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"Kill or Capture" Afghan Drug Lords BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
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Fifty major Afghan drug traffickers whose trade supports Taliban activities have been placed on the U.S. target list as part of a new effort to staunch Afghanistan's vibrant opium-poppy and heroin market. .S. and NATO troops are attacking drug warehouses and narcotics dealers with militant ties in a dramatic shift in American counter-narcotics policy. This move, according to U.S. commanders, is aimed at stopping the flow of money from Afghanistan's drug trade to the Taliban. Commanders told Congress they believed this strategy was legal under the military's rules of engagement and international law. The Senate foreign relations committee will soon reveal the policy shift that was "a hard sell in NATO" according to General John Craddock, NATO's supreme allied commander until his retirement in July. Targeted drug raids were approved in late 2008 by NATO defense ministers on the condition that there was an evident connection between the drug lords and Taliban terrorism. Making the link between trafficker and insurgent is established, the target is added to the "joint integrated prioritised target" list, making drug lords status evidential to insurgency leaders wanted by America, said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, top U.S. spokesman in Afghanistan. Commanders have no restrictions on use of force against such targets, meaning they can be "killed or captured on the battlefield" at any time, the foreign relations committee stated. There are currently 367 targets on the 'kill or capture' list, including 50 major traffickers known to finance the Taliban. The joint list concept emerged as attempt to avoid legal issues. European allies have previously balked at the use of military
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TO BIGOTRY NO SANCTION… TOURO SYNAGOGUE OPENS VISITORS’ CENTER
Twenty one children arrived in New York to participate in the Friends of the IDF LEGACY Bar/ Bat Mitzvah Program. The program supports children of terror whose family memebers died while serving in the IDF.
BY LEORA GUREVICH
This past Friday August 7, 2009, twenty-one children arrived in New York to participate in the Friends of the IDF LEGACY Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program. The FIDF LEGACY Program supports the families of soldiers who have fallen while serving their country in the IDF. For a child whose parent or sibling has been killed in action, becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah is a bittersweet moment. FIDF ensures that these children have the time of their lives.
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he g roup was g reeted by the Sephardic Community for a weekend of welcome in Deal
On Sunday, August 16th, the annual Reading of the George Washington Letter will take place at Newport, Rhode Island’s famed Touro Synagogue. The Honorable United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, will give the keynote address.
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NJ, to be followed by 10 days of fun at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. Upon their ar rival they were graciously welcomed for br unch and a pool par ty at the home of Alber t & Sarit Nig ri. The festivities continued all day with an ar ray of activities which included swimming, ar ts & crafts and a special on site exotic petting zoo demonstration. The children were hosted at various families throughout the community and spent their Shabbat having an intimate dinner with their host families. A splendid lunch was then hosted at the home of Marilyn Chira, where the entertainment
his year, the annual event is an especially note worthy celebration, closely following the recent dedication of the 12 million dollar National Visitors’ Center, funded through the generous assistance of former Ambassador John L. Loeb. The Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue structure in the United States, is approaching its 250th anniversary. The congregation traces its history to 1658 when 15 Jewish families Sephardim (“Spanish Jews” in Hebrew) founded Congregation Jeshuat Israel (Salvation of Israel). The community, which worshiped in private homes for more than a century, was the second Jewish settlement in the newly forming American colonies.
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Israeli FM: Mideast Peace Unlikely in the Near Future BY AFP
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says there is no possibility of a comprehensive settlement with Palestinians in the next few years. he Foreign Minister told a visiting delegation of U.S. Democratic lawmakers Monday that improving security and the Palestinian economy were the most that could be achieved through negotiations. Lieberman blamed the stalemate on what he
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called the Palestinian side's "uncompromising, extremist positions" concerning Jerusalem and near Jewish settlements. The foreign minister said Israeli policy must be based on reality and not illusions while maintaining a dialogue with Palestinians. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has vowed to liberate Palestinian land occupied by Israel and establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. U.S. officials have been pushing Israel to commit to a settlement freeze to facilitate Arab concessions in the peace process. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
has refused that call, saying limited settlement construction must continue to allow for "natural growth." And he has said Israel's sovereignty over all of Jerusalem is not negotiable. Also Monday, Lieberman told a meeting of Foreign Ministry officials that one of the country's diplomats should "resign" after criticizing Israeli policy. Nadav Tamir, Israel's chief diplomat in Boston has come under criticism after warning that the dispute with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank is causing "strategic damage" to Israel.
A former German commander in the infantry was imprisoned with a life sentence for his involvement in killing 14 civilians in an Italian village during World War II. Munich state court found Josef Scheungraber, 90, guilty of ordering the killings, in what is likely to be one of the last Nazi crimes trials in Germany. Years earlier, Scheungraber had been sentenced in absentia by an Italian military court to life in prison. The murders happened in Falzano di Cortona, part of Tuscany, on June 26, 1944. Scheungraber had always denied the charges, claiming he turned the victims over to the military
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police and had no knowledge of what happened to them afterwards. His legal team fought for his acquittal on the grounds that there were contradictions in the testimonies of witnesses 65 years after the events. The court found that when he was a Wehrmacht lieutenant, he had commanded the brutal killings in revenge for an attack by the Italians that resulted in the deaths of two German soldiers. Although he was charged with 14 counts of murder and one of attempted murder, Scheungraber was only convicted of 10 murders because the court found there was not enough evidence to prove the other four. German troops killed a 74-year-old woman and three men prior to confining 11 more into a farmhouse which they blew up.
President Barack Obama's national security advisor says Iran has confirmed that it is holding three Americans believed to have strayed into Iranian territory while hiking in northern Iraq. etired General Jim Jones says the Iranian government has removed any doubts about the location of three missing Americans.
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"The government has off icially acknowledged that they have them in their custody," Jones said. "As of this morning, we do have that conf irmation." Jones was speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Iran. In recent days, Swiss and Iraqi off icials have asked about the three Americans on Washington's behalf. News reports identify them as two males and a female who did writing and environmental work.
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The only survivor of these attacks was then 15-year-old Gino Massetti who provided evidence during the trial in Munich. Scheungraber, who used to be in charge of an engineering company, lived for decades as a free man, and even served on the local council in Ottobrunn, outside Munich. He managed a furniture shop, went to German veterans' marches, and recently received an award for municipal service. Although he was convicted for the Tuscany killings by an Italian military tribunal in September of 2006, he did not attend that trial since Germany usually doesn’t extradite its citizens without their approval. After living for many decades as a free man, Josef Scheungraber will spend the rest of his years behind bars.
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Iranian state television has described the detainees as spies, a charge Jones rejected. "We have sent strong messages that we would like these three young people released as soon as possible," Jones said. "These are innocent people. We want their families reunited." Regarding Iran's nuclear program, Jones was asked if the Obama administration would engage in dialogue with President Mahmoud
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Economic Peace No Replacement IAF Takes First Place in Biannual for a Political Solution American Hercules Competition BY RON FRIEDMAN A new study published by the Peres Center for Peace argues that economic peace, though a helpful tool, cannot replace a political solution with the Palestinians. he study was released at a special conference at Tel Aviv University, following a meeting between Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom and Palestinian National Economy Minister Bassim Khoury. The study, co-written by Adi Ashkenazi and Barak Greenapple of the Peres center's business and economics department, sought to determine what degree economic peace should play in the overall peace process, and to replace the generalities with “economic peace� is usually described with measures and tangible targets government officials could enforce. Ashkenazi, who prior to joining the Peres center was the head of the IDF's West Bank and Gaza Strip Civil Administration Economic Branch, challenged the assumption that merely pumping money into the Palestinian economy would increase willingness for peace. He recalled that back in 1999, the term "the cost of loss" was thrown around liberally. "The reasoning was that by developing
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the Palestinian economy, increasing wages, starting businesses and improving their quality of life, the Palestinians would have something to lose and the cost of walking away from negotiations would be very high, so that on the day when the people want to rise up, the business leaders and the politicians would step up to calm things down," explained Ashkenazi. What followed was a period of rapid economic expansion that saw a multitude of joint projects, increased tourism, skyrocketing GDP, five consecutive years of nine percent growth and improved bilateral relationships. "And then came the surprise that caught both us and the Palestinians off-guard. Someone, most likely Arafat, lit a spark... the spark lit a flame, which in the midst of [an] unprecedented economic flourishing, set the Palestinian economy back 50 years, pushing the economy down by 40%. The 'cost of loss' proved an ineffective deterrent." To further prove his point, Ashkenazi told a story about the a Palestinian strawberry farmer who owned a field in Gaza, close to the Israeli border. When the second intifada broke out, militia gunmen approached him and told him that they needed to use his field to fire rockets at Israel. When he refused, they shot his son in the knee.
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BY YAAKOV KATZ While some might call him a good luck charm, Col. (res.) Avshalom says he's just your average Israel Air Force navigator. But he led an IAF team to victory in the Air Mobility RODEO 2009 competition in the United States, taking home the Col. Joe M. Jackson Trophy for best C-130 air crew.
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ODEO, a biannual event that brings transport and mobility air crews from around the world together for several days of competitions, tests the teams' expertise in landing, locating drop zones and parachuting equipment. Last week, an Israeli C-130 Hercules transport aircraft flew to McChord Air Force Base in Washington. The team was led by Lt.-Col. Micha, commander of a Hercules squadron stationed in the Nevatim Air Force Base in the Negev. The IAF began flying C-130s in the 1970s and has attended RODEO a total of seven times, last appearing in 1996. Twelve air crews from eight countries, including the U.S., Germany, Spain and Belgium, participated in the competition. Saudi Arabia and Oman also sent air crew, to observe the competition. The competition consisted of three flights, during which the teams were to nav-
A Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules. igate to specific positions and parachute both heavy and light payloads onto exact coordinates. Avshalom, a veteran navigator and a member of the first Israeli crew to win the competition in 1990, flew to the U.S. last week to join the IAF team once again and lead it to victory. One of the categories in which the teams were tested is the amount of time they spend over a drop zone, with the objective staying for as little time as possible. In a total of four drops, the Israeli crew loitered over the zones for a total of six seconds. "Coming in [at] first place shows the world that the IAF is one of the best," Avshalom said Tuesday. "The U.S. commander sent a team onto our plane to see how we succeeded in doing it.
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Israel and the United States are discussing the feasibility of curbing Iran's imports of gasoline and other refined oil products if Teheran refuses to enter negotiations over its nuclear program, an Israeli official was reported by Reuters as saying.
Israel's consul-general in Boston sent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanayhu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman a blunt and extremely critical letter regarding Israel's policies toward the U.S. Channel 10 reported saying that Israel's policies were causing damage to strategic ties with the U.S. n the three-page letter, entitled "Sad passing thoughts on Israeli-US relations," Nadav Tamir wrote that the perception of a conflict between Israel and the Obama Administration was harming US public support for Israel, and causing it more damage than the Second Lebanon War or Operation Cast Lead. "The way in which we are conducting the relationship with the US government is causing Israel strategic damage. The distance created between us and the Obama administration has clear implications on Israeli deterrence," Tamir was quoted as writing. The Israeli consul went on to say that narrow political considerations were contributing to the deterioration of the ties. "There are people in the US and Israeli politics who ideologically oppose [US President Barack] Obama, and are willing to sacrifice the special relationship between the two countries in order to advance their political agenda." He also took the government to task for
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merican off icials refused to say whether they were considering such a move, which would represent an escalation of existing sanctions against the Islamic republic and hit the average Iranian in the pocket. The Israeli official, however, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a possible gasoline import ban "has been discussed for a long time" between the allies, but that policymakers in Washington were concerned Teheran's response could have implications for global oil markets. Iran has threatened to retaliate against a cutoff of its gasoline imports by stopping its crude oil exports to Western countries. The country could also disrupt oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. About 17 million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait. U.S. President Barack Obama has given Teheran a deadline of September to agree
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanayhu. making differences with the US public, while Washington was trying to downplay them. "There have always been differences in the stances of the two countries, but the governments were careful to make sure they were coordinated," he reportedly wrote. According to Tamir, many in the US were lumping Israel together with Iran and North Korea as disobedient governments that US President Barack Obama had to deal with. The current situation, he said, is hurting American Jewry as well. "The atmosphere of confrontation between the Israeli government and the Obama administration puts the AmericanJewish community, which is so important to us, in a difficult position," he wrote. "Many of them are distancing themselves from the
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to international talks about its uranium enrichment program. Israel and Western powers fear Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons while the country insists the program is intended to generate electricity. Iran has the world's third largest proven oil reserves but still imports 40 percent of its gasoline to meet growing demand because of limited refining capacity. The White House and State Department would not comment on whether a gasoline import ban was an option under discussion with Israel and European allies. "With respect to the potential actions that might be undertaken by the international community [against Iran], we're not going to be commenting on what might or might not be done," said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton . "So we're not prepared to talk about any specific steps. But I have said repeatedly, in the absence of some positive response from the Iranian government, the international community will consult about next steps and certainly next steps can include certain sanctions," she added. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the United States would consult with its allies in September. "But I don't want to get into discussions amongst allies or hypotheticals as we get toward those dates," Gibbs told reporters.
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Aish HaTorah Installs Second Temple Ahmadinejad Appoints Model Opposite Western Wall New Cabinet as Crisis Persists BY JAY DESHMUKH
BY JONAH NEWMAN
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began setting up his new government, facing unrelenting protests over his reelection and divisions even within his own hardline support base.
Around 50 people gathered on Wednesday to watch the installation of a Second Temple model on the roof of a yet-unfinished Aish HaTorah yeshiva building, across from the Western Wall and just a few hundred meters from where the real structure once stood.
hmadinejad was sworn in on Wednesday for a second fouryear term after massive opposition to his June 12 election victory Iranian President Mahmoud sparked the worst crisis for the Islamic Ahmadinejad delivers a speech after republic in its 30-year existence. His new government is likely taking the oath of office during a to remain on a collision course swearing-in ceremony at the parliawith the West, particularly over its nuclear drive, after Ahmadinejad ment in Tehran. vowed to resist "oppressive powers" and f ired off a new broadside the intelligence minister after a "quaragainst the United States. rel" over the appointment. Washington and the European Union The nomination of Esfandiar Rahim have pointedly refused to congratulate Mashaie, a conf idant and close relative Ahmadinejad on his election victory, of Ahmadinejad, was strongly opposed which the opposition has said was by hardliners who are still furious over rigged. a remark made by him last year that Iran Ahmadinejad, whose standing at is a friend of the Israeli people. home has also been weakened by a The conservative wing of the regime political crisis that has put him at odds was further irked when Ahmadinejad with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali delayed terminating Rahim Mashaie's Khamenei, has two weeks to submit his appointment despite Khamenei's orders cabinet to parliament, which will then to f ire him. hold a vote of conf idence. The Mehr news agency said candiAhmadinejad came under f ire from dates to take over the f irst vice presihis own conservative camp last month dent's post include government when he named a controversial aide as his f irst vice president and later sacked Please turn to page 38
ith the Dome of the Rock and the Aksa Mosque standing conspicuously in the back- A model of the Second Temple is set in ground, a crane lowered the 1.2-ton place in the capital's Jewish Quarter. model onto the roof. It took about a year for Michael Osanis, an immigrant from the former and to feel that we are praying inside Soviet Union who has built a number of the Temple," said Rabbi Hillel other Temple models, including one in Weinberg, the head of Aish's Jerusalem the Temple Institute, also in the capital's yeshiva. "But now, everyone who comes and Jewish Quarter, to complete this model, which is made from gold, silver, wood sees this Temple model, it will be much easier for them to connect to the Temple and Jerusalem stone. The model will sit on a new educa- and to direct their prayers to the Holy of tional building for Aish HaTorah's Holies." As the crane lowered the model into short-term outreach programs, which is place, an argument broke out about set to open in December. Aish, which provides a network of which direction it should face. Should it educational programs for Jews around mirror the way the actual Temple sat in the world, is also building a new relation to the Temple Mount, or sit the "Exploratorium" - an interactive muse- opposite way, making it easier for large um on Jewish history, which it expects crowds to see it? Osanis swiftly decided that ease of will host 300,000 visitors annually after access was more important, and posiit opens in two years. The yeshiva hopes that this model tioned the model accordingly. Not will help people to visualize the Temple everyone in the crowd was happy with and therefore forge a stronger connec- the decision. tion with Judaism and Jewish history. "It is hard for us to imagine a Temple Please turn to page 38
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A neo-Nazi "youth camp," which had been set up in a debt-ridden hotel in Germany by a leading Holocaust denier, was raided by German commandos on Tuesday, hours after a court in Lower Saxony had ordered the "campers" evicted, the Telegraph reported on Thursday. ccording to the report, JĂźrgen Rieger, a Hamburg lawyer, Holocaust denier and senior member of the far-right National Democratic Party, had signed an agreement in early July with the hotel whereby he was granted a 10-year lease on the facility. However, trouble ensued when the owner of the hotel opposed his plan to maintain a Nazi training center akin to the "Hitler Youth" camps in the building. In mid-July the owner, Jens Wilhelm, tried to order the neo-Nazis out of the hotel, the report stated. However, not only did they reject the demand, a group of their supporters stormed the building and refused to leave. Fears that the neo-Nazi tenants were armed alerted police and German commandos to the scene. A tense stand-off ensued, with the police keeping guard over the building while simultaneously trying to prevent a clash between neo-Nazi supporters and anti-Nazi demonstrators who flocked to the area, the report stated. The incident ended when police stormed the hotel after hearing what they believed to be gunshots. The Telegraph reported that several fake firearms, a concealable truncheon and pepper spray were found in the building. Four minors who were part of the neoNazi camp were handed over to youth services following the raid. The remaining eight members were not arrested, and left the premises masked and hooded.
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Continued from cover assets for counter-narcotics missions. The new U.S. policy follows vigorous debates with engaged European parties who traditionally viewed Afghanistan's booming drug trade as a policing problem rather than a military one. Since autumn, of 2008, NATO's General Craddock has advocated harsh measures against drug lords, positing that they are military targets since revenue from the drug trade allows the Taliban to buy weapons. Although the US has gained the support of key European players, including the UK, whose troops are posted in areas where the drug trade is strongest, stringent protocol still requires military lawyers to approve of each 'kill or capture' mission. The lawyers need to be sufficiently assured that the drug smuggler has clear ties to the insurgency. The best method of dealing with Afghanistan's opium poppy harvest, responsible for 90% of the world's heroin, has been argued over for years. The British military strongly opposed US plans to destroy poppy fields out of fear that such measures would radicalize Afghan farmers, leading them straight to the Taliban. former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld opposed zeroing in on drug lords because it would anger warlords Rumsfeld wanted as allies. In recent months, a US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan declared past efforts to destroy poppy crops as "wasteful and ineffective". The new policy now clearly places emphasis on targeting drug lords and narcotics laboratories identified by special
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Canadians, Israelis Head to Regional Philanthropists Lost India for Community Service In Tragic Plane Crash BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
By LEA KAPLAN It's known as rite of passage for Israelis to spend some time traveling in India and soaking up life. But sometimes, the purpose of their travel is more meaningful than that. This summer, a group of f ive Israelis and f ive Jewish Canadians is traveling to India to volunteer with various community service organizations. The Olamot trip, organized by IsraAID & Hillel Israel, puts an emphasis on humanitarian aid and providing the means for sustainable development in a needy country. The participants are working in Dharmsala with the exiled Tibetan community. "Since being forced into exile by the Chinese overtaking of Tibet in 1959, they were granted permission by India to set up their exiled community here and in other settlements," explains Maayan Ravid, one of the Israeli participants, on the trip's blog. "There are approximately 130,000 Tibetans living in exile. They are not recognized by the UN as refugees. They do not have passports and must renew their interim residency annually with Indian immigration registration. They have been doing so for the past 50 years. They are a stateless people." Maybe this is what drives so many Israelis to India - the fact that the Jewish people also were once a stateless
The search continues today for the remaining two bodies still missing since Saturday's airplane collision over the Hudson River. The missing bodies belong to the plane's pilot, Steve Altman, 60, and his brother Daniel, 49. Nine people were killed when the airplane and a helicopter collided in mid-air over the Hudson, sending flaming wreckage into the river.
Canadian participants at a recent orientation in Tel Aviv. people. But the Canadian participants are going for a slightly different reason. "We understand that when students travel, they want to travel with purpose," says Rebecca Woods Baum, Hillel of Greater Toronto's Immersive Experience Program coordinator and the trip's staff member. Canadian participant Tracy Goldman agrees. She traveled to Bat Yam last summer on another Hillel of Greater Toronto trip. There, she worked with Ethiopian children in a youth center. It was this experience that pushed Goldman to travel with Hillel again, and to travel with purpose. "Seeing places is important, but I want a meaningful experience," she says. Goldman's desire has been fulf illed.
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he priority today is the victim recovery operation," said Debbie Hersman, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman. "There were seven victims that have been recovered and two that remain unrecovered and so that's gonna be the focus today." The plane departed from Teterboro Airport while the helicopter carrying five Italian tourists was coming from the 30th Street Heliport in Manhattan. A pilot on the ground tried to warn both pilots of the imminent crash. Jeremy Clarke, who was flying the helicopter, had about 2,700 hours of flight time, according to Liberty Helicopters. Investigators are still unsure of the causes of the crash. The Altmans’ company, Altman Management Co. operates over 14,000 apartments on the east coast. "The Altmans have been an integral part of the growth and redevelopment of Philadelphia," Gov. Rendell said through a spokesman yesterday. "This is sad news. Our
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Steve Altman was involved in many charitable organizations. Among the many was the Angel Flight, a non-profit group composed of volunteer pilots. thoughts and prayers are with the entire . . . family." Toll Bros. vice chairman Bruce Toll said, "The Altmans are a well-known family in Philadelphia going back 50 years. They were all involved in Jewish charities." Among the Altmans' many philanthropic endeavors is Angel Flight, a nonprofit group composed of volunteer pilots and who provide free flights for seriously ill patients who need medical treatment far from where they live. “The pilots fly them to the medical facilities needed for their evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of their medical conditions free of charge,” according to the charity’s
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Mayor Bloomberg Launches NYC Civic Engagement Volunteering BY STU LOESER Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was joined by Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service Nicola Goren to launch the f irst-ever NYC Civic Corps and swear in its inaugural class of 193 AmeriCorps VISTA members. he NYC Civic Corps is a key initiative of NYC Service, the Mayor’s blueprint to increase service and civic engagement and respond to President Obama’s call for a new era of national service. NYC Civic Corps members will work to help nonprofits and public agencies dramatically increase the number of volunteers they mobilize, and achieve greater results and have greater impact through a more strategic use of those volunteers. They will work to create sustainable volunteer management structures that remain in place after their year-long terms of service end. The Mayor also recognized two City employees with the new NYC Service Award, Andrea Williams of the Department of Parks and Recreation and Frank Lowe of the Office of Emergency Management, for their exemplary service to their communities and the City. The Mayor and Ms. Goren were joined at City Hall Plaza for the swearing in and recognition ceremony by First Deputy Mayor Patti Harris and Chief Service Officer Diahann Billings-Burford. “Today we launch the NYC Civic Corps – a group of nearly 200 caring, dynamic people who will lead our efforts to help more nonprof its and public agencies tap more volunteers to produce more results for our neighbors in need. That’s the promise of NYC Service,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “With
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the launch of this exciting new initiative, we take another major step forward in our efforts to answer President Obama’s call for a ‘new era of service.’ I want to thank the Corporation for National and Community Service for its extraordinary partnership, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the Lizzie and Jonathan M. Tisch Foundation for their generosity, and the nearly 200 NYC Civic Corps members here today for their willingness to step up and serve this City.” “These Recovery Act VISTAs will give a powerful boost to the City’s efforts to engage New Yorkers in the battle against poverty,” said Nicola Goren, Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers AmeriCorps. “We commend the Mayor for his leadership and salute the men and women who’ve answered the President’s call to service by dedicating a year of their lives to f ight poverty at a time of great economic and social need.” “The NYC Civic Corps reflects Mayor Bloomberg’s strong commitment to increasing service, and to his recognition that nonprof its, already strained by increased demand and reduced revenues as a result of the national recession, need support now more than ever,” said First Deputy Mayor Harris. “If we want to make the call to service real in the lives of everyday New Yorkers, we need to invest in the capacity of nonprof its to use more volunteers and to use them more strategically and effectively. That’s what the NYC Civic Corps
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Homeless Holocaust Survivor Donates $100,000 To Hebrew University BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Hebrew University has received a surprise donation of more than $100,000 from an unexpected benefactor — a woman who survived the Nazi Holocaust and appeared to be destitute, a university official said Sunday. pon her death two years ago, a homeless Holocaust survivor living on the streets of New York City willed the gift to the university. The Jewish woman lived out of a shopping cart in Manhattan and had no known relatives, said Yefet Ozery, Hebrew University's director of development and public relations. The unnamed Holocaust survivor had no known connection to Jerusalem's Hebrew University, pictured above.
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“The university first learned about the gift three months ago...” "She lived as a very poor woman. And when she died at the age of 92, it was discovered she had accumulated close to $300,000," Ozery said. The university f irst learned about the gift three months ago but did not receive the money until this week. It
will be used to fund scholarships for medical research students, according to the woman's wishes, Ozery said, refusing to disclose her name. The story was f irst reported by The Jerusalem Post daily.
“She probably saved it to do good for the world and for the Jewish people." Not much is known about the woman, who had no known connection to the university. She left the other half of her savings to various causes and benef iciaries, though Ozery said it is unknown how she amassed the small fortune. "No one knows where she got it from. But she probably lived penny to penny. She probably saved it to do good for the world and for the Jewish people," Ozery said. The woman's last known employer was a Jewish man in New York, who hired her to move his car to avoid parking tickets in exchange for a hot meal and a room, Ozery said. The woman also left that employer a portion of her savings.
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Record Breaking 267 Pound Matzo Ball Unveiled in New York City
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Brooklyn Holocaust Survivors Benefit from Added Funds BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Two Jewish philanthropic groups are distributions $300,000 supplied by the government to entrance social and community support services for Holocaust survivors residing in Brooklyn. he funds will be split between the Jewish Community Council of Canarsie (JCCC), a neighborhood that was once predominantly Jewish, and the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg (UJOW). These two charities are under the umbrella of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and managed by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The UJOW region is populated by many Holocaust survivors from Hungary. JCCC Executive Director Avrohom Hecht said that despite the changes the neighborhood’s population has undergone, there are still many Holocaust survivors in the region, which includes Canarsie, Starrett City and Mill Basin. "You'd be surprised at how many survivors there are. We have a lunch coming up in Mill Basin and about 140 survivors will attend," the executive director responded. He also reported that there is some controversy regarding which residents qualify as Holocaust survivors, particularly within the Russian-Jewish population living in Starrett City. Many Russian-Jews emigrated from other European countries to Russia after the Russian Army liberated them from
T Noam Sokolow, of Noah's Ark Deli (left). The world's largest matzo ball was made by chef Anthony Sylvestri of Noah's Ark Deli, (center). BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF When it comes to making Matzo Balls no one makes them quite like Chef Anthony Sylvestri of Noah's Ark Deli, who recently received a whirlwind of reviews for making a 267 pound matzo ball. Sylvestri’s “biggest matzo ball” in the world, was unveiled and served to hungry lower East Siders. he giant kosher matzo ball was moved across the city with a police escort after spending 19.5 hours on a slow boil in a custom-made 100-gallon New Jersey kettle. It was created to raise awareness and money for a charity basketball game at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv. Profits from the Oct. 18 game will benefit the Migdal Ohr, an orphanage in northern Israel. "What's better than this in New York City?" said Noam Sokolow, owner of Noah's Ark Original Deli on Grand St., who helped organize the event. "Big Apple, big matzo ball, big basketball game." Two dozen workers using a special soup sling lifted the huge matzo out of its kettle. They carefully packed it for a trip from Teaneck, N.J. to Manhattan in a 24-foot freight truck.
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After being unloaded from the vehicle by five men, it was carried along a red carpet to the front of the deli, where it was unveiled in a giant bowl. "Wow, really cool," said 10-year-old Hillel Levinger, when he saw it. "I was able to actually witness a world record." Chef Anthony Sylvestri said his creation was a "sinker" and was proud to put his name to it. "It's still whole, it came out great," he said. "It's not like we do this every day. "If someone was to beat this record, then I'll beat it again," he added. A team of cooks cut the ball into pieces and took them to the Good Companions Senior Center on Madison St. The center provides low-cost kosher lunches six days a week, along with health and wellness programs and recreation facilities. "It's very good, I love it," said Fidelia Dorival, 79, as she bit into her record-breaking lunch. "I'm very proud." "This is not like my mother's matzo balls. I love matzo balls, [but] they have to be like my mother's, " said Seymour Kestenbaum, 91, who was not as impressed by the taste of the matzo as he was with its size. Nevertheless, the benefit of the 267 pound matzo ball served as an exciting lunch was used for good charity.
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concentration camps. Many of them as laborers in Siberian labor camps. "In the Holocaust survivor community some have a certain degree of skepticism of the Russians survivors, but there are others I know who were sent into Russia after they were liberated," Hecht claims.
“The federal funds will also cover the cost of caregivers and home visitations, since many elderly survivors want to stay in their own homes.” The funding will help pay for expenses such as a social worker at each non-prof it to counsel and support the survivors, many of whom are elderly and could benef it from assistance provided by service social programs as Medicaid and food stamps. The federal funds will also cover the cost of caregivers and home visitations, since many elderly survivors want to stay in their own homes. The JCCC creates social groups and community events that provide those with an interest to socialize and connect with other survivors do meet one another and get out more. The groups with gather for cultural outings and social events, such as visiting museums and other cultural venues.
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WAR ON TERROR
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WAR ON TERROR “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deutoronomy 16:20)
U.S. Air Force Establishes New Command for Nuclear Forces BY AFP The US Air Force launched a new Global Strike Command responsible for nuclear forces after two major mishaps raised doubts about the supervision of the country's atomic weapons. he opening of the command marks a shake-up that followed the botched handling of nuclear weapons and the subsequent sacking of the air force's top civilian and military leaders last year. The command, located at Barksdale Air Force base in the southern state of Louisiana, will combine nuclear-capable B52 and B-2 bombers as well as the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force -which had previously been under the Air Force Space Command in Colorado. "We needed to refocus on the nuclear mission and not lose sight of that," Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley told reporters ahead of Friday's ceremony. He said there had been some "painful lessons" but the new command would "reinvigorate our nuclear enterprise." An outside panel headed by former
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US Air Force strategic bombers sit the tarmac at a base in Louisiana. defense secretary James Schlesinger concluded that the US Air Force had for years given the nuclear forces a lower priority and failed to manage the mission with rigor. The panel found "an unambiguous, dramatic and unacceptable decline in the air force's commitment to perform the nuclear mission and, until very recently, little has been done to reverse it." Two widely-publicized incidents raised questions over the air force's handling of its nuclear mission. First came the inadvertent transfer from one US base to another of nuclear-armed cruise missiles under the wing of a B-52
bomber in September 2007. Then the Pentagon discovered that nuclear weapons components had been inadvertently shipped to Taiwan in 2006. Defense Secretary Robert Gates soon fired the air force's top civilian and military leaders in June 2008. The ICBMs in the 20th Air Force, part of Air Force Space Command, are due to shift to the new command in early December on and bombers from the 8th Air Force are scheduled to move to the command in February, officials said. Three-star General Frank Klotz will lead the new command, which comprises 23,000 airmen. While the nuclear role would take the top priority, the command would also be ready to employ conventional weapons, including a giant "bunker buster" bomb due to be ready next year, said air force chief of staff, General Norton Schwartz. The general said the new command included an elaborate inspections regime with regular outside oversight. "We have made a special effort to make the inspections more demanding, more invasive, more challenging," Schwartz told reporters.
"My judgment was that perhaps the inspections had not been as rigorous as we needed in the past. So we adjusted that," the general said. He also said setting up a command would ensure the nuclear forces received equal status with other missions in the air force and would help develop a cadre of airmen with relevant skills. The nuclear forces previously were perceived as a secondary mission, especially after the end of the Cold War. "The key thing here is we ended up focusing on other things and understandably perhaps, but we are now wiser," Schwartz said. Arms control talks with Russia and a major nuclear strategy review underway at the Pentagon had highlighted the importance of the nuclear forces, Donley said. Donley and Schwartz discussed the command at a briefing Wednesday at the Pentagon. But the air force barred the release of their remarks until Friday as officers wanted to avoid the announcement coinciding with Thursday's anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. The attack killed some 140,000 people, either instantly or in the days and weeks that followed.
Taliban Chief Killed While Getting Leg Massage BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF A CIA drone attack allegedly killed Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud on the roof of his father-in-law's house as he received a leg massage, an unnamed US official reported. h e r e a r e s t r o n g indications ( M e h s u d ) i s d e a d, " a n o t h e r counter-terrorism o f f i c i a l s a i d . P r e s i d e n t Barack Obama is being told M e h s u d w a s k i l l e d f o l l ow i n g a "dramatic escalation" of nine unmanned drones aimed at the Ta l i b a n l e a d e r i n r e c e n t w e e k s . US surveillance in Pakistan spotted a man on the roof of Mehsud's father-inlaw's house in South Waziristan, receiving a leg message from a woman. The CIA was aware of Mehsud's diabetes, the resultant leg pains he experienced, and the massages he got to ease the discomfort. Additionally, the physical description of a "short stocky man" matched up to that of Mehsud's. "The CIA decided to move in," an official said, once they thought they had a clear shot at the target, as per Obama's authorization. Hakimullah Mehsud, a top Taliban
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off icial, challenged Pakistan to prove Mehsud was dead, refusing to accept claims of the warlord's decease. Pakistan's government replied that it believed Mehsud, along with his wife, to be dead of a US drone attack, however, confusion has prevented absolute confirmation of the Taliban leader's death.
“Hakimullah did admit that Mehsud's wife was killed in the attack...” White House national security advisor Jim Jones said the US was 90% certain Mehsud was killed by the American missiles, stating, "The Pakistani government believes he is and all the evidence we have suggests that." Hakimullah Mehsud responded that Mehsud was only "a bit sick" and the terrorist group would send out a message in the coming days proving he was still alive. Hakimullah did admit that Mehsud's wife was killed in the attack, and threatened that the Taliban will hurry to avenge her death.
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Iranian Threat Iran Opposition Claims Jailed Protesters Raped, Beaten mony by Rassam, who has now been charged with spying, was not made under pressure. "Rassam was already freed before he appeared in court. He was at home. He was under no pressure," Ghashghavi told reporters. An Iranian opposition leader claimed women and boys have been savagely raped while they were in custody following the wave of unrest after the disputed presidential election. The allegations by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi surfaced as Iran hit back at Western criticism of its mass trials of protesters, including British and French embassy staff.
BY JAY DESHMUKH An Iranian opposition leader claimed women and boys have been savagely raped while they were in custody following the wave of unrest after the disputed presidential election. he allegations by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi surfaced as Iran hit back at Western criticism of its mass trials of protesters, including British and French embassy staff. "A number of detainees have said that some female detainees have been raped savagely. Young boys held in detention have also been savagely raped," Karroubi said in a letter to powerful cleric and ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. "The young boys are suffering from depression and serious physical and mental damage since their rapes," he said, urging an inquiry into the claims. Karroubi made the allegations in a letter to Rafsanjani in his capacity as head of the Assembly of Experts, the powerful body which selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities.
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"The young boys are suffering from depression and serious physical and mental damage since their rapes." Karroubi, a reformist former parliamentary speaker who came fourth and last in the June 12 election that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, has previously alleged that protesters were abused and beaten in custody. About 2,000 opposition supporters were arrested in the aftermath of Ahmadinejad's disputed victory. Most have been released, but around 200 remain behind bars. At least 110 have also been put on trial. Karroubi urged Rafsanjani to take up the issue with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the "clergy and the Islamic republic will be held responsible" for such acts, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP. "The veracity of the letter's contents have to be ascertained," ISNA news agency quoted current parliament speaker Ali Larijani as saying. "I am also awaiting the report of our parliamentary panel which is probing the issue of detainees." Rafsanjani's office said he has withdrawn from leading this week's Friday prayers in Tehran to prevent "possible clashes" at the event, which since the election have become a forum for political grandstanding. Rafsanjani used his previous sermon in July to call for the release of detained elec-
Defeated Iranian presidential candidate and opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi said that men and women have been brutally raped while in police custody. tion protesters and said Iran had been plunged into "crisis" since the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On Sunday, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' political bureau called for Karroubi, fellow defeated election challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi and Ahmadinejad's predecessor Mohammad Khatami to go on trial for plotting a "velvet coup." Several reformist newspapers have reported that some protesters died in custody, but officials say they succumbed to disease and denied the deaths were due to beatings. Last month Khamenei ordered the closure of one detention centre, saying it was not "up to required standards." The crackdowns have outraged the international community as Iran continues to battle its worst crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution, with deep rifts between clerical groups and the ruling elite. But Tehran hit back on Monday after Western governments condemned what they called "show trials." Hardline cleric Ahmad Khatami urged Tehran to take a "crushing and confronting" line with Britain, while another cleric, Ahmad Salek, said the British embassy had become "America's and the Zionist regime's den of spies." Foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi called the Western criticism "illegal and surprising," and said the court testimony by embassy employees was proof of "foreign intervention in Iran's domestic affairs." Those on trial include French lecturer Clotilde Reiss, British embassy analyst Hossein Rassam and French embassy employee Nazak Afshar. Ghashghavi said Saturday's court testi-
"I am also awaiting the report of our parliamentary panel which is probing the issue of detainees." "A number of detainees have said that some female detainees have been raped savagely. Young boys held in detention have also been savagely raped," Karroubi said in a letter to powerful cleric and ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. "The young boys are suffering from depression and serious physical and mental damage since their rapes," he said, urging an inquiry into the claims. Karroubi made the allegations in a letter to Rafsanjani in his capacity as head of the Assembly of Experts, the powerful body which selects the supreme leader and supervises his activities. Karroubi, a reformist former parliamentary speaker who came fourth and last in the June 12 election that returned President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, has previously alleged that protesters were abused and beaten in custody. About 2,000 opposition supporters were arrested in the aftermath of Ahmadinejad's disputed victory. Most have been released, but around 200 remain behind bars. At least 110 have also been put on trial. Karroubi urged Rafsanjani to take up the issue with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the "clergy and the Islamic republic will be held responsible" for such acts, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP. "The veracity of the letter's contents have to be ascertained," ISNA news agency quoted current parliament speaker Ali Larijani as saying. "I am also awaiting the report of our parliamentary panel which is probing the issue of detainees." Rafsanjani's office said he has withdrawn from leading this week's Friday prayers in Tehran to prevent "possible clashes" at the event, which since the election have become a forum for political grandstanding. Rafsanjani used his previous sermon in July to call for the release of detained election protesters and said Iran had been plunged into "crisis" since the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On Sunday, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' political bureau called for Karroubi, fellow defeated election challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi and Ahmadinejad's predecessor Mohammad Khatami to go on trial for plotting a "velvet coup." Several reformist newspapers have reported that some protesters died in custody, but officials say they succumbed to disease and denied the deaths were due to beatings.
U.S.: Iranian Bomb Likely No Earlier Than 2013 BY JPOST US State Department off icials estimate that Iran will be unable to develop a nuclear weapon in the next four years despite previous assessments, according to a recently disclosed congressional do ccording to a report published in the Washington Post on Friday, the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research stated that Iran would be unable to produce weapons-grade material before 2013. However the report emphasized that f indings were based on technical capability and did not consider a time period in which Teheran "might make any political decision" to produce highly
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enriched uranium . The document cites analysts as asserting that any such decision by the Iranian government is unlikely to be made while "international scrutiny and pressure persist." On Monday The Times reported that Iran could complete the manufacture of an atomic bomb within a year, and is just waiting for supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to give the goahead. Intelligence sources were quoted by the British newspaper as saying that the Islamic republic had put a stop to its nuclear arms research program back in 2003 as it had already developed the means to detonate a nuclear warhead which could be launched on the Shahab3 long-range missile.
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U.S. Strike on Iran 'Feasible and Credible' BY AFP A devastating US military strike against Iran's nuclear and military facilities "is a technically feasible and credible option," a retired general asserted in an article published on Friday.
already overstretched, that we lack adequate intelligence about the location of covert nuclear sites, and that known sites are too heavily fortified," he said. "Such assumptions are false," he said. Wald argued that serious military preparations for a strike could in themselves help persuade Iran to end its nuclear defiance "without firing a single shot." Pressure could be applied by deploying additional aircraft carrier battle groups and minesweepers to waters off Iran and conducting military exercises with allies, he
etired air force general Charles Wald, a former deputy commander of US forces in Europe, said US policy makers must prepare for a Retired US Air Force "Plan B," including the General Charles Wald. military's role, should diplomacy fail. "A peaceful resolution of the threat said. If that failed, he said, the US Navy could posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions would certainly be the best possible outcome," Wald blockade Iran's Gulf ports, cutting off wrote in an opinion piece in the Wall Street gasoline imports that constitute a third the country's domestic consumption. Journal. "Should these measures not compel "But should diplomacy and economic pressure fail, a US military strike against Tehran to reverse course on its nuclear Iran is a technically feasible and credible program, and only after all other diplomatic avenues and economic pressures have been option," he said. Wald's views were in striking contrast exhausted, the US military is capable of with those of the Pentagon's top civilian and launching a devastating attack on Iranian military leaders, who have warned repeated- nuclear and military facilities," he wrote. Wald acknowledged there were "huge ly that military action against Iran would be risks to military action," including that highly destabilizing. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, Iranians would rally around "an unstable and has sought to engage Iran diplomatically, oppressive regime" and that reprisals and but prospects of a breakthrough have been regional unrest would follow. "Furthermore, while a successful clouded by political turmoil in Iran over President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's disput- bombing campaign would set back Iranian nuclear development, Iran would undoubted re-election. "Many policy makers and journalists dis- edly retain its nuclear know how," he said. "But the risks of military action must miss the military option on the basis of a be weighed against those of doing nothing," false sense of futility," Wald wrote. he said. "They assume that the US military is
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Sotomayor Confirmed As First Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice BY OLIVIER KNOX Sonia Sotomayor won historic confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court, in a big victory for President Barack Obama over stiff Republican objections. y a comfortable 68-31 margin, lawmakers lifted the 55-year-old appeals court judge to the bench that serves as the final arbiter of the US Constitution and is called upon to decide bitter feuds on issues like gun rights and abortion. "I'm filled with pride in this achievement and great confidence that Judge Sotomayor will make an outstanding Supreme Court justice," Obama said moments after the vote. "It's a wonderful day for America." Obama's Democratic allies and a handful of Republicans joined forces to make Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican descent, the 111th justice and just the third woman to sit on the court in its 220-year history. Sotomayor's rise from a poor neighborhood in New York's Bronx borough, through elite Ivy League universities and on to the heights of the US judicial system mirrored the ascent of the president who nominated her. She was to be sworn in on Saturday at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) at the Supreme Court building, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering two oaths of office -- a private and a public one -- a court spokeswoman said. In a statement after the vote, Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid hailed her confirmation as "an inspiration to not only millions of young women and Hispanic Americans, but our nation as whole." Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called her confirmation "a historic milestone" but signaled Obama may face a tougher battle when it comes to future Supreme Court nominees. Democrats and some Republicans predicted the vote will shape how HispanicAmericans, the fast-growing US ethnic group, align themselves in the 2010 midterm elections and the 2012 presidential contest. Some observers said pitched political battles over Obama's sweeping push to remake US healthcare and enact sweeping plans to fight climate change also stoked partisan tensions over Sotomayor. While the outcome was never seriously in doubt, the final days of debate over handing her the lifetime job being vacated by retiring Justice David Souter brought harsh debates over whether she would be fair. Republicans anchored their attacks on Obama's comment that he sought a judge
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Sonia Sotomayor has won historic confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court. with "empathy" and on Sotomayor's stated hope in public remarks over the years that a "wise Latina" could be a better judge than a white male. "Empathy is a fine quality. But in the courtroom, it's only good if the judge has it for you," said Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "What if you're the other guy? When he walks out of the courthouse, he can say he received his day in court. He can say he received a hearing. But he can't say he received justice," said the Kentucky lawmaker. Democrats shot back that Sotomayor's 17-year record on the bench was that of a cautious and fair judge, devoted to upholding legal precedent, and warned Republicans who opposed her that they stood in the way of racial progress. "Those who oppose her because of fear of her life experience do no justice to her or our nation. Their names will be listed in our nation's history of elected officials one step behind American's historic march forward," said Richard Durbin, the number two Democrat in the Senate. Republicans bristled at any charge that they opposed Sotomayor based on her background, underlining that Democratic opposition had doomed the confirmation chances of a Hispanic-American Republican appeals court nominee, Miguel Estrada. "She is being treated with far more dignity," said Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. "I wish President Obama had chosen a Hispanic nominee whom all senators could support." Ailing Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, 91 years old and the longest-serving senator, was brought in on a wheelchair to vote. Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy was a noshow because of health reasons -- he has been battling brain cancer.
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Fannie Mae Suffers Additional Massive Loss and Seeks More Aid BY AFP Troubled U.S. backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae took a massive 14.8-billiondollar loss in the second quarter, and asked the US Treasury for another 10.7 billion dollars in aid, the company said Thursday. annie Mae and its fellow state-backed lender Freddie Mac have already received hundreds of billions of dollars as part of a virtual government takeover aimed at avoiding their collapse in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis. "Second-quarter results were driven primarily by 18.8 billion dollars of credit-related expenses, reflecting the ongoing impact of adverse conditions in the housing market, as well as the economic recession and rising unemployment. Credit-related expenses were partially offset by fair value gains," the company said. "The company also reported a substantial decrease in impairment losses on investment securities, which was due in part to the adoption of new accounting guidance." The latest decrease for Fannie Mae came on the heels of a 23.2-billion-dollar loss in the first quarter. "Taking into account unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities during the second quarter and an adjustment to our deferred tax assets due to the new accounting guidance, the loss resulted in a net worth deficit of 10.6 billion dollars as of June 30, 2009," the company said in a statement. As a result, it said the head of its conservator, the FederaL Housing Finance Agency, submitted a 10.7-billion-dollar request from the Treasury "in order to eliminate our net worth deficit" on or before September 30. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the US government could split Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and place
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New York City Bounces Back BY FAITH HOPE CONSOLO Is the retail funk f inally ending at the high end? ith the Dow topping 9,000 last week, Goldman Sachs publicizing - for better or worse -- record bonus payouts this year and the Luxury Consumption Index climbing 18.6 points, the stars are starting to align. In particular, the news bodes well for retail businesses that cater to affluent consumers. According to Unity Marketing's July 2009 Luxury Tracking survey, some 48 percent of con- According to Ms. Consolo, New York will soon sumers of luxury prod- have new businesses that would have not been ucts believe the worst is over. The Wealth Report able to survive there a year ago. earlier this month stated "consumer conf idence is back up to lev- earlier in the year, is swiftly being reels last seen in September before leased. Already Maison Lalique, Lehman Brothers imploded." and Armani Collezioni, Chrome Hearts, "Shares of luxury retailers have held Frette Luxe and Buckhouse have their stock market gains, as investors claimed new outposts. On Fifth Avenue, overlook the current funk in luxury and Swarovski is taking the Sergio Rossi store, Gant has expanded and Tommy focus on better times ahead." In recent months, my own team has Hilf iger and Joseph Edwards have new leased extremely desirable stores to stores. On a national level, it is reported businesses popular with this demographic, including artist Deborah that Henry Bendel is opening six new Buck's Buck House at 1318 Madison department stores. Hermes has plans for Avenue in Carnegie Hill and Shoe Woo 20 stores throughout the U.S. and in at 750 Lexington Avenue, directly Asia, Bulgari has announced 12 new across from Bloomingdale's. Even cus- units, and Coach has plans for 11 new tom couture preservationist Madame stores. And of the high-end discount Paulette, whom we worked with, gar- brands Talbot's Upscale Outlet is opennered mega media coverage when it ing 12 stores, and Nordstrom Rack, debuted its new home at Manhattan which recently took over the old Circuit House. Not only did the tabloids cover City space in Union Square, is schedthe new location, which coincided with uled to open an additional nine stores. While no one is expecting the kind the business's 50th Anniversary, but the New Yorker weighed in with its own of uber exuberance once associated with the spending habits of wealthy conpiece. Downtown this summer we've sumers, it is also clear that the rich are already seen plenty of action. Lounge beginning to again embrace their innermoved to Ladies Mile, DDCLAB shoppaholic. I predict that many of the expanded the brand to a third Soho fallow spaces along Madison Avenue location, this time at 7 Mercer Street, between 57th and 77th Streets will soon Lee Harkness Shirt tucked itself into 14 be f illed again. Moreover, we'll see Prince Street and Abercrombie & Fitch's plenty of fabulous, new businesses that Hollister Store surfed into a four-level, a year ago could not have afforded the 40,000-square-foot emporium on gilded mile or even f ind an opportunity to open there. Broadway and Houston. Madison Avenue, which reported a somewhat misleading vacancy of 10.5%
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Troubled state-backed mortgage firm Fannie Mae took a massive 14.8-billion-dollar second-quarter loss. the firms' toxic assets in a federal corporation. Such a deal could allow the financial giants, long lynchpins of the US housing market, to move forward unconstrained by troubled assets -- easing still constricted credit markets with the hope of driving consumer spending, the report said. Together, the two firms back 40 percent of all US home loans. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insisted that the report was "light years ahead of any decision-making process here. "There's no meeting that's scheduled," he said. "And safe to say that many senior administration economic officials learned of this proposal sometime this morning at the foot of their driveway." Staff "are aware of the problem and working on it as a part of financial regulatory reform," Gibbs added. However, he cautioned, assuming "that either this is at a point of even a decision by senior economic officials, let alone anybody that occupies the Oval Office, is way, way, way ahead of itself."
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New Tax Credits to Aid State Supreme Court Upholds First-Time NY Homeowners Expanded Rights for Tenants BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF In a State Supreme Court ruling filed on Wednesday, the NYC tenant anti-harassment law was upheld. This law gives New York City apartment renters the right to sue landlords for threats or other coercive strategies used to force them out of apartments. he city’s largest landlord group, along with property owners brought suit against the city, claiming that the law violated the state and federal Constitutions and unlawfully strengthened the jurisdiction of the Housing Maintenance Code and of Housing Court judges. Justice Eileen A. Rakower dismissed the suit. The law in question was the Tenant Protection Act, which makes it a violation of the housing code to harass tenants. The law gives judges the power to impose civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for violation of the law, and def ines harassment as the use of force or threats, repeated interruptions of essential services, the frequent f iling of baseless court actions and other tactics that “substantially interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet” of an apartment’s lawful occupant. Tenant advocate groups have claimed that landlords in rapidly-gentrifying neighborhoods have become more aggressive in pushing out low-rent tenants to make room for those who are able to pay higher rents. The Rent
T BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF The State of New York Mortgage Agency, Sonyma, a mortgage provider for low to moderate income borrowers, will soon offer federal income tax credits to certain first time home owners as part of their services. The credits may equal up to 20 percent of annual mortgage interest costs. eading banks including M&T B a n k a n d We l l s Fa rg o a r e cooperating with Sonyma on t h i s p r og r a m , a n d t h e m o r t g a g e a g e n cy s ay s m o r e b a n k i n g g i a n t s will soon follow. Applications will be accepted at par ticipating banks star ting early September, most likely, with bor rowers who haven’t yet received loans through the participating p a r t i e s e l i g i bl e f o r application. The chief executive of Sonyma, Priscilla Almodovar, outlines how the program might proceed. A homeowner is expected to pay $10,933 in interest on a $200,000 30 year loan with a 5.5 percent fixed interest rate. On next year’s income tax return, the homeowner will be able to claim $2,186, 20 percent of the interest, as a direct tax credit. Overall, the homeowner would save $182 a month instead of simply taking the mortgage interest as a deduction on the federal tax return. Sonyma tax credit participants can still take the remaining 80 percent of their
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mortgage interest as a federal tax deduction. Any unused portion of the tax credit, in the event that the participant’s tax liability is less than the mortgage during any one year, can be carried forward for three years. Applicants qualify for aid by being first-time home buyers, using that home as their primary residence, and choosing a fixed-rate loan. Almodovar predicts about 700 families will apply for the credits this year. Outside of the confines of New York City, Sonyma’s income and house price limits, which vary according to county, present challenges to would-be applicants. In New York City, the combined annual income for a household with three or more people can be $107,520 at most, and the house price has to be within $637,640. In Nassau and Suffolk counties, house price limits are the same but annual household incomes are given greater allowance with a maximum of $142,520 for homes with three or more people. David Wind, chief executive of the Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company in White Plains, says this new program makes new buyers appear somewhat more attractive to lenders, providing “a vague assurance of a higher likelihood of good future payment performance.” Wind continues, “But if there’s anything the state can do to decrease the housing stock, that’s fantastic, and this program could get more people into the showroom.”
Stabilization Association, a group of landlords, denied the claim that tenant harassment was rampant problem in the city. Previously, tenants were only able to take landlords to court for concerns about physical conditions of apartments, and harassment was not considered a violation of the Housing Maintenance Code.
“Since the law had been upheld, almost 540 harassment cases have been filed.” Council speaker Christine C. Quinn said the decision is “a great victory” for tenants. “Contrary to the assertions of the landlord lobby, this law is neither vague nor unnecessary.” Mitchell Posilkin, the Rent Stabilization Association’s general counsel, said the group was considering an appeal. “We believe that the housing code in every other respect is a compilation of objective housing conditions,” he said, “and that creating a violation issued by a Housing Court judge instead of an inspector, and for a subjective condition, is outside of the legislative authority relating to the housing code.” Since the law had been upheld, almost 540 harassment cases have been f iled. So far, roughly 4% of the suits have resulted in civil penalties.
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New York City Investment Sales Better, But Still Weak
Donald Trump is Back in Atlantic City Casino Biz BY MARIA WOOD
BY ROBERT KNAKAL
Donald Trump and BNAC Inc., an affiliate of Beal Bank Nevada, have entered into an agreement to purchase Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. Under the terms of the deal, Trump and BNAC will invest $100 million in the private company and restructure about $486 million in debt.
The investment property sales market in New York City was slightly improved in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) versus the first quarter of the year. That being said, it couldn’t possibly have been worse than 1Q09 during which we saw the paralysis of 4Q08 manifest itself in a 1st quarter volume which we needed a microscope to see. However, even with an improved 2nd quarter, the first half of 2009 (1H09) was still a major disappointment for those of us relying on transaction volume for a living.
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ccording to a company statement, the firm’s management and its board of directors have approved the reorganization plan. In February, the company filed for Chapter 11, and Trump and his partner reportedly beat out bondholders in bankruptcy court to once again own the company that operates three casino resorts here: Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza and Trump Marina. The reorganization plan must also pass muster with the bankruptcy court. "My previous investment in the company was destroyed by excessive and restrictive debt," said Trump in a statement. "This reorganization changes all that. I am pleased that the reorganization affords me an opportunity to make a new investment and help revive a company that has borne my name, but not performed to my standards or been under my management. My daughter Ivanka and I will work tirelessly to make this company great again. As I have done in the past, we will make Atlantic City hot once more." "As a private enterprise under the ownership of the Trump family and BNAC, the company will be well capi-
talized and positioned for success, and we are hopeful for the court’s expeditious approval so that the new capital can start being invested,” said Mark Juliano, Trump Entertainment’s chief executive, in a statement. "I am conf ident that this is the best proposal to provide the company with a platform for growth." Back in 2004, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Trump Entertainment’s predecessor company, f iled for bankruptcy protection. As part of that reorganization plan, Trump’s personal stake in the company was reduced and he resigned as chairman of the company in February. A new credit agreement extends the maturity period for the repayment of $486 million in debt to December 2020 from the original target of 2012.
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he total dollar volume of sales in NYC for 1 H09 was approximately $2.8 billion. This figure was down 81% from the 1H08 total of $14.47 billion and down a whopping 92% from the peak half year of 1H07 during which we had $35.8 billion in sales. With regard to the number of transactions, in 1H09 we had 562 closed transactions. This f igure was down 65.7% from 1H08 and down 75.3% from the peak half year of 1H07 during which we had 2279 sales closed. Because some transactions involved multiple properties, we also track the number of individual properties which have been sold. In 1H09, 670 properties were sold. This f igure is down 64.5% from 1H08 and down 75.5% from the peak half year of 1H07 during which we had 2738 properties change hands. To put these sales f igures into per-
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spective, we must look at historical averages and milestones. Since 1984, we have tracked a statistical sample of investment properties in New York that constists of 125,000 properties. Over a 25 year period, the average turnover rate has been 2.6% with the all-time low level being 1.6%. The 1.6% level was hit in 1992 and again in 2003. Both of these were years at the end of recessionary periods and were also years during which unemployment reached cyclical peaks. We always assumed that this 1.6% turnover level was a “base line” which consisted only of people who were forced to sell because of death, divorce, taxes, insolvency, partnership disputes, etc. If we annualize the activity during 1H09, the turnover percentage is running at 1.07%!! We anticipate that activity will pick up slightly during 2H09 but that we will still hit a new record low of 1.2%-1.4% for the year. Values are also taking a hit as off ice and retail properties have seen cap rates increase 200 to 250 basis points above their lows. The multifamily sector has held up the best with cap rates only about 100 basis points above their lows. In fact, in the Manhattan market (south of 96th street on the eastside and south of 110th street on the westside) during 1H09, walk-up buildings saw average cap rates of 4.58% with the elevatored average hitting 4.08%. Upward pressure on cap rates is present in every sector of the market. In general, the New York City building sales market has seen a reduction in
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President Obama Launches Economic Counter-Attack BY STEPHEN COLLINSON Despite staggering job losses and nationwide f inancial misery, President Barack Obama has a new message for recession-weary Americans: the pulse of the sickly US economy is quickening. ut a new poll released Thursday on the eve of his 200th day in office suggests that Americans' patience with his efforts to lift the nation out of recession is wearing thin, with Obama's once sky-high job approval rating slumping to 50 percent, the lowest since his inauguration. With his ratings eroding by the week as Republican foes slash away at his ambitious domestic reform plans, Obama is seeking to remold the debate on the economic crisis. His efforts come ahead of new unemployment f igures due Friday that analysts expect to show the jobless rate climbing to a 26-year high of 9.6 percent, ever closer to the politically perilous 10 percent barrier. On Wednesday, Obama traveled to a corner of the midwestern state of Indiana -- where the unemployment rate is around 16 percent -- to mount a staunch defense of his 787-billion-dollar economic rescue package. "There are those who want to seek political advantage, they want to oppose these efforts," Obama said. "Some of them caused the problems that we have got now in the f irst place, and then suddenly they're blaming other folks for it." In a f iery and partisan speech remi-
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Despite staggering job losses and nationwide financial misery, President Obama has a new message for recession-weary Americans. niscent of his barnstorming 2008 election rhetoric, Obama laid into the previous administration of George W. Bush and Republican foes he said left him a staggering economic crisis. "The recession was years in the making, it didn't just start last month. That bank crisis didn't happen on my watch. Let's get the history straight," he said. Obama's assault also had the feel of a pep talk to those on the edge of
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despair, as he unveiled a 2.4-billiondollar program to develop electric hybrid vehicles, which he said would create tens of thousands of jobs. "We don't give up. We don't surrender our fates to chance... this country wasn't built just by griping and complaining. It was built by hard work and taking risks." Vice President Joe Biden, who made his own trip to a depressed corner of the midwest, in Michigan on Wednesday, is echoing Obama's call. "I can tell you today without reservation: the Recovery Act is working," Biden said on Tuesday. A key Obama aide on Thursday defended the stimulus plan and displayed studies she said showed it adding up to three percentage points to real gross domestic growth in the second quarter. "After we administered the medicine, an economy that was in free fall has stabilized substantially, and now looks as though it could begin to recover in the second half of the year," said Christina Romer, head of the Council of Economic Advisers. The administration offensive on behalf of the mammoth recovery plan, passed in the darkest days of crisis, is grounded on solid political reality. Recent polls show Obama's popularity eroding, with growing doubts over his handling of the economy and the huge price of his government rescue interventions in the banking and industrial centers. His healthcare reform plan is facing a tough ride in Congress. A Quinnipiac University poll said the president's job approval rating
dipped to 50-versus-42 percent, a reflection of growing unease over Obama's handling of the economy and health care. The f igure is a substantial drop from the 57-33 percent approval rating he had on July 2, and far from the numbers he enjoyed in his f irst 100 days. "The good news for President Barack Obama is that American voters still see him as better able to handle the economy and healthcare than Republicans in Congress," said Peter Brown of Quinnipiac's Polling Institute. "The bad news is his margins are shrinking." A few months ago, Republicans seeking to dent the euphoria surrounding his inauguration as the country's f irst black president accused Obama of talking down the economy for political gain. Now they say it is much worse than the president is letting on, mounting a furious attack on his program in the hope of damaging vulnerable Democratic members of Congress in conservative districts. John Boehner, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, last week promised Democrats a "long, hot summer" and assailed the rescue plan. "They passed a trillion-dollar stimulus plan that no one read, and it's not created the jobs that Democrats said that it would." Both Republicans and the White House know that if the stimulus plan can be cast in the public mind as a failure, Obama's political leverage and ability to pass a sweeping reform agenda could be at risk.
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UBS Continues Talks to Avoid U.S. Trial on Tax Evasion
Surprise Drop in U.S. Unemployment Level Reported BY ROB LEVER The White House suggested that the US economy had pulled back from the brink after a key labor report on Friday showed an unexpected fall in the level of unemployment. he Labor Department's much-awaited monthly report confirmed improvement in the recession-gripped US economy, showing the unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in July as job losses narrowed to 247,000. This was better than expected by private economists, who had forecast a loss of 325,000 jobs and a jobless rate rising to 9.6 percent from the June level of 9.5 percent. President Barack Obama's administration, which has been f ighting off Republican accusations that its expensive f iscal stimulus plan is failing, welcomed the news as a sign the economy was turning the corner. "It is more evidence that we have pulled back from the edge and away from the brink of a depression," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. Experts agreed the f igures, which showed the number of unemployed had fallen slightly to 14,462 million from 14,729 million in June, represented a marked improvement in the critical labor market. The report "conf irms that the reces-
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sion is certainly diminishing in intensity if it hasn't ended already," said Peter Kretzmer, senior economist at Bank of America. "It appears unemployment may have hit its peak. We are starting to see the signs of a turning point, but it will take some time for job losses to diminish." Robert Brusca at FAO Economics said the date meant the recovery in the US economy appeared at hand. "The jobs turnaround is actually about as rapid as you could hope to see," he said. "The transition from job losses to gains could come as soon as August." US stocks surged on the news with the three main indexes all up more than 1.5 percent in morning trade. The Labor Department also revised down the number of job losses for May to 303,000 from 322,000 and for June to 443,000 from 467,000. Since the recession began in December 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 6.7 million, according to the agency. The drop in unemployment even as job losses were rising is the result of two separate surveys, one of individuals and the other of employers. Eugenio Aleman, senior economist at Wells Fargo, said the data also reflected some discouraged workers leaving the labor force and warned that unemployment could hit as high as 10 percent even with an improving economy.
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BY AFP A US tax secrecy trial involving Swiss bank UBS has been delayed at least until Wednesday to allow the parties in the case more time to try reach an out-of-court settlement, a court official told AFP Friday. S District Judge Alan Gold delayed the trial, set to open in Miami Monday, pending further talks, said Lynn Surowiec, judicial assistant to Gold. Discussions were "continuing" and a conference call with the court to discuss the status of the talks was scheduled Wednesday at 1300 GMT (9:00 am), she said in a phone interview. "The parties, the counsel indicated to the court that they would advise on August 12 at 9:00 am whether they have reached a settlement," she said. The case stems from a US government lawsuit filed earlier this year seeking to force the Swiss bank to identify Americans holding offshore bank accounts to evade taxes. The case could affect as many as 52,000 Americans who hold UBS accounts and could be prosecuted for tax evasion. UBS has argued that it cannot comply with the US demand without violating Swiss banking secrecy law, which would make it liable for prosecution in Switzerland. US and Swiss authorities and Swiss banking giant UBS had been widely expect-
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ed to announce a final out-of-court settlement in the diplomatically sensitive case in a conference call Friday morning. However, the judge agreed at the request of US Justice Department lawyer Stuart Gibson during the brief conference call to hold another call, at 1530 GMT, to allow discussions to continue. A week ago Gibson told Gold the parties had reached an agreement in principle. At the request of the lawyers, the judge postponed the August 3 trial to August 10 to give the parties more time to hammer out a final deal. Gold had already postponed the case once at the request of the bank and the two governments to allow negotiations in a case with massive political and diplomatic repercussions. After the case was delayed last Friday, a UBS spokesman said that the parties "expect to resolve the remaining issues in the coming week." The Swiss bank, under a settlement earlier this year with the US Justice Department, admitted to tax fraud by inviting rich US clients to open accounts in Switzerland and thus avoid declaring their income to the US. UBS paid 780 million dollars to settle that case. In the current case, US authorities are asking the court to order UBS to reveal the names of American offshore account holders, saying the Swiss bank "systematically and deliberately" violated US laws in promoting offshore accounts.
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The Sky is Falling – And it’s Falling On Me! Little by little, debt by debt, charge by charge. Perhaps because of a downturn in business, a job loss or unexpected expense, a financial situation changes and debt accumulates. enny after penny, dollar after dollar, the hole into which one can dig oneself can get deeper and deeper. Banks are normally not being empathetic; credit card companies add fees over and again. Promises of “0” or low interest credit card accounts can quickly give way to sky high interest rates and excessive charges. Finally, it seems there’s no way of getting back on one’s feet. Where do you turn? Who can help? Who will help? Even when one recognizes that there is trouble, people are reluctant to seek help. After all, who would want such news to be known? Asking for help is embarrassing – especially for someone who has always managed to have a reasonably stable financial life. Hanging one’s financial laundry out to dry, with all its problems visible, can be most embarrassing. “Used to be” that money was one of those tropics you discussed only with your closes friends – maybe.
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“Don’t hang yourself – find a rope you can hang onto.” In 2009, talking about personal finances has evolved. With debt default ranging from home foreclosure to credit card losses, credit problems have become almost commonplace. In the last two years, more than three million people have sought help from credit counseling
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agencies. Some benefit from professional counseling; others, who may choose the wrong advisor, can get into deeper trouble. Sometimes consolidating debt may be the answer – but no matter what agreement is made to ease the pressure, funds must be available to make agreed payments in a timely fashion. If, in fact, there is no choice, bankruptcy may be the only remedy. (Since 2005, the law has required that anyone contemplating bankruptcy must go to a credit counselor before proceeding. Don’t hang yourself – find a rope you can hang onto. Find a knowledgeable professional to help. Choose carefully; many companies promise much don't have the experience to deliver. Contact your banks before trouble deepens. Even those charging high rates may relent and create a work out plan. Since most legal settlements allow a legally limited an interest rate of “only” 9 or 10%, once a debt holder feels there is nowhere further to stretch he may have an incentive to make a deal. Others – rarely – may actually have the cavanah to help people get out of trouble, even offering tzedakah to people otherwise without funds. Even in the worst of circumstances, a person must be able to feel good about himself, even in a bad situation. A positive attitude is the base from which to go forward and conquer the debts. “Write a letter and tell the story,” says one community advisor. “If it doesn't work, write again, with more detail. If that is not successful, write a third time. 50% of the people who try to solve their credit problems succeed.
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A Jewish Tradition: Redemption of the Captives President Clinton’s Mission to North Korea Ennobles Us All BY MENACHEM ROSENSAFT On April 19, 1945, literally days before the end of World War II, Norbert Masur, a German-born representative of the Swedish section of the World Jewish Congress, flew from Stockholm to Berlin for a secret meeting with Heinrich Himmler the head of Nazi Germany’s notorious SS. The trip had been arranged with the full the knowledge and approval of the Swedish Foreign Ministry. On the plane, Masur later wrote, “I had time to think about the mission. For me as a Jew, it was a deeply moving thought, that, in a few hours, I would be face to face with the man who was primarily responsible for the destruction of several million Jewish people. But my agitation was dampened by the thought that I finally would have the important opportunity to be of help to many of my tormented fellow Jews.” ore than two days later, in the early hours of April 21, Masur met with Himmler for two and a half hours at an estate near the German capital and negotiated the release of more than 1,000 Jews from the concentration camp of Ravensbrück. A Jew had risked his life to sit with one of the greatest mass murderers of all times in order to save other Jews, other fellow human beings, from death. On December 29, 1983, Reverend Jesse
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Jackson flew to Damascus and successfully appealed to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad to release U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman Jr. who had been shot down earlier that month while on a bombing mission against Syrian anti-aircraft installations. Five hours after their return to American soil on January 3, 1984, Goodman and Jackson were greeted warmly at the White House by President Reagan. Jackson’s mission, President Reagan said, “was a personal mission of mercy, and he has earned our gratitude and our admiration.” During the 1930s and throughout World War II, Jews in the United States, Palestine, Canada, England, and elsewhere paid substantial sums to enable relatives, friends and, often, total strangers to escape from Nazi Europe. American Jewish institutions, including Hebrew Union College, rescued rabbis and scholars such as Abraham Joshua Heschel from likely death. In 1940 and 1941, Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee, with the help of Hiram Bingham IV, the U.S. vice consul in Marseilles, smuggled more than 2,000 antiFascist writers, artists and other intellectuals out of Vichy France to safety. Bill Clinton’s mission to North Korea must be viewed in the context of these and similar historical events. With the full support of President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. President traveled to Pyongyang to secure the freedom of two American women, already imprisoned for over five months and facing the prospect of 12 years in a North Korean labor camp. President
Obama, appropriately. publicly thanked him “for the extraordinary humanitarian effort that resulted in the release of the two journalists.” Not everyone agrees. In a Washington Post op-ed article John Bolton, the neo-conservative whom the Senate refused to confirm as George W. Bush’s Ambassador to the United Nations, dismissed President Clinton’s mission as a “knee-jerk impulse for negotiations above all.” “Despite decades of bipartisan U.S. rhetoric about not negotiating with terrorists for the release of hostages,” Bolton wrote, “it seems that the Obama administration not only chose to negotiate, but to send a former president to do so.” Bolton is wrong. His apparent readiness to abandon Laura Ling and Euna Lee in a North Korean gulag is both callous and morally appalling. It also runs counter to a fundamental theological principle that, for example, explains the government of Israel’s January 2004 exchange of 435 Palestinian prisoners for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers and an Israeli businessman who had been abducted in 2000 by the terrorist organization Hezbollah. In Hebrew, that principle is called pidyon shvuyim, the redemption of captives. According to the great 12th Century Jewish theologian and philosopher Maimonides, “there is no greater mitzvah [commandment] than the redeeming of captives,” the failure to do so violates several basic Biblical commandments, including “do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy kinsman” (Deuteronomy 15:7), and “love your neighbor as yourself ”
(Leviticus 19:18). There are two often mutually exclusive concepts of our religious and moral responsibilities. The darker ideology, as epitomized by Bolton and other right-wing fundamentalists, envisions an angry, vengeful God who tolerates neither human weakness nor any deviation from an unbending dogma. The other seeks to repair the world, to ease suffering, and, in the image of Moses’ brother Aaron, to pursue peace. Jewish law does place certain limitations on pidyon shvuim, including payment of excessive ransoms. Thus, redemption money would not become an inducement for taking captives for whom payoffs could be demanded. Nonetheless, throughout the centuries, Jewish communities have traditionally ransomed captives to prevent their death or continued suffering. Bill Clinton’s willingness to sit down with Kim Jong-il in order to redeem Laura Ling and Euna Lee from captivity was an act of courage and grace that reflects the true American values. His act reminded us that human life is sacred, and that the protection and rescue of the innocent must be one of our national priorities. He deserves unambiguous gratitude not just from the two journalists and their families, but from us all.
Menachem Rosensaft, a lawyer in New York City, is Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and Vice President of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants.
Replacing the U.S. Constitution with the Koran BY DANIEL PIPES Back in 2004, I noted the disbelief that greets me "when I explain that the Islamist goal is to take over the United States and replace the Constitution with the Koran." Five years later, it's still the case, with most Americans incredulous at such an intention. So, I thank (1) the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization (on which, see Zeyno Baran, Hizb ut-Tahrir: Islam's Political Insurgency) for holding a forthright conference yesterday and (2) Steven Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism for attending the event and reporting on it. PT begins by setting the scene:
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Nearly 300 people packed the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel [in Oak Lawn, Illinois, near Chicago] for its Khalifah Conference on "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam" to listen to listen to HT ideologues blame capitalism for World War I and World War II; the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown; the current violence in Iraq and Afghanistan; world poverty and malnutrition and inner-city drug use. … Security at the conference was very tight. Oak Lawn police maintained a checkpoint outside the Hilton, and local police and HT's own security people had a substantial presence inside the hotel. In the ballroom where the confer-
ence took place, men and women were largely segregated, with men in the front and women in the back. One speaker, identified as Imam Jaleel Abdul Razek, engaged in the following dialogue with an unidentified member of the audience on the subject of which law should rule in the United States (click here for the video clip): Audience member: "Would you get rid of the Constitution for Shariah, yes or no?" Abdul Razek: "Over the Muslim world? Yes, it [the Constitution] would be gone." Audience Member: And so, if the United States was a Muslim world, the Constitution would be gone?" Abdul Razek: "If the United States was in the Muslim world, the Muslims who are here would be calling and happy to see the Shariah applied, yes we would." Audience Member: "And the Constitution gone. That's all." Abdul Razek: "Yes, as Muslims they would be long gone." Q.E.D. (July 20, 2009) July 31, 2009 update: Of course, lawful Islamists who work within the system deny the aspiration to replace the Constitution with the Koran. Here is Salam Al Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, as if on que replying to this post, discussing what he calls myths: 1. Converting America into an "Islamic State" The notion that Muslim Americans want to convert America into an Islamic state is simply a forgery. … 2. Imposing "Islamic Law". Islamic law has five goals accepted by all the scholars of Islam: securing and developing rights to life,
expression, faith, family and property. That's similar to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. It's not about draconian measures or puritanical rule. It is about the human interpretation of the Islamic legal code, the core value of which is justice. The Quran calls for freedom of religion: "Let there be no compulsion in matters of faith." (Quran 2:256) In Western tradition, there is separation of church and state; in classical Islamic law, there is separation of Islamic scholars and state. Islam has no Pope and no central religious center as the authoritative body for Muslims. The Quran is the supreme source of Islam, and the Quran established that there is no clergy in Islam. Yet, Islamic scholars
always played a prominent role in Islamic history, and they shined when they remained an independent judiciary. When the Islamic scholars made unholy alliances with the state or became the state, the results were usually disastrous to Muslims. Comments: These statements contain such self-evident nonsense that I won't bother with refutations. Just two brief points: (1) A forgery? What does forgery have to do with this topic? (2) The "no compulsion" verse does not refer to freedom of religion as understood in the American sense; for a discussion of what it does mean, see my article, "[The Issue of Compulsion in Religion:] Islam is What Its Followers Make of It."
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To Bigotry No Sanction… Touro Synagogue Opens Visitors Center Continued from cover By 1677, the congregation had purchased and consecrated land for a Jewish cemetery. As Newport grew in importance as a whaling and general commercial port, its Jewish population also increased. Isaac Touro, a chazzan of Dutch origin, became the congregation’s first spiritual leader. Shortly thereafter, the land on which the synagogue stands was purchased, and Peter Harrison, the colonial era’s most prominent architect, was hired to design the building. Touro Synagogue is considered to be among his most important works. The sanctuary was completed and dedicated in 1763. It was designated a National Historic Site by the National Park Service in 1946. In 1966, the synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2001, the congregation joined in a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation which directed the 2005 renovation. One of the most poignant moments in the history of Touro Synagogue and important statements to the American Jewish community came in 1790 when President George Washington, sent a letter to Moses Seixas, addressed “To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport.” The President’s declaration that the United States would “… give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution
said philanthropist John Loeb, who donations funded the new visitors center. Though raised in an assimilated Jewish home, Loeb says his Jewish identification was reinforced by the taunts of his classmates who, as they viewed newsreels of Nazi atrocities in Europe goaded him, saying “We don’t like Hitler, but at least he killed the Jews.” The design of the synagogue design reflects European orthoPresident George Washington’s promise that dox tradition. Twelve America would give "to bigotry no sanction" is Ionic columns, each carved from a single memorialized in a Chicago statue portraying tree, and each representRobert Morris, George Washington, and Haym ing one of the Twelve Salomon. The statue is located west of the inter- tribes, support a three section of Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue. sided balcony. The building faces east, towards Jerusalem. A mural portraying the ten no assistance” echoed the commitment of commandments by the Newport artist the founding fathers to the principles of Benjamin Howland is on the easterly wall religious freedom as a cornerstone above the Torah ark. American democracy. The letter is "one of Located at 85 Touro Street, the synathe great documents in American history," gogue today remains an active Orthodox
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“Shema Kolainu-Hear Our Voices” Hosts 7th Annual Legislative Breakfast BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF The 7th Annual Legislative Breakfast recognizing Shema Kolainu—Hear Our Voices and the expansion of its services all five boroughs of New York took place July 28. he event sought to educate legislators about the urgency of autism care and research, raise support and awareness, and discuss ways of combating autism through effective public policy and legislation. Community, civic and religious leaders, philanthropists, and elected officials paid tribute to those whose dedication has furthered the mission of Shema Kolainu. President and Founder Joshua Weinstein discussed the programs remarkable progress, noting that "Over ten years ago Shema Kolainu opened its doors to three school age children. Today, we serve over fifty children in our preschool and school age programs and provide home based services for over eight hundred…a totally remarkable feat accomplished with Hashem's help and guidance” US Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand served as Honorary Chairs of the Breakfast. John A. Catsimatidis, Chairman & CEO of the Red Apple Group, Inc. and sponsor of the event, delivered greetings. State Senators Kevin Parker and Diane Savino, stalwart supporters of Shema Kolainu, chaired the breakfast.
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Finance Chair David Weprin. A “surprise” award was presented to Master of Ceremonies Menachem Lubinsky for his invaluable contributions. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Martkowitz, Brooklyn received the Leadership Award; Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler was presented with the City Leadership Award; Fred Kreizman, Assistant Commissioner, Mayor’s Community Affairs, received the Shema Kolainu Hakaros HaTov Award; Elana Broitman, the Public Service Award, and Robert Gottheim, the Community Appreciation Award. Shema Kolainu hopes to build awareness and support to allow more children and families to benefit from the school’s valuable and essential services and programs. Founded by Joshua Weinstein in 1998, it is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The organization s a non-profit and non-denominational and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of children with autism. Renowned for it pioneering approach, it offers educational and other services in autism care.
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The Power of Play: A Seminary Student’s Experience at a Jerusalem High Risk Children’s Center BY: RIVKA ROGOWSKI For many seminary students, “chessed jobs” comprise an integral part of the Israel experience. These volunteer commitments allow for further dimensions of spiritual maturation and a glimpse of Israeli society. t was therefore with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension that I volunteered to run a game room at Sanhedria Children’s Home. Sanhedria is a rehabilitation center for boys aged 6-15 from extremely disadvantaged backgrounds. These boys have been severely physically and emotionally abused in their early childhood and are referred to Sanhedria by Social Services and the High Court of Justice for Juveniles. Although I imagined that the volunteering would inspire gratitude for my own lifestyle, I could not visualize a deeper experience. How could an over privileged American girl relate to young Israeli boys from dysfunctional families? Thankfully, I had underestimated both Sanhedria and myself, and most importantly the power of humanity and youth to transcend cultural barriers. My experience at Sanhedria proved to be rewarding on many levels, and I only hope that I was able to return this experience to the boys themselves.
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“I felt privileged to have contributed to a team effort to support and nurture these children.” Sanhedria is unique in that it simulates the setup of a foster family. Each floor has a married couple, often with their own young children, who provide a familial structure for the boys. Additional staff includes a psychologist, social workers, an art therapist and selection of professional extra’curricular activity instructors. Throughout my volunteer experience, the staff helped to facilitate my adjustment to the unique culture of Sanhedria with friendly tips and smiles. The building itself is cheerful, the walls painted bright colors and the stone steps worn with generations of footsteps. Each child shares a room with several others, the walls decorated with pictures and awards. The grounds have a playground, basketball court, and a large pre-fab trailer where I was to hold “game room activities”, or mischakia, for two hours every Tuesday afternoon. When I first began, this trailer as yet uncompleted and the game room program was held in a small room on the top floor of the home itself. After much anticipation, this beautiful play space was completed mid-fall through the generous donation of a foundation. Upon arrival, however, I knew none of this. Along with three other volunteers, I was greeted by unfamiliar little faces roaming the halls in post-school meltdown. Aided by the arts-and-crafts counselor, we attempted to converse in our pidgin Hebrew with the children. I caught only a couple of the names, and a combination of shyness and
Rivka dedicated her time and affection while volunteering at a high risk children's center in Jerusalem. hyperactivity meant that few of the boys were interested in coloring pictures sedately. Heading back to my dorm, few if any of my misgivings had been allayed. I spent the week trying to think of ways to amuse the boys, ways to overcome the gap in childhood experience that lay between us. Sympathy and pity were clearly insufficient. I tried to imagine myself a nine-year-old boy placed in a home - what would I want to do for two hours with strange American girls? The answer seemed hardly obvious. Through perseverance, affection, and sometimes forced-exuberance, I began to realize that the gap I had perceived was a figment of my imagination. These children had remarkable resilience, and despite difficult backgrounds they had retained their ability to enjoy games, projects, and the undivided attention of a friend. The exuberance stopped being forced, and I looked forward to afternoons at Sanhedria. The more time I spent interacting with the boys, the more they opened up to me and my fellow volunteers, revealing their special personalities. One boy had an amazing talent for puzzles and we spent hours making a shiny Pixar puzzle. “I’m the expert at this, right?” he asked me, and I had to agree. Another loved to play Monopoly - so much so that we eventually started hiding the box so he would be distracted by other games. Other boys were happy to run around in the yard and play soccer- my poor kicking skills were a source of much amusement. However, my favorite activity was reading books to Daniel, an adorable little boy with big blue eyes. After about ten minutes, he insisted on sitting on my lap and turning the pages with me as we read pages of Hebrew text that neither of us really understood. “You are spoiling him,” one of the counselors said with a wink, and we both smiled- because that was exactly the point. For two hours a week, my sole job was to spoil these boys rotten with attention. After our initial success, we began to get more ambitious in our activities. I decided to try baking with the boys- not the most intuitive choice, but I remembered how much my own little brother loved to make cookies with me.
We started with chocolate-sprinkle cookie sandwiches, which created a huge mess but were a resounding success. Anything involving food will attract little boys, and these activities drew almost every child on the premises. We moved on to chocolate covered pretzels, and for Purim everyone was sticky with jam from hamentaschen
baking. We also undertook more ambitious arts and crafts projects, building a zoo of clay animals and making paper masks out of plates. These activities strengthened our bond with the boys, and as the weeks went by they began to genuinely anticipate our arrival. They were disappointed if we didn’t plan a special project or if we had to miss a visit due to final exams or winter break. Children who had previously barely interacted with us stayed to play for longer, and when a new child joined Sanhedria, he also became a fan of the game room. When the year ended, I was amazed at how much had changed. Sanhedria had gone from being a “chessed” job to being a place full of unique people who were doing their best to thrive despite setbacks. I felt privileged to have contributed to a team effort to support and nurture these children. My initial goals of spiritual maturation and personal gratitude had been far surpassed by a deeper understanding of both my own abilities and of the true nature of chessed, acts of kindness that benefit both the giver and the recipient. My memories of Israel will always be colored with small faces and personalities, with the quirks and foibles of my unusual group of boys. Now back in America, I eagerly await the photographs of Sanhedria that arrive periodically and look forward to visiting in the future.
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The city's old practice of sending students on to the next grade even if they are failing will now be abolished in grades four and six. The city had already ended the socalled social promotion of third, f ifth and seventh graders. Mayor Michael Bloomberg just recently convinced the state Legislature to let him keep control of the city school system. He wrangled it away from the old Board of Education during his f irst term. Bloomberg has said social promotion doesn't do any good. Unprepared students fall further behind and have a higher risk of dropping out of high school later.
BLOOMBERG GIVES OBAMA GREEN LIGHT TO RAISE TAXES ON MIDDLE CLASS Mayor Bloomberg appeared this Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to praise President Obama’s stimulus plan and economic management - and even giving him cover to raise taxes on the middle class. “The president has to deal with the reality, and some of the things are beyond his control,” Bloomberg said. “He makes commitments and he tries to live up to them, and I think the courage of being able to say, ‘Look, the world is different than I anticipated or what it was before, and I’m going to have to face that,’ it’s f ine.” “It does not mean that he’s going to have to raise taxes on the middle class,” the mayor quickly added. He appeared alongside Newark Mayor Cory Booker to say Obama’s stimulus plan has helped the mindset of the American economy - even though its practical effects are still lagging. “The main thing the stimulus program has done so far, however, is given the country hope that there will be more economic activity down the road, because most of the stimulus money hasn’t been spent yet,” Bloomberg said. “We do have a crisis of conf idence, and I think this president can look back on six months in off ice and say, ‘I’ve gotten the country a little bit through that. I’ve given them some hope.’ We still have a long ways to go.”
BROOKLYN DA RECOVERING FROM HEART SURGERY Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is recovering after undergoing heart surgery. Hynes had two heart valves repaired Wednesday at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center. His spokesman says the 75-year-old prosecutor is expected to be released some time next week. Hynes' doctors decided to perform the surgery after a planned angiogram Tuesday.
A major U.S. Army base has added kosher food and a rabbi-chaplain after a Jewish soldier was beaten. The move at Fort Benning, near Columbus, Ga., comes after 20-year-old Pvt. Michael Handman suffered a concussion when a fellow soldier beat him during basic training last fall, according to an article Friday in Army Times. Handman's parents told Army off icials that their son had complained to them about religious discrimination even before the beating. The soldier accused of the beating was discharged from the service. Two drill sergeants were disciplined, one of whom told Handman to remove his yarmulke in a dining hall. The other allegedly had called him "Juden," German for Jewish. Since that incident, Fort Benning has instituted religious diversity classes for its drill sergeants and two weeks ago added a rabbi as its full-time Jewish chaplain. Kosher MREs, pre-packaged meals ready to eat, are now available in the mess hall, and the base will hold services for the Sabbath and the High Holidays instead of busing Jewish soldiers to a nearby synagogue. About 25,000 trainees come to Fort Benning each year. Base spokesmen say about 20 at any one time are Jewish.
CONSERVATIVE RABBI IN GEORGIA SUES OVER KOSHER LAW A rabbi in Georgia is suing to have the state's kosher law declared unconstitutional. According to the Atlanta JournalConstitution, Rabbi Shalom Lewis of Congregation Etz Chaim in Cobb says the state's Kosher Food Labeling Act delegitimizes non-Orthodox def initions of "kosher." Lewis is Conservative. The law, in force in Georgia since 1980, requires that food sold as kosher in the state meet "Orthodox Hebrew religious rules and requirements." The lawsuit notes differences in Conservative and Orthodox kashrut standards. The Conservative movement allows swordf ish, forbidden by Orthodox authorities, and does not require a hechsher, or kosher supervision, on cheese or wine. In his suit, Lewis says the law prevents him from exercising his faith when he seeks to certify kosher foods and is a violation of church-state separation. New Jersey changed its kosher laws following similar objections in 1992, as did New York in 2005.
SEARCH RESUMES FOR TWO STILL MISSING FROM HUDSON RIVER COLLISION The search has resumed today for the f inal two bodies still missing since Saturday's mid-air collision over the Hudson River. Crews are looking for the
bodies of the plane's pilot, Steve Altman, 60, and his brother Daniel, 49, whose 16-year-old son, Doug was also killed in the crash. Divers also hope to recover the wreckage from the singleengine Piper Lancer. Off icials say nine people were killed when the plane and tourist helicopter collided over the Hudson. The planes then broke up in the air, sending f iery pieces into the water. Crews recovered the tourist helicopter yesterday in 30 feet of water. "The priority today is the victim recovery operation," said National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Debbie Hersman. "There were seven victims that have been recovered and two that remain unrecovered and so that's gonna be the focus today." The plane took off from Teterboro Airport just before noon on Saturday, while the helicopter carrying f ive Italian tourists had just taken off from the 30th Street Heliport on Manhattan's West Side. They say a pilot on the ground tried to warn both pilots that they appeared to be on a collision course. The helicopter was piloted by Jeremy Clarke of New Jersey. Liberty Helicopters says he had about 2,700 hours of flight time. Authorities are asking anyone with footage or pictures to come forward since they may help investigators piece together what caused the crash.
INTERNATIONAL ISRAEL BOMBS GAZA SMUGGLING TUNNEL The Israel Air Force bombed a smuggling tunnel between Gaza and Egypt. The early Monday attack came in response to rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza at southern Israeli communities, the IDF spokesperson said Monday. No injuries were reported in the strike, according to Reuters. A Kassam rocket f ired from Gaza Sunday struck an open area in the western Negev. No damage or injuries were reported. It was the f irst Kassam rocket attack on Israel in nearly a month. Later than Sunday, Gazan Palestinians f ired two mortar shells near the Erez Crossing. The shells landed near ambulances that were transferring a Palestinian patient to Israel for treatment of a heart condition. Other reports put the number of mortar shells at six.
VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN SHEIKH JARRAH Violence broke out in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah during a visit by right-wing lawmakers. Stones were thrown at Ya'akov Katz and Uri Ariel of the National Union Party as they visited the area Sunday afternoon. Stones also hit a Jewish home that once belonged to a Palestinian family evicted from that same house last week. The lawmakers were visiting the Jewish families who moved into the two Jewish-owned homes in the neighbor-
hood. Also Sunday, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, criticized the eviction of the two Arab families during a meeting with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, who refused to discuss the issue. Ayalon also said that Israel would loosen the blockade of Gaza as soon as the currently-captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released.
HAREDIM ATTACK JERUSALEM MAYOR Fervently Orthodox Jews mobbed Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and threw stones at his car. The mayor's car was damaged in Sunday evening's attack as Barkat was leaving a personal meeting with a prominent Jerusalem rabbi in the Ezrat Torah neighborhood. Police were called to convey the mayor to safety. "I will not succumb to violence, and whoever thinks he will make strides through violence and bullying is incorrect," Barkat said following the incident. The attack comes as haredim continue to demonstrate every Saturday night against the opening of a Jerusalem parking lot on Shabbat, and following continuing controversy over a fervently Orthodox woman under house arrest after being accused of starving her 3year-old son. Haredi politicians in Jerusalem condemned the attack.
NETANYAHU WARNS LEBANON Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon that the Lebanese government would be responsible for any attack on Israel that originates from its soil. "The government of Lebanon cannot just say 'that's Hezbollah' and hide behind them," Israel's prime minister told reporters Monday during a visit to Gush Katif evacuees in southern Israel. "The government of Lebanon is in power and responsible." Netanyahu's comments came following an escalation of threats between Israeli and Hezbollah leaders. A senior Hezbollah off icial said Sunday that if Israel attacks Lebanon, the response will make the summer 2006 war "look like a joke." Hashem Saf i al-Din, Hezbollah's executive council chairman, said his organization is not interested in war but is prepared to f ight. Al-Din was responding to comments made Aug. 6 by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, when he said that Israel would use "all necessary force" against fresh attacks from Lebanon. Hezbollah is based in Lebanon and has members in the country's parliament. Also Sunday, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told Israel Radio that Lebanon, which he said is responsible for Hezbollah, "will suffer the consequences" if Israeli diplomats or civilians overseas are harmed. He was referring to a report in the Egyptian media Saturday that a terror cell had plotted to kill Israel's ambassador to Cairo and blow up the Israeli Embassy.
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The Jewish Voice EDUCATION PAGE 31 Special Stimulus Package Helps Touro Launches Online Teacher’s Education Program Retirees Pursue Their Education
AUGUST 14, 2009
BY ERNESTO MORA Marking its thirty-third year of providing Brooklyn seniors with an excellent educational program at minimal cost, the Institute for Retirees in Pursuit of Education (IRPE) will start its Fall 2009 semester on September 9, offering nearly 80 courses and lectures, live music and theatrical performances. For an annual fee of $75, members, old and new, are encouraged to take as many courses as they wish. RPE classes have been one of the most intellectually stimulating ways of enhancing our ‘quality of life’ during our retirement,” said Sylvia Newman, whose husband Mort is also looking forward to the new semester. A non-profit organization that operates inside the Brooklyn College campus, IRPE welcomes retired as well as semi-retired adults of any age who enjoy exploring new skills, subjects, and ideas. While the courses yield no college credits, they range from art, music, and poetry, to painting, drama, and physical fitness. “When I retired nine years ago I joined IRPE with the expectation of taking a course or two. I never dreamed that the organization would become such an important part of my life,” said Harriet Sirof, a retired Brooklyn College professor who is a member of IRPE’s Executive Board and teaches a course on prize-winning novels there. IRPE fosters peer-learning and member-
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BY EILEEN SULIVAN New York, N.Y., July 9, 2009 – Dr. Bernard Lander, president and founder of Touro College, today announced that Touro’s Graduate School of Education will launch an “online/blended” program this fall. All of the program courses - with the exception of f ield experience and practicum courses - can be completed online. The School is one of the few graduate schools in New York state to receive New York State Education Department approval to launch such a program. ouro’s Graduate Program in Education and Special Education, with approximately 3,300 students, is one of the largest such programs in the Northeast. In addition to Graduate Education and Special Education, the Graduate School of Education offers graduate programs in school leadership, teaching literacy, TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages), bilingual education, and instructional technology. Courses are offered in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and Bay Shore, Long Island. “Touro is pleased to be leading the way in the f ield of online learning in education,” said Dr. Lander. “The program will provide great opportunities for individuals who live outside the immediate area to further their education. Additionally, the new program will be an enormous boon for people who want to return to school and complete a graduate program, but who must work
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full-time or fulf ill family obligations.” One of the hallmarks of the rigorous online program is the use of technology. For example, students will f ilm themselves doing lesson presentations and post the footage on a designated channel on “TeacherTube,” an online community for sharing instructional videos. Peers and professors will have the opportunity to view, comment on, and critique the presentations. “An important feature of our online program is that students will continue to meet each semester with department chairs or directors, so they will have the benef it of live, in person interaction,” said Dr. Ronald Lehrer, associate dean and chair of Graduate Programs in Education and Special Education. “Thus, regardless of whether students are in live classrooms settings or in online courses, they will feel the same sense of community.” Strongly committed to the goal of high quality universal education, the Graduate School of Education’s mission is to develop and implement educational programs that supply schools and other educational settings with the most professionally competent teachers, administrators, and educational support personnel. Touro College has experienced phenomenal growth since its founding in 1971, and is currently educating approximately 17,500 students worldwide. For further information on Touro College, please go to http://www.touro.edu/media/.
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Children with seasonal flu should not be given Tamiflu because harmful side effects may outweigh relatively meagre benefits, according to a study released Monday. n some children Tamiflu caused nausea and vomiting, which can lead to dehydration and other complications, researchers reported. The study did not cover the current outbreak of swine flu, but it suggests that antivirals may not significantly reduce the length of illness or prevent complications in children infected with the new A(H1N1) virus, the researchers said. Carl Henegan, a doctor at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and co-author of the study, said the current British practice of giving Tamiflu and Relenza -- the brand names for the antivirals oseltamivir and zanamivir -- for mild illness was "an inappropriate strategy." "The downside of the harms outweigh the one-day reduction in symptomatic benefits," he said. The research showed that both antivirals shortened the duration of seasonal flu by 12 to 36 hours. But the drugs had little or no effect on asthma flare-ups, increased ear infections or the need for antibiotics. In addition, Tamiflu was linked to an increased risk of vomiting. The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), comes 10 days after Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported that more than half of 248 students given Tamiflu after a classmate fell ill with swine flu suffered side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares. Most of the students did not have the flu when they were given the drug. Vaccines are the frontline defence against influenza, but in Britain and elsewhere antivirals are often prescribed -- for treatment and prevention -- when vaccines are in low supply or simply unavailable, as in the case of swine flu. The BMJ study, led by David Mant of Oxford University, concludes that a "more conservative strategy" in administering the drugs is probably in order. The researchers reviewed four earlier clinical trials -- two with Relenza and two with Tamiflu -- for influenza treatment covering 1,766 children 12 or younger. More half had confirmed cases of type A flu. They also reviewed three other trials in which the drugs were given to children who
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Children with seasonal flu should not be given antivirals such as Tamiflu because harmful side effects outweigh relatively meager benefits. had been exposed to the virus but showed no symptoms. Such "proactive" use resulted in only an eight percent reduction in the incidence of influenza, though earlier studies have shown a higher rate of protection. None of the trials reviewed by the BMJ tested the efficacy of anti-virals against the new strain of swine flu that has swept across the globe since April, infecting hundreds of thousands and claiming more than 1,100 lives. Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, the patent holder of Tamiflu, suggested that the symptoms described in the study might been due in part to the flu itself and not the medication. "According to the WHO, 50 percent of patients with the flu (swine or seasonal) have nausea symptoms or digestive problems caused by the illness," a Roche spokesman told AFP. "Clinical studies on children treated with Tamiflu have shown secondary effects such as nausea, but these have been moderate and it is extremely rare that treatment must be halted as a consequence," the spokesman said. Tamiflu is a so-called neuraminidase inhibitor that acts by blocking a viral enzyme that allows the flu virus to invade cells in the respiratory tract. The drug can be prescribed for children as young as one years old. Severe symptoms in Japanese children taking Tamiflu reported earlier this decade -delirium, hallucinations, encephalitis and 12 deaths -- were probably due to factors independent of the drug, according to several health authorities that investigated the cases, including the US Food and Drug Administration.
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When a man looks down and sees that he’s urinating with two streams instead of one, his problem is trying to get both streams to go into the toilet bowl without making a mess. Often he laughs when he tries to explain the bodily movements and gyrations required to accomplish this feat but too often he is laughing with tears in his eyes. h i s p r o b l e m i s n o t uncommon. S o m e t i m e s , a f t e r a f ew s e c o n d s , t h e t wo s t r e a m s c o m e t og e t h e r a n d f o r m o n e m o r e f o r c e f u l a n d m a n a g e a bl e s t r e a m . U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e s t r e a m c a n b r e a k i n t o a s p r ay t h a t g o e s i n a l l d i r e c t i o n s a n d ov e r wh i c h , t h e r e i s n o c o n t r o l . T h e o n ly way t o confine u r i n a t i o n t o t h e t o i l e t b ow l and keep the floor from getting we t i s t o s i t d ow n t o u r i n a t e . A l l t h i s i s r e l a t e d t o e n l a rg e m e n t o f the prostate causing a partial o b s t r u c t i o n t o t h e o u t f l ow o f urine. M a ny m e n d o n ’t r e a l i z e t h e i r f l ow i s s l ow b u t ev e r y m a n c a n e a s i ly s e e a s p l i t o r s p r ay i n g stream.
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the upper end of the urinary passageway in the penis just below the prostate. Urine leaving the bladder must pass through this connecting passageway in the prostate to get to the upper end of the urethra in the penis. As the prostate enlarges, it does so in all directions, inwardly and well as outwardly, compressing the urinary passageway within.
“If your stream splits or sprays, it’s past time to seek help.” This compression increases resistance to the outflow of urine. As the resistance increases, the stream flows more and more slowly, eventually becoming so weak that it cannot coalesce into one stream but breaks up into two or more streams and it is this split or sometimes spraying stream that is instantly recognizable by the patient as the first indication that his stream has slowed. If your stream splits or sprays, it’s past time to seek help. When the diagnosis of symptomatic prostate enlargement has been established, attention turns to selection of the most appropriate treatment for this condition. The first line of therapy is medication and there are drugs that can over time, actually shrink the prostate and relax the muscles within the prostate. If medication can’t be used for any of a variety of reasons, the second line of defense is to consider TUMT, Trans Urethral Microwave Thermotherapy, such as TherMatrx, which avoids surgery, is done in the office and requires no hospitalization or anesthesia. Most often, after microwave treatment, the medication used to treat the patient for his prostate condition can be reduced in dose or discontinued altogether. Surgery should be reserved only as the court of last resort.
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President Obama Slams Healthcare Opponents 'Scare' Tactics BY AFP US President Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned the wild "scare tactics" peddled by foes of his healthcare reform plan in a passionate defense of his top domestic priority. bama thrust himself into the fierce public debate over his plans to bring health coverage in reach of all Americans in a campaign-style town-hall meeting in New Hampshire meant to fire up grass roots support for his plan. The hostile political showdown over healthcare, raging through normally sleepy August, has much wider implications than just the medical treatment offered to Americans. A legislative defeat would deal a devastating political blow for Obama and likely severely curtail his political capital and chances of enacting the rest of his hugely ambitious plan to force through sweeping change. "Let's disagree over things that are real -not these wild representations that bear no resemblance to anything that has actually been proposed," Obama said in at the question-and-answer session. "The way politics works sometimes is that people who want to keep things the way they are will try to scare the heck out of folks, and they'll create bogeymen out there that just aren't real." Foes of Obama's reform drive accuse him of plotting a government takeover of the US private healthcare system, and lawmakers who back his plans have faced a furious backlash from conservatives in their own town hall meetings.
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Critics also claim Obama will raise taxes to pay for the plan which they claim would result in government dictating healthcare choices for Americans and lower the standard of coverage for those who do have insurance.
“Obama condemned the wild scare tactics peddled by foes of his healthcare reform plan in a passionate defense of his top domestic priority.� But Obama hit out at the boiling temperature the rhetoric which is being blasted out across cable news channels and conservative talks radio every day. "I do hope that we will talk with each other and not over each other," he said. Obama also rejected the notion that his plan would frame a bureaucratic "death panel" to make end-of-life healthcare choices, in an apparent reference to a Facebook post by former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. "The rumor that's been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on Grandma because we've decided that its too expensive to let her live anymore." "Somehow, it has gotten spun into this idea of death panels, I am not in favor of that, I want to clear the air here."
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Pearls of Wisdom The Sabbath and The Pleasentness of The Soul Chapter 41, Part 1 B Y R A B B I Y O S H I YA O P I N T O
PRESERVING THE TORAH Pearls of Wisdom chapter 41 part 1 Our teacher, the venerable and righteous scholar, Rabbi Meir Abuhatzeira, of blessed memory, used to say:
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ust like a drop of extract we put in the water and its flavor permeates the entire drink, so
is the Sabbath - it is the essence of the whole week and its delightful and lovely savor pervades each and every day of the six days of work.” The flavor of the Sabbath determines the flavor of the week following it. If man has observed the Sabbath with the utmost sanctity and purity, as spiritual elevation and great rejoicing emanate from the depth of his soul, he would then be able to sense the charm and loveliness of the Sabbath during the following week; he could taste that pleasantness reserved for the souls in the world to come. If, however, during the Sabbath he impaired its holiness, his restful spirit was disturbed and he failed to keep calm, he became angry or other mishaps have befallen him, his week will be filled with worries. He will be constantly wondering, anticipating the taste of that bitter drop which was poured into his Sabbath glass and got mixed in with his Sabbath essence. “The Sabbath is the source of blessing; it has been so ordained from the beginning of time, from antiquity was she honored” (Lecha Dodi). It is from the Sabbath that the six days of the workweek draw their energy and are inspired; each day absorbs its vitality from it, just like all the limbs and organs
riches. The holy Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz said: the six days of work - what could they be likened to? To an animal looking for food, going and going nonstop, moaning and groaning, till it reaches the feeding trough. At that point, in that place, it buries its head in the hay and eats silently…
of the body draw and absorb their vitality from the head, from the source. The Sabbath flows through the days and metes out the quantity of light and life force as prepared by each person during the Sabbath. It is told in the Kabbalah books that the days of week gathered and appeared in front of the Holy One, Blessed be He, presenting their complain: “You have created each creature and gave it a head – to the animals and the fowl, to beasts and man - we are the only ones without a head!” The Holy One, Blessed Be He, told them: Go and make your own head – create it from within yourselves! The days used to be twenty-eight hours long, so each day gave up four hours towards that common cause and thus crowned the Sabbath over them.
“On the seventh day, when the Sabbath arrives, he stands facing the source of his plenty...” So is man during the six days of the week: like a vagabond, he is constantly moving and roaming around, searching for food and hunting for prey to bring home. On the seventh day, when the Sabbath arrives, he stands facing the source of his plenty; he can now rest from his work and his worries, silently embracing the fountain of abundance flowing down over and around his head. Like a baby nursed by his mother, so can man now feel comfortable and relaxed, drawing in the abundance and goodness of the Sabbath, the endless beneficence that will pervade his life during the six workdays now approaching him.
“So is man during the six days of the week: like a vagabond, he is constantly moving and roaming around...” The Sabbath is hewn out of the six workdays, and just like a king, it is ruling over all of them, taking care of them and supplies all their needs. It is written in the Holy Zohar, 88 (The Kabbalah writings): “All the blessings, in the world above and in the world below, are all hinged on the Sabbath!” Therefore the Sabbath is the day of rest, as written: (Exodus 23:12): "…that thine ox and thine ass may rest and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger…" because the Sabbath is the source of all abundance and
Excerpt from "Sefer Peniney Divrey Yoshiyahoo" - Hizook ve'Hitorerut. Translated from Hebrew into English by N. Herzog.
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Parashat Re’eh, 57689, 2009: How Should We Approach the Mitzvot? BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra aleah hashalom and the refuah shlaimah of Sarah bat Rachel and Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam. n broad term terms, our parasha divides meat for consumption into two separate and distinct categories: b’sar korban (sacrificial meat) and b’sar taaveh (chulin, or non-sacrificial meat). The first group constitutes the subject matter of Sefer Devarim 12:11-19 and 26-27, while the latter category is found in 12:20-25. The verses in 20-25 may be translated in the following manner: When the L-rd, your G-d, expands your boundary, as He has spoken to you, and you say, "I will eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, according to every desire of your soul. If the place the L-rd, your Gd, chooses to put His Name there, will be distant from you, you may slaughter of your cattle and of your sheep, which the L-rd has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your cities, according to every desire of your soul. But as the deer and the gazelle are eaten, so may you eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them. However, be strong not to eat the blood, for the blood is the soul; and you shall not eat the soul with the flesh. You shall not eat it, you shall spill it on the ground, like water. You shall not eat it, in order that it be good for you, and for your children after you, when you do what is proper in the eyes of the L-rd. (Translation, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) Verse 12:23, however, presents us
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with a signif icant exegetical problem. Why does the Torah suddenly tell us: “Rak chazak l’bilti achol hadam ki hadam hu hanefesh…” (“However, be strong not to eat the blood, for the blood is the soul…”)? Why do we need such “encouragement” to refrain from eating blood? After all, most people surely would agree that the very thought of eating blood is disgusting in the extreme. Who then, besides someone with a perverse fetish, would have any kind of desire to perform such a nauseating act? Rabbi Shimon bar Rabi was bothered by this problem, as well, in his analysis of this quandary in Mishnah Makkot 3:15: Rabbi Shimon bar Rabi said: “Behold the Torah states: ‘However, be strong not to eat the blood, for the blood is the soul…’ When it comes to [the eating of] blood wherein one’s being is revolted [by the very thought], [none the less,] one who refrains from [eating it] will receive a reward, [so, too, in the case of] stealing and illicit sexual activity, wherein one’s innermost being is desirous thereof - and he lusts after them – one who separates himself from them will a fortiori [receive reward]. [Moreover,] he will merit [reward], as will his future generations, and all generations that will come from him until the end of time.” (Translation my own) Rabbi Shimon bar Rabi is clearly teaching us that we ought to be sensitive to the Torah’s unusual phraseology. He is teaching us, as well, that it is 100% true that eating blood is simply revolting and an abnormal act. Yet, it is no less true that if we refrain from eating blood because it is Hashem’s will, rather than because we are naturally repulsed, we will receive a tremendous reward
that will protect our children and our children’s children throughout all generations to come. If we examine the above mishnah a bit closer, we f ind that Rabbi Shimon bar Rabi is actually teaching us a fundamental element of Mitzvot observance, and by extension, an essential aspect of our relationship to Hashem. He is teaching us that man cannot, and ought not to be, the arbiter of the “whys and wherefores” of the Commandments. True, there is an entire genre of Rabbinic literature known as Taamei Hamitzvot, wherein some of Judaism’s brightest and best minds, such as the Rambam (11351204) and the Ramban (1194-1270) expended their f inest efforts in attempting to f ind a rationale for each and every commandment. Their discussions are intellectually exhilarating and represent the full scope and depth Torah study. They enable us to have a deeper understanding of the beauty of the Mitzvot and to appreciate them in novel and meaningful ways. No matter what kind of cognitive and emotional excitement their analyses generate, however, we must always be focused upon one basic and overriding truth: We observe the Mitzvot because G-d commanded us to do so. In other words, one of our basic obligations as Jews is to view the entire Torah and its corpus of laws in its proper light. This means that whether or not we understand a mitzvah or believe we have discovered its rationale, its absolute demand upon us, its unquestionable claim upon our being, is derived from the Voice who benef icently communicated with us at the moment of the Revelation at Har Sinai. On the most basic level, therefore, we must always recognize that there is a
tripartite process that forms the background of each and every commandment: Hashem as the metzaveh (the Commander), the mitzvah (the commandment), and man as the metzuveh (the commanded). Each time we are mekayam a mitzvah (fulf ill a commandment) we demonstrate our loyalty to our Creator and prove to the world that the Voice emanating from Har Sinai (Mt. Sinai) continues to be heard in all of its power and majesty. In addition, we show the entire world that the relationship forged with our forbears continues to flourish until our own historical moment. By keeping Hashem’s Torah, we joyfully proclaim: “Hashem Hu HaElokim.” (“Hashem is our G-d and Master”) Given all of the above, allow me to return to the title of this drasha: How Should We Approach the Mitzvot? I believe the answer is now clear. We need to approach the Mitzvot with a sense of humility and an unceasing recognition that we perform them solely because Gd commanded us to do so. This means that while the cognitive gesture surely enhances our appreciation and understanding of the Mitzvot, it must never become the cause of our performing them. This means that even when we perform Hashem’s will, we must be vigilant against intellectual arrogance and general govah halev. Instead, as Michah the prophet declared so long ago, we must walk humbly with Hashem (hazneah lechet) as we reverently tread upon His golden path of Torah observance. V’chane yihi ratzon. Shabbat Shalom
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Producer, Writer and Actress Jamie M. Fox Coming to The Axelrod Theatre BY JILL GARBI On Thursday, September 10 at 8 pm Comedy Central star Jamie M. Fox will present her critically acclaimed solo show inDEPENDENCE at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave., Deal Park, NJ.
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producer, writer and actress, Jamie is currently touring her show to sold out houses across the US. It is the story of a Jewish woman stuck in a dead-end job as a celebrity’s personal assistant, her cocaine addicted brother and the two neurotic parents who spawned them… But it’s a comedy! Her Axelrod PAC performance is presented in conjunction with “Prevention First,” a Monmouth County agency that provides education in schools on substance abuse. The performance includes a discussion panel after the show, and is perfect for teens through adults. Jamie’s acting and writing work have taken her across the United States and Europe. Her f irst solo show inDEPENDENCE was developed at the Comedy Central Stage an garnered critical acclaim across the United States. She is a regular performer at the Second City, Improv Olympic and the Comedy Central Stage. She can be seen in the f ilm Employee of the Month, written and directed by Mitch Rouse (co-creator of Strangers with Candy), which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival,
Page Turner, (Premiering at the 2009 LA Film Festival), Out of Focus, which premiered at the Seattle Independent Film Festival (winner best comedy) and Memory Thief, starring Mark Webber. She was Calpurnia in Julius Caesar (The Lillian Theater), Anna in Burn This (The Lost Studio) and Violet in Poor Super Man (The Varsity). Jamie graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and a minor in Women’s studies. She continued her education in London with Theatre de Complicite. Tickets are $18 and are available at 732-531-9100 x 142 or www.axelrodartscenter.com JAMIE M. FOX’S WRITER’S STATEMENT In 2002, I was working as a personal assistant when my brother was sentenced to 3 years in prison for cocaine distribution. Shortly after he began serving his sentence at the penitentiary, I began writing inDEPENDENCE. I wanted to understand the origins of my brother’s addiction and how the trauma it inflicted on my family culminated in his incarceration. I wanted to know why my parents continually helped my brother even though he consistently hurt them. “You will understand when you’re a parent,” my father said to me. “When your child is in pain, you’re in pain.” I felt differently. The love between parent and child may be unconditional, but between siblings it is considerably more complicated. The exploration of this tension is the basis of
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Jamie’s acting and writing work has taken her across the United States and Europe. inDEPENDENCE. My father is a public f igure in our local Jewish Community, and I believe at the beginning of this my parents felt a tremendous amount of shame surrounding my brother’s addiction and arrest. They wanted to keep it a secret and they felt a need to maintain the image of a good Jewish family in the community. I was torn. I wanted to support them – they are parents – but I wanted to shed light on what was going on. I was working 7 days a week for 3 different families as a personal assistant, conveniently leaving little time to tend to my own personal affairs. I worked for a young Hollywood couple that admittedly didn’t really need an assistant; they just liked the idea of it. I worked for a family where the wife took care of the kids and provided the income while her husband pretended to work in his “off ice.” Occasionally he would come out to slap her on the ass when she got home from a business meeting. And then I worked for a very successful family where the wife worked hard to create the illusion that she took care of everything on her own, in fact none of her friends ever even knew that she had an assistant. Often when people came over to the house I had to disappear for a few hours. I either hid in the off ice or vacated the premises, only after I had prepared a full spread of cheese and crackers, displayed Rachel Ray style with
lemon water and a wrapped present for each child that came over to the house for a play date. I found myself in this very specif ic job, working in these families’ homes, helping them live their lives, while I completely ignored my own. I realized that in one way or another we were all attempting to present the idea of a “perfect life.” I realized that in my job as a personal assistant I was playing out the same role I occupied growing up in my family; the f ixer. In inDEPENDENCE we watch Alyssa Golden, a people pleasing, doting daughter, sister and fantastic employee learn to take the f irst steps toward change and gain her own self worth and independence. Ultimately this is what the play is about; how hard change really is, how it never looks the way we think it will, and that each person is only responsible for their own. As I continue to perform the show across the country many people have shared their personal stories with me. Sometimes it’s about what it means to have an addiction and be Jewish. Others have shared about their child’s eating disorders, or an abusive spouse, but one of the most rewarding moments was when a young man came up to me after a show and said “I’m a recovering addict, and I never thought about what I put my sister through. It never even crossed my mind. She always seemed so together, so perfect. Thank you for telling your story. I am going to go call her when I get home.” My brother never said these words to me. I wished that he had. Maybe he will one day, I don’t know. Life is unpredictable. But at that moment, my heart burst open; I was so happy that this sister was going to get that call. This is why I believe that theater is the most powerful way to tell a story. I believe that theater can heal people, and as I have performed this show across the United States I have seen it happen. To be an artist and to have a feeling in your gut, a desire to express something and then to put it on paper and then see it unfold and work in the theater is truly the most satisfying feeling in the world.
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People, Places, and Things BY PAUL STEINER On its satirical "Anything Goes" page Gotham Mag predicts: "The Statue of Liberty Torch to be rented out for Bar Mitzvahs." ongstress Lisa Carroll, Broadway Star told me at Parc Cafe Wellington Hotel, that she created Hip Hop Randy, a singing, dancing doll for GUND that sings "Happy Birthday." Jackie Mason told me that he spent 4 days in Chicago. Is he becoming a Community Organizer? An Arab Muslim terrorist leader threatened to sue and punish Sasha Baron Cohen for his portrayal of him in his movie "Bruno." NY Post did a full page on this July 25. NY Times did a small item on this on July 29, four days later. Satellite Stuff Dish Network is using the camera to offer photos of the Earth consumers can purchase through Space Services' Give the World service. The service charges $29.95 to $99.95 for the photos. Learn Hebrew at the New School Thurs., 6:00-7:00 p.m., beginning Sept. 17. A first course in modern Hebrew for those with no previous knowledge of the language. Students learn the Hebrew alphabet and acquire basic speaking, reading, and writing skills while learning about Israeli culture. Class Activities include interactive exercises
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Economic Peace No Replacement for a Political Solution...Continued from page 4 "When I heard this, I realized that 'the cost of loss' is fine until nationalism raises its head. And in 2000, at the height of prosperity, nationalism overcame everything else. The people who we counted on simply couldn't face the power of the radicals." This convinced Ashkenazi that economic measures were only helpful within limits. "The are margins within which every shekel that you add will have a beneficial value in terms of promoting the will for peace, and there are margins where the value is either zero or negative," he said. "There is a limit beyond which no amount of money will help. The limit is the Palestinian political will for a state of their own... No matter how much the economic condition improves, the Palestinians will not give up on the core issues of the right of return, Jerusalem and permanent borders," he said. Ashkenazi said this realization should spur the government to action. "Don't try to buy us off with empty slogans that we all know won't work. Economic
peace is a great supporting tool, but it won't do the trick by itself. "I say go, sit and talk to each other until white smoke comes out. The final result is already known. It's not worth the blood that will be shed." And according to Ashkenazi, time is short. "If you ask me, we are on the verge of a new intifada. The conditions are ripe - economic awakening combined with political despair. Those were the causes of [past intifadas], and I see no reason for it not to happen again," he said. "The general feeling of complacency, that everything is fine as it is, is what will lead to the outburst." Ashkenazi went on to explain how, despite everything, the economic process should be carried out. His study focused on five main areas in which improvements could help lead to better chances at peace. The five areas were: employment of Palestinians in Israel, developing industrial zones in the West Bank,
opening the way to trade, improving infrastructure and investing in tourism. All five points were accompanied by analyses and a list of recommendations for implementation. "Every plan that is put forward has to hold [to] four basic principles," said Ashkenazi. First of all, he said, every plan needed to be implemented across the board. To make a real impact, one that would be felt on the ground, you can't do it little by little, he said. Second, put down rigid timetables that would put pressure on everybody. Third, choose to focus on the projects with the best chances of early realization to create success stories and finally, focus heavily on creating jobs. "Employment, more than merely an economic problem, is a serious social problem. It is a problem that leads people to the mosques and eventually returns to haunt you," he said. Ashkenazi presented the main findings and recommendations to the Israeli and
Palestinian ministers as well as foreign diplomats and local businesspeople in last week's conference. There, it was also announced that he would be leaving the Peres Center to join the newly reopened Regional Cooperation Ministry under Silvan Shalom. Ashkenazi will be the head of the economic division in the ministry. The mission of the business and economics department of the Peres Center is to strengthen the economic relations between Israel and the Arab world. To do this, it initiates joint Arab-Israeli business-to-business activities, engages Arab and Israeli businesspeople in a variety of activities and events, assists individual companies in conducting cross-border trade and lobbies decision-makers to create more efficient conditions for trade.
Ahmadinejad Works on New Cabinet as Crisis Persists...Continued from page 6 spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham and Mojtaba Samereh Hashemi, who led Ahmadinejad's election campaign. But he may face restrictions on government policy as MPs have drawn up a bill designed to bolster parliamentary oversight and limit the powers of the four vice presidents. Ahmadinejad's main defeated challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed that the wave of arrests against his supporters will not stop his campaign to have the election result overturned. Police acknowledged on Thursday that some demonstrators arrested during protests over the disputed presidential
election had been mistreated and said several prison warders face punishment. The abuses took place in the Kahrizak detention centre in south Tehran originally built for suspected violators of Iran's vice laws, a police statement carried by the ISNA news agency said, adding that the detained protesters should have been held in the capital's main Evin prison. "There were breaches of the rules and negligence by several managers and staff of the Kahrizak detention centre," the statement said. "Two off icers have been punished for beating prisoners."
At the end of July, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the closure of Kahrizak, saying that its facilities failed to safeguard prisoners' rights. Some 2,000 prisoners were detained during the protests that followed the controversial June 12 re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Most have since been released but more than 100 are now on trial. In his inauguration speech, Ahmadinejad lashed out at the West, saying he would continue to resist "oppressive powers," and told
Washington: "Iranians will neither value your scowling and bullying nor your smiles and greetings." Under President Barack Obama, Washington has made overtures to Iran after three decades of severed ties, but Tehran has so far not responded. "The US is not going to give up its plotting against Iran," said Iran's leading hardline newspaper Kayhan, whose editor is appointed by Khamenei. "But it has clearly understood it can't stand against a powerful Islamic Iran which saw 85 percent turnout in the election."
Aish HaTorah Installs Second Temple Model Opposite Western Wall...Continued from page 6 "It's up for some discussion whether it will stay like that permanently," Shore said. He said that it is signif icant that the model was installed during the Hebrew month of Av, when Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple and long for its rebuilding. But despite a number of comments from the crowd about the hypothetical Third Temple, Shore indi-
cated that the model is not a call for its immediate construction. "We have no political intentions whatsoever," he said. Shore wouldn't divulge how much the model cost, except to say "a lot." It was funded with the support of the R.S. Zarnegin family, heirs of a Southern California-based real estate company. The reaction of the crowd, made up
mostly of students from the Aish yeshiva next door, seemed to be both pride and wonder. "The view from here is mind-blowing, and to have now a model here, it's astounding," said Eliyahu Khabinsky, a rabbinical student who is originally from Russia but made aliya from the U.S. "It really makes it so much more real and not theoretical."
Aryeh Pridonoff, a student from Cincinnati, Ohio, said the new model was a great improvement over a smaller model that used to be housed inside the yeshiva. "It's a symbol for each Jew that this is a place for them to come and explore," he said.
On another matter, Jones said the United States is nearly certain that an American missile strike in Pakistan last week killed the top-ranked Taliban leader in the country, and that a leader-
ship struggle has since emerged within the militant group.
pital for the past several years. We anticipate the volume of sales increasing slightly as we move into the second half of the year. Based upon current
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US Official says Iran Confirms ...Continued from page 3 Ahmadinejad following Iran's disputed presidential vote and subsequent protests and unrest. "He is the f igure of authority that we have to deal with. But it is clear there
are major events going on inside Iran that have to do with the [disputed presidential] election," Jones said. "But we have to deal with the f igures of authority that are in position."
New York City Investment Sales ...Continued from page 16 activity and value. The trend has certainly been towards smaller transactions, for which there is plentiful debt available from community and regional
banks. We have also seen a resurgence of high net worth individuals and oldline families who had been overpowered by operators backed by institutional cal-
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Mayor Bloomberg Launches NYC Civic Corps While Urging People To Volunteer...Continued from page 8 is all about.” “This is a great day to celebrate how far we’ve come in such short order,” said Diahann Billings-Burford. “The challenge moving forward is to bring greater accountability to the f ield of volunteer management, especially as we ask more New Yorkers to give their time and energy as volunteers. We’re going to prove, here in New York City, that strategic investments in the use of volunteers as a serious change strategy can have measurable and impactful results.” NYC Service was launched by Mayor Bloomberg in April to meet his State of the City pledge for New York City to lead the nation in answering President Obama’s national call to service. The program has three core goals: channel the power of volunteers to address the impacts of the current economic downturn, make New York City the easiest city in America in which to serve, and
ensure every young person in New York City is taught about civic engagement and has an opportunity to serve. NYC Service aims to drive volunteer resources to six impacts areas where New York City’s needs are greatest: strengthening communities, helping neighbors in need, education, health, emergency preparedness and the environment. The NYC Civic Corps is a cornerstone initiative of this broader NYC Service plan. New Yorkers can f ind opportunities to serve their communities by visiting www.nyc.gov or by calling 311. NYC Civic Corps members will be dispatched in teams, typically comprised of three members, to 57 public and nonprof it organizations in order to develop sustainable, impact volunteer programs that engage more New Yorkers to tackle the City’s greatest challenges. In focus groups conduced to develop
NYC Service, leaders from organizations that use volunteers spoke powerfully about the need to engage more volunteers, but they also described signif icant f inancial and management challenges associated with doing so. Addressing this capacity gap at the local level is critical to maximizing the power of those who wish to serve, and thanks to this new partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service and its AmeriCorps Vista program, the NYC Civic Corps will address the gap locally. Stimulus funds have enabled the Corporation to dedicate 193 AmeriCorps VISTA slots to New York City. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specif ically to f ight poverty and strengthen communities. Nearly 400 public and nonprof it organizations and 800 individuals applied to be a part of the f irst-ever
NYC Civic Corps. Members and host organizations were selected through a rigorous application process, screened by both the AmeriCorps VISTA program and a City committee formed by NYC Service. All participants in AmeriCorps VISTA programs receive a $1,129 monthly living allowance, health benef its, and educational awards, which can be used towards existing student loans or future education expenses. In addition to the assistance of the Corporation for National and Community Service, NYC Civic Corps benef its from the generous contributions of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the Lizzie and Jonathan M. Tisch Foundation. NYC Civic Corps also benef its from a partnership with the Hands on Network and in-kind support provided by Gap, Inc. and the ABNY Foundation.
Senior Israeli Diplomat Slams Netanyahu's US Policy...Continued from page 5 state of Israel because of this conflict." The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying Tamir's letter was "not worthy of a response."
At the same time, one senior source characterized the letter as "unprofessional," and said the title of the letter, as well as the fact that it was widely distributed, demonstrated
that it was meant to make public Tamir's political opinions. "It is a unfortunate that an Israeli diplomat launched this type of an attack on Israel
policies, attempting to cause deliberate harm," the source said.
Regional Philanthropists Still Missing After Plane Crash...Continued from page 7 official website. “The mission of Angel Flight East is to provide free air transportation to qualified patients and their families by arranging flights to distant medical facilities, delivering supplies to disaster areas and reuniting families during desperate times.” After being established by local pilots in 1992 in response to Hurricane Andrew, they flew seventeen missions in their first year and only continued to expand their service each year. Currently they have over 425 volunteer pilots in 22 states, and they work with other volunteer pilot groups to meet the
needs of patients outside their areas of service. The volunteers provide the aircraft and cover all expenses for each flight request. David Altman serves on the local chapter's board. Steven Altman was on the board of the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and was helped raise funds for uninsured women in need of maternity care through the Green Tree Community Health Foundation, a local nonprofit organization. This year marks the beginning of his second year on the board. Steven Altman was a full-time member who was “extremely
thoughtful and a dynamic member of the board,” says board member Richard Sheerr, “He was successful and had a significant desire to make a difference in the community.” Dave Altman was well-known and respected in the aviation community. His courage during World War II was recognized when he received a Purple Heart Award when wounded in the Pacific Theater of operations. In 2003 he earned The Distinguished Volunteer Pilot Award by the National Aviation Association. He has flown for Angel
Flight East since its establishment, and has flown more than 200 missions. He has been an invaluable member of Angel Flight East who accepted difficult missions and was a reliable and courageous volunteer. Dave was a retired general contractor and developer. He lived with his wife of more than 60 years. They have five children, 12 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
India and will spend four weeks there. This formidable trip could not happen without the help of various organizations both in Toronto and in Israel. The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, which f inanced the trip, has a long history with IsraAID, the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid. "Project after project, we've been happy with them," says Ted Sokolsky, president and CEO of the UJA Federation. Sokolsky explained that having IsraAID as a partner provides a direct connection from Toronto to Israel. "We're not only able to provide a direct service of support," he says, "but at the same time we help provide a supportive face for Israel, so people in these areas in distress will see, face to face, the work of Israelis and how helpful Israeli society can be." The other organization that had a large hand in the trip is the Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People (IFTIP), a nonprof it organization established in 1989 by a group of Israelis who are concerned for the condition of the exiled Tibetans. Olamot is only one of IFTIP's many projects, most of which encompass building infrastructure, health, education and agriculture. All these organizations, including
Hillel of Greater Toronto and Hillel Israel, are very excited about the pilot Olamot program. Meira Aboulaf ia, chairperson of IFTIP, says that the program's intention is to "raise awareness among Hillel students about needy populations all over the world by visiting them and working with them." This is important to all the organizations. "It is through immersive programs such as this that our students will gain a stronger sense of their identity and will stay committed to ongoing initiatives of social justice," says Zac Kaye, executive director of Hillel of Greater Toronto, in a press release about the trip. The different organizations are hoping to continue the program in the future. They want to get other Hillel groups from around North America to get involved, to send more people, and go to different places. Each trip will be with Hillel Israel , though. The main idea is to always have Israelis and North Americans working together, organizers said.
Canadians, Israelis Head to India...Continued from page 7 The work that the participants are doing is very meaningful. The students are working in a variety of Tibetan institutions in India - health clinics, old-age homes, schools and more. They are participating in an HIV/AIDS awareness initiative. One Canadian participant, Tamar Tepper, is working as a teacher in the Tibetan Women's Association program Stitches for Tibet, where women are taught how to sew traditional Tibetan clothing, and are provided with health care, English lessons and a small weekly stipend. "As a teacher, the program has taught me not to judge my students and their conditions, but to embrace and befriend each," Tepper posted on the trip's blog. "This program is especially important as it teaches these women how to sustain themselves f inancially in their new home in India, as well as provide a great opportunity for women with similar backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and hardships to meet and form strong bonds and acts as a support system for one another." Like Tepper, the other participants are having their eyes opened and their beliefs challenged in their volunteer work. Sandra Vadasz, for example, was
brought to tears on her f irst day of work. She posted this realization on the blog about life in Toronto: "I am often so busy I don't get a chance to eat sitting down. Everything is so fast paced it's hard to look around and observe the world. In fact, sometimes it's diff icult to f ind a moment in the day to breathe!" Vadasz's job is in the health clinic of an organization called Tibet Charity India. She is working alongside the head nurse, who "serves as the elderly's doctor, teacher, mother, psychiatrist and friend, among other things." She says that there are no doctors or prescription medicine, and the head nurse hand picks children from the community to become nurses, training them herself. It really seems that only a few days into her trip, Vadasz's hope for the trip has been fulf illed. "My view was that this is four weeks of my whole life that will impact me more than one year at home," she says. The travelers began their trip in Tel Aviv, where they spent a week participating in orientations with their Israeli counterparts, volunteering with organizations such as City Tree that focus on sustainable development, and meeting with Canadian and Israeli diplomats. From there, the team continued on to
The trip's blog can be found at http:/olamothilleltravelstoindia.blogspot.com
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Children of Terror Welcomed by the Sephardic Community
Barbara Beyda pictured with two guests of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Beyda is the driving spirit of this visit, and has devoted great efforts to enhancing the lives of Israeli soldiers and their families. Continued from cover continued throughout the day. On Saturday night a magnificent karaoke party was held in honor of the LEGACY children. In attendance were many families from the community who infused the evening with extra energy and spirit. On Sunday morning they proceeded to Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, after an emotional farewell breakfast was hosted by Charles & Ariella Ben Dayan. The children are looking forward to a new experience at camp where they can meet and interact with American children their age. To conclude their trip next week, is a day of fun in New York City to be spent with various Sephardic community members as well as Friends of the IDF staff enjoying a whirlwind tour of Manhattan. Beginning at Madam Tussauds Museum of Wax, a boat ride on the Hudson River, a picnic at Central Park, arcade games at ESPN Zone, and a farewell dinner hosted at the Safra Synagogue of New York. FIDF thanks the Sephardic Community for opening their hearts and their homes this summer to the Children of Fallen Soldiers. Many wonderful young volunteers from the community selflessly dedicated their time this weekend to interact with the children and help make this program a success. Everywhere they go these children were enveloped with love and support from the community. Thanks to the generous contributions of FIDF supporters and especially to Jordan Stark who donated his Bar Mitzvah money in honor of the LEGACY program, these children have the opportunity to honor the legacy of the loved ones they lost while at the same time providing them with the opportunity to build new friendships that will last a lifetime! For more information about the FIDF LEGACY Program visit our website at www.israelsoldiers.org or call the New York Office at 212-244-3118 ext 45.
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Old Orchad Project Stonewalled by Angry Town Council BY MIRI BENDOR Despite promises that “we are here to do very, very good modifications to Eatontown… to see Eatontown flourish,… to create a very, very good environment," the zoning change requests of would be developers Joseph Safdieh and partner Albert Nasser were, in no uncertain terms, voted down by Eatontown Borough Council meeting at its August 5th meeting. In an informal vote, the Council unanimously declined to change the zoning designation of a golf course tract that would have allowed development of a large-scale mixed use complex fronting Route 36, effectively ending the Nasser/Safdieh development plans. he property had been owned by the Kiely family for several decades. In recent years, improvements were made to the course, however “It appears the current owners are losing money," said a former employee. "Golf courses are waning, they're expensive, and the operation apparently isn't what it used to be. They were approached and they're willing to sell." The new owner is said to be a Swiss investment company, represented by Albert Nasser and Joseph Safeti. Opposition to any zoning change is adamant throughout the area. "We believe that this construction will have a negative effect on all Oceanport residents. Traffic from this development (would) disrupt our quality of life," said Oceanport Councilman Joseph Irace. The proposal offered at the August 5
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meeting showed the number of residential units reduced to 629 (from 704), but the affordable housing component was “not mentioned” in this presentation. More than 500,000 square feet of retail space at the golf course site, the project, to be known as "The Village at Old Orchard," or The Club at Old Orchard LLC, called for construction of 32 conventional town homes, 148 rear access town homes, 140 courtyard town homes, 21 single-family homes, 288 luxury condominiums contained in four-story buildings, 535,000 square feet of retail space, a recreation center and a 22-acre park area. 75 market rate apartments were originally slated to be included in the mix.
"What this whole discussion reveals to me is the fundamental flaw of the municipal planning law of New Jersey. Project engineer Andrew French noted that 21 single-family homes proposed along the northern perimeter of the property would act as a “buffer” for existing residential houses. “The residential and commercial portions of the project would be “divided along a north-south boundary line separated by a passive park space” with the residential section located to the north and the commercial segment at the southern end of the site abutting Route 36.”
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Officials from neighboring towns joined the criticism of the plan and called on the Eatontown council to reject it outright. Irace, adjacent Oceanport, voiced strong objection to the plan “directly related to the potential traffic nightmare on Monmouth Road and Eatontown Boulevard, roads that already see a great deal of traffic on a daily basis” Additional concerns were voiced about the increase in cut-through traffic on Evergreen Lane and Burnt Mill Circle." Additional objections were raised by Eatontown Councilman Charles DaVis who stated that "I know this is conceptual and when this was brought up before I didn't like the idea because of the added burden of density…I just don't see any positive aspects to this," he said, following presentation of the Old Orchard plan. The property fronts Route 36, crosses the boundaries of Eatontown, Oceanport and West Long Branch along Route 71. While Safdieh claimed the project “benefits the town as well as the residents,” questions
were raised about the validity of virtually all of the projects’ stated parameters, ranging from traffic projections to estimates of increased in school population. The overall density of the residential component would see approximately 7.2 housing units per acre verses the one per ¾ acre density allowed under existing zoning. Council President John Schiels questioned the need for additional development of any kind, saying "you have vacancies in this town, large vacancies in commercial." Both he and DaVis reminded the assembly that proposed redevelopment of Fort Monmouth was a potential factor to be considered. "One major component I feel has been left out [is] the … Fort Monmouth Economic Redevelopment Planning Authority [FMERPA] situation," he said. "I'm con-
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cerned about how this integrates with what has been developed by FMERPA. Officials from neighboring towns joined the criticism of the plan and called on the Eatontown council to reject it outright. Major concerns about the proposed development’s traffic impact were raised by officials of Eatontown, Oceanport and neighboring towns. "Should this plan go forward, (Oceanport) will take the necessary steps to protect our town," Irace said. "We ask that you seriously consider the needs of the residents of Eatontown and the neighboring towns as you move forward with the development of the Old Orchard property." Noting that Routes 36 and 71 are state roads, even the developer's traffic engineer John Rae admitted that mitigation of the traffic generated by the proposed Old Orchard project would require a total of 10 lanes of traffic. He did, however, claim that a preliminary meeting with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) was “positive.” "What this whole discussion reveals to me is the fundamental flaw of the municipal planning law of New Jersey. Because the focus of this entire discussion is what's good for Eatontown," D'Amico said.
“In a substantiating action, the Monmouth County freeholders last unanimously urged Eatontown officials to retain the zoning...” He noted the “tremendous regional impact on not only Eatontown, but also Oceanport, Long Branch and West Long Branch, saying that the traffic analysis had failed to recognize that the Hope Road intersection of Route 36 is considered a “failed intersection” and no that there are no current plans to build the necessary overpasses" to mitigate the situation
The project’s attorney, Roger McLaughlin, understandably, claimed the project would yield benefits. Tom Thomas, the developer's professional planner stated that the entire Old Orchard redevelopment project would cost approximately $300 million to construct, provide the borough with a tax benefit of roughly $4.4 million and increase school population by only 54. Both of the latter numbers were disputed by Eatontown Planner Jennifer Beahm, who foresees only about a 2.2 million dollar tax benefit and an increase of 172 students. Beahm went on to explain that in the proposed plan the developer left out some 75 affordable housing units. Those units were also left out of Thomas' calculations. "When you factor in the additional 75 units that were originally proposed over that lifestyle center, that is going to change your overall fiscal impact," she explained. Beahm also took issue with the way in which Thomas calculated the number of students the proposed project would create, challenging the projection that 54 students would be entering the Eatontown school system as a result of the development. According to Beahm, the district would instead see an increase of 172 students as a result of the project. Beahm said that if that number of students are in fact added, the roughly $4.4 million tax benefit Thomas said the borough would see as a result of the project could be reduced by as much as $2 million. This is my third go-around with this proposal," said Councilman Charles "Chuck" DaVis. "It was "no' the firs time, it remained "no' the second and it's still "no." In a substantiating action, the Monmouth County freeholders last unanimously urged Eatontown officials to retain the zoning, voting in favor of a resolution favoring retention of the current zoning designation for the 158-acre golf course property. The resolution added the county panel to the list of opponents of a huge housing and retail center proposed for the tract. At the August 5th meeting, approximately 100 people, some carrying signs reading "No Zoning Change For Old Orchard" attended
BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Watch your mailbox. Governor Corzine announced this week that one million middle-income New Jersey homeowners will soon receive applications for Homestead Rebates, the direct property tax relief program recently restored in the 2010 budget. e s p i t e t h e m o s t challenging e c o n o m i c period f o r o u r n a t i o n a n d s t a t e i n m o d e r n h i s t o r y, we we r e a bl e t o r e s t o r e t h i s m u c h - n e e d e d d i r e c t p r o p e r t y t a x r e l i e f f o r N ew J e r s e y ’s m i d d l e - i n c o m e homeowners," G ov e r n o r C o r z i n e s a i d . " A l l t o t a l e d, m o r e t h a n 1 . 5 m i l l i o n N ew Jersey senior and non-senior h o m e ow n e r s w i l l r e c e i v e m o r e than $1.1 billion in rebates this ye a r. " Non-senior homeowners with incomes between $50,000 and $75,000 will receive checks averaging about $700. Non-seniors with incomes below $50,000 will receive rebate checks averaging $900. The rebates for non-senior homeowners were restored when the State’s tremendously successful Tax Amnesty program generated about $725 million. About $428 million in property tax relief has been
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restored to the FY10 Budget due to the Amnesty program, with $373 million going to the rebates. The rest of the revenue from the Amnesty program will go to help cover the $4 billion shortfall in the FY09 Budget. Non-senior homeowners with incomes of $75,000 or less who were under 65 years of age and not disabled on December 31, 2008, started receiving 2008 homestead rebate applications in the mail on July 28. They will qualify for a 2008 rebate if they owned a home that was their principal residence on October 1, 2008, and paid property taxes on that home. The filing deadline for non-senior and non-disabled homeowners is September 1, 2009. Those checks are scheduled to be mailed in October. Checks for senior and disabled homeowners who filed by the original filing deadline of June 1 are scheduled to be mailed starting today. They are expected to average $1,300 for those with incomes under $100,000. Homeowner rebate applications must be filed by phone or over the Internet. The homeowner rebate automated telephone filing system and the Internet filing application are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once they receive their applications, homeowners can file by phone by calling 1-877-658-2972
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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 LAWRENCE: BUILDERS HOME, NEAR GOLF COURSE, YACHT CLUB, TENNIS CLUB, GREAT LOCATION. 516-239-0051 Monticello, Sacrifice: Midden Ridge at kutscher’s LL Designer, 2 BR, 2 bth all season home, furnished. Patio, pool, gym, golf, tennis. Asking 89.5K. Call broker Oscar Pavloff. We have keys! 845-794-3720 or 845-434-7792
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
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 occupancy for 570 ppl. All permits in place. Public water & sewer. Safe area. Dr & stores nearby. For sale $795K. ready for this summer. Call Tom 631-901-8535
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Hillcrest: open house 6/7 15PM, colonial 4BR, 2.5 bth, 34 acre immac move in condition, landscaped, priced to sell. Kevin- Weicher Realtors 917-816-8698
Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
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
Ryder St/Ave M: brk 1 fam duplex, 6 rms, 3 lrg BR, FDR, new 3 rm apt, new bth + roof. Deck, pkg. $439K. Highlawn 917-886-4129
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 Monticello: Hidden Ridge homes at Kutcher’s Designer deluxe homes. Sale rent, 2 BR, 2 bth, beautiful furnished. Call broker Oscar Pavloff. We have keys. 845-794-3720 or 845-434-7792 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
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
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
AAA New Homes, No Closing Costs, all price ranges & home styles www.needacustomhouse.com Realtors welcome 845-206-5220
WESTCHESTER 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
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 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
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
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
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 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
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 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 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
East 4th Street, L & M: 3 BRs, 2.5 bths, semi detached 20x100, finished basement, back porch. $599K. Broker Jack Menashe 917-797-0215
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 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
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 House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349
Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839 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!
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
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LOGAN STREET: Brand new 3 family house, beautiful 1.5 BA, wood floors, porch and driveway. Call: 347-683-1923
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
2 family detached, 1. 2 bedroom, 1 bth. 2. second floor, 1 bedroom, 1 bth w.porch, close to trans and synagogue. Call now, asking low 600’s 646-217-8252
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
PAGE 48 House For Sale 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 718-776-0080 leave message.
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
Kew Gardens: 24 unit apt bldg, $3.9M. Also 3 fam homes on 80x100 lot, R7A zone. Bkr 646-207-7151 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
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Maryland: Lower Eastern shore of MD, pvt secluded waterfront fram, has 2 chicken houses growing with perdue. $1.2M. 410-742-0959 Prudential Carruthers
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
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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
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
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
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
Ave J/ East 15h: brand new completely renovated 1+2 BR apts, new appliances, 1 flight up, near all. Call 718-692-4181 ext 110
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 Boro Park, 16/54: top loc, brand new luxury upgraded apt, 4 brs, $3,200. Elderly preffered. Avial July 732-901-8947
QUEENS House for sale Queens, Investor’s special: Port Jeff, Ontario St, No major repairs required, 5 BR, 3 BA, Drvwy, grt area, $223K OBO comps @ $330K+. Owner Terence 718-749-3763 USAHOMESFORLESS.NET
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
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 Bell Harbor: 2 fam home on vacant 60x100 lot. Spans entire blk. $1.5M. WALSH PROPERTIES. 718-945-5512
LONG ISLAND Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
Massapaqua: Cozy 3 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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BROOKLYN Boro Park: 500sf office space for $1100 both newly renov. 917-892-3700 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 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 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)
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 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 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 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 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
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
Avenue P: Brand new luxurious 3 BR, 2 full bth, 2 porches, light, airy, spacious + beautiful, EIK granite, all new appliances, washer dryer hook-up, parking possible. Call 732-216-3306, leave message
QUEENS/BRONX 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
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 FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
LONG ISLAND Babylon West 631-376-1510 COUNTRY LAKE VILLAS ADULT COMMUNITY, New Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms, washer/dryer in each unit
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
OUT OF STATE Tunkahannock/ PA: 1 acre Lakefront home on Saddle Lake ( a 33 acre pvt lake) 2 level home w/2 car gar. Attchd; 4 spacious BRs =, lg kitchen with dining area, LR, rec room, exercise room workshop, lake ve sun porch, lk frnt deck, locate 40 mins north of Scranton PA. 570-836-5838 Hendersville, NC: Brick ranch, 1 acre 3000 sqft of total living space. 2100 sf main level, 900sf, lower level, 3 BRS, 3 bthrm, putstanding landscape with conifers, beautiful mountain views. Park like setting, property taxes only. $1850/yr. Call 828-693-6960
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 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
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BROOKLYN Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681
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11th Ave/63rd St: Beautiful, flexible space for rent. 3000 sq ft office, showroom/retail. Call 718-869-2000
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
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
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
Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette. Gloria: 212-725-6481
Boro Park, 16th Ave: 5 room office for rent, private bathroom, 1 flt up. Front exposure. 718-338-6433 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 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 Restaurant For Sale Main St. Queens. Prime Location10 Years in Business 718-763-5717
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
NY STATE 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
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
Greenpoint, Bklyn, BUILDING FOR LEASE, 13000 sf. Also can consider joint venture, pref importing busn. 718-891-0298 OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748 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 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
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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
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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 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
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 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
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
Sheepshead Bay: heart of prof’l & medical ofc space in completely renov ofc building. Across from Q+B trains. Bus stop right across the street. On site parking. Suites from 5002500 sf. Daily mincha in building. Call 718-692-4181 ext 110
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
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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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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Business Opportunity • Financial Services • Legal Services Business Opportunity 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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Financially Savvy Persons Unique opportunity! Initial Funding provided. Gaming Equip, leasing. Email contact info or call, luckyluckyblackjack@yahoo.com 313-243-4419
Glatt Kosher Restaurant & next door grocery w/ pizza in central Florida. 386-566-1471, Ask for Yehuda 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 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 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 $10K a week guarantee pay: Distributing our magazine and our internet VIP cards. Contact 775-333-1125. Visit our website www.gate4deal.com
$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 Investors Wanted, Earn 10-15% yearly financing 1-4 family homes, way below market. Contact Desmond 917-689-5643 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.
Hamptons, town of Amagansett excl lc in ctr of town , retail space 1200 sf, also restaurant for lease full equip Call Frankie for info 718-897-7839 or 646-236-7979
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
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A breakthrough in Parnasa. Have the time and money for whats vital in your life. Worj from home simple system training and support. www.behappylivelife.com 704-973-7760 Capital wanted $2.5M To facilitate a 413 acre oceanfront liquidation, Puerto Rico USA. Land MAI Appraised @ 186M, July 2007. Earn $6M from equity participation in sales. Secured 1st lien. 202-756-4808 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
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
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 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
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 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
Land/Lots For Sale 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 CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
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BROOKLYN 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
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
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Financial Services Certified Public Accountant Expertly handles all areas of Accounting & taxation, for business And individuals. Call: 718-282-1553
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
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 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 Music lessons Guitar/ 1st Lesson free “Brillian song writer + guitarist”-The Daily News. 2nd time award winning guitarist. 646-662-5202
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
Playgroup 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
European Caregiver Will live in or out Provide house cleaning Olga: 732-581-7838
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
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
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JUNE 5, 2009 Caregiver 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
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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 Available for repair and installation of telephone and computers. Call Isaac at 718-213-7533
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 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
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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
Woman seeking live in/live out to take care of elderly exp with Alzheimer’s. 516-780-2217 or 516-334-0492
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
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
Christy’s services Professional screened, hard workers for house keeping, nanny, companion, live in/out. NO FEE. 718-523-4200 or 718-523-4213
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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
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
Elderly care & babysitting M-F. Over 5 years experience. Excellent references, available immediately. Call 347-221-8919
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
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 Private chauffer, full time, honest, reliable. 15 yrs exp, middle aged euro gent, clean record, Refs Avail. Contact Teddy 718-961-8535
Male caregiver w/15 years experience, seeking position, live in or out. Call 240-715-8794
Artavia agency We specialize in HHA/ CAN/ LPN/ RN We provide general/ heavy duty cleaning, garages, office, homes, etc. No job too big or too small, servicing all 5 boroughs and beyond 1-877545-3062 for all outside boroughs. Call 718-652-0099
Loving, warm nanny seeks live-out position. 12 yrs exp CPR certified. Baby nurse experience. Good refs. Call Ingrid. 718-419-6821
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Chauffer-Energetic and trust worthy private chauffer with 7 years exp working until recently for high profile executive. Looking for full time position. Great references. Call 917-975-1982
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
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 KOL HAOLAM NEWS SEEKS ADVERTISING REPS % BASED. CALL 347-678-0925. E-mail/text kolhaolam@yahoo.com Cook Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for experienced cook Please call 917-453-6776, 845-893-3719 or 732-363-3636
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
Sales- Premier who’s who, seeks 100 exp’d telephone salespeople. Strong phone closers. LIC loc sal + comm. + daily bonuses. Full medical. F/T, M-F, 9-5:30pm. Call Mike 718-786-2851 Delray Beach, FL: Rabbi recently retired from large congregation, outstanding orator, cantor + torah reader. Available for high holidays. 561-638-7601 Stockbrokers- Lantern investments, offices in LI and NYC offer experience brokers exceptional growth opportunity. High payout. Latest tech and research. Benefits. 516-374-8443 mark@lanterninvestments.com
Help wanted-Secretary SECRETARY FOR YESHIVA in Queens. Must be computer literate. Call: 718-644-4048
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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
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
General Help-ASAP Everybody qualifies No experience necessary! Call for immediate interview. QUEENS 718-606-1733
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
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PAGE 51 Home Improvement 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 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
Handyman Female home attendant needed to help American Family, 15 Hr. Car a plus. 347-721-2616 Help wanted Cosmetician, exp’d-F/T knowl of selling cosmetics & fragrances a must. Sal + commish. 718-645-0166 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
RAJA Appl repair. All major brands, Frig, A/C, micrwv, oven/stove, D/W, W/D, reas, reliable 718-377-1428 *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 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 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
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
PAGE 52 Pest Control Rescue pest control Rats*Mice*Roaches*Ants*Silve rfish*Termites Contact KeithTel/fax 718-348-1141, Cell-718-930-9393 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
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
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Toyota highlander 2006 hybrid. Roof rack, 3 seater, 54K mi, all wheel drive, $22,000. owner 607-733-9045
Frum, exp’d car dealer will help you get any car & save hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Call today for more info. 347-712-7439
1997 Lexus SC 400 gold package 93,000 miles, clean 8500. Contact: 631-944-1669
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
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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 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
Ford 2006 e250 cargo V8, like new $8900 631-821-1065
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 Cargo Van For pick-ups + deliveries, call Willie. 718-452-6469
Moving & Storage Have van will travel. Licensed, livery VAN SERVICE. Schools, airports, mountains. Special rates for day camps & yeshivas. 347-276-7071
SHOLOM MOVING BEST SERVICE BEST PRICE CAN HELP YOU MOVE ANYTIME ANYWHERE CALL ALEX 646 467 5950
MOVING SERVICE www.heftyroy.com we bring a careful, friendly touch to res’d moving. Mention Jewish Voice & Get $25 discount! 347-852-5439
Health/ Fitness Reflexology and body massage. For men only, experienced home attendant. Evening hours, Zolton 917-202-0534
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Pets Puppies for Sale Cockapoo’s/ Yorkiepoos/ Puggles/ Chorkie/ Lab ShiChow/ Shihtzt/ Morkies $300 & Up CC pet 717- 548- 2989
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
Merchandise Home furnishings ANTIQUE COPPER POTS Assorted sizes, $3900 firm, after 6pm. 212-239-4291 Motorcycles. Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375
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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
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
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
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 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
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 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.
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 Judaica Store out of business! SELLING ALL MERCAHNDISE AND CONTENTS OF STORE. 347-713-5340/ 646-210-7174
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
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
Piano, Baldwin Concert Grand, 7 ft, selling $12,500, appraised $25,000 631-277-1937 Shelving merchandise: everything must go, lozier madix shelving, stone fixtures, pallet lift + pallet packing, stackable baskets, hand carts $ store merchandise + more. Contact Boubacar now 973-418-1093 Lost hse in NJ fine furnishings, collectibles, coins, paintings, rugs. Cents on the dollar. 646-379-3566
Merchandise Education 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
Neon sign with website for sale. Include 20 feet of ready made neon signs. Price Negotiable. $29K 646-220-0747
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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
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Hillside: 3 BR home, contractors dream, fixer upper, corner lot, near transportation & rte 22 parkway. 908-967-8018
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
South Brunswick: Rte 1/south Brunswick/ Princeton. Great 8 acre light intersection. Hotel, office, shopping, ETC. Neighbors include corporate headquarters. All utilities. 2.75 million. Will divide. Call 732-742-8839
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
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
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
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
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
Old Ridge: Rural 3+ ac custome 5 br, 2 ba, full base, deck, walk to NY bus, $535, 000. Owner 732-207-8869
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. 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 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
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
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
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
FORDS- NJ 2 family + studio. All bldgs separate. $3200/ mo income, sep. util. Taxes $6200. Asking $389K- 845-255-1364 No Reltrs please
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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
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Commercial space Red Bank: Downtown office space avail 1350 sq ft, vaulted ceiling. Fios internet, ready pckge avail. Call Art 732-222-3553
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
Great Neck: Large studio, eat-in-kitchen, closet, near worship $550 maint. With in door parking. 152,500K. Coach Realtors 516-627-0120
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 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
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
Bayville: Over 1475 sq ft of offices available, can divide, credit check. Avail imm, rent negotiable. Call 732-349-3223
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
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
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 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 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 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
RED BANK: downtown office space available 1350, vaulted ceilings, fios internet read, prking avail. Call Art 732-222-3553
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
Newark apt for rent: 3 BR apt, 925/mo also room avail for rent close to schools, trans and shops, tenant pays heat + hot water, credit check required. Call 973-271-3390 or 973-704-6434
Office for rent Morris County, Rockaway Boro: pine street common single + double suites, 700 sq ft to 27,000 sq ft. below market rates. Owner 973-983-0809
Office Approx 4500 sq ft divide + construct to small units to your need. Second floor, elevator bldg, close to all major highways. Many incentives! 201-934-1600
Commercial Property 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 avail. Big parking lot, easy access + loading. Plenty of space wired & ready. Surrounded with heimishe businesses daily minyonim, close to highways & trans. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140. If no answer leave msg.
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
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 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 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.
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
Tom’s River: starting @ $300, prof’l office space, near court house, newly renovated building. Call 732-892-4441 x216 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 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
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
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
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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
Handyman’s specialMiami duplex, 4 BD/2bth, home 50W137L wooden frame/ stucco reroof, new FL/ tile w/ detached small 2 BD/ 1 bth close to center. Grt Investment as is $105K. Contact 305-951-9259
Sunny Isles Hotter Than Ever Aventura Bal Harbor Hollywood
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
Aventura: Female only! Den/Bedroom, combo, priv bath waterview. Util incl 305-933-3273 Text to: 305-890-3696 Keyword:mh1835
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
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
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
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 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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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 FOUNTAIN BLEAU HOTEL: MIAMI BEACH MAGNIFICENT 800 SF STUDIO, SLEEPS 4, RENTING DAILY, WEEKLY. AVAILABLE SHORT/ LONGTERM. CALL 347-804-4666 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. 514-973-9920 Lakewood, FL: Historic Area Large. 1 Bedroom, Only 5 mins to beach or downtown, hardwood flrs, quiet area. $750mo 561-649-3048
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
MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental. Call: 718-753-4479
Boca Raton: Studio aot with stove, close to beach, quiet area, includes cable TV, close to shopping. $650 monthly, includes utilities. Call 561-674-8788
TIME SHARES FOR RENT/ SALE-RESORT VP, THE FUTURE OF SHARE ADVERTISING. GREAT RESORTS/ GREAT PRICES! BUY TIMESHARES WHOLESALE-UP TO 90% OFF! SELL OR RENT YOUR RESORT WITH US…TURN YOUR TIMESHARE INTO CA$H! 877-342-2345 WWW.RESORTVP.COM
MIAMI 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
Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570 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
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 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 MIAMI BEACH, Alexander Hotel: Magnif ocean vu. 2 BR, 2bth, high flr. Daily/Weekly. Call owner 646-942-6786
Miami, FL Tower 41: Luxurious condo avail now, monthly, weekly. 514-991-3964
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Salon Avail East Boca FREE RENT & Equipt! GREAT VISIBILITY! Many available Downtown Boca loc. Call Owner 561-392-8920
Fort Myers: Restaurant/ Night Club, large entertainment area with outside bar. 3 acres + 15000 sq ft bldg, excellent location in S Fort Myers nr Cape Coral. Contact Mr. Anulli 239-810-1806 Tudor Villa Realty 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
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Israel 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
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
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
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
Apartment For Rent 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
Lev Yerushalayim: Blow out! 2 BR, AC sleeps 6, maid service available. 6/29-7/8, 7/22-7/27 $100/night, $600/week. Call 917-842-1643
Lev Yerushalayim: Hotel, 2 Brs, 2 bths, kosher kitchen, terrace. 972-3-673-7330. Email arusi@zahav.net.il
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
Apartment For Rent 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 Jerusalem Bels Sans: excellent location, charming 1 BR, with heating & AC, short term. Reasonably priced 514-1573-8769 or 514-276-8769
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
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