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The Flatbush Flash Vol. 7, no. 33 May 30,2014 - 1 Sivan 5774 Parashat NasoCandle Lighting 7:59 Celebrate Israel Parade Sunday, June 1, 2014 *YOF assembles at 12:30 PM on 52nd St. btw 5th and 6th Ave YOF Annual Event Wednesday, June 11, 2014 6:30 PM
In This Issue Join Us June 11, 2014 in Celebrating 87 Years! ********** Tribute to Mr. Zeplin ********* Yeshivah of Flatbush Grand Raffle 2014! *********** Installation of New Leadership 20142016 ********** Save the Date Tuesday July 22nd *********** Elementary School Yom Yerushalayim Highlights ********* Third Grade Wax Museum ********* Congratulations to the Winners of the
Join Us June 11, 2014 in Celebrating 87 Years!
Fourth and Fifth Grade Social Studies Bee! ********** LD Lag B'Omer Celebration Celebrating 87 Years ********* News From the Yeshivah of Flatbush Falcon's Nest ******* Tribute to Mr. Leonard Zeplin Within Our Family Installation of Leadership ************ Stay in Touch with Please join us as we celebrate 87 years of the Yeshivah of Flatbush, when the HS we will pay tribute to Mr. Leonard Zeplin's 19 years of commitment and myflatbushlife.com dedication to our students and install our new leadership. ********** Follow Us on Wednesday Evening, June 11, 2014 Instagram at 6:30 PM @YOFlatbush! ********* Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School V'Shinantam Al and Sonny Gindi Campus L'Vanecha 1609 Avenue J ********** Brooklyn, NY Buffet dinner and dessert reception To place your ad online/or make a reservations, please go to wwww.flatbush.org/celebrate87 .
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Tribute to Mr. Zeplin Dear Fellow Parents, Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it comes to saying goodbye to an educator of the highest caliber. Mr. Leonard Zeplin has been our General Studies Principal of the Lower Division for the past 19 years. During this time, our children truly benefited from the innovations Mr. Zeplin introduced into their daily schedule. The curriculum initiatives, nutrition program, health fair, and of course the healthy afternoon snacks program all played a major role in enhancing their daily school experience. Mr. Zeplin's profound love for our children is truly immeasurable. He cares about each and every single one of his students and treats them with kindness, love, warm smiles and tons of cookies! Over the years he has connected with many Yeshivah families on a personal level. On Wednesday evening, June 11th, when the Yeshivah celebrates our 87th year, we will honor Mr. Zeplin and say farewell to an outstanding leader. Together as parents, let us unite for an evening of Hakarat Ha'tov by paying tribute and recognition to not only a leader but a friend. Please join us by attending this event and placing an ad in the journal. There is no charge to attend and join with your friends at the event. The journal will be displayed on large screens that evening and available for viewing on our website. In addition, we will be creating for Mr. Zeplin a special artistic keepsake with the names of all those who participated in the journal. Please go to www.flatbush.org/celebrate87 to submit your ad and make your reservation online. In line with Mr. Zeplin's priorities, proceeds will support scholarships for children who require financial assistance to be able to attend the Yeshivah of Flatbush. We look forward to greeting you personally on June 11th. Sincerely, Julie Betesh Rochelle Dweck Marjorie Gindi Ronit Laniado Ami Sasson Parent Tribute Committee
Yeshivah of Flatbush Grand Raffle 2014!
Win a One Hundred Thousand Dollar Zero Coupon Bond ($26,000 Cash Option) Drawing Date: June 11, 2014 To purchase raffles: flatbush.org/raffle2014 Ticket prices: 1 ticket for $180 2 tickets for $350 3 tickets for $500 8 tickets for $1,000 15 tickets for $1,800 25 tickets for $2,500 120 tickets for $10,000
Installation of New Leadership 2014-2016 The following slate has been tendered by the Nominating Committee: OFFICERS President: Robert Frastai Vice Presidents: Abe Hanan Elliot Horowitz Allan Levy Jack Mann David Oved Ralph Shamah Treasurer: Abie Hidary Associate Treasurers: Bernie Hafif Robert Izsak Lenny Mandel
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Financial Secretary: Mitchell Vilinsky Associate Financial Abe Anteby Secretaries: Jaret Feldman Eric Setton Sam Shamie Secretary: Alan Ades Associate Secretaries: Eli Dweck Isaac Kreizman Dawn Levy Jack Mosseri Solomon Mosseri Assistant Secretaries: Joey Allaham Tami Antebi David Khaski Michael Mishaan Dory Salem Ladies Auxiliary: Sarah Dweck - President Lynn Erdos - President-Elect BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steven Adelsberg Zvi Ben-Haim Maggie Betesh Jack Cayre Robert Frastai David Fishel Marjorie Gindi Raymond Gindi Mark Goldstein David Haddad Abe Hanan Saul Hazan Abie Hidary Joseph Jerome Dr. Morris Joseph Knoll Albert Laboz Ladies Auxiliary Sarah Dweck -President Lynn Erdos-President-Elect Hagai Laniado Hymie Mamiye Jack Mann David Oved Jack A. Rahmey Ami Sasson Steven Sasson Alan Shamah Ike Silvera Steven Stein Alberto Sutton Ronald Tawil
Mitchell Vilinsky HONORARY TRUSTEES Steven Cohn Joseph Sitt Isaac Sutton
Save the Date Tuesday July 22nd
Save the Date Tuesday July 22nd Tennis, Cards, Exercise, Auction, Portraits and More! Yeshivah of Flatbush Ladies Auxiliary At the home of Lynn and Sam Gindi 228 Park Ave. Oakhurst Day of Tennis sponsored by Bill and Cristina Martire If you would like to volunteer or sponsor please contact Sarah Dweck 646-207-7019 or Lynne Erdos 917-626-7281
Elementary School Yom Yerushalayim Highlights On Wednesday, Elementary School celebrated Yom Yerushalayim with stories, songs and dances.
Lower Division students enjoyed a magnificent production performed by students in class 2-308 and 5-333. They beautifully sang songs, danced and performed skits about Yerushalayim. The performance celebrated the brave soldiers who fought in the Six-Day War and secured the Kotel. Thanks to Miriam Shachak, Esthy Tricot, Sagit Vayner, Sylvia Schwartz, Adina Zidele, Eve Franco, Rachel Driefus and Bnot Sherut Coral and Shirel for coordinating the performance.
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Middle Division students heard first-hand accounts from faculty members Margalith Greenstein, Serah Josilowsky and Rivka Zaklikowski on what it was like to be in Israel during the Six-Day War. Though they were children at the time, they remembered the happiness everyone felt when T'zhal had succeeded in regaining Jerusalem. These personal accounts resonated with the students and helped them further understand the miracle of the war.
Early Childhood was treated to a special piano and flute duet performance by Carol Geliebter and Leslie Grazi of songs by Naomi Shemer. Click for more LD photos! Click for more EC photos!
Third Grade Wax Museum
Inventors, political figures, athletes, authors and more were all on display at Mrs. Listman's class 3208 Wax Museum on Wednesday. Students became the subject of the biographies they had read and sat still as wax figures until a visitor prompted them to begin their presention by performing an action written on the student's poster (e.g. "tip my hat", "take my cane out of my hand"). Visitors enjoyed watching the characters come alive and were impressed by the students' knowledge of their subjects.
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Congratulations to the Winners of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Social Studies Bee! Congratulations to the winners of the 14th Annual Fourth and Fifth Grade Social Studies Bee: First Place, fourth grader Jessica S, in second place fifth grade Adele A. and in third place fifth grade Michael O!
LD Lag B'Omer Celebration
Lower Division students enjoyed a beautiful spring day on Monday May 19th at Friends Field for the annual Lag B'Omer celebration. Thank you to Mr. Zeplin for organizing this fun day. Click for more photos!
News From the Falcon's Nest Gathering in the Khezrie auditorium, the many student-athletes who took to the field, court or track as Flatbush Falcons and their coaches celebrated the successes and reflected on the experiences of the 2013-14 fall and spring athletic seasons. With first-year Athletic Director Eric Amkraut guiding the evening, each of the 23 competitive athletic programs fielded by the school presented their roster and their individual team award winners. Mr. Amkraut opened the evening highlighting the many successes of the season, with a particular focus on the various occasions where our athletes stepped out of their competitive "comfort zones." Starting with the Girls basketball team's taking on a club team from Westbury, Long Island to the Boys Basketball Team taking on some of the nation's best Yeshiva programs in tournament competition in Memphis, TN to the Baseball team doing the same for the first time ever in similar competition in Columbus, OH, our student-athletes expanded both their competitive and communal horizons. They grew immensely both in a humanistic way and athletically from the experiences.
The Flatbush coaches presented awards to their Most Outstanding Player and their Most Improved Player, as well as a Coach's Award and a Sportsmanship Award for each team. Additionally, each team captain was recognized for their leadership efforts with a special Captain's Award. During each individual team presentation, a photo montage from that team scrolled on the video screens in the auditorium, highlighting many of the top performances of the players. The program culminated with the awarding of the Most Outstanding Male and Most Outstanding Female Senior StudentAthlete awards. It was a difficult decision, with a number of qualified candidates amongst the boys and the girls who excelled in multiple sports over their four-year careers at Flatbush. In the end, the awards went to two players who not only were excellent performers, but also were great leaders, individuals who motivated their teammates to work together as a team, to continue to strive when the outlook looked bleak, to rise to the top in the most challenging of situations. This year's winners were Alison Kassin for the girls, and Joey Dayon for the boys. It was a great evening of reflection and celebration, wishing good luck to the graduating senior student-athletes as they move on, and a look forward for the returning student-athletes who will again wear the maroon and gold for Flatbush and strive to "Rock the Nest" in 2014-15. GO FALCONS! NEST NOTES: A Special thank you goes to Senior Student-Athlete Victor Dweck and his "bucket list." Through his goal of attending at least one event of each athletic team fielded by the school, and taking pictures at many of those contests, we were able to display pictures from each team in competition. Thank you also to Victor for putting together the team photo montages that ran during each team's presentation. Kol HaKavod, Victor!
Within Our Family Mazal Tov/Mabruk To Births Mozelle (Tawil, HS 2002) and Benjamin Goldstein (ES 1998, HS 2002) on the birth of a son; and to grandparents Rena and Mark Goldstein and Sari and Saul Tawil.
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Esther (Hanon, ES 2001, HS 2005) and Hymie Mishan (HS 2000) and the birth twins a son and daughter; and to grandparents Shifra and Ezra Hanon, Eddie Mishan and Linda Haddad. Esther Kizelnik and Yosef Kizelnik on the birth of grandson born to children Deena and Josh Weisfeld. Rachel (Leizerowitz, HS 2001) and Steven Schuh (ES 1997, HS 2001) on the birth of a daughter, and grandparents Barbara and Phil Schuh. Renee and Jimmy (ES 2000, HS 2004) Mishan on the birth of a daughter. Bnei/Bnot Mitzvah Merav and Rabin Khalili, on the Bar Mitzvah of Jacob. Naomi and Eli Hamui, on the Bar Mitzvah of Albert. Fayge and Hillel Nisssenbaum, on the Bat Mitzvah of Amanda (Mandy). Engagements Michelle Faham and Elliot Beyda. .............. Library Fund Morah Bina (Barbara Breitstein), in memory of Mrs. Bella Chasky, beloved wife of Mr. Hilbert Chasky, mother of Dr. Judah Chasky and Mrs. Miriam Schindler.
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Follow Us on Instagram @YOFlatbush and @YOFHS! V'Shinantam L'Vanecha And you shall teach your children The Yeshivah of Flatbush invites you to participate in a special program, sponsoring the learning of over 2,000 precious YOF children. A week of learning may be dedicated in honor of, or in memory of, a loved one. With your contribution, the name of the sponsor and the dedication will be prominently displayed on LCD signage in the Elementary School and Joel Braverman High School lobbies, be announced by the principals to students and faculty and be recognized in other meaningful ways.
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