The best place to stay up to date on all events and programming at JSS! This calendar is always up to date and includes all the information you need to get involved.

May
7
Mon
Lechayim Lunch Plus
May 7 @ 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
11:30 am -12:30 pm: Complimentary Blood pressure check with nurse, Lori Edelstein
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: African peanut stew, rice, mixed greens w/ Balsamic dressing, fruit, dessert (Vegetarian option: tofu peanut stew)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Four Seasons Theatre: “The Best of Broadway: Stephen Sondheim.”

 


Lechayim Lunch Plus
May 7 @ 11:30 am – 2:00 pm

11:30 am-12:00 pm: Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson
12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Buttermilk pancakes, potato kugel, scrambled eggs, fruit, pastry
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Slavic Folk and Popular Songs by vocalist and musician, Anna Gubenkova. Accompanied by Victor Gorodinsky, founder and conductor of UW-Madison Russia Folk Orchestra.

 


May
11
Fri
Shabbat at Attic Angel Place
May 11 @ 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat. Music by Les Goldsmith with the assistance of Angel volunteers.

 

A program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place

May
14
Mon
JSS Board Meeting
May 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
May
18
Fri
Shabbat at Capitol Lakes
May 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat. Music by Les Goldsmith with the assistance of UW students from Hillel.

 

A program of Jewish Social Services, UW Hillel and Capitol Lakes Retirement Community.

Jun
11
Mon
Navigating in the Wilderness of Family Caregiving: Spiritual Tools for the Journey
Jun 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Co-hosted by:  Congregation Sha’arei Shamayim and First Unitarian Society of Madison
Cost: Free and open to the public. Suggested donation – $10. 

Are you caring for a loved one as they age or helping them navigate serious or chronic illness? Do you think about how you will manage to care for family as you and they age? No matter where you are in the life cycle, it is likely that they have a personal connection to the topic of family caregiving.

Join us for a special evening of exploring the issues of being a caregiver with Rabbi Dayle Friedman, national thought-leader and practitioner on spirituality and aging.

Caregiving might be hands-on or long-distance – for a spouse, parent, or friend. When we care for a loved one, we often feel that we can never do enough – and we usually have multiple other responsibilities to juggle. It is easy to become exhausted or depleted. In our conversation, Rabbi Friedman will examine spiritual practices that can help us as we balance competing obligations, care for our loved ones, and sustain our spirits along the way.

This talk is for people from all faiths or no faith at all. Refreshments to follow the program.

Jun
12
Tue
Levy Summer Series – Rabbi Dayle Friedman
Jun 12 @ 11:00 am – 2:15 pm

 “Finding Our Grit and Grace: Wisdom for Growing Older” – Rabbi Dayle Friedman 

Rabbi Dayle Friedman’s work is inspired by her belief and experiences in growing older as an opportunity in growing in depth and wisdom. She writes: “My sense is that the whole journey beyond midlife is a mysterious blend of light and dark, wholeness and fragility…. We have a chance beyond midlife to become the person we were truly meant to be. We can draw on everything we have experienced so far to contribute to the people around us and the wider world, and to find strength and resilience amid the challenges.”

Rabbi Dayle Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC, is a spiritual leader, social innovator, scholar, and author of Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide to Fostering Wholeness and editor of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources. She founded and directed Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Friedman offers training, consulting and spiritual guidance through Growing Older, her Philadelphia-based national practice.

Jun
25
Mon
JSS Executive/ Finance Committee Meeting
Jun 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Jun
26
Tue
Levy Summer Series – Professor Frank Tuerkheimer
Jun 26 @ 11:00 am – 2:15 pm

Bronisław Huberman and the Heroic Origins of the Israel Philharmonic” – Professor Frank Tuerkheimer
Professor of Law Emeritus – University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison

Professor Tuerkheimer will describe a story of courage and perseverance. When Hitler came to power, he was quick to apply his anti-Semitic policies to music, getting Jewish musicians removed from German orchestras. The process was so abrupt that conductor Wilhelm Steinberg had his baton taken from him by Nazis who entered the opera house where he was rehearsing. It is a remarkable story of personalities and politics, and the key role of violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who formed this orchestra.

Through the last several decades Professor Tuerkheimer has taught courses, wrote and researched on many aspects of the law. As to service beyond the Law School and University community, Frank Tuerkheimer has worked on the Watergate Prosecution staff where he was in charge of the investigation into illegal dairy industry contributions and was chief trial counsel in the case against former Secretary of the Treasury John Connally. He has served as U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, where, among other things, he initiated a model Clean Water Act enforcement program.

Jul
6
Fri
Shabbat at Capitol Lakes
Jul 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Please join your neighbors, volunteers and Jewish Social Services staff for candle lighting, challah, wine, songs and discussion to usher in Shabbat. Music by Les Goldsmith with the assistance of UW students from Hillel.

 

A program of Jewish Social Services, UW Hillel and Capitol Lakes Retirement Community.