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Essential Oil Workshop: Lower Your Stress, Be More Productive

12/2/2020 7:00 PM

COVID-19 has turned our work lives upside down. And many of us now working from home find it’s a real challenge to focus and and be productive. The last eight months have also brought stress and increased anxiety. Are you worrying more than usual? Is your anxiety manifesting physically? Belly aches? Sleeping issues? Heart palpitations? Is it disrupting your home/work life and making you feel overwhelmed and depressed?

With Amy Galper, founder of the New York Institute of Aromatherapy, we'll discuss how the holistic nature of essential oils can have a profound effect on how we respond to the stress and anxiety we all face on a daily basis. She'll share practical and effective essential oil tips and tools, and highlight specific oils that have been shown to reduce anxiety. We'll also learn easy and actionable tips on how to use essential oils while at your desk, to improve focus and help you get your work done.

The cost of this workshop includes an essential oil kit, which will be sent to you prior to the program. Please register by November 27 to receive your kit in time for the program.

Dec

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Babka Baking with Aviv

12/3/2020 7:00 PM

Join B'nai Jeshurun member Leah Silver for an evening of Babka baking! Mingle with fellow 20s and 30s as we prepare for Shabbat with this traditional Jewish sweet treat! You will be sent a dough recipe to make in advance and we will fill and shape the babka together. Learn more and register here.

Dec

7

Learning with Aviv (BJs 20s + 30s group)

12/7/2020 7:00 PM

Take some time at the end of the day to engage in Jewish learning with Aviv. Join fellow 20s and 30s for a series of learning opportunities, taught by BJ’s rabbis and rabbinic fellows, on relevant contemporary issues in life, love, and Judaism.

December 7: Is Truth a Value Anymore? Join Rabbi Felicia Sol for an encounter with the story of truth in our tradition and whether its value has gone out of style.

Learn more and register here.

Dec

8

Other Israel Film Festival: Objector + Image of Victory

12/8/2020 5:00 PM

Join JCC Manhattan for a live virtual Q+A for Objector and Image of Victory. We will be joined by Objector director Molly Stuart, Objector producer Amitai Ben-Abba, and Image of Victory director Adi Mishnayot. Learn more and register here.

Objector: Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family’s political disagreements and the possibility of social backlash and imprisonment, she refuses military duty and takes a stand for justice. Image of Victory: In 2014, Israel is at war in Gaza. Uri, a wounded Israeli soldier, is rushed to the hospital where he finds himself unwillingly turned into a war hero. A critical look into the Israeli perceptions of glorification of war and heroism.

Dec

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In-Person Chanukah Pop-Up

12/13/2020 11:00 AM

Join JCC Manhattan's 20s + 30s for an outdoor pop up Chanukah extravaganza! Listen to Chanukah music while enjoying hot chocolate and sufganiyot (jelly donuts). This program will take place at B’nai Jeshurun (W 88th Street and West End Avenue. Learn more and register here.

Dec

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20s + 30s Virtual Latkepalooza with Culinary Guest Jake Cohen

12/17/2020 7:00 PM

Get ready for the Chanukah event you have all been waiting for! Join us for an evening filled with deliciousness as we celebrate the seventh night of Chanukah with the always hungry modern mensch himself, Jake Cohen! Jake will teach us his favorite latke recipe, including the saffron latkes from his new book, Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch. We'll end the night with some fun Chanukah games, where you'll have a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get your potatoes, oil, sour cream, and applesauce ready! This is a night you won't want to miss. Learn more and register here.

This program is being run by Manhattan JCC's 20s + 30s in partnership with Out At The J, Grad Network Powered by Columbia Barnard Hillel, and BJ 20s + 30s.

Dec

22

Virtual Women's Well Circle for 20s + 30s: Tevet

12/22/2020 7:00 PM

JCC Manhattan's monthly Well Circle is intended to be a consistent community where we will bring together the practice of wellness and holiness, with the intention of learning about yourself while cultivating meaningful relationships within your community, and uncovering personal connections to inherited wisdom and rituals.

Inspired by Rosh Chodesh, the ancient Jewish ritual in which women traditionally gather to mark the new moon/ the first day of each Hebrew month. Each gathering will provide a safe space to share, find clarity and create as a group. The gatherings will be uniquely crafted and inspired by the moon's phases/Jewish month's themes.

Learn more and register here.

Dec

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Essential Oil Workshop: Lower Your Stress, Be More Productive

12/28/2020 7:00 PM

With Amy Galper, founder of the New York Institute of Aromatherapy, we'll discuss how the holistic nature of essential oils can have a profound effect on how we respond to the stress and anxiety we all face on a daily basis. She'll share practical and effective essential oil tips and tools, and highlight specific oils that have been shown to reduce anxiety. We'll also learn easy and actionable tips on how to use essential oils while at your desk to improve focus and help you get your work done. The cost of this workshop includes an essential oil kit, which will be sent to you prior to the program. Please register by Nov 27 to receive your kit in time. Learn more and register here.