12th Annual NoVA International Jewish Film Festival 3/18-3/27
12th Annual NoVA International Jewish Film Festival
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.
JCCNV Spring Trivia Night! Fairfax, 3/3/12
Saturday, March 3, 7:45pm
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
Thinking Ahead: What’s on Your Special Needs Agenda? Fairfax, 3/4
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012
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
3rd Annual Purim Pajama Party! Fairfax, 3/4/12
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012
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
NoVA Simcha Expo 2012, Fairfax 3/18
Northern Virginia’s Premier Simcha Expo
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
An Ethical Start Family Program: “The Balancing Act” Fairfax, 3/21/12
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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
5th Annual Positive Aging Fair Fairfax, 3/22/12
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012
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.
Kosher Wine Tasting, Stafford 3/3
Which Kosher Wines Go Best With Your Passover Seder?
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
Café Ivrit, Fairfax, weekly beginning 2/29
Café Ivrit
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.
The History of Jewish Assimilation in Germany, Fairfax 1/12-2/23
At Home in the Fatherland: The History of Jewish Assimilation in Germany
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.
