Adult Center
At our JCC in Roslyn, adults are always learning something new! From mah jongg, canasta, cooking and pottery classes and workshops to trips and international travel to Israel, Morocco and Cuba, the Adult Center has a program to meet your interests.
Ready to expand your horizons? Click here to sign up for a tour of Sid Jacobson JCC!
JOURNEY – CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Mah Jongg Clinic
Improve your game! Supervised play for those who know how to play.
6 sessions
Tuesday, 10:00am–12:00pm
Fee $115 / members $85
Mah Jongg Clinic
Improve your game! Supervised play for those who know how to play.
6 sessions
Wednesday, 7:00–9:00pm
Fee $115 / members $85
Beginner Canasta
Instructor: Judy Umansky
Learn the rules, strategies and scoring of Canasta in a hands-on and fun-filled setting.
7 sessions
Thursday, 10:00am–12:30pm
Fee $170 / members $125
Pottery Workshop
Appropriate for both beginners and advanced students. New students learn techniques of hand building, potter's wheel and glazing. Advanced students work freely. Includes firing pieces and 12.5 lb. of clay.
4 sessions
Tuesday, 7:00–9:00pm
Fee $140 / members $125
Pottery Workshop
Appropriate for both beginners and advanced students. New students learn techniques of hand building, potter's wheel and glazing. Advanced students work freely. Includes firing pieces and a 25 lb. bag of clay.
8 sessions
Wednesday, 10:30am–1:00pm
Fee $344 / members $312
NEW! Watercolor Painting
All levels. Perfect for beginners and those with experience. Benefit from individual attention and explore a variety of watercolor techniques.
4 sessions
Begins March 8
Thursday, 10:30am–1:00pm
Fee $140 / members $115
Supplies extra; ask for list.
One-Time Workshops
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New 2012 Mah Jongg Card Workshop
Instructor: Judy Umansky
Get help/tips about the brand new 2012 Mah Jongg card and play with it just after it comes out. Learn from our wonderful Mah Jongg instructor, Judy Umansky. A 2012 Mah Jongg card can be purchased for $8.
Tuesday, April 3, 7:00pm
Fee $20 / members $15
Cooking Class and Lunch at 388
Hands-on cooking class at 388, one of our area’s favorite restaurants. Enjoy and socialize over the wonderful, multi-course lunch that we prepared together.
Wednesday, March 7, 12:15pm
Fee $70 / members $60
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition
Enrichment Bonus
Pre-tour Dead Sea Scrolls workshop
Bus to Manhattan to See the Dead Sea Scrolls First-Hand
- Experience the land of Israel through the largest collection of biblical artifacts ever assembled along with Rabbi Lina Zerbarini of Sid Jacobson JCC and Rabbi Benjamin David of Temple Sinai
- Enjoy an Israeli lunch at Olympic Pita
Wednesday, March 14
8:30am
Fee $115 / members $95
Bus, light breakfast, lunch, exhibition and class included.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH THE JCC TRAVEL
Introducing Miriam Levinson of Great Time Tours/JCC Travel. The trips have a Jewish flair and are customized from the New York area. Miriam Levinson, a Cuban Ashkenazi Jew, has been a travel professional for the past 30 years. She organizes trips for many JCCs and has led Jewish Museum trips as well.
Cuba, A Jewish Mission
Escorted by Miriam Levinson, Who Grew Up In Cuba
Join us on this extraordinary mission to Cuba and bring support and aid to the Cuban Jewish community. The spirit of the Jewish community will inspire and motivate you.
March 7–15, 2012
Fee $3,449 / members $3,199* per person double occupancy, single supplement add $475
*U.S. and Cuban departure taxes of $90 plus tips are added to final billing
THEATRE PROGRAMS AND PRODUCTIONS
For more information on the Adult Theatre programs offered at Sid Jacobson JCC, please click here.
COMMUNITY – SOCIAL ACTION AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Tikkun Alliance of the North Shore (TANS)
TANS is a collaborative community effort formed to address issues affecting our world today. Our focus on tikkun olam, repairing the world, includes tackling problems such as hunger, poverty and the environment.
The TANS consortium consists of The Community Synagogue, Congregation Tifereth Israel, Mid-Island Y JCC, North Shore Synagogue, Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation, The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Shelter Rock Jewish Center, Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Chaverim, Temple Judea of Manhasset and Temple Sinai.
Projects over the past year include:
- Fed and distributed coats to those in need, simultaneously in five locations across the North Shore of Long Island.
- Collected and distributed prom attire for the Long Island Volunteer Center’s Prom Boutique, serving 1,573 at-risk youth.
- The “From Our Table to Yours” food recovery awareness program provides local food shelters with unused food left over from events and gatherings.
- “Birthday in a Box” program continues to host birthday parties and supply basic baby care items for children and mothers living in a shelter.
If you are interested in social action and tikkun olam, perhaps the TANS committee is the place for you to "give back" to your community. Join us in making a difference in the world!
For more information on TANS, contact Mary Modica, Americorps Volunteer Coordinator, 516-484-1545, ext. 116, mmodica@sjjcc.org
Pack it up for Purim
In partnership with UJA-Federation of New York, AmeriCorps and Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Each year, Jews around the world send food packages to their neighbors as part of the Purim celebration. In the spirit of the holiday, we’re hoping to collect 2,000 nutritious food packages for needy New Yorkers. Donate nutritious, non-perishable goods in the JCC lobby. All packages will be donated to the INN.
For a suggested shopping list for your package and more information on how you can volunteer, contact Mary Modica, Americorps Volunteer Coordinator, 516-484-1545, ext. 116, mmodica@sjjcc.org
Tuesday, February 14-28
Our Newest Project: From Our Table to Yours - A Food Recovery Initiative
Do you have extra food from a celebration or untouched food from a house of mourning? Join TANS in donating perishable food to people in need in our communities. For more information on where to donate, contact Mary Modica, Americorps Volunteer Coordinator, 516-484-1545, ext. 116, mmodica@sjjcc.org
"It’s Your Birthday … in a Box"
All children deserve to celebrate their birthday! It’s Your Birthday … in a Box provides a way for community members to host a birthday party for a child living in a shelter. Volunteers from our TANS temples and JCCs are preparing these special birthday boxes for children on a year-round basis.
Ambassador Corps-A Volunteer Initiative
Help spread the word about fabulous JCC adult programming - excursions, speakers, films, authors, health and wellness, theatre, social action and life planning programs. Serve as a liaison between the JCC and the community! A rewarding way to "give back" to your community ... join us!
Friendly Visitor Program
For more information about the Friendly Visitor Program, please click here.
Jennifer Griffin & Greg Myre, This Burning Land, Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Myre and Griffin, journalists who are husband and wife, were raising a family as the Palestinian uprising erupted in Iraq. Myre is a New York Times reporter, and Griffin is a Fox News correspondent. In collaboration with the Adult Center.
Monday, March 19, 7:30pm
Fee $25 / members $18
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Reinventing Intimacy, Love and Sex After Fifty!
The Transition Network of Long Island in partnership with Sid Jacobson JCC present Suzanne Braun Levine, author of How We Love Now, Sex and the New Intimacy in Second Adulthood. Levine is a nationally recognized author, journalist and authority on women, family issues and media. She has appeared on Oprah, Charlie Rose, Today, NPR and was the first editor of Ms. Magazine.
Tuesday, April 3
7:00–9:00pm
Fee $25 / Sid Jacobson JCC or TTN members $15
Yvette Bergman, MBA, Director of Adult Center, 516-484-1545, ext. 209, ybergman@sjjcc.org
