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CSAIR is committed to providing a range of Jewish learning for the Riverdale community.  Classes and programs are open to all.  Most of our programs are free and subsidized by CSAIR.   For more information or to sponsor an adult education program, please contact Rabbi Katie Greenberg, Director of Engagement and Programming at 718-543-8400 ext. 1 or engagement@csair.org.

Classes, Events & Programs at a Glance

Check your emails or the website for additional programming and updates throughout the year. Check your email for Zoom credentials.

Represents an ongoing program.  Additional ongoing programming can be found below.

Click the programming guide cover for the 2024/2025 schedule of events. 
Check further below for updates and additions throughout the year.

May 2025

Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Dalia Marx
Friday, May 9 & Saturday, May 10

Join us for a weekend of learning with Rabbi Dalia Marx where we will explore themes connected to her new book, From Time to Time: Journeys in the Jewish Calendar.

Reservations required for dinner.

Friday:
Kabbalat Shabbat
Dinner (Reservations required for dinner) 
Lecture 1

Join us for the full evening or just the lecture.

Saturday:
Lecture 2
Lecture 3 

To purchase Rabbi Dalia Marx's book, click here.

Sponsored by the Helen and Leonard Tureff Memorial Fund

 

Shabbat Chamudim Services and Dinner
Friday, May 16 | 5:30 PM

Please join us for Shabbat Chamudim, a family-friendly Friday night service and dinner, held at a convenient time for young children (ages 0-7) and their grown-ups.

YCFP Baking Event
Sunday, May 18 | 9:45 AM

Join Hannah Rothman and Goldie Sitzer for a YCFP baking event to celebrate shavuout by decorating cookies and constructing your own Torah/10 commandments out of recycled materials. 

ONGOING PROGRAMMING

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Hug Ivri
Sundays, 11:00 AM
A Hebrew discussion group about politics, literature, current events, and more.
For more information and to confirm meeting dates, email
Yaakov Taitz.

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Yiddish Vinkl
Sundays, 10:00 AM
(approximately 90 minutes)
Enjoy the joys of Yiddish with a group that meets to schmooze together.
For more information, email
Charlie Goldfischer.  Feel free to email Charlie to confirm a scheduled meeting date.

Zoom
Sunday, January 5, 2025

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Israeli Dancing
Thursday evenings at 8 PM at CSAIR. All are welcome. Click here to be added to the mailing list.

Fri, May 9 2025 11 Iyyar 5785