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Do you have a passion for swimming? Join us out on the JCC pool deck with three time Olympic Gold Medalist, Anthony Ervin! Ervin will visit the Aquatics Center at the Alper JCC on Saturday morning, June 22, 2019 from 10am-1pm to meet swimmers and instruct a swim clinic. Guests can also snap some photos and get an autograph.

Ervin became the first American of African descent to win a gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Later the same year, the California native went on to earn a silver medal with his team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. After retiring from the sport in 2003, Ervin made the 2012 USA Olympic team. Then 16 years after earning his first gold medal, he made an incredible comeback by winning gold again in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100 meter freestyle relay at the 2016 Summer Games. The gold medal performance at the age of 35 made Ervin the oldest individual Olympic swimmer ever.

In addition to being a great swimmer, Ervin is a humanitarian. In 2003, he auctioned off his 2000 gold medal on eBay to help the survivors after the 2004 tsunami.

The Alper JCC is thrilled to offer the opportunity for swimmers to get in the water with an Olympian this summer. Cost to attend is $49.99

Click Here to Register | Visit alperjcc.org/AECLINIC or email dgelber@alperjcc.org for more information.

Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center | 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Miami 33176

Enjoy dinner, dancing, music, a silent auction including artwork from our preschool program and lots of fun to benefit the Shirley and Chester Paul Special Needs Program.

This year the Special Needs Committee is honoring Renee and Mel Greenstein for their unwavering dedication to the Shirley and Chester Paul Special Needs Program and their continuous support of programs at the JCC.

Join us at 7:30pm on MAY 4, 2019 at THE 305 CLUB, 8770 SW 131st Street Miami, Florida 33176

For more information or sponsorship details, please contact Yolanda Perez: 305.271.9000 x243 | yperez@alperjcc.org

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Join Isaac Mizrahi in conversation with Jackie Nespral, WTVJ News Anchor discussing his book, I.M.: A Memoir on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 2pm Afterwards enjoy afternoon tea and refreshments. Located at The Alper JCC in the Robert Russell Theater 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Miami • Bldg. 4

Isaac Mizrahi is a pop culture icon unlike any fashion designer of recent memory, a cabaret singer and a talk show host on QVC. He offers a candid look back on his life so far – growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family. His memoir is filled with poignant stories from his teenage years at the famed LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts, to a budding fashion designer working with such luminaries as Perry Ellis and Calvin Klein, to branching out on his own and being anointed the wunderkind of the international fashion world. His talents drew him into the who’s who of celebrity circles with Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Wintour, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, to name only a few. This is pure Isaac Mizrahi, as only he can tell it.

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Admission $36 • Author presentation and refreshments | VIP Ticket $75 • Preferred seating, book and photo op

For more information, call 305.271.9000 x268 or email asantana@alperjcc.org

The Holocaust Impact Theater (HIT), now in its fifteenth year, is a unique theater project that engages local high school students to write, produce, direct and perform their original script. This year's production of "Glimpse" will be performed on March 14, 15 & 16 at 7pm at the Alper JCC's Robert Russell Theater. The students address timely, relevant social injustices and intolerance, while reflecting on the dangers of hate in society through The Holocaust. "Glimpse" will examine racial discrimination, drug abuse, sex trafficking, the trials and tribulations of foster care, and eating disorders with a strong Holocaust thread that weaves throughout the production.

For further information and special group rates, contact Ruth Gordon at 305.253.5867. Admission: $10

Purchase Tickets at Alperjcc.org/HIT

Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Russell Theater Bldg. 4 Miami, FL 33176

Take a voyage into the mysteries of the human mind with a captivating show on Sunday, February 24 at 4pm in the Russell Theater at the Alper JCC. The phenomenal Guy Bavli, Master of the mind, will have audiences laughing and shaking their heads in disbelief as he reads their minds with a mix of mentalism, illusion, psychology, physiology and intuition. His amazing ability to move objects and read minds will leave you in wonder and astonishment long after this performance. The celebrity mentalist has appeared on TV more than 400 times, put on thousands of shows in more than 60 countries, and performed 1,200 shows at Caesar Palace, Las Vegas. Not a believer? Come join us and see for yourself!

JCC Members $35 | Community $40 | Students $15 | Family Package: 2 Adults/2 Students $75

For tickets visit alperjcc.org or call 305.271.9000 x268 or email asantana@alperjcc.org.

Located at the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center, Russell Theater Bldg. 4, 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Miami 33176

In honor of Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month, The Friendship Circle Miami, The Alper JCC & Jewish Community Services invites you to a special screening of My Hero Brother, Wednesday, February 13 at 7:30pm Located in the Robert Russell Theater at the Alper JCC 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Bldg. 4, Miami

A group of people with Down Syndrome embark on a demanding trek through the Himalayas with their siblings. As they deal with physical and emotional challenges, unresolved conflicts come to surface and heartwarming friendships develop.

$10 per person / Max $25 per family Tickets: www.friendshipcirclemiami.org/myherobrother

Alper JCC Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival Presents Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel In conversation with Christine Dolan, Artburst Theater Critic | Includes refreshments Sunday, February 10, 2019 4pm at the Alper JCC 11155 SW 112 Avenue • Robert Russell Theater Admission packages: Student $10 (no book) | Student $20 (with book) | 1 Adult (with book) $30 | 2 Adults (one book) $40

The Tony Award-winning co-creator of Dear Evan Hansen, Broadway’s 2017 Best Musical, presents his groundbreaking novel inspired by the show. A letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief, and he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose. And a website. Every day is amazing until everything is in danger of unraveling. A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation. Show Tunes performed by Miami Children’s Theater

The 38th Alper JCC Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival Presents: A Night of Leonard Bernstein’s Music Featuring Jamie Bernstein

Famous Father Girl A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein With Members of Civic Chorale of Greater Miami Conducted by GRAMMY Winner Paul Hoyle

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:30pm at the Alper JCC 11155 SW 112 Avenue • Robert Russell Theater Admission $20 • Author presentation, musical performance and refreshments

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth. In a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir, she shares the story of a multifaceted man who was the chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, a composer, television star, humanitarian and a friend of the powerful and influential. The deeply moving and often hilarious memoir is a great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age.

For tickets and information call 305.271.9000, ext. 268 or email asantana@alperjcc.org

This program is co-sponsored by The Zelda and John Schwebel Family Foundation in Memory of John M. Schwebel.

Talk with program experts who will be on hand to answer questions about Back to School programs at this FREE community event. Learn about JCC programs for all ages including: After School Care, Preschool, Basketball, Swim Club (on-site evaluations), Gymnastics & more.

Enjoy food vendors, basketball & gymnastics mini-clinics, swim club evaluations, giveaways & special fitness classes. PLUS, register for a program or take a tour and be entered into the raffle to win a backpack filled with school supplies!

Join the JCC as a new member during the Back to School event and pay only $1 registration fee + get a FREE Fitbit Alta while supplies last.

For more information or to join us as a vendor, please contact Nikki Fernandez at 305.271.9000 x273 or nfernandez@alperjcc.org

Located in the Alper JCC Gymnasium, Bldg. 7 11155 SW 112 Avenue Miami, Florida 33176

Bring your family and friends and join us at the J for a day of fun for all ages! Shop for creative Mother's Day gifts from a variety of local vendors and enjoy food trucks, ice skating, bounce houses, an obstacle course, a drone camp clinic and more. Tour the JCC campus and meet & greet with Summer Camp, Preschool and Fitness Center staff.

FREE event & open to the community.

Contact Yolanda Perez for more info or to sign up as a vendor: 305.271.9000 x243 or yperez@alperjcc.org

Located at the Alper JCC outside building 3 and in the Watson Children's Museum. 11155 SW 112 Avenue, Miami, FL 33176