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SAJE
Bi-Weekly Timely Topic Presentations followed by Lunch at CSR!
Mondays & Thursdays at 11:00 AM
SAJE, Senior Activities in a Jewish Environment, is a unique opportunity for those in our community who are retired or who work part-time to participate in social and educational daytime activities. The group meets Mondays and Thursdays at 11:00 AM and includes lunch after the program.
Join us at CSR or on Zoom from September through June. You are always welcome to bring a friend. We look forward to seeing you! Contact Brenda Wilkin for more information.
SAJE is:
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A Welcoming Program for Local Seniors
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An Occasion To Hear Informed Speakers
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A Place To Enjoy Cultural Presentations
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A Place To Learn Jewish Teaching and Ethics
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An Opportunity To Join Museum Tours With Friends
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A Chance To Dine Around Family Style
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An Opportunity to Network with Your Friends and Neighbors
Come and Join Us!
SAJE was founded in 2005 at Community Synagogue of Rye as a way for seniors ages 60 and above to enrich their participation in synagogue life. SAJE has something for every member of CSR with topics ranging from travel, music, memoir writing, medicine, Israel, Jewish enrichment, world affairs, local government, book reviews, and much more. All CSR members and non-members are welcome to attend SAJE programs and bring a friend.
Do you have an area of expertise or hobby? Have you taken a trip or read a book you’d like to share with SAJE? SAJE encourages all CSR members and friends to be involved. If you are interested in participating to share a skill or interest, please reach out to Brenda Wilkin, SAJE Coordinator.
Upcoming Dates
Monday, May 18 – Andrea Bober: Building Brain-Healthy Habits
Building Brain-Healthy Habits, an education program presented by the Alzheimer's Association®, provides research-backed guidance on brain health and the importance of taking action to protect your brain at every age. Participants will gain tips for building brain-healthy habits into their daily lives, including how to create a personalized action plan. This action plan helps identify small, practical steps to start or continue building habits—such as improving diet, increasing physical activity, and improving sleep quality—and how to overcome obstacles so that healthy habits become part of regular routines. The program details the 10 Healthy Habits for Your Brain and highlights the latest research, including recommendations from the U.S. POINTER study.
About Andrea Bober:
Andrea has been with the Alzheimer's Association as a Community Educator and Support Group Facilitator for almost a year. She joined the Association to honor her father, who passed away from Alzheimer's disease in 2023.
Andrea worked in financial services for 35 years at Chase, Mastercard, and Citibank before retiring in 2024. Since retiring, she has learned how to play canasta and mah jongg and plans to learn bridge in the fall. She also enjoys working out, reading, and going to the movies.
Thursday, May 21 – Shavuot Jeopardy with Carly Hecht
Monday, May 25 – NO SAJE (Memorial Day)
Thursday, May 28 – SAJE Book Club with Barb Tankel: The Boy with the Star Tattoo: A Novel by Talia Carner
An epic historical novel of ingenuity and courage, of love and loss, spanning postwar France when Israeli agents roamed the countryside to rescue hidden Jewish orphans—to the 1969 daring escape of the Israeli boats of Cherbourg.
1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified.
When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans.
1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can't imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother, and she sets out to track her boss's extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel.
As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France's radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle.