Wednesday, July 1, 2026
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
525 Versailles Drive
Centerville, OH 45459

Those English Girls is the third play in A Resilience Trilogy by Michael London. Experience a premiere reading of this original play and provide feedback in a post-reading conversation with the playwright, director, and actors.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Email daytonholocaustresourcecenter@gmail.com to RSVP.

About the Play:

On a night in 1941, during the Blitz, in a Bermondsey area bomb-shelter in London, two sisters share their story of saving the lives of 29 refugees that were trying to escape Hitler’s Germany before the outbreak of WWII. Escaping their average work-a-day lives, opera became their passion. But when their friends needed help, the opera became their cover to help escape evil.

Ida and Louise Cook were average London spinsters making low wages and living at home with family when an opportunity came to them in 1938. An opportunity to save lives. They summoned their courage and their cleverness and found themselves crossing borders into Nazi dominated Europe. On each trip, under the cover of opera, they smuggled the money and valuables of their friends to London, and eventually the friends themselves, saving each of them from a certain end in a death camp.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Chabad of Greater Dayton
2001 Far Hills Avenue
Oakwood, OH 45419

Join us for a fun and convenient way to do all of your New Year shopping. Includes food tasting.

Click here to RSVP.

Tuesday, December 8, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Chabad of Greater Dayton
2001 Far Hills Avenue
Oakwood, OH 45419

$36/person (or included with CWC membership)

Click here to RSVP.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Mangel Sukkah

$36/person (or included with CWC membership)

Click here to RSVP.

Sunday, January 24, 2027
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Chabad of Greater Dayton
2001 Far Hills Avenue
Oakwood, OH 45419

$36/person (or included with CWC membership)

Click here to RSVP.

Friday, September 4 at 1:00 p.m. – Sunday, September 6 at 4:00 p.m.

Camp Livingston
4998 Nell Lee Road
Bennington, IN 47011

We are so excited to welcome you to a special family camp weekend, PJ Goes to Camp!

The weekend will begin with a magical, Jewish-camp-style Shabbat dinner and memorable service held under the stars. Throughout the event, family campers can enjoy lakefront activities like kayaking, canoeing, and tubing. You can also tackle the high ropes course and climbing wall, choose from a wide variety of sports, and make Jewish-themed crafts to take home to remember the weekend. Family campers will also enjoy campfires with s’mores and Jewish storytelling and will sleep in cabins. At bedtime, parents can enjoy special adult-only programming while supervision is provided for kids in the sleeping areas.

Tickets starting at $189.

Registration will close Friday, August 28. Click here to RSVP.

Questions? Contact Kate Elder at kelder@jfgd.net.

Friday, July 31, 2026
7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location TBD

Beth Abraham invites families and community members of all ages to our “Shabbat Under the Stars.” Come enjoy an evening of community and connection under the evening sky. We look forward to seeing you there!

RSVP to bas@bethabrahamdayton.org.

Wednesday, November 18, 2026
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park North
Dayton, OH 45405

Join the JCC Boomers at 2:00 p.m. for a docent-led one-hour tour at the Dayton Art Institute of the special exhibition Wall Power! Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum.
Before the tour, we will meet at 12:00 p.m. for lunch at Old Scratch Pizza (812 S Patterson Blvd, Dayton, OH 45402).

Cost: $10/person for exhibit tour; lunch cost on your own. Space is limited. Must RSVP by Monday, November 9.

Questions? Contact Stacy Emoff at semoff@jfgd.net.

About the Exhibit:
Quilts are America’s great art experiment: monumental compositions in color, pattern, geometry and representation, and traditionally, quilts are made mostly by women. The American Folk Art Museum has been at the forefront of the movement to bring recognition to quilts as a major art form with deep roots in American life and experience. The quilts presented in this traveling exhibition are graphically striking examples that embody a sense of “wall power.” In addition, a selection of American quilts from the DAI’s extensive textile collection will be presented to complement Wall Power!

Sunday, May 2, 2027
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Temple Beth Or
5275 Marshall Road
Dayton, OH 45429

Sunday, August 23, 2026
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
525 Versailles Drive
Centerville, OH 45459

Whether you have a little talent or a lot, join us for this special workshop! Week #4 is “Rehearsals.” Participants will refine their performances before the big show!

Get stage-ready with our interactive workshop rehearsals! Open to participants of all levels, this program helps build confidence, strengthen stage presence, and explore vocal performance—all while connecting with others in a supportive, creative community. Learn from industry professionals in this 4-week program as we build toward an end-of-summer informal performance, aka “informance!”

Rehearsal dates: August 6, 13, & 20 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; August 23 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact Marc Jacob at mjacob@jfgd.net.

Thursday, August 20, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
525 Versailles Drive
Centerville, OH 45459

Whether you have a little talent or a lot, join us for this special workshop! Week #3 is “Choreography/Blocking.” Participants will learn how to stage their pieces through movement and spatial design.

Get stage-ready with our interactive workshop rehearsals! Open to participants of all levels, this program helps build confidence, strengthen stage presence, and explore vocal performance—all while connecting with others in a supportive, creative community. Learn from industry professionals in this 4-week program as we build toward an end-of-summer informal performance, aka “informance!”

Rehearsal dates: August 6, 13, & 20 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; August 23 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact Marc Jacob at mjacob@jfgd.net.

Thursday, August 13, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education
525 Versailles Drive
Centerville, OH 45459

Whether you have a little talent or a lot, join us for this special workshop! Week #2 is “Vocals/Lines.” Participants will focus on vocal technique, clarity, projection, and text interpretation.

Get stage-ready with our interactive workshop rehearsals! Open to participants of all levels, this program helps build confidence, strengthen stage presence, and explore vocal performance—all while connecting with others in a supportive, creative community. Learn from industry professionals in this 4-week program as we build toward an end-of-summer informal performance, aka “informance!”

Rehearsal dates: August 6, 13, & 20 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; August 23 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact Marc Jacob at mjacob@jfgd.net.