Thursday, December 27, 2007

Benazir Bhutto has been murdered. When will our government stop pretending that Musharraf is our ally? We should be supporting the pro-democracy people in Pakistan.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Van Cortlandt Senior Center December 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3)10:00 Painting 10:30 Aerobics with Doriana 1:00 Movie 4)10:00 Dance Movement 10:45 Conversational Yiddish - with Sarah 1:00 Health Talk w/Ray Happy Hanukkah! 5)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Art 11:00 Knitting 1:00 Short Stories 2:00 Current Events 6)10:00 Gentle Yoga 1:00 Movie 7)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Intergenerational Hanukah celebration 1:00 Bingo
10)10:00 Painting 10:30 Senior Fitness 1:00 Movie 11)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 General Membership meeting 1:00 Health Talk w/Ray 12) 9:00 Bazaar 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Art 11:00 Knitting 1:00 Movie 13)9:00 Bazaar 10:00 Gentle Yoga 11:00 Sing Along 1:00 Movie 14)10:00 Exercise Video 11: 00 Indoor Gardening 11:00 Post Office 1:00 Line Dancing
17)10:00 Painting
11:30 Elections 1:00 Movie
18)9:00 Bay Plaza, lunch at Beth Abraham
10:00 Dance Movement 10:45 Conversational Yiddish - with Sarah 1:00 Health Talk w/Ray
19)10:00 Exercise Video 10:30 Creating Joy 11:00 Knitting w/ Marge 1:00 Short Stories 2:00 Current Events 20)10:00 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Sing-Along 11:00 Empire Casino 1:00 Movie
21)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Medicaid Update w/David Cutner, Esq. 1:00 Bingo
24)10:00 Painting 10:30 Exercise Video 10:45 Nutrition 1:00 Movie 25) Closed Merry Christmas! 26)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Knitting 1:00 Movie 27)10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Sing Along 1:00 Birthday/Holiday Party 28) 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Folk Tales w/Sharon 1:00 Line Dancing
31)10:00 Painting
10:00 Exercise Video
Happy New Year!

MAKE-UP SUNDAY December 16TH Jake Shulman, Violinist and Laura Berkson, Accordionist

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Van Cortlandt Senior Center November 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
NOVEMBER 1 10:00 Gentle Yoga* 11:00 Sing Along* 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 2 10:30 Indoor Gardening w/Victor 11:00 Elder Law- Medicare & Prescriptions Drugs 1:00 Bingo
NOVEMBER 5 10:00 Painting * 10:30 Senior Fitness * NOVEMBER 6 10:00 Movement* 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 7 9:00 Atlantic City 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Art 11:00 Knitting 1:00 Short Stories* 2:00 Current Events * NOVEMBER 8 10:00 Gentle Yoga * 1:00 “A Musical Journey: A History of Sax Music in America”-Libby Richman NOVEMBER 9 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Ask The Social Worker w/Raymond 1:00 Line Dancing
NOVEMBER 12 10:00 Painting* 10:30 Senior Fitness* NOVEMBER 13 10:00 Movement* 10:45 Conversational Yiddish - with Sarah 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 14 10:00 Exercise Video 10:30 Art 11:00 Knitting w/ Marge 1:00 Short Stories* 2:00 Current Events * NOVEMBER 15 10:00 Gentle Yoga * 11:00 Sing-Along 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 16 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Folk Tales w/Sharon 1:00 Bingo
NOVEMBER 19 10:00 Painting* 10:30 Senior Fitness * NOVEMBER 20 10:00 Exercise video 11:00 SSDS School Visit 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 21 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Creating Joy* 11:00 Knitting w/Marge 12:00 Mexican Fiesta Luncheon
1:00 Acapulco 90-
Mariachi Band
They were terrific entertainers!
NOVEMBER 22 THANKSGIVING (Center Closed) NOVEMBER 23 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Ask The Social Worker w/Raymond 1:00 Bingo
NOVEMBER 26 10:00 Painting 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Preview of “The Age of Rembrandt” w/ Lucy Digidon NOVEMBER 27 10:00 Movement * 10:45 Conversational Yiddish - with Sarah 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 28 9:15 Metropolitan Museum Visit : The Age of Rembrandt 10:00 Exercise Video 11:00 Knitting w/Marge NOVEMBER 29 10:30 Exercise Video 11:00 Empire City 1:00 Movie NOVEMBER 30 9:00 Bazaar 9:30 Flu Shots-Pre-Register with Sugey 11:00 Post office 1:00 Line Dancing *
OPEN SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4TH 9:30 – 3:00 Alex Epelman – Popular American & Int’l Standards

Monday, October 01, 2007

Van Cortlandt Senior Center October 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1)10:00 Painting
10:00 Exercise Video
1:15  Sukkah Visit
2)10:00 Exercise Video
10:30 Intergenerational
Sukkah Visit to
Solomon Schecter Day School

11:00 I Remember When
w/ Elsie Brody
3)10:00 Exercise Video
11:00 Knitting
1:00 Short Stories
2:00 Current Events
  
4)Closed
5)Closed
8)10:00 Painting
10:30 Senior Fitness
1:00  Movie
9)10:00 Exercise Video
10:45  Conversational
Yiddish - with Sarah
1:00 Movie
10)10:00 Exercise Video
11:00 Art
11:00 Knitting
1:00 Short Stories
2:00 Current Events
 
11)10:00 Gentle Yoga
  1:00 Movie
 
12)10:00 Exercise Video
11: 00 Blood Pressure
1:00   Line Dancing
15)10:00 Painting
10:30 Senior Fitness
1:00 Prog. Comm. Mtg.
16)10:00  Exercise Video
11:00 Wave Hill
1:00 Movie
17)10:00 Exercise Video
10:30 Art
11:00 Knitting w/ Marge
3:00 Lehman College-Yiddish Theater
18)10:00 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Sing-Along
11:00 Empire City
1:00  Movie
19)11:00 Folk Tales w/Sharon
11:00 Blood Pressure
1:00 Bingo
 
22)10:00 Painting
10:30 Senior Fitness
1:00 Sugar knowing
the difference

(Nutrition)
23)10:00 Movement
1:00   Movie
 
24)10:00 Exercise Video
10:30  Creating Joy
11:00 Knitting
1:00 Short Stories
2:00 Current Events
4:30 Light Supper
5:30 Oriental Wind Duo
25)10:00 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Sing Along
1:00 Movie
26)11:00  Blood Pressure
11:00 Oneg Shabbat
-w/Rose & Meir Beer
1:00 Line Dancing
29)10:00 Painting
10:00  Exercise Video
1:00 Bingo
30) 10:00 Movement
10:45  Conversational
Yiddish - with Sarah
1:00   Movie
31)10:00 Exercise Video
11:00  Creating Joy*
11:00 Knitting
 




MAKE-UP SUNDAY OCTOBER 14TH Afro-Caribbean Drumming & Dance Jerbean Gilkes & Songa

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Fall Concerts at Van Cortlandt Village Senior Center
  • Sunday, November 4, 1-2 p.m. Alex Epelman, American and International Standards
  • Thursday, November 8, 1-2 p.m. Libby Richman, A History of Sax Music in America
  • Wednesday, November 21, 1-2 p.m. Acapulco 90 Mariachi Band
  • Friday, August 31, 2007

    Van Cortlandt Senior Center September 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    SEPTEMBER 3
    LABOR DAY
    SEPTEMBER 4
    10:00 Movement
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 5
    10:00 Exercise Video
    11:00 Art
    11:00 Knitting w/ Marge
    1:00 Short Stories
    2:00 Current Events
    SEPTEMBER 6
    9:00 Bazaar
    10:00 Exercise with Sylvia
    11:00 Sing-Along
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 7
    10:00 Gentle Yoga
    11:00 Indoor Gardening
    w/Victor
    11:30 Blood Pressure
    1:00 Line Dancing
    SEPTEMBER 10
    10:00 Painting
    10:30 Senior Fitness
    1:00 AdvisoryCouncil
    Meeting
    SEPTEMBER 11
    10:00 Movement
    10:45 Conversational
    Yiddish - with Sarah
    12:00 Holiday - Greetings &
    luncheon
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 12
    9:00 Met. Museum - Trip
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 HEALTH ISSUES
    "Compassion and Choices" with David Levin
    11:00 Knitting w/ Marge
    Early Closing
    SEPTEMBER 13
    Center Closed
    SEPTEMBER 14
    Center Closed
    SEPTEMBER 17
    10:00 Painting
    10:30 Senior Fitness
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 18
    10:00 Exercise Video
    11:00 I Remember When w/ Elsie Brody
    11:00 Farmers Market
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 19
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Art
    11:00 Knitting w/ Marge
    1:00 Short Stories 2:00
    Current Events
    4:45 Holiday Dinner
    5:30 MUSICAL SERIES Stephanie Kurtzman-Violinist & Keyboardist
    SEPTEMBER 20
    10:00 Exercise with Sylvia
    11:00 Sing-Along
    11:00 Empire City - Trip
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 21
    10:00 Gentle Yoga
    10:45 Lecture :Medicare
    Made Clear
    11:30 Blood Pressure
    1:00 Bingo
    SEPTEMBER 24
    ] 0:00 Painting
    10:30 Senior Fitness
    1:00 Lecture:
    Cholesterol
    Management
    With Erica Vinas., R.D.
    SEPTEMBER 25
    10:00 Movement
    10:45 Conversational Yiddish - with Sarah
    1:00 Movie
    SEPTEMBER 26
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Creating Joy
    11:00 Knitting w/Marge
    Early Closing
    SEPTEMBER 27
    Center Closed
    SEPTEMBER 28
    Center Closed

    Thursday, August 23, 2007

    Van Cortlandt Senior Center August 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    August 1 August 2 August 3 10:00 Yoga
    August 6 10:30 Aerobics August 7 10:00 Dance Movement August 9 August 10 10:00 Yoga
    August 13 10:30 Aerobics August 14 August 16 11:00 Cross County Mall August 17
    August 20 10:30 Aerobics August 21 10:00 Dance Movement August 23 11:00 Hudson River Museum Trip postponed until afternoon, lying bus company claimed a misunderstanding about the time scheduled for the trip.
    August 27 August 28 10:00 Dance Movement 11:00 City Island August 29 August 30 August 31

    Thursday, July 12, 2007

    July 2007 Highlights JASA Senior Center

    Hannah Uzielly, international cabaret artist, will appear at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center on Wed. July 18th at 1:00 PM. Ms. Uzielly entertains with humor and a mix of songs from Broadway and around the world. Recommended contribution is $2.00 for kosher lunch served at noon plus entertainment.

    Tour Sunnyside, the enchanting river side home of beloved author Washington Irving, on Thursday, July 26th. Meet at 9:15 AM at the Van Cortlandt Senior Center. Fee for the day will be: $22 includes bus transportation, box lunch and tour.


    Mark Levy, international guitarist/folksinger, will perform Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and American folk music on Tues. Aug. 7th at 1:00 PM. Recommended contribution is $2.00 for kosher lunch served at noon plus entertainment.
    Join our Atlantic City trip on Wed. Aug. 15th at 8:45 AM. We will be going to the Showboat Casino. Trip fee is $27.00 with a $20 cash return plus a $5.00 food coupon.
    Rob Silverman, jazz pianist, will present a musical program of Broadway and original jazz selections on Tues. Aug. 21st at 1:00 PM. We will be hosting student volunteers from Columbia University. Suggested contribution for lunch and entertainment is $2.00.
    Celebrate July and August birthdays with Don Anthony, banjo player and guitarist, on Thurs. Aug. 30th at 1:00 PM. Don will play a mix of standards, oldies and country music. Suggested contribution is $3.00 for lunch and entertainment.
    A kosher delectable lunch is served daily at 12:15 PM. A voluntary contribution of $1.50 is recommended.
    For further information about these cultural events, please call Sharon Wolfe at (718) 549-4700 or email swolfe@jasa.org.
    All events are held at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center is funded by the NYC Dept. for the Aging.
    All seniors who are age 60+ are welcome.

    Tuesday, June 26, 2007

    Mentor-Mentee

    Years ago, I went to a job interview, the technical part lasted more than an hour. I thought I did very well, but I never got a call back. A month later, I called the person in charge of the project I had been interviewed for. I found out there was no project, just one that had been proposed. The reason I had been interviewed was that the guy I was talking to wanted to present not just a proposal, but a list of qualified applicants to demonstrate the viability of the project. The big shots turned down the proposal.

    A few weeks ago I was at a senior citizens program and saw a notice that a teenage volunteer was looking for someone to play chess with. Great! I thought, this is the kind of thing I would want to do. Help someone, who is helping us seniors. Not quite. It turns out this agency wants to create a program in which seniors help teenagers play chess. I don't know how many bureaucrats are involved in this. I do know there is a social worker that has to interview me, to decide if I am a suitable volunteer. There is the person who will design the program. Yes, the same theme, no project, someone is working on a proposal. The two times I have been asked questions on the phone, I think no one associated with planning this knows anything about chess. Perhaps they've read about Renée M. Yarzig's program, Cross-Generation Chess, maybe they are familiar with the Chess in the Schools program. No telling. All I know is one old undistinguished chess player has the ability to help several people in a social service agency remain gainfully employed.

    Saturday, June 16, 2007

    $12,187 for meals at the Van Cortlandt Village Senior Center. This is from Koppel, one of the City Council member allocations listed in NYC_Budget_FY08_ScheduleC.pdf That's what my local senior center gets money for. I was hoping for an allocation to restore some of the exercise programs that have been cut, such as Tai Chi.

    Friday, May 18, 2007

    A news story about the Rubashkins who pay terrible wages but charge their customers outrageous prices for kosher meat.

    Monday
    Tuesday
    Wednesday
    Thursday
    Friday
    MAKE-UP
    SUNDAY MAY 20TH
    Alan Sher, Cellist &
    Michele Cohen Pianist
    MAY 1
    10:00 Movement *
    10:30 Ashkenazi Lecture
    (Gaucher Disease)
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 2
    9:45 Exercise w/Sylvia
    11:00 Knitting
    1:15 Current Events *
    MAY 3
    9:00 Bay Plaza/Beth Israel
    10:00 Exercise Video
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 4
    10:00 Gentle Yoga *
    10:30 Gardening
    1:15 Bingo
    MAY 7
    10:00 Painting *
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:15 Short Story *
    MAY 8
    10:45 Conversational Yiddish
    10:15 Wave Hill
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 9
    10:00 Exercise w/Sylvia
    10:30 Art
    11:00 Knitting
    1:15 Current Events *
    MAY 10
    9:45 Exercise Video
    11:00 Sing Along
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 11
    10:00 Gentle Yoga *
    Noon: Mother's Day Special Lunch salmon A jazz presentation after lunch The lunch and the jazz were terrific
    MAY 14
    10:00 Painting *
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:00 Adv. Council Mtg
    MAY 15
    10:00 Movement*
    11:15 I Remember When
    Lunch-Chinese style beef with vegetables 1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 16
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Art
    11:00 Knitting
    1:00 Current Events*
    MAY 17
    10:00 Exercise
    11:00 SSDS –Lag Ba’Omer
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 18
    10:00 Gentle Yoga *
    11:00 Stamp Sale
    1:00 Bingo
    MAY 21
    10:00 Painting *
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:15 Short Story *
    MAY 22
    10:30 Exercise Video
    1:00 Jokercize with Howard Newman
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 23
    HOLIDAY-
    ”Shavuot”
    MAY 24
    HOLIDAY
    ”Shavuot”
    MAY 25
    11:00 St. Patricks
    1:00 Line Dancing
    MAY 28
    HOLIDAY
    MAY 29
    10:00 Movement*
    10:45 Conversational Yiddish
    1:00 Movie/Nutrition Comm.
    3:00 ESL Class
    MAY 30
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Knitting
    10:30 Creating Joy
    1:00 Entertainment
    MAY 31
    10:00 Exercise
    10:45 Sing Along
    1:00 Bingo
    3:00 ESL Class
    JASA VAN CORTLANDT SENIOR CENTER 3880 SEDGWICK AVENUE BRONX, N.Y. 10463 – (718) 549-4700 INSTRUCTORS

    Doriana Castro, Exercise * Larry Alboum, Painting * Peter Heller, Current Events/Life Stories * Caroline Grant , Movement * Marilyn Kaplan, Sing-A-Long * Alisha Diamond Saltzman, Art & Creating Joy * Neem Dewji, Yoga *Rose & Meir Beer, Line Dancing , Dove Pollack, E.S.L.

    Thursday, April 05, 2007

    Van Cortlandt Senior Center April 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    April 9 Closed April 10 Closed April 13 10:00 Yoga
    April 16 1:00 Lecture on Tiffany glass by Lucy Digedon April 17 9:45 Caroline Grant Dance Movement April 20 10:00 Yoga
    April 23 10:30 Aerobics April 24 9:45 Caroline Grant Dance Movement Special Arroz con Pollo for lunch, followed by Latin music April 25 Atlantic City Trip April 27 11:00 Martin Spett, Holocaust survivor and artist will speak
    April 30 10:30 Aerobics

    Martin Spett spoke on April 27. He described his survival of the Holocaust and the irony of arriving in America in the segregated city of New Orleans in 1947. He handed out the book he wrote and illustrated about his experiences during the Holocaust. He requested that we in turn give the book to our children and grandchildren.

    Wednesday, March 28, 2007

    Wal-Mart says no to Manhattan

    I read the online NY Times today, March 28 and they said that Wal-Mart usually has prices lower by 10 to 30 per cent compared to other retail stores. I have been to the White Plains Wal-Mart twice and didn't find this to be true.

    Friday, March 02, 2007

    Van Cortlandt Senior Center March 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday



    MARCH 1
    10:00 Exercise Video
    11:00 Ask the Social
    Worker
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 2
    10:30 Indoor Gardening
    11:00 Nutrition
    1:15 Bingo
     
    MARCH 5
    10:00 Painting *
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:30 Short Story *
    MARCH 6
    9:45 Movement*
    10:45 Conv. Yiddish
    1:00 Movie
    2:00 “Purim In Khelm”- Lovinger Theater
    3:00 ESL Class
    bitter cold
    MARCH 7
    10:00 Exercise w/Sylvia
    10:30 Art
    11:15 JPAC
    1:15 Current Events *
    MARCH 8
    9:45 Exercise Video
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 9
    10:00 Gentle Yoga *
    1:00 Line Dancing
    MARCH 12
    10:00 Painting
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:00 Dancing for Fun
    1:15 Staff Meeting
    MARCH 13
    11:00 I Remember When
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 14
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Art
    11:00 Empire City Trip
    11:00 Knitting
    1:00 Current Events*
    MARCH 15
    10:00 Exercise w/Sylvia
    11:00 Ask the Social
    Worker
    1:00 T Scoffield– Sing Along St. Patrick’s Day
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 16
    10:00 Gentle Yoga
    1:00 Presentation by
    St. Patricks’ Home
    1:00 Bingo
    MARCH 19
    10:00 Painting *
    10:30 Senior Fitness *
    1:30 Short Story *
    MARCH 20
    9:45 Movement *
    10:45 Conv. Yiddish
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 21
    9:45 Exercise Video
    10:30 Creating Joy
    11:00 Knitting
    1:15 Current Events*
    5:00 John Halsey & Elaine Rachlin-Big Band
    MARCH 22
    10:00 Exercise
    10:45 Sing Along
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 23
    9:30 Gentle Yoga
    11:00 Stamp Sale
    1:00 Line Dancing
     
    MARCH 26
    10:00 Painting
    1:00 Dancing for Fun
    MARCH 27
    10:00 Exercise w/Sylvia
    1:00 Movie-
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 28
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:45 Passover-
    Model Seder
    11:00 Knitting
    MARCH 29
    10:00 Exercise Video
    10:30 Knitting
    1:00 Movie
    3:00 ESL Class
    MARCH 30
    10:00 Exercise Video
    1:00 Bingo


    Sunday, February 04, 2007

    I found a blog that lists salaries of generously paid non-profit executives in the Bronx Bronx Non-Profit Executive Pay

    Thursday, February 01, 2007

    Van Cortlandt Senior Center February 2007, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx NY
    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2) 10:00 a.m. Yoga
    5)bitter cold 6) 9:45 Dance Movement bitter cold
    12)10:30 Aerobics
    Lunch - turkey kielbasa, cabbage and beans
    15)New Dancing for Fun with Dorianna
    bitter cold continues
    Salmon, a good lunch was served
    16) 10 a.m. Yoga
    19) Closed-President's Day 20) 9:45 Dance Movement 21) 4:30 New Light Supper Music by Manes College students
    26)10:30 Aerobics

    There are more activities than are listed, come visit!

    February 21 - The concert at the senior center was terrific.  Vladimir Lapin, a baritone, was the singer.  Bénédicte Jourdois was the pianist.

    The light supper included a wonderful barley soup. Hats off to Anna Maly the cook.

    Friday, January 12, 2007

    Dorot in Manhattan

    I visited Dorot yesterday. This is a senior center with an emphasis on physical and mental health. It is not a place where you sit around all day waiting for your death. I took part in a session that was part yoga part qi gong. We moved to music. It was very enjoyable.

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