Bat Yam Announces Discounted November Activities for Senior Residents

Bat Yam municipality has announced a programme of discounted cultural activities, workshops and outings for November’s Senior Citizens Month. The programme includes cinema tickets, creative activities and free online sessions for older residents, alongside a celebration scheduled for December. Under the Tuesday in Suspenders initiative, senior-citizen card holders can attend Tuesday screenings at Movieland in BIG FASHION Bat Yam for NIS 10, including coffee. Bat Yam College is offering new registrants one lecture for NIS 10. At Ofer community centre, a ceramic Hanukkah-menorah workshop is scheduled for 12 November from 11:00 to 14:00. It covers hand building, design and painting and costs NIS 130. The municipality and its senior-citizens department, together with the Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry, are offering free November access to the Healthy Aging online club. Its programme includes live exercise, cognitive training, lectures, creative workshops, music and community content. Participants can join by phone, tablet, computer or smart television, with individual assistance available. Ofer’s Up 60+ programme also offers nine meetings on health, independence and quality of life at retirement age for a subsidized NIS 100. A further celebration is scheduled for 6 December at 15:00 at the FRIENDS hall, 3 Histadrut Street, with Ilana Avital and Uri Breuer. Tickets cost NIS 30 through the city’s community centres, and the event includes gifts, doughnuts and Hanukkah candles.