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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 on our
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
You can 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-Eating Group
-- Schmooze Group
-- Reading-Writing 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 all of our sports activities. Our next group planning meeting is 7 PM Thurs Dec 23.
See Village Calendar
for details of all activities.
Our next Basketball Shoot-Around is 7 PM Tues Dec 21 at Candelwood Middle School.
Our next Pickleball Outing is January TBD at SYJCC.
Click here to see Pickleball Photos of our last outing.
Our next Bowling Outing is 7 PM Wed Feb 23 at
Strike Ten Lanes in Deer Park.
Click hee to see Bowling Photos of our last outing.
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Tech Group
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The Village Tech Group meets on the 4th Monday of each month on Zoom to discuss topics of general interest.
We have been learning about Google's free services -- such as Sheets, Docs, Forms, Groups and Calendar.
Click here to read our Nov 29 Meeting Summary.
Our next meeting is 7 PM Mon Dec 27.
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 and an Indian restaurant in Hicksville.
Click here to see Nov 15 India Restaurant photos.
We continue to be cognizant of Covid Guidelines and are planning trips accordingly. We are currently considering these trips:
- Tri-Spy Tours (Setauket)
- Jackson Pollock Tour (East Hampton)
- Teddy Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill (Oyster Bay)
To read all of our current plans,
click https://bit.ly/Village-Trips-Plan
Watch your e-mail and the
Village Calendar
for details of our next meeting.
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Games Group
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Our group has been playing one regular Mah Jongg game.
Click here to see our Nov 8 Mah Jongg Group Photo.
If you know someone who wants to join a group for Poker or Mah Jongg,
please e-mail ruthmbroitman@gmail.com
Watch your e-mail and the
Village Calendar
for details of our next meeting.
Also, please send us your suggestions
by clicking
Suggestion Form.
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Arts-Crafts Group
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The Village Arts-Crafts Group has been quite creative with several fun events -- including creating beautiful note cards
(thank you for your inspiration Ronnie Pinkowitz) and Knitting/Crocheting, Broomstick knitting,
(Thank you to our inspiring teachers
Lorrie Sperber and Ann Grafstein). This is just the beginning!
Our most recent event was at Karla Gudeon's fun beautiful Studio
-- thank you to all of you who joined us . .
loved our beautiful afternoon together! And thank you Rabbi Susie for connecting us to this creative, fun, inspiring artist!
We all definitely needed this inspiring time together and so many of you expressed your interest to visit her studio again
to make an artistic Decoupage plate! More creative fun in store . . so stay tuned for our future dates and times!
So, here's what's next:
Super excited to see you all at our next fun event . . our very own Paint Night, December 14th, at 7pm, at Temple Beth Torah.
Who wants to learn watercolor? I know I can't wait! Thank you so much, Jan Fineman for sharing all of your watercolor techniques
and expertise with us!
And no need to bring anything . . just your fun creative thinking and some good ideas for future Village Arts events!
We will have everything else you need!
Since this is just open to us -- the Village Arts Group -- and we are all at least double or triple vaccinated
(we are taking all CDC precautions), I've heard from many of you and I'm excited to see you there. Space is limited,
so if you could please let me know as soon as possible who plans to be there -- that would be perfect!
Here's wishing you and your families a very Happy, Healthy Chanukah and thank you to all for being part of our fun
Village journey -- as we continue to build our Village Arts and beautiful friendships together! Can't wait to see you soon!
All the Best! Anita Rayman
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 weekdays 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!
Click here to learn about our Nov 11 Scavenger Hunt
The next meeting of our group is 7:30 PM Tues Dec 14.
See Village Calendar
for details.
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Cooking-Eating Group
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The Village Cooking-Eating Group has been very active lately. Our past activities and future plans include:
- Nov 4 -- Panera Coffee Meetup in East Northport
- Nov 18 -- Holiday Recipes Zoom Discussion
(click https://bit.ly/Village-Recipes )
- Dec 2 -- Chanukah Dinner at TBT
(click Photos Chanukah Dinner )
- Jan 6 -- Panera Coffee Meetup in East Northport
- Feb 2 -- Ben's Deli Lunch in Woodbury
- Mar 15 -- Coffee and Hamentashen at HHH Library
See Village Calendar for details.
Our next planning meeting is 4 PM Thurs Dec 16. We will be discussing a schedule for
eating at restaurants that have been recommended by Village Members. See the list at
https://bit.ly/tbt-dhjc-village-restaurants
Please send us your suggestions by clicking Suggestion Form.
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Schmooze Group
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The Village Schmooze Group has met three time so far at DHJC
-- including our recent meeting on December 7.
At the first meeting, we learned about each other as we discussed different personality traits. Our second meeting
was about traveling and vacations. Then we delved into restaurants and our favorite foods. We are an
easygoing, friendly group of people who enjoy learning from each other. Please feel free to join us!
Click here to see the Nov 3 meeting agenda and photo
Click here to see the Dec 9 list of restaurants
Our next meeeing is at 1 PM Tues Jan 11 at DHJC.
Please contact me
at anngrafst@gmail.com
with any ideas you come up with to enhance our meetings. Thanks.
You can also send us your suggestions
by clicking
Suggestion Form.
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Reading-Writing Group
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The Reading-Writing Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Our next meeting is at 7 PM Wed Jan 12 at my house.
At our December meeting, we discussed our first writing assignment -- writing a six-word story. It's not as easy as it sounds.
After that discussion, the group discussed historical fiction novel The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
To read our 6-Word Stories, click Dec 9 Meeting Summary.
Please send us your reading and writing suggestions by clicking
Suggestion Form.
We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming meeting.
See Village Calendar
for details.
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Health Group
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Our group decided to participate in Chair Yoga offered by The Yoga Foundation in Huntington.
Our future meetings will explore other interests of our members.
Please send us your suggestions by clicking Suggestion Form.
We look forward to our next meeting and seeing you soon.
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