IN PERSON MEDITATION WITH RABBI BEN

Join us for a community led in-person meditation group

All are welcome

Thursday, February 13, @ PCS

7:00 - 8:15pm

THE BOOK CLUB @ PCS & on Zoom

Monday, February 10, 7:00pm

This month’s book: Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

All are welcome to join PCS's Book Group Meeting. It's not just about the books!

Come and discuss or sit back and enjoy the conversation, have a nosh, and take pleasure in getting to know your fellow congregants.

in Israel-Palestine

Saturday, February 1, 2025

4:30 - 6:00pm @ PCS

Finding a Way aims to find a way to unite people despite their differences, and is working together for the shared values of peace and justice for all. In the face of war, trauma, and suffering in Israel/Palestine, we resist hopelessness and futility by convening during these challenging times. We acknowledge that we have different lived experiences and will explore common ground through dialogue, study, music and prayer, highlighting the universal themes and core values that we share from our various sacred texts and shared humanity.

We will be gathering for connection and compassion, listening and learning at the end of Shabbat.

RSVP to Rabbi Shosh @ rabbishosh@shalompcs.com

SONGS OF THE VALLEY

Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm @ PCS

"Songs of the Valley" is a collaboration between guitarist / composer Oren Neiman, who many of you have heard at PCS during the High Holidays, and bassist / composer G. Efrati. The duo are childhood friends who began their journey in music together in a small town in the Jezreel valley in Israel. "Songs of the Valley" combines the sounds and landscapes of their childhood, with the vast experience they’ve had as travelling musicians.

Neiman has active career as a guitar player in projects such as Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish and others, as a bandleader/ composer for his own trio and the duo Isra-Alien, and as a composer for theater. Efrati's ensemble has toured Brazil, South Korea, France, Italy, Denmark, and the UK, where they performed for Prince Charles at Royal Albert Hall. He has also performed and recorded with leading Israeli artists such as Noa, Idan Raichel, Nurit Galron, Yasmin Levy and many more.

Joining them at this performance will be Nadav Snir-Zelniker, an Israeli-born, NY-based drummer / percussionist, and virtuoso violinist Joyce Hamman, a current member of the NY pops who has played with everyone from Paul McCartney to Sting, in addition to being the concertmaster for Phantom of the Opera on Broadway for many years.

PCS members can purchase discounted tickets to this event. Please join us for a special evening!

Purchase Tickets Here:

Shalom Shabbat and Musical Shabbat with Dinner

Friday, January 24 @ PCS

Join us to celebrate Shabbat in January, as we welcome our monthly Shabbat Celebration with Rabbis Shoshana Leis and Ben Newman.

Friday nights offer a wonderful sense of warmth, engagement and community. There is something for everyone.

Dinner will feature foods from Eastern Europe in our continuing theme highlighting Jews around the world.

• 5:30 - 6:00 Shalom Shabbat, with Rabbi Ben for children under 10 and their grownups

• 5:30 Shmooze and Nosh (appetizers and conversation)

• 6:00 Dinner is Served

• 7:00 Musically enhanced Shabbat Service with Rabbis' Shosh, Ben and the Band

Dinner for PCS members is $21 per adult,

Member's children under 13 are at no charge.

Dinner for non members: $25 per adult, children 5 - 13, $8 each.

Dinner Reservations here:

Finite Lives, Shining Lights

Falafel Taco, December 19, 7- 8:30 pm

30 Wheeler Avenue, Pleasantville

Rabbi Shosh will lead this event, taking from the Death Cafe model, we will study how awareness of mortality can inspire our values. Our texts will be A Year to Live by Stephen Levine and So That Our Values Live On by Reiner and Stampfer.

This event will only be held if there are a minimum of 7 reservations.

Please make reservations by Sunday, December 15.

SHALOM SHABBAT and DINNER

Families with Young Children Chanukah Theme Event followed by dinner, then PCS's Musical Shabbat Service for all.

Everyone is Welcome!

Friday, December 13, 2024

5:15 - 6:00 Families with Young Children with Rabbi Ben and storyteller Jill Liflander

5:30 Nosh and Schmooze (appetizers with meet and greet)

6:00 Dinner is served (Highlighting Greece in our Jews Around the World Series)

7:00 Shabbat Services

To reduce food waste, RSVPs ARE REQUIRED FOR DINNER



Dinner for PCS Members: $21 for Adults, Children under 13 are at no charge

Dinner for Non-Members: $25 for Adults, Children under 13 are $10 per child

PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS BY December 9, 2024

IN PERSON MEDITATION WITH RABBI BEN

Join us for a community led in-person meditation group

All are welcome

Thursday, December 12, @ PCS

7:00 - 8:15pm

Israeli Jews & Israeli Arabs Building Shared Society

with Mohammad Darawshe

PCS is Partnering with the Shames JCC for this event.



Thursday, December 5, 6:30 - 8:00pm at PCS and on Zoom.

Join us for our next open, respectful discussion of current events in Israel, at PCS and on Zoom. If you haven't been able to make the weekday morning discussions, join us this month.

Join Our rabbis and other local clergy for an interfaith service at St. John’s Church in Pleasantville.

Join PCS with your family to Celebrate Shabbat and everything we are thankful for!

Dinner at 6pm followed by a musical Shabbat service with musicians and our Rabbis, Rabbi Shoshana Leis and Rabbi Ben Newman

Observing Selichot with Rabbi Ben
Stories and songs to open the heart for repentance and forgiveness

At Selichot we prepare our spiritual and emotional selves for the awe of the High Holy Days. Dive deep into the heart of these holidays with Rabbi Ben Newman as he weaves together ancient tales and soulful melodies that explore the essence of forgiveness. We will open our hearts to a more profound connection with ourselves, others and the divine.

As we approach the transcendence of the High Holy Days, we will clarify our highest values and priorities, exploring what’s important for a full and engaged life. 

Our texts will be the books “A Year to Live” by Stephen Levine and “So That our Values Live On” by Reiner and Stampfer.

Additional sessions, based on the Death Cafe model, will be held in the Winter and Spring if there is interest.

And there's still time to register!

Contact Educational Director, Galit Messman, pcshebrewschool@gmail.com

or call PCS, 914-769-2672.

PCS's First Monthly Friday Night Shabbat of the Year!

Celebrate and rejoice with music, Joyful Judaism, Rabbi Shosh and Rabbi Ben the beginning of ... well, a lot of things! All are welcome!

Welcome Back Shabbat Dinner & Service

Our Friday night musical monthly Shabbat gatherings are not to be missed! They offer a wonderful sense of community, and there really is something for everyone!

Join us for community and connection during

ANY part of the evening:

5:30 pm Shmooze & Nosh (Appetizers & Conversation)

6 pm Shabbat Dinner for EVERYONE

($18/adult; free for children under 18)

7 pm Soulful, heartwarming, musical Shabbat service 

Please click here to RSVP

for the dinner. 

If you have any questions, please contact

Kathryn Rubenstein, krubenstein@shalompcs.com, 914-769-2672.