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FEBRUARY 2013
Dear Friends, With all the wonderful January programming behind us, we eagerly look forward to another month of good food and good fun at the Center. Our Book Club will be discussing The Last Lecture on Monday, February 4th and distributing our newest selection for next month. On Monday, February 11th, Bette Grossman will return for another popular jewelry making class. These classes, made possible by a grant from the Neighborhood Fund, are always so much fun and of such high quality that our members wear the results proudly. Sign up in the office to reserve your spot! Moriah seniors will venture out of the Center on Tuesday, February 12th at 10:30 am, as we go on a trip to The Anne Frank Center for a guided tour. We will return in time for lunch. Dont miss our special Fiddler on the Roof themed Klezmer Musical Duo on Monday, February 18th at 2 pm, made possible by the Monica Cohn Endowment for Music and the Arts. Our February Birthday Party will be held this month on Wednesday, February 20th. We will be distributing a bagged PICK-UP lunch on Thursday, February 21st at 1:15 pm. Come in costume and ready to party on Monday, February 25th as funnyman/musician JoJo Russell returns to Moriah for our annual Shushan Purim Masquerade Lunch! As always, join us for Enhanced Computer Lab with Technology Playground on Wednesdays, Exercise Classes on Wednesdays & Thursdays and Yoga on Friday morning. Moriah thanks the following people for their generous donations to our Center: Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Heching Mr. & Mrs. Albert Blank Mrs. Hilda Kromnick In Memory of Ilse Buttenweiser Mr. Alvin Nevins Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gershon Mr. Kurt Rossman

We Welcome Our New Members! Mrs. Doris Bernstein Mrs. Margot Neuburger Mr. Leonard Brochis Mr. Alvin Nevins Shuli Gutmann, Director
Chani Hilewitz, Bookkeeper
Moriah is funded by the NYC Department for the Aging and your generous contributions. A project of Agudath Israel of America, Community Services Inc.

Ms. Bernice Katz Ms. Dida Ramirez

Moriah is very grateful to Gemiluth Chessed of Greater New York, Inc. for their generous grant to fund the purchase of new chairs for our Center. Please treat them gently so that we may all enjoy them for many years to come!

Moriah is very grateful to the Bashist family for their generous donation in memory of Monica Cohn zl to purchase lovely Tu Bshvat dried fruit packages for our seniors.

Time is Running Out for Seniors to Meet March 1st Social Security Electronic Payment Deadline
Senior citizens still receiving their Social Security benefits by paper check must take action soon - March 1st is the final deadline by which all remaining federal benefit check recipients must receive their money electronically. That is the date the electronic payment law goes into effect. The U.S. Treasury reports that 5 million checks continue to be mailed to federal beneficiaries each month. The Treasury is urging Social Security and other federal benefit recipients not to delay and to switch now to either direct deposit or the Direct Express Debit MasterCard card. If you or a loved one still receives paper checks for your benefit payments, now is the time to switch. It's free and easy just call 1-800-333-1795 or visit www.GoDirect.org, or come to the Moriah office We are here to help you!

Look at whats falling off the bookshelf at Moriah in February!

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"-wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

Register in the office and receive a library copy for advance reading. See what everybody has been reading and share in Moriahs Book Club discussion!

Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:00 pm

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The permanent exhibit Anne Frank and Us at the Anne Frank Center USA, challenges all visitors to reflect on what personal responsibility to others means. A dollhouse-like re-creation of the Secret Annex, a house behind a house, lets visitors get a sense of how the Frank family was able to live without their presence being noticed by neighbors. Opposite the model is a case containing a painstakingly re-created facsimile of Anne's original diary, a facsimile of the family photo album and an authentic yellow star, which Jews in the Nazi-occupied city were forced to wear for the purposes of identification and vilification.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 10:30am

Space is limited Sign up in the office moriahcenter@gmail.com 90 Bennett Avenue 212-923-5715

A refundable deposit of $2.00 will be necessary to hold your spot

Join Moriah Senior Center for a 60 minute guided tour of this moving exhibit, including a film The Short Life of Anne Frank which includes the only film footage of Anne Frank

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presents
A musical duo performing selections from Fiddler on the Roof and klezmer favorites
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013

90 Bennett Avenue
212-923-5715 moriahcenter@gmail.com

Lunch at 1:15 pm Concert at 2:00 pm

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OR CENTER IAH SENI MOR SQUERADE RIM MA

Join in the fun at our Annual Purim Party

Wear a Costume, Funny Hat, or Mask

and receive lunch for ONLY $1.00

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, LUNCH @ 1:15PM 90 BENNETT AVENUE
RETURN ENGAGEMENT at 2:00 pm of

SINGER, DANCER, FUNNY MAN

JoJo Russell
Funded by the Monica Cohn Endowment for Music and the Arts

February Celebrants
Ruth E. Baez Helen Bojes Eula Chase Vilma De La Providencia Celeste M. Estades Azucena Fernandez Frieda H. Gottfried Carmen Hernandez Martha Horiuchi Stanley Kurtzman David Kach Mark Kanal Inge Levy Herbert Millet Isfried Neuhaus Ana Nourakis Eileen ONeill Donald Paneth Catherine Parker Nestor D. Reyes Eula Rice Libertina Salomon Sally Schwartz Ada Sequenot Aron Shapiro Meena Smith Helen Stein Thomas J. Synder Margarita E. Terc Jose Torres Kate Trunin Simonne Varsano Vasantha Vaidyanathan Peter P. Weis Lester Weissman

Chocolate Found to Boost Brain Health in Seniors

A new study shows that consuming more flavanol, a component of cocoa, improves cognitive function and blood pressure in elderly patients who have mild cognitive impairment. Senior patients, who already had cognitive impairment, drank cocoa drinks that had low, intermediate, or high amounts of antioxidants called flavanols. Cognitive function, including executive function, short-term and long-term memory, processing speed and overall thinking skills, was tested after eight weeks. Scores improved in patients who drank intermediate and high levels of flavanol. Head researcher Dr. Giovambattista Desideri, of the University of LAquila in Italy, said: This study provides encouraging evidence that consuming cocoa flavanols, as a part of a calorie controlled and nutritionally balanced diet, could improve cognitive function.

Join Moriah for delicious Chocolate Pudding on Feb 19th!

FEBRUARY 2013
MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT MILK FRIDAY 2/1 Consomme Orange Juice Southern Baked Chicken Noodle Pudding Cauliflower/Carrots Challah X Apricot Halves on way out

MENU ITEMS

MONDAY 2/4 Mushroom Barley Soup Apple Juice Cheese Blintzes Egg Salad Peas & Carrots

TUESDAY 2/5 Minestrone Soup Blended Juice Salmon with Tartar Sauce Green Beans Mashed Potatoes Whole Wheat X Pineapple Tidbits with meal

WEDNESDAY 2/6 Low Sodium Lima Bean Soup Chicken Lo Mein Broccoli Cuts Lo Mein Vegetables Whole Wheat X Diced Pears on way out

THURSDAY 2/7 Vegetable Soup Apple Juice Meatballs Spaghetti

FRIDAY 2/8 Consomme Orange Juice Baked Chicken Rattatouille

APPETIZER MAIN DISH SIDE DISH 1

Mixed Vegetables Roasted Chick Peas Whole Wheat X Apricot Halves on way out Challah X Peaches on way out

SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT MILK Whole Wheat X Fresh Oranges with meal

FEBRUARY 2013
MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT MILK MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT MILK MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT MILK MONDAY 2/11 Split Pea Soup Orange Juice Ziti Primavera Broccoli/Carrots Tossed Salad Whole Wheat X Vanilla Pudding with meal TUESDAY 2/12 Tomato Soup Breaded Pollock Tossed Salad Roast Potatoes Whole Wheat X WEDNESDAY 2/13 Pineapple Juice Vegetable Soup Turkey w/ Cranberry Sauce Baked Yams Green Beans Whole Wheat X THURSDAY 2/14 FRIDAY 2/15 Mushroom Barley Chicken Soup w Noodles Orange Juice Soup Shepherd's Pie
Mixed Vegetables Mashed Potatoes

Baked Chicken Succotash Egg Barley Challah X Apricot Halves on way out

Sliced Carrots Whole Wheat X Fresh Orange on way out

Cantaloupe Cubes Applesauce with meal on way out

MONDAY 2/18 Vegetable Soup Eggplant Parmagiana Cauliflower Spaghetti Whole Wheat X Cantaloupe Cubes with meal

TUESDAY 2/19 Lima Bean Soup Orange Juice Baked Fish Loaf w/ Horseradish

WEDNESDAY 2/20 Split Pea Soup Pineapple Juice Chicken in Mushroom Sauce

THURSDAY 2/21 Vegetable Soup Meat Stuffed Pepper w/ Veg. Egg Barley Sliced Carrots Whole Wheat X Pineapple Chunks on way out

FRIDAY 2/22 Chicken Soup w Noodles Roast Chicken w/ Gravy Chopped Spinach Carrot Tzimmes Challah X Mandarins on way out

Mixed Vegetables Brown Rice Beet Salad Whole Wheat X Steamed Broccoli Whole Wheat X

Chocolate Pudding Birthday Cake with meal on way out

MONDAY 2/25 TUESDAY 2/26 Mushroom Barley Butternut Squash Soup - Orange Juice Soup Cheese Blintzes Egg Salad Peas & Carrots Whole Wheat X Pineapple Tidbits with meal Salmon

WEDNESDAY 2/27 Vegetable Soup

THURSDAY 2/28 Lima Bean Soup Pineapple Juice

Chicken with Swedish Tangy Orange Sauce Meatballs Spaghetti California Blend Vegetables Whole Wheat X Applesauce on way out

Baked Potatoes in Baked Barley w/ Skin Au Gratin Mushroom & Carrots Broccoli Whole Wheat X Fresh Apple with meal Italian Green Beans Whole Wheat X Apricot Halves on way out