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March 2015 — Adar-Nisan 5775, Volume 21, Issue 3

“Project Ezra” Food Drive Brings Pesach to Elderly and Homebound

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Westchester Jewish Center (WJC) in Mamaroneck, inaugu-rated its Project Ezra (Hebrew, “help”) Food Drive on Sunday, March 1, collecting Kosher for Passover food for homebound elderly residents on Manhat-tan’s Lower East Side. The Food Drive will end on Sunday, March 22, when Religious School stu-dents pack the food into cartons and have WJC members deliver to Congregation Sons of Israel, Briarcliff, along with donations from other synagogues, to be taken by a Project Ezra truck to Manhattan.

WJC volunteers, coordi-nated by Ruth Obernbreit Glass, also traveled to the B’nai B’rith Building at 2050 Bartow Avenue near Coop City in the Bronx, where the Bronx Jewish Com-munity Council provided them with names, maps and bags of

Passover food to deliver to clients known by the agency.

“For a number of years un-der leadership of many of our lay leaders, including Sharon Silver and Ruth Obernbreit Glass we

have had this fantastic relation-ship with Project Ezra,” WJC Assistant Rabbi Loren Monosov stated.

“Every year we have a group of people that deliver food and

establish fantastic relationships with elderly residents in these areas. The kids that go are able to learn about their stories in this important mitzvah of collecting and delivering food. What is nice about this is that our nursery school kids sort all of the food we collect, under Sharon Silver’s guidance.”

“This is part of our Social Action Committee,” WJC Direc-tor of Communications Pat Tinto added. “They provide a warm, personal contact with those who may have little contact with the outside world.”

Organized in 1972 on Man-hattan’s Lower East Side, Project Ezra is an independent, non-profit grass-roots organization, providing a variety of services to a largely homebound population, offering social work services as well as support, counseling, cri-sis intervention and referrals to appropriate agencies.

Rosie Aronin, WJC Administrative Assistant (left) and Lizz Goldstein, WJC Youth Director, donate food to synagogue’s “Project Ezra” Pesach food drive

Many Faiths Mourn French Terror Victims with One HeartBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Over 200 citizens of many faiths and denominations stood shoulder to shoulder at an Interfaith Memorial Service held at the French American School of New York {FASNY} in Larchmont, sponsored by American Jewish Commit-tee Westchester/Fairfield and many Faith-based organiza-tions on Sunday, February 8, honoring the memory of the 17 victims of terrorism—Jews, Christians and Muslims among them, brutally mur-dered in Paris, France.

FASNY students Sarra Eddahiri, Muslim; Adrian Lafuente, Catholic; Alienor Motte, Secularist and Gabri-

ella Swartz, Jewish, gave bio-graphical profiles of four of the victims, “Je Suis” (I am).

“Can the tradition of mourning help us with those gunned down in such a violent way,” Cantor Benjie Schiller of Bet Am Shalom Synagogue asked, before reciting the El Mole Rachamin. “‘Shloshim,’ the 30 days after a death, dating from 30 days after Moses’ death on the plain of Moab, concludes the ini-tial process, allowing mourners to get themselves up and move forward in their lives.”

Noam Ohana, President of “Tzarfat,” an organization of French Jews pointed out that, concerning the death of the po-litical cartoonists, irreverence and satire have long been French

traditions. “Voltaire was jailed 50 years before the Declaration of Independence. He offended the Church. Journalists offended

the terrorists. But people in the Kosher Supermarket buying challah offended no one.”

Left to right: American Jewish Committee Westchester/Fairfield Executive Director Scott Richman; Reverend Stephen C. Holton, Chair, Episcopal-Muslim Relations Committee; Clifford Wolf, Co-Chair Interreligious and Intergroup Relations, AJC Westchester/Fairfield; Father Brian McWeeney, Director, Ecu-menical and Interreligious Affairs, Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

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HaZamir, The International Jewish High School Choir Performs at Lincoln Center

HaZamir, The Interna-tional Jewish High School Choir makes its debut at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 4pm. The gala concert features three hundred and fifty sing-

ers from cities across America and Israel. Now celebrating its 22nd anniversary, HaZamir is a project of the Zamir Choral Foundation, the only interna-tional organization dedicated to using Jewish choral music as a vehicle to foster Jewish iden-tity, community and continu-ity. A remarkable achievement in both music and education, HaZamir draws together a net-work of twenty-one American chapters and five Israeli chap-ters. Each chapter trains its singers throughout the year in a sophisticated repertoire of classical and contemporary Jewish choral music.

On Monday, March 16th, 37 teens from 2 HaZamir chap-ters in Israel arrive in New York - 24 are from HaZamir Kfar Saba and 13 are from HaZamir Jerusalem. The Jeru-salem chapter will be staying in host homes in Westchester. They will do a few days of am-bassadorship in Westchester

and New York City. The Jerusalem teens will

visit the Solomon Schech-ter School of Westchester on Thursday morning March 19th. Later they will visit the Solomon Schechter School of

Manhattan and the Yeshiva of Flatbush, as well as historical and cultural sites in New York City.

During the concert, Mae-stro Matthew Lazar, the found-er and director of the Zamir Choral Foundation, shares the stage with conductors from HaZamir’s twenty-six chap-ters. The concert includes music from three continents (US, Europe and Asia) span-ning three centuries and three languages, English, Hebrew and Yiddish. The program dis-plays the high caliber and vari-ety of Jewish music available in the 21st century and also dem-onstrates the commitment and discipline of the singers, who master a demanding rep-ertoire and learn about their heritage in the process. The concert boasts a dazzling array of vocal arrangements – from soaring, large-scale works sung by the entire choir, to

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Lauren Keats of Scarsdale Elected to International Board at BBYO Convention

The BBYO International Convention (IC) 2015 is an annual event that began 90 years ago as a way for BBYO members to connect once a year, but has now grown to be a setting for individuals across the Jewish commu-nity to learn, lead and work together toward ensuring a strong Jewish future, spear-headed by the next genera-tion. This year, from Febru-ary 12 – 16, more than 2,200 Jewish teens (a 24% increase from 2014) and 1,100 Jewish adults – including some of the community’s top educators, professionals and philan-thropists – from 20 countries joined in Atlanta for this un-precedented moment.

For the first time ever, The Jim Joseph Foundation, The Marcus Foundation, The Schusterman Family Founda-tion and The Paul E. Singer Foundation hosted the Sum-mit on Jewish Teens during the first 24 hours of IC 2015. Two hundred and fifty of the Jewish community’s most in-fluential thought leaders and

philanthropists attended to converse with each oth-er, and with teens, about how to engage this age group in Jewish life now and in the future.

The convention was also host to the Co-alition of Jewish Teens (CJT). Teen leadership from the five major youth movements (BBYO, NCSY, NFTY, USY and Young Ju-daea) met for 24 hours concurrently to the Sum-mit on Jewish Teens to strategically plan ways Jewish teens everywhere can work across organi-zational borders to build a stronger, united Jewish community. They drafted a mission statement for their work moving for-ward: “We, the Coalition of Jewish Teens, stand united to shape the Jewish future through shared Jewish val-ues.”

“BBYO’s leadership, both teen and adult, realize that the future of the Jewish community is brighter when

we all come together,” said Matthew Grossman, BBYO Chief Executive Officer. “IC 2015 was an exciting step in making that happen and we’re looking forward to con-tinuing this collaboration.”

Many area teens attended the conven-tion along with sister and brother, Lauren and Spencer Keats from West-chester Reform Temple in Scarsdale. Lauren was elected to the next Inter-national Board along with 9 others from all over the U. S.

Additional West-chester County teens attending the Conven-tion included; Timothy Chizzik from Temple Israel of Northern West-chester, Croton-on-Hudson; Justin Thaler from Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Chappaqua; Leah Mo-nack, Tess Nienaltow, Jonathan Holtz, Hope

and Sarah Barkley and Leah Monack from Temple Beth Abraham, Tarrytown; Beth Nichols, Ariel Vasser, Max Abrams, Ben Meiner and Re-becca Maccabee from Temple Israel of New Rochelle; Isa-bella Puig, Sara Metzger and Zach Gordon from Scarsdale

Synagogue Temples Trem-ont and Emanu-El; Emma Weiner, Allyson Werner, Ross Glinkenhouse and Mara Young from Woodlands Community Temple, Green-burgh; Gracie Aaronson from Temple Beth Am, Yorktown Heights; Sam Barnett and Hannah Bergman from Tem-ple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford Corners; and Seth Marion from Larchmont Temple.

The International Board helps chart the organization’s vision for the coming year, and provides leadership and support to teen leaders in lo-cal communities throughout the BBYO system. They work to strengthen regions and chapters by enhancing the Ju-daic, social, educational and community service program-ming throughout the network.

BBYO is the leading pluralistic Jewish teen move-ment aspiring to involve more Jewish teens in more mean-ingful Jewish experiences. For 90 years, BBYO‘s leader-ship programs the Aleph Za-dik Aleph (AZA, high school

fraternity) and the B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG, high school sorority) have been providing exceptional leadership pro-grams and identity enrich-ment experiences, shaping the confidence and character of more than 400,000 alum-ni who are among the most prominent figures in busi-ness, politics, academia, the arts and Jewish communal life. Now, BBYO’s network of Jewish teens, alumni, par-ents, volunteers and philan-thropists serves as the Jewish community’s most valuable platform for delivering to the post Bar/Bat Mitzvah audi-ence fun, meaningful and af-fordable experiences.

This past year, the BBYO Westchester Region has char-tered an AZA and BBG chapter in partnership with Westches-ter Reform Temple, 255 Mama-roneck Road in Scarsdale. The group meets from 6:30-7:30 pm every other Wednesday and teens do not have to be mem-bers of the synagogue to join. For more information on BBYO visit www.bbyo.org.

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smaller ensembles, to demanding solos, all of which seamlessly blend singers from the differ-ent chapters, along with over sixty alumni.

Noted psychologist, author and TV per-sonality, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, an active supporter of HaZamir, will receive the Za-mir Choral Foundation’s Kinor David Award. A fan of the Zamir Choral Foundation for decades, Dr. Ruth established a HaZamir scholarship fund in memory of her late hus-band Manfred Westheimer. “Music has al-ways been a golden thread running through my life. It helped me maintain my connec-tion with the past and gave me the strength to overcome the losses and dislocations in my life. Listening to the HaZamir teenagers fills me with joy and the hope for a brighter future. I am thrilled to be a part of Zamir and HaZamir’s mission and am honored to receive this award, “ she says.

This year’s concert features the world premiere of a new work, L’Dor VaDor, “Gen-eration to Generation,” written by Westches-ter composer Cantor Gerald Cohen and com-missioned through the Jeanne R. Mandell Fund for New Music, the Zamir Choral Foun-dation’s commissioning arm, by the Cantors Assembly in honor of Maestro Lazar and HaZamir. Cantor Cohen of Shaarei Tikvah in Scarsdale chose this text specifically for this next generation of singers. He will be at the piano accompanying the choir and soloists.

The concert also features a new ar-

rangement of Mishaela, by Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman, Director of Education for the Za-mir Choral Foundation and conductor of HaZamir Philadelphia. This song by Israeli pop star Achinoam Nini captures an exciting contemporary Middle-Eastern flavor.

During a three-day retreat and shared Shabbat leading up to the concert, the sing-ers from all the chapters, meet for intensive rehearsals and social events. The Israeli singers come from several communities in Israel: Ashkelon, Beit Shean, Jerusalem, Karmiel-Misgav and Kfar Saba. They are hosted by sister chapters in the U.S. in Balti-more, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Bergen County, and Westchester. The concert’s co-chairs are Patti Askwith Kenner and founding board members of the Zamir Choral Founda-tion, Sherry and Henry Stein.

“This whirlwind series of events is about more than music,” notes Vivian La-zar, director of HaZamir. “HaZamir’s mis-sion is to cultivate dynamic engagement be-tween young Jews of different backgrounds through the shared bond of music. The aspi-ration for musical excellence spills over into the personal interactions and relationships nurtured through this pluralistic and safe environment.”

Tickets are available through lc.lincolncenter.org/shows/211975 or by calling CenterCharge: 212-721-6500. Info: http://www.zamirchoralfoundation.org/

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New York City Hosts Hebrew Culture FestivalThe Israeli-American Council (IAC), in partner-

ship with the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life and the Council for Hebrew Language and Culture, will host a wide-ranging series of events across New York City in March to celebrate Hebrew culture with Jewish and Israeli-American communities.

IAC and its partners will unveil Hagigah Ivrit, a new Hebrew festival to elevate and celebrate the language with creative activities in the arts and culture. IAC is also joining the global Good Deeds Day, to encourage Israeli-Americans to volunteer together.

This first-ever Hebrew festival will feature everything from a He-brew “Peter and the Wolf” orchestral production to a best-selling Israeli author’s reading to a beer sing-along.

In one of the most-anticipated festival highlights, a 20-piece or-chestral extravaganza called “Music Talks: Peter and the Wolf” will debut at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th St., on March 15, with Israeli actress Shira Averbuch nar-rating in Hebrew.

The Hebrew fest will continue at the landmark synagogue with “a Journey through Books,” as chil-dren meet actors playing real-life versions of some of their favorite characters. An Israeli story-time expe-rience will feature author Yael Ichilo, who will read some of this year’s selections of the IAC Hebrew ver-sion of the popular free children’s Jewish book service P.J. Library, called Sifriyat Pijama B’America. The sing-er and an artist will teach children about illustration while guests donate, swap and purchase used books

in a Hebrew book fair. Best-selling Israeli author Assaf Gavron will also discuss his new book “The Hilltop,” a fictional look at the settlement movement, and a mu-sical production will feature Israeli children’s charac-ters Yuval Hamevulbal, Roy Noy, and the Power Girls Tuti and Na’ama.

In one of the most-anticipated festival high-lights, a 20-piece orchestral extrava-ganza called “Music Talks: Peter and the Wolf” will debut at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th St., on March 15, with Israeli actress Shi-ra Averbuch narrating in Hebrew.

On Mar. 22, the Council for Hebrew Language and Culture in North America will host a Hebrew concert featuring Tri-State area school choirs. IAC Dor Chadash, the group for next-generation Israeli-Americans, will host Beer Ve’Nashir

(beer and song), with a live band performing top Israeli hits, starting at 7:30 p.m. (location to be de-

termined). Israeli Americans and the Jewish community

will create shared experiences around the Shabbat dinner table, during the IAC “Shishi Israeli” (Israeli Friday Night), with folk songs, lively discussion and celebration. That event takes place at B’nai Jeshurun synagogue, 270 W. 89th St., from 6-9 p.m.

The Hebrew happenings will wrap up on March 30 with the award-winning film “The Farewell Party” at the Israel Film Center, 334 Amsterdam Ave., at 7 p.m. Participants can also stream one free film on Is-raelFilmCenterStream.org.

To learn about Hagigah Ivrit, visit ivritny.org

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During the Panel Discus-sion, “Reflections on Freedom of Expression,” Father Brian McWeeney, Director, Ecu-menical and Interreligious Affairs of the Catholic Diocese of New York acknowledged the Inquisition and Crusades. “If you are patient and mind-

ful of G-d, ask to repent. Seek forgiveness from those hurt through your words,” Dr. Yas-ser Alsafadi, President, Upper Westchester Muslim Society stated.

In the Closing Center-ing Prayer, Reverend Stephen C. Holton, Chair, Episcopal-

Muslim Relations Committee asked the audience to part their lips and breathe seven times, “The Buddhist breath that G-d gave, hovering over the waters.

“Then listen to new ideas. Listen to sounds emanating from G-d.”

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UJA-Federation of New York Unveils First-Ever, National Report on Synagogue Voluntary Dues

UJA-Federation of New York reveals “Are Voluntary Dues Right For Your Syna-gogue?,” a first-of-its-kind re-port identifying the 26 syna-gogues nationwide that have eliminated dues and are allow-ing members to make voluntary financial commitments. This model is a relatively new trend, with 11 of the 26 synagogues adopting the model between 2009 and 2012, and 10 syna-gogues adopting it in the fiscal

year 2013 – 14 alone. UJA-Fed-eration and contributors Beryl Chernov, Debbie Joseph, and Rabbi Dan Judson developed and fielded the research.

In the voluntary dues model, members and prospec-tive members pledge a finan-cial commitment of their own choosing (with guidance from the synagogue) as opposed to the traditional model of paying a set dues amount. Most of the 26 synagogues reported that

they have been very pleased with the results since switching to a voluntary dues model, with an increase in average annual membership of 4 percent and average revenue increase of 4.4 percent.

“In the last couple of years, we’ve seen an increased interest in this nontraditional model of voluntary dues among synagogues across the country,” said Adina Frydman, executive director of SYNERGY, UJA-Fed-

eration of New York. “UJA-Fed-eration undertook this study to provide helpful information for synagogues considering mov-ing to this model, and to deepen the Jewish community’s under-standing of trends in the syna-gogue world.”

For the report, the re-searchers spoke to leadership at every synagogue that has ad-opted the model as of Septem-ber 2014, and the findings reveal why synagogue leaders made the decision to switch to volun-tary dues and how the model works, and offer data about how revenue, membership, and giv-ing patterns have changed since switching. The report also in-cludes four in-depth case stud-

ies of specific synagogues. Among the 26 synagogues,

researchers identified six com-mon factors: 1. 23 synagogues are in or around large cities.2. 21 synagogues have fewer than 550 members.3. 16 synagogues are Reform, but none were Orthodox. 4. Of the 21 synagogues in this study that switched to voluntary commitment from a previous dues structure, 17 had had the same rabbi for at least five years.5. All synagogues had strong lay leadership with proven business and financial acumen leading the change process.6. All synagogues were fiscally stable at the time of the change, but had growing financial concerns.

Specific synagogue results after moving to the voluntary commitment model: • Temple Emanu-El in Provi-dence, Rhode Island, saw over-all membership grow 6 percent with 45 new families in the first year of its new system, after hav-ing averaged only 20 to 25 new members in each of the previ-ous few years.• Temple Beth Tzedek, in Am-herst, New York, reported an

increase of $50,000 in pledges above what they would normal-ly have expected in the first six months of adopting the model. Out of a total budget of approxi-mately $800,000, this 5-percent increase represents a signifi-cant impact.• Oak Park Temple in Illinois has 70 percent of its synagogue do-nating at or above the sustaining amount of $1,800, while Temple Beth El in Aptos, California, has 25 percent donating at or above its sustaining amount of $2,800.

“The bottom line was that most of our members were al-ready self-assessing — either above or below the bill they re-ceived. With voluntary commit-ment, they could do that with-out shame or arduous process,” said Kerry Tapia, executive director at Touro Synagogue in New Orleans, Louisiana.

UJA-Federation does not endorse this funding model or any other model for synagogues. This guide was developed to be a resource for those considering alternatives to the traditional dues model.

The full report is avail-able for download at http://www.ujafedny.org/what-we-do/strengthen-organizations/vol-untary-dues-report/.

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March 2015 Calendar of Events

UPCOMINGUJA-Federation of New York’s Find a Seder resource is back for 2015, with referrals avail-able to help find seders on the first two nights of Passover at local community centers and synagogues throughout West-chester. The list of J-1-1 seders can be found at ujafedny.org/find-a-seder. For more infor-mation, call 877-852-6951.

Westchester Jewish Adult Edu-cation will hold the following: Jewish Art Workshop (2 Mon-day mornings, beginning April 20 at the JCC of Mid-Westches-ter); Biblical Treasures: The Book of Ruth & Song of Songs (2 Wednesday evenings, begin-ning March 18 at 800 Westches-ter Avenue, Rye Brook); Making Meaning of the Laws of Shabbat (5 Wednesday evenings begin-ning April 15 at a private home in New Rochelle); The Minor Prophets (10 Wednesday morn-ings, beginning April 22 at Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains); Introduction to To-rah: Two Tractates (9 Monday mornings beginning April 13 at a private home in Armonk). Call 328-7001 ext. 704 for details or visit waje.org

The JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale presents the following events: The Little Mermaid, an original ballet will be performed March 21 at 8:15pm and March 22 at 1 and 4pm at The Bendheim Performing Arts Center; April 19 at 7pm, 7 Secrets of Getting into College, 472-3300, ext. 275; May 14 – JCC-Mid Westchester hosts Celebrate 60 at 6:30pm.

Call 472-3300 for more infor-mation.

The Jewish Community Center of Harrison and the Ifrah Fam-ily invite you to their 3rd An-nual Holocaust Remembrance Exhibit for Yom HaShoah from March 24 through April 17 in the JCCH Ballroom, 130 Union Avenue, Harrison from 9am to 4pm. Call for appointment, 917-416-5282. Open to the public March 25, no appointment nec-essary. For more information, call 835-2850.

AJC Westchester/Fairfield and Temple Sholom, 300 East Put-nam Avenue, Greenwich, CT will host a photo exhibition called Jewish Refugees in Cy-prus En Route to Israel through March. For more information, visit templesholom.com

The Westchester Jewish Film Festival sponsored by AJC Westchester/Fairfield will take place April 8-30 at the Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Man-ville Road, Pleasantville. Call 773-7663 for tickets.

Celebrate Passover at a 9-Day Passover Retreat in the Berk-shires at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Vil-lage, CT from April 3 to 12. Call 860-824-5991 for details.

The JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale presents Travels with My Camera, a free photography exhibition by the members of the Westchester Photographic Society. Call 472-7480 for more information.

Jewish Girl Scout Troop 1870 is a newly formed group that meets twice monthly in New Rochelle. For further informa-tion, contact Miriam Grimaldi, dr.grimaldi@gmail.com or Pau-la Gilder, gilderpaula@gmail.com.

The Red Cross will hold Blood Drives at the following loca-tions: March 25 from 1 to 6pm at the American Legion Hall, 40 Bell Road, Scarsdale and March 17 from 10:30am to 4pm at White Plains City Hall, 255 Main Street. To make an ap-pointment to give blood, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit red-crossblood.org.

At 5pm, Bingo will be played on March 22 and April 12 at Yorktown Jewish Center, 2966 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights. Call 245-2324 for de-tails.

The 2015 New York Ride and Retreat will be held September 4-7, spending Shabbat at Isabel-la Freedman in the Berkshires and cycling to the Hudson Val-ley. For more information call 860-824-5991.

Volunteers are needed to de-liver kosher meals to home-bound individuals living in Mt. Vernon, Yonkers and New Ro-chelle. Sponsored by Westches-ter Jewish Community Ser-vices, the Kosher Meal Program operates Monday through Fri-day from Sinai Free Synagogue in Mt. Vernon where meals are picked up by 11:30am. Call 668-4350 to help.

MARCH17At 7:45pm, the Women’s Initia-tive for Jewish Studies presents Sharon Liberman Mintz speak-ing on “Imagining Esther: The Art and History of Illustrated Megillot” at Young Israel of New Rochelle, 1149 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Call 636-2215 for additional information.

At 1pm, OU Kosher Experts will conduct a Webinar to answer a wide variety of Passover ques-tions. Register 15 minutes early to submit questions at www.ou.org/pre-pesach-webinar/

18From 6 to 8:30pm, Temple Shaaray Tefila & WJCS Havorah will hold a special, free Com-munity Passover Seder at 89 Baldwin Road, Beford Corners for Northern Westchester resi-dents. RSVP by March 18 to Syl-via Davi, havorah@wjcs.com or 761-0600 ext. 145.

At 7:30pm, the JCC of Mid-Westchester will host author Boris Fishman at 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale. Call 472-3300 to RSVP.

20At 6:30pm, Congregation Sulam Yaakov, 2111 Boston Post Road, Larchmont will hold a Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner. RSVP by emailing info@sula-myaakov.org

22At 2:30pm, the Museum of Jew-ish Heritage – A Living Memo-rial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place, NYC presents Modern

Jewish Cooking: Recipes and Customs for Today’s Kitchen with author Leah Koenig in conversation with food writer Gabriella Gershenson. RSVP by visiting mjhnyc.org.

AJC Westchester/Fairfield’s Sacred Spaces Series will visit Westchester Jewish Center, Palmer and Rockland Avenues, Mamaroneck at 5:45pm for a special renewal service. Call 948-5585 for information.

At 1pm, Westchester Jewish Center, Palmer & Rockland Avenue, Mamaroneck presents noted Holocaust educator and author, Dr. Danny M. Cohen as he reads from his new novel, “Train”. Call 698-2960 with questions.

24At 7:30pm, Marsha Sterntein will hold a study group for women discussing Jewish His-tory at Yorktown Jewish Cen-ter, 2966 Crompond Road, Yor-ktown Heights. Call 245-2324 for details.

25At 7:30pm, UJA-Federation of New York’s Rivertowns Commu-nity will conduct a Wine Tast-ing and Discussion with Micah Halpern about the post Israeli election in a private Irvington home. Call 666-9650 to register.

26The Rosenthal JCC, 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville will host their Annual Gala from 7 to 11pm at Grand Prix New York, 333 North Bedford Road, Mount Kisco. Call 741-0333 for details.

29At 2pm, the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place, New York City presents a Stupen-dous Model Seder with ShirLaLa for ages 3 to 10. Call 646-437-4202 for tickets and visit mjhnyc.org for more information.

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy will lead a walk-ing tour entitled Lower East Side: Then and Now starting at 10:45am and meeting in front of the Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand Street, New York City. Call 212-374-4100 for details or visit nycjewishtours.org.

31From 6 to 9pm, Westchester Reform Temple, 255 Mama-roneck Road, Scarsdale pres-ents the 15th Annual Women’s Seder. For details, call 723-7727.

APRIL16At noon, Westchester Jew-ish Council and the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center will host a County-wide Yom HaShoah Commemora-tion at the Holocaust Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains. Call 328-7001 for details.

21From 6:30 to 9pm, Westchester Jewish Community Services will hold their 2015 Gala hon-oring WJCS Board Member Karen Blumenthal and honor-ary WJCS Board Member Emily Grant at Willow Ridge Country Club, 123 North Street, Harri-son. Call 761-0600 to attend.

On April 25 at 9am, UJA-Federation of New York and Young Israel of Scarsdale Campaign presents Shabbat Areyvut: A Shabbat of Communal Responsibility featuring Eric S. Goldstein, the new CEO of UJA-Federation of New York at Young Israel of Scarsdale, 1313 Weaver Street, Scarsdale. For additional information or to join the event, call 761-5100, ext. 120 or email glicks@ujafedny.org.

On April 26 starting at 10am, a multi-generational parade followed by the Dedication of the Javitch Sanctuary and Installation of Eytan Hammerman as the 6th Rabbi of The Jewish Community Center of Har-rison will take place at 130 Union Avenue. For details, call 835-2850.

On March 21 at 7pm, the Church of St. James the Less in collaboration with Westchester Reform Temple presents the 8th Annual Benefit Con-cert for the WJC Amazing Afternoons Program – Transforming the Lives of Children Through Music featuring Cantor Jill Abramson, Justin Bischof and the Amazing Afternoons Choir at the SUNY Purchase Recital Hall. For tickets call 251-6200.

On April 23 at 6pm, Westchester Community College’s Celebrity Salon Series presents Carnal Knowledge with guest speaker Dr. Ruth Wes-theimer, hosted at a private 1935 Georgian Colonial home in Edge-mont. RSVP by calling 606-6558.

Hadassah Westchester Business & Professional Club presents “Art & Sole” on March 26 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Bloomingda-les La Provence Restaurant, 4th Floor, White Plains featuring Jane Weitzman. For questions or to RSVP, call 937-3151 or email westchester-region@hadassah.org.

The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, presents Letters to Afar: Installation by Peter Forgacs and The Klezmatics, an immersive video art installation based on home movies made by Jewish immigrants who traveled from New York back to Poland during the 1920s and 30s on view until March 22. For more information, visit mcny.org.

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Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and

Westchester Jewish Council

Present the:

Annual Westchester Countywide Yom Hashoah

Holocaust Commemoration

Keeping the Memory Alive: Generation to Generation

Thursday April 16th, 2015 12:00 – 1:00pm

Garden of Remembrance

148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY

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Westchester Jewish Council 914-328-7001 or info@wjcouncil.org

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Leah Monack of Temple Beth Abraham, Tarrytown, was the Winner for Video which was screened at the NFTY Convention. Teens were judged on the following criteria: reflection and inclusion of the guiding theme of influence; originality of expression; quality of work; and creativity.

“We have been celebrating the talents of our teens for decades. We deeply value their excellent contributions to our creative commu-nity,” said Beth Rodin, Associate Director of NFTY.

For 75 years, NFTY (the Reform Jewish Youth Movement) has offered thousands of young people the opportunity to explore and live Reform Judaism. Through programs that are offered by nearly 500 Reform congregations, 19 geographic NFTY regions, and on a North American level, teens are en-couraged to forge Jewish identities in consonance with the values of Reform Judaism. Participation in NFTY helps teens build confidence, friendships and leadership skills through experiential youth-led educational programming including social justice projects, worship, and community-building initiatives. NFTY, open to teens in grades 6-12, is part of the network of programs and camps of the Union for Reform Judaism.

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around the clock. Bullying significantly affects a child’s healthy social and emotional development, diminishing self-esteem and academic focus, increasing risk of anxiety, de-pression and social isolation. Children witness bullying or are victims of it, but do not have the skills to support a peer or to report incidences. This leads to further, persistent targeting and victimization in schools, Jewish community centers and camp settings.

Unique to this bullying prevention program is its in-troduction through a Jewish lens, with specific Jewish val-ues and ethics that can help youth understand, respond

to and stop bullying among peers. The Torah points out that there is an obligation, a responsibility to not stand by, while others are threatened--a significant message for youth, a call to action to end the suf-fering of others.

The program has been so successful in the pilot stage that requests for the teen trainings and youth work-shops have increased. The J-Teen leaders are trained by professionals from two WJCS programs: Partners in Caring GPS (Guiding Parents through Services) and Center Lane, Westchester’s only community center for LGBTQ youth and their allies ages 13-21.

So far, “Buddies Not Bul-lies” has been presented at the Rosenthal JCC, Temple Israel Center, Congregation Sons of Israel and Temple Israel of Northern Westchester. More workshops are currently being scheduled throughout West-chester.

F o r more in-f o r m a t i o n about “Bud-dies Not Bullies,” con-tact: Bren-da Haas,

LMSW, Ed.M., WJCS Program Coordinator, GPS (Guiding Par-ents through Services), 914-761-0600 x318, bhaas@wjcs.com.

Help Available to Find a Passover Seder

UJA-Federation of New York’s Find a Seder resource is back for 2015, with referrals available to help find seders on the first two nights of Passover at local com-munity centers and synagogues throughout Westchester. For more than 25 years, UJA-Federa-tion’s J-1-1 Information and Refer-ral Center has been working to match Jewish families without a place to participate in a seder with

those in the area willing to open their doors to families looking to observe the tradition-rich holiday.

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UJA-Federation’s Scarsdale Women’s Philanthropy Helps Bronx Jewish Community Council

UJA-Federation of New York’s Scars-dale Women’s Phi-lanthropy, equipped with 200 pounds of tuna and egg salad, re-cently came together to make 750 sand-wiches for hungry New Yorkers. More than 35 women came to the Jewish Com-munity Center of Mid-Westchester in Scars-dale, a UJA-Federation beneficiary agency, to assemble and pack the sandwiches, which will be distributed to clients of the Bronx Jewish Community Council (BJCC), another UJA-Federation beneficiary agency. BJCC’s food pantry, which serves anyone in need, is the third largest in the borough, serv-ing more than 3,700 meals per month, with demand increasing each year.

“This is a tough time of year for a lot of people. It’s cold out-side and, for many who struggle to pay for heat, it’s cold inside, too,” said Jodi Boockvar, who served as chair of the event along with Brooke Fina and Leslie Perelman. “That’s why what we’re doing here is really important: For many of BJCC’s clients, these sandwiches mean the difference between having a meal or going without.”

From left: Event Chairs Brooke Fina, Leslie Perel-man, and Jodi Boockvar prepare sandwiches for donation.

property.5. AttentivenessA great agent doesn’t have

to have years and years of experi-ence. Some agents who have won-derful experience and wisdom are simply too busy to do the time. And some agents who are new to real estate bring highly relevant expertise and skills they’ve devel-oped in other careers.

6. Real Estate Knowledge Your agent doesn’t need to

know everything, but he or she does need to know how and where to get accurate answers to com-plex questions.

Selling your home is a trans-action valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and often more, so take the time to choose your agent wisely.

John E. Baer, SRES, DPA is a NYS licensed real estate salesper-son associated with Prudential Centennial Re-

alty of Scarsdale and Larchmont. He can be reached for questions at 914/600-6086 or at 914/844-2059. His website is www.Westchester-Homes.info.

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Real Estate Matters: Qualities to Look for in a Real Estate Agent When Selling

BY JOHN E. BAER, SRES

How do you choose from the myriad of agents out there, all tell-ing you that they’re the biggest, the best and blah, blah, blah? Choos-ing the right agent can mean tens of thousands of dollars difference to your final sale price. According to the numbers, around 70% of home sellers choose the first real estate agent they find. That statis-tic just amazes me! You’re selling what may be your biggest asset and you only interviewed one per-son for the job?

OK, so rule number one – how to avoid one of the biggest mistakes home sellers make. In-terview at least three agents for the job. You’ll get a far better feel for what type of agent suits you, you’ll educate yourself through the process and you’ll know that you’ve given yourself the very best chance at choosing the right agent for you.

So what makes a good real estate agent?

1. PersonalityWhen choosing a real estate

agent to sell your home, remem-ber that you are entering into a business relationship with some-one that may last several months.

So when speaking with prospec-tive agents, consider whether you are going to be able to have mul-tiple conversations with this per-son – is he or she the sort of person you would feel comfortable with bringing strangers through your home?

2. Honesty and IntegrityYou need someone that is

going to tell you the truth whether you want to hear it or not. And if an agent’s valuation of your home is significantly higher than the others, ask him or her to show you how he or she came up with that figure.

3. Communication SkillsIn an industry that demands

good communication, it seems strange that the number one complaint from consumers about agents is their lack of communica-tion. Sellers complain that agents don’t return calls, emails, texts or they are simply not kept up to date with inquiries on their property.

4. Marketing ExpertiseThe quality of the marketing

for your property is crucial if you are to achieve the best price possi-ble. Photos have a huge influence on whether your home makes potential buyers’ ‘must see’ lists or they just move onto the next

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Special Needs Trusts: How Much Trouble Are They to Manage?BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

A client recently asked the following question: I’m thinking about setting up a special needs trust for my son, who has a devel-opmental disability. Will it mean a lot more work for my daughter, who will be handling my estate?

It’s a fair question, and one we hear a lot. No one ever asks, “Could you please give us the most complicated estate plan possible?” Just about everyone wants things as simple as they can be.

When you think about pro-viding an inheritance for your child -- or anyone, for that matter -- with a disability, there are some realities you just have to deal with. Those realities almost always lead to the same conclusion: a special needs trust is probably the right answer. There are a number of answers to the “can’t we keep it simpler?” question:

1. In most cases there’s going to be a trust, whether you set it up or not. If you leave money outright to a person with special needs, someone is probably going to have to transfer that inheri-tance to a trust in order to allow them to continue to receive pub-lic benefits. The trust set up after

your death will be what’s called a “first-party” (or “self-settled”) trust, and the rules governing its use will be more restrictive. There will also have to be a “pay-back” provision for state Medic-aid benefits when your son dies -- so you will lose control over who receives the money you could have set aside. Even if no trust is set up, there is a high likelihood that your son will (because of his disability) require appointment of a guardian. The cost, loss of fam-ily control and interference by the legal system will consume a significant part of the inheritance you leave and frustrate those who are caring for your son. If you pre-pare a special needs trust now it sidesteps those limitations.

2. The trust you set up will not be that complicated to manage. People often overesti-mate the difficulty of handling a trust. Yes, there are tax returns to file, and possible accounting requirements. Neither is that complicated; neither is anywhere near as expensive as the likely costs of not creating a special needs trust. In any event, your daughter can hire experts to handle anything that she finds difficult. There are lawyers, ac-countants, care managers and

even trust administrators who can take care of the heavy lifting for your daughter -- or whomever you name as trustee. The costs can be paid out of the trust itself, so she will not be using her por-tion of the inheritance you leave, or her own money. Yes, they add an expense -- but they can actu-ally help improve the quality of life for both your daughter the trustee and your son with a dis-ability.

3. Your daughter does not have to be the trustee at all. We frequently counsel clients to name someone else -- a bank trust department, a trusted profession-al, or a different family member -- as trustee. That lets your daugh-ter take the role in your son’s life that she’s really better suited for: sister. If it is right for your circum-stance, you might even consider naming her as “trust protector.” That could allow her, for instance, to receive trust accountings and follow up with the trustee, or even to change trustees if the named trustee is unresponsive, or too ex-pensive, or just annoying. Trusts are wonderfully flexible planning devices -- but that does mean you have to do the planning.

4. If your son’s condi-tion improves, or he no longer

requires public benefits, the trust can accommodate those changes. Depending on your son’s actual condition and the availability of other resources, you might rea-sonably hope that he will not need a special needs trust -- or at least might not need one for the rest of his life. The good news: your special needs trust will be flex-ible enough to allow for the use of his inheritance as if there were no special needs. The bad news: that is only true if you set up the trust terms yourself -- the trust that will be created for him if you do not plan will not have that flex-ibility.

5. Simply disinheriting your son probably is not a good plan. Sometimes clients express concern about the costs and what they perceive as complicated ad-ministrative and eligibility issues and they decide to just leave ev-erything to the children who do not have disabilities. “My daugh-ter will understand that she has to take care of my son,” clients tell us. That’s fine, and it might well work. But do you feel the same way about your daughter’s hus-band? What about the grandkids

and step-grandkids who would inherit “your” money if both your daughter and her husband were to die before your son (the one with the disability)? What about the possibility of divorce or credi-tors’ claims against your daugh-ter, or even bankruptcy? Most of our clients quickly recognize that disinheriting the child with a disability is not really a good plan-ning technique.

6. But who knows what the public benefits system, the medical care available, or my son’s condition might look like twenty years from now? Indeed. That’s exactly why the trust is so impor-tant.

What does that mean for your planning? If you have a child, spouse or other family member with special needs -- OR if you have a loved one who may have special needs in the future -- your plan should include an appropri-ate trust. The cost is relatively small, and the benefits are signifi-cant. In fact, the cost of not doing anything is probably higher – and the opportunity loss from failing to plan is especially high. While doing special needs planning the

right way necessarily involves go-ing to a lawyer, it’s relatively easy to find one who specializes in this area of law. Take a look at the membership of the Special Needs Alliance (www.specialneedsal-liance.org). There’s likely some-one near you who understands the importance of special needs planning.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding part-ner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been hon-ored as one of the “Best Law-yers” in America

for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been selected as a “New York Super Lawyer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914) 684-2100 or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawnewy-ork.com.

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Rabbi Reuven Fink of Young Israel of New Rochelle waits to hear Prime Minister Netanyahu speak at the 2015 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 2 .Also seated are (l to R) Sara, Haina & Shuli Just-Michael, of New Rochelle.

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Kitchen & Bath Insider© - #172: Aging in Place or If You’re Not Moving…Consider ImprovingBY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

By the time you read this month’s article, I’ll have been aging in place for several days. In my case, the place is at my desk, and I’m certain that I can feel the keyboard getting fur-ther and further away as my bone density decreases. Now, just what does the catch phrase “aging in place” really mean? It refers to the choice that many homeowners are making to stay in their existing homes as they get older, rather than packing up and moving to a new loca-tion. Whether it be an emotion-al decision or a financial one, it brings us to our second phrase of the month, “if you can’t move…improve”.

Fortunately, both these concepts go hand in hand, and so can be combined into one article. (Which will leave me scrambling for a new topic next month). However, whether you chose to age in place because you want to, or you cannot af-ford not to, is of no concern. The point is you’re staying put. Now, the trick is making your existing kitchen or bathroom more beautiful and more user-friendly at the same time. While the clock is ticking!

Both The National Associa-

tion of Home Builders and the Research Institute for Cooking & Kitchen Intelligence, (yes, there really is such a organi-zation), have noted increased consumer interest in Universal Design. This is a philosophy that encompasses all aspects of a home; designing for the young, the old, and people with disabilities, while recognizing that the aesthesis of the envi-ronment and its contents are equally important. Basically, designing with comfort for all, easy maintenance and visual at-tractiveness.

Open floor plans, with wider interior doors and coun-tertops at different heights are

some of the structural consid-erations when doing a complete renovation, however, even if you are just refacing your kitchen you can incorporate accessories to make your life easier. Install-ing roll-out trays in cabinets, or changing cabinets with doors to drawers, makes it much easier to reach whatever you’re reach-ing for.

Just as it gets more uncom-fortable to bend over these days, so does it get harder to see with poor lighting. Additional ceiling lighting and task lighting over the countertops is usually a rela-tively inexpensive way to make our lives a little better. Remem-ber, every little bit helps, and it

all adds up. Consider also, easy to grab knobs for your cabinets and decorative grab bars for you bath and shower. And, while we’re in the bathroom, how about a taller toilet, with a softer seat, that doesn’t slam when you put it down?

Not only do these design elements improve the quality of your life, they will also help you to retain your independence as abilities recede. Even if you’re a Millennial (youngster), it pays to plan ahead, so that when it’s your turn to be old, (and trust me, its inevitable), your home will be more comfortable. And

in the mean time, it will be eas-ier on your parents when they come to visit, so maybe you can get them to pay for the improve-ments.

Whether you’re consid-ering incorporating Universal Design in your home because you are a senior, or planning to be one someday, it’s best to do it sooner than later. (Do you real-ize that you’re a little older now than you were when you started reading this article?) The moral of this month’s article is “today is the first day of the rest what’s left of your life”. And there’s no reason that we all shouldn’t be

as comfortable as possible with the rest of our lives.

Paul Book-binder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Ma-maroneck, New

York. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advi-sory Panel of Remodeling Maga-zine. A member of the National Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to Do It Yourself magazine. 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.

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