Pleasantville Community Synagogue
Pleasantville Community Synagogue is a welcoming Jewish community with people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home.
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Shabbat Services
Please note: There will be no services at PCS, Friday, Jan. 24.
Saturday morning:
10 am: Morning Shabbat service, followed by a kiddush lunch and Torah study.
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Looking for the
PERFECT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY at PCS?
Would you like to spend some time with wonderful people helping to plan PCS' Annual Gala Fundraiser?
It's important, it's a mitzvah and it's FUN!
If interested, please email Lisa Nicotra at
ldn773@aol.com or call
PCS
at 769-2672, a
nd thank you!
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Coming up at and for PCS
Sunday, Jan. 26, 1-6:30 pm (estimate): Teen and parent trip to Tenement Museum in NYC.
Friday, Jan. 31, 5:30 pm:
Tot Shabbat and PJ Library event! Fun, songs, arts and crafts, pizza dinner for the little ones.
Saturday, Feb. 1, 6 pm:
Friday, Feb. 7, 6:30 pm:
Tu B'Shvat Seder at PCS!
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Sprout Westchester programs for the little ones!
All events take place at Sprout Westchester, 500 Yorktown Road, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Superbowl Play Date
Sunday, February 2
, 2-4:00 p.m.
Drop by Sprout for a variety of camp activities! Participate in a winter planting project to take home in honor of
Tu
B'Shevat,
the Jewish birthday of the trees. Make a winter-themed art project indoors and
take part in
a scavenger hunt before the big game!
Fun for the whole family!
Tour offered at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
, 4-5:45 p.m.
Get ready for Purim by baking
hamentaschen
cookies. Participants will make some cookies to take home and pack others in their
mishloach
manot -
Purim gift baskets to share with family and friends.
Ages 4 and up. $18 per child.
Tour offered at 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, March 29
, 1:30-3 p.m.
Sprout's art specialist will lead this hands
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on activity, and each participant will bring home their own handmade piece of
artwork
to use during your Passover celebrations.
Ages 4 and up. Tour offered at 1:
45 p.m.
Jewish summer camp is one of the top ways to build Jewish identity and pride in a fun way. Sprout Westchester is a Jewish Day Camp for young and school aged-children, and is affiliated with Young Judaea. Rabbi Julie has some $180 discount certificates, and there are also scholarships available.
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PCS and "Partners in Caring"
Jill Schreibman
, a social worker from Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) has recently been assigned as PCS' new Partners in Caring contact.
Jill can be contacted at WJCS at 914-761-0600, ext. 2170 or at jschreibman@wjcs.com.
All meetings are strictly confidential.
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GoFundMe Help for Diana Benattar
Long-time PCS congregant Diana Benattar has been in hospital and rehab for almost two months following surgery to remove a large brain tumor. She's been progressing well - and is hoping to go home soon - but the road to full recovery is long and filled with many expenses not covered by insurance.
For more info and if you would like to help out, please click here.
Thank you!
In sunnier days:
Diana Benattar and PCS pup, Mason, sharing a smile on PCS' front steps.
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Stay Inspired.
Help Repair the World
Leslie Mack, chair,
PCS Social Action Committee
How can PCS contribute to repairing the world? What individual and group social action and tikkun olam projects can we participate in throughout the year?
Click
here
to go to PCS' home page to find the link for the growing list.
E-
mail Leslie Mack
with any ideas that you would like to share with PCS as part of our mission to become a Lamed Vavnik community.
We want to hear from everyone!
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The PCS office is closed on Mondays but messages are checked. Please feel free to leave a message at 769-2672, or send an email. Someone will respond as soon as possible.
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From the Rabbi
Click here to read Rabbi Julie's most recent blog post.
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This Sunday's TENEMENT MUSEUM TRIP
NOW OPEN TO ALL!
There are a few spots still available for this great (free!) trip and so we've opened it up to
anyone
: adults, teens, families with kids 8 and over!
We will meet at the chartered bus on Clark Street at 1:15 pm this Sunday, and return around 6:30 pm.
Deadline to sign up is this Friday by 5 pm.
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Don't miss out on PCS' Progressive Dinner!
Saturday, Feb. 1, 6 pm
And it has a
MAJOR new feature - babysitting!
Deadline to sign up is Friday, Jan. 24.
Ben Serebin & Josh Star (co-organizers)
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