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cover story is about the “new” Anne Frank. They feature the diary of Renia Spiegel, a young teenager living in Poland at the time of the war. Renia was not in hiding most of the time she wrote her diary. It is filled with poems she wrote, anecdotes about her life in school and with her friends, and her longing to be reunited with her parents. Her diary was only recently translated into English, and it gave me a glimpse into the life of someone whose life was abruptly cut short by a Nazi bullet. She was a real person, with dreams and fears, with feelings and concerns. Renia started her diary on January 31, 1939. She wrote on a fresh page, “Why did I decide to start a diary today? Has something important happened? Have I discovered that my friends are keeping diaries of their own? No! I just want a friend. Somebody I can talk to about my everyday worries and joys… Today, my dear diary, is the beginning of our dear friendship. Who knows how long it will last? It might even continue until the end of our lives.” Renia’s diary did stay with her until the end of her life. It was on July 31, 1942 when she was murdered by the Nazis. Her boyfriend, Zygmunt, penned the last few entries into her diary. The last line was written after he heard of Renia’s demise: “Three shots! Three lives lost! … All I can hear are shots, shots, shots… My dearest Renia, the last chapter of your diary is complete.” Sadly, Renia’s life – and six million others – were shattered during those years. But that was not the final chapter for Renia or the other kedoshim. The Jewish nation since then has sprung from the ashes, and we thrive, we survive…we won.

ighty years is a long time. And yet, it can also go by so fast. Last Sunday, my six-year-old son received his first chumash. For weeks he was counting down to the day. He was so excited he got up at 6:45 in the morning on Sunday – school starts at 8:30 – to get dressed and be there on time. He and his class sat onstage in front of the audience, singing about learning Torah with geshmak. They sang with enthusiasm, so excited were they to begin learning like the “big boys.” I get emotional by these performances. I find that when these adorable little boys sing their hearts out about Torah and mitzvos with all the innocence of youth, it shakes something within me. I think about how their lives are so simple now and how their urge to do good is so tangible. They’re so pure, so perfect in their sweetness. But I was also emotional on Sunday because of someone who was many decades older than my son and yet was just as pure. Sitting in the audience, watching his great-grandson perform, was Mr. Weinberger. Rabbi Bender called him to the front and told the audience that when he visited Mr. Weinberger a few weeks ago Mr. Weinberger told him that when he thinks about all the years of horror he faced during the Holocaust he can only think of two words: “We won.” Eighty years after Kristallnacht we can say that we won. When our yeshivos are bursting at the seams and when our shuls are crowded and abundant, we can say that we won. When our children are singing about learning Torah with geshmak and when they sing the words of Bereishis in such sweet tunes, we can say that we won. Who could have imagined 80 years ago that the Jewish nation would be so vibrant, so alive? In this month’s Smithsonian Magazine their

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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I agree with Trump’s recent statement that the media must stop their hostility and report the news accurately and fairly. Meanwhile, let him not back down and continue calling them fake news and enemy of the people. Michael Kohenov Dear Editor, There are serious problems with the manufacturing and marketing of vaccines. Here is just one case in point: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7UzQqan3uF8 Millions are spent on research, but millions spent often equates to millions wasted if key data is missing. If you are a strong proponent of vaccines; that they are a crucial part of healthcare, you, more than anyone, should be demanding that they be made safer. What practical steps have been taken to mitigate vaccine injury? Why, after all this research is there still no screening to find out which children are more likely to experience an adverse reaction? We know many children are genetically more vulnerable to be harmed and yet there is no testing done. And the only reporting system is a passive one. We also need to demand accountability from the agencies promoting vaccines on pregnant women, without any testing. Why is your doctor pushing them? I don’t know. As far as vaccines are concerned most doctors Continued on page 10

How Many Mitzvos are There? by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS 142

HUMOR Centerfold Kichel Conundrum by Jon Kranz

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POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

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Our Descent into Vitriol Began Long Before Trump by Marc A. Thiessen

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The Short Term Memory of the Outraged Machine by Marc A. Thiessen

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Dear Editor, I am appalled by the leftists’ narrative that tells Trump to “tone down his rhetoric.” They hate Trump for not making himself their punch bag like Bush and other republican gentlemen used to do. (Reminds me a story: when Bush needed to bomb a terrorist base he said he knew the New York Times would call him the murderer of women and children, but he will just have to not read the New York Times). But Trump actually takes a proactive approach and calls the leftist media what they truly are: fake news. Remember the reporting of CNN, the New York Times and Washington Post during the Gaza War. If this is not fake news, then what is? So too their reporting on U.S. issues is at least as biased. But the media acts like the proverbial thief who screams the loudest: “catch the thief!” They and their fellow Democrats are the ones who actually use the most inciting rhetoric. Andre Carson said the Tea Party wants to see black people hanging from a tree. Obama and Hillary Clinton praised the “Black Lives Matter,” a group that called “open season” on whites and cops. Hillary Clinton told Democrats to keep up their lawless, violent, and crazy behavior until Democrats are back in power. Maxine Waters called for mob assaults on members of Trump’s administration whenever they are seen in public. Snoop Dogg shot Trump in the head in his music video. Kathy Griffin held a bloody head of Trump on CNN.

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are distributors of a product that they were not involved with testing. That goes for all drugs. So the problem is upstream. It is the people who have to hold government agencies accountable, how much more so when it is intertwined with industry. That is how it has always been, and that is why the founding fathers of this country were loath to put too much power in a central government. But instead of holding the correct people accountable, you act as judge and jury to those who have been harmed. There really are that many. Vaccinate or else. Black and white. You have aligned yourself with an industry, defending it to the heavens. But if you like the product, then instead of denying serious flaws, you should be the first one pushing for

a better product. We deserve better. Our children do. Please stop shooting the messenger and direct your outrage to the industry that is complacently remaining in denial, when so much can be done to mitigate risk to a large population of vulnerable children. We need to put our energy into demanding screenings that would lead to differentiated care; and toward studying the schedule as a whole. That is what is going into every child. Do we deserve anything less? Why are we not allowed to discuss the issues that are turning so many away (not in the mainstream media, anyway)? Do you think that this is the best they can do and therefore it’s better than nothing? This is far, far from the best science has to offer. But the people have to be advocating for

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these measures. Instead there is bickering and shaming “antivaxxers” in the paper. These articles are so polarizing and accomplish nothing. Please people, wake up, we are smarter than this. Our children deserve better. Ruth Stern Dear Editor, I appreciated your coverage on the Pittsburgh tragedy. I thought it was done in good taste and showed the heartbreak that our community has without pointing fingers or inflaming rhetoric. Kol ha’kavod! Yosef Godern Dear Editor, Rabbi Yaffe’s article, “Goal!” The Jewish Home, October 25, 2018, should be shouted from the rooftops across our community. We need to focus on bringing up ehrliche, menschlech young boys and girls who are yarei Shamayim. Learning Torah and studying Gemara are so important. After all, not every person will be able to grow up and spend time in yeshiva once they’re married. Giving them the basic foundations and filling them with double and triple “doses” of To-

rah learning now is so important. But even more important should be the things that they will bring with them throughout their lives regardless of what fields they pursue. Where are the classes on halacha? Shouldn’t young men and women know about hilchos Shabbos or brachos so when they start their own home they can build it in the right way? What about learning mussar? Shouldn’t they know about treating others and putting others before themselves? These principles, if taught well, will go with them for life and will infuse them with the right hanhaga in which to raise their families and go out into the world. Not every person is going to be learning in Kollel once they reach the age of 20. Nor should every person be doing so. There are Yissachars and Zevuluns in our nation, and each person is meant for each role. So why not make sure that they are all given something that will keep them on the right path, regardless of if they end up studying Torah or studying law. Being a mensch and a yarei Shamayim is integral for every Jew. Sincerely, C. Heller

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who specializes in tax law at the University of Helsinki. “Some people think that transparency promotes democracy in the society and some think that it violates the protection of privacy.”

National Jealousy Macron Plot Foiled Day

November 1 is National Jealousy Day in Finland – and it’s a greeneyed monster. On that day, every Finnish citizen’s taxable income is revealed, searchable by anyone. “The annual orgy of financial voyeurism might raise eyebrows in other parts of the world, but it remains an important national event in Finland,” says Finnish news broadcaster Yle Uutiset. Journalists love the day. They trawl the data to discover the highest-paid Finns, to uncover what celebrities are paid, and to shame those who haven’t been paying their fair share of taxes. Finland has one of the lowest income inequality levels among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Thinking of moving out of Finland ASAP lest others know how much you have in the bank? Better avoid Sweden and Norway as well, two countries that also publish citizens’ tax returns. In Sweden, you only have to pick up the phone to ask about someone else’s financial details, although the person you are snooping on will be informed. Sounds comforting. According to Michael Birkjær, an analyst at the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, “trust (both in other people and in the system) is one of the reasons these countries are consistently ranked best in the world to live.” Kristiina Aima acknowledges that publishing what should be private information doesn’t necessarily make society so happy. “Whether the publishing of tax lists has a positive or negative impact on the society is a controversial question,” says Äimä,

Six people linked to the far right were arrested in France on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a suspected plot to attack President Emmanuel Macron. France’s intelligence agency, the DGSI, said the six people were arrested in three separate regions: Isère, southeast of Lyon; Moselle, on the border with Germany and Luxembourg; and Ille-et-Vilaine, in the northwest near the city of Rennes. The suspects include five men and a woman between the ages of 22 and 62. “The investigation is looking into an imprecise and loosely formed plan for violent action against the President of the Republic,” said a judicial source. The arrests come after Macron warned in an interview with Le Courrier Picard on Sunday of the rising threat of the far-right movement, adding that complacency in the early 1900s paved the way for Hitler’s rise in Germany and Mussolini in Italy. According to Reuters, France’s far-right euroskeptic National Rally, formerly known as the National Front, is leading the polls against Macron ahead of the European Parliament election in May. The party is led by Marine Le Pen.

Khashoggi’s Horrific End Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who disappeared in Istanbul on October 2, was dismembered and dissolved in acid in the Saudi consulate,

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according to Yasin Aktay, an advisor to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “We now see that it wasn’t just cut up. [The Saudi suspects] got rid of the body by dissolving it,” said Aktay. “According to the latest information we have, the reason they cut up the body is it was easier to dissolve it. They aimed to ensure no sign of the body was left.” Atkay was a friend of the journalist. “Killing an innocent person is one crime, the treatment and extent of what was done to the body is another crime and dishonor.”

Investigators in Turkey have been trying to find out what happened to Khashoggi since he was spotted going into the consulate four weeks ago and was never seen again. An unnamed official was quoted in the press as saying that “biological evidence” in the consulate’s garden suggested that because of acid “Khashoggi’s body was not in need of burying.” Istanbul chief prosecutor, Irfan Fidan, was the first Turkish official to say how the body was disposed of. Last Wednesday Fidan detailed how Khashoggi’s body was “dismembered and destroyed” after his death at the hands of a team of Saudi officials who flew in from Riyadh to kill him. The Saudi government originally denied knowing anything about his death, but then changed their story many times over the past few weeks in response to the press’s questions. The murder has become an international story, with many countries condemning the Saudis’ actions.

hind the new virus. The virus is more sophisticated than Stuxnet, a virus that infected much of Iran’s computer infrastructure around eight years ago. “Remember Stuxnet, the virus that penetrated the computers of the Iranian nuclear industry?” an Israeli news report asked. Iran “has admitted in the past few days that it is again facing a similar attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before, that has hit infrastructure and strategic networks.” Stuxnet destroyed thousands of centrifuges in Iran’s controversial nuclear program. It worked by taking hold of centrifuges and forcing them to operate at heightened speeds.

The newest computer worm comes after a string of Israeli intelligence coups against Iran. In May, Israel was able to gain access to a top-secret warehouse where a half a ton of documents concerning the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapons program were smuggled back to Israel. Those documents were shared U.S. intelligence services, and Prime Minister Netanyahu said the U.S. could “vouch for its authenticity.” Israel released more information on Iranian nuclear activities four months after that. On Monday, Iran’s telecommunications minister accused Israel of a cyber-attack on its telecommunications infrastructure, but said that the attack had failed. The regime promised to proceed with legal action against Israel for the virus.

Eichmann’s Son Living in Buenos Aires

Computer Virus Pummels Iran A very aggressive computer virus has been shaking Iran. According to Israeli media, the virus is “more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated” than others that have been seen recently. Israeli officials are not commenting on whether Israel is be-

A son of Adolf Eichmann is living just a few blocks away from where

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Mossad agents captured the Nazi in 1960. Eichmann had four sons, two of whom have died. The youngest son, Ricardo, who has denounced his father, is an archeologist in Germany. Another son, Dieter, 76, is alive and staying at a secure apartment in Buenos Aires with his wife, Martha Valinotti. A British tabloid has gotten ahold of many details surrounding the architect of the Final Solution’s family from Carmen Bretin Lindemann, a former girlfriend of one of the brothers. According to the tabloid, Dieter spent many years living in Germany and supports his father’s Nazi ideology. Klaus, the oldest Eichmann son, moved to Germany from Argentina in the 1960s and died in 2015 of Alzheimer’s at the age of 79. The next son, Horst, never left Argentina and died at 75 of bowel cancer. They both supported their father’s ideology and actions as well. Adolf Eichmann escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp after World War II and in 1950 fled to Argentina. He was snatched by Mossad agents in an famous operation in May 1960 and was smuggled to Israel. He sat trial and was hanged on June 1, 1962. Eichmann’s trial is said to have forced the Israeli population and the entire world to openly face the horrors of the Holocaust.

200 Mass ISIS Graves in Iraq

More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of bodies have been found in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State terrorist group, a UN investigation has found. The graves were found in the north and western governorates of Nineveh, Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Anbar and could contain as many as 12,000 victims who were slaughtered by the group. ISIS seized parts of Iraq in 2014 and imposed brutal rule, killing any-

one of whom it disapproved. It was eventually vanquished by a U.S.-led air campaign backed by Iraqi government forces and allied militias on the ground, although pockets of ISIS activity remain in some areas. The grave sites, the report notes, contain critical evidence that will not only identify the victims but also help prosecutors build cases for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide. The report said 202 mass graves had been documented so far, includ-

ing 95 in Ninevah, 37 in Kirkuk, 36 in Salah al-Din, and 24 in Anbar. Investigators estimate between 6,000-12,000 victims are buried at the sites, including women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, foreign workers, and members of the Iraqi security forces. “The mass grave sites documented in our report are a testament to harrowing human loss, profound suffering and shocking cruelty,” said Ján Kubiš, the UN Secretary General’s special representative for Iraq.

“Determining the circumstances surrounding the significant loss of life will be an important step in the mourning process for families and their journey to secure their rights to truth and justice.” Significant challenges facing families of the missing are also highlighted. Currently, they have to register with five separate Iraqi offices to try to establish the fate of their loved ones. The report calls for a public, centralized registry of missing persons as well as a federal Office of

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Missing Persons. Forces of ISIS captured the cities of Falluja and Ramadi in Iraq in January 2014. In June of that year, the group took over Mosul after a six-day battle. In August, the city of Sinjar fell. 200,000 civilians fled for the mountains; the United States dropped aid to those fleeing. By March 2015, the Iraqis began to turn the tables and recaptured Tikrit. By December 2017, Iraq’s prime minister declared an end to the fighting with ISIS.

ery boy and girl in Yemen,” he said. According to his agency, 1.8 million children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition and another 400,000 children’s lives are in immediate danger from lack of proper nutrition.

Youth in Yemen in Danger Children in Yemen are dying at an alarming rate from malnutrition and easily preventable diseases, according to a top UN official. Geert Cappelaere, the regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at the UN children’s agency UNICEF, is calling on fighting parties in the country to agree to a ceasefire. “Yemen is today a living hell — not for 50 to 60 percent of the children — it is a living hell for ev-

Every ten minutes, according to Cappelaere, a child in Yemen dies of a preventable disease. 30,000 children die of malnutrition each year in Yemen. He said the figures are “a reminder for all of us to realize how dire the situation has become.” “We call on all parties to get together later this month under the leadership of the UN special envoy… and agree on a ceasefire and a road to peace for Yemen,” he urged. Fighting has picked up recently in the rebel-held Red Sea port city of Hodeida, the epicenter of the conflict. The port is the entranceway for

over 70 percent of imports into the battle-torn country, leaving it on the brink of famine. The government has said that it is willing to restart peace talks with the Houthis. The United States has pledged to help in peace talks and has called for an end to the war which has claimed the lives of over 10,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. Others estimate the death toll to be five times higher. The Saudi-led coalition, which backs the internationally recognized Yemeni government, has been at war with the Houthi rebels since March 2015 in a stalemated conflict that has generated the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Torah Found in Lodz Ghetto Recently, the Lodz municipality in Poland was planning to demolish a number of old wooden shacks that were used by Jews who were housed in the ghetto during the war. But before demolition, a 150-year-old To-

rah scroll was found, hidden inside a wall. Other Jewish artifacts were also found in the building.

The sefer Torah was given to the Shem Olam Holocaust Institute, established in 1996 in Kfar Haroeh by Rabbi Avraham Krieger, which then brought it to Israel. “This is a historical finding and a rare piece of life from the ghetto that survived until today,” Rabbi Krieger said. “The Poles continue to suppress our history. These lone wooden shacks left on the Lodz Ghetto streets were going to be demolished and the only evidence left in Poland of what happened in the Holocaust was going to be erased.” Lodz was Poland’s second largest city and a major industrial center. The ghetto there was established

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in April 1940 and became the second-largest ghetto created by the Nazis. About 164,000 Jews were imprisoned there before it was liquidated toward the end of 1944.

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Under Pakistan’s penal code, the offense of blasphemy is punishable by death or life imprisonment. Widely criticized by international human rights groups, the law has been used disproportionately against minority religious groups in the country and journalists who are critical of the Pakistani religious establishment. Bibi’s case has attracted widespread outrage and support from Christians worldwide. Conservative Islamist groups in Pakistan have demanded the death penalty be carried out.

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Last week, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, was acquitted of blasphemy after almost eight years on death row in Pakistan. The court’s decision prompted violent protests from the Islamist movement Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP). Bibi’s story is far from over. She is now stuck in a converted prison, terrified to leave for fear of death. The mother of five from Punjab province was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to hang after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Mohammed during an argument a year earlier with Muslim colleagues. The workers had refused to drink from a bucket of water Bibi had touched because she was not Muslim. At the time, Bibi said the case was a matter of women who didn’t like her “taking revenge.” Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Malook, fled the country in fear of his life after Bibi’s acquittal. He is now in an undisclosed city in The Netherlands. Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, has begged the United Kingdom, the United States or Canada to grant his family asylum. Masih said he feared for his wife’s safety in prison, and that the family had “no security and are hiding here and there, frequently changing our location.” He added that the Supreme Court acquittal had initially “created a ray of hope” and that Bibi’s family “were excited that we would meet her soon.” Bibi will remain in prison until a review petition, submitted by the Islamist movement TLP, is decided. The government is in the process of negotiating with the TLP movement. One of the conditions presented by TLP is not allowing Bibi to leave the country.

France to Retain Control of New Caledonia

New Caledonia has voted to remain part of France in this week’s independence referendum. The cluster of islands, which is home to about 270,000 people, is in the southwest Pacific Ocean, around 750 miles east of Australia and 10,500 miles from metropolitan France. The territory has been under France’s rule since it was annexed in 1853 on the order of Emperor Napoleon III. The independence referendum movement started about 30 years ago in an attempt to end years of violence between supporters and those against separation from France. Rival loyalists and pro-independence factions came to an agreement in 1988 after the violence claimed the lives of more than 70 locals. Another agreement ten years later allowed for an independence referendum. This week’s vote came in with much higher than expected numbers wanting independence. Despite their turnout, 56% of New Caledonia decided to stay with France, though the referendum agreement allows for two more votes on the matter before 2022. Forty percent of the population are the local indigenous Kanaks, with the next largest

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ethnic group being ethnic Europeans, at just over 27% in the latest census. Most of the Kanak back independence while the European group mostly wants to stay as part of France, which sends more than $1.5 billion to the small archipelago every year. President Emmanuel Macron of France said after the vote that he was “proud that the majority of Caledonians have chosen to stay French.” He added that “it is a mark of trust for France, our future and our values. Every one of us can feel and share in this pride.” The next referendum will be held in 2020.

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Life south of the border is not easy. Latin America makes up 8% of the world’s population, yet a third of all homicides happen there. In El Salvador, gang violence is rampant. In April, after a decision by Congress to keep gang leaders in prison in solitary confinement, their respective gangs went on a killing rage murdering more than 100 people in five days. El Salvador has the highest homicide rate in the world. Gangs control authorities and politicians by using violence and threats. One notorious group, MS13, operates an extortion racket in 248 of the 262 of the country’s municipalities. They force business owners, employees, commuters, and anyone with money to pay them off in exchange for living in peace. In San Salvador, the nation’s capital, gangs control the distribution of consumer products, including diapers and Coca-Cola. They threaten employees, store owners, and farmers. The homicide rate in the country’s capital is 95.7 killings per 100,000 people. One major wholesale supermarket in the area said they pay $300,000 a month to a gang called Barrio 18. The gang threatens to burn fruit, vegetable, and sugar field unless the payments are made. According to officials, El Salvador’s gangs earn about $20 million a year from extortion. Children as young as 10 years old are used as lookouts. When they graduate they have two choices: either do manual labor for $300 a week or join a gang and work in the extortion business for $1,000 a week. Similar gangs operate in Honduras and Guatemala.

German spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen lost his position as director of the domestic intelligence service when he questioned the existence of far-right violence in the city of Chemnitz. He was removed from his role in September and moved into another position. Last week Maassen was fired from his new post as interior ministry. Maassen has been “placed in early retirement” as a result of a speech he gave criticizing government parties. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters: “I have asked the president to place the head of the domestic security service in early retirement.” Maasen’s latest dismissal follows a departure speech given to other intelligence officials as he prepared to leave the Federal Office for Constitutional Protection (BfV), which is similar to the British MI5. Although the speech was never officially published, a copy was leaked. The document revealed his critical feelings regarding the junior coalition party the Social Democrats (SPD), claiming that it harbored “left wing forces.” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said, “I consider it unacceptable to speak of ‘radical left’ elements in

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Mossad Helps Denmark Foil Iran Plot

The United States has thrown their support behind Denmark. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted, “We congratulate the government of Denmark on its arrest of an Iranian regime assassin. For nearly 40 years, Europe has been the target of Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks. We call on our allies and partners to confront the full range of Iran’s threats to peace and security.” Iran has denied any allegations that have been made against it.

Pilot’s Remains Found 56 Years Later The Danish intelligence service relied on Mossad information to stop an Iranian assassination plot in the Scandinavian country. According to Israeli senior officials, the Mossad gave Denmark information on an Iranian plot to kill three Iranians that were suspected of belonging to the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, an anti-regime organization, who were residing in Denmark. Israelis have acknowledged that the Mossad provides intelligence all over the globe to countries that may be targeted for terror attacks. The PET, also known as the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, did not confirm the Israelis’ claim of assistance, saying that they would not “comment further on the ongoing investigation.” Reportedly, a Norwegian national of Iranian origin was arrested by Danish security services earlier this month. Afterward, the Danish ambassador to Iran was called home. “I have decided to recall Denmark’s ambassador in Tehran for consultations… Denmark can in no way accept that people with ties to Iran’s intelligence service plot attacks against people in Denmark,” Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said. He went on to call the planned operation “totally unacceptable” and said that he was speaking with his “partners and allies” in the EU about possible sanctions. Finn Borch Andersen, the head of the PET, said that his agency believed that Iran was “planning an attack in Denmark” against the three Iranian opposition figures.

The Israeli military recently discovered the remains of a pilot, Lt. Yakir Naveh, who has been missing since his plane crashed into the Sea of Galilee 56 years ago, the army said on Tuesday. The remains were discovered on October 25 on the bottom of the Sea of Galilee, along with pieces of the aircraft. Naveh’s funeral is scheduled to take place on November 13. On May 6, 1962, Naveh was training a cadet on a Fouga Magister when their plane got too low over the water and the engine cut out. The nose of the plane hit the water, sending them into a fierce spin, wing over wing. A year later, a search team found the body of the cadet who had been flying the plane, Oded Kouton, but no trace of Naveh. In 2000, the Israel Defense Forces renewed its searches for the pilot. On October 16, the military began its 12th round of searches for the pilot’s remains. Until now, Naveh had been considered a soldier who is confirmed dead, but whose burial place is unknown. His watch, pistol and pieces of his chair were found previously. Naveh was born in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan in 1939. He was 23 years old and newly married at the time of the accident. The Sea of Galilee is relatively

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small but visibility in the lake is obscured. Divers can also only remain in the water for a short amount of time because of the depths. “It’s complete darkness, complete darkness,” the head of an IDF dive team searching for Naveh told The Times of Israel in 2016. “And it’s cold. We’re talking about 57 degrees Fahrenheit.” Hypothermia can set in at water temperatures of 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

serving as a courier and smuggling diamonds into Israel. The charges being brought against the six detainees include diamond smuggling, money laundering, tax offenses and conspiracy to commit a crime, filing false business reports and other offenses. The Lahav 433 national crime unit is in charge of the investigation. They found an Israeli citizen who was living abroad had entered the country six years ago with diamonds hidden in his luggage. They then discovered that he had sold the diamonds without reporting the transactions to tax authorities. The suspect worked in a Russian factory owned by Lev Leviev.

Illegal Diamond Crackdown Six suspects have been arrested on suspicion of being part of an illegal diamond smuggling ring. A police statement was released this week saying that the suspects “conspired, planned, and operated for a number of years smuggling diamonds into the State of Israel worth hundreds

of millions of shekels in violation of the law and without reporting to the competent authorities.” Among those arrested were diamond billionaire and philanthropist Lev Leviev’s brother, Moshe, and his son, Zvulun. The three others detained are former and current employees, including Hananya Issachar, Reuven Shmuelov and Asher Yechieli, who was the former manager of Leviev’s plant in Russia. Yehuda Asor, the sixth suspect, is accused of

The case was cracked when one of the suspects turned state witness after being caught at the airport with a diamond worth $270,000. Though many of the details have been placed under a gag order by the authorities, it has been released that police seized luxury cars from a city only identified as being “near the Tel Aviv area” during their raids on the suspects’ homes. Leviev’s company, LLD Diamonds, released a statement saying that they had no information about the arrests. “The company knows nothing of the events reported in the media,” the statement said. “Mr. Leviev and the companies he owns operate according to the appropriate norms, and in compliance with the law. We hope that the matter will quickly be clarified and that the suspicions will turn out to be baseless.”

New Israeli Police Chief Nominated Moshe Edri, the director general of the Public Security Ministry, will be Israel’s new police commissioner. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced the appointment last week. Erdan said that Edri’s “impressive and proven command abilities” made him the best choice to fill the position. He went on to praise his “many years of experience

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Israel: U.S. “Courageous” for Instituting Iran Sanctions

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in a variety of roles in the Israel Police and his expertise regarding the challenges facing the police in the coming years.” The 51-year-old Edri is a former commander of Israel Police’s Tel Aviv and Jerusalem districts. He beat out Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevi, who was considered the frontrunner for the position, and current Tel Aviv police chief David Bitan for the top spot.

Edri retired from the police in February 2018 after 28 years in the force, during which he served in a

number of key positions, with the most recent being the head of the Police Traffic Department, the commander of the Jerusalem District and later the commander of the Tel Aviv District. He is known for his easygoing nature. Edri, if he receives final approval by a vetting committee, will be replacing Roni Alsheich. The Cabinet also needs to give their okay for Edri to officially assume the position. Alsheich congratulated his successor

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heaped praise upon President Donald Trump this week for his “courageous, determined and important decision” to reinstate all U.S. sanctions on Iran that were done away with in the nuclear deal of 2015. Bibi was also very careful to give himself a lot of the credit for the reversal. “For many years I have devoted my time and energy to the war against the Iranian threat. On this issue, I went up almost against the whole world. Today we see the results of this long and ongoing struggle,” Netanyahu at a meeting in the Knesset. “This day is a historic day,” he added. “I would like to again thank President Donald Trump again for a courageous, determined and important decision. I think this contributes to stability, security, and peace.” The sanctions he is referring to are the second set that the Trump administration has imposed against the Islamic Republic since the United States pulled out of the nuclear deal earlier this year. Iran is no longer seeing the billions of dollars of sanctions relief that they enjoyed under the Obama administration in exchange for some curbing of their nuclear program. Netanyahu went on a worldwide campaign lobbying against the deal since it was signed in 2015. When the U.S. pulled out, Netanyahu said that “this is a very big day for the State of Israel. This is a great day for the people of Israel. This is a great day for the future of Israel.” He asserted that targeting Iran’s banking sector would put “Iran’s terrorist regime in a large choke hold.”

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry also hailed the U.S. sanctions as “an important step in curbing the regime’s aggression. They should be enforced by all governments that aim to promote stability and prevent terrorism in the Middle East and beyond.” Education Minister Naftali Bennett also thanked Trump, saying the sanctions “send a loud message that terror does not pay.” “Thank you for making the ayatollahs afraid again,” Bennett tweeted.

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On Friday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that $145 million has been earmarked for the construction of six miles of border wall in Texas in Rio Grande Valley Sector. The project, called RGV-01, is expected to begin in February. It will include the building “of tactical infrastructure,” which includes “a reinforced concrete levee wall to the height of the existing levee, 18 feet tall steel bollards installed on top of the concrete wall, and vegetation removal along a 150 foot enforcement zone throughout the approximately six miles of levee wall system,” the news release said. “Once constructed, this levee wall system will serve as a persistent impediment to transnational criminal organizations, while still allowing river access for property owners, other federal/state/local officials, local emergency responders, and USBP,” the agency added. “CBP continues to implement President Trump’s Executive Order 13767 – also known as Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements – and continues to take steps to expeditiously plan,

design, and construct a physical wall using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border,” the agency continued. The region is known to have “high illegal cross border activity.” The project will also include the installation of detection technology and video surveillance. This project will be the first section of President Trump’s border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. The government recently completed construction of a 2-mile, 30-foot tall section of fencing along the border in California.

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Bill Gates thinks that toilets are the answer to the world’s problems. The billionaire philanthropist, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent $200 million over seven years funding sanitation research, showcased some 20 novel toilet and sludge-processing designs that eliminate harmful pathogens and convert bodily waste into clean water and fertilizer this week. “The technologies you’ll see here are the most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years,” Gates, 63, said at the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing on Tuesday. Gates explained that new technologies can sterilize human waste, which could end almost 500,000 infant deaths in parts of the world and save $233 billion annually in costs linked to diarrhea, cholera and other diseases caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene. One approach from the California Institute of Technology that Gates said he finds “super interesting” integrates an electrochemical reactor to break down water and human waste into fertilizer and hydrogen, which can be stored in hydrogen fuel cells as energy.

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The initial demand for the reinvented toilet will be in places like schools, apartment buildings, and community bathroom facilities. As adoption of these multi-unit toilets increases, and costs decline, a new category of reinvented household toilets will become available, the Gates Foundation said. “Our goal is to be at 5 cents a day of cost,” Gates said. Small-scale waste treatment plants, called omni-processors, may be suited for uses beyond human waste management

– such as for managing effluent from intensive livestock production – because of its low marginal running costs relative to the value of the fertilizer and clean water it produces, he said. Gates, who with wife Melinda has given more than $35.8 billion to the foundation since 1994, said he became interested in sanitation about a decade ago after he stopped working full time at Microsoft. “I never imagined that I’d know so much about poop,” Gates said in re-

marks prepared for the Beijing event. “And I definitely never thought that Melinda would have to tell me to stop talking about toilets and fecal sludge at the dinner table.”

Militia Members at the Border As the Central American migrant caravan gets closer and closer to the United States, gun wielding civilian

groups are preparing to get involved. President Trump has been vocal about the threat that the caravan poses to American security, asserting that criminals are among the thousands of men, women, and children heading toward the border. Gun-carrying civilian groups and border vigilantes have heard the call to arms in President Trump’s warnings about threats to American security. They’re packing coolers and tents, oiling rifles and tuning up aerial drones, with plans to form cara-

Mixed Bag in the Midterms

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f we learned anything from Tuesday night’s midterm elections, it is that Trump is not the toxic monster that Democrats made him out to be and that he’s not the political Houdini Republicans hoped he would be. Rather, Trump appears to be a skilled politician who was able to pull off what neither Bill Clinton nor Barack Obama were able to when they faced their first midterms. As of Wednesday morning, of the decided races in this year’s midterm elections, President Trump’s Republican Party lost 27 seats in the House and gained 3 seats in the Senate. In 1994, after his first two years in office, President Clinton’s Democrat Party lost 54 House seats and 8 Senate seats. In 2010, after his first two years in office, President Obama’s Democratic Party lost 63 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate. Both went on to handedly win their reelection bids two year later. Although both sides will spin their tales of victory, these midterms were a mixed-bag. On the Senate side, not only did the Republicans pick up enough seats to give them a comfortable cushion when it comes to the all-important task of confirming judges to federal courts, but they also shed several anti-Trump Republicans, such as Jeff Flake and Bob Corker. If there is one or more Supreme Court vacancies over the next two years, President Trump will further cement his legacy on the Supreme Court for decades to come. It is perhaps for that reason that over the past several weeks Trump held more than 30 rallies across the country for Senate

Republicans. Most of those who he rallied for won their races. On the House side, things will be trickier for the President and the Republicans. The issue is not that there will be legislative gridlock – Congress never accomplished much of anything anyways – but the chairmanship of important and powerful committees which will now be in Democrats’ hands. That will undoubtedly lead to multiple investigations and pestering of the Trump administration. Although Democrat leaders have urged their caucuses not to scare off the electorate by talking about impeachment before the elections, some members of their caucus have been unable to resist the urge to resist. “Impeach 45!” has become the refrain of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who will now control the Financial Services Committee. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) will control the Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Jerold Nadler will control the Judiciary Committee. All three have indicated that they will live by Waters’ refrain of “a 24/7 impeachment hearing.” Perhaps the trifecta met their match in President Trump, who tweeted on Wednesday morning, “If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!” Although House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is the best bet to be voted by her party as Speaker of the House, she may face opposition by the left flank of the party who see her as too moderate and by those who

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think that the party needs a fresher face. Although she may face opposition in her bid for House leadership President Trump has thrown his support behind her, perhaps “trollingly,” when he tweeted on Wednesday morning, “In all fairness, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be chosen Speaker of the House by the Democrats,” he wrote. “If they give her a hard time, perhaps we will add some Republican votes. She has earned this great honor!” On a local level, New York State has showed that it is more blue than the Blue Man Group. Governor Andrew Cuomo handily defeated opponent Marc Molinaro, 59% to 36.8%. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has been moving more and more to the left with her eyes on the White House, defeated Chele Farley, 66.6% to 33.4%. Cuomo is also looking to occupy the Oval Office in a few years’ time. This year’s results are sure to help them both garner both money and support for their fight in 2020. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a whopping 78% of the vote in New York’s 14th Congressional District.

She will be the youngest woman ever in Congress. The Democratic-Socialist knocked out Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary earlier this year; Crowley was seen as potential speaker one day. Perhaps voters shot themselves in the foot by electing a vocal, left-winger over someone more seasoned. Time will tell. Ocasio-Cortez wasted no time decrying the “human rights violations being committed by ICE” after her victory on Tuesday night. In our area, many seats turned to or stayed blue. In the Five Towns, incumbent State Senator Todd Kaminsky smoothly defeated Francis Becker, 59.9 to 35. Congresswoman Kathleen Rice garnered 59 percent over opponent Ameer Benno’s 34. Republican Assemblywoman Melissa Miller barely held onto her seat in the fight between her and Juan Vides. She won the election 48 percent to 45 percent. It is only the third time since World War II that Democrats have taken control of New York State Senate, flipping as many as four seats on Long Island.

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Sayonara to Sessions

On Wednesday, President Trump sacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “At your request I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in

a letter to White House chief of staff John Kelly. Matthew Whitaker will take over as acting attorney general, the President said. Whitaker is expected to take charge of the Russia investigation and special counsel Robert Mueller from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the United States. He will serve our Country well ... We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date,” Trump tweeted. Sessions has been in Trump’s camp for a long time. He was originally one of Trump’s earliest and most loyal surrogates as an Alabama Republican senator. He was a key figure in implementing Trump’s vision for America and significantly rolled back Obama-era policies on immigration, police reform and civil rights. Sessions was also an enforcer of much of the Trump administration’s hardline approach on immigration and regularly praised the President’s tough words on crime. But even as he continued to carry out the Trump agenda, his relationship with the President remained strained and fraught for months due to the ongoing Mueller investigation. The firing came just the day after the midterm elections in which the Republicans maintained control of the Senate and just weeks after former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to multiple counts of campaign finance violations, tax fraud and bank fraud and Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight charges including tax fraud and bank fraud. Sessions had recused himself from all matters related to the 2016 campaign early in Trump’s term, something that the President was not pleased with. He had had called Sessions “scared stiff and Missing in Action.” Sessions fired back his own statement defending his position. But the tension between the two was obvious. In early August, Trump tweeted that Sessions “should stop” Mueller’s investigation. Sessions, for his part, consistently maintained that his recusal decision was made in consultation with career ethics officials at the Justice Department and was in the works from the time he was sworn in.

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program to develop atomic weapons. President Trump has repeatedly denounced the nuclear deal as the “worst ever” as it gives Iran too much in return for very little. Supporters of the bill, including Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the European Union, have defended it and are working on saving it without the participation of the United States. The announcement of the sanctions came just a few days before the

For some time now, using spanking as a form of discipline has been frowned upon. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new policy statement in the journal Pediatrics on Monday calling for all caregivers to use “healthy forms of discipline.” The group recommended positive reinforcement of appropriate behaviors, setting limits and setting expectations, and suggested avoiding spanking, hitting, slapping, threatening, insulting, humiliating or shaming children. This policy statement is an update to a statement published in 1998 that recommended “parents be encouraged and assisted in developing methods other than spanking in response to undesired behavior.” “In the 20 years since that policy was first published, there’s been a great deal of additional research, and we’re now much stronger in saying that parents should never hit their child and never use verbal insults that would humiliate or shame the child,” said Dr. Robert Sege, first author of the policy statement and a pediatrician at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Cen-

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ter in Boston. “This is much stronger than the previous advice,” he said. “The new policy encourages pediatricians to discuss the data about different kinds of discipline with parents so, of course, they can make their own decisions in how they choose to raise their children.” The policy statement describes corporal punishment as “non-injurious, open-handed hitting with the intention of modifying child behavior” and indicates that spanking is considered a form of such physical punishment. The study refers to research that linked spanking to aggressive child behavior and depressive symptoms in adolescence. All in all, “the loving relationship between a child and their parents is the most important relationship that there is,” Sege said. “Parents can use that relationship to teach their children right from wrong without inserting violence, shame and humiliation into that relationship,” he said. “As a result, children are more likely to grow up feeling secure and positive, knowing how to regulate their own behavior.”

Utah Mayor Killed in Afghanistan

Brent Taylor, 39, had taken a sabbatical from his office as mayor of North Ogden in Utah for his deployment to Afghanistan. His time there was abruptly cut short when he was fatally shot by one of his Afghan trainees. The Utah mayor was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos; this was his second tour in Afghanistan. Taylor became the city’s mayor in 2013 and was expected to return to Utah in January. Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton, the adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, said that Taylor’s mission was to help train and build the capacity of the Afghan national army. “He was with folks he was helping

and training. That’s what’s so painful about this. It’s bitter,” Burton said. “I do believe that Major Taylor felt he was among friends, with people he was working with.” One of the commandoes in training used a small firearm to fatally shoot Taylor. The suspect was killed by Afghan forces at the scene. Taylor is survived by his wife and seven children. “Brent was a hero, a patriot, a wonderful father, and a dear friend,” U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said on Twitter. “News of his death in Afghanistan is devastating. My prayers and love are with Jennie and his seven young children. His service will always be remembered.” “Service is really what leadership is all about,” Taylor, a father of seven, wrote in a Facebook post this past January while announcing his upcoming deployment, his second to Afghanistan (he had also served two tours in Iraq). Last month, while safeguarding the Afghan elections – marred by violence and death – Brent noted that “it was beautiful to see over 4 million Afghan men and women brave threats and deadly attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s first parliamentary elections in eight years.”

Kavanaugh Accuser was Fake

One of the women who made allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during hearings for his new position has admitted to investigators that she fabricated them to “get attention.” Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has referred Judy Munro-Leighton to the Justice Department and FBI after suspicions that she fabricated the accusations against Kavanaugh. “The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know,” Grassley wrote in his letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “But when individuals intentionally mislead the Committee, they divert Committee resources

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during time-sensitive investigations and materially impede our work.” On September 25, “Jane Doe” from Oceanside, California, sent an anonymous letter to Senator Kamala Harris alleging that the then-nominee for Supreme Court and his friend were violent toward her. She provided vague details and was unable to provide a timeframe or location. When questioned the next day, Kavanaugh said, “The whole thing is ridiculous. The whole thing is just a crock, farce, wrong, didn’t happen, not anything close.” Several days later, on October 3, Judy Munro-Leighton emailed the committee claiming to be the “Jane Doe” of the letter. She explained that she was “sharing with you the story of the night,” calling it a “vicious attack.” “I refuse to allow Donald J. Trump to use me or my story as an ugly chant at one of his Republican rallies,” Munro-Leighton wrote. “I know that Jane Doe will get no media attention, but I am deathly afraid of revealing any information about myself or my family.” Eventually investigators were able to track down Munro-Leighton who was living in Kentucky and not California. They also revealed that she’s a passionate left-wing activist who is, in fact, a few decades older than Judge

Kavanaugh. Recently, she admitted to investigators that her story was a “tactic” and “was just a ploy.” “No, no, no. I did that as a way to grab attention,” she told investigators. “I am not Jane Doe…but I did read Jane Doe’s letter. I read the transcript of the call to your Committee…. I saw it online. It was news.” “I was angry, and I sent it out,” she explained. “Oh, L-rd, no,” she responded when asked whether she has ever met Kavanaugh.

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Zambia must have been bathed in a green light when miners there unearthed a massive emerald crystal

from its mines a few weeks ago. The stone, which weighs almost 2.5 lbs., is a whopping 5,655-carats. It was found at the Gemfield mines in Kagem. The emerald is being called “Inkalamu,” which means “lion” in the local Zambia Bemba language. It will be cut into smaller pieces and auctioned in Singapore in November. It has “remarkable clarity and a perfectly balanced golden green hue,” a statement from the company asserts. The stone was found in an open mine on October 2 by geologist Debapriya Rakshit and emerald miner Richard Kapeta. Emeralds are rare and more valuable than diamonds, driving their demand in the market. Most of the world’s emeralds are mined in Zambia, Colombia, and Brazil. Kagem is the world’s largest emerald mine. Located in central Zambia, it produces approximately 25 percent of the world’s commercial emeralds. Elena Basaglia, Gemfield’s gemologist, said there’s been increasing interest in Zambia’s emeralds, particularly from dealers in Europe. “We are experiencing strikingly increased demand for high-quality Zambian emeralds from the major brands, particularly in Europe, all of whom admire the rich color and unique transparency of our gems – qualities that make them unique among emeralds,” Basaglia said. The gem is not the largest emerald stone to have been found in the company’s mines. In 2010, miners at the Zambia-based operation found a 6,225-carat emerald they named the “elephant” due to its massive size. It was auctioned off in 2017 for an undisclosed price. Lest you think that those gems are perhaps a bit over-the-top, the Bahia emerald, which is the world’s largest uncut emerald, was unearthed in Brazil in 2001. It weighs nearly 800 pounds, has been stolen quite a number of times, and was once listed for sale on eBay at $75 million. I have a feeling my husband won’t be buying this for my next birthday.

Moon Memorabilia Neil Armstrong made one giant leap for mankind on July 20, 1969, and his footsteps are still reverberating throughout the world. Recently, memorabilia that belonged to the first man to set foot on

the moon fetched more than $7.4 million at auction. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the item that sold for the highest price, $468,500, at Saturday’s auction was Armstrong’s spacecraft ID plate from Apollo 11’s lunar module Eagle. Also sold were a fragment from the propeller and a section of the wing from the Wright brothers’ Flyer, the first heavier-than-air self-powered aircraft, which each sold for $275,000.

The flight suit Armstrong wore aboard Gemini 8, the 1966 mission that performed the first docking of two spacecraft in flight, brought the astronaut’s family $109,375. Meanwhile, in a separate auction, a gold-colored Navy aviator’s helmet once owned by John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, sold for $46,250. Neil, your one small step for man was a giant hole in some man’s wallet.

Photobomb

Three women taking a tour at the International Arts Center Main Avenue in Russia made international headlines when one of them took a selfie. Turns out that taking pictures of yourself in front of pieces of art is harmless; when you knock the pieces over, though, well, that’s when officials go to pieces. During the photo session, a structure carrying two works of art was knocked over. The damaged artworks include a Francisco Goya etching from the Los Caprichos series and Salvador Dali’s interpretation of it. Goya’s work was also part of the gallery owner’s private collection. “Goya’s work had its frame and glass broken,” a center employee said. “As far as Dali’s artwork is concerned, apart from shattered frame and protective glass, it also suffered damage to the picture itself.”

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In other words: uh oh. Irina Volk, the official representative of the Russian Interior Ministry, said police have received a written statement from the deputy director of the cultural center requesting justice for the paintings. The women have admitted touching the stand that the structure was on while trying to take a photo. Officials have declined to open a criminal case against the women. Turns out, they were just clumsy.

1,791 Mile Swim

Ross Edgley took 157 days to swim around Great Britain. And when we say “around,” we mean “around.” The British swimmer became the first person to circumnavigate the whole of Great Britain – a 1,791-mile challenge. Hundreds turned out on Sunday to cheer on the 33-year-old, who touched dry land for the first time since June 1. “I got out of the water and thought, ‘This is gonna be amazing, I’ll run in like ‘Baywatch,’” he told The Guardian shortly after completing the feat. “The reality is that I’m really chubby now, really hairy, and I had a pink town buoy. When I made it to dry land I was just relieved I didn’t fully fall over.” Edgley’s journey consisted of swimming about 12 hours a day in two six-hour stints. At night, he would board a boat that floated alongside him and they would record the exact location that he stopped swimming. In the morning, they sailed to that exact spot and Edgley would continue his journey. He endured 37 jellyfish stings, a rotting tongue, a suspected torn shoulder, and an open neck wound from chaffing. The darkest moment came during a night swim in the Gulf of Corryvreckan – just off the west coast of Scotland – when a giant jellyfish attached itself to Edgley’s face for about 30 minutes. But he kept on going. “The sting was searing into my skin; it wrapped around my goggles,” he told The Guardian. “This fat, giant jellyfish of Scotland and its tentacle had been slapping me in the face for half an hour through a giant whirlpool. It was brutal but you couldn’t stop.”

For a few miles on his journey Edgley had a special companion: a female Minke whale who probably mistook him for a seal. In order to get the energy for his swim, Edgley downed 10,000 to 15,000 calories each day. His menu consisted of pizza, pasta, rice pudding, a whopping 610 bananas, and 314 cans of Red Bull. “There’s not many places you come in and people are asking you to sign bananas,” he joked. This superhuman feat is just the latest for the English daredevil, who has also climbed a rope the height of Mount Everest in one 19-hour sitting and ran a marathon while tethered to a Mini Cooper behind him. The swim around Great Britain was the toughest of them all, Edgley said. “Hands down the hardest thing on so many levels: physical, mental,” he told The Guardian. “I felt a fatigue that I’ve never felt before.” I’m tired just thinking about it. Hand me a banana.

Doing Good with Doughnuts

John and Stella Chhan own a doughnut shop in Seal Beach, California. Recently, John has been operating the store alone; his wife has been out after she suffered from an aneurysm. When John finishes selling his doughnuts at the end of the day, he heads out to help her at the rehab center where she is recuperating. This week, Dawn Caviola, who has been a regular customer for many years, noticed that Stella was not in the store and heard about their hardship. Attempting to help the hardworking couple, Dawn posted online about their situation and urged neighbors to buy doughnuts. This way, once all their doughnuts are sold, John can leave the store earlier in the day to visit his wife. Soon, customers were flocking to the store to purchase dozens of doughnuts. One day, all the doughnuts were sold by 8:30 a.m. “We sold everything already,” John said. “I feel very warm and very happy. Thank you to everyone.” Dollars to doughnuts, with friends like these Stella will be back in the store real soon.

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hat a season for the 5 Towns Flag Football League! Under the leadership of Rabbi Eli Brazil and Larry Gross the league has just finished its sixth season. Congratulations to the champions in each division. The season and playoffs were beyond amazing as many of the games were decided in the final seconds or overtime. The league, which is open to 1st-8th grade boys in the 5 Towns and surrounding areas, had five divisions with over 30 teams. The ability to play competitive flag football in a structured environment makes this league such a great success. Boys play with middot and respect for every player. Plans are underway for next season, which will hopefully begin in the beginning of March. We would like to thank the league sponsors Gourmet Glatt and S. Adelsberg & Co. Certified Public Accountants. Registration for the spring season is now open at www.5townsflagfootball.com.

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he hearts and minds of the SKA community are with the families of those who lost their lives in the horrific murders that took place during services Shabbat morning at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. On Monday morning, October 29, SKA’s principals spoke at each davening and added an extra perek of Tehillim at Shacharit in memory of those who died and as a prayer for the injured to heal. The English teachers had their students write condolence letters and letters of support to the emergency personnel who worked to control the situation while the social studies teachers led discussion in their classes about the rise of anti-Semitism. SKA’s chessed committees have reached out to the Pittsburgh community asking how they can help. SKA’s new student initiated campaign, “Together with Pittsburgh,

Together in Shul,” was launched on Thursday, November 1, encouraging girls to attend shul the past Shabbat and in the coming weeks and months. Since the tragedy occurred in shul on Shabbat and the victims were in shul on time, what better way to honor their memory than by coming to shul and davening. We will be

looking to keep the streak going at our school Shabbaton this week. A beautiful poster for this campaign was designed by 12th grader Tammy Aryeh and on Friday, November 2, wrist/hair bands with this message were sold with the funds going to the families in Pittsburgh. Wristband and student designed card in memory of those who were killed

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ast Shabbos, DRS held its annual West Hempstead Tisch. About 130 boys spent Shabbos by their friends in West Hempstead to join in this great annual tradition. Many rabbeim joined the students as well for a rocking tisch at the home of sophomore Mordechai Strauss. Full of incredible singing, great divrei Torah, and of course, chulent and kugel, the tisch also included many eighth graders who lived in the West Hempstead neighborhood; the DRS students were excited to introduce them to the amazing spirit and ruach that DRS is so famous for. A shalosh seudos also took place at the home of sophomore Yoni Schneider. We look forward to many more exciting tisches in the future. DRS extends a tremendous hakaras hatov to the Strauss and Schneider families for their incredible hospitality.

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very year, AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, partners with select Jewish day schools and other organizations to bring hundreds of high school student leaders from across the country to Washington, D.C. The Schusterman Advocacy Institute High School Summit educates students on the U.S.-Israel relationship in order to develop Israel advocacy skills and provide training in order to and to help them become effective pro-Israel political activists in their schools and beyond. On the final day of the conference, participants are given the opportunity to turn the training into action by lobbying their members of Congress on Capitol Hill. This week, MSH junior Simmy Shafiro and I attended the AIPAC high school summit. During the conference, students from schools across America learned about the important role Israel serves to many countries, especially the U.S. We heard from many college activists and AIPAC volunteers and staff about Israel’s relations to other foreign countries,

and how these relations impact Israel. On the last day of the summit, we had the amazing opportunity to head to the Capitol and meet with staffers of Kathleen Rice, the district congresswoman of MSH, to lobby for Israel. Kate Chiucchini, the staffer we spoke with, was very impressed with the extent that MSH has educated us in political matters and how involved we are in advocating for causes that will greatly impact our nation’s future. Simmy and I have greatly benefited from the Schusterman Advocacy Institute High School Summit, and we are excited to bring what we have learned back to our peers at MSH.

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ast Monday and Tuesday, history chair Mrs. Audi Hecht, accompanied by seniors Abigail Lieber, Meira Saffra, and Eytana Schick, as well as juniors Eliana Abraham, Oria Reyhanian, and Rachel Rumstein, headed to Washington, D.C., for the Schusterman AIPAC High School Summit, joining with high school students from across the United States. The students participated in various sessions that taught them about the goals of AIPAC, its history, and the policies they are promoting on behalf of the U.S.-Israel

relationship. In some sessions, they learned lobbying strategies and roleplayed various techniques on how to advocate for issues they are passionate about. The students were also able to participate in a lobbying session with Congresswoman Kathleen Rice’s staff (NY-4th District), addressing the issues of defense aid to Israel, the Iron Dome, and a Congressional bill addressing the use of civilians as human shields by Israel’s opponents. It was an impactful experience and the students are eager to bring their knowledge back to their communities.

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Standing Together Against Hatred

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dim on the role of economics in elections, how to determine whether news is fake or real, and the extent to which past examples of great statesmanship can be drawn upon when facing today’s challenges. The presentation also sparked a timely discussion on the importance of exercising the right to vote, voting in local elections, and getting involved in and being aware of local politics. More than 90 talmidim from across all grades joined the discussion, which aligns with this year’s Honors College theme of Civics. Honors College, a program unique to MTA, is an enriched academic program that includes seminars with renowned speakers, cultural and religious experiences, the utilization of MTA’s location in NYC as an integral part of the classroom experience, and monthly programs and trips to enhance the understanding of religious, historical, artistic, and scientific issues.

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terrent factor for any individual or entity contemplated attacking any house of worship in the region. The first bill would dramatically increase the criminal penalties for anyone possessing an unlicensed firearm while in or near a place of worship to a Class E felony, the same level as possession of a weapon on school grounds. The second bill the elected officials announced would ensure that sentences could only run consecutively as opposed to the current ability for them to run concurrently for those convicted of a crime that resulted in a death in or near a religious structure or religious organization building.

Kulanu Really Works

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n celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Kulanu Employment Services hosted its 4th Business Partner Appreciation Breakfast. Kulanu appreciates our business partners who provide vocational experiences from internships to paid employment for students and adults with disabilities. Kulanu staff support both the individuals and the employers in the job acquisition and task mastery process. This partnership results in a seamless transition from “intern” to “employee.” We would like to thank

all of our employers who attended, including our guest speaker Tom Mauro, of Trader Joe’s of Oceanside, who proclaimed that “team Kulanu is a collection of special people who are enriching, empowering, and inspiring life changers.” Kulanu is proud to recognize over 100 valued community partners who support our individuals as they get ready for the world of work and achieve their career goals. For information on our Employment Services contact Esther Weinstein at 516-5693083 ext. 139.

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he Friday-Woodmere Music Club will meet on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Hewlett-Woodmere Library at 1:15 PM. Join us for a live musical performance

followed by coffee and refreshments. The public is invited and there is no charge for this event. We hope that you can join us.

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MAY Open House Draws Record Attendance

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t was standing room only at the Mesivta Ateres Yaakov Open House this past Sunday, as the Yeshiva hosted over 150 prospective students, along with their parents, all eager to learn about what Ateres Yaakov has to offer. Held in the yeshiva’s beautiful facilities, and with the Rabbeim, faculty and Hanhalah present to answer questions, the day’s program was an opportunity to educate parents and students about the Yeshiva’s unique mission, objectives, and resources. It was a busy, exciting and educational experience that included informative panels, video displays, passionate presentations, engaging dialogue, Torah brain teasers, sports challenges, raffles, a gala luncheon, prizes, custom mini basketballs, an elaborate Student Fair, slushies, competitions and more. Upon arrival, attendees were warmly greeted by the MAY Hanhalah, its talented and dedicated faculty and scores of student and parent volunteers. Guests were ushered into the elaborate Student Fair, held this year in the Yeshiva’s brand-new, expansive, gymnasium where a multitude of booths, manned by current Ateres Yaakov talmidim, described the school’s myriad extracurricular programs and activities. Following the Student Fair, the Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, addressed the enormous crowd in the Mesivta’s Bais Medrash. He explained that “the goal in our Mesivta extends far beyond the high school years” and that “the ultimate purpose is to build better husbands, fathers and ovdei Hashem. Therefore, literally everything that occurs within the yeshiva is aimed at facilitating that goal.” Rabbi Yaffe concluded his remarks by clearly explaining each phrase of the Mesivta’s slogan, “Rabbeim for Life. Education for Life. Torah for Life.”

Rabbi Yaffe’s address was followed by an emotionally charged, informative video presentation that immersed the guests virtually into the Mesivta experience. Following the video presentation, the students then enjoyed a mad science presentation with two of MAY’s master science teachers, Mr. Pinchas Fiber and Rabbi Yitzchak Diamond, stimulating brain-teasing shiurim delivered by 9th grade Rebbe Rabbi Tsvi Greenfield and 10th grade Rebbe Rabbi Shlomo Karp and a Q & A About MAY. The afternoon concluded with a delicious Chinese buffet and Ben Mandelbaum winning the grand raffle! Parents attended panel discussions focusing on Limudei Kodesh, General Studies, MAY Parents, and MAY Alumni. Prospective parents asked current parents and panelists a variety of questions and received enthusiastic responses. These included: Are the Rabbeim really involved in the lives of the talmidim even ‘after’ graduation? Alumni talked about their many experiences receiving weekly calls in Israel from multiple members of the faculty, about daily conversations and weekly chaburos or Shabbos meals with Rabbeim, about Rabbeim helping them with challenges after marriage, about Rabbeim making their shidduchim, and more. Mark Gold, president of MAY, noted that “our talmidim are often shocked to find that their Israel yeshiva peers do not have the kinds of close relationships with, and ready access to, their Mesivta Rabbeim, that they take for granted.” How does MAY challenge their Honors level students? A parent panelist noted that “MAY has adapted the curriculum to assign frequent essays and other writing assignments to build advanced writing and communication skills and to provide construc-

tive criticism to facilitate revision.” Parents learnt “A Few Current Facts about General Studies at MAY” which included that the average Regents scores in Honors classes were 89%96% in 2018, that MAY has produced 5 National Merit Scholarship finalists, semifinalists or commended students in the past 3 years, and that 75% of MAY’s General Studies instructors hold Master’s Degrees or beyond. How does MAY compare to the other Yeshivos in our community? A member of the Hanhalah responded that “there are many excellent local options. Each school has its own emphasis and areas in which it excels. MAY is uniquely outstanding in that it excels in limudei kodesh, limudei chol, and in extracurricular activities, and its relatively small size facilitates the extra attention and long-lasting relationships that help students of all capabilities succeed.” One parent noted that “it’s clear that the Rabbeim, faculty members, and Hanhalah I spoke with have a very strong emotional connection with their talmidim and truly care about their success.” The yeshiva’s talmidim really made the event a success. Visitors challenged Ateres Yaakov talmidim in Ping-Pong, hockey, football and basketball while being cheered on

by friends. The Mesivta’s numerous chessed opportunities were represented by blood drive coordinators, JEP and Ohel Bais Ezra volunteers and many other student representatives. Attendees picked up the Mesivta’s Chessed Directory, listing the ample opportunity for different chasadim available to its talmidim. The Mesivta Publications booth was represented by the MAY student’s showcasing the Ateres Star newsletter, the popular, weekly Torah publication, Ateres HaShavua, and the Mesivta’s creative writing journal, Vision. Athletics and competitions were represented by various members of the Mesivta’s football, basketball, softball and Torah bowl teams who were happy to show off the school’s many championship trophies! The ample Torah L’shma opportunities were represented by regulars of the Pre-Shacharis Cocoa Club, Post Shacharis Mishnayos Shiur, 12th grade Advanced Bikiyus and Night Sedarim, Shnayim Mikrah Program, Shakla v’Tarya Ba’al Peh Club, Bein Hazmanim Learning Program and voluntary Monday and Tuesday Night Sedarim. Applications for the 2019-2020 z’man are now being accepted. For more information contact the Mesivta at (516) 374-6465 or visit their website at www.ateresyaakov.com.

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The Impassioned Emunah Weekend

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his past Shabbos, the Eliezer Institute held its Impassioned Emunah Weekend at the Crowne Plaza in Danbury, CT. A groundbreaking event, the weekend served a critical platform to discuss the challenges facing the Jewish community, from the growing offthe-derech phenomenon to the shidduch crisis to the ever-increasing creep of technology and its broader impact on the community. Led by Rabbi Shaya Cohen, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Zichron Aryeh and founder of Priority-1, the weekend was attended by hundreds of people looking for strategies to grow and bring an impassioned emunah into their lives and the lives of their families. “Our communities are growing by leaps and bounds, and we have become ‘the establishment,’” Rabbi Cohen said during his opening remarks. “But with that status, it is all too easy to become complacent. Everything may look great, but we are experiencing a drift – teenagers and even adults who have been trained in the finest yeshivos find themselves apathetic and devoid of any feelings towards Yiddishkeit. The only way to combat this trend is by instilling an impassioned emunah in our children and bringing a constant and critical emphasis on our relationship to Hashem into our day to day lives.” It is difficult to pinpoint the highlights of the event, but some of them include: On Friday night there was an open panel, following a kumzitz by Yedidim choir. The floor was opened for participants to ask their hashkaf-

ic questions to Rabbi Shaya Cohen, Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg and Rabbi Eytan Kobre. Lasting deep into the night, the lively question and answer session covered a host of topics and precipitated a number of heated debates. On Shabbos day, Rabbi Cohen held an interactive parenting forum where he shared his comprehensive and Torah-based approach to parenting and answered a wide variety of Chinuch questions. Rabbi Kobre also spoke passionately about the dangers of radical nihilism and the importance of finding meaning in life. Rabbi Noach Light retold the story of his son’s bone marrow transplant and the power of small actions to transform one’s life. Rabbi Ginzberg discussed the tragedy of over 13,000 single girls over the age of 30 unable to find their zivug, followed by his innovative solution based on the advice of Rav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, zt”l. Aside from the inspirational speeches, participants enjoyed the phenomenal and seemingly endless supply of fine cuisine prepared by the team of chefs at Prime Events by Mindel Chaya. Additionally, guests enjoyed a lively melava malka concert with the renowned singer, Eli Levin. “The food was amazing and the presentations were remarkable!” said one of the event’s guests. “Rabbi Cohen was captivating, and I am certain the chizuk I received will keep me going for a long time.”

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R’ Yehudah Deutsch’s presentation of the melacha of kotzeir was a cut above the rest at this week’s Learn and Live program. This coming Sunday will iy”H be the “Great Gather.” For more information regarding L&L/Pirchei of Far Rockaway please email us at learnandlivefr@gmail.com or try our hotline 641-715-3800, pin 932191#.

HANC HS Open House Welcomes Record Crowd

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n Sunday, November 4, HANC High School welcomed eighth grade prospective students and parents to its annual Open House. Guests either pre-registered or signed in using iPads with the assistance of its own HANC geniuses and were greeted by the school band. The program showcased the HANC High School experience emphasizing the theme of this year’s Open House, WE ARE HANC. After a delightful breakfast, the program began with opening remarks from HANC Menahel, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, who, along with current HANC students, described the three main components that define this outstanding yeshiva: Character, Commitment, and Community. Junior Shana Lefkowitz, began with a meaningful

d’var Torah, followed by sophomore Gabe Lovy and Rafi Akhilov, who each described their individual experiences relating to one of these components. The opening session concluded with an exciting new video entitled, “Dear Thirteen Year Old Me,” which can be viewed on YouTube or the HANC High School Facebook page. https://www. facebook.com/HANCHighSchool/. Parents and students then proceeded to classrooms, where they attended mini-lessons given by our esteemed faculty members in both Limudei kodesh and general studies. Following the lessons, students and parents participated in a number of informational showcases. Parents met with Associate Principal Mrs. Marie Palaia, who gave an overview of the general studies program, and Director of College

Guidance Ms. Karen Sheff, who spoke of the many programs that the department offers. In addition, during the parent informational session, parents were introduced to Mr. Michael Chisena, Senior Director of Administration and Director of the Sports Journalism Institute at Hofstra University. Mr. Chisena spoke about the unique partnership that HANC and Hofstra has forged in working together on numerous experiential and academic opportunities. At the conclusion of the open house parents were invited to take a tour of the Hofstra Broadcasting facility utilized by HANC’s newly formed Journalism class. Parents also participated in an Academic Fair meeting with directors and chairs of various departments

who gave presentations and were onhand to answer questions.Prospective parents then had the opportunity to ask questions to a panel consisting of current parents, students, and HANC alum. Simultaneously, prospective students participated in two electives of their choosing within the Student Expo. This showcase featured Engineering, Coding, Art, Music, Athletics, and a Student Panel. The program concluded with an Activities Fair, where students learned about athletics and the incredible array of co-curricular and extra-curricular clubs available to HANC students. Guests left with a picture magnet, HANC sweatpants, and an appreciation of the rigorous, warm, and individualized program offered at HANC High School.

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Preparing for Elections at HALB Playing Ball and Doing Good

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n Monday, October 29, in preparation for Election Day, fifth grade students at HALB were privileged to hear from Long Beach City Councilwoman Chumi Diamond and Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D’Esposito. Prior to their visit, students learned about the importance of voting in a democracy, how politicians come from different political backgrounds, and the importance of working together to accomplish the goals of the people. It was therefore apropos to see the very cordial relationship between City Councilwoman Diamond and Town Councilman D’Esposito, even though they come from different political parties. Both Diamond and Esposito spoke to the students about what their jobs entail and how they directly affect the lives of our students. Diamond mentioned how her job includes overseeing the Long Beach Boardwalk, the beach, and the ice skating rink; where D’Esposito spoke about overseeing the many Town of Hempstead parks, pools, and beaches, specifically Atlantic Beach. Preparing questions ahead of time, students were able to pose ques-

tions to the councilpeople and they were so pleased to receive honest answers. The students learned that being elected is difficult and could cost a lot of money. They also learned how time consuming their jobs are, but yet how much they love serving the people that live in either Long Beach or the Town of Hempstead. It was inspiring to hear City Councilwoman Diamond speak about the challenges she faces being an orthodox Jew in politics, but how those challenges are respected by the people in her neighborhood. Diamond emphasized that “throughout life, in any job, we will all be faced with challenges and decisions. If we are dedicated to our religion, then people will be respectful and understanding.” A highlight of the program was receiving this year’s sample ballots. Students were taught how to read a ballot and why names can appear multiple times. HALB thanks both City Councilwoman Chumi Diamond and Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito for meeting with us, and Mrs. Shani Hollander, Social Studies teacher, for arranging this wonderful event.

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n Saturday night, October 26, HAFTR High School hosted a memorial basketball tournament in memory of Dr. Hindi Krinsky, a”h, in the Hawks’ Nest. The tournament was spearheaded by HAFTR students Benjamin Kornblum, Emily Siri, Haley Wiener, and Josh Wiener. Dr. Krinsky was loved dearly by both her students and the

faculty. One reason why I personally feel she was such an amazing teacher is because she passionately taught her students to stand up for what they believe in. Each team in the tournament raised $180, which was donated to the Kanarfogel College Fund for Dr. Krinsky’s children. This tournament enabled all students and faculty to come together, play ball, and to remember a great role model.

Sen. Kaminsky Addresses Pittsburgh Anti-Semitic Attacks

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n light of the recent Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, Senator Todd Kaminsky announced a grant opportunity to improve the security of vital community institutions. This funding is made possible through the 2018-19 Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grant Program, which is administered by the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and made possible by Governor Cuomo. “Now, more than ever, it is critical for us to do all we can to protect South Shore yeshivas, day cares, community

centers from those who seek to do us harm,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky. “I applaud Governor Cuomo for allocating $10 million in security aid for vital institutions in our community.” Last year, a total of $2,161,410 in security funding was awarded to Nassau County institutions from the New York State Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes program, which was established after a rise in anti-Semitic incidents last year. The grant could provide up to $50,000 for additional security training needs, cameras, state-of-the-art technology,

door-hardening, improved lighting and other related security upgrades. Organizations that operate more than one facility may submit up to three applications for a total request of up to $150,000. The grant program is intended to provide funding to non-profit, nonpublic schools and day care centers, including those that are housed in community centers and non-profit cultural museums who are at risk of hate crimes because of their beliefs or mission. The grant provides for additional security training needs,

cameras, state-of-the-art technology, door-hardening, improved lighting and other related security upgrades. The deadline for the 2018-19 Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grant Program is December 19, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Shuls and yeshivas interesting in seeking grant funding are encouraged to call Senator Kaminsky’s office at 516-766-8383 for assistance. More information about the grant can be found here: http://www. dhses.ny.gov/grants/nonprofit/hatecrimes.cfm

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MTA Talmidim Celebrate Incredible Torah Learning Accomplishments

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uesday, October 30, was an incredibly special day for MTA talmidim in Rabbi Danto’s Freshman Shiur, who completed their final stretch of intense chazara, followed by a celebratory seudah and a bechina with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Taubes. In shiur, talmidim focus on learning bekius b’retzifus – learning straight for as long as they can. In

the beginning of the year, talmidim learn for 1-1.5 hours straight and build up to 3 hours of uninterrupted learning by the end of the year. Talmidim just completed the second perek of Maseches Megillah and started the third. Each talmid has reviewed every daf at minimum four times, but more likely six to seven times. Through chazara and learn-

ing for extended periods without interruption, talmidim gain a deep and clear understanding of the Gemara on their own and truly begin to appreciate the sweetness of Torah. Rabbi Taubes’ bechina, which talmidim passed with flying colors, showed each talmid how much he has learned and gained through this process. The talmidim were excited

to dance together with Rabbi Danto and Head of School Rabbi Kahn in celebration of their accomplishments and were also joined by sophomores and juniors who were in Rabbi Danto’s Shiur and remember what it felt like to complete their first intense round of chazara. Mazel tov to the talmidim on their incredible accomplishments!

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Moshe Chaim Keilson speaking about hakoras hatov in the Yeshiva Darchei Torah middle school, which is currently in the midst of a multi-week focus on that middah

“Confident Parents, Competent Children” at Bais Tefila of Inwood

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n conjunction with the recent release of his book, men and women of Bais Tefila of Inwood were treated to chinuch shiur from the author Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman. Hosted by his children Mr. and Mrs. Pinny Ackerman, all in attendance heard invaluable parenting and chinuch advice and tips from Rabbi Ackerman and came away excited to read his book.

Five Towns to Join Worldwide Release of Larger Than Life: Weaving G-d into the Details

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new course for women, Larger Than Life, explores the key Jewish values that have shaped the moral compass of Western society and were so influential in molding our civilization. This November, the Rosh Chodesh Society, the women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), launches its latest course, Larger Than Life, a new seven-session series for women. Slated to run in over 200 locations across the globe, Larger Than Life promises to shine a spotlight on the Torah view of our social and ethical responsibilities, and guide us in how to live larger than life by weaving G-d into

every detail. “Larger Than Life presents not only the wisdom of the ages, but, most importantly, focuses on areas outside the domain of the synagogue and Jewish ritual,” says RCS director Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson. “The lessons examine and highlight what it means to live as a Jew in ‘the rest of our life.’ How are we expected to interact with the world around us? What does it mean to live Jewish even as we post on social media, shop, go to the office, and find ourselves wedged into the sandwich generation?” The course will be taught once per month for seven consecutive months and is designed for women

at all levels of Jewish knowledge. “This course allows us to take the sacred and infuse it into our daily lives. From the important issues to the minor and mundane, it affords us the gift of bringing personal relevance to what we face, and often struggle with, every day,” says Mrs. Chanie Wolowik, of Chabad of the Five Towns, facilitator for the Society. “In a world that can seem unsettling at times, the heart and soul infused into these life lessons create a beautiful marriage between the practical and the sublime.” The Rosh Chodesh Society is an international Jewish sisterhood that aims to connect, empower, and in-

spire Jewish women through monthly Jewish learning and cultural experiences. For more information on Larger Than Life, visit http:// myrcsociety.com/index.php/about/ courses. Mrs. Chanie Wolowik of Chabad of the Five Towns will be teaching Larger Than Life at Chabad - 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, starting Monday, November 19 at 8:00 PM. Anyone interested is welcome to call 516-295-2478 or check our website www.ChabadFiveTowns.com for more information.

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UMP (Jewish Unity Mentoring Program) is the NCSY National Leadership Program that trains and empowers high school students to become leaders. Teams are given the tools and training to make positive changes in their schools and communities, while broadening their understanding of local and global issues facing the Jewish people today. Each year, NCSY JUMP begins with a two-day leadership conference. JUMP teams come together to participate in intensive hands-on leadership workshops and activities and hear from prominent and influential speakers. The activities and programming instill critical leadership skills, while networking with peers from across the country. These skills are put to the test with the launch of the JUMP Challenge at the conference. The JUMP Challenge requires each team to create, plan and execute a program or event in their school and community. Each team is required to choose two challenges that they will run. The MSH JUMP team found the conference so inspiring. Presenters included Asi Barak, founder of Games

for Change, who discussed how video games can save the world through promoting peace; Stephanie Mekrebs from the Anti Defamation League; and Sofie Whitney, a survivor from the Parkland, Florida, school shooting who, only a year older than some of the MSH students, is a major advocate and strongly involved in March for Our Lives. The sessions’ topics included empowering students to address anti-Semitism; teens discussing their communities and how to affect real change in the future; and managing a budget, public speaking, and social media skills. Needless to say, our MSH students were deeply inspired to brainstorm how to impact, educate and advocate in our school and community. They voluntarily chose to wake up early on the second day of the conference to attend an extra early morning shiur, and then worked on developing a beautiful idea to incorporate each team member’s strengths and the tools available from NCSY, as well as the skills they learned at the conference, to make a big impact on our Jewish community.

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Mrs. Nussbaum’s sixth grade students at Yeshiva Darchei Torah showed off the bionic hands they created in their science class

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Mix It Up Club Lunch at YCQ

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n Thursday, October 25, at Yeshiva of Central Queens, the Mix It Up Club, an anti-bullying club, had a “mix it up” lunch. The club is a national club that encourages students to identify, question and cross social boundaries. Mix It Up lunches are a special program where for one day during lunch the students sit with other people they would not usually choose to sit with. This gives them a chance to meet new and different people. At YCQ kids from the club gave out different colored candies and each table was labeled with one of the colors of the candy. Students

were given candy at random and sat at their assigned colored table. Students watched a video about accepting others who are not exactly like everyone else. The idea behind this video is to teach that we need to have tolerance and to understand that often those who are a little different can be bigger targets for bullying so students need to learn to stand up against bullying. In a time where social media is an easy source for cyberbullying, the implementation in all schools of clubs like this are more important than ever. Mrs. Golubtchik, YCQ’s JHS assistant principal, said, “The Mix It Up program has changed the culture of the JHS, where bullying is unac-

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ceptable and that it is not a cool thing to be a bully, but it is a cool thing to be part of the solution.” Noa Itzhaky, an eighth grade student and a member of the Mix It Up club, was asked, do you think the Mix It Up program helps stop bullying? Her answer, “Yes because we do a lot of activities and programs that shows and inspires students not to bully people and to understand it is wrong.” The Mix It Up club’s organizer and advisor, Mrs. Melissa Maisel, said, “I am really thrilled with how many students here at YCQ want to help end bullying both at school and online. Today I saw many students sitting at lunch with different kids. They were really enjoying meeting

Assistant Principal JHS Mrs. Lauren Golubtchik and club advisor Mrs. Melissa Maisel

new friends. This year we will continue to do our best to stand up and prevent bullying.”

Journey Back in Time for Shulamith

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n social studies, Shulamith’s fifth grade has been learning about life in colonial America. To coincide with our unit, we immersed ourselves in 19th century America with a trip to Old Bethpage Restoration Village. On a crisp and sunny fall day, the fifth grade learned how different, dark, and smelly the early days of America were by touring the authentic period

houses that dot the village. Docents explained about how families would have done the dishes, bathed, and been busy from dawn to dusk with helping to complete family or farm chores. At the General Store, the students learned that acquiring household items was not as easy as popping into Target. Most families only made the trip to the store once a month.

The girls were enthralled by their experience in the one room schoolhouse and were shocked to learn about the types of punishments given to students in the 19th century. They were also fascinated to watch the blacksmith shape a hook from steel, using fire and tools. While he worked, he explained all about the crucial role of blacksmiths and their

apprentices in the nineteenth century. A final highlight of the excursion was the fiddler who played Chanukah songs! The staff members at Old Bethpage complimented the Shulamith girls for their eager and inquisitive minds and their enthusiastic questions.

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Sixth graders at YOSS collaborating with Simcha Leiner on a new song

Connecting to the Past By: Aliza Coronel and Meira Berkowitz, Grade 8

Mesivta Yam HaTorah Ropes Course Trip

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n Thursday, October 25, the Shulamith Middle Division Chesed Club had the privilege of visiting the Chaverim, a group of Holocaust survivors who meet weekly at the JCC in Cedarhurst. The girls socialized with the survivors and heard their miraculous stories. One participant enthused, “It was an experience that I will never forget. Everyone was so enthusiastic and excited to see us, and we were so excited to see them.” The eighth graders helped the survivors by being their waitresses and serving them a festive lunch. They then joined in some spirited dancing. The event was enjoyed and will be cherished by all. Thank you

Shoshana Yarmish gets a hug from one of the Chaveirim

to Mrs. Rachel Steiner for organizing this outing and to Mrs. Kobi for chaperoning.

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L Meira Berkowitz, Shoshana Yarmish, MIchal Moskowitz, and Yali Altmark listen as a survivor shares about the numbers on his arm

ast week the boys at Mesivta Yam HaTorah went on an exciting trip to Long Island Adventure Park’s Ropes Course. They had an adrenaline-packed day climbing through progressively harder courses that were mentally as well as physically demanding. The boys

gained a feeling of trust and comradery amongst themselves and with the rebbeim as well. The guys learned a lot about themselves by realizing that they were more determined and fearless than they had thought as they kept pushing themselves past their limits. All in all, the boys had an amazing day and created memories to last a lifetime.

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entral welcomed hundreds of prospective students and parents to its Open House last Sunday. The crowd streamed into the building to the greetings of excited student ambassadors and music. After a brief reception and breakfast, the program opened with a presentation of Central’s core values and attributes. Freshmen Sarah Chovev and Hannah Goldenberg reflected on their time at Central thus far, Head of School Mrs. CB Neugroschl highlighted Central’s focus on Commitment, Community, and Curiosity, and a brief video highlighted those same themes through faculty and student voices. Senior Tehila Rothbort also shared her thoughts, reflecting on her four years at Cen-

tral. At the conclusion of the opening program, students and parents were invited to sample a taste of the Central academic experience by listening to faculty presentations from an array of departments. The program concluded with a student life performance, showcasing Central’s dance, choir, and poetry slam teams, and a curriculum fair that allowed students and parents to browse the school’s diverse course offerings and meet the faculty. Mrs. Aliza Gewirtz, Director of Admissions, summarized the morning: “Open House is a celebration of our students, faculty, and school community. We are so proud to share that with our prospective students and families.”

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The first grade Talmidim of Yeshiva Darchei Torah celebrated Hascholas Chumash with their rabbeim, parents and grandparents on Sunday. Rav Shmuel Strickman, menahel in the YDT Elementary School, is seen addressing the attendees

Siach Yitzchok Construction Moves Along at a Robust Pace

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he structure at the corner of Far Rockaway’s Beach 9th Street and Dinsmore Avenue is changing from day to day. The steady, ongoing construction activity at the site is picking up and is a source of nachas to the entire community who has been looking at the beautiful rendering at the site, watching this distinguished chinuch anchor of our community to finally have a fitting home of its own. Whether or not we have a direct connection to Siach Yitzchok, there’s a special, warm place in our heart for this mossad and its indefatigable Menahel, Rav Dovid Sitnick, shlit”a. For 39 years, this cheder and its

distinctive chinuch approach have contributed a unique dimension to the beautiful spectrum of the Five Towns/Far Rockaway community’s essence and identity. Over the past few weeks, thanks to the generosity of several community philanthropists, the construction has taken on an accelerated pace. Multiple crews are working simultaneously side-by-side to keep to the expedited construction schedule. This past week alone, the masons completed the blocking of the entire south wall and elevator shaft. On the fourth floor level, electricians completed the rough wiring while the HVAC crews completed installation

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of the variable air volume boxes and exhaust fans risers. Framing crews completed fourth floor rough framing and the iron workers completed all relieving angles on the first floor. On the cellar floor, final preparations were made for pouring the concrete slab scheduled for next week. A delivery of 120 yards of crushed stone for the cellar slab was received this week, and the entire cellar floor was covered with 5 inches of crushed stone and fully leveled. Lots more too! The continued momentum is drawing in a broad cross-section of the community who want to be part of this project. Rabbi Mordechai Stein, Siach Yitzchok’s director of development, reports on individuals from across the spectrum calling in of their own volition, seeking to earn a perpetual zechus as a partner in this special mossad hachinuch. Donors at all levels have stepped forward, generously dedicating vari-

ous components of the building, with a good number increasing previous pledges. The Aron Hakodesh was recently dedicated as well as a number of additional classrooms, windows and mezuzos. The Yeshiva’s Building Action Committee, led by Mr. Henry Schachar, has launched a special “Final Stretch” building campaign effort to help bring the project across the finish line. Siach Yitzchok is grateful for the support it has received to-date from its parent body, alumni, friends and the broader community. Please consider being part of this most special journey and mosad. For information on dedication and sponsorship opportunities please contact Rabbi Mordechai Stein at the Yeshiva office at 718327-6247 or email mstein@siachyitzchok.org.

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Chessed at Yeshiva of South Shore

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eshiva Toras Chaim Bais Binyamin of South Shore is always searching for ways to enhance our talmidim’s connection with Torah values within. We have launched a new program called “Chessed Day” in conjunction with the Yeshiva’s overall focus this year on chessed. Once a month, on Rosh Chodesh, we encourage the boys to focus on chessed throughout the day, both in limudei kodesh and chol. Although every day presents opportunities, on Chessed Day we provide the talmidim with concrete and practical ideas, thereby creating a culture of chessed. A sign hangs on each classroom door listing various chessed options the boys can try on for size. Additionally, we explained to the talmidim that a day in which Klal Yisroel needs our tefillos and zechuyos, we will declare a Chessed Day providing them an opportunity

to express their concern for others. This enabled us to declare Chessed Day in the aftermath of the tragic events in Pittsburgh. It has been delightful watching the boys searching for ways to assist their peers and to do chessed. Boys are holding doors open for each other, lending supplies, saying thank you to staff members, saying Tehillim, giving tzedaka, etc. May these zechusim created by our children bring nachas ruach to Hashem and to all of Klal Yisroel.

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tudents in Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam have been working together, thinking creatively and actively learning hands-on to understand concepts and solve problems. Mrs. Gittel Grant, who is a parent in our school and president of STEM Advancement Inc., has been instrumental in helping us implement this approach to our science curriculum.

This inquiry-driven approach not only gives students the information and skills they need for school, it also gives them the skills they need for life. Our fourth grade girls did an experiment to see which materials have magnetic forces and which don’t. The girls were excited to discover new information on their own through this hands-on lesson.

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five groups of animals with pictures and descriptions. They loved working collaboratively as they discussed their project with each other. They helped one another with the classifications, engaging in applying their learning to their creative work. The results of the project are beautiful and informative publications now displayed in their classes.

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Happy 90th, Mickey! Based on his size in the cartoons, Mickey is estimated to be 2 feet, 3 inches tall and to weigh approximately 23 lbs. On his 50th anniversary, in 1978, Mickey Mouse became the first cartoon character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame under the Motion Pictures Category. Although they never married on-screen, Walt Disney confirmed that Mickey & Minnie are married in private life. When Walt Disney was first deciding on names for his amusement park, he had considered naming it “Mickey Mouse Village.” The two people who gave the voiceovers for Mickey & Minnie were actually married in real life. In a 1936 Japanese animated propaganda film, Mickey Mouse’s image was used to represent the West invading Japan. Mickey Mouse was featured in eight silent films be-

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fore his ninth film, which was released in 1929. In that film, “The Karnival Kid,” the first words Mickey said were “hot dogs”! Walt Disney had earlier named his mouse creation Mortimer. But his wife told him that Mickey would work better. Mickey has a sister named Amelia Fieldmouse. Mickey was only given four fingers because Walt Disney wanted to save time and money. A 6.5 minute short film needed around 45,000 drawings. In total, that comes to a lot of fingers not being drawn. Mickey’s full name is Michael Theodore Mouse. Before Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he made Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. But in a dispute with a business partner, Disney lost the rights to Oswald. The loss of his first character inspired the birth of the Mouse.

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Torah Thought

Parshas Toldos By Rabbi Berel Wein

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n the competition between the brothers Eisav and Jacob, Eisav originally downplays any longrange view of the situation. He demands immediate gratification and is therefore more than willing to relinquish his birthright – which is only a long-range asset – in favor of an immediate bowl of hot lentils. As the Torah dutifully records for us in this week’s reading, Eisav will come to regret this youthful decision later

in life. But, like almost all of us, he will put the blame for the mistake on others – on the shrewdness of Jacob taking advantage of him – rather than on his own error and weakness. By blaming Jacob for what was his own short sidedness, Eisav compounds the original error of judgment on his part. After having tasted all the immoral pleasures of life, and after a career of violence, Eisav remains unfulfilled, unhappy and frustrated.

He now longs for the blessing and approval of his old father, a person who he has long treated as being completely irrelevant to him. His shout of anguish, when he realizes that the spiritual blessings of his father have already been bestowed on his brother Jacob and that what is left for him are the fleeting blessings of temporal existence and power, reverberates throughout human history. He realizes that the blessings given to Jacob are those of eternity and lasting memory while all physical blessings in this world are merely temporary and always subject to revision. The Torah always deals with eternal standards

of humankind. Deviations from these principles, in the hope of achieving a utopian society, have always resulted in tragedy and destruction. The cry of Eisav reverberates through the halls of world history. And what makes it most pathetic is that what Eisav is searching for can easily be found in what he himself has previously discarded and denigrated. But it is always the egotistical hubris of humankind that prevents it from seriously and logically examining its situation and thoughts. One has to admit to past errors and to restore oneself to the path of goodness and righteousness, which alone can lead

It is as Justice Brandeis once put it: “I would like to have the serenity and peace of the Sabbath but without its restraints.”

and never bows to current themes and ideas no matter how attractive they may seem at the time. Every generation feels that it discovers new ways to propel humanity and civilization forward. Somehow, we always feel ourselves to be wiser than our elders, smarter than our ancestors. But, if one makes an honest review of human history, it becomes clear that the true principles of civilization – morality, kindness, education and individual freedom – remain constant throughout the story

to a lasting feeling of happiness and accomplishment in this world. Eisav would like to be Jacob, but without having to behave with the restraint and outlook on life that is the most central point of reference in the life and behavior of Jacob. It is as Justice Brandeis once put it: “I would like to have the serenity and peace of the Sabbath but without its restraints.” It is dealing with that fallacy of thought that makes Jacob Jacob and Eisav Eisav. Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire

Parshas Toldos Becoming a Baal Teshuva Again By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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ur parsha begins with the tefillos of the Avos. The pasuk (Bereishis 25:21) says that because Rivka could not conceive, “Yitzchak davened to Hashem on behalf of his wife because she was barren and Hashem answered his prayer and Rivka his wife conceived.” Rashi explains that they were both davening for Rivka: “He stood in one corner and davened and she stood in the other corner and davened.” Although they both davened, Chazal teach that Hashem caused Rivka to conceive because of Yitzchak’s tefillos, rather than because of her tefillos, as Rashi further explains: “[Hashem answered] him and not her, because there is no comparison between the prayer of the tzaddik the son of a tzadik to the prayer of a tzaddik who is the son of a wicked person. Therefore [Hashem answered] him and not her.” This teaching is extremely difficult to understand. Ostensibly, the fact that Rivka grew up in the house of wicked people and nevertheless be-

came a tzadekes should mean that she is perhaps even greater than Yitzchak, who grew up in the home of tzaddikim and became a tzaddik. Rashi himself makes this exact point when he says (commenting on Bereishis 25:20) that the Torah puts a fine point on the fact that Rivka was the daughter of Besuel and the sister of Lavan and came from Padan Aram “in order to relate the praise of Rivka by pointing out that she was the daughter of a wicked person and the sister of a wicked person and grew up in a place filled with wicked people and yet she did not learn from their ways.” Similarly, do we not greatly admire the strides that baalei teshuva and geirim have made by overcoming their upbringing to join the ranks of the servants of Hashem for the same reason? Rivka’s greatness despite her upbringing should have made her tefillos even more powerful than Yitzchak’s. We will offer two approaches to answer this question; one according to chassidus, and one according to mussar, starting with the approach

of chassidus. It happened once that a simple villager came to the tzaddik Rav Naftali Ropshitzer, zy”a. He brazenly asked Reb Naftali “I am actually greater than you. My father hated davening and hardly davened at all. I, however, daven a lot! But you, Rebbe, your father was Reb Mendel Linsker, zy”a. So what is so special about the fact that you serve Hashem?” The Ropshitzer answered him, “I will tell you the difference between you and me. We both make a l’chaim on some schnapps after davening. I fill up a little glass of schnapps and before I make the bracha, I think of the greatness of my father and how short I have fallen relative to his greatness. With a broken heart, I cannot even bring myself to have a little l’chaim. You, on the other hand, fill up your little glass of schnapps after davening and think of your father. Then you remember how far you have come relative to him and you feel that you deserve a little schnapps after davening and you drink l’chaim with joy.” Chazal have taught us that the main

ingredient in tefilla is humility and a feeling of broken-heartedness, as the pasuk (Tehilim 51:19) says, “Hashem will not despise a broken and downtrodden heart.” Because the child of a tzaddik may feel less prideful of his own stature relative to his parents, he has that extra element of humility in his tefillos, which makes them much more powerful. The righteous child of a wicked person, on the other hand, while he or she may have accomplished much, may feel a twinge of pride in his or her level, which weakens the power of prayer. That subtle difference between their prayers may have been why Yitzchak’s davening was answered rather than Rivka’s. If one reads the introduction to Igros Moshe by Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, his humility relative to his father truly comes across. Reading this introduction, one may think that Rav Moshe was just a simple Jew. That humility is the greatness of the power of a tzaddik who is the son or daughter of a tzaddik. The other approach to this ques-

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tion, from the world of mussar, is that of the Alter of Kelm, zt”l. The Alter explained the statement by Chazal (Yuma 29a), “Asikasa kashya m’chidasa, the old is harder than the new.” When someone is learning something new, he knows that he doesn’t understand it, so he works hard to study it in depth to understand it better. When he has already learned it before, however, he thinks that he already understands it. Therefore, when he reviews it, he does not study it closely because he believes that it is “old,” that he already understands it. That is why it is much harder to study something “old” properly than it is to study something new. Avraham came into a world full of people who were on the wrong track. He searched deeply and eventually discovered the truth. Avraham’s path was new. He was a trailblazer. Yitzchak, however, grew up on a path that had already been forged, on an “old” path. Nevertheless, he did not treat his service of Hashem as old. Instead, he searched deeply to find his own path in

the service of G-d. He approached everything with fresh eyes, looking for a way to make the “old” path his own. He re-dug Avraham’s old wells. Although Avraham had dug wells that were new in his time (Bereishis 26:15) “Sitmum Pilishtim, the Plishtim stopped them

that the “old” ways of his parents are not simple, but require depth and effort to acquire his or her own path in the service of G-d. A tzaddik who is the child of wicked people, on the other hand, gets the thrill of the “new,” the excitement of re-

He searched deeply to find his own path in the service of G-d.

up.” The word “sitmum, stopped them up,” is related to the word “stam,” meaning simple, without any depth. This teaches us that the challenge of the son a tzaddik is to avoid seeing the service of Hashem as stam, something simple. Instead, his challenge is seeing

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But at the beginning, it is easier to serve Hashem deeply. That is why the accomplishment of Yitzchak in deepening his “old” path is greater in a certain respect than the accomplishment of Rivka, who attained the “easier” path of exploring the novelty of a new path. We must not allow our Yiddishkeit to become “old.” Our new task is to contemplate deeply about our path, dig deeper, and not take anything for granted. We must overcome the challenge of “Asikasa kashya m’chidasa, the old is harder than the new.” May Hashem help us merit to (Eicha 5:21), “Chadesh yameinu k’kedem, renew us as in the days of old,” so that our path which may have become old should be renewed once again with the coming of Moshiach, may he come soon in our days.

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Between the Lines

IDK By Eytan Kobre

There’s no shame in admitting what you don’t know. The only shame is pretending you know all the answers. -Neil deGrasse Tyson

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n evil, shrewd priest in a small village in Poland was always looking for ways to provoke the Jews of the nearby shtetl. In one such effort, he persuaded the local Polish governor to organize a theological debate between the priest and a Jewish representative. “The greatest scholar in your Jewish community,” declared the governor to the local rabbi, “shall meet the priest at noon tomorrow on the footbridge over the raging river. Both shall have heavy weights tied to their feet. The parties will take turns posing and answering questions of doctrine and divinity. And the first one stumped shall be cast immediately into the raging waters below.” Unable to refuse the governor’s orders, the Jews gathered to appoint

a representative. Who can we send? Who among us can stand up to the cunning priest? Who can stump him? There were, of course, no volunteers...at least not until Yankel stepped forward. “I’ll do it,” Yankel declared proudly. The rabbi couldn’t contain his surprise. “You?” Yankel was a simpleton. How could he hope to counter the priest’s challenges or formulate his own to outwit the priest? But, then again, it was Yankel’s life on the line. And there was no other candidate. So the rabbi agreed: Yankel would be the representative. The next day, Yankel and the priest arrived at the appointed time. They stood at the center of the bridge, heavy weights tied to their feet and throngs of their respective supporters behind them. The governor stood between them, ready to officiate and, at the appropriate time, mete out swift justice to the loser. Sizing up Yankel as an utter fool, the priest smugly offered Yankel the first shot. “What is the meaning of the Jewish term aini yodeia?” Yankel cried out. Without hesitation, the priest pronounced, “I do not know!”

The crowd gasped, and the governor had no choice but to shove the priest off the bridge. Back at the shtetl, the community toasted Yankel and his ruse. “How did you conceive of such a brilliant idea?” they all wanted to know. Yankel chuckled. “It was so simple. As you all know, I am not a very learned man, but I make sure to study Chumash with Rashi’s commentary. I was learning Rashi recently and came across the words aini yodeia. I didn’t know what that phrase meant, so I looked it up in the ‘Teitch’ (venerable Yiddish translation of Rashi’s commentary), which showed the words ‘ich veist nisht’ (I do not know). So I figured if the holy ‘Teitch’ didn’t know what the words meant, surely the priest wouldn’t!” After giving Yaakov the birthright blessings, we are told that Yitzchak sent Yaakov to live with Lavan, “the brother of Rivka, the mother of Yaakov and Eisav” (Bereishis 28:5). But of course Rivka was “the mother of Yaakov and Eisav.” Why repeat that? That’s a good question – so good that even Rashi comments, “I do not know what this teaches us” (Rashi, Bereishis 28:5). Now, if Rashi did

not know what the Torah intended to teach in this instance, he could have skipped commentary altogether. Surely Rashi could have offered some explanation, but, rather than offer an answer that might not be the truth in its purest form, Rashi preferred to admit that he didn’t know (Sifsei Chachamim, Bereishs 28:5). And this was no anomaly: no fewer than 20 times in his commentary to the Torah, and another 43 times in his commentary to the Gemara, Rashi wrote, “I do not know” (Gilyon HaShas, Berachos 25a; Sdei Chemed, Klalei Poskim 8:11; Likutei Sichos, Volume 5, Page 1 n. 2). In so doing, Rashi contributed far more than just a fundamental commentary on specific verses. The mussar movement drew many skeptics at its inception, the Torah world ever wary of variations on more traditional teachings. At the time, the founder of the mussar movement, R’ Yisrael Salanter, lived in Vilna and gave wildly popular shiurim, awing the masses with his brilliance and depth and breadth of knowledge. Among the regular attendees at these shiurim was a very clever skeptic of the mussar movement. This man constantly sought to spoil the shiurim with sharp challenges,

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but R’ Yisrael always managed to settle the man’s questions with ease. One time, the man posed a penetrating question in the middle of R’ Yisrael’s shiur. R’ Yisrael paused. He thought. He admitted, “I don’t know.” And he descended from the lectern and ended the shiur. R’ Yisrael later confided to his students that he could have advanced several answers, all of which would have satisfied the man and permitted the shiur to continue. But he was not fully satisfied that any of those answers were really and fully true. So he preferred to admit that he did not know the answer. (So powerful was this lesson that a young man in attendance, R’ Yaakov Yosef (later the first and only chief rabbi of New York) credited his decision to become a devotee of R’ Yisrael Salanter to this episode.) Of course, we need not say we don’t know when we do (Tosfos, Kiddushin 30a; but see Bava Metzia 23b). But when we truly don’t know

something, silence is inadequate – we should admit it freely (Tiferes Yisroel, Kerisos 3:7). After all, if Rashi and R’ Yisrael Salanter would admit when they did not know, why won’t we?

ty to admit a lack of knowledge is a hallmark of wisdom (Yerushalmi, Nedarim 10:8; Yerushalmi, Chagiga 1:8; Avos 5:7), and it is even enumerated in the Noam Elimelech’s 17-point guide to being a good Jew

“I figured if the holy ‘Teitch’ didn’t know what the words meant, surely the priest wouldn’t!”

“Teach your tongue to say, I do not know” (Berachos 4a; Derech Eretz Zuta 3:2; Kalla Rabasi 4), and “don’t be embarrassed” to do so (Derech Eretz Zuta 2:2). The abili-

(Tzet’l Koton, No. 8). We live in a society and in a time of unprecedented hubris; admitting we don’t have all the information or all the right answers is perceived as

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a sign of weakness or an admission of ignorance. But admitting that we don’t know can be incredibly empowering. As philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau put it, “I do not know is a phrase which becomes us.” It yields a greater appreciation for what we do know and for what we have yet to discover. It imbues us with a sense of humanity and humility. And, most importantly perhaps, it gives us the opportunity to learn what we don’t know (Avos 2:5). For only the “one who doesn’t know that he doesn’t know, doesn’t know” (Mishmeres HaBayis [Rashba] 31b). So, given its benefits, why do we so doggedly resist admitting we don’t know? I don’t know.

Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook.com.

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The Cosmic Battle between

Yaakov and Eisav What World Are You Choosing to Live In?

By Shmuel Reichman

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t was a stormy night, and a battleship was on exercise at sea. The captain was on the bridge, looking into the foggy night waters which lay ahead. Suddenly, the lookout spotted a light on the starboard side. The captain asked if it was steady or moving. The lookout replied that the light was steady, meaning they were on a direct collision course with that ship! The captain quickly ordered the lookout signal to the other ship: “Change course 20 degrees. We are on collision course.” The signal came back, “Advisable for you to change course.” Furious, the captain signaled, “I am a captain. Change course 20 degrees.” “I am a seaman second class. You had better change course 20 degrees,” came the reply. By now, the captain was outrage. He sent back, “I am a battleship. Change course or face the consequences!” Back came the signal, “I am a lighthouse.” The captain changed course. How often do we jump to conclu-

sions, assuming we know the truth of the situation, when, in fact, we don’t actually see what’s happening. The most powerful learning experience a human being can have is a paradigm shift, where we learn to perceive something in a fundamentally different way, where we realize that sometimes, things are different than they first appear. This leads us to an essential insight from this week’s parsha. Rashi (25:22) brings down the famous midrash describing the battle between Yaakov and Eisav transpiring in the womb. Yaakov desired olam habah and the spiritual while Eisav desired olam hazeh and the physical. If Yaakov wanted the spiritual and Eisav desired the physical, then what was the battle? Can’t they each take what they desire? Say, for example, there are two cups of ice cream, chocolate and vanilla, and one sibling wants chocolate while the other craves vanilla. There is no fight, as they are actually in agreement and each should take what they de-

sire. It’s only if there’s one cup of ice cream and they both want it that an argument will emerge. So what was the fight between Yaakov and Eisav? In order to understand the depth of this battle, we need to understand the concept of ikar and tafel, essence and the enabler of that essence. The ikar is the inner essence and the main entity; the tafel is what enables the ikar to flourish. For example, the ikar of an orange is the inner fruit, while the peel is the tafel, as it enables and protects the fruit. The same principle applies to a person; the ikar of a person is the neshama, the self, the mind and soul. The body is the tafel, as it is what enables the soul to exist in this world, to learn, grow, and expand. The ideal is for the tafel to perfectly and loyally reflect the ikar, for the body to loyally reflect the truth and depth of the soul. The body is meant to be the vehicle which carries the soul though the world. We don’t believe in rejecting the physical, but we don’t wish to get stuck in the physical either. The goal is a beautiful but nuanced balance, where the

physical is used to reflect something higher, the spiritual – where the wisdom and ideas of Torah become one with you, and you express that inner depth through the physical. This is why almost all the mitzvos are done through physical actions! And this was the very battle between Yaakov and Eisav, a battle of perception! In truth, both Yaakov and Eisav wanted both the spiritual and the physical. However, Yaakov wanted to use the physical as a vehicle for the spiritual, while Eisav merely wanted to use the animation of the spirit and soul to enable him to experience the pleasures of the physical. In other words, Eisav flipped the ikar and tafel; he viewed the physical as ikar and the spiritual as tafel, a necessary means towards experiencing the physical world. By no means did Eisav want to use the physical to reflect anything higher than his own selfish desires. Imagine a computer screen that blocked the image you wanted to see and projected itself else in its place; imagine a projector that didn’t project the film, but instead projected

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itself. This is what Eisav tried to do, to project himself and his own ego instead of reflecting something higher. We can now understand several other perplexing stories surrounding Eisav’s life. For example, Rashi quotes the midrash explaining that Eisav was not only an actual hunter and trapper but he would also ensnare Yitzchak’s consciousness by convincing him that he was spiritually great. He would ask Yitzchak whether salt and straw required ma’aser. [This was particularly applicable to Yitzchak, as Chazal explain that Yitzchak brought the mitzvah of ma’aser to the world.] However, while on the surface Eisav appeared to be a talmid chacham, he was actually attempting to express his own twisted ideology. Both straw and salt have something in common, they are tafel. Straw is the casing and protection for wheat, and alone is worthless. Anyone who cooks knows that salt is used to bring out the flavor of the food; as opposed to condiments such as ketchup and mustard, salt itself is not meant to be tasted or expressed. Eisav was projecting his own corrupted view, claiming that the tafel and secondary should be the ikar and main focus, just like he believed the physical should dominate the spiritual. This is perhaps why in sefer Ovadya, Eisav is compared to a nation of straw, a nation stuck in the world of tafel and physicality. This is also why the Maharal compares Eisav to a pig: a pig looks kosher on the outside, as it has split hooves, but on the inside, it’s completely treif. So too, Eisav pretended to be a tzaddik on the outside, putting on a show for Yitzchak, but on the inside, he was completely corrupted. We can also use this to explain why Eisav sold the bechora. After all, why didn’t he appreciate its worth? Furthermore, is there any reason why he specifically sold it right after he witnessed Avraham’s death? The bechora is a spiritual inheritance, the role of serving in the Beis Ha’mikdash, of being rooted in a higher world, things which meant nothing to Eisav. Furthermore, this was a spiritual inheritance which Eisav’s children would receive, but in Eisav’s eyes, his own death is the end of his existence; he doesn’t believe in

an eternal life. Once he experiences Avraham’s death, he encountered his own truth, the fact that once you

our individual self. But perhaps most importantly, how do we perceive ourselves? Do

genuinely believed that greatness is something elusive, reserved only for the few gifted among us? Or is it in fact something real, within reach, and something which each of us can achieve? This is the deep truth about perception; you get to choose how you see the world, how you experience your life. Your paradigms can empower you, or cripple you. Your worldview can inspire, or paralyze. The choice is solely up to you. That is the beauty and tragedy of perception. So let us utilize this skillset, following in the footsteps of Yaakov, and build deeper and more empowering perceptions. For sometimes, we need to recognize that we’re heading straight towards a lighthouse.

The goal is a beautiful but nuanced balance, where the physical is used to reflect something higher, the spiritual. die, you no longer exist. In his own eyes, the bechora now became utterly worthless, for only that which he can experience in the physical world has any value. So what does Eisav sell the bechora for? Food! Bodily pleasure! Which should come as no surprise, for, as the Ramban explains, all Eisav cared about was the “now,” physical enjoyment. This is the deep message from Yaakov; he teaches us the power of perception, the responsibility to build deeper and empowering perceptions of the world. Let us take a look at our own inner paradigms and think about the type of life we are creating for ourselves. When things happen in your life, are they happening to you or for you? Do you believe that everything happens for a reason, or is your life a collection of random coincidences? Are your challenges and ordeals an opportunity to grow, or a reason to quit? How do we perceive Hashem Himself? Do we view Him as someone we can have a relationship with? Or someone distant, perfect, and transcendent? What about the relationships we are in? Do we view relationships as a means to take and receive pleasure? Or an opportunity to give ourselves completely to someone else, to expand beyond the limited borders of

Shmuel Reichman is an inspirational speaker and has spoken internationally at shuls, conferences, and Jewish communities. He can be reached at shmuliereichman95@gmail.com. You can listen to his inspirational shiurim on YUTorah.org.

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Dov Maisel It’s All About the Community By Raphael Poch

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ot everyone is cut out to be a volunteer EMS paramedic and sometimes even those who are find themselves overburdened by the sheer volume of emergency calls they receive in a single day. Dov Maisel, the vice president of operations for United Hatzalah, is also a volunteer paramedic with the organization. Recently, he responded to six emergency calls that took place in his community in less than 24 hours. What is more surprising is that this is not unusual for the paramedic who lives in Ramle with his family. Maisel, who has been working and volunteering in the field of EMS for more than 20 years, is no stranger to emergencies. In addition to answering countless emergencies in and around his city of Ramle, and

in Jerusalem where he works, Maisel is also in charge of all international missions and collaborations that take place within the organization. He has responded to and been in charge of response teams that have been sent by United Hatzalah to large scale disasters. Included in the international disasters that Maisel has assisted in are the earthquake in Nepal, the Ukraine, in Haiti for the earthquake of 2010 and again in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, and most recently in Houston, Texas, and the Florida area following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. According to Maisel, the essence of a successful first response volunteer system revolves around the “building one’s own community by having a group of individuals who volunteer to save others.” Maisel

Dov, left, in Haiti

himself is a shining example of this motto and his own community rallies around him, thereby giving him more of a drive to be a better and more dedicated responder. Maisel’s experiences during his recent 6-call weekend exemplified this message The calls began on Friday afternoon when he was dispatched by the national command center to an emergency involving a teenage boy who was severely injured. “The call came in and I raced over to the scene, which was a few short blocks away from my house,” Dov recalled. “While I was treating the young man, a neighbor came out and offered me challot to take home for the Shabbat celebration. I told her that I had to treat the injured person first. After bandaging him up I then addressed the neighbor and refused to take the

bread. The woman would not hear of it and placed a large number of loaves on top of my car. At this point, the police were arriving on the scene, and after giving my statement to the police, I headed home, with the blessings of the neighborly woman and her loaves in tow.” The second incident occurred after Maisel had returned home and finished preparing for the Shabbat evening meal. “I was just leaving my house to go to synagogue, and I left my car with my med kit in it at home,” he said. “When I was a few feet away from my house I got an alert that a man nearby had collapsed. I ran back home, got in my car and drove to the scene where I helped treat the gentleman as well.” Following that call, Maisel made it to the synagogue by foot and then

returned home. As he was sitting at his dinner table with 15 guests, he received another alert and rushed out to treat two people who had been injured in a car accident on the highway outside of Ramle. From there he was rerouted to his fourth call of the day in which a person with respiratory problems was in need of assistance. Finally returning home after a few hours spent responding to the two emergencies, Maisel was ready for some well-needed sleep – that didn’t come. “At three a.m. I was called to perform CPR on a woman who was found unconscious and not breathing,” he shared. “It was a very tragic call, as these things often are. A daughter returned home after a night out and found her older on the floor of the apartment,” recalled Maisel. “But these are the calls where you need to be sharp because you are the only response, the only chance that this person has. So you rush out of your home not having your hair

done, in pajamas, and everything is just a mess. There is not a soul on the road, no one is there to cheer you on or even to watch, as you try to revive an older woman with one or two other volunteers. There is no fanfare

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Maisel’s last call of the day came in the early afternoon. “By this point, I was completely over-exhausted. I didn’t get much sleep, I had to entertain guests and spend time with my family as well, and here I got my

“These acts of volunteering as a first responder do not come with accolades. They come with hard work and exhaustion.”

for this. These acts of volunteering as a first responder do not come with accolades. They come with hard work and exhaustion. We spent 40 minutes trying to revive her before eventually having to pronounce her dead,” he said sadly.

sixth call of the day just after noon on Saturday. Another young man needed patching up.” Maisel said that while constantly being on call and needing to drop everything at a moment’s notice can be exhausting, the ability to make a

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difference and save lives is absolutely worth it. “To see the community come alive and support you while you are working and to save the lives of your neighbors or family members is simply remarkable. The woman who made me challot, or the man who walked by me while I was on my second call and said, ‘I know you, you saved my father two years ago. You are the United Hatzalah guy who lives two streets down. I wanted to say thank you,’ those are the moments that pick you up. “When you are on long and difficult calls at three in the morning trying to revive a woman in her apartment with two other volunteers and there is no noise except for the compressions you are doing and the clock ticking away the last moments of her life, it is important to remember that the community is behind you. As volunteers, we are part of the communities that we serve, and as a part of them, we are there for them, and they are there for us.”

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BOBKER ON KRISTALLNACHT 1938: The Great Divide of Jewish History

ike all Jew-haters in history, Hitler made no secret of his intentions. His shrill rhetoric was never theoretical. Lost in all the horror and hate is this blunt fact: Kristallnacht, the 80th anniversary of which falls over this Shabbos, November 9-10, came at a time when the vast majority of European Jewry was not occupied by the Third Reich, when it was still possible for many Jews to leave. Few did. 1938 was a year that divided Jewish history. After November there was not a single Jew in Europe unaware of the uncompromising and relentless personification of evil that they faced. By the tens of thousands, Jews had already been beaten and broken, robbed and raped, murdered, mutilated, and driven into penurious exile at a time when the world consisted of two types of countries: those who didn’t want their Jews and those who wouldn’t accept Jews. Hitler was the deus ex machina. Digesting that fact (mentally) was one challenge for the Jews; acting on it was

the ultimate challenge. Looking back, Rabbi Shimon Schwab, the Rav of the community of Ichenhausen, Bavaria, saw the stunningly successful arson pogrom of Kristallnacht as “the last great warning before the final vernichten (extermination) of European Jewry.” Yosef Friedenson from Łódź agreed: “[Kristallnacht was] an eye-opener as to what the Nazis were capable of doing.” Friedenson should know. He spent six years in labor camps (Starachowice), ghettos (Szydlowiec, Warsaw), and death camps (Auschwitz, Buchenwald). Kristallnacht was the lethal curtain raiser; the defining line between emigration and extermination, survival or slaughter. Before Auschwitz and Zyklon B (that was patented in the United States in anticipation of Hitler’s victory overseas to be followed by the gassing of North American Jewry) entered the Jewish vocabulary Kristallnacht was the first significant event to force uncomfortable questions on comfortable Jews: fight, flight, hide, resist? Those

were the easy questions. As the years went by and the terror and torment soared, the choices got worse: conversion, suicide, baby infanticide?

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he first exodus of German and Austrian Jews did so not as a result of any organized or coordinated community effort but on their own initiative. When they saw the black smoke of hundreds of synagogues blocking the moon skies it was akin to the proverbial writings on the blood-splattered walls of the synagogues – which now no longer existed. Some had extraordinary survival antennas. Talk about good timing. R’ Nosson Adler gathered his wife, Gittel, and six children, and fled Vienna to New York on November 2. The fires were lit one week later. Rabbi Dr. Zev Fryhan, one of the original founders of Agudas Yisrael at Kattowitz, German Empire, packed up his family and fled to London – but his son-in-law, R’ Yosef

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Tzvi Dunner, stayed. Why? He was reluctant to leave his new prestigious post as the rav of Konigsberg, a rabbinic opportunity of a lifetime because the posting also made him the chief rabbi of all of East Prussia. But his father-in-law was prescient. A year later Rav Dunner, his wife, Yita, and their one-year-old baby (“Abba”) were running for their lives. In an intense two-day period Rav Dunner witnessed the destruction and desecration of Reform synagogues (Neue Synagoge Shul) and Orthodox synagogues (Adass Yisroel Shul), Jewish cemeteries vandalized, Jewish schools closed. He saw 30,000 Jewish men “shipped off” to Dachau and Buchenwald; some came back as ashes in brown vanilla envelopes. The grieving families had to pay postage. In the first eight months after Kristallnacht less than 20,000 out of half-a-million Jews left Austria and Germany on “Jewships” (Judenschiffe) headed for the city of Shanghai, China. Jewish leaders warned them (incorrectly) that the Far East was not a viable es-

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cape option. Dr. Julius Seligsohn, a leader of German Jewry, declared, “It is more honorable to suffer a martyr’s death in central Europe than to perish in Shanghai!” Dr. Seligsohn stayed. He did not survive. The émigrés to Shanghai did. Miles and miles of shattered glass, “glittering like crystal [krystal],” and mini-piles of mutilated bodies in Germany, Austria, and Bohemia failed as a wake-up call for the continent’s Jewish population. Remember: What is today termed the “Final” solution did not become final until October 1, 1941, when all exit venues were slammed shut. By November 1942, now entrapped and unable to leave, 43,000 of 50,000 Austrian Jews ended their lives as anonymous death statistics either in a ghetto (Łódź, Minsk, or Riga) or at a concentration camp (Sobibór, Mauthausen, Belzec, Theresienstadt). Among the German Jews who got out was Henry (Heinz) Kissinger, a 15-year-old teenager from an Orthodox home who turned secular and rose to the highest echelon of gentile power

as Richard Nixon’s Secretary of State. He was the first foreign-born U.S. citizen to do so. Thirteen members of the Kissinger family perished; of the 2,000 Jews in his hometown of Furth, Bavaria, fewer than forty survived. On April 10, 1945, Kissinger returned to Europe as a sergeant in the U.S. 84th Infantry Division and participated in the liberation of Ahlem, a Nazi concentration camp near Hannover. “The prisoners,” he recalls, “barely looked human. They were skeletons. It was the single most shocking experience I have ever had.”

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he green light for the genocide of the Yiddishe Folk was given four months earlier in July 1938. President Franklin D. Roosevelt assembled 39 diplomats from 32 European and Latin American countries at the glitzy Hotel Royal on the banks of Lac de Geneve in the fancy shmancy spa resort town of Evian-les-Bains, France. If you spell Evian backwards you get naïve. But this

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 Local residents watching the burning of the ceremonial hall at the Jewish cemetery in Graz, Austria, on Kristallnacht

bloc was not naïve: they were sheer evil. They wined and dined, then wined and dined some more for nine days to discuss what to do about “those people [read: German-Austrian-Czech Jewish refugees] persecuted by reason of race or religion,” a grand agenda that conspicuously never mentioned the word “Jew’.” Germany’s Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels, a former Catholic altar boy, told the nations of the world to mind their own business. “A man’s home is his castle,” the diminutive loud-mouthed master of double-talk challenged the democracies; in other words, we’ll deal with “our Jews” the way we want. The sinister Minister of Lies idolized Hitler, nine years his senior, as a “messiah in human form.” An aggressive genuine psychopath, he was morally depraved, calculating, cowardly, creepy, nasty, self-pitying, ice-cold, poker-faced, gifted in collective psychology and demagoguery (Goebbels rehearsed every jab of his finger, casting a seductive spell over his audiences, second only to his boss) and the most intelligent of the Führer’s inner circle (most of whom were illiterate to begin with). The irony was not lost on the crowds: a senior member of the racially superior Ubermensch Aryan bloc had one leg shorter than the other (osteomyelitis), and a disproportionately large head on top of an undersized gaunt body. Crippled in both body and soul, he was blunt in his solu-

tion of finality: “This plague of Jews must be wiped out. Completely and utterly. Nothing must be left of [the Jews].” This agitator who strutted about in tailored white outfits and manicured fingernails was ecstatic on Kristallnacht, a pogrom that he himself orchestrated. “I see a bloodred sky,” he scribbled in his diary, “the synagogues are burning like great blast-furnaces. I hear the shattering of [Jewish] window-panes. Bravo! Bravo!” (When Germany was about to surrender, Goebbels and his wife, Magda, poisoned their five daughters, son, family dog and her pups out of “compassion” because he didn’t want them to live in a world that still contained Jews; the parents then took their own lives in a romantic double suicide.) Evian ended in failure. None were surprised. Hitler was elated at the international demarche. The world had turned its back on a massive humanitarian crises. Desperate terrified Jews were declared persona non grata. World empathy? MIA. Appeasement the flavor of the day. The sounds they heard was the simultaneous slamming of all international gates. The indictment is clear: Adolf Hitler & Co. may have lit the fires of Kristallnacht but it was the world who blocked all the exit doors. Only three countries – British Guyana, Shanghai, and the Dominican Republic – showed some level of hachnosas orchim. And America? Here’s President Roosevelt’s view on

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Judaic immigration: he didn’t care if European Jews were resettled in the savannahs of central Africa or the jungles of Peru as long as they didn’t come to the United States of America. In the year 1936, the U.S. State Department allowed a grand total of 7,000 Jews into the country, a pitiful and pathetically low number. The quotas from Congress were a death sentence for millions. Consider: Even after the war began, in a stunning failure of moral leadership, an isolationist U.S. Senate rejected a bill (Wagner-Rogers) that would have allowed 20,000 Jewish children under the age of fourteen into America over two years, 1939-1940. “20,000 charming children?” responded Laura Delano Houghteling, wife of the Commissioner of Immigration and the president’s cousin, “will soon grow up into 20,000 ugly adults!” Within five years, 1,500,000 Jewish children, beautiful and innocent and pure neshomas, were no more, victims of unforgivable bystander apathy as much as from German bullets, beatings, burnings, and live burials. In contrast: when Germany began lobbing V-2 rockets into London in September 1940, the U.S. Congress acted immediately and offered shelter to thousands of British children. When Hitler heard the international sounds of silence, it proved catastrophic to the Jewish people. The countdown on the doomsday clock sped up. The man with a

stiff right-arm and a comic Charlie Chaplin mustache was never more emboldened. “Niemand will die juedische fratzen [nobody wants the Jewish brats!],” he sang. Four months later, following the Munich fiasco of an idiotic umbrella-clutching Neville Chamberlain (“Peace in our time!”), Hitler let the dogs loose.

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 Rabbi Josef Hirsch (Tzvi) Carlebach, Rav of Lübeck, Altona, and Hamburg (above left), was forced to watch his magnificent synagogue being torched. Rav Carlebach, his wife, Charlotte, and several of their younger children were machine-gunned into icy pits in the Biķerniecki forests near Riga, Latvia, on March 26, 1942. Among the German Jews who got out was Henry (Heinz) Kissinger (above center), a 15-year-old teenager from an Orthodox home who turned secular and rose to the highest echelon of gentile power as Richard Nixon’s Secretary of State. Thirteen members of his family perished. Rabbi “Abba” Dunner (above right) was one year old when his parents, R’ Yosef Tzvi, chief rabbi of East Prussia, and Yitta, fled to London from Konigsberg.

who strutted about like a cockatoo in ridiculous banana-republic outfits and can be described by all the “C’s” – cruel, cunning, corrupt, cynical, conceited, and cursed, a man with an insatiable appetite as wide as his waistline, the ambitious gonif who plundered several hundred million marks of art and furniture and valuables from his Jewish victims – charged the German Jewish community a staggering one billion Deutsch Marks (around $400 million at the time; the equivalent of $4 billion today) to pay for the Third Reich’s criminal arson. For millions of Germans and Austrians it was a major yom tov. A good time was had by all in this festival of insanity. The shamash of the Prinzregen Strasse shul and his family were thrown into the flames. At Laupheim the congregants were forced to kneel in idolatry pose in front of their synagogue with their hands on their heads and watch it being reduced to cinders and ashes as SA brownshirts, mostly eager teenagers, dumped all the sifrei Torah, seforim, and talleisim in a pile on the street and trampled over them in boisterous childish laughter. At Hoengen, the sifrei Torah were hurled into the muddy streets for excited school kids – who couldn’t believe that their vandalism was

approved and encouraged by supposedly mature adults and parents and teachers – to stomp on before throwing them into a bonfire. At Dusseldorf, R’ Max Eschelbacher witnessed “the murdering arsonists dancing in a circle around the burning [Torah] scrolls, some of them wearing the [stolen] robes of the rabbis and chazzanim. Wittlich, a small shtetl in the Mosel Valley, had its Torahs unfurled from the roof like “bands of confetti on carnival.” No Jewish community was too small to be assaulted. Red skies and clouds of ashes covered the landscape. Consider Baisingen. The tiny shtetl had only 80 Jews but its small synagogue was attacked as though it was a mighty fortress. How many Jews lived in the town of Eisenstadt, Austria? None. And yet the vacant synagogue was targeted for demolition by fire. The synagogue in Weisweiler was no more than a prayer room, unused in three years, and yet was a target of incendiary bombs. Meanwhile the Great Menorah in the synagogue of Potsdam was used as a battering ram to smash the Ark, chandeliers, benches, tables, rabbi’s seat and shtender, and the beautiful intricate stained-glass lead windows. The Jews of Emmerich were forced to burn down their own synagogue. The synagogue in Hechin-

gen that served Jews since 1775 was no more. The largest synagogue in Berlin, the Fasanenstrasse, was no more. Reb Davidson, the ba’al tefillah, stood outside the smoking rubble and said kaddish for the building. The large new synagogue on Friedberger Anlage, gone. The large West End synagogue, gone. Rabbi Benjamin Israel Murmelstein remembers how bystanders applauded the arsonists of his Seitenstrettengasse Synagogue. Rabbi Josef Hirsch (Tzvi) Carlebach, Rav of Lübeck, Altona, and Hamburg, was forced to watch his magnificent synagogue being torched as he was beaten by zealous stormtroopers. Rav Carlebach, his wife, Charlotte, and several of their younger children, were machine-gunned into icy pits in the Biķerniecki forests near Riga, Latvia, on March 26, 1942. Neighbors ransacked Jewish shops and homes and carted off the booty using (empty) children’s prams, stolen, of course. The Jewish Morning Journal published the names of thousands of Austrian Jews who committed suicide. Dozens of new signs appeared on storefronts, “Proudly Announcing the Re-Opening of a Former Jewish Business, Now Owned By a German.” Judaica appeared at flea markets. Classified “For Sale” ads in

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local newspapers listed synagogue seats, shtenders, pulpits, and paneling. Demolition companies offered salvaged bricks from synagogues for sale. (In late 2008 a massive rubbish site the size of four football pitches was found in Brandenburg, a suburb in north Berlin, where the destroyed Jewish plunders of Kristallnacht were dumped; survivors say that the sight of mutilated sifrei Torah and torn siddurim, machzorim, and Chumashim, many floating down the Danube, was more devastating than the destruction of the houses of prayer.) Ursyula Rosenfelf, 13, saw the “godless vandals” take out a sefer Torah from the synagogue in Quackenbrack, “[They were] dancing in the street with the Torah to make the little bells ring which they thought was funny before throwing it into the flames.” Arnold Fleishmann, a bar mitzvah boy in Nuremberg, never forgot the smell of burning parchment for the rest of his life. Horst Löwenstein and David Zwingermann, two young Jewish boys, rescued a dozen Torah scrolls from the Friedenstempel Synagogue on Berlin’s Markgraf-Albrecht Street. Zwingermann survived by leaving on a Kindertransport to England on December 2, 1938; Löwenstein was murdered at Riga, Latvia, on

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 The shul in Oberramstadt in Germany on fire

November 30, 1941. Suddenly all the schnitzels and poppy-seeded Kaiser rolls and Johann Strauss waltzes no longer mattered. The pathological anti-Semitic side of the gentile was now transparent. “We never believed that anything bad was going to hap-

pen until that morning,” recalls R’ Gershon Weiss, alumnus of Yeshivas Ner Israel, MD, who was a child at the time. “We were completely unprepared for this emotionally, and even if we thought we were strong psychologically, almost nothing can prepare you for something like this.”

 The burning of the Boemestrasse Synagogue on Kristallnacht

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ecause the world was silent, the November 23, 1938, front-page of Das Schwartze Korps, the paper of the black-shirted German Elite Guard and Gestapo, roared, “We will now bring the Jewish question to its solution...the definite end of Jewry and its complete extermination.” By the time the Führer exported his law of the jungle into Poland, at 4:45am, erev Shabbos, September 1, 1939, only 60 percent of German Jews, after six years, and 67 percent of Austrian Jews, after nearly two years, had escaped. This was not the Gesamtlösung (“overall solution”) Hitler had envisioned. But by now he and his senior staff knew one thing: the years 1933 to 1939 had proven that no government was willing to interfere with their treatment of the Jews. This realization let the zealous Einsatzgruppen genie, an efficient Gestapo-on-Wheels delivery service that brought death and destruction right to one’s front door like a Domino’s pizza, out of the bottle. It took only ten months after Kristallnacht for the Holocaust to begin. The barbaric assault of Kristallnacht was followed by waves of pernicious propaganda, ostracism, and a pervasive media dehumanizing campaign that called Jews “subhuman parasites, poison carriers, a plague center for humanity.” By the end of 1938 none could ignore the marauding mob’s unnerving screams of Juden raus! Nor the blaring post-

ers that read, “Hyenas are scum and so are Jews!” nor the radio’s vitriol yet popular jingle, “Wenn das Judenblut vom Messer spritzt, dann geht’s noch mal so gut! “When Jewish blood drips from the knife, then things are twice as good,” nor the popular children’s ditty of 1937 (which rhymes in German), “Junge Juden, ubersee, alte Juden, Weissensee, Young Jews [go] abroad, old Jews go to [Berlin’s] large Jewish cemetery.” These were no longer harmless demagogic slogans but harsh reality. “You’re next” was in every Nazi speech, every gleeful rally, every newspaper headline, and was exported to other European countries. From Poland came the screeching Polska bez zydow (“Poland without Jews”); from Romania, the relentless Moartea Jidanilor (“Death to the Jewish rascals”). And from the Squirrel neighborhood in downtown Pittsburgh, at 10:00am on a Shabbos morning in the Eitz Chaim shul, came the all-too familiar scream from Richard Bowers, “All Jews must die!” That is why we remember Kristallnacht. And the Germans remember too. I saw an ad in a German newspaper from the Kristall Sauna Wellnesspark Hotel in Bad-Klosterlausnitz, Thuringen. It offered a special rate to celebrate “Kristallnacht weekend.” Joe Bobker is the author of the Torah with a Twist of Humor series and the 18-volume Historiography of Orthodox Jews and the Holocaust. He can be reached at jbobker@ gmail.com.

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Miracles Paul Goldfarb Talks about the Yad Hashem that Guided Him Throughout the War

By Susan Schwamm

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urviving the inferno of hate that enveloped the Jews in Europe in the 1930s came at great cost for most Jewish families. With poverty eating at their bones, Jews were subjected to intense, penetrating loathing from their non-Jewish neighbors. When Hitler, ym”sh, and his menacing minions goose-stepped into Czechoslovakia and then sauntered into Poland, the animosity that was simmering beneath the surface sprung to the fore. Jews were no longer people; they were lower than the rats scuttling in the cellars. Suddenly, survival was foremost on Jews’ minds. And to survive they needed to flee. Jews quickly learned that the Nazis thirsted for Jewish blood. Machine guns, black boots, and cattle cars were just some of the tools they used to quench that insatiable desire to murder G-d’s Chosen People. Of those who survived the inferno raging across Europe and burning in the crematoria, millions were sadly left behind. The survivors each have a tale to tell, and each story is woven with miracles, miracles that displayed G-d’s Hand as He personally guided them to safety. Paul Goldfarb can count on more than one hand the numerous miracles that he experienced when he was just a child. Now living in

New Jersey, his journey from Poland, to Russia, to Greece, to Italy, and then finally to America clearly showed yad Hashem. Along the way he was able to meet Eliyahu HaNavi and received a bracha from him that he should survive the war.

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unger is probably the most intense feeling Paul – then known as Feivel – knew growing up in Stoczek, Poland, a small town. Paul was the youngest of six children. The home that he lived in was a six family house. It was owned by a relative of theirs who divided it up amongst family members. Paul’s family received the smallest, least habitable apartment, the attic. Their apartment had one window, which was in the one bedroom in the home. There were two beds in the kitchen for his siblings to sleep in. As the youngest, Paul slept in the bed with his two sisters. Attempting to make the most out of the small space, Paul was told he had to sleep the opposite way that his sisters did: their feet in his face. “That was our life,” he sighs when he remembers the cramped conditions. Paul’s family knew poverty and subsisted on very little. Milk was only given to those who were sick, and even then, Paul’s mother, Zlata, would give the child three-quarters of a cup of water mixed with a quarter of a cup of milk. Butter

was a luxury that never graced the Goldfarb table. To earn money, Paul’s father, Nachum, sold shoes in the garage. He didn’t make them, Paul reiterates, as his father was not educated in that way. In fact, he never received any education at all. When Nachum was eight-years-old, his father (Paul’s grandfather) died. Relatives took in the young orphans. But Paul’s father was taken in by a family that didn’t offer him the opportunities that they afforded to their own children. He was never given an education and never learned how to read or write, although he was very good at math, doing division and other math problems in his head. Nachum was a hard worker and very religious. He had a big beard and could read from a siddur. More than that, though, he didn’t know. He never learned Gemara, and he never was able to pass on a Torah education to his two sons. Paul’s uncles were taken in by other relatives after Paul’s grandfather died. One uncle in particular received an education from the family that took him in. They graciously sent him to college and he ended up working in a bank. Paul remembers his father begging this uncle for a zlota, a small coin. “I need bread for my children,” Nachum would implore his brother. One story that haunts Paul until this day took

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place when he was not even eight years old. Paul’s good friend, Manyik, was the baker’s son. Every day Manyik would be treated to a delicious roll with butter from his mother, Chana, the baker. One day, Paul met Manyik, who was eating the doughy roll with a thick smear of butter. “I’m eating the roll with my eyes,” Paul says, remembering how he eyed his friend’s food, “and he’s eating with his mouth.” In Paul’s family they were cautioned not to tell anyone that they were hungry. His parents were proud people. “Our mother would tell us, ‘Don’t tell people you don’t have food. Don’t make yourself a poor slob,’” he recalls. And so even Manyik, his good friend, did not know that Paul and his family subsisted on dry bread and a potato or two. “And then Manyik said to me, ‘Do you want it? I can’t eat anymore,’” Paul recalls about this particular day. “And I said to my friend, ‘Oh no, I’m not hungry.’ I lied. I was starving. And then he threw the bread over the fence and I felt so bad. And then I felt mad at my parents. Why did they teach us that? Why couldn’t we tell people the truth? He would have given me the food. He was my friend. He was going to throw it out. He had a bakery. He would have fed me and given me a roll every day. “He threw it away. I said at that moment to my friend, ‘Oh, I forgot, my mother said I have to be home.’ I didn’t have a watch; I was making it up. And I went around. And I went over the fence and the bread was gone. Someone or a dog must have picked it up. “It bothered me for years and years. Why did my parents not let us tell anyone? I was so hungry. And he was throwing it away.” The incident remains etched in his mind seventy years later. Though the poverty gnawed at their insides incessantly, Paul acknowledges that his family was able to survive the ensuing years because they were used to eating so little. Their bodies were used to being starved. Paul went to school in Poland for one year but he didn’t like it. His dislike for school stemmed from the hatred he felt from his Polish classmates. The anti-Semitism came from the teachers as well. One Polish teacher hit Paul so hard with a pencil case that his hands swelled up and he couldn’t use his hands for a while. He was only seven years old.

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hen Hitler came to Stoczek, the Germans threw bombs on the houses, which burned them down. Paul, a young boy of eight, saw the flames and started running. “I was running. My parents were running too,” Paul recalls. “I didn’t know where they were. A man saw me running and he said, ‘Little boy,’ – in Jewish, he was talking – ‘Yingele, yingele, come

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with me.’ So I went with him. He took my hand, and we ran together.” They ran to the center of the city. Nothing was burning there because there were no houses there. But they were stopped by the Nazis, who were standing there with machine guns and motorcycles.

“I knew killing was something bad. I didn’t know then that killing was something that they kill you and you’re dead forever. But I knew it was something real bad.”

“I asked the man, ‘Why are we staying there? And he said, ‘They don’t want us to go.’ The whole area was full of people. And we’re standing there, and he’s holding my hand. ‘Why don’t they want us to go?’ I asked him. And he said, ‘Because we’re Jewish.’ “I said, ‘I’m Jewish. I know I’m Jewish because my daddy’s Jewish.’

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“I asked, ‘What are they going to do to us?’ He said, ‘They’re going to kill us.’ “Why will they kill us? I didn’t do anything. One time I got a beating from my daddy. I broke a window. We used to make a ball. We took a can and put rags around it. And tied it up with a rope, and we were kicking around the can. Like soccer, football, I used to kick it. And once I broke a lady’s window. My daddy gave me a spanking. And he paid the lady for the window. But this time, I didn’t do anything wrong. Why did they want to kill me? I knew killing was something bad. I didn’t know then that killing was something that they kill you and you’re dead forever. But I knew it was something real bad.” The young boy, bewildered and scared, was watching the scene intently. Soon the Germans told the Jews to go. And when the Jews started running, the Nazis turned their machine guns on them, slaughtering the masses as they ran for their lives. “The man holding my hand got shot,” Paul remembers, “and then the man on the other side of me got shot, and I was standing there because I didn’t get shot. And then later, a bullet went through my leg and I went down. “I was looking at the man’s face on the ground next to me. And I was scared of him because his eyes were not normal. I said, ‘Why are you laying here? They are shooting.’ And then I realized that he wasn’t answering me. Because he was not there anymore. He was dead. So I left him there. And I ran with the other people.” Paul ran with other Jews to the forest surrounding the city. He stayed there the whole day and slept in a tree at night. In the morning, he went home. As he walked home, he saw two Nazis and made sure to say “Heil Hitler” to them. As Paul got to his house, he saw his family standing there in front of the ruins. Only the brick chimney was left standing. Left without a home, the Goldfarb family slept on rags in a relative’s basement. One day, a short while later, two Poles grabbed Paul’s father’s big beard and lit his beard on fire in front of the Germans. Nachum managed to run away and extinguish the flames. After that, he put a towel around his face to hide his beard. He would tell people that he had a toothache but he never cut off his beard. The Goldfarb family realized that they needed to leave their small town. With barely any belongings, they hired a wagon driver. Three other families asked to come along. The four families walked alongside the horse pulling their few possessions. Paul, the youngest in the family, walked until fatigue took over and then his father carried him on his shoulders. They walked for about six miles, until they reached a lake. But before they were able to go into the lake, the group saw a Nazi on a motorcycle. The Pole

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leading the horse urged the families to cross the lake into Russia to evade the Nazi. As the family started running into the water, the Nazi’s motorcycle got stuck. He tried to start it up again, pumping it furiously. But by the time the Nazi got the machine to run again, the families were safely across, and he let them go, resigned to allow them to head to safety. Once in Russia, the family settled in a little city, Danear. A kind woman put down straw for the family to sleep on in her barn. They stayed there for a few weeks. Paul’s mother, with foresight, brought along wheat from Poland, and one day she and Paul went to the nearby windmill to grind the wheat. The two walked together along the road, which led into a small road that led up to the windmill. “All of a sudden,” Paul recalls, “there was a man. Where did he come from? There was just this narrow road. And we wasn’t there before. A short man, a Jewish man. And he said to my mother, ‘Why are you crying?’ And she said, ‘Why am I crying? We sleep in a stable, we have to go around to get food from the garbage for my children. My other children are all over. We can hardly give them food to eat.’ “And he said, ‘You’re crying? You should be happy.’ “‘Happy? Why should I be happy?’ my mother said. “And he said, ‘Do you know that millions and millions of Jewish people will get killed and you and your whole family will survive? And you will live to see a land called Israel.’” And then the man disappeared. Just as miraculously as he appeared, he vanished. Paul’s mother turned to her young son and told him that he just saw Eliyahu Hanavi. During the war, when Paul’s family was subsisting on potatoes and crusts of bread, he forgot about this encounter with the small, Jewish man who told them that they should be happy. But years later, when the war finally ended and the destruction of European Jewry was clear, he remembered the man’s promise and blessing. Eliyahu Hanavi does not lie.

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he Goldfarb family headed to Bialystock, where they slept in a two room apartment. But then the Russians came one night and loaded them into trucks and brought them to a train. They fed them enough for the travelers to survive. After two days of traveling, the group was led onto a boat which took them Sifdicar, the main city in Siberia. It was summertime and the temperature was manageable. But the Russians warned them. “Here’s a piece of land,” they said, showing them Shiladolsky Forest. “Put up a building. If you don’t build homes, you’ll freeze to death.” The next few months were spent cutting down

A recent photo of Paul with one of his great-grandchildren

trees and building log cabins with moss to keep out the biting winds. While living there, Paul’s father, a poshute Yid, refused to work on Shabbos. His family was scared that he would be put into jail, an almost certain death sentence. “Die I must, sooner or

“He said, ‘Do you know that millions and millions of Jewish people will get killed and you and your whole family will survive? And you will live to see a land called Israel.’”

later,” Nachum declared. “Work on the Shabbos, I will not.” Paul’s mother bought a long pair of leather boots for the Russian leader in the town. She asked him to come to their home. When he was there, she gave him the boots, but asked for something in return. There was a piece of land that was left fallow and she wanted it for a cemetery for the Jews in the town. The leader agreed. “You

bury them,” he told her. They signed a paper, and Zlata became the town’s chevra kaddisha. When the Russian was still in the Goldfarb home, Paul’s father saw an opportunity. He grabbed the Russian and started singing. The Russian pushed him away, “You’re a crazy man,” he yelled as he pushed Nachum to the floor. But Paul’s father got up again and grabbed the Russian once more. “You’re crazy,” the Russian yelled again. But then, he took out a piece of paper and signed it, declaring that Paul’s father was crazy and was unfit for work. Nachum got what he wanted. Both Paul’s parents worked as the chevra kaddisha in town. Paul would watch his mother prepare tachrichim, and she would explain to young Paul what she was doing. In the winter, the ground was frozen solid. They would have to shovel six feet of snow and then they would burn a fire for four hours to defrost the earth so they could dig a six-foot hole to bury those who passed away. The work was back-breaking labor but they were helping their fellow Jews. The rav in the town, seeing their mesiras nefesh for others, promised them that they would be successful and would survive the war. One day, during the winter, young Paul, who was away at school with his sister Sima, was summoned by his mother to come home to help her with a burial. The school was just a few miles away – an hour or two by foot – and Paul left by himself before nightfall to head home. He knew the way home, but a storm with gusts of wind blocked the path he generally took home. Paul walked along what he thought was the path. “I’m walking and then I go down,” he recalls. “I forgot the road curved at a 90-degree angle at one point. The snow was way above me; it was six-feet of snow.” Frantically, Paul tried to feel around with his hands for the road below him. But he was lost and losing hope – it was sixty degrees below zero and he knew that just a few minutes in the snow would mean a frozen death. “So I said to myself, ‘What can I do? I’ll die.’ And over there to die, takes you two minutes,” he said. “But then I put out my hand. And I felt something. I’m touching it, and it was a stump from the tree. The stump was about two feet from the top of the snow, and I got excited. I climbed on top of the stump.” Miraculously, he was able to find the road, and putting one foot ahead of the other, he trudged home. It took him the whole night to reach his house. Life in Russia was hard. The people in town would scrounge for food. Each person received a food card. On the card, for each month, it would list the days of the month and they would tear off that day’s number for their rations of the day. The people were starving and so they would tear off the card for the 1st on the 1st of the month and they would also tear off the 1 from the 11th and

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the 21st days to use as well on the 1st day of the month. Thinking only of their demanding belly, they would take extra food home on some days, only to be left without any nourishment later on in the month.

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fter the war, the family left Russia and went to Siticar. On the way back to Poland, Paul’s mother contracted typhoid. She was writhing with fever and the family took her off the train to the nearest hospital. A Jewish doctor told them that he would do what he could to save her life and advised the family to come back in a few days. But a few days later, when they came back, Zlata was nowhere to be found. The family was told that she had died. Their grief was intense. They couldn’t accept that their bedrock had passed on. Feeling an urge to complete her life’s work, the family asked the doctor for her body so that she, who had worked all her life to help others receive a Jewish funeral, would be zoche to be buried in a Jewish cemetery in the proper way. The doctor told them to head to the morgue to find her body. There, there were rows of bodies, stacked like sardines, waiting for burial. Finally, they found their mother, and their grief quickly turned to astonishment: Mama was moving! The doctor, astounded that she was brought back to life, allowed her to leave the hospital. The family had their mother back. Paul was around 14 years old when they got to Siticar. His mother wanted him to have a normal life and sent him to school. School was four miles away, and Paul liked to bike to school. Riding to school one day, Paul encountered three men standing in his path. One man demanded in Polish, “What are you? Say you love [Yashka].” Not wanting to answer the Jew-hater, Paul pretended he couldn’t speak. But the man didn’t believe that Paul was mute. He beat him as he kept on repeating his questions and demands. Blood poured from Paul’s face and he fell off his bike. Then the man let him go. The next morning, hoping to evade his attackers, Paul left to school an hour earlier. His attackers were still there, and the beatings and demands came raining down on Paul once again. The next day he went an hour later to school; again, he was accosted. The cycle of beatings continued for three weeks. “Like someone eats breakfast,” Paul said, “I was waiting for a beating.” But one day, as Paul biked past, only one man was there. But he was holding a knife. “What are you?” the man challenged. Paul answered, “You know what I am. I am a Jew. And I don’t like [Yashka].” When the man moved forward to hit Paul,

Paul hit him with his bike and broke the man’s ribs with his kicks. He then rode off to school. But when he got to school, the police were already there. Someone asked Paul in Yiddish if he had any trouble with someone because a Pole had been beaten up badly. Paul acknowledged that he

“Die I must, sooner or later,” Nachum declared. “Work on the Shabbos, I will not.”

was the culprit and the man told him to get into his car. They were going to try to save him from the police. They brought Paul to a kibbutz in Poland. There, they were training young men and women to become soldiers in the Haganah. They made it fun for the boys and girls. They would sing and eat together. They taught them how to use a gun or a stick to fight. They taught the trainees how to speak Hebrew and how to sing Hebrew songs. The first song Paul learned at the kibbutz was about a girl. “Yaldah yaffa/Yaldah yaffa, yefeifiyah/Etmol yardah…Sapri na li/Kevutzot rabot…” Paul’s parents did not know where their son was. They told his mother that he was safe but

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they didn’t want her to get into trouble for knowing his location. After a few months, the kibbutz journeyed together to Czechoslovakia. But getting into the country was not easy. The group tried to fool the Russian guards into thinking that they were Greek Jews, who spoke Greek but not Czech, who were heading back to Greece through Czechoslovakia. Trying to fool the Russian guards, the boys answered the guards’ questions in their limited Hebrew, pretending that Hebrew was Greek. One of the Jews who knew Russian acted as their interpreter. Paul, who lived for many years in Russia and was fluent in the language, almost doomed their plan. After a guard would ask him a question in Russian, he was supposed to wait for the interpreter to ask him it in “Greek,” and then he was supposed to answer in “Greek” for the interpreter to relay the message back to the guard in Russian. The guard, sensing something was amiss, questioned Paul for a while. Finally, the guard said in Russian, “He can go.” Relieved that he was being dismissed, Paul forgot to wait for his “interpreter” and he turned around to go. The guard threw into a rage. “Why did he turn around? How did he understand what I was saying in Russian?” The interpreter and others were forced to spend time ameliorating the situation. Thankfully, the group was granted safe passage. Paul spent four weeks in Czechoslovakia before heading to Italy. In Italy, because of his poor eyesight, he worked in the construction business. Working there for six months, Paul was armed with knowledge of an important industry. When he got to America six months later with his new bride, Esther, he was able to work in construction, ultimately opening his own company. The only words Paul knew in English when he reached American shores were how to count from one to five and Coca Cola. But despite his initial limited knowledge of the English language, Paul built up his business in America, building mikvaos and Torah edifices and yeshivos. He and Esther raised two children, Larry and Rosalyn, and have many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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ccording to the American Jewish Yearbook, there were approximately 9.5 million Jews in Europe in 1933. Twelve years later, when Hitler killed himself in his underground bunker, six million of those Jews had been starved, beaten, burnt, and turned to ashes. But every Jew who managed to escape the Nazi clutches and every Jew who managed to flee to safety is someone who experienced myriad miracles, the yad Hashem evident in ensuring their safety. Paul is one of those fortunate Jews who saw numerous miracles as he crisscrossed countries to evade death.

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Mr. Krakinowski, z”l

By Yocheved Silverman

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ear Mr. Krakinowski, z”l, As a tribute to you, I write this letter, recounting the many moments we spent together and what you’ve taught me, but also to tell the world of your story. You used to say there is no language in the world that can describe what happened in the Holocaust, only those that went through it can understand. I know that there is no language in the world to describe what kind of a man you were to the people who didn’t know you. You were a Holocaust survivor who experienced grief multiple times in your life, but you also had perseverance and taught me how to experience life. Although you may not have direct descendants to live up to your name, you have your friends and the people that you met in your journey of life that can fulfill your requests can tell the world your story. And

so, although my words alone cannot do justice to the way you used to say your story, I can do my best to make sure the world doesn’t forget. I met you, Nissan Krakinowski, four years ago while searching for a Holocaust survivor to interview for a school report. I knew your brother-in-law, Mr. Joe Cedar (from JC Sewer & Co.), had gone through the war, but I thought my teacher wanted us to interview someone who specifically survived the camps. He told me about you, and how you go every Sunday with your two daughters to visit him. And that is how I was introduced to your life. Nissan Krakinowski was born in Kanaus (Kovno) Lithuania on April 27, 1928, in the month of Nissan to Shimon and Pesha Krakinowski and his older brother Chaim. At the age of thirteen, his father, with Rav

Elchonon Wasserman and 10,000 other kedoshim, were taken to a field and murdered. Shortly thereafter, his mother, brother and he were relocated to the Kovno ghetto before being shipped to various camps. At one of the camps he was separated from his mother, but before parting with her she whispered, “Nissan, my child, watch over your brother, Chaim. If G-d forbid you have to die, die together. But don’t let him down.” Although his brother was older than him, his mother felt that he was stronger. That was the last time Nissan saw his mother. Both Nissan and Chaim were sent later on to Dachau, where they had to schlep paper bags of concrete. When it would rain, the concrete would dry on their bodies, making this torturous task unbearable. They endured inhuman conditions, beatings, cold, hunger and the big question of

“when.” One day, towards the end of the war, the Nazis placed dynamite all around the camp to blow up all evidence of their evil before the Allies arrive. They forced those who were living on the infamous death march. Chaim was dying, and Nissan pleaded with him to get out. “They’re blowing up the camp, we need to get out! I’ll pull you, carry you, schlep you, but we can’t stay here!” Nissan pleaded with Chaim. Chaim replied that he was too sick and that he couldn’t go. He wanted to Nissan to try to survive. But Nissan remembered his mother’s promise and decided to stay with his brother. Miraculously, the Americans arrived a short while later and liberated all those left to die. The Nazis had no time to set off the dynamite in the camp and when the Americans saw people moving out of the camp from

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their bird’s eye view of their fighter jets, they shot all the people, thinking they were Germans. Thus Nissan’s life was saved as well as his brother Chaim’s on that fateful day. But the journey didn’t end there. Nissan and Chaim both went to America and stayed by Rabbi Tuvia Goldstein, rav of Emek Halacha in New York, and began to rebuild their lives. Nissan went to work in a cap factory and eventually he took over the business and opened up a second factory. He married Rose Cedarbaum (Cedar for short), and had two wonderful daughters, Pessie and Shaindy. Unfortunately, Rose passed away due to illness. Mr. Krakinoswki was subsequently diagnosed with terminal cancer, which he was able to overcome. Despite his clean bill of health, he was forced to give up his business. And sadly, a few years later, both of his daughters were diagnosed with cancer a year apart and both passed away a year apart. This year, right after Yom Kippur, Mr. Krakinowski was walking to shul to say kaddish for his daughter when, unfortunately, a car did not see him and he had a misah neshikah at the age of 90. The lessons I learned from this humble giant of a man, a tzaddik, is not to be angry with Hashem, but to accept His Will and learn from it. Mr. Krakinowski, I miss you very, very much. I miss speaking with you, I miss your voice and your compliments. You went through gehinom but only espoused brachos and good will. You loved your parents, as you would tell me that they were the brightest watts of a lightbulb, your father a fantastic speaker and your mother, so loving and caring and always baking yummy pastries. Even after my report was due, I still wanted to keep in touch with you, and I made sure to call you and visit you. When I met you and your daughters, unfortunately they were already sick, and when I took my family along to visit them with you in the rehab center, I knew I couldn’t fix your pain but I could dull it by letting you know you don’t need blood relatives to love you. You were devoted to your daughters, like a young father who tends to the needs of his

say when I called you was, “Ahhhh, Yocheved! It’s good to hear your voice! Tell me, how are you? How are your parents? Your family?” and you always waited for a reply. You genuinely respected everyone, despite his or her age. Although I know there is no one in the world like you or who can come close to filling your place, I know I did my best to make you happy and feel loved. And maybe, one day, someday, the mitzvos that you did and Torah you learned will forever be brought to life by a little boy named Nissan, after you.

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sick children. The one mitzvah that stood out in my mind as your mitzvah was the way you had kavod habriyos for each and every single one of Hashem’s creatures. You used to say, and anyone who knew you knows this was perhaps your most famous line, “It’s very nice to be important, but it’s very, very important to be nice.” Whenever you spoke with someone, you showered them with brachos and compliments, and always asked them their opinions to make them feel important. You were also a man of the world, you had your opinions and likes and dislikes, and you had a sharp and witty mind, a business mind and a true Yiddishe kop. You also knew how to have a sense of humor, and I loved when you said little funny remarks. Although you used to say Himmler and Hitler were your rebbes, in reality everyone was your rebbi because you made sure to learn from everyone, how to be and how not to be. And even though you never got to go to yeshiva, when an opportunity for learning Torah came up, you grabbed it. You only survived because you had faith in Hashem, and deep beneath the grief you knew there was a greater purpose. Tefillah was a central part of your life, making sure to go to shul every day, early, for all tefillos. You used to be a chazzan, and loved to sing. “Elokai neshama” epitomized what you are. A pure neshama, a tzaddik amongst Klal Yisrael, a humble and sweet person, with only the most beautiful words flowing out of your mouth. Perhaps the greatest revenge for the Nazis won’t be direct lineage,

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but the way you responded to evil with your kindness, compassion and care to every single human being. I want to thank you for letting me into your life and teaching me so much about life. Thank you for your time and patience, and your beautiful brachos and kind words, gentle advice and the love you gave to me and my family and to all who knew you. The first thing you would

With a humbled heart, Yocheved Silverman

Mr. Krakinowski recently gave a speech of his life in a convention center in Spokane, Washington. Anyone who wishes to view the video or show it in shuls or school can contact the author through TJH. (It is meant for children ages 12 and up.)

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

We’ve lived on a very nice block for the past 26 years. It’s a friendly block and most people know each other. To our right are neighbors who are very lovely. Though we’ve never been particularly close to them, as we don’t really have that much in common, we’ve always been polite and neighborly. We’ve watched their children grow up and always felt they were nice kids.

They have a 23-year-old son, Avi, who has been in and out of our house for years, for various reasons. He’s a very nice young man, though he seems a bit aimless to us. He is in college, but still isn’t sure what he wants to do when he graduates and just kind of seems a bit unfocused, though he is sweet. Our 20-year-old daughter, Chedvah, is a bright, wonderful young woman. However, she is extremely shy and introverted. A bit after she came back from Israel, we brought up the subject of putting together a resume and reaching out to shadchanim. Chedvah couldn’t imagine putting herself out there like that and said she wasn’t ready. I don’t think the issue was so much about her not being ready to date as much as her shyness. Recently, Avi and Chedvah announced that they wanted to date and have been dating ever since. It seems to be getting serious. Though we think Avi is nice enough, we also see his limitations and are worried that the only reason Chedvah is dating him is because it’s so easy and she doesn’t have to go out on shidduch dates, the thought of which paralyzes her with anxiety. We feel Chedvah is making a big mistake, getting serious with someone mainly because it’s easy. We don’t see them having all that much in common and worry that if this goes through, it will be a disaster. We’ve spoken to Avi’s parents, and they think this is a great idea! Do we have any options?

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. t sounds like you feel boxed in by the situation. You are not powerless to influence the matter of your daughter’s interest in someone because of access and comfort level. I think the key is to sit down and deal with the deeper issue of lack of social skills/shyness that has not been addressed heretofore. Perhaps you did broach getting help for her in the past and it wasn’t received well by Chedvah. When a young person approaches the dating age is a time when it will be better received. Since she has been afraid of dating because of her perceived weaknesses, turn that negative into a positive. Offer her a dating coach/ social skills specialist/therapist to help

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her “since her first dating experience is going well.” In other words, being strategic and giving positive reinforcement to her “performance” can offer you a route to get her the help she needs. Don’t attack Avi. Don’t respond with logic. Build up Chedvah with the supports she needs. Build her confidence by framing dating as a journey and her ease with Avi as normalizing what was so scary. Compliment her on growth and becoming an adult. At the same time, you can insist that it’s now time to start getting the help that most people use from a dating coach in order to date successfully. She wants to be a good dater and hold the young man’s interest, and at the same time be self-aware and mindful of what she can offer and what he can do for her particular needs, wants, and personality despite awareness of her weaknesses.

Compatibility for marriage may start with fit and comfort but it’s about a lot more than that. Get yourselves help too. You are going to be doing a delicate dance to navigate the immediate situation and the deeper issues of her insecurities and social problems.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. eems like while you’ve been choosing fonts for her resume, Chedvah has already chosen her chosson-to-be. It wouldn’t surprise me if, while munching shwarma in the shuk, Chedvah was having online DPC’s (deep, philosophical conversations) with Avi, courtesy of WhatsApp and Verizon. Our kids often surprise us and your Chedvah is no exception. While she seems painfully shy and introverted to you, she’s one smart cookie (in your words: “bright and wonderful”). She’s succeeded in school and spent a year abroad – all with her eyes wide open and without Mommy at her side. She’s even heard your opinion about “aimless Avi” and the “nice enough neighbors.” It’s not likely that Chedvah would sacrifice or sabotage her future because the guy next door landed on her welcome mat. So whether or not you’ve read the memo: Chedvah and Avi may truly like each other. Avi may not be suave or charming in your eyes, still, he may be kind and caring towards Chedvah. He may be sensitive and funny, respectful to your daughter and comfortable to be around – a good foundation for a great marriage. As for his lackluster plans: a loving wife may be just the inspiration Avi needs to buckle down and shine in school and his career. Haven’t we always believed a that good woman makes her man? In short, Mom, rather than perseverate that Chedvah’s taking the easy way out, sit down with her, and in your kindest, least judgmental manner, ask her what makes Avi so special to her. If

The rock might just be the diamond ring and the hard place: coming to terms with the idea of Avi being your future sonin-law.

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she’s too shy or unable to articulate her feelings, offer her the services of a dating coach so she (and you) can feel she’s choosing Avi for all the right reasons – a choice she can happily live with for the rest of her life.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond n one hand, you say you have been nudging Chedvah to come up with a resume because you feel she is ready for marriage, and on the other hand you are alluding to having absolutely no faith in her decisions. How can you have tried to push your wonderful daughter into starting to date if you cannot trust her to be ready to make the ultimate decision? You say she is only falling for Avi because it is “easy.” I say, have more faith than that in your own daughter! Remember, this was the daughter you were just encouraging to start dating because you thought she was ready. On this panel we hear this type of question a lot. Parents who are extremely eager for their wonderful children to start dating and, when they make a choice, they suddenly wish to step in and make the decision for them. You are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rock might just be the

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diamond ring and the hard place: coming to terms with the idea of Avi being your future son-in-law. The bottom line is you do not want to lose your daughter. She and Avi are dating exclusively and it is getting serious. Any attempts from you to push them apart will likely just make her resent you for doing so. You can approach her lovingly with open communication and talk about the many things that should be taken into consideration when choosing a husband. You can do this generally, without pointing fingers or belittling Avi since that only will push her away. You can lovingly

approach thought-provoking topics so she can come to her own conclusions. Be the loving ear for her to talk to and the shoulder to cry on, and she will be more likely to listen to your advice when you give it.

The Single Tova Wein can understand your concern. It does seem very possible that Chedvah started dating Avi because it was so convenient and since she’s

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s parents of adult children, there is a bitter pill often prescribed. It’s a nasty little pill at first, but once it builds up in the system, the results are often a game changer! The name of the pill is MyChildGetstoChoose. The generic name is I’mNoLongerinControlmyGdIHopeIRaisedHerRight. We can present, discuss, shower with love, guide, argue, worry, plead, and punish. Ultimately, the choice is theirs. Always theirs. When adult children feel the judgment of their parents, or feel that their parents are telling them what to do, they often back away. Parents who are overbearing often find their calls aren’t being picked up as often and their children are always busy. At the end of the day, it will be Chedvah’s decision to continue dating Avi or to break up with him, to see a therapist to explore and work on her anxiety, etc. Should you swallow MyChildGetstoChoose, it may allow you your best chance to hold Chedvah’s hand through her relationship with Avi. When our children know that they are ultimately in charge and that we respect and honor their free will and intuition, they are

usually more inclined to turn to their parents as a sounding board and even seek their guidance. This may be the perfect relationship for Chedvah or she may be hiding behind it, using it as a safe place to avoid working through her shyness and anxiety. Without meeting her or having a deeper understanding, I have to be honest and tell you that I have no idea which one it is. I also have to tell you that neither do you. My standard guideline for situations similar to yours is to come alongside your daughter and support her. No, that doesn’t mean going wedding dress shopping and ignoring the elephant in the room. I actually commend you for being so honest about your daughter’s issue and not pretending it isn’t there. It would be so much easier for you to believe that your daughter’s issue is cured or she will work through it in this relationship with Avi or that it will somehow go away. Back to the guideline: 1. Open up the lines of communication. Let her know that you are a safe

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probably known him for many, many years, it was an easy and stress-free way for her to start dating. This would not be the first time someone dated and married “the boy next door.” There’s something to be said for the ease with which it occurred. On the other hand, another way to look at it is to say that Chedvah has known Avi her whole life practically and yet they still seem to be pulled toward one another. Their relationship has truly passed the test of time, which says a lot. And even if she is dating him because she is too shy to go out there and be set up, that doesn’t mean that this can’t be a wonderful occurrence. Rather than focusing so much on Chedvah’s shyness and choosing the path of least resistance, why not focus on how the two of them seem together? Do they seem comfortable together? Happy, connected…

person to speak with. 2. Show her your support and faith in her decision making ability. 3. Invite Avi over when the couple is ready. Spend as much time together with them as a couple as you can. Join her in her excitement and welcome him with open arms. 4. In your most loving and compassionate stance, ask Chedvah how she feels around Avi, about her anxiety in her relationship, about how she feels in the relationship. If you have a solid, open relationship, there will be room to discuss your concerns about Chedvah’s shyness and avoidance. If done properly, there is nothing wrong with discussing your concerns. As a matter of fact, if done properly, it’s the absolute right thing to do. Do not make it about Avi. Do not make it about Avi. Do not make it about Avi. 5. You can offer her sessions with a therapist if there is anything she may want to talk about with someone outside the family. 6. This part has nothing to do with Chedvah and her relationship. This part is for you and you alone. This is a major transition in your life as a parent. Your daughter is a young woman now and your relationship with her is

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on the same page? Spend time with the two of them and observe their chemistry and dynamic. We know that Avi is a very nice young man from a nice family. That alone is meaningful. Talk to Chedvah privately and with loving curiosity about the possible future she sees with Avi. What are her thoughts and possible concerns about his professional future? Maybe the two of them have discussed the future and there is much you don’t know about their plans. Just because it was easy doesn’t mean it was bad. Stay focused on what really matters here and you may find yourself starting to think that Chedvah is one lucky gal!

changing. Dr. Laura (radio talk show host on XM 109) says that when her son became an adult, she became an On Demand Mom. That is, when he asked for her help, she offered it. When he didn’t, she didn’t give her input. She believes that is what allows them to be so close today. I’d like you to think about shifting your focus from Chedvah and Chedvah’s problem and Chedvah’s relationship to “my role, what I can realistically do, my limitations, and am I going to swallow the bitter pill and follow the guidelines.” All the best, Jennifer

Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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What Healthy Blended Families Look Like By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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he rules change for love and discipline – the two foundations of parenting – when you remarry and you and your new spouse have children. Furthermore, there is a long, slow process, sometimes taking years, for the feeling of attachment to a step-parent to grow on a child who has in effect “lost” one or both parents to divorce. What do I mean? To a child, the family unit is as permanent as the earth under his feet. It is inconceivable that his parents – who were a solid mass of oneness in his eyes – could be ripped apart. Even in families where there has been verbal aggression and the child comes to believe his parents would be better off apart, it is still awfully hard for him to imagine such a radical change. When that change takes place, the child must grieve the loss of the dream of a solid, permanent, loving family. There’s no way out of that. And, frankly, that grieving process could take years. It is kind of like how it must have felt for Yaakov Avinu to “mourn” the loss of Yosef when in fact Yosef was not dead. The mourning can’t be done and gone because

there isn’t any real mourning to begin with. For Yaakov that process took 22 years and never needed to be completed, thank G-d, because he was able to reunite with his beloved son. The children of divorce generally have a fantasy of reunification. (See Judith Wallerstein.) So the new step-parent is up against incredible odds: the power of the child’s loyalty and fantasy. People will argue with me that the kids are “fine” and that they’ve “adjusted.” Which is great. They may be doing well in school, have friends, and are basically happy. This still does not mean they won’t have loyalties to the parent that they no longer see every day. This also does not mean that they won’t feel a sense of anger or resentment against one or both of their natural parents for taking this huge step. Therefore, the step-parent must step gingerly and carefully into his or her role; the love and the discipline are handled very differently for step-parenting than for parenting. The natural parent at the same time cannot afford to abnegate his or her role as disciplinarian and unconditional lover of the child either.

Here are some helpful tips for navigating these waters: • The step-parent goes out of their way to be kindly and understanding to the step-child. • The step-parent never favors their own child over the step-child even if the step-child comes with tons of “baggage” such as sulking, acting out, no eye contact, not listening, not being present, etc. • The step-parent cannot be the one to discipline the step-child; this is done by the natural parent. • The natural parent does not spoil the child with material things as a way of making up to him for the damage coming from the family breakup. • The natural parent does not allow the child to get away with chutzpah and rudeness just because they feel guilty over the difficulty the child has in adjusting. • That said, the way in which the natural parent must deal with chutzpah and rudeness can still be soft and kind. Words like, “That wasn’t acceptable. Go sit down and think about what you said and then when you’re ready to apologize, I’m here to listen”

will work better than anger and harsh penalties. The former focuses on the relationship; the anger and harsh punishments make the relationship unimportant. Yet, of course, the relationship is everything, or ought to be. • The key to carrying out relationship-focused parenting is consistency and lack of drama. Any time a parent succumbs to anger or frustration, they’re inviting the child to argue and not listen. • The step-parent has to go slowly in building up the “love” part of the relationship. While a natural parent automatically and fervently loves their own child, this can’t be the case with a step-parent. The beginning of a relationship is simply knowing the other person. So the step-parent must be a listener. • Being a listener means walking the delicate balance between reading between the lines and mind-reading. While noticing a person’s hesitation or avoidance of a subject is a great example of reading between the lines, mind reading is making interpretations that are way beyond one’s job description. Even therapists should not mind read. Interpretations of

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what was in another person’s mind or heart is the height of disrespect and should never happen. • Reading a person’s mood, for example, from their body language can be followed up with a very hesitant and tentative question so that it is not in danger of becoming mind-reading. “Does what I said make you feel annoyed with me?” could be an example of that. • A good, general way of summing up a healthy step-parent’s attitude is that it shows humility. Humility, curiosity, interest, and warmth combined with respect for boundaries and privacy are good middot with which to enter step-parenting a step-child. • If the step-parent is with all the children and the natural parent is not there, the discipline must be gentle and understanding. This would be true anyway, even for one’s own naturally-born children. No reason to yell if you can accomplish the same thing without it. If the step-child is the oldest of the group and the step-par-

ent would like the step-child to be a role model for the younger ones, singling them out is done by conveying a sense of honor and respect to them rather than making them feel picked on. “Can you do me a favor, Jim? It

ing about court issues, the difficulties given by the divorced parent, or their own negative feelings. • The children are never placed in the middle. Never. They are not your confidant, not your messenger,

The love and the discipline are handled very differently for step-parenting than for parenting.

would help me enormously with the little ones if you’d get the ball rolling with cleaning your room. Then they’ll copy you because they admire you.” • The children never overhear either parents or step-parents speak-

and not your support. They are not even your friend. You, the parent, are above them. Don’t scare them and stress them by conveying too much importance to their position. That doesn’t make them feel cared for and

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secure. This is true of children at any age, even into their twenties. Second marriages have a terribly high divorce rate. Studies have shown this to be due to a variety of factors: (1) feeling less connected to the second spouse due to the shortness of the relationship; (2) having divorced once, the stigma of divorce has been experienced already and it turns out to be less bad than pre-supposed; (3) here’s the worst one – people have not learned from their mistakes. #3 means that people think it was the other spouse’s fault and therefore they have nothing to learn from the first divorce. Healthy blended families, on the other hand, do not hesitate to get the help they need to be able to see themselves a bit more objectively and work on their thoughts, attitudes, feelings, and behavior. Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She can be reached at 646-54-DRDEB or by writing drdeb@ drdeb.com.

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Diet and Fertility By Aliza Beer MS, RD

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t’s no secret that a diet rich in healthy foods generally leads to a better lifestyle. However, most women, and men alike, overlook the fact that diet can directly impact specific functions of the body including our reproductive system. The following tips are adapted from the Fertility Diet, a book written by Harvard doctors and researchers. The book is based on the Nurse’s Health Study which examined diet and fertility in 18,000 women looking to get pregnant. Up until that point, very little research had been conducted on the effects of food and fertility rates in women with only a handful of old wives’ tales circulating. Now, we finally have evidence to suggest that the foods we eat can protect and increase fertility. Getting your body in the right state is essential to a healthy conception and pregnancy. Eating certain nutrient-rich foods can improve the quality of eggs, lower the risk of ovulatory infertility, and balance hormones which, in turn, will increase your chances of getting pregnant. And yes, there may be some ice cream involved. So without further ado, what to eat when you want to get pregnant: 1. Choose Foods with Low Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: This basically translates to “opt for slow carbs over fast carbs.” The common misconception in today’s day is to avoid the category of the infamous carb altogether. However, eating healthy carbs with lots of fiber and vitamins, like whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, and beans, can actually improve

fertility by regulating blood sugar. Avoid rapidly digesting carbs like white flour, soft drinks, and candy. These will spike your blood sugar and thereby spike your insulin level quickly. Instead, try swapping regular pasta for a whole grain variety or adding fiber-rich lentils to a winter veggie soup. 2. Get Good Fat: It’s not necessarily how much fat you’re getting but rather the type and quality of the fat. Studies show that trans-fat intake has been linked to a higher risk of infertility. Donuts, frozen pie crusts, margarines, and most packaged snack foods all contain trans-fats. Try getting more unsaturated fat or “good fat” into your diet. They can help lower inflammation which, in turn, assists in healthy ovulation. Good sources of plant-based fats include avocados (yes, as in avocado toast. Brunch happily, my friend), olive oil, canola oil, nuts, and seeds. 3. Protein Power: For proteins, you want to switch out some of that red meat and chicken for more plant-based options and heart healthy fish. It’s true that animals are great for packing protein and iron but it has been shown that higher animal protein intake is linked with greater risk of infertility. Maintaining a healthy weight is key, and red meat can often contribute to excess fat gain. Instead, try salmon, which is rich in omega-3 and those heart healthy fats discussed above. Some plant-based options include beans, tofu (note, I suggest to only buy organic soy products), and nuts. Eggs are a perfect food, because they are a complete source of high quality protein

with few calories. 4. Keep it Real: Always opt for whole and unprocessed foods, the more natural, the better. Know the ingredients that you are ingesting and limit the stuff you can’t pronounce. If you cannot recognize what you are eating, then you should not be eating it! 5. Remember the Ice Cream? I haven’t forgotten about it, don’t worry. Ice cream is an example of full-fat dairy. Dairy has long been linked to women’s health but recently studies have shown that removing fat content from dairy can affect cycles of ovulation which can result in fertility issues. Consider cottage cheese, full-fat Greek yogurts (note, those probiotics can also improve chances for a healthy baby), whole milk, and yes, as promised, the occasional indulgence of ice cream. Just make sure to adjust your calorie intake to make room for the extra dose of calories you’ll be getting from the full-fat dairy. 6. Limit Alcohol and Coffee Intake: Both alcohol and coffee, in excess, are causes of dehydration. Although indirectly, diuretic drinks can lead to an imbalance of moisture in cervical fluid. Try switching to herbal teas or going to sleep a tiny bit earlier so you’ll need a little less caffeine to beat that afternoon slump. Also, make sure you consume at least 64 oz. of water a day. Seltzer and naturally flavored seltzers are considered water. 7. Take your Vitamins: Prenatal vitamins are not a myth. They increase the chances of a healthy pregnancy. Women should be getting at

least 400 micrograms of folic acid and 40-80 milligrams of iron. Start taking pre-natal vitamins as early as a few months before a potential pregnancy. 8. Replacement Rule: Simply adding healthy foods to an unhealthy diet routine will not yield the results you’re looking for. Drinking a glass of lemon water the morning after a night of piña coladas won’t “reset” your body. Always remember to replace an unhealthy food after you’ve eliminated with a healthy food. This will curb cravings and slowly ease you into a diet that’s both healthy and satisfying. Diet and fertility linkage is incredible with firm evidence pointing to their strong relationship. Doctors have noticed unhealthier embryos in women whose BMIs fall lower than 20 and higher than 25. It’s important to maintain a healthy weight when trying to get pregnant as well as during pregnancy itself. Despite this advice, remember that these foods and diet tips are not meant to replace physician-instructed medical advice to treat diagnosed fertility issues. Rather, they are simple and beneficial ways to increase your chances of a healthy conception and pregnancy. Always consult with a physician when considering changing diet habits before or during pregnancy.

Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com.

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Crockpot Onion & Flanken Soup Meat • Yields 8 servings • Freezer friendly By Naomi Nachman

I’m excited to share my recipes from my brand-new cookbook, Perfect Flavors, published by ArtScroll with my loyal readers of TJH. Who doesn’t love a big bowl of onion soup? However, making it can be time-consuming, as you have to sauté the onions for a long time while stirring them. This recipe allows you to skip the sautéing, as your crockpot does all the work for you. Ingredients 12 onions, sliced into half-moons 1 tablespoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup canola oil 2 pounds bone-in flanken 4 cups beef, chicken, or vegetable broth ¾ cup red wine ¼ cup red miso paste

Preparation Combine onions, salt, pepper, and oil in a crockpot; stir to combine. Add flanken to the crockpot; cover with onion mixture. Cover; cook on high for 4-5 hours, until onions are golden brown. Add broth, wine, and miso paste; stir to combine. Cook on high for an additional hour. Cook’s Tip: Miso paste is a paste made from fermented bean curd. Used primarily in Japanese cooking, it adds umami, depth of flavor, to the dishes. Miso paste is available in a variety of colors; the darker the color, the stronger the flavor. I use them interchangeably. Recipe and picture shared with permission by ArtScroll and Miriam Pascal. Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website, www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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One of the guys said, “Man up and swim around Britain” and I thought, “Yeah, that’s got a ring to it.” - Ross Edgley, 33, who just completed his 157 day swim around the coast of Britain, talking about what inspired his voyage

Today’s the first day of November. Turkeys were like, “Anyone else have a weird feeling that something bad is about to happen?” - Jimmy Fallon

I shouldn’t say this, because I want to unite. I do eventually want to unite, but the fact is we’re driving them crazy. We’re driving them crazy. They don’t know what to do. They’re going loco. Loco! - President Trump at a campaign rally

The world opposes every decision made by Trump. -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

I don’t mind when they say things about me like I’m a liberal; I like that. But when they say San Francisco liberal, as if to make it sound like it’s something negative, them’s fightin’ words. Don’t attack my city. Don’t attack my city. But, San Francisco values, that’s what we’re about. – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at a campaign event

If a land is occupied or plundered, it should be liberated from the occupiers and plunderers, even if this leads to the martyrdom of tens of millions of Muslims.

Michael Cohen has become a tool of his new handlers and this is a partisan attack. - President Trump’s friend Roger Stone responding to comments by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, who claims that Trump made racist comments to him

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox who won the World Series last night… It marks the first time that the Red Sox won the World Series since 2013. Today, five-year-olds in Boston were like, “Finally, the curse is broken.” – Jimmy Fallon

- Imam Hasan Sabri of the Islamic Center of South Florida in a recent sermon

I mean, yeah. To me, it’s a no-brainer. This weekend, Hillary didn’t rule out running for president in 2020. The company that is building the Titanic II was like, “That sounds like a bad idea.” - Jimmy Fallon

- Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic-Socialist, Queens) when asked in a recent interview if Democrats will try to impeach Trump

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After an extensive investigation that included the thorough review of all potentially credible evidence submitted and interviews of more than 40 individuals with information relating to the allegations, including classmates and friends of all those involved, Committee investigators found no witness who could provide any verifiable evidence to support any of the allegations brought against Justice Kavanaugh. - Just released conclusion of the Senate Judiciary Committee report regarding the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh

There was a man caught tasting soup at a buffet directly from a ladle and then putting the ladle back in the soup. But eventually a campaign aide got Bernie Sanders to go back on his campaign bus. – Jimmy Fallon

If you’ve read anything about the rise of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler, you will see the parallels. - Jane Fonda talking about President Trump at the Women’s Media Awards last week

Death to Israel! Death to America! - Jew-hater Louis Farrakhan, on a recent trip to Iran, leading a chant at University of Tehran law school at the end of speech in which he said, “I understand how the enemies have plotted against the Iranian people and I would like to stay alongside you to stop their plots”

A lot of things are offensive. Your questions are offensive a lot of times. - President Trump, when asked by a reporter if an immigration ad that he released is offensive

It is obvious that the president of the United States of America is placing a target on my back and he keeps calling my name and lying about me in order to make the target work. So I’m not intimidated by it, but I know what he’s doing. - Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on MSNBC accusing President Donald Trump of trying to have her harmed

The president says he’s a nationalist. Again, we know where this comes from, and it’s painful, especially to the ears of those who fled and fought the Nazis like the 11 Jewish people massacred this past weekend. This is who Trump is. This is how he is molding the GOP in his image, and that party seems to be sitting by scared or joining in. This is a far cry from where the party ever was. - CNN’s Chris Cuomo

This is heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking. The hope has been that the antibodies would kick in — that this sort of infestation of hatred and division would draw a response from the American people, really in both parties, to say “no and no more.” That does not seem to be happening tonight. It’s not a blue wave, it’s still a blue war. We’ve got to continue the fight forward. I think that sense of helplessness that has really fueled a lot of this outrage and outpouring tomorrow from Democrats may still be there tomorrow, even if we have the House. – CNN’s Van Jones as hopes of a blue wave faded on election eve

I found myself so sad and heartbroken after the 2016 election. I couldn’t sleep nights, I found myself eating a lot as I tweeted about every time this president said something that wasn’t true. I just had to eat pancakes, and coffee ice cream, and tweet and write (music). - Barbara Streisand, in an interview with Good Morning America

Today Apple announced that their new MacBooks are made from 100% recycled aluminum, which sounds nice until you look closely at your laptop and see the faded words, “Mountain Dew.” - Jimmy Fallon

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After losing their first six games of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have fired their head coach. Apparently during games all he was doing was shouting, “Pass it to LeBron.” – Jimmy Fallon

At the World Series parade in Boston a fan threw a can of beer that actually damaged the trophy. The fan wasn’t arrested— he was named Mayor of Boston. – Jimmy Fallon

We’re not about to spend $20,000 in taxpayer money to distribute adhesive participation trophies. - Suffolk County Republican Elections Commissioner Nick LaLota explaining why Suffolk County did not give out “I voted” stickers

If this was a Republican, male or female, they are finished.

My faith in humanity? Definitely restored, so, box checked. -Katharina Gröne, who was rescued by helicopter from the Pacific Crest Trail after a stranger she met hiking suspected she might have gotten trapped in snow and sleet and called 911

- Rush Limbaugh responding to Hillary Clinton’s joke during a recent interview that “they all look alike” when she confused former Attorney General Eric Holder and Senator Cory Booker, who are both black

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When I first said that the president was welcome, I’ve received a lot of emails, too numerous to count, I’ve received many that are not happy with those words. Those emails also contain hate. It just continues in this vicious cycle. We need to be better than this. - Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in an interview with CNN

We don’t do stunts in this department. - Defense Secretary James Mattis when asked if the deployment of more than 5,200 service members to the U.S.Mexico border was for political purposes

The biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them. Good rule in life: I try hard not to offend; I try harder not to be offended. That being said, I hope [NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”] recognizes that vets don’t deserve to see their wounds used as punchlines for bad jokes. - Texas Republican congressional candidate and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw’s response to “Saturday Night Live” after the show mocked him for losing an eye while serving in Afghanistan

– CNN’s Don Lemon

I guarantee he’ll challenge the legitimacy of the vote. - Joe Biden, talking about President Trump, after casting his mid-term vote

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Our Descent into Vitriol Began Long Before Trump

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fter a deranged Democrat living in his van nearly assassinated Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., firing more than 70 rounds at House Republicans practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declared it “outrageous” that anyone would blame Democrats’ rhetoric for inspiring the shooter. “How dare they say such a thing!” Pelosi thundered. Never mind that the shooter echoed Democratic vitriol against the president, ranting on Facebook that “Trump is Guilty & Should Go to Prison for Treason” and that “Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.” Now Democrats are doing exactly what they condemned, blaming President Trump’s divisive rhetoric for the recent spate of mail bomb attacks and the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The truth is they ceded the moral high ground years ago. Our descent into vitriol began long before Trump – and Democrats and their allies are as culpable as the president. Recall that, in 2000, the NAACP spent millions on ugly ads accusing George W. Bush of moral equivalence with white supremacists who brutally lynched James Byrd in 1998. “My father was ... beaten, chained, and then dragged three miles to his death, all because he was black,” said Byrd’s daughter, as the screen flashed grainy images of a chain dragging a body behind a pickup truck. “So, when Gov-

ernor George W. Bush refused to support hate-crime legislation, it was like my father was killed all over again.” Barack Obama set the tone for his 2008 campaign against John McCain when he declared, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., answered that call when he compared McCain to segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace and declared that McCain was replicating the climate of “hatred and division” that led to attacks on civil rights

She also compared the GOP to terrorists, declaring, “Now, extreme views on women, we expect that from some of the terrorist groups, we expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world, but it’s a little hard to take from Republicans.” And she listed Republicans alongside the Iranians among the “enemies” she was most proud of making. When Trump took office, Democrats abandoned their role as the “opposition” and declared themselves

When you traffic for decades in hateful, violent political rhetoric, you have lost the moral authority to effectively condemn others for doing so.

workers. Four year later, a pro-Obama super PAC ran ads showing GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan pushing an old lady in a wheelchair over the side of a cliff, while another ran false ads blaming Mitt Romney for a woman’s death from cancer. During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton compared Republicans to Nazis, saying in regard to illegal immigrants they wanted to “round them up” and put them in “boxcars.”

“the resistance.” Look up “resistance” in the Oxford dictionary and you’ll see the definition “the use of force or violence to oppose someone or something.” William E. Scheuerman, professor of political science at Indiana University, notes the word resistance “first surfaces in debates about tyrannicide, the violent removal from power of misbehaving kings who usurp authority not properly belonging to them.” Scalise would have been for-

given for pointing out that his wouldbe assassin took Democrats’ calls to “resistance” literally. More recently, some Democrats were peddling unfounded accusations that Brett M. Kavanaugh participated in gang attacks in an effort to destroy the Supreme Court nominee. Clinton defended smash-mouth tactics, declaring that “you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for.” None of this excuses Trump’s rhetoric, but it does make his Democratic accusers hypocrites. When you traffic for decades in hateful, violent political rhetoric, you have lost the moral authority to effectively condemn others for doing so. Indeed, Democrats arguably bear much of the blame for creating Trump. One of the reasons voters rallied behind Trump is precisely because, after years of seeing their standard-bearers act like punching bags, Trump presented himself as a counterpuncher who isn’t afraid to fight back and gives as good as he gets. The results are ugly. Trump is wrong to call the media the “enemy of the people” and to celebrate a congressman body-slamming a reporter, and the host of other terrible things he has said. But Democrats were dragging us into the political gutter long before Trump came along. If they think Americans elected a Frankenstein’s monster, they are Dr. Frankenstein. (c) 2018, Washington Post Writers Group

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The Memory Our Short-Term Descent of the Outrage Machine into Vitriol Began Long Before Trump By Marc A. Thiessen

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100 Years Since World War I By Avi Heiligman

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t was 100 years ago that the First World War ended. The official end came with the Armistice on November 11, 1918. Other agreements and armistices had taken the Ottomans and the Austro-Hungarians out of the war but this particular armistice ended the fighting between the Allies and the Germans. And so, the hostilities were over. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended the war on June 28, 1919. This month marks the 100th year since the end of fighting that saw Jews fight on both sides of the war. In the United States it coincides with Veterans Day, a day that honors American veterans of all wars and was first called Armistice Day in 1919. The Great War was billed as the “war to end all wars” and resulted in the end of major empires which had been dominant for centuries prior. The ineffective League of Nations was subsequently created to maintain world peace but led to World War II in 1939. However, for a few years in the interwar period between the two wars, an uneasy calm existed and this was result of Armistice Day. Armistice means an agreement by opposing sides in a war for a period of time. At the end of September, the German military command informed the Kaiser that the war was lost and for the next few weeks terms were worked out with the Allies. President Woodrow Wilson insisted on certain demands which weren’t immediately accepted. Allied ships had blockaded German ports and these were only re-

opened after the Germans had signed the agreement. Kaiser Wilhelm II had abdicated and another official designated by the German government signed for the Germans. On the morning of November 11, 1918, Baltimorean Henry Gunther was killed by machine gun fire a minute before 11 AM. He was last soldier to die in the war from both sides. There were approximately 3,500 other American casualties that day, even though both sides had known about the armistice for two days.

After the agreement to the armistice that ended World War I

The front page of the New York Times on November 11, 1918

11, 1919, President Wilson declared, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.” Businesses closed for two minutes at 11 AM, and parades and speeches were held to honor those who served

November 11. A 1932 congressional act made the day a legal holiday proclaiming “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.” Beginning in 1954, the United States designated November 11 as Veterans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars. British Commonwealth countries now call the holiday Remembrance Day.

During the battle he became so good at this dangerous practice that he actually started catching the ticking time bombs before hurling them at the enemy.

On the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month the armistice between the Allied powers and Germany took place. Prolonged three times until final terms could be reached, peace was finally ratified on January 10, 1920. An estimated 116,000 servicemen died during the war and President Wilson wanted to have a day to remember these heroes. On November

and those who died. In addition to the U.S., both Great Britain and France commemorated Armistice Day. At Buckingham Palace in London Armistice Day events were held, and in multiple countries a two minute silence was observed. Congress approved a resolution in 1926 declaring that the president should make annual proclamations on

Jewish soldiers served with distinction during World War I. Ishroulch “Issy” Shmeilowitz was born to Orthodox French parents in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1890. When he was just eleven years old he boarded a boat headed for England as a stowaway. For the next three years he lived in the impoverished East End of London with his brother where many Jewish immigrants had settled. Issy joined the Manchester Regiment as a corporal and took part in several battles. During the Battle of Nueve Chapelle, Issy was wounded but remained with the regiment. Before the 2nd Battle of Ypres began on April 22, 1915, the regiment had considerable losses in other battles in France. Four days into the battle on April 26, the Germans were using chlorine gas which was wreaking havoc among Allied units with the Manchester Regiment. Issy Smith barely escaped with his life during an artillery barrage before helping other soldiers escape with theirs. His citation for the Victoria Cross explains his actions that day, “For most conspicuous bravery on 26th April, 1915, near

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Ypres, when he left his Company on his own initiative and went well forward towards the enemy’s position to assist a severely wounded man, whom he carried a distance of 250 yards into safety, whilst exposed the whole time to heavy machine-gun and rifle fire.” Later in the day Issy was seen bringing several other wounded soldiers to safety under very hazardous conditions. Leonard Keysor was born in London, England, in 1885. At the age of 19 he moved to Canada and ten years later moved again this time to Sydney, Australia, where two of his siblings were living. He had taken a clerical position but just three months after he moved the war broke out. Feeling that it was his duty to serve he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in the summer of 1914. After joining the First Battalion he landed in Egypt for further training and to protect the Suez Canal. Grenades, sometimes called bombs during the war, were being used in warfare for the first time and,

A marker for Henry Gunther, the last casualty of World War I

as such, had several defects. There were two types: one that detonated on impact and another that exploded after a time fuse ran down. Both were subject to be duds for a variety of reasons and many of them did not pack a powerful punch. The Ottomans mainly used the latter type and began tossing them across into the Australian

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enemy. He even used his trench coat to defuse the grenades before they exploded. The grenade-tossing infantryman was wounded twice but kept on saving the lives of his countrymen by getting rid of the live bombs. For over two days Keysor remained on the front refusing to be treated for his wounds until the danger of his unit’s position being overrun had passed. Finally, he allowed himself to be sent to the rear only to find out that he was suffering from typhoid. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in battle. The heroes who served during World War I are all gone as the last veteran passed away in 2012. They will always be remembered for answering the call to serve their respective countries in a time of need.

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orld War I was also known as the Great War, the World War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars. • World War I was fought from 1914-1918 on every ocean and on almost every continent. Most of the fighting, however, took place in Europe. • The war began on June 28, 1914, when a Serbian terrorist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. Russia and France sided with Serbia, and Germany supported Austria-Hungary. Other countries around the world were soon pulled into the fighting. World War I officially ended 4 years later on November 11, 1918. • More than 65 million men from 30 countries fought in World War. Nearly 10 million men died in the fighting. The Allies lost around 6 million soldiers; the Central Powers lost about 4 million.

• Russia mobilized 12 million troops during WWI, making it the largest army in the war. More than 3/4 were killed, wounded, or went missing in action. • Nearly 2/3 of military deaths in World War I were in battle. In previous conflicts, most deaths were due to disease. • The most successful fighter pilot of the entire war was German fighter pilot Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), or the “Red Baron.” He shot down 80 planes, more than any other WWI pilot. He died after being shot down near Amiens. France’s René Fonck (1894-1953) was the Allies’ most successful fighter pilot, shooting down 75 enemy planes. • During World War I, dogs were used as messengers and carried orders to the front lines in capsules attached to their bodies. Dogs were also used to lay down telegraph wires. • Big Bertha was a 48-ton howitzer used by the Germans in World War I. It was named after the wife of

its designer Gustav Krupp. It could fire a 2,050-lb (930-kg) shell a distance of 9.3 miles (15 km). However, it took a crew of 200 men six hours or more to assemble. Germany had 13 of these huge guns or “wonder weapons.” • Tanks were initially called “landships.” However, in an attempt to disguise them as water storage tanks rather than as weapons, the British decided to code name them “tanks.” • Woodrow Wilson’s campaign slogan for his second term was “He kept us out of war.” About a month after he took office, the United States declared war on Germany on April 6th 1917. • The total cost of World War I for the U.S. was more than $30 billion. • The war left thousands of soldiers disfigured and disabled. Reconstructive surgery was used to repair facial damage, but masks were also used to cover the most horrific disfigurement. Some soldiers stayed in nursing homes their entire lives

after fighting. • World War I is the sixth deadliest conflict in world history. (World War II is the deadliest.) • Four empires collapsed after WWI: Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian. • While the first military submarine (named the Turtle) was first used by the Continental Army during the American Revolution, submarines only made a large military impact during World War I when Germany launched its fleet of U-boats. Its submarines mostly stayed on the surface and submerged only to attack ships with torpedoes. Germany’s indiscriminate submarine warfare was a primary reason the U.S. joined the war. • During World War I, the Germans released about 68,000 tons of gas, and the British and French released 51,000 tons. In total, 1,200,000 soldiers on both sides were gassed, of which 91,198 died horrible deaths. France, not Germany, was the first country to use gas against enemy troops during World

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War I. • The term “dogfight” originated during WWI. The pilot had to turn off the plane’s engine from time to time so it would not stall when the plane turned quickly in the air. When a pilot restarted his engine midair, it sounded like dogs barking. • The trench network of World War I stretched approximately 25,000 miles (40,200 km) from the English Channel to Switzerland. The area was known as the Western Front. British poet Siegfried Sassoon wrote, “When all is done and said, the war was mainly a matter of holes and ditches.” There was an estimated 1,547 miles (2,490 km) of trench lines dug during World War I. • “Hello Girls,” as American soldiers called them, were American women who served as telephone operators for Pershing’s forces in Europe. The women were fluent in French and English and were specially trained by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1979, the U.S. Army finally gave war medals and veteran benefits to the few Hello Girls who were still alive. • During World War I, American hamburgers (named after the German city of Hamburg) were renamed Salisbury steak. Frankfurters, which were named after Frankfurt, Germany, were called “liberty sausages,” and dachshunds became “liberty dogs.” Schools stopped teaching German, and German-language books were burned. • The Germans were skilled at intercepting and solving Allied codes. Germans also captured one out of four paper messengers. However, when a U.S. commander used Choctaw tribe members form the Oklahoma National Guard unit, they used an extremely complex language that the Germans could not translate. The eight Choctaw men and others who joined them became known as the Choctaw Code Talkers. • More than 500,000 pigeons carried messages between headquarters and the front lines. Groups of pigeons trained to return to the front lines were dropped into occupied areas by parachutes and kept there until soldiers had messages to send back.

• The greatest single loss of life in the history of the British army occurred during the Battle of Somme, when the British suffered 60,000 casualties in one day. More British men were killed in that one World War I battle than the U.S. lost from all of its armed forces and the National Guard combined. • World War I transformed the United Stated into the largest military power in the world. • The long-term effects of WWI include the formation of the League of Nations, which laid the groundwork for the United Nations and a worldwide arms race. Additionally, the Treaty of Versailles imposed severe sanctions on Germany, which drove the country into a deep recession, setting the groundwork for World War II. • World War I was the catalyst that transformed Russia into the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). It was the creation of the world’s first communist state and ushered in a new phase in world history. Historians note that this was the most startling and important consequence of WWI. After the war, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland emerged as independent nations. • The Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany had started WWI. It gave Alsace and Lorraine back to France. Poland picked up German territory in the east, and other territories were given to Belgium and Lithuania. The treaty also transferred the Hultschin area of Upper Silesia to Czechoslovakia. The eastern part of Upper Silesia was assigned to Poland. Lower Silesia, meanwhile, was left entirely to Germany. The key Baltic port of Danze, the industrial region of the Saar Basin, and the strategically important Rhineland were also taken from Germany. Its armed forces were strictly limited and its colonies were made League of Nations mandates. A 1921 Reparations Committee decided that Germany should pay $33 billion in compensation to the Allies for the damage it caused. The Treaty left Germany humiliated and impoverished, which left the world vulnerable to another world war.

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13 “S” Tips to Become More Productive By Rabbi Dr. Naphtali Hoff

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recent report from the U.S. Department of Labor confirms what many of us already suspect. Employee productivity is on the decline, with increases in email to respond to, web surfing, daily meetings, and poor management partly to blame (though meetings and idea sharing, while not productive per se, can and often do yield positive benefits). Many leaders and managers similarly are also not as productive as they once were. Let’s be honest. Staying productive can be tough, especially for folks who need to use their minds (to manage others, plan and be strategic, produce content, develop code, solve problems, coach, etc.) and/or pound the pavement to generate sales or other deliverables. To help us become more productive, and to make the list more memorable, I have compiled a list of “s” productivity pointers with the help of some of my LinkedIn connections. They are in no particular order. 1. Stop – This may seem to be the exact opposite of productivity. But if we want to get lots done, we need to stop and reflect on such questions as: what we’re here to achieve, how best to get things done, why this work is import-

ant, and how to do it in a way that take maximum advantage of our strengths and abilities. 2. Set goals – After all, it’s hard to get things done if you don’t know what you’re trying to achieve or how you’ll achieve it. 3. Segment and (c)elebrate –

accountable to those goals. 6. Schedule, schedule, schedule – Forget to-do lists. Instead, block out time to do the tasks that will help you complete your goals. 7. Strategize – Review your tasks and schedule them based on such things as difficulty (to do when you’re

It’s hard to get things done if you don’t know what you’re trying to achieve or how you’ll achieve it.

Break down your goals into smaller bite-size goals. Doing it means that we are accomplishing more tasks, which helps build momentum. Celebrating small victories gives you the fortitude to keep plugging away. 4. Simplify – The simpler and less complex something is, the easier it is to accomplish. 5. (Get) Serious – Hold yourself, or better, find someone else to hold you

freshest), client availability (such as the salesperson’s “golden hours”), and monotony (at the end of the day or over lunch). 8. Snooze (your devices) – Block out time for email, social media posting and other non-critical tech tasks so that you can be fully present for what you need to do. 9. Smile – It has a ripple effect, and positivity energizes everyone!

10. Stretch – Take a few minutes each hour to get up, walk around, stretch, exercise, etc. Anything to get your blood flowing, relax your mind, and re-energize. 11. Snack – Snack on fruit, vegetables and other high-energy, low fat snacks instead of sugary, chemical-laden ones so that your body has energy to do what you’ve set out to do. 12. Sleep –Sleep is super important and often not valued enough in our hectic, multi-tasking-is-king, world. 13. Self-Care – Especially when we are committed to both family and work, this can get taken for granted. Have any more “s” productivity ideas? Email me at nh@impactfulcoaching.com and/or tweet them to @ impactfulcoach.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, is an executive coach and President of Impactful Coaching & Consulting. For a free, no obligation consultation, please call 212-470-6139 or email nhoff@impactfulcoaching.com. Check out his new leadership book, “Becoming the New Boss,” on Amazon. Download his free eBook for understaffed leaders at ImpactfulCoaching.com/EPIC.

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The New Hustles Side Gigs Gone Mainstream By Chaim Homnick

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mployment opportunities like Uber or platforms like Airbnb have helped coin a new term: “the gig economy.” People are increasingly looking for ways to make side cash in their spare time, whether that means taking a second job or renting rooms in their home or even flipping random items from around the house on eBay. For some, these gig economy jobs have actually become their fulltime pursuits and the rewards can be massive for the earliest adopters and self-trained experts of a new industry or platform. In the Jewish world, it seems like many similar “side gigs” have gone mainstream. Presumably, yeshiva graduates are tempted by the opportunity to pursue a new market, career or opportunity that doesn’t require a college degree. For other Orthodox Jews, the allure of pursuing business comes from a desire to support the expensive Orthodox lifestyle in a fashion that many traditional 9-to-5 career paths cannot sustain. Instead, entrepreneurs who enter these nascent fields need a willingness to apply themselves within an emerging industry and learn the ins and outs of the market until you know its nuances as well as or better than the companies that birthed the marketplace. Here are a few examples of industries that members of the Jewish community have been quick to adopt and adapt to:

Mileage/Points At first, credit card points just seemed like a nice spending perk to incentivize using cards over cash. Of course, the community was quickly at the forefront of realizing the inherent potential in a complex system with all types of built-in bonuses, spending thresholds, perks and more. For some, credit card points and miles remain a nice bonus for using

once-in-a-lifetime opportunities like throwing out a first pitch at the World Series. Peyd, located here in the Five Towns, helps businesses maximize their spending efficiency and increase their rewards earnings; they also help businesses and individuals book flights at the best rates. Interestingly, after the traditional travel agency business seemed doomed by the internet,

The casual fan resellers are the ones who treat it like the stock market.

their personal or business cards but the byzantine mechanisms and calculations of the industry remain a secret to the average consumer. However, bloggers like DansDeals and companies like Peyd have created an entire industry from scratch around this market. Dan Eleff of DansDeals notoriety empowers his followers to nab the best deals and educates them via his blog posts along the way. Eleff has shed light on everything from buying dollar coins from the U.S. Mint to meet new card spending thresholds and rack up points to using rewards points to buy

credit card rewards systems led to a resurgence in the value of travel agencies like Peyd that can help business and personal clients find elusive flights or pay impossibly low reward-based rates. At this point, these companies and others like them aren’t just looking for glitches in the American Express system; they work hand-in-hand with major credit cards, processors, and airlines.

Amazon/eBay Amazon started as a bookseller. Suffice it to say, Amazon has accelerated into the global leader of selling

almost anything. And where there is a nearly-infinite customer base, there are entrepreneurs looking for ways to serve those customers. Chaim Pikarsky is the CEO of C&A Marketing, a secretive company that operates out of Lakewood, New Jersey. The brilliance of his company is that he has a team of employees scouring Amazon reviews on products looking for features people wish existing products had. Wish there was a rechargeable waterproof pool/shower speaker with Bluetooth? Pikarsky creates one and fills a niche other companies didn’t even realize existed. Many people are searching Amazon for an “egg-cooker”? Designed, manufactured, branded and available on Amazon within weeks. The successful products can sell thousands and even end up in retail. Some other products might sell dozens and be discontinued. His company does millions of dollars selling products that range from quirky to brilliant, all by generating sales analytics based on content and data available for free on Amazon itself. Another fascinating business with roots in Lakewood, New Jersey, is cardcash.com. They buy and resell unwanted gift cards, making a small margin off the top of each transaction. An example: they might buy someone’s unwanted Target gift card for 80% of its value and then post it on their site and sell it for 95% of its sticker price. EBay seemed like a fun way to flip old trash from around the house or to bid

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on that nostalgic baseball card from your youth. This is a great example of how eBay isn’t the only way to find value and sustainable margins from connecting sellers and their unwanted items with buyers seeking that exact item.

technology age we live in. This article didn’t even explore stock market day traders, Jewish social media celebrities, and many other members of industries where a side gig can be turned into a full-time gig. It is another clear reminder that business success can come in a variety of industries or from the most unexpected places. We all know people who have become fabulously wealthy in industries or with products or companies that seem completely random or unexpected. An MBA is useful but so is a keen, inquisitive mind willing to experiment in a new field paired with a little serendipity from Above.

StubHub/Ticketmaster Interestingly, eBay owns StubHub after buying it for $310 million in 2007. Perhaps more surprisingly, most of eBay’s revenue increases can be attributed to StubHub’s rapid growth while eBay’s core marketplace has slowly declined. StubHub is the industry leader in the sports and concert marketplace that includes Ticketmaster, Seat Geek, Vivid Seats, and several other startups. StubHub mainstreamed the ticket scalping business which used to be the purview of shady characters hanging around stadiums with their caps pulled low and tickets stuffed in their pockets. Now, sellers get to focus on margins from the comfort of their armchair while StubHub or other ticket resale marketplaces act as a safe intermediary between the ticket sellers and buyers while the marketplace also guarantees the tickets will be valid or your money back (a major risk of oldstyle scalping or trusting Craigslist postings). The sports resale business can at times feel like another popular side gig: day trading on the stock market. However, there is a key difference. Stocks represent shares of a company while sports or event tickets are an actual commodity that has inherent value and a natural customer base. While prices can obviously fluctuate each time the Jets win or lose, the savviest scalpers look for value-generating tickets or exclusive bulk deals that ensure safer, steadier returns. Diversifying across teams, concerts, venues and more enables sellers to protect themselves from few poor investments. Plus, the big whales in this industry use all types of technology from bots to scripts to try to stay ahead of the curve. The casual fan resellers are the ones who treat it like the stock market. They’ll buy overpriced seats for the Yankees that have zero chance of earning a return unless the Yankees go to the World Series. If that’s your plan

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and you are that confident, save yourself the time and drive into New Jersey to place a bet on the Yankees making the World Series and save yourself the hassle of selling 81+ games. Many Jews are active in the sports or concert resale market. Some do it as a hobby investment, others have parlayed it into a fulltime pursuit or a full-scale company. The top brokers even sign deals directly with teams at rates better than that team’s local season ticket holders get. However, this is an industry that evolves constantly. Teams and concert promoters got savvier quickly and many don’t like offering great deals only to watch resellers snap up all of the tickets resulting in actual fans paying more, with the profit margin ending up in the pockets of resellers. Teams have done everything from restricting resale rights, to only allowing buyers within 100 miles of the team, to tracking resale markets in order to actively confiscate tickets of resellers. The makers of Hamilton, enraged by reports that over 80% of presale tickets were bought by bots enabling resellers to collectively pocket $200,000 per week during Hamilton’s Broadway run, announced that seat prices would be raised so that “more of the profits would go to the creators of the product instead of to the resellers”. The Harry Potter play went to the greater extreme of refusing entry and cancelling any tickets that had been resold. Ultimately, business opportunity can spring up in unexpected places.

Not all side gigs are only vehicles for providing side income. While you might sell your Mets tickets on StubHub as a hobby or you open new credit cards via an Amex 3BM to earn signup bonuses, keep in mind that there are entrepreneurs out there who have built careers around these “side gigs” and the markets that have emerged in the

Chaim Homnick is the owner of Kids Kamps LLC and the owner of Five Towns Tutoring. Chaim is also the college advisor at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Lawrence and teaches Honors/AP English Literature. He has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration. For questions or comments, he can be reached directly at KidsKampsLLC@gmail.com.

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n Jewish life, there are lots of important questions, some of which do not have a perfectly clear answer. For example, why doesn’t chopped liver have a more appetizing name like “Diced Delectable”? How come sweetbreads are neither sweet nor bread? If you want to varnish wood in a kasha factory, should you use kasha varnishkes? Such pressing questions abound, playfully escaping answers like a fly dodging a swatter. These questions, however, pale in comparison to the most burning issue of them all: is kichel a cracker or a cookie? Few have dared to answer this question and, to be frank, few have cared to ask this question. Many, however, silently and subconsciously debate this dilemma. Is kichel a cracker or a cookie? For starters, we need to break the question down into more digestible parts. 1. What is kichel? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, kichel (a Yiddish term) is a “semisweet baked product made of eggs, flour, and sugar usually rolled and cut in diamond [or bowtie] shape and baked until puffed.” Kichel, a/k/a The Baker’s Bowtie, typically is served as a snack or dessert and often accompanies chopped herring or chopped liver. The kichel is beloved because it provides super-crunchy texture and is sort of the equivalent of a hard roll. As an aside, the difference between a hard roll and a stale roll is almost imperceptible. It’s sort of like the difference between rock

candy and a rock. 2. What is a cracker? The term “cracker” is defined as a “dry thin crispy baked bread product that may be leavened or unleavened.” So, a cracker – like a deadpan, underweight comedian – is dry and thin. Kichel certainly is dry but “thin” is a relative term. A female Sumo wrestler is thin when compared to a pregnant female Sumo wrestler. A kichel is thin when com-

celebrating a birthday or planning a wedding, you do not order a kichel cake. Kichel actually is a very particular snack, the kind you might find in an old-age home vending machine. 4. Is kichel a cracker or a cookie? It could be that kichel actually is a cracker-cookie combo or, as some might say, a “crookie,” which also sounds like a term to describe a novice criminal.

When a contestant asked the panel to use “kichel” in a sentence, the response was: “The thought of someone kvetching about her kichel gave Meryl the shpilkes.”

pared to a muffin but it is not so thin when compared to a saltine. 3. What is a cookie? The term “cookie” is defined as a “small flat or slightly raised cake.” Kichel is relatively small, at least when compared to a croissant or cruller. While kichel is not really flat, an argument can be made that it is slightly raised. (By the way, “slightly raised” also would describe lettering on a fancy invitation.) Whether slightly raised or not, kichel is not really a cake. If you are

If a choice must be made, then the scale probably tips in favor of the cookie. This is mostly due to a notable Yiddish expression involving the kichel: “Azoy vert dos kichel tzekrochen,” which means “that’s how the cookie crumbles.” So, based on this expression alone, kichel is a cookie because, in this case, that’s how the kichel crumbles. 5. Why does it matter? It matters because the kichel is still relevant. Case in point, during the 2009 National Spelling Bee, “kichel”

was among the words contestants had to spell. (True story.) When a contestant asked the panel to use “kichel” in a sentence, the response was: “The thought of someone kvetching about her kichel gave Meryl the shpilkes.” (Also true.) In response, the contestant asked the panel to use “shpilkes” in a sentence. (Not true.) What kichel is, cracker or cookie, also matters because it is a stepping stone to addressing many other urgent issues. For example, is chocolate-covered matzah a dessert? Mandelbread is not bread, so what is it? Besides the extra letter “o,” what exactly is the difference between a macaron and a macaroon? If coffee cake is not made with coffee, then why call it coffee cake? Just because it is served with coffee does not mean it should be called coffee cake. Under that logic, funnel cake should be served with a funnel, sponge cake with a sponge, and pound cake with British currency. 6. What now? It does not really matter whether kichel is a cracker or a cookie. If served at a kiddush, it will be devoured regardless of its classification . . . unless a more appetizing Tam-Tam is nearby. Final thought: when a stolen iPhone is returned to a pastry chef, that is known as an Apple turnover.

Jon Kranz is an attorney living in Englewood, New Jersey. Send any comments, questions or insults to jkranz285@ gmail.com.

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House for Sale in Lawrence SHAARAY/CUMBERLAND AREA Near LIRR Legal 2-fam, easily convertible to a 1-fam $999K For sale by owner 516-318-9153 Don’t Get Stuck With a Two Story House Ya Know, It’s One Story Before You Buy It But a Second Story After You Own It! Call Dov Herman For An Accurate Unbiased Home Inspection Infrared - Termite Inspection Full Report All Included NYC 718-INSPECT Long Island 516-INSPECT www.nyinspect.com NORTH WOODMERE Beautiful spacious 4 bedroom colonial, finished basement, in ground pool, close to all. $939,000 Call Nat Farago 516-924-2971 nat1stoprealtygroup@gmail.com ML#3036766

PRICE REDUCED: Sprawling 4BR, 4BA Exp-Ranch, Oversized Rooms, LR W/Fplc, Formal Dining Rm, Large Den, Master Suite, Full Finished Basement, Storage Room & Office, Deck, Fabulous Property…$1.078M Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com WOODMERE $498,000 BRAND NEW LISTING. BEST PRICE/BEST VALUE IN TOWN. Renovated, SS/granite EIK, with adjacent family room/den,enc front porch, welcoming entry foyer, ample FLR/FDR. Four bedrooms on upper level and full, high, dry basement. Walk All location, including LIRR/GG/Lib. C Slansky, Broker 516-655-3636

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5 TOWNS: LOOKING FOR: Restaurateurs & Professionals!!! Orthoptists, Podiatrists, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Dentists, or Obstetrician/Gynecologists. Spaces Available in Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre, Valley Stream area. For Lease... Call for More Details Broker (516) 792-6698

COMMERCIAL RE CEDARHURST 500-3,500 +/- SF Beautiful, newly renovated space for rent. Ideal for Retail or Executive offices. Prime location. Convenient Parking. Sam @516-612-2433 or 718-747-8080 INWOOD OFFICE SPACE LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN! 500-7000 Square feet gorgeous office space with WATERVIEW in Inwood! Lots of options. Tons of parking. Will divide and customize space for your needs! Call 516-567-0100

SF MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE Available, Reception Area, Waiting Room, Kitchenette, 2 Consult, 4 Exam Rooms, 2 Bathrooms, 30 Car On-Site Parking, For Lease … Call Ian for More Details (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com INWOOD 10,000 sq ft brick building. Offices and warehouse. High ceilings. Asking $16/foot. Owner: 516-206-1100 mark@mbequitygroup.com

EAST ROCKAWAY: Retail Stores on Busy Corner, 1000SF& Up Available, Great High Visibility Location, For Lease… Call for More Details Broker (516) 792-6698

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APT FOR RENT BAYSWATER Luxury 1st floor new house beautiful brand new condition, 3 Bedrooms, 2 full bath. Custom new kitchen with granite countertops, near all shuls, references a must, $1700/month Call 718-812-4106 WOODMERE: BEST BUY Spacious 2BR Apartment, Washer/Dryer In Bldg, Elevator Bldg, Open Floor Plan, 1st Floor, Close To All...$199K Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

HOUSE FOR RENT PRIME CEDARHURST LOCATION HOUSE FOR RENT Park Avenue Location 5 bedroom house on large property-LR, DR-freshly painted $3900/month Call 917-822-1726 FAR ROCKAWAY HOUSE FOR RENT 5 BEDROOMS PRIME LOCATION 718-327-8007

FAR ROCKAWAY: NEW LISTING Spacious & Updated 2BR, 2 Bathroom Apt on 1st Floor W/Terrace In Elevator Bldg, Parking, Doorman & Laundry Room On Premise...$350K Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

HELP WANTED FIVE TOWNS SPECIAL EDUCATION Elementary School Seeks experienced paraprofessional to work with children with special needs. Email resume to seplowitzs@ou.org FIVE TOWNS YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL seeks an energetic, responsible and innovative individual to serve as full-time bookkeeper, responsible for tuition/fee collections, accounts payable, Quickbooks accounting and InfoGrasp updates, banking, and vendor relations, and reporting. Must be reliable, detail oriented, able to work within tight deadlines, and proficient using Quickbooks, Excel, MS Word. Experience using InfoGrasp is a plus. Salary commensurate with experience and skillset. E-mail resume with salary history and references to mesivta18@yahoo.com

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P: 516.791.6100 | F: 516.374.7059 www.WeissmanRealty.com

LAWRENCE CONDO~THE CARLYLE Beautifully renovated 2 bdrm 2 full bath, with granite eat-in kitchen. Hiend appliances, gleaming wood oors. Walk in shower+tub. Laundry in unit. Lots of huge closets. Terrace facing Central Ave. Parking space incl. $699K

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Large 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, upscale renovations. Large granite eat-in kitchen, washer/dryer in-unit, beautiful wood oors and quiet terrace. Parking space included. Use of gym and social room. $460K

Full service doorman building.

These 2 apartments are next door to eachother • Can be sold together as a 3-bedroom

Call Sherri Slochowsky for more information. 516-297-7995

New! Exclusive W. Broadway Woodmere 4000sf office space for 2 year lease 3 full bathrooms 14+ parking spots Call Raizie 917 903 1778

WOODMERE HOUSE COMPLETELY RENOVATED Perfect starter house in Woodmere. This light, bright 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom house has everything from new oors to recessed lighting. New windows, large kitchen with 2 sinks and 2 dishwashers, microwave oven and more. Beautiful hardwood doors and tiled bathrooms. Laundry on second oor. New heat, A/C. Unnnished basement & deep property $579K. Contact Sherri Slochowsky @ 516-297-7995 to schedule a showing.

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Far Rockaway Cornaga location, 3 to 4 offices, plus bthrm. Good for doctor, dentist or business. $1900 Call Sherri 516-297-7995

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Single rooms or executive suites. All utilities included. Starting at $600. Call Sherri 516-297-7995

Cedarhurst 1 large room Center of Cedarhurst large enough for 3 desks $650 Call Sherri 516-297-7995

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COMPUTER ROOM ASSISTANT Training provided, Bklyn elementary school pm sessions email: fivetownseducators@gmail.com

CATAPULT LEARNING Teachers, Title I Boro Park, Williamsburg and Flatbush Schools *College/Yeshiva Degree *Teaching experience required *Strong desire to help children learn *Small group instruction *Excellent organization skills Competitive salary Send resume to: Fax: (212) 480-3691 ~ Email: nyteachers@catapultlearning.com

FIVE TOWNS SPECIAL EDUCATION Elementary School Seeks experienced special education teacher for a maternity leave position. Experience with behavior plans and familiarity with ABA preferred. Email resume to: seplowitzs@ou.org Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island seeks, PRESCHOOL ASSISTANT to join our fantastic team. 9:30-3:00. Competitive salary! Please email resume to ffeig@ykli.org Shevach High School is seeking part time teacher for AP Psychology, Trigonometry Master’s degree required Email resume to office@shevachhs.org F/T & P/T REGISTERED NURSE openings to work with adults who have developmental disabilities within residential settings in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or Long Island. Current NYS RN, min 2 years hospital experience. OHEL: 855-OHEL JOB, www.ohelfamily.org/careers Seeking full time PHYSICAL THERAPIST for Special Education school located in Brooklyn. Experienced preferred. Competitive salary. Room for growth. resumes@yadyisroelschool.org 5 TOWNS BOYS YESHIVA SEEKING Elem Gen Ed Teachers. Excellent working environment and pay. Only lic/exp need apply. Email resume to yeshivalooking@gmail.com Due to continued growth, the Yeshiva of South Shore is seeking Elementary School Teachers. Cert/Exp required. Please forward resume to monika@yoss.org RECEPTIONIST Local school seeking Receptionist to oversee busy operation. Responsibilities include answering phones, making appointments, data entry, and secretarial tasks. Good communication and computer skills required. Good pay, benefits, Jewish and Secular holidays off. Part time or full time. Email resume to fivetownsschool@gmail.com Assistants needed for elementary school, afternoon session. email fivetownseducators@gmail.com

Seeking full time OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST for Special Education school located in Brooklyn. Experienced preferred. Competitive salary. Room for growth. resumes@yadyisroelschool.org Pugatch Realty Corp., in Woodmere, is looking to hire and train a select group of motivated Realtors. If you are looking to build a career in real estate, or looking to take your existing career to the next level, there is no better place to start that the #1 Real Estate Brokerage in the Five Towns… Call Today (516) 295-3000 x 128. All calls kept confidential. DRIVER FOR QUEENS DRY CLEANER ROUTE. Options to drive Tuesday am/ Thursday pm. Also hours available Monday am , Tue am and pm, Wed am and pm and Friday pm. Must have own car. Use of company van part time. Competitive salary. Contact Marc for info 917-612-2300 OFFICE MANAGER Local school seeking Office Manager to oversee busy operation. Responsibilities include managing schedules, coordinating with employees, delegating responsibilities, and working with vendors. Communication, computer and organizational skills required. Good pay, benefits, Jewish and Secular holidays off. Part time or full time. Email resume to fivetownsschool@gmail.com SHULAMITH EARLY CHILDHOOD is looking to hire a full time teacher assistant for the current school year. Please email resume to earlychildhood@shulamith.org

MISC Yeshiva looking to relocate within the Tri-State area. Campus must be zoned for yeshiva building and dormitories. Please email yeshivacampussearch@gmail.com with any leads. Elderly gentleman would like to purchase an older mercedes benz with low milage. Dents or body damage is O.K. Bruce 516-239-7444

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CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN FIVE TOWNS IS SEEKING A FULL-TIME EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUAL TO HANDLE ALL CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. -Answering inbound calls -Scheduling service appointments -Bookkeeping -Data entry and filing -Typing and submitting job proposals/estimates -Customer invoicing Qualifications: -Previous experience working as an Administrative Assistant. -Experienced in Quickbooks & MS Office -Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks -Excellent written and verbal communication skills -Strong attention to detail -Strong organizational skills -Must be courteous and professional -Experience working at a construction company a plus

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Accountants Behaving Badly, Part 40 By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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ig league baseball players like the ones who just wrapped up the World Series enjoy careers that last 5.9 years on average, and with 162 games per year, they enjoy lots of chances to be heroes. But eventually, even the best of them hang up their cleats and join the rest of us in the real world. The lucky ones find high-profile gigs running car dealerships or calling games from the broadcast booth. But every once in a while, a former player manages to makes headlines where you’d least expect them — like working as an accountant! Ben Hendrickson started out looking like he’d become one of the greats. In 2004, the promising righthander went 11-3 for the International League Indianapolis Indians and won league MVP honors. Then he got his start in the big leagues. Wearing #40, he pitched 11 games for the Milwaukee Brewers, finishing 1-10 with a 7.41 ERA. (If you’re not familiar with baseball stats, those numbers are no bueno.) Milwaukee sent him down to their Nashville farm team and eventually traded him away. But Hendrickson never made it back to “the show,” and his bright light faded away.

Fast forward to 2018. Hendrickson is working as an accountant for Floors Northwest in Fridley, Minnesota, just north of Minneapolis. Like all too many Americans, he’s working paycheck to paycheck and not getting ahead. How can he throw some heat and escape the grind? Hey, here’s an idea! Baseball runners who want to

ly blunt description for the charges against Hendrickson, which can mean trading him away for up to 20 years in a place with no organized baseball whatsoever. Here’s how the Minneapolis Star-Tribune described the criminal mastermind’s evil plan: While working for Floors North-

Which begs the question, just how bad an accountant do you have to be to not count how much you stole?

advance to the next base don’t have to wait for the batter to hit the ball…they can just take off running and steal it! So, if Hendrickson wants more money so badly, why not just steal it from the company? Last week, Anoka County District Court charged Hendrickson with four counts of “theft by swindle,” totaling about $250,000. That’s a refreshing-

west in Fridley, where Hendrickson worked for several years until he left his job last year, he would alter the amount of cash received to make it look like less was collected from sales staff. Hendrickson deposited the lower amount and kept the rest. Nearly $160,000 of the money he stole was taken in the final two years of his employment. He also allegedly shifted

$10,000 of the company’s money to a personal health care account that paid his medical bills. Hendrickson admits he stole the money…but says he thought he took between $50,000 and $75,000. Which begs the question: just how bad an accountant do you have to be to not count how much you stole? After failing at baseball and bookkeeping, Hendrickson may find that a few years in the metalworking field (specifically, stamping license plates for 11 cents/hour) may be just the vocational training he needs! We all understand wanting to get ahead. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to do it, without risking a trip to the pokey. Call us for a tax plan, and see how many dollars we can advance into your pocket. We think of your average tax rate as your financial “earned run average,” and we do everything legal to keep it as low as possible. So call us to take a swing, and watch us bring the heat!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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How Many Mitzvos Are There? By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., MFT, CLC

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never realized how complicated the idea of trying to perform a mitzvah is. For instance, everyone says there are 613 mitzvot and that seems so overwhelming. But when you want to actually do one, you realize so many don’t have anything to do with you! We are not bringing a sacrifice anytime soon. So that chops off a bunch right there. Then another slew of them have to do with your status, meaning if you’re not a kohein or a levi then they’re not part of your business. Others only relate to things like working a parcel of land. So, you’ve got to admit that cuts out a lot of us! Some only relate to certain times of the year, or events, or holidays so if you’re not harvesting any time soon, or making something like a wedding, or celebrating Passover or

the like, there’s not much to occupy you. Then, you see, certain ones can only be done in the Land of Israel, others only upon waking, others before bed, some by men, some by

And when you start to try to identify what is an actual mitzvah, you’re not sure which actions are just practices or based in philosophy and which are true commandments. I wind up doing something nice, not

What we need is a handy-dandy quickreference mitzvah chart.

women, some upside down, some right side up… I start to feel that when I’m ready to do a mitzvah there are only five or 10 left that I can carry out.

even knowing if I’m getting authentic “mitzvah” credit for it! And are various good deeds separate mitzvot or under the umbrella of one mitzvah? What we need is a handy-dandy

quick-reference mitzvah chart. That way we can know if we are missing some easy ones that happen to come our way. Being a good, moral person is an underlying tenet of our way of life. But can we perhaps be living more mitzvah-filled lives without knowing it? Are we just going around spinning our wheels trying to be “Mr. Nice Guy” without knowing some other ways to get there? Maybe I’m the only one with this dilemma. But it would be nice to know if what we’re doing actually counts towards the 613 listed in the Torah. This way we can keep doing and making our deeds count. Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.

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