The Community Geocache Scavenger Hunt will run from May 22 – June 7. Caches will be placed by Hillel Academy students on May 21, and removed on June 7. Registered families will be emailed the coordinates on May 21 -- register below! Two small caches (a box about the size of your palm), are hidden […]
Five spots reserved for each date. Contact Megan at mullom@jfgd.net to reserve your spot. Moraine Location
Rev up your hotrod and drive over to the Dixie Twin Drive-In for the JCC’s Opening Night of Film Fest! DJ Butch Brown kicks off the celebration at 7PM. The Graeter’s Ice Cream truck will be available to purchase sweet treats! The concession stand will also be open for your convenience. $15 per car Israeli […]
Available Online June 10 - 13 1hr 15min • Sports Documentary (released 2020) • English/Hebrew Recruited from the basketball courts of Harlem, Newark native Aulcie Perry joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1976. He quickly established himself as a leader and helped defeat the heavily favored Soviets to give Team Israel its first European championship. He […]
Join JCRC as the Dayton Art Institute highlights select works of artists in the DAI’s collection who participated in the Federal Art Program (FAP). The FAP was the arm of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) that supported artists during the Great Depression. This interactive talk, led by Casey Goldman, Lead Museum Educator at […]
Meet up with other PJ and PJOW families and explore Little Sugar Creek at Magee Park! Bring your creek gear and get ready to get wet! Parking lot and playground on-site. RSVP below by clicking the + button on the right and fill out the following fields. Questions? Contact Kate Elder, kelder@jfgd.net.
Beyond factors such as race and class, there is a powerful system that influences the lives and behaviors of a nations people – the hidden caste system. Written by Isabel Wilkerson, Caste links the similar systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany and offers the audience insight into how the people of these nations have […]
Available Online June 14 - 16 1hr 34min • Drama (released 2020) • Hebrew with subtitles Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to […]
A special Zoom discussion with Dani Menkin, Director of A Picture of His Life and Aulcie. We will auction an official Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball signed by Aulcie Perry and award-winning director Dani Menkin. The tax-deductible donation will go to On The Map Foundation, a 501c3 non-for-profit, and will support telling more inspirational stories through […]
Join Jewish Family Services for the third event in its annual Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes series. Sherie Ford, a Clinician, and Mark Graham, a Certified Prosthetist, Orthotist, will be discussing with us the importance of proper footwear and fit and its impact on our physical well-being. Sherie Ford is an Australian clinician that has […]
Available Online June 17 - 20 1hr 43min • Drama (released 2019) • English My Dearest Enemy tells the story of Maya and Alice, an Arab and a Jew, and their 25 year friendship. When their relationship is threatened by the conflict and violence within Israel, not only is their friendship caught in the crossfire, […]
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD By Colson Whitehead HOSTESS Judy Schwartzman 937-293-3348 to RSVP
Available Online June 21 - 23 1hr 51min • Biography, Drama, History (released 2019) • English My Name is Sara tells the true life-story of Sara Guralnick, a 13-year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best […]
Dr. Denise Starr joins us to discuss the behavior changes our pets may experience as our social and work lives begin to adjust. We want to see your pets! Send in photos of your fur babies and their names! We will create a little slideshow to share during the event. Please email your photos to […]
YAD - let's get together for a fun filled evening of music trivia! We will meet outside (it's under cover) at a table reserved table. Arrive about 6:30 (if you can) to order dinner/drinks - cost on your own. There are three rounds of music trivia starting at 7:00 pm. Reservations required to Cheryl at […]
Available Online June 24 - 27 1hr 26min • Documentary (released 2019) • English/Hebrew/German Love It Was Not is a tragic love story between a prisoner and her captor. Flamboyant and full of life, Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz as a young woman, and soon finds unlikely solace under the tutelage of Franz Wunsch, […]
Join JCRC for a Community Conversation with Bradley Orsini. Orsini will discuss SCN’s role to combat and protect against antisemitism and antisemitic threats from a local, regional, U.S., and international magnitude. What is Secure Communities Network? SCN serves as the central organization dedicated exclusively to the safety and security of the American Jewish community. Through […]
Back by popular demand, JFS is hosting another Drive Thru Mitzvah Mission! Help us feed the guests at St. Vincent de Paul’s shelters and provide donations of high need items for Hannah’s Treasure Chest. Prepare frozen, unbaked macaroni and cheese casseroles following the required recipe and directions below. Purchase items from the high need list […]
Join us as our ladies share uplifting stories of encouragement and positivity they have received from other Jewish Women, along with some fellowship as we share boxed lunch together. Speakers: Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Lisa Harlan Sis Litvin Robin Melet Sunday, June 27th 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Beth Jacob Parking Lot (so we can observe […]
Available Online June 28 - 30 1hr 37min • Documentary (released 2020) • English Common cause between the Black and Jewish communities was found in the turbulent ‘60s Civil Rights era, as Jewish leaders backed Dr. King’s efforts at racial equality and harmony. Yet, the relationship has frayed in recent years, as a once mighty […]
7 - 9PM, via Zoom. $5/per household, RSVP required. Click here to register. JCRC’s Racial Justice Alliance invites you to a special screening of Shared Legacies, a documentary highlighting the civil rights movement and the relationship of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel. The screening will be followed with discussion led by […]
7 – 9PM, via Zoom Cost is $5, RSVP required for Zoom link. JCRC’s Racial Justice Alliance invites you to a special screening of Shared Legacies, a documentary highlighting the civil rights movement and the relationship of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Heschel. The screening will be followed with discussion led by […]
Available Online July 1 - 4 1 hour 30min • Drama (released 2020) • Norwegian with subtitles The Crossing tells the story of the adventurous 10-year-old Gerda and her brother Otto, whose parents are in the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War. One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda and Otto's parents […]