SIXTY-PLUS DINING

Give yourself a break from shopping and cooking and join us for a hot kosher meal in the company of friends.

All meals are under the supervision of the VAAD HaKashruth of the Capital District.

Mondays and Wednesdays 4:45pm
Suggested Donation: $5 per person (60 years and over)
Guests under 60: $9.

There will not be dinners on Monday, January 16th and Monday, February 20th.

January Menu
February Menu


Transportation is offered to and from the Sixty-Plus Dining Program. Suggested donation is $1.75 round-trip, $1 one-way. Requests will be honored based on existing transportation schedule. Reservations must be made by calling the senior adult office, 438-6651 x112, not after 9:30am the day of the meal.

You can help - Donate non-perishable/non-breakable food items for St. Vincent's Food Pantry/900 Madison Avenue

Collection boxes located in the Senior Center entryway and in the Early Childhood lobby.
As a community we can make a difference.
Thank you for your support.

BOOKENDS - FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

Seniors reading to young children at the Albany JCC-cooperative effort of the Senior Adult and Early Childhood Departments-Volunteer to read to a child.
Call the senior adult office, 438-6651 x112, to sign up.

ONGOING PROGRAMS

Mah-Jongg and Cards
Wednesdays - 1pm - 4:30pmoS

Osteo-Busters: a program of exercise for building strong bones -together
$2 suggested donation
Mondays 1:30pm  - 2:30pm and Wednesdays - 10am - 11am
Peer Leaders
Participants must attend both days.

Line and Circle Dancing from Eastern Europe and the Near East
$2 suggested donation
Mondays 3pm - 4:30pm
Instructors: Ken Grau and Don Treble
Learn dances from Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Turkey. No partners needed. Most dances are done holding hands in one circle.

Yoga for Seniors
$2 suggested donation
Tuesdays 9:30am - 10:30am
Instructor: Herb Vener
Class requires that you can lie down on the floor and stand on your own.
Bring a mat for comfort.

Rediscovering Yiddish
$2 suggested donation
Tuesdays 10:30am - 11:30am
An opportunity to speak, read, and sing in Yiddish
All levels of Yiddish fluency welcomed
Leaders: Shirley Cohen, Phyllis Ross, Ruchelle Weitz

Fitness to Broadway Tunes
$2 suggested donation
Thursdays 10:15am - 10:45am
Instructor: Richard Feldman
Fun, gentle exercise

Eye on the World
$2 suggested donation
Thursdays 11am - 12:30pm
Current events discussion group with guest moderators

Senior Chorale
$2 suggested donation
Thursdays 1 - 3pm
Director: Carol McGowan
Must be able to follow directions and carry a tune.
Performances scheduled in the community on Thursday afternoons
 
BASIC DRAWING CLASSES
Wednesdays   March 7, 14, 21, 28
1 -2:30pm  Albany JCC's Massry Senior Center
Instructor:  Suzanna Van Schoonhoven Hunter
$33 prepaid registration by February 22nd

MODEL PASSOVER SEDER
Monday, March 19, 2012   4:30 -6pm  auditorium
led by Rabbi David M. Eligberg, spiritual leader of Albany's Temple Israel
Full-course roast chicken dinner included.
$13 per person
Prepaid reservation is due by March 8th.

WATERCOLOR CLASSES
for beginning and continuing students
Tuesdays   1 -3pm   May 1, 8, 15, 22
Instructor:  Diane E. Bollman-Buyer, watercolorist
$16 prepaid registration
Request a class flyer, which includes a supply list.

2012  BOOK MAVENS
Wednesdays  3 -4:30pm   $2 suggested donation per session
Albany JCC's Massry Senior Center
June 13   Book:  TURBULENT SOULS: A Catholic Son's Return to his Jewish Family   Author:  Stephen Dubner   Reviewer:  Rabbi Beverly Magidson, Director, Chaplaincy Services, UJFNENY
July 18   Book:  THE LIST   Author:  Martin Fletcher   Reviewer:  Don Cohen, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany
August 8   Book:  FAR TO GO   Author:  Alison Pick   Reviewer:  Faye Silton, retired educator/author
September 12   Book:  THE WHITE SPACE BETWEEN   Author:  Ami Sands Brodoff   Reviewer:  Ruchel Weitz, Yiddish/Hebrew teacher
October 24   Book:  SWEET LIKE SUGAR   Author:  Wayne Hoffman   Reviewer:  Rabbi Susan Gulack, Chaplain, NYS Dept. of Corrections, CDPC, Stratton VA
November 28   Book:  THE DOVEKEEPERS:  A Novel   Author:  Alice Hoffman   Reviewer:  Judy Arian-Eson, retired educator

 
 
DAY TRIP

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  New York City trip
on Broadway- Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS- Richard Rodgers Theatre
starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier
Lunch "on your own"- drop off at Mr. Broadway Kosher Deli
2pm performance
Depart Albany JCC: 8:15am   Return to JCC:  approx 8:15pm
$159 per person nonrefundable prepaid by October 10- or before trip fills.

OVERNIGHT TRIP

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 3- DAY GETAWAY
Wednesday, August 15 - Friday, August 17, 2012
Depart Albany JCC:  8:40am Wednesday, August 15
REturn to JCC:  approx. 4pm Friday, August 17
Single:  $609   Double:  $485 per person
Prepaid nonrefundable reservation by March 1, 2012 -or before trip fills.
TRIP PACKAGE INCLUDES:
deluxe motor coach bus transportation
2 nights' stay -Hampton Inn, West Haven, CT
2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners (all meals)
2 musical theatre performances:  Sound of Music and Oliver
guided tours of: Peabody Museum of Natural History -Yale University
                        Yale Center for British Art
2 lectures
optional mini-brewery tour and beer sampling