Archive for January, 2011
JVS Cincinnati Career Network gives job seekers a competitive edge
As he looked for a job in Greater Cincinnati, Brian Monk tried online job listings. Then, he used a headhunter. Neither approach worked. But after contacting the Cincinnati Career Network, a program of the Jewish Vocational Service, he quickly secured a job. “Working with Cincinnati Career Network certainly became a turning point in my job [ Read More...]
Improv comedy night at Café Chabad
Café Chabad is back, Saturday, Feb. 5, with an evening of first-class comedy. A team of comedians hailing from Columbus will lead an interactive improv experience for a night sure to be enjoyed by all from 8:30–10:30 p.m. “As the Jewish month of Adar comes in, the Sages tell us that we should increase in [ Read More...]
HUC offers film class
Jewish Film through an Interfaith Lens provides a unique opportunity to explore the complexities of the interfaith world in which we live. Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) invites people of all faiths to this spring semester course viewing and discussing several films. All the movies have been chosen for their often [ Read More...]
Stagecrafters to perform ‘The Cemetery Club’ at the JCC
Beginning on Feb. 17, at 8 p.m., the community theater group Stagecrafters will perform Ivan Mitchell’s “The Cemetery Club.” The production, which is directed by Steve Suskin, takes place in Queens, N.Y., and revolves around three widows who meet to pay their respects to their husbands who are all interred in the same cemetery. The [ Read More...]
Family Bingo at the J
On Feb. 13, from 1–3 p.m., the JCC will be hosting a Bingo event for the whole family — Family Bingo. The JCC will provide the cards, bingo markers, and numerous prizes for both the kids and the adults, which include gift certificates to local stores and more. Matt Miller, the youth & family coordinator, [ Read More...]
Mayerson JCC senior Hollywood Casino trip
Get ready to roll and try your hand at winning by spending time at the Hollywood Casino on Wednesday, Feb. 9, from 10:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. Intended for adults aged 60 and older, try the bigger and better grand buffet, then test your skills on the games, some needing a little bit of luck. [ Read More...]
Rockwern Academy mitten drive is a success
Over the past few weeks, Rockwern Academy’s preschool and kindergarten classes collected over 80 pairs of mittens and gloves to help keep children warm! The pre-kindergarten classes visited their “Big” kindergarten friends this past Monday and made cards to be sent along with each pair of mittens. The mittens are being donated to Jefferson Township [ Read More...]
Newsletter
‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘The Mechanic,’ and Jews on Ice
By Nate Bloom Contributing Columnist MOSTLY “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” JESSE EISENBERG, 27, will host “SNL” on Jan. 29 (NBC, 11:30PM). Eisenberg, who starred as Facebook co-founder MARK ZUCKERBERG, 26, in the hit film “The Social Network,” was nominated, but didn’t win the Golden Globe for the role. But he also up for a Screen Actors’ [ Read More...]
With Stuxnet delaying Iran’s bomb, is the urgency gone?
By Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency WASHINGTON (JTA) — In the wake of revelations that a computer virus may have set back Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the Western groups and analysts that track the Islamic Republic are saying “More of the same, please.” The benefits of a nonviolent program that inhibits Iranian hegemony by keeping the [ Read More...]
