Minnesota JCC

Veteran's Day Breakfast (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-11-11 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | Sabes JCC
Welcoming and honoring all Veterans and their spouses with a casual gathering. Drop in to enjoy a light breakfast and great company in recognition of those who have served in the US and Israeli armed forces, and all who have fought to uphold democracy around the globe. This is not a formal program, rather a time to gather together.
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED • FREE EVENT
For more info, please contact Irit Vinitsky at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.

Veteran's Day Social (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-11-11 13:30 - 14:30 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Welcoming and honoring all Veterans and their spouses with a casual gathering. Enjoy light Kosher snacks and great company in recognition of those who have served in the US and Israeli armed forces, and all who have fought to uphold democracy around the globe. This is not a formal program, rather a time to gather together.
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED • FREE EVENT
For more info, please contact Irit Vinitsky at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.

Kids Day Out! (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-11-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
Let us entertain your children with a fun afternoon at the JCC while you enjoy some “me” time! Take a walk, see a movie, hang out with friends or family – the possibilities are endless! For kids ages 1-11.
NOVEMBER THEME: Camp out with a movie!
COST:ONE CHILD: $45 • $35 MEMBER VALUE PRICETWO+ CHILDREN: $75 FAMILY MAX • $60 MEMBER VALUE PRICE
CLICK HERE to register!
Questions? Contact Josie at josied@minnesotajcc.org.

Friendsgiving with Noah's Landing
2025-11-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
YOUNG ADULT SPECTRUM CONNECTION GROUP
Join us for a special Friendsgiving celebration and enjoy great food, warm company, a movie, and the spirit of giving. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring a food item to share, just make sure it’s vegetarian (no meat).
Together, we’ll assemble Care Kits for local unhoused individuals — a meaningful way to give back as a community. You can help by purchasing items from our Amazon Wish List (must be delivered by November 14). We can’t wait to celebrate with you! This group is nondenominational and for young adults ages 18+.
NO COST, BRING FOOD ITEM TO SHARE.
For questions and to RSVP contact Michelle Shamash at mshamash@noahlanding.org or 847.691.5027.

Kids Day Out! (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-11-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States

AARP Smart Driver Course (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-11-17 09:00 - 13:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
SAFER DRIVING MAY SAVE YOU MONEY
Join the millions of safer drivers on the roads with the AARP Smart Driver course.
Our enhanced course is based on the latest driver safety research and insights. You will learn evidence-based safe driving strategies and refresh your knowledge of the latest rules and hazards of the road.
Take the AARP Smart Driver classroom course and you could save on your car insurance!

Refresh your driving skills and knowledge of the rules of the road.
Learn techniques for handling left turns, right-of-way and roundabouts.
Discover proven driving methods to help keep you and your loved ones safe on the road.
AARP Driver Safety teaches safe driving techniques that make a difference in your life and community.

COST: AARP Members: $20Non-Members: $25
To register please call: 612-424-2825.

AARP Smart Driver Course (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-11-17 09:00 - 13:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States

Lunch & Learn: From Hospital to Home and Everywhere in Between
2025-11-18 11:45 - 13:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
More content coming soon!
To RSVP, email alilja@sholom.com | 651.328.2258
Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC and Sholom Community Alliance.

Krav Maga: Self-Defense for Women (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-11-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
An Israeli, principle-based self-defense and fighting system combining effective techniques from various martial arts like boxing and wrestling. It teaches practical, instinctual movements for real-world situations.
This particular seminar is focused on teaching women how to defend themselves against the most common attacks they might face – whether that be on their feet or on the ground. This introductory session will teach awareness-building, avoidance, hitting, kicking and using your voice to defend yourself.
COST:
$35 • $25 MEMBER VALUE PRICE
CLICK HERE to register.
Questions? Email Jordan at jordanh@minnesotajcc.org.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KRAV MAGA MINNEAPOLIS

Lunch & Learn: Clear the Clutter, Find the Joy!
2025-11-19 11:45 - 13:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
More content coming soon!
To RSVP, email acarlon@sholom.com | 952.939.1554
Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC and Sholom Community Alliance.

Give to the Max Day 2025
2025-11-20
Give to the Max Day is Minnesota’s annual day of giving — a celebration of generosity that brings our entire state together. For the JCC, it’s a time to share our mission, invite support, and highlight the impact we make in people’s lives every day. Since its beginning in 2009, this statewide event has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits like ours, and it continues to inspire connection, generosity, and community. Together, we make Minnesota stronger.

November Book Group Discussion: Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel by Lisa See
2025-11-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is an historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China, exploring her journey to break free from traditional gender roles and make a lasting impact on medicine. Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family – is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine.
FREE

Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
To join the meeting, visit: https://www.microsoft.com/…/microsoft…/join-a-meeting…
Meeting ID: 227 361 305 161
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Minnesota JCC Youth Theater Program Presents: Jane Austen’s Emma
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Step into the charming world of Highbury with Emma, a witty and heartfelt adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, brought to life by our talented young performers!
Emma Woodhouse is clever, confident, and determined to play matchmaker for everyone around her. But as her well-intentioned meddling leads to confusion, comedy, and unexpected lessons in love, Emma discovers that knowing your own heart can be the greatest challenge of all.
TICKETS: $10 GENERAL • $8 MEMBERS / KIDS UNDER 12 / SENIORS
CLICK HERE for tickets.
Questions? Contact Risa Cohen at risac@minnesotajcc.org.

Prenatal To Postpartum: Essential Movement Skills for New & Expecting Mothers
2025-11-21 11:00 - 12:15 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Reconnect with your changing body and build the strength you need for the demands of motherhood. In this 75-minute workshop, Prenatal Certified Personal Trainer Jourdan teaches essential core techniques that address the unique challenges of pregnancy, postpartum recovery and early motherhood. Learn how to breathe properly, activate your pelvic floor, and move with intention to support a stronger pregnancy, smoother recovery, and confident parenting. You’ll gain practical skills to navigate your body’s changes and feel empowered throughout this transformative time. Limited to 12 participants, reserve your spot now!
COST: $30
CLICK HERE to register.
Questions? Contact Jourdan at jourdanm@minnesotajcc.org or Will at willh@minnesotajcc.org.

BBYO Centennial Celebration!
2025-11-22 19:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
BBYO Centennial Celebration
Celebrate 100 Years of BBYO in Minnesota!
Join us for an unforgettable evening to reunite with friends, relive BBYO memories, and honor a century of Jewish teen engagement. Enjoy the World Premiere of a documentary featuring voices from alumni and teens across generations—plus meaningful moments and surprises you won’t want to miss!
Check-In – Begins at 6:15 PM
7:00 PM
Havdalah, World Premiere of Centennial Documentary, BBYO at 100. Our North Star, and special program led by current teen leaders. JUST ADDED! BBYO Minstrels’ 1960s-70s singing troupe alumni performance.
Reception to Follow
Delicious Kosher apps, sweet treats, cocktails, memorabilia, & nostalgic surprises.
TICKETS
GENERAL ADMISSION– $72
YOUNG ADULT (35 & UNDER) – $54
STUDENT & RECENT GRAD (25 & UNDER) – $36
BBYO TEEN MEMBER TICKET – FREE
SPONSOR A TEEN OR ALUM – $36
TABLE SPONSOR – $1,200 (INCLUDED EIGHT TICKETS)
TICKETS
Share your BBYO stories, photos, and memorabilia by filling out our short questionnaire – CLICK HERE.
Questions? Contact Alyssa at alyssac@minnesotajcc.org.

4-Week Mahjong Classes (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-12-01 10:30 - 12:30 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
In this beginner level class, learn to play or improve your skills. Join us for a bit of a challenge and have lots of fun! Taught by Frances Fischer.
DATE: MONDAYS • DEC 1 – 22
COST: $55/SESSION (4 CLASSES) • $50 MEMBER VALUE PRICE
CLICK HERE to register.
For questions please contact Irit at iritv@minnesotajcc.org.

Krav Maga: Advance & Practice Your Self-Defense Skills (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
Learn practical, easy-to-remember self-defense in a fun, supportive class. Krav Maga teaches awareness, avoidance, and — when necessary — effective, instinctive responses. This session focuses on bearhugs and grabs using rea listic drills and games so techniques become automatic. Great for all fitness levels.
COST:
$35 • $25 MEMBER VALUE PRICE
CLICK HERE to register.
Questions? Email Jordan at jordanh@minnesotajcc.org.
All of Krav Maga Minneapolis instructors are certified by the International Krav Maga Federation, based in Israel.

Kids Day Out! (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-12-07 10:00 - 13:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
Let us entertain your children with a fun afternoon at the JCC while you enjoy some “me” time! Take a walk, see a movie, hang out with friends or family – the possibilities are endless! For kids ages 1-11.
DECEMBER THEME: Holiday bash with a bounce house!
COST:ONE CHILD: $45 • $35 MEMBER VALUE PRICETWO+ CHILDREN: $75 FAMILY MAX • $60 MEMBER VALUE PRICE
CLICK HERE to register!
Questions? Contact Josie at josied@minnesotajcc.org.

An Artivism Journey Virtual Workshop: “What We Are Made Of – A Creative Gathering” with Hanoch Piven
2025-12-07 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
In this online workshop, we will use the Piven method, which consists of creating images using everyday objects with the goal of experiencing a moment of self-reflection. Creating this way does not require any previous artistic experience or technical talent for drawing. Creating a collage with everyday objects is a window to free association in a nonjudgmental environment, stimulating reflection on the very essence of creativity. The creative/artistic space is a place where the external noises are reduced thus allowing us to listen both inwardly and to each other. Using the objects we have gathered ahead of time, we will create a depiction of our “individual path” expressing, with metaphors, our traits, challenges and stories.
Hanoch’s art is about seeing what’s around us in a new way. About paying attention, which in Hebrew means לשים לב – to put heart. Paying attention to little objects trains us in ‘seeing’ and paying attention to larger issues: to our environment, to others.
COST: $18
REGISTER
About An Artivism Journey: Art Speaks
This project invites artists and creatives to explore the powerful intersection of art and activism through interactive workshops featuring inspiring presentations and hands-on making. Together, participants will learn, create, and exchange ideas on how art can amplify social movements and respond to pressing issues. In partnership between the Rehovot and MPLS communities, this program is a collaborative journey in harnessing artistic expression for change.
Planned in partnership with Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Minnesota JCC, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council and Parthership2Gether.
Join us for 3 incredible VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS with Israeli artist-activists. CLICK HERE for more info and additional sessions.

Kids Day Out! (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-12-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States

Krav Maga: Advance & Practice Your Self-Defense Skills (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-12-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States

U of M Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series: Eve Krakowski (Princeton University) Presents: How the Ketubba Became Jewish
2025-12-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
The ketubba, or Jewish marriage contract, is the best-recognized and most widely-used kind of Jewish legal document. But it is also the sole surviving descendant of an ancient Aramaic contract-writing tradition that was once shared widely throughout much of the Near East, and not only among Jews. This talk will trace the surprisingly long and varied history of the ketubba’s evolution and eventual consolidation as an iconic rabbinic Jewish practice, from the ancient Near East until the tenth century CE – a history that illuminates how rabbinic Judaism itself transformed and spread in the wake of the Islamic conquests.
Bio: Eve Krakowski is an associate professor of Near Eastern Studies and Judaic Studies at Princeton University. She studies the social history of the medieval Middle East, mainly through everyday documents preserved in the Cairo Geniza. Her work to date has focused mainly on gender, kinship, and rabbinic law among Jews in Fatimid and Ayyubid Egypt. Her first book, Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Women’s Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture, was published in 2018. She is now working on a second book tentatively titled Jewish Writing in the First Millennium, which examines how and why new forms of Jewish documents developed and spread widely across the Islamic Mediterranean during the ninth and tenth centuries.
FREE
CLICK HERE to register.
Cosponsors: Center for Premodern Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Classical & Near Eastern Religions & Cultures, Department of History, Institute for Global Studies, Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies, University of St. Thomas
Lectures will be held monthly on varying topics by different lecturers.

Hanukkah Handmade Market
2025-12-14 11:00 - 15:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
Join us at the Hanukkah Handmade Market! Where tradition meets creativity! Illuminate your Hanukkah shopping this year at our festive market featuring local Jewish artisans making art, ceramics, jewelry sweet treats and so much more! This festive day of community and connection is a time where you can support youth and adult artisans, find meaningful gifts, and get ready to welcome the Festival of Lights.
Artisans include:
Goldfine Jewelry – Prairie Olive Ceramics – The Dreidel Lab – Thumbs Cookies – Natalie Fine Shapiro Art – Tiny Art With Heart – Polished Earth Project Gems – Drawing Influence – Melissa C Mark Jewelry – Jodi’s Sweet Treats – I Would Dye 4 You – EarThings by Laura – Hadassah Craft Co-op – Isadore Nut Company – Shabsi’s 3d Printing – In My Earrings Era – Shear Beauty – YaYa & YoYo Book Series by Dori Weinstein – Lee Designs – and MORE!
Hot chocolate bar & gelt will be served!

Candlelight Yoga (Capp Center St. Paul)
2025-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
Relax and slow down in this restorative, candlelit class. Explore gentle movement and meditation to feed body, mind, and soul. Refreshments to follow.
FREE • OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
CLICK HERE to RSVP.
For questions, contact Jordan at jordanh@minnesotajcc.org.

Candlelight Yoga (Sabes Center Minneapolis)
2025-12-18 17:15 - 18:15 | Sabes Center Minneapolis

Community Blood Drive at the JCC
2025-12-22 11:00 - 16:00 | Capp Center St. Paul, 1375 St. Paul Ave, St. Paul, MN, 55116, United States
We are motivated by the strength and resilience of a beloved member of our JCC team’s entire family. In their honor—and in support of everyone in our community affected by cancer—we invite you to join us for a Community Blood Drive.
Blood donations are vital for individuals undergoing treatment and facing health challenges. By giving just a little of your time, you can make a life-saving impact.
Let’s come together in the spirit of care, compassion, and community.
CLICK HERE to schedule your appointment.
Appointments are encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.

An Artivism Journey Virtual Workshop: One Breath and Flash Art Workshop with Emilio Mogliner
2026-01-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Presentation by Emilio Mogilner followed by the “One Breath” Workshop —creating a complete artwork in a single breath. We will also learn the technique of “Flash Art,” rapid creation with one hand.
“One Breath” and “Flash Art” are artistic ideas that reflect how quickly our time and resources are disappearing. With today’s advanced technology, people often use power in ways that can harm nature and humanity—pushing us away from the true wisdom that sustains life and replacing it with unnecessary or even false information. In this reality, art becomes a form of activism—a way to remind us of what really matters and to call for responsibility, awareness, and change.
COST: $18
REGISTER
About An Artivism Journey: Art Speaks
This project invites artists and creatives to explore the powerful intersection of art and activism through interactive workshops featuring inspiring presentations and hands-on making. Together, participants will learn, create, and exchange ideas on how art can amplify social movements and respond to pressing issues. In partnership between the Rehovot and MPLS communities, this program is a collaborative journey in harnessing artistic expression for change.
Planned in partnership with Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Minnesota JCC, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council and Parthership2Gether.
Join us for 3 incredible VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS with Israeli artist-activists. CLICK HERE for more info and additional sessions.

Art Materials Swap + Collage Drop-In Workshop
2026-01-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Sabes Center Minneapolis
Give your supplies a second life—share the creative wealth!
Join us for a FREE community art materials swap where you can donate or pick up new and gently used art supplies. Whether you’re cleaning out your studio, looking for inspiration, or just getting started, this is a great way to pass along unused materials and find something new to spark your creativity.
All ages are welcome! No need to donate in order to take supplies. Stick around for drop-in collage workshops led by local artists from the Jewish Arts Collective. No cost or experience necessary, just come create!
Let’s reduce waste, support each other, and keep creativity flowing in our community.
FREE!
Art supply donations are welcome year-round! Contact Risa Cohen at risac@minnesotajcc.org to schedule a delivery.
Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, and JCreate, a program of TC Jewfolk.
