Joy of Opera with Lou Barrella

Mondays 12:30pm-2pm

$15 per class/$100 for full series

 

3/9: Highlights of “La Juive”

by Jacques Halévy – Part 2

4/13: Verdi’s Aida “Without the Fanfare”

5/11: Interrupted Operatic Weddings

Bill Castello Presents: Western Art, 1800- Present Day

Mondays, 12:30-2pm

President's Room

3/16 CUBISM: Reality and the artist depicts the world from multiple perspectives to represent the subject in a greater context

3/30 DADAISM: an anti-establishment art movement that developed in the context of WWI to protest the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalism and modern war.

4/27 SURREALISM: an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself.

5/18 MODERN ART:  Review of  course and introduction to modern art

Film Screenings & Talk with Fred Grieco
Cinéma L'après-Midi
$10 per screening | $35 for all four*

*Series FREE for GCA Subscribers

1:00 - 3:30 PM | President’s Room
Pre-code Hollywood films

   

3/26 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

Four aspiring actresses (Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, and Ginger Rogers) attempt to face the Great Depression with humor and music.

 

 Dr. Snjezana Smodlaka Presents Women Artists Portraying Women

Thursday, March 5
1:00PM-3:00PM | President’s Room
Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15

Learn about Artemisia Gentileschi and Elisabetta Sirani, two Baroque artists who in spite of unfavorable circumstances, introduced innovative style and opened new paths in Italian Art.

Can You Spot Media Bias?
Lecture & Discussion with Amy Stempler, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian at CSI
Monday, March 23

Fee: $15
12:30PM-2:00PM | President’s Room
Bernikow JCC

Join us for a lecture that dives into how headlines, images, and word choices can subtly (and not so subtly) shape the way Israel is portrayed in the media. It challenges us to spot bias, question narratives, and understand where political criticism ends and antisemitism begins.

 

 Bagels & Book Signing:

Musical Director Tim Weil Presents:

Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway

Sunday, May 3rd | 11AM-1PM | President’s Room

Fee: $18 in advance, $25 at the door

From the musical director of Rent comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway’s iconic grunge rock show and its music were made and how they would forever reshape musical theater.

 

Presentation & Book Signing
with David Denby, author of
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan & Mailer

Thursday, May 14, 1:00-3:00PM
Presidents Room | Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15
Book available for purchase

Join us for a celebratory, candid and at times fiercely critical telling of how these four brilliant, brash and soulful figures upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life.

 

Hester Street
Presentation & Book Signing
by UK-based Author Julia Wagner

Tuesday, May 25, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall | Bernikow JCC
Fee: $15
Book available for purchase

Marking the 50th anniversary of the film’s release, Wagner’s landmark book examines how despite the sexism and prejudice that Micklin Silver faced, this film became and un-expected box office hit.

Meet Executive Chef, Restaurateur & Cookbook Author, Beejhy Barhany

Fee: $18

Thursday, May 7th

7:00PM-9:00PM
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall | Bernikow JCC

 

Join us for an intimate gathering exploring Jewish-Ethiopian identity, food, and culture.

Enjoy an Ethiopian coffee ceremony demonstration, sweet & savory tasting from the Gursha cookbook, and a book signing.

Sponsored by the Dr. Ronald Avis Foundation at Temple Israel and Lori Weintrob and Family

Walking Tour of
Jewish Grand Concourse

Thursday, May 28
Bus departs Bernikow JCC at 9:30AM
HEAVY WALKING

Fee: $25

Discover the vibrant Jewish heritage of the Grand Concourse on a 90-minute guided walking tour featuring stunning architecture, art, and community landmarks. Stroll past treasures like the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the “Fish Building,” historic synagogues, and the Andrew Freedman Home.

Shlissel Challah Bake
April 15 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A Women’s Only Event

Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall
Bernikow JCC

 

Key Challah is customarily made for the Shabbat after Passover. These Challahs are best known as a segula for livelihood Parnasa (income), and a blessing to the home.

 

Join us in baking Challah together at the JCC! Aprons available on a first come, first serve basis. Keys included.

 

Registration is required.

Limited Seats Available.

$18 per person

Musical Matinee with Zephyra Trio & Company
Presenting Echoes of Belonging: Works by Jewish and Mediterranean Composers

Sunday, April 19

12-2PM

Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall

$18 in advance, $25 at the door

Join us for a classical music concert featuring the Zephyra Trio with Anna Tonna, mezzo; Laura Falzon, flute; Olga Gurevich, piano, joined by James Noyes on saxophone.

Yom Hashoah

From Memory to Meaning

Music and Prayers in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Monday, April 13, 6:30-8:30PM

Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall

Music & prayer at Auschwitz-Birkenau: presented by Lori Weintrob
Music & prayer at Auschwitz-Birkenau was interwoven with violence, but also served as a form of spiritual resistance, and even motivated armed resistance. Originally presented at: Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial in November 2025.

Register Here

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Yom Hazikaron: Honoring the Fallen
April 20, 5:30pm

Special ceremony led by teens
Registration required. More details will be provided closer to the event.

Register Here

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Yom Ha’atzmaut Family Festival

Celebrate Israel Independence Day Ft. the Tooli Show

Wednesday, April 22, 4:30-6:30PM
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall

Enjoy a musical performance by the Tooli Show, crafts, and refrehments. this festival is fun for the whole family!

Register Here

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Yom Ha’atzmaut

Celebrating Yom Ha'Atzmaut Let's Dance Israel (21+)

Thursday, April 23, 7:00-11:00PM
Lewis Stolzenberg Social Hall

Featuring: Music by DJ Guy
Includes Flavors of Israeli Food Buffet Shtiyah Kharifah (שְׁתִיָּה חֲרִיפָה)

Register Below