2017

Dear Friends,
Our Fresh Bites Cooking Class will focus on The Secrets of Soy: Healthy or Harmful? on
Wednesday, March 1st at 2 pm. The Computer Lab will be available concurrently.
We will be introducing a new and fun craft class on Monday, March 6th at 2:00 pm. Register
in the office to try our Papercut Class with Tamar. We ask all registrants to please be aware
that papercutting requires a high level of dexterity and to please only sign up if you feel that
this is something you can do.
This months Chair Massages will be held on Tuesday, March 7h and Monday, March 27th at
1:50 pm. Register in the office to secure your appointment slot.
Celebrate our March birthdays at our Birthday Party on Wednesday, March 8th. If you are a
March baby, come to the office earlier this month to be photographed for the slideshow!
We will have a PICKUP LUNCH on Thursday, March 9th at 1:15 pm due to the Fast of Esther.
Dont miss our spectacular Shushan Purim Masquerade Party on Monday, March 13th at 2
pm. Come in costume and enjoy a reduced price lunch! See attached flyer for details.
Theres always something to talk about at our Book Club discussion group, which will meet
to share views on My Underground American Dream on Monday, March 20th at 2 pm.
Escape to a world of spectacular color on Wednesday, March 22nd as we embark on a trip to
the New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show. See attached flyer for details. Space is limited
for these trips, so sign up with Ruthy in the office to be entered into the lottery.
Ruthys Laugh Caf will meet for a hot cup of tea and a joke or two on Wednesday, March
29th at 2:45 pm.
Fit n Fun with Luz (with the exception of March 14th) and English Classes with Rochel
continue on Tuesdays. Computers with Sue-Rae meets on Wednesdays, Tai Chi with Julio
continues on Thursdays. Please note there will be NO TAI CHI on March 9th and 16th but
Luz will be leading Fit n Fun on March 16th. Nans Yoga Classes remain on Fridays.
We will conduct Pesach Box Pickup at the end of this month for those people who have
signed up. Please contact Ruthy after March 20th to make an appointment to receive your
box.
Moriah thanks the following people for their generous donations to our Center:
Mrs. Shirley Auslander Mrs. Bertha Trepp Mrs. Blanche Breidenbach Mrs. Hilda Kromnick
Mrs. Adele Fulda Mr. & Mrs. Hy Gershon Ms. Marieta Aquilizan Ms. Amelia Lopez
Ms. Janet Diaz-Arias Mrs. Margot Neuhaus in honor of her husbands birthday
Mrs. Lotte Cohen in remembrance of her husbands birthday Anonymous Mrs. Margot Wortsman

Ms. Inalyn Barrett We Welcome Our New Members!

Mrs. Miriam Rosa Mr. Benjamin Feingold Mr. Thavorn Koomalayavisai Ms. Cornelia Andujar
Ms. Elizabeth Saymon Ms. Fraternidad Sevilla Mrs. Sedigheh Rahimzadeh Ms. Milagros Koller

Shuli Gutmann, Director

Chani Hilewitz, Bookkeeper Ruthy Feigenbaum, Program Assistant
Moriah is funded by the NYC Department for the Aging and your generous contributions.
A project of Agudath Israel of America, Community Services Inc.
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due to illness or circumstance, holiday cards and the occasional note
letting us know how we have impacted the lives of our seniors.
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informative program
continues!
Observe as a registered
dietician and diabetes The Secrets of Soy:
educator demonstrates Healthy or Harmful?
how to cook simple, Wednesday,
fresh and good-for-you March 1st
dishes in quantities that at 2:00 pm
suit your lifestyle.
Sample her creations
and take home a printed
copy of the recipes.
 Introduction to
papercutting

Cutting Paper into Papercut Art - This taster class is a perfect

opportunity to learn to design and make your own piece of
papercut artwork.
This workshop will be an introduction to the art & craft of paper
cutting . This session includes all materials, and will give a
beginner a good handle on beginning paper cutting. At the end
you take home your own paper cutting project.
Paper cutting is one of the most popular of decorative Chinese
handicrafts. Auspicious and symbolic motifs are often used as
patterns for well wishes during festive seasons and important
occasions. Paper cutting is easy to learn but mastering the art
requires much effort, practice, craftsmanship and imagination.
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Monday, March 6 at 2 pm

About the instructor: Tamar Waintman is an artist who studied Fine Arts at the Fashion
Institute of Technology, Stern College, and the Program for the Arts of Neveh Jerusalem.
Besides making art, she has taught Art in multiple settings for many years. In addition to her
passion for the art of paper cutting, she is a trained milliner and graphic artist.
Originally from Israel, she lives in Washington Heights with her husband and two children.
 Annual
Shushan Purim
Masquerade
featuring
Michael Karas, Comedic Juggler

Monday, March 13th

Lunch at 1:15 pm
Entertainment at 2:00 pm
Wear a costume, funny hat or
mask and receive lunch for
only $1.00
 Book club
Discussion
Group
Come join the group on Monday, March 20th at 2 pm, as
we discuss Julissa Arces timely biography,
My Underground American Dream
What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of
family must she come from? How could she get into this country?
What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United
States?

JULISSA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived

answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just
plain wrong.
On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the
American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San
Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed
a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional
and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But
in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional
costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals
in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her
closest friends.
From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce
-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the
ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an
undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always
inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers
deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the
United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same
office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes,
her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an
American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the
perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.
Register in the office and receive a library copy for
advance reading.
See what everybody has been reading
and join in the discussion!
 The Orchid Show:
Thailand
Join us for a guided tour of
this fantastic annual exhibit
WHEN: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
WHERE: Bus leaves 90 Bennett at 10:30am
COST: In order to help defray a portion of the high cost
of admission, we are requesting an $8 donation
(refundable until Monday, March 20th)
Escape to a World of Spectacular Color
The Orchid Show celebrates its 15th year at The New York Botanical
Garden with an homage to the wealth of orchids and rich cultural
history of Thailand. Thailand is home to more than 1,200 native orchid
species and over the last century it has become the leading exporter of
cultivated tropical orchids in the world. Native and hybrid orchids alike
have become synonymous with the nation, where the environment is so
hospitable to orchids that the dazzling flowers even grow on the trees
that line public streets.
This years exhibition in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory will feature an
astonishing array of blooming orchids in a lush tropical garden,
including a rainbow of vanda orchids, whose large patterned blooms are
widely popular in Thai gardens and homes. The show culminates in a
jaw-dropping scene of a large arched faade in the style of a traditional
Thai pavilionfestooned with hundreds of exquisite orchids.
 MENU ITEMS WEDNESDAY 3/1 THURSDAY 3/2 FRIDAY 3/3

2017
Split Pea Soup Vegetable Soup Consomm
APPETIZER Pineapple Juice Apple Juice Orange Juice
Turkey with Southern Baked
Meatballs
MAIN DISH Cranberry Sauce Chicken

SIDE DISH 1 Baked Yams Spaghetti Noodle Pudding

Roasted Butternut
Green Beans Mixed Vegetables
SIDE DISH 2 Squash
Whole Wheat Challah
Whole Wheat
BREAD (Alternate) (Alternate)
MARGARINE X X X
Unsweetened
Apricot Halves Diced Pears
DESSERT Applesauce
MILK on way out on way out on way out

MENU ITEMS MONDAY 3/6 TUESDAY 3/7 WEDNESDAY 3/8 THURSDAY 3/9 FRIDAY 3/10
Chicken Soup with
Split Pea Soup Lima Bean Soup Mushroom Barley
Tomato Soup Noodles
Orange Juice Orange Juice Soup
APPETIZER Apple Juice

MAIN DISH Breaded Pollock Ziti Primavera Beef Stew Shepherd's Pie Baked Chicken

Broccoli Mixed Vegetables

Tossed Salad Green Beans Ratatouille
SIDE DISH 1 Carrots Mashed Potatoes

SIDE DISH 2 Mexicali Corn Tossed Salad Potatoes Sliced Carrots Egg Barley

BREAD Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Challah

MARGARINE X X X X X

DESSERT Cantaloupe Cubes Vanilla Pudding Birthday Cake Fresh Orange Diced Pears

with meal with meal on way out on way out on way out
MILK

MENU ITEMS MONDAY 3/13 TUESDAY 3/14 WEDNESDAY 3/15 THURSDAY 3/16 FRIDAY 3/17
Mushroom Barley Consomm
Minestrone Soup Vegetable Soup Red Lentil Soup
APPETIZER Soup Orange Juice
Salmon with Salisbury Steak
Eggplant Parmigiana Pepper Steak Chicken
MAIN DISH Lemon Sauce with mushroom sauce

Green Beans Cauliflower Rice Pilaf Mashed Potatoes Sliced Carrots

SIDE DISH 1
Mixed
Potatoes Au Gratin Spaghetti Carrot Salad Couscous
SIDE DISH 2 Vegetables
Whole Wheat
Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Challah
BREAD (Alternate)

X X X X X
MARGARINE
California Fruit Pineapple Tidbits in Unsweetened
Orange Diced Peaches
DESSERT Salad Juice Applesauce

with meal with meal on way out on way out on way out
MILK
MENU ITEMS MONDAY 3/20 TUESDAY 3/21 WEDNESDAY 3/22
2017
THURSDAY 3/23 FRIDAY 3/24
Cream of Tomato Vegetable Soup Mushroom Barley Consomm
Split Pea Soup
APPETIZER Soup Orange Juice Soup Orange Juice

Breaded Pollock Veggie Pizza with Chicken with Meat Stuffed

Baked Chicken
MAIN DISH Tartar Sauce Peppers & Onions Tangy Orange Sauce Peppers

Baked Barley with

Spinach Carrots Egg Barley Ratatouille
SIDE DISH 1 Mushroom & Carrots

Mashed Potatoes Broccoli Green Beans Sliced Carrots Roasted Chick Peas
SIDE DISH 2

Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Challah

BREAD

X X X X X
MARGARINE
California Unsweetened
Cantaloupe Pineapple Chunks Peaches
DESSERT Fruit Salad Applesauce

with meal with meal on way out on way out on way out
MILK

MENU ITEMS MONDAY 3/27 TUESDAY 3/28 WEDNESDAY 3/29 THURSDAY 3/30 FRIDAY 3/31
Mushroom Barley Butternut Squash Chicken Soup with
Vegetable Soup Lima Bean Soup
Soup (Alternate) Soup Noodles
Orange Juice (Alternate)
APPETIZER Orange Juice Orange Juice Blended Juice
Chicken with Swedish Southern Baked
Cheese Blintzes Salmon
MAIN DISH Tangy Orange Sauce Meatballs Chicken

Baked Potatoes in Baked Barley with

1 oz. Egg Salad Spaghetti Noodle Pudding
SIDE DISH 1 Skin Au Gratin Mushroom & Carrots
Marinated
California Blend
Peas & Carrots Cucumber Green Beans Sliced Carrots
Vegetables
SIDE DISH 2 Salad
Whole Wheat
Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Challah
BREAD (Alternate)

X X X X X
MARGARINE

Pineapple Tidbits Fresh Apple Apricot Halves Applesauce Diced Peaches

DESSERT

MILK with meal with meal on way out on way out on way out