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[Music] it is a Thursday morning broadcast we are at the home the brand new home of the rtma Thunder that's how we're referring to it it is the brand new beautiful gymnasium here at JCC in Elizabeth New Jersey as all of our listeners know at this point JC is in the midst of an amazing 75th anniversary celebration and we are here to continue that incredible celebration on a Thursday morning broadcast at JM in the AM everybody tits is going to be joining me and be welcoming us here at JM in the AM for yet another amazing broadcast on this Thursday morning I want to remind everybody that in addition to the radio and the ability to listen around the world you could see what's happening right now if you go to null.com you can actually see what's happening right now just go to nig.com and check out the video on the homepage and you'll be able to see us and our guests in this incredible facility in Elizabeth New Jersey the brand new gym at JC uh plenty to talk about between now and 9:00 a.m. if you keep it right here uh on a JM in the AM Thursday morning we'll continue with plenty more from JC first we're going to go to yakob shweky at JM in the AM [Applause] [Music] fore [Music] say [Music] o [Music] say die let say die sh for [Music] sh [Music] sh [Music] JM in the AM live from JC on this Thursday morning as the 75th anniversary celebration continues uh for JC and all of its Affiliated schools harav alzer mayor tits is of course the dean of JC he has been we were just discussing off the air for a moment our own transformation that we're going through at JM and the am as the world of technology continues to evolve and I don't have to remind this audience that R tits father of course was I would I would guess the first the first to utilize radio for the purpose of spreading Torah and it's ironic that here we are in fact speaking on the radio all these years later RAR Mayer tits welcome to JM and the am thank you and thank you again I was going to say thank you again for welcoming me to JC uh transformation and change and um and development is always so important it's it's difficult to stay at the top without constantly evolving and adjusting and just being here by the way in this physical facility you and I very you better than I but both of us remember what the old gym looked like and what the old facility looked like and this is simply remarkable absolutely but that's what happens the school grows and we have to develop with it fact JC has been symptomatic of change and development the very concept of having a day school in a small town began in Elizabeth because when my father's began a school the only places where you could get day school education were New York Baltimore and Boston period and that was the first K first novelty as far as the radio was concerned yes in 1953 he started teach gamor on the radio and it was the first time that the radio was used for that purpose as he said there's a reason why technology develops and we have to apply it for our benefit for the sake of serving the Reon by spreading Torah through it yeah there's some communities where the the school or the Yeshiva really is a separate entity and this is not a a criticism just an observation but here in Elizabeth New Jersey uh your family your father first of course and your family has always been synonymous with the school and the community uh can you just speak to that point for a moment and tell our listeners how unique it is that the educational system has been such a unique part of the growth of the community my father always felt that what was Central to idish kite was Jewish Education and he made it the center piece of the of the community the school is called the Jewish Educational Center it's not just an education it's a center for the community as a whole and as he often used to say in most places the communities maintain organizations in the case of Elizabeth the organization maintained the city the reason it did not suffer what happened to so many old communities is because of the fact that there was a JC which attracted people to keep coming in and to benefit from what we have to offer and that continu till today people are observing the Elizabeth Community going through yet another Renaissance at this time absolutely once it was in one section of the city the omora section now it's in another section of the city the North Avenue section it is growing by Leaps and Bounds in fact we are talking now about having to build a new sh building because the current one that is serving that part of the community there simply is no room to breathe so what's the secret you from your from your standpoint after 75 years there many institutions that would be on the quote unquote downside and yet we see the growth and development that continues here what is the secret behind all this never being satisfied as I've often remarked it's not my statement we say who will Ascend and who will remain in spiritual matters of the spirit there is no remaining it's harder to stay on one spot that it is to ascend because the uh alternative to ascending is desc not staying still and as long as we're aware of that and never satisfied with what we've got always seeking to improve that's bar what keeps it alive thriving and spirited we're at a a period of the a period of the Year where so many people are considering what high school to send their children to um recruitment season I guess would be the way to describe November in the Jewish Community already at this time I know you've enjoyed uh an open house very recently here at the Yeshiva and all the divisions are going to be going through their own opportunities to tell the community about the schools what would you say to the average person listening about the JC School uh system in general how would you describe it how would you uh how would you tell them you know what it stands for so to speak well for one thing we believe not to go to extremes we certainly concentrate on on the General Studies but on the other hand Li Kesh is still the primary and we need excellence in the one in order to be able to attract people for excellence in the other but I would say overwhelmingly the main uh thrust of our education is the importance of the individual they're not treated as numbers they're treated as people let me give you an example we usually have parent teacher conferences this year in the mifa and the boys high school the conference is not did not consist of parents coming down one-on-one with a teacher rather was the students each student one-on-one with all of his teachers this gives the teacher even greater opportunity to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the student and to convey to the student what is expected of that particular student as opposed to goals for the class as a whole and it is this attention to the individual where the fact that we are not a gigantic school and that helps and the fact that it is big enough that we don't have to worry about not having enough to maintain programs we're probably at the ideal size and it's these things that I would say to people to consider I'm afraid to say it but I should above all this should not be the students decision certainly not the students decision alone you can't expect a 13 or 14 year old to know what his goal in life should be and where it should be obtained and St that's a place where Parental Guidance should come in which unfortunately these days is you know almost not allowed to say it act on it I would say those are words of good advice uh well I thank you again and continued strength to you I know because of your schedule we lose you to dafi now because dafi and liud kodesh as usual take priority even over a radio show unfortunately thank you so much R tis thanks it's a pleasure meeting you once again always a pleasure I have to mention that the seagull and ties families go a long way back together when our fathers were our Bunning 3 four miles apart B seagull in Newark my father and Elizabeth and they had a collegial relationship which should be emulated by aror in general tremendous Jewish leadership in those days and it should continue you're 100% right thank you very much RBI Lo mayor tits who's of course a Dean here at JC and always has a unique way of Bridging the Gap for us between the past and present as we celebrate 75 years and we uh are sitting here in the most magnificent facility of the rtma Thunder they may be they they are the centerpiece of the brand new gym here at JCC plenty more coming up as we celebrate 75 years at the JC in Elizabeth New Jersey and of course rtma and breweria will all be represented this morning as you would S as you would uh expect uh that's all happening here at JM and the am. we go through our own transformation as we've been saying as we uh continue into a uh digital as into a digital only platform coming up on December 1st make sure you are prepared for that make sure to install the nak seal Network app in your phone I was sitting with someone last night who installed the app on the spot took about 20 seconds and was thrilled to discover they going be able to tune in every single morning in a seamless fashion to us even after December 1st uh I was told that David Lo is actually is actually a JC uh school graduate we've got some of his music and we have it for you right here at JM in the [Music] AM for [Music] for [Music] spe for [Music] k [Music] Lord JM in the am d Loy who I am told um graduated rtma of tits mifa Academy back in 2004 and he's out with that uh album entitled uh at imadi that's the title track so we see the diverse talents of the graduates of the students of rtma and the JC system no joke um as he has made his Mark in the world of Jewish music Dr Steven sfer is here he's president at the Board of Trustees here at JC and is welcoming us on this 75th anniversary celebration morning Dr singfer welcome to JM and the am thank you n my pleasure to be here pleasure to welcome you I appreciate that how long have you been at affiliated with JC uh I arrived here in September of 1968 when hya could no longer field an eighth grade class so is that a fact that's a fact yeah I'm trying to think 68 why hya would have been in that situation I gu oh cuz the the neighborhood started changing already that point deal yeah wow your brother got out in time and uh we couldn't have an eighth grade so I arrived in Elizabeth so is my brother a year ahead of you yes he was that's cheer together is that funny boy oh boy I'm glad I asked the question um well then you uh probably more than anybody else from a lay leadership standpoint could talk about this incredible transformation and what the last uh and what many of the last 75 years have been like uh tell us how things are today compared to the old days oh it's in some ways a world of difference I mean in terms of the way education has changed and uh children have changed but there's so much continuity I mean I came into the building last night we had open house the first person I ran into was R snow who was here back when I was in high school we played ball together I asked him how things are going and he said this place is unbelievable at the moment Amy Newman was up on stage speaking and he said principal yes our new principal rtma principal and he said this guy is unbelievable I've been here for years I've seen them come I've seen them go I've never seen anyone like him and the energy that he brings to the position the enthusiasm that's just permeating the holes of the school is absolutely incredible so I think that uh on the rtma level certainly we're very well positioned to to run into the future it's just a tremendous tremendous Vibe I'm sorry no and it's it's across the board I mean we've made tremendous changes in the last year uh the elementary school level lower school now we call the JC lower School uh we brought in Rabbi Uzi beer who is also a Dynamo very much the same Cut From the Same Cloth yeah we're going to meet him later on uh he's just been incredible I mean the excitement and energy I have three immediate family members who are on staff in the elementary school my wife uh teaches first grade liud kodes for over the last 30 years uh my daughter Alisa is the second grade English teacher and my daughter-in-law Mali singfer is the fourth grade English teacher and the excitement that they're coming home with and the the the stories they're telling me about the enthusiasm and energy that's in the school today is so heartening I just feel this tremendous level of confidence about where we're going in the future Dr Steven singfer is with us uh president of the board of trust these uh it's amazing how um difficult it is I mean think about you know the era when we were in school uh things seem so much simpler today you need so many departments so many Specialties absolutely a lot of attention to different problems that really didn't exist or we didn't know about back then and and yet a school that's so steeped in Tradition and has this long history is able to jump into 2016 and have all those services available well working hard to make these things possible for the wonderful administrators that we put in place we've got great Educators on every level now we also Early Childhood we brought in uh rora Rifka isacs who has really brought tremendous uh skill energy enthusiasm to to to her position um yeah we have great people in place and they want to do wonderful things and it's our job as a Board of Trustees to try to ensure that these things can happen and we can provide the best product possible and uh maintain and grow the reputation of the aiva moving into the future Well you certainly seems to be doing a good job at that uh I wish you good luck as the 75th anniversary celebration continues and I know there are a lot of events which we're going to be talking about that are coming up uh really open to the community and uh things that you feel you as a school feel are important to uh to bring to the community so continue to good luck with that and great success during the school year thank you so much thank you for help Dr Steven singfer is here he's the president of the Board of Trustees and enjoying a Thursday morning broadcast of JM and the am live from JC you can head to the web right now at nig.com and see our live video ZK is behind the camera and uh that's me if you're looking right now uh as we broadcast from here again you can go to the live video at the homepage nig.com all of our social media is active of course on Facebook knam seal Network on Twitter at nakam Seagle net on Instagram nakam seal network uh you can go and and check out the photos that we are posting as we speak plenty more coming up it's a JM and the am Thursday morning as we broadcast live from J and we continue to celebrate its 75th Anniversary here in Elizabeth New [Music] Jersey I've seen strangers rais in Flags seen you dressed in naash rags 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featuring is one of the most attractive guests and speakers uh today especially in the New York area the fifth annual Mrs hen Newman Memorial lecture will feature judge rookie frier and judge rookie frier who we've had on the air is in fact a pioneering Orthodox woman uh in this case she's a pioneering Orthodox female judge she has just won her election uh to the position of Judge in New York City and on Saturday night December the 17th at the uh Mrs ha Newman Memorial lecture uh she will be featured at the Gaya malava Mala it's happening at the brewery campus on North Avenue in Elizabeth New Jersey she is a excuse me she's a civil court judge in Brooklyn's fth district and a great speaker and as I say somebody who really has been a newsmaker in our community so note that it's not just for the alumni that evening it is for the Greater Community and for information you can contact the jc.org or dial 908 355 4850 also we should mention since we spent a lot of time already in the first hour talking about um uh messages to parents about how uh JC continues to be at the top of its game we should mention that in addition to last night's open house which we which was in this room by the way and from what we hear was a great success in terms of numbers and in terms of atmosphere uh we should also mention that the brewery High School open house is happening this coming Sunday uh registration begins at 9:00 a.m. again that's 35 North Avenue in Elizabeth New Jersey you can pre-register by visiting b.the jc.org that's b.the jc.org or doing 908 35548 so the open house or breweria that's happening this coming Sunday and speaking of open house JC's lower school and early childhood department has its own open house happening on Wednesday November the 16th that begins at 7:15 that evening in this building at 3:30 elur Avenue in Elizabeth New Jersey not only can you pre-register online but if you pre-register you are eligible for a regist for a chance to win a registration discount all the details are online again go to to the jc.org or dial 908 35548 so in addition to last night's great successful uh open house that happened for rtma in this room uh there is an upcoming breal one for this coming Sunday and the JC one on Wednesday night November the 16th so keep that in mind we'll also be going through the morning we'll be going through different community events some of which are for alumni and others that are for the Greater Community as you um I will be able to plan on attending some of these great events at the at the J and also hot off the press is the JCC um monthly publication um which features it's 24 pages that features a whole bunch of great material about what's happening at the school behind the scenes and in front of the scenes and some of the things we're going to be discussing this morning are in fact stories in the JC brand new publication so we wish them good luck with that and if you are in the Elizabeth Community make sure you pick up a copy and read up on what's Happening Here more coming up at JM and the amm we're here until 9:00 CL live at nig.com on video and on audio of course throughout all of our platforms social media is active so you can check us out on Facebook at n seal Network on Twitter at nalet and on Instagram at nakam seal Network and we will continue with more uh including this from morai Shapiro on a Thursday morning broadcast from [Music] JC for [Music] [Applause] [Music] say for [Music] I I [Music] to [Music] to [Music] JM in the am with morai Shapiro Thursday morning celebrating 75 years here at JC Dr rifa Blau is no stranger to our Airwaves um she can speak about the history of JC better than anybody else or as well I should say as anybody else welcome back to JM in the am great to see you this morning wonderful to be here thank you for having us a pleasure one second we have it there go ahead try that one more time pleasure to be here thanks for having us okay just a moment Dr Blau I'm going I'm going to stall for half a second and just give ZK an opportunity uh to get us going here in terms of our audio and then we will continue here at uh at JM in the amm and um I remind you meanwhile I remind everybody out there that as we continue this amazing celebration of 75 years at JC there are many many different community events that are going on that we will outline for you all through the morning morning as we speak to our different guests and get an opportunity to speak to the principles and the uh leaders here at JC all right Dr Blau thank you for making that adjustment and joining us with a headset microphone I thank you a pleasure again third time so now you know I really mean it that's for sure um so I said that you are you are among the people who could speak about the history of this institution from a a very well-informed point of view in fact I even repeated a grade here I was sent to nursery and then I got a new sister so I get sent again so that my mother could take care of the baby at home I really know this place well that's for sure and it's amazing it's uh we always talk about um transformation we talk about uh staying ahead of the game doing what's necessary to remain current and for some reason this institution has been able to do that over all these years uh I'll tell you an interesting thing about this institution I hope it picks it up again when I was in fifth and sixth grade here we had all alut kodes together because there weren't enough students to have separate fifth and sixth grade I studied gamara together with the boys and I was very taken back later on when I went to school in Brooklyn because we only went through sixth grade then that there was no gumara uh for the girls and the girls were very taken back that I thought there should be so I went home and I asked my father why do people object to girls learning Gara so my father said don't try to answer anybody he said if this generation is the generation where girls are in gar it will go down as a golden age in Jewish history and he quoted the gamar and son hedrin that says butum Beva that they checked the length and breadth of Israel and they didn't find a man or a woman a young child boy or girl who didn't know all the denim all the laws of tum V tahara very complicated laws of Purity and he said that's what we should be aiming for again we should be aiming for everybody to know and uh when my father had the DAV shua the radio program teaching gumara from 1953 till 1988 people used to send him postcards and letters with questions and whenever one came from a woman he would write back to tell her I am so glad that women are learning gamar because I'm teaching it over the radio he thought that was a wonderful thing why how did he obtain this attitude toward Jewish Education for ladies he was very forward thinking and he thought the future was with education and that the only way that anything would thrive in this country jewishly would be if people knew he felt that the biggest problem here was that people simply didn't know um I'll tell a joke that's not my own I heard it from Miriam Shapiro alom and her husband heard it from the shamas and his but it really says what was going on 50 years ago in this country um the shamas said that we used to be the amas safer everything revolved around the Torah but at that point when we had Israel in the war of 48 had already been fought so we became the amha arits very focused on Israel but he said unfortunately we became the amats the ignorant nation and we had to repair that and that was what my father said have to do was he criticized for being a Jewish leader a a a obvious looking Orthodox Rabbi who had this attitude toward the education for women he was criticized for everything he did that's how you knew he was successful huh when he started the school in Elizabeth there was an outcry from the rest of the community from the non-orthodox community which was the great majority who needs a day school what are you doing you're separating the kids off from the rest of the population and my father said on the contrary we're making a contribution to America if we raise kids with good values we're making a real contribution and he predicted then that if the community would invest in education it would last and if not it would disappear and now there are only Orthodox rules in Elizabeth five Orthodox rules the conservative Temple closed about 20 years ago reform closed about 35 years ago they didn't have continuity because the kids didn't know anything and he felt make it open to every child possible also I will add I love the story on that topic you told last time right about the student who's well he wasn't the student yet his mother wanted to give away his F that had been left by a relative she said nobody in this family can use them and my father said nobody don't isn't there a grandchild oh yeah I have a son but he doesn't know anything my father said let him come to the JC for one year free of charge complete scholarship let him just try it and then at that student's wedding my father gave him a present of the farum that had belonged to his grandfather which he could certainly use at that point and certainly knew how to how to study and that his mother wanted to get rid of yeah yeah so amazing we also speak about your father when it comes to the topic of Soviet jury and it cross my mind the other day because of the the different political landscape that we're in now and really the the the unknown seems to be dominant in every in everyone's thoughts question marks the big question marks and especially the relationship of the US and Russia Etc and you think about his role and and and people listening to this who are under a certain age don't even realize what kind of effort what kind of struggle what kind of incredible um uh revolutionary ideas were being undertaken by people like your father to help Jews in the former Soviet Union what we what they now know as Russia right right well I I think you and I both share something because both their fathers went many times and did not speak about it afterward because they both realized that if you speak here somebody there is going to pay for it and they couldn't give names for example my father used to carry gitten back and forth divorces back and forth because sometimes one person made it out of Russia and the spouse remained behind but then they both had their lives curtailed because they couldn't remarry and yet they were not going to be living together so my father worked together with the RCA the rical Council of America and together with other ranim and ream in Israel and in the United States and in fact in countries in Europe also but wherever possible to let people go on with their lives that's just one small part of what he did um he saved cemeteries all over that were slated for disc destruction um he built proper uh markers for the graves of people like R ginski the vnon the bmov it was a wreck when he came to the cemetery where the balm toov was but he found somebody to to repair it but those are just those are wonderful things but those are not the major thing the major thing is that he brought Jewish Education to Russian Jews it had to be done in a very quiet way for example the sedur that he used to distribute had instructions to learn how to read you actually brought the Sedum with you anybody watching on video you can actually hold that up and people could see this is a small sitter and comprehensive is an understatement it has everything in it it's called CBO correct everything is in it including how to write auua including how to make tius including how to make fill in including everything that you could think of how to live a Jewish life and the the purpose was to to make it possible for for people to do so now again nak and I both know that um our fathers were criticized because nobody knew exactly what they were doing in Russia and my father made 22 trips I don't know how many trips your father made but I know it was certainly more than more than five probably more than 10 my father began in 1964 and people used to ask me well your father must be working for the KGB or he must be working for the nkvd because how does he get this permission to go to Russia 22 times and meanwhile back here in the states he was speaking against demonstrations and when I was older he explained to me why he did what he did every time he spoke against demonstration he got permission to get another visa to go to Russia and he said let people consider me very unpopular the uh goal of Jewish leadership pardon me is not popularity uh but I have to help Jews there and let the kids go on with their demonstrations let everybody go on with their demonstrations I'll speak against it only when I get older when I got older did I realize that it was all a strategy on his part he was probably it was probably heartwarming for him to see thousands of people take to the streets on behalf of absolutely absolutely he said that let the kids do it wonderful and I just have one interesting thing here um that uh a student from the JC who's now a professor in Connecticut um Stu Miller uh wonderful thing that he wrote uh he told me that when he was in the Soviet Union in 1978 he met with a refusenik who was teaching Hebrew privately who was not yet observant now he's observant then he was Leonid volovski now he's Ari and um he uh told um he turned to uh when he asked him by the way do you know somebody named rough tits so I'll just read to you quickly what he said I said yes not knowing what to expect I had been privy to the movement's view of his activities over the years and wasn't sure what he was going to say Leonid then touched his fingers to his mouth and blew a kiss into the air now I did not know what to think I was expecting a tiate against the one Rabbi who was able to move around the Soviet Union so freely not so leono then went on to ask me whether I knew what rap ties brought to the Soviet Union Yes I said usually sorim I will never forget what he told me next those maor he related in Hebrew do you think the old men in the synagogue need them how many after can they use what do you think happens to those maor he told me that the old men needed to finance the synagogue so they would sell them to theim to the young meaning the young Kon refuseniks the secular refuseniks what for so that Leonid and a few others could teach them Hebrew and that's how he learned Hebrew and that's how he became a b Chua through the mo through the through the sitter the sit yeah but with their MO over they outles through MOS through all kinds of things and always with the modern Russian translation uh because my father way before you know today it's so common this is so way before all of this was was at the ready for everybody amazing my father also said that Israel should prepare for the fact that one day there would be immigration and they should be preparing B din they should be preparing Rabin courts to convert people because probably a good percentage of the people who would be coming out would not actually be Jewish and that's what happened exactly what happened by the way we started this Dr rifco Blau is with us uh we started this conversation speaking about women's education um we mentioned uh in terms of community events that the brewery open house is coming up this weekend um you know the Stellar reputation that the school has you must be over the moon when you hear people talk about Brewer High School it has absolutely one of the best Tanakh programs anywhere uh in fact there's a young woman in this Community shiras now Shir Packer Lower East Side Right your neighbor your friend uh she was on a trip to Israel with her parents and uh the tour guide took them to a certain site and asked if anybody knew the PK related to this site the verse related to this place and she of course having the Tanakh education of Brewery raised her hand and said the verse so the tour guy looked up and said do you go to did you go to brewery high school she said yes he said those are the only ones who know this so it was really quite wonderful wonderful amazing Dr Blau thank you a pleasure to be here always great to have you all thank you so much Dr Rifka Blau everybody she's uh an amazing lady and has a perspective on the Jewish Community which is always worth exploring uh we are live at JC on a very special Thursday morning broadcast here at JM and the am you can go to nig.com and check out the video on our homepage you'll see everything that's happening this morning with us uh as we visit JC and celebrated 75 years we have plenty more coming up Sim liner is next and we will continue with more on a Thursday morning broadcast at JM in the aamp [Music] the call [Music] be my the a [Music] the at sh this MO [Music] call P my pleas [Music] call [Music] ween [Music] we may complain May [Music] [Laughter] [Applause] shm in the AM Thursday morning live from JC getting toward the top of the hour and we have two very special guests with us in our makeshift Studio you know where our studio is it's in the main gymnasium uh the brand new main gymnasium of the rtma Thunder uh we are sitting at one end of the floor and I get a lot of uh enjoyment when I'm in a gymnasium like this and I see the incredible work that's been done to make this facility as beautiful as possible I can only imagine what it's like when the bleachers are filled Shaya whites is with us she could tell us what it's like when the bleachers are filled and Andy Schultz as well shait is a brewery graduate uh a teacher and current rtma parent uh Andy Schultz is director of institutional advancement welcome to both of you thank you for joining me here at JM in the am good morning thank you for having us po to what's it like when the bleachers are full loud I can only imagine must be a great feeling um you know one of the points that uh that I was made aware of which is um I maybe obvious to certain people who are um uh looking forward to the alumni events and we'll talk about them in a moment is it is an amazing opportunity to network with 75 years worth of people who are involved in the Jewish World definitely and people people shouldn't Overlook that not only is it a great Gathering and I and I would assume a wonderful feeling of nostalgia but you get to meet a lot of people and really expand your own networking Circle by uh by meeting real leaders in the Jewish Community absolutely absolutely I ran um last year I helped run my uh class reunion last year how'd that go 25 years it was fantastic we had about half of the class it was a small class of 60 but we had about 30 talking about networking that was networking and now we're all in touch and it really reconnected everybody all over again which was really fantastic well it's a wonderful benefit in the JC alumni network is presenting an opportunity to again Network socialize and connect in an exclusive rooftop cocktail and barbecue meat and greet which is happening on Monday night November the 21st I believe you did a similar event last year M right within the last 18 months all right in the last 18 months uh it starts at 6:30 p.m. on Monday November the 21st at the lyric rooftop on West 94 Street in New York City uh there is an email address alumni the jc.org alumni jc.org there's a Facebook page as well and of course you can call the school to get information about all of the alumni events has this gone the way you thought it would when you opened up this whole and and and really um um increased the whole alumni presence with the school actually the successes exceeded our expectations we found that alumni from throughout the last 30 40 years have really taken interest in this and we've been very successful as Shaina mentioned in executing some of the class reunions but having more generalized events opportunities for alumni throughout the years to connect with each other both professionally personally and otherwise people have really been responsive to it and we have to be unique I mean this rooftop event I think speaks to it speaks to different uh sort of a different type of group different Dynamic but we also had something at the dogghouse a few years ago you know we're trying to be Diversified in terms of what we're doing yeah it's a little different than bringing everybody to the school gym nothing against the school gym of course but it's different than just opening up the school and inviting everybody in it's a unique typee of event and everyone has an opportunity again November the 21st uh to take advantage of it and I would assume this is graduates of any J school right absolutely the entire system absolutely and at this point that number must be immense I'm a little concerned about what the roof is going to look like at this building but I don't just mean for the event I would think the alumni circle of JC must be gared right huge exactly and and by the way any alumni event we're doing I mean we do it under the egis of the Alumni network but it's really we encourage parents current parents former parents those who have a vested interest or otherwise in the JC should come these are wonderful wonderful events and in some ways we should brand them as events for the JC family but we do want to emphasize the value of our alumni staying connected staying engaged and I will tell you that that has really been one of the keys to Our Success over the last few years and we plan to really perpetuate and enhance and expand alumni engagement opportunities it's wonderful and sh is terrific she's uh she's a dear friend and a great partner in all of this so uh her reunion was was among the best sha whites and andd Schultz with us it's America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored WFMU East Orange W mfu Mount Hope Rockton County at 91.9 in the FM dial around the world in the web j.org of course on the NSN app what's it like to have a second generation J affiliation is it a unique feeling it's amazing it's amazing I started here when I was in Nursery when up through all through Brea my kids are all I have four kids three went through the system it's amazing it's amazing to give back and I teach now also so it's really an incredible feeling and people around the Jewish Community know there have been a lot of changes here what how could you speak to those changes in terms of how positive they've been over the last year and a year and a half fantastic changes I mean the boys I have boys two boys now currently in the high school and they were so excited one just came back from the open house last night so excited of all the nice changes would happened last night and all the boys that were there the excitement that goes on in the high school it's incredible uh and I remind everybody that the because you mentioned the open house last evening I remind everybody this Sunday they get a chance at Breya and then of course a JC School uh coming up on the 16th of November uh has their open house on that week night in terms of alumni I mean it's funny because um we've done shows from different schools we're on video live I remember this show specifically getting alumni in Israel you know um specifically who are watching you know was going on here because there's a connection and again because it's so many years and such deep rooted feelings there's a connection that people feel you know they want to have and they use the opportunity just to look in what was happening here all these years later and we're also we're all proud to be alumni that's really what it is we're proud to be brya and JC Al alumni best way for people to do this I see there's a lot of options of how to you know how to get involved and how to actually sign up I guess you know as part of the uh JC alumni system what would you recommend what would be the best way to do this we we we have a separate email alumni the jc.org um we also have an alumni office here so they can call the main number and ask for the alumni office and you know there's always somebody standing by to assist and we have really a an entire network of alumni who if someone wants to learn more somebody is interested in opportunities to reconnect we have people ready willing and able to have those engaging conversations it's it's incredible there is a LinkedIn page there's what you mentioned the rt. the jc.org and i.th jc.org so there's web pages for it there's a Facebook page if people search the JC they'll get the alumni there's a Twitter account people search on Twitter there are a lot of options if if anybody wants to be involved you'll get there we are ubiquitous in cyberspace it's amazing uh again I remind you the J Alumni network and as both Shaya and um and Andy have uh pointed out uh this is open not just to alumni but if you're at all part of the JC family you should feel welcome uh to be part of it it happens on Monday night November the 21st in exclusive rooftop cocktail and barbecue meet and greet starting at 6:30 p.m. at the lric rooftop which is on West 94 Street in New York City co-chairing the event Sammy Rosen swag who goes back to rtma 2008 and the Shir tyman who's Brewery at 2007 so of course distinguished alumni are co-chairing the event information alumni the jc.org or call the main office at 908 355 4850 and as I mentioned earlier any of the social media sites if you search the JC you'll be able to gain access anything you'd like to add on this topic other we're excited for the event and hopefully a lot of people show up I greatly appreciate you joining me this morning and continued good luck strong alumni means a strong institution as far as I'm concerned exactly and it looks like you guys every time we show up are getting stronger and stronger so call I a vote uh more coming up here on a Thursday morning broadcast at JM and the am as we continue uh I remind you that we are going through our own transformation at JM the am as this program becomes the exclusive presentation and um and Flagship program of the nak seal Network make sure you're ready for the big switch coming up December the 1st primarily you want to make sure everybody has the NSN app for Android and iPhone which you could search in your app store by just hunching in the words N seal Network and we'll have more details about that coming up of course oh and I also wanted to mention I actually want to wish a mazeltov the uh new Springville Jewish Center on Staten Island is an institution oh and they have sent uh students to JC by the way the new Springville Jewish center and it's an institution that is extremely dear to my heart many of you know that and um the president of the new Springville Jewish Center is Mr Robert he and they have uh opened up um the sh has opened up the possibility for me for many many years over three decades to lead services on rashash Yami which I greatly appreciate and I was told that the he family is getting ready for their grand opening this coming Sunday at West Shore lighting West Shore Lighting on Staten Island is having its grand opening this coming Sunday starting at 11:00 a.m. it's a brand name lighting location and they're having this big celebration uh going on uh going on there at their address which is 600 Gulf Avenue 600 GF Avenue in Staten Island beginning Sunday at 11:00 a.m. so I want to wish a mazov to Robert he and the entire he family as they open up this brand new facility and celebrate on Sunday beginning at 11:00 a.m. with their openhouse grand opening so everybody if you have a chance to go there wish them a mle and again I thank uh Mr Robert hech the president of new Springville Jewish Center um for his graciousness over all these years more coming up at JM and the am here's Benny fredman [Music] for [Music] B [Music] for for on one the P [Music] woo w b [Music] b for [Music] JM sorry about that JM in the AM that's Benny fredman uh we are uh live with our mobile studio in the uh beautiful brand new gymnasium at JC home of the rtma Thunder how are the Thunder doing we'll find out we are not coming to JC not doing a sports segment we'll find out what's going on coming up first the people with the most difficult jobs in Jewish Education Dr AKA Pearlman and dos Rebecca Michelle and shashana Freedman they are all here as our guests they are from what I am told they are the um particulars in the guidance Department here at the JC and uh I only tongue and cheek say that the uh it's the most difficult job these days but it seems like it is in fact no matter what school uh you're in guidance is one of the most difficult jobs out there anyway welcome to all of you and thank you for joining me here this morning good morning good morning thanks for having us good morning um earlier in the show I was uh discussing with herbody tights I think it was right tights I think maybe one of our other guests as well uh with Dr singfer I was discussing with Dr singfer how different things are today than when I was in school uh if I would describe to you the guidance department when I went to school it would be a lot different that what you have today could you could you give us a uh an illustration of how of of how the of how large or how comprehensive a guidance Department of a school has to be these days in short in short we have close to 20 people a part of our team um so there's a three of us that head up each division um for me the boys high school and the middle school Dr Freeman AB Brea and Dr Michelle in the elementary school uh but then we also have gr advisers and M that work under us but I remember my experience also in the guidance Department it was like this dark room in the back alley behind everything else behind some books a little corter closet that nobody ever thought about yeah and I I think at this point at this point we're we're a part of the fabric of the institution we're part of the educational process um every step of the way we're there and I think the reason being is that emotional health emotional well-being is so integral to any other part of learning we had rebellia breny here just uh yesterday speaking with our teachers and he made this statement of well-being is like a part of the Torah that was his statement he's saying you can't internalize like the beauty the Integrity of the Torah unless you're like a healthy human being um so what we try to do is bring that into every facet of Education um and it starts from the beginning a religious leader like himself decades ago would never I don't think would have thought that way or would have incorporated into the school experience and this he made special man yeah you know it's funny and in the notes that I was handed as we introduce our guests and welcome all of you to the show so someone made the point to say that every division is Led in the guidance Department by a doctor meaning that you know people now in order to qualify for this position really do need degrees and background proper education Etc and that's that's significant that's important yeah it's quite amazing I I think it we do stand out in the fact that every division has a doctor every division is really the the top in in their field um we brought to Dr Michelle this year um who's done some amazing work in the past and she sort of landed running um brought in a program just a few days ago a bullying program and created a whole curriculum is in the classroom it's phenomenal what she's doing in Dr Freeman as well um these are people that are like the top of the field well let's explore some of that what I mean so bullying is obviously one of the uh one of the topics that's always coming up when it comes to guidance and uh you know trying to um uh trying to uh how do I put it um run a school School properly you know it's it's certainly one of the top topics of the day uh let's go around just tell me some of the challenges that kids are facing these days and things that are coming across your desks on a regular basis what types of problems are there um I think bullying became a hot word yeah for sure and one of the reasons we were excited to have Dr Norman blumthal here to discuss the topic earlier this week is to lend some clarity and insight into what bullying really is and I think walking away the parents really got a sense of that and understood that thank God this is not environment where we have bullying do we have normal conflict yes do we have typical um peer interactions yes is it bullying almost almost never um but we are trying to address the the norm the typical peer conflict the typical interactions to give them the tools to just deal with regular relationships and normal um incidents on the playground which are all part of growing up yeah well I guess uh see I'm trying to I'm trying to um think back to the good old days so to speak it seems like these problems have always been you know I've always been at the Forefront and always had to be dealt with I just I assume we never dealt with it in such a formal yeah we've just never given it a term or or proper word and that word is is bullying and what we what we've needed to do is sort of create like a language give the kids a language at a very young age what does it mean to act appropriately to be kind um to be aware of another's emotion and then as they progress um it becomes becomes a lot more complicated um the way we treat it becomes more complicated in the middle school we have a full curriculum um for the kids that that really speak about not only like the bully interaction but what does it mean to witness it what is the bystander like um and that's our Focus but that's from sixth through 8th grade which Dr Blumenthal said is the real like most important age to really address this head on um we've been running that for almost 10 years now like a wonderful program does the does the uh you know today there there's so many different educational needs that each individual student needs that each individual student you know faces in terms of their own capabilities in terms of um um uh different things that they may be I don't want to say suffering from but they you know different conditions they may have is this all under the guidance Department would all of that fall so you're essentially in a relationship with every student trying to to advocate for them to get what they need whether it's in the testing system or in the class atmosphere Etc right every one of them we meet with every single one of our students um you know early on in the year we get to know all the new students have individual meetings with them we have a phenomenal team in our school at bua um of M that work with our students meet with our students you know at this point it's only a couple months into the year all of our students have virtually been met with uh by one of our gr advisers they're also getting lots of training programming um Dr pman mentioned R bney who we brought in this week to our teachers he was talking about you know a lot of the issues that they've been dealing with as teachers in the school addressing a lot of topics that we really haven't had a forum to be able to talk about in other in other areas you know they had an opportunity to ask questions address more sensitive topics that sometimes come up with our students so we're having these programs for our teachers we're getting into the classrooms on a regular basis with our students um we're bringing in a healthy body image program now for our students it's about you know promoting positive body image positive body talk to really contrast some of the social media messages that our students are getting um and between I guess the guidance Department which is very much a fabric part of the fabric of the school uh the culture in bua at this point you know speaking of high school same thing you know when when I was in high school the guidance Department was kind of a place you went to if you went you kind of snuck snuck out at this point it's really very much the cult of bua which really predated me um is is one wherein the students can come they're making appointments my my days are booked with students that are seeking out help it's I mean it's an amazing experience Dr shash Freeman Dr Rebecca Michelle Dr AKA Perman speaking about guidance you know we keep talking about the open houses and and the fact that parents are invited to check out all the schools obviously um either through the formal open house or on their own they would not settle for less than this now right there's no way to actually run a school without this one-on-one without guaranteeing the parents that there will be a one-on-one um supervision a one-on-one attention being given to each student for their educational needs and their social needs for them discuss I many I think many parents are settling I think what you're seeing here is very unique I don't think it's the norm I think when you're talking about a program that is as intensive as ours where every single kid is accounted for um where we're just checking in on them I this might be a controversial statement but I see this generation is having of the hardest times they're inundated with so much that comes their way and we need to pay attention to that and the fact that there's the three of us that are overlooking um this this institution and making sure that every kid is met I do see that is unique I don't think that that's the norm I think it's kind of special what we have here uh and in addition to that uh if one were to analyze closely how different things are now than even a year ago or two years ago with the social media components especially uh we don't realize as you know people my age I don't think realize what kids today are going through and how it's ever changing how it's evolving and in some areas gets very dangerous yes there's no question there there are many New Frontiers out there on the web uh just with General technology and uh we're talking about it we have programs in Brea we have programs in in rtma that really address this we're aware of it we I conducted a survey several years ago through from the Middle School all the way through the high school and what we found is that these kids have access to virtually everything um we accept that as a reality and we say okay considering that reality what could we do to make it better for them um and primarily we want to give them a forum because when kids are in this alone uh we have a program coming up where their parents are going to be coming in and learning more about this but when kids are in it alone they don't they don't have a way to kind of Express or diffuse that that energy they want a place to turn to that that could be there to help protect them and guide them um and of and it's such a it's such a taboo subject that parents just stay away from it and we're advocating against that please open up the doors have the conversation create you know create a conversation one of the things that come up with with kids is they're saying I'm struggling with certain things I'd like a filter but if I share with my parents that I want to filter on my computer then they're going to think poorly of me um so how to do that how could parents create a forum where kids could actually share that and and and similarly with kids could actually feel comfortable enough to bring that to them wow challenges today yeah uh okay I thank you all very much anything you'd like to add no I thank you very much we have Dr AA Pearlman Dr Rebecca Michelle and Dr shashana Friedman the guidance leaders JC rtma and and brua and a very important department thank you all very very much we get to explore the World of Sports next I am told here at JM and the am as we visit JC and we have a uh a wonderful mobile Studio here in uh Elizabeth New Jersey in the J gym and the being here in the gym gives us even more of an impetus to discuss the World of Sports I am told that coach Susan riffkin a basketball legend herself is here with us uh she's the Athletics director at brewera coach riffkin welcome back to JM and the am good morning it's good to be here nice to see you again I hope the team's off to a good start the team is off to a great St are they taking practice seriously they are taking practice seriously you know when I played I I came to Brea I went into Brea and I played in the old gym they have great memories of that and this happens to be an absolutely beautiful gym certainly lovely padding on the walls and a great logo in Center Court yeah it certainly is nice I remember the old Jim yes I remember coming on a Saturday night to see JC play uh against other teams um we have Jonathan Silverstein who's the rtma hockey coach where's coach Silverstein hi how's the team doing so far they taking practice seriously very seriously and so far so good coach Silverstein you know it's the first couple of weeks of the Season that set the tone for the entire year you know that I tell them that every year and Abby borste is with us who's the rtma basketball coach and welcome to you good morning as far as I remember if I can recollect correctly you had a pretty good year last year am I right about that we had an excellent year probably one of the best years in JC history all three of the teams that were involved with not only made the playoffs but had a home game here in the Beautiful full rebuilt gym right so that was a very successful year uh and we have students with us uh I believe Ariel mic yeah hi nice to have you here what grade are you in I'm in 11th grade and how do you distinguish yourself in the World of Sports you are the I'm a volleyball player ah how's the volleyball team doing it's great we haven't had a game yet so so far so good so far no losses are they taking practice seriously on the volleyball side yeah but we also have fun with it so yeah that's important yeah and uh Jonathan uh where's Jonathan here I'm Jonathan but that's my son Jason behind me where's Jonathan I'm Jonathan that's oh Jason's here I'm sorry that's okay uh I have to read my notes properly Jason is a uh Jason Silverstein is an rtma senior and a star hockey goalie yes and I also play for the basketball team too very nice how's it going so far are you taking practice seriously of course you don't want to you don't want to um um what's the word uh you I I forget it I I had some type of goalie reference that I thought was good and it just fell flat completely all right uh coaches tell me why and how this um uh Sports Experience enhances the educational life of students how would you put it well we heard the um psychology team and the personal investment team speak earlier Sports is really a extension of that and we try to make it that very much you have the idea of developing a team concept and at the same time you try to develop the individual so as a coach I ask the players when the season starts do you want your name on the back of your uniform or do you want to be like Indiana or the Yankees and not have your name on the back of the uniform and the kids give their various responses there's no I in team and that type of thing and I say I want your name on the back of the uniform and they say why is that coach the answer is you play for two separate units you play for the team and you play for yourself if you don't love yourself you can't love your team if you don't love your team you can't love yourself and that's the type of uh environment we try to Foster at rtma and at all the schools and there are are many students through the decades who have who were academically challenged and yet excelled in sports and it gave them an opportunity to really establish themselves in a very important area we know what people think of sports we know the hero worship that goes on in the World of Sports and even in high school sometimes these star players are the most popular kids in the school we know how important that could be uh coach riffkin what do you say about this topic about how this helps develops develop a young lady uh to be an all-around person and not just an academic person the biggest thing I see with the girls is a boost in their self-confidence which is Major even if they are uh doing well academically it's a whole other side of them uh they get to express themselves they get to take take on leadership uh uh positions lead their teams it it changes the way they look at themselves it changes the way they look at others and it also gives them a chance to express uh and exhibit Grace uh in a variety of challenges and to uh exhibit Grace uh even if they're winning so it gives them a chance to to understand sportsmanship and to and to see people uh differently also which is a a big piece of how they're going to operate off the court and once they leave our safe School environment you must see certain student athletes and say to yourself oh she's going to be successful in whatever area of life just from the way she behaves with the team and the way she acts with the entire cohesive group I see it it's it's really interesting because a lot of times we pick captains based on how we see them and the response we get is I can't believe you made me a captain you must have seen something in me that I haven't seen in myself and then that springboards them into successes in other areas because somebody saw something in them and then gave them confidence to do other things and then they carry that over well after uh High School I hear that all the time with the kids that we put into these positions and Coach Silverstein not to start a basketball versus hockey War because there's no war but yeah but the ISA League we always discuss you know the two different sports and and we always find it interesting when the eighth grade star athletes get to their ninth grade schools we find it interesting how they choose whether to go the basketball or hockey rude not everybody's like your son who does both uh but it it seems like I don't know with hockey teams there there's an even I don't know if we would say a different or or a unique um a team environment that goes on on the hockey Court how would you describe it well it's it's a pressure packed situation you know most games are very tense uh because of the fact that it's a very physical sport um you know it tends to create this camarad amongst the boys that it's us against them you know some games get a little bit heated some games hopefully don't get so heated but when that heated situation creates itself it it really you know it allows the boys to figure out uh who's got their back who's there protecting them who's there in their Corner uh and that pressure is something that they take with them later in life actually I mean they learn how to perform in a pressure situation how to rely on their teammates which is something that's so important as you move on later in life to learn to work with other people in High Press situations uh and you see that a lot more in hockey only because of the fact that there is such a physical confrontation that takes place that it really forces the boys to Bond as a unit um you know and take on all the challenges that come their way in a little bit more of a camaraderie filled uh relationship and it's a lower scoring game every every point is even more important and everything's a battle and as you say a lot of pressure uh were you also a star goalie in your day or I was not I I played forward I way back in the early rabbi years in MTA talk about a legend so how did your son get into uh get into the net how did he get into that position it's strangely enough in third grade he was watching me do a practice and he said I'm pretty sure I can stop that puck ABA and I said sweetheart you're in third grade there in high school and we went out later and we bought goalie equipment and literally the next week he stepped into Nets he faced the first shot I remember he he flinched a little bit and I said to him if you're going to Flinch this isn't the position for you and he said I won't Flinch anymore ABA and since then he's never flinched and I always get people saying he was in fourth grade you had him playing guys who were in high school and I'm like well he was wearing equipment you know that's what we sign the release forms for so can can can any of you the three coaches uh from JC rtma and brewera can any of you speak about the other sports for a moment you know we focus so much on basketball and hockey but the other sports and we have a volleyball participant with us uh this morning uh give us give the school and give the students such an opportunity to do things and be involved in sports uh you know because they can't or they don't want to be involved in basketball or hockey so it really opens up uh such an opportunity for them could you speak for a moment about how great it is that so many schools including yours have expanded to all these other sport choices the yiva world has expanded into two separate Seasons there is The Fall season the winter season and the spring season with distinct Sports uh hockey and basketball tend to dominate on the boys side the winter sports and you have baseball softball soccer and um different types of athletic activities in all of the schools including of course at rtma so those opportunities exist here and in the entire aiva league at this point and as long as there more and more choices being added it's just it's a wonderful thing it just opens up the opportunity for more and more students it's opportunities it's amazing it's not really amazing it's uh important that some kids excel in basketball and other kids excel in baseball and they have that opportunity to bring out on the asiba league level right see in our day it wasn't like that see why athletic department was not that large in my day it's a different world whyu has a very successful uh baseball team and they have volleyball teams and ten golf cross country and everything else that they do so these the yiba teams are feeding into that and so the high schools are recognizing that all right we're wishing good luck in the 577 season to all of the coaches Susan riffkin over at Brea Jonathan Silverstein the rtma hockey coach are those games in this room or they're in the old gym they're in the old gym they're in the old gym and Obby Borstein the rtma basketball coach are you enjoying the brand new facility it's beautiful and it's a pleasure to play it is pretty incredible nakam I'd like to take a moment to congratulate the JV and varsity uh basketball a teams last night they played s uh didn't win but the phenomenal uh effort and uh spirit and energy they brought to that uh gym last night was incredible we played at s um Varsity had three freshman on the court at the same time and came back from 18 down to lose by only five um and we're looking for a really great season and a big turnaround season for the JV this year all right good luck with that and I want to thank Ariel miod danic who is from Highland Park New Jersey and is with the brewery of volleyball team thank you for being here today no problem and good luck when's the first volleyball match do you know next Thursday all right good luck with that you and Jonathan Silverstein who is a star hockey goalie at RTM he is a senior Jonathan good luck to the entire team thank you keep stopping those pucks we'll do thank you and there he is the star goalie we come to JC and we meet athletic Legends how do you like that um oh where goldwaser is coming up is he not ZK and I want to thank ZK who's behind the camera if you would like to watch our uh broadcast you can go to n.com right now and actually watch what is happening here at JC it's on the homepage our video I want to thank Jamie turel taking care of our social media and producing this morning's show and I want to thank Yoni Pollock who is assisting her in all of that this morning here at JM in the AM uh I do remind you that there was an election this week in the United States of America uh some of you may be familiar with that it was a presidential election ZK I don't know if you know but there was a new president scheduled to take over in January 2017 who was elected this past Tuesday I don't know if you stayed up late enough to see the election results or not you knowing you you did you're you're still fascinated by the boards that they have with all the maps and the colors right I'm sure and how how it works anyway tomorrow morning we get an opportunity at 7:40 in the morning to get reaction of Malcolm hline during our weekly update make sure to be tuned in on the NSN app on the radio and all through our our other platforms and you'll be able to listen to Malcolm Hine give his evaluation of the election and all the different things that people are concerned about uh during this historic week in the United States and Beyond Rabbi Gold's words here is Rabbi Golder with morning good morning we learn in there was a certain teaching in the whoever says forbidden gossip he increases his sins k even up to the three cardinal sins aim idolatry immorality and bloodshed the Kosen was the sacred breastplate it was worn by the co godal it contained 12 distinctive Jewels n the same as the other and each one represented one of the 12 tribes whose name was inscribed on that particular Stone the stone of bamin was the yasa the mosim explained that this Stone represented binyamin's admirable character at the time of m y when ysf was sold into slavery how does this Stone demonstrate this the word Yesa is an acronym for yes he has a mouth although bin was aware that his brothers had sold YF he never said a word to his father yakob for all of the 22 years ran asked the question if bamin is praised for not speaking why isn't the name of his Stone a he has not a mouth instead of Y rman notes that this comes to tell us that the essence of our power of speech is the strength to refrain from speaking one who has the ability to do so but knows how to guard his tongue the Von once said one must struggle an entire life not with unnecessary fasting and painful afflictions but rather by placing a muzzle on his mouth to prevent it from indulging in Desires in speaking improperly this is true Chua repentance more valuable than all the fasts in the world through this one's Aus one's sins will be forgiven and he will be saved from the depths of ganam this has been Rabbi D goldwaser bringing you morning kizik have a nice day JM and the am our mobile Studio here at JC we are in the uh main gymnasium Museum the brand new Incredible facility here at JC in Elizabeth New Jersey we congratulate everybody on that uh on having this uh wonderful brand new facility it's pretty remarkable frankly uh and those of you who come for uh home games uh here at JC will obviously see it and enjoy it and those of you who are coming for um your team's Road games to JC you'll also be enjoying it as you fill up the bleachers here in the brand new facility uh so here here we are as we cele C at 75 years at JC and continue this year-long celebration uh this morning we get oh and by the way I wanted to apologize to Jason Silverstein Jason Silverstein is in fact uh the star hockey goalie at rtma I had misidentified him earlier and I apologize for that but come on out and see him stop those pucks uh for JC The Early Childhood division led by MOA Rifka isacs where is MOA Rifka isacs I'm here I'm here good morning good morning how are you good barem and Alani Krauss is here um who is an early childhood teacher in the early childhood division here at JCC good morning to you good morning let me run through a couple of things because I know that um on the 11th of November which is this coming Friday the JC Early Childhood parents are invited to a coffee break hosted by MOA Rifka isacs and Dr Michelle who we met earlier it's a morning of support guidance and collaboration creating a safe space to discuss the joys and challenges of raising a preschooler this is happening in the bate midrash on Friday morning uh November the1 starting at 9:15 and that is this coming Friday you're getting ready for that event I assume we are we are okay so people should know about that also uh we um continue to talk about the open houses and the Early Childhood open hous is going to be happening on November the 16th that's a Wednesday evening at 7:15 the JC lower school and ear childhood open house is happening on Wednesday November the 16th at 3:30 Alora Avenue in Elizabeth that begins at 7:15 p.m. so you can check that out and um can you speak to this as well sure this is the bugle babies a musical mommy and me class which happens every single Tuesday this has already begun yes it has 10 people still join in absolutely ABS it happens every single Tuesday starting at 9:30 for children 6 months through 3 years wow You'll have kids years from that who are saying they went to JC starting at 6 months and ended up graduating their High School uh beginning November the 1st it already has begun uh 9:30 a.m. every Tuesday in the JC lower School lunchroom here at 3:30 Alura Avenue you could use the email address to be in touch or the phone number the first class is free and you can get information about the rest of the semester it's called bugle babies a musical mommy and me class so it looks like you have a lot of innovative things going on here we do we really do tell me about the start of the year how has the Early Childhood Department done at the beginning of 5777 amazing amazing there's a lot of energy there's a lot of enthusiasm is it a large Early Childhood it's a fair size we have a lot of parents and children from within the community and within the surrounding communities um we've got a nice amount of children and what are the keys to running a good early childhood Department these days o ooh you have to love what you're going to do you have to have you have to love what you're going to do you have to have passion for what you're going to do and you have to believe where you are you have to believe in the school that you're you know that you're working with how often in a typical day did the kids crack you up oh my gosh um must be a lot of funny exchanges absolutely absolutely um lots of times during the day lots of times as almost as many times as I can come into the classroom and get a hug almost as much sometimes you say to yourself is this kid an adult with the way they respond to something right absolutely you don't know where they pulled that out of um so we're here with Mora Rifka Isaac's director of ear childhood and Lonnie Krauss an early childhood teacher uh I don't know how this is divided up do you have all Early Childhood ages do you uh is it a specific group like how does it work we have Nursery kindergarten and primer three different grades there are two classes in each grade and um what do you have the privilege of doing Nursery oh that's cool my favorite there you go um we you know we they come in and they're so little and we get to watch them go throughout the grades and really develop and Blossom in our ear childhood there are adults out out there who remember to uh you know to show appreciation to their Early Childhood teachers you know who I'm sure you hear from people absolutely you know who who who who uh who know that you started them out who know that you taught them Olive Bays who know that you know that their first steps were taken in Jewish Education because of people like you so that must be an amazing feeling it is it really really is when a when a child who's gone to JC and they're in and they're in the lower elementary school or they're in the high school and they come back and they see their teacher their Mora there's a special connection there and you're right there's appreciation there's love there's a certain connection that you can't you can't duplicate it's really amazing uh all right maralani now that we're past the uh the Yum toen and we're getting into the real heart of the year what are we doing today what's happening in the early childhood Department today what are we concentrating on this week is it calculus is it geometry what is it not yet this week we're focusing on Transportation as it relates to par um we do so many different fun activities with the children we had a mock Car Wash where the kids um wash cars in sheie and cream and you know it's really Hands-On and they put it in the water um we talked about different ways that we get to school how we get from place to place um you know we always have activities and curriculum that's related to our Jewish backgrounds and our history and our paraa um or our holiday so it's really all-encompassing did the kids ask you why aino didn't just get into his car and drive there why are you serious they did I asked them how Abraham got to AR Canan and they said an airplane and I said nope not yet it's unbelievable probably wondering why he wasn't texting along the way as well exactly do you find that by the way that these three-year-olds know how to use an iPhone and an iPad better than anybody else um we don't have any phones or iPads in the classroom but I didn't mean that I just see kids in general they're swiping and they my children definitely can it's crazy I'll tell you they than their parents and grandparents all right everybody out there you're invited to JC lower school and early childhood open house happens on Wednesday night November the 16th at 7:15 here at JC Mar Rifka anything you'd like to add for everybody out there um come visit come visit it's right if they see it firsthand then they'll understand how great it is uh so that's the open house uh we mentioned the JC coffee break hosted by Mora Rifka isacs and Dr Michelle coming up this Friday morning November the 11th at 9:15 uh you can enjoy a cup of coffee and get advice about raising a preschooler from peers and professionals that's happening here in this building and the bugle babies we mentioned is every single Tuesday people can get information here at JC as well thank you both very much thank you and good luck today make it a great day in the early childhood Department absolutely every day is always a great day in the early childhood Department more coming up here at JM and the am as we continue we will meet some of the principles of the different schools and go until 9:00 this morning here at JM in the AM don't forget that we have an amazing lineup all through the today uh starting at 9:00 a.m. with Charlie Harari 9:30 with Michael fragen and his review of the election on spin class uh JW in the city with aliceon Josephs comes up at 10:00 Miriam L wallik and the uh that's Life program which is concentrating on the shabas project today and what was Miriam's other segment what was the other segment Yoni it was chabas project and what was the other segment that Miriam has today and the Halal baking and the oh right it was two segments of the different aspects of the shabas project and then of course live lunch is going to be done by a Ry later on starting at 11:00 a.m. so a full lineup for you all through the day make sure to keep it here at j.org the nakamal network and n.com here is aam Freed at uh JM in the AM [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] fore for [Music] he fore [Music] o oh hey [Music] for [Music] [Applause] so JM in the AM that's a freed by the way coming up the next time we break for music it's going to be in rtma Alum who we're going to be featuring how do you like that AIG Krauss gets a special shout out this morning AIG is in second grade I am told and AIG has the has learned the JM and the am station identification by heart and uh I saw the video of it just a moment ago and we're going to be posting that go to n seal Network Facebook update page again it's n seal Network on Facebook make sure to like the page and you will see a second grader who knows our very long and voluminous station ID by heart of course our station ID is going to change it's gonna be much shorter be much it's it's going to be like years ago 33 years ago we started very very short and just kept adding to it we're going to do the same thing now we're going to start our digital platform very short and I'm sure we're going to be adding to it as the years go on uh the lower School Division here at JC is led by Rabbi Uzi beer who I'm told by the way is a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces that is correct so an honor to meet you for more than one reason this morning thank you Dr Goldie grman is the assistant principal of the lower School Division welcome to you as well thank you for having us a pleasure thank you for being here Rabbi beer how are things going so far at the start of 5777 this has been an unbelievable experience this year when it's really challenging sometimes to create what your expectations are going to be when you're coming to a new school and I think it's clear to say and very easy and comfortable for me to share that after interacting with the students being being overwhelmed by the energy in the classroom and the excitement and the investment the teachers are making that this year it it it's surpassed all of my expectations when when the process was going on yes and uh you know the courtship with you and JC was taking place were you getting the impression even then that this was a really good match um it was definitely it was feeling right one of the I I've had the the pleasure of living in Springfield for the last 10 and a half years so you're very familiar with it so my my daughter actually is a student in the school so I was already familiar with with many of the Persona and the people around um and getting the encouragement from the from the communities that it definitely felt right it felt like the glove was fitting appropriately and that's not always easy a community Insider coming in and taking a position like this but it seems like from your enthusiasm that this is working out pretty well so far it's it really has been and it's definitely a challenge and it was a concern of mine for both myself and my family by living in the community right but the the community's been so respectful and we just create healthy boundaries and when any of the communities it's it really is when you show the sensitivity and the and you're professional then people respond accordingly all right there are a couple of things that were revealed to me that I'd love to explore and obviously Dr Gman you're uh you're welcome to to join in and uh and speak about these as well there's a what would we call it a new slogan a new uh way of life what would we call it this proud to be JC it is it is our slogan it is our motto it is it is our hashtag that we live with um and when I think back to the hashtag when when you're talking about part of the onboarding when I was first meeting The Faculty here we met in the library all together and just that feeling overwhelmed that how the their excitement that it it made me feel okay what am I going to do before the school year starts and I started hearing of the summer sandbox that was going to be taking place um it was at going to be in the Yeshiva Noom campus and I opened it up to the faculty who is willing to give up three days of their summer of their vacation to come out and just invest in themselves expand their Horizons and Project based learning new new Innovative cutting edges ways of connecting with the students and 13 faculty members jumped on board saying we're doing it we're coming we're here we want to be part of the team since then it's I'm sitting there at the conference looking around the room seeing all my teachers and one of the crazy parts for me is that I had teachers from other schools coming up to me and saying I want to be part of the JC team how can I how can I can I sit with them at their table looks like a good clever it it the the cohesiveness was fantastic there was just energy and life through everything they were doing that I sat there and literally on a piece of paper just scratching it out I'm like proud to be JC I'm like that's it that's it earlier in the summer I was part of a Harvard principle conference and while there they kept telling over and over again tell your story it's all about letting everyone know your story cuz if you don't tell them they won't know and they won't be able to to really appreciate all the you're doing and from that point on my mission has been how can I share the story of the JC of the JC lower school and it truly is summarized in the idea of being proud we are proud to be JC there's a lot of Pride therefore you're proud to be J we mentioned the uh and we spoke about this a little bit earlier uh about the whole um uh uh bullying topic and uh the position that you are in to confront this whole situation uh I I would hope that in our yiva system in general and here in particular this type of topic is under control and that you're able to to deal with it in an efficient manner so thank God thank God we really are are moving forward in in all Realms of social emotional academic health and and just um we're the we're prospering it's when you have a team of Administrators working so cohesively well together with Dr Gman with Mrs figy ligher with Dr Rebeca Michelle who was on the program earlier and with Miss ARL mki everyone working together is able to really address all the children's needs often I remember think back to to a lecture I was once attending which Rick Lavoy uh a very much uh an astounded educator said hurt people hurt people that if you see somebody acting out in a classroom it's because they themselves are hurting so we need to find where is that in the child where is that call for help that we can address that we can help support and through that they the students feel they're believed in and when the students are believed in they're going to thrive very important message the Hebrew immersion initiative is this a new initiative so it's I would say throughout in a way it is a new initiative it's been happening in different parts of the school of the lower school um for a couple for a number of years now but we're really taking uh for lack of a better way of putting it the Bulls by the horn and we're saying let's make it throughout from Nursery through sixth grade there's going to be experiential moments where there's going to be EV IIT right where the teachers are going to be speaking almost exclusively in I and the expectation is if you want to connect with the language you have to be immersed in it you have to be surrounded little pieces of grammar here and there won't quite and you cover so much ground when you do it with kids of that age sure and you can connect now with your family around the world and you connect with your religion with to with with with so many areas which otherwise would be barriers Uzi beers principal of the lower School Division Dr Goldie grman is the assistant principle and this is your area technology in the classroom Dr Gman you can you could speak about this one all day long huh I can speak about it yeah as much as technology is part of our Lives as adults we look at the children and we say okay how are we going to move them from here to there right um you know I was thinking about what you were talking about with bullying right we want our kids to be empathetic kind confident adults that starts in childhood we want our kids to use technology as adults okay when's the last time you sat down and wrote a book report but you may have written a review on Amazon a book that you read correct we have fifth graders blogging about what they're reading in the classroom uh you know we have students using technology in ways that are true to real life people in the business world aren't handing out a 30-page report on a regular basis but they might be doing a presentation you know I'm thinking back to that summer sandbox we had a teacher Mrs benai and Mrs B fifth grade boys teacher and she said we're going to be doing elections okay let's give our kids a Project based learning experience right let's ask them how do we help people make an informed decision and our students researched the candidates and presented the information so that all of our students could be informed citizens and they presented it using technology um our technology initiative is an amazing program and we're so appreciative to the parent committee who really collaborated with us um and contributed to our vision of what we can do with technology it is pretty amazing I would just I would just throw something very quickly in there which is the students at one point earlier this year got to vote for while trying to teach elections we wanted to teach them of the democratic system and they got to vote who is going to be the president which teacher the president for their lunchroom whether it it's going to be technology with games whether it was going to be techn I mean uh lunch with games or lunch with techn techology and overridingly the lunch with technology one and we were able to create an entire almost like Cafe of technology in the lunch in the in the gym where students all were surrounded throughout the gym each had a different device playing different educational coding games games that will allow them that are fun but at the same time helps them expand their their connection with the outside world boy school is amazing these days I must say and in the area of professional development are you satisfied with the way things are going oh thank thank God thank God things are amazing we just a couple days ago we had our inservice day and just thinking of the the depth and the and just the reflection that the teachers teachers had throughout the day um such dedication such Open Arms saying let's expand our Horizons let's connect with the students on a deeper level how can we be here to to to validate them when they're coming to us with their with their concerns how can we be here to to make sure our classrooms are running as smooth as possible and not smooth because we're we're here running a rigid system but smooth because the students want to learn they're feeling engaged they're feeling the connection um and it really brings the learning to life um now I see why there's been a lot of enthusiasm about you being here frankly you're off to a really great start I must say uh Rabbi Uzi beer he's principal here at the lower School Division Dr Goldie grman uh a lot of enthusiasm about her as well and for good reason she's the assisted principal a pleasure having you both on the air good luck this year I'm sure you're going to make it an amazing year for the students thank you thank you so if if you wouldn't mind I would like to first of all give a shout out to to my daughter who I know is listening right now so lyanna hope you have a great day today you go and uh just as part of a greater message of the mote that we're teaching in the school right now which is focusing on hakarat hatov really want to thank you for for coming to our home at the JC and to help share some of the excitement and energy with your vast audience around the world so thank you I appreciate that thank you very much great having you both on more coming up from JC we uh promised you a song from an rtma Alum doid Loy as we discovered earlier today is an rtma Alum and he's has he has a whole bunch of of amazing selections including this one David Lo at JM and the am [Music] here [Music] love for [Music] I'm love love [Music] the [Music] [Applause] n n n n n n n n n n n wo n n n n n n n n n n n n [Music] n n oh n n n n n n n wo wo oh way [Music] me [Music] love n n n n n [Music] n well we mentioned that David Loy is an rtma Alum and that's him with K it's America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored WFMU East St orange W mfu Mount Hope Rockland County at 91.9 in the FM dial broadcasting live from our mobile Studio at JC around the world in the web it's j.org and of course on the NSN app uh here we are at JC on this Thursday morning broadcast and uh we get an opportunity now for one of our favorite segments it's one of our favorite segments because it includes some of our favorite people the breweria division uh here at JC uh features um a principal Rabbi Joseph oratz RBI oratz welcome back to JM in the always a pleasure you saw the re you saw my reaction when you walked in the door love coming to see I always love reuniting with you thank you uh Mrs Alisa Blumenthal is here director of student life Mrs Blumenthal how are you how are you nice to have you here our listeners are always demanding that you be on the air more and more often so I'm glad we're able to fulfill their wishes this morning nice to have you here uh we have with us um schlis pikus who is the help me with the proper title the associate principle of Breya correct that's correct and as we' pointed out in the past uh your educational uh Legacy is pretty amazing daughter of Mrs Newman who I always cite as one of the greatest Advocates of JM and the am early on she saw the value of this show before anybody else did she was a fan of yours from the beginning she was incredible and we're always quoting her the G president is here uh that is um schlomit waxberg schlomit how are you good thanks so much for having me nice to have you here and who am I missing who am I forgetting Junior High uh junor and Junior High coordinator zahava Greenwald is here zahava welcome to the show we have an entire panel of people representing brewera High School Rabbi orat say breweria off to a good start for 5777 I've got to tell you KN this is the most this is absolutely the most unbelievable year the energy that has been generated in this institution is electric it is so great to have everybody really moving in the same direction and barash bua high school along with all the other the the other divisions we're having a fantastic year it's been awesome we talk about the reputation that JCC has in general and we know it's an amazing one uh you have the uniqueness I think with Brea that it's just it continues to spread far and wide your reputation you know we had our professional development day um on on Election Day and I was just watching my faculty do their thing um just be with each other uh share ideas with each other that's without the kids being there and then as soon as the kids walk into the building the place becomes an unbelievable an unbelievable place for Learning and for growing it's really awesome love it I don't know which our panel are going to address each and every one of these issues where we could start uh there was actually a live election debate and we know how we know how fun those debates could be especially in this election season that we all just enjoyed what was that like so we actually moded it after a town hall meeting uh we wanted to get as many questions in as possible um we had uh assemblyman Gary Sher representing the Democrats good choice We had a trump advisor uh commissioner Steve Rogers representing the Republicans and we had a whole list of questions I brought you some for later you can read it through and enjoy um yeah I didn't get enough of this election let me tell you but these are student generated and they're awesome um and we ran at Town Hall style so we can get as many questions in as possible and to make it clear just so um uh people understand the difference of what you did compared to what I did you concentrated on the issues as opposed to the personalities well I I got into trouble by concentrating on the personalties you know our our students are for the most part too young to vote maybe we have a handful of students who are old enough so how how could they get involved this was an incredible classroom discussion at at the outset they generated questions um and they asked we asked these questions of the two Representatives we also had um our ASAC uh committee heads present the platform's position on Israel which is uh you know obviously a subject that our students were very interested in and most important because it made a difference in this election we had a PowerPoint presentation prepared by our political science AP political science class on the electoral college process because most people don't understand it and can't explain it but it did make difference vote was much different the room was rocking red white and blue bunting Flags kids cheering uh they came in wearing hats and t-shirts and the energy was incredible and they sat they sat for over an hour listening to every single answer um and the conversation continued well after the program all right you mentioned cheering I don't know for some reason it seems there's always cheering going on girls in bua that's the way it seems to me uh next on our list is the tahilla methan this is in fact um this is in fact what made the uh front page of the JC Jewish Educational Center inaugural issue of the uh newspaper that I have in front of me uh This was done in memory of Joseph Wolf I mean somebody who was is such an important figure uh in the history of this institution and the community right every single year what we do is we have before before y Kipper we we get the kids together and we actually end up saying the safer of tum over six times in in the span of about 45 minutes the entire safer um and this year uh in in memory of Joe wolf uh we decided to DED dedicate uh the monies that were that were uh that were raised uh towards uh stucka in his memory um and actually Mark wil and Mrs wolf came and uh and joined us uh and Mark actually spoke for a couple of minutes uh Joe wolf really made a tremendous difference to Jewish Education to Jewish uh values throughout the world and certainly to the JC so we felt it certainly appropriate for us to to honor him and we sit here in the Sydney wolf gymnasium and we give a special shout out to the wolf family who are so dedicated to so many Community causes and it's not easy anybody knows the history of Jewish philanthropy it's not always easy to convince people how important Jewish Education is but boy this family get it yeah they got it uh pretty amazing um are the the parents of Hal arel were here they were visiting J they were visiting brewera they came to bua that's for those who don't remember of course she was murdered by terrorists and her whole story made such a worldwide impression on the Jewish World right and her uh parents who are just the most amazing people um came to the area came to really North America and uh told us when they walked into our building that we were the only school that they were coming to on their tour on their speaking tour wow and um it was an amazing moment um Mrs Ariel said to me when she walked in the door we were walking through the hallways and she said this is the type of school my daughter had been in this is the type of school that my daughter would be in right now um she brought her two other daughters with her and they were playing in the gym and they had an unbelievable day um while the Ariel came and they spoke to us I think what the girls really took from that day was first of all the first words out of Mrs Ariel's mouth when she stood up uh was she told us do not be afraid to go to Israel she says I can tell you that because a very scary thing happened to me and my family and I want to tell you please do not be afraid of going to Israel and then she told us she she told us about how the day happens but she more talked about what happened afterwards and the that she gets from people she talked about the week of Shiva and she talked about all the people who visited and she she was really inspirational the girls were just staring at her we felt a unique presence in the room when she was there and I told her afterwards when I you know stood up and I thanked her in front of the students in front of the students I told her that she gave of herself to us just now and because of that there are 360 girls that are going to try to emulate the MOs that her daughter had in in this world and that although her daughter's presence in this world physically is not here who she is is going to continue in these 360 girls who never met her and it was an unbelievable morning talk about making an impression and those types of events as as um difficult as it might seem uh to certain people are life-changing events you know this when you were a student you know this is a as a as a teacher on this end now that it's just uh these are life-changing experiences that kids have yes and I I will tell you that as the students go through their time at bua we try and give them these moments so that it could take them um into their into the next part of their life at this past shabas I had three graduates at my house for shabas three it happens to be that they're from three different grades so they were each talking about the things that they got uh from the school and things that they remember some of them are things like this that of course you know last year we had seven Kim that came and spoke to us about the war and it was amazing so it's things that of course we know on the goal is to do that and then there are things that we don't even realize that we're doing every single day that leave an impression on no no question about it we're with our entire panel from brewera here at JC uh Make Your Mark who is addressing the issue of making your mark that would be the Geo president the Geo president is schom schlomit waxberg welcome again to the show thank you what does make your mark all about okay so this year's Geo theme is Make Your Mark and we're all about doing something to leave an impression to do something with ourselves that to say we were here and we did something important um so this year the goo we included four committees onto the goo we have ASAC which is the Israel committee Ked Sedaka and word watch which is Shir salon so now these four committees which is what prya stands for are now on the goo so we're all together and we're all about making our Mark through theed through the ASAC through all that we're doing um it's great I can only imagine I hear I hear your enthusiasm they came up with a great idea just to put put those two things together um you know we when we on rodes when we DAV together um the girls sing Hal together and this year they they chose to dedicate um every halel ones to Hal Ariel um and to really sing with enthusiasm and and remember her so that their filos are are actually as for her so it was really quite quite amazing of making your mark uh Zava Greenwald is here junior high coordinator oh you have the opportunity to uh to deal with students at a very interesting age every single am I right yes yes I actually you know a a a metaphor which is commonly used to describe the middle school years as a bridge right and if you think about it it's actually a great comparison our goal in these two years of junior high is to really help each student through this transitional stage and um we build upon the foundation they've received in their Elementary School years and and take them to the next step preparing them for high school so whether it be curricular programming we always have this goal in mind really helping our students grow and develop so that they can be well prepared for the next stage in their lives why does your department have such a reputation for Innovation yeah yes that that's certainly true I really believe that we can model Innovation to our students as teachers by learning and growing professionally embracing new methods in the classroom whether it be integrating technology or creating student centered classrooms I myself and Kish have started using flipped instruction with marvelous results and I think this sets a standard for our students you know we're we're showing them by example what it means to innovate and we encourage them as well to think creatively to um bring new ideas to the table to collaborate and in fact over the past few years we've started committees after school clubs umed programs really just because a student or a parent or a teacher had a great idea um sounds like an early High School experience essentially yeah yeah it's definitely something you know we we benefit from being together with the high school in that way um so I think again there's much to be you know there's a lot to be gained from embracing Innovation both in ourselves and in our students very nice anything else you'd like to add um I guess I'd just like to end off by saying that this two-year transitional journey of junior high is incredible and um when I think of my students as they enter seventh grade and then the um amount of change that takes place in those two years as they enter high school it's it's incredible um there's growth on so many levels cognitively socially spiritually so to me it's a privilege to be part of this journey together with my students oh excellent sounds amazing as bua and in this case the junior high always seems to uh Rabbi Joe orats Mrs Alisa Blumenthal Mrs schlis pikus the goo president schlomit waxberg and Junior High coordinator so have a green thank you all very very much our best regards to Brea thank you for having us a pleasure to have you best regards to Brea as you head on over there for you had another amazing school day thank you and now our friends at rtma led by another one of our favorite people is coming up this is the problem with having Rabbi Newman here I could sit and just shmoo with him all through the morning but I have to get I have to get down to breast tax and start talking about the school Rabbi Amy Newman who is the principal at rtma for how long now how long have you been the Principal of rtma this is my first full year of being the principal of rtma and um when you were chosen as principle I thought it was an amazing choice I appreciate that based of what based on what I by the way yeah I don't know if you were one's principal because I generally follow where you go so first Miss and then good point I never even thought of it that way no I was never a school principal but I've always admired JC and uh an rtma so maybe that's the reason why it worked out thank god um anyway great great choice great to have you here and we have other guests as well Rabbi Amy Newman who's the principal is being joined by um uh Rabbi Rich uh who is Rabbi Rich's first name is rabell Rich of course how are you Rabbi Rich excellent how are nice to see you how's your family doing they wonderful my mother still speaks of it one of her best students she always don't think she my best students I don't think she would ever regard me as one of her best students that's how I remember growing up I'm not maybe she had other adjectives I don't know if it was best but we certainly had some interesting couns and it's funny by the way I'm sorry for the tangential mention here it's funny but my 11-year-old and I had a conversation on yff about uh something to do with elementary school education and I said to him how I argued this point in the sixth grade with the then miss he who was your mother of course I think I once heard about that conversation you heard about that conversation so we were just discussing it can you imagine unbelievable and we have Brian Ness with us welcome back good to see you I mentioned a few people that you're an amazing representative of JC it's great to have you back here good morning aam it's great to be here a pleasure and uh you're son e frme and you're a board member of course in addition to a million other things you do for the institution I'm sure and your son e is this e yeah what grade are you in F nth ninth grade you're already in high school yeah how's it going so far it's going great is everybody Newman treating you well any problems whatsoever you let me know please I don't know if this is the right place for him to this would be the Forum you mean all right I understand that in front of millions of fans all right rabie Newman tell us about the start of the school year how have things kicked off over at uh at RTM you know I want to like I've been listening on the car and and I'm it's such a unique experience to have from K through Nursery before then you know the the babies coming in the 6 months and coming in until they're 17 18 years old and hearing the experience the energy that is going on in the J these days is is unbelievable I mean this is my 13th year here I've never experienced such excitement enthusiasm and spirit and ruach and unity and and growth really real growth um one of the things that we are constantly giving over to ourselves to the administrators to the faculty and to the students and to the parents is that we're all about growth is that there's never a single day that it can be any worse you know tomorrow is always better tomorrow is always better and always better and you're seeing that from the you the lowest from the six-month olds you see the growth in the six it's amazing but but through high school and and and and through the end of senior Year we're pushing and pushing and pushing and going forward it's it's amazing to be a part of uh it really is incredible I I hope you're seeing it in numbers as well cuz I heard the open house numbers uh at least what happened last night was was remarkable it's great numbers it's great energy and it sounded like the parents had a a a valuable experience in opening up and discussing everything about the future of the school I'm sure you welcom you know we had our own parent ambassadors here and we had student ambassadors we had we had over 50 student ambassadors here who basically ran the show I mean with Rabbi Rich's help in in in organizing who's doing what everybody had their stations we had in this room last night we had all the parents who came to visit sitting on the bleachers and we had a a a panel of parents and a panel of students who just you know fielded questions anything that the parents threw out them and the students they were like it was I sat down literally at some point I just sat down and stopped moderating because the boys took over and they did it themselves and and and to see the independence and the growth um and and the willingness to be vulnerable for these boys was it it was incredible which it made me proud uh Rich's director of Student Activities can one argue that Student Activities now as a position is as important as some of the principal ships and I'm not trying to um I'm not trying there's a board member here my boss I'm not trying to to God forbid tread on the importance of your job but you have to admit that when it comes to Student Activities it's such an important part of schooling now yes I wouldn't call Student Activities RBI rich is not the director of Student Activities he's the director of student life um because that's what it is it's not about the programs it's about the big picture that he built how's it going so far Rich it really is unbelievable the the school Year is off to a great start I one of the the great initiatives that we're in the middle of now the boys hear the song on your radio show Mitzvah so that song has become very popular in the school it's played in the hallways it's played on the loudspeaker and we have a special initiative right now where the boys identified five Mitzvah that as a school they want to be focusing on and like Rabbi Newman said before it's a really special thing when they're obey him don't have to do the reminding when the boys remind each other don't forget about that Mitzvah we have this Mitzvah oh you just did this that's an opportunity TOA Mitzvah and it's become like a big slogan you hear everybody in the hallway screaming mitzah mitzah but it's beautiful to see that the students are doing the work and like rabie Newman said last night about the open house I had these boys coming to me I'm finished my job give me something else can I go talk to parents can I talk to students they all want to show show off and showcase the excitement that we have going on in our hallways very nice all right I have a bunch of stuff here that I've been told about not all of which I can uh you know you're going to have to help me out one it's called above the code what does that mean so we based on conversations that we had with students we met with every student in focus groups last year towards the end of the year about what they liked about the school what they didn't like so much and what they'd like to see more of one of the things um that we were finding is that there wasn't necessarily something to get behind and sink their teeth into and we developed a mission of our school from conversations with the students The Faculty um the the parent body um and that mission now guides everything that we do above the code for us is a is a piece of that mission the mission I'll just say is together we live above the code Guided by the Torah we passionately pursue Excellence through engagement reflection and growth that's the mission which our our our faculty know uh our students know uh the code we we Define as just getting by as being yce I passed the test I passed this I went to practice I did this above the code is is rtma no longer lives in that space what we would refer to as by the way when we when we came out with the um with the above the code slogan last year in gamar like within a week we were up to the the most amazing thing in the world um so we we pin when you're not losing too much money that you have to go above the code and and for the nextow so above the code has become our our hashtag our way of going and that's what we live by in everything that we do very nice houses program what's that all about I I could tell you I want to let arri speak about the house program but I just want to introduce it what we what we started with the house program was that we wanted to find a way for all the students to unite around various causes and we split up House program each group it's eight groups Eight houses with house Deans they were elect they they had to apply for the position they were interviewed they had their they were reviewed by their peers reviewed by by teachers Red by Administration and then we actually had the dividing of the houses and it was in in a different room where there was so much energy and so much excitement of this is my house this is going to be the group that I'm going to be affiliated with for my tenure while I'm in JC um but to speak more about what the house program does for the students if it's okay yeah please at frme take it away all right so it's like a big family it doesn't matter what grade class or town you're from you all work together to achieve common goals for your house um con our previous contest is that we had to try to build as many suers as we can help to help people and I found out yesterday that my house won and our prize is that we got to go build a house for Habitat for Humanity nice very nice over 350 suas were built in total so it's a it was very and to see the boys like hey I know someone who needs to suck a belt who wants to come and help me it was it was very rewarding to watch all right that's unique never heard of a houses program before this it it's an amazing experience and and and the boys really can come together 9 through 12 and they learn together and they build together and they are together in other words each house doesn't matter what grade you're in neighborhood Etc yeah we let God do the choosing we had you know the S literally yeah I mean he didn't I mean he did I mean we're good not that not that good but it was a random called random Choice a random choice of getting these kids together you know while ofes here uh you know I have to mention um our our stem program is is quite literally exploding um we have representatives from sa coming today sa is the center of initiatives for Jewish Education um who fund all the school stem programs around the country around before in the air right I remember so we were chosen this year as one of four schools in the country to participate in their uh first first annual robotics challenge that they're that they're piloting this year uh it's us FR ha and Hank nice um a frying we had our open house last night and stem was a big feature of our school uh every parent every student got a chance to visit the lab and we had students presenting what they were doing um and and a Frye Ness was holding sheer last night he was sitting at a table and speaking to these grown-ups who look like giants you know and and and he's he's explaining everything that's going on and everything that he's doing he's got his glass board that his code is behind him um you know how'd that go huh it went very well I could imagine were they Mesmerize the parents they were they didn't even know what I was talking about well I can guarantee you that well that's great uh Brian that must make you feel great because we've discussed in the past how important that area of schooling is to you it is I mean the stem program is obviously very important for the future teaching the kids you know new areas of focus New pieces of curriculum that are developing as we speak U but it brings together whether it be the stem the house program above the code it really gives a sense of ownership and Independence to the boys gives them a sense of place right you're you're in this big school this big organization and it it brings it down to these smaller buckets where you get to operate in groups of much smaller um students so that you can be a you could be learning as a ninth grader how to be a leader how to be presenting to to adults things that you're learning things that are important to them as they're choosing a high school for their children um it really gives them a sense of opportunity it gives them a sense of purpose and really it's it's been a fantastic experience the excitement in the Halls it's it's palpable well it sounds great and you certainly brought a good representative this morning pretty well spoken kid I must say uh all right and the the growth here is just it just continues between the open house and everything else you want to see the word continue to spread and it seems it is it is I I think the word is getting out you know you we used to say it's not your father's JC um this isn't yesterday's JC today at rtma it's it's a different School than it was yesterday because every day we are looking to get better and to improve and to grow and and the the students are B are bought in the faculty is bought in uh there's there's been a re-energizing of the entire building um and and and it's growing and it's contagious and and we're above the code a lot of credit for that so look just let all the people here I mean others as well but I'm just letting you know you're on the list of people who are getting list but we have a great a great team of Administrators and teachers and students and parents it seems you have incredible people that you surround yourself with Rob Ami numinous principal we have rabol Rich who is the director of student life uh Brian NES who has joined us before he's a board member to a proud one somebody who has a great history with this institution of course a Fran who's representing nth grade and representing rtma this morning thank you so much for being here thank you have a great day today thank you thank you thank you all very very much uh always love visiting with rtma and it's amazing people and we love visiting JC as we celebrate 75 years uh of JC here at JM in the am more coming up reminder our weekly update tomorrow there was an election this week A lot of people are curious to hear what Malcolm hline has to say about it that's tomorrow morning 7:40 eastern time here at JM and the am so make sure to be tuned in for that our video is up right now you can watch what's happening here at null.com and obviously the video will be archived and be available to everybody forever so you'll be able to access that through our website social media is up including uh uh avig Krauss the second grader who knows our station identification by hard it's up there now on Facebook if you go to the Facebook page that's called n seagull Network more from doid Loy an rtma graduate here at JM in the AM a [Music] fore [Music] yes [Music] time [Music] say [Music] fore [Music] for I on the [Music] I'm me [Music] JM in the am with doid Loy who's an rtma graduate how do you like that um a little over 10 years ago I'm told he was a graduate here at rtma and our mobile Studio here at the JC celebrating 75 years is Rabbi Ken Marcus here by any chance how are you now good morning good morning I must say one thing about being here uh certain people walk through the door and it puts a big smile on my face and you are among them I've heard some amazing things about your community my gosh oh and Ry Marcus I have a news flash a news flash that was handed to me Rabbi K Marcus who's of course a rabbi in Springfield New Jersey right uh has now been named mashani here at rtma y first of all was there still a Pua still teaching 12th grader is a Pua uh so he's the brand new Mash at rtma faculty of bre as you mentioned you're a lower School parent and a parent of a bua student and a parent of an rtma student have children in all of do the whole show with you we basically you and I talking could do the entire show and lastly not lastly maybe most importantly you are a community Rabbi who has taken Springfield New Jersey which was not on the map in my day and now it's on the map it continues to be yeah um in an average year are you getting I don't know a few families in each year absolutely number of families each year as I uh tell my board in about next year I think we're going to lock the doors and uh we're not going to let anyone else uh you want it to be to be the best secret we want it to maintain a community feel where everyone knows your name um what does this mean becoming a brand new mashki at a place like rtma do do our do in fact our yiva high schools which traditionally as I remember them never had Mas right do what's the role of a Mas need them these days mayor goita told me a beautiful idea um about last year two years ago we were smoing and he said he says every three years now in is a new door it's a new generation soon it'll be every two years right we have to when we think that we didn't have smartphones 10 years ago you know can imagine how things are evolving how things are moving at such a quick pace and barem RAB Newman RT Hana and R really it's comes ultimately down to the vision of R understands this and understands that we always have to be evolving we always have to be developing and the role of mashh is as I said last night actually at the open house is to bring some of the aana of Torah the the black fire is how to open a ran how to break open a su gar but we also have to have the aana the white fire of why are we doing this how is this meaningful the soul of Torah it's funny that you uh I mean it's it's I'm sure you did this you meant this on purpose but the the fact that there is this proliferation of technology and so much good and so much bad at the same time uh you need this element to keep people on track just do the boys take advantage of it do you get the feeling that they understand your role and and are gravitating to AB know as as Mash when I come into a room they know there's not going to be a test on this and but I'll tell you and so you might think the boy zone out they're engaged we have real deep conversations with 10 10th graders 11th graders and certainly the 12th graders who are you know looking into the wild blue yonder the opportunity to just have them be able to talk about what they want to talk about to talk about technology the challenges to talk abouta to talk about just the fundamental what are what are your life goals short-term midterm long-term goals and you're thinking high school students talk about these things high school students think about these things and they do and we have to give them that opportunity to really open up and as parents it's something we appreciate these days because if we don't start uh you know these types of discussions early on then absolutely because in this fast moving world there's just too many distractions too much media attention on things that other people think are important and it just grabs them unfortunately we want to grab them first for sure for sure uh R Marcus is here all right last time you were on you had an opportunity to discuss just how important a role JC and the entire JC School family has as a community school with even you being a community RV not here in Elizabeth but close by and it has a ripple effect all the way to where you serve for sure for sure I mean well you had Rabbi beer on this morning who uh was a youth director in our and now bar hasem is the of the lower school seem have made quite a nice adjustment here amazing amazing ruzi is a superstar he's really just awesome and I mentioned him it doesn't always work out when a community memb part of the school absolutely normally only rabbis have to right live where they were you know but it was something that I spoke to him about and barash the community really respects those boundaries that he set and he's just amazing and just the buzzz with Rabbi Newman and Rabbi oritz Rabbi Joe just in Brea you know been there now for 15 years but how you might just think also Brea uh they it's just so great they're one of the top schools in America really in the world but they're always constantly Reinventing themselves like mayor told me every three years is a new door you always have to stay one step ahead and it's really amazing how they all do it uh as a community Rabbi um you'd have to agree that some of the issues out there are becoming uh very complicated let's use that word uh difficult to deal with family situations that frankly you know rabbis of my father's generation who are great rabic leaders but they never had situations like that it must sometimes uh appear to be a great challenge for people like yourself there is also great support you know for ranam out there now in ways that I don't think you had back in the day you just had like you had a rabbi to commiserate with you had that friend that you reached out to and threw ideas off of but now there are places that are really providing significant support to ranim you know whether it's Wu whether it's OU whether it's you know individuals like a Dr David pelovitz who gives the cell phone number out to all rabim um you know I called recently reached out to him to discuss an issue with so barem you know it's getting complicated and the Doros are we're speeding through them very quickly a good sign ultimately right we're coming we hope we hope to to that great day but uh there's no question that in and in communities the challenges are getting greater but you know as the gar tells us always makes sure there's a balance in the world a balance of light a balance of dark so if it's getting darker there the light has to be there just as much and it is there who is the Mas who had the most effect on you in your lifetime is there one that you could say I remember I remember ruzi khim in kav who gave a mus seder every week and for some reason even though I barely was able to understand this Hebrew for some reason the way he presented had a lasting effect on me I'll tell youen was my nth gr RAB I was I was with him in Moko morak for three Summers and it was just such an opportunity when I actually give AAS mus in Wu in the main new ba the new main base during ell and rone was sitting right there and now he came up to me afterwards and actually reflected on some of the ideas I said you know he was a reev of mine he is when I think of a BAL when I think of a Mas is just like the epitome impact me tremendous impact thank thank you so much who did I meet is it a cousin of yours who's a rabbi and queens is that Marcus yes my first cousin amazing and his father as you know was absolutely absolutely yeah River Falls that's amazing very special person um and I could do it even more if you want because rber Fall's wife's ra salv sister is married to my first cousin right yes of course we we could really do this all morning long anyway of course Mar is always a pleasure always a pleasure luck great to see you a brand new rtma and associated with bre and as we said all the schools for quite a while and that's our by Kim Marcus who do we have next um I'm told who do we have next Ben Hofer is Ben Hofer here in the building how you doing Ben Hofer has the easiest job in the entire JCC system after all isn't the development department always the easiest job in a school system when you have a great team and you have a great product it really is there you go you spun that very nicely I must say it's always a challenge development Ben haer is a parent he's chair of the development committee he is joined on this panel by Talia Gluck where's Talia Talia Gluck good morning to you she's chair of the technology committee and Mali singfer is a teacher a parent and an active member of the technology committee let let's start with that what is a technology committee what does that mean well that was something we started um I guess we were we were inspired to do this when um I I had a friend who was a teacher in a different school and I was listening to all the things she was saying about technology in her classroom and I'm like we need we need this I need this for my kids and at the same time um there was a story in the news about a a couple that donate a million dollars to another northern Jersey school to buy um iPads and I said we we can really do this maybe not a million dollars right away but slowly and and surely and that's how we that's how we got it going and to the point where I mean I never even thought of Technology having its own Development Department that's essentially what it is right you're you're trying to raise money to specifically streamline the funds to grow the technology department in the school yeah we we approached the school first the administration and they were very willing obviously they're very there were there's a lot of cooperation there but we had to raise the money we went to parents we went to grandparents I went to my own parents for like to begin with and they were and grandparents are very willing to donate to their grandchildren's education parents saw the need as well we it was amazing Ben Hofer what's the latest news what could you tell us from the development department that people out there should know well just piggybacking on while we're talking about technology so technology is a great example of a way that people are looking to get involved in the school they're able to find a project that means something to them and they jump in and say Here's Where I want to make my impact in the school so that's been really great I mean M do you want to speak a little bit about what's going on teachers perspective no I can imagine the teach very oh teachers were obviously very eager and excited with this new you know initiative and they really really like took the Bow by the horns and just right away integrated all the technology that was purchased by the committee and we've really come such a long way it's only been a little over a year and the kids have already like done so much and the teachers have gone on multiple trainings and they're working even from home just always trying to figure out like new ways to use all the technology you know that was given to us and it's really really exciting and the parents are excited and students are excited and teachers are excited so it's really even just raise level of excitement you know within the school which is also nice when teachers get the idea and department heads get the idea that there's an infrastructure behind them that wants to see the department grow that wants to see it succeed it's a it's a great feeling and they know they have support behind it which always makes it even better and we've noticed also and this is something that that Ben I'm sure you could speak to that um these days people like to give to specific projects we we've noticed this with our own Jewish Unity initiative there's an enthusiasm behind it there's a direction that people enjoy watching of my funds my contribution is going specifically for this purpose yeah 100% people really want to see their money at work and this initiative helps do that we've also created other initiatives like that we have a newly created JC athletic booster club where people onni parents who want to see uh we see these new beautiful scoreboards that are up those are purchased this year and that was the first initiative of the uh the booster club and there will be other initiatives like this but the truth is what Maki was talking about where you saw this the school's getting excited the teachers are getting excited it also works with the parent body and and the General Alumni base the school gets excited when it sees that we had a dinner last year where we had record-breaking performance record-breaking attendance and record-breaking numbers in terms of money's raised that invigorates the school and in turn the the parent body everyone's so excited by seeing that the school is really excelling so the parents are excited the alumni are excited and the administration's excited so everybody's really pushing and pulling together to move us to the next level and you must be excited when you heard what happened last night with this full gymnasium at an open house and more open hous is coming up with a lot of enthusiasm out there in the community for the schools for sure I mean as an alumni it's really uh it's a pleasure to see we really have a tremendous uh faculty here and all we got to do in my opinion is put them up on uh the stage and say to the parents of uh the area this is what your children will be experiencing for their time in high school and I think that if we show them that I don't think there's anybody who can compete with us we should mention a couple of alumni events obviously uh we encourage the alumni to support to get together and to uh and to get involved in the school The JCC Alumni network has their Network socialize and connect event it's an exclusive rooftop cocktail and barbecue meet and greet happening on Monday night November the 21st on West 94 Street in New York City uh as we mentioned earlier all the different methods of getting in touch with the Alumni Association exists between Facebook and Twitter and um uh email and being in touch with JC directly either by phone or by email and they can get information about that that's happening November 21st and it's open not just to alumni but anybody from the JC family wants to be part of that unique event and also the JC Alumni network is presenting the fifth annual Mrs K Newman Memorial lecture to raise funding and support of the Mrs K Newman Memorial Scholarship fund that benefits Brewery of students and again this is an event that's open to the community even though it's being sponsored by the alumni that's happening and featuring rather judge Rook frier a pioneering Orthodox female judge who was just put into office officially or I should say elected into office I don't think she's been installed yet uh this past election day and that happens on Saturday night December the 17th at the JC breweria Campus information you can contact the jc.org so there's a lot of very exciting things going on and the more exciting things that are going on hopefully the easier your job becomes that's that's definitely true um so we're very excited about the future we're very excited even about the present uh having great people on board being led by even uh more dedicated faculty makes my job and the job of the entire development team uh substantially easier all right we wish you the best of luck the technology committee initiative seemed great and it's one of the best ways for people out there to streamline uh their support for the schools and uh in general we know that the development committee uh in order to um uh to be successful has to constantly be working so it does we wish you luck with that thank you and I want to take this opportunity to invite you know we've just had our 75th Anniversary we're looking to go 75 years strong into the future if there's any alumni or people are part of the JC family out there who are looking to re-engage we're certainly welcome to have your involvement uh the JC is open and uh we're very much looking forward to re-engaging with people who may have been away from the JC for uh some time so if anyone's interested please reach out to the JC and my thanks to Ben Hofer and Talia Gluck and Maly singfer thank you very much and good luck to you thank you interesting morning here at J to say the least I want to thank Aden abramof again put together a great show for us with wonderful people to meet and a great spirit here at JC we're in the brand new gym that's where we're situated this morning at JC if you haven't seen it yet you'll have an opportunity at some point I'm sure and it is certainly worth visiting reminder tomorrow our weekly update with Malcolm homeline coming up at 7:40 tomorrow morning I did want to mention again a special thank you to Mr Robert he and the he family out on Staten Island uh um I mention the he family because Robert he is the president in new Springville Jewish Center where I've had an amazing relationship I'm proud to say for many many years honored to be their on the high holidays and this coming Sunday um they are the he family is inviting everybody there the grand opening celebration at WestShore lighting West Shore lighting is located at 600 Gulf Avenue in Staten Island 600 Gulf Avenue in Staten Island they are proudly presenting brand name lighting and um and a beautiful brand new facility and their celebration begins Sunday at 11:00 a.m. this coming Sunday on Gulf Avenue in Staten Island when you go there wish mazalov to Robert he and we uh wish them congratulations on their grand opening from all of us here at JM in the am more coming up from JC and more doid Loy a graduate of rtma [Music] k your marash k your Mar has for [Music] let take go [Music] the take [Music] be [Music] call [Music] call like so you oh [Music] yes [Music] take me [Music] wo be it is always a new [Music] JM and the am all right opportunity as we uh wrap up a Thursday first of all to remind everybody amazing programming on our stream all day long at j.org on the N seal network uh Charlie Harari is coming up next Michael Fagan will be on with his election review on spin class starting at 9:30 10 o'clock for Jun in the city Alis and Josephs Mary Mel wallik with That's Life coming up at 10:30 this morning our Ry is going to be hosting our live lunch if you're going to try us out for the entire day on a specific day start with a Thursday and you'll see why we are worth listening to all through the day tomorrow it's our um weekly update with Malcolm hline first post election weekly update 7:40 tomorrow morning on the openhouse schedule please keep the following in mind uh breweria High School opens its doors this coming Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. at 35 North Avenue in Elizabeth New Jersey if you want to be part of the uh bua High School openhouse excuse me it's b.the jc.org b.the jc.org they'll 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