Dr. Bayme Asks, “Is U.S./Israel Relationship Still Special?”

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Dr. Bayme Asks, “Is U.S./Israel
Relationship Still Special?”
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
Bet Torah in Mount Kisco
hosted a large gathering to hear
Dr. Steven Bayme Ph.D., Director, Contemporary Jewish Life
Department, American Jewish
Committee (AJC) Westchester/
Fairfield, discuss Israel’s relationship with the United States
on Wednesday, December 2,
presented by AJC.
Speaking about contemporary times, Bayme asked
three questions; “How did the
Israel/US relationships develop?; Is the relationship in
danger with growing tensions;
and what is ahead?
“The relationship rests
basically on four pillars: 1)
Israel and the U.S. are fellow
democracies; 2) What is taken
for granted or even glossed
over by American Jewry is that
Left to right: Dr. Steven Bayme, Ph.D.; Bet Torah Rabbi Aaron Brusso; Liz
Schonfeld, Co-Chair, Israel New Perspectives AJC Westchester/Fairfield Executive Committee member
America is a fundamentally
Christian society. A religious
America tends to be very supportive of the state of Israel…3)
Since the earliest days of Israel
in 1948, America and Israel
faced common foes, whether
it was the Soviet Union during
the Cold War or specter of Islamic terrorism… 4) A weaker
American Jewry means diminished support for Israel.
“In 1948 the State Department led by General George C.
Early Childhood Center in
Mamaroneck Donates Toys for
Chanukah to Chai Lifeline
Marshall actually opposed the
establishment of Israel. Marshall argued, ‘You know what
will happen if Israel comes
into being: 1) There will be war;
2) We will be deprived of oil
supplies; 3) there will be endless American involvement in
an unsolvable Middle Eastern
quagmire.’
“Truman never refuted
Marshall’s arguments. Marshall threatened to resign as
Secretary of State and not vote
for Truman in the 1948 election. Truman was paying a
political price but thought recognizing Israel was the moral
thing to do.”
“President Obama’s 2009
speech in Cairo was meant to
reach out to the Arab world...
Many Israelis were appalled regarding Obama’s belief that juscontinued on page 4
Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration
Offers Educational Experience
Westchester Board of Rabbis and Westchester Jewish
Council (WJC), with support
from UJA-Federation of New
York/Westchester
presented
“Night of Jewish Learning and
Celebration” on Saturday, December 5 at Beth El Synagogue
Center, New Rochelle, offering
two sessions of classes, taught
by 32 Westchester Rabbis and
chaired by Rabbi Fredda Cohen,
New York Board of Rabbis. Approximately 400 citizens from
New Rochelle and surrounding
communities attended.
According to WJC President Paul Warhit, “The Night of
Learning is an evening where
Jews from throughout West-
chester County put aside their
denominational hats and just put
on their learning hats to come together for a night of community
solidarity and wonderful Jewish
learning.”
In a unique presentation,
“Conversing with Biblical Celebrities,” Rabbi Andrew Bossov,
Westchester Jewish Community
Services utilized role-playing in
Midrash scenes to try to get into
the minds of Abraham, Sarah,
Joseph and Esther. Bossov compared the Akedah, the near sacrifice of Isaac to the later Christian
immolation of Jesus.
In the second session, “Super Jews from the X-Men to the
Fantastic Four: How Judaism,
Jewish Values and Texts have
influenced the Comic Book In-
dustry,” Rabbi Josh
Dorsch, Beth El
Synagogue Center
New Rochelle compared Superman
to Moses. Both
were sent away in
containers found
by foster families,
Moses in a basket
and Superman a
rocket, pointing
out that the comic Rabbi Andrew Bossov played Jewish melodies on the
was penned by Jer- keyboard in the Ballroom after classes
drew in His breath, light vessels
ry Siegel and Joe
broke open and more sparks fell
Schuster—both Jewish.
“Superman’s name on on the Holy Land than anywhere
else,” Dorsch noted.
Krypton was Kal El, the ‘Voice of
Afterward,
participants
G-d’, or it could mean ‘Vessel of
enjoyed a kosher dairy dessert
G-d.’
with keyboard entertainment by
“Light was trapped in a vessel of the Almighty. When He Rabbi Bossov.
The 4 year-olds and Pre-K classes at Westchester Jewish Center helped pack
these gifts and load them onto the truck.
For many, Chanukah is a time to receive gifts. But Westchester Jewish Center Kids, the pre-school classes at the Conservative
synagogue in Mamaroneck, believe the Festival of Lights presents
an opportunity to share gifts with those less fortunate.
Sharing Shabbat Dinner
According to the Ten
Commandments, the Sabbath
is the day of rest from work.
For those who observe it, it
sets aside quality time for family and friends to connect and
reflect, share and enjoy, often
over a festive meal.
This is the concept behind First Hebrew’s new Sharing Shabbat Dinner initiative.
Whether or not you are religious or a synagogue member,
there’s a seat for you at the Friday night dinner table in the
homes of First Hebrew members. The program launched
on December 11 as the Jewish
Sabbath begins each Friday.
Shabbat, as it’s called in Hebrew, ends after sunset every
Saturday.
“In today’s busy world, we
strive to offer spiritual, intellectual and practical choices to
Dana Z. Bogatz, Rabbi, First Hebrew
Congregation
help people discover comfortable and personally meaningful pathways to connect with
their Jewish identity,” said
First Hebrew Rabbi Dana Z.
Bogatz.
continued on page 5
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Arab-Israeli Unity “One Voice” Musical Gift to Community
“One Voice,” a collaboration of two musical youth
groups, consisting of 14 singers and dancers from the Tel
Aviv Hebrew Scouts Music
Group and 13 members of
the Greek Arab Orthodox
Scouts Musical Band of
Jaffa presented a harmonic
Christmas/Chanukah gift to
150 audience members from
the Pelham community at
the Picture House on Thursday, December 10.
“This is a really special
event, particularly in light
of all the recent tragedies
in America and around the
world to bring people togeth-
er to demonstrate the ways that
we can live together and we can
work together across cultures
and across religions,” Pelham
Jewish Center (PJC) Rabbi Alex
Salzberg observed. “It was a
truly beautiful evening of song,
of dance and joy…”
The Tel Aviv Hebrew
Scouts sang and danced, accompanied by the Greek Arab
Orthodox Scouts instrumental
group of trumpets, saxophones
and a lively percussion section,
playing Beatle tunes, Chanukah songs, Christmas Carols, Israeli and Arabic music.
Evocative of Arab/Israeli unity
was the James Taylor melody,
You’ve Got a Friend and evocative ballad, Lean on Me.
“Early in October I contacted
Yoav Cohen, our
Westchester
Shaliach
(emissary) asking him
whether any Israeli Scouts were
coming to our Yom
Ha’atzmaut (Israeli
Independence)
Celebration next
year,” PJC Education Director Ana
Turkienicz stated.
“Yoav
said
that two groups
wanted to come
to our community
during the Christ-
mas/Chanukah Season, so we
jumped at the chance. Tel
Aviv Municipality sent the
Scouts; Municipality of Yafo
(Jaffa) Youth Department, the
Christian Orthodox Scouts.
“They came bringing
a message of One Voice and
Peace during the time of the
Holidays, so much needed in a
time of darkness to illuminate
lights of hope and belief in a
better future for all people.”
Lighting a special Menorah, Rabbi Salzberg invoked
the Talmudic debate whether
Chanukah lights should be
increased or diminished each
night. “The issue was resolved that lights should be
increased, not only counting
the number of days but increasing in holiness,” Salzberg
concluded.
Front row, left to right: Pelham Jewish Center Rabbi Alex Salzberg; PJC
Education Director Ana Turkienicz
with combined Tel Aviv Hebrew
Scouts Music Group, Greek Arab
Orthodox Scouts Musical Band of
Jaffa and audience members outside
Pelham Picture House.
IN CONCERT
ITZHAK PERLMAN
and Rohan De Silva, Pianist
Westchester County Center
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
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Mazon Kicks Off Year Two of Solutions to
Senior HungerTM Initiative
AJC Westchester/Fairfield Hosts Exhibit,
“Jewish Refugees in Shanghai”
In response to the escalating number of seniors struggling to put
food on the table, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) has
launched the second year of its senior hunger initiative to help low-income, food-insecure seniors get the vital nutrition assistance they need.
More specifically, Solutions to Senior Hunger™, which is conducted in
partnership with the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies
(AJFCA) and generously funded by the Walmart Foundation, is designed
to reduce the barriers that keep vulnerable seniors from enrolling in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
“Deeply embedded in Jewish tradition is the belief that the community has an obligation to sustain its most vulnerable,” says Abby J. Leibman, President & CEO at MAZON. “It is unacceptable that a rising number
of our nation’s seniors struggle to put meals on the table when we have
programs, like SNAP, that could help them buy nutritious food. As the
Abby J. Leibman, President &
only national Jewish organization focused exclusively on issues of hunger,
CEO at MAZON
MAZON is uniquely positioned to do this work. We bring 30 years of experience in the anti-hunger field, shaped by Jewish values and tradition, to a
population that too often suffers in silence.”
Thirteen Jewish Human Service (JHS) agencies in 13 states have signed on to participate in the
new round of this initiative. With support from MAZON and the AJFCA, these JHS agencies will conduct SNAP outreach and education to senior populations, administer SNAP application assistance
for eligible clients, act as a liaison between the client and their local government agency managing
SNAP, and identify barriers to assistance and work with MAZON to remove those barriers.
“AJFCA is thrilled to partner with MAZON in this important initiative,” says Lee Sherman, President/CEO of AJFCA. “We have seen a rising trend of seniors in need of increased services across the
United States. Solutions to Senior Hunger will give participating agencies the tools and resources
they need to do more for their senior clients.”
Locally, Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc. (Stamford, Connecticut) is participating in the
initiative.
Founded in 1985, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national nonprofit organization
working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel.
For more information, visit mazon.org.
In this time of great focus on
refugees around the world, AJC
Westchester/Fairfield opened a
very special exhibit on a group
of Jewish refugees who found
safe harbor in Shanghai during World War II when no other
country would accept them. This
museum quality exhibit consisted of 80 panels and was viewed
during December at The Jewish
Community Center of Harrison,
130 Union Avenue. The exhibit
covered the following topics: 1)
Fleeing to Shanghai, 2) Refugee
Life in Shanghai, 3) the Hongkou
Ghetto, 4) Affectionate Neighborhood, 5) Leaving Shanghai, 6) Unforgettable History.
The exhibit was launched
on Tuesday, December 1st with Tom Gottlieb, China Team Leader, AJC Westchester/Fairfield (left) and Ellen
remarks from AJC, the Israeli Chaim Kracko
Consulate and a Shanghai Ghetto
survivor , Ellen Kracko, who now lives in New Rochelle and was featured in the exhibit.
AJC’s mission is to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world.
AJC’s Approach is intensive outreach to top decision makers and diplomats in more than 114
countries. Through 10 global offices and 22 regional offices around the United States, AJC engages
leaders internationally, nationally and regionally. Some 200,000 supporters keep AJC moving forward. AJC Westchester/Fairfield is one of the most vibrant regions in the network. The Region’s
3,000 members bring this national and international mission to life at the local level through innovative programs and high level advocacy.
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Patricia Cipora Harte Named New Head of
DOROT Westchester
DOROT has named Patricia Cipora Harte as the new Director of DOROT Westchester. DOROT is an innovative leader in the fields of aging services and volunteerism whose mission is to alleviate social isolation
among the elderly and provide services to help them live independently as valued members of the community.
“Cippi” brings over 30 years of professional experience as a licensed LMSW to DOROT, and will use that
knowledge and expertise to expand DOROT’s reach in Westchester County.
“I am impressed by the high standards that DOROT has for its
programs and volunteers. DOROT’s reputation is stellar, and I am delighted to be part of this amazing team,” said Cippi.
Having been a resident of Westchester for the past ten years,
Cippi has gained a unique understanding of the local community’s
structure and needs.
“I am in the process of gathering information and learning about
what exists for older adults in Westchester. I’m researching what gaps
and perceived needs there are for older adults, and working to identify
locations where older adults who are somewhat isolated and solitary
are living.”
Cippi will work with DOROT’s social workers in Westchester to
make DOROT more visible by marketing successful DOROT programs
and working with volunteers to raise awareness about the available
programming. She will also engage closely with DOROT’s Westchester
committee, comprised of volunteers, donors, and leaders interested
in DOROT, to ensure that DOROT Westchester continues to uphold
the mission and values of DOROT.
“Her appointment is a sign of DOROT’s commitment to increase
the reach of its programming,” said Mark Meridy, the Executive Director of DOROT. “Increased demand for the services we provide in WestPatricia Cipora Harte
chester County led us to look for an addition to our team who would uphold the vision and mission of DOROT, and we were lucky to have found someone with Cippi’s unique skillset
to fill this role.”
“I’m confident that going forward, Cippi will play a key role in providing high quality programming and
services to our clients in Westchester County.”
DOROT launched its Westchester program in 2004 to help alleviate social isolation among older adults
with food deliveries, weekly volunteer visits, intergenerational programs, teleconference classes, and support
groups. To volunteer, participate in programs, or welcome friendly visitors into your home, contact Patricia
Harte at (914) 573-8906.
Greenburgh Hebrew Center
Installs Rabbi Jay M. Stein
The installation of Rabbi Jay M. Stein as Rabbi of the Greenburgh Hebrew Center took place on Saturday, November 14. The
evening began with Havdalah led by GHC’s Cantor Janet Leuchter.
Rabbi Aaron Bisno (Senior Rabbi of Rodef Shalom Congregation,
Pittsburgh, PA) introduced Rabbi Stein. Rabbi David Hoffman (assistant professor in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics at
the Jewish Theological Seminary) addressed the congregation with
“The Meaning of Faith for Modern Jews”. Rabbi Barry Kenter (Rabbi
Emeritus of Greenburgh Hebrew Center) closed the ceremony, then
everyone gathered for a reception celebrating the installation of
Rabbi Stein.
Rabbi Jay M. Stein is one of four boys born to Rabbi Israel Stein,
at the time an army chaplain, and his wife Roslyn. Having only ever
aspired to be a rabbi, Rabbi Stein achieved his goal over 22 years ago. Rabbi Jay M. Stein
A graduate of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Sociology, he earned a dual B.A. in Jewish Philosophy from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA).
He continued his rabbinic studies at JTS to receive a Master of Arts in Jewish Education and his ordination in
1993.
The Rabbi served as an Alef-Alef Fellow in Jewish Education at Tel Aviv University from 1990 to 1991. He was
awarded the Lowenfeld Prize in Practical Theology from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1993,
and in 1995, he was named a Wexner Rabbinic Fellow. He founded a Regional Think Tank for Rabbis serving as
Spiritual Leaders in the Solomon Schecter Day Schools. He is, currently, a member of the Committee on Jewish
Laws and Standards of the Conservative Movement.
Previously he was President of Vaad, The Philadelphia Board of Rabbis; and member of the Chancellor’s
Rabbinic Cabinet of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, National Leadership Council of AIPAC and
Camp Ramah Board. Additionally, Rabbi Stein sits on the Koach Advisory Board, the Conservative Movement’s
Outreach to the college campus. Rabbi Stein is a certified Counselor in Chemical Dependence. He has authored
a chapter in The Resource Guide for Rabbis on Domestic Violence, published by Jewish Women International, and
co-published articles on domestic violence in the Rabbinical Assembly Newsletter, as well as Outlook Magazine.
Rabbi Stein’s response, “ ‘And you shall teach them diligently to your children’ - Providing a Jewish Education for Children with Special Needs” was unanimously approved by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.
Rabbi Stein has five children. His greatest joys come from his children, studying a complicated text, making
people laugh, and easing another’s pain.
The Greenburgh Hebrew Center is located at 515 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry. For further information, call 914693-4260 or go to www.g-h-c.org.
Dr. Bayme Asks, “Is U.S./Israel Relationship Still Special?”
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Beverly Rosenbaum, AJC Westchester/Fairfield Regional President (left) and Scott Richman, AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director
tification for a Jewish state was
based on the Holocaust, not taking into account their aspirations
for a homeland for 2,000 years.”
Finally, Bayme expressed
grave concern regarding assimilation,
believing
that
assimilated Jewry could undermine support for Israel.
“We are extraordinarily good
at combatting outside challenges,” he concluded. “When
the problem is internal, the
same Jewish leaders who are
so self-confident to march into
Washington and tell the State
Department what policies to
pursue toward Israel, can’t
find the language to tell their
children why it is so important
to lead a Jewish life.”
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Westchester Jewish Council 40th Anniversary Gala
to Honor Harriet P. Schleifer and William H. Schrag
The Westchester Jewish Council will celebrate its
“Winning Ticket” 40th Anniversary Gala, on Saturday,
February 6, 2016 at 7:15pm at
Westchester Jewish Center,
175 Rockland Avenue, Mamaroneck. The celebration
will honor Westchester Jewish Council past Vice Presidents, Harriet P. Schleifer of
Chappaqua and William H.
Schrag of New Rochelle for
their dedication and service
to the Westchester Jewish
community. In addition, a
special tribute will be made
to Westchester Jewish Council founders Rabbi Amiel
Wohl, Hon. Samuel G. Fredman, Saul Singer and Clarice
Pressner.
The evening will feature
a cocktail dinner and dessert
with entertainment by comedian Elon Gold. Kosher dietary
laws will be observed.
Harriet Schleifer is passionate about ensuring the
well-being of Israel and the
Jewish people worldwide as
well as advancing the cause of
human rights and democratic
values for all. She is an attorney whose focus was education
law. She has extensive professional as well as personal
experience helping students
with special needs. She is now
devoted to helping adults with
developmental and social delays achieve independent living and employment opportu-
nities.
Schleifer has served in
many communal roles. She
is a member of the Executive
Council of the national Board
of Governors of AJC and National Chair of AJC Project
Interchange. She also serves
as Development Co-Chair of
the Jewish Religious Equality
Coalition, is a member of the
Executive Committee of the
AJC Westchester/Lower Fairfield Regional Office where she
also served as President. She
has long served on the Board
of Westchester Jewish Council
and was a member of its Executive Committee.
As Immediate Past President of her synagogue, Bet Torah in Mount Kisco, Schleifer
also is a Vice President of Chapel Haven, Inc. in New Haven,
and a board member of the
Westchester Women’s Campaign UJA-Federation. She has
also served as First Vice President of the Rosenthal JCC, Vice
President of the Family Support Services Council of the
Westchester Developmental
Disabilities Services Office, a
director of GROW in White
Plains and in various leadership positions in the Chappaqua school district Parent
Teachers Association.
Schleifer received her
undergraduate degree from
Cornell University, two graduate degrees in education from
The University of Virginia and
her law degree from St. John’s
University. Harriet and her husband Leonard S. Schleifer live in
Chappaqua and are the proud
parents of Adam and David.
Bill Schrag has been a
resident of Westchester for 27
years, where he has been an
active member of various organizations. After serving on the
Board of Trustees of the Young
Israel of Scarsdale, Schrag
served as a Vice President and
then Co-President. He has also
been actively involved in local
civic affairs. He has served as
a liaison to various mayors and
members of the New Rochelle
City Council and on the Board
of Trustees of the Stratton
Hills Neighborhood Association.
Schrag joined the Board
of the Westchester Jewish
Council in 2006 and in 2008
etarian meals. Those who are
hosted are encouraged to pay it
forward by hosting others on a
future date.
Rabbi Dana read about a
similar program launched at
Temple Sinai in Dresher, PA, in
memory of a beloved member,
Bernard Albert. The ultimate
goal of First Hebrew’s Sharing
Shabbat Dinner program is
to create new relationships in
the local Jewish community
as well as among congregants
who may not know one another.
“If you’ve never experienced a Shabbat dinner, this is
a lovely way to get introduced
to this custom,” said First Hebrew President Charles Newman, “It’s relaxing and gregarious. Maybe it’s the only Jewish
thing you’ll be doing for now,
and that’s fine. We encourage
people of all ages and backgrounds to discover what is
personally meaningful in their
own Jewish journey.”
First Hebrew Congregation is a Conservative and
egalitarian synagogue serving
families from Cortlandt, Yorktown, Croton, Peekskill, Putnam Valley, Garrison and other nearby communities. They
also maintain their original
building in downtown Peekskill which dates back to the
late 19th Century and continues to provide services in the
Orthodox Jewish tradition.
To attend a Sharing Shabbat Dinner, contact Rabbi
Dana at rabbi@firsthebrew.
org or call 914-739-0500. Visit
www.firsthebrew.org for more
information.
Harriet P. Schleifer
Sharing Shabbat Dinner
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The newly appointed
spiritual leader is the first
woman rabbi in the synagogue’s 120-year history. According to Rabbi Dana, as she
likes to be called, the tradition
of having a Shabbat dinner is
a cultural and social aspect of
Judaism that is nice and easy
to celebrate. Some people have
a simple Shabbat dinner for
their immediate family each
Friday night, while others like
to make it into a weekly celebration with extended family
and friends.
A Shabbat dinner typically includes challah bread, wine,
candle lighting and blessings.
First Hebrew will provide all
hosts with a Shabbat kit containing these items along with
guidelines for preparing either
kosher, kosher-style or veg-
William H. Schrag
became a Vice President. He
chaired the Presidents’ Roundtable, co-chaired seven Galas
and represented Westchester’s growing Orthodox community. For 50 years, Scrag
has marched in, or attended,
almost every Salute to Israel/Celebrate Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue and
for the past three years, he
has served as Grand Marshall of the WJC delegation. He joined the Board
of UJA-Federation of New
York in 2013. For many
years, Schrag also served
on the Executive Committee of UJA-Federation’s
Bankruptcy Group, cochaired the annual UJA/
Young Israel of Scarsdale
campaign and served on
the Westchester Leadership Cabinet of UJA-Federation.
He is a partner in
the New York office of Thompson Hine, a full-service law
firm with approximately 400
attorneys, where he specializes in financial restructuring
and corporate reorganization.
He and his wife Debbie reside
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in New Rochelle and are the
proud parents of Elliot, Rebecca and her husband Benjy,
and Suzanne.
“Both Harriet and Bill have
done so much for the Westchester Jewish community and
beyond. It is our privilege to
honor them this evening,” said
Paul Warhit, President, Westchester Jewish Council.
The Westchester Jewish
Council connects Westchester’s Jewish communities and
strengthens
relationships
among over 158 Jewish organizations and other ethnic and
faith based groups, elected officials, Israel and the community at large.
This event is open to the
entire community. Cost varies by donor level. Details and
registration are available on
line at www.wjcouncil.org. For
more information contact the
Council at 914-328-7001.
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Calendar of Events
Ongoing
Coming up on March 12,
2016 at 8pm, “An Evening
with Robert Klein” will be
presented at The White Plains
Performing Arts Center at
City Center. For tickets call
328-1600.
An exhibition of Judaica paintings by artist Rebecca Schwarz entitled “Assimilarium” will be on
view at the JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot
Road, Scarsdale from Jan 31, 2016 – March 4,
with the opening reception on January 31, from 35pm. For more information call 472-3300.
Renowned violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will perform at
the Westchester County Center, 198 Central Avenue, White
Plains on Jan 30, 2016 at 8pm. Tickets are available at
Ticketmaster.com, 995-4050 or boxofficeticketsales.com.
This 2015-16 season commemorates Itzhak Perlman’s 70th
birthday with three album releases and a worldwide concert
tour.
UJA Federation of New York
Westchester offers the following: On January 14 an author
series will take place in Northern Westchester featuring
Andy Siegel of Bedford, author
of “Suzy’s Case,” call 666-9650
to register; January 18 is “Feeding Our Neighbors Initiative”
at The Sally and Anthony Maran Center, Hawthorne, RSVP
to divond@ujafedny.org and
“Heart to Heart Journey to Israel,” February 7 through 11 for
Women, traveling to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, RSVP to ackermans@ujafedny.org.
At 8pm, The Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies presents a series of evening classes
taught by Nomi Smilchensky
on “Sheva Ha Neviot – The
Seven Female Prophets” on
January 6, 13 and February 3 at
Young Israel of New Rochelle,
1149 North Avenue. Women
and men are welcome. Call
636-2215 for details.
Westchester Jewish Center,
Palmer and Rockland Avenues, Mamaroneck will host
a Scholar in Residence weekend, January 22-23 featuring
Dr. Deborah Dash More, PhD
exploring American Jewish
History. For more information
call 698-2960.
The JCC of Mid-Westchester,
99 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale
presents the following speakers; January 13 at 7:30, author
Alon Gratch: The Israeli Mind,
and January 28 at 10:30am author Aleena Rieger: I did Not
Tell Them Anything. For details call 472-3300.
At 10am Hadassah Westchester will
hold the Installation of New Presidents
Rachel Freedman and Michelle Lippin
and the 2016 Executive Board on
January 10 at DoubleTree Hotel, 455
S. Broadway, Tarrytown. Call 937-3151
to attend.
Starting Jan 4, 2016 Scarsdale
Synagogue-Temples Tremont
and Emanu El, 2 Ogden Road,
Scarsdale will be the location
for “Songs for Seeds” winter
classes; a music program for
newborns to 6 years. Visit
scarsdale.songsforseeds.com
for a schedule of classes.
On January 28, UJA-Federation of New York, Westchester’s Business and Professional Division presents their 10th Annual Sports Talk at Lake Isle Country
Club, Eastchester featuring Joe Girardi, manager of the New York Yankees. Call
761-5100 to attend.
Starting on January 18 at
6:45pm The Westchester
Chordsmen Chorus will offer 6 once a week free singing
lessons to men, as a community service at Congregation
Kol Ami, 252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains. Register
at chordsmen.org or call 2987464 and leave a message.
Join the New York Women
Heart to Heart Journey to Is-
rael sponsored by the Jewish
Federations of North America
(JFNA), February 7 –February
11, 2016. Call Jessica Lipps at
212-836-1850 for more information and full itinerary.
JCC on the Hudson, 371 S.
Broadway, Tarrytown presents the following: January 11
at 7:30pm an informational
meeting to form delegations
to attend The JCC Maccabi
Games, a Olympic-like competition for teens; January 24,
from 4 to 6pm, “Rivertowns
Socials Family Event, Paint
your Art Out,” an event for children to create and get messy,
pre-registration is required
by January 20; On January 25,
at 10:30am, a lecture, “Irene
Nemirovsky: An Introduction
to her Life and Works,” by noted literary translator, Sandra
Smit presenting the works of
the Russian Jewish writer who
perished at Auschwitz. For all
events visit www.JCCon the
Hudson.org, or call 366-7898.
Every Thursday morning at
10:30am Wendy Segal conducts a class called “A Taste of
Talmud” at The Yorktown Jewish Center, 2966 Crompond
Road, Yorktown Heights. For
more information call 2452324.
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WJCS Center for Jewish Programs located at 845 North
Broadway, White Plains, present “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda:
A Bereavement Workshop on
Guilt and Self Forgiveness”
from 6:30 to 8pm. Topics include how one can move from
a place of self-blame and guilt
to a place of acceptance and
forgiveness. For more information or to register contact Rabbi Pamela Wax at pwax@wjcs.
comor call at 761-0600 X 149.
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UJA-Federation of New York
presents the i3 Summit for
Women, featuring Elana Broitman, Nicole Hockley and Shiza
Shahid at The Times Center,
242 West 41st Street, NYC.
Contact Dara Fersel at 212-8361289 for information.
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Westchester Reform Temple,
255 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale will conduct a Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat Service
with the Greater Centennial
AME Zion Church. Call 7237727 for more information.
Every Monday at 9:30am,
WJCS offers Jewish Mindfulness Meditation at Temple
Israel Center, 280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains.
Call 761-0600 to learn more.
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A Benefit Reception and Fundraiser in memory of Miles
Applebaum will be held at Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre,
149 Westchester Avenue, Port
Chester, starting at 6pm. For
tickets and information, go to
musicandmiles.org or ticketfly.com
January
February
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From 9:30 to 11am, Rosenthal
JCC will hold a cooking class,
“Seasonal Salad,” in the Atrium
at 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, $18 members, and $23
non-members. Register online
at www.rosenthaljcc.org/seasonalcooking.
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At 11am, Temple Sholom, 300
East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich will host its annual Party
Planning showcase, featuring
more than 40 local vendors.
Gather inspiration and start
planning your Bar/Ba Mitzvah,
Wedding, Sweet 16, etc. and
view the latest trends in entertainment, photography, catering, flowers and décor. Also
featuring a Mitzvah Fair. The
event is free and open to the
public. For more information,
call 203-869-7191, Lori Baden.
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At 7:15, Westchester Jewish
Council will host their annual
gala at Westchester Jewish
Center, 175 Rockland Avenue,
Mamaroneck. RSVP to 3287001.
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At 3pm, The Symphony of
Westchester will host a family
concert at Iona’s Christopher J.
Murphy Auditorium, 715 North
Avenue, New Rochelle. For
tickets call 654-4926.
The Greenburgh Hebrew
Center, 515 Broadway, Dobbs
Ferry will host a Blood Drive
from 9am-1pm in partnership
with White Plains Hospital. To
make an appointment email
blooddrive@g-h-c.org or call
693-4260.
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Chanukah Ice Menorah Radiates Light in Pelham
A special Chanukah Menorah, carved from a five-foot
high chunk of solid ice by noted
ice sculptor Mark McKenzie,
radiated light from the Pelham
Art Center Courtyard (PAC) to
the Pelham Jewish community
and beyond on Sunday, December 6, under the auspices
of Chabad of Pelham.
Pelham Village Administrator Robert A. Yamuder lit
the first vial of oil with Chabad
of Pelham Director Rabbi Levi
Groner. “It was a wonderful, wonderful display of light
here in Pelham,” Rabbi Groner
emphasized. “Everyone got
together for the first night of
Chanukah, a wonderful celebration.
“The message of Chanukah is that we added light. The
reason why we have it in public
and do it at night is that is the
light that we have in our own
homes that we bring to our families should spread to our neighbors and throughout the world.
“We increase the light until the eighth night, the entire
Menorah is burning. The mission is to try to get the world
full of light. We do this one
candle at a time. Never underestimate the power of a little
light…”
In the PAC courtyard,
while people were munching
on latkes (potato pancakes) and
sufganiot (donuts), tin Cha-
Sydney Berger, 4 shows her Mosaic Dreidel and Velvet Menorah
Menachem M. Schneerson,
distributed by Groner put
it this way: “The Chanukah
Lights remind us…that illumination begins at home, within
oneself and one’s family...
“Such is the nature of
light that when one kindles the
Chanukah Lights are expressly
meant to illuminate the ‘outside,’ symbolically alluding to
the duty to bring light to those
who, for one reason or another,
still walk in darkness...”
Pelham Village Administrator, Robert
A. Yamuder and Chabad of Pelham
Rabbi Levi Groner.
nukah Menorahs and candles
were available for donations to
the pushke (charity box) plus a
box to collect hats, gloves and
scarves for the needy. A raffle
funding “Smile on Seniors,” a
senior citizen visitation program awarded a $100 gift certificate from Manor Market,
3-in-1 LEGO Menorah/Dreidel
kit and “Brazilian Blowout” at
A.H. Magic Salon.
Inside
PAC,
children
worked happily, painting Holiday cookies; coloring Velvet
Art Menorahs; crafting LEGO
Dreidels and Menorah Mosaics.
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Sharing Chanukah
Westchester Teachers Learn About the
Holocaust With Visit To Germany and Poland
JCC on the Hudson families collected holiday toys for the children at Blythedale Hospital. The
kids wrapped the presents with paper they designed, ribbons and lots of colored tape. Some of the
children wrote “Feel Better” on the homemade gift wrap.
Westchester Jewish Council
Winning Ticket
A select group of Westchester teachers who teach
the NYS mandated Holocaust
curriculum will be chosen
for an education mission to
Poland and Germany where
they will visit concentration
camps and other historical
sites. The mission, sponsored and subsidized by The
Holocaust & Human Rights
Education Center (HHREC),
will give teachers the opportunity to speak with experts
in the field.
“Our experience from
previous missions for teachers is that experiencing Holocaust sites firsthand helps
inspire and motivate them
in their preparation to teach
the lessons of the Holocaust
and human rights to their
students,” says HHREC Education co-director Julie Scallero. “Only 14 teachers will
qualify for this professional
development
opportunity,
and thanks to the generosity
of donors, the cost to individual teachers has been greatly
reduced.”
Valerie Moore O’Keeffe
Among the highlights
of the HHREC mission are
visits to Oskar Schindler’s
Factory (made famous in the
movie “Schindler’s List”),
the concentration camps at
Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz
and Birkenau, and a walking
tour of the Warsaw Ghetto.
There will be meetings with
Holocaust scholars, German
educators who teach the
Holocaust, and studies of
the Peaceful Revolution and
Solidarity.
The Center has previously sponsored education
study journeys to Amsterdam and Poland (1997), Germany (1999), and Germany
and Poland (2012, 2014).
Teachers interested in applying should contact: Julie
Scallero or Steve Goldberg,
914.696.0738,
jscallero@
hhrecny.org or sgoldberg@
hhrecny.org, at the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center.
Valerie Moore O’Keeffe,
is Board Chair of The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center. The mission
of the Center is to enhance
the teaching and learning
the lessons of the Holocaust
and the right of all people to
be treated with dignity and
respect. The Center helps
schools fulfill the New York
State mandate that the Holocaust and other human
rights abuses be included in
their curriculum.
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The Hisoriri Group Livens Up Shabbat Experience
The 25th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival
Dov Winston, a third year
Rabbinical student at Yeshiva
University has started a new organization called Hisoriri with a
mission to provide Jewish communities throughout the tri-state
area and beyond, with a group of
passionate Jewish students and
young professionals to liven up
their Shabbat experience.
Hisoriri’s name comes from
the words of the ancient Lecha
Dodi prayer, “Hisoriri Hisoriri
Ki Va Oreich Kumi Ori,” Awaken,
awaken, because your light is
coming, get up and shine.”
“We have a relationship
with over 15-20 communities
and have over 100 volunteers
signed up and we are still growing,” notes Winston. “I started Hisoriri after realizing that , I , myself, sometimes struggle to have
inspiring Shabbos experiences.
So I thought, what better way to
inspire myself than by helping to
inspire others as well.”
A project of Shabbat.com,
the motivation for the group, is
to bring passion to the Shabbat
experience. Usually 4-6 people
will arrive to a community for
Shabbat and offer Divrei Torah,
lead davening or run children’s
programming. Rabbi Klatzko,
founder and director of Shabbat.
com endorses their work and
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Jewish
Museum will present the 25th
annual New York Jewish Film
Festival (NYJFF) at the Film
Society’s Walter Reade Theater
and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film
Center, January 13-26, 2016.
The festival is one of the oldest and most influential Jewish film festivals worldwide,
unique in New York City, and
one of the longest running
partnerships of two major
New York cultural institutions.
Since its founding in 1992, the
NYJFF has presented more
than 675 films from 43 coun-
a poster exhibition, a panel
discussion, and other special
programming in honor of the
New York Jewish Film Festival’s silver anniversary to be
announced shortly along with
the complete festival schedule.
The New York Jewish Film
Festival opens on Wednesday,
January 13 with the U.S. premiere of Yared Zeleke’s Lamb,
the first Ethiopian film to be
an Official Selection at the
Cannes Film Festival and the
country’s entry for the Best
Foreign Language Oscar. This
feature debut focuses on young
Ephraim, who is sent by his fa-
Natalie Portman
ther to live among distant relatives after his mother’s death.
But when his beloved sheep
must be sacrificed for the next
religious feast, the boy will do
anything to save the animal
and return home.
Closing Night on January
26 will feature A Tale of Love
and Darkness, Academy Award
winner Natalie Portman’s debut as screenwriter and director. Based on Amos Oz’s international best-seller, the film
recounts the time Oz spent
with his mother, Fania (Port-
helps spread the word about the
group but gives no financial support.
The group relies on donations and full reimbursement for
travel expenses so they can assist
a community by helping or leading services, usually for Orthodox congregations. The young
people stay overnight at host
family homes.
“I believe that there are
countless Jews out there who
want to get more from their
Judaism but just don’t know
how to. We need to learn how to
make Shabbos exciting again,”
Winston explains. “Shabbat certainly is what has helped keep
the Jewish people alive for thou-
sands of years. We need to keep
the message of Shabbat relevant
and inspiring to Jews of all ages
and affiliations. What better to
do all of this than by bringing
young passionate Jews to a community for an amazing Shabbat
experience.”
Hoping to be a Rabbi someday, leading his own congregation, Winston is currently going
for an MA in Biblical Studies and
a second MA in Social Work.
In December, Hisoriri led
Shabbatatons in Yardley, Pennsylvania and in Stoneybrook,
New York. The group is hoping to
come to Westchester in the New
Year. For more information contact hisoriri@gmail.com
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U.S., or New York premieres,
and many have gone on to win
awards and gain wider distribution.
This year’s lineup includes 38 features and shorts
from 12 countries—21 screening in their world, U.S., or
New York premieres—providing a diverse global perspective on the Jewish experience.
The 25th edition will feature
a retrospective of film highlights from previous festivals,
man), who struggled to raise
her son in Jerusalem at the
end of the British Mandate for
Palestine and the early years of
the State of Israel.
Screening in its U.S.
premiere is a special presentation of Amos Gitai’s Rabin,
the Last Day, a thought-provoking thriller investigating
the brutal 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin through a
masterful combination of
dramatized scenes and news
footage of the shooting and
its aftermath, shedding light
on an ever-growing crisis of
the impunity of
hate crimes in
Israel today.
Most of the
New York Jewish
Film
Festival’s
screenings will
be held at the
Film Society of
Lincoln Center’s
Walter
Reade
Theater, located
at 165 West 65th
Street, between
Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway. Some of the
special programs
will take place at
the Elinor Bunin
Munroe
Film
Center, 144 West 65th Street,
between Amsterdam Avenue
and Broadway.
NYJFF tickets are $14; $11
for students and seniors (62+);
and $9 for Film Society and
Jewish Museum members.
Tickets may be purchased online or in person at the Film
Society’s Elinor Bunin Munroe
Film Center and Walter Reade
Theater box offices, 144 & 165
West 65th Street, New York
City. For complete festival information, visit www.NYJFF.
org.
Mazel Tov
Westchester Hadassah Announces New Board
Rachel Freedman will become co-President of Westchester
Hadassah with Michele Lippin on
January 10, 2016 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 455 South Broadway,
Tarrytown.
Rachel Freedman
Freedman has been a Vice
President on the Westchester
Hadassah Board for the past ten
years. She was one of the developers of the region’s summer film series and has been the administrator for the Hadassah Torah Study
circle. Both programs were developed to reach out to a wider group
of women and introduce them
to Hadassah. She has developed
programming for meetings, rep-
resented the region in the Metro
Region Study days, and planned a
host of membership and fundraising events.
The White Plains resident
served as president of the White
Plains UJA Women’s campaign for three years and
then on the region board for
two. Just as she was wondering what to do next in
her volunteer work, she was
recruited into Hadassah’s
HLA program in 2002. After a wonderful two years of
study, she and 6 of her HLA
classmates joined the Westchester Hadassah region
board and have been devoting themselves to Hadassah
ever since. Freedman also
belives in a Jewish future
and has been teaching second grade Hebrew School at Congregation Kol Ami for seven years.
She has worked at HBO as a
business analyst in Sales and Marketing for almost 17 years. In 2012
she had an opportunity to leave
HBO and started to help her father
and uncle with their Zein factory
in Ashburnham, Mass. The more
she learned about manufacturing, the more she knew this was
her place. She took over the factory in 2013 and has been work-
ing passionately to bring Zein, an
all-natural coating and encapsulating ingredient, to the food and
pharmaceutical markets. During
any break in career, she always
falls back on freelance technical
writing, which has been a wonderful way to learn about other
businesses. She graduated from
Smith College and is grateful for
her education. She has also completed Emergency Medical and
First Responder Training.
Freedman is a fourth generation Hadassah member, following in the footsteps of her
maternal grandmother, mother,
accompanied by her two sisters,
Beth and Judy, and her husband,
Daniel Rosen, and her five children, Thomas (27), Isaac (26), Natasha (23), Alex (18), Matthew (14) and
niece Lisa.
Michele Lippin, a life member of Hadassah, will also be installed as the Co-President of Hadassah Westchester Region.
Lippin previously served as
the Region’s Recording Secretary,
VP and Chapter Advisor, NYLAC
Leader, Webmaster, and Speaker
Coordinator. At the chapter level
she has served as Rayim Chapter
President, VP Programming, VP
Membership, and VP Education
and has received three awards,
Michele Lippin
“Woman of the Year,” “National
Leadership,” and “Presidential
Leadership. ”
In the past, Lippin served
as an active member in her local
community on their Community
Advisory Board inspiring positive
character in school age children
K-12. She was also instrumental
in implementing and organizing
the first and second fundraising
New Director Named for Carmel Academy’s PALS Program
Carmel
Academy
has
named veteran special education educator and Middle School
Dean, Jonathan Holub, to head
the school’s groundbreaking
PALS program.
Holub has been appointed
Carmel Academy’s Director of Educational Resources effective immediately -- a role that puts him
at the helm of the school’s PALS
(Providing Alternative Learning
Strategies) program for students
with learning disabilities.
The announcement of this
key leadership position marks another important step in the evolution of Carmel Academy’s PALS
program, which was founded as a
pilot initiative 10 years ago. It has
since grown into a thriving K-8
program that is one-of-a-kind in
the Jewish day school world.
Holub began his special education career in 2003 at Westfield
Day School in Rye, NY before coming to Carmel Academy in 2008, at
which time he joined the faculty as
a 4th and 5th grade teacher in the
PALS program. He has been on
the ground floor of the program’s
growth and was instrumental in
Jonathan Holub
growing the PALS Middle School,
where he has been a math teacher
for the past seven years. In the fall
of 2014, Holub was appointed Middle School Dean.
“Jonathan has become an
integral member of the Carmel
Academy leadership team. He is a
thoughtful, creative professional
in all his interactions,” said Head
of School Nora Anderson. “This
academic year marks a major
milestone for our PALS program,
as we enter our second decade
of serving children with learning disabilities. This milestone
has given us the impetus to reflect on how the PALS program
has grown and our goals for the
future. Jonathan’s vision for the
PALS program is exciting and
forward thinking, and our search
committee unanimously agreed
that he is the ideal candidate to
continue building the PALS program as a leader in Jewish special
education.”
“I am incredibly excited
for this opportunity to continue
the growth of the PALS program,
which has been a true trailblazer
in the world of Jewish and special education,” said Holub. “I am
so proud of the education we are
able to offer students with learning disabilities, due in large part
to the vision, mission and commitment of the Carmel Academy
community. I feel fortunate to
work with an incredibly talented
faculty, and I am privileged to
continue my work and to partner
with them as we proceed on this
journey.”
Galas for the Irvington Education
Foundation. In her local Jewish
community, when Lippin was a
member of Temple Beth Abraham, she served on their 100th Anniversary Event committee. She
also inspired co-sponsorships of
programs between Hadassah and
the Temple, and Hadassah and the
local JCC.
The Irvington resident is
a dynamic Business to Business
Sales and Marketing professional
with a solid track record of training, coaching and supervising
business development teams to
achieve and exceed goals. She has
a keen ability to multi-task effectively and meet deadlines, coupled with excellent interpersonal
and communication skills, both
written and verbal. Lippin plans
to bring these skills and talents to
her role as Co-President of Hadassah Westchester Region.
In addition to being a Life
member, Lippin is part of the
Chai Society. She is married to
Gary Lippin for 32 years. Gary is
a practicing dentist in NYC. They
have two children, Allison Faythe
who is a Life member of Hadas-
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sah and lives on the West Coast
and Sean Everett, an aspiring
musician who recently graduated
college with honors. The new CoPresident enjoys going to Broadway shows, reading a good book,
playing Mah Jong and exercising
to stay healthy.
Also installed will be the
new officers of the 2016 Executive Board which includes: CoPresidents - Rachel Freedman of
White Plains and Michele Lippin
of Irvington; Organization VicePresident -Carolyn Schrier of
Scarsdale; Vice-Presidents- Greta
Berenbaum of New Rochelle,
Carol Fasman of Larchmont; Pamela Hoffman of Ossining; Diane
Kaplan of Pound Ridge; Ellen
Resnick Lewis of White Plains;
Leslie Liss of Ardsley; Caryl Ferber Poser of Stamford; and Eileen Schon Robin of Rye Brook.
Treasurer is Sheila Spicehandler of Chappaqua; Co-Corresponding Secretary is Doris
Dreyfuss of Hartsdale; Co-Corresponding Secretary is Rita Wexler of Tarrytown; and Recording
Secretary is Robin Herko of Harrison.
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Marc Intriligator, First
Hebrew Person of the Year,
1952-2015
The day after being honored
as First Hebrew Congregation’s
2015 Person of the Year, Croton
resident Marc Intriligator experienced a sudden coronary event
that led to his demise one week
later on November 29.
An Oceanside, New York native, Intriligator earned his B.A.
from SUNY Binghamton in 1974,
and his J .D. from Boston University School of Law in 1977. He
practiced commercial real estate
law as a senior partner at Dreyer
and Traub, in NYC, until 1995, after
which he was of counsel at Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding until
2005. Until his death, he was with
the NYC offices of Cozen O’Connor,
a large national law firm.
Intriligator was an avid golfer, sports fan, lover of music and
art, and a foodie. He also served as
President of Highlands Golf Club,
Croton Jewish Center, and most
recently First Hebrew Congregation.
“Commitment to commu-
nity outreach and
life-long learning has
always been my motivation to get involved,
and I see the same all
around me within our
membership,” Intriligator said when accepting the award for
First Hebrew’s Person
of the Year, given to
members who repeatedly volunteer their Marc Intriligator
time and services for
the good of the community.
Intriligator
made
volunteerism and education his
principle goals as First Hebrew
President from 2013 – 2015. He
streamlined and modernized
the synagogue’s committees and
communications which increased
participation in Social Action and
other outreach programs. Under
his leadership, the synagogue adopted a new mission statement,
hired a new Rabbi, and has been
working on a new website to better
serve the community.
Perhaps the crowning achievement during his tenure was
the transformation
of the synagogue’s
Hebrew School into
the Jewish Learning
Experience. Known
as JLE, it is a handson project-based approach that engages
children, teens and
their families in activities that bring Jewish values to life
in the community and beyond. As
a commitment to the importance
of such an education, JLE was
made tuition-free for synagogue
members, with a special offer for
non-members.
Intriligator is survived by
his wife Roxanne, his junior high
school sweetheart whom he married in 1977. He is also survived by
three sons, Seth, Josh, and Daniel,
three daughters-in-law and three
granddaughters.
Real Estate Matters: Late January or
February May be the Best Time to List
Your Home for Sale
BY JOHN BAER, SRES
Late January and February
are in the middle of winter and
everyone knows that the springtime, when flowers are in bloom
and your lawn is lusciously green,
will show your house off to its very
best. Well, I’m here to make the
case for listing your home in late
January or February, and not in
the spring.
Redfin researchers recently
completed a study based on data
compiled between 2010-2014, and
found that February is historically
the best month to list. An average
of 66% of homes listed sold within
90 days. In the two-year study
completed in December, Redfin
researchers found that in each of
19 major markets, including coldweather cities, “home sellers were
better off listing their homes in
the winter than during any other
season.”
So, why is this the case?
1.Less
Competition
- Most sellers don’t put their
homes on the market during fall
and winter, which means if there
are buyers looking to buy here, in
Westchester, you may be at an advantage selling when most sellers
are waiting.
2. More time to get top
dollar - Because there is less competition, marketing your home
early may result in securing a
higher price.
3. January is the biggest
transfer month – Did you know
that more corporate moves happen during the month of January
than at any other month of the
year? Corporate transferees, who
need to buy a house now, simply
cannot wait until spring.
4. Your home will stand
out in the crowd - Is it easier to get
noticed in a group of 10 or 100?
Those numbers are extreme, but
your listing is bound to get more
exposure now with a lower number of homes for sale than when a
higher number becomes available.
5. Better timing - By selling your house during the winter
you may be putting yourself in the
best situation to buy, you will have
the opportunity of “first dibs” on
the spring inventory.
6. Your Closing Process
will be Faster - Due to the record
low interest rates, banks have
been inundated with home purchases and refinancing paperwork, sometimes it can take days
for banks to send an appraiser out
there to appraise the house, which
can cause delays on the closing.
Since the volume of sales is lower,
you will be able to close your house
and receive your sales proceeds on
time and quicker, avoiding all the
frustrations of the delays.
7. A rise in mortgage
rates - The average rate for a 30year fixed-rate mortgage has fluctuated between just above 3.75%
and 4% for most of 2015. The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
or Freddie Mac as it is commonly
called, is predicting rates will rise
to 5% in late 2016.
In an earlier study conducted by Redfin, it pulled a year’s
worth of data on three quarters of
a million homes listed across the
country and analyzed sales statistics by season. Here’s what Redfin
found:
•
Homes listed in winter
sell faster: 46 days in winter vs. 55
days in summer
•
are more likely to sell: 59.2% sell in
winter vs. 53.1% sell in summer
•
sell closest to their original price: a
2.7% drop from the listing price in
winter vs. a 5.2% drop from the listing price in summer, worth more
than $14,000 on a $600,000 home
•
Overall, homes listed in
winter sell best. 5.8% more homes
listed in winter eventually sell
(compared to the overall percentage of homes listed throughout
the year), and they sell 1.4 percentage points closer to their original
list price than the median—that’s
$9,800 on a $700,000 home. And,
as stated earlier, Redfin found that
February historically has been the
best month to list your home for
sale.
Should the season influence
whether — and precisely when —
you list your home for sale? Sure.
But other, more personal factors
should get higher priority: Is your
home ready to list and show? Have
you interviewed several agents to
get comparative market analyses
on your home’s probable selling
price range? Are you prepared to
do what’s necessary to sell at maximum price, which may include
staging the interior and completing fix-ups and improvements?
Answer those questions,
and price your property realistically based on the market analyses
you’ve received from professionals
— analyses that may include advice on timing — and you should
have a good shot at a successful
sale.
John E. Baer, SRES, DPA is
a NYS licensed real estate salesperson associated with Berkshire
Hathaway Home Services Westchester Properties of Scarsdale and
Larchmont. He can be reached for
questions at 914/600-6086 or at
914/844-2059. His website is www.
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A New Year’s Resolution for the Whole Family
BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CELA
As 2016 gets underway,
many of us have made or will
make resolutions about things
we are going to do to improve
our lives or the lives of people
we care about. I’d like to talk
about one that perhaps you
may not have thought about.
Many adult children are concerned that their parents
may not have a proper estate
plan in place. The children
are worried that if something
happens to one or both parents, the children will not
be equipped to assist their
parents, and many times the
children have no idea where
the parents stand financially.
Understandably, these subjects may be hard for children
to discuss with their parents.
The children do not want to
appear greedy, and the parents may fear loss of control
or independence.
So, how can you approach your parents about
these issues? First, you should
get your own house in order; make sure that you have
executed your own will, durable power of attorney, and
advance medical directives.
After you learn about these
tools, then you should be able
to approach your parents by
referring to the fact that you
have taken care of these matters for yourself. Then, ask
your parents if they have done
the same planning. The goal
is to balance safety with in-
Kitchen & Bath Insider© #182
Face Transplant Update
BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.
More akin to science fiction than science fact, several people have received face
transplants in the last couple
of years. Now relegated to only
the most horrific accidents,
like most medical miracles,
as the techniques are perfected, this type of operation
will eventually become much
more commonplace. Once that
happens, it’s only a matter of
time until the procedure will
become available as elective
surgery for those who are not
pleased with their existing faces, or maybe just want a new
look. After all, who wants to go
around their whole lives with
the same old face? Wouldn’t it
be nice to re-face for your 25th
high school reunion? And then
again for your 30th?
Fortunately, great strides
have also been made in face
transplants for your kitchen
(and other) cabinetry. As materials and techniques have
been perfected, refacing your
kitchen can now be done on an
elective, economical basis and
when it’s done right, it can be
indistinguishable from a new
kitchen, beautifying all those
unsightly spots that have embarrassed you for years.
In the not so distant
past, a few brave practitioners
risked their reputations using
early refacing techniques. You
could choose from a catalog
of about three different styles
and colors for refacing, and
most of those were brittle laminate doors that had no detail.
To make matters worse, the
material was adhered to the
face of the cabinets with con-
tact cement, a terribly toxic,
highly flammable adhesive
that had a life expectancy of 10
to 15-years. Not very enticing!
So the scientists at Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing (3M) got to work and
created a new adhesive that
is non-toxic, non-flammable,
odorless, and gets stronger as
it ages! It doesn’t get any better
than that! Then someone (I’m
not sure exactly who) created a
material called Rigid-Thermofoil, also known as RTF. This
new wonder product is a vinyllike material which is fused
onto furniture grade composition board. Using computer
controlled heat and pressure
to create the finished product,
it is flexible, much more resilient than the old laminates of
yesteryear, and can be formed
into different shaped doors
enabling the manufacturers
to create hundreds of exciting styles. But they didn’t stop
there. New photographic techniques were developed to duplicate the beauty of real wood.
This year, they even came out
with an RTF product that looks
just like stainless steel, creating a very attractive, contemporary look for your cabinets.
In 1951, Raymond Lowey,
the famous industrial designer
(and one of my personal heroes) wrote a book entitled
Never Leave Well Enough
Alone. Apparently, the manufacturers who make wood
doors for refacing recently discovered this book because they
decided to introduce replacement doors in new shapes and
wood species. No longer are
you relegated to just oak, maple and cherry. Now you can
reface in eco-friendly bamboo,
walnut, mahogany and sapele
to name just a few. Then the
guys at 3M got together with
the manufacturers who crafted wood veneer and it was a
marriage made in heaven.
So, if some unforeseen
disaster has caused all your
cabinetry to deteriorate, this
is a great time to investigate
refacing. As the procedure became more popular, the cost
associated with the process
has lowered considerably, just
like people refacing will after it
too becomes more routine.
Modern science has taken
giant steps forward in refacing
people as well as kitchens. To
quote the Wicked Witch of the
West, as her face deteriorated,
“What a world, what a world!”
(Unfortunately her face, along
with the rest of her, melted
to the point that a transplant
would not be recommended.)
But she could have had a beautiful kitchen.
Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R.,
is president of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Mamaroneck,
New York. A Master of Design
(Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he is an advisor
for Kitchen & Bath Design News.
A member of the Advisory Panel of
Professional Remodeler magazine
and the National Kitchen and Bath
Association, he can be reached for
questions at 914-777-0437 or www.
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dependence, and to not wait
until an emergency strikes to
start planning. Don’t first ask
them if they have done a will;
this approach may reinforce
any impression of greediness
on your part, and it can scare
away those parents who don’t
want to think about their own
mortality. Focus instead on
the durable power of attorney
and advance medical directives; ask your parents who
can make financial and medical decisions for them if they
cannot make the decisions
for themselves. You can give
the example of a temporary
disability that may require
someone to help pay the bills
or make medical decisions.
If your parents already
have a plan in place, then see
if they will let you know where
they keep their documents. If
you can, ask to review their
documents and get the name
of their attorney. The attorney
may not be able to talk with
you at that point in time, but
you will know where to turn in
case of an emergency. If your
parents do not have a plan in
place, then you should suggest
that they make an appointment with a certified elder law
attorney. Your parents may let
you schedule an appointment
for them, but you need to be
aware that the parents, not
the children, will be the clients of the attorney.
You will also want to
know where your parents
keep other important documents such as safe deposit
box keys, birth certificates,
passports, deeds, insurance
policies, investment and bank
statements, tax returns, Social Security cards, and medical insurance cards and infor-
mation. If your parents do not
want to share this information
with you, then ask them to
prepare a list and let you know
where the list can be found in
case of an emergency. You
should assess your parents’
current financial situation
to see whether your parents
have sufficient income and resources to meet their needs. If
your parents will not discuss
these issues with you, then
perhaps you might consider
asking a trusted friend of your
parents to talk with them to
encourage a family dialogue.
To help overcome this
generational communication
gap, here are some conversation-starting questions that
adult children can ask their
parents. The list is not all-inclusive; feel free to use whatever questions you think your
parents will be most comfortable with.
1. Do you feel comfortable
about your financial situation? Would a financial
planner be helpful?
2. Do you have an estate
plan?
3. Who should handle your
finances if you become
ill?
4. In the event you become
seriously ill, what level
of care and intervention
would you like?
5. Do you have enough
health insurance?
6. Do you feel your physician is well-informed
about issues common to
older patients?
7. Can we make your home
more comfortable?
8. Are you feeling secure
about driving?
9. Can you share your
thoughts about your
funeral?
10. Can you compile a list
of all your important
information?
While these are not
pleasant topics to discuss,
they are better addressed
ahead of time instead of during a crisis situation. If plans
need to be made or if existing plans need to be changed,
then the time to accomplish
these objectives is prior to an
emergency while the parents
still have the capacity to get
their affairs in order. By taking care of this in advance, you
will save your family a lot of
heartache and expense.
Bernard A. Krooks, Esq.,
is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been
honored as one of the “Best
Lawyers” in America for each
of the last seven years. He is
past President of the National
Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter
of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also
served as chair of the Elder
Law Section of the New York
State Bar Association. He has
been selected as a “New York
Super Lawyer” since 2006. Mr.
Krooks may be reached at (914684-2100) or by visiting the
firm’s website at www.elderlawnewyork.com.
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Dealing with Loss in The New Year
For individuals mourning the loss of a loved one,
the holidays can be a difficult time. Grief often becomes weightier as those
around one seem filled with
lightness and glee. Navigating this time of year can be
especially challenging because the festiveness of the
season drastically contrasts
with the sadness in one’s
heart. Holiday traditions
also can be painful reminders of the loved one’s death,
exacerbating feelings of loss,
isolation and loneliness.
For those who are grieving, it can be an ambivalent
time. Does one partake in
celebrations, buy gifts or
send cards? Does one ring
in the New Year? Often there
is a blurry line between
what one feels she “has” to
do and what she “wants” to
do. And for many the pressure of other people’s expec-
tations of them can become
unbearable.
Throughout the grieving process the “firsts” are
always difficult milestones.
At the first Thanksgiving
dinner who sits in the deceased’s seat? Who carves
the turkey if the carver has
passed away? Who makes
grandma’s
latkes
after
grandma is gone?
Some mourning the loss
of a loved one opt to skip the
holiday season by getting
away. They feel that being
removed physically helps
them to disconnect emotionally. Others embrace the
holidays as a way of memorializing their loved one. And
some choose to create new
rituals and traditions.
The holidays can put
an added strain on children
who are dealing with loss.
More than likely they can’t
get support from their peer
group. The adults around
them must process their
own grief while helping the
children sort out theirs.
Adults shouldn’t always hide
their feelings in an effort to
protect the children around
them. If one who is grieving
is sad, it’s appropriate to cry.
If one is happy, it’s fine to
show it. Children take their
cues from the adults who are
close to them. The actions of
adults can go a long way toward validating children’s
own emotions, thus giving
them permission to feel the
way they do.
If a household has experienced the loss of a loved
one, it can be helpful to ask
the children for their input
and ideas about celebrating. Their comfort level will
dictate the degree of merriment. Many families create
a special way to recognize
their loved one during the
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Jewish Parliamentarians Trade Ideas with Israeli Officials on Diaspora
Twelve Jewish parliamentarians
from around the world held a series of
meetings with senior Israeli officials
and top MKs at the Knesset on December 21 as part of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians meeting,
operating under the auspices of the
World Jewish Congress.
The delegates, led by ICJP Chairman Congressman Eliot Engel, were
briefed in the various sessions by MK
Michael Oren, opposition leader MK
Isaac Herzog, MK Yair Lapid and Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs
Naftali Bennett. They also held talks
with senior officials from the Prime
Minister’s Office.
MK Michael Oren, the former
Israeli ambassador to the US, told the
parliamentarians, “I thought I knew
this country very well until I got into
Knesset, and then I realized I don’t
know it at all.” He briefed the parlia-
mentarians on a range of issues, including the recent wave of knife attacks in
Israel, the European Union’s decision
to label products made in West Bank
settlements, and responded to security
questions posed by the delegates.
Regarding the labeling of settlement goods, Oren said: “Labeling is
anti-Semitic. There are hundreds of
territorial disputes in the world. Only
Israeli products are being labeled.”
MK Isaac Herzog focused his
remarks on the political divides preventing a solution to the Middle East
conflict, telling the parliamentarians: I
am here to say that we need to separate
from the Palestinians.”
“This conflict is not manageable,”
he added. “It has to be resolved – but
right now, if you look at the mood of the
people, it’s at its worst ever… You can’t
disregard the notion of the two-state solution. If that’s over, you’ll be moving to
Leaders Come Together to Support
UJA-Federation of New York
The ICJP delegation. credit: Shahar Azran
the one-state solution whether you like
it or not… the reality is impossible… you
can’t govern another people.
MK Yair Lapid touched on the issue
of boycotts which he called “a strategic
threat” and discussed the anti-Israel sentiment felt on college campuses, saying:
“They’ve been using liberal rhetoric on
campuses, telling people they’re for the
two-state solution, doing everything to
promote peace, but Israel is in the way.”
“Support for Israel has become
age based. If you’re 40 or more you’ll
support Israel because of things you
remember, if you’re under 40 you are
anti-Israel because it has become a civil
rights issue,” he added.
MK Naftali Bennett focused his
talk on his work in the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs, saying, “I’m not worried
about Israel. I’m worried about Diaspora
Jews. That’s what keeps me up at night.”
If he were Israeli prime minister, he
would invest heartily in Diaspora Jewry,
Bennett said. “The Jewish nation, the Jewish state, needs to
contribute to partnership. ”
Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold hosted
the delegates for a formal dinner
at the King David Hotel at the
end of the working day.
In his address to the delegates, Gold touched on the
American-Israeli differences
that emerged over the Iran deal,
adding that the rift was healing
well. “At the end of the day, I
think we overcome our differences, and
the alliance is much stronger than the
debate that went on about Iran.”
Former Canadian Justice Minister and outgoing ICJP Chairman Irwin
Cotler was presented with a gift of appreciation by Congressman Engel for
his years of service on the council.
The delegates represented at the
World Jewish Congress/ICJP event
hailed from Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Chile, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and
the United States.
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A near capacity crowd
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at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, October 19 to
consider two Public Hearings,
1) Amendment to Village Code
Chapter 195-4, “Motor vehicles, power tools and construction equipment,” prohibiting
construction on Sundays and
holidays; 2) passage of Local
Law/Community Choice Aggregation (CCA).
The first Public Hearing
was adjourned until Monday,
November 16.
Mike Gordon, Co-Chair
Sustainable Westchester (SW)
a non-profit membership organization of 40 municipalities described two utility bills;
1) Transmission and Distribution; 2) Energy Bill, where
residents can get a competitive
bill from an Energy Supply
Company (ESCO). “If you do
not select the competitive supplier, you are automatically de-
faulted to Con
Edison for your
energy supply.
That is a State
decision,” Gordon noted.
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2015 Westchester Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
County Executive Robert
P. Astorino announced that
six county residents who have
gained national prominence
and contributed to sports in
Westchester were
inducted into the 2015 Westchester
Sports Hall of Fame during a
ceremony on Thursday, October 22 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.
“I congratulate our newest
group of impressive inductees
– several who were multi-sport
athletes – for the hard work and
countless hours they dedicated
Michael Chiapparelli
to advance their sports
careers,” Astorino said.
“We are thrilled that this
year’s ceremony is being
hosted for the first time
at the County Center,
where the Hall of Fame
is the focal point of the
building’s newly refurbished atrium.”
The six inductees
were chosen from a pool
of 70 nominees. In order to be nominated, an
individual must be of
good character and have gained
prominence in either professional or amateur sports as a
player, coach, manager, official,
owner, writer or broadcaster.
Hall of Fame plaques are
on permanent display in the
Sports Hall of Fame gallery at
the Westchester County Center
in White Plains.
Inductees for this year’s
Hall of Fame are:
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live in… now, and for future genkets. Visually, the 25,000 square
foot store is a sparkling beauty, erations. With our new store in
complete with a second story mez- Larchmont, DeCicco & Sons now
has the opportunity to present our
zanine that will feature a full-service craft beer and wine bar and
of crosswalks, lane lines and re- times on Parkway Road from 60
pairing the Brick Road on Park to 90 minutes, east side adjacent
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the Regular Meeting Avenue.
to Leonard Morange Square;
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Bronxville Board of Trustees
“It may be necessary for us
west side; People’s United Bank
AV
on Tuesday, October 13, Village to change the sewer grates,” Mar- Plaza; Pondfield Road, in front
Administrator Jim Palmer intro- vin noted, saying that water bot- of U.S. Post Office; intersection
duced a Resolution to schedule tles and garbage were discovered
of Kraft Avenue south of Cedar
a Public Hearing at the Monday, in the storm sewer system when Street; east side from intersecNovember 9 Board meeting for it was being cleaned.
tion of Tanglewylde Avenue
Proposed Local Law No. 9-2015,
Mayor Marvin was pleased
north of Valley Road; Studio Archanging parking time limits on to announce Cablevision up- cade and Valley Road.
Parkway Road to 90 minutes.
Regarding scheduling
Palmer went on to say at
a Public Hearing on Monday,
the October 13 meeting, that
December 14 for Proposed
thereFairway
will beGreen
road closures
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ing Standards for Excavation
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of “the Yellow Brick Road” on
requiring curb-to-curb pavPark Avenue in which 36,000
ing when there are over
community.”
new bricks will be stored at
20% Utility Company disLarchmont BroKEraGE
Event sponsors included:
Wellington Circle. Park AvLeonard Morange Park New York Presbyterian-Law1946 Palmer avenue turbances, Trustee Anne W.
enue will be closed between
became a “Country-Style Oa- rence Hospital; State Farm/DaliPoorman asked, “How do
juliabfee.com
Wellington Circle and Tansis”Street,
with the
we put ‘teeth’ into this
law?”
la D. Namy, Pony Ride; Servpro
Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.
1239
Weaver
NewBronxville
Rochelle Chil$579,000
glewylde Avenue, except for
dren’s Halloween Festival, of Scarsdale/Mount Vernon; AdVillage Administrator James
local deliveries. Mayor Mary
presented by Chamber of Com- miral Real Estate Services Corp;
Palmer replied that the VilMelinda Burge
C. Marvin added that sallage can act on the Bond; Marvin merce and Village on Sunday,
Bronxville Ballet; Candy Rox;
vaged bricks will be used to re- grades on Kraft Avenue and
added that the Village can “pull October 18, with carnival, pony Emre Management Company,
pair other Village brick roads.
rides, live music by “Country
Park Place which will facilitate
the permit.”
LLC; Junior League of BronxIntroducing
Bronxville second and third floor rentals to
Trustee Randolph J. Mayer Mist;” many local vendors and ville; Sylvan Learning Center
Women’s Club President Joyce architect and law firms “with imcivic organizations.
suggested repairing streets with
and Trustco Bank.
Balint, Marvin thanked her orga- proved internet service.”
“This is our Annual Chilthe same material that they were
“It is great coming out to
nization for storing bricks from
The Mayor stated, “If streetconstructed, not just universal dren’s Halloween Festival the Festival,” Junior League
the Yellow Brick Road. “Our 1928 lights are out for any length of
asphalt patches; this was incor- which we have been doing for
Vice President of Memberbuilding on 135 Midland Avenue time, it is an electrical issue. Poabout fifteen years,” accordporated into the Resolution.
ship Laura Benson stated. “W
is on the New York State and Na- lice officers check for outages
ing to Chamber of Commerce
Finally, Doug Meyer, Presiecover Bronxville, Yonkers,
tional Registers of Historic Plac- and report them in the morning. dent and Melinda Burge, Execu- Executive Director Susan
Tuckahoe, Eastchester and
es. It does need repairs on the in- Bulbs can be replaced immeMiele. “It was first started by Mount Vernon. Our vision is to
tive Director, Community Fund of
side and outside,” Balint stressed. diately but extended electrical
Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuck- Bob Krause of Mrs. Morgan’s eradicate hunger in Southern
Bronxville Mayor Mary C. outages are a ConEd issue that
ahoe made a Special Presentation Flower Shop, who organized
Westchester and we hope that
Marvin opened the November we can’t fix. We have called them to kick off their annual campaign,
the Festival independently of interested women will join us.”
9 Board meeting by reporting a and are on top of the situation.”
funding 25 agencies in those mu- the Chamber for a few years
Delicious baked goods
“flurry of unprecedented activuntil we took it on, because it were offered by Chantilly PaLocal Law #9-2015 was
nicipalities. “Our goal this year is
ity” in the Village, citing striping passed, extending parking meter to raise $525,000,” Meyer stated.
was such a great event for the
tisserie. “This is our fourth
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“Country-Style Oasis” at
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Coalition Protests Anti-Israel, Pro BDS
Speakers at Greenburgh Town Hall Event
Over 60 members of the
Westchester Jewish community with the Jewish Rapid Response Coalition (JRRC) rallied
outside of Greenburgh Town
Hall on Monday, October 19,
protesting anti-Israel speakers inside, encompassing the
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP);
Tree of Life Educational Fund
and WESPAC Foundation.
Speakers inside Town
Hall included Suhail Sami
Khalilieh, Head of Settlements
Monitoring Department at the
Applied Research Institute,
Jerusalem and Gideon Levy,
Haaretz columnist and author
of weekly “Twilight Zone” feature, covering Israeli occupation in West Bank and Gaza.
“As you know, I am a
strong supporter of Israel,”
Greenburgh Supervisor Paul
Feiner stressed. “I’ve attended
many events sponsored by the
Westchester Jewish Council,
have been to Israel 3 times,
wanted to be a Rabbi before
going into politics and oppose
the boycott of Israel. I feel that
Israel is being treated very unfairly by the media.
“Because the Town never
had a policy denying any group
access to Town Hall it would
have been a
violation of the
First Amendment to deny
the organizers
of the forum
the
meeting
space…I called
the Anti-Defamation League
and
WJC,
spoke
with
constitutional
lawyers
and
and felt we
had no choice
but to allow
the meeting to
go on.”
Shortly before the activities began, Tree of Life member Aleen Masoud, Bethlehem
remarked that she attended
Fourth Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration
year at the Festival with lots
of kids, lots offood and a really
good environment for everybody,” Maria Delgado-Gambini
noted.
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(From left) Ben Blumberg of Larchmont, Susan Taxin Baer of Scarsdale, and Rick Koh of
Armonk
More than 100 business and
cards to the event, which were given
professional leaders from around
to the young residents of the EdenWestchester County came together to wald Center in Pleasantville during
celebrate the Chanukah holiday and
UJA-Federation’s Gift of Chanukah
learn about the work of UJA-Federaprogram on Sunday, December 13th,
tion of New York. Working with nearly
a day when volunteers bring the joy
100 beneficiary agencies, synagogues,
of the holidays to clients of its benefiand other Jewish organizations, UJA- ciary agencies. Edenwald, a co-ed resFederation is the world’s largest local idential treatment center that cares
philanthropy, with a reach spanning for young people with emotional and
from New York to Israel to more than
cognitive problems, is run by the Jew70 other countries around the world.
ish Child Care Association, an agency
The reception, which attracted that UJA-Federation supports.
more than 100 guests, took place at
“This evening fills me with gratithe Business and Professional Divi- tude for what I have and what I’m able
sion Reception on Thursday, Decemto give,” Rick Koh of Armonk, chair
ber 10, 2015, at the Renaissance Westof the event, told the gathering. “On
chester Hotel in West Harrison. The behalf of those kids, many of whom
Business and Professional Division is
may have gone without gifts during
deeply committed to sustaining UJAthe holidays if not for your generosity,
Federation’s network of life-altering thank you.”
agencies by bringing together likeSusan Taxin Baer of Scarsdale
minded individuals with shared inand Ben Blumberg of Larchmont
terests, values, and purpose.
serve as co-chairs of the Westchester
Guests brought gifts and gift Business and Professional Division.
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all homes in Pelham &
Pelham Manor
On Saturday evening, December 5th, the Westchester
Jewish Community will come
together for the Fourth Night of
Jewish Learning and Celebration sponsored jointly by the
and the Westchester Board of
Rabbis. The event which will be
held at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle and attracts
over 400 people. It is a unique
night of community, connection
and learning. Over 30 Westchester Rabbis will teach classes
and interactive workshops on
an array of topics. The Night of
Jewish Learning is for all adults,
no matter your background,
practice, affiliation or age. Topics range from Jewish Thought,
text, philosophy, spirituality,
sports, culture, life and love.
“This is a true community
event,” the Westchester Jewish
Council notes. “ We are
able to bring together
a diverse group people
from all over Westchester. Not only do the Rabbi’s teachings represent
a cross section of areas
and denominations but
so do our participants.
The crowd represents
North and South Westchester, the affiliated
and non affiliated, young
and old.
Our Rabbis
have selected a unique
and fun selection of topics. Everyone is sure to
find a class they will enjoy. “
After 2 sessions of
workshops, the community will
join for a Celebration which includes a delicious Kosher Dairy
Dessert reception and the Music
of Rabbi Andrew Bossov.
War Veterans Recount Harrowing
Roles in Camp Liberations
Left to right: Death Camp Liberator Alan Moskin; Millie Jasper, Executive
Director, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center (HHREC); Liberator
Bernhard Storch; Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman S. Rosenblum; Westchester Jewish Council (WJC) Executive Director Elliot Forchheimer
Over 125 citizens from
the Village of Mamaroneck
and outlying communities
including a large group of students from Jewish Community
Center of Harrison (JCCH),
accompanied by Rabbi Eytan
Hammerman, gathered at the
Mamaroneck Village Courtroom on Wednesday, October
7 to hear two powerful witnesses to history, Jewish War
Veterans Alan Moskin, 89
and Bernhard Storch, 93 who
helped to liberate Nazi Death
and Concentration Camps during World War II.
The program was the
third in a series presented
by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center
(HHREC) in conjunction with
the Village of Mamaroneck.
“At the end of World
War II when these gentlemen
TEAM JCCH raises over $1,800 in the
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Jewish Learning by going to wjcouncil.org. Ticket prices are
$20 per person by November
25th and $25 after that date.
For more information about the
Night of Jewish Learning and
Celebration, contact Donna Bartell at the Westchester Jewish
Council by phone at 328-7001 or
by email donna@wjcouncil.org.
The Jewish Community Center of Harrison has been participating and raising
thousands of dollars in the annual 5-mile walk to raise money and awareness
for breast cancer for many years. Over 30 people on TEAM JCCH carried on
this tradition of community service during the October Walk. The morning was
brisk as they gathered at Manhattanville College to join thousands of others
in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, but the energy was great
and sense of purpose was contagious.
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