October-December MJCC Scene by Memphis Jewish Community Center

The VOL. 19, NO. 5 OCTOBER 2012 ELUL 5773

JCCSCENE

6560 Poplar Avenue | Memphis, TN 38138 | 901.761.0810 | www.jccmemphis.org

Welcome to the Memphis JCC! Dear JCC Members and Friends, We hope that you all had a meaningful High Holy Day Season and that you spent quality time with your family and friends. As 2012 begins to wind down and 5773 begins, we want you to know that there is always something for everyone at the Memphis JCC from Wellness, the Early Childhood Center, aquatics, dance, sports, and the Art House, to all of our other specialty programs and events. Please use this guide to help you find the best opportunities for you and your family.

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Membership Matters

Bret Stephens to speak October 14

Israelis & Thanksgiving

Let me wish you and your families a Shana Tova, may you be inscribed for a happy, healthy and sweet new year.

3 Holocaust Perspectives

Hope to See You Soon!

Robert Wistrich to speak November 12

12 Early Childhood Center

Kara Bierman President

14 Art House 15 Markell School of Dance

JCC Hours

Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. Monday- Thursday 5:30 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. Friday 5:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.

JCC Upcoming Holiday Schedule Monday, Oct 1, 2012 Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 Sunday, October 7, 2012 Monday, Oct 8, 2012 Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 Thursday Nov 22, 2012 Tuesday Dec 25, 2012 Monday Dec 31, 2012 Tuesday Jan 1, 2012

Closed for Sukkot Closed for Sukkot Close at 3:45 p.m. for Shemini Atzeret Closed for Shemini Atzeret Closed for Simchat Torah Closed for Thanksgiving Open 8:00 a.m.- 5:45 p..m. Close at 5:45 p.m. Closed for New Years Day

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2012 JCC Maccabi Games

18 Adults 19 Senior Adults 21 Athletics 24

2013 JCC Maccabi Games

Personal Training Open House

26 Exercise Class Schedule 28 Aquatics 29 Youth 31 Staff Highlight

MJCC Membership Matters The Membership Department is here for you, our members and all of our future members. We hope that you are enjoying our new brand, new logo, and the new JCC Scene layout. In the coming months, you will be seeing more upgrades to our look as well as more advertising throughout the community. Your refferals are one of the biggest ways that we gain new members so please don’t keep us a secret. Membership Questions? Contact Anna Shabtay, Membership & Marketing Director, ashabtay@jccmemphis.org or 901-761-0810

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The William P. and Marie R. Lowenstein Foundation Presents

Bret Stephens Israel, America and

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Sunday, Oct.14th at 1:00 pm in the

Belz Social Hall

of the Memphis JCC Followed by Q & A Session

Bret Stephens is the foreign aﬀairs columnist of The Wall Street Journal, as well as the deputy editor responsible for the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal Asia and Europe. He is a member of the paper’s editorial board and a regular panelist on The Journal Editorial Report, a weekly political talk show carried nationally by the Fox News Channel. Mr. Stephens has “Stephens can make the reported stories conservative case for a from Afghanistan, hawkish foreign policy and Pakistan, Iraq, American unilateralism so Lebanon, Gaza convincingly that he has persuaded more than a few and the West liberals to join his side. In Bank, Mexico, prose that is sophisticated South Africa and but disarmingly casual, he Indonesia, and favors objective moral interviewed calculus over the pure selfdozens of world interest espoused by most leaders, including on the foreign-policy right.”

Atlantic Monthly Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Vaclav Havel and every Israeli Prime Minister since Shimon Peres. He has won numerous journalistic awards, including the Eric Breindel Award, the Frank Knox Award, the Bastiat Prize, and the South Asian Journalists Association Award. He has twice been nominated for the , and the Atlantic Monthly named Mr. Stephens to its list of the most inﬂuential pundits in the United States.

Stephens: Muslims, Mormons and Liberals By BRET STEPHENS

Why is it OK to mock one religion but not another?

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asa Diga Eebowai” is the hit number in Broadway’s hit And, finally, this: That the most “progressive” administration musical “The Book of Mormon,” which won nine Tony in recent U.S. history will make no principled defense of free awards last year. What does the phrase mean? I can’t speech to a Muslim world that could stand hearing such a defense. tell you, because it’s unprintable in a family newspaper. After the debut of “The Book of Mormon” musical, the Church of On the other hand, if you can afford to shell out several hundred Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints responded with this statement: bucks for a seat, then you can watch a Mormon missionary get his “The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening holy book stuffed – well, I can’t tell you about that, either. Let’s just but the Book of Mormon as a volume of scripture will change say it has New York City audiences roaring with laughter. people’s lives forever by bringing them closer to Christ.” The “Book of Mormon” – a performance of which Hillary That was it. The People’s Front for the Liberation of Provo Clinton attended last year, without registering a complaint – comes to will not be gunning for a theater near you. Is it asking too much mind as the administration falls over itself denouncing “Innocence of of religious and political leaders in Muslim communities to adopt Muslims.” This is a film that may or may not exist; whose makers are a similar attitude? likely not who they say they are; whose actors claim to have known It needn’t be. A principled defense of free speech could start neither the plot nor purpose of the film; and which has never been seen by quoting the Quran: “And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are by any member of the public except as a video clip on the Internet. No matter. The film, the administration says, is “hateful and denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they offensive” (Susan Rice), “reprehensible and disgusting” (Jay Carney) enter into another conversation.” In this light, the true test of and, in a twist, “disgusting and reprehensible” (Hillary Clinton). Mr. religious conviction is indifference, not susceptibility, to mockery. Carney, the White House spokesman, also lays sole blame on the film The defense could add that a great religion surely cannot be for inciting the riots that have swept the Muslim world and claimed goaded into frenetic mob violence on the slimmest provocation. the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three of his staff in Libya. Yet to watch the images coming out of Benghazi, Cairo, Tunis and So let’s get this straight: In the consensus view of modern Sana’a is to witness some significant portion of a civilization being American liberalism, it is hilarious to mock Mormons and transformed into Travis Bickle, the character Robert De Niro made Mormonism but outrageous to mock Muslims and Islam. Why? unforgettable in Taxi Driver. “You talkin’ to me?” Maybe it’s because nobody has ever been harmed, much less A defense would also point out that an Islamic world that killed, making fun of Mormons. insists on a measure of religious respect needs also to offer that Here’s what else we learned this week about the emerging respect in turn. When Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi – the closest thing liberal consensus: That it’s okay to denounce a movie you haven’t Sunni Islam has to a pope – praises Hitler for exacting “divine seen, which is like trashing a book you haven’t read. That it’s okay punishment” on the Jews, that respect isn’t exactly apparent. Nor has to give perp-walk treatment to the alleged – and no doubt terrified – it been especially apparent in the waves of Islamist-instigated maker of the film on legally flimsy and politically motivated grounds pogroms that have swept Egypt’s Coptic community in recent years. of parole violation. That it’s okay for the federal government Finally, it need be said that the whole purpose of free speech publicly to call on Google to pull the video clip from YouTube in is to protect unpopular, heretical, vulgar and stupid views. So far, an attempt to mollify rampaging Islamists. That it’s okay to the Obama administration’s approach to free speech is that it’s fine concede the fundamentalist premise that religious belief ought to so long as it’s cheap and exacts no political price. This is free be entitled to the highest possible degree of social deference – speech as pizza. except when Mormons and sundry Christian rubes are concerned. President Obama came to office promising that he would start a new conversation with the Muslim world, one that lectured less and listened more. After nearly four years of listening, we can now hear more clearly where the U.S. stands in the estimation of that world: equally despised but considerably less feared. Just imagine what four more years of instinctive deference will do. On the bright side, dear liberals, you’ll still be able to mock Mormons. They tend not to punch back, which is part of what makes so many of them so successful in life. Reprinted from WSJ. Bret Stephens will be speaking at the MJCC on Sunday, October 14th.

What Israelis Can Learn from American Thanksgiving By GIL TROY

ext month, Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving – a great American invention. As Americans from coast to coast sit down and dig in, eating their turkey and stuffing, their cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, Israelis should contemplate the holiday’s broadmindedness. This is the all-American day, when blacks and whites, Jews and non-Jews, immigrants and natives, act in concert, bonding as one nation. Thanksgiving’s magic lies in each individual’s memory. For me, Thanksgiving is about schlepping into a cold, windy Manhattan with my parents to see Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade – shivering from the cold and with delight, while watching supersized-balloons of Superman and Underdog waft down Broadway. It’s about defrosting in the apartment of my Aunt Jennie and Uncle Lenny, clambering around with my brothers as the grownups crowd around a table extending the length of their Bronx apartment. It’s about braving the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as a college student, sitting on the highway from Boston to New York, as millions rush to make it for the command performance which is the Thanksgiving meal. It’s about the sweet smell of American success as we gather around successively larger dining room tables in my l ’ i l ifi t h

Thanksgiving’s charms evoke the many, magical communal moments punctuating Israel’s calendar. There is a national magic and grandeur to Rosh Hashanah’s mass joy and massive heartburn, Yom Kippur’s stillness and piousness, Chanukkah’s lights and lightheartedness, Purim’s costumes and chaos, Passover’s cleaning and cuisine, Yom HaShoah’s sorrow and solemnity, Yom HaZikaron’s sadness and supportiveness, Yom Ha’atzmaut’s Ha’atzmaut’s bliss and barbecues. But none of these fabulous festivals which enrich Israeli life involve all Israelis. Twenty percent of the population, the Arab twenty percent, takes the days off but few Israeli-Arabs partake in these national celebrations. The absence of 20 percent of the population does not invalidate these national festivals. The majority culture in a democracy can mount mass celebrations enacting majority rituals and expressing majority ideals. But it would be great if the Arab sector embraced Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, or another holy day, perhaps making the Yitzhak Rabin’s memorial day a day for uniting all Israelis. American Thanksgiving should inspire Israelis to nurture more national rallying i t l b di t

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Shoah-Holocaust 3Perspectives Sonia Reich Elie Wiesel Hannah Stern

Until February 15, 2001, Howard Reich’s mother, Sonia, had managed to keep from her son almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust. That night, she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie, Illinois, convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition more often associated with veterans returning from combat or others not far removed from traumatic events. For Howard, it was also the opening of a window onto his mother’s past.

A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and his “long trip”, the history of his sufferings. In a remote corner of one-time Hungary, in the shadow of the Carpathian mountains, Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he returns to the town where he was born to walk the painful road of remembrance – but is it possible to speak of the unspeakable? Or does Auschwitz lie beyond the capacity of any human language – the place where words and stories run out?

Sixteen year old Hanna Stern (Kirsten Dunst) was a typical American teenager who ignored her family’s heritage until a mystical Passover seder takes her back in time to German-occupied Poland on an emotional journey of life, death and survival. Transported to a dank, cold, concentration camp, she experiences the horrors of the holocaust and for the first time understands the grim reality of her people’s fate. Fighting for survival, she keeps everyone’s spirits up by entertaining them with stories of the future, but she soon must face a terrible sacrifice.

Sponsored by the William P. and Marie R. Lowenstein Foundation

All Films Are Free and Start at 7:00 p.m. in the Belz Theater of the Memphis JCC

Angela Merkel, Barack Obama and Elie Wiesel

communities in conversation

Robert Wistrich

Antisemitism, Nazi Art and the Holocaust

NOVEMBER 12 - 7:00 P.M. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

Ambivalence and Betrayal: Israel, the Left and the Jews NOVEMBER 13 - 6:00 P.M.

NOVEMBER 14 - 7:30 P.M.

Art, Propaganda, and Terror in the Third Reich

Spectrum Dance Theater â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Theater of Needless Talents

BLOUNT AUDITORIUM

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE

Sponsored by: Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South, the Germantown Performing Arts Centre, the Spence L. Wilson Chair in the Humanities, and the Rhodes Lecture Board

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early childhood center New! Combo Class: Toddler Sports and Story Stretchers Drop-Off Class A great hour-long class that focuses on enhancing your child’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Toddler Sports will introduce your child to basic soccer, basketball, football and baseball skills as well as fun, interactive games. Story Stretchers will extend your child’s enthusiasm for books through art, dramatic play, music and movement, and manipulatives. The class also encourages positive social skills by teaching children to wait patiently and take turns. Ages 2-3. Must be 2 years old by 8/1/12. Tue 9:15-10:15am | 10/23-12/18 | $96m/$128 nm | 11102225 No class 11/21

New! Explorers, A Me & You Class Enjoy special time with your baby or grandbaby as you play, learn, and grow together. Meet other parents and discover creative ways to enhance your baby’s social, emotional, and intellectual development through music and movement, learning games, story time, art, and sensory play. Each theme-based session will include a parenting discussion and activity/parenting handouts. For adults with a 4 – 12 month old.

Toddler Sports & Games Older Toddler and Transitional Nursery Your child will be introduced to basic soccer, basketball, football, and baseball skills as well as fun, interactive games during this stimulating class. In a group setting, your child will practice gross motor skills such as kicking, catching, and throwing as well as fine motor skills such as grasping and hand-eye coordination. Positive social skills are encouraged by teaching children to wait patiently and take turns. Ages 2-3. Must be 2 years old by 8/1/12.

Wed 10:45-11:30am | 10/24-12/19 | $64m/$96nm | 11102226 No class 11/21

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New! Adventurers, A Me & You Class Enjoy fun-filled time playing with your toddler while also discovering creative ways to enhance fine and gross motor, social, emotional, language, and intellectual development. Each theme-based session will include music and movement, learning games, story time, art, sensory play, and a parenting discussion. Activity handouts will be presented at each session. For adults with a 12 – 24 month old. Wed 9:15-10:15am | 10/24-12/19 | $80m/$112nm | 11102227 No class 11/21

New! Hola Amigos Nursery, Pre-k and Kindergarten Your child will learn Spanish through songs, rhymes, finger plays, games, stories, puppets, role playing, movement, and hands-on vocabulary building using an assortment of props and other engaging activities. Ages 3-6. Must be 3 years old by 9/30/12. Mon 3:15-3:45pm | 10/22-12/17 | $103m | 11102216

MonWed 3:15-3:45pm | 10/22-12/19 | $153m | 11102214

Dates to Remember Nov 22 & 23.........ECC Closed – Thanksgiving Dec 24...................Last Day of Preschool & Kindergarten for 2012 Dec 25...................ECC Closed Dec 26-28 .............Winter Break for Preschool & Kindergarten; Toddling Tots Open, Winter Camp Available for Preschool & Kindergarten Dec 31...................ECC Closed at 4:00; Winter Break for Preschool and Kindergarten; Toddling Tots Open, Winter Camp Available for Preschool and Kindergarten January 1.............. ECC Closed – Happy New Year January 2.............. Preschool and Kindergarten Resume January 21........... ECC Closed – MLK Jr.’s Birthday

early childhood center Chanukah Celebration and Bagel Brunch Join us for a fun-filled family event for children of all ages! We will enjoy: a yummy brunch of bagels, latkes, jelly donuts, and more! Plus, chanukah crafts, cookie decorating, a sing-a-long, a Treasure Hunt, and much more! Sun 11:30-1:30pm | 12/9 | $15/Family | 11012230

New! World of Characters Older Toddler and Transitional Nursery Read it again! is the plea parents and teachers want to hear when a child connects with a story. World of Characters is a class that will extend that enthusiasm and better connect your child with books and stories through art, dramatic play, music & movement, manipulatives, and more. Ages 2-3. Must be 2 by 8/1/12. Thur 3:15-3:45pm | 10/25-12/20 | $92m | 11102213 No class 11/21

Master Chefs Nursery and Pre-k Cooking is a lifelong skill that can be artistic, creative and sometimes surprising! By incorporating recipes, age-appropriate culinary skills, basic nutrition, literacy, and cooperation, your child will love being in the kitchen! Ages 3-5. Must be 3 years old by 9/30/12. Thur 2:15-2:45pm | 10/25-12/20 | $92m | 11102221 No class 11/21

Math Mania Nursery & Pre-k Preschoolers will enjoy learning early math skills through hands-on activities, fun and educational games, and art projects. Children will explore concepts such as numbers, shapes, patterns, sorting, graphing, comparing, and measuring. Ages 3-5. Must be 3 years old by 9/30/12.

Aleph Bet Blast Off Nursery and Pre-k Blast off into a fun and engaging Hebrew language class. The curriculum follows a natural progression and includes greetings, animals, ABCs, people, numbers, colors, food, clothing, transportation, weather, daily and seasonal activities & more. Your child will learn Hebrew through music, rhymes, art and basic conversation. Ages 3-5. Must be 3 by 9/30/12. Tue 2:15-3:00pm | 10/23-12/18 | $110m | 11102217

Young Scientists Nursery and Pre-k Children are naturally curious about the world around them and this class will answer their questions through various games, simple experiments, and art projects. Your child will explore different themes such as weather, colors, nature, stars and planets, lights, magnets and mirrors. Scientific discovery has never been more exciting or educational. Ages 3-5. Must be 3 years old by 9/30/12. Wed 2:15-2:45pm | 10/24-12/19 | $92m | 11102219

Yoga for Kids Through fun games and exciting stories that focus on animals and nature your child will learn about yoga and all it has to offer: breathing techniques to increase energy and decrease tension; exercise to increase flexibility through practice of physical poses; meditation & positive thinking to develop focus, gain self-control, & cultivate inner peace; and relaxation to calm emotions and the nervous system, and give their little bodies a chance to recharge.

Transitional Nursery and Nursery

Ages 2-4: Fri 2:45-3:15pm | 10/26-12/14| $80m, 11102223 Must be 3 by 1/31/13

Pre-k and Kindergarten

Ages 4-6: Fri 3:15-3:45pm | 10/26-12/14 | $80m | 11102224 Must be 3 by 9/30/12

Mon 2:15-2:45pm | 10/22-12/17 | $103m | 11102215

Story Stretchers Kidz Korner Babysitting Located near the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fun Zone

Nursery and Pre-k Drop in babsitting for children 6 months and up.Stretchers Fees 1 child $2/30 Story will extend your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;minutes s enthusiasm for You must be onsite to use this service. Reserva Babysitting can be purchased at books and better connect your childpackages with stories and tions can be made at the Sports & Fitness the front desk literacy through art, dramatic play, music and movement, desk. Contact the Wellness Department manipulatives, for adand more. Ages 3-5. Must be 3 years old ditional Kidz Korner policies. by 9/30/12. Hours Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 12 Noon Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 12 Noon Tue 2:15-2:45pm $103m | 11102218 901-761-0810 x121 | 10/23-12/18 Monday - |Thursday 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

art house The Art House is a community art space that provides the opportunity for process-based artistic exploration and creative indulgence through classes, workshops, private lessons and an open studio. Open Studio The Art House at the MJCC offers an open art studio for children and adults daily. Explore your creative side with a wide variety of artistic mediums appropriate for aspiring artists. Each session is purchased at an hourly rate. $8m/$10nm per hour

____________________________________________________ Pay Your Age Sundays Looking for something fun to do on Sundays? Well look no further! The Art House is now offering a pay your own age art time. If your child is 3, it is $3 per hour and have “free reign” of the Art House. Whether you want to paint, draw, sculpt, weave or any other form of art you can imagine, this is the time and place to do it. All ages welcome! Ages 8 and older: $8m/$10nm per hour ____________________________________________________

Mommy and Me Mommies and little ones will enjoy this fun and creative time working together to make some of their first masterpieces while exploring a variety of supplies. Ages 1-4. Mon 9:30-10:15am | 10/15-12/03 | $40m/$64nm | 17492218 Tue 9:30-10:15am | 10/16-12/04 | $40m/$64nm | 17492219 Wed 10:15-11:00am | 10/17-12/05 | $40m/$64nm | 17492220 ____________________________________________________

Early Care Art Club Get the little one’s creative juices flowing first thing in the morning with this playful exploration of color, shape and fun. Ages 3-6. Mon 8:00-8:45am | 10/15-12/03 | $80m | 17492221 Tue 8:00-8:45am | 10/16-12/04 | $80m | 17492222 Wed 8:00-8:45am | 10/17-12/05 | $80m | 17492223 ____________________________________________________

Early Development Art Preschool students will begin to develop their problem solving and motors skill through creative artistic exploration. Using tools such as color mixing, mark making and shape building, young artists will start the creative journey into devolving confidence and imagination. Ages 3-4: Mon 2:15-3:15pm | 10/15-12/03 | $160m/$200nm | 17492214 Wed 2:15-3:15pm | 10/17-12/05 | $160m/$200nm | 17492216 Ages 5-6: Mon 3:15-4:15pm | 10/15-12/03 | $160m/$200nm | 17492215 Wed 3:15-4:15pm | 10/17-12/05 | $160m/$200nm | 17492217

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New! Drawing What You See Students will learn and play with the concepts of drawing from life. Looking at their surroundings and drawing what they see how they see it. They will also learn how to build and draw from their own still life. Ages 7-9: Mon 4:30-5:30pm | 10/15-12/03 | $160m/$200nm | 17492224 Ages 10-13: Wed 4:30-5:30pm | 10/17-12/05 | $160m/$200nm | 17492225

____________________________________________________ New! Fun With Color Students will create several colorful creations while learning the basics of color theory and mess making. Ages 7-9: Tue 4:30-5:30pm | 10/16-12/04 | $160m/$200nm | 17492226 Ages 10-13: Thur 4:30-5:30pm | 10/18-12/06 | $160m/$200nm | 17492227

____________________________________________________ Fundamentals of Art This class is for any level artist. Students will learn foundation art concepts through a series of projects that will challenge and entertain their creative side. Ages 13-16. Sun 1:30-2:30pm | 10/14-12/02 | $160m/$200nm | 17492228

____________________________________________________ New! Intro to Painting Students will learn basic color theory concepts through working on a single painting of their own choice from start to finish. They will work along with the instructor to create a finished masterpiece they will be proud of. Additional supplies will need to be purchased. A list will be supplied the first day of class. Ages 13-16. Sun 2:30-3:30pm | 10/14-12/02 | $160m/$200nm | 17492229

____________________________________________________ New! Painting Into Abstraction Students will transform everyday objects into beautiful and mysterious paintings through learning the basic concepts of abstract painting. This course will also educate them on color theory during the process of painting. Additional supplies will need to be purchased. A list will be supplied the first day of class. Ages 17 and older. Sun 3:30-4:30pm | 10/14-12/02 | $160m/$200nm | 17492230

____________________________________________________ New! Drawing Into Abstraction Students will transform everyday objects into beautiful and intricate drawings through learning the basic concepts of perspective, value and composition. Additional supplies will need to be purchased. A list will be supplied the first day of class. Ages 17 and older. Sun 4:30-5:30pm | 10/14-12/02 | $160m/$200nm | 17492231

markell school of dance

The Markell School of Dance Company PRESENTS

A DARK NIGHT

AN EVENING OF FRIGHTENING FICTION AND SPINE TINGLING TALES

November 18, 2012 6:00 p.m. MJCC Belz Theater Artistically Directed by Kristin Bihler Set Designed by Amy Hutcheson

Tickets $5 (m) or $7 (nm) on sale October 1, 2012 For more information Please Call 901-761-0810 OR E-mail dance@jccmemphis.org

Memphis Jewish Federation 2013 Annual Community Campaign Kickoff featuring a dress rehearsal of

Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s

Opus One with DJ Red Eye

In the heart of Soulsville • 915 E. McLemore Avenue (across the street from the Stax Museum)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 promptly at 7:00 p.m. Cost: $10 a person in advance; $15 at the door

For more information or to register, call Memphis Jewish Federation at 901-767-7100 or visit www.memjfed.org

2012 JCC Maccabi Games

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adults The Nathan and Dorothy Shainberg Art Gallery features Lost and Found – Artwork by Hallie Salky Charney and Lisa Jo Perdue November 4 – November 27 Opening Reception: November 4 from 2-4 PM Hallie and Lisa Jo each operate as scavengers, finding, collecting and sorting their objects that they present in different ways, yet each creating a narrative of a time past, a moment that is long gone, a well used tool now discarded. Something lost or found in attics, in the woods, in an old box…. Hallie Salky Charney studied art at University of Tennessee at Knoxville where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree followed by a Masters of Fine Art degree in Printmaking & Photography from the University of Memphis. Hallie has taught photography at Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. Her current body of work involves combining different mediums of photography, encaustic wax, and painting. Lisa Jo Perdue studied art at the University of Memphis where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Graphic Design. Lisa Jo worked as a graphic designer for many years in Memphis. Her current body of work combines old photographs and found objects to create narrative memories.

Hadassah Book Club It’s time to renew!! Register at the MJCC front desk for the upcoming year. The Hadassah Book Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 1:30 PM. Check www.jccmemphis.org for updates. October 16 Adriana Trigiani Shoemaker's Wife

November 13 Herman Wouk Inside Outside

2012 MJCC Shainberg Gallery Holiday Bazaar December 2-9 The MJCC Shainberg Galllery Holiday Bazaar is one stop shopping destination where you can find memorable and unique gifts for your family, friends and of course for your pet too. Come join the fun festive mood at one of the area’s best Holiday craft shows that supports local and regional artisans and craftspeople. There will be a variety of handcrafted items including scarves, hats jewelry, soaps and lotions, handbags, glassware, artwork, organic dog treats and clothing, candles and much more.

senior adults Tuesdays Oct 2..............MJCC Closed Sukkot Oct 9..............MJCC Closed Simchat Torah Oct 16............Speaker: Medicare Oct 23............Speaker: Fall and Accident Prevention Oct 30............Trip to Lichterman Nature Center to see “Scarecrow” exhibit Nov 6.............Speaker: Hypertension Nov 13...........Movie TBD Nov 20...........BINGO! .25/card Nov 27...........Trip to Dollar Tree! Dec 4..............Speaker: Rabbi Katie Bauman of Temple Israel. Topic: Hanukkah Dec 11............Speaker: Stress Dec 18............Speaker: Dory Lerner from Lichterman Nature Center. Topic: Nocturnal Ani mals - Whooo’s Out at Night? Dec 25............BINGO! .25/card Thursdays Oct 4..............Trip to ASBEE Sukkah Oct 11............Trip to Dixon Art Gallery Oct 18............MJCC ECC Visits the Lunch Bunch! Oct 25............Jewish Family Service Senior Resource Fair at Memphis Botanical Garden Nov 1.............Trip to Target Nov 8.............Trip to Sensational Sofas to see BRALAPALOOZA exhibit Nov 15...........Speaker: Jeannine Paul- Slideshow of her European Vacation Nov 22...........MJCC CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY Nov 29...........Speaker: Will Worledge on Tiffany Glass Dec 6..............Speaker: Type 2 Diabetes Dec 13............Speaker David Wade from Memphis Bar Association Topic: The importance of the American Legal System Dec 20............MJCC ECC Kindergartners visit the Lunch Bunch! Dec 27............Dutch Treat trip to the movies. Call Jennifer at 761-0810 for details. Sundays Oct 28............Trip to U of M to see Daniel Pearl concert “Harmony for Humanity at the University Center Theater. Nov 4.............Guided Tour of Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art and dutch treat trip to yogurt shop. $3.50 museum admission. Dec 2..............Trip to Sam’s Town Casino. $20 includes transportation, lunch & $5 slot play. Please prepay at JCC Front Desk.

Adult Club Monthly Luncheons

12:00 p.m. in the Belz Social Hall $5.00 per lunch reservation. Reservations are required the Wednesday before the luncheon date. If you are not called by the Telephone Committee, call Sylvia Walter at 754-1986. If you cannot attend, please call to cancel. Musical entertainment provided by Creative Aging.

October 24 Andy Tolmaci Singing Tunes of Elvis, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin

November 28 Teresa Pate and Dom Fusco Jazz Standards and Piano

December 26 LaDon Jones Vocals Include Classics and Top 40 Hits

senior adults Paragon Casino Trips

Medicare Part D Enrollment Advice Monday, October 29 Tuesday, October 30 Need help in finding the best Medicare Part D drug plan? The Council On Aging will be glad to help you find the best plan for you. Please call Jennifer Roberts to schedule an appointment at 761-0810. You should check your plan every year as there may be changes.

Please bring your drugs or a list of them with dosage, strength and drug name. Bring your Medicare card and drug card, too.

Arthritis Aquatics Exercise see page 28 Hadassah Book Club see page 18

sponsored by MJCC & Paragon National Bank Wednesday, October 17 Resort’s Casino Reservations must be made and paid in full by Wednesday, October 10. Wednesday, November 14 Fitzgerald’s Casino Reservations must be made and paid in full by Wednesday, November 7. • No casino trips in December or January •

Leave JCC at 9:00 a.m.

Return to JCC at 4:00 p.m.

$20 includes round-trip motor coach

transportation, $5 slot play & buffet lunch Pick up reservation form at Front Desk, and mail $20 check payable to: Paragon National Bank; Attn: Rita Fiduccia; 6300 Poplar Avenue, Suite 117; Memphis, TN 38119 Limited Spaces!

athletics New! Go Girls Go Go Girls Go participants will receive professional instruction in a highlighted sport each week. Our professional coaches will seek fun and creative ways to teach the fundamentals of the sport, proper ways to react to situations, and enhancing overall skills. The focus will be on fun while moving and developing a life-long joy of movement. The class will feature guest speakers (male and female), sports quizzes, weekly prizes, and potential “end of class” field trip. Ages 6-10. Thur 3:45-4:45pm | 10/25-12/20 | $200m | 14382201 Drop In Fee: $30m per class ____________________________________________________

MJCC Bucs Basketball Academy

The mission of the MJCC Bucs Basketball Academy is to provide all players the opportunity to learn the game of basketball, develop and improve their skills, and play basketball at high levels of competition. Bucs Basketball also seeks to initiate, stimulate, and improve opportunities for quality basketball competition and to promote and develop leadership within our Junior High and High School age basketball players. Macro Bucs for 5th & 6th graders Basketball league for 5th & 6th grade boys. Ages 10-12. TBA* | 10/14-03/07 | $225m | 14132215

Early Childhood Sports

Developmental Sports Basketball & Indoor Soccer For children ages 3-4, Developmental Sports is a child first introduction to sports through the MJCC. Using modified games and activities we spend a period of time focusing on one sport in order to teach the kinesthetic skills needed to grow and play in the field of sports. Ages 3-4.