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Friday, March 6, 2009

LCM Alumni Newsletter - Purim Edition


Lander College for Men

Alumni Newsletter

Purim Edition


Kew Garden Hills Shabbos Zmanim
Parshas T'tzaveh/Zachor
In-Shabbos with R' Tannenbaum
Candle Lighting 5:34 PM
Shkiah 5:52 PM
Tzeis (3 Stars) 6:35 PM
Tzeis (R' Tam) 7:15 PM
LCM Shabbos Davening
Mincha (Friday) - 5:37 PM
Shabbos Shachris - 8:30 AM
Shabbos Mincha - 5:00 PM
Maariv - 6:41 PM

Battle of the Bands this Motzei Shabbos!!!

Battle of the Bands is back! The fourth annual Battle of the Bands will take place this Motzei Shabbos at LCM, beginning 9:00 pm. All alumni are invited to attend and join us for this entertaining night of music and fun. Last year's defending champion, LCM alumnus, Julian Tawil, has opted for retirement, so come see who will be crowned the newest BOB winner.

The cost for alumni is $5 and Burgers Bar will be on hand to attend to your dietary needs.

Please remember that this event is for men only.

Thank you to this year's sponsors: Neshoma Orchestra, Safra Judaica, The Five Towns Jewish Times, and Burgers Bar.

The following stores are currently participating in the Lander College for Men Community Discount Card program (valid through 12/31/09).

If you have not received your card, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

SUPERSOL (Main St.) has joined the LCM Community Discount Card. They are currently offering a 10% discount on all items in the store. Enjoy!!!




Barber

Men's Famous Barber Shop (10% discount on all haircuts)

72-60 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-263-2171

Bakery

Mendy's Bakery (10% discount on minimum purchases of $10)

72-22 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-7836

Candy

Main Sweet (5% discount on purchases under $36, 10% discount on purchases above $36)

72-54 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-261-3917

Clothing

J & Z Couture Fine Men and Kid's Clothing (10% discount on all purchases)

72-56 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-261-2452

Dentistry

Gentle Dental - Dr. Maybruch (15% discount)

144-32 68th Rd.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-263-8300

Dry Cleaning

David's Cleaners (10% discount on all service)

71-42 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-7500

U.N. Cleaners (20% discount on all service)

79-27 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-969-0207

S. Kohan French Cleaners (15% discount on all service)

73-17 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-8866

Florist

Lilac's Florist (10% discount on all in-store purchases - this does not include discounts on events, parties etc.)

72-12 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

1-800-35-LILAC

Food

Ramat Gan Fruit and Vegetables (5% discount on minimum purchases of $10)

71-30 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-2774

Wasserman's Supermarket (10% discount on purchases except select items)

72-68 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-7413

Judaica (Seforim)

Gift World (5% discount on all cash purchases $36 or more. No discounts on CD's.)

72-20 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-261-0233

Optometry

Schrier Optometric (15% discount)

72-63 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-263-6754

Pharmaceutical Products

Shalom Pharmacy (10% discount on all cash purchases; 5% discount on all credit card purchases above $10. No discounts on sales or discounted items. Please present the discount card to the cashier before checking out.)

72-22 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-7836

Pizza

Benjy's Pizza (10% discount on all purchases)

72-72 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-268-0791

Pizza Professor

(5% discount on all credit card purchases; 10% discount on all cash purchases)

141-25 Jewel Ave

Flushing, NY 11367

718-261-6666

Shimon's Pizza (5% discount on all purchases)

71-24 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

Restaurants

Dougie's (10% discount on all cash purchases)

73-27 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-793-4600

Grill Express (10% discount on all purchases)

72-28 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-793-2266

Kosher Korner (15% discount on purchases above $50; 10% discount on purchases below $50)

73-01 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-263-1177

Subway (10% discount on all purchases)

141-24 Jewel Ave

Flushing, NY 11367

718-544-SUBS

Shatnez

Hat to Toe (10% discount on shatnez-checking only)

Two doors down from Wasserman's

Wine

HaKerem (10% discount on all purchases)

141-22 Jewel Ave.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-261-9463

Variety Store

Towne Variety (5% discount on all purchases)

72-34 Main St.

Flushing, NY 11367

718-263-9090

Note: Gift World will no longer be giving discounts on any credit card purchases.





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LCM Alumni Council

LCM Alumni Affairs
Aryeh Young

Faculty Member
Dean Dr. Moshe Sokol

Chair
Moshe Ornstein

Vice Chair - Programming
Suchi Hornung

Vice Chair - Communications
Ezzie Goldish

Secretary
David Manheim

Assistant Secretary
Yosef Lerhman

Council Members
Michoel Bodenheimer
Jon Burg
Yehuda Hammer
Evan Honigsfeld
Ariel Kopitnikoff
Ari Lasker
Ari Lustig
Elie Mendelson
Elie Norowitz
Dovid Rubin
Ari Shore
Gabi Shull
Dovid Zigun

Quick Link...
We would like to encourage all of our alumni to check out the new Lander Shiurim Website, where you can access audio shiurim from your former Rebbeim and Roshei Yeshiva. Enjoy!
Good Shabbos!

Aryeh Young
Director of Alumni Affairs
aryeh.young@touro.edu
718-820-5050 (office)
516-512-4494
(cell)



PURIM AT LCM

Purim is finally here and for many of us, Purim brings back some of our fondest Lander memories. The hilarious shpiels, the leibidik chagigos, and the festive seudos celebrated with our Rebbeim were all unique experiences, seperating Purim apart from the day-to-day grind of our sedarim and classes. Although most of us do not have chance to regularly participate in LCM activites, we would like to warmly encourage all of our alumni to come and partake in the yeshiva's Purim festivities.

Affixed below is a schedule for Purim at LCM. We look forward to seeing you!


Good Shabbos,


Aryeh Young
Director of Alumni Affairs


Taanis Ester

1:30 Machatzitz Hashekel / Mincha
7:40 Maariv
8:00 Megilla Reading
9:25 Women's Reading (Room 210)
9:40 Annual Purim Mesiba - Lander Band Rocks the House, Costume Contest, & Purim Shpeil (FAMILIES ARE INVITED)

Purim Day

8:30 Shacharis
9:15 Megilah Reading
10:40 Women's Reading (Room 210)
1:40 Mincha
2:15 Simchas Purim (Tisch) with the Mashgiach*
10:00 Maariv


*The Mashgiach, Rav Moshe Bamberger, would like to warmly invite all former talmidim to his house for a simchas purim (tisch) that will be held at his house from 2:15 pm until 5:30 pm.

If you plan on attending the Mashgiach's seuda, beginning at 5:30 pm, please contact the Mashgiach, as space is limited. Thank you.

The Mashgiach's address is 138-52 78th Rd.

LCM Alumni Kollel Kicks Off

Thanks to the diligence and determination of LCM alumnus, Ari Shore, our monthly, Sunday morning kollel is now a reality. The inaugural shiur took place this past Sunday and over twenty alumni participated. Alumni traveled from Brooklyn, Passaic, Staten Island, and Queens to hear Rav Soloveichik shlit"a deliver a stimulating halacha l'ma'aseh shiur on mishloach manos and matanos l'evyonim.

This was the first shiur in an ongoing monthly series of shiurim designed specifically for our alumni, featuring different Beis Medrash L'Talmud roshei yeshiva. The topic and maggid shiur for the next shiur will be announced shortly and all are encouraged to attend.

The shiur takes place every four weeks at 9:45 am at LCM, and of course, breakfast is served.

Thank you to Ari Shore for sponsoring breakfast. If you would like to sponsor breakfast in the future, please contact Ari at 315-569-7836.


Shabbaton Round-Up

The first annual LCM Alumni Shabbaton was a huge success! Over 100 alumni participated in the event, in addition to women, children, rebbeim, the dean, and other faculty members. All in all, over 200 people participated in the Shabbos reunion and a great time was had by all. The shabbos began with a leibidik davening, lead by Gabi Shull, followed by an enjoyable seudas shabbos. The dining room was rearranged to create a more family-oriented environment, and each table was beautifully decorated with colorful flowers, sponsored by Sochi Hornung. Thank you, Sochi! The Chair of the Alumni Council, Moshe Ornstein delivered a d'var torah, recalling his LCM experiences, noting the differences he sees in the current LCM student body compared to those of the early days. "It used to be a certain member of the hanhalah permitted select students to have a Super Bowl party in the dorms. Now, there are probably students at LCM who don't even know what the Super Bowl is!," recalled Ornstein. Perhaps, though, the highlight of the evening was the Viennese Table that followed. Everyone enjoyed the gourmet desserts, as people mingled and schmoozed with people they had not seen in years. As the dining room was reset for Shabbos day, people stayed for several hours into the night, enjoying the opportunity to catch up with old friends.

Shabbos day proved to be just as enjoyable. Rav Shmulewitz addressed the alumni during davening, discussing the importance of tzedakah and hakaras hatov. At the second seuda, Yair Daar gave a memorable d'var torah, generating laughter throught the dining room, joking about LCM's lack of a defined identity, yet, the importance of being able to define yourself by what you are not. Later in the afternoon, Rav Soloveichik delivered a stimulating pre-Mincha shiur, and shalosh seudos brought back the memories of old. Men and women enjoyed separate shalosh suedos, allowing the women to meet new friends in the community, and help strengthen the Lander N'shei. Meanwhile, the men gathered for an inspirational yeshivaesque shalosh seudos, with singing and stirring divrei chizuk from the Mashgiach.

Motzei Shabbos added a different element to the shabbaton. Many alumni and faculty who could not join us for shabbos drove in for the melave malka. Dr. Lander delivered divrei bracha to our alumni, and then stayed on hand to watch the Best of Lander Purim Shpiels - a Burg and Bomzer production, that brought back many memories and laughter to all. Thank you to Jon and Sruli for all of your hard work for making the evening a tremendous success. Finally, as the night began to slip away, alumni enjoyed a delicious dairy melave malka and received brand new, beautiful LCM sweatshirts to take home and show off to their communities. All in all, it was a huge success and we are already planning on how to make next year's shabbaton even better!

Attached below is alumnus, Eliezer Ornstein's, perspective on the shabbaton:

"I honestly didn't know what to expect going into this past Shabbos; after all, whatever good times we may or may not have had, many of us seemed to be in a big rush to be done with the institution as students. But when I found myself making the familiar walk to that familiar building erev shabbos slightly late (some things remain constant) and settling into the very seat where I spent so many sedarim and minyanim... I felt something. Without sounding horribly cliche`, the Lander experience of my past was suddenly very much in my present, as I exchanged smiling nods with many friends; while some are close, with the others, it was feeling the connection that one achieves through shared experience.

While I have kept in touch with many good friends I went together through Lander with, I found myself almost overwhelmed - unable to walk through the room without finding someone to catch up and share a laugh with, over and over."



N'shei Lander Adar Event Focuses on Purim and Kiruv

This past motzei shabbos, almost twenty LCM wives gathered for a pre-purim motzei shabbos get-together. It was an exciting night filled with fun and inspiration. The women organized a raffle (with homemade prizes) to raise money for Chickens for Shabbos, watched an inspirational video on the difference one person can make in this world, and then put the message into action, preparing mishloach manos for less religious co-workers and classmates. (Of course, they also made their own Purim cookies). Thank you to Ilana Schwartz for organizing this event!

This was the second n'shei event in the past month, following a highly popular shiur from R' Tannenbaum, Beis Medrash L'Talmud's newest maggid shiur.


LCM Alumni Council Meeting Scheduled for Wed. Night

The LCM Alumni Council will be meeting this Wednesday at 8:00 Pm. If any alumni would like to contribute ideas to be discussed at the meeting, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs and we will be happy to add your issues to the agenda. As always, input is appreciated!


Database Updates

The LCM Alumni Council is currently working to gather up-to-date information on all former LCM/Beis Medrash L'Talmud students. This is a tremendous undertaking and is being done to create an effective method of maintaining contact with all alumni. Many of our alumni do not receive our newsletters and are not made aware of alumni events. Furthermore, LCM would like to be able to send LCM memorabilia and other gifts in the mail to our alumni. Most likely, you will be hearing from LCM alumnus, Chananel Gez, this week, if you have not yet received a phone call from him. We will be collecting a database that includes, phone numbers, addresses, emails, spouse's name, current occupation, and year of graduation. We appreciate your assistance in helping us with this endeavor. Thank you, Chananel!


Alumni Hashkafa Shiur Continues
Come enjoy a shiur on the parsha and its timeless lessons and reunite with the Mashgiach and former chaveirim.

The shiur is held every Wednesday at 9:15 PM (culminating with Maariv at 10:00) and will continue every Wednesday evening unless otherwise notified by email. The location will be on the 4th floor in the President's conference room of Lander College for Men, 75-31 150th St., Kew Gardens Hills, NY.

If possible, please RSVP if you plan on attending.



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