90 Bennett Avenue, New York, NY 10033

212-923-5715

moriahcenter@gmail.com

Dear Friends,

2011

Back to school means the children return for lunch on our premises and we revert to our FALL SCHEDULE on Tuesday, September 6th, with lunch being served daily at 1:15 pm and Fridays at 11:45. Activities will begin at 2 pm. Dont miss our big LABOR DAY WOODWIND CONCERT on Monday, September 5th, at 1pm.
Join our informative workshop entitled Diabetes Myths on Monday, September 12th at 2 pm. We will be open for a Make-Up Sunday with a bagged lunch at 10:30 am on September 18th. Our always lively Birthday Party will be held this month on Wednesday, September 14th. Cantor Eric S. Freeman will get you in the Rosh Hashanah spirit with a specially themed Music Monday class on September 19th. On Monday, September 26th, our friends from the Carter Burden Center return to make lovely votive candle holders. These classes, made possible by a grant from The Neighborhood Fund, fill up quickly, so sign up in the office at your earliest convenience. Exercise Classes, as usual, run on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Lunch will be served early at 11:45 am on Wednesday, September 28th and Moriah will be CLOSED for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on September 29th & 30th.
Moriah is very grateful to an Anonymous donor for their generous contribution to our Center.

Welcome our NEW MEMBERS!

Roland Souhami Leopoldina Robles Misako Folzenlogen Abraham Varsanno Bella Shaykis Irene Michaels Yokhna Vaystub Simmone Varsanno Eduard Shaykis Melliton Pellot Markus Shtern Gloria Sosa Zenaida Estevez Kate Trunin

Chani Hilewitz, Bookkeeper

Shuli Gutmann, Director

Sarah Chaya Ainbinder, Program Assistant

Moriah is funded by the NYC Department for the Aging and your generous contributions.

September is National
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

Month

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads. As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, and real butter. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day -- And, we were OKAY. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem... We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, and no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from those accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse. We ate worms, and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and - although we were told it would happen - we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,problem solvers, and inventors ever. The past 50 to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of those born between 1920 -1970, CONGRATULATIONS! Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?

MORIAH SENIOR CENTER

Presents A Special Labor Day Concert

f eaturing

LAmore della Musica

Woodwind Quintet
Lori Brand, bassoon Arianna Kalian, oboe Simeon Loring, clarinet Cecilia Sparacio, flute Nancy Vizza, french horn
Including popular selections by Abreu, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, and George M. Cohan MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5 20 1 , , 1 90 Bennett Avenue Lunch at 1 5 pm 2:1 Concert at 1:00 pm
For more inf ormation call 212-923-57 5 1 or email moriahcenter@gmail.com

SEPTEMBER 11TH TEN YEARS LATER

We all remember where we were on that fateful day ten years ago that changed the world as we know it. Those of you who stayed at Moriah remember how we banded together around the big screen television, trying to make sense out of the horror. This year, for the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, the nonprofit group, MyGoodDeed, is partnering with HandsOn Network to co-lead efforts to organize the single largest day of charitable service in United States history. It is easy and free to participate. All you need to do (joining millions of others around the world) is to observe the anniversary of 9/11 by performing good deeds, supporting charitable causes, volunteering and engaging in other acts of compassion. There are a myriad of local events to choose from if youd like to participate in a group activity. For a full listing or further information, contact the Jewish Community Council at 212-568-5450. Here are just a few:
Jewish Community Council of Washington Heights & Inwood Canned Food Drive - Collection of unopened and not-expired cans and boxes of food to benefit the JCCs food pantry. Bring it with you to the commemoration after your service project, or drop goods off in the collection box downstairs at Mt Sinai any time. Fort Tryon Jewish Center - 10am Bennett Park Beautification - Meet at the top of the stairs at the Fort Washington Ave. park entrance. Spend the morning on beautification of Bennett Park. Activities may include gardening, painting, and general cleaning up. Mount Sinai Jewish Center Clothing drive - sorting and packing the clothes that come in. Donations of clothing accepted by the shul for 2 weeks prior to the event. Sorting, cataloguing, and stickering (i.e., placing bright MSJC stickers) on prayer books as well as in other books. Shining the silver of the Torah scrolls. Shenk Shul - 560 W. 185th Street Columbia Initiative - Participants will gather at Shenk to create "busy boxes" for Children at Columbia Hospital with the option of helping to deliver those packages. Shul Cleanup - Participants will gather to clean up the shul and

September Celebrants, we wish you joy, health, and happiness!

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The New Beginning The month of Elul is the final month in the Jewish year. This month is a particularly propitious time for prayer, self-introspection, and repentance. It is a time of intense spiritual preparation for the coming year. The upcoming holiday of Rosh Hashanah is a paradox. On the one hand, it is a celebration combining the sweetness of a new year along with the festive holiday. On the other hand, it is a day of judgment. Every holiday in the Jewish year has a certain spiritual energy and potential which is responsible for creating the holiday as we uniquely experience every year. In essence, every year we travel through the cycle of holidays and come again to that same point in time, and to that same event which happened on this date with its spirit and potential intact. On Rosh Hashanah, God judges His world and the creatures within it, determining their worthiness of existence and their status and circumstances for the New Year. We are expected on this day to conceive of a plan, to engage in a vision of the future, to improve ourselves in every sense, and to take an active part in the Almightys supreme plan in the coming year. We should see ourselves as new beings involved in a new and ambitious plan for reaching our ultimate destiny, as individuals and as a nation, to that extent we have chosen life and have, in fact, signed ourselves into the Book of Life for the coming year!

SEPTEMBER 2011
THURSDAY 9/1 Mushroom Barley Soup APPETIZER Hamburgers w/ MAIN DISH 3 oz. Sauteed Onions SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD DESSERT 4oz. MILK MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH 3 oz. SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT 4oz. MILK MONDAY 9/5 Mushroom Barley Soup Breaded Pollock Sweet Potaoes Green Beans Marble Rye X Oranges with meal TUESDAY 9/6 Minestrone Soup Salmon with Lemon Sauce Home Fries in Skin Broccoli Cuts Whole Wheat Pineapple on way out MENU ITEMS FRIDAY 9/2 Low Sodium Consomme Southern Baked Chicken Noodle Pudding Cauliflower Challah Apricot Halves on way out

WEDNESDAY 9/7 Lima Bean Soup Pineapple Juice

THURSDAY 9/8 Vegetable Soup

FRIDAY 9/9 Consomme Orange Juice Sweet and Sour Chicken Baked Barley w/ Mushroom & Carrots Spinach Challah X Peaches on way out

Chicken with Salisbury Steak Tangy Orange Sauce w/ mushroom sauce Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Pumpernickel X Apricot Halves on way out

Mixed Vegetables Egg Barley Potatoes In Skin Au Gratin Whole Wheat X California Blend Vegetables Rye X

Chocolate Pudding Applesauce with meal on way out

MENU ITEMS APPETIZER

MONDAY 9/12 Cream of Tomato Soup

TUESDAY 9/13 Split Pea Soup Salmon in Dill Sauce Brown Rice Broccoli Cuts Whole Wheat X Melon with meal

WEDNESDAY 9/14 THURSDAY 9/15 FRIDAY 9/16 Mushroom Consomme Vegetable Soup Barley Soup Turkey w/ Cranberry Sauce Baked Yams Green Beans Pumpernickel X Birthday Cake on way out Hamburgers w/ Sauteed Onions Home Fries in Skin Southern Baked Chicken Noodle Pudding

Breaded Pollock MAIN DISH 3 oz. Tartar Sauce SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT 4oz. MILK Carrots Mashed Potatoes Rye X California Fruit Salad with meal

Mixed Vegetables Cauliflower Hamburger Buns Challah X Pineapple on way out X Apricot Halves on way out

SEPTEMBER 2011
MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MONDAY 9/19 Mushroom Barley Soup TUESDAY 9/20 Minestrone Soup Pineapple Juice WEDNESDAY 9/21 THURSDAY 9/22 Lima Bean Soup Chicken Lo Mein Broccoli Cuts Lo Mein Vegetables Rye X Diced Pears on way out Vegetable Soup Meatballs Spaghetti FRIDAY 9/23 Consomme Orange Juice Baked Chicken Rattatouille

Potato Pirogies with Salmon Croquettes MAIN DISH 3 oz. American Cheese SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT 4oz. MILK Tuna Salad Peas & Carrots Pumpernickel X Chopped Spinach Macaroni White X

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

Mandarin Oranges Vanilla Pudding with meal with meal

MENU ITEMS APPETIZER MAIN DISH 3 oz. SIDE DISH 1 SIDE DISH 2 BREAD MARGARINE DESSERT 4oz. MILK

MONDAY 9/26 Split Pea Soup Breaded Pollock Green Beans Roast Potato Rye X California Fruit Salad with meal

TUESDAY 9/27 Vegetable Soup Eggplant Parmagiana Cauliflower Spaghetti Whole Wheat X Cantaloupe Cubes with meal

WEDNESDAY 9/28 THURSDAY 9/29 Tomato Soup Orange Juice Chicken with Couscous Sliced Carrots

FRIDAY 9/30

ROSH HASHANAH CLOSED

Pumpernickel X Jello with Fruit on way out