Program Description: Come celebrate Hanukkah with latkes, sufgoniot and the harmonica music of Alec Fienberg.

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 12:30pm

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community $8

For more information contact: leslie.needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: This group will provide a safe and non-judgmental space for people to share their personal experiences and feelings, coping strategies, and firsthand experience raising neurodivergent individuals. The intention of these gatherings will be to give care takers the opportunity to connect with one another, share in the struggles of raising a neurodivergent individual, celebrate the wins, and feel less alone.

Our guest for this meeting is Elizabeth Zoley, OTR/L, CPC, ELI-MP. She is an Occupational Therapist & Integrative Coach with more than 20 years experience working with children and families. She is the founder of Affect Integrative Therapy which offers a unique style of pediatric occupational therapy services with the integration of child and family coaching.

This support group will be an informal session in which you can share your struggles, ask questions, and learn from a highly qualified and respected local resource.

Suggested donation of $18 per meeting will go towards facilitating this group and providing additional resources for the community.

About the Group Leader: Nili Zaharony is a member of the local Jewish and Israeli communities. She is also the mother of three beautiful children, two of whom carry neurodivergent diagnoses. They have experienced their fair share of challenges, judgement, and exclusion - experiences she hope she can help alleviate for other families like hers.

When: Wednesday, December 18, from 6:30-7:30pm

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

For more information: Gena.Brown@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: "What Makes Jerusalem Special?" with Prof. Jodi Magness

Prof. Jodi Magness' newest book, Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades (Oxford University Press, 2024), presents a broad yet detailed account of Jerusalem, one of the world’s oldest, holiest, and most contested cities. Jodi's presentation will journey us back thousands of years to understand how this remote and relatively poor mountain town came to be sacred to followers of the three Abrahamic faiths.

If Prof. Jodi Magness seems familiar to you, you probably have seen her on numerous TV archeology programs. Archaeologist and scholar of religion, Dr. Magness serves as UNC's Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism. She has participated in 20 different excavations in Israel and Greece, including co-directing the excavations of  Masada's Roman siege works. Recent excavations led by Dr. Magness in Israel's Galilee have brought to light a monumental early 5th century synagogue with stunning mosaics .Among her award winning books are Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth (2019 finalist - National Jewish Book Award in History); The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2003 winner Biblical Archaeology Society’s Award, Best Popular Book in Archaeology) and The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine (2006 Irene Levi-Sala Book Prize - Archaeology of Israel).

12:30pm - Box Lunches

1:00pm - Program

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Wednesday, December 18, at 12:30pm

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community $18

For assistance registering: registrar@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Enjoy a festive Chanukah lunch at the JCC with the Ladies Who Lunch!

When: Tuesday, December 17 from 12-2pm

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

For more information: Leslie.Needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Join the annual Community Dreidel Exchange, hosted this year by Beth Shalom. Bring a gift-wrapped, decorative dreidel valued at no more than $36.00 to exchange.

When: Thursday, December 12 from 6:30-8:30pm

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606

For more information: Leslie.Needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: The J Sports Winter Beginner Doubles Ladder is back at the Sports Pavilion on the David R. Kahn Community Campus! Come out every week and play with different partners to earn points. As you earn points, you will climb the ladder and play to be the one at the top at the end of the season.

Each week you will get to play with and against a variety of players. You will continue to grow you game by playing against a different skill levels. At the end of the season, we will have a random draw tournament to see who takes home the coveted J Sports Title Belts!

When: League will play on Sundays from 12pm-2pm

• December 8, 15

• January 5, 12, 19, 26

• February 2, 9, 16, 23

• Tournament on March 2

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

Cost: JCC Members–$50, General Community–$75

Registration is per person only and each player must be 16+.

For more information: pickleball@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Join PJ Library and the North Carolina Museum of Art to celebrate Hanukkah! Meet the PJ community for a family friendly tour of the Judaic Art section of the museum, a Hanukkah story, craft, and light refreshments. 

When: Sunday, December 8 from 11am-1pm

Where: Studio 2 at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607

For more information and to RSVP: Liz Zatz, counselingatorliz@gmail.com

Program Description: The J Sports Winter Doubles Ladder is back at the Sports Pavilion on the David R. Kahn Community Campus! Come out every week and play with different partners to earn points. As you earn points, you will climb the ladder and play to be the one at the top at the end of the season.

Each week you will get to play with and against a variety of players. You will continue to grow you game by playing against a different skill levels. At the end of the season, we will have a random draw tournament to see who takes home the coveted J Sports Title Belts!

When: League will play on Sundays from 10am-12pm

• December 8, 15

• January 5, 12, 19, 26

• February 2, 9, 16, 23

• Tournament on March 2

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

Cost: JCC Members–$50, General Community–$75

Registration is per person only and each player must be 16+.

For more information: pickleball@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: This group will provide a safe and non-judgmental space for people to share their personal experiences and feelings, coping strategies, and firsthand experience raising neurodivergent individuals. The intention of these gatherings will be to give care takers the opportunity to connect with one another, share in the struggles of raising a neurodivergent individual, celebrate the wins, and feel less alone.

Suggested donation of $18 per meeting will go towards facilitating this group and providing additional resources for the community.

About the Group Leader: Nili Zaharony is a member of the local Jewish and Israeli communities. She is also the mother of three beautiful children, two of whom carry neurodivergent diagnoses. They have experienced their fair share of challenges, judgement, and exclusion - experiences she hope she can help alleviate for other families like hers.

When: Days of the week vary, meets from 6:30-7:30pm

• Monday, December 2nd

• Wednesday, December 18th

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

For more information: Gena.Brown@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Apeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCann

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on to the schools their children attend to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.
 
But their lives, however circumscribed, are upended one after the other: first, Rami’s thirteen-year-old daughter, Smadar, becomes the victim of suicide bombers; a decade later, Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter, Abir, is killed by a rubber bullet. Rami and Bassam had been raised to hate one another. And yet, when they learn of each other’s stories, they recognize the loss that connects them. Together they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace—and with their one small act, start to permeate what has for generations seemed an impermeable conflict.
 
This extraordinary novel is the fruit of a seed planted when the novelist Colum McCann met the real Bassam and Rami on a trip with the non-profit organization Narrative 4. McCann was moved by their willingness to share their stories with the world, by their hope that if they could see themselves in one another, perhaps others could too.
 
With their blessing, and unprecedented access to their families, lives, and personal recollections, McCann began to craft Apeirogon, which uses their real-life stories to begin another—one that crosses centuries and continents, stitching together time, art, history, nature, and politics in a tale both heartbreaking and hopeful. The result is an ambitious novel, crafted out of a universe of fictional and nonfictional material, with these fathers’ moving story at its heart.

When: Monday, December 4, 2024, at 12:30pm

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

Cost: JCC Members only

For assistance registering: registrar@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description:

Jewish Film Series: “Between the Temples” (2024)

Directed by Nathan Silver, comedy, 1 hr. 51 min., NR

A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.

When: Thursday, November 21 at 6:30pm

Where: East Building, SECU Auditorium, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607

Cost: $5 for NCMA Members, $10 for Nonmembers

Tickets go on sale August 8 at 10 am for NCMA Members, and August 9 at 10 am for Nonmembers.

For more information: Please contact NCMA’s Visitor Experience Department at help@ncartmuseum.org for more information.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Program Description: This group will provide a safe and non-judgmental space for people to share their personal experiences and feelings, coping strategies, and firsthand experience raising neurodivergent individuals. The intention of these gatherings will be to give care takers the opportunity to connect with one another, share in the struggles of raising a neurodivergent individual, celebrate the wins, and feel less alone.

Suggested donation of $18 per meeting will go towards facilitating this group and providing additional resources for the community.

About the Group Leader: Nili Zaharony is a member of the local Jewish and Israeli communities. She is also the mother of three beautiful children, two of whom carry neurodivergent diagnoses. They have experienced their fair share of challenges, judgement, and exclusion - experiences she hope she can help alleviate for other families like hers.

When: Days of the week vary, meets from 6:30-7:30pm

• Wednesday, November 20th

• Monday, December 2nd

• Wednesday, December 18th

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

For more information: Gena.Brown@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: “2024: A Regional Inflection Point or Is History Just Repeating Itself?” with Prof. Bob Moog

Do events happening now in the Middle East represent a new set of political, geographic and military realities for the area, as perhaps the '67 War did? Or is it simply more of the same that's been happening for quite a while, but now an Israel with restored deterrence? Because Prof Moog is an extremely popular speaker at JCC, his talks sell out quickly so you would be wise to register early.

Bob Moog, NCSU professor emeritus, School of Public & International Affairs, is a specialist in Middle East Politics and in comparative legal systems, Prof. Moog served as political consultant to Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Egypt. 

12:30pm - Box Lunches

1:00pm - Program

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Wednesday, November 20, at 12:30pm

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community $18

For assistance registering: registrar@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Dine with the Ladies Who Lunch at Milton's Pizza & Pasta!

When: Tuesday, November 19 from 12-1:30pm

Where: Milton’s Pizza & Pasta, 8853 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615

For more information: Leslie.Needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: “Jerusalem Through the Ages: A Conversation”

Join us on Sunday, November 17th, 2024 for a panel discussion focusing on the new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages by Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism. This discussion will be moderated by Bart Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professorin Early Christian History. This is a fundraiser for the Robert Miller Graduate Student Excellence Fund with a suggested donation of $20. Hope to see you there!

Website for More Info: Click HERE to register for the event.

Program Description: Come meet your Jewish neighbors and the Federation Staff. Get a bagel and coffee on us!

Where: Boulevard West Cafe, 316 E Main St, Clayton, NC 27520

When: Friday, November 15 from 10am-12pm

For more information contact: leslie.needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: “Anxiety in school-aged children: What is it and when should I be concerned?”

Hadassah and the Jewish Federation of Greater Raleigh welcome you to a psychoeducational program for parents, grandparents, and caregivers of school-aged children, featuring a panel of experts to help us understand what anxiety looks like in children and provide practical solutions for supporting anxious children.

 When: Thursday, November 14 from 7-8:30pm

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

Panelists:

Jill Madsen is the CEO of Jewish for Good at the Levin Jewish Community Center in Durham, North Carolina. Jewish for Good is an integrated organization that includes Federation, Jewish Family Services, the Jewish Community Foundation and other key communal agencies. Madsen has held this role since 2015. Madsen holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in early childhood education, and started her career in the classroom before moving into leadership roles that blended her educational background with her love for strategic planning and program development. She uses her passion and knowledge to offer strategic planning and governance consulting and coaching services to other nonprofit organizations. Madsen lives in Durham with her partner, Mike, and their dogs, Fenway and Telula, and she can always be found with a book.

Elizabeth (Liz) Zatz (M,Ed, LCMHC) is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor in North Carolina. She currently works as a Clinical Manager at Workplace Options, a Raleigh-based company which offers individuals and organizations a continuum of human-centered wellbeing solutions that address emotional, practical, and physical needs anytime, anywhere. Prior to 2019, Liz resided in Florida, where she provided intensive mental health services to children and families through a community agency, as well as individual, group, and school-based interventions in her role as an elementary school counselor. Liz is passionate about helping individuals and families engage in solutions that work for them- whether it is short-term mental health interventions or developing an ongoing care plan to facilitate positive change. 

Dr. Michelle Barrett is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Psychosocial Treatment at Central Regional Hospital in Butner, NC. At CRH she is responsible for development and oversight of all programming for all patients, ages 5 and above, including oversight of two accredited schools, Pine Valley Elementary School and Bowling Green Middle and High School. Dr. Barrett works with children and adults with severe persistent mental health issues and behavioral issues. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University, a Master Degree in General Psychology with a focus on Cognition from the City College of New York, a Master Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara, and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Family Forensics from Antioch University Santa Barbara. Her research on Health Care Disparities has been published in many peer reviewed journals of Psychology and Psychiatry, she is a guest editor for several peer reviewed Psychiatric journals, and she has been asked to speak around the globe about her research on Humor and Trauma. Dr. Barrett grew up in South Florida, though she now lives in Raleigh, NC, with her husband and two children. Her family also owns Barrett Hatchery, LLC, in Raleigh, which means she spends much of her time surrounded by chicks, ducklings, and button quail chicks at the hatchery.

Program Description: Play Jeopardy with Dina Stambler from Arosa! Lunch will be sponsored by Arosa.

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 12:30pm

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community $8

For more information contact: leslie.needham@shalomraleigh.org

Kanof Lecture: “More Than Just Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee

Since 2011 Professor Jodi Magness has been directing excavations in the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee. The excavations have brought to light the remains of a monumental late Roman (circa 400 CE) synagogue building paved with stunning and unique mosaics, including biblical scenes and the first nonbiblical story ever discovered decorating an ancient synagogue. In this slide-illustrated lecture, Magness describes these exciting finds.

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Program Description: Hike, Hearty, Help, Hope, what do these words have in common? Yes, they all start with “H” but also, you can do one and provide for others members of our community by bringing Thanksgiving foods for the Jewish Federation Food Pantry. Please join other women for a 3.5 mile moderate hike and “do good.”

When: Sunday, November 10, 2024, at 9:30am

Where: Loblolly Trail, Umstead State Park, 2100 N. Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513 (Exit off of I-40)

Cost: JCC Members Free, General Community Free

For more information contact: gena.brown@shalomraleigh.org

HaMapah/The Map is a multimedia genealogical dance journey that traces the intersections of former Alvin Ailey dancer Adam McKinney’s African American, Native American, and Jewish heritages. HaMapah/The Map weaves contemporary dance with archival materials, personal interviews, Yiddish and American songs, and video set to traditional, contemporary, and classical music. In the piece directed by Daniel Banks, McKinney explores issues of identity, heritage, and ancestry.

As part of the program, DNAWORKS co-directors McKinney and Banks lead a community story circle with the audience about the core ideas of the performance.

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Program Description: Gather around the fire pit and make s'mores with other 45-65 year old Jewish singles!

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

When: Thursday, November 7 from 7-9pm

For more information contact: leslie.needham@shalomraleigh.org

Meeting of the Jewish Federation Board of Directors.

Program Description: Come out and meet all the wonderful moms you've been talking to on Facebook for years! Join us for lunch at Brier Creek Beer Garden.

Where: Brier Creek Beer Garden, 8521 Brier Creek Pkwy, Raleigh, NC 27617

When: Wednesday, November 6 from 12-1:30pm

For more information contact: leslie.needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

Learn how to make a difference – and spread the word on how solutions to our Climate Crisis are available and affordable. As Jews, we are compelled to act, as our ancestors did, who faced extinction, with courageous action. The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our lifetimes.

Triangle’s Dayenu Circle will empower our Western Wake friends with “Climate Action tools” to address our heating planet earth. A quick review of the Climate Crisis will reveal how we are all impacted. Followed by the good news that solutions exist to “cool our planet,” and how they are gradually being implemented. The presentation will be enhanced by engaging participants interactively in meaningful and fun ways. The Renewable Energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable electric energy is happening – and we are all invited to participate.

The presentation will be given by Arthur and Anya Gordon. Now in retirement, Arthur founded and operated the Irregardless Cafe & Catering in Raleigh for 45 years. Irregardless Cafe was the first restaurant in North Carolina to enforce “No Smoking,” 25 years before the state of North Carolina mandated it. The Cafe also used Solar Panels to heat the hot water, and operated the Well-Fed Community Garden, 3 miles from the Cafe, which grew organic produce served at the Cafe. Anya served on the City of Raleigh’s Environmental Advisory Board as it’s Chairperson and cares passionately about our planet.

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert Einstein

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd. Raleigh, NC 27606

When: Tuesday, November 5 from 12-2pm

Cost: $10

For more information: gena.brown@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: For Arthritis and Fall Prevention

Originating as a martial art in ancient China, Tai Chi is one of the most effective exercises for health of mind and body.  Although an art with great depth of knowledge and skill, it can be easy to learn, and participants will soon notice its health benefits.  For many, it continues as a lifetime journey.

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention is based on the Sun style of Tai Chi.  This is the newest of the tai chi styles.  The beginning form that will be taught has 21 movements.  It is symmetrical and is performed in a standing position which may be modified to a seated position.  The form has fluid movements, integrating mind and body. 

Benefits to practicing Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

• Relieves pain and decreases stiffness

• Improves balance and reduces falls

• Builds muscular strength and stamina

• Improves ability to perform daily tasks

• Improves concentration and memory

When: Tuesdays from 9:30-10:15am

• November 5, 12, 19 & 26

• December 3 & 10

Where: David R. Kahn Community Campus

Instructor: Sharon Mills has experience as a physical therapist and as an exercise instructor.  She is certified by the Tai Chi for Health Institute to teach Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention. Sharon has been teaching Tai Chi in Raleigh for 10 years.

Clothing: Please wear loose, comfortable clothes and shoes that are suitable for exercise.

Cost: JCC Members $56, General Community $75

Registration includes all 6 sessions.  Prior registration is required, walk-ins will not be able to be accommodated.