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SUMMARY:Canasta Tournament with Elyse Kremins
DESCRIPTION:Experience an exciting day of Canasta with levels for beginners\, intermediate\, and advanced players. Whether you come with a partner or alone\, we’ll pair you up for a great game. Enjoy expert insights from coach Elyse Kremins and a delicious lunch while you play. Don’t miss out on this fun and positive event—stay tuned for prizes for the winners\, and register soon! \nElyse Kremins is a leading figure in the world of Canasta\, renowned as the #1 Canasta Coach™ in the country. She has organized successful tournaments across New York City for institutions like the UJA\, 92nd Street Y\, and JCC Manhattan. Over the past decade\, she has taught Canasta to over 2200 enthusiasts and founded the NYC Canasta Club\, where she fostered a vibrant community of weekly players.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/canasta-tournament-with-elyse-kremins/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,JCC-U
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SUMMARY:JCCU Day of Learning - Lunch & Learn - Author Eric Weintraub
DESCRIPTION:This program was made possible by the generous support from Baptist Health \n12:30 PM – JCC-U Lunch and Learn: \nEric Weintraub – South of Sefarad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain \nThis debut novel tells the tale of a Spanish Jewish Family who went into exile after being expelled from Spain in 1492\, leaving behind their converso daughter to the perils of the Inquisition. \nVidal\, a physician\, and his fam­i­ly join a car­a­van of 200 Jews jour­ney­ing to start their lives anew across the sea in Fez. On the car­a­van\, Vidal strug­gles to bal­ance his physi­cian duties of car­ing for the sick while strug­gling to mend strained rela­tion­ships with his family. \nEric Z. Wein­traub is the author of the nov­el South of Sepharad and the novel­la Dreams of an Amer­i­can Exile. He holds an MFA in Cre­ative Writ­ing from Mount St. Mary’s Uni­ver­si­ty. Born and raised in Los Ange­les\, Cal­i­for­nia\, he pro­files com­plex med­ical cas­es at the Keck School of Med­i­cine of USC.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/jccu-day-of-learning-lunch-learn-author-eric-weintraub/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:JCC-U,Lunch & Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T213000
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SUMMARY:Special Author event: Janna Brooke Wallack\, Naked Girl
DESCRIPTION:This stunning debut novel by Janna Brooke Wallack is about two siblings who grow up in 1980s Miami Beach\, living off the land as they navigate the landscape created by their charismatic cult leader father. \n  \nJanna Brooke Wallack’s short stories have appeared in literary publications such as Hobart\, Upstreet\, and American Literary Review. Her short story “Campaigning” was a finalist for the Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction. Naked Girl’s prologue\, “Five Pictures\,” was a finalist for Glimmer Train Press’s Short Story Award for New Writers\, and her story “Cat and Rose” received a Pushcart nomination by The MacGuffin. She grew up in Miami Beach in the 1970s and ’80s\, a landscape and childhood that inspired her debut novel. She now resides in New York’s Hudson River Valley\, where she writes\, works\, and never gives up trying to lose ten pounds.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/special-author-event-janna-brooke-wallack-naked-girl/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:arts + culture + ideas,Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260511T102138
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SUMMARY:Sacred Jewish Conversations with Rabbi Weiner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special class with Rabbi Cheryl Weiner on Friday December 6 and 13 at 12:00 pm: Sacred Jewish Conversations: Hopes\, Dreams and Aspirations As We Age. Free and Open to the Community. Presented by Mishkan Miami’s Sacred Jewish Conversation Initiative. Accept our invitation to this upbeat workshop on wise aging and end of life issues! \nWe will explore physical\, emotional\, and spiritual resources for creating a meaningful life as we experience growing older. Wherever you are along the Jewish cultural and religious continuum\, the project can support you by raising awareness and providing resources to help you have a conversation with significant others about ethical wills\, legacy projects\, and bucket lists as well as advanced planning. Fostering the Jewish sacred value of preserving life and living life to the fullest\, the project includes diverse perspectives in Judaism about end-of-life planning and decision-making. Let’s explore the resilience you can bring to the last stages of your lives to increase your well-being and your hopes\, dreams\, and aspirations for the future. \nThe SACRED JEWISH CONVERSATION INITIATIVE is a valuable resource for those looking to explore these themes within a Jewish cultural and religious context. We encourage anyone interested to go to our website for more information and resources. https://jewishmiami.org/sacredconversation. \nPresenter: \nRabbi Cheryl Weiner\, PhD\, is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Accentcare Hospice\, Broward. She is the Director of the Sacred Jewish Conversation Initiative and is the Director for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s volunteer training program for visiting people in need. She facilitates Wise Aging Seminars\, runs Bereavement Workshops\, and is a Spiritual Director\, Community Rabbi and Interfaith Dialogue Facilitator. Rabbi Weiner offers  adult learning programs for Nova Southeastern University and has taught for many Jewish congregations and community agencies\, including the MBJCC and CAJE Melton and More.  She also teaches graduate courses in spiritual development for clergy as adjunct faculty for the Academy for Jewish Religion\, CA.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/sacred-jewish-conversations-with-rabbi-weiner/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Conversations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T153000
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SUMMARY:FL JCC Virtual Author Event - Lihi Lapid
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our virtual FL JCC Author Series with Lihi Lapid. \nLihi Lapid’s nov­el\, On Her Own\, is a sto­ry of daugh­ters\, moth­ers\, and grand­moth­ers. Nina\, the novel’s teenage pro­tag­o­nist\, has run away from home fol­low­ing an argu­ment with her moth­er over a long-held dis­pute about Nina dat­ing an old­er man. On her first night with this old­er man\, she wit­ness­es his involve­ment in a mur­der. She runs from him into the arms of Carmela\, a woman whose old­er son has died and whose younger son has moved from Israel to the US with his wife and chil­dren. Carmela\, who’s los­ing her mem­o­ry and her abil­i­ty to think clear­ly\, mis­tak­en­ly believes that Nina\, whom she dis­cov­ered in the hall­way of her build­ing\, is her grand­daugh­ter\, Dana. Tak­ing on this new iden­ti­ty of Dana\, Nina devel­ops a rela­tion­ship with Carmela as she seeks shel­ter from oth­er parts of her life. \nLihi Lapid is a best­selling Israeli author\, pho­to­jour­nal­ist\, colum­nist\, and actor. This is her third nov­el. She lives in Tel Aviv with her hus­band Yair Lapid\, the for­mer Prime Min­is­ter of Israel\, and their two children.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/fl-jcc-virtual-author-event-lihi-lapid/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T213000
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SUMMARY:Comedy for Peace Stand Up Show
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of laughs with an amazing line-up of four comedians at “Comedy for Peace” on Tuesday\, December 10\, at 7:30 p.m. \nComedy for Peace (est. March 2019) is a project that aims to unite Jewish\, Muslim\, and Christian communities through humor and mutual understanding. Our project brings together the best Muslim\, Jewish\, and Christian stand-up comedians for an inspiring\, funny\, and unforgettable evening. \nComedy for Peace was founded by comedian/producer Dotan Malach\, who understood that although the political situation isn’t easily fixable – on a personal level\, we’re all human beings who want to work and live together peacefully. The first goal of Comedy for Peace is to show everyone that we can\, very quickly\, collaborate\, standing on one stage together\, having fun\, and laughing at ourselves and each other without any politics involved. \nSteve Marshall \nNew York-based Jewish-American comedian\, actor\, and writer. Born and raised in Brooklyn\, I became a wild\, unique\, energetic\, and intelligent performer with 30 years of experience in the biggest clubs in the city and touring regularly throughout the United States. \nGibran Saleem \nA Muslim American comedian born in North Carolina and raised in Virginia in a Pakistani household. Gibran is the only comedian to ever be chosen as a finalist for both the Stand-Up NBC and NBC Late Night program. Gibran has been featured on MTV\, T.V. Land\, Popcorn Flix\, PBS\, CUNY TV\, VOA\, Elite Daily\, and Cosmopolitan and performed his stand-up television debut on Gotham Comedy Live for AXS TV. He is a staple among college campuses and travels throughout the year. \nErik Angel \nAn Israeli-Jewish comedian and the founder/producer of the Comedy for Peace. Born and raised in Israel\, moved to New York few years ago. Since then\, he has been performing all around the world. He appears at Caroline’s on Broadway\, The Laugh Factory in L.A.\, and many other significant venues all over the U.S. He has opened for major headliners\, including Maz Jobrani; he regularly tours Europe and performs in Israel and Tokyo. He’s been seen on NBC\, was part of a few comedy festivals\, and has more than 2M views on Tik-Tok. His comedy is very surprising\, clever\, high energy\, deals with being a recent immigrant\, fortyish\, a newlywed\, that he’s Jewish\, and speaks English-Falafel 24/7. \nAshley Morris \nShe is a New York-based comedian\, actress\, and writer Who Regularly performs at New York’s Gotham Comedy Club and many other clubs all around the country. As an actor\, she has appeared on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live\, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)\, Prodigal Son (FOX)\, and many more. In 2022\, she released her first comedy album\, ‘Slightly Off.’
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/comedy-for-peace-stand-up-show/
LOCATION:FL
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T133000
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SUMMARY:JCCU Day of Learning - Lunch & Learn: Surviving the Survivor Podcast
DESCRIPTION:Surviving the Survivor Podcast \nJOEL WALDMAN \nPODCAST HOST \nJoel is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist. He brings more than two decades of experience crafting stories\, including long-form documentaries. \nKARMELA WALDMAN \nPODCAST HOST \nKarm is a Holocaust survivor and has been a licensed marriage therapist for over 40 years. Many know her as Joel’s mom and the beloved co-host of STS. \nJCC-U Day of Learning \n$30 per week (Includes Lunch) \nMembers & Patrons: FREE (Includes Lunch) \nJCC-U Day of Learning \nThis program was made possible by the generous support from Baptist Health
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/jccu-day-of-learning-lunch-learn-surviving-the-survivor-podcast/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,JCC-U,Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:FL JCC Virtual Author Event - Aleeza Ben Shalom
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our virtual FL JCC Author Series with Aleeza Ben Shalom. \nIn her par­a­digm-shift­ing book\, Matchmaker\, Matchmaker; Find me a Love That Lasts\, Aleeza Ben Shalom\, dat­ing coach and Net­flix star\, will guide read­ers through her high­ly orig­i­nal per­spec­tive on dat­ing\, reveal­ing the sur­pris­ing ways in which a person’s dat­ing habits direct­ly influ­ence their chances of find­ing last­ing love. With her unique blend of wis­dom and humor\, Aleeza debunks wide­spread soci­etal myths about love\, invit­ing read­ers to reframe how they approach the prac­tice of dat­ing. Each chap­ter intro­duces the read­er to a spe­cif­ic method­ol­o­gy while also shar­ing select clients’ sto­ries to show the the­o­ry in prac­tice. Help­ful tools\, includ­ing check­lists\, rules\, reminders\, tips\, hacks\, and fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions\, are includ­ed throughout. \nAleeza Ben Shalom is a renowned rela­tion­ship coach and match­mak­er who shot to inter­na­tion­al fame as the star of Netflix’s Jew­ish Match­mak­ing. She is also the host of the Match­mak­er\, Match­mak­er pod­cast. To date\, she has suc­cess­ful­ly helped over 200 peo­ple make their way down the aisle and has trained over 350 match­mak­ers and coaches.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/fl-jcc-virtual-author-event-aleeza-ben-shalom/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Book Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241216T213000
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SUMMARY:Matchmaking - Israel Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening night of the Miami Beach JCC’s Israeli Film Series\, with the screening of the beautiful comedy Matchmaking on Monday\, December 16\, at 7:30 p.m. \nEndlessly witty\, visually rapturous\, and sweetly romantic\, Matchmaking is a Romeo and Juliet-like saga . Matchmaking is Israel’s biggest box office hit of the year\, a joyous tale about tolerance and love. It is full of hijinks\, jokes\, and slapstick humor thanks to matchmaker Malki (Irit Kaplan from the beloved Israeli show The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem and Academy Award entry Foxtrot) and her deputy\, Baruch (Maor Schwitzer from the internationally acclaimed show Shtisel)\, along with plenty of one-liners about spicy salads and noodle kugels\, with a heavy dose of Yiddish sprinkled into the Hebrew script. \nSouth Beach Tavern sponsors the Israeli Film Series.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/matchmaking-israel-film-series/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241218T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241218T140000
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SUMMARY:Alyson Richman - Literary Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author Alyson Richman will discuss her latest book\, The Time Keepers\, at the JCC’s Literary Luncheon/Community Read Inaugural Event on Wednesday\, December 18\, at 12:30 PM. \nTwo women from dif­fer­ent worlds\, joined by the love of a child dis­placed by war\, dis­cov­er friend­ship and heal­ing as their lives inter­sect with a mys­te­ri­ous wound­ed Viet­nam vet named Jack. Jack works at the Gold­en Hours — a watch store that mends timepieces — and maybe even mends dam­aged souls. The Time Keep­ers inter­weaves the jour­neys of won­der­ful­ly diverse char­ac­ters that will grip\, fill\, and break your heart — only to bring them togeth­er with the care and pre­ci­sion of an expert watch­mak­er\, one piece at a time. Inspired by the true sto­ry of a Viet­namese refugee who entrust­ed the dra­mat­ic sto­ry of her escape from Viet­nam to the author and also that of a wound­ed vet­er­an\, Rich­man sheds light on the per­son­al sto­ries of those whose lives were for­ev­er impact­ed by the dev­as­ta­tion of war. \nAlyson Rich­man grad­u­at­ed from Welles­ley Col­lege with a degree in art his­to­ry and Japan­ese stud­ies. She is an accom­plished painter\, and her nov­els com­bine her deep love of art\, his­to­ry\, and trav­el. Alyson’s nov­els have been pub­lished in 25 lan­guages and have reached the best­seller lists domes­ti­cal­ly and abroad. She lives on Long Island with her hus­band and two children. \nAnd don’t forget to join us on Wednesdays at the JCC – JCC-U.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/alyson-richman-literary-luncheon/
LOCATION:FL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T213000
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SUMMARY:Noche Flamenco- A Night of Flamenco!
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Miami’s very own Ballet Flamenco La Rosa presents – La Casa de la Muneca! – a night of incredible dance performances inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s famous play\, “A Doll’s House.” \nThe evening includes light refreshments\, Wine\, and Sangria. \nJoin us for a fantastic performance of Flamenco with performers from Ballet Flamenco La Rosa. \nBallet Flamenco La Rosa is an international company dedicated to Flamenco as an art form in constant evolution. Based in Miami and made up of dancers and musicians from Spain\, Latin America\, and the U.S.\, the company presents flamenco dance at its best\, beyond traditional boundaries\, surprising and enlightening students and the public with the beauty and magic of this theatrical dance form.
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/noche-flamenco-a-night-of-flamenco/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241220T110000
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SUMMARY:Both Sides Now: Play Masterclass and Matinee with John Dalton
DESCRIPTION:Join Theater Theory instructor John Dalton for a masterclass with the play’s director and a matinee performance at the Gables Stage Theater.  Includes transportation and talk-backs at many of the performances.  Tickets for the matinee must be purchased in advance. Group ticket prices can be bought with Debbie Sack\, Cultural Arts Administrative Assistant. \nBOTH SIDES NOW \nAn Intimate cabaret and in-depth look at the lives and music of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. \nMASTERCLASS: FRIDAY\, DECEMBER 20\, 11 AM \nMATINEE: SUNDAY\, JANUARY 5 AT 2:00 PM
URL:https://mbjcc.org/event/both-sides-now-play-masterclass-and-matinee-with-john-dalton/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,Play Reading
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