Archive: March 2023

Purim Service and Shpiel

Posted on March 6, 2023

March 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Join us for another year of excitement, fun, and laughter!  We will have a condensed reading of the Megillat Esther (also known as the Book of Esther) which describes what transpired on Purim and why it is celebrated as an important Jewish holiday at our Reform Purim Service.  Stay after the service for the annual Purim Shpiel (a comic dramatization) Temple Beth Abraham’s […]

Purim

Posted on March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023 @ All Day –

Conservative Purim Service

Posted on March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Purim Sameach! Join Temple Beth Abraham as we celebrate Purim in the conservative tradition and read the gantze (entire) megillah. Bring a box of pasta to the service. Shake, Rattle, and Roll your box in place of a grogger (noisemaker)! The boxes will then be donated to the Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown.

WJCS – Ordinary Mysticism with Rumi and Rabbi Nachman

Posted on March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm – Every Tuesday in February (except 2/21) and March, 12:00 to 12:45 pm. Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( b.1207 in Persia, d. 1273 in Turkey) was a sufi mystic and masterful poet. His poetry is profound, approachable and full of humor. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (b. 1772 in Międzybóż Lithuania, d. 1810, Uman, Ukraine) professed that […]

Purim at Chabad of the Rivertowns

Posted on March 7, 2023

March 7, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Get ready for a fun-filled Purim celebration! Join us on March 7th at 5 PM for a family-friendly event filled with Megillah reading, Hamantshen, masquerade, concessions, and a spectacular show by CirqOvation. Enjoy a night of laughter, awe-inspiring acrobatics, and endless excitement that will leave you on the edge of your seat. With loads of audience […]

WJCS- An Empty Seat at the Seder Table

Posted on March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023 @ 4:00 am – 5:30 pm – Thursdays, March 9, 16 & 23 on zoom at 4:00 pm. A Virtual Bereavement Group for those who feel the loss of a loved one especially around the holidays. To register for this group and for zoom link, please contact Stephanie@PlazaJewish.org or grittmaster@wjcs.com.    

UJA: Westchester Business and Professional Division Spring Breakfast

Posted on March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023 @ 7:45 am – 9:15 am –

Westchester Jewish Council Security Roundtable

Posted on March 9, 2023

March 9, 2023 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm –

TBA – Books & More

Posted on March 10, 2023

March 10, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Join us for a moderated discussion about books with Jewish themes. This month’s selection: City of A Thousand Gates by Rebecca Sacks Brave and bold, this gorgeously written novel introduces a large cast of characters from various backgrounds in a setting where violence is routine and where survival is defined by boundaries, walls, and checkpoints that force […]

WJCS – Better Things: A Secular Happy Friday Moment

Posted on March 10, 2023

March 10, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm – Every 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, Mar 10, 24 3:00 – 3:15 pm on Zoom. For more info, zoom details and to register, please contact […]