Levite Jewish Community Center

Tai chi with Galina Waites
2024-03-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Enjoy an hour of tai chi every Tuesday at The J.
Taught by Galina Waites, this complimentary program is sponsored by United Way and is open to everyone (non-members included).

Basketball open play
2024-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | AL, United States
No cost for members and $5 for non-members

Questions with the Rabbi
2024-03-12, 2024-04-02
Location: LJCC
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Registration required, lunch included
Do you have questions about Jewish law, tradition, or history? Join Rabbi Yossi Friedman for an open conversation about all things Jewish as part of our new lunchtime series that explores pretty much whatever you’ve ever wanted to know about the world of Judaism.
Complimentary tickets include lunch:

February 6, 12:30 p.m.
March 12, 12:30 p.m.
April 2, 12:30 p.m.
May 6, 12:30 p.m.

Send questions in advance to LJCC Director of Jewish Life Tzlil McDonald.

Bake Hamantaschen cookies and prepare mishloach manot gift baskets
2024-03-14
5:30-7:30 p.m.
RSVP to Director of Jewish Life Tzlil McDonald
Purim holiday event with LJCC Board President Isa Dorsky
Everyone is invited to The J to bake Hamantaschen cookies and pack mishloach manot gift baskets for community members.
Hamantashen are a popular Purim holiday cookie with a filling that symbolizes the rumor that the evil Haman’s pockets were filled with bribe money. Mishloach manot are Purim-themed gift baskets that we will distribute to LJCC members. We will also serve Hamantaschen at the March 22 “Honor Our Parents” Shabbat that we co-host with Collat Jewish Family Services.
Learn more about Purim here…

'Member Joy' event: Get a piece of pie on Pi Day
2024-03-14
3:14-5 p.m.
Join us for this month’s “Member Joy” event, when we serve up complimentary slices of a variety of kosher pies baked up fresh by Chabad of Alabama. Choose from pumpkin, apple-cranberry, and chocolate (or maybe a combo?!).

Southern Jewish Voices meets Knesseth Israel leaders
2024-03-20
Noon-1 p.m.
RSVP for lunch
The second season of Southern Jewish Voices will continue on Wednesday, March 20, when interviewer Margaret Norman sits down with Beth Scherer-Smokey and Martin Stein from the Knesseth Israel leadership team. Beth is from New York and Martin is from Skokie, Illinois, and they’ve both lived in Alabama since the early 1990s.
Read more and get tickets…

'Honor Our Parents' mutli-generational Shabbat service
2024-03-22
11 a.m.-noon
Celebrate Purim at The J during this Shabbat service.
RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org.

'Honor Our Parents' Shabbat service
2024-03-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-12 11:00 - 13:00
All are welcome to enjoy fellowship that includes a 45-60-minute service with challah and grape juice, plus complimentary lunch.
RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org by March 20.

'Meaning Within the Letters' papercut exhibit opening
2024-04-01
Artist-led workshop: noon-1:30 p.m.
Exhibit opening and artist talk: 7 p.m.

A new art exhibit, “The Meaning Within the Letters: A Framework for Connection,” will open at the Levite Jewish Community Center on April 1. The exhibit, which will be free and open to the public, features intricate papercuts of letters of the Hebrew alphabet as created by Ohio-based artist Nancy Schwartz-Katz.

Events on April 1 will begin with an artist-led workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m., and the exhibit opening will begin with an artist talk at 7 p.m. (RSVP for both here).

The show will run through the end of May.

Read more…

Candy Seder with Robin Berger
2024-04-07
10-11:15 a.m.
Experience a real Passover seder featuring candy, songs, and coloring led by the incomparable Robin Berger.
The event is free, but registration is required.
This activity is best suited for 2-5-year-old children, and parental supervision is required.
The event is co-sponsored by N.E. Miles Jewish Day School, PJ Library, and the Levite Jewish Community Center.

Heschel's Passover Eve on stage at The J
2024-04-11
This event has been rescheduled from its original date of January 16.
7-8:30 p.m.; pre-event reception at 6:30 p.m.
Get your tickets now for this performance at The J.
The J — in partnership with Temple Beth-El, Temple Emanu-El, and the Jewish Community Relations Council — is offering a unique opportunity to see Heschel’s Passover Eve, a solo performance that takes an intimate “behind-the-scenes” look at a special seder hosted by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel and to which he has invited his friend and traveling companion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Watch the play’s “trailer.”
The play begins in April 1968. As Rabbi Heschel arranges the chairs around the seder table, we watch him rehearse for the coming event. His preparations give the audience an intimate look at Heschel’s complex, fascinating, and even tumultuous character.

'Honor Our Parents' Shabbat service
2024-04-12
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
All are welcome to enjoy fellowship that includes a 45-60-minute service with challah and grape juice, plus complimentary lunch.
RSVP to caleigh@cjfsbham.org by May 22.

JEWISH FOOD AND CULTURE FEST
2024-04-14
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Jewish Food and Culture Fest is one of B’ham’s favorite outdoor food events. Plan now to attend… but be patient because it will take us weeks to prepare all of your favorite foods from recipes that have been passed down for generations. Our 2023 menu included sweet and savory braised brisket, falafel, giant corned beef sandwiches, pickles, babka, pomegranate walnut chicken, tender stuffed cabbage rolls, rugelach, challah, sweet noodle kugel casserole, Israeli salad, couscous, savory potato burekas, matzah ball soup, and mandelbrot. Learn more about the event and see photos.
Check back to see what we’re planning for this year…

2026 JEWISH FOOD AND CULTURE FEST

Southern Jewish Voices meets Miriam Friedman
2024-04-17
Noon-1 p.m. with complimentary lunch
Learn more and RSVP
Miriam Friedman, director of of the Jo Ann Hess Morrison Chai Tots Preschool
Southern Jewish Voices is a collaborative effort between the Levite Jewish Community Center and Temple Beth-El to present stories about Jewish life in Birmingham and around the South. The program is presented through a series of interviews conducted in front of a live audience and includes a complimentary lunch. Videos of all sessions are archived online.
“With antisemitism on the rise, the need to understand one another and our history is more important than ever,” says Brooke Bowles, executive director at The J. “When people hear a story, they connect, are inspired, and become open to hearing more.”

See 'Annie JR.' on stage at The J
2024-04-18, 2024-04-21
Performances will take place in Pizitz Auditorium at the Levite Jewish Community Center.
Tickets
At the Levite Jewish Community Center: $10 for adults and $4 for children up to age 12; $12/$6 at the door:

Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 19, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 21, 2:30 p.m.

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

'Annie JR.' on stage at The J
2024-04-19

Holiday hours for Erev Passover
2024-04-22
Holiday hours are 5 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Read more about Jewish holidays.

Closed for Passover
2024-04-23, 2024-04-29
Read more about Jewish holidays.

'An Evening of Inspiration' with Holocaust survivor Mark Schonwetter
2024-05-02
RSVP HERE
Program starts at 6:30 p.m.
This program is presented by the Alabama Holocaust Education Center in partnership with the Levite Jewish Community Center.
Join us at the LJCC to hear from Mark Schonwetter, a Polish Holocaust survivor and co-founder of the Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation.
Born and raised in Brzostek, Poland, Mark, his mother, and his sister spent six years hiding from the Nazis. Walking miles by foot, the Schonwetters ran from ghettos to forests to righteous families’ attics while dodging the Nazis. Mark’s journey is a harrowing story of resilience, rescue, and survival. His memories are a testament to the strength of humanity in the darkest of times.
Send questions to LJCC Director of Jewish Life Tzlil McDonald.

The AHEC Yom HaShoah event series is sponsored by the Birmingham Jewish Foundation. We thank them for their generous support.
