Classes & Clubs

The JCC offers classes, clubs and more that are geared specifically towards adults. Enjoy fun group outings to sporting events, shows, and museums. Enjoy hands-on culinary programs, behind the scenes events with special guest speakers, and a variety of programs that promote personal enrichment, enhancement of new skills, creative expression, and social connections.

Women's Series with Lynn Mull, Holistic Career Coach & Energy Healer

Purposeful Living and Action Boards

• Thursday, January 15 | 7pm - 8:15pm
• Price: $55 | JCC Members: $45
• REGISTER

Action Boards take vision boards to the next level. This isn’t just about cutting and pasting pretty pictures — it’s about training your brain to take action. Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart calls these “Action Boards” because writing and visualizing your goals activates the brain’s reticular activating system — the filter that decides what you notice and pursue.
Through my techniques that align your values and priorities, we’ll connect science, strategy, and energy — turning your priorities into plans, your vision into movement, and your focus into flow. 

Mindful as a Mother: A Nervous System Reset for Modern Motherhood

• Thursday, February 19 | 7pm - 8:15pm
• Price: $55 | JCC Members: $45
• Participants should bring their own yoga mats & a journal
• REGISTER

Motherhood brings busy schedules, shifting priorities, and deeper questions about purpose. Learn practical ways to reset and find balance amid the chaos of mom life.
This session includes simple nervous system resets, grounding techniques, and clarity practices to release stress, restore calm, and reconnect to yourself. Expect guided breathwork, reiki visualizations, and energy practices for mindful mothers navigating midlife transitions. Minimal movement; dress comfortably for sitting on yoga mats or meditation cushions.

Midlife Clarity: Your Second Awakening

• Thursday, March 19 | 7pm - 8:15pm
• Price: $55 | JCC Members: $45
• REGISTER

From Slump to Aligned — feeling stuck or uninspired in your life, career, or home? Let’s shift that energy and realign with your purpose. This session helps you:

• Pursue opportunities that truly light you up
• Align your work with your core values and purpose
• Build authentic, expansive connections
• Take action toward growth without burning out

You don’t have to settle for the slump — this is your time to feel aligned, excited, and you.

American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Course

• Sundays | 9am-2pm (4/12, 4/19 & 4/26)
• Tuesdays & Thursdays | 5-8pm (4/14, 4/16, 4/21 & 4/23)
• Ages: 15+
• Non-Members/Participants: $360 | JCC Members: $300

This 2-week course teaches the knowledge and skills needed to prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies at a swimming pool facility. Participants must pass the prerequisite swim test and the final exams. All course materials will be provided. Contact: Jodi Lovenwirth ([email protected]) | REGISTER

Want to work as a lifeguard? Participants who successfully complete the course will get a chance to interview with the JCC Aquatics Department.

Learn to Play Canasta

• Monday | 6-8:30pm | 2/2 - 2/16 (3 weeks)
• Ages: 13+
• Non-Members/Participants: $150 | JCC Members: $125

This class is designed as an introduction to the game that will include skills, rules and strategies for play. At the conclusion of the four-week session, participants will be comfortable enjoying the basics of the game. | REGISTER

Learn to Play Mah Jongg

• Mondays | 6-8pm | 1/12 - 1/26 (3 weeks)
• Price: $150 | JCC Members: $125

Come have fun and learn to play American Mah Jongg, an exciting four-player tile game with Chinese origins. Using 152 tiles depicting Chinese characters and symbols, players pick and discard in turn to form combinations found on the National Mah Jongg League’s annual card of hands. Strategy, skill and luck are needed to be the first player to complete a hand and declare “Mah Jongg!” | REGISTER

Leisure Game of Mah Jongg

• Mondays, 1:30-3:30pm | Wednesdays, 1-3:30pm
• Beginning 9/3
• Price: $5 | JCC Members/Participants: Free

Come and play a leisure game of Mah Jongg! It’s more than just a fun game, Mah Jongg is a great ways to sharpen your mental acuity and socialize. Contact: Tracy Sussman ([email protected]) | Stop by or call the JCC at 610-435-3571 to register.

Jewish Film Nights

• Tuesdays | 7:30pm | via Zoom
• 11/18, 1/13, 2/17, 3/24, 4/28, 6/2, 7/7, 9/15, 10/20
• Price: Free

Join other film fans via Zoom to gather and discuss a Jewish interest film. Watch the films at your convenience and then join us for the discussion. For more information or to receive film updates, visit lvjcc.org/film. Contact: Dan Poresky ([email protected])

Friendship Circle

• Mondays (September - May) | 11:45am-2pm
• Ages: 50+
• Annual Membership: $72

A biweekly social gathering including special programming. Programs vary and often include musical entertainment, special speakers, demonstrations or hands-on activities. Friendship Circle is a wonderful opportunity to connect with others in the community. Kosher-style food will be provided (not under Rabbinic supervision). Contact: Simon Katz ([email protected])

Yiddish Club

• Mondays | 2-3:30pm | via Zoom
• No meetings on Jewish Holy Days
• Price: Free
• Click here to join the Zoom meeting

Whether you know “a sakh” (a lot) or just “a bisl” (a little), if you love Jewish culture you’ll enjoy Yiddish songs, humor, recipes and fun conversation in the “mameloshn” (translations provided). Contact: Janis Mikofsky (610-435-3571 ext. 501)

Basic Yiddish Class

• Thursdays | 4-5:30pm | via Zoom
• No meetings on Jewish Holy Days
• Price: Free

Current classes are closed to new enrollment of beginners. If you have some knowledge of Yiddish and can read the alef-beys, enrollment may be possible. Yiddish Book Center textbooks are available for purchase. Contact: Janis Mikofsky (610-435-3571 ext. 501)

The JCC of the Lehigh Valley does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The JCC welcomes people from all walks of life. While we look at our program goals and objectives through a Jewish lens, we do not discriminate on the basis of economic, racial, cultural, ethnic, religious, linguistic or physical differences. We are open to all regardless of sexual orientation or political beliefs.