Welcome to the second episode of the JCPodcast! Every few weeks, in lieu of a written D’var Torah, Rabbi Deena and Rabbi Jacob will share a brief discussion about an interesting and relevant Jewish topic. This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, we’re talking about Jewish practices that help us cultivate and express our gratitude. Listen to the podcast here and check out the animated version on our Youtube channel!
If you’re looking to give back during this season of gratitude, we hope you will join us to volunteer. Check out our community service opportunities here!
We hope that you and your loved ones had a meaningful Thanksgiving. We’re so grateful for our JCP community.
Shabbat shalom,
Deena & Jacob
Join your JCP friends for a winter treat – Disney on Ice: Mickey’s Search Party! Order tickets to sit with the JCP community: $52.38 per person (includes fees). A block of 79 seats in Sections 13 & 15 (great seats!) will be held for JCP at this price until December 12, so DON’T DELAY! After December 12, unsold seats will be released to the public.
Purchase your tickets here!
Join us for a wonderful community service opportunity at a Hanukkah Luncheon for older adults. Volunteers will help with set-up, clean-up, helping people find seats, and of course serving food at this special luncheon. We ask for you to commit to the entire shift.
You can volunteer here!
The Little Tribeca (a children’s clothing store located at 393 Greenwich St) will be having a Hanukkah shopping party for JCP community members! Stop by between 9:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M. for light snacks and a coffee and a perfect selection of holiday gifts for the Littles in your life. The Little will be donating back to JCP 20% of all proceeds from the day’s sales. Come by any time during store hours (open until 6:30 pm) and be sure to mention you are from JCP!
We all attempt to live mindfully and yet, when it comes to the end-of-life decisions, many people tend to give up agency. How can we take control and make choices that are deliberate and conscious?
This may be the most difficult conversation you have with your parents, spouse and children. It can also be the biggest blessing. Join us for a meaningful discussion on ending well – the ethical, legal, medical, spiritual and financial complications and opportunities that each of us can either choose to ignore or grasp with love and dignity.
Get ready for an unforgettable night in the theatre. Here’s the setting:
1970, Ohio. Lizzie gathers a group of women in a “consciousness raising” group to talk about changing their lives, and the world. What follows is a necessary, messy, and bitingly funny exploration of what it means to be free, and to be a woman. In LIBERATION, Lizzie’s daughter steps into her mother’s memory and into the unfinished revolution she once helped ignite and searches the past to find the answer for herself.
Tony Award nominees Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) and Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) present a refreshingly irreverent and intensely relevant powerhouse of a play about what we inherit, what we forget, and what we’re still fighting to understand.
The show is a New York Times Critic’s Pick and has received RAVE reviews across the board from all critics from all media outlets. Multiple critics have called it the best play of the season. This is an unprecedented response to a new play — certainly the best this year if not in recent history.
JCP’s own Lori Fineman, of FineWomen Productions, is one of the proud producers of this show. Come out and support the arts and engage in a conversation about life and liberty. We will arrange a casual, cash bar meet up before the show for those who can make it.
NOTE: You will receive a confirmation email for your purchase but physical tickets will be distributed the night of the performance in front of the theater before the show. Detailed instructions and additional information will be emailed to you.
Any questions, reach out to Lori directly: lori@finewomenproductions.com or 917-334-9516.
Get your tickets here!
JCP students of all ages are welcome to join Rabbi Deena to help lead a meaningful Shabbat service for the residents of Sunrise Battery Park City senior living community. Space is limited. Please register each child and adult that will be attending. This is a free event.
Please register here
Join your JCP friends for Latkes + Cocktails + Good Times!
Thank you to our hosts Rachel and Drew Katz for opening their home to the community.
Location to be provided a few days prior to the event. Adults only. This event is open to JCP members and guests of members.
Please register here!
Join us for a fun-filled celebration of Hanukkah with the JCP community. All ages are welcome for an afternoon of open play and crafting, and of course, LATKES, with your JCP friends.
This event is free for JCP members and costs $18/family for non-members.
Pizza will be served.
Please register here!
