Midway Jewish Center

A program for Pre-K children and families to experience our Religious School Is your child in Pre-K? We offer a great opportunity for children and parents to get a taste of our Religious School program with "A Bridge to Religious School." These classes meet seven times throughout the year from 9:15 am to 10:30 am. The children have class with Leora Cohen, our Gesher teacher, and parents have a facilitated conversation with someone from our community (i.e. Rabbi, pedicatrician, psychologist) and the morning ends with the family coming together for music. For more information, please contact our Principal Lisa Stein at 516-938-8390 x108 or lstein@mjc.org. The program will include music, crafts, and holiday material. To register: https://www.mjc.org/form/gesher

Annual Men's Club Scotch, Steak & Seder dinner $45 per person, checks payable to MJC Men's Club.

If you knit or crochet, join other Midway volunteers for this weekly group, to make blankets for children undergoing cancer treatments.

WE PUT THE OHM INTO SHALOM! Scientific research has verified repeatedly the positive effects of turning down the body for a few minutes each day. Meditation lowers heart rate, reduces blood pressure, eases tension, and clears the mind. This class is open to everyone and you don’t even have to be Jewish. But our mantras always are, and are chosen based on the season and the Torah readings. Come do yourself a tovah (a good thing) and treat yourself to a few minutes of inspiration and relaxation. It will make the rest of the day so much better!

for those caring for a parent, spouse, sibling, or child

Ta'anit Bekhorim—Fast of the First Born. This fast, observed by the first born and parents of first born children not yet Bar or Bat Mitzvah age, commemorates the miraculous rescue of the Israelite first born from the tenth and most terrible plague: the killing of the Egyptian first born. There is a tradition to release the first born from this fast by conducting a siyyum—a ceremonial conclusion to the study of a specific, sacred text. Rabbi Rank will be conducting a siyyum during services, after which a light breakfast will be served.

Kabbalat Shabbat

Enjoy First Night Seder with your friends and community at MJC! We will discuss the Haggadah, eat matzah, drink wine, sing, celebrate, and laugh a lot! Adults $60, ages 10-18 $45, ages 3-9 $30, under 3 free