friends

Friends of the Center

In addition to campus-based activity, the Center actively encourages Queens Jewish Studies faculty to lecture off campus to community organizations and institutions.
It also coordinates Jewish Studies programs and cultural soirees in the more intimate setting of private homes in order to furnish a more leisurely and personal ambience for Jewish learning.

One of the Center's most recent initiatives is the creation of friends for the Center for Jewish Studies. This organization functions as a formal communal support group for Jewish Studies on the Queens College campus. The Friends group seeks to increase the visibility of Jewish Studies in the community and to assist the Jewish Studies Program and the Center in their many endeavors. Joining the Friends not only makes one an active stakeholder in the Queens College Jewish Studies enterprise, but also has added tangible benefits. Members of the Friends receive early notification of course offeringsand upcoming events, are sent all Center publications at no charge, and are privileged to attend special cultural functions designed exclusively for the Friends of the Center for Jewish Studies.

Center for Jewish Studies

Professor Mark Rosenblum - Director, Center for Jewish Studies
Professor Evan Zimroth - Associate Director of the Jewish Studies Program
Dr. Diane Spielmann - Assistant Director, Center for Jewish Studies

EXECUTIVE BOARD
Ernest Schwarcz, Founder*
Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz, Chair Emeritus*
Herbert Berman, Esq., Chair Emeritus*

Arthur Anderman, Esq., Chair
Pearl Halegua, Vice Chair
Gary Sazer, Vice Chair
Simon Gold, Esq., Honorary Vice Chair
William Ungar, Executive Vice President
Elsi Levy, Honorary Vice President for Cultural Affairs
Robert Grossman, Treasurer

GENERAL BOARD
Daniel Andron*
Elayne P. Bernstein-Schwartz*
Melvin Dubin
Nathan Halegua
Leon Levy*
Leon Miller
Sandi Povman
Judith Rosen, PhD
Dr. Arden Smith
Bernard Spear
Laurie Spear
David Werber
Martin Werber
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld
Marvin Zborowski

STAFF
Pat Tortorici
Rita Shliselberg
*deceased

Getting to Queens College
BY CAR: From Long Island and points East: Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 23 (Main
Street). Make a left at the light and an immediate left at the next traffic light (Horace Harding
Expressway/L.I.E. service road eastbound). Continue on the service road to Reeves Avenue.
Make a right turn onto Reeves and another right onto 61st Road to parking lot #15.
From Manhattan and points West: Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 24 (Kissena
Boulevard) and make the first right turn onto Reeves Avenue and another right onto 61st Road
to parking lot #15.
ELEVATOR ACCESS FOR LEFRAK CONCERT HALL (no hills or steps to climb): Cross Reeves Avenue
and walk through the opening in the big iron fence to the rear entrance of the LeFrak Concert
Hall building. The pathway through the opening in the fence leads directly into the building.
Proceed down the entrance hallway until you see the elevator on your left. An attendant will
take you up in the elevator to the Concert Hall level.