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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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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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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
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