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JCC MetroWest presents, Laura Zigman, "Small World" From bestselling author Laura Zigman comes a heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults and finally reckon with their childhood. A heartfelt novel about two offbeat and newly divorced sisters who move in together as adults hoping to forge the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Elizabeth Graver, "Kantika" A dazzling, Sephardic, multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home. Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are […]
Join us all month long to celebrate the importance of reading, writing, and literature. Free Bagels and Free Books, please stop by the Steiner Court Cafe and grab a bagel and a book.
Featuring: Denise Bobinski / pastel landscapes / best drawing/pastels - Gaelen 2022 Ellen Hark / sculpture / best sculpture - Gaelen 2023 FREE to the community / Light refreshments
JCC MetroWest presents, Rachel Beanland, "The House Is On Fire" Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground in the middle of […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Cathleen Schine, "Kunstlers in Paradise" For years, clever and glamorous Mamie Künstler, 93, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice, California with her housekeeper and gigantic St. Bernard dog. Their tranquility is upended when Mamie’s twenty-something grandson, Julian, arrives from New York City to seek his fortune in Hollywood. But it […]
Six generations have read the story. This one will sing it. This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. Pixie Dust Players is thrilled to bring back opportunities for adult performers! Participants ages 16 and up are encouraged to audition. There […]
Six generations have read the story. This one will sing it. This timeless, captivating story is brought to life in this glorious musical filled with personal discovery, heartache, hope, and everlasting love. Pixie Dust Players is thrilled to bring back opportunities for adult performers! Participants ages 16 and up are encouraged to audition. There […]
Ry An Winner of best mixed media in the 2023 Gaelen Juried Show Alex Polner Winner of best drawing/pastels in the 2023 Gaelen Juried Show Exhibit Runs: January 7 - February 25, 2024
JCC MetroWest presents, Buzzy Jackson, "To Die Beautiful" Based on the true story of Hannie Schaft, known to the Nazis as the Girl with Red Hair. It’s 1940 and Hannie Schaft is a shy nineteen-year-old law student living in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. The timid, studious university student who once dreamed of becoming a League of Nations lawyer […]
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JCC MetroWest presents, Andrew Ridker, "Hope" Ridker’s slashing satire of upper-middle-class life turns on the foibles of a seemingly charmed Jewish family in Brookline, Mass. Scott Greenspan is a well-respected cardiac surgeon. His wife, Deb, is known for her good work on various school and synagogue activities. Their daughter, Maya, works at a prestigious New […]
We are thrilled to once again partner with DreamWorks Theatricals and Music Theatre International to pilot this brand-new production! Our performers will be some of the first to ever perform this show onstage and will get to play an integral role in the developmental process. The script and score are still being adjusted and fine-tuned, […]
PURCHASE TICKETS TRIO ZIMBALIST Josef Špaček, violin Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin, cello George Xiaoyuan Fu, piano Trio Zimbalist has garnered critical acclaim for its “precision and feverish intensity” (Greece’s EfSyn). The group was lauded for its “liveliness and vigor of playing” and performances that were “pure enjoyment!” (Athinorama) at the Nights of Classical Music at the Gennadius […]
In honor of Women's History Month An exhibit by women artists who portray women in their work, using a variety of media and styles. March 3 through April 28 Participating Artists: Sybil Archibald • Aliza Augustine • Janet Boltax • Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern • Ellen Hark • Barbara MinchLeslie Nobler • Sarah Petruziello • Sharon Sayegh […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Jennifer Rosner, "Once We Were Home" Among the tragedies of WWII were the Jewish children separated from their families, given new names, and instructed to follow new religions. Rosner follows The Yellow Bird Sings (2020), with this complex tale about fear, survival, and what it means to be a family, as four children grapple […]
Mount Vernon Virtuosi featuring Amit Peled and the Cello Gang Baltimore-based Mount Vernon Virtuosi is an innovative chamber orchestra of exceptional young musicians who are in transition from their studies to a professional career. Founded by cellist, pedagogue, and conductor Amit Peled, the ensemble performs a free-of-charge concert season in several Baltimore area communities and […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Daisy Alpert Florin, "My Last Innocent Year" It’s 1998 and Isabel Rosen, the only daughter of a Lower East Side appetizing store owner, has one semester left at Wilder College, a prestigious school in New Hampshire. Desperate to shed her working-class roots and still mourning the death of her mother four years […]
Dini Klein is a food host, founder of Prep + Rally, a family meal-prep subscription service, and the author of Prep + Rally: An Hour of Prep, a Week of Delicious Meals. Dini has worked with brands such as Walmart, Starbucks, Weight Watchers, Popsugar, and Barilla, and has appeared on national television from CW to […]
SUPPORT ISRAELI ARTISTS! Introducing our community to OVER 150 Israeli artists and artisans THEATER LOBBY at the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC • Free / Open to the public EXPRESSIONS one of the largest and most diverse collection of Israeli art introducing over 150 Israeli Artists and Artisans from all over the world; […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lauren Grodstein, "We Must Not Think of Ourselves" In time for Yom Hashoah comes this heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives kept by those determined to have their stories survive World War II. Inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name […]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF BERNICE AND MORTIMER SHAPIRO JCC METROWEST CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES: Beca Quartet from The Juilliard School The Beca Quartet, comprised of violinists Jory Lane and Messiah Ahmed, violist Aditi Prakash, and cellist Miles Goosby, formed in August 2023 at the start of their graduate degrees at the Juilliard School. Since its […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Peter Blauner, "Picture in the Sand" Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan […]
4U2C Sponsored by Audrey and Norbert Gaelen Endowment • Co-sponsored by JCC MetroWest
4U2C Reception and Awards Sponsored by Audrey and Norbert Gaelen Endowment • Co-sponsored by JCC MetroWest
JCC MetroWest presents, Armando Lucas Correa, "The Night Travelers" Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall as they embark on journeys of self-discovery and maternal love. Lilith, the child of a white mother and Black father, […]
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 COME SEE THESE EXHIBITS! OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, September 8 • 11:00AM–1:00PM Light refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs September 8–October 27 For more information, contact Gaelen Gallery Director, Lisa Sussat 973-530-3413 or [email protected] JCC MetroWest is a beneficiary agency of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. JCC MetroWest strives to ensure access […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Talia Carner, "The Boy with the Star Tattoo" Talia Carner's "The Boy with the Star Tattoo" is an epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, weaving two yet-untold events set in France. The first is set in 1946 in the aftermath of the Holocaust. The second covers the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, "The Wolf Hunt" Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely and suspenseful exploration of the fault lines in a community, a school, and a family, as a mother begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime in her novel "The Wolf Hunt". Book group discussion at […]
With democracy on our minds, J-Films presents one of the best satires of the 21st Century, a mostly-true story of dictatorship run amok. In March of 1953, Joseph Stalin's brutal reign over the Soviet Union ends with his sudden death. His underlings hilariously scramble over each other for advancement in the power vacuum. With a […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lynda Cohen Loigman, "The Love Elixer of Augusta Stern" "The Love Elixer of Augusta Stern" is a reminder that age doesn't change who we are, that second chances are always possible, and that it is never too late to try and recapture the lost magic of our youth. Book group discussion at […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Sara Goodman Confino, "Don't Forget To Write" When Marilyn Kreinman is caught making out with the rabbi's son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter's reputation, it's Philadelphia's strict premier matchmaker. Wither that of Marilyn […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lisa Barr, The Goddess of Warsaw Set in 2005 Los Angeles and 1943 Poland, The Goddess of Warsaw is an enthralling tale of a legendary Hollywood screen goddess with a dark secret about her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto. When the famous actress is threatened by someone from her past, she must […]
The Gaelen Gallery's art exhibit for January and February will feature painter Sharon Sayegh and drawing artist John Zollo, both winners of the annual Gaelen Juried Show. For more information contact: Lisa Suss at 974-530-3413 or [email protected].
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES Curtis Institute of Music featuring Trio Zimbalist OPEN TO ALL • $25/Member or Guest Dessert reception to follow Josef Špaček violin Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin cello George Xiaoyuan Fu piano Trio Zimbalist has garnered critical acclaim for its “liveliness and vigor of playing” and performances that were “pure enjoyment!” Members of the […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Samantha Greene Woodruff, The Trade Off Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market’s stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she’s determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the […]
OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR FUTURE A showcase of ten artists using a wide range of media to depict nature as “living artwork.” Light refreshments will be served. Participating Artists: Donna Bassin • Kristian Battell • Allison Green • Susan Evans Grove • Yvette Lucas • Donna Moran • Roberta Reynolds • Joanne Ross • Alexandra Schoenberg […]
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States, and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where they worked closely with cellist Marko Ylönen. Since the autumn of […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Lihi Lapid, On Her Own Set between the eve of Passover and Israel’s Independence Day, On Her Own is a tense and immersive psychological read about two families looking for redemption and the transformative bonds between strangers. Book group discussion at 12:00 PM Author presentation at 1:00 PM Book Group discussion and […]
Talkback following the film Director: Erez Tadmor 2022, Israel, 96 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $10 PURCHASE TICKETS A box office hit in Israel and at the 2024 NJJFF, Matchmaking tells the comic story of Moti Bernstein, the ideal yeshiva bucher and the perfect match for any Haredi Orthodox bride-to-be. While Moti […]
Advance tickets are sold out, but we have a waitlist! Arrive 30 minutes early and add your name. We will sell tickets for all available seats 10 minutes before showtime. Post-screening Q&A with director/co-writer Daniel Robbins, co-writer Zack Weiner (in-person), and stars Meghan Leathers and Theo Taplitz (on Zoom) Director: Daniel Robbins 2024, USA, […]
Talkback following the film Director: Adar Shafran 2023, Israel, 104 minutes Hebrew, English, & Tigrinya with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported. At the airport, he is mistaken for Maccabi Netanya’s new star player from Nigeria. Despite having no […]
Post-screening Q&A with director/co-writer Dani Rosenberg on Zoom Director: Dani Rosenberg 2024, Israel, 82 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Filmed on-location in Kibbutz Nir Oz shortly after October 7, 2023, this sensitive drama follows a teenage girl as she returns to her devastated community to search for her […]
Post-screening Q&A with director/writer Jeremy Borison on Zoom Director: Jeremy Borison 2024, USA, 91 minutes English with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Noam, a closeted Orthodox teenager, discovers a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before WWII. He sets out to find the letter’s writer under […]
Post-screening Q&A with Janet Cohen Mandel, arts educator and frequent speaker at JCC MetroWest Director: Jamie Kastner 2024, Canada, 104 minutes English, German with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS A series of failed attempts by the city of Düsseldorf to honor German-Jewish art dealer, Max Stern, who barely escaped the war, […]
A pre-recorded Q&A with director/writer Tom Nesher will follow the film Director: Tom Nesher 2024, Israel, 107 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS When her beloved younger brother, Nati, is suddenly killed in a car accident, Eden discovers he had a secret girlfriend, Maya. Grieving his loss and reeling […]
Post-screening Q&A with director Bess Kargman on Zoom Director: Bess Kargman 2025, USA, 91 minutes English with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Diane Warren is one of the most prolific songwriters of all time, with a four-decade track record of writing mega-hits for superstar performers (“If I Could Turn Back Time,” […]
Join us for a globetrotting program of diverse and engaging short films! All are presented with English subtitles. Total running time: 110 minutes Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Goodman — USA, Ben Rosenbach, 14 minutes, English Two strangers meet in Central Park and strike up a conversation. The Cave Synagogue — USA, Peter Decherney, […]
Talkback following the film Director: Erez Tadmor 2024, Israel, 100 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $18 PURCHASE TICKETS Picking up where sold-out 2024 NJJFF hit Matchmaking left off, Moti and Nechama navigate their next steps, while his friend, Baruch (Maor Schweitzer, also seen at the 2024 NJJFF in Arugam […]
Post-screening Q&A with lead actress Joy Rieger on Zoom Director: Adir Miller, Doron Paz, Yoav Paz 2024, Israel, 110 minutes Hebrew, English, and Hungarian with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Arnon (Adir Miller, The Monkey House and The Matchmaker) is a religious man who shares a strong bond with […]
Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers Mike Yellin and Julie Cohen Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Jerry’s Last Mission Director: Louisa Merino 2021, USA, 58 minutes English and Japanese with English subtitles Documentary Newark-born fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew combat missions on Iwo Jima and over Japan, including the last combat mission of World War II. […]
Talkback following the film Director: Shemi Zarhin 2024, Israel, 125 minutes Hebrew with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS In this gentle drama by festival-favorite Israeli filmmaker and novelist Shemi Zarhin (The World Is Funny, The Kind Words), a long-married couple finds their bond tested by the dual returns of their teenaged […]
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Dani Menkin and Colleyville hostage crisis survivor Jeff Cohen on Zoom Director: Dani Menkin 2024, USA, 80 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS On January 15, 2022, an armed man entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, during a livestreamed Shabbat service and held Rabbi […]
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Sandi DuBowski Director: Sandi DuBowski 2024, USA, 105 minutes English, Hebrew, & Yiddish with English subtitles Documentary Ticket Price: $18 PURCHASE TICKETS Filmed over 21 years by Sandi DuBowski, director of the groundbreaking documentary Trembling Before G-d, this absorbing documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir […]
Talkback following the film Director: Adrián Suar 2024, Argentina, 97 minutes Spanish with English subtitles Feature NJ Premiere! Ticket Price: $15 PURCHASE TICKETS Acclaimed Jewish-Argentinian actor and filmmaker Adrián Suar directs, produces, and stars in this comedy about a Jewish family with a lot of love for each other and an equal number of […]
Advance tickets are sold out, but we have a waitlist! Arrive 30 minutes early and add your name. We will sell tickets for all available seats 10 minutes before showtime. Post-screening concert with live Beatles cover band Director: Joe Stephenson 2024, UK, 112 minutes English with English subtitles Feature Ticket Price: $18 This […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Zibby Owens, Blank A wife, a mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a hilarious debut novel, Blank, about family, friendship, success, and exhilarating self -(re) discovery. Book group discussion at 12:00 PM Author presentation at 1:00 PM Book Group discussion and conversation with the […]
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT SERIES The Beca Quartet, comprising violinists Jory Lane and Messiah Ahmed, violist Aditi Prakash, and cellist Miles Goosby, formed in August 2023 at the start of their graduate degrees at the Juilliard School. Since its inception, the quartet has performed a vast stylistic range of music, including jazz, film score, and folk, […]
JCC MetroWest presents: An exhibition of children’s art by students from the Sharon and Stephen Seiden Early Childhood Center May 3 - 29, 2025
JCC MetroWest presents, Sasha Vasilyuk, Your Presence is Mandatory A riveting debut novel, based on real events, Your Presence is Mandatory is about a Ukrainian World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not […]
Oil/Acrylic/Watercolor • Mixed Media • Sculpture • Drawing/Pastels • Photography Awards at 2:30 PM Sponsored by Audrey and Norbert Gaelen Endowment Co-Sponsored by JCC MetroWest
JCC MetroWest presents, Ayelet Tsabari, Songs for the Brokenhearted A Yemeni Israeli story of mothers and daughters, love and loss, and secrets untold, the novel shines a light on a little-known community and their rich history. In 1995, thirty-something Zohara, living in New York City, returns to Israel for the funeral of her mother, Saida, […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Emily Matchar, In the Shadow of the Greenbriar Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbriar Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbriar has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their […]
Gaelen Gallery Opening Reception Book Arts Roundtable The Book Arts Roundtable was established in 1999 to encourage the love of book and paper arts as well as to create a forum for the exchange of ideas and information about books and book making. Light refreshments will be served. Open to all Exhibit runs through October […]
JCC MetroWest presents, Alka Joshi, Six Days in Bombay This sweeping novel takes readers from Bombay to Prague, Florence, Paris and London, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter's death. Mira Novak, who is partly inspired by the Hungarian Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, is a painter with Hungarian Jewish and Indian heritage. The novel […]
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