Welcome to Pleasantville Community Synagogue
Pleasantville Community Synagogue in New York's Westchester County is a welcoming Jewish community connecting people of diverse traditions and backgrounds who want to share a joyous spiritual and cultural home. Our membership includes traditional and non-traditional Jews, intermarried, LGBTQ, and multi-racial individuals and families of all ages, from throughout the county. Our members and our traditions come from Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Jewish Renewal backgrounds and more.
Please explore our website, and join us for a Shabbat service to experience our warmth, our singing, our dancing -- what we call "Joyful Judaism."
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Welcome! PCS is so excited to announce the "official" arrival of Rabbi Ben Newman as PCS's new co-rabbi, along side his wife, Rabbi Shoshana Leis! Please click here to read Rabbi Ben's heartfelt message and please feel free to reach out to him at rabbibennewman@gmail.com and, as always, to Rabbi Shosh, ravshosh@gmail.com. Shabbat and Tisha B'Av Services* Saturday morning, Aug. 6, 10 am: Lay-led in-person Shabbat morning service and Torah study. Saturday evening, Aug. 6, 8 pm: In observance of Tisha B'Av, a day of Jewish communal mourning, Rabbi Ben will share a reading and discussion from the Book of Lamentations. In person and via Zoom. All are welcome. Click here for more info or contact the PCS office, 914-769-2672. Click here to listen to Rabbi Ben's recent podcast episode on Tisha B'Av. *In order to attend in-person, everyone 12 years and older must be fully vaccinated. Please be prepared to present proof upon request. Masks are required. Do you want to sing or play an instrument at PCS? Beginners welcome! It can be for the High Holidays or at any other time! If interested, if you have questions, please contact Rabbi Ben, rabbibennewman@gmail.com or choir leader Jeff Rachlin, jrachlin@ipdetc.com or call the PCS office, 914-769-2672. ~~~ ONGOING... Tuesday morning virtual minyan with Rabbi Shosh will resume as of Sept. 6. If you have any questions, please email Rabbi Shosh, ravshosh@gmail.com. Thursday morning meditation, in person at PCS or via Zoom, 8:30 am (see below) and Saturday morning in-person at PCS, 9:40 am. Please click here to attend Thursday mornings. Meeting ID: 865 7391 7016. If you have any questions, please email Rabbi Ben Newman. ~~~ Any questions about becoming a member at PCS? Just ask! Family, single, single head of household, senior levels of membership are available. E-mail Marcy Gray, mgray@shalompcs.com or call the PCS office, 769-2672. ~~~ The Neshamah Project Podcast by Rabbi Ben: In the Neshamah Project Podcast, Rabbi Ben Newman provides inspirational teachings gleaned from Jewish tradition. Click here for the link. ~~~ Pleasantville Community Synagogue's Facebook Page is on our web site, too. So much going on! "Like" our Facebook page and stay in the know. |