Albany JCC, Adult Department
340 Whitehall Road, Albany
438-6651, ext. 112
Claire Sigal, Program Director
Health and Services Fair
Congregation Beth Emeth and the Albany Jewish Community Center are hoding their Health and Services Fair Sunday, May 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.The event includes free health screenings, information booths, refreshments, prizes, therapeutic massages, snack bags and quick adult haircuts.
For more information, call the Albany Jewish Community Center at 438-6651, ext. 112 or visit www.albanyjcc.org.
Sixty-Plus Dining
Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:45 to 6 p.m.
Full-course kosher dinners for those 60 and older. Reservations taken until 9:30 a.m. the day of the meal. Suggested donation: $5 per person. Guest under 60 pays $9.
Bus day trip
‘Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!’
Sunday, Aug. 21
Come see the Allan Sherman musical at The Theater Barn in New Lebanon. A pizza lunch is included. Depart from AJCC at 10:50 a.m. and return at approximately 5:30 p.m.
The cost is $84 for the general public and $77 for JCC members. A prepaid, non-refundable registration fee is due before the trip fills.
Tai Chi
Tuesdays, 9:30 to 10:20 a.m.
April 12 – July 26
Albany JCC’s Massry Senior Center
The instructor is Lorraine Noval, PhD., a certified master trainer, Asian Arts Group, LLC. The suggested donation is $2.25 for people ages 60 and older. Those under 60 must pay the $2.25 at the senior adult office.
Book Mavens book review
Wednesday, May 18, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
This month’s book is “The Jazz Palace” by Mary Morris. The reviewer is Irene Rosenthal, an associate professor of literacy at The College of Saint Rose in Albany.
Tribute to volunteers
Wednesday, May 25, 4 to 6 p.m.
The tribute features a performance of songs from the folk and singer-songwriter era (Peter, Paul & Mary; James Taylor; etc.) by Eric Erickson. A kosher chicken dinner follows the concert.
The cost is $13 per person, and prepaid reservations are required by May 2.
Jules and Paula Stein Live and Learn lunch lecture series
Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A Kosher lunch follows each lecture, and prepaid registration is required. The cost is $12 JCC members and $14 for non members.
June 2 — A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the life of Holocaust survivor and concert pianist Alice Herz-Sommer. Speaker: Caroline
Stoessinger
June 23 — The Jews’ Secret Fleet: The untold story of North American volunteers who smashed the British blockade of Palestine. Speaker:
Murray Greenfield
July 14 — As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s journey towards freedom.
Speaker: Richard
Michelson
July 28 — Home of the Brave: A film about a Connecticut town that says no to the Nazis. Speaker: Scott Sniffen
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Do you like to sing? Join the Albany Jewish Community Center’s Senior Chorale. Rehearsals and performances on Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m.