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Temple Beth Torah (TBT) and Dix Hills Jewish Center (DHJC) have been selected by UJA-Federation
of New York to develop a unique community for our active over-60 congregants. This community
is called TBT-DHJC Village.
You can learn more about us, by clicking
Web site.
Members of TBT and DHJC who are over-60 can join
our Village e-mail list by clicking
E-mail Signup.
You can submit your suggestions to a Group Facilitator
by clicking
Suggestion Form.
E-mail newsletter comments & suggestions to David Pinkowitz
Send an e-mail to a Group Facilitator by clicking on their name in the section below.
Below you will find the latest information about our
10 Activity Groups.
Village Groups
-- Sports Group
-- Tech Group
-- Trips Group
-- Games Group
-- Art-Crafts Group
-- Genealogy Group
-- Cooking Group
-- Schmooze Group
-- Books Group
-- Health Group
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Sports Group
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The Village Sports Group meets on the 4th Thursday of each month on Zoom to make
plans for sports activities.
Click here to read the Sept 30 Meeting Summary.
Our next meeting is 7 PM Thurs Oct 28.
See Village Calendar
for details.
We have thus far played golf and pickleball --
and have made future plans to play basketball and go bowling.
Click here to see Pickleball Photos.
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Tech Group
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The Village Tech Group meets on the last Monday of each month on Zoom. We have been learning
about Google's free services -- such as Sheets, Docs, Forms, Groups and Calendar.
Click here to read the Sept 27 Meeting Summary.
Our next meeting is 7 PM Mon Nov 29.
See Village Calendar
for details.
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Trips Group
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The goal of the Trips Group is to facilitate travel and day trips that allow Village members
to get to know each other and form relationships. The group decided to start with day trips
and voted for initial trips to Northport, High Line in NYC and Long Island Wineries.
After our first trip on Oct 7, we feel quite connected to The Village.
Fourteen of us were treated to a day in Northport. Whoever thought that a small nearby town
like Northport could provide such a good time and get us all connected!
The Northport Historical Society and Museum gave us a great tour of the museum and it's exhibit
on Immigration to Northport. Both the exhibit and the walking tour of the city were great!
Our day concluded with lunch at Tim's Shipwreck Diner which turned out to be delightful.
The outdoor dining and the food were both absolutely wonderful!
Click here to see Oct 7 Northport photos.
Watch your e-mail and the
Village Calendar
for details of our next meeting.
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Games Group
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The Village Games Group has been brainstorming ideas for future activities. There
are so many possibilities . . but also many covid restrictions.
We have made real progress in setting up groups to play poker and mah jongg. We just
need a few more players. If you know someone who wants to join us for poker or mah jongg,
please e-mail ruthmbroitman@gmail.com
Also, please send us your suggestions
by clicking
Suggestion Form.
We look forward to holding a meeting and seeing you soon.
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Arts-Crafts Group
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We did it! Thank you to ALL of our fun budding artists who attended our first Village Arts-Yarns
and Crafts gathering! It was great creating together, as we all got to know each other -- and
started making new friendships!
We loved our time together! Thank you Ronnie Pinkowitz for guiding us, providing the materials,
and teaching us how to create these beautiful, fun, note cards. We shared all our fun ideas
for future gatherings! We laughed and shared fun thoughts. It truly was what we needed! For those
of you who were unable to attend, sorry you missed it. We look forward to seeing you next
time!
To see some fun pictures of our event (Thank you David and Ronnie),
click Oct 6 Arts-Crafts Group Photos
And . . here are some fun ideas we shared that we plan to do in the near future!
- Yarns . . knitting, crocheting, needle point and possibly quilting!
- An opportunity to meet with Karla Gideon -- an amazing artist who develops joyous,
lyrical and moving images! We are all excited to learn from this pro. Thank you
Rabbi Susie. Everyone said they want to be a part of it!
Thank you again for being part of this exciting new venture . . as we continue to build our
Village Arts-Yarns and Crafts Group and friendships together!
Watch your e-mail and the
Village Calendar
for some future dates and up-coming events. We can't wait to get together again
soon!
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Genealogy Group
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The genealogy group will meet on alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays approximately once a month.
During the meetings Jeff Austin will discuss different sources for genealogy research and other
useful tips to trace your family history. Jeff is not a professional genealogist, but a very
experiencesd researcher who is on the board of the LI Jewish Genealogy Society.
Our group is
composed of members with different levels of experience, so each meeting will try to be useful
to everyone. If you want to learn more about your family history, please join our group.
You need to start simply by knowing as many names of grandparents, great grandparents, etc.
And from there there is so much information that you can obtain by just using your computer!
Hope to see you soon!
The next meeting of our group is 7:30 PM Wed Nov 3.
See Village Calendar
for details.
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Cooking Group
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The Village Cooking Group is brainstorming ideas for future activities. There
are so many possibilities . . but also many covid restrictions.
We could cook, eat or listen to a lecture. Please send us your suggestions
by clicking Suggestion Form.
We look forward to holding a meeting and seeing you soon.
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Schmooze Group
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We plan to meet once a month to get started -- and then two times a month if there is enough
interest. We can use three classrooms at the DHJC and more rooms if necessary for our breakout
conversations. A "key" word will start the exchange of ideas in each breakout room. All
suggestions for the "key" words would be appreciated. Please feel free to contact me
at anngrafst@gmail.com
with any ideas you come up with to enhance our meetings. The first meeting is TBD.
You can also send us your suggestions
by clicking
Suggestion Form.
We look forward to holding a
meeting and seeing you soon.
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Books Group
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The Village Books Group is brainstorming ideas for future activities. There
are so many possibilities . . but also many covid restrictions.
We could discuss memorable books, writing projects or listen to a lecture. Please send us your suggestions
by clicking Suggestion Form.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meeting
at 7 PM Thurs Oct 21.
See Village Calendar
for details.
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Health Group
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The Health and Wellness group met on Thursday October 7th. We agreed to begin our journey
with some chair Yoga offered by The Yoga Foundation in Huntington. I am in touch with the
instructor and will be sending out an email to those members who were unable to attend
Thursday's meeting when we have a the day, time and registration process ironed out.
There is no meeting scheduled at this time, but we will certainly meet to explore other
interests in the future.
Please send us your suggestions by clicking Suggestion Form.
We look forward to our next meeting and seeing you soon.
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