WJOA Club Room Shabbat, Happy Hour and Board Games

Read about upcoming events and news from the Wandering Jews of Astoria.

See below for the WJOA early May announcements! Featured in today's newsletter: Club Room Shabbat: 5/9 Happy Hour: 5/13 Board Games at Bohemian Hall: 5/18 Book Club: 6/22 Schmooze News Club Room Shabat Friday, May 9, 6:30pm–9:30pm Jonah's apartment building in LIC Join us for the next Wandering Jews Shabbat, as Jonah hosts us at his building's Club Room in LIC. This special Shabbat will be led with musical accompaniment, and the vegetarian potluck dinner has pizza included. It is $10 to attend, and that will help offset the cost of reserving the room. Please RSVP to Jonah by Thursday, May 8 at 6pm. This will be a larger capacity Shabbat, but space is still limited so RSVP early. After he receives your payment, he will provide the OneTable registration link, address, and potluck sign-up for sides, beverages and desserts. Here is the Facebook event. RSVP to Jonah Happy Hour Tuesday, May 13, 6:30pm Sweet Afton (30-09 34th St, Astoria) Join us in going back to an Astoria favorite—Sweet Afton! We will get there by 6:30pm to catch Happy Hour 4pm-7pm, which includes $2 off house select cocktails, spirits, draft beer and wines. Check out the menu here. Sweet Afton is also one of the BOAST: Best of Astoria & LIC 2024 winners for Best Bar for Cocktails in Astoria. Check out BOAST and other winners in the DRINK section here. Please RSVP to Jennifer so she can save you a seat. Here is the Facebook event. RSVP to Jennifer Board Games at Bohemian Hall Sunday, May 18, 2pm–6pm Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden (29-19 24th Ave, Astoria) Join the Wandering Jews for Board Games at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden! We'll play outside if the weather is nice, but there is also an indoor option downstairs if it is rainy or windy. Come by any time between 2pm and 6pm. Please RSVP to Laura so that she can save seats and to sign up to bring a board game (optional, but recommended). Here is the Facebook event. RSVP to Laura Book Club Brunch and Discussion Sunday, June 22, noon–2pm Location TBD The next Book Club book will be Goyhood by Reuven Fenton (288 pages). We'll meet for a discussion and brunch potluck at location TBD. Come with a question or two if you'd like. Here is the link to the book at Astoria Bookshop. RSVP to Jonah by Thursday, June 19 if you can make it, and he'll send you the address and potluck signup form. Here is the Facebook event. RSVP to Jonah Schmooze News WJOA member Eli Steier has a YouTube series of two-minute videos called Whole Heart Torah Fundamentals. You can check it out here.  These short clips are designed to introduce and deepen key Torah concepts such as the significance of the unity of Hashem, Hashem's love for us, and the importance of being wholehearted.    Central 20s & 30s The NYC Shabbat Collective Friday, May 16, 6:30pm Hebrew Union College Join us for our final Shabbat celebration of the season, with uplifting music, delicious food and drinks, and a vibrant community of Jews in their 20s and 30s from across the city. Register   Central 30s & 40s New group alert! Central Synagogue now has a group for those in their 30s and 40s. The group goes to Shabbat services at Central on the third Friday of the month, followed by a bar nearby to schmooze. (They also have other events.) You can sign up here to get on the email list, and the WhatsApp group is linked here.   Donate to Aid in the Israel-Gaza Crisis  We are heartbroken and devastated by the Israel/Gaza war. You can contribute to GlobalGiving's Israel-Palestine Crisis Relief Fund, which provides emergency relief and long-term support to people in need.   Donate to Aid in the Ukraine Crisis In February 2023, WJOA board member Jonah Schrogin volunteered at JCC Krakow, where he packed and sorted food for Ukrainian refugees. If you'd like to contribute to JCC Krakow's Ukraine relief program, here is their Ukraine Appeal. JCC Krakow is a 501(c)(3) organization, so any donations made are tax-deductible. Please write “Ukraine donation via Jonah Schrogin, int vol” in the comment box.    Jonah has another fundraiser, this one benefitting GlobalGiving's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. This supports more than 80 non-profit organizations on the ground in Ukraine and in the surrounding areas providing humanitarian aid, such as shelter, medical care, food, and clean water. Contribute here, and you can get more information by emailing Jonah, including seeing a recorded presentation. Have an event you'd like to organize or share? As always, please don't hesitate to send them our way! —The WJOA Team