LCM Alumni Newsletter

Lander College for Men Alumni Newsletter Kew Garden Hills Shabbos Zmanim Parshas Vayechi Candle Lighting 4:28 PM Shkiah 4:46 PM Tzeis (3 Stars) 5:33 PM Tzeis (Rabeinu Tam) 6:15 PM LCM Shabbos Davening Mincha (Friday) - 4:31 PM Shabbos Shachris - 8:30 AM Shabbos Mincha - 4:08 PM Maariv - 5:35 PM 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. 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. LCM ALUMNI WEBSITE COME CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR UP-TO-DATE JOB POSTINGS, MAZEL TOV'S, AND OTHER IMPORTANT LCM NEWS AND EVENTS. THE SITE IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND IS QUICKLY BECOMING A GREAT NETWORKING SERVICE FOR THE LANDER COMMUNITY. SO, PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK US OUT AT LCMalumni.blogspot.com. IF YOU KNOW ANY LCM ALUMNI PERSONAL NEWS, JOB OPENINGS, OR WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT SOMETHING, PLEASE EMAIL THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR, EZZIE GOLDISH, AND HE WILL BE HAPPY TO POST THE INFORMATION ON YOUR BEHALF. 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! Lander Shiurim Good Shabbos! Aryeh Young Director of Alumni Affairs aryeh.young@touro.edu 718-820-4883 (work) 516-512-4494 (cell) A BLAST FROM THE PAST - SHABBATON REUNION SIX WEEKS AWAY!!! 60 Alumni plus Families, Rebbeim, and Faculty Already Signed-Up Save the Date Feb. 20-21 The LCM Alumni Council is currently preparing to host its first ever alumni Shabbaton. The Shabbaton will be a terrific opportunity to reunite with former friends, rebbeim, and faculty members. It will be taking place at Lander College for Men in Kew Garden Hills, and housing will be arranged for all alumni and families coming from outside the neighborhood. We are anticipating approximately eight participating alumni, and we are very excited for our kick-off event featuring An AWESOME FAMILY-ORIENTED REUNION with old chaveirim, rebbeim, and faculty members Three terrific, CATERED SHABBOS SEUDOS A FRIDAY NIGHT ONEG with a thought-provoking Q and A session with former Rebbeim BABYSITTING (included in shabbaton price) A WOMEN'S-ONLY SHALOSH SEUDOS And of course... our first ever, Alumni Melave Malka, to get you into the Purim spirit, featuring a video presentation of the BEST MOMENTS IN LANDER PURIM SHPIEL HISTORY! If you would like to know which of your former chaveirim are already signed up, or would like to discuss anything that we can do to improve your shabbaton experience, please do not hesitate to contact the Director of Alumni Affairs, Aryeh Young (516-512-4494), or the Chairman of the Alumni Council, Moshe Orenstein (917-587-3359). This year's Shabbaton Committee includeds Suchi Hornung, Ariel Kapitnikoff, David Manheim, and Moshe Ornstein. Please RSVP to aryeh.young@touro.edu and indicate if you will need housing accommodations. As a reminder, the Shabbaton is $30 for single alumni, $60 for a couple, and $65 for a family. The registration deadline will be Tuesday, February 3rd. Please make all checks payable to Lander College for Men, and specify "alumni shabbaton" in the memo line. The checks can be sent to: Attn: Aryeh Young Lander College for Men 7531 150th St. Flushing, NY 11367 Chanukah Mesibah Smashing Success This year's LCM Chanukah Mesibah was a truly lively and exciting event featuring LCM alumnus soloist, Elie Norowitz, and the newly-formed LCM band. Following an inspirational shiur from the internationally renowned HaRav Noach Oelbaum shlit"a, over 150 students, alumni, and Rebbeim headed to the fourth floor for leibidik dancing and celebration. Everyone danced together in large circles and eventually smaller circles formed, as Talmidim had the privilege of dancing with their shiur Rebbe. Approximately twenty alumni attended the mesibah and enjoyed the opportunity to witness the exponential growth that LCM has experienced over the past few years. The evening concluded with a delicious seudas chanukah (Dougie's) hosted by the student council. N'shei Melave Malka Postponed Due to Snow This week's women's melave malka, scheduled to take place at the home of Daniella Dvash, has been postponed due to expected snow. It will be rescheduled after the winter intersession. Please stay tuned and we apologize for any inconvenience. Kollel/Alumni Team Wins LCM Intramural Basketball Championships Led by league MVP, Yonasan Meyers, the LCM Kollel/Alumni Team won its first championship this past semester. In a nail-biting 51-50 victory, the team proved that the veterans still have what it takes to win. Due to increased interest, there might be a new alumni team -separate from the kollel team - participating in the LCM intramurals next semester. Please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs if you are interested. The league plays on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and is free for all LCM students and alumni. Come on down and play! Mazel Tov... Yonah Zimmerman on his engagement to Esther Schwartz of Kew Gardens Hills Shalom Hopkovitz on his engagement to Rachel Marshel of Brooklyn Meir Nemetsky on his engagement to Perla Barocas of Los Angeles THOUGHTS ON THE PARSHA By HaRav Moshe Crystal shlit"a In Parshas Vayechi, Yaakov Avinu gave most of his sons brachos before his death, but for Shimon and Levi, he issued a warning. He explained that they were too hasty in taking revenge against from the city of Sh'chem, and he criticized them for letting weapons of violence become the tools of their trade. When Rashi explains this criticism, he says Yaakov means to convey that they were using tools that did not belong to them. Rather, they have lifted violence from the domain of Eisav. The Mirrer Mashgiach, Rav Yerucham Levovitz zt"l (in Daas Torah) explains that this was a separate criticism. Besides taking issue with their deeds themselves, he wants them to look at where they are coming from. They are doing actions which wereare not really their own, but imitating the ways of others. Rav Yerucham says that he once met a man whose body language immediately reminded him of another man. As it turned out, that other man was his best friend. We often do not realize the extent to which we are influenced by others. We may have good friends who help us grow and influence us for good, but other acquaintances and societal influences can have the opposite effect. Yaakov Avinu's words warn us that we should be more cognizant of why we do what we do. Just like each of the shevatim was given a brachah to make him aware of his unique potential, so too, we should think more about being ourselves and bringing out the good qualities which we were blessed with and not let them unknowingly be lost by subconsciously imitating others and living a superficial existence. Rav Wolbe (cf. Avnei Shlomo, v.2, p.77) related a story about many Chassidim who went to Kotzk to be with the Kotzker Rebbe for the Yamim Noraim. However, to their great chagrin, the rebbe did not come out from his hisbod'dus throughout the whole period. Finally, during the hakafos on Simchas Torah, the Kotzker Rebbe emerged from his seclusion. He saw the many visitors involved in the hakafos and shouted "what are you doing here?" Everyone turned white with fear and trepidation. The Rebbe asked the same question again, "what are you doing here?" Before the older chassidim could restrain him, one young chassid bravely offered the following explanation: "My mother gave me my tzitzis when I was three. My father got me my tefillin when I was 13. My father got me a gemara so I could learn. Now I want something of my own!" The Kotzker Rebbe listened and responded, "If so, it's good that you came!" Good Shabbos, Moshe Crystal Alumni Hashkafa Shiur Continues Note: The shiur will not be taking place this week, because the Mashgiach is in Israel on a recruiting visit. 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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N'Shei Event M"otzsh January 10th

UPDATE: POSTPONED

SAVE THE DATE!

What: The Neshei Melave Malka

Where: Home of Daniella Dvash

When: Motzei Shabbos January 10th

If you would like to help out please contact Alana at bnotsharut@yahoo.com

Shabbaton Update

The planning for the Lander Alumni Shabbaton is well underway, and we'll be putting up more details about what exactly will be happening that weekend in the near future. This Monday, a number of Council members got together in Aryeh Young's luxurious office at Lander and made dozens of phone calls to alumni to tell them about the Shabbaton. The calls were very successful, and close to 60 alumni and their families have already committed to attending the Shabbaton; please pass the word along to all your friends as we'd like to get as many alumni as possible to kick off the first major event of the Lander Alumni! We need to know as soon as possible who will be coming so we can determine housing and meals for everyone, and to keep costs low.

As a reminder, the Shabbaton is $30 for single alumni, $60 for a couple, and $65 for a family.

For more details or to reserve, please contact Aryeh Young at aryeh.young@touro.edu (or LCMAlumni@gmail.com) or any members of the Shabbaton committee: Suchi Hornung, Ariel Kapitnikoff, David Manheim, and Moshe Ornstein.

Yonah Zimmerman, Shalom (Joshua) Hopkovitz, Meir Nemetsky

Huge Mazel Tovs to:

• Yonah Zimmerman on his engagement to Esther Schwartz of Kew Gardens Hills and
• Shalom Hopkovitz on his engagement to Rachel Marshel of Brooklyn
• Meir Nemetsky on his engagement to Perla Barocas of Los Angeles
  

Mazel tov!!

Financial Controller - Brooklyn

Brooklyn Based Construction Company seeking Financial Controller - we are looking for a strong candidate with experience in accounting and bookkeeping for a growing shomer shabbos construction company. This position is responsible for managing all of the financial activity, accounting and financial reporting for all aspects of our company. This inlcudes day to day bookkeeping, all accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, payroll and all financial reporting. It also manages all of the general insurance needs and requirements of our company, contractors, subcontractors and our clients. This is a full time position based in Brooklyn, NY. Please respond with your resume, relevant experience cover letter, and salary requirements.

Please Email Resume to : aaaveteran@aol.com

Accounting - Teaneck

Subsidiary of a successful Israeli high-tech company, with an established office in Teaneck, seeks F/T Senior Accountant to join its team and manage the accounting department. The Senior Accountant will be reporting to the CFO.

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions.
• Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.
• Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, bank reconciliations and other accounting documents.
• Manage account receivables, account payables, consolidations of financial statements, and company cash flow.
• Direct and coordinate activities of other accountants and clerical workers performing accounting and bookkeeping tasks.
• Resolve accounting discrepancies.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Must have experience working with ERP systems (oracle, SAP or any other ) at a skilled level
• Must have at least 3 years of supervisory and management experience
• Must possess knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Must possess knowledge of financial and accounting software applications.
• Requires the ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections.

Salary: 80k + benefits.

Please send resume to 4jobs@golanconsulting.com

Please Continue To Send In Tips

We hope everyone has had a wonderful Chanukah!

Please continue to send in job tips, mazel tovs, and the like; we post them if not immediately then as soon as we're able to do so, and they come in handy. We'll also try to keep the upcoming events up to date on the sidebar; if you have any questions, contact myself, Aryeh, or Moshe and we'll get back to you with the info you need as soon as we can. Thanks!

Lander Discount Cards: Stores & Discounts Listing

List of stores last updated: December 20, 2008

The following is the letter that was sent out with the Lander Discount Cards and the listing of participating vendors as of December 2008. We will try and keep this list as updated as possible, and the date at the beginning of this post will be updated to reflect when it was last updated. [You may have to hit "expand" to see the full letter and listing.]

Dear Cardholder,

It is with great excitement that we are releasing the new Lander College for Men Community Discount Card. A tremendous amount of work has been put into the production of the card and we hope that it will benefit our entire LCM community.

There are several requests that we would like to make to all cardholders. First, it is absolutely imperative that cardholders do not give this card to anybody besides their spouse – this includes, but is not limited to, parents, siblings, friends, kallahs, children etc. The card may only be used by the individual listed on the card. Violation of this agreement is sufficient grounds to terminate the card and constitutes a definite violation of halacha, according to the p’sak received from one of our LCM Roshei Yeshiva. (You are purchasing this card with the agreement it will not be given to others).

Second, we kindly request that all cardholders please be patient with store owners and cashiers as the program gets off the ground. Remember, that every time you swipe the LCM card, you represent Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash L’Talmud and it is of tremendous importance that our community is portrayed favorably. Lastly, please attempt, whenever possible, to frequent the stores listed below in order to maintain and further the mutual relationship between LCM and the particular vendor. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Enjoy and save!

Sincerely,

Aryeh Young
Director of Alumni Affairs
Lander College for Men
718-840-4883 (office)
516-512-4494 (cell)
aryeh.young@touro.edu

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

Bakery

Mendy’s Bakery (10% discount on minimum purchases of $10)
72-22 Main St.
Flushing, NY 11367
718-544-7836

Barber

Men’s Famous Barber Shop (10% discount on all haircuts)
72-60 Main St.
Flushing, NY 11367
718-263-2171

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 and on credit card purchases $100 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

Chanukah Week - Packed

As is clear from the flurry of information in this week's newsletter, a lot is happening at Lander, particularly as relates to Lander Alumni.

• The Lander Discount Cards were released earlier this week. Many people have already received theirs; if you have not and would like to, please contact Aryeh Young at aryeh.young@touro.edu. Another post will be published with a listing of all the stores taking part so far and what the discounts are.
• Earlier tonight the Lander N'Shei (which includes current and alumni LCM wives) had another nice event, though the weather kept the crowd rather small. We'd like to strengthen the Lander N'Shei along with the Alumni, so if people have ideas for programming/fun, please send those ideas in. One person floated the idea of a game night - more ideas would be great!
  
• The annual LCM Chanukah Mesibah is this Tuesday night. R' Noach Oelbaum of K'hal Nachlas Yitzchok in Kew Gardens Hills will be coming in to speak after Ma'ariv, which is at 7:30, and the Mesibah will follow his remarks, keyed by the Lander College Band and the annual dreidel contest.
  
• On Wednesday night, R' Bamberger will be hosting a Chanukah va'ad and tisch at 8:30pm in the room next to the Beis Medrash; of course, all alumni are invited and welcomed.
• Finally, we're already starting preparations for the Alumni Shabbaton which will be taking place in Lander the weekend of February 20-21 - all the details will be in another post very shortly.