Make your own shofar

Poughkeepsie —Chabad of Mid-Hudson Valley, as part of its annual efforts to enhance the meaning and experience of the high holidays to Jews everywhere in the mid-Hudson Valley, is offering pre-holiday and high holiday programs and services to the entire community. The Shofar Factory will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Chabad Lubavitch Center on 63 Vassar Rd., in Red Oaks Mill, Poughkeepsie. Participants will make their own shofars from a genuine ram’s horn. As supply is limited call to reserve a shofar. Cost: $10. Additional high holiday crafts include making New Year cards to send Israeli soldiers and making an apple and honey dish for Rosh Hashanah. For groups and for more information, call Chabad at 463-5801 or e-mail chabadmidhudsonvly@prodigy.net. Chabad Lubavitch of Mid Hudson Valley offers High Holiday Services at The Best Western Inn 1270 South Rd., on Rt. 9, in Poughkeepsie.