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Volume 26, Issue 5

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Vaccinated Life

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North Shore Towers Residents Discuss Living Safely After COVID-19 Shots

May 2021

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Where do Towers residents feel safe after COVID shots?

By Steve Auerbach

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As spring golf begins at North Shore Towers, residents differ on what feels safe after COVID vaccinations.

VID, with variants seemingly spun off daily. Will we need boosters because the vaccine we received protects us for a short time? When answers to all of the above are known, then we can feel safer.

Barbara Leonardi: Safe is still wearing a mask in the presence of others. A close friend of mine contracted COVID from her husband, who was fully vaccinated. Because he was vaccinated, they thought it was just a cold until they both tested positive. It is not over yet. Cases are still climbing, while hospitals have a better grip. Stimulate the economy but be careful.

Fran Gordon: I grew up feeling safe and secure in my world. Between home, school, and friends, I was protected

Do you feel safe going out to eat in a restaurant, getting a haircut, or getting your nails done? What about going to the movies or a shopping mall?

How about traveling by airplane or cruise ship? And what about going to a Broadway show when they reopen, or going to a Yankee or Met game?

and shielded from anything that would put me at risk. All of that changed on September 11, 2001. My world shattered, and my radar has been on full alert since then–eyes wide open, vigilant, and aware of surroundings.

I never thought the enemy would turn out to be an invisible spherical spiky microscopic cell that would turn the planet upside down. The dictionary defines safe in many ways, protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed; affording security or protection; safe knowing that one can do something without risk or worry.

For me, these ideals have been shaken to the core, and I don’t know if I will ever be truly safe again. However, as I set up new strategies for myself, I will begin slowly and take my cues from the people around me. If people are following protocols that are important to me, I will feel safe. If they are not, I will go somewhere else where our approach is more aligned.

There is also a fluidity to this methodology, and as the weeks progress, I may pull back or step forward. This is an ever-changing action plan which I will have to continually assess as time moves forward.

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ow that most North Shore Towers residents have been vaccinated with one or two COVID-19 shots, their opinions of where they feel safe vary widely. Feeling safe means not feeling worried by circumstances or events around us.

The pandemic presents unique challenges to everyone. We need to get our economy going again, but at what price? Though many businesses are starting to reopen with restrictions, there are some activities where restrictions have been totally lifted. It is still essential to consider your specific health situation when making this critical decision.

Do you feel safe going out to eat in a restaurant, getting a haircut, or getting your nails done? What about going to the movies or a shopping mall? How about traveling by airplane or cruise ship? And what about going to a Broadway show when they reopen, or going to a Yankee or Met game? And will you be heading out to the beach or pools opening Memorial Day? However, there is something to be said for dining out and no longer cooking for yourself or ordering delivery.

Here’s where NST residents said they feel most safe now that they have had their shots.

Arlette Sanders: I’ve had two vaccinations. I feel quite safe to eat out and get my hair cut. I still wear a mask and maintain a six-foot distance. My kids and grandkids (except a 15-year-old) come here for dinner, and we feel free to remove our masks when we eat. I’ve gone shopping in the Arcade and feel safe as well. There’s no question that the vaccine is liberating.

Arnold Rabinowitz: Terrie and I had our shots over a month ago. We were told to go on with our lifestyle, and we did in many ways. We wear our masks in public places and try to keep our distancing, but we play cards indoors with our masks. We go to dinners indoors and outdoors, but mostly outdoors because the weather is OK in Florida.

I think if you get the vaccinations, it is safe to do sensible stuff. Take care and stay safe. We would like to see all of you soon.

Bruce Savid: I have been wrestling with this question for a while. On the one hand, with all the vaccinations, I believe we should feel a whole lot safer participating in most of these activities. On the other hand, I also believe there is much the scientists don’t know about CO-

Men’s Club: Billy Crystal Talk

By Howard Arkin

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al St. George was once again the moderator of a Zoom lecture for the North Shore Towers Men’s Club on Wednesday, March 17th.

The topic for the evening’s lecture was legendary comedian and actor Billy Crystal. Before starting his discussion, St. George showed us a five-minute film montage of some of America’s greatest entertainers of the 20th century. During most of his lectures, he does this to highlight the contrast between entertainment from the past compared to entertainment today. Oh, for the good old days!

Crystal was born in New York City 74 years ago. As was the case with many New Yorkers, he found himself growing up in the suburbs. In Crystal’s case it was Long Beach, in Nassau County. His father, Jack, and his Uncle Milt owned the Commodore Music Store on 42nd Street where Billy spent many hours, probably planting the seeds for his future life in show business.

Billy’s career started in the 1970s when he appeared at The Improv and Catch A Rising Star, two well-known comedy clubs. He made a few small appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” and by 1984 had become a regular. His catchphrase “you look mahvelous,” doing his imitation of Fernando Lamas, still resonates today.

After an appearance on “All In The Family,” he became close friends with Rob Reiner, and the friendship has endured until now. Reiner directed him in a few successful films in the 1980s, including the popular “When Harry Met Sally.” This earned Crystal a Golden Globe nomination in 1989.

I’m sure that many of you remember

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In the 1990s, Crystal’s film career continued to soar. Two of my favorites during this period were “City Slickers” and “Analyze This.” This was a time in his career when he also found the time to host The Academy Awards nine times.

In 2005 I got a chance to see Crystal in person. I remember one Saturday afternoon driving into Manhattan to see his one-person show “700 Sundays.” The Tony Award-winning show chronicled his adolescent years growing up in Long Beach. Sports had always played an intricate part in his life, especially the New York Yankees. In 2001 he successfully directed a made-for-TV movie based on Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris’s race to beat Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record.

An interesting bit of information that St. George imparted to us was that Crystal also had a Major League baseball career.

In 2008, on his 60th birthday, the Yankees signed him to a one-day contract during spring training. He led off the game and was able to actually foul off a pitch before striking out. He was released the next day!

At the end of the session, Toby Horowitz opened the mic for questions, and before you knew it, another Siegel/Horowitz Men’s Club Zoom session was history.

The weather forecast for Thursday, March 25th called for a sunny day with temperatures in the 70s. This was a forecast certainly befitting of Ed Kranepool’s appearance before the North Shore Towers Men’s Club. Yes, baseball was in the air. Kranepool’s lecture promised to attract a large audience, and it didn’t disappoint.

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In “Zoomspeak,” this meant that all of the boxes on my computer were filled. To use some baseball jargon, by 7:30, “they were hanging from the rafters.”

Kranepool spent his entire career, from 1962-1979, with the NY Mets. It’s hard for me to imagine any player currently spending 18 years with the same team. The first seven years of his career were spent with a team that many considered to be one of the worst in baseball history. But in 1969, things began to change. A man walked on the moon, and the New York Mets won the World Series. Four years later, they would come within one game of duplicating the same feat. Kranepool played an important part in each of those years, contributing to the team’s success.

A good part of the evening was spent with our club President, Toby Horowitz, calling on those in the audience to direct Kranepool’s questions. Many of them pertained to the glory years of 1969 and 1973.

He stressed that he had a very good relationship with the Mets early management and its first owner, Joan Payson. He also expressed enthusiasm for the club’s future now that Steve Cohen is the new owner.

Money can do wonders.

Naturally, Casey Stengel, Kranepool’s first manager, came up. He said that Stengal could “play the clown” but would not extend the same role to his players. When Jimmy Pearsall hit a home run in 1963 and ran the bases backward, Stengal had him released the next day. Kranepool had his favorites over the years, but one of his “not so favorites” was Met catcher Gerry Grote, whom he did not speak to for nine years.

Minneapolis Twins manager Gene March was also not at the top of his list. In 1980, when Mauch called him and asked him to join the Twins, Kranepool chose to retire rather than play for him.

A few questions asked pertained to current baseball rules. He believes that if baseball is to have a designated hitter, it should apply to both leagues, and the shift should not be outlawed. He feels that the games are too slow, and he usually falls asleep by the time they end. Kranepool exhibited a great batting eye during his career, striking out only 581 times in 5,436 times at bat.

Another phase of the game that he excelled in was pinch-hitting. His batting average in the 1970s was 396, and in one year he got 17 hits in 35 times at-bat.

When he was asked who he thought was the greatest player of all time, without hesitating, Kranepool chose his 1972-73 teammate Willie Mays. As for pitchers, he had high praise for Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. When asked about current Met pitcher Jacob De Grom, he acknowledged his extraordinary talent, but was disappointed that at this point in his career he has had so few wins (70). He attributes this to poor Met batting support and an overreliance on relief pitching. I found only one thing that I was in strong disagreement with Kranepool. He felt that Met manager Yogi Berra should have started George Stone over Tom Seaver in game six of the 1973 World Series. If any of you are interested, Wikipedia will give you the details.

As many of you might be aware, in 2019, Kranepool underwent a successful kidney transplant at Stonybrook Medical Center. The Men’s Club wishes him well on his recovery and hopes that his next lecture will be in person.

Don’t forget, our next Men’s Club Zoom was held on Thursday, April 15th, with Ann Margaret Carrozza discussing how to protect assets. On Thursday, May 13th, Professor James Coll will be discussing the workings of the Supreme Court.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Darkness Never Imagined A Light Never Extinguished–Yom HaShoah Tribute

Rabbi Michael Klayman Lake Success Jewish Center

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What characterizes Yom HaShoah therefore, is not just the memorializing of six million Jews, but the somber reality that hatred knows no boundaries.

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Special guests Sidney and Rosalie Simons lighting candles at 2018’s NST Yom HaShoah memorial. tism was state-sponsored.

To a contemporary Jew, how could the signs be ignored?

How could a Rabbi worry about scholarships to students and jobs for ritual slaughterers when the first priority was evacuating as many Jews as possible to any safe locale?

What good was matchmaking if there were few German Jews with whom to be matched???

For younger generations (not only Jews included) and for many Israelis, the above questions are sincere and not rhetorical. Israelis, for certain, have questioned their identification with Diaspora Jews (Diaspora for many Israelis is a pejorative term), who, unlike Israelis, were led to the slaughter.

Neither the Rabbi of Danzig nor most intelligent Jews in Europe could have imagined the extent of Nazi intentions. Even in the Warsaw Ghetto, after Jews were thrown into a limited, unsanitary space, the Jewish community sought to preserve ‘normal’ spiritual life as much as possible. Had the Warsaw Jews believed that their entire community would soon be annihilated in the most barbaric era of human history, I believe they would have exchanged

their school choirs for weapons to defend themselves.

Likewise, had the Rabbis of Germany and Europe imagined the scope of Nazi brutality, they might have persisted in maintaining Jewish communities but would have shifted their focus away from the availability of Jewish newspapers in Melbourne, Australia. They would have taken more urgent action to first secure the physical survival of all Jews.

Here we are, 80 years later, and we still react to Hitler and the Holocaust with incredulity and disbelief. Certainly at the time, few even amidst an environment of suspicion and fear could have imagined the scope of Naziism and the obliteration of Jewish Europe. The letter from that Danzig Rabbi suggests that hope existed for a more suitable Jewish life in a friendlier climate despite the gloom.

Therefore, what characterizes Yom HaShoah is not just the memorializing of six million Jews but the somber reality that hatred knows no boundaries. Eighty years later, the world has not atoned.

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ecently, a colleague of mine shared a letter written in February 1938 by his grandfather, the chief Rabbi of Danzig.

The letter was written to a distinguished Rabbi in Melbourne, Australia, inquiring about the suitability of Melbourne’s Jewish community as a place of sanctuary for Germany’s Jews. Because Danzig (between Germany and Poland) enjoyed a more independent status, the Jews living there were relatively free compared to other Jews in the greater region. However, with the escalating dangers of Naziism so frighteningly apparent, the Danzig Rabbi reached out before the situation grew more alarming.

The letter offers an illuminating glimpse into the thinking of many Jews in February 1938; long after the Nuremberg Laws were promulgated, yet before Kristallnacht and the Anschluss. Reading the letter today with the benefit of hindsight, we would question the wisdom of a Rabbi more concerned about the quality of Jewish life in Melbourne than in doing everything possible to evacuate Jews out of Europe, whatever the physical or spiritual cost. In his letter, the Danzig Rabbi expresses concern but not desperation: He inquires about places in Melbourne for students to attend either college or (I assume a rabbinical) seminary.

The Danzig Rabbi also inquired about potential scholarship money to fund new immigrant students. He then asks about the potential for work in professions ranging from merchants to Hebrew teachers and ritual slaughterers. He inquires about the availability of Kosher meat, Jewish publications, and even about matchmaking.

Ultimately, most, but not all of Danzig’s Jews escaped; those remaining behind were deported and perished in extermination camps. Yet, as the Holocaust fades from memory and few survivors remain, younger generations are prone to question the actions of that Danzig Chief Rabbi as misguided and even delusional.

By early 1938 there was no extermination plan, but Nazi intentions to target German Jewry were well documented. The Danzig Rabbi himself was aware that Jews around the region were suffering intensely. He knew that economic doors were closing for Jews and that anti-Semi-

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Bernard Madoff Dies at 82 NST was ‘ground zero’ of largest Ponzi scheme ever

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orth Shore Towers was hit hard by the Bernard Madoff investment scandal in 2008, with 19 families at the co-op fleeced in what investigators called the largest Ponzi scheme ever. Families were forced to sell their homes at the co-op, resulting in one New York City tabloid calling the Towers “ground zero of Madoff misery.” On Wednesday, April 14th, Madoff died in a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C., bringing back difficult memories of financial misdeeds for some of his victims.

He was 82.

In 2009 the Tower Times reported that Hilda Hausner, and her husband, Harvey, then 91 and 95, resided at the Towers since 2004 and were forced in 2009 to downsize their apartment due to losing $850,000 with Madoff.

“Anyone that would go and create a global financial catastrophe like this has got to be a psychopath,” Mrs. Hausner said at the time.

“You could tear your hair out or jump out the window, but I’m not going to do either one of those,” she continued.

“He’s a devil and should be in a mental ward...I’d probably put a knife in him before I said anything to him, but I don’t think I’m capable of that.”

The couple had been married 69 years and had recently suffered health problems. They were no longer able to afford home nurse service as a result of their unexpected economic downturn. They said they would be forced to live off remaining savings and bond returns initially purchased for their children.

Recalling previous tough times, Hausner said, “I went through the Great Depression, and let me tell you, it can

get pretty bad.”

Twenty-four accounts were listed under the Towers’ zip code, several to the same families, and some to lawyers, accountants, foundation trustees, and agents who set up the accounts. Newspaper reports stated that as many as 50 families at the Towers lost money to Madoff, five were forced to sell their apartments.

Like the Hausners, many of the Towers accounts apparently resulted from the recommendation of the deceased accountant Edward Glantz, a former building two resident.

Hausner called Glantz, her family’s accountant since the 1960s, “a sort of an evangelist” concerning Madoff. “He thought that Mr. Madoff was God’s gift to the world.”

Businessweek magazine described Glantz as a “feeder” to Madoff, who joined his game in 1989. According to a report by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Glantz helped collect $89 million funneled to Madoff to invest.

The Madoff money trail led to Avellino & Bienes, a small New York accounting firm run by Frank Avellino and Michael Bienes. According to court records, they began raising money several decades earlier for Madoff, eventually abandoning their accounting practice to find clients for his firm exclusively. Glantz and Steven Mendelow had a Manhattan office on the same floor as Avellino & Bienes. Glantz’s son, Richard, later also joined in raising money.

In 1992 the scheme was brought to a halt by the Securities and Exchange Commission demanding a settlement.

The firms were forced to close their doors, reimburse $454 million to 3,200 investors, and pay $875,000 in fines. Despite these apparent warnings and some questions at the

Babes Against Cancer experience once again being together as a community.

We are looking forward to seeing our “Tree of Life” bloom outside the Country Club entrance starting in late May. We plan to have a golf outing, a putting contest, a tennis night and maybe even a pickleball fundraiser.

In the Fall, we will have our “Walk the Course” and, hopefully, be able to have “An Afternoon Tea Card Party.”

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Securities and Exchange Commission over Madoff running a classic Ponzi scheme, the scandal continued to expand virtually unchecked.

Madoff was the main focus of a speaker from the State Attorney General’s office at the North Shore Towers Shareholders Association meeting, Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 in the Coleridge lounge. “This is probably one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history, not just in America, but in the world,” said Diane Ridley Gatewood, Assistant NY State Attorney General Chief of Registration Section Investigator Protection Bureau.

Gatewood blamed the Madoff scandal on a lack of oversight since complaints had been received concerning his firm a decade earlier. The state has no oversight since no complaints were received at their level, and apparently, the SEC conducted no audit when he began his investment advisory firm, she explained. Madoff’s trading firm fell under brokerage rules, but his investment management side was not protected.

Gatewood reminded Towers residents that senior investors should look for the protection of principal, lower risk, and be careful of marketers offering higher interest rates.

When asked what message she has for her North Shore Towers neighbors, Hausner said, “This is a horrifying thing. Don’t put your money in one place.”

Although some restitution was made, it was too late for at least eight others at the co-op who had already passed away.

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By Theresa Oropallo Babes Against Cancer Chair, Since 1986, North Shore Towers has been involved with the American Cancer Society via the Babes Against Cancer. At that time, we raised $1,080 to help search for a cure. Great strides have been made over the years, but we are not there yet.

In 2020, despite the pandemic and our limited activities, our efforts continued and we raised $21,000.

We are proud of that accomplishment but we are really looking forward to sponsoring some of our more “normal” activities to not only raise money but also to

Bernard Madoff’s 2008 mug shot.

Vaccinated Life at North Shore Towers

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Continued from Page 3 been helped tremendously by the V.A. They have given us all the shots even before the need was recommended. Any veteran should contact the V.A. for information.

Maria and Joseph Miller: I wonder how safe going on a cruise really is. Some cruise lines are thinking of selling cruises only to folks who have been vaccinated.

What about once you get to a destination?

How safe is that port of call? Do they expect you to not ever leave the ship and not tour the various ports of call? And if you decide to disembark, would that be a risk for passengers and crew?

John Rondinelli: We have both have received the two jabs, and as a consequence, feel very much safer. Nevertheless, my wife has not expanded our activities.

She still feels uneasy in crowds. I believe it will be a slow process for her to return to “normal” activities. I would be open to expanding the Men’s Club activities, such as breakfast at Buffy’s if all in attendance have and display their two-shot cards.

Howard Arkin: I must have been pretty inactive over the past few years, leading up to COVID-19. During this period, I

haven’t engaged in almost all the activities on Steve’s list. I must confess that I’ve still to get my first manicure.

Number one on the list, going out to eat in a restaurant, has affected me the most.

John Rondinelli’s suggestion regarding breakfast at Buffy’s was right on target.

Regarding John’s thoughts of renewing this Men’s Club event, I will be at Buffy’s next Monday, and the following Monday at 8:30 am. I promise to observe social distancing, and I won’t ask to see your vaccination card.

Name withheld by request: We plan to return to NST, as we did last August, via an auto-train compartment. We will see our grandchildren, mainly outdoors, with masks on. We will visit with grandkids in DE and MA briefly, probably overnight in a suite hotel. Too many unknowns about efficacy against variants, length of efficacy, and we are both highly vulnerable to this plague.

We mostly see friends here in Florida via Zoom. We rarely dine with other vaccinees, outdoors, and hope that others comply with vaccination and masks so we can eventually see our 14-year-old grandson in England.

My greatest fear is the NST elevators.

During our brief stay last autumn, several people were disrespectfully jumping into the elevator maskless.

Jane Auerbach (Los Angeles): We don’t plan anytime soon walking into a restaurant. We don’t ever use delivery, because restaurants are already struggling, and they have to pay high fees to all the delivery services that co-advertise that they deliver. (Some restaurants here have even discounted 15-30 percent for pickup). Plus,

we live within a mile or so of Indian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian, poke, and other restaurants, and I’m a really good cook. I even expanded my repertoire into more vegetarian dishes, since David isn’t big on eating land animals. Now I make killer falafel, a Japanese salad bowl with roasted Kabocha squash and soba noodles, black bean burgers, and a few other dishes I never tried before the pandemic. Think of all the money we have saved.

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lauded for her creativity and hard work on behalf of the Woman’s Club, and another session of “Tea Time” will take place shortly. Keep tuned in for further details.

B-I-N-G-O Hosted by Dawn Steinberg and Selma Baumgarten, the virtual BINGO Game held on Wednesday, March 31st, was judged a huge success by Program Chairperson and Co-President Gloria Beck.

After thanking the BINGO hosts, Dawn Steinberg and Selma Baumgarten, she went on to describe the afternoon event.

Dawn explained the rules of the virtual BINGO to the attending club members before the action started, which was not very different from any other BINGO. Beck acknowledged the positive response BINGO received. “We are going to continue with this event,” she said. “There were even members from the Women’s Club in Florida that joined in.” She also pointed out that if people wish to play in the future, they have to put in their reservations promptly. No reservations can be accepted after the cut-off date. Preparations must be made behind the scenes, including the Zoom invite, membership verification, and collection and distribution of cards.

Steinberg and Baumgarten are applauded for their hard work, and of course, our esteemed program and events leader, Gloria Beck as well. Prizes were awarded, and Rose Tracey was the big winner of the day.

Lunch with the Bunch: Thursday May 20th, 12:30 pm Marilyn Goldberg and Eva Kessner re-

port that the Women’s Club, with an evergrowing membership, will use “Lunch Bunch” time as a way for members to get to know each other, whether virtually or in person. “We say hello o each other, eat our lunch at home and also discuss relevant and timely topics of interest to us,” she said.

The next session is slated for Thursday, May 20th, at 12:30 pm. Contact judyparis@twc.com to sign up for the Zoom program. Eva Kessner and Marilyn Goldberg will be there to greet you along with returning Floridians and some of your neighbors.

Calendar for May Wednesday, May 12th Sal St. George, Lecturer: “Funny Boys From Brooklyn.”

Zoom at 4:00 pm featuring Dom DeLuise, Jerry Stiller, Woody Allen, Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, and Henny Hounman. Contact judyparis@twc.com to sign up.

Thursday, May 20th, “Lunch Bunch,” 12:30 pm. Contact judyparis@twc.com.

Monday, May 23rd, Cinema Club movie review channel 995. Vicki Mazel and Dr. Nurit Israel-Reviewers, 4:00 pm, “The Help,” Netflix, Starring Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, and Olivia Spencer.

Are you a member? Did you remember to pay your dues? Are you a new resident? Wanna join and have some fun? If you need further membership information, call Membership Chairperson Chickie Kaufman (718) 819-8176.

All Zoom links set up by the wonderful Judy Paris. To get connected, email at judyparis@twc.com for all Zoom programs.

Pandemic Poetry It’s a question so academic, Is there a change in the Pandemic?

Do facts point to the endemic, Turning a corner on the epidemic?

What to do now we ask?

Still have to were our mask.

Else we’ll be taken to task, Sneak a little booze in a flask!

Be still my beating heart, Only need be three feet apart.

Elevator rules same from the start, Still wipe down your shopping cart.

Spring’s here t’will be getting hot.

Hope everyone got their shot.

Enjoy the warmer days a lot.

But get to the dentist before teeth rot.

People playing pickleball, All gardens begin to sprawl.

More socializing is the call, Even a trip to a local mall.

Here’s advice you should know.

Whatever you do - take it slow, Mr. Pandemic is still the boss, So please stay off his course.

Still no rooms to hold our meetings, Buffy’s open for meals and greetings.

Don’t fret - it’s really no bummer, Looking ahead to a better summer…

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he Women’s Club was treated to a special Zoom meeting held by lecturer Mel Haber on “Bette Midler–The Divine Miss M,” on Wednesday, March 10th.

With degrees from Boston University, Baruch College, and CUNY, Professor Haber gave a spirited and detailed account of Midler’s private and professional life, replete with original videos. As a devotee of old popular music, he cited the “Make Believe Ballroom” with Martin Block and William B. Williams. Presenting a program on Bette Midler was an extension of this kind of devotion.

Haber traced Midler from her birth in Honolulu in 1945 to the present. Coming from a low-income family in New Jersey, the family moved to Hawaii when her father worked at a naval base there. She always loved singing, and especially applause, although her father disapproved. However, encouraged by her mother, Midler moved to New York City in 1965, and in 1968 appeared in an off-roadway performance of “Fiddler On The Roof.” Starring in the chorus, she finally got the role of Tevye’s daughter Tzeitl. In 1970, she was a regular at the Continental Baths, a noted gay venue at the Ansonia Hotel.

Showing Midler videos from that time, Haber noted that a producer of the “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” booked her for an appearance. He showed a clip of her singing “Chattanooga Choo Choo” as the divine Miss M, and a legend was born.

Her tours all over the U.S. were sold out. In 1972 Midler produced her first record album as the Divine Miss M. The following year, a trio of Midler’s did a video on “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boys of Company C” as a take-off on the Andrew Sisters.

Professor Haber discussed Midler’s movie success, starting in 1979 when she did her first film, “The Rose.” Playing a drug abuser (a thinly-veiled version of Janis Joplin), her acting ability was duly noted, and she began to make more and more films. Haber pointed out “Beaches” in 1988, as the soundtrack from that film became her biggest-selling album. One of the songs he mentioned was the famous “Wind Beneath My Wings” as an example.

Leading up to the present, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” was compared to Ethel Merman was often mentioned. As a New Yorker, Midler was known for her charity work, investing in restoration work

and community gardens. In a career that spanned 50 years, she has won Grammys, Emmys, a Tony, and sold over 30 million records.

Lecture Series-Professor Sal St. George Watch for the May Zoom Program, Wednesday, May 12th, at 4:00 pm, with Pop Culture historian Sal St. George Zooming in on “Funny Boys From Brooklyn.”

You don’t want to miss this one! Professor St. George has been lecturing for 35 years on living history and bringing life stories behind the scenes to engage the audience.

He will detail the lives of some of our most beloved comedians from Brooklyn, and these icons in the American entertainment scene will make you laugh once again. We all need a good guffaw! Thanks to Gloria Beck for bringing him to the Towers.

Zoom link, judyparis@twc.com Lights! Camera! Action!

The Cinema Club Presents The Academy Award-nominated film “The Help” is the next presentation of the Cinema Club on Monday, May 23rd at 4:00 pm. This 2011 period drama was written and directed by Tate Taylor and produced

by Dreamworks.

The film recounts a young aspiring young journalist from Mississippi and her friendship with two black maids. She decides to write a book from the maid’s point of view working with white families. Presented on Netflix, the film was nominated for four academy awards and stars Viola Davis, winning Best Actress. The film also received a SAG award and has an excellent ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer, Dallas Bryce Howard, and Allison Janney. Vicki Mazel and Dr. Nurit Israeli will present this provocative scenario and its relevance to attitudes today.

The review will air on Channel 995 on Monday, May 23rd, at its new time slot of 4:00 pm. The early Monday date is due to the Memorial Day Monday of May 31st.

Women’s Club Launches Tea Time On Wednesday, April 2nd, members of the Women’s Club shared Tea Time under the Zoom umbrella. The brainchild of Chickie Kaufman, Membership Chairperson and Co-President, provided the tea and sweeties to the attending members B-I-NG-O signed up for the session. The goodies were beautifully presented in gift bags and sent to the various building concierges for resident pick up.

The Zoom session offered open discussion with much reminiscing of tea drinking in European countries and other topics of interest to the participants. Kaufman was

Darkness Never Imagined Food and Grocery Delivery Available

Continued from Page 16 councils. What keeps me awake at night is not only the memory of a Nazi-era of darkness never imagined, but the reality of a world not learning lessons of the past.

As I am an eternal optimist (inspired by Anne Frank), I still believe we are capable of conquering evil.

I still believe that there are many good people who continue to be shocked at the world’s inhumanity because we believe the world can and will change.

We absorb the shocks of persistent

racism, gun violence, and xenophobia because we are ever committed to securing for our children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren a more benevolent world.

Even in the midst of Nazi terror, so many Jews believed there were better times ahead. As spiritual heirs to that generation, we can better honor the six million by reaffirming our belief that better times are ahead. We will never embrace nor accept the realities of darkness but will continuous and irrepressibly seek light, no matter how agonizingly slow it filters through.

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The Golden Years Today I woke up at my usual time, you going to?” Why couldn’t she just and when I looked into the mirror I was ask what floor was I going to, why did she have to say, ‘sir’.” Ah, “The shocked to see this elderly man.

Golden Years.”

It was hard to believe, I thought The weather is getting nicer to myself, but what can I do? I and nicer, so I took a walk in then remembered a friend of the Courtyard. People are out mine in the Camera Club told and about. They were sitting me that anytime I wanted a on every bench, and it was picture, he has 15 available in Bud Bank wonderful seeing them all his apartment. I called him, and he invited me to look at the pictures. I outside. A gentleman was sitting on the went to his apartment and picked out a bench in front of the bus stop, reading beautiful picture. It was the exact size a newspaper, which he does every day.

About 10 feet behind him was another of my mirror.

Since I’m not a handyman, I hired gentleman sitting in his folding chair and paid a handyman to put up the listening to music, and he is also there picture. I now get up every morning, and every day.

It’s starting to feel like the good old the first thing I look at is this beautiful picture. What is the moral of the story? days.

I hope you all enjoy my articles. I If you have a problem, there is always enjoy writing them. a solution.

Hope to see you around so we can This morning I got on the elevator, and there was a young lady on the say hello.

Be healthy and happy. elevator. She said, “Sir, what floor are

Visiting Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

By Lorraine Bertan NST Cultural Affairs Committee

C

old Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) was named the top academic research institution by the scientific journal “Nature” in 2019. CSHL has a staff of 600 researchers specializing in cancer, neuroscience, genomics, and quantitative biology. Two Noble Prize winners have been associated with CSHL, Barbara McClintock and James Watson, and both are known for their genetics work. Barbara McClintock began her work on the genetics of corn plants at CSHL in 1944 and was able to identify how genes move around on chromosomes, the “Jumping Genes,” which affect the physical traits of the plant. James Watson and Francis Crick identified the structure of the DNA molecule.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory was founded in 1890 by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science for biological research, including Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The seashore location helped provide access to plants and animals for study. Eight acres of land and buildings were donated by the Jones Brothers, proprietors of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Company. The Jones brothers were Major Thomas Jones’s descendants, who served in the British army before coming to the United States in the 18th century and engaged in whaling and real estate. Jones Beach was originally a whaling station.

The first director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory was Dr. Charles Davenport, a Harvard professor of evolutionary biology, and a proponent of eugenics. Eugenics was the movement to improve humanity’s genetic composition through the selection of mates with desirable traits. This led to the dark side of genetics during 1921 through the 1930s when German “racial hygienists” touted the Nordic race as the eugenic ideal. Dr. Davenport retired from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1934, and the eugenics program was discontinued by the end of 1940. The focus of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory began with genetics, and

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. the colonists.

The whaling museum is open on Saturdays, phone (631) 367 3418.

The Cold Spring Harbor Fishery and Aquarium is an environmental center demonstrating New York State’s freshwater ecosystems. It contains eight outdoor ponds showing the life cycles of trout and other local fish. Two aquarium buildings display freshwater reptiles, amphibians, and fish, phone number (516) 692 6768. Driving to Cold Spring Harbor along Northern Boulevard is a scenic way to a charming and interesting destination.

Coming to an End

By Marian Nemetsky When flaming orange banners glide across a dark blue sky, and the light is beginning to fade, we know that the day is coming to an end. When there’s a grand finale, and the crimson velvet curtain falls in the theatre, we know that the play is coming to an end. When an army of brilliantly colored crocuses pokes their tiny heads through the earth, we know that the winter is coming to an end.

Recently, I was catapulted into a North Carolina marsh and made friends with a young girl, barefoot and wild, who her family abandoned. She lived, loved, and learned all about her natural habitat. As her story unfolded, she found herself accused of a mysterious murder. Our lives became more and more entangled, but then, sadly, I realized that I had to pull myself back from that experience slowly. There were only 25 pages left to read when I knew that the wonderful book

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Della Owens was coming to an end.

Twenty-seven years of Sundays at the kitchen table writing lesson plans culminated in 27 years of reaching kids who were hard to reach and teaching kids who were hard to teach. In what seemed like a blink of an eye, I was at my retirement party, filled with mixed emotions, knowing that my career as a Special Education teacher was coming to an end.

Now, even though we are still wearing masks, social distancing, washing and sanitizing our hands a gazillion times a day, there is hope. The vaccines have arrived and are being plunged into our arms as fast as possible, to all those who are eligible. In the near future, all who want it will be eligible.

Then, with joy in our hearts, and a lift to our spirits, we’ll be able to say, the pandemic is coming to an end!

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it played a role in ushering in the modern era of molecular biology. In addition to its research programs, CSHL is a teaching center where students and teachers can use sophisticated equipment for their experiments. The Dolan DNA Center, located on 344 Main Street, currently closed due to the Pandemic, has a museum featuring exhibits describing relationships between humans and Neanderthals and human migrations.

DNA is now used extensively to identify family relationships, but in the 1980s, those techniques were not available to the public. A polish woman, Anna Anderson, claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasi, the daughter of the last Czar and Czarina of Russia, Nicholas, and Alexandria of Russia, who was murdered in 1918. This received much attention worldwide and raised many questions. Using hair from Anna Anderson and Prince Philip’s cooperation, who provided his DNA, the mystery was solved and exhibited at the museum. Prince Philip’s grandmother was a sister of the Czarina, Alexandria, daughter of Queen Victoria. Prince Philip carries maternal DNA from the female side of the Romanovs. Anna Anderson was not Anastasia.

Cold Harbor is a delightful place to visit, facing the water, with many restaurants which are open with outdoor dining facilities. The Whaling Museum on 301 Main street has a collection of artifacts from the 19th century, including an actual whaling boat.

Long Island had three whaling stations, Cold Spring Harbor, Sag Harbor, and Shinnecock. Whaling was an important and profitable industry. The fascination and danger associated with whaling were described by Herman Melville, who had been a whaler in his early life and wrote “Moby Dick.”

The 17th-century English settlers on Long Island learned about whaling from the Native Americans, who followed the North Atlantic Right whale, which swam close to shore during November through March. Long Island had many wildlife resources, fish, shellfish, birds, seals, and fertile soil for the native American tribes and

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Pages From Our Past MAY 2012 Holocaust Memorial Service Nazi tanks rolled into Joseph Horn’s hometown of Radom, Poland in 1939, when he was just 12 years old. As an adolescent he survived several concentration camps, including Auschwitz, while his family perished. He was finally freed in 1945 when the Allies liberated BergenBelsen. His daughter, Sandy Rubenstein, dedicated herself to her father’s message and legacy after his death in 1999, and the book was reissued in paperback in 2008 with her new introduction. Rubenstein told the story of her father’s nightmarish odyssey to Towers residents, gathered for the co-op’s annual Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial service, Wednesday, April 18th in the VIP Room.

900 Attend Co-op/Condo Town Hall Over 900 concerned co-op and condo owners attended the Presidents Co-op and Condo Council’s Town Hall meeting at Towers on the Green, Thursday, April 12th, to discuss what they called unfair and flawed assessment procedures being employed by the NYC Department of Finance. It was the largest such gathering ever of co-op shareholders in Queens, with a spillover crowd viewing a broadcast of the event in the movie theater.

Supreme Court and Bucket List Win Daniel Markewich (Bldg. 3) co-authored the legal briefs that helped win a case in the United States Supreme Court the previous month, involving railroad employees’ litigations against manufacturers of locomotives, their parts,

and equipment. The case also represented the fulfillment of a major career ambition for the attorney. “Every lawyer wants to get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and especially to win, but most cases never get there,” Markewich said.

Shirley Wershba, ‘Good Night & Good Luck’ Few NST residents were ever portrayed in a major motion picture. But the 2005 film, “Good Night and Good Luck” featured resident Shirley Wershba in a starring role. Nominated for six Academy Awards, this George Clooney film told the story of how Edward R. Murrow and his staff took on Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and lanced the boil of McCarthyism leading to his downfall. Robert Downey, Jr. portrayed Joe Wershba, a senior member of Murrow’s staff and Patricia Clarkson played Shirley Wershba, another writer and his wife.

MAY 2016 To smoke or not to smoke?

That was the question. An overwhelming majority of NST shareholders attending the Thursday, April 7th Bd. of Directors meeting raised their hands to support the coop’s latest attempts to ban smoking inside the complex.

Legal Counsel Errol Brett explained that residents continually complain about a problem that is not unique to the Towers: second-hand smoke infiltrating apartments.

Although management tries their best to remedy the situation further action is necessary, he explained.

Indoor Pool Renovation Renderings Displayed Renderings and materials for the long-awaited indoor

pool renovations were on display. G.A.P. Chairperson Phyllis Goldstein announced at the April Bd. of Director’s meeting. Beth Donner, who redesigned the co-op’s lobbies and coffee shop, created the display, and the project was budgeted not to exceed $300,000.

Goldstein explained that the indoor pool was never been redone, and was scheduled to be refurbished for several years. The first part involved redoing walls, columns and poles, and the 2nd phase scheduled during the summer.

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