HAMODIA C41Community 3 IYAR 5772 APRIL 25, 2012

BY C. BAUMWOLSPINER

There are probably few Jewish homeswhere the resolve to “get started afterPesach” isn’t a familiar refrain fromPurim, or even Chanukah, onward. Well,the good news is, that time is now!Whether you ate too much matzah onPesach or simply developed sluggish eat-ing habits over the winter months, theseweeks present an ideal opportunity tostart that weight-loss program you’vebeen talking about for months. In order tohelp you on your way, we spoke to Mrs.Tamar Feldman, R.D., C.D.E., a registereddietician who runs a popular private prac-tice in Lakewood.

Let’s begin by explaining the term“registered dietician.” Is there adifference between an R.D. and anutritionist?

The “registered dietician” credentialcan only be used by practitioners who arecurrently authorized by the Commissionon Dietetic Registration to use this legallyprotected title. Individuals with this cre-dential have completed a minimum four-year course that includes a thousandhours of internship. Some R.D.s call them-selves nutritionists, but the definition ofthe term “nutritionist” varies and is

vague. Only R.D.s are deemed competentenough to work in a hospital setting, andthe training of a registered dieticianensures that the practitioner follows evi-dence-based guidelines and has the abilityto work with more complicated diseasestates, such as diabetes or kidney disease.

Why did you decide to pursue acareer in this field, and whichareas do you work in?

I wanted to be involved in a career thatwould help people. I was always interest-ed in health and fitness, and I was espe-cially excited by the knowledge that manysicknesses can actually be preventedthrough healthy eating habits, so becom-ing an R.D. sounded like a good idea.

I completed an online degree in dietet-ics, together with an internship at MiamiChildren’s Hospital and Mount SinaiHospital, in Miami, Florida, my home-town. Upon graduating, I worked as adietician at Jackson Memorial Hospital inMiami, specializing in diabetes educationand nutrition support, and then atConcord Healthcare Long Term Care andRehab in Lakewood, N.J. During this peri-od, I also began a private practice, whicheventually became my main focus. Someof my clients are referred to me by local

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BY SHLOIMY BLAU

It is no secret that the U.S. economy hasbeen reeling in recent years. Nor is it asecret that our nation’s economic woeshave hit frum communities hard. Meetingthe family budget is that much harder.

No doubt, a major component of theresponse to such a challenge is creativity.New careers and business concepts must beunearthed. That has been the secret to thesuccesses that many have had in respond-ing to the lack of traditional avenues of par-nassah, and it has ultimately turned out tobe a blessing in disguise.

For some, this creativity turned out to berather simple — a return to basics that havebeen largely abandoned.

From Networking To Vocational Training

Reb Duvi Honig is one Lakewood resi-

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Silver, Mund and SchwartzVictorious in Fierce Election Race

Yoni Silver, Yoel Schwartz and Lee Mundcruised to victory in last Tuesday’s SchoolBoard election, defeating Meir Grunhut,Irene Miccio and Meir Singer. Also on thetable was the $70-million tax levy, whichwas voted down for the tenth time in thepast eleven years.

The final results were as follows: Silver:3,079 votes (18.3%); Mund: 3,015 votes(17.9%); Schwartz: 2,910 votes (17.28%);Singer: 2,560 votes (15.20%); Miccio: 2,715votes (16.1%); Grunhut: 2,487 votes(14.77%). The budget was voted down 81%-19%.

The vote in the predominantly frumneighborhoods was split virtually 50/50,allowing the large population of seniors inLakewood to play a key role in deciding theoutcome of the election. Despite the lowvoter turnout from the frum community,this year’s election is believed to have gar-nered the strongest overall turnout for anyBOE election in Lakewood history. A totalof 16,840 votes were cast by 5,909 voters.Voter turnout was 15.25%. In 2010 a total of16,397 votes were cast, the only other yearthat comes close to this year’s number.

Silver had kind words for the two incum-bents who lost in their re-election bid. “Iwould like to thank Meir Grunhut for all hehas done for the Lakewood community,” hesaid. “He has been a true shliach tzibbur,and I appreciate all I have learned fromhim. I also would like to congratulate Irene

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dent who has spent the past fewyears working to fill gaps in thecommunity’s parnassah net-work. After experiencing twistsand turns in his own businessventures, Mr. Honig realizedthat there must be a concertedcommunal effort to help yun-geleit looking to enter the busi-ness world, or to help thosealready in business find vehi-cles for financial advancement.“‘Go find parnassah on yourown’ is old-style language,” hesays.

In 2010 Mr. Honig opened arevolutionary Learn andNetwork Kollel, where men canlearn during afternoon sedereach day and network withother breadwinners. The kollelgained affiliation with manyemployment, social-serviceand vocational organizations,and headhunters fromLakewood and beyond.

The kollel also built a rap-port with various successfulprofessionals and businesspeo-ple who deliver lectures to itsmembers on the ins and outs ofpractically every business sec-tor. They are available to mem-bers for private consultation.

Since its establishment thekollel has seen a growingstream of locals of all ages andstages walk through its doorsand has instituted steady shi-urim, in addition to a specialSunday learning program. RebDuvi says that countless jobshave been landed and business-es launched through the net-working of kollel members.Similar learn-and-network kol-lelim have been opened in NewYork, Yerushalayim, andbeyond.

In late February the kollelhosted a first-of-its-kindParnassah Expo in Lakewood.The expo attracted more than7,000 men and women fromLakewood and other communi-ties throughout the UnitedStates. It featured access totraining programs, businesstools, and businesses looking tohire.

During preparation for theexpo, Mr. Honig took stock ofthe diverse group of connec-tions and resources that thekollel has amassed and wasstruck by one glaring omission.“I saw so many resources forthose looking to become busi-nessmen and white-collar pro-fessionals,” he said, “but wasamazed to see practically noth-ing for the hands-on guy.”

Identifying the GapOur era is one in which tech-

nology is supplanting humansin corporate functions, andprofessional duties are typical-ly outsourced to low-costemployees in other countries.Layoffs of veterans have beenrampant, and newcomers face a

tight job market, high expecta-tions, and low salaries.

The focus began movingfrom accounting, computerprogramming, law, and mort-gage financing to other fieldsthat were widely neglected —and in which there was moreopportunity. Plumbing, electri-cal work, auto repair, HVAC(heating, air conditioning andrefrigeration), and other suchprofessions have the potentialfor respectable earnings. Andthe work can never be out-sourced to foreign shores.

Reb Duvi noticed the sametrend on a local level. A majorelectrical contractor in theregion had ordered a booth atthe Parnassah Expo and waslooking to hire. Many otherbusinesses would certainly beinterested in hiring talent fromthe Lakewood community.Numerous Lakewood residentsown, develop and manage realestate locally and throughoutNew York, New Jersey, andPennsylvania, and wouldappreciate using local, reliablecommunity-based talent fortheir mechanical needs as well.

Yet the supply of frum localsin those trades was weak, andthe availability of venues forthem to grow in these tradeswas almost nonexistent.

“I would always meet peoplein the kollel who were great atworking with their hands butwere unable to secure any long-term occupations with theirtalents, and that bothered metremendously,” Reb Duvirecounts.

He adds that his experiencehas taught him that such profes-sions are rewarding. In previousyears he helped run an out-of-town mosad for bachurim whodid not learn on a full yeshivahschedule. They learned varioushands-on trades that they foundfulfilling, and eventually usedthem to earn parnassah for theirfamilies.

Setting Up the SolutionNever one to take no for an

answer, Mr. Honig set aboutmaking this possibility avail-able to local breadwinners.With no personal connections,he knocked on the doors of theexecutive offices at OceanCounty College’s VocationalTechnical School (OCCVTS),which offers more than 40courses at six regional loca-tions.

After being directed to a topschool executive, he explainedthe need for mechanical train-ing courses for the frumLakewood community. “Theexecutive was laughing when Irelated this idea,” he recounts.“This was the first time he hadever heard anyone suggest it.”

After several months ofefforts and approval from theOcean County Freeholders andother OCCVTS decision-mak-ers, the idea of a Lakewoodtrades training program was nojoke. The school agreed to openspecial classes through Learnand Network, which accommo-dates the community’s sensi-tivities and is open to all com-munity members, whether inthe kollel or not.

Class size will be limited toten students each and will beheld at various state-of-the-artOCCVTS facilities. They will betaught by the school’s own fac-ulty members; however, inkeeping with the community’sneeds, they will be held beinhasedarim, from 2:30 to 5:00p.m. Transportation will beprovided from Lakewood.

Thus far, courses are beingoffered in automobile mechan-ics, electricity, plumbing,HVAC and welding. A course inbeginner construction is in theworks. Mr. Honig stresses thatthe classes are unusuallyaffordable, require no prioreducation or degree, and arerelatively short, with only 12

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Rabbi Chaim Mordechai and Mrs. Rivka BrodieRabbi Moshe and Mrs. Chumie BrodtRabbi and Mrs. Stern

Mazel tov to the grandparents Rabbi Avrohom Aba and Mrs. Bryna HerskowitzRabbi Dovid and Mrs. Deena SommersRabbi Fishel and Mrs. Chanie ZiegelheimRabbi Yanky and Mrs. Frimie FriemanRabbi Mordechai and Mrs. Shaindy Schwinder

Baby GirlRabbi Raphael and Mrs. Chayala TawilRabbi Yehudah and Mrs. Baila E. ReichRabbi Mordechai and Mrs. Rifky PeretzRabbi Yaakov M. and Mrs. Eta KaufmanRabbi Aryeh L. and Mrs. Miriam FeldbergerRabbi Chaim Z. and Mrs. Gitty EidelmanRabbi Shlomo and Mrs. Chava HalberstadtRabbi and Mrs. Schwed

Mazel tov to the grandparents Rabbi Reuven and Mrs. Rochel RichterRabbi Yehudah and Mrs. Chavy Ruvel

Bar MitzvahMotty Grunberger

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Sruly and Mrs. Hudy Grunberger. Moshe Saltz

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Shimon and Mrs. Leah Saltz. Eliyahu Rothschild

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Yechiel and Mrs. Pessie RothschildShea Kaufman

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Yonah and Mrs. Brochie Kaufman.Shea Trenk

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Elimelech and Mrs. Shoshana Trenk. Shmuli Rosenberg

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Yossi and Mrs. Aviva Rosenberg.Chaim Yehoshua HeislerMazel tov to the parents Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Dina Heisler. Special mazel tov tothe grandparents Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Heisler.Mazel tov to Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Chani Lichtshein on the bar mitzvah of theirson.Mazel tov to Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs. Esty Schechter on the bar mitzvah of their son.Mazel tov to the Sandler family on the bar mitzvah of their son.Mazel tov to Rabbi Yitzchok and Mrs. Faigy Penstein on the bar mitzvah of theirson.Mazel tov to Rabbi Chesky and Mrs. Ruchama Erlanger on the bar mitzvah of theirson.Mazel tov to Rabbi Shmuel Y. and Mrs. Shayna N. Bittersfeld on the bar mitzvah oftheir son.

EngagementsMoshe Lapa to Batsheva Schneider (Edison)Binyomin Fuerst (Chicago) to Shulamis Esther LevovitzPinchos Berger (Montreal) to Chani RothbergMayer Horowitz (Monsey) to Charne SukenickYaakov Kamenetsky to Chaya Frumie GordonSimcha Lefkowitz (Yerushalayim) to Batsheva ShaingartenMoishy Schmelczer (Chicago) to Naomi SchulgasserShaya Zak to Brochy FrenkelRaphael Rottenberg to Chana M. Neuhaus (Brooklyn)Ari Moerman to Chavie Loeb (Brooklyn)Avremel Weitman (Toronto) to Goldy FrostYaakov Lob (Chicago) to Tzipora LiskerElazar Rosenfeld to Rivky Bak

WeddingsYitzi and Chaya Sora (Rozsansky) DrillmanEliezer and Tova (Lew) Kahn

Mazel tov to the parents Rabbi Aaron and Mrs. Miriam KahnTzvi and Chaya (Trop) HermanAryeh and Elisheva (Biderman) BursztynMazel tov to Rabbi Avrohom and Mrs. Faige Gutman on the marriage of their son.

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sessions per course. Once a studentcompletes each course, he will have asolid background in his chosen field,will stand a good chance of extendinghis experience in an established firm,and can potentially become self-employed.

Opening MindsRegistration for the new courses is

still open, and Reb Duvi is working ongetting sponsorships so that yungeleitwill be able to attend at a reduced cost.

One yungerman who signed up forthe plumbing course said he has alwaysknown that he is talented with hishands, but he never signed up for train-ing because he wanted to be in an envi-ronment geared toward frum people.He is optimistic about his career choice,regardless of economic conditions.

“Just like everyone will always need agrocer, they’ll always need a plumberand air-conditioning repairman,” hesays.

One major impediment to manualand mechanical work has been the stig-ma it carries among some in the com-munity. Mr. Honig believes that eco-nomic realities and the lucrative natureof mechanical work have caused achange in attitude, as has the newfoundavailability of training in a respectablefrum environment.

“I see bnei Torah with long beardsexpressing interest in these courses,”he says. “Five years ago, we wouldn’teven be having this conversation.”

Another yungerman, who has signedup for the HVAC course, expressespride in his choice. “I don’t think any-one looks down anymore on a frumrepairman who walks into his home,” hesays. “The derech haTorah is for some-one to earn an honest living for his fam-ily if he has to.”

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