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Brandeis National Committee – Gotham Chapter Summer 2012 – January 2013

ulletin Summer 2012 – January 2013 Calendar of Events GOTHAM CHAPTER 2012, Issue 2

CALENDAR

Brandeis House, 12 East 77th Street New York 10075

August (summer event) Tuesday 14 Tour of City Island, Bronx, NY

September Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Thursday 20 Monday 24

Taste of Brandeis/Program/Board Meeting – Ongoing Conversation with Women in Second Adulthood Men’s Group Activity – Tour of the Intrepid Tour of Lincoln Center and Lunch Brandeis Book Club (1st of 4 sessions)

October Wednesday 3 Thursday 11 Monday 15

Board Meeting/Study Group – Getting Out and Staying Out: Helping the Imprisoned Find their Future Walking Tour of Victorian Flatbush Art Workshop (1st of 3 sessions)

Friday 26 Art in the Subways Tour

November Thursday 1 Monday 5 Wednesday 7 Monday 12 Thursday 15

Lunch and Learn - A Life in Art: Strategies and Rewards of Collecting Twelfth Annual Book and Author Luncheon Board Meeting/Study Group – Loving New York and Loving Books - A Great Combination Art Workshop (2nd of 3 sessions) Tour of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and Lunch

December Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Monday 10 Monday 17 Tuesday 18

Board Meeting/Study Group – Producing Theater: Business Or Passion Musicale Brandeis Book Club (2nd of 4 sessions) Art Workshop (3rd of 3 sessions) Tour of Society of Illustrators and Lunch

January Wednesday 2 Monday 14

Board Meeting/Study Group – Movie Discussion Tour of Ukranian Institute and Lunch

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BNC MISSION STATEMENT

Brandeis National Committee is dedicated to providing philanthropic support to Brandeis University, a distinguished liberal arts and research university founded by the American Jewish community. Its membership is connected to the university through fundraising and through activities that reflect the values on which the university was founded: academic excellence, social justice, non-sectarianism, and service to the community.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDIUM

Dear Gotham members, You have a new Presidium! We are well known to you and we would like you to feel free to write or call any of us whenever you have any questions. We are here to work together to make the Gotham chapter ever more successful and responsive to your wishes. The new campaign "Sustaining the Mind" is our next most important undertaking. We plan to inform you of all the new research being done at Brandeis so that you can feel proud of your continued support. We are looking forward to a great new season. Phyllis Gates, Pat Glickman, Cora Sue Kaufman, Francoise Marcus, Carole Weinberg, Tammy Weintraub.

JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL SUMMER EVENT

Tuesday, August 14 – Tour of City Island, Bronx, NY – $20 11:00 a.m. – Corner of Ditmars Street and City Island Avenue We will meet our tour guide at 11:10 a.m. for a 1½ hour tour. City Island is a small community at the edge of New York City located just beyond Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and surrounded by the water of western Long Island Sound and Eastchester Bay. It has a rich maritime history and we will have an opportunity to learn about the history of the island. At the end of the tour, we will have a delicious lunch at Sammy's Fish Box restaurant, one of City Island’s famous restaurants on the water. Lunch will be at your own expense. The day of the event you can reach Elinor Lubin on her cell at 760-445-1446 Directions: You can also drive to the restaurant, 41 City Island Avenue, which has valet parking. Or you can take public transportation: Either take the #6 subway to Pelham Bay Park and transfer to the Bx29 Bus from the station to the Ditmars Street and City Island Ave stop (about a 10 minute ride from the subway stop) or you can also take an express bus from the eastside. It is the BxM8 Express bus which stops at 51st Street and Madison (10:08 am) and 3rd Ave at 86th Street (10:20 am) to the Pelham Bay Park station where you can transfer to the Bx29 bus to City Island. By public transportation, please allow at least one hour. Call Sally Menkes for further information on 212-691-6840 Send checks payable to BNC to Sally Menkes, 341 West 24th Street, #10A, New York 10011.

AN INVITATION TO ALL GOTHAM CHAPTER MEMBERS

Our Board Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month and are open to all BNC members. This is a wonderful way to meet people and become more familiar with our chapter. Please come! We also need volunteers to help our Board plan and run our study groups and fundraising events. Contact any member of the Board.

HELP GOTHAM CHAPTER MEET ITS GOALS

Host an event and qualify for a tax deduction. Lunch and Learn hostesses can deduct their costs. Our Treasurer, Gloria Lazarus, will provide you with the appropriate forms to support the deduction.


GOTHAM CHAPTER Annual Dues – $60 – basic membership, $100 for couples Send checks payable to BNC to Pat Glickman, 301 East 48th Street, #15F, New York 10017 Dues can also be paid online or by calling Barbara Gilman in the National Office, 781-736-4168 Credit cards may be used to pay for membership by calling the National Office. Membership is recorded in the timeliest manner by calling the National Office. Umbrella Fee – A voluntary annual $15 contribution that offsets chapter expenses and helps us meet our financial goals by contributing to the cost of printing and membership mailings, etc. Send checks payable to BNC to Gloria Lazarus, 36 Sutton Place South, #6D, New York 10022 Board Meetings are held at Brandeis House, located at 12 East 77th Street. All members are welcome to attend. Study groups are open to Brandeis members only. A single $40 fee will allow you to attend the eight regular study groups in the afternoons following our Board Meetings, October to June. This year we are offering programs with broad appeal. Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar, 212-772-6071 Send checks payable to BNC to Doris Bahar, 330 East 75th Street, #11B, New York 10021 Once you are a study group member, there are separate and additional fees for special study groups. In the past these included the Brandeis Book Club, our Art and Literature Study Groups, and the Great Decisions Study Group. In the current calendar we offer:

Book Club - $20 for 4 sessions, in addition to study group fee. Send checks payable to BNC to Eleanor Schick, 215 East 68th Street,#15Y, New York 10065 Art study group - $20 for 3 sessions, in addition to study group fee.

Send checks payable to BNC to Shelley Green, 165 East 72nd Street, #2K, New York, 10021 Great Decisions – Closed for 2012. The new series will start next year.

Refunds We look forward to your participation and attendance at our events. If you discover that you cannot attend an event already paid for, you may send a person in your place; if that person is not a member of BNC, he/she will need to pay the extra non-member cost. In case of non-attendance, your payment will be considered a full donation to BNC. No refunds can be made. Bulletins Members of other chapters may receive the Gotham Bulletin upon request. We welcome all Brandeis members to our unique programs. Privacy Policy The University’s policy, and therefore our policy, is to respect the privacy of our members and their contact information. Our members’ contact information is solely for official Brandeis use and is not to be shared with any third party.


PRESIDIUM

Phyllis Gates, Pat Glickman, Cora Sue Kaufman, Francoise Marcus, Carole Weinberg, Tammy Weintraub

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Alumni Liaison Elinor Lubin Recording Secretary Elinor Lubin Helen Schultz, alternate Corresponding Secretary Joanne Goldfarb Good & Welfare Sara Zimmerman Membership Pat Glickman Francoise Marcus Sustaining the Mind Initiative Carole Weinberg

Calendar Phyllis Gates Chapter Information Officer (CIO) Tammy Weintraub Community Service Loeva Bernard Marilyn Bond Helene Stern Fundraising Phyllis Gates Cora Sue Kaufman Publications Wendy Montgomery Susi Weiner Great Decisions Elinor Lubin

Treasurer Gloria Lazarus Assistant Treasurer Janet Adler Computer Specialist Email Correspondent Janet Adler Nominating Committee Tammy Weintraub, Chair Shari Lessing Francoise Marcus Judie Volin Carole Weinberg Book and Author Lunch Barbara Brettholz Linda Lerner Book Fund Joanne Goldfarb

Regional Rep Sally Menkes Roundabout Theater Eleanor Schick Special Occasions Photographer Judy Kendall Levine Study Groups Tammy Weintraub Work Scholar Program Sally Menkes Men’s Group Erwin Weinberg Parliamentarian Francoise Marcus

DIRECTORS (remaining term) HONORARY DIRECTORS* Mildred Aksen (3) Edith Finell (2) Andrea Halbfinger (3) Leslie Hammer (3) Arlene Linder (2) Sally Menkes (1) Eleanor Schick (3)

Estelle Green Jeanne Jacobson Barbara Klein Betsy Levinsky Ronnie Lachterman Ariel Mandel Rita Raymen-Weiss Florence Simon

*Past presidents who currently do not have positions on the Board

ARE YOU GETTING OUR EMAILS?

The Gotham Chapter sends out frequent emails updating its members on upcoming events. These updates come to your computer from ‘Brandeis Gotham’ and are not junk mail. Please set your computers to accept all emails from [email protected]


CONTACT INFORMATION - GOTHAM CHAPTER BOARD MEMBERS & EVENT SPONSORS

Janet Adler 2 Lewis Avenue, Jericho, NY 11753 516-932-5091 [email protected]

Mildred Aksen 1025 5th Avenue, #9FN, NY 10028 212-249-4499 [email protected]

Doris Bahar 330 East 75th St, #11B, NY 10021 212-772-6071 none

Loeva Bernard 200 E. 58th St, #17A, NY 10022 212-751-8858 [email protected]

Hannah Bernstein 200 E. 71st St., NY 10021 212-879-7252 [email protected]

Marilyn Bond 390 1st Avenue, #12B, NY 10010 212-673-5404 [email protected]

Iris Brahms 1739 E. 29th St., Brooklyn 11229 718-375-6729 [email protected]

Barbara Brettholz 351 East 84th St, #28C, NY 10028 212-472-9795 [email protected]

Edith Finell 420 East 51st St, #11E, NY 10022 212-888-0109 [email protected]

Phyllis Gates 101 W.81st St, #208, NY 10024 212-787-3137 [email protected]

Barbara Gilman Staff, Brandeis National Committee 781-736-4168 [email protected]

Pat Glickman 301 E. 48th St, #15F, NY 10017 212-486-3976 [email protected]

Joanne Goldfarb 45 High Meadow Lane, Roxbury, CT 06783

860-350-8420 [email protected]

Shelley Green 165 East 72nd St., #2K, NY 10021 212-535-5480 [email protected]

Andrea Halbfinger 108 E.96th St., #12E, NY 10128 212-600-4577 [email protected]

Leslie Hammer 80-04 159th Ave. Howard Beach, NY 11414


Brandeis House 12 E. 77th St., NY 10075 212-472-1501

Marian Jordan 215 E.80th St., #9G, NY 10075 212-879-5909 [email protected]

Nancy Kahn 55 E. 87th St., #10D, NY 10128 212-996-0866 [email protected]

Cora Sue Kaufman 315 8th Avenue, #13B, NY 10001 646-414-7828 [email protected]

Judy Kendall Levine 23 E. 74th St, NY 10021 212-734-8222 [email protected]

Gloria Lazarus 36 Sutton Place South, #6D, NY 10022


Shari Lessing 401 E. 89th St., #1N, NY 10128 212-410-0054 [email protected]

Arlene Linder 303 W. 66th St. #10BE, NY 10023 212-874-5979 [email protected]

Elinor Lubin 176 E. 77th St, #8K, NY 10075 212-879-6312 [email protected]

Ariel Mandel 15 W. 72nd St, #36B, NY 10023 212-580-7381 [email protected]

Francoise Marcus 6 W. 77th St, #7A, NY 10024 212-787-0811

[email protected]

Sally Menkes 341 W. 24th St, #10A, NY 10011 212-691-6840 [email protected]

Wendy Montgomery 240 Central Park South, #19J, NY 10019

212-581-6257

[email protected]

National Office Attn: Barbara Gilman 781-736-4168

Linda Schain 124 W. 60th St, #20E, NY 10023 914-263-2515 [email protected]

Eleanor Schick 215 E. 68th St, #15Y, NY 10065 212-988-4573 [email protected]

Helen Schultz 66-25 103 St, #3A, Forest Hills, NY 11375

718-459-6456 none

Wendy Schwartz 2930 W. 5th St, #15R, Bklyn 11224 718-372-2474 [email protected]

Helene Stern 300 E. 74th St, #15E, NY 10021 212-794-8814 [email protected]

Carole Weinberg 35 E. 75th St, #17A, NY 10021 212-737-4044 [email protected]

Erwin Weinberg 35 E. 75th St, #17A, NY 10021 212-737-4044 [email protected]

Susi Weiner 125 E. 83rd St, #5, NY 10028 646-478-7884 [email protected]

Tammy Weintraub 445 East 80thSt. NY 10075

212-794-1588

[email protected]

Sara Zimmerman 23 W. 73rd St, #1504, NY 10023 212 787-5173 [email protected]


GOTHAM CHAPTER BRANDEIS NATIONAL COMMITTEE

A TASTE OF BRANDEIS

Wednesday, September 12 10:30 am - Brandeis House 12 East 77th Street

Suzanne Braun Levine MEET AND GREET BRUNCH

Members, please come and bring your friends to have fun, enjoy a gourmet brunch, and get a taste of what a Brandeis Program is like. This is an opportunity to renew your membership or join Brandeis for the first time and meet other members including Gotham Chapter officers and members of the board. Guests and new members will have the chance to ask us in person what we do for Brandeis and about our interesting and fun-filled events. Any current Brandeis member who brings a new member will be able to attend all eight sessions of our stimulating Wednesday Study Groups for free if the new member pays the annual dues by October 1.

Program

"Ongoing Conversation with Women in Second Adulthood"

SPEAKER – Suzanne Braun Levine

We are very fortunate to have this wise, articulate and delightful woman as our speaker. Suzanne is a writer, editor and nationally recognized authority on women, family issues and media. She was the first editor of Ms. magazine and the only woman editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. She is an advisor to several women’s and media groups, organizations dealing with midlife transitions and on the Board of Civic Ventures, a nonprofit think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. Suzanne's newest book: HOW WE LOVE NOW: Sex and the New Intimacy in Second Adulthood is the groundbreaking, funny, poignant and sometimes shocking "next chapter" in Levine's ongoing conversation with Women in Second Adulthood.

Please stay for the monthly Board meeting after the brunch at 1:00. Board meetings are always open to all Brandeis members.

Make your reservations by September 1st for you and your guests.

Call Pat Glickman (212) 486-3976 or email to [email protected] or

Francoise Marcus (212) 787-0811 or email to [email protected]

"Philanthropy is the reason we have joined together on behalf of Brandeis University, study groups are the benefits, and friendship and intellectual stimulation are our rewards."


SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO…

Roundabout Theater - Subscriptions are an important part of our fundraising effort for Brandeis, second only to our annual Book & Author Luncheon. You can still sign up for the 2012-2013 season. Tickets are for Wednesday matinee performances and Roundabout has a liberal exchange policy. A tax-deductible donation to Brandeis is included in the subscription price of $430. For more information contact Eleanor Schick, 212-988-4573 or [email protected] Send checks payable to BNC to Eleanor Schick, #15Y, 215 East 68th Street, New York 10065

LEARN TO PREPARE COMPUTER SPREADSHEETS

Pat Glickman has offered to teach computer spreadsheets to anyone who would be interested in learning this. You must have a spreadsheet program such as Excel or Office on your computer to be able to utilize this. Time will be arranged to be mutually convenient. For further information, call Pat on 212-486-3976. The cost will be $25 for two sessions at her apartment, plus follow-up phone consultations. Mail checks payable to BNC to Pat Glickman, 301 East 48th Street, #15F, New York 10017

GOTHAM CHAPTER MEN'S GROUP

The first year ended with the discussion of two syllabi from Brandeis: Why is the Constitution like the Ten Commandments; and the viewing of a DVD and discussion of the movie "Citizen Kane". Our book review of "The Prize" by David Yergin was reviewed in three sessions (a long book). Our outings included the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Fraunces Tavern, The Eldridge Street Synagogue and a backstage tour of the Metropolitan Opera House.

Our first fall outing will be a trip to "The Intrepid" on September 13 at a cost of $30 As usual, the cost of lunch is on your own. We also have plans for another book review and viewing the DVD and discussion of the movie "Casablanca". We will meet in the fall to plan other programs. Our group now has fourteen members. We welcome prospective new members who may attend one program free of charge. Our members can also attend all programs for the Gotham Chapter. For more information contact: Erwin Weinberg at [email protected] or call 212-737-4044.

GOTHAM CHAPTER IS EXPANDING

We extend a warm welcome to our newest annual members who joined us since January 2012.

Barbara Cohen, Donna Davis, Barbara Fuchs, Howard Girsh, Judith Girsh, Shelley Greene, Joan Hasner, Susan Kanrich, Fran Liebowitz, Jack Most, Judith Steiner, Marina Passloff, Dr.Stewart Passloff, Leslie Stoller, and Roberta Zuckerman


SUSTAINING THE MIND: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Autism: all scary words that remind us of loved ones we have helped deal with these brain-related disorders. At Brandeis University researchers in over 50 laboratories are already making pioneering strides which have become increasingly important in the area of neurodegenerative diseases. We invite you, as a member of the Gotham Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee, to participate in the Sustaining the Mind Campaign. The goal for this new three year campaign is $3 million to establish the Brandeis National Committee Endowed Scientific Research and Scholarship Fund. The campaign gifts will provide for an endowed fund for research in the neurosciences and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as an endowed scholarship fund for students in the sciences. In addition, for donors of $1,000 or more, the Gotham Chapter will have a special Sustaining the Mind event in the spring. All gifts must be completed in the Brandeis fiscal year from July 2012 - June 2013. Categories are: $1,000 - donor receives acknowledgment letter from BNC, becomes Sustainer of the campaign (for year in which gift is given) and name will be listed on BNC website with donor approval $5,000 and above - donor receives same recognition as above and their designated name will be inscribed on our Major Donor Tribute Wall in the Library $10,000 and above - same recognition as above and donor will receive periodic stewardship letters with information about the neuroscience/neurodegenerative disease research taking place at Brandeis and about a student in the sciences who receives scholarship support. The link to Sustaining the Mind donating page through the Brandeis website is https://alumni.brandeis.edu/makingyourgift/sustainingthemind The link for more information on the campaign through the Brandeis website is http://www.brandeis.edu/bnc/philanthropy/sustaining-the-mind.html Donors who wish to pay in increments of $100 or more may do so by special arrangement. For further information or to make payments by credit card, please contact Carole Weinberg, [email protected] or call 212-737-4044. (Our committee for this campaign is in formation).

SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, September 12 – A Taste of Brandeis Celebration and Board Meeting Thursday, September 20 – Tour of Lincoln Center and lunch – Members $45 (non-members-$55)

11:15 a.m. – David Rubenstein Atrium, 61 West 62nd Street at Broadway We will have a one hour tour of the theater buildings, the auditoriums and behind the stages. Our guide will share the history, legends and details about this beautiful complex. After the tour, we will have lunch at Il Violino restaurant, 180 Columbus Avenue at 68th Street. For more information call Wendy, 718-372-2474 (cell phone 917-865-5099 – day of event only). Send checks payable to BNC to Wendy Schwartz, 2930 West 5th Street, #15R, Brooklyn 11224

Monday, September 24 – Brandeis Book Club (1st of 4 sessions) - $20 annual fee for 4 sessions (Open to Study Group members only)

10:45 a.m. – Brandeis House If you like to read and are looking for a group of interesting people and spirited discussions, you will enjoy our Brandeis Book Club. By popular request, we will lead off the first session with an “oldie, but goodie”, Herman Wouk's Marjorie Morningstar. Please call Shari Lessing on 212-410-0054 to confirm your attendance or for further information. Send checks payable to BNC to Eleanor Schick, 215 East 68th Street, #15Y, New York 10065


LETTER FROM MIRIAM HALIMI Our Brandeis University student liaison Miriam Halimi is now a senior and has written of her experience with the neuroscience departments at Brandeis University labs and classes:

“This coming fall will begin my final year at Brandeis University. The past three years have exposed me to some of the most phenomenal, groundbreaking achievements in neuroscience. My experiences at the labs and in classes here on campus have inspired me to the point of truly knowing what I am destined to do for the rest of my life. Having spent my undergraduate career taking various science courses as a biology major on the pre-medical track, I now feel prepared to conquer my most challenging endeavor yet—the MCAT. One course in particular has proven to be especially significant to my studies here: Neurobiology of the Human Disease, taught by Professor Gregory Petsko. Through his generous words of wisdom and genuine devotion to his field of study, he has inspired me to dedicate my future to the study of the brain; more specifically, neuroendocrinology: the interaction between hormones and different parts of the brain. After taking his class, I began volunteering at a local hospice with patients suffering from various neurodegenerative diseases, among other ailments. As an undergraduate, I am fortunate enough to feel I have already discovered my passion and aspire to become a physician with a specialty of geriatric neuroendocrinology. I plan to spend my final year at Brandeis as a teaching assistant for Organic Chemistry and hopefully attain a research position at Professor Petsko’s lab. I am so grateful for the support that has allowed me to attend Brandeis and as the new student representative for the BNC National Board, I know how important it is to continue to gain support for all of the university’s greatest accomplishments. This support will prove to be invaluable for myself as well as the many other student and professional scientists at Brandeis as we go forward with our contributions to the scientific advancements of the future.”

June 2012 board meeting: Carole Weinberg and Miriam Halimi


OUR CHAPTER INFORMATION OFFICER

Tammy Weintraub, our chapter’s CIO, and our board members check the Brandeis University website for interesting and pertinent information to share with members of our chapter. Current news about the University's students, faculty members, new programs, and campus events is always presented at our Board Meetings and keeps our membership up-to-date with what is happening at Brandeis. …..Can’t wait for the next report from our CIO? You can check the latest news from Brandeis at the following websites: www.brandeis.edu/ for Brandeis University www.brandeis.edu/bnc for the Brandeis National Committee We hope you will also explore these Brandeis websites.

Do you want to know more about the Library Archives and research at Brandeis? See www.brandeis.edu/research/ and http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/

Do you want to know more about the special collections of Brandeis Libraries (including rare books, unique manuscripts, and unusual ephemera)? See http://brandeisspecialcollections.blogspot.com

Do you want to know more about Admissions? See www.brandeis.edu/admissions/academics/overview

Do you want to know more about Brandeis’ Hiatt Career Center? See http://www.brandeis.edu/hiatt/

The Brandeis National Committee is now on

You can keep in touch with friends across the country and find the latest news about Brandeis. Did you miss the latest Brandeis Faculty Forum last month? You can watch the video of

Professor Reuven Kimelman discussing "The Seduction of Eve: Why Did She Do It?" See http://www.facebook.com/BrandeisNationalCommittee or

Go to www.facebook.com and then type in the search box "Brandeis National Committee"

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Are you interested in a more active Brandeis role? We are looking for people who would enjoy serving on committees and help us with the following:

o Contacting lecturers for Wednesday afternoon study groups o Leading discussions of movies on Jewish themes provided by Brandeis University o Leading discussions following Brandeis Syllabi o Speaking at one of the study groups on a topic of your choosing o Hosting a luncheon o Providing new ideas for a trip , a speaker, or a fundraising event

Contact any member of the Presidium to become more active in our chapter.

Phyllis Gates 212-787-3137 Francoise Marcus 212-787-0811 Pat Glickman 212-486-3976 Carole Weinberg 212-737-4044

Cora Sue Kaufman 646-414-7828 Tammy Weintraub 212-794-1588

INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS, EMAIL, AND EVENT NAME WITH CHECKS TO ENSURE YOU CAN BE NOTIFIED IF THERE ARE EVENT CHANGES


ANNUAL BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 11:30 a.m. – The Harmonie Club, 4 East 60th Street

We are pleased to present another group of outstanding authors: Julie Salamon, Michael Gross, and Eric Van Lustbader. Please mark the date on your calendar. Invitations will go out at summer's end. This is guaranteed to be an elegant and stimulating afternoon; we hope to see all of you there. Michael Gross One of America's most provocative non-fiction writers he has authored eleven books. His latest, Unreal Estate spent 15 weeks on the Los Angeles Times best seller list and is in development as an HBO mini series. Author of the best seller expose's 740 Park Avenue and Rogue's Gallery (about the Metropolitan Museum of Art) he is now writing a new book entitled Fifteen Central Park West. His journalism has appeared in Vanity Fair, Newsweek, New York and The New York Times. Eric Van Lustbader He has published more than twenty-five best selling novels including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved heroes, continuing his exploits in five subsequent best sellers. His novels have been translated in over twenty languages and are worldwide best sellers. He was asked by the Estate of the late Robert Ludlum to continue the Jason Bourne series. The Bourne Identity continues and updates the adventures of Ludlum's famous international assassin. He has gone on to write five more Bourne novels, including The Bourne Imperative, which has just made the New York Times' best seller lists. Julie Salamon The author of many best-selling novels as well as the film classic The Devil's Candy, was previously a culture writer for The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She has also written for The New Yorker Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Republic. Wendy and The Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein was written with the full cooperation of the Wasserstein family and literary executives. The life revealed is of a brilliant but complicated American artist, one who struggled both creatively and personally, and who fiercely held private a life she seemed so willing to explore in her plays.

All money raised at this event will go to "Sustaining the Mind", a Brandeis’ initiative supporting neurodegenerative disease research.


OCTOBER

Wednesday, October 3 - Board Meeting/Study Group: Getting out and Staying Out: Helping the imprisoned find their future 10:30 a.m. - Board Meeting (open to all BNC Members) 1:15 p.m. - Brandeis House Study Group (Open to Study Group Members only) Speaker: Mark Goldsmith, Founder of GOSO (Getting Out And Staying Out) Mark is a charismatic retired business executive who has founded a mentoring program for young men, ages 16-24, who are in prison or have been recently released. He will describe the approach he and his associates use to help people refashion their lives. Refreshments will be provided. Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar on 212-427-4042

Thursday, October 11 – Walking Tour of Victorian Flatbush - $25 (non-members - $35) 10:30 a.m. - Street level entrance of the Newkirk Plaza (East 15th Street) station - B and Q trains. Join us as Brooklyn Borough Historian, Ron Schweiger leads us on a walk through this beautiful area, rich in history and social drama. Developed more than one hundred years ago as one of Manhattan's first suburbs Flatbush is home to five NYC historic districts and the largest concentration of victorian homes in the United States. The tour will last approximately 2.5 hours and will end at the Cortelyou Road entrance of the Q train. Wear comfortable shoes! Lunch will be at your own expense. After the tour, you will be given a list of interesting restaurants on Cortelyou Road. For more information and for travel directions contact Iris at 718-375-6729. Cell phone (for day of trip only) is 917-838-8076 Send checks payable to BNC to Iris Brahms, 1739 East 29th Street, Brooklyn 11229

Monday, October 15 – Art Workshops - $20 (fee includes 3 sessions)

(Open to Study Group members only) 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Brandeis House Speaker: Laura Lynch, Director of Education, Nassau County Museum of Art We are turning the tables this fall and exploring the resources of three art museums that are in the New York metropolitan area, but not in New York City. The museums are the Nassau County Museum of Art, the Yale Center for British Art, and the Neuberger Museum of Art, on the grounds of SUNY Purchase. We are fortunate to have three interesting and well-informed speakers to discuss their institutions, collections, and current exhibitions. The first speaker will be Laura Lynch, Nassau County Museum of Art Director of Education. Ms. Lynch has worked in the fields of art and museum education for more than twenty years. She initiates and manages long term, museum-school partnerships whose primary aim is to encourage students to actively find meaning when looking at art. For the past ten years, Lynch has been working with diverse audiences, including English language learners, children and adults with special needs, as well as children from early childhood through high school. Lynch is responsible for training the docents who guide the museum’s many visitors through its galleries. She also conducts professional development sessions to help teachers in any field find ways to use visual literacy and art in their classrooms. Lynch received an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for a program she developed for high school students at the Queens Museum of Art . Lynch will speak about the Nassau Museum’s distinguished past history, including its architecture, formal gardens and park property, and its current mission to exhibit art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries in the sculpture park as well as the museum’s galleries. Questions can be referred to Shelley Green, 212-535-5480. Open to study group members only, there is an additional $20 fee for the art study group Send checks payable to BNC to Shelley Green, 165 E. 72nd Street, #2K, New York, NY 10021.


Friday, October 26 – Art in the Subways Tour – Members $35 (non-members-$45) 11:00 a.m. – Inside the Times Square street level entrance, SE corner of 7th Avenue and 42 Street Come along with us as tour guide, Riva Blumenfeld takes us to see several art works sponsored by the MTA's Arts for Transit Program. We will start with the art at the Times Square Station and then take the number 1 train downtown to South Ferry to see the Doug and Mike Starn's "See it Split, See it Change". The tour will last 1½ hours. Be sure to bring a metro card. Lunch will follow on your own. A list of nearby restaurants will be provided at the end of the tour. Directions: There is a giant neon subway sign outside the street level entrance. If you are coming from inside the subway, follow the signs for 7th Ave and Broadway. For more information, call Linda Schain 914-263-2515 Send checks payable to BNC to Ariel Mandel, 15 West 72nd Street, #3613, New York 10023

OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE BOTH INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE! JOIN US.

SPRING LUNCHEON HONORING GLORIA LAZARUS (GUEST SPEAKER: JEFFREY LYONS)


NOVEMBER

Thursday, November 1 – Lunch and Learn – $40 (limited to members) "A Life in Art: Pleasures, Strategies and Rewards of Collecting"

12:00 p.m. – Home of Carole Weinberg, 35 East 75th Street, #17A Guest Speaker: Stuart Levy Stuart Levy is a prestigious art advisor and private dealer specializing in American and European art from the 19th through 21st century. He works with individual collectors and institutions in the United States and Europe. He has lectured as a featured speaker on the strategies, market dynamics and pleasures of collecting art and has participated in numerous panels and symposia exploring developments in the art market. As is the case with all events in homes space is limited; Mr. Levy will certainly attract a large audience so get your check in early. Questions may be referred to Carole, 212-737-4044 Send checks payable to BNC to Carole Weinberg, 35 East 75th Street, #17A, New York 10021

Monday, November 5 – Twelfth Annual Book and Author Luncheon Wednesday, November 7 – Board Meeting/Study Group: Loving New York and Loving Books- A Great Combination

10:30 a.m. - Board Meeting (Open to all BNC members) 1:15 p.m. - Study Group (Open to Study Group members only)

Speaker: Barbara Cohen, Founder of New York Bound Books Barbara specializes in books about New York. For years, she ran a book store in Rockefeller Center, which was a legendary gathering place for New York’s bibliophiles. She now runs her book shop and resource service online. Barbara sits on The NY Society Library's committee which chooses the best books about New York each year. This charming and knowledgeable woman is a graduate of Brandeis. Refreshments will be provided. Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar on 212-427-4042

Monday, November 12 – Art Workshops (2nd of 3 sessions) - $20 for all 3 workshops (Open to Study Group members only)

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Brandeis House Speaker: Lauren Landwerth, a docent at the Yale Center for British Art. Lauren, or Boots, as she prefers to be known, has been an avid art history student for the past twenty-five years. She took up this interest as her nest emptied and has pursued it with a passion. Is there a program on television on art? She has seen it. She misses nothing. She has attended many lectures at the Metropolitan Museum and knows which lecturers are the best. Boots began her docent career in the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, where she went through a year-long training program. When she moved to New Haven she joined the staff at the YCBA after one year of formal training, and attends weekly required classes. In addition to her regular docent duties, Boots leads a group of special needs adults through the museum on a weekly basis, using art as a means to get them to express themselves. She initiates hands-on projects and discussions with them. She will talk about the founder, the mission, the building and its architect, world-famous Louis Kahn, and the permanent collection, which was formed by Paul Mellon. She will show highlights from the permanent collection and, among other things, she will also discuss the current special exhibit of Anthony Caro’s sculpture. Questions can be referred to Shelley Green, 212-535-5480. Open to study group members only, there is an additional $20 fee for the art study group Send checks payable to BNC to Shelley Green, 165 E. 72nd Street, #2K, New York, NY 10021.


Thursday, November 15 – Tour of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and Lunch - $ 35 (non-members $45)

11:15 a.m. – Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street (at Broadway) Join us for our tour of the Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion, founded as the intellectual, academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism in 1922 by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. We will be given a guided tour to see their wonderful Minnie Petrie Synagogue containing Yaacov Agams’s stained glass windows of the Twelve Tribes. In the gallery we will be introduced to the museum’s intriguing new exhibit, the spectrum of sexuality featuring many world famous artists such as Judy Chicago. Following our tour, we will walk a short distance to Five Points Restaurant at 31 Great Jones Street where we will enjoy a lunch featuring fresh seasonal ingredients. For further information contact Nancy Kahn, [email protected]. Our tour is limited to 25 people. Send checks payable to BNC to Nancy Kahn, 55 East 87th Street, Apt 10 D, New York, NY 10128.

BOOK FUND – SHOW YOUR COMMITMENT Brandeis Art Cards

The BNC is excited and proud to introduce Brandeis Art Cards. These all-occasion cards feature original works of art from Brandeis students. The four different designs wrapped in packages of four are sold for $14 per package. All cards are blank on the inside and feature the artists' information on the back.

We hope to have Art Cards available for purchase at Gotham Chapter events held at Brandeis House.

Say it with a tribute card and support Brandeis at the same time. Make a donation to Book Fund in honor of a wedding, birthday or anniversary. Send best wishes for a speedy recovery or sincere condolences. Use them to say shalom or mazel tov. We’d like you to think of tribute cards as an alternative to gift-giving. Orders for art cards or tribute cards must be in writing, accompanied by a check, and can be sent to: Joanne Goldfarb, 45 High Meadow Lane, Roxbury, CT 06783 - 860-350-8420 - [email protected]

Tribute Cards - support a worthy cause since Book Fund money goes directly to the Brandeis Libraries to help to purchase thousands of books and journals each year. $ 5 - Millionth Book Card $10 - Farber Library at Night Card $18 - Portrait of Louis D. Brandeis Card Learned Research Journal Folios - Support cutting-edge research published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals that require access both in print and online. $35 – General Gift $55 – Medical Science gift - bookplate placed in Brandeis Journal Book Collections and Journal Guarantor Endowment Fund – A gift to Book Fund is a celebration of learning. $100 – Donation to Special Collection or Special Book Collection in Judaica $500 – Donation for a Major Book Collection. Leatherette Album


SPRING LUNCHEON HONORING GLORIA LAZARUS


PLANNED GIVING — Rates for Charitable Gift Annuities

A Planned Gift is a gift that keeps on giving – to both the donor and to the University. When you fund a gift annuity with cash or appreciated securities, you will receive:

Guaranteed fixed income for life for one or two people A payout rate often higher than CDs and other fixed‐income investments A charitable income‐tax deduction

Based on your age, the current rates of return (valid as of January 1, 2012) are:

One Life

Age 65 4.7% Age 70 5.1% Age 75 5.8% Age 80 6.8% Age 85 7.8% Age 90 9.0%

Please call Executive Director Janice Fineman, 781‐736‐4179 or [email protected] with questions.

COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORT

Your contributions make a difference!

Our Community Service project has proven to be a huge success. We have put smiles on many faces by contributing hundreds of food items to the senior centers and giving the gift of better eyesight through generous donations of eyeglasses. Let us continue this good work. Suggested contributions are:

1. Packaged foods, such as small cartons of raisins, dry cereals, oatmeal, or any healthy foods which are easy to carry. (No canned goods, please – too heavy!)

2. Eyeglasses that you no longer need (including sunglasses). Please remember to leave your name with your contribution so it can be acknowledged. Marilyn Bond (or Loeva Bernard or Phyllis Gates if Marilyn is unavailable) will collect your donations at the monthly board meetings and study groups. The following members continue to contribute items:

Mildred York Aksen, Loeva Bernard, Marilyn Bond, Madalyn Friedberg, Phyllis Gates, Pat Glickman, Shelley Greene, Marian R. Jordan, Cora Sue Kaufman, Norma Lang, Shari Lessing, Judy Kendall Levine, Elinor Lubin, Ariel Mandel, Francoise Marcus, Sally Menkes, Gloria Pilot, Eleanor Schick, Kathy Segall, Helene Stern, Carole Weinberg, Tammy Weintraub and Sara Zimmerman.

Thanks to all for a job well-done! Please let Marilyn know if we’ve missed anyone; we apologize for the oversight and will update our list.


DECEMBER

Wednesday, December 5 – Board Meeting/Study Group: Producing Theater: Business Or Passion 10:30 a.m. - Board Meeting (Open to all BNC members) 1:15 p.m. - Study Group (Open to Study Group members only) Speaker: Susan Gallin, theater producer and theater consultant Susan has been a producer of Spamalot, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Angels In America and many more important plays. This dynamic and very articulate woman will describe some of her experiences in the theater world. Refreshments will be provided. Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar on 212-427-4042

Thursday, December 6 – Musicale – $35 (members only) 2:00 p.m. – Home of Claire Shapiro, 200 East 57th Street Guest Artist – Leslie Hammer, BNC board member and accomplished pianist Leslie, a retired music teacher and special educator, will sing and play music from the Great American Songbook. She is excited to perform for you and hopes that you will enjoy listening to and singing these familiar songs from the most brilliant writers of American music. Wine and light refreshments will be served after the program. Space is limited. Send checks payable to BNC to Phyllis Gates, 101 West 81st Street, #208, New York 10024

Monday, December 10 – Brandeis Book Club (2nd of 4 sessions) - $20 annual fee for 4 sessions

(Open to Book Club members only) 10:45 a.m. – Brandeis House For our second session, we will discuss Julie Otsuka's The Buddah In The Attic. Please confirm your attendance with Shari Lessing at 212-410-0054. Call Shari for further information. Send checks payable to BNC to Eleanor Schick, 215 East 68th Street, #15Y, New York 10065

Monday, December 17 – Art Workshop (3rd of 3 sessions) - $20 (fee includes 3 sessions) (Open to Study Group members only)

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Brandeis House Speaker: Louise North, a docent at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York Ms. North holds degrees in art history from Barnard College and Columbia University. An independent scholar, she is a co-author of Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay, and In the Words of Women the American Revolution and the Birth of the Nation 1765-1799. North has been a Neuberger docent for the past nine years, an experience she has truly enjoyed. To be able to share the wonderful works in the permanent as well as the African collections with visitors of all ages, different backgrounds and interests, is constantly challenging. Initiated in 1974 with Roy R. Neuberger’s donation of one hundred eight works of art, the permanent collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art has grown to house more than six thousand works of uncompromised quality and variety. Featuring prestigious examples of modern, contemporary and African art, holdings include besides Neuberger’s collection, the Aimee W. Hirshberg and Lawrence Gussman Collections of African Art, the Hans Richter bequest of Dada and Surrealist objects, the George and Edith Rickey Collection of Constructivist art, and American, Mexican and European master works from the collection of the late Dina and Alexander Racolin. The Neuberger Museum continues to collect and exhibit its permanent collection, enacting Mr. Neuberger’s commitment to support the work of contemporary artists who examine and expand the ideas of our day. Questions can be referred to Shelley Green, 212-535-5480. Open to study group members only, there is an additional $20 fee for the art study group Send checks payable to BNC to Shelley Green, 165 E. 72nd Street, #2K, New York, NY 10021.


Tuesday, December 18 – Tour of the Society of Illustrators and Lunch - $45 (non-members $55) 11:00 a.m. – Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues) We need to meet promptly for our guided tour of the townhouse and the museum. The Society, housed in what was originally a carriage house built in 1875 for J .P.Morgan's personal secretary, was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and to hold exhibits "now and again". Some prominent contributors to the Society were Howard Pyle, Maxfield Parish, and Frederic Remington. The Society currently offers lectures, demonstrations, and drawing classes and also contains a museum and a Hall of Fame whose first member was Norman Rockwell. After our tour, we will enjoy a buffet lunch in their lovely dining room. For more information, call Cora Sue 646-414-7828 (Cell phone for use on day of trip only - 646-645-7828) Send checks to Cora Sue Kaufman, 315 8th Avenue, #13B, New York 10001

JANUARY

Wednesday, January 2 – Board Meeting/Study Group – Movie Discussion 10:30 a.m. – Board Meeting followed by Study Group (Open to Study Group Members only) 1:15 p.m. – Brandeis House– Movie Discussion led by Marilyn Bond Come prepared to express your opinions and go beneath the surface and hear what others have to say about a current movie. This is always a stimulating afternoon. Contact Marilyn at [email protected] or 212-673-5404 the week of December 17 to find out the name of the movie and to confirm your attendance. Refreshments will be provided.

Monday, January 14 – Tour of Ukrainian Institute and Lunch - $50 (non-members $60)

11:00 a.m. – Ukrainian Institute, 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave.) We will visit a striking and beautiful mansion that currently houses the Ukrainian Institute of America and is located within the "museum mile". The tour will showcase the culture and history of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and will include a brief video. We will also learn about the history of the building itself, including an infamous scandal from its beginnings as a private residence for very wealthy families of the turn-of-the-century Gilded Age. Our tour is limited to 25 people. Lunch will follow at a restaurant to be announced later. For more information contact Marian Jordan, 212-879-5909 or [email protected] Marian’s cell phone, for use on the day of the event only, is 917-923-5711. Send checks payable to BNC to Marian R. Jordan, 215 East 80th Street, #9G, New York 10075.

GIVING TO BRANDEIS – WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES Did you know that Brandeis Women’s National Committee was founded in the same year that Brandeis was founded….1948? Did you know that Brandeis National Committee is the largest friends-of-a-library group in the world with 26,000 members nationwide? Did you know that Brandeis National Committee has contributed over $117 million to Brandeis University? When you give to the BNC, your gift may add an important research journal to the library to keep our faculty members, researchers and students in the know about the most up-to-date information. Your gift may transform the education of a student, giving opportunities to reach out to explore. Your gift may provide an undergraduate student the opportunity to work alongside a science researcher and be part of a medical discovery.

The important thing is that your gift to Brandeis University sustains the university and has an impact on the future for the next generation.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS Tuesday, August 14 – Tour of City Island, Bronx, NY - $20 Send checks payable to BNC to Sally Menkes, 341 West 24th Street, #10A, New York 10011. Wednesday, September 12 – A Taste of Brandeis Celebration/Board Meeting Contact Pat Glickman, [email protected] or Françoise Marcus, [email protected] to confirm. Thursday , September 13 – Gotham Chapter Men’s group activity: Tour of the Intrepid - $30 Send checks payable to BNC to Erwin Weinberg, 35 East 75th Street, #17A, New York 10021

Thursday, September 20 – Tour of Lincoln Center and Lunch – Members $45 (non-members-$55) Send checks payable to BNC to Wendy Schwartz, 2930 West 5th Street, #15R, Brooklyn 11224 Monday, September 24 – Brandeis Book Club (1st of 4 sessions) - $20 annual fee Also Monday, December 10 Open to study group members only. Send checks payable to BNC to Eleanor Schick, 215 East 68th Street,#15Y, New York 10065 Wednesday, October 3 – Board Meeting/Study Group – Helping the Imprisoned Find their Future Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar, 212-427-4042 Thursday, October 11 – Walking Tour of Victorian Flatbush - $25 (non-members - $35) Send checks payable to BNC to Iris Brahms, 1739 East 29th Street, Brooklyn 11229 Monday, October 15 – Art Workshop (1st of 3 sessions) - $20 annual fee for 3 sessions Also Monday, November 12, Monday, December 17 Open to study group members only. Send checks payable to BNC to Shelley Green, 165 E. 72nd Street, #2K, New York, 10021 Friday, October 26 –Art in the Subways Tour. Members $35 (non-members-$45) Send checks payable to BNC to Ariel Mandel,15 West 72nd Street, #3613, New York, 10023 Thursday, November 1 - Lunch and Learn – A Life in Art: Strategies and Rewards of Collecting – $40 (limited to 25 members ) Send checks payable to BNC to: Carole Weinberg, 35 East 75th Street, #17A, New York, 10021 Monday, November 5 – Twelfth Annual Book and Author Luncheon Wednesday, November 7- Board Mtg/Study Group:Loving New York & Loving Books: A Great Combination Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar, 212-427-4042 Thursday, November 15 – Tour of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and Lunch – $ 35 (non-members $45) Send checks payable to BNC to Nancy Kahn, 55 East 87th Street, Apt 10 D, New York, NY 10128 Wednesday, December 5 - Board Meeting/Study Group: Producing Theater: Business or Passion Please confirm your attendance with Doris Bahar on 212-427-4042

Thursday, December 6 –Musicale - $55 (non-members $65) Send checks payable to BNC to Phyllis Gates, 101 West 81st Street, #208, New York 10024 Tuesday, December 18 – Tour of the Society of Illustrators and Lunch - $ 45 (non-members $55) Send checks to Cora Sue Kaufman, 315 8th Avenue, #13B, New York 10001 Wednesday, January 2 – Board Meeting/Study Group: Movie Discussion Contact Marilyn Bond, 212 673-5404 or [email protected], the week of December 17 to find out the name of the movie and confirm your attendance. Monday, January 14 – Tour of Ukranian Institute and Lunch - $50 (non-members $60)

Send checks payable to BNC to Marian R. Jordan, 215 East 80th Street, #9G, New York 10075

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