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MAY Freshmen Hebrew Language Class Comes Alive You may have seen them. 25 pairs of 9th grade Ateres Yaakov students scouring the aisles of Gourmet Glatt. Armed
The Flatbush Basketball League Week #5 Recap In the Jewish Home Division: China Glatt 41, Quality Carpet 33: In Quality Carpet’s first loss of the season, it was a close one going into the fourth quarter. Although Moshe Frank scored 17 and Chuli Herbst contributed with 8 for Quality, China Glatt was too strong. Dovid Kapetas put down 9, while Shimon Greenwald dominated both offensively with 11 and defensively grabbing rebound after rebound. China Glatt will face Batampte Pickles next week as they now move to 3-2. Art World 43, Batampte Pickles-38: In Art World’s first win of the season, this game was close until the final seconds. Yosef Kapetas’ 25 points just weren’t enough against a newly formed Art World squad. Binyomin Parnes led all scoring with 21 for Art World, while Yehudah helped with 9. Art World will face #1 seed Quality Carpet next week. Shirt Stop- 48, Pizza World- 36: After last week’s close loss to ITP, Shirt Stop was not going to go down that easy. This week they came back stronger, as Yehudah Oppenheim led scoring with 19 points and a number of clutch rebounds. Avrumi Guttman and Yitzi Weinberger contributed with 14 and
13 respectively. Eli Kremer led Pizza World with 17; however, their team could not pull out their their second victory just yet. Perfect Collision “demolished” ITP as Dovid Reiser was unstoppable, knocking down jumpers and hitting layups from every angle. He led Perfect to their second straiaght win with 35 points. Meir Rubinfeld and Yitzchok Kapetas contributed with 14 and 15 respectively. ITP falls to 3-2 while Perfect Collision moves to 2-3. In the Jewish Connection Division: Repairs on Wheels-34, Plaza Auto Leasing (PAL)-23: In thus close one, Reapirs’ took the win as Zev Tepper and Shimshi Lebowitz led all scoring with 10 and 8 respectively. Rafi Safdie led PAL with 12 and Dovid Sasson had 8. PAL will face Ready to Roll next week, as they now fall to 1-4. Nosh Express again dominated the game against Ready to Roll as Shmuel Krzywanowski led with 21 and Sendy Hammond contributed with 17. Yaakov Ibrigimov’s one man show of 22 just wasn’t enough to stop Nosh Express’ offense and defense. Nosh Express will face Repairs on Wheels next week.
given a list of 20 questions in Hebrew such as: “What is the price of Folgers 8 ounce instant coffee?” “In what aisle can you find olive oil?” and “What item is right next to the eggs?” Students were challenged to complete the questionnaire. Those who handed in complete and accurate papers first were declared the winners. “We want our students to sharpen their knowledge of Ivrit not just to ensure high academic achievement, but to view it as a living language,” commented Rabbi Sam Rudansky, general studies principal. “This sort of authentic approach to assessment engenders this
ideal in our students.” The winning teams received Gourmet Glatt gift certificates. MAY thanks the management of Gourmet Glatt for allowing the study of Hebrew language to come alive in their establishment.
Hatzolah of Queens Visits Ohel Yitzchok Kindergarten As part of the ongoing child safety education program at Ohel Yitzchok Preschool, Hatzolah of Queens was invited to Morah Yocheved’s kindergarten class to teach the children about accident prevention and what to do in case of an emergency. Akiva Palmer, in his friendly and easygoing manner, described the dedication of Hatzolah members to helping people and saving lives. He demonstrated firsthand the caring and devotion Haztolah has for our Queens community. The children were allowed on the ambulance to see the equipment and to try on Hatzolah jackets and helmets. The children and teachers also got to see Hatzolah’s quick response, as just as the class picture was taken in front of the ambulance, an emergency call came in, and with flash-
ing lights and sirens, Hatzolah sped off to assist a person in need. Ohel Yitzchok thanks Akiva Palmer, Yosef Prager and Meir Rimler for their time and very informative lesson.
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with pens and paper, they swiftly moved about the store taking notes along the way. In a creative and innovative method of assessing his students’ grasp of their most recent lessons, Hebrew language teacher Rabbi Shlomo Drebin challenged them to shop – in Hebrew! “I want them to do more than just learn Ivrit; I want them to use Ivrit,” explained Rabbi Drebin. Each student paired up with a classmate and was
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