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It’s a month for remembrance in Israel and the U.S.

— Rabbi Schwab, page 3

he largest event in the world celebrating the Anniversary of Israel’s independence!

As we mark Israel’s 63rd year, the 2011 parade is going to be one of the best ever as over 30,000 participants march up Fifth Avenue, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of

spectators. The parade will be a sea of blue and white as the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region comes together to celebrate Israel!

Participants will include:Some of the area’s best

marching bandsOver 20 decorated floats

Street performers, artists, musicians and dancers

Over 100 schools, colleges, civic, religious and community groups

Special guest appearances to be announced

The parade begins at 57th Street and goes to 74th Street.

The parade will take place from 11 AM to 4 PM, rain or shine.

Sign up online: www.jewishorangeny.org

Participation is free for those age 18 and under; sign up before May 10th and over 18 is free also; otherwise $5. For more info, call 562-7860.

In honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, ISRAEL’S 63RD BIRTHDAY, the Jewish Federation is planning a TRADITIONAL BARBECUE along with Israeli

music, dancing, balloons and face-painting.

Tuesday, May 10th, 6-7:30 PMThe party will be held at Temple Beth Jacob,

344 Gidney Avenue, Newburgh. Free T-SHIRTS to the first 50 people who sign

up! The shirts must be picked up that evening at the celebration.

Israel Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut, is a day of pride in and reflection on the accom-

plishments of the Jewish state. Join your family and friends, sing and dance with our Rabbis and Cantors.

Dinner will be served; dietary laws strictly observed. Please tell us you are coming; call 562-7860, or visit our website and sign up: www.

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FEDERATION OF GREATER ORANGE COUNTY and THE NEWBURGH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

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Celebrate Israel Parade 2011 Sunday, June 5!

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Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Birthday

Monroe Temple celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut with a special Kabbalat Shabbat concert: page 8

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The Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County invites you to

attend our 35th Annual Meeting:Sunday, June 12, 2011 10:00 AM Monroe Temple Beth-El 314 N. Main St., Monroe, NY Join Federation as we honor outgoing President Jack Berkowitz and incoming President Gail Oliver.Orange County synagogues and Jewish organizations will honor special individuals who have

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Save The Dates

Tuesday, May 10th Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration

Temple Beth Jacob 6:00pm—No Charge

Open to the entire community. Co-Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater

Orange County

Monday, June 6th JCC Annual Meeting

7:00pm

Monday, July 11th JCC 18th Annual Golf Outing

Osiris Country Club 11:00am

Sponsorships available Golfers Wanted

Please call for more information!!

68 Stewart Avenue, Newburgh 845-561-6602 njcc6602@aol.com www.newburghjcc.org

Congregation Eitz Chaim is honoring Dr. Leslie Green

andLea Morganstein

With a Journal and Dinner Dance on Sunday, June 12, 2011

To place a personal message or an advertisement in the Journal, please contact the committee at

journal@eitzchaim-monroe.org or call Sheila Ornstein (845.928.6244)

The deadline for inclusion in the Journal is May 15th.

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By RaBBi Joel SchwaB

At the end of thIs month—on Monday, May 30th, to be precise—we proud and

committed Americans will observe Memorial Day, one of our six most widely celebrated national holidays. Originally called Decoration

Day, it was created in the aftermath of the trauma of the Civil War, when a local custom of decorating the graves of soldiers killed in battle during that war “went viral” across the country, and states both northern and southern established holidays of remembrance for their war dead. Casualties from World War I and later conflicts were swiftly added to the list of those remembered on this day as succeeding generations went into battle.

Though originally celebrated on May 30th each year (according to Wikipedia, the date was chosen precisely because no Civil War battles were fought on that date), by 1971 the federal government had moved the holiday to the last Monday in May and officially changed its name to “Memorial Day.” And while the traditional activities of grave decoration and veterans parades, a few of which are televised, continue to this day, in our time Memorial Day may be better known for marking the beginning of summer, for the opportunity to enjoy a three-day weekend free of school attendance and work, for the Indianapolis 500 car race and for sales at stores of every description. Today a relatively tiny portion of the American populace even visits those graves or attends those parades, to the consternation of some; I suspect that many Americans are not even sure what we are remembering on Memorial Day.

The Jewish State of Israel will also mark its Memorial Day this month. On Monday, May 9th, many Israelis will go to cemeteries throughout the land on this Yom Ha-Zikaron to visit at the graves of family members and comrades-in-arms who died in Israel’s wars, just as Americans have done on Memorial Day for almost 150 years. But there, I would suggest, the resemblance to the American holiday ends. Though Yom Ha-Zikaron is not a day off from school and work (because the

next day on the Israeli calendar, Yom Ha-Atz-ma’ut, is), the tone of this day of remembrance is radically different from the American. On Yom Ha-Zikaron, at 11 a.m., air-raid sirens sound throughout Israel, and all of Israeli life (except in Arab and Haredi/ultra-Orthodox areas) stops for two full minutes. Cars, trucks and buses come to a halt, passengers leave their vehicles to stand in silence, and conversation in workplaces and schoolrooms, in restaurants and even at the beach, cease. During the entire day, television and radio programming focus almost exclusively on those who lost their lives in defense of the Jewish state, whether pre-independence or post-1948. There are special school assemblies and yearly gatherings of members of Army units who lost friends during pitched battles. No veterans’ parades, but also no store sales or special sporting events. Just solemn remembrance.

Why the differences in tone and observance between these two Memorial Days, both of which impact us as Americans who are also deeply committed to the Jewish State of Israel? That question is heightened by the recognition that post-Civil War America—and even post-WWI and WWII America as well—observed Decoration Day with the same solemnity as present-day Israel does its Yom Ha-Zikaron. Well-attended and lengthy parades, well-reported speeches by government officials, cemeteries swarming with grieving families and friends, closed stores—that was the American Memorial Day of the past. But as the great ideological and survival conflicts of the American past have faded into history, as our wars have become controversial, and as the numbers of dead from our present-day conflicts have lessened dramatically, the percentage of Americans personally touched by the deaths of our servicemen and women has plummeted to an almost infinitesimal number. (Almost 2% of the American population died during the Civil War! By contrast, the percentage for World War II was 0.3%, for Vietnam 0.03% and for the War on Terror 0.00002%.)

We live in a country whose survival is secure and whose expectations are such that most of us are making no obvious sacrifices at all during this time of war, even as we ask for the possible ultimate sacrifice from a relatively small group of Americans who, we remind ourselves, chose the military life. It is human nature that we Americans, almost untouched by the cost of war, will think about holidays and store sales when given the opportunity, rather than soldiers unknown to us who have died in America’s wars.

By contrast there is almost no Jew in the State of Israel who is untouched by combat deaths of a much more recent vintage. More than 1% of the Jewish population of mandatory Palestine died during the War of Independence in 1948-49, and the more than 2,000 deaths during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 is twice the percentage of the Israeli population as American combat deaths in World War II, which ended almost 30 years earlier. Even more significant is the omnipresent fear among Israelis that more warfare is just around the corner.

And then there is the recognition that almost anyone—your neighbor, your friend, your husband or son—could be on the frontlines when that next war arrives. But perhaps most salient of all—warfare is always about the continued existence of the State of Israel. Yom Ha-Zikaron cannot help but resonate so strongly in such an atmosphere of imminent threat, almost universal participation and recent tragic loss.

In a secure state, where sacrifices for war are borne by a tiny slice of the population, it is easier to forget the original reasons for Memorial Day and just to enjoy the three-day weekend. In a state whose existence is still under threat and where the vast majority of able-bodied men—and women—still must put their lives on the line, Yom Ha-Zikron remains a searing reminder of loss and potential loss. Perhaps we can learn a lesson from our Israeli cousins and spend a bit more time as Americans remembering those who died to protect our country and our value system—may I suggest that Memorial Day should be more about memorializing than vacationing. But on the other hand, I just pray that some day the ambience of Yom Ha-Zikaron can begin to approach that of today’s American Memorial Day—may the time come when Israel’s survival and security are givens, and the grief of loss will fade into history without being replaced by a fresh generation of soldiers to be remembered.

Rabbi Joel Schwab is the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Middletown.

METNY on the RoadOn Sunday, March 13, 2011, Dr. Elissa Kaplan, lead educator

for the PaRDeS Yaakov program, facilitated the workshop Let’s Play with the Parshas! Project Based Learning for Midweek

Sessions for the Temple Sinai Hebrew School faculty, led by Lucy Fox, in Middletown. Pictured here are Lucy, Elissa, Rabbi Joel Schwab and the faculty, with lots of resources for playing with the parshas.

But each country’s war-time memory is vastly different

Rabbi Joel Schwab

We live in a country whose survival is secure and whose expectations are such that most of us are

making no obvious sacrifices at all during this time of war, even as we ask for the possible ultimate sacrifice from a relatively small group of Americans who, we remind ourselves, chose the military life.

A Month of Remembrance for Israel, US

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THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ORANGE COUNTYHAROLD LEVINE NAMED ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

ESTHER & FALK LEVINEMEMORIAL FUND

JACK N. & JESSICA B.BLINKOFF

ELLIS HECHTMEMORIAL FUND

GERALD & JUNEKREISBERG

DR. IRVING & GEORGIA ANDERMAN

DR. REUBEN & GERTRUDE MOKOTOFF

EDITH & EUGENE MULLIN

MEMORIAL FUND

SYLVIA & MURRAY MINTZMEMORIAL FUND

CELIA & BERNARDBRICKMAN

ROSE COHENMEMORIAL FUND

THE GUTTERMAN-GOLDBERG FAMILY

EDNA & SHEPARDPRYLUCK

JOSEPH SCHULHOFMEMORIAL FUND

IRV KAPLANMEMORIAL FUND

DR. PAUL LIPSCHULTZMEMORIAL FUND

LAWRENCE & MARION R. LEVINMEMORIAL FUND

LILLIAN & NORMAN HECHT

HAROLD & LEONA NADLEMEMORIAL FUND

ALLA & BORISLIPKIN

THE RIEGERFAMILY

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MARVIN & EVELYN ABRAMOWITZMEMORIAL FUND

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ANDREADUBROFF

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PEARL COHNMEMORIAL FUND

HARRIET & JACK LEVY MEMORIAL FUND

LESLIE A. HANDLERMEMORIAL FUND

RACHEL & EMANUELREISER

PEARL & NATHAN OLIVERMEMORIAL FUND

THE GITTELSOHNFAMILY

MORRIS & ESTELLE SPIVACKMEMORIAL FUND

MARION RIDER LEVINMEMORIAL FUND

RABBI KURT & LORE METZGER

MEMORIAL FUND

FLORENCE SUSSMANMEMORIAL FUND

LIBBY & MATSCHLEIFER

THE SURESKYFAMILY

ALFRED GOLDBERGERHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND

GLORYACOVELSMITH

PAUL ORNSTEINMEMORIAL FUND

Honorials & Memorials

In memory of Dr. Paul Mayer to his wife, Kristen, and family, from Karen Levin. In memory of Dr. Paul Mayer to his wife, Kristen, and family, from Alla and Boris Lipkin. In honor of Alan Levine being honored by the Legal Aid Society of New York. Alan is the son of Jacques Levine. In honor of David Levine being honored at his installation as President of the Los Angeles Jewish Family Services. David is the son of Jacques Levine. In honor of the special birthday of Ken Oliver, from Joan and Michael Gittelsohn. In honor of the special birthday of Ken Oliver, from Carole and Arthur Weintraub. A donation has been made to the Gutterman-Goldberg Endowment Fund in memory of Joel McKible, loving husband of Rachel, from Agita and Stan Goldberg.

our responsIbIlIty as Jews goes beyond rituals and family events. We demonstrate our caring and

concern through tzedakah, with gifts to our synagogue, our alma mater and to other Jewish and secular organizations in our community. We look for ways to demonstrate our commitment and ideals to our children and to those who will follow us. We seek to provide stability and continuity for the organizations that have helped shape our lives.

Now you have the opportunity to preserve our Jewish legacy, ensuring that our vision and values go on by providing a gift of designated or restricted funds to the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County. A fund can be established in

your name or in the name of someone you wish to honor or memorialize. To establish your fund, you make a gift of cash, securities, life insurance, retirement account assets, other property, or you can create a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity. The income produced by your fund may be used to support designated public charities such as your local federation or synagogue; charitable activities such as the federation’s Annual Campaign; specific agencies or areas of interest to you; or for the unrestricted charitable use of your federation or foundation.

Benefits of a named endowment fund:• If you make the gift during your lifetime, you receive a charitable income tax deduction.

• If you make the gift at death through a distribution from your estate plan, your estate receives an estate tax deduction.• Your fund will receive asset management services from your local federation.• You provide a permanent source of funds to support identified programs, projects, agencies, organizations, synagogues, and/or areas of importance to you.

Life insurance:Life insurance often gives you the opportunity to leave a larger gift to your local federation than one you can afford from other assets. You can purchase a life insurance policy and name the federation

Designated or Restricted Funds

See Securing our JewiSh Future, page 6

Securing our Jewish Future

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We are JewishOrange New York.

Your gift to the Jewish Federation supports

This is your Federation. This is your Community.

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JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE

GAN SHALOM PRE-SCHOOL

NEWBURGH JCC

MENTSCH MAKERS PRE-SCHOOL

SUNY NEW PALTZ HILLEL

GOMEZ MILL HOUSE

GITTLEMAN HEBREW DAY SCHOOL

The PJ Library sends out high quality, age appropriate Jewishchildren’s books every month to participating families inOrange County. By providing these books, The PJ Library’sgoal is to help families explore the timeless core of values ofJudaism and to transmit these values to a new generation.

“They always invited others whowere poor and hungry to share

in their Sabbath meals”“A Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales”

By Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush

The PJ Library is funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundationand locally by the Jewish Federation of Greater OrangeCounty with additional support from generous donors.

To have free books mailed to your child, ages 6 months to 7years, please visit www.jewishorangeny.org and click on thePJ Library icon.

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Friendly Visitor ProgramThe FRiendly ViSiToR PRogRam targets the needs of homebound seniors and adults with disabilities in our community. We offer volunteer shopping, visiting and medical transportation. We are always looking for new volunteers, so please call with your interest in volunteering to Marjorie Faber, Friendly Visitor Program Coordinator, 341-1173, ext. 308.

Jewish RootsJewiSh RooTS, a PRogRam oF inSTRucTion for the developmentally disabled, is under way again. We have started our five-week spring session. The Roots program is held at Temple Sinai in Middletown. Our participants are taking a virtual tour of Israel, engaging in activities and crafts, and sampling treats indigenous to the area. For more information, please call Marjorie at 341-1173, ext. 308.

Lunch With Friendsonce a monTh, on a TueSday, an excited group of Jewish individuals with developmental disabilities get together for a model Shabbat, resplendent with hot Kosher food, song and traditional blessings. For more information or to volunteer to help, please contact Marjorie at 341-1173, ext. 308.

LIVING Through Loss…Connecting Mind, Body, and SpiritAn innovative group for those grieving a lossled By yoga TheRaPiST maRia Blon, this innovative group will help those living through a loss create a feeling of calm, improve focus, and find mutual support.

People who are grieving often speak of feeling disconnected—physically and emotionally—from themselves. This sense of numbness can serve a purposing in protecting a person from intense emotional pain.

If this feeling of detachment persists, however, it can limit enjoyment of things that were once

appreciated, including hobbies and the company of loved ones. Connecting mind, body, and spirit is, therefore, an important part of surviving loss.

Through a combination of easy yoga postures, relaxation exercises, music, and discussion, participants will learn how to feel more connected to the world around them. In a warm environment, they will find support in recognizing their own strengths and wisdom. Regardless of age, anyone new to yoga will find the movements comfortable.

The group will be held over four Thursdays, beginning May 12, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at Jewish Family Service, 720 Route 17M, Middletown. There is no fee but registration is required. To register, call 845-341-1173, ext. 300.

What You Can Do Today to Provide For Tomorrow – co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service and Newburgh Jewish Community CenterAttorney and Times Herald-Record columnist Sanford Altman will speak about elder law. Learn how you can:

n Protect your life savingsn Benefit from Living Trusts, and n Be paid for caregiver services offered to a loved one,

among many other related topics.Evening Workshop: Wednesday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m., Jewish Family Service, 720 Route 17M, Middletown.Daytime Workshop: Tuesday, June 14, 12:30, Newburgh Jewish Community Center, 68 Stewart Avenue, NewburghLight Refreshments will be served. To register, call 341-1173, ext. 300.

All of these programs are made possible with support from Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County.

Jewish Family Service

as the owner and beneficiary. You then make annual gifts to the Federation to cover the costs of premium payments. These payments are income tax-deductible. The benefits are paid to the Federation upon your death and are used in a way that you have previously designated. You can also transfer an existing policy and name

federation as the policy’s owner and beneficiary.

Benefits of giving life insurance as a charitable gift:• You receive a charitable income tax deduction.• A gift of life insurance is easy to arrange and administer

• You are able to make a more significant gift than might otherwise be possible.

Designated or Restricted FundsPlanned giving is one of the most beautiful things you can do to ensure that our Jewish history and values are not forgotten. That our children’s

children know what it means to be Jewish and take pride in our traditions. That we pass on the legacy of those who came before us and help build a brighter future. To find out more about how you can create a permanent legacy, please contact Joyce at 562-7860. You are encouraged to seek independent tax and legal counsel.

Securing Our Jewish Future from page 4

the WIlfred bAnk Orange County Post 413 of the Jewish War Veterans of America

is planning several events for the Memorial Day weekend.

duRing FRiday eVening Shabbat services at Temple Beth Jacob in Newburgh, we will hold a Veterans Memorial Day Recognition Service. On Saturday morning at Congregation Agudas Israel, we will have a Veterans Memorial Day Recognition Service. At this ceremony, we will be reading the names of those deceased Jewish veterans who were members of our community. We currently have accounted for 23 veterans buried in the Temple Beth Jacob Big Rock Cemetery, 60 at the Congregation Agudas Israel Cemetery, and 2 at Workmens Circle Cemetery. If you have a relative or a friend who is a deceased veteran, and you would like his/her name mentioned, please submit the names as follows:n Temple Beth Jacob service: Call Ellen at the Temple office, 845-562-5516.n Congregation Agudas Israel: Call Ian Berkowitz, Commander, at 914-720-7908 or email wbocpost413@aol.com.

Deceased veterans do not have to be from Newburgh or a member of the temple or the synagogue!

on Sunday, may 29, 2011, the

Wilfred Bank Orange County Post 413 of the Jewish War Veterans of America will be conducting Memorial Day cemetery services at the following locations:

9:30 AM, Temple Beth Jacob Big Rock Cemetery, First Street and Underhill Place, Newburgh, NY

10:30 AM, Congregation Agudas Israel Cemetery, Erie Avenue, New Windsor, NY

We will be laying a wreath on the veterans monument in both cemeteries, and placing American flags on the graves of our veterans.

At approximately 1:00 PM, after the unveiling of Wilfred Bank, we will be conducting a veterans grave marker ceremony for Wilfred Bank, Stanley Levy, and Daniel Silbert. The Wilfred Bank Post 413 will be honoring 3 of our veterans with a graveside service and placing veterans grave monuments. Everyone is invited.

on monday, may 30, 2011, after the City of Newburgh Memorial Day Parade, we will be laying a wreath at Washington’s Headquarters during the Memorial Day service.

At 3:00 PM, we will be taking part in a Memorial Day service at the Orange County Veterans Monument on North Street and Marine Drive. We will be laying a wreath at that monument as well. The public is invited to attend all events.

Jewish War Vets Planning Memorial Day Services

Affiliate with a Congregation.You, the congregation, and the Jewish community benefit when you do.

• YOU GET the Jewish enrichment and spiritual nourishment you are seeking.

• YOU GET the rabbinical support you need in times of joy and sorrow.

• YOU RECONNECT with your community and your Jewish roots.

• YOU CAN PARTICIPATE in a variety of services, classes, and programs that keep Judaism alive and flourishing in Orange County.

• THE CONGREGATION IS THE INSTITUITION that has sustained the Jewish people for two millennia throughout the world. Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or Reconstructionist, The Jewish community wins when you join the congregation of your choice.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County encourages you to affiliate.

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rAbbI rebeccA shInder, along with Temple Beth Shalom congregants and members

of the Religious School, performed Lower Yeast Side Story, a Purim musical farce.

Written by congregant Ken Korn, musical arrangements and

accompaniment were thanks to Jeff Hannes. Gail Conklin took pictures, Scott Bordman captured the video and Rich Schwartz posted it to the web.

To enjoy this great show for yourself, visit: http://gallery.me.com/rschwartz/100173. You will be

prompted to download Quicktime if you do not already have it installed.TOP PHOTO: The cast sings about the powers of fresh-baked Hamentashen. ABOVE LEFT: Ken Korn and Rabbi Shinder discover their mutual love of baking.

ABOVE RIGHT: Jeff Hannnes on piano.BELOW RIGHT: Sharon Ball (Mom) and Rabbi Shinder (Ruthie) decide she’ll do no better.BELOW LEFT: The Religious School sings and dances about the Temple in Florida.

Original Purim farce tickles Temple Beth Shalom

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LOCAL SYNAGOGUESThese are the synagogues that serve greater Orange County, New York’s thriving Jewish community. To help you find the congregation that best suits your lifestyle, we have provided a brief overview. For more detailed information, we invite you to contact each synagogue directly.

Congregation Agudas Israellocation: Newburgh • Phone: 845-562-5604 Affiliation: ConservativeWebsite: www.congregationagudasisrael.org

Congregation Beth Hillellocation: Walden • Phone: 845-778-7374 Affiliation: Conservative Website: www.congregationbethhillel.org

Congregation B’nai Torahlocation: Greenwood lake • Phone: 845-477-3716 • Affiliation: Conservative

Congregation Eitz Chaimlocation: Monroe • Phone: 845-783-7424 Affiliation: Conservative Website: www.eitzchaim-monroe.org

Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaismlocation: Monroe • Phone: 845-783-2626 Affiliation: reform Website: www.monroetemple.org

Temple Beth Ellocation: Port Jervis • Phone: 845-856-1722 Affiliation: Conservative

Temple Beth Jacoblocation: Newburgh Phone: 845-562-5516 Affiliation: reform Website: www.tbjnewburgh.org

Temple Beth Shalomlocation: Florida, NY • Phone: 845-651-7817 Affiliation: reform • Website: www.tbsny.org

Temple Sinailocation: Middletown • Phone: 845-343-1861 Affiliation: Conservative Website: www.templesinaimiddletown.com

LOCAL AGENCIESJewish Family Servicelocation: Middletown • Phone: 845-341-1173 location: Newburgh • Phone: 845-562-8372

Jewish War Veterans Post 413location: Newburgh • Phone: 914-720-7908e-Mail: vigilberk@aol.com

Newburgh Jewish Community Centerlocation: Newburgh • Phone: 845-561-6602 Website: www.newburghjcc.org

Noar of Newburgh Chapter of Hadassahlocation: Newburgh and surrounding areas Phone: Paula Martino 845-567-0377

Monroe Hadassahlocation: Monroe • Phone: ruth Sussman 845-783-3660

Middletown Chapter of Hadassahlocation: Middletown and surrounding areas Phone: Cynthia Weintraub 845-386-3395

Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism, 314 North Main Street, Monroe, NY 10950; 782-7783; mnrotmpl@frontiernet.net

Mentsch Makers Pre-School registration for the 2011-2012 school year is now taking place.

Mentsch Makers in the Summer Time is also registering campers for the summer of 2011.Mentsch Makers is conducting a Trike-A-Thon on Friday, May 6th, with proceeds going to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. To sponsor a child, call 783-2626.

Mentsch Makers Registration Open

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