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All Are Welcome September 1–December 31, 2013 26 Elul, 5773–28 Tevet, 5774 Culture Sports, Fitness & Aquatics FAMILY SERVICES Inside This Issue December 25, J Fest and Hava Nagila (The Movie) 10 NEW! Programs for Shabbat 13 8th Annual Northern Virginia Jewish Book Festival 18 4th Annual Cycle Fest 42 NEW! Adult Learning Institute (ALI) 55 Adults Grow Our Active Leadership (GOAL) Series Interested in shaping the JCCNV’s vision, mission or programming? Become a GOALie! Our newly created Grow Our Active Leadership (GOAL) series will nurture, inspire and groom our Center’s future leaders. Share your talents, interests and energies in eight monthly sessions from October 2013 through May 2014. Learn what makes a leader a Jewish leader, explore the JCCNV’s and the JCC movement’s history, understand the JCCNV’s role in the larger community and analyze the JCCNV’s budget. Meet with key JCCNV administrators, staff and board members to get a bird’s-eye view of the Center’s operations. While focusing on the concept and skills of “strategic thinking,” you will tackle immediate and longer-term issues facing our Center and larger community. Dynamic activities will accompany each session’s presentations. If you are interested in connecting with others in the community while developing your leadership skills and knowledge of our Center, we’d like you on our team! Please contact Sandy Mitchell at [email protected] or (703) 323-8625. This program is open to adults with and without prior leadership experience or prior involvement in the JCCNV who are interested in becoming leaders in our Center. 2013-2014 Performing Arts Series Highights Cabaret The Marcy and Zina Show October 19 & 20 Jackie Hoffman’s A Chanukah Charol December 7 & 8 Mister Benny January 10-12 See pages 17-18 for the full series schedule. Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, Fairfax Box Office: 703.537.3000 • www.jccnvarts.org Comedy Theatre Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia View from the Top Special Features 1 President/Executive Director’s Message Dear Friends, 2 Board and Committees As we prepare for the start of the Jewish New Year and the exciting array of fall programs 3 Chailights that are being offered here at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (JCCNV), 4 Volunteer Spotlight / it’s a great time to share with you an exciting initiative that is taking place. The JCCNV Philanthropy Spotlight Board of Directors and staff have embarked on a comprehensive strategic planning process 5 Supporting the Center which will help us in developing plans for the future direction of the Center. 6 Federation Spotlight 63 Giving Circles/Donations With such an important task ahead of us, a Strategic Planning Task Force was formed — 65 New and Returning Members comprised of lay leaders with a broad spectrum of experience and visionary skills and led 66 NoVa Jewish Congregations by our Immediate Past-President Allon Shiff. We also retained Ann Cohen and Associates 66 Jewish Day Schools to help guide us through this process. They have extensive experience in working with 67 Policies non-profit agencies to develop strategic plans and work with many JCCs and Jewish organizations, both locally and nationally. 67 Staff 75 Program Registration Form The strategic planning process will help us identify ways to address opportunities and challenges the Center may face in the future and articulate the value that the JCCNV Departments provides to our members and the broader community. We have begun conducting interviews, speaking to the leadership of synagogues and area Jewish agencies, and will 7 Membership continue to collect information and share emerging ideas. Another important element 9 Community Engagement to our information gathering is to collect input from our members. To that end, later 12 Jewish Learning this summer, an online survey will be available to engage all members in the process. In 14 Israel: Up Close the meantime, if you’d like to share your thoughts or ideas, please feel free to email us at 17 Cultural Arts [email protected] or [email protected]. 17 Performing Arts 20 Fine Arts We hope to complete the information discovery phase by mid/late August. In early fall, the 21 Dance Academy Board of Directors and staff will begin reviewing and analyzing the information, conduct a 28 Family Services SWOT analysis (to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) and take a 28 Early Childhood Services look at how the Vision and Mission Statements of the Center serve us. 32 School-Age Services We are very excited about this process which combines an experienced consultant with 36 Teens the vision of Task Force members, the Board, staff and community participants who are 38 Special Needs involved. We want to continue to serve our members and community with the same level 41 Sports, Fitness & Aquatics of excellent, forward-thinking programs and activities that the JCCNV has offered for more 43 Fitness and Sports than 30 years, while being responsive to the present and future needs of our community. 49 Aquatics 54 Adult Services To that end, please take time to look through the fall issue of Centertainment. It is loaded with programs, classes and events that satisfy every interest. Of special note, you’ll see in the Jewish Journeys section (pages 12-14) a new category that features programming for Shabbat. We are excited to offer the community the opportunity to come to the Center to share in discussions and participate in meaningful activities that focus one’s mind and body in the spirit of Shabbat. As always, we look forward to seeing you here at the Center where you can enjoy our unique programs and connect with the people who make the JCCNV such a great place to be! B’shalom, A Signature Evening at the JCCNV Connie Pesachowitz Jeff Dannick President Executive Director 33rd Annual Fundraising Gala Saturday, November 16, 2013 Your Complete Mind, Body and Spirit Center. Centertainment • www.jccnv.org • (703) 323-0880 1 Your Complete Mind, Body and Spirit Center. FY2014 Executive Committee & Board of Directors Officers/Executive Committee Committee Chair Vice-chair President Connie Pesachowitz Vice President Scott Brown Administration Subcommittees Vice President Eugene Greenberg Audit Committee Morris Levy Vice President Josh Greene Budget and Finance Michael Scher Vice President Marilyn Hausfeld Building and Grounds Warren Cohen Secretary Ed Faggen Create a Jewish Legacy Joan Sacarob Treasurer Michael Scher Executive Director Compensation/ Assistant Treasurer Bob Shapiro Evaluation Committee Connie Pesachowitz At-Large David Miller Information Technology Alex Steil At-Large David Stein Investment/Pension Eugene Greenberg Immediate Past-President Allon Shiff Leadership Development Scott Brown Shabbat Review Joshua Greene^ Bob Shapiro^ Board of Directors Strategic Planning Allon Shiff Terms Expiring: Programming Subcommittees 2014 Camp Achva Michelle Weiner^ Connie Pesachowitz^ Ann Bennett Comedy Night Alison Wilks Jana Meltzer Ron Siegel Cultural Arts Marilyn Hausfeld^ Connie Pesachowitz^ Cycle Fest Allon Shiff 2015 FACETS Sara Astrow Morris Levy Fall Gala (2013) Joan and Don Sacarob^ Sophie and Howard Shoshana Killian Levy Hoffman^ Bob Watts GenB Singles Martin Siegel Karen Siegall Growing Jewish Families Jennifer Gorowitz Israel Street Festival 2016 JCCNV - JAFI Community Scott Brown Ross Diamond Shlichim Program Leslie Frieden Mah Jongg Tournament Susan Lissner Marilyn Morrison David Miller Mitzvah Program Gail Gurin Joan Sacarob Northern Virginia Lorraine Fischer BJ Shiff Cary Schwartzbach Jewish Film Festival Honorary Board Members Special Needs Lynne Sprung Sandy Barmak ^Co-chairs Stephen A. Bodzin Lynne Bolotin Warren Cohen Jerome Dick* Bennett Finkelstein Isaac Fleischmann* Michael Friedlander Manny Gale* Suzy Goldhammer* Carol Gordon Joyce Grand Jean Gurman Herman Hohauser Trish Kent Chet W. Kessler Bunni Latkin Alvin Pesachowitz Lawrence Vogel *Of blessed memory. Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia 2 Centertainment • www.jccnv.org • (703) 323-0880 Jccnv ChaiLights New Faces at the Center Passing the Baton: This past summer, the Center was full of excitement and activity! We tumbled down the Welcome JCCNV President, rabbit hole with Alice at the JCCNV Dance Company recitals, made new camp memories at JCCNV Camps, got together with friends – old and new – at Shalom Baby play dates, Connie Pesachowitz helped raise funds to help prevent hypothermia at the community Eat-for-Heat Pancake Please join the Center in Feast, rocked around the clock at our Sock Hop, and most excitedly – welcomed FIVE new thanking Allon Shiff for his individuals to our Center staff! Please join us as we welcome them to our JCCNV family! dedication, commitment and passion during his two- Christopher (Chris) Dalen, Dance Academy Director, year presidential tenure of has danced with Martha Graham, American Dance the JCCNV. During Allon’s Machine, Julia Simone, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart presidency, the Center Ballet, Walt Disney World, Debbie Allen, Bob Fosse, made huge strides in and the Washington National Opera, and has also cultural arts programming, worked with the national touring companies of as well as planning to Billy Elliot, The Color Purple, Les Miserablés, and ensure sustainability for the Wicked. Chris is a native of Virginia and graduated Center’s future. He also led the Board and staff from American University with a Master’s Degree into the first phase of our strategic planning in Performing Arts with an emphasis on Arts