Levite Jewish Community Center

Tai chi with Galina Waites
2024-02-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-02-27 12:00 - 13:00, 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 (America/Chicago) and 2 more dates
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
2024-02-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-02-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-02-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | AL, United States
No cost for members and $5 for non-members

Red Cross Blood Drive
2024-02-22 10:00 - 14:00
Sign up to donate.

Southern Jewish Voices
2024-02-28
At noon: Interfaith discussion with Maurine Halpern, who is not Jewish and is the interfaith advocate at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, and her husband Jacob, who is Jewish
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.
Learn more and get complimentary tickets.

Free coffee from Travelin' Tom's Coffee Truck
2024-02-29
7:30-10 a.m.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND — Y’all could hardly get enough coffee the last time we partnered with Travelin’ Tom, so we’re bringing them back for more. That’s right: Just show up at the front of The J today 7:30-10 a.m. and grab a delicious coffee on us (or chai, hot chocolate, or something super fancy).
And since this is a “Member Joy” event, take the opportunity to meet some new people while getting your caffeine fix.

'Honor Our Parents' Shabbat service
2024-03-01 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.

January 26 with Rabbi Yossi Friedman (RSVP by January 24)
March 1 with Cantor Robby Wittner (RSVP by February 28)
March 22 with Rabbi Steven Henkin (RSVP by March 20)

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.
