J Line. The Jewish knowledge center for teens. Program Guide

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1 J Line The Jewish knowlede center for teens Proram Guide

2 2 3 J Line ives you choice, diversity and depth in your Jewish learnin experiences J Line proudly welcomes a wide variety of perspectives and identities to our prorams Dear Teen, We can t wait to see your friendly face on the Second Floor for a snack or coffee soon! Whether you ve been here before, or haven t visited the Second Floor yet, we invite you to join us for a reat year of teen-centered prorammin. This year brins some excitin new prorams and innovations to J Line, our Jewish learnin center, while continuin popular student favorites. I encourae you to peruse the information in this uide, and to reister soon for any combination of classes and prorams you choose. WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE HOW Greater Pittsburh teens in rades 8-12, reardless of affiliation or backround Classes and prorams from Hebrew, ceramics and sonleadin to volunteer activities, leadership trainin and more Sunday mornins and beyond! See full calendar at JCCPGH.or/jline Second Floor, JCC Robinson Buildin 5738 Darlinton Road, Squirrel Hill Pick and choose as many classes and prorams as you d like. Do what YOU want to do. Create your own schedule! Choose Your Journey sunday mornin schedule 9:00-9:55 am Modern Hebrew Our exceptional staff look forward to seein you on Openin Day at J Line on Sunday, September 11, and we look forward to some truly powerful Jewish learnin with you in the months to come! Carolyn Gerecht, Director of Teen Enaement and Experiences cerecht@jccph.or Jewish Experiences 9:55-10:20 am Breakfast B yachad 10:20-11:15 am Modern Hebrew Jewish Experiences 11:20 am-12:15 pm Chuim New see pae 6! Fall classes bein September 11 Winter classes bein November 20 Sprin classes bein February 12 Full calendar on pae 11 Financial Assistance Need-based financial assistance applications must be received at least one week before trimester start date (September 6 for the Fall, November 14 for the Winter, February 6 for the Sprin). Please contact Jane Stokar at for an application. Our Hebrew Proram Hebrew at J Line blends online, classroom-based and one-onone learnin in a riorous but welcomin settin. Schedule Sunday mornins 9:00 11:15 am (Breakfast B yachad from 9:55 10:20 am) Wednesday evenins 6:30 7:30 pm Proram Hebrew students are expected to attend all 3 hours a week. New Hebrew students are placed in the appropriate class level, from 1 to 4, after takin a placement test at the beinnin of the year. Hebrew students enjoy fun online ames with their NETA loin (can be played at school or at home), immersive classroom conversation and learnin, and one-on-one time with our Hebrew coordinator throuhout the year. Take Hebrew for hih school credit with Pittsburh Public Schools! $801 per year Can be paid in 3 installments of $267 each. For more information, please contact Hebrew Coordinator Ronit Pasternak rpasternak@jccph.or To reister, see pae 11.

3 4 5 Sunday mornins at the JCC: Class Descriptions Fall: September 11, 18; October 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13 9:00-9:55 am Peelin the Onion: Hot Topics If You Live in Israel In 2011, hundreds of thousands of protesters, mostly youn, set up tents on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv to publicly voice their frustration with the risin cost of housin in Israel, and with the decline in social services like health and education. Between 1968 and 2005, the number of Haredi men exempt from servin in the military due to their Torah studies rew from 800 to more than 41,000. What are the hottest topics today for someone livin in Israel? When Israelis sit down to the dinner, what do they arue about? If you like Current Events, you ll love explorin the Israeli political sphere with veteran educator Barak Naveh. 9:55-10:20 am Breakfast B yachad (Eat and Schmooze) 10:20-11:15 am Four Jewish Innovators Chanin the Face of Pittsburh Meet 4 people in your backyard who are makin a dramatic impact in our community. Hear from Alex Reier, the creator and visionary behind the Squirrel Hill Niht Markets and Squirrel Hill Farmers Market; Carl Kurlander, a former Hollywood movie executive (and a writer of St. Elmo s Fire and Saved by the Bell) who recently launched a filmmakin nonprofit in Pittsburh; Ken Real, the founder of Just Harvest, a nonprofit which reduces economic inequality by fihtin for chanes to public policy; and Zack Block, Director of Repair the World Pittsburh. How did each of these individuals et their start, and how have they each chaned the face of Pittsburh? Did I Hear You on itunes? Podcastin with G2G at Weinber Terrace Learn how to launch a podcast while makin a difference in the lives of others. Enjoy activities with the senior residents of Weinber Terrace, next to the JCC, while interviewin and documentin their stories to create a G2G podcast usin professional audio equipment. Use microphones, mixers, cables and headphones to record and release the best stories from your new senior friends. With podcast junkie Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, develop a new skill and create memories for a lifetime. Rabbi Jeremy Markiz You Behind the Camera with Steeltown Entertainment Project Steeltown Entertainment Project was launched in 2003 by community and civic leaders and Hollywood expats livin in Pittsburh with the vision that this city has what it takes to become a world-class player in the entertainment industry. With two Steeltown teachin artists and Rabbi Ron Symons, explore the makin of a movie behind the camera, developin your skills in shootin, editin and unfoldin a story. Tell your own story of Jewish Pittsburh, completin the class with your own movie short. Rabbi Ron Symons and Steeltown Teachin Artists new Prorams PUSH: Persons Undertakin Solvin Huner More than 174,000 individuals suffer from food insecurity in Alleheny County alone, includin more than 41,000 children. How can you personally make a difference for hunry people in our community with reater impact than donatin canned food? With PUSH, alonside local experts, lobby local officials to support public policies chanes that help those who are food insecure. Work in partnership with Just Harvest and the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry; meet real local policymakers at the local, state and reional levels; and fiht for chane. Chane the system from within your voice is needed! Openin Town Hall Tuesday, September 13 6:30 pm on the Second Floor Teen Leaders: Izzy Seel & Alana Yoffee Monthly Sessions Race and Faith: Meetin the People and Ideas in Our Community Become a part of a better America by buildin brides with others in our community. With all of the national talk of America needin to unify beyond our race and faith differences, take the time to meet with community leaders across a variety of churches and a mosque in reater Pittsburh. Learn about other reliions by meetin them in person, and travellin to their place of worship. In between visits, we will explore these communities and discuss questions over dinner toether on the Second Floor. Rabbi Ron Symons Thursdays,5:30-7:00 p.m. (Dinner Provided) September 22, 29 October 6, 13, 20, 27 November 3, 10 This Is A Story About a Hill A select roup of Jewish teens will be invited to participate in a powerful new cohort with teens from the nearby Hill District, a neihborhood still recoverin from major economic downturn after the buildin of the Civic Arena there in the 1960s and formerly the home of the Jewish Community Center. This cohort will be launched to explore true, rivetin stories about Jewish and African-American Pittsburh, and the elders who tell them. Visit sinificant local neihborhoods, includin the East End, East Liberty, Squirrel Hill, and the Hill District, and see local archives of Jewish and African-American history. Toether, ask powerful questions: how do communities share space? How do communities chane? Who tells those stories? How do we know another, and define ourselves? Openin Session: Thursday, September 20 6:30 pm on the Second Floor Teen Leaders: Rebecca Gordon & Lizzy Katchen Facilitated By: Zack Block (JCC) and Terri Baltimore (Hill House) Monthly Sessions

4 6 7 September 11 Rosh Hashanah Smoothie Cookin with Casey Weiss Make an easy Rosh Hashanah-themed smoothie (with apples, caramel, dates and honey) to share with your holiday table, and explore sustainable eatin. Hebrew Letters in Relief Ceramics with the Union Project What s in a (Hebrew) name? Create a relief desin in clay to symbolize your Hebrew name. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Makin Decisions: Party Till Dawn? Rabbi Jeremy Markiz We'll consider a story of an all-niht party, and et some important advice on makin bi decisions from the Jewish saes. Which factors should we consider, and which should we inore? Read the case study, and then decide! Current Events with Discuss various current events impactin the Jewish world every week. September 18 The Imainary Sukkah: The Talmud & Modern Architecture with Ben Schachter Our saes provided extensive instructions to build a sukkah. They had lots of crazy ideas for sukkot with "bent walls," buildin sukkahs on waons, and other unusual materials. Contemporary Architecture is really no different architects can imaine almost whatever they want: tiny houses, houses-as-machines, and even diital houses. If you imained like the rabbis did what kind of dwellins miht you desin? This creative workshop blends rabbinic and architectural thinkin. Materials, such as balsa wood, wire, foam core and sandpaper, will be provided to build real architectural models of fanciful and imainary structures. Challah One Day Later Cookin with Casey Weiss Learn to make French toast from challah and discover other ways to repurpose leftover challah bread, carryin a delicious Shabbat into the week. Make Your Own Tea Candle Holder Ceramics with the Union Project Make your own beautiful candle holder to hold 2 tea candles, and brin a little liht into your life. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Current Events with October 9 Morrocan Stuffed Spahetti Squash Cookin with Casey Weiss Make a Morrocan Sukkot recipe from thekosherchef, a hot new Instaram featurin foodie Jewish recipes, while explorin Morrocan Jewry. Make Your Own Mizrach with the Union Project A mizrach is the eastern wall, or also a creative piece of art which shows the direction to Israel. Create on for your room to commemorate a trip or friend there, or desin one as a ift. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Do We Need Oranized Reliion? with Carolyn Gerecht Surely, we don t need to be members of an oranization to become better people or to make a difference in the world. So what s the point of oranized reliion? Debate a variety of texts, includin Jewish and academic understandins of reliion in the modern world, to answer the question: should we be oranized? Current Events with October 16 Israeli Salatim Cookin with Casey Weiss Try your hand at makin Israeli-style pickled veetables, hummus, uacamole, and dips, and discuss how salatim reflect Israeli culture. The Imainary Sukkah: The Talmud & Modern Architecture with Ben Schachter Our saes provided extensive instructions to build a sukkah. They had lots of crazy ideas for sukkot with "bent walls," buildin sukkahs on waons, and other unusual materials. Contemporary Architecture is really no different architects can imaine almost whatever they want: tiny houses, houses-as-machines, and even diital houses. If you imained like the rabbis did what kind of dwellins miht you desin? This creative workshop blends rabbinic and architectural thinkin. Materials, such as balsa wood, wire, foam core and sandpaper, will be provided to build real architectural models of fanciful and imainary structures. Empty Bowls with the Union Project Create a ceramic bowl for Empty Bowls, an annual community meal held in Pittsburh each year which typically attracts more than 1,500 people. All proceeds from the event (a simple meal of soup and bread, served from handmade bowls) benefit Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburh Community Food Bank, local huner relief oranizations. Hear from the teens involved in this year s event, and find out how you can et involved, too. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Current Events with October 30 Let the Games Bein: Pokemon Go Have fun playin Pokemon Go, while explorin the impact of this new ame on our world for example, is it OK to play Pokemon Go at Auschwitz, or at a cemetery? What about school? Photo Picture Frames Enineerin with Tech Shop Hammer your own picture frame out of copper to capture the Jewish imae you project of yourself to the world. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Sonleadin with Julie Newman See October 23 Current Events with A chu is a circle a Hebrew word that describes an activity based on shared interests, creatin a circle of people around it. November 6 Let the Games Bein with Rabbi Symons: Call of Duty So you want to shoot a Nazi play the ame, debate the ame, rate the ame. Is it ethical? Sonleadin with Julie Newman See October 23. Current Events with NEW! New this year to J Line, different chuim will be offered every sinle week at 11:20 am 12:15 pm. Decide what you want to do! } } } Chuim Choose each week from a variety of interactive prorams. Visit the Mikveh with Carolyn Gerecht What are the mayyim hayyim (livin waters) that must fill a mikveh? When does one immerse in the mikveh? Are there other rules for the mikveh? Take a tour of Pittsburh s brand-new community mikveh (opened in Sprin 2016), and explore this very special, fascinatin, and holy ritual up close. October 23 Let the Games Bein with Rabbi Ron Symons: Cards Aainst Humanity Play it, lauh at it, feel it, talk about it. Conversation Hebrew: The Presidential Election Practice your Hebrew informally in a Café Ivrit (Hebrew café) settin on the Second Floor, while discussin the upcomin U.S. Presidential Election. Learn new, relevant vocabulary words in a fun settin, while workin on (or showin off!) your skills in casual Hebrew conversation. Delicious snacks and coffee will be provided. Sonleadin with Julie Newman Brin any instrument, rhythm, and/or your voice, and make music with friends. Interested teens are encouraed to attend all 4 sonleadin sessions. Current Events with November 13 Let the Games Bein with Rabbi Ron Symons: Monopoly Livin on Boardwalk: $400. Livin on Baltic Avenue: $60. Is it fair? How are these prices determined? Where would you live, and why? Makin Jewelry With Tech Shop Create a copper pendant, bracelet or necklace as a Chanukah ift or for yourself includin Maen David and Chai desins, and Jewish texts. Requires 2 passes. 11:20 am-12:45 pm. Sonleadin with Julie Newman See October 23. Current Events with HOW IT WORKS Purchase a roup of chu passes (sinle pass, 4-pass or 8-pass) at JCCPGH.or/jline At 11:20 am, decide from the options for the week which creative activity most appeals to you you do not need to choose in advance! Chu passes will be tracked as you attend prorams throuhout the trimester, and are valid for one trimester only New chuim (for Winter and Sprin) will be posted durin the year to reflect interests and input from J Line students, and onoin community/current events Current Events with Barak Naveh will meet every week, all year lon Questions? Contact Ariel DiFelice, adifelice@jccph.or or }See you September 11!

5 Sunday mornins at the JCC: Class Descriptions 8 Sunday mornins at the JCC: Class Descriptions 9 Winter: November 20; December 4, 11, 18; January 8, 22, 29; February 5 sprin: February 12, 26; March 5, 19, 26; April 2, 9, 23, 30 9:00-9:55 am 9:00-9:55 am Put on Your Yarmulke, Here Comes Hanukkah, Part 1: Jewish Humor Explore how Jewish humor has developed and adapted to fit the times from the 1960s to today, includin stand-up comedy, movies, comedic writin, and Jewish humor on the Internet. Read and watch funny clips and jokes, while explorin the Jewish roots of famous comedians and the context in which they made their audience lauh. This class is a popular student favorite, tauht by culture uru and veteran educator. Put on Your Yarmulke, Here Comes Hanukkah, Part 2: Jewish Humor Explore how Jewish humor has developed and adapted to fit the times from the 1960s to today, includin stand-up comedy, movies, comedic writin, and Jewish humor on the Internet. Read and watch funny clips and jokes, while explorin the Jewish roots of famous comedians and the context in which they made their audience lauh. This class is a popular student favorite, tauht by culture uru and veteran educator Barak Naveh. 9:55-10:20 am Breakfast B yachad (Eat and Schmooze) 9:55-10:20 am Breakfast B yachad (Eat and Schmooze) 10:20-11:15 am 10:20-11:15 am You Kind of Jump Short Stories To Leave You Wonderin with Writin a story is kind of like surfin, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to et somewhere. With surfin, you kind of jump. These words from Etar Keret, one of Israel s most famous short story writers, capture the feelin that a short story often leaves you with like you ve just run out of time. How does this unique medium capture the hearts and minds of Israelis (and Jews)? Read sad, funny, and poinant short stories that turn and turn the prism of Israel. Arts and Writin of the Shoah Flares of Memory, published in 2001, illuminates the stories of more than 40 survivors of the Shoah (Holocaust), who were in their teens and 20s when traedy interrupted their lives. Created throuh a series of writin workshops by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburh, the hauntin narratives draw the reader in to contemplate their resilience, pain, scarred identities and their flares of childhood memory. By readin these stories, and also examinin other poinant arts and writin of the Shoah (includin music, Elie Wiesel s Niht, poetry, and other stories), see the Shoah not only in the paes of a textbook, but throuh the eyes of its survivors. Students will also take a tour of the new Holocaust Center of Pittsburh, and hear from a survivor. Service Learnin with J-Serve Steerin Committee For members of the 2017 J-Serve Steerin Committee. Enae with Jewish texts and learn about issues in our community, and then plan and implement the educational components of J-Serve Pittsburh, the larest teen community service event of the year. How do we transform J-Serve from a one-day service experience to a day that truly leaves an impact? What is the J in J- Serve? Guided by Zack Block, Pittsburh Director of Repair the World, a community oranization which mobilizes thousands of youn Jews in Pittsburh each year to impact lives and neihborhoods in Pittsburh. I ll Make a Leader Out of You How Awesome Camp Counselors Make Awesome Leaders Translate your passion for camp into applicable real-life leadership skills. With both camp and leadership experts from around the community, includin J&N Day Camp director Lewis Sohinki, Liza Baron, Meredith Brown and EKC Assistant Director Rachael Speck, build on camp talents in developin roup dynamics, problem solvin, creative thinkin, and even supervision to find your skills and style in leadership. What does a rainy day have to do with masterin manaement? Kick back with your camp friends, and let us show you how to brin your love of camp to life. Zack Block Lewis Sohinki, Liza Baron, Meredith Brown, Rachael Speck, et al. You Behind the Camera with Steeltown Entertainment Project Steeltown Entertainment Project was launched in 2003 by community and civic leaders and Hollywood ex-pats livin in Pittsburh with the vision that this city has what it takes to become a world-class player in the entertainment industry. With two Steeltown teachin artists and Rabbi Ron Symons, explore the makin of a movie behind the camera, developin your skills in shootin, editin and unfoldin a story. Tell your own story of Jewish Pittsburh, completin the class with your own movie short. Rabbi Ron Symons and Steeltown Teachin Artists You Behind the Camera with Steeltown Entertainment Project Steeltown Entertainment Project was launched in 2003 by community and civic leaders and Hollywood ex-pats livin in Pittsburh with the vision that this city has what it takes to become a world-class player in the entertainment industry. With two Steeltown teachin artists and Rabbi Ron Symons, explore the makin of a movie behind the camera, developin your skills in shootin, editin and unfoldin a story. Tell your own story of Jewish Pittsburh, completin the class with your own movie short. Rabbi Ron Symons and Steeltown Teachin Artists

6 10 11 Calendar additional Prorams Tuesday, September 6 September 11, 18 (September 25 Closed) October 9, 16, 23, 30 November 6, 13 September 11 Fall Financial Assistance Application Due Fall Class Dates Openin Day & Fall Classes Bein Wednesday Evenin Hebrew September 14, 21, 28 October 5, 19, 26 November 2, 9, 16, 30 December 7, 14, 21 January 4, 11, 18, 25 February 1, 8, 15, 22 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 19, 26 September 13, 6:30 pm PUSH Openin Town Hall Debatin Ethics Beins HaZamir Pittsburh: rades 8-12 Learn Jewish music, make friends from around the world, and perform in world-class venues. HaZamir Pittsburh rehearses Jewish choral music on Sunday afternoons at the JCC in preparation for a sprin performance with more than 400 other teens from around the world at Carneie Music Hall or Lincoln Center in New York City. Open rehearsal: Sunday, September 11, 4:30-6 pm Teen Leadership Council Teen Leadership Council is a body of youth roup leaders representin more than ten Jewish teen oranizations from around reater Pittsburh. The council meets periodically throuhout the year, comin toether to build relationships, support each other and learn toether. Certificate in Elementary Jewish Education Take your teachin experience to the next level, and receive a stipend for your specialized trainin in elementary Jewish education (learnin many skills that apply beyond the Jewish classroom). For any teen workin as a madrich/ah in a local reliious school, develop educational skills by explorin classroom manaement techniques, learnin to support children with special needs, and desinin effective lesson plans for elementary school. At the end of the class, desin and execute your own lesson plan in your reliious school classroom and receive a Certificate in Elementary Jewish Education for your resume (hint: et a boost findin a job in a reliious school classroom in collee, where you ll make more money per hour teachin than your roommate miht make at a retail store.) This trainin class is desined toether by and Rabbi Ron Symons. Squirrel Hill 12:15 2:15 pm: October 23, November 13, January 22, February 23, March 26, April 23 South Hills 12:30 2 pm: October 23, November 13, January 29, March 5, April 2, May 7 Community Partners: Conreation Beth Shalom, Rodef Shalom Conreation, Temple David, Temple Sinai, Tree of Life/Or L Simcha, Temple Emanuel, Beth El Conreation Debatin Ethics Explore controversial ethical issues from should we separate conjoined twins, to are we obliated to provide welfare, by studyin classical Jewish texts up close every other Tuesday on the Second Floor, with Danny Shaw First Session: September 13, 6:30 pm J-Serve: rades 6-12 J-Serve Pittsburh is a teen-led day of Jewish community service, attended each year by nearly 300 Jewish teens from all over reater Pittsburh. J-Serve takes place in more than 90 cities all over the world annually. Teens can volunteer at more than 15 service locations, playin bino with the elderly, ardenin, makin food, visitin the sick, and more. For more information about joinin the Steerin Committee, or to join our mailin list, please contact cerecht@jccph.or. Sunday, March 19, 2017 J-Serve Pittsburh is a partnership of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburh, Repair the World: Pittsburh, BBYO, and the Volunteer Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburh. For more information about any of these prorams, please contact Carolyn Gerecht, cerecht@jccph.or or September 20, 6:30 pm September 22, 5:30 pm October 30 November 13 Monday, November 14 November 20 November 20 (November 27 Closed) December 4, 11, 18 (December 25 Closed) (January 1 Closed) January 8 (January 15 Closed) January 22, 29 February 5 January 29 February 5 February 6 February 12 February 12 (February 19 Closed) February 26 March 5 (March 12 Closed) March 19 No Classes JSERVE! March 26 April 2, 9, 23, 30 (April 16 Closed) April 30, 12:15 pm This is a Story about a Hill Openin Session Race and Faith Beins End of Fall Classes Winter Chuim Released Buy New Passes Fall Chuim Passes Expire 12:15 pm Winter Financial Assistance Application Due Winter Classes Bein Winter Class Dates End of Winter Classes Sprin Chuim Released Buy New Passes Winter Chuim Passes Expire 12:15 pm Sprin Financial Assistance Application Due Sprin Classes Bein Sprin Class Dates Chaiah (Celebration) How to Reister All reistration will take place this year in Online Ede, the JCC s secure reistration system. You do not need to be a member of the JCC to use it. 1. Please visit JCCPGH.or/jline to view all classes and packaes. 2. Click on each class title to reister, or fill up a shoppin cart of classes. Please note that you will need to create an account to reister online for classes, if you do not already have one JCC membership is not required. If you would prefer not to create an account, please print and , mail or drop off the PDF reistration form found online at JCCPGH.or/jline. 3. Check out. 4. Revisit your class selection and purchase new classes at any time by loin onto JCCPGH.or/jline. 5. Families requestin financial assistance should contact Jane Stokar at jstokar@jccph.or for an application. Fall applications must be received by Tuesday, September 6. Questions? Call Ariel DiFelice at to reister for any class or proram.

7 JCCPGH.ORG What Teens Are Sayin About J Line I ve learned how important it is to protect Jews around the world J Line is really reat Fun! A very positive experience! Much more aware now of current events I love it! I love my teachers they are the best part of comin to J Line Met people from around the city I have really strenthened my knowlede of Hebrew throuh J Line Visit us online! JCCPGH.or/jline J Line at the JCC