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HOLIDAY ODYSSEY
LUNCHEON
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Olympic Collection
11301 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles
FAB Boutiques, open 10 A.M.
Door Prizes
Delicious Luncheon
great entertainment
Watch for Invitation/Tearoff to
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15500 Stephen S. Wise Temple Drive, L.A.
SEMINAR: Brandeis Professor,
Dr. Tom Doherty, acclaimed social
historian will speak on
“Hitler and the Movies”.
Delicious Continental breakfast and
outstanding luncheon will be served.
Q&A to follow.
“DEMOCRACY AND ADVERTISING”
Watch for Invitation/Tearoff for event.
with
follow.
PROFESSOR MAURA JANE FARRELLY
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It’s that time again. Have you paid your BNC dues or is the notice still with your unopened pile of mail?
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National
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On June 28th, the Los AngelesIfChapter
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2014-15, you’re
entitled to participate in a study group. Let’s be
but
the
meeting
room
was
filled
with
electricity.
Eighty
year with a bang....not quite fireworks,
certain all study group members are paid up BNC members.
members and guests attended our Celebrate Brandeis Day/Bagel Brunch and delighted in all
bagel
brunch
fun with Rabbi Jeffrey Marx telling us how America introduced cream
moved
to sign
up aswas
newgreat
members!
aspects of it. Four guests were Our
cheese to the Jewish people. What would lox have done without the cream cheese! The Theater 40 play
greatallfun
for everyone
Shirley Pollock made certain we had the best seats in the
invited
to sign
up for thewho
new attended.
season's activities:
The SHOWCASE DISPLAYSwas
house
in
the
center
section.
Study Groups (Books, Films, Current Issues); Trips and Events (The Aquarium of the Pacific,
(Legal
Puzzlers,
Dining
Town,
Artour Holiday Odyssey event.
Theatre 40; Ongoing Special Interest
We haveGroups
some great
things
coming
up onAround
November
6 at
Ventures, Sunday on the Town, Brain Games, Knitting and Walking); Book Fund; The
There will be great food and lots of surprises. Mark your calendar and make your reservations.
Men’s Group; and Volunteer Committees.
On Wednesday, January 7, University on Wheels will again feature one of Brandeis University’s
Officers educators,
were thanked
and complimented
for Don’t
their miss it.
THE INSTALLATION: Outgoing
outstanding
Professor
Tom Doherty;
contributions of effort and support, and were duly discharged. Incoming Officers were warmly
Professors
Suzanne Paradis and Avi Rodel are working on unraveling the molecular mechanics of Amnyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
welcomed and wished great success as they were installed as the'2012-2013 leaders of the
or Lou Gehrig’s disease. I doubt they’ve had the time to have buckets of ice over their heads. As usual, Brandeis is on top of finding a cure.
Chapter. Congratulations to all.
This past spring Brandeis launched the Catalyst Fund a $100 million scholarship fundraising initiative that will ensure that a Brandeis
education
will befeatured
affordable
to future
generations
students.
Nearly
of every
three As
students
at the University receives financial
Guest
Speaker
Brandeis of
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Aron Klein
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out into such
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and help
the needy. He is now
reached
It’s well
worth
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an august
institution.
Assistant Pantry Manager of SOVA West, a Food Bank which supplies canned and packaged
Be sure
you
attend our
September
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lawyer,
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and we are
very proud
to help
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with our ongoing collections of donations and delivery.
SOVA
Ruth
Getzoff
CELEBRATE BRANDEIS DAY ended with a delicious Bagel Brunch, pats on the back and the
Lenny
toof Brandeis
Brandeis
an outstandingpapers
New Year for are
our Loscoming
Angeles Chapter
National
promise ofBruce’s
Committee.
Includes
photographs, manuscripts, news clippings, and
audiovisual
for the Presidium
Shirley Pollock,recordings
The Presidium: Sylvia Crasnick, Ruth Getzoff, Jo Kierman and Gloria Stone
Brandeis University has acquired the personal papers of Lenny Bruce, the late
comedian and free-speech advocate known for his biting, often obscenity-laced
satirical commentary on American society. The collection, held by Bruce’s daughter,
Kitty Bruce, includes photographs, manuscripts, news clippings, audiovisual recordings
and other material. A generous gift from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation made the acquisition possible. Sarah
Shoemaker, associate university librarian for archives and special collections, says the papers and materials span
approximately 10 linear feet and will require processing and review. They will become part of the Robert D. Farber
Archives and Special Collections.
“This is an exciting collection that touches on many subjects, including freedom of speech, censorship, social justice
and Jewish humor, and it is a great fit for Brandeis,” says Shoemaker. “We are grateful to both Kitty Bruce and the
Hugh M. Hefner Foundation for giving the collection a new home at Brandeis, where it will be available to researchers.”
Bruce’s nightclub performances in the early 1960s resulted in his multiple arrests for obscenity, including once following
a Greenwich Village show in 1964 that led to a trial in which he was convicted on obscenity charges. Bruce appealed
the verdict but died of a drug overdose on Aug. 3, 1966, before the appeal could be heard. In 2003, New York Gov.
George E. Pataki pardoned Bruce posthumously, making the trial a landmark freedom of speech case. It was the first
such pardon in New York’s history, and Pataki called it “a declaration of New York’s commitment to upholding the First
Amendment.”
Brandeis will host a retrospective on Bruce and his life in 2016, 50 years after his death.
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Co-Chairman
Bernie Schneier
Bernie Schiffer
Presidium:
Sylvia Crasnick
310.553.8899 scrasnick@gmail.com
Treasurer
Bob Margolis
Ruth Getzoff
310.470.1017 rgetzoff@verizon.net
Secretary
Louis Bernstein
Interest Groups
Ron Zane, Al Schwartz
Jo Kierman
310.271.2667 or 323.933.2668 F
Trips
Al Wilner
Gloria Stone
310.801.4711 or 310.277.3259
gloria.stone@sbcglobal.net
Shirley Pollock, Advisor
310.659.8883 shrlmar@roadrunner.com
Newsletter
Richard Cohn
Telephone
Alan Gottschalk
Vice Presidents:
Book Fund:
Dania Khandaker (Folios, LRJs,Collections)
dkhandaker@brandeis.edu
Beverley Wiener (Tribute Cards)
818.386.0134 grandmabeverley@gmail.com
Membership:
Joan Satt
310.657.8257
jsrecycle@sbcglobal.net
Beverley Wiener
818.386.0134 grandmabeverley@gmail.com
Special Interest Trips:
TBA
Study Groups:
Rehla Schneier (Book Groups)
310.827.4930
bschneier@yahoo.com
IN THIS ISSUE:
1
2
Fund Raising
Irv Kierman
David Kavner
SAVE THE DATE
HOLIDAY ODYSSEY &
UNIVERSITY ON WHEELS
PRESIDIUM MESSAGE
LENNY BRUCE
Membership
Lou Bernstein
Steering Committee
Louis Bernstein
Abe Cohen
Richard Cohn
Harvey Ganz
Arnie Geffner
Al Gomer
Murray Gomer
Alan Gottschalk
Dick Harmetz
John Harris
Harold Igdaloff
David Kavner
Irv Kierman
Bob Margolis
Bernie Pollack
Gerry Sallus
Harold Savinar
Bernie Schiffer
Bernie Schneider
Al Schwartz
Sam Shaffer
Leon Vallens
Al Wilner
Ron Zane
3
LIST OF OFFICERS AND
UPDATE INDEX
4
INSTALLATION PHOTOS
THEATRE 40 PHOTOS
5
BRANDEIS NEWS
6
SUSTAINING THE MIND &
STUDY GROUPS/MENS GROUP
7
BOOK FUND TRIBUTES
8
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
T H E U P D AT E
Jean Cohen (Current Issues)
310.397.6209 jcohenlwv@aol.com
IS THE OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION OF THE
Cookie Rosenbaum (Film)
310.553.1336
Cookiemom25@yahoo.com
BRANDEIS NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, LOS ANGELES
Secretaries:
Marilyn Rouse (Corresponding)
310.860.0733
rou35@aol.com
WEBSITE:
WWW.BNCLA.ORG
Roberta Kampner (Financial)
310.277.6322 ducksgalor@sbcglobal.net
UPDATE EDITOR:
Shirley Pollock
Jave Tripp
Esther Cooperband (Recording)
310.393.6168 estherrc@yahoo.com
Treasurer:
Flossy Liebman
310.824.4126 grammyflos@aol.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brandeis Men's Group LA
OFFICERS FOR 2013 - 2014:
PROOFREADERS:
Ruth Getzoff
Sylvia Crasnick
Beverley Wiener
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Installation at Bagel Brunch
THEATRE 40
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Decoding sleep, mapping quasars: A day in the life of
undergraduate scientists
By Leah BurrowsAug. 4, 2014
Abby Knecht gets into the lab around 9 a.m. She chats
with her colleagues, catches up on recent scientific journals and preps the Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
microscope for her single molecule experiments on DNA
transcription.
It’s a typical summer morning for many graduate students
across the country, except Knecht ’15 isn’t in graduate
school — she is one of dozens of Brandeis University undergraduates who’s traded white beaches for white lab
coats to work alongside faculty, graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows researching epilepsy, mapping quasars, decoding sleep cycles and uncovering the chemical mysteries of cell differentiation. Knecht and her fellow
student-scientists are designing research projects and writing research papers for publication with some of the university’s most distinguished scientists.
“I really feel like I am treated like a graduate student,” says Knecht, who works with Jeff Gelles, the Aron and Imre
Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology. “As an undergrad, I am treated with respect, and I
am free to work on my own experiments.” “I often give my most speculative projects — those with the highest risk and
highest reward — to undergraduates,” says physics professor Seth Fraden, PhD’87. “These undergraduates often
surprise me by finding creative solutions. My lab’s two current research tracks, protein crystallization and Turing’s
chemical basis of morphogenesis, were both started by undergraduates.”
July culminates in the annual SciFest, where student-scientists present their research to faculty and peers. This year,
86 students, including 64 Brandeis undergraduates and 21 summer visitors from around the world, presented their
research in the sunny lobby of the Carl A. Shapiro Science Center.
Funding for undergraduate research comes from many sources, including the Provost’s Undergraduate Research
Fund; the Jerome A. Schiff Undergraduate Fellows Program; the Division of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships; the National Science Foundation; the National Institutes of Health, and the Materials Research
Science and Engineering Center Research Experience for Undergraduates.
“Working on pioneering research alongside grad students and postdocs gives undergraduates a chance to see what
a life of research is really like, and it challenges their imaginations,” says Jim Haber, professor of biology and director
of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center.
Time in the lab is transformative.
“You can’t really learn something until you have to do it yourself. I see things that I’ve learned in biology class every
day in the lab,” says Adam Jones ’15, who spent the summer in professor Michael Rosbash’s lab. “I’m more excited
about research now than I’ve ever been.”
Three Brandeis University students recently presented research findings on nail salon air quality
at the 2014 International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Houston.
Margaret Back ’16, Morgan Dashko ’15 and Tasneem Islam ’15 reported that workers in 15 nail
salons in the Greater Boston area were exposed to high levels of harmful chemicals which are
common in nail polishes, polish removers and acrylic and gel nails. The students’ findings were
from a study they conducted with colleagues in Professor Laura Goldin’s Environmental Health
and Justice Program, which is offered through the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS). The Justice
Brandeis Semester program is part of Brandeis’ commitment to creating and supporting intensive
learning experiences with enduring impact, a central goal of the university’s strategic plan.
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Members and friends of Flossy Liebman, our chapter’s venerable Treasurer, were saddened to learn of
the
sudden death of her grandson,
Matt Bendik, entertainment and restaurant entrepreneur, age 31.
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To 
memorialize Matt, Flossy and
Matt’s family, parents (Members)
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Nancy
and Robert Bendik and
sister Amy, created a Fund designated toward a “ Brandeis Sustaining The
Mind Scholarship”. This is a 
very generous effort on the part of Matt’s Family and we encourage you to
join
in supporting this endeavor.
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To 
date, the following friends
of Flossy and the Bendik Family have contributed to this worthy cause:
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
ELAINE
COHEN
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JUDITH
J. FLAX CHARLOTTE
KUZINS
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ANITA
KARBELNIG 
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JO & IRV KIERMAN
MIMI ROTTER
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ALMA BALTER
SHIRLEY ASHKENAZ
SHIRLEY POLLOCK RUTH, JEANNINE & CAROL FRANK
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BARBARA GILMAN
JOYCE KRAWL
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RUTH & MICHAEL SILPA
GLORIA STONE
JEAN COHEN
JOYCE KRASNOW
FLOSSY LIEBMAN AND FAMILY OF MATT BENDIK
JANICE FINEMAN
BARBARA KATZ
Donations are on-going. Please send checks to: Shirley Pollock, 8883 Collingwood Drive, L.A. CA. 90069
or to: M’Lissa Brennan, Brandeis National Committee, P.O. Box 549110, Mailstop 132, Waltham, MA. 02454-9110
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All donations
are greatly appreciated by the Liebman-Bendik family and Brandeis National Committee, and will en
hance the scientific research at Brandeis University.
New gifts will be listed in the next UPDATE, unless you wish to remain anonymous. Thank you.
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Carr
Candidate
for
Congress,
33rd
District
$45 limit which includes tax and gratuity. A private room
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  have
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is ideal, but
not always possible. Recently we
Sept 24th 9:00am Steering committee meets at
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       in Beverly
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at The Daily
Grill in Santa Monica, LaGondola
Hills, Muddy
Leek
in
Culver
City
and
Wokcano
in
West
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     breakfast
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meeting Veteran’s
Hollywood. A Mexican restaurant is being considered for
Memorial Complex Culver City speaker to be announced
September. If you are interested in becoming a participat
ing member of the group, contact Jean Cohen, key memWed. Oct. 22nd 9:00am Steering committee meets at
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ber, at JCohenLWV@aol.com
or 310/397-6209.
Lenny’s Deli
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