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A new initiative offering programming to members of four neighborhood synagogues (The Community Synagogue, Port Jewish Center, Temple Beth Israel, and the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore) ages 55 and above.
We are hoping these programs give you fun and exciting new ways to connect to your synagogue community. The Shalom Synagogue Village also provides the opportunity to meet and foster new relationships with members of other local synagogues, further deepening your connection to the synagogue community and the greater Port Washington area.
New programs are being added regularly. Please check back with us.
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Join us as we read “Biloxi Blues.”
More upcoming dates: 12/5, 12/19 all @ Port Washington Library I 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm
Reading a play aloud around a table brings out qualities you just can’t get by reading it silently by yourself. The play we’ll start this year with is Indecent by Paula Bogel. We’ll discuss the work as little or as much as the group desires. Our goal is to enjoy the play as a piece of theater, not as a literary text. Please bring a copy on the play to our first meeting. Sources for free ones can be found online.
The group will be led by Marilyn Oser, a member of TBI.
For more information or to Register: Play Reading Group
Sunday, December 8th
Socialize with other Shalom Synagogue Village members at Blé, 613 Main Street, Port Washington, on the second Sunday of the month from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Learn more & sign up here
Wednesday 12/4
Rounds Singing is fun and a great way to make beautiful music together. Our group leader, Nancy Silber, will provide rounds that are her favorites and will encourage others to share their favorite rounds as well. No level of music ability is required. The complexity of the rounds will be geared to the skills of the participants.
Sessions will meet from 7:30 – 9 p.m. on select Wednesdays and 6 – 7:30 p.m. on select Thursdays 6:30 pm at The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore
Wednesday 12/6
More upcoming dates: 12/18
7:00-9:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Mary Alice at .
Learn more & sign up here
Tuesday nights – 6 – 7:30 p.m. – First session Tuesday, 9/17
We are fully booked for all sessions through the end of December. If you would like to be on our waitlist if someone cancels, please email or text Bari Ziegel at or 516-816-1082.
Learn more & sign up here
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Tuesday, 12/10/24 – Genealogy Program at the Manhasset Library @ 7 p.m.
Although this is not specifically a Synagogue Village program, we thought it might be of interest to our group. Cultural Survivals from the Great Jewish Migration to NYC: 1881 – 1924
Please register at manhassetlibrary.org
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NEW – GARDENING GROUP
A few people in our Shalom Synagogue Village have expressed interest in participating in a Gardening Group, a forum for discussing experiences in starting or cultivating a garden, either for ornamental purposes or to grow produce for one’s own use, or in order to participate in Plant A Row’s project to feed needy families in Port Washington.
We envision the group beginning virtually over the winter on Zoom, and possibly progressing to in-person meetings, either in one another’s gardens, or at a central meeting spot.
Please respond to one of the co-chairs (names and emails at the bottom of this newsletter) to indicate your interest in participating.
We will need a volunteer to coordinate the group and possibly to coordinate any collection of produce for Plant A Row if the group decides to move in that direction. Please indicate whether you would be willing to lead such a group. Thank you very much.
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SAVE THE DATE: The History of The American Yiddish Theater:
A musical overview with Zalmen Mlotek presented by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck and Gold Coast Arts Center – Wednesday, January 8, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
This one-of-a-kind journey of the Yiddish theater—from its European roots to Ellis Island, Second Avenue, and beyond—will be led by Zalmen Mlotek, the award-winning artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (www.nytf.org) and musical director of Fidler Afn Dakh (Fiddler on the Roof), directed by Joel Grey. With musical influences from operetta, Tin Pan Alley, and Broadway—and translating as he sings—he will take attendees from despair to hope to entertainment.
A group of people in our Synagogue Village plan to attend this program. If you would like to join us, please email Bari Ziegel at .
