November 1 - 19, 2023

Film Farewell Mr. Haffman

11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall 

Sponsored

Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Andy Ellis

7:00 pm • Virtual Program 

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There is no one path to leadership and no single way to be a leader. Developing your leadership practice requires improvement across a number of skills.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

B.A. Shapiro

11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Metropolis

This mas­ter­ful nov­el of psy­cho­log­i­cal sus­pense from the New York Times best­ selling author of The Art Forg­er fol­lows a cast of unfor­get­table char­ac­ters whose lives inter­sect when a har­row­ing acci­dent occurs at the Metrop­o­lis Stor­age Ware­house in Cam­bridge, Massachusetts.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Corie Adjmi

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

The Marriage Box. A Novel

When a teenage Middle Eastern Jewish girl moves to an Orthodox Syrian Jewish Community in Brooklyn her world is turned upside down.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Martin Fletcher

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Teachers. The Ones I Can’t Forget

Teachers. The Ones I Can’t Forget
Mar­tin Fletcher’s Teach­ers details the strug­gles of every­day peo­ple in extra­or­di­nary cir­cum­stances — war, rev­o­lu­tion, nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, and yes, life.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Julie Gerstenblatt

11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Daughters of Nantucket

Set against Nan­tuck­et’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweep­ing, emo­tion­al nov­el brings together three coura­geous women bat­tling to save every­thing they hold dear.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Opening Night

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall & Appel Art Gallery

Join us in the Appel Gallery for an amazing display of art to admire and purchase.

Free & Open to the Community

Family & Children Event

1:00 pm • Location TBD

Must bring a family photo, sized 8x10 or larger, representing a family tradition.

Join JCC Camps at Medford beloved art specialist, Bethany Franz, for an exciting art class geared for children ages 7-13.

Member: $10 • Guest: $12

Harry Potter and the Jewish Connection

2:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Sara Rosenson, a lawyer with a master's degree in Jewish studies, has taught classes on ethics, philosophy, and world religions.

This interactive discussion is designed for kids, parents and grandparents to take together.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Michael Lewis

6:00 pm • Virtual Program

Getting Wiser is a collection of one-page essays of inspiring friends, teachers and world-class athletes filled with diverse examples of lives well-lived and encouraging stories of how people have found creative solutions to shape their own lives and the lives of others.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

America

10:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Directed by Ofir Raul Graizer

Eli (Michael Moshonov) is a former champion swimmer from Israel now giving swimming lessons in Chicago. When he learns his estranged father has died, he dutifully returns to Tel Aviv to sort out his father’s affairs.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Daniel Stone

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Sinkable: Obsession, The Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Nation­al Geo­graph­ic edi­tor and Jew­ish author Daniel Stone takes audi­ences on an excit­ing deep-sea jour­ney of mys­tery, dis­cov­ery, and tri­umph with tales of ocean bat­tles and eye-pop­ping buried trea­sure.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Joe Posnanski

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

The con­nec­tion between Jews and base­ball is par­tic­u­lar­ly strong and has always drawn atten­tion. This is a fresh and heart­felt look at the game’s greatest moments and how they continue to grab at our hearts.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Author Panel, Cuba

11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Sponsored bu Needleman Management

A.J. Sidransky, Incident at San Miguel & Aaron Hamburger, Hotel Cuba, A Novel

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Meryl Frank

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust

The his­to­ry of Vil­na in World War II has always taken a back seat to the far more well-known sto­ries of its sis­ter city, War­saw.

Member: $12 • Guest: $15

Community Challah Bake

6:00 pm • Location TBD

Sponsored by Betty Mulberg Memorial Culinary Arts Program

Multiple generations of families, from toddlers to grandparents, are invited to come together and experience the spirituality and fun of baking Challah together.

Member: $10  • Guest: $18

Author Panel: Holocaust Families

10:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

In Conversation with Minna Siegel, Librarian, and past Festival Chair

Jennifer Rosner, Once We Were Home
Kim Van Alkemade, Counting Lost Stars, A Novel

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Peter Blauner

12:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Picture in the Sand, A Novel 

In 1954 Ali Hassan gets a dream job working for Cecil B. DeMille on a film about the greatest of Jewish liberation stories, The Ten Commandments.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Author Panel: The Middle East

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

In Conversation with Harvey Shapiro, Attorney, Partner Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP

Featured Authors: Uri Kaufman & Oren Kessler

Member: $18  • Guest: $22

Kristina McMorris 

10:00 am • Virtual Program

The Ways We Hide

As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan’s Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to
focus on her own survival. That ability sustains her as the Second World War rages in
faraway countries.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Community-Wide Kristallnacht Observance

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Reckonings-The First Reparations

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Roberta Grossman, Reckonings recounts the tense negotiations between Jewish and German leaders.

FREE & Open to the Community Registration Required

Lena Andrews

10:30 am • Lahn Social Hall

Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Service Women Who Helped Win World War ll

Lena will be joined by the pride of the JCC, May Brill. May is a World War II veteran who holds leadership roles in local, state and national Jewish War Veterans organizations.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Featured Film: Haute Couture

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at the Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20-year-old woman, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

A Taste of Israel with Michael Solomonov

6:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

In conversation with Michael Klein 

You will feel like you are strolling through an Israeli street fair as the JCC is transformed with the sounds, scents, and tastes of Israel.

Member: $45  • Guest: $55

Mitch Albom 

10:00 am • Temple Beth Sholom

The Little Liar

Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a small village in Greece during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Irene Berman-Levine, Ph.D., R.D.N.

12:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Can You Be Alone with a Bowl of Chocolate?: Strengthening Healthy Food Choices

Dr. Berman-Levine helps you develop realistic health goals drawn from over 40 years of behavioral nutrition counseling, and university teaching.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Family Mitzvah Project

3:00 pm • FAC

In partnership with PJ Library 

Help bring creative arts fun to families navigating the hospital. Put together arts and crafts activity kits for the Ronald  McDonald house so that children in the hospital and their siblings can enjoy exploring their creativity. 

Free Program 

Registration Required

Stories Come Alive

3:30 pm • FAC

Children ages 6-10 years old 

Help create a story from beginning to end by having the words come alive and turned into a play. No experience is necessary. Just bring your creativity as you work with instructors from ZZ Dance.  

Member: $10  • Guest: $12

Andrew Mellen

6:00 pm • Virtual Program

Calling Bullsh*t on Busy. A Practical Guide to Ditching the Time Management Myth and Quickly Achieving Your Goals 

A revolutionary system that will help you take back two or more lost hours every day by changing your relationship with time. 

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Kesher Connect

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Lead by Rabbi Ephriam Epstein, Jewish Federation of Southern Jersey Scholar in Residence

Come and build relationships with members of our South Jersey Jewish community through Jewish learning and connection.  

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Seth Stern

12:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Speaking Yiddish to Chickens. Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms 

Seth Stern uses individual stories and personal interviews to highlight the rich diversity of experience of what he calls “accidental farmers.” 

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Film iMordecai 

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Director: Marvin Samel, joining virtually post-film

When Mordecai, a Holocaust survivor, portrayed by Academy Award Nominee Judd Hirsch is given a new iPhone, an unexpected series of events upends his world.

Hanna Wunsch 

10:30 am • Lahn Social Hall

The Autumn Ghost. How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care 

A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Rachel Shteir 

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Betty Friedan. Magnificent Disrupter 

Friedan, born Bettye Naomi Goldstein, chafed at society’s restrictions from a young age. As a journalist, she covered racism, sexism, labor, class inequality, and antisemitism.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Jeffrey Bender 

7:00 pm • 206

In conversation with Rabbi Nathan Weiner 

Join Jeff Bender in a conversation with a local community parent as they sit down with Rabbi Nathan to share family experiences with honesty and compassion.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Luncheon with Aliza Licht 

11:30 am • Lahn Social Hall

In conversation with Marcy Dash Friedman, owner, Dashing Designs Inc., and past JCC President

Member: $30  • Guest: $36

Elizabeth Graver 

3:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Kantika. A Novel 

While modern Jews everywhere are suffering because of the two World Wars, it’s also a period of great upheaval for Sephardic Jews in Islamic lands — in this case, Turkey.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Pam Jenoff Welcomes New Local Authors

7:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Code Name Sapphire 

Pam will be joined by two local authors in conversation about their newest books, their writing process, motivations, and stories.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Andrew Lawler 

11:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the Worlds Most Contested City 

Under Jerusalem is an intriguing resource for those interested in learning what lies beneath the modern city and how those find­ings affect today’s political and social landscape.

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Babka Bake with Debi Epstein 

6:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Sponsored by Betty Mulberg Memorial Culinary Arts Program

Jewish babka is thought to have first come about during the early 1800s. Housewives

Member: $10  • Guest: $18

Author Panel, Amazing Women 

10:00 am • Lahn Social Hall

Jaqueline Friedland, The Stockwell Letters & Christopher Gorham, The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win WWll and Shape Modern America

Member: $18  • Guest: $22

Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen 

1:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Sponsored by Resintech/The Gottlieb Family

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills  

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Fiddler on the Roof Sing-a-long and Shetl Costume Parade 

6:00 pm • Lahn Social Hall

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film version of Fiddler on the Roof with a family sing-a -long to the best Jewish-themed musical of all time!

Member: $12  • Guest: $15

Champagne Brunch with Fayne L. Frey, MD  & Pop Up Shop with Just Bella

11:30 am • Lahn Social Hall

The Skincare Hoax: How You’re Being Tricked into Buying Lotions, Potions & Wrinkle Cream

Member: $30  • Guest: $36

Journey Through the Pages 

1:00 pm • FAC

Children Ages 5-9

Children ages 5-9 should come join us for a fantastic adventure incorporating some wonderful books that are childhood favorites.

Member: $10  • Guest: $12