Van Cortlandt Jewish Center

The Met Council on Jewish Poverty has issued the following, which is being reproduced here in its entirety.       Right now, one in five people in our NYC community are facing an immediate crisis. The federal government shutdown promises to cut off SNAP benefits this Saturday, November 1. More than 1.73 million city residents – mostly children, the elderly and the disabled – will not receive the lifeline that helps them put food on the table each month. We cannot close the gap,…

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On 7/28/24 the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center in conjunction with the New York Blood Center held a blood drive to help alleviate the current blood shortage, which has created a blood emergency. We had 16 donors of whole blood and another 4 donors of double red cells which count for 2 donations. These donations are used for research, life-saving uses for cancer patients, sickle cell, premature infants, and critical surgeries. NMDP also had a table to attempt to get younger…

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Join us for a blood drive in cooperation with the New York Blood Center at the VCJC on July 28, 2024 from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM in the game room. There is a critical blood shortage in NY and your contribution will help save lives. You can register by calling the New York Blood Center at 800-933-2566, by going to VCJC Blood Drive, or by scanning the QR code (same as the VCJC Blood Drive link). Just one donation…

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At the VCJC’s Yom HaShoah observance we planned to show the video from TOLI, “Kindertransport: The 10,000 Rescued Children and the Million Who Perished“. Due to technical issues, we did not do so. Here it is for everyone to see! Days of Remembrance (Yom HaShoah): The Kindertransport from TOLI on Vimeo. TOLI is The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights. You can visit their website for more information.

Two chametz sale forms are available. One form is a sale that will take place on the 13th of Nissan, marked 13 on the top left corner. The other is for the regular sale, taking place on the 14th of Nissan, marked 14 on the top left corner. If you will be traveling for Pesach to a place that is in a different (further east) time zone (for example to Israel), you must fill out a 13 form, because Pesach will…

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Community Member Greetings

Information from Rabbi Lowenthal – Selling Chametz Information from Congregation Kol Israel’s Rabbi Reinstein The following has been extracted from email to the Congregation Kol Israel.  As Pesach comes near, we are all grappling with how this year will be different than all other years. This year, our main concern should be safety of ourselves and those around us – instead of Pesach prep. At the bottom of this letter, I have shared a joint statement of guidelines from a…

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Rabbi David Borenstein of Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is leaving for Israel   Rabbi David Borenstein has been the extremely dedicated and effective spiritual leader of the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, since 2009. Rabbi Borenstein is now making Aliyah, which means he and his family are moving to Israel. As a gesture of sincere appreciation for his efforts, Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is having a “Farewell to the Rabbi” brunch for him on Sunday, August 18, 2019, at 10:30 AM…

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