Events
Virtual Event In Person Event
Sparking the Mind Series - From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Musicals 101 with John Kenrick - Hal Prince: "Invite Imagination"
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Split Level Concerts and the JCC present Bruce Off Broadway - A Uke Tribute with Jim Boggia
Saturday, March 28, 2020
8:00 pm
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest CommUNITY Mitzvah Day
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Drama Series with Professor and Theater Director Hannah Fujiki Dvorkin on Death of a Salesman
Monday, March 30, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Diversity in the Long Gray Line - Jewish Life at West Point
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Handel Festival Orchestra Concert, West 83rd Ministry Center, NYC
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
POSTPONED - Cooking at the J with Fana Horenbein - Working with Matzah
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
7:00 pm
Health Talk with Geriatric Care Manager from Unicity Eldercare
Thursday, April 2, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Pop-Up Shops at the JCC!
Friday, April 3, 2020
Infant/Toddler Vacation Day Option
Monday, April 6 - 8, 2020
Spring Break - School, Infant/Toddler Center and After School at the J Closed
Monday, April 6 - 10, 2020
Spring Break Vacation Day Program
Monday, April 6 - 8, 2020
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, April 6, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Functional Movement, Balance and Strength for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Limited Mobility begins
Monday, April 6, 2020
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
First night of Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Passover - JCC closed
Thursday, April 9 - 10, 2020
Last day of Passover
Thursday, April 16, 2020
POSTPONED - Pop-Up Shops at the JCC!
Friday, April 17, 2020
POSTPONED - Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, April 20, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
POSTPONED - A Tale of Two Women Painters with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
VIRTUAL - Stephen Schwartz: Defying Gravity with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ - Standing Up, Falling Down
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
7:30 pm
POSTPONED - Pop-Up Shops at the JCC!
Thursday, April 23, 2020
POSTPONED - Cultural Events and Controversies with Todd Goodman
Thursday, April 23, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Thanking Our Local Heroes!
Friday, April 24 - 26, 2020
POSTPONED - Pop-Up Shops at the JCC!
Monday, April 27 - May 1, 2020
POSTPONED - Relationship between Sleep and Memory with Kathleen Malkiewicz
Monday, April 27, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - What is Chabad? with Rabbi Avrohom Blesofsky
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
POSTPONED - Tips for the Hard of Hearing with Kelly Molnar
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, May 4, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, May 11, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Star Feud: Davis vs. Crawford with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - The Confusion Over Chekhov: The Seagull - Comedy or Tragedy? with Professor Hannah Fujiki DeVorkin
Thursday, May 14, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Mah Jongg for Beginners and Advanced Beginners begins
Thursday, May 14, 2020
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
POSTPONED - Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, May 18, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Broadway and Cabaret Duo Jo Ann Roberts and Louis Vanaria
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Cultural Events and Controversies with Todd Goodman
Thursday, May 21, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Memorial Day - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m.
Monday, May 25, 2020
Memorial Day - School, Infant/Toddler Center and After School at the J Closed
Monday, May 25, 2020
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - The Four Pillars for Happiness with Gail Cassidy
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shavuot
Saturday, May 30, 2020
VIRTUAL Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, June 1, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
VIRTUAL Gay Pride: More Than a Parade with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Medical Marijuana with Pharmacist Brian Pinto
Thursday, June 4, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
VIRTUAL Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, June 8, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
VIRTUAL Rembrandt/Velazquez with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED - Cultural Events and Controversies with Todd Goodman
Thursday, June 11, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Early Childhood Last Day of School
Friday, June 12, 2020
POSTPONED - Sparking the Mind Series - Then and Now Speakers
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Last Day of After School at the J
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ in partnership with the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival presents Incitement
Tuesday, June 30 - July 1, 2020
Fourth of July - observed July 3 - JCC opens 7:00 a.m. and closes 5:00 p.m.
Friday, July 3, 2020
Fourth of July
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Drama Class with Professor and Theater Director Hannah Fujiki-Dvorkin on Zoom - Death of a Salesman
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Armchair Tour of the Bronx with Licensed New York City Tour Guide Marty Schneit on Zoom
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Check. Change. Control Cholesterol with Dr. Fishberg from Atlantic Health System
Monday, July 13, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ in partnership with the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival presents Flawless
Wednesday, July 15 - 17, 2020
John Kenrick: 'The Dearest Things I Know Are What You Are' about Composer Jerome Kern
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Summer Social Worker Natalie Ross - 12 Ways To Keep Your Brain Young on Zoom
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Live Zoom Discussion with Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations Filmmakers
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
7:30 pm
Live Zoom Discussion with Editor-in-Chief of the New York Jewish Week
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
7:30 pm
The Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ in partnership with the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival presents The Mover
Wednesday, July 22 - 24, 2020
Broadway and Cabaret Duo JoAnn Roberts and Louis Vanaria
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Landmarks, Memorials and Cool Places in New Jersey with Paul White
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Summer Social Worker Natalie Ross - Meaningful Connections and Conversations on Zoom
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Live Zoom Discussion with Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People Filmmakers
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
7:00 pm
How to Keep Your Immune System Strong with Kathleen Malkiewicz, Senior Nutrition Program Director of the Union County Division of Aging
Thursday, July 30, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ in partnership with the New Jersey Jewish Film Festival presents Douze Points
Friday, July 31 - August 2, 2020
From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant: Spring, Summer and Nature
Monday, August 3, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson on Lesser-Known Female Painters
Thursday, August 6, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Bone Health with Dr. Tiffany Toliver, Atlantic Medical Group
Monday, August 10, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant: Comparing Performances
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Kern & Hammerstein's Show Boat: It Keeps on Rolling Along with John Kenrick
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Summer Social Worker Natalie Ross - Coping with Grief and Loss on Zoom
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
End of Summer - Infant/Toddler Center Closed
Monday, August 24 - 28, 2020
Virtual Vendor Fair!
Monday, August 24 - September 25, 2020
The Campfire Virtual Jam Session and Fundraising Concert to benefit the JCC of Central NJ
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Virtual JCC - Rosh Hashanah Sweets 2.0 with Leah Koenig, Celebrated Cookbook Author
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
6:00 pm
Labor Day - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 7, 2020
Getting to Know You with Barbara Weisbart and Alison Rivlin
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Splendor of Italy’s Musical Heritage – Part I with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
First Day of School
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with James Michael
Thursday, September 10, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
First Day of All Day at the J
Monday, September 14, 2020
Newark Minutemen: A True 1930s Legend About a Boxer Who Tries to Save a Nation’s Soul Without Losing His Own with Author Leslie K. Barry
Monday, September 14, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Celebration in Song and Music with Cantor Bill Walton and Pianist Alex Walton
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Collaborating with Your District to Ensure Your Child’s IEP or 504 Plan Addresses Their Needs During the Pandemic Presented by Manes & Weinberg, Special Needs Lawyers
Thursday, September 17, 2020
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, September 18, 2020
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Celebrate Gertrude Schloff’s 25 Years as a JCC of Central NJ Member with Barbara Buettner
Monday, September 21, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now - Who Really Elects the President? The Workings of the Electoral College with Dr. Frank Argote-Freyre
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The President’s Gallery at the National Portrait Gallery with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Florence Adler Swims Forever with Author Rachel Beanland
Thursday, September 24, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Monday, September 28, 2020
Yom Kippur - School, Infants/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, September 28, 2020
Last Day for Camp Yachad Super Early Bird Special
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Hold On! Songs of Resistance, Hope and Love with Laura Wetzler
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Camp Yachad Early Bird Special begins
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Sukkot
Saturday, October 3 - 9, 2020
Female Show Business Legends with Professor John Kenrick - Ethel Merman: Nothing to Hit But the Heights
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Splendor of Italy’s Musical Heritage – Part II with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Health Talk with Dr. Irene Rossmer from Atlantic Health System
Thursday, October 8, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Columbus Day - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, October 12, 2020
The War of the Itchy Balls and Other Tales From Brooklyn: A Half-Life Memoir with Author William A. Gralnick
Monday, October 12, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Female Show Business Legends with Professor John Kenrick - Beverly Sills: Brooklyn’s Beloved Diva
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
When the World Feels Like a Scary Place with author Dr. Abigail Gewirtz
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
7:30 pm
How to Apply for Services for Your Child with a Disability Through the Lifetime Presented by Cheryl Crick of The Arc of New Jersey
Thursday, October 15, 2020
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Yotam Ottolenghi, Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook
Friday, October 16, 2020
12:30 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Jonathan Safran Foer, We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Monday, October 19, 2020
8:00 pm
Then and Now - The 2020 Election and America’s Challenges with Dr. Ben Dworkin
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Female Show Business Legends with Professor John Kenrick - Angela Lansbury: Ever Just the Same, Ever a Surprise
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Fashioning Art from Paper with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Female Show Business Legends with Professor John Kenrick - Dinah Shore: America’s Jewish Sweetheart
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Teacher's Convention - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Thursday, November 5 - 6, 2020
In partnership with Rutgers Virtual Film Festival - Latter Day Jew
Sunday, November 8 - 22, 2020
Can Robots Be Jewish? Inspirational Rabbis Answer Pressing Questions of Modern Life with Author Amy E. Schwartz
Monday, November 9, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now - Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s with Dr. Marc Dollinger
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mobility Class led by Dr. Allison Heffron, Chiropractor and Acupuncturist
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
6:00 pm
In Conversation with Stephanie Butnick, Mark Oppenheimer and Liel Leibovitz authors of The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
8:00 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Michael Oren, The Night Archer and Other Stories
Thursday, November 12, 2020
2:00 pm
10 Basic Steps for Financial Planning for Special Needs Caregivers Presented by MassMutual, Special Needs Financial Planning Division
Thursday, November 12, 2020
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Mobility Class led by Dr. Allison Heffron, Chiropractor and Acupuncturist
Sunday, November 15, 2020
11:00 am
Then and Now - 1919: The World Series is Fixed with Evan Weiner
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Conversation with Ambassador Ido Aharoni moderated by Michal Divon
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
12:00 pm
Order Thanksgiving Meal from Schwartzie's Kitchen
Wednesday, November 18 - 19, 2020
Armchair Tour of Brooklyn with Licensed New York City Guide Marty Schneit
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Bookfest in Your Living Room - Rachel Bloom, I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are Music and Multi-Media Presentation!
Saturday, November 21, 2020
8:00 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - FOR KIDS! Melissa Clark, Kid in the Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Tips for Young Home Cooks
Sunday, November 22, 2020
1:00 pm
Camp Yachad Kahoot Trivia Night for Olim, Tiyulim, Shorashim, Naarim and Chalutzim
Sunday, November 22, 2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - David Baldacci, Daylight: An Atlee Pine Thriller
Sunday, November 22, 2020
8:00 pm
8 Nights of Hanukkah Gift Drawing
Tuesday, November 24 - December 8, 2020
Then and Now - The Surprising Global Legacy of Anne Frank with Gillian Walnes Perry, MBE
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Splendor of Italy’s Musical Heritage – Part III with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Thanksgiving - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Thursday, November 26 - 27, 2020
In partnership with Jewish Family Service - Pack the Truck on Giving Tuesday!
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Then and Now - From Day To Day: The Holocaust Diary of a Non-Jew with Timothy Boyce
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook with Authors Elisa Spungen Bildner and Robert Bildner
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
7:30 pm
A New Look at Frida Kahlo with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Ina Garten, Modern Comfort Food In Conversation with Michael Ian Black, Comedian, Actor, and Author
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
7:30 pm
We Came Here to Shine with Author Susie Orman Schnall
Thursday, December 3, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Special Needs Trusts Workshop Presented by Mass Mutual, Special Needs Financial Planning Division
Monday, December 7, 2020
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
One Book. One Jewish Community. - Book Read with Nesting Dolls author Alina Adams
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
7:30 pm
Jews in American Theater: A Legacy Like No Other with John Kenrick
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
6th Annual Z3 Conference
Thursday, December 10 - 17, 2020
Talk with Dr. James Kostek from Atlantic Health System
Thursday, December 10, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Hanukkah
Friday, December 11 - 18, 2020
Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South with Author Sue Eisenfeld
Monday, December 14, 2020
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Camp Yachad Storytime with Shera for Chaverim and Yeladim
Sunday, December 20, 2020
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Camp Yachad Netflix Party for Olim, Tiyulim, Shorashim, Na'arim and Chalutzim
Sunday, December 20, 2020
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Christmas Eve - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Winter Break - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Thursday, December 24, 2020 - January 1, 2021
Christmas Day - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Friday, December 25, 2020
Last Day for Camp Yachad Early Bird Special
Thursday, December 31, 2020
New Year's Eve - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Mah Jongg classes beginning in January
Friday, January 1 - 15, 2021
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, January 1, 2021
The History of the World in Objects (Part 1) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Camp Yachad LEGO Masters with Corey Samuels for Megalim and Sabra
Sunday, January 10, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Camp Yachad Craft Afternoon with Rachel Toporek for Olim, Tiyulim, Shorashim, Na'arim and Chalutzim
Sunday, January 10, 2021
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
The Peanuts Papers with Author Andrew Blauner
Monday, January 11, 2021
Then and Now: Questions and Answers During These Politically Challenging Time with Dr. Julian Zelizer
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
11:00 am - 11:50 am
Musicals 101 with Professor John Kenrick Marlene Dietrich: Glamour Is My Stock In Trade
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with Todd Goodman
Thursday, January 14, 2021
A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son with author Michael Ian Black
Thursday, January 14, 2021
7:30 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Lisa Lillien, Hungry Girl Fast & Easy
Sunday, January 17, 2021
8:00 pm
Martin Luther King Day - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, January 18, 2021
The History of the World in Objects (Part 2) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Inclusion & Support Services Speaker Series - Spotlight on JCC Inclusion Programming
Thursday, January 21, 2021
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Extraordinary UnOrdinary YOU with author Simone Knego In conversation with Stacie Friedman, JCC Executive Committee Member
Friday, January 22, 2021
11:00 am
Meet with Our Social Worker Natalie Ross
Monday, January 25, 2021
The History of the World in Objects (Part 3) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant: Luciano Pavarotti
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Hip Set with Author Michael Fertik
Thursday, January 28, 2021
The History of The World in Objects (Part 4) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant: Frank Sinatra
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Philippe Sands, The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
Sunday, February 7, 2021
3:00 pm
Presidents' Day - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, February 15, 2021
Virtual Bingo with Miss Heather for Chaverim and Yeladim
Thursday, February 18, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier with author Alan Zweibel
Thursday, February 18, 2021
7:30 pm
Cookie Decorating Contest for Olim, Tiyulim, Shorashim, Na'arim, Chalutzim
Sunday, February 21, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Then and Now: New York at Its Core with Museum of the City of New York Docent
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The New MOMA (Part 1) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrating Women Series In Conversation with Jill Wine-Banks author of The Watergate Girl
Monday, March 1, 2021
11:15 am
Then and Now: Ulysses S. Grant - Life and Myth with Ken Serfas
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Musicals 101 with Professor John Kenrick A Chorus Line: One Thrilling Combination
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now: The State of New Jersey Politics: What’s Happening and Why It Matters with Dr. Ben Dworkin
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra with Thomas Elefant: Jascha Heifetz
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book, One Jewish Community Book Read Jan Eliasberg author of Hannah's War
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
7:30 pm
On Broadway Documentary and Zoom Discussion with Broadway Expert John Kenrick - How Musicals Get to Broadway
Monday, March 15 - 17, 2021
Then and Now: Diversity in the Long Gray Line: Jewish Life at West Point with Joel Kamph
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
In Conversation with Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Thursday, March 18, 2021
11:15 am
Family Game Night withe Silvio from NJY Camps for Olim, Tiyulim, Shorashim, Na'arim, Chalutzim
Saturday, March 20, 2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy joins Temple Emanu-El virtually
Monday, March 22, 2021
7:30 pm
The New MOMA (Part 2) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Health Talk with Dr. Maria Shindler from Atlantic Health System Group Palliative Care
Thursday, March 25, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Passover - JCC closed
Sunday, March 28 - 29, 2021
Spring Break - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, March 29 - April 2, 2021
Then and Now: Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey Lasting Impressions Gala with Linda Forgosh, Jewish Historical Society Executive Director
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with James Michael
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Hitler to Hollywood: How Jewish Exiles Reshaped American Film with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Days of Memory: From Commemoration to Celebration - Yom HaShoah: Honoring Jewish Resilience and Storytelling
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
8:00 pm
Current Events with Todd Goodman
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest Yom Ha'atzmaut Drive-Thru Scavenger Hunt
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Last Day to Register for Men's Softball
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Racial Equity 18-Day Challenge begins
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Tips for Combating Loneliness with Social Worker Natalie Ross, LSW
Monday, April 12, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now: 100 Years of the Israeli/Arab/ Palestinian Conflict with Elon Perry
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra: Who Would Think Elements of Music Would Be So Exciting? with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest Yom Ha'atzmaut Unpacking Israel Program
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Days of Memory: From Commemoration to Celebration - Yom HaAtzmaut: Moments of Pride Through Israeli Innovation
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
8:00 pm
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest Yom Ha'atzmaut Meet the Israelis
Sunday, April 18, 2021
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Then and Now: The Social History of English Afternoon Tea with Gillian Walnes Perry
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Robin Williams: Reality, What a Concept! with Professor John Kenrick
Thursday, April 22, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Health Talk with Dr. Jeffrey Feldman and Nurse Practitioner Michelle Stone from Atlantic Health Group
Monday, April 26, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now: Dr. Benjamin Dworkin - Is the Party Over? Democrats, Republicans and the Future of American Democracy
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Looking at Abstract Art (Part 1) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Storyteller Carol Simon Levin: Reclaiming Our Voice: NJ’s Role in the Fight for Woman Suffrage
Thursday, April 29, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Darren Strauss The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story
Monday, May 3, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now: American Jewish Family with Dr. Elaine Leeder
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Busby Berkeley: The Lullaby of Genius with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Neal Bascomb - Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best
Thursday, May 6, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now: Jewish Rome (Part 1) with Micaela Pavoncello
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra: Spring Is Finally Here! with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Advocating for your Child with Special Needs with Hillary D. Freeman, Esq.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Inclusions & Support Services Monthly Speaker Series - Union County Resources for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs
Thursday, May 13, 2021
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Shavuot
Monday, May 17 - 18, 2021
Basketball Clinics for Grades K-1 and Grades 2-3 begin
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
BookFest in Your Living Room - Senator Amy Klobuchar Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
8:00 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs
Monday, May 24, 2021
Then and Now: Jewish Rome (Part 2) with Micaela Pavoncello
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self Heart of the Matter - The Link Between Chronic Disease and the Heart
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Looking at Abstract Art (Part 2) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Memorial Day - School, Infant/Toddlers and All Day at the J Closed
Monday, May 31, 2021
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane with Social Worker Natalie Ross, LSW
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mary Martin: I Know a Place Where Dreams Are Born with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey with Jo Ivester
Thursday, June 3, 2021
7:00 pm
A Spectrum of Services for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families
Thursday, June 3, 2021
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Carol Channing: It’s All in How You Use It with Professor John Kenrick
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
NJ Artist Bisa Butler with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Girl Talk About Transitioning Through Menopause with Atlantic Medical Group's Dr. Kaylah Rondon
Thursday, June 10, 2021
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Last Day of School/Infant Toddler Program Continues
Friday, June 11, 2021
My Best Self Heart of the Matter - Positive Ways to Manage Stress
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
From Bach to Sinatra: Dvorak May Surprise You... with Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Last Day of All Day at the J
Friday, June 25, 2021
July 4th (observed July 5) - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, July 5, 2021
July 4th Recognized - Infant/Toddlers Closed
Monday, July 5, 2021
Women of New York with Licensed NY City Tour Guide Marty Schneit
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra: Music’s Tribute to America with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Thursday, July 8, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jewish Art in Medieval Spain: the Golden Haggadah with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Musicals 101 - Edith Piaf “Use Your Defects” with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Big Chill: An Introduction to the Great Ice Age with West Chester University Geography Professor Judy Okun - Katz JCC Favorite
Thursday, July 15, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Ethics in Sports with Sarah Rosenson, JD, MA, BA of ‘Sarah’s Class’ Interactive Online Classes for Adults
Monday, July 19, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
1936 and 1972 – Germany’s Two Summer Olympics On The Global Stage with Broadcaster Evan Weiner
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Music Was His Mistress: The Sophisticated Sounds of Duke Ellington with Lecturer/Musician Jonno Lightstone
Thursday, July 22, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Golden Age of Television: What Made the 1950s So Special for American TV with Brian Rose, Professor of Film and TV History at Fordham University
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Musicals 101 with Professor John Kenrick: Maurice Chevalier – Every Little Breeze Seems to Whisper
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Professor Barbara Buettner
Monday, August 2, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra: The Great Toscanini with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Open Golf-Tennis-Pickleball-Pool-Games
Monday, August 9, 2021
The Bright Side of Covid? with Kathleen Malkiewicz, EdM, DTR, Nutrition Program Director, Union County Division on Aging
Monday, August 9, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Jake Cohen, Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch
Thursday, August 26, 2021
8:00 pm
Last Day of Infant Toddler Program
Friday, August 27, 2021
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 6, 2021
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 6, 2021
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Tuesday, September 7 - 8, 2021
BookFest in Your Living Room - Billie Jean King, All In: An Autobiography
Sunday, September 12, 2021
8:00 pm
Getting to Know You with Barbara Weisbart and Alison Rivlin
Monday, September 13, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Art and Artistry of Norman Rockwell with Paul White
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Drive-Thru Sukkot for Grandparents and their Grandchildren
Sunday, September 19, 2021
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, September 20, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sukkot
Tuesday, September 21 - 22, 2021
Explore the Frick Collection in the Breuer Museum (Part I) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Danny Kaye: Court Jester to the World with Professor John Kenrick
Thursday, September 23, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Controlling Cholesterol: The Role Cholesterol Plays in Heart Health with Dr. Robert Fishberg of Atlantic Medical Group
Thursday, September 23, 2021
6:00 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Chris Wallace, Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 24/7-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice
Thursday, September 23, 2021
8:00 pm
Author Elyssa Friedland – Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Monday, September 27, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Cine Files with Jennifer Harrison
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Simchat Torah
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Odessa Klezmer Band with Ed Goldberg
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Join JCC Partner, The Westfield Green Team, at the Alternative Energy Fair
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Virtual Jewish Film Festival - Persian Lessons
Sunday, October 3, 2021
BookFest in Your Living Room - David Rubenstein, The American Experiment
Sunday, October 3, 2021
8:00 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, October 4, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Dryland Training - Session 1 begins
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Science in the News Fact and Fiction about Driverless Cars with Mike Scrudato
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Chiropractics vs. Physical Therapy vs. Orthopedics - The Differences and When to Use Them with Chiropractor Ian Barry
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
My Fair Lady: Broadway’s Loverly Masterpiece with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Cancer Exercise Training/Recovery Fitness Sessions begin
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Virtual Jewish Film Festival - Breaking Bread
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Science in the News What’s the Science Behind Climate Change? with Dr. David Birnbaum
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Explore the Frick Collection in the Breuer Museum (Part II) with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Inclusion and Support Services Monthly Speaker Series - What Families Need to Know about S3434 with Peg Kinsell, Policy Director at SPAN Parent Advocacy Network
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Mindy Weisel, After: The Obligation of Beauty with Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
8:00 pm
Virtual Jewish Film Festival - Neighbors
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Virtual Jewish Film Festival - My Dearest Enemy
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, October 18, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Science in the News Exploring the Solar System with a Liberty Science Center Planetarium Educator
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
American Songbook and Broadway Favorites with Singer Amy Toporek
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jewish Women's Health - An Evening of Education and Empowerment
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beauty & the Beast: Disney’s Tale as Old as Time with Professor John Kenrick
Thursday, October 21, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JFest: An Arts Festival for the JCC Movement - Sustain: A Root to Stem Jewish Cooking Experience Live with Chef Michael Solomonov
Thursday, October 21, 2021
8:00 pm
Virtual Jewish Film Festival - Kiss Me Kosher
Sunday, October 24, 2021
JFest: An Arts Festival for the JCC Movement - Jewish Story: The Objects That Define Us
Sunday, October 24, 2021
8:30 pm
Science in the News Plastic: Why It’s Great and Why We Want to Get Rid of It! with Environmentalist Educator Laura McLusky
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gabrielle Glaser author of American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and The Shadow History of Adoption
Thursday, October 28, 2021
7:30 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, November 1, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Michal Bar-Zohar, The Mossad Amazons
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
7:30 pm
Neil Simon: America’s Playwright with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Sunday, November 7, 2021
3:00 pm
ReelAbilities Virtual Film Festival - David
Monday, November 8, 2021
Dryland Training - Session 2 begins
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
History, Tragedy and Comedy: The Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field with author John Zinn
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Dorie Greenspan, Baking with Dorie in Conversation with Melissa Clark
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
8:00 pm
Hidden Treasures Revealed with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
True Colors: Experiences of Jews of Color presented by The Braid, formerly Jewish Women’s Theater
Monday, November 15, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jump In with Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist Lisa Bouchelle
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Nutrition for Health and Well-Being with Moira Ryan, Registered Dietitian, Atlantic Medical Group Metabolic Medical Center at Morristown
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
From Bach to Sinatra All Musical Questions Welcome! Part One with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
‘The Greatest Ever: The Babe Didrikson Story’ with Linda Kenyon, actress and impersonator
Thursday, November 18, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Inclusion and Support Services Monthly Speaker Series - “The Gift of Accessible Experiences” with Beth Mitchell
Thursday, November 18, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
BookFest in Your Living Room - Ivan Maisel, I Keep Trying To Catch His Eye
Thursday, November 18, 2021
8:00 pm
Author David Page – Food Americana: The Remarkable People and Incredible Stories Behind America’s Favorite Dishes
Monday, November 22, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Hanukkah
Monday, November 29 - December 6, 2021
Giving Tuesday and Pack the Truck!
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
From Bach to Sinatra All Musical Questions Welcome! Part Two with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memoirs with Barbara Buettner
Monday, December 6, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra Dvorak May Surprise You with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book, One Jewish Community Book Read Lisa Scottoline, author of Eternal
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
7:30 pm
Barbra Streisand: “Try the Sky ‘Cause That’ll Be Me” with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra Tchaikovsky’s Most Memorable Melodies with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - How Key Nutrients Contribute to Health with Shannon Roque, Registered Dietitian, Atlantic Medical Group Metabolic Medical Center at Morristown and Rockaway
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The 2021 Elections in New Jersey: What Happened, Why It Happened, and Why It’s Important with Dr. Ben Dworkin
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Astonishing Story of Artist Judith Sylvia Cohen with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Thursday, December 16, 2021
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Local Poet Robin Rosen Chang in Conversation with Debra Green Feldman
Thursday, December 16, 2021
7:30 pm
Christmas Eve - JCC open 6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Friday, December 24, 2021
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 25, 2021
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, December 31, 2021
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Then and Now Series From Milton Berle to David Letterman: A History of TV Comedy with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gone With the Wind: Controversial Hollywood Epic with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer Todd Goodman
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Science in the News Plastic: Why It’s Great and Why We Want to Get Rid of It! with Environmentalist Educator Laura McCluskey
Monday, January 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series “And Now a Word From Our Sponsor” A Look Back at the Early Days of TV Advertising with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Intuitive Eating with Rebecca Zeltmann, Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Counselor
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Roz Chast – Cartoonist Extraordinaire with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Scotch Plains/Fanwood MLK Day of Service
Monday, January 17, 2022
Then and Now Series “And That’s the Way It Is”: A Look Back at 70 Years of TV News with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra – Rhythm and Dynamics Part I with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Staying Healthy in Difficult Times with Kathleen Malkiewicz, EDM, DTR, Senior Nutrition Program Director, Union County Division of Aging
Thursday, January 20, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series The Changing Face of Television: YouTube, Bingeing, Streaming and Beyond with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, January 27, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The 1950s: Years That Transformed America, Part I 1955 with Broadcaster Evan Weiner
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra – Rhythm and Dynamics Part II with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The 1950s: Years That Transformed America, Part II 1956 with Broadcaster Evan Weiner
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - The Power of Physical Activity with JCC's Own Debi Price, Health & Wellness Director, and Matt McQuoid, Fitness Director
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Lion King: From Screen to Stage and Back with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Inclusion and Support Services Monthly Speaker Series - How to Prioritize Yourself as a Pandemic Parent
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Music with Birdleaf Vocalists Sue Spiegel and Beth Turkel
Thursday, February 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Monday, February 14, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The 1950s: Years that Transformed America, Part III 1957 with Broadcaster Evan Weiner
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Tree of Life - a free virtual film screening and community conversation
Sunday, February 20, 2022
FREE! Rollerskating for enrolled 2022 Camp Yachad Campers and their Families
Monday, February 21, 2022
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
The 1950s: Years that Transformed America, Part IV 1958 with Broadcaster Evan Weiner
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Aulcie - streaming begins
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, February 24, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
NEW! Basketball Clinic for 4-Year-Olds begins
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Eartha Kitt: I Never Take Anything for Granted with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Transition Planning for Students Receiving Special Education Ages 14+ in IEPs: What Parents Need to Know
Thursday, March 3, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
From Harmony in Voice to Harmony for Humanity with Folksingers Julia and Ira Levin
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Kerry James Marshall with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, March 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Purim
Wednesday, March 16 - 17, 2022
From Bach to Sinatra: A Celebration of Haydn’s 290th Year Anniversary with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book, One Jewish Community Book Read with Jean Korelitz, author of The Plot
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
7:30 pm
The JCC in partnership with Congregation Beth Israel is honored to host Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger (ret.)
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
7:00 pm
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with James Michael
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Iconic Photographs that Connect Us and Time with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, March 31, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series The Power of Folk Songs with Folk Singer Spook Handy
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Active Release Tension (ART) with Chiropractor Ian Barry
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hail Caesar: How Sid and His Legion Conquered the World of Comedy with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Sensory Integration for Savvy Families and Parents
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
A Brief History of Westfield with Westfield Historian Robert Wendel
Monday, April 11, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Screening of I Am Here
Monday, April 11, 2022
7:00 pm
From Klezmer to Broadway to Swing with the David Aaron Trio
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mrinalini Mukherjee – Making Sculpture Out of Rope with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Thursday, April 14, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Zero Mostel: Larger Than Life with Professor John Kenrick
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, April 28, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
I Am Not a Dog Toy - a JCC event for grandparents and their grandchildren
Sunday, May 1, 2022
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Then and Now Series Virtual Inside Story Tour of the San Diego Zoo with a Zoo Educator
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
First Annual Israel Independence Day Film Festival begins
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Guys & Dolls: Broadway’s Valentine to New York with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer and Producer Todd Goodman
Thursday, May 5, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
180 Years of the Jewish Community of Singapore with Pam and Marc Intrater
Monday, May 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series The Songbirds: A Celebration of Great Jewish Singers! with Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist Laura Wetzler
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Carrie Stettheimer’s Amazing Dollhouse with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, May 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Music through Motion with Conductor Thomas Elefant – Part I
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Harmony in Voice to Harmony for Humanity with Folksingers Julia and Ira Levin
Thursday, May 19, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Cultivating Social Skills For Children At Home
Monday, May 23, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Then and Now Series While You’re Away: Love Songs of World War II, a Concert Lecture with Dr. Diane Cypkin
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, May 26, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series Mothers of Invention with Storyteller Carol Simon Levin
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Malice in Hollywood: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer and Producer Todd Goodman
Thursday, June 2, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shavuot
Saturday, June 4 - 6, 2022
Then and Now Series NJ Property Taxes: Highest in the Nation! with Former Scotch Plains Mayor Dr. Martin Marks
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Paintings of Richard Estes with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories and Written/Oral Memories with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, June 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Music through Motion with Conductor Thomas Elefant – Part II
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
July 4th - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, July 4, 2022
How Jewish America Started in New York with Licensed NYC Tour Guide Marty Schneit
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Bringing the Great American Songbook to Life with Singer Zack Alexander
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Open Golf-Tennis-Pickleball-Pool-Games
Monday, July 11, 2022
Artist Faith Ringgold with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Thursday, July 14, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
1492 – A Watershed Year with Judy Okun, West Chester University Geography Professor
Monday, July 18, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Fiddler on the Roof: Bringing a Lost World “To Life” with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The 1950s: Classic Cars, Poodle Skirts and Elvis with Designer and Collector Robbie Amodeo
Monday, July 25, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Help Reduce Anxiety, Fatigue, and High Blood Pressure with Health Coach Jill Gordon, CHHC, CNHP
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Frederic Chopin, the “Poetic Genius” with Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
West Side Story “We’ll Find a New Way of Living” with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Brian Pinto, Pharmacist and Owner of Tiffany Natural Pharmacy
Thursday, August 4, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Renewable Energy: The Gift That Keeps on Giving with Educator Laura McCluskey
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2022-23 Season
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2022-23 Season
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 5, 2022
Getting to Know You with Adult Enrichment Directors Barbara Weisbart and Alison Rivlin
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Best of ‘From Bach to Sinatra’ Great Composers and Great Performers – Part I with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Fall Youth Basketball Clinics for Grades K-8 begin
Thursday, September 8, 2022
The New York Yankees: Some Wonderful Reasons to Love Them with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, September 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Fall Boot Camp begins
Monday, September 12, 2022
The Best of ‘From Bach to Sinatra’ Great Composers and Great Performers – Part II with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Monday, September 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series Movies – The Golden Age of Hollywood with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
How Musicals Get to Broadway: And Why Are Tickets So Darn Expensive? with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
High Holiday Program and Lunch with Cantor Bill Walton
Thursday, September 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Meet the Author - Fiction Series - Sadie on a Plate with author Amanda Elliot
Friday, September 16, 2022
11:00 am
The Best of ‘From Bach to Sinatra’ Great Composers and Great Performers – Part III with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Monday, September 19, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series Movies – From Mickey Mouse to Star Wars and Beyond: How the Walt Disney Company Conquered the Entertainment Universe with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Painted Paradise with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
An Insider’s Guide to Maximizing State Disability Benefits
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Best of ‘From Bach to Sinatra’ Great Composers and Great Performers – Part IV with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Thursday, September 22, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Grandparent Circle Story Walk begins
Friday, September 23, 2022
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Monday, September 26 - 27, 2022
Smart Strategies to Leave a Legacy and Plan for Long Term Care with Crystal West Edwards, Esq, CELA
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Spotlight on JCC Inclusion Programs and Support Services
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
From Klezmer to Broadway to Swing with David Aaron Trio
Thursday, September 29, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Meet the Author - Fiction Series - Roundabout with Author Elaine Durbach
Monday, October 3, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Then and Now Series Movies – The Films of Alfred Hitchcock with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Sukkot
Sunday, October 9 - 16, 2022
Are you Paying Too Much for Your Medicare? Do You or a Loved One Have Questions about Medicare? Get Your Answers with Independent Agent Florencia (Flo) Penetra
Monday, October 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series Movies – Movie-Going in America: Nickelodeon to Movie Palaces to IMAX to Netflix with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jewish Woman in Films: From Femme Fatale to Super Hero with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, October 13, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer and Producer Todd Goodman
Monday, October 17, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Simchat Torah
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Then and Now Series Movies – It’s a Wonderful Life with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Bayeux Embroidery “Tapestry” with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Robert Moses…”Master Builder” and Oh-So Controversial with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, October 20, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
In Conversation with Arielle Silverman, author of Just Human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect, and Inclusion
Thursday, October 20, 2022
7:00 pm
Camperthon
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Ethel Merman: Who Could Ask For Anything More? with Professor John Kenrick
Monday, October 24, 2022
Small Group Canasta Classes begin
Monday, October 24, 2022
Brutus from Shakespeare’s Play Julius Caesar with Actor Jeff Dunston
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, October 27, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Supported Employment at the JCC through the Skills Training Program and Other Community Resources
Thursday, October 27, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Story Behind the Song: 12 Classics with Pianist, Singer, Lecturer Fred Miller
Monday, October 31, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Julia Says, ‘Bon Appetite!’ with Actress and Impersonator Linda Kenyon
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch, Learn and Connect: Unforgettable News Stories with Award-Winning Reporter and Anchor Jen Maxfield
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories with Jen Maxfield with lunch
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer and Producer Todd Goodman
Monday, November 7, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mah Jongg for Beginners and Advanced Beginners begin – In Person!
Monday, November 7, 2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Then and Now Series The Art of Family Storytelling with Genealogist Liz Haigney Lynch
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Pirates of Penzance: When Gilbert & Sullivan Changed the World with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, November 10, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force with Authors Craig and Jeffrey Weiss
Monday, November 14, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Turkey Drive
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Then and Now Series We Hear You: Living with Hearing Loss with Documentary Producer Holly Cohen
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Cognitive Restructuring/Self-Talk and Automatic Thoughts
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
7:00 pm
Picasso/Matisse Not Exactly Friends; Not Exactly Enemies with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - Caring for the Caregiver with Lisa Afflitto, LCSW
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Famous New Jerseyans: Garden State Greats with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, November 17, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving Program and Lunch with Crowd-Favorite Musician and Vocalist Cecilia
Monday, November 21, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
All About Golda with Alice Golembo, Golda Meir’s Grandniece
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Word of Thanks with Harlem Jazz Pianist and Vocalist Jay Daniels
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Cyber Monday Membership Special for New Members
Monday, November 28, 2022
Cyber Monday Personal Training Special
Monday, November 28, 2022
A Local Politician’s Perspective on the 2022 Midterm Elections with Former Scotch Plains Mayor Dr. Martin Marks
Monday, November 28, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Giving Tuesday at the JCC
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Pack the Truck
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Then and Now Series An Insider’s View of Sports and Journalism with Star Ledger Sports Columnist Steve Politi
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
8 Nights of Hanukkah Gift Drawing
Wednesday, November 30 - December 14, 2022
One Book, One Jewish Community Book Read - Woman on Fire with author Lisa Barr
Thursday, December 1, 2022
7:00 pm
Current Events with NBC/MSNBC Writer and Producer Todd Goodman
Monday, December 5, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Songs of Tikkun Olam, Hope and Love with Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Ethnic Folklorist Laura Wetzler
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monthly Speaker Series - The Gift of Accessible Travel
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, December 8, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Greetings from Asbury Park with Author Daniel H. Turtel
Monday, December 12, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Then and Now Series The 2022 Elections: What Happened and Why It Happened That Way with Dr. Benjamin Abraham Dworkin, Director Rowan University Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Ernie Kovacs: TV’s Forgotten Comic Genius with Professor John Kenrick
Thursday, December 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
NYC: Downtown, Midtown Virtual Walking Tour of New York with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, December 15, 2022
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Make The Perfect Latke with Bestselling Cookbook Author, Shannon Sarna
Thursday, December 15, 2022
7:00 pm
Hanukkah
Sunday, December 18 - 25, 2022
Christmas Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 31, 2022
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 1, 2023
From Bach to Sinatra Melodies in Different Sauces with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Bach to Sinatra Sinatra and Beethoven with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Les Miserables: To Love Another Person Is To See the Face of God with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, January 12, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - Atomic Anna with author Rachel Barenbaum
Friday, January 13, 2023
11:00 am
14th Annual Scotch Plains/Fanwood Martin Luther King Day of Service
Monday, January 16, 2023
Let’s Go on a Musical Safari with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Kenneth Clark’s Close Looking with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University
Monday, January 23, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Life of My Own: Meeting Eleanor Roosevelt with Actress and Impersonator Linda Kenyon
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Virtual Behind the Scenes Tour of the Brooklyn Museum with a Museum Docent
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, January 26, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lighthouses of New Jersey with New Jersey Lighthouse Society Volunteers Marilyn S. Dunning and Alan H. Jacobstein
Monday, January 30, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Songs of Pete Seeger and Folk Music of the 1960s with Folksinger Spook Handy
Monday, January 30, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Getting Your Affairs in Order: An Intro Guide to Estate Planning, Financial Planning and Insurance Planning for Parents
Thursday, February 2, 2023
8:00 pm
Current Events with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University
Monday, February 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversation with Authors - The Adventures of Herbie Cohen with author Rich Cohen
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
7:00 pm
Sammy Davis Jr: The Ultimate Mystery is One’s Own Self with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, February 9, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Reelabilities - Screening of My Disability Roadmap begins
Friday, February 10, 2023
My Journey to Freedom with Holocaust Survivor Peter Fleischmann
Monday, February 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Truth vs. Truths with Educator Tamar Arnowitz Part II
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Rose and 100 Boots with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Golden Age of Broadway (1943-1964) with Singer Bonnie Rapp
Thursday, February 16, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
No Program in Observance of President’s Day
Monday, February 20, 2023
Telling Her Story: Women of the Seas and the Stars with Re-enactor Carol Simon Levin
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Go Red for Women – American Heart Month for Women
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
12:00 pm
In conversation with Ethel Washington, author of Union County Black Americans
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
7:30 pm
Virtual Behind the Scenes Tour of ANU - Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, February 23, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - Rebel Daughter with author Laurie Kaufman
Monday, February 27, 2023
11:15 am
Conversations with Authors - Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy with author Martin Indyk
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
7:30 pm
Current Events with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University
Monday, March 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Wandering Jew: A History of Jewish Music with Radio Broadcaster Charlie Bernhaut
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mah Jongg for Beginners and Advanced Beginners begin – In Person!
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Screen to Stage: When Films Become Broadway Musicals with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, March 9, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton with American and Jewish Historian Dr. Joe Adler
Monday, March 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Wandering Jew: Yossele’s World with Radio Broadcaster Charlie Bernhaut
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gustave Caillebotte, the Impressionist Nobody Knows with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with James Michael
Thursday, March 16, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - The Matchmaker's Gift: A Novel with author Lynda Cohen-Loigman
Friday, March 17, 2023
11:00 am
Basketball Clinic for 4s begins
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Community Mitzvah Day
Sunday, March 19, 2023
The Wandering Jew: The Essential Cantor with Radio Broadcaster Charlie Bernhaut
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Virtual Behind the Scenes Tour of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe New Mexico
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, March 23, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Springtime Piano Potpourri with Pianist and Composer Dave Schlossberg
Monday, March 27, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Wandering Jew: The Best of Jewish Comedy with Radio Broadcaster Charlie Bernhaut
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sleep Awareness and Nutrition with Senior Nutrition Director Kathleen Malkiewicz, Edm, DTR
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University
Monday, April 3, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Challenges in Education Today with Dr. Jodi Weisbart Mahoney, Educational Leader and Elementary School Principal
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Passover - JCC closed
Thursday, April 6 - 7, 2023
The Lobotomist’s Wife with Author Samantha Greene Woodruff
Monday, April 17, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
The Children of Chabannes (Documentary) with Diane Mael, daughter of one of the “Children of Chabannes”
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - The Thread Collectors with authors Alyson Richman and Shaunna J. Edwards
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
12:00 pm
Dryland Training begins
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Lest We Forget: a Holocaust Survivor and Descendant Panel Discussion
Sunday, April 23, 2023
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in World War II
Sunday, April 23, 2023
4:30 pm
Composer and Songwriter Cole Porter with Professor John Kenrick
Monday, April 24, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
NJ Premiere Special Film Event: What Happened at the Veterans Home? with Film Writer, Director and Producer Laura Wetzler
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Virtual Behind the Scenes Tour of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees and More with a Museum Docent
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, April 27, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Current Events with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University
Monday, May 1, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Medical Aid in Dying in New Jersey with Dr. Robin Plumer, DO and Elizabeth Stanton, MSW
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Fashioning Clothing and Art from Paper with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mah Jongg for Beginners and Advanced Beginners begin – In Person!
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Trip to the NEW Broadway Museum with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, May 11, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Witness to History – From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience with Author Jean Hoffman Lewanda
Monday, May 15, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Criminal Justice in New Jersey Part II: The Role of the Lawyers in Criminal Cases in New Jersey with Leslie Stolbof Sinemus, Esq.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Criminal Justice in New Jersey Part III: The Role of the Forensic Psychologist in Criminal Matters with Frank J. Dyer, Ph.D.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Virtual Behind the Scenes Tour of the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia with a Museum Docent
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, May 25, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shavuot
Friday, May 26 - 27, 2023
Understanding Today’s Economic News with Dr. Steven Weisbart, Economist
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Tovah Feldshuh: Through Authenticity You Get Authority with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Behind the Scenes Look at Successful (and Not So Successful) Advertising Campaigns with Ellynn Decter Szoke, Marketing Analyst
Thursday, June 1, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
FREE! Young Family Bagel Brunch! for members with children 0-3 years
Sunday, June 4, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Ask Miriam with Miriam Adler, MSW, LCSW and Former Executive Director of the Jewish Family Service of Northeastern NY
Monday, June 5, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Criminal Justice in New Jersey Part IV: Judge Barbara Byrd Wecker 1995-2006 Union County, 1985-1996 Appellate Division, 1996-2006 Criminal Judge
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Lost Women of Vienna with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Short Stories, Written/Oral Memories and Letters to Loved Ones with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, June 8, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights with author Kitty Zeldis
Monday, June 12, 2023
11:15 am
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest 2023 Centennial Mission
Sunday, July 2, 2023
July 4th - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Barracudas Summer Boot Camp Session One begins
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Impressionism: Why? When? What? Who Were These Rebels? with Art Lecturer Sheryl Intrator Urman
Monday, July 10, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Social Action Day with Danielle McLeer from Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Central NJ
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
All About Eve: Hollywood’s Vicious Masterpiece with Professor John Kenrick
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Remembering Department Stores with Designer and Collector Robbie Amodeo
Thursday, July 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Rugged Maniac
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Reset Mind to Reset Health with Health Coach Jill Gordon, CHHC, CNHP
Monday, July 17, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
When Worlds Connect with Judy Okun, Geography Professor at West Chester University, PA
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Norton Simon Museum with Cultural Historian Barbara Tomlinson
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Bringing the Great American Songbook to Life with Singer Zack Alexander
Thursday, July 20, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Live Virtual Tour of Lisbon, Portugal: Alfama – Narrow Streets, Moorish Presence and Local Traditions with Beeyonder Virtual Tours
Monday, July 24, 2023
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Presidents and Sports with Evan Weiner, Speaker, Author and Journalist
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
In Depth with Adam Black, Professor of History, Law and Political Science at Monmouth University – Murdaugh Family Trial
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Golden Age of Broadway (1943-1964) with Singer Bonnie Rapp
Thursday, July 27, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Open Golf-Tennis-Pickleball-Pool-Games
Monday, July 31, 2023
Barracudas Summer Boot Camp Session Two begins
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Objects Tell Stories with the New York Historical Society
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Renewable Energy: The Gift That Keeps on Giving with Educator Laura McCluskey
Thursday, August 3, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Borscht Belt: The Comic Legacy of the Jewish Alps with John Kenrick
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Road Trip Across America with Harlem Jazz Pianist and Vocalist Jay Daniels
Thursday, August 10, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2023-24 Season
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 4, 2023
Getting to Know You with Berg-Lieppe Adult Enrichment Director, Alison Rivlin and Wendy Connolly, Adult and Community Program Administrator
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Rockin’ TV: Rock & Roll and Television – From Elvis to the Monkees with Professor Brian Rose
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
When Modern Art Was New with Sheryl Intrator Urman, Artist and Art Lecturer
Thursday, September 7, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2023-24 Season
Thursday, September 7, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Barracudas Fall Boot Camp begins
Monday, September 11, 2023
Deep Dive into Today’s Hot Topics with Professor Adam Black of Monmouth University
Monday, September 11, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Youth Basketball Clinics for Grades K-8 begin
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
High Holiday Program and Lunch with Cantor Bill Walton
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2023-24 Season
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Theater Ghosts: Another Bow, and Another . . . with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, September 15, 2023
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Saturday, September 16 - 17, 2023
The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care with Author Hannah Wunsch
Monday, September 18, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Performing Arts - Little Mermaid Auditions for 4th-9th Graders
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Aging with Grace with Karen Frank, RN Director of Education, Homewatch CareGivers of South Orange
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Stories of Our Times with Professor Barbara Buettner
Thursday, September 21, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Conversations with Authors - Places We Left Behind: A Memoir in Miniature with author Jennifer Lang
Friday, September 22, 2023
12:00 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Monday, September 25, 2023
Voices from the Armenian Genocide with Zoey Guarino, M.A.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Montclair State University Galleries with Megan C. Austin, Director of Montclair State University Galleries
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Conscious Parenting Workshop Series: Introduction to Conscious Parenting: A New Paradigm
Friday, September 29, 2023
9:00 am
Sukkot
Saturday, September 30 - October 6, 2023
Ask Miriam with Miriam Adler, MSW, LCSW and Former Executive Director of the Jewish Family Services of Northeastern NY
Monday, October 2, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Carson to Oprah to Stephen Colbert: A History of the TV Talk Show with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Importance of Vaccines with Brian Pinto, Owner of Tiffany Natural Pharmacy
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Social Action Day with Danielle McLeer from Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Central NJ
Thursday, October 5, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 8, 2023
National Apologies and Immigration after Genocide with Adara Goldberg, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Beginner Canasta Classes Begin
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Michael Jackson: “King of Pop” with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Beginner Conversational Hebrew Classes at the JCC begin
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Intermediate Conversational Hebrew Classes at the JCC begin
Thursday, October 12, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Conversations with Authors - Once We Were Home with author Jennifer Rosner
Friday, October 13, 2023
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Deep Dive into Today’s Hot Topics with Professor Adam Black of Monmouth University
Monday, October 16, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Famous Buildings and Structures, Their Architects and Developers with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Conscious Parenting Workshop Series: Healing the Inner Child and Exploring Our Triggers
Friday, October 20, 2023
9:00 am
The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms and Our Minds with author Benyamin Cohen
Monday, October 23, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gustav Klimt and the Woman in Gold with Sheryl Intrator Urman, Artist, Curator and Art Lecturer
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Explore the Future Brooklyn Children’s Museum Earth Science Garden with Design Principal and Architect Jonathan Goldstein
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Mocktails 101 with Hillary Sachs, MS, RD, CSO, CDN Founder, and Board certified specialist in Oncology Nutrition
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The Mystery of Emily Dickinson with Professor and Author Maryanne Garbowsky
Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Israeli Crisis: Some Context and Discussion for 8th - 12th Graders
Thursday, October 26, 2023
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Ask Miriam with Miriam Adler, MSW, LCSW and Former Executive Director of the Jewish Family Service of Northeastern NY
Monday, October 30, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mel Brooks: It’s Good to Be the King of Comedy with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Come Play the Feud! Family Feud with Homewatch CareGivers of South Orange
Thursday, November 2, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
From Streaming TV to the Oscars: How Netflix Is Disrupting the Entertainment Industry with Professor Brian Rose
Monday, November 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Antisemitism on College Campuses: Understanding and Responding to Rising Antisemitism on College Campuses
Monday, November 6, 2023
7:00 pm
Teachers Convention Mini Basketball Camp for Grades 2 - 6
Thursday, November 9 - 10, 2023
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Deep Dive into Today’s Hot Topics with Professor Adam Black of Monmouth University
Monday, November 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
What’s Funny about Genocide with Sarah Coykendall, M.A.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Nutrition 101 with Registered Dietician Hillary Sachs, MS RD CSO
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Armchair Tour of Washington, D.C. with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, November 16, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Conscious Parenting Workshop Series: Creating Connection and Attunement with Our Children
Friday, November 17, 2023
9:00 am
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win World War II and Shape Modern America with Author Christopher C. Gorham
Monday, November 20, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Dale Chihuly: An American Glass Artist with Sheryl Intrator Urman, Artist, Curator and Art Lecturer
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Open Mic/Trivia with Alison Rivlin and Wendy Connolly
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Virtual Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the New York Historical Society – Gallery of Tiffany Lamps
Monday, November 27, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Pack the JFS Food Truck
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Baroque and Jazz at the Beautiful Castle Gardens of Budapest with Music Educator and Conductor Thomas Elefant – IN PERSON!
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Ask Miriam with Miriam Adler, MSW, LCSW and Former Executive Director of the Jewish Family Services of Northeastern NY
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
AT CAPACITY - REGISTRATION CLOSED! Bring in the Light Community Hanukkah Celebration with Havdalah Service
Saturday, December 2, 2023
5:00 pm
The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food with author Ben Nadler
Monday, December 4, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Golden Age of Television: What Made the 1950s So Special for American TV
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Songs of Tikkun Olam, Hope and Love with Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Ethnic Folklorist Laura Wetzler
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Hanukkah
Friday, December 8 - 15, 2023
Ballparks and Stadiums with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Monday, December 11, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
NOW VIRTUAL! One Book One Community Book Read - The Golden Doves with author Martha Hall Kelly
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
7:00 pm
A Christmas Carol: How Dickens Changed Christmas with a Ghost Story – Christmas at the JCC? with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrate Hanukkah with Singer and Musician Mark Levy
Thursday, December 14, 2023
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Conscious Parenting Workshop Series: Enlightened Boundaries and Discipline
Friday, December 15, 2023
9:00 am
Christmas Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Monday, December 25, 2023
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Monday, January 1, 2024
Three-Part Series on The Big Band Experience with Clint Edwards Part I: A Duke and a King – The Beginnings of the Style, with a Look at the Music of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Because the World is Round: A Memoir with Author Jane Saginaw
Monday, January 8, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Grand Central Terminal – Canals, Railroads and Mysteries with Author, Lecturer and Historian Mike Czuchnicki
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Leonard Bernstein: Communicate the Unknowable with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Conversations with Authors - The Ways We Hide with author Kristina McMorris
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
7:00 pm
Level One Conversational Hebrew Classes at the JCC begin
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Why We Argue Badly with Professor Eric English from Pace University
Thursday, January 11, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Level Two Conversational Hebrew Classes at the JCC begin
Thursday, January 11, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
15th Annual Scotch Plains/Fanwood Martin Luther King Day of Service
Monday, January 15, 2024
MyPlate Nutrition with CBFNJ SNAP-Ed Senior Nutrition Educator Victoria Lodato
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The History of American Song with Pianist, Vocalist and Composer Gary Negbaur
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
2024 Election Update with Professor Adam Black of Monmouth University
Monday, January 22, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Giacomo Puccini and Italian Romantic Opera with Maestro Robert W. Butts
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
SOLD OUT! Come Hungry with Melissa Ben-Ishay of Baked by Melissa in Conversation With Ben Soffer
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
7:00 pm
The Harlem Renaissance: Courage, Grace and Vision with Janet Mandel, Art History Lecturer
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
JCC Youth Theater Performance - The Little Mermaid Jr.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Brunch and Trip to Broadway Prayer for the French Republic at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, NYC
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
10:00 am
Q&A with Pharmacist Lucy Isaac from Better Life Pharmacy
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Heart Health with Mary-Catherine Lundquist of Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
Thursday, February 1, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sunday Morning Movie for Grandparents and Their Grandchildren
Sunday, February 4, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The History of the Civil Rights Movement with Lecturer Mario Medici
Monday, February 5, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Three-Part Series on The Big Band Experience with Clint Edwards Part II: Count Basie, Royalty of Red Bank – The Life, Times and Music of the Legendary Band Leader
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Leonard Cohen Untold Stories: That’s How the Light Gets In (Volume 3) with Author Michael Posner
Thursday, February 8, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Impact of October 7 on the Israel-Arab Peace Process and on U.S.-Israel Relations with Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger
Monday, February 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Marlene Dietrich: Glamour is My Stock in Trade with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Golden Age of Broadway (1943-1964) with Singer Bonnie Rapp
Thursday, February 15, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The History of the Panama Canal with Historian Mike Czuchnicki
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
National Apologies and Immigration after Genocide with Adara Goldberg, Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book One Community Read - Incident at San Miguel with author A.J. Sidransky
Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:00 pm
Screening of No Place on Earth and Conversation with Filmmaker Chris Nicola
Sunday, February 25, 2024
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
History of the Relationship between Black and Jewish Americans with Professor Adam Black of Monmouth University
Monday, February 26, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
An Insider’s View of Sports and Journalism with Star Ledger Sports Columnist Steve Politi
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gustav Klimt and The Woman in Gold with Sheryl Intrator Urman, Artist, Curator and Art Lecturer
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter with Author Rachel Shteir
Monday, March 4, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Frida Kahlo: Dreams, Demons and Devotion with Janet Mandel, Art History Lecturer
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Three-Part Series on the Big Band Experience with Clint Edwards Part III: Moonlight Serenade – The Music of the Era’s Most Iconic Bandleader, Glenn Miller
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Preservation of the Jewish Self: The Resistance Spectrum and the Holocaust with Zoey Guarino at the Holocaust Resource Center and Diversity Council of Kean University
Thursday, March 7, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Queen Victoria…Prince Albert…and John Brown: Love and Madness with Historian Mike Czuchnicki
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lena Horne: Smashing Barriers with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Serenade and Q&A with JCC Executive Director Mike Goldstein
Thursday, March 14, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrate Purim at the JCC!
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Passover Mitzvah Food Collection begins
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win World War II and Shape Modern America with Author Christopher C. Gorham
Monday, March 18, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Niagara Falls Then and Now with Author and Photographer Kevin Woyce
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Israel Overview with Tamar Reshef from Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Saving Food Dollars with CFBNJ SNAP-Ed Senior Nutrition Educator Victoria Lodato
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Dancing in a Moon Shadow: The Solar Eclipse with Retired Science Teacher Laura McCluskey
Monday, April 1, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Learned Optimism with Katie Wells, Licensed Therapist, Resolve Community Counseling
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with James Michael
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic with Author Daniel Stone
Thursday, April 4, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover Mitzvah for Grandparents and Grandchildren ages 4-6
Sunday, April 7, 2024
10:00 am - 11:30 am
3-Part Series on Masters of Songwriting with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards - Part I: Johnny Mercer
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Holding on to Independence with Karen Frank, RN, Director of Education at Homewatch CareGivers
Thursday, April 11, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Ask Miriam with Miriam Adler, MSW, LCSW, Former Executive Director of the JFS of Northeastern NY
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sonia Delaunay: A Modern Language of Color with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Thursday, April 18, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Passover - JCC closed
Tuesday, April 23 - 24, 2024
The Strategies and Trends that Advertisers Use to Influence Buying Behavior with Marketing Executive Ellynn Decter Szoke
Monday, April 29, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Transitions as We Age with Melissa Bressler, MSW, LSW from Unicity Healthcare
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
3-Part Series on Masters of Songwriting with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards - Part II: Jule Styne
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Explore America’s Natural Treasures: National Parks Unveiled with Chris McCormack
Thursday, May 2, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, May 6, 2024
Cleopatra: Hollywood’s Most Celebrated Fiasco with John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Monday, May 13, 2024
Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust with author Meryl Frank
Monday, May 13, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Meal Planning with CBFNJ SNAP-Ed Senior Nutrition Educator Victoria Lodato
Monday, May 20, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrating Memorial Day with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Advertising Campaigns that Won Our Hearts vs Advertising Campaigns that Damaged the Brand with Marketing Executive Ellynn Decter Szoke
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Thursday, May 23, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Closets in the Spotlight – Three Gay Songwriters with John Kenrick
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Modern Jewish Experience with Antisemitism with Dr. Joe Adler
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Evening Pop-Up Fitness Class - HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) with Julie Cornell
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
3-Part Series on Masters of Songwriting with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards - Part III: Carole King
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms with Author Seth Stern
Thursday, June 6, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Florine Stettheimer: Icon of Jazz Age New York with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Monday, June 10, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shavuot
Wednesday, June 12 - 13, 2024
Evening Pop-Up Fitness Class - Barre Fusion/Pilates with Debi Price
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
July 4th - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Marvin Hamlisch: They’re Playing My Song with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Open Golf-Tennis-Pickleball-Pool-Games
Monday, July 15, 2024
Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards Presents Masters of Song: Burt Bacharach
Monday, July 15, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
An Illuminating Visit to Newark with Local Historian Paul White
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Last of the Red Hot Mamas at Bucks County Playhouse with Brunch
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
10:15 am - 5:00 pm
Songs for Sweethearts: Love Songs from 1920s to Today with Pianist/Vocalist Gary Negbaur
Monday, July 22, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
50 Years in Broadway Audiences: Memories of a Theatre-Going Lifetime with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2024-25 Season
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 2, 2024
Getting to Know You with Alison Rivlin, Berg-Lieppe Adult Enrichment Director, and Wendy Connolly, Adult and Community Manager
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Barracudas Swim Team Evaluations for the 2024-25 Season
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cornelius Vanderbilt – First Gilded Age Tycoon with Historian and Professor Rick Feingold
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Volunteering through Jewish Family Service (JFS) with Danielle McLeer, Director of Outreach and Volunteers at JFS of Central NJ
Thursday, September 5, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
An Introduction to Drawing and Painting with Lisa Kornblum begins
Friday, September 6, 2024
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Mental Aerobics Monday: The Lucky Guess – Trivia Game Show with Ron Mack, Historian/Radio Show Host/Screenwriter/Producer
Monday, September 9, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Marc Chagall – Painting with Poetry, Part I with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mah Jongg for Beginners - Early Fall Session begins
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Spartacus: How Kirk Douglas Broke the Hollywood Blacklist with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Smart Nutrition from the Community Food Bank of New Jersey
Thursday, September 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Songwriting & Music Production 101 for 7th - 12th graders begins
Sunday, September 15, 2024
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dancing in the Dark: A History of Dance in the Movies with Professor Brian Rose
Monday, September 16, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Balance Improvement with Fitness Experts Colby Sheppard and Mike Nocks
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Exploring Classical Music with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards: Johann Strauss II – The Waltz King of Vienna
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China with Author Susan Blumberg-Kason
Monday, September 23, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Thursday, October 3 - 4, 2024
From JCC Partner REMAX Select Westfield and Coastal Run at Heritage Shores - Retire Luxuriously
Sunday, October 6, 2024
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Crossword Puzzles and More Brain Games
Monday, October 7, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Buster Keaton: Silent Film Legend with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Chiropractic’s Role in Healthy Aging with Chiropractor Dr. Chris Trainor
Thursday, October 10, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Journeys – A Four-Part Series Part 1: Iceland with Chris McCormack, Travel/ Experience Expert
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sukkot
Wednesday, October 16 - 23, 2024
Exploring Classical Music with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards Felix Mendelssohn – The Italian Symphony
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Girl Power - Intro to Fitness for Teen Girls ages 12-16 begins
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
The Bill of Rights: How the Losers of Constitutional Ratification Contributed Significantly to the Constitution with Historian Dr. James S. Hewitt
Monday, October 21, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Journeys – A Four-Part Series Part 2: New Orleans with our own Wendy Connolly
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Simchat Torah
Friday, October 25, 2024
From Mary Pickford to Meryl Streep: Hollywood’s Star System and How It Works with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wellness Talk with Karen Frank, RN from Homewatch Caregivers
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Scary Improv! with Wendy Connolly of Contagious Laughter Improv Troupe
Thursday, October 31, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mental Aerobics Monday: Riddles Make You Think! with Author and Historian Mike Czuchnicki
Monday, November 4, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Those Were the Days with Irv Slifkin and Laurence Lerman of FilmShul
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Teachers Convention Mini Basketball Camp for grades 1 - 4
Thursday, November 7, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Stationary Movement with Debi Price, Wellness Director at the JCC of Central NJ
Thursday, November 7, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Teachers Convention Mini Basketball Camp for grades 1 - 4
Friday, November 8, 2024
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Anna Walinska – The Spirit of a Search without Boundaries with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Gut Health with Hillary Sachs, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, Founder, and Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
7:00 pm
Bette Midler: Cherish Forever What Makes You Unique with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JBiz Professional Networking Group - Career Transitioning and the Art of Networking
Thursday, November 14, 2024
7:00 pm
Musical Stylings of Singer and Guitarist Phyllis Chapell
Monday, November 18, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Journeys – A Four-Part Series Part 3: Italy with Historian Paul White
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Stories That Connect Us - Storytelling and Laughter with Comedian Joel Chasnoff
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
7:30 pm
The Stories Are Ours: from Grandparents to Grandchildren - The Stories' Beginning
Sunday, November 24, 2024
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Journeys – A Four-Part Series Part 4: The Village: A History of Greenwich Village: 400 Years of Tragedy, Bohemians and the Arts with Lecturer Mario Medici
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Crossword Puzzles and More Brain Games
Monday, December 2, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - The Role of Nutrition in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond with Beth Weiner
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
7:00 pm
A Look Back at the New York Yankees with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Stress Less, Live More: Master the Surprising Secrets to Relieving Stress with Health Coach Jill Gordon
Monday, December 9, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book, One Jewish Community Book Read - Don’t Forget to Write and Behind Every Good Man with Author Sara Goodman Confino
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
7:30 pm
Elaine Stritch: It’s Not the Work. It’s the Stairs with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Ethnic Folklorist Laura Wetzler
Thursday, December 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Klezmer – Let’s Rejoice! – Hanukkah Celebration and Lunch
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Christmas Eve - JCC open 6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Hanukkah
Thursday, December 26, 2024 - January 2, 2025
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Charades and More Brain Games
Monday, January 6, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Israel Experience with Randi Zucker, JCC Director of Arts, Community and Culture
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sandwich-making Project with Danielle McLeer, Director of Outreach & Volunteers at Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Central NJ
Thursday, January 9, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Learn about Cochlear Implants with Allison Leasure, M.A., CCC-SLP
Monday, January 13, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Stories That Connect Us - Humans of Judaism with Nikki Schreiber
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
7:30 pm
Jackie Gleason: How Sweet It Is! with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Amedeo Modigliani: Bohemian of Montmartre and Montparnasse with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Trip Down Memory Lane with Singer/Musician Matt Mattheiss
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Advanced Beginner and Intermediate Bridge Lessons begin
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
“Finish the Lyric” with Wendy Connolly and Alora Souza
Thursday, January 23, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Julie Kabat on Love Letter from Pig: My Brother’s Story of Freedom Summer
Monday, January 27, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sharing Our Stories – Part I: Photographs and Memories
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Movie Morning for Grandparents and Grandchildren! Featuring Inside Out
Sunday, February 2, 2025
9:30 am
My Best Self - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Nancy Rosenthal, MSW, LCSW
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
7:00 pm
Eye On The Middle East: Can the Peace Process Move Forward This Year? with Dr. Joe Adler, Ph.D.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Larry Tye on The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Danny Kaye: Court Jester to the World with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Timeless Love Songs of Broadway with Singer Bonnie Rapp
Thursday, February 13, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Camp Yachad Rollerskating Event
Monday, February 17, 2025
Whippany Burying Yard – 300 Years of History with Historian Mike Czuchnicki
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Harmonizing History: Celebrating the Legacy of Three Black Composers with Maestro Butts
Monday, February 24, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Food Smarts Nutrition with CFBNJ SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator Heather Kizner
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Coffee, Cake and Conversation with Julie Satow, author of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue
Sunday, March 2, 2025
3:00 pm
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Charades and More Brain Games
Monday, March 3, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism and Art in 19th Century Paris, Part I with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
SOLD OUT - Din Tesler, October 7 Survivor and Activist: I Survived, My Best Friend Is a Hostage
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:00 pm
Purim Extravaganza at Congregation Beth Israel and Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim
Sunday, March 9, 2025
9:15 am - 11:30 am
Basics of Weather and Weather Forecasting with Jess Geller (Part 2 of 2)
Monday, March 10, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Functional Medicine with Craig Sorkin, DNP, RD, APN, ANP-C Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
7:00 pm
JBiz presents The Value of Networking with Scotch Plains Mayor Joshua Losardo
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
7:00 pm
Purim
Thursday, March 13 - 15, 2025
JCC Israeli Rishon Nofar Gabay with Israeli Music and Dancing
Thursday, March 13, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Stories Are Ours: from Grandparents to Grandchildren - What Did We Learn?
Sunday, March 16, 2025
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Stories Are Ours with Professional Storyteller Susan Stone
Monday, March 17, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Dreyfus Affair, Antisemitism and Art in 19th Century Paris, Part II
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL! No Hit Wonders - A Night of Story and Song
Saturday, March 22, 2025
8:00 pm
Impersonation: Bridge Builder in Petticoats: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge with Carol Simon Levin
Monday, March 24, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Food Smarts Nutrition with CFBNJ SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator Heather Kizner
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sharing Our Stories – Part III: What’s on Your Bucket List?
Thursday, March 27, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Katherine Fennelly on Family Declassified: Uncovering My Grandfather’s Journey from Spy to Children’s Book Author
Monday, March 31, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Who Are The Nabis, and Why Don’t I Know These Amazing Artists? with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Recovery Stretch with Chris Matejek, JCC Personal Trainer
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
7:00 pm
Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards on the Making of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Part 1 of 3)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover, Plates and Stories - A Special Program for Grandparents and Grandchildren (ages 5-10)
Sunday, April 6, 2025
9:00 am - 11:00 am
The Stories That Connect Us - I Loved Jew, I Loved Jew Not: Live Performance by The Braid
Sunday, April 6, 2025
11:00 am
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Charades and NEW Brain Games!
Monday, April 7, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Entertainment Historian John Kenrick on Schindler’s List: “Whoever Saves One Life Saves the World Entire”
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Passover - JCC closed
Sunday, April 13 - 14, 2025
Spring Splash Group Swim Lessons begin
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Finish the Lyric and Karaoke with Wendy Connolly and Alora Souza
Monday, April 21, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
With a Song in My Heart: A History of Singing in the Movies with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Tour of Ireland…Erin Go Bragh with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, April 24, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Grandparents and Grandchildren Author Visit - Sara Holly Ackerman Reads Her Book Challah for Shabbat Tonight
Sunday, April 27, 2025
10:00 am
The Stories Are Ours: from Grandparents to Grandchildren - Sharing our Legacy
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Youth Basketball Clinics for K - 8th Grades begin
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The Art of Trader Joes: Discovering the Hidden Art Gems of America’s Favorite Grocery Store with Author Julie Averbach
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Larry David: The Glass is Half Empty with Laurence Lerman of Film Shul
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Thursday, May 1, 2025
2025 Junior and Mini Maccabi
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Spring into Bingo
Monday, May 5, 2025
Mental Aerobics Monday: Scattergories, Charades and NEW Brain Games!
Monday, May 5, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
John Singer Sargent: Romance, Drama, and the Visual World (Part 1 of 2) with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards on the Making of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Part 2 of 3)
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Food Smarts Nutrition with CFBNJ SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator Heather Kizner
Thursday, May 8, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Educator Sarah Rosenson with Ethics Thought Experiments: The Trolley Problem
Monday, May 12, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Make ‘Em Laugh: A History of Movie Comedy from Charlie Chaplin to Mel Brooks with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wicked: “Everyone Deserves the Chance to Fly” with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
John Singer Sargent: Romance, Drama and the Visual World with Janet Mandel, Arts Educator (Part 2 of 2)
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
World War II and Hollywood’s Jewish Question with Laurence Lerman of Film Shul
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The JCC Youth Theater Program presents Seussical Kids Starring 1st-5th Graders
Saturday, May 31, 2025
6:30 pm
The JCC Youth Theater Program presents Seussical Kids Starring 1st-5th Graders
Sunday, June 1, 2025
3:30 pm
Shavuot
Monday, June 2 - 3, 2025
Intergenerational Program with Adult Enrichment Participants and JCC Preschoolers
Monday, June 2, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards on the Making of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Part 3 of 3)
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Abbott & Costello: Who’s On First? with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Melodies of Memories and Miracles: Broadway Classics with Baritone James Michael
Thursday, June 12, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
While You’re Away: Love Songs of World War II - A Concert Lecture Performed by Diane Cypkin, PhD
Monday, June 30, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Gangsters, Goniffs and Goons with Laurence Lerman of FilmShul
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Food Smarts Nutrition with CBFNJ SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator Heather Kizner
Thursday, July 3, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
July 4th - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Author Hasia R. Diner on her book, Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance between the Irish and Jews in America
Monday, July 7, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Joy of Costco: A Treasure Hunt from A to Z with Authors Susan and David Schwartz
Thursday, July 10, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Vocalist Carol Selick Featuring “Favorite Female Performers”
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Women Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court with Historical Presenter Trish Chambers
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Let’s Talk About Mental Health with Better Life Pharmacy
Thursday, July 17, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JCC Open Golf-Tennis-Pickleball-Pool-Games
Monday, July 21, 2025
The Jazz Singer “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet!” with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Water of the World with Former Science Teacher Laura McCluskey
Monday, July 28, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Friars Club Roasts: Saying “We Love You” with Insults with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Monday, August 4, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
We’re Going to the Catskills with Designer/Lecturer Robbie Amodeo
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist Laura Wetzler in Concert with Souls on Fire! Songs, Poets and Social Change
Thursday, August 7, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 1, 2025
Getting to Know You with Alison Rivlin, Berg-Lieppe Adult Enrichment Director, and Wendy Connolly, Adult and Community Manager
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Great Performers Series Part I: Ray Charles with Lecturer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jack Benny: Modesty is My Best Quality with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Mondegreens: The Hilarious World of Misheard Lyrics with Presenter Meg Wastie
Thursday, September 11, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
History of Rock 'n Roll - The Rising and September 11, 2001 The Impact on the United States and My Hometown
Thursday, September 11, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
A Broadway Musical Journey through the Decades with Singer Bonnie Rapp
Monday, September 15, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
When Einstein Met Kafka: Jewish Contributions to the Modern World with Translator Steven Capsuto
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
History of Rock 'n Roll - Intro to Cultural/Musical Development by Decade
Thursday, September 18, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 22, 2025
Fall Prevention and Safety with Unicity Care Management
Monday, September 22, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Tuesday, September 23 - 24, 2025
Join the Conversation with our Favorite Librarian, Debbie Abrams
Thursday, September 25, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
American Red Cross Water Safety Instruction Course begins
Saturday, September 27, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
From Milton Berle to David Letterman: A History of TV Comedy with Professor Brian Rose
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Great Performers Series Part II: Edith Piaf with Lecturer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Coping in a Crazy World with Karen Frank, RN from Homewatch Caregivers
Monday, October 6, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Sukkot
Tuesday, October 7 - 12, 2025
Pop-up Flu/COVID Vaccine Clinic in Partnership with Tiffany Natural Pharmacy
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Improv with Wendy Connolly of Contagious Laughter Improv Troupe
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Shemini Atzeret
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Simchat Torah
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Mary Poppins with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wildlife and Your Home with Somerset County Parks Naturalist
Thursday, October 16, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Tatami
Thursday, October 16, 2025
7:00 pm
Author Ann Berman on Her Book, Louis Graveraet Kaufman: The Fabulous Michigan Gatsby Who Conquered Wall Street, Took Over General Motors, and Built the World’s Tallest Building
Monday, October 20, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Georgia O’Keeffe: Speaking in Color and Shapes with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
It’s a Wonderful Town – New York City in the Movies with Professor Brian Rose
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Never Alone
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
7:00 pm
Person Centered Trauma Informed (PCTI) with Debbie Rosen from Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
Monday, October 27, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
There’s Something About this Place: Learn More about the JCC of Central NJ with Executive Director Mike Goldstein
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - The Ring
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
7:00 pm
Historical Impersonator Trish Chambers as Anna Rosenberg
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Join the Conversation with Our Favorite Librarian, Debbie Abrams
Thursday, October 30, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Midas Man
Sunday, November 2, 2025
5:00 pm
Remembering the American Revolution with Joel Farkas
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Documentary, The Saint of Second Chances, and Discussion
Monday, November 10, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
My Best Self - Preparing for the Holiday Season with Paige Heiden, MS, RDN
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
6:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Barbra Streisand and Marvin Hamlisch with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving with Historical Lecturer Paul White
Thursday, November 13, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
SOLD OUT - WAIT LIST ONLY! Babka Fest! - Part of the Irving and Anne Nevard Sherr Annual Arts & Culture Series - The Stories That Connect Us
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Carole King: She Made the Earth Move with Author, Jane Eisner
Monday, November 17, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Vocalist Carol Selick Featuring Favorite Female Performers
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
JBiz - From Wall Street to Main Street: Driving Growth Through Experience
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Liza Minnelli: You Get Up and You Go On with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Join the Conversation with Our Favorite Librarian, Debbie Abrams
Thursday, November 20, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Julia Says ‘Bon Appetit!’ with Actress and Impersonator Linda Kenyon
Monday, December 1, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Giving Tuesday at the JCC with Pack the Truck
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
White Christmas: Irving Berlin’s Song and All It Inspired with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Sharon Ann Musher on Her Book: Promised Lands: Hadassah Kaplan and the Legacy of American Jewish Women in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine
Thursday, December 4, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Hanukkurious – Fun and Learning About the Festival of Lights
Sunday, December 7, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Grandchild/Grandparent Menorah Making with Sunnyside Studios (ages 3+)
Sunday, December 7, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Scam and Fraud Awareness Program with ISC2 New Jersey Chapter
Monday, December 8, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Is It Manet or Monet? with Arts Educator Janet Mandel (Part I of II)
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
One Book One Jewish Community Read - Counting Backwards by Jacqueline Friedland
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
7:30 pm
Great Performers Series Part III: Peggy Lee with Composer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
There’s Something About this Place – Learn More about The JCC of Central NJ: Spotlight on Beth Mitchell, Director of Inclusion and Diversity
Thursday, December 11, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Hanukkah
Sunday, December 14 - 22, 2025
Is It Manet or Monet? With Arts Educator Janet Mandel (Part II of II)
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrate Hannukah and More with Singer and Guitarist Phyllis Chapell
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Christmas Eve - JCC open 6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 25, 2025
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Historical True Crime Stories with Retired Journalist and Author JD Solomon
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
History of American Popular Music: Dick Clark and the Building of American Bandstand with Lecturer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Maple Sugaring with Somerset County Park Commission Naturalist
Thursday, January 8, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Improv with Wendy Connolly and Beth Painter of Contagious Laughter Improv Troupe
Monday, January 12, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Union County Inventions, Innovations and Industry with John Prescott from Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Our Hearts Will Remember: Jerry Orbach with Entertainment Historian John Kenrick
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Learn about Israeli Government with Our Rishon, Yoav Silberstein
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
A Day in the Life on the Space Station with Joe Lennox, Space Program Historian and Educator
Thursday, January 22, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
“There’s Something About this Place” – Learn More about the JCC of Central NJ with Mike Goldstein, Executive Director
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Trip Down Memory Lane with Singer/Musician Matt Mattheiss
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch & Learn Series at the JCC with Union County Clergy - Dooby Shevat: The Holiday of the Bears with Rabbi Uri Allen of Temple Sha'arey Shalom
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Lea Bondi Jaray: Art, Aryanization and Restitution with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Thursday, January 29, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Grandchild/Grandparent Movie Day
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Singer Candy Nelson Helps Us Celebrate All WINTER BIRTHDAYS!
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Big Band Experience: Sinatra, Dorsey, and the Pied Pipers with Lecturer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
There’s Something About this Place – Learn More about the JCC of Central NJ with Randi Zucker, Director of Arts, Community and Culture
Monday, February 9, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrating Union County’s Black History and Heritage with John Prescott from Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Entertainment Historian John Kenrick on The Gilded Age
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Author Judith Resnik on her book, Impermissible Punishments
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch & Learn Series at the JCC with Union County Clergy - Oy to Joy: Transforming Daily Life the Jewish Way with Rabbi Steven Stern Of Temple Beth O'r/Beth Torah
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Lecturer Kevin Woyce with Old Glory: History of the American Flag
Thursday, February 19, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Jewish Immigration and American Music with Maestro Robert W. Butts
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Join the Conversation with our Favorite Librarian, Debbie Abrams
Thursday, February 26, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Purim
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Historical True Crime Stories with Retired Journalist and Author JD Solomon
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
250 years of Classical Music in America with Lecturer/Pianist Clint Edwards
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Rosenthal
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
7:00 pm
Find the Good with Barbara Weisbart, former Adult Enrichment Director
Thursday, March 5, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Celebrating the History of Union County Women with John Prescott from Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Pink Lady
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
7:00 pm
Entertainment Historian John Kenrick on Dorothy Fields
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lecturer Joel Farkas with Remember the Ladies – Women in the Time of the American Revolution
Monday, March 16, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
20th Century Women Photographers: Pushing Boundaries, Blazing Paths with Arts Educator Janet Mandel
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
The Malvin and Greta Roesch International Jewish Film Festival - Once Upon My Mother
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
7:00 pm
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire with Historian Abbott Gorin
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch & Learn Series at the JCC with Union County Clergy - Between Purim and Passover: The Call of Two Holidays with Rabbi Howard Tilman of Congregation Beth Israel
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Eid al-Fitr Vacation Day: Under the Sea or Jenkinsons Aquarium
Friday, March 20, 2026
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Cuba: A Journey through Time with Lecturer and Traveler Chris McCormack
Thursday, March 26, 2026
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Spring Break Vacation Day: Spring Break: All Things Animals
Monday, March 30, 2026
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Spring Break Vacation Day: Science Day or The Slime Factory
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Passover - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Passover - JCC closed
Thursday, April 2 - 3, 2026
My Best Self - Floor Stretching Workshop with Jamie Williams, Certified Personal Trainer
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel's Independence Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Lunch & Learn Series at the JCC with Union County Clergy - Midrash – The Stories Behind the Stories with Rabbi Victor Appell of Temple Emanu-El
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
JCC Youth Theater Presents Willy Wonka Jr.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
JCC Youth Theater Presents Willy Wonka Jr.
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Shavuot
Monday, June 22 - 23, 2026
July 4th - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
JCC Open
Monday, July 27, 2026
Labor Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 7, 2026
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Friday, September 11, 2026
Rosh Hashanah - JCC closed
Saturday, September 12 - 13, 2026
Yom Kippur - JCC closes at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Yom Kippur - JCC closed
Monday, September 21, 2026
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Saturday, September 26 - October 2, 2026
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Saturday, October 3, 2026
Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Thanksgiving - JCC opens at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 26, 2026
Hanukkah
Saturday, December 5 - 12, 2026
Christmas Eve - JCC open 6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 24, 2026
Christmas Day - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, December 25, 2026
New Year's Eve - JCC open 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 31, 2026
New Year's Day - JCC open from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Friday, January 1, 2027
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