* Purim Party, underwritten by the Jacob Leon Memorial Fund,
was another first this year. The seniors celebrated the holiday with
Hamantaschen,
masquerades and
Purim songs led by
Rabbi Arthur Ruberg
and his daughter
Adina.
• YAH and
YES Clubs officers
installation luncheon,
with featured guests
Rabbi Elliot and Ilana
Marmon, attracted
many members of
each club.
• YAH Third Passover Seder is an annual tradition looked
forward to by all senior adults. This year again, Rabbi Michael Panitz
conducted the Seder with the assistance of Brandon Terkeltaub, the
YAH President's grandson.
• Weekly programs at the JCCT include:
- Exercise classes
- Yoga
- Country Western Line Dancing
- Current Events discussions
- Freilech Friday Program followed by a Shabbat Lunch
and raffle
- Ballroom Dancing
- Monday Lunch with Jewish Humor
- Tuesday's Inspirational Thought
- Conversational Yiddish
• Weekly programs at the Beach include:
- Seniors at the Beach meet every Tuesday at
Beth Chaverim
• Monthly Programs are also sponsored by the YES Club, the
YAH Club and the Center for Adult Living Department:
- Senior's Fun with Arts and Crafts
- Second Wednesday at the Movies and/or Bingo
- The Young Energetic Seniors (YES) Club
- The Young at Heart (YAH) Club
- Seniors Blood Pressure Reading is a new endeavor in
cooperation with Jewish Family Services. Nurses are scheduled to take
blood pressures on the first Friday of each month after lunch.
- Guided Tours of the Chrysler Museum
• Daily services sponsored by the Center for Adult Living:
- Senior adults come to the JCCT during the week for a
savory, hot, nutritional kosher lunch. On Tuesdays, kosher meals are
also served at Beth Chaverim in Virginia Beach.
- Transportation is available to help senior adults living
within a six mile radius of the JCCT access the department's services
and programs. On Tuesdays, transportation is also available for the
Virginia Beach programs.
- Meals-on-Wheels delivers meals to the homebound by
volunteers.
The Pacesetter, the senior adults' newsletter, is now published
monthly and informs readers of daily and weekly activities, as well as
upcoming special events, health tidbits, poems and, most importantly,
the monthly menu.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF TIDEWATER
Award Winners 1998
JCCT Youth Award
Talia Tor
Center Service Award
Molly Dye
The Mary & Avalon S. Faxtkin Award For Senior Adults
Helen and Maurice Lapping
Jewish Programming Award
Israel at 50 Consortium
The Thomas L. Hofheimer Humanitarian Award
Dr. Calvin Belkov
Harold Sacks
The Joseph H. "Buddy" Strelitz Community Service Award
African-American/Iewish Coalition
Special Lifetime Achievement Award
Sidney Gates
The David and Sylvia Krug Award
Diane Muhlendorf
