enrichment & learning
The Minnesota JCC creates a wide range of day programs to add to your knowledge, deepen your curiosity and connect you to the community. Fitness programs, enrichment classes, field trips, speakers, enlivening Jewish education and social opportunities help you to stay active and engaged. No matter where your interests lie, we have something for you.
Whether in-person or virtual, we are here for you!
For more information, please feel free to contact: Irit Vinitsky at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.
ongoing programs
TC TALKS
Listen and learn from inspiring, knowledgeable and prominent individuals of the Twin Cities. Professors, sports figures, entrepreneurs, theater directors, and more!
CREATIVE WRITING GROUP
MONDAYS • 10:30 AM – NOON
Do you have a passion for words? Join like-minded writers in this supportive and uncritical weekly creative writing group.
To join the group, contact Irit Vinitsky at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.
ART STUDIO – FOR THE ARTIST IN YOU
WEDNESDAYS • 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM • SABES CENTER
Learn Painting & Drawing in this supportive and fun class for those with no previous art experience and for those who wish to perfect their art techniques. Participants may bring their own subject matter or use a still life that will be provided. Instructor, Lou Kotlarz will offer guidance and advice per participant’s request. Please bring your own supplies. Reservations not required.
COST/PER CLASS: $8; Non JCC Members $10
Questions, contact Irit Vinitsky at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.
FREE MOVIE MATINEES
MONTHLY • 1 PM
The Minnesota JCC presents FREE monthly movie matinees at the Sabes Center Minneapolis and the Capp Center St. Paul. We are excited to bring you a variety of films – from new films to classics, comedies, dramas, musicals and more! Hope to see you at the movies!
To receive information about our next film, please CLICK HERE.
BOOK GROUP
4TH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH • 10 – 11 AM
Our Book Group reads a wide variety of texts: novels, memoirs, non-fiction, short stories and everything in-between! The conversations are enlightening and fun; the people are engaged and enthusiastic. Everyone is welcome to attend at any time.
May Book: People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
by Dara Horn
In this searing essay collection, novelist Horn delves into the “many strange and sickening ways in which the world’s affection for dead Jews shapes the present moment.” Analyzing The Merchant of Venice, Holocaust memorials, and press coverage of a mass shooting at a Jersey City, N.J., kosher grocery store in 2019, among other topics, Horn comes to the conclusion that “the enormous public interest in past Jewish suffering” does not signify respect for living Jews. Enlivened by Horn’s sharp sense of humor and fluid prose, this penetrating account will provoke soul-searching by Jews and non-Jews alike.
Group Discussion: May 25 • 10 AM
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Meeting ID: 857 6360 0095
Passcode: 575458
June Book: Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr
When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive. Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds. Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself.
Group Discussion: June 22 • 10 AM
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Meeting ID: 828 2276 4519
Passcode: 572154
HINENI: ADULT JEWISH LEARNING AND CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES
PIRKE AVOT: ANCIENT RABBINIC WISDOM FOR TODAY’S WORLD
1ST & 3RD FRIDAYS • 11 AM – NOON ON ZOOM
The imperative to live life from your true self, as the image and likeness of God, flowers in the words of the early Rabbis (250 BCE–250 CE) who captured God’s call to be holy in Pirke Avot – a collection of pithy sayings on how best to live an ethical life. Come study this ancient work with much to say to our lives today. Drop in, no experience is necessary.
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special events
ARE YOU NEW TO MEDICARE
JUNE 19 • 7 PM – 8 PM
LOCATION: Virtual
Join an Educational Seminar offered for participants planning to go on Medicare in the next six months to a year. Learn how and when to sign up for Medicare, Basic Medicare vocabulary, considerations to think about when choosing plans and why working with an independent agent, at no cost to you, can assist you in making a smart choice.
Sheri Salloway Yarosh, MBA, from Partners Senior Advantage will lead an one hour seminar to discuss general options for obtaining Medicare. This seminar is for you if you are turning 65 or leaving an Employer Health Plan
Ms. Yarosh has extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of the needs of Medicare recipients. No sales involved!
Bring all your questions! Invite a friend to tune in with you!
CLICK HERE to register for this meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE – 8 HOUR INITIAL COURSE
JULY 12 • 9 AM – 5 PM
COST:AARP Members: $20, Non-Members: $25
LOCATION: Sabes Center Minneapolis
This driver safety course will refresh you on current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment.
After completing the course, you will have a greater appreciation of driving challenges and a better understanding of how to avoid potential collisions and injuring yourself or others. Minnesota state law requires insurance providers to offer a 3 year, 10% auto insurance discount to licensed drivers aged 55 and older upon completion of an approved defensive driving course. First time participants must take this initial 8-hour course, then renew their discount every 3 years by taking a 4-hour refresher course.
To register please call: 952-835-1882.
State of MN requires everyone to take an initial 8 hour class, which will make them eligible for the 4 hour refresher every three years after.
AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE – 4 HOUR REFRESHER COURSE
JULY 12 • 9 AM – 1 PM
COST:AARP Members: $20, Non-Members: $25
LOCATION: Capp Center St. Paul
This is a 4-Hour Refresher Course
This driver safety course will refresh you on current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment.
After completing the course, you will have a greater appreciation of driving challenges and a better understanding of how to avoid potential collisions and injuring yourself or others. Minnesota state law requires insurance providers to offer a 3 year, 10% auto insurance discount to licensed drivers aged 55 and older upon completion of an approved defensive driving course. First time participants must take this initial 8-hour course, then renew their discount every 3 years by taking this 4-hour refresher course.
To register please call: 952-835-1882.