SUMMER ISSUE Keliiltli Jeshnrint Bulletin Volume LVI Number 8 June 30, 1989 27 Sivn 5749 STANLEY GUREWITSCH ELECTED PRESIDENT AT 117TH ANNUAL MEETING DAVID LEVY AND FRED DISTENFELD, VICE PRESIDENTS; DR. GILBERT N. KAHN, SECRETARY FREDERIC H. BAUMGARTEN, TREASURER; AND STEPHEN J. KULE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY The 117th Annul Meeting of Congregtion Kehilth Jeshurun ws gret nd memorble event. Held on Wednesdy, My 17, in the Kmber Auditorium, it begn with n invoction by Rbbi Steven Cohen nd the singing of the Ntionl Anthems led by Cntor Avrum Dvis. President Benjmin Brown then clled upon Mrtine Fox, Co-President of the Couples Club, to present 54 new members of he congregtion for officil election by the membership. Their nmes re: Wilm nd Arthur Aeder Judith nd Dr. Howrd Altmn Victori nd Mrshll Aronow Erwin Atkins Gerld Brd nd Cheryl Orbch Ron nd Michel Berns Luren nd Jcques Blinbum Rchel Blinken Vivine nd Dr. Arnold Breitbrt Debbie nd Mrk Cooper Vivin nd Lrry Creizmn Goody Dne Leon Frber Howrd Frks Irene nd Bernrd Feuerstein Shelley nd Dr. Phillip Fleshner Brbr nd Henry Frommer Dr. Mrtin Goldmn Jill nd Gregg Hft Jesse Huser Ronit nd Eli Hirschenboim Jne Jcobson Fig nd Michel Joseph Cori nd Dr. Hrvey Ktz Elizbeth nd Dr. Joseph Klrfeld Zhv nd Abrhm Kohen Dr. Chrles Lnger Agth Heifer Sheil nd Dr. Wllce Ixhmn Rhond nd Jeffrey Luxenberg Sndy nd Dr. Normn Mgid Doric nd Emnoil Mrcovici Vivin nd Dvid Mrk Dr. Meryl nd Joseph Mrk Shelly nd Dr. Dvid Mitnick Jnet nd Wrren Newcorn Dr. Orly nd Robert Nobel Helen nd Dr. Emile Pincus Dr. Nthn Rosenfeld Ver nd Hon. Meir Rosenne RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN GIVES MEMORIAL LECTURE Jennifer nd Jeffrey Roth Abbe Ruttenberg Aliz nd Hon. Uriel Svir Rit Schiffren Brbr Seitz Dr. Sue Shpiro Jonn nd Ronld Slevin Mxine nd Arthur Steinkoler Brbr E. Witmn Debr nd Dr. Dniel Weiss Gigi nd Dr. Wyne Winnick Merle nd Dvid Wolff Mrlene nd Dr. Jochim Yhlom Joel Yunis Mrjorie nd Hrvey Zuckermn Rbbi Hskel Lookstein then presented cittions to number of members of the congregtion who were celebrting significnt milestones of their ffilition with KJ. Mrs. Hrry W. Bumgrten nd Mr. nd Mrs. A. Phillip Goldsmith were honored on the occsion of their 40th nniversries. The following were cited s 25th nniversry celebrnts: Brend nd Albert H. Bernstein, Dr. Nthlie nd Isrel Friedmn, Hnnh nd Joseph Lorch, Gbriell nd Dr. Willim Mjor, Crol nd Rlph Perlberger, nd Sm Silverstein. Presidentil Report Benjmin Brown then gve beutiful Presidentil Report s he completed his 6th term in the Presidency of KJ. He tlked bout wht specil plce KJ is nd how supportive the congregtion hs been of Frn nd himself nd their sons since Aln's ccident. He clled specil ttention to the enhncement this yer of the work of the Socil Action Committee, the cretion of Politicl Action group nd the development of Htzoloh orgniztion on the Est Side which ws creted through the specil efforts of Dr. Stephen Stowe nd others from the KJ community long with severl others from congregtions on the Upper Est Side. (continued on Pge 7) RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN UPPER SCHOOL OF RAMAZ GRADUATES 84 SENIORS 30 Grdutes to Study in Isrel Next Yer 2 Ntionl Merit Scholrship Winners; 7 Semi-Finlists One of the finest clsses in the history of Rmz ws grduted from the Rbbi Joseph H. lx>okstein Upper School t exercises held in our Min Syngogue on Wednesdy, June 14. Of the 84 grdutes, 30 will be spending next yer in Isrel, 26 of them in the full-time study of Torh with four others in prt-time progrms of Judic Studies. This is the best percentge mong grduting clsses since the development of the Isrel study progrms. The students hve distinguished themselves in mny wys. Their performnce on the Ntionl Merit Scholrship Contest is probbly record for the country. Twentyseven out of the 84 grdutes received some sort of recognition in tht contest. Tht is over 32 percent of the clss. Two of the students were Ntionl Merit Winners, 7 were Semi-Finlists in the competition, while 18 received letters of Commendtion. We re very proud of this grduting clss nd 18 Letters of Commendtion which hs excelled not lone in cdemic work nd inter-scholstic competition of ll sorts, but lso in menschlichkeit. As group, they conduct themselves with dignity, refinement nd sense of commitment to their fellow humn beings tht is truly remrkble. They represent, on the whole, much of wht Rmz eduction is ll bout. In ddition, they hve been dmitted to some of the finest colleges in the country in lrge numbers. Among the schools which our grdutes will be ttending re the following: Brnrd, Br-Iln, Brndeis, Brown, Columbi, Cornell, CUNY, Drtmouth, Duke, Goucher, Hrvrd, Johns Hopkins, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Stern, SUNY, Tufts, University of Michign, University of Pennsylvni, Wshington University, Willims College, Yle nd Yeshiv, mong others.
Pge Two REPRINTED FROM THE JEWISH WEEK THE SADDEST SHIP AFLOAT: A HALF-CENTURY LATER By HASKEL LOOKSTEIN On My 13,1939, the St. Louis, luxurious cruiseship of the Hmburg-Americ Line, set sil from Hmburg, bound for Hvn. On bord were 907 Germn Jews, fleeing from Nzi Germny, who held lnding certifictes entitling them to enter Cub. These certifictes, purchsed for $150 to $300, were not honored by the Cubn government to the constern tion nd horror of the St. Louis pssengers. The ship remined in the port of Hvn from My 27 until June 2, fter which it ws forced to deprt. The ship siled slowly up nd down the Florid cost while negotitions were con ducted with Cub by Lwrence Berenson of the Joint Distribution Committee. The distress of the pssengers ws front pge news in The New York Times on June 2, 5, 6, 7 nd 8. On three occsions the Times editorilized bout "The Sddest Ship Aflot Tody," lden with her "crgo of despir," cruising off the cost of Mimi whose shimmering towers were "only the embttlements of nother forbidden city." These unfortuntes, who were rejected by everyone, wrote The Times, will be welcom ed home by "Germny, with ll the hospitli ty of its concentrtion cmps." OnJune9, TheTimeseditorilized: "Wecn only hope tht some herts will soften somewhere nd some refuge be found. The cruise of the St. Louis cries high to heven of mn's inhumnity to mn." Despite its compssionte editoril, The Times filed to sk why the St. Louis refugees were not offered sylum in the United Sttes. It remined for Jmes Cnnon Jr., Episcopl bishop of Richmond, V., to rise tht ques tion in letter to the Richmond Times- Disptch: "Why did not the President, Secretry of Stte, Secretry of the Tresury, Secretry of Lbor nd other officils...r rnge for the lnding of these refugees who hd been cught in this melstrom of distress nd gony through no fult of their own?" Cnnon's obvious question, which eluded most observers, ws not posed even by Jewish writers. The Yiddish press in New York nd the Anglo-Jewish press ll over the country be moned the plight of the St. Louis pssengers, printed their cries of nguish in the form of telegrms from the St. Louis, told the story s it unfolded dy-by-dy, but they never sked why the pssengers could not be received here in the United Sttes. Fifty yers lter we understnd the resons for Jewish reticence. Anti-Semitism in Americ ws t its height. The Fther Coughlins of tht dy preched htred of Jews over cost-to-cost rdio networks nd struck fer into the herts of Americn Jews. Furthermore, the nti-lien forces in Congress were powerful nd influen til. People like Sentor Reynolds of North Crolin nd Congressmn Rnkin of Mississippi intimidted the Jewish communi ty nd mde Jews ferful of pleding with the U.S. government to open the doors of Americ to these 907 unfortunte people. Americn Jews fered tht were they to sk for this simple humnitrin gesture the forces rryed ginst them in Congress would de mnd tht the doors be shut entirely nd tht ll refugees be brred, looking bck on the double trgedy of refugees without hven nd Americn Jews too frightened to pled for their rescue, Jcob Lestschinsky wrote in the Congress Bulletin on June 16, 1939: "It did not even occur to Jews to ppel to the Americn Government to find wy of sv ing the hpless pssengers of the St. Louis...(We re) showing incresing signs of becoming spiritully nd morlly reconciled to ccept the ghetto nd lmost voluntrily to surrender the positions won by the emncip tion. Our own depression nd demorliztion re immesurbly more dngerous to ourselves thn the blows of our enemies." As the St. Louis stemed slowly bck cross the Atlntic towrd n expected, trgic ln ding in Hmburg, Morris Troper of the Joint Distribution Committee worked feverishly to find hven someplce in the world for these doomed pssengers. Finlly, one dy before the ship ws to rrive in Germny, he suc cessfully negotited with The Netherlnds, Belgium, Frnce nd Englnd to ech tke onequrter of the pssengers. Thus ended wht one observer hs clled "the voyge of the dmned," trgic sg of hopeless victims nd helpless bystnders. In our own dy history hs repeted itself. The story of the St. Louis hs recurred, most recently in the cse of the bot people of South Vietnm nd other benighted lnds of Southest Asi. The lessons of the St. Louis hs not been ignored. The United Sttes nd other countries hve dmitted hundreds of thousnds of these refugees. In remrkble twist of history, Isrel ws the first to open its doors to the bot people. On June 21, 1977, the dy Menchem Begin took office s prime minister, his first officil ct ws to grnt sylum to 66 Vietnmese who hd been picked up by n Isreli freighter nd rejected t severl Fr Estern ports. The dy, by coincidence, ws exctly 38 yers to the dy from tht when the lst of the St. Louis refugees disembrked in Southmpton, Englnd. Hskel Lookstein is rbbi of Congregtion Kehilth Jeshurun nd the principl ofrmz School in New York. The bove rticle is dpted from his book, "Were We Our Brothers' Keepers? The Public Response of Americn lews to the Holocust, 1938-1944." HIGH HOLY DAY SEAT RESERVATIONS DUE NOW Members of the congregtion nd friends in the community hve lredy been sked to submit their High Holy Dy set requests to the syngogue office. The holidys this yer come s follows: ROSH HASHANAH Fridy evening, September 29 Sturdy nd Sundy September 30 nd October 1 YOM KIPPUR Sundy evening nd Mondy October 8 nd 9 We hve sked ech member fmily to in dicte to us on the set reservtion crd whether or not they will be with us for the holidys, nd if they do intend to join us to indicte how mny men's nd women's sets re needed nd for whom they re intended. In tht wy the nmes cn be properly entered on the set ticket nd entered on the ushers' lists. In ddition to those sets to which member is entitled, we re hppy to try to rrnge d ditionl reservtions for members of one's fmily s spce perm its. The price for sets for guests is vilble from the syngogue office. Services, s in the pst, will gin tke plce in the Min Syngogue, the Kmber Auditorium nd the Socil Hll. Children over the ge of twelve re required to hve reservtions. Members' children from the ge of twelve through the completion of their full time eduction my be enrolled s Junior Members which entitles them to reserved set s spce permits. No such sets re vilble in the women's section of the Min Syngogue. All ticket requests should be directed to our Executive Director, Mr. Robert Leifert or to Chni Wolk of the syngogue office stff. The processing of requests hs lredy begun nd, therefore, those who hve not yet submitted their requests should do so immeditely. RABBI LOOKSTEIN ELECTED A VICE PRESIDENT OF SCA We re proud to note tht Rbbi Hskel Lookstein hs been elected Second Vice Presi dent of the Syngogue Council of Americ. The SCA is the umbrell orgniztion of Or thodox, Conservtive nd Reform ly nd rb binic orgniztions. We wish Rbbi Lookstein well in this endevor nd know tht the Syngogue Coun cil hs mde wise choice in selecting our Rb bi in pursuit of Jewish unity.
ROBERTA BAUMGARTEN AND DR. ROSALIND LEVINE NEW PRESIDENTS OF COUPLES CLUB The congregtion is plesed to nnounce tht Robert Bumgrten nd Dr. Roslind Levine will serve s the new Presidents of the Couples Club for 1989-1990. They succeed Mrtine Fox nd Isc Pollk who hve served in tht cpcity for the pst yer. Robbie hs served s Vice President of the Couples Club for the pst two yers nd hs chired such events s the Couples Club's Annul Shbbton nd New Member Sbbth nd Kiddush. Roz hs served s Tresurer of the Couples Club nd chired the Purim Mishloch Mnot project tht included ll members of the Couples Club in reltion to ll senior members of the congregtion. Members of the Couples Club Bord for the coming yer include: Susn Alpert, Vivin Creizmn, Kren Gibofsky, Howrd Ktz, Dr. During the weeks of sefir nd ending with the Shvuot festivl, number of guests from Isrel visited our congregtion nd ddressed vrious groups in the community. Alexnder Kholmynsky spent Shbbt with us. He emigrted from the Soviet Union yer nd hlf go fter hving served term in Soviet prisons s prisoner of Zion. Our own members, Mel Stein nd Irving Kgn, presented briefs in Moscow in support of Alexnder's cse. Mr. Kholmynsky prticipted in one of Rbbi Lookstein's Tlmud shiurim nd gve thrilling ccount of how he first becme interested in Judism nd in liyh. On Shbbt, My 27, Yuli Koshrovsky ws our guest. Hving rrived in Isrel just two months go, he spent few weeks here s the guest of the Ntionl Conference on Soviet Jewry. KJ ws the only congregtion he visited in the New York re. Mr. Koshrovsky ddressed the congregtion from the pulpit on Shbbt morning nd spoke bout how meningful our support for him ws s he wited 17 yers for vis. We re very hppy to nnounce tht we hve received in the office dozens of letters from members of the congregtion to Secretry of Stte Bker, Sentors Moynihn nd D'Amto, nd severl Congressmen expressing their strong support for Isrel in its current struggle. These letters were written in response to ppels by Rbbi Lookstein nd the suggestions mde by Mlcolm Hoenlein nd others t our Annul Shbbton. The miling by our Politicl Affirs Committee ws instrumentl in stimulting mny letters. Among the copies tht we received in our Jerilyn Kronen, JohnLiebermn, Dr. Normn Mgid, RochelleMjor, WrrenNewcorn, Dr. Emile Pincus, Helen Potznik nd Ronld Slevin. Mrtine Fox nd Isc Pollk will serve the Bord s Pst Presidents. A SPECIAL THANKS A specil thnks goes to those members of the Couple Club Bord who served this pst seson nd who will not be continuing during the coming yer. They include: Pst President Dr. Adm Bender, Id Frnkel, Eugene Mjor, Eline Schreibmn nd Jonthn Wgner. We thnk these members of the congregtion for their devoted service nd look forwrd to their continued support of the Couples Club in its ctivities nd re looking forwrd to their further involvement in congregtionl ctivities. HONORED GUESTS FROM ISRAEL VISIT KJ BETWEEN PESACH AND SHAVUOT On the Shbbt before Shvuot we hd the honor of hosting Leh Shkdiel, the heroic Jewish womn who ws elected to the Religious Council of Yeruchm, development town in the Negev, nd who hd to fight the estblishment in order to occupy her set on tht Council. Mrs. Shkdiel gve memorble ddress t seudh sh'lishit on the subject of "Jewish responsibility for the Jewish womn of tody." Finlly, on Shvuot we hd the honor of hving Rbbi Ahron nd Rbnit Mlk Bin in our congregtion nd in the community. Rbbi nd Mrs. Bin gve shiurim during the Tikun Led Shvuot nd they dvened with us on the first dy of Yom Tov nd the Shbbt which followed. Rbbi nd Mrs. Bin re of course the primry techers nd dvisors to the Americn students t Yeshivt Hkotel. All in ll, the weeks between Pesch nd Shvuot were fscinting nd exciting t KJ nd fforded mny of us n opportunity to meet nd to listen to some of the wonderful Isrelis of our dy. KJ LETTER CAMPAIGN TAKES OFF office were responses from the Secretry, the Sentors nd Congressmen who received the letters. We sk tht every reder of this Bulletin tke few moments to write to t lest one governmentl personlity to express support for Isrel in this criticl time. Remember: the letters re weighed s well s counted. Right now, the weight nd the count re going hevily for the Arbs. The only wy to chnge tht is for ech person to do his or her prt. It is literlly up to YOU! TO RABBI AND MRS. ASHER BERKOWITZ L'HITRA'OT Pge Three We bid fond frewell nd I'hitr'ot to Rbbi Asher Berkowitz nd to his wife Shoshn Bulow Berkowitz nd their two dughters Rivk nd Tli s they leve our congregtion fter four yers. During tht time Rbbi Berkowitz rn the Beginyn pryers services for beginners nd tught in our Adult Eduction progrm. Rbbi Berkowitz lso served s wonderful member of the fculty in the Rbbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper School of Rmz where he tught mny of our children not only the content mteril of Judic Studies, but lso the feeling nd the commitment. A grdute of Rmz himself - s is Shoshn - he brought specil feeling to his teching nd he ws ble to rech the students in n dmirble wy. Rbbi Berkowitz nd his fmily will be moving to Clevelnd where he will serve s techer in the developing junior high school division of the Bet Sefer Mizrchi, centrist Orthodox school in Clevelnd Heights. We wish them well nd we look forwrd to seeing the whole fmily from time to time nd to hering very good things bout their work in behlf of the Jewish people. SHIRA LOOKSTEIN ENGAGED Mzel tov to Rbbi nd Mrs. Hskel Lookstein upon the enggement of their dughter, Shir to Dr. Lrry Bruch, son of Mrs. Gldys Bruch nd the lte Dvid Bruch of Forest Hills, New York. The chtn is grdute of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiv University nd is resident in medicine pursuing specilty in crdiology t Mount Sini Hospitl. The bride is grdute of Rmz nd Stern College for Women of Yeshiv University nd now serves s member of the fculty of the Rmz Lower School. Mzel tov to Shir's grndmothers, Mrs. Morris Ktz nd Mrs. Joseph H. Lookstein on this gret milestone in their grnddughter's life. My the wedding, scheduled for Sundy, November 5, tke plce in hppiness nd in blessing. KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Published Monthly except July nd August $15.00 of membership dues of Congregtion Kehilth Jeshurun covers subscription cost. 125 Est 85th Street New York, New York 10028 Phone 427-1000 EXT. 264, 265 USPS #292-0600 Second Clss Postge pid t New York, New York POSTMASTER: Send ddress chnges to: Congregtion Kehilth Jeshurun 125 Est 85th Street New York, New York 10028
Pge Four Stephnie Cohen Abrhms, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Bernrd Cohen nd grdute of Rmz, upon her grdution from Queens College with BA in Erly Childhood Eduction. Ari Jck Ackermn, son of Mrs. Mon Ackermn, upon his grdution from Rmz with New York Stte Regents Scholrship. He ws served Senior Vice President of the G.O. nd on the bsketbll tem. Ari ws member of the Business Investment Club nd the Republicn Conservtive Club. He will t tend Duke University in the fll. son of Mr. nd Mrs. Benjmin Brown nd grndson of Mrs. Lillin Brown Borenstein, upon his grdution from Rmz with New York Stte Regents Scholr ship. He ws Secretry of the G.O. nd Dniel Lewis Brown, member of the Business Investment Club nd the bsketbll tem. Dniel will ttend Univer sity of Michign in the fll. Dr L. Cohen, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Bernrd Cohen, upon her grdution from Rmz. She received the Sherut Awrd for outstnding commitment in service to the school. Dr ws cptin of the Service Squd nd hed of the stge crew nd cheerleding. She will ttend SUNY Albny in the fll. Jessic Leh Cohen, dughter of Dr. nd Mrs. Chrles Cohen, upon her grdution with honors from Rmz with n Empire Stte Scholrship nd s semi-finlist in the N tionl Merit Scholrship Contest. She receiv ed the Drm Awrd nd ws co-director of the senior ply. Jessic will ttend MABAT in Jeruslem in the fll before beginning her studies t Columbi. Crolyn Hochstdter Dicker, upon her grdution from Columbi Lw School s Hrln Fiske Stone Scholr. She lso received n wrd for highest cdemic chievement from the Deprtment of Germnic Lnguges. Crolyn will be working t the lw firm of LeBoeuf, Lmb, Leiby nd McRe this fll. Dvid B. Doft, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Avrom Doft, upon his grdution from the Horce Mnn School with honors in mthemtics. He ws wrded New York Stte Regents Scholrship nd is the recipient of letter of Commendtion in the Ntionl Merit Scholr ship Contest. Dvid ws member of the vr sity footbll tem nd the vrsity trck tem. He ws founder nd president of the Business Investment Club. Dvid will ttend the Whr ton School of Finnce t the University of Pennsylvni in the fll. Michel Doft, Doft, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Aln his grdution from Syrcuse University with degree in Americn Studies. upon Jcob Heller Eisenstt, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Smuel Eisenstt, upon his grdution from Rmz with New York Stte Regents Scholr ship. He ws Chirmn of the Business Invest ment Club nd cptin of the Hockey tem. He ws lso ctive on the Tzedkh Commit tee. Jckie will ttend Yeshivt HKotel in Jeruslem in the fll before beginning his studies t University of Pennsylvni. AC AD E MICH Kehilth Dniel Etr, son of Nitz Etr nd Aron Etr, nd grndson of Blnche G. Etr nd the lte Hrry Etr nd grdute of the Rmz School, upon his grdution from the Horce Mnn School. Dniel received erly dmission to Yle College. Lower In Etr, son of Dr. nd Mrs. Willim Etr nd grndson of Rebe Etr nd the lte Mx J. Etr, upon his grdution from thecollegite School s finlist in the Ntionl Merit Scholrship Contest. In will ttend Drt mouth College in the fll. Dniel A. Freedmn, grndson of Mr. nd Mrs. Sul Linzer nd son of Dr. Louis nd Nn Freedmn, who is former Rmz student, winning first plce in the locl nd Penn sylvni stte competitions for Ntionl History Dy in the individul medi ctegory. He lso presented "Elie Wiesel: A Cry for Humnity" t the Ntionl competition t the University of Mrylnd. Dniel lso suc cessfully completed the requirements for the tlent serch conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for the Advncement of Acdemiclly Tlented Youth by his superior performnce on the college SAT exm. He will be ttending n intensive three week progrm t Frnklin nd Mrshll College in July. cy upon Noh Goldstein, son Trck nd Swimming Tems. He will.ttend the University of Cliforni t Snt Cruz in the fll. Ariell Gretz, grnddughter of Mrs. Chrlotte Lebovics nd dughter of Rbbi Michel nd Nomi Gretz, who is Rmz grdute, upon her cceptnce to the Hebrew University of Jeruslem, fter completing her rmy duty. Ily Grozovsky, son of Dr. Inn Bkker, upon his grdution from Rmz. He ws member of the Business Investment Club nd the hockey tem. Ily will of Mrylnd in the fll. Steven Gurewitsch, ttend University dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. ll of New York City in the 1989 Ntionl Science nd Technology Budding Genius Writing Competi tion sponsored by the New York Acdemy of Sciences. The Rmz Upper School, where she will be entering ninth grde in the fll, sub mitted her pper "Non-Ftl Attrction" in the 8th grde section of the competition. Rebecc Amy Kobrin, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Lwrence Kobrin nd grnddughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Irving Kobrin, upon her grdu tion with honors from Rmz with son Memoril Prize for the best New York Stte Regents Scholrship nd s recipient of Letter of Commendtion in the Ntionl Merit Scholrship Contest. She received The Wlter Koppel Jewish Politicl Action Awrd for demonstrting ledership nd commitment to politicl ction for the benefit of the Jewish people. Rebecc ws Chirmn of the Jewish Affirs Committee nd served on the yerbook stff. She will ttend MABAT in Jeruslem in the fll before beginning her studies t Yle. Dvid H. Krmer, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Seymour Krmer, upon his grdution from Rmz. He vestment ws member of the Business In Club nd the hockey tem. Dvid will ttend NYU in the fll. Toby Ellen Lzrus, dughter of Nomi Lzrus nd the lte Mel Lzrus nd grdute of Rmz, upon her grdution with honors from the Johns Hopkins University, where she ws elected to Phi Bet Kpp. She will continue her Psychology t doctorl studies in the University of Chicgo, where she received both full tuition nd grdute studies scholrship. Scott Dvid Lebowitz, grndson of Mr. nd Mrs. Willim Lebowitz, upon being ccepted in the Ntionl Honors Society of the Secon dry Schools for scholstic chievements. Mrk Lefkowitz, grndson of Mr. nd Mrs. Jck Lefkowitz, upon his grdution from Col umbi University. In his senior yer, Mrk ws the Student President of Columbi's Council of Mr. nd Mrs. Stnley Gurewitsch nd grndson of Mrs. Rose Gurewitsch, upon his grdution from Brndeis University. Michel Hber, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Mr tin Hber nd grdute of Rmz, who is presently student t the L.A. Arts Center Col lege of Design, upon receiving n ItlinAmericn Scholrship'for 1989-90 t the Euro pen Institute of Design in Miln. He will be the first exchnge student from the L.A. Arts Center to study in Miln. Gil Hnnh Jvitt, dughter of Dr. nd Mrs. Normn Jvitt nd grdute of Rmz, upon receiving the Professor Crl H. Boyer undergrdute in the History of Science t Columbi University. Gil is entering her senior yer t Columbi. essy Amber Ktz, Howrd Ktz, upon plcing third in of Dr. nd Mrs. Theodore Goldstein, upon his grdution from the Fieldston School s Cptjn of its Jeshurun extern s he lest of Jewish Orgniztions. Michl Lemberger, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Ervin Lemberger, upon her grdution with honors from Rmz. She received the Edith Schrnk Memoril Awrd for outstn ding work in cretive writing s well s the Bnd Awrd. Michl ws co-editor of Prllx. She will ttend Midreshet Morih in Jeruslem in the fll before beginning her studies t Brnrd. Dniel Mx Libin, son of Dr. nd Mrs. Brry his grdution from Rmz with New York Stte Regents Scholrship. He received the Minyn Awrd for outstnding ssistnce in the dily Minyn nd the Dvid Kgn Memoril Awrd for exemplifying the vlues of sportsmnship nd menschlichkeit both on nd off the plying field. Dniel lso Libin, upon served on the tennis nd Softbll ttend NYU in the fll. tems. He will
ftf GHONORS hejiest congrtultions to.. Jne Rebecc Lukshok, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Ed Lukshok nd grnddughter of Mrs. Muriel Lukshok, upon her grdution trom Rmz. She ws n ctive member of the chorus. Jne will ttend Mchon Gold in Jeruslem in the fll before beginning her studies t Queens College. Dr. Mrk Meirowitz, n ttorney with Ber, Stem nd Uphm, upon receiving his doctorte inpoliticl Science from Fordhm University. Joshu Nthniel Nthnson, son of Mr. ndmrs. Joseph Nthnson, upon his grdu tion from Rmz. He served s Photogrphy Editor of the yerbook. Joshu will ttend Boston University in the fll. Arind Newmn, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Melvin Newmn nd grnddughter of Mrs. Rit Kufmn, nd grdute of Rmz, upoi her grdution from Brnrd with BA inpoliticl Science. Zvi Gil Pgovich, son of Dr. nd Mrs. Benjmi r Pgovich, upon his grdution from Rm z. He served on the bsketbll nd softbll erns. Gil will ttend Syrcuse Universi ty in the fll. R< dney Propp, son of Mrs. Eve Propp nd gre dute of the Rmz Lower School, upon his grdution with n MBA from the Unh erstiy of Chicgo Grdute School of Business. A! n Rechtschffen, son of Rbbi Mnfred Reel tschffen nd grdute of Rmz, upon his g rdution from Columbi University with BA in Politicl Science, he will ttend lw school in the fll. T. mr Rennert, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Ir Rennert nd former student t Rmz, upen her grdution from the Fieldston Sch >ol. She will ttend Brnrd College in the (ll. F nnh Robins, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Irw n Robins nd grdute of Rmz, upon her grdution from Queens College. She will ssrme the position of Assistnt Techer in the third grde of the Rmz Lower School. tin f nneth Rochlin, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Mr Jochlin nd grdute of Rmz, upon his ppointment to the Presidency of the Yes liv University Drm Society. He receiv ed t ie Dr. Abrhm Tuber Memoril Awrd, wh ch is given to junior for excellence in spe;ch nd drm. Kenny ws ppointed Bu: mess Editor of the Yeshiv's newsletter, The Co nmenttor. I is Rosen, dughter of Mrs. Mrcell Rosen n grdute of Rmz, upon her grdutioi i from Johns Hopkins University with BA. J jsih M. Rotenberg, grndson of Mrs. Ch rrlotte Lebovics, nd son of Dr. Aubey nd Mc norh Rotenberg, who is Rmz grdute, upon his grdution from Frisch Yeshiv High School. He will enter Johns Hopkins Univer sity in the fll. Crolyn Judith Rubin, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Morton Rubin, upon her grdution from Rmz. She received the School Service Awrd for contributions to school progrms. Crolyn ws co-cptin of the Service Squd nd member of the tennis tem. She will ttend Brndeis University in the fll. Susie K. Rubin, dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Morton Rubin nd grdute of Rmz, upon her grdution from NYU with BA in Art. She will be working with n rt broker. Mrc Lee Sroff, son of Mrs. Michel Muksey nd grdute of Rmz, upon his grdution from Drtmouth College with BA in Psychology. Noh Scheinfeld, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Dvid Scheinfeld, upon his grdution with honors from Hrvrd Lw School. He ws ppointed Teching Fellow in Americn History t Hr vrd this pst semester. Noh will be n ssocite in lrge lw firm this coming yer. Alln Schwrtz, grndson of Mr. nd Mrs. Hermn Smilow, upon his grdution from Yeshiv of Centrl Queens. He will ttend the Rmz Upper School in the fll. Leonrd Silvermn, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Ar thur Silvermn nd grdute of Rmz, upon his grdution from Brndeis University with highest honors in English nd Americn Literture, one of forty students out of grduting clss of 660 to receive such cdemic recognition. He minored in Ner Est nd Judic Studies. Leonrd spent the pst five months studying t Yeshivt HKotel in Isrel. He will ttend the University of Penn sylvni Lw School in the fll. Stephen Smigel, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Loluis Smigel, upon his grdution from the Horce Mnn School. He ws on the vrsity footbll tem nd ws cptin of the lcrosse tem. He ws lso n officer of the Horce Mnn Business Investment Club. Stephen will ttend the Whrton School of Finnce of the Univer sity of Pennsylvni this fll. Snford I. Smokier, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Leonrd Smokier nd grndson of Mrs. Lol Gross, upon his grdution from Rmz. He ws cptin of the softbll tem nd the AV Squd. Sndy served on the hockey tem nd ws member of the stge crew. He will t tend Boston University in the fll. Steven Tnz, son of Dr. nd Mrs. Alfred Tnz nd grdute of Rmz, upon receiving the Chncellor's Service Awrd t NYU Stern School of Business for brod record of leder ship efforts rnging from orienttion to lumni outrech. MAY THEY GO HIGHER AND HIGHER Pge Five We extend wrm Mzel Tov to the following young members of the Congreg tion who prticipted in Advncement Dy Exercises s they completed the Rmz Lower School. SPENCER BAGLEY son of Mr. nd Mrs. Dniel Bgley GREGORY BRENNER son of Mr. nd Mrs. Rymond Brenner ROGER COHEN son of Dr. nd Mrs. Seymour Cohen MARK CREIZMAN son of Mr. nd Mrs. Lwrence Creizmn ADAM DAYAN son of Mr. nd Mrs. Eli Dyn DANIEL EDELSTEIN son of Mr. nd Mrs. Chim Edelstein DANIELLE ELISOFON dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Aln Elisofon DAVIDA FRIEDMAN dughter of Dr. nd Mrs. Mrk Friedmn SUSANNAH GALLIN dughter of Dr. nd Mrs. Richrd Gllin ADAM HIRSCH son of Mr. nd Mrs. Richrd Hirsch EMIL KLEINHAUS son of Mr. nd Mrs. Hrry Kleinhus DEBRA KOBRIN dughter of Mr. ndmrs. Lwrence Kobrin nd grnddughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Irving Kobrin JESSICA KOBRIN dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Richrd Kobrin nd grnddughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Irving Kobrin ORAN PACHTER son of Dr. nd Mrs. Leon Pchter ANDREW RECHTSCHAFFEN son of Rbbi nd Mrs. Mnfred Rechtschffen AARON TUGENDHAFT son of Mr. nd Mrs. Gerrd Tugendhft HILAN WARSHAW son of Mr. nd Mrs. Jerry Wrshw DARIELE WATNICK dughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Jy Wtnick NEW OFFICERS FOR RAMAZ HIGH SCHOOL G.O. The Congregtion is plesed to congrtulte the following young people who were elected to office by their peers in the Rbbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper School of Rmz to hed the student orgniztion there. Adm Scheer ws elected President; Elish Wiesel, Senior Vice President; Sm Rscoff, Junior Vice President; Julie Stern, Secretry nd Rchel Flk, Tresurer. We wish the young people well in guiding the student body in the Upper School.
KEHILATH JESHURUN Pge Six BULLETIN A TIME TO EMBRACE AND A TIME TO LET GO 10th MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN by Rbbi Hskel Lookstein On Wednesdy evening, June 29,1979, my memory, begn chpter in unfinished utobiogrphy. He entitled it fther, of blessed his "A Time To Embrce And A Time To Let Go." sd chpter. It spoke of the need to ledership of institutions nd cuses tht he held prticulrly der. The first two pges which he wrote tht night ended with the midrshic portryl of the sons of Aron wlking behind Moses nd Aron nd sying It ws give up ech other: "When Will These Two Old Men..." to My fther never finished tht sentence. He completed the thought. He put his pen down without writing the word "Die." And he never wrote gin. During tht night he suf fered the stroke tht led to his pssing sixteen dys lter. never Tht's bout to s close s one should come scribing to his premonitions or prescience. It is lmost "Rbiyishe" story. But it is true; nd it leves me with one messge in two prts. First, my fther, like other gret Jewish per sonlities, did not die. As his children-physicl nd spiritul - live on, he lives cond, there is on s time to embrce nd well. Se time to let go, but when we let go, we let go only of the person; we continue to embrce the prin child. I m sure he would hve been s devstted s nyone over Aln's ccident, but he would hve given the fmily encourgement nd perhps tht is one of the sources for their extrordinry strength - beginning with Aln himself. He would hve been so proud of his young people tking ledership in the Shul: Fred Bumgrten, whom he would hve cll ed Freddy; nd Gil Khn, nd host of others who re on the bords of the Shul nd the School. Wht Nchs he would hve hd from Mel Newmn s Pst Chirmn of the Rmz Bord, nd Steve Gross nd Dvid Khn nd observnt to be Trustee of this congreg tion. I think tht Trustee of Shul like this ought to be someone t whom people cn look nd sy he represents wht the Shul stnds for." You know, we ccepted this temporry demurrl, but wht this young mn could not know fther would hve considered such response to be n bsolute indiction of how deserving tht young mn ws to be Trustee nmedforhim. He would hve loved tht. He would hve hd sixteen different Yiddish terms of enderment for ech of the gret yers go of the mn - grndchildren, s he hd for the two - Eric nd Lizzy - whom he knew nd loved. My mother continues, thnk God, to be the center of our fmily. We know tht her home is wht it lwys ws: A gthering plce for ll of us. Tht is wht let go. we embrce even s we Second, ll of us try to embrce him s leder of our community. I looked round the Shul t morning services tody nd I sw tht composed of grdutes or prents - nd, in one cse, grndprent - of Rmz students. My fther would hve loved tht. However, he would hve been very upset by the smll number of people t the service nd he would hve let us know in no uncertin terms how upset he ws. two-thirds of the Minyn ws Rmz But he would hve liked nd he would hve pprecited the nture of the Dveners. He would be thrilled to see Benjy s Presi dent of this Shul, Benjy whom he loved s Vice Chirmn Finncil Secretry. It isn't every com munity tht is fortunte enough to hve such continuity. He founded Rmz, in prt, in order to give permnence to this community. He would hve been proud of the fct tht one young mn who ws pproched to serve s trustee responded with the following words: "I don't think I m sufficiently religious is tht my go s Tresurer nd Dvid Sr- n s but we continue to embrce the messge. We let go of the physicl being but we continue to embrce the spiritul essence. Ten yers fter his pssing we might ssess wht it is tht we re trying to embrce. First nd foremost, we try to embrce his qulities s fmily mn. In letter tht he wrote two nd hlf yers before his pssing he urged the fmily to Remin close, s, thnk God, we hve lwys been. He ssured us tht "Whtever occsions you will celebrte together, be sure tht my spirit will be there." In the lmost ten yers since his pssing we hve been blessed by the fct tht every one of us is still here except for n uncle, my fther's sister's husbnd, who pssed wy severl yers go. And t every hppy fmily occ sion nd there hve been mny - we hve felt his spirit. When he died, he nd my mother only hd two gret-grndchildren. Now, thnk God, there re sixteen, more thn one of them ciples. We let s of his Shul. He would hve loved the bby crriges in the downstirs vestibule on Shbbt morning, but he would not hve loved the sounds tht some of the children mke in Shul. He would hve been thrilled with the increse in tten dnce, but upset bout the rising decible level of converstion. We hve to be creful bout these things. He wnted this Shul to be s beutiful nd s estheticlly ppeling s reform temple nd yet s wrm nd s vibrnt s Chssidic Shteibel. We will never rech either extreme but we should never stop striv ing to ttin them. God forbid tht we should end up with the esthetics of Shteibel nd the wrmth nd vibrncy of temple. (And I men no offense to either Shteiblch or temples.) We hve not let go of his vision of Rmz either. As Rv Soloveitchik sid to me few how the enroll told him, thnk God it ws going very well, he responded: "Tht's becuse you hven't chnged." When ment when he sked me of Rmz ws going nd I I sked him wht he ment by tht, he nswered: "You hven't moved to the right; don't let them pull you to the right." Ten yers fter the pssing of Rbbi Joseph H. Lookstein we hve not pulled to the right. We re self-conscious bout our religious gols nd purposeful bout the messge we re try ing to communicte, but we remin Centrist Syngogue nd school, committed to teching Finlly, we re trying to hold fst to nother mjor principle of my fther's life: his Ahvt Yisrel. Mny times during the lst ten yers I would hve given nything just to be ble to sk him wht he thought bout the internecine htred which bounds mong Jews tody. I cn just bout imgine his well chosen words to describe the stone throwers on the hredi right nd the Orthodox bshers on the liberl left; the intolernt nd insensitive religious power brokers in Isrel nd the opportunistic op ponents from liberl Judism in Americ who re trying to seize politicl power in Isrel nd who demnd communl funds for projects nd progrms tht do not even yet exist. My fther would hve disgreed strongly with the Lubvitcher Rebbe in the 'Who is Jew" con troversy in November, but it would not hve diminished in the slightest his love nd dmir tion for the Rebbe. He hd the bility to love nd respect those with whom he did not gree becuse he viewed ll Jews s members of fmily. We hve tried to embrce tht ttitude t time when people re choosing sides nd lining up to hurl insults t ech other. This ttitude is not simply mnifested in words. It hs been trnslted into ction. The ledership role tht our congregtion plyed in opertion Moses ws n exmple of Ahvt Yisrel in prctice. Our ppel this yer for pssge to freedom t the UJA kick-off in Aln nd Elizbeth Doft's home is further exm ple. We hve not lessened our support for the congregtion, for Rmz or for Yeshiv University. On the contrry, our membership is giving more nd more generously to these which re so ner to us. But most of recognize tht our first responsibility is to Kll Yisrel. Tht is wht my fther tught us. He probbly lerned it from my gret cuses us grndfther, Rbbi Moses Z. Mrgolies who tught young Rbbinic rdicl from the Lower Est Side how to pprecite Jewish seculrists, how to promote Mizrchi nd how to develop the ttitude tht every Jew is poten tilly religious. He or she my simply not be there yet. But no one is without neshm. So, lmost ten yers fter his pssing I m not sure exctly wht he would hve thought bout every single ctivity of our community but I think, on the whole, he would hve been plesed. I don't know, for exmple, wht his rection would hve been to Women's Tefillh Group in our chpel, but he probbly would hve been redy to give it chnce, nd if he hd herd his own dughter reding the Torh nd even evesdropped while gretgrnddughter red portion, he just might hve been flexible enough to hve sid: "Nu it hs its vlue." He ws tril blzer for most of his life nd we re following the pths tht he blzed for us. "There is time to embrce nd time to let go." Ten yers go we let go with ters nd - preching menschlichkeit, tolernce, nd derekh eretz towrd ll people. We will strive to be holy but not holier thn thou; righteous but not selfrighteous; observnt of Torh nd Mitzvot but not competitive in the sech for the Churnr grief. Tody, we embrce with love, with respect nd with grtitude. His soul is forever bound up mong the living - mong the liv ing in the Yeshiv Shel M'l where he hs erned his plce nd mong us, the living, in of the month. As n institution nd preserve nd respect for ll Jews s community we embrcing virtully ll of the vlues nd principles which my fther tught us throughout his 56 yers. re the Yeshiv Shel Mt where we honor nd the kind of community tht he lbored so lovingly to crete. Tht is his ultimte rewrd - nd it is ours s well.
Pge Seven 117th ANNUAL MEETING GAVEL PASSES FROM BENJAMIN BROWN TO STANLEY GUREWITSCH (continued from pge 1) Mr. Brown then spoke bout the fct tht this will be the third yer in row with the sme dues structure. He told the membership tht this is possible becuse of the extrordinry generosity of KJ members through the Annul Syngogue Appel, which in the coming yer must rise pproximtely $450,000 in order to cover the difference between wht our dues nd norml income brings in nd our expenses entil. Benjy closed with specil tribute to Frn for ll of her support nd encourgement. He thnked his fmily, his fellow Officers, the Rbbis nd the entire membership. He ssured us ll tht "I shll continue to be vilble to KJ in ny cpcity. I m leving the Presidency, but I do not wish to leve n ctive involvement in the congregtion's ffirs. I feel gretly indebted to KJ for helping me to become wht I never thought I would be. I shll try, with God's help, to express tht grtitude by continued commitment to Torh nd mitzvot nd to ll of you in this wonderful congregtion." The semblge gve Benjy stnding ovtion in tribute not lone to his ddress but to his person nd to ll tht he hs ment to the congregtion throughout the pst six yers. Memoril to Rbbi Joseph H. Lookstein Mr. Brown then clled upon Rbbi Hskel Lookstein to deliver the nnul tribute to his fther. During the pst eight yers members of the congregtion hve given this tribute. This yer it ws felt tht following the specil memoril ddresses by Dr. Normn Lmm, Dr. Emnuel Rckmn nd Prof. Elie Wiesel, it would be fitting for Rbbi Hskel Lookstein to deliver specil tribute. The text of tht tribute is printed elsewhere in this Bulletin. Report of Committee of Nomintions The President then clled upon Richrd E. Kobrin, member of the Nominting Committee, to present the report of tht committee, report which ws developed by Nthn Slzmn, Joseph Lorch nd Steven Gross, long with Mr. Kobrin. Mr. Kobrin nominted Joseph Lorch, former Vice President of KJ nd former Chirmn of the Bord of Trustees of Rmz, nd Fnny Wld, cherished longtime member of KJ who hs been devoted to numerous cwish cuses throughout her life, s Honorry Trustees. Mr. Kobrin then indicted tht Tov Bulow, Dr. Normn Jvitt nd Stephen J. Kule could no longer serve on the Bord of Trustees ecuse they hve completed the constitutionl limit of nine yers on the Bord. He thnked hem for their service. He lso noted tht hllin Brown Borenstein nd Dr. Bernrd hbkow hve sked to be relieved of the esponsibility of serving s Trustees. Mr. Kobrin then presented the following or three yer terms on the Bord: Hrvey \rf, Dr. Adm Bender, Elis Buchwld, Dr..thlie Friedmn, Sue Jvitt, Hrry leinhus, Richrd Kobrin, Armnd Lindenbum, Herb Mehl, Sue Robins, Irwin Shpiro, Sm Silverstein, nd Isrel Wldmn. The President clled for vote nd the bove Trustees were elected unnimously. Mr. Kobrin then indicted tht the Constitution, in Article 5, Section 1, provides tht the Bord of Trustees my, from time to time, elect other Officers besides President, Vice President, Secretry nd Tresurer. It is the recommendtion of the Nominting Committee tht second Vice President nd Finncil Secretry be dded, s ws the cse lst yer, nd tht Gbbi lso be dded. Mr. Kobrin then nominted Irwin B. Robins s Gbbi, Fred Distenfeld s Second Vice President, nd Stephen J. Kule s Finncil Secretry. He then nominted, further, Dvid Ixvy s Vice President, Dr. Gilbert N. Khn s Secretry nd Fred Bumgrten s Tresurer. All of these were elected unnimously. Mr. Kobrin then thnked Benjmin Brown for his extrordinry service s President of the congregtion nd he plced in nomintion the nme of Stnley Gurewitsch for the office of President of the congregtion. Mr. Gurewitsch ws elected by cclmtion. Presenttion to Benjmin Brown As his first ct in office, Mr. Gurewitsch expressed the thnks of the congregtion to Benjmin Brown for ll tht he hs done for this community nd he expressed the hope tht Benjy would continue to serve KJ nd its members for mny yers to come. On behlf of the congregtion he presented the outgoing President with beutiful chllh bord, encsed in modern silver try together with lovely chllh knife inscribed to Mr. Brown from his friends in the congregtion. Appointment of Associte Trustees In ccordnce with the provision of the Constitution, Mr. Gurewitsch then nominted 15 Associte Trustees to serve on the Bord. They re: Nel Boyrsky, Frncine Brown, Lionel Etr, Mrtine Fox, Ir Gober, Re Gurewitsch, Michel Jspn, Jeffiey Kufmn, Brry Kluger, Yvonne Koppel, Edwrd Lukshok, George Rohr, Dr. Stephen Stowe, Ronld Tuber, nd Burton L. Usdn. Memoril to Deprted Members Mr. Gurewitsch then clled upon Rbbi Lookstein to present brief memorils to the following members of the congregtion who pssed wy since our lst Annul Meeting: Lou Bcon Berth Citron Esther Greenberg Pul Hermn Jen Kssover Wlter Koppel Melvin Lzrus Lynette Levy Jcob M. Miller Annul Meeting of Rmz Mr. Gurewitsch then declred the 117th Annul Meeting of the congregtion djourned nd he clled upon Steven Gross to preside over the Annul Meeting of the Rmz School. Mr. Gross clled upon Joseph Lorch to present the report of the Nominting Committee. Mr. Lorch nominted for full terms on the Bord of Rmz Avrom Doft, Dr. Nthlie Friedmn, Stephen J. Kule, Jen Lindenbum, Ronn Shorofsky, Brbr Zimet. For Prent Trustees he nominted Judith Huptmn Adesnik, Jcob Bermn, Jon Meyers. As Alumni Trustees he plced in nomintion the following nmes: Dr. Terry Ann Krulwich, Pmel Nsh, Frncine Gerber. For Community Trustees, Mr. Gross nominted the following: Rbbi Neil Gillmn, Perl Hck, Jon Sdinoff Ktz, Rbbi Dle Polkoff, Rbbi Jcob J. Schcter, Rdine Abrmson Spier. All of the people nominted by Mr. Lorch were elected by the ssemblge t which point the Annul Meeting of the Rmz School ws djourned. Mr. Gurewitsch then clled upon Rbbi Lookstein for few closing remrks. Rbbi Lookstein spoke bout Benjmin Brown s n inspiring exmple of someone who helped the syngogue to estblish itseli on the three pillrs with which the Ethics of the Fthers opens: Torh, worship, nd cts of chrity. He described Benjmin Brown s person devoted to the observnce of Torh nd its study. He cited the outgoing President for his consistent ttendnce t Tlmud shiurim through the yers. The Rbbi prised Benjy Brown for his extrordinry relibility s member of the dily minyn. We never hd President, he sid, who worshipped literlly every dy in the morning throughout his tenure. We never hd President who ws more devoted to the syngogue in terms of service. No tsk ws too light, no responsibility ws too txing. Finlly, s prctitioner of the rt of chesed, Benjy nd his fmily hve estblished n envible record. Both he nd Frn re members of our chevr kdish. They visit everyone in the hospitl. They re the first to cll for hppy nd sd occsions. They render cts of kindness with their substnce nd their persons. They re wonderful exmples worthy of-emultion. The Rbbi expressed the hope tht Benjy be ble to continue to work in behlf of the Jewish community in other positions of ledership nd s supporting member of the congregtion. He then invited everyone to join together, in the Socil Hll for colltion nd socil hour.
Pge Eight Within Our Fmily births Mzel tov to Mr. nd Mrs. Smuel Feder on the birth of gret-grnddughter, Amnd, to their grndchildren, Nncy nd Jck Mrkovitch. Mzel tov to Mrs. Elenor Friedmn on the birth of grndson, Moshe Pesch to her children, Smuel nd Debbie Friedmn. Mzel tov to Mr. nd Mrs. Normn Hlper on the birth of grnddughter, Le Aviv to their children, Deborh nd Mrk Giddins. Similr good wishes to the proud gretgrndmother, Mrs. Smuel Lukshok. Mzel tov to Debbie nd Wrren Hmmerschlg on the birth of son, Dniel Aron. Similr good wishes to the proud grndprents, our Trustee nd his wife, Mr. nd Mrs. Irwin Shpiro nd the delighted gret-grndprents, Mr. nd Mrs. Smuel Feder. Mzel tov to Fig nd Michel Joseph on the birth of son. We gin express similr good wishes to the proud gret-grndprents, Mr. nd Mrs. Smuel Feder. Mzel tov to Prof, nd Mrs. Abrhm Ktsh on the birth of grndson, Emmett Reuven to their children Mr. nd Mrs. Slem Ktsh. Mzel tov to our Trustee nd his wife, Mr. nd Mrs. Ed Low on the birth of grndson, Andrew Judh to their children, Debbie nd Michel Doppelt. Mzel tov to Rhond nd Jeffrey Luxenberg on the birth of son, Alexnder Brett. Similr good wishes to the proud grndprents, Mr. nd Mrs. Leonrd Smokier nd the delighted gret-grndmother, Mrs. Lol Gross. Alexnder, who is fourth genertion member of KJ, is nmed in loving memory of his mternl gret-grndfther, Alexnder Gross, who ws Trustee of the congregtion. Mzel tov to Rochelle nd Eugene Mjor on the birth of son, Klmn Clev. Similr good wishes to the proud grndprents, Dr. nd Mrs. Willim Mjor. Mzel tov to our Trustee nd his wife, Mr. nd Mrs. Herbert Mehl on the birth of grndson, Brin Smuel to their children, Ev nd Dnny Hoenig. Mzel tov to Mr. nd Mrs. Julius Miller on the rrivl of grndson, Jonthn Ross to their children, Robert Miller nd Sr Lee Kessler. Mzel tov to Rbbi nd Mrs. Myer Moskowitz on the birth of grnddughter, Michel Gbriell to their children, Tmmy nd Steven Wgner. Mzel tov to our Trustee nd his wife, George nd Pmel Rohr, on the birth of son, Alexnder Meir. Similr good wishes to the proud grndprents, Mr. nd Mrs. Jck Nsh. Mzel tov to Eline nd Dore Schreibmn on the rrivl of son, Jke Aron. Mzel tov to Croline nd Dvid Schwrcz on the birth of son, M. Mrlin. Mzel tov to Jill nd Dniel Wohlfrth on the birth of dughter, Le Alexndr. Mzel tov to Din nd Chim Zlotogorski on the birth of son, Yehoshu Shlomo. Similr good wishes to the proud grndprents, Mr. nd Mrs. Morris Wyszogrod. BAR MITZVAH Joshu Chrles Schwlbe Mzel tov to Mr. nd Mrs. Robert Schwlbe on the Br Mitzvh of their son, Joshu Chrles which took plce on Sturdy, June 24, in Congregtion Ahvth Torh in Englewood, New Jersey. Joshu red the weekly portion of Behlotch nd the Hftorh. Joshu will enter the eighth grde in the Morih Hebrew Dy School in Englewood, New Jersey, in the fll nd will continue his high school studies t the Rmz Upper School. Br Mitzvh Mzel tov to Mr. nd Mrs. Hrvey Zuckermn on the Br Mitzvh of their grndson, Yehud Keri, which took plce on Sturdy, June 24, in Columbus, Ohio. ENGAGEMENTS Mzel tov to our Trustee nd his wife, Mr. nd Mrs. Elis Buchwld, on the enggement of their dughter, Gen Golder to Dvid Stern. Mzel tov to Dvid Leitmn on his enggement to Chgit Bruch of Isrel. CONDOLENCES Our condolences to Roslyn Friedmn upon the pssing of her beloved fther, Louis Bruer. Our condolences to Tobin Kohne upon the pssing of his beloved fther, Solomon Kohne. Our condolences to Jck Lefkowitz upon the pssing of his brother, Dvid Lefkowitz. PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS We re plesed to nnounce tht Alvin H. Broome hs been elected to the Bord of Directors of the New York Stte Tril Lwyers Assocition. We congrtulte Dr. Seymour Cohen on his election to the Presidency of New York Cncer Society nd the New York Stte Society of Medicl Oncologists nd Hemtologists. We congrtulte Mrgo Feiden Cohen on the publiction of her book, "Mrgo Feiden's The Clorie Fctor". We re plesed to congrtulte M. Ethn Ktsh, son of Prof, nd Mrs. Abrhm Ktsh nd grdute of Rmz nd Professor of Lw t the University of Msschusetts in Amherst, on the publiction of his book 'The Electronic Medi nd the Trnsformtion of Lw", dedicted to his prents. PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT Congrtultions to Drs. Dniel Colemn Jvitt nd Reb Kizner, who hve become diplomtes of their respective specilty bords, Psychitry nd Otolryngology. Dniel is clinicl fellow t the Albert Einstein College of Medicine nd Reb is member of the Mnhttn Medicl Group of H.I.P. Congrtultions to Dr. Jonthn Chim Jvitt on becoming diplomte of the Americn Bord of Ophthlmology. He s currently n instructor in ophthlmology t the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Congrtultions to Dr. Mrci Jvitt on her ppointment s Associte Professor in Rdiology nd Hed of Abdominl Imging t the George Wshington University Medi 1 Center in Wshington, D.C. Similr congrtultions to Dr. nd Mrs. Normn Jvitt on the chievements of thei" children. PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION We re plesed to commend our'member Steven Hft, son-in-lw of Mr. nd Mrs. Mk: Birnbch, on his producership of the new populr movie, "Ded Poets Society." We re plesed to nnounce tht Dr. Richrc Dubin ws recently elected Fellow of the Americn College of Gstroenterology. We congrtulte Dr. Mrrick L. Kukin on his election to Fellowship in the Americn College of Crdiology. Dr. Kukin is grdute of Princeton University nd the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is currently n instructor in medicine t the Mount Sini Medicl Center in New York. Mzel tov to Jclyn K. Leifert upon her Awrd of Specil Commendtion by the United Jewish Community of Bergen County in recognition of more thn decde of dedicted teching nd outstnding service to Yvneh Acdemy in Prmus, New Jersey. Jckie previously tught t Rmz. We congrtulte Dr. Andre P. Thu (Mrs. John R. Liebermn) on her induction s Fellow of the Americn Acdemy of Optometry. She lso presented two reserch ppers t the nnul ntionl meeting held in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Thu is currently n executive bord member of the New York Acdemy of Optometry nd Chirperson of the New York Stte Optometric Assocition. An ssistnt professor t the Stte College of Optometry, she is lso in privte prctice on Prk Avenue. RULES TO BE HONORED We re proud to extend mzel tov to our Finncil Secretry nd Mrs. Stephen J. Kule upon their selection s guests of honor t the Fortieth Annul Dinner Dnce of the Jewish Center of Atlntic Bech. The event will tke plce on Sundy evening, August 20. We commend the Jewish Center of Atlntic Bech on its selection of Wilm nd Steve nd re certin the dinner will be n outstnding success. DAVID LEVY HONORED We re proud to extend mzel tov to Vice President Dvid Levy upon his being honored by the Krlin Stolin Yeshivos of Jeruslem nd Brooklyn. He ws the recipient of the distinguished Chesed nd Yeshiv Awrd. My he continue to merit such ccoldes for his service to the Jewish community. (continued on pge 9)
Pge Nine MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH LORCH CELEBRATE 50th ANNIVERSARY A herty mzel tov to Joseph nd Hnnh Lorch upon the occsion of their forthcoming 50th nniversry to be celebrted on July 3. Joseph Lorch hs served our community nd the broder Jewish community in mny, mny wys including s Vice President of the congregtion nd Chirmn of the Bord of Rmz School. Our entire community is grteful for the work tht the Ixirches hve done over the yers nd wish them well for mny, mny more yers of hppiness together. HON. JEROME HORNBLASS CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT OF KIRUV We re plesed to nnounce tht the new President of Kiruv, the outrech orgniztion sponsored by the Mx Stern Division of Communl Services of Yeshiv University, is our own member, Hon. Jerome Hornblss. He is joined by severl other members of the congregtion s Officers of the orgniztion: Fred Schwrtzberg s Tresurer, nd Ephrim nd Gil Propp s Progrm Consultnts. We wish the new dministrtion of Kiruv gret success in their outrech work to young Jews on the college cmpuses. WITHIN OUR FAMILY (continued from pge 8) COMMUNAL HONORS Congrtultions to our Esteemed Former Trustee, Dr. Bernrd Kbkow, upon his designtion s guest of honor t dinner held by the Physicins Division of the UJA- Federtion in New York. We re hppy tht Dr. Kbkow who hs done so much for UJA, for Soviet Jewry nd for mny cuses hs been honored by his peers in this mnner. COMMUNAL SERVICE Congrtultions to Audrey Lookstein nd Nechi Shudofsky upon their re-election for second term s Ntionl Vice Presidents of Amit Women. We wish them much success nd fulfillment in their work in behlf of this importnt orgniztion. We recognize Binny Shlev, son of Dr. nd Mrs. Nom Shudofsky on his ppointment s Assistnt Director of the Gesher Foundtion in Jeruslem. Binny lives with his wife Mirim nd their three sons in Mitzpeh Hoshy in the Glil. COMMUNAL NOTE We re proud to note tht our Honorry Trustee, Mrs. Fnny Wld hs endowed Judic Theme Essy Contest t New York University's Jewish Culturl Foundtionin in honor of our devoted member nd JCF Founder, Professor Abrhm I. Ktsh. FROM OUR BULLETINBOARD ON 85th STREET DASHEVSKY DENIED EXIT VISA We re sddened to note tht Vldimir Dshevsky continues to be denied n exit vis for the purpose of emigrting to Isrel. It is now more thn ten yers since Mrch, 1979, when Dshevsky ws first refused permission to leve the Soviet Union. A fifty-one yer old strophysicist, Dshevsky's fmily includes his wife, Ttin, who is thirty-one nd their two sons, Shmuel who is eight, Dniel who is seven nd their dughter, Tmr who turned two this month. Zev nd his fmily wish to be reunited with his dughter, Irin nd her husbnd, Kr Ivnov, who hve been in Isrel since 1987. THE STORY Vldimir Dshevsky worked for mny yers in reserch t the Institute of Terrestril Mgnetism. Immeditely fter pplying for n exit vis in 1977, he ws forced to give up his prestigious position there nd since then hs been erning living tutoring high school students in physics. Two yers fter his ppliction ws submitted, he ws refused on the grounds tht he possessed stte secrets, though he hd never hd ccess to clssified informtion. Lter this reson ws dropped nd the fmily received nother refusl bsed on the grounds tht Ttin's prents refused to give their dughter permission to leve the USSR. Dshevsky's brod intellectul interest brought him to the study of generl philosophy through which he red the works of Mrtin Buber, five of whose books he trnslted into Russin. Dshevsky then becme interested in his own Jewish bckground. He tught himself Hebrew nd begn studying texts in their originl. He becme n observnt Jew nd helped lrge group of young Jews to study their lnguge nd heritge. Anyone who my be trvelling to the Soviet Union nd who my wish further informtion should contct the syngogue office. For informtion bout the weekly sttus of the Mnhttn Eruv Cll the ERUV HOTLINE 212-362-2602 (recorded messge) Tel. 439-9886 GALIL RESTAURANT Gltt Kosher PLEASANT DINING-TAKE OUT FREE DELIVERY WITHIN 10 BLOCKS ISRAELI-MIDDLE EASTERN CUISINE Selection of wine, liquor nd beer vilble. 1252 Lexington Avenue Dily 11:30 AM-11:30 PM (bet. 84th & 85th Sts.) Open St. Nite till 1:30 AM New York, N.Y. Fri. for lunch
Assistnt Pge Ten Visit Mnhttn's NEWEST GALLERY FEATURING A FULL LINE OF VERY SPECIAL CEREMONIAL AND RITUAL OBJECTS 125 Est 85th Street New York 212-722-4271 Open: Tues. - Fri. & Sundy SUMMER SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Weekdy mornings Mondy, Thursdy nd Rosh Chodesh Weekdys Sundy mornings Sbbth mornings Evenings (Except Sturdy) Fridy evenings SABBATH SCHEDULE 7:30 A.M. 7:15 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M. 6:45 RM. 6:45 P.M. SPONSOR A KIDDUSH A beutiful nd trditionl wy of observing yhrzeit, nniversry, birthdy or specil simch is to celebrte with the community by sponsoring Shbbt morning kiddush. We list some vilble dtes in the coming months: July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 26 September 2, 16 Cll our Executive Director, Robert Leifert t 427-1000 to mke rrngements. EXCLUSIVE Elegnt Tble Linens At resonble prices Exquisite designs fits ll occsions Iris Levitsky 212-628-2380 CONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN 125 Est 85th Street New York, NY. 10028 HA 7-1000..... Tresurer Syngogue Officils Joseph H Lookstein Rbbi 1923-1979 Dr. Hskel Lookstein Rbbi Steven Cohen Rbbi Michel D. Grtenberg Assistnt Rbbi Avrum Dvis Cntor Isrel D. Rosenberg Ritul Director Robert J. Leifert Executive Director Officers of the Congregt ion Stnley Gurewitsch President Dvid Levy Vice-President Fred Disfenfeld Second Vice-President Dr. Gilbert N. Khn Secretry Frederic H. Bumgrten Stephen J. Kule Finncil Secretry Dede Alpert Pres. Sisterhood Asher Levitsky Pres. Men's Club Robert Bumgrten Pres. Couples Club Dr. Roslind Levine Pres. Couples Club Pst Presidents Benjmin Brown Smuel Eisenstt Nthn Slzmn Office Stff Florence Cohen Chni Wolk Elen Goln Httie Murphy Bookkeeper Rudy Arjune Superintendent JUNE 30-July 1 Shelch Lighting of Cndles JULY 7-8 Korch.8:12 8:20 9:13 14-15 Chukt-Blk 21-22 Pinchs 28-29 Mtot-Msei.8:09.8:04 7:58 7-58 8:20 8:15 8:10 9:09 9:00 8:54 AUGUST 4-5 Devrim (Shbbt Chzon) 7:50 11-12 Vetchnn (Shbbt Nchmu).7:42. 7:50 8:38 18-19 Ekev.7:32 7:40 8:26 25-26 Re'eh.7:22 7:30 8:17 SEPTEMBER 1-2 Shoftim Sturdy Afternoon Services 7:11 7:20 6:59 7:10 6:48 7:00 6:36 6:45 Sbbth Sbbth Ends 8:13 8:20 9:14 7:50 8:00 8:48 DATES TO REMEMBER SATURDAY, JULY 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 Blessing for the month of Tmuz Tish BAv (morning services t 7:00 A.M. MONDAY, JULY 3 nd with reding of lmenttions) TUESDAY, JULY 4 Evening services t 7:45 P.M. Rosh Chodesh Tmuz SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 Services Mondy morning t 7:15 A.M. Blessing for the month of Elul Tuesdy morning t 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 nd THURSDAY, JULY 20 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Fst of the 17 of Tmuz Rosh Chodesh Elul Morning services t 7:00 A.M. Morning services t 7:15 A.M. SATURDAY, JULY 29 SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23 Blessing for the month of Av The first Selichot t 10:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Rosh Chodesh Av Erev Rosh Hshnh Morning services t 7:15 A.M. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 Tish BAv eve Minch services t 7:45 P.M. followed by M'riv nd reding of Eich 8:06 7:53 7:40 7:28