Shalom Synagogue Village (55+)

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For your Mind, your Body and your Spirit

A new initiative offering programming to members of four neighborhood synagogues (The Community Synagogue, Port Jewish Center, Temple Beth Israel, and the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore) ages 55 and above.

We are hoping these programs give you fun and exciting new ways to connect to your synagogue community. The Shalom Synagogue Village also provides the opportunity to meet and foster new relationships with members of other local synagogues, further deepening your connection to the synagogue community and the greater Port Washington area.

New programs are being added regularly.  Please check back with us.

MONTHLY MEET UP THIS SUNDAY, 1/12 – PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION

We’re sorry to report that Blé Bakery and Cafe has been closed by building inspectors for safety violations.  At least until it reopens we will be holding our monthly meet-ups elsewhere.

Join us this Sunday, 1/12 at Ayhan’s Mediterranean Market for our Monthly Meetup, 293 Main Street, Port Washington

Register Here

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Register Here

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January 22nd, 2025: 12 NOON on ZOOM

National Council of Jewish Women Peninsula Section has invited us to a Screening of “The Barn,” a Holocaust Documentary on Zoom on January 22 at 12 p.m.

Rachel Kastner, grandchild of Holocaust survivors, public speaker and film producer will speak about storytelling, intergenerational responsibility to remember the Holocaust, and show her documentary.

The Barn follows Kastner and her grandfather as they return to the remote Ukrainian town where he was hidden, as a child, in a bunker dug out under a farmer’s barn. Throughout this captivating documentary, one can sense the urgency that Kastner feels to preserve her grandfather’s Holocaust story for generations to come.

Register here

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RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND

The History of The American Yiddish Theater:

A musical overview with Zalmen Mlotek presented by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck and Gold Coast Arts Center – Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 7:00 p.m

This one-of-a-kind journey of the Yiddish theater—from its European roots to Ellis Island, Second Avenue, and beyond—will be led by Zalmen Mlotek, the award-winning artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (www.nytf.org) and musical director of Fidler Afn Dakh (Fiddler on the Roof), directed by Joel Grey. With musical influences from operetta, Tin Pan Alley, and Broadway—and translating as he sings—he will take attendees from despair to hope to entertainment. 

We have 11 people from our Synagogue Village who are going to this show. We would love to have more.

If you would like to come with us, please sign up here or email Bari Ziegel at , with your name, the name of your synagogue and cell number.

Buy Tickets here

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ON-GOING PROGRAMS:

Play Reading Group

NEXT SESSION Wednesday 2/12 @ The Port Washington Library

Join us as we read “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

The group will meet from 7:15-8:45 pm

Additional dates will be announced

Learn more & sign up here

Monthly Meet-up with Other Synagogue Village Members

NEXT SESSION Sunday, 1/12

Socialize with other Shalom Synagogue Village members at Ayhan’s Mediterranean Market for our Monthly Meetup, 293 Main Street, Port Washington, on the second Sunday of the month from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Contact: Norm Silber at .

Learn more & sign up here

Rounds Singing

Thursday 1/30

Rounds Singing is fun and a great way to make beautiful music together. Our group leader, Nancy Silber, will provide rounds that are her favorites and will encourage others to share their favorite rounds as well. No level of music ability is required. The complexity of the rounds will be geared to the skills of the participants.

Sessions will meet from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. on select Thursdays at The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore

Learn more & sign up here

Pickleball

Next session Tuesday, 1/14
Every Tuesday from – 6 – 7:30 p.m. at Sportime Port Washington 

We do have limited availability from now through May, but frequently get cancellations. Please do feel free to sign up for any open slots and email Bari Ziegel to let her know that you’d like to be notified of a cancellation.

Learn more & sign up here

With questions, contact Bari Ziegel at

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Have an idea for a new program? We would love to hear about it.  

Please reach out to one of the co-chairs to let us know what you have in mind.

Our Shalom Synagogue Village Co-Chairs