The Golden Age Club is a program of the JCC

and meets at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville

Road in Lawrenceville NJ for all its Monday & Wednesday activities.

For questions or

directions, call the JCC (609)606-7070 or Adath

Israel (609)896-4977.

January 2015

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

MONDAYS

10:30-11:00 - Exercise Class with

Flo on Jan 5th & Jan 26th

10:30-11:00 Yoga with Paula on

Jan 12th

11:00-12:00 – Meeting including a

current events discussion.

12:00 Noon – Lunch

Reservations a must!

Call Ketti at (609)637-0030.

12:30 – Program of the Week

WEDNESDAYS Lecture Series with Rabbi will

resume in the Spring. Registration

form in future mailings.

JANUARY

Program Highlights

1/5 - Board Meeting

1/5- “The Sturgeon

Queens” film

1/12 – “Don’t let the

state take your

estate” seminar

1/19 Closed

1/26 – “The Wright

Brothers” presentation

Hanukkah

Celebration 2014

Golden Age Club of the Jewish Community Center

Phone: (609) 606-7070

Mail: PO Box 875 Princeton Junction, NJ 08550

"The Wright Brothers Taught Us to Fly"

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SHARING & CARING

News About Our Members

Get Well Wishes to:

Sherry Spiezle

Irma Kleinerman

Judith Cohn

Joan Berman

Hearty Thank You & T odah Rabah to:

Co-Chairmen Karen Katz and

Shirley Nabutovsky for the

outstanding Hanukkah

celebration!

A Kind Offer:

Our Corresponding Secretary,

Janeen McGrath is a Notary

Public and has offered her

service free to any of our

members at any time. Thank

you Janeen.

Many Thanks to:

Lynn Cohen for lending us her

autographed video of “The

Sturgeon Queens”. We have

some really great members!

January 5

10:00

Board Meeting

12:30

“The Sturgeon Queens”-

A film celebrating the

100th anniversary of the

Lower East Side’s famed

lox and herring emporium

of Russ & Daughters.

Hattie and Ann are two of

the surviving daughters

who help trace 4

generations through

stories of hard work,

humor and tsuris typical of

the Jewish immigrant

experience. Cameo

appearances include

Maggie Gyllenhaal and

Justice Ruth Bader

Ginsburg.

Jan 12

12:30

“Don’t Let the State Take

Your Estate”

A seminar presented by

attorney Kathleen Scott

Chasar, Esq. who

specializes in Elder Law

will provide us with

information on protecting

an estate if a nursing

home is needed; what

documents all seniors

need to protect

themselves and their

estates. Bring your questions.

Jan 19

Closed in observance of

MLK Day

Jan 26

12:30

"The Wright Brothers Taught

Us to Fly" - A slide

presentation by Florence

Lipstein of the life and

inventiveness of Wilbur and

Orville, their trials and

tribulations. The American

aviation pioneers Wilbur

and Orville Wright were the

first to accomplish

manned, powered flight in

a heavier than-air

machine.

REMEMBER – Your 2015

dues are due. Stay current

in order to enjoy in the

coming months our classes,

weekly programs, a dinner

theater trip, the annual

Seder, Anniversary

luncheon, another

Hanukkah party. As a

Golden Age Club your

participation is subsidized

whenever there is a fee.

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New Members Always Welcome!

REMINDER: DUES ARE DUE - Please

return the enclosed statement with

your check

January Birthdays!

Marilyn Holtzman – January 13th

Janice Pincus – January 14th

Irma Kleinerman – January 16th

Elaine Lapin – January 24th

Please call Janeen McGrath

(609-989-9879) if you wish to

make a contribution in honor of

any of our celebrants or for any

other occasion. With a

minimum $2 donation, a note

will be sent to the recipient.

Kosher meals provided by the

Greenwood House and funded

by the Mercer County Office on

Aging.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:

The Golden Age Club

Our Golden Age Club is the oldest, continuously operating senior group in

the Greater Trenton area. It was founded in 1953 by the Trenton Chapter of the

National Council of Jewish Women, under the dynamic leadership of Rosalie

Deitz. Together with her committee, plans were made for a club where seniors

could enjoy old friends and meet new ones, learn new skills, and explore ways to

improve retirement conditions.

The first meeting was held in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Treiber on

West State Street, approximately on the site of what is now the State Museum. At

that meeting, the group decided to call themselves The Golden Age Club. In the

beginning they met at Radio Station WTTM, then at Adath Israel Synagogue. The

Council of Jewish Women continued to provide the necessary funding and

volunteer leadership.

The Club grew by leaps and bounds and soon a professional social

worker, Rose Movitch was provided to direct the group. Under her direction a

“stop-in” room was opened at the old Y.M.H.A. on Stockton Street. Golden Age

members could stop in for coffee, play cards, read and converse. With Rose as

advisor, the Club drew up a constitution which we are still using, with amendments

over the years.

When the Y became the JCC in a new building in Ewing, the Golden Age

Club became part of the membership, with each member paying dues to the

JCC. The Golden Age Club membership flourished at the Center, reaching over

200 by the time Rose Movitch left to teach at Rutgers. Dedicated volunteers,

headed by the most special Fritzi Goldman, remained until the next professional

director, Marilyn Holtzman, began working with them and enlarged the scope

and programs of Golden Age. Soon there were classes in oil painting, crafts,

history with Prof. Ingenbrandt, fund raisers for social causes, a chorus, a roomful of

card players, day trips as well as extended trips to Miami and Israel. After 16

years, Marilyn left the Center and the Golden Age Club was directed by a series

of part-time professionals: Marilyn Epstein, Dorothy Sandler and Neila Cader.

With the sale of the Ewing building, the Golden Age Club returned to

meet at Adath Israel Synagogue, and was provided guidance by Jewish Family

and Children’s Service through an annual allocation from the Jewish Federation.

On July 1, 2014, the JCC once again took responsibility for the Golden Age Club

as an ongoing program of the Center and its mission to provide meaningful

services to the Jewish community at large. Home again!!!

REMEMBER – Your 2015 dues are

due. Stay current in order to

enjoy in the coming months our

classes, weekly programs, a

dinner theater trip, the annual

Seder, Anniversary luncheon,

another Hanukkah party. As a

Golden Age Club your

participation is subsidized

whenever there is a fee.