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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
– Anne Frank
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North Shore Jewish Center Cemetery Restoration Project
B'nai Mitzvah Project
Introduction/Project Summary:
In October 2022, the B’nai Mitzvah class of North Shore Jewish Center began work on a project to beautify the synagogue’s cemetery section at Washington Memorial Park in Mount Sinai, New York. As time went on, the class also began to collect and learn about the information contained on the gravestones (names, dates, symbols, inscriptions) and how that information can be used to help Jewish families research their ancestry. As a result, the class also started to catalog information about the gravestones, including birth and death dates and photos, and make it available to the synagogue in a spreadsheet that can be updated and shared.
Click here to read the project in its entirety!
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Federation Of Jewish Men's Clubs
Biennial International Convention
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
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The NY Metro Region is now offering a $500 stipend to all NY Metro 2023 Convention attendees. | |
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Jews are genetically prone to stomach problems. Scientists are starting to understand why
(Forward) — Jews and their digestive problems are the subject of countless bad standup comedy routines, but a recent study may have identified exactly why so many Jews are afflicted...
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The #StandUpToJewishHate campaign combats Jewish hate, and the foundation has been running ads to raise awareness. The blue square emoji, is on all smartphones, as a "simple, but powerful symbol of solidarity and support for the Jewish community." | |
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft launched the 'Stand Up to Jewish Hate' blue square campaign to combat antisemitism
(CBS News Boston) Robert Kraft announced that his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism launched a new national campaign aimed at stopping hateful acts against Jewish people. Kraft and his family created the #StandUpToJewishHate campaign through a $25 million investment...
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A Short History of Holocaust Denial in the United States
(ADL) — The movement to deny that the Nazis murdered approximately six million Jews during World War II — the historical event known as the Holocaust — emerged in the years immediately following the war. In the United States, the movement was spearheaded by American adherents of the Nazi cause, including Francis Parker Yockey and George Lincoln Rockwell...
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A view of the Federal Palace in Bern. (Wikimedia Commons) | |
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Switzerland to erect first national memorial honoring Nazi victims
(JTA) — The Swiss government agreed Wednesday to help pay for the country’s first national memorial to honor the 6 million Jews and other victims of the Holocaust. Long known for its reputation of neutrality during World War II, Switzerland has seen its image undercut in recent decades by revelations that major Swiss banks played a key role in financially supporting Nazi Germany...
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Join us for Yiddish Lite!
Beginner's Yiddish Group
Alternate Tuesday Evenings
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
at 8pm ET
Hosted by Al Davis
Learn a bissele (a little) Yiddish, common words and phrases), a few simple songs that maybe Bubby or Zeyde sang to you, and a vitz (joke) here and there. Participants will come away from each session with a greater appreciation of the Yiddish language and an
ever-increasing Yiddish vocabulary, and building a glossary of terms as we go along.
Click here to register!
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Pride & Prejudice
Affinity Group
Our Second Quarterly
Inclusion Dialogue
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
8-9PM ET
7-8PM CT
6-7PM PT
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The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) and the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) have worked together to take action to expand the culture of our synagogues to create an environment that makes all of us, no matter our unique identities and needs, feel welcomed and embraced in our Jewish Community.
Among the “Underserved Communities” that are the focus of the initiative are:
- Individuals with mental and/or physical health challenges
- Jews of Color
- LGBTQIA+ individuals
- Non-traditional Families
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Join us for Shomrei Ha’Aretz: How to make your home energy Independent, an informal discussion
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
at 8pm ET
Join FJMC members Phil Margolis, Marty Paley and Neal Sereboff as they discuss how they have cut the cord from their local utility and rely on their own homes' energy systems.
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Join us for Torah Talks!
Thursday, May 18, 2023
7:30pm ET
6:30pm CT
4:30pm PT
With Norm Kurtz
and Benny Sommerfeld
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Join us for Yiddish Alive!
Advanced Yiddish Group
Monday, May 15, 2023
at 8pm ET
Hosted by Jeffrey Newton,
Joe Rotstein, Esther Scheer
and Barry Wagner
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7 standout items from a new exhibit celebrating Yiddish New York
(JTA) New York City has no shortage of collections preserving the Yiddish culture that flourished here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are Yiddish theater collections at the New York Public Library and the Museum of the City of New York. Columbia University has extensive Yiddish holdings...
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Support Our
Ma'asim Tovim Honoree
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Steven Mandel MD is Clinical Professor of Neurology at Hofstra/Northwell and adjunct Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College. He is a Member of Park Avenue Synagogue and Sutton Place Synagogue. His parents immigrated from Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the 1930’s and settled on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
You can honor Steve by placing an Ad in the Tribute Journal!
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Special Events
Around the Region
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Please join us for a trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Our bus will leave the DHJC at 10:00am, and we will return by 4:30.
Bus transportation and a guided tour of the museum exhibit, The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, included. The cost is $20.00 per person. Adults and students are invited.
You can bring the attached form and a check to the DHJC Office, or call with a credit card for payment.
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Congregation L'Dor V'Dor
49-10 Little Neck Pkwy, Little Neck, NY 11362
Phone: 718-224-0404
www.olnjc.org
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Lunch & Learn
On Israel & Zionism
With Cantor Joshua Shron
Online class meets on
Mondays & Wednesdays
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Join us via ZOOM
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East Meadow Jewish Center
1400 Prospect Avenue, East Meadow, NY 11554
Phone: 516-483-4205
www.eastmeadowjc.org
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East Meadow Beth El Jewish Center now has Bingo every Monday.
Doors Open at 6 PM. First game is at 7:15 PM.
Handicap accessible with elevator.
Progressive cash prizes.
Our snack bar offers a variety of refreshments and beverages. Our selections will be modified with safety protocols in mind.
Proof of vaccination required for admittance. Individuals are welcome to wear a mask if they are personally more comfortable that way.
Click here to join our Bingo mailing list
Or Text 22828 with the word BINGOEMBEJC
to get started.
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Dix Hills Jewish Center
555 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills, NY 11746
www.dhjc.org
From North to South Jewish Music
The DHJC Annual Cantor's Concert
Thursday, May 18, 2023
At 7PM
Sanctuary Seating: Reserved Seats at $40 per person.
Open Seats at $30 per person.
Students are free with a paid parent.
Or Live Stream to your home: $36 per link.
RSVP with payment for seats by May 16, 2023.
For more information, email: eleezuckerman@gmail.com
or call: 631-499-6644
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Picture: Barbra Streisand speaks onstage at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 24, 2019. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) | |
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Barbra Streisand is getting the next ‘Jewish Nobel,’ in prize’s return to celebrity tradition
(JTA) — The prize dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” will be going to Barbra Streisand later this year, in a return to its tradition of honoring Jewish celebrities for their lifetime of achievements. The iconic actor and singer is getting the Genesis Prize, which has been awarded since 2013, in recognition of her contributions to a number of fields, including the arts and philanthropy...
Click here to read the article in its entirety.
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Salt-encrusted objects seem to float on air in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem’s installation of Sigalit Landau’s exhibition “The Burning Sea.” (Photo credit: Shaxaf Haber / Yotam From) | |
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Visual Moment | Israeli Artist Sigalit Landau’s Immersion in the Dead Sea
(Moment Magazine) — Fishing nets, a ballet tutu, a baptismal font, boots, a barbed-wire lamp shade and watermelons. All are integral to “The Burning Sea,” an exhibition on view at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem featuring the evocative work of renowned Israeli artist Sigalit Landau...
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"Jewish Matchmaking" follows Aleeza Ben Shalom, a top Jewish matchmaker as she helps her clients meet their bashert, or soulmate. (Netflix) | |
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In ‘Jewish Matchmaking,’ a diverse set of Jews experience Orthodox dating practices
(JTA) — According to Jewish lore, God has been making matches since the creation of the world. Aleeza Ben Shalom has been at it only since 2007 — but the Jewish matchmaker is about to bring what she calls “the most important job in the world” to the masses...
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2023 Celebrate Israel Parade
Sunday, June 4, 2023
11:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue
The JCRC-NY Celebrate Israel Parade is unquestionably the world’s largest expression of solidarity with the Jewish state, and this year, it will mark Israel’s 75th birthday under the theme: Israel @ 75: Renewing the Hope
No other event in the world brings as many people together to celebrate Israel. It's a chance for us to gather, Jews and non-Jews alike, and walk arm in arm, together as one.
Go to the Celebrate Israel Parade website for further information.
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Ways to Celebrate
Jewish American Heritage Month
1. Attend virtual events to learn more about Jewish American heritage.
2. Take a virtual tour of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History.
3. Recognize Jewish Americans who have made a tremendous impact on the labor movement.
4. Learn more about the connections of the labor movement and the Jewish community.
5. Explore Jewish Americans’ culture.
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Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse owners David, left, and Stan Zimmerman, outside their restaurant at 157 Chrystie St. in 2005. (Julian Voloj) | |
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Sammy’s Roumanian, iconic Lower East Side Jewish restaurant, mounts a comeback
(New York Jewish Week) — According to Eater New York, the Ashkenazi-influenced restaurant — which shuttered in January 2021 during the pandemic — has a lease “in the works” at 191 Orchard St., between Houston and Stanton streets. The restaurant is “pursuing a liquor license application” with Community Board 3, according to the online publication...
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S&P Lunch (174 5th Ave.), which reopened and reinvented the classic Eisenberg’s deli in 2022, was named one of the 100 best restaurants in the city by the New York Times. (Courtesy S&P) | |
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2 Jewish delis and a modest falafel joint are among the ‘100 best restaurants in NYC’
(New York Jewish Week) — The legacy Upper West Side appetizing store Barney Greengrass and the hot new “Jewish luncheonette” S&P are among the Jewish eateries on the New York Times’ list of the city’s top 100 restaurants of 2023...
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Jewish American Fun Facts |
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Happy Jewish American
Heritage Month!
- In 1903, Oscar Straus is appointed Secretary of Labor and Commerce, the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position.
- Physicist Albert A. Michelson is the first American Jew to win the Nobel Prize in 1907.
- Louis Dembitz Brandeis is the first Jew appointed to the Supreme Court in 1916.
- Edna Ferber is the first American Jew to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1925.
- Brandeis University is founded as first nonsectarian, Jewish-sponsored, institution of higher education in 1948.
Click here to read other interesting fun facts!
Do you have any trivia or fun facts that you would like to share for the newsletter? Please contact Lisa at assistant@fjmc.org
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Letters to the Editor
If you have an article of interest, a special event happening at your Men's Club or other news for the New York Metro Region newsletter, please forward them to Lisa Pollack at assistant@fjmc.org
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New York Metro Region Looking for Volunteers!
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Inquiries and questions, contact: Aaron Altman at aaltman@fjmc.org
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the exciting club programs and more.
New York Metro Region Newsletter edited by Lisa Pollack.
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