Community Corner
Turkey Dinner, Hanukkah Shabbat and DIY Menorahs
Here are a few of the things you should know for the week ahead.
• The New Rochelle City Council will hold a special meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 515 North Ave. Discussions on the 2014 proposed budget and the Echo Bay project are on the agenda. For more information, go here.
• Take a break from cooking this Thanksgiving and gather up your whole family and bring them to the beautifully decorated Banquet Hall of the Family Life Center at the Bethesda Baptist Church of New Rochelle at 71 Lincoln Ave. in New Rochelle. They will be serving a full turkey dinner along with dessert to all for free starting at noon Thursday. So bring your family, friends or just bring yourself and enjoy a home cooked meal, some fun and fellowship on Thanksgiving Day. For directions call the church office at (914) 632-6713.
• Join other pregnant women as you strengthen and balance your physical body with yoga, bring clarity and fearlessness to your mind through meditation, and free yourself with dance. The class will be at Prasanthi Studio—Family Yoga & Wellness, 136 Fifth Ave. in Pelham. It starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday. For more information, including cost, click this.
• Celebrate the one-in-a-lifetime Thanksgivukkah by coming to Beth El Synagogue Center, 1324 North Ave. in New Rochelle at 5:15 p.m. Friday for a Hanukkah Shabbat dinner beginning with a service. Enjoy latkes and more including an olive oil tasting presented by Fairway. Comedian Joel Chasnoff will be performing at 7:00 p.m. Children will be playing supervised games in a different room. Price: $20/Adult, $10/Children ages 3-8; Member price: $10/Adult, $5/Children. Register at www.bethelnr.org/hanukkahshabbat.
• The Annual Menorah Lighting and Do-It-Yourself Menorah Building will be held at Westchester’s Ridge Hill from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, December 1
at Ridge Hill Town Square. Kids can build menorahs with paint-sticks and help construct the Community Menorah with PVC-piping and some help from the experts at Home Depot! Westchester’s Ridge Hill is located at One Ridge Hill Blvd. in Yonkers.
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