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The two pages have been moved in the website’s structure from the Announcements menu item to the About Us menu item. In addition, the Center Light Archive page has been streamlined so that the pdf versions can be accessed directly from that page, rather than having to go to an intermediate page. The Announcements page itself has been removed, since we are using blog posts like this for announcements. We hope that you find these changes to be improvements and…
Join VCJC for a Mother’s Day / Father’s Day Pick Your Prize Raffle and bake sale on Sunday, May 6, 2018 from 1 to 4 PM. We’ll be at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, 3880 Sedgwick Ave, Bronx, NY 10463. Free admission! Pay only for what you want to win. Raffle tickets range from $1 to $10 each depending on the prize you want to win, plus one special $20 raffle item. This is a great opportunity to shop for Mother’s…
Next in the VCJC free lecture series on Sunday, March 11th: Paul Weinberg presents “Antisemitism Then and Now” – dealing with all the categories, types and forms of Antisemitism, from its earliest beginnings to the present. The presentation follows the creation of Antisemitism – from the hateful allusions to Jews in the New Testament (“Christ Killer,” et al), to the Church’s attack on the Jews in the Middle Ages; the racial model that produced the Holocaust; Islamic Jew hatred from…
We’ve added a page with summary information about available housing in Van Cortlandt Village. This part of the Bronx is safe and convenient and has good transportation links, in addition to being reasonably priced. If you are interested in moving here, and maybe joining the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, take a look! MOVING TO VAN CORTLANDT VILLAGE – REAL ESTATE INFO
Our annual Journal has been published and, for the first time, we were able to offer ads in color. The result was even more impressive than usual and was well received. You can see a copy of the full Journal as a pdf (in a new window). If you placed an ad, but did not get your own copy of the Journal and would like one, please let the office know. Members and other local individuals can pick up a…
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You will find our events, including service and candle lighting times, both on our Events & Schedules page and on the Events and Service Times sidebar. You can select what categories to display on the calendar by using the FIND EVENTS drop down at the top of the calendar. The current event categories are: Candles, Community Event, Meeting, and Services. On the calendar, you can hover your mouse over the name of the event to see more information, such as the time. On both the…