Joyful Judaism! 
Weekly E-Newsletter  ~   Nov. 14-21, 2019
    
Pleasantville Community Synagogue 
219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 
 www.shalompcs.com  
914-769-2672   [email protected]   
 
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.
Shabbat Services 

Friday night:
7:30 services with joyful music by Brian Gelfand followed by a delicious dessert oneg.

Saturday morning:
9:30: Meditation led by Rabbi Julie.
10 am: Family Education Shabbat morning services, followed by a kiddush lunch and Torah study with Rabbi Julie.
Coming up at PCS
Sunday, Nov. 17, 9:30 am: Exploring Judaism with Rabbi Julie.

Sunday, Nov. 17, 2-4 pm:
Day of Service at Edenwald in Pleasantville. 

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 
7 pm:
Writing postcards for more humane immigration reform. Wine and cheese included. Click here for flyer.

Friday, Nov. 22
5:30 pm: Tot Shabbat
6 pm: Family Shabbat dinner
6:45 pm: K/1st/2nd grade Shabbaton service
Exploring Judaism 
with Rabbi Julie
Next class: 
Sunday, Nov. 17, begins at 9:30 am

Sunday, Dec. 15: 10-11 am
"Hanukkah - The Deeper Story"

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Rabbi Julie at [email protected] or call  769-2672.
In the Area

Thursday, Nov. 14, 
7:30 pm:
Intergenerational Trauma 
Post-Holocaust
Ancestral trauma - the trauma transmitted to the children and grandchildren of survivors - is the subject of a special event at Shaarei Tikvah in Scarsdale to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 night of Nazi violence against Jewish people and property. 
Click  here for flyer.

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Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:30-10 am: AJC's annual Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast at Westchester Community College in Valhalla. Call the AJC at 914-948-5585 or click here for more info and to register.
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Saturday night, Nov. 23, 
7 pm: Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle. Two sessions of classes led by 30 Westchester rabbis
INCLUDING PCS' RABBI JULIE DANAN!
Click here for flyer 
or f or more info, contact [email protected] , 328-7001, www.wjcouncil.org .
Contact Rabbi Julie
if you'd like to car pool!
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Sunday, Dec. 8, 3:30-5:30 pm:
Starry Night & S'Mores at Sprout Camp Westchester. Fun for the entire family with a tour of the camp offered at 2:30 pm. 
For more info email [email protected].

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Sunday, Dec. 15, 4 pm:
Chanukah Joy concert with Kol Rinah at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown. Visit www.kolrinahchorale.org.

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.
   
Please RSVP for this fun and meaningful mitzvah!
[email protected] or 769-2672.

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?
Idea(s) of the Week:
# 5
Impact the lives of the youth living at the JCCA Edenwald Center by volunteering in the PCS Activity/Holiday afternoon this Sunday, November 17 at 2 pm. The developmental disabled youths who reside at Edenwald truly enjoy interacting with our PCS youth and adults, playing games, doing craft activities and just spending time together. It is a very meaningful afternoon; all participants are grateful for the shared time together!
#6 
Join other PCS members and friends on Wednesday night, Nov. 20 at 7:30 pm as we write postcards to our elected officials to appeal for more humane treatment of refugees and immigrants in our country.  We need to stand against xenophobia and speak up for people who come to America seeking a safe haven for their family and themselves. 
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!
One World 
Bearing Witness
 
BELONGING TO EARTH
December 7-8, 2019 
A 24-Hour Online Global Vigil
Click here for more info or to register.
VOTE!
The Jewish Star Talent Search
is a talent competition designed by Jewish Rock Radio to identify and cultivate emerging young Jewish artists in the North American Jewish community who have a passion and desire 
to impact the Jewish world.
PCS' Aydin Mayers, who has given so much of his time, energy and talents to the PCS community, was selected as one of the finalists.  
If you'd like, click here to go to the site and vote for one of PCS' own.