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Campers Donate Food to Families in Need One of the highlights of our camp season is our annual Day of Caring and Sharing! On this special day, campers come together and do something good for those in need, celebrating the positive impact we can all have in our community. This year, in honor of the Day of Caring and Sharing, our campers collected 300 pounds of food to donate to the JCC's Kosher Food Pantry and to Project Hospitality. Here's a picture of our staff and volunteers bringing the food to the JCC from camp. This food donation will help us serve over 3000 people this month who have been impacted by COVID-19 (that's more than five times the amount of people we usually serve). We are so proud of our campers! If you'd like to help out, donate to our Families in Need campaign here. - U.S. Census 2020 Have you filled out the census yet? If not, now is the time to do it! The deadline is September 30th, and it is vital that we are ALL counted to secure funding for housing, transportation, schools, and other services we rely on. It takes less than 10 minutes and is confidential. You can fill it out by mail, online here, or by calling 844.330.2020. If you need help completing the form, please call us at 718.517.7445 and we can assist you. - Grab & Go Meals and Meal Deliveries Update Grab & Go meals and meal deliveries for seniors end today, August 20th. We continue to offer our other free services remotely from the Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island, including:
WELLNESS Strength & Abs Workout Try out this 30 minute workout focusing on core and total body strength. No equipment needed! - Ongoing Classes & At-Home Workouts We have several virtual wellness classes throughout the week! From exercise to nutrition to medical care questions and more, there's sure to be a class to help you stay well and stay connected during this time! Check out our website for a full schedule of all of our virtual wellness programming! Check out this link for a variety of workouts you can do from the comfort of your own home at any time! Summer/Fall Tennis Session We are so excited to resume offering tennis lessons! Class times: Sundays, 9am-12pm; Groups are assigned by age and skill level Member: $25 per hour; Non-Member: $30 per hour Private lessons available for $75 per hour Tennis lessons take place at Staten Island Academy (715 Todt Hill Road). Register here For any questions, please email tennis@sijcc.com. Stay tuned for information about Post-Camp weeks for Sports Camps! If you love our Cultural Arts programs, please consider making a donation here. Your support helps us continue to present world-class entertainment and educational seminars! NEXT WEEK: The 'Jewish American Princess' in Hollywood Movies—From Stereotype to Role-Model Part Two Wednesday, August 26, 12:30pm In this 2-part lecture series presented by the Dr. Esther Grushkin Seminars for Adult Jewish Education (SAJE), Dr. Julia Wagner will examine the evolution of the Jewish American Princess (JAP) character-type in Hollywood movies, from its misogynistic origins to unlikely heroines. Join us next week for Part 2, which will focus on the development of the JAP in post-1980s movies including Private Benjamin, Dirty Dancing and Clueless, exploring the ways in which female filmmakers have embraced the character with nuance, affection and respect. *Zoom link will follow your registration. Following the lecture, participants will also receive a link to a recording of the program, which can be accessed on demand. Tickets can be purchased here. Authors in Conversation featuring Bettina Elias Siegel Thursday, September 3, 8:30pm We are so excited to partner with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC of Houston for this upcoming event! Join us on September 3 for a conversation between Bettina Elias Siegel, author of Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World, and Zibby Owens, host of the acclaimed podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books! We hope to see you there virtually! Tickets are $5 and can be purchased here. SAJE Presents: The Beginnings of Christianity Through Judaism Wednesdays, September 9 - 23, 7pm The Dr. Esther Grushkin Seminars for Adult Jewish Education is pleased to present another great program: The Beginnings of Christianity Through Judaism with Peter Whitehouse. Join us on Wednesdays in September for this 3-part lecture series over Zoom. Part I: A Hundred Years Can Change a Man... (Into a God) — September 9, 7pm Part II: The Romans Meet Their Enemy... (And It's Their Own Shadow) — September 16, 7pm Part III: The Christians Cast a Canon... (A Double Entendre) — September 23, 7pm The cost is $5 per lecture, or $12 for all 3 lectures. Zoom information will be provided upon registration. Following the lectures, participants will also receive a link to a recording of the program, which can be accessed on demand. Purchase tickets here. Battery Dance Festival The 39th Annual Battery Dance Festival has gone virtual! Check out recorded performances from this week's festival here! Ongoing Cultural Arts Classes We miss all of our enriching Cultural Arts classes, but we are so excited to be able to offer some of them virtually! Check out our website for a full schedule of all of our virtual programming! NEW: Virtual Music Classes! Check out our virtual music classes!
Sign up here! Zoom links will be provided after registration. Music Trivia Challenge What was the first opera by an African American composer to be performed by a major opera company? Who was the composer, and who wrote the libretto? The Troubled Island by William Grant Still (1895-1978), with a libretto by Langston Hughes and Verna Arvey, was performed by the New York City Opera in 1949. Completed a decade earlier, this three-act opera was both a stunning success and a disappointing failure. Set on the isle of Haiti in 1791, it depicts the rise and fall of revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was assassinated after crowning himself emperor of the newly independent nation. On opening night, the audience gave the opera twenty-two curtain calls, but many critics were not so kind; their less-than-glowing reviews—some of which reflected the prevailing racial prejudice—contributed to the short three-show run. William Grant Still remained undaunted. Deeply influenced by the Harlem Renaissance, the Mississippi-born, Oberlin–trained instrumentalist-arranger-composer completed more than 150 musical compositions during his lifetime, including nine operas and five symphonies, chamber music, ballets, and works for piano, voice, band, and chorus. Virtual Instrumental Lessons As you have heard, our virtual lessons have been extended through the summer months! Many of our students adjusted to virtual lessons quickly and are continuing to learn their instruments. You can sign up for lessons here! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Ela Seeley at ESeeley@sijcc.com. - Dayna Stephens Quintet Jazz at Lincoln Center has been sharing recordings of past performances throughout the pandemic. Check out the Dayna Stephens Quintet, live from Dizzy's Club in 2017! - Scholarship Auditions We are currently holding scholarship auditions for the 2020-2021 school year! If your child is ages 12-18 and has some prior music training, please email a 1-2 min video of your performance (to include a scale and musical selections) to Ela Seeley, Music Institute Director, at eseeley@sijcc.com. CAMP Post-Camp Week We are excited to offer a week of post-camp fun! Post-Camp will take place the week of August 31st from 9am-3:30pm for children ages 4-12. Campers will enjoy swimming, sports, arts & crafts, STEM, and more! Activities will take place at the Bernikow Building and will utilize both indoor and outdoor spaces. Health and safety protocols will be followed. Deadline to enroll is Wednesday, August 26th. For more information or to register, contact Sara Doyle at sdoyle@sijcc.com KIDS AND FAMILIES Virtual Storytime The New York Public Library and Time Out New York offer virtual storytimes every weekday! Tune in here! SUNRISE DAY CAMP Thank You ShopRite Thank you to Mannix Family Supermarkets for supporting Sunrise through their point of sale campaigns, which raised $6,000. We appreciate all the shoppers who donated at the register! SPECIAL EVENTS Save the Date: 40th Annual Golf & Tennis Classic With everything changing around us, one theme has stayed consistent—the Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island remains committed to helping children in our community. Funds raised at our Annual Golf & Tennis Classic allow us to award camp and day care scholarships to children who are desperately in need. We are excited to announce the new date for this event—Monday, October 19—and hope you will join us! Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available here. Please contact Evett Shulman at 718.475.5256 with any questions. COMMUNITY EVENTS Be sure to check out these additional programs from our friends at other organizations around the country! Future of Performing Arts: Music Monday, August 24, 8pm Join the Virtual J community for a panel discussion on the future of performing arts, specifically live music performances, as we adapt to the "new normal." Watch here. Alison Cook Beatty Dance Company: Behind-the-Scenes Tuesday, August 25, 12pm and Wednesday, August 26, 2pm Go behind the scenes with the Alison Cook Beatty Dance Company! Tune into these Zoom webinars for a look at how their work is being filmed to continue to bring their performances to the public. On Tuesday, get a preview of their new socially-distanced work "Central Park Field #4." On Wednesday, watch as "In Spite of, Because of, The Wallpaper" is recorded in a green-screen studio. Register here. Health Meets Play Street Fair Thursday, September 3, 12pm-4pm The Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness invites you to an upcoming health fair. The fair will feature free yoga, activities for children, therapeutic art, free COVID testing, blood pressure testing, voter registration, and more. The fair will take place on Henderson Avenue, between Alaska Street and Broadway. Maccabi USA Book Club: Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land Thursday, September 3, 1pm The Maccabi USA Book Club will be reading David A. Goldstein's Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land, which chronicles the more than 800 African American professional basketball players who have traveled to Israel to play the game they love over the past 4 decades. The club will be joined by the author for a discussion of these players' lives in Israel! Register here. - Every year, the JCC serves over 6,000 people in crisis. This year, that number will grow as Staten Islanders experience hardships related to COVID-19. Without the help of the JCC, many people would not have food, legal services, health insurance, mental health services, and other critical services. We want to be able to continue to provide these services to anyone who needs them, but we need your help. Donate to our Families in Need campaign here.
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