Overview
We aim to make the arts accessible to everyone by bringing a variety of innovative events and inspiring presentations that engage the mind, heart, and spirit.
We offer several series of cultural programming, including a book series, family-friendly events, and more. We also partner with local arts organizations to create engaging events, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Ballet. We invite you to join us for one of our current offerings, listed below.
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Virtual Jewish Book Series: "The Singer Sisters" by Sarah Seltzer
Two generations of a folk-rock dynasty collide over art, love, longing, and family secrets in this captivating and poignant debut. Author Sarah Seltzer will join us virtually to discuss her novel.
It’s 1996, and alt-rocker Emma Cantor is on tour, with her sights trained on a record deal. Emma’s got no lack of inspiration for her music — chiefly her mother Judie, a 1960s folk legend whose confessional songs made her an icon before her mysterious withdrawal from the public eye. Emma is baffled by Judie’s coldness, and is deeply shaken when she learns a long-kept secret about their family. When Emma uncovers more about her mother’s past, she is vaulted to new heights as a performer. But the knowledge she gains also propels her toward a musical betrayal that further fractures her relationship with Judie. Increasingly famous, but fragile and isolated, Emma grapples with her mother’s legacy and what it means for her own future.
With the richness of a beloved folk song, The Singer Sisters moves between ’60s folk clubs and ’90s music festivals, chronicling the ups and downs of stardom while asking what women artists must sacrifice for success.
For more than a decade, Sarah Seltzer has been a feminist journalist and cultural critic. Her lively writing for publications including The New York Times, TIME, Jezebel, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, The Nation, and many other places has shaped the discourse on subjects ranging from Hollywood casting, to abortion rights, to Jane Austen and beyond. A native and lifelong New Yorker, Sarah is currently the Executive Editor at Lilith Magazine. The Singer Sisters is her debut novel.
Mature content, reader discretion advised.
Purchase your copy of the featured books HERE.
In partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
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Hoxworth Blood Drive
Come help the community by giving blood. Your donation can save up to 3 lives. This will be a mobile bus in the parking lot. Every donation will receive a Reds shirt.
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Jewish Community Matinee: Fiddler on the Roof at Cincinnati Opera
Join us for a day enjoying Cincinnati Opera’s new production of Fiddler on the Roof on Sunday, July 27. Save $10 per ticket with promo code JCCSAVE10.
About the Musical:
If you’re looking for one of the most celebrated and beloved musicals of all time, we’ve got your “perfect match.” Tevye, a poor milkman, lives with his wife Golde, and their five daughters. He wants what all parents want for their children: a better life. One after the other, Tevye’s daughters stray from tradition. They risk their futures with husbands of their own choice, doing that pesky thing people do called following their hearts. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, Fiddler on the Roof features timeless songs like “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” and a universal story of family, love, and tradition.
Tickets prices are listed following the Get Tickets link.
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Lights up on Theatre at the J
Ages 5 – 7
Come experience a taste of Theatre at the J. Children will participate in theatre games and activities that encourage creativity, self-expression, and self-confidence.
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Spotlight on Theatre at the J
Ages 8 – 15
Come experience a taste of Theatre at the J – Everyone’s a Star! Children will participate in theatre games and activities that encourage creativity, self-expression, and self-confidence.
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Jewish Community Night at FC Cincinnati
Join the community for the great night at TQL Stadium as we cheer on FC Cincinnati against the Charlotte Football Club! Tickets include a special swag for the group.
Tickets are sold via SeatGeek. For ticketing support, please contact Trevor Phillips at 513.977.5423 or [email protected]. All tickets will be mobile and can be accessed through the SeatGeek Mobile App.
Tickets prices are listed following the Get Tickets link.
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Everyone's A Star Mini
In this fun drama class, children will participate in theatre games and activities that encourage creativity, self-expression, and self-confidence.
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Everyone's A Star
In this collaborative drama class, children will learn a variety of acting skills and exercises, as well as the basics of theatre performance, character development, ensemble building, and storytelling. Additional rehearsals are required for tech week.
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High School Girls Theatre Workshop
Focus on scene study and monologue work while building confidence and self-esteem. Students will explore how voice and body work to create dynamic characters. Through acting, improvisation, & public speaking, students learn to build and refine their craft
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Virtual Jewish Book Series: Stranger in the Desert by Jordan Salama
Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America. Author Jordan Salama will join us for a conversation, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
One Thanksgiving afternoon at his grandparents’ house, Jordan Salama discovers a large binder stuffed with yellowing papers and old photographs—a five-hundred-year wandering history of his Arab-Jewish family, from Moorish Spain to Ottoman Syria to Argentina and beyond.
One story in particular captures his attention: that of his great-grandfather, a Syrian-born, Arabic-speaking Jewish immigrant to Argentina who in the 1920s worked as a traveling salesman in the Andes—and may have left behind forgotten descendants along the way. Encouraged by his grandfather, Jordan goes in search of these “Lost Salamas,” traveling more than a thousand miles up the spine of South America’s greatest mountain range.
Combining travelog, history, memoir, and reportage, Stranger in the Desert transports readers from the lonely plains of Patagonia to the breathtaking altiplano of the high Andes; from the old Jewish quarter of Damascus to today’s vibrant neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is also a fervent journey of self-discovery as Salama grapples with his own Jewish, Arab, and Latin American identities, interrogating the stories families tell themselves, and to what end.
Jordan Salama is a writer covering culture and the environment in the Americas. His essays and stories have appeared in National Geographic, New York Magazine, The New York Times and other publications. An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, he is the author of Every Day the River Changes, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021 and the 2022 Princeton “Pre-Read,” and Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (2024). He graduated from Princeton University in 2019.
Mature content, reader discretion advised.
Purchase your copy of the featured books HERE.
In partnership with the Jewish Book Council.
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Fall Market
Stock up on apples and honey for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and browse a variety of produce and handcrafted goods from local vendors at the 2025 Fall Market! Dozens of vendors will be joining us!
Interested in being a vendor? Apply HERE.
Meet the Team
The special programs & events team creates many ways to engage in Jewish life and community at the J.
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