Jewish Programs
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Better Things: A Secular Happy Friday Moment
ZoomEvery other Friday we will gather on Zoom, light candles with a secular blessing, and share bits of good news, gathered from the headlines, from our neighbors, and from our own lives. Fridays, February 10, 24, March 10, 24 3:00 to 3:15 pm on Zoom. FREE Please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com for more info and details.
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Ukrainian Newcomers Support Group
For recent arrivals from Ukraine only Co-facilitated with a Ukrainian-speaking staff member Date: Monday, February 13 - Time & Location TBD FREE Please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com for more information and to register. This program is co-sponsored through WJCS and Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration.
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Empty Seat at the Seder Table: Bereavement Group
ZoomWJCS and Plaza Jewish Community Chapel are co-sponsoring this timely series for those who feel the loss of a loved one, especially around the holidays. This series begins on Thursday, March 9, and continues on the 16 and 23, starting at 4:00 pm. Facilitated by Rabbi Michael Goldman and Heidi Weiss, LMSW, MHA To register for this group and for zoom link, please contact stephanie@plazajewish.org or grittmaster@wcjs.com.
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How Sweet It Is!
ZoomHow Sweet It Is! Singing and Swinging with the American Songbook Thursdays, May 4 & 18 1:30 to 2:15 pm on Zoom Led by Sally Shore Wittenberg Program Fee: $18/session Please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com for further information and to register.
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Memory Minyan
Memory Minyan Welcoming Shabbat with Traditional and Modern Melodies A dementia-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service for everyone. Fridays, May 12 & 26, June 9 & 23 2:00 to 2:45 pm on Zoom June 9 in-person, 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Location TBD Program Fee: $18/session Please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com for more information and to register.
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Book Club: Choosing Hope!
Zoom“Hope is a thin thread that can tear or escape our grip, but there is no weaving, or living, without it.” Those are words of David Arnow, author of Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism. These days, those words speak directly to us. For many of us, it is a lot of work to maintain hope in the face the world’s turbulence and crises—not to mention our own personal struggles. Let’s read what David posits about whether or not there is a specifically Jewish way of hope, and whether hope differs from optimism and faith. Join me for a book […]
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Over and Out!
ZoomOver and Out! An Informal Gathering over the Eternal Topic of Mortality “Dying is absolutely safe,” writes the American spiritual teacher Baba Ram Dass, whose Mom knew him as Richard Alpert. You would think that nothing would ever change about the the time-honored practice of being mortal, but people are talking more openly about death than ever before. I am hosting three informal conversations I’m calling “Over and Out!” about some of the new ways our human and Jewish communities are talking and thinking about death and dying. The forum will be open and informal (bring a glass of wine, […]
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Memory Minyan
ZoomMemory Minyan Welcoming Shabbat with Traditional and Modern Melodies A dementia-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service for everyone. Fridays, July 7, 20; August 3, 17 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Zoom Program Fee: $20/session For more information including zoom access, please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com.
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Guilt-Free, Pain-Free Poetry Zone
ZoomGuilt-Free, Pain-Free Poetry: Yehuda Amichai’s Open-Closed-Open Poetry doesn’t have to be difficult to be rewarding. Find out this summer during our Yehuda Amichai Hour. Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel’s best-known poet, and my personal favorite. Nearly every Tuesday at lunchtime, we will meet on Zoom for a reading of a selection of short, delicious, easy poems from his last book, Open - Closed - Open. Feel free to come and go from session to session as you please, with no pressure to have read prior week’s material. Tuesdays, July 11, 18*; August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29. *NOTE: There will be ...
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How Sweet It Is!
ZoomHow Sweet It Is! Singing and Swinging with the American Songbook Led by Sally Shore Wittenberg Thursdays, July 13, 27; August 10, 24 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Zoom. Program Fee: $20/session Please contact Rabbi Michael Goldman at mgoldman@wjcs.com for more information including zoom access.
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Parenting through the War in Israel: How to take care of ourselves & our children
ZoomParenting through the War in Israel
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Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.
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Navigating Screens: Helping Our Little Ones Thrive, On And Offline
Congregation Kol Ami 252 Soundview Ave, White Plains, NY, United StatesLet’s empower our children to grow confidently in an increasingly digital world — together.