Born
December
3, 1943,
on a
mountain
cave
outside
Volos,
Greece,
while
hiding
from the
Nazis;
family
members
perished
in
Thessaloniki's
famed
Sephardic
community
...
Arrived
with
family
in New
York,
January
30,
1956,
aboard
USS
Constitution,
victims
of
shattering
earthquakes
...
Affiliated
with
United
Sephardim
of
Brooklyn
(New
Lots)
...
Graduated
Thomas
Jefferson
High,
class of
‘61 ...
B.A.
from
Long
Island
University
(Brooklyn
Campus),
class of
‘65 ...
M.A.
from the
Graduate
Faculty
of the
New
School,
class of
‘67;
completed
course
work for
Ph.D. in
political
science
at the
same
school
...
Republican
and
Liberal
candidate
for
Assemblyman,
36 A.D.,
1974 ...
More
than
three
decades
in the
NYC
secondary
public
school
system
...
Instructor
at
Manhattan
College,
continuing
as
adjunct
professor
of
political
science
at St.
John's
University,
and
Supervisor
of
student
teachers
at
Queens
College-CUNY
...
Frequent
public
speaker
on
current
events,
American
government
and
politics,
Shoa,
Israel,
Greece
...
Monthly
lecturer
on
current
events,
Helen
Keller
Services
for the
Blind,
Hempstead,
NY;
lectured
at
Jewish
Community
Center
of
Greater
Five
Towns,
Cedarhurst,
NY;
annual
lecturer
at
Molloy
College
Institute
of
Lifelong
Learning
...
Lectured
on
Issues
in
Judaism
Lecture
Series,
Hofstra
University
Cultural
Center …
Liturgical
leader
for a
monthly
Oneg
Shabbat
at the
A. Holly
Patterson
geriatric
facility,
Uniondale
...
Scholar-in
Residence,
Manhattan
Sephardic
Congregation;
Oceanside
Jewish
Center;
The
Jewish
Center
of Kew
Gardens
Hills;
assisted
in
presenting
a
Sephardic
Shabbat
at
Temple
Hillel,
North
Woodmere
...
Docent
for the
Nassau
County
Holocaust
Educational
and
Tolerance
Center,
Glen
Cove …
AARP
defensive
driving
instructor
...
Executive
Committee,
Association
of
Magnisias
Prefecture
Argonauts
…
ACLU-Nassau
Chapter
… Vice
president
5T
Jewish
Council
…
President
of L.I.
Lodge
#1353,
B'nai
B'rith
since
1983 ...
Role of
Fiddler
On the
Roof's
Teveye,
John
Adams
High
School
Faculty
Talent
Show,
1973;
Participant
in Forty
Five
Seconds
from
Broadway
musical
review,
produced
by the
Couples'
Club of
Congregation
Sons of
Israel,
Woodmere,
Spring,
2004;
The
Bayswater
Players,
role of
Maurice
in
Social
Security,
Fall,
2005 …
Authored
chapter,
The
Caveman
Triumphs,
in And
Life
Changed
Forever,
Holocaust
Childhoods
Remembered,
published
by Wayne
University
Press in
2006 ...
Organizer
of the
annual
Greek
Night
Concert
at the
gazebo
at
Cedarhurst
Park …
Married
to Anna
since
1970,
following
a
thirteen-day
courtship
...
Father
of three
daughters:
Miriam
(married
to
Bradley
Herman,
public
high
school
teacher
and
assistant
principal,
parents
of
Ava-Gwen
Hanna-Getel,
and
Jacob
Stanley),
Joy
(admissions
director
and
Hebrew
teacher
at the
Park
East
Jewish
Day
School),
married
to Peri
Avitan
(parents
of
Raquel,
b.
11-30-'07),
and Sara
(former
executive
at
American
Arbitration
Association,
Columbia
University
M.P.A.
graduate
at the
School
of
International
Affairs
and
Public
Administration),
married
to Lev
Thayer,
parents
of
Jacqueline
Hannah,
b.
5/3/'07
…
Contact:
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NY
11598-2530
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