VCJC News & Notes 10/31/25

 

Van Cortlandt Jewish Center

News and Notes

Here's this week's edition of the VCJC News and Notes email. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

Reminders

1. Shabbos schedule
   
   
   Shabbos information is, as always, available on our website, both in the information sidebar and the events calendar.
   Here are the times you need:  
   Shabbos Candles Friday 10/31/25 @ 5:35 pm
   Shabbos morning services at 8:40 am.  Please join the services if you can do so safely. 
   Shabbos Ends Saturday 11/1/25 @ 6:30 pm

   If you require an aliyah or would like to lead services, read from the torah or haftorah please speak to one of the gabbaim.

   Charles Mantell is sponsoring a special kiddush in honor of his brother, Joel, who passed away this week.
   

2. Shabbos parsha

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Parashat Lech-Lecha 5786 / פָּרָשַׁת לֶךְ־לְךָ

   1 November 2025 / 10 Cheshvan 5786

   Parashat Lech-Lecha is the 3rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

   Torah Portion: Genesis 12:1-17:27

   Lech Lecha (“Go Forth”) recounts Abraham’s (here known as Abram) first encounter with God, his journey to Canaan, the birth of his son Ishmael, the covenant between him, his descendants, and God, and God’s commandment to circumcise the males of his household. [1]

   
   

3. Yizkor donations

   It is customary to make a charitable donation in conjunction with Yizkor.  If you wish to donate to VCJC as part of your Yizkor observance, it can be done in person at the office, by check, or online through our website
   

4. Kristalnacht Observation and Lecture, 11/9/25
   We will be having a Kristalnacht event on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 starting at 10AM at the VCJC.
   Larry Hartstein will present a lecture starting at 10:30AM.
   Refreshments will be available. Admission is free.

5. Please help with information about buildings

   As part of rebuilding the membership and congregation, the Board of Trustees would like your help. There are a lot of either new or renovated buildings being put up in our catchment area. We would like to seek the cooperation of the owners / developers of those properties in publicizing these opportunities to live near an orthodox synagogue.  If you are aware of any of these buildings, please provide what information you can about them.  This could include the address, any contact information that might be posted, and any information about the building itself (size, type, etc.). Additionally, if you are aware of vacancies in existing buildings or of houses for sale, please let us know about that as well.

   
   

6. Clocks Change Sunday at 2AM
   Set your clocks back one hour at bedtime Saturday night.

Our mailing address is:
Van Cortlandt Jewish Center
3880 Sedgwick Ave
Bronx, NY 10463