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President Obama travelled to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah. This was their first extended face-to-face meeting and it took place on the outskirts of Riyadh. BY AMBER GRISTAK
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His Majesty’s counsel, and to discuss with him many of the issues that we confront here in the Middle East.” As expected, Abdullah thanked him and recalled the years of U.S.-Saudi strategic ties going back to the World War II era. Obama’s intention was to ease the decades of tensions between Muslims and the United States. In years past and more recent, these tensions were heightened by the war in Iraq and the Palestinian protest of the Jewish state of Israel. Obama spent Wednesday in Saudi Arabia preparing for his broadcast to Muslims around the world from Cairo, Egypt. According to reports, Obama sought the advice of King Abdullah during this time. Upon the President’s arrival to Cairo he participated in a welcome ceremony at the Quba Palace. Following the arrival ceremony, Obama held a bilateral meeting with President Mubarak of Egypt.
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Obama is giving politicians a run for the spotlight. The former Chicago senator is not only America’s ‘Commander in Chief ’ but also America’s all-encompassing topic, as he dominates political headlines. However, it seems like Obama is also dominating National news. An article in the Washington Post that came out Thursday, introduced the many details of Obama’s announcement to bring permanent shelter to the many Hurricane Katrina victims that have been unable to settle back into life.
answer is a D.C burger joint named ‘Five Guys.’ However, these two topics rest in the shadow of the President’s biggest venture. Obama’s current ‘Tour De Middle East’ launched this past Wednesday with the President’s heading to Saudi Arabia to meet with the country’s King Abdullah. This was followed by a television appearance broadcast from Cairo, Egypt. In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah welcomed Obama with a military honor guard, a 21 gun salute and a red-carpet at the airport, of course. The private meeting was their first extended face-to-face meeting and took place at the king’s farm on the outskirts of Riyadh. There was plenty of press in the room to capture the formally prepared moments. During their meeting, Obama talked about the strategic relationship between the two countries. Obama told Abdullah “I thought it was very fitting to come to the place where Islam began and to seek
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JUNE 5, 2009
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MK Ben-Ari Assaulted & Arrested by Border Police The scene at Yitzhar Junction in Shomron on Monday afternoon was a difficult one. Rumors have been circulating in Shomron pertaining to plans of the IDF Civil Administration to clear additional unauthorized outposts in the area. ews reported that Arabs in the area of Yitzhar set fields ablaze, leading to increased area tensions. Jews reportedly blocked the approach road to Yitzhar, which the army ordered cleared when border police arrived on the scene. The youths in the area remain determined to prevent the dismantling of out-
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posts. Also in the area were MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Dr. Michael Ben-Ari and his parliamentary aid, Itamar Ben-Gavir. Ben-Ari called on border police to permit him to check on the welfare of a number of youths placed in a police vehicle, but his request was denied. He brandished his Knesset identification, but it did him no good. The MK then prevented the police vehicle from driving off, accusing authorities of ignoring the basic rights of children. The MK stated he did not plan to attend this event, but was on his way to the area to see the location of an earlier outpost removal. He
stopped after seeing authorities manhandling children, ignoring their basic rights. He accuses border police of punching him in the face as well. He spoke of feeling sick and requiring medical assistance. The area IDF battalion commander, Colonel Itzik Bar, ordered border police to place the MK in custody, ignoring his parliamentary immunity. Authorities also arrested Ben-Gavir. Police accuse the two of interfering with security forces seeking to restore order in the area. –Yechiel Spira, YWN Israel
mong the 216 passengers and 12 crew members who are presumed dead was Serge Anidjar, a French businessman in his early 40s who was travelling home after a routine trip to Brazil. According to Rabbi Michael Sojcher, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Anidjar’s hometown of Boulogne-Billancourt, the man’s wife and three children are understandably distraught. “They are waiting for news, for information from the government confirming any sign and
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saying something for sure,” said Sojcher, codirector of Beth Loubavitch Boulogne. “The kids are praying. They still have hope, but it’s a very hard hope.” Air France administrators and French officials said on Monday that the flight, an Airbus 330 with no adverse incidents in its four-year history, disappeared 30 minutes after flying outside of Brazilian radar coverage as it traversed a line of tropical thunderstorms. Its onboard flight computer sent out a string of messages to company mechanics indicating problems with onboard electrical systems. At a press conference, French President Nicolas Sarkozy acknowledged the disappearance as the worst aviation accident to occur since 2001. “It’s a tragic accident,” he said. “The chances of finding survivors are tiny.” “Air France is extremely distraught, and the whole team of Air France is suffering,” said
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the chief executive of Air France-KLM. “We would like to say to the relatives of the victims that we are totally with them and will make every effort to help them.” Tuesday morning, a Brazilian Air Force jet reported spotting debris in the search area. Sojcher said that the local community in Boulogne was rallying around the Anidjars. Another Jewish passenger was presumed dead, but more information was not immediately forthcoming. “This family sent their kids to Jewish camps, and they attend the Jewish school in town,” said the rabbi. “I spent all day there. Friends and teachers are visiting, and social workers are coming to help the kids, but the youngest still doesn’t comprehend the scope of the tragedy. The wife is as strong as she can be, but of course this is a very hard time.” –Chabad Staff
Obama May Reduce Israel Support in UN BY AMBER GRISTAK
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According to a slew of news media reports, the Obama administration is considering reducing its support for Israel in the UN if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not agree to freeze settlement construction. This comes from US officials who were quoted by the New York Times.
ccording to a report on Monday June 1, 2009, there are measures being considered that include refraining from the Security Council veto of United Nations resolutions that Israel opposes and makes use of President Barack Obama’s “bully pulpit” to criticize the settlements. The officials stressed that setting conditions for loan guarantees to Israel was not under discussion. A senior administration official said, “There are things that could get the attention of
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Likud Minister: Free Terrorists with ‘Blood on Their Hands’ for Shalit BY MAZAL MUALEM Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan, a lawmaker in the ruling Likud party, said Tuesday that Israel should free terrorists who have caused the deaths of Israelis to secure the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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How a Settlement’s ‘Natural Growth’ Appears at Ground Level BY DINA KRAFT Pushing a baby stroller and clutching her toddler’s hand, Hanna Yadler walks through the shiny lobby of her new apartment building and explains how she’s relieved her family found a place to live in Modiin Illit. adler, 28, has four children. Her family outgrew its one-bedroom apartment in Modiin Illit a while back, forcing her children to sleep in the living room. The family recently found a new home, and now there’s room for all the kids and—in a community where it’s common to have as many as 10 children—those who might follow. In this community, one of the fastestgrowing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Yadler’s growing family is a typical example of “natural growth” in the Jewish West Bank. It’s precisely this sort of growth that the Israeli government says it will not halt to accommodate demands from Washington that Israel freeze settlement construction. New pressure from the United States to halt even so-called “natural growth” has taken Israeli officials by surprise. There is considerable worry in Israel that the dispute over settlement growth may escalate into a fullblown showdown between the Obama administration and Jerusalem. President Obama, who travelled to the Middle East this week for his first trip there
as president—a trip that will not include a stop in Israel—said Monday in an interview with National Public Radio that it was time the United States was more honest with Israel. That, he said, means reversing trends that are “profoundly negative, not only for Israeli interests but also U.S. interests.” “We do have to retain a constant belief in the possibilities of negotiations that will lead to peace,” Obama said. “I’ve said that a
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have decided that it’s fitting and necessary to release terrorists with blood on their hands for the release of Gilad Shalit,” Erdan told the Knesset plenum. Egyptian-brokered negotiations for Shalit’s release broke down at the end of former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s term after Israel refused to accept Hamas’ demands, which included the release of Palestinians convicted of orchestrating mass terror attacks. Erdan told the Knesset that he had changed his opinion on the matter following Israel’s 3-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza at the beginning of the year. “The last thing I want is to turn the subject into a political struggle,” he said, adding that the matter was the government’s top priority.
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Israeli settlement of Maale. freeze on settlements is part of that.” That same day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion of a full freeze as “unreasonable,” according to those present at a closed Knesset meeting at which he spoke. Here in Modiin Illit, a community of some 45,000 fervently Orthodox Jews located across the highway from the burgeoning Israeli suburb of Modiin, which is just inside Israel proper, natural growth appears unstoppable. Hundreds of newly married couples live
here, and almost all seem to want to stay. As their families grow, so will the settlement— or at least that is what they have hoped until now. Like most residents of the town, Yadler does not define herself as a settler for choosing to live here, just east of the armistice line that from 1948 until 1967 divided Israel from the West Bank. “We did not come here for ideological reasons but because we have nowhere else to go,” she said. “We want to live in a community with a Torah-observant atmosphere.” Most of her neighbors are transplants from the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnai Brak or Jerusalem, Israel’s two main centers of haredi, or fervently Orthodox, life. They came here because housing is more affordable in Modiin Illit and they could live in an exclusively haredi environment. Since its founding in 1994 by haredi Israelis, Modiin Illit has grown from a few small streets to several sprawling neighborhoods of cream-colored apartment buildings built into the landscape’s sloping hills and valleys. It’s about three miles away from Modiin, which was built at about the same time. Fervently Orthodox settlements like these account for the majority of growth in the settlements today, said Hagit Ofran, who coordinates Peace Now’s settlement-monitoring division. But now housing here is becoming scarce and more expensive, too, with the government apparently reluctant to offer new per-
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Arabs Caught Digging for Gold at Archaeological Ruins
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Border police officers caught seven Arabs from eastern Jerusalem digging for gold at the “Lemon Well” archaeological site near Beit Shemesh last Thursday.
Retired IDF Major-General Elazar Stern spoke at an event rallying for the end of the Tal Law, which allows fulltime yeshiva students to postpone their IDF service. Prior to his retirement earlier this week, Stern served as head of IDF manpower. he event was held in advance of a Supreme Court hearing next week regarding the law. The issues of hareidi-religious IDF exemptions, and of draft dodging in other Israeli Jewish communities, threaten more than just IDF manpower, Stern said. Israeli society is “rotting from within,” he said. “If we are no longer socially involved, that will be one of the biggest existential threats we face,” he warned. He rejected calls to make IDF service optional, saying, “Mandatory enlistment is about much more than the number of recruits.” Israel cannot afford to pay soldiers a much higher wage in order to lure young men and women to volunteer for service, he added. Tal Law opponents who hosted the event said that over one-third of Jewish Israelis do not serve in the IDF. That number will grow as the hareidi-religious population grows, and as draft dodging becomes more socially acceptable in other segments of society, opponents warned.
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he suspects will face charges of unauthorized excavation at an archaeological site, a crime with a maximum penalty of five years in prison. According to the police, the seven were caught in the act as they attempted to find the fabled gold buried near the ancient spring located near the Moshav of Yishi. The ruins at the site are a combination of a structure from the Roman period and a later pool from the Crusader period. Police caught the gold diggers with ample excavating equipment including shovels, buckets, flashlights, a ladder, and a generator to pump the water out of the well. The archaeological thieves were evidently superstitious as well—they brought along a book of magic and were caught as several read verses from the Koran, which they claimed was to “ward off demons found in the bowels of the earth.” Although the group told police afterwards they came only to draw “holy water” from the site, their extensive excavations into the bottom of the well were testimony to different intentions. “This isn’t the first time archaeological robbers have tried finding gold in the well,” Amir Ganor, who heads the Antiquities Authority anti-theft unit said. “Digging at an archaeological site without permission is against the law,” he emphasized. The suspects were taken to Beit Shemesh police headquarters for questioning, and then released on bail. Police expect to press charges against them over the next few days.
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An IDF soldier relaxes with friends over a cup of tea. Besides f ighting the Tal Law, many opponents of draft dodging have opposed the hiring of musicians who avoided IDF service at public events. In addition, the IDF has begun cracking down on women who falsely claim to be religiously observant in order to escape service, observing women who receive exemptions in order to determine whether or not they are actually religious. Stern told those present that he had taken a personal stance against societal acceptance of draft dodging, and refused to buy products advertised by Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, who avoided
Israel Begins its Biggest Civil Defense Drill BY ROBERT BERGER Israel is holding the biggest civil-defense drill in its history. mid growing tensions with Iran, Israel is training soldiers, emergency crews, and civilians for the possibility of all-out war. Major Chezi Deutch is an officer in Israel’s Home Front Command. “It is part of the overall plan to increase preparedSome say that the civil defense drill is a ness and readiness in the country, dealing with civil direct message to Teheran. defense and with emergencies in the civilian population,” Deutch said. The scenarios include massive missile attacks possibly with the Gaza Strip. chemical or biological weapons. That could happen if Israel carries “What we are expecting, what we out its threat to launch a pre-emptive would like to see is to have the popula- strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. With tion act as they would in time of a real the Iranian president threatening to wipe the Jewish state “off the map,” crisis,” Deutch said. The crisis Israel fears is a massive Israel has warned time and again that it rocket and missile barrage on all fronts: will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear from Iran in the East, to Syria and weapons. And the civil-defense drill Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas in the seems to be a clear message to Teheran North, to the Palestinian militant group that the military option remains on the Hamas on Israel’s southern border in table.
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IDF service through a f ictitious marriage. The companies that hire Refaeli put external appearance over inner beauty, he said. “I called those companies and their managers, and they told me ‘This is what young people like.’ I told them that their task is to worry about what young people should like, not what they like now,” he said. Opponents of the Tal Law plan to continue to rally throughout the week, and will hold a march on Thursday and set up a protest tent near the Knesset on today, June 5th, 2009.
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Later in the morning, the President and Secretary Clinton toured the Sultan Hassan Mosque. In the afternoon, the President delivered remarks at Cairo University where he outlined his personal commitment to engagement and to building partnerships going forward that serve the mutual interests of all people. Following the speech, the President toured the Pyramids and the Sphinx. In related news, a new audio tape attributed to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was aired on al-Jazeera television. The message showed bin Laden vowing revenge for the crackdown on militants in Pakistan, and threatened violence on the American people. Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, told reporters in Riyadh that bin Laden wants to undermine the president’s outreach to Muslims. Gibbs also said, “I don’t think it is surprising that al-Qaida would want to shift attention away from the president’s historic efforts, and continued efforts, to reach out and have an open dialogue with the Muslim world.” According to the spokesperson, the tape is still being analyzed. However, he said that the message is consistent with those heard in the past from al-Qaida threatening the U.S. and other countries involved in counter-terrorism efforts. While headlines continue to pop up surrounding Obama’s Middle East Tour, it seems many big Jewish organizations
are remaining relatively quiet. This leaves much to speculation. However, popular columnists like Caroline Glick and political activist such as Alan Dershowitz are taking the topic head on. Dershowitz, who is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law school, unleashed some of his strong feelings on a recent blog posted on the Jerusalem Post website. “President Obama sees ‘a linkage’ between Israel ending the settlements and the United States trying to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons,” Dershowitz wrote. “Following the Oval Off ice meeting [with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ed.], he insisted
Obama is attempting to ease tensions in the Middle East. that peace between Israel and the Palestinians ‘strengthens our hand in the international community in dealing with
a potential Iranian threat.’ With due respect to the man who I supported for President, he has it exactly backwards. If there is to be any linkage - and I do not believe there should be - it goes the other way: it will be much easier for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank if Iran does not have a nuclear umbrella under which it can continue to encourage Hamas and Hizbullah to fire rockets at Israeli civilians.” What will come of this new ‘talk it out’ approach to dealing with old international issues? We can only wait and see exactly where the new administration is heading and what it will be able to accomplish.
Austria MP Who Accused Jewish Leader of ‘Leftist Terror’ Told to Resign BY DPA Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called on far-right legislator Martin Graf to step down as deputy president of parliament after his verbal attack on the leader of Vienna’s Jewish community. raf had blasted Jewish leader Ariel Muzicant for his critical stance towards his party. In a commentary published in the newletter of his Freedom Party (FPOe), Graf said many Austrians were asking themselves whether Muzicant was “fostering anti-fascist leftist terrorism” and “a climate of political brutality.” The dispute surrounding the contentious
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rightist politician marked a new low point in Austria’s election race for the European Union parliament that has been dominated by the FPOe’s anti-foreigner campaign targeting non-Christians, rather than by European issues. “I expect someone who commits such a lapse to take the necessary steps and resign,” Austrian press agency APA reported the social democratic chancellor as saying in Brussels. His call was echoed by Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, whose mainstream conservative People’s Party forms a coalition with the Social Democratic Party. Graf ’s comments likely referred to leftist activists who staged a partially violent counter-demonstration when the Freedom
Party protested a new Islamic cultural centre in Vienna in mid-May. Muzicant had said shortly afterwards that the Freedom Party’s tone reminded him of Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister. Campaigning against Turkey’s joining the EU in the runup to the union-wide polls, the Freedom Party chose a slogan that calls for keeping the “occident in Christian hands.” Martin Graf is a member of a right-wing union that has contacts with neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers. The Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache, won 17.5 per cent in the parliamentary election last autumn.
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New American Girl Doll Shares Name With FBI Suspect BY MEIRA OKNER There’s wanted and then there’s WANTED. merican Girl, the doll company based in Middleton, Wis., is expecting strong demand for the newest doll in its historical character line. The 18-inch doll, which went on sale on Sunday May 31st, is named Rebecca Rubin and comes with a storybook that describes her life in 1914, growing up on the Lower East Side as the daughter of Jewish Russian immigrants. But the F.B.I. is more interested in another Rebecca Rubin. Rebecca J. Rubin, who sometimes goes by the alias Little Missy, is a fugitive who was indicted in 2006 in a series of
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arson f ires in Oregon dating to 1997, according to her F.B.I. wanted poster. The wanted Ms. Rubin carries a $50,000 reward and “should be considered armed and dangerous,” her wanted poster says. The doll Ms. Rubin costs $95 and can be bought with pet kittens and a toy challah bread. How did the marketing slip happen? J u l i e Parks, a spokeswoman for American Girl, said that the company originally applied to register the name with the United States trademark off ice in 2004. “Rebecca was one of the most popu-
lar names for Jewish girls in 1905, when Rebecca would have been born,” Ms. Parks said. “When researching last names, Rubin was on a list of a handful of other names that would have been appropriate for a Russian-Jewish family but, honestly, Rubin rose to the top because we liked the alliteration and knew that girls could easily pronounce it.” The company was not aware of the outlaw Rebecca Rubin until last week, when Heeb magazine’s blog noted the similar name. “We feel conf ident that people will clearly see this as nothing more than what it is—an unrelated coincidence,” Ms. Parks said. The F.B.I., on the other hand, is hoping the publicity for the doll will bring the flesh-and-blood Ms. Rubin, believed to be in her native Canada, to justice. “Any publicity that gets the word out that our Rebecca Rubin is wanted on various charges is certainly benef icial,” said Beth Anne Steele, a spokeswoman for the F.B.I. in Oregon
US Nuclear Plant List Accidentally Posted On Web BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF An unfortunately true accident has many worried and speculating. What happened? Well, according to a U.S official who spoke with the Associated Press, the United States government accidentally posted a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the United States on the Internet. n Wednesday, the U.S. official said the government accidentally posted on the Internet but the posting included no information that compromised national security. The document was 266-pages and published on May 6 as a transmission from President Barack Obama to Congress. According to the document, the list was required by law and will be provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Within the document, some of the pages are marked “highly confidential safeguards sensitive.” Damien LaVera, who is a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the document had been reviewed by a number of U.S. agencies and that disclosure of the information did not jeopardize national security. LaVera also said the document is part of an agreement on nuclear material inspection under the IAEA’s nuclear nonproliferation effort. In a statement LaVera said, “While we would have preferred it not be released, the Departments of Energy, Defense, and Commerce and the NRC all thoroughly reviewed it to ensure that no information of direct national security significance would be compromised.” An Energy Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the situation publicly, said none of the sites on the list are directly part of the government’s nuclear weapons infrastructure. The official acknowledged that the report includes details pertaining to a storage facility for highly enriched uranium at the Y-12 complex at the Oak Ridge
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National Laboratory in Tennessee and some sites at the Energy Department’s Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. The publication of the list was first reported in an online secrecy newsletter Monday. The document had been posted on the Government Printing Office Web site, but has since been removed from that site.
“The official acknowledged that the report includes details pertaining to a storage facility for highly enriched uranium...” The document includes both government and civilian nuclear facilities, all of which have various levels of security, including details and location of nation’s 103 commercial nuclear power reactors, information readily available from various sources.
The document details the location of the nuclear sites and what is being done there. There are nuclear reactors at the Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, Pa. This facility is currently working on research into what happens when there are accidents with the nuclear reactors. The project started in 2006 and is expected to end in 2012, according to the document. There are “zero” national security implications to the publication of this document, said Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of American Government’s Project on Government Secrecy. Aftergood found the document on the GPO Web site and highlighted it in his online bulletin. Aftergood told reporters that “I regret that some people are painting it as a roadmap for terrorists because that’s not what it is.” “This is not a disclosure of sensitive nuclear technologies or of facility security procedures. It is simply a listing of the numerous nuclear research sites and the programs that are under way,” Aftergood said. “And so it poses no security threat whatsoever.”
U.S. Economy Still Shedding Jobs BY OFER PAIZAK Despite recent signs that the U.S. economy may be starting to emerge from recession, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still losing their jobs. report by ADP Employer Services Wednesday found private U.S. companies cut 532,000 jobs in May. And a second report by private consulting f irm Challenger, Gray and Christmas found the number of planned job cuts in May is up more than seven percent compared to the same time last year. Both reports say the number of layoffs is down compared to April. But Challenger, Gray and Christmas warns
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even though planned job cuts by U.S. companies have dropped for the four consecutive months, the decline could be short-lived. The U.S. Labor Department is scheduled to release its unemployment report on Friday. Economists surveyed by the Bloomberg news agency expect the U.S. unemployment rate to rise to about 9.2 percent. Last month the Labor Department said April’s unemployment rate rose to a 25year high of 8.9 percent even as the pace of layoffs eased somewhat. The world’s largest economy has lost at least 5.7 million jobs since slipping into recession in December of 2007.
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Second Hispanic Nominee to the Supreme Court BY MARK SHERMAN Benjamin Cardozo was indisputably the second Jewish justice on the Supreme Court. Was he also the first Hispanic? There is no conclusive answer. he Federal Judicial Center, on its Web site, says he was not. Some readers, objecting to the description of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic nominee to the high court, say Cardozo was Hispanic. According to Harvard professor and Cardozo biographer Andrew L. Kaufman, “it’s all in the context.” Cardozo was nominated to the court by President Herbert Hoover in 1932. He was a member of a prominent family of Sephardic Jews who claim Portuguese heritage.
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“I think it would be a surprise to most Hispanics to learn that Justice Cardozo was the first Hispanic.” That’s where the certainty ends. Some definitions of Hispanic include Portugal and Portuguese-speaking cultures; others don’t. Kaufman said Cardozo’s ancestors came to the Americans colonies in the 1700s from England and Holland, but no one has ever firmly established that the family’s roots were, in fact, in Portugal. Cardozo himself was proud of his heritage, Kaufman said, but he probably never had occasion to consider whether he was Hispanic. “It just wasn’t a term in common political parlance, or social parlance, at the time,” Kaufman said. “I think it would be a surprise to most Hispanics to learn that Justice Cardozo was the first Hispanic and I think it would be a surprise to most people at Yeshiva University to learn it,” said Michael Herz, vice dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University. By another measure, though, Cardozo was an “ethnic pick,” Herz said. Cardozo had three things going against him—his religion, his address and his Democratic Party affiliation, Herz said. In an era when there was a Jewish seat, a Catholic seat and regional seats on the court, there already was a Jewish justice, Louis Brandeis, and a New Yorker serving. Cardozo also was a Democrat, while Hoover was a Republican. Yet Hoover nominated Cardozo and the Senate confirmed him unanimously.
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1 Million Cheer for the 2009 Salute to Israel Parade BY MAXINE DOVERE Photos by Max Media Foto
At precisely—precisely—11:00 AM on a glorious Sunday perfect for a Parade, the Salute to Israel Parade stepped off at 57th Street, northbound along Fifth Avenue. Politicians, dignitaries, veterans of many wars, children of all ages, waved flags and showed their active support for the State of Israel and her quest for peace and prosperity. n commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the City of Tel Aviv, the 2009 Salute to Israel Parade theme was a celebration of the City by the Sea and its achievements. From windsurfing on the blue waters to high tech industrial development, from the harvest of the fruits of the plain of Sharon to the Bau House design of the “White City,” the bountiful cornucopia that is Tel Aviv was celebrated by tens of thousands of marchers and hundreds of thousands of spectators spread along the mile and a half Fifth Avenue route. Mayors, Michael Bloomberg of New York and Ron Holgai of Tel Aviv, Governors, David Patterson of New York and John Corzine of New Jersey, Senators at state and federal levels, celebrities of Broadway, film and television, diplomats, community leaders, and, most importantly, ardent supporters of the State of Israel, came by the thousands to cheer marchers who pranced, danced, sang and strutted their way along the Avenue. On a serious note, all in attendance at the Parade expressed strong support for Noam and Aviva Shalit, parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held captive for almost three years. A button saying “Free Gilad Shalit Now!” was presented to Mayor Bloomberg, who wore it prominently on his chest. Thousands of spectators joined him in displaying the button. The Parade extended from 57th Street along Fifth Avenue to 79th Street. Sponsors of the Parade, a project of the Israel Tribute Committee, included UJA Federation of New York, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY), the Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds, the Israel Government Ministry of
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Commissioner Ray Kelly joined the Line of March. The always extraordinary work of the New York City Police Department was appreciated by everyone.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the line of March at the Salute to Israel Parade. He is pictured here with Noam and Aviva Shalit, parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
Tovah Feldshuh and Dr. Ruth Westheimer exchange warm greetings.
Governor David Patterson marched with Senator Kristin Gillibrand at the Salute to Israel Parade. Comptroller Bill Thompson is seen in the rear.
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(l/r) New Jersey Governmor John Corzine, Israeli’s FM Danny Ayalon, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
NY Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson with supporter Congressman Anthony Weiner.
JUNE 5, 2009 Continued from previous page Tourism, the Consulate General of Israel and the Empire State Building. Major sponsorship of the banners mounted along Fifth Avenue throughout May was provided by Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield; Gristedes’ Supermarkets provided the thousands of bottles of water that quenched marchers’ thirst. Additional sponsors and supporters included Advantages, Inc, Central Business Solutions, Mardi Gras Festival Productions, Ltd., Marshall Haber Inc., and Rubenstein Associates. Float sponsors included American Committee for Sha’are Zedek Medical Center, American Friends of ALYN Hospital, American Friends of Magen David Adom, America-Israel Friendship League. AMIT, AVI CHAI. Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi USA, Big Blue Bus/AirLink/CitySights, Blue & White Foods, B’nai Zion, Bunk1.com, Carmel Car & Limosine, East Midwood Hebrew Day School, El Al Airlines, Friends of Yad Sarah, Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine, Bistro Grill Great Neck, Cho-Sen Garden/ Island/ Village, Dougie’s BBQ. Eden Wok, Estihana. Rimonim Restaurant, Smokey Joe’s BBQ, T Fusion Steakhouse, Turquoise NYC, Wolf &
The Jewish Voice Lamb Steakhouse. Hillel Yeshiva of Deal, NJ, Israel Discount Bank—IDB, IDT— International Discount Telecommunications, Israel Ministry of Tourism, JDrugs (on Avenue J in Brooklyn), Jewish Agency for Israel, JNF—Jewish National Fund, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, National Yiddish Book Center, Nefesh B’Nefesh, New York Observer, RAJE (Russian American Jewish Experience), ShopRite Supermarkets, Shoshanna’s Matches, Tel Aviv Centennial, UJAFederation of New York, United States Census 2010, VIM, Yeshivah of Flatbush, Yeshiva University. The 2009 Salute to Israel Parade finished as it had begun, on time, with the riders of the Chai Motorcycle Club. These kosher (or, at least, kosher-style) “hogs” traditionally care the closing contingent of the parade. Riding along Fifth Avenue, they appeared on the Parade route just as the sun ducked behind the clouds. Throughout the afternoon, hardly a gust of wind interrupted the five hour tribute, not a drop of rain fell. As the “bikes” roared northward, the clouds seemed to follow them. Nothing—but smiles—rained on this Parade!
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Jordache Enterprises made its annual return as a partner in the Salute to Israel Parade.
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Yeshivah of Flatbush Middle Division and High School students, faculty and families joined the hundred thousand people who filled Fifth Ave and the streets around it for The Salute to Israel Parade, held on Sunday, May 31.
Hillel Yeshiva’s “Seeing is Believing” theme was brightly visible as students enjoyed a Parade ride on the float sponsored by the Saka Family.
Noam Shalit, father of Gilad Shalit the Israeli soldier that has been in captivity by Hamas since June 2006 spoke at a concert in Central Park after he marched in the annual Salute to Israel parade along Fifth Avenue.
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The Chai Riders, a motorcycle group that “stays in touch with Jewish culture and religion,” is the traditional closing group of the annual Salute to Israel Parade. A proud member of the group, Eddie Ashe, is pictured here on the left.
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WAR ON TERROR
JUNE 5, 2009
WAR ON TERROR “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deutoronomy 16:20)
North Korean Missile Reportedly Arrives at Launch Site BY JPOST
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North Korea is bolstering its coastal defenses and preparing to launch another long-range missile, believed to be capable of reaching Alaska, from a new base on its west coast, reports said Monday. outh Korean news reports said North Korea has transported its most advanced missile, which is believed to be able to reach Alaska or Guam, to a newly completed launchpad on its western coast near China. According to Yonhap news agency, South Korea is also scrutinizing an intelligence report that the North has ordered troops in charge of the disputed western sea border and along the west coast to double their stocks of ammunition. Yonhap cited an unnamed government official as saying that the activity of vehicles to and from military bases along the coast has increased. The Defense Ministry declined to confirm the report. South Korean President Lee Myungbak, hosting a conference of Southeast Asian leaders on the southern island of Jeju, warned North Korea against any provocation. “If North Korea turns its back on dialogue and peace and dare to carry out military threats and provocations, the Republic of Korea will never tolerate that,” Lee said in his regular radio address. “I want to make clear that there won’t be any compromise on things that threaten our nation’s security.” Lee said the North should understand that its nuclear threat to world peace threatens the regime itself. The new missile could be ready to launch as soon as mid-June, and might be ready in time for a summit between Lee and President Barack Obama on June 16, according to the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper. Timing the launch to coincide with the summit would be seen as an attempt to steal the spotlight from Lee and for North Korea to thumb its nose at attempts in the UN Security Council to rein it in after its nuclear test last week and a series of shortrange missile launches it has already conducted. North Korea also has custody of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, accused of entering the country illegally and engaging in “hostile acts.” Their trial begins Thursday in Pyongyang. North Korea faced strong international criticism after its last long-range missile launch, on April 5. The North, however, countered that launch was of a peaceful rocket intended to put a satellite in orbit. In another sign that a launch is in the works, the North has designated a large area off its west coast as a “no-sail” zone
S Kremlin: Progress on Nuclear Deal Could Come Soon BY MIKE ECKSTEIN The Kremlin says Russian and U.S. negotiators could reach a tentative agreement on a new nuclear arms control treaty in time for U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow next month. Kremlin spokeswoman, Natalya Timakova, told reporters that officials are working intensively on a deal to succeed the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires in December. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev hosts President Obama for a two-day summit beginning July 6. The Russian and U.S. envoys began a second round of treaty negotiations Monday in Geneva. After the f irst round of meetings in Moscow last month, Russia said the talks must include U.S. plans for a European missile defense system, which Russia opposes. Moscow has called U.S. plans for the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic a threat to its security. U.S. off icials say the system is designed to protect U.S. allies from attacks by Iran, and is not aimed at Russia.
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will host Obama for a two-day summit in July.
North Korea’s missile has reportedly arrived at its launch site and is ready. through the end of next month, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said, citing unidentified intelligence officials. Seoul’s Defense Ministry declined to confirm these reports, saying it does not comment on intelligence matters. But a defense official confirmed Sunday that US satellites had detected preparations to transport a missile for a test launch. Experts said the preparations for the launch were especially significant because the North has never launched a long-range missile from the northwestern base. Kim Tae-woo, vice president of Seoul’s state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, said he thinks the North chose the new missile site because of its proximity to China, making it more risky for the US to strike. The site is about 60 kilometers from the Chinese border city of Dandong. Kim also said the North could be trying to diversify its missile operations. “From the Dongchang-ni site, it can fire a missile southward across the Yellow Sea,” he said. The North’s Taepodong-2 rocket flew about 3,200 kilometers on April 5, crossing over Japan and crashing into the Pacific Ocean. The missile being readied for a new launch is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of up to 6,500 kilometers, the JoongAng Ilbo reported, citing an unnamed South Korean official. That would put Alaska within striking range. In late April, the North had threatened to conduct nuclear and long-range missile tests unless the UN Security Council apologized for criticizing its rocket launch. Pyongyang conducted an underground atomic blast last week. On Friday, it also threatened to take a further “self-defense”
measure if it is provoked by the Security Council. That threat was seen as referring to an ICBM test. On Monday, the North said again that it is being provoked by South Korea and the United States, saying that the number of spy planes operating in its airspace has risen dramatically. “The US imperialists and the South Korean puppets perpetrated at least 200 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in May, or 30 cases more than those in the same month of last year,” it said in a report in its official Korean Central News Agency. The DPRK is an abbreviation of North Korea’s official name. On Yeongyeong island, one of South Korea’s northernmost islands near North Korea, South Korean naval boats and a warship were patrolling waters around the disputed western sea border, but no incidents were reported. The area is rich in fish, and May and June are the crab catching season. North Korea has been building the new launch site at Dongchang-ni for years. Last year, Seoul’s Defense Minister Lee Sanghee told parliament that its construction was about 80 percent complete. Monday’s newspaper reports said that the construction is near completion. The North’s missile and nuclear programs have been considered a top security concern for the region, though the regime is not yet believed to have mastered the technology to make a nuclear warhead small enough to mount on a missile. North Korea conducted its first nuclear test in 2006. International negotiations aimed at ridding the North of nuclear capabilities have been stalled since last year.
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Iranian Threat Iran: Polls Put Ahmadinejad in Lead BY THE MEDIA LINE NEWS AGENCY Reformist candidate Mehdi Karroubi has become the principal challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a national poll of over 30,000 Iranians has found.
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he survey, released by the Young Journalists Club, suggests that cleric and former parliament speaker Karroubi has pulled ahead of Mir Hossein Moussavi, both of whom were said to be behind the incumbent president in the run-up to the June 12 elections. Earlier this week, Moussavi was thought to be four points ahead of Ahmadinejad, following a poll by Ayandeh News in Iran’s 10 largest cities, including Teheran. While an IRIB poll last week also showed a Moussavi lead in Teheran, the overall discrepancy between the two surveys is believed to be due to the political interests behind those conducting the polls. The Young Journalists Club is affiliated with Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) and accused of bias toward Ahmadinejad, whereas the Ayandeh News poll was conducted only in urban electoral districts, the traditional stronghold of reformist candidates. “It’s natural that a poll done by the IRIB, Iranian state television, would be in favor of Ahmadinejad,” Hossein Bastani, an Iranian blogger, told The Media Line. “The publication of statistics and information in Iran is controlled by the government. You can never expect such an organization to publish a poll that is against Ahmadinejad.” Karroubi has put jobs, welfare and an extensive economic plan at the center of his
electoral platform, a gamble which seems to professional journalists and theoriticians to his campaign.” be paying off. “Karroubi openly talks about the changes “Karroubi’s proposed plans have put the candidate well before Moussavi,” the Young needed in Iran’s constitution, which attracts intellectuals,” Bastani added. “He was the Journalists Club survey results stated. With the help of dozens of economists, first candidate to talk about the direct distriKarroubi has put together an economic plan bution of oil revenues in the country, which calling for increased production, efficiency is attractive to the poorer levels of society.” Karroubi sharply criticized and efforts to attract foreign investment. Part Ahmadinejad’s ecoof the plan involves nomic policies in a selling Iran’s shares in radio interview last the country’s oil Saturday night. industry and offering “If interest rates each adult Iranian citare to come down izen a share in statethey must come down run oil companies. along with inflation, The plan also calls but as we know that for the government to did not happen,” he foot the bill for 75 said, arguing that the percent of university incumbent president’s tuition. policy of cutting During a caminterest rates had led paign stop at to inflation. Teheran’s Amirkabir Ahmadinejad cut University of interest rates at the Technology on The Iranian President’s most start of his four-year Saturday, students recent TV campaign video team in an effort to broke down security boost production and gates and escorted argues that the global create jobs. Critics Karroubi to a podium recession has not seriously argue the cuts have after university led to growing inflaguards tried to preaffected Iran. tion, increasing liqvent the candidate uidity levels and overfrom entering. Digital Kalashnikov, an Iranian blogger all have done more harm than good. The Iranian president’s most recent TV and journalist, captured the raucous scene on campaign video argues that the global recesfilm. “He didn’t have many votes when he sion has not seriously affected Iran. “Iran’s started,” Bastani said, “because of his special economy is stable,” Ahmadinejad claimed in approach Karroubi’s rise has been very rapid the 30 minute advertisement, which featured compared to other candidates... Karroubi’s the incumbent president visiting remote media team is more professional and he has areas of the country and inaugurating various been very open to new ideas and attracting nuclear facilities.
The vast majority of Iranians only have access to seven government-run TV channels. This has led opposition candidates— Karroubi, Moussavi and Mohsen Rezaei—to text messages, email, blogs and online social networking websites as platforms to reach Iranian youth. “Ahmadinejad and his rivals are not on the same playing field in terms of accessing public media,” Bastani said. “We do not have private radio and television in Iran, so reformists must look for other alternative media.” As of October 2005, there were an estimated 700,000 Iranian blogs, representing a demographic largely critical of Ahmadinejad’s leadership. Karroubi has used the Internet to openly criticize Ahmadinejad for the suppression of press freedom, heavy filtering of the Internet, violation of women’s rights and execution of juveniles, all taboo subjects on state media. The candidate’s visits with young Iranian musical groups have also been publicized online. Facebook has found itself host to a lively debate among supporters of the two principal reformist candidates, Moussavi and Karroubi. One popular pro-Moussavi clip on the video-sharing site YouTube advocates for former prime minister Moussavi’s rationality against Ahmadinejad’s failed economic politics. The video uses the Broadway song “Anything You Can Do” as a soundtrack. Hundreds of blogs and websites providing a platform to the opposition candidates, including Twitter and Facebook, have been blocked recently. “The government knows that it cannot compete in the virtual space,” Bastani added. “This is why the government tries to intervene in this fight and control the internet.”
‘Iran, Hizbullah Plotted Embassy Attack’ BY YAAKOV LAPPIN A trial under way in Azerbaijan of two Hizbullah members and four Azeri collaborators accused of plotting an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Baku, has shed light on a wider effort by Iran to destabilize moderate Muslim states, an Israeli defense official told reporters, on Sunday.
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arrests of Hizbullah members, and accused them of planning terrorist outrages inside Egypt. The arrests were accompanied by unprecedented condemnations by Cairo of Teheran and its Shi’ite Lebanese proxy, Hizbullah. “Iran wants to exports its revolution to other states. They don’t want to be alone in the region,” the Israeli security source said. Addressing the risk of additional terror plots against Israeli targets abroad, the off icial said, “The motivation for these attacks has not subsided. The threat remains. We remain on guard.”
(right) A soldier wears a traditional uniform as he marches in a recent parade.
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ccording to reports published Sunday in the London-based Arabic daily A-Sharq al-Awsat and elsewhere, Azeri off icials have accused Iran and Hizbullah of ordering the attack to avenge the February 2008 assassination of senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus. “This was an attempt to strike Israel in a new place,” the Israeli defense off icial told the Post. “Iran and Hizbullah
are always looking for places in which a convenient infrastructure exists. They are looking for people willing to help.” Azerbaijan, which borders Iran, is a pro-Western Muslim country—the type of government the Iranians would be pleased to see toppled in an Islamic revolution, the off icial added. He drew a link between Iranianbacked Hizbullah terror missions and Iranian efforts to destabilize Muslim countries deemed as being too moderate. “There is Iranian involvement in all of the states that border Iran. As far as the Iranians are concerned, moderate Muslim states should be targeted for Islamic revolution,” the off icial said. He stressed that Iran’s efforts at destabilizing Azerbaijan were similar to Iranian attempts to subvert Egypt. In April, Egyptian security forces announced a series of high-prof ile
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POLITICS
JUNE 5, 2009
White House Dershowitz: Obama Has Iran Linkage Backwards Cybersecurity Report: BY HILLEL FENDEL Making the Internet Safe Will Require Time and Patience
Bearing the title, “Cyberspace Policy Review,” and just 38 pages long (if you don’t count the appendices), the long-awaited preview of how the federal government is going to secure cyberspace was finally released at the President’s White House speech today. (I was actually handed a copy in the East Room 20 minutes before its off icial release time and then asked to return my copy until that time, 10:45 am EDT, arrived.)
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hile I haven’t had time to read through the report in its entirety, here are some key points from it that the President stressed in his speech: • The status quo is no longer acceptable. The US must signal to the world that it is serious about addressing the challenge of cyber security. • “Ad hoc responses will not do.” (That’s a direct quote from Obama’s speech). The President said the country cannot continue to react to cyber crime on a piecemeal, incident-by-incident basis; it must become proactive, organized, and partner with other nations. • There will be accountability. The President promised that milestones and “performance” metrics will be used to ensure that goals are met. • Although public/private partnerships will be pursued, there will be no monitoring of private sector networks or Internet traff ic. There will be a strong commitment to privacy and civil liberties.
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n his blog published last week, Dershowitz wrote that while Obama feels a “two-state solution” paves the way towards dealing with Iran, the opposite is actually true, and that strong American action towards Iran is a prerequisite for Israel to make major concessions to the Palestinian Authority. “President Obama sees ‘a linkage’ between Israel ending the settlements and the United States trying to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons,” Dershowitz wrote. “Following the Oval Office meeting [with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ed.], he insisted that peace between Israel and the Palestinians ‘strengthens our hand in the international community in dealing with a potential Iranian threat.’ With due respect to the man who I supported for President, he has it exactly backwards. If there is to be any linkage—and I do not believe there should be—it goes the other way: it will be much easier for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank if Iran does not have a nuclear umbrella under which it can continue to encourage Hamas and Hizbullah to fire rockets at Israeli civilians.” Shortly before last year’s U.S. presidential election, Dershowitz expressed his support for Obama, writing, “I think that on the important issues relating to Israel, both
Far Easier to Make Peace Without Nuclear Threat Earlier this month, Dershowitz wrote an article in the New York Post entitled, “Why the Obama Administration Has the Iran Problem Backwards.” Dershowitz wrote, “It will be far easier for Israel to make peace with the Palestinians if it did not have to worry about the threat of a nuclear attack or a dirty bomb. It will also be easier for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank if Iran were not arming and inciting Hamas, Hizbullah and other enemies of Israel to terrorize Israel with rockets and suicide bombers.” Dershowitz concluded that article, “Making peace with the Palestinians will be extremely complicated… It may or may not succeed in the end, depending on whether the Palestinians will continue to want their own state less than they want to see the end of the Jewish State. Israel should not be held hostage to the Iranian nuclear threat by the difficulty of making peace with the Palestinians… There are other ways of encouraging Israel to make peace with the Palestinians. Nuclear blackmail is not one of them.” ‘Iran Must be Defanged’ “In order for Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank, Iran must be defanged. No Israeli prime minister can repeat the mistake that Ariel Sharon made when - in good faith - he unilaterally evacuated the Gaza Strip.
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Prominent Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz—who endorsed Barack Obama for U.S. President last year, partially because of his support for Israel— now says Obama’s policies are dangerous for Israel. His opinions appear in a recent Jerusalem Post blog as well as in an article for the New York Post.
Senator McCain and Senator Obama score very high. During the debates each candidate has gone out of his and her way to emphasize strong support for Israel as an American ally and a bastion of democracy in a dangerous neighborhood.”
Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Instead of land for peace, what the Israelis got was land for rocket launchings, which continue to this day... The difference is that an unoccupied West Bank would put Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ben Gurion Airport well within range of rockets supplied by Iran to Hamas and other terrorist groups. “That is why the Middle East peace process has become so intractable. President Obama seems unwilling to guarantee Israel that Iran will not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons… “So the ball is very much in Barack Obama’s court; unless he can provide Israel a guarantee that they will never face a nuclear Iran, all that Israel will be able to do is end some illegal settlements, avoid any expansion of existing settlements and generally take some cosmetic steps…”
New Bin Laden Tape Criticizes Obama BY MOSHE ADLER A new audio tape attributed to alQaida leader Osama bin Laden is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama’s policies toward Muslim countries.
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he recording was broadcast on AlJazeera television Wednesday June 3, 2009, shortly after Mr. Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first stop on a trip where he will be reaching out to Muslims around the world. Bin Laden said Mr. Obama is “following in the footsteps” of his predecessor, George W. Bush, and is planting “new seeds of hatred” toward the United States in the
Muslim world. He linked that claim to U.S. support for the government of Pakistan, which has been battling Taliban militants in its northwestern Swat Valley. The authenticity of the tape has not been verified. It is the second al-Qaida message aimed at the U.S. president in two days. On Tuesday, al-Qaida’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Egyptians to reject Mr. Obama’s speech broadcast on Thursday from Cairo that emphasized his personal commitment to improving U.S. ties with Muslim communities. In a recording posted Tuesday on Islamist Web sites, Zawahiri said Mr. Obama’s “bloody messages” are still being received
by Muslims. He said those messages will not be concealed by public relations campaigns, phony visits or polished words. U.S. officials have not confirmed the authenticity of Zawahiri’s remarks. Zawahiri’s audio message was accompanied by video of President Obama’s visit to Israel and his speech to a pro-Israel lobbying organization in the United States. During his speech in Cairo, Mr. Obama included comments pertaining to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and the issue of religious extremism and violence in the Muslim world. Zawahiri and bin Laden are believed to be hiding in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
US Official: Cuba Agrees to Resume Migration Talks BY RIVKIE CARO U.S. officials say Cuba and the United States have agreed to resume talks on legal migration and human smuggling between the two countries.
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senior U.S. State Department off icial said Cuba agreed Saturday to a U.S. offer for migration talks, which were last held in
2003. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said the two governments plan to pursue negotiations on joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. The United States and Cuba share some information about human smuggling and drug trafficking operations on a case-bycase basis. The U.S. official says the new planned talks would expand those contacts, and aim to strengthen ties between the two governments.
Also, the official said they plan to resume direct mail service. All mail between the two countries currently is processed through a third country. The U.S. employs a “wet foot, dry foot” policy for illegal Cuban immigrants. Under the policy, Cubans who make it to U.S. soil usually are allowed to stay. Those intercepted at sea are most often returned. The latest move by the U.S. follows President Barack Obama’s decision in April
to ease travel and money transfer restrictions on Cuban-Americans with relatives on the island. But Mr. Obama left the longstanding U.S. embargo against Cuba in place. He has said it is up to Cuba to take the next step. Cuban President Raul Castro recently repeated an offer to discuss “everything” with the United States to try to improve ties, but he said Cuba does not have to make “gestures” to the U.S.
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Mediation Aims to Avoid More US Foreclosures BY BRIAN WAGNER Foreclosures continue to rise in Florida and other U.S. states hit hard by the real estate crisis. Several Florida counties are trying to fight back against the problem by bringing banks and homeowners together to find a way to save troubled mortgages from foreclosure.
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eal estate experts say now may be a great time to buy a home in south Florida, if only because so many cheap foreclosed homes are available. The flood has created chaos for local judges, who must rule on every foreclosure case. But another option is to avoid the courtroom and order both the bank and the home owner into a mediation room. Rod Petrey, head of the Collins Center which organizes out-of-court mediation programs, says that option has been ignored in Florida until now. “One thing we are missing is for the two parties to talk to each other,” Petrey said. “When a lender calls a borrower, a lot of the language has been: ‘Pay up, deadbeat.’ Is that the best way to have a conversation with the borrower?” Some borrowers also complain that banks or lending firms do not return their calls or that it is too hard to get in touch with the right person in charge of their mortgage. Petrey says some of those communication problems can be avoided with court-ordered mediations, which the Collins Center is helping to organize in several areas. The non-profit group recently held a training session for about 200 trained mediators in the Miami area.
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Many people hope mediation will save them from losing their homes. One of the trainees, Joan Bickerstaff, said a mediation session may provide a number of alternatives not available in a foreclosure trial. “The court system is overwhelmed and probably does not provide the best solution. The discretion that the court has in a foreclosure proceeding is fairly limited,” she said. Courts have no authority to order a bank to change the terms of a loan or compel a homeowner to continue making payments on a home. But at a mediation the two sides can agree to adjust the loan, reduce the monthly payments or decide to sell the house at a lower price and terminate the mortgage. Experts say the process will not work for every homeowner in trouble, especially people who have lost their jobs or those who borrowed way too much in the first place. Rod Petrey says the key to mediation is a credit counseling session, to determine what a home owner can afford. “A lot of lenders say we have not seen information from that borrower in years, we do not even know if they have a job or not. Plus for the borrower, it really forces them to add up what they got and what they do not have,” Petrey said. The Collins Center has organized 15 mediations in Miami. Former judge Tom Bateman, who advises the center, says the sessions are confidential, but the results have been encouraging. “Nine had reached what we call a successful resolution, ... and they agreed to adjourn and continue negotiating after the mediation session,” Bateman said. Similar mediation programs have been operating for months in states like Ohio and New Jersey, where they are credited with limiting new foreclosures. But Miami realtor Enrique Lopez doubts whether it will
work in Florida, where home prices have plunged in the past two years. He says there is no incentive for home owners to negotiate a deal to remain in a house worth far less than the mortgage on it a situation known as being “upside down”. “If you are an attorney or realtor, why would you advise your client to remain in a property that as an investment
makes no sense to do any more? How many years before a property that is $50-60,000 upside down will recover its value?” Lopez asked. Lopez says home owners may be better off accepting a foreclosure in that type of situation. He says many people can find a similar house for a lot less money, now that real estate prices have fallen so far.
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The Pierre Hotel Reopens After 100 Million Renovation Photographs by Ditte Isager, Styling by Wendy Goodman, Produced by Jennifer Crandall
BY AMBER GRISTAK Lavish lifestyles gravitate toward Manhattan’s posh Fifth Avenue scene. In particularly, they congregate in the area closest to Central Park. Now, this past Monday, the area added another elite name to its neighborhood rolodex.
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he Pierre, the iconic U.S. flagship of Taj Hotels on New York’s Fifth Avenue reopened after an impressive $100 million renovation. The dollars were well spent to create on new guestrooms and beth interiors. There was also a reconf iguration of the public areas located on the f irst floor. This allowed the luxury hotel to add a new restaurant; Le Caprice at The Pierre, a new lobby lounge, and a grand welcoming reception area. Heiko Kuenstle, General Manager, The Pierre said that “We’re extremely pleased with the results of our transformed residential-style interiors. The designs perfectly complement The Pierre’s classic ambiance of quiet ref inement and restore a sense of the property’s original grandeur.” Kuenstle added that “We look forward to welcoming guests to our distinctive world of luxury. We’re also excited to join forces with Le Caprice to introduce our new brasserie-style
The new living room interiors in The Pierre’s gracious suites offer inviting color palettes, comfortably elegant plush sofas and chairs, rich wood cabinetry, plus side tables and desks in the style of classic antiques. restaurant, Le Caprice at The Pierre, the f irst restaurant outside of London for this celebrated UK favorite.” Established in 1903, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is one of Asia’s
The new living room interiors in The Pierre’s gracious suites feature decorative fireplaces trimmed with original architectural details that have been restored to match the original crown ceiling moldings and window frames, and fitted with romantic pillar candles.
largest and f inest groups of hotels. However, we here the Jewish Voice believe this particular renovation sets The Pierre ranking high above the lot of them. According to many nearby residents of hotel, the Big Apple is proud to plete with power outlet that accommohold this piece of hotel history. dates laptops. Access to all guestrooms James Park Associates conceptual- will be via a new state-of-the-art elecized The Pierre’s guestroom designs and tronic key system. transformed them all to feature a warm, The new guest bathrooms feature inviting residential-style décor. Every New Turkish marble-clad guest bathguest room and suite is embraced by an rooms features a glass-walled shower abundance of natural light. All have with oversized showerhead and steamhigh ceilings and free makeup, shavthe color palettes ing and wall mirare comprised of rors. Most of the soft neutrals in pale baths have been ivory and taupe enlarged to also with tones of corals incorporate a sepaor blues, are conrate soaking tub trasted with rich and a flat panel telwoods, tufted evision. leather headboards The living and matching rooms in all guest benches. Fine arts suites also feature c o n s u l t a n t inviting color M o r t i m e r palettes, comfortChatterjee is a forably elegant plush mer auction house sofas and chairs, executive with rich wood cabiChristie’s UK and netry, side tables hand-selected artand desks in the work to complestyle of classic ment the designs. antiques. Plus, All bedrooms The comfortably elegant seating each suite has a feature an interacBose Home Theatre areas beneath expansive tive 40-inch flat system. There are windows in the new living screen television, a decorative f ireBose Wave Studio places that have rooms of The Pierre’s gracious with iPod docking been restored to suites are the ideal setting for a station, WiFi, a match the original working desk with crown ceiling lazy en suite afternoon tea. built-in data and moldings and winpower outlets, comdow frames, and fortable upholf itted with romanstered chairs and large new sound-insu- tic white pillar candles. Some suites lated, energy eff icient windows with will accommodate up to six connecting both blackout draperies and sheers. Continued on following page Closets have an electronic safe com-
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The new bedroom interiors of The Pierre’s gracious suites feature hand-selected artwork, sumptuous fabrics and lush lighting that inspire relaxation and quiet intimacy.
The Pierre’s gracious new suite designs include comfortably elegant bedroom seating ideal for relaxation before an evening out.
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quet spaces now have a dedicated entrance on 61st Street and remain open for meetings and events as guestroom and f irst floor renovations near completion.
bedrooms under just one key, ideal for families, corporate travelers and heads of state. Several new signature suite designs, including two suites with spacious landscaped terraces suitable for grand-scale entertaining, will be unveiled later in 2009. The new designs for the f irst floor respect the neo-Georgian character of The Pierre’s grand public spaces, with decorative motifs, subtle embellishments and artful floor plans that perfectly accommodate sophisticated entertaining and hospitality for discerning guests. The gracious lobby level features a new restaurant, lobby lounge and bar, and a central area for check-in and concierge assistance. Second floor ban-
Taking center stage in the new bedroom interiors of The Pierre’s gracious suites are luscious bed linens and throws adorning custom-crafted eco mattresses.
The Pierre overlooks New York’s Central Park, first opened in 1930. The iconic hotel with 189 guestrooms, including 49 suites, was acquired by Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces as the luxury chain’s U.S. flagship in 2005. The Pierre, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, re-opened on June 1, 2009, following a $100 million renovations program. Rates begin at $895. To book reservations now, please call 1-800743-7734 or visit http://www.tajhotels.com/pierre/.
A majority of the new guest bathrooms at The Pierre feature inviting Turkish marble-clad soaking tubs, perfect for unwinding after a busy day or relaxing before an evening out.
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The new Pierre Blue guestroom interiors feature soft neutrals in pale ivory and taupe with tones of corals or blues, rich woods and tufted leather headboards and matching benches.
The new standard deluxe guestroom interiors at The Pierre are appointed with richly textured silk and brocade fabrics in elegant neutrals and tasteful accents of color for furnishings, pillows, draperies and bed throws.
The new Turkish marble guest bathrooms at The Pierre offer steam-free makeup, shaving and wall mirrors and an exclusive selection of Molton Brown bath amenities, ideal for pampering before a special evening night out.
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Jewish Wealth: Why it Matters that Madoff is Jewish Diamond Dealer Journalist J.J. Goldberg on Jews and the Money Culture BY AMI EDEN In the aftermath of the revelation that Bernard Madoff’s investment fund was a tremendous Ponzi scheme; the Jewish community adopted a customarily defensive pose. Afraid that Madoff’s religious affiliation would encourage anti-Semites, community spokesmen worked to disassociate him from the Tribe. David Harris, the executive director of the American Jewish Committee, complained to the New York Times in a December 13th letter that their coverage of Madoff had placed “a striking emphasis on his being Jewish,” and pointed out that no one was talking about the religion of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who had been accused of corruption the same week.
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he tendency to see the event in terms of anti-Semitism was matched by a similar communal instinct to avoid discussions of the problems within the community that Madoff had exposed. At a January panel discussion in New York organized by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, The New Republic editor Martin Peretz was met with boos from the audience when he asked whether the affair was cause to take another look at the Jewish culture of ostentation. No one wanted to talk about what expensive Bar Mitzvah parties had to do with Bernard Madoff. To discuss this fear of criticism and the real meaning of Madoff, we visited J.J. Goldberg at the brand new offices of the Jewish Daily Forward in downtown Manhattan. Goldberg was the editor of the Forward from 2000 until 2008, and now serves as the paper’s editorial director. He is the author of Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment (AddisonWesley, 1996). What is the answer to David Harris’ implied question? Why does it matter that Madoff is Jewish? And why don’t Jews think that it matters? First of all, it matters because he operated through a network of Jewish associations. His Jewish communal involvement was part of his scheme. In a larger sense, [it matters] because of the long association of Jews and Wall Street and finance. It figures into antiSemitic mythology. His being Jewish is relevant in some way that I think most people can’t put their finger on. It’s relevant because
his story seems to be a fairy tale come true. It’s exactly what everybody has in the back of their minds. Jews and polite gentiles don’t want to talk about it because it reinforces anti-Semitic stereotypes. Stereotypes are exaggerations of truth, frequently unfair but very rarely unfounded.
Bernard Madoff enjoys a ski trip prior to his arrest. [At the YIVO event,] Martin Peretz mentioned that there’s something in the American Jewish subculture, with the million dollar Bar Mitzvahs and the lavish Viennese table, there’s something built in-even the fact that lower middle class Jews feel compelled to bankrupt themselves on these elaborate Bar Mitzvahs. That was the most fascinating part of the YIVO panel-when Peretz was booed for raising the issue of expensive Bar Mitzvah parties. Why are people so resistant to having a conversation about Jewish ostentation? Jews don’t want to hear about negative stereotypes. If you talk about what Jews do wrong as Jews, as an outgrowth of their Jewishness or as part of their association with Jews, they don’t want to hear it. It’s interesting-when Jews spoke Yiddish, [negative attributes of Jews] were discussed all the time. You can’t talk about it in English because “they” can hear. Pope John Paul apologized for the role Catholics [played] in perpetrating antiSemitism. The World Jewish Congress and other groups wanted him to apologize for the Church’s role. And he couldn’t do that, because the Church can’t do wrong. Catholics can do wrong. Employees of the Church can do wrong. But it is impossible for a pope or anybody else to apologize for the Church, because the Church is holy. It can’t be wrong. We are sort of the same way with Judaism. It can’t be wrong. There can’t
be anything wrong with it. If something goes wrong that seems associated with Judaism, it’s a perversion of Judaism. This is a defense against antiSemitism? No. It’s because we hold Judaism so dear, we don’t want to think it’s capable of creating problems. In 1993, there was a wave of Pell Grant fraud cases where people were setting up phony schools to apply for Pell Grants and then keeping the money. [The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations] had two days of hearings. [Anti-Defamation League National Director] Abe Foxman wrote a letter [to John McCain] complaining that all of the witnesses that had been called up represented yeshivas. He said, the way this has been set up it could create the unfortunate impression that this is some particularly Jewish pattern of crime. And McCain wrote back and said, it is. Yeshivas were this huge network of institutions where people study full time. They had been mainly supported by the billionaire Reichman family from Toronto. [The Reichman family] went bust, and all of a sudden there are all of these cases of fraud and money laundering. Anything to support this impossible system. But you can’t talk about Judaism leading to wrongdoing. It can’t be. Judaism is only good. The less involved you are in daily Jewish life, the more inviolate it has to be. Think of
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Lev Leviev’s Profit Soars to $163 Million
BY ESTIE PRINZ Real estate developer Africa Israel Investments today reported a surge in first-quarter net profit, boosted by accounting changes, efficiency measures and improved results at its subsidiaries.
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he Israeli company, controlled by billionaire diamond dealer Lev Leviev, recorded net prof it of 647 million shekels ($163 million), up from 45 million shekels a year earlier. Africa Israel noted that for the f irst time, it was reporting results according to accounting rule IAS 40 that deals with valuations of real estate under development. Prof itability was also boosted by a decline in f inancing expenses. Africa Israel also has interests in energy, hotels, infrastructure, and fashion. It owns 71 percent of AFI Development, a Russia-focused real estate company.
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Experts: Cell Phones, Electronic Messages Never Private BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF We are a civilization surrounded by the intertwining of a technological life. Cell phones, instant messages and global positioning satellites are everywhere. However, it seems that we need awareness. Some people have yet to realize that information sent over these devices is traceable.
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Gaza War Kept Tourists Away from Israel BY YORAM GABISON El Al’s first quarter losses are no surprise to anyone. With incoming tourism down 17% and outgoing tourism down 12%, it’s no wonder El Al had 13% fewer passengers in the first three months of 2009 than in the parallel period last year. Fewer passengers, lower average revenue per passenger and the strengthening of the dollar against European currencies resulted in a 26% decline in sales, to $347 million. Operating losses totaled $42.5 million and net losses were $40 million.
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think people, in their lazy behavior, think they’re communicating one on one,” said John Donovan, a technology expert whose company, Telecom Visions Inc., is based in Garden City. “But there’s no real guarantee of privacy.” And these devices can be instruments of undoing for those who run afoul of the law. People seem to forget that electronic communications can easily be monitored, or retrieved later, Donovan said. Savvy computer hackers can tap into text messages just as easily as they can access a computer’s instant messages, Donovan said. David Gitkos, an expert in computer forensics with Global Digital Forensics, near Tampa, Fla., said the cases he’s investigated show a pattern. “If you watch the news, you know these things can happen,” Gitkos said. “But they send it and that’s it. They think no one will ever see it.” But even when text messages are deleted from a cell phone, they’re really not gone, Gitkos said. “Pretty much every thing is recoverable,” Gitkos said. “A general rule is, don’t put anything in an e-mail that you don’t want to be made public.”
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l Al CEO Haim Romano and CFO Nissim Malchi estimated that the company lost 150,000 flight segments, or $25 million, due to Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Defense Forces’ three-week military operation in the Gaza Strip, which ended January 18, 2009. Revenues from El Al’s cargo jets were down 52%, to $19 million, due mainly to the global slump in air cargo transport. Despite the reduced demand, foreign airlines increased their supply of seats by 9% in the first quarter, and increased pressure to lower prices. El Al responded to the drop in demand by reducing its seat supply by 8%, and was thus able to limit the decline in occupancy rates to just 2%. Flight occupancy in the first quarter of 2009 was 78.9%. Even so, gross profits plummeted by 65%, to $19 million, or 5.4% of revenues, compared to 11.4% in the parallel. El Al would have been in even worse shape if the dollar had not strengthened against the shekel. The improved dollar exchange rate was responsi-
El Al responded to the drop in demand by reducing its seat supply by 8%, and was thus able to limit the decline in occupancy rates to just 2%. ble for 74% of the $27-million decline in El Al’s salary expenses, compared to the parallel. A closer look at the figures, however, reveals that El Al’s regular employee complement rose 3%, even as the total number of workers shrank 5%, and revenues shrank 26%. El Al’s wage structure apparently needs a total overhaul. Romano believes the company’s shift rules are causing unnecessary expenses, as is paying overtime, which is not a common practice at El Al’s low-cost competitors. The collapse of the price of fuel helped El
Al reduce the decline in profitability, as jet fuel expenses were $56 million lower in the past quarter than in the parallel quarter of 2008. Malchi says that jet fuel currently costs $57-$58 per barrel, and the 12-month forecast is for an increase to $62-$65 per barrel, so that expense is on the rise again. El Al has been combating stiffening competition by boosting online sales, which grew to $21.7 million - a 111% increase over the first quarter of 2008. With more online sales, El Al paid 24% less to travel agents, and reduced operating losses by 10%.
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NY Loft Board Folded into DOB BY PAUL BUBNY Courtesy
New York City’s Loft Board, which oversees the conversion of loft buildings from commercial to residential use, has been folded into the Department of Buildings, the Bloomberg administration announced on Friday May 29th, 2009. Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the change via an executive order.
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he transfer is intended to streamline communication among code enforcement agencies, including the Fire Department and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and to facilitate compliance with the law by the remaining 300 buildings under the Loft Board’s jurisdiction, according to a release. Bloomberg says in a statement that the order “provides the board with more resources to ensure the remaining properties that do not meet code standards are renovated to meet those standards.” Created in 1982 as a result of the state Legislature’s enactment of a law to establish a framework for converting lofts, the Loft Board is chiefly responsible for working with owners and tenants of loft buildings on making renovations to comply with code provisions and obtain residential certif icates of occupancy. Once compliance is reached and certif icates of occupancy are issued, the buildings move out of the board’s juris-
A view of downtown New York City from the Hudson River. diction. Since 2005, the Bloomberg administration has increased staff ing levels, and the number of loft buildings in the process of being legalized under the Loft Board’s jurisdiction has been signif icantly reduced, according to a release. The executive order also changes the board’s composition. Since 1982, the board’s membership has included a chairperson, a member representing loft owners, a member representing loft residential tenants, a member representing loft manufacturing interests, a DOB representative and four members repre-
senting the public. Under the new structure, the DOB commissioner—currently Robert Limandri—will serve ex off icio as the board’s chair and the commissioner of the Fire Department will serve ex off icio as a member of the board. The board will include one member, representing loft manufacturing interests, one member representing the real estate industry and one member representing loft residential tenants, and four members of the Board representing the public. The members of the board are appointed by the mayor and serve for a term of three years.
BY ARI DAYAG The U.S. automaker General Motors filed for bankruptcy Monday as part of a government-led plan to restructure the struggling 100 year-old company.
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he company filed for court protection from creditors after spending months trying to restructure its business plan to become more profitable. Despite receiving billions of dollars in government aid, GM has failed to recover from a drastic drop in car sales. The U.S. government is expected to provide an additional $30 billion to help restructure GM through the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history. The governments of Canada and the Canadian province of Ontario have also pledged $9.5 billion to GM. Senior Obama administration officials say the automaker could be reorganized
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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE
EDITORIAL
Kicking the Entitlement Complex to the Curb
Do you have something on your mind that you would like to share with our readers? Is there something you have read in our newspaper that you would like to comment on? The Jewish Voice welcomes your opinions, suggestions and insight. Please submit your letters to info@jewishvoiceny.com. We look forward to hearing from you. Dear Editor,
“Whatever” (sigh) “Fine” (roll of the eyes) “Dad, you’ve got to take me to soccer.” “Mom, there’s nothing good to eat in this house!” “I have that already!” “Why should I get the phone, it’s not for me anyway?” Sound familiar?
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e live in a world where our children feel that they are stars, even if it’s only on YouTube. Thirty percent of college students polled feel that they deserve at least a B just for showing up to class. Our children feel entitled and with this attitude, they grow arrogant. Did you ever drive a carpool and realize that the kids just slammed the door shut without even a “thank you?” Did you ever hold a door open in school and watch children saunter through without a backwards glance? Did you ever sit in a restaurant or airplane and watch children being served? What about a ‘thank you’ or appreciative words given then? Don’t hold your breath. One mother said to me, “Forget about gratitude, I’m just grateful if my kids don’t complain.” Is a ‘thank you’ so crucial to our children’s character or is it just another polite display of good manners? Teaching Humility We wake up each morning and the first words out of our lips is a prayer; the prayer of Modeh Ani. We thank God for the gift of a new day. But Modeh Ani does not only mean ‘thank you,’ it also means ‘I admit.’ You see, if I thank you for something, then I must admit that I owe you. And no one likes to think that they owe anyone anything. It’s uncomfortable and humbling to be beholden. It’s much easier to just assume that it’s all coming to me. And so, without expressing gratitude, we grow arrogant. Judaism teaches us that we must begin each day with an appreciation for our time here, for the incredible gift of life. Saying ‘thank you’ is much more than polite manners, it is character building. My gratitude to God brings within me a sense of humility as I am humbled by the magnitude of my life and the opportunity to accomplish goodness throughout my day. Children who grow up lacking gratitude and appreciation become selfish and arrogant. They walk around with ‘attitude.’ Nothing is ever good enough. ‘Thank you’ is not part of their vocabulary. Instead, they become accustomed to their parent’s filling their every need.
They see no reason to express their thankfulness. Princess parties and “I Am Special” t-shirts reinforce their conceit. Our children’s eyes have never been opened to the fact that this is really not all coming to them; entitlement is not a way of life. It is time for the Me Generation to become the We Generation. Gratitude Begins At Home My Shabbos table is set. The silver candlesticks shine as the candle’s lights cast a warm glow in the room. Our children’s voices fill the night with songs and lively discussions; their plates are filled with favorite foods. As the Shabbos meal comes to an end, my husband gives me a most precious gift. He stands up and says in front of my children and guests, “Thank you so much for our magnificent Shabbos.” I smile and watch as my children take it all in. Week after week, year after year, my husband’s appreciation is so cherished. Yes, Mommy will make Shabbos for us each week, but that does not mean that we may take her efforts for granted. I, too, try to follow this path of appreciation. When we are fortunate enough to take a family vacation or even buy our holiday clothing, I will make a point of taking a moment and thanking my husband for all that he does for us; as does each child. We are not entitled. Our children must learn never to take life’s blessings for granted. And what better way to teach them appreciation than by being examples and role models ourselves? A seed has been planted. We are instilling within our children the education of appreciation. When husbands and wives live together with words of gratitude, the foundation of our home is based on thankfulness and respect. It’s not ‘All About Me.’ Begin With “Thank You” So the next time you ask, “Would you like to go for sneakers after school?”, or “Would you like some macaroni, sweetie?” don’t accept, “Fine” or “Whatever” as an answer. Instead of “You need to take me to soccer, Daddy” or “Mom, you need to drive me to school,” take a moment and implant within your children an attitude of gratitude. “Thank you, Mom”; “Thank you, Dad”; “Please, Daddy’, “Please, Mommy” is the first step towards teaching our children appreciation. A simple “thank you” can bring our children to recognize the daily gifts and blessings that they have taken so often for granted.
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The ‘Salute to Israel’ parade was as gorgeous as ever this year. It was nice to see so many people of all ages and observances come out to support Israel. I saw many people whom I had not seen in a long time
Dear Editor, I just wanted to bring something into the thoughts of your readers. I recently heard that the ultra-edgy pop star, Madonna would perform in Israel, this September. Now, I know Israel is a Jewish state and not an Orthodox state but really? Do we need her shaking her ‘Papa Don’t Preach’ turned ‘I love Kabbalah’ takes on life to our children?
Dear Editor, I am not sure if you are reporting on this or not but my brother lives in Israel and told me about how dozens of settlers blocked the entrance to Jerusalem on this past Monday. Apparently, the protest was over the evacuation of West Bank outposts. Police officers fought with them. Some Palestinians were wounded and an Israeli Arab driver was hurt. But, thank G-d, none of the settlers was arrested. I was reading some information I
Dear Editor, Frequently, I read the Jewish Voice. I always notice how well put together the newspaper is. So, I thought I would drop you a quick message to let you know that I, and many whom I know in the Flatbush community, think you are doing a terrific job.
and it was great. I wish there were a way for us all to celebrate and unite, in our common thread, all year long. Best Regards, Ronn Paizer
She did perform in Israel before but I feel there is probably a good reason she hasn’t been back to perform in 16 years. She makes millions and millions of dollars but is the money taxed to her performance via Israel, really kosher? Just something to think about… Abigail Rubinstein
saw in a news flash online and it said, “the protest came after the Civil Administration released a list of ten outposts slated to be evacuated.” It is important to remember that settlers are something we need. We need people who are willing to put themselves on the frontlines for our Israel that is unless we just want to hand it over, which we do not. Best, M. Rosenfeld
Also, in particular I enjoyed your coverage of the men who were arrested in conjunction with attempts to bomb shuls. You supplied a good take on a lot of information. Sincerely, Dina Saphire
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Israel and the Axis of Evil BY CAROLINE GLICK North Korea is half a world away from Israel. Yet the nuclear test it conducted on Monday has the Israeli defense establishment up in arms and its Iranian nemesis smiling like the Cheshire Cat. Understanding why this is the case is key to understanding the danger posed by what someone once impolitely referred to as the Axis of Evil.
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ess than two years ago, on September 6, 2007, the IAF destroyed a North Korean-built plutonium production facility at Kibar, Syria. The destroyed installation was a virtual clone of North Korea’s Yongbyon plutonium production facility. This past March the Swiss daily Neue Zuercher Zeitung reported that Iranian defector Ali Reza Asghari, who before his March 2007 defection to the US served as a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and as deputy defense minister, divulged that Iran paid for the North Korean facility. Teheran viewed the installation in Syria as an extension of its own nuclear program. According to Israeli estimates, Teheran spent between $1 billion and $2b. for the project. It can be assumed that Iranian personnel were present in North Korea during Monday’s test. Over the past several years, Iranian nuclear officials have been on hand for all of North Korea’s major tests including its first nuclear test and its intercontinental ballistic missile test in 2006. Moreover, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that North Korea conducted some level of coordination with Iran regarding the timing of its nuclear bomb and ballistic missile tests this week. It is hard to imagine that it is mere coincidence that North Korea’s actions came just a week after Iran tested its solid fuel Sejil-2 missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers. Aside from their chronological proximity, the main reason it makes sense to assume that Iran and North Korea coordinated their tests is because North Korea has played a central role in Iran’s missile program. Although Western observers claim that Iran’s Sejil-2 is based on Chinese technology transferred to Iran through Pakistan, the fact is that Iran owes much of its ballistic missile capacity to North Korea. The Shihab-3 missile, for instance, which forms the backbone of Iran’s strategic arm threatening to Israel and its Arab neighbors, is simply an Iranian adaptation of North Korea’s Nodong missile technology. Since at least the early 1990s, North Korea has been only too happy to proliferate that technology to whoever wants it. Like Iran, Syria owes much of its own massive missile arsenal to North Korean proliferation. Responding Monday to North Korea’s nuclear test, US President Barack Obama said, “North Korea’s behavior increases tensions and undermines stability in Northeast Asia.” While true, North Korea’s intimate ties with Iran and Syria show that North Korea’s nuclear program, with its warhead, missile and technological components, is not a distant threat, limited in scope to faraway East Asia. It is a multilateral program shared on various levels with Iran and Syria. Consequently, it endangers not just the likes of Japan and South Korea, but all nations whose territory and interests are within range of Iranian and Syrian missiles.
Beyond its impact on Iran’s technological shown Teheran that it no longer needs to even and hardware capabilities, North Korea’s pretend to have an interest in negotiating nuclear program has had a singular influence aspects of its nuclear program with on Iran’s political strategy for advancing its Washington or its European counterparts. nuclear program diplomatically. North Korea Whereas appearing interested in reaching an has been a trailblazer in its utilization of a accommodation with Washington made mix of diplomatic aggression and seeming sense during the Bush presidency, when accommodation to alternately intimidate and hawks and doves were competing for the persuade its enemies to take no action president’s ear, today, with the Obama against its nuclear program. Iran has fol- administration populated solely by doves, lowed Pyongyang’s model assiduously. Iran, like North Korea, believes it has nothMoreover, Iran has used the international— ing to gain by pretending to care about and particularly the American—response to accommodating Washington. various North Korean provocations over the This point was brought home clearly by years to determine how to position itself at both Iranian President Mahmoud any given moment in Ahmadinejad’s immeorder to advance its diate verbal response nuclear program. to the North Korean “Just as Obama made For instance, nuclear test on clear that he intends to when the US reacted Monday and by Iran’s to North Korea’s provocative launch of do nothing in response 2006 nuclear and warships in the Gulf to North Korea’s ICBM tests by reinof Aden the same day. stating the six-party As Ahmadinejad said, nuclear test.” talks in the hopes of as far the Iranian a p p e a s i n g regime is concerned, Pyongyang, Iran learned that by exhibiting “Iran’s nuclear issue is over.” an interest in engaging the US on its uranium There is no reason to talk anymore. Just enrichment program it could gain valuable as Obama made clear that he intends to do time. Just as North Korea was able to dissi- nothing in response to North Korea’s nuclear pate Washington’s resolve to act against it test, so Iran believes that the president will while buying time to advance its program do nothing to impede its nuclear program. still further through the six-party talks, so Of course it is not simply the administraIran, by seemingly agreeing to a framework tion’s policy toward North Korea that is sigfor discussing its uranium enrichment pro- naling to Iran that it has no reason to be congram, has been able to keep the US and cerned that the US will challenge its nuclear Europe at bay for the past several years. aspirations. The US’s general Middle East The Obama administration’s impotent policy, which conditions US action against response to Pyongyang’s ICBM test last Iran’s nuclear weapons program on the prior month and its similarly stuttering reaction to implementation of an impossible-to-achieve North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday have Israel-Palestinian peace agreement makes it
obvious to Teheran that the US will take no action whatsoever to prevent it from following in North Korea’s footsteps and becoming a nuclear power. Four days after Dayton’s remarks were published, senior American and Israeli officials met in London. The reported purpose of the high-level meeting was to discuss how Israel will abide by the administration’s demand that it prohibit all construction inside Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. What was most notable about the meeting was its timing. By holding the meeting the day after North Korea tested its bomb and after Iran’s announcement that it rejects the US’s offer to negotiate about its nuclear program, the administration demonstrated that regardless of what Iran does, Washington’s commitment to putting the screws on Israel is not subject to change. All of this of course is music to the mullahs’ ears. Between America’s impotence against their North Korean allies and its unshakable commitment to keeping Israel on the hot seat, the Iranians know that they have no reason to worry about Uncle Sam. As for Israel, it is a good thing that the IDF has scheduled the largest civil defense drill in the country’s history for next week. Between North Korea’s nuclear test, Iran’s brazen bellicosity and America’s betrayal, it is clear that the government can do nothing to impact Washington’s policies toward Iran. No destruction of Jewish communities will convince Obama to act against Iran. Today Israel stands alone against the mullahs and their bomb. And this, like the US’s decision to stand down against the Axis of Evil, is not subject to change.
Who Do the French Think They Are? BY MICHAEL FREUND This month marks the anniversary of one of the most brazen acts of military occupation ever to have taken place in the Mediterranean region. An entire people was seized and placed under foreign control, stripped of its nascent independence and forced into submission. Freedom still remains but a distant dream for them. And in the absence of dialogue, they can do little but chafe at every indignity that is thrown their way. Yes, that’s right, I know what you are thinking: It has been 240 years, and Corsica is still being occupied by France? It was in May 1769 that French troops defeated the Corsicans at the Battle of Ponte Novu, bringing to an end the 14-year old independent Corsican republic. France intervened after Corsica was betrayed by its Genovese masters, who had ceded it to Paris the year before in the Treaty of Versailles. The French moved quickly to crush the Corsicans’ hard-fought freedom, subduing the separatists and annexing the island. It now serves as a popular tourist destination and is one of France’s 26 regions. What does any of this have to do with Israel, you might be wondering? Well, my thoughts turned to Corsica after Paris issued a number of sharply-worded condemnations of Israel in recent days, essentially castigating it for its unwillingness to cede “occupied territories” to the Palestinians.
Despite all its righteous indignation about questions of self-determination, when it comes to France’s own “occupied territories,” Paris seems to sing a very different tune. It all started on Friday, when the French Foreign Ministry reacted angrily to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s declaration that Jerusalem would remain the united capital of Israel. A French spokesman accused the Jewish state of prejudicing the outcome of negotiations, slammed its actions in the city as “unacceptable and contrary to international law” and insisted that it should “become the capital of two states.”
“Even as they preach to Israel about ‘legitimate rights,’ they fail to practice them in their own backyard.” Then, on Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Arab Emirates news agency WAM that Palestinians have a “legitimate right” to a state and that Israel must stop all settlement construction in the West Bank. Just who do the French think they are? Even as they preach to Israel about “legitimate rights,” they fail to practice them in their own backyard. Indeed, for the past three decades, various Corsican movements have sought to gain greater autonomy, or even
independence, from France. And while the previous French government did agree to grant the Corsicans some limited elements of self-rule, Paris has stubbornly refused to yield control over the territory. Just two weeks ago, the mayor of the fishing village of Galeria received an unpleasant reminder of who really calls the shots on the island. After Daniel Rossi decided to hold every other meeting of the Galeria city council in the Corsican language, he received a public dressing-down from the French government. “The French language is the language of the republic’s institutions,” sniffed a French bureaucrat, adding that Rossi’s actions were illegal and even violated the French constitution. Whatever happened to “liberte, egalite, fraternite”? And Corsica, of course, isn’t the only example of France’s double-standards. Just ask the Basques, or the residents of north Catalonia, about how the French state treats their historical claims or their rights to selfdetermination. This hypocrisy on France’s part cannot and must not be allowed to stand or to go unanswered. So I say let’s follow France’s example, and start thundering repeatedly about it at every opportunity. On June 3, Netanyahu went to Paris to meet with Sarkozy. There is no reason for Israel to be passive in the face of French demands or to ignore their interference in our internal affairs. We should offer to send human rights monitors to explore the situation in Corsica, provide development aid to
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Yemenite Federation – “From Generation to Generation” BY DEBORAH FREEMAN
illustrious leader and successful businessman of the Yemenite community of At the annual fundraiser for the Los Angeles. He doesn’t let the long Yemenite Jewish Federation of distance interfere with his participation America, the crowd was reminded of in the YJFA, and has been a longtime all the challenges that lie ahead. The board member. Ely, the self-made man, Federation is heavily involved, with came to America in the 1970’s, attended the help of the UJC, FEGS (of school at night, and went on to become Rockland County) HIAS and the a prominent commercial real estate Yemeni government to bring more agent. But his joy comes from his famiJews to Israel and the US. ly and building the Yemenite community. He founded the Tiferet Teman conabbi Yair Yaish, as newly- gregation in LA; produced benef it conappointed President of the certs in Israel and Los Angeles for the YJFA, called on the partici- synagogue in Rosh Hayim. And he has pants from around the countr y, to helped sustain and strengthen the unite and rejuvenate the Federation, Yemenite community in Yemen. to inspire the next generation to prePerhaps people don’t realize that serve the very precious Yemenite tra- numbers of Yemenite Jews have been ditions. living in America since the 1920’s, when “The Jewish culture of Yemen is one famine ravaged the Middle East. The of the most pure, unadulterated forms of community has grown and so has the Judaism,” the graduate of Yale law interest in synagogues devoted to school is quick to point out. “Who else Yemenite tradition. With congregations teaches their chilin Florida, Los dren to have aliyahs Angeles, Mill at the age of f ive? Basin, Queens, and Our melodies and Brooklyn, there is pronunciations go a real opportunity back hundreds of to strengthen the years.” commitment to the The renowned Yemenite tradition. singer, Aharon One of the orgaAmram, one of this nization’s happiest year’s honorees, achievements is performed some of their scholarship those very special fund that currently melodies. At the helps 40 students age of 14, Aharon’s in Israel. They promusical talent was vide money to apparent and he needy families received a scholarboth here and in ship for classical Israel. And from Ely Dromi receiving voice training. now on, maintainGeneration to Generation Instead of opera, he ing Yemenite memchose to devote his Award from Rabbi Yair Yaish. ories and customs life to Yemenite will be the job of music. He is one of the generations. Israel’s top singers, Several artists recording his own donated paintings compositions as well as the music of his and photographs to benef it the Yemenite ancestors. For the past 15 years, he community, whose achievements and devoted himself to researching and pre- presence are growing by the day. serving the ancient songs and phonetics. Aharon Amram was joined by the Aharon, the cantor, singer, composer, very entertaining Pinny Cohen (from lyyricist, scholar and curator still feels Los Angeles) and the sensitive Yoel his greatest achievement was to intro- Sharabi, in sharing some of the beautiduce young people to the beautiful ful, up-lifting songs. The Yemenite Jews music of their rich culture. Yemenite know how to sing their way to happiness music has since become highly recog- and despite all the poverty and adversinized and is very popular in Israel today. ty, they keep their spirits high with their Ely Dromy, another honoree, is an love of Hashem and all that singing!
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(l/r) Honorees Jay Domb, Aharom Amram and his wife Sarah and Rabbi Yaish. The presenter is Jay Domb to the renowned Yemanite Singer Aharon Torah Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rabbi Yaish is giving an award, special tribute to Morris Ewdar on behalf of his late brother Nathan Edwar who was a philanthropist and Founder and President of YFJA (The Yemenite Jewish Federation of America. The event took place at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in the City.
(l/r) Honorees Yochai and Natalie Azani, Judy and Ely Dromi, Rabbi Yair Yaish, Honorees Aharon and Sarah Amram.
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CYJP Memorial Day Service Honors Americans’ Military Sacrifice All photos by Max Media Foto
Rabbi Mark Schneier. BY MAXINE DOVERE
Trooping of the Colors at the Park Avenue Synagogue Memorial Day Service
America honors and remembers its fallen soldiers each Memorial Day. Whether one has served in the US military, has a family connection to armed services or, tragically, knows someone who has been killed in action, recognition of our soldiers is an American and a American Jewish community obligation
World War II veterans and Park Avenue Synagogue members Wallace Chavkin and Arnold Sabin, with Rabbis Jacob Goldstein and Elliot Cosgrove.
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ith a simple request to “come home a little early” from a vacation weekend—not much to ask, considering the sacrifices of those who did not come home at all—the Council of Young Jewish Presidents called our community together to commemorate Memorial Day with “dignity, respect and a fitting memorial service.” This second annual, community-wide program honored the memory of those who had fallen and paid homage to all who have or still serve in the United States’ military. Hosted by the Park Avenue Synagogue and its Senior Rabbi, Elliot Cosgrove, the evening’s unique congregation ranged across the generations. Some slept safely in carriages at their parents’ side; the sweet singers of the Ramaz High School Chamber Choir lifted voices in memorial and psalm; aged veterans of World War II’s raised hoary hands in salute as the congregation rose to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
A look from Generation to Generation in the audience. A moving address by Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich, SC, US Navy, highlighted the service; stories told by Joseph Farkas, brother of Lt. Daniel Farkas (z”l), killed in Afghanistan on July 4, 2008, made individual loss so much more poignant. Softly glowing flames of memorial candles recalled those Jewish men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country to secure liberty for their fellow Americans. Rabbi Mark Schneier of the Hamptons and New York Synagogues inspiring call by to be better Jews and consequently bet-
(l/r) Rabbi Joseph Potasnick, Vice President, New York Board of Rabbis, David Borowich, JCRC Board Member and Dor Chadash Founder, President of the Council of Young Presidents, Bram Weber, Vice Chairman, Council of Young Jewish Presidents, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove , Senior Rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue, Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich, Rabbi Mark Schneier Senior Rabbi of the Hamptoms and New York Synagogues, City Councilman David Weprin, JCRC Board Member Sally Goodgold.
Rear Admiral Mark Heinrich with Rabbis Jacob Goldstein and Joseph Potasnik. ter Americans, was the evening’s closing address. More than American Jews are veterans of the American military. Jews have served in every American conflict since the Revolutionary War; thirteen have won Congressional Medals of Honor. The
pride in that history continues, and is actively expanded by the many American Jews in service of their country. Many have seen battle, some have left part of their souls in foreign lands, some have left their lives. Theirs are sacrifices to be honored.
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2009 OBIES Honors Stephen Sondheim with Music and Lyrics Award BY MARIA ESTEVES The 54th Annual Village Voice OBIE Awards ceremony honoring OffBroadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater achievements of 2008-2009, cohosted by Martha Plimpton and Daniel Breaker commenced at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York, Monday, May 18, 2009. The OBIES were web cast live on Paltalk.com.
ters were Anne Hathaway, Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek), Gavin Creel (Hair), John Shea, Karen Olivo (West Side Story), Kate Mulgrew, Marc Kudisch (9 to 5), and Sasha Allen (Hair). The 54th OBIES After Party immediately followed celebrating Creative Block 2009 inaugural, a multidisciplinary arts event. The 54th OBIES honored music composer/lyricist Stephen Sondeim ounded by Jerry Tallmer in 1955, with the Music and Lyrics Award for The OBIE Awards is Off “Road Show,” directed by John Doyle, B r o a d w a y ’s played Offhighest honor recBroadway at the ognizing persons Public Theater, and productions of “His Broadway musicals New York, in 2008. excellence in theBorn in New include West Side Story ater. The name York, Stephen OBIE derives from (1957), Gypsy (1959), A Sondeim is a multithe abbreviation Funny Thing Happened on award winning thefor Off-Broadway atrical and f ilm the Way to the Forum (O.B.) The award music composer. have no nominaHis Broadway (1962), and more.” tions, judges may musicals include give several awards West Side Story in each category, (1957), Gypsy and may invent (1959), A Funny Thing Happened on the new categories to reward artistic merit. Way to the Forum (1962), Company This year’s OBIE Awards were present- (1970), Follies (1971), Pacific ed by chairman Michael Feingold, Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), OBIE Committee, producer Eileen Sunday in the Park with George (1984) Phelan, publicist Gail Parenteau, light- and Into the Woods (1987). Sondheim ing designer Stephen Wyker, marketing f ilm scores included Stavisky (1974), director Mauro DeCeglie, OBIE associ- Reds (1981) and Dick Tracy (1990). He ate Sarah H. Haught, and creative serv- is winner of an Academy Award, multiices Justin Reynolds. The award presen- ple Tony and Grammy Awards.
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2009 OBIE Music and Lyrics Award winner, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondeim, “Road Show,” center, with 2009 OBIE Lifetime Achievement Award winner Earle Hyman, left, and chairman Michael Feingold, OBIE Committee, back.
Markowitz Kicks Off Summer at Ceremonial Opening of Coney Island BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF On Thursday, May 21, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Brooklyn Borough Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel, elected officials, community leaders and 4th graders from PS 90 to cut the ribbon for another great summer season at Coney Island.
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hy drive to somewhere outside the city to fulf ill your family’s summer entertainment needs?” said BP Markowitz. “Who needs Six Flags when you’ve got the world-famous Cyclone? Spend a fortune on a theme park? Fuhgeddaboudit! This summer, like every summer, belongs to Coney Island—America’s Favorite Playground and the ‘apple’ of this city’s eye.” On May 30, Coney Island will welcome more than 10,000 runners as they cross the f inish line of the New York Road Runners Brooklyn Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn.
Many Brooklyn residents—along with politicians, popular names and special invitees—came to celebrate the opening of Coney Island.
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The Late Great State of Israel A book by Aaron Klein REVIEWED BY FERN SIDMAN In his latest book entitled, “The Late Great State of Israel”, Aaron Klein, intrepid investigative journalist and Middle East correspondent presents an ominous portent of the future of Israel. This meticulously researched exegesis of the complex world of Middle East politics graphically depicts the pernicious agenda of those forces conspiring to eradicate the Jewish state. As we know, the motto of the New York Times is, “All the News that’s Fit to Print” and this book is a thoroughly documented repository of “All the News That’s Fit to Print, that the New York Times Wouldn’t”, or any branch of the mainstream media for that matter.
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n this eye-opening account of the global machinations that are predicated on the vilification of Israel and surreptitious actions leading to its potential demise, we recoil in horror to learn that in addition to the list of “usual suspects”, i.e. Iran, Syria and their proxies known as Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, etc, we find that other such players in the Middle East cacophony are also busy striking their own chords. Despite their declarations of support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the ultimate two-state solution, the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and other western governmental agencies, Klein informs us, have constructed their own end game as it concerns the viable future of Israel. What is most disheartening is the fact that Mr. Klein explores and spotlights in nuanced detail the sheer masochism of the powers that be in the government of Israel and the fact that it is they that are largely culpable for undermining Israel’s survival as a Jewish state. Mr. Klein is indeed a heteroclite reporter who blazes new trails in journalistic doughtiness as evidenced in innumerable and candid interviews he conducted with terrorist leaders representing Hamas, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hezbollah, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, as well as other covert groups of that ilk. The scope and magnitude of his
research illuminates the fact that Fatah, the Gaza as a launching pad for Qassam rockets “peace partner” of both Israel and the United into Israel, the government proceeded with States, is playing a dangerously duplicitous this suicidal policy while treating the Jewish role in this scenario by positing themselves evacuees with colossal disdain. He also by day as ostensibly legitimate law enforce- warns us that any attempt by Israel to negoment officers of the Palestinian Authority tiate away the West Bank and East Jerusalem and by night as heinous murderers repre- in peace talks with the PA will inevitably senting the “military wing” of the move- lead to the creation of a state financed and ment, better known as the Al Aqsa Martyrs controlled by Iran, with its day to day operBrigades. Replete with arms and training ations being carried out by its proxy known from the United States, these Fatah opera- as Hamas. tives continue to plan and execute terrorist Other paramount issues that are examacts directed against ined here is the role Israeli civilians. of the United Nations If that were not is creating the shocking enough, Mr. Palestinian “refugee” Klein also reveals issue by conferring that Fatah’s purported such status on offenemy Hamas has spring of Palestinians successfully infiltratwho fled Israel ed Fatah to the point decades ago and have of mass confusion been residing in such within their ranks. countries as Jordan, This essentially transSyria and Egypt. lates into the fact that Through the creation massive US arm shipof the UNWRA ments to Fatah are (United Nations now making their Work and Relief way into the hands of Agency), the Hamas terrorists and Palestinian demand that these very same for the “right of Hamas members are return” can arguably also recipients of serve as the death advanced US military knell for Israel in training under the terms of the demoleadership of Lt-Gen graphic time bomb Keith Dayton. We Ultimately, Mr. Klein leaves us that such an influx of also learn that Hamas with sober assertions regarding Palestinians would operatives frequently represent for Israel’s the political agenda of the travel to Iran for continued existence extended training in as a Jewish state. Obama administration as it guerilla warfare and Mr. Klein takes pertains to the Middle East return to Gaza to regreat pains to dissect train other wannabe and analyze the horterrorists, all under rific loss that Israel the watchful eye of the United States. sustained during the summer war of 2006 To add insult to injury, Mr. Klein informs against Hezbollah; yet another us that Israel too, aids and abets the infra- Iranian/Syrian proxy, and gives us an historstructure of Fatah while simultaneously ical backdrop of the region and the sordid turning a blind eye to their penchant for Israeli military blunders that paved the way deadly terrorism. Having stationed himself for the humiliating defeat that shocked the in Gaza during the 2005 disengagement, Mr. world. As the government of Israel remained Klein laments the fact that despite Israeli in a state of obfuscation concerning the clear intelligence reports indicating that Hamas objectives of this military endeavor, its conwas planning to use the “newly liberated” voluted polices have lead to a stronger, bet-
ter funded and infinitely more confident Hezbollah. The burgeoning guerilla organization apparently now possesses lethal weaponry that can wreak deadly havoc on Israel’s northern border and beyond. Utilizing concepts and quotes from the Torah and Tanach, Mr. Klein connects the dots for us in terms of the historical and religious connection that the land of Israel holds for the Jewish people. He unabashedly admonishes Israel for relinquishing the vast majority of control of Temple Mount in Jerusalem that miraculously fell into our hands at the end of the Six Day War in 1967. Designating ownership of the site to the Muslim Waqf has emboldened the Muslim claim to Jerusalem and has created a mini theocratic state that seeks to spread it’s tentacles far and wide. As it pertains to the Tomb of Joseph in Schechem, Mr. Klein tells us that if we think the partial abandonment of the Temple Mount was bad enough, Israel’s complete withdrawal from Judaism’s third holiest site is a “travesty” that borders on the reprehensible. Ultimately, Mr. Klein leaves us with sober assertions regarding the political agenda of the Obama administration as it pertains to the Middle East debacle as well as the role that Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government can and will play. He warns us of the existential perils of both global jihadist proliferation and the very real threat of a nuclear empowered Iran. Israel, it would appear is on its own, sans support from the West, yet through its own brand of distorted diplomacy is carving its own trajectory to self-annihilation. Klein makes an important point when he concludes that classical antiSemitism is no longer considered politically correct by the liberal intelligentsia and has been summarily replaced by our enemies with more trendier term “anti-Zionism”. He correctly equates the terms as one in the same and draws no differences. His final words might give us some measure of hope and bring us back down to earth at the same time when he opines, “I trust and believe that Israel will ultimately survive—against all odds and in spite of the threats from within and without—only through the grace of G-d. But for now, things don’t look good.”
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Grand Opening Celebration: CENTURY 21 Department Store in Bay Ridge BY AMBER GRISTAK On Thursday, May 21st, shoppers were ready to enjoy the newly expanded Century 21 Department store in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge area. Crowds were joined by some popular Brooklyn names for the expansion debut. In attendance were Assembly Members Dov Hikind, Peter Abbate, Jr., Alec Brook-Krasny. Plus, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and other especially invited guests spent time with store employees and shoppers.
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he official launch begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Home Store, Shoe Store and 100,000-square-foot indoor parking garage, which is expected to improve parking accessibility around the popular 86th Street shopping corridor. Brooklyn Borough President, Markowitz presented a proclamation commending Century 21 and the Gindi family, who founded the successful store, for their commitment to Brooklyn. The four sons of Al and Sonny Gindi: Eddie, Isaac A., Isaac S., and Raymond Gindi, continue in the tradition of their fathers. Simply, to make great designs affordable for everyone. Despite the difficult economy, Century 21 continues to expand and create jobs. With this they added 30,000 square feet to the Bay Ridge store. They plan to open its sixth location in Rego Park, Queens this fall. The store is listed in Zagats as New York’s # 1 discount department store.
(l/r) Assembly Member Dov Hikind; Eddie Gindi, Century 21 Department Stores; BP Markowitz; Assembly Member Peter Abbate, Jr.; Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny; Raymond Gindi, Century 21 Department Stores.
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Six Suggestions to Having a Fit and Fabulous Summer BY AMBER GRISTAK 1. Vitamins are Vital.
2. Power Up on Protein. Eating proteins found in plants cuts cravings because they contain phytoestrogens. This ingredient makes it easier to resist sugary foods. Suggested snacks include edamame, nuts and chickpeas. So feel good about topping your healthy snack with hum-
3. Drink plenty of water. Yes and, of course, you knew this. Yet, so many of us forget that we really need to do it. It is commonly said that everyone needs eight glasses of water per day. However, according to the website of the renowned Mayo Clinic “no single formula f its everyone.” The website also says that “knowing more about your body’s need for fluids will help you estimate how much water to drink each day.” It is advised by The Institute of Medicine that men consume roughly 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day.
5. Online on the go. Ditch those hours sluggishly sitting in front of the computer screen for hours of living your best summer life. Whether you are on a once a day web surfer or addicted to the social network scene, it is best to say goodbye to virtual living. However, this does not mean pulling an online M.I.A on your friends and family. Social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, are all available, for a small monthly fee, on your mobile phone. Call your service provider for the details on how to take advantage of the lifestyleembedded trend. 6. Swap Stress With Success. Here’s a tip for the many who will be working, regardless of the season. When you are feeling overwhelmed with projects that never seem to come to an end add one more thing to your list. However, this time make it a small item that you can cross off in a jiffy. For example, add a 15-minute walk to you day. This not only speeds up your metabolism but combats a rising stress level and feels amazing once you complete this small but meaningful goal. Other ideas include; calling a family member, writing a journal entry, spend quality outdoor time with your pet and more.
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The quick breakdown comes down to eat Salmon, add Flaxseeds when possible and drink up on drinks that are largely made up of acai berries. Why? These must-haves include the “healthy fats” of Omega 3s, Omega 6s and Omega 9s. To minimize wrinkles and loose skin opt for Vitamin E. That translates into whole grains, vegetable oils, fresh and raw nuts like hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds. And, of course, Vitamin C, found in citrus fruits, encourages the body to both retain existing and create new collagen.
mus. Traditionally a female weighing 140 pounds needs 90 grams of protein per day. Use this formula to f igure out your precise needs. Formula: Suggested Caloric intake for weight (multiplied by) .20 = calories from protein (divided by) 4 = GRAMS of Protein needed per day.
The summer is a great time to spend outdoor time with your pet. 7. Let Go & Let G-d. These days, many people seem to live on overdrive. That means they are switching lanes and hitting the gas pedal to make it through the last bit of the yellow light. But, what if we all took a second to remember how important it is to “let go” and “let G-d.” This includes dropping our preconceived notion that we know what is best for us. How does one do this? We drop our ego, which tells us ‘I know the answer.’ Then remember to take only positive steps to build a path but allow G-d to f ill in details. Enjoy your summer!
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Avoid Marital Money Stress Stop spats from leading to poor financial decisions—or worse
BY MIKE ECKSTEIN Money can’t buy you love, as the old saying goes. But it can ruin the love you have, new research warns. Forty-three percent of U.S. couples say the recession has caused them to argue more often, primarily about finances and household chores, according to a survey sponsored by PayPal, the online bill-paying service. It’s little wonder that relationships are being strained along with the economy. American families haven’t faced layoffs or pay cuts of this magnitude in generations. About one in 10 couples report that the role of primary breadwinner in their household has changed over the past six months, due to job losses and salary decreases, according to the PayPal survey. That power shift is pushing many couples into uncharted waters, challenging communication skills and traditional ideas about breadwinners and gender roles. It’s also forcing families to make tough financial decisions in tough times.
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his is a terribly stressful time,” says Olivia Mellan, a psychotherapist and co-author of “Overcoming Overspending: A Winning Plan for Spenders and Their Partners” (Money Harmony Books, 2009). “And when people are stressed, they revert to their primitive survival mode, which is never rational or logical.” Arguments about money can be among the most intense because they involve issues that can threaten a couple’s security, Mellan adds. That makes it harder for couples with differing money styles to work together calmly and resolve financial disagreements. To keep your marriage from becoming another casualty of the economic downturn, create your own personal stimulus package, experts say. That includes learning some important communication techniques, avoiding common money missteps, having monthly joint “audits,” making serious decisions, and working as a true team.
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What Do the Automakers Have Against Their Dealers? BY GORDON HARD All three domestic manufacturers have been ending franchise agreements and effectively closing dealers. In particular, Chrysler and General Motors have been making headlines for their massive shutdowns, while Ford has been quietly negotiating closures for the last four years.
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hrysler Vice-chairman Jim Press has said that Chrysler’s bankruptcy allows a “once in a lifetime chance to accomplish a right-sized, realigned dealer body.” It seems sensible to ask, then, why any automaker wants to choke off parts of its own distribution channel. After all, the dealers are independent businesses. Since the automakers don’t own the stores, why should they really care if some of them are losing money? The answer, it turns out, has more to do with long-term business strategy than with an immediate crucial need. Turnover lies at the heart of the problem. Ideally, both dealers and automakers want the maximum volume possible to go through every store. High-volume stores have a rapid sales rate, and product turnover multiplies whatever slender profit they make on each car sold. With the Detroit Three’s declining market share, these diminished corporate giants find themselves with too many dealers and not enough customers to support them all. Consequently, unsold cars pile up on dealer lots. Those unsold cars tie up capital that could be used productively elsewhere. The current deep recession only magnifies the problem. Automakers may provide life-support for low-volume dealers in the form of special discounts or other financial help. They also maintain a network of field representatives and other employees devoted to serving the dealers. All those costs impact an automaker’s net earnings. Making a better match between the volume of cars they produce and the number of stores needed to sell them should result in corporate savings and a healthier dealer group. In the end, it’s not that automakers will earn more per car, it’s that they will spend less trying to sell them. Another consequence of a dealership glut is that those stores compete against each other for whatever customers are available in any given region. And consumers are pretty good at figuring out which dealer has the lowest price. Anybody who has bargained
hard for a new car in the last few years knows how effective it is to get up and make for the door if the dealer doesn’t seem interested in offering a good deal. How dealership closings affect the consumer? In some ways, it’s good for the consumer when the dealers are willing to battle each other to sell you a car. And with multiple dealers fighting for your business, that’s what can happen. Such competition can inspire some dealers to resort to high-pressure selling of dubious add-ons like extended warranties, VIN-etching, and absurdly high “conveyance” fees. Then again, dealers shutting their doors can be a real inconvenience. Much of the time, inconvenience is all it will be. If your local Ford or Chevrolet or Chrysler dealer closes, there is often another one 10 or 15 miles up the road, or on the other side of town. For those in more rural areas, the dealer proximity may be a much more significant issue.
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The new landscape promises to be a mixed blessing. For instance, you may have to travel further to get your car serviced. However, fewer, stronger dealerships in theory can provide more inventory to choose from and have the resources to provide better facilities and services. But if you have had five Chevrolet, Dodge, or Ford dealers in your area and now suddenly you have just one, what’s to prevent those survivors from jacking up prices? The answer is that they can try, but only to a degree. However optimistic some car dealers may be, they can’t just raise their prices at will because they still have to compete with other brands. The three domestic automakers will remain rivals, plus they face seven Japanese, one Korean, and about a half dozen European makers, and their assorted brands. So, however grandiose Detroit Three dealers’ dreams may be, the hard reality is that in practically every car category consumers still have lots of worthy alternatives. If you don’t like the deal you’re offered, forget about brand loyalty and head for the door. The bottom line Dealer cutbacks are tough on local communities and their economies, though they remain an important element in restructuring the struggling domestic automakers. Hopefully, the longterm benefits outweigh the current challenges and impositions.
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Passport Now Needed at All U.S. Borders BY YWN The day that U. S. border crossers anxiously have been preparing for is finally here.
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t 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative took effect.
Driving to Niagara Falls? Unless you plan to stay on the U.S. side, you’ll need a passport. Now, U.S. citizens crossing into Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean by any means—land, water or air—must have a passport or a secure-identity card designed for the purpose. The latest rule change, requiring a passport for land and water border crossings, is
A first-time application for a passport takes six to eight weeks to process. The application fee is $97. Expedited processing is available at an additional charge. The government has also introduced a cheaper “passport card” (the size of a driver’s license) for use at the Canadian and Mexican borders and for seaport entries f r o m Bermuda and the Caribbean. The card costs $45 for firsttime passport applicants. “ W e encourage ever yone, even people who aren’t traveling this summer, to get a passp o r t , ” Tischler said. “It’s good for 10 years, and it’s always good to have.” Canadian tourism officials don’t expect major problems because of the new U.S. regulations, said Mark Thompson, a spokesman
for the Ontario provincial Ministry of Tourism. “Are we worried?” he said. “The bottom line is, not particularly, no.” Some destinations hope to benefit from travelers who are reluctant to apply for a passport. The U.S. Virgin Islands has a marketing campaign under way touting the fact that U.S. citizens can visit that U.S. territory without a passport. Most travelers do seem aware of the new requirements, said travel agent Ike Reynolds of Reynolds Travel in Columbus. “I know a few people who have been getting by on cruises without a passport, but they knew the new rules were coming,” he said. “And every time you come to a deadline, some people will wait until the last minute. The question everyone wanted to know was: How soon were (the changes) really going into effect?” For detailed information about the passport-application process or the law, go to www.travel.state.gov/passport or www.ontariotravel.net. sxc.hu/Ayhan Yildi z
The days of going back and forth to Canada over the Peace Bridge with just a verbal declaration of U. S. citizenship officially ends. Instead, travelers returning home from Canada are required to present a U. S. passport, passport card, enhanced drivers license or Trusted Traveler Program card such as NEXUS. Frequent border crossers seem to have accepted the changes, albeit begrudgingly, and have been crowding local Department of Motor Vehicles offices for enhanced drivers licenses and post offices for passports over the past few weeks, especially during the last couple of days.
the last phase of a 2004 law meant to curb the risk of terrorism. Border crossings by air have required a passport of anyone 16 or older since June 2007. (Children younger than 16 can present a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship as identification.) The rules as a whole have been plagued by delays and false steps. A surge of applications flooded passportservice agencies in 2007 when the rules for air travel changed. The requirement was delayed for six months as the government processed the backlog. Since then, Americans have had ample time to digest the rules for land and water crossings—scheduled to take effect last year but also postponed. Laura Tischler, spokeswoman for the State Department, said the government has made great efforts to avoid the problems of 2007. “We’ve increased our passport-issuance capacity by 90 percent,” Tischler said. “We’ve increased our staffing; we’ve opened new facilities, including passport agencies in Detroit and Minneapolis; and have plans to open an additional agency in Dallas.” Passport applications peaked at 18.3 million in fiscal year 2007, falling to 16.2 million last year. Applicants with Ohio addresses received 404,000 passports last year. Through April, the federal government had received 7.1 million applications in the current fiscal year.
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Pearls of Wisdom That Which Is Hidden From the Eye Chapter 39, Part 2 B Y R A B B I Y O S H I YA O P I N T O
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A most signif icant principle is being proclaimed here: Blessing can be found only in that which is hidden from the eye. Any thing that is revealed, even a tiny bit, immediately draws attention to itself; the denouncers and detractors gather and conspire to confuse and destroy it, before it even had a chance to be manifested.
ing Solomon said: “A fool has The evil ones, indeed, say a lot of no delight in understanding, but things, as per Ecclesiastics 5:2: “A that his heart may discover fool’s voice is known by multitude of itself!” (Proverbs 18:2). words”. Thus they do very little, since The holy Chida, a great tzadik (a the evil inclination is always there, sabvery righteous person), used this princi- otaging their ideas and marring their ple to explain what our Sages, of thoughts. This is what our Sages, of blessed blessed memory, (Baba Metziah 87) memory, meant meant when they said: righteous when they said: people say little “Any person who reads the “Don’t say: ‘When but do a lot, as soon as) I have Torah not for its own sake, (as opposed to the evil the time, I will it would have been better study’ – as you may ones who talk a lot never have the and do hardly anyfor him that the ‘aftertime”. By actually thing. birth’ (the placenta), in verbalizing and Why shouldn’t which he was lying, be the righteous talk a announcing one’s plans: “When I will lot and also do a turned over his face?!” have time, I will lot? The reason is study” - the rest of the phrase follows that when people talk a lot, it breeds crime and transgres- and becomes reality - “you may not have sion. The evil inclination attaches itself the time”. to anything as soon as it is revealed, it From this we understand the saying attacks anything tangible, physical or spiritual, with all its might. Therefore, of our Sages, of blessed memory, as the righteous sages are careful to say lit- quoted in Pesachim 8: “He who protle, in order to do a lot. claims: ‘I give these coins to charity, so
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that my son will have a long life, or that I may merit the world to come’ - this person is a complete tzadik” (a righteous person). How could he be a righteous person if he performs an act of kindness not for Heaven’s sake and only for a specif ic reward - he is the person on whom it says in Kalah 88: “Any person who reads the Torah not for its own sake, it would have been better for him that the “after-birth” (the placenta), in which he was lying, be turned over his face?!” The truth here is that this person actually intents in his heart to study for the sake of Torah alone. His announcement about the coins being given in lieu of his son’s long life is done purposefully, only so that the detractors and denouncers will move away, thus freeing him to study and follow the precepts completely, with a full and happy heart.
Excerpt from “Sefer Pniney Divrey Yoshihao” Hizook ve’Hitorerut. Translated from Hebrew to English by N. Herzog.
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Parashat Naso, 5769, 2009: What’s in a “Vav?” 14 Sivan, 5769 BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-inlaw, Ruchama Rivka Sondra alehah hashalom, and the refuah shalaimah of Sarah bat Rachel.
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ur parasha is the source for one of the most dramatic and stirring acts in the entire Tefilah (Prayer) experience: Birkat Kohanim (the Blessing of the Kohanim): The L-rd spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is how you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them: “May the L-rd bless you and watch over you. May the L-rd cause His countenance to shine to you and favor you. May the L-rd raise His countenance toward you and grant you peace.” They shall bestow My Name upon the children of Israel, so that I will bless them. (Sefer Bamidbar 6:22-27, translation, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) Chazal (Our Sages of blessed memory) were sensitive to each and every nuance of language that appears throughout the Tanach (The Hebrew Canon of Scripture). The verse “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying: This is
how you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them,” offers a telling example of our Sages insightful analysis of the phrase “saying to them” (amore lahem). They note that the word “amore” (“saying”) is spelled in its complete grammatical form (maleh, with the Hebrew letter “vav”), rather than in the more usual form (chaser, without the Hebrew letter “vav”). Midrash Tanachuma (Buber) Parashat Naso, Siman 18, finds deep and abiding significance in this seemingly minor grammatical change: [Amore] is spelled maleh in the phrase “amore lahem” (“speak to them,” i.e. to the Kohanim). The reason why you [the Kohanim] should bless the Jewish people is not merely because I [G-d] have told you to do so [as if this act was some kind of onerous chore.] Therefore, you should not bless them as if you were forced to do so (Hebrew-Greek b’angaria) and in a rapid [unthinking and automatic] fashion. Instead, you [the Kohanim] should bless them [the Jewish people] with complete intention (b’kavanat halev) in order that the blessing should totally encompass them (she’tishlot habracha bahem). This is why the Torah writes: “amore lahem” [in the maleh form]. (Translation my own) Rashi (1040-1105), the prince of Torah commentators, summarized the above source
in the following manner: “saying: The word amore is written in its full form [i.e., with a “vav”], indicating that they should not bless them hastily or in a hurried manner, but with concentration and with wholeheartedness.” (Translation, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) It seems to me that this deeply kavanahfilled manner in which the Kohanim are told to approach blessing the nation serves as a “binyan av” (a “general rule”) for all of our mitzvot-based actions. In order to illustrate this idea, let us briefly focus on one of the most difficult to fulfill of all commandments, kibud av v’ame (honor your father and mother). The following well-known vignette depicts the true extent of this mitzvah’s obligation: R. Eliezer [himself] was asked: To what extent is honoring one’s father and mother to be practiced? He answered: Go forth and see how a certain idolater of Ashkelon, Dama the son of Nathina by name, acted towards his father. He was once approached about selling precious stones for the ephod [one of the High Priest’s unique garments] at a profit of six hundred thousand [denarii] (R. Kahana’s version is eight hundred thousand); but the keys were lying under his father’s head-pillow, so he would not disturb him! … In a subsequent year a ‘red heifer’ was born in his
herd, and some of the Sages of Israel called on him. Said he to them: From what I know of you [I am aware] that if I were to demand of you all the money in the world, you would give it to me, but all I ask of you now is that money that I had lost because of my father! (Talmud Bavli, Masechet Avodah Zarah 23b-24a, translation, Soncino Talmud with my emendations for readability. Compare the original source in Talmud Bavli, Kiddushin 31a) Chazal’s inclusion of this story in no less than two places in the Talmud speaks volumes. Just as we saw in the passage from the Midrash Tanchuma, our Sages are trying to teach us a derech hachaim, a pragmatic approach to fulfilling the Torah. Clearly, if Dama the son of Nathina, who was not obligated in the mitzvah of kibud av v’ame, could act with such unmitigated respect for his father, all the more so are we obligated to do so. Let us analyze exactly what Dama did. It is crucial to note that he did not get angry, frustrated or react in any negative way whatsoever—even though he potentially could have lost a major fortune. He was driven by the obligation of honoring his father; that was his prime imperative. He did not act as if this was a burden. Most importantly, it was not a dry formalistic obligation upon which
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NEWS IN REVIEW NEW YORK NYC: NEW LIVERY CAB TAX IN EFFECT The next time you question your livery car driver on the amount you’re being charged, be prepared for a new ready-made excuse: the 8.375-percent tax that went into effect on June 1st. The added cost comes as part of an expansion of a service tax that was part of the Legislature’s state budget in April. The taxman expects to squeeze roughly $25 million annually from the pockets of New Yorkers who use the city’s 2,700 livery cars, 8,600 black cars and 5,223 limousines. And don’t forget that starting in January there will be a 50-cent tax on yellow cab rides to help support the forever ailing Metropolitan Transit Authority. Mayor Mike Bloomberg was one of the first to question how the MTA was going to collect such a tax on cabs.” The [Legislature] collections are 50 cents a ride from the taxis. I don’t know how you’re going to do that because you’re going to depend on these people to pay,” the mayor said during his weekly radio address, according to the New York Post. “That’s not likely.” Bloomberg had previously slammed the concept of the taxi tax as a way to generate revenue for the cash-strapped MTA. They could charge $1 every time you take a shower. Who knows?” he said in April. “I don’t know how they collect it.” The same might be asked about this new livery car tax.
Kelly said investigators “working to get a fuller picture of what transpired,” but the chain of events began when Edwards noticed a man, later identified as Miguel Santiago, was rummaging through his car and starting chasing him with his gun drawn. Officers in civilian clothing spotted the Edwards chasing the suspect and intervened. Kelly says one of those officers got out of his vehicle and fired six times, hitting Edwards in the arm and chest. Kelly said Edwards did not fire his weapon.
WEINER ENDORSES THOMPSON FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR We all know that last week Rep. Anthony Weiner officially dropped out of the race to become mayor of New York City. Weiner told reporters that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s money makes it impossible to have a fair fight. Bloomberg has spent more than $18 million on his re-election campaign since January. Last Sunday, at the Salute to Israel Parade, Weiner announced that he is now throwing his support to City Comptroller William Thompson. Weiner, a Democratic congressman representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens, said he “proudly and forcefully” endorsed Thompson. Weiner also said that Thompson can win because “this town loves an underdog.”
KEY DEBTHOLDERS ACCEPT IMPROVED DEAL WITH GM Some of General Motors’ largest bondholders have accepted an offer for GM to repay debts with stock in a reorganized GM instead of cash. The troubled U.S. auto giant had earlier offered to give bondholders a 10 percent stake in a reorganized company, but bondholders rejected that deal. GM sweetened the deal by offering these creditors warrants that would allow them to buy a larger stake in the firm. GM is surviving on $19.4 billion in emergency government loans, and faces a June 1 deadline to restructure and slash debt, labor, and other costs. Another major company in the auto industry, parts maker Visteon, sought court protection from creditors. Visteon employs 31,000 people and was once part of the Ford Motor Company. Managers blame the firm’s problems on the steep fall in auto sales that slashed demand for auto parts.
into something more like a one-man telethon with nearly three full days of talk, ending Sunday. In the first two days, he was on the air for about 15 hours, telling stories, lashing out at critics and occasionally breaking into song. “I think from now on we’re going to have ‘Hello President’ every day. I’m liking the dynamic,” Chavez quipped as he began one episode at a Caracas park. Chavez is probably the world’s most longwinded leader, an extraordinary communicator who craves the spotlight, thrives on confrontation and excels as an entertainer. His keeps Venezuelans talking about him whether they love him or hate him.
STUDY: TURKS HAVE LITTLE TOLERANCE OF DIVERSITY A study suggests Turks have low tolerance for diverse lifestyles as three in four respondents said they would not want to live
WICHITA POLICE: LATE-TERM ABORTION DOCTOR KILLED AT HIS CHURCH
next to an atheist or anyone drinking alcohol. The study by Istanbul’s Bahcesehir University is meant to gauge radicalism and extremism in Turkey. Results published in last Sunday’s Milliyet newspaper indicate 64 percent of Turks would not want Jewish neighbors, 52 percent would not Christian
NATIONAL NYPD OFFICER MISTAKENLY KILLS FELLOW OFFICE
US ECONOMY SHRINKS 5.7 PERCENT
According to the police who spoke to reporters, asking about the shooting of officer Omar Edwards by a fellow officer, the incident was “accidental.” The police explain that officer Edwards had just gotten off work, at approximately 10:30 last Thursday night, when he was shot and killed after being thought to be attacking a man. However, it is now known that officer Edwards was chasing a suspect who had broken into his car. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reports that the officer was not wearing a bulletproof vest when he was shot, since he had gotten off work. The medical examiner’s officer confirmed that Edwards, father of two, was shot three times with the fatal bullet striking him in the back. Police Commissioner Kelly said the 25year-old Edwards, died about an hour later at Harlem Hospital and a makeshift memorial was started outside of the officer’s home.
The U.S. economy shrank at a 5.7 percent annual pace in the first three months of this year. Last Friday’s report from the Commerce Department said the decline was a bit less (0.4 percent) than estimated earlier, and better than the prior quarter. Many government economic experts and private economists say the worst of the recession may have passed, and they predict slow economic growth will resume later this year. Other economic reports, from the day, showed U.S. business activity declining faster in a key region, while consumers grew less pessimistic. Consumer sentiment hit its highest level since September, but remained at a relatively low level. Economists track consumer confidence for clues about the consumer demand that drives most U.S. economic activity. A separate report from an industry group said the pace of business activity in the U.S. Midwest fell even faster in May than in the previous month.
US media outlets on Sunday reported that late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was and killed at his church in Wichita, Kansas. Anonymous police sources told The Wichita Eagle and other media that the 67year-old doctor was killed Sunday morning at Reformation Lutheran Church.
neighbors, 67 would not want to live next to an unmarried couple and 43 percent would not want American neighbors. The survey is based on interviews with 1,715 people selected randomly from 34 cities between April 12 and May 3. No margin of error was given.
INTERNATIONAL VENEZUELA’S CHAVEZ HARNESSES POWER OF ON-AIR TALK The program begins with upbeat music that sounds like a game show theme. Colors shimmer across the screen, and the title appears: “Hello, President.” That’s Hugo Chavez’s cue, and the show is on. The Venezuelan president’s program usually lasts between four and six hours each Sunday. It’s become a time-tested tool for connecting with his public, monopolizing attention and setting the national agenda. Now the media-savvy leader has turned it
OFFICER IN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMMITS SUICIDE IN HIS OFFICE Major Aviya Moshe, a department head in Military Intelligence’s 8200 unit, was found dead in his office early Sunday morning. Moshe committed suicide, shooting himself with his personal handgun. Military Police launched an investigation into the incident. Moshe was in his mid forties and had a daughter currently serving in the military. The motive for the suicide was as yet unclear.
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People, Places, and Things BY PAUL STEINER cultural restrictions. Marlborough artist Chakaia Booker, over the past ten years, has gained significant acclaim and support from critics, museum curators and directors and art collectors for her highly expressive, socially evocative sculptures made princiName Game oan Rivers, the pally from rubber tires. with good humor daughter of Booker has proclaimed herself to be the Russian immi- “Rubber Queen.” Her use of rubber as a grants, was born Joan Molinsky. trademark sculptural material began in the mid-1990s and she has since recycled NY Times Number’s Game countless. Regarding her work Booker Correction on NY Times editorial stated: “As a conceptual analogy, I usually page:”...there are more than 20,000 high start with the rubber tire itself. It’s about schools in US, not 2,000. mobility, growth. They’ve used it on the Dutch artist Aenout Mik’s moving moon. In a large way, it’s our method of image installations opened at MoMA May communication. For example, a wall or 4, NYT, reviewed it on a 1/2 page May 22. relief using old tires suggests archaeologBetter late than ... ical finds and the deciphering of patterns Bollywood Star Kareena Kapor & and textures into new languages or new Saif Ali Khan ate symbols. The tirekosher-veggie at making industry Great American says that the patHealth Bar, West terns in the tires “Longinotto was 57St & left $20 tip. function to “wick granted permission to They were on their away water” in wet film in one Tehran honeymoon. weather. Booker was 2002 recipient of the Divorce court over Radio Lore prestigious Pollockseveral weeks.” Procter & Krasner Foundation Gamble was the Award, and a 2005 sponsor in the earlirecipient of a est days of daytime Guggenheim serial dramas on radio. The shows were Fellowship from the John Simon eventually called soap operas because Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in soap companies sponsored then. New York, NY. Primary Stages Play - “A lifetime Screened at MoMA. Burning” - July 28-Sept. 5. A world Divorce Iranian Style. Directed by Premiere by Cusi Cram. If you had the Kim Longiotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini. power to revise your past what would you Along with Mir-Hosseini, author of change? Who would you be? In this World Marriage on Trial: A Study of Islamic Premiere of Cusi Cram’s A lifetime Family Law,” Longinotto was granted per- Burning, trust fund darling Emma imagmission to film in one Tehran Divorce ines what her life would have been like court over several weeks. Their camera had she come from a less privileged backprovided a transparent window into the ground. Troubles is, she chronicles her customs surrounding Iranian Divorce—an alternate life in a new tell-all “memoir” outcome that is discouraged by the court that was sold for a hefty advance. When no matter the circumstances. Alternately Emma is exposed, will her sister, Tess, humorous, tragic, and emotionally stir- stand by her? Or will Emma’s deceit ring, the film follows couples and their destroy their already fractured relationextended families as they strive to arrive ship? This dark comedy brings up quesat a solution amid biased laws, contradic- tions of legacy, loyalty and what it means tory administrative policies, and harsh to belong. Historic Note On April 23, 1981, Jews were expelled from Moscow.
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Obama May Reduce Israel Support in UN... Continued from page 3 dom of our beloved Jewish nation but also of the United States and the entire world. Many opinion columnists already are talking about the consequences of the United States showing any lack of support for Israel. These topics obviously include comments on the many details, which seem to be left out, but factor into issues surrounding the mentioned settlement.
Also, many people responding to reports, in the online community, fear this move. One worried Blogger, on a blog hosted by blogspot, responded to what news media sources are referring to as a ‘hint’ by writing, “Most likely it will start as a border crossing attempt that’ll lead to a shoot-out with Israeli border guards, which will then trigger a massive launching of longer ranged rockets into
Israel by Hamas. Israel can’t afford its bigger cities to become targets so it orders another Operation Cast Lead into Gaza which will send the Arabs scurrying into overdrive at the UN.” While we cannot predict the future, it is safe to say that, at least for the moment, the Obama administration has launched an unsteady wave of uncertainty in the Jewish
Community. On a side note, this ‘hint’ from the Obama Administration comes after Allen Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, publically announced (via his JPOST blog) that Obama, whom he endorsed for president, is persuing ideas that are dangerous for Israel.
How a Settlement’s ‘Natural Growth’ Appears at Ground Level... Continued from page 4 mits for development in the face of international pressure, residents say. A 750-squarefoot apartment that 18 months ago would have sold for $90,000 now sells for about $180,000. Two doors down from Yadler’s building, Palestinian construction workers from nearby villages hurry to finish one of a handful of apartment buildings still going up in the settlement. In Yadler’s own building, like others
across the settlement, locals are building additions because they cannot move to larger apartments. There are some 120 settlements across the West Bank—territory the estimated 2.5 million Palestinians who live here want for their future state. Nearly 300,000 Jews are living in the West Bank. The international community, including the United States, considers the Jewish settlements illegal. Israel
captured the West Bank in 1967 from Jordan, but aside from eastern Jerusalem, it never annexed the territory. Residents of Modiin Illit are worried about the impact of a building freeze on their community. A 31-year-old man who identified himself as Shaul said it would impact not only housing but yeshivas, schools, grocery stores and pharmacies that needed to be built.
“Our great hope and prayer is that it won’t happen and that logic will prevail,” he said. For her part, Peace Now’s Ofran welcomed the change in tone from Washington. “We believe it will help the Israeli public have a better discussion about whether or not settlements are really worthwhile and in the Israeli interest if in the end we will have to evacuate them,” she said.
General Motors Files for Bankruptcy... Continued from page 19 within 60 to 90 days. They say the U.S. government will be the majority owner of the new company, but it does not want to be involved in day-to-day operations. GM officials and President Barack
Obama have scheduled separate news conferences Monday to discuss the company’s future and the government effort to keep GM in business. In related news, a U.S. bankruptcy judge late Sunday approved the sale of substantial-
ly all of U.S. automaker Chrysler’s assets to a group led by Italy’s Fiat. The move clears the way for Chrysler to exit bankruptcy protection soon. Chrysler also has received billions of dollars in government support to help it survive.
Automobiles are a key part of the manufacturing sector, which makes up nearly onefifth of the U.S. economy.
Who Do the French Think They Are?... Continued from page 21 the Basque region and fund Catalonian NGOs seeking to keep their endangered culture alive. Or maybe we can draft some UN resolu-
tions as well as proffer proposed solutions to these interminable disputes. As Jews and Israelis, let’s raise the banner of freedom for those still living under French
occupation, and let every cry of “Vive Palestine” be answered promptly and firmly with three short words: “Set Corsica Free.” Sound silly? Perhaps. But instead of con-
stantly being on the receiving end of French criticism, let’s finally turn the tables on Paris and give it a taste of its own medicine.
mitzvah action with every fiber of our being. We must make certain that the action we are about to perform represents the highest standards of which we are capable. A mitzvah must never become a burden or something to be done “in a hurried manner.” Instead, as the Midrash and Rashi teach us, each mitzvah act should be viewed as a unique and beauti-
ful opportunity to serve Hashem “…with concentration and with wholeheartedness.” With G-d’s help, may we all be zocheh (merit) to achieve this level of mitzvot observance. V’chane yihi ratzon.
Parashat Naso, What’s in a “Vav?”... Continued from page 35 he acted. Instead, his most heartfelt desire was to fulfill this responsibility in the most holistic possible sense—both in regard to its content and intent. He was successful. He achieved greatness. He conquered his passion for immediate financial gain. As a result, he was rewarded with the birth of a Parah Adumah (Red Heifer) and the ability
to sell it for the same price that he would have received for the precious stones for the ephod. In reality, whether we are Kohanim about to publicly bless the Jewish people, or we are standing privately by a parent’s bedside, the manner in which we are obligated to fulfill the Mitzvot is the same. We must invest each
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Jewish Wealth: Why it Matters that Madoff is Jewish... Continued from page 17 Superman and [the city of Kandor] in the little bottle in his Fortress of Solitude. It has to be preserved because there’s nothing you can do with it. Flowers that you press into a Bible. The less you can do with it the more you need it to be perfect. Now, there’s another thing that needs to come out about the Madoff affair, which is that not only can you not admit that Judaism had anything to do with what he did, but you can’t admit that capitalism had anything to do with what he did. He’s a villain. He’s a monster. He’s a sociopath. I mean, he was doing things that are illegal, but not that different from everybody else. He was thinking, I’m going to put money into nothing, but if I keep on collecting more and more of it then it’ll never collapse. Which is exactly what the American economy’s been doing-spending more than we make and then borrowing more and more from China. In his testimony, he said at a certain point he felt trapped. He must have made a bad deal somewhere, took in a bunch of money he couldn’t cover hoping he would make it back, and it became this beast that he had to keep feeding. He lost everything, including the rest of his life. Everybody else lost money. Which is a lot better than the people at Bear Stearns and Bank of America, who took the whole world down with them. The big difference between him and them is that the things that they were doing weren’t illegal anymore. So if that’s what capitalism had to do with Madoff, what was it about Jewish culture that created Madoff? I’ve done a little bit of thinking about it. Certainly the fact that Jewish culture is so
exhibitionist. Conspicuous consumption has something to do with it. That’s at the heart. Now, where does that come from? In the 1930s, the ADL had what they called a Bureau of Jewish Deportment. They put out booklets advising people how to behave in Miami, which was mainly gentile then. You don’t wear furs in the summer on Collins Avenue. They wouldn’t have said it if it wasn’t being done. Why would somebody wear furs on Collins Avenue in the summer? What are they trying to show? They want to show that they’re successful, they want to show that they’re not their grandfather the tailor in Russia. Jews went into finance in the Middle Ages, Jews invented international trade. So it’s in the tradition-it’s in the culture. Maybe because it’s a portable culture, it’s an urban culture, it’s a culture that was not rooted in physical labor. It was entirely survival by wits. And if it’s entirely survival by wits, and if everybody’s against you, then a whole lot of things become imaginable. And this culture survived the generations of poverty? People who are wealthy now, their grandparents were destitute, and their great-grandparents were destitute. I’m not sure when poverty hit the Pale, butThe 1600s. It was a long time. So, you know, there’s a mystery here. It’s worth solving. But I don’t know anybody who studies it. I know a historian who wanted to write about Jewish history. Their first book was about Jewish gangsters. Dropped the topic. Took too much heat. Because nobody wants to hear about it. How has wealth affected the Jewish
community? There’s been exponential growth of Jewish wealth, partly because there’s been exponential growth of wealth. The top marginal tax rate under Eisenhower and Kennedy was 90%. [Today,] America’s got the lowest taxes in the industrial world. It all changed in the mid 1970s. People blame Reagan, but it really started under Carter. Along with deregulation came the lowering of the taxes. You removed the rules for getting rich, and you let people keep more of that money. And the sky was the limit. The Jewish organizations, for a bunch of reasons, grew and grew and grew during those years. There was always a myth that the richer Jews were more assimilated. Nowadays, the poorer Jews are more assimilated because they can’t afford [Jewish life]. The Jewish community grew by the graces of the donations of the wealthy. And then it built up this infrastructure that was dependent on the donations of the wealthy. It became harder and harder to act independently of the interests of the wealthy. In 1994, when Newt Gingrich took over the House of Representatives, [the Republicans] introduced the Balanced Budget Amendment, which was nonsense. After years of unprecedented deficits under Reagan, they decided that Congress couldn’t control itself, so they wanted a constitutional amendment to prevent themselves from spending. The Council of Jewish Federations said it was going to really damage Jewish institutions. The Jewish community probably raises $2 billion a year for the schools, synagogues, and hospitals. It probably spends $8 billion. The rest of it is government money.
So the Balanced Budget Amendment was really going to damage the Jewish community. The way I heard it, five families in three cities said, I’m a Republican, and you lose my gift if you lobby against the Balanced Budget Amendment. After 1994, the Jewish community stopped offending Republicans. Quite suddenly. Before the modern age, Jews lived in ghettoes. They could tax themselves. Tzedakah was not voluntary. Shabbes wasn’t voluntary. The first synagogue in America, Shearith Israel in New York, adopted a rule saying that if you violated Shabbes you got fined. It didn’t work. People just resigned from the synagogue. [The community] had lost enforcement power. And once you’ve lost enforcement power, you’ve got to ask for it. And once you’ve got to ask for money, you become dependent on the wealthy. Rabbis now depend on the goodwill of a few rich people. And so the balance of power between the moralists and the hedonists shifts. There used to be a check. The moral authority of the Jewish community had enforcement power. Now it’s around for entertainment. Instead of scolding Jews, now they scold goyim. They have no authority to scold the Jews. None. Rabbis lose their jobs for being moral scolds. So there is no more moral authority.
Josh Nathan-Kazis of New Voices asks the question in the Q & A with the Forward’s J.J. Goldberg
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In Footsteps of Dylan and Seinfeld: Kibbutz volunteering is back BY VIVI KALMAN Bob Dylan and Jerry Seinfeld have done it. Troops of globe-trotting hippies, as well. For years, free spirits the world over spent time working on kibbutz, once the institution that defined what it was to be an Israeli, or to visit Israel.
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nd though the communal farm called the kibbutz is now little considered a central part of Israel’s society, volunteering there is making a marked comeback that is being noticed by young people worldwide. For many, a stay on a kibbutz has again come to be viewed as the uniquely Israeli style of travel. Young people see it as a method of unlocking the Holy Land. Popular opinion holds that it easily trumps action-packed tourist trails through Europe or Asia, and indeed, young tourists from all over the world Kibbutz Volunteering has been popular for many years. Past have discovered a new and supportable volunteers include Bob Dylan and Jerry Seinfeld. pace in the form of volunteering on kibbutzim. could f inally break through the tourist Alvarado, 24 from Ecuador. “It leaves Kibbutzim were f irst established route and meet the people, as well as you wanting more.” before the country itself. Small groups know that I always have a place to stay.” And even if eventual immigration is of new immigrants adopted a socialist, For those volunteers already familiar not the end result, kibbutz most imporcommunal style of living with the aim with the country, kibbutz opened doors tantly allows young travelers to support of developing their new country and to the vast variety of tourists Israel themselves while in Israel, and to return working the land. These communities receives from all over the world. time and time again. became an integral part of Israel’s cul“Kibbutz is such a small place- never ture and image. Lately, many kibbutzim realized that by volunteering in Yotvata have been marginalized as Israel I’d f ind friends from so many counbecomes more economically stable and tries,” says Max Hatf ield from Florida. developed. “After taking part in a jam-packed As the need for this mutually sup- birthright tour, working in date f ields portive institution has lessened, many with an international crowd as well as kibbutzim have undergone “privatiza- the down to earth kibbutznikim was a tion.” Despite this, many still reach out great change of pace,” Hatf ied adds, in to absorb volunteers who cannot support a reference to birthright Israel, a prothemselves for extended periods of gram offering free 10-day trips to Israel time. for Jews abroad Nowadays, who have never visthough kibbutzim ited the country. may be less popu“The weekend “Many kibbutzniks lar among Israelis, trips to Eilat didn’t are migrants themselves, hurt either!’ they can provide an and many are volunteers invaluable opportuSome kibbutzim nity for Jewish and take an active part who came back to non-Jewish travelin organizing trips the farm to stay.” ers all over the and excursions for world, to give as volunteers, as well much as they get. as allowing them an In return for several hours of work intimate glimpse into the local culture. each day, usually in agriculture, young During the recent holiday season, people f ind themselves able to volun- Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers were teer and live long-term in Israel, giving welcomed into sukkot, booths built to them valuable time to explore the coun- mark the fall harvest festival. try and get to know their surroundings. Volunteers were also given an opportuSome kibbutzim offer ulpan programs nity to attend synagogue, celebrate the for studying Hebrew, and the close com- Jewish New Year and even glimpse a munity style of living allows volunteers Jewish wedding ceremony or two. Many to meet and befriend Israelis, merge volunteers who knew nothing about themselves into a foreign society, learn Judaism felt they gained an incredible a bit of Hebrew and do a bit of work. vantage point into the religion itself as Down south in Kibbutz Lotan, volun- well as the psyche behind Israeli societeers’ dedication to the ecological style ty. and values of the kibbutz has been nurMany kibbutzniks are migrants tured further by foster families. themselves, and many are volunteers “It’s a great idea that helped make who came back to the farm to stay. “The kibbutz and Israel itself a home away common feeling of being bound togethfrom home,” says Rebecca Fiala from er by defending Israel and making it a Australia with enthusiasm. “I felt as if I better place is catchy!” says Fransisco
“I have been back four times and been able to live for months in this simple but fulf illing style of travel,” says 24-year-old Timothy Tucker from South Africa. “I volunteered in all corners of the country, Yiftach in the north, Kibbutz Baram in the center, and Yotvata in the south. “Working on kibbutz was just a deeper, more personal way to get to know Israel, as well as giving me an individual connection with the land. I worked in the f ields here, and now I feel a part of them.” Most importantly, the volunteers taste the fruits of their labor even after leaving the kibbutzim. “The sense of family and mutual care on kibbutz is just as present in wider Israeli society,” says Alvarado. “It’s as if I haven?t left. I get well-meaning advice from complete strangers on the street- feel as if this country watches out for me simply because I am here.” If you want to become part of your own personal Israeli community, are looking for a low budget way to travel, or simply searching for new experiences, contact the Kibbutz Program Center at: Kibbutz Program CenterIsrael, kpc@volunteer.co.il, Tel: 972-3524-6156, Fax: 972-3-523-9966 or visit the website at kibbutz.org.il
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You know the bicyclist’s mantra: Four wheels good, two wheels better? What about seven wheels? That was the number beneath author and cycling advocate Joe Kurmaskie and his family as they biked across a good chunk of Canada in the summer of 2007. The journey, detailed in the forthcoming Blood, Sweat and Gears, saw Kurmaskie, his wife Beth, and sons Quinn (8), Enzo (6) and Matteo (1) pedal their way from Vancouver Island to Saskatoon, and across Nova Scotia, encountering hailstorms, herds of rutting elk and mile after mile of panoramic scenery.
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vacation by bike doesn’t have to be nearly so ambitious to be just as rewarding. Though bike touring companies have been operating since the 1970s, bike travel has become increasingly popular in recent years, and the range of tours offered, as well as the types of people riding, have expanded exponentially, for both regular cycling and mountain biking. You like wine and luxury hotels? Camping and beer? Yoga? Gelato? Building houses? Meeting other single parents? There’s a bike trip for that. Why Take a Biking Vacation? So, why would anyone spend her down time with a sore tush when she could be snoozing on a beach? “People have a preconceived notion that [a bike vacation] is more work than taking a road trip,” says Kurmaskie. “In fact, you have more time to enjoy yourselves and
Bicycle trips allow parents to teach children life skills.
the sights, sounds, attractions than if you were in a car, because the entire day is part of the fun.” Jim Sayer, executive director of the Missoula, Mont.–based nonprof it Adventure Cycling Association, says bike travel can be a great characterbuilder, for adults and for kids. “Every parent wants to teach their kids life skills and independence, and there’s no better way than on a bike trip,” says
Sayer, who has f irst-hand experience bike touring with his 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old twins. Bonus: After a day of cycling, there’s no need to feel guilty about pigging out at dinner and ordering dessert. Guided Tours If bike travel sounds your speed, the next step is deciding between a guided tour or a self-supported one. If you’re
new to biking, have limited time to plan a trip or like the idea of a signif icant safety net, opting for a guided tour is a good bet. On these trips, you ride with a group, though at your own pace, and a support vehicle (that’s “sag wagon” in bike parlance) will carry your luggage and let you put your feet up if you’re too tired to ride. Most tours include stays at hotels (though some emphasize camping), and food is often a highlight of the trip. One of the oldest and largest operations, Backroads, runs tours on f ive continents for groups that average 18 riders in size, but can swell up to 26. “The value in [a guided trip] is that you don’t need to do anything beyond booking it,” says Rich Snodsmith, guest services manager for the Berkeley, Calif.–based company. “Your hotels are planned, your activities are planned— we take care of it all.” DuVine Adventures in Somerville, Mass., and Toronto’s Butterf ield & Robinson specialize in luxury tours, while Las Vegas’s carbon-neutral Escape Adventures runs eco-friendly mountain biking and multisport trips. If you’re set on a specif ic destination, regional operators can have strong connections to the areas they ride through, while some cater to specif ic interests, including Bike & Build, which organizes cross-country rides to support affordable housing, and Ride Strong, a top choice among skilled endurance riders. Many companies will happily plan private group tours—perfect for extended families that want to get away together.
See the World from a Kayak BY JILL K. ROBINSON Arranging a kayak vacation, whether a day kayaking trip or a multi-day adventure, is much easier than you might think. The skinny craft is multi-faceted: It goes through churning whitewater, along lake and estuary coastlines, and can even catch a wave. You just need to determine what type of kayak travel you want, where you’d like to go and how long you’d like to be in the boat.
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’ve been kayaking since 1993, and met my husband, a former member of the USA Canoe/Kayak team, while on a kayak tour under the Golden Gate Bridge. Together, we own a kayak business and have paddled in 12 countries. Take it from me: you don’t have to be an edgy adventurer to get out on the water.
Pick Your Adventure The f irst thing you have to decide is what you want to do. Dream of navigating a bubbling mountain river? Want to catch the perfect wave? What about quietly investigating the wharf of a coastal town on a sea kayaking vacation? The choices are nearly endless, but once you
Kayak Destinations Take a look at destinations that feature your preferred method of kayaking. In many cases (California, New Zealand, Costa Rica and more), there are destinations for every kayak discipline. In others, you have only one choice. Take your time and choose wisely.
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decide what kind of adventure you want (from the athletic to the lily-dipper), it’s easier to determine the destination and length of the trip. You can venture out for an hour rental or a multi-week excursion. How long do you want to go? Some folks want the option to take a little paddle every day of their vacation (in lieu of jogging or going to the gym). Some prefer kayaking tours to get to know a new destination. Others are excited by the idea of packing a week’s worth of food and provisions and hitting the watery trail. First, consider if everyone in your party agrees on what makes a great vacation. If not, can you choose an option that will allow everyone to participate as they wish? Cranky kayakers are not good traveling companions. Make sure nobody gets in over his head.
The best kayaking companions are fun and easy-going people.
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Israel’s Caesarea Legends BY LYDIA AISENBERG The ancient port city of Caesarea has always been a popular tourist site for both Israelis and foreigners.
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ay trippers wander through the painstakingly excavated layers of history in the city walls and ramparts, ancient roads, massive hewn slabs of stone left from buildings destroyed long ago, amphitheater and old port area. Can you imagine throwing out questions to King Herod, Rabbi Akiva, Saint Paul and Saladin? Or more recent f igures like Baron de Rothschild and Hannah Szenes - who hailed from nearby Kibbutz Sdot Yam. Now it is possible to take part in a Q & A session with some of the late great f igures. The project, which employs state-of-the-art technology, is part of a new millennium historic adventure planned by Discovery, the Caesarea Harbor Roman Adventure Park. One starts the journey by watching a f ilm presentation that sweeps viewers off their feet. The technology and artistry involved is almost as wonderful as the historic events presented. The leap backward in time takes one to the Herodian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Crusader eras, and right through to the fledgling days of Zionism in Israel and modern Jewish settlement in the land. Following the screening, visitors are guided to another pavilion to “meet” other historic f igures, like Baron Edmund de Rothschild. The town he founded and named after his father, Zichron Ya’acov, is only a short drive from Caesarea. Costumed actors portray a broad range of f igures that helped shape the city’s rich history. Their images appear on thin transparent screens in front of but away from the computer stations. The visitor can choose from among many questions to ask the characters, prying into their personal history and then-surroundings. Two young children, their parents explaining to them King Herod’s strong points, seem far more interested in f ig-
Israel’s port city of Caesarea has always been a popular spot.
uring out how the long-dead but seemingly living, breathing and talking royal appeared in front of them from nowhere, a good few meters off the floor and no strings attached. The Time Tower brings ancient cultures to life and offers an outstanding panoramic view of ancient Caesarea. Divers can don wetsuits and visit the underwater remains of the magnif icent sunken port, a Roman shipwreck, lighthouse and ancient breakwater, all of which have not only been excavated, but also provided with explanatory signs. An underwater museum of a very different kind lies in a place originally called “Straton’s Tower” after someone believed to have been a ruler of Sidon in the 4th century BCE. In 96 BCE, the site was captured by Alexander Yannai and remained in the Hasmonean kingdom until it was named an autonomous city by the emperor Pompey. For some time, it was the possession of Cleopatra —until it was returned to Herod by Augustus. Over a dozen or so years, Herod built Caesarea into a grand city. With the gentle lapping of waves against the surrounding ancient walls, small boats bobbing here and there on the water and the sun setting on the Mediterranean, Caesarea in the evening becomes a very romantic spot to f inish off a dramatic visit to bygone days.
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Is that an Insect Bite or Something Else? BY DR. MARVIN M. LIPMAN
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tching is a symptom that can signal a near-limitless variety of problems, from trivial to life-threatening. If you have a persistent itch, here’s how to proceed. Starting from scratch Itching can be generalized or limited to one or more specific locations. If the itch is localized and accompanied by a rash, here are the main culprits to investigate, in approximate order of likelihood: • Common insect bites. Bites from mosquitoes or no-see-ums usually require only a cold compress or steroid cream to ease discomfort. Spider bites can cause blistering and ulceration in addition to itching and might require topical antibiotics. If you’re stung by a bee, carefully remove the stinger. Consider seeking medical attention when inflammation and swelling extend well beyond the bite site, since you might require oral antihistamines or corticosteroids. • Less common insect-related itching. Scabies (which is diagnosed with a skin biopsy), head and pubic lice (crabs), bedbug bites (mostly on the torso), and flea bites (usually below the knees of dog owners) all cause severe itching. Each requires a specific eradication technique. Over-the-counter permethrin shampoos generally eliminate head and pubic lice and scabies. Call a professional exterminator to get rid of bedbugs. As for fleas, the remedy is to rid your pet of the critters. (Oddly, one of the most consequential insect bites, that of the deer tick that transmits Lyme disease, rarely causes itching.) • Fungal infections. If your itchy rash looks flat and brownish-red and is in a dark, warm, moist spot like your groin,
Itching all over With or without a rash, itches that have spread over your whole body sometimes indicate more serious conditions. Common causes include: • Dry skin. This is the most common cause of total body itching and is especially likely in the dehydrated air of heated winter interiors. The main danger of such itching is scratching, which can lead to skin infections caused by resistant bacteria. Faithful use of emollient creams can help, especially after bathing or showering. • Hives. Also known as urticaria, this itchy, generalized rash of red skin bumps or wheals is usually caused by a reaction to medications or foods. Penicillin is a common offender among drugs, and shellfish among foods. If you can identify the cause, stay away from it for good, because it might cause an even more severe reaction the next time. But sometimes the source is never found, in which case you have idiopathic urticaria. Antihistamines and corticosteroids are often necessary. • Systemic illnesses. More rarely, generalized itching, usually without a rash, can signal conditions that include anemia or thyroid, liver, or kidney disease. And at times it can be a tip-off to lymphoma or an underlying internal cancer. If you experience prolonged itching over your whole body that you cannot attribute to an allergic reaction or dry skin, a visit to your doctor is in order. Marvin M. Lipman, M.D., has been Consumers Union’s chief medical adviser since 1967. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (certified in endocrinology and metabolism) and is clinical professor emeritus of medicine at New York Medical College.
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Healthy Habits on the Decline in the U.S.
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Though itching is a universal human affliction, science still cannot fully explain the exact mechanism by which we perceive an itch--or why scratching provides such fast relief. What we do know is that several chemicals produced by the body can cause itching, the most notorious being histamine. We also know that, though itching and pain sensations are carried by different nerve fibers, there must be interconnections. Very hot or cold applications, for example, can make an itch stop. And oral painkillers can often help relieve it. A study that scanned brain activity in people with deliberately induced itching found that when they were allowed to scratch, areas of their brains associated with unpleasant sensations, such as itching, became less active, while areas associated with pain became more so.
armpits, or feet, you probably have a fungal infection. Over-the-counter fungicidal creams, ointments, and powders are the initial treatment of choice, though stubborn infections might require oral prescription medications. • Skin allergy. The red, blistery, sometimes weepy and intensely itchy condition of contact dermatitis is, as its name indicates, caused by direct contact with an allergen. Common culprits are shampoos, heavy metals (especially nickel) in jewelry, elastic in underwear, liquid detergents, poison ivy, and poison oak. But the cause can be difficult to pin down, since it might be as obscure as a single ingredient in a hair spray. Steroid creams can provide some relief until you find and banish the culprit.
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Few adults ages 40 to 74 have adopted these basic health-promoting habits—and their numbers are dropping. BY SOPHIE RAMSEY Exercise regularly. Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Maintain a healthy weight. Don’t smoke. Drink alcohol in moderation.
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ow often have you heard these health messages? Hundreds of times, I’d wager. Now, how often have you heard these messages and actually made changes to your life? If you’re like most Americans, probably not too often. According to a new study published in the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, few adults ages 40 to 74 have adopted these basic health-promoting habits—and their numbers are dropping. Researchers gathered data on people’s health behaviors from a large survey called NHANES (short for National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). NHANES regularly polls thousands of Americans about their eating habits, levels of exercise, history of smoking and many other health markers. Participants also have a physical exam. Using this data, researchers compared people’s adherence to these five healthy habits during two time periods: 1988 to 1994, and 2001 to 2006. Overall, adherence was far from stellar. But perhaps most alarming was the drop in healthy habits over the study’s 18-year span. Here’s a summary: • Exercising 12 or more times a month: This dropped from 53 percent of adults exercising regularly to 43 percent. • Eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day: This dropped from 42 percent of adults to 26 percent. • Maintaining a healthy weight: The percentage of obese adults rose from 28 percent to 36 percent. • Smoking: This didn’t change over the
study period, with around 26 percent of adults smoking. • Drinking alcohol in moderation: This increased from 40 percent to 51 percent of adults. Moderate alcohol consumption was defined as up to one drink a day for women and up to two for men. This is considered a healthy level, so this was a positive trend. • Adhering to all five healthy habits: This dropped from 15 percent of adults to only 8 percent. The researchers also looked separately at people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or risk factors for these conditions. These are all health problems that can be improved by adopting a healthier lifestyle, so you might expect this group would be more likely to adhere to these habits. Surprisingly, the study found otherwise, with no real difference between the groups. This study has some weakness, such as relying on people to self-report what they ate and how much they exercised, and it didn’t look at other factors that can affect health, such as intake of salt, fat, and certain nutrients. But as a snapshot of people’s lifestyles through the lens of these basic habits, it should be fairly accurate. And the picture isn’t pretty. What you need to know. So why are we living less healthy lives, even as more studies show the benefits of doing otherwise? That’s a tough one. The researchers mention a couple trends that may be playing a role, such as people exercising less because they’re driving more. But other factors are undoubtedly at work here as well. This made me wonder: Have we heard certain health advice so often that we no longer really hear it? And how can these basic health messages become more compelling, so that people take notice and take action to change to their lives for the better? Any thoughts?
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Sullivan County: New construction, Lake View Townhouses, Bethel area, includes Granite counter tops/ crown molding/ motor boat lake with clubhouse w/grt restaurants. Priced reduced $299K 845-866-7266
4 bdrm, 2bth, large living room Family room, kitchen, den Two Story detached garage. New windows, insulation, siding and roof on all Please contact Michelle 716-462-6478 Or look at the website: GIL8.com under Village Gem Asking $129,500.00
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Ave L/E 12: 2 family + basement, 2 car garage. 20x58 (25x90lot). REALTOR $1,025,000 646-391-4211 Foster Ave, East 3rd St: 2 fam, 4 BR, 2 bth, bsmt. 17.83x40 (17.83x82 lot) $499,000
Ave J/ Low East 2 family 30x100, detached 6/5 rooms, 3/2 bedrms, Den, Full Bsmt, Driveway, Granite kitchen Call Shirley Hanan 917-771-7447
West Hamton, newly reconstructed, still time to customize, beautiful 9RM, 3 bth col fin bsmt, gar. First floor offers private rm, with bth off side entrance, perfect for home office, nanny’s rm or extra BR, walk to shul %859K. Also Atlantic Bch, mint 8, 2.5 bths, col, fin bsmt, gat, just few blocks to water! Mid $900’s. REALTY EXECUTIVE WEST 516-448-9858
BEECHHURST/WHITESTONE: On site agents. Doorman, pool, pkg, pet friendly, dock. 1BR, priced to sell! $210,000. 2 BR, ren kit/bth $389,500. 2 BR, terrace, bridge/ waterview $415,000. 3BR, 2 bth, bridge/ waterview $550,000. 4 BR, 3bth, den, bridge/ waterview$774,000. www.stationrealty.com 718-279-4800
LONG ISLAND Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160 Long Island - Oakdale/ 55 + condos. New Construction on Oakdale bohemia Rd. 2 Br, 2 Ba, Models now open, from $385,000 631-472-2242
Forest Hills: Corner 2 BR coop, 15 mins to E & F train, good sized rms, remodeled EIK & bth, easy st. parking, excel cond, MT $709/mo, $265K 917-292-5686
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STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
WESTCHESTER Westchester, Fleetwood: Great location, pre-war Bldg Xlg, 1 BR, 900 sq ft EIK, LR, DR walk to RR, good condition. $165,000. Owner 914-665-5470
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NY STATE Loch Sheldrake: 4 BR, 2 BTH, LR/DR, huge sunroom, large EIK, lake, large yard, corner prop. 347-598-3011
Lake Sheldrocke, hamptons in the Catskills- Re-priced, octagon retreat, 4 BR, 3 bth, 9.86 acre, 3 ponds, quest suite, pool house, wrap srop store, fire place, new septic decore. Walk to synagogue minutes to route 17 740K. Call 845-798-5885
NY STATE MIDDLEBURG: 18.5 Flat wooded acres. Lots of game. Semi private paved road, $50,000. Please Call: 518-827-5553
Wesley Hills: Col 4BRs, 2 bths, over ½ acre, wlk to shuls, club house, live in your own bckyrd w/IGP, young neighborhood, $560K, mtvd seller. Chaya 914-263-5226
S FALLSBURG, NY Lg, 3 Br house, 3bth, Brand new, pvt in ground pool. Avail July. Call: 914-737-3915 NEED A CUSTOM HOUSE? USE YOUR MOUSE!!! www. Needcustomhouse.com Realtors welcome! Model Home Available 30 min from NYC call 845-206-5220
Tannersville, NY (Hunter Mt.): For Sale, 7 BR, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, newly renovated, includes private driveway, near shuls and groceries. Price reduced. Asking $199K. Call owner 347-649-8885
WOODMERE/ WOODSBURGH: 5 mins, 5 BR, 4.5 bth, fin bsmt, HW flrs, C/AC, kosher gourmet, granite kit, new bths, den/frplc, cul-de-sac. In eruv, walkable to all shuls. Must see! $1299M. Please Call 917-687-0754
Great Buy! TWO FAMILY HOUSE 4 SALE. One acre of land w/ horse barn, 1 & ½ hrs to NYC. Income $1,300 per mo. $275k Neg 914-512-4361 or 914-393-6759
Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339
Sidney NY: Large 4 bdrms, historical hom,e on 2 acres, near schools, places of worship + college needs TLC,. Great investment. $85,000. Ernie 607-563-1020
Sacandaga Lake in Upstate NY 184’ of sandy shoreline w/ gradual grade/ gorgeous panoramic views, 2 BD/ 1.5 bth, ranch on level lot. Close to Marinas/ yacht club, 3 hrs from NYC, nr Saratoga + Albany. Own a piece of paradise for $525K. Contact 518-661-5358 View@ www.426lakeside.com WOODSIDE, NY 2 family brick house detached. Property is 4000 sq. ft. 5 bdrms, 3 bths. CALL ANNCURRAN @ WAGNER&KELLY REAL ESTATE 646-508-3292 GREAT BUY Amityville Village Legal 3 fam. (1)2BR (2)1 BR units, det’d gar, Low taxes, good cond, fully Occupied. $409K 631-905-6189
MONROE Grand Mansion estate. 33 acre lake front parcel w/7k square foot mansion, pool, tennis court, 2 guest houses and more. 1 hour from NYC. $3.5M CALL: 212-206-9939 www.camelotrealtygroup.biz
Monticello Area for sale Lakefront home 8,000 sq ft with full Apartment, separate entrance on 200 lake Frontage w htd mikvah or swimming pool Across from shule nice jewish community Lake OK for motorboating. 845-794-8510 845-798-4805 Homes for sale 4 Bedroom, 3 bthm only $55,000!. Priced to sell!! Won’t last!! For listings call: 800-366-0412 xT472
HORTON & COLLEGE Spacious 7 BR,3 BTHS, 6 yr young, Huge DR/LR, 9 ft. ceilings, eat in kosher kitchen, C/A, appliances,deck,closets galore,ideal mother/ Daughter or home/business. MIC Price Reduced Call Owner 845-356-5566
HORTON & COLLEGE Westchester Rockland, NY-Townhouse 3 Br + 2 extra rms bsmt, d/washer, dryer, a/c kit, leisure rms, nr local trans. $289k 845-426-0836
Hewlett. Hi Ranch:4 BRS, 2 full baths, 2 kitchens, huge yard. Det gar. Nr park, shops & LIRR. Make your best offer! Call owner 516-817-9979 *RENTAL FOR VACATION* Monticello Hidden Ridge Homes at Kutsher’s Designer deluxe homes. Sale/ rent 2 br, 2 bths, Beautiful, furnished. Call broker Oscar Parloff We have keys. 845-794-3720, 845-434-7792 NEW HEMPSTEAD: Open house, Sunday 1-3 pm; $407K. MIC home, ¾ BR, 2.5 bths on cul-de-sac. Renov in ’08 on .57 acres. Yaacov (Milch) Miller: 914-414-3619; Rivky Kagan: 845-6592056 KAGAN RLTY
CAMP: Sleeps 150+ on 40+/acres. 1 hr NYC. Fully equipped, ready to go this summer. Owner will lease or lease-opt, flex terms. Call for pricing. 845-338-5000 Pyramid Brokerage www.pyramid brokerage.com
Vacation home for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bth, seeded lake nights. Walk to orthodox shul. 516-662-3045 Fallsburg: New 3BR, 2.5 bth, 3 acres with lake & waterfall. Near shul. For Sale By owner. 718-938-4130
Two family house for sale, one acre of land, with horsebarn, 1 ½ hours to NYC. Income $13,000 per month. 914-3936759. $275K Neg. 914-512-4361
Catskills: Seeking partner to buy 2 fam home in Woodbourne ( 2 floors-10 rms) Must have good credit. Approx $20,000 investment. 718-972-1552, 718-972-0161 or 917-971-8357 Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900. Owner 914-213-3902
Woodburne, NY: 64 acres on Route 52, Reduced Price! Green barn RE 845-482-4663
Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
East 5th Street/ Kings Hwy: Beautiful 1 family, fully detached, 3 BRs, plus housekeeper’s room. 2.5 custom bathrooms, large EIK, fin bsmt, private drv, MIC. Must see! REDUCED, Call owner 917-902-6400 East 8th St/ Foster & H: legal 1 family, used as 2. 10 rooms total, 2 full baths, 2 EIK, large backyard. No brokers. 646-239-2732 SHEEPSHEAD BAY short sale: Great Oppty, detached 2 BR/2BR, schroom, path w. DR, EIK, over rentable, 1 BR, 3 entrances, lost of windows, storage, lg yard, new gas boilers, near A train, shoppingm schools, walk to synagogue. 25’ x 100’, one tenant must stay below market value. Must act quickly 718-769-4021 Marine Park for sale by owner 1515 East 36th Street (Ave P/ Flatlands) fully renov, 1 fam brick, semi detached, large private drive, 2 car gar, LR, DR, EIK 3+ BRs, 2 full bths, finished bsmt, Front/Backyard + deck…Too much to list! Asking 600’s. Call Natalie 917-345-5209 or 718-338-9102 MIDWOOD: 20X100, BUILT 18X59 SEMI DETACHED, 2 FAMILY, 3 BR/ 2BR, FINISHED BASEMENT, PARKING, NEAR B+Q TRAINS. CALL: 917-748-7780
Small one family house with extra lot for sale. Lot is ideal for building. Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400
Marine Park brick attached 1 family, 2 bath, Large yard, garage. Won’t last. Asking $430,000 Many other properties available. Mill basin, Marine Park, OMB, BR. Ask for Miriam. NATIONAL BROKERAGE. 718-377-1500
Melville, for sale by owner, 1 Acre, 5 BDRM/ 2 ½ bath, central AC, inground swimming pool, cabana, school district (5) walking distance to temple. $769K. Please Contact: 917-364-7402
Marine Park: Brick, 1 fam, 3 BR duplex, 1.5 baths, finished basement, community drive, near shopping, minutes from worship and more! Price negotiable $428k. Call 917-992-7239
BABYLON: With high ranch. 3 over 3 BR, 3 ba, or income of 2 apts $2700, hdwd flrs, newly updated. Beaut design. Great for investors. 1 GS $385,000. call owner Liz direct and say where you saw the ad. 631-671-1289
BORO PARK, 2-3 fam hse, central Loc. New heating system, upgraded Elect system, fin bsmnt, $1.3M Serious bids only. Appts for Sunday only No realtor: 201-669-1779
House for sale LI Spacious 200 sf. 1 bdrm, 1 bth. Dining area, balcony, out door pool, Custome kitch and bth. Prime doorman, Building and loc, walk to shul, shopping, LIRR. Shown by apt only, $375k 954-558-3133
Boro Park, 20 Av 53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 Brs, new kit, bsmt, drv. Nr Stores, shuls, F train. 718-258-4824
Ave L/E 17th St 1 fam det, 20x100 Lot. 4 Brs, 2 car garage. Priced to Sell. By owner. Call 732-278-9780 East 5th street/ Kings HWY: Beautiful 1 family detached, 3 BRs + housekeepers rm, 2.5 custom bths, large EIK, fin bsmt, prvt drvwy, MK. Must see! Reduced! 917-902-6400
Ellenville NY, Briggs Hwy. Entire Kingsway colony. 10-2BR untis.4-1BR units, main hse, pool, shul, lrg prop. NO calls aft 7pm. 732-671-7779
E 29 st/ Ave R: 1 fam house w/pvt drv. 4 BRs, 1.5 bths, lrg DR, LR, EIK, fam rm, fin bsmt 718-375-7607
New Hempstead: 5 BR, 3 bth, walk-out fin bsmt with wet bar, very pvt backyard. Mother/daughter set-up. By owner. $485k. Call 845-362-3750
Gravesend Lloyd Court off VanSickland + Ave S Beautiful (1) family detached 20x162 3 BD/ 1 ½ bth with finished basement + large garagew. Contact 646-852-0223
House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349
AAA New Homes, No Closing Costs, all price ranges & home styles www.needacustomhouse.com Realtors welcome 845-206-5220
Boro Park: OPEN HOUSE SUN Noom- 4 pm 115049th Street. All brick 2 family 20x52 building 20x100 lot. Khalid Ahmed 917-753-5422 Joanna Pavlatac. Exit Top Properties. 443-856-8386
Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839
Bedford, NY Beautiful Estate: house, pool, rental income carriage house, stable. Park-like setting. 55 min NYC, Near Metro & 684. Walking Distance to Shul. $1,150,000 Call owner 914-391-2485
BROOKLYN East Flatbush: New construction lux 3 BR grdn condo for sale. 2 full baths, cust kit, balc, storage, lndry rms. Owner pays CC. Only 3% dn. FHA avail, tax abate. Owner 917-450-8226
MIDWOOD: Prime Block! E 29/J-K, 1 fam det. MIC. 3 BR duplex, lrg EIK w door to deck & bckyrd, lrg DR/LR + den w. working frplc, full fin bsmt w. sauna. Gar & drvwy. Asking $799k. HUGAWALL REALTY 917-204-0301
Bklyn House for sale Ave P/E 7, 1 fam s/det, LR, DR, EIK, 3 BR, 2 ½ bath, lg bsmnt, driveway, garage. Price rduced $715 K. NO BROKERS! Please call: 718-998-7231 Midwood, Sale: 20x100, built 18x59 semi detached 2 family, 2.5 BR, also 2 BR, fin bsmt, includes parking. B+Q trains 917-748-7780 Agent
2 family fully detached 1. 2 bedroom one bathroom, first floor, 2. 1 Bedroom, 1 bathroom with porch. Close to transportation and synagogue. Asking low 600’s. Call 646-217-8252 CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838
East 27th/Ave R, family 33.4x100 3 brs plus den, private drive, large backyard, asking $799. Call after 7pm 718-376-7735 No brokers please!
LOGAN STREET: Brand new 3 family house, beautiful 1.5 BA, wood floors, porch and driveway. Call: 347-683-1923 East 4th Street, L & M: 3 BRs, 2.5 bths, semi detached 20x100, finished basement, back porch. $599K. Broker Jack Menashe 917-797-0215
Floral Park Open House, 27 Lesior 4 Br, 3 bth, 2 car gar, new kitchen Sun 3-4 pm FSBO www.livehere-now.com Call: 516-364-2033
HUNTINGTON, LI/ WEST HILLS: Architect renovated, grand colonial estate on 2 Acres. 5 BR, 3 ½ BATH, Great room, 2 horse corrals, 8 stall barn $2.2M 631-451-7799
STATEN ISLAND BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273
Staten Island 1869 Richmond Terr. M1 Zone. 26,947 sq ft. Please CallFor more information: 718-258-4222
QUEENS/BRONX BAYSWATER: Top location! Immac det 1 fam, 4 br, 3 ½ bth, LR, DR, EIK, fin bsmnt, pvt drv, newly blt, 1 blk to Shul. $559K/ neg. Owner 917-577-6811
KGH, Queens: Luxury 2 BR, 2 bth condo, prime location, 1o mins to E/F train, $550 for common charges, doorman, gym & concierge. Includes attendant parking. Near shopping, dining & more! Asking $523K, Call Greg or Lynn 917-292-5686
NASSAU / L.I. House for Sale Long Island LITTLE NECK-For Sale By Owner2 br ranch home, 1 bath, detached garage,$650K, builders welcome. No Brokers, Call Owner 917-930-0497
Bayside, Windsor Park: 2 BR, 1 Ba, school districtr #26, pool, tennis courts, near shopping, great location, low maint. A/C, 24 hr sec. asking 259k. Owner 718-7760080 leave message.
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Kew Gardens: 24 unit apt bldg, $3.9M. Also 3 fam homes on 80x100 lot, R7A zone. Bkr 646-207-7151
Maryland: Lower Eastern shore of MD, pvt secluded waterfront fram, has 2 chicken houses growing with perdue. $1.2M. 410-742-0959 Prudential Carruthers
Boro Park, 16/54: top loc, brand new luxury upgraded apt, 4 brs, $3,200. Elderly preffered. Avial July 732-901-8947
Liberty, Loch Sheldrake: Year round, large home, 3 BR, 2.5bth, C/A, WBF, lg prop, garage, heated pool, YI crowd, anxious seller. Many extras 845-436-9212
For rent North Putnam, renov, 2 story 3 BD/ 1 ½ bth, Vermont log cabin on 7 acres plus full bsmt 3 acres, Lake+Garage-Must see to believe. Contact 845-225-6630. asking $2100 per month. Email Paul@oneclickbuttercutter.com
E. 2/Ave Y. Newly renov 2 BR apt. Mod luxury kit, bath w/Jacuzzi. Lg LR & DR. Dishwasher,Wash & Dry. Unfurnished 718-902-7375, 347-587-7944
Woodside/ Maspeth: Border, 6 rm mod, 3 BR, 1.5 ba, FDR, EIK, new windows, crpt, paint, no pets or W/D, sec dep + 1st & last mos rent, $1975. 516-784-0222
Kew Garden Hills: 3 BR, 1.5 bth, LR, EIK, fin bsmt, sep entr, 2 car drvwy, fin bsmt, sep entr, 2 car drvwy, central loc. new gated front porch. 917-916-8421
OUT OF STATE Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.
DELAWARE COUNTY GREAT BUY Delaware County, 21.8 Acres. Three BR’s, two full baths. Full size Bsmt. 40x56Barn w/a stream. $339,900. Must Sell, Owner 607-265-3431 Waterbury, CT: 15 unit brick bldg, fully occupied 2-3 BR apts. Excel cond. Parking lot. New boilers. Good loc. RR $122K. Expenses $56,800. Call 347-782-6848 Maryland, Baltimore: Spac, pvt lg lot, 7 BRs, 3 full bths, Jewish Community, fin bsmt 1/1BR & bth, pvt drv, rent/sale, $475K. 410-764-2019
MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210 Vacation properties Delaware:Dewey beach4 BR, 2 ½ bth, deck, hrdwd flrs, balcony, ocn vu, 1 block to beach, 629,999k rentals. 610-888-5866 www.whisperingpalms-db.com New Hampshire, Washington 24 wooded acres, Town Rd w/electric & access to boat launching ramp for half moon pond. $5000 per acre 914-592-8414
Butler PA: Single fam $575,000. 4 large BRs, high & EIK, DR, great rm, LR, office, Laundry rm, Fin bsmt, in-law apt, CAC, all totally redone, basement garage + new 2 car heated garage/workshop, large lot on quiet street, near shopping & schools, spacious home in mint condition. Asking 575,000. Make offer, Call 570-785-2305
PA HOUSE FOR SALE TROUT RUN 2 CABINS/HOMES ON SAME PARTIAL WITH GARAGE ON 3 ACRES OF LAND. LARGE MAN MADE WELL STOCKED LAKE. EXC HUNTING. $94K OBO. OWNER 570-327-1305 House for sale North Carolina Certified energy star home Arts & Crafts Classic construction. New green home, 3 BR, 2 ½ bth, contemporary, 2100 sq ft, 7 acre. Additional acreage avail. 2008 Asheville Parade of homes$682,508 828-545-4931 or 828-545-8086
NC Real Estate 1997 custom built real estate w. 8 acres, 8 more acres avail, htd pool. Low taxes $1.25 mil. Call “Lucy” for link to website 1-800-930-1999
Los Angeles: Large 2 story 5 BR, 4 bth home avail for summer. Granit Kosh Kit. Lg bckyrd. Nr shuls 310-735-3310
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BROOKLYN House for rentBrooklyn Flatbush E 28th, Ave L and M-Fully Furn house, 1 year rental, 3 BR, 3 Bths, all appliances, 2 sinks, furn bsmnt, back yard, big terrace, pvt 2 car driveway. $2,500 a month, plus utility Call Barbara: 646-552-8630
Bay Ridge, Sunset Park: 1800 sq ft STORE, spotlessly clean with white ceramic tile, move-in condition. Heat incl. Call owner Ralph 732-617-0198
E 28th/Ave K. Det 3BR pvt house, fin Bsmt w/ofc or 4th BR, new stainless Appls, 2.5 baths, attic, w/d. MIC Shared drvwy. $2900. 917-859-4444 E 28/Ave J. 3 lrge BRs, 1.5 bths, EIK, attic playrm. New scraped flrs. Pvt drv. 718-338-6935 or 917-837-9062 Brooklyn Ave S/E17. Newly built 3 br apt. Lrge LR & DR. Call: 718-902-7375 347-587-7944
East 23rd/Y-Sheepshead Bay: 3 BR, 1 bth, large LR/DR, near shuls, shopping & more. 1650/mo utilities not included. Call 347-242-9997 or 347-242-1552 THREE 3 FAMILY HOMES ON 80X100LOT ASKING $975K ALSO 3 BR APT FOR RENT. R7A ZONE. CALL BROKER 646-207-7151 Gravesend: 5.5 rms, absentee landlord, terr, yard, pvt drv, gar. $1,700. Credit Check. Agt. 646-207-5087
Ocean Pkwy/ Ave Y: 2 BR apt, 1st flr in pvt hse. Asking $1800. heat not included. Call 718-690-6085
6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110
Boro Park, 20 w/53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 BRs, new kit, bsmt, drv. Nr stores, shuls F train. Asking $3000/mo nego. Call 718-258-4824
House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087
QUEENS 2 Family Detached, 2 br, 1 bth, on first floor. Second floor—2 bdrms/bth w/ porch, close to transportation and synagogue. Asking low 600’s call 646-217-8252
Kew Gardens: huge 3 BR, 1 bth with NYC skyline views, great open kit and LR area w/d storage across Forest Park nr trans and LIRR 347-7390 See WebID NS905057
Bell Harbor, Beach 137138th St: 60x200, 2 family with tennis court. Call Walsh Properties 718-945-5512
FRESH MEADOWS: Unfurn 1BR apt top flr of pvt home, separate entry, EIK, new carpeting, nr trans $1200/mo. Utils incl. Contact owner, 516-643-7688
Rockaway Blvd: Near JFK, fully renov, 1+2 BR apt, 1 bnth each in pvt home. Near shopping, trans and more! No smoking, refurnished, reasonably priced. Please Call 917-873-5561 Kew Garden Hills House for Rent K.G.H 1 Fam, 3 Bdrm, 1.5 Bths. Kitchen backyard and furnished Bsmt Gorgeous Deck $2,400 Call 917-669-9676 Far Rockaway, 3 family brick detached 3 bedroom/ 6 bathrooms off the beach and trans. 2706 Seigal Ave 576-569-8674 or 718-552-5050 Financing Available
LONG ISLAND
Wesley Hills, NY: 4 BRs, 2 bths, 1910 col loaded w/ old world charm & character + 21st century updates. Sits on over 2 acres of amazing park like private property. Ask for Donna 914-393-5361 Coldwall Banker Residential Brokerage
Camp for sale/Rent Tannersville, NY: Summer/ Winter Retreat/Camp on stream. 1 Blk from shul & lake. 14 BRs. Plenty of room for quick expansion for more BRs. Restaurant facility & meeting areas. 5 outdoor decks, public assembly Cert of Ocupancy for 570 ppl. All permits in place. Public water & sewer. Safe area. DR & stores nearby. For sale $795K. Ready for this summer. Please Call Tom 631-901-8535
Fire Island Seaview: 5 BR, lg Bay Front summer home 3/22, 9/8, $29,900 Jul+Aug, $13k, all appl, LR, DR, backyard, grill, lrg kit 718-42396-3437 www.12bayview.info Great Neck: Saddle Rock, 5 BR house and maid’s room, 3.5 bths, backyard, garage and parking, walk to worship, library and park $5200 mo. Call owner 516-466-4197 White Plains rentals Rentals/Westchester White plains-4 BR, 3 bth all renov (11/08) 1 fam home on cul-de-sac in quiet fam oriented nghbrhd, near xpways, good shls, great parks, 25 mins to NYC, $4200/mo. Godfrey 914-345-3141 House for rent Great Neck, Saddle Rock: 5 BR house + maids rm, 3.5 bths, backyard, garage, parking. Walk to worship, library and park. $5200 a month. Call owner 516-466-4197
Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
UPSTATE, LOG CABIN RENTALS: 7 Golf Course or 4 Mtn Top, overlooking Delaware River. Stay & Play Golf Pkgs available. Call us at 607637-5253 or check us out @ bassenterprises.com
MASSAPEQUA: 3 cozy BR ranch, SD #23, sun porch, W/D. attic, gar, LRG Yrd, 1 blk from Tackapausha preserve. Nr park, shops + LIRR, lovely residential area. Long term lease/ pets OK. No fee. $2195 + Owner 516-241-9542
SMALL BUNGALOW COLONY, 70 BEAUTIFUL ACRES TO BUILDINGS AND AN IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL, NEEDS TLC, FEATURES A SMALL LAKE WITH HISTORIC STORE DEN, WATERFALLS, STREAM HILLS, VALLEYS AND LOTS OF TREES, LESS THAN 35 MILES FROM THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE IN SCENIC SULLIVAN COUNTY (MOUNTAINDALE) ASKING 579K. CALL JOYCE DAVID. 718-875-2000
Vacation property Southampton Waterfront Estate7BR w/5 master BR suites, pool, tennis, volleyball courts, boat/dock, elev, game room/gym. 917-418-6872. View website homerentals.com Property ID 40506
WOODMERE: 1 BR, 1.5 Bth, newly renovated, private garage w/ separate entrance includes all utilities gas + electric. Near all shopping, transportation and shuld. Call 516-524-8378 or 516-612-4656
N.Y. STATE FORSHAY: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent. Reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845
House for rent Great Neck, Saddle Rock: 5 BR house + maids rm, 3.5 bths, backyard, garage, parking. Walk to worship, library and park. $5200 a month. Call owner 516-466-4197 Forshay: 13+BR mansion for rent for the summer. Heated indoor/ outdoor pool, large backyard ALSO Forshay: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent, reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845
OUT OF STATE Pennsylvania/ Townhouse for rent East Strausberg Townhouse for rent 2 bdrm, 2 bath, fireplace, updated kitchen, cathedral Ceiling, garage bsmnt. Avail now. $1,150/mth + util Call: 570-223-0578 CANADA-Luxurious condo available in tower 41, monthly/yearly- Short/long-term. Call: 514-991-3969 Los Angeles: Lrg 2 story, 5BR, 4bth home avail for summer. Granite kosh kit. Lg bckyrd. Nr shuls. 310-735-3310
North Putnam, renov, 2 story 3 BD/ 1 ½ bth, Vermont log cabin on 7 acres plus full bsmt 3 acres, Lake+Garage-Must see to believe. Contact 845-225-6630. asking $2100 per month. Email Paul@oneclickbuttercutter.com
Apartment For Rent
BROOKLYN Boro Park: 500sf office space for $1100 both newly renov. 917-892-3700
Sheepshead Bay. 1 BR remodeled Apt. No section 8. No washer/dryer Call after 6 pm. 718-769-1318 APTS TO SHARE Looking for frum girl to share 2 br Apt in the heart of Flatbush. Ave J/Coney. Call 718-252-0263 Ave S/ Low East 1 ½ BR Newly Renovated Apt 2nd Fl New Appliances heat included $1300 Call 718-648-3835 ROOM FOR RENT In busy area in Flatbush (On Coney Island between J & K) Call 718-253-0493 Pkwy Ave L +M, 2nd fl elev, small 2 br, 1 bth, LR/DR, great bldg, near all transportation, gas included $170k. No Broker, building. Call Owner: 718-252-5802 KENSINGTON: 3 room apt, 1 bath for rent. Freshly painted. Near shopping and trans. Call: 424-202-1152 Bklyn Apts unfurn. Bensonhurst- Apartments 6 rooms, 2 large bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms, refrigerator included, small pet ok, house avail. Now, roommates preffered, no programs. Call owner: 917-805-8324
East 2nd and Ave C, finished basement, 1 BR, lrge kit, LR, DR, great cond, prvt entrance, Near all. 917-282-4855
Ave U-Brand new luxury 2 bdrms, 2 bths granite custome kit, walk-in closets, sep laundry room, DR, LR, elevator. $2,500. Call: 917-757-5060
E. 14/ Ave N 3 Fam. Brk s/alt 19 years old, landlord. Apt, east KIT, CAC 3 Br 1 ½ bth. Split. EIK W/D fin bsmnt. Car port, many Extras no Bkrs. Asking $1,250 516-791-1566
Apt to share furnished: Ocean parkway K/L Super sized master bedroom, EIN Kitchen, Elevator, laundry room, air condition, young senior to share refrences on request 1 month rent, 1 month security Avail Now! Owner 917-771-6105
Ave J/ E 15th: Brand new completely renovated 1+2 BR apts, new appliances, 1 flight up, near all. Please Call 718-692-4181 ext.110 East 4th St/ M&N: 2 BR basement apts, ceramic flrs, 1 BTH, LR, near shuls, shopping, tran and more! $1200 including utilities. Call 718-382-0623
Bklyn Unfurnished Coney Island brand new 3 extra large bedroom apt w/ 3 balconies, Cair, elevator, 2 baths, ocean view, blck from subway, hookups, $2,300/mo Owner 908-418-4563
QUEENS/BRONX
Ave L/E 12: 2 family + basement, 2 car garage. 20x58 (25x90lot). REALTOR 646-391-4211 Foster Ave, East 30th: 2 fam, 4 BR, 2 bth, bsmt. 17.83x40 (17.83x82 lot)
FRESH MEADOWS: Unfurn 1BR apt top flr of pvt home, separate entry, EIK, new carpeting, nr trans $1200/mo. Utils incl. Contact owner, 516-643-7688
Apt for rent-Bklyn DYKER HEIGHTS2 BR w/terrace Modern, LR, EIK, new fridge, W/D hookup $1750. NO Fee.Call 646-734-6053 718-238-3200
Forest Hills: 3300 sqft, w/full kitchen & bathrooms in lower lever of synagogue. Available July 1st ’09. Near trans. $18Sq ft. Contact Harvey at 631-789-5758 harveycpal@aol.com
Park Slope: 4 rooms, new kitchen + Bathroom, freshly painted $1500/mo + one month. Security contact 718-788-8868
Ave. L-M/Ocean Pkwy 1 BR (full sized) EIK,LR,DR. Move in cond. 6th flr. P/T drmn bldg 917-771-6923
FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
Forest Hills: 2 Bedroom, fully renovated, utilities included, 2 blks to Austin St close to all transportation. $1800 Neg 917-417-1545 or 718-575-5004
LONG ISLAND Babylon West 631-376-1510 COUNTRY LAKE VILLAS ADULT COMMUNITY, New Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms, washer/dryer in each unit
Hempstead: 1 BR & studio, pvt entr, 1 parking space free w/rental avail. Call Mr. Rattan 516-292-7600 or 516-383-2388 MINEOLA: Ground flr of a 2 family residence, new construction, AC, 2-3 BR, LR, DR, EIK, Frplc, gar Bckyard, bsmt storage w/ lndry area, nr RR + Bus. $2200/mo, 2 yr lease, no pets. 516-294-8544 Bimiharch- Right away enjoy + live in beautiful home to rent room, seeking gentlemen to live with rabbi Chazan + son. Near synagogues, chabad, shopping, LIRR, 5 towns, Cedarhurst, NY. Call Rivka Shield. 516-643-5025 or 954-567-4040 Unfurn apt for rent Brand new building, immed occ. 2 BR, 1 bth, European kit, stainless steel appl, W/D, hardwood flrs, thru cut, granite cnt tops, ceramic, AC units, vinyl blinds, intercom, cable ready, $2200/ref 917-751-8239
OUT OF STATE Visit the Islands Luxury Caribbean Rental: www.myturkshome.com, turks+caicos/ Michael516-672-4333
SOUTH NORWALK WATERFRONT BRAND New luxury 1 and 2 br APTS*Starting at $1800 call 203-899-9924 for appointment Jefferson@5577water.com Includes specials Red Bank Area Working M will share. Room avail. $600/mo 908-907-0035 Exit 21, NYS thruway, beautiful camp/campus for rent for shabbotonim, school groups, families, etc. Available ApriJune. Also available for Yeshiva groups July-Aug. brand new program for week of August 25th-Sept 1st. exclusive father/son camping program and mini camp program. 347-753-3636 Anguilla, BWI: 995 built large ground level house. 2100 sqft interior, 2100 sq ft terrace & veranda. Property on 0.6 acre. 3 bdrms, 3 bthrms, etc. US $1,750,00/neg. 1-264-497-6224 Ludgerprinz@gmx.de Bennies@angaillent.com
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
BROOKLYN Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681
11th Ave/63rd St: Beautiful, flexible space for rent. 3000 sq ft office, showroom/retail. Call 718-869-2000
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Boro Park, 16th Ave: 5 room office for rent, private bathroom, 1 flt up. Front exposure. 718-338-6433
CENTRAL TEXAS 2652 Acres: excellent hunting, fishing, 3 lakes, Colorado River Frontage, Texas cattle ranch, depreciable assets secluded. $5,760,000 800 Acres: Excellent Oppty for ranching + hunting, underground water, one well, good soil mixed w/Hilly terrain $1,400,000. 740 Acres: Heavily wooded, rugged, hilly, hunting land, secluded, easy access, possible income-wind generators. $1,329,387 418 Acres: Good bird & deer hunting, grassland, hilly mesquite land. $627,000 Liveoak Land & Real Estate 325-642-1999 www.liveoak-realtors.com
Inwood-8 offices available for rent. 3000 sq ft, up to 6,000 sq ft available. Newly renovated, can also be used as a warehouse. For more information. Danrich Realty 718-441-2800
Stores for rent Brooklyn ONE GOAL REALTY Bklyn Mini & Mega Stores for Lease. Also for sale 3 Fam w/store frnt. Cooldeals7@gmail.com 516-414-0962
REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE Court St. Brooklyn, 3rd flr, 900sf. Offices 2 refrigerated 800sf. Each 2 Freezers 800sf each 5000 sf. Storage, 15 ft high, Fright elevator Ground Floor 2000 sf., with loading dock, Total 11,000 sf. Call 917-407-4006
NY STATE
OFFICE FOR RENT/ STATEN ISLAND-Guyan Ave.1500 sq, ft of comm. space excellent for prof. office. Busy area-near transp. Easy access to major roads, highways. Call Gus: 917-750-3898
Med office for sale Bensonhurst Busy dental office for sale in Bensonhurst Area 4 chairs in medical facility. For more information please call: 212-430-3888 Commercial Property for Sale Garage/Warehouse for Sale/Rent. 20,000 sq. ft. E. 15 St. off Ave. L 917-554-5640 lv msg if no answer
PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR SALE CO-OP. NEWLY RENOVATED. MOVE-IN CONDITION. PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. UPPER BAY RIDGE AREA. PRINCIPALS ONLY. CALL BETWEEN 10 AM & 5 PM 718-490-1263
Commercial Property for sale NYC, Brooklyn, Williamsburg theater w/ lot size of 17,500 sq ft for investors (1) option is to use 58,000 BSF for commercial community + residential BLDG Zoning is R6 with C1-3 Perfect for condos, co-ops or a renovated theater architectural drawings will be provided. View www.renellirealty.net or call Rene at 917-657-2090
Property for sale by owner, 25 ft + 100 ft warehouse, 20th Street and 3rd Ave, Brooklyn. 4000 Net lease. Neg. Call 718-238-2355
QUEENS
Lynchburg: 1200 acres, S Central Virginia, great investment for private estate or development, $6.2 Mil 434-546-3225 NICE INVESTMENT PROPERTY: Woodhall St. Detriot, MI 48224. 3BR, 2 bth, 2000 sf colonial, multi-family home. Asking $27,500, current family $85,000 Property management. Referral Avail Mike 313-330-7563
BROOKLYN Bedford Ave/ Avenue U: 800 sf office space, fully renovated with 3 air conditioners, carpet. Call 917-439-5759
Restaurant For Sale Main St. Queens. Prime Location10 Years in Business 718-763-5717
Greenpoint, Bklyn, BUILDING FOR LEASE, 13000 sf. Also can consider joint venture, pref importing busn. 718-891-0298
Inwood, Queens: 8 offices avail for rent, 3000 sq ft, newly renov office, can also be used as a warehouse. For more information. Danrich Realty 718-441-2800
49th Street off 13th Ave: 1 large rm for office, beautifully furnished high ceilings, pvt bath, large windows, pvt entrance. Please Call: 718-851-4673
NY STATE
OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748
Woodridge, NY: Near shops shuls. 5 BR house, den, LR, DR, Fireplace, basement + 2 car gar 888-799-9319
SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200 FOR SALE ROCKLAND COUNTY Motel for sale Special Oppty for Yeshiva/school, prof offices. Over 40x 1g/rms, excellent opportunity for a post natal recovery home, 3 miles from major hospital. 917-365-347 Lots + acreage for sale
OUT OF STATE Periera, Columbia Appx 50,000 mtrs Best lux residential area. La Julita close to Pinares de San Martin $12M US 860-514-1813
Waterbury, CT: 15 unit brick building, fully occupied, 2-3 BR apts. Excel Cond, parking lot, new boilers, good loc, RR. $122K. Expenses $56,800. Call 347-782-6848
Lindenhurst office space Willage of LINDENHURST 1600sf, 7 cubicles, 14x14, storage rm w/ overhead garage door, close to railroad/ post office $1200 avail 4/1. 631-236-6998 Large school building for lease $14,500, move in, excel con, large classrooms, office space & playground, lrge kitch + dining area, lead & asbestos free, handicap accessible, suitable for special ed. 718-483-9665 or 917-282-4855 Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent. Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274 BORO PARK NEW UTRECHT/47TH ST 450 sf good for both store and office 19800 sf also available Call: 718-437-3126 lv msg 16th Ave, 49th Streetbrand new bsmnt, For professional use, 860 sq ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central A/C, many windows. Call: 718-435-9366
Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for light manufacturer Or warehousing 1 passenger freight elevator. Nr all trans. Avail. Immed. 718-541-4997
KINGS HIGHWAY, BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT BY OWNER IN A NEW BUILDING. *PLAZA* 2ND FLOOR. 1500 SQ FT, 2 BTHRMS, PARKING, CENTRAL HVAC. EXCELLENT FINISH, PRIME LOCATION, BUSY AREA. EXCELLENT FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RENT NEGOTIABLE 917-295-7529 OR 347-992-2722 Park Slope 781 4th Ave Corner of 27th St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area. Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail Box Store, Hair Salon, NO FOOD, No Grocery. Reasonable & Negotiable. Call Owner 718-788-4331
Garage for Rent Brooklyn Bedford. Garage avail. For storage. Ave S+T, secure w/alarm, AC and heat. 917-295-5166
SPACE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2000 Sf Storage/Warehouse space for rent Freight Elevator 917-678-8269 Ave N/E 14 St. 1600 sf 1st flr priv Entrance 15 s. freshly painted, move in condition. Call: 718-908-7764
Space for rent 5 TOWNS VIC, Classroom/spc avail for rent, within shul, easy access to public transp. 20 min to Bklyn, 2 min to 5 towns, reas price. 516-825-5566 Boro PK/Prime, large beaut Professional offices w/reception area & 2 conference rooms. Fully wired, DSL, & much more. Move right in. Call: 718-972-2828 Crown Heights/ Nostrand & Easter Pkwy 900+ sf store for rent asking $2500 (718)-498-3200
Medical office for rent/ PARK SLOPE 36 PLAZA STREET EAST. NO FEE. 2000 SQFT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. Ground floor of luxury 12 story residential elevator bldg. Great space with 10’ ceilings. Ideal for medical, dental etc. (previous long term tenant was physical therapy service.) $7000/mo negotiable. Call Alan Kalish 718-633-7586
STORE FOR RENT BROOKLYN Hair salon for rent Ave. U Close to Q+B subway, very convenient access. Asking $2,200 Call: Benny Wong 917-774-6586 718-375-5180 Office in Flatbush for rent. Great neighborhood Very quite 718-627-8606
Brooklyn Office For Rent MILL BASIN State of the Art. 2 operatory Dental offices for cosmetic dentist. Brand new high end quip, fully furnished 1100 sq ft location with full service lab Near all transportation $3500/mo Negotiable w/ incentives 800-495-4624
SPACE FOR RENT-BROOKLYN 51st Street close to 18th avenue Basement suitable for storage High ceilings Call for more information: 908-330-3677
Office for rent: 83 Avenue O / BTW WEST 7th and west 8th/2nd fl , 1000 sf available priced reasonable, near subway Mr. Anthony 718-375-4750
Ave U 2 Stores For Rent 700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top location reasonable price call owner 917-797-1427
Boro Park-Professional Ofc spaces, prime location Newly renov. 917-494-7987
Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette. Gloria: 212-725-6481
Office for rent Ave M, Corner E 19th St. Large office, light, airy, reaso nable. Please call: 718-336-4351
Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St. Storefront office For rent Approx 60x20 good for professional or medical offi. Call 917-435-9274
Gravesend Location Busy area. Beautiful storefront, approx 40x60, High ceilings, full bsmt, ideal for cooperate offices, Ins co, med, bank branches, ETC. For info: 718-966-0230
QUEENS/BRONX Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
Commercial Property Sullivan county, NY. Cold Storage Facility. 20 min No of Middletown, 90 min From GWB, Rt 84 &17/86. Nr proposed casino. 1000 pallets cold storage (18-) (38) w/ofc space, Approx 4 acres , sep maint facility. Poss development. Also 2 smaller props, Main ST, Falls.845-798-1306
Retail space for rent ELMONT: FOR RENT 800 sq ft, Hempstead Turnpike, storefront. Good for office space or retail. $1200/month. Owner. Call 516-437-2100
STATEN ISLAND Minutes to Manhattan, walk to ferry, modern kitchen, privileges. N$380-$440/mo. 24 HRS 718-816-0670
(New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457
Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809
NASSAU / L.I. LIC Proff/ Retail Spaces Beautiful brand new storefront. Completely finished w/ ceramic flrs. Ideal for proff office space, retail a commercial, each unit separate entrance. 900 sf each. Commercial/ residential area..Near Vernon Blvd. Call for details, Bonnie 917-751-8239
Aouth Sayville: 42 Handsome Ave, 5 BR, 3 BA, all new upgrades, new IGP. Taxes for $11,994Star lot size 89-310. shy of ¾ acre. 2,529 sq ft. walk to beach. Ferries in town. $730K. open house. Sundays 12-3 631-786-7090
Madison, Flatlands/ East 35th. 2600 sqft storefront, high traffic area, ground level, Central a/c & heat. Available now $2200. 917-330-6929
Commercial Property/Nassau CEDARHURST beautiful building Near JFK, showroom offices And warehouse, loading dock, approx 16,000 sq ft Call: 516-448-4393
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Land/Lots For Sale
Boutique Broker Dealer prime location Looking for Registered Reps Please contact: nick brown 212-957-2454 or brown@brillsec.com All inquiries will remain confidential.
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT/ L. ISLAND Office available one large bright room with Waiting area available on Maple in Cedarhurst With parking $800 p month Call: 800-388-9299
Business Opportunity EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY! SELLING OT/PT FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM TO SERVICE WILLIAMSBURG AREA. FAX RESUME 718-303-9496 OR CALL 718-303-9413 SYWEISS@WEICDC.ORG JEWELRY STORE ESTABLISHED FOR 50 YEARS, FOR SALE, HEART OF BORO PARK, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. CALL 718-207-5718 Gourmet Coffee, house and café, fast growing chain. New to Florida. Call 305-632-3799 Financing Available.
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Get out of the rate race today and take control of your life. Experience Network Marketers. If you want to explode your income & your business. Call Rick 828-338-0109
1st TIME EVER ON VEGAS STRIP -National Sweepstakes -Slot Tournament -TV Game Show -Extremely High Yield -Seeking $500K -High Risk 877-603-4160 BUSINESS OWNER/ INVESTOR Looking to expand your business into the orthodox community of Highland Park/ Edison NJ? Join our newly planned commercial retail space within a few yards of new Aguda Center. Become an equity partner. Call Sam 732-266-1231 Outstanding business opportunity, distributors needed, no franchise fees. It is finally here! Say good-bye to chlorine, no more burning, irritated eyes/ swimmers Ear/ Brittle Hair + Dry skin/ faded swim suites, keep your pool crystal clear for under $99/yr. 100 % pet safe. Vitamin grade EPA, reg for more info. Call 408-886-0897 or visit our website: ,www.swimmingpoolmagic.com/davidbeck Freedom-seeking entrepreneurs: Combine personal development and conscience work with a fun and lucrative business from home. Empower yourself. Inspire others. Call 888-706-9580 or visit www.bigthinkersunited.com
Established Glatt Kosher restaurant/ take-out/ food store for sale, good location w. parking, 5 towns area. Partners avail 516-581-3930
Financially Savvy Persons Unique opportunity! Initial Funding provided. Gaming Equip, leasing. Email contact info or call, luckyluckyblackjack@yahoo.com 313-243-4419
NEED MEZZANINE FINANCING? We have the solution! No equity required! We loan investment grade, cash backed collateral to project principals. We have the best mezzanine financing solution in the market. Our closing procedures are easy and transparent. Call: 703-906-5414 www.mezcapital.com
Glatt Kosher Restaurant & next door grocery w/ pizza in central Florida. 386-566-1471, Ask for Yehuda
$10K a week guarantee pay: Distributing our magazine and our internet VIP cards. Contact 775-333-1125. Visit our website www.gate4deal.com
IF YOU ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT A HOME BUSINESS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE SIX FIGURE CATEGORY WITH A MINIMUM INVESTMENT OF $2,000 THEN CONTACT GARY SCHECHTER. CALL 917-677-8263 OR 888-274-2933 FOR MORE DETAILS. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY! GREATER DAYTON BEACH, Florida, Jerusalem, Glatt Kosher Restaurant & Deli 366 W. Granada Blvd. Grocery, Dairy restaurant & pizza 364- BW Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Sun-Thu 11-10pm, Fri 11-4pm, Sat. closed. Toll Free: 1-877-671-0033 Beef Brisket, Shwarma, stuffed cabbage, Kasha Varnishka, Beef Stroganoff, Deli: Corned beef, Pastrami, Chopped liver, falafel, couscous. Tel 386-671-0033, Fax 386-671-0037 www.GlattKosherFlorida.com Sup. Rabbi Pinchas Ezagui, Head of Chabad
Business ownership Opportunity in youth fundraising. 80%-100% return for the kids. $9500 for the exclusive territories. 952-226-1484 or mgerken@integra.net
$3.5 MILLION new system from a new renowned Consultant. 775-333-1125. Visit website www.gate 4deal.com
Architect seeks financial partner for 114 Room Hotel/ Restaurant in Western NY. Project near completion. Lend or equity position. 631-451-7799
Capital wanted Need const. Or Perm. Loans for 5yr, 10% int, 1st pos. on rentals. Guar. by Fed. Jeff 602-299-4536 or JLSpringer.com
Obgyn Practice for sale: Brooklyn, ideal for Orthodox Jewish MD. Receipts 700k. Call Mr. Weissen at 631-281-2810 or email gnw1@buysellpractices.com Private Investor Wanted, Earn 10-15 pvt yearly financing way below market value. 1-2 years term. Contact Desmond 917-689-5643
Homes Owners Struggling to pay your mortgage? Facing foreclosure? Need experience on your side? Guaranteed sale in 14 days Call for your free consultation today www.princewilliamhomesearch.com 703-357-9749 Keller Williams Realty
$250K Investors 38.5 acre,276 affordable green, Houses for seniors/ veteransLand: Appraisal $ 4.4 million. Developers offer the following. 250k note +1st T/deed+4pts +10%Interest$85k Invest out of pocket 165k JV50/50 Until paid in full plus interest $85k/ $250k Compare with bank cd No funds until C.O.E More info call 510-352-7887
INVESTORS WANTED Nasdaq listed company needs 250k/ 6-12 month working capital, loan, with pay monthly int.15 yr Profitable over 3MMassests Funds will assist 5MM contract. Call Dennis 310-704-2252
Investors wanted Nasdaq listed Co. needs 250k 6-12 month working capital loan, will pay int 15 yr profitable over 3 MM assets funds will assist 5MM contract. Call Dennis 310-704-2252 Business person to negotiate. I have 2 inventions. Great money making opportunity. Interested? Call Janet 347-439-8968 TAX LIENS Earn 9.85% to 13.95% Secure Investment in Tax Liens via debt Investment with Fixed Returns www.commercialep.com 866.966.0099 Ext 115
PUBLISHING & RARE INTERNET BOOK BIZ: Internet Sales/ yr $1:2 m- $350 profit/ yr publishing, Rights from pres. Ford all internet Relocate anywhere Now pls, note Co. Value @ $10M will sell for $5M W $2M Cash required/ $3M to be financed by current owner. Both Cos. Will be auctioned to highest bidden on May 10th , 2009 Biddens must reg. online to www.signaturehouse.net Contact 615- 268- 5245 Co: www.flatsigned.com
Development Oppty, 228 Condo Project, Oil sands capital Fort McMurray, AB CA $15.6M, CDN. Incl, DP, Reports, Studies, Drawings, Plans, Phone 866-215-1222 info@Shireinvestments.com BECOME A SUCCESFUL CONCERT PROMOTER Call: HMI, New York (800) 836-1691
Salesman or distributor of an exclusive and high tech product for business, investment from $480 US up to $1,000,000 US 717-718-5568 bkidr25@gmail.com
Investor_Invest $20k Receive up to $48k. Invest $40k Receive up to $96k. Make possible 160pct in 3yrs. Contact 717-718-5568 Email: bkidr25@gmail.com INVESTMENT PROPERTY MIDWOOD GREAT INVESTMENT OPP!2 FAMILY MIXED USE PROPERTY WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE,BRICK FACE CONSISTS OF TWO1VR APTS & A 1400SQ. FT. COMMERCIAL SPACE. R.R. Asking 569k. Call broker 917-442-0084 www.pisrealtygroup.com
Will invest & merge into public shell: 30 year old private investment company will infuse up to $1 Mil. Assets; Merge, reorganize & reactivate trading-for pinked or BB Shell (dormant or distressed OK) Chuck: 773-761-5454 ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS We have recently lowered the interest rate on a loan of $350,000 from 6.25% to 3.25% DO A LOAN MODIFICATION Lower your interest rate without hurting your credit. Call home lock management 800-945-4122 RECESSION PROOF HOME BUSINESS Partner with 2 yr old Network Marketing company Rapidly expanding in NY and FL. Founded by infomercial television giant. Partner with top leaders, work PT or FT. This business prospers in the economy. Free Training Leave messege at 1- 888- 494- 0053 To receive FREE information
HOT: GUARATEED 12- 15% RTN COLLATERIZED-Active growing company seeks investors for growth of its industrial/heavy machinery division. Call Mario: 305- 394- 6569 or 305-975-5832
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Experienced company serving Michigan, Ohio and India Inquire within Call Southwood Management 248-217-5040 PRIVATE MONEY AVAILABLE 12% Short Term Quick Closings! 718-490-4300 917-578-9514
Looking for investment partner for kitchen/Bathroom co asking $200/$250K investment Co has 30 yrs experience in the industry Working with existing showrooms Call: 210-695-6370/ 212-695-6373
Very Active Brooklyn Law Practice For Sale. Only Law Firms with at least 3 Attorneys need Apply. Terms Negotiable. Please Call 718-336-3938 AFTER 6pm
Lindenhurst office space Willage of LINDENHURST 1600sf, 7 cubicles, 14x14, storage rm w/ overhead garage door, close to railroad/ post office $1200 avail 4/1. 631-236-6998
EXCELLENT DEAL! Boro Pk restaurant for sale $65k Flex; Prime location in Boro Pk. Serious inqs only. 917-626-2927 Glatt kosher restaurant in Brooklyn, Established 4 years. Long lease w/low rent. Exc oppty. Ask $69k. 718-810-5323
CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
WE DELIVER! REO foreclosures Nationwide & local Packages, all sizes MBT avail 33% up unlimited supply of residential, commercial, performing, Nonperforming notes, hedge funds & REIT Companies are welcome. Call MAGIC REALTY 516-702-6300 yvettemagicreal@optonline.net ODYSSEY GENERAL PARTNERS Seeking capital for investment opps In detressed Real Property & Notes. 25 yrs exp; Finance & Construction Mgmt Team; providing financial/ project oversight & implementation. 20+% returns. Inflation Hedge. pskrade@eastmancp.com
414-841-7084 Live/ Work opportunity: Boro Park 58 St, corner 17th Avenue. Full floor + attic. Separte entrance, quiet area. New carpet and paint. Airy and lite, beautiful garden. 718-930-0150 Rare investment opportunity: Int’l online poker. Operating successfully. Accredited investors only. Min inv 50k. Call 205-383-9222 $500-$3,500: Returning calls from home, part-time. Pick your own hours, No selling! Not multi-level marketing, No cold calling. Please Call: 888-601-6261 Brand New Restaurant fully equipped 15 yr lease. Prime Cedarhurst location turn key operation. MUST SEE!!! Call HARVEY: 516-510-8172 Brand new Bldg 7300 sq ft 3 store w/ elev mod installation, near trans. Excellent for med offices or day care center. Call Mr. Arthur: 212-947-7817
LIC Proff/ Retail Spaces Beautiful brand new storefront. Completely finished w/ ceramic flrs. Ideal for proff office space, retail a commercial, each unit separate entrance. 900 sf each. Commercial/ residential area..Near Vernon Blvd. Call for details, Bonnie 917-751-8239
Financial Services Certified Public Accountant Expertly handles all areas of Accounting & taxation, for business And individuals. Call: 718-282-1553
Land/Lots For Sale
BROOKLYN NASSAU REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013 Brooklyn Lot For Sale Midwood 1472 E. 19th St. 35 x 100 R-6 zone Plans Fully Approved foundation35 x 95 Owner renovated, planned with broker Coldwell Banker Mid Plaza Kim Stavrach 718-646-3600 FOR SALE FAMILY PLOT (4 PLOTS TOGETHER) IN BETH MOSES CEMETERY LI. BELOW MARKET PRICE OF $2,000 EACH OR $7,500 FOR ALL FOUR, OBO. CALL: 786-378-7174
Bethel, NY. Approved 28 lot, subdivision in Sullivan Cntry. Existing house in one lot + 27 -1/2 are lots 3 acre pond, 30 acres of common area $1.5M. By owner 631-692-9878
Tutoring Money to Lend WANTED $200K 5 years will pay 6%. Commercial Asset @ $410,566. 305-796-2747 Fixed Rate Predictable Returns Limited Time Offers
12%
Secured & Guaranteed Call Now 954-961-2000 Alan J Brown CPA: All business and personal taxes, bookkeeping, payroll and general accounting services. Over 30 yrs experience. Reasonably rates. Call 718-338-2641 or 347-729-3565
AFFORDABLE TUTORING Prep for Math & Science Regents With outstanding tutors who cover all The material & strategies students Must know. Very affordable rates! Online & Flatbush locations. Call Perry: 718-377-0015 Professional tutoring Are you Worried About your child passing the 2008 NYC math test? Service is offering test prep qualified tutors Individualized attention amazing results references available. We cover All of the topics outlined by NYS Dept of Education. Homework help also Avail. Help your child Excel in Math. Call 347-247-4258 ATTENTION STUDENTS!!!
NEED SOMETHING TYPED? CALL TYPING PRO @ 347-243-2024
Music Lessons Piano lessons,-all levels. Instrument provided free of charge. Reasonably priced. Call: 718-207-5981 Call: 212-496-9148
Playgroup Playgroup: Madison age 2-6. Morah Leora, early/late dropoff. Quality care. Summer/all year. 718-646-9368
Caregiver Home Care: Live/ out, bathing, cleaning, feeding, Transportation & companionship 646-469-5340 or 732-276-7028 LOOKING TO HELP THE ELDERLY. EXPERIENCED Nurse Aid. Help is at your doorstep. Experienced & Certified nurse’s aid available to care for the elderly + homebound or hospice. Please contact CLAUDIA SHWEKY 732.829.6716 or 732.222.5841 I am a responsible, honest person seeking position as home health aide for elderly or housekeeping. Ref avail. Call Barbara 718-926-1414 Companion/Caregiver Companions/caregiver available Exp. compassionate caregiver seeks position. Live in/out. Excellent ref. Call Beverly: 917-757-5363 Mature multilingual available Private driver w/ car avail to service all your needs. Local and long distance-Servicing NY, NJ, CT + LIServicing weddings, airport, mountains, etc. Reasonably priced. Call: 646-331-9229 Eldercare caring experienced , home aid/Companion, daily or live-in Excellent Ref. Jean: 347-678-5836
I am a mature woman looking for a job as a HOME HEALTH AIDE assisting the elderly. I can live in or out. Ref’s avail. Thacla at 347-760-7628 ASPIRATIONS CAREGIVERS And companions serving NY, NJ, Connecticut, Miami immediate referring verifiable references Screaned + bonded 718-812-4924 Certified nurses aid seeks position taking care of the elderly. References available Upon request 15 yrs experience call 718- 953- 8093 European Caregiver Will live in or out Provide house cleaning Olga: 732-581-7838
ARTAVIA AGENCY We Specialize in HHA/ CAN/ LPN/ RN WE PROVIDE GENERAL/ HEAVY DUTY CLEANING, GARAGES, OFFICE HOMESM ETC. NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL, SERVICING ALL 5 BOROUGHS AND BEYOND. 1877-545-3602 FOR ALL OUTSIDE BOROUGHS CALL 718-652-0099 C HILD CARE AVAILABLE . Vicinity of Bay Pkwy. FT or PT, references avail. Upon request. 30 yrs Exp. with newborns. Please call 718-256-6214 CHILDCARE/HOUSE
KEEPING COMPANIONSHIP, HONEST R ELIABLE , EXP ’ D , LET WILLING HANDS GUIDE YOU 347-295-3348 B ONDED WWW. WILLINGHANDS . BIZ
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Available for repair and installation of telephone and computers. Call Isaac at 718-213-7533
Private chauffer, full time, honest, reliable. 15 yrs exp, middle aged euro gent, clean record, Refs Avail. Contact Teddy 718-961-8535
Dental Lab In Bensonhurst looking for office help with dental office experience. Good computer skills helpful Call 718-331-2241 or fax resume 718-331-2251
Caregiver Certified HHA with over 15 years experience available to work with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Live-out, full time, excellent references, legal. Reasonable rates Call 301-816-3184 or Cell 240-645-2528 Male caregiver with 15 years exp, seeking position liv in or out. Call 240-715-8794 Child-Elderly Mon–Fri French/Eng. Speaking. Since 95 Can and GNA. Good Refs, Legal. Call 240 353 3295 Companion, an Irish lady seeks Position, 12 years exp Caring for Alzheimer’s patients Ref available please call 646-732-9578 Positions wanted I am a MAN with nursing home exp Seeking position to work with elderly. M-F day/evenings. Ref avail upon Request. Call 718-931-8632/ 917-428-7635 CERTIFIED SEEKS
NURSES AIDE
POSITION TAKING CARE
OF THE ELDERLY, FOR WEEKEND ONLY. FRIDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING ONLY. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. CONTACT LUZ G @ 347-873-6717
HOME CARE –LIVE IN OR OUT BATHING, CLEANING, FEEDING, TRANSPORTATION AND COMPANIONSHIP 646 469 5340. AID/ COMPANION/ CHILDCARE with more than 12 years experience, seeks position. Excellent checkable references. Please Call: 718-284-7637
Help Offered SITUATION WANTED ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER, DOCUMENT FILE CLERK, GENERAL OFFICE ASSISTANT. CALL EVENINGS
718-493-3498 Caring, attentive, private duty healthcare, 10 years experience, to care for your loved ones, in your home. Call 571-931-6074. References upon request.
Dogwalker Looking for clients in upper East Side of Manhattan. Half an hour walks, twice a day, reasonable rates! Call Tyler at 248-225-0419 or email zivkujohn@gmail.com Looking for someone to manage your buildings or apts? Have them managed hassle free by a reliable and organized company. Best prices! Please call 718-930-0999, lv msg Very experienced articulate& Friendly driver looking for a position as a personal driver for executive or business woman Please call Sam 917 304 8132
Driver with brand new car (Toyota Hollander Hybrid Suv) ready to serve you with all your transportation needs throughout the tristate area (NY, NJ, CT) Short/ Long distance. Reasonable priced. Excellent references. Call Alex 917-440-9124 or 917-498-0011
I AM A CARPENTER LOOKING FOR WORK. Spackling, sheet rock, tile, doors, bathrooms, kitchens, painting etc. Call @ 718-363-8994 ZEVULAN partner to support my Learning for one year, only $20K Call: 646-385-2259 NEED A RABBI !!! A dynamic experienced Modern Orthodox Rav will lead your shul. Baal Koreh and more, great speaker and educator. Email : evereadyrav@yahoo.com Or call 702-673-7180 WE
ARE A LEADING IT COMPANY that Specializes in
affordable website design, Custom software design, ecommerce solutions, Server maintenance and networking, SEO and more. For a free consultation call AJ Landesman @212-475-8633/ 347249-2959 or see us at www.xcaliberalpha.com offices in Manhattan+Long Island I am seeking a cleaning offices or home position. I have good refs, I have my own car will travel to Long Island and Manhattan. Call 718 297-1469 or 347-738-8491 HAMPTON SWIMMING INSTRUCTION (LIFEGUARD FOR PARTIES) ALL AGES: INFANTS, TODDLERS, SWIM TEAM, HANDICAPPED ENERGETIC INSTRUCTORS, 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE. RESULTS GUARANTEED. CONTACT KIM *82-631-681-6042, VICKI *82-631-839-7946 VLBONAGURO@OPTONLINE.NET Research study Upscale senior Jewish males wanted to participate in research study for book about male sexuality. All interviews will be conducted personally by young female author. All responses will be private and confidential. Contact 646-387-3801 Elderly care & babysitting M-F. Over 5 years experience. Excellent references, available immediately. Call 347-221-8919 Certified nurses aide seeks position, taking care of the elderly for weekends only. Friday to Monday morning only. References available upon request. Contact Luz G 347-873-6717
Male caregiver w/15 years experience, seeking position, live in or out. Call 240-715-8794
Help Wanted
Cook to run small kosher kitchen in Bronx nursing Home, will move to Queens facility in 2 months.Knowledge of Buchanian cooking a plus. Benefits. 718-519-5878
Jewish Media, is seeking a few pleasant workers to serve the Jewish communities of NY, NJ & FL. $500 a week +Bonus & Commission. Please Call: 917-913-0000
KOL HAOLAM NEWS SEEKS ADVERTISING REPS % BASED. CALL 347-678-0925. E-mail/text kolhaolam@yahoo.com
AGING? CONCERNED? FEMALE/ MALE MODELS NEEDED. COMPLIMENTARY DEMO. LOOK UP TO 10 YEARS YOUNGER IN 10 MINUTES. 631-236-9841 / LONG ISLAND NYC 917-204-1071
Cook Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for experienced cook Please call 917-453-6776, 845-893-3719 or 732-363-3636
Mature Professional with excellent references, looking for 1 br apt beginning may/june In staten island or Rockland County (Spring Valley or Monticello)- CALL NOW 718- 812- 4924
Legal secretary P/T or F/T, Must have legal experience. Short-hand or speed-writing preferred. Salary negotiable. Sheepshead Bay area 718-646-2600
Counselor needed at Camp Emunah. Contact bailark@verizon.net or call 917-783-3135 interested specialty counselors living on or off camp groungs,call 212 254 2987
Help wanted UPHOLSTERER: For high end custom furniture Mfg. Based in LIC. 5 yrs exp. Sal + Benefits. Call 718-889-4717. Fax res 718-706-7718
Help wanted Secretary f/t Sun-Thurs Midwood, phones, Filing, comp, lit, photoshop knowl A+ Hebrew A+ Call: 718-998-9301
MAN WITH CAR/ VAN NEEDED For newspaper delivery service. Call for more info: 718-998-6602
Medical Help Wanted/Brooklyn Dental assistant receptionist F/T Midwood Bensonhurst area. Please call: 718-339-1122
HELP WANTED Saleslady with some sales exp needed for fabric Store. Call 718-436-5849 or 347-743-7339
Manager Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for heimishe manager. Please call 917-453-6776 or 845-893-3719 Help Wanted Chef, P/time for new upcoming Catering hall, in queens, exper pref, Call bet 10-6pm. 917-696-7879 HELP WANTED/ BKLYN Dental hygienest Boro Park dental office. P/T Fridays 718-854-3333 Help wanted-Secretary SECRETARY FOR YESHIVA in Queens. Must be computer literate. Call: 718-644-4048
15 people wanted to lose up to 30lbs in 30 days! 100% Guaranteed! Dr. Recommended! Call 718-256-1447/ 866-202-1424 Pin: 2584. www.wondershape.com Unique opportunity Earn $10K+ a month. Busy RE investment company seeks motivated salesperson. No experience required. Must have a car. Please Call 718-221-2100
General Help-ASAP Everybody qualifies No experience necessary! Call for immediate interview. QUEENS 718-606-1733
CLASSIFIEDS Beauty
Handyman
Help wanted Cosmetician, exp’d-F/T knowl of selling cosmetics & fragrances a must. Sal + commish. 718-645-0166
*HANDYMAN* Give me a call, I do it all! •Kitchens•Ceilings•Bathrooms •Dry Wall•Painting•Tile Work www.QualityDoesCount.com 20years Experience. FREE ESTIMATES. Call Steve 718*614*4916
Cosmetician Stay smooth by Galit Avigail. Waxing, electrolgins and infrared laser/low prices Georgetown Location. 718-214-5046
NAILS TECHS AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS 10 min. manicure Is Hiring Technicians, Massage Therapist. Must be licensed. New JFK Airport location. Apply at www.10minutemanicure.com or call Mary Beth. 866-663-0802
Cleaning Services Cleanout commercial & residential. Big or small odd jobs we do it all Call for free estimate Mark 917-682-2247 Clean your house- JEM Residential and commercial Other svcs avail upon request First time $50 Full trained, 6 yrs experience, References available, call for free estimate 440-983-1727 or 917-304-2375
1st Class Cleaning Services. We do it all- All organic, Insured & Bonded, references Passover Special $129.95 (4 Hrs) Servicing: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens 718-408-9244 or 646-213-3012 www.1stclasscleaningnyc.com Heaven’s Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Hardwd, Tile & Grout Dry in1 Hr. Prompt, Reliable Svc, House Special: 5 Rms + Hallway & Stairs $189.00 . 2 Rms + Hallway $89.00 3 Rms + Hallway $119.00 Sofa & Loveseat $139.00 (718)696-9117 S & S Rubbish Removal All Clean up. Yard/bsmt/ garage. Free est. S&S Rubbish Removal/Demolition. Sh Shab. Please Call Shawn 347-404-1643
Electrician Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481 AAA Head Gaskets & Engines Installed. Lowest prices Guar’d! All makes & models. North Star Special! Call 732-583-4120
Need extra income? Now you can make your own job in your town. Contact 303-772-2156 Website:www.Chromark.net
Handyman
Female home attendant needed to help American Family, 15 Hr. Car a plus. 347-721-2616
RAJA Appl repair. All major brands, Frig, A/C, micrwv, oven/stove, D/W, W/D, reas, reliable 718-377-1428
HARPER’S HANDYMAN SVC. All types of home repair A-Z Done with pricle by dependable, reliable craftsman Call 732-216-7323
Home Improvement D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809 Contracting: Boro Park Cement Corp. Shomer Shabbat. Complete remodeling, carpentry, Cement work, roof work & more. Full service company 25 years exp. 646-234-4477, 718-258-2796 Handyman: Complete bathroom and kitchen plumbing…construction, electrician and any repair! Free estimate. Nathan Nachum 646-267-1207 Joseph Prestia Heating & Mechanical, Gas boilers, Water Heaters, bathrooms completed & remodeled, wall hung, tankless water heaters, alterations & repairs, boiler rewiring & trouble shooting. BOILER TUNE UP. Call now for early discount 718-382-7648 or 917-796-0063 Sheetrock, plastering, paint, rooms $100 minimum 2 rooms, 24 years exp. 718-987-0033 or 917-656-8545 HKM Marble floor polishing: We make all marble floors look new. Polishing & restoration for commercial & residential. Sand, repair, polish, seal + marble crystallization. Get it done right. 718-575-0887 or 917-544-5746 Contracting Precise New York Contractors. Licensed & fully insured. Kitch cabinets, bthrms, painting, wd flrs, plumbing, elec, tub glazing. Complete renovations, residential/ commercial. Free estimate: 718-812-2466
PAGE 51 Home Improvement Giannotti Contracting All pases of home improvements INC. * Finished Basements * Sheetrock * Taping * Extensions * Masonry * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Roofing * Siding * Windows & more. Call Dominick 718-256-9393 ALL CITY MOVERS, LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED. LOCAL OR LONG DISTANCE. 917-805-4462
I specialize in carpentry, painting & landscaping w/ over 15 years exp. Ref’s avail. Reasonable Rates. Call 212-882-1799 509 McDonald Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11218 (corner of Church and McDonald Aves) 159-03 Hillside Ave, Jamaica Queens. 718-206-4202 Exact Masonry. All types of Masonry Specializing in stone & concrete Residential & Commercial Restoration work *Steps *Foundatations *Chimneys *Patios *Pool decks *Sidewalks, and much more! Over 25 years Experience! 732-785-7767 S TRUCTURAL S TEEL BLDS A NY S IZE M ISC S TAIRS /R AILINGS A LUM /S TEEL C ALL : (800) 886-6899 BATHTUB, TILE REGLAZING + WATERPROOFING Unbeatable price guaranteed. 10% off with ad 718-866-6124/ 917-335-3798
For plumbing snd heating repair mechanic, reasonable rates. 24 hour serv. For free estimate Call Mose 718-813-4154 TREE TRIMMING Sukka Kosher? Call sender 347-200-2098 J Newman, full service construction and violations removed. *Kitchen & Bathroom renov *Basement digouts *Extersions and more. Licensed NYS professional engineer. Fully Lisc and Insured. For free estimate call Steve. 917-975-1752
Pest Control Rescue pest control Rats*Mice*Roaches*Ants*Silve rfish*Termites Contact KeithTel/fax 718-348-1141, Cell-718-930-9393
PAGE 52 Pest Control NATURAL GINESIS NO MORE BUGS! 100% NATURAL PLEASE CALL: 800-807-9357 www.naturalginesis.com
AUTOS Car for sale HONDA 2001 Civic Ex, orig owner, 73K mi, 2 DR coupe, 4 cyl, $6500 Neg. Call 646-456-3686 for info Motor Home RV Trips for FREE on condition of purchase of electronic, batteries & groceries. 917-216-8379 Donate your car: Truck, SUV, 4x4, property profit + real estate donation? We’ll pay cash for your car. Tax donation Min/Max 500-5000 *Free vacation* Pick-up free 24/7. 501C approved-running or not- no papers needed. Donations, provide clothing, food education program. Bless the children’s fund. 877-907-KIDS (5437) 2001 Construction Odyssey Inc: Remodeling, house, apts, bsmt, offices, soters, new kitch + bths. Ceramic/Marble, fences + decks, cement and interlock pavers. Lic+ins. Please call 646-220-3221 or 718-243-9327 ALL YOUR TRUCKING/VAN NEEDS. RELIABLE DISCOUNTED RATES. CALL RAM:
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CLASSIFIEDS AUTOS CARS FOR SALE $200/$500 cars 4 cash. Any model, any condition. Call: 347-234-8566 Auto Buyers Cars, Trucks, Any condition Cash on the spot highest $$$ Fast, Free Pick up, anywhere, anytime 732-298-4539 MUSTANG 2006 ROUSH GT, STAGE I, W/ROUSH STAGE II SUSPENSION, OFF ROAD EXHAUST, 5 SPEED SHORT THROW BILLET SHIFTER, GT 40 RACING START BUTTON, DRIFTER RIMS, GARAGED, TRIPLE MINT COND. SIGNED BY JACK ROUSH HIMSELF. $21,900 13,000MI 516-633-9500 DONATE YOUR CAR! Free vacation + $1,000 gift car. 24/7 free pickup tax deduction. HELP CHILDREN IN CRISIS. Se habla espanol. 877-829-9633 Attention! Camry ‘97 ALL TOYOTAS WANTED Any cond./mi, Cash pd, 24/7. all other models welcome. 732-221-8555 A CAR FOR YOU RT 9, TOMS RIVER, PAYS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST FOR YOUR USED CAR OR TRUCK 1998 & NEWER. 732-267-0703
Moving & Storage Visit international synagogue at JFK Int Airport. IAT Terminal #4-4th flr “The only shul in an airport in the western hemisphere.” Minyamin/ services prior to El-Al. SWISS AIR-CZECK FLIGHTS. Manny Weiss, president Rabbi Bennett M Rackman, Chaplain. www.jfkshul.com 718-646-5044
SHOLOM MOVING BEST SERVICE BEST PRICE CAN HELP YOU MOVE ANYTIME ANYWHERE CALL ALEX 646 467 5950
Pets
Merchandise
Merchandise
Puppies for Sale Cockapoo’s/ Yorkiepoos/ Puggles/ Chorkie/ Lab ShiChow/ Shihtzt/ Morkies $300 & Up CC pet 717- 548- 2989
Cash for collectables We come to you Liadro,Herend,Hummel, royal Doulton,boehm,anri,meissen, Cybis, Aramani, Rosenthal, Lalique, Swarowski and similar 732-261-6298
CASH FOR COLLECTIBLES WE COME TO YOU LLADRO, HEREND, HUMMEL, ROYAL DOULTON, BOEHM, ANRI, MEISSEN CYBIS, ARMANI, ROSENTAL, LALIQUE, SWAROWSKI AND SIMILAR 732-261-6298
Puppies for Sale Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppies Descended from the UK’s most winning whole color bloodline genetic guarantee offered. $2000 Call for Health Info: 309-736-7951
Donate your car Truck, SUV, 4x4, property boat, real estate donation? We’ll pay cash for your car. Tax donation min/max: $500-$5,000- Free vacation, pick up free 24/7 501c3 approved-running or not- no papers needed, donations provide, clothing, education programs. Bless the kids fund. 877-907-KIDS (5437)
Health/ Fitness
Motorcycles. Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375
COLLECTIBLES WANTED CALL NOW! CASH FOR RECORDS, CD’S, COINS & DVD’S, ROCK, DISCO,ETC COLLECTOR TRAVELS TO YOU SINCE 1970, 1950’S- 1980’S 203- 377-3449
13 ft long burl mahogany dining room, table with 12 English Chippendale shairs. Place quality god framed mirror, hand car ved value $26K. Mint Condition. Selling for $7,700. Austrian Cr ystal Chandeliar with 12 lights for $1,1950. Call 973-265-4310
Wood shed for sale 12x14’, very good condition w/2 windows. Door & pwr gar door. Paid $7k Sacrifice $4k OBO. Large SLIGH Grandfather clock, new condition, 2 area rugs 6.5x10’ and 10x14’ paid over $10k. Will sacrifice for $5k. 845-705-3386
CASH PRIME Up to $3000 Cash Paid for Vehicles. FREE P/U 732-614-1033 FORD 2003 E 250 Van, ready to work, Shelving, exterior locks, roof rack, new rubber, 80K miles, partition, V6 $5200 646- 296- 2323
SMART LIPO for men & women Minimally invasive body sculpting FaceAndForm.com 212-421-4700
Autos/ Police Impounds!! $500 Police Impounds!! Honadas, Chevys, Toyotas & more!! Please call for listings 800-366-0124 x 2305 Donate your vehicle. Help disadvantaged kids! TAX DEDUCTION (Sometimes based on bluebook) Free towing, prompt pick up. CALL FOR INFO, CHILDREN’S LITERACY 1-800-339-7790 Car for sale Corvette 2006 CPE, blk/blk, auto, chrome wheels, nav, low mi, $34,500 Ng. 516-809-6040, Eves 516-978-2499, Days Auto for Sale MERCEDES 2003 ML500 Blk, 59K, fully loaded, excel cond. $35,582 917-498-1716 Donate your car $300 each 1-866-461-2450 Autos for sale. Mercedes Benz, C220, 1996, black w/tan interior, power windows/doors/seats goodtires, good condition, moon roof $3,200/obo Call: 646-234-4477
SELL YOUR VEHICLE FREE QUOTES!!! ANY CONDITION NEW OLD JUNK NOT TITLE NO PROBS SAME DAY PICK UP. FREE TOWING!! CALL 718-864-2872
Moving & Storage Horowitz Moving Local & Long Distance DOT 12107 Excellent prices. 718-773-4952 Shalom moving Best service. Best Price Can help you move anytime, anywhere. Alex 646-407-5950 MAZEL TOV Moving and Storage Special rates for the holidays Lic & Ins DOT # 10587 718-443-7700 KOBY’S TRANSPORTOURS INC. Going to Miami Beach? We will pick you up from Airports/ seaports. For all your vacation or business trips. Charter for larger groups available with our 15 passanger vans or luxury Mini bus. LIC & INS/ Visa & MS/ Hemishe & Safe. 1-800-872-5629 Have van will travel. Licensed, livery VAN SERVICE. Schools, airports, mountains. Special rates for day camps & yeshivas. 347-276-7071
OLD CLOCKS & WATCHES WANTED BY COLLECTOR. REGARDLESS OF CONDITION. HIGHEST PRICES PAID. 212-517-8725
Home furnishings ANTIQUE COPPER POTS Assorted sizes, $3900 firm, after 6pm. 212-239-4291
Change your water, change your life: Do you suffer with the following? Obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, acid reflux, high cholesterol, fatigue. 347-406-2965 or h2origin.com/geneg LEARN solutions to these conditions.
Ford 2006 e250 cargo V8, like new $8900 631-821-1065
ALL CONTENTS OF OB GYN FOR SALE INCLUDES COLPOSCOPE WALLAH , UTERINE SOUND COPETTE ASPIRATOR CRYOSURGICAL GUN WITH FOUR TIP STERILIZED INSTRUMENT/LAMP EXAMING TABLE ETC OFFIES IS CLOSED CONTACT 631-732-2639.
Merchandise
917-696-0000
1997 Lexus SC 400 gold package 93,000 miles, clean 8500. Contact: 631-944-1669
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
MOVING SERVICE www.heftyroy.com we bring a careful, friendly touch to res’d moving. Mention Jewish Voice & Get $25 discount! 347-852-5439
Reflexology and body massage. For men only, experienced home attendant. Evening hours, Zolton 917-202-0534
Constipation Cure Stop suffering 100% effective 718-302-5581 WE SHIP ALL OVER
Weight loss solution To loose weight + inches but NOT MUSCLE. Start cinching, deliciously, easy. 718-851-9478 or 718-645-2744
Licensed Master Reiki, Professional massage T:718-236-5861 C: 917-292-6075 Body Work Sport & Swedish massage Shiotsu, foot reflexogy Stress relief & relaxation.
Dining rm set: hand carved, solid mahogany, Chippendale design, banquet size, inlaid burl top table, china cabinet, 10 chairs. Worth $29K, Mint $8,900. All crystal grand chandelier w/12 lights. 38x40 from Austria. $1975. 973-265-4310
Foreclosure kitchen: saleBrand new solid wood kitchen cabinets sealed in the box. 973-703-2836 Boat for sale BERTRAM 1989 33’: Sport fish, mint, low hours, fully equipped, cleanest boat on market, full electronics, all teak interior new, all canvas. 516-241-6606 Get your new power wheelchairs, power scooters, hospital beds at absolutely no cost to you! Fast delivery 800-470-7567
Pets PUPPIES FOR SALE FLORIDA. 2 stores 645W Hallandale Blvd, 2160NW 79th St 888-210-0694, 305-8511745 or 305-696-8818 *Yorkie T Cup $399 *Maltese T Cup $399 *Pomerian T Cup $399 *Chihuahua T Cup $399 *Shit Tzu Toy $399 *Bichan Friese $399 *Papillion Toy $399 *Silky Yorkie $399 *Poodle T Cup $399 *Beagle Toy $399 *Cocker Spaniel Toy $399 *Sheba Inu $499 *Labrador Retriever $499 *Golden Retriever $499 *Welch Congi $499 *Old English Bulldog $599 *German Shepard $599 *Rottweiler AKC $599 *Bullterrier $699 *French Bulldog $899 *English Bulldog $1,049 All puppies come with one (1) year warranty, Microchip, Pedigree Paper, Shots + Deworming Plus FREE Visit to Vet!
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Boat for sale, SEARAY 1999 SUNDANCER: 480 hours, loaded, A/C, radar, $65,000 914-961-4767
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE TANNING BED, WOLFE, 14 BULBS, 120V, NEVER USED $1500, INCLUDES LOTIONS. LONG ISLAND AREA. 914-934-1334
Judaica Store out of business! SELLING ALL MERCAHNDISE AND CONTENTS OF STORE. 347-713-5340/ 646-210-7174
Valley thrift store: (Nonprofit.) 949 Amsterdam Ave. Men, Women & children; House wares, books, videos, DVD, CD, many other items. Mon-Fri 10am5pm, Sat noon-4pm. 212-222-2600 Mattress & Box spring Queen, Pillow top Still In Plastic $350 (631) 716-0174
Sports + Tickets Buy/ Sell tickets/ Yankees/ Mets/ Knicks/ Rangers/ Giants/ Jets and all concerts sports and theater. 800-764-1560 www.arentix.com
Merchandise wanted COLLECTOR LOOKING FOR JEWISH/ISRAELI ART. 201-575-0055
Do you have merchandise you can’t sell? We’ll buy entire warehouse. Please call: 347-496-1626
Piano, Baldwin Concert Grand, 7 ft, selling $12,500, appraised $25,000 631-277-1937 Have van will travel. Licensed Livery Van Service. Schools, airports, mountains. Special rates for day camps & yeshivas. 347-276-7071
Travel The best WWII Tour ever All inclusive, A tour of a lifetime. Follows all troops from staging to Europe occupation forces. Includes liberated concentration camps. England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg & Austria. Presented by 24 Karat Travel with personal travel experience of the world you wish to travel and this complete tour specials for ALL Military Veterans on this Trip. 877-863-0724 Hours 24-7 1-888-863-0724 THANKS TO ALL VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE!
Education Music lessons Guitar/ 1st Lesson free “Brillian song writer + guitarist”-The Daily News. 2nd time award winning guitarist. 646-662-5202
Other Services Neon sign with website for sale. Include 20 feet of ready made neon signs. Price Negotiable. $29K 646-220-0747 CANTOR AVAILABLE, HIGH HOLIDAYS, ETC. BAAL MUSUF, 31 YRS AT SAME SHUL. TRADITIONAL NUSACH
YITZCHOK MEYER. 914-906-2853 PROJECT: 176 AFFORDABLE GREEN HOMES FOR SENIORS/ VET $250K NOTE 4 PTS. 1ST DEED OF TRUST. 3 YRS PRE-PAID INT RESERVED INVESTORS, CASH IN $165K JV 50/50 PCT UNTIL PAID IN FULL. WE BUY TOXIC ASSETS FOR 30CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. NO CASH. PAID UNTIL C.O.E. ON ALL INVESTMENTS WITH MAYER DEVELOPMENT CO. FOR MORE INFO: 510-352-7887
Web Design, Marketing and Hosting Let us build you a web business, Not just a website.Experts in e-commerce, search engine Optimization and marketing.Our customers include HANC, The Vaad of Queens, The Young Israel of West Hempstead and 100’s of other business And organizations. NDH Web Design www.nghwed.com 516.505.0705
Will build a basic website for your business that will fit your budget. Call & leave msg 732-979-9792
Computer repair Desktop & Laptop $99 all repairs + parts. Upgrades & Service !!SAVE $$$ Fix it!! Network & HDTV Setup. Data Recovery Onsite & Pickup avail 917-769-7440
READING & WRITING SUCCESS FOR GRADES 2-6, LICENSED, PROFESSIONAL, FORMER PRINCIPAL, EXPERIENCED, EFFICIENT. $80/HR. AVENUE K/
EAST 18TH, PRIVATE HOUSE. SUMMER HOURS ALSO AVAILABLE. 917-751-3555 HARGRAVE SUMMER SCHOOL & CAMP JUNE 28- JULY 29 2009 GRADES 7-12; NEW REPEAT ELECTIVE WWW.HARGRAVE.EDU 800-432-2480
Security Security: SORA CLASS only $90, SORA renewal class $35 Ezzerra Agency Inc. Contact 1-888-350-SORA (7672)
Other Services St. Anne’s children center. Don’t trade- Donate your cars, vans, trucks, helping infants thru teens: Tax deductible. Many intercede for us. 732-280-6558
Sukkah 10’ x 10’ $225 Silver vinyl tarp, steel frame. NO TOOLS NEEDED. 973-460-1957 or 973-460-1968 (NJ) www.HAPPYSUKA.COM
Uses/UVWs for rent Trophy location in Manhattan Call 917-783-4479 Value Trans Shomer Shabbos Forwarder IN MAINLAND CHINA. Looking out for your interests. ValueTrans Express Inc. 212-819-0111 www.valuetrans.com
Kel Nah Refa Nah Lah “Please, Please help me” Frum woman, mother of two children, four grand children in desperate need of kidney-type B. G-d gave us two kidneys so we can donate one. And G-d bless you for saving my life. 732-996-0336
E-Z HANDYMAN Services Home & Business
We fix what your husband won’t! Power washing•Tile Retouch•Redo Bathroom•Drywalls •Gutter Cleaning•Painting•Installing Locks, Blinds, Curtains, Molding & Trimmming•Fixtures•Change Bulbs •Shabbat Locks•Etc. Eli Zonana
917-945-5604 One can do it all
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New Jersey House
House
For Sale
For Sale
South Plainfield: single fam, $339,000. 1912 Selene Ave, off Mable. So Plainfield, Totally renov, expanded cape. 3 BR/ Poss 4, full bas, grnt counters SS appl, 2.5 car detached gar, new rf, siding windows, crpt, full bsmt w. high ceils, close to country club & parks. 908-705-2266
House for sale, Rockland County Wesley Hills, Powderhorn area: Nearly new 4 BR, 4 Bth C/H, 1 acre Lot on culde-sac. Porch, deck, maids rm, 2 car gar, beaut 3 rm walk-out fin bsmnt. Many extras. Principals only. 845-354-1495
Building lot for sale, NJ: 50x building lot, used to have family of 6 building. 110,000 or best offer. Call 973-930-5654
EDISON, NJ: Commuter’s delight! Part of a growing dynamic Frum comm. w/in Vaad approved Eruv ½ block away from Edison train station. Trip to Penn Station, 40 min. walk to shuls & nghbhd Minyamun. Gorg brk front CH col 5BR, 2 ½ bth. Huge bsmt with hi ceils. Too many details to mention. Mark 908-407-1528 $695K Broadway/ North NJ: Single family $468,000, secluded unique hillside home site, private lane, 3 BR, 1 bth Ranch, 2 car garage, deck, 33 wooded acres with pond. Call for info. 908-689-2865
Basking Ridge: The Cedar’s Townhouse end unit. 2BR + den. 2.5BA garage. Fully finishes basement with wet bar, deck, fireplace. $364K. 908-642-8653
New Milford: 5 BR, 3.5 bths, ultra mod kit, LR, DR, pplayroom, fin bsment, exercise rm. Att garage, alarm/intercom, C/ vac, undergrnd sprinklers. $729K. Call Moshe 718-974-7347
Deal Lake Jersey Shore Home Lake views throughout the house. A beauty on the outside; Needs work On the inside. 5 bdrms, 3 ½ baths. Located on Senic Edgemont Drive in Loach Arbour. 4 blocks to Ocean. $1,200,000 Call Owner 732-918-1216
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, DAYTON: BY OWNER. 55+, 2 BR, 2.5 BA, DENS/STUDY, LOFT, CAC, FIREPLACE, HARDWOOD FLRS, PATIO, 2 CAR GAR. LOW $400’S. CLUBHOUSE, POOL, WALKING PATH, PUTTING AREA, GREEN TENNIS COURT, CLOSE TO NJ TURNPIKE. MUST SEE, CALL 732-329-9631
LIVINGSTON: By owner, 973-900-2143, 5 BR, 2 BTH, FAMILY ROOM, OFFICE, LAUNDRY ROOM, KITCHEN, DR, LR, RECENTLY RENOVATED. BEST PRICES FOR BIL EVEL HOME. BEST IN TOWN, LEVEL LOT. ASK 519K. CALL OWNER.
North Caldwell: OPEN HOUSE 1-4, 146 Gould Ave, 4 BR, Center Hall Colonial. $549,000. CENTURY 21 Van Der Wende Assoc. 973-785-8420 Realtor
House for sale NJ Seashore living, pre-owned park homes. Buy now, the prices are right. 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, double lot, 5 boardwalk, $75000. 2 bedrooms, fully furnished, close to 214 Atlantic Ave. $40000. 1 BR with Florida rm, 297 Oregon Ave $8000. 800-982-3404 Resort Country Club Seasonal Park. 561 Corsons Tavern Rd. Ocean View NJ 08230 resortcountryclubseasonalpark@comcast.net Fairlawn: $409,900, 5 BR, 2bth colonial c/c updated MEIK, also 695,000 new construction, 4 BRs, 4.5 bths. Help pick out your new MEIK. Family room + recreation room & office.--Elmwood Park: $359, 4 BR, 2.5bth, S/L Home, new MEIK, beautiful family room and office. Call Carol WeissmanWeichert Realtors201-794-7722 ext.249 Old Ridge: Rural 3+ ac custome 5 br, 2 ba, full base, deck, walk to NY bus, $535, 000. Owner 732-207-8869 Brick 2 bedroom, 1 bth, coop, EIK, lvg rm, 4 season porch, porcelain + wood flrs, new roof, newer windows, freshly painted, moving, upgrades and lots of storage. Asking $70,500. Call 732-363-4271
Bayville: Waterfront property for sale by owner, Cent Hall custom colonial, waterfront property 127 feet, bulkhead, open floor plans with window view of sun filled rooms, gourmet kitchen, stainless steal appliances, 42 inch Oakwood cabinets, 9 ft ceilings, sweeping hardwood stairs to second floor romantic large master sweet and guest bedroom, convenient second floor laundry room, go to website NJID.com for all details, asking $599,900. Call owner 908-309-7485
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House For Rent
Apartment For Rent
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
FORDS- NJ 2 family + studio. All bldgs separate. $3200/ mo income, sep. util. Taxes $6200. Asking $389K- 845-255-1364 No Reltrs please
STONE HARBOR Beach block, Victorian Beauty, 8 BR, 5BA, sleeps 24, A/C all amenities. Wireless Inter net. Avail Aug 23-30, Labor Day Weekend, Sept and Oct Reasonable rates 609-425-6206
Colonia: 7 Room apt, 3 BD, LR, DR, Fam RM, updated Kit + BA, sep util rm, new carpet, newly painted. Central A/C, yard, off street parking. Nr HS. $1595 732-229-1211
Metuchen :1450 sqft Building mixed Office/spac workshop, garage, oversize garage doors, tall ceiling, plenty of parking available immediately $1350 per month 1 month security Call 908-672-9530
Tom’s River: starting @ $300, prof’l office space, near court house, newly renovated building. Call 732-892-4441 x216
Holiday City Berkely: Single Fam $168,500 DW, Gas Rng, EIK, Bkfst bar, W/D, CAC, gas Heat, Pub H20, sewer conn, W-toW crpt, ceil fan, Gar, DK, Pub tran, comm. Pool/tenn, Comm clbhse, sdwlk, F/S alarm, Cbl TV, Lake frnt, All new Appl, close to stores & med servcs. Contact Kevin & Darlene. 732-281-0377. dpdbesoulful@comcast.net
Great Neck: Large studio, eat-in-kitchen, closet, near worship $550 maint. With in door parking. 152,500K. Coach Realtors 516-627-0120
Apartment For Rent Middletown- 3 Br, 2 Ba, frpl, full fin bsmt, 2 car gar, c/ac, gas heat, all appls, walking distance to red bank & NYC trans, Avail now. $2500. 732-739-3879
Newark: Downtown Newark, next to city hall. Brand new super luxury loft, style, extra large apts. Washer/dryer, AC, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood flrs, 1 BR & 4 BR, 2 full bths, $1200-$2750. Call owner 732-822-0810
WORK IN MANHATTAN, LIVE AT THE JERSEY SHORE: 2,900 sq ft house, 5 BDRM, 3.5 BA, finished basement, extraordinary landscaping, many extras. One mile to harbor, one mile to ferry to ferry to NYC, four miles to Sandy Hook National Park. $649,900. Call : 732-291-1357
Jersey City: Apt $2,300, high rise, 1 BR, apt, luxury building Gull’s Cove, parking, gym, putting green on roof top, internet/ cable access, light rail & ferry outside door, path 1 block away., concierge at your service. $2,300/month. Call Rich or Peg 908-591-7176 or 908-403-5531
Beach Haven West min to LBI beaches, 4 BR BA on lagoon w/dock, W/D, C/AC, sun porch, May, June $1300/wk;July-August $1800/wk. 732-489-5607
Caldwell: Apt $2,200, large 3BR, 2ba, LR, DR, EIK, washer/dryer, central AC & Central Vacuuming. Wood burning stove, off street parking. Park like & quiet. $2200/mo+ utils. No smoking, no pets. Call:973-228-6142
Point Pleasant Beach: 2 homes avail. 100 ft from beach. Large enclosed porches. 3 bedroom, 1 bth, no cats, no big dogs, small lap dog OK. 46 indiv (Absolutely) to live comfortable. Reasonable tenants only. 10% security deposit required. Professionally cleaned. Asking $10k & 12k for the season. Ready to move in now. Call Joe 908-468-4484
Freehold: M/F to share lg condo, across from mall, own BA $600/mo or use rm (15x15) for storage $300/mo. Call 732-780-0922
New Jersey office space for rent, TOM RIVER, staring at $300,000, profl office space, near court house, newly renovated building. Please Call 732-892-4441 x216
Manalapan: Covered, bridge plaze, approx 1500 sq ft, 1st flr, private, bath. 732-988-7506
Mobile Home HAZLET: Locust Grove, 2 BR, 1.5 bth, washer + dryer, central AC, new hot water, heater and stove, furnace, front door, asking $10,000. Call 732-216-4521
Freehold: Single fam, 1 family home, 5 bedrooms, 3 bath, 1+ acre, finished basement, 2 car gar, close to trans, Belle More station, 15 min to Bellmore Beach 908-770-7538
Bayville: Over 1475 sq ft of offices available, can divide, credit check. Avail imm, rent negotiable. Call 732-349-3223
Residential/Commercial Howell, NJ Near Lakewood, 20,000 sq ft asking 650k. Reasonably priced! Call now Dominick 908-415-2299 or Sal 718-853-3629
Cedar Knolls: Single Fam $489,000, Bi-level, 4 BRs, 2 full BA’s, CAC, low taxes, convenient to bus & train & rt. 10, 24 & 287, Estate owned, cosmetic work optional. $489,000 Serious inquires 973-884-1254
House for rent-Lakewood Stunning, new construction, 5 Br, 3 Bth, EIK, granite countertops, hardwood floors throughout main floor, lg master suite whirlpool. Won’t last. Call ER Fisher 732-966-5965
Caldwell: Large 3 BR, LR, DR, EIK, Washer/Dryer, Central Air Cond & central vacuuming. Wood burning stove, off street parking, parki like & quiet. $2200/mo+ utils, no smoking, no pets. Call 973-228-6142
Rockaway Boro: Pine street commons, single + suites, 700 sq ft to 27,000 sq ft. below market rates. Owner 973-983-0809
RED BANK: downtown office space available 1350, vaulted ceilings, fios internet read, prking avail. Call Art 732-222-3553
CONDO FOR RENT (with reserved parking)- $1595/per month. Address: 9019 Wall Street, N Bergen, NJ 07047. Rent this fantastic 2 bedroom condo by the famous Boulevard East. Across from the Pictersque Hudson park, and steps away from city buses and shuttle services to NY. Marble entry into a living cum dining area with new hardwood floors. New blinds in all rooms, new appliances in the kitchen. Master bedroom with private marble bath. 2nd bathroom also marble. Catch a partial view of the New York skyline from the master bedroom and living room. Ample closet space. Reserved indoor parking space. Nice, quiet, secure building. Call Kalpana at 201-675-7529 Unfurn, JERSEY CITY: Modern studio in condo bldg. walk to JSQ & College, $850/mo, Owner Day 516437-0900 ext 33 or Evenings 718-847-0054
Scotch Plains Apartment: 1,2 or 4 BR apts, dishwasher, dryer, washer, air conditioning, balcony, finest residential area. Call 908-251-5142 WebID 11203
Apartment for rent, NJ, 2nd floor in private house. 2 BR, Lrg LR, lrg kitchen. Includes heat & hot water, lrg closets. $1,150 201-659-5574 Howell/Freehold Border: The village, 2 BR, end unit, LR, DR, EIK, new carpet, remodeled bath w/ walk in tub, gar ecl breezeway by owner. $169,000 732-270-5657 Red Bank Area Working M will share. Room avail. $600/mo 908-907-0035
Apartment For Sale NEWARK 3BR apt $925/mo. Also rooms available for rent. Close to schools, transportation and shops. Tenants pays heat & hot water. Credit checking required. Call 973-271-3390 or 973-704-6430 Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986
FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Newark store, 1st flr + 2 apts, also finished base. 64 congress St. 100f to Ferry St. $660k 973-953-6659 Newark: Prime location! Vibrant property for sale. 539 Clinton Ave. Near InBound Iron Bond. Price Neg!!! Dr. Hodges@verizon.net or Call 973-242-8214, Web ID 10641
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Commercial Prop 4 Rent Newark: Indust.whse, 20,000 Newark, for lease or rent 6-30 Chaple St/ Ironbound section. 20,000 SF $4 per SF, negotiable & 5000sq @$2000/mo. Loading dock (can be subdivided), parking avail, close to major highways. Call 201-294-6482
500-1000 Sq ft, contractor/ commercial unit available, loaded. Must see 732-870-2570
BRICK- RENT Space for small bus, no retail 259. Drum point 300 sf office w/ 1000 sf. Storage. Can combine 732-616-9514 Manalapan: covered bridge plaza, approx, 1500 sq ft, 1st flr, prvt bath 732-988-7500 SAYREVILLE- 1000 to 10,000 SF avail. Mfg. space/ boat yard. Warehouse avail immed. 848-448-1696 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR RENT, SUPERVALUE PRIME AREA, CORAL GABLES-COCONUT GROVE, RETAIL STORE FRONT 3000 SQ FT @ 15.00 PER SQ FT LIBERAL ZONING, COMPARE CALL 305-606-6508, EMAIL DAX@CFL.RR.COM Jackson: County line Rd, 2 units, (1) office, bath, 3 overhd drs $1400 sf, $1150/mo. (2) 50x29 free span, 1 ovrhd dr, bath. $1100/mo. Both zoned Hwy comm’l. 732-904-5282 NEWARK, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe area in iron-bound section FOR RENT. 16 ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st flr also available. Big parking lot, easy access & Loading.; plenty of office space wired & ready. Surrounded w/heimishe businesses, daily minyonim, close to highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140. if no answer, leave msg.
Office Floor Space Bayville: Over 1475 sq ft offices avail, can divide. Credit check. Avail immed. Rent negotiable. Call 732-349-3223
Red Bank: Downtown office space avail 1350 sq ft, vaulted ceilings, fios internet ready, pkg avail. Call Art 732-222-3553
Jackson Office/Whse, commercial-Light Mfg, 2500 sf whse 12’ drive in dr. 1500 office. $2,000/mo. 732-616-7018
COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR SALE/ LEASE Asbury Park 3500 sq ft Office Space Perfect for Medical/ Dental PTC Asking $ 599,000 7500 sq ft Comm Space For Lease $15. SF Prime Loc. Perfect for retail/ gym or Restaurant, Walk to NYC Trains/ dwntwn Rest., Shops/ Beach Contact Phyllis Maffucci 732-897-9200 or 732-259-8985
Morris County PARSIPPANY NEW CONSTRUCTION CHC 4/4 BR 2 ½ BA, 2/3 car garage, many upgrades incl $640 $950, avail, call builder 973-713-3173 Commercial property HBWE REALTY Ranway/Linden NJ Warehouse 15,000, 30, 000& 40,000 22 ft high, plenty of parking space, Avail for imm purchase or lease! Call Barry Littman 917-363-3974 Jersey city warehouse space Available. 10,000+ sf. Call Joe or Ben, 718-947-5037 Exit 21, NYS thruway, beautiful camp/campus for rent for shabbotonim, school groups, families, etc. Available ApriJune. Also available for Yeshiva groups July-Aug. brand new program for week of August 25th-Sept 1st. exclusive father/son camping program and mini camp program. 347-753-3636
Land/Lots For Sale Plots of 4 graves at Beth Israel Cemetary in Woodridge, NJ. Price Negotiable. Please Call 516-872-3589 Cemetery Plots/ NJ Plots of 4 graves at Beth Israel Cemetary in Woodbridge NJ. Price negotiable. Please Call 516-872-3589 EDISON: New construction, lot 110x110. 7 BRs, 4 bhts, lg kosher kit, lg bckyd incl 16x18 deck. Newly fin bsmt w/2 add’l BRs, 1 block from shul & yeshiva. Ask $975. 732-777-9696
Help Wanted HELP WANTED-NJ Pharmacist position available in Lakewood, NJExc, salary. Pleasant work envirnment. Gershon: 732-666-1748
AUTOS Children’s hope charities-ACar donation is tax deductible, free pick-up, any condition. 800-6921221. For NJ call 973-504-6215. Not an endorsement
Other Services Property Management Experience company serving MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA Call Shepherd Properties 248-217-5040 Teacher/School employment NJ Inst of Allied Health school looking for exp admissions rep, bilingual a plus. Sales, computer, clinical all admin skills a must! 732-306-1477 or 908-469-1399
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Belle Harborbrnd new building, Ocn front living with direct access to boardwalk & bch, 1 or 2 BR condos, 1 or 2 baths, ultra mod kit/ bth, ss appls, designer itlaian porcelain tiles,ovrszd triple paned windows, pvt balk facing ocean, hrdwd floors, pvt pool, drmn, indoor pvt parking, near shuls & transp. Fanny/Agt, 917-559-6942, 718-258-5596
Sunrise- (55+ Comm) For sale lux condo, 2 BR, 2 bth rms, New central air condition, free golf, clubhouse. Indoor/outdoor swimming pool. Beautiful scenery, great area. Asking $52,000 also avail. Call 954-749-6236
SUPERVALUE, PRIME AREA, CORAL GABLES, RETAIL STORE FRONT, 3000 SQ FT @ 15.00 PER SQ FT. LIBERAL ZONING. COMPARE, CALL 305-606-6508 EMAIL DAX@CFL.RR.COM
Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570
Miami Beach, FL carriage house. Lg 3 Br, 3 Bth, magnify apt 14th fl shab elev, newly renov, lg terr, ocean front, fitness club, overlooking ocean, tennis courts, shul on premises 347-804-1666
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10,000 SQ FT UNDER AIR CUSTOM HOME WITH SEPARATE 8,000 SQ FT WORKSHOP/ GARAGE. HOME HAS EXTENSIVE GRANITE + TILE- FEATURES THE NICEST HOME THEATER THAT YOU WILL FIND. A DEAL @ 1.1 MILLION. CONTACT 321-431-8120 VIEW: WWW.EXTREMEFLORIDAHOME.COM
SUNRISE: 4/2 $150K FORECLOSURE, BIG BACKYARD, POOL, UPGRADED GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, NEW CABINETS MUST SELL! GREAT DEAL 877-858-2977
Sunny Isles Hotter Than Ever Aventura Bal Harbor Hollywood
Best Deals on the Beach Florida Condo for sale Orlando New 5 star resort, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bath townhouse. All Amenities, 5 minutes to Disney/universal. $125/night. Chuck 908-874-7018
Boca Raton, Century Vil. Lux 2 BR, 2bths, lakefront view, short wlk to orthodox shul & clubhouse. New kitch, new A/C, upgrade 561-487-3711
North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286
POMP: Palm Aire, 3/2 corner unit, 100% renovated w/ new open kitchen & granite counter tops. New kitchen cabinets & appliances. New tile bathrooms, tile flrs throughout. Owner asking $219,000. 954-675-7219
Condo for sale, FL Aventura/ Mystic: Complete condo for sale by owner, 5 RMs includes 2BD/2BTH living + Dining room, w/bay window/ all around porch/ golf view/ pool/ gym/ nr ssynagogue. Furniture optional. $310K. Contact Freida Gusky 305-935-5817
North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286
Properties for sale Florida Jax Bch-Atlantic Beach & Ponte Vedra Bch, ocean front in/or golf course living, 350k to $3M+ 904-710-3468. WWW.MarthaVidal.com
Tampa: 3 BR, 2Bth condo. 2nd floor , Built 2006 Clubhouse pool,$150k Nego. 813-390-5008
Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008
Hallendale: La meron, beautifully furnished 1500 sf condo, 2 BR, 3 bth, restaurant, beauty salon, state of the art gym, pool. Reasonably priced, negotiable, asking $325k. Near Diplomat Hotel, shopping, trans and more. ALSO 1 BR, 1,000sf furnished and ready to move-in. Call: 954-458-2280
Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
Ft Lauderdale: Oceanfront, newly remodeled, furnished, 2BR, 2 beautiful baths condo, Italian marble throughout, open kitchen wit S/S appliances. Washer/dryer in unit, $499,500. Call Milda Delena 561-706-9637
Call Karina Klee Right Away (305) 803-8218 www.karinalee.com karinalnge@aol.com Aqualina, Ocean Four, Jade Ocean, One Bal Harbor. Also great Short Sales and Foreclosures Available Downtown Miami: Upscale condos for rent or sale, Aguiargilventura, Inc. Ocasio Aguiar RE Broker contact 305-557-2555 or 305-926-0650
Naples Turnkey Home: 4BD/ 3.5 bth, pool + large guest home with 2.5 acres/ 2 BD/ 2bth $640K. Contact 786-853-9303 Evenings 239-353-7918
For Rent or Sale in Florida 2BR, w/ amazing bay view Sleeps 6 Comfortably 2Bths Walking distance to Shul Beautiful Gym, Jacuzzi, Boat and Fishing Dock Tennis Courts and more Incl. completely furnished apt Washer Dryer, Sheets, blankets, towels, etc. Ready for Rent or Sale Immediately Come stay for a few days, weeks, or more. Call917-686-4824 For Serious Purchase Inquiries Miami Gardens: 2 BD, 1 bth 18200 NW 20th Ave. $850.00 + Brickell lovely studio peaceful neighborhood. Contact 305-854-0417 or 786-234-6902
CONDO FOR SALEFLORIDA NEWLY RENOV FURN, 2 BR, 2 BTH, LR/DR AREA, CLOSED IN, SUN-ROOM, 3 WALK-ON CLOSETS, GRANITE FLRS, NEW TILE FRLS, A/C. 55 GATED COMMUNITY, 2 POOLS, MANY AMENITIES. WALK TO SHULS, SHOP, LOW MAINT. REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE. BY OWNER, $99K FIRM. 305-877-6927 Condo for sale FL Naples: TARPON BAY CONDO 2 BR/2 BA; Tiled, clubhouse, pool, gym, Comm. Office, pets OK $185K. Call: 239-777-4952 or 239-254-7633
8 miles form Disney, 50 acres, perfect investment site. Kissimee water & sewer avail. Public school borders site with direct access to 17-92 150 per acre 863-665-9029
Madison County: 11 acre parcel, gated HOA, Roads & Utilities in place. $99,000. Owner will hold mortgage with 10% down at 7% APY. Call 561-706-8739
Condo for sale: Bay Harbor 2/2.5, exceptional style + luxurios décor/ award winning design , rare granite, high end appliances/ built in expresso machine, curve glass wall unit/ window treatments/ imported lighting, furniture, silk wallpaper/ 3 plasma TVs/ 24 hour valet, pool/fitness rm. Shabbat Elevator nr temples, dir water front on Bay City Skyline. Condo Ass Solid Financials $650K -707-225-7227
Condo for sale FL Jupiter/ Ocean BluffsN: Gated 2 BR, 2 bth, condo, steps to pool, bch, kitchen, DR, LR, FL/R, Ldry/R titled porch, nice view/RED. Lowest in Bluffs $270k. Contact 561-746-6446
MB 5750 Collins, Luxury large waterfront, 1/1.5, 1,200 sq ft electric & cable incl. $1500 305-401-3223
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For Rent Miami seasonal, Rental Beautiful, 2 BR apt with water view in Turnberry Towers, minutes away from Safra Synagogue CAN accommodate seasonal rentals. PLS CALL NORA 202-447-6848
Boca Raton: Studio aot with stove, close to beach, quiet area, includes cable TV, close to shopping. $650 monthly, includes utilities. Call 561-674-8788
MIAMI GARDENS: 2 BD/ 1 bth 18200 NW 20th Ave $850 + Brickell lovely studio, peaceful neighborhood. Brickell Rds-Norica condos: Spectacular 2 BD/ 2 bth, oversized balcony/ washer, dryer, $1,900.00 Contact 305-854-0417 or 786-234-6902
BAY HARBOR ISLAND Large 1/1.5 Pool, 4th Flr, A/C, Long term Available Walking Dist. from Bch 914-960-6789
Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825 FL Summer Rental Furnished 3/2 Beach House, 4 blocks to beach, pool, newly renov, clean,. Comfortable, safe, dogs OK. Available on May 9th – Dec 27th. Short term OK. Has everything you need and more. 954-224-9315 or whwcz@att.net
Aventura: Female only! Den/Bedroom, combo, priv bath waterview. Util incl 305-933-3273 Text to: 305-890-3696 Keyword:mh1835
Charming 1 bedrooms bungalow, fully furnished + equipped great condition, well maintained, summer vacation community season is May 15 to September 30, clubhouse, heated pool, entertainment, loads of activities. Nr race track. Great location. 4500 electric + cable included, also for sale. 954-298-1162 South Miami: 4 bed/ 2 b double garage, near University of Miami and Miami Children’s Hosp. cater to Medical Personal, private contractor or as storage. $1800. Call Owner 786-879-3223
Condo for rent Dadeland: 2/2 condo in the beautiful towers of Dadeland, 5th floor east view of the dadeland area $1800. 786-512-7068
Belle Harbor 2 fam home on vacant 60x200 lot. Spans entire blk. $1.5M WALSH PROPERTIES 718-945-5512
North Miami Beach: Beautiful home, 3 BRs, 2 bth, near shuls shopping, trans and more! $1800/mo. Call owner 786-512-2863 or 305-652-1314 Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825 Unfurn Apt Miami Beach: Normandy Island, Brand new 1BR apt $750 Immediately 305-861-8426 or 305-987-8646
Condos for rent Kosher condo Sarsota, FL Fully equip. kitchens, 3 Br, 2 BA, Sleeps 6, washer, 1 dryer, walking Distance to worship, near pool, whirpool, Fitness & business center. Avial now December 2008- 3k/mo special rates July–Oct 2008 Call: 612-220-2382
Apartment For Sale For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch, L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158
Condo in Miami, Collins Ave + 158th Street: Arlen House, beautiful coastal view, across from the beach. For rent $1800 month, 1 Bedroom, balcony, dining room, living room, 1 ½ bathrooms, parking, completely furnished, TV, etc. Pool & tennis court. 514-691-9920
For sale excellent location in Rishpon near Sea north of Hertzeliah Pituach. 1500 sf. Good location for more than one villa. Call 516-829-5967/ 011972-267-97085 or cell 972-54-846-3045
MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental. Call: 718-753-4479 TIME SHARES FOR RENT/ SALE-RESORT VP, THE FUTURE OF SHARE ADVERTISING. GREAT RESORTS/ GREAT PRICES! BUY TIMESHARES WHOLESALE-UP TO 90% OFF! SELL OR RENT YOUR RESORT WITH US…TURN YOUR TIMESHARE INTO CA$H! 877-342-2345 WWW.RESORTVP.COM
Miami, FL Tower 41: Luxurious condo avail now, monthly, weekly. 514-991-3964
Condo for rent Delray Beach, Kings Pt: 55+ community, pool, golf, shuttle bus, club home, 2 BR, 2 bth or 1 BR, 1.5 bths, remodeled, all new apps, reasonable rate. Call owner 561-350-3272
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Salon Avail East Boca FREE RENT & Equipt! GREAT VISIBILITY! Many available Downtown Boca loc. Call Owner 561-392-8920
Office for rent FL Miami Area- Pembroke Road, busy shopping center retail, office. 6675 Pembroke Road, 800 or 1600 sq ft. Contact 786-506-7895
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Subway franchise for sale in Miami Kendall Area, all equipment included, great sales $330K. Contact: 786-290-4841, Email: Palaciosandres@yahoo.com
Commercial prop FL Ft Lauderdale: adj ftl, exec airport, bay/whse industrial, 30’ ceil zoned M3 mfg, remod 7000sf whse/mfg area+ 1000sf ac 954-610-6362
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CONDO FOR RENT FOUNTAIN BLEAU HOTEL: MIAMI BEACH MAGNIFICENT 800 SF STUDIO, SLEEPS 4, RENTING DAILY, WEEKLY. AVAILABLE SHORT/ LONGTERM. CALL 347-804-4666
Historic Area Large 1 Bedroom, Only 5 mins to beach or downtown, hardwood flrs, quiet area. $750mo 561-649-3048
MIAMI BEACH, Alexander Hotel: Magnif ocean vu. 2 BR, 2bth, high flr. Daily/Weekly. Call owner 646-942-6786
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NETANYA: Beautiful seafront penthouse, spacious, view of Med. 3BR, 2 balc, parking, prvt roof. 305-609-8552 www.netanyapenthose.com
Apartment For Rent Jerusalem hotel: luxury 3 BR apt, DR, LR, Kosher EIK, Pool, Near Kotel. Call 847-721-7722
Jerusalem: New, kosher, furn. Flats. Short Term. 718-785-5136 sabenastar@gmail.com myjerusalemapartments.com
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Jerus, central. New 4 BR lux apt in 18 unit bldg. incl all linen, applncs, Kitch ware. Kosher & sh shab. Short Term rentals. 416-782-6791
Jerusalem Bels Sans: excellent location, charming 1 BR, with heating & AC, short term. Reasonably priced 514-1573-8769 or 514-276-8769
IN OLD JAFFA QUARTER a unique house of Ottoman empire period: Highest location in the quarter (4, Mazal Dil Alley), ocean view, fronts to Summit Park, suitable for residence or gallery. Building permit for additional floor. Call Yoash; 054-537-8744 Or Nader 050-211-3114
Apt for rent Israel Baka, Jerus: lux 3 Br apt. 1 main & 1 ensuite bth. Nr Talpiot/Rechavia. Fully furn, pvt gar, covered porch, 1st flr. Short term/Long term or Succos. Email: yanwo@yahoo.com or call 718-490-0855
Lev Yerushlayim: Hotel 2 Brs, 2 bths, kosher kitchen. Terrace 972-3-673-7330. Email: Arusi-ez@zahav.net.il Lev Yerushalayim Suite: Sleeps 4, terrace, 1st flr, low price. Available 6/29 to 8/10 718-436-7729 or Fax 718-438-7570 Jerusalem: across from presidents house, furn, 1 BR, kitchen, DR, LR & Porch. Long term/yearly 917-749-1487 2BR/2bth fully equipped strictly kosher apartment in Jerusalem within walking distance to Kotel/ porch + terrace off the living room + master BR. Available for Pesach. Contact Owner. 718-544-7571
Kiryat Shmuel, near Reccavia & katamon. Sunny tastefully renov 2 BR w/ priceless View, lg balcony & lux built ins. Walk to all. Call David 212-558-5682 davekuf@yahoo.com
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