August 30 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Garage Sale: August 30, 2026 | 10 AM to 4 PM. No admission charge. A wide variety of items, from furniture to sports equipment to toys to collectibles and more! Ice Cream Social: August 30, 2026 | 2 PM to 5 PM. No admission charge. Come enjoy some ice cream on us and socialize with your friends and neighbors. 50/50 Raffle: Participate throughout the day. Winning tickets will be drawn at 4:30 PM.
Join us for our Yom HaShoah Commemoration on Monday, April 13 at 6:30 PM. This year, alongside our customary candle lighting, we are proud to host a special community screening of the TOLI live-streamed program: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust. TOLI, The Olga Lengyel Institute, has scheduled a program in partnership with the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (White Plains, New York), Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (Glen Cove, Long Island, New York),…
Life moves fast, doesn’t it? In a world that feels like it’s constantly shifting, it can betough to find a moment of true stillness. If you’ve been searching for a way to tradethe noise for a little more inner joy, we have something special waiting for you. We invite our wonderful community to join us for the Master Class: “Finding aHaven Within” on Sunday, February 22, 2026. Date changed to March 1, 2026. Date changed to March 15, 2026, at 12PM….
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,…
Update: The errors have been resolved and the calendar is back online. Because of multiple errors in the September 2025 Events Calendar that are proving difficult to resolve, it has been taken off line until fixed.
The Van Cortlandt Jewish Center regrets to inform you of the passing of our longstanding member, longtime President, and current Vice President, Bob Gillman. Bob died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday night. A graveside funeral will be held on Sunday, September 7, at 11 AM at Sharon Gardens Cemetery, 273 Lakeview Ave, Valhalla, NY. Shiva will be observed Monday through Wednesday, from 1 to 3 PM and 6 to 8 PM, at apartment 3G, 3965 Sedgwick Ave, Bronx, NY…
As we have done for many years, we are giving you the opportunity to wish your friends and neighbors “L’Shana Tova Tikasevu” – “May you be inscribed for a good year” with an ad in the Center Light. This year, we are repeating the option that we successfully initiated last year of offering you the option of having your Center Light Rosh Hashannah Greetings in color, including a Rosh HaShannah image. Many of you took advantage of that wonderful option…
We will be hosting a series of four 1-hour classes teaching simple, effective techniques to reduce everyday stress and deepen one’s sense of peace, clarity, and well-being. The classes are appropriate for teens, adults, and anyone looking to manage daily stress, address insomnia, or explore deeper mind-body awareness. No previous experience needed. The classes will include stretching exercises that will be best done on the floor with a yoga mat, but which can also be done in chairs. If you…
4/27/25 at noon at VCJC. We will host a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Lecture on Sunday, April 27 at 12:00 PM. The featured speaker will be Sonja Geismar, who will recount her family’s harrowing journey aboard the MS St. Louis, the refugee ship that was tragically turned away by several nations—including the United States—in 1939 as Jewish passengers fled Nazi Germany, and more little known stories ofher family’s escape. This deeply personal and moving lecture is part of VCJC’s ongoing commitment…
We are saddened to announce the passing of Neil Harrow, an invaluable member of the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center and longtime member of the DeWitt Clinton High School family. Neil passed away peacefully at the age of 87 after years of physical complications from various ailments. A Bronx native who spent his entire life in the borough, Neil attended PS 94, JHS 80, and DeWitt Clinton High School, from which he graduated in 1955. After Clinton, Neil pursued his undergraduate…