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Lander College for Men | 7531 150th St | Flushing | NY | 11367 |
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Rav Genack's Pre-Pesach N'shei Shiur |
Friday, March 13, 2009
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Bar Ilan Online Now Available to Touro College-NY Alumni |
The Department of Libraries is pleased to announce that the alumni of Touro College-NY now have online access to Bar Ilan University Responsa which enables them to search over 68,000 Hebrew works from responsa literature; the Bible, Talmud & principal commentaries; works about Jewish law & customs; major codes of Jewish law (Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, Shulchan Aruch with principal commentaries, etc.); midrashim, and Zohar.
This is the sixth database now available on the Touro College-NY Alumni Portal since its debut earlier this year.
Monday, March 9, 2009
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Touro Buys New York Medical School |
All those who attended the Lander College Alumni Shabbaton were privileged on Saturday night of the Shabbaton to hear a brief speech from Dr. Bernard Lander, the founder of Touro College, and the namesake of its branch in Queens, the Lander College for Men. During his speech, Dr. Lander shared with the crowd the very exciting (but yet to be finalized) news that Touro College has, rather than trying to attain all the permits necessary to establish a new medical college, decided to purchase the New York Medical College. LoHud is closing in on the story:
New York Medical College, which has been looking for a large university to take it over, has signed a letter of intent with a university the medical school won't identify.The benefits to Touro and by extension students at Lander are obvious; this is a momentous occasion for Touro and for Lander. When Dr. Lander made the announcement at the Melave Malka, it was met with not only huge applause but also a sense of wonderment on the part of many alumni, who were positively impressed that he was still so active and able to pull off such a deal, considering his age. Dr. Lander himself addressed this point, noting that though he is in his mid-90's now, he still has the same schedule he's had for fourty years: Arriving to work at 9:30 in the morning, and staying until 6:00 in the evening. Certainly, this is just another stone in his wall of accomplishments, and will assist Lander students tremendously for years to come."For a while New York Medical College has been exploring several candidates and last month signed a letter of intent with one of those candidates," the medical school's spokeswoman, Donna Moriarty, said.
Citing a confidentiality agreement, Moriarty, medical school officials and faculty members declined to talk about the school's possible sale.The college, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, is one of the largest private medical schools in the country but one of the last that is not part of a university.
It has operated with a deficit in recent years, reflecting the financial instability of its affiliated hospitals, including Westchester Medical Center.
The archdiocese also declined comment, spokesman Joseph Zwilling said.
In the past, officials from three Catholic universities - St. John's University in Queens, Fordham University in the Bronx and Seton Hall University in New Jersey - have toured the medical school.
Officials at Touro College, a Jewish university with sites on Long Island and in New York City, are in "serious negotiations" with New York Medical College, spokeswoman Barbara Franklin said yesterday. She also said Touro officials were bound by a confidentiality agreement.
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Ta'anis Esther/Purim Schedule at Lander |
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.
Friday, March 6, 2009
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LCM Alumni Newsletter - Purim Edition |
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Lander College for Men | 7531 150th St | Flushing | NY | 11367 |
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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No Buses in Lander |
But that doesn't mean Lander can't take part in brilliant inventions:
If Eric Forkosh has his way, the days of waiting on a street corner for the school bus to arrive will become a relic of the past. Forkosh, a junior at Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence, L.I., created Bus Alert!, a handheld unit that uses radio signals to alert students and parents when the school bus is arriving.
The 16-year-old entrepreneur came up with the concept while waiting for 15 minutes in the icy cold, only to discover that he had missed the bus. “There has to be a better way to go about it,” he thought to himself.
On a recent evening in February, Forkosh presented the Bus Alert! working prototype that he built himself to a panel of judges at the first annual Gryfe-Levy Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The competition was held at Touro College’s Graduate School of Business in Lower Manhattan and sponsored by Touro’s Lander College for Men division.
The Bus Alert! business plan won Forkosh the grand prize of $1,500, beating out 14 other finalists from eight yeshiva high schools in the New York metropolitan area.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Bank Computer Position; Job Site Utilizes Jewish Connection |
A friend sent this over yesterday, and it included a number of the positions previously sent to me, so rather than post each individually, I will post the site. It's called the Project Chizuk Job Board, and started very recently in Passaic; a quick glance at the jobs already posted shows jobs in Manhattan, New Jersey, and other areas. Check it out - it works for both employers and employees, and has jobs in many fields: Financial services, marketing, computers, etc.
In addition, an alumnus sent the following position currently available at the bank he is working at:
Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh
Job Information: Position/Title
Web/Intranet Technology Manager - Brooklyn
Department
IT/Systems
Basic Functions
This position,under general supervision, is responsible for creating and managing intranet website services for the organization.
Principal Responsibilities
- Manage content management systems;including selection, implementation, and periodic system updates.
- Develop and maintain the necessary infrastructure for content publication, including policies, processes and procedures.
- Create and maintain standards to ensure quality control for intranet content.
- Liaison with business management & content owners to identify opportunities and implement solutions to enhance usability.
- Review and analyze feedback and site metrics on an ongoing basis. Perform needs analysis to track usage, trends, content quality, and recommend improvements.
- Develop and deliver training and operational support to content authors.
- Deliver periodic updates to management on intranet status & key initiatives.
- Develop and maintain technical & end-user documentation.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Job QualificationsTo Apply:
- Bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years experience related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
- Strong knowledge, skills and abilities required/preferred with Intranet Websites, Web technology tools/languages, Fundamentals for Apache & IIS web servers and technical writing skills.
You may apply directly at 209 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn or forward your resume by email to careers@dimewill.com. Please make sure you include your resume as an attachment.
Job Location
209 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Recruitment Manager Phone 718-782-6200 ext 8308
Fax 718-486-7535 Email careers@dimewill.com
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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A Shabbaton Retrospective |
While in the process of writing up some of my own thoughts on the Shabbaton, I saw Eliezer Orenstein online, and asked him if perhaps he'd write up his own. In typical Lander fashion, his first response was:
A minute later, he wrote up a few quick thoughts, which he asked me to "uncheese", but I decided to leave as is:I'll give a testimonial:"It didn't stink!"
~ Eliezer Orenstein ('07)
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.Or, more simply put, there's no great way to explain nostalgia and connectivity. If I did have to "uncheese" it, though, this is about what I'd say:
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.
When people think about their past schools, friends, and the like, they often figure "Well, anyone who I really want to be in touch with I am". And while this is largely true, there's still something not quite quantifiable about coming back with those friends, seeing others, and reliving to some extent the memories that were formed and friendships that were forged in that place. Yair Daar spoke at lunch about na'aseh v'nishma and how the B'nei Yisroel would have had a hard time explaining rationally why they felt to do such a thing; but their experiences had led them to understand that this was what they should be doing. That same concept is applicable to our experiences in Lander: Certainly in the early years, it was easier to define Lander by what it was not than what it was. But even so, we're able to understand, even if we cannot quantify, why it is Lander was the place for us; how our experiences there helped shape our lives, from friends to faculty, from education to learning to life.
The Shabbaton was a really great reminder of this. If you would have asked anyone on their way out after the meals or the melave malka how it had been (and I asked a number of people), you'd see their eyes light up as they would say with that slight raise in pitch "It was really nice!" If you'd try to pin them down and ask what about it was so nice, they'd probably have had a harder time trying to define just what it was that really made them feel good about being there and what let them have such an enjoyable Shabbos. But they knew from that experience - however unquantifiable it may be - that they'd had a good time, and that was all that mattered.
We're glad that it was such a wonderful experience for everyone, and it gives us great encouragement for the future in both having more such events and in terms of the growth of the Lander Alumni and our continuing relationship with Lander. Thanks to all who joined us, and we look forward to continuing to keep in touch with everyone.
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Alumni Monthly Learning Program |
On Sunday, March 1st, at 9:45am at Lander will be the first monthly alumni shiur, given by Rav Soloveitchik on Hilchos Purim. For more information, please contact Ari Shore at shoremuad@aol.com (really).
The shiur should be about 45 minutes - 1 hour. (Shacharis does not follow.)
Refreshments for Adar's shiur are being sponsored by Ari Shore. If you are interested in sponsoring future shiurim, please contact Ari. Thanks!
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Touro Job Fair Wednesday |
I believe the annual Touro job fair is this coming Wednesday, February 25th. We'll try to get the full information posted later, but in the meantime, at the end of the Alumni Shabbaton, Avi Stern of B&H (where a few Lander alumni work) said to post that anyone from Lander interested in a position at B&H should definitely come over to him at the fair and give their resume in, talk to him, etc. Obviously the job market in all fields is sluggish at the moment, but as certain sectors pick up at least they will have quality candidates available to contact to fill positions when they open up.
Many other companies from a variety of fields - accounting, finance, computers, etc. - will also be at the fair.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Shabbaton Schedule |
Other information regarding the Shabbaton, including what to do when you arrive, is here.
Davening will be held in the Beis Medrash; meals and melave malka will be in the dining room on the 4th floor. Babysitting will be likely split between the teacher's lounge on the 4th floor (formerly the exercise room) [for kids who are playing] and the student lounge on the 1st floor [for sleeping kids in strollers]. The women's shalosh seudos will be in the room off of the Beis Medrash.
Friday, February 20th
Shabbos, February 21st
- 5:15 Babysitting begins
- 5:18 Candle lighting * additional tea lights will be set up on the 4th floor
- 5:20 Mincha
- 5:40 Kabbalos Shabbos
- 6:20 Ma'ariv
- 6:45 Friday Night Dinner
- Speaker: Moshe Ornstein, Chairman, LCM Alumni Council
- 8:30 Bentching
- 8:45 Dessert/mingling & Tish
- 9:30 Babysitting ends
Motzei Shabbos, February 21st
- 8:30 Shacharis
- 11:00 Shabbos Lunch
- Speaker: Yair Daar
- 12:45 Bentching
- 3:50 Babysitters begin
- 4:00 R' Soloveitchik shiur (men and women) OR
- 4:00 Rebbetzin Shmulevitz Taharas Hamishpacha & Shalom Bayis Q&A (women only)
- 4:45 Mincha
- 5:10 Shalosh Seudos
- Men's Shalosh Seudos Speaker: R' Bamberger
- Women's Shalosh Seudos Speaker: Rebbetzin Mirsky
- 6:21 Ma'ariv
- 6:35 Havdalah
- 7:00 Melave Malka
- Introduction: Aryeh Young, Director of LCM Alumni Affairs
- 7:30 Video presentation
- 9:00 Babysitting ends
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Shabbaton Information |
The first Lander College Alumni Shabbaton is here! The full schedule is listed above.
If you do NOT yet know where you are staying (hopefully this is nobody), please contact Aryeh Young at (516) 512-4494.
If you DO know where you are staying, and you are in the dormitory apartments: Please come through the front doors of the main building, and there will be a table set up. If you have not yet paid for the Shabbaton, please pay at that time and someone there will help guide you to whatever room you are in. Please also bring linen.
If you are staying elsewhere, please feel free to go straight to your host home. For those who wish [or whose hosts wish!], there will be tea lights set up on the 4th floor for people to light candles for Shabbos. If you can, however, please quickly stop by the front entrance or come with enough time before Shabbos to give your check in for the Shabbaton. Thank you in advance.
The meals are being catered by Mauzone, and the pizza for the melave malka is going to be from Shimon's. The Viennese table for dessert Friday night is from G&I Bakery.
As this is the first major alumni event, we tried to keep the costs to the alumni low; this Shabbaton is not a fundraiser. That said, the amounts being charged to alumni for the Shabbaton are able to cover about 60% of the costs of the Shabbaton, and some of the fees that were charged for the alumni discount cards covered another 15% or so. The remaining 25% of the costs of the Shabbaton were subsidized by other parts of Lander.
We look forward to an exciting Shabbos, and hope everyone has a great time!
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Sorry |
I apologize for the lack of posting lately. I will be posting numerous tidbits (jobs, Mazel Tovs, etc.) that have been sent to me recently in the upcoming days... meanwhile, get ready for the first Lander Alumni Shabbaton!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Rav Tannenbaum's N'Shei Shiur |
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Lander College for Men | 7531 150th St | Flushing | NY | 11367 |
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