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Borough Board votes to redevelop Kingsbridge Armory By HAYDEE CAMACHO On Thursday, November 21st, the Bronx Borough Board voted unanimously to support the forthcoming redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory. “Today’s vote will facilitate the construction of a world class skating, and community and educational facility that will be the catalyst for positive redevelopment not just in the surrounding community, but across the borough,” said Borough President Diaz. The 10-0 vote of the Bronx Borough Board included three City Council Members—Fernando Cabrera, Oliver Koppell and Andy King—who attended the meeting to offer their support for the project in person. Since the vote, Cabrera has denied charges by the developers KNIC Partners that he asked them to contribute $100,000 annually for 99 years to a group with which he’s been associated with in exchange for his stamp of approval. “It’s just nonsense,” Cabrera said of the claims that he asked for the hefty donation to Community Action Unlimited, a group that was associated with Cabrera and his church

and lost its non-profit status in 2010. The group is one of 27 local organizations that is part of the community benefits agreement. The developers, through their attorney, said the councilman did try to secure such a deal as part of a community benefits agreement negotiated between the developer and an alliance of 27 local organizations to include a community service component in the project. Prior to Thursday’s vote, Diaz addressed concerns that small businesses would be pushed out of the area. “Nothing in this proposal will compete with the businesses outside the armory,” he said. “It will enhance that foot traffic, enhance those revenue streams outside of the armory. I am proud to support the development of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center.” The Kingsbridge National Ice Center project was announced as the City’s official choice for the Kingsbridge Armory at a press conference in April 2013. The facility will include 50,000 square feet of community space for free after-school ice sports and academic tutoring programs for disadvantaged youth. The program will be

modeled after the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation in Philadelphia, which has seen considerable academic and athletic success with students who participate. Diaz lauded KNIC partners saying the developers “came to us the right way.” “They approached the Bronx with respect. A lot of what had been going on in the past is that developers come to us and think we should accept whatever they want to give us. When you show us respect, we show you respect and we can all together.” The service cabinet meeting also featured an overview of the green boro taxis launched this past June by the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The cabs will provide service within the five boros except in Manhattan below E. 96th Street and W. 110th Street and the airports. Outside of the restricted areas, they will be permitted to take base calls from the community car service they are affiliated with. The taxis will have metered fares, which are the same as the yellow taxi rate. Boro taxis will be a uniform green color, and like their yellow counterparts, will

have a roof light to indicate availability, a taximeter, GPS and a credit/debit card reader. Also, each boro taxi has a unique license number that can be referenced to file a complaint or retrieve lost property. Over the next 3 years, the TLC plans to sell 18,000 taxi permits. As of November 8th, the 6000 permits allotted for the first year were sold, including 1200 for wheelchair accessible vehicles. Greg Gordon, External Affairs Analyst with the TLC said there are currently 40 wheelchair accessible vehicles on the road and the number is expected to go up. Gordon said drivers who possess the proper license are only allowed to own one permit. “Drivers who are in the boro taxi service have reported that they are generally doing better,” said Gordon. “The TLC has heard from drivers who are making double and triple the revenue now compared to when they were livery drivers.” Beginning November 25th, the TLC will begin an MTA public service campaign to inform both passengers and interested license holders about the program.

Klezmatics star Lorin Sklamberg appears at Riverdale Temple

By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER Lorin Sklamberg, a music scholar and the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Jewish roots band the Klezmatics, treated a rapt audience at Riverdale Temple this month to a talk on the evolution of contemporary klezmer in America. Sklamberg is the sound archivist at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. He stressed that the YIVO collection itself, with more than 6,000 songs recorded on 3,500 discs, played a major role in the klezmer revival of the 1970s.

To illustrate some aspects of the genre, Sklamberg cued up a few vintage recordings, one on a tiny 1930s device he nicknamed a “picnic gramophone.” He pointed out that the recording industry itself was influential in changing instrumentation and compositional structure. The clarinet, with its clear voice on recordings, replaced the violin as the primary klezmer instrument. Even in live performances, musicians began to perform briefer pieces, in keeping with the industry reality that only a few minutes of music could be stored on each side of a record. And com-

posers began to label their pieces with unique rather than generic names because listeners wanted to identify particular tunes. It was clarinetist Dave Tarras, Sklamberg explained, who established the now-recognizable American klezmer sound that features drums and accordion. Riverdale Temple’s Jewish Cul-

ture Series, in partnership with YIVO, was launched in 2011 when a Friday night lecture by YIVO director Jonathan Brent met with such enthusiasm and generated so many questions from the congregation that Rabbi Judith Lewis finally had to call an end to the evening. Adult education chair Yvette Marin finds topics of community

interest and collaborates with YIVO on programming. Jewish humor will be the focus of the next series event. YIVO was founded in Vilna, Poland, in 1925 and moved its headquarters to New York in 1940. Riverdale Temple, established in 1947, is Riverdale’s oldest Jewish congregation.

Dinowitz gets action from DOT on parking sign Thanks to an effective letter from Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz to the city’s Department of Transportation, those who park in a particular space on Independence Avenue will no longer need to contend with signage ambiguity and unfair parking tickets. A week after receiving the letter, the DOT moved the “No parking anytime” sign from its confusing location within the parking space demarcation lines to a spot just south of the parking space demarcation on the west side of Independence between West 237th and West 238th streets. Before, everything south of the sign—including part of the parking space itself—was part

of the no-parking zone. This encouraged traffic enforcement agents to slap tickets on cars parked in the space. Assemblyman Dinowitz was satisfied with the prompt response. “The DOT was wrong to have that sign inside a parking spot, but traffic enforcement, either out of incompetence or malice, gave out way too many parking tickets to motorists who were quite obviously innocent,” he said. “I am pleased the DOT sprang into action so quickly to fix the problem, and I’m glad they did it in a clear and easily understandable way for motorists and traffic enforcement officers alike.”

Lorin Sklamberg, multi-instrumentalist, appears at Riverdale Temple.

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Riverdale’s conversion to gas heat in progress By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER Workers are busy snaking flexible plastic conduit into trenches dug into the streets of Riverdale as more buildings convert from oil to natural gas as a heating fuel. The existing pipes that bring gas to homes for cooking are too small in diameter to supply enough gas for heating, so Con Edison is installing a network of underground pipes—nearly three miles of new pipe in Riverdale—as customers prepare their buildings to accept the new source of heating fuel. In response to a 2011 city regulation that mandates the phasing out of commonly used pollution-generating heating oils, Con Ed set up a department to help customers switch to cleaner-burning gas

Engel legislation on Poison Control Centers Congressman Eliot Engel introduced bipartisan legislation to continue the federal government’s vital support for the nation’s poison control centers. The bill, which was also introduced in the Senate, reauthorizes the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and state grant program. ‘Poison control centers are a life-saving service for Americans,’ said Rep. Engel. ‘They offer free medical advice around the clock. They are a primary source for poisoning information that saves lives and reduces costly emergency department visits. ‘They also offer reassurance and relief when they can tell people they need not seek medical attention. We owe it to our citizens to continue this service.’ The House bill was introduced with Rep. Lee Terry (R-NC) and the Senate bill was introduced by Senators Patty Murray (DWA) and Richard Burr (R-NC). Both the Senate and House bills were introduced Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that in any given year there will be between 3-5 million poison exposures. Sixty percent of these exposures will involve children under the age of 6 who are exposed to toxins in their home. Poisoning is the second most common form of unintentional death in the United States and accounts for 285,000 hospitalizations. According to a report from the Institute of Medicine, every dollar spent on poison control center services saves $7 in medical spending. The poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and state grant program provide the federal assistance for the nation’s network of poison control centers in support of poison prevention. There are currently 61 poison control centers (PCCs) nationwide. The centers are funded by states, localities and federal sources as well as private organizations. Each PCC is a medical support facility staffed by toxicologists, nurses, and other professionals operating 24 hours a day seven days a week to provide a free, but critical medical service. The toll-free nationwide poison-control hotline number is 1-800-222-1222.

for heat as well as cooking. “We want to be able to coordinate construction to the extent possible—the goal is to be able to bring customers on at once,” Con Ed’s oil-to-gas conversion expert Christine Cummings said. “We want to put the gas lines in and then close up the street and then have a 21st-century gas system so we’ll be able to meet future energy needs. A couple of dozen customers have already converted, and there are dozens more that are already in progress right now.” Cummings said customers are generally averaging more than a 50 percent saving after converting to gas heat. She pointed out that another economic benefit has been a decrease in hospital visits by asthma sufferers as a result of improved air quality in regions that switched from oil to gas.

As part of a safety protocol, mobile detection units patrol the city streets in search of surface damage that might indicate a compromise to the gas lines below. Natural gas from multiple sources throughout the U.S. and Canada is distributed through any of five interstate transmission mains to companies like Con Ed, who deliver it through smaller lines to local customers, Con Ed spokesman Alfonso Quiroz explained. Thirty percent of all the gas we use nationwide is obtained through the hydraulic fracturing process, Quiroz said, and the price is subject to supply and demand variables because gas is considered a commodity. But gas will remain “significantly less expensive than oil for the foreseeable future,” according to a prediction by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Former U.S. poet laureate shares work at NYBG teaching freshman English composition, “The job of grading freshman compositions has a corrosive effect on one’s relation with the English language.” But his work also gave him rewards in giving students tools to survive, and in seeing his own language from the outside. Gerry Hertzel, enjoyed hearing the poetry of her old poker buddy. She and Collins, along with a few Lehman College faculty played poker weekly before he became poet laureate. “He once gave me a poem that talked about not underestimating a woman with a good poker hand,” said Hertzel. Bronx native Evelyn Isaacs said Collin’s poetry is deep yet accessible, perfect for poetry lovers and those who find it too abstract. “He uses everyday language and images,” she said. “They’re funny and moving.” Sandra Bloodworth, Director of MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design did not want to miss the opportunity to hear Collins share his work. “Anytime you get to hear Billy Collins is a wonderful day and to hear him read about trains in the Botanical Gardens is all you can ask for,” she said. The reading was followed by a book signing of his poetry volumes.

Ice Carving Week at Bronx Zoo The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo’s Salute to Wildlife Ice Carving Celebration is back for the holiday season.. The week-long celebration, running from Thursday, Dec 26 - Tuesday, Dec. 31 features professional ice carving demonstrations, wildlife-themed ice sculpture displays, an interactive play area, and the popular Salute to Wildlife Ice Carving Contest. Professional ice carvers will demonstrate their ice carving skills by creating icy representations of animals native to Arctic Beringia - an area that spans from Russia across Alaska into Northwest

Canada. The region’s tundra, coastal, and marine habitats are home to polar bears, whales, seals, muskoxen, arctic foxes and caribou and more, and these carvings will highlight the conservation work WCS is doing in the area. The featured event of the week-long ice carving festival will be the Salute to Wildlife Ice Carving Contest on Saturday, December 28. The carvers will be judged by popular vote in categories including most lifelike, best in theme, and overall favorite. For a full schedule of holiday activities, please visit www.bronxzoo.com.

Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Photo by Haydee Camacho.

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By HAYDEE CAMACHO The delight of listening to school closures on a snow day, the sights from a whizzing train and the disdain a deceased dog feels toward his unsuspecting owner were some of the thoughtful and humorous themes touched on by former U.S. poet laureate, Billy Collins, who shared his poems at the New York Botanical Gardens on Saturday, November 23rd. The poetry reading helped kick off the garden’s annual holiday Train Show which features dozens of miniature New York City landmarks composed entirely of plant parts with a range of train models traversing past them in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Collins was appointed United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003. In January 2004, he was named New York State Poet Laureate 2004-06. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, as well as a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute at Rollins College. Before his appointment as poet laureate, Collins saw himself as a professor who wrote poetry on the side. In a New York Times article, he jokingly remarked about

Thursday, November 28, 2013 • The RIVERDALE REVIEW

Around the schools... P.S. 81

Parents are advised that state tests for the third through fifth grades are scheduled for April 1 through April 3, 2014, in ELA and for April 30 through May 2 in math. Performance tests in science for the fourth grade are scheduled for May 21 through May 30 and written tests in science are scheduled for June 2.

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Middle school tours for parents of fifth-graders are scheduled for next Thursday, December 5, and the following Thursday, December 12. Tours start promptly at 8:30 a.m. Parents may register for online at RKA141.org. For more information, call parent coordinator Julie Prince at 718-796-8516, extension 1045.

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Senator Joe Lieberman visited the school last week and spoke with students about how Thanksgiving and Chanukah are “colliding” this year. One student asked the senator how Judaism has influenced his political life. Another asked how he felt when he lost the election in 2000, when he ran for vice president. Seventh- and eighthgrade students got a practical lesson last week. Representatives from Allen Flavors (found in Arizona Iced Tea) gave presentations on the scientific aspect of flavoring drinks, on product development and on marketing. The marketing manager spoke about opportunities in the beverage industry.

Saint Margaret School

The next Parent Outreach Breakfast Buddies event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10. Parents and students are invited into school to have a sociable breakfast together with their peers starting a half hour before drop-off time. Following the breakfast, parents can shop for holiday gifts at the ever-popular Scholastic book fair.

Manhattan College

Manhattan College Parkway will be closed from 6 to 9 p.m. this coming Monday, December 2, during a campus-wide emergency scenario exercise under the supervision of the FDNY and Con Edison. Emergency vehicles may be operating in front of the college and the Methodist Nursing Home. The exercise is part of ongoing training to prepare the college community for a real life-threatening emergency. The city’s emergency notification system at twitter.com/notifyNYC will provide updates on traffic patterns around the college on December 2.

The college invites the community on Sunday, December 8, to its annual Christmas concert, A Festival of Lessons and Carols, by the Manhattan College Singers and Orchestra. The concert begins at 4:30 p.m. with preludes starting at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers. A Festival of Lessons and Carols is an hourlong celebration that combines traditional Christmas carols and Advent hymns with Scripture readings and contemporary musical arrangements. A selection of choral music by Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart and Rutter will be featured, accompanied by the Manhattan College Orchestra. A reception in Smith Hall will follow the concert. Tickets are not required, but early seating is advised. For more information, contact Andrew Bauer at 718-862-7254 or andrew.bauer@manhattan.edu.

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The college’s first annual Festival of the Arts last week featured performances in dance, spoken word, and music performed by faculty, staff, and student groups, including WORDS and Filament. The event also celebrated the twelfth issue of the student-run literary journal, The Underground. The festival reflected the growing revitalization of arts programs at the college, which recently launched a new degree in visual arts and experimental media and re-launched the major in fine arts. In October, a state-of-the-art fine arts studio in Maryvale Hall was unveiled. The College of Mount Saint Vincent is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Stevenson has been appointed dean of the undergraduate college. Dr. Stevenson is a passionate educator and scholar who has served as director of the core curriculum and chair of the core review and outcomes committee, working closely with faculty, department chairs, administrators, and students in developing and improving our curriculum. She also served as director of the first-year experience program and the freshman seminar program. “Dr. Sarah Stevenson is an excellent choice as Dean of the Undergraduate College,” provost and dean of faculty Dr. Guy Lometti said. “She is demonstrably student-centered and has a strong interest in all the things we do to help students to be successful.” Dr. Stevenson joined the college in 2001 as assistant professor of English and was promoted to associate professor in 2007. She completed her bachelor’s degree in literature cum laude at Harvard University and her master’s and doctoral degrees in English at NYU. On her first official day as dean on January 2, 2014, she will begin to work collaboratively with faculty and administrators to enhance student support services and manage the undergraduate college.

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Bronxites had a lot to be thankful for in 1940. War raged in both Europe and Asia, but the country was still at peace. Also, many residents had survived the worst ravages of the Great Depression of the 1930s. For this, most borough churches and many synagogues held special Thanksgiving services. Members of the Beck Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Martha’s Episcopal Church and the First Van Nest Hebrew Congregation attended interfaith services at the United Presbyterian Church of Van Nest on Morris Park and Barnes avenues. Similarly, members of the Fordham Methodist, Creston Avenue Baptist, Fordham Manor Dutch Reformed and Christ Evangelical Reformed churches gathered at the Calvary Methodist Church on University near Burnside avenues. Thanksgiving is also a family feast day, usually centered on a large turkey dinner with all the fixings. The three Charles Molé food markets along White Plains Road (at 213th, 225th and 241st streets) sold turkeys at 24¢ a pound, as did the Kramer Market on Third Avenue at 152nd Street. The price rose to 25¢ a pound at the A&P supermarkets around the borough and at Hearns Department Store on 150th Street at Third Avenue. But Roxy Food Market on Fordham Road between Marion and

Bainbridge avenues had them beat with a 23¢ a pound sale. For those who took the family to a restaurant, Howard Johnson’s on Eastern (now Bruckner) Boulevard at the Whitestone Bridge served a full course turkey dinner for $1.35. Yet Dolfi’s on Tremont near Monterrey avenues charged only $1.25. The Bordewick at Fordham Road and Valentine Avenue served theirs at $1.50, but added dance music by Cole Coleman and his Orchestra. However, dinner and a floorshow at the Old Dutch on 165th Street near Webster Avenue was 85¢. Nevertheless, at McGarry’s at 238th Street and White Plains Road, patrons enjoyed a turkey dinner, music, dancing and entertainment for only 75¢. Some Bronx organizations provided dinners for the borough’s poor. Children got sumptuous meals at the Bronx Day Nursery on 142nd Street near Alexander Avenue and at the Hunt’s Point Jewish Center on Simpson near 163rd Street. The Loew’s National on Bergen Avenue at 149th Street, Boulevard at Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue, Victory on Third Avenue at 156th Street, Fairmount on Tremont Avenue at Clinton Place, Elsmere on Crotona Parkway near Elsmere Place and Post Road on Boston Road and Fenton Avenue gave away 100 turkeys.

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Congregation Tehillah’s Post-Thanksgiving Kabbalat Shabbat

Congregation Tehillah’s Post-Thanksgiving Kaballat Shabbat is at a new location. This year in the novel spirit of Thanksgivukkah, Tehillah is trying something new: A very informal Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday Nov 29th, 2013, 6:30 PM will be hosted by Tehillah Member Susan Goldman, 2602 Henry Hudson Pkwy, West Riverdale, NY 10461 extending the sweetness of both holidays. Bring kosher dairy/parve potluck dish to share and a song in your heart. For location specifics, please contact the Tehillah office: info@congregationtehillah. org or 718.755.3995. Tehillah returns to its regular location on Dec 6, 2013.

Gallery 18 features works of Blau and Drootin

Gallery 18 will be presenting works by Lena Blau and Elaine Eklof Drootin for the month of December. Ms. Blau grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, but has lived in New York and Riverdale for many years. She started painting in pastels, but now works mostly in watercolor. Her main inspiration comes from her love of nature. She started painting about 10 years ago and has had trained at the Art Students League in New York City, various workshops in Sweden, Provence and Croatia, as well as, art classes at the Riverdale Y, The Century in Riverdale, NY City Libraries and the Battery Park Conservancy. Her exhibits include: The Annual Vintage Artists Gallery Art Show in Riverdale, NY (2013) with an Honorary Mention; the Annual Battery Park Con-

servancy Art Show (2012), and a current exhibit at the Century Senior Center in Riverdale. Elain Eklof Drootin utilizes watercolor, pastels, oils and colored pencils. She has studied in Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Castle Hill in Truro, Mass, Westchester College of Art and the Art Student’s League in Manhattan. Her exhibits have included NYC Library, Wave Hill, Riverdale Annual Vintage Artist’s Gallery, Sandpiper Gallery Auction in Wellfleet, Mass, and Ethical Culture Meeting House. She is a member of the Riverdale Artists Association, PAAM, Mass, and Art Student’s League, NY. There will be a reception on December 1 from 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Riverdale Y. The entire community is welcome to the view the gallery and the reception. The Riverdale Y is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue.

RCS to present winter concert

The Riverdale Choral Society will present the first concert of its 49th season on Sunday, December 8th at 3:00pm at Christ Church Riverdale. Their winter concert entitled ‘WINTER WINDS’ will feature Laud to the Nativity by Ottorino Respighi, accompanied by an ensemble of woodwinds and piano, the United States premier of A Cycle Round Britain by Goff Richards for Chorus and Woodwind Quintet and Schubert’s Psalm 23 for Women’s Chorus. Music Director John Lettieri will conduct the chorus with MunTzung Wong on piano. Since 1964, the Riverdale Choral Society has been bringing joy to the community through performances of high-quality

choral music. Our welcoming, diverse group of men and women rehearses weekly under professional artistic direction, singing both traditional and adventuresome repertoire. Through live concerts and community outreach, the chorus enriches the cultural life of the greater Riverdale area. The concert will take place at Christ Church Riverdale on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 3:00 PM. The church’s address is 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway at West 252nd Street. It is located on the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway service road where parking is available. To travel by car, take the Henry Hudson Parkway to the West 246th Street Exit. To travel by public transportation, take the #1 train to West 231st Street, then take bus Bx7 or Bx10 to West 252nd Street or take the BxM1 or BxM2 express bus to West 252nd Street. Admission is $20. With the Bronx Cultural Card, admission is $18. For further information: visit www. riverdalechoral.org or call 718-543-2219.

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Jazz night at An Beal Bocht

Tinnitus is an annoying noise or ringing in the ear that is heard without an external sound. Anyone suffering from this condition or those interested in learning about tinnitus are invited to attend a free support group. All are welcome to join the next meeting on Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m., which will be held in the Church of the Mediator, located at 260 West 231st Street, off Kingsbridge Avenue. The church’s entrance is by the Bx1, Bx7, Bx10 and Bx20 bus stop. Meetings last about one hour and all are welcome to attend. There are no fees or membership dues required; this is a free support group and the only Tinnitus Support Group in the Bronx. For more information, please contact Dr. K. Nabinet on 718-410-2301.

Linda’s Jazz Nights will present The Akiko Tsuruga Quartet, featuring Akiko Tsuruga on organ, Joe Magnarelli on trumpet, Avi Rothbard on guitar, and Fukushi Tainaka on drums. Hailing from Osaka, Japan, the Hammond organist and pianist, Akiko Tsuruga has been a mainstay in the New York jazz scene since 2001. She has released three albums in the U.S., all topping the jazz charts, and has headlined at many of the major jazz venues in New York City. Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Linda’s Jazz Nights at An Beal Bocht Café, 445 W. 238th Street, Bronx, NY 10463 (10 min. walk from the 238th Street stop on the 1 train). Two performances, 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $15.00 cover (no minimum). To buy tickets or make reservations go to www.lindasjazznights.com

The Senior Center at the Riverdale Y offers every Monday and Thursday from 10:30 am - 11:30 am an exercise class lead by Helen Weiss Pincus. This session involves core muscle strengthening, posture practice, some pilates, stretches as well as weights. The class includes seated and standing exercises. The focus is on strengthening the brain as well as the body. Please wear comfortable clothing. No prior registration is required, to participate but to become a Riverdale Y Senior Center member. Stop by to fill out an application. There is no fee to participate. Call 718- 548- 8200 ext. 224 for more information. The Riverdale Y Senior Center is located at 5625 Arlington Avenue.

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By IRA STOLL Where is Peter Orszag now? Mr. Orszag was the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget for the first year and a half of the Obama administration. Other than President Obama himself, he’s the person most identified with the argument that health reform was necessary to save the government money. “Reducing health care cost growth is the key to our fiscal future,” Mr. Orszag wrote in one White House blog post back in October of 2009. “As the President has repeatedly emphasized: Doing nothing is the surest way to fiscal failure, while reform is the best path for fiscal responsibility.” Or, as Mr. Obama himself put it in an address to a Joint Session of Congress in September of 2009: “Our health care system is placing an unsustainable burden on taxpayers. When health care costs grow at the rate they have, it puts greater pressure on programs like Medicare and Medicaid. If we do nothing to slow these skyrocketing costs, we will eventually be spending more on Medicare and Medicaid than every other government program combined. Put simply, our health care problem is our deficit problem. Nothing else even comes close. “ President Obama is emphasizing the cost-control aspect of his health-care overhaul less these days. In his talk the other day to the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, Mr. Obama said, “With respect to the Affordable Care Act, I think people are legitimately concerned because we have a major problem with health care in this country — 41 million people without health insurance, a lot of people underinsured.” The two sales pitches for the law — helping the uninsured, and saving the taxpayers money — are not mutually exclusive. But it’s a lot harder to go around claiming that ObamaCare is necessary to save taxpayers money when the law’s most visible signature achievement so far is a Web site on which the government spent hundreds of millions of dollars, a site that does not work. The HealthCare.gov debacle sure makes it look like rather than saving taxpayer money, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is wasting taxpayer money. It’s an impression only furthered by reports like one in today’s Boston Herald, which brings in the news that “A stunning 40 percent of the staff at the state agency that oversees the glitch-plagued, befuddling $69 million Obamacare website earn six-figure salaries.” As a kind of fallback, Mr. Obama has resorted to arguing that somehow, the Affordable Care Act is controlling health care costs even before many of its key provisions have taken effect. “We also have seen health care costs growing at the slowest rate in 50 years. Employer-based health costs are growing at about one-third of the rate of a decade ago, and that has an impact on your bottom line,” Mr. Obama said to that same Wall Street Journal CEO Council audience. There, Mr. Obama is trying to take credit for something that was happening before his health care law was passed. A 50-year low in growth of health spending was back in 2009 — before the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. As Charles Blahous points out in a commentary for Economic Policies for the 21st Century, the effect of the health reform law, at least in the short term, has been to increase costs, not to decrease them; Mr. Blahous calls the cost reduction claim about as credible as the “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” claim that has become a late-night laugh line. Speaking of comedy, that’s where some of the most incisive commentary on ObamaCare is coming from these days. Mr. Bartley’s, a hamburger restaurant in Harvard Square, has added to its menu the ObamaCare burger: “Nobody knows what’s in it!...Ask the liberal sitting next to you.” (Cost: “$ Trillions.”) Even the liberal New Yorker magazine’s resident humorist, Andy Borowitz, jokes that Ayatollah Khamenei, “told reporters today his nation agreed to

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Thursday, Nov. 28 Riverdale

THANKSGIVING DINNER & SERVICE 1 p.m. Hebrew Institute of Riverdale 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway The day will begin at 1 p.m. with a spiritually uplifting Thanksgiving Service followed by free turkey dinner at 2 p.m. The afternoon will feature a live performance with soprano Sigal Chen and pianist Yumi Suehiro performing popular songs from Broadway, patriotic Americana and Chanukah songs in honor of the 1st day of Chanukah. For more information, call 718-796-4730.

Friday, Nov. 29 Riverdale

SCRABBLE 2 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue If words work you up and crossword puzzles keep you going, come to Riverdale and share your passion with friends every Tuesday afternoon for a lively game of Scrabble. Pre-registration required. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

Saturday, Nov. 30 Kingsbridge

INTERMEDIATE MEDITATION 10:30 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Join us for an intermediate meditation class. This session is open to those who’ve been regularly attending the weekday beginner’s class for a couple of months. Learn to go into a deeper meditation and learn new techniques that will help your spiritual ascent. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Sunday, Dec. 1 Riverdale

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION 1 p.m. Riverdale YM-YWHA 5625 Arlington Avenue Gallery 18 will be presenting works by Lena Blau and Elaine Eklof Drootin for the month of December. There will be a reception on December 1. The entire community is welcome to the view the gallery and the reception.

Monday, Dec. 2 Riverdale

Recommended senior contribution for the meal is $3.00 and $2.00 for the event including dessert. Non-senior fee is $6.15 for the meal and $3.00 for the event. Please call the center office 718-549-4700 to reserve by Mon. Dec. 2nd.

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TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETING 7:30 p.m. Riverdale Neighborhod House 5521 Mosholu Avenue Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale invites new members to join at its free meeting. For further information, visit www. bronxtoastmastersclub.org or call 917-583-2679.

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LINDA’S JAZZ NIGHTS 8 p.m. An Beal Bocht Cafe 445 West 238th Street Linda’s Jazz Nights will present The Akiko Tsuruga Quartet, featuring Akiko Tsuruga on organ, Joe Magnarelli on trumpet, Avi Rothbard on guitar, and Fukushi Tainaka on drums. To buy tickets or make reservations go to www.lindasjazznights.com.

Thursday, Dec. 5 Kingsbridge

TINNITUS SUPPORT GROUP 6 p.m. Church of the Mediator 260 West 231st Street Meetings last about one hour and all are welcome to attend. There are no fees or membership dues required; this is a free support group and the only Tinnitus Support Group in the Bronx. For more info, please contact Dr. K. Nabinet on 718-410-2301.

Friday, Dec. 6 Riverdale

RCC TEEN THEATRE 7:30 p.m. RKA MS/HS 141 Auditorium 660 West 237th Street The Riverdale Community Center’s Teen Theater will perform Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Derek Prouse. Curtains rise on December 6th at 7:30 pm with an encore/ final performance on December 7th at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm, suggested donation $5.00. For more information please call 718-796-4724.

Saturday, Dec. 7 Kingsbridge

KNITTING CIRCLE 2 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Gather with other knitters, and perhaps pick up a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

FLEA MARKET 9 a.m. Old St. John’s School 3030 Godwin Terrace Clothes, jewelry, accessories and bric-a-brac will be sold at bargain prices. Free parking will also be available so get there early and snare yourself a great find. For more information, please call 718-543-3003.

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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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TEHILLAH TOT SHABBAT 10 a.m. Ethical Culture Society 4450 Fieldston Road Young families ‘Tot’ Shabbat at Congregation Tehillah. For more information, contact Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn at 718.884.4839 or email info@congregationtehillah.org.

Sunday, Dec. 8 Riverdale

RCS WINTER CONCERT 3 p.m. Christ Church Riverdale 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway The Riverdale Choral Society will present its winter concert entitled “Winter Winds,” featuring Laud to the Nativity by Ottorino Respighi, accompanied by an ensemble of woodwinds and piano. For further information: visit www.riverdalechoral. org or call 718-543-2219.

SECOND GRADE BOOK CLUB 3:30 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue This club for 2nd students and their parents/caregivers. The goal is to make reading fun, We will instill the joy of learning by supporting recretional reading in conjuction with Common Core Standards. An optional booklist is provided. Parents are welcome to bring snacks to share. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

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TODDLER STORY TIME 11 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Stories, songs, fingerplays, puppets for toddlers 18-36 months for parent/caregiver. For more info, call 718-548-5656.

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CHANUKAH MUSICALE 1:15 p.m. Van Cortlandt Senior Center 3880 Sedgwick Avenue Celebrate Hanukkah with the Villalobos Brothers, a leading World Music and Classical Fusion ensemble. A festive meal of roast chicken and potato latkes will be served at 12:15 PM.

MUSICALE 12:15 p.m. Van Cortlandt Senior Center 3880 Sedgwick Avenue Sigal Chen, Soprano and Jonathan Dzik, Accompanist, will present a concert of opera, Broadway and Hebrew/Yiddish music. For more information, call 718-549-4700.

Wednesday, Dec. 11 TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETING 7:30 p.m. Riverdale Neighborhod House 5521 Mosholu Avenue Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale invites new members to join at its free meeting. For further information, visit www. bronxtoastmastersclub.org or call 917-583-2679.

Saturday, Dec. 14 Kingsbridge

PENNY SOCIAL 1 p.m. Old St. John’s School 3030 Godwin Terrace Donation is $5 which includes refreshments and 50 Penny Tickets. There is free parking available. For info, call 718-543-3003.

Cultural holiday events at Van Cortlandt Senior Center

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Celebrate Hanukkah with the Villalobos since 1979. Kathy Lord is Co-Founder and Brothers, a leading World Music and Clas- Executive Director of Music That Heals, a sical Fusion ensemble, on Wed. Dec. 4th at not-for-profit that provides live musical perJASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center at 1:15 formances to clients in hospitals, nursing PM. Blending the indigenous rhythms and homes, addiction and recovery programs, melodies of their native Veracruz, Mexico AIDS and cancer care facilities, psychiatric with the intricate harmonies of jazz and hospitals, children’s hospitals, homeless classical music, the Villalobos Brothers shelters, and many other community based deliver an intoxicating brew of musical venues in the NY metro area. Susan Weber, brilliance, cadence and virtuosity. A trio of Co-Founder of Music that Heals, brings a virtuoso violinists, singer-songwriters, com- strong practical and theoretical foundation posers, and arrangers, they have performed in applications of music and sound to pain at the Latin Grammy Awards, Carnegie management and relaxation. She employs Hall, the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln a wide range of musical styles drawn from Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Russian, Hebrew the United Nations, Rockefeller Center, and South Asian ethnic backgrounds. Shea Stadium, John F. Kennedy Center for Lunch of breaded chicken cutlet, brown the Performing Arts, New Victory Theatre, rice and beans and kale will be served at and Teatro Amadeo Roldán in Havana. 12:15 PM. Recommended senior contriA festive meal of roast chicken and potato bution for the meal is $2.50 and $2.00 for latkes will be served at 12:15 PM. Recommend- the event - including dessert. Non-senior ed senior contribution for the meal is $3.00 fee is $6.15 for the meal and $3.00 for and $2.00 for the event including dessert. the event. Please call the center office Non-senior fee is $6.15 for the meal and $3.00 718-549-4700 to reserve by Fri. Dec. 27th. for the event. Please call the center office JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center offers 718-549-4700 to reserve by Mon. Dec. 2nd. Senior Fitness on Mon. AM, Exercise or Sigal Chen, Soprano and Jonathan Dzik, Tai Chi on Tues. AM, Gentle Exercise on Accompanist, will present a concert of opera, Wed. AM , Flowing Yoga on Wed. PM, Yoga Broadway and Hebrew/Yiddish music on on Thurs. AM and Tone & Stretch on Fri. Sun. Dec. 8th at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior AM. Call the center at 718-549-4700 for Center. Lunch of soup, roast chicken, toasted dates and times of these classes. orzo will be served at 12:15 PM followed by All meals at JASA Van Cortlandt Senior the concert at 1:00 PM. Recommended senior Center are catered by Mauzone (kosher) contribution for the meal is $3.00 and $2.00 Meal Service. We offer a daily alternate for the event including dessert. Non-senior choice of main dish. fee is $6.15 for the meal and $3.00 for the We are located in the Van Cortlandt event. Please call the center office 718-549- Jewish Center at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. off of 4700 to reserve by Fri. Nov. 22nd. Van Cortlandt Ave. West on the Bronx #1 Usher in the New Year with dynamic or #10 bus routes. For more information, music duo Kathy Lord and Susan Weber please call the center office at 718-549-4700. on Tues. Dec. 31st at 1:00 PM. Lord and JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center is Weber will play a mix of music including funded by NYC Dept. for the Aging, UJAswing, 50’s, popular and Latin. Federation of NY and by special grants Kathy Lord and AD Susan Weber have11/11/13 from4:55 Council Member Oliver Koppell and CHANUKAH EVENTS 9.875x7 v2_2013 PM Page 1 collaborated as professional musicians Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

at Chabad of Riverdale Shabbat Chanukah: November 30

Chanukah on Ice

Youth Activities Special Chanukah activities will take place in Junior Congregation for children aged 3-10 from 10.45 am-12:00 pm at Chabad of Riverdale. All are welcome.

Monday, December 2, from 6-9 pm, at Central Park's Trump Wollman Rink, where The Maccabeats will be performing, and complimentary Kosher food will be served. Save money by registering online at ChanukahOnIceNYC.com.

Chassidic Gathering with Words of Inspiration A Chassidic gathering with words of inspiration will be held at 12:00 pm at Chabad of Riverdale.

Lighting of the Largest Menorah Sunday, December 1 Join us at the Bell Tower Monument at W. 239th Street and Henry Hudson Parkway for the Lighting of the Largest Menorah in the Bronx! The Giant Menorah will be lit at 4:00 pm, and celebrations will feature live music, hot latkes, donuts, dreidels, and balloons. We will also light the Chanukah Menorah on Wednesday-Thursday, November 27-28, at 4:00 pm, Friday, November 29 at 3:00 pm, Saturday night, November 30 at 6:30 pm, Monday-Wednesday, December 2-4 at 4:00 pm.

Toys for Tots Campaign For the past 19 years, Chabad of Riverdale has distributed toys, games, and gifts to hospitalized children. You can make an online donation at www.ChabadRiverdale.org or write a check payable to Chabad of Riverdale Toys Campaign. We welcome donations of unwrapped toys, and are also looking for volunteers to distribute the toys at the hospitals on November 27 and 28, and December 1-5.

For more information on Chanukah events at Chabad of Riverdale, visit Chabad of Riverdale www.ChabadRiverdale.org or call (718) 549-1100 Ext 10

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Trying to influence the new Mayor on schools By PETER GOODMAN As the clock ticks down to organizational and personnel decisions for the de Blasio administration the philanthropy community, the think tanks, the teachers union, everyone, is trying to get the attention of the mayor-elect. The major public education philanthropies issued a report , the Roosevelt House sponsored a session featuring a report from the Chief Academic Officer, the teacher union will put forth recommendations at its December delegate meeting, the NY Urban League at a Transition Tent event hosted a panel, all putting forth “ideas” for the new administration. Warren Simmons, from the Annenberg Institute, at the Roosevelt House event asked the most prescient question: before you recommend policies shouldn’t you establish core principles, a basic philosophy? The current administration’s core principals are choice and accountability. Choice: charter schools, hundreds of new small schools, the closing of primarily inner city schools and the creation of over 200 screened schools, schools at which the principal selects students. The scions of Tweed have created a “Tale of Two Cities,” higher achieving schools that are “whiter,” schools with kids from more middle class families, higher income homes, parents with “social capital,” and, schools populated by the poorest kids, schools with larger numbers of kids with disabilities and English language learners. Schools have become less diverse by student ability. Yes, larger numbers of inner city students with the most social capital have selected higher achieving schools leaving other students concentrated in the lowest achieving schools. The choice principle appears to be the antithesis of the de Blasio core principles. Accountability: creating a school system based on data, an accountability driven school system: from each classroom to each school, attaching a number to every kid, every teacher, every principal, and every school; using data to drive behaviors. At the Roosevelt House event Chief Academic Officer Shael Policoff-Suransky released and discussed a paper discussing the current accountability system and mused about the system going forward. Shael asked, “Does the accountability system lead to the type of classroom instruction and the student outcomes we desire?” He suggested measuring metrics other than tests, portfolios of student work and perhaps non-cognitive behaviors, see Paul Tough, How Children Succeed (2012) “… the character hypothesis: the notion that non-cognitive skills, like persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence, are more crucial than sheer brainpower to achieving success.” The new requirements for classroom observations are so dense it is highly unlikely that the observations will improve instructional practice. The compliance requirements are endless, overbearing and rob principals of time they should spend as true educational leaders. Teachers worry whether they are teaching “the right lessons,” whether they are preparing kids for “the tests.” The accountability system is incredibly proscriptive, 85% of Progress Report grades in elementary and middle schools depend on standardized test scores, and a culture of test prep pervades classroom instructional practice. The lack of a clear and coherent curriculum creates uncertainty, are we teaching “the right things,” concepts and ideas and content that will end up on the state exams? High schools are measured primarily by credit accumulation and passing Regents exams. The percentage of kids passing high school courses has accelerated – better instruction or fear of low Progress grades driving grading? The Urban League panel in the Transition Tent could have been held ten or twenty years ago, more mentoring, fewer student suspensions, and more community involvement. Actually student suspensions are substantially reduced, mentorships exist, and community involvement depends on the quality of the involvement. Too many community programs are poorly run and not aligned with the school instructional programs. The most interesting was the teacher union monthly Delegate meeting. Over a thousand teachers fill the Shanker Hall with an overflow in another meeting room. The meeting was dominated by complaints, frustrations and just plain anger. You might say the delegates are the union activists, the complainers. Delegates are elected in each school and are pleasingly diverse, by age, by gender, Continued on Page 15

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To The Editor: Mr. DeBlasio’s “tale of two cities” is not just a “tall tale” as Ms. Peek would have you believe. The wonderful “safe haven” for “those who want to enjoy the cultural offerings”, the foreigners “flocking” here have “poured billions into Manhattan real estate.” Yes, indeed. Mr. Bloomberg has turned Manhattan into a resort-island destination for the fabulously wealthy from all over the world. And yes, this pro-

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Montefiore physician recognized by Heart Association

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an exceptional clinician and passionate educator like Dr. Piña at Montefiore. Being the first female and Hispanic to receive an award of this caliber is no surprise for someone as dedicated as Dr. Piña,’ said Mario Garcia, M.D., chief, Division of Cardiology at Montefiore, and co-director of The Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care. ‘She is a constant inspiration to everyone she meets and it truly is her mission to impact the health and well-being of anyone willing to listen. This award is much deserved and we are so proud of her.’ Dr. Piña also is a recognized researcher and is a professor of

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Do we want to continue a system based on choice and accountability, or, move to a system based on equity? Do we want a system driven by top-down proscriptive, requirements, a compliance-driven system, or, a bottom up system with key instructional decisions made at the district/school level? Do we want a school system congruent with the goals of the United States Department of Education and the New York State Department of Education or goals established by the mayor and the Panel for Educational Priorities (PEP)? Do we want a school system built around communities with a heavy dose of parent and community involvement or a school system driven by the goals of the mayor? Do we want a school system in which parents, teachers and school leaders play a role in establishing policies at the school level, and if so, how do we monitor progress? What are the “big ideas” that should drive teaching and learning in the 1800 plus schools? To this point the discussion has been around “small ideas,” i. e., ATR pool, superintendents versus networks, school letter grades, etc. The mayor must set out a path before we can build the roads. (Peter Goodman is a retired teacher.)

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