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Ambassador Dani Dayan, County Executive George Latimer Address Second Annual Leadership Reception

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Ambassador Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel in New York, was Guest Speaker along with Westchester Coun-ty Executive George Latimer at the Second Annual West-chester Jewish Council (WJC) Annual Westchester Jew-ish Leadership Reception at the JCC of Mid-Westchester, Scarsdale on Wednesday, Sep-tember 5th.

Approximately 150 citi-zens attended with a long list of dignitaries, including Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin; Legislators Nancy Barr, Catherine Borgia, Damon Maher; Assembly members David Buchwald, Steven Otis; Deputy County Executive Ken

Jenkins plus New York State Senators Shelley Mayer, Ter-rence Murphy and Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

Stressing that Westches-ter County stands with the Jewish community, Latimer recalled that Stewart-Cousins advocated forming a Human Rights Commission to adjudi-

cate prejudicial behav-ior. “If it were not for the rock-solid support of the Jewish Clergy, Black and Christian ministers, that legisla-tion would not have passed,” Latimer not-ed.

“Israel has never been stronger, more prosperous and with better relations with the world than today,” Dayan began. “Israel was built from the ashes of the Holocaust and Jews expelled from Arab lands. U.S. News and World Report ranked Israel as the eighth most powerful country in the world.

“I came to Israel in 1971

from Buenos Aires. I arrived in Tel Aviv. There was one black-and-white television channel, owned by the government. Broadcasting ceased at 10:00

p.m. “I remember the

Oil Embargo. Israel had a two-month’s reserve of imports…Today the Bank of Israel has $100 billion dollars in reserve. We export more than we im-port. The shekel is one of the strongest currencies in the world.”

Ambassador Dayan pointed to million/bil-lion-dollar acquisitions of Israeli companies Mi-rabilis ICQ by America on Line and Mobileye by Intel, pioneers in “cars

without drivers.” Dayan cited the “Sussita,”

an Israeli car of the 1960’s and ‘70’s, “a fiberglass disaster. If you put your elbow on the hood

Ambassador Dani Dayan, Consul General of Israel in New York

it sank into the fiberglass. To-day, we don’t manufacture cars, but Israeli automotive software and navigation tools are used in vehicles around the world.”

“Tonight was particularly interesting for me to listen to Ambassador Dayan speak as a native of Buenos Aires and man who has lived in Israel for many years, serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and now in a diplomatic capac-ity…,”

“I think it tells us that leadership in the Jewish com-munity of Westchester is the leadership of Westchester…fully integrated with business, cultural, governmental and so-cial life of this County…,” Lat-imer concluded.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer (left) and Westchester Jewish Council Executive Director Elliot Forchheimer.

County Welcomes New Shaliach and Four ShinshinimThe newest shlichim - Is-

raeli emissaries –have arrived in the United States to begin their tenure in the Westches-ter Jewish community. Nadav Shachmon will serve as the community’s fourth shaliach (Israeli emissary) and Lior Mal-ul, Carmel Mena, Adi Nulman and Yuval Shiran, working un-der Shachmon’s supervision, will serve as the second team of community shinshinim (young Israeli emissaries.)

The goal of the Westches-ter community shlicut pro-gram, launched in the summer of 2013 with generous fund-ing from UJA-Federation of New York and overseen by the Westchester Jewish Council, is to expose the community to the diversity of Israel through

education and engagement. The shinshinim component was introduced in Westchester

in August 2017. This program attracts Israeli students who have completed their senior

year in high school and wish to participate as Israeli emissar-ies prior to joining the IDF.

This year, the four shin-shinim will work with 15 part-ner organizations around the county – including the follow-ing synagogues, day schools and Hillels: Solomon Schech-ter School of Westchester, Carmel Academy, Temple Is-rael Center of White Plains, Jewish Community Center of Harrison, Scarsdale Syna-gogue Temples Tremont & Emanu-El, Shaarei Tikvah, Pelham Jewish Center, Beth El Synagogue Center of New Ro-chelle, Temple Shaaray Tefila, Congregation Kol Ami, Larch-mont Temple, Temple Israel of New Rochelle, Westchester Jewish Center, Shames JCC

on the Hudson and Hillels of Westchester. Each year, The Jewish Agency for Israel sends over 1,500 shlichim around the world to strengthen Jew-ish identity and connection to Israel. The selection process for shlichim is extremely com-petitive, and participants rep-resent the best of Israel.

Born and raised in Je-rusalem, Nadav Shachmon attended high school in the Conservative movement. In the army Nadav served as an officer in the medical corps, training and preparing doc-tors, paramedics, and senior medics for their service. Nadav has worked in the field of Jew-ish education for more than 10 years. In his previous position he was the national director of

Telem, the youth department of the Jewish Reform move-ment in Israel. Nadav’s first shlichut was in Melbourne, Australia where he worked with the progressive Jewish community and the Reform youth movement Netzer.

Nadav holds a BA in Psy-chology from Tel Aviv Academ-ic College and an MBA with a specialty in psychology from the College of Management Academic Studies. Nadav is married to his partner, Aylee, and until recently lived in the center of Tel Aviv.

Lior Malul is from Moshav Amazya, next to the city of Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. Lior graduated from Tzafit high school and majored

Left to right: Nadav Shachmon, Westchester community Shaliach welcomes Yuval Shiran, Carmel Mena, Adi Nulman and Lior Malul, Westchester com-munity shinshinim, with Elliot Forchheimer, Executive Director, Westchester Jewish Council.

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Shaarei Tikvah Hosts Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Maital Friedman in Conversation

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

A pre-Selichot Program, “Is the Jewish State for All Jews?” was hosted by Shaarei Tikvah, on 46 Fox Meadow Road, Scarsdale on Saturday evening, September 1, featur-ing a conversation between Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Maital Friedman on re-pairing the relationship be-tween North American and Israeli Jews, attended by a rapt, attentive audience.

Rabbi Creditor, 43 is the

Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar-in-Residence at UJA-Feder-ation NY. Friedman is the Muslim Leadership Initiative Alumni Director at Sholom Hartman Institute of North America.

“Tonight’s theme is relat-ed to this week’s parsha, ‘Nit-zavim,’ where Moses is tell-ing the people that teshuva, penitence is not too far from anyone…It is something that is in your mouth and in your heart…You may be vulnerable even when you are next to

someone who disagrees with you…,” Shaarei Tikvah Rabbi Adam Baldachin stated.

Friedman said that the month of Elul is an anacro-nym for “Ani Dodi, v’Dodi li,” “I am my beloved; my beloved is mine,” referring to tensions and forgiveness between lovers, as the relationship between America Jewry and Israel.

“Our relationship with Israel is not political but religious,” Rabbi Creditor opined. He pointed to the dichotomy of his weeping

against one of the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusa-lem with his infant daugh-ter in his arms 16 years ago, versus “chairs thrown at my sister when she attempted to pray with other women at the Kotel (Wall)…”

“I will not be silent, when Israeli law denies LG-BTQ couples having children or when someone accuses Israel of being an apart-heid state. And Israel needs protection. When I led an AIPAC delegation, I saw an Iron Dome knock out a mis-sile over my head,” Creditor stressed.

Founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence, Credi-tor sits on the Social Justice Commission of the Rabbini-cal Assembly. In 2013, he was

named by Newsweek as one of the 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America.

Creditor married Ne-

Shaarei Tikvah Rabbi Adam Baldachin; Shalom Hartman Institute of North America Muslim Initiative Alumni Director Maital Friedman; Rabbi Menachem Creditor

shama Carlebach, daughter of the late Rabbi/composer/per-former Shlomo Carlebach on August 26.

Return of Nazi Looted Renoir to Rightful Owner

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeny Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investi-gation, announced on September 12, the return to its rightful owner of a painting looted by the Nazis dur-ing World War II. The painting, Deux Femmes Dans Un Jardin, painted in 1919 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (the “Renoir”), was stolen by the Nazis from a bank vault in Paris in 1941.

Ms. Sylvie Sulitzer, the last remaining heir of her grandfather Alfred Weinberger, a prominent art collector in pre-war Paris from whom the Renoir was stolen, saw the painting for the first time when it was unveiled at a ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. It remained on display until September 16th .

“Today, as we celebrate the just return of this painting to its rightful owner, we also remember the unique-ness of the Holocaust and reaffirm our commitment to ensure that the words ‘never forget, never again’ never ring hollow. Hopefully this event brings some measure of justice to Madame Sylvie Sultizer and her family.”

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With a vision to bring young people ages 18-26 into synagogues for the High Holi-days, Rabbi Ronald Brown and Rabbi Charles Klein developed an online program called Syn-agogue Connect, an interna-tional project that gives young people access to synagogues in their area allowing them to at-tend free services.

When most synagogues charge for High Holiday seats, this project creates a list of synagogues which open their doors at no charge, to college students for Rosh Hashana, Yom Kipper and Sukkot and sometimes beyond, that will encourage an ongoing con-nection between students and Judaism. All a student has to do is visit the website and call one of the participating syna-gogues that they wish to attend from the list before a holiday, to reserve a seat, then bring a college ID for admission.

Rabbi Brown notes that

“this is a powerful message to Jewish youth that syna-gogue doors are, and always will be, open to them. It is the hope of Syna-gogue Connect that this gesture might encourage an ongoing con-nection between these college stu-dents and rabbis.”

Synagogue Connect has 1109 partner synagogues in 31 countries this year and the numbers continue to climb. The initiative has reached over 250,000 people thus far. Through partnerships with AEPi and AEPhi, Jewish frater-nities and sororities and Kahal, the overseas organization that provides Jewish services for college students, the program hopes to bring these young people into the synagogues.

“As rabbis, along with our synagogues, we can reach out to college students to let

them know that they are not alone, and perhaps, recon-nect them to the synagogue community,” believes Rabbi Brown, the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth Am of Merrick and Bellmore, New York. Start-ed only 2 plus years ago, Rabbi Brown spends many hours on this project almost every day. With Rabbi Charles Klein of Merrick Jewish Center, the two co-founders, are always looking for new synagogues to participate. Some of the Westchester synagogues that take part include: Congrega-

Rabbi Ronald Brown (left) and Rabbi Charles Klein


AJC Leaders of Tomorrow Give Tips for Navigating Campus Life

Alex Seigerman and Brett Zaslavsky, alumni of AJC Lead-ers of Tomorrow, an educa-tional program that prepares high school students to advo-cate for Israel and the Jewish people when they get to cam-pus, have developed 6 tips to help Jewish students navigate campus life. The two sopho-mores are currently attending Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, re-spectively.

“Jewish and pro-Israel students can face unique chal-lenges on the college campus,” they believe. “The atmosphere isn’t always friendly, and you might find it somewhat intimi-dating. To help address these difficulties, we have drawn up this list of tips based on our own experiences.

“Take advantage of the intellectual diversity on cam-pus: You will be surrounded by a multitude of intellectually curious people who care about learning. Don’t be afraid to

venture outside your comfort zone, ask questions, and en-gage in meaningful dialogue. You will encounter people with different worldviews and from different walks of life—let that motivate you to learn.

“At first, college life can

seem daunting. Make the ef-fort to immerse yourself in an array of campus activities and groups, including but not limited to Hillel. Such involve-ment can make a large campus more manageable. For the first

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in chemistry and physical education. Lior was a counselor in the youth movement Bnei HaMoshavim for two years and most recently held a leadership role in the movement. In addition, Lior takes part in a Jewish leadership program called Diller Teen Fellows, a program that connects Jews around the world. He went on a Diller mission to Chicago in April 2017 and to Belgrade in February 2018.

Carmel Mena is from Michmanim, a small village in the Galilee. Carmel loves music; she stud-ies vocal development and piano and participates in several choirs, among them HaZamir- a Jewish musical youth movement, where she serves as the Teen Leader of the group. She was also a counselor at the youth movement of Haichud Hahaklai (the Agricultural Union). Carmel majored in chemistry and music.

Adi Nulman is from Jerusalem. Adi graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and majored in music, Spanish and math. Adi plays the violin and has been a member of various orchestras and ensembles, performing before audiences both in Israel and in Europe. Adi has been a member of the Hebrew Scouts Youth Movement since 4th grade. During her last three years she was a counselor for 7th graders, became head of 8th grade counselors and finished as the main coordina-tor for the teens in grades 7-9.

Yuval Shiran is from Ness Ziona. Yuval graduated from Golda Meir high school and majored in chemistry and computer science. Yuval is the head of counselors in her youth movement, Krembo Wings, for children with and without special needs. In addition, she participated in a counselor-in-training program at Y Country Camp, a Jewish summer camp in Montreal, Canada, for 2 years.

“We are very fortunate and excited to have Nadav, Lior, Carmel, Adi and Yuval in our commu-nity. We know that each one of them will bring their unique perspectives about Israel to our diverse Westchester Jewish community through a variety of programs, conversations, roundtables and more,” said Elliot Forchheimer, Executive Director, Westchester Jewish Council.

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

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(914) Cares Adopts Non-Profit Kids’ KlosetNon-profit (914) Cares, for-

merly Chappaqua Cares, held its grand opening at its new, location at 901 Broadway in North White Plains on September 20, 2018.

The event, expanding the Or-ganization’s ability to help those in need all over the County, had County Executive George Lati-more cut the official grand open-ing ribbon. Also, in attendance were State Assemblyman David Buchwald, a representative from Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s office, White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, Mount Kisco Mayor Gina Picinich and New Castle Town Su-pervisor Robert Greenstein.

(914) Cares facilitates efficient and impactful interactions between members of the community and local charities, helping to broaden awareness of neighbors in the community that struggle with unmet needs. The organization assists other Westchester-based non-profit agencies that focus on basic human needs, food, clothing, shelter, medical care and education as well as fostering action-able generosity tothe communities’ youth.

(914) Cares recently adopted the Kids’ Kloset organization. The new space will permit neces-sary space for more clothing donations and more volunteers. Kids’ Kloset, founded by Executive Di-rector, Stephanie Roth, is a volunteer-driven program that provides Westchester County children and families in need with donated clothing and related items free of charge. Since Kids’ Kloset was opened in 2011, it has provided approximately 16,000 local children with clothing, diapers and other items.

(914) Cares was founded by two Chappaqua residents, Jessica Reinmann and Dawn Greenberg, with the goal of raising awareness about local non-profits doing extraordinary work helping resi-dents. It has evolved to also include events for families enabling parents to teach children about the importance of volunteerism. Moving forward they would like to support non-profits throughout the county and create a larger community of supporters which will in turn help to strengthen Westches-ter communities.

For more information about (914) Cares and Kids’ Kloset, visit www.914cares.org.

New Jewish Programs at Shames JCC this Fall

Water has always been a powerful learning metaphor for the Torah, with the Tal-mud even encouraging par-ents to teach their children to swim----and therefore to learn. With this in mind, the Shames JCC has named its two new Judaism classes Dip Your Toe (Judaism 101) and Take a Deep Dive (Juda-ism 301). These classes will be led by the clergy of the River-towns Jewish Consortium. The Consortium consists of Greenburgh Hebrew Center, Mishkan Ha’am, Rosh Pinah Chavurah of the Rivertowns, Temple Beth Abraham, Tem-ple Beth Shalom, Woodlands Community Temple and the Shames JCC.

Dip Your Toe is for those who are either exploring Ju-daism for the first time, or who just need a refresher. Taught in a welcoming en-vironment, this 16 session course includes Jewish val-ues, rituals, traditions and holidays.

Take a Deep Dive is a free, monthly drop in ses-sion where participants will explore how Jewish rituals and texts relate to contem-porary issues and events. Each month, taught by a dif-ferent RJC clergy, the class welcomes those with existing knowledge or just plain curi-

osity. Attend for insight, dis-cussion and debate.

Members and non-members are welcome to Schmooze with the Shinshi-nit. A shinshinit is a young Israeli emissary sent abroad by the Jewish Agency for Is-rael and the Israeli govern-ment to talk about Israel and Israeli culture. Westchester families are hosting several Shinshinim this year, and on Wednesday mornings from 9:15-10:00 AM, Shinshinit, Adi, will be at the Shames for coffee and conversation. This free, weekly gathering will fo-cus on Hebrew, personal sto-ries and an open exploration of the relationship with Israel.

Also new this fall, are

three Jewish related pro-grams that are part of the popular Renard Se-ries. All programs are on Mondays mornings from 10-11:30 and are open to the public. On October 8th, author Richard L. Rubin will bring to life his famous book, Jews In America: Living George Washington’s Promise. On October 15th, Rahel Mus-leah relates her personal story as one of Calcutta’s Jews, and on October 22, lecturer Arthur Aldrich discusses whether Philip Roth was a “Self-hating

Jew or Insightful Observer”. Following the lecture, “Indig-nation”, based on Roth’s novel will be shown. Cost is $5 per event.

The Shames JCC will also be continuing their pop-ular Yiddish Conversation and Culture series with two sessions beginning in Octo-ber and December. Taught by Maddy Simon, a Yiddish speaker with a graduate de-gree in music, the course cov-ers classic Yiddish literature, music and the language itself. Beginners are welcome.

For more information about all of these programs and to register go to www.shamesjcc.org and click on “adult”.

Richard L. Rubin

Regeneron CEO Len Schleifer and his wife Harriet Schleifer, Chappaqua residents, have donated $16 million through their fam-ily foundation to Chapel Haven, a New Haven, CT-based, nationally accredited transitional living program and approved private special education school. Chapel Haven has a mission of teaching adults with cognitive disabilities and social disabilities to live independent and productively. On September 25, Chapel Haven was officially renamed the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center. The Schleifers have a personal connection to Chapel Haven, where their son David is in residence.

Harriet Schleifer is very active within the Jewish community. She is a past president of the Westchester County chapter of the American Jewish Committee and currently serves on its board.

The Schleifer Family Foundation donation will support con-struction of the Schleifer Adult Independent Living (SAIL) facility, a state-of-the-art, four-story 46,000 square foot residential, commu-nity and engagement facility which is designed for residents to age in place. This new building will be universal in design and layout, and will be intergenerational, where adults with disabilities can flourish into their senior years in a vibrant and non-institutional setting. A comprehensive programming process assigned first floor community-based spaces such as fitness rooms, a wellness café, engage-ment, administrative offices, and a lounge. Upper floors include one and two-bedroom apartments units with centrally located communal kitchens, gathering spaces and terraces.

On Tuesday, September 25, Chapel Haven residents, families and community leaders gathered to celebrate the most extensive campus expansion in the organization’s history, including the grand opening of the new residential and classroom building to house Chapel Haven’s REACH program, which for 46 years has helped adults with cognitive and social disabilities learn to live independent-ly. There were many speakers at the event including Harriet Schleifer.

Chapel Haven President Michael Storz noted, “We are literally transforming our ability to serve adults into their senior years, in a vibrant and non-institutional setting. I couldn’t be prouder of all that has been accomplished to date. We could not have gotten this far without the generous support of our donors, our families and the city and state leaders who continue to champion our cause.”

world, JCC MidWestchester, along with other public fa-cilities, find ourselves in need of increased security infra-

structure. We are grateful to Congresswoman Lowey for her perseverance in getting our community much needed funding for this purpose.”

As Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Lowey was instrumental in securing this funding along with other funding critical for Fiscal Year 2018 to enhance re-gional preparedness and secu-rity capabilities.


Karen Kolodny

time in your life, your Jew-ish identity is entirely in your own hands, and the decision to engage Jewishly is yours alone. Explore the Jewish ex-periences that already exist on campus, and go out and create your own.

“KNOWLEDGE IS POWER:Learn about BDS, the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel, as well as other hot topics, cur-rent events, and political is-sues. Since supporting Israel can be unpopular on college campuses, knowing how to ad-vocate for the Jewish state is vi-tal. Having facts at your finger-tips will help you handle these difficult and complex conver-sations with confidence.

“UTILIZE YOUR RE-SOURCES: You are surrounded by some of the top minds in any given field. These profes-

sors are there to help you; they are amazing assets. Stop by during office hours, stay after class, sit in the front, ask your professors to join you for coffee or a meal. They will appreciate it. Bear in mind, though, that however brilliant they may be, you are not obligated to share their opinions.

“LISTEN TO LEARN, NOT TO RESPOND: When a student arrives at college, there is a tendency to think: ‘How can I make a name for myself?’ But you won’t learn about the world and the people around you by talk-ing at them. Realize that you are not always going to be the smartest person in the room. The best way to learn is to re-ceive, observe, and listen to people share their stories. As the old saying goes, “You have

two ears and one mouth; use them in that proportion.

“THINGS TAKE TIME: En-tering college marks a huge tran-sition in your life. Take it slow. Take a deep breath and recognize that things do not happen over-night. You may not meet your best college friends during orien-tation. You may not ace every test in a subject you have never taken before. Cut yourself some slack because, contrary to the way it may look on Instagram, everyone has a hard time adjusting.

“You are embarking on the most incredible four years; leverage every opportunity. Re-member, there is no one single path for college success. Your college experience belongs to you. Try new things. Go to a foot-ball game, travel to Israel, audi-tion for the next musical, attend a Shabbat dinner, and take class-es that challenge your mind.”

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Harriet and Len Schleifer Support Chapel Haven

Lowey Announces Federal Terrorism Prevention Funding for JCC’s On August 28, Congress-

woman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester} an-nounced a total of $400,000 in federal funding to protect non-profits in Rockland and West-chester Counties. The awards

are: $100,000 for JCC Rock-land in West Nyack, $150,000 for JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown, and $150,000 for JCC of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale.

The funding for JCC

Rockland was awarded as part of a new homeland security grant program secured by Lowey in the Fiscal Year 2018 spending bill to provide critical security funding for nonprofit organiza-tions located outside of designat-

ed Urban Areas Security Initia-tive (UASI) jurisdictions that are determined to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. The funding for JCC on the Hudson and JCC of Mid-Westchester was awarded as part of the UASI Program’s Nonprofit Se-curity Grant Program (NPSG) for which Lowey secured $50 million in Fiscal Year 2018, an increase of $25 million from the prior year.

“As the senior Democrat in the House Appropriations Committee, I fought tooth and nail to create this new invest-ment in critical homeland security funding so that non-profit organizations have the

resources to protect against acts of hate and terror,” said Congresswoman Lowey. “This new funding for Rockland, in addition to continued invest-ments in Westchester County, will improve the safety of our community. Together, these grants are a major victory to protect residents and commu-nity organizations in Rockland and Westchester.”

Rabbi Andrew Ergas, executive director of JCC on the Hudson, said, “Given the rise of antisemitism and acts of hate in our area and a gen-eral amplification of troubling, violent voices throughout the country, coupled with the im-portance of federal funding to help community facilities such as ours to protect children and adults in an appropriate and strategic manner, we cannot thank Congresswoman Lowey enough for her voice and vigi-lance in regard to these import concerns and her support in helping direct these critical funds to the Shames JCC and the broader community we serve.”

Karen Kolodny, execu-tive director of JCC of Mid Westchester, noted, “In today’s

Congresswoman Nita Lowey

Harriet Schleifer

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The Westchester Philharmonic, All-Orchestral Gala Opener with con-ductor Jaime Laredo will perform at the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase on October 21 at 3pm. For tickets, visit artscenter.org or call 251-6200.

On November 7 at 7pm, the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center presents the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht with Dr. Rafael Medoff speaking on the topic of FDR, Immigration Policy and the Jews at Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase. For more information, contact Millie Jas-per at 696-0738 or email [email protected]

On October 25 at 6:30pm, the Holocaust & Human Rights Educa-tion Center will hold their Annual Benefit honoring Dr. Joseph E. Nyre, President, Iona College and Mitchell Wm. Ostrove, Founder and CEO, The Ostrove Group (above) at the Ma-maroneck Beach & Yacht Club, 555 South Barry Avenue, Mamaroneck. For more information, contact [email protected] or call 696-0738.

Comedian and Westchester resident Robert Klein will perform at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill on October 27 at 8pm. Visit paramoun-thudsonvalley.com for details and tickets.

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center will hold their Annual Benefit on October 25 at 6:30pm honoring Dr. Joseph E. Nyre, President, Iona College and Mitchell Wm. Ostrove, founder and CEO, The Ostrove Group at the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, 555 South Barry Avenue, Mamaroneck. Keynote speaker is Elisha Wiesel. For more information contact [email protected] or call 696-0738.

On November 7, the 4th Annual StandWithUs New York Leaders of Tomorrow Gala Dinner, Inspiring the Next Generation will take place at Guastavino’s, 409 East 59th Street, NY, honoring Barbara Fix, Kayla Grunstein and Neil Dasgupta and Rebecca Stern with introductions by Congressman Eliot Engel. For more information contact [email protected]

UPCOMING EVENTSJoin HIAS for National Refu-gee Shabbat this Fall from Oc-tober 19-20 as the American Jewish community will dedi-cate sacred time and space to refugees and asylum seekers. Participate as an individual or as part of a congregation or organization. Learn more and sign up at hias.org/national-refugee-shabbat.

The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy presents, Shuls of Grandeur on the Lower East Side – A Columbus Day Walk-ing Tour, co-sponsored with the Museum at Eldridge Street will take place on October 8 at 10:45am. For more informa-tion call 212-374-4100, ext., 2 or email [email protected]

Westchester Jewish Commu-nity Services, Jewish Spiri-tual Healing Center presents, “Intro to Wise Aging for those 60+,” on October 18, Novem-ber 1 and 15 from 1:30 to 3pm, at UJA Engage, 27 Radio Circle Drive, Mt. Kisco. RSVP to Rab-bi Pamela Wax at [email protected] or call 761-0600, ext. 149.

For six Mondays at 8pm, be-ginning October 22, join the Chabad of the Rivertowns for a new course called Wrestling with Faith at Chabad House, 303 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry. Call 330-1307 to register or email [email protected]

Our first ancestors: The Jour-

ney of Abraham and Sarah, a Close Reading of Genesis 13-25 will be the focus of a Hadassah Study Group meeting monthly on Wednesday evenings in members’ homes from 7 to 9pm. To sign up email [email protected]

Rabbi Molly Karp is forming a Mussar group in the New Ro-chelle/Scarsdale area starting after the High Holidays once every other week in the eve-ning. To learn more write [email protected]

At 10am on 5 Thursdays 10/4, 10/11, 10/18 and 10/25 learn about Picasso: His Life and Legend with art historian Jill Kiefer, PhD at Larchmont Temple, 75 Larchmont Avenue. Sponsored by The Center for Continuing Education. Register at 698-9126 or visit lmcce.org

For 6 Mondays starting Octo-ber 15, Beginning Mah Jongg will be taught (course 7021) at The JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale from 7-9pm. Visit scarsdalead-ultschool.org or call 723-2325 to register.

A new course entitled, “Oh G-d: Sex and the Jews – Divine Gift or Forbidden Fruit?” will take place at Beth El Synagogue Center on October 3, 10 and 17 from 9:45am to noon. To learn more, contact Rabbi Karp at [email protected]

The 24th Judaica Craft Show at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, 295 Soundview Avenue, White Plains will take place Novem-ber 3 from 8-11pm and Novem-ber 4 from 10 am -5:30 pm. Visit betamshalom.org for in-formation.

OCTOBER3At 7:30pm, Lt. Tzur Goldin will speak on, “Conflicts in Battle: How to Morally Engage an Army While at War,” at the Jewish Community Center of Harrison, co-sponsored by AJC Westchester/Fairfield, the Consulate General of Israel in New York and the Jewish Com-munity Center of Harrison. The program is free and open to the public but registration is required by calling 948-5585.

9Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, 2 Og-den Road, Scarsdale launches a new series of dinner discus-sions open to the public after Shabbat Services, this one fea-turing Dan Janison of News-day. RSVP to [email protected] for dinner reservations and discussion.

10From noon to 1pm, a webinar entitled, “Things to Do When You Have an Aging Parent,” will be presented by Littman Krooks partner, Elizabeth Valentin, Esq. Registration is required. Call 684-2100 to sign up.

11From 9:30 to 10:45am, Jewish Mindfulness Meditation will take place at Congregation Kol Ami, 252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, a practice that trains the mind and heart for a life of greater calm, con-nection and joy, facilitated by Ruth Rosenblum, LCSW. A special program for Engage Volunteers. RSVP to Jill Gold at [email protected]

14At 3pm, The Holocaust & Hu-man Rights Education Center and the Sisterhood of Con-gregation Anshe Sholom will host an exhibition, “Cartoon-ists Against the Holocaust,” at the synagogue, 50 North Av-enue, New Rochelle. RSVP to 632-9220 or email [email protected]

The Gift of Life Marrow Reg-istry Steps for Life 5K Run & Walk will take place at Battery Park-Robert F. Wagner, Jr., New York, NY. Check-in time is at 8am with the race between 9am and noon. To learn more visit giftoflife.org

15At 7:30pm, the 11th Annual Inside the Admissions Office program will take place at JCC of Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilm-ot Road, Scarsdale. For details, email [email protected]

18At 7:30pm, a program entitled,

“Thou Shalt Not Kill: Gun Vio-lence, American Culture and Religion,” will take place at Iona College, Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Co-sponsored with AJC West-chester Fairfield. For informa-tion call 637-2744.

21The annual Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk will take place at Manhattanville College Purchase starting at 9:30am. Visit makingstrideswalk.org/Westchester to learn more.

23The Hands-on-History: STEM for Adults program presents, “Aviation: First in Flight,” at JCC Mid-Westchester, 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale in collabora-tion with Senior Connections. Register at jccmw.ticketleap.com or email [email protected]

UJA Federation of New York will hold their 2019 Opening Event recognizing Karen Estrin, Meg Lazarus, Leslie Perelman and Vivian Sklar at Westchester Reform Temple, 255 Mama-roneck Road, Scarsdale along with a morning of mitzvahs to benefit the Mary J. Blige Center for Women and Girls and Nur-turing Parents Group. Email [email protected] or call 385-2138 with questions.

24Join the Mental Health Asso-ciation of Westchester at the

Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, partnering with Mod-ern Warrior LIVE for a theat-rical musical experience. Pre-performance reception at 6pm with the performance begin-ning at 7:30pm. RSVP to 265-7511, [email protected]

25The Great Big Challah Bake 2018 will take place at Temple Israel Center of White Plains, 280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains. Registration be-gins at 7pm. Challah Bake will start promptly at 7:30 pm. To register go to jccmw.org

29At 7pm, Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, Green-wich and Israel Bonds welcome guest speaker Bizu Riki Mullu, an Ethiopian Jewish and Is-raeli social entrepreneur and community activist. A dessert reception will follow. Free and open to the community. RSVP required to Alice Schoen at 203-542-7165 or [email protected]

NOVEMBER3The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk for 1 mile, will start at 5pm at Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow. To register, go to light-thenight.org or call 877-LTN-walk


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Elisha Wiesel to be Keynote Speaker at HHREC Dinner

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center {HHREC} will honor Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D., President of Iona College and Mitchell Wm. Ostrove, Founder and CEO of The Ostrove Group at their annual dinner. Elisha Wi-esel, son of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, will be the keynote speaker. This annual dinner will take place on Thursday, Octo-ber 25 at 6:30 PM, at the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club, 555 South Barry Avenue, Mamaroneck.

Joseph E. Nyre, Ph.D. serves as the eighth president of Iona College, a vital economic, educational, religious, and cultural institution in New Ro-chelle. Pres. Nyre is a U.S. Naval Veteran and a first-generation college gradu-ate who obtained three advanced degrees and completed pre and postdoc-toral studies at the University of Missouri, University of Kansas, and Harvard Medical School. He has been nationally recognized for this program of research, for attaining a stunning $44 million in academic and service grants, and for authoring vital state and national legislation. Under his leadership over the past seven years, Iona College has realized remarkable successes, including record lev-els of scholarships, launching new academic programs, centers and institutes, tripling the College endow-ment to $150 million, and launching Iona Forever, the largest campaign in Iona’s history.

Mitchell Wm. Ostrove is a 50 year member of the Million Dollar Round Table and has served as its Foundation President from 2002-2003. Long active in this community, Ostrove served as Chairman of the Men’s Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a Trustee of Temple Israel of New Rochelle, Com-missioner of the New Rochelle Youth Bureau, director of the New Rochelle Police Foundation, and past Co-chair of the Westchester Business & Professional Division of UJA-Federation. He also serves on the boards of Hillel’s of Westchester, the Westchester Jewish Council, and the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center. He has received Humanitarian Awards from Einstein College of Medicine, the Ameritas presti-gious Lester Rosen Award, the Spencer McCarty Award, and the UJA-Federation Insurance Man of the Year Award, among others.

Elisha Wiesel is the Chief Information Officer at Goldman Sachs. Wiesel has been active in local non-profits serving at-risk youth in New York City since 2002 when he joined the board of Groundwork, and continued on to Good Shepherd Services in 2010. He stepped down from the board in 2016 after having rebooted the Midnight Madness all-night urban puzzle-solving experience into a multi-million dollar fun-draising platform for local communities and a signature creative experience for the broader financial com-munity. Since Elie Wiesel’s passing in 2016, Elisha speaks at events and for causes where he feels he can be helpful in remembering his father’s messages and values.

For more information on attending, contact Millie Jasper (914)696-0738 or [email protected]

Elisha Wiesel

Yonkers Synagogue Celebrates Rosh Hashana and Commemorates 9/11

On September 10 in Coner Park, Yon-kers, Rabbi Levi Welton, spiritual leader of the Lincoln Park Jewish Center {LPJC}, 311 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, inaugurated a new tradition prior to the High Holidays, where members distributed apples and honey snacks to the public, including to the Yonkers Police Dept, 2nd Pct, to wish the Yonkers community a “Sweet New Year”.

As Rabbi Welton says, “Most people think Rosh Hashana is just about Jews pray-ing that G-d bless the Jewish people with a sweet New Year. But the Talmud (Sanhedrin 38B) teaches that Rosh Hashana is the anni-versary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first human beings.”

Through the rain, the group prayed that G-d bless all in Yonkers and all human-ity, with a sweet New Year of unity and peace

Then on September 11 , Deputy Mayor Steven Levy attended Rosh Hashana Ser-vices at the Modern Orthodox Synagogue, where there was a commemorative service honoring the memory of those impacted by the tragic events of 9/11/2001.

President Jack Schweizer of LPJC pre-sided, Cantor Eric Freeman sang prayers, followed by an invocation by Mr. Levy and a sermon by LPJC Spiritual Leader Rabbi Levi Welton that linked the Jewish New Year with 9/11. The address by both speakers was inspirational, poignant, and relevant to the spirit of Rosh Hashana.

Services continued with the traditional blowing of the Shofar.


“DROWNING LIBERTY” Installation Urges Consumers to Switch to Reusable Bottles

In September, SodaStream International LTD. unveiled its “Drowning Liberty” installa-tion in New York City’s Flatiron Plaza in part-nership with Oceanic Society. The installation supports SodaStream’s mission to highlight the global threat of single-use plastic.

“Drowning Liberty” consists of a 20-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty, trapped inside a steel cage packed with single-use plastic bot-tles. SodaStream has created Drowning Liberty, which will visit other locations, to call attention to the skyrocketing rates of annual plastic pollu-tion. In addition to the installation, SodaStream has created a limited edition “Be the Change” carbonating bottle, for use in making sparkling water at home, work or school. The special bottle features a drawing of the Earth and reminds us-ers they should choose to “Love the world,” “Re-duce their ecological footprint,” and “Reuse”.

As part of the campaign, SodaStream and Oceanic Society have created a sustainability pledge for individuals to sign as they commit to switching to a reusable bottle, decreasing their contribution to global plastic pollution.

“We have no choice,” emphasized SodaS-tream CEO Daniel Birnbaum. “We have to go reusable. Annual plastic production is skyrock-eting and the U.S. is one of the biggest polluters in the world. SodaStream stands up for what’s right and will always tell the truth. We’ve launched our pledge as a rallying cry. Together, we will liberate America from plastic straws, bags, cups and of course single-use plastic bottles—to significantly re-duce the global plastic pollution epidemic. We cannot continue to ignore the facts - we need to act now: For our children.”

“Studies show that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans,” added Oceanic Society CEO Roderic Mast. “Governments, individuals, non-profits and corporations must all act together to address this enormous and urgent challenge. SodaStream is known for its envi-ronmental advocacy, and we are excited to be working with them to engage more people and provide practical solutions to reduce ocean plastic pollution—one of the greatest environmental issues of our time.”

“We are firm believers that people can have a tremendous global impact by making a single conscious change in their lives,” added Birnbaum. “We invite the entire country to take a pledge on www.sodastreampledge.com and help curb the U.S. addiction to single-use plastic.”

I pledge to make the switch to a reusable bottle. In taking this pledge, I will decrease my per-sonal contribution to the global pollution epidemic and join SodaStream’s fight to liberate America from single-use plastic bottles.

For more information about the pledge and SodaStream’s partnership with Oceanic Society, visit www.SodaStreamPledge.com.

FIDF Hosts NY Fashion Week Event with Israeli DesignerSome 250 Friends of the

Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supporters from the Tri-State area, with Sharon Tal, head designer of Israel’s prestigious Maskit Fashion House, gath-ered on September 13 with for-mer Israeli soldiers-turned-models for a fashion event at Metropolitan West in New York, to support well-being and educational programs for the soldiers of the Israel De-fense Forces (IDF).

The Fashion for Phi-lanthropy event, hosted by the FIDF Tri-State Region, brought together FIDF friends and supporters, as well as models who served in the IDF and other soldiers, and launched FIDF’s Philanthropic Women Campaign. The event featured a keynote speech and clothing by Tal, and guests learned about Israeli fashion and shopped for designer Is-raeli clothing. Tal, an interna-tionally known designer, was

recently nominated for De-signer of the Year in the 2018 Fashion Awards by “At” Maga-

zine. A percentage of the event proceeds will be donated to FIDF’s programs in support of the soldiers.

Among the mod-els was Sgt. Lea, a former L’Oreal model from Austria who served as a Lone Sol-dier — one who immi-grates to Israel without any immediate fam-ily in order to serve in the IDF — in a special combat operations Ar-tillery Corps unit.

Philanthropists Ruth Schwalbe, of New York City, whose father, John Klein z”l, was a Holocaust sur-vivor and a founder of FIDF, and Carol Levin, of New York City as well, co-chaired the event.

“We are thrilled to host this exciting event with a tal-

ented designer like Sharon to help sup-port the brave men and women of the IDF,” said Galit Brich-ta, FIDF Tri-State Ex-ecutive Director. “This event kicks off the FIDF’s Philanthropic Women Campaign, and having models who were IDF soldiers here creates a truly unique experience.”

Other distin-guished guests includ-ed FIDF New Jersey Director Howard Gas-es, FIDF Long Island Director Felicia Solo-mon, FIDF Westches-ter/Connecticut Director Anat Chavkin, and Bari Lovi, FIDF

National Young Leadership Di-rector.

Left to right: Carol Levin, Fashion for Philanthropy Co-Chair; Ellen Weintraub, FIDF Westchester Board Member; and Ruth Schwalbe, Fashion for Philanthropy Co-Chair. All photos by Alexi Rosenfeld

Left to right: Anat Chavkin, FIDF Director of Westchester and Connecticut; Tammy Shatz, FIDF Westchester Board Member; Sgt. Lea, a former L’Oreal model from Austria who served as a Lone Soldier; Brigadier General (Res.) Gila Klifi-Amir; and Galit Brichta, FIDF Tri-State Executive Director


Bruce Museum to Host 37th Annual Outdoor Arts Festival

More than 85 new and returning artists from across the country will showcase their work on the grounds of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich on Sat-urday and Sunday, October 6 – 7, 2018, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Celebrating its 37th edition this fall, the Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival is recognized as one of the top fine arts festivals nationally.

The juried works include painting on canvas, board and paper, mixed media in 2D and 3D, draw-ings and graphics, including digital media, sculpture and photography. All works are available for pur-chase and artists are on hand to discuss their pieces and process. In addition, this family-friendly event features delicious lunch menu offerings and free art activities for children.

“This show is truly comprised of the who’s who of contemporary fine artists,” says Sue Brown Gor-don, The Festival Director for the past 25 years, Gor-don actively scouts for talent year-round. “My trav-els take me across the country to seek out the very best to bring to Greenwich,” she says.

Festival admission is free to Bruce Museum members and children less than 5 years old; entry is $10 for non-members. Festival admission includes access to the Bruce Museum galleries. Festival park-ing is in all municipal parking areas surrounding the Museum.

Opening on September 22, the Museum’s signature fall exhibition, ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection, includes the work of 28 artists, including artists Arman, Richard Estes, Howard Finster, Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, and Fernand Léger; photographers Berenice Abbott and Walker Evans; as well as pop artists Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and James Rosenquist.

Featuring more than 40 richly imaginative, quirky, and thought-provoking paintings, sculp-tures, photographs, and sketches, ReTooled celebrates the prevalence of tools in our lives with art that transforms utilitarian objects into fanciful works that speak of beauty, insight, and wit.

Other exhibitions on view during the Bruce Museum’s Outdoor Arts Festival weekend include: Expressionism in Print: The Early Works of Richard Haas, 1957-64 showcases the graphic evo-

lution of the famed trompe l’oeil artist, whose career was launched with youthful “style jumping” inspired by German Expressionist printmakers and Abstract Expressionist painters.

A Continuous Thread: Navajo Weaving Traditions traces the history of the Navajo weaving tra-dition from the earliest Mexican-inspired Saltillo serapes, c. 1880, to mid-20th century pictorial rugs. On view will be a dozen items from the Museum’s Native American ethnographic collection – some of which have never been publicly exhibited –and artifacts from Greenwich heiress Margaret Cranford, who spent a lifetime traveling the world to collect fine decorative art, jewelry, and textiles.

Wild Bees: Photographs by Paula Sharp and Ross Eatman features exquisite color photographs of native bees in their natural habitats, along with an exploration of their varied lifestyles.

Festival visitors will be able to join the Bruce Museum at the entrance to receive instant free admission and many discounts both at the Festival – many exhibitors offer discounts for Bruce Mu-seum members – and in the Museum Store. The complete listing of this year’s exhibitors will be featured on brucemuseum.org as the Festival weekend nears.

The Bruce Museum is located in a park setting just off I-95, exit 3, at 1 Museum Drive in Green-wich, Connecticut. For more information call 203-869-0376.

Gustavo Castillo, Port St. Lucie, FL 2017 Best In Show winner

County Holds 9-11 Memorial Ceremony at The Rising

It has been seventeen years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and in a solemn ceremony Tues-day afternoon, Westchester County paid tribute to every life that was lost on that day. Standing beneath “The Ris-ing,” the County’s beautiful 9/11 Memorial, surrounded by dignitaries, clergy, colleagues, local residents and families of the fallen, County Executive George Latimer commemorat-ed the Westchester residents who passed on that day. Lat-imer also made special men-tion of the first responders, as well as those who have died from 9/11 related illness since the attacks.

“Seventeen years ago to-day, I remember exactly where I was standing and what I was doing when I learned the twin towers had been struck. I’m sure many of you do, too. Without hesitation, police, firefighters and EMT’s rushed to ground zero to help save as many lives as they could. They were heroes - but in doing so, many gave of their own lives. At this time of great unrest in our country it is an opportu-nity to unite us, and bring us all together to remember this important day, ” Latimer said.

Emcee Tom Kaminski, a WCBS880 Traffic Reporter who was reporting from a he-licopter as the twin towers were hit, recalled the morning of 9/11: “While I was a reporter that day, I was also a friend and a New Yorker. While life will never be the same – it shouldn’t. We live, we change and we grow. Standing here under this beautiful sculpture of “The Rising” – it reminds us that we must always be rising and lifting. But we must also remember where we started, and the base of who we are.”

Chairman of the West-chester County Board of Leg-islators Benjamin Boykin said, “We gather today, as we do every September 11th, to commemorate the lives of the Westchester residents and former residents taken from us on that terrible day 17 years ago. We also remember the many lives claimed by related illnesses over the years – the courageous men and women who worked tirelessly in that toxic mess to find the fallen. We join as one community with all their families. We can never feel the same empti-ness and absence you feel, but we hope that by sharing your grief, we can make your bur-

den just a little bit lighter.”The ceremony included

the presentation of colors, led by the Westchester County Police Department’s Ceremo-nial Unit Color Guard. Pipes and drums of the Police Em-erald Society of Westchester County followed, along with the Civil Air Patrol. Students from the Valhalla Union Free School District led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Concordia College’s Brass Quartet played. A commemorative wreath was laid on the “Beam of Remem-brance,” a steel beam that was pulled from the ashes of the World Trade Center, and dedi-cated to the County as a lasting reminder of our nation’s sacri-fice and strength on that fate-ful day.

The names of those who were lost, as displayed on the “Circle of Remembrance,” were read aloud by elected officials. Latimer added, “In the years that followed the attacks, the number of first responders who lost their battles to 9/11 related illness has grown exponentially. My administration is now look-ing into ways to include those names at this memorial site, so that they too can be hon-ored and remembered.”

Charles Bronfman Prize Names Amy Bach, Founder of Measures for Justice, as 2018 RecipientThe Charles Bronfman Prize has an-

nounced its 2018 recipient, Amy Bach, Founder, Executive Director and President of Measures for Justice (MFJ). It is the first organization to publicly measure how the entire criminal jus-tice system is performing in all counties across the United States by collecting, analyzing and comparing county-level data.

“Amy’s work revealed a critical gap in our criminal justice system, and she developed an ingenious method for filling it,” Charles Bron-fman said. “She epitomizes the concern for

social justice and entrepreneurial spirit that the Prize recognizes. I am delighted the judges selected Amy.”

The Charles Bronfman Prize is an annual award of $100,000 presented to a humanitar-ian under 50 whose innovative work informed by Jewish values has significantly improved the world. The Prize was founded in 2004 by Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and Stephen Bronfman, with their spouses, Andrew Hauptman and Claudine Blondin Bronfman, to honor their fa-ther, Charles Bronfman, on his 70th birthday.

“The Prize is privileged to recognize Amy’s groundbreaking work to address injustices ex-

perienced in the criminal justice system,” said Ellen Bronfman Hauptman on behalf of the founders. “She will make an outstanding ad-dition to an already exceptional group of Prize laureates.”

“I am honored to be recognized by the Charles Bronfman Prize, which will go a long way toward bringing to light the importance of open data and criminal justice data collection at the county level,” Bach said. “So many lives are impacted by the criminal justice system every day. We need make visible what is otherwise hidden. I am thrilled to see this work in the spot-light.”

The U.S. leads the industrialized world in incarceration, with only five percent of the world’s population but nearly a quarter of the prison population. Yet, its justice system lacks


Amy Bach


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tion Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye; Woodlands Community Temple, Greenburgh; Green-burgh Hebrew Center, Dobbs Ferry; Rosh Pinah Chavorah of the Rivertowns, Hastings on Hudson; Temple Israel Center, White Plains; Bet Am Shalom, White Plains; JCC of Harrison, Scarsdale Synagogue, Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, Scars-dale; Westchester Commu-nity for Humanistic Judaism; Temple Israel of New Rochelle; and The Flame of YINR, New Rochelle.

“One of the greatest

achievements in my mind is that Synagogue Connect is where it is today, with a mini-mum budget. We have syna-gogue participation from such different and diverse expres-sions of Judaism: Reform, Con-servative, Orthodox, Recon-structionist, Chabad, Renewal, Traditional, Humanistic and unaffiliated,” explains Rabbi Brown. “It’s kind of like a Jew-ish wedding; you never know which table you will be return-ing to for seconds!”

“My hope,” the Rabbi con-cludes, “is that our partner

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synagogues will be delighted with the young people and that each student finds the syna-gogue experience meaningful. It would be nice to know that more people are joining {syna-gogues} than leaving. I am en-thusiastic about this program and it is definitely meaningful to me.”

The program is en-dorsed by the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. For more in-formation and to extend this information to students, visit synagogueconnect.org

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said, “The Mu-seum of Jewish Heritage is proud to be the venue for this restitution, in furtherance of our mission as a living memorial to the Holocaust. We applaud the tireless efforts of those who worked to see this paint-ing justly restored to Sylvie Sulitzer and the Weinberger family.”

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeny Jr. said, “The atrocities that took place dur-ing World War II at the hands of the Nazis cannot be summed up in a few words. They murdered, tortured, and plundered during their attempt to take over Europe and the world. In the process, they also carried out smaller acts of evil behavior, stealing hundreds of thousands of these pieces of price-less artwork. Some of those pieces are lost to our culture forever. However, we take a bit of pride in returning a painting looted during the war, and helping repair some of the destruction decades ago.”

Also participating in the cere-mony was former District Attorney for New York County and Chair-

man Emeritus of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Robert M. Mor-genthau who said, “All of us who have never forgotten about the Nazi lootings are grateful for the United States Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s interest in seeing that the stolen art is returned to its rightful owners.”

During World War II, the Na-zis created a division known as the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosen-berg (the “ERR”) in order to “study” Jewish life and culture as part of the Nazis’ propagandist mission against the Jews. Principally, the ERR confiscated artworks and other cultural holdings of the en-emies of the Reich on a massive scale, and meticulously registered and identified those artworks – even photographing them – there-by leaving behind a detailed record of the works that they stole.

In December 1941, during the Nazi occupation of Paris, the ERR seized the Renoir, along with numerous other works, from a bank vault where Alfred Wein-berger had stored his collection when he fled Paris at the outset of the war. In the decades that fol-

lowed, Mr. Weinberger sought to recover his property, registering his claim to the Renoir with the French restitution authorities in 1947 and the German restitution authorities in 1958.

The Renoir resurfaced after the war at an art sale in Johan-nesburg, South Africa, in 1975. It subsequently found its way to London, where it was sold again in 1977, and then appeared at a sale in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1999.

Ultimately, the Renoir found its way to Christie’s Gallery in New York, where it was put up for auction by a private collector in 2013. It was then that Ms. Sulitzer learned of the pending sale and made a claim to the work as part of her grandfather’s collection. Christie’s alerted the FBI, and ultimately the purported own-er of the work voluntarily agreed to relinquish its claim. The U.S. Attor-ney’s Office and the FBI are now re-turning the painting to Ms. Sulitzer.

The case is being handled by the Office’s Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit. Assis-tant U.S. Attorney Noah Falk is in charge of the case.

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Lowey Applauds House Passage of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rock-land-Westchester), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, applauded U.S. House passage of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2018 (H.R. 1911), bipartisan leg-islation to require the prompt appointment of the Special Envoy position by the Administration and to elevate the position to the rank of ambassador. Low-ey is an original cosponsor of the legislation.

“Today, the House sent a clear signal to the Administration that the U.S. must remain a leader in the fight against anti-Semitism,” said Congress-woman Lowey on September 13. “As anti-Semitism continues to rise around the globe, it is more impor-tant than ever that we have a strong, qualified leader in this role.”

The Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the U.S. Department of State is tasked with spearheading the country’s important diplomatic efforts in the fight against anti-Semitism. The position has been vacant since the beginning of the Trump Administration.

Since early 2017, Congresswoman Lowey has led multiple efforts to urge the Ad-ministration to fill the Special Envoy position as quickly as possible. Additionally, the Omnibus Appropriations bills for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018 included directives, au-thored by Lowey – a co-chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism – urging the Administration to prioritize the appointment of the position and to provide funding for the efforts of the Special Envoy and his or her Office.

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time, money and the health of our planet all at the same time. Talk about a win-win situation.

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however, isn’t it better for the trust beneficiary and all par-ties involved if things are done properly? Before deciding who should be the trustee of your special needs trust, please con-sider all available options and consult with an experienced special needs trust attorney to make sure you do what is right for you and your family.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner 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 Acad-emy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAE-LA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Sec-tion of the New York State Bar Association. He has been select-ed as a “New York Super Law-yer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914-684-2100) or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawnewyork.com.

its concerns regarding these expenditures.

In his defense, Sam said he reviewed the trust prior to making the distributions and thought that they should be permitted since Carla did benefit, in some way, from the distributions. Unfortu-nately, Sam had not previously served as the trustee of a spe-cial needs trust, or any type of trust for that matter. Thus, he was unfamiliar with trust law, including the “sole benefit” rule which applied to these types of trusts. The court is-sued a surcharge order against Sam and ruled that he had to re-pay the trust $34,000 out of his own funds due to the im-proper expenditures.

How could this have been avoided? Sam could have re-quested court approval prior to making these distributions. However, this would have caused additional expense to the trust and resulted in less funds being available for Carla. A better solution might be to select a trustee who has experi-ence with special needs trusts. There are several banks and trust companies who actively seek out this type of work and who generally do a very good job. Of course, they all charge fees for their services;

Selecting the Proper Trustee for Your Family Member’s Special Needs TrustBY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED

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Many individuals who have family members with special needs understand the importance of not leaving their inheritance outright to the person with special needs. Leaving money directly to this person could cause a loss of much-needed government benefits, among other issues. It is often appropriate, instead, to have the money placed into a special needs trust for the benefit of the individual with special needs. In theory, this concept is generally under-stood by most. However, when it comes time to implement the plan, one significant roadblock inevitably gets in the way: Who should be the trustee of my spe-cial needs trust? Arguably, this is the most important decision for you to make when setting up your special needs trust. The trustee is responsible for determining what expendi-tures are permitted to the ben-eficiary (your family member with special needs). If properly drafted, the trust document might give some direction. However, even the most care-fully drafted trust document cannot anticipate each and every possible trust distribu-

tion in the future. Sometimes, Medicaid and Social Security eligibility workers will need to review the expenditures. In addition, a court is sometimes called upon to review the trust accountings. This is where the trustee may run into problems if things are not done properly. The court has the power to is-sue a surcharge order against the trustee for things which the court feels were not done properly. The surcharge order could require the trustee to re-pay the trust out of its own personal funds for expendi-tures that the court deemed improper.

Let’s say that the trustee determines that it makes sense to purchase a vehicle for the beneficiary, pay for a vacation or pay tuition expenses. At the end of the year, the trustee might be required to submit an accounting to the court for its review, detailing all the ex-penditures and other items for the year. The court might agree that the expenditures all make sense. On the other hand, the court might rule that the trustee should have exer-cised more caution. The judge might order the trustee not to make similar distributions in the future, but allow the past expenditures. In some cases,

though, the judge might decide that payments from the trust violated the trustee’s fiduciary duty. The challenged expen-ditures might have been self-serving, or just poor decisions. The court might decide that the trustee’s decisions were so poor that the court issues a surcharge order against the trustee.

Here’s an example of how things can go wrong. In a recent case, Sam agreed to serve as trustee of a special needs trust set up for the ben-efit of his niece Carla, who was 6-years old and had cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities. The initial fund-ing for the special needs trust was approximately $200,000, which came from a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital where Carla was born. From time to time, the trustee paid for Carla’s expens-es but also paid for certain va-cations which included Carla’s siblings and other relatives (in-cluding Sam’s children). The trustee also paid for a new car to take Carla to physical thera-py three times a week. When not being used to take Carla to therapy, Sam would use the car to go to work and for other per-sonal reasons. Upon filing the accounting, the court raised

and cost. With our hectic schedules, most of us don’t want to have our lifestyles disrupted any longer than necessary. It’s hard enough getting everything done that we’re supposed to each day without having construction going on for several weeks. While it’s true that the hy-brid reface will take a little longer than a regular reface it’s still less time than a total renovation, depending upon the changes that you select.

After all all the times you read in my column, or heard me say, “you get what you pay for”, now (at least in this senario) you can finally “get more than you pay for!” With a properly installed hybrid kitchen you will end up with a redesigned room encompasing both new and new looking cabinets for less than the cost of a com-pletely gutted kitchen. So, it’s time to wipe off some of your carbon footprints on the front door mat and get a new hybrid kitchen, saving

over a complete remake.Today, however, there

are companies that offer new cabinets and replace-ment fronts with refacing material so that it is much more practical to accom-plish a remodel where you can change up to 50% of your cabinetry and still be economically better off. The selection of replacement fronts has expanded expo-nentially over the past few years, however there are not as many choices when you compare the hybrid remodel to either a full remodel or a full reface. I suggest you vis-it a showroom to see what is available in the type of proj-ect you are considering. And don’t forget you can add all the modern internal conve-niences that you find in any new kitchen cabinet in the hybrid system.

The three most popular reasons for refacing cabi-nets, rather than replacing them, are the three “C”s: convenience, conservation

The Hybrid Re-Model or Get More Than You Pay For!BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

Many of us have traded in our old gas guzzling ve-hicles to help save the envi-ronment (and some money as well). After surviving a summer of ridiculous heat and rain even I am begin-ning to believe that global warming may have some validity! So, besides owning a hybrid automobile, I gave a lot of thought on how else to pitch in to help good old Mother Earth and reduce our carbon footprints.

Then, the (LED) light bulb lit up over my head, just like in the cartoons, and I came up with the idea of the “Hybrid Kitchen Remodel”. It’s not just refacing and it’s not a complete remodel. It’s a clever combination of both of these processes enabling you, the homeowner, to get a completly new look for your kitchen by redesigning the cabinets and layout areas that you don’t like and refac-ing the ones that you do like

(to match the new ones).Ever since the national

kitchen and remodeling or-ganizations overcame the pressure from the cabinet industry and admitted that refacing was indeed, a legiti-mate form of remodeling, refacing has lost the stigma of being a poor choice for making existing cabinets look and work as well as brand new ones. But until now combining new cabi-nets with refacing was a more complex/costly ende-vour. Very few companies offered this option because the new cabinets had to be built from scratch and then refaced to match the bal-ance of the refacing job. This limited the number of new cabinets that you could add to a refacing job due to the higher cost of building the cabinet and refacing it to match. The old rule of thumb was that you could change up to 10% of your ex-isting cabinetry in a refacing project and still save money

Get Out the Vote Effort

As the country heads into a most important elec-tion cycle in November, Teach Advocacy Network, a nonpartisan organiza-tion advocating for equi-table funding in nonpublic schools, is deploying a new technology to combat what its research shows is the greatest stumbling block of getting Jewish voters to the polls. The group has partnered with Turbo Vote, a free service that will let community members know when elections are happen-ing and provide the infor-mation needed to vote with confidence.

Once signed up for this free service, Turbo Vote sends text and email reminders about registra-tion deadlines, upcoming elections and more. One can register to vote, update their voter registration, or request an absentee ballot through the portal.

“In today’s age of infor-mation sharing, your vote is private but whether you vote and how your precinct voted is public informa-tion – all of our votes count when it comes to telling our locally elected politicians what is important to us, namely funding for nonpub-lic schools such as our day schools and yeshivas,” said Teach Advocacy Network’s Executive Director Maury Litwack.

“The upcoming elec-tions in November are very important and we’re taking them very seriously by pro-viding numerous opportu-nities for the community, including this one which automates the process for you,” he added. “In order to make a difference in these elections, we need the com-munity to come out and vote. Our partnership with Turbo Vote makes the pro-cess much easier because it sends you everything you need to know in a secure and safe way.”

The service was set up in advance of the New York primaries on Thursday, September 13th.

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homeowner.”In each quarter of 2017,

a sample of U.S. households was surveyed via random-digit dial, including half via cell phones and the other half via landlines. The survey was conducted by survey research firm TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence. A total of 10,823 household responses are rep-resented.

John E. Baer, SRES, SRS is a NYS licensed real estate salesperson associated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeSer-vices Westchester Properties in Scarsdale and Larchmont. He can be reached for questions at 914/600-6086 or at 914/844-2059. His website is both www.WestchesterHomes.info and www,ScarsdaleHomes.info.


Real Estate Matters by John E. Baer, SRES, SRS: Survey Says Most Renters Want to Own a HomeDespite weakening opti-

mism from non-homeowners at the end of last year that now is a good time to buy, an over-whelming majority said they do want to own a home in the future and believe homeown-ership is part of their Ameri-can Dream.

That is according to new consumer survey data released recently by the National As-sociation of Realtors, which found that non-homeowners’ lifestyle changes and improve-ments in their financial situ-ation outweigh seeing their rent increase as the main mo-tivators for deciding to buy a home.

NAR’s Aspiring Home Buyers Profile analyzed 2017 quarterly consumer insights from its Housing Opportuni-ties and Market Experience survey to capture the housing expectations and sentiment of non-homeowners—both rent-ers and those living with a fam-ily member.

When asked for the pri-mary reason non-homeowners currently do not own, an in-creasing share of them over the past year said it was be-cause they are unable to afford it. Over half of non-owners in-dicated they could not afford to buy a home each quarter, with the share of respondents feel-

ing this way reaching its high-est in the last three months of the year (56%).

The swift price growth and painfully low supply levels in much of the country in 2017 dealt a blow to the confidence among non-owners that now is a good time to buy. After reach-ing a high of 62% in the third quarter, the share of non-own-ers who believed now is a good time to buy slipped to 58% at the end of the year.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says, “A tug-of-war continues to take place in many markets throughout the country, where consistently solid job creation is fueling

demand, but the lack of sup-ply is creating affordability constraints that are ultimately pulling aspiring buyers fur-ther away from owning,” he said. “These extremely frus-trating conditions continue to be most apparent at the lower end of the market, which is why the overall share of first-time buyers remains well be-low where it should be given the strength of the job market and economy.”

Even with the dip in mo-rale about buying over the past year, respondents’ views about homeownership are still over-whelmingly positive. Roughly three-quarters of non-owners each quarter said that they eventually want to own a home and also believe that owning a home is part of their American Dream.

As for the main reasons non-owners would buy a home in the future, a change in life-style such as getting married, starting a family or retiring was the top choice (24 to 32% each quarter), followed by an improvement in their financial

situation (26 to 30% each quar-ter) and the desire to settle down in one location (12 to 16% each quarter).

According to the survey, roughly half of current renters expect their rent to increase this year (51%). If in fact their rent does increase, most indi-cated that they would resign their lease (42%) or move to a cheaper rental (25%). Only 15% of renters said they would con-sider purchasing a home.

“Housing demand in 2018 will be fueled by more millen-nials finally deciding to marry and have kids and the expecta-tions that solid job growth and the strengthening economy will push incomes higher,” adds Yun. “However, with prices and mortgage rates also expected to increase, afford-ability pressures will persist. That is why it is critical for much of the country to start seeing a significant hike in new and existing housing sup-ply. Otherwise, many would-be first-time buyers will be forced to continue renting and not reach their dream of being a

How Parents Can Help When Children Have Behavioral Problems at School

BY ELLEN WEISBERG, M. ED, LMSW

In this early part of the school year, still a time of tran-sition for children and fami-lies, teachers may reach out to parents in an effort to work together to support children who are having behavioral difficulties. Sometimes these calls and emails are expected by parents, sometimes they are a complete surprise, but they are never easy to receive. Parents often ask how they can best support their children during these times. Here are a few suggestions to make the process go more smoothly.

Many parents wonder if they should get involved with school staff or leave things to the experts at school to handle themselves. It’s important to remember that you, as parents, are also the experts about your child. In fact, you know your child better than anyone else does, and therefore can work alongside your child’s teach-ers to provide a consistent re-sponse that bridges home and school.

That consistency be-tween home and school gives children a clear message that there are limits and boundar-ies to contain them. In gener-al, consistency and predictable routines for young children go

a long way to help them con-tain their behavior. But it is just as important to remember to talk to your children your-selves. Even more importantly, make sure to not just talk, but to also listen to them.

Create opportunities and routines for them to connect with you and let you know what is happening in their lives. Even very young children need this. They need our undivided attention, even if only for short periods of time. Mealtimes, bedtime, car rides to school or activities are opportunities for conversation and connection. When you label this time for your children as time together, rather than an obligatory er-rand or task, you build and enrich your time with them. In our busy, often overscheduled lives, children need to feel that they are in their parents’ orbit. So, tell them how pleased you are to be spending time with them when you are driving them around, ask them spe-cific questions about their day when you are having a meal to-gether, and give them undivid-ed attention during their bed-time. This will go a long way toward building their sense of self and family membership. And that sense of pride in one-self and one’s family is a bul-wark against many challenges

that children encounter.Of course, it’s also impor-

tant to think about all possible causes of behavioral issues at school. Is there something go-ing on at school or home that is contributing to the behav-ior? Are there concerns with your child’s peer relation-ships? Is there something of deeper concern going on with your child? These are all ques-tions worth considering and discussing with your child’s teachers. And of course, pro-fessionals can help when you are not sure what the next move is, so always seek outside help if necessary.

Ellen Weisberg, M.Ed., LMSW, is the coordinator of school-based services in Jewish Programs at WJCS-Westchester Jewish Community Services (http://www.wjcs.com/project-seed/). She has been an early childhood mental health and educational consultant for over 30 years and works with fami-lies, teachers and early child-hood center directors to help provide the best possible envi-ronment and experiences for young children, both at home and in educational settings. She maintains a private practice in Westchester, working with chil-dren and families.

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New Comprehensive Campus Anti-Semitism Database UnveiledOn September 5, AMCHA

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History Told By Those Who Lived It, is a new, multimedia installation that encourages visitors to engage with per-sonal expressions of Holocaust experience. Correspondence, possessions, photographs, art-works, journals, testimonies—history has confided these to us. Through each we can lis-ten, reflect, and respond. The installation will be on view at the Museum of Jewish Heri-tage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust from September 16, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Visitors will discover arti-facts from the collections of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holo-caust, a special presentation of The Girl in the Diary (in part-nership with the Galicia Jewish Museum), an introduction to the stunning work of acclaimed artist Mikhail Turovsky, and an encore presentation of the HBO film The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm.

In Confidence also fea-tures the museum premiere of The Last Goodbye—an immer-sive virtual reality testimony (produced by USC Shoah Foun-

dation). In his final return to Majdanek, Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter tours the concen-tration camp where his parents and twin sister were murdered during World War II. As Pin-chas recounts his experiences, you walk alongside him—seeing what he sees, hearing what he hears, and learning as he guides visitors through an account of his own history. The Last Good-bye represents unprecedented advances in storytelling through technology. (Reservations are recommended for this 20-min-ute experience.)

This presentation of The

Last Goodbye is its museum premiere, simultaneously de-buted by the Museum of Jew-ish Heritage – A Living Me-morial to the Holocaust, Los Angeles Museum of the Holo-caust, Illinois Holocaust Muse-um and Education Center, and The Florida Holocaust Muse-um. Through this strong part-nership, visitors to Holocaust education institutions across the U.S. are discovering how “the technology of the future” can help us explore, study, and preserve evidence of the past.

“Evidence of personal experience is often what ‘gets

through’ to Museum visitors—communicating historical content while allowing people to make human connections,” said Museum President & CEO Michael S. Glickman. “From hidden journals written in the ghettos to artistic reflections to virtual reality, In Confi-dence gives people a range of opportunities to engage. Testi-mony is prominently featured. When a Holocaust survivor tells her story, she re-asserts the humanity and dignity that the Nazis attempted to destroy. It is an act of resistance.”

As visitors walk through In Confidence, they will tour items across a range of for-mats. Some of the artifacts on display were produced during the horrors of World War II; others were created in its af-termath. Some of the individu-als who created these objects did not anticipate an audience. They kept private records and sketches of their experiences, using pen and paper to insist on their perspectives. Others sought to deliberately pre-serve—and to teach—their stories for the benefit of future generations. Their artworks

open a window onto annihi-lated worlds; their eyewitness accounts stand as evidence. In Confidence asks that we take responsibility for carrying these stories forward.

In Confidence: Holocaust History Told By Those Who Lived It is featured in the Mu-seum’s Irving Schneider and Family Gallery. The installa-tion is made possible in part by the Murray and Frida Krell Testimony Fund. The Krell Testimony Fund enables the Museum to preserve and pres-ent survivor testimony—docu-menting personal experience of global significance.

Presented in partner-ship with the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, The Girl in the Diary section features excerpts of Rywka Lipszyc’s di-ary—written in the Lodz Ghet-to (1943-44) and discovered after the war near the ruins of Crematorium 3 at Auschwitz. The diary’s powerful words are accompanied by artifacts from the Ghetto, including objects manufactured in the workshops, food coupons, and other items that speak to the struggle to endure.

In 1980, Mikhail Turovsky (b. 1933 in Kiev) began a cycle of artworks on the theme of the Holocaust—ultimately pro-ducing 65 paintings and many drawings. In the years since, Turovsky’s Holocaust paint-ings have been exhibited at Yad Vashem, the headquarters of the United Nations Organiza-tion, and at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City. The artist’s drawings exhibited in In Confidence speak to his commitment to examining the history of per-sonal impact of the Holocaust.

With few exceptions, the Museum items featured in this installation were donated by survivors or their families—sometimes so that the remain-ing traces of their loved ones’ lives would be remembered.

The Museum is located at 36 Battery Place in Lower Man-hattan. The Museum is closed on Saturdays, Jewish holidays, and Thanksgiving. Visit mjh-nyc.org for more information. Reservations recommended for the 20-minute virtual real-ity experience The Last Good-bye, featured within In Confi-dence.

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