BH
Shvat 7, 5773 / January 18, 2013
Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org
produced by Rabbi Mendel & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
maimonidesschool@gmail.com
Candle-Lighting:
4:32 Shabbos Ends:
5:37
This newsletter is sponsored in honor of
Moshe Cohen’s Bar-Mitzvah
in Manchester England this Shabbos, Parshas Bo Mazal Tov! from the Rubin Family
ESTY LIBRARY OPENS FOR SCHOOL LENDING Since the “Esty Library” dedication on the 4th night of Chanukah, students have been eyeing the bookshelves filled with new books for all age groups and eagerly awaiting the day when borrowing would begin. This week was the first day for each class to come in for about 20 minutes each to browse the collection (now about one thousand titles!) and choose one book to sign-out and take home for the week. We plan to hopefully implement a database and scanner for computer sign-out, but in the meantime we don’t want to keep the kids from these books any longer! Pictured above are students of various classes browsing through books and enjoying a little “Library Time”. To donate a book in honor of a special occasion (birthdays etc) or in memory of a loved one, contact the school office (518) 453-9363/3434
KIVORT CONDOLENCES Stanley Kivort passed away this week after a long illness. Born in Kingston, he lived in this area all his life. Stanley worked with steel, he built up his father’s business, working with used and new steel from 1965 to 1998, but his passion was being a solid steel pillar of support for community, locally and around the world. He was very involved with Schenectady JCC, its Jewish Federation (and later the creation of the joint Federation of Northeastern NY), Bellevue Hospital in Schenectady, and HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society).
MAZAL TOV SIMONS Mazal Tov to MHDS alumnus Mendel Simon & his wife Elana Arian on the birth of a newborn daughter Maya Kate. Mendel is an attorney & Elana is a 3rd grade teacher. Mazal Tov to grandparents Rabbi Nachman & Clara Simon and family.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
While much progress and improvement has been made in the past two years through a HEIDELBERGER SCIENCE FUND combination of methods (the Sage Coaches, Lisa Kellman made a special educational techniques, heightened awareness, and many efforts by both teachers & students) donation to Maimonides in we are now renewing efforts to help students in loving memory middle school develop improved social skills and interactions, and heightened sensitivity to of her father others. We have begun working with the Charles Heidelberger, a students to help them become more aware and prominent scientist who contributed much to better understand their own and their peers’ cancer research by synthesis of 5FU & studies emotions, and ways to express them better. While this will take time, this remains an of chemical carcinogenesis. He was former president of American Association for Cancer important long-term focus and we hope to make this a positive growth experience for the Research & member of National Academy of students and an improved safe, healthy, fun Sciences. These funds will help fund science and conducive atmosphere for all. projects & experiments at Maimonides.
MAIMONIDES 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208