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Monday, October 28, 2002	Corey Bearak
	(718) 343-6779

N.E.Q. JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL INSTALLATION & AWARDS, SUN. NOV. 3, 11:00 AM
Honor Labor Leader Rosenzweig; Council Finance Chair Weprin; Queens BP Marshall to Install Officers

The Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council (NEQJCC) honors Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Association President David Rosenzweig, and its own long-time officer and community activist, City Council Finance Committee Chairman David I. Weprin at its Annual Installation and Awards Breakfast, Sunday, November 3, 2002, said NEQJCC Chairman of the Executive Committee Corey Bearak, who added the program also includes Queens Borough President Helen Marshall installing the Council's officers, including Jeffrey Gurdus (Bellerose Jewish Center) to a second term as President, at the 11:00 a.m. function at the Bellerose Jewish Center, 254-04 Union Turnpike, one block east of Little Neck Parkway, in Floral Park.

New Yorl City Central Labor Council President Brian McLaughlin will present the Council's Award for Outstanding Service to the Community of Greater New York to Mr. Rosenzweig, also President of the Civil Service Merit Council, and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown will present the Council's Award for Outstanding Service to the Northeast Queens Community to Councilman Weprin, according to NEQJCC past-President Joseph Varon [Young Israel of New Hyde Park & Queens Jewish Committee on Scouting].

In addition to Jeffrey Gurdus [Bellerose Jewish Center], Borough President Marshall will install First Vice President Helene Zaro [Bell Park Jewish Center], Second Vice President Ethel Levine [Hillcrest Jewish Center], Third Vice President David Weprin [Young Israel of Holliswood and Young Israel of Jamaica Estates], Secretary Dr. Leonard Stieglitz [Jewish Center of Bayside Hills] and Treasurer Michael Karpinos [Oakland Jewish Center].

For more information and to make reservations ($15/ person), call Gail Eisenberg, Executive Director, at (718) 225-6750 x 247 or Corey Bearak at (718) 343-6779, or email info@northeastqueensjewish.org.

Mr. Bearak said the NEQJCC, an association of 29 synagogues and other religious, education, fraternal and community organizations, covers Bay Terrace, Bayside, Bellerose, Douglaston, Floral Park, Fresh Meadows, Glen Oaks, Holliswood, Hollis Hills, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, New Hyde Park, Oakland Gardens and Queens Village (north).

"Our projects include Project Liberty, neighborhood development, Jewish continuity, Lay Leadership, social action, fostering intergroup understanding and building a multi-cultural coalition," said Mr. Bearak. "The Council combats anti-Semitism and discrimination, sponsors forums with major public figures, Jewish cultural events, open discussions with local Rabbis and represents community concerns. The Council publishes a (4-fold 8.5 by 14-inch) brochure, You Can Have It All, touting life in northeast Queens Communities, including a map locating its member synagogues and institutions. It also maintains a community website, www.northeastqueensjewish.org, which features a calendar for its members to post events of interest."

Mr. Gurdus said annual programs include its Installation of Officers and Awards Breakfast each fall, the lighting of the largest Chanukah Menorah in Queens, a Purim Carnival at the Samuel Field YM&YWHA, and its annual Legislative Forum each Spring, co-sponsored by the Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC), at the Y. "Our Neighborhood Development program includes a unique pilot program to bring the resources of UJA-Federation agencies to NEQJCC member synagogues." This year, the Council, together with Queens Region Hadassah and the Consulate of Israel, hosted the Ben Yeduda Street Comes to Bayside, an Israeli Gifts Fair, Sunday, October 27 at Bayside Jewish Center, which attracted thousands of visitors who purchased wares direct from Israeli merchants present at the fair and listed to Israeli entertainers.

A beneficiary of UJA-Federation, the NEQJCC works closely with the QJCC, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New York, Metropolitan N.Y. Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty and the Samuel Field Y, noted Executive Director Gail Eisenberg who can be reached at (718) 225-6750 x247 or via email at gail@northeastqueensjewish.org. For more information on NEQJCC's collaboration with QJCC and Met Council on Project Liberty, email 911outreach@metcouncil.org.