available from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Excerpts from this article are courtesy of choosemyplate.gov.

Visit the Bender JCC for a tour today, or contact membership for details at 301.348.3800 or membership@benderjccgw.org.

Bender JCC Events for Individuals with Parkinson’s

MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL

In conjunction with our partners at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and The Edmond J. Safra National Parkinson’s Wellness Initiative of the National Parkinson Foundation, we invite individuals affected by Parkinson’s to join us at the Bender JCC to learn how to cope and thrive.

Refer a friend to the Bender JCC and get one month free when they join!

Refer a Friend

Your friend will save 50% off the initiation fee.

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Book Chat with John Vine: “A Parkinson’s Primer” Sunday, April 23 | 1 PM in the Goldman Art Gallery Discussion and book signing for this new book on diagnosis for new patients with low symptom presentation. Coffee and snacks will be served.

Moving Day! Saturday, June 3 | National Mall, DC Join Team Bender JCC in a walk to raise money for Parkinson’s research and support. Come to our registration table before the walk for our yoga warm-up and treats!

For information on participating in or supporting this event, please contact Dawn Hubbard-Powell at 301.348.3891 or dhubbard-powell@benderjccgw.org.

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3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament Sunday, June 4

Save the date for the inaugural Arthur H. Silverman 3 vs.

3 Basketball Tournament for players age 18+. Watch for details at benderjccgw.org or contact Susan Fischer at sfischer@benderjccgw.org.

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CHILDREN, YOUTH, TEENS & CAMP Mini-Me Seder Sunday, April 9 | 10 AM-12 PM

Jewish Education through Jewish Education through the Arts Registration Open for Fall 2017 For children in kindergarten through 5th grade Sundays | 9:45 AM-12 PM September through May

Let your babies go…to a seder! Join us as we introduce your little ones to the key elements of a Passover seder.

The Rugrats will tell the Passover story as we explore the sights, shape, smells and tastes of the holiday, make seder plates and enjoy a light lunch together as a community. This program is best suited for children ages 0-3. Register at benderjccgw.org.

For more information, contact Lauren Dworkin at 301.348.3837 or ldworkin@benderjccgw.org.

Bender Early Childhood Center at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington

Arts Alive could be the next step in your child’s Jewish journey! This unique Jewish education program fosters positive Jewish identity, nurtures a love for Jewish life and learning, and inspires a passion for the arts from a young age. Students explore Jewish holidays, culture, values, traditions, Israel, Torah and Hebrew through the arts and interactive experiences that create memorable learning experiences. Arts educators and performers visit our community on a regular basis. Our warm and nurturing environment is inclusive of families from all levels of Jewish observance and experience.

For more information, contact Director Lisa Arber at larber@benderjccgw.org.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and the Bender JCC present

Our Teachers Make the Difference

• Toddler program for children age 18-24 months • Preschool for children age 24 months to 5 years • Half-day and full-day options | 7:30 am-6 pm • Free membership with full-year enrollment

Limited space available for the 2017-18 school year!

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Join the Camp JCC Staff Family

Every Summer Has A Story

Readers’ Pick, Best Summer Day Camp

CAMP JCC 2017

CAMP JCC 2017

Session 1 Session 2 June 26–July 7 (no camp July 4) July 10–21

Session 3 July 24–August 11

Summer Kids Club Aleph Week | June 19–23 Bet Week | August 14–18 Gimmel Week | August 21–25

Applications are now open to all.

At the time of application, member rates require a family level membership in good standing through summer 2017.

For more information, please call 301.348.3883 or send an email to campjcc@benderjccgw.org.

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We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate, creative and dependable teachers, college students, teens, moms and dads for the positions of unit head, head counselor, counselor, specialist, swim instructor and nurse.

Apply online at benderjccgw.org/camp.

For more information, please contact campjcc@benderjccgw.org.

Put Color in Your Life with Enrichment Classes Classes Begin in Mid-April Register now for spring youth enrichment classes — sports, art, chess and cooking — at benderjccgw.org.

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ARTS & CULTURE POLINGER ARTISTS OF EXCELLENCE CONCERT SERIES

music to your ears MUSIC LESSONS

Alon Goldstein & Fine Arts Quartet Piano + String Quartet Sunday, April 2 | 7:30 PM

Alon Goldstein’s artistic vision and innovative programming have made him a favorite with audiences and critics alike. The venerable Fine Arts Quartet ranks among the most distinguished and authoritative ensembles of our time, with an illustrious history of performing success and an extensive recording legacy. This program features rarely heard chamber arrangements by the 19th-century German composer and conductor Ignaz Lachner of two of Mozart’s most magnificent piano concertos. Works familiar from the concert hall will sound like they were composed for the drawing room.

Guitar • Piano Violin • Flute Percussion Voice • Clarinet Saxophone Contact Janet Getz at 301.348.3779 or jgetz@benderjccgw.org.

Tickets are $31 for patrons under age 40, $36 for adults age 62+, and $41 for the general public. To purchase tickets, please visit benderjccgw.org/concerts or call the box office at 301.348.3872.

Still We Rise: A Women’s Seder

Sunday, April 2 | 5 PM Forget what you know about women’s seders. Led by Rabbi Johanna Potts.

“Still We Rise: A Women’s Seder” promises to be an original haggadahreading, wine-drinking, food-loving, voice-raising, story-telling, musicsinging, laughter-inducing, emotioncausing, action-inspiring, not to be missed, women’s seder.

Come together for a magical evening of Tickets available at benderjccgw.org. For women’s solidarity, empowerment and details, please contact Lisa Del Sesto at 301.348.3756 or ldelsesto@benderjccgw.org . freedom. Together, we will rise!

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Read Now, Discuss Later The Hadassah/Bender JCC book group is always open to new members. For details, contact Ellen Elow-Mintz at 301.897.2796 or ellenlovesbooks54@gmail.com.

Thursday, May 11 | 1 PM “Safekeeping” by Jassamyn Hope Thursday, June 15 | 1 PM “The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem”

by Sarit Yishai-Levi

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GOLDMAN ART GALLERY

The Jews of Africa:

April 23-May 14

A Photographic Journey into Ancient and Awakening Communities

By Jono David Featured through April 16 Open when the Bender JCC is open

“A Lifetime of Perspective: 19 Years Celebrating Art & Creativity” will be featured in the Goldman Art Gallery starting this month. Chaired by Karen Kaplan, “A Lifetime of Perspective” was created by Deena and Jerome Kaplan and their family in memory of Deena’s parents, Eve and David Berliant. The exhibit is underwritten by the Kaplan family, the Bender JCC’s Deena and Jerome A. Kaplan Fund for Senior Adult Programming, and the Berliant/Kaplan Fund of the United Jewish Endowment Fund of The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

“The Jews of Africa” is a celebration of the life, culture and history of the Jewish peoples of Africa, past and present.

For more information, please contact Lisa Del Sesto at 301.348.3756 or ldelsesto@benderjccgw.org.

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Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley Cello + Piano Sunday, May 7 | 7 PM* *Note early start time

Wishing You and Your Family a

Happy Passover

Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley (host of NPR’s From the Top) will perform all five of Beethoven’s glorious cello sonatas in a program entitled “Beethoven, Period.” On a fortepiano for the early sonatas and a 20thcentury Steinway concert grand for the late period sonatas, Haimovitz and O’Riley will present an illuminating voyage of discovery back to the birth of the cello/piano genre.

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ADULTS ALL (Adult Living & Learning) Spring Semester Debbie Sokobin | 301.348.3760 or dsokobin@benderjccgw.org Folk Songs for our Times Cantor Karen Webber will take you on a song journey through melodies that have a rich history only to have become a part of the lexicon of American Song. We will sing “Lemon Tree,” “Dona,” and many more!

Wednesdays April 5, 19 | 1-2 PM $20 Bender JCC members $25 general public Code 15987 Golden Age of Comedy: Seinfeld Trivia Night Reminisce, laugh, enjoy light refreshments and test your memory skills! Do you remember Jerry’s arch nemesis, Kramer’s crazy entrances, who played George’s parents, and how can you forget Elayne’s dancing?

Tuesday, April 4 | 7 PM $6 members/$8 general public Code 16677

Folk Tales & My Tales Using journal-writing techniques, we will remind ourselves of the materials and colors from which our quilt of life has been created. Instructor Hanna Merin is an educator, storyteller, and alumnae of the Therapeutic Writing Institute in Denver, Colorado.

Wednesdays, April 26-May 24 10:30 AM-12 PM $85 members/$100 general public Code 16411 OR Thursdays, April 27-May 25 | 7-8:30 PM $85 members/$100 general public Code 16685

Helping Our Neighbors in Need April 2 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM

8th ANNUAL HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO at Leisure World

Thursday, May 18 10 AM-2 PM Grand Finale Concert

3-4 PM Presented by Bender JCC’s Coming of Age in Maryland Co-sponsored by Jewish Residents of Leisure World Watch for details at benderjccgw.org or call 301.348.3832.

Memory Café Wednesday, April 19 | 2:30-4 PM The Bender JCC in conjunction with The Jewish Federation’s Sara & Samuel J. Lessans Good Deeds Day on April 2, is working to help eliminate hunger in our community. We will assemble Oatmeal on the Run (pre-packaged “just add hot water” breakfasts) and Snack in a Bag (trail mix), as well as Fresh Start kits (toothbrush, toothpaste, face/hand wipe and a granola bar), to name a few projects. To volunteer for this wonderful event, please register at www.shalomdc.org/gooddeedsday.

Please also help fill our collection boxes in the Bender JCC lobby with travel-size toiletries, men’s new white t-shirts and new white socks, food donations for the Capital Kosher Pantry.

For more information on these initiatives to help our neighbors in need, please contact Stacy Katz Olivera at 301.348.3889 or solivera@benderjccgw.org.

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Alzheimer’s Association Memory Cafes offer a fun and relaxed way for people living with early-stage memory loss to get connected with one another through social events that promote interaction and companionship. For more information and to register, please contact Lindsay Vajpeyi at 240.428.1342 or lvajpeyi@alz.org.

CONTRIBUTIONS Thank You for Your Support

• in honor of Cara Miller

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Andrea Kronzek

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson

The following list includes gifts received between February 13 and March 15.

Camp JCC Inclusion Program • in honor of Beth Sloan, past president of the Bender JCC, on her special birthday

by Jane and Robert Isaacson

To make a tribute gift, please visit benderjccgw. org/tribute or contact Katya at 301.348.3855 or katya@benderjccgw.org.

CAMP Barbara Cohen and Walter Shorr Memorial Fund for Camp Scholarships and Israel Initiatives • in honor of Andy Shorr’s special birthday

by Rachel Cohen and family; Sue Ducat and Stan Cohen; Jill Myers R. Andrew Helgeson “Heart of Gold” Memorial Endowment Fund for Camp JCC Counselor Awards • in memory of “our son, Andrew”

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in honor of Jennifer Helgeson

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • get well wishes to Rita Helgeson

by Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Richard Helgeson

by Rita and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Rita and Richard Helgeson

by Jennifer Helgeson • in memory of the yahrzeit of Alice Weiss, maternal great aunt of Andrew

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in memory of Catarina Antonia Diaz, daughter of Manuela Diaz, dear friend of Roseanne and Jimmy Fedis

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in memory of Denise McQuighan

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Dr. Robert and Adrienne Camps and family

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • get well wishes to Steve Silverman

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • happy birthday wishes to Ronald Bryant

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in memory of Carol Ann Bryant

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in memory of William (Billy) Brian Greenan

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in memory of Kathleen Collins

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • happy birthday wishes to Dr. Julius Goldhar

by Rita and Richard Helgeson • in honor of Dr. Alan and Mrs. Louise Schneider

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Donna Steele

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Jan Beardsley Peer and family

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson • in honor of Susan Reider and family

by Rita, Richard and Jennifer Helgeson

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EARLY CHILDHOOD Bender Early Childhood Center • in honor of Ora Cohen Rosenfeld, Sandy Lanes and the faculty of the Bender Early Childhood Center

by Judy Fox-Tepper GENERAL SUPPORT Annual Fund • in memory of Isadore Gudelsky on his yahrzeit

by Judah Gudelsky • in memory of Pauline Tauber

by Tracy and Alan Schwartz • in memory of Oscar Dodek Jr.

by Tracy and Alan Schwartz • in memory of Marcia Goldberg

by Sharon and Ken Fredman and family • in honor of Sammy Polott’s bar mitzvah

by Suzanne and Michael Feinstein; Sara and Adam Tennen • in honor of Jerry Hulman becoming a great grandfather

by Joan Weinberg • in honor of William Sexter’s bar mitzvah

by Suzanne and Michael Feinstein • in honor of Andy Shorr’s special birthday

by Suzanne and Josh Schonfeld IMAGINE: A Night Supporting Scholarships at the J • in honor of Bruce Lane

by Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation; Bettina Del Sesto; Melanie and Larry Nussdorf HEALTH & FITNESS Health & Fitness Department • in memory of Rita Rosenkrantz

by Stephen Rockower

Senior Adult Programs • in memory of Kandy Hutman’s sister

by Suzanne and Michael Feinstein • in memory of Barbara and Harvey Ostrow’s son, Todd

by Marjorie Kravitz Sweetbaum Family Fund for Senior Adult Programs • in memory of Kandy Hutman’s sister

by Selma and Harvey Sweetbaum • in memory of Albert Dvorkin

by Selma Sweetbaum • in honor of Mimi Burton’s speedy recovery

by Selma and Harvey Sweetbaum • in honor of Michelle Burton’s speedy recovery

by Selma and Harvey Sweetbaum SPECIAL NEEDS David Lev Kandel Memorial Endowment • in memory of Joseph Wiggetman’s mother

by Melanie and Rami Kandel • in memory of Art Greif

by Melanie and Rami Kandel Special Needs & Inclusion Program • in honor of Marcia Karp’s special birthday

by Mary Jo and Richard Karp

Donate your vehicle and support three agencies.

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SENIOR ADULTS Deena and Jerome A. Kaplan Fund for Senior Adult Programming • in memory of Kandy Hutman’s sister

by Gloria and Lee Derkay Senior Adult Chorus • in memory of Kandy Hutman’s sister

by Roberta and David Benor

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UPCOMING EVENTS SUNDAY, APRIL 2

Good Deeds Day (page 4) 9:30 AM Passover Basket Delivery. Contact Ora Cohen Rosenfeld at 301.348.3830 5 PM “Still We Rise: A Women’s Seder” (page 8) 7:30 PM Concert: Alon Goldstein & Fine Arts Quartet (page 8)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5

1:30-3 PM Coming of Age meets at Shaare Tefila: “From Bima to Broadway” with singer and pianist Rabbi and Cantor Mark Perman. $7. 301.348.3832.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

7 AM-6 PM MCPS School Out Date.

301.348.3767

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

10 AM-12 PM Mini-Me Seder (page 6)

MONDAY, APRIL 10 Pesach – First Seder Preschool closed Offices close at 1 PM H&F open 5:30 AM-3 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 Pesach Offices & preschool closed H&F open 5:30 AM-3 PM

MONDAY, APRIL 17

Pesach Offices & preschool closed H&F open 5:30 AM-10 PM 7 AM-6 PM HoliDaycare 301.348.3767

TUESDAY, APRIL 18

Pesach Offices & preschool closed H&F open 5:30 AM-10 PM 7 AM-6 PM HoliDaycare 301.348.3767

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19

7 AM-6 PM CESJDS School Out Day. 301.348.3767 2:30-4 PM Memory Café (page 10)

SUNDAY, APRIL 23

1 PM Book Chat: “A Parkinson’s Primer” (page 5)

THURSDAY, MAY 4

7:30-9:30 AM ProAction Physical Therapy free running clinic for Bender JCC members. Sign up for a time slot by calling 301.881.2273.

SUNDAY, MAY 7

7 PM Concert: Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley (page 8)

MONDAY, MAY 8

1-2:30 PM Coming of Age entertainment at Temple Beth Ami: Cantare Latin American Music Duo. $7. 301.348.3832

THURSDAY, MAY 11

1 PM Hadassah/Bender JCC Book Group (page 8)

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

1:30-3:30 PM Coming of Age movie matinee at Leisure World Clubhouse II: “The Women’s Balcony.” $7. 301.348.3832 1:30-3:30 PM History Club meets at the Bender JCC. 301.348.3760 7:30 PM Mix & Mingle Coffee House for Boomers & Kindred Spirits. Singles age 50+ are invited to meet others and share experiences. $3. 301.348.3808

HEALTH & FITNESS HOURS Monday-Thursday 5:30 AM-10:00 PM Friday 5:30 AM-8:00 PM Saturday 7:00 AM-8:00 PM Sunday 7:00 AM-8:00 PM

Check our website for Passover holiday hours.

SELMA SWEETBAUM SENIOR SATELLITE PROGRAM 301.348.3760

MONDAYS

Tuesdays Bender JCC in Rockville

TUESDAYS

2nd & 4th Wednesday of Each Month Har Tzeon Congregation in Wheaton

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WEEKLY ONGOING PROGRAMS

Mondays Ring House in Rockville

1st & 3rd Wednesday Of Each Month Young Israel Shomrei Emunah Congregation in Silver Spring

Thursdays Har Tzeon Congregation in Wheaton

The building closes ½ hour after H&F closes.

11 AM Women’s Connections 1-2:30 PM Senior Chorus/Song Circle 1 PM Men’s Discussion Group 1-3 PM Free Drop-in Mah Jongg 2:30 PM Chess

WEDNESDAYS

10-10:30 AM Storytime Singalong.

Age 5 and under with parent/caregiver 2:15 PM Men’s Discussion Group

6125 Montrose Road • Rockville, MD 20852 • benderjccgw.org • 301.881.0100

THURSDAYS

1 PM Scrabble 3 PM Drop-in Discussion in Hebrew

FRIDAYS

10-11 AM Shabbat Shalom Age 6 mos.-3 yrs.

10 AM-12 PM Chess