The People / s-9 MYP Behind the Roshei Yeshiva University··------Buildings Yeshiva An in-depth Attacked by feature highlighting 11 the individuals Jewish Media whose names in �ftermath adorn the of Rabin � 11 buildings on the December 5, 1995/12 Kislev 5756 Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshivata College tnVolume LX No. r 7 Main Campus Assasination Gore Presses For US Troopsin Bosnia at YU Chanukah Dinner s. BY MEIR ZEITCHIK "But the risks of doing nothing are infinitely greater." The seventy-first Chanukah Turning his attention to the dinner at theWaldorf Astoria in domestic front, Gore covered a Manhattan, Yeshiva University's variety of current legis1ative largest fundraiser of the year, topics. The budget battle and seemed in some respects very the rollback of environmental much like the first seventy. The · regulations, urging lawmakers fivehundreddollaraplateevent, to fight the conservative tide which took place on Sunday, at- sweeping Washington even if it tracted the richest and most in- posed political dangers. Draw- !l: fluential people in the country. ing on this week's Haftarah, or s2 There werethe businessmen (Via- weekly reading from Tana ch, j '"" '"" ,_ .,... ,- "'!"' ,.. d h p eside n . n .. seat with Us v ce Pre sident Gor:e and iacom C 'EO.;..._S_umn__er_R_e_ds_t_one_--,at - ,- - .. "_...Ni, 0-. , rma.... · ...... : :·'"".. ·· -.. .· •·_ _Lanun-e- ... - _ __- ,-· - -- ...- - ___..._ l _____�_-. - _ _ ��a�;t; s� :e:ti:��:Jt�; � r::· ...... d . A . ::;,�:':�::;:��:�; . �iuzda.y's. .. C:::o vocd(ic,n_ l}iriner... Gore. re�eived an honorary Doctor of Lawdegree. AlbertGore, U.S. congresspersons people from the wrath of Achav · � Charles Rangel and Carol Mal- andEzevel."He[Ovadia]didn't oney and New York StateAssem- calculate whether it would help bly Speaker Sheldon Silver) and him or hurt him in the polls," Mysterious Millionairess Leaves the former politicians (ex�New . Gore said. And in a poignant · York mayor David Dinkins). moment, he reminded the audi- But beneath the veneer of el- ence that balancing'thebudget YU $22 Million In Will egant tuxedos and_ glitzy ball- shouldbedonesothatit"offers room dresses, elaborate; culi;. · dignity to older Americans, " as nary arrangements and ornate he stood against a backdrop of . Funds To Establish Scholarships For Stern and Einstein W>men centerpieces were a series of largely elderly benefactors. substantial speeches. �hey BY STEVEN MIODOWNIK loans for Stem women, espe ranged from impassioned mor Lamm Delivers Talmud cially those interested in the al arguments for troops in Bos Shiur In a bizarre and enigmatic medical or health professions, nia by the United States second-. In a move unprecedented for turnof events, a reclusive mil- and Albert Einstein College of in-command to a shiur on Cha a Chanukah dinner, YU presi- lionairess who has never been Medicine women. Additional nukah fromYU's leader. dent Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm known to step foot on a YU !l: ly stipulated is that "no single Vice President Gore set the chose to teach the audience in- · campus or even come into con- � scholarship or loan to any one tone for the evening with his stead of addressing them.Hop- tact with any YU officials or l student shall exceed the sum of convocation address - the key ingtogivethedinnergoerswhat . P students, has bequeathed her L.-a...ss.a. p uo,..rt.;.aP;;;llhuo�to of Anne Scheiber $3, 000" and that if no female note speech at the ceremony he called a "taste of what they $22 million fortune to YU: In a students are available for the conferring honorary degrees - [YU students] do" bound cop- will signed in 1968 and revised- that portfolio had appreciated awards. YU may "award the which was itself wide-ranging. ies of a section of a Gemara in in 1975, Ms. Anne Scheiber, an to the multi-million dollar same to a male student attend Wearing a white knitted kip Shabbat pertaining to Chanu- eccentric Upper West Side res mark. ing AECOM or Yeshiva College." pah, he sttessed the critical role kah weredistributed. Afterded- ident and retired IRS auditor, As indicated by the docu News of the windfall came the U.S. must play in sending icating the shiur to the me!llory selected YU as the future recip ment, the funds were designat as a shock even to those at the troops to Bosnia. "Europe can of Yitzhak Rabin, Lamm out- ient of her modest portfolio of ed - and will be used - to estab highest echelons of the univer not do it alone," he said, his lined and explained the classic stocks. Upon her death at 101 lish an endowment fund for sity, and quickly reverberated voice rising emotionally. "Eu disagreement between Beit Sh- years of age on January 9, 1995, scholarships and interest-free continued on page 10 rope did not do it the lasttime amai and Beit Hillel on whether when ethnic cleansing began in Chanukah candles are lit each Germany and it led to ethnic day in ascending or descending cleansing. in Europe, and the order. He concluded by infer Dean's List No Big Deal Holocaust. He acknowledged ring the message of pluralism that sending troops to Bosnia · from the debate in the Gemara, wasn't risk-free. "Few worth and saying that, just like the 66% YC, 29% SSSB Students score over 3.5 GPA while missions are ," he said. continued on page 19 BYARI GRUEN dean's list of their respective "American higher education f schools - 66% of Yeshiva Col problem" caused by the tremen S'. While standing on the Main lege, 29% of Sy Syms. Only two dous pressure on the colleges � Campus a fifty percent chance explanations are possible :ei to get their students into the exists that the first male Yeshi ther Yeshiva College has seri best graduate schools. va University undergraduate ous grade inflation, or YC stu Dean Hecht places the blame student you see is on the 1995 dents are brilliant. for YC's grade inflation on the dean's list. Dean Hecht apparently sub adjunct professors - those pro Last year 439 out of 688 stu scribes to the first theory: fessors hired by the college to dents - almost two thirds of "There are faculty members· teach for one or tw� years. Dr. Yeshiva College- had a 3.5 whose grading alphabet only Will Lee, an assistant professor grade point average or higher - includes one letter." However, in the English department and · the current standard for dean's Dean Hecht is quick to point a member of the Academic Stan list. What is more interesting is out that grade inflation at YC is dards Committee, echoed Dean the large discrepancy between no worse than at other colleges Hecht' swords, saying" adjunct . YU Student Leaders mingling at a dessert reception in the home of the number of YC students and across the country, as he de professors want to establish a . Yeshiva UniversityPresident Dr. NormanLamm SSSB students qualifying for the scribes the problem as an co11ti1111ed 011 page 14 December 5, 1995 __;,P og�e_2 ______, m�e
Four weeks ago two bullets took not dissipate even in the face of an Now that I have completed my first men Josh Feldman and J.J. Sussman, flight on a dreadful path ripping event designed to bring us together. 100 days in office, .I would like to share we are working to estabish a 1-800-YU through Yitzhak Rabin. Thirty days Although I look on as an outsider with you some accomplishments of Security number, so that students will have passed and the bullets continue and criticize the weekly Jewish news our Yeshiva College Student Council not have to feel unsafe when theyneed on a course tearing apart the State of papers' unwillingness to ignore this during thisperiod. First, in fulfillment to be picked up by a van from the Israel and all of World Jewry. Nearly debate in benefit of a greater goal and of campaign promises we have subway stations in Washington 20,000people will join this Sunday in a purpose, I also look on from the inside, acheived the following: Heights. rally for unity to make an attempt at as the editor of a newspaper and see a 1. We have made student govern Our Academic Standards Commit setting thesebullets off course. conflict, a dilemma which all newspa- ment more inclusive by establishing tee Chairmen Michael Nelson and Sincethe assassination, the widen- per editors face when working for a student committees on which students Michael Belgrade and our Curricu ing riftseparating the Jewish commu- unique cause or mission: do I print a now have more active roles in making lum Committee Chairmen Matt Lead nity's left wing and right wing camps story or specific details of a storywhich decisions about our college's curricu er and Jeremy Lustman deserve much has been exposed to the world. While may undermine the foundation of a lum, academic standards, food servic- thanks for fighting for YCSC' s goal of many of the Orthodox Rabbis made greater cause I believe in? Or do I print es and campus security. alloting students taking Theater attempts at bridging this gap during the story in the spirit of journalism,for 2. We have worked to make sure Workshop to take up to two credits this mourningperiod, too many other the news-worthiness, controversy, and that our dorms have washers and dry for alpha nuryericgrades instead of prominent figures on both the right reader interestwhichitwillbring to the ers that are working well. I raised this pass/fail. and left, including Leah Rabin and the paper? issue strongly at the first student life After a one year hiatus, YCSC will Israeli Labor party, have only added So far, for every paper this year, my committee meeting in July and conse once again run a Chanuka Concert salt to these wounds. Instead of show- co-editor and I have grappled with this quently when students entered school which will take place on Thursday ing the world that we are not like every predicament and continue to weigh the for the first day of classes there were night, December 21st and feature some other nation plagued by incurable in- issue on a scale - where on one side new washers and dryers. of the biggest names in Jewish music. ternal turmoil, it was finger pointing stands our journalistic integrity, and 3. We haveworked to insure that all The Co-Chairpersons of the Holiday and sentiments expressed. against Or- on the other lingers our personal Torah of the Morgenstern student lounges Events Committee Dov Simons and thodoxJewry thatcloudednewspapers values as well as the unique mission of remain student lounges. Furthermore, Ayala Shapiro have worked diligently and televisions world-wide. Yeshiva University. Of course each side I have received a guarantee that de to plan this upcoming event. Now, in an effort to close these ofthescalecarries its own lobby groups; spite a projected increase in enroll Advanced planning for the Senior wounds and bring our nation together, over the year we have met with Presi ment student lounges will not be con Dinner, including booking the hall, hir the organized Jewish community is dent Lamm, Vice-President of Academ verted into dorm rooms. ing a caterer and negotiating the price planningfor a massive Rally for Unity ic Affairs Dr. William Schwartz, ?nd 4. YCSC has already run some excit has already been done. We thank SCW to take plac_e this coming Sunday at multitudes of rebbeim in an effort to tip ingprqgrams through its studentcoun Senior Class President Devorah Gold Madison Square Garden in memory of the scale in their respective directions, cils, clubs and societies. In the upcom ring, who together with YC's Senior ourslainPrime-Minister'sslzloshim(the · for whichever side that may be. ing weeks, the Freshman, Sophomore Class President Oren Lieberis continu conclusion of thirty days of mourning). And last week, a high level and ac and Junior Class . Councils are plan ing to plan what promises to be a gala President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister tive YU board member requested to ning more special events. dinner. Shimon Peres, Leah Rabin, and Ash- meet with the editors ofThe Commenta 5. We have worked to rectify the As we move forward, there are sev kenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel Yisrael tor: As a former Associate Edi tor ofThe problems most of our students have eral issues that YCSC is planning to Lau are the invited speakers. . Commentator himself, this board mem- with our collegiate bookstore. After tackle in the upcoming months. They It only hurts me that many New ber called for this meeting not to lobby my J;j?Cent meeting with Herb Glantz, include: York Jewish newspapers have chosen a specific issue or file a specific com the regional district manager of the l. Brightening the dim lights on the to detail the politicaltidings which took plaint. He just wanted to make sure collegiate bookstores, I am optimistic fourth floor of the library. place amongst various organizations that we, as the editors, understand the that there will be considerable changes 2. Extending 'J11.ursdaynight library during the planning stages of this mon- nature and sensitivity of this conflict. in prices, hours and services in the hours from 11:45 PM to 1 AM. umental event. Rather than focusing Through these encounters I have near future. 3. Purchasing a big screen T.V. for on the mission of the rally - the hope learned that although this conflict will 6. We have worked to get our arcade the Rubin student lounge/lobby. and desire for unity and internal peace never be resolved, nevertheless I must rooms and main dorm lounges open · 4. Bringing well-known speakers to . . . - the papers managed to once again pit take responsibility and never use the later for ourstudents. As of today, the YU against each other the issues of Peace conflict to excuse the ramifications of arcade rooms and main dorm lounges 5. Conducting a legislative break and Non-Peace, the left and the right, the decisions we make. are open until 3 AM. fast, to be hosted by YC's most pol and theOrthodoxand-thesecular. With- Therefore,I questionthe decision of 7. Thefirst part of the Guide was in ished elder statesman, Ryan Karben, out a doubt,worry over the rally tum- theeditorsoftheNewYorkJewishnews students' hands the first week of school our Chairman of the Communal Af ing into a camouflaged peace rally or papers to bring the organizational de and we are very·proud of that. fairs Committee. argument for equal representation for bateandcontroversy involvingthisSun The YCSC has gone · beyond cam 6. Establishing a new policy of hav Labor and Likud speakers were signif- day's rally to the forefront and in tum paign promises in attempting to im ing student speakers at graduation. ical)t c�ncerns forthose people dealing risk the success of a very lofty and ideal prove campus life for our fellow stu 7. Developing monthly faculty-stu with and planning a united rally. But istic goal - a truly united Israel. dents. We improved our Shabbos at dent Forums. how significant i� this debate to the Chanukah is around the comer, a Yeshiva program. Our first Shabbos 8. Finding a solution (with SOY Pres readers? Such detail can only detract holiday celebrating the spiritual and was attended by 330 students, and sub ident Hillel Cohen) for dealing with from this event where Jewish lateral physical victory of a nation. It is a week sequent shabbosos have been very well the lack of adequate space in the Beis attendance and participation is crucial which carries with it the necessary attended. After negotiations, we have Medrash for the number of talmidim to this healing process. By placing a strength to pull our nation out of this also been able to keep the regular fee at enrolled in YU's Judaic Studies Pro- . political and religious slant on the fractionalizing turmoil. We must come five dollars, and cut the after-Wednes grams. scheduled gathering not only do these together, harnessthis strength, andfo days-at-8 PM-late-fee down to ten dol 9. Receiving student's responses to articlesendangersuchparticipationbut cus on such our goal before the assas lars and only the walk-in-late-fee re- · our Door To Door Info/Suggestion they alsoadvertiseto the world that the sin's two bullets make Sunday's Rally mains at twenty dollars. Form so that we can use a wide range of friction between our "two camps" will its next victim. YCSC has started to work on im ideas and opinions in considering how proving our caf situation through the best to serve our student body. capable ·leadership of Lowell Baron May I take this opportunity after my and Roniel Weinberg, Chairmen of the first 100 days in office . to thank the We Want YOUR Input: Food Services Committee. Also, in the outstanding members of my board: past few weeks thanks to the work of YCSC VP on Business Affairs Sam Accounting Society President Josh Le Wald, YCSC VP of Liberal Arts Dov [email protected] vine, YCSC's goal of having _the caf Simons, ycsc Treasurer Elie Paul and store open almost every Thursday YCSC Secretary Natanel Lebowitz. My or , ia snail mail at: night has become a reality. very special thanks to Elie· Paul for Also; through the efforts of our Un keeping our accounting books in a cor dergraduate Security Council Chair- rect and orderly manner. 500 West 185th Street, NY, NY, 10033 4 D:;..;::e;.;::;.c�em..:..:.b;;:;.;e:;.;.r..;:;.5,:,_..1;..:.9�95 p_a...;;.g _e______ffl�e ��II"� -I'll.II� ��l�I• Chariukah Concert Returns Avraham Fried to Play Lamport BY DANIEL RUBIN price to a mere $15. But soonaft er the deal was struck, Bnei Akiva unexpectedly After aon e year hiatus, the YCSC Cha informed YCSC that there would be a nukah Concert will be returning to Lam limit of ten sponsors, severely handicap port Auditorium on December 21, and ping YCSC's ability to make back the will be featuring the return of Jewish $4000.This dispute, itself enough to have music sensation Avraham Fried to YU, forced YCSC to cancel the concert with e e e e featur d star of the last YU concert two Bnei Akiva, was th n rend r d moot as .::,., years ago. While th e concert's fate was D'veykus canceled on BneiAkiva. � temporarily jeopardized, its eventual re YCSC VicePresid ent Dov Simons then ] alization was assured by YCSC's success made an effort to hire noted Jewish music � ful last minute rescheduling. Rising star performer Dedi, but that deal fellthrough j Yisroel Williger is"also scheduled to per at the eleventh hour, leaving YCSC with-ll.. form. out an act for the concert with just a YC students participating in a program to assist immigrants in the English Language The concert program emerges after a month to go. deal between YCSC and Bnei Akiva of But Simons was fortunate in nabbing New York to present D'veykus and Kol A vrahamFri ed at the last minute for an Community Literacy.Club: Achai in Englewood collapsed due to a on-campus concert. dispute over sponsorship. Originally, · A delighted Simons said, "There's no YCSC agreed to pay Bnei Akiva $4000for (Chanukah) concert thatwill be this big... Set�ting High Goals tickets, expectingto make the money back foraconcertthishugeit'sincrediblycheap, through ticket sales and sponsors, there and everyone fromYU is going to want to by avoiding having to rent the costly be there." Tickets have been priced ac Lamport Auditorium. In addition, this cordingly at $18, $20, and $25 and seating Reaching ·out to· Wa shington Heights strategy would have lowered the ticket will begin at 7:45 on the 21st. BY JOSH RIFKIND the underground economy. TheCom munity Literacy Club hopes to target BMP Receives $2 Million After weeks of planning schedules this epidemic by teaching children and processing applications, the Com� how to read and write while they are munity Literacy Club held its first meet- · still in··school, thus opening the door ing, kicking offits inaugural season of for them to pursue a post-secondary En·dowment and a New Name tutoring neighborhood youth.The club education and enter a profession. aims to strengthen the Washington To accomplish this goal, the Elanor BY J.D. SHULMAN Board of Trustees and has been the Heights community by teaching read- �oosevelt Intermediate School, locat recipient of an honorary degree from ing and writing skills to schoolchildren. ed on 182nd. Street and Amsterdam, e Compris d of only 65 students, the Yeshiva University, and one of only Many of the children are recent im- has given the Literacy Club a list of e e young st Jewish studi s program at five people to receive the esteemed Etz migrantsfromCentralandSouthAmer- students in grades 6-8 who scored be e e e ve Y shiva Universityhasr c i ditsfirst Chaim Award, the highest honor be- ica and come from homes in which En- low the 50th percentile on the national benefactor. stowed by RIETS. glish is not spoken by either parent. In literacy examinations. The tutors are The university officiallyannnounc ed The Beit Midrash Program (now addition, many of the children arefrom working with students.who have be a twomillion dollar dmation to the one in SBMP) was founded the spring se broken homes in which academics are tween 42-49 percent and hope to push year old Beit Midrash Program from mester of 1995 in to an effort give stu not stressed, and as a result, are illiter- t�em over the 50th percentile before noted philanthropist Irving I. Stone at dents a little more time for the after ate e ven in their native Spanish. The the.year's end. The tutors also func a ceremony in the president's suite on noon classes. secular Jeremy Maryles, program also deals with physically and tion as 'big brothers' to the students, December 4, at which.the program was the SBMP vice-president, pointed out mentally challenged students. lending them attention and advice they renamed the Stone Beit Midrash Pro in that Israel there are multiple yeshiv The most ambitious program of its do not receive at home. gram. The money is earmarked for se Uni ot to choose from, but at Yeshiva sort .ever launched at YU, the Literacy Muzin has big plans forthe Literacy curing a b eit medrash for the BMP versity, before SBMP, there �ere only Club was founded by Nick Muzin, a Club, hopingto make it a lastinginstitu students who currently learnin class- 3 f programs, and some people ound YC Junior from Toronto, Canada. It is tion at YU. He is currently working on rooms. that they didn't fit comfortably in any comprised of over 30 students from · expansionto otherschoolsinthecommu Chairman emeritus of the American offers the benefits of the of them. SBMP YC and SSSB, each of whom donate nity, a branch at Stem College, weekly Greetings Co., the world's largest pub Issac Mazer Yeshiva Program, The one to • two hours per week to work public lessons in basic English for stu licly owned manufacturer and distrib Breuer College and the James Striar one-on-one, at no charge, with neigh- -dents and their families, workshops for utor of greeting cards, Irving Stone has School. "BMP offers shiur like in Isra borhood children. Helping out in the the tutors, and certificates for members 1011gb een a friend of Yeshiva Universi el... though it is more class-oriented day-to-day operation of the club is who have devoted· 50 and 100 hours. ty. He is a benefactor of YUthrough the than YP and the Hebrew curriculum Zev Williams, YC senior and club vice Muzin attributes the tremendous Stone-Sapirstein-Weiss Family Foun ends at 1 o'clock," stated Maryles. president. The faculty advisor is Dr. student response to his idea-with over dation which has established, in RI Originally a program under the um Gabriel Cwilich, professor of Physics thirty students donating 1-2 hours per ETS, -the Stone-Sapirstein Center for brella of IBC, is now a distinct SBMP at YC and a native South American. week - to the desire of YU students to Jewish Education, the Irving Stone entity within the college. Recently elect Muzin, club president, sees illitera- help people less fortu�ate than them Rabbinic Internship Program, and the ed Elie Borger, president, Maryles, and cy as the major impediment to job selves. He derides critics who say that Sapirstein Scholarship Program. The Secretary /Treasurer Oavid Wild are equality and upward mobility for new one hour a week of volunteering can Foundation has also established the preparing a constitu in the midst of Americans. Immigrants who are not not make a real difference. Stone-Sapirstein Chair in Jewish Educa tion. Borger also expressed the need English dominant have difficulty get- "Never underestfmate the power of tion at the University. Stone also estab for the program "to try to get involved ting jobs, expanding their social net- volunteer work/ he emphasizes, "when lished a Distinguished Professorial Chair the other student councils and with work and accessing basic community taken together, these hours represent a at the David J. Azrieli Graduate School. their programs, especiaily the Shabbos services, and therefore, Muzin stress- significant contribution to our commu Stone is a memb er· of the RIETS programs." es, they are forced to turn to crime and nity; we will make a difference." ' BY Dov GREENBAUM Fine has released an ultimatum to the JBS, giving it a little more than a Marg Mart, the popular basement week until he will allow the nascent store which has traditionally supplied American Marketing Association to hungry students with snack food . at usurp operation of the store. Drazin cheaper prices and different hours claims that YCSC has no right to take than the Caf Store, has yet to open its away the Marg Mart from JBS and doors this year. Operated by the Joint even so, the ultimatum was issued Business Society (JBS), Marg Mart was only recently. Fine claims that the created to teach aspiring busine�s club has had ample time to get started majors the ins and outs of managing a and since it hasn't, the AMA should real business while simultaneously be given a chance to run the store. satisfying healthy student appetites. Ronen Spinner, one of the two man This year, though, behind-the-scenes agers who have quit their position squabbling between YCSC and JBS of- since finding out that YCSC cut the Student Council Presidents (Left to Right:) Sam Wald, SSSB; David Merklin, JSS; Hillel ficials has caused embarrassing de- budget, says that it will be impossible Cohen, SOY; Rabbi IAmm; Josh Fine, YC; Elie Borger, SBMP; Richie Grossman, /BC. lays. . for the store to get suppliers with just The problem, stated JBS President $500. Drazinstated unequivocally that Shlomo Drazin, "is due to the lack of the store will not open until it gets a Student Leaders Gather money being given by the school to new manager, claiming that even if start up the store." YCSC has offered the AMA takes over, they too will not to loan the society $500, but Drazin be able to break even on the shoestring at Lamm Residence says that this amount, less than one- budget. BY COMMENTATOR STAFF liam Schwartz, Vice President for Aca third of the budget of previous years, Drazin blames the attitude of the demic Affairs, opened the floor to ques- is not enough to cover the start-up Student Council towards the st9re for This past Tuesday evening, over 40 tions from student leaders. Questions costs· of the store. Josh Fine, YCSC the poor management of the store last students gathered in the luxurious Cen- ranged from such innocent issues as president, countered that $500 is all year, which resulted in ·embarrassing tral Park West Duplex occupied by YU mandatory class attendance to charged that the student council can allocate to losses. He says that Marg Mart will President Dr. Norman Lamm. The an- questions concerning the lack of Beis the·store for the time being and that it open before the 7th of December, even nual gathering servesas an opportunity Mid rash space and overcrowding in the should be enough to at least start the · if it means losing money, in order to forstudent leaders to enter intodialogue classrooms and dorms. business. satisfy the student's needs. with Dr. Lamm,a chance which his tu- The informal nature of the forum dic multuousscheduledoesnotoften permit. tated that there was little substantive Dr. Lamm opened the evening with detail which emerged from the exchang remarks on what he called "a critical es between the leaders and Presi:lent tirrie for world and Orthodox Jewry." Lamm. YCSC PresidentJoshua Finedid High School Seniors Lammargued thatthe RabinAssassina- manage to elicit a promise from Dr. tion, alongwithits tragicconsequences, Lamm and Dr. Nulman that the much · bodes good as well as evil, "The ideo- touted Morgstudentloungeswouldnot Gather at YU Open House gram for crisis is danger andopportuni- be converted into dormitory space, as BY Eu GANCHROW College and the Sy Syms School of Busi ty ... We also have an opportunity to many students had feared. Moreover, ness. show who we really are." Dr. Lamm also pledged to have a com- More than three hundred and fifty Mid-day activities commenced with Dr. Lamm, along with other admin- fortable,_ temporary solution to the Beis prospective undergraduate students lunch in the Furman Dining Hall, dur istrators present including Dr. Efrem . Midrash crisis within the first month of converged on Yeshiva University on ing which participants were able to ask Nulman, Dean of Students and Dr. Wil- the second semester. Sunday, November 12th, for its annual questions to Dr. Israel Miller, a Senior FREE DELIVERY FREE DELIVERY FREE DELIVERY Open House event Vice President of YU, Josh Fine, presi The activities began with a breakfast, dent of tht:? YCstudent council, and Sam followed by a video presented by the Wald, president of SSSB student coun ► TIME·OUT 'Tl a: KOSHER PIZZA & ISAAELI FOOD :D Admissions Office. After the video, stu cil, in order to clarify d�tails about activ w m dents and parents interested in addi ites, studentlife, and student services at > 2S•9 AMSTEAOAM AVE. (Between 1116· 1117 S1 l m :J Washonglon He,ghts. N Y tional informationconcerning the Juda the 'Colleges. w OPEN 7 AM , 10 PM CJ 0 Friday 7 AM · 3 Hu, b■for■ Shaba1 m ic studies programs offeredat YU were The day concluded with student Sat. Night • 1 Hr . alter Sund<>wn C w given the chance to meet privately with guided tours of the university campus. < a:w m · the deans of each of the four .schools. 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One On Thursday, November 30, the year he :wantedthings to be different. · Both University President Norman idea involves using the firstfloor of Rubin 11 Sephardic Club held its annual .Afl Following dinner, the club sched Dorm, by moving the medical office to Lamm and Dean of Students Efrem you can eat'� event at DeliKasbah. The ult?d. a viewing9fa inoviein theM:org Belfer Halland clearingoutother rooms. . Nulman have promised that themuch event, sched.uled to }>.egin at 9:()() PM, . le>p.nge.� sep���teteleyisioil "1\d VCR Another possibility is to use local apart . valued student lounges will not be used waspostedoribulletill board� tltrough- . br�ught �•s� t� ccommodate ne ments to house students. Nulman also a xt semester to house incoming stu out both uptown and midtown cam:. ;wereth�se \Y�Shirig to watch on the .main dents. Theassurance came last Wednes hinted at a 'third option' which he re . puses...... ·. ...·. . . , tele\fisio�. gr�dp6f fyventy stu-. day in Rabbi Lamm's apartment at a fused to reveal at the moment. He men . . th� When members of the Sephardk � ts\�ho·pegart tc, ·watcli the video meeting with student leaders amidst tioned, however, that the RIETS stu � Club walk�d in to lJeliKasbah, they . , wer,eabruptlyinterrup�e of the course itself.Sasson disagreed,cit- produce the proposed guide with eval ------. .., ' , . ' ': \: -' '{ ' -�-: :_ :i. .:;/ . :-:, ' : :. • . . . ,', ', -,, ing the New and-Occasional Offerings uations for legal reasons. Echoing ' '.'. :; pamphlet compiled by Rabbi Shalom Cwilich's stance, YC Senior Daniel Canny,and said, Itsounds excitingby the Gordon reminisced about his first year . . . • ...... •, ...... ' descriptio�.It will sparkstudent interest. on campus: "I had no way of knowing , . , · - ,:-. :SR.A)HL YC Dean NormanAdler sided .withthe which professors or courses would suit :p.OR ·•CR.EDIT student senators, remarking that its an me best. The guide would have saved · idea well worthdiscussing since it can me a lot of uncertainty." I contributeto academic excellence. "Grade distribution," YC mathemat- ··JHE.HEB�\V :lJN,IVERSlTY OF . Nierenberg argued against the cata- ics and ·physics professor Dr. Thomas log, explainingthat syllabi change rapid- Otway noted, "could work against the _JER.U�.ALEM ly, evenin the ·course of a semester,thus interests of the YC students because it rendering thecatal og futile to print. He mightshowthattheyarejustinterestedin declaredthat if studentswanta syllabus, easy A's which would diminishjob op theymay..appi: oach�e dean=s officeand portunities." YC Senior· David . Simai request one. But according to physics feared that "it will scare teachers away · . professor Dr. Gabriel .Cwilich, "it is from giving A's." _Deari Adler recog rtotreasonable to ask the students to nized ,-the drawhacks of . publishing get to many teachers or the deari in grade distributions, admitting that trying to .decide in which course to although he has "no problem'.with it take." ·He sugge�ted the ubiquitous . [the catalog]" and that "it will give the World Wide· Web as the perfect venue student a view of the variety of aca ::·· i:, ·. · ...... - . �- .:·· . . • .BlEN-GUR.III . ON for such information, citing many oth- demic experiences, the downside .is · : . .. -.• . . ·--:-. ·,. . . et colleges who utilize that option. that "it can be used as the hustler's . I. UNIVERSITY Course information would then be guide to how not.to work hard." easily accessible and easily updated. 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Phase B de- persuade a brokerage house to finance support for science declined the Belfer to support worthy philanthropic works. tailed the lofty Riverside-Amsterdam him in importing feather and down from GraduateSchoolphasedoutas the Belfer The half million dollar donation was project. YU's goal: to consolidate all Europe. During the war he successfully Institute for Advanced Biomedical Stud actually made by William Rubin, son of midtown campus structures by con- manufactured sleeping bags for the ies was established at Einstein College Joseph, in honor of his parents. structing a new midtown academic cen- Army. This served as a catalyst to mak of Medicine. A native of Hungary, Joseph Rubin ter on New York's changing West Side. ing a fortune in feathers, foam rubber In 1970 the sixteen story Belfer Hall, arrived to the United States in 1884 after They had plans of building a 135,000 and oil. also noted for being the highest point having lived in London for several years. square foot midtown campus between In 1952 he entered the oil business in above sea level in Manhattan, was ded He was an immigrant boy without any Amsterdam Avenue, Broadway, West Texas. He founded and served as the icated in Arthur Belfer's honor. financial support or relatives, He dab 86th and West 83rd streets. The comple- Chairman of the Belco Petroleum Cor In addition to YU,Mr. Belfer'sphilan bled in various occupations and finally tion of both phases was to be mainly poration, an independent oil and natu thropic activities have involved a multi secured himself a position in a box plant Joseph Rubin Residence Hall financed by debt and governmentfunds. ral gas producer. Belco 'Yaa listed in tude of academic institutions including where he rose to superintendent. In Phase B panned out when the federal Fortune 500 as one of the largest indus Wyoming, Syracuse, Cornell,Brandeis, 1887 he established his own company, BY ARI HIRT · Born in Czechoslovakia, Sol Furst govemment pulled out their funds, and trial Companies in the US and was listed Tel Aviv and Hebrew University. Inter the Rockwood Chocolate Company. immigrated to the Lower East Side in theGymnasium-Reccenterwasnotbuilt on the New York Stock Exchange from estingly, in 1969 Belfer sent Belco on an OK, if Morg is not'a morg, and Rubin 1908. Soon thereafter he secured a job as until the early '80s. 1962 until the company merged with oil expedition to Israel; needless to say Rabbi Hyman Muss is not related to Belfer, then who was a trimmer and polisher of steel buckles. YU named the first structure of this Enron in 1983. they were unsuccessful. Unlike Joseph Rubin, Sol Furst, Furst? Whileworking during the day, he adept building program in honor of Sol Furst's Along with Mr. Belfer' s financial sue Arthur Belfer,and Morris Morgenstern, Fifty years ago, the comic duo Abbot ly earned a high school education at one million dollar donation. He was cess he understood his' responsibility Mr. Joseph Rubin Rabbi Hyman Muss was a student at � and Costello asked the critical question: night. recognized for responding in a decade towards philanthropy. He donated two Philanthropy was so extensive and YU. In fact he was a member of the first � Who's on first? At the age of 18, Sol opened his first when the nation faced a doubling of milliondollarstoYUtodevelopitsGrad integral to the life of Joseph Rubin that graduating class of Yeshiva College in ] But for today's YU student, the more business together with his brother - a . college enrollments. Dr. Samuel Belkin, uate School of Science which was re he earned himself the nickname "The 1932. As a typical student of YU he ::.. intriguing question may be: Who was small electric supply store on Avenue A. the president of Yeshiva University at · named Belfer Graduate School of Sci Patriarch ofBrooklyn." Fittingly, it was attained his Semicha at RIETS and went Furst? The event of \i\'.orld War I howeverinter the time described his generosity as set- ence. At the time this donation repre a $5,000,000 gift from the Rubin founda� on to earn a law degree at Columbia Furst, Morg, Muss, Belfer, Rubin ... rupted his entrepreneurial endeavors as ting the example for other Jewish lay- sented the largest gift the University tion to YU which led to the Leah and ·· University. RabbiMuss,however, found Mr. Je rome and Geraldine Schottenstein of Columbus, Ohio made a major gift to endow From the day these names .were me he was drafted to serve the US Army in men to emulate. Joseph Rubin Residence Hall in 1957. had ever received-and the largest Belfer his success as a real estate developer in the Schottenstein Centerdesignatedfor student activity. Jerome, the Chairman of Value morialized on the buildings we sleep in, 1917. had ever made. In 1977, as government ,The Rubin Foundation was a fund set up the Muss Development and Muss Man- City Department Stores, Inc. and CEO of Schottenstein Stores Corps had attended MTA eat in, and study in, they have become After the war he quickly returned to Mr. Morris Morgenstern agement Companies which built shop high school. Th is ardent supporter of academics and education is best known forthe institutionalized in the YU student lexi seizing capital opportunities in Ameri- The building of an eight story resi- ping center and apartment houses. tresured Artscroll Hebrew/English translated Schottenstein edition Talmuds. Mr. con as large inanimate objects. Every ca. In 1920 he started a new business dencehall,asignificantendeavorinYU's After donating an endowment to YU, Schottenstein passed away in March, 1992.- Recently the Schottenstein family gift day we talk about the thin walls of Ru called the Circle Flexible Wire and Con- "Blueprint for the Sixties" was tackled the oldest residence hall on campus, for enabled the purchase of a new SternCollege dormirory. bin, the mysterious third elevator in duit Company. The company soon by Morris Morgenstern. Morgenstern . merly known as the RIETS dormitory Furst, the new laboratories in Belfer, or ,evolved into the Circle Wire and Cable was a successful mortgage banker who was rededicated to Rabbi Muss at a lun Coming over from Germany, Mr. the engagement parties in Morg. A stu Co., a major fabricator of electrical wire established the Morgenstern Founda cheon celebrating the Muss's anniversa Stem established himself on Manhat dent might hear the name Rubin repeat in the World. In 1955 Sol sold the busi- tion which at one time was worth over ryin 1986. Rabbi Muss passed away in tan's Upper West Side where he served ed twenty times any day without it once ness and channeled his wealth toward $50 million. Time and again Morgen . 1993 after suffering from cancer. as the President of the Jewish Center conjuring thoughts of Joseph Rubin the private investments and charitable caus- stem would remark that he had the most ' Synagogue for thirty years. person. es. diversified philanthropic portfolio in the Mr. Max Stem As we see the names on our buildings Ironically, these philanthropists, filled In 1961 Sol Furst donated one million United States. Whether it was · for a On the Uptown campus the name do not merely represent people who with high energy and ambitioi::idonated dollars toYU'sfamous$30million"Blue- Jewish, Roman Catholic, or Protestant Stem has come to signify a great deal. gave a lot of money. Rather they honor millions of dollars to YU only to exit the print for the Sixties" fund. This was the need Morgenstern would answer the This name plays a crucial role in a YC those individuals who displayed an realm of a person and enter the frame most comprehensive expansion program call. student's social life, athletic abilities, and undying loyalty and commitment to work of a lifeless building. But for a in YU history. Perhaps Mr. Morgensternwas sensi- financial stability. Over his lifetime, wards the building of an institution moment let us enter Morg and remem The program consisted of two phas- tized to need when growing up .on the Max ·Stem had donated more than ten which they envisioned as the founda- ber Morris Morgenstern; let us realize es. Under phase ' A' fournew structures lower East Side where a·s a child he � million dollars to YU, leading to the tion of .future American Jewish Ortho- .. that Muss is more than a four letter were to be erected on the main campus helped _support his family by selling C) development of Stem College for Wom doxy. They set forth for us the challenge word; and let us explore the heights of - a classroom/administrative building newspapers and shining l shoes. At age en, The Max Stem Athletic Center, and to fulfill this commitment and sustain •••------_:__ _J Arthur Belfer the person. But first thing (Furst Hall), an eight story dormitory · 13 he quit grammar school and together the Max Stem Academic Scholarship their vision for years to come. Rabbi Hyman & Ruth Muss Dormatory is Furst - Sol J. Furst (Morg),anexpanded library,anda gym- . with a brother ent�red the seltzer cap fund. He is also known for persuading . · ' business. Soon he would expand the Albert Einstein to lend his name to the � business to selling seltzer bottles as well. Yeshiva University Medical School. � In only a few years he was financing Stem is most recognized as being the � industrial outfits, hotels, apartment founder of the Women's college by do houses, and created a fortune. nating the first $500,000. At the time For. many years Morgenstern.was there were many skeptics regarding a prominent member of the Upper East college for women. However, he was Side's Kehillath J ethurun Congregation. undaunted in fulfilling his vision of cre He was also a member of the Jewish ating a place where a Jewish woman Ministers' Cantors' Association ofAmer could be trained to become the center of ica and he often officiated as cantor dur her community. ing the high holy days. After Max Stern died in 1982, YU Morgenstern also had a particular built the athletic center in his memory. interest in old manuscripts. One of his Mr. Stem was bornin Fulda, Germa holdings was a 1790 letter from George ny and came over to the United States in Washington written to the Touro Syna 1926 after his linen business failed dur gogue in Newport, R.I. ing the German depression. On the ship to the States was a shipment of singing Mr. Arthur Belfer � canaries. This led to Stem initiating a� Much like Sol Furst, Arthur Belfer � pet food business which soon Page 1 o • �It\tl-,�.e Kr\LJ-nntnt.ett ww.-..,1------December-- 5, 19-95 --c...------1 , ... , , -• ..FFIDAVIT MUS, BE , ILE , WIT THE COURT NO LATER1i)T THAN (6) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ' ':E O� ' A Y A Dl11 NAL FILING FE BE PAID AT THAT TIME, SCW and AECOM to Benefit i ! 1 , � (ZAL ,uKROGATE'S COURT) coJNTY bF NhwI •YORK From Scheiber Endowment IN THE MATTER OF* ElfAT�OF INVENTORY OF ASSETS ANNE SCHEJBER! I (RULE 207 .20 (c)J continued from page. one c..:,( I I I ...,_ __._ File No. _..,_,,56 3 95 _ throughout those higher ranks behind est in YU history, was unprecedented in · 1 Deceased closed doors for several months. It was its suddenness and surprise .. ""°1 an unsuspecting President Norman The undersigned, • li1ucia�or � ey for the above csutc, cenifies lhat the foUowing recapirul1tion constiruu:s the gross estate, (for tu pllrpos�s)I of µie dcfedent. The following documents arc 1a1ched: Lamm himself who was first introduced A Lonely, self-made Woman I l Form ET-90: I J!I Formlrr-3,S;I I ( J Farr.> 706, to the name Anne Scheiber when the Details of AnneScheiber's life slowly t I . I • IF FOR�! ET-90 IS ATT1CHEp A�L RJqHTS TO SECRECY L' NDER TAX LAW 1994 ARE WAIVED, executor of the estate, Benjamin Clark, filtered in and ·painted the picture of a ...!!.ilu-22-� contacted him shortly after the death husbandless and childless woman, es Dile of DC3th: l/9v9s I In.,�, of Leners T)'pc of Ltnm Testamentary and arranged a private meeting in the tranged from her eight brothers and NYS HX PAJO fYcsJI 1101 � Date 1'1id ______sisters, all of whom passed away before I _ _ president's Stern College office. At that RECAPITULATION l I OF I I lndivicually Jliou-probatc, meeting, Rabbi Lamm was informed of her. Not a religious woman by any ATTACHE SCHEDUL � l owned b>· Decedent Joint or the conten ts of Anne Scheiber's will and means, Scheiber was not affiliated with . i or Payable to TrustProperty I I Esute -ti- the net worth of her estate. any synagogue or Jewish organization, A, Reol Estote -O- . I I I I s On February 16, Martin H Bockstein, stymieing attempts to discover her B. Stocksand Bonds I s 20,225,662 61 ' -o- YU's attorney, appeared in the probate friends or associates. Living for fifty C, Mongogcs, Notes, CasH, etc. 92,066 65 I I -0- ,proceeding of the Anne Scheiber will in years in a $450 a month rent-stabilized D, lnsuiancc on Decedent·) Life Lq I I I I o.Q .,o Surrogate's Court. His involvement con apartment on West 56th Street off ofa E, Jointl) Owned Propcny -o-f�J o [!j � tinued through July 17, when the award meager government pension, she be F. Tnm Propeny I I 1 · 1 . ,I gan her investing activities with only G. Pm, Excerpt from the Last Will and Testament Her Glass Ceiling dicated -their desire to assist in the de Scheiber's uneventful twenty-three velopment of humanity and alleviate of Anne Scheiber, October 9, 1975 years at the IRS have beenspeculated as pain _and suffering.I/Accordingto SCW "SECTION 8: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real the stimulusfor her bequeathingher for Dean Kar.en Bacon, this clause has been tune to ail educational institution - pre interpreted broadly as referringto Stern and personal, of every kind and description, and wheresoever situated, cisely because they- were uneventful. women intending on pursuing careers whi.ch I own at the time of my death, I hearby give, devise and bequeath to Scheiber never .received a promotion de in themedical, health, or social welfare Yeshiva University, a New York corporation, IN TRUST, NEVERTHE spite boasting a fine record of compe fields and· Einstein Wo�en pursuing LESS, to hold, invest and reinvest the same, and to keep the same invested, tence, and her attorneyhas forwardedthe medical degrees. Additionally, merit and to collect the income therefrom; and to keep the same invested, af!dto position thatshe attributed her languish and need will be evaluated, but no for mal selection or implementatiQn. pro collect the income therefrom,and out of the net income to establish and pay ing as an auditor to the factthat shewas female and Jewish. Consequently, it is cesses have been discussed. in accorda11ce with such procedures as the said Universityshall determine alleged that supporting and a<:fvancing Actively discussed, however, was the an annual scholarship of loan award to such needy and deservingstudent opportunities for Jewish women to proper forum for announcing the or students attending such University. It is my fu rther direction that no achieve became her cause celebre. Scheiber-bequeathal.Although intricate _ single scholarship or loan to anyone student shall exceedthe sum of Three After retiring in 1943 after years of legal maneuverings were completed Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars per annum fo r such student, and that unfulfilling work, Scheiber devoted her weeks ago and themonies were secureci energies to the portfolio she had been in YU's·possession, announcement of preference be given first tofe male students attending either the Albert gradually accumulating.According to Bill the donation was delaye� until Sun- .· Einstein Co llege of Medicine or the SternCo llege fo r Women, divisions of Fay, her broker at Merrill Lynch, Scheiber day's Chanukah Dinner. There, in the Yeshiva University, with first preference to those needy fe male students would spend days thoroughly research-, presence of YU's hundreds of board having the highest academic average, or to those fe male students having · ing each company before committing to members and benefactors, Rabbi Lamm the highest academic average, or to those female students attending the an investment, and would even attend was finally. able to publicize the· mas� ' ·. the stockholders'meetings of those com sive gift with great fanfare. To accom- · Stern College fo r Women, the undergraduate liberal arts and sciences panies when theywere held in New York. pany that disclosure, the Public Rela college fo r women, who have indicated illfentionto study medicine or to By 1995, Anne Scheiber's portfolio con tions Department·prepared advertise enter thefield of the physical and 11atural sciencesand who have indicated tained 140 securities, the product of im ments announcing the gift to the public, - their desire to assist in the development of humanityand alleviate pain and pressive investing savvy. She spent the that will run in this Thursday'sedit ions suffering. In the event that there are nofe male students available fo r such last two weeks of her life in St. Lukes of New York's Jewish newspapers. . . . Roosevelt Hospital and was buried in Dean ijacon's. reaction to news· of ·. award or awards in any one year, the University may, in its discretion, Mount Lebanon Cemeteryin Glendale,NY. the donation was typical of that of award the same to a male student attending the Albert Einstein College of most members of the YU community. Medici11e or Yeshiva College, the undergraduateli�eral arts and sciences No Scholarship Details "Initially, it was disbelief,"- she re college fo r men. The University may, in its discretion, award the annual The wealth of information on Anne called, "and then it brought a smile to . • · incomefro in thefu ndfo r scholarship or loan purposes. Loans shall be non Scheiber uncovered inrecent months has my face like. no other... This means not translated into a lucid picture of how that there was someone out there who inte rest beari11g and shall be repayable beginning with the second year ' ' Scheiber's wealth will be utilized. While clearly believed.in _what we do."· Rab fo llowing graduation, in such amounts as the Universityshall determine the Anne Scheiber Scholarship· Fund bi Lamm noted that "although we did . from time to time. The allocation of the fu nds available fo r distribution Awards and Anne Scheiber Loan Fund not know her personally, she opvious herein between scholarship and loan, shall be made in the sole discretion Awards have been established, the �rite ly knew. about us." How so, no one of the University. The scholarship award or awards herein shall be made ria for winners of these programs - to be claims to know for certain. But what is implemented in Fall 1996 - a�e unclear. certain is that in 1968, Anne Scheiber under the designation of"Anne Scheiber Scholarship Fund Award" and The Scheiber will contains the vague unwittingly created for herself� lega�· the loans to students shall be under the designation of "Anne Scheiber instruction that the. scholarships b� · cy, and in 1995. she finally found a Student LoanFu nd A ward. " granted to those women "�ho have in- family to embrace her. 5156 e 1 ;_.; islev C!Lnnmmbdnrl-- �2 K,!::;:.:.:::..:...... ::::.:...::::.::�------tl m�� ______,_p_o_g '--_l _l Jewish Newspapers Mount Attack on YU Rabbis to Statement by the Faculty of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Aftermath of Assassination We, the fc;1culty of the Rabbi Isaac ElchananTheological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, unanimously deplore and condemn the assassination of Prime Minister. Rabin. It constituted a heinous violation of the Torahprohibition against BY STEVEN MIODOWNII< tremely wary when making statements murder and a mosttragic profanation of G-d'sname. and were advised by Rosh Yeshiva R. · As the smoke from the December 4 Mayer Twersky to avoid any conversa Moreover, the "rationale# for this historic outrage represents an inexcusable dis assassination of Yitzhak Rabin dears, tion with the press at all lest the massive tortion of Halakha (Jewish law). Neither the late Prime Ministernor Orthodox Jewry Yeshiva University's rabbis and lay "chilul Hashem" be exacerbated. can be justly tarred with the epithetof rodef(''pur suer" with intent to murder). leaders are engaged in. a battle of con At the same time, appearing heavily victions waged from the pulpit of the in the press were statements of Roshei May the Almightyforgiv e those whospoke without careor caution and those who Beit Midrash and in the editorial and Yeshiva R. Ahron Soloveitchik and R. unwittinglyaliowed theirrhetoric to be pervert�by irrespons ible individuals. May the rents 1hat threaten to tear our people apart be repaired and the tormented advertising pagesof newspapers acrpss Moshe Tendler, both of whom con anguish of division be quicklyhealed in Zion and elsewhere. the world. demned the assassination wholeheart Their exhaustive efforts are in re edly but differed significantly on the sponse to charges of culpability that guilt-bearing of the Orthodox commu have been cast on the shoulders of Or nity. lri TheNew York Times .and The thodox Judaism· in general, and Reli Wall Street JournalEurope among oth gious Zionist education in particular. er newspapers, Rabbi Tendler was re YU, which boasts being a bastion of fusing to accept the blame; R. Soloveitch both, has consequently been faced with ik was described in The Forward as thetaskof formulatingpublicstatements "wracked by self-recrimination." and stances on the variety of religious Other Roshei Yeshiva -all prominent and political issues the assassination leaders of the Orthodox community - has created. This attempt has been hin were also targeted for comment. Simul dered by damaging misrepresentations taneously, the Public Relations Depart in the press which have generated con ment was sending transcripts of Rabbi fusion among students within the school Lamm's eulogy of Rabin to local news and benefactors and alumni on the out papers for quotes and possible publica side. tion. Statement circulated by RIETS Roshei Yeshiva unaninmously deploring the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z"l. The First Ad A Second Press Statement Immediately following the assassi As MYP Dean R. Zevulun Charlop diately posted on walls throughout the Jewish Press, Jerusalem Post, Algemein nation, YU - along· with almost every and other administrators were bom university for students to ponder. Ad er Journal, and Long Island Jewish conceivable Jewish organization in barded by calls from alumni and board ditionally, the Public Relations Depart World. Last week, the meticulous pro North America. - bought advertising members perplexed by the differing ment ordered one thousand extra cop cess of translating the statement into space in New York's Jewish newspa, media depictions of YU's reaction to the ies of Hamevaser-which contained Rab- Hebrew and then collecting twenty pers in order to condemn and express assassination, the University decided to bi Lamm's·eulogy and several moving eight signatures once again was per grief over. the murder. That advertise issue a second statement. Rabbi Blau articles by students and rebbeim - pub formed in order that the message be ment, which bore the YU logo and the acknowledged that a statement by Rab lished and sent to all YU board mem printed in Israel's Ma'ariv. names of President Norman Lamm and bi Lamm alone could not impart the ber.s as an accurate representation of YU Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dav opinion of the other Roshei Yeshiva, in the weeks following the assassina A Third Message id S. Gottesman, would only be the start who.have been known to differ fromthe tion. It was RIETS Vice President Hirt who of YU exposure in themedia. president in the past. Before advertising space for the new was the driving force behind a third Journalistsfro m the secular and Jew · The Roshei Yeshiva assembled on statement in New York's Jewish news message that appeared in the New York ish pr�ss descended upon YU and mo · Wednesday,November lS tosignalong papers could be purchased, however, Times on November 27. Sponsored by nopolized the telephone lines of its with Rabbi Lamm a "Statement by the the most damaging media attention of YU, the piece was an elaborate essay Roshei Yeshiva as they were partly cap Faculty of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo the month caused much anguish for the entitled "Erring On The SideOf Love" tivated by the assassin's manipulation logical Seminary"condemning the . as YUcommunity. Theappearance of Rosh and itstwenty-three signatories were an of Jewish law to justify l:us deed, and sassination and his "epithet of rodef." · Yeshiva R. Herschel Schachter's picture eclectic assemblage of world Orthodox partly motivated by thecondemnation s The original text of the statement also along with the headline "No Regrets leadersand YU benefactors that included of Rabin'!i policiespreviously issued by • asserted that opponents of Rabin's pol From Rabbis On lriflammatory Rheto Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacksof Great Brit several Roshei Yeshiva. Studentsin the icies still had a right to voice their opin ric" on the front page of the November ain, OrthodoxUnion President Mandell Beit Midrash were exhorted by Mashgi ion; it was erased for the finalversion. 17 New York Jewish Week sent shock Ganchrow, constitutional attorney ach Ruchani R. Yosef ·Blau to be ex- That second declaration was imme- waves throughout the university. The Nathan Lewin,and Rabbi Lamm. piece implied that the Rosh Yeshiva Described by R. Hirt as "a leadership was unmoved by the assassination. ad," its purpose was three-fold: to con Bitterly ironic was the inclusion in vey the Orthodox community's abhor the same issue of an expensive 36-page rence of violence and the assassination, YU advertising supplement that was to condemn excessive rhetoric and its paid f�r weeks before, and disturbing impact, and to call for sensitivity was the fact that the JewishWeek's ed� and civility. It also acknowledged itor and publisher, Gary Rosenblatt, is a the failure of an educational system YC graduate. Rosenblatt, who was not that did not adequately highlight in New York forlayout of the issue and values. According to R. Hirt, YU has did not see the juxtaposition of R. Schacht received calls of approval from er' s image with the inflammatory head around the world from Jewish lead line, came under fire during public ap ers who wish their names were in pearances thatweek and was apologetic cluded in the statement of concern in conversation with YU officials. and distress that marks this turbu TheNovember 24 issue of the Jewish lent period. Week took a conciliatory stance toward Rav Goldwicht pointed to a different YU. Letters from Rabbis Schachter and battlefield in his Sichat Mussar follow Blau clarifying and repairing damage ing the asssasination, when he exhorted were printed and an article featuring students to counteract this terrible trag statements fromR. Soloveitchik and RI edy, to work on our mid dot and be more ETS Vice President Rabbi Robert S. Hirt serious about learning and davening. contrasted starkly with the effect of the "This is the only way that we can fight article a week before. The statement of our enemies,"said R. Goldwicht, "and Article published on the front cover of the November 17th New York Jewish Week the Roshei Yeshiva was also finally print the sooner we realize it, the sooner we ed in the Jewish Week, as well as in the will be successful in uniting Jewry." e December 5, 1995 P_ag::::....._1_2 ------, m�e drnmmentatnrl · Life After Hal BY JOSHUA M. FELDMAN minimize their waiting time by going ":::·f during the morning and on Fridays. With the departure of director Hal The thorough mannerinwhichaper- Tannenbaum, the Placement Office has manent replacement is sought has con been left with only two full-time em- tributed to the delay in finding a direc ployees. Butdespitethe personnelshort- tor. Candidates for the position are age and the office's inability thus far to screened through the personnel office. find a replacement, the office maintains Once a suitable candidate is found, he that they are still adequately catering to . or she is interviewed by Jaskoll. When the needs of students. asked how many candidates this has "I miss Hal, but I think that the two of happened with, Jaskoll said that he in us are handling it really well," noted · terviewedtwoorthreeinthetwomonths Adrienne Wolff, one of the remaining since Tannenbaum tendered his resig cot.inselors. "Ifstudents are being seen, nation. Diane· Edelberg, who handles that's what is important to us." The the hiring of a new Staff member, re OJ and Cicero: smooth transition may be due to the fused to be interviewed, citing confi hiring of Wendy �aulfman and Lisa dentiality concerns. La(in Fraternity inducts Student Small, two temporary career counse- The Office of Placement and Career lors. Each work two days a week, one at Services mandate is to procure a job for BY NACHUM LAMM positions. Members are induct�d at a the Uptown Campus and one at the every student that signs up for place cere·mony at.Dr. Feldman's house, where Downtown Campus. ment. Until this year, SSSB boasted a How would residents of ancient Rome all chapter members meet and vote on Some udentsst disagree. Theyprofess 99%placementrating. Whenaskedhow react to the O.J. Simpson trial? Ofcourse, the induction of the member. New mem that all toooften the officeoverflows with the effect of one less person on his staff the proceedings would have to have bers are required to translate a current students waiting to be attended to. The would reflect that statistic, Dean Jaskoll been in Latin for them to follow� but article, story, or the like into Latin; situation, they claim, is exacerbated by noted that while the placement staff is thanks to YC senior Shmuel Herzfeld, Herzfeld chose to translate the Mark the fact that SCW shares the same staff. being streched, they will be able to han- this is no longer a problem. Fuhrman tapes. But Assistant Dean Ira Jaskoll; who is die the demand in the short term. It is in Herzfeld is one of the sparse number Eta Sigma Phi is a national society responsible for the day-to-day opera- the long term, he said, that finding a of students on campus taking the classi with about one hundred chapters across tions of the office, said that students can replacement is most critical. cal languages, Latin and Greek. After the country. It sponsors an annual con� two years of studying classical language vention at which papers are delivered, and literature and writing in these lan and gives a number of scholarships for · guages a student is eligible to be induct classics students. dler Forms Research Grou · · ed into the national classical languages According to Feldman, his classics BY CHAIM LAZAR scholars and that all students are cor honor society, Eta Sigma Phi. YU boasts students are "few, but excellent," giving dially invited. In the future, Adler as- a number of distinguished members of as examples the high number of valedic Over fiftystudents and faculty mem- sured, proper notification will be given. · this society, including Rabbi Manfred torians and other distinguished individ-, hers participated in a research presenta- Adler also emphasized thatYRG de Fulda, Dr. Louis Feldman, Rabbi Micha uals who h�ve taken these languages. tion held at Stem College on November sires to attracta broad range of students el Taubes, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, and Dr. Asked the inevitable question of what 15. The seminar was a function of the from ail fields of study at YU, such as Moshe Bernstein. he plans on doing with his skills in an Yesluva Research Group (YRG), a club market research, finance, math, and hu- Herzfeld is the first YU student to be extinct language, Herzfeld revealed his . that was created this past summerby YC manities. He explained that research is inducted into Eta Sigma Phi in over four wish to become ambassador to the Vat DeanNormanAdlertopromotestudent not limited to science as many students years; as the only member who is a cur ican, one of the few places on Earth involvement in research. To that end, think,but ratherextends to other fields rent student, he holds all of the chapter where Latin is -stillspoken. Adler sought to create an informalatmo- as well. Qneof the purposes of YRG is to sphere in which some of ,YU'smost tal- presentadiversifi¢range·oftopics; this ented students and professors could can only be achievedif students'from a present and discuss research topics. broad rangeQf studies participate. y The November seminar featured a · AccordfugtoProfessorAnthonBeu- MAXIMIZE research paper delivered by SCW stu- kas, chairmanof theSpeech department dent Rachel Kahn, who spoke on epilep- at YC, this program serves as anexc�l sy and its treatment possibilities. Also lent learning ground to practice oral your sco re included was a workshop conducted by skills.Beukas explained that there are s many studentsat.YU thatcan produce Nobel Prize-winning professor Ronald The LSAT and the GMAT Hoffman entitled 'Ethics in Scientific brilliant papers but few can present a Research'.Adler attributedthe program's research topic in a lucid formatthat will can be totigh,but The sU<;cess to thestuctents' and professors' keepthe audienceattentive andinterest wilUngness to participate and theiren- . ed,. The student will also lea� how to Princeton Review can thusiasinfor achieving scholarly work.. quantify _lengthy and complicated . re- make them a whole lot Alder's hope is thatthe Seminar will search. material into· a t.ihderstandable create an affiliation of students and fac- and worthyaddress. easier. We've helpe9 ulty thathe claims has previously never Adler dismisses theconcerns of some · thousands of students existed, especially amidst the grades- studentswho fear theywill be unableto focused atmosphere and mentality that , · grasp some of the in-depthdi scussions. dramatically raise their pervades t,lJ·In orderto �ubstitute that that may be presented, -notingthat any . ualifie presentation should under scores. Small classes(8� 15 atmosphere with one that is more vi.,. · q d be brant and academic, theclub willmeet at stoodby both theexpert inthat field an� stud�nts), highly-trained regular intervals and has already held the layman. six seminarssince thesummer. instructors, up-to-date Many studentsand facultymembers Sy Syms,too . materials, and plenty atbothcampusesaredistressed thatonly . S�B _stµdents will also bene(itfrom certain individuals were invited to at- YR,G, as the seminarswill exposethem ofperso nalattention are the tend. Ryan Hyman (YC '97) said thathe to otherstudies such as thesciences and reasons for would have enjoyed the inany seminars humanities. Adler declared that SSSB our success. thattook place and would have attended · s�dentsmayuse their research material ifhewasp!operlyri.otified.Someprofes-: as a basis forthe thesispaper that they . Cl.ASSISAll Fll11NG UP QUICK&YI sors at the midtowncampus were equal- are req�� to write �or graduation. ly disturbed that theyhad not been noti- fiedof the programs in advance. · No name Call Nowto lnroll: Adler, however, interpreted the com- Adler is offeringstudents the oppor- THE plaintsas signalsthat there is an interest tunity to suggest•� formal name for· the PRINCETON and need for YRG. He also explained group. The student who concocts the 800•2• review that the first students invited to attend most appropriate appellation for YRG REVIEW were those who were known to be inter- will be treated to dinner fortwo with a [email protected] ested in research such as pre-med Roth distinguished YU professor of choice. 7 Kls v 5756 7 .:..:2:...;.;;,;:�/e..;;...;;..;_;;..;;;______--il 'm4e (!!nmmenbdnr--l------'p_a_g.._e_ _3 Caf Prices Not So Kirov Through Bikur C·holim . Outrageous • BY SETH GROSSMAN vices, was blinking furiously. A heart ,. AND JONATHAN ALTMARK had miraculously been located for him, BY ,ADAMN. BERKOWITZ higher, and instant coffee a full $1.50 and he was told to rush to the hospital .. AND YECHJEL SEFrJMUS more. Eyen more disheartening was A series of Bikur Cholim visits by YU immediately. A successful transplant the aggrandizingof toiletry items. All students to a patient in Columbia-Pres was performedthe very next day and to Every year ai:t aU toocommon jingle surveyedtoiletryproducts were costli byterian Hospital in desperate need of a this day the man credits his going to is �ung;.. thewhiriy refortofbudgeted er·in the caf-store, with m\llly of the ;. heart-transplant operation inspired the shul as his merit for receiving a new students,. comp,l�g about the. pric prod11ctscostingovera full dollar more elderly man's soul-saving return to Ju lease on life. es in tllecaf-s_fore. · "�ings are so ex- than in thesupe�arket. daism and, he claims, paved the way for For Solomon and the other bikur pellSive/1' voic::e a. group of students, Jacob Lieberman, the associate di;. a successful,life-saving heart transplant. Cholim Club participants, the lesson in "Ui�y,a!ere11lly t.1kil).g ·u.s for a· ride." rector of food services, commentedon Mordy Solomon,a Bikur Cholim par time management was clear: For many . . ·• B.utc1r� tht?yreallylukingup:prices? the 4erivationof prices in�e caf-store. ticipant, records thefollowing incident YU students, club hour is merely that Is, t,hefopdseriri fes m�ageinenttruly He stated that although the caf-store which transpired last year: For seven scheduling annoyance which forcesthem culpable, or is}t plain oldfas�ion grip- does· riofhave the sarne "price-check" long months, the man had simply wait to end classesforty five minuteslater than ingofYesltlva students? 1r,tsearch of poHcy that the hot food.cafeteria has (it ed inthe hospital for word of an avail they should on Thursday nights.Howev ,111 �n�-wer,we cpmpa�ed the pricesof is not even governedby a studentcoun able heartto save his life, butto no avail. er, those who use.the hour from 2:45 to the caf.:.sto.i:'e withthe prices in alocal· cil food servicescoinmittee), .they (the Each and every week, he was visited by 3:45 to bring some much needed compan supetmarket .. (Key Food)'. In order to caf-store management) sincerely try to Bikur Cholim Club . :. members of the who ionship and open ears to sick Jewish pa accurately expose potential price dis price items as inexpensively as possi never knew his name. tients reap tangible and intangible re crepancie�, we �eservedthe survey to ble. "It is very difficult to match the Although he was not a man of reli wards. For the past two years, there have ·products of exacf weight and size. prices of the supermarkets since we do gion, he apparently was impressed by also been sponsored club visits made on To our surprise, thecaf -store' s pric- not carry the purchasing power that the dedication and thoughtfulness of Friday mornings. esw-erefar more competitive thartwe:re · they do," he said, "But we do try to get the YU students who brought theirsmil This year, the Bikur Cholim Club is ffrst imagined. Prices, for the most items as cheaply as possible." Indeed, ing faces and sincere prayers to his drab headed by David Mark, Kenny Rip part, were analogous to those in the it is often very difficult for smaller hospital room each week. stein, and Daniel Hartstein. The club's supermarket. Staple items such as milk scale stores to compete with the prices After seven months, the man was presidents are given a list of the Jew Tropicana orange juice were priced in larger ones. Companies will often released from thehosp ital, knowing that ish patients by the Jewish Services Co andat only 15 and 36 cents more� Snack give bargains to supermarkets because his fate depended on immediately find ordinator of Columbia-Presbyterian Joods such as Pringles potato chips · they purchase items by the trailer load, ing a heart. The first Shabbos back home Hospital, Rabbi Mordecai Schnaid and ,H:w)t' s chocolatepudd�g were. a leaving the smaller operations at a dis he wenr to shul for the first time in many man. Depending on the amount of full 10 cents cheaper in the caf-store. tinct disadvantage. However, Lieber years in inspiration of the YUstudents patients and visitors each week, And frozenitems rt?present�dthe IIlost man pointed out thatthe caf-store will who would visit him. Whenhegothome, groups of two or three students are attractiveconsumer bargain at the caf'- often put certain items on special and he saw that his beeper, which he had sent to brighten the day of four to store,as Fnmchbread pizza was priced he urges students to take advantage of turnedoff to avoid disturbing the ser- seven patients. a fulldollar less tl'.lclllirithe supermarket thesebargains. ,' . ·. The survE!y, however, did reveal Students remain-steadfast in there sortie_ more: siruster price Jagging Oil discontent of �af-store prices. /'Things thepart_ofthe _ca��stor�i Popular items. . tend·_to be a bit expensive" said Daniel MY MOST FAVORITE DESSERT such as I NEW LOCATION at · 120 WEST 45TH STREET (Between 6th & Broadway) Serving Sensational Pastas Fish, Salads, NorthernItalian Pizzas !A' - -- . -- �- :.;:; = ·.· .·:• - :-- =�., .:").. 1 ·- .. ' ' _ · : and of course . ' � · ' · , , ·. , ·_ - ;M 'I!., ' } ,:: '-:: .,, :·..-2:··· {•'•:"2··•.:-.,·::,: ' ·. ' . , · Our Mouth-Watering Desserts Outdoor Seating, WaterfallAt rium Seating ··I.)11) YOU· Cholov Yisroel A-PPLY ? Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner DID You· RECEIVE- A RECEIPT? 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At that Raising the curtain on its 64th pro pared to sharpen their wits and pay funeral for Rebetzin Tzipporah Lifschitz time, she took with her the writings of duction, The Yeshiva College Dramat attentionto what is said and done." was held on November 21 in the Main her father, which were later published. ics Society opens its run of Charles Ma Naphtaly Abenaim, the show's Stage Beis Midrash. Lifschitz took ill over Sue Never having completely overcome the rowitz'sSherlock's Last Case thisMotzei Manager, says that the play has beena cos while visiting family in Cleveland death of one of her daughter's who died Shabbos in the Schottenstein Theater. A challenge because of its unique genre - and was hospitalized there for three during that escape, it is ironic that the modern script based upon Sir Arthur drawing-room sophistication. "Itis very weeks before succumbing to respiratory Rebbitzin died on the very same date, Conan Doyle's sacrosanct duo of l:Iolm tricky forthe actors to discover how far ailments. "assuring that it [the day] would always es and Watson, Sherlock is a sophisti the melodrama can go beforeit is dis This memorial marked the first time be remembered," noted Rabbi Waxman. cated comic mystery set in Victorian torted," he said. Beukas pointed out that a funeral for a Rebbetzin was held in yVaxman described her as "a strong London, featuring a cast of powerful that the biggest difficultyfacing the cast the Beis Midrash. That site was selected woman" with "a regal character about YCDS veterans and some formidable is the show's delicate balance "thatcan't because it was deemed "appropriate and her." He spoke of her broad range of newcomers. be changed, or the style of the produc most fitting" to bid farewell to the Reb friends, and how she related to people of Marc Spear returnsto the YCDSstage tion is wrong. It takes skill and concen betzin tn the place where she and her all ages, citing how much she cherished after a year-long hiatus to play Doyle's trationfor the actors to fulfillthe multi late husband, Rav Dovid Lifschutz had all her grandchildren, and how she world-famous sleuth. He was last seen ple goals thescript demands fromthem." davened and dedicated their lives for "adored and idolized her husband." as Felix Unger in the Dramatic Society's Above all, the production radiates over SO years. Since the passing of Rav Dovid in hilarious production of TheOdd Cou with the sheer joy of the period. One Rebbetzin Lifshitz was eulogized, 1992, Rebbetzin Lifshitz had been living ple. He is joined by the immutable Dr. feelsa great sense of fun and excitement both in English and in Yiddish, by Rabbi alone in Washington Heights on 186th Watson, powerfully portrayed by last in dealingwith such untouchable char Charlop, MYP Roshei Yeshiva Rabbi Si Street to the great protest of her family. year's Best Actor, Allan Schwartz. The acters. Theshow's power lies in its rev mon Romm, Rabbi Ahron Soloveitchik However, she had numerous friends two are backed up by a supporting cast elation that they are, in fact, very hu and Rabbi MeirGoldwicht. Rabbi Chaim within the community and refused to including newcomers Yossi Lewis, Aha man. It is a story of reversal in which Stein, the Rebbeitzin's mechutan, Rav leave. As a lifelong friend of the Yeshiva, ron Rabinowitz, Pinchas Cohen and vet �elationships are twisted, plots are in Chaim Waxman (her son-in-law), as well Rebbetzin Lifshitz was remembered by eran actor and perennial audience fa verted, villains become heroes, heroes as her grandson, Shlomo Avraham Stein many as an "Aishes Chaver." She was vorite AJ Sender as the butler, Mr. Hud become villains, and a knowledge of the were also present. Each spoke of her buried on Har HaMenuchot next to. })er son. history of Doyle's famous characters is commitment to Torah, the yeshiva, and husband. YCDS is guided again this season by invaluable. Dr. Anthony Beukas, the group's Artis The show runs every night, except tic Director for the 31 years. since its Sunday, from December 9 - 14 at 9:00, inception. Beukas feels that the key to with a Sunday Matinee at 3:00. Tickets understanding -the show is that every are available from a number of students Errqr!lt:lllfJrllAl!! '';f thing on-stage is a due, from the lines on both campuses.· · iiffiere isaf . eailllm.01.uWofnustlkesin the"\. lf2�� 'i, ;S., •·.·:\Lll�t;¥ir/fil��� . , · Y�u.· Undergraduate Student Councils proudly present the 1995 CHANUKAHCONC ERT, featiiring AVRAHAM FRIED YISROEL WILL/GER & AISH ORCHESTRA Guest Appearance: BEAT'ACHON Thursday Night, December 21, 28 Kislev at 7:45 PM LAMPORTAUD ITORIUM on Main Campus· rchestra $25 Main Auditorium $20 Balcony $18 Box Office Manager, Jay Koffs ky (212) 927-3341 Mo 510 Facultyand Alumni! .Yo u cari reserve your tickets by telephone . Check out· the new· Commentator and pick them up at the Box Offi ce on the night of the Concert! World-Wide-Web Site: http://s hamash.nysernet.or.g/naolc/ * Separate Seating AvailableUpon Request * commie/ 12 Klslev 5756 a e 15 I m4e Intramurals Complete Seven We eks of Play YU Macs at home against Bard College BY JONATHAN NEISS The Knicks continued rolling win ning their fourth in a row. Knicks center A Dismal 3�4 Start for the Macs Intramurals took a giant step for Daniel Lowe, who at times seemed un BY STEVEN ZoMBEK Over the holiday weekend, the Macs ward with the addition of new colored stopable,dominated with20points. Oth tookpart inthe Molloy ThanksgivingBas- jerseys for all participants. Many thanks er key contributors for the Knicks we_re After much anticipation, the Yeshiva ketball Tournament TheMacs, who took exrended to althetic director Steve Daniel Blank and Joel Kornbluth who Macabees kicked off their 1995-96 sea- on Molloy College in the opening round, Young, Stan "the man" Watson and totalled 17points. Sam Wald's 14points son. On November 19, the "new look" played poorlyin thefirst halfcollecting just Adam Melzer for the bright addition to paced the scoring for the winless Rap Macs opened their season with a 77-54 sevendefensive rebounds while giving up the intramural league. tors, who also suffered a major blow rout of Emerson-College before a rau- eleven offensive boards. As a result, the when Donnie Appel was forced to leave cous crowd of400 people. TheMacs got Macswen t to thelocker roomdown38s-30a.t WEEK # 5 the game early due to an injury. off to a quick start with the hot shooting thehalf. TheMacs finally got thingsgoing in WARRIORS 57 GRIZZLIES 50 of sophomore phenom, Alon '�oak" thesecondhalf, holding host Molloy score After two straight losses, the War- CELTICS 42 CROATIA 32 Zaibert, who led the Macs with 20 points. less forthe first six minutes duringan 8-0 riors led by the performances of Josh This game was a blowout from the The first half was a see-saw battle with run. With.3:35. left in th�game Molloy took the Macs clinging to a 33-28 half-:time a58-56lead.AnAlanl..evy putbackandtwo Hasten, Wild and Foreman, who com start, as the Celtics crushed Croatia. . . ' bined for 36 points, outplayed the strug Davidson's Celtics were led by Ari Cut lead. . 'freethrows Aloriby Zaibert put theMacs gling Grizzlies. Warriors captain David ler, Marc Rosenbaum and Ari Rockoff Seniorguard BarryAranoff led the sec- · ahead forgood. The Macs escaped witha Katzoff who also added 7 points classi who combined for 29 points. The all and half surge with his intense defensive 61-59 winto advance_ to thechampionship fied the win as "an all- around team Syrian team got strong performances play. Pkkingupwhereheleftofflastseason, game. CaptainAlan Levy led the waywith effort". Seth Po loner had a game high 20 from Dweck (15 points) and David Aranofffinished with 9 steals,15 points,and 20 points. points forthe Grizzlies. Waknin (14 points) in the losing effort. Sassists. TheMacs weresparked with great This�t the stagefor the championship benchplay,ledbyjuniorStevenKupfennan game of thetournament where the Macs SIXERS 47 N.J. TURNPIKES 41 WEEK #7 andsophomoresensationBrianWein. Wein tookon a strongDominican College team. Friedman's Sixers continued their N.J. TURNPIKES 53 CELTICS 46 and hisup-tempo styleof play, ignitedthe Dominicanjumped out to a27-17 half-time unbeaten streak and improved to 4-0 in Big performances by Turnpike guard crowd witha coupleof niftyreverselay-ups lead. Inthe seccmd half, Dominicanexploit a big win against Melzer's Turnpikes. Steve Mandel, who had 17 pointsincluding and a dunkattempt on whichhe was fouled ed.their size advantage down in theblocks, Doug Rothchild (16 points), Michael four buckets from 3 point range, and 15 (We in will throw one downthis seaso n).- en routeto a 6946thrashing of theMacs. Feder (14 points) cotinued their strong points from centerJeremy Fox helped the Inthe second game of the season, the The Macs brought their 2-2 _record to · play, while Jake Goldberg contributed Turnpikes achieve their third win of the Macs took on an extremely quick and CityCollegelastTuesdaynightandputon 10 points off the bench. Maryles and M. season. Thisspoiled the effortsof Celtics Ari talented John Jay team. Un.fortunately, ahorrendousperfonnance. Afterleadingat Goldberg led the scoring for the Turn Rockoffand AriCutler,whoscored 13 apiece. the outcome of thegame didn't quite go half-time 26-22, theMacs could not put it pikes in a losing effort. Theloss put an end to the Celtics previous Yeshiva's way. After leadingby seven togetherin thesecondhalflosing their lead four game winningstreak points withfive minutes to play,John Jay and eventuallythe gamebyascoreof52-49. KNICKS 41 CROATIA 32 took control of thegame with their pres- . BrianWein led theway with16 points. Another game highlighted by some CLIPPERS 42 SIXERS 40 sure defense and outside shooting. The The Macs played host to a weak Bard questionable calls, was salvaged by the Marked as the matchup of the week, Macs, unable to buy a basket down the CollegeteamlastThursdaynight.Bard was Knie ks, who improved their record to 3- the battle of the two 4-1 teams, certainly stretch, committed a couple of crucial ilo rnatch for the Macs wholedathalf�time 1. Tenacious defense and a season high lived up to its expectations. Clippers turnovers during crunch time, resulting 32-9. Jake Rosenbergwas perfectfrom the 27 points by Eitan Butler enabled the guard Brad Nussbaum drained two free in a 69-65 loss. continued on page 15 Knicks to overcome an early defecit for throws as time expired for a CHppers the win. The all Syrian team was led by victory. Clippers captain Seth Gross Dweck who scored 15. man had 11 points and Yechiel Engle , l�e