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Rockin' the TENt

Thursday, Nov 3

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Upcoming Happenings

Camp Klurman:

Lock in 2022 Rates for Summer 2023!

Sept 21 - Oct 26

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Register for camp from September 21 to

October 26 to lock in Summer 2022 rates.


To join the summer of fun, fill out a registration form and email to camp@mbjcc.org,

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Seventh Annual Screening of the Holocaust Film Series:

Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Oct 20

7:30 pm

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Internationally acclaimed film Three Minutes – A Lengthening, which premiered at the 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival. Produced by Steve McQueen and narrated by Helena Bonham Carter, this one-of-a-kind documentary transforms rare color home-movie footage shot in 1938 Poland into a testament to victims of the Holocaust.


Following the film presentation, there will be an expanded discussion with Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Education Director of the Holocaust Institute at the University of Miami. Dr. Nikki Freeman, the new Education Director at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach.

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Pink Day

Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Oct 24

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WEAR PINK TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT


Pink Day Happenings at the J!

Giveaways All Day in the Boich Family Lobby!

Pink Day Special Book Event 

Seven Days of Shiva:

Forty Six Years of Puppy Love

Marc Gellman


Oct 24

12:3o pm

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Join us for a very special conversation with Marc Gellman, who, seized with grief at the loss of his beloved wife Barbara after a thirty-year battle with breast cancer, turns to telling stories. 


This unique memoir is much more than a tribute to a departed love. Their story shows how a cancer journey seamlessly entwines through a four decades-long love story.

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H3 Breast Cancer Month Medical Panel

Oct 24

12:3o pm

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Please join us for a very informative medical panel organized by H3: Help. Hope. Healing regarding genetic testing and pre-screening and Breast Cancer Awareness.

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MBJCC Book Club:

Debra Green -

The Convention of Wives

Oct 25

12:30 pm

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Dina and Julia first meet at a sur­gi­cal con­ven­tion and bond over frus­tra­tions with their hus­bands’ demand­ing sched­ules. But geog­ra­phy, time, and grow­ing fam­i­lies make main­tain­ing their friend­ship dif­fi­cult and their rela­tion­ship even­tu­al­ly falls apart.


A sweep­ing saga that fol­lows gen­er­a­tions from a shtetl in Odessa to the com­forts of Scars­dale, an upris­ing in Glas­gow to servi­tude in the Caribbean, and a trek through the Alps to a dis­placed per­sons camp in Italy, The Con­ven­tion of Wives is a sto­ry about the ever-evolv­ing messi­ness of friend­ship and mar­riage, and the won­der of survival.


The Convention of Wives is Debra Green’s first novel.

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Miami Jewish Film Festival Inaugural Marquee Film Series at the MBJCC Greener Pastures


Oct 27

7:30 pm

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Join us for a “cinema under the stars” event with Greener Pastures, an award-winning Israeli film nominated for 12 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Film. A cranky Israeli retiree gets a new lease on life as a cannabis dealer, in this sparkly comedy caper. Newly retired and recently widowed, Dov (Shlomo Bar Aba) feels imprisoned in his luxurious gated community. Low on money and friends, he hatches a plot to buy back his old rustic cottage by selling marijuana to fellow seniors. As his business takes off, along with romance, it’s not long before his distribution ring runs hilariously afoul of the police and local mafia.


Feel free to bring a lawn chair and snacks.

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Opening Exhibition Reception:

The Schwartz-Jacobs Family Gallery Presents

Memory Lane, a Photographic Retrospective by Larry Shane

Oct 30

7:30 pm

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This exhibition of photographic images showcases historic, iconic, endangered, or vanishing places in Miami Beach and South Florida to provide pleasant memories and a nostalgic look at times past. They ask us to reflect on what was and to think about how we shape our future. 


Larry Shane, a lifelong resident of Miami, is a Miami-Dade-based, award-winning photographer, whose artistic style began with the documentation of the closure of the Miami Orange Bowl in 2008. While his passion is to photograph almost everything, he began to concentrate his eye on places that held fond memories for South Floridians like himself. Larry has been exhibiting his work in local street art fairs in Miami since 2015.

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JCC-U Open House

Nov 2

11 am - 2 pm

Free and Open to the Community

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A first look at our exciting line-up of adult classes being offered this year! Meet the instructors, register for classes and make new friends. Free refreshments!

 

Our new line-up will include Bridge, Hebrew, Spanish, Photography and Art classes in Mixed Media Printing and drawing. Not to mention our Wednesdays at the JCC! 

With Special Guest Speaker:

Dr. Robert Watson

"President Truman and the Birth of the State of Israel"

 

JCC-U is sponsored by Baptist Health.

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School Days Out

Nov 8

8:30 am - 4 pm

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School Days Out are offered with Miami-Dade County public school closings. Students will enjoy activities such as art, cooking, science, sports, games, swim snd more! Send your child with a swimsuit, towel, flip-flops, and sunscreen.


Kosher lunch and snacks will be provided daily.

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Alyson Richman & Shaunna J. Edwards: The Thread Collectors

Nov 9

12:30 pm

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Join us for this JCC Special Speaker Series event with Alyson Richman and Shaunna J. Edwards, authors of The Thread Collectors. Inspired by the author's own histories, The Thread Collectors is a rich historical novel set during the Civil War about two women-one black and yearning for freedom in New Orleans, the other a Jewish abolitionist in New York- whose resourceful sewing to support their communities leads them on unexpected, dangerous journeys as they fight to bring their loved ones home from the front. The two main characters are based on real ancestors of the authors.


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MBJCC Community Choir

Nov 9

2 pm

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Celebrate Jewish life through the joy of singing, learning and performing together in a nurturing, inclusive, fun, creative, inspiring, and caring environment.


All levels welcome!

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FL JCC Author Event: Isabel Vincent- Overture of Hope

Nov 14

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Schiindler's List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World War II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of Jewish stars and personnel of the German and Austrian opera to England and save them from a terrible fate under the Third Reich.

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Literary Luncheon: Jean Korelitz,

The Latecomer

Nov 16

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This Literary Series event is part of the JCC's Wednesdays at the JCC Special Speaker Series.  

Fall Programs

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Facility Updates

Hours & Holidays

Facility Hours

Monday – Thursday:

5:30 am – 8:30 pm

Friday:

5:30 am – 6 pm

(Until Nov 4, 2022)

Saturday:

8 am – 5 pm

Sunday:

7 am – 5 pm

Kotzen Aquatic Center

Monday – Thursday:

6 am – 8 pm

Friday:

6 am – 5:30 pm

(Until Nov 4, 2022)

Saturday:

8 am – 4:30 pm

Sunday:

7 am – 4:30 pm


Valet Service

Hours

Monday - Thursday:

8:30 - 11:30 am and 3:30 - 8 pm*

Friday:

8:30 - 11:30 am

Saturday and Sunday:

No Valet

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*Hours subject to change


The Miami Beach JCC parking lot is reserved for members and program participants only.


ADDITIONAL PARKING OPTIONS

1. Valet Parking: Valet Service is FREE for Members. The valet guest fee is $6.

2. Municipal Parking Garage 42nd St. & Sheridan Ave. The garage fee is $1.00 per hour

3. Public Metered Parking between 40th & 42nd Streets. The Meter fee is $1/hour

All metered parking is enforced from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm, seven days/week.

New Program Year Reminders

Dear Members,


As the program year begins and our facility and parking lot get busier, we ask that you follow our guidelines and staff instructions. 


Please display your member hang tag on your car and use your member credentials/fobs to enter the facility. 


We anticipate that traffic and parking may be challenging during the first few weeks of programming and appreciate your patience and support. 

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Cafe at the J on the Pool Deck

J-Cafe is open and features pizza, wraps, muffins, crepes, snacks, ice cream, drinks, smoothies, coffee, and more! Serving Kosher-only products


J-Cafe Hours

Monday –Thursday:

3 - 7 pm

Sunday 9 am - 1 pm

*Hours subject to change

Fitness Schedule

For the most up-to-date fitness schedule, please refer to the "My J" app.

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October Membership

Bring a friend to join as an annual member, and you both get $100 towards MBJCC services and programs.

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Community

SUPPORT THE MBJCC

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In the wake of the devasting toll Hurricane Ian had on the state of Florida, the Miami Beach JCC would like to send our love and support to all those affected. In order to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced or stranded, we join The Greater Miami Jewish Federation as well as Jewish communities across the county to help provide critical shelter and aid.


The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has established an Emergency Relief Fund to assist those affected by Hurricane Ian. In the face of the devastation, immediate help is needed. One hundred percent of the funds collected will provide aid and critical support to those in need. If you would like to be part of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation's response to Hurricane Ian, please give here: https://jewishmiami.org/hurricaneian/

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