DSN did it again! On a gorgeous Sunday, towards the end of the summer, over 400 boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 participated in the DSN Summer Games Tournaments. Using 12 full-size basketball courts in our community, plus the main basketball court and two soccer fields at the home of Michelle and Maurice Zekaria, the players could not have asked for a better tournament.
Held in the gorgeous backyard of Sarah and Eddie Gindi’s home, The SAFE Dinner was, as it always is, an educational and thoroughly enjoyable evening. “What can be nicer than spending a summer night at a beautiful house, being served a delicious dinner, and socializing with lovely people in support of an important community organization,” said one guest at the annual fundraising dinner for The SAFE Foundation.
Councilman David G. Greenfield’s 4th Annual Greenfield Classic Softball Game was once again a huge neighborhood hit. Residents enjoyed watching, as the NYPD’s 66th Precinct defeated Boro Park Shomrim 24 to 9 to level the all-time series at two games apiece. This great family-friendly event featured complimentary sandwiches, hot dogs, snacks and refreshments and provided local residents with an opportunity to enjoy a free evening of fun right in their neighborhood.
Park Slope volunteer ambulance was kind enough to send three EMTs to give a demonstration at Magen David pre-school to promote safety awareness. The program was presented in a show and tell style to make the children comfortable when there’s an injury or an ambulance. The children got to become junior EMTs for a few hours.
On a recent Sunday, 36 Team SAFE triathletes woke with the early morning dew and headed out to take on The SAFE Foundation’s Triathlon Challenge in Asbury Park. “It was so great riding in the dark, watching the sun come up.” said Triathlete Leslie Kassin.
Every day, over 5,000 teens experiment with drugs for the first time. Most parents don’t realize that many of these drugs are not coming from the street, but rather from medicine cabinets in their own homes, or the homes of friends. With the easy availability and false notion that prescription and over-the-counter drugs (OTC) are safe, more and more teens, including those who would never use illicit drugs, are using these to get high.
This wonderful website showcases over 100 years of recorded Sephardic music, from the 78 rpm era to the present. It explores in detail the earliest Sephardic recordings, the artists that made them, and their repertory and performance practices. These early recordings tell a rich story of Sephardic musical life in the first half of the 20th century. The website also covers the second half-century of recorded Sephardic music, touching on the amazing outpouring of Sephardic recordings and the diverse performing styles used in each.
In September 1940, with calm deliberation, Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki walked into a Nazi German street round-up in Warsaw. He had volunteered for a potentially suicidal secret undercover mission for the Polish Underground—to get himself arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz as a prisoner.
As the community continues to expand, more and more people are benefiting from having a Sephardic synagogue in downtown Manhattan. Joseph Kassin, a 21 year old senior studying at NYU lives just one block away from the synagogue. He said, “It’s been extremely convenient for me to have a community synagogue footsteps from my apartment and so close to all my classes. The daily minyanim and classes have been so beneficial. The holidays that I’ve spent in the synagogue, have all been exciting and memorable.
Our children are our most precious possessions. With a new school year upon us, one of the things we have to think about is carpooling, because we are entrusting our children to other mothers and fathers. Carpooling should be taken seriously. Here are some tips that might save problems in the future.
There are so many new beauty trends for fall 2013, I don’t know where to start. The artists have gone wild with color—bright, bold, metallic, noticeable color. These rainbow bright colors for your lips and eyes mark a departure from past season’s pastels. If you don’t think you’ll feel comfortable in a bright, bold metallic color, you can still be yourself while adding a little boost from the right hint of new hue.
Rosh HashanahIt is customary to sound the shofar and blow trumpets at the coronation of a king. Similarly, on Rosh Hashanah, we crown G-d as king over the universe and over each of us in particular. The shofar is also sounded to awaken people to repent and return to G-d. The shofar represents a simple outcry of a person who recognized his spiritual “poverty” and whose feelings cannot be contained in words.
Every year, over 133,000 Americans die due to stroke. Those that don’t die are often left with serious disabilities. Experts from the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides Medical Center stress the importance of prevention and want everyone to know the early warning signs.
Every parent knows the emotion attached to the question, “Where should I send my child to school?” There are so many concerns—the academics, pressures of a dual curriculum, the social aspect, school values, the quality and strength of friendships, and relationships between teachers and students. This decision is, most assuredly, not for the faint of heart.
