The Golden Age Club is a program of the JCC

and meets at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville

Road in Lawrenceville NJ for all its Monday & Wednesday activities.

For questions or

directions, call the JCC (609)606-7070 or Adath

Israel (609)896-4977.

JUNE 2015

Golden Age Club of the Jewish Community Center

Phone: (609) 606-7070

Mail: PO Box 875 Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE MONDAYS 10:15-11:00 – Exercise with BOB 11:00-12:00 – Meeting plus current events discussion with LYNN 12:00 Noon – Lunch Reservations a must! Call Ketti at (609)637-0030. 12:30 – Program of the Week WEDNESDAYS 10 – 12 noon History class with Rabbi Grossman “Coming to America” class concludes on June 3rd.

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Programs

6/1 – Board meeting 6/1 – “The European Jewish Communities in China” with Dr. Jodi Weinstein 6/8 – 63rd Anniversary Luncheon & Installation of Officers

6/15 - “Portugal: Mainland and the Island of Madeira” with Janice Gross

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Mark Your Calendars!

Wednesday, September 30th

will be our next trip to

Hunterdon Hills Playhouse.

We are booked for center

seats to see the comedy

“Social Security”. We are

sharing a bus again, so we

can keep costs down.

However that also means a

limit on the number of seats

for us.

Sign up as soon as possible to

ensure your place.

Golden Ager Club of The Jewish Community Center Monthly Newsletter

SHARING & CARING

News

A very warm welcome to our two newest members.

Miriam Hofing joined us in May, has been taking part in the Exercise Class with Bob and also signed up for Rabbi Grossman’s class on Wednesday. Happy to see her enjoying all we offer.

Judy Weinberg also joined us in May and joined Rabbi’s class as well. What a nice addition to our group!

Condolences to Ernestine Urken on the death of her Aunt, Beatrice Barr. Ernie faithfully visited Aunt Bea who remained in her apartment until now and was 107 years old.

Congratulations to our Virginia Lucas on the 60th reunion of her graduating class from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Ginny marched in the reunion parade proudly wearing a button that said: “Don’t worry, I don’t remember your name either”

JUNE 1

10:00 – Board Meeting 12:30 – “The European Jewish Communities in China” -- Dr. Jodi Weinstein will present an illustrated talk on the cities of Harbin and Shanghai, before and during WWII. She will look at how and why Jews fled Europe from 1905 onward and established synagogues and communities in cities such as Shanghai which soon became the “port of last resort”

JUNE 8

11:45 - 63rd Anniversary Luncheon and Installation of Officers Please join us at Leonardo’s Restaurant for this event. A four course dairy lunch is sure to please everyone. If you have not already received your invitation with all the details, please contact Karen Katz or Shirley Nabutovsky, Co-Chairmen. Reservations are required for all members as well as their guests. The Installation of Officers will be conducted by Wendy Soos, Program Director of the JCC.

JUNE 15

12:30 – “Portugal: Mainland and the Island of Madeira” - Janice Gross will entice us with tales of her recent trip, incorporating some geography, general and Jewish history, a little language lesson and a recipe or two. She will include photographs to illustrate her talk! This will be our closing meeting of the season. Some of us will be enjoying the seashore, the mountains or a few extra programs that Janeen is planning for us.

JULY 13 12:00 at Adath - Lunch and Movie - Our first get-together of the summer will be the movie "Big Eyes" after our lunch at noon. This 4 star movie features Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz as Margaret and Walter Keane. She was actually the artist of the wildly popular paintings of children with "big eyes", but he took all the credit.

Call Janeen to reserve your place for lunch. 609-989-9879

Golden Ager Club of The Jewish Community Center Monthly Newsletter

New Members Always Welcome!

REMINDER:    DUES  ARE  DUE  -­‐  Please  

return  the  enclosed  statement  with  

your  check  

Summer Birthdays!

Judy Cohn – August 8th

Janeen McGrath – August 9th

Martha Leibman – August 29th

Judy Weinberg – August 22nd

Please call Janeen McGrath (609-989-9879) if you wish to make a contribution in honor of any of our celebrants or for any other occasion. With a minimum $3 donation, a note will be sent to the recipient.

Kosher meals provided by the Greenwood House & funded by

the Mercer County Office on Aging in partnership with Jewish

Family & Children’s Services.

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:

Sondra Obstein

We in the Golden Age Club have been so fortunate to have Sondra as our Vice

President of Membership. Her gentle manner and optimism belie the strength of

spirit and activism that are integral to her life work.

Sondra grew up in Laurelton, Queens, NY and attended Hunter College in

NYC. After many years as a paralegal, she studied reflexology and changed

careers. In 1972 she moved to Trenton and two years later was married to Dan

Obstein. And so her next career in Volunteerism began.

Sondra soon became a member of the Mercer County Commission on the

Status of Women, working together with Barbara Boggs Sigmund and

becoming a founding member of Womanspace, Inc. in 1977. For her years of

work to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault she was

recognized with a Woman of Achievement Award by the Mercer County Board

of Freeholders in 2007.

In continuing her work to eliminate domestic violence, she also helped on the

planning committee for Project SARAH, a program of Jewish Family and

Children’s Service. Additionally she was associated with LIFT, a Trenton

agency to help unwed mothers, and volunteered for many years at Angel’s

Wings, a shelter for abused and neglected children.

Sondra continues her long-standing membership on the Board of and activism

with Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Trenton. She has worked with them since

2003 to help extend vital support resources to homebound elderly individuals

and people with physical disabilities.

Although she has never sought awards, Sondra is the very proud recipient of

the 2005 National Jefferson Award for Public Service. She was nominated by

P’nai Or Princeton Congregation, of which she is a founding member, for her

longtime commitment to improve her community through volunteerism.

We are so proud to have you with us; we love you and we commend you.

REMEMBER – Your 2015 dues are due. Stay current in order to enjoy in the coming months our classes, weekly programs, a dinner theater trip, the annual Seder, Anniversary luncheon, another Hanukkah party. As a Golden Age Club your participation is subsidized whenever there is a fee.