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September 2017 -- Elul 5777 - Tishri 5778, Volume 23, Issue 9

For Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Lester Bronstein will Reference Tikkun Olam at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Bet Am Shalom Syna-gogue’s Rabbi Lester Bron-stein, revealed that his Rosh Hashana Theme in his sermon to his White Plains congrega-tion, will be T’ruah, “the bro-ken shofar call, part panic and part call to action, leading to T’Kiah Godolah, the final long Shofar blast, ultimately getting to Tikkun Olam, ‘repair of the world.’”

Rabbi Bronstein co-inci-dentally is a board member of “T’ruah,” a New York City or-ganization of 1800 rabbis and cantors advocating Human Rights in North America, Israel

and the occupied ter-ritories.

“This idea will resonate this year, be-cause all people from the Right to the Left and Middle are feeling broken. It is not the old concept of ‘broken,’ because people do not agree or talk to each other. You are seeing a re-emergence of out-rageous hate-inspired voices getting their day…If there was ever anything to bring the Republican and Demo-cratic Jews together, [Charlottesville, VA],

this is it…“On August 16

White Plains interfaith clergy wrote a letter of gratitude to Republi-can Senators who stood up even at the risk of standing up to the President of the United States, to call for moral equivalency between hate groups and the people who protested them; everyone from John McCain, the Left side of the Republicans to Ted Cruz on the Far Right. They all spoke as one voice.

“If you say to some

rabbis in August, ‘What are you going to speak about tomor-row,’ if he/she is honest, they would say that they were going to talk about Charlottesville. But a month from now, there might be new cataclysmic events. We are in quicker news cycles, the reflection of a larger cataclysm.”

Bronstein cited an exam-ple of those rabbis who wrote their High Holiday Sermons before 9/11, one and a half weeks before Rosh Hashana. “Some Rabbis who wanted to discuss Teshuva (repen-tance) were roundly criticized by their congregants; others threw out their sermons and

started over.“You have to talk about the

same thing every year—what are the big values that kept us over the years and how do they apply to each crisis coming at us? We have to speak out…You must deal with congregants’ pain, letting people know how you feel about them and shar-ing their anxiety,” Bronstein concluded.

Bet Am Shalom, 295 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, is a Reconstructionist Synagogue, comprised of 425 households. Rabbi Bronstein has led the congregation for 28 years.

Rabbi Lester Bronstein

Cuomo Signs Legislation Making Attacks on Community Centers a Hate Crime

On Monday, August 14, Governor Cuomo signed into law legislation adding Commu-nity Centers to the definition of “public places”, allowing for identity-related attacks and threats to be treated as hate crimes under New York State’s criminal law.

The legislation, (A.7198A/S.5512) was intro-duced in April 2017 by West-chester Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and State Senator Pat-rick Gallivan. In March, Sena-tor Latimer introduced similar legislation in the State Senate.

The legislation was prompted by bomb threats at

Jewish community centers across the country, including threats made in Westchester County.

Under existing law, cer-tain crimes, if perpetrated specifically because of beliefs regarding race, gender, reli-gion, disability or sexual ori-entation, can be prosecuted as

“Hate Crimes”. Although many public places are currently covered by the law, community centers are not.

By prosecuting these charges as hate crimes, the punishment is made more se-vere. If a hate crime is alleged, the district attorney is able to increase the charge one level higher, so a low misdemeanor becomes a high one, and a high misdemeanor can be prosecut-ed as a hate crime felony.

Senator Latimer said, “I applaud my colleagues for moving this bill through the legislature so quickly, and I deeply appreciate Governor Cuomo signing it with such expediency. Our prosecutors need to have the appropriate tools to deal with these terrible crimes.”

The Latimer bill, S.5065-

Governor Andrew Cuomo

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U.S. Conference of Mayors and ADL Join on Action Plan to Combat Bigotry, Extremism & Discrimination

The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and The Anti-Defamation League recently announced a new joint plan to fight extremism and bigotry and promote justice and equal-ity in response to the disturb-ing hate and violence seen in Charlottesville, Va. More than 200 mayors from across the country representing USCM so far have pledged to imple-ment the plan. Locally, Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Ro-chelle and Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York have signed.

USCM partnered with ADL to develop the 10-point Mayors’ Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry. This is part of the Alliance Against Hate, a new ADL ini-tiative that will work with the public and private sectors to reject hate. Under the Com-pact, mayors commit to vigor-

ously speak out against all acts of hate; punish bias-motivated violence to the fullest extent of the law; encourage more anti-bias and anti-hate education in schools and police forces, us-ing ADL experts and resources for both; encourage commu-nity activities that celebrate

their population’s cultural and ethnic diversity; and ensure civil rights laws are aggressively enforced and hate crimes laws are as strong as possible.

“Terrorism by white supremacists, like what took place in Charlottes-ville, is a clear and pres-ent danger to America’s cities,” said Austin Mayor Steve Adler. “Mayors are eager to join with the Anti-Defamation League to fight hate, and I’m

honored that Mayor Landrieu asked me to help lead a coor-dinated campaign across this country to promote the May-ors’ Compact to Combat Hate, Extremism and Bigotry. Only the Statute of Liberty should be carrying a torch these days, and her message of respect

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson

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A Meeting of a Lifetime, Holocaust Survivor Meets His Liberator

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

For the first time in 72 years, Holocaust survivor Nan-dor Katz, 91, Mount Kisco met Alan Moskin, Nanuet, also 91, the man that helped liberate him from Gunskirchen La-ger, a sub camp of Mau-thausen concentration camp in Austria on May 4, 1945 at a program, “A Meeting of a Lifetime,” held at Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation (MKHC) on Friday, August 11th.

The event was presented by Westchester Jewish Com-munity Services (WJCS) coun-selor Halina Rosenkranz in cooperation with Tracey Bil-ski and Sheilah Kesatie from MKHC.

An estimated 100 citizens witnessed the reunion along with Mt. Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich and Westchester County Legislator Francis Corcoran, who presented Proclamations from Mt. Kisco, County Executive Rob Astori-

no and Board of Legislators to Katz and Moskin.

“Part of my job at WJCS is to run a monthly support group of survivors,” Rosen-kranz noted.

“Mr. Katz’s Temple [MKHC]…wanted to give him a 90th birthday party. Because they don’t speak Yiddish… they had difficulty finding out anything about his past. One of the WJCS social workers suggested calling him…

“Actually, Katz reached

out to me about German res-titution and that’s when he told me that he was liberated from Gunskirchen. I said, ‘I know a Gunskirchen lib-erator whom I brought to our Holocaust Education Pro-gram from the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Speakers Bureau…’ I contacted Alan…”

Nandor was born in Czechoslovakia on Decem-ber 30, 1925. His youngest brother and oldest sister perished in Auschwitz along with his parents, one sister’s husband and four-year-old son.

Katz was deported from Budapest to Mauthau-

sen concentration camp in Austria. In early 1945 he and

two surviving brothers were marched to Gunskirchen.

Born in Englewood, NJ on May 30, 1926, Alan was drafted at the age of 18 in Septem-ber 1944 and served as a Staff Sergeant in the 66th Infantry, 71st Division, part of General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army.

Entering Gunskirchen, Moskin encountered “an of-fensive, nauseating stench…We found piles of skeleton-like bodies with no flesh…Those poor souls still alive were so emaciated, their arms were like broomsticks. Their cheeks were sunken, eyes hol-low, sores all over their bod-ies with lice crawling all over them…”

As Nandor lit six Yartz-heit (memorial) candles, Bilski remarked, “We must bear wit-ness…to forget is to kill them again…”

Left to right: Liberator Alan Moskin; Mt. Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich; Holocaust Survivor Nandor Katz.

Holocaust Survivor Nandor Katz lights 6 Yartzeit (Memorial)Candles in memory of the 6

millions Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

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Ben Sax is a Finalist in the 2017 Invest in Others AwardsBen Sax, Managing Di-

rector at Merrill Lynch Pri-vate Banking & Investment Group in New York City, has been announced as one of three national finalists for the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the elev-enth annual Invest in Others Awards. Sax is being honored for his work with the Anti- Defamation League, which will receive a $5,000 dona-tion from the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation. If Sax wins his category, the dona-tion will increase to $25,000.

The Invest in Others Awards program recognizes the charitable work of finan-cial advisors and financial services firms in communi-ties across the country and around the world. Advisors are nominated by their peers for actively giving back to non-profits to improve their communities and make a dif-ference in the lives of others. There are five award catego-

ries for advisors and two for financial services companies.

Invest in Others re-ceived hundreds of nom-inations this year and finalists were selected based on their leader-ship, dedication, contri-bution, inspiration, and impact on a non-profit and the community it serves. Nominations were blindly reviewed by a diverse panel of judges representing industry associations and nation-al media outlets.

In the mid-1990s, Ben Sax’s hometown of Larchmont, experienced acts of anti-Semitic vandal-ism. Swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases were spray painted on municipal build-ings and the homes of Jewish families. This event inspired Sax to get involved with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), whose mission involves

stopping the defamation of the Jewish people and secur-ing justice and fair treatment to all. The organization is re-sponsible for training tens of thousands of people - from law enforcement profession-als to students - every year on topics related to civil rights,

lessons from the Holocaust, anti-bullying and discrimi-nation.

F o r nearly three decades, Sax has worked with the ADL to fight all forms of anti-Semitism and bigotry while d e f e n d i n g d e m o c r a t i c ideals and pro-tecting civil rights for all. Sax is current-ly a member of

the ADL’s National Advisory Committee and also serves as the ADL’s National Chair of Development, where he is tasked with raising $50+ mil-lion in annual revenue and $100+ million in endowment funds. Leading by example, Sax successfully encourages

individuals to give gener-ously.

In addition to serving as a fundraising champion, Sax previously chaired the NY Regional Board, teaches an annual class on financial literacy to ADL’s summer in-terns, and travels to Wash-ington D.C. each year to meet with legislators on advocacy fly-in days. He’s also passion-ate about recruiting the next generation of volunteer lead-ership to the ADL, actively traveling around the country to meet with groups of indi-viduals in their 20s and 30s to encourage them to get in-volved with the organization.

Sax is also on the En-dowment Committee for the Larchmont Temple. He has a deep appreciation for the arts, enjoying theater, music, film and the visual arts. His two children are professional artists, one an actor/musi-cian/writer, the other a poet/writer and his wife Hollis, is

a photographer. In his free time, Sax enjoys playing golf, tennis, and paddle tennis. He earned his B.A. from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Awards will be present-ed at the eleventh annual In-vest in Others Awards Gala, a premier event attended by nearly 600 financial advisors and financial services execu-tives, on September 28, 2017 in New York City.

The inspiration for the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation came directly from the financial advisors who invest in others by giving back to their communities with overwhelming generos-ity and dedication. Since its founding in 2006, Invest in Others has amplified these efforts by providing a plat-form for advisors to increase awareness, visibility, and funding to their favorite non-profits. For more informa-tion, visit www.investinoth-ers.org.

Ben Sax

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AJC Westchester/Fairfield Sparks Aspirations to ActionBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

New American Jewish Committee Westchester/Fair-field (AJC) President Richard W. Cohen, 63, pointed out that AJC is the one organization “where one could take his/her personal aspirations and with AJC’s help, convert them into actions.”

Attracted by AJC’s Cen-trist sentiments, not aligned politically Right or Left, Cohen stressed, “We deal with who has the power to change the

world. “One of our most impor-

tant initiatives is Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT). We provide a really comprehensive one-year program of education, inter-action and training for High School Juniors and Seniors so that they will be prepared when they get to campus, not just to argue but to deal with people the way AJC does, which is to engage and try to educate,” Cohen stated.

Discussing Project Inter-change (PI), Cohen said that PI

is AJC’s proudest accomplish-ment in recent years. “It is easy to go with the flow if you are in the Diplomatic Corps of a non-aligned country or even aligned countries to feel sym-pathies for Palestinian causes, to read one-sided treatment that some media unfairly gives Israel...

“The best medicine for that is ‘sunlight.’ We take dip-lomats, legislators, educators, journalists and thought lead-ers from the United States and other countries to Israel on an Richard W. Cohen

all-expenses paid trip where they get to see first-hand what Israelis are like…We don’t

sugar coat it…every PI trip in-cludes an unchaperoned day in Ramallah where they get to hear the conflict story from Palestinians…” Cohen noted that bringing African lead-ers to Israel resulted in trade agreements.

Cohen emphasized that AJC maintains cordial rela-tions with the Muslim com-munity; locally with Richard S. Cohen, Chair, Muslim-Jewish Relations, “knocking on doors of mosques, offering a welcom-ing hand from AJC” and Bob Silverman, who became the first U.S. Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations on April 20,

2016.“I personally attended

an Iftar, the evening meal during the month of Rama-dan, similar to ending the Yom Kippur fast. Many Mus-lim leaders attend AJC-spon-sored Seders.

“AJC is firmly support-ive of the Two-State Solu-tion; two states living side by side, recognizing each other’s right to statehood and right to exist…”

A Mamaroneck resident, Cohen is a member of Congre-gation Emanu-El of Westches-ter where he and his wife Em-ily have served as Trustees.

Israel’s President Expresses Solidarity and Support in the Wake of Recent Events

In a message sent to Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO of the Con-ference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin, expressed his support and solidarity and that of all the Israeli people, with the American Jewish community in the difficult times following the events in Charlottesville, and he asked that his message be shared with Jewish organizations and communities across the U.S. {Refer-ring to the display of swastikas and other Nazi symbols, the President wrote}:

“At this difficult time, I want to express my support and soli-darity, and that of all the Israeli people with you and your com-munities, and ask that you kindly convey this message on my behalf to the Jewish communities across the US.

“The very idea that in our time we would see a Nazi flag - perhaps the most vicious symbol of anti-Semitism - paraded in the streets of the world’s greatest democracy, and Israel’s most cherished and greatest ally is almost beyond belief.

“We have seen manifestations of anti-Semitism again and again arise across the world; in Europe and the Middle East. In the face of such evil, we stand now as we did then. With faith. With faith in humanity, with faith in democracy, and with faith in jus-tice. I know that the great nation of the United States of America and its leaders will know how to face this difficult challenge, and prove to the world the robustness and strength of democracy and freedom.

“As we say Chazak, Chazak, ve’Nitchazek. Be strong, be strong, and we will be strong.” Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel


As we approach 5778, how can we make a difference in our own lives and in our community? How can we become even stronger, more united, and stand together in the face of challenges?

Introducing UJA’s 10 Days of Awesome, your opportunity to show up, commit, and take action during the 10 Days of Awe. Ten days to do, give, and share. To reflect on what it means to be a caring, compassionate, action-driven community. To make the world sweeter for us all.

Join us UJAFedNY.org/10daysofawesome

Calendar of Events


On September 14, UJA Fed-eration NYC Women hosts a Night with Jill Kargman, critically acclaimed best-selling author and TV star, at Sutton Place Synagogue, 225 East 51st Street, NYC. From 7 to 8:30pm, there will be a book signing and cocktails. To purchase tick-ets, contact Yael Lehmann at [email protected] or (212) 836-1288.

On September 16 at 8pm, the Para-mount Hudson Valley Theater, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill presents comedian Robert Klein. Call 739-0039 for details.

UPCOMING EVENTSBingo will be played on Sep-tember 10 and October 29 at Yorktown Jewish Center, 2966 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights. Doors open at 5pm and play begins at 6:30pm. For com-plete details, call (914) 245-2324.

The Scarsdale Library is the lo-cation for The 2017 Jewish Film Festival presented by Hadassah Westchester: October 17 at 7pm – “To Take a Wife”; October 24 at 7pm – “7 Days”; and November 14 at 7pm – “Gett: the Trial of Vivi-ane Amsalem”. For more infor-mation, call (914) 937-3151, email: [email protected] and visit Hadassah.org/West-chester

A four-session crash course to learn to read Hebrew before the High Holidays will begin Sep-tember 25 at Chabad of the River-towns, 303 Broadway, Dobbs Fer-ry. Register at chabadrt.org,RIIH

The fall meeting of The Jewish Council for Public Affairs will be held September 10-11 at Ameri-can Jewish Committee, 165 East 56th Street, NYC, and will feature David Harris of American Jewish Committee. The meetings will focus on navigating intersection-ality, criminal justice reform, and setting domestic public policy agenda. Contact [email protected] to learn more.

Every Monday from 9:30-10:45am, WJCS offers Jewish Mindfulness Meditation at Tem-ple Israel Center, 280 Old Mama-roneck Road, White Plains. Call 761.0600 to learn more.

Every Thursday from 9:30-10:45am, WJCS offers Jewish Mindfulness Meditation at Cha-pel in the Woods, Congregation Kol Ami, 252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains. Call 761-0600 to register.

Dr. BJ Miller’s lecture on Septem-ber 28 at 6pm, on all aspects of palliative care, person-centered care, the therapeutic potential of aesthetics and more is presented by The New Jewish Home, What Really Matters at the End of Life, and will be held at 6pm at the AXA Center, 787 7th Ave, NYC. Register at [email protected] or call 212.870.4751.

On Thursday nights from 7:30-9:30pm, join the Sisterhood of Temple Israel Center of White Plains, 280 Old Mamaroneck Road, for Mah Jongg. Players need not be Sisterhood or Tem-ple Israel Center members. For questions, call 472.3626.

The Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, presents an exhibit entitled Tongue in Cheek: The Inflatable Art of Jimmy Kuehnle,” through September 18. For additional in-formation, visit hrm.org.

The Scarsdale Adult School is offering the course History of American Judaism on four Tues-days taught by Ze’ev Aviezer start-ing September 12 at 11am, held at the JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale. Call 723.2325 to register.

The Greenburgh Library’s An-nual Book Sale will take place on September 16 from 10am to 5pm, September 17 from 1 to 4:30pm and September 18 from 10am to 5pm, with a preview on September 15 from 3 to 7pm. Call 574-6582 with questions and visit friendsofthegreenburghlibrary.org

SEPTEMBER7At 7:30pm, The Driscoll Profes-sorship in Jewish-Catholic Stud-ies presents a lecture entitled, “The Other Peace Process: Inter-religious Dialogue, a View from Jerusalem,” with Rabbi Ron Kronish, Muslim respondent Dr. Mehnaz Afridi and Dr. Kevin Ahern, Catholic respondent. The program is free and open to the public in Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall of Iona College, 715 North Av-enue, New Rochelle. Call 637-2744 or email [email protected] for more information.

Kol Rinah, the Jewish Chorale of Westchester has announced its Open House for Interested Sing-ers at 7:15pm at the Shames JCC on the Hudson, 371 S. Broadway, Tarrytown. For details, email [email protected], call (914) 243-9059 and visit kolrinah-chorale.org

9From 7 to 8:30pm, the Jewish Heritage Center at Temple Shaa-ray Tefila of Westchester, 89 Baldwin Road, Bedford Corners will welcome Interfaith Families for an evening of, “Reflection, Re-newal and Refreshments,” featur-ing wine, cheese and chocolates. RSVP to Alli West, (914) 307-0483.

10The Berman Family in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Norman & Rachel Ber-man and many other local Jewish families will dedicate a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Cen-ter of Bronxville. Participants will fill in a letter of the Torah, along-side the scribe during the com-

pletion ceremony at the Chabad Jewish Center followed by a grand parade down Palmer Ave-nue in Bronxville. Upon returning to the Chabad Jewish Center, all three Torah Scrolls will be taken out to greet the new Torah. For detail contact Rabbi Sruli Deitsch at [email protected] or call (914) 458-2441.

12At 7pm, Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT will host a dessert reception to celebrate the opening of, “Ev-eryday Heroes,” a photo exhibit honoring the Israeli Defense and Rescue Forces. Amotz Eyal, Founder and Director of Taz-pit Press Service will speak and Ohad Ben-Ishay, an IDF soldier who was seriously wounded in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, will discuss the critical role these soldiers play. Free and open to the community. Sponsored by Temple Sholom, TPS and Friends of the IDF. RSVP is required to Alice Schoen at (203) 542-7165 or email [email protected]

From 7:30 to 9am, network with Westchester County Jewish pro-fessionals at a Westchester Morn-ing meeting at BNC Insurance Agency, 90 South Ridge Street, Rye Brook. For complete details, call (732) 646-8877.

13Join the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy at 7pm to tour the Bialystoker Synagogue, 7-11 Wil-let/Bialystoker Place, between Grand and Delancy Streets, NYC and learn about the largest active congregation on the Lower East Side. RSVP to (212) 374-4100.

13-17White Plains Jazz Fest 2017 will be held at Arts Westchester, 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, and other locations. To view the concert schedule go to artswest-chester.org.

14At 8:30pm, see Eli and Mariano, two of Israel’s top comedians on stage at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, NYC. For tickets, call (917) 995-6191. (IAC members re-ceive a $5 discount.)

17The annual Hudson Valley Bike Ride of the Jewish Board of Fam-ily and Children’s Services will begin on the campus of Purchase College, Parking Lot W2, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, raising funds for the organiza-tion’s mental health, domestic violence and supportive hous-

ing programs offering 25- and 65-mile courses starting at 7am and 9:30am and a 10-mile course starting at 10:45am. To register, visit hudsonvalleyride.org

20At 6:30pm, the Westchester Com-munity for Humanistic Judaism will hold its annual Humanist Rosh Hashana Service conducted by Rabbi Frank Tamburello and the WCHJ choir with Professor Ruth Levy-Schudroff. No admis-sion fee, but donations welcome. The event takes place in the Com-munity Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 468 Rosedale Av-enue, White Plains. Visit wchj.org for more information.

Join Chabad of Bronxville for a four-course Rosh Hashana Com-munity Dinner following Evening Services. RSVP by September 15 by visiting jewishbronxville.com/highholidays

Join the Chabad of Pelham for a four-course dinner, song and meaningful holiday insights celebrating Rosh Hashana with Services at 7pm and Dinner at 7:30pm at Infusion Lounge, 600 Fifth Avenue, Pelham. Visit chabadpelham.com to RSVP.

20-24Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, 116 Johnson Road, Falls Village, CT, is hosting a Rosh Ha-shanah Retreat including prayer services, deep teachings, commu-nity celebrations, farm-to-table feasting, and more. Register at [email protected].

21At 6pm, join Chabad of Bronxville as they Blow the Shofar in cel-ebration of Rosh Hashana at the Bronx River Pond. Call 458-2441 for more information or email [email protected]

24Yorktown Stage presents Annie Kids, performed by children ages 6 to 12 at 1pm and 3pm. Visit york-townstage.org for details.

OCTOBER2From 9am to 3pm, the Yorktown Jewish Center, 2966 Crompond Rd, Yorktown Heights will hold an Open Air Flea market. For more information call (914) 245-2324.

21Join Westchester Region of Ha-dassah for a Breast Cancer Fun-raiser featuring Bingo, Burgers and Booze at Westchester Jew-ish Center, Palmer and Rockland Avenues, Mamaroneck. To RSVP, call 937-3151.

On October 4 at 7pm, the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center will host a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. David Frey who will discuss Africa, the Armed Forces and Atrocity Pre-vention in the Village of Mamaroneck Courtroom, 169 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Mamaroneck. For more infor-mation, contact Millie Jasper (914) 696-0738 or [email protected]

The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York City, presents “Modigliani Unmasked,” on view from September 15 through Febru-ary 4, 2018 featuring drawings by Amedeo Modigliani. For additional information, call (212) 423-3200 or visit thejewishmuseum.org

The Derfner Judaica Museum at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, 5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale in conjunction with Jewish Studies at Fordham University hosts the exhibition, “Chuck Fishman: Roots, Resilience and Renewal – A Portrait of Polish Jews, 1975-2016,” from September 17 through January 7, 2018 with a reception and talk by the photographer on September 17 from 1:30 to 3pm in the Museum. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP by calling (718) 581-1595 or email [email protected]

The New Rochelle Opera presents, “Bernstein and Friends,” on Septem-ber 17 in the Christopher Murphy Auditorium at Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle at 3pm featuring Edith Dowd (mezzo-sopra-no). For tickets, visit nropera.org or call 1-800-838-3006, ext. 1.


For Rituals to be Meaningful, Make a Good Faith Effort

BY RABBI MICHAEL GOLDMAN DIRECTOR, SENIOR PROGRAMS IN MT

VERNON, WJCS.

A passage from the Mish-nah states: “Yom Kippur atones for sins between a person and G-d, but for sins between one-self and one’s neighbor, Yom Kippur cannot atone, until one appeases one’s neighbor.” (Mishnah Yoma, 8:9)

As Jews we embrace nu-ance and complexity. “Two Jews, three arguments,” we joke, taking pride in our repu-tation—largely self-made—as a people who loves multiple perspectives. Our religion is founded upon the Talmud, a monumental work of commen-tary which to the reader often seems less intent on explain-ing than it does in reveling in multiple perspectives.

But there are occasions when ambivalence and ambi-guity drop away. The text I quot-ed above speaks of one such certainty. This is, that to get right with G-d, you first have to get right with human be-ings. We can argue over how we define “sin.” Likewise, we can disagree on “atonement.” When we say “G-d” we may have very different ideas of what we’re talking about. But one thing is clear. Our relationship with the divine is predicated on our relationship with our fellow hu-man beings. Said another way, Jewish spirituality starts with and requires our involvement in the affairs of the world. If you want to feel holiness at the mountaintop, you better have

cleaned up your area at the base camp below.

A passage from the prophet Isaiah, which we read on Yom Kippur in the morning, makes this same point:

“This is the fast I desire”…It is to share your bread with the hungry,And to take the wretched poor into your home;When you see the naked, to clothe him.” (58:6-7)

He’s not saying that fast-ing and prayer are unimport-ant; rather, they are not in and by themselves sufficient. In order for these rituals to be meaningful, we must first make a good faith effort toward clothing the naked and feeding the hungry.

Oh, and here’s another thing that Judaism speaks about with certainty: we are obligated to help. Keeping one-self from sin means more than merely not bothering other people; it means actively help-ing.

Now, we can have prin-cipled arguments about how to do that most effectively. Do we best support our world through private efforts or through the government? Do we support our “own”—those in our town, in our religious group, in our family—at a dif-ferent level than we do for those who are distant or less known to us? Do we need to serve others directly, or is it enough to write a check? One can find support for any of

these arguments, both pro and con, in our vast canon of Jew-ish sacred writing.

But while it’s not al-ways clear how to help, Isaiah speaks, loud and clear, about who it is who most deserves our help. It is the most vulner-able among us. In the words of Rabbi Anne Ebersman (about a related passage from the same prophet): “Isaiah’s vision is not complicated and it is not mul-tivalent. Our duty is simple. It is to protect the vulnerable and the wronged. There is no ques-tion here about seeing all sides of a situation. When it comes to defending the rights of the widow and the orphan, G-d is unequivocal and G-d’s loyalties are clear. G-d is always on the side of the oppressed and the vulnerable.”

No matter how we de-fine—or choose not to de-fine— “sin,” “atonement” or “G-d,” and no matter how we identify as Jews, we respond to Isaiah’s call to help the most disadvantaged among us. This means putting time and money into the institutions which do this. I do this through Westchester Jewish Commu-nity Services. WJCS has been helping people in Westches-ter County for more than 70 years overcome emotional, cognitive, physical and social challenges. If you want to en-ter Yom Kippur knowing that you’ve done something good, give your support, in time or money, to WJCS or a similar direct-service institution. At least that’s simple.

A, had a total of 28 Democratic co-sponsors in the State Sen-ate.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin said, “The recent wave of hate and vitriol that has swept this state and this na-tion is intolerable and in New York, we stand strong with our values of tolerance, kindness and empathy. This new law will ensure that any individual who seeks to install fear into New Yorkers will be served justice-I commend Governor Cuomo for signing this legislation to protect everyone across New York State. “

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must echo in America’s cit-ies where this battle is being fought.”

“Charlottesville made clear that we have a lot more work to do in our communities and we can’t wait a minute lon-ger to step up our efforts,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director. “The U.S. Conference of Mayors deserves credit for their lead-ership. Mayors have always been strong supporters of civil rights and counterweights to those who discriminate. ADL could not have found a better partner to work with against

hate.” “When white suprema-

cists, bigots, and hateful ex-tremists march in our streets with torches and swastikas, in-flicting violence and spewing ignorant rhetoric, our core na-tional values are under attack,” said Gresham Mayor Shane Be-mis. “America’s Mayors know first-hand how important it is for all of our neighbors to be included in our communi-ties, and we stand together in our outrage over the recent events in Charlottesville, and anywhere this type of behavior occurs.”

“Even as we uphold and ensure free speech in our cit-ies, as mayors we can never let hate go unchecked,” says Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait. “We must call out racial extremism for what is — provocation to divide and incite. Like cities across the nation, Anaheim draws strength in diversity and a culture of kindness. We are with all who peacefully stand against hate and intolerance.”

“The recent violent acts in Charlottesville create a strong awareness that while we have made great strides to combat bigotry and hatred, we must

note these topics as priority on our agendas,” said Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson. “We must remain vigilant in our own neighborhoods and cities to ensure these acts receive no air time, both figuratively and literally. Our job is not only to condemn those sentiments that fly in the face of our de-mocracy, it is to promote toler-ance and love of all people and freedom and justice for all.”

The United States Confer-ence of Mayors (USCM) is the official non-partisan organiza-tion of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are

1,408 such cities in the country today. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor.

The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Today it is the world’s lead-ing organization combating anti-Semitism, exposing hate groups, training law enforce-ment on hate crimes, devel-oping anti-bias curricula for students, countering cyber-hate and relentlessly pursuing equal rights for all.

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Jewish Legion from WWI to be Commemorated in Nova Scotia, Canada

David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi will be among more than 1,000 men remem-bered when the 100th anniver-sary of the Jewish Legion will be commemorated in May and September 2018 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The prominent leaders in the global Jewish commu-nity, who later became the first Prime Minister and second President of the State of Israel respectively, joined the Legion, approved by the British War Office as a Jewish military con-tingent for active duty during the First World War.

Jewish recruits from across Canada and the United States assembled at the Impe-rial Recruits Depot, located at Fort Edward, in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1918. Fort Edward served as a basic train-ing center and point of depar-ture for all North American recruits of the Jewish Legion.

Despite their later des-tiny, Ben-Gurion and Ben-Zvi, as members of the training squad, earned 50 cents a day and slept in a bell tent on Nova Scotia earth.

Once their training was complete, the recruits went to England where they joined other Jewish Battalions for the last phases of the campaign against the Ottoman Turks. This Jewish fighting force, which included the 38th, 39th, 40th and 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers, would be-come known as the Jewish Legion.

In a letter to Windsor’s mayor in 1966, Ben-Gurion wrote, “In Windsor, one of the great dreams of my life, to serve as a soldier in a Jewish unit to fight for the liberation of Israel, became a reality. I will never forget Windsor where I received my first training as a soldier and where I became a corporal.”

Indeed, this diverse group of Jewish soldiers would unite to become the foundation of Jewish national aspirations in both Israel and North America.

A small, but enthusiastic committee, chaired by for-mer Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC) executive director, Jon Goldberg, and guided by Sara Beanlands, principal of Boreas Heritage Consulting Inc., is commemorating the centenni-al of the training of the Legion in Windsor.

In conjunction with the town of Windsor, West Hants Historical Society, and the At-lantic Jewish Council, events are planned for the town in

May and September 2018.A distinct earthworks

Centennial Pavilion will be built, with considerable pri-vate funding, near Fort Ed-ward. Names of the more than 1,000 North American Jewish trainees will be listed on a Wall of Honor at the Pavilion.

The committee, called the Jewish Legion Centennial Society, is collecting names of men who served in the Jewish Legion at Fort Edward. For the public to help, respond to the committee members listed be-low with names of Jewish Le-gion soldiers of whom you may have knowledge.

To donate to the Centen-nial Pavilion or for further information, contact Jon Gold-berg: e-mail [email protected] or cell phone 902-221-2174.

For historical informa-tion or to include a name of a Jewish Legion soldier, con-tact: Sara Beanlands: e- mail [email protected] Phone: 902-483-7999

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Amanda Klestzick had no idea how her first day at Magen David Adom would end. Participating in MDA’s Overseas Volun-teer Program, Klestzick’s shift ended in the most memorable way — with the delivery of a baby!

“Everyone expects their first day to be boring, said Klestzick. “It was a beautiful event to witness and I will never forget it,” said the New Rochelle resident.

And delivering a baby wasn’t even her favorite moment as a MDA ma’ar (first aid responder).

“It was a week and a half into my volunteering. I had been there the longest out of the high school students, so I taught them how to check the ambulance properly and helped them with checking the vitals. I was proud that I was able to take on this role after being the follower in my previous shifts, as well as prove to myself that I was learning and really contributing,” she added. “Because it isn’t the importance of a call or the difficulty of a challenge that determines your role, rather it’s one’s approach towards every call that will create a meaningful MDA experience.”

A graduate of SAR High School in 2016, Klestzick just com-pleted her gap year in Israel at Midreshet Lindenbaum. Having a passion for biology in high school and always interested in medi-cine, she plans to take pre-med courses as she now starts her freshman year at Barnard College.

Americans like Klestzick are making a profound difference by helping MDA save lives in Israel. Financial support helps equip ambulances and Medicycles and provides valuable training, so MDA can rush to the scene and save lives.

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Local Teens Explore Jewish Values through Service Learning ProjectFour years after tying the

knot, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) and Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) have given birth to their first child, “Roots Israel,” a service learning adventure in Israel for young people.

Crafted in response to the growing communal needs for Jewish teen engagement, Is-rael advocacy and community service, on this journey, teens learn how the history of the land and its people served as a catalyst for Israel becoming a global leader in innovative environmental approaches, and how these approaches are rooted in the mission and val-

ues of Judaism. “Many high schools have

community service require-ments that must be fulfilled prior to graduation, and ser-vice-learning vacations are a

big trend in the U.S. right now for the teen c o m m u n i t y . While these kinds of expe-riences are of-fered all over the world, Roots Israel has found the Jewish students who are looking for something simi-

lar,” explains Yishai Goldflam, JNF’s Executive Director of Is-rael Advocacy and Education.

Based on an expansion of JNF’s successful Alternative Spring Break and Volunteer

Vacation models, participants plant trees, spend time on farms, work with disabled sol-diers and young people in the Ne-gev creating entre-preneurial oppor-tunities, and help Ethiopian families growing crops in the Negev capital of Be’er Sheva. Following the AMHSI-JNF signature of experiential learning, the trip integrates educational elements, teach-ing the rich history that made the Jewish homeland what it is today.

Roots Israel is a recipient of support from the New York Teen Initiative, an incubator whose goal is to increase the number of teens participating in immersive and inspiring Jewish summer experiences, by meeting the unique needs of today’s teens. The New York Teen Initiative is jointly fund-ed by the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jim Joseph Foundation. The Jewish Edu-cation Project serves as lead

operator of the initiative. “The New York Teen Ini-

tiative is really about trying to address one of the biggest chal-lenges in Jewish life: the kind of disappearance of Jewish teens after bar/bat mitzvah, but also the fact that there are a great many Jewish teens who have never been engaged in the first place,” said Robert Sher-man, CEO of The Jewish Edu-cation Project. “We’ve set out to find people and programs who want to experiment and design a whole new way, from business to theatre to sports to social action to speak to kids where they are,” he added.

Through the exploration of Jewish values in these tan-gible contexts, students are transformed into doers while they establish pride in their heritage. The trip exposes

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them to all that the Jewish homeland has to offer, while allowing them to have the service-learning vacation they were seeking. Of course, as with any organized Summer Israel trip, there will be purely recreational elements such as kayaking, hiking, camel rides and beach time as well.

The program, which just concluded its first ses-sion, brought 32 high school students, aged 15-17, on an in-spirational journey to Israel where they earned 40 com-munity service hours, made new friends and did their part to help repair the world. Last-ing just over three weeks, the tour combined environmental,

agricultural and social sustain-ability learning, with hands-on projects that expose teens to issues that are driving global change today.

Two thirds of the class participants are from the Greater New York area with the rest from across the coun-try, and two from France. Marni Heller of New Rochelle, is Director of Roots Israel and personally staffed the tour that included 5 County stu-dents including Talia Krausz of White Plains, Ruthi Was-serman of Scarsdale, Abigail Leonard and Janney Collens, both of Pelham and Annie Se-gal of Chappaqua.

The goal is that upon

their return home, these Jew-ish teens will be so profoundly inspired, and having obtained a comprehensive understand-ing of the issues, that they will be encouraged to facilitate improvements in their respec-tive communities. Students will also be invited to continue participating in the JNF Israel Continuum, which may in-clude attending an academic session at AMHSI-JNF, attend-ing the High School and/or College Summits at JNF’s Na-tional Conference, becoming a JNF Campus Fellow, partici-pating in an Alternative Break trip, becoming a member of the JNFuture young adults af-finity group, and beyond.

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Chabad of Pelham Welcomes the Community for the High Holidays

Chabad of Pelham invites the community to celebrate Rosh Ha-shana and Yom Kippur with them at a num-ber of special events throughout the holiday season.

Rosh Hashana heralds the beginning of the Jewish New Year and begins this year at sundown on Wednes-day, September 20 and extends until nightfall on Friday, September 22.

Chabad of Pelham offers a meaningful and inspiring High Holiday service with the sounds of the traditional Shofar. Their user-friendly services are set in a in a warm, welcoming and non-judgmental atmo-sphere, ensuring a meaning-ful experience for both the beginner and the advanced. Song, commentary and the use of English-Hebrew prayer books invite those on all levels of Hebrew-reading, or those unfamiliar with the prayers to become active participants.

A fun kids program will keep children of all ages en-tertained, ensuring the whole family can enjoy the High Holiday experience together. In addition, a special family shofar service will take place on Friday afternoon Septem-ber 22.

Chabad of Pelham is hosting a community dinner

on Wednesday evening, Sep-tember 20th, with a delicious four course meal featuring traditional holiday foods.

“We’re excited to bring a number of services that cater to all different ages, from chil-dren, to seniors to the local community, giving everyone an opportunity to celebrate the high holidays as a fam-ily and as a community,” said Rabbi Levi Groner, co-direc-tor of Chabad Pelham along with his wife, Chaya Groner.

In addition to the Rosh Hashana Services, Chabad of Pelham is hosting meaningful, prayer services on Yom Kip-pur. Yom Kippur begins this year after sundown on Friday, September 29 and extends un-til nightfall on Saturday, Sep-tember 30.

Services are free of

charge and no membership is necessary. For more informa-tion about Chabad of Pelham’s service times and location, or to reserve a space, visit www.chabadpelham.com/highholi-days or contact Rabbi Groner directly at 914 295 2699 or [email protected].

Since 2013, Chabad of Pelham offers Jewish edu-cation, outreach and social service programs for families and individuals of all ages in the lower Westchester area. Their regular programming includes weekly study class-es, Shabbat meals, children’s playgroups, family holiday programs and more. To learn more about their past events and to sign up for their news-letter to learn about future events, visit chabadpelham.com.


Mazel TovTrivia Night raises funds for UJA-Federation of New York and its network of nonprofits

Residents of Northern Westchester gathered on Thursday, August 3, 2017, to celebrate the community’s tradition of caring for those in need through UJA-Feder-ation of New York. The eve-ning’s Trivia Night took place at Mount Kisco Country Club.

Funds raised at the event go to UJA-Federation, which supports a network of more than 80 core partners and hundreds of other non-profit organizations, large and small. These nonprofits provide food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, in-dependence for the elderly, jobs for the unemployed, as well as stimulating education programs for people in New

York, in Israel, and in nearly 70 countries.

Guests brought diapers and other clothing items for Kids Kloset, a volunteer-driven program run by UJA core partner Westchester Jewish Community Services. Kids Kloset provides disadvantaged chil-dren in Westchester with donated cloth-ing, diapers, and other items free of charge, distributing nearly 13,000 bags since its inception. The gath-ering also heard from Kids Kloset Director Stephanie Roth.

“Locally, we help to sus-tain those in poverty, individu-als and families dealing with mental-health challenges and special needs, JCCs, the el-derly and Holocaust survivors, and more,” said Erica Wohl-stadter, who served as event chair with Rebecca Kohn, both of Chappaqua. “We work to strengthen the Jewish com-munity and increase Jewish identity through our work with synagogues, educational institutions, Jewish camping, innovative programming, and more.”

Event chairs Erica Wohlstadter and Rebecca Kohn, both of Chappaqua

(From left) Kristine Rothman of Chappaqua, David and Liz Zucker-berg of Chappaqua, and Dan and Carly Richman of Pleasantville.

Volunteers filled 1,400 new backpacks with school supplies for chil-dren in need at UJA-Federation of New York’s annual Supplies for Success backpack assembly event on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Supplies for Suc-cess, now in its 16th year, has helped nearly 50,000 students by sending them back to school with the tools they need to have a successful year. The backpacks will be distributed through The Educational Alliance, The Jewish Board, JCCA, Jewish Community Center of Marine Park, and New York Legal Assistance Group, as well as Good + Foundation and Lawyers for Children.

Susan Flaxman and Natalie Flaxman, 11, of Harrison

Supplies for Success HHREC Annual DinnerThe Holocaust & Human Rights Edu-

cation Center will honor Paul Elliot and Grace Bennett with gratitude and admira-tion for their exemplary service at their Annual Dinner on October 26.

Paul Elliot has been a board member for many years and a consistent supporter of the Center’s programs. Paul chairs the Endowment Portfolio Committee where he consistently brings his financial ex-pertise to all discussions. His leadership, marked with vision and wisdom, contin-ues to strengthen the Center.

Grace Bennett has been a valued and respected member of the Holocaust & Hu-man Rights Education Center for many years. As the daughter of a Holocaust sur-vivor, Bennett brings passion and com-mitment to Holocaust remembrance. Her contributions include, but are not limited to, participation in all aspects of market-ing and promotion, and she was featured in the L’Dor Vador (From Generation to Genera-

tion) project where she and her father’s photos and interviews were highlighted in the highly ac-claimed documentary and photo exhibit.

Ellen Kaidanow will be the keynote speaker.

This event will take place at the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, 555 South Barry Avenue, Ma-maroneck. The dinner will begin at 6 PM with cocktails followed by dinner and program at 7 PM.

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Modigliani Unmasked at The Jewish MuseumThe Jewish Museum pres-

ents Modigliani Unmasked, the first exhibition in the United States to focus on Amedeo Modi-gliani’s early work made in the years after he arrived in Paris in 1906. The exhibition puts a spot-light on Modigliani’s drawings, with a large selection acquired directly from the artist by Dr. Paul Alexandre, his close friend and

first patron. The drawings from the Alexandre collection, many being shown for the first time in the United States, as well as other drawings from collections around the world and a selection of Modi-gliani’s paintings and sculptures, illuminate how the artist’s heri-tage as an Italian Sephardic Jew is pivotal to understanding his artistic output. The exhibition is

on view at the Jewish Museum from September 15, 2017 through February 4, 2018.

Modigliani Unmasked considers the celebrated artist, Amedeo Modigliani (Italian, 1884-1920), shortly after he arrived in Paris in 1906, when the city was still roiling with anti-Semitism after the long-running tumult of the Drey-fus Affair and the influx of foreign

emigres. An Italian Sephardic Jew with a French mother and a classi-cal education, Modigliani was the embodiment of cultural heteroge-neity. When he moved to Paris, he came up against the idea of racial purity in French culture - in Italy, he did not feel ostracized for being Jewish. His Latin looks and fluency in French could have easily helped him to assimilate. Instead, his out-

sider status often compelled him to introduce himself with the words, “My name is Modigliani. I am Jew-ish.” As a form of protest, he refused to assimilate, declaring himself as “other.” The exhibition shows that Modigliani’s art cannot be fully un-derstood without acknowledging the ways the artist responded to the social realities that he confronted in the unprecedented artistic melting pot of Paris.

In these years prior to World War I, Modigliani largely stopped painting in order to de-velop his conceptual and picto-rial ideas through drawing and sculpture. The works in the exhi-bition reveal the emerging artist himself, enmeshed in his own particular identity quandary, struggling to discover what por-traiture might mean in a modern world of racial complexity.

Modigliani Unmasked is arranged thematically, and in-cludes approximately 130 draw-ings, 12 paintings, and seven sculptures by the artist. Modi-gliani’s art is complemented by work representative of the vari-ous multicultural influences - African, Asian, Greek, Egyptian, and Khmer - that inspired the young artist during this lesser-known, early period.

When he arrived in Paris, Modigliani - still virtually un-known - met Dr. Alexandre, a young physician. Alexandre amassed some 450 drawings directly from the artist and com-missioned a number of portraits. The exhibition includes a selec-tion of drawings depicting Dr. Al-exandre, as well as a mysterious, unfinished portrait never seen before in the United States. Prob-ably painted around 1913, it is a stylistic anomaly within Modigli-ani’s oeuvre, more sketchy and gestural than his typical portraits.

Modigliani would visit mu-seums in Paris, including the Louvre and the Musée du Troca-déro, and was mesmerized by the nonwestern art. Unlike most of

his contemporaries in the French vanguard, who appropriated such works expressionistically as an abstracted distortion of the hu-man form, Modigliani’s manner of using such stylized effects was far more respectful. The influence of masks in particular is clearly visible in the many drawings and sculptures in the exhibition.

Prominent in the Alexan-dre collection are the stylized drawings related to sculptures. Produced between 1909 and 1914, this body of work consti-tutes a distinct category within the artist’s oeuvre and reveals his ongoing preoccupation with identity. Particularly noticeable is his obsessive examination of physiognomy. When seen to-gether, his repeated images of heads and faces reveal minute, calculated variations in the eyes, noses, and mouths. As seen in the exhibition, this group of drawings offer a nuanced com-mentary on the underlying issue of aesthetics as it relates to race.

In 1911, Modigliani began to explore a motif borrowed from ancient art, the caryatid, and a selection of these drawings is in-cluded in the exhibition. While in classical art the caryatid is usual-ly a woman, his are male, female, or of ambiguous gender. He also incorporated elements derived from Egyptian art, as well as an-cient South and Southeastern Asian sources such as facial fea-tures, postures, and tattoos.

The exhibition also includes a selection of life studies and fe-male nudes. Among these are of the Russian poet Anna Akhmato-va, whom the artist met in 1910. Her exotic presence inspired Modigliani to introduce her to Egyptian art. The influences he drew from Egyptian art, such as the attenuation of the figure and the angularity of form, can be seen in the drawings he did of her.

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Dynamic Guest Speakers to Headline Temple Sholom’s Fall ProgrammingAs part of its yearly pro-

gramming mission, Temple Sho-lom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT strives to bring distinguished speakers to engage the Fairfield/Westchester Jewish community.

This fall, Temple Sholom welcomes four guest speakers: Amotz Eyal, Founder and Direc-tor of Tazpit Press Service (TPS), on Tuesday, September 12 at 7:00 pm. Eyal will speak during the Dessert Opening Reception for “Everyday Heroes,” a photo exhibit on display at Temple Sholom. The photos in this exhibit highlight the rescue squads of the IDF and have been provided by TPS. Eyal will be joined by Ohad Ben-Ishay, an IDF soldier who was severely wounded in Gaza during Operation Protec-tive Edge.

On Thursday, October 19, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and An-

ti-Defamation League (ADL) Na-tional Director, will present a pub-lic presentation entitled “A 360° View of Anti-Semitism in 2017.” Greenblatt, who was included on this year’s “Power & Influence Top 50” list in The NonProfit Times, is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovative leader with expe-

rience in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Prior to head-ing ADL, he served in the White House as Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.

On Wednesday, November 1 at 7:00 pm, Chief Political Cor-

respondent and Analyst for The Jerusalem Post, Gil Hoffman, will discuss “Peace, Politics and Plutonium: An Insider’s Look at the Mayhem in the Middle East.” Hoffman, referred to as “The Most Optimistic Man in Israel” by Israel Television, has interviewed every major figure across the Israeli po-litical spectrum and has been a regular analyst on CNN, Al-Jazeera and other news outlets.

Lastly, Fred Behrend, Holo-caust Survivor and author of Rebuilt from Broken Glass: A German Jewish Life Remade in America, will speak at Temple Sholom’s Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) Commemo-ration on Thurs., Nov. 9 at 7pm. Beh-rend, who was 12 at the time, will re-count his family’s escape from Nazi Germany to Cuba and will share vivid memories of Kristallnacht.

All of these programs are free and open to the community. For more information or to RSVP, con-tact Alice Schoen at 203-542-7165 or [email protected].

Touro Social Work Student Helps Others by Helping Them Understand Themselves

Raised in Scarsdale, and five years out of college with a bachelor’s degree in psychol-ogy from Drexel University, Rachel Levinson, was forging a career path for herself in the world of marketing. The future Touro College Graduate School of Social Work, Class of 2017 grad was learning the ropes doing new business pitches, managing accounts, and cre-ating Twitter and Facebook pages. She had also moved to Israel, where she rose to a management-level job at a digi-tal marketing agency.

While she enjoyed her work in Israel, she wondered whether her true calling was psychology, a field in which she had always excelled. “I had a great salary and was moving up in my field, but I had loved psychology. It fit really well

with who I am,” she recalled in a recent interview. So she de-cided to return to school and pursue her love of psychology with the goal of becoming a therapist. “I realized if I didn’t try, I would never know.”

Earning a Master of So-cial Work at Touro would be the route she would take. Little did she know that two

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New Cantor Welcomed at JCC of Harrison

The Jewish Community Center of Harrison (JCCH), located at 130 Union Avenue, Harrison, has announced that Marcos Askenazi will join the synagogue as the new Cantor.

"We are delighted to welcome Marcos who is one of the most sought after can-tors in America. During our search process we spoke to dozens of people whose lives he has touched, and he received rave reviews,” said JCCH President Keith Sat-ter.

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, “Cantor Marcos,” as he is known, spent the past five years as Cantor for Ritual and Youth at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura, Florida. Prior to that, he

Cantor Marcos Askenazi

Westchester Jewish Center (WJC) Early Childhood Center Preschool Westchester Jewish Cen-ters’ {WJC} Reggio-inspired Early Childhood Center (ECC) offers a range of programs for preschoolers ages 2-5 and a co-teach model pre-kindergarten. The nursery school supports children’s physical, social-emo-tional and cognitive growth – all in the context of a caring envi-ronment. Nurturing relation-ships, working cooperatively and family involvement lay the foundation of the curriculum. Children learn, experience and grow while connecting with WJC Kids!

Guided by the Reggio ap-proach which originated in Italy and adapted widely in the United States, the ECC views children as capable individuals and natural investigators. WJC’s teach-ers firmly believe in each child’s innate curiosity and the need to play and experiment.

Children receive a solid Jewish foundation including holiday celebrations and community and classroom Shabbat experiences.

Structured days provide ample opportunities for busy time and quiet time in newly renovated classrooms and a redesigned nature –inspired playground. A small teacher to student ratio assures individualized attention. Extended day programming allows children to eat lunch together and en-gage in an enrichment activity such as Dance and Drum, Art, Tae Kwon Do, Fenom Fitness and Mad Science.

Westchester Jewish Center is located at 175 Rockland Ave., Mamaroneck. Visit wjcenter.org to learn more or call Sabrina Landau at 914 698-2767

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served as Cantor at the East 55th Street Conservative Synagogue in New York City.

“For me, serving as Cantor is not just a job; it is a lifestyle, passion, and life philosophy. I am excited and humbled to be joining the JCCH family and working with Rabbi Hammerman, the professional team, and the lay leadership,” said Can-tor Marcos. “I know we will work together to strengthen our community.”

“Life can seem so over-whelming at times; we all have so many stresses that filter into our daily lives. When we come together as a synagogue community, the experience should be of absolute comfort. When we enter through the doors, assume our seats, and open

our prayer books we are transported to another place, removed from our routine. We close our eyes and let the familiar melo-dies enter our hearts. I am grateful for the privilege and honor of helping people find that place.”

“I am particularly excit-ed for Cantor Marcos to help all of us connect more close-ly to Judaism through music and the arts. His infectious personality will surely el-evate our worship and our community,” added JCCH Rabbi Eytan Hammerman

Cantor Askenazi’s first official Shabbat at JCCH began at the end of August. For more information about the JCCH, visit www.jcch.org or call the synagogue of-fice at 718-543-8400.


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9/11 Day: Serve + Remember Volunteer ProjectsIn honor of those whose

lives were lost or forever changed by the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, County Executive Robert P. Astorino will join with Volunteer New York! to host the “9/11 Day: Serve + Remember” volunteer opportunities taking place from Saturday, Septem-ber 9 through Monday, Septem-ber 11, 2017. The community-wide action event is supported by Robison Oil and Empire City Casino. Service projects at the County Center will take place on September 11 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Westchester County’s for-mal 9/11 memorial ceremony

at “The Rising” at Kensico Dam in Valhalla will begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 11. As always, the public is invited to attend.

“On the 16th anniver-sary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we as a community continue to come together in remembrance and unity, proving that love and service will always prevail,” As-torino said. “Last year we had 1,368 volunteers put over 2,000 hours of service back into the community as part of 9/11 Day. This year offers so many great ways to volunteer, whether it’s giving blood, feeding the hun-

gry, educating our children or thanking our veterans. I hope you’ll all join us in remem-brance.”

The theme of this year’s 9/11 Day is “Service. Unity. Em-pathy.” Many volunteer oppor-tunities are family friendly and all will help support one of 40 local non-profits and causes. All volunteers must register through www.volunteernewy-ork.org/service or call (914) 948-4452 for more information.

Westchester County will also host its annual employee blood drive in partnership with the New York Blood Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mon-

day, September 11, at the Coun-ty Center. To sign up or learn more, contact Janet Lokay at [email protected] or (914) 995-2127.

“Serving together on 9/11 Day is a way to honor the lives of those lost, while bringing our community closer through volunteerism. We encourage families, individuals and busi-ness groups to participate,” said Alisa H. Kesten, Executive Di-rector of Volunteer New York!

The 9/11 Day Volunteer Opportunities at the Westches-ter County Center on Monday, September 11, 2017:

• Donate Blood (for ages 16+) with New York Blood Cen-ter from 9am-4pm

• Create No-Sew Blan-kets for Children in Need (for ages 12+ / 8+ with adult) with Westchester-Rockland Project Linus – Multiple Time Slots Available

• Create Inspirational Notes & Cards for Deployed Service Members (great for all ages) with United for the Troops – Multiple Time Slots Available

• Create Tissue Paper Packs for Patients Battling Can-cer (for ages 14+ / 7+ w/adult)

with Gilda’s Club Westchester from 12-1pm

• Create Literacy Tools for Youth (for ages 16+ / 11+ with adult) with Leake & Watts Ser-vice – Multiple Time Slots Avail-able

• Donate New or Lightly Used Children’s Books (all ages) with JCY-WCP from 12pm-5:30pm

• Donate Items For De-ployed Soldiers Care Packages (all ages) with United For The Troops from 12-5:30pm

• Donate Diapers & Wipes For Families In Need (for ages

Real Estate Matters: Tight Residential Inventories are Driving Prices Up

BY JOHN E. BAER, SRES, SRS

The constricting supply of housing in Westchester has brought about some long ex-pected price increases in most areas and in most property types, according to the “2017 Second Quarter Residential Real Estate Sales Report for Westchester, Putnam, Rock-land, and Orange Counties, New York” report authorized by the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS) which services these four counties.

The recently released re-port noted that in Westchester, the second quarter median sale price of a single family house was $670,000, an increase of $20,000 or 3.1% over last year’s level. The mean sale price of $900,000 was 7.0% more than last year, indicating the high end sector may be reinserting itself into the sales mix. West-chester condos and co-ops also enjoyed median price increases of 5.3% and 3.9% respectively.

Prospective homebuy-ers were operating in a mar-ket that has been tremendous reductions in the supply of for-sale housing over the past four years. At the end of 2014 there were 12,153 active list-ings posted with HGMLS in its service territory and among all of its property types - single-family houses, condos, co-ops, and 2-4 multi-family units. By the close of the second quarter of 2017 that number plunged by more than 3440 units to 8713 or 28.3% fewer active listings. The double-digit percentage rate of shrinking inventory seems be to be continuing. With respect to Westchester the inventory of homes dropped to 4359 active

listings on the market, down from 5105 for the same time last year.

Realtors participating in HGMLS, a subsidiary of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, Inc., reported a grand total of 4726 closed resi-dential transactions during the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 4.4% from last year. These sales largely reflected market activity during the win-ter and early spring months of this year. Westchester, the most populous of the served Counties, posted 2642 sales for an increase of just 1.0% over last year. The shortage of avail-able homes on the market has created fierce competition for those homes that are listed for sale.

In May, inventory fell for the third straight month, ac-cording to the National Associ-ation of Realtors (NAR). “Buyer interest is solid, but there is just not enough supply to sat-isfy demand.”

For Westchester as a whole, the absorption rate — the number of months that it takes to sell all active listings based on the pace of sales — was 3.7 months in the last quarter of 2016, the fastest pace since 2001.

A large percentage of buy-ers moving from New York City are attracted to walkability and smaller homes. In the past sev-eral years, city dwellers who are looking for more space than their one-bedroom apart-ments headed to Westchester communities south of Route 287, including the River towns, Sound Shore and the towns be-tween these two areas, such as Scarsdale. Those communities

continue to be popular, but as the inventory shrinks, some buyers may be broadening their search north of I-287.

There appeared to be no obstacles to the continuation of a healthy Westchester real estate market except for the shortage of inventory, which may inevitably drive prices higher or may diminish the volume of sales, or both. There don’t seem to be negative ex-ternal factors right now that are threatening. Some external factors in good standing with real estate include low mort-gage interest rates, low unem-ployment, good job growth, and reasonable and well-placed increases in the Federal Reserve rates. Some negative factors include possible chang-es to the tax code affecting real estate, and chaotic governance that causes consumers, that is, prospective homebuyers, to lose confidence in executing their home buying intentions.

Overall, current condi-tions points to a thriving West-chester housing market.

John E. Baer, SRES, SRS is a NYS licensed real estate salesperson associated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeSer-vices 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.West-chesterHomes.info.

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Annual Livable Communities Village Fair for Seniors

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino has announced that the 5th Annual Livable Communi-ties Village Fair is set for Tuesday, September 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Community Center, located at 125 Lozza Drive in Valhalla. The free event will offer health and wellness programs, vendors, entertain-ment and more. It is open to all county seniors, their families and friends.

“This is a flagship event for our Livable Communi-ties initiative that features more than 50 vendors, activi-ties and entertainment that seniors won’t want to miss,” said Astorino. “The fair is an opportunity to celebrate aging and underscores the fact that seniors are vital con-tributors to our communities who want to continue to learn and be engaged.”

In addition to enjoying a variety of health and well-ness programing, attendees will be able to take part in a cooking demonstration by Mission to Wellness, with free samples and a discussion on getting the most nutrition for your money. For entertainment, the Scarborough Singers will return again this year to perform “Lights on Broadway,” a 50-minute Broadway retrospective covering a wide range of show tunes.

Programs like the county’s Telehealth Intervention Programs for Seniors (TIPS) will also be available. Through TIPS, seniors can have their vital signs – including blood pressure, pulse, blood oxygen level and weight – monitored for free and receive a TIPS Sheet with the results. Attendees will also receive an informational packet on DSPS programming.

In addition, the fair is an intergenerational event held in part to commemorate September as Intergeneration Month. The event will include a visit from the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson and provide participants with a chance to write their memoirs.

Other event highlights will include Qi Gong, an ancient healing exercise to improve health, and complimentary consultations with elder law attorneys, geriatric care managers and social workers made available from members of the Livable Communities Caregiver Collaborative.

Registration for this event is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. To sign up or for more infor-mation, contact Jennifer Crawford at (914) 813-6263 or [email protected]. For additional information about DSPS, call (914) 813-6300 or visit www.westchestergov.com/seniors.

The fair is sponsored by Westchester County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services (DSPS), the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services, their award-winning Livable Communities Initiative and the Livable Communities Age-Friendly Community Sustainability Col-laborative.

County Executive Robert P. Astorino

18+) with Junior League of Central Westchester & West-chester County Diaper Bank from 12pm-5:30pm

• Create Literacy & Math Kits for Elementary Children (for ages 16+ / 12+ w/adult) with Elmsford Union Free School District from 2pm-3:30pm

• Create Laundry Sa-chets for Formerly Homeless Women in White Plains (for ages 14+/ 10+ with adult) with YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester from 2-3:30pm

• Create No Sew Super Hero & Princess Capes (for ages 15+ / 10+ with adult) with WestCOP Community Action Program from 2-3pm

• Learn the Life Saving Technique of Hands Only CPR

(for ages 12+ / 8+ with adult) with American Heart Asso-ciation – Multiple Time Slots Available

• Collect and Package Dia-pers for Families in Need (for ages 16+ / 6+ with adult) with Junior League of Central West-chester from 4-5:30pm

• Create Sandwiches for Westchester’s Hungry (for ages 14+ / 10+ with adult) with One Sandwich At a Time from 4pm-5:15pm

For the complete list of 9/11 Day service projects tak-ing place outside of the Coun-ty Center, which are sched-uled from Saturday, Sept. 9 – Sunday, Sept. 11, 2017, visit www.volunteernewyork.org/service.

The core mission of

Volunteer New York! (volun-teernewyork.org) is to inspire, mobilize, and equip individu-als and groups to take positive action to address pressing challenges, support non-prof-its and improve the quality of life in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. For more than 67 years the organization has en-couraged adults to serve, youth to build character, families to bond, young professionals to lead, mature adults to share their wisdom and businesses to engage through volun-teerism.

Last year Volunteer New York! helped coordinate over 332,200 hours of service, which were devoted to over 500 nonprofits at a value of $9.4 million.

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Across Divides: Borders and Boundaries in Contemporary Art

The Koslowe Gallery at Westchester Jewish Center, Palmer and Rock-land Avenues in Mama-roneck invites the public to a special exhibit follow-ing Rhythm and Ruach, Shabbat Under the Stars on Friday, September 8th at 8pm.

The story of the Jew-ish people is filled with messages of division, both from society at-large and from within. At times this separation is deliberate and at other times it has been imposed. Borders and boundaries in Jewish history is a story that tran-scends not only the Jewish people, but many peoples, and resonates in today’s most compelling stories where there are efforts to wall off and attempts to bridge differences.

Through a variety of art forms, the artists in this exhibition explore in the words of guest cura-tor Reba Wulkan, “moral and spiritual challenges, gender identities and themes of national origins, geo-politics, tolerance and other concerns.”

Some engage with ideas of spatial boundaries, while others explore personal divides that de-fine Jewish identity, ethnicity, prayer, garb, family, geographical borders, and physical or concep-tual walls. Painters, photographers and sculptors, such as Angela Srassheim, Andi Arnovitz, Ahuva Winslow, Ken Goldman, Siona Benjamin, Pavel Wolberg, David Moss and Tova Beck-Friedman, are represented.

A formal gallery opening program on Thursday evening, October 19th, 2017, featuring Reba Wulkan will take place. The exhibition will be on view through December 2017.

For more information, contact Amy Levine-Kennedy, Curator at [email protected] or call 698-3610.


Heart Walk Event to Be Held at Kensico DamCardiovascular disease

(CVD) is the No. 1 killer of all Americans. In fact, someone dies from CVD every 39 sec-onds. Heart disease also kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Congeni-tal heart defects are the most common cause of infant death from birth defects. The Ameri-can Heart Association invites the public to join the October 1st Heart Walk event at Kensi-co Dam to join the fight against heart disease, fund research, and help save lives. Registra-tion is open online at www.westchesterheartwalk.org.

The Heart Walk is the AHA’s biggest annual event, raising more than $400,000 for AHA programs and re-search at last year’s event. Funds raised at the Heart Walk will support research to help prevent and treat heart disease, stroke, and pediatric

heart disease. Congenital heart defects,

or CHD, affect nearly 1% of -- or about 40,000 -- births per year in the United States. Early detection, advances in science and treatments of congenital

heart defects help save lives. The Konow family of Ossining is grateful for early detection and advanced treatments for CHD. Their baby had lifesav-ing open heart surgery on the day of last year’s Heart Walk.

They are sharing their story to raise awareness and will be honored at this year’s event.

Kailey and Ryan Ko-now showed up for their 20-week prenatal ap-pointment with the an-ticipation and excitement of any expectant parents. The doctors confirmed they were having a girl—but that she had a rare congenital heart defect. Further tests confirmed her diagnosis: a double outlet right ventricle VSD, or ventricular septal de-fect (holes in the heart),

and pulmonary stenosis, or narrowing of the heart artery. The doctors said she would need open heart surgery--it was just a matter of when.

Because of early detec-tion, the neonatal intensive care unit team was ready and waiting to care for Mila Rose when she was born on August 3, 2016.

“My husband and I got to hold her for only a couple of minutes before she was whisked away to begin her tests,” said Mila Rose’s moth-

er, Kailey, “After five days in intensive care, we took her home to get her strong for her impending surgery.”

After two months, they noticed the soft spot on her head was sunken, and took her to the pediatrician. By the time they arrived, Mila Rose’s eyes, mouth and lips were blue. Her oxygen levels were dangerously low and she was sent to the emergency room. A simple common cold caused her fragile heart to work over-time. Three days later, she was released, but within the week, the same symptoms returned, but worse.

“It was the scariest event yet. Her oxygen levels dipped and they needed to intubate her with a breathing tube and put her in a coma so her heart would stop working so hard,” she said.

Mila Rose had emergency heart surgery to have a shunt placed in her narrowed artery, but the other defect would re-quire additional surgery in the future. Post-surgery, she was kept isolated at home to mini-mize the risk of illness. On January 6th, she had the sur-

gery for her full heart repair, and went home after 15 days, her heart fully repaired.

“At first, we couldn’t be-lieve this was happening to us. Why did they have to find something? Now we are so grateful for the technology and research that allowed the early detection. We’re so grate-ful for the doctors who contin-ually focused in on her diagno-sis and were always ready for her. She will be closely moni-tored for her cardiology team for the rest of her life, but her future is bright and our hearts are full,” said Konow.

CHD is the most com-mon heart birth defect but it is survivable—the AHA jour-nal Circulation that estimates about 1 million children and 1.4 million adults in the United States were living with a con-genital heart defect (CHD) in 2010. The American Heart As-sociation’s funding for pediat-ric cardiac research is second only to the federal govern-ment.

Learn more at www.heart.org. Money raised at events like the Heart Walk help fund research.

years after starting back to school she would be on stage at Lincoln Center at graduation, having been chosen by her classmates to give their com-mencement speech. Levinson, who received the Dean’s Aca-demic Honors with Distinc-tion, spoke about her choice, and what she learned in her two years at Touro.

“I was drawn to social work because I wanted to learn how to help others by helping them understand themselves. I have always been passionate about therapy, and couples and families in particular have always interested me because the relationships we have to those closest to us are so spe-cial and essential,” Levinson told the packed audience, which included approximate-ly 1,000 graduates and their families and friends from six schools of the Division of Grad-uate Studies.

“I thought, if I can learn how to play even a small role in helping to improve how people relate to and understand each other, then perhaps I would feel that I’ve done something important,” she said.

But Levinson learned more. She learned about social work policy and became im-passioned about family leave. She was especially impressed with a four-part sequence re-

quired for her degree, “Foun-dations of Social Work Prac-tice.”

“Those are the classes that teach you ‘how you do it’. You learn something and im-plement it the next day. “

At Metro Club PROS (Brooklyn Community Ser-vices), where she worked as an intern last year, she counseled severely mentally ill adults one-on-one, led group work-shops and created recovery plans.

“They taught me about strength, resilience, empathy and patience. Despite their challenges they had such a love of life and a sense of hu-mor. They worked hard and showed up ready to learn and participate and they really in-spired me,” she said.

One of her professors, Dr. Steven Krantz, recalls that she was an excellent student, “in-sightful, an active participant in class discussions and well-liked by her peers,” he said. “She has the presence needed to be a success with clients and colleagues. That’s what she demonstrated to students and faculty – empathy, excel-lence with humility. She’s ap-proachable, she engages, and has insight. I also feel she’s a learner. She’s into the learning process.”

Levinson feels she has

made the right choice in re-turning to her love of psychol-ogy and choosing social work as the path. She is looking forward to landing a job at an outpatient mental health clinic or agency that will allow her to do therapy under supervision and take her licensing exam to obtain her LCSW and prac-tice as a licensed clinical social worker. She would like to open a general practice serving all types of people with a niche for couples and families.

She attributes some of her success to her Jewish val-ues. She grew up in a modern Orthodox home and has main-tained the traditions she grew up with, including throughout college, where she sang with a Jewish a cappella group and was part of the Hillel on cam-pus. “The truth is when you’re brought up with a Jewish fam-ily with Jewish values it defi-nitely influences your desire to help people and that probably has played a role in instilling the desire to help others.”

Now that she’s had some experience providing counsel-ing, she feels comfortable in that role. “Now I hope I’m good at it!”

Chances are that her class-mates, teachers and mentors, who supported her standing at the podium to send the Class of 2017 on their way, are right.

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Big Turnout for The 43rd Annual Westchester Jewish Music & Arts Festival

The 43rd Annual West-chester Jewish Music & Arts Festival was held on Sun-day, August 20, 2017, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. Over 1,800 were in attendance. The festival was presented by The Westchester Jewish Council and The Westches-ter Klezmer Program in co-operation with Westchester County Parks.

The event, a celebra-tion for the whole family, featured a wide variety of

musical performances in-cluding headliner Golem, a Klezmer rock band based in New York City. Golem known for its virtuosic musician-ship, theatricality, humor and fearless wild energy, entertained the crowd with a combination of rock and Klezmer music. Rockmitz-vah, a full service live mu-sical ensemble of real rock and roll musicians, also performed playing a mix of child and adult friendly tunes, and the Westchester

Klezmer Band filled the air with authentic klezmer mu-sic. Israeli singer and com-poser Sandy Shmuely led a high energy sing-a-long with the audience. In addition, Is-raeli dancing by Camp Zeke, was led by Cantor Uri Aqua of Beth El Synagogue Center, New Rochelle, throughout the day. Face painting by Maria, as well as juggler Ned Gelfars, whose show was filled with juggling, magic and an incredible amount of hilarious, good-natured

audience participation, also provided family activities and fun throughout the day. A number of local elected of-ficials, including County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino, gave greetings.

The event was free and open to the public. Food, in-cluding ice cream and ices trucks and kosher snacks, including Ben’s Kosher Res-taurant, JJ’s Holy Cow food truck and more were avail-able for purchase. A vendor exhibition area including Jewish Art/Judaica, jewelry and more was open through-

out the festival. “We are thrilled that

we had over 1800 people, which is the best turnout we have ever had for the event, attended the Festival. There really was something for everyone - musical perfor-mances, dancing and lots of fun activities for the chil-dren. We hope all members of the community, regard-less of faith, enjoyed this very festive day”, said Elliot Forchheimer, Executive Di-rector of The Westchester Jewish Council.

This event was spon-

sored in part by the Morris & Sylvia Trachten Family Foundation..

The Westchester Jewish Council connects Westches-ter’s Jewish communities and strengthens relationships among Jewish organizations and other ethnic and faith based groups, elected officials, Israel and the community at large. The Westchester Jewish Council is a proud Core part-ner of UJA-Federation of New York. For more information about the Westchester Jew-ish Council, visit us online at www.wjcouncil.org.

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Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Mama-roneck, New York. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remodeling Magazine. A member of the Na-tional Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to eZine and Do It Yourself magazine. He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.

Kitchen & Bath Insider© - #202: Schools In!BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D.

In another age, when I was a shop teacher in Junior High School, (now called Middle School - so as not to affect the self-esteem of the student; and Technology so as not to affect the self-esteem of the teacher), we were all given a simple class schedule. It indicated where we should be each hour of each day, and life was simpler. In those days, we didn’t have ‘A’ days and ‘B’ days, each day was the same. We could count on it. I knew where I should be, the kids knew where they should be, and if we weren’t there, we all knew we were in trouble. But time marches on and schedules became more com-plex, not only for our kids, but for remodeling as well.

Just as every student needs a schedule to get through their school day, every contractor and

sub-contractor needs a schedule to get through a given job. Al-though there are similarities be-tween remodeling jobs, each proj-ect is really unique and requires its own timetable in order to progress smoothly, depending upon what work is being done.

What follows is a typical ex-ample of a schedule for a kitchen remodel which will include a new floor and a solid surface counter-top. Please keep in mind that this is a generic illustration, (as each job is unique, as previously men-tioned). If you ask 10 contractors how they would handle this job you would probably get 10 differ-ent schedules.

The first step is for the plumber and the electrician to disconnect the old pipes and wir-ing so that the appliances, cabinets and counters can be removed. Once that is completed the demo-

lition of the room begins. Appliances that are to be

kept must be moved to adjacent rooms and those that are to be dis-carded should be removed from the premises. The old cabinets and counters are then removed and disposed of in an appropriate manner. If necessary, the old floor must be removed and perhaps the sub-floor as well. If the job calls for new sheetrock, the old walls must be removed at this point. When the room has been emptied of all these items, the plumber and electrician can return to do what is called the “rough-in”. This is where old pipes and wiring are replaced with new, and put in the appropri-ate positions for the new fixtures.

When the rough-ins are completed they must be inspected by the local building department. Then the sub-floor and new floor can be installed. (In some cases

the new floor should be installed at a later date). After the floor is installed it must then be covered to prevent it from being damaged by the steps that follow.

Now, if the project calls for new sheetrock (and don’t forget the insulation where required) it must be taped and skim coated. Then sanded. Then coated. Then sanded again. (If the sheetrock is just being patched, now is the time to do that process). All this, in preparation of the cabinets be-ing installed. But, not so fast. Let’s have the painter prime the walls first. Even though you’ll have cabi-nets covering the walls, it’s best to have a coat of primer on them for protection against moisture.

After the wall preparation is completed, the cabinets should be installed, and once that is done, it’s time to template for the coun-

tertop. But wait, you shouldn’t template without the appliances being in position! So let’s get the appliances delivered and put in place, at least temporarily.

The big day arrives when the counter is ready to be installed. Once in place, the backsplash, whether tile or stone, can be in-stalled. Then the plumber and electrician can return to connect the fixtures and appliances. (An-other inspection due at this time). And finally, the painter can com-plete his work and your project is completed.

Nothing to it! Not when you have a schedule. Your schedule, or plan, is paramount to the suc-cess of your project. Remember, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And while you’re planning, leave a little leeway for the inevitable; when one part of the job takes lon-

Your Will, a Final Message to the WorldBY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

Despite the fact that we have been writing about the im-portance of estate and elder law planning for decades, the reality is that about half of us never get around to completing even basic estate planning. What I mean by that is that most people don’t sign a power of attorney or health care proxy and they die without having signed a will. Dying without a will means that you died “intestate.”

But what does that really mean for the family? First, when someone dies, the family is often confused and overwhelmed when it comes to legal issues and what needs to be done. This is true even when the person who passed away has spent considerable time get-ting their affairs in order. When someone dies intestate, the states have different rules on how things are handled. So, if your deceased relative lived in another state, the rules may be different, although there may be some similarities.

One common myth is that if you die without a will, the govern-ment or the state takes all your property. This is not true. Howev-er, if you die intestate and without relatives who are legally entitled to inherit your property in the ab-sence of a will, then your property may escheat to the state. Escheat is the power of a state to acquire property for which there is no owner. Of course, this result can be avoided by having a valid will. A properly drafted will provides for contingent beneficiaries in the event the primary beneficiaries

predecease the decedent.Another misconception

is how joint bank accounts and other similar types of property are handled. Joint bank accounts gen-erally pass to the other person who is named on the account regard-less of whether there is a will or you died intestate. The same rule applies to other assets that have designated beneficiaries such as retirement accounts or life insur-ance policies.

Another thing you may have heard is that it is more expensive to die without a will. Generally speaking, this is not true. The fil-ing fees and costs to administer the estate probably won’t depend upon whether there was a will. However, without a will several op-portunities to save taxes, preserve government benefits, or protect assets from creditors or others may be lost. For example, without taking the time to do proper estate planning you cannot set up a trust. Depending on the type of trust that is created, taxes can be mini-mized, government benefits such as Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid can be preserved, and assets can be protected from litigious predators such as credi-tors and divorcing spouses.

Also and perhaps most im-portantly, the people who inherit your property if you die intestate may not be who you think they should be or who you want to receive your assets. New York State has laws indicating who re-ceives your property when you die without a will and survivors are often surprised to learn that

the distribution of assets that New York State has in mind for their deceased relative is not what they thought it would be. Thus, by dying intestate the decedent gave up the opportunity to decide how his or her property would be distributed. In addition, you give up the ability to nominate your ex-ecutor. The executor is the person charged with the responsibility for administering your estate and making sure that all your debts are paid and that your assets are marshalled and distributed to the people and/or charities that you wanted. Without a nominated executor, someone has to petition the court to be the administrator of your estate.

A will is a powerful docu-ment and many people use it as a way to confer values on the next generation. This will be your final message to the world; don’t let the opportunity slip away.

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 and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. He has been selected as a “New York Super Law-yer” since 2006. Call (914-684-2100) or visit elderlawnewyork.com.

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Bronxville Reverberates with the Sound of the TorahTo understand the excitement of

dedicating a new Torah, think along the lines of Hailey’s Comet and Flights to the Moon. These momentous, awe-inspiring, once-in-a-lifetime events stir a good deal of emotions in the people fortunate enough to view them first hand.

On Sunday, Sept 10, Chabad Jewish Center of Bronxville will have the great fortune of holding just such an event. Do-nated by the Berman Family in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Norman & Rachel Berman, and many other local Jewish Families, this To-rah will be presented to the Chabad Jewish Center of Bronxville.

Timeless dictums hold for a certified Torah scribe and everything from the character of the scribe to the quality of the parchment and type of ink are taken into account. Furthermore, each of the 304,808 letters and notation must be scripted to perfection. The slightest error voids the entire 54-portion parchment.

To celebrate this auspicious occasion, the community will come out in large numbers to welcome Chabad’s new Sefer Torah with a completion and dedication ceremony. Participants will have the opportunity to fill in a let-ter of the Torah, alongside the scribe during the completion ceremony held at the the Chabad Jewish Center.

Celebrations will continue with a grand parade down Palmer Ave. For more information about Chabad Jewish Center, contact Rabbi Sruli Deitsch, at [email protected] or 914-458-2441.


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