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Beginner Bridge Lessons
9:30-11:30 AM
Instructor: Marlene Case
Bridge is an exercise for the brain Learn a fun and exciting pastime, meet new friends and give your brain a work-out. Join us and learn to play the stimulating game of bridge.
- Member: $125
- Public: $140
Intermediate Bridge Lessons
5:00-7:00PM
Instructor: Marlene Case
Learn how to step up your bridge game.
- Member: $125
- Public: $140
Beginner Canasta Lessons
10AM – 12:00PM
This course will teach you the fundamentals, and then step by step you will acquire the skills necessary to master this competitive and exciting card game. Great way to make new friends!
Instructor: Gail Schrumpf
- Member $125
- Public $140
Review and Play Canasta
5:00-7:00 PM
If you have previously played canasta or you have completed the beginner course, this class will help to sharpen your skills, improve your strategy and compete with others at your level. Come play and make new friends!
Instructor: Gail Schrumpf
- Member $125
- Public $140
Member $125
Public $140
Intermediate Canasta Lessons
Instructor: Gail Schrumpf
- Member $125
- Public $140
Evening Couples CANASTA CLASS
(NO CLASS NOV 26 & DEC 3)
6:15-8:15PM
Learn the fundamentals and ultimately the skills necessary to master this competitive and exciting card game.
Instructor: Gail Schrumpf
- Member $125
- Public $140
Mah Jongg Strategy 2.0
(no class 11/7 & 11/28)
6:00PM-8:00 PM
Take your Mah Jongg game to the next level with this advanced strategy class. You will learn to play smarter, faster, variations of the game and tournament rules and tips.
Instructor: Stacy Budkofsky
- Member $115
- Public $130
Intermediate Mah Jongg
6:00PM -8:00 PM
Learned Mah Jongg but not comfortable yet? Played years ago and need to refresh. Here’s your chance to strengthen your basic skills.
Instructor: Stacy Budkofsky
- Member $115
- Public $130
Open Game Time
Monday-Friday, 9:30AM-5PM
The Esther Gitlow & Yvette Tekel Senior Program has tables available daily for Mah Jongg, Canasta, Rummy Q, Bridge, Scrabble and other games.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration not required.
Art for Life
Awakening Your Inner Artist
A new art program offers sampling of different art classes
more info
Knitting & Crocheting Circle
Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30AM
Create blankest, hats, sweaters and more. Some projects are donated, some are sold and some are created as gifts for family and friends. Instruction, encouragement and socialization. Novices welcome.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Myrna’s Art Group
Wednesdays, 12-1:30PM
Join us for a variety of art projects, including “adult” coloring books and air-dry clay—plus good conversation as we work.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Modern Judaism
Tuesdays, Oct 2 – Dec 25
10:30AM – 12PM
Facilitator: Shel Haas
FREE. JCC Members only
Films with Renee
Wednesdays each month
1PM-4PM
- May 22: The way we were, 1973. Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford
- June 12: Ship Of Fools, 1965. Oskar Werner and Vivian Lee
A retrospective of classic American films including a presentation with background information, analysis and discussion.
Facilitator: Renee Weiner
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Book Review Club
Wednesdays
1PM-2:30PM
- Wed, Oct 23 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Facilitator: Lucille Schroeder
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Ongoing discussion groups
Schmooze on the News
Mondays
No meeting Jan 1, May 21 & May 28
12:30PM-2PM
Roundtable discussion on topics in the news. Occasional guest speakers invited. Facilitator: Shel Haas
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
5 Star Trivia
Tuesdays, Jan 2–May 22 & Thursdays, Jan 4-May 31
No meeting on these Tuesdays: Feb 20, Mar 27, Apr 3 & May 29
No meeting on these Thursdays: Feb 22, Mar 29, Apr 5 & May 24
11AM-12PM
This group could also be called Cerebral Gymnastics. Test your knowledge on a variety of subjects, while having fun and keeping brain cells jumping.
Facilitator: Martin Resnik
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Women’s Discussion Group
Tuesdays, 12:30-2PM
This member-led rap group is for women who are looking for a warm, welcoming place to share and help one another.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Men’s Discussion Group
Tuesdays, 12:30-2PM
What’s said in the room stays in the room. Be part of this member-led rap group for men only.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Women’s Views on the News
Thursdays, Jan 4-May 31
11AM-12:30PM
You are invited to join a women’s group open discussion on local, national and international current events. This is a lively gathering of women who care about our world.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Men’s Discussion Group II
Thursdays, 12:45-2:15PM
There’s never enough time to chat – so we’ve created a second discussion group. This is a member-led rap group for men only.
FREE. JCC Members Only.
Registration required for free events.
Armchair Aerobics
10-10:45AM
Instructor: Rafael Muniz
- Community Member $156
- Fitness Member FREE
- Register for all 3 sessions for $450
(84 classes for the cost of 75. 9 classes for free)
(Payment plans available)
Space is limited, registration required.
A minimum of 12 community members must be registered by June 24 to ensure class will run.
register for all 3 sessions
For more information contact Diva Pavan at 845.262.4400
Sponsored by Institute for Advanced Rehab at Friedwald Center
Active adult fitness classes offered at the JCC Wellness Center.
Complementary month of fitness and wellness for all community members.
Offerings include classes such as Tai Chi, Yoga and Active Adults in Motion as well as access to free weights, strength training, cardio machines and locker with full amenities. Contact Marjorie Kornblau about membership at 845-362-4400 ext. 189.
STERLING BANK ADULT 35+ WINTER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
- Member $150
- Public $190
Registration is closed
Shabbat Study with a Schmear
Sponsored by Fountainview and Northern Services Group
Fridays, 12pm at JCC Rockland
Fees
Members $8
Public $15
Registration required.
*Please register early. Registrations taken the week of the event will be an additional $5.
Bagels and coffee served.
September 13
Glickman, Stoller, Bergman, Spitz and Cosell
Speaker: Evan Weiner
The 1936 Berlin Olympics and how Glickman/Stoller were denied an opportunity to run and Bergman was not allowed on the German Olympic team. Spitz and his gold medals at Munich in 1972 and being a high value target or at least the Americans thought he was and he whisked out and Cosell being Cosell in Munich. There are people in Germany who want the 2036 Summer Olympics for a 100th anniversary teaching moment. How the 1936 Games was used as a propaganda tool.
Register
October 18
Lower Manhattan
Speaker: Marty Schneit
Explore the neighborhood where New York began! Marty will discuss the former site of the Dutch Fort Amsterdam. The lecture will span 400 years of New York City history. From the original Dutch settlement and trading outpost at Bowling Green, to the peaceful takeover of the British in 1664, to the world financial capital of today, this lecture has it all. Marty will discuss the history of Lower Manhattan with the architecture, people and events that power “WallStreet”. Some of the additional sites that Marty will touch upon are Trinity Church, Federal Hall, the New-York Stock Exchange, sites associated with 18th century slave uprisings, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, JP Morgan.
Register
December 6
Looking Back 50 Years
Speaker: Evan Weiner
Journalist, TV pundit, radio commentator and podcaster Evan Weiner will present “Looking Back 50 Years: the Exceptional Events of 1969 Milestone events of 1969 include the landing of the first man on the moon, the introduction of the artificial heart, the Stonewall Riots marking the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, the Miracle Mets World Series victory, and the last public performance by the Beatles, as well as the introduction to the world of such classics as Sesame Street, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet.
Register
A GREAT PLACE TO SOCIALIZE WITH FRIENDS AND MEET NEW ONES
- SUNDAY, SEPT 8 at 11 AM
Bagel and Lox brunch
JCC Rockland
Members:$10 Public:$12 - WEDNESDAY, SEPT 25 at 6pm
Amici’s Restaurant
303 Rt 59, Nyack
Individual checks - SUNDAY, OCT 6 AT 11 am
SOCIAL
JCC Rockland
Members:$5 Public:$7 - WEDNESDAY, OCT 23 AT 5pm
Hogans Diner
17 Dutch Hill Road, Orangeburg
Individual checks - SUNDAY, NOV 3 at 11 AM
Bagel and Lox brunch
JCC Rockland
Members:$10 Public:$12 - SUNDAY, NOV 17 AT 12pm
Lunch at Sazones
191 So. Main Street, New City
Individual checks
Gene Arkin at 845.356.5525
or Seymour Chenkin at 845.848.2038