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CLUBS + VERVE

Be moved as you engage in various art forms that convey messages, meaning, and emotion! Programs funded in part by UJA-Federation of New York’s Verve 55+ Living.

ART + TRIP PROGRAMS

SPECIAL EVENTS

AUTUMN BRUNCH
Recently retired? Empty nester? New to SJJCC? Join us for a lively afternoon of food, fun, and connection! Enjoy the energetic beats of Otha Day’s drum and rhythm circle, meet new friends, and discover the many programs and events designed to keep you active, engaged, and inspired in this exciting new chapter.
Sunday, November 16, 11:30am-2:30pm
$45 members / $55 nonmembers
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CLUBS

SINGLES CAFÉ V55
Mix and mingle at The Café at Sid Jacobson JCC with activities, music, and food! (Café will not meet in October)
Thursday, November 6, 6:30-8:30pm • Register
Thursday, December 4, 6:30-8:30pm • Register
$20 members / $25 nonmembers per event

BOOK CLUB
Share your thoughts on today’s best-selling novels, moderated by Nicole Yablans, an English teacher and library consultant. November’s pick is A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst, the nonfiction New York Times bestseller follows Maralyn and Maurice who decide to sail around the world in 1972. All goes well until deep in the Pacific Ocean, a whale knocks a hole in their boat, sinking it, and how they fight to stay alive in a tiny rubber raft.
Thursday, November 13, 7-9pm
$20 members / $30 nonmembers
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WALKING CLUB
Lace up your sneakers and join us as we walk the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art, right across the street from SJJCC! Indoor strolls will take place when weather is inclement. Please park in the museum’s main parking lot.
Thursdays, meet at 9:15am, walking begins at 9:30am

Audrey Kurland

Associate Executive Director, Adult Programming

(516) 484-1545 x109

For over 30 years, Audrey has put the needs of SJJCC members first along with motivating them through classes and clinics in aquatics, fitness, and sports. Starting her career at…

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Alyson Goodman

Assistant Director of Arts + Culture, Maccabi Manager

(516) 484-1545 x157

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Events

Fall Canasta Tournament

Wed, Nov 12, 2025

10:00am - 3:00pm

Author Breakfast: Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

10:30am - 12:00pm

Book Club: A Marriage at Sea

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Autumn Brunch

Sun, Nov 16, 2025

11:30am - 2:30pm

Chanukah Paint & Sip

Tue, Dec 02, 2025

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Author Breakfast: Such Good People by Amy Blumenfeld

Thu, Dec 04, 2025

10:30am - 12:00pm

Singles Café V55: December

Thu, Dec 04, 2025

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Pickleball Social

Sat, Dec 06, 2025

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Author Breakfast: Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein

Thu, Mar 26, 2026

10:30am - 12:00pm

Author Breakfast: Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton

Thu, May 07, 2026

10:30am - 12:00pm