Upcoming Events

Breakfast Program

Location: Lese Lobby

From: Thursdays & Fridays, 6:00-7:30am

Details:

The Breakfast Program, formerly known as the Caring Committee Feeding Program, is among Central Synagogue’s longest ongoing social justice projects. Originally conceived and implemented by longtime congregant Nat Shapiro in 1983, the Breakfast Program was started in response to Mayor Koch’s outcry for New York City’s religious institutions to respond to an exploding homeless and hungry problem. Today, many clients of the Breakfast Program are working poor who greatly appreciate and regularly rely on the warm, nutritious start to their day. Volunteers assemble every Thursday and Friday morning in Lese Lobby (Community House) to prepare and serve the most important meal of the day. A bag lunch is also handed out to clients. These lunches are prepared the prior evening as part of Central Synagogue’s Sandwich Making Program. Volunteers must be in the 6th grade or older; those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Sign up is required in advance to volunteer. For more information or to sign up, contact breakfast@censyn.org.

Chai Connections: Survivors Club Book Review with Author

Location: Community House

From: 4:30 pm - 5:30pm

Details:

For Central Members 65+
In 1945, in a now-famous piece of World War II archival footage, four-year-old Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother’s arms. Survivor’s Club tells the unforgettable story of how a father’s courageous wit, a mother’s fierce love, and a perfectly timed life-saving illness helped a family from Zarki, Poland, dodge death at the hands of the Nazis time and again. Author Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Bornstein Holinstat will speak about his dramatic and life-affirming experience as one of the youngest people to survive Auschwitz and the death march.

RSVP »