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1 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD and Calendar of Events For the week beginning March 17, 2018 Listings by Departments Community Events Help Wanted For Sale or Rent Arts and Leisure COMMUNITY EVENTS

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5 Save the Date Westchester Annual Celebration 2018 Launch Our Second Century With The Second City Thursday, March 22, :30 pm Location: The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, New York Laugh out loud with us! Kick off our next 100 years in the Westchester community with fun and festivity. Entertainment will feature The Second City, the iconic comedy club, theater, and school of improvisation that launched the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, and Jane Lynch, among so many others. We'll also recognize the longtime commitment of Sarene Shanus and Harold Treiber, and award Kate Eichel and Mauri Zemachson with UJA's Westchester Young Leadership Award. Formal invitation to follow. For additional information, contact Deborah Lane at or ************************************************** Mark Your Calendar! Westchester's County-wide Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration Thursday, April 12, 2018, 12:00-1:00 PM Garden of Remembrance, White Plains Details to follow. Hosted by the Holocaust and Human Rights Educational Center and the Westchester Jewish Council ****************************************************************************

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7 Contact Community Shlicha Oshra Rosenberg or Event Coordinator Helene Schonbrun to find out how you can get involved *************************************** FOR SALE House for Sale in Highlands Section - 1/2 mile from HIWP. Corner Lot, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, Eat In Kitchen, Large Dining room, semi-finished basement with separate laundry room. Contact Debra ************************************************************** Graves for sale in Sharon Gardens SACRIFICE-MUST SELL FAR BELOW MARKET Sharon Gardens Plot, in the Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY Lot Number 88, Graves 1-4, Section O; (Not located in HIWP section) Beautifully located in treed section Contact Owner *********************************** Graves for Sale in Mount Hope Cemetery Two Graves for Sale in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hasting on Hudson, NY Graves 223 and 224 in the Hebrew Institute section. Priced to move...asking $1500 for the pair Contact Brian Gitnik, Phone: ******************************************************************************************************* Two Graves for Sale in Mount Hope Cemetery Graves 253 and 254 in Hebrew Institute section. Motivated Seller, $1200 for the pair Contact Bernice Green, ******************************************************** Two Graves for Sale in Mount Hope Cemetery Graves 226 and 233 in Hebrew Institute section.

8 Motivated Seller, $1000 for the pair Contact Rita Philips, ************************************************************ ARTS AND LEISURE Film Festival Tickets On Sale! Westchester Jewish Film Festival March 13 to 29 Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival taking place at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York from Tuesday, March 13th through Thursday, March 29th. This year's Festival features 41 engaging, thought-provoking and entertaining new Jewish films, as well as an extraordinary array of top-notch speakers and other programming. AJC is proud to be the lead sponsor of this Festival, the largest Jewish community event in the County - now in its 17th year! Not sure which films to choose? AJC is pleased to once again be providing special programming following five carefully selected films. They will feature high level speakers as follows:

9 1. Sunday, March 18th at 12:00 p.m. - Across the Waters (trailer), featuring postscreening discussion with Danish Consul General in New York, Ambassador Anne Dorte Riggelssen. 2. Wednesday, March 21st at 7:30 p.m (trailer), featuring post-screening discussion with Hungarian Consul General in New York Ferenc Kumin and Arie Bucheister, Chief Of Staff at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. 3. Tuesday, March 27th at 7:30 p.m. - Persona Non-Grata (trailer), featuring postscreening discussion with filmmaker and director Cellin Gluck, as well as AJC's Asia- Pacific Institute Director Shira Loewenberg. 4. Wednesday, March 28th at 7:30 p.m. - Strangers at Home (trailer not available), featuring post-screening discussion with AJC CEO David Harris. Tickets for these screenings, as well as many others during the two-week Festival, sell out quickly, so purchase your tickets as soon as possible. AJC donors receive a discount on tickets. Become an AJC donor today! For more information, contact AJC Westchester/Fairfield at westchester@ajc.org or

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11 Looking for a religious Zionist organization? Join the Hannah Senesh Chapter of AMIT. Contact Judy Roher, President of Hannah Senesh Chapter of AMIT Chaya97@aol.com ***************************************

12 *************************************** 2018 WESTCHESTER JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL AT THE JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER IN MARCH Tickets for the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival will go on sale in mid-february for the annual festival which will run from March at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. This year s festival will feature 38 films, a robust mix of documentaries and narratives. Many of the films will be followed by speakers, audience Q&As, and receptions. For complete information, please visit burnsfilmcenter.org in February. For the run of the festival, two of the Film Center s five screens will show both matinee and evening screenings of festival films. For additional information and group sales, please contact Abby Popper at apopper@burnsfilmcenter.org or , ext ***************************************************************************

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14 Jewish Historical Seminars Upcoming tours are as follows: THE JEWS OF THE BALKANS (Bosnia and Croatia) June 25 July 5, 2018 Sarajevo, Mostar, Blagaj, Stolac and Radimlja Bogumil in Bosnia. Croatia cities are Split and Dubrovnik, THE JEWS OF RUSSIA: A study of their History through their Sites in Moscow and St. Petersburg August 13-22, 2018 CULTURE AND FOLKLORE OF THE JEWS OF BUKHARA October 8-18, 2018 Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand and will emphasize the wonderful culture and folklore of the Jews of Bukhara JEWISH HISTORICAL SEMINARS For Itineraries contact Debbie Zuberi or Jon Goodblatt has the Itineraries locally Check out the website to see photos of past trips zuberie@netvision.net.il Tel: