March 18-27, 2012 

The JCCNV is proud to present this year's slate of stimulating films to the community. Award-winning films from the U.S., Israel, Europe and South America.will be screened at two state-of-the-art theatre venues.

Click here to view film summaries

Click here to view the screening schedule

For more information about the film festival, please contact Roz Engels, Film Festival Director (703) 537-3026.

Get your team together and sharpen your trivia knowledge. Bring your friends to make a table, or sign up individually. Drink ticket and light refreshments included. Space is limited, reserve your table early.  Everyone at the winning table will receive a $25 gift card and one lucky person will win two tickets to the performance of their choice at Theater J and dinner for two at Distrikt Bistro.

Cost: $18M/ $22C

Table of 8: $144

Register online: JCCNV Trivia Night 

Time: 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA 22031

Website: http://www.jccnv.org/specialevents-specialneeds/special-events/

Event Cost: $10

This will be an afternoon of workshops and exhibition booths designed to provide insight to individuals, parents, educators and professionals who have been touched in some capacity by special needs. The workshop will include vendors from the community and various topics to choose from with guest speakers. All faiths welcome! Workshops include: Post-Secondary Options; Employment Options; Advocacy; Transition Planning; Financial and Insurance Options; Housing Options; Sibling Relationships with a Special Needs Child in the Household; Social Skills; New Technology; Parent Panel

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA 22031

Website: http://www.jccnv.org/parenting/growing-jewish-families/  

Event Cost: $5M/$7NM

Dress up, dress down, merriment will abound! At our 3rd Annual Purim Pajama Party, we’ll make masks, make noise, make new friends and, of course, read a special Purim book! Please register by Tuesday, Feb. 27. RSVP to Brittanie Werbel

Date: Sunday, March 18, 2012

Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

JCC of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA 22031

Website: www.shalomnova.org/simchaexpo.com

Free and open to the public!

Are you planning a milestone celebration? If so, the NoVA Simcha Expo is the place to be!

Vendors, contact Laurie Albert (703) 537-3064 • LaurieA@jccnv.org

Event partners: JCCNV, Gesher JDS, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA 22031

Website: http://www.jccnv.org/parenting-specialevents/special-events/

Cost Range: Free

An Ethical Start® is designed to teach Jewish ethics and values to young children, their teachers and parents, and it is based on the teachings of Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of the Fathers. Join us for a family event based on the mishna (value): “The world stands on the three things—on the Torah, on the service of G-d, and on acts of loving kindness.” -Pirkei Avot 1:2

Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax VA 22031

Website: http://www.jccnv.org/seniors/specialeventsseniors/

Event Cost: $18

Keynote speaker: Judith Martin (Miss Manners) Judith Martin’s Miss Manners newspaper column is carried in more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad and has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978. Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions but also those involving the more complicated aspects of life—romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death—as well as philosophical and moral dilemmas. The fair will include a choice of professionally run morning and afternoon workshops, a wide variety of exhibitors, a kosher lunch, raffles and door prizes.

Wine Professional Kirk Evans Can Help You Decide.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

at Beth Sholom Temple,  805 Lyons Blvd., Stafford VA 22406

Doors open at 6 p.m. with a silent art auction

Tasting starts at 7 p.m.

Price: $25/ticket or $40 for two

Wine is available for purchase at the tasting

For reservations or details, contact Sally or Marjorie at SallyCooneyAnderson@yahoo.com  or Marjorieschutt@yahoo.com  

Wednesdays, 8:10am–9:10am and 7:45pm–8:45pm

Location: JCCNV 8900 Little River Turnpike Fairfax, VA 22031

Shalom (Hello)! Did you always want to learn Ivrit (Hebrew), but never had the chance? Now you have it!

Join Yael, the community Shlicha from Israel, for “Café Ivrit” – once a week sessions of conversational Hebrew! We will learn and practice Hebrew in a small group, in a fun and interactive way, and while we’re at it, get to know more about Israel!

Beginning Wednesday February 29, 2012

No previous knowledge required!

No charge – your only commitment is to try to come regularly

If you are interested in joining the Café Ivrit but the location isn’t convenient, let me know and I’ll evaluate starting a group near you!

For more information please contact me at yael@jccnv.org or at 703-537-3034.

Thursdays, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

January 19- February 23 (6 sessions)

The French Revolution marked the beginning of a new era in Jewish history when Jews began to enter into the culture of their home countries and to become true citizens there.  This major development was destined to be both beneficial and detrimental to Jewish life inEurope.  The history of the assimilated Jews of Germany was much more than the history of a tragedy.  It was also, for a long time, the story of an extraordinary success.  Fritz Stern, an authority on this subject, argued that "We must understand the triumphs in order to understand the tragedy." This course will explore the intellectual triumphs of German Jewry prior to the Holocaust.  From Moses Mendelssohn to Albert Einstein; from Heinrich Heine to Franz Kafka.

$150 + $36 for materials.  To register, please contact learnwithus@pjll.org or 240-283-6200

Location: Congregation Olam Tikvah  3800 Glenbrook Road  Fairfax,Virginia 22031

 Claire Goldstein Simmons is a noted historian and educator driven by a passion to empower the next generation of Jews to embrace their history and solidify their future.  A graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, she established the Hebrew department at American University in Washington DC and served as Chairperson of the Jewish Studies department at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School for 17 years.  Ms. Simmons is the founder of Jewish History Study Tours and Jewish History Travels.