Orbit April 2012 - Plainview Jewish Center

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Shea Z. Lerner
ORBIT Page 7
“Let me tell you the one thing I have against
Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order
to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has
no oil!” - Golda Meir
Pesach is here! If wandering for 40 years wasn’t enough, all the
cleaning, shlepping and preparing is. It’s a good thing many of you purchased
wine from our Annual fundraiser to take the edge off of theon-going
preparations. Wine pick up will be on April 1 st , no fooling! A special
L’chaim to Doreen Guzik, for assuming leadership of the sale on such short
notice!
I hope you had the opportunity to attend the Patio Players production of, A Funny Thing
Happened On The Way To The Forum. Once again, our performance group went above and
beyond the curtain call of duty to make us laugh and have a great time. Robert Cohen, Mark Lord,
Joe Ferrante, the entire cast and crew should be commended for this professional production.
April is another program filled month with much to offer. To start, come on down and save a
life at the annual Family Education Lazar Lachter Memorial Blood Drive. There is no greater mitzvah
and a wonderful way to commemorate the memory of Lazar, one of the most philanthropic and
devoted members this shul has ever had. Many of you recall that Lazar was our weekly usher and
happy face.
With spring, comes Yom Hashoah. This year, PJC is proud to welcome Mr. Bernard Gotfryd,
the former Photographic Editor for Newsweek magazine, and one who personally witnessed first
hand the Nazi atrocities by smuggling out photos of the final solution to the Polish underground, for
the world to see. It is important that we all attend, especially our children. No one is too young or old
to hear eyewitness accounts of the destruction that befell our people, just a short historical time ago.
Unfortunately, those first hand witnesses are dwindling in numbers and there are those out there
who proclaim the Holocaust was a fictional event. This is our chance of ensuring that the memory of
six million will never be in vain. Yasher Koach to the Yom Hashoah committee co-chaired by Nanette
and Sandy Strenger. Kudos to Bob Friedman for his efforts and Mark Hochberg for securing Mr.
Gotfryd. One cannot overlook the efforts of Tom Atlas and his Men’s Club crew who distribute the
Memorial Candles to be lit for this event.
For those of you actively involved in Little League sports, keep an eye out for the two teams
PJC is sponsoring. One is in the Solomon Schechter Day School League, the other, is in the
Plainview Little League. Who knows, the next Art Shamsky, Sandy Koufax or Hank Greenberg may
be amongst us.
Our fundraising is on-going. Look for emails/regular mail announcing our Journal Dinner
Dance Honorees. In the meantime, we are selling Shop Rite Cards like mad. Since we are all
shopping for the holiday, why not purchase these cards to be used? PJC receives 2% for every
card purchased and we now accept debit and credit cards. Feel free to order them over the phone
from our office; the cards will be waiting for you when needed. Wishing you a Zissen Pesach.
With Love, Shea ( szlerner@optonline.net )