Winter Break Day Camp Registration
2024-12-27 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-30 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-02 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-03 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit) | JCC Day Camps 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Winter Break Camp is back! Our Winter Break Day Camp offers age-based
programming for campers entering Kindergarten through 5th grade. Activities
include exploring nature, sports, arts and crafts, read aloud, team building,
and more! Winter Break Day Camp will take place December 23, 26, 27, 30 and
January 2 and 3.
Brought to you by JCC Day Camps!
Drop off 8:30-9:00am, camp will run 9:00am-3:00pm and pick up from
3:00-3:30pm.
Pricing
$75 a day
Register at the link below https://jccdet.campintouch.com/ui/forms/application/camper/App
No financial aid or scholarships are available at this time.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9536

Chanukah Festival of Lights with S.W.A.G. Kids Gym!
2025-01-02 09:30 - 11:00 | S.W.A.G Kids Gym 7306 Haggerty Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Join JFamily and S.W.A.G. as we light it up for one last Chanukah celebration
of the season! Kids ages 0-8 will enjoy music, donuts, Chanukah crafts,
obstacle courses, games and, of course, Coach Ralph’s signature DJ moves! Cost
is $18 per child.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10077

Open Play at The J! Winter 2025
2025-01-13 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-27 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-03 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-10 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-02-24 09:30 - 11:30 | The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Welcome to Open Play at the J! Join us in the JFamily Room inside The J every
Monday morning that schools are typically in session. We will be open from
9:30 AM until 11:30 for fun and play time! Each week, we may gather for a
circle and story time around 10:30 AM, but you are welcome to come and go
anytime during Open Play hours.
Open Play is geared toward families with children ages 0-4. Parents,
grandparents, and other caregivers are welcome! This is a drop-in program,
not a drop-off.
Cost: $10 per family per session. Register for as many Mondays as you
would like! Pre-registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome!
Food: You may bring your own nut-free snacks, and additional children’s snacks
will be available for purchase in the JFamily Room. Coffee and other food
items may be purchased in The Porch cafe across from the JFamily Room.
All JFamily programs welcome the diversity we know exists in our community.
This includes, but is not limited to, multifaith families, Jews of Color,
single parent families, members of the trans and LGBTQ+ community, people with
disabilities, and people from various economic backgrounds.
If you or any family member needs accommodations in order to successfully
participate in the program, please reach out to our
team !
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/9144

MEGA Open Play at The J on MLK Jr. Day! January 2025
2025-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Inline Hockey Center 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Welcome to MEGA Open Play at The J: MLK Jr. Day Edition! Join us in the large
Inline Hockey Center of The J for bounce houses, tricycle track, and toddler
play area, with a special chessed project in honor of MLK Jr. Day. This
program is sponsored by the JKids & Families departments: JFamily, JCC Day
Camps and Special Needs, and Sarah and Irving Pitt Early Childhood Center and
Opening the Doors.
The J is also excited to welcome Repair the World who will be coordinating a
special service day opportunity! This will take place from 10:00 -1:00 in The
J’s lobby. Make sure to stop by during Mega Open Play!
MEGA Open Play is geared toward families with children ages 0-8.
Cost: $10 per family per session. Pre-registration is appreciated, but
walk-ins are welcome!
*Parents, grandparents, and other caregivers are welcome! THIS IS A DROP-IN PROGRAM, NOT A DROP-OFF.
Food: You may bring your own nut-free snacks. Additional children’s snacks
will be available for purchase.
All JFamily programs welcome the diversity we know exists in our community.
This includes, but is not limited to, multifaith families, Jews of Color,
single parent families, members of the trans and LGBTQ+ community, people with
disabilities, and people from various economic backgrounds.
If you or any family member needs accommodations in order to successfully
participate in the program, please reach out to
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View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10099

Modern Jewish Medical Ethics With Jill Gutmann
2025-01-27 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-02-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-24 10:00 - 11:30
MODERN JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS with Jill Gutmann
﻿ZOOM
MONDAYS, 10 – 11:30 AM
Monthly : Oct. 28; Nov. 18; Dec. 16; Jan. 27; Feb. 24; Mar. 24; Apr.
28; May 19; June 16
Take a deep dive into the hot medical issues of the day with bioethicist Jill
Gutmann. Whether the subject is public health or women’s rights to their
bodies, you will be guided through an engaging discussion while looking at the
science, politics, Jewish commentary and other relevant sources to frame your
opinion. Never knowing what the timely topic will be until class, this fun,
informative and engaging class is sure to make you think and want the
conversation to continue long after the class has ended.
Tuition:__$210
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/8564
Click here to join the livestream. http://jlearn.online

Pop-up Stroller Walk at The Somerset Collection
2025-01-31 09:00 - 10:00 | Somerset Collection 2800 W Big Beaver Rd, Troy
Join our Parent Connector, Adina Goss for a stroller walk at The Somerset
Collection in Troy! We will meet on the North side, in front of Starbucks on
the first floor!
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10372

Disney's Encanto with JKids and Families
2025-02-16 13:00 - 15:00 | The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Get ready for a magical adventure with Disney’s Encanto! JKids and Families
invites you to join us for a special showing, crafts and activities.
Tickets are $10 per adult, $7 per child and $9 per senior.
Concessions will be available for purchase!
Purchase tickets here: (https://tickets.thejdetroit.org/the-j-kids-family)
Note: This is not a drop off event. Children must be accompanied by
guardian.
Synopsis: “Encanto” tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals,
who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant
town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto
has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength
to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel (voice of Stephanie
Beatriz). But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in
danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be
her exceptional family’s last hope.
Director: Jared Bush
Production year: 2021
Rating: PG
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Runtime: 99 minutes
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo,
Jessica Darrow
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10450

A Blue and White Challah Bake with JFamily and Aish Detroit
2025-02-23 10:00 - 11:30 | Aish Detroit 25725 Coolidge Hwy, Oak Park
Now SOLD OUT!
Join Aish Detroit and JFamily for a challah bake that brings us together in a
supportive environment when we need it most. At a time that we mourn for our
people, it is our Jewish connection and traditions that bring us strength.
Each family will make their own batch of challah – some to take home and some
to give to friends or family who could use an extra hug this week.
Bagels and coffee will be served. This is event is free of charge –
registration is required.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10905

Open Play at The J! Spring 2025
2025-03-03 09:30 - 11:30 | The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Welcome to Open Play at the J! Join us in the JFamily Room inside The J every
Monday morning that schools are typically in session. We will be open from
9:30 AM until 11:30 for fun and play time! Each week, we may gather for a
circle and story time around 10:30 AM, but you are welcome to come and go
anytime during Open Play hours.
Open Play is geared toward families with children ages 0-4. Parents,
grandparents, and other caregivers are welcome! This is a drop-in program,
not a drop-off.
Cost: $10 per family per session. Register for as many Mondays as you
would like! Pre-registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome!
There will be no class on March 10th, March 24th and April 14th.
Food: You may bring your own nut-free snacks, and additional children’s snacks
will be available for purchase in the JFamily Room. Coffee and other food
items may be purchased in The Porch cafe across from the JFamily Room.
All JFamily programs welcome the diversity we know exists in our community.
This includes, but is not limited to, multifaith families, Jews of Color,
single parent families, members of the trans and LGBTQ+ community, people with
disabilities, and people from various economic backgrounds.
If you or any family member needs accommodations in order to successfully
participate in the program, please reach out to our
team !
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10878

Film Screening and Talk Back with Eddie Rubin, Executive Producer of "OUT OF MY MIND"
2025-03-09 15:30 - 17:30 | The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Celebrating Jewish Disability Awareness Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)
with Opening the Doors and JKids and Families departments.
Film screening and talk back with Eddie Rubin, Executive Producer of Out of
My Mind
Sunday, March 9 at 3:30 PM
Registration & Resource Fair at 3:00 PM
FREE event for adults and children 10 and up
Sensory family friendly activity room for children 10 and up – Must be
accompanied by parent.
﻿ASL Interpreter available
*Registration Required for film and activities
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10405

Sensory Purim Pop-up with Julie Jacobs of Sensory Sprouts
2025-03-10 09:30 - 10:15 | The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Join JFamily Parent Connector, Taylor Weintraub for some sensory fun! Sensory
Sprouts creator, Julie Jacobs will lead this special pop-up, featuring Purim
themed sensory stations!
$10 per child
Perfect for families with children ages 9 months – 4 years old!
Families are welcome to stay and play in the JFamily Room following the class
until 11:30 AM.
More info about Sensory Sprouts:
Sensory Sprouts is a center-based class that utilizes a variety of modes for
play and learning. My mission is to create a fun, hands-on learning
environment where babies and toddlers can explore and engage their senses
through playful, interactive experiences. I aim to foster curiosity,
creativity, and developmental growth by providing opportunities for sensory
exploration and play through various centers.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10959

NEXTGen Detroit & JKids and Family Present: A Character Brunch & Paramount's PAW Patrol: The Movie!
2025-03-16 09:30 - 13:00 | The Berman Center For The Performing Arts 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Join the Paw Patrol crew for breakfast, barks and big screen fun. Two of our
Paw Patrol favorites, Chase and Skye, can’t wait to meet you and your little
ones at the J. (in Handelman Hall)
Take photos and enjoy a short performance from our four-legged celebrity
guests from 9:45 to 10:30AM. We’ll be serving bagels, fruit and hamantaschen,
and we have a few Purim- themed projects planned.
Wearing pajamas or your cozy-comfies is encouraged! Stick around after brunch
for Paramount’s Paw Patrol movie playing in The Berman Theater at 11:45am.
$36 for the whole experience: brunch, crafts, performance and movie.
$25 per family includes the brunch, crafts and performance.
Individual tickets for just the movie are $5 each.
Dietary laws observed.
This event is intended for families with children ages 0 to 5, siblings of all
ages welcome too.
Thank you to our committee members: Marni Katz, Stephanie Lucker, Stephanie
Parzen, Lisa Gold, Lauren Sofen Soleimani, Alissa VanderKooi and Becca Weiner.
Synopsis : When their biggest rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby
Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and the heroic pups kick into
high gear to face the challenge head on. While one pup must face his past in
Adventure City, the team finds help from a new ally, the savvy dachshund
Liberty. Together, the PAW Patrol fights to save the citizens of Adventure
City.
Director: Cal Brunker
Production year: 2021
Rating: G
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 88 minutes
Cast: Yara Shahidi, Kim Kardashian, Randall Park, Dax Shepard
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10692

JCC Day Camps Information Meeting March
2025-03-20 18:00 - 19:00
Want to learn more about our Main Camp programs before signing your camper up,
or have you already signed your camper up and would like to be more prepared
with information about where your camper is going for a week or more? Join us!
We will be discussing what a day at camp looks like, what to send your camper
with for the week, the types of camp offered, any other general information,
and answering any questions there might be.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10552
Click here to join the Zoom livestream. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89242676742

Spring Break Day Camp Registration
2025-03-24 08:30 - 15:30, 2025-03-25 08:30 - 15:30, 2025-03-26 08:30 - 15:30, 2025-03-27 08:30 - 15:30, 2025-03-28 08:30 - 15:30 | JCC Day Camps 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Spring Break Camp is back! Our Spring Break Day Camp offers age-based
programming for campers entering Kindergarten through 5th grade. Activities
include exploring nature, sports, arts and crafts, read aloud, team building,
and more! Spring Break Day Camp will take place March 24 – 28.
Brought to you by JCC Day Camps!
Drop off 8:30-9:00am, camp will run 9:00am-3:00pm and pick up from
3:00-3:30pm.
Pricing: $75 a day
No financial aid or scholarships are available at this time.
Registration will close on March 17th. Cancellations will receive credit
towards future break camp or summer camp dates.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10502

The Barbara and Douglas Bloom Matzah Factory at Jewish Senior Life’s Fleischman Residence
2025-04-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Fleischman Residence – Assisted Living 6710 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Join us as we prepare for Passover at Jewish Senior Life’s The Edward I. &
Freda Fleischman Residence/Louis C. & Edith B. Blumberg Plaza. We’ll be
kicking off the Barbara and Douglas z”l Bloom Matzah Factory with this inter-
generational mitzvah experience!
This celebration with Jewish Senior Life will include:

Matzah making with Rabbi Shneur Silberberg from Bais Chabad Torah Center
A Passover Performance from Bais Chabad Torah Center Hebrew School
Salt water bowl craft

This event is geared toward families with children ages 5-10. Spaces are
limited.
Make sure to register for the full Matzah Factory experience on April 6th,
(https://jlive.app/events/10973)
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/11168

Barbara and Douglas z''l Bloom Matzah Factory 2025
2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield Township
Please join JFamily for the annual Barbara and Douglas z”l Bloom Matzah
Factory on April 6, 2025! This family-friendly Passover event will include a
Passover play in the Berman Theater, matzah making with Rabbi Shneur
Silberberg from Bais Chabad and activities that will explore the five senses
of Passover.
Passover Play – The Berman Theater 3-3:30PM
Matzah Making & Activities- 3:30-5PM
(Activities will not open until 3:30PM!)
https://jfamily.jccdet.org/mediapolicy:
All JFamily programs welcome the diversity we know exists in our community.
This includes, but is not limited to, multifaith families, Jews of Color,
single parent families, members of the trans and LGBTQ+ community, people with
disabilities, and people from various economic backgrounds.
If you or any family member needs accommodations in order to successfully
participate in the program, please reach out to Rachael Gerstein.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10973

JFamily Passover Pop-up with Tunezies, Jesse Palter
2025-04-10 09:45 - 10:30 | The J – Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Join JFamily for a special Passover themed pop-up with Tunezies, Jesse Palter!
This amazing class will have your little ones moving and discovering the big
beats of the holidays.
Families are welcome to stay and play following the class until 11:30AM.
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/10960
