2OO5 October 5766

InsideThis IssueFrom the Chairman 2Kibbitzing 3

GolfTournament 4

Student Financial Aid .... 5Coach Baron 6Out and About ... . .7

The Un-caped CrusaderCapturing Momentswith a Single Snap

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Touro Roasts Nate Luryby Barry Jay Schiff

Our first lodge meeting held on September21, 2005 featured a Roast of Touro's"Man of the House," Nate Lury. Fol-lowing the initiation of four newbrothers and a feast from Bob Miller'ssizzling grill, the night's festivitieskicked off.

Chairman Miller served as RoastMaster, delivering the goods on Natewith his usual witty flair. BrothersGilstein, Hodosh, Lamchick, Poulten,Rosen, Smith and myselfadded our own two centsworth. Nate's affinity for any-thing and everything "blue",his colorful descriptions ofTouro food offerings, his be-loved Horseradish growing infront of Touro and his volu-minous House committee re-ports were but a few of thehighlights of how much Nate hasbecome part of the fabric of every-day Touro life and the engine thatkeeps our House in good order.

After receiving gifts for hismany years of service, Nate cappedoff the night by thanking all ourmembers, followed by a standingovation. I lifH

Nate receives special gift from Chairman andRoast Master Bob Miller.

Nate takes the "Heat"and loves it!

From the Chairmanby Robert Miller

My Brothers;It sure has been a busy time here at Touro. Summer is officiallyover and the holidays will be going on by the time you readthis.

We had a great family outing at the Masonic Park inWarwick. A great time was had at the PAWSOX game. The golf tournament was agreat success. The annual dinner dance at the Venus again drew a crowd of 300 plus.The steak-fry filled our hall as usual. We had a Shofar Factory and a successful roasthonoring Nate Lury.

All this goes on in addition to the other eight months of the year when our socialcommittee plans events for our monthly meetings, twofers and any other event thatwe have during the year.

Ever wonder who does all the work behind the scenes? Who does all the plan-ning? Who puts the flyers together? Who cooks the meals? Who washes the dishes?Who cleans the garbage? For the most part it is your brothers volunteering their timeto ensure that you and your guest are always going to have a great time at a Touroevent.

Over the years we have been blessed with different levels of volunteer activity.Sometimes we have too many and they say "I came and there was nothing for me todo." Other times we can't get enough. Sometimes volunteers' personalities clash andthat doesn't work either.

Lately we have struggled to get all the help we need at times. Sure, we hire help towork in the kitchen on nights when we serve meals; however, we can always use morehelp.

Touro is a fraternal association that from its inception has been built, maintainedand grown by volunteers. Volunteers are the lifeblood of Touro. My brothers, whynot try it today.

On behalf of myself and my family, as well as the officers and board members, Iwish you and your families a happy and healthy New Year.Fraternally,Bob Miller

Mazel, Mitzvahs& Milestones

To...Brother Michael andMarilyn Smith

on their37th Anniversary,

September 1, 2005.

To...Brother Jerry andJoan Tebrow on their

37th Anniversary,September 1,2005.

D^n\.We deeply mourn the loss of

two of our beloved brothers whorecently passed away:

Brother Peter Traugott joined Touro in1965. He passed away on June 19, 2005.He served as a member of the Board of

Directors from 1978-2000.

Brother Joel Pressman joined Touro in1955. He passed away on June 20, 2005.He served as a member of the Board of

Directors from 1997-2005.

We remember them in the spirit ofHarmony, Friendship and Benevolence.

Social.Scene

By Steven White=^=S>7

"^ "^ ~T~ 71th the summer heat behind us,\ \ / Touro is ready to start up inVV full force.In July, Touro's annual golf tournament

was in full swing. Another rousing success.Also in July was Touro's family picnic atButtonwoods, with lots of fun and games.

August's annual Touro night with thePawsox was a great time under the red tentwith plenty of hot dogs, burgers and an-other exciting PawSox game.

September began with our first Shofarfactory. On September 21st we roastedBrother Nate Lury along with hamburgersand hot dogs to the delight of all who at-tended.

Dave Jageler, the play-by-play an-nouncer of the Pawsox, was the guestspeaker at our October 23rd FriendshipLodge brunch.

Here are some events to look forward to:

November 12th two-fer at the Quonset OClub featuring Johnny T.

November 13th Touro night at PPAC-TheLion King.

November 16th Harmony Lodge withguest speaker brother Steven Feinberg ofthe RI Film Commission.

November 20th Touro goes to Foxwoods

December 18th Chanukah Party withRevlak the Magician.

December 21st Friendship Lodge withguest speaker John Hazen White, Jr.

December 25th Chinese Dinner and amovie.

Don't forget 1st Wednesday night of themonth is the Social Committee meeting.Everyone is welcome. Turn to our websitefor up-to-date information.

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Touro fs Un-caped Crusader

I t takes many helping hands to keep anorganization like Touro runningO Dsmoothly. Gladly, we are not at a lossfor active participants. Some enjoy the higherprofile positions as officers or board mem-bers. Others choose to serve on committees,such as the house or social committees.

Then, there is Richard Levenson. LikeBatman, he operates behind the scenes, pre-ferring to stay out of the spotlight. If workneeds to be done, Rich swoops in and doesit. He just doesn't need the accolades. Infact, true to his nature, his first instinct wasto eschew the honor of being profiled in theTourogram.

Rich initially chose to serve Touro as sec-retary of Friendship Lodge. Ultimately,though, a less formal arrangement suited himbetter. He is now more apt to fill in wherehis talents lie. For instance, many of the pho-tos you see in the Tourogram or on the Tourowebsite are Rich's. And many Touro mem-bers enjoyed his culinary stylings at the re-cent Touro Family Picnic.

Three things motivate Rich. First andforemost, is his family. He married Janetwenty-one years ago. When asked about hishobbies, he invariably lists, with a sparkle in

by Jed R. Brandes

Richard Levenson

his eye, their nine-year-old son, Zachary.Rich also considers his responsibility to thecommunity as a high priority. He serves asMembership Vice President at Temple AmDavid.

After two years at URI studying Man-agement Information Systems, he left to jointhe family business, Rhode Island Safety Sys-tems. Thus beean his love of all things tech-O Dnology, the second motivation. Through theyears, Rich honed his craft, running the fam-

ily business, managing for Radio Shack, andworking as an electronic technician for Be-havior Research Institute (Watch Out! Heknows his way around electric shock therapyequipment!). For the last fourteen years, hehas been the face of Contemporary Tele-phone Group, working as the senior techni-cian and operations manager. He installs andservices business communications systems.

However, he gets the most satisfactionout of the relationships he develops with hisclients as a trusted advisor. Herein lies thethird motivation. At the end of the day, hejust wants to be able to look in the mirrorand see the reflection of a man who has donethe best job he could for those around him.Whether it's teaching Zachary importantvalues and life skills, helping to clean TouroHall at the end of a meeting or getting peopleinvolved at the temple, he wants to be therewhen needed.

Like Batman, Rich is a man on the go,and carries the tools of his trade on his trustedutility belt. He takes a lot of ribbing for it,but it's all in good fun, because we all knowthat we don't need to shine a light in the skyto enlist his aid.

Kibitzing with the PresidentBy Edward Deluty, President, Friendship Lodge

A s I sit here at home, with all of my creature comforts, I have to remind myself that there are manyL\ people throughout the world that have so little. Hurricane Katrina has hit a whole region of our

JL JLown country hard and many people are left with nothing but the clothes they wear.I also want to remind you that we have a large number of our servicemen and women serving in the

armed forces both at home and abroad. I personally know of one in particular who is also a Touromember. He is a fairly new member and he has reached out to Touro by asking me to let you know thathe will be in Iraq for the next eighteen months. His name is Jeff Horovitz. He has a wife and two youngboys, ages 5 and 7.1 had the pleasure of seeing Jeff and most of his family a number of times this summer.My own son and Jeff's boys have played together at camp and here at home. I can't help but think of allthe things Jeff will miss by not being here with them.

The reason I bring this up is this. If you know of a Touro member or someone related to one, who isserving overseas, please don't forget him or her. Try to maintain some contact with them. A letter fromhome or e-mail goes a long way to ease the burden of being away from home and family. Please don'tforget, their family left behind may also need some help dealing with problems at home. Reach out andoffer a helping hand.

If you know Jeff, his e-mail is jeff.horovitz@us.army.mil. Please drop him a line and wish him a safeand healthy new year, and if you know of anyone else, please let me know and I will try to get their namesand email address in the next Tourogram.

To all of you, a safe, happy, and healthy New Year.

Touro's Golf Outing a"Wind, Win" for All

By Jed. Brandes

On July 25th, Touro held its annualgolf tournament at the QuonsetGolf Course in North Kingstown.Seventy Touro members and their guests tookpart in a great day of golf and camaraderie.Teams used the very forgiving best ball for-mat, ensuring few, if any, embarrassingly highscores. This was particularly fortuitous sincea high wind conspired to create a fair num-ber of errant shots! Or was that just poor tech-nique?

The Golf Committee, in its continuingeffort to keep the tournament fresh, intro-duced a continental breakfast to the festivi-ties. Following golf, the group was treated toan excellent steak fry with all the fixings. Afterall, what is a Touro event without plenty offood, and after a "hard fought" round, therewere plenty of appreciative mouths to feed.Immediately following, a raffle was held andawards were presented in the following cat-egories:

Top Touro Team with a score of 69:Sanford Shaw, Howard Shaw,Steve Shaw and Abe Strasnick

Second place Touro Teamwith a score of 74:

Bruce Weisman, Norman Goodman,Edward Deluty and Paul Botvin

Top Non-Touro Team with a score of 63:Howard Poulten, Bob Taylor,

Joe Marques and Wayne LimaSecond place Non-Touro Team

with a score of 63:Allen Wong, Dave Mealy,

Barry Miller and Steve JodotClosest to pin: Touro

Howard ShawClosest to pin: Non-Touro

Bob TaylorLongest Drive: Touro

Joe GoodmanLongest Drive: Non-Touro

Allen Wong

Congratulations to all!

View of thefirst tee at

NorthKingstown

TopTouro Team

with ascore of 69

Second PlaceTouro Team

with ascore of 74

TopNon-Touro

Teamwith a

score of 63

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Touro Announces Student FinancialAid Winners for 2005

A first year college student and a finalAA year college student are the recipients

JL JLof the 2005 Touro Fraternal Associa-tion Scholarship Grants.

Randy D. Fixman of Stoneham, Mass.,who is entering his freshman year at Con-necticut College, and liana Guttin, a seniorthis fall at Northeastern University, were se-lected by the Association's Student FinancialAid Committee to receive S3,000 scholar-ships. They were chosen from a large pool ofapplicants all of whom were "extremely wellqualified," according to Alan Lury,chairman of the Committee. Nineothers received $2,500 interest-freestudent loans. As has been theAssociation's practice since the in-ception of the student loan pro-gram, the committee did not releasetheir names.

Fixman, whose father and grand-father are Touro members, is a. pre-law student. At Stoneham (Mass.)High School he was an outstandingmember of the school's cross coun-try, indoor and outdoor track teamsand served as co-captain. He also

By Art Poulten

llano. Guttin Randy Fixman

Silver Anniversary for Student LoansBy Art Poulten

The Leo Greenberg Memorial Student Loan Programmarks its silver anniversary this year.This is the 25th con-secutive year in which Touro has made interest-free stu-dent loans available to children of its members. The pro-gram began in 1981 when 15 interest-free loans total-ing $4,750 were approved. For 2005, nine students re-ceived loans totaling $22,000.

Over the years, 72 children of Touro members havebenefited from interested-free student loans totalingmore than $188,000 and there have been no defaults.

gained honors as a Middlesex League All Star.At the same time he was ranked 14th in hisclass of more than 200 students and was amember of the National Honor Society.Outside of school he maintained a part timejob and was a summer camp counselor.

Ms. Guttin, a Cranston resident, has adouble major: theater and English with a goalof a career in teaching. She has been an ori-entation leader at Northeastern, a "studyabroad student", and involved with a num-ber of major theater productions at North-

eastern. She also has been a campcounselor and a substitute religiousschool teacher. This summer shewas a Camp Jori Spielberg Fellowresponsible for improving and help-ing organize the camp's theater pro-gram. Her philosophy is that "theworld of theater has more than justentertainment value" and her goalis to help prove it.

This year's scholarship grantsand loans each were $500 morethan last year, to reflect the increasesin college costs.

Touro Continues aTradition of Saving Lives

By Andy Lamchick

""\"\7~ 7"hn tne Community Involvement Committee convened\ X / this year, we talked about some of the more important

V V projects we've taken on over the past few years. One thatstood out to all in attendance was our donation in the community ofour defibrillators.

It all started with a Touro member approaching the committeeto request a defibrillator for a local Senior Center. After some dis-cussion, the committee decided that it would be a Mitzvah to donatedefibrillators to other communities that are in need. In the end, theBoard of Directors approved an allocation of up to $15,000 to fur-nish eight communities, and our very own Touro Hall, with the lat-est in defibrillator technology, along with a training session for each.

Look in your local publication in the near future for a summaryof our gifts to the community. This shows what great things cancome out of one person's idea, so don't be shy! Bring your great ideato the Community Involvement Committee. You too could be re-sponsible for lives saved.

Come BlowYour Horn

By Andy Lamchick

Chabad came to Touro Hall on Sunday, September18th with its Shofar Factory. The event was a greatdeal of fun for all who attended. Rabbi Laufer wasvery gracious, and entertaining for the kids. He gave theattendees some background about the significance of theShofar in Jewish tradition, and each child got the chanceto make his or her very own working Shofar.

Before the event kicked off, there was an introductionto Touro Fraternal, and what we do in and for the com-munity. This combined effort of Chabad and Touro Fra-ternal Association offered our members, and the commu-nity, a new event at Touro Hall. sjJJ

Coach BaronUpdates Us

on URI B-BallBy Lester Nathan

(l-r) Steve McDonald and Coach Jim Baron

University of Rhode Island Basketball Coach Jim Baron gaveTouro members an update on Division I college basketball, with particular emphasis on URI's program, atTouro'sannual Steak Fry June 22nd.

The evening began with the lodge meeting, run by the Friend-ship officers and featuring the initiation of seven new members.The steak dinner, cooked by Chef Miller and his crew, was excel-lent as usual. We were then treated to the humor of radio sports-caster, Steve McDonald. After completing his set, he introducedCoach Baron.

Jim started with a trivia contest, awarding URI tee shirts tomembers who could answer questions on URI basketball. Next, heentertained us with jokes and funny stories. Getting down to bas-ketball, he discussed new player recruitment and the upcoming homeschedule at the Ryan Center. While last year's team had six gradu-ates, Coach Baron stated that he has found four new replacementsand said, "(we're) gonna be very competitive."

The Coach then took questions from the audience. He ex-plained the temptation of tak-ing money from a professionalteam and leaving before gradu-ation. This disrupts any long-term building plans for most col-lege coaches.

Finally, he was critical of cur-rent American players who playselfishly, similar to what weheard from Ernie Degregorio.Jim was complimentary to for-eign players, who appreciatethings more than Americanplayers. F^

Coach Baron withhis newest recruit

Camp JORIDedicates Visitors Center

toTouro Fraternal

AssociationBy Edward Deluty

On July 29th, the visitor center at CampJori was dedicated to Touro FraternalAssociation. Touro underwrote the costto refurbish the building that houses the centerat the main entrance to the camp. About 10 ofour Touro brothers attended dinner and Shabbatservices with all of the campers. Following ser-vices, we proceeded to the visitor center where,after a few short speeches, a lovely sign was un-covered dedicating the center to Touro.

Membership Has ItsPrivileges

By Dr. Aaron Sherman, Membership Chairmanj r

There are so many reasons why one might become amem-ber of Touro Fraternal Association. From student loans and grants to mortuary benefits and cem-etery gravesites, Touro has us covered. From filling ourWednesday evenings with brotherhood and entertainment(and our bellies with abundant food) to dinner dances andfamily picnics, Touro adds to our social calendars a variety ofhighly anticipated events. But whether we are at Touro Hallfor a monthly meeting, enjoying a show among our brothersand their families at PPAC, or dancing the night away at theVenus, Touro has one privilege that surpasses them all: friend-ship.

Touro friendship is the special bond that keeps our orga-nization growing and thriving. Whether socializing or con-ducting business, we frequently turn first to our Touro broth-ers. When we add our friends and family to Touro, we notonly help them, but we assure that the friendship and cama-raderie that we share will continue for generations to come.

Touro continues to thrive because of the qualified mem-bers that you, our current brothers, bring in. We continue toreward those who help us add regular members with threeTouro issued $5 bagel bucks. But mostly, we reward you, thenew members, and our entire brotherhood with friendship.

Touro Welcomes New Members

\ On June 22 Touro welcomed seven new brothers: (l-r) Rick Nelson,Barry Kaplan, Stephen Kabalkin, Irving Smith, Steven Howitt,Phillip Sherman and Michael Field

On September 21, 2005 Touro welcomed 4 new brothers: (l-r)Richard Coren, Guy Bermel, Stephen Grubman-Black,and Harry Mancoll

Picnic, PawSoxand the Venus

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October 2005

Editor:Columnists:

HARMONY FRIENDSHIP BENEVOLENCE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005-2006

Robert Miller, ChairmanAndrew Lamchick, Vice ChairmanGerald D. Hodosh, TreasurerGerald Tebrow, SecretaryJudah Rosen, ChaplainArthur Poulten, Chairman EmeritusMilton BronsteinMorton CokenJeffrey DavisSteven DinermanAndrew GilsteinStevan LabushRodney LockeAlan LuryNathan LuryLester NathanBarry ShawDr. Aaron ShermanStewart SolupMichael SmithBruce WeismanIrving Wolpert

Bruce WeismanJed BrandesEdward DelutyAndrew LamchickRichard LevensonLester NathanArthur PoulrenBarry SchiffGerald Tebrow

Touro Fraternal Association45 Rolfe Square, P.O. Box 3562,Cranston, RI 02910Phone: 401-785-0066Fax: 401-941-8781E-Mail: tourofrarl@aol.comWebsite: www.tourofraternal.org

HARMONY LODGEBarry Schiff, PresidentSteven White, Vice PresidentSteven Waldman, SecreraryPeter Hodosh, Treasurer

FRIENDSHIP LODGEEdward Deluty, PresidentJed Brandes, Vice PresidentAdam Halpern, SecretarySteven Shaw, Treasurer

Mark your calendarsfor Touro's Annual

Family Hanukkah PartySunday

December 18, 20051:00 pm

Join us for Latkes, Pizza Strips, Hot Dogs, Dessert

Featuring

REVLAKthe

Magician

Open to members,their wives, childrenand ran**""*- ildren

Gifts for children12 years of age

and under

Watch for details on Touro's websiteand bv mail.