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Dear Friends,
Start the month off right by singing along with Cantor Eric S. Freeman, when his rousing
Music Monday features The Spirit of 76, celebrating the songs of 1976 and the Music
Mans birthday, on Monday, April 4th at 2 pm.
Tai Chi Tuesdays are scheduled this month for April 5th and 12th at 11:30 am.
Our successful English as a Second Language Class continues this month on Tuesdays
April 5th and 12th at 2 pm. These classes will take place in the front room. Please tell your
friends about this exciting new opportunity.
Get a jump on the upcoming holiday when Fresh Bites cooking/nutrition/tasting class
returns with Passover Friendly/Gluten Free Cooking on Wednesday, April 6th at 2 pm.
Ruthys Wednesday Exercise Class and Sue-Raes Wednesday Computer Class will take
place that week on Tuesday, April 5th at 2 pm.
Join our Zumba Gold class this month on Monday, April 11th at 2 pm.
Our Book Club wraps up our first Book Club Double Header this month. We will conclude by
discussing, My Name is Mahtob, the daughters perspective on this harrowing story, 20+
years in the making, on Monday, April 11th at 2 pm. Why not join the group and share your
valuable opinion with others?
This months Chair Massage will be held on Tuesday, April 12th at 1:50 pm. Register in the
office to secure your appointment slot.
Celebrate our April birthdays at our Birthday Party on Wednesday, April 13th. If you are an
April baby, come to the office earlier this month to be photographed for the slideshow!
Moriah will be CLOSED for Passover cleaning and the holiday of Passover from Monday,
April 18th through Friday, April 29th. Moriah will RE-OPEN on Monday, May 2nd with lunch at
regular time. We look forward to seeing you all then. If the Center being closed presents a
hardship for you, please do not hesitate to come into the office and we will help you make
arrangements for that time.
Moriah thanks the following people for their generous donations to our Center:
Mrs. Mary Stiefel

Mr. & Mrs. Hy Gershon

Anonymous

Mrs. Gertrude Frankel

Mrs. Shirley Auslander on the birth of a great-grandson

Mrs. Ilse Gruenspecht

Mrs. Olga Levy in honor of her grandsons Bar Mitzvah

Ms. Carla Hanauer

Mrs. Edith Himmel in honor of Edwards birthday

Mrs. Ruth Grunwald

Ms. Janet Diaz-Arias

We Welcome Our New Members!

Mr. Herbert Harwitt

Mr. Jose Aleman

Ms. Gudrum Philips

Ms. Alqui Almonte

Mrs. Altagracia Zaki

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.

Price of a Postage Stamp Set to Decrease

For First Time in Nearly a Century
For the first time in nearly 97 years,
the price of a stamp is set to go down.
On April 10, a first-class stamp will
cost 47 cents, down from its current
49 cent price.
The reduction is part of a prearranged agreement with Congress.
The Post Office got to increase the
price of stamps by 3 cents in 2014 to
help it raise $4.6 billion in revenue. But the price hike was only set to last
two years. (It gets to keep one cent of the increase to keep up with
inflation.)
The Post Office is practically begging Congress to let it keep stamps at 49
cents. It says rolling back prices to 47 cents will cost the already badly
bleeding Post Office $2 billion a year.
Removing the surcharge and reducing our prices is an irrational outcome
considering the Postal Services precarious financial condition, said
Postmaster General Megan Brennan in a prepared statement. Our current
pricing regime is unworkable and should be replaced with a system that
provides greater pricing flexibility and better reflects the economic
challenges facing the Postal Service.
Congress has pegged stamp price increases to inflation, which has barely
budged over the past decade.
The Post Office is still reeling from the Great Recession, when its sales fell
by $7 billion in 2009 alone. The Postal Service says that package volume is
way up over the past few years, but its not nearly enough to offset the
decline in revenues from first-class mail.
Standard mail, such as first-class letters and postcards, make up 76% of
the Postal Services sales all of which have prices capped by Congress.
Postcard stamp prices will drop by a penny to 34 cents, and international
stamps will cost $1.15, down from $1.20.
Theres hardly anyone alive who remembers the last time the price of a
stamp fell. That was in July 1919, when first-class stamp prices dropped
from 3 cents to 2 cents.

Remember:
Your closest Post Office is the MORIAH OFFICE
Come purchase your 47 cent stamps from us.

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Our delicious and

informative new
program continues!
Observe as a registered
dietician and diabetes
educator demonstrates
how to cook simple,
fresh and good-for-you
dishes in quantities that
suit your lifestyle.
Sample her creations
and take home a printed
copy of the recipes.

Passover Friendly/
Gluten Free Cooking

Wednesday,
April 6th
2 pm

Cursos de Ingles
Moriah ofrece varias sesiones de ingles.
Los participantes deben tener por lo
menos u conocimiento elemental del
idioma Ingles.
Estas clases no son para principiantes.

Moriah will be offering a

conversation-based English as a
Second Language class.
Build you vocabulary.
Improve your practical writing.

Tuesday, April 5
Tuesday, April 12 at 2 pm

Tai chi Tuesdays

CONTINUE in april
JOIN US ON SELECT TUESDAYS IN april

TUESDAY, april 5th

TUESDAY, april 12th
AT 11:30 AM

Book club
Discussion Group

Come join the group as we break new ground with

back to back related biographies!!
On Monday, March 21st at 2 pm, we begin by discussing
Betty Mahmoodys chilling biography,

Not Without My Daughter

In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her

husband to his native Iran for a two week vacation. To her horror, she found
herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man
rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves
and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous
underground that would not take her child...

On Monday, April 11th at 2 pm, we delve into the

DAUGHTERS perspective with Mahtob Mahmoodys
recently released book,

My Name is Mahtob

Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story in the
international bestseller Not Without My Daughter that told of an American
mother and her six-year-old childs daring escape from an abusive and
tyrannical Iranian husband and father. Now the daughter returns to tell the
whole story, not only of that imprisonment and escape, but of life after fleeing
Tehran: living in fear of re-abduction, enduring recurring nightmares and panic
attacks, attending school under a false name, battling life-threatening illness
all under the menacing shadow of her father.
This is the story of an extraordinary young womans triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a
life of peace and forgiveness. Taking readers from Michigan to Iran and from Ankara, Turkey, to
Paris, France, My Name Is Mahtob depicts the profound resilience of a wounded soul healed by
faith. And Mahmoody reveals the secret of how she liberated herself from a life of fear, learning
to forgive the father who had shattered her life and discovering joy and peace that comes from
doing so.
Register in the office and receive a library
copy for advance reading.
See what everybody has been reading
and join in the discussion!

Experience zumba at your

own fitness level!

Keep the Energy Going!

Join the Zumba Gold class and dance to great music
with easy-to-follow choreography that focuses on
balance, range of motion and coordination. You can
dance in a chair or standing your choice!
Come ready to have fun and prepare to leave
empowered and feeling strong.
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Monday, April 11 at 2 pm
Meet Your Teacher! Madelyn Freundlich
has taught Zumba Gold for more than
three years and loves working with older
adults! She also teaches yoga and fitness
classes throughout New York City.

APRIL 2016

MENU ITEMS

APPETIZER

FRIDAY 4/1
Chicken Soup with
Noodles
Blended Juice

MAIN DISH

Southern Baked
Chicken

SIDE DISH 1
SIDE DISH 2

Challah

MARGARINE

MILK
MONDAY 4/4

SIDE DISH 1
SIDE DISH 2
BREAD
MARGARINE
DESSERT
MILK

MAIN DISH
SIDE DISH 1
SIDE DISH 2
BREAD
MARGARINE
DESSERT
MILK

on way out

THURSDAY 4/7

FRIDAY 4/8

Split Pea Soup

Orange Juice

Lima Bean Soup

Orange Juice

Chicken Soup with

Mushroom Barley
Noodles
Soup
Apple Juice

Breaded Pollock

Ziti Primavera

Beef Stew

Shepherd's Pie

Tossed Salad

Broccoli
Carrots

Green Beans

Mixed Vegetables
Ratatouille
Mashed Potatoes

Mexicali Corn

Tossed Salad

Potatoes

Sliced Carrots

Egg Barley

Whole Wheat

Whole Wheat

Whole Wheat

Whole Wheat

Challah

Cantaloupe Cubes

Vanilla Pudding

Apricot Halves

Fresh Orange

Diced Pears

with meal

with meal

on way out

on way out

on way out

THURSDAY 4/14

FRIDAY 4/15
Consomm
Orange Juice

MENU ITEMS
APPETIZER

WEDNESDAY 4/6

Diced Peaches

Tomato Soup
APPETIZER
MAIN DISH

TUESDAY 4/5

Sliced Carrots

BREAD

DESSERT

MENU ITEMS

Noodle Pudding

MONDAY 4/11
Minestrone Soup

TUESDAY 4/12
Mushroom Barley
Soup

WEDNESDAY 4/13
Vegetable Soup

Red Lentil Soup

Baked Chicken

Salmon with
Lemon Sauce

Eggplant
Parmagiana

Pepper Steak

Salisbury Steak

Green Beans

Cauliflower

Rice Pilaf

Mashed Potatoes

Sliced Carrots

Potatoes Au Gratin

Spaghetti

Carrot Salad

Mixed
Vegetables

Couscous

Whole Wheat

Whole Wheat

Whole Wheat
(Alternate)

Whole Wheat

Challah

California Fruit Salad

Pineapple Tidbits
in Juice

Birthday Cake

Unsweetened
Applesauce

Diced Peaches

with meal

with meal

on way out

on way out

on way out

w/ mushroom sauce

Chicken

MENU ITEMS

MONDAY 4/18

TUESDAY 4/19

WEDNESDAY 4/20

THURSDAY 4/21

FRIDAY 4/22

WEDNESDAY 4/27

THURSDAY 4/28

FRIDAY 4/29

APPETIZER

MAIN DISH

SIDE DISH 1

SIDE DISH 2

BREAD

MARGARINE

CLOSED
FOR
PASSOVER
CLEANING

DESSERT

MILK

MENU ITEMS

MONDAY 4/25

TUESDAY 4/26

APPETIZER

MAIN DISH

SIDE DISH 1

SIDE DISH 2

BREAD

MARGARINE

DESSERT
MILK

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