This course, offered in partnership with Benjamin Rose, is designed to help you understand how to assess your current housing and understand future options to age in place. Explore ways to use home equity to stay in our homes and discover housing options. This free three-part series will cover (1) How to assess your home for safety, accessibility and affordability, (2) Using your home to keep your home through single-purpose, equity loans and reverse mortgages, and (3) Understanding the various types of senior housing options.

This course will teach safe practices to protect yourself in dangerous situations and promote confidence in your abilities to defend yourself. The curriculum includes boxing and kickboxing techniques focusing on proper stance, striking and movement. This is a hands-on learning experience with partner drilling. The instructor has over 15 years of boxing and kickboxing training and in-ring experience. He has trained and trained with professional MMA fighters, boxers, kick boxers and UFC fighters.

Camp Wise is an overnight experience for kids in grades 2-12 in Chardon, Ohio. It's a place where every camper can be themselves, learn new things and be accepted.

Relax, unplug and enjoy adult time at Camp Wise. Join us for a fabulous all-inclusive weekend that will leave you feeling refreshed and reinvigorated. Relax at the pool, enjoy a massage, get creative in the art shack and meet some new friends.

A deeply moving tale about community and generational values, "Fiddler on the Roof" is a heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and love and laughter. “L'Chaim!” We will join the JCC of Youngstown for a catered lunch by Davis Bakery at the Beachwood Community Center. After, buses will transport us to Playhouse Square for the 2 p.m. performance by Cleveland Play House. A kosher option is available.

Cleveland Museum of Art will bring Chinese art to The J for this engaging program. Participants will learn to handle an array of intricate, sophisticated objects while examining and discussing functions. As one of the world’s first civilizations, China has been an important center for artistic and technological production and innovation. Objects featured in this program focus on advances made by Chinese artists and artisans in ceramics, textiles and bronze-making techniques.

Celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, with a fun workout led by Israeli fitness instructor Ronly — complete with Israeli music. Come prepared to sweat while having a great time. For all fitness levels, anyone ages 13+. This event is free and open to the community.

Whether your child is at our Anisfied Day Camp or Francine & Benson Pilloff Family Performing Arts Camp -- or a combination of both -- campers will participate in a wide variety of programs and experience the best summer. After you pay this one-time nonrefundable registration fee for J-Day Camps Summer 2025, you can sign up for camp at: https://jdaycamps.campintouch.com/ui/forms/application/camper/App#ApplicationSeason

Participate in a hands-on matzah making workshop with Rabbi Chayim Alevsky where kids can grind wheat kernels to make their own flour, knead and roll the dough, and bake a handmade matzah. For families with children ages 2-8. Free and open to the community, but registration required.

Learn the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and to provide care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden illnesses until EMS personnel take over. All classes are mandatory. The online portion of the class is assigned when you register for the course and is done at home. It is completed at least one week before the course start date. Prerequisites: Sun, Apr 27. Indoor Pool: Sundays, May 4, 8 and 11. Offsite May 11.

Join us each week as we discuss the current major news events and gain a deeper understanding of these issues. Join historian and educator Terry Pollack for lively sharing and group interaction as we follow and try to comprehend the unfolding events in the news each week.

Get ready to celebrate Pride at the Mandel JCC by making your own rainbow challah! In partnership with JHUB and LGBTQ Jews, come for this festive program. No challah baking experience required, all supplies will be provided.

Join a meaningful text study with Cantor Sarah Sager that will focus on the spiritual nature of the new Jewish month, and specifically the holiday of Passover.

This comprehensive Situational Awareness and Low Impact Self Defense course is designed by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to empower individuals with crucial skills for everyday safety. This course focuses on enhancing your awareness of surroundings, recognizing potential threats, and developing practical self-defense techniques that are effective yet low-impact. The self-defense component emphasizes techniques that can be utilized by anyone, regardless of age, gender, or fitness level. These methods prioritize personal safety while minimizing physical confrontation.

Join Morah Maria Hanley and Morah Dana Saltzman for this class for children 0 - 5 years old that is designed to help children build language, motor, and social skills, enhance curiosity and creativity, and help them learn the conventions of playing at school and being part of a group.

Explore watercolor painting during these two-hour classes with a professional artist and illustrator. Learn techniques, basic color theory and more. Paint nature scenes directed by the teacher. Basic materials are included (watercolor paper, watercolors, brushes and accessories, and drawing materials). Perfect for adults with beginner to more advanced painting skills.

Lunch & Learn with author, Josh Rolnick, who will speak about his short story KINDERTRANSPORT for Yom Hashoah

Join us in The J's gymnasium for large muscle activities such as biking, balls, bouncy house and more! Meet other young families and enjoy a safe space to release that energy. Good for families with children ages 0-6. Free for Mandel JCC members; $15 per family for community.