{"id":56464,"date":"2025-11-30T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56464\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:22:18","slug":"van-cortlandt-jewish-center-invites-the-community-to-a-free-chanukah-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56464\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Cortlandt Jewish Center Invites the Community to a Free Chanukah Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBy S\u00cdLE MOLONEY<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2919.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125238 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2919-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/><\/a>VAN CORTLANDT JEWISH Center (VCJC), seen here on April 14, 2025, has been located at 3880 Sedgwick Avenue in Van Cortlandt Village for the last 60 years. In mid-May 2024, members voted to sell the center to a private developer and to return as partial tenants, despite opposition from some members and local residents.<br \/>Photo by S\u00edle Moloney<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/update-van-cortlandt-jewish-center-to-be-sold-for-4m-to-barone-mgmt-with-promise-of-new-synagogue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Van Cortlandt Jewish Center<\/a>\u00a0(VCJC), located at 3880 Sedgwick Avenue in Van Cortlandt Village, invites people of all faiths to a joyful community Chanukah party at the center on Monday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m., marking the lighting of the second candle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwoodnews.org\/van-cortlandt-jewish-center-hosts-holocaust-remembrance-lecture-bronx-group-demands-end-to-aid-blockade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VCJC<\/a>, which they said is located next to the construction site, said the evening will feature live entertainment by well-known musician and singer, Chaim Zadok, dreidel games and gifts for children, $1 raffles with a wide array of exciting prizes, and traditional holiday treats including freshly made latkes and jelly donuts. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They said VCJC looks forward to bringing neighbors together to share in the warmth and light of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; By S\u00cdLE MOLONEY VAN CORTLANDT JEWISH Center (VCJC), seen here on April 14, 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-56464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}