FROM SOCIAL ACTION
YOU ARE INVITED.........to a Penny Social sponsored by the Social Action Committee.
Food - Fun - Door Prizes! Please bring the kiddies!
Date: Sunday, June 9th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with winners called at 12:30 p.m. (You do not have to be present to win)
WE ARE ALSO EAGER................to receive donations for our "Penny Social." Items can include: tickets to sports games, gift cards of any type, household items, nice pens, art supplies, pet supplies, cookbooks, best sellers, toys and games, bath and body products and sports items. Donations can also include new or never used items in your home. Your clutter is someone else's treasure! How about that extra bottle of wine that has been sitting in your cabinet? Or donate funds directly to Social Action.
We need all donated merchandise by Memorial Day, delivered either to the large special box we have placed in the YJC lobby, or to Deb May's home (you can leave it on her porch) at 1410 Chatham Lane, YH. You can reach her at deborah.jackson@cushwake.com or 917-848-3764.
Every penny will go towards easing local poverty such as providing monthly dinners for the residents of the Jan Peek Homeless Shelter, bringing ongoing groceries to the food pantries at St. Mary's and First Presbyterian Church, and for other great area programs.
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Orot News:
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Urbas on June 8th!!!
Please make your reservations as soon as possible. The cost of the lunch is $15 and your RSVP is needed no later than June 3rd.
The Northern Westchester Jewish Lunch and Learn will be held at the YJC on Thursday, June 13th featuring our very own Wendy Segal. Her topic will be
"Talmud 101: What it is, and why we can't be Jews without it."
Please make sure to come and hear a great talk while supporting this
program at our own synagogue! See flyer in mailer for details.
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You can now order a professionally recorded DVD
of the YJC Yom Hashoah commemoration
Songs of Loss and Hope
- Share it with family and friends
- Add it to your DVD collection
- See what you missed if you could not attend
To order, call the Center office by June 10
Cost per DVD - $18.00
Thanks to the generosity of Andrew Stein Videography,
the full proceeds go to the Yorktown Jewish Center.
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Dear Friends:
Here is the new date for the YJC Mission to Israel
Depart: Sunday, December 8th, 2013
Return: Friday, December 20th, 2013
Our first meeting will be on June 17th at 7:30pm
This date has now been accepted as firm, and, I am arranging with our highly experienced tour operator, Keshet Tours, to draw up an itinerary. The trip will include sites essential for first time visitors, as well as appropriate for seasoned Israel travelers.
That is the good news. The better news is that the change will not add anything to the cost of the trip, and, I am working with Keshet to bring the cost closely in line with the low end of our original estimate of 4000 to 4400 dollars per person -
all expenses included. We will not sacrifice comfort or safety, but, rather, enjoy several advantages in our favor.
By next week, I expect to have all the relevant
information that we need to move forward, including firm pricing, well developed itinerary, and a date for our first meeting with our tour operator.
Please mark your calendar to join me as we venture together to Eretz Yisrael!
Rabbi Sternstein
