DOCSLIB.ORG

Tradition & Innovation

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Tradition & Innovation TRADITION & INNOVATION IMPACT REPORT 2017/5778 CONTENTS pg pg OU HISTORY BIRTHRIGHT FOLLOW-UP 3 66 est 2016 pg pg MESSAGES TO OU-JLIC 4 THE COMMUNITY 72 est 2000 pg PEPA & RABBI JOSEPH KARASICK pg DEPARTMENT OF SYNAGOGUE & OU TORAH 6 COMMUNITY SERVICES 82 est 2007 est 1898 pg pg NCSY OU PRESS 14 est 1954 88 est 2009 pg pg OU ISRAEL TEACH ADVOCACY NETWORK 26 est 1979 90 est 2013 pg pg YACHAD/NJCD FUTURE PROGRAMS 34 est 1983 100 pg pg OU KOSHER BENEFACTOR CIRCLE 44 est 1924 102 pg pg OU PUBLICATIONS OU BOARDS & COMMITTEES 50 est 1985 104 pg pg OU ADVOCACY SENIOR STAFF 54 est 1989 106 pg pg ISRAEL FREE SPIRIT CONTACT INFO 60 est 1999 107 2 IN THE BEGINNING: THE ORTHODOX UNION STORY une, 1898: There was an anxious buzz 1898 Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick in the sanctuary as Orthodox Jewish Department of Synagogue & Jcommunity leaders gathered in New York Community Services City’s Congregation Shearith Israel. 1924 OU Kosher Orthodoxy was facing a serious crisis. 1954 NCSY For these new immigrants to America, the future of Torah Judaism in the New World was in question. Access to Jewish education 1979 OU Israel was limited. Teachers were poorly trained, textbooks were inadequate and rabbis themselves often lacked proper ordination. 1983 Yachad/NJCD Kashrut supervision was faulty, and abuses and violations were going unnoticed. And with Jewish immigrants streaming in from 1985 OU Publications different countries — each with their own traditions — the American Jewish community was becoming only more divided. 1989 OU Advocacy There was an urgent need for an organized Orthodox leadership. It was Dr. Henry Pereira 1999 Israel Free Spirit Mendes, minister of Congregation Shearith Israel, who felt compelled to lead the effort to 2000 unite Orthodox congregations nationwide. In OU-JLIC 1898, Mendes called local leaders together, and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations 2007 of America was born, established to “speak OU Torah with authority in the name of Orthodox Jews, and to defend the rights of Orthodox Jews.” 2009 OU Press Since then, the Orthodox Union has fulfilled this role well beyond the imagination of its first 2013 Teach Advocacy Network founders. Each and every day, countless Jews around the world are positively impacted by the work of the Orthodox Union, with its array 2016 Birthright Follow-up of religious, youth, social action, educational, public policy and community development services, programs and activities. 2017 Women’s Initiatives 3 MESSAGES TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE PRESIDENT udaism is viewed in different of the community embrace both of these ways by different people. Some dimensions. Jconsider Judaism a religion, and the bond of Jewish unity began when the Jewish people surrounded Mt. Sinai Through government advocacy, the to receive the Torah. Others view Jews OU aspires to affect the affordability of as comprising a nation, a peoplehood day school education. Through NCSY, of universal history, sharing a political we hope to provide access to Torah and social destiny. Others see Judaism education. The OU’s Yachad program as a culture, Jews sharing a common reflects a commitment to providing all flavor, manifest in art and literature, but Jews, including the developmentally also expressed in cuisine and disabled, full integration into humor. the community. Through Our community OU-JLIC, the Pepa & Rabbi The Orthodox Union, as recognizes that each Joseph Karasick Department evidenced by its programs and Jew’s connection of Synagogue & Community initiatives, views Judaism as to G-d and religious Services, the Women’s all the above. Each dimension growth is achieved Initiative and OU Torah, we interdependent, and none fully both as an individual undertake to enable ourselves realizable absent integration and through the and our families, as well as with the others. But, as community’s collective every community member, to presented by OU activities in relationship with G-d. pursue growth in Torah study this year’s OU Impact Report, and mitzvah observance, even the single, unifying objective after concluding formal Jewish that has guided the Orthodox education. And through OU Union for over one hundred years is to be Kosher, we facilitate the world’s most mekadesh Shem Shamayim, to sanctify G-d’s Name. widely respected and reliable kosher food certification, enabling Jews around Our community recognizes the world to observe kosher dietary laws. that each Jew’s connection We encourage you to participate in the to G-d and religious growth OU programs and initiatives that will be is achieved both as an most helpful to your personal religious individual and through the observance and growth. And we also community’s collective urge you to join the OU in volunteerism, relationship with G-d. The political activism and financial support, to Orthodox Union is a vehicle advance the religious observance and through which members growth of others. Moishe Bane President, OU 4 FROM THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ince its founding, the OU has proudly represents a powerful and growing bond enjoyed the community’s trust, with the community. Sallowing it to be the standard-bearer of its original mandates: providing synagogue We are immensely grateful to our generous support and kosher food supervision. And benefactors who contribute $5,000 or more it was that trust that made it possible for annually, as well as to the thousands of the OU’s kosher supervision business to donors and OU members who have made grow from its first customer in 1924, to over smaller contributions to all of our programs, one million products and ingredients under including our relief fund for Houston, Atlanta supervision today. and Florida. And finally, it is important to express our profound gratitude In the 20th century, the OU was to our 2,000+ OU professionals able to build a strong, sustainable around the world who are the foundation that would make it bedrock of what we do each possible to develop new and We are first and day to carry out our mission. critical programs — such as foremost a communal NCSY (1954), Yachad (1983) services organization As we look forward to another and OU Advocacy (1989). As whose role is to help year of service, we can’t predict the needs of our community support, maintain what challenges lie ahead. What multiplied, so did our array of and invigorate we do know, however, is that we services. In the new millennium, our community. share your hopes and dreams the OU launched seven major and pray with you for a safe and initiatives, including OU-JLIC, healthy world for our children the Teach Advocacy Network and our grandchildren: one that and, most recently, the new is anchored in Torah learning Department of Women’s Initiatives. and Torah values. We would never have been able to grow Over the years, OU programs have touched to over 15 major community programs the lives of many and have enhanced the without the exponential growth in financial Jewish community in immeasurable support from our dedicated and generous ways. The OU has been supporters. Today, approximately 2/3 of honored to serve the Jewish our program costs are funded by program people for over a century, fees and a diverse group of donors, along and it is with your help that with institutions and foundations (many of we’ll continue to support whom are represented in our expanding and expand our efforts in Benefactor Circle, listed on page 102), that the decades to come. Allen Fagin Executive Vice President, OU 5 PEPA AND RABBI JOSEPH KARASICK DEPARTMENT OF FOUNDED IN 1898 The Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services holds young professional leadership events offering guest speakers and peer networking. 6 Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services SERVICE AND SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY » The Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services provides programs, vision and support to Orthodox congregations throughout North America. Its goal is to strengthen these communities and member congregations by providing religious, educational, social and cultural programming on timely issues that impact the lives of individuals and families. The Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services also develops a robust network of rabbis, executive directors, youth directors and business experts to share best practices and provide guidance to help communities grow and thrive. IN 204 NUMBERS Educators featured in the OU Speakers Bureau 11,223 Chapters of Tehillim recited for those struck by Hurricane Harvey 1,800+ 417 Attendees at the 2017 Participants in Jewish Communities educational conferences Fair for rebbetzins/kallah teachers 7 Over 180 community leaders attended the Marriage Leadership Conference hosted by the OU and Shalom Task Force. CURRENT PROGRAMS REGIONAL DIRECTORS COMMUNITY GUIDANCE YOUNG CONNECT FOR HEALTHY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES MARRIAGES PROGRAMS The regional directors provide local The Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Recognizing the need to engage and support to synagogues in strategic Department of Synagogue & Community cultivate future community leaders, planning, leadership training, Services partnered with Shalom Task the Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick strengthening youth departments and Force to host a “Marriage Leadership Department of Synagogue & Community membership growth. The regional Conference” that featured presentations Services presents young professional directors also serve as the liaison by rabbis, mental health professionals, leadership events with guest speakers between OU network synagogues, the mediators and attorneys to help and peer networking. Orthodox communities across North communities deal with the myriad America and the programs and services challenges couples may experience of the Orthodox Union. during marriage. 8 Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services OU Executive Directors Conference attendees gain perspective from the "Creating Opportunities for Giving" workshop.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • With Just One Masechta Left to Global Siyum Hashas, a Call from Lublin to Encourage Greater Daf Yomi Participation
    With Just One Masechta Left to Global Siyum Hashas, A Call from Lublin to Encourage Greater Daf Yomi Participation October 25, 2019 by Sandy Eller Video of the Siyum Seder Kodshim. View the full video of the event here. What began in Lublin has returned to Lublin, as divrei bracha delivered in honor of the penultimate siyum of the 13th Daf Yomi cycle emanated from a place whose walls still echo with the kol Torah of pre-war Poland, Rav Meir Shapiro’s Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin. With just over two months remaining until klal yisroel’s global celebration of Torah unfolds at MetLife Stadium on January 1st, 2020, Daf Yomi fever is at an all time high and there could be no better place to celebrate the completion of Seder Kodshim than Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, Poland, where the first two Siyumei HaShas were held in 1931 and 1938. Traveling to Lublin to speak in front of the iconic yeshiva’s aron kodesh, Rabbi Meir Tzvi Spitzer, Rosh Mesivta at Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, described the siyum on Seder Kodshim as a major milestone that will inspire countless individuals to expand the scope of their limudim, sparking additional siyumim as the countdown towards the 13th Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi heads towards its final celebratory moments. Eloquently describing the tremendous kedusha of the yeshiva as the best possible location to daven for the continued growth of klal yisroel’s unprecedented commitment to limud HaTorah b’kvius, Rabbi Spitzer noted that those who study Daf Yomi have been showered with tremendous bracha and siyata dishmaya as they bring Rav Meir Shapiro’s dream to life on a daily basis.
    [Show full text]
  • United States District Court Eastern District of New York
    Case 1:13-cv-06147-PKC-JO Document 115 Filed 09/28/15 Page 1 of 68 PageID #: <pageID> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------X CYNTHIA HILL, GAIL WILLIAMS, DENISE INMAN, VICKIE GORDON, ROLANDO LOPEZ, TAURA PATE, ELLEN ENNIS, and ANDREA HOLLY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM & − against − ORDER 13 CV 6147 (PKC) (JO) THE CITY OF NEW YORK, MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, as Mayor of the City of New York, RAYMOND KELLY, as Police Commissioner, RICHARD F. NAPOLITANO, CHARLES P. DOWD, MICHAEL V. POLITO, LJUBOMIR BELUSIC, FRANCIS KELLY, DONALD CHURCH, DAVID LICHTENSTEIN, LOCAL 1549, DISTRICT COUNCIL 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, and JOHN and JANE Does 1−20 (said names being fictitious, the persons intended being those who aided and abetted the unlawful conduct of the named Defendant), Defendants. --------------------------------------------------------X PAMELA K. CHEN, United States District Judge: The named Plaintiffs and members of the proposed classes (“Plaintiffs”) are a group of minority individuals employed by Defendant New York City (the “City”) to answer and direct public calls to the City’s 911 emergency response system. (Dkt. 77 (“Am. Compl.”) ¶ 12.) Plaintiffs bring this action against the City; Michael Bloomberg as Mayor of the City and Raymond Kelly as New York Police Department (“NYPD”) Commissioner, both in their official Case 1:13-cv-06147-PKC-JO Document 115 Filed 09/28/15 Page 2 of 68 PageID #: <pageID> capacities1; and Richard F. Napolitano (“Napolitano”), Charles P. Dowd (“Dowd”), Michael V. Polito (“Polito”), Ljubomir Belusic (“Belusic”), Francis Kelly (“Kelly”), Donald Church (“Church”), and David Lichtenstein (“Lichtenstein”), all in their official and individual capacities (collectively, “City Defendants”), primarily asserting that the City Defendants discriminated against Plaintiffs on the basis of race, in violation of 42 U.S.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Orthodoxy in American Jewish Life1
    ORTHODOXY IN AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE1 by CHARLES S. LIEBMAN INTRODUCTION • DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ORTHODOXY • EARLY ORTHODOX COMMUNITY • UNCOMMITTED ORTHODOX • COM- MITTED ORTHODOX • MODERN ORTHODOX • SECTARIANS • LEAD- ERSHIP • DIRECTIONS AND TENDENCIES • APPENDLX: YESHIVOT PROVIDING INTENSIVE TALMUDIC STUDY A HIS ESSAY is an effort to describe the communal aspects and institutional forms of Orthodox Judaism in the United States. For the most part, it ignores the doctrines, faith, and practices of Orthodox Jews, and barely touches upon synagogue hie, which is the most meaningful expression of American Orthodoxy. It is hoped that the reader will find here some appreciation of the vitality of American Orthodoxy. Earlier predictions of the demise of 11 am indebted to many people who assisted me in making this essay possible. More than 40, active in a variety of Orthodox organizations, gave freely of their time for extended discussions and interviews and many lay leaders and rabbis throughout the United States responded to a mail questionnaire. A number of people read a draft of this paper. I would be remiss if I did not mention a few by name, at the same time exonerating them of any responsibility for errors of fact or for my own judgments and interpretations. The section on modern Orthodoxy was read by Rabbi Emanuel Rackman. The sections beginning with the sectarian Orthodox to the conclusion of the paper were read by Rabbi Nathan Bulman. Criticism and comments on the entire paper were forthcoming from Rabbi Aaron Lichtenstein, Dr. Marshall Ski are, and Victor Geller, without whose assistance the section on the number of Orthodox Jews could not have been written.
    [Show full text]
  • List of Instititions in AK
    List of Instititions in AK List of Public Two-Year Instititions in AK Name FTE AVTEC-Alaska's Institute of Technology 264 Ilisagvik College 139 List of Public Non-Doctoral Four-Year Instititions in AK Name FTE University of Alaska Anchorage 11400 University of Alaska Southeast 1465 List of Public Doctoral Instititions in AK Name FTE University of Alaska Fairbanks 5446 List of Private Non-Doctoral Four-Year Instititions in AK Name FTE Alaska Bible College 24 Alaska Pacific University 307 1 List of Instititions in AL List of Public Two-Year Instititions in AL Name FTE Central Alabama Community College 1382 Chattahoochee Valley Community College 1497 Enterprise State Community College 1942 James H Faulkner State Community College 3714 Gadsden State Community College 4578 George C Wallace State Community College-Dothan 3637 George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville 4408 George C Wallace State Community College-Selma 1501 J F Drake State Community and Technical College 970 J F Ingram State Technical College 602 Jefferson Davis Community College 953 Jefferson State Community College 5865 John C Calhoun State Community College 7896 Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus 2474 Lurleen B Wallace Community College 1307 Marion Military Institute 438 Northwest-Shoals Community College 2729 Northeast Alabama Community College 2152 Alabama Southern Community College 1155 Reid State Technical College 420 Bishop State Community College 2868 Shelton State Community College 4001 Snead State Community College 2017 H Councill Trenholm State
    [Show full text]
  • New Israel Fund Signing Anew
    COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NEW ISRAEL FUND SIGNING ANEW FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 WITH SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR 2005 NEW ISRAEL FUND SIGNING ANEW CONTENTS PAGE NO. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT 2 EXHIBIT A - Combined Statement of Financial Position, as of December 31, 2006, with Summarized Financial Information for 2005 3 - 4 EXHIBIT B - Combined Schedule of Activities and Change in Net Assets for the Year Ended December 31, 2006, with Summarized Financial Information for 2005 5 EXHIBIT C - Combined Statement of Cash Flows, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006, with Summarized Financial Information for 2005 6 NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 7 - 14 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION 15 SCHEDULE 1 - Combining Schedule of Financial Position, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 16 - 17 SCHEDULE 2 - Combining Schedule of Activities, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 18 SCHEDULE 3 - Combining Schedule of Change in Net Assets, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 19 SCHEDULE 4 - Schedule of Grants, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 20 - 27 SCHEDULE 5 - Schedule of Projects, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 28 SCHEDULE 6 - Schedule of Functional Expenses, for the Year Ended December 31, 2006 29 - 30 1 GELMAN, ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT To the Board of Directors New Israel Fund Signing Anew Washington, D.C. We have audited the accompanying combined statement of financial position of New Israel Fund and Signing Anew as of December 31, 2006, and the related combined statements of activities and change in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended.
    [Show full text]
  • Unfazed Program Companion
    PROGRAM COMPANION Art: Sefira Ross THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS SACRED CONTENT. PLEASE TREAT IT WITH RESPECT. 2 YOU CAN OVERCOME! A Letter From The Rebbe By the Grace of G‑d of the person." 21 Cheshvan, 5737 Unlike a human who, when delegating a job to Greetings and Blessings! someone or something, can err in his calculation, I have received your letter, and I will mention it is not possible for G‑d to err, G‑d forbid, and to you in a Prayer that G‑d, blessed be He, Who demand the impossible. watches over everyone and Who sustains and It is only that something can be easy for one provides for the entire world with his Goodness person to achieve, while the other person has to and Kindness, will find your livelihood and will overcome difficulties and challenges in order to improve your situation with everything that you achieve that same thing, but it's clear that everyone and your family need. receives the strength to fulfil G‑d's Mitzvot in their It is certainly unnecessary to explain at length totality. that daily behavior according to G‑d's will is the Even more so, when one person is given extra way to receive G‑d's blessing, and it is understood difficulties and challenges, it is a sign that he was that it is not proper to give conditions to G‑d. given more strength, and with patience and a firm However, it is important to emphasize that every resolve to withstand the challenges, and with faith single Jew was given the strength to live according in G‑d, blessed be He, he will see that the obstacles to G‑d's will.
    [Show full text]
  • Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace August 22, 2015 7 Elul 5775
    Shabbat Shalom from Cyberspace August 22, 2015 7 Elul 5775 SHABBAT SHALOM FROM CYBERSPACE SHOFTIM Haftarah: Yeshayahu 51:12-52:12 AUGUST 22, 2015 7 ELUL 5775 DEDICATIONS: In memory of Florence Bibi Safdieh and Rebecca Maslaton Bibi We would like to welcome Rabbi Yitzchak Korn and the other distinguished guests who will be with us this Shabbat Minha & Arbit 7:00 PM -Candle Lighting 7:26 PM Friends – We need assistance and a commitment for Friday evenings Shabbat Class with Rav Aharon 8:00 AM – Latest Shema 8:50AM Shahrit 8:30 AM, Torah 9:45 and Musaf at 10:30 Kiddush this week is sponsored by Albert and Eleanor Yusupov In Honor of the forthcoming marriage of their son Sam To Dana Benzaken Shabbat Morning Children's Program 10:30 - 11:30 with Jennifer Ages 2-5 - in the Playroom/ Girls Ages 6-12 - In the Upstairs Library / Treats, Games, Stories, Prayers and Fun! Children’s program at Bach at 5:30PM – Ladies Class at the Lembergers at 5:30 Class with Rav Yitzchak Korn at 6:15PM Minha 6:45 PM - Seudat Shelishit 7:15 PM Rav Yitzchak Korn is scheduled to give the class Birkat HaMazon 8:10 PM Arbit 8:15 PM – Shabbat Ends at 8:25 SUNDAY MORNING Selihot at 7:15 and Shaharit at 8AM DAILY MINYAN Selihot 6:20 AM Monday, Thursday 6:55, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:00AM Mincha and Arbit - Sunday at 7:30PM LOOKING FORWARD: Save The Date - August 30th Sisterhood's End of Summer BBQ! With community blood drive.
    [Show full text]
  • TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld June 2017 • Shavuot 5777 a Special Edition Celebrating President Richard M
    Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future THE BENJAMIN AND ROSE BERGER TORAH TO-GO® Established by Rabbi Hyman and Ann Arbesfeld June 2017 • Shavuot 5777 A Special Edition Celebrating President Richard M. Joel WITH SHAVUOT TRIBUTES FROM Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander • Rabbi Dr. Hillel Davis • Rabbi Dr. Avery Joel • Dr. Penny Joel Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph • Rabbi Menachem Penner • Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter • Rabbi Ezra Schwartz Special Symposium: Perspectives on Conversion Rabbi Eli Belizon • Joshua Blau • Mrs. Leah Nagarpowers • Rabbi Yona Reiss Rabbi Zvi Romm • Mrs. Shoshana Schechter • Rabbi Michoel Zylberman 1 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • The Benjamin and Rose Berger CJF Torah To-Go Series • Shavuot 5777 We thank the following synagogues which have pledged to be Pillars of the Torah To-Go® project Beth David Synagogue Green Road Synagogue Young Israel of West Hartford, CT Beachwood, OH Century City Los Angeles, CA Beth Jacob Congregation The Jewish Center Beverly Hills, CA New York, NY Young Israel of Bnai Israel – Ohev Zedek Young Israel Beth El of New Hyde Park New Hyde Park, NY Philadelphia, PA Borough Park Koenig Family Foundation Young Israel of Congregation Brooklyn, NY Ahavas Achim Toco Hills Atlanta, GA Highland Park, NJ Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Young Israel of Congregation Cedarhurst, NY Shaarei Tefillah West Hartford West Hartford, CT Newton Centre, MA Richard M. Joel, President and Bravmann Family University Professor, Yeshiva University Rabbi Dr. Kenneth
    [Show full text]
  • THERE WILL BE FLOOD Councilman Warns of Storm Dangers to Gowanus Condo Plan by Natalie Musumeci Brad Lander (D–Gowanus)
    LOOK FOR BREAKING NEWS EVERY WEEKDAY AT BROOKLYNPAPER.COM Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2012 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/12 pages • Vol. 35, No. 47 • November 23–29, 2012 • FREE THERE WILL BE FLOOD Councilman warns of storm dangers to Gowanus condo plan By Natalie Musumeci Brad Lander (D–Gowanus). tial development at the site would The Brooklyn Paper “The Lightstone Group is fully put future tenants in danger. The development company committed to the development of “It would be a serious mistake Lightstone Group won’t let Hurri- its Gowanus Canal project in the for you to proceed as though noth- cane Sandy — or an angry coun- Carroll Gardens neighborhood ing had happened, without recon- cilman — stand in the way of its and will move forward to build sidering or altering your plans, plan to construct a massive hous- a high-quality, environmentally and putting over 1,000 new resi- ing complex on the banks of the sound residential complex,” the dents in harm’s way the next time Gowanus Canal. company said in a statement re- an event of this magnitude oc- The real estate firm is marching leased to The Brooklyn Paper. curs,” Lander wrote. ahead with its proposal to build a News that the project will ad- Lightstone Group spokesman controversial 700-unit development vance comes after Lander penned Ethan Geto said his company “vi- on Bond Street between Carroll an open letter to Lightstone Group File photo by Stefano Giovannini olently objects” to the suggestion and Second streets despite severe CEO David Lichtenstein last week The Lightstone Group isn’t backing down from its plan the development would put pro- flooding in the neighborhood and urging the company to drop its to build a 700-unit housing complex on the banks of the spective residents in jeopardy and the vocal opposition of Councilman plans — and claiming a residen- Gowanus Canal.
    [Show full text]
  • THE YIDDISH PRESS—AN AMERICANIZING AGENCY It Is
    THE YIDDISH PRESS—AN AMERICANIZING AGENCY By MORDECAI SOLTES, PH.D. Director, Extension Education, Bureau of Jewish Education, New York INTRODUCTION It is generally agreed that there is a great need to-day for civic instruction which will function more effectively. Our life and needs are becoming more complex; our stand- ards of civic behavior are being constantly revised upwards, and the civic responsibilities which our citizens must dis- charge are becoming increasingly difficult. Education for citizenship should occupy a central position in the public school curriculum. The civic pos- sibilities of all the school subjects should be utilized to a maximum, and the specific ideals of citizenship should become the possession of the pupils as a result of their entire school training and activity. In addition there should be provided, wherever neces- sary, aside from the general courses, supplementary in- struction to meet specific needs of pupils, which shall have been ascertained beforehand. This suggestion applies with particular force to schools which are located in neighborhoods of comparatively large immigrant populations. Wherever fairly homogeneous groups of children could be located, 166 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK it would prove best to make a diagnosis of the civic virtues ;ind deficiencies of the corresponding adult group, to es- tablish their prevailing civic characteristics, both favorable and unfavorable, and to develop, on the basis of the out- standing needs revealed, special supplementary courses that would tend to prevent or correct the expected short- comings, to improve the desirable traits and approved qualities which are insufficiently or wrongly developed, and to capitalize fully the civic potentialities of the younger generation.
    [Show full text]
  • Winter2011d Layout 1
    Legal-Ease By Ari Z. Zivotofsky WHAT’S THE TRUTH ABOUT . Seudah Shelishit? MISCONCEPTION: One can fulfill the (Petach Aynayim, Shabbat 118b) re- Two meals at night and one in the day- obligation to eat Seudah Shelishit (The jected this explanation and suggests time fail to satisfy the requirement Third Meal) on Shabbat by studying that although one can fulfill the obliga- (Halichot Shlomo 8, note 64). The Torah in lieu of eating. tion of Seudah Shelishit without eating Mishnah Berurah (334:2, in the name bread, Rav Nachman was careful to al- of the Bach) and Aruch Hashulchan FACT: The third Shabbat meal, Seudah ways eat bread at the Third Meal, and (OC 288:2) state that the second meal Shelishit (colloquially termed “sha- hence he is worthy of merit. The Ktav must be eaten on Shabbat morning be- lashudas”) is an obligatory meal that Sofer (Shu”t, OC 39), however, under- fore chatzot. should ideally include bread. stood the gemara differently. He ob- Regarding the Third Meal, the ma- serves that oftentimes mitzvot jority opinion is that it must be eaten in BACKGROUND: There is an obligation involving eating are difficult to per- the afternoon. The Behag, however, to eat three meals on Shabbat (Ram- form with the proper intentions or ka- does permit it to take place in the bam, Shabbat 30:9; Shulchan Aruch, vanah; therefore, Rav Nachman was morning. The Tur (OC 291) maintains OC 291) that Chazal (Shabbat 117b) de- asserting that he ate three meals for the that those who split the morning meal rive from the three-fold occurrence of purpose of fulfilling the mitzvah and into two do not fulfill the obligation.
    [Show full text]
  • Jugendbegegnung 2011
    Deutsch-Israelische Region Unter Galiläa Jugendbegegnung 2011 15.07. – 26.07 16.10 – 26.10. in in Hannover Unter Galiläa Deutsch/Israelische Jugendbegegnung 15.7.-26.7.2011 in Region Hannover und Berlin 16.10.-26.10.2011 in Region Unter Galiläa und Jerusalem Der Dank gilt den Veranstaltern und den Unterstützern Region Unter Galiläa Naturfreunde Hannover 1 Programmerstellung und Organisation in Deutschland: Imke Eckhardt, Region Hannover Ute Pilling (ehrenamtlich, Ambassador for Peace Springe e.V.) Begleitung und Betreuung der Gruppe in Deutschland und Israel: Markus Fockenbrock, Region Hannover Margo Blödorn (ehrenamtlich, VfV Concordia Alvesrode e.V.) Programmerstellung in Israel: Yossi Bar Sheshet Begleitung und Betreuung in Deutschland und Israel Ari David Movsowitz, Region Unter Galiläa Rachel Aslan, Region Unter Galiläa Texte: Nadine Krombass (Teilnehmerin, 19 Jahre) Bilder: Christian Gohdes (Teilnehmer, 18 Jahre) und übrige Teilnehmende Teilnehmende der Begegnungen: Deutsche Teilnehmer: Israelische Teilnehmer: • Silke Andreas • Amit Levy • Lina Blum • Gony Mubar Ashin • Fiene Blum • Noam Tal • Chantal Boltz • Nofar Edelshtein • Johanna Ernst • Dan Kroviarski • Sarah Feldmann • Moshe Shmueli • Johanne Gohdes • Moti Shubert • Christian Gohdes • Idan Freundlich • Nadine Krombass • Yonatan Shoshan • Franziska Spitznagel • Amit Harpaz 2 Bericht über den Jugendbegegnung Region Hannover/Region Unter Galiläa/Israel in der Region Hannover und Berlin- 15.7.–26.7.2011 geschrieben von Nadine Krombass (Teilnehmerin) 15. Juli: Die Vorfreude ist groß, denn heute lernen wir, die deutsche Gruppe des Austauschs, endlich unsere israelischen Austauschpartner kennen, mit denen wir die nächsten 10 Tage verbringen werden. Aber wer sind eigentlich „wir“? Zum größten Teil kannte sich die deutsche Gruppe noch gar nicht, deswegen trafen wir uns alle im Naturfreundehaus, bevor es an das Abholen der anderen ging.
    [Show full text]