Raven DiSalvo-Hess

In honor of Earth Day, join the JCC for a lecture by Professor Nir Becker who is currently teaching at ESF while on sabbatical from Tel-Hai College in Israel. Professor Becker will discuss the urban heat island in Tel Aviv vs. Syracuse, how shade saves energy and lives, the hidden economics: how to quantify benefits and the role of municipalities and citizens. You will also get to engage in a discussion of “What does adaptation look like on my street?”

Join the JCC for a special presentation on historic James Street presented by Dennis Connors. From the 1890s to 1930s, stately mansions lined Syracuse’s James Street, their elegant gardens, architecture, and streetscapes a point of city-wide pride. More than just beautiful facades, the mansions and people who inhabited them represented the cultural life, political leadership, industrial growth, and social reform that animated Syracuse and the nation during this period of opulence.

Love a mystery? Then be sure to join us for the Mystery Book Club which explores classic who-dun-its, thrillers and everything in between. This book club meets the first Wednesday of the month, 12:45 – 1:45 pm.

Join the JCC for open play chess the second Sunday of the month, beginning Sunday, February 8. 1-4 pm. All skill levels & ages welcome!

Join the JCC of Syracuse and Temple Concord for a night of food and fun with Rachel Simons, author and founder of Seed + Mill in NYC on Monday, June 1 at 6:30 pm at the JCC. Rachel will discuss her cookbook Sesame: Global Recipes + Stories of an Ancient Seed as attendees enjoy a tasting of recipes from the book along with kosher wine. Then, participants will put on their aprons and make a recipe from the book to take home. Get more details and register today: jccsyr.org/cp

Love a mystery? Then be sure to join us for the Mystery Book Club which explores classic who-dun-its, thrillers and everything in between. This book club meets the first Wednesday of the month, 12:45 - 1:45 pm. "None of this is True": Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realize that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home. But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has […]