January 10, 2019 View this email online .

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Register for JCC Summer Camp this Sunday  at Last Year's Prices! Don't miss this Sunday's one-day-only deals on 2019 JCC Summer Camp! It may look like winter outside but summer will be here before you know it! Stop by the Jewish Camp Fair 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at the College Ave. JCC to get great deals: Get last years camp prices $25 off every week you enroll 6-month payment plans available Enter to win raffle prizes Overnight camps will also be in attendance. Contact  Halle Schwartz  for more information at 614-559-6279.

There is still time to buy your tickets for this Saturday's JCC Open! Join the JCC at the Scarborough East Tennis Club (5641 Alshire Rd, Columbus, OH 43232) between 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm (doors will open at 6:45 pm). Cocktails and appetizers will be served at 7:00 pm while Pam Lippy is inducted into the JCC Jewish Sports Hall of Fame! Following the induction ceremony, enjoy an evening of tennis or Pickleball play. Visit the website for full information.

This week at the J: January 10 - January 17 JCC Open & Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Induction-- January 12 Summer Camp Open House -- January 13 Tu B'Shevat Crafternoon -- January 13 Women's Torah Series -- January 13

Announcement! Open Pickleball play is now Saturdays 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm through February 17. Contact Josh Latzko with questions.

Women's Torah Series This Sunday the JCC and Beth Jacob present a dialogue with Beth Jacob's Rabbi Avi Goldstein and Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt on "Let Me Hear Thy Voice: An Orthodox Female Journalist's Story" at 7:00 pm at the JCC. Chizhik-Goldschmidt is a journalist living in New York City where she teaches journalism at Yeshiva University''s Stern College for Women and is the Life editor at the Forward.

Tu B'Shevat Crafternoon This Sunday, January 13 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm, children can join J-Reach at the Michaels in Dublin to decorate their own birdhouse to celebrate Tu B'Shevat! $5 per child at the door, parents welcome! Space is limited. RSVP to  Becca Sigal .

JCC Bookfair Visiting Author Margot Singer Margot Singer , a Denison University professor, novelist, and winner of numerous fiction awards tells the tale of a mother-daughter love against a background of terror in her book Underground Fugue on January 29 at 12:00 pm at the JCC. Lunch is included. Purchase tickets here .

Save the Date - The Soap Myth May 5 Gallery Players presents a special performance of The Soap Myth starring 7-time Emmy Award Winner Ed Asner on May 5. More than a half century after WW II at the desperate urging of a passionate survivor, a young investigative reporter finds herself caught between numerous versions of the same story. Who has the right to write history—those people who have lived it and remember, those who study and protect it, or those who would seek to distort its very existence? Buy tickets here .

Fit Tip of the Week Join the JCC fitness staff each week to learn about proper form, gym etiquette, healthy lifestyle tips, and all the Diamond Family Fitness Center has to offer! Hear fitness staff discuss resolutions and how to work them into your fitness routine!

Need a 2018 Dependent Care Statement for your taxes?  Please request one by email to  Linda Fischer  or Sharon Sadlowski. Be sure to include your child’s name. Thank you .

Photos of the Week

Community. The AK Golden Boys Basketball team started off their winter season last night at the College Ave. main gym.

Children's Programming

Acting and Play Making -- January 10 - February 28

Fitness and Recreation

Lifeguard Training -- January 11 - February 3

Community Events

J-Knit Movie: Ocean's 8 -- January 22 at 11:00 am Sushi and Spirituality -- January 22 at 6:30 pm

JCC GALA CELEBRATES GALLERY PLAYERS 70th

February 23 at 8:00 pm -- click here for more information.

JCC Tributes

The Allison Senser Memorial Fund In memory of Ali Senser By Kate and Matt Chinn The Preschool Playground Fund In Honor of Carol Folkerth’s Retirement By Noah and Garen Cuttler Gallery Players By Gary Gillett By Steven and Joanne Grossman Children’s Scholarship Fund By Mary Vorys

The General Fund By Jacob Wallace By Lauren Cohen Golf Simulator Project By Nelson and Carole Genshaft By Jeff Levy By Jack Meizlish Camp Ayre By Steven and Joanne Grossman

JCC Hours JCC Calendar Community Calendar Group Classes Gym Schedule

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