Open Gym & Tot Shabbat
2024-04-12 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-04-19 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-04-26 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-05-10 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Houston Gymnastics Center, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
Celebrate Shabbat with your friends and family with open gym in the gymnastics center followed by musical services.
Open gym will begin at 10:30 AM in the gymnastics center, followed by music and services at 11:30 AM in the atrium of the Samuels Family Community Pavilion. RSVPs are required and spaces are limited.
Cost: $5 (including fees)/child for open gym
Space is limited and reservations are required.
*Tot Shabbat is free and open to the public. Cost only applies to children attending open gym.

J-Serve 2024
2024-04-14 13:00 | Merfish Teen Center, 9000 S. Rice, Houston, TX, 77096
Every year, Jewish teens around the world join each other throughout the spring to make their community and the world a better place. J-Serve Houston will take place on April 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM and is an opportunity for teens to come together and serve their community.

Mainstage Presents: The Lightning Thief
2024-04-17 19:00, 2024-04-18 19:00, 2024-04-21 15:00 | Kaplan Theatre @ the J, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him.
Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan the musical is an action-packed mythical adventure worthy of the gods.

Tickets go on sale April 1!

JCC Maccabi Games®: Host Family Information Session
2024-04-17 19:00 | Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096, United States
Please join us for a Host Family Info Session on Wednesday, April 17, at the J. This is an opportunity to ask questions and learn more information about being a host family for the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games® & Access, coming to Houston August 4-9!
Visit the Maccabi website for more information about becoming a host family, including frequently asked questions!

Haggadot, Handstands & Havdalah
2024-04-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Houston Gymnastics Center, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
Close out the end of Shabbat and welcome a new week with HAGGADOT, HANDSTANDS & HAVDALAH! Run, stretch and tumble in the gymnastics center followed by a musical havdalah program. Children will learn the story of Passover through crafts and games.
The indoor playscape will be open for children 5 and under only to play in during the event.
RSVPs are required and spaces are limited. Please RSVP PER CHILD.
Cost is $5 per child (including fees).
For kids ages 0-10 and their families.

Kids Nite Out: Incredible Inflatables
2024-04-20 18:30 | Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096, United States

HC68 Pool Party
2024-04-20 19:00 | Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096, United States
It’s a pool party! Summer is almost here and HC68 invites you to make a splash at the JCC recreational pool. Swim with friends, relax in the shade, and enjoy Kona Ice. 5th graders- it is your turn to experience HC68! This event is open to all 5th-8th graders.

Passover Pirates: A Nautical Exodus
2024-04-21 14:30 - 16:30 | Merfish Teen Center, 9000 S. Rice, Houston, TX, 77096
Ahoy pirates and mermaids! Come aboard for a unique Passover pirate experience. We are looking for a crew of mateys to join us as we tell the story of Passover on the Seder Sea.
Each participant will receive a treasure map to uncover the symbols of the seder. Don’t miss this jolly good time as we:
· Go gefilte fishing
· Walk chametz off the plank
· Decorate mermaid matza
· Go matza balling
· Share stories
· Sing sea shanties
· …and MORE!
Cost: $10 per child (including fees).
For ages 0-10 and their families.

Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time
2024-04-25 10:30, 2024-05-02 10:30, 2024-05-09 10:30 | Indoor Playscape @ the J, 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, Texas, 77096
Join your friends for Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time in the J’s indoor playscape! Hear a children’s story and stay and play in the J’s indoor playscape!
These fun weekly story times will feature guest readers from the Houston Jewish Community.
Toddler Tales: Story & Play Time is FREE and open to the public, though spots are limited and reservations are required.
For questions and more information, please contact Andrea Wolfe at awolfe@erjcchouston.org or 713.792.3200 ext. 3109.

J-Teen Philanthropy Initiative Check Granting Ceremony
2024-04-28 13:30 | Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096, United States
Support the teen leaders of the J-Teen Philanthropy Initiative as they grant over $15,000 to local nonprofit organizations.

Second Stage Presents: Into the Woods, Jr.
2024-05-01 19:00, 2024-05-02 19:00, 2024-05-05 14:00, 2024-05-05 17:30 | Kaplan Theatre @ the J, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. This lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables centers on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse, and wind up changed forever.
Tickets go on sale April 1.

Staged Reading of Ghetto by Joshua Sobol
2024-05-02 19:30, 2024-05-04 19:30, 2024-05-05 12:30 | Joe Frank Theatre @ the J, 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, 77096, United States
Set in the Jewish ghetto of Vilna, Lithuania, in 1942, and based on diaries written during the darkest days of the holocaust, Ghetto tells of the unlikely flourishing of a theatre at the very time the Nazis began their policy of mass extermination. The play unfolds as a memory of a former artistic director of the Vilna ghetto theater and explores the life and death decisions of Mr. Gens, head of ghetto; the mixed emotions of Chaja, an actress in the troupe; and the questionable ethics of Weiskopf, a tailor. At times Ghetto is a play within a play and it contains songs that were actually sung in the ghettos.

34th Annual Golf Tournament
2024-05-06 | Sweetwater Country Club, 4400 Palm Royale Blvd, Sugar Land, TX, 77479
The 34th Annual J Golf Tournament, chaired by Abe Goren, will take place at the Sweetwater Golf Club. The Tournament is played in a Florida shotgun scramble format for men and women with a tee time of 1:00 PM.
The Tournament includes a lunch at 11:30 AM, 18 holes of golf, a wonderful silent auction, door prize drawings and an awards dinner. In addition, there are terrific hole-in-one prizes throughout each 18-hole course. On each course, there are also prizes for the longest drive and the closest shot to the pin for three flights of players.
Many underwriting opportunities are available for individuals or companies. In addition, the Golf Committee is seeking donations for door prizes and silent auction items, and volunteers are needed for 3-4 hour shifts.
Make your plans now to join us for this wonderful day of golf, food and fun. Bring your own team of four and challenge the course with other foursomes, or join a team as an individual or as a couple. Player fees are $250 per person. The fee includes lunch, bag of items, range balls, green fees, cart rental and dinner. Proceeds benefit the early childhood education programs at the J.
For more information on underwriting, sponsorship opportunities, or to register by phone, please contact Melanie Beltram at mbeltram@erjcchouston.org or 832-408-3525.

Annual Meeting
2024-05-07 19:00 | Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096, United States
The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston will commemorate 88 years of meaningful community programming, leadership and service at its annual meeting on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 PM at the Main J campus.
In addition to the election of officers and new members to the board of trustees, the meeting will feature 2023-2024 program highlights. Members and the public are invited to join for this important annual update on the state of the agency.

J Camps Parent Information Night
2024-05-08 19:00 | Virtual
Questions about camp? Join our virtual J Camps information session! Meet your camp directors and have all of your camp questions answered.
May 8, 2024
7:00 PM
*Free to attend, but please RSVP!

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Matkon Im Zikaron (Taste of Memories)
2024-05-09 18:00 | Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio @ the J, 5601 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX, 77096
Taste of Memories is a unique initiative that works to commemorate fallen Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Israeli victims of terror, through cooking their favorite recipes and telling the stories of their lives.​
The centerpiece of this project is cooking sessions, during which participants gather to cook a favorite dish of a fallen soldier or terror victim—people who could not come back home to enjoy it themselves. In addition to cooking, participants learn about the person and family behind the dish.
During this class, we will make Piroshky (Russian dumplings) dedicated to Yagev Buchshtav (34) and Tiramisu dessert in honor of Sgt. Roei Dawi.

Act Out Presents: Oz
2024-05-09 19:00 | Kaplan Theatre @ the J, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
Reeling from her sister’s death, Beth suddenly finds herself journeying through a world suspiciously resembling the film The Wizard of Oz. But with the yellow brick road sold to foreign investors after a financial meltdown, the Scarecrow reveling in his ignorant bliss, the Cowardly Lion acting like a paranoid sociopath, and the Tin Man embracing his emotional numbness, Beth wonders what role she plays in this classic story gone awry. A hilarious and heart-wrenching exploration of grief and perseverance on the road to acceptance.
Tickets go on sale April 1.
