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Our Locations
Jewish Community Center – Uptown5342 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115
T: 504.897.0143 • F: 504.897.1380 Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish
Community Center – Metairie
Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish
Community Campus
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
3747 W. Esplanade Avenue
Metairie, LA 70002
T: 504.887.5158 • F: 504.780.5639
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General Information
2010 Holidays
Shabbat
Of all the Jewish observances, Shabbat is the only one prescribed by the Ten Commandments, being one of the earliest and most cherished of Jewish customs. As is the case for all Jewish holidays, it lasts from sundown to sundown. On Friday night the mother blesses the Sabbath candles, and the father says the prayers over the Challah (twisted bread) and sacramental wine.
Jewish Community Center – Uptown: The Center and Goldring Fitness Center closes at 5:00 PM on Fridays. During daylight savings time the Fitness Center stays open on Fridays until 6:45 PM. The Goldring Fitness Center opens at 1:00pm on Saturdays. Please enter through the Leontine Street entrance.
Goldring – Woldenberg Jewish Community Center – Metairie: The Goldring-Woldenberg JCC – Metairie closes at 5:00 PM on Fridays. During daylight savings time the Center stays open until 6:00 PM. The Fitness Center opens at 1:00 PM on Saturdays.
Tu B'Shvat
Tu B'Shvat is the " New Year of the Trees" or Israeli " Arbor Day" , celebrated as a planting festival. It is also to raise our ecological awareness and to remind us of our duty to repair the Earth (Tikkun Olam). Our love of nature stems from the Torah itself, which is called " a tree of life." In Israel, children celebrate by planting young saplings; in America, we contribute to the Jewish National Fund which plants trees in Israel; everyone eats dates, carob, and fruit, symbolizing the fruits of trees and those fruits harvested.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Mardi Gras
Saturday, February 13, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00 PM.
Sunday, February 14, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00 PM.
Monday, February 15, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00 PM.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Purim
Purim, "The Feast of Lots", is the jolliest of all holidays. The Book of Esther (Megillat Esther) is read and tells us how the queen and her uncle Mordecai saved the Jews of Persia from a plot by the evil Prime Minister Haman to destroy them. The holiday is filled with merriment. All dress in costume like the characters in the Purim story and shake "groggers" (noise makers) to "drown out" hated Haman's name. On this day we eat hamantaschen (three-cornered, filled pastries) said to represent Haman's pocket or hat.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 – Community Purim Carnival (Adloyadah) will be celebrated on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at the Uptown JCC. This event is free and open to the entire community.
Pesach (Passover)
Considered the most important of the Jewish festivals, Passover commemorates the slavery in Egypt of the Hebrew people and their Exodus out of Egypt into the land of Israel. Again, there is the two-fold meaning of Pesach - the feast of freedom, and the spring agricultural festival. The Seder, the traditional meal, conducted and eaten in a special order, is led from the Haggadah (the seder book) filled with Passover symbols, stories and songs. The best known symbol of Pesach is matzah (unleavened bread).
Monday, March 29, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00 PM.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 –Fitness centers re-opens at 5:00 PM
Monday, April 5, 2009 – The Goldring-Woldenberg JCC – Metairie closed (the Uptown JCC is open at regular hours).
Tuesday, April 6, 2009 – The Goldring-Woldenberg JCC – Metairie closed (the Uptown JCC is open at regular hours).
Shavuot
Shavuot, which means the "Festival of Weeks" or the "Feast of New Fruits," occurs seven weeks after Passover. It is a triple holiday, a three-fold celebration, which commemorates the receiving of the Ten Commandments by Moses atop Mount Sinai, the harvesting of wheat in the land on Israel, and the ripening of the first fruit in Jerusalem. While on Passover the Jews were freed from slavery, on Shavuot the freed slaves were made into free men by the receiving of the Ten Commandments. Traditional food for Shavuot includes blintzes, cheese cake, honey cake, and other dairy dishes which remind us that Israel was once called "the land flowing with milk and honey."
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - All facilities close at 6:45 PM.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - The Goldring-Woldenberg JCC – Metairie closed (the Uptown JCC is open at regular hours).
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00 PM.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah, which in Hebrew means “First of the Year, comes early in the fall. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the ten-day period called the “Ten Days of Penitence” or the “Day of Awe.” Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement,” concludes this holy period.
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - All facilities closed
Friday, September 10, 2010 - All facilities closed
Kol Nidre
Friday, September 17, 2010 – All facilities close at 5:00pm.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is the last day of the “Ten Days of Penitence” which according to Jewish tradition is a time of repentance, prayer and charity. On this solemn and important day, Jewish men and women are forbidden to refrain from eating and drinking and even young children try to fast for at least part of the day. The people spend the entire day in prayer worship.
Saturday, September 18, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Erev Sukkot
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 – All facilities close at 6:45pm.
Sukkot
Sukkot or the "Feast of Tabernacles" recalls the momentous journey of the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, where they lived in tents and booths, or Sukkah. During this week we decorate the sukkah with fresh fruit, flowers, and greenery, and enjoy many meals outdoors. From this biblical festival it is said that the American Pilgrims drew their inspiration for the American holiday of Thanksgiving.
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - All facilities closed.
Friday, September 24, 2010 – Goldring-Woldenberg JCC - Metairie closed (the Uptown JCC will be open at regular hours).
Erev Shemini Atzeret
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 – All facilities close at 6:45pm.
Shemini Atzeret
The eighth day of Sukkot is Shemini Atzeret, a "day of Holy assembly", on which prayers are offered for rain so that there may be an abundance of crops during the next twelve months.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Simchat Torah
The last day of the holiday Simchat Torah, "rejoicing in the Torah". This important holiday reviews for the Jews the great role which learning has played in Jewish life and markes the traditional pilgrimage to the ancient sacred Temple of Jerusalem.
Friday, October 1, 2010 – Goldring-Woldenberg JCC - Metairie closed (the Uptown JCC will be open at regular hours).
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25, 2010 – All facilities closed.
Chanukah
Chanukah, meaning "dedication," is a festival of lights which celebrates the Maccabean victory of twenty-one centuries ago in ancient Palestine, when brave Judah Maccabee and his small band of followers saved the Jewish nation from the Syrians. For eight days each year, beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev, one additional candle on the Chanukkiah (Chanukah Menorah), or eight-branched candelabra, is lit to recall the rededication to the Temple in Jerusalem. Originally, the little jug of oil found by the Maccabeans was thought to contain enough oil for only one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days, hence, eight candles on the Menorah with one main candle, the Shammos, used for lighting each of the others. Games with a dreidel (top) are played, and children often receive Chanukah gelt (money) and gifts each night after the candles are kindled and blessed. Dairy dishes including Latkas (potato pancakes - symbolizing cooking in the miracle oil) are eaten, often with sour cream or applesauce. In Israel, jelly doughnuts called soofganiyot are eaten. Chanukah is a festival of freedom, and we delight in keeping alive a tradition which commemorates a successful struggle against tyranny.
Wednesday, December 1 (first candle lighting)– 28, 2009 – * The JCC does not close for this holiday.
Christmas
Friday, December 24, 2010 - The fitness centers will be open from 6:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Saturday, December, 25, 2010 – The fitness centers will be open TBD
New Years Eve
Friday, December 31, 2009 - The fitness centers will be open from 6:00 am - 5:00 pm.
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