ה׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ ׳ א׳ד׳ט׳ט׳ת׳ד׳ת׳ ׳ ׳ ד׳ר׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ב׳ד׳ ׳ ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale The Bayit BULLETIN January 3, 2014 Weekly Edition 3 Shevat, 5774 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Wishing Condolences to: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Ward & Edith Wolff on the passing of Ward’s brother, Solomon Wolff. Shiva concludes on Shabbat. Bronx, NY 10463 www.thebayit.org This Shabbat @ The Bayit
E-mail: [email protected] TEFILLAT ESTHER: Women’s Tefillah will take place at 9:00am in the LL BM.
Phone: 718-796-4730 DRASHA with Rabbinic Intern Anat Sharbat
Fax: 718-884-3206 BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Lecture with Dr. Katka Reszke: "Return of the Jew: R’ Avi Weiss: [email protected]/ x102 Discovering Jewish Roots and a Revival of Jewish Life in Contemporary Poland" R’ Sara Hurwitz: [email protected]/ x107 Come hear Katka discuss her life and the unique cultural and historical R’ Steven Exler: [email protected]/ x108 circumstances in which an 'unexpected generation' of Jews began to emerge in R’ Ari Hart: [email protected]/ x124 Poland following the collapse of communism. Today Poland is experiencing what some have called a “renaissance of Jewish culture.” Kiddush Dr. Katka Reszke (born in 1978 in Wroclaw, Poland) is a researcher in Jewish There is no Kiddush this Shabbat. history, culture, and identity and author of “Return of the Jews: Identity Narratives
To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland” Seth Aronson - [email protected]. KAVVANAH TEFILLAH - This Sunday, Jan., 5th, 9:00am: An hour of slower tefillah with Rav Steven including meditation & song. Light breakfast follows. Halakhic Shacharit requirements met. Room 3-1.
This Week THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP - Tues., Jan. 7th, Shabbat Parshat Bo 7:00pm: Under the guidance of poet and translator Atara Fobar. Poems read in Hebrew with English translation and discussion. All are invited! Room 3-4. Upcoming dates: 2/4, 3/4. Candle Lighting: 4:22pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:25pm FOUNDATIONS OF JUDAISM - DISCOVERING OURSELVES - 7:30pm: Join Rabbi Ari Hart, Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Rabbi Steven Exler on TUESDAY EVENINGS, 7:30pm. Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 7:00am (LL BM) Room 3-3. 30 sessions. Session this Tues night: “Shabbat - Sanctity in Time: Part I” Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM) Dr. Martin Tefillat Esther: 9:00am (LL BM) Luther King Learning Service: 9:30am (LH SH) Jr. Concert Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:41am @ HIR Parsha Shiur: 3:40pm (Main Sanctuary) Join us for our Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Concert, Mincha (Main/Sephardic): 4:10pm Mon., Jan. 20 at 7:00pm. Listening Room: 4:35pm (LL BM) An evening of inspirational song with Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:26pm Reverend Roger Hambrick and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir. Featuring the Kinneret Day School Choir, under the direction of Brian Gelfand. Weekday Times Shacharit: Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Natan Slifkin. January 24-25th. The “Zoo Sun: 8:30am, 9:00am (Kavvanah) Rabbi” will be speaking three times over Shabbat. Learn more about Rabbi Slifkin at Mon/Thurs: 6:40, 8:15am his website www.zootorah.com. First talk will be at an Oneg on Friday night (free, RSVP requested). Tues/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:15am Don’t feel like walking home and back? Join us for a delicious Friday Night dinner Mincha/Maariv all week: 4:30pm catered by Gemstone (reservations required) and stay for dessert and Oneg. Visit www.thebayit.org/zoorabbi to make dinner reservations, sponsor the weekend and RSVP to the Oneg Shabbat. Rabbi Slifkin will deliver the following talks: Next Week The Evolution of Orthodoxy & the Making of Charedim, Shabbat Parshat Beshalach The Animal Kingdom in Jewish Thought Candle Lighting: 4:29pm Radically Rethinking Organ Donation Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 4:30pm Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am ONLINE PROFILE OF OUR BAYIT: To read "Room For Everyone", a wonderful profile of our Mincha: 4:15pm Bayit and its values and an interview with Rav Steven, check out the new local news and information Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:33pm website called Hamlet Hub. The site is http://news.hamlethub.com/riverdale/, THE BAYIT BULLETIN This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Happenings @ the Bayit Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets 7:30am - 8:30am Sun. - Fri. and Shabbat ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us for our open communal dinner after Mincha in Room 3-7. Open and accessible to all. sponsored by Robert Ness in memory of Abraham Ness. To see which Join this group and experience Tractate Yoma and beyond! Shabbatot are available for sponsorship and to choose your week go to Shabbat www.thebayit.org/tent or contact James Lapin at [email protected].
8:05am - Midrash Hashavua with Rav Ari (Main Sanctuary) JANUARY BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: The January birthday Kiddush 3:30pm - Parsha Shiur with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) will take place on Shabbat, Jan. 18th. If you would like to make a 4:25pm - Listening Room with Myra Estelle (LL BM) donation to the Kiddush fund in honor of a January birthday, please Monday fill out the form at www.thebayit.org/birthday.
6:30pm - Free Hebrew Crash Course with Sara Kinberg (Lobby)* 7:30pm - Brotherly Love: The Story of David and Jonathan HELP ISRAELI SOLDIERS: Adi Finkelstone (son of Jonny and with Rav Avi (at his home) Karen, who lived in Riverdale for several years) is an IDF soldier serving in a 8:00pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan with Sara Kinberg (Room 3-3)* Nahal unit that is not outfitted with fleece jackets necessary to protect soldiers 8:30pm - Advanced Talmud: Topics in the Laws of Mourning with Rabbi Jeff from the cold. Army regulations allow soldiers to receive these jackets only if Fox (at David Mann’s Home. Email [email protected] to attend) the entire unit is outfitted with them. We are raising $12,000 to underwrite the
Tuesday cost of the jackets for the entire unit. Please give generously. Checks may be 10:00am - Bereishit: The Genesis Narrative with Rav Avi (Lobby) made out to the HIR Rabbinic Discretionary Fund. Please insert “Nachal 50” 11:00am - Sefer Devarim: Power, Courage and Faith with Rabba Sara (Lobby) into the memo portion of the check. If you have any questions please contact 7:30pm - Foundations of Judaism: Discovering Ourselves with Rabba Sara Steve Pretsfelder [email protected]. This week’s session: “Shabbat - Sanctity in Time: Part I” PARKING IN THE SHUL DRIVEWAY: Wednesday Please Be Courteous: Only those visiting the Bayit may park in the driveway. 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan with Sara Kinberg (Lobby)* All visitors are asked to observe the following guidelines:
Thursday Please do not park at the top of the driveway if there is room to move 10:00am - Book of Shmuel with Rav Steven (LL BM) (NOT meeting this week) down. This blocks access for others. 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study with Sara Kinberg (Room 3-3)* Please leave your cell phone # clearly visible on your dashboard in case
Friday we need you to move your car. 7:25am - Tractate Megillah with Rav Steven (LL Lobby) (not meeting this week) BAYIT SEFARIM FUND: Donations to the Sefarim fund will be used to * Sara Kinberg is an experienced Hebrew teacher. For info and guidance on purchase the books we need as determined by the rabbinic team and gabbaim. placement, please call Sara at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher. www.thebayit.org/sefarim.
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Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Please register your child and become a youth member today!
THE RIVERDALE Y FRIDAY Final Tot Kabbalat Presents: SAVE THE DATES! NIGHT of the season! S.T.E.P. PARENT- January & February Calendar: GROUPS! Join Carmiya for one ING WORKSHOP Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 - MOVIE, SMOOTHIES & FREE PLAY! last evening of Free Introductory Class Join friends for active free play, featuring indoor hockey, with Shayna & Yakira interactive fun and 7:00pm-8:30pm arcade basketball, bouncy house and more, as well as snacks, fruit smoothies & a theater style movie! Free Play, Tefillah, Torah, learning this Fri. night! (By RSVP Only) 10-Class Workshop begins $10/child ($18/2 children) Activity, Kiddush & Snacks Ages 3 and younger with caretaker :) Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 1:00-3:30pm on Sundays for ages 5-10 1 Hour Long. Pickup in 7:00pm-9:00pm DATES: January 12 & 26, February 9 & 16 Main Lobby 4:45-5:30pm For more info. & to sign In the RHSH up: [email protected] TU B’SHEVAT SEDER @ GROUPS! Annual TU b’Shevat Seder with a bran new Haggadah! Music, exotic fresh fruit, dried fruit, songs, games and more! New season of AFTER SCHOOL DATE: January 18 Annual TUESDAYS TORAH & LOUNGE! PAJAMA PARTY @ THE SHUL! YACHAD 3:45pm- Torah for beginners Join friends for a BINGO game, ICE CREAM SUNDAES, SHABBATON! (supporting children with limited MOVIE in the lounge & MUSICAL HAVDALA Join friends as we welcome our friends of Hebrew skills) ALL IN OUR PAJAMAS!!!! Rayim Yachad. Always a big hit, there are 4:20pm - Lounge time for all $10/child ($18/2 children) 6:45-9:00pm many ways to participate: DATE: Saturday night, January 18 (XBox 360 with Kinect, Billiards, Host guests to sleep and/or eat Ping Pong along with snacks) Monthly Thursday Night Mishmar Join the communal Kiddush/lunch 4:00pm: Active Free Play with Bouncy House, Hockey/Basketball 5:00pm - Torah for all (inclusive 4:45pm: Dinner (hot dogs, veggies & Fries) & Dvar with Rav Steven Join communal seudah shelishit learning of week's Torah portion) 5:15pm: Torah Discussion with Arts & Crafts with Menachem
Sponsorship will be needed. Thank you for $10/child ($18/2 children) 6:45-9:00pm your support! Upcoming session begins DATE: February 6
DATE: February 7-8 Tuesday, January 6 President’s Day Winter Camp: Feb. 12 & 18 Visit www.thebayit.org/yachad to Register today! Full day camp @ The Bayit with Menachem with free play, sign up! sports, baking, tefillah, Torah, movie. DETAILS COMING!
Nursery-Kindergarten There is NO SPONSOR for snacks this Shabbat. Would you please sponsor this Shabbat Story, Tefillah and week? We also need sponsors for future movements with Abby! Shabbatot. Contact Menachem for more info. Thank you!
Room 3-4: NURSERY Holiday Style Shabbat Morning Groups: 3rd Floor Youth Wing Room 3-1 & 3-2: GRADES 1-5 Room 3-5/3-6: Pre-K & K 9:45-11:30am
TOT SHABBAT Supervision This Shabbat Active Free Play Teen Lounge
Tot Shabbat is led by nationally This Shabbat, Abby is supervising Active Free Play Teens welcome to come acclaimed, Carmiya Weinraub groups. Please note that the SAR during groups this hang out in the lounge TS meets @ 10:30am, Senior Class is away on a shabbaton Shabbat! for Kiddush and games. Lower Level Bet Midrash (9:30am: Open Play) and there are fewer leaders. RHSH 11:00am-1:00pm
Have YOU Joined the PJ Library Yet? For Assistance, Please Contact:
The PJ Library at HIR provides free Jewish children’s books and music to Menachem Menchel, families in the Riverdale area. Director of Youth Education & Programming It’s easy to enroll! Go to www.pjlibrary.org/ny/HIR Sign up and share Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 119 news of this program with your friends and neighbors with young Cell - 516-233-8285 children!. For more info contact Shuli in the HIR office at 718-796-4730 x102. Stay tuned for special PJ events being planned for this year! [email protected] THE BAYIT BULLETIN Chessed Opportunities: DONATIONS FOR THE BAYIT’S NURSING ROOM: In an Do you know someone who needs any of the following? attempt to beautify and better equip our Nursing Room, we are Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? asking for your help. If you have left-over disposable diapers Meals For Ill Members: or wipes that your child is not using any more, please consider donating them to us for our Nursing Room. Please drop off Jackie Binstock - 718-543-9135, [email protected]. your donations with Yael at the shul office. Questions? Email Shiva: We are looking to grow this committee. Please contact [email protected]. [email protected].
RECYCLE/DONATE YOUR OLD EYEGLASSES AND CELLPHONES: Home or Nursing Home Visits or Telephone Calls: There is a collection box in the coat room under the back table. Glasses will Rivka Haut: 718-543-1072, [email protected] be given to the Lions Club (www.lionsclub.org). Cell phones will be given to Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected] My Sister’s Place (www.mspny.org). Meals for New Mothers: JOIN TEAM SHAARE ZEDEK AT THE NYC HALF MARATHON: Spots are Mazal tov to Aimee & Jonathan Baron on the birth of twins! For info on now available with team Shaare Zedek hospital at the NYC Half Marathon on meals for new moms please contact Shuli in the office: [email protected]. Sun., Mar. 16th. Registration deadline is January 15th. To join Team Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] Shaare Tzedek call Sharon Goldwyn at 371-287-7334 or email [email protected]. Bayit Band: [email protected]
Social Worker @ The Bayit: Questions about an aging loved UPCOMING EVENTS
one, financial pressures, concerns about children? Contact HIR Seuda Shlishit, Shabbat, January 18, 4:50pm: social worker Anna Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals Sponsored by Susan & Jonathan Dzik for the Yarhzeits of their and a sympathetic ear. There is no fee and all conversations are mothers Celia Wincelberg and Genevieve Dzik. strictly confidential. Anna can be reached on Mon. 8:00am - 4:00pm, Tues. 8:00am - 8:00pm and Thurs. 8:00am - 8:00pm at 718-601-9714 or e-mail Sunday, February 2, 2:00pm-4:00pm Support Our Troops her at [email protected]. (In partnership with UJA & JBFCS) Day program with Rabbinic Intern Dan Millner LTJG, CCPO USN
Sunday, February 2, 6:00pm-9:00pm Super Bowl Party POTS Teens Chesed Opportunity Next Sunday details to follow.
Attention Riverdale Teens… Volunteers needed at POTS (Part of Sunday, February 9th, 5:45pm Lone Soldier Center. Learn the Solution) dinning room one Sunday a month. We leave from about the work of the Michael Levin z’l Lone Soldier Center helping HIR at 11:45am and return at approximately 4:00pm. Contact IDF soldiers with no family in Israel and how your support will make Samantha Verrone: a difference.
[email protected], 917-885-4542 to sign up. Saturday night, March 1, 7:00pm: Melava Malka and Post- Upcoming date are: 1/12, 2/9, 3/23, 4/6, 5/11, 6/8. Nuptial Agreement Signing Party. Details to follow.
HIR GIFT CARDS - Support our Bayit by purchasing Saturday night, March 8, 8:00pm: Guest Lecture by Jerusalem Gift Cards - Buy it for the Bayit! For more information Post Legal Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Bob: “Iran, Syria, WMDs on volunteering or to place an order, email and the Legality of Preemptive Strikes” [email protected] or call Shira Gordon at 718-549-5280. CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY Niddah Refresher, Sexuality, and The Bayit is pleased to partner with UJA-Federation to offer our members Relationships the opportunity to invest in a charitable gift annuity. When you do so, Sunday Nights January 12th and 26th, you receive guaranteed income for life, a potential immediate tax 8:00-9:30pm deduction, and possible future tax savings. Ultimately, the Bayit will receive 90% of the remainder value, while 10% will go to UJA- Room 3-3. Federation to support its efforts for the entire Jewish community and to help cover the administrative costs of the program. For This 2-part series will review some practical laws of niddah and more information, including sample annuity rates, please contact the sexuality, as well as provide a comfortable and private space to learn Bayit office. about sexual desire, arousal, and pain during intercourse. RESERVE THE BAYIT FOR YOUR SIMCHA Co-taught by Rabba Sara Hurwitz & Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, LMSW, To book your room reservation go to MPH Clinical Director of The Medical Center for Female Sexuality. www.thebayit.org/simcha or contact Richard at Jan. 12th: Bedikot, Staining and Mikvah Preparation, Intimacy Part 1 [email protected].
Jan. 26th: Harchakot and Laws of Sexuality, Intimacy Part 2 SHEYIHIYE BE’MAZAL TOV!
Only reservations that accompany a signed contract and the required deposit will be maintained.
THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit – is an open Orthodox synagogue serving the entire Jewish community. The Hebrew Institute warmly embraces all Jews, regardless of affiliation, commitment, or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit," which is a home; a place of love and welcome. The HIR is known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue, activism, youth and teen engagement, learning programs, and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and those developmentally and physically challenged. If these words resonate with you, if our Bayit has touched your life, then please join our growing membership. Beyond the bayit - January 3 - January 10, 2014
MIKVAH OF NEW ROCHELLE - 5TH ANNUAL BREAKFAST: The Mikvah of New Rochelle’s 5th Annual Breakfast, Sun., Jan. 5th, 10:00am at Young Israel of New Rochelle, 1149 North Avenue, New Rochelle. Please join us for a morning of inspiration featuring Charlie Harary Esq. “Mikvah, the Jewish Secret to Greatness”. For further information or to make reservations please email [email protected]. Couvert $72.
THE MA’AYANOT ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS PROUD TO PRESENT A WEEKLY SHIUR SERIES ON PARSHA AND PARSHANUT: An Analysis of Biblical Commentaries in Light of the Weekly Parsha given by Rabbi Yaakov Blau, Talmud Chair at Ma'ayanot. This series will continue on Tuesdays through Jan. 7th. For more information or to sponsor a shiur, please contact Pam Ennis at [email protected] or 201-833-4307, ext. 265.
WINTER SESSION of SUNDAY FUNDAY RECREATION PROGRAM for children with special needs at the Y of Washington Heights begins on January 12th - 9:15 - 11:30 - small groups with added supports - ages 5 through 12 - sports and gym, martial arts and yoga, music and movement, arts and crafts, cooking, drama, and a Kosher snack; option for Jewish education add-on. Reasonable rates and partial scholarships available. Please contact Deena at [email protected] or 212-569-6200, x 265.
MINI YOM IYUN @ YCT: Please join YCT Rabbinical School for a Mini Yom Iyun on Mon., Jan. 13th. The program will run from 8:30am - 5:30pm. Speakers include: Rabbi Angel, Rabbi Fox, Ms. Gedwiser, Rabbi Helfgot, Rabbi Leibtag, Dr. Katz and Rabbi Marder. For more information or to register visit www.yctorah.org or call 212-666-0036.
SAR EARLY LEARNING CENTER OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES: The Early Learning Center at S.A.R. Academy, a Jewish Day School, is having a four day Open House for our licensed two year nursery program. The dates are from January 13 to January 16 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. All are welcome to come and observe our youngest group in ac- tion. The program is from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, with options for early drop-off at 8:00 AM as well as earlier dismissals. We look forward to seeing you; please let us know your preferred date by e-mailing Barbara Goodman [email protected]
ORTHODOX RETREAT FOR LGBT JEWS WITH A SPOTLIGHT ON DIVERSITY AND THE SEPHARDIC LGBT EXPERIENCE: Join a growing community of Orthodox LGBT Jews who come together for community, learning, fun and support. Fri., Jan. 17th through Sun., Jan 19th, at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Vilage, CT. Includ- ing amazing speakers, traditional Shabbat with other LGBT Jews, fun, and a transformative experience! To register and for more info: www.eshelonline.org.
The VAN CORTLANDT JEWISH CENTER PRESENTS THE MURDER MYSTERY CO. in "OF SOUND MIND AND DEAD BODY" - an interactive show including Kosher Chinese Buffet Lunch, Dessert and a fantastic Chinese Raffle on Sunday, Jan 26th. Cost is $45 per person, discounts available for Seniors and Group Sales. For more information visit www.vcjewishcenter.org
BABY BOOMERS - MAKE YOUR OWN NEW BUSINESS IDEA A REALITY: New York Baby Boomers! If you’ve experienced unemployment or are currently underemployed and want to start your own business, but are not sure where to start, then please join the Hebrew Free Loan Society, in conjunction with the OU Job Board and UJA/Federation of NY, in a 13 week Kaufman Foundation Fast Track New Venture Entrepreneurship Program. This program will provide you with the expertise to succeed and realize your dreams. Learn more and sign up at www.hfls.org/courses or call 212-687-0188. LIMITED SPACE, REGISTER NOW! Courses start Jan 29th, 2014.
PLANT A TREE IN ISRAEL, SUPPORT A TEEN’S TRIP: A teen in the community is fundraising for JNF’s Plant Your Way to Israel Program. If you have an occasion or person to honor, plant a tree in Israel! You can help the land of Israel and help a deserving teen with the trip of a lifetime. Half of funds raised will be put aside for the teen’s trip and half will go to JNF’s Forestry work. To donate online go to http://support.jnf.org/site/TR/Events/SecurePages?px=3860297&pg=personal&fr_id=1861.
FREE CLASSES @ KCI: Classes with Cantor Chaim Dubin will take place on Sundays at 10:00am - Tefillah/Halacha, and on Thursdays at 7:30pm - Parasha (meal provided). At Kingsbridge Center of Israel, 3115 Corlear Ave. All are welcome to attend. For more info please call 718-902-5101.
SAFE AT HOME - THE HUDSON COMMUNITY PROJECT: The YM&YWHA of Washington Heights/Inwood has collaborated with the Riverdale YM-YWHA, the Jewish Community Council of Washington Heights/Inwood, and the Hebrew Home at Riverdale to form The Hudson Community Project: Safe at Home. It combines agency resources, expands the geo- graphic scope of our services, and streamlines the process. The result - seniors receive a more comprehensive selection of ser- vices aimed at helping maintain independence and make living at home more comfortable and secure. Services include: Case Management - Housing Advocacy - Kosher pantry - Kosher meals - Social Adult Day care - In-home support - Health Mainte- nance - Rehabilitation - Transportation. For more info contact: Sarah Leiner, MSW at 212-569-6200 x233. Beyond the bayit - December 27, 2013 - January 4, 2014
THREE EXCITING RAMAH SPECIALTY DAY CAMPS FOR SUMMER 2014: Ramah Sport, Ramah Outdoors, and Ramah Performs are unique programs that combine specialized instruction with years of Ramah camping experience in a spirited environment where Judaism, Jewish values, and Hebrew language are integral to daily activities. Choose one or more specialty camp options either as part of a Ramah Nyack package or as a distinct experience. For dates, tuition, locations, and program descriptions, please visit www.ramahnyack.org. For questions contact Rabbi Ami Hersh, Assistant Director, Ramah Day Camp in Nyack at [email protected] or at 212-678-8884.
DONATE SHOES TO CSAIR: The Sisterhood of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale is collecting men's, women's and children's gently used shoes and sneakers. Contributions can be left Sunday-Friday in the Lower Lobby collection box of the shul, located at 475 W. 250 St. For questions contact Phyllis Schulberg at [email protected].