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July 2017 -- Tammuz-Av 5777, Volume 23, Issue 7

Ribbon-Cutting Opens Bright Future for Shames JCCBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Approximately 175 citi-zens from the Rivertowns and outlying Jewish communities witnessed the Ribbon Cut-ting of the Harold and Elaine Shames JCC on the Hudson, Tarrytown, by Naming Donors Harold and Elaine Shames on Wednesday, June 7.

Master of Ceremonies Shames JCC Board Member Susan Tolchin opened the program, recognizing Judy Cohen, the wife of the late Alan Cohen for whom their gymnasium is named as well as commending outgoing Ex-ecutive Director Frank Hassid, pointing out that this is the first new Westchester Jew-ish Community Center in 40 years.

“The future is uncertain,” Shames JCC Board of Gover-nors Chair Peter Boritz stated. “But what is certain are the changes ahead…The call to

action is to connect with the generations of tomorrow while staying in touch with the gen-erations of today.”

“This magnificent facility

is the prod-uct of Elaine, my brother Sidney and H a s s i d … Hassid pro-moted me to raising funds for this JCC and I found out that the General Mo-tors building was for sale at $10 million dollars.

“ S u d -denly, the

sum came down to $3 million and Hassid gave us a proposi-tion we couldn’t resist,” Harold exclaimed. “I just want to say that it was a great experience to work for 22 years on this

Board,” Elaine Shames added.Dignitaries attending in-

cluded Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who presented a Special Procla-mation and designated June 7 “Shames JCC Day;” Green-burgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner; Tarrytown Mayor Drew Fixell; Westchester Jew-ish Council (WJC) Executive Director Elliot Forchheimer; Eric S. Goldstein, CEO, UJA Federation-NY; Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett; WJC President Lisa Roberts; WJC Shlicha Oshra Rosenberg; County Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky and Irvington Mayor Brian Smith.

Clergy included Rabbi Billy Dreskin, Woodlands Community Temple, Green-burgh; Rabbi David Holtz,

Temple Beth Abraham, Tar-rytown; Shames JCC Rabbi Lisa Izes, who affixed the Mezuzah and Rabbi Benjy Silverman, Chabad River-towns.

“This is a transforma-tive opportunity for the JCC,” new Executive Direc-tor Rabbi Andrew Ergas noted. “Within a short pe-riod of time we are doubling our membership, doubling the size of our operational budget, almost doubling our staffing and quadrupling the space where we can offer ex-traordinary programs…”

The 75,000 sq. ft. facili-ty includes an Aquatics Cen-ter, Fitness Floor, Cycling, Mind/Body Dance Studios, Group Exercise Room, Kid Space and Youth Lounge.

Elaine Shames cuts ribbon as husband Harold Shames looks on

Global Path Through History Partnership Announced for NY and Israel

In June, Governor An-drew M. Cuomo announced that I Love New York, the Israel Ministry of Tourism and EL AL Airlines are launching the New York-Israel Global Path Through History initiative to promote heritage tourism in both places. This new partnership is an op-portunity for New York and Is-rael to jointly promote cultural and historic destinations and attractions that will appeal to each other’s respective travel-ers. In New York State, heritage tourism is an important driver of economic development, gen-erating more than $5 billion for New York’s economy annually.

“Tourism is a key driver of both New York and Israel’s econ-omies, and by working together we will showcase our most trea-sured landmarks to new audi-ences and increase visitation,” Governor Cuomo said. “This partnership will help strengthen our tourism industries, creat-ing jobs and generating new

economic opportunities both at home and abroad.”

The Global Path Through History program includes itin-eraries with must-see heritage tourism destinations in Israel and New York promoted through a digital advertising campaign, press familiarization tours, so-cial media and in-flight co-pro-motional opportunities.

While in Jerusalem in March, Governor Cuomo pro-claimed the first Sunday in June “Shimon Peres Day” as a tribute to his legacy of extraordinary leadership and dedication to pro-moting peace across the world.

Uri Steinberg, Israel Tour-ism Commissioner for North America remarked, “New York State has developed a remark-able statewide program to show-case hundreds of historic sites, and Israel looks forward to the

Governor Cuomo with the late Shimon Peres

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Neighbors for Refugees Presents “Welcoming Refugees: What You Can Do” at Mamaroneck Synagogue

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Neighbors for Refugees {NFR}, an organization fo-cused primarily on Syrian ref-ugee resettlement, presented “Welcoming Refugees: What You Can Do” at Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck on Sunday, June 11, attended by over 200 citizens from Larchmont, Mamaroneck and surrounding communities, co-sponsored by Larchmont Temple; WJC; Larchmont Av-enue Church; St. Augustine’s Church; St. John’s and St. Thomas Episcopal Churches.

In addition to NFR, there were many supporting orga-nizations on display including Catholic Charities; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); Larchmont Lions Club; Stu-dents for Refugees club at Scarsdale High School and a

“Wishing Tree” with placards delineating refugee needs such as toiletries and school supplies.

Special Guest Speaker New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor (nytimes.com/refu-gees) stressed that refugees

are not immigrants, saying that immigrants deliberately set out to find new homes; “whereas refugees never want-ed to leave Syria. This was their home.”

“In December 2015 I

Left to right: Larchmont Trustee Malcolm Frouman; Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker; former Larchmont Trustee Marlene Kolbert; New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum

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Hadassah Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Return of Mount Scopus HospitalHadassah celebrated the

50th anniversary of the return of Mount Scopus Hospital and the reunification of Jerusalem after the 1967 Six Day War with a reen-actment ofa the memorable June, 1967 “key return” ceremony with Ellen Hershkin, National Presi-dent, Hadassah, the Women’s Zi-onist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA) and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. The May 25th ceremony in Jerusalem re-created the historic moment when then Hadassah National President Charlotte Jacobson received a commemorative key to Hadassah Mount Scopus from then Jerusa-lem Mayor Teddy Kollek, reunit-ing Hadassah’s two hospitals in Jerusalem and inaugurating the

next half-century of development of the hospital. The Mount Scopus hospital, which was closed after

the 1948 attack on a convoy of hos-pital personnel, had become a UN-protected Israeli exclave guarded

by Israeli security forces. Also in attendance

were: Hadassah Medi-cal Organization (HMO) Chairperson of the Board Erez Meltzer; HMO Direc-tor General Zeev Rotstein; Hadassah Past President Marcie Natan; Director of Mount Scopus Hospital Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Ko-rach; US AID deputy Mis-sion Director Jonathan Kamin, representing the US government; and Colo-nel Dr. Hagay Frenkel, chief medical officer of the IDF’sCentral Command,

representing the IDF soldiers who guarded Mount Scopus for 19 years and fought for Mount Scopus in the Six Day War. Hun-dreds of Israelis and visitors from abroad, together with medical professionals from HMO’s two

Jerusalem Hospitals -- Mount Scopus and Ein Kerem -- also at-tended the ceremony.

In the May 25th ceremony, Mayor Barkat and Col. Frenkel re-turned two keys—one for Mount Scopus and one for Ein Kerem—to Ellen Hershkin, who then pre-sented Mayor Barkat with a plaque with two matching symbolic keys embedded with the inscription: “Today, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary, of the Reunifica-tion of Jerusalem and Hadas-sah’s two hills of healing, Mount Scopus and Ein Kerem, I present you Mayor Nir Barkat, with this plaque that includes the symbolic keys to Hadassah’s two campuses.” Rabbi Moshe Klein chanted the Shecheyinu blessing, and in keep-ing with the tradition of blowing a shofar to announce a jubilee year, two shofar blowers sounded their ram’s horns.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Hadassah National President Ellen Hershkin. Photo Credit: Hadassah

Hershkin stated, “I stand here in the footsteps of the giants whose vision and courage to build Zion continues to guide our path. When then Hadassah National President Charlotte Jacobson entered the hospital after the Six Day War, she was overcome with emotion and addressed a letter to Hadassah leaders quoting a severely wounded soldier at Ein Kerem: ‘When we entered Ha-dassah we knew we were in good hands. ’

Past President Faye Schenk, stated, ‘When Hadassah descend-ed from Mount Scopus in 1948, a silent vow was made that someday we would return. And for Hadas-sah, a vow cannot be broken.’ And now here we are, 50 years later, still building, still discussing, still dreaming.

For more information, visit www.hadassah.org.

Basketball Tournament Benefits Autism ResearchBY ROBERT KALFUS

On June 18, Fathers com-peted against their sons at the 10th annual Lucy Eisler Memo-rial 3-on-3 Basketball Tourna-ment, played on the courts of the Lincoln Park Jewish Center, Central Park Avenue in Yonkers. Mike Mathews, who has previously played ball and spoken at the syna-gogue’s courts, returned to give a meaningful and inspira-tional Father’s Day talk to the young men gathered to play ball. Known to his teammates as “Big Mike”, he was a former power forward and center for the Harlem Globetrotters and the Harlem Wizards.

Zach Hodskins, 21, was born without the lower half of his left arm, but that has not prevented him from playing excellent college basketball for the past two years at the Uni-

versity of Florida’s Gainesville campus. Hodskins competed

in the 10th annual Lucy Eisler Memorial 3-on-3 Bas-ketball Tournament played on Father’s Day, an annual event which each year raises funds for charities, honor-ing the memory of Lucy Eisler, a longtime Yonkers resident and member of the Lincoln Park Jewish Center. He was sponsored by Lucy’s son Nathan Eisler and his wife Denise, his brother Da-vid Kallin and their families.

The proceeds from this year’s event benefited the Organization for Au-tism Research (OARS), a na-tional organization based in Arlington, Virginia.

All contestants re-ceived an event T-shirt, breakfast, trophies and the satisfaction of knowing that each competed well

and contributed to a worthy cause aiding others.

Danny Delman, age 8, plays against the “big boys” during the 10th annual Lucy Eisler Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, played on the Lincoln Park Jewish Center Basketball courts. Danny will be entering the fourth grade this fall at Westchester Torah Academy, New Rochelle, and has been playing basketball for three years. Photo © 2017 Robert Kalfus

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possibilities around partnering with New York on a Global Path Through History. Pilgrims and travelers have been journeying to Israel for millennia and we are gratified that New York has rec-ognized Israel’s unique character and expertise in the presentation and protection of historic sites. New York and Israel are must-visit destinations for all lovers of history.”

The New York State itiner-ary includes the following sites:

• NYC: Ellis Island / Statue of Liberty; Eldridge Street Museum and Synagogue; 9/11 Museum; and Lower East Side Tenement Museum

• Hudson Valley: Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites

• Capital-Saratoga: New York State Capitol and New York State Museum

• Thousand Islands-Sea-way: Safe Haven Holocaust Refu-gee Shelter Museum

• Adirondacks: Adirondack Museum

• Finger Lakes: Women’s Rights National Historic Park

• Greater Niagara: Niagara Falls State Park

• Chautauqua-Allegheny: Chautauqua Institution and Rob-ert H. Jackson Center

The Israel itinerary in-cludes the following sites:

• Western Wall• Via Dolorosa and Church

of the Holy Sepulcher• 9/11 Memorial• Yad Vashem• Shrine of the Book – Dead

Sea Scrolls (Israel Museum)• Sea of Galilee• Masada & The Dead Sea• Old Jaffa• Mahane Yehuda Market• Independence Hall• Tachana & Sarona Tel Aviv• Tel Dan Nature ReservEmpire State Development

President, CEO and Commis-sioner Howard Zemsky said, “Under Governor Cuomo’s lead-ership, New York State’s tourism industry has experienced tre-mendous growth and the num-ber of visitors, including inter-national tourists from countries around the globe, has reached an all-time high. A tourism partner-ship with Israel would bolster these efforts given the strong link between the Empire State and Israel, with iconic destina-tions from Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives.”

Ambassador Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel to New

York, noted, “Israel’s government is excited to explore tourism pro-motion opportunities with New York State. We believe tourism can not only serve as a great cul-tural bridge but also as a source of pride and cause for celebra-tion of the partnership between the great state of New York and the State of Israel. Israelis and Americans share a history and a friendship that enriches all of our lives. New Yorkers who visit Israel can experience a time more than 2000 years old when visiting the Wailing Wall, or they can connect with something as current as the 9/11 Living Memo-rial Plaza in Arazim Valley of Ra-mot, Jerusalem.”

In 2013, Governor Cuomo launched the statewide Path Through History initiative to promote historically and cultur-ally significant sites, locations and events throughout New York State. This effort to highlight New York’s rich heritage aimed to not only showcase New York State’s history and cultural sig-nificance, but also to promote tourism and economic develop-ment in communities in every region of the state. The Global Path Through History partner-ship looks to expand the reach of the initiative.

Global Path Through History Partnership Announced for NY and Israelcontinued from page 150 U.S. Governors Join AJC Initiative to

Support Israel, Fight BDSIn a profound display of bipartisan unity

across the country, all 50 U.S. governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia have joined an AJC initiative to affirm their rejection of the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement against Israel.

“Governors across our country know very well the enormous value of the U.S.-Israel partnership in every sphere imaginable, and many have been central to nurturing their own state’s beneficial ties to Israel,” said AJC CEO David Harris. “At the same time, our nation’s 50 governors, as well as the District of Columbia mayor, recognize the pernicious goals of the BDS movement, which singles out Israel from among all the nations of the world for relent-less and undue criticism, and whose efforts undermine the prospects for advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.”

The Governors United Against BDS state-ment (www.ajc.org/governors) declares that “the goals of the BDS movement are antithetical to our values and the values of our respective states, our support for Israel as a vital U.S. ally, important economic partner and champion of freedom.”

Israel is a “pluralistic nation with deep cultural, familial, security, educational, scientific and commercial bonds with our states and with the United States as a whole,” asserts the statement.

The governors reaffirm their commitment to “the principle of two states for two peoples, exist-ing side by side in peace, security and mutual recognition, and achieved through direct, bilateral ne-gotiations.” And they emphasize that the BDS movement “undermines peacemaking by suggesting that economic and political pressure on Israel can replace real negotiation.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), and Connecticut Gov-ernor Dannel Malloy (D), are co-chairs of the national, bipartisan Governors United Against BDS initiative.

AJC CEO David Harris

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Bipartisan Adoption of Senate Resolution Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem

Conference of Presidents leaders welcomed Senate passage of a bipar-tisan resolution commemorating the 50thanniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem and reaffirming the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, which recog-nized united Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. The 1995 law mandates the relocation of the US Em-bassy to Jerusalem and reaffirms the protection of the rights of all religious groups. The resolution acknowledg-es Israel’s commitment to religious freedom and reiterates support for strengthening the mutually beneficial US-Israel special relationship.

Significantly, the resolution, in-troduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and others, passed the Senate on the very day of the 50th anniversary of the historic reunification of Jerusalem, without a single vote in opposition. The vote demonstrates the overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel and reflects the deep under-standing of the central role Jerusalem has played in Judaism and national Jewish life and faith for more than three thousand years.

Senator Chuck Schumer

Maccabi USA to Bring Largest Sports Delegation to World Maccabiah GamesJeff Bukantz, General Chair-

man, 20th Maccabiah USA Or-ganizing Committee, announces the appointment of Team USA to compete at the Games in Israel, July 4-18. The Team, over 1,100 strong, will be the largest del-egation ever to travel from North America to compete in an Inter-national sporting event. There will be an additional group of over 300 friends and family from the Maccabiah Supporters Mission that will travel with Maccabi USA to cheer on the Team.

“Over 1,110 members of Team USA will arrive in Israel for the experience of a lifetime at the World Maccabiah Games” said Bukantz. “The Maccabiah is the world’s third largest sport-ing competition, and there will be over 10,000 athletes from 80 countries participating. I have been humbled to serve as General Chair and head of Delegation for Team USA for the second time. An Organizing Committee of 125 dedicated volunteers has worked diligently for the last 18 months to make the athletes’ dreams come true. This talented group of Jew-ish athletes will get to experience the culture and beauty of Israel during our ISRAEL CONNECT program and then begin the Games with the emotional march

into the Opening Ceremony at Teddy Stadium in historic Jerusa-lem. And then, the Games begin. ”

There are 1,126 Jewish American athletes and coaches that will comprise Team USA. They come from 42 states, Aus-tralia, Barcelona, Canada, the District of Columbia, Japan, and Sweden. The largest number of athletes comes from California [241] and New York [222].

Team USA includes athletes and alumni of many of the top colleges and universities in the country, including all Ivy League schools, Georgetown, MIT, Stan-ford, and Northwestern. Team USA is comprised of 71 Open, Ju-niors, Youth, Masters, and Grand Masters divisional teams par-ticipating in 34 different sports. Olympian Eli Dershwitz will par-ticipate as a member of the Open

Fencing Team, and Olympian An-thony Ervin will participate as a member of the Open Swim Team. Other Olympian athletes include Zach Test of the USA Rugby 7’s Team, Head Coach of Open Men’s Rugby 7’s.

The sports that Team USA will compete in are: Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Chess, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Field Hockey, Futsal, Golf, Gymnastics, Half Mar-athon, Ice Hockey, Judo, Karate, Lacrosse, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Rowing, Rugby, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Table Ten-nis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Track & Field, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Wrestling. This will be the first time Lacrosse and Juniors Boys’ Water Polo competitions will take place at the Maccabiah

Games. Basketball, compromised of eight divisions, has the largest number of teams, with Open Men’s and Women’s; Juniors Boys’ and Girls’; Youth Men’s; Paralympic; Masters Men’s 35+ and 45+ teams competing.

The Maccabiah Games are about more than sports competi-tions. They are an opportunity for Jewish athletes from around the world to convene in Israel for an elite athletic competition and to explore their common culture and heritage in the historic Jew-ish Homeland. The Juniors, Open, and Youth divisions of Team USA arrive in Israel one week in ad-vance of the Games to participate

in the ISRAEL CONNECT (IC) cultural and educational program that is unique to Maccabi USA. The IC program provides these athletes with the opportunity to tour the historic and religious sites of Israel as members of Team USA so they can bond with each other, their culture and heri-tage and experience the magic and beauty of Israel.

The Maccabiah Games are the third largest international sporting event in the world, after the Summer Olympics and Pan American Games. There will be over 10,000 participants from 80 countries at the 20th World Mac-cabiah Games.

Maccabi USA (MUSA) is a federally-recognized not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Organization with an ex-tensive history of enriching Jew-ish lives through athletic, cultural and educational programs. The organization is the official spon-sor of the United States Team to the World Maccabiah Games, and the Pan American and European Mac-cabi Games, as well as a sponsor of the JCC Maccabi Games for teens in North America. As the official Maccabi representative in the U.S., Maccabi USA supports Jewish athletic endeavors, enhanced by cultural and educational activi-ties in the United States, Israel and throughout the Diaspora.


Beth El Synagogue Center Names New Full-Time Assistant Rabbi

Rabbi Zachary Sitkin has been named full-time As-sistant Rabbi of Beth El Syna-gogue Center in New Rochelle. Associate Rabbi Joshua Dorsch is assuming the role of Senior Rabbi at Tifereth Israel Syna-gogue in San Diego. Sitkin, who has been with Beth El on a part-time basis for a year, looks forward to starting July 1.

“Working at Beth El over the past year has been a true blessing for my family,” Rabbi Sitkin said. “We are excited to join the Beth El community full time where we will continue to build profound and meaning-ful relationships.”

Rabbi Sitkin previously worked at Congregation Eitz Chaim in Monroe, NY and par-ticipated in a half-unit of Clini-cal Pastoral Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Sitkin’s love for Judaism began when he started becom-ing involved in his local USY chapter in Blue Bell, Pennsyl-vania and flourished while on the Nativ gap-year program in Israel, where he studied at He-brew University in Jerusalem and worked on Kibbutz Sa’ad in the South.

Rabbi Sitkin graduated from the University of Pitts-

burgh and received dual Bachelors de-grees in both Psychology and Religious Stud-ies. While at Pitt, Rabbi Sit-kin co-founded a Beit Midrash, led the conser-vative minyan on Shabbat, and beat-boxed in the Pitt Hillel’s a cappella group, the VoKols, where he met his wife, Lisa. Rabbi Sitkin re-ceived his rab-binic ordination in May 2016 from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City where he also received a Mas-ter of Arts in Talmud and Rab-binic Literature. Rabbi Sitkin, his wife Lisa, and their son Avi live in New Rochelle.

Rabbi Sitkin said one of the many programs he’s ex-cited about running this fall is a weekly night of learning that consists of Torah study from one of three teachers as well as a monthly “scholar-in-resi-dence.” Food and drinks will be

provided each week.“Rabbi Sitkin is a true

mentsch deep down in his bones and one feels this with-in moments of being in his presence,” said Rabbi David Schuck. “He is engaging, a compassionate listener, and he loves teaching Torah when-ever he has the chance. We are so blessed to be guided by his leadership and wisdom here at Beth El.”

Beth El Synagogue Center is located at 1324 North Avenue in New Rochelle.

Rabbi Zachary Sitkin

Congregation Anshe Sholom Hosts Blood Drive to Honor Former Congregant

A blood drive was held on Sunday, June 25 in mem-ory of Dr. Paul Packer, a New Rochelle physician who practiced medicine for over 40 years with commitment and compassion for his pa-tients. Sponsored with New York Blood Center (NYBC) the drive was hosted by Con-gregation Anshe Sholom, 50 North Avenue, New Ro-chelle and collected 24 pints of blood as the community faces a blood shortage. The summer months are when the blood supply typically takes a dip but the needs of local hospital patients re-mains steady.

Known among his friends and family as a lov-ing husband, father, grand-father, healer and friend, Dr. Packer was well known for his diagnostic knowledge and support for his commu-nity, according to his family who are asking all to honor his memory and save a life

by donating blood. Drive co-ordinators worked with the community in a strong show of support with the family and friends of Dr. Packer, as they know saving lives by giving blood made Dr. Pack-er extremely joyful.

To help patients in need, donate blood at a NYBC Donor Center or lo-

cal blood drive. Do-nors must be at least 16 years old (with signed parental permission on NYBC form) and weigh 110 pounds or more. Additional height and weight requirements apply to donors under age 19. Bring NYBC do-nor card for faster ser-vice or photo or signa-ture ID. Drink and eat before donating. Medi-cal eligibility questions can be answered by calling 1-800-688-0900 or going to a blood

drive. Appointments to do-nate blood can be made by calling New York Blood Cen-ter at (800) 933-2566 or by going on-line to www.nybc.org.

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New York Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Anne Frank’s Diary

On June 12, 2017, the day Anne Frank would have turned 88, Anne Frank Center for Mu-tual Respect, the U.S. national organization among Anne Frank organizations world-wide, presented a star-studded evening to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the pub-lication of her diary. Her di-ary was published on June 25, 1947.

In Liberty Park, 150 Greenwich Street, Manhat-tan, at the World Trade Cen-ter complex, dignitaries and Holocaust survivors who knew Anne Frank gathered to dedicate a tree grown from the original tree outside Anne Frank’s hiding place in Am-sterdam where Anne and her family hid from 1942 to 1944.

The Holocaust survivors at the tree dedication included Anne Frank’s second cousin Monica Smith, Peter Kohns-tam, who was a young boy in Amsterdam when Anne baby-

sat him before she went into hiding and the Consul-General for the Netherlands, Dolph Ho-gewoning.

Anne wrote about the original tree in her diary as a source of inspiration and hope even in the darkest times. Anne Frank Center for Mutual

Respect chose the World Trade Center as the site of the 70th anniversary tree to evoke New York’s eter-nal hope after 9/11.

At the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Re-spect’s gala, on the 68th floor of the World Trade Center, the “Anne Frank Honors,” featured Robert De Niro, Star Wars’ Mark Hamill, civil rights leg-end Congressman John Lewis, Homeland’s Mandy Patinkin, NYC Public Ad-vocate Letitia James and others speaking on the state of America. Honorees included the

feminist entrepreneur and philanthropist Lela Goren, civ-il rights lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Neil Mullin, Gold-man Sachs and Starbucks Cor-poration. Micah Fletcher, the surviving hero from Portland, Oregon, stabbed on a train,

Micah Fletcher (right) receiving the Anne Frank Award


Dr. Paul Packer

Calendar of Events


From September 1-4, join The New York Bike Ride and Retreat honoring Ruth Messinger starting at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, 116 Johnson Road, Falls Village, CT. Call 860-824-5991 to register.

On August 20, the 43rd Annual Westchester Jewish Music and Arts Festival will take place at Kensico Dam Plaza from 12-6pm, presented by Westchester Jewish Council, Westchester Klezmer Program, and Westchester County Parks. For details call 864-PARK or go to westchestergov.com/parks.

Next winter from December 21-January 1, travel with family to Israel with the UJA and visit ancient underground caves, taste treats at a chocolate factory, and connect to tradition at a sunrise bar/bat mitzvah at the top of Masada. For trip information call 212-836-1356 (Manhattan), 914-385-2120 (Westchester).

On Saturdays July 29 and August 5 at 7:30pm; and again on Sundays July 30 and August 6 at 1pm, perfor-mances of the musical GREASE will be held at the Yorktown Stage, part of the Yorktown Community Cultural Center, 1974 Commerce Street, Yor-ktown Heights. Tickets are available at yorktownstage.org or by calling the box office at 962-0606.

On July 29 at 8pm, an Evening with Sutton Foster will take place in the Venetian Theater at Caramoor, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah. For tickets go to [email protected] or call 232-1252.

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

UpcomingEvery Monday from 9:30-10:45am, WJCS offers Jewish Mindfulness Meditation at Temple Israel Center, 280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains. Call 761-0600 to learn more.

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

The second Friday of the month from 9:30-10:45am, WJCS offers Jewish Mindfulness Meditation at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, 220 South Bedford Road, Chappaqua. Call 761-0600 to register.

Bingo will be played at the Yorktown Jewish Center, 2966 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, July 9 and 23, and August 6 and 20. Call 245-2324 for details.

The Hadassah Westchester 2017 Jewish Film Festival will screen the following at the Greenburgh Library, 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford: On July 11 at 2pm, To Take a Wife; On July 20 at 2pm, 7 days; and on July 25, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. For more information, contact Hadassah at 937-3151.

Registration is now open for Dr. BJ Miller’s lecture on September 28 at 6pm, on all aspects of palliative care, person-centered care, the therapeutic potential of aesthetics, and more. Presented by The New Jewish Home, What Really Matters at the End of Life, will be held at 6pm at the AXA Center, 787 7th Avenue, NYC. Register at [email protected] or call 212-870—4751.

Rabbi Molly Karp will present a new course, Jewish Wanderings, at a private home in New Rochelle (location TBD) and at Beth

El Synagogue, 1324 North Avenue, New Rochelle, on 10 Wednesday mornings from 10am-12:15pm on August 2, 16, 23, 30; September 6, 13, 27; and October 4, 11, 18. The course will explore the early diaspora and the creation of diverse Jewish communities. To learn more and enroll visit rabbimollykarp.com or contact [email protected]

July10For Global Jewish Giving Day, nonprofit organizations can sign-up, or you can volunteer or donate. To learn more, go to Jewishgivingday.org.

13At 7pm, join a tour of the Bialystoker Synagogue and learn about the largest congregation on the Lower East Side of NYC today. Meet in front of the synagogue, 7-11 Willet-Bialystoker Place, between Grand and Delancey Streets, NYC. Call 212-374-4100 x 1, 2 to register.

21At 6pm, Temple Sholom will host Shabbat on the Sound, an outdoor concert with musical performer Sheldon Low, at Tod’s Point, Greenwich, CT. Bring your own picnic, blankets, and lawn chairs. Parking is available. Free. RSVP is required to Alice Schoen at 203-542-7165 or [email protected].

23At 3pm, Hadassah Westchester will be viewing the One-Act Play Reading Festival at the Westchester Collaborative Theatre, 23 Water Street, Ossining. The four plays will range from light comedy to compelling dramas. RSVP by July 19 at hadassah.org/events/oneactplay or call 937-3151 for questions and more information.

August2At 7pm, experience the spirit of Israel through song, dance, and story with the Tzofim

Friendship Caravan at Beth El Synagogue Center, 1324 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Free when registering to bethelnr.org/tzofim.

3From 10am-4pm, UJA Women will host the Hamptons Trunk Show at Bridgehampton Historical Society, 2368 Montauk Hwy., Bridgehampton. For information, call 866-UJA-FED1.

3-6Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center will host Let My People Sing!, a weekend filled with song sessions, plus opportunities to make pickles, explore the woods, take a tour of the farm, and more, at 116 Johnson Road, Falls Village, CT. To register contact [email protected] or call 860-824-5991.

9-13Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center will host the Hazon Food Conference at 116 Johnson Road, Falls Village, CT, plus prayer service, swimming, boating, hiking, and other summer fun activities for the whole family. To register contact [email protected] or call 860-824-5991.

14-18From 9:30am-3pm, JCC of Mid-Westchester is teaming up with nonprofit youth theater TADA! from NYC to offer a music and drama camp for kids ages 6-11 at 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale. Campers will create and perform an original mini-musical in just five days! For more information and to register, visit jccmw.org or call 472-3300.


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County Executive Astorino Presents Awards to Chabad Hebrew School Students

Hebrew School students of Chabad Hebrew School of West-chester, located in New Rochelle, enjoyed an exciting honor as Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino attended the cel-ebration.

A crowd of family and friends gathered for the annual cer-emony in the Chabad House. Director Rochel Butman addressed the crowd, speaking to the students and commending them for their amazing achievements over the past year.

Mrs. Anne Wasserman represented the local community and presented the students with trophies as well. Rabbi Avrohom Butman, of Chabad of Scarsdale, welcomed the County Executive.

Astorino presented each student with their “Aleph Champ “awards, which recognizes the students’ advancement in their study of Hebrew language. He personally congratulated each child as well, in his signature warm and friendly manner.

Chabad Hebrew School has finished another successful year with 80 students and 8 teachers under the leadership of Assistant Director Musia Butman and the Chabad teachers, who come from far and wide, including Italy, Canada, South Africa and all over the US.

The Genesis Prize Foundation And Jewish Funders Network To Fund 22 ProgramsThe Genesis Prize

Foundation (GPF) and Jew-ish Funders Network (JFN) recently announced the re-cipients of funding under the special matching grants program created in honor of 2016 Genesis Prize Lau-reate Itzhak Perlman. The announcement identified 22 organizations as grantees of Breaking Barriers, which will fund programs that promote inclusion of those with disabilities in Jewish life. The projects will result in $3.17M in new funds be-ing dedicated to this philan-thropic area.

“Together with Itzhak

respect, and personal fulfil-ment.”

This is the second consecutive year that GPF and JFN have conducted a matching grant initiative in honor of a Genesis Prize Laureate. Last year’s match-ing grant initiative in honor of the 2015 Laureate Michael Douglas resulted in $3.3M in new funds contributed to projects focused on engag-ing intermarried families in Jewish life.

World-renowned vio-linist and activist for those with disabilities, Itzhak Perlman, received the 2016 Genesis Prize at a ceremony

Itzhak Perlman

Perlman, we aim to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people with disabili-ties throughout North America, Israel and the FSU,” said Stan Polovets, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foun-dation. “Itzhak’s per-sonal story illustrates humankind’s ability to achieve greatness in the face of adver-sity. We want to give others an opportunity to achieve their own greatness by enjoy-

ing lives filled with dignity,

in Jerusalem. In lieu of ac-cepting the prize money, he directed the funds to pro-mote inclusion of those with disabilities in Jewish life, as well as to support young people pursuing careers in classical music.

One of the winning or-ganizations due to receive funding from the Genesis Prize/JFN initiative in-cludes Hillel International, which is recruiting interns on college campuses around the world who will engage students with disabilities in Jewish life.

“I was honored to re-ceive the Genesis Prize in

2016, and so grateful that the award funds were direct-ed in three critical areas,” commented Itzhak Perlman. “To organizations that are making sure people with disabilities are included in Jewish life, to provide access for those with disabilities to cultural programs, and to support aspiring musicians pursuing their passion.”

By directing the $1M award funds to important philanthropic causes, Perl-man followed the tradition of Genesis Prize Laureates who came before him. Mi-chael Bloomberg, the inau-



Thousands Mark 53rd Anniversary of Celebrate Israel ParadeGovernor Andrew Cuo-

mo; Mayor Bill de Blasio; New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli; New York City Public Advocate Letitia James; New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer; City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Members of the City Council; U.S. Representatives, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Kathleen Rice; Senators Leroy Comrie and John Flanagan; Consul General of Israel in New York Ambassador Dani Dayan; Permanent Representative to the United Nations Danny Danon; Israeli Knesset Mem-bers Avi Dichter (Likud), Dr. Anat Berko (Likud), Eyal Ben-Reuven (Zionist Camp), Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid), Yoav Kisch (Likud), Elazar Stern (Yesh

Atid), David Bitan (Likud), Stav Shafir, (Zionist Camp); Grand Marshal Rabbi Haskel Lookstein; Honorary Grand Marshals, including former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber, celebrity chef and Jewish lifestyle expert Jamie Geller, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Haim Gozali, and the Major of Jersalem Nir Barkat and several other lo-cal and international officials joined 40,000 marchers from more than 250 organizations, thousands of spectators, 15 world-class marching bands and more than 30 floats at the 2017 Celebrate Israel Parade on June 4 along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, from 57th Street to 74th Street.

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Parade, the world’s largest public gather-ing in celebration of Israel, celebrated its 53rd anniversary with a host of new musical acts, children-friendly entertainment and musical talent includ-ing Six13, Milk & Hon-eys, Yarden Klayman, Avram Pengas & The Noga Group, Golem, SOULFARM and Galgal Ba’Ma’agal..

Taking Support for Israel to New Symbolic Heights

Just a week after 40,000 New Yorkers marched up Fifth Av-enue to show their support for the State of Israel, other Jewish groups took to the city’s skies and waterways on June 11 to express their love for the Jewish state.

More than 60 New Yorkers gathered in private planes and watercraft flying U.S. and Israeli flags and traveled from Brook-lyn’s Sheepshead Bay to the United Nations headquarters on the Manhattan bank of the East River.

The fleet of air and sea vessels was organized by the Ameri-can Forum of Russian Speaking Jewry, under the auspices of the World Zionist Organization. The lead boat’s delegation included Israeli Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption Sofa Land-ver, World Zionist Organization Head of the Department for the Promotion of Aliyah Marina Rozenberg-Koritny, and other high-ranking Israeli officials and American Jewish community leaders.

“We wanted to find a way to take the American Jewish com-munity’s support for Israel to new symbolic heights – and show our all-encompassing pride across sea, air, and land,” said Dmitry Shiglik, American Forum of Russian Speaking Jewry board chair.. “We plan to grow this celebration in the next few years – we hope to have as many Israel supporters flying and sailing with us as there are marching along Fifth Avenue.”

Supporters sailed watercraft flying Israeli and American flags.


Mazel TovSeth Rosen of Larchmont to Become Chair of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

David Roberts is stepping down as chair of the Re-constructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Recon-structionist Communities’ board of governors after hold-ing the position for the past 11 years. In September, he will assume the role of chair emeritus. Roberts is being hailed as a transformational leader in the Reconstruc-tionist movement, working in close partnership with RRC/JRC President Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.

Vice chair Seth Rosen, elected by the board at its June 11 meeting to succeed Roberts, will officially become chair at the October board meeting.

Rosen, a resident of Larchmont, of counsel at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, and former president of Bet Am Shalom Synagogue in White Plains, has pre-viously served on the board of JRF. He is the first chair of the combined Reconstructionist organization to rise from the board of the JRF. Rosen sees his role, in part, as helping the organization maintain its focus on train-ing entrepreneurial clergy, strengthening communities, developing creative new opportunities for Jewish experi-ence and amplifying the movement’s progressive voice in the public sphere.

“This role is a great challenge and opportunity,” said Rosen. “When I retired from the practice of law, I hoped to find meaningful work and push myself in new ways. I believe in this movement. It is so vital that we have a vibrant progressive religious voice in the public square.”

Rosen praised Roberts’ leadership and guidance, calling him a transformational figure in the movement’s history. “His tenure completely transformed the spirit and day-to-day work of the move-ment. That’s a record of achievement not many people can point to.”

Reconstructionist Judaism energizes Jewish living and learning to transform themselves, their communities and the world. They proclaim a radical and refreshing theological vision that inspires people of all backgrounds to fight for justice. The movement teaches that Judaism is the continu-ously evolving civilization of the Jewish people, encompassing culture, art, music, food, belief, ritual and everyday living. They recognize G-d’s presence in all of creation.

RRC/JRC President Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. and Seth Rosen

Scholarships for Summer Trips to Israel Awarded

Twenty Westchester teens received Singer Scholarship Awards for summer programs in Israel on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at UJA-Federation of New York’s White Plains office. The awards, funded by Fran and Saul Singer of White Plains and administered by UJA-Federation, help offset the cost of Israel programs for high school teens. The teens were nominated for these merit-based awards by their synagogues or a UJA-Federation network agency (such as a local Jewish community center) and were required to develop community service projects.

Local scholarship recipients include: Sydney Adler of Katonah; Andrew Aldous of Bedford; Caralyn Bierman, Zoe Heller, Andy Katz, and Marilyn Meyers all from New Rochelle; Andrew Dan-ziger of Larchmont; Leo Heller and Eliana Sastow of Scarsdale; Lauren Hollander of Pawling; Abby Kimmel of Rye Brook; Tamar Levine , Aliza Waxman and Gabrielle Sadinoff of White Plains; Abi-gail Loose of Dobbs Ferry; Sarina Matsil of Mount Kisco; Elan Roth of Croton-on-Hudson; Joseph Schluger of Millwood; Rebecca Tenner of Rye; and Anya Weitz of Yonkers.

Teen award recipients with Saul (far left) and Fran Singer (sixth from left)

Westchester Jewish Council Welcomes New Board and President

On May 23, Westchester Jewish Council held its 42nd Annual meeting at Temple Israel of New Rochelle. Nearly 120 board members, guests and community leaders were in attendance.

They welcomed Lisa Roberts as the 13th president of the Westchester Jewish Council and new officers and board members, who will join their existing board of directors.

New Westchester Jewish Council Officers include: Harold Aspis, Hon. Martin Rogowsky, Nancy Zaro and William H. Schrag.

New Westchester Jewish Council Board Members include: Sam Berger, Ben Blumberg, Laurie Davidowitz, Barry Effron, Michael Foreman, Michelle Gewanter, Cantor Margot Goldberg, Betsy Landis, Arnold Linhardt, Joseph Rafa-lowicz and Dan Reingold.

Along with recognizing outgoing Council President Paul Warhit for his four years of dedicated service, members who have also completed their board terms include: Susan Baer, Richard Elkind, Larry Frankel, Michael Katz, Cantor Hayley Kobilinsky, Stuart Kolbert, Barry Richman, Ellen Plum Rosen-berg, Pam Wexler and Harriett Zeller.

In addition to installing new and recognizing outgoing board members, there was a special tribute to Frank Hassid, Executive Director of the Shames JCC on the Hudson, who re-tired in June after 27 years of dedicated service.

The Board of Directors of the Westchester Jewish Coun-cil announced that Lisa Roberts has recently been appointed President of the Board.

Roberts brings significant experience in the Jewish not-for-profit community having been on the professional staff of the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester since 1992 until its closing in 2016. Most recently, Roberts served as the JCC’s Pro-gram Director where she oversaw Jewish Life programming, the creation of J-Baby, several teen initiatives including the par-ticipation of Northern Westchester teens in the JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest, organized the annual gala, and worked on a variety of partnership programs with rabbis and synagogues in Northern Westchester, including the facilitation of a “kesher” group of rabbis in Northern Northern West-chester (No No), leading to successful collaborative regional programming for families, teens and adults.

Roberts has been a member of the board of Temple Shaaray Tefila in Bedford Corners since 2002, an officer since 2005 and completed a two year term as synagogue President in 2016, during which time she has spearheaded many new initiatives focused on member engagement, the welcoming of interfaith families into the Jewish community, playing a key role in implementing the synagogue’s first major gifts operating campaign, and leading an important donor outreach and communication initiative. She also proudly serves on the board of AJC Westchester/Fairfield since 2013. Lisa has been a Westchester Jewish Council board member since 1999 and a member of the executive committee for over eight years. She is excited about serving the Westchester Jew-ish community in her new role as President. “I am committed to working with our diverse and dedicated board and our incredible professional staff to continue to strengthen the reach, value and reputation of the Council,” said Roberts.

Roberts grew up in Miami Beach and was actively involved in her temple youth group, SEFTY (Southeast Federation of Temple Youth) and NFTY (National Federation of Temple Youth.) She graduated from the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania with a degree in Psychology and earned her MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU.

Lisa and her husband, Jon , an investment adviser , live in Mahopac. Their children, Carly and her hus-band, Q, and David and his significant other, Marissa, live in New York City.

The Westchester Jewish Council connects Westchester’s Jewish communities and strengthens relation-ships among 160 Jewish organizations and other ethnic and faith based groups, elected officials, Israel and the community at large. For more information, visit http://www.wjcouncil.org or call 914-328-7001.

Lisa Roberts

Left to right: Elliot Forchheimer, Barry Richman, Harriett Zeller, Sue Baer, Stuart Kolbert, Paul Warhit


Repairing a Fractured World through Social WorkBY DANIELLE WOZNIAK, MSW, PhDDOROTHY AND DAVID SCHACHNE DEAN OF WURZWEILER SCHOOL

OF SOCIAL WORK

How Do We Heal? As social workers, this question and its answer is our work. We spend our lives seeking, applying, and crafting the an-swer. We pass our knowledge to subsequent generations of social workers and invite them to work towards great-er understanding. Each one of us, contributes our voice, our practice experience, our wisdom, our insights, our struggles to those who suffer

and to the next generation of practitioners, continuing to refine the answer in better and more expert ways. L’dor vador.

When Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross was a young in-tern she was assigned to two hospital wards of terminally ill children. On one ward she noticed that the nurs-ing logs showed the heavy use of sleeping pills to help frightened children sleep. On the other ward, the logs showed little drug use. The children did not fret through the night, they slept. When she investigated, she found

that on the ward where chil-dren slept, the night cleaning woman talked and sang to the children as she mopped the floors. This woman provided what the children needed—someone to recognize their subjectivity, someone who was not afraid of their fear or pain, someone who would accompany them through their dark night. These chil-dren would not get well, but they could heal. This is some-thing social workers know. Our profession is devoted to keeping watch with those in pain, accompanying those in need through their journey.

Our job is to listen without flinching to people’s stories knowing that the moments of telling contain the seeds of healing, knowing that the sound that comes after a heart breaking is the sound of a heart repairing.

Lean in and consider a career in social work. Join with us to repair a fractured world by repairing fractured hearts, and families, and homes all the while know-ing that your presence in someone’s life has unlimited power to change a life. Few people can say that they alter the course of history simply

by going to the office each day. But as social workers, when one child heals through our work, generations are impacted and life chances are different. When a couple keeps their marriage togeth-er, when someone celebrates another day sober, when a family can come together to mourn the loss of an elder instead of splintering under grief ’s weight, when someone decides not to jump or not to pull the trigger, when some-one feels safer because you are there, you have altered the course of history—al-tered how lives will unfold,

altered the legacy that will be handed to subsequent gen-erations. As a social worker, who you are and what you do matters.

Author Margaret Weiss tells us, “We each have within ourselves the ability to shape our own destinies. But, more important, each of us has an equal ability to shape the destiny of the universe.” At Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University we’ve been shaping the uni-verse for the last 60 years. Let us help you be a part of that work. Call 212-960-0810 for more information.

when he came to the aid of harassed Muslim passengers, was also honored. He is the lone survivor of the three Port-land heroes.

After dark, the spire of the iconic 1 World Trade Cen-ter was lit in the logo colors of the Anne Frank Center for Mu-tual Respect, orange and yel-low. The lighting was courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and The Durst Organization.

Orange is the color of Dutch national identity, rec-ognizing where Anne Frank hid and wrote her diary. Yellow represents the badge of op-pression worn by Jews during the Holocaust. Together, or-ange and yellow are the colors of the sun, reflecting Anne’s hope for humanity even during its darkest times.

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the U.S. na-tional organization among Anne Frank organizations worldwide, addresses civil and human rights issues across America.

Through educational pro-grams and grassroots organiz-ing, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect calls out preju-dice, counters discrimination and advocates for the kinder and fairer world of which Anne Frank dreamed.

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect has been among America’s fiercest or-ganizations in opposition to President Trump’s ban on refu-gees, his plan to build a wall to keep immigrants out of our na-tion, and his Administration’s responses to Antisemitism, Is-lamophobia and other hate.

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heard that there was a movement in Canada to personally adopt Syrian refugees,” Kantor contin-ued. “A photo of Aylan (Alan) Kurdi, a drowned toddler whose family was trying to get to Canada who washed up on a Turkish shore helped sweep [Canadian Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau into office.

“There were signs on Canadian storefronts saying ‘Refugees Welcome.’” Kantor described the Canadian resettling of the Mohammad refugee family and schooling of their children. “There is a huge difference in attitude. Canada sees refugees as a generational investment. They didn’t have ‘9/11’ and have a low population relative to its geographic span. To them refugees are assets.”

Merrill Zack, HIAS Senior Director, Community Engagement Programs discussed HIAS’ law-suit challenging President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders reducing annual number of refugees allowed into the United States from 110,000 to 50,000.

“Mayor Norman Rosenblum mentioned 900+ Holocaust refugees aboard the St. Louis in 1939 denied entry into our country; 254 perished. Two hundred communities recently held vigils with lit and unlit Yartzheit candles; unlit to hope that our present refugees will not perish,” Zack stated.

Elected officials comprised New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; Mamaroneck Town Councilwomen Jaine Elkind Eney; Abby Katz; New York State Senator George Latimer; NYS Assemblyman Steven Otis; Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker; Rosenblum and Larchmont Mayor Lorraine Walsh.

At the Wishing Tree, left to right: Carla Berry, St. John’s Church, Larchmont; Jane Klein, Chavurat Tikvah, Mamaroneck

Neighbors for Refugees Presents “Welcoming Refugees: What You Can Do” at Mamaroneck Synagoguecontinued from page 1

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs Reacts to Israeli Government Decision on Western Wall

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, comprised of 16 national Jewish Organizations, including four major synagogue movements, and 125 local Jewish Community Relations Councils, re-affirms the central value of Jewish unity and the unshakeable bonds that connect Jews to one another and to the State of Israel.

“Many of our affiliated organizations are deeply troubled by the recent decision of the Israeli Cabinet concerning prayer at the Western Wall, as are many individual Jews around the world. We look to the government of Israel to work collaboratively to find solutions to such problems that divide us, in ways that preserve our commitments to one another as a single, global, Jewish community,” they stated.

The mission of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs is to lead, support, shape, coordinate and represent the Jewish community relations movement in order to advance the interests of the Jewish people, support Israel’s quest for peace and security, and promote a just American society and world. JCPA represents 125 local Jewish Community Relations Councils and 16 national Jewish agencies.

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Real Estate Matters: How to Overcome Summer Home Selling Obstacles

BY JOHN E. BAER, SRES, SRS

Spring is the most pop-ular time of the year to put a home on the market. Fall is the second most popular time of the year to sell a home. Selling a home in the summer, however, is a bit tricky.

Summer is good for a lot of things, but home sell-ing is not necessarily one of them. In fact, if you don’t have to sell in the summer, you might get more for your home if you wait until fall. Why? Because in the sum-mer: People go on vaca-tion; Kids get out of school and require attention; And Summer activities distract homeowners.

Basically, there’s just too much going on during the summer to pay close at-tention to selling a home. Most sellers would rather wait until everything calms down in the fall.

Not everybody can wait until fall to sell and relo-cate. Some people might be transferred to a new job in another state or be experi-encing other pressing “life” issues that could necessi-

tate an immediate sale. Here are a few things

you can do to attract a sum-mertime buyer: Mow the lawn twice a week : Create summer curb appeal; Deco-rate with summer accents; Add value and security with lighting; Freshen up out-door areas; Blend the inte-rior and exterior together ;Depersonalize Your Home; Remove Anything Polar-izing; Find the right Real-tor; Have flexible showing hours; Offer summer bever-ages and snacks ;Use natu-ral air freshener ; and Con-trol air temperature.

Price your home right!The #1 summer home

selling tip is to price your home correctly! If you don’t take one other piece of advice when selling your home, make sure pricing it right is one you do take into consideration! Noth-ing else you do will matter if you overprice your home. No matter how much you love your property – or how much money you may have poured into it – you can still only sell it for a price that works for your mar-ket. Many homeowners get

caught up in falling for one of the more common home pricing myths, like pricing your home higher will lead to a higher sale price, or you need X amount of dollars for negotiating room.

Your real estate agent is the best person to listen to when pricing the home. He or she will look at all the other homes like yours that have sold recently and price the home accordingly.

John E. Baer, SRES, SRS is a NYS licensed real es-tate salesperson associated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Westches-ter Properties of Scarsdale and Larchmont. He can be reached for questions at 914/600-6086 or at 914/844-2059. His website is www.WestchesterHomes.info.

Anti-BDS and Anti-Hate Resolution Passed by Board of Legislators

On June 19, The Westchester County Board of Legislators adopted two significant resolutions with the help of AJC Westchester/Fairfield, StandWithUs, SPACA, UJA and Westchester Jewish Council. The resolutions included the Anti-Hate Resolution condemning statements or acts of ha-tred directed against all minorities. This resolution was co-presented by AJC Westchester/Fairfield and the Westchester Coalition Against Islamophobia.

Also passed was the Anti-BDS Resolution condemning the BDS movement and affirming sup-port for Israel.

gural 2014 Laureate, directed the $1M award to provide funding for the Genesis Generation Challenge, a competition for young social entrepreneurs working on projects to improve the lives of thousands throughout the world in areas of healthcare, sanitation, and technology. Michael Douglas, the 2015 Laureate, directed his $1M prize award, along with another $1M matched by philanthropist Roman Abramovich, to initiatives which engage intermarried families in Jewish life. The 2017 Genesis Prize Laureate Anish Kapoor will direct his prize award to help alleviate the refugee crisis.

“The impact of this initiative goes beyond these grants,” said Andrés Spokoiny, Presi-dent and CEO of JFN. “The gifts being matched, as well as the whole range of amazing proj-ects submitted, represent new donors and newly increased levels of giving to this vital field. I want to express my gratitude to the Genesis Prize Foundation and its partner, philanthro-pist Roman Abramovich, who were inspired by Itzhak Perlman to support this critically im-portant initiative that will have a transformative effect on Jewish life.”

In addition to grants distributed in North America and Israel, Genesis Prize Founda-tion made a significant gift in honor of Mr. Perlman to the Maccabi World Union in order to bring Russian Jewish Paralympic athletes to the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel this July. This gift was made possible due to the contribution of Roman Abramovich and his wife Dasha Zhukova.

The Genesis Prize Foundation And Jewish Funders Network To Fund 22 Programscontinued from page 10

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Summertime Is Play Time, Not Just for KidsAs the hectic school year

ends, and schedules lighten up, we look forward, with anticipation, to the more lei-surely pace of summertime, for both our children and our-selves. We all have memories of that “school’s out for summer” feeling… the smell of fresh cut grass, catching fireflies or fly-ing a kite. We can recall the simple pleasures of free play, the feel of the summer breeze and the well-deserved free-dom from books, routines and structured activities.

But, just how relaxed are summer calendars for families today, anyway? Not relaxed enough, some experts might say. Summer play for children, teens and adults alike is often eclipsed by more ritualized, or-ganized, enrichment activities,

including intensive academic programs and specialty camps. While these summer activities can keep children safe and oc-cupied as parents work and take time for themselves, most children and adults thrive with

a balance of working hard and playing hard. As we become more productive in school and at work, playing is becoming less and less.

Research has shown that play is critical to physical, in-

tellectual and social-emotional development from early child-hood through older adulthood.

Child development stud-ies over the decades demon-strate the immeasurable value of play. David Elkind, a psy-chologist and child develop-ment expert, describes play as “an essential component of positive human development.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics has emphasized that unstructured free play (or down time for adolescents) is one of the healthiest activities for children. Unstructured free play provides multiple benefits that often protect against harmful effects of stress and gives children end-less opportunities for creativ-ity and self-discovery, while they develop interests, pas-sions and competencies.

Free play that is child-driven facilitates social skills, including cooperation, shar-ing, friendship and commu-nicating one’s needs. For both children and adults, play can inspire and cultivate new skills and interests, and consequent-ly, lead to improved health, well-being, resilience and con-fidence. Psychologist Mihaly

Csikszentmihalyi writes about a joyful, absorbed state called flow, in which adults can unite and balance work, play and love. Through flow, people can be so positively consumed by an activity that they are in the zone, or in the groove, like a young child’s joyful play state.

Recent research in the American Journal of Play high-lights that play has become a forgotten art, as play time has steadily declined during the school year; recess has been practically eliminated in multiple school districts, and more focus is directed toward academic enrichment and achievement.

Outdoor play may be the hallmark of summer bliss, yet, with the advent of increased technology use and screen time, including video games, computers, Internet use and smart phones, play has become passive indoor entertainment, losing some of its imaginative, creative luster. Play has shifted from collaboration and con-nection in the tree house, to wired, more-contrived social media and simulated games.

Together, busy families can create a summer balance

of work and play. In addition to structured activities, we can engage our children in play time. Our children can lead the way creatively. We can hike, picnic in the yard or bike ride. Try a game of tag, collect shells, hula hoop, bake a cake, go to the park, have a pillow fight, walk the dog, throw a Frisbee, or tie dye with your teen. Unplug and connect!

As parents relive the joys of free play, we may be bet-ter attuned to our children’s vital need for more unstruc-tured play. We may even give ourselves permission to play, and in the process, nurture our own creativity, capacity to listen, and to calm and focus ourselves.

It is not the quantity of play time together, but the quality that truly matters. Summer is a prime opportu-nity to reclaim and appreciate free play time in our children’s lives, and for ourselves.

Brenda P. Haas, LMSW, Ed.M, Program Coordina-tor of WJCS’ GPS (Guiding Parents Through Services); 914.761.0600 x 318.

So, you want to be an Executor?BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

A friend or family member comes to you and asks you if you would be willing to serve as execu-tor of his estate. You have never done this before but you value the trust your family member has placed in you and you agree to serve as his executor upon his death. Have you ever thought about whether serving as execu-tor could cause you to be person-ally responsible for any actions you take or fail to take? While the chances of you being held person-ally responsible for actions you take as a fiduciary are not great, they are not non-existent. A re-cent case highlights how things can go wrong if proper steps are not taken.

When Steven Jones (not his real name) died, he owned a home and some other liquid assets in a brokerage account. Steven had a last will and testament in which he nominated his good friend Charles to be executor. As nominated ex-ecutor, Charles initiated a probate proceeding and was appointed ex-ecutor of Steven’s estate. As execu-tor, Charles was in charge of mar-shalling the estate assets, paying the debts of the estate, distributing estate assets to beneficiaries and settling the estate.

Promptly upon appoint-ment, Charles listed Steven’s home for sale. The house was in a nice neighborhood and Charles received multiple offers for the purchase of the house. After a brief negotiation, a contract of sale was entered into between Charles and the prospective buyer, listing

Charles as the seller. He did not in-dicate on the contract that he was acting in his capacity as executor of Steven’s estate.

As is common in these situ-ations, the buyer’s lawyer sent a letter to the seller’s lawyer listing certain deficiencies in the house as identified by the engineer based upon the home inspection. At closing, the buyer’s lawyer main-tained that Charles had failed to fix the problems listed in the engi-neer’s report; however, the closing did occur as scheduled. Charles signed the paperwork needed to transfer the house to the buyer. This time, Charles signed as ex-ecutor of Steven’s estate and he even included the probate court file number.

When Charles was finished administering Steven’s estate, he filed the appropriate documents with the probate court and the es-tate was ultimately closed. Several months later, the home buyer filed a petition to reopen the probate proceeding. He argued that he still had unresolved claims against the estate. Those claims arose, he argued, from the failure to resolve his assertion that various items in the house were transferred to him in non-working order. The court denied his request to reopen the estate, holding that the probate proceeding was done, and the buyer’s claims (if any) were too late to be addressed.

Undeterred, the buyer also sued Charles individually, claim-ing that he acted in his individual capacity when he signed the con-tract without disclosing his sta-tus as executor. Charles moved unsuccessfully to have the case

against him dismissed before trial. Charles pointed out that the paperwork transferring the house to the buyer was signed by Charles as executor of Steven’s estate. Although the case was ultimately decided in his favor, he personally incurred signifi-cant legal expenses. If Charles had signed the sales contract as executor, the lawsuit against him personally would likely also have been dismissed or, perhaps, have never been started in the first place. By way of example, he could have signed his own name, followed by “as executor of the es-tate of Steven, deceased.”

To add insult to injury, Charles had agreed to serve as ex-ecutor of his good friend Steven’s estate without compensation. Af-ter all, he surmised “what could go wrong and how difficult a job can this be”? Well, we now know how that turned out for Charles. In hindsight, I am sure Charles would have done things differently. Serv-ing as executor, or any fiduciary for that matter, is serious business.

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. 914-684-2100, www.elder-lawnewyork.com.


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“Naked & Afraid”, “Dating Naked”, “Naked Appliances”BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D.

I recently read an ar-ticle on the internet regard-ing how to write an article for the newspapers! The author stressed the impor-tance of having a catchy title designed to grab your reader’s interest. Using this technique, readers tend to at least begin to read what you wrote, instead of selecting an article that sounds more interesting than yours. Rath-er than succumbing to the common sensational catch-alls such as sex or violence I chose to use NAKED instead, and if you’ve read this far, it may have worked! This tech-nique seems to be effective in other media as well, as it is grabbing viewers for the TV shows, “Dating Naked” and “Naked & Afraid”. But, alas, that’s where the titilla-

tion ends, and we get down to the less exciting concept of appliance panels or the lack of them.

When Liz and I re-modeled our kitchen many years ago, we ordered the three wood panels for our refrigerator, immediately installing only one, to see if we liked it. Today, (fifteen years later), it still only has the one panel on it. At first, we couldn’t make up our minds, but as time passed it became more of a statement. Can an appliance be content without having a panel that matches the adjoining cabi-nets?

In a smaller kitchen, I don’t recommend panels for the appliances, especially the larger appliances like the refrigerator. The usual goal in designing a smaller kitchen is to make the space

seem as big as possible. Pan-els on the appliances tend to make them look larger, and heavier. If you absolutely must have a panel, contain yourself to the dishwasher or, preferably, just at the end of a cabinet run.

If you insist on having panels in a small space, stick with a flat panel, rather than a raised panel design. Not only are they less expensive, they are not so overpower-ing. Flat panels are generally made of veneered plywood and are about ¼” thick. Raised panel fronts are usu-ally ¾” thick.

In medium to large size rooms, we’re not as concerned with making the space look larger, so panels may be an option. If you’ve selected ‘Shaker’ style (or similar) cabinets I recom-mend the flat panels, as the

door style itself is very plain. However, if you’ve selected a traditional raised panel door style you can go either way, flat or raised.

The color of your cabi-netry should also impact on the decision to panel or not. If the color of the cabinets is on the lighter side, raised panel fronts will not look as ‘weighty’ as darker ones. Keep in mind, however, that in a large kitchen, a nice stainless steel appliance here and there breaks up the monotony of an endless expanse of wood.

While you’re shopping, keep in mind that not all dishwashers and refrigera-tors are designed to accept full-overlay panels, and some are not designed for panels at all. If this is what you are considering, check

with the manufacturer to see which panel options are available for the model you like. Generally, you must order a trim-kit from the ap-pliance store for the appli-ance that you are planning to cover.

If you want to panel an older model and no trim kit is available, there is a com-pany called Frigo and they can make kits for most older appliances. You can find them at www.frigodesign.com. They even make black-board panels for refrigera-tors!

So, should you cover your appliances or let them run around NAKED? Each kitchen design must be considered on an individual basis. In some cases, as in a size-challenged kitchen, I think not. Furthermore, I’m

not embarrassed that people know that I have appliances in my kitchen, only that I cannot decide whether or not they should be paneled.

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


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