Activity Centres and Friendship Clubs are popular ways for active seniors to meet with their friends and participate in a range of activities.
Currently there are 11 Friendship Clubs, all located within the Sydney Metropolitan Area, run by volunteers and supported by JewishCare. Many Clubs operate in conjunction with local Synagogues and other community organisations.
These Clubs aim to reduce isolation, loneliness and lack of stimulation by providing regular social meetings which provide a sense of belonging, mutual support and cohesiveness amongst members.
Seniors Groups and Activities under the auspices of JewishCare
The Seniors Friendship Club on the North Shore (St Ives)
Meetings, guest speakers, entertaiment and outings. Many special interest groups. Kadimah Gardens. Jubilee Street Wahroonga Last Thursday of each month at 10.30am - 12.30pm Contact Fred Seskin 9449-2773 or Maoi Gordon 9988-0261
Lapid for the visually impaired (Rose Bay)
Guest speakers, quizzes, outings, discussions, light refreshments. B'nai B'rith Retirement Village 7 - 11 Princess St Rose Bay Mondays 10.30 am - 1pm Lilly Skurnik - 9371 8336Russian Clubs
OptimistsEnglish classes, Information, Excursions, Library, Light refreshments. Last Wednesday of Month. Various venues. Mina Alesinski - 9698 8363
Golden Years
English classes, Information, Excursions, Library, Light refreshments.
Weekly on Fridays. Various venues. Maya Dinaburg - 9699 3882
Russian Association Of Ex-Servicemen and Women Social activities, entertainment
Mill Hill Centre, 33 Spring Street, Bondi Junction.
Last Tuesday of the month, 1pm-4pm.
Efim Solovey - 9699 9384
Triple "S" Friendship Club
Cards, rummy tiles, Scrabble, bingo, guest speakers, outings.
Weekly in Synagogue Hall, cnr. Railway Parade and Noble Street, Allawah.
Wednesdays 10am - 2pm.
Dorothy Clarke - 9528 7259
Welfare Ladies Auxillairy
Entertainment, Scrabble, cards, outings, rummy tiles, refreshments Woollahra Seniors Club, corner of Queen Street and Edgecliff Rd., Woollahra, Tuesdays 10.30am -1.30pm.Edith Ryba - 9326 2798
Sephardi Seniors Group
Weekly bus trips to different venues Thursdays 9am - 2pm.Esther Solomon - 9371 4481
The Shalom Group (Chatswood)
Guest speakers, Entertainment, Outings, Light refreshments Temple Emanuel Chatswood 28 Chatswood Ave Chatswood Wednesdays 10am - 2pm Lily Bendelstein - 99898620Club 50
The Club 50 Survivors of the Shoah Social Club was established in 1995, 50 years after the liberation of the Concentration Camps at the end of World War II, as a joint initiative between JewishCare and the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants.
The Club aims to
To ensure the preservation of the unique identity of Holocaust survivors and provide therapeutic social support activities in a Jewish framework
Club 50 offers
A monthly Tuesday lunchtime function including speakers and entertainers
A Drop-in-Centre in Woollahra providing attendees with the opportunity to play cards or games or just have a chat or a cup of coffee with friends.
Regular bus outings, including cemetery visits around the Chaggim
Referrals to other internal services and external agencies as necessary
4a Nelson Street Woollahra 2025
Val Rubel - 9302 8050
Club 50 is supported by The Claims Conference
S.P.A.R.C.S.
Conversation, guest speakers, games, entertainment, outings, light lunch Central Synagogue, Bon Accord Avenue, Bondi JunctionMondays 11am - 1pm
Anne Louise Oystragh - 9363 0456
