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Klein, Dinowitz plan to end cell phone theft

By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER The business forecast looks bleak for those who deal in stolen cellphones. State Senate co-leader Jeffrey D. Klein and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, chair of the Assembly’s consumer affairs and protection committee, have introduced legislation that mandates proof of legitimate product ownership by those who peddle second-hand phones. The lawmakers announced their plan last week at West 232nd Street and Cambridge Avenue, the site of a tragic phone theft in April 2012— Hwang Yang, who lived around the corner, was robbed of his iPhone and then murdered. The killers promptly put Yang’s phone up for sale on Craig’s List. “The people were caught, but of course that’s only a small consolation to his family,” Dinowitz said. “We have to take away the incentive that exists now for people to sell these stolen iPhones. This legislation will do that.” The tracking systems proposed by the wireless carriers have not

been effective, Klein said. Stolen phones are often sold in flea markets, bodegas and even laundromats. Targeting those who possess at least three items for sale, the legislation would require used phone merchants to provide documented proof of origin for every device in their inventory and detailed receipts for every device sold. Serial numbers would be required on all paperwork. Vendors of stolen phones would face a $250 fine for their first offense and a $750 fine— plus up to a year in jail—for the second. “There will be a decline in people looking to steal cellphones in the first place if they don’t have a ready market to sell,” said Klein, who hopes to “dry up the demand” for stolen phones, a demand that “not only causes violence in our society but also causes a billion-dollar industry.” The practice of stealing portable electronics, particularly Apple products like iPhones, has become so pervasive that police have nicknamed it “Apple picking.” The trend accounted

State Senator Jeff Klein and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz propose measures to make cell phone theft less attractive to criminals near the site where a local man was killed for his phone. for 14 percent of all New York City crimes last year. This year, 20,000 smart phones and iPads were reported stolen throughout

the city. “We’re simply taking away the middleman’s excuse of ‘I didn’t know it was stolen,’” Klein

Residential sales in Riverdale outpace rest of The Bronx By HAYDEE CAMACHO Residential sales in the five boroughs saw an increase of 38 percent from the last quarter, the highest since 2007, with sales in Riverdale leading the way in the Bronx. Uncertainty regarding

interest rates and lower prices contributed to the surge in sales. The average 30-year fixed rate for a mortgage was 3.77 percent on January 31st this year. Economic forecasters were predicting that interest rates would rise, rather

than fall further, which pushed potential buyers to act quickly. As reported by CNN, the interest rate for a 30-year fixed rate was 4.22 percent on October 3rd. The Real Estate Board of New York reported 132 sales in Riv-

Honorees with Councilman Oliver Koppell: Mehnaz Afridi, director of Manhattan College Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education; Linda Shriner-Cahn, Rabbi of congregation Tehilla; Rabbi Bob Kaplan, CAUSE-NY; Imam Sheik Moussa Drammeh of Al-Iman Mosque of Parkchester; Miriam Westheimer, chairperson of RJCRC.

erdale/Fieldston in the third quarter, followed by Parkchester/ WestchesterSquare/Castle Hill/ Soundview (110 sales), City Island/Pelham Bay/Pelham Strip/ Country Club/ThrogsNeck/ Schuylerville (98)), and Woodlawn/Williamsbridge (84). The economic downfall of the past several years had caused consumers to be frugal and avoid big purchases. “The whole combination was correct, said Linda Lepson of Argo Real Estate. “The prices dropped, interest rates are low and people had cash on hand.” According to Lepson, a limited real estate inventory in Manhattan contributed to buyers coming up to Riverdale. “The few units that were left on the market were having bidding wars and when that happens, people don’t want to get involved in that,” she said. “The only logical place to go is Riverdale. It’s a beautiful area just 10 minutes north of the city and the prices were still very low and interest rates were low. It just changed the scenario.” Increased consumer confidence with the rising stock market and banks loosening their requirements Continued on Page 15

said. “Right now, there’s no requirement when someone sells a second-hand phone that they have any registration number. So it’s a very easy type of product to sell second-hand, especially when it’s stolen. I think this is something that can’t wait very much longer.” The 50th Precinct recorded 21 cell phone robberies this year. “The increase in crime in the city in the past year or so is almost totally due to the cellphone thefts,” Dinowitz said. “If you look at the statistics citywide, murders are down, most categories of crimes are down. But the theft of these kinds of devices has driven the crime rate. It’s time we did something about it.” On the national front, Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House energy and commerce committee, reintroduced the Cell Phone Theft Protection Act last April, requiring wireless companies to cut off service to phones reported stolen. “It makes no sense to reward the thief by continuing service on a stolen cell phone,” Engel said at the time. “If service is cut off on a stolen phone, it just becomes a useless brick and the motivation to threaten, or commit violence, to steal a phone goes away. By cutting off service, wireless companies will do wonders for public safety, and I am confident they Continued on Page 2

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Local legislators propose plan to end cell phone theft Continued from Page 1 will support this legislation.” Engel said police chiefs across the nation are supporting proposed legislation that calls on the entire wireless industry to maintain a list of serial numbers for stolen phones and refrain from providing service to any stolen phone, that makes it illegal to alter a phone’s international mobile station equipment identity (IMEI), and that requires wireless carriers to develop technology allowing customer to delete their data remotely should the device be stolen. The senator and assemblyman were flanked by 50th Precinct community

council president Paulette Shomo and P.S. 24 parents association president Farrah Rubin—both thankful for the proposed legislation while acknowledging the need for kids to carry cellphones. “I have to be in contact with my children and my grandchildren each day,” Shomo said. “I think it’s an important thing that I’m able to contact them to know where they are and that everything is all right.” She thanked the lawmakers for “thinking about what happens to our community” and for “stepping up and taking on the game.” “The use of the phones is only go-

ing to increase among our children as well as the adult population,” Rubin said. “That is why I’m very grateful to Senator Klein and Assemblyman Dinowitz for being so active in creating this legislation.” Rubin said that P.S. 24 forbids open cellphone use during the school day but that she does need to be in touch with her children when they’re outside of school. “We’re going to work as hard as we possibly can to stop these stores from buying these phones and people who think they can just take what does not belong to them,” Shomo said. “We have to take away the incentive,” Klein said. “This legislation does that. I certainly hope that both houses will support it, that the governor will support it, and that we can get this done as quickly as possible. This will save lives.”

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Tamar Snyder discusses strategies for developing teens’ understanding of finances at a well-attended seminar at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale on Sunday. Snyder has developed a curriculum on the subject.

sunday, november 10, 2013 | 2:00pm at Riverdale Temple 4545 Independence Ave (at 246th St), Riverdale, NY 10471 Join lorin sklamberg (Sound Archivist of the Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of YIVO Sound Recordings, and a founding member of Yiddish-American roots band The Klezmatics) for an audio tour and discussion of East European Jewish music and its impact on the contemporary klezmer renaissance. From the legendary Belf’s Romanian Orchestra to New York’s own Klezmatics, this lecture/demonstration will feature historic commercial and one-of-a-kind non-commercial recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, klezmer music, cantorials and spoken word. The talk will be illustrated by an exhibit of artifacts from the YIVO Sound Archives (including a vintage mini-gramophone) and live performances by the presenter.

General admission: $10 at the door teens & Pre-teens: Free! The YIVO Jewish Culture Series is an educational outreach program designed to introduce various aspects of Eastern Ashkenazic culture and history to the public. The faculty for the series draws on the extensive network of scholars affiliated with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. For more information, visit yivo.org.

By MARK EPSTEIN During the first years of Bloomberg’s mayoralty I recall a conversation I had with Andrew Wolf about the direction the public schools had taken under Joel Klein’s stewardship, and voiced my deep misgivings about the future of public education in New York City. Wolf, whose regular column in the New York Sun, provided the most trenchant reporting on the schools, replied, “Look, If Bloomberg were Frederick The Great we wouldn’t be having this conversation.” So an enlightened mayor politically beholden to nobody owing to his great personal wealth acquired through his business expertise seemed like the perfect fit for exercising the enormous powers granted to him by the state legislature in order to turn things around in much the same way Frederick the Great reformed Prussia. The idea of mayoral control had widespread bi-partisan support because after decades of reconfigurations of the school system that were impelled by political pressures and the exigencies of the turbulent 60s and 70s, the time seemed ripe for a radical reorganization of the schools. But instead a series of substantive public policy blunders, many of which lie below the surface and hence out of the public’s consciousness, will be the legacy Mayor Bloomberg bequeaths to the new mayor. Should the new mayor do nothing, a million plus children will attend school each day, and a bureaucracy staffed by over 100,000 will show up for work. Yet there is more to just having the store filled with customers. If the city is to thrive, an accountable, rational bureaucracy most be restored. That’s because after 12 years of multiple reorganizations and increased expenditures that run to over $100 billion dollars, Bloomberg has nothing to show for it but a decline in academic progress, a thoroughly

demoralized workforce, and a massive bureaucratic structure that no longer has its indispensible institutional memory. As American democracy and public participation in everyday affairs expanded, the schoolhouse emerged as one of the cornerstones of American society. The expansion of free compulsory education was one component, but some might argue that democratic governance of the schools was equally important. There are 700 school boards In New York State alone with over 5,000 members serving on those boards. Their communities elect these boards annually. The elimination of the Board of Education in favor of total mayoral control allowed Mayor Bloomberg to cleanse all vestiges of democratic parental input into the running of the schools. Instead, a rump committee known as the Panel For Educational Policy and controlled by the mayor’s appointees, voted according to his wishes in lockstep in much the same way the old Soviet Politburo If the next mayor contents himself with some minor repairs to the tattered relationship between city hall and the badly demoralized teaching cohort and support staff, the death spiral of the New York City public school system will continue until it is completely unsalvageable. A Modest Proposal: Restore the neighborhood high school and end Academic Apartheid The systematic policy of closing “failed” schools is unsustainable and hurts the students it ostensibly claims the reforms were designed to help. For the past decade Bloomberg has seen to it that over a hundred schools have closed. When, as Governor Cuomo recently said, “If the school fails it deserves to die,” what exactly did he have in mind? Unless a schoolhouse is infected with

mold or needs asbestos abatement what does closing a school entail? The ‘School Closers’ assumption is that the school failed because the faculty has failed. The students’ socio-economic or psychological background have no relevance for them. Market forces will solve their problems since they are free to choose the school they attend and only the good schools will survive as the bad ones die off, at least according to the reformers. But, usually, low performing children in the worst schools are the most disadvantaged and have personal domestic problems that often interfere with or makes learning an insurmountable task for them. Instead of providing a combination of alternative educational paths and necessary social services the Department of Education cynically steers these kids to “failing” schools that they want to close

as part of their agenda. City Hall claims that since hundreds of new choices are available to parents shopping for schools, market forces results in the survival of fittest schools and the need to improve “failing” schools evaporates. The reality is something quite different. The parents of these children, many of whom are single parents or new arrivals with limited English language facility, are the least likely to overcome the barriers the Department of Education has erected for them when it comes to choosing a school or being involved with their child’s education. They are the working poor of New York, and now have to travel long distances on public transportation to attend their child’s school or address their educational needs. Not only isn’t this a consideration Continued on Page 9

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Jewish Fun for Preschoolers is geared toward preschoolers aged 3-5 who are in a secular program (or whose parents want to supplement their current Jewish knowledge). This weekly program will give your child a love for everything Jewish as they learn, play, and sing their way through the Jewish calendar. To register, please call our Chabad Early Learning Center at 718-549-1100 Ext. 11.

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New York’s new mayor must give priority to saving neighborhood schools

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Around the schools... P.S. 24

To be considered for gifted and talented programs for the 2014-2015 school year, students in kindergarten through third grade must file a request for testing form no later than Friday, November 8. The form and other G&T information are available at schools.nyc.gov/Academics/ GiftedandTalented/default.htm.

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The school is participating in the Big Apple Crunch at noon on October 24, an attempt by nonprofits including GrowNYC, to set the world record for the most participants in an apple-crunching event. Students were encouraged to bring an apple to school, and a coordinated noontime school-wide bite was scheduled.

Riverdale-Kingsbridge Academy

Middle school tours for parents of fifth-graders are scheduled for November 6, 14 and 21; and December 5 and 12; all starting promptly at 8:30 a.m. RKA accepts only middle school students who reside within its zone. To determine whether a home address is within the zone, visit schools.nyc.gov. High school open house events are scheduled for November 18 and 19 at 9 a.m. Parents may register for all tours online at RKA141.org. For more information, call parent coordinator Julie Prince at 718-796-8516, extension 1045.

Horace Mann School

The visual arts department hosted a site-specific 24-hour durational drawing session, Thinking Through Drawing, from the Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning by Westminster School artist and educator Elisa Alaluusua. The artist lives and works in London, where the previous “24h drawings” have been completed. She makes parallels with her drawings to the physical demands of daily life on the reindeer farm where she grew up in Finnish Lapland.

Manhattan College

The community is invited to attend a talk on Monday, October 28, by visual and performance artist Shaun “El C.” Leonardo. As part of a campus celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the artist will discuss how images of Latino masculinity, pop culture iconography and the landscape of New York City influence his work. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. in Miguel Hall, room 311 (Rodriguez Room). Leonardo lives and works in his native Queens. He adopted the alter ego “El Conquistador” or “El C.” during a series of live performances from 2004 to 2007, where he played a Mexican-inspired wrestler battling the fictional Invisible Man. The series illustrated the struggle against physical and metaphorical invisibility in society and masculine identity in Latino culture. At his “Artist Talk REMIX” on Monday, Leonardo will explore how the superheroes of his childhood combined with his Hispanic background and New York City upbringing form his complex masculine identity and its connection to power and vulnerability in his art. He received his B.A. from Bowdoin College in 2001 and his M.F.A. from San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. Leonardo’s work has appeared internationally and is currently on view at el Museo del Barrio. Artist Talk REMIX is sponsored by the college’s modern languages and literature and urban studies departments in partnership with the women and gender studies program and the diversity committee. For more in-

formation, contact Dr. Evelyn Scaramella at evelyn.scaramella@manhattan.edu. Manhattan College invites high school juniors and seniors to attend its free annual Engineering Awareness Day on Monday, November 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Smith Auditorium and Leo Hall. The event is an opportunity for students interested in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to learn more about career paths and about the college’s engineering programs. There will be a presentation by a panel including practicing professionals as well as current students, alumni and faculty from the engineering departments— chemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical. Prospective students will be invited to visit the engineering labs on campus and to attend an engineering luncheon with the engineering school faculty and dean Dr. Tim J. Ward. The program is free, but registration is required. Students are encouraged but not required to bring a parent. For more information, contact Sheila Halpin at (718) 862-7281 or sheila. halpin@ manhattan.edu.

Local Scholars

Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, has announced that the following students were awarded degrees this past May. At Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Arts degrees were earned by Elias B. Kampton in integrative neuromolecular science; by Edward J. O’Connor in economics; by Michael John Jennings in economics; by Michael John Jennings in economics; by Jonathan Irwin Jonas in economics; and by Christopher Matthew Lee in history. At the School of Management, Christopher Matthew Lee earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management information systems. At the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering, Michael Samuel Young earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. In addition, the following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring, 2013 semester. At Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, Elias B. Kampton, Ari J. Kramer, Phoebe C. O’Connor, Tiffany Moustakas, Emily Langer, Talia Estrella Elefant, Katherine Medianik, Christine Marie Murray, and Steven Henry Shafran. At the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Science, William H. Hilska and Itai Ferber. Binghamton University, one of the four university centers of the State University of New York, enrolls nearly 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in liberal arts and selected professions. The school is considered “the premier public university in the northeast” and was ranked as a “best buy” by Fiske Guide to Colleges. The School of Management is rated 12th among public business schools in the nation by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Nearly 88 percent of undergraduates ranked in the top quarter of their high school classes. Binghamton’s 930-acre campus encompasses 190 acres of protected forests and wetlands.

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come development called Clason Point Gardens. Since these buildings were only two stories high, they seemed to fit in with the single-family homes in the neighborhood. The year 1940 was also a presidential election year. President Franklin Roosevelt decided to break precedent in running for a third term that year. Roosevelt was supported by almost all Bronxites during the Great Depression because of his efforts to alleviate their economic hardships in his New Deal programs. With the votes of New York State so crucial, and the votes of The Bronx so important as well, the president toured the borough accompanied by the powerful Bronx Democratic boss, the suave and sophisticated Edward J. Flynn. Roosevelt won The Bronx with 418,931 votes to 198,293 votes for his Republican opponent, Wendell Willkie. But by then, the attention of most Bronxites was focused upon events overseas. Since September, 1939, World War II raged in Europe and Asia. Germany was led in this war by the vocally anti-Semitic Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Party. Jews, who then formed the single largest ethnic group in The Bronx, feared for their overseas relatives.

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Open house at Riverdale Y Senior Center

The Riverdale Y Senior Center will be hosting an open house on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 9:30am-2pm. Doors will open at 9:30am. At 10:15am there will be a movie, Fill the Void, followed by a hot lunch and dancing at 1:15pm with Ron Dellapina playing disco, big band and Latin music. A suggested donation of $2.25 is requested. The Riverdale Y Senior Center is open to any senior 60+ and over. The Y is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue. For further information, contact Vicki at 718-548-8200, ext. 224.

Free flu shots at senior center

The Riverdale Y Senior Center will be giving free flu shots on Monday October 28 from 10:00am-1:00pm. Everyone who would like to receive a flu shot is invited. Pre -registration is required. Please call Vicki at (718) 548-8200, ext. 224 to reserve a time. This event is sponsored by the office of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. The Riverdale Y is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue.

Sinfonietta to perform at Riverdale Temple

The Sinfonietta of Riverdale is a unique ensemble of up to twenty musicians who convene to perform ‘chamber music on a grand scale’ (Peabody Magazine). The members of the Sinfonietta, who regularly perform at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the NY Philharmonic and the great stages of the world, bring their stunning performances to the Bronx three times a year for all to enjoy.

For additional information about the Sinfonietta please visit: http://www.sinfoniettanyc.org/ The Sinfonietta of Riverdale’s first Concert of its 6th Season will be on Sunday October 27th at 2.30 p.m. at the Riverdale Temple, Independence Avenue and W. 246th Street, in the North West Bronx. The concert, ‘Music for Strings and Harp’, promises to be both delightful and exciting, featuring music by Debussy, Mahler and Shostakovich. June Han, who will be performing the harp, plays beautifully. The New York Times wrote of one of her performances: ‘June Han... gave a mesmerizing account, (her) harp twinkling, rippling and bristling.’ Purchase tickets at www.sinfoniettanyc. org. For phone inquiries call: 917-689-1211. Checks can be sent to The Sinfonietta’s new address: PO Box 177, Bronx, NY 10471.

Koppell requests to improve pedestrian safety

Concerned about the danger a loose handrail on the Henry Hudson Overpass at West 235th Street posed to pedestrian safety, Council Member Oliver Koppell requested that DOT repair it expeditiously. DOT responded to Koppell’s request to provide greater safety for pedestrians using the overpass by repairing the handrail immediately. The rough surface and multiple cracks on West 236th Street between Hudson Manor Terrace and Independence Avenue, particularly near the crosswalks, was of concern to Koppell because of the proximity of an elementary school and because people with walkers and carts were having difficulty crossing safely. The DOT agreed

that the street needed resurfacing and will schedule the repairs for early next year. Constituents living in Kingsbridge and Bedford Park complained to Council Member Koppell about the lack of early morning weekday northbound BX 1 bus service before 7:00 a.m., which had a negative impact on their commute. Koppell contacted the MTA about the problem and the agency agreed to start operating BX 1 service an hour earlier, a plan scheduled to have commenced in September, 2013. ‘I am pleased that the city agencies related to my concerns about the safety and well being of my constituents and responded in a positive way,’ Koppell said.

Veterans Day Ceremony at Memorial Grove

The Memorial Grove Restoration Group invites the community to attend its seventh annual Veterans Day Ceremony, the 64th anniversary of the Memorial Grove. The ceremony will take place at the restored Memorial Grove in Van Cortlandt Park, located on Broadway at West 246th Street, on Sunday, November 10, at 12 noon. The ceremony should last approximately one hour. For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page at www. facebook.com/memorialgrove.

CSAIR to conduct shoe box recycling project

The sisterhood of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR) is conducting a shoe box recycling project. They welcome donations in men’s, women’s and children’s shoes that are still us-

able, including athletic shoes, dress shoes, work boots, sandals, flats. No heavy winter boots, skates, blades, flipflops, slippers or singles. Please no shoes with holes in the soles or those that are wet or mildewed. These donations will provide shoes for millions of people that cannot afford them. Additionally by not discarding your donated shoes you are helping the environment by the elimination of these tossed shoes from landfills. Bring the suggested shoes to CSAIR, located at 475 West 250th Street. For more information, call 718-543-8400.

Hudson River expert John Ladd to speak at senior center

The Riverdale Y Senior Center will have Hudson River expert, John Ladd from the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River Estuary Program give a slide show presentation on ‘What’s On The Bottom Of The Hudson River’ on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 10:30 am. The entire senior community is invited. Lunch is served daily at 12 noon. A donation of $2.25 is requested. For more information, please contact Vickie at (718)548-8200, ext. 224. The Riverdale Y Senior Center islocated at 5625 Arlington Avenue.

Schervier Center sponsors trip to Atlantic City

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 Schervier Home will sponsor a Day trip to SHOWBOAT CASINO at Atlantic City. Cost is $30.00 per seat, with casino cash back of $25.00. The bus picks up from Schervier Apartments at 2995 Independence Avenue, Riverdale @ 8:55 am and Knolls Crescent @ 9:00 am. Returns at 8:30 pm with drop offs at 230th st. & Kingsbridge Ave.; 232nd st. & Henry Hudson Parkway; Knolls Crescent and Schervier Apartments. For reservations please call NELLIE KENNY @646-269-4906.

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AUDITION WORKSHOP 5 p.m. Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy 660 West 237th Street The workshops are for Bronx eighth- and ninth-grade students applying for admission to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Professional Performing Arts High School, Talent Unlimited High School, Special Music School and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in drama, vocal music or musical theater. Oct. 20 & 27 - students must attend both sessions. For more information, contact Becky Woods at 646-436-3045 or becky@riverdaletheatre

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DRAMA/IMPROV CLASS 10:30 a.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Drama/Improv Class led by Yoni Oppenheim. For more information, call 718-548-8200.

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WRITER’S CIRCLE 1 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Are you an aspiring writer? Join our writer’s group to share your work and get feedback from other members. All types of writing are welcome, whether it’s fiction, memoir, poetry, or other! For more information, call 718-548-5656.

10 a.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Movie: “His Girl Friday.” A comedy with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. For more information, call 718548-8200.

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STAY WELL EXERCISE 10 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Join in for a free, fun Stay Well exercise session. Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC’s Department for the Aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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TEEN STUDY LOUNGE 4 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Teen Study Lounge is a place where Teens can work with friends on group projects, study and use library resources (laptops and Google television) to do homework in a comfortable “Teen Friendly” environment. A librarian will be on hand if you have research questions. We will provide a light snack, but you are welcome to bring your own. Ages 13-18 only. For more info, call 718-549-1212.

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KINGSBRIDGE CRAZY CHEMISTRY 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street This workshop is designed to introduce and excite children about the nature of the world around them. Children make predictions, perform experiments and draw conclusions as they explore different types of solids, liquids and gases. Presented by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. For ages 7 and older. Limited to 25 participants. For more info, call 718-548-5656.

MOVIE 10:15 a.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Movie “Fill the Void.” 1:15pm: Dancing with Ron Dellapina. Disco Big Bands, Latin music and more. For more information, call 718-548-8200.

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SUNDAY MORNING KOLLEL 9:45 a.m. Chabad of Riverdale 535 W. 246th Street Five engaging and relevant classes to choose from: Kabbalah & the Parsha, Practical Jewish Law, The Practical Parameters of Jewish Prayer, JLI, Talmud for Dummies. Register by calling 718-549-1100 Ext. 10.

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SINFONIETTA CONCERT 2:30 p.m. Riverdale Temple Independence Ave. & West 246th Street ‘Music for Strings and Harp’, the Sinfonietta of Riverdale’s first Concert of its 6th Season. For additional information about the Sinfonietta please visit: http://www.sinfoniettanyc.org/

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FREE FLU SHOTS 10 a.m. Riverdale Y Senior Center 5625 Arlington Avenue Everyone who would like to receive a flu shot is invited. Preregistration is required. Call Vicki at (718) 548-8200, ext. 224 to reserve a time.

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BOOK TALK 11 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Each participant briefly describes & shares thoughts about a book recently read. Discussion & recommendations are the happy result of this sharing. Registration not required. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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MEDITATION 6 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Feel the energy within. Sahaja Meditation is a simple, time-honored technique. It helps reduce stress and increase wellness. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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CB8 MEETING 7:30 p.m. Community Board 8 5676 Riverdale Avenue Meeting of the Housing Committee of Community Board 8. For more information, call 718-884-3959.

Tuesday, October 29 Riverdale

CONDUCTORCISE 10:30 a.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Enjoy upbeat music while doing a light upper body work out with Maestro David Dworkin, American Conductor, Graduate of the Juilliard School. For more information, call 718-548-8200.

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CB8 MEETING 7 p.m. Community Board 8 5676 Riverdale Avenue Meeting of the Law, Rules & Ethics Committee of Community Board 8. For more information, call 718-884-3959.

Wednesday, October 30 Riverdale

LECTURE 10:30 a.m. Riverdale Y Senior Center 5625 Arlington Avenue Hudson River expert, John Ladd from the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River Estuary Program give a slide show presentation on “What’s On The Bottom Of The Hudson River.” The entire senior community is invited. Lunch is served daily at 12 noon. A donation of $2.25 is requested. For more info, please contact Vickie at 718-548-8200, ext. 224.

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LECTURE 1 p.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Healthy Homes Presentation: Combating mold, allergens, lead, and chemicals. Led by Dewayne Jolly, Education Specialist from NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. For info, call 718-548-8200.

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READ ALOUD 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Halloween Story Hour for children ages 5-12 yrs. old. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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MICROSOFT WORD FOR BEGINNERS 5 p.m. Van Cortlandt Branch Library 3874 Sedgwick Avenue Learn the basics features of Microsoft Word and how to create a document. For more information, call 718-543-5150.

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CB8 MEETING 7 p.m. Kelly Ryans 5790 Mosholu Avenue Meeting of the Environment & Sanitation Committee of Community Board 8. For more information, call 718-884-3959.

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But my classes never had more than 15 students. We were located in our own building instead of sharing the gym, the auditorium and the athletic fields with three other schools. If Bloomberg truly wanted small schools to succeed he would have built small schools. 2. Administrative costs have exploded since a building that was once run by one principal and one administrative staff has quadrupled to 4 principals and their individual staffs. 3. After-school student participation involving the arts and athletics has suffered too. The once great Jamaica High School was renamed Jamaica Campus, and the varsity coaches are faced with the task of putting their teams together by recruiting from the four small schools in the building, and the running of the teams must be in sync with the four schools. It’s much more difficult to get those students who have a long commute to stay after school. 4. Discipline problems have increased since it’s impossible to have a handle on the entire student body when four schools of about 500 each share one space. 5. In the name of open enrollment and choice, hundreds of thousands of students now use mass transportation to get to school placing even more of a burden and costs on the transit system. The result is increased tardiness and absences whenever the weather or transit glitches occur. For a mayor who was obsessively concerned about the environment and personal health, it’s ironic that a “have your child walk to school” initiative was never part of his agenda. “There are eight million stories in the naked city,” and it’s the mayor’s job to make the vast humanity feel that they are somehow part of a living community and civil society. The schools are a central component in this equation. When you destroy their role in the life of the community you do it at great peril.

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Engel’s Open Fuel Standard Act endorsed by USESC

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Riv. Y to host adoption support meeting

The Riverdale Y will host and adoption support meeting on Wednesday, November 6 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. This meeting is held by The Adoptive Parents Committee, a non-profit, all volunteer, informational educational parent support group for couples and singles who have adopted

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and for those seeking information about adoption. A panel of adoptive families will be discussing “All Roads Lead Home’. For further information call 212 304 8479 or www.adoptiveparents.org. The Riverdale Y is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue.

Riverdale Temple Holiday Gift and Craft Sale

The annual Riverdale Temple Holiday Gift and Craft Sale is on Sunday, November 17th from 9am-3pm. Unique handcrafted items will be for sale. Free parking, indoor/ outdoor, rain or shine. Vendor spaces are still available! Delicious refreshments will be served. Hourly raffle drawings will be held. Come for the fun and load up with holiday gifts. Riverdale Temple is located at 4545 Independence Avenue and W. 246th Street. For more information, contact Rita at Ritajoshed@aol.com or the Riverdale Temple 718-548-3800.

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Not a Leg to Stand On

Bill DeBlasio, a Democrat who is cruising to an easy victory over his Republican opponent, Joe Lhota, asserts that he will not return the city to the high crime era of the 1960s and 1970s. But DeBlasio, once again, has got it all wrong. The problem of crime really came to crisis mode in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This is very inconvenient for Mr. DeBlasio, who was a mid-level officials in the administration of David Dinkins. It was under Mayor Dinkins that things got really out of control. This was the era of car theft, stolen radios, squeegee men accosting your stopped car at traffic light and murders. And more murders. By attempting to shift the crime focus to the era of Mayors John Lindsay, Abe Beame and Ed Koch, Mr. DeBlasio is being a bit deceptive. But an examination of that era for other issues might be useful. The success of the city is really base on two pillars: public safety and fiscal management. None of those administrations were paragons of effective handling of the public safety issue. At that time, it was commonly thought that crime was such an intractable problem, that it never could be effectively dealt with. And if crime couldn’t be brought under control, then what hope was there of bringing new jobs to Gotham in order to revive our local economy? It was only after four years of Mayor Dinkins that voters felt they had no choice but to give an opportunity to a candidate who didn’t accept this conventional wisdom, Rudy Giuliani. Mayor Giuliani succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. Mayor Bloomberg was elected initially to carry forward the Giuliani public safety agenda, so successfully that after twelve years in office, he made the fruits of this historic civic victory his own. Perhaps this is why partisan Democrats such as Bill DeBlasio can’t see Bloomberg for what he is, a liberal Democrat in independent disguise, ready to bring the full force of government interference to bear on any number of issues. For example, regulating the amount of sugary soft drinks that can be purchased is hardly the outlook of a conservative of libertarian mind. But Bloomberg’s acceptance of the Giuliani criminal justice formula insured his success, just as Mr. DeBlasio’s rejection of it is fraught with danger for us all. It is Mr. Lhota’s difficult task to explain this to voters, many of whom were not around to remember the really bad old days of the Dinkins administration. By instead rejecting the 1960s and 1970s, Mr. DeBlasio has actually hit on something important: that is that the city was grossly mismanaged, put on such a fiscally unsound footing that a state takeover was then mandated. Mayor Lindsay spent us into oblivion, and his successor, Mayor Beame, an accountant elected because he “knew the buck,” turned out not to be such a fiscal whiz after all. It was only after Ed Koch became mayor, that the city was returned to competent day-to-day management. This is yet another issue for Mr. DeBlasio, who has never managed any city agency, or other agency of any substantial size. That is where Mr. Lhota seems to have an even greater advantage over his opponent. He was the budget director, a deputy mayor, and headed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, appointed by the incumbent Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo. While Mr. Cuomo ostensibly backs his fellow Democrat, Mr. DeBlasio, he has made it perfectly clear that Mr. DeBlasio’s “tax and spend” strategies will not find a sympathetic ear in Albany. This is an issue that Mayor Bloomberg fumbled on. He knows that raising taxes, any taxes, no matter how noble the reason, is a formula for disaster. He just couldn’t articulate it properly. Governor Cuomo understands. If the state and thus the city, are to survive, a return to tax and spend must be rejected. Mr. DeBlasio simply doesn’t understand this. Unless he begins to understand the folly of his positions, on which the city depends, he will leave New York with not a leg to stand on. This is the central issue in this election. We can admire Mr. DeBlasio and his family, but we need to look more carefully at his positions and his experience. Hopefully, even if he can’t win, Mr. Lhota needs to be more effective in raising the critical issues and moving the discussion to the rational center – before it’s too late.

How to stop killing in the name of God By Rabbi AVI WEISS Belief in God is at the core of my very being. But that belief is sometimes challenged by the scores of innocents killed over the millennia in God’s name, from biblical times to the present day. Last month, dozens were killed at a shopping mall in Kenya by terrorists demanding to know if those they were confronting were Muslim. If Muslim, they were spared; if not, they were murdered. One man who claimed to be Muslim was asked to name Muhammad’s mother. When he could not, he was summarily shot in the head. The day after the mall attack began, dozens of Christians were murdered at a prayer service in Pakistan. And yes, though they are aberrations, it must be said there have been Jews who have murdered in the name of God, like the perpetrator of the Hebron massacre 20 years ago. The late writer Christopher Hitchens cited horrors like these to argue that we are better off without God. It is an understandable reaction. But ethics derived completely from human civilization also have their weaknesses. If ethics comes solely from the human being, from the human mind, from human reason — it is relative. As Freud is purported to have said, when it comes to self-deception, human beings are geniuses. If Hitler were asked

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whether the murder of 6 million Jews was ethical, he would say it was. The same is true of the godless communist regimes that murdered millions during the course of the 20th century. But even if ethics without God has its flaws, Hitchens’ challenge still must be addressed. Ethics with God often doesn’t seem much better. There are, I believe, some necessary ingredients for a belief in an ethical God, a God whose ethics are critical to a just and better world, a God whose presence I always feel. The first ingredient is that a true God must make room for believers in other gods. This is the position of Rabbi Menachem ben Shlomo Ha-Me’iri, who believed that all human beings demand equal protection, regardless of their faith, as long as they are “members of a society based on laws and morality.” In contemporary terms, Me’iri is saying that we are obligated to treat every person, whatever the person’s belief or non-belief, as we would a fellow Jew. The second criterion is that God must welcome, and even demand, to be challenged. God’s covenantal relationship with human beings means that there are times when we are encouraged to question and even protest God’s mandates. This goes back to the time of Abraham, who challenged God’s

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decision to destroy the city of Sodom. The Midrash teaches that God rewarded Abraham with direct revelation of prophecy because of his commitment to fight for the rights of the righteous. Another example is Moses, who is commanded to go to war against Sihon, but attempts to first make peace. God, the Midrash tells us, accedes to Moses’ initiative. As my son, Dov Weiss, observed in his doctoral dissertation on man’s challenges to God, “God’s response to Moses is striking as God concedes to Moses’s ethical sensibilities and ratifies this less militant approach into law.” Given this relationship between humans and God, it is important not to overstep — that is, it is important to confront God with reverence and humility. But it is equally important not to silence our inner ethical voices. Such give and take is not an expression of defiance but of mutual love. As the Midrash says, “Any love that does not include challenging each other is not true love.” While this Midrash deals with interpersonal relationships, it can be extended to apply to our relationship with God. In simple terms this would mean, if God commands us to kill an innocent, we have the responsibility to question, to challenge, to confront God. This is the dynamic of our covenantal relationship. This is what God wants from us. Indeed, the God I believe in categorically rejects the targeted killing of innocents. From this perspective, the Jewish doctrine of belief is a hybrid. It is not the ethics of the human being alone, nor is it derived from God alone. It is an interfacing of the two, with each demanding proper behavior from the other. This is the synthesis of the Written Law, which comes from Continued on Page 15

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Continued from Page 14 God, and the Oral Law, centered on human input which — with divine mandate — explicates the written one. From this synthesis — from the Talmud, the commentaries, the codes of law, the rabbinic responsa — emerges an unequivocal and absolute conclusion: Murder in the name of God is obscene, a desecration of God’s name. A story is told about Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, two prominent 20th century philosophers. After eight years of writing to each other Rosenzweig, who was a bit younger, wrote a poem in which he asked Buber if he could address him using the word du, the German intimate expression of friendship. Buber agreed. Rosenzweig then said: Thank you. I’ll always say du, but in my heart I will continue to say sie — the more formal German term for the other — reflective of my deep respect for you. Rosenzweig’s concept is an accurate reflection of our relationship with an ethical God. Questioning with respect. Challenging with reverence. Confronting with humility. And holding each other mutually accountable. (Rabbi Avi Weiss is the founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat, and senior rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. His new book, “Holistic Prayer,” will soon be published by Maggid Press.)

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Continued from Page 1 for mortgages also contributed to the increase in sales, noted Joan Kuzniar, a broker with Robert E. Hill. “People have just been sitting on the sidelines and waiting to see what was going to happen,” she said. “Now those people are buying. They’re pulling the trigger.” The affordability and spaciousness of apartments also made Riverdale attractive to potential buyers. “With the size of the apartments, you get a lot more for your money in Riverdale,” said Kuzniar. “We get more people that start to look up here,” Kuzniar said Riverdale offers buyers the best of both worlds. “There is the easy access into Manhattan. You have some nice new restaurants on Riverdale Avenue and Johnson Avenue. That attracts people as well. They feel they can move to this area which feels like the suburbs and still feel like they have a little bit of city life.” And it’s not just young families that are attracted to Riverdale. “Even retirees have decided that Riverdale is a nice place,” said Kuzniar. “It’s affordable. It’s convenient. It’s green. It’s a little bit quieter than the city. So you’re seeing everybody coming into the area, whether its families, couple or singles.”

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HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY 7 p.m. Lasdon Park Route 35 Gala party with music, food and refreshments; prizes for best costumes. Admission: $50 per person. Reservations required. For more information, call 914-864-7268.

Saturday, October 26 Rye

DIG-A-TREE 10 a.m. Marshlands Conservancy

Cross River

FALL FOLIAGE HIKE 10 a.m. Lenoir Preserve Dudley Street A stroll to enjoy the beautiful fall colors at the preserve. For more information, call 914-968-5851.

ANNUAL MEETING 12 p.m. Trailside Nature Museum Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Friends of Trailside Nature Museum Annual Meeting. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 914-864-7322.

Somers

North White Plains

SEASONAL CENTERPIECE 10:30 a.m. Lasdon Park Route 35 Harvest Hay Bale Centerpiece. Welcome the fall season by making a beautiful seasonal centerpiece. Fee $15; pre-registration required at 914-886-5108.

HALLOWEN HOOPLA 1 p.m. Cranberry Lake Preserve 1609 Old Orchard Street Wear your costume and have fun with a candy hunt and more seasonal activities. Fee $7 per child; pre-registration required. For more information, call 914-428-1005.

Somers

Sunday, October 27

MODEL TRAIN DISPLAY 11 a.m. Lasdon Park Route 35 Annual Halloween Model Train Display. The main house and grounds will be decorated for Halloween, complete with a “haunted” model trail layout. Admission: $2 for children (ages 2 - 12) and $5 adults, to benefit the

Somers

FARMERS MARKET 10 a.m. Muscoot Farm Route 100 Over 20 vendors will be selling great food, meats, produce, pasta, dressings, pickles, jams, baked goods and more, every Sunday through October. For more info, call 914-864-7282.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIENCED, SKILLED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS at BROADWAY PLAZA…. EQUITY ONE (Northeast Portfolio), Inc. in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the office of the Bronx Borough President, the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, the office of Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the office of Councilman G. Oliver Koppell, the office of Senator Jeffrey Klein, and Bronx Community Board 8 are seeking resumes from talented qualified building tradesman who live in Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Van Cortlandt Village Kingsbridge Heights, and the north Bronx who are CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING ON LARGE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION SITES. APPLICANTS MUST ALSO HAVE CURRENT OSHA TRAINING CERTIFICATE. If you would like to be considered for employment by trade contractors for the construction of BROADWAY PLAZA located at 171 West 230th Street, Bronx NY 10463, please deliver your resume to one of the following locations: Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Attn: Marlene Cintron, Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse Suite 123, Bronx, NY 10451; Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz at 3107 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463; City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell at 3636 Waldo Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463; Senator Jeffrey Klein at 1250 Waters Place Suite 1202, Bronx, NY 10461; or Bronx Community Board 8, 5676 Riverdale Avenue Suite 100, Bronx, NY 10471 no later than November 15, 2013. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT, INTERVIEW OR CONSIDERATION. IF SELECTED YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF EQUITY ONE (Northeast Portfolio) INC. THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECT AND EQUITY ONE (Northeast Portfolio) INC. OR IT’S AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, LENDERS OR CONTRACTORS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO HIRE ANY PERSON THAT SUBMITS A RESUME.

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Yonkers

Garden Conservatory project. For more information, call 914-864-7268

Thursday, Ocboer 24, 2013 • The RIVERDALE REVIEW

A Council Member who can make a difference for us from the very first day. Solving Neighborhood Problems Andrew knows the issues facing our neighborhoods and, as a Community Board Member, worked to make them better places in which to live. He will be our full-time Council Member with a full-service community office to help people and neighborhoods solve problems. Andrew will go to our senior centers, schools, and community organizations so we can tell him directly about the issues that concern us. He will work with us to identify neighborhood problems, large and small, and take action to solve them. That is what Andrew has done as a community leader and what he will do as our new Council Member.

Winning Budget Victories for Us Andrew knows how to make City budgets work for our communities. He has been a legal counsel in the City Council. He will use his experience and skills to put funds in City budgets for neighborhood improvements, and for our schools, our senior centers and our parks. Andrew will work with our neighborhood organizations and Community Boards on developing City budget priorities. He will institute participatory budgeting so we will have a direct voice in helping to decide how City budget funds are spent in our community.

Andrew

Cohen ★

Democrat for City Council

VOTE DEMOCRATIC or WORKING FAMILIES · NOVEMBER 5th Paid for by Cohen for Council