On the calendar

Apr 7

Congregation Beth

Sholom, Lawrence,

NY 7 PM

Yom Ha’shoah, annual memorial service for the six million martyrs

AFSI at Iranian Embassy

THIS SUNDAY, YOM HASHOAH - APRIL 7- 12 NOON - Join with AFSI and many concerned groups in a demonstration at the Iranian Embassy, 622 Third Avenue @ 40th Street. While we remember the victims of the HOLOCAUST, we must speak out against the threatened holocaust from Iran against Israel and the western world. Alert friends, family, neighbors. Everyone is needed to sound the alarm. Bring your signs, flags, banners. We need your support!!!!!

JCC of West Hempstead

The entire community is invited to attend our Yom HaShoah program which will be taking place on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 11:00AM at the Jewish Community Center of West Hempstead, 711 Dogwood Avenue, West Hempstead.

Just over 65 years have passed since the end of World War II. Given the extended years of the Survivors of the Shoah (may each one live to be 120), it is very important for us to hear their direct testimony. It is a precious opportunity to listen to a Survivor’s eyewitness perspectives so we in turn can convey the reality of the Holocaust to future generations. Our guest speaker Elly Berkovits Gross is a renowned spokeswoman-Survivor.

When Elly was just 15 years old, she was deported, along with her mother, Irina and five year old brother, Adalbert, from a ghetto in Romania to the Auschwitz/Birkenau concentration camp. The day they arrived at Auschwitz was the last day she ever saw her family.

For more information call: Larry Rosenberg at 516 481-7448.

Apr 10

Career Workshop at Touro Graduate School

of Technology

The Touro College Graduate School of Technology (GST) will host a career workshop titled, “Tomorrow is too late: Getting a job and keeping it.” The seminar will focus on strategies students can use to secure jobs now instead of waiting until, or even after, graduation. It will take place on Wednesday, April 10th from 6 to 9 P.M. at 50 West 23rd Street on the seventh floor.

For more information on Touro College go to: http://www.touro.edu/#/news/

Apr 14

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Theological Seminary (RIETS) and Yeshiva University’s Center

for the Jewish Future will be hosting a full-day learning program for all audiences to commemorate the 20th yahrtzeit of ‘The Rav’, Torah luminary and YU Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt”l, at Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights. The program will run from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and will include lectures, discussions, and presentations on the Rav’s life and legacy. The multi-faceted learning program was made possible in part through the generous support of Rabbi Max N. Schreier and family. For a full list of sponsors and to register for the event, please visit: www.yu.edu/the-rav/

Hebrew Academy of

Nassau County

60th Anniversary Dinner

Crest Hollow Country Club

Reservations or information 516-565-5640 x232

Email: dinner@hanc.org

Website: www.hanc.org

Shalom Task Force

to Hold Twentieth

Anniversary Brunch

Shalom Task Force (STF)’s Twentieth Anniversary Brunch will take place on Sunday morning, April 14, 2013, at 10 AM at the Sephardic Temple, 775 Branch Boulevard, in Cedarhurst.

STF was launched over 20 years ago to address domestic abuse in the Jewish community. Since its inception, more than 16,000 women have taken the first steps toward regaining their dignity and reshaping their destiny by gathering the courage to call the STF confidential hotline.

The brunch will help Shalom Task Force continue to provide its many services to victims of domestic abuse, including a confidential hotline, legal counseling, educational programs and workshops for engaged and married couples. This occasion will also recognize several outstanding volunteers, lay leaders, and supporters.

For more information or to make your reservation, please call 516-773-3399 or e-mail stfbrunch@gmail.com. To learn more about STF’s wide range of services, please visit,

www.shalomtaskforce.org

Apr 17

10 AM - Two events at the same time!!

Helen Freedman speaking on behalf of the Israel Independence Fund at the Yom HaAtzmaut celebration at Mahane Chodosh, 67-29 108th Street, Forest Hills, NY

10 AM- Pamela Geller speaking for the Men’s Club at the Great Neck Synagogue on Mill Rd., Great Neck NY. Pam’s subject is the dangers of Shariah Law in the U.S.

Apr 21

Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Five Towns 5K run/walk

North Woodmere Park, NY, in support of disabled Israeli veterans and victims of terror

The race is on Sunday April 21, 2013 and starts at 10 AM from North Woodmere Park. Be at the park no later 9:30 AM.

Number pick up for pre registered participants and day of race registration will be from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM. The race will begin promptly at 10 AM. Warning, after 9:30 access to North Woodmere Park parking lot may be limited. Arrive early!

North Woodmere Park is located on the corner of Branch Blvd and Hungry Harbor Road.

For more information go to: www.5towns5k.org

Apr 28

A Magic Carpet Ride:

Celebrating the Jews

of Yemen

at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

New York, NY— On Sunday, April 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present A Magic Carpet Ride: Celebrating the Jews of Yemen, an afternoon that will feature the Sephardic rhythms of the band Asefa and a taste of the distinctive cuisine of the Jews of Yemen.

A century ago, approximately 50,000 Jews lived and thrived in Yemen. While that population has all but vanished, the Jews of Yemen were well known for their special traditions, customs, ceremonies, art, music, and dance. Many of these unique traditions are still celebrated and practiced today in Israel and the United States.

Tickets are $18, $15 for students/seniors, $12 for members. Tickets are available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling the Museum box office at 646.437.4202.

Help Lawrence High School

As many of you know, the entire south shore of Long Island was decimated by Hurricane Sandy. Lawrence High School is still closed because of it. While work on it continues, the school is eligible to have its auditorium completely rebuilt by Lowe’s. There are 30 schools nationwide in the running, and only the top five schools in voting will win the prize. Currently, Lawrence High School is in fifth place, but other schools are catching up. We can really use this. Please help out a community still struggling to get back on its feet by voting for Lawrence High School at http://www.makeamusical.org/smash-make-a-musical/meet-the-schools/ every day, from every device you own. It really takes only a few seconds. Also, feel free to let this email become viral. Send it out to as many people as possible and feel free to post the link on Facebook and other social media sites.

Thank you for helping out one of our neighbors....