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Come celebrate the joyful festival of Sukkot with a performance by A Palo Seco Flamenco! This production features live dance and music in a vibrant and entertaining evening full of color, rhythm, and energy. Explanations about Sukkot traditions in Spain will be mixed with high-energy performance pieces, as well as plenty of audience participation. Audience […]
Join us to discuss a book called "a literary page-turner" and "compulsively readable" with the author herself! In A Likely Story, the only child of a famous American novelist discovers a shocking family secret that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her own stalled writing career. Debut novelist Leigh McMullan […]
The General Slocum was a side-wheel passenger boat taking over 1,300 people, mainly from the Lower East Side, on a day's outing to Oyster Bay on June 15, 1904. Soon after departing from Lower Manhattan, tragedy struck the ship and over 1,000 people perished. It was the greatest loss of life from a single event […]
The JCC’s new eco-friendly playground is a great place to celebrate PJ Library Day. PJ Library leaders, along with Shames JCC staff, will be on hand to share books and JCC guest passes while your children make new friends, move their bodies, engage in imaginary play, and more! Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on […]
at Temple Israel Center of White Plains, 280 Old Mamaroneck Rd., White Plains NY. to register for the live stream, click here
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, narrated by Joel Grey, explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. Featuring interviews and conversations with some of the greatest composers and writers of the Broadway stage, the documentary showcases the work of some of the nation’s preeminent creators of […]
Rabbi Jay Stein, Greenburgh Hebrew Center, and Reverend Gareth Evans, St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, will lead and facilitate a discussion about our shared anguish over the war in Israel, and our shared commitments to humanity and peace. They will create a safe space to share feelings in a supportive community. Together we will discover strength […]
Raasa Indian Restaurant 145 Central Ave, Elmsford, NY 10523 $25 cash per person (taxes and gratuity included) Join your fellow foodies for a family-style Indian lunch! Fine dining restaurant Raasa is a Westchester gem that attracts customers from all over the tri-state area for its “memorably vivid flavors,” according to the New York Times. Your […]
Join our second annual Pink Challah Bake in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We will be making pink challah to raise awareness, start conversations, and receive critical information on recognizing signs of breast and ovarian cancer. We’ll hear from survivors of breast and ovarian cancer within our community and share educational materials, promoting steps […]
Friday Night Sensory Friendly Swim Join us for our monthly Friday night free-swim to families who have an immediate member with a special need. The pool will be exclusively reserved for this event, so that we can ensure a sensory-friendly pool environment for a fun family night out! Please note: -We ask that at least […]
River Friends Day Camp's Fall Fest & Family Concert with Jill Geddes Kick off our camp countdown with your camp friends and counselors for some fall family fun! Featuring: Music, Pumpkin Decorating, Bounce House, Fall Family Photos, And More! Music with Jill begins at 11:30 am. This event is geared towards families with children 2–6 years old. […]
In advance of the RiverArts Studio Tour this November, RiverArts will host a preview exhibition of works by select participating artists at the J. Stop by for a reception and celebration of local art and artists. This is a FREE event.
Folk singer Pete Seeger impacted the world with traditional folk songs, songs of activism and protest, songs from around the world and his own anthems of affirmation. Robert Cohen, an accomplished speaker, has been lecturing on American folk and popular music for over a quarter of a century and will share his vast knowledge and […]
Make connections while learning a new craft in our terrarium-making workshop! Sponsored by Regeneron as part of their Day for Doing Good, you’ll be paired with a volunteer to work together on making a tropical plant micro-garden with mini-houseplants, stones, and preserved mosses to re-create a natural landscape in a glass container. The class is […]
Come discuss the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant with only a high school education who went on to be dubbed by Life Magazine “the most important woman in the American government.” As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s special envoy to Europe in World War II, Rosenberg went where the president couldn’t […]
FREE for members; $5 for non-members If you’re a fan of Perry Mason, Law and Order or just good old-fashioned suspense, join us for our first courtroom transcript roundtable reading! Much like a table reading for a play, participants will be assigned parts (judge, attorney, plaintiff, etc.) from an edited transcript of a famous trial. […]
In partnership with COPE, the Shames JCC presents: Mindful Grief Workshop with Dr. Amy Gross. Grief and loss are deeply felt and part of our human experience. What can bring us greater ease and peace in the midst of pain is letting go of our resistance to it. In this workshop, participants will engage in […]
At Stuarts Fruit Farm, 62 Granit Springs Rd, Granit Springs Join us for a day of apple picking with your grandchildren and friends with from the Shames JCC RSVP: Marcie Colon, PJ Library Grandparent Connector at marcie76208@verizon.net THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Over twenty species of raptors may be spotted in our area, including various kinds of eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls. Saw Mill River Audubon Executive Director Anne Swaim will present a multimedia program with some of the best raptor images from local photographers, video clips, and more. Find out when and where raptors may be […]
Laughter Yoga is a unique exercise routine that combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing. Laughter reaps many scientific benefits including reduction of stress, anxiety, and depression; lower blood pressure; a strengthened immune system; and much more. Laughter is initially stimulated as a physical exercise and soon leads to real and contagious laughter. Bring your playful […]
Are you a news junkie? Come discuss the week's social and political issues with your fellow JCC enthusiasts. With timely and changing international, national, and local issues from the news arenas of government, arts, sports, science, and religion, we welcome all participants to voice their ideas. All points of view are welcome in this lively, […]
With Rabbi Mara Young, Woodlands Community Temple We know that Judaism values "arguments for the sake of heaven," but why is having different opinions such an important part of Jewish learning and living? How can we apply this acceptance of conflict to our (highly charged) modern political discussions?
Turn something old into something new at our clothing upcycling workshop. Artist Erwin Ong will guide you through block printing and pattern-making basics with used clothes. You will leave with your own creation and the skills to upcycle at home! Come with an article or two of clothing. Cotton or linen fabrics are best: shirts, […]
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