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In Their Lives A בס״ד Vol. 2 Issue No. 61 december 2018 LATKE WITHOUT THE PATCHKE THE COMMUNAL MESSAGE OF CHANUKAH CHANUKAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE +A IN THEIR LIVES Light THE WORK of RIZY HOROWITZ A Project of: Jewish Community Council of Jewish Echo | 1 Marine Park 2 | Jewish Echo GET READY for memories HAPPY HANUKKAH FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT KINGS PLAZA Located at the intersection of Flatbush Ave. & Ave. U in Brooklyn KingsPlazaOnline.com Jewish Echo | 3 KIN-18182 AD1 HANNUKAH PRINT.indd 1 11/20/18 11:11 AM THE JEWISH ECHO Contents 2076 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 407-1832 6 | Editorial FAX: (718) 228-8508 [email protected] 8 | Letters to the Editor RAYLE RUBENSTEIN 16 | Community Highlights Editor in Chief MENDY RINKOFF 22 | Word on the Street Managing Editor ITA YANKOVICH 24 | Jewish World News Proofreader 26 | White House NAOMI HAZAN Food Editor Chanukah Party PENINAH BAUMGARTEN 30 | A Ray of Light Art Director PHIL BRACH 34 | When Anti-Semitism Account Executive Gets Hungry 46 | Choose to Shine CONTRIBUTORS 40 | Observant Jew Yitti Berkovic • Rabbi Jonathan 48 | Business Spotlight Gewirtz • Naomi Hazan • 44 | Halacha Devorah Hirsch • Hillel Kapnick 50 | Ask the Therapist • Daniel Keren • Alexander Rand • Rabbi Pinchos Shine • Rabbi Gil 52 | Recipe Student • Ita Yankovich • Rabbi Hillel Yarmove 56 | Joining the Marine [Park] Core © The Jewish Echo Published by the JCC of Marine Park. All rights reserved. 58 | Kid� Pa�e� Reproduction in whole or in part in any form without prior written permission from the • Mini Echo publisher is prohibited. The publisher reserves the right to edit all articles for clarity, space • Teen Story and editorial sensitivities. The Jewish Echo assumes no responsibility | JM 101 for the content of articles or advertisements 62 in this publication, nor for the contents of books that are referred to or excerpted herein. 64 | Musings The Jewish Echo is a monthly publication that is mailed to homes the fi rst week of every month. 66 | Mazel Tov! December 2018 - Volume 2 Issue | Zmanim 61- The Jewish Echo is published 68 monthly by the JCC of Marine Park whose offi ces are situated at 71 | Echoes 2076 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234. Postage Paid in Brooklyn, NY Post Offi ces. To advertise in this publication, please call 718.407.1832 To receive this magazine by mail please email [email protected] 4 | Jewish Echo תשע"טDIRSHU INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2019 שבת פרשת בא JANUARY 11-13, 2019 · ה'-ז' שבט, תשע"ט oin together with Lomdei Dirshu שבט Jto participate in the upcoming convention marking This Celebrate outstanding Ameilus B’Torah – which will celebrate the tremendous achievements of many thousands from Simchas Torah across all segments of Klal Yisrael who have learned with accountability in an unprecedented way. The event will be graced by Gedolei Yisrael, Roshei Once Again ... Yeshiva, and Rabbanim from across North America and abroad – all gathered for an uplifting maamid of Kiddush Shem Shamayim and Kavod HaTorah. 2701 SUMMER STREET STAMFORD, CT 06905 Shiurim in lomdus, Shirium in drush and chizuk from Halacha from Gedolei Yisrael and leading Poskim leading Rabbanim and Dayanim Be Part of a Truly Comprehensive Uplifting Torah Experience program for women RESERVE NOW! For reservations and information about the complete Shabbos convention please call The Motzoeiprogram Shabbos will feature / Grand the Melave siyum Malka on 888-5-Dirshu x.107 Mishnah Berurah Chelek Gimmel of or email [email protected] the Daf HaYomi B'Halacha Program BottomLineMG.com Jewish Echo | 5 EDITORIAL Dear Reader, It began last year when the JCC of Marine Park hosted a luncheon for Holocaust survivors. At the event, a woman asked me to sing a Yiddish song, and I was glad to oblige. Many survivors approached me when I fi nished, telling me about the songs they used to sing “in der heim.” It was those recollections that prompted me to fi nd songs from that era and make an album for them. Last week, that album, a Yiddish CD entitled Shirei Haplaita, was fi nally released. The songs on the album were composed by Jews who didn’t survive the Holocaust. 3,000 CDs will be distributed to Yiddish-speaking Holocaust survivors. I hope the music will transport them back to a time and place that a smile on their faces. All proceeds דremains vivid in their memories and put of the album will go to the JCC of Marine Park Holocaust Survivors Initiative. I feel so honored to have been part of this project, and can’t wait to send it to my grandmothers. I’d like to thank my dear friend Hillel Kapnick for spending so many hours arranging the songs, recording, and mixing the music. I’d like to thank the famed Rabbi Paysach Krohn for his heartfelt introduction on the album. And I’d like to thank the people who help sponsor this project including Haym Solomon nursing home, Instacare ambulance, and others. There are many projects I am fortunate to be involved with, but this probably is one of the most satisfying. Wishing all our readers a freilichen Chanukah. Warm regards, Shea Rubenstein [email protected] P.S. If you know of a survivor that would like to receive the CD free of charge, please reach out to me at the JCC offi ce. Shea Rubenstein is a co-founder of the Jewish Community Council of Marine Park and serves as its executive vice president. The JCCMP offers many programs to Marine Park and its surrounding communities, including youth programs, social services, and job initiatives. 6 | Jewish Echo Better living RIGHT HERE in a Brooklyn patio like yours. outdoor space too! Let us help you maximize your own PRODUCTS ARE DISPLAYED IN OUR STORE. 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We don’t need a repeat, God forbid, of what Proud Voter happened in Pittsburgh to happen anywhere else. We need to do something! Perry S. Dear Editor, “Power to the People” in last month’s issue was a great article. We really need to step it up (no pun intended) and make Dear Editor, sure all shuls, yeshivos, and halls are wheelchair accessible. Temperatures in the teens?! Snow before Thanksgiving?! There is no reason why someone with a disability (visible I have used my shovel this season more than my rake. I or not) has to avoid participating in communal and religious would love to hear an explanation from global warming affairs because they fear the embarrassment of not being able experts on what happened to autumn and how early can we to navigate the premises easily. expect spring being that Old Man Winter seems have made Jonathan T. a very early unwelcome visit. Frigid and Frustrated in Flatbush. Dear Editor, As the well spouse of someone with a disability, I applaud Sharon Shapiro-Lacks for all her efforts in heading Yad HaChazakah, an organization that helps people, like my husband, feel dignity and respect when navigating the Jewish world. I commend her for calling out yeshivos who are reluctant in accepting students with disabilities. What a wasted opportunity to do a mitzvah and allow the other students to be exposed to someone with a disability, so they know how to be sensitive to that population when they graduate to the real world. Sharon is a role model for all those with disabilities. Her work sends the message that we can ALL do and achieve We’d love to hear whatever we put our minds to. Mrs. Saraf from you! Please end your le er and feedback to [email protected] 8 | Jewish Echo Hidden Wifi Video Cameras Jewish Echo | 9 Kitzur Halachos Only $ 95 Chanukah 19. 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