The Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the JCC offers a comedy class, the Tight Five, that culminates in a live performance after eight weeks of practice. Yup...nothing builds confidence like bombing in front of your rabbi, your Aunt Barbara, and your ex from...

New Years is synonymous with fresh goals set against the backdrop of colorful sparklers and fizzy champagne. It represents future planning and reflection. It sparks questions like, “How do I want my life to look this year? How do I want to spend my time? With whom and where?” To start of your 2026 on the right foot...

Sports are a medium to get our heart rates pumping, sweat tumbling, and muscles contracting. Though they are more than physical movement; more than the feeling of accomplishment (and exhaustion) that comes after a two-hour scrimmage. Sports are a gateway that allows us to act as one puzzle piece to a whole picture, to balance our competitiveness with the necessity of sportsmanship, and to learn the value of...

Peter Pan, a favorite fictional character from musical theatre, represents how a child’s belief is so powerful that it can lift them into the air to fly. Theatre is just like that: it’s a transformative experience that sends the audience to other worlds like walking through enchanted wardrobes or running through platform nine and three-quarters. The audience is asked to picture themselves amongst the talking animals and riding winged dragons. Believing in magic and in the ability to...

Tzedakah, a Hebrew word that can be translated to charity, is only one small part of the term’s mission. The root, tzedek, translates to justice or righteousness, indicating that tzedakah is much more than...

In Hebrew, Klal Yisrael refers to the idea that the Jewish community and people are a unified body. This term signifies...