Cultural Arts and Jewish Heritage Programs Special Events
The Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Programs Department is excited to bring engaging events for families and community members both in person and virtually! Join us to celebrate Jewish holidays, cultural celebrations, festivals, and more for all ages.
Click here to read the April Newsletter from our Community Shaliach Amit
A Passover message from Amit Yaacov, our Community Shaliach:
This month we’ll celebrate the holiday of Passover. On Passover we remember the exodus of the Israelites from slavery under the Egyptian kingdom. In the Biblical story, after long 400 years in Egypt, the Israelites were saved in a miraculous way and eventually made it to the promised land of Israel.
In our days, over 3,000 years later, for 133 of our own sisters and brothers, Passover is not the holiday of exodus and freedom but another day of captivity. I believe that in these times of despair, Passover is here to remind us that while we’re united against evil – salvation will come.
With a prayer that all the hostages will be celebrating the holiday with their families, I wish us a peaceful Passover.
Celebrate Passover
Passover Virtual Cook-Along
Thursday, April 18, 7pm
Happy Passover! We’re excited to share another delicious recipe for this special holiday! This month we’re making a special kosher for Passover recipe of Culinary Judaics Academy’s Passover Pancakes (aka Chremslach) & a Date Berry Syrup! While sharpening your cooking skills, we’re also discussing lessons the Passover story teaches us on breaking free and challenging norms that are relevant in our lives today.
Passover Resources & More
- Journey through the Passover Story in 10 Scenes and use the read-a-long
- Make your own Passover plague props
- Explore 5 unique Passover traditions from around the world
- Integrate hope for the return of hostages into your seder
- Facilitate a program based on the traditional Four Questions of the Haggadah, focusing on the “Four Children”
- Create different Passover crafts
- Learn about what foods are kosher for Passover
- Use 18Doors guide & cheat sheet for Passover celebrations in interfaith families and how to make your seder inclusive
PJ Library’s 18th Birthday Party
Sunday, May 19, 12-2pm
Join PJ Library in New York for a Mitzvah Madness Birthday Party at Commonpoint Queens Central Queens on Sunday, May 19 from noon – 2:00 pm. Wear your favorite PJs for a rockin’ pajama party!
The afternoon will include a family concert with Rebecca Schoffer of 92NY Shababa and a book festival showcasing some of PJ Library’s favorite storybooks. Families will have the opportunity to participate in mitzvah projects, including creating care packages for local food pantries and sending cards to a community center in Israel.
To learn more and register, click here. For more information, contact sbenaderet@commonpointqueens.org.
