Event Highlight

Bestselling author Dr. Eric Braverman will discuss his book “Younger Brain, Sharper Mind” and his six-step plan for preserving and improving memory and attention at a WELL Health Symposium at the Kaplen JCC, Friday, June 1. VIP reception, 11 a.m.; program, 11:30; lunch, 1 p.m. Sharon Potolsky, (201) 408-1405 or well@jccotp.org.

Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky discusses “Groundhog Day” after a screening at the Teaneck General Store.

(201) 530-5046 or www.teaneckgeneralstore.com

The Jewish Learning Experience screens “Ushpizin,” followed by a discussion.

Rabbi David Pietruszka, (201) 966-4498 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Glen Rock Jewish Center screens “100 Voices: A Journey Home,” featuring 72 cantors (some local) from the international Cantor’s Assembly who visited Poland in 2009. $5, includes light refreshments.

(201) 652-6624 or www.grjc.org

Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley screens “David and Layla.” Part of One Book, One Community, a new community-wide program designed to enhance adult Jewish learning in Northern New Jersey. The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey will sponsor a culminating event with the book’s author, Ariel Sabar, and the subject, Yona Sabar, on March 29, at Temple Emeth in Teaneck.

(201) 391-0801 or www.jfnnj.org/onebook

“Crime After Crime,” an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, is screened at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. The documentary is about the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for more than a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. After the film, there will be a panel discussion with Rabbi Raffi Bilek, outreach coordinator for Project S.A.R.A.H.; Warren S. Sutnick, lawyer with Sutnick & Sutnick, LLC; and the Honorable Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey State Senator, District 37. Free. Made possible through the generosity of Micaela Mangot, and co-sponsored by the JCC Judaic and Teen departments, the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of NNJ, and Women Lawyers in Bergen County.

(201) 408-1426 or www.jccotp.org

The JCC of Paramus has an encore screening of “100 Voices: A Journey Home.” Hosted by Cantor Sam Weiss, who was among the participants in the 2009 Cantors Assembly’s historic mission to Poland, what the film chronicles. Includes a concert at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial.

(201) 262-7691

Temple Emanuel of North Jersey screens a video production of New York’s Folksbiene Yiddish Theater’s 2003 fundraising concert with Alan King and Theodore Bikel. Light refreshments.

(201) 560-0200 or www.tenjfl.org

Temple Beth Sholom screens “Keeping Up with the Steins.”

(201) 797-9321, ext. 415

New Beginnings, a group for mature and retired people of all ages, at the Jewish Center of Teaneck, meets for lunch, movie, and discussion. The group is sponsored by the Elisabeth Heilbronner Chesed Fund and is directed by Aviva Feldman. Refreshments. Free.

(201) 833-0515

“Jaffa,” a film from Israel, is screened at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Cong. B’nai Israel.

(201) 796-5040

Temple Emeth screens “Wall Street” starring Michael Douglas. $6. Refreshments.

(201) 833-1322

Temple Israel and JCC screens “Vanishing of the Bees.” Discussion follows. Refreshments.

(201) 444-9320