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Worcester JCC
CenterNews
January 2015
Tevet/Shevat 5775
Summer Camp Kick Off
Get Your Tickets for the Event of the Year!
Early Bird Prices for Summer 2015!
Winter
Dinner and Silent Auction Gala
The Worcester JCC
invites you to Dinner & Dancing through the Decades
to Support the Youth Scholarship Program
Saturday February 7, 2015, 6 pm
Cyprian Keyes Golf Club
Boylston, MA
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Saturday evening, February 7, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
Cyprian Keyes Golf Club
284 East Temple Street, Boylston, MA
Hors d’oeuvres and dinner
Live and silent auctions, featuring music by Soul Sensations
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For ticket reservations,
call (508) 756-7109 x252
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Live and Silent Auctions
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Sunday, February 1, 10am - 1pm
Sign up at Camp Kick off for summer camp and take
advantage of our more weeks / more savings discount!
Black tie optional
1 - 3 weeks Save 5%*
4 - 6 weeks Save 10%*
7+ weeks Save 15%*
$90.00 per person, $800 per table of ten
Live Music provided by The Soul Sensations
Tickets: $90 pp, $800 Table of Ten
To support the Worcester JCC’s Youth Scholarship Program
Not valid on with other offers.
*% off total fee including electives,
extended day and transportation.
For more information contact Jody Fredman
at [email protected] or visit worcesterjcc.org
2015
January 17—27, 2015
CENTRAL MASS
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
Membership
Kristina Haynes, Assistant Membership Director
[email protected] or 508-756-7109 x 236
January Promotions:
*10% off personal training packages (no limit) 1/1/15-1/15/15.
Packages expire and must be used by February 2016.
Refer your friends and family to the JCC this month and save
off your next membership renewal:
12 month membership: $50 credit 6 month membership: $25 credit
Details on page 2
Holiday Schedule:
December 31, Close @ 6pm • January 1, Open 8am—1pm
Happy 2015!
We wish all of our members Peace and Health in the New Year!
Worcester JCC
633 Salisbury Street I Worcester, MA 01609
P 508.756.7109 F 508.754.3373 I worcesterjcc.org
Shabbat Candlelighting:
January 2 January 9 January 16
4:08pm
4:15pm
4:23pm
January 23
January 30
Howard E. Stempler, President
Emily G. Holdstein, Executive Director
The Worcester JCC is a member agency of the
Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts, Inc.
4:31pm
4:40pm
Cultural Arts
Central Mass Jewish Film Festival 2015
Nancy Greenberg
The Green Prince Opening Night! Saturday, January 17,
7:30pm, St. John’s High School, Shrewsbury, General Admission: $12,
Israel, 2014, 99 minutes, Hebrew with English Subtitles
THE GREEN PRINCE recounts the true story of Mosab Hassan Yousef
- son of a Hamas leader, who emerged as one of Israel’s prized
informants - and the Shin Bet agent who risked his career to protect
him. Spying on the Hamas elite for over a decade, Yousef constantly
risked certain death.
Cultural Arts Director,
Adult/Senior Adult Director x 232
[email protected]
JCC Gallery Happenings
January / February 2015
Inspirations: Photographs of Iceland
by Ron Rosenstock
Deli Man: The Movie Saturday, January 24, 7:30pm,
St John’s High School
For some, delicatessen food is close to a religious experience
- corned beef, kreplach, kishke, and matzah ball soup! Deli Man:
The Movie, examines 160 years of culinary tradition, from New
York, to Chicago, to San Francisco and the obsessed proprietors
and fanatics who are keeping hot pastrami hot!
Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air Force
Sunday, January 25, 9:30am light breakfast 10am film,
The Willows at Worcester, Great Room.
In 1948, a group of mostly American Jewish World War II pilots
volunteered to fight for Israel in its War of Independence. Called
“Machal” – “volunteers from abroad” - they helped turn the
tide of the war that threatened to annihilate Israel at the very
moment of its birth. Produced by Nancy Spielberg, younger sister
to Steven, this film celebrates the pilots who laid the foundation
for the Israeli Air Force.
Talk And Slide Show: “Good
Photographs Are Made Not Taken”
Monday, January 26, 2015, 7 pm
Attend a talk and slide show by Ron
on the making of his photographs,
Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7 pm at the
JCC. Ron will present some of his raw,
untouched photographs along with the
final photographs and explain how he
accomplished the finished image. He will
share ways to develop and expand your
photographic vision as well as techniques
for moving from “taking a photograph”
to “making a photograph”.
IDA Sunday, January 25, 3:30pm, St. John’s High School.
Eighteen year old Anna, a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, in
1960s Poland, is on the brink of taking her vows when the Mother
Superior insists that she first visit her only living relative. Naïve,
innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her Aunt
Wanda, a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks
her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish
parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation.
Ron has published five photography
books. His photographs are in the
collections of The Fogg, WAM, MIT,
International Center of Photography and
the Polaroid Collection.
He has been honored with over 100
exhibits in the US and in Europe. Ron leads
photo tours to Ireland, Iceland, Morocco,
Italy, Ireland, Peru, Bhutan, Greece, Cuba,
Greenland, New Zealand, The Czech
Republic, and Vinalhaven, Maine.
Development Jody Fredman,
Special Projects Director x 252, jfredman@
worcesterjcc.org
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sponsor page on the JCC
website.
Take advantage of
special sponsor offers
and tell them you heard
about them from the “J”.
Mr. Kaplan Tuesday, January 27, 7:15, The Willows at Worcester.
Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his
Jewish friends, he fled Europe for South America during World
War II. But now, turning 76 and taking stock, he is fed up with his
humdrum life, ailing health, and family’s lack of interest in its own
heritage. An unexpected opportunity for salvation comes along in
the form of a quiet, elderly German beach bar owner, whom Mr.
Kaplan believes to be a Nazi war criminal.
Film festival made possible by a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Central Mass
Author Event
Everett Fox, author of The Early Prophets: Joshua,
Judges, Samuel, And Kings
Sunday, Jan. 18, 9:30am, Congregation Beth Israel,
15 Jamesbury Dr., Worcester
Michael Satlow, author of How the Bible Became Holy
Sunday, February 18, 9:45am, Temple Emanuel Sinai,
661 Salisbury St., Worcester
JCC Book Club
No fee. 2nd Monday of the month at 10:30 am. The Club welcomes newcomers.
Must be a JCC member. Feel free to drop-in!
Monday, February 9
Monday, January 12
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
The Heist by Daniel Silva
Monday, March 9
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig
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Early Childhood
Sandy Scola
Early Childhood & Preschool Program Director
x 258, [email protected]
Robin Burwick
Asst. Early Childhood & Preschool Program Director
x 225, [email protected]
Author, Heidi Smith
Hyde came to visit our
Preschool and read her
latest book “Elan, Son
of Two Peoples”.
Just a reminder! There is no Preschool
on January 19, Martin Luther King Day.
Interim care is available.
Preschool Summer Program Kickoff is February 1, at the Worcester JCC. It’s never
too early to think about summer!
Thank you to all those who contributed
their extra candy from Halloween to
Operation Gratitude. Operation Gratitude
sends care packages to our military troops.
Snow Camp
After listening to the
story, Heidi taught the
children a dance and
gave each child a weaving project. This is the fourth time Heidi
has come to visit us. She has a new book in
the works so we look forward to her visit
next year.
On December 19, we had our annual
Family Chanukah Party which was a great
success. It was wonderful to see all the
children and their families celebrate the
holiday. Everyone enjoyed eating latkes
and cookies and singing songs .
Thank you to all the helped us with our
bookfair last month! Once again it was a
popular and successful fundraiser for our
department. We also want to thank friends
and families who supported our Early
Childhood program and purchased books.
is
provided for grades K-6
when Worcester Public
Schools are cancelled
due to inclement
weather. Hours are 8:30
am—5:30 pm
(extreme weather conditions may alter
the schedule). Children swim, gym play,
art and more.
H & Phys. Ed. & Program Director x 233
[email protected]
Drop-ins will be accepted on a space available
basis at the rate of $50/per day/members,
$60/per day/nonmembers.
Non Member $126 / 9 weeks
NEW! Snowcamp is provided at no charge to children enrolled in the 5-day after school program.
25/06/13 2:20 PM
Additional Swim Lesson
Level 3 Wednesday 4:30-5pm
Member $90 / 9 weeks
Volunteer Department
Sue Granoff Volunteer Services x 273
[email protected]
Message from Sue Granoff - Joyful Singers
John Dietel
Assistant Phys. Ed./Fitness Director x 213
[email protected]
Broadway Enterprises
Martin Tire
Fletcher, Tilton, PC
Charlotte Klein Dance Studio
Pat’s Napa Auto Care Center
Rubin & Rubin
Good as Gold Coffee
John’s Driveway
Percy’s
Melendez Dents Repair
Steven White Associates
The Dream Team
C&R Tire
JJ Baffaro
Guertin Graphics
Elaine Drawbridge, Fitness Director
x 230, [email protected]
Born to Move! Ages 6 - 12
worcesterjcc.org • 508.756.7109
ask at reception for details
Wednesdays 10—11am or 7—8pm
$120 / 8 weeks
Sundays, January 4—March 8 no class February 15
Ages 6-7: 10—11pm • Ages 8-12: 11—12pm
$99/Members $117/Non-members
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Non Members
Health & Wellness
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Fitness Swim A class that emphasizes on
improving swim form and technique to
become a stronger and more efficient
swimmer. The focus will be on improving
your stroke and performance for
recreational swimmers and endurance
athletes. The class concentrates on
technique through drills, strength, speed
and flexibility. Swimmers should be able to
swim 200 yards without stopping.
The fee is $105/M, $129/NM for the first
3 snow days. Additional snow days for full
season participants will be billed at the
rate of $37/per day/members, $47/per
day/nonmembers.
Still limited space available for our regular season youth basketball,
January 4 – March 8. Sign up now!
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New Adult Swim Program
$80 / 8 weeks
The JCC would like to thank all our sponsors for the fall preseason youth program!
United bank
Dynamic physical therapy
Barry communications
PA Cleaners
Buffalo Wild Wings
Mill St Motors
Bravo Auto Sales
JCC Sports Camp
Kelly Sampson, Aquatics Director x 235,
[email protected]
Kathy Spodick, Head Coach x 250,
[email protected]
Members
Health & Physical Education
Bob Berman
Aquatics
In September 1995 the Joyful Singers,
under the direction of Christine Bergquist,
became an integral part of the JCC family.
They would pick a program at the beginning
of the year and rehearse once a month. In
the spring, I would line up nursing homes,
rest homes, and the lunch out program
and the group would go on tour [singing]
to make people happy. Unfortunately, the
group had begun to shrink and reached a
point this fall where there were not enough
participants to continue the program. Those
that were still available were very sad and
would love to get back together. Anyone
who loves to sing and also loves to entertain others should contact me, Director of
Volunteer Services at 508 756 7109 ext.
273. Emails are also welcomed at sgranoff@
worcesterjcc.org. I am looking forward to
hearing from some music lovers!
Children will fall in love with music and
movement! They will experience the joy
of moving to choreography that lets them
master moves quickly with a certified Born
to Move instructor. It’s original….it’s fun
… it lets them shine!
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Celebrating the Jewish Year
- Tu B’shevat
Tu B’shevat is the New Year of the Trees.
This year Tu B’shevat is celebrated on
Wednesday, February 4. Its name means “the
fifteenth day of (the Hebrew month) Shevat.
On this holiday we celebrate the first signs
of spring in Israel, where trees are just beginning to show their
new buds, even though in North America it is still winter! We
celebrate Tu B’shevat by planting trees in Israel through the
Jewish National Fund (JNF), or here in our communities.
We can have a Tu B’shevat
Seder, tasting a variety of
fruits, nuts and wines (juices).
Tu B’shevat is a wonderful
opportunity to think about
the environment and care for
the earth (The Chocolate Chip
Challah Activity Book).
The preschool will be planting
parsley and other plants indoors.
Travel with the JCC and Collette
America’s Music Cities: New Orleans,
Memphis, and Nashville
The French Quarter, New Orleans
School of Cooking, Graceland, Grand
Ole Opry Show & Backstage Tour,
Country Music Hall of Fame
October 11-18, 2015 (Other departure dates available),
8 Days, 7 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
Double $2799 ($2899 after 4/10/15) , includes cancellation
insurance, round trip air from Logan, hotels
For brochure and more information contact Nancy Greenberg,
[email protected]; 508-756-7109
Community News
Jewish War Veterans Breakfast
The Jewish War Veterans will meet on Sunday, December 28
from 9am to 11am for a discussion and light breakfast at the
BI which will be a joint Temple Emanuel Sinai Brother hood, a
Beth Israel Brother hood and a JWV Post 332 joint meeting.
Our meeting is open to all Jewish Veterans from WWII,
National Guard members or ritirees.
JCC TRIBUTES...The Worcester JCC wishes to extend our appreciation to the following people during the
month of November for your generous donations. We thank you for your continued involvement and support!
CULTURAL ARTS FUND to:
Dotty & Jerry Starr from Ralph & Jane Rothstein
- In honor of your new grandson
Lois & Marvin Singer from Ralph & Jane Rothstein
- In honor of your new granddaughter
Marline Farbman from Ralph & Jane Rothstein
- In honor of the birth of your grandson
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUND to:
Sue Granoff from Allen & Ruth Rubin
- In memory of Diane Price
Sue Granoff from Father Solon Tsandikos
- In memory of Diane Price
SENIOR ADULT FUND to:
JCC GENERAL BUILDING FUND to:
The Lowe Family from Sue & Jim Patrick
- In memory of Florence Lowe
Sue Granoff from Fatma Singer
- In memory of Diane Price
HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER FUND to:
Sharon Dwelley from Sue & Jim Patrick
- Wishing you a speedy recovery
JEFFREY S. EDINBERG MEMORIAL FUND to:
Sue Granoff from Phyllis Edinberg
- In memory of your sister Diane Price
Steve Lowe and Family from Phyllis Edinberg
- In memory of your mother Florence Lowe
Sue Granoff from Melvin & Shirley Merken
- In memory of Diane Price
The JCC is open to all regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or economic condition.
The Center is handicapped-accessible. We reserve the right to correct typographical errors.