On Wednesday, April 11, NCJW Miami will host an event about what Jewish families need to know about hereditary cancer.

Date: Wednesday, April 11 Time: 7 - 9 p.m. Location: Temple Beth Sholom

There is no charge to attend, and it is open to men and women in the community. RSVP and more information at www.ncjwmiami.org/brca

Studies have shown that 1 in 40 Ashkenazi Jews (men and women) have a BRCA mutation--and most are unaware! Compare that to the general population incidence, where BRCA mutations occur in 1/300-1/800 people. Woman who carry a BRCA mutation have up to a 90% lifetime risk of breast can- cer and up to a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. Men also have just as much of a chance of having this mutation, and run a higher risk of prostate and male breast cancers. If we can identify who carries these genetic mutations before they develop cancer, we can prevent cancer.

Speakers: Dr. Liz Etkin-Kramer, Ob/gyn in practice on Miami Beach for 25 years. Dr. Etkin-Kramer is the founder of Yodeah, a nonprofit organization committed to educating about hereditary cancer in the Jewish Community and facilitating cost-effective genetic testing. Knowledge is power and Knowledge saves lives.

Briana Schwarz, is Sharsheret’s Florida Regional Director. Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit or- ganization supporting Jewish women and families facing breast cancer.

Genetic Testing: Color Genomics will provide a lab representative and a genetic counselor to administer saliva testing. The testing is very cost effective; for BRCA genes it is $99, and for a multigene panel of 30 different hereditary cancer genes it is $150. The testing results are emailed to you within 4 weeks and you have the additional option of reviewing the results with a genetic counselor on the phone. This consult is included in the lab cost.

Tune in March 18th at 4:30 PM to Channel 2 and watch The New York Cantors make history as one of the most popular programs of Jewish music ever presented on American Public Television.

Link The product of an exhaustive, years-long, worldwide research project, Early Years tells the riveting story of the early life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe who, as much as anyone else, set the course of Jewish history in the twentieth century. What was his childhood like? What type of schooling did he receive? Who were his mentors and teachers? When did he first meet his father-in-law and predecessor, and what was the relationship between them like? At what point did the ideas that were to transform the landscape of post-Holocaust Jewry begin to take form in his mind? These questions and others about the Rebbe's early life have never been answered comprehensively. Presenting newly-uncovered government documents, private journals, letters and diaries, Rabbis Boruch Oberlander and Elkanah Shmotkin have produced a highly-engaging account which offers an unimpeded view of the formative years of modern Judaism's most recognized personality.

Join us for a book review with Rabbi Zalman Mochkin Feb 21 1-2:15pm Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center 18900 NE 25th Ave, Miami, FL 33180, USA

March 14-25

by Alfred Uhry Directed by Michael Andron
By the author of Driving Miss Daisy, this Tony Award winning play once again explores the lives of Jews in the American south. It is December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's uppercrust Freitag family is much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, Atlanta’s Jewish cotillion and the social event of the season. The ensuing comedy proves both hilarious and thought provoking as it touches on themes of assimilation, anti-semitism and change.

Advance tickets: $25 • $15 seniors/full-time students At the door: $30 • $18 seniors/full-time students

Box Office: call 1-866-811-4111 or go to https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/28215

JCAT-The J’s Cultural Arts Theatre
Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center/Sanford L. Ziff Campus
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach FL 33180
www.jcctheatre.com
Facebook: JCAT-Miami
Twitter: @JCAT-Miami
For More information 305-932-4200 ext. 150

JCAT is the performing theatre of the Michael-Ann Russell JCC, a year-round program for youth, teens, and adults, where participants are part of a magical world of theatre, with a full season of productions, theatre camps, and a wide range of classes and workshops in acting, improvisation, and technical theatre. JCAT is committed to challenge, enlighten, educate, and entertain its audiences through its multi-tier program.

Todos son bienvenidos

Sábado 20 de Enero

7:00 pm

Servicio de Havdalá, seguido por un concierto de música judía e israelí con un toque latino.

Jazanit Carolina y Ariel Liberczuk

Carolina es la Jazanit de la Comunidad Bet Hilel en Buenos Aires, y Ariel es un talentoso músico que entre otras cosas fue director musical en la sinagoga del Colegio Tarbut.

Tickets are $18 - Se servirá un refrigerio. - RSVP (305) 937-1880

Join us to hear Sana Krasikov talk about her award winning multigenerational novel.This book is about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia, spanning most of the 20th Century. Lunch is included.

January 10, 2018 12 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Click here for tickets

by Alfred Uhry Directed by Michael Andron
By the author of Driving Miss Daisy, this Tony Award winning play once again explores the lives of Jews in the American south. It is December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's uppercrust Freitag family is much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, Atlanta’s Jewish cotillion and the social event of the season. The ensuing comedy proves both hilarious and thought provoking as it touches on themes of assimilation, anti-semitism and change.

Show Dates: March 14-25

Auditions will be held on: Tuesday, 12/26 7-9, Wednesday 12/27 7-9, Wednesday 1/3 7-9

Complete audition information at www.jcctheatre.com

JCAT-The J’s Cultural Arts Theatre
Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center/Sanford L. Ziff Campus
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach FL 33180
For More information 305-932-4200 ext. 130
Facebook: JCAT-Miami
Twitter: @JCAT-Miami

JCAT is the performing theatre of the Michael-Ann Russell JCC, a year-round program for youth, teens, and adults, where participants are part of a magical world of theatre, with a full season of productions, theatre camps, and a wide range of classes and workshops in acting, improvisation, and technical theatre. JCAT is committed to challenge, enlighten, educate, and entertain its audiences through its multi-tier program.

January 17- February 4
Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Michael Andron
Musical Direction by Marlena Tuchinsky • Choreography by Ron Headrick

One of the most enduring shows of all time, Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is the irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son... a reimagining of the Biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colors. The magical musical is full of unforgettable songs, including Go Go Go Joseph, Any Dream Will Do and Close Every Door. Be part of the magic!

Advance: $30 • $18 seniors/full-time students
At the door: $35 • $20 seniors/full-time students

JCAT-The J’s Cultural Arts Theatre
Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center/Sanford L. Ziff Campus
18900 NE 25th Avenue
North Miami Beach FL 33180
Tickets at www.jcctheatre.com or call 1-866-811-4111
For More information 305-932-4200 ext. 150
Facebook: JCAT-Miami
Twitter: @JCAT-Miami

JCAT is the performing theatre of the Michael-Ann Russell JCC, a year-round program for youth, teens, and adults, where participants are part of a magical world of theatre, with a full season of productions, theatre camps, and a wide range of classes and workshops in acting, improvisation, and technical theatre. JCAT is committed to challenge, enlighten, educate, and entertain its audiences through its multi-tier program.

Yiddish Vinkel Club of the MAR-JCC presents
Sing-along of Famous Yiddish Theatre Songs
Wednesday, December 20 at 10:30 AM

Jewish Music Heritage Series presents
Yiddish Top Chai: Sing-along Countdown of the 18 Yiddish Songs That People Most Like to Sing
Thursday, December 21 at 2:00

Both Events are free and open to the public
Binyumen Schaechter is the composer of music for five shows that ran off-Broadway, the Conductor of the acclaimed 40-voice Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC, and was the Musical Director and Pianist of Avi Hofman’s Too Jewish? for the duration of its original 18-month run in NYC.

At JCAT- The J’s Cultural Arts Theatre Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community
Center/Sanford L. Ziff Campus
18900 NE 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach
(305)932-4200 ext 150