Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Bayit BULLETIN June 16 - 23, 2017 22 - 29 Sivan, 5777 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 718-796-4730 www.thebayit.org Steven Exler, Senior Rabbi: Mazal Tov To: [email protected]/ x108 Daniella Fuchs & Jeffrey Wechselblatt on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Benjamin. Mazal tov Ari Hart, Associate Rabbi: to siblings Yair, Lev, and Hannah. [email protected]/ x124 Anat Sharbat, Associate Rabba: Jessica & Eytan Zadoff on the birth a son. Mazal tov to grandparents Lynn & Jeffrey Zadoff, [email protected]/ x106 Ann & Charles Bartel, great grandfather Paul Zadoff, big sister Olivia and Tanta Aviva. Ramie Smith, Prog. Dir., Asst. Rabba: [email protected]/ x119 Hannah & Ilan Lastoff on the birth of a son, Saul Elliott.
Sara Hurwitz, Rabba: Rabba Sara Hurwitz on her upcoming installation as President of Yeshivat Maharat. [email protected]/ x107 Avi Weiss, Rabbi in Residence: Current and former Bayit Rabbinic Interns on receiving their rabbinic ordination this week. [email protected]/ x102 Bracha Jaffe, Chava Evans, Ezra Seligsohn, Dan Margulies, Amir Zinkow, Ben Greenfield. Richard Langer, Executive Director: [email protected]/ x104 This Shabbat @ The Bayit David Fain, Youth Director: Drasha: Rav Ari “Becoming What We Are” [email protected]/ x240 Bryan Cordova, Facilities Manager: Farewell Seudah Shlishit in Honor of [email protected]/ x121 Rav Ari, Becca, and Hodi Ariel Meiri, Synagogue Administrator: 5:30pm - 7:00pm [email protected]/ x101 Phyllis Newsome, Bookkeeper: The Bayit invites the whole community to say farewell to [email protected]/ x103 Rav Ari, Becca, and Hodi on Shabbat, Parshat Sh'lach, June Yael Oshinsky, Program Associate: 17th, 5:30pm. This will be a family friendly Seudah Shlishit [email protected]/ x116 with an additional play space set up in the Right Hand Shuli Boxer Rieser, Assistant to R’ Weiss: Social Hall. [email protected]/ x102 Thank you to our Seudah Shlishit Sponsors: Shira Billet & Rav Steven Exler, Rabba Kiddush: Sara Hurwitz & Josh Abraham, Rabba Anat Sharbat & Ariel Freidenberg, Rabba Ramie Smith, Kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored by Toby & Rav Avi Weiss, Shifra Landowne & Matt Schneider, Marsha & Curt Weinstein, Daniella Fuchs & Jeffrey Wechselblatt Ruthie & Joel Simon, Gillian Steinberg & Mark Davis, Faye Fischman, Wendy & Edward in honor of Benjamin’s Bar Mitzvah. Leyman, Seryl Ritter & Buddy Skydell, Shani & David Schwartz, Beth Levine & Adam This Shabbat: Jacobson, Evelyn & Stanley Weiss, Toby Director, Sofia & Maksim Shapiro, Carole & Sy Parshat Shelach Oshinsky, Kenneth Perry, Elena & Stan Maydan, Ann Rauch & Michael Goldblum, Stephanie Earliest Candle Lighting: 6:55pm Hartman & Ilan Rosenrauch, Victoria Chernyak & Stas Krasinski, Gaby Schoenfeld & Avi Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:10pm Mermelstein, Yonit & Dale Nordenberg, Luba & David Teten, Donna & Aryeh Rudolph, Tao Candle Lighting: 8:11pm & Jeffrey Schifman, Anat Barber & Avi Bloom, Ann & Richard Feldman, Roberta & Bernard Shalom Bayit: 7:00am Horowitz, Shoshana & David Fain, Adele & Elliott Rabin, Yali & Benjamin Weiss, Madeline & Hillel Jaffe, Daniel Cohen, Eva & Richard Rubel, Beth & Yashi Kraus, Jessica & Stuart Loeser, Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Ruth Licht, Debbie Braverman & Hillel Grossman, Anna Santiago & Mayer Aschheim, Randi Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:10am Carrey & Erik Mintz, Paula Sinclair & Charles Hall. Learning Service: Has concluded To sponsor visit www.thebayit.org/shlishi. Listening Room: 6:30pm Parsha Shiur: 7:10pm Between Mincha/Maariv: Musical Seudah Shlishit” Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 7:55pm Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 9:15pm General Membership Meeting and Elections June 27th @ 7:15pm Weekday Times Shacharit: Our Annual Membership Meeting and the Election of Officers and Trustees will take place Sun: 8:30am on Tuesday, June 27th @ 7:15pm in the Lower Level Beit Midrash and will conclude with Mon/Thur: 6:40, 8:00am Mincha/Maariv at 8:20pm. The full report of the nominating committee is online Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am at www.thebayit.org/bulletin. The deadline to submit petitions has passed. Mincha/Maariv:
Sun - Thur: 8:20pm Next Shabbat @ The Bayit Next Shabbat: Drasha: Rabba Sara Parshat Korach Between Mincha/Maariv: Shiur with Ariel Freidenberg Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:10pm Candle Lighting: 8:13pm 43rd Annual Journal Dinner - Thank You!
Shacharit Main Tefillah: 8:30am Thank you to the 500 people who attended our 43rd Annual Journal Dinner on Sunday, June Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 8:00pm 11th in honor of Beth & David Braunstein, Josef Guttman, and Becca Linden & Rabbi Ari Hart. To view the Journal visit www.thebayit.org/dinner. Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 9:16pm THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Gemach of Riverdale Joe Hoch z"l Memorial Daf Yomi Shiur with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets Celebrates 3rd Year of Operation!
7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri. and Shabbat after Mincha in Room 3-7. Granted interest free loans of over $325,000 to 30 local Open and accessible to all. You are invited to join at any time! Riverdale borrowers. Shabbat Classes Borrower “Use of Proceeds” included: 8:05am - Midrash Hashavua w/ Rav Steven Credit Card Consolidation, Unexpected Tax Bills, Student 6:30pm - Listening Room w/ Myra Estelle Loan Payments, Starting a New Business, Medical 7:10pm - Parsha Shiur w/ Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) Procedures, Home Repairs, Planning a Simcha, New Home After Mincha - Mila Ba’Parasha at Beth Aharon. Expenses, Tuition Payments. Gemach is flexible – Providing interest free loans up to Weekday Classes $100,000, with repayment terms from 6 months to 5 Years. i Monday Please contact the Gemach confidentially at: Rabba Anat’s Classes not taking place this week. Final classes [email protected] or (917) 408-3035 on Monday, June 26th. 7:30pm - The Book of Joshua w/ Rav Avi (at his home) 7:30pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan w/ Sara Kinberg* (at the Atria) Riverdale Community Foundations of Judaism not meeting this week. Final Class Infertility & Pregnancy Loss Support Groups on Monday, June 26th at 8:00pm w/ Rav Steven. Pregnancy Loss Group For Women (co-sponsored by Tuesday NechamaComfort): 3rd Monday of the month. 8:00 -10:00pm 10:00am - The Story of the Golden Calf w/ Rav Avi (Lobby) in the RJC board room. For details contact Aimee Baron, MD at Rabba Ramie’s class has concluded. [email protected] or [email protected] or Torah Lishma classes have concluded for the summer. Rabba Anat at [email protected].
Wednesday RSVP is not necessary, but is appreciated. We will always meet, 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan w/ Sara Kinberg* (LLBM) regardless of the size. All meetings will take place at the Riverdale Thursday Jewish Center, 3700 Independence Avenue, Riverdale NY 10463. Rav Steven’s class has concluded for the summer. Rav Ari’s class has concluded. Coping with Conception: A Men's Group for Dealing with Torah Lishma classes have concluded for the summer. Infertility Issues: Monthly group at the Beatman Center, 521 W. 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study w/ Sara Kinberg* (Lobby) 239th St. Group is re-forming - for more information, please contact
Friday Rav Steven ([email protected]) or Dr. Altman Dan Margulies’s Talmud class has concluded for the summer. ([email protected]).
*Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Riverdale Mikvah Hours: 718-549-8336
Payment made directly to the teacher. Friday Night: 40 minutes after candle lighting. No appointment is necessary but please be on time. Happenings @ the Bayit Saturday Night: 10:00pm - 11:15pm.
Dedicated in Memory of Henry and Goldie Guttman z"l Sunday - Thursday Night: 8:30pm - 10:45pm. Keilim Mikvah: Open from 7:00am to 7:00pm only. Abraham & Sarah's Tent, Sponsored by Joe Guttman
(co-sponsors welcome): Join us this Shabbat for our open The Riverdale community is seeking a warm and welcoming woman to communal dinner. To see which Shabbatot are available for serve as part time mikvah attendant in the newly renovated Riverdale sponsorship and to choose your week, go to Mikvah. Contact Rena Karol: 917 751 5426 or [email protected] www.thebayit.org/tent, or email James Lapin at [email protected]. or Sari Willig - 917 562 3534 or [email protected].
Learning Service has concluded for the summer. Aliyot at the Bayit Have a guest or special occasion coming up? Contact Bayit Gabbai, Hillel Jaffe to arrange for aliyot and other kibbudim. [email protected]. Do you know someone who needs any of the following? Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees?
Meals For Ill Members: CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY Jackie Binstock: 718-543-9135, [email protected] The Bayit is pleased to partner with UJA-Federation to offer our members the opportunity to invest in a charitable gift Shiva: Beth Braunstein, [email protected] annuity. When you do so, you receive guaranteed income for Bikur Cholim: life, a potential immediate tax deduction, and possible future Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected] tax savings. Ultimately, the Bayit will receive 90% of the Meals for New Parents: remainder value, while 10% will go to UJA-Federation to Becca Linden: 434-962-7899, [email protected] support its efforts for the entire Jewish community and to help Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] cover the administrative costs of the program. For more
Bayit Band: Rav Ari Hart, [email protected] information, including sample annuity rates, please contact the
Green Committee: Ann Rauch, [email protected] Bayit office. THE BAYIT BULLETIN
Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! For assistance, please contact: David Fain, Youth Director
Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 240 Cell - 203-901-0937 Email - [email protected]
SHABBAT MORNING GROUPS SNACKS 2016-2017 Snacks Sponsorship
$100 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Tot Shabbat Snacks this Shabbat are sponsored by the Bayit. $150 – sponsor all snacks $36 - Nursery-K To sponsor snacks for youth groups go to www.thebayit.org/youthsponsor! + birthday party $36 - Grades 1-6
RH SH: 10:30am Midrash & Muffins: Room 3-7: 9:10am - 9:30am - Ages 6+, Room 3-6: Kindergarden Tot Shabbat Enjoy a muffin and learn this week’s Parsha with David Fain Room 3-1: Grades 3-6 Room 3-4: Nursery Groups: 3rd Floor Youth Wing 9:40am - 11:40am Room 3-3: Grades 1-2
Be a Summer Youth Groups Leader! Shabbat at the Atria | 12:15-12:45pm Interested in being a Shabbat group leader this summer? Please Have Shabbat Lunch as a Family and bring Shabbat Joy & Song reach out to Youth Director David Fain at [email protected]. to our neighbors at the Atria. Families can visit right after Summer groups are from 10:00am-11:30am. There will be an davening at HIR from anywhere between ten minutes before informational meeting for all interested leaders this Shabbat, lunch to having Shabbat Lunch at the Atria. David is happy to June 17th at 9:30am on the third floor. answer any questions or join you for the first visit to introduce you to residents. Sign up at https://goo.gl/s2S57J.
Groups Schedule Looking for Some Packing Beans Thank you to all of this year's wonderful Youth Leaders! If you've recently received a package in a box with white foam Yasher Koach on a job well done! packing beans/peanuts - please consider giving them to our Regular Shabbat group schedule will end this Shabbat Youth Department. We are planning on using them at an (9:40-11:40am) upcoming arts & crafts program. Polystyrene or starch packing
Summer Shabbat Groups will begin June 24th peanuts/beans can be dropped off at the Bayit by July 14th with (10:00-11:00am) Yael. Questions? Email [email protected].
Home for the Summer? Inclusion Training for Teens - with Gemma White This Wed., 6/21, 6:45pm, Room 3-3 If you were a youth leader in the past and are back from a trip to and Sandy Mislow - Israel, a year in college, or another interesting experience and Thank you to the teens who have volunteered to shadow Jewish would like to share it with other Bayit youth, please reach out to children with special needs on Shabbat. Gemma and Sandy will David, we would love to have you come and share in groups. give a training session at the Bayit this Wednesday at 6:45pm. Also if you are back and would like to help out this summer Snack by Wandering Que. [email protected] please reach out to David at [email protected]. or Gemma at [email protected] or [email protected]. 2016-2017 Youth Department Highlights This year we...
- Had more children and families registered for our upgraded High Holiday groups than ever before! - Had over 40 people participate in our largest Sukkah Hop ever, expanding into two groups! - Offered a new movie night for 5th-8th graders to hang out and socialize! - Created a new "Shabbat Afternoon Chill" with learning, snacks, and free play for Bayit youth and families! - Engaged 30 teens as Shabbat morning group leaders and offered training and activities for our group leaders! - Upgraded the Tefillah curriculum for our Nursery group! - Created a new weekly Shabbat group for 3rd-6th grade girls with phenomenal group leaders! - Integrated Shabbat Shalom morning meeting activities for our Shabbat groups! - Piloted a new program to bring our Pre-K and Kindergartners to the Atria to share about holidays & celebrate with our friends there! - Began a new 5th-8th grade monthly learning program with Rabbinic staff and leading Jewish educators! - Added new games and additional activities to our Purim Carnival! - Engaged over 300 children in our Bayit community and youth programs throughout the year!
We couldn't have done it without your support! Thank you! THE BAYIT BULLETIN 2017-18 Bayit Rabbinic Team Update BUSINESS ADVERTISING IN THE BAYIT BULLETIN* Promote your business to Bayit Bulletin readers in the first bulletin of Dear Bayit Family, every month. Contact the office at 718-796-4730 or [email protected] for more information.
We are excited to share with all of you the changes to our *HIR's posting of any advertisement shall not be considered an rabbinic team for the coming year, effective July 1, 2017. endorsement of the advertiser, or of the product or service involved.
Rabba Anat Sharbat, completing The $100 More Campaign: Every Gift Matters! her second year as a rabba in our Thank you to the over 80 people who have supported the $100 Bayit, will be expanding from More campaign. We have set aside over $7,000 to develop a part-time to full-time as our playground in our backyard, invest in sustainable operations to lower Associate Rabba. She will continue our expenses and carbon footprint and expand our programming. her pastoral, life cycle, teaching and Did you know that in addition to our almost 550 members & other rabbinic responsibilities, and associate members over 800 people contributed to the Bayit in the she will also oversee daily tefillah last 12 months? If each of our 1,350 supporters gave just $100 and our conversion program and more we would raise $135,000! other details of the Bayit's day-to-day spiritual activities. Add your support today at www.thebayit.org/hundred.
Rav Ezra Seligsohn, who received Donate New Toys to Chai Lifeline Children: semikhah from YCT this month, will Talia Michaeli will be visiting Camp Simcha at the end of the month. We are be joining our Bayit as a full-time collecting new toys which Talia will bring with her to give to children of Chai Associate Rabbi. He will be involved Lifeline at Camp Simcha. Toys should be new, in original packaging for in all areas of rabbinic team work, children ages 7-16. There will be a collection bin in the Bayit coatroom with a focus on envisioning Bayit until June 28th. This is a great opportunity to do an amazing Mitzvah and community engagement and bring joy to Chai Lifeline children. Questions? Contact Talia Michaeli at [email protected] or call 646-408-7230. programming.
Rav Dan Margulies, who will Playground Update receive semikhah from YCT this Thank you to everyone who contributed towards meeting our month, will be joining our Bayit as a Challenge Grant of $25,000. We are now part-time Assistant Rabbi, serving able to proceed with Phase 1 while primarily at weekday tefillot and on fundraising for Phase 2 continues!
Shabbatot and Chagim. His Make your contribution at emphasis will be in teaching. www.thebayit.org/playground.
We look forward to each of you BAYIT APP getting to know and learn from Ezra and Dan, both talented and wonderful rabbis, and to our entire Why should I install the Bayit’s new app? It’s the easiest way to rabbinic team's deepening its relationships with each of check the schedule and times for tefillah and classes and stay up you. We are blessed that Rav Avi and Rabba Sara continue to to date for upcoming special programs. Use the app to register be available and involved in our rabbinic team. for events, make a donation, read the bulletin and more! Search for “Hebrew Institute of Riverdale” in the App Store As we say goodbye to Rav Ari and also to Rabba Ramie, we are or Google Play. committed to the Bayit's mission, and we will continue to go mechayil el chayil - from strength to strength. We are here as always to answer any of your questions, and we welcome your SEFARIM FUND Thank you to this month’s donors: feedback. The Thursday night Hebrew class in honor of the Bar Bivrakhah, Mitzvah of Toby & Rav Avi Weiss's grandson, Gavriel
Rav Steven and David Braunstein To make a donation, pick up a flyer in the lobby, call the office, or visit our website www.thebayit.org/sefarim.
HIR GIFT CARDS - Support our Bayit by purchasing Gift Cards - Buy it for the Bayit! For more information on volunteering or to place an order, email [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at 718-549-5280. NOTE: Purchases do not cost you anything extra. Moss Cafe is now participating in the HIR Scrip program and is offering the Bayit a 10% rebate on the gift cards. THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit – is an open Orthodox synagogue serving the entire Jewish community by warmly embracing all Jews, regardless of affiliation, commitment, orientation or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit," which is a home – a place of love and welcome. We are known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue; activism on behalf of the oppressed; youth and teen engagement; learning programs; and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and those with developmental and physical challenges. If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership. Beyond the bayit - June 16 - 23, 2017 REFA’ENU's peer-led mood disorder support groups will meet Tuesday, 6/20/2017, in Paramus. Groups meet regularly on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month. Groups meet at 7:30pm in the Ben Porat Yosef Building at E. 243 Frisch Ct. in Paramus, NJ. Doors open at 7:10pm. Groups are divided between a group for those with a disorder (depression, bipolar) as well as a group for their loved ones. Please check website to confirm meetings: http://www.refaenu.org. No reservations are required. For more information contact: [email protected].
YESHIVAT MAHARAT: Please join Yeshivat Maharat for its Fifth Semikha Ceremony on Sunday, 6/18/2017 at 11:00am, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, 125 East 85th Street, New York City. We will be celebrating the ordination of HIR interns Bracha Jaffe and Chava Evans, along with Carmella Abraham, Goldie Guy and Eryn London. Reception to follow. RSVP to [email protected].
BY A THREAD: Please join us at a fundraiser for "By A Thread," featuring a mini-screening, silent-auction, wine & beer tasting and a talk about how a daughter's search for her mother's hidden identity led to a monument unveiled last year in Trutnov, Czech Republic, honoring 5,000 Polish Jewish girls trafficked to the 11 women's camps in the town during the Holocaust. Admission is FREE! The event will take place on Monday, 6/19/2017 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm (EDT) at Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street,New York, NY 10021. Transportation from Riverdale will be available. Make a reservation at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-a-thread-preview-fundraiser-discussion-tickets-34955974260. For more information; Rick Feldman, [email protected] or 646-431-7734. This event is sponsored by the USC Shoah Foundation.
JEWISH HERITAGE TOURS: Rabbi Lookstein Leads July Mission to Berlin/Prague (or Berlin Only – your choice). Rabbi Haskel Lookstein once again teams-up with beloved Ramaz Faculty alumnus Dr. David Bernstein as the “Dynamic Duo” of Jewish heritage tours, but this July they soar to Berlin/Prague (a Berlin Only option is available). Berlin and Prague sit at the crossroads of modern Jewish history. Many of the themes of contemporary Judaism began here: the struggle with assimilation, the division into movements, the search for a homeland, and the battle against anti-Semitism. In the span of just a few short days we will visit historical sites critical to the Enlightenment, early Reform Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Zionism and the Holocaust. The tour will include places of both general and Jewish interest including the Museum of the Resistance, Sanssouci, the Rykestrasse Synagogue, the Memorial to Book Burnings, Sachsenhausen, the Wannsee Conference Villa, the Max Lieberman House, the Prague Jewish Museum, Altneushul, Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and Terezin, among many more sites. Enjoy access to inspiring local leaders, including German members of Parliament, local Rabbinic leadership, and Israeli diplomats. Experience for yourself the inspiration felt by hundreds who have joined us on previous missions. One needs no Ramaz/KJ nexus to participate. For pricing, itinerary and registration, visit www.CKJ.org/EuropeMission and direct questions to [email protected].
MONDAY NIGHT SOFTBALL IS BACK! Step up to the plate for our weekly informal softball game with other Riverdale synagogues. Every Monday during the summer, from June 26 to August 28, we will meet in Seton Park (Independence Ave. & 232nd St.) for a pickup softball game, starting at 6:30. Adults and kids 11-years-old and older are invited to play. All are welcome to watch and cheer. It's a relaxing and fun way to spend a summer evening and create community in Riverdale! For more information, please contact to Yoni Schwab ([email protected]) or James Lapin ([email protected]).
MANHATTAN CHAPTER OF WOMEN SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST: Please help to fill in the empty chairs at the monthly luncheon meeting of the Manhattan Chapter of Women Survivors of the Holocaust. The meetings will take place at the Park Avenue Synagogue, on the corner of 86th Street and Madison Avenue from 11:30am - 2:00pm on Tuesday, 6/20/2017. There is a $5.00 donation at the door. For more information please contact: Rick Feldman at [email protected]. Thank you.
JASA VAN CORTLANDT SENIOR CENTER: Emergency Preparedness Presentation by Gaspar Teri III, Staff Sergeant, Division of Military & Naval Affairs on Friday, 6/23/2017 at 1:00pm. Lunch of roast chicken or gefilte fish served at 12:15pm. Recommended senior meal contribution: $2.00. Call 718-549-4700 to register.
Beyond the bayit - June 16 - 23, 2017 FAMILY CAMP AT YAVNEH: Kosher family vacations don’t have to break the bank! Get out of the city and spend time in the great outdoors with your family and friends. If you enjoy amazing activities - like the fishing tournament, challah baking, wine tasting and tie dye shirt making along with eating delicious kosher food and spending quality Shabbat time with family and friends, then Family Camp at Yavneh can't be missed! Spaces are filling so act quick! And as an added bonus you don't have to do laundry or cook for five whole days! 8/23-27/2017, with pre-camp beginning on Aug 21st. For more information call 603-942-5593, visit our website at www.campyavneh.org or send Efrat Assulin an email at [email protected] to register.
ALDERBROOK POOL: Summer lifeguarding positions available at the Alderbrook Pool in central Riverdale. 8 hour days, open Memorial Day to Labor Day. Please contact Dov Weinstock 917-848-8914 or [email protected]. See www.alderbrookpool.com for facility details.
BOLD CANCER WELLNESS PROGRAM SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: Are you a Bronx Cancer Survivor? Have you been thinking about what you might want to do to enrich your life or another's this year? If so, you may want to consider becoming a BOLD Buddy. Our BOLD Buddies are cancer survivors who provide treatment companionship, clinic visits, and phone support to newly diagnosed cancer patients who are isolated, scared, or just want to connect with someone whose been through it. We also have BOLD Screening Buddies (these buddies are for anyone interested in promoting breast health, regardless if they have had cancer) who accompany women to mammograms, as well as reach out to women with abnormal breast findings to support them in coming back for life-saving mammograms. If you are interested to learn more, please contact us at: (718) 430-4044, or send us an email at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you! You can learn more about the BOLD Buddy Program in these links: http://www.einstein.yu.edu/features/stories/1133/b-o-l-d--buddy-program-expands-to-include-breast- screening-companions/, www.einstein.yu.edu/cancercenter/support, www.Facebook.com/BOLDProgram.
RIVERDALE Y: SUNDAY MARKET: The Riverdale Y Sunday Market is back at the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy until December 3rd! The market promotes local vendors and fresh produce. There will be Toddler Dance Jam once a month. More information at www.riverdaley.org/sundaymarket.
SARAH LILY ADOPTION FUND: As part of its mission to strengthen families, and promote Jewish identity and continuity, The Riverdale Y has established the Sarah Lily Fund for Adoption that provides two $5,000 grants annually to help Jewish families being formed by adoption. Applications are considered in May and November. For more information please visit www.RiverdaleY.org/SarahLilyFund.
THE RIVERDALE Y SENIOR CENTER GALA DINNER DANCE @ THE Y : The Riverdale Y is hosting this Gala Dinner Dance Including entertainment on Sunday, July 9th from 4:30pm-7:30pm at the Riverdale Y Simon Senior Center, 5625 Arlington Ave. We will celebrate our honorees: Art Teacher - Daniel Hauben; Short Stories Instructor - Anne Pruzan; Exercise Instructor - Helen Pincus; and Political Science Professor: Dr. Peter Heller and all the myriad of programs we offer. Tickets are $45/person. To purchase tickets contact Sharon Asherman, Senior Center Director at 347-913-4390 or email [email protected].
HOSTING ISRAELI SHLICHOT: The Riverdale Y is excited to welcome two Israeli shlichot (representatives), who will be working at our Camp Twelve Trails this summer. We are looking for a host family or families to house one or both from 6/22/2017 to 7/10/2017. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Matt Abrams Gerber at [email protected] or 347-913-4386.