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: $8.

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 - 4:30pm

Strong Bones Plus - Strength Training
$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
 

WATERCOLOR CLASSES
for beginning and continuing students
Wednesdays   1 -3pm  JCC Massry Senior Center
October 13, 20, 27 and November 10
Instructor:  Diane E. Bollman-Buyer, watercolorist
$16 prepaid reservation for the series of 4 classes
Reguest a class flyer for supply list.

AUTUMN CONCERT -IN -THE -AFTERNOON
Thursday, October 14, 2010
1:30 -2:45pm  Albany JCC auditorium
SINCERELY, NAT: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF NAT 'KING' COLE
story and vocals by Edward Pleasant
music and piano accompaniment by Isaac ben Ayala
Light refreshments served following the concert.
$12 in advance   $15 at the door 
Purchase tickets in the Albany JCC's senior adult office.

BOOK MAVENS - book review and discussion
Wednesdays   3 -4:30pm   $2 suggested donation per session
August 25, 2010  BOOK:  THE INVISIBLE WALL  AUTHOR:  Harry Bernstein
Moderator:  Faye Silton, Director, Activities & Community Relations, The Massry Residence
a charming memoir of his childhood in a poor pre-WWII mill town in northern England and the author's view of his sister's love of a Christian boy, which breaks down the invisible wall that kept Jewish families from Christians across the street
October 6, 2010  BOOK:  CASPIAN RAIN  AUTHOR:  Gina Nahai 
Moderator:  Ruchel Weitz, Yiddish/Hebrew Teacher
beautifully written fictional tale of life among the Jewish minority in Iran during the rule of the Shah in the 1960s and '70s
November 3, 2010  BOOK:  DIVIDED LIVES:  The Untold Stories of Jewish -Christian Women in Nazi Germany  AUTHOR:  Cynthia Crane 
Moderator:  Judy Arian-Eson, Retired Educator
a look at the persecution under Hitler's Third Reich -of "mischlings"- children of mixed Jewish and Christian marriages- through the stories of ten women

DAY TRIPS

MAME -Jerry Herman musical- Mac-Haydn Theatre, Chatham, NY Thursday, August 5, 2010
11:45am Lunch:  LaBella's -Valatie, NY
Select:  Chicken Cacciatore or Spinach Ravioli                                                                  2pm Performance                                                                                                               Depart Albany JCC:  11am   Return to Albany JCC:  approx. 5:30pm                                    $69.50 per person prepaid nonrefundable reservation by April 2nd or before trip fills.

HANSEL and GRETEL -Engelbert Humperdinck's Opera
Sunday, August 22, 2010   Hubbard Hall Opera Theater -Hubbard Hall, Cambridge, NY
fully costumed and staged, sung in English with orchestra, classically trained singers and musicians
11:40am  Lunch-Washington Square Deli   Greenwich, NY    Select Sandwich:
turkey/cranberry -croissant, hot pastrami w/ spicy mustard -marbled rye or tuna melt -sourdough
1:15pm  Browse and Shop -Valley Artisans Market /The village Store @ Hubbard Hall
2pm Opera Performance
Depart Albany JCC:  10:15am   Return to Albany JCC:  approx. 5:30pm
$72 per person prepaid nonrefundable reservation required by July 12th or before trip fills.

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Sunday, October 24, 2010  Home Made Theater, Saratoga Springs, NY
Fun Musical Play
11:45am  Brunch Buffet   The Ripe Tomato -Ballston Spa, NY
2pm Performance
Depart Albany JCC:  11am   Return to Albany JCC:  approx. 5:30pm
$83 per person prepaid nonrefundable reservation required by August 20th or before trip fills.

OVERNIGHT TRIP

NORTH OF BOSTON  3 -DAY GETAWAY
Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 29, 2010
TRIP PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- deluxe motor coach bus transportation / use of bus for entire trip
- 2 nights' stay -Holiday Inn Express -Seabrook, New Hampshire
- 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners (all meals)
- presentation on food culture by Carol Goodman Kaufman
- guided tour of The (historic) Music Hall - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- step-on guided tour of historic Newburyport, Massachusetts
- shopping in Newburyport, Massachusetts
- "Weird Massachusetts" presentation and book sale/signing by Jeff Belanger
- "From Vienna to Broadway" by New England Light Opera
- guided tour of the Currier Art Museum -Manchester, New Hampshire
- stop at JB's Ice Cream Factory -E. Longmeadow, Massachusetts- on the
way home
Depart Albany JCC:  Tuesday, July 27   9am
Return to Albany JCC:  Thursday, July 29   approx. 6:10pm
Single:  $666    Double:  $524 per person
Prepaid nonrefundable reservation before trip fills.