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out.” Author and educator Dr. Mordecai Paldiel dedicated over two decades of his life seeking out and honoring the Righteous among the Nations, the valiant gentile men and women who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. It was a mission that he undertook with the deepest of devotion and appreciation. Throughout this journey Paldiel came across numerous stories of other heroes: the courageous Jewish heroes that put themselves in a danger even graver to save their fellow Jews from death.
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Having written eight books on the subject of the Righteous Gentiles, Paldiel has now compiled some of the most inspiring and noteworthy stories of these unsung heroes into his latest book, Saving One’s Own – Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust. Paldiel believes that it is due time to pay honor to these little known and virtually forgotten brave souls. Himself saved by a Catholic priest as a young child, Paldiel worked for Yad Vashem for 24 years. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Israel, is known as the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research, and was the first of its kind. As director of the Department of Righteous
among the Nations, Paldiel’s job was to identify and honor non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. During his time there Paldiel added 18,000 names to the registry, leaving Yad Vashem in 2007 with a total of 22,000 names of documented Righteous Gentiles. Today, there are over 26,000 names on record. Through these many years of intense research and verification, Paldiel would often learn of Jews involved in various rescue efforts. While in some instances the non-Jewish rescuers worked in tandem with the Jewish rescuers, in many others the Jewish rescuers were actually the prominent ones in the operation. “I kept wondering to myself, here
I am at Yad Vashem,” recalls Paldiel, “and how come nobody talks about the Jewish rescuers?” When he initially went to speak with the scholars and historians at Yad Vashem, Dr. Paldiel was told that there were very many instances of Jews helping Jews, and that one Jew helping another Jew is not a big deal – and in fact they were obligated to do that. Since a gentile that helped a Jew was not obligated to do pg it at all, the belief is if a gentile did indeed help then he must certainly be saluted. Paldiel explains that although under the Yad Vashem program of Righteous among the Nations a gentile saving one Jew is actually sufficient criteria for recognition, that wasn’t quite what he had in mind for
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from France were rounded up by the Nazis. 72,500 of them were murdered. Those were dark times for the Jews. But there were small, but bright, beacons of light that burned valiantly through the thick night. Take Marianne Cohn, for instance. Marianne was born in Germany to a non-observant Jewish family that eventually moved to France. When she was just 20-years-old she joined a resistance group and began to smuggle Jewish children out of France. Marianne was arrested and incarcerated but that did not snuff out her spirit. After she was freed, she continued to smuggle groups of children to safety in Switzerland. Sadly, when she was whisking a group of 28 children to freedom in May 1944, Marianne was arrested by the Gestapo. She refused to give up any information despite immense torture and was then beaten to death. Marianne, in the face of evil, chose to do good. She knew that a life of giving, saving, doing was a life well worth living. Instead of running away to Switzerland to safety, she chose to help others, and hundreds of people have her to thank for their lives. Marianne is just one example of the many Jews who risked their lives to help their fellow brothers and sisters. Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, lecturer and former director of the Department of the Righteous at Yad Vashem, has dedicated his most recent book to these heroes who brought hope and humanity to those dark times. His book is inspirational; even when all seems lost, we can still do good. Even when all seems lost, there is still something that can be done.
uring the Three Weeks we focus on our interactions with people. We want to be more understanding, more kind, more agreeable. It’s easy to be nice when the sun is shining, we’re well-rested, and all is calm in our day. But it’s harder to be pleasant when things aren’t going so pleasantly for us. And that’s the true test: can we still be nice to others when we’re having a bad day? There are studies done about what happens to people when faced with horror: do they turn to evil or do they move to do good? Mob mentality, as it is known, can propel genuinely good people to do horrific things. But there are many who know how to fight its pull, and they become beacons of good in dark times. Every account from the Holocaust chills me to the bone. Just recently, I read a book that mentioned – in passing – the terror that Jews from France faced in July of 1942, when over 13,000 of them were murdered and sent to their deaths. This week marked 75 years since the Nazis rounded up 13,152 Jews on one day and packed them into the Winter Stadium, known as the Vel’ d’Hiv. They were kept there for days with minimal food – contributed by the Quakers, the Red Cross and other organizations – and water. The ceiling of the stadium was glass and was painted blue. The sun shone in, baking the famished Jews with its heat as the structure was sealed to prevent escape. All of the ten bathrooms were either sealed or blocked. There was one water tap for thousands of people. Those who tried to escape were immediately shot. Many died – from the heat, lack of food and water, or the stress – in the stadium. Those who remained were sent to their deaths. By the end of the war, a total of 75,000 Jews
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Dear Editor, I want to give your editorial and the feature article on the Be A Mensch organization this week to every person I know. Today, there are so many divisions in Klal Yisroel. And there are misconceptions and stereotypes. But there is one thing that we all are: people. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses; we all have our challenges and our positive attributes. If only we would be able to speak to our fellow brothers in a neutral, calm way, we would realize that deep down we’re all the same and we are all from the same family. There has to be a way that we can put together mini “beer summits” within our community to enhance understanding and connection between us all. Yes, he goes to this shul, and they send their kids to that school. But we’re all brothers and sisters and part of a wonderful Jewish nation. Be A Mensch is doing great things – maybe we can do it too. Shimmy Kramer
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Dear Editor, Dr. Deb’s article this week was wonderful! I always like to read her column – she has very good insight and knows how to get her point across in a succinct, clear way. Her article this week was no exception. Rejection doesn’t always come in big ways – a lost job, a broken engagement. You can experience small doses of rejection almost weekly and her points can be very helpful at those times as well. Sincerely, Jennifer Heisler
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Dear Editor, I love these camp interviews that you’ve been doing every summer. It’s a great way for me to get a feel of different camps in the area. Each one has a different flavor but they all have the same goal: smiles on our kids’ faces! Chana Yairi
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Dear Editor, In regards to “The Navidaters” letter from the newlywed young man who was “jealous” of his wife’s close relationship with her parents and who was vexed that she spoke to her mother several times a day and her father at least once a day: I, too, married a young woman who conversed on the phone with
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her mother on numerous occasions throughout the day and to her father as well. At the time, I was in bemused awe at how much time my wife could spend speaking with her mother each day. Allow me to offer an alternate perspective on the matter and share my personal experiences with the young man and all young men in similar circumstances. Consider the following: First, for many people, love is like a flame; it can spread from candle to candle without diminishing in intensity. Perhaps your wife has a neshama that allows her to be very close with her parents and still not reduce her love for you in any way. Be grateful she is capable of forming such close relationships – it means she can do the same with you. If you focus your energies on doing actions that make your wife feel genuinely valued and secure, she will naturally confide in you more. Second, if, as you say, her parents successfully raised a “wonderful daughter” then perhaps they are continuing to give her sound advice on how to be a good wife and are supporting her in a challenging stage
of life when she needs guidance on how to build a successful bayis of her own – their counsel serves to help you and not to hinder. Thirdly, iy”H, you will one day have a daughter of your own and wish for her to be close to you. Wouldn’t it be wonderful for her to model her behavior on the close relationship that your wife has with her own mother? From my own experience I can report that the same way my in-laws were devoted to my wife in the early stages of our marriage, so too did they demonstrate the same devotion and attention to our children that came on the scene later on. Having my in-laws so closely involved in the raising of our children, paying at-
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tention to them on a daily basis and sharing their values with our children was a zechus that my wife and I would not trade for anything in the world. If your in-laws have that wonderful devotion to family as well, it will only benefit you in the long run. It is now 28 years since my wife and I were married and 12 years since my in-laws, z”l, are no longer with us. I can report to you that not a yom tov or special occasion goes by (big or little) where both my wife and I don’t cry together that she no longer has parents that she can share with and speak to at least several times a day. Dr. Joseph Sturm
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children, two sets of identical twins, seven-year-old girls and three-yearold boys, watched and cheered him on from the stands. Many celebrities, politicians, and, of course, royals watched the games. Federer is one of the highest-earning athletes in the world; he is ranked #4 on the Forbes “World’s Highest Paid Athletes” list. He has endorsement deals with Nike, Credit Suisse, Rolex, Mercedes-Benz, Gillette and many other large companies. Federer has a net worth of $450 million and total career earnings of $105 million.
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Congratulations to Roger Federer on winning Wimbledon this year. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and generally regarded as the most prestigious. The games have been held annually on the grassy courts of All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877. This was Federer’s eighth win at Wimbledon, 14 years after his first ever Wimbledon victory in 2003. The 35-year-old athlete from Switzerland also won in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012. His eighth time championship broke previous records. In 2014 and 2015 he lost to Novak Djokovic and took the year 2016 off after surgery on his left knee. “Wimbledon was always my favorite tournament. [It] will always be my favorite tournament,” said Federer, who will turn 36 next month and is the oldest male champion at the All England Club. “To mark history here at Wimbledon really means a lot to me just because of all of that, really. It’s that simple.” Federer beat out Marin Cilic of Croatia in the final games. “I gave it my best,” Cilic said. “That’s all I could do.” She added, “Very tough emotionally. I knew that I cannot give my best on the court.” Her foot was re-taped by a trainer after the second set. This is Federer’s 18th Grand Slam title and his first in four-and-a-half years. His wife, Mirka, and their four
Liu Xiaobo was a brave and brilliant man. The Chinese literary critic, writer, poet, and human rights activist won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Communist single-party rule in the country. Since then he had been imprisoned by the Chinese government – until his death last week. Xiaobo suffered from liver cancer, which took his life at 61-yearsold last Thursday. “There are only two words to describe how we feel right now: grief and fury,” family friend and activist Wu Yangwei, better known by his penname Ye Du, said. “The only way we can grieve for Xiaobo and bring his soul some comfort is to work even harder to try to keep his influence alive.” Liu never gave up on the pursuit of human rights in China, insisting on living a life of “honesty, responsibility and dignity.” Previously Liu had said that the 1989 pro-democracy protests centered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square were the “major turning point” of his life. In May 1989, Liu was actually in New York at Columbia University as a visiting scholar but returned to his homeland earlier than scheduled in order to join the
movement. The Communist Party regarded the resistance as a grave challenge to its authority. Liu was one of hundreds of Chinese imprisoned for crimes linked to the demonstrations – he was sent to prison on four different occasions. His final stint in prison was for co-authoring “Charter 08,” a document circulated in 2008 that demanded more freedom of expression, human rights and an independent judiciary. He was sentenced to 11 years on charges of inciting subversion by advocating sweeping political reforms and greater human rights in his country. A year later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The Norwegian committee lauded Liu’s “long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.” U.S. Senator John McCain praised Liu as “a champion for human rights” whose death was “an egregious violation of fundamental human rights.” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, meanwhile, pressed Beijing to discharge Liu’s wife from house arrest and permit her to leave the country if she wishes. Liu was diagnosed with cancer just a few months ago, in May 2017. On June 26, he was granted medical parole and was transferred to the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang. On July 10, the hospital said that Liu was in critical condition. Just two days later, the hospital said that Liu was suffering from liver failure, kidney failure, breathing function failure, septic shock, a blood clot, and other complications. They recommended tracheal intubation, but his family rejected the procedure. Three days later, on July 13, Liu Xiaobo died.
India is FB’s New BFF
Step aside, America; India is taking over. According to Facebook’s latest figures, India will become the social media site’s largest audience. As of July 13, Facebook was reporting a total “potential audience” of 241 million active users in India, compared with
240 million in the United States. The predictions were based on data from the last six months. Over the last half year, users in India increased by 27% (+50 million), compared with growth of 12% (+26 million) in the United States over the same period. Although the numbers sound extremely high, relative to India’s overall population, it is not a huge percentage. Only 19% of the country’s total population are Facebook users. In the U.S., on the other hand, 73% of the population uses Facebook. The global average is about 42%. Other countries where Facebook is extremely popular, in ranking order, include Brazil (No. 3), Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.K. Recently Facebook reported that it has a total of 2 billion users.
France: FuelFree? France’s new president Emmanuel Macron is keeping his campaign promise of promoting policies that protect the environment. Macron’s administration hopes to end the sale of gas and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040. If the legislation goes through, automakers will only be allowed to sell electric vehicles or other cleaner power cars. Hybrids will be permitted.
Nicolas Hulot, the government official in charge of France’s “ecological transition,” said the goal would help the nation’s automakers “innovate and become market leaders” while fighting global warming. Automaker Volvo recently announced that every car it makes from 2019 onward will have an electric motor. Volvo is the first traditional carmaker to fully embrace electric and hybrid production. Last year, French drivers purchased just over two million cars, with only 4% powered by electric, hybrid and alternative fuels. Clearly there is a lot of work that needs to be done in the next two decades to reach
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program that will give people cash for trading in their old, polluting vehicles for a cleaner vehicle. Details on how exactly the program would be structured haven’t yet been revealed. Macron has made protecting the environment high up on his agenda. When President Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement Macron publicly condemned the de-
cision and urged the public to “make our planet great again.” He also extended an invitation to American scientists, engineers and citizens who were disappointed by Trump’s move. “They will find in France a second homeland. I call on them, come and work here with us, to work together on concrete solutions for our climate,” he had said.
This week, millions of Venezuelans voted to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s controversial plans to rewrite the country’s constitution. Nearly 7.2 million Venezuelans took part in the non-binding referendum organized by the country’s main opposition parties, with the overwhelming majority of voters coming out against Maduro’s plan. The fact that so many came out to vote in an election that was mostly symbolic shows the emotions involved. It also shows that the opposition is more organized than previously thought. Venezuela is in the grip of social unrest, which has paralyzed the country amid violent protests seeking government reform. The government has condemned the referendum as illegal, and has instead called for a July 30 vote to elect a special assembly to rewrite the 1999 constitution. The referendum asked voters three yes-or-no questions. More than 98% of voters chose to reject the proposed constitutional assembly; request the military defend the existing constitution; and support fresh elections before Maduro’s term ends in 2019. Cecilia Garcia Arocha, rector of Central University of Venezuela, announced the results at the referendum headquarters in Caracas, pointing out that the number of polling stations, at 2,030, was much lower than in regular elections. Sunday’s turnout represents about 37% of Venezuela’s total electorate, according to CNN calculations based on 2015 National Electoral Committee figures. In 2013, Maduro was elected with just over 7.5 million votes, and Henrique Capriles came in second with 7.3 million votes. In response to Sunday’s results, Venezuela’s National Assembly Vice President Freddy Guevara called for a 24-hour nationwide strike to take place on Thursday. The strike is an effort to increase pressure on Maduro.
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Iran Dominates Iraq
It seems that since the final American troops withdrew from Iraq in 2011 Iran has been babysitting. Although then-President Obama said that the U.S. is leaving behind a “sovereign, stable and self-reliant” Iraq, that doesn’t seem to be reality. Iran’s influence has infiltrated all aspects of life in Iraq including military, political, economic and cultural affairs. Iraqi stores are filled with goods from Iran. Iranians export everything from food to household products to illegal drugs into Iraq, completely taking over the commerce market. There are claims that private Iranian companies have been contracted to remove Iraq’s garbage. Iranian-sponsored militias are trying to channel men and guns to proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon. And in Baghdad, the government headquarters, the most senior Iraqi cabinet officials have been blessed, or bounced out, by Iran’s leadership. Political experts are saying that this was Iran’s game plan from the beginning, when the U.S. invaded Iraq 14 years ago and toppled Saddam Hussein. Over a decade, $1 trillion, and 4,500 American lives later, Iraq is still not the apolitical, democratic, Westernized country for which we had hoped. Many regard Iraq as Iran’s “client state,” a former enemy that Iran is hoping to control, if not outwardly, subtly. Over the past three years, Americans have focused on the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq, returning more than 5,000 troops to the country and helping to force the militants out of Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. However the U.S. has hinted that some troops will remain in Iraq even after the battle against the Islamic State, perhaps to keep an eye on Iran. “Iranian influence is dominant,” confirmed Hoshyar Zebari, who was ousted last year as finance minister because, he said, Iran distrusted his links to the United States. “It is paramount.”
The vast majority of the world’s Muslims – around 85% – are Sunni. Iran, though, is 95 percent Shia. And the majority of Muslims in Iraq are Shia as well. Saddam Hussein was Sunni and so when his regime was toppled, the balance of power between Iraq and Iran – Sunni vs. Shia – was dismantled, skewing the region’s delicate equilibrium.
Paris Remembers 13,152 Jewish Victims
The 75th anniversary of the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup of French Jews was commemorated in Paris this week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the ceremony, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, leaders of the French Jewish community, Holocaust survivors, French Righteous Among the Nations, and French WWII vets. The crown of 800 gathered together at the Quai de Grennelle, which used to be home to the Pris bicycle arena. It was at the Quai de Grennelle that 13,152 Jews were arrested, confined for four days without food and water, and eventually sent to Auschwitz. Less than 100 of them survived. When speaking at the event, Netanyahu first spoke in French, honoring the language spoken by those persecuted at that site. He noted, “The Nazis and their collaborators... shattered the lives of thousands of Jews at Vel’ d’Hiv. It seems that the values of the French Revolution – liberty, equality, fraternity – these values were crushed brutally under the boots of antis-Semitism. “13,152 people of the Jewish faith were dragged from their homes between the 16th and 17th of July 1942 to their death,” recounted the prime minister. “Among them, 4,115 children between ages of two and six, whom we are especially honoring today.” The president of the Association
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des Anciens Combattant – a group of French veterans who fought against the Nazis – also spoke at the ceremony. Salah Bellouti said that she was “very moved being here today, 75 years after the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup – a terrible act committed by the French police which we tried to prevent. I am here today to tell all French Jews and Jews around the world, ‘Never Again.’ We fought against the Vichy government and its terrible actions. The Jewish community must know that we, the veterans, did not abandon them. And what happened there at Vel’ d’Hiv should serve as a lesson to our young generation in France.”
Hungary Admits its Past Despite Hungary’s crimes during World War II, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promised that his country will never again tolerate anti-Semitism. The vow was made to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting between the two leaders on Tuesday. Netanyahu said that Orban “promised” him unequivocally that
the Hungarian government is on the side of the Jewish people.
This vow comes after the Hungarian government conducted an aggressive campaign against Jewish billionaire and Holocaust survivor George Soros, who over the past few weeks attacked Hungary’s policy against immigrants and refugees seeking to enter the country on their way to Germany. According to Orban, Hungary’s collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II was a “mistake” and a “sin” as it failed to protect its Jewish community. Orban said he told Netanyahu that he was aware of the “difficult history behind us.” “At an earlier time, the government of Hungary made a mistake, moreover, committed a sin when it
did not protect its citizens of Jewish heritage,” Orban said during a press briefing after his meeting with Netanyahu in Parliament. “Every Hungarian government has the duty to protect all of its citizens, regardless of their heritage.” Orban continued, saying, “During World War II, Hungary did not comply with this moral and political requirement. This is a sin because at the time we decided that instead of protecting the Jewish community, we chose collaboration with the Nazis. “I made it clear to the prime minister that this can never happen again. In the future, the Hungarian government will protect all its citizens.” More than 550,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Netanyahu is the first Israeli prime minister to visit Hungary since 1989, when Hungary was still under communist rule. Netanyahu said he thought about Hungary first in relation to the birth of modern Zionism, as Theodore Herzl was born in Budapest in 1860. He also thanked Orban for Hungary’s repeated support for Israel. Netanyahu cited French Pres-
ident Emmanuel Macron’s recent statement drawing a parallel between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel. “Macron said there is a new anti-Semitism that is expressed in anti-Zionism, that is delegitimizing the one and only Jewish state,” Netanyahu said. “In many ways, Hungary is at the forefront of the states that are opposed to this anti-Jewish policy and I welcome it and I express the appreciation of my government and the people, many people, in Israel for this.”
Manmade Toxins at Mt. Vesuvius
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deadly smoke. This smoke, however, is entirely man-made, although it is just as deadly. The area around the mountain is constantly on fire, as the Camorra crime syndicate has been burning its toxic waste there for years. The area around Vesuvius is nicknamed the “land of fires” for all of the illegal incinerators that are constantly burning. Last week, several of the smaller fires joined together to create a major disaster. Hundreds of residents had to be evacuated, and dozens of hotels, restaurants, and businesses suffered. There is a lot of money to be made by bypassing the country’s mandatory toxic waste disposal regulations, and the mob in Italy is raking it in. Over 400 companies in the region have been investigated for allegedly selling their toxic waste to the mafia instead of using more expensive, more environmentally-friendly disposal options. Cancer rates in the region are higher than anywhere in Italy. This past February, eight children between the ages of 7 months and 11-years-old died from cancer. The mother of one of the young victims led a protest as part of the “Victims of the Land of Fire’s” group. “These victims have no peace even in death,” she proclaimed. “We are burying them in the toxic soil.” Local Archbishop Marco Ricci spoke to an Italian news outlet. “There is toxic waste that propagates the flames and poisons the air. The smoke is black. Behind all this is a criminal hand,” he said. “We do not sleep anymore, we have sore throats and irritated eyes. It is not fair because many of our people have already paid for this with cancer because of the waste.”
N. Korean Prisoners Working for Putin Kim Jong Un is quite resourceful. The ruthless North Korean dictator is capitalizing on his citizens. According to Fox News, Kim ships tens of thousands of impoverished citizens as slaves to Russia for the hard currency his cash-strapped regime desperately needs. According to human rights groups, North Korean workers in
Russia are treated like slaves. They suffer from cruel and violent acts and face merciless exploitation at the hands of corrupt officials, while being forced to hand over large amounts of their pay to the North Korean government.
A report issued by the Seoulbased Data Base Center for North Korean Human Rights estimates that about 50,000 North Korean laborers are working low-paying jobs in Russia. They send at least $120 million every year to the regime in Pyongyang. “The North Korean government maintains strict controls over their workers’ profits, in some cases probably taking 90 percent of their wages,” Scott Synder, director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy at the Council of Foreign Relations, said. “This is an issue that has been going on under the radar for a long time.” Workers in Russia have constructed a new soccer stadium in St. Petersburg and a luxury apartment complex in Moscow. Many workers get injured on the job, and there have been some fatalities. Last month, the U.S. State Department issued a report on human trafficking that concluded that North Korean workers in Russia had been subjected to “exploitative labor conditions characteristic of trafficking cases such as withholding of identity documents, non-payment for services rendered, physical abuse, lack of safety measures, or extremely poor living conditions.” “Secretary Tillerson has called on all countries to fully implement all U.N. Security Council resolutions, sever or downgrade diplomatic relations, and isolate [North Korea] financially, including through new sanctions, severing trade relationships, expelling guest workers, and banning imports from North Korean,” a State Department official said. “They don’t take holidays. They eat, work and sleep and nothing else. And they don’t sleep much,” an anonymous Russian boss confirmed. “They are basically in the situation of slaves.”
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On Tuesday, the Trump administration slapped new sanctions on 18 Iranian individuals, groups and networks for aiding Iran’s military and supporting the country’s ballistic missile program. The move came the day after the administration certified to Congress that Iran is technically complying with the nuclear deal and can continue enjoying nuclear sanctions relief, but warned penalties may still be in the offing over non-nuclear behavior. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions targeted seven groups and five people that aided Iran’s military or the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The sanctions also targeted what the U.S. says is a transnational criminal group based in Iran and three people associated with it, which the Treasury Department says stole software from the U.S. and other Western countries. The State Department also targeted two more groups associated with Iran’s ballistic missiles program and said it was “deeply concerned” over Tehran’s support for Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. “Iran’s continued malign activities outside the nuclear issue undermine the positive contributions to regional and international peace and security that the deal was supposed to provide,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert. “The United States will continue to use sanctions to target those who lend support to Iran’s destabilizing behavior and, above all, the United States will never allow the regime in Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the sanctions show that the Trump administration will continue to act “aggressively” against Iran’s “provocative and destabilizing behavior.” “This Administration will continue to aggressively target Iran’s malign activity, including their ongoing
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Reparations for Lasi Survivors
state support of terrorism, ballistic missile program, and human rights abuses,” Mnuchin said. The sanctions freeze any assets the targets may have in the U.S. and prevent Americans from doing business with them. Tuesday’s sanctions came after the U.S. Senate in June overwhelmingly passed legislation to strengthen
sanctions against Iran for its ballistic missile testing and other non-nuclear provocations. Passed by a vote of 98-2, the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 is supposed to impose new mandatory sanctions against persons and entities involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program and sanctions against the Iranian
Revolutionary Guards Corps. Both Democrats and Republicans in Washington have insisted on responding to Iran’s provocative ballistic missile tests for months, but reportedly waited until after the recent Iran election to vote on this legislation. The bill still has to go to the House of Representatives. If it passes there,
15,000 Jews were killed in pogroms in Lasi, Romania, in 1941. Many who survived were then loaded onto cattle cars for days at a time without food or water. Others were forced into ghettos, put under strict curfew, and lived in constant fear of being expelled or killed by both German and Romanian soldiers. Now, 72 years after the Holocaust horrors have ended, the survivors of Lasi are finally eligible for reparations. Julius Berman, the Claims Conference President, has announced that recent negotiations with Germany have led to a reparations budget for Lasi survivors in 2018. The benefits include an increase for nursing care at home for survivors from $399 million to $462 million. The requirements for eligibility for stipends have
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been eased as well. Previously, one had to live under treacherous conditions during the war for over 6 months; now those who lived that way for 4-6 months will qualify. “You can’t quantify the suffering of survivors who lived in fear they would be caught or exposed as Jews, which meant an immediate death sentence,” noted Claims Conference chief Greg Schneider. “The survivors who lived under these conditions, even for a few months, deserve the recognition these payments bring with them.” According to the Claims Conference, Germany has paid $70 billion to over 600,000 survivors since 1952. 40 percent of those funds went to survivors living in Israel.
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President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron are en route to having a very positive relationship. Trump’s short Bastille Day visit to France was considered a gamble, considering his very low ratings in the country. The invitation was also a daring move on Macron’s part as he is a newly elected president and the White House is said to have a reputation for isolationism. But President Trump’s recent trip to Paris in honor of Bastille Day was a big success. At a joint press conference, Trump had this to say: “France is America’s first and oldest ally. A lot of people don’t know that,” he said. “It was a long time ago, but we are together. And I think together, perhaps, more so than ever. The relationship is very good.” When Trump left for the airport, the two leaders shared a warm and firm handshake. In a series of post-Bastille Day tweets, the president wished Macron “congratulations” on Bastille Day and his deep condolences for the Nice terror at-
tack victims last year. “Great conversations with President Emmanuel Macron and his representatives on trade, military, and security,” Trump tweeted.
UAE Accused of Hacking Qatar
Neighboring United Arab Emirates and Qatar are fighting and it’s getting ugly. According to U.S. intelligence officials, UAE coordinated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites in order to post false quotes attributed to Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad alThani. The false reports said that the emir, among other things, had called Iran an “Islamic power” and praised Hamas. The incident occurred in late May and sparked ongoing upheaval between the two neighboring oil-rich countries. Supposedly, on May 23, senior members of the UAE government discussed the plan and its implementation. It is not yet known whether the UAE carried out the hacks itself or contracted a third party to orchestrate them. The hacks and social media posts happened just one day later, on May 24, just after President Trump had a lengthy counterterrorism meeting with Persian Gulf leaders in neighboring Saudi Arabia and declared them unified. After the hack, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt immediately banned all Qatari media. They then broke relations with Qatar and declared a trade and diplomatic boycott. The UAE has denied involvement in the hacking. Yousef al-Otaiba, UAE’s ambassador to Washington, has said the accusation is “false.” “The UAE had no role whatsoever in the alleged hacking described in the article,” a statement said. “What is true is Qatar’s behavior. Funding, supporting, and enabling extremists from the Taliban to Hamas and Qadafi. Inciting violence, encouraging radicalization, and undermining the stability of its neighbors.”
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Microsoft Font to Prove Guilt
Calibri is Times New Roman’s less popular and younger cousin that is now at the heart of a criminal investigation. The Microsoft font Calibri is a key piece of evidence in a case involving Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif’s family is facing charges of money-laundering. As a Supreme Court-supervised panel scrutinized how Sharif and his family succeeded in amassing such great wealth over the years, a document dated to 2006 was brought as evidence. The document, typed in Calibri, raised a red flag because the font wasn’t available until 2007. The documents were submitted by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister’s daughter, to prove her innocence. The time discrepancy regarding the font is raising the suspicion that the text was composed recently but backdated in an attempt to cover up something. In April, the court-appointed Joint Investigation Team initiated an investigation into Sharif and his family after political opposition led by Imran Khan accused Sharif of purchasing a London property with illegal funds. The properties were first mentioned in the leaked Panama Papers released in April 2016. Although the documents did not name Sharif directly, they linked his three adult children to offshore companies that owned apartments in London. One British Virgin Islands holding firm listed Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, as the sole shareholder. Last November, Maryam tweeted images of a disclosure form claiming she wasn’t the real owner of the apartments and that she is only a “trustee.� But investigators, in a report submitted to the country’s Supreme Court earlier this week, declared those documents “falsified�
because they were written using the Calibri font. The creator of the font, a Dutch designer named Lucas De Groot, says that it was developed in 2004 but wasn’t distributed to the public until January 30, 2007, with the launch of Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. Sharif’s defenders say that the beta version of the font became available in 2004 and therefore technically could have been used in the documents in 2006. To clarify, Prime Minister Sharif has been called as a witness and not as an accused. Sharif is the first sitting prime minister of Pakistan to be directly questioned by investigators. Pakistan’s major opposition parties have urged Sharif to resign before the court’s decision, but he has rejected the calls. Following the revelations of this trial, Wikipedia had locked its Calibri page until July 18. Between Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, more than 150,000 visitors flooded the page. Generally the page gets about 500 viewers per day. Social media has hash-tagged the incident #Fontgate, generating interest and memes all over the internet. The Sharif family has maintained their innocence and denied any wrongdoing. They say the properties were purchased with legal money earned through the family’s expansive business that spans several countries.Â
Canada: OK to Drink Again
Canada’s federal food inspection agency did some quick backtracking after some of their food inspectors ordered liquor stores to stop selling wines made in the West Bank because their label identifying them as
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Israeli contradicts Ottawa’s policy on the territory. The retraction statement said that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency had not “fully considered” the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement when they had issued the ban. The wines, it turns out, do adhere to the agreement and are allowed to be on the shelves. Originally, the Liquor Board of Ontario said that the inspection agency had told wine sellers that the “Product of Israel” label on the bottles was a problem because the West Bank is not within Israel’s formal borders. The letter the board sent said that the country of origin on the wine was not acceptable as the West Bank is considered an occupied territory. The ruling they issued extended to wines from “any other territory occupied by Israel in 1967” that said “product of Israel,” specifically mentioning the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Gaza, as well as the West Bank. Before they reversed their position, B’nai Brith Canada said it “is expecting that the [CFIA] will soon rescind its recent decision to order the removal of certain Israeli wines from store shelves.” “B’nai Brith has received a lot of information on this matter from multiple sources and officials during the past 24 hours as we were advocating on behalf of the community,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada. “We can say now that we are expecting this disturbing decision to be corrected in short order.” The order was reversed less than six hours after it was issued.
Higher Cancer Rates among Holocaust Survivors
A study has been published in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer journal that found that Holocaust survivors are far more likely to get certain kinds of cancer than other people. The study looked at 152,622
Holocaust survivors over the course of 45 years in Israel. The authors of the study compared cancer rates between those who were entitled to compensation for their experiences and those who weren’t, as well as those who lived in Nazi-occupied countries compared to those who lived elsewhere. The rationale behind the comparisons is that those who were entitled to compensation suffered the worst persecutions in death camps, concentration camps, and ghettos. Siegal Sadetzki, of the Ramat Gan Sheba Medical Center, led the research team. She conducted the study hoping to find out if conditions such as lack of food, overcrowding, disease, and extreme stress affects one’s likelihood of getting cancer. “The data emphasize the importance of learning about the combined effect of several exposures occurring intensely and contemporaneously on cancer risk, such as those that unfortunately occurred during World War II,” Sadetzki said, adding that “such inspection cannot be conducted by experimental studies and could only be evaluated by using observational epidemiological surveys.” The study concluded that 22 percent of those who received compensation developed cancer, compared with 16 percent of those who did not. Those that received compensation had a 37% higher chance of having lung cancer and a 12% higher chance of having colon cancer. Those that lived in Nazi-occupied countries were 8 percent more likely to develop cancer.
High Flying Scores For Ben Gurion Int’l
Travel + Leisure magazine has issued its annual ranking of the world’s ten best airports, and Ben Gurion International Airport has made the cut. The publication asked readers to share their opinions of the world’s airports taking access, check-in, de-
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Landmark Water Deal Reached
A deal has been signed that will both help the Dead Sea replenish itself and provide water to the Gaza Strip at the same time. Israel and the Palestinian Authority have announced an agreement that will include the construction of a 220 kilometer pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea that will replenish the
dwindling Yam Hamelach and generate electricity to power a desalination plant to give water to Gaza. The agreement was negotiated by President Donald Trump’s envoy Jason Greenblatt, who is hailing the deal as a “harbinger of things to come.” “As we all know, water is a precious commodity in the Middle East,” Greenblatt said. “The U.S. welcomes the agreement reached by the Palestinian Authority and the government of Israel, which will allow for the sale of 32 million cubic meters of water from Israel to the Palestinian Authority. In addition, we hope that the deal will contribute to the healing of the Dead Sea and that will help not only Palestinians and Israelis but Jordanians as well.” The deal was made under the watchful guidance of Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi. “Unfortunately, in our neighborhood we don’t always have a reason to smile. This morning we do,” Hanegbi said. “After years of stalemate, and thanks to the passionate negotiations of Jason Greenblatt and thanks to the pragmatic and professional approach of both delegations… we reached an important agreement,” he said. President Trump has been very adamant that achieving peace in the Middle East is a “top priority for him.” The U.S. envoy that met with Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinians as a launching point to reopen negotiations noted that this water deal is the second recent agreement that has been made between Israel and the PA, referring to the launching of the new Jenin electrical substation last week. The canal that is to be built has an estimated cost of $10 billion. Israel, the U.S., the EU, Japan, Italy and others have already committed to part of the cost, according to Netanyahu’s office.
Calls for Day of Rage after Temple Mount Terror Shooting Multiple people have been arrested by Israeli Police after a deadly terror attack took place at the Temple Mount last Friday. Two
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Druze Israeli police officers, master sergeants Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22, were killed in the shooting attack. The terrorists, Israeli-Arabs Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Jabarin, 29, Muhammad Hamad Abdel Latif Jabarin, 19, and Muhammad Ahmed Mafdal Jabarin, 19, were all
shot after they fled from the scene. Other officers had given chase and opened fire on the killers inside the Temple Mount complex. Two of them were killed. The third was arrested but was then killed when he lunged at officers with a knife. In addition to arresting additional suspects who may have helped carry out the
attack, raids were conducted on the homes of the terrorists, who are all cousins from the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm. For the first time in decades, police ordered the closure of the Temple Mount while they carried out security checks. It is not known how the terrorists smuggled the guns
Although no terror group claimed responsibility for the attack, Hamas did praise the shootings. saying it was a “natural response to Israeli terrorism.” Temple Mount was reopened on Sunday to Muslims and to non-Muslims on Monday. New security measures, including the installation of metal detectors, were implemented when it was opened. The Fatah movement, headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, called for a “Day of Rage” on Wednesday to protest the new security measures. The announcement of a “Day of Rage” came amid unrest from Arabs who hurled rocks and firebombs and blocked roads in defiance. Along with other Islamic groups, the Waqf trust, which administers the site, on Monday called on Muslims “to reject and boycott all the Israeli aggression measures, including changing the historical status quo including imposing the metal detectors.” In its statement, the Waqf called on the faithful not to enter the mosque by passing through the metal detectors, adding, “If the metal detectors continue to be imposed, we call upon the people to pray in front of the gates of the mosque and in the streets of Jerusalem.”
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Sheldon Silver Conviction Overturned
Steven Molo and Joel Cohen, lawyers for Silver, said in a statement: “We are grateful the court saw it our way and reversed the conviction.” This doesn’t mean Silver, 73, is completely off the hook. Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim in Manhattan announced that his office has every intention of retrying Silver, who has been free on bail. “We look forward to presenting to another jury the evidence,” Kim said.
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Best States for Business Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested for federal corruption charges in 2015. Initially he was convicted of all charges, expelled from the Assembly, disbarred for felony conviction, fined $7 million, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. But on Thursday the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan overturned the conviction, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing what kind of conduct can support corruption prosecutions. The former politician was accused of collecting close to $4 million of illegal fees for awarding state grants to a top cancer researcher and directing real estate developers to a friend’s law firm and supporting their interests on rent legislation. In June 2016, the Supreme Court overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, saying routine political activities such as arranging meetings or reaching out to public officials did not qualify as “official acts.” The court admitted that prosecutors had “sufficient” evidence to prove the honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering counts but Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes said that McDonnell’s ruling affected the guidelines that Silver’s jury received from U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni. Cabranes said this made it unclear beyond a reasonable doubt that Silver would otherwise have been convicted, though “many would view the facts adduced at Silver’s trial with distaste.”
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9. Tennessee 10. Massachusetts For those wondering, here are the states you should not be setting up your mom-and-pop shop. The worst states for doing business in the United States are: West Virginia (No. 50), Hawaii (No. 49), and Mississippi (No. 48). New York ranked 38th, New Jersey came in at 32, Florida garnered the 12th spot, and California claimed number 28 on the list.
Texas Falls on its Sword
When the leaves start to fall, the people of Texas will start bringing out their knives. And swords. And daggers. And machetes. As of September 1, adults in Texas will be able to openly carry knives
with blades longer than 5.5 inches. Under the existing law knives with blades longer than 5.5 inches could be purchased but not carried – with only limited exceptions. Thankfully, there are some places where the new law won’t apply – including schools, prisons, hospitals, amusement parks or places of worship. Long blades are still banned at sports events. And you can’t bring your sword into a bar, either. “House Bill 1935 provides a common sense solution by prohibiting any knife with a blade over five-and-a-half inches in certain location restricted areas,” Rep. John Frullo, the Republican representative who authored the bill, said. Texas now joins Montana and Oklahoma. Both have passed laws lifting their bans on certain bladed weapons, including swords. The legislation stalled in May after a man was accused of using a hunting knife to kill one student and wound three others at the University of Texas at Austin. Frullo postponed debate on the legislation until a week later – but stood by his bill. “It’s not making criminals out of people who have no intention of creating some type of criminal act,” Frullo
told CNN affilliate Spectrum News in Austin at the time. Knife Rights, a national advocacy organization, supported the legislation but said there is still a ways to go to strike “those last remaining minor knife restrictions in Texas.” “We won’t stop until Texas is as free as everyone thinks Texas is,” the group wrote in a statement on its website.
Flash Floods Take Lives
On Saturday afternoon, a family in Arizona gathered at a popular swimming area to beat the extreme heat and to celebrate a birthday. But cele-
bration turned to disaster when flash floods swept away the happy clan. As they played in the watering hole at Cold Springs, heavy rain was falling eight miles upstream. All seemed calm where they were. Summer fires, though, had cleared the ridges and slopes of vegetation. There was nothing to slow the surge of water that rolled speedily on top of the dry baked earth. The floods hit them with force. “They had no warning. They heard a roar and it was on top of them,” Water Wheel Fire and Medical District Fire Chief Ron Sattelmaier said. Reportedly up to 6 feet high and 40 feet wide, the waters swept away 14 members of the family, carrying them fast and far downstream. Nine were killed, including five children ages 2 to 13, police said. Those who lost their lives in the flood were: Jonathan Leon, 13; Mia Garnica, 5; Emily Garnica, 3; Danial Garnica, 7; Javier Raya-Garcia, 19; Selia Garcia Castaneda, 57; Erica Raya-Garcia, 2; Maribel Raya-Garcia, 24; and Maria Raya-Garcia, 27. One family member was still missing Monday morning. Cold Springs is one of several popular swimming spots in Tonto National Forest. It is just upstream on Ellison Creek from Water Wheel, a larger
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The list of Mediterranean diet benefits is getting even longer. A new study found that a diet high in fruits, vegetables, fish and unrefined foods is linked to a lower risk of heart attack and stroke in people who have heart disease. The latest research builds on previous evidence that your health might benefit if you follow the Mediterranean diet. It can help your bones, keep your brain young, help you live longer, manage your weight better, and lower your risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases In the study, the researchers found that for every 100 people who ate the highest amount of healthy Mediterranean foods, there were three fewer heart attacks, strokes or deaths compared with 100 people who ate the least amount of healthy foods. After adjusting for other factors that might affect the results, such as smoking and exercise, the study also found that the risk of heart attacks, strokes or death from heart disease was reduced by about one-third for those who follow a Mediterranean diet, said study author Ralph Stewart of Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. The results suggest that eating greater amounts of healthy food was more important for people with heart disease than avoiding unhealthy foods. “The success of the traditional approach to dietary advice, which often (focuses) on avoiding foods which are enjoyed, has been variable,” Stewart said. “A clear message to increase healthy foods – eat three or more servings of fruit and vegetables each day – could be more successful.” The researchers also found that consuming a Western diet did not increase the risk of cardiovascular events. Stewart said this is surprising because such a diet includes foods
On Monday, two Iranians were indicted in the United States for hacking a defense contractor and for stealing sensitive software used to design bullets and warheads, according to the Justice Department. According to the newly unsealed indictment, businessman Mohammed Saeed Ajily, 35, recruited Mohammed Reza Rezakhah, 39, to break into companies’ computers to steal their software for resale to Iranian universities, the military and the government. The two men – and a third who was arrested in 2013 and handed back to Iran in a prisoner swap orchestrated by Obama last year – allegedly broke into the computers of Vermont-based Arrow Tech Associates. The indictment said that in 2012 they stole the company’s Prodas ballistics software, which is used to design and test bullets, warheads and other military ordnance projectiles. The material stolen from Arrow Tech was protected by U.S. controls on the export of sensitive technologies, and its distribution to Iran was banned by U.S. sanctions on the country. The two men were charged in the Rutland, Vermont, federal district court, which issued arrest warrants for the two, who are believed to be in Iran. In 2013 the U.S. secured the arrest in Turkey of a third Iranian in the case, Nima Golestaneh, 30, who was extradited to the United States. In December 2015 he pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and computer hacking. One month later he was freed as part of a prisoner exchange with Tehran, which returned four Americans in exchange for seven Iranians who had been arrested in sepa-
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known to increase the risk of obesity. Although the study didn’t find an association with the Western diet, it is still important to limit processed and fried foods, since they’ve been shown to increase weight gain, cholesterol and heart disease risk.
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She can never catch a break. According to a Bloomberg National Poll, President Trump has a mere 41 percent favorability rating. But Donald, don’t despair. Your past opponent, Hillary Clinton, is liked even less by Americans – she only garnered likes from 39 percent of those polled. It’s the second-lowest score for Clinton since the poll started tracking her
in September 2009. More than a fifth of Clinton voters say they currently have an unfavorable view of her. By comparison, just 8 percent of likely Clinton voters felt that way in the final Bloomberg poll before the election, and just 6 percent of Trump’s voters now say they view him unfavorably. “There’s growing discontent with Hillary Clinton even as she has largely stayed out of the spotlight,” noted pollster J. Ann Selzer, who oversaw the survey. “It’s not a pox on the Democratic house because numbers for other Democrats are good.” The former first lady and New York senator has made a few speeches and occasionally tweaks Trump on Twitter, but has mostly kept out of sight since a defeat in November that shocked the political establishment and surprised markets. In follow-up interviews with poll participants, Clinton voters denied that their negative feelings about her had anything to do with her losing the election and, therefore, helping Trump move into the White House. Instead, their comments often reflected the ongoing angst among Democrats about how best to position themselves against Trump and
Republicans in 2018 and beyond. Many said they wished Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had won the Democratic nomination, or that they never liked Clinton and only voted for her because she was the lesser of two bad choices. “She did not feel authentic or genuine to me,” one of those polled in California explained. “She was hard to like.” She added, “But I don’t blame her for Trump. There were a lot of factors that fed into Trump becoming a president and she was just one of them.” As was the case throughout the campaign, Clinton suffers from gender and racial gaps. Just 35 percent of men hold a favorable view of her, compared to 43 percent of women. And just 32 percent of whites like her, while 51 percent of non-whites do. Clinton’s lowest reading ever in the Bloomberg poll – one percentage point lower than her current popularity – was recorded in September 2015, as she battled with Sanders before the first primary ballots were cast and as the scandal surrounding her use of a private email server escalated. In contrast to Clinton, former President Barack Obama has fared well with some distance from the
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Healthcare Stalls – Again
On Monday morning, when two Republican senators publicly announced their defections from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s updated healthcare bill, the bill officially stalled. Every vote – well, almost every vote – was needed for the bill to pass. When Senators Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of
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Utah said they weren’t onboard, it signaled that there weren’t enough votes to even begin debate on McConnell’s legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. The development deals a devastating blow not only to Republicans who have railed against the current healthcare law for years, but also to President Donald Trump, who campaigned on killing Obamacare and made repealing the law his top legislative priority since taking office. “Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful,” McConnell said in a statement late Monday. He said the Senate would vote in the coming days on a bill that would delay the repeal of Obamacare for two years. In announcing their opposition to the bill, Moran and Lee said they would vote “no” on the motion to proceed – a vote that McConnell had hoped to hold this week but was already forced to postpone due to Arizona Sen. John McCain’s unexpected absence from Washington. Doctors discovered a blood clot near McCain’s eye over the weekend. “We should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. Furthermore, if we leave the federal government in control of everyday healthcare decisions, it is more likely that our healthcare system will devolve into a single-payer system, which would require a massive federal spending increase,” Moran said in a statement. The surprise announcement was all the more devastating as Trump was trying to shore up support for the bill at a dinner at the White House. The group of attendees included Senators Richard Shelby of Alabama, Steve Daines of Montana and James Lankford of Oklahoma. The three, like Moran, are reliably conservative senators who generally vote with McConnell on major bills. After Moran and Lee’s announcement, Trump tweeted, “Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate. Dems will join in!” On Tuesday morning Trump returned to Twitter: «We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans. Most Republicans were loyal, terrific & worked really hard. We will return!” He continued to encourage the nation in another tweet, “As I have always said, let ObamaCare fail and then come together and do a great
healthcare plan. Stay tuned!” McConnell’s inability to convince the senators to hold off on publicly opposing the bill highlighted the huge chasm that had developed between the efforts of the leadership to pass a bill and the willingness of rank and file senators to agree to something they had serious reservations about. Prior to Monday, there were two other Senate Republicans who had said they would vote against the revised health care bill: Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine. This meant McConnell could not afford even one more opposing senator. Over the weekend, McCain’s office revealed that the veteran senator had surgery to remove a blood clot from above his eye, forcing him to stay back at home in Arizona. Shy one “yes” vote on the motion to proceed, the majority leader announced that he would “defer” consideration of the health care bill while his colleague recovered. Now, with the announcement from Moran and Lee, even if McCain were to return to Washington, McConnell would be unable to move his legislation to the Senate floor.
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“Beerly” a Suitcase
Talk about packing light – as in light beer. An Australian man with a great sense of humor caught a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Perth last Saturday. But Dean, as he calls himself, didn’t have much to pack. The only thing he really needed on vacation was beer, so that’s what he checked in – one can of Emu Export beer.
“It honestly just seemed like a good laugh, an idea a mate and I cooked — pretty much a meme in real life for all the export drinkers out there,” Dean explained. For those not familiar, Emu Export is a beer originally from Perth. To explain why he was bringing the beer back there, Dean said “he arrived too late to check it in heading out of Perth.” So he thought he’d try his luck on the way back at Melbourne Airport, where he faced “some resistance” from the automated check-in counter. “It wouldn’t register the can as a bag so I had to use some creative tray stacking to fool it into thinking there was a bag on the conveyor. Was bloody stoked when it finally went green and zoomed off,” he said. Dean, ever the practical traveler, said he was prepared that his single can of beer would have possibly gotten lost during the trip. He said he would have “forgiven the baggage boys for not being able to resist the bush chook temptation,” he said. Amazingly, though, his beer can – full of brew – dropped onto the luggage carousel in Perth unharmed. Sort of makes you wonder why he didn’t go for a six-pack.
100 Meters at 101
When I’m 100 I want to be just like Julia Hawkins. Ms. Hawkins, who is 101-yearsold, ran the 100-meter dash in 40.12 seconds at the USA Track and Field Outdoors Masters Championships on Saturday, setting the record for a woman 100 or older. This is not the first time the centenarian raced to the finish line. Hawkins ran the 100-meter dash in 39.62 seconds at the National Senior Games in June. To claim the official world record, her times will need to be verified. After this week’s race Hawkins quipped, “I missed my nap for this.” She was surprised that she broke the world record for people her age. “I didn’t feel like I was [breaking the record]. Other times I felt like I was flying. This time, I wasn’t feeling like I
was going that fast.” Unbelievably, Hawkins took up competitive running only after celebrating her 100th birthday. She was looking for a new challenge. “I knew I could run because I’m always in the yard working, and when the phone rings, I go running inside to answer it,” she explained. “I thought it’d be fun to run 100 meters since I’m more than 100 years old.” Hawkins’ secret to a long life? Simple: “I tell people the thing I recommend is to marry a good man. If you marry to a man for 70 years and have four wonderful children and then you have great-grandchildren,” she said. “You can’t ask much more than that ... so that’s what I’m blessed with.”
A “Suit” by Delta? Having a destination wedding? Maybe you should wear your gown while you fly. Recently, a bride and groom posted a photo of themselves wearing their wedding attire. The bride wore white – and so did the groom. He wore a white undershirt with the
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words, “This wedding suit courtesy of Delta Airlines,” written in black marker. Apparently his suit got lost on the way to the wedding. Someone posted the photo on Reddit with the caption, “If you want to wind up in the same country as your wedding outfits, don’t fly Delta Airlines.” One commentator was realistic about airlines and the annoyances that come with flying. “As a business traveler who flies weekly, I’ve discovered that the worst airline in the world is whichever one you’re flying on.” Here’s a one word solution for your luggage problems: carryon.
was trapped and rescued the hapless “prisoner.” Sounds like he was pressed for cash.
Help! I’m Stuck in the ATM
Welcome to Mount Gambier, located in South Australia. Here, the locals are polite, friendly, and easygoing. The population is fewer than 30,000, and there are rolling vistas and miles of coastline. Here, even the cows are pampered. Cattle are fed, towards the end of their lives, chocolate, candy and cookies. Cows lucky enough to live at Mayura Station (stations are ranches in Australia) enjoy cool sea breezes and water purified through limestone caves and caverns. The cows originally came from Shogo Takeda, seen as Japan’s foremost breeder and someone who has more than 50 years’ experience behind him. At Mayura the cattle are full-blood Wagyu, single source, meaning that both parents are 100% Wagyu (meaning Japanese-born) blood. The special taste from this Wagyu beef comes from a distinct diet for the last two months of their lives. They are fed around 2 kilograms of chocolate, cookies and candy every day. Mayura Station owner Scott de Bruin explains, “When I first started feeding it to the cattle, people would say, ‘Your beef has this really unique flavor, we love it,’” de Bruin says. “I always thought it was due to the region here, or because people hadn’t tried full-blood Wagyu. “They both contribute to the taste – but the sweet mix is undoubtedly the biggest part. The cattle just love it. They definitely know when it’s feeding time!” The delicious beef comes with an over-the-top price – upward of $300 per pound for its top-of-the-range Signature label. Gives another meaning to the term “cash cow.”
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When you hear cries for help coming from the ATM, it’s usually your bank account whining about you taking all of its money. But last week, customers at a Bank of America branch in Texas received a note begging for assistance when they took out their cash. “Please Help Im stuck here and I don’t have my phone please call my boss,” the note read in part. According to police, the repairman left his cellphone and swipe card in his truck before going into the bank. He needed the card in order to get out of the room where he was trapped. The repairman was stuck in the ATM for two hours. Customers who saw the note initially thought it was a joke. But thankfully someone took him seriously, and police – who at first also didn’t think it was real – came to the rescue. “We come out here, and sure enough we can hear a little voice coming from the machine,” the police chief said. “So we are thinking this is a joke. It’s got to be a joke.” Eventually police officers kicked down the door where the repairman
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Community Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s Camp Oraysah PHOTOS BY MHB & YOSEF LIVIAN
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Yeshiva Darchei Torah bachurim at Camp Oraysah
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“My flu-like symptoms turned out to be a heart attack.” NAME: AGE:
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I was getting ready for my grandson’s birthday, when all of a sudden I became weak. I thought I was coming down with the flu. Before going to sleep, I called my son and told him that something didn’t feel right. We took no chances and called 911. The paramedics arrived and within minutes, I was in cardiac arrest.
LIFE BEFORE HEART ATTACK:
I woke up a few days later and after many tests the doctors determined that the upper part of my heart wasn’t sending signals to the bottom part to pump blood, and that’s why my heart stopped. I was fitted with an ICD to treat my irregular heartbeat. After the procedure, I’m back to normal, I’m energetic, and I feel great.
LIFE AFTER HEART ATTACK:
WHY CHOOSE SOUTH NASSAU? The entire cardiac team was amazing. No amount of words will ever help me express how thankful I am. They’re my heroes. They’re my angels.
To learn more about cardiac services available at South Nassau or to watch Heidi’s story, visit southnassau.org/cardiologystories. The American Heart Association recognizes this hospital for achieving 85% or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Achievement Measures and 75% or higher compliance with four or more Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years and for documentation of all three Target: Heart FailureSM care components for 50% or more of eligible patients with heart failure discharged from the hospital to improve quality of patient care and outcomes.
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Around the Community
One Israel Fund’s 8th Annual Five Towns BBQ
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Five Towns BBQ and Fine Israeli Wine Tasting Event. The evening was hosted by Naomi & Asher Cohen and catered by Judd’s Memphis
Kitchen with the wine presented by Adam Neustadter from Royal Wines. Proceeds benefitted the humanitarian projects of One Israel Fund in-
cluding security, medical and educational needs for the 430,000 Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. PHOTO CREDIT: JAKE SOJCHER
Targeting Financial Success: Real Tools for How to Get There
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y husband and I are both bringing in respectable salaries, but we don’t have a good sense of where it’s all going and if there’s any room for us to save for the future. I work hard and I have some great ideas. Now I want to take my business to the next level. All of our friends are earning great rewards with their credit cards, but we just keep using ours to get through the end of the month. What are we doing wrong? Join community members for an exciting evening out and empower yourself with concrete, practical financial advice to enable you to make the right choices for success. Achiezer’s upcoming Financial
Seminar offers participants access to four professionals with extensive experience in their fields. All of them are enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with the community to encourage financial independence and growth. Sara Glaz, Financial Advisor at Munk Wealth Management Group, will be guiding participants in understanding where and how to invest money responsibly and evaluate levels of risk. She will be outlining options for allowing money to grow safely and create funds for future needs. Stacey Zrihen, Senior Advisor of the Achiezer Financial Management Program, will be focusing on how to create a budget. Attaining this valuable skill is the number one way to
achieve a better understanding of one’s personal finances. One can determine how much capital they really have to invest or if a regular shortfall of funds needs to be addressed to achieve financial health. Yitzchak Meystelman, Esq., Managing Partner at IM Law Group, will be addressing how to avoid the pitfalls of credit cards by teaching participants the guidelines for responsible credit card use: if and when to use them – and how they can be beneficial. Alex Pfeffer, Human Resources and Logistics Consultant at Castlepoint Consulting, will offer invaluable tips and direction for how to grow in any profession. He will explain the skills one will need to move forward, regardless of their area of expertise.
This long-awaited evening of education will be chaired by Mr. Morris Smith, who has so much to offer, culled from his many years of experience in the financial management and investment world. Join us on Wednesday, July 26, and arm yourself with the tools for success, growth and accomplishment. Invest one evening and learn the answers that can propel you to greater achievements. It might just be one of the best investments you’ll ever make. Program is open to men and women at no cost and will run from 7 PM until 9 PM. Each session will be moderated to allow for questions and answers and to ensure sufficient time for all presenters.
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Around the Community Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet spoke Sunday morning at Congregation Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence before a large gathering. His topic was Torah on the Contemporary Israeli Scene. Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet is pictured here with Yussi Sonnenblick, coordinator of the program. A CD is available from Ivan Norman, ivnorman@gmail. com or 212-461-0087. PHOTO CREDIT: IVAN H NORMAN
Welcome Rabbi Cohen of Ohr Torah
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ongregation Ohr Torah will be hosting a siyum/barbecue to welcome our new Rabbi, Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen, on July 24, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the Freud residence, 759 Caldwell Avenue, North Woodmere. Congregation Ohr Torah was founded over fifty years ago by new residents of the community, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, who saw the need for an Orthodox Ashkenazic Shul in the area. Rabbi Dr. Theodore Jungreis and Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis were the founding rabbi and rebbetzin. Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen is Director of New York Synagogues for the OU and Director of Community Engagement for Yachad. He is also a Columbia Law School graduate, licensed as a lawyer in the state of New York, as well as a family therapist with a Masters in Family Therapy. Rabbi Cohen has served as Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshiva University and Stern College for Women. He also directed the Lander College for Wom-
en Honors Program. Rabbi Cohen’s writings have been featured in many publications, and he is the author of a recently published book. Mrs. Ruchi Cohen is the daughter of the Chief Rabbi of Austria, Rabbi Chaim Eisenberg. She is an RN at Langone Hospital. The Cohens have five children. The Ohr Torah mishpacha is excited and honored to join with Rabbi Cohen in entering this new era at Ohr Torah. The entire community is invited to meet Rabbi Cohen at this event. A special guest will be Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, who will welcome Rabbi Cohen and his family to North Woodmere.
Fleetwood Synagogue at Citi Field
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Sensei, Smiles and Recycling at Ruach Day Camp
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rav Maga, a self-defense system developed by the Israel Defense Force and Israeli Security Forces, is the new excitement at Ruach Day Camp this summer. The Sensei has been teaching our campers stances and methods for basic defenses against common attacks. In addition, the campers learn awareness and prevention techniques in order to avoid getting into problematic situations. Ruach’s special events calendar has also reached new heights this summer. This week, we began our GO GREEN initiative, and recycling bins have been set up to encourage campers and staff to recycle everything that can be reused. The upper campus girls had their own version of “Project Runway” where they were challenged to design “fashionable apparel” using a bag filled with recyclable materials. They worked in teams and presented their fashion design with a team member walking the red carpet runway. Their originality, creativity and collaboration efforts were evident but there’s nothing quite like seeing the proud smiles of our campers when presenting their artistic creations! Who can miss out on a photo op? The Ruach photo booth was open for business this week. Campers stopped by on the way to their activities to be photographed with some of the funniest props available! All in all…it was an AMAZING week at Ruach Day Camp!
Becoming the New Boss – A Book Review
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onsider the following common scenario. After years of hard work and honing your professional skills, you are promoted to a position of leadership. You’re all raring to go, but lack a real awareness of what it means to shift from being led to becoming the new boss. And you need to figure it out quickly before you lose equity and quite possibly your job. While many people aspire to positions of leadership, the reality is that becoming the boss can be far more challenging than we might think. Statistics for new leaders, particularly those at the very top, can be outright dreadful. A recent study by the Center for Creative Leadership suggests that nearly 40 percent of new chief executives fail outright within their first 18 months on the job. An even higher percentage fails to live up to the expec-
tations of those who hired them. So what can new executives do to ensure that they’re not another statistic? Moreover, what steps should they take to help them enjoy a lasting, productive and fulfilling leadership experience? These are some of the questions that TJH contributor Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, an executive coach and former Head of School, addresses in his new book, Becoming the New Boss: The New Leaders Guide to Sustained Success. “As a former new leader,” Hoff says, “I can personally attest to the many challenges that new leaders face. My goal in writing the book is to help new leaders achieve immediate success and enjoy a long, fruitful tenure in their positions.” To whom does Hoff specifically re-
fer when he speaks of “new” leaders? “In this book,” he says, “I use the term broadly. ‘New’ denotes anyone that is assuming a different leadership role than what he has held until now. This includes those that have received an internal promotion, leaders who landed a new leadership gig in a different company, and even includes those who are working with a new team in the same firm due to a merger or acquisition. Each situation presents its own distinct set of opportunities and challenges, and leaders would do well to be mindful of those as they being to navigate in their new space.” Using a combination of best-practice research, leadership stories and personal anecdotes, Hoff explores some of the most important issues that new leaders grapple with. These include:
• The essence of leadership, and how it differs from management • The importance of developing a leadership character • How to make a great impression and start off on the right foot • Ways to develop deep, balanced workplace relationships • When and how to approach change • How to maintain work-life balance • Strategies to avoid burnout • And much more To learn more and to order your copy visit BecomingtheNewBoss. com. The book is also available on Amazon, BN.com or other fine online book retailers. Questions or bulk orders: Email Author@BecomingtheNewBoss.com.
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Avnet Campers Go for Gold
11 Wounded Israeli Army Veterans Go to Hamptons for R&R
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leven wounded Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and veterans visited the Hamptons last weekend for some rest and recuperation. The Hamptons visit was part of a nine-day tour of New York City for the wounded warriors organized by Belev Echad, which was founded by Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler and a host of supporters from the New York area. Belev Echad aims to show the Jewish people’s gratitude to IDF veterans for putting their lives on the line to protect and defend the Jewish State. During their visit to New York, the Israeli veterans saw New York landmarks including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, visited the 9/11 Memorial, and took a trip to the Hamptons for water sports in Sag Harbor, and tennis and barbecue at the Bridgehampton home of a
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Belev Echad board member. “These courageous IDF soldiers risked – and nearly lost – their lives protecting the people and the sacred land of Israel,” said Vigler. “The New York community is immensely grateful for the sacrifices they have made. It has been my pleasure to introduce these heroes to our supporters, and to help them realize just how much we appreciate their service.” This week, the wounded veterans will get an aerial view of the city from chartered helicopters, take a jet ski tour of the Hudson River, and visit the United Nations headquarters.
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The camp was divided into six countries: Israel, U.S.A., Australia, Greece, Brazil, and Canada. The campers enthusiastically represented these different countries by competing in their designated Olympic sport. Chants of IS-RA-EL and U-S-A were reverberating throughout the campus as the day progressed and we moved into the medal rounds. The countries were neck and neck right down to the final matches. No one was sure who was going to take
the gold, silver and bronze medals. When the dust settled, Australia, led by counselor Yaakov Gross, captured First Place by winning five medals including two gold medals. Team USA, led by counselor Zack Kessler, took second place, winning three medals including two gold medals. Greece, led by counselor Noah Aaron, came in third with three medals including one gold. The winning players, and all those that exhibited exemplary sportsmanship, also received vouchers for Slurpees from 7-11 in recognition of their hard work and effort!
Pheffer Amato Helps “Wet Down” Point Breeze Firetruck
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MIT is holding its annual Yom Iyun, a day of learning for women and by women, on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at 9:30a.m. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Shoshana Poupko, dean of students for the Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, in Teaneck, who will be giving a talk on “Me vs. We — Can We Sustain Both in Today’s World?” Dr. Poupko is a mehanekhet (advisor) for 10th grade and a teacher of Jewish Philosophy and Bible. Dr. Poupko has an Ed.D. in Educational Administration, as well as a M.S. in Secondary Education from Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University. “The annual Yom Iyun is truly a ‘happening,’” said Mimi Mehlman, the event chairwoman for the past 18 years. “We began as an educational group with many prominent keynote
speakers in Lido Beach and have grown exponentially over the years. Our Yom Iyun has motivated hundreds of women to come together to learn, as a chabura, many valued and insightful lessons from our Torah and beyond.” As a Jewish educator, Dr. Poupko’s experience and insight fits well with the mission of AMIT to provide cutting-edge education to Israeli children throughout Israel, many of whom live in the periphery and come from disadvantaged homes. The Yom Iyun will take place at Sephardic Temple, 775 Branch Boulevard, Cedarhurst, New York, from 9:30a.m. until 12:30p.m. For more information and to make reservations, visit www.amitchildren.org/liyomiyun or contact Genene Kaye at GeneneK@amitchildren.org, or call 212-477-5465.
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his past Saturday, July 15, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Breezy Point) helped “wet down” a new firetruck commissioned by the Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Department. In a “wetting down,” as practiced by VFDs across the United States, firefighters from neighboring towns help consecrate new equipment by blasting it with water hoses. The ceremony was held on the Breezy Point Ballfield. “Breezy Point’s fire department is a long and storied outfit with an im-
portant job to do,” said Pheffer Amato. “Just last week, I was proud to extend rebuilding permits for Breezy Point for another two years. So much of the damage from Sandy was from the fire that ripped through the Point after the flood. Being on the tip of a peninsula, we’re uniquely vulnerable, which is why we have to have the equipment to match the dedication and bravery of the PBVFD. Congratulations to the Department and the whole community on their new truck, and here’s to a safer community!”
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Proposed Long Island CCRC, Fountaingate Gardens, Receives Approval to Begin Reserving Residences
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ountaingate Gardens, the proposed Life Plan Community (also known as a Continuing Care Retirement Community or CCRC) in Commack, moved closer to bringing a much-needed community to Long Island seniors when it received approvals from the New York State Department of Health on June 22, 2017 to begin accepting reservations. This approval comes after a string of successes for Fountaingate Gardens, including unanimous zoning approvals from the Huntington Town Board and the Suffolk County Planning Commission as well as approvals for the height variance needed to construct the residential buildings as planned. This latest approval for residency will allow the project to begin taking 10 percent deposits from future residents to reserve a specific residence and lock-in the entrance fee. “The community support for our project has been outstanding,” says Herbert H. Friedman, Executive Vice President/CEO of Gurwin, the project’s not-for-profit sponsor. “We’re now even closer to providing Long Island seniors with the opportunity to experience life-enriching services
and amenities, all on a beautifully designed campus.” Fountaingate Gardens has already garnered significant interest from area seniors, with the project’s Charter Club-an exclusive group made up of future residents boasting more than 220 members. Charter Club members, in priority reservation order, will now be able to choose their new residence from among 15 different floor plans ranging from one bedroom to two bedroom den options, and place their reservation deposit. When 75 percent of the residences are reserved, preparations for the construction phase will begin. With only 176 residences available, and already more than 200 mem-
bers in the Charter Club, area seniors are urged to act quickly to hold their place in line. “Fountaingate Gardens is offering Long Island seniors the chance to join a newly constructed community with state-of-the-art amenities and exceptional services for a surprisingly comparable cost to remaining in their current homes,” says Laurie Stambler, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Besides a dynamic lifestyle, residents will have security and peace of mind knowing that any future health care needs will be met. For more information on Fountaingate Gardens or the Charter Club, please call (631) 210-5806 or visit fountaingateli.org.
Fountaingate Gardens is a proposed not-for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community that will be located on Long Island, NY. The community is an extension of Gurwin that adds independent living to current offerings that include assisted living, skilled nursing and shortterm rehabilitation, among other services. Fountaingate Gardens is a community for seniors who want to continue their active, independent lifestyle without the burden of home ownership and with the added security of knowing a full continuum of care is available on-site. For more information, please call (631) 2105806 or visit www.fountaingateli. org. The purpose of this marketing material is for Fountaingate Gardens to offer prospective residents an opportunity to guarantee a residence in the proposed community by entering a reservation agreement and paying a fully refundable 10% deposit. The 10% deposit reservation fee will be deposited into an escrow account, and shall be refunded with interest upon request for cancellation.
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Fun in the Sun at Camp Atara
Passport Day in the Five Towns
Real Clear Daf to Host Breakfast Siyum
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o celebrate the monumental accomplishment of completing masechtas Baba Basra, the largest masechta in Shas, Real Clear Daf, a free online Shas library of audio shiurim that can be accessed at realcleardaf.com, and Rami Abelson of Cedarhurst will be hosting a gala breakfast siyum for men and women. R’ Paysach Krohn, shit’’a, will
be delivering the keynote address at what is sure to be a most joyous and inspiring event. The siyum will be held on July 23 at the Agudah of Cedarhurst – 508 Peninsula Blvd, Cedarhurst, NY 11516 – after the 8:30 Shacharis. For more information, or to RSVP, please email bababasrasiyum@gmail.com or call 855-ASKRCD-1 (275-7231).
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Coping with Anxiety and the Growing Allergies in Our Community
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nxiety is the fear of the unknown, however, with food allergies the unknown never leaves. It lurks in the background and has an undercurrent of “what if?” staying with the food-allergic person. Support is sometimes needed for those dealing with allergies, as it is a full-time job for those allergic, their caregivers, family and friends. There is a local support group servicing the Five Towns, Queens and Brooklyn called Food Allergy Support Team, FAST. The founder, Aliza (Loren) Berkovics, searched for a mentor for her food allergic son to give some comradery for the frustrations of exclusion due to his food allergies. Aliza approached Dr. Alissa Hersh, the director of Allergy and Asthma of the South Shore, for some suggestions on how to help her son. Dr. Hersh related that she had tried to start a support group with her patients but the group was not successful. After more searches for a support group that
catered more to the frum community, and realizing these communities were lacking awareness, support, education, and advocacy, FAST was spearheaded by Dr. Hersh and Aliza and was founded in May 2015. In June 2015, 13 members with children showed for the first-ever support group meeting in the Levi Yitzchak Library, and Mrs. Georgina Cipriano spoke to the group about her son, Giovanni, how he tragically died from food allergies and how her mistakes regarding his death will live with her forever. Georgina is now a speaker for the food allergy community. The meeting was considered a success for FAST, and Aliza has been running support groups since then. The Levi Yitzchak Library has been a great venue for FAST. FAST is a non-for-profit organization; its income is only by donations or corporate sponsorship for speakers. Lisa Hawk at the Levi Yitzchak Library has taken the time to make sure FAST can
schedule times for the support groups in the library. She takes time out from her busy schedule and her family to assist FAST with its needs. Aliza states, “Running the support group has been fulfilling, I get to do what I love to do and help those in need. My son has had food allergies since he is 8-months-old, and since then I have had to be his advocate. 9 ½ years later, my son has a good comprehension of his allergies and safety precautions have been set to help him be safe. With the support group, I can now use my energy and knowledge to assist others going through what I have gone through.” The support group has meetings for various age groups, from kindergarten through 3rd grade, the Teen and Tween group is for 9-year-olds and up, and then adults. Newly diagnosed families join, with little to no information regarding their new challenge in life. Education is key. Allergies are on the rise, and currently there is no cure. 15 million people in the United States have a food allergy; 6 million are children. That is calculated to be 1 in 13, approximately 2 children per classroom. 30% of those allergic to food can have multiple food allergies. Every 3 minutes, a food allergic reaction sends a person to the emergency room. Approximately 200,000 people require medical attention due to an allergic reaction. From the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, hospitalization for children have tripled from food allergies. Food allergies is a medical condition, and occurs when exposure to food triggers creates an immune response that is harmful. An immune response is called an allergic reaction. This occurs when the proteins in the food that are normally harmless, are attacked by the immune system. An allergen is a protein that triggers the reaction. Food allergies have 8 common foods that cause reactions: wheat, soy, fish, milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, and crustaceans. The teen and tween group is the most popular group. Usually held by request, the adolescents get to have a safe space, to vent, learn and to understand they are not alone on this hard road. The group has been work-
ing on their worries and had made a “worry box.” The instructions were to write anonymously on Post-it’s, and slowly we go through each one. The group works together to go over each worry and try to either understand the feelings attached or how to help that person who is dealing with the worry. “I really like the support groups, because they give me a place to talk about my allergies with people who also have allergies, who are dealing with a lot of the same issues,” Moishy Zern, a teen member, states. The teens and tweens are not the only ones dealing with anxiety. FAST has a WhatsApp group for adults to vent, learn, and ask questions that Aliza moderates. FAST has assembled a team of experts to serve our community: Dr. Alissa Hersh, a Board-Certified Allergist and Immunologist, and director of Allergy and Asthma of the South Shore as our medical advisor; Shoshana Solomon, RN, BSN as our nurse; and Moshe Plotkin, LCSW-R, founder and director of Long Island Counseling and Anxiety Center (LICA), as our psychotherapy advisor. These experts assist with guidance for FAST, and do not give medical advice Anxiety can wreak havoc quickly, and FAST reached out to Sara Gluck, PhD., LCSW, a local psychotherapist, to speak to the support group about anxiety. Dr. Gluck is the clinical director of psychotherapy at the Five Towns Wellness Center in Cedarhurst, NY. Dr. Gluck will be discussing anxiety relating to allergies, as the main topic for the support group. FAST was fortunate to get Dr. Gluck, as she has a food allergic child, as well, and has experience with anaphylaxis. Her understanding of the anxiety related to allergies, will help this group immensely. The next event will be held at the Levi Yitzchak Library on July 27, 2017 at 8PM. The fee is $20 and $5 for a recording. Chase Bill Pay and Paypal can be sent to 5townsfast@ gmail.com. Credit cards are accepted. Corporate sponsorship: The Rolling Pin, Hapina, Hewlett Neighborhood Pharmacy, and Abe’s Frozen Desserts.
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Assemblywoman Melissa Miller Tours Kulanu Academy
Rav Doniel Neustadt, shlit”a, Delivers Shiur in Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah
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or over twenty-five years Melissa (Missy) Miller has dedicated her professional and volunteer time to helping chronically ill children. Since becoming the voice of the people of New York State’s Assembly District 20 this past January she has continued her plans to advocate for increasing accessibility to programs for individuals with disabilities. During her visit to the campus of Kulanu Academy on July 11 Assemblywomen Miller was impressed as she learned about the vast array of services provided at the Cedarhurst facility. Executive Director Dr. Beth Raskin and Fundraising & Special Events Coordinator Rachael Berg
led Missy on a tour of the specialized classrooms, therapy areas, community room and the newly installed commercial kitchen teaching area. Expanding plans for the Kulanu Adult services program were discussed as well as respite, after school, and Sunday programing. Missy was pleased to learn about the many achievements at Kulanu over the past seventeen years and about their plans for the future. It is clear that Assemblywoman Miller will continue to use her vast wealth of knowledge to help individuals with special needs. Her compassion was evident as she proclaimed, “We could have spent the entire afternoon speaking about our common goals.”
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n Thursday evening, July 6, the Yeshiva and Kollel of Nishmas Hatorah was joined by many community members for a shiur given by Horav Doniel Neustadt, shlit”a. Rabbi Neustadt, a rav in Lakewood, NJ, is a world renowned posek, speaker and author. After an introduction by the Rosh Yeshiva, R’ Yissachar Blinder, the packed crowd was held spellbound by the clarity, breadth of knowledge and delivery of the shiur. Many concepts with regards to hilchos tzedaka and tefillah were addressed and the audience was left with a clarity of the sugya and a decisive psak.
The shiur was the culmination of a successful zman of serious growth for the bochurim of the yeshiva. The Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah Kollel, under the leadership of R’ Nesonel Feit, shlit”a, is a new addition this zman. The Kollel, with ten high caliber yungerleit, has already made its mark on the yeshiva. Besides the high level of limud haTorah that the yungerleit brings to the yeshiva and community, they are true role models for the bochurim to emulate. The yeshiva looks forward to bringing more programming and shiurim to the tzibbur in the near future b’ezras Hashem.
Free Long Beach Concert Featuring Shlock Rock
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he City of Long Beach, New York, in conjunction with the Young Israel of Long Beach, will once again present its Annual Summer Concert on the Boardwalk with the music of Lenny Solomon of Shlock Rock fame. Shlock Rock is an AmericanIsraeli Jewish rock band which parodies popular secular songs substituting new, religious-themed lyrics for the music. To date they have released 36 albums. Shlock Rock continues to record albums and perform live as of 2015, and to date has sold more than 200,000 CD’s, tapes and DVDs in the contemporary Jewish rock arena. Their music is a mix of
pop-rock song parodies and original rock songs in English and Hebrew. The purpose of the band is to spread Jewish pride, identity and awareness throughout the Jewish community, for Jewish continuity. Solomon and Shlock Rock tour around the world, playing at concerts, schools, and Jewish events. The concert is being presented in conjunction with the Young Israel of Long Beach. The concert will take place on the Boardwalk and Long Beach Boulevard on Sunday night, August 6, at 8:00PM. This event serves as a welcome to the many families who come to Long Beach to enjoy their summer vacations. It is
just one on the many activities and special events being planned at the Young Israel this summer. Prior to the concert there will a barbeque for families affiliated with Chai Lifeline who have been invited to join in the concert which will take place at the Young Israel, 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, NY. Additionally, this year there will be a singles event for people ages 3045 sponsored by JBar which will take place at 15 West Beech Street, Long Beach, NY (corner Edwards Boulevard & Beech Street) prior to the concert on the beach (6-8PM). The cost of the BBQ is $36.00 p/p and advanced registration must be
made by going to website www.yilb. org. For further information, e-mail jbardrinks@gmail.com. During the summer months there is a large influx of families from the greater Metropolitan area that come to the City by the Sea to enjoy magnificent boardwalk, relaxing atmosphere and amenities. The Young Israel of Long Beach sees as part of its overall mission the need to provide for the overall religious, spiritual, social and cultural of the summer guests. To meet this responsibility, the Young Israel has instituted several special summer programs and initiatives.
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Splashes of fun at Camp Hillel Water Carnival
Sukkah Fair at Siach Yitzchok
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his past Monday, Siach Yitzchok’s third grade classes had their annual Sukkah Fair. The third graders were busy the last two weeks putting together their own model sukkahs, depicting the various cases they learned this year in Masechta Sukkah. “What creativity! How original these sukkahs were!” commented many viewers. It was really amazing to see the clarity the boys had as their menahel, Rav Dovid Sitnick, shlita, discussed the model sukkahs with each one of the talmidim. To be so involved in the limudim in the last week of an 11 month shinas ha'limudim displays true ahavas haTorah.
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Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Siyum in Antwerp, Climax of Worldwide Siyumim on Second Volume of Mishnah Berurah Tens of Thousands Embark on Systematically Learning Hilchos Shabbos
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ast week, tens of thousands of Jews the world over embarked on a journey that is destined to enrich and transform their observance of Shabbos. They embarked on the Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha learning of the laws of Shabbos, the third volume of the Mishnah Berurah. Daf HaYomi B’Halacha is Dirshu’s halacha learning program where one page of Mishnah Berurah is learned daily. Over the course of about a year and a half, the entire section covering the laws of Shabbos is learned. In advance of the launch of hilchos Shabbos, celebratory siyumim on the second volume of Mishnah Berurah were held in locales throughout the world. The Antwerp Siyum: A Microcosm of the World Perhaps the most prominent siyum was the European-wide siyum held in Antwerp, Belgium. What happened at the siyum and in advance of the siyum in Antwerp was
an inspiring microcosm of what has been transpiring all over the world. In advance of learning hilchos Shabbos an effort was made in Antwerp to increase the number of shiurim in Daf HaYomi B’Halacha at the various shuls in town. According to Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Knopfler, Dirshu’s representative in Antwerp, over the past six weeks, numerous shuls have announced the institution of Daf HaYomi B’Halacha shiurim and, by the time hilchos Shabbos was getting underway, there were some twenty new daily shiurim in Antwerp alone! The Illustrious Rabbinic Leaders of Antwerp Weigh In On Sunday, 8 Tammuz/July 2, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, together with senior members of Dirshu’s hanhala, arrived in Antwerp for the siyum. The first stop on the way from the airport was the home of the Pshevorsker Rebbe, shlita, of Antwerp. The Rebbe enthusiastically supported the renaissance in the learning of halacha in town and related that the zechus of spreading Torah in such a way is immeasurable.
The delegation then went to HaGaon HaRav Aharon Schiff, shlita, Rav of the Machzikei Hadas Kehillah. Rav Schiff asked that all of the town’s dayanim also attend the meeting. During the visit Rav Schiff related that a person came to ask him whether as a maggid shiur who usually delivers his Daf HaYomi B’Halacha shiur at the time of the siyum, should he cancel the shiur in order to attend the siyum? Rav Schiff replied that not only should he cancel his shiur, but any shiur in town should be cancelled and all members of the community should attend the siyum to show their honor for Torah. Rav Hofstedter and the Dirshu leaders also visited HaGaon HaRav Dovid Moshe Lieberman, shlita, Rav of the Shomrei Hadas community and the elder rav of the city. Learning Halacha: The Quintessential Unifier Indeed, Antwerp had seldom, if ever witnessed, such a turnout! The unity of the community was absolutely remarkable as all of the numerous kehillos comprising the rich mosaic of
Antwerp Jewry came out en masse to celebrate not only the completion of Chelek Beis but also to display their love of Torah and their desire to dedicate themselves to joining the ranks of worldwide lomdei halacha in the future as the program begins the laws of Shabbos. Another remarkable development was the fact that virtually every single rav in the entire kehillah, despite their busy schedules, attended the event. Antwerp Jews were deeply moved when, towards the beginning of the main event, all of the rabbonim entered together to the enthusiastic singing of “yamim al yemei melech tosif.” One participant passionately exclaimed, “The sight of all the rabbonim sitting with an extraordinary unity of purpose at the mizrach wall of the Beis Rochel Hall at the siyum is a sight I will never forget!” Another participant said, “This is the first time I have attended an event of this size and magnitude where not only have I not been asked to donate money, but on the contrary, I have been offered money for learning Torah and being tested on what I learn!”
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Around the Community Rav Aharon Schiff: Dirshu has Also Brought Mussar to the Masses The festivities began with a seudas mitzvah for the “Dirshu Family” – all the people in town who regularly take Dirshu’s tests. It was followed by a citywide siyum attended by some 1500 people. Rav Yaakov Dov Orshansky, Chairman of the evening and himself a Dirshu test taker, set the tone for the evening by pointing out the transformative impact that Dirshu has had on the lives of its lomdim. In his seminal address, Rav Aharon Schiff highlighted the importance of Torah that permeates everything that Dirshu does. Harbotzas haTorah and support of Torah on such a scale can only be rooted in infinite love of Torah. Rav Schiff also pointed out the importance of the mussar component of the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha. There was a misconception that mussar learning is only for exceptional ovdei Hashem. Dirshu has successfully encouraged everyone to engage in the introspection of avodas ha’mmusar. There was a hush in the hall as the nonagenarian, Rav Dovid Moshe Lieberman, got up to speak. Rav Lieberman asked, “Why does the Torah first use the word ‘zachor – remember the Shabbos’ and later use the word ‘shamor – keep the Shabbos’?” He answered that only if someone remembers Shabbos throughout the week by learning hilchos Shabbos will he merit being able to keep Shabbos in its entirety in accordance with halacha! Rav Hofstedter: Those Who Learn Halacha are Endowed with Special Siyata DiShmaya Rav Dovid Hofstedter, Nasi of Dirshu, quoted in the name of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Wosner, zt”l, that the most difficult way of learning is learning all the way up to the practical halacha. Still, Rav Wosner said that those who learn this way are endowed with a special siyata diShmaya. Rav Dovid also hailed the special people who, despite being so busy trying to earn a living, still manage to “steal” time to add yet another seder to their learning schedule. “One cannot even begin to depict the mesiras nefesh of a Jew who is rushing to his office or store but stops to chap arein another five minutes or another fifteen minutes of learning of halacha in addition to his daily Gemara shiur.
We have no inkling of the magnitude of their Divine reward!” A powerful speech about the importance of learning practical halacha was also given by the maggid, Rav Aharon Toisig, and a special treat was the live video hook-up of divrei chizuk given by the well-known mashpia, HaGaon HaRav Elimelech Biderman, shlita. The Success of a Shiur is Commensurate with the Amount of Preparation Another important gathering that preceded the siyum was the gathering of current and future maggidei shiur. HaGaon HaRav Binyomin Eckstein, shlita, Belzer Dayan of London and Director of Dirshu Europe, gave guidance to the maggidei shiur explaining that the more a maggid shiur invests in preparation, the more chashivus the shiur goers will have for the shiur. There is a direct correlation between the success of the shiur and the amount of time and effort a maggid shiur invests in preparation. Rav Eckstein further urged the maggidei shiur to encourage attendees to take the monthly Daf HaYomi B’Halacha tests. “Although any learning of halacha is commendable,” he related, “engaging in the learning and chazara needed to take tests propels a person to a totally different level.” In addition to the worldwide European siyum, siyumim were also held in South Africa, where the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, attended, and addressed the siyum, in Manchester, where Dayan Yonasan Abraham gave an address, Australia, Argentina and locales across the United States, Canada and Eretz Yisrael where Daf HaYomi B’Halacha is learned. It is Not Too Late to Join At all of the siyumim, the speakers pointed out that although learning hilchos Shabbos by oneself can be daunting, joining an existing shiur that goes according to a defined schedule or even learning with a chavrusah with the Daf HaYomi B”Halacha calendar is imminently doable. With as little investment as a half hour a day, plus extra time for review, you can learn the entire hilchos Shabbos! To join Daf HaYomi B’Halacha or to access a shiur near you in North America, please call 888-5-Dirshu or e-mail mm@dirshunj.org.
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Kollel Chatzos Arranges Ketores Segulah on Arizal’s Yahrtzeit at the Kever
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ollel Chatzos is preparing for the auspicious day of the Arizal’s yahrtzeit by organizing a minyan to recite the Arizal’s Ketores Segulah at his kever on that midnight. The names of all sponsors and their entire families will be mentioned by the kollel members who will participate in this momentous occasion. Monday night, the 5th of Av (July 27th), marks the yahrtzeit of the Arizal, who exposed the depth of Kabbalah. Among the many secrets he revealed is the Ketores Segulah. As recorded by his appointed disciple, Rabbi Chaim Vital, in Shaar Hakavanos (Drushei Tefilas Shacha-
ris 3), the Arizal stated: “If a minyan of pious Jews will gather after midnight and they will recite the special Ketores Segulah together with concentration, it will definitely make a deep impression and whatever they ask for will be accomplished in Heaven!” The Zohar says that those who rise at midnight to study Torah have the power to “decree below and their words are carried out above.” Now the members of Kollel Chatzos-Meron are preparing to daven on our behalf at the kever of the Arizal on the night of his yahrtzeit, especially by reciting his Ketores Segulah with deep concentration.
The New York Kollel at a special gathering to be mispallel the holy tefillos of the Arizal on the night of his yahrtzeit
Reciting the Arizal’s Ketores Segulah with deep concentration
The schedule for the Ketores Segulah recital at the kever of the Arizal on the night of the anniversary of his passing is as follows: The members of Kollel Chatzos-Meron will arise before midnight in Tzfas and prepare for their nightly study ritual. Before heading to their Beis Medrash at the kever of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, they will first stop to visit the kever of the Arizal in the ancient cemetery of Tzfas. There they will perform the Ketores Segulah with deep concentration as prescribed by the Arizal, followed by the recital of the names of all of the sponsors who have signed up and their families. When they are done they will continue with their nightly program of Torah study and prayer in Meron as usual. The actual Ketores Segulah follows the precise formula recorded in the name of the Arizal, beginning with the portion of the Keto-
res, followed by the posuk “Vayaas es Hamenorah” three times, chapter “Veyihi Noam” seven times and other pesukim recited forward and backward. At the conclusion a special prayer is recited and this is accompanied by the names of the many sponsors. As an additional incentive, Kollel Chatzos is making a special offer this year: Whoever signs up for the Ketores Segulah on the Arizal’s yahrtzeit will also have his name and those of his family mentioned at Kollel Chatzos-Meron during the nightly recitation of the Ketores Segulah for an entire year! Ask about this offer when you call to sign up for the Ketores Segulah. Call the central office of Kollel Chatzos today to ensure your name is included in this year’s Ketores Segulah: 718-887-9114: Experience the yeshuah you have been praying for!
I am filled with love and nachas when I think about the Israeli soldiers, commanders, political leaders, and people. I am proud to be a Jew. Talmidei chachomim from Kollel Chatzos davening on our behalf at the kever of the Arizal on the night of his yahrtzeit
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Exciting Camp Feature! Back for a 4th Year!
How are the youngest Five Townsers spending their summer? Over the summer season we will be speaking with local day camps to learn how our children and teens are spending their eleven weeks of summer vacation. Between swimming, sports, learning, trips, projects, cheers and lots of ices, we know their days are jam-packed with fun.
Simcha Day Camp is located on the Yeshiva Darchei Torah campus and is a magnet of fun for hundreds of campers during the summer. Between swimming, trips, learning, cheers and a dynamic staff, the boys look forward to SDC throughout the year. This week, we were privileged to speak with Simcha Day Camp’s Director Rabbi Taub and Assistant Director Rabbi Sudwerts for a behindthe-scenes peek at the ruach that rocks the camp.
It seems like there is so much happening in camp today! Thank you so much for your time. Tell us, when did Simcha Day Camp start? In 1978, the Hartman Y opened Simcha by the Sea. In 1991, Yeshiva Darchei Torah bought the camp and it has been Simcha Day Camp ever since.
So camp has been around for a long time! How long have you been with Simcha Day Camp? Rabbi Taub: I’ve been with the Yeshiva for 11 years as a third grade rebbe and joined the amazing SDC staff as head
counselor five summers ago. Last year I stepped into the role of camp director. Rabbi Sudwerts: After being a counselor in 2002 and 2003, I joined the head staff as the Senior division head in 2009 for four years. The following three years I joined Rabbi Taub as his assistant head counselor and moved into the assistant director position last year.
We’re almost halfway through the summer! How many boys having been enjoying their summer fun at SDC? Where do they come from? We have over 800 campers
hailing from all over the five boroughs and the Five Towns. We even have some boys from as far as Texas and Canada.
800 campers – that’s a lot! Tell us about your different divisions. What special things does each one do? There are 7 divisions in SDC. Our Juniors division is led by Morah Etty Slansky who has over 20 years of preschool experience to draw from. SDC Juniors has their very own Sports Director, Rabbi Yisroel Stone, who focuses on teaching the boys the fundamental skills of all the major sports. These precious 4- and 5-year-olds are learning to swim in deep
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water with WSI-certified lifeguards in our Olympic-size in-ground pool. The Intermediate division goes on various trips throughout the summer as well as enjoying late nights here in camp. Our 4th Grade division adds an in-camp overnight to the mix, while our Senior division goes on two 2-day overnights during the summer. The Intermediate division is led by Rabbi Posnick and Rabbi Polter, the 4th Grade division is led by Rabbi Schwadel, and Rabbi Heller leads our seniors. Our CIT division, led by Rabbi Bornstein, trains our future staff members and gives them hands-on experience in working with children. They also go on trips, play ball and join the Seniors on their overnights. Camp sounds like fun for every division, but tell us about SDC – what sets you
apart from all the others? We pride ourselves in having an on-site nurse and comfortable, air-conditioned busing. We are an allergy aware camp, with our very own Mrs. Levy and her amazing kitchen staff, who cater to the campers’ needs and wants. Above all, our professionalism and attention to detail ensure that every camper has the best and safest summer experience available. So what’s a “regular” day like at SDC? Our day starts with two hours of davening and learning with professional rabbeim, then transitions to a day packed with bunk games, organized leagues, 2 swims a day – one instructional and one free swim – hot lunches, pumping
By the Numbers 6,000: chicken nuggets 10: outdoor water served each week
85:CIT’s being trained as our future counselors 33: bunks for a total of more than 800 campers 28: amazing trips
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stations to keep hydrated while playing sports
9: acres of fabulous campus
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mmm, favorite homemade chicken fingers)
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dining room ruach, and surround sound fun! What are the kids’ favorite activities? Besides for all the daily fun, the campers look forward to the entertainment that is brought to camp each year. We have been amazed by shows such as concerts by the likes of Benny Friedman, Dovid Gabay, Avraham Fried and Benny Amar. We have also seen magical magicians, acrobats, puppet shows, contortionists, and visiting dignitaries like the petting zoo and the future president. Sounds like fun on campus. What trips do the campers enjoy off-grounds? The boys love all trips, from weekly bowling and batting cages to fun-filled places like Kzam, Laserbounce, Active Kidz, Funstation USA, and Bounce U. Bigger trips in-
clude Luna Park, Adventureland, New Roc City, Rye Playland, Dave & Buster’s, Bounce Trampolines, and a nighttime Mets game. On the Senior overnights this year we are going to Aquatopia Indoor
busing, two daily swims, a campus of over nine acres filled with four baseball fields, an Olympic-size inground pool, eight outdoor basketball courts, a professional grade street hockey
We have also seen magical magicians, acrobats, puppet shows, contortionists, and visiting dignitaries like the petting zoo and the future president.
water park, Mountain Creek, Hershey Park, Camp Bonim, zip-lining, banana boating, horseback riding and even sleeping overnight in an all access arcade.
Do the kids enjoy certain perks for being SDC campers? Absolutely! Air-conditioned
arena, a huge soccer field, a volleyball court, a Gaga pit, a new air-conditioned gym, and a state-of-the-art playground. Our Juniors Division is housed in a separate wing from the rest of the camp, with their own playground and a massive indoor jungle gym.
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Being a camper at Simcha Day Camps seems like non-stop action. Do you do anything different for the Three Weeks/Nine Days? While we always have a strong focus on middos and sportsmanship, during the Nine Days the focus is heightened with a couple of special programs. Our boys collect money for Chai Lifeline and every camper participates in the annual bowl-a-thon. We also run a middos program in memory of our very special camper, Aaron Tepfer, a”h, called Aaron’s Way. That sounds very special. I know things are very busy for you in camp today – and every day. Thank you for your time; I hear the kids are chanting your names in the dining room, revving up for more ruach!
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TJH You gotta be kidding John is flying to New York for summer vacation. When he gets to the airline counter, he presents his ticket for JFK Airport and says to the agent handling his luggage, “I’d like you to send my green suitcase to Hawaii and my red suitcase to London.” The confused agent says, “I’m sorry, we can’t do that.” “Really?” John responds. “That’s a relief. After all, that’s exactly what you guys did to my luggage last year!”
Centerfold Riddle me this?
An old righteous man, Luciano Pavarotti, George Bush, and Bill Gates are sitting in first class on the same plane. There are only three parachutes left for the four of them. Bush says: “As a former president, I think I should have the right to have a parachute, because I ruled millions of people in the greatest nation of all.” Pavarotti says: “As one of the greatest singers of all-time, I think I should deserve to be safe. I bring tears and laughter to millions of people, and I’m an important contributor to the opera.” Bill Gates says: “As one of the richest successful company owners, I think I should live because I’m on top of the economic cycle, creating jobs and incomes for millions of people. I am a wealthy and intelligent man.” Finally, the old man says: “I’m an old man. I lived a life that’s full; I’m ready to let go of a parachute and to face my fate.” Bush says, “I can’t let a righteous old man like you die. If you jump out then I will not use my parachute but will join you.” Then Gates says, “You know what? I am inspired. If Bush jumps out with the old man then I won’t use my parachute either and will leave it for one of the people in the back of the plane.” Which of them died? See answer below
Can you figure out what this means?
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Answer to riddle: None of them – the plane landed safely. Whoever said the plane was having any trouble?
Answer to Can You Figure This Out: Stand-up comedy
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IF AIRLINES SOLD PAINT… Customer: Hi. How much is your paint? Clerk: Well, sir, that all depends on quite a lot of things. Customer: Can you give me a guess? Is there an average price? Clerk: Our lowest price is $12 a gallon, and we have 60 different prices up to $200 a gallon. Customer: What’s the difference in the paint? Clerk: Oh, there isn’t any difference; it’s all the same paint. Customer: Well, then I’d like some of that $12 paint. Clerk: When do you intend to use the paint? Customer: I want to paint tomorrow. It’s my day off. Clerk: Sir, the paint for tomorrow is the $200 paint. Customer: When would I have to paint to get the $12 paint? Clerk: You would have to start very late at night in about 3 weeks. But you will have to agree to start painting before Friday of that week and continue painting until at least Sunday. Customer: You’ve got to be kidding! Clerk: I’ll check and see if we have any paint available. Customer: You have shelves FULL of paint! I can see it! Clerk: But it doesn’t mean that we have paint available. We sell only a certain number of gallons on any given weekend. Oh, and by the way, the price per gallon just went to $16. We don’t have any more $12 paint. Customer: The price went up as we were talking? Clerk: Yes, sir. We change the prices and rules hundreds of times a day, and since you haven’t actually walked out of the store with your paint yet, we just decided to change. I suggest you purchase your paint as soon as possible. How many gallons do you want? Customer: Well, maybe five gallons. Make that six, so I’ll have enough. Oh no, sir, you can’t do that. Clerk: If you buy paint and don’t use it, there are penalties and possible confiscation of the paint you already have.
Customer: WHAT?! Clerk: We can sell enough paint to do your kitchen, bathroom, hall and north bedroom, but if you stop painting before you do the bedroom, you will lose your remaining gallons of paint. Customer: What does it matter whether I use all the paint? I already paid you for it! Clerk: We make plans based upon the idea that all our paint is used, every drop. If you don’t, it causes us all sorts of problems. Customer: This is crazy!! I suppose something terrible happens if I don’t keep painting until after Saturday night! Clerk: Oh yes! Every gallon you bought automatically becomes the $200 paint. Customer: But what are all these, “Paint on sale from $10 a liter” signs? Clerk: Well that’s for our budget paint. It only comes in half-gallons. One $5 half-gallon will do half a room. The second half-gallon to complete the room is $20. None of the cans have labels, some are empty and there are no refunds, even on the empty cans. Customer: This is crazy! I’ll buy what I need somewhere else! Clerk: I don’t think so, sir. You may be able to buy paint for your bathroom and bedrooms, and your kitchen and dining room from someone else, but you won’t be able to paint your connecting hall and stairway from anyone but us. And I should point out, sir, that if you paint in only one direction, it will be $300 a gallon. Customer: I thought your most expensive paint was $200! Clerk: That’s if you paint around the room to the point at which you started. A hallway is different. Customer: And if I buy $200 paint for the hall, but only paint in one direction, you’ll confiscate the remaining paint. Clerk: No, we’ll charge you an extra use fee plus the difference on your next gallon of paint. But I believe you’re getting it now, sir. Customer: You’re insane! Clerk: Thanks for painting with United!
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Torah Thought
Parshas Matos-Masei By Rabbi Berel Wein
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he Jewish people have always been a traveling nation. It is almost as if wandering has become our second nature, built into the DNA of our society and history. The Torah lists for us over forty way stations and oases that the Jewish people visited during their trek in the desert from Egypt to the outskirts of the Land of Israel. Rashi, subtly and almost ironically, comments that the L-rd was kind to us and that He did not force us to visit many other waystations that could also have been part of our journey. In fact, for thirty-eight years, the camp of Israel resided in one place in the desert. Wanderlust has within it a positive component of curiosity and creativity. It also contains the nucleus of dissatisfaction and frustration. We are constantly looking for a better place to be and we are loath to make the proper investment and effort in improving the place in which we are. We are always looking for a more comfortable environment, better weather and more luxurious sur-
roundings. This has been true of the Jewish people over its long history. Even though many of our migrations were forced upon by others, with evil degrees and from cruel governments,
number of contributions to human civilization. Over the past two centuries there has been a slow but steady reversal of our wandering. The vast majority of the Jewish people in the world now
The wandering Jew became a stereotype both in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.
nevertheless the spirit of migration made substantial numbers of Jews leave their homes to travel to other countries and continents. The wandering Jew became a stereotype both in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds. Among the many disparaging comments made about Jews by Charles de Gaulle was the one that described us as a restless people. Perhaps this is so but it is also the key to our creativity, with countless
reside in two geographical locations – the State of Israel and the United States. Both communities feel themselves very much at home in their countries. So much so, that Jews from the rest of the world continue to migrate to these two centers of Jewish life. The State of Israel remains the Promised Land and our eternal homeland, spiritually and physically. The United States has provided
its Jewish citizens with freedom and opportunity never before granted to them in the history of our exile and diaspora. There is no question that these two communities have developed independently with different goals, ideas, practices and societal norms. I think that is obvious that neither community will be able to satisfy the other one completely and consistently. The idea of Jewish unity has to be built not only with what connects us – our faith and shared history – but also with the realization that the communities are different and will diverge in attitude and practice on a regular basis. Nevertheless, the fact that these communities are different should not mean that they are bound to be antagonistic one to the other. A healthy respect and tolerance for each other and for the differences that exist between these communities would go a long way towards easing tensions and in promoting a spirit of good will. Shabbat shalom.
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Parshas Masei Jewish Warrior, King of Opposites By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf
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he Degel Machaneh Ephraim, zy”a, teaches, in the name of his grandfather the Baal Shem Tov, zy”a, that the forty-two journeys of the Jewish people in the desert correspond to the journeys each individual takes in his life. When a person leaves the womb, this corresponds to when the Jewish people left Egypt. And when the Jewish people entered Eretz Yisroel, this corresponds to a person’s journey into the land of eternal life after 120 years in this world. How do we retain a sense of equanimity and centeredness when we must transition from one journey to another throughout our lives? Reb Leibele Eiger, zy”a, points out that the word “of them, bam, in the pasuk “And you shall speak of them,” has the numerical value of forty-two. And the pasuk continues, “And you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” We must speak of them, words of Torah and emunah, wherever we go and wherever we travel. We can thrive through every test and trial we face if we hold onto truth and faith. If we remain certain in our purpose, then we will succeed despite all of the
contradictions and challenges of a world in which many people seem to have taken leave of basic human decency and morality. But the Baal Shem Tov’s teaching about the 42 travels of the Jewish people does not only apply to people on an individual level. It also speaks to the travails of our nation as a whole as we journey on toward the times of Moshiach.
The Encampments – A Paradox of Opposites We know that the names of our stops during our journey in the desert (Bamidbar 33:5-49) have profound meaning. And as I read through the names of our encampments in the parsha, I was struck by the contradictions implicit in those names and how they speak to the contradictions of life today, particularly in Eretz Yisroel. On one hand, it says we camped in Miska, from the Hebrew word meaning sweetness. Many aspects of our lives are sweet and we have much to be thankful for. But we also camped in Mara, meaning bitterness. Dozens of our brothers were killed sanctifying G-d’s name, and millions of our
brothers, sisters, and friends in Eretz Yisroel have had to run for bomb shelters multiple times every day. Their lives were in a state of upheaval and they experienced bitterness day after day. The Jewish people camped in Har Shafer, meaning “beautiful mountain.” Sometimes we are on top of the world. The view is stunning. But at other times, we camp in Tachas, meaning “low.” When we watch the parents, brothers, sisters, and wives of all of the soldiers killed protecting our people, we feel like we are living at the opening of Gehinom, at the lowest place. We camped at Refidim, which means weakness. Our Torah, mitzvos, and emunah suffer and we often do not do what Hashem expects of us. But we also camped in Midbar Sinai, where we received the Torah, attaining the highest level of prophecy and connection to G-d’s will. Today too, we have seen how even people with little outward connection to Torah and mitzvos have begun saying Tehillim, lighting Shabbos candles, putting on tefillin, and doing many other mitzvos and acts of kindness in order to merit the salvation of the Jewish
people. At one point, the pasuk tells us we camped in Makheilos, meaning “community” or “congregation.” We were united. And we see how our people have been united more than any other time in the recent past. We are united in prayer and resolve, knowing that our cause is righteous. But at other times, we stop off in a place called Chatzeiros, meaning “courtyards.” Especially when we are not besieged from the outside, every Jewish group separates itself into its own courtyard and unfortunately barely views other Jews as part of the same people. We camped in Sukkos, a place named after temporary, rickety structures. When thousands of rockets fall all over Eretz Yisroel and when tunnels are dug under our communities and neighborhoods, we feel vulnerable and frightened. We feel as if our entire existence is dependent on the protection of some flimsy walls and roof which the wind could blow away at any moment, leaving us completely exposed. But at other times, we feel we are camped in Eisam, meaning, strong. We feel grateful for how Hashem has blessed our people with
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the resolve, ingenuity, resources, and intelligence to build up one of the most powerful militaries in the world in just a short time. We sometimes feel we are encamped by the Red Sea, encircled on all sides by enemies and pushed up against the sea. We feel we have no escape. But at other times, we sense that we are camped in Eilim, where the pesukim tell us there were wellsprings, date palms, and where we were able to rest from the weariness of our travels. We enjoy the prosperity and economic success with which Hashem has blessed our people.
tion to holiness and our desire to do Hashem’s will is often strong and we use those times to increase our connection to Hashem and improve ourselves.
My Hero – Dovid Hamelech, King of Opposites As the events in Eretz Yisroel swirl through my mind all day, every day, my thoughts continually return to the ultimate hero of the Jewish people: Dovid Hamelech. The tzaddikim teach that our job at the end of days is to reveal the great soul of Dovid Hamelech, as the
We can thrive through every test and trial we face if we hold onto truth and faith.
But at other times, we feel we are camped in Dafka, meaning “stricken” or “beaten.” We feel pressed, hit, and beaten by attacks from all directions, physically, emotionally, and diplomatically. We feel we are under siege wherever we live in the world, whether it is in the U.S., Britain, Paris, Morocco, or anywhere else in the world. We sometimes feel camped in Rimon Paretz, meaning “break through.” We break through every attempt by our enemies to attack us and put us on the run. But, sadly, too often we are camped in Charada, meaning “trembling.” Our brothers and sisters would tremble in fear in their bomb shelters and safe rooms. We sometimes feel we are camped in Chashmonah, where we feel as mighty as the Chashmonayim, or in Etzyon Gaver, meaning “effective strategy” and “strength.” At those times, we take pride and comfort in how our military neutralizes our enemies while protecting our soldiers and minimizing the battle’s impact on civilians. But at other times, we feel like we are in Kivros Hata’avah, buried in the desires of this world, completely helpless to use all of our might to reign in our own animalistic desires. And at other times, we camp at Kadesh, meaning “holiness.” Our connec-
pasuk (Hoshea 3:5) says, “And they sought Hashem their G-d and Dovid their king.” In all of his journeys, he seemed to be full of contradictions. The Gemara (Moed Katan 16b) says that “when [Dovid Hamelech] would sit and study Torah, he would be as refined as silk, and when he went out to war, he hardened himself like wood.” Chazal are not teaching us that Dovid suffered from multiple personality disorder. Rather, his personality was so great and all-encompassing that it contained everything within it. He was simultaneously composed of the might of war and the highest and most refined level of ethics and morality. These two extremes complement one another. The more perfection one has attained, the more he includes apparent opposites within himself. That is why Reb Leibele Eiger teaches that the 42 journeys of the Jewish people in the desert, which seem to contain so many opposites within them, are hinted at in the mitzvah of “And you shall speak of them when you sit in your home and when you go on your way…” We must be prepared to cling to the Torah and the certainty of our faith in the midst of the full range of disparate experiences during our travels through this world.
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The Illumination within War Who else but Rav Kook, zy”a, could have written a section in Oros called “Oros Hamilchama, The Illumination of War”? Rav Kook writes, as translated by Rabbi Betzalel Noar, as follows: We regard the early generations, recounted in Torah, Prophets, and Writings; those generations that were engaged in war – they are great people we cherish and glorify. We understand that the spark of soul is the determining factor: that state of the world that necessitated war caused these souls (whose inner feeling was whole) to appear. The battle for existence, for existence of the nation, the War of G-d, was with an inner consciousness. Mighty in spirit, they knew in the depth of darkness to choose good and eschew evil. Yeah though I go in the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil. When we meditate on them, we, with all the spirituality that we so desire, long for their strength, for the solid life force that dwelled in their midst, and out of this longing our spiritual strength is hardened and our physical strength is softened, and those strong souls return to live in us as ever. Rav Kook is teaching us that we cannot view the strength and might of warriors as somehow alien to our religious, Torah-based life. During our two thousand year exile, we have become accustomed to thinking of a Jew purely as the refined, pale student in the beis medrash. We began thinking that we should only be encamped in Maska, a place of sweetness. We forgot that we must sometimes set up camp in Etzyon Gaver and Rimon Paretz, places of strategy, might, and breaking through all obstacles. Dovid Hamelech and Rav Kook teach us that while there is a time for gentleness and refinement, there is also a time to kiss our Gemaras, place them down, pick up our weapons, and go to battle against the enemies of the Jewish people who seek to destroy us. That is no less a part of Torah and Yiddishkeit than the study of Torah. Indeed, even a simple reading of Tanach reveals that most of it
is comprised of how the Jewish people conducted themselves in war. Now is the time in history when we must clothe ourselves for battle and clean the world of the cockroaches of Hamas and their ilk. The whole world is trembling in fear as radical Islamists populate their countries. They look on helplessly. Right now, our people are the only ones making way for Hashem’s kingship in the world. We are the only ones who have taken it upon ourselves to finally clean house, ridding the terrorists of their missiles, guns, grenade launchers, and attack tunnels. We are the only ones standing up to the evil of Hamas, which prides itself on its love of death and bloodshed. We are like Dovid Hamelech, “red-haired with beautiful eyes” (Shmuel I 16:12); red like Eisav, but he was the warrior with the refinement and elevated spirit reflected in his beautiful eyes. Chazal say (Bereishis Raba 63:8) about Dovid Hamelech, “He killed with the consent of the Sanhedrin.” Even when Dovid Hamelech expressed the warrior aspect of his personality, he did not do so with cruel abandon. He conducted himself in war according to halacha and morality. We also see this in our brave brothers in the IDF. While the enemies of our people stoop to lower and lower depths of cruelty both to our people and their own, the Jewish warriors in Eretz Yisroel never stoop to the level of their degraded enemies. They go above and beyond what any nation has done when defending themselves against the imminent threats we face today. When I see how our nation is rising to the challenge against it with greater moral clarity, more davening, more mitzvos, and more resolve to use the truth to fight against the attacks, lies, and propaganda of our enemies, I feel a surge of pride in our nation. I am filled with love and nachas when I think about the Israeli soldiers, commanders, political leaders, and people. I am proud to be a Jew. One of my children showed me a video of a group of “Nanachers” dancing with Israeli soldiers, many of whom were not wearing yarmulkes, singing, “One who has emunah is not afraid...” Indeed, when we hold
onto our faith and know with certainty that destroying terrorists who attempt to kill every single Jew as they hide behind their own women and children is G-d’s work, we have nothing to fear.
A True Jewish Military Leader Many people have seen the most inspiring letter which was sent by Colonel Ofer Winter of the Givati Brigade to his reservist soldiers as they were being called up to serve in Gaza. It perfectly captures the Jewish spirit of righteous battle. This is what he wrote: We have been bestowed a great privilege to command and serve in the Givati Brigade at this time. History has chosen us to be on the cutting edge of the war against the terrorist enemy, the “one of Gaza” [cf. Yehoshua 13:3] who curses, reviles, and defames the G-d of the battalions of Israel. [Cf. Dovid’s encounter with Golias, the Plishti, Shmuel I 17:10, 26, 36, 45.] Let us prepare and ready ourselves for this moment when we accept upon ourselves this mission with a sense of agency and complete humility and with a readiness to put ourselves in danger or give up our lives in order to protect our families, our nation, and our birthplace. Let us work with resolve and strength and with initiative, strategy, and hard work in our encounter with the enemy. We will do everything we can to fulfill our mission to cut down the enemy and to remove fear from the people of Israel. Our credo is “We do not return before the mission is done.” Let us work and do everything we can to bring back our boys in peace by utilizing every means at our disposal and with any effort that is required. I am relying on you, on each and every one of you, to do your duty in this spirit, the spirit of Jewish warriors who go out in in front of the camp. “The spirit which is called ‘Givati.’” I lift up my eyes to Heaven and say with you, “Shma Yisrael, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad.” May Hashem, the G-d of Israel, bring success in our mission in which we stand to do battle for the
sake of Your people Israel against the enemy who curses Your Name. In the name of the warriors of the IDF generally, and in particular, in the name of the warriors and commanders of our Brigade, may Hashem act and fulfill in us that which it says in the pasuk, “Hashem your G-d goes out with you to do battle with your enemies for you to save you” [Devarim 20:4], and let us say Amen. “Together, and only together, will we be victorious.” Ofer Winter, Aluf Mishneh Commander, Givati Brigade Colonel Winter’s words leave no doubt in the hearts of his men that he understands that G-dliness and actively doing battle to protect the Jewish people and defend Hashem’s honor are not mutually exclusive. The parsha is named after our “journeys,” not our encampments. Why? Because the main thing is that in life, we do not stop. We must keep moving forward, looking for how G-d’s will expresses itself in all of the various permutations of life’s challenges. May each of us and all of our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel merit to reach a level on which we can contain all of the disparate aspects of life in this world within us. May we recognize that we must serve G-d in all of the different ways the Torah demands for the vast array of differing life circumstances we encounter in our journeys. And may Hashem take vengeance upon every terrorist snake who has harmed even a single hair on the head of any Jew. May Hashem soon send Moshiach to remove every evil regime from the earth to make way for the great-grandson of the greatest king, Dovid Hamelech, soon in our days. .
Rav Moshe Weinberger, shlita, is the founding Morah d’Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, and has served as Mashpia in Yeshiva University since 2013.
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Between the Lines
Our Bond By Eytan Kobre
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. -Aeschylus
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braham Lincoln was riding in a coach with a colonel from Kentucky, when the latter produced a bottle of whiskey and offered some to Lincoln. “No, thank you,” Lincoln said. “I don’t drink.” The colonel then plucked two cigars from his pocket and offered one to Lincoln. “No, thank you,” Lincoln said. “I don’t smoke. But let me tell you a story. “One day, when I was about nineyears-old, my mother called me to her bed. She was very sick at the time and she said, ‘Abe, the doctor tells me that I am not going to get well. I want you to be a good boy. Promise me you’ll never imbibe whiskey or consume tobacco as long as you live.’ Well, I made that promise and kept it thus far. Would you have me break it?” “Mr. Lincoln,” replied the colonel. “I would not have you break that promise for the world. And I’d give a thousand dollars to have made such a promise to my mother and kept it.” In most legal systems around the world, verbal commitments are hardly enforceable, if at all. But our law regards the spoken word as binding. “When a man makes
a vow to G-d or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he shall do everything that has emanated from his mouth” (Bamidbar 30:3; Bamidbar 32:24). Verbal commitments are taken so seriously under Jewish law that we’ve accustomed ourselves to preface any undertaking with disclaimer that it is “b’li neder” – not to be construed as a vow. And it is telling that we begin the most solemn day of the year with an annulment of our vows. The Torah is replete with the obligation to keep our word. “That which emanates from your lips you must guard and do” (Devarim 23:24), which is both a positive and negative commandment (Rosh HaShana 6a; Zevachim 2a; Rashi, Chullin 24a). We are to “have a just hin” (Vayikra 19:36), which is interpreted to mean that our “yes” should be a “yes” and our “no” should be a “no” (Bava Metzia 49a). Indeed, the spirit of the sages is pleased by those who keep their word (Shevi’is 10:9; see Rabbeinu Yona, Avos 1:17; Sha’arei Teshuva 3:183). Because our word is our bond. Our sages are held to an even more rigorous standard (Rambam, Dei’os 5:13), keeping even their unspoken commitments (Meiri, Bava Metzia 49a). Rav Safra once was praying when someone offered him 80 gulden for an item he was selling. Rav Safra remained silent. Believing his offer rejected, the purchaser
increased his offer to 100 gulden. When Rav Safra finished praying, he agreed to sell the item for 80 gulden because, in thought, he already had agreed to the 80 gulden price (She’iltos d’Rav Achai, Vayechi; Rashi, Makkos 24a). Unlike the leaders of other peoples (see e.g. Rashi, Bereishis 44:18), ours “say little and do much” (Avos 1:15; Bava Metzia 87a). And when they make commitments, they keep them. When R’ Dov Berish Wiedenfeld, the Tchebiner Rov, emigrated to Israel to escape Nazi persecution, a certain young scholar decided to serve as his attendant. One day, the attendant noticed a loose button on the Tchebiner Rov’s cloak. While sewing the button, however, he unwittingly pricked the Tchebiner Rov with the needle. The attendant was beside himself. “Only the fires of hell will cleanse my soul!” Eventually, the Tchebiner Rov managed to calm the man with this assurance: “Even if you are sent to hell, I will take you out.” Some twenty years later, shortly before his passing, the Tchebiner Rov summoned the attendant who had served him faithfully in his early years in Israel. “Remember all those years ago when I promised to retrieve you from hell?” It took the attendant a minute to recall the incident.
“Well,” continued the Tchebiner Rov, “I’ll keep that promise. But please don’t make the job too difficult for me.” The Tchebiner Rov never forgot the trifling “promise” he made some 20 years earlier. When R’ Yaakov Kamenetsky turned 80-years-old, he began donning the additional tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam, an optional custom adopted by some. When asked why he chose to do so only now, R’ Yaakov related that, many years earlier, an elderly man in his shul would wear the extra tefillin. At the time, one of R’ Yaakov’s students asked why he hadn’t adopted this praiseworthy practice, and R’ Yaakov replied that the other man was 80-years-old and that he too would adopt the practice if and when he reached that age. Now 80, R’ Yaakov followed through on his “promise.” It is less important to make promises than it is to make good on them. And “it is better not to vow at all than to vow and not fulfill” (Koheles 5:4). Or, as Napoleon put it, “The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.” During the Bolshevik and Communist years, Tomchei Temimim, the Lubavitch yeshiva in Rostov, Russia, was in dire financial straits. One of the yeshiva directors managed to secure some much-needed funding from a wealthy man, who agreed to contribute on the condition
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that he and his wife, childless for many years, bear a child. Desperate for funds – and believing his cause to be just – the director promised the wealthy man a son in the merit of his charity. The man donated and the crisis subsided. When a year passed without the birth of a child, however, the donor complained to the director. “You promised me a child. I kept my part of the deal but you haven’t kept yours.” Another year passed, and still there was no child. Accosted again by the irate donor, the director went to R’ Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, and told him what had happened. The Rebbe was dismayed. “Why did you promise something you cannot deliver?” “But Rebbe,” the director explained, “the yeshiva was in dire straits and I was certain that he would be blessed with a child in the
merit of his donation.” “Still,” said the Rebbe, “it is forbidden to make a promise you cannot keep. Now go to the donor and tell him in my name that he will have
* * * In his book, Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington described an
“Well,” continued the Tchebiner Rov, “I’ll keep that promise. But please don’t make the job too difficult for me.”
a child this year. As for you, never again make a promise you cannot keep.” The donor made a bris within the year. The story illustrates Abraham Lincoln’s old adage: “We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.”
encounter with a former slave from Virginia. A few years prior to emancipation, the slave had struck a deal with his master to the effect that the slave could buy his freedom by paying a certain amount per year to redeem himself; in the meanwhile, the slave was permitted to labor where and for whom he pleased. So he moved to Ohio where he could earn
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higher wages. When freedom came, he still owed around three hundred dollars to his master. Notwithstanding that the Emancipation Proclamation freed him from any such obligation, the slave trekked back to his master in Virginia and placed the last dollar, with interest, in his hands. The man told Washington that he knew he did not have to repay the debt. But he had given his word to his master. He had never gone back on his word. And he could not enjoy his freedom until he fulfilled his promise. It is keeping our bond, ironically, that makes us free. Because those with good intentions make promises; those with character keep them. Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, mediator, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook. com.
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The Observant Jew
Toil and Trouble By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz
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e’re now in the period of the Three Weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B’Av. It’s officially a mourning period but I find it hard to relate to that concept. Yes, we use things like the Inquisition and Holocaust that we can relate to better to get us into the mood of pain, but it almost seems disingenuous. Most of us can manage to evoke some emotions for Tisha B’Av but the Three Weeks commence with Shiva Asar B’Tammuz. We don’t cry as much then but it seems the two are supposed to be somewhat equivalent. How to approach this time
period is a challenge, and this year I came up with a new perspective. What happened on the 17th of Tammuz? A number of tragedies. Moshe broke the first tablets he received from Hashem; the korban tamid, the daily offering, ceased during the siege of Jerusalem when they couldn’t get animals; the walls of Jerusalem were breached; the wicked Apostomos burned a sefer Torah; and, r”l, an idol was set up in the Bais HaMikdash. While these are all tragedies on their own, I found a thread running through them that isn’t about “something else” but about us.
When the original luchos existed, one could not forget any Torah. When they were broken, we had the new challenge of working hard to grow in Torah. When the kohanim in the Bais Hamikdash offered korbanos, they were our representatives. We didn’t have to bring offerings because they were being brought on our behalf. When the daily sacrifices stopped, we gained the necessity to find ways to come close to Hashem on our own. When you have a wall around your city, you are protected. When that wall is breached, you need some other form of protection. Suddenly you need to work for it. When the wicked Romans burnt a sefer Torah or put an idol in the Bais
The rabbi of the community watched their behavior and though they didn’t see anything amiss, he felt that he had been insensitive to his congregation. He reflected and took stock of himself. He realized that he needed to improve in his empathy and involvement. He wrote to R’ Schneerson to share this story. People, the Rebbe said, like these boys, often don’t know when they’ve succeeded. At one point in the video, someone spoke about his experience when he spoke to the Rebbe about the classes he was giving and how he felt he wasn’t seeing any success. The Rebbe, he said, disagreed. “Chazal say, ‘Yagata u’matzasa taamin,’ if one says he put in toil and he saw
We should capitalize on this time to toil in recognizing what we’re missing and trying to recreate it. Hamikdash, they introduced new things for which we had to watch out. Until then it was unimaginable but afterwards it was a part of life which needed our vigilance. So you see, the start of the Three Weeks isn’t about mourning, but about the requirement for us to start to take action. If so, then Tisha B’Av is also not just about mourning, basically crying over spilled milk, but rather about recognizing what was lost so we know what it is we’re trying to bring back. On the 17th of Tammuz, I davened Mincha in a Chabad shul. Between Mincha and Maariv, I was surprised to see the rabbi uncover a monitor and put a DVD in the player. Instead of speaking himself, he turned on a video of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R’ Menachem Mendel Schneerson, z”l, and everyone sat down to watch. The topic was “Yagata u’matzasa,” that when one toils he sees success. The Rebbe told a story of some bochurim who had been sent to a certain town for outreach. While there, they became involved in helping some of the people of the community. When they couldn’t help, they offered empathy and encouragement. Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to get through to the folks in town. What they didn’t realize was that their mission had an unexpected consequence.
success you believe him. You have put in effort, so undoubtedly, you have seen success. However, the success you see may not look like what you expected it to look like.” Each year, we cry and mourn, but we may not see results. That doesn’t mean it isn’t there. If we put in effort, we are guaranteed that we are building the Bais Hamikdash and bringing back what we lost. When we don’t eat meat, and instead of focusing on elaborate dairy treats we hunger for the meat of korbanos, we are preparing the altar for its return with the coming of Moshiach. We should capitalize on this time to toil in recognizing what we’re missing and trying to recreate it. That is the primary message of the Three Weeks – life is about the toil, and not the trouble. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. You can find him at www.facebook.com/RabbiGewirtz and follow him on Twitter @RabbiJGewirtz. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@JewishSpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject.
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Israel Today
Stingers By Rafi Sackville
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he more we move into warm weather the more at odds I am with the animal kingdom. Every year towards the end of June nature suddenly comes alive at my heels like a well-trained dog. I spend more time on the watch for things that creep at my feet than I care to. Last week, while sitting at home in the comfort of my workroom, I noticed a suspicious movement on the floor. Leaning across and over my desk I came face to face with a black scorpion. This isn’t the first time in my life I’ve had such an encounter. I was once stung by a black scorpion in a very delicate place: suffice to say that since that experience I am very careful when getting dressed. I had the pleasure of being driven to the hospital in Jerusalem, where two doctors debated the color of my attacker and what harm would befall me if it was yellow, not black. The venom was powerful enough to warrant a 24-hour ice pack and the inability to think clearly, although I’m sure there are those reading this now who know me well enough to suggest this lack of clarity was not a result of the scorpion’s venom. Back in my workroom: I was content to watch my visitor prance back and forth across the floor. I was brought to my senses when Keren walked in. She abhors scorpions more than me and demanded to know why I was leaning over the table like a drunkard. She followed my line of sight and took a step back. “Why are you casually observing it and not disposing of it quickly? Like right now, Rafi!” She looked at the top
of my desk and ordered that I drop a book on it. I grabbed the first volume at hand. It was the Australian Maquarie’s Dictionary, a large tome with a delightfully verdant green cover. I’ve treasured this incongruous volume since being gifted it in 1981. I leaned back across the desk, grabbed it in my left hand, but due to its bulkiness I quickly lost balance and almost collapsed under the weight of the table. Had I not righted myself I might have landed face first onto the scorpion’s stinger. From hip high I dropped the entire English language in the general vicinity of the scorpion only to see it scamper off towards the corner.
of the children’s cupboards when she disturbed a family of yellow scorpions. She counted ten of them. We once received a frantic phone call from a babysitter in the same house in Hashmonaim. She had thrown a hat over an offending scorpion. When we walked into the living room the hat was moving slowly across the floor. While living on a kibbutz 40 years ago I moved a box only to reveal the resting place of a viper more than a meter long. I was holding a piece of black irrigation tube at the time. In total fear I lashed out and miraculously killed it. An old timer taught me how to skin and mount it. It made a great
Scorpions and jellyfish are like metaphors for our wonderful country.
“So much for your Australian English,” she said. “Undecipherable at worst. Insufferable at best. Take this!” She handed me a street broom, with thick bristles. “If you can’t deal with it now, I won’t be able to sleep. You wouldn’t want that, would you?” The last thing a loving husband wants is a restless wife. Keren’s terms were clear. I took the broom and successfully dispatched the scorpion to the street. Back at my work desk I began pondering the hits and misses I’ve had with things that can bite or sting me in Israel. Keren was once cleaning out one
conversation piece for years, but I had to take it down from the arch above my door because when I caught sight of it in the middle of the night I would break into a cold sweat. More to the tune of summer – who doesn’t love going to the beach for a dip? Keren and I have a predilection for hanging out on the sands of Ashkelon. This year, however, there has been an unusually hostile invasion of jellyfish, otherwise known as meduzot. It’s impossible to ignore their presence. They are everywhere. They never fail to arrive on our shores when it gets warmer. There is an apocry-
phal story which times their arrival and departure exclusively during the Three Weeks. One friend told me I could safely go swimming the day after Tisha B’Av. This year? They’ve been around for weeks already. As a child I once suffered a nasty sting from a jellyfish on the Australian coast. Just the mention of it and I’ll jump out of any body of water, the shower included. The sting from one of these ocean travelers can be extremely painful and can last for a few days. When it comes to small children, parents have to be extra diligent. Being stung by a jellyfish is akin to suffering a chemical burn caused by the spread of its venom. Within seconds there is a strong burning sensation, which is usually followed by a red welt, although the redness can appear hours later. Too much scratching can lead to the formation of blisters. The most effective treatment is to cover the affected area with vinegar. If one does get stung and has no vinegar, just scream loudly and ask for some vinegar. Someone is bound to have some. Israelis are prone to helping those in distress. Scorpions and jellyfish are like metaphors for our wonderful country. They can sting; they can make you itch; they can send you into a cold sweat. Yet for all the pain they can inflict, there is nothing like the knowledge that they’re not going to keep one down for long. Or in my case, out of the water. At least until after Tisha B’Av. Rafi Sackville, formerly of Cedarhurst, teaches in Ort Maalot in Western Galil.
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Jewish Heroes of the Holocaust By Tammy Mark
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believe that acts of goodness, no matter Jew or non-Jew, need to be portrayed and need to stand
out.” Author and educator Dr. Mordecai Paldiel dedicated over two decades of his life seeking out and honoring the Righteous among the Nations, the valiant gentile men and women who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. It was a mission that he undertook with the deepest of devotion and appreciation. Throughout this journey Paldiel came across numerous stories of other heroes: the courageous Jewish heroes that put themselves in a danger even graver to save their fellow Jews from death.
Having written eight books on the subject of the Righteous Gentiles, Paldiel has now compiled some of the most inspiring and noteworthy stories of these unsung heroes into his latest book, Saving One’s Own – Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust. Paldiel believes that it is due time to pay honor to these little known and virtually forgotten brave souls. Himself saved by a Catholic priest as a young child, Paldiel worked for Yad Vashem for 24 years. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Israel, is known as the ultimate source for Holocaust education, documentation and research, and was the first of its kind. As director of the Department of Righteous
among the Nations, Paldiel’s job was to identify and honor non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. During his time there Paldiel added 18,000 names to the registry, leaving Yad Vashem in 2007 with a total of 22,000 names of documented Righteous Gentiles. Today, there are over 26,000 names on record. Through these many years of intense research and verification, Paldiel would often learn of Jews involved in various rescue efforts. While in some instances the non-Jewish rescuers worked in tandem with the Jewish rescuers, in many others the Jewish rescuers were actually the prominent ones in the operation. “I kept wondering to myself, here
I am at Yad Vashem,” recalls Paldiel, “and how come nobody talks about the Jewish rescuers?” When he initially went to speak with the scholars and historians at Yad Vashem, Dr. Paldiel was told that there were very many instances of Jews helping Jews, and that one Jew helping another Jew is not a big deal – and in fact they were obligated to do that. Since a gentile that helped a Jew was not obligated to do it at all, the belief is if a gentile did indeed help then he must certainly be saluted. Paldiel explains that although under the Yad Vashem program of Righteous among the Nations a gentile saving one Jew is actually sufficient criteria for recognition, that wasn’t quite what he had in mind for
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Family photo of the Paldiel family, taken in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1947 or 1948. Mordecai is standing at the top on the extreme right. He is pictured with his parents, Shlomo Yehezkiel and Hinde; his sisters, Annie (top, center), Leah (top, left), Frieda (bottom, extreme left), sisters Rebecca (on mother’s lap), Mania-Malk (bottom, right); brother Simon (leaning on his father); and his maternal grandmother, Yocheved Labin-Kanner (extreme right) the Jewish rescuers. Paldiel was intent on bringing to light the extraordinary stories of the bravest ones who went way above and farther beyond – the outstanding men and women who created elaborate plans and clandestine networks in efforts to save the lives of their fellow Jews. There were, in fact, cases of those who stayed behind to continue their efforts when they had opportunity to flee to safety. “I didn’t understand who decided that a Jew had to add risk on top of the risk because he was a Jew?” ponders Paldiel. “He was ‘obligated’?!” During his tenure at Yad Vashem, Paldiel met a man named Haim Roet. Roet was born in Holland and was saved as a teenager by a Dutch man who was honored as a Righteous Gentile. Roet launched a program across Israel called Unto Every Person There is a Name, where names of people who died in the Holocaust are read aloud on Yom Hashoah. Along the way, he too began to wonder about the Jewish rescuers – and he too was met with opposition when he approached Yad Vashem. Roet went on to form the Action Committee for the Recognition of Jewish Rescuers of Jews, a non-partisan civilian association, in hopes of convincing representatives of Yad Vashem to recognize the value
of the mission. The more Roet engaged with the educators and administrators of Yad Vashem about including and honoring the Jewish rescuers, the more resistance he encountered. His objective of adding this new concept to the existing programs of Yad Vashem was partially complicated by the fact that it wasn’t in the originally mandated law of Yad Vashem. The law which created Yad Vashem, legislated by the Knesset in 1953, only stated that the organization would
Mordecai Paldiel as a child in 1943 (Swiss police mug shot)
As a young child in Switzerland, 1944
cation process. Through his immersion and dedication to his department at Yad Vashem Paldiel came to be known as “Mr. Righteous Gentile” and was well qualified to advise on the challenge at hand. “We need a program so we can be proud of these people – they should serve as role models for our own purposes,” Paldiel asserts. “This in no way, in my opinion, would detract from what we’re doing with the Righteous Gentiles. I wrote eight books on the Righteous Gentiles –
him to finally tell the stories of the Jewish rescue efforts and the heroes that saved hundreds of their fellow Jews – and certainly time for these souls to be saluted and honored in some way.
“Why isn’t there a street in Israel named after her?” Paldiel wonders. “Name a street in Israel after her and people will ask, ‘Why Marianne Cohn?’ and then they will learn.” be obligated to honor the gentiles; honoring Jewish rescuers was simply not in the statutes. This drove Roet’s group to appeal to members of Knesset, requesting to amend the law to mandate Yad Vashem to expand the programming. An additional concern of the representatives at Yad Vashem was how they would go about determining whom to honor. Paldiel reassured them that just as with all nominations, there would be intense research, evaluations, and a verifi-
but we also need this. These are your people’s heroes,” he explains. In 2007, with the discussion and debate still ongoing in Israel, Paldiel retired from his long-standing post at Yad Vashem and returned to the United States to join his children and grandchildren. He began teaching courses on the Holocaust and the history of Zionism at Yeshiva University and at Touro College. It was about four years ago when he decided the time had come to write his ninth book. He felt it was time for
A Zionist Mentality To Paldiel’s credit, after several years of much discussion and deliberation, Yad Vashem has this year agreed to accept and incorporate Jewish rescuers and heroes into their programming. “This will go to the credit of Yad Vashem now that they have taken on a program like this.” As other Holocaust centers look to Yad Vashem as the standard, Paldiel hopes they will follow suit. “I think this is something which should flow by itself without opposition. There’s nothing there that needs to be hidden. Everything here is positive and good. Not even Yad Vashem has questioned the data.” Paldiel tries to make sense of their initial opposition, reasoning that, in general, it is difficult to amend organizational goals. He recognizes two issues, one general, and one more specific but complex. One simple reason is that Yad Vashem is a very large and well-respected organization. Organizations in general don’t operate by the suggestions of
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At the Kotel after its liberation during the Six Day War. Mordecai is in the middle with the beard and the hat
those outside the organization, or look to change gears from the mission and good work they are already engaged in. “The main reason, though, is the mentality in Israel, the Zionist ethos under which Israel was established,” asserts Paldiel. “When Zionism was created, the basic message of Zionism was that Jews living in the diaspora are defenseless and they are submissive and they don’t know how to handle themselves when they come upon danger – except to flee from one country to another country.” The widely accepted history was that during the Holocaust Jews went like proverbial sheep to the slaughter; they did nothing, and that’s why the State of Israel was needed. “We needed to create a new type of Jew, a Jew that was not a submissive. So we fought. We fought the Arabs, we won; we fought another war, and we won. This is the new Jew, the muscular Jew – Samson, David and Goliath. But in the diaspora we don’t have that mentality,” Paldiel elaborates. “That was the main message of Zionism. Zionism derided diaspora Judaism.” Paldiel further examines the atmosphere surrounding the creation of Yad Vashem and how it wasn’t created until mandated by law. The attitude at the time was to shield the Israeli youth from knowing about this so-called shameful and humiliating chapter in Jewish history where Jews “allowed” themselves to
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Placing a wreath on the tomb of Oskar Schindler in Jerusalem, surrounded by persons he saved, in 1994
be killed in such great numbers. He explains that it was not the example they wanted to show. The mentality of what the Holocaust represented was diaspora Jewry at its worst – defenseless, hopeless, submissive. He explains that even at the time that the Knesset debated when to finally establish Yom Hashoah they decided that the commemoration would be between Passover and Israel Independence Day. “Why? The message: Passover, liberation; Holocaust, downfall; State of Israel, redemption. And that the State of Israel took us out of the Holocaust. So it is tucked in between these two dates. “When you talk about Jewish rescuers you show the Jewish people in the diaspora – not necessarily Zionists – who did get the right message, who did decide that they were going to try to take on the Nazis by saving Jews and trying to figure out how to create clandestine organizations. They were going to help Jews either alone or with the help of gentiles,” says Paldiel. “These are assertive people – not submissive, not standing by. This shows that also in the diaspora Jews can also take care of themselves, in spite of the great odds of the Nazi regime.” The mentality in Israel has slowly been changing, says Paldiel. “We are vulnerable even with our military prowess; we have to have an open mind for Jews outside of Israel who did something.”
A Band of Heroes Stories of the extraordinary efforts of gentile heroes have been portrayed in the media and widely disseminated, from the iconic award-winning Schindler’s List to
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the 2017 movie The Zookeeper’s Wife recounting the story of how Antonina and Jan Zabinski saved the lives of 300 Jews in their Warsaw Zoo. Although the exceptional story of the Jewish Bielski brothers was depicted in the 2008 major mo-
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Rabbi Weissmandl, who tried to "buy" Jews from the Germans
tion picture Defiance, countless other stories of Jewish rescuers are still ripe to be told. Dr. Paldiel’s book, Saving One’s Own, organized by country, includes remarkable stories of remarkable people. The foremost example that Dr. Paldiel cites is that of the Bielski brothers, the Polish Jewish brothers, Tuvia, Asael, Zus and Aharon, who established a large partisan camp in the forests of Belarus. While there are many stories told of Jews who fled to the forest and joined partisan organizations, those who joined were young, able-bodied and in some cases were required to come with a gun. All who could not fit the qualifications of fighting age were not admitted to the partisan groups – with the sole exception of the Bielski brothers’ group. The Bielski brothers, led by Tuvia, said that any Jew that flees into the forest could join; they accepted any Jewish person no matter how old or weak. The Bielskis had decided to both save and fight, at whatever the risk to the group, and for every one fighter there were about three people in the forest who were not fighting. The Bielskis succeeded in saving over 1,200 Jews from the Nazis, largely women and children and elderly, and their group considered one of the largest rescue operations of Jews by Jews. After the war, the partisans disbanded. Tuvia went with Zus to Israel and then to America, settling in Brooklyn. To make a living Tuvia procured a truck and dealt in mov-
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Members of the Bielski partisan group - Photo from Yad Vashem
ing furniture but struggled to make ends meet. Tuvia Bielski died in 1987, with his heroic efforts mostly unknown, while other Jewish partisans were hailed and celebrated. Paldiel expresses his dismay. “He was completely forgotten by the Jewish community. When he died here, no one paid attention, no one knew – nothing. The Jewish community overlooked it. Here’s a Jewish person who created a network in the forest, saved over 1,000 Jews, not even a handshake…” laments Dr. Paldiel. “So he’s dead and buried now; he has children and grandchildren but it’s a shameful thing. We honor someone – a non-Jewish person who saved one Jew – we give him a medal, we give him a certificate, we plant a tree for him at Yad Vashem. “A story like the Bielski brothers – you should teach it to Jewish children and show them and say, here’s a fellow who fought the Germans but he saved more than he fought. His message was, ‘I am here to save my people.’”
boarded trains without knowing where it was heading, many knew and tried to alert people of the danger their people were facing. Jews from all walks of Jewish affiliation reached out to help their fellow Jews. Rabbi Zalman Schneerson, the scion of the Lubavitcher Hasidic sect, suffered severe persecution under the Communist regime in the Soviet Union for spreading religious teachings, yet years later he bravely established two homes for adults and children in need in France during the war. The charismatic Rabbi Schneerson also ran a yeshiva and a vocational school and was able to maintain good relations with the police for some time. He was even able to have his radio technology school registered as a “labor group,” saving many students from being taken to labor camps. Later on Rabbi Schneerson would have to go into hiding, moving the children from chateau to chateau to stay ahead of the Germans. Ultimately, when many of the children in his care were taken and deported to Auschwitz, the rabbi remained with the several dozen surviving children until France’s liberation. During his research Paldiel discovered that he was one of the fortunate children who had been hidden in Rabbi Schneerson’s children home in Marseilles for a few months. Rabbi Michael Dov-Ber Weissmandl from Slovakia tried tirelessly to move others to action in saving the Jews. He crafted the Europa Plan –
Heroic Leaders Contrary to the idea that the Jews had no idea or guidance, Saving One’s Own opens with the quotes of Jewish leaders throughout Europe warning their fellow Jews to leave and be aware of what was happening; imploring them to hide, flee and do anything to not be taken and not to board the trains. While many indeed
a bold and elaborate ploy to “negotiate” with the Nazis. Not a diplomat but a Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Weissmandl took advantage of the Nazi propaganda that proclaimed that the Jews were powerful and controlled the world and that the war was actually launched by Jews to destroy Germany. Weissmandl fabricated documents claiming that he was a delegate of the secret Jewish government and was sent to negotiate a deal. These documents eventually made it to S.S. Commander Heinrich Himmler, and to Rabbi Weissmandl’s shock, Himmler was willing to negotiate. It was 1942 and Himmler, realizing that Germany alone could not win the war, thought he could be a hero by preventing Germany from going down in defeat. Himmler told Rabbi Weissmandl that for the sum of $2 million they could halt the Holocaust in France and Belgium – with $200,000 up front. Rabbi Weissmandl immediately scrambled to raise these funds, reaching out to Jewish organizations and joint distribution funds but was met with skepticism and resistance. He was fully willing to take the monetary risk in efforts to stop a few trains or to save even a few Jews. After repeated failed attempts and stalling Himmler for a while, Rabbi Weissmandl had to eventually abort the mission. His efforts weren’t completely for naught. He was able to bribe the Slovaks for a period of time, saving thousands of Jews from death.
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was managed by the Jewish federation in Switzerland, and his parents were interred in a camp for adults. After the war the family went back to Belgium and in 1950 came to America, where Paldiel went to a Lubavitch yeshiva high school and then Washington Irving in New York City. Paldiel was trained by his fa-
Dr. Paldiel tells another story of a Jewish woman named Marianne Cohn. Born in Germany, Cohn fled first to Spain and then to France. When the Germans came into France, Cohn joined the Jewish underground where she was assigned to smuggle Jewish children across the border into Switzerland. This was done in secret collaboration with Jewish people on the Swiss side who would meet the children. Cohn went on several trips, taking groups of 20-50 children across the border at night until May of 1944, when a German patrol arrested Cohn and took the children. Cohn remained in prison there until the eve of the German retreat, when she was taken out to the forest and brutally shot and killed at the age of 22, tortured before her death for her refusal to give information. There were two Frenchmen along on that last trip who were hired to take the children on their trucks to a certain point at the border. They too were arrested but released. These Frenchmen were later honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Gentiles, yet Marianne Cohn – the leading spirit who was successful in saving over 200 children – received nothing. There are schools in both France and Germany named after her and a stone is placed on her house in Berlin marking her noble efforts and her tragic murder. “Why isn’t there a street in Israel named after her?” Paldiel wonders.
“Name a street in Israel after her and people will ask, ‘Why Marianne Cohn?’ and then they will learn.” Paldiel’s frustration is strong – he wants to shout it out. He wants to educate the Jewish children about Marianne Cohn and explain what she did. “That is the purpose of this book – which I hope will also be translated into Hebrew.” Saving One’s Own is filled with story after story illustrating the great pains these Jewish heroes went through to save their fellow Jews at tremendous risk to their own lives. Paldiel’s 400 page tome couldn’t possibly cover all that needed to be told and he even had to edit the book down by twenty percent. Needless to say, he is gratified that the many included stories will be made public and his efforts will finally come to fruition.
His Journey Although he initially found his position at Yad Vashem posted on a job board in Israel, Dr. Paldiel couldn’t be more suited to this mission. “I was saved by a Catholic priest in France who arranged for us to cross into Switzerland,” he explains. Born Marcus Wajsfeld in Belgium in 1937, Paldiel and his family fled to France when the Germans invaded. In France the family went from one place to another place until fatefully crossing into Switzerland. The second of six children, Paldiel was taken to a children’s home that
ther as a diamond polisher, working a few years in the Diamond District to help his father support the family, until he was eventually drafted into the U.S. Army. His parents and siblings, who all kept the original family name of Wajsfeld, landed in Brooklyn and in Israel. In 1962, upon completion of his
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Mordecai Paldiel with his rescuer, Simon Gallay, in 1990
military service, Paldiel decided to make aliyah and then served in the Israeli Army and studied at Hebrew University. He met his wife, Rachel, an Israeli of Iraqi descent, and together they had three children. Their oldest daughter, Sigalit, was born a few days before the Six Day War. When the war broke out, Rachel and the newborn hid in the building’s bomb shelter as Mordecai went back to fight the war. Afterwards, he worked a few jobs before returning back to the States to further his education, receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Holocaust Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia. Paldiel returned to Israel in 1982. It was at that time that his trajectory was set. A friend had helped him secure a job as a Yiddish on-air announcer, yet something drew him to visit an employment office on King George Street. It was there on the office bulletin board that Paldiel saw the notice that Yad Vashem was looking to hire. Despite his intensive education in Holocaust studies, he hadn’t yet heard of the program for Righteous Gentiles. Nevertheless, he interviewed at Yad Vashem, got the job, and remained there until 2007. His work at Yad Vashem understandably led him to thinking about his own experiences and wondering if the cleric who saved him was still alive. Paldiel’s parents were living in Boro Park at the time. He wrote to his parents and urged them to send him all the information about the cleric and the circumstances of how they met him as best as they could
A recent photo of Dr. Paldiel
recall. One of the most meaningful encounters for Paldiel occurred the day a French monk came to see him at Yad Vashem. In Israel on assignment, the robed monk stopped into the office to check on somebody’s tree before heading back to France. Paldiel took advantage of this rare opportunity to ask if perhaps the
Dr. Paldiel with his family at Holocaust Memorial Park in Brooklyn
Today, the traditionally observant Paldiel and his wife Rachel do their best to pass on Jewish pride to their children and five grandchildren, sharing holidays together at their home in New Jersey. Oldest daughter Sigalit “Siggy” works on television and has used the medium to highlight her Israeli and Jewish heritage, even filming her father
“‘I’m the man that arranged for your family to cross over into Switzerland,’ it said, and I almost fell off my chair,” Paldiel recalls.
monk would help find the cleric that had saved his family. The monk agreed to take the information and left. Paldiel thought it was a long shot until a few weeks later he received a postcard from the priest himself. “‘I’m the man that arranged for your family to cross over into Switzerland,’ it said, and I almost fell off my chair,” Paldiel recalls. Paldiel started corresponding with him. On September 19, 1989, Yad Vashem recognized Abbe’ Simon Gallay, the French Catholic cleric who saved six-year-old Mordecai and his family 46 years earlier. In 1990, Paldiel visited Gallay, who was then in a retirement home in France, to award him the prestigious Righteous Among the Nations medal and to give him a certificate of honor. The two were joined at the ceremony by a bishop, a rabbi, local yeshiva boys, and the Israeli ambassador.
saying kiddush for a Shabbat dinner scene (the filming in actuality took place on a Wednesday). Paldiel lectures widely and has even spoken at the United Nations, giving the keynote address at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony to the General Assembly in 2013. Paldiel continues to teach courses in Y.U. and at Touro. He would love to spend more time talking about the rescuers but typically doesn’t get that far in the curriculum. He explains that although the students are eager to learn, he needs to make sure they first have a solid grasp of the dates and other details of the Holocaust. He makes sure to tell them a few of the stories of Jewish heroes, such as those of Bielski and Cohn, but insists that they focus more on understanding the history and the timeline of the horrors. Paldiel also teaches the back-
ground of Zionism and all its ups and downs, and that the State of Israel came into being through many efforts – and also miraculously. “No one could foresee it was going to happen. That’s my message – nothing should be taken for granted as a Jewish person. We have to be on guard and we have to be vigilant. There are always people trying to end our history by conversion or assimilation throughout history,” he notes. Paldiel strongly believes that the stories of these heroes need to keep being told and that each Holocaust Remembrance Day should include stories of the Jewish heroes alongside the tragic stories. “There is so much evil and bad things in the world and people sometimes forget that civilization is based on acts of goodness – if there’s no goodness then the whole thing would collapse. Because of good people and people who devote themselves to help others – even at risk to themselves – that gives encouragement, that’s the medicine that helps people to get over things,” says Paldiel. “Maybe one day goodness will be the more prominent feature in human behavior…but at least we have these examples.” “This is not something that somebody imagined and wrote about. It happened,” Paldiel says, “The people who did these things – these heroes – were people that we can identify with, that did it for the simple reason that it had to be done – and not because they expected a medal or a tree.”
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What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters
Dear Navidaters,
Our daughter, Rena, is 22-years-old. She has not expressed to us the least bit of interest in dating. In fact, she has explicitly told us that she does not want to start dating yet. We are Modern Orthodox and though maybe we don’t feel as nervous about her being married already as others might feel, we do think that it would be a good idea for her to get her feet wet and start exploring the whole dating scene. She seems to be perfectly happy right now. She has a couple of other single friends who also don’t appear to be anxious to date, and they have a grand old time together. They take trips together. Often they go out to dinner together, catch a movie. They are all pursuing higher degrees, live at home, and feel no pressure to change their lives at all. On one hand, we are happy that she is not feeling pressure or desperate to get married, and that, unlike so many other girls her age, she’s not worried or depressed about her future. She is enjoying the moment without a care in the world. On the other hand, my husband and I worry that if and when she wakes up and decides it’s time to start dating, there may be few, if any, eligible men left for her to go out with and marry. It really is a shame because I do love her spirit and sense of independence. But I can’t help myself from getting caught up in the “shidduch crisis” frenzy once in a while. So, though in many ways I agree with her values, I know that I have to encourage Rena to make some changes. How would you all suggest I go about this conversation with her? I don’t want her to think I disapprove and I don’t want to make her neurotic about finding Mr. Right, but I don’t want us all to wake up in five years and discover we have a real problem on our hands!
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respect the way you are respectful yet honest about your daughter. You want to encourage Rena to consider dating soon and you want to do it carefully. You understand why she is not interested in settling down now and is enjoying her adulthood without responsibilities as she prepares for her chosen profession. At the same time, you are getting nervous. My feeling is that you can casually talk about when she will be ready to date every once in a while. That way she will know that you are interested as Jewish parents who expect their progeny to do the Jewish thing and settle down soon. In other words, you will be communicating normative Jewish expectations. Most of her friends will be dating very shortly and she will probably follow the trend whether she is ready or not. Do not push if she is not ready. It is not healthy for your relationship with her and it is not a good idea for someone to date if they feel too immature or unprepared to start pursuing marriage prospects. I think the bigger issue that you are pointing to is the extended self-indulgence of Rena and her friends. You are bothered by their focus on fun and having a good time while living at home with no responsibilities. This is a problem that many are focusing on in the media; it’s a typical problem of millennials today. Unlike most social commentators, Senator Ben Sasse, a former college president, outlines solutions to the problem of the contemporary emerging adult in his new bestseller, The Vanishing American Adults. Let’s be clear. You don’t have to fix America’s twenty-somethings. Your job is to nurture Rena on the road to responsible Jewish adulthood which is not something you expected to do when she is 22. Take action responsibly. Start with a discussion of expectation of responsi-
bilities to the household, whether it is cleaning, running errands, cooking for Shabbos, or paying for her own expenses. Even if you don’t need her contributions of time, effort and money, enlist them. Encourage her to give back to the community in a cause of her choice and volunteer help for family and neighbors who need it. She needs to have chessed in her life and give to someone else. Model it; don’t just talk about it. Encourage her to grow spiritually and develop a relationship with a mentor. She should not live a life of selfishness but you need to be gentle. You may want to do some of these volunteer activities together as a family – biking for a cause, packing packages for a hunger group, or a less cool but equally important effort. Obviously, you and your husband need to be on the same page. Talk through your expectations, practice communicating, and begin to formulate a new contract with your daughter. When you are ready, sit down, and have a serious talk with her about responsibility, not about marriage. And get help if you don’t feel capable of doing this as a team.
concerned about the financial burden that a wedding may place on the family (think: have you and your husband been voicing your financial concerns in front of the kids?). Maybe she sees herself as a kid and can’t imagine herself leaving the comfort of her childhood home and serving as someone’s wife or mother. These are questions to explore when you sit down with Rena and have The Talk, entitled, “We think it’s Time.” Focus on her feelings – what does marriage mean to her? Does she see marriage as responsibility painted ten feet tall? If so, reassure her that you believe in her ability to make mature, sensible choices during the dating process. Emphasize that you trust her to be a loving, responsibility person who will, in time, make a great wife. Whatever revelations develop during the sit-down(s), remind Rena that you and Daddy will always adore and support her – whether she’s around the corner or across the world. Finally, if you sense her anxiety is more deeply rooted, a few sessions with a qualified professional may be the best investment in preparing Rena for this new parsha.
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ena sounds like a dream daughter. She’s happy, she’s sociable, she’s accomplished. She and her friends are loving their current lives. Somehow, she missed the memo titled, “Talking Tachlis about Entering the Parsha,” aka “On Your Mark. Get Set. Go.” This may be because along with her wonderful personality traits, Rena is downright scared. Perhaps she’s shidduch averse after hearing one too many shidduch horror stories. Maybe there’s a close friend or relative who had a messy divorce after marrying young. Maybe she’s
truly understand the concern you have and your instinct to protect your daughter from any possible future harm. It’s not a secret that the shidduch world is a difficult maze in which the singles must navigate. You are correct: there are women who wake up a bit too late and don’t even put themselves out there until many of the most suitable men in their age range are already taken. In those circumstances, I often deal with women who have a lot of frustration and regrets when faced with their current options, regrets that they did not begin dating ear-
There are people who feel a certain amount of anxiety, worried sick that they will never get married – and parents are not impervious to these worries.
lier. I would like to assure you, though, that your daughter is still so young! I predict that as soon as her first friend decides to start dating she will probably follow suit. She sounds like a very independent and driven young woman who is attached to her friends and, if she feels pressure from home, this will likely backfire. Since extremely independent people generally do not react well to pressure, I would recommend you try the opposite. Try, for a year, to make no mention of dating or marriage at all. Work on your relationship with her and show her how proud you are of all of her accomplishments. This includes no subtle hints that will just make her eyes roll and make her go and complain to her friends. Hopefully, when she is faced with the decision coming from her and her alone, with no outside pressure, along with the inevitable – that her friends start getting engaged – she will likely come to this on her own (which will no doubt be the best for your relationship!) Remember, Hashem is the ultimate Shadchan and the right one at the wrong time is the wrong one. If she is not interested in dating yet, give her some time and space – and don’t forget to daven.
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give Rena credit for knowing herself and not giving into the enormous outside pressure that often forces both young men and women to start dating when, in fact, they are far from ready. Twenty-two is really not very old at all. The fact that we hear about plenty of nineteen-year-olds getting married doesn’t make it right. Those few ex-
tra years of self-discovery, securing a profession, exploring and enjoying life before taking on the enormous responsibilities of marriage and motherhood are usually well-spent years that people look back on with gratitude and satisfaction. Regarding your concern that there won’t be any eligible men left for her to go out with once she is ready, assuming that we’re talking about a reasonable amount of time, I don’t think that’s something to concern yourself with. Just like she
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eems to me that you have an intelligent, driven, level-headed, social, fun- loving daughter. Rena is pursuing her degree and living a wonderful, fulfilling life. As you watch her live her life and actively choose to remain single, a part of you admires Rena’s choices, but another part of you is afraid that Rena will not get married if she doesn’t start dating now or in the near future. Your fear isn’t unfounded. There is a secondary crisis to the shidduch crisis…an emotional crisis. There are people who feel a certain amount of anxiety, worried sick that they will never get married – and parents are not impervious to these worries. I have to wonder if you live with a certain amount of anxiety in general. Whether you have pre-existing anxiety or this is brand new, your work is to separate your fears and worries from your daughter’s life. The shidduch crisis can make a calm person nervous and exacerbate an already anxious person’s anxiety. These fears and concerns should not become your daughter’s.
Let’s tease out fact from fiction. FICTION: Everyone who marries at a young age made the right decision. FACT: Many people feel they married too young and did not know themselves. Some wanted to marry young, and others felt pressured by friends, family and society at large. They wish they had a few carefree years in their twenties to explore their interests and focus on themselves. FICTION: If Rena doesn’t get married in the near future, she may miss out on Mr. Right. FACT: If Rena is not ready to get married, she will not have an appreciation for Mr. Right. She may meet him, but she wouldn’t even know it. FICTION: There won’t be any guys left when Rena starts to date. FACT: The guys Rena wasn’t ready to date or marry will probably be “off the market.” The guys who were equally busy pursuing degrees or careers and focusing on their personal growth without dating will be on the market.
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wants to be more mature and solid within herself before marriage, there are plenty of young men who feel that same way and are also not interested in marrying before they first know who they truly are. So even though your question doesn’t set off any obvious alarm bells, I would nevertheless get into an honest discussion with Rena about her choices, applauding her independence and self-awareness, but also making sure that there aren’t any disturbing
reasons that you may not be aware of that may be playing into this scenario. Probably not, but it’s good to rule out possible reasons such as anxiety, insecurity, fear or any emotion that should be dealt with in a professional setting. If that’s the case, you’ll want to encourage her to talk to a professional as soon as possible. Not so much because you’re pressuring her to start dating ASAP, but because you want her to feel confident about dating when she feels the time is right.
FICTION: In order for me to feel better about Rena’s situation, I have to tell her it’s time to start dating. FACT: In order for me to feel better about Rena’s situation, I will manage my own concerns privately (either with support from friends, family or a therapist), and I will be a supportive, loving and engaged mother to Rena. When I express my anxiety to my daughter, it will do one of two things: spike Rena’s anxiety and she will date for the wrong reasons, or create a wedge between us. As the panelists suggested, I, too, advocate ongoing communication with Rena. Start talking about school or friends, the latest movie she saw or her travels. Ask her about her plans for the future, in a curious and excited way. “Where do you see yourself in five years?” If she doesn’t bring up marriage, I think it is safe to ask, “Do you see yourself getting married?” If she does bring up marriage, you can ask her what some of her ideas are about marriage. We have no way of knowing what she will say or what she is thinking, so you will have to play it by ear. If you hear any anxiety, concerns, fears or some erroneous beliefs about marriage and commitment, you can talk about them with her and
even suggest that she see a therapist so that she can allay some of her own insecurities or fears. This way, when the time is right for Rena, she will feel more confident about dating. Rena is a wonderful young girl, enjoying her life and doing nothing wrong. If she was a bit older, I would more readily validate your concerns. But at 22, assuming nothing more serious is looming (which it probably is not), I applaud her decision. I am more concerned about you and your worries than I am about Rena’s dating pool. If you find that you are having a hard time managing your worries, then you may want to consider speaking to a professional. For now, shelf your concerns for at least one or two years and enjoy your fantastic daughter! Be proud of the young woman you raised. Sincerely, Jennifer Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW work with individuals, couples and families in Hewlett, NY. As The Navidaters, they specialize in dating and relationship coaching. To set up an appointment, please call 516.224.7779. Sessions are held in the office or via Skype. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. Visit their website, thenavidaters.com for dating and relationship advice and to learn more about their services. Follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram. Check out the hit web series Soon By You, and be sure to tune into the Navidaters After Show!!
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My Mother is So Annoying By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.
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’ve heard that one from people of all ages: “My mother is so annoying.” From 15-year-olds to 50-yearolds. Well, it makes sense. There is certainly a generation gap. Not only that, but no one likes to have a mother (or father) lording their power over you. And if they did happen to do that when you were young, then now that you are old enough to be your own boss, maybe a parent yourself with a bunch of your own children running around, it’s kind of sweet not to have to “take” all that bossiness from your mother anymore. It’s kind of a relief to be way too old and too much on your own for your mom to be able to say “boo.” Not only that, not only is it a relief but you almost feel fully justified in putting your mother down just a little. After all, she absolutely can’t do anything to you now. And you’ve got the grandchildren as leverage besides. Such fun! You can complain to someone, anyone, that she is “so annoying” and actually get away with it. You could not do that when you were 14. I mean, you did it, but you just couldn’t get away with it. And when we examine what makes her annoying anyway, that’s when the wind whooshes out of your sails. Because really, she isn’t doing anything particularly egregious. She’s just being her. And her little ways can rub you the wrong way sometimes. (Now, if she was abusive, then you wouldn’t use the word “annoying” so that should be left for another discussion.) But just why is it that you have such a low tolerance for her?
The reality is that if there is anyone in the universe that you should have a high tolerance for – it’s her. This thought came to me a couple of weeks ago when my son suggested he accompany me to visit my parents’ graves in New Jersey. It was a wonderful trip because we really had a chance to talk, a rare treat. So I told him a bunch of history about his grandparents. But when we got to the cemetery, and we’d completed our Tehillim, I felt compelled to say a few words to my long-gone parents. It felt so good, as if they could actually hear. I felt close to
full of life, with so many plans for the future – unrealized. But it gave me awareness of the preciousness of every moment. Because you don’t know when your moments will be up. When that feeling walks beside you throughout your day, then everything becomes wonderful. You realize that it could have been you. There is no reason why it wouldn’t have been you. You don’t especially have more merits than the one who didn’t make it, and even if you think you do, Hashem does His reckoning according to His own algorithms, and we’re not privy to them.
When that feeling walks beside you throughout your day, then everything becomes wonderful.
them at that point. When you go to the cemetery, you get a sense of the span of time. You take a clear look back and it’s just amazing to realize what you did not know about yourself and your future way back when. It was a hot, but stunning day. And, just by being there, I felt very alive. I looked at my son, thinking how little we could have imagined, way back when I was growing up in my parents’ house, that I would be the mother of children and grandchildren. Surely, I have been enormously blessed. I’ve had this feeling of alive-ness ever since my husband died. It was shocking that he died, a person so
So you pay attention to the taste of the morning coffee and nothing beats that. The sun is so gorgeous. The rain is lovely, too. And people! People intersect my life in a way that enriches it, yes, even the “annoying” ones. Which brings me back to my mother – and yours. It’s not trivial to say that we have to give kavod av v’aim because our parents gave us life. That was an enormous gift. Perhaps more than the prettiness of flowers and the taste of foods is the gift of what you can do here. You get the chance to stretch your mind and then share what you’ve come up with. Everything, from amazing inventions like the internet
to the ordinary of life like kind words between friends, comes from the gift of just being alive. Now, you may say to me – and depressed people say it all the time – that their life is not enjoyable at all. I would agree. Life is very hard, very challenging. I won’t argue with that. But, oh boy, when you conquer those challenges, look what you have. Chavi Willig Levy, who got polio at age three, talks in her book, A Life Not With Standing, (available at the Judaica stores) about wanting to get married. People raised eyebrows and wondered when she would come down from her fantasy world. But she didn’t come down. Instead she got married, had kids, and then grandkids. All to enjoy them more because of the emotional as well as physical hardships she overcame. I don’t have to talk about people who overcame hardships like disabilities or racial prejudice to become successful entrepreneurs or professionals. That’s not necessary because you know your own story. You know what you have had to overcome --- or haven’t yet overcome. And every small victory is important. It’s a step toward taking life on – and living it. That is the reason why people should never be annoyed by their mothers. They need to look at the bigger picture: mom gave them life itself, a gift we usually take for granted. Until it’s too late. Well, I’m not doing that anymore, no sir!.. 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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Is Respect for Authority History? By Dr. Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
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fficer Miosotis Familia was buried last week. Her family, including her now motherless three children, are immersed in grief. On the fateful and fatal morning of July 5th, she was sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx. The perpetrator, who had been in and out of prisons for 15 years, came up to the car, pointed a .38-caliber revolver to her head, and killed her. He was killed in a shooting with police within minutes. Have we learned anything from this tragic murder of a New York City police officer? Some call it an “unprovoked attacked.” Others have said “deliberate cop assassination.” I’m concerned about the disregard and disrespect for authority in today’s world. Authority is something that many people nowadays poo-poo and deem politically incorrect. Wrong. Authority is good: in fact, it’s wonderful. Authority is the foundation of society, community and family. To become healthy, functioning adults, children must have authority. They flourish when parents are in charge, establishing rules and expectations, doling out consequences
as needed. This is not about authoritarianism – parents must be loving but firm. Many parents treat children as their peers and equals with minimal boundaries. The result: A protracted childhood and adolescence because they expect to be taken care of ad infinitum. The current generation has been called the “snowflake generation.” Why? Because each
(metaphorically speaking). Further, respecting parents and authority is fundamental to loving and respecting G-d and having awe of Heaven. How does the parent, who is the child’s authority figure, prime a child for a relationship with G-d? G-d is an abstract concept to children. In His infinite wisdom, G-d created parents here on Earth. Each child enters into a dependent
My take on this: Snowflakes are not happy people person is unique. Each person is special. Each person is an individual. And when you touch one – or have some kind of expectation of them – they melt immediately. My take on this: Snowflakes are not happy people. Undoubtedly, parents benefit when children are obedient. But ultimately, it’s the child who respects authority who gains. He is happy, feeling safe and protected, knowing that he can spread his wings and fly
relationship with authority figures who simultaneously shower on him unconditional love and authority. Through this relationship with parents, we teach children compassion and respect for rules. Part of the responsible parent’s unwritten job description is to transition children from an initially juvenile view of parents as saviors and heroes to forming a lifelong dynamic relationship with the One Up Above. Respecting parents is so es-
sential that it is written in Kiddushin 30b that when a child honors parents, it’s as though he has honored G-d Himself. Judaism is emphatic that we are all created “B’tzelem Elokim” – in the image of G-d. We treat every person with kindness and respect as they, too, are created in G-d’s image. Back to authority and rules – it’s not only children who benefit from order and structure. We all do. Government promulgates laws which are intended for our good. If we don’t agree, there are forums for expressing our opinions in safe ways. And when we have a hard time with people with whom we just don’t click, we still treat them with respect. We don’t have to love (or even like) them. But they, too, are created in G-d’s image. With more respect for others and less impatience, we can make this world a happier, safer place. Dr. Hylton I. Lightman is a senior statesman amongst pediatricians, an internationally-recognized authority and diagnostician, a public speaker, expert witness and go-to resource for health issues in the Orthodox Jewish community.
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Summer: The Perfect Time for Kids to Try New Foods By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN
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he 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that elementary school-aged children should consume 2 ½ cups of fruits and vegetables daily. Less than 10% of U.S. children consume the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables. Summer brings a seasonal abundance of delicious new foods. Now is the perfect time to introduce new fruits and vegetables to the entire family. Try these produce superstars.
BERRIES There are many type of berries – blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, blackberries, and goose berries – each with their unique texture, color, flavor and, let’s not forget, health benefits! All fruits contain antioxidants, however, berries are one of the best sources. There are many powerful antioxidants found in berries, including anthocyanins, quercetin, and vitamin C. Anthocyanins give berries their bright color, as well as reduce inflammation, thereby helping to prevent and manage arthritis. Anthocyanins also work together with quercetin to reduce age-related memory-loss. Another strong antioxidant found in berries is vitamin C. Vitamin C helps protect the body from infectious agents while serving as an antioxidant. High intakes of vitamin C have been shown to ward off certain cancers, heart disease,
reduce arthritic symptoms, and to minimize asthmatic problems. In addition to antioxidants, berries are “juicy foods,” which means they contain mostly water. The high water content keeps us hydrated and makes berries a great snack on these hot summer days.
keep trying. Experts believe that some kids need to be introduced to a certain food 20 times before developing a liking to it. Furthermore, the sun increases one’s appetite, so after a long, hot summer day, your kids might just gobble up anything.
AVOCADOS
Nothing says summer like a fresh slice of watermelon. This summer favorite is easy to eat and tastes great. Watermelons, as per their name, are made up of 90% water which helps keep us hydrated on
Do your kids resist fruits and vegetables? Marina Chaparro, MPH, RDN, LD, CDE, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says to give the lush, buttery
WATERMELONS
Nothing says summer like a fresh slice of watermelon.
taste of avocados a shot. “Avocados are such a versatile food,” she says. “You can add them to tacos, as a spread with grilled cheese sandwiches or with some eggs and fruit in the morning. They contain hearthealthy monounsaturated fat as well as fiber, vitamin E, potassium and vitamin C.” Recently we discussed the importance of avocados for all ages. Although avocados are in season all year round, use this time to introduce avocado to your little ones. If they disliked it in the past,
these hot summer days. Watermelons are also rich in health-promoting phytonutrients and antioxidants essential for optimum health. Watermelon is a rich source of vitamin A, which is an important antioxidant and protects our immune system. A more commonly known form of vitamin A, beta-carotene, helps support good eyesight and prevents glaucoma. Vitamin A is also known for maintaining healthy skin. Beta-carotene, along with other antioxidants found in watermel-
on, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin, have been found to protect the body from colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
TOMATOES Technically a fruit, tomatoes provide fiber, vitamins A and C, potassium, and other important vitamins and minerals. Tomatoes are famous for containing the antioxidant lycopene. Lycopene acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and helps fight free radicals. Lycopene has also been shown to prevent certain cancers and protect the skin from harmful UV rays which makes it important to consume high amounts of lycopene in the summer. The list can go on and on. All fruits and vegetables are healthy and should be included in your kids’ diets. Be creative and choose from a variety of fruits of vegetables to keep your loved ones healthy and hydrated on these sunny summer days. Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant. She can be reached at
CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com.
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A Taste of the Caribbean By Chef Shaul Silverstein
Tostones Poke Skewers A while back I got off the plane in Liberia, Costa Rica, and I wondered how in the world I would survive the heat, which was more than 100°F. The answer was one of the greatest assets to my culinary knowledge. G-d had remedied the heat with a plethora of fruits and vegetables, native to the climate, making it much easier (and may I say fun) to survive. At the local market we picked up bags of fresh ripe mango, green plantains, delicious cassava (also known as yuca), and golden pineapple, which all turned out to be a blessing – no wonder they name it paradise Tostones, fried plantains, were an eye-opener. Plantains are starchy, yet not potato-ey. They have some fruity accents but are not fruity at all. B'Gan Tostones are the key in my Poke Skewer recipe. They provides crispiness to offset the texture of the rest of the dish and add a hint of fruitiness to be the perfect balance for the skewer. I also made a delicious mango ketchup, a fruity condiment to pair with the B’Gan Yuca Fries; awesome with any meal and they won’t weigh you down. I hope that these recipes will add a splash of fun to your summer. I would love to see your versions of these delicious dishes.
Ingredients
1 package B’Gan Tostones 1 tuna steak, sushi (sashimi) grade 8 pineapple chunks 1 bell pepper, cubed 1 inch 3 oz. teriyaki sauce, sweetened/Hawaiian Sesame seeds, optional, garnish 24 oz. oil Kosher salt Equipment needed: 8 skewers
Preparation
Thaw B’Gan Tostones slightly and cut 1” pieces of the B’Gan Tostones. Prepare B’Gan Tostones according to package directions. Cube tuna into 1” cubes and salt tuna lightly. Thread skewers alternatively, placing a B’Gan Tostones, a piece of tuna, a cube of pineapple, and a cube of pepper. Repeat, and finish the skewer with a B’Gan Tostones on top. Drizzle with teriyaki and garnish with sesame seeds.
Prepare the dressing: Mix the soy sauce, sugar, peanut oil and lime juice in a bowl. Pour over the wontons and garnish with chilies and cilantro, if desired. Cook’s note: these wontons can also be boiled and using as kreplach.
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Yucca Fries with Mango Ketchup Ingredients 1 ½ cups cubed mango ¼ cup water 1 ½ TBS rice vinegar 1 pinch kosher salt 1 TBS finely diced red pepper 1 package B’Gan Yuca Fries
Preparation
Prepare B’Gan Yuca Fries according to package directions. In a saucepan, bring all ingredients, except for the red pepper, to a boil over medium heat. Blend all ingredients, aside from pepper until smooth. Mix in the red pepper pieces. Serve with Yuca Fries.
Shaul was classically trained at the CKCA in Brooklyn, NY, and has experience at some of New York’s finest food establishments. Currently, he concentrates on recipe development, including public demos and restaurant consultations.Follow him on Instagram @ChefShaul or Twitter @ ChefShaul. You can email him at chefshaul@gmail.com.
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By Naomi Nachman
Approximately a year and a half ago, a new kosher website, kosher.com, was started. It’s a website dedicated to archiving recipes that were previously published in kosher magazines such as Mishpacha, Ami and Joy of Kosher. In addition, the website has many articles on popular topics ranging from travel to cooking tips, as well as cooking videos. Recently, I did a video for this fabulous beer-battered fish dish. Here is the recipe and you can watch me present it at kosher.com.
Beer Battered Fish Ingredients For the fish 1½ cups of flour 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 4 large eggs 1 (12-oz) bottle of beer, room temperature Canola oil 1½ lbs. flounder
Tartar sauce 4 TBS mayonnaise 2 TBS sweet relish 2 tsp Dijon mustard 2 tsp white wine or apple cider vinegar
Preparation Sift 1 cup of flour into a bowl. Add salt and pepper. Whisk in the eggs. Slowly add the beer, whisking after each addition. Allow the batter to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Heat 3 inches of oil in a large pot, skillet or deep fryer to 360 – 375°F. Dredge fish in the remaining flour, shaking off excess. Then coat the fish in the batter. Add fish to oil and fry until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes.
To prepare the tartar sauce: Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and serve on the side of the battered fish.
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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Nine Days Menu mix ‘n’ match
So, it’s milchigs for the next few days. Does that mean pizza every night? We hope not. This year, mix up your family’s Nine Days dinners with delicious and interesting dishes to get their stomachs rumbling. Out of ideas? Don’t worry, TJH has your back. Choose from some of these delectable choices to enhance your supper table.
STARTERS
Eggrolls
Mushroom Crostini
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Garlic bread
Stuffed mushrooms
Fried haloumi with grilled vegetables
SOUPS
Broccoli Soup topped with Ricotta
Guacamole with Chips
Techina platter with falafel balls Tomato basil bruschetta
SALADS
Minestrone Soup
Spinach Strawberry Salad
Egg drop noodle soup
Corn Salsa
AND Watermelon and feta salad
Hot and Sour Soup
Three bean salad
Tomato soup with bread croutons French onion soup
Greek Salad
Waldorf salad Tossed salad
AND Tortellini soup
Crudité with Dip
Salad nicoise Caesar salad
Cold fruit soup Watermelon gazpacho
Tabbouleh salad
Asian coleslaw
Beet salad with feta
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Teriyaki Salmon
Fettucine Alfredo
Blueberry Pancakes or Waffles
Homemade Pizza
Fish Tacos
Sushi
Cheese Blintzes
Spinach Frittata
Asian seared tuna
Veggie omelet
AND Tomato tart
Baked potato with broccoli
Hasselback potatoes with cheese Quesadillas
Veggie burgers
Portobello mushroom burgers
Spaghetti squash with cheese and marinara Vegetable calzones
Ricotta Pancakes
Mushroom Quiche
Grilled tilapia
Latkes with applesauce
Veggie wrap
Spinach lasagna
Rigatoni with roasted tomatoes
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AND Garlic potatoes
Roasted vegetables
Edamame with dipping sauce Asparagus with almonds Stuffed peppers with couscous Roasted squash with basil Creamy mashed potatoes Spanish Rice
Sweet potato fries
Steamed broccoli
Herbed Rice and
Breaded cauliflower
Couscous with raisins
Mushrooms
Beer battered onion rings
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Baked Apple
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Cheesecake
Berry Bowl
Fruit Smoothie
Iced coffee
Roasted plums with maple syrup and Greek yogurt
Chocolate raspberry tart Fruit kabobs
Peach pie
Parfait
Banana Split Chocolate Mousse
Raspberry sorbet with fresh berries
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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”
Recently I took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch. Insensitively, I led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. Suddenly I saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named “Padrino” and “Pomodoro” and ingredients like soppressata, capicollo and a striata baguette. I quickly asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else and she anxiously nodded yes and we ate Mexican. - New York Times op-ed by columnist David Brooks who wrote how elites like himself are causing the “less educated” to be at a disadvantage
During World War II, Hungary did not comply with this moral and political requirement. This is a sin because at the time we decided that instead of protecting the Jewish community, we chose collaboration with the Nazis. I made it clear to the prime minister that this can never happen again. In the future, the Hungarian government will protect all its citizens. - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, at a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hungary this week
We will yield nothing to anti-Zionism, because it is the reinvented form of anti-Semitism.
I knew I could run because I’m always in the yard working, and when the phone rings, I go running inside to answer it. I thought it’d be fun to run 100 meters since I’m more than 100 years old. -101-year-old Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins, of Baton Rouge, who became the oldest female athlete to ever compete in the USA Track and Field Outdoors Masters Championships and ran the 100 meters in 40.12 seconds
[I] missed my nap for this. - Ibid.
- French President Emanuel Macron while visiting, along with Prime Minister Netanyahu, a site where thousands of French Jews were killed in the Holocaust
I think only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian. -Republican Shiva Ayyadurai, who emigrated from India as a child and is taking on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) – who has lied about being of Native American descent – in an interview with Fox News about how he plans on winning the 2018 Senate race for Massachusetts
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus has dismissed the latest TrumpRussia story as””a nothingburger.” When questioned about his really strange choice of words, he explained, “My name is Reince Priebus.” - Conan O’Brien
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A candidate has the right to get information from whatever source the information comes. If the material was obtained unlawfully, you prosecute, if you can, the people who obtain the material. But there is a First Amendment right of a candidate to use information. You can’t include information under the campaign finance law. That would be unconstitutional .- Alan Dershowitz, on Fox News, arguing that the Donald Trump Jr. meeting, which took place after being promised damaging information on Hillary from a Russian source, was perfectly legal
Ladies and gentlemen. - The long-time greeting used in London’s Tube (train system) which is now banned
Polar bears hurt by climate change are more likely to turn to a new food source — humans.
Hello, everyone
– Washington Post headline for an article last week about climate change
We’re the voices, the Senate leader and I, are the voices for winning those races in the House and the Senate, and we’re ready.
Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children
-The politically correct term that engineers are now required to use
- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- CA) in a recent radio interview, talking about herself and her cohort, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
-The Guardian’s headline for an article last week about climate change
Two Iranian men have been indicted for allegedly hacking a Vermont defense technology firm, but one of their cohorts who admitted guilt won’t be punished because of a pardon President Barack Obama granted last year as part of the Iran-U.S. nuclear deal.
The amount of time you spend in desperation on a topic that has plummeted you to 13th place in viewership ranking across America — more people watch Nick at Night cartoons than CNN today. - White House deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka in a debate with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota
The Trump administration is deporting Latinos to make the streets safer… You wanna make the streets safer? Deport the police. – So-called “comedian” George Lopez
– Excerpt from a Politico article published on 7/17/17
Kid Rock has officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Kid Rock says he wants to restore America back to a better time when it would have been unimaginable for Kid Rock to run for the U.S. Senate.
Instead of giving everyone a seat at the table, this White House is a locked down good ol’ boys network. For years – for years – Washington has talked about an axis of evil overseas. Well, there is an axis of evil here at home – oppression, suppression, and repression. - Sen. Elizabeth Warren talking about the Trump administration
- Conan O’ Brien
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Which one of these children needs Chai Lifeline? (Hint: They all do.) Chai Lifeline is renowned for the care and love it bestows on children fighting cancer. But that’s only the beginning. Chai Lifeline serves thousands of children with medical challenges that aren’t evident on the outside, everything from Crohns Disease to cystic fibrosis to heart disease and illnesses so rare only a handful of children have been diagnosed. And still, that’s only the beginning. Chai Lifeline includes siblings and parents, too, with programs geared towards the entire family. We care for more than 5,000 children and their families around the world and across the street. Chances are, you know them. They just don’t look sick.
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I read recently that young people check their phones at least 150 times per day. I’m sure we could all be more effective and efficient if we took a moment to process our thoughts rather than rushing from one thing to the next. - Prince Harry speaking at an event entitled, “Encouraging Happy Young Minds”
Since the year 2000, child soldiers have been used in armed conflicts in more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Mali and Yemen.
In Iraq, ISIS is on the verge of total defeat. You can tell ISIS is pretty much on the way out, because they’ve already been booked to appear on next season’s “Dancing With the Stars.”
- From a sixth grade social studies textbook used in Canada
– Conan O’Brien
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The most important question I could ask is I know a lot of young people who are feeling somewhat hopeless about this and they read articles and magazines or see interviews on TV and they hear it is too late. You know, don’t even have kids because you will only help destroy the planet and there will be no future for them. Is there hope, Al Gore? - Stephen Colbert on the “Late Night Show” interviewing Al Gore (who made hundreds of millions of dollars off of pedaling his climate change theories) about climate change
I think it’s really important to know what you don’t know and listen to people who do know what you don’t know. - Former President George W. Bush, appearing at an event with former President Bill Clinton, stressing the importance of humility in the Oval Office
The purpose of this email is to remind faculty that student protesters have diverted time and energy from their academic work to promote institutional change and social justice… Many have been involved in this work for the entire academic year and in previous years. – From an email by Evergreen State College’s provost asking professors to consider “the physical and emotional commitment” of student protesters when deciding their final grades
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Political Crossfire
Bungled Collusion is Still Collusion By Charles Krauthammer
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he Russia scandal has entered a new phase and there’s no going back. For six months, the White House claimed that this scandal was nothing more than innuendo about Trump campaign collusion with Russia in meddling in the 2016 election. Innuendo for which no concrete evidence had been produced. Yes, there were several meetings with Russian officials, some only belatedly disclosed. But that is circumstantial evidence at best. Meetings tell you nothing unless you know what happened in them. We didn’t. Some of these were casual encounters in large groups like the famous July 2016 Kislyak-Sessions exchange of pleasantries at the Republican National Convention. Big deal. I was puzzled. Lots of cover-up, but where was the crime? Not even a third-rate burglary. For six months, smoke without fire. Yes, President Trump himself was acting very defensively, as if he were hiding something. But no one ever produced the something. My view was: Collusion? I just don’t see it. But I’m open to empirical evidence. Show me. The evidence is now shown. This is not hearsay, not fake news, not unsourced leaks. This is an email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. himself. A British go-between writes that there’s a Russian government effort to help Trump Sr.
win the election, and as part of that effort he proposes a meeting with a “Russian government attorney” possessing damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Moreover, the Kremlin is willing to share troves of incriminating documents from the Crown Prosecutor. (Error: Britain has a Crown Prosecutor. Russia has a State Prosecutor.) Donald Jr. emails back. “I love it.” Fatal words.
ateur collusion, comically failed collusion. That does not erase the fact that three top Trump campaign officials were ready to play. It may turn out that they did later collaborate more fruitfully. We don’t know. But even if nothing else is found, the evidence is damning. It’s rather pathetic to hear Trump apologists protesting that it’s no big deal because we Americans are always intervening in other people’s
Lots of cover-up, but where was the crime? Not even a third-rate burglary. Once you’ve said “I’m in,” it makes no difference that the meeting was a bust, that the intermediary brought no such goods. What matters is what Donald Jr. thought going into the meeting, as well as Jared Kushner and then-campaign manager Paul Manafort, who were copied on the correspondence, invited to the meeting, and attended. “It was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame,” Donald Jr. told Sean Hannity. A shame? On the contrary, a stroke of luck. Had the lawyer real stuff to deliver, Donald Jr. and the others would be in far deeper legal trouble. It turned out to be incompetent collusion, am-
elections, and they in ours. You don’t have to go back to the ‘40s and ‘50s when the CIA intervened in France and Italy to keep the communists from coming to power. What about the Obama administration’s blatant interference to try to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu in the latest Israeli election? One might even add the work of groups supported by the U.S. during Russian parliamentary elections – the very origin of Vladimir Putin’s deep animus toward Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, whom he accuses of having orchestrated the opposition. This defense is pathetic for two reasons. First, have the Trumpites
not been telling us for six months that no collusion ever happened? And now they say: Sure it happened. So what? Everyone does it. What’s left of your credibility when you make such a casual aboutface? Second, no, not everyone does it. It’s one thing to be open to opposition research dug up in Indiana. But not dirt from Russia, a hostile foreign power that has repeatedly invaded its neighbors (Georgia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine), that buzzes our planes and ships in international waters, that opposes our every move and objective around the globe. Just last week the Kremlin killed additional U.N. sanctions we were looking to impose on North Korea for its ICBM test. There is no statute against helping a foreign hostile power meddle in an American election. What Donald Jr. – and Kushner and Manafort – did may not be criminal. But it is not merely stupid. It is also deeply wrong, a fundamental violation of any code of civic honor. I leave it to the lawyers to adjudicate the legalities of unconsummated collusion. But you don’t need a lawyer to see that the Trump defense – collusion as a desperate Democratic fiction designed to explain away a lost election – is now officially dead. (c) 2017, The Washington Post Writers Group
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Forgotten Her es
Modern Forts By Avi Heiligman
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fort is defined as a fortified building, structure or strategic position that protects its occupants from the enemy. These could be anything from castles, fortresses to strongholds. Before the 20th century, the idea of a fort was some type of fortified structure. This idea has changed in appearance over the years, although it accomplishes the same effect. Since World War I, some modern forts still achieve that result but many new types of forts have been built. These range from missile defense systems in a secure location that protect the surrounding areas to prisons that deem themselves escape-proof. Even the fortified structures that are built to protect whatever is inside are much more impressive security-wise than those grand castles of the Middle Ages. Trench warfare defined the fighting during World War I. Fortified positions that stretched for miles on end were dug to protect the troops as they tried to wipe out similar enemy positions facing their own trench. Steel and concrete fortifications became impervious to anything but a full frontal attack. High explosive bombs and tanks rendered trenches useless as a fortification and for much of WWII the
fighting was more mobile. That being said, there were some forts of note. South of Rome lays a historic hill named Monte Cassino. When the Allies landed in Italy in 1943 they faced several defense lines that the Germans had fortified. The Winter, or Gustav Line as it had become known, went through this mountain with its historic structure. The German field marshal had informed the Allies that there were no fortifications inside the abbey. However, reconnaissance photographs showed German soldiers going inside. This was enough for the Allies to bomb the building with its priceless artifacts. Sure enough, German troops occupied it, and it soon became the scene of four bloody engagements. 1,400 tons of explosives were dropped on the abbey but this provided a base for German paratroopers to take a defensive stand. Eventually, after four months of fighting, the Germans were driven from Monte Cassino. Not all fortresses were meant to keep the enemy out – some were meant to keep prisoners from escaping. Two well-known examples of supposedly escape-proof prisons of the 20th century were Colditz Castle and Alcatraz. Alcatraz is an island located in the San Francisco Bay that had
been a lighthouse, military fort and military prison before being renovated to hold the toughest criminals that America had in the 1930s. Troublemakers from other federal prisons were sent to the escape-proof island known as the Rock. Of the three dozen escapees that attempted to leave in the prison’s 29-year history all but five were caught alive, killed by prison guards, or drowned. Those five are still officially listed as missing as they disappeared and are assumed to have drowned. Alcatraz held some famous prisoners such as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and the Birdman of Alcatraz. Built by the Holy Roman emperors in the 11th century, Colditz Castle had served many purposes over the years. Located on a steep hill near Leipzig, Germany, Colditz was home to a large zoo and a hospital before being turned into a political prison by the Nazis. In 1939, Allied prisoners of war (POWs) were transferred to Colditz. A year later it became a maximum security prison meant to hold the toughest Allied POWs who had become security risks or had attempted escapes in the past. Seven-foot thick walls, teeming with guards and hundreds of miles away from friendly territory for the Allies, it was thought as es-
cape-proof. At least 32 POWs proved the Nazis wrong as they escaped through ingenious methods like tunneling and dressing like Germans. The POWs kept the Germans hands full as Colditz became somewhat of a finishing school for escape artists. After all, all of the top escapees were now in complex. Over a hundred other POWs managed to leave the grounds but were recaptured. After the war, the Russians continued using Colditz as a prison and later it was turned into a psychiatric ward. One of the most intriguing U.S. Army posts is Fort Knox. Part of the base was operated by the army as an armored training center in the past and now houses several command, specialized and training units. The other part of the base is a state-ofthe-art fortified vault that houses the United States Bullion Depository. In other words, it is where the Treasury stores its gold. In total, over 4,500 metric tons of gold is housed on the army base in Kentucky. It was constructed in the 1930s after President Franklin Roosevelt outlawed the ownership of gold coins, bullion and certificates worth over $100 by private citizens. All of the gold was transferred to the Treasury Department, that needed a place to store its newfound
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The exterior of Cheyenne Mountain Complex, home to NORAD.
Colditz Castle during World War II
Fort Knox
wealth. 20-ton blast-proof doors, granite walls, motion sensors, digital and visual surveillance, minefields, myriad security guards, and secret combinations make it nearly impossible for any of the gold to be stolen. The nearby base is outfitted with tanks and Apache helicopters and could be summoned at a moment’s notice of the alarm if an intruder is ever detected. From the outside, Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado, looks like pretty much like any other mountain. The inside, on the other hand, is something totally different as it is the home for NORAD.
The North American Aerospace Command is a joint American and Canadian organization used as a warning post for both countries. It serves as the nerve center for the collection of data from worldwide sources concerning any air or maritime threat. The commander of NORAD is tasked with providing the president of the U.S. and the prime minister of Canada with an accurate report of all threats. Built under 2,000-feet of granite it is protected from earthquake, explosions, or any other natural or manmade threats. A medical facility is part of the large complex that can
house personnel if necessary. 25-ton blast doors can deflect a wave from a nuclear blast and specialized filters can capture radiological, chemical or biological pollutants in the air. Should all other methods fail in the time of attack, NORAD is capable of sending the proper military response. These are just some of the impressive and notable fortifications of the past century. As we have seen with the ones mentioned in this article, the defenses grow in magnitude as the contractors building the forts keep up with technology. New types of forts
The ruins of Monte Cassino
appear all the time with the emphasis based on cyber security as well as the physical security of the structure. Some consider aircraft carriers forts as they are almost impossible to sink, board or destroy their systems in any way. Forts in the future will continue to get more impressive and more impervious to attacks as they keep up with the times. Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.
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Accountants Behaving Badly By Allan Rolnick, CPA
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ctress Alyssa Milano first gained fame playing Tony Danza’s daughter on the television sitcom Who’s the Boss. The show ran for eight seasons, snagged ten Emmy and five Golden Globe nominations (winning one of each), and established Milano as a bone fide teen idol. While her star has dimmed since then, she continues to work in Hollywood and seems to be one of the few child stars in recent memory to grow into adulthood without well-publicized trips to rehab or jail. Today, Milano is as busy as a bumblebee. So she and her husband, agent David Bugliari, employed a business manager to handle “the details.” Usually those relationships proceed without trouble. But that’s not the case with Milano, who just sued her manager, CPA Kenneth Hellie, for $10 million. Milano says the relationship first soured with “a home improvement debacle.” She and her husband bought their Ventura County home in 2013 with plans to spend $1.1 million remodeling it. They wound up spending $5 million on the house which is now worth $3 million. (That odd math may not sound implausi-
ble to anyone else who’s done a gut rehab!) But Milano soon discovered that Hellie had made eight late mortgage payments in a 13-month period. That destroyed her credit, which meant she couldn’t refinance the house. She also says: · He failed to pay her 2013 and
es were in shape gave her the confidence to pass up a $1.3 million paycheck for starring in a third season of a TV series. Of course, every story has two sides (especially in Hollywood). Hellie’s response basically throws her husband under the bus, arguing that he approved additional remod-
He blames the couple for their own lavish spending, including “a second home in the mountains, private planes, a country club membership, a boat, and numerous personal staff such as multiple nannies and housekeepers.”
2014 income taxes, · He used scotch tape to attach her signature to wire transfers to make unauthorized withdrawals, and · He failed to pay her employees or their taxes, and ·His reassurances that the financ-
eling expenses and may have been “intentionally or negligently keeping Milano in the dark regarding the couple’s deteriorating finances.” He blames the couple for their own lavish spending, including “a second home in the mountains, private
planes, a country club membership, a boat, and numerous personal staff such as multiple nannies and housekeepers.” Milano is hardly the only Hollywood celebrity to break with her manager. Actor Johnny Depp, who spent $3 million to shoot author Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes out of a cannon, has sued his manager for $25 million for a similar series of offenses. And singer Alanis Morissette’s so-called business manager has ironically just reported to federal prison in Oregon for embezzling millions from her and other clients. (She said he would literally cry when she asked where her money had gone!) Here’s the lesson from today’s sad stories. Choose wisely! Don’t ask us for advice on remodeling your home or managing your household staff. But do count on us to help stop wasting money on taxes you don’t have to pay. And remember, we’re here for your co-stars, too! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.
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Comedians in the Catskills By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS
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hen the baby boom generation was growing up, Catskills comedians were a big phenomenon. Entertainment in the mountains meant that there was a comedian. And everyone was in the mountains! No one took an airplane anywhere and no one had air conditioning. Therefore, the “cool” mountains – and I mean cool air, not cool crowd – was the “physical” getaway. And humor was the “mental” getaway. Humor was about poking fun at things. And mothers-in-law were the easiest target. Every comedian ripped at them. Of course, I had no idea why. To me that was my sweet grandmother! Not someone’s mother-in-law. There were no women comedian either, so no one was a protective force defending mothers-in-law. Now, these comics had no boundaries. Mothers-in-law were completely defenseless. These poor overworked, 3-foot-7, little European ladies, potentially traumatized from their past, were portrayed as the devil incarnate. They were trounced by these comics. They portrayed them as ogres that loomed as
large as the giants the spies reported inhabited the Land of Israel back in the days of Moses. To the credit of these old-time comedians, no inappropriate word was ever uttered. If they were saying anything “off color” it was in Yiddish. So, who understood it anyway?! In fact, who knows if they even spoke Yiddish? It didn’t have to be a real word because any word that sounds Yiddish harks of an ex-
sound like you called someone an old battle axe! Just look at the word for ground meat, for instance: gahakta fleish! Need I say more?! Today, the code of ethics has changed. Mothers-in-law seem to be completely off limits! I guess women’s lib took care of that. And crude language has become not just acceptable but the order of the day! Practically every word needs to be censored. These new guys could
Our lives are just meant to be taken with a grain of salt and a good guffaw.
plicit message. For example, “She was a real ga-hufenblacha, seeing her once a month was more than enough!” Or, “She could give you such a machan-shlufel you would run out of there holding your head just so it wouldn’t roll off.” And then again, even an authentic Yiddish word, utilized in a completely innocent manner, could still
never perform for an Orthodox audience. There would be no content! Perhaps that’s how mimes got started?! So, what do comedians who perform in the Catskills these days talk about? Us! Because we are good material. We are funny! We eat a lot, talk a lot, and celebrate holidays a lot,
which only means we eat and talk...a lot more! And our greatness is that we can laugh at ourselves. We don’t need a mother-in-law to be put down or crude language to be uttered to get us laughing! Our simple images make us laugh! Just say the word gefilte fish, or petcha, or shidduch resume, and we get hysterical. Well, maybe shidduch resumes actually make us hysterically cry. But our “stuff” is just plain funny! In other words, our lives are just meant to be taken with a grain of salt and a good guffaw. We were born to be material for a Catskills comedian. So, even when you don’t hear one in person, just close your eyes, sit back, and laugh. Cuz maybe that is what G-d meant by commanding us, “Ivdu et Hashem b’simcha, worship G-d with joy.” We are not just the people of the book; we are the people of the joke book! Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com<mailto:rivki@rosenwalds.com
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