PLAINVIEWJEWISHCENTER HAKOL The Voice of Men’s Club Volume XXXX Number 9 Iyar - Sivan 5775 May 2015 The New York Metropolitan Region of the Federa"on Jewish Men’s Clubs Will hold, it’s bi-Monthly Regional Meeting - Monday, May 11th, 7:30 PM Hosted this month at the Plainview Jewish Center Dinner is included. You Must RSVP: [email protected] Guest Speaker Presenting his work: Jud Newborn LIONS OF JUDAH ‘THE COMPLETE STORY OF JEWISH ANTI-NAZI RESISTANCE’ PJC Men’s Club - Member Appreciation Night Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 Cocktails at - 7:30PM, Dinner to Follow Awards Ceremony - Kindly remember to bring $2 dollars or a can of TUNA for our PJCMC Hatzilu Dona"on - From the Editor Hakol (USPS 014482) is published monthly from September to June For $1.00 per annum by the Plainview Jewish Center (a religious corporation under the laws of the State of New York), 95 Floral Drive West, Plainview, New York 11803-2899. Telephone: (516) 938-8610. Periodicals postage paid at Hicksville, New York 11801. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HAKOL, Plainview Jewish Center, 95 Floral Drive West, Plainview, New York 11803-2899. Hakol E-mail: [email protected] Men’s Club is affiliated with ACHIM, The Federation Of Jewish Men’s Clubs. Subscription: $1.00 per year - EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS PRESIDENT ………….……. Mark Hochberg 1st VICE. PRESIDENT ..………... Alan Hodes 2nd VICE. PRESIDENT ……….… Steve Taub 3rd VICE. PRESIDENT ……. Steven Adelman FINANCIAL SEC’Y .……. Michael Prospect TREASURER ……….…..…... Rich Landauer RECORDING SEC’Y .………. Jeffrey Kaden HAKOL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ..……… Morty Gruber ASSISTANT EDITOR ...….… Edna Gruber BUSINESS MANAGER ..….. Morty Gruber ART CONSULTANT ……….*Arnie Cooper COVER DESIGN ……………….Stu Haimes PHOTOGRAPHER ...……… Kym Newborn TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ..….... Jeff Miller GRAPHIC REPRODUCTION … Jeff Miller CONTRIBUTING WRITERS …...*Al Baker, Mark Hochberg, Sandy Strenger & Steve Taub Dear Friends, I hope you enjoyed reading last month’s Hakol and had an opportunity to attend the various events that took place. Time management is getting more and more difficult for many of us & definitely for me. Family, careers, jobs, volunteerism and a variety of other responsibilities dominate our lives and make it certainly difficult to prioritize. How do we fulfill our obligations in a logical an organized fashion & fit in some fun too! What we do, where we go, who do we believe and what path do we follow are becoming more and complex questions. We are definitely burning the candle at both ends, but to what end? I think each time Rabbi Conn speaks to our congregation he is trying to unravel some of these questions. Keeping Judaism in our lives can be a comfort, a guide and sometimes an answer to the dilemmas with which we are confronted. Recognizing the challenge is a step towards some solutions but it is not an easy task. The adage “less is more” many not be the whole answer and it is surely is not easy to accomplish. So many questions, but so few answer. But, with effort, curiosity, a willingness to learn, faith and laughter, the journey can have wonderful results along with ‘naches’ & success. Jerry Klein speaks about an event dear to his heart “The Memorial Day Parade is coming to Plainview on Monday, May 25th at 9:30 AM. The residents and store owners will begin their march at Barnum Avenue & Old Country Road going east and ending up at the Washington Avenue Park. There will be thousands of people viewing, cheering and honoring those who gave and presently give help to all the people in our Country and the World-at-large. I will be leading, for the 21st year, the Classic/Antique cars in my own classic ‘Chevy’. It is an honor for me to volunteer my services in this great event. I received recognition and a beautiful plaque, which I treasure, in 2014 for my 20 years of service to the Memorial Day Committee. One of my brothers and I enlisted for, six years, in the Army in 1963 for this Great Country. I hope to see you at the parade!” Being involved in the dynamic PJC Men’s Club makes one feel there is so much that we can accomplish. Consider volunteering, we need your help! *In perpetuity With kindest personal regards, I am Advertising Rates: $50.00 per year for one-twelfth of page Sincerely yours, Mail copy with your check made out to: Morty Gruber Plainview Jewish Center Men’s Club [email protected] 95 Floral Drive West Copy for the June 2015 HAKOL Plainview, New York 11803-2899 is due NO later than May10th CIRCULATION: Approximately 750 per issue Hakol can also be found on-line, for our reader’s convenience! - Thank you for your cooperation - M A Y 2015 2 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com President’s Message May 2015 The Men’s Club has been involved in several significant events this past April. All of you should have received a Yom Hashoah candle in the mail along with a request for a dona*on. I hope that you will return a pledge, which will be used to support organiza*ons dedicated to Holocaust remembrance. Thank you again to Tom Atlas for coordina*ng this effort. The Men’s Club also this past month donated a box of Yom Hashoah candles to the Nassau County Holocaust and Tolerance Center. We were acknowledged for our efforts in a ceremony that was held at the Center on the Sunday preceding Yom Hashoah (see photo on page X). I am proud to report that our Movie Night, featuring the Bri*sh film ‘Suzie Gold’, was a great success. It was very well a-ended and everyone seemed to enjoy this thought provoking movie. Thank you to our entertainment chairman, Stuart Haimes, for organizing this event and also for dona*ng the soda, candies and popcorn. We have now filled a vacancy in our execu*ve board with the elec*on of Howard Lampert as our new Financial Secretary. The nomina*ng commi-ee has also proposed four new board members to take office in the fall. The Men’s Club membership will be asked to vote for the new slate of officers and directors at our June Awards Dinner and I hope that I can count on your support. The dinner will be Tuesday, June 9th and catered by PJC’s own Robert Ian Caterers. I hope to see you all there! On May 11th, our Men’s Club will be hos*ng a regional mee*ng of the Federa*on of Jewish Men’s Clubs, which will be presided over by our own esteemed member, Robert Cohen, who was inducted last month as Regional President. Please review this month’s cover for more details. This is just one manifesta*on of the many ways in which the profile of our Men’s Club has risen in recent years. Yasher Koach Rob! Sincerely, Mark Hochberg M A Y 2015 3 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com Today’s Fact - Perhaps I Was Wrong The third book of the Torah, Vayikra/Leviticus, focusses on the sacrificial rites that were an integral part of Jewish life until the destruction of the Holy Temples. For many Jews of modernity, sacrifices are difficult to fathom. Within the sacrificial laws, however, there are many subtle lessons that are pertinent even today, when there is no Temple. Leviticus 5:17 states: "If a person sins and commits one of the commandments of the Lord which may not be committed, but he does not know, he is guilty, and he shall bear his transgression." The Talmud specifically states: "If there is a doubt whether he had committed the transgression, [he is liable to bring] a doubtful guilt-offering" (Keritot 2a). The Talmud later gives the example of a person who finds out that some fat that he had earlier consumed might not have been kosher. Since he can no longer check the fat, he offers "a doubtful guilt offering." (If he later finds out that he definitely consumed non-kosher fat, he brings a sin offering.) Many people have trouble admitting being wrong. It is often much easier to see other's faults or to presume someone else is to blame. From the laws of the "doubtful guilt offering," one might appreciate the lesson of being willing and prepared to admit that in situations of dispute one might have been guilty of instigating or conflagrating the situation and, perhaps, be willing to take the first step of offering an apology. Today's Tip: Take the Step If you know that you have hurt someone, call them or send them a note to apologize. Courtesy of: [email protected] M A Y 2015 4 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com Historical Report - Mapping by mail Project uses Post Offices to trace American history Posted 4/1/15 at 2:07 p.m. The Ruidoso, NM, Post Office, circa 1900. A new Stanford University research project underscores the vital role the Postal Service has played in the nation’s growth. When Stanford historian Cameron Blevins sought to visualize the history of the American West, he used the opening and closing of western Post Offices to show how some communities prospered while others failed. Between 1840 and 1900, more than 14,000 Post Offices were established in the West to meet the needs of an expanding American public. These offices played a “foundational role in connecting a sparsely settled region of miners, ranchers and soldiers,” Blevins told Stanford’s news site last week. Geography of the Post, the interactive website Blevins created with fellow historian Jason Heppler, relies on an enormous data set of 166,000 Post Offices, collected by a postal historian and stamp collector over several decades. One caveat: Some Post Offices weren’t mapped, while others were mapped more than once. Courtesy of : Robert A. Cohen/Graphics - Morty Gruber PJC - Men’s Club M A Y 2015 5 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com The Taub Report - Knowledge is Millennials: How to Become a 401(k) Millionaire By Lou Carlozo While some millennials are content to play "Money Tree" on their iPhones, others play for keeps. With discipline, patience and knowledge of how the real-life game works, nearly any member of Generation Y can reach the seven-digit mark in a matter of decades. Yet getting there through investment raises questions of its own. "When I get new clients who are under age 35, I ask them, 'Do you know how old you will be when you become a millionaire?'" says Jerry Love, a certified public accountant and financial planner based in Abilene, Texas. "Most of them shake their head and tell me, 'I don't know if I can become a millionaire.' Then we begin a conversation on the opportunities they have to make this a reality." So if you're a young adult who's ever dreamed of becoming a millionaire, it's time to wake up and start down the path. Here are 10 ways millennials can fine-tune the prospects of reaching the million-dollar mark, with beer and pizza money to spare. Ignite your 401(k) with a company match. A 2014 Aon Hewitt analysis of more than 3.5 million employees eligible for defined-contribution plans, such as 401(k)s, shows that nearly 40 percent of 20- to 29-year-olds and 31 percent of those 30 to 39 save at levels below the company match threshold. Rob Austin, director of retirement research at Aon Hewitt and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, provides an example. "Consider a 25-year-old worker who makes $30,000 annually and works for an employer that provides a typical company match: dollar-for-dollar up to 6 percent. If that 25-year-old starts saving the full match amount of 6 percent immediately upon employment, and continues to do so until she reaches age 65, she'll have close to $1 million saved in her 401(k)." Keeping that job means keeping that money. If you land a great job, especially one with a 401(k) match, keep in mind that those funds often come with a catch: You have to stay in the job for a given length of time (often several years) to keep all of the dough. "You don't get to keep employer contributions to your 401(k) until you are vested in the plan," says Joan Kuhl, a millennial career expert and founder of Why Millennials Matter, a consulting company that offers advice to employers about attracting and keeping millennial workers. "If you have control over when you leave the company and are close to becoming vested, I highly recommend staying with the firm for a few more months. This could mean the difference of thousands of dollars to your nest egg." And of course, that money grows over time. Never underestimate the power of compound interest. Starting a retirement account with steady contributions at age 20 versus 30 makes all the difference in the world. "Albert Einstein once called compound interest 'the most powerful force in the universe,' and he was a pretty smart guy," says John McFarland, coordinator of the financial planning track at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business in Richmond, Virginia. Let's say a 20-year-old begins plunking down $45 a month with a 50 percent company match. "If you raise the contribution by the same amount as any pay raises you receive, you'll have more than $1 million by the time you are ready to retire," he says. That assumes 3.5 percent annual pay increases and an 8.5 percent return on 401(k) investments. (Continued on page 7) M A Y 2015 6 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com The Taub Report - (Continued from page 6) Keep on your toes by staying balanced. Love recommends young adults stay away from a high-rolling stratagem, and find one with a smooth equilibrium. "Become educated about your investment options, and select a balanced approach," he says. "But by all means, do not let your contributions sit idle in the cash-balance portion of the fund. Also consider which investment options may allow you to minimize the fees. Lower fees can give you a better overall rate of growth." Balancing act, part two: saving versus paying down debt. Young adults don't live in a financial vacuum, whether that involves buying a first home, raising kids or struggling to land a decent job. That said, "You wouldn't want to miss out on potential contributions to your company retirement plan by putting all your dollars toward paying off your debt," says Vanessa Levan, vice president and financial advisor for Busey Investment Services in Champaign, Illinois. "Using the 'snowball effect' can help: Ensure a plan for each dollar, and as you reach different goals, be prepared to reallocate funds to another goal." Learn how the 401(k) informs the broader picture. The 401(k) is just one piece of the retirement picture, so it pays to learn how it fits in overall. "There should be other components, such as individual savings, equity in real estate and a Social Security account," says E. Tylor Claggett Jr., professor of finance at Salisbury University's Franklin P. Perdue School of Business in Salisbury, Maryland. "If an individual has a diversified portfolio of retirement plan components, he or she can take a more risky position with respect to his or her 401(k) or 403(b) plan." Don't become a tweak freak. Michaela Pagel, an assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School, cites recent research that reached a surprising conclusion. "I found that people should not check their portfolios too frequently," she says. "People get unnecessarily upset about day-to-day swings in the market that cancel out over time but induce investment decisions that often leave them worse off over time." She sums this up by noting that, just as absence makes the heart grow fonder, it also makes your portfolio grow larger. Stock your 401(k) with stocks. This plan of attack stems from the 8 to 12 percent stocks can potentially return each year. "But it's important to remember to not just own your company's stock. That maximum should be 10 percent of your total account, "says Amy Merrill, principal with TrueWealth Management in Atlanta. "Hold U.S. stock funds, international stock funds, real estate stock funds. Look at your fund choices and try to find a fund that is more like a stock index for the category." Learn how your parents did it. Millennials shouldn't depend too much on financial advice from their parents, but getting a parental perspective on retirement is helpful. "Knowing what kind of help to ask for from parents is an important lesson that can set up young investors for long-term success," notes Frank McAleer, director of retirement solutions at Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg, Florida. "Parents who provide grown children with ongoing financial support, whether in the form of information or money, may also consider how they can empower their kids to start thinking about saving for the long term and for retirement." Shoot above the million mark. A cool million is a chill number with six big, fat zeros, but is it fat enough to retire on? McFarland talks about a class exercise where his students project their finances 50 years in the future, only to discover it would take more than $200,000 annually to support a middle-class life style. "Your million bucks wouldn't go far at that burn rate," he says. By contrast, the 20-year-old who saves $165 a month in McFarland's above example would accrue close to $4 million by retirement. "I think you'll be much happier as a multimillionaire, so go out, get a good job and find $165 a month to trade for 4 million bucks," he says. Please Note: This report has been presented as a means to expose our readers to information and strategies that they might wish to explore. The material presented may not reflect the columnist’s own personal opinion. Yours truly, M. Gruber - Hakol Editor M A Y 2015 7 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com Being Op"mis"c is a BIG Mitzvah! l thing. onderfu w is g in Read d is like m in n op e n a g in p Kee up! icken so h c g n * ea hurt, It can’t ! ay help m t i d n a M A Y 2015 8 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL & TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY Receives Donation of 365 Yellow Yahrzeit Candles From New York Metro Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Glen Cove, NY… New York Metro Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs donated 365 yellow yahrzeit candles to the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County so that a candle can be lit every day as a symbol of remembrance to memorialize the men, women and children who were brutally murdered every day by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Pictured with Steven Markowitz, Chairman of the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County, representing the New York Region of Jewish Men’s Clubs are Jay Steinmetz (President, East Meadow Men’s Club and Second Vice President, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Leonard N. Katz (Past President, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Mike Harrison (Past President, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Robert Cohen (President, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Mike Konel (Co-President Manetto Hill Jewish Center Men’s Club), Erik Schwartz (President, Midway Jewish Center Men’s Club), Robert Koenigsberg (Co-President, Forest Hills Jewish Center Men’s Club and Corresponding Secretary, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Aaron Altman (Trustee, Dix Hills Jewish Center Men’s Club and Chair, Yellow Candle Project of the NY Metro Region of the FJMC), Kenneth Kobliner (Co-President, Temple Israel of Great Neck Men’s Club), Sam Jitzchaki (Board Member, Temple Gates of Prayer and Trustee, NY Metro Region of the FJMC), and Mark Hochberg (President, Plainview Jewish Center Men’s Club). Deborah Lom - Communication and Special Events Manager New York Metro Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs M A Y 2015 9 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com “G o o d & …” ב״ה The PJC Men’s Club Board & Members wish to extend a REFUAH SHELAMA To - J o a n & Hy B r o w n (Friends & Former Temple Members) Rita Newborn (Co-Founder of the PJC Temple) Irving Weingarten (A Dear Friend and Congregant) Call Steve Glasser, to send a Hatzilu Certificate (see page 18). National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1 800 843-5678 Sudoku Puzzle The PJC Men’s Club Board & Members wishes to Extend Condolences to The Family of Zelda King On the passing of Zelda Our longlong-time Friend May you find strength in your memories. Here’s How it Works: Please Give a Dona*on to Su Doku puzzles are formatted as a 9X9 grid, broken down into nine 3X3 boxes. To solve a Su Doku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! M A Y 2015 HATZILU 10 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com M A Y 2015 11 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com Today's Fact - The First Advisor on Jewish Affairs In 1942, after first serving as a rabbi in Buffalo, New York, and then in Chicago, Illinois, Rabbi Judah Nadich (Baltimore 1912 - New York 2007) enlisted in the United States Army as a chaplain. A few months later he became the first Jewish chaplain in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Rabbi Nadich's service began with the normal responsibilities of an army chaplain. In 1944, however, he was sent to France. Following the Allies into Paris, he became a contact between the community of survivors and the greater Jewish world. When Rabbi Nadich was transferred to Frankfurt a year later, he became the first ever Advisor on Jewish Affairs to the Commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In this new role, Rabbi Nadich toured the region and saw that the living conditions of the displaced persons (DP) camps were little better than the concentration camps. Because of Rabbi Nadich's recommendations, the Jews were given separate DP camps that did not have barbed-wire fences, were provided with better food, and a relaxation of travel restrictions were granted to the DPs. Most importantly, Nadich convinced the U.S. not to enforce a policy requiring DPs to return to their native countries. Following his discharge from the army, Rabbi Nadich worked for the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Jewish Appeal as a spokesperson and fundraiser. He married and returned to life as a pulpit rabbi, first in Brookline, Massachusetts, and then at the Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. In 1953 he published a book, Eisenhower and the Jews. Rabbi Nadich served the Park Avenue Synagogue until 1987, when he retired. He passed away in 2007, at the age of 95. This month on Memorial Day, we proudly salute all those who have served our country with valor. Today's Tip: Listening If you know any veterans. Thank them for their service and ask them to share the history they experienced. Courtesy of: [email protected] M A Y 2015 12 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com M A Y 2015 13 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com &T T a r Sponso - It’s a ast Breakf M M A Y H A V Z IT 2015 ! 14 www.of: Plainview JewishCenter.com Courtesy [email protected] M A Y 2015 15 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com MITCHELL D. KESSLER Attorney at Law PERSONAL INJURY Offices in Plainview and Manhattan 516.633.9733 Product Liability 212.268.2677 Medical Malpractice Construction Site Accidents Auto Accidents Trip and Falls Decades of experience: I have recovered millions for clients. Mitchelldkesslerlaw.com M A Y 2015 16 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com Spring is on its way! M A Y 2015 17 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com - It’s MITZVAH TIME In order to help our Jewish poor and elderly, please make a dona*on to HATZILU. A volunteer from Men’s Club will send a cer*ficate to honor the name and the occasion you want . This is an ideal way to express a “Simcha” or “Sympathy” and help Hatzilu in their mission to help our fellow Jews and others in our community. Please e-mail Steve Glasser at:[email protected]. or call him at: 516.938.3069 to order a certificate. HATZILU An organization devoted to aiding the Jewish poor and aged. A contribution has been made to honor the name of: _____________________________________________ Sponsored by the Plainview Jewish Center Men’s Club - 95 Floral Drive, Plainview NY By ____________________ Make a Mishaberach, it’s a Mitzvah! under--the the--weather, you can’t get to the Temple to make a Mishaberach. Someone under We’ve made it simple! Just Complete the form below and either call in the information to the Temple at (516) 938-8610 or Fax it to the Temple at (516) 938-2737 before 4PM, Monday-Thursday or Friday Before 3PM and we will make sure the Mishaberach is made that evening! ( Kindly provide the Hebrew names if possible) - Mishaberach Information Form Date of request:____/_____/____ English: ________________________ Person’s name (m/f): Hebrew: ________________________ Their Mother’s Name:____________ Your Name:________________________‘‘Mishaberach Donation’:_________ Donation’ Whatever you can afford, it‘s a Mitzvah * The Mishaberach will be said for a duration of 2 weeks. If you want it to be said longer you need to call the Temple Office to update the request form. In follow up to your request, kindly mail or bring this form & your donation to the Temple Office: Plainview Jewish Center, 95 Floral Drive, Plainview, NY 11803-2899 Make Checks payable to: Plainview Jewish Center (Note: If you made a Mishaberach at a minyan it is a usual custom to put gelt into the Pishka, it’s a Mitzvah!) Mitzvah! - Form # 101*IWMAG-5757ã M A Y 2015 18 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com The PJC Men’s Club Board & Members Wishes extend a AWAITtoIN ANTICIPATION, AS REFUAH SHELAMA The ‘Pa"o Players’ Present for 2015 - Irving Weingarten “FIDDERToON THE ROOF” 516.932.4455 Happy Farm Inc. 414 S. Oyster Bay Road Hicksville, NY 11801 Fruits & Vegetables M A Y 2015 19 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com LOOK WHAT’S COMING PJC ThePJCMen’sClub MEN’S CLUB ishostingthe- Guest Speaker - Jud Newborn PJC - H A K O L Monday, May 11th, 2015 at 7:30 PM The Voice of Men’s Club RSVP to: [email protected] for Mee"ng and Dinner 95 Floral Drive West ‘Bi-Monthly Regional Meeting’ Plainview, New York 11803-2899 Dated Material Please Do Not Delay! The New York Metropolitan Region of the Federa"on Jewish Men’s Clubs Presenting his work: LIONS OF JUDAH ‘THE COMPLETE STORY OF JEWISH ANTI-NAZI RESISTANCE’ Member Appreciation Night Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 Cocktails at - 7:30PM, PERIODICALS Postage Paid Hicksville, New York Dinner to Follow Awards Ceremony Please Give a Dona*on to HATZILU Make Friday Night SID KIRSCHNER TEMPLE NIGHT Memorial Fund M A Y 2015 20 www.PlainviewJewishCenter.com
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