THEY SHALL BUILD ME A SANCTUARY AND I SHALL DWELL …€¦ · FALL PREVIEW 5777 / 2016 HIGH HOLIDAY...

EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER BULLETIN: VOLUME XCIII / ISSUE I: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2016: ELUL 5776-TISHRI 5777

BULLETIN

East Midwood Jewish Center THEY SHALL BUILD ME A SANCTUARY AND

I SHALL DWELL AMONG THEM

September-October 2016

Elul 5776-Tishri 5777

VOLUME XCIII / ISSUE 1

FALL PREVIEW

5777 / 2016 HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES

Best wishes to you and your family for L’Shanah Tovah U’metukah:

A happy, healthy and sweet 5777!

We look forward to greeting you at our beloved Shule during Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur. Our services will be conducted as usual by Rabbi Matt Carl,

Cantor Sam Levine and Assistant Cantor Aryeh Nussbaum-Cohen

in our beautiful Sanctuary.

More details are inside on pages 4-5!


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SERVICES AT EMJC

MORNING SERVICES

Sundays & Legal Holidays: 8:00 AM

Mondays – Fridays: 7:30 AM

Saturdays: 7:30 AM & 9:00AM

EVENING SERVICES

Sundays – Thursdays: 7:30 PM

Fridays & Saturdays: 6:30 PM

CANDLELIGHTING

SEPTEMBER 2016 / 5776 OCTOBER 2016 / 5777

16 Friday: 6:43 PM 7 Friday: 6:08 PM



28 Friday: 5:38 PM

CALENDAR For more info see emjc.org or call 718-338-3800 High Holidays in October: Rosh Hashanah: Sunday 10/2-Tuesday 10/4 Yom Kippur: Tuesday 10/11-Wednesday 10/12 Sukkot: Sunday 10/16-Tuesday 10/18 Simchat Torah: Monday 10/24-Tuesday 10/25 Service Times & Other Details on Pages 4-5 Annual NYPD Shomrim Society Shabbat & Dinner: Fri. 9/16: 6:30-10pm (Details on page 12) Teen Night: Sat. 9/17: 8-10pm (Details on page 13) Club Ricky Pen Presents Italian Night: Sat. 9/17: 8pm (Details on page 14) Interfaith Committee Planning Meeting: Thurs. 9/22: 7:30pm at Our Lady of Refuge Church (Details on page 14) Selichot Service: Sat. 9/24: 7pm Evening Service, 8pm Havdalah, 9pm Program Barrier Free Service, followed by Lunch, Sisterhood Challah Making Workshop and Day of Learning: Sunday 9/25: 11am Service, 12:15pm Learners Light Lunch, 12:45pm Challah Making, 1:45pm Adult Learning Circles (Details on pages 16-17) Shabbat in the Round: Fri. 9/30: 6pm Service followed by Dinner (Details on page 18) Music at the Center: Sat.10/1: 8-11pm (Details on page 19) Shabbat-a-BimBom: Fri. 10/7: 6:30-9:30pm (Details on page 20) Shabbat Katan: Sat. 10/8: 11:15am-12:15pm Annual Columbus Day Interfaith Trip: Mon. 10/10 (Details on page 14) Open House New York: Sun. 10/16: 2-6pm

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 3: A Special Kol Nidre Message from

EMJC President Toby Sanchez

Page 4: High Holiday Ticket Order Form

Page 5: High Holiday Season Schedule:

A New Year At EMJC

(Details on events 9/24-10/25)

Page 6: Thoughts From Rabbi Matt Carl

and Biography

Page 7: More Biographies Of Our Clergy

Page 8: Greetings from East Midwood Hebrew

Day School

Page 9: Elie Wiesel (1929-2016)

By Rabbi Alvin Kass

Pages 10-11: You Can Help! Share the Care /

Lots of Helping Hands

Pages 12-21: Details on Upcoming Events

Page 22: Mazal Tov

Page 23: Birthdays and Anniversaries

Page 24: We Mourn The Loss

Pages 24-25: Remembering Milton (Mickey)

Krasne

Pages 26-29: Contributions: Thank You!

Page 30: Welcome New Members!

Page 31: Staff List and Other Announcements


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A SPECIAL KOL N IDRE MESSAGE

FROM EMJC PRESIDENT TOBY SANCHEZ

Dear Friends,

The Fall season at East Midwood is, as usual, devoted to preparing ourselves and our building

for the intense period of the High Holidays and Sukkot, with their numerous special prayers and

music. At the same time our doors are open every day of the week to members and

non-members for our many educational and recreational activities: study of the Torah and

Mishnah with the Rabbi and the Cantor, Hebrew language and Jewish education for children and

adults, concerts, yoga, karate, swimming, basketball, rhythmic gymnastics, interfaith events, etc.

As you will read on pages 10-11, we are expanding our Bikur Cholim, (care of the sick) to

recruit more volunteers to help more people. And we are trying to make the building more

accessible for everyone, including the 100 seniors who make 1625 Ocean Avenue their home

away from home from Monday to Friday, and the hundreds each week who attend our twice

daily minyanim and our beautiful Shabbat and other services.

Our membership and programs are growing, but our beautiful building is aging, so please help us

to keep things in good shape by contributing to our Kol Nidre Appeal. I am sure you understand

that our large group of willing volunteers cannot do everything. Most of the work must be done

by our paid staff (clergy, educators, maintenance people and office staff assistants). Light, heat

and air conditioning cost $9,000 per month, every month of the year. We must carry a large

amount of insurance to protect us in case of accidents and false claims, and we must employ

plumbers, electricians, exterminators and other specialists to keep the building clean and safe.

When we were children, we thought everything was free, but now as adults, we know better.

Everything costs money and the cheapest is not always the best.

So, please order your High Holiday tickets if you haven’t already done so, and make your

Kol Nidre donation as generous as you can. Donations may be paid with a credit card or may be

spread out throughout the entire year. You may submit the form on the next page, or call our

office at 718-338-3800.

Thank you very much for your devotion to the East Midwood Jewish Center, still the leading

Conservative Egalitarian synagogue in Brooklyn.

All of us at EMJC wish you and your family a happy, healthy, safe and enjoyable 5777.

Toby Sanchez

President


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2016 HIGH HOLIDAY TICKET ORDER FORM

Name………………………………………………….. Address……………………………..

Telephone………………………………………………Email………………………………..

1. For EMJC Members: I wish to purchase ……….tickets for EMJC’s High Holy Day Services

@$125 each. Same seats as last year? Yes? No? Total Amount: ………

For Non-Members: I wish to purchase ……….tickets for EMJC’s High Holy Day Services

@$175 each. Same seats as last year? Yes? No? Total Amount: ………

2. I wish to receive……. free tickets to EMJC’s Family Services as follows:

……tickets for children ages 0-6; ………tickets for children 7-12

……tickets for ……….high school & college ages youth.

3. I wish to donate $........................in support of EMJC’s Children’s Programming

4. I wish to reserve ………..hearing receiver(s) with headphone(s) at no additional charge.

5. I wish to support the growth of the East Midwood Jewish Center with my Kol Nidre Appeal donation

of $........................

Total Order: ………………………………………….Amount Donated ………………….

I enclose my check for $................................OR

Please charge my credit card (Discover, Master Card, Visa – circle one)

Number……………………………………………… Expiration Date…………………

Security Code…………

Tickets may be purchased in person in EMJC’s Office on Tuesday and Thursday evenings,

from 6:30 to 7:30 pm on September 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 and 29, and on Thursday evening October 6.


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9/24 Saturday Evening service at 7:00 pm, followed by a special program Selichot service led by Cantor Levine and the EMJC choir at 9:00 pm.

and after EMJC…Join us in Park Slope for a special Selichot Across Brooklyn!

9/25 Sunday Jewish New Year Barrier-Free Learning Service at 11:00 am, followed by 12:15pm Learners Light Lunch, 12:45pm Challah Making, 1:45pm Adult Learning Circles (Details on page 15)

10/2 Sunday Erev Rosh Hashanah service begins at 6:45 pm.

10/3 Monday Rosh Hashanah / day one ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 8:00 am. ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:00 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Rosh Hashanah Katan (ages 0-6) service begins at 11:00 am.

Evening service at 6:30 pm.

10/4 Tuesday Rosh Hashanah / day two ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 8:00 am. ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:00 am. ▪ Rosh Hashanah Katan (ages 0-6) service begins at 11:00 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am.

Evening service at 6:30 pm.

10/11 Tuesday Erev Yom Kippur Mincha service at 2:00 pm. Kol Nidre service begins at 6:15 pm.

10/12 Wednesday Yom Kippur ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 9:00 am. ▪ Russian-language service begins at 9:30 am. (includes Torah reading and Yizkor). ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Mincha service at 4:45 pm. ▪ Neilah service at 6:00 pm. ▪ Russian-language Neilah service at 5:30 pm.

Break the Fast immediately following Maariv Services (Reserve your spot by September 28.)

10/16 Sunday All welcome to decorate the courtyard sukkah at 10:30 am. Erev Sukkot service at 6:30 pm.

10/17 Monday Early Sukkot day one service at 7:30 am; main service at 9:00 am. Mincha/Maariv service at 6:30 pm.

10/18 Tuesday Early Sukkot day two service at 7:30 am; main service at 9:00 am. Mincha/Maariv service at 6:30 pm. Sukkot Workshop for Bereaved Jews

10/21 Friday Friday evening service at 6:30 pm.

10/22 Saturday Mincha/Maariv service at 6:15 pm. followed by Havdalah Party in the Sukkah.

10/23 Sunday Hoshana Rabbah service begins at 7:15 am.

10/23 Sunday Erev Shemini Atzeret service begins at Mincha/Maariv service at 6:15 pm.

10/24 Monday Early Shemini Atzeret service (with Yizkor) at 7:15 am; main service (with Yizkor) at 9:00 am.

10/24 Monday Mincha service followed by Simchat Torah program, “Unrolling the Scroll” at 5:45 pm. Erev Simchat Torah service, including Hakafot, begins at 6:45 pm.

10/25 Tuesday Early Simchat Torah service begins at 7:30 am, main service at 9:00 am.

Purchase tickets for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Sanctuary services through the mail or in the main office.

Members: $125 ▪ Non-Members: $175 ▪ See Order Form on page 4

For services in Russian, tickets are not necessary.

Headphone listening devices for Sanctuary services require advance rental reservations

Children’s programming is free; obtain tickets from the main office. For questions, contact [email protected]

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EMJC.ORG


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THOUGHTS FROM RABBI MATT CARL

Parshat Re’eh offers one of the most interesting mitzvot in the Torah, that of

Ir HaNidahat, the city that ‘has gone astray’, i.e. begun to worship idols. The

details are basically “if you hear of a city that has gone astray, blah blah, kill

them all”, so, y’know, no biggie.

Obviously I’m joking. The mitzvah is amazing, actually, but that’s a topic for

another time. The context of the rule is among a group of rules relating to

possible idol worship that should be investigated. In his comment on this particular mitzvah

among the group of mitzvot, however, Rashi notes that it is questionable when one should

investigate even on this matter, where the investigation is made explicit, let alone, whether an

investigation is needed in the other cases. The assertion seems to be that we don’t go around

investigating people’s behavior unless and until we have a very good reason to.

It is fortunate that we always read this part of the Torah near Rosh Hodesh Elul and this year on

Rosh Hodesh itself. Hopefully the reminder will still be clear: in building a relationship with

God, in opposing immorality and evil, and in relating to each other, it is self-investigation that

is most necessary. To be sure, we’ll hear about things and we’ll need to make sure the right

people check them out. But we must start, this season and hopefully always, with an eye

inward. When we investigate the other person, as mentioned in the parsha, when we spend our

time looking at the behaviors of the other city, the other shul, the other country, we deny

ourselves and the world our greatest opportunity, that of introspection. Unless and until we have

done this, we cannot further our relationships with one another or with God and it is these

relationships for which Tradition tells us this month is named: an acronym for

ani l’dodi v’dodi li. When we view our responsibility to others more highly

than our suspicion of them, when we view what we can offer to others more highly than what

they owe us, we can fulfill the verse “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”

B IOGRAPHY OF RABBI MATT CARL

RABBI MATT CARL was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He graduated from

Vassar College with Honors in 2000, majoring in religion and minoring in environmental

geography, and from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and Machon Schechter in 2008,

where he specialized in Talmud and Rabbinics. While at JTS he trained as a chaplain at Sloan

Kettering Medical Center. For several years, he was the day-to-day rabbi for 150 families at

Brooklyn’s Congregation Mount Sinai, where he created programs for the younger generation and

unaffiliated Jews. He co-founded the Brooklyn United Jewish High School Program with several

other local synagogue educators, and created the Brooklyn Bridge Community Supported

Agriculture program. He also served as rabbi of Battery Park Synagogue and also as Director of

Community Engagement at Hazon. Rabbi Carl has been EMJC's Rabbi since July 2014.


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MORE B IOGRAPHIES OF OUR CLERGY

CANTOR SAM LEVINE has been EMJC’s Cantor since 2004. He was born in

Jerusalem, raised in Toronto, Canada, and spent a decade in California’s Monterey Bay

area before moving to New York. He graduated from H.L. Miller Cantorial School and the

Seminary College of Jewish Music at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His

musical interests are diverse: he is an aficionado of traditional Jewish liturgical music,

plays in a Ladino ensemble, and has played in various folk-rock-country groups. He directs

EMJC’s Chorus, composes and arranges music for the synagogue, and writes and records original

songs. Cantor Levine lives in Brooklyn with his wife Courtney and his sons Micah and Matan. This

fall he will begin rabbinical training at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

ASSISTANT CANTOR ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN, countertenor, is quickly

beginning to make his mark in the worlds of opera and early music. He recently received

rave reviews of his performances at the San Francisco Opera—the second most important

opera house in the US—where he is now singing. In the 2014-2015 season, he made his

European professional operatic debut at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. He has

attended the Baroque Vocal Programme at Early Music Vancouver, the Oberlin Baroque

Performance Institute, the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, and the American Bach Soloists

Academy. In addition, Aryeh was a National Finalist in the Classical Singer Competition in 2011 and

2013 and the first ever freshman winner of the Princeton Handel Singing Competition in 2012. He

currently resides in New York City, and recently received his BA from Princeton University, where he

majored in History and received certificates in Vocal Performance and Judaic Studies. Upon

graduating, he was awarded the Isidore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize for extraordinary

achievement in the arts, granted each year to the student of greatest promise in the performance of

classical music. He has spent extended time studying with Max van Egmond in Amsterdam, and he

currently studies with Dr. Robert C. White, Jr. in New York. More information is at

aryehnussbaumcohen.com.

RABBI EMERITUS DR. ALVIN KASS was the spiritual leader of EMJC for 36 years

until his retirement in 2014. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in History

from Columbia University, and a B.H.L. and M.H.L. from the Jewish Theological

Seminary, where he also received rabbinical training. He earned a Ph.D in History and

Philosophical Foundations of Education from New York University. Besides graduating

Summa Cum Laude and being the Class Salutatorian of his undergraduate class at

Columbia, he was also a Quackenbush Foundation Scholar and a Harry J. Carman and National

Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Rabbi Kass was appointed to the New York City Police Department in

1966, making him the most tenured chaplain in the NYPD. In 2002 he was promoted to Chief

Chaplain. He teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and lectures at Temple Emanuel's

Skirball Center. He is the author of Politics in New York State, 1800-1830 (Syracuse University Press,

1965).


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Greetings From East Midwood Hebrew Day School

This month, September 2016, the East Midwood Hebrew Day School celebrates its

60th anniversary of service to the Jewish community here in Brooklyn. Since its

founding in 1956, hundreds of young men and women have graduated from this Day

School and gone on to achieve great success in high school, college, graduate and

professional schools, and in their careers, as did my own children. I am proud to say

that I have spent 31 years of my professional career as an educator here at EMHDS.

Just as “back in the day”, we continue to provide our students with a warm and

nurturing environment blended with high academic expectations and positive social/

emotional growth. Our students are immersed in a bi-cultural environment combining

Jewish culture and religion with 21stCentury secular studies. We offer classes from

Early Childhood (Nursery, UPK, Kindergarten) through 8th grade. Our class sizes

remain well under that of other schools, enabling our capable and dedicated faculty to

provide differentiated instruction across all disciplines.

Over the years we have added many new programs and facilities to our already rigorous

program. We have acquired a state of the art science lab, expanded our computer/

technology program beyond the lab and into the classrooms with Smart Boards, and

have added a variety of after school programs. Our students share and enjoy

extracurricular activities that embrace the diversities of our Jewish heritage and cultural

backgrounds.

With a strong bond and partnership between school/parents/students and with a Board

of Trustees who are dedicated and committed, we look forward to many more years

ahead that will allow us to continue to educate our children in the future.

Shirley Weichselbaum

Principal, EMHDS


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ELIE W IESEL (1929-2016)

BY RABBI ALVIN KASS

One of the saddest events of the summer season just past was the death of Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust

survivor, who made the whole world aware of the most agonizing event in all of Jewish history.

I had the privilege a few years ago of meeting Wiesel in person while making a shivah call to a

mutual friend. His shy, self-effacing demeanor contrasted sharply with his status as a Nobel Prize

winner whose writings awakened the conscience of the world.

I found fascinating his personal struggle to harmonize belief in God with the bestiality and brutality

that were experienced by him and six million other Jews during World War II. Indeed, that was the

subject of a trial he had witnessed in Buna, a sub-camp at Auschwitz, conducted by three observant

Jews, against God. The event inspired the play he wrote entitled “The Trial of God.” Although he

never could reconcile the existence of such cruelty with the reality of a compassionate and caring

God, he continued to live an observant and exemplary life as a Jew. He loved to study Talmud and

abided by the discipline of traditional Jewish law. He is, of course, not the first Jew who was

troubled by the way that God ran the world. Protests go back to the first Jew, Abraham, who

challenged the Almighty; “Shall the Judge of all the Earth not do justly.” Job insisted: “Though He

slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” The Hasidic sage, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, spent his

whole life, serving as the defense attorney of the Jewish people; and, on more than one occasion

announced that he was taking God to court for a “din Torah” because He made the Jews suffer so

much. Recognizing that the culpability for so much that is wrong in the world belongs to human

beings who were given free will, Wiesel gave God the benefit of the doubt. He assumed and hoped,

like the rest of us, that God knows what He is doing, and in the long run, justice will prevail.

Seeing how Jews suffered at the hands of an uncaring humanity, he could never bring himself to utter

a word of criticism about Israel. Whether he agreed or disagreed on a point of Israel’s public policy

was irrelevant to him. His job was to support Israel. He felt the Jews had enough enemies so that he

didn’t need to add to their ranks.

Perhaps his greatest achievement was to demonstrate the resilience of the human spirit. Wiesel had

witnessed and suffered first-hand the worst behavior ever perpetrated by people; yet, it made him, not

bitter, only better. Rather than allow what happened to him to suppress the human inclination

towards love and compassion, he was determined to turn it all around and make it an object lesson to

one and all. He refused to let the world forget what the Nazis and their sympathizers did to the

Jewish people. But the message cannot be one of vengeance and one-upmanship. The only way to

make the world better is through love and kindness.

As we strive to reconcile our lives to a world which is so much poorer and darker because of

Wiesel’s absence, the obligation rests upon all of us to remain faithful to his legacy:

Never forget! Speak truth! Transform hatred into love!

Miryom, Sarah, Lewis and Sarah, Danny and Debby, Judah, Bennett, and Nava join me in wishing

you all a shanah tovah u’mtukah – a good, happy, healthy and sweet year.


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We are happy to announce that EMJC is expanding its Bikur Cholim program of

visiting the sick, and giving it a new name and expanded focus.

We are launching the “Share the Care / Lots of Helping Hands”

Program:

A caring, compassionate community of clergy and congregants committed to supporting

each other in times of joy, sorrow, and challenge. EMJC volunteers already do a great

job visiting the sick at home and in hospitals, acknowledging births, attending funerals

and shivas, and looking after some of our older congregants. Many of us volunteer

often to help EMJC families in need with meals, rides, phone calls, visits, etc.

Now we wish to do more by recruiting more volunteers to help more

people. Here’s how it will work... Sign Up To Volunteer: [email protected] or 718-338-3800

Weekly, monthly, or seasonally: whatever time you can commit to such things as:

Calling someone who is ill or unable to go out

Sending a card

Visiting a home

Running an errand

Providing a ride to an appointment

Going shopping

Taking someone for a short walk

Providing a meal

Helping with mail

And other small, but effective ways to help another person

YOU CAN HELP! SHARE THE CARE / LOTS OF HELPING HANDS

THE EMJC CARING / CHESED PROGRAM

mailto:[email protected]


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Let us know what you can do, and we’ll get you started:

Contact our office: [email protected] or 718-338-3800. Tell us your name,

what skills you have, and how you would like to help.

Tell us the days and hours you can be available, and what skills you have that

might help someone in our community.

A volunteer will set up a Share The Care Page on Google Docs to match

helpers with people in need. Sally Hipscher, the overall project coordinator,

will recruit volunteers via our weekly EMJC e-mail newsletter, bulletins, and

personal calls.

Let us know of people who need help:

Our care of one another depends on being kept informed about our community.

Please tell us if there is someone in your circles of family and friends who could use

some help. Confidentiality is respected.

Please e-mail Rabbi Matt Carl: [email protected]

or our Office: [email protected] or call us at 718-338-3800.

Our social worker, Shira Felberbaum, MSW, is also available:

Shira is from the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, and she can help

with long-term planning, caregiving issues, loss and bereavement, coping with illness,

referrals to needed services, and access to community resources. You can contact Shira

at 212-632-4735 or [email protected]

Spread the word and share information with people in your circles

about what we are trying to set up.






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TEEN PROGRAM:

SATURDAY EVENINGS STARTING SEPTEMBER 17!

EMJC is committed to community engagement and nurturing each participant’s

personal connection to Judaism and social action. We foster a learning

environment in which participants can explore and expand their passions, providing

opportunities for teen-led initiatives. EMJC inspires youth to experience and embrace

diverse ideas and cultures while training them to become leaders who effect change

locally and globally.

The program will provide two regular meetings per month where we will develop

skills and have meaningful dialogue through games, food and other adventures. In

addition, special events will be planned by the participants throughout the year, and will

include anything from seeing a movie with friends, to meeting teens of other faiths and

backgrounds, to volunteering in underserved communities. These events will be

proposed, planned and directed by our teens with the support and supervision of the

Teen Coordinator.

This program is only open to participants currently attending High School.

Our first event on Saturday, September 17th at 8 PM, is free of charge and will include

an introduction to each other and to the program. The program’s cost is $100 for EMJC

members and $200 for non-members; this includes two Saturday evening events per

month (18 events) from September 2016-May 2017. Additional special events will be

offered separately, at prices to be determined.

I look forward to seeing you at our first event Saturday, September 17th, at 8 PM!

Thank you,

Shai Rosenfeld, Teen Coordinator

PS: More info about me is below:

Shai Rosenfeld has been EMJC’s Teen Coordinator since January 2016,

and he has been in NYC for the past two years. He was born in Israel in

a dusty desert town where he was an active educator in the youth

movement. He spent his summers going to camp in New York, has

many years of experience in experiential Jewish education, and is

currently a graduate student of Applied Theatre. When he is not playing

on stage, using theatre to connect with communities, educate and heal,

he is playing on table tops, preferably with cool miniatures.


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Mark Your Calendar for These 2 Interfaith Committee Events

Thursday, September 22, 7:30 pm:

First Planning Meeting of the Year (Our Lady

of Refuge Church, 2020 Foster Avenue at

Ocean Avenue). We welcome past members

and anyone who is interested in being a part of

this dynamic group of people as we plan for

and begin work on new projects for the year.

Monday, October 10: Annual Columbus Day Trip: This year, we will be

going on a guided tour of our Brooklyn treasure, Greenwood Cemetery,

followed by a bring-your-own-lunch picnic. More details to come.


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Opening night of the new season of Music at the Center features the only “piano windtet” of its kind,

Ensemble 4.1. Made up of FOUR wind soloists from German orchestras, keen to chamber music and

ONE unmistakable pianist Thomas Hoppe, Ensemble 4.1 devote themselves to this still undiscovered

wonderful musical genre. In addition to the masterpieces for chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played

compositions from the turn of the 20th century. EMJC is proud to be a stop on their first North

American tour.

Donations welcome. This event is produced with the help of:


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MAZAL TOV TO

Congratulations to Rochelle and David Eckstein on the bir th of their new

grandson, Max Brian.

Congratulations and Bon Voyage to Rebecca Grossman, daughter of

Randy and Rachelle Grossman, who left recently for Israel, where she

will spend a gap year between high school and college.

Good luck Rebecca!

Congratulations to Joanne and Howard Honigman on the bir th of their

new granddaughter, Ruby Isla Simon, daughter of their daughter Amy

and son-in-law Mitchell Simon.

Congratulations to Barbara and Stan Hopard on the engagement of their

son Daniel to Amanda Roxland.

Congratulations to Michele and Larry Isaacson on the bir th of their fir st

grand child, Eve Liora, daughter of Mollie Isaacson and Eric Sumberg.

Congratulations to Rabbi Emeritus Alvin Kass and Miryom Kass on the

Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Judah, son of Dr. Daniel Kass and Dr. Debbie

Gilman.

Congratulations to Hannah Levine's great-grand daughter Rebecca Hayley,

daughter of Alyssa and Todd Kussin and grand daughter of Sharyn and Steven

Kussin will become a Bat Mitzvah in October.

Congratulations to our indispensable Office Assistant Marina Lukina

on the engagement of her daughter, Kristina Krivileva, to Jason Maslin.

Congratulations to Seema & Bob Rosenthal on the marr iage of their

granddaughter Rebecca Celia Ravsky to Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz.


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Paul Adler

Carolyn Deborah Baskin

Rubin Braunstein

Robin Finkelstein

Kenneth Frishberg

Eric Goldberg

Gail Horowitz

Beth Jacobs

Doris Kimmich

Madeline Kraner

Stephanie Luxenberg Migden

Sybil Paley

Rita Paris

Aleksandr Portnoy

Nora Robell

Betty Rosenstock

Marjorie Sanua

Eliot Solomon

Tomer Vatury

Nathan Weissman

Matthew Wells

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Madeleine Appell

Naomi Aronowitz

Joyce Ashe

Inna Bauman

Joan Berkowitz

Rubin Berlinerblau

Carole Berman

David Burg

Linda Chang Horowitz

Andrew Chertoff

David Eckstein

Ilia Khaduri

Kathleen V. Khan Fuhr

Myra Krady

David Kranis

Harvey Lubowitz

Lowell Miron

Robert Resen

Jessica Saratovsky

Michael Saratovsky

Stuart Witt

Blake Zidell

LET’S CELEBRATE!

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

Paul & Marcia Adler

Zachary & Rachael Bernstein

David & Shirley Burg

Michael & SueAnne Hurwitz

Arthur & Francine Katz

Joseph & Myra Krady

Marshall & Alissa Levine

Harvey & Susan Lubowitz

Joseph & Emily Pariente

Robert & Sharon Resen

Eric & Goldie Arrow

Howard & Carol Feldsher

Arthur & Susan Geen

Stan & Barbara Hopard

Aleksandr & Rimma Portnoy

Michael & Jessica Saratovsky

Michael & Stephanie Schapira

Joe Slott & Daniella Topol

SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES


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We Mourn The Loss Of

Milton (Mickey) Krasne, who served as EMJC’s esteemed President from 1979-1984,

and again 1993-1994. Beloved daughter of Madeline and Ronnie, step-father of Mark

Sirota, and grandfather. For more information, please see below and the following page.

Rabbi Allan Blaine, who served as an Associate Rabbi at EMJC from 1960-

1969. Also, for over 40 years, he was the rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Rockaway, was well

regarded in the wider community, and was a columnist for the popular Rockaway

newspaper, The Wave.

His obituary is at rockawave.com/news/2016-08-05/Front_Page/Rabbi_Allan_Blaine_Dies.html

Shirley Berkowitz, the mother of Har ry Berkowitz, long-time friend of EMJC.

Florence J Bickell, the mother of Dr. Nina Bickell, EMJC Trustee. The family

requests that donations be sent in her memory to the Hebrew Free Burial Society or the

Workmen's Circle Yiddish for Kids Program.

Nina wrote: “I would like to thank the EMJC community for enveloping me in

their warmth and comfort during shiva for my mom. I am truly blessed to be

included in such a group.”

Robert Chonoles, father of Adr ienne Traktman and father-in-law of Henry

Helene Selter, former ly the Business Director of the East Midwood Hebrew Day

School

Remembering Milton (Mickey) Krasne

Milton or Mickey Krasne, our 16th President and an active member of East Midwood

Jewish Center since 1957, passed away a few weeks ago. He served as president from

1979 to 1984, and then again from 1993-1994, the only person ever to do so. He was

married for 43 years to his beloved wife Helen, and then shared the next 30 years of his

life with Lorraine Sirota, to whom he and his family were devoted.

At his funeral he was praised with great emotion by his daughters, Madeline and Ronnie,

his grandchildren and by his step-son Mark Sirota, all of whom tearfully described him as

an “honest and caring person, whose life touched many people. Mark said, “He was the

most decent human being I have ever known.”


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Remembering Milton (Mickey) Krasne

Mickey came to the US from Russia with his parents and brother at the age of 13.

His father started out with a small grocery store, which his sons later expanded, but for

most of his business career, he focused on the wholesale tomato business.

He and Helen were honored at EMJC’s 60th anniversary celebration in 1984, during

which Milton was praised as a “compassionate and warm human being, a prominent

business man, distinguished leader and generous philanthropist.” To the staff of the

Harry Halpern Day School, he was regarded as a fair and trustworthy negotiator.

Before becoming EMJC President, he served as Financial Secretary, Trustee, Vice

President, Chairman of the Catering and Social Committee, Member and Past

President of the Kaddish Club, and Chairman of EMJC’s Israel Bond Drives.

In a tribute to him written at the time of the 60th anniversary, Julius Nierow, former

Executive Director, wrote: “Mickey Krasne served with distinction as president and

established an unusual record of programming and fund raising projects. He projected

a blue print for the future in the areas of building rehabilitation and enriched

programming for children and adults. He also introduced programs for singles, young

married couples and Russian Jewish immigrants. To implement them, he instituted

new, imaginative and very productive fund raising areas, such as the Bedek Habayit,

Tree of Life and Memorials. He introduced the annual journal advertising campaign,

revitalized the Kol Nidre appeal and ran a very successful gala musical concert

featuring pianist and conductor Peter Nero. He made EMJC a true House of Learning

and a true instrument for improved social service and social action, encouraged more

meaningful participation by our young people, school children and women. He

provided the resources for adult women to become Bat Mitzvah. His wife Helen

served as Member of the Board of Sisterhood and Vice President of Deena Hadassah.”

Mickey was equally devoted and hardworking during his second presidency from

1993-1994, when he confronted several difficult controversies. He will always be

remembered for the important contributions he made to the history of East Midwood

Jewish Center.


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ADULT INSTITUTE FUND

Judith Berman

In honor of Joanne & Howard

Honigman on the birth of their

granddaughter Ruby

ALAN ROSENBLUM FUND

Marilyn Litwak

In memory of William Krance

In memory of Sidney Litwak

BIKUR CHOLIM FUND

Steve Finkelstein

In honor of a Refuah Shlemah

for Susan Lubowitz


for Mel Klein

BUILDING FUND

Carol Brown

In memory of Marcia Sheiman

Rochelle & David Eckstein

In memory of Tova Weichselbaum

Steve Finkelstein

In honor of Edith Maiman for excellent

service at EMJC

In memory of Robert Chonoles, father

of Adrienne Traktman

In memory of Florence Bickell, mother

of Dr. Nina Bickell

Frances & Avrom Fischer

In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein

on the birth of their grandson Max Brian



granddaughter Ruby

Victoria Freyberg

In memory of Betty Rose

Reva Friedman

In honor of Sandra Green’s birthday

Dr. David & Gail Hammerman







granddaughter Ruby

In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for

Joanne Honigman

Steven & Stephanie Kaner

In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard on

the engagement of their son Daniel to

Amanda Roxland

Thomas & Madeline Kraner

In memory of Milton Krasne

Hannah Levine

In honor of Harvey Berkowsky’s

birthday


Joanne Honigman & a speedy recovery

In memory of Betty Rose



In honor of Rebecca Grossman on her

adventure

Susan & Harvey Lubowitz


Joanne Honigman

In memory of Florence Bickell, mother

of Dr. Nina Bickell

Sharon & Robert Resen

In honor of Rebecca Grossman’s H.S.

graduation



In memory of Henry Schmidt

Richard Ross

In memory of Marcia Sheiman

Shereen Rosenthal

In memory of Jacob Rosenthal

In memory of Florence Rosenthal

East Midwood Jewish Center Gratefully Acknowledges the Following Generous Contributions

Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein

In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein on

the birth of their grandson Max Brian


In memory of Florence Bickell, mother of

Dr. Nina Bickell

In honor of Joanne & Howard Honigman

on the birth of their granddaughter Ruby

In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass

on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Judah

Shirley N. Strauss

In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein on

the birth of their grandson Max Brian

In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard on the

engagement of their son Daniel to Amanda

Roxland



In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass

on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Judah

In honor of Danny & Debbie Gilman Kass

on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Judah

In memory of Florence Bickell, mother of

Dr. Nina Bickell

In honor of Marina Lukina on the

engagement of her daughter Kristina

to Jason Maslin

LISA EHRLICH EDUCATION FUND

Sandra Green

In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum,

beloved mother & grandmother

In memory of Andrew Friedler


for Joanne Honigman



In honor of Reva Friedman’s birthday

In honor of Rachelle & Randy Grossman

on their 21st wedding anniversary

Andrea Green & Frank Valenti

In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum,

beloved mother & grandmother

In memory of Andrew Friedler

In honor of Rachelle & Randy Grossman

on their 21st wedding anniversary


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LISA EHRLICH EDUCATION

FUND CONTINUED

Peter & Florence Handler


Arthur Katz

Milton & Ellen Pincus


Joanne Honigman

PRAYER BOOK FUND

Sandy & Miriam Goldhaber

In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum

In memory of Edith Tuber

In honor of Rochelle & David

Eckstein on the birth of their grandson

Max Brian



granddaughter Ruby


In memory of Florence Bickell,

mother of Dr. Nina Bickell


In memory of Ethel Sobel

Leonard Nurkin

In memory of my wife Phyllis Nurkin

RABBI AARON POMERANTZ FUND

Judith Berman



Sandra Green


Marilyn Pearce



Max Brian

Milton & Ellen Pincus



Max Brian





SIMCHA FUND

Judith Berman

In honor of Rabbi & Miryom Kass on

the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson

Judah

Rochelle & David Eckstein

In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard

on the engagement of their son Daniel

to Amanda Roxland



granddaughter Ruby

In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass on


Judah

Steve Finkelstein



to Amanda Roxland



granddaughter Ruby

Susan Jainchill

In honor of Murray & Moran Lantner

Leah & Eugene Krakowski



to Amanda Roxland

Ephraim & Estelle Leibowitz



Max Brian



granddaughter Ruby




to Amanda Roxland

In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass on


Judah

WELFARE FUND

Reva Friedman

In honor of Seema & Robert

Rosenthal on the marriage of their

granddaughter

YAHRZEIT FUND

Herbert Alwais

In memory of Louis Alwais

Marina Antonyan

In memory of Mark Abramsky

Anita Baskin

In memory of Claire Gould

Freda Berger

In memory of Philip Carne

Carole Berman

In memory of Harry Bresler

Moris Berman

In memory of father Louis Berman

Warren & Iris Brahms

In memory of Selma Chrystal

Rubin Braunstein

In memory of my father Abraham

Braunstein

Ernest Braverman

In memory of Rosalind Braverman

Jacqueline Cohen

In memory of David Mischel

In memory of Helen Kupsinel

In memory of Jennie Mischel

Carol & Richard Curci

In memory of Belle & Jesse Estroff

Esther Daiell

In memory of Julia & Nessin Benzion

Lydmila Doroshov

In memory of Gita Kisel

Hannelore Dreifus

In memory of Henriette Stern

Judith Engel

In memory of Eliezer Luria

Stanley Fabricant

In memory of Audrey Fabricant

Reva Friedman

In memory of my step father Rabbi Tovia

Angiel

Sally Frishberg

In memory of Leon Engelberg

Arthur Geen

In memory of my mother Dorothy Geen



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YAHRZEIT FUND CONTINUED

Stephen Geffton

In memory of Abraham Geffton

Miriam Gemson

In memory of Evelyn Solender

Dr. David Gilner

In memory of Dr. Abraham Gilner

Dr. Lynne Glasser

In memory of Marilyn Glasser

In memory of Howard Glasser

Lloyd Goldsmith

In memory of Fannie Gortz

Edith Gothelf

In memory of my mother Minnie

Berkowitz

In memory of my father Morris

Berkowitz

Roberta Heiden

In memory of Robert Rosenblum

In memory of Herbert Rosenblum

Jack Heller

In memory of Shirley Heller

Joanne Honigman

In memory of Arthur Edelson

Sandra Jacobowitz

In memory of Boris Satz

In memory of Nina Satz

Roberta Klinger

In memory of Ida Hertan

Norma Kohan

In memory of William Heilbraun

In memory of Julius Abraham

Eugene Krakowski

In memory of Leon Krakowski

Eugenie Kroop

In memory of Irving Kroop

Sharyn Kussin

In memory of my beloved father

Benjamin Levine

Hannah Levine

In memory of my mother Ethel Jacobs

In memory of my beloved father Max

Jacobs

Raisa Litvak

In memory of Chaya Funberg


In memory of Paul Schreiber, father of

Susan Lubowitz

Joyce Magenheim

In memory of Sylvia Sussman

Eleanor Marcus

In memory of William Simon

In memory of Jonas Moskowitz

Janet Marcus

In memory of Samuel Saltz

Blossom Offenkrantz

In memory of Joseph Hirsch

Gary Papierman

In memory of Paul Papierman

Sheldon Papierman

In memory of Paul Papierman

Barry Pearce

In memory of Max Pearce

Brenda Rosenbaum

In memory of Anna Rose

In memory of Robert & Anna Starling

Shereen Rosenthal

In memory of Gussie Rosenthal

Dr. Joseph Rothman

In memory of Alex Rothman

Toby Sanchez

In memory of Lillian Friedman

Nathan Schiff

In memory of Sidney Schiff

In memory of Mildred Schiff

In memory of Frances Bromberg

Michael Shaw

In memory of Eva Horowitz

Blossom Shelton

In memory of Minnie & Louis Honig

Seymour Sheren

In memory of Sarah T. Brenner

Alex Shvartsapel

In memory of Polina Shteingolts

Naomi Smith

In memory of Charles Smith

Eric Strauss

In memory of Dr. Carl Strauss

Shirley Strauss

In memory of my beloved husband

Dr. Carl Strauss

Sarah Wang

In memory of Elsie Rosenblum

Ida Wein

In memory of Leo Wein

Dr. Alan Weinstein

In memory of Joseph Weinstein

Rhoda Weiskopf

In memory of Sophia Weiskoph

Barbara Wiener

In memory of Joan Feinberg

Daniel Wilchins

In memory of Margaret Wilchins

Janet & Jacob Young

In memory of Irving Schultze

In memory of Florence Klein

In memory of Susan Klein

Sara Zuckerman

In memory of Laura Shiffman

OTHER DONATIONS

Many thanks to Herman Lepson for

donating fruit platters for our 8/27

kiddush in memory of his revered father

Abraham Lepson and his beloved wife

Carol.

Many thanks to the ever generous Judith

Berman and Harvey Lubowitz for their

contributions to improved lighting in the

Beth Hamidrash.

Many thanks to Reva Friedman and to the

Levine family (Sam, Courtney, Micah

and Matan) for donating recycling bins

to our campaign to place colorful

recycling bins for paper, cans, and waste

throughout the building. Our aim is make

recycling easy and convenient, so that it

becomes habit forming.


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East Midwood Jewish Center Thanks The Following New Year’s Greetings Contributors

Evelyn & Norman Abes

Rose F. Adler

Goldie & Eric Arrow

Joseph & Shelley Benezra

Enid & Jack Benezra

Dr. & Mrs. Rubin Berlinerblau

Judith Berman

Anne Binder & Family

Flora Bloom

Shirley & David Burg

Ina Cooperman

Carol Dachs

Diane & Edward Dweck

Rochelle & David Eckstein & Family

Lynn, Joseph & Adam Feuerman

Steve Finkelstein

Robin & Mark Finkelstein

Frances & Avrom Fischer & Family

Reva Friedman

Susan & Arthur Geen

Lynne Glasser M.D. & Mark Glasser

Jacob, Ethel, David & Jaclyn Gold

Rachelle & Randy Grossman & Family

Nikhama & Boris Goltsberg

Janet Gurvitch & Family

Max & Jean Gurvitch

Ed Guterman

Lyubov & Boris Gutin

Dr. David & Gail Hammerman & Family

Sally & Mike Hipscher

The Isaacson Family

Lois Jackson & Michael Gerstein

The Klein & Greenberg Family

Melvyn Klein

Leah & Eugene Krakowski

Estelle & Ephraim Leibowitz

Robin & Barry Leitman & Family

Hannah M. Levine & Family

Janet & Michael Marcus

Rita Meyer

Rita S. Miller

Amy & Jay Nitzky

Mark Nizhner

Len Nurkin

Emily, Joseph, Jonathan & Gabriel Pariente

Frances B Pearce

Marilyn Pearce

Luna Poplausky & Family

Aleksandr & Rimma Portnoy

Sharon, Robert & Joanna Resen

Rosenthal-Tawil Family

Phyllis Roth

Lisa & Joseph Rothman

Roslyn Rubinstein

The Sanua Family

Arlene & Abraham Schmutter

Estelle Schaffer

Blossom & Martin Shelton

Seymour Sheren

The Shimshi Family

Eda & Jacob Solome

Shirley N. Strauss & Family

Diane & Leonard Susseles

The Teitelbaum Family

John & Susan Turis

Adrienne & Henry Traktman

Dr. Alex Trakhtman & Galina Zbarskaya

Francine & Ronald Weiss

Irving & Barbara Wiener

The Phillips-Wilchins Family

Stuart Witt

Civia Witt

Jacob & Janet Young


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Zachary & Rachael Bernstein

Richard & Shulamit Charles

Kenneth & Merle Deane

Steven Drachman

Tabitha & Glenn Easterling

Howard & Kathleen Khan Fuhr

Anatol Gavrilov

Jim & Deborah Glauner

Alex & Ryan Goldberg

Eric & Sherry Goldberg

Lauri & Jason Van Anden Golkind

Steven & Linda Chang Horowitz

Michael Kaufman

Harold Klein

Joseph & Myra Krady

Irwin Leibowitz

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

David & Elaine Leifer

Dena Levinson

Sandra Lindie

Zina & Feliks Lyakhovetsky

Frances Pearce

Yelena Ruzin

Michael & Stephanie Schapira

Shira Stone & Gail Horowitz

Nonna Tolchinskaya

Daniela Topol & Joe Slott

Stephanie Torr

Stephanie Wolkoff

Dr. Michael Yudelevich

& Daphna Bar Yosef

Blake & Shoshana Zidell


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East Midwood Jewish Center

BULLETIN

Published 6 times per year

Online at emjc.org

Free to EMJC members

$18 per year for non-members (hard copy)

Rabbi: Matt Carl

Rabbi Emeritus: Dr. Alvin Kass

Cantor: Sam Levine

President: Toby Sanchez

Executive Director: Randy Grossman

Executive Director Emeritus: Edith Maiman

Director of Youth and Family Education:

Audrey Korelstein

Bulletin Editor: Carolyn A. Schultz

Bulletin Assistant Editor: Toby Sanchez

Bulletin Editor Emeritus: Lisa Rothman

Birthday, anniversary & donation

compilations: Marina Lukina

Photographer: Anderson Waithe

Thank You to Lisa Rothman,

Bulletin Editor Emeritus,

For her many years of service!

Congratulations to EMJC on

winning a social action grant

from UJA-Federation of NY,

who wrote “your synagogue’s

commitment to integrating

Social Action into the fabric of

your community is truly

inspiring”

More details coming soon!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENTS IN THIS BULLETIN, AND

OTHER ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING SWIMMING, YOGA, ISRAELI DANCING AND

MORE!)...

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE EMJC.ORG

OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FACEBOOK.COM/EMJC.ORG

OR CALL OUR OFFICE AT 718-338-3800


EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER

1625 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230

www.emjc.org

An Inclusive

Egalitarian Community

affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

PUBLISHED 6 TIMES A YEAR

Online at emjc.org. Free to EMJC Members. $18.00 for Non-Members (Hard Copy). Please send us address changes

718-338-3800


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