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Fully En-Gauged RABBI JONATHAN GEWIRTZ
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ave you ever been driving and suddenly, without warning, your low fuel light goes on? OK, so you had warning. The needle had slowly been making its way down from F towards E as you traveled on your merry way, first ½ a tank, then ¼, then 1/8, but even though you knew it was coming, that little orange light can be terrifying. So, now, you have to guess how far you can drive and if you will make it to a gas station before your car sputters to a halt on the highway, you have to call for help, and your spouse will have new ammunition for poking fun at you for the foreseeable future. Yes, some people “never let the gas get below half a tank.” There’s a word for people like that: “Annoying.” But now, there I was, driving down the road and my orange light came on indicating that I’d better find fuel soon or else I would not live it down. In some cars you are just at the mercy of the little light and you have no idea how much time you have, how much gas is in the tank when the light comes on, or how far that gas will take you. My car, however, has some spiffy little technology that helps. When you push a button on the steering wheel, you can cycle through lots of helpful information on tire pressure, mileage, temperature, and the pièce de résistance, a “distance to empty” readout. This handy tool calculates how far you will go based on the amount of fuel left in the tank and the
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The bottom line is that if you want to make the most of your trip on earth, don’t worry about how much time you have, but what you do with it. You’ll get the farthest in life if you remain fully engaged.
Did you like this article? There’s plenty more where that came from! Pick up The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of the best articles from the first ten years of this column, at your local bookstore or order it online and bring the inspiration home. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@JewishSpeechWriter. com and put Subscribe in the subject. © 2014 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.
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Always Prepared Top European Rabbis Learn Self-Defense, Community Preparedness from Leading Israeli Rescue Organizations
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Highest Standards Rabbi Yossi Niasoff helps Glatt Mart surpass the bar of kashrut standards.
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On the Front Lines Israeli Soldier speaks to groups across the United States on Operation Protective Edge
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Change is in the Air Over 200 Gather for Landmark Conference to Discuss Risk, Trauma and Abuse in Jewish Community
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hilanthropists Announce $1 Million Victims’ Therapy Fund - 220 participants from 102 organizations gathered last week in Newark, New Jersey for a groundbreaking conference addressing some of the most sensitive topics affecting the Orthodox Jewish community: risk, trauma and abuse. The milestone event was hosted by Amudim and included 25 private practice clinicians as well as rabbis, educators, therapists, clinical directors, heads of major organizations, social workers, philanthropists and many others who spent two days analyzing these rarely discussed problems and formulating a five point strategy for tackling these complex issues head on. “This was the first ever conference of this type within the Orthodox Jewish community,” said Zvi Gluck, director of Amudim. “This was a collaborative effort by many people and many organizations and is just the beginning of what will be an all out effort to effect crucial changes to benefit our precious children.” The statistics for both abuse cases and drug overdoses in the Jewish community are staggering, with dozens of known cases reported since Rosh Hashana and over three dozen deaths of people under age 35 in the Jewish community in that same time period, underscoring the need for serious and immediate intervention. The workshop-based event divided participants into four separate groups, each of which identified both short term goals
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“I see an amazing movement in moving forward and empowering parents, rabbonim and the community to protect our children.” — Ruchama Clapman to help those who have been victimized, as well as possible impediments to those solutions, and devised a set of protocols that would allow them to effectively and practically achieve those objectives. While each of the four groups worked individually, in different rooms, all came up with a set of similar goals which were then boiled down into five distinct strategies: centralizing information and access to resources, creating grass roots efforts to
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change the status quo, developing evidenced based support services, engaging rabbanim, educators and parents to promote child safety and creating funding strategies. Numerous participants volunteered to begin taking leadership roles in implementing the strategies identified during the two day conference. “It is incredible to realize that 220 people from different backgrounds in this industry all came up with the same common denominators, making it obvious that we are past the point where there are just one or two people saying there is a problem,” said Gluck. “Change is in the air and the momentum is clearly visible, with people already discussing which areas of this new initiative they plan to be involved in.” A key component of dramatic change was also put into play at the Amudim conference with the an-
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SWEET POTATO CRISPS SALAD Pareve ∙ Yields 8 Ingredients 1 large sweet potato ¾ cup oil for frying SALAD 1 (8‐ounce) bag Romaine lettuce ½ red pepper, sliced into strips ½ yellow pepper, sliced into strips 1 (8‐ounce) can hearts of palm, drained 1 small red onion, diced
DRESSING ½ cup olive oil 1/3 cup vinegar ½ cup sugar 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp imitation mustard
Directions 1. Prepare sweet potato crisps: Peel sweet potato. Using a vegetable peeler, continue to peel wide paper‐thin strips of sweet potato. 2. Heat oil in a deep skillet. When oil is hot, add sweet potato strips a few at a time. When golden and crispy (about 5‐7 minutes) remove with a slotted spoon. Can be made a few days in advance; store in an airtight container at room temperature.
3. Prepare the dressing: Place dressing ingredients in a small container. Shake to combine. 4. Assemble salad: Combine salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss with dressing. Place sweet potatoes on top right before serving.
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Directions 1. Preheat oven to 425°F. 2. Combine remaining ingredients in a 4‐quart saucepan and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 3. Place brisket into a roasting pan; pour sauce over meat in pan. Cover and seal pan tightly. Bake for 15 minutes. 4. Reduce oven temperature to 200°F. Bake overnight or at least 6 hours. Remove pan from oven and set aside until cool enough to handle. Wearing disposable gloves if desired, remove fat from meat and discard.
5. Use two forks to shred the meat. Rewarm in sauce. 6. For a great variation of this recipe, make crepes (Perfect Pesach Lukshen, page 54) and fill with pulled brisket.
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