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60+ September-December 2014 www.jw3.org.uk

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EVENTS, CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS TO ENTICE AND ENRICH Just one of our strands for every age and interest. Check out the rest at jw3.org.uk

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welcome to our MovementS season Our theme for this new season is ‘movements’ – and we invite you to join us at any of the events and classes you find here. Whichever you decide to choose, we guarantee two things: you will receive a very warm welcome and you will not be disappointed.

We asked you what you would like us to offer for this season. We have listened and created a programme that contains a wide range of classes and events.

The thread linking them all is ‘movements’ – on the artistic, musical, historical and political level – from practical How To... workshops to participatory text studies, from dance to creative relating, from working on your mind to working on your heart, from music to movies. Oh, and you might even be given a cup of tea too.

So do take a look and book.

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JW3 is a non-profit charitable community centre and arts venue, reliant on the generosity of donors.

For further information on how to support us, please contact our development team at info@jw3development.org.uk or call 020 7433 8962

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Sunday 21 September

Wednesday 1 October

MUSIC AND THE JEWS

WHAT DO THE ‘DAYS OF AWE’ MEAN TO US TODAY?

7.30-9pm, £10 NORMAN LEBRECHT, MINIM CHOIR

11am-12noon, £5

For the first time since his groundbreaking BBC series, Norman Lebrecht explores the vital relationships between music and the Jews in this illustrated talk. With sources that extend from King David to Amy Winehouse, he argues that music is a universal language that Jews have used in a particular way.

If you would like to approach the upcoming Holy Days by gathering some thoughts ahead of time, do join our study session where you’ll have the opportunity to look at some of the texts of our tradition relevant to this reflective period of the year. See what they might mean to you personally at this stage of your life.

Norman is an award-winning novelist and broadcaster. With a live performance

by Minim, the UK’s new young Jewish mixed choir.

RABBI HOWARD COOPER

With Rabbi Howard Cooper, psychotherapist and author of The Alphabet of Paradise: An A–Z of Spirituality for Everyday Life.

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Tuesday 7 October

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN 11am-1.45pm, £8 MAUREEN KENDLER Jewish educator Maureen Kendler takes a key theme of Singin’ in the Rain – dancing in the rain – to make a creative link between ancient Jewish texts and the Succot festival in a short pre-film talk followed by the film and a fruit snack.

Singin’ in the Rain, a 1952 American musical comedy directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly, offers a light-hearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s.

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Tuesdays 21 October | 4 November | 9 December

HOW TO… 2-3pm, Free, Booking required Three workshops revealing practical solutions: 21 OCTOBER: HOW TO… SAVE THE WORLD Rabbi Natan Levy, Board of Deputies, and Martin Polden OBE, lawyer, discuss the Shmitta (Sabbatical) Year and explore the implications for Israel, Diaspora Jewry and global climate policy.

4 NOVEMBER: HOW TO… HEAR ENT surgeon Professor Ellis Douek shares fascinating insights from his newly published book Overcoming Deafness. It’s about human communication, music and poetry.

9 DECEMBER: HOW TO... ENSURE A DECENT INCOME IN RETIREMENT Understand the government’s changing pension structures with Robin Ellison, a solicitor, academic and consultant with Pinsent Masons.

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Wednesday 22 October

IT’S YOUR MOVE: AN INTRODUCTION TO BRIDGE, POKER, CHESS AND PING PONG 2-3.30pm, £3 When booking you will need to reserve for the specific game which you wish to take part in.

Have you always wanted to try your hand at ping pong? Or are you curious about bridge, poker or chess? Your friends swear by these games, claim that they are fun, keep you young, mentally agile and socially active. So why not grab this opportunity to learn or at least get started.

It’s your move!

Tuesdays 28 October | 4, 11 November

MBE 1-2pm, £2 EVA BURKE Did you ever want to get an MBE? Here is your opportunity to get started by sharpening your Mind and your Brain, and by Exercising your intellect.

Three sessions chock-a-block with brain exercises, memory games, word games, brain teasers, puzzles, music and art quizzes.

Welcome to our mind gym! Led by Eva Burke.

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Wednesdays 29 October | 5, 12 November

A MORNING AT THE OPERA 11am-12noon, £8 per session, £21 for all 3 sessions

DR. JOHN LAZARUS Dr John Lazarus takes you through three operatic masterpieces due to be staged in London. The memorable music in all of these operas deals with the anguish of love unfulfilled. In each, while a ruler must recognise the limitations of his position, friendship is at the heart of the story.

29 OCTOBER: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – MOZART 5 NOVEMBER: TRISTAN AND ISOLDE – WAGNER 12 NOVEMBER: A MASKED BALL – VERDI

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Thursdays 13, 27 November

A FREE NATION IN OUR LAND? A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF ZIONISM 2-3.30pm, £6 per session MATT PLEN

Thursdays 6, 13, 20, 27 November

TEXTS OF TRADITION 11am-12noon, £5 Join our team of Jewish educators, psychotherapists and rabbis to explore the ways in which the texts of our tradition can speak to our own lives.

The wisdom of the past offers insights into the present, and points the way forward as we journey through life.

No prior knowledge is required – just an openness to learn, and to contribute your own thoughts and life experience.

6 NOVEMBER: RABBI DR RAPHAEL ZARUM Never Stop Challenging God (based on Vayera) 13 NOVEMBER: RABBI DR JACKIE TABICK Explore the Circle of Life (based on Chayei Sarah) 20 NOVEMBER: ANGELA GLUCK Trials and Tribulations of Parashat Toldot 27 NOVEMBER: RABBI RASHI SIMON Who is the Fairest of Them All? Rachel’s Figure, Leah’s Eyes and the Matchmakers of Mesopotamia

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Matt Plen (Chief Executive, Masorti Judaism UK) explores arguably the most important Jewish movement of modern times during these two sessions. Zionism radically reshaped the demography, politics, identity and even religion of the Jewish people. We’ll be investigating how and why the idea of modern Jewish statehood emerged, what the leaders of the new movement disagreed about, why it’s useful to think about Zionisms rather than Zionism and what impact these ideologies have had – and are still having – on the modern State of Israel.

A cup of tea is included.

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Thursday 13 November

DANCE IN ART 7.30-8.30pm, £7 LUCREZIA WALKER How have artists used colour, shadings, and brush strokes to depict dance?

Let’s hear the music and imagine the choreography by looking at paintings from Gainsborough’s Giovanna Baccelli to Vettriano’s Singing Butler.

Lucrezia will focus on Degas, touch upon how Futurists and Vorticists used the theme of dance, and introduce us to the beauty of famous paintings. Lucrezia is an art historian and author who lectures at Tate and The National Gallery.

Sunday 23 November

CREATIVE RELATING 1.30-4.30pm, £15 MICKEY YUDKIN Would you like to meet new people and enrich your existing relationships?

In this safe and relaxed interactive workshop you will explore creative ways of relating and connecting with people through discussion, pair/group work, drawing, poetry and music. A cup of tea is included.

Facilitated by Mickey Yudkin – tutor at Birkbeck, University of London and the City Literary Institute, who specialises in psychoanalytic psychology, and personal and professional development work. Suitable for both professional and lay people.

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Thursday 11 December

COME WALTZ WITH ME 3-5pm, ÂŁ9 STEW CURTIS QUARTET Can you resist the pleasures of a waltz?

The music of Vienna brought to you by Stew Curtis will fill the hall, enticing you onto the dance floor. Our Winter Waltz afternoon promises good company, the beautiful melodies of the Danube city, tea and Apfelstrudel. A dance instructor will show you the steps, demonstrate and whirl you around the dance floor. Join us in a celebration of grace and movement. May we have the pleasure of this dance?

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Events & Activities by Date SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Music and the Jews

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 7.30pm p3

WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER ‘Days of Awe’ and Us

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11am

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Texts of Tradition A Free Nation in our Land?

2pm

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TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER

WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER It’s Your Move

2pm

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Creative Relating

1.30pm p9

11am 2pm

p8 p8

How To… Ensure Retirement Income 2pm

p5

THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER Come Waltz With Me

TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER MBE

p8

THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER How To… Save the World

11am

SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER 11am

TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER Singin’ in the Rain

Texts of Tradition

3pm

p10

1pm p6

WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER A Morning at the Opera

11am

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TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER MBE How To… Hear

1pm p6 2pm p5

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER A Morning at the Opera

11am

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11am

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THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER Texts of Tradition

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER MBE

1pm p6

WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER A Morning at the Opera

11am

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THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER Texts of Tradition A Free Nation in our Land?

Dance in Art

11am p8 2pm p8 7.30pm p9

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VISIT US ACCESS JW3 is an accessible building for people with physical impairments. Wheelchair accessible. The cinema and hall have a hearing loop. For further details regarding access requirements and bookings, please visit www.jw3.org.uk Underground Finchley Road (Metropolitan, Jubilee) and West Hampstead (Jubilee) Overground Finchley Road & Frognal and West Hampstead Buses 13, 82, 113, 187 and 268 Trains West Hampstead Thameslink Paid parking is available at the O2 Centre, 400 metres away.

HOW TO BOOK TICKETS

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Tickets may be booked via our secure website 24 hours a day, by phone, or in person at JW3 during opening hours. We do not charge a booking fee.

All listings are correct at time of going to press and may be subject to change. Check the website for more information.

Tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged, except when an event is cancelled or abandoned.

Our priority is to ensure that performances are not disrupted and we cannot guarantee entry to latecomers, but we will do our best to seat them.

CONCESSIONS We offer discounts on many of our ticket prices for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, Registered Disabled and full-time students. An appropriate card will need to be shown. Please note discounts cannot be combined. All ticket prices for 60+ events are subsidised, therefore concessions are not available.

DISCOUNTS Become a JW3 Member to receive 10% discount on tickets. Visit: www.jw3.org.uk/become-member Buy nine tickets, get the tenth one free. Please call the Box Office to book. Terms and conditions may apply.

PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND RECORDING The use of cameras (including mobile phone cameras) or sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited during performances and concerts. JW3 may take pictures during your visit to the building for promotional purposes.

OPENING HOURS Sunday 8.30am-11pm Monday-Thursday 7.30am-11pm Friday 7.30am-Various Saturday Various (check website for details) CONTACT JW3 341-351 Finchley Road London NW3 6ET

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THE NEW POSTCODE FOR JEWISH LIFE JW3 is a Jewish community centre with a kosher restaurant, café and bar – only food bought at JW3 can be eaten on the premises. When we are open over Shabbat or Jewish holidays, we will run a reduced “JW3 Unplugged” programme and the Cinema and Zest will be closed. Further details available on request.

JW3 Trust Ltd is a registered charity, No. 1117644.

JW3 Trading Ltd, registered company No. 7686352 (England and Wales), is a wholly owned subsidiary of JW3 Trust Ltd. Latke illustration: Lisa Brown Icons: Noun Project