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Orthodox New Yorker Neal Hendel of Beersheva has been appointed to serve as a jurist on Israel’s highest court, signifying the second instance of an American-Israeli’s service on the panel. his appointment is also the first time that a district court judge has been chosen without having previously served in the top court on a trial basis. For several years, Israel’s Judicial Selection Committee, made up of nine members, had been in a stalemate that prevented it from
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Former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef gives a brachah to one of the children, as Yad L'Achim chairman Harav Shalom Dov Lipschitz and Yad L”Achim Rabbi Yosef Ganz looks on. BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
The home of Former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, which is visited by thousands of people from all walks of life, has known many moving moments. Few could match the recent visit by three busloads of Jewish women and their children, who were rescued from Arab villages and are now leading full, Jewish lives. t was erev Rosh Chodesh Elul, a special time of mercy and Selichos, and these survivors were being taken on an unforgettable trip organized by their rescuers from Yad L'Achim, led by Harav Shalom Dov Lipschitz SHLIT”A, the organization's founding chairman.
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Georges Marciano, co-founder of GUESS?, plans run for Governor in California. Georges Marciano loves California. The 62 year old Beverly Hills resident was an early fashion industry pioneer. Since the first day of his fight, he has sworn that 100% of any money recovered, including his own, would be donated to Californians in need. “Let's put a stop to the shame of seeing the people of California and their kids living in camps,” says Marciano. His campaign website, Fighting for the Forgotten Average Citizen of California
The f irst stop was Kever Rachel in Beit Lechem. The holy site was unusually crowded - due to a hachnassas sefer Torah ceremony being held for a Torah that had been written for captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit and the fact that it was erev Rosh Chodesh Elul – and many people were turned away. But the IDF allowed in Yad L'Achim's buses and soldiers at the site were given express orders to allow the visitors to spend as much time as they needed in prayer. These women, who had been through so much, poured out their hearts to Mother Rachel. It was as if, at long last, they had found someone who could truly understand their worries for the welfare
nough is Enough, California is in trouble,” says Marciano. “Our residents are hurting. The rich keep getting richer and the politicians just seem to be taking care of themselves only. It's time for Californians to say ‘Enough is Enough.’" Jeans designer Marciano believes
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Mayors Offers Flu Vacine to Prevent Epidemic BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
New York announced free swine flu vaccinations for all elementary school students just week’s before the new academic year begins. he mayor's office and the city health department said that free vaccinations would be given to students whose parents requested them. The vaccine is expected to become available in the second half of October. The city also said it was working with
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hospitals to ensure extra emergency room care, as as well as setting up specif ic locations in the hospital that are designated for flu victims. To share the news of the free vaccines, hundreds of volunteers will visit senior centers, houses of worship, schools and other places to spread the word about seasonal flu and the importance of getting vaccinated against it.. "Today is the f irst of what will be many efforts to keep New Yorkers informed about what we are doing to prepare for the return
of the H1N1 and seasonal flu," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "We can't predict this year's flu season, but we can make sure that city government is fully prepared." New York was hit with many outbreaks of the swine flu during the spring. Now, with the regular autumn influenza season approaching, and public schools soon reopening, the city is again bracing for what maybe yet another outbreak of wine flu and taking preventative measures to help New Yorkers.
Terror Ship Mastermind Sentence to 20 Years in Prison BY YECHEZKEL LAING
Former aide to Yasser Arafat, Fuad Shubaki, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for his role in bringing the KarineA arms ship to Israel’s shores. The military prosecution had demanded that Shubaki receive a life sentence. n the pre-dawn hours of January 3, 2002, IDF Navy and Air Force units captured the Palestinian Authority-owned freighter loaded with 50 tons of weapons, which had been purchased by Shubaki, chief procurement and finance officer of the PA.
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The Iranian and Russian-made weapons on board included long-range Katyusha rockets with a 20-kilometer range, LAW anti-tank missiles, Sagger anti-tank missiles, long range mortar bombs, mines, sniper rifles, ammunition and more than two tons of high explosives. At the time of the capture, then-Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said the PA had spent more than $100 million on the arms shipment. Then-IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz said the capture of the weapons prevented uncountable loss of life in Israel. In an interview with Israel National
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News, Almagor Terror Victim's Association director Meir Indor said that Shubaki should have received double the sentence due to the amount of terror that could have resulted from the weapons seized. "As it is, he can still get out in ten years with good behavior, and of course there is always the chance he may be traded in a prisoner exchange." ‘Bibi Is Weaker Than Olmert’ Indor slammed Prime Minister Netanyahu in response to reports that Netanyahu has agreed to release hundreds of terrorists in exchange for kidnapped
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White House Has No Word of New Iran Nuke Offer The White House said it had received no official notification from Iran on a package of new proposals regarding its nuclear program, said to include an offer to hold fresh talks with world powers. e have seen the reports, though we have not heard anything conclusively from the Iranians on that," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. Gibbs noted that political directors from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany will meet near Frankfurt Wednesday to mull
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Council, told reporters. Jalili's announcement comes a day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of further sanctions against the Islamic republic if it failed to negotiate with world powers. The United States, which has led international efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear drive, has given Iran a September deadline to take up the offer of talks or face tougher sanctions. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States did not expect any Iranian representative at the meeting in Germany and echoed White House remarks that Washington had heard of no Iranian offer. But he said: "We would review any proposal that they give us seriously."
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Madonna Plans Meeting with Netanyahu and Livni BY GIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will return from his European trip to find that two Likud rallies have been organized to express opposition to the settlement freeze he reportedly negotiated with US envoy George Mitchell in London. he first, scheduled for Tuesday at Tel Aviv's Azrieli Tower, was organized by Minister-without-Portfolio Yossi Peled. It is not officially an anti-Netanyahu rally but rather a "pro-Jerusalem event," and yet MKs who attend are expected to bash the deal the prime minister is negotiating with the Americans. The second, set for September 9 at the Likud's Tel Aviv headquarters, openly opposes any freeze on construction in Judea and Samaria and will launch a "National Forum" in the Likud that will actively oppose concessions to the US. Three ministers have told organizers they will attend the event: Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan, Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon, and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein. Organizers still hope to attract Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon and Minister-without-Portfolio Bennie Begin to the rally. "We aren't pressuring ministers to come," said organizer Shevah Stern, a Likud activist from Shilo in the Binyamin Region. "We want to allow Likud activists to express their support for building in Judea and Samaria to the MKs. When judgment day comes, we will only support MKs who are with us on that." In a related matter, Pinchas Wallerstein, the director-general of the settlers' council, said on Thursday: "When Netanyahu talks of a Palestinian state, I hate it, but am not worried, because there will be no peace deal. When Netanyahu speaks about a settlement freeze, it's a death sentence for the settlement enterprise." Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Binyamin regional council of which he was head, Wallerstein added: "There will be no construction freeze in Binyamin." National Forum member Yitzhak Klein of Ma'aleh Adumim said it was founded "to support traditional Likud policies, such as the development of Jewish communities in Judea and
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Madonna came to Israel for two concerts at Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon, but she will also f ind time to meet with both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni. he queen of pop ar rived with her children at 1 a.m. on Sunday. She is staying in Tel Aviv ahead of her perfor mances on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Late Sunday, she headed to Jer usalem's Old City, where she toured an ancient tunnel near the Western Wall. The 51-year-old pop star arrived in a black Mercedes van and was escorted into the tunnel by police. She made no comment to reporters and was whisked away about a half hour later.
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“She was also set to attend a Kabbalah Center event, and make other personal visits.� The promoters of Madonna's shows have kept her schedule under wraps to prevent paparazzi from bothering her during her Kotel visit, and a tour of the graves of Talmudic sages in Safed. She was also set to attend a Kabbalah Center event, and make other personal visits. But the meetings with the politicians were leaked to the press. She met with Livni at an unidentif ied restaurant on Monday night and will meet with Netanyahu on Friday, apparently at the Prime Minister's Off ice in Jerusalem. According to one account, Madonna made a personal request to meet with Livni, and when Netanyahu heard about it, he insisted on meeting with her too. Another version is that she wanted to meet with both of them from the beginning. Either way, the story sounds a lot like the incident in 2005, when thenforeign minister Silvan Shalom and his wife, Judy Nir-Moses Shalom, expressed anger at then-ambassador to
Madonna made a personal request to meet with Livni, and when Netanyahu heard about it, he insisted on meeting with her too. the US Danny Ayalon for failing to arrange a photo-op for them with the pop star. What does Madonna have to say to the politicians? Will she call Livni her "Lucky Star?" Will she tell Netanyahu, "Pappa don't preach?" Or will she tell both of them that she is "True Blue - and White?" Her promoters declined to comment. Meanwhile, two famous friends of the singer arrived in Israel on Sunday - Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore. Both Kabbalah enthusiasts, the couple are expected to join Madonna for events at the Kabbalah Center in the days following the concerts. Channel 2 reported that Kutcher and Moore were going to dine with Madonna on Sunday night at a Tel Aviv restaurant. Another Kabbalahrelated celebrity friend, Justin Timberlake, was expected to arrive in the country on Monday. Despite, or because of, the intense media attention to her visit, Madonna kept to herself during the day Sunday, but her children were photographed on the patio of their room at the Tel Aviv Dan Hotel.
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Barak Hopes to Reach Deal with Israeli Ex-PM Olmert Indicted Settler Leaders on Outposts for Graft, Corruption BY YAAKOV KATZ Defense Minister Ehud Barak hopes to reach an agreement with settler leaders that will enable the evacuation of 23 illegal outposts in the West Bank without the need for military or police intervention, officials said following a meeting with Yesha Council heads. arak met with the Yesha Council leaders for the first time in several months to discuss the ongoing standoff over the government's declared intention to evacuate 23 illegal outposts in the West Bank. During the meeting, Barak stressed that the outposts would be evacuated in line with decisions made by previous Israeli governments led by Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert. The settler leaders asked Barak to first lift the ban on construction in the West Bank and then deal with the outposts. Barak told them that the construction ban was a diplomatic issue between Israel and the United States and was not connected to the illegal outposts. "This is a law-abiding government and people cannot just do what they want," he told the settler leaders. At the end of the meeting, the sides agreed to maintain an open line of communication in an effort to reach a peaceful resolution. Meanwhile, Gershon Mesika head of the
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Samaria Regional Council, decided not to attend the meeting. "This is a political farce - the cards have been stacked ahead of this game. This is not about legality of the outposts," he said in a statement. "Barak's right hand has been evading proper procedure and for years has refused to sign legal building permits because of his political views, and now his left hand wishes to destroy those same communities that he calls illegal because he himself did not approve them." Mesika went on to say that "Netanyahu is hiding behind Barak as he kneels to American pressure, and Ehud Barak is hiding behind weak excuses of upholding law and order". David Ha'ivri, director of the Samaria Liaison Office, was equally critcal of the defense minister. "Yesterday they issued demolition orders for the homes of 15 families in our communities. The only thing holding back these houses’ permits are one signature: that of Ehud Barak," he said. "Now he wants to tell us to enforce his law. Israel is not a monarchy and Barak is not our king. Somebody needs to tell him that he had elections and his will no longer rule this country." "We have had enough of the double standard, there are thousands of illegal buildings throughout the Arab sector on both sides of the Green Line, yet for some reason only Jewish homes are threatened by demolition crews," concluded Ha'ivri.
Israeli Jewish and Arab Officials and Palestinian Governor of Jenin Discuss Groundbreaking Initiatives Fostering Ties SPECIAL FROM THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
At a special press conference yesterday about Israeli Jewish and Arab Palestinian relations hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the InterAgency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues, Daniel Attar, the Israeli Jewish Mayor and Ead Saleem, the Israeli Arab Deputy Mayor of the Gilboa region, and Qaddoura M. Qaddoura, the Palestinian Governor of Jenin in the Palestinian Authority, addressed their accomplishments from working together, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future.
Pictured (Left to Right): Qaddoura M. Qaddoura, Governor of Jenin, Ead Saleem, Deputy Mayor, and Daniel Attar, Mayor of the Gilboa region, discuss the accomplishments they have achieved from their groundbreaking partnership.
ayor Attar asserted “The election of Governor Qaddoura and many of his partners in the recent Fatah elections proves that the agenda of co-existence in the region is secure.” “Both sides need support from the American and international community in strengthening their economic and political stability,” added Governor Qaddoura. The Gilboa region is a rural area with a population of 30,000 that is 40 percent Arab and 60 percent Jewish. “These two communities have overcome their differences to recognize their common needs and create an
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unprecedented partnership that can lead the way for future cooperation between other Israeli and Arab communities. This partnership is a model for grassroots collaborative projects that can help bring the communities within Israel together and lay the foundation for peaceful relations with the Palestinians,” said Chairman Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein. The Conference of Presidents is the central coordinating body representing 51 national Jewish organizations on issues of national and international concern.
BY LEIGH BALDWIN Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on three counts of corruption, becoming the f irst ex-premier to face criminal charges, the attorney general's office said. he attorney general has decided to press charges against former prime minister Ehud Olmert," the office of Attorney General Menahem Mazuz said in a statement. "The charge sheet was presented today in Jerusalem district court." The 61-page charge sheet accuses Olmert of "fraud, breach of trust, registering false corporate documents, and concealing fraudulent earnings," related to three of the scandals that dogged him when he was in off ice. Olmert's personal secretary Shula Zaken was also indicted on several counts, the statement said. The 63-year-old Olmert has always insisted he is innocent and his spokesman said on Sunday the trial would vindicate him. "After having deposed an acting prime minister, it is obvious that the attorney general and the state prosecutor have no other choice than to indict Olmert," said Amir Dan, the spokesman. "The court of justice on the other hand is clean of such foreign considera-
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tions. Therefore Olmert is convinced that in court he will be able to prove his innocence once and for all." Olmert resigned last September over the corruption allegations but remained in off ice as caretaker until late March, when the hawkish Likud party head Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in following February 10 elections. Olmert is accused of unlawfully accepting gifts -- including cash-stuffed envelopes -- from the Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky and of multiple-billing foreign trips in the socalled Rishon Tours affair. He has also been charged with cronyism in relation to an investment centre he oversaw when he was minister of trade and industry between 2003 and 2006. All charges concern alleged actions taken before Olmert became prime minister, either when he was trade and industry minister or while he was mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. Mazuz had previously dropped three other corruption investigations against Olmert, whom Time Magazine named Israel's most able politician when he off icially took off ice as prime minister in May 2006. The various investigations, involving repeated police interrogations, weighed heavily on Olmert's f inal months in off ice, prompting a wave of calls for
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Hizbullah Will Join Next Lebanese Government BY JPOST Hizbullah will be part of the next Lebanese government "whether Israel likes it or not," Lebanese Prime Ministerdesignate Sa'ad Hariri was quoted as saying Wednesday. he national unity government will include the [ruling] March 14 alliance, and I also want to assure the Israeli enemy that Hizbullah will be in this government whether it likes it or not because Lebanon's interests require all parties be involved in this cabinet," AFP quoted Hariri as saying. Speaking during a Ramadan meal on Tuesday night, Hariri reiterated his determination to "include all factions" in the government.
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Former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef together with Arab children who were taken to spend the day in his company. Continued from cover of their children. But the emotional highpoint came when three brothers uttered a tef illah for three of their siblings who are trapped in Gaza, with an Arab grandfather who refuses to release them to their mother, Galit Pupok, of Upper Nazareth. "Acheinu kol Beis Yisrael hanesunim b'tzara uvishivya," they cried out, as the tearful mothers repeated after them, word by word. From Kever Rachel, the buses made their way to 45 Rechov Hakablan in Har Nof, Jerusalem, to the home of Hagaon Harav Ovadia Yosef. The women and children crowded into the Beis Medrash that is attached to the living quarters, together with the social workers who accompany them on Yad L'Achim's behalf. Heading the delegation was Hagaon Harav Shalom Dov Lipschitz SHLIT”A, Harav Yisrael Lipschitz SHLIT”A, one of Yad L'Achim's leaders, and Harav Yosef Ganz SHLIT”A, its director general. The children were greeted by Shas head Interior Minister Eli Yishai and Housing Minister Arial Attias. When Harav Ovadia entered, everyone rose. The Rishon Letzion looked into the eyes of his visitors as Yad L'Achim's chairman Harav Lipschitz explained that the children had recently been rescued from hostile Arab villages and today were taking their f irst steps in the world of Torah Judaism. "Righteous women," Harav Yosef began, in an emotional voice. "You have merited to be the daughters of our holy fathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, daughters of our holy mothers, Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah. You are heroes." He lauded them for taking the important step of giving their children a Torah education, bederech Yisrael Saba. His uplifting words were peppered with a personal note, when he said: "Even though you now welcome the Shabbat Queen into your homes alone, together you’re your righteous children, know that the heavenly angels accompany every Jew when he leaves the Beit Haknesset on Shabbat night. They come to your homes and shower you with an abundance of blessing, parnassah, nachat, happiness and wealth." When he f inished speaking, the chil-
dren approached him individually for brachah and to receive a copy of the Yechaveh Da'at siddur with his signature and dedication. He warmly blessed each child, "You should grow in Torah, to chuppah and in maasim tovim." As he uttered the blessing, he stroked the cheek of each child. A particularly powerful moment was when a three-year-old who had just had his hair cut, leaving long, curly payos, approached the Rav. His hair had just been cut by Harav Lipschitz, under the watchful eye of the mother, who refused to allow him to trim the payos. After all the children had received a brachah, Harav Ovadia got up to return to his residential quarters. Appearing to have a diff icult time parting from the mothers, he turned and gave them yet another brachah: "You should be blessed from Hashem," he said, pausing. "May Hashem fulf ill the wishes of your hearts for good." And then: "You shouldn't know sorrow and pain." To which the women tearfully answered, "Amen!" As the Rav entered his study, accompanied by the senior Yad L'Achim delegation and Shas ministers, he was extremely generous in his praise and blessings for Rav Lipschitz and ordered the ministers to do everything to help Yad L'Achim achieve its exalted aims, chief among them advancing an amendment to the missionary law that would give it teeth. Rabbi Ovadia was clearly moved by his encounter with these children, wearing kippot and tzitzit, who only a short while ago were being educated as Arabs. Speaking after the meeting, Interior Minister Eli Yishai said: "Previously, I only knew of Yad L'Achim's intensive Pidyon Shvuyim activities through the regular reports I received from Harav Lipschitz, the head of this important organization. "But this evening, chills ran down my spine when I saw the faces behind the names and stories. This powerful emotion was also felt by Maran who has dedicated his life to Jewish education for every Jewish child. How great is his joy in seeing Jewish children who were seemingly lost, now growing and being educated as faithful Jews."
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“If Hizbullah joins the government, it will be clear that the Lebanese government will be held responsible...” Hariri's comments followed a warning by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last month that Lebanon would be blamed for any strikes on Israel if it allowed the guerrilla group to join the government.
"If Hizbullah joins the government, it will be clear that the Lebanese government will be held responsible for any attack coming from its territory against Israel," Netanyahu had said. Hariri, the leader of the parliament majority, has been struggling for two months to cobble together a national unity government following the June 7 elections in which his Western-backed coalition retained a majority in the 128-seat legislature and fended off a strong challenge from Hizbullah and its allies. So far, Hariri has managed to agree in talks with Lebanese factions that the 30member Cabinet will have 15 ministers from his coalition, while Hizbullah and its allies would have 10, and the remaining five seats would be appointed by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, likely from independent candidates. This formula would guarantee the president the tipping vote, denying both Hariri's side an absolute majority and Hizbullah and its allies the strength to veto government decisions. But Hariri's attempts to form the Cabinet were stymied by Christian leader Michel Aoun's demand for the Interior Ministry and also his insistence that his son-in-law remain telecommunications minister. Hariri was reported to have rejected these demands. Aoun is a key ally of Hizbullah. Hariri's efforts were further complicated when a key ally, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt, earlier this month bolted out of the Western-backed coalition, to go independent.
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Guess Who Wants To Be Governor? Continued from Cover California’s government has favored the rich and those with special interests.” He seeks to provide “good jobs in a growing economy, world-class education, affordable equal health care, and safe streets and neighborhoods.” His platform seeks to “restore economic growth, put people back to work and invest in California by creating a statewide network of community development banks to provide loans to entrepreneurs and homeowners; requiring companies that bid on city and state projects to set up shop in enterprise zones to employ local residents; easing the inner-city credit crunch to prevent "redlining." We want to make our streets safer and create jobs by adding new police officers and firefighters.” Among his demands are the accountability of corporations and tax credits that reward companies that make long-term commitments to new business and employment in California, and reward those who invest in research and development. “Our state government doesn't work,” says the would be candidate for Governor. “Hardworking Californians who play by rules have no voice in Sacramento. But has Marciano played by the rules? Marciano and his brothers are known as fashion pioneers. In 1981, Georges Marciano and brother Maurice opened a store in Beverly Hills. The French Moroccan brothers were joined by brothers Armand and Paul, former owners of a 12 unit retail chain in France. Georges Marciano was the company designer. He created the “stone-washed” jeans concept producing softer feel, lighter colored denim jeans. A 30 pair consignment of the “Europeanstyle jeans” taken by Bloomingdale’s sold out within 3 hours, even at a price point of $60. Sales continued to increase geometrically. The company was noted for its “controversial” advertising campaigns and for starting the “super model” concept. To meet demand for their product, the Marcianos sought expansion capital. In July, 1983, they made a deal with the Nakash brothers of Jordache. Jordache gained 50 percent ownership of Guess in exchange for $4.8 million and use of its Hong Kong manufacturing facilities by Guess. Jordache was licensed to develop a new line of jeans called “Gasoline,” incorporating parts of Guess designs in a lower-priced line. The deal, however, failed to protect either company against “knockoffs.” This lack of written agreement would soon create problems for both companies. Guess developed a history of terminating deals. One example was a licensing agreement with the Hamilton Company which Guess terminated, claiming that Hamilton's "dumped" (according to Maurice Marciano in the Daily News Report) Guess merchandise in Kmart and other discount stores, effectively hurting the label's high-end image. The legal battle with Hamilton slowed growth in menswear. Guess brought its men’s wear inhouse in 1986. The most significant legal battle promulgated by the Marcianos was with their one time benefactors, Jordache and its owners, the Nakash brothers. In 1984, the Marcianos charged the company with unfair competition, claiming that the Nakash brothers used their position on the Guess board of directors and their access to Guess designs (in the Hong Kong plant) to produce “knockoffs” under the Jordache label. The Marcianos' asked the court to undo the 1983 agreement The battle continued for five years, with charges of corporate espionage and document
shredding leveled by both sides. Internal Revenue Service tax evasion investigations accusations followed. The Marcianos faced IRS allegations of improper dealings. Security at both companies was dramatically increased. During the process, the Marcianos were ordered to repay more than $1.5 million of an alleged $1.8 million in unauthorized fees (including double salary payments taken by the Marcianos). Characterized by one attorney as “total war. Take no prisoners…litigation at its worst," the legal battle between the Marcianos and the Nakashes did not end until 1990 when a jury returned 100 percent of control of Guess to the Marcianos. As the case awaited determination, however, a settlement with the Nakashes for an undisclosed amount (rumored to be well above $100,000,000) was reached. The Marcianos stated, however, that they feared seeing the case continue through the appeals process. Their attorney then sued them for $17 million in damages. In 1996, soon after the brothers buyout of George’s shares, Guess became a publicly traded company. Several years of weak performance in its retail stores and wholesale division, slower-than-expected non-core Asian licensing revenues, and discontinued licenses followed. The company's profitability declined greatly because of higher retail occupancy costs due to less productive stores along with additional expenses. Georges Marciano, announced his plans to campaign for governor of California in 2010 as an independent, recently lost a defamation lawsuit for $370,000,000 brought against him by five former employees. Marciano accused them of conspiring to embezzle money, along with his collections of wine and art. Marciano’s former employeers including a computer technician, an office manager, and a receptionist, each won $69,000,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000,000 each for punitive damages, according for the verdict of the Los Angeles County Suprior Court, is one of the largest awards in U.S. courts this year. Marciano sued the five employees in August of 2007 after accusing them of stealing his e-mails and other private information and collaborating to steal and re-sell his wine collection. He also accused the employees of collaborating in an attempt to commit one of the largest art thefts in U.S. history. Marciano’s extensive art collection includes works by renowned artists Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, Jeff Wall, Jim Dine, and Roy Lichtenstein. Marciano claimed that the employees had stolen $413,000,000 worth of art and wine. Marciano’s suit was thrown out in December 2008. The employees then filed a cross-complaint, claiming defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In May, a judge found Marciano accountable. The five former employees testified, saying their reputations had been destroyed after Marciano sent both e-mail and written correspondances to law enforcement agencies and other parties that accused the former workers of theft and fraud. “Marciano set out on a premeditated plan to ruin Gary Iskowitz,” Iskowitz’s lawyer, Stephen J. Tully, said in the statement. “The court found that he used threats, intimidation and accusations he knew were completely false in more than 30 letters and e-mails that were sent to public agencies, banks and business associates of Gary Iskowitz.” Marciano, did not speak in his own defense at the trial. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge
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Elizabeth White kept Marciano excluded from court proceedings earlier this year as a penalty for consistently failing to attend multiple previous depositions, said R. Rex Parris, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs. Since Judge Elizabeth White ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor, Marciano has waged a ferocious campaign against the judge, taking advantage of his campaign publicity and media access to claim publicly that she had denied him his constitutional rights. He has also brought suit against her in federal court, claiming charges of constitutional violations. In an Aug. 20 statement, Marciano said a California appeals court denied his request to block the $370 million judgment. Marciano said he asked the state’s highest court to reverse the ruling. He was unsuccessful in his efforts. Recently, R. Rex Parris, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, asked Marciano if he would apologize to his former workers for the distress, humiliation, damage, and wrongdoing he had done to them. Marciano replied that he was on a “crusade” for justice, according to Parris. “I am taking this case to the Supreme Court because the constitutional protections that we all rely on have been denied,” Marciano said in the statement. “These injustices have to stop. But I won’t stop. This fight is too important -- for me and my family and for all of us in California.” On the home page of Marciano’s campaign web site, the site claims White called him an “eel” in the trial and further claims the judge “rewarded the defendants of a $150 million tax fraud case because of racism against the Jews.” Parris added that the verdict showed that "being rich does not mean you have the power to ruin the lives of other people on a whim or suspicion". Former Marciano employee and plaintiff
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Steven Chapnik told the Los Angeles Times that he felt “vindicated” by the outcome of the trial. A current employee of Marciano’s office was asked for comment by David Batty of The Guardian and he refused to comment. In 1993, after Marciano sold a majority of his shares of GUESS? he began a career in real estate. He developed a Beverly Hills office complex called the “Power Tower,” used by entertainment industry agents, directors, and producers. Former Mayor Tom Bradley declared April 12th as “Marciano Day” in honor of Marciano’s many contributions to the Los Angeles County Police, Sheriff, and Fire Departments. Marciano has also been acknowledged for his contribution to job expansion and economic development in LA. Marciano’s website says that he hopes to “devote [his] life to promoting the cause of equality, justice and economic prosperity for all Californians. He knows the challenges of pursuing a dream and the struggles for those who want to make a better life for their families. Georges simply wants to create the same opportunities for the citizens of California that he had presented to him thirty years ago. That is why Georges Marciano wants to serve as the next Governor for the Great State of California: he knows how to create jobs and he understands the needs of workers. He will work hard for greater transparency in government and a return to the economic opportunities that made California and the United States the place where the impossible dreams of a young man could become a reality. “Let’s dream again. Let’s not give up hope. Together we can create jobs for the people of California.” Georges Marciano. Who could have Guessed?
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BY SANDY SILVERSTEIN Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced the guilty plea of Daron Kearse, 41, to two counts of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, a Class E felony. He will be sentenced to two to six years in prison on October 7 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Cassandra Mullen. Kearse must also register as a sex offender. n December 4, 2007, Kearse uploaded six images of child pornography to the Internet website, Photobucket.com. On July 1, 2008, members of the NYPD executed a search warrant on the defendant’s home at 314 Decatur Street and recovered multiple compact discs and DVDs containing video images of minors engaged in sexual conduct. At the time of his arrest, the defendant was the manager of the safety and security department at The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. He has one prior conviction for DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired) in 2003. The case was prosecuted by Kevin O’Donnell, Unit Chief in the Sex Crimes/Cyber Crimes Unit. Rhonnie Jaus is Chief of the Sex Crimes Bureau.
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Continued from Cover filling up its fifteen spots on the High Court of Justice. Recently the court has been the subject of much criticism from the Israeli right because of their opinions about the territories, settlements, illegal outposts, and the route of the separation barrier. The court’s critics say that since the court’s members are not elected by the Israeli people, the court’s left-wing opinions don’t reflect the views of Israel’s majority. Israeli human rights activists say the court has a reasonable approach to civil rights issues, including concerns of Palestinians. The selection committee’s decision to not to follow their usual selection pattern came after a three-hour meeting last week that again ended in deadlock. In an effort to expedite a f inal decision, on Sunday Justice Minister Yaacov Neeman put four committee members in one room and four in another one. Justice Minister Neeman went back and forth between the rooms to negotiate a compromise, according to Yori Geiron, president of the Israel Bar Association. “The decision means we will f inally achieve a peaceful atmosphere in the High Court and in the politics of Israel,” he said. “Maybe now the court can start to take care of the main problems of justice and law in Israel. It’s wonderful.” He said he believed all three nominees were good choices. In addition to Hendel who is a district court judge in Beersheva, Haifa District Court Judge Yitzhak Amit and Tel Aviv District
Court Judge Uzi Fogelman were picked. Fogelman is serving on a trial basis right now on the High Court. “It wasn’t a rogue settlement, it was a good settlement,” Geiron stressed, adding that “the beauty of the settlement is that we don’t know the exact views” of two of the three appointees. “They weren’t questioned about their philosophy of activism, but they have about 15 or 20 years of judging, and this is how the committee judged the nominees,” he said. Shimon Shetreet, a Hebrew University professor of law, said the only other judge to be born in American and sit on the High Court of Justice was Shimon Agranat from Kentucky. He was appointed to the court in 1949 and was president of the court from 1965 to 1976. In 1976 he turned 70 years old and was thus required to retire. He passed away in 1992. “He was a very influential judge who brought into Israeli jurisprudence the spirit of American constitutionalism,” Professor Shetreet said. Shetreet said that Agranat is best known for introducing the principle of free speech through his ruling that the Minister of Interior had been wrong to close down the newspaper Kol HaAm for 15 days because the paper’s criticism of a government policy was believed to be likely to threaten and disturb public peace. “He said ‘likely’ was not good enough,” Shetreet said. Regarding Hendel, Shetreet said the Brooklynite judge hasn’t decided “any well-known cases that would color him. But he is someone who has the attitude
of people who come from a religious or traditional ideology. What does that mean for judges? It’s very diff icult to say that he will be an activist in the sense of civil rights activism. ... [But] he is very conscious of civil rights and will protect the small guy who asks for justice,” added the law professor. Hendel is a graduate of Yeshivah of Flatbush High School and studied Talmud under Rabbi Yoseph Dov Soloveichik at Yeshiva University in 1973. He worked as a counselor at Camp Massad, a Zionist summer camp in the Poconos Mountains. There, he met his best friend Jack Nelson of Englewood, NJ. The two of them attended Hofstra Law School, where Hendel helped establish a student group to study Judaism and law. Hendel, Nelson, and about 10 other students assembled in Dean Monroe Freedman’s living room each week and studied Torah. Later the two friends became law partners together. Hendel made aliyah in 1983. Neal visited Israel on his honeymoon and decided to make aliyah when he returned. Of Neal’s character, Nelson said, “He is very modest and unpretentious,” Nelson said. “Nobody who loves Neal would be shocked that he has gotten to this position, because he has such depth of character, great intellectual skills and emotional depth. It can almost be said that his modesty and lack of political involvement made him such an attractive candidate [for the High Court].” Hendel was born in 1952 and lived in Beersheva since he and his wife Marcie made aliyah.
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Jewish Philanthropist and Test Prep Company Founder Stanley H. Kaplan Dies, 90 BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Stanley H. Kaplan, the Brooklyn native who was the founder of Kaplan Inc. died on Aug. 23 in his home in Manhattan at the age of 90. aplan was best known for being the pioneer of the test prep industry. He also made large contributions to many philanthropist groups.
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Stanley H. Kaplan was born to immigrants; his father, Julius Kaplan was from Slutsk, from Belorussia, and his mother Ericka Kaplan was from Latvia. His father ran a plumbing and heating business. His mother was the grandchild of the chief rabbi of the synagogue of Prague. As a young child he loved to sit outside with his mother and study. In 5th grade, he paid students to let him teach them math. His nickname was “Teach.” He lived in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn on Avenue K. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and ranked second in his class from City College and aspired to go to medical school. He also won his school’s Award for Excellence in Natural Sciences. He applied to five medical schools and was rejected from all of them. Many medical schools had little respect for City College. When Stanley Kaplan was rejected from all of the schools because of the racial quotas that restricted the number of Jewish students who could be accepted in a given year, he decided he wanted college admissions to be more equitable for everyone, regardless of ethnicity.
Stanley Kaplan is known for being the mastermind behind the tesp prep industry as well as highly involved in philanthropic causes. He posted a sign outside his parents’ house on Avenue K that said, “Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center.” This was where he began to tutor local students in the basement. In 1946, a Coney Island girl came to seek his help on a test called the Scholastic Aptitude Test. This test was just beginning to increase in popularity at the time. In contrast to other exams of the time, the SAT claimed to measure a student‘s innate aptitude, not what a student had already learned. It was meant to be a gauge of a student’s capability to learn new things. The
test’s instructions stated that cramming and last-minute reviewing would be useless. Kaplan did test drills with her and after the exam, the student came back to Kaplan and said the test was easy. She told all her friends and word spread all over Brooklyn that Kaplan was a great tutor. He began to market his services to yeshivot and local Catholic schools. In proving that it was possible to prepare for the SAT, Kaplan achieved something of great social significance. He undermined the use of the SAT as a means of social engineering among colleges. The country’s elite colleges were seeing an influx of Jewish applicants; children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants were applying in droves. They were of lower middle class background and they would not be from the same “wasp” background as the others in the Ivy League tradition. Harvard put a quota on the number of Jews their school was allowed to accept. Since Jewish students tended to excel on the Regents exams, colleges wanted to create a new test that they believed would exclude hard-working Jews from their schools. Kaplan discovered the test’s ideology. "It was usually not lack of ability," Kaplan writes, "but poor study habits, inadequate instruction or a combination of the two that jeopardized students' performance…Acquiring test-taking skills is the same as learning to play the piano or ride a bicycle. It requires practice, practice, practice. Repetition breeds familiarity. Familiarity breeds confidence." Later, Kaplan married Rita Gwirtzman, who had lived near by. In 1951 they moved
into a two-story house on Bedford Avenue right near Kaplan’s old school, James Madison High School. He repaired his basement and divided it into classrooms. When the basement became too small for his growing classes, he rented an office near King's Highway right off the Brighton Beach subway stop. His company continued to grow because of Kaplan’s excellent teaching and the spread of the news of his good reputation. In the 1970’s his company went national. Kaplan operates in the United Kingdom and France, and runs Kidum in Israel and another program for English language training in the UK. Kaplan Inc. was sold to the Washington Post Company in 1984. Kaplan K12 Learning Services provides educational materials and services to children in grades pre-K through 12. They also serve individual school districts, and advise districts about compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act. Kaplan's Score Learning Centers offer after-school tutoring in reading and math for children in grades kindergarten to tenth grade. Stanley H. Kaplan and his wife were very involved in philanthropic causes. He and his wife made appearances at many charity functions. Kaplan’s philanthropic endeavors included the UJA-Federation of New York, the Jewish Museum, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, the Boston Jewish Film Festival, Storahtelling and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation funded a variety of programs that enhance “the continuity of the Jewish people.”
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WAR ON TERROR “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deutoronomy 16:20)
Ahmadinejad Demands Opposition Chiefs Punished BY HIEDEH FARMANI Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the first time for the punishment of opposition leaders over the street unrest unleashed by his disputed re-election in June. hmadinejad also renewed the Islamic republic's allegations that Britain sought to overthrow the regime. "Serious confrontation should take place with the leaders and main instigators of the incidents. Those who provoked, organised and implemented the enemy's line should be confronted f irmly," Ahmadinejad said in a speech at weekly Friday prayers in Tehran, the f irst since the start of the holy month of Ramadan. It is the f irst time Ahmadinejad has made such a call against his political opponents, who have charged his reelection was fraudulent. "Those from lower ranks and the ones who were deceived should be treated with Islamic compassion," Ahmadinejad said, drawing chants of "riot leaders should be executed" from
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the worshippers who, raising their f ists in air, also shouted, "Death to America! Death to Israel!” Iran faced its worst crisis since the establishment of the Islamic republic in 1979 when hundreds of thousands took to the streets in week-long protests against the June 12 poll results during which about 30 people -- and by opposition accounts 69 -- were killed. About 4,000 people were initially arrested and scores of senior reformists, journalists and opposition supporters have been put on trial on accusations of seeking a "soft" overthrow of the regime with foreign backing, mainly the United States and Britain. Opposition leaders including presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have condemned the "show trials," refused to recognise Ahmadinejad's presidency, and vowed to continue protests. "Today, more determined than ever, we should insist on change, which is the rightful demand of the reformist movement," former president and a key supporter of Iranian opposition groups, Mohammad Khatami, was quoted as saying by the ILNA news agency.
"Despite all pressures to force reformists and fair and wise people out, we should remain on the scene." Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to soften his tone on the opposition saying that he had no proof the leaders of the post-election violence were backed by foreign states. The ayatollah, however, branded Britain as the "most evil" of Iran's enemies in a keynote speech after the election and the ties between the two countries worsened after Iran arrested nine local British embassy staffers and put one on trial for spying. Ahmadinejad claimed on Friday that the "foreign minister of the old coloniser" -- David Miliband -- had told the foreign minister of a country friendly to Iran that "this time we are doing a precisely-planned job and want to f inish the Islamic republic." He did not identify the second country but again accused global powers of having "overtly interfered in Iran's affairs which has ruined their reputation in world arena." "I am telling you (world powers) to
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PA Judge: Jews Have No History in Jerusalem BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH The Palestinian Authority's chief Islamic judge , Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, said on Wednesday that there was no evidence to back up claims that Jews had ever lived in Jerusalem or that the Temple ever existed. amimi claimed that Israeli archeologists had "admitted" that Jer usalem was never inhabited by Jews. Tamimi's announcement came in response to statements made earlier this week by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who said that Jerusalem "is not a settlement," and that "the Jews built it 3,000 years ago." "Netanyahu's claims are baseless and untrue," said Tamimi, the highest religious authority in the PA. "Jerusalem is an Arab and Islamic city and it always has been so." Tamimi claimed that all excavation work conducted by Israel after 1967 have "failed to prove that Jews had a history or presence in Jerusalem or that their ostensible temple had ever existed." He condemned Netanyahu and "all Jewish rabbis and extremist organizations" as liars because of their assertion that Jerusalem was a Jewish city.
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Tamimi accused Israel of distorting the f acts and forging histor y "with the aim of erasing the Arab and Islamic character of Jerusalem." He also accused Israel of launching an "ethnic cleansing" campaign to squeeze Arabs out of the city. "By desecrating its holy sites, expelling its Arab residents and demolishing their homes and conf iscating their lands and building settlements in Jerusalem, Israel is seeking, through the use of weapons, to turn it into a Jewish city," he said. "This is a flag rant violation of all religious, legal, moral and human values." In another development, Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Wednesday rejected the political platform of PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayad. The platform, which was published on Tuesday, pledges that the Fayad government would work toward establishing a de facto Palestinian state within two years even if no agreement was reached with Israel. The platform talks about peaceful resistance against Israeli "occupation." The two Islamic g roups said in response that the only way to establish a state was through "armed struggle." They said that Fayad's plan was unrealistic and unclear, adding that it would be impossible to establish a state "under occupation."
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Iranian Threat Iran and Syria: Breaking Bread in Eachother’s Tents
Neatnyahu and Merkel Agree on Pressuring Iran BY HERB KEINON
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from their meeting Thursday with slightly different messages on Iran, but widely divergent viewpoints regarding the settlements.
One can learn a great deal by analyzing the visit of Syrian President Bashar Assad to Iran last week. Statements made by Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reveal a great deal about the allies' strategy which seems to escape Western observers.
egarding Iran, while Netanyahu called for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcrippling sanctions, comes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Merkel said that if Teheran rejected the US's offer for right, at the Chancellery in Berlin. engagement, serious sanceven though she was aware of Netanyahu's tions should be discussed. "There is an offer on the table and Iran domestic problems on this issue. "This means the Palestinians have to do needs to respond positively. If they don't, we will have to talk about sanctions," she said, in something as well," she said, without spelling an apparent reference to a ban on Iranian out what she had in mind. She stressed this issue a number of times during the press conimports of refined oil products. The prime minister, however, was more ference. Netanyahu did not relate to the issue, sayforceful, saying the development of nuclear weapons by the Islamic republic threatens not ing only that he has made clear that he was ready for negotiations with the Palestinians only Israel, but the entire world. "Israel expects all responsible members of without preconditions. He said he hoped the the the international community to address negotiations would begin in "a month or two." The prime minister also said that he disthis issue," and the most important thing to do now is to put into place crippling sanctions," cussed the fate of St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit with Merkel, but would not go into details. Netanyahu said. It would be best if these sanctions were Germany has reportedly emerged as a central imposed by the UN Security Council, but bar- player in efforts to work put together a prisonring that, a "coalition of the willing" could er swap with Hamas, though it has never confirmed a role. have enormous impact, he said. "Every time I go abroad I talk about Merkel, however, said it was important to get Russia and China on board, and that sanc- Schalit, and today is no exception," tions would be ineffective if they were taken Netanyahu said. Israel appreciates all efforts of well-meanonly by the US and some European countries. Expressing understanding for Israel's ing governments to help us in this regard, and impatience on the matter, she said acting on Germany is definitely a well-meaning government, he said. Iran would be a "long and arduous process." He referred to Merkel - currently leading While Netanyahu said at a press briefing after the meeting that the Islamic republic the Christian Democratic Union in an election took up the lion's share of their discussion, campaign against her foreign minister, FrankMerkel chose to stress the settlement issue, Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic and called on the prime minister to stop Israeli Party - as a "true friend of Israel and a true champion of peace." construction in the territories. Netanyahu met with Steinmeier in the Merkel said a ban on future settlement would be an "important building block" in morning, and was scheduled to return to Israel early Friday morning. efforts to relaunch the diplomatic process,
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he first point is that they are indeed close allies. I would estimate that analyses by Western "experts" that Syria can be pried away from Iran outnumber explanations that this is impossible by about 10 to one. This mistaken conception is also the off icial policy of the United States and France, perhaps Britain as well. There are, of course a huge number of benef its Syria derives from its alliance with Iran including Islamist legitimacy, protection against being attacked or pressured, money, weapons, cooperation in anti-Israel terrorism and spreading both countries' influence
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Peres and Barkat Visit Schools Around Jerusalem BY ABE SELIG President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat ushered in the new school year on Tuesday morning with visits to Jewish and Arab schools in the capital.
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he president told schoolgirls in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah that construction should be permitted for both Jews and Arabs in the capital. "Both Jews and Arabs should be permitted to build according to their needs," he told a pupil at the Al-Mamunia High School for girls, who had inquired about Jewish construction projects in east Jerusalem. "I hope you will all be mothers of peace," the president continued. "If mothers are educated, then their children will be as well. We want the entire country to be educated, regardless of gender, race or creed." Sheikh Jarrah has been the trigger for recent disagreements between Israel and the United States over Jewish building rights in the parts of the capital that were won in the Six Day War. Two Arab families were evicted in Sheikh Jarrah at the beginning of August after a court found in favor of Jewish claimants, and the now-defunct Shepherd Hotel, which is owned by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz and where there are plans to build a new apartment complex, is also located in Sheikh Jarrah. Both of those issues have drawn condemnation from the US, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling the August home evictions "provocative" and "unhelpful,"
while other administration officials have asked, or demanded, that Israel suspend the construction plans at the hotel site. Later in Tuesday's visit, another pupil complained of the difficulties she encounters when passing through security checkpoints on her way to school. "It must be understood that the [security] barrier is aimed at protecting lives," said Barkat, who fielded the question. "When the security situation improves, we won't want to see the wall. We all know it makes life difficult." Earlier in the day, the president and mayor visited an elementary school in the northeastern Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood, where the Peres told children to "study hard and listen to your teachers." While the new school year opened without any major problems, the Education Ministry's situation room, which was set-up in Jerusalem on Monday evening to follow all first day-related developments, received several reports of delays in the opening of schools throughout the country. A principal at an elementary school in Yehud refused to open the doors on Tuesday morning because the building had not received a safety permit after undergoing summertime renovations, and in Lod, parents refused to send their children to six Arab schools after complaining about infrastructure problems at those buildings. Nonetheless, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar said he was proud of the hard work his ministry employees had done and that he considered the opening of the school year a success, especially in light of the fact that no large strikes had been reported.
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Only 4% of Israeli Jews Say Obama is Pro-Israel BY GIL HOFFMAN The number of Israelis who see US President Barack Obama's policies as pro-Israel has fallen to four percent, according to a Smith Research poll taken this week on behalf of The Jerusalem Post. ifty-one percent of Jewish Israelis consider Obama's administration more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel, according to the survey, while 35% consider it neutral and 10% declined to express an opinion. The poll of 500 people representing a statistical model of the Jewish Israeli population had a margin of error of 4.5%. A much-cited Post poll published on June 19 that put the f irst f igure at 6% had been cited by top off icials in both the White House and the Prime Minister's Off ice as the catalyst for recent American efforts to improve the American-Israeli relationship. But the new poll proves that those efforts have not improved Obama's reputation among Israelis. The earlier poll, taken shortly after Obama reached out to the Muslim world in a landmark address in Cairo, found that 50% of those sampled considered the administration's policies more proPalestinian than pro-Israeli, and 36% said the policies were neutral. The remaining 8% did not express an opinion.
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“The May poll found that Israelis' views of Obama's predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush, were nearly the opposite.� Obama's popularity among Israelis has been plummeting since a May 17 Post poll on the eve of a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Obama at the White House. In that poll, 31% labeled Obama pro-Israel, 14% considered him proPalestinian, 40% said he was neutral, and 15% declined to give an opinion. The May poll found that Israelis' views of Obama's predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush, were
Obama's popularity among Israelis has been plummeting since May. nearly the opposite. Some 88% of Israelis considered Bush's administration pro-Israel, 7% said he was neutral and just 2% labeled him proPalestinian. The new poll was taken on Monday and Tuesday, before reports that Obama had agreed to exclude Jerusalem from a deal with Netanyahu on a construction freeze and to allow construction of essential public buildings, such as schools, to continue in Judea and Samaria. The poll asked Jewish Israelis whether they would support freezing settlement construction for a year as part of an American-brokered deal. Fifty percent said no, 41% said yes and 9% did not express an opinion. The respondents' views on a settlement freeze followed closely the platforms of the parties they voted for in the March 10 election. Among those who voted Likud, which opposed a settlement freeze during the campaign, 73% would oppose such a deal. Two-thirds of Kadima voters said they supported a settlement freeze.
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Bloomberg: Coney Island Development Is A Done Deal BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Plans to revitalize Coney Island are in the works. Mayor Bloomberg hopes to make Coney Island into a yearround tourist attraction with new rides, upscale restaurants, and a variety of new entertainment facilities. he City's plan calls for a new 12acre amusement park, part of a 27-acre district featuring indoor recreation including skating rinks and bowling alleys. Four hotels are also planned. Bloomberg’s plan was recently approved by the City Council. "Every year, Coney Island has sunk further and further away from its previous glory," Bloomberg said about the Council’s 44 to 2 vote approval of his blueprint. "That sinking has stopped." City Councilman Domenic Recchia (D-Brooklyn), whose district includes Coney Island, said the new attractions would keep visitors entertained all year round. "It gets awful cold and awful lonely in Coney Island," he said. "Now tourists will come from all over the world to visit, and not just for three months of the year."
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“The new zoning will make it possible to build high-rise hotels on Surf Avenue and 4,500 apartments north and west of the new district area.” Opponents of the Coney Island renovation say the proposal reduces the historic site to a shadow of its old self. "They are sacrificing an exceptional amusement destination," said Juan Rivero, spokesman for Save Coney Island. The city plan would "destroy [Coney] as an authentic Brooklyn icon." City Hall is plans the construction of 4,500 residential units, along with a new school and a community center. In the
Mayor Bloomberg says Thor Equities property deal in Coney Island is Close to being completed. A rendering of a new Coney Island plan according to Bloomberg. hopes to win Council support, the city also hopes to give $30 million to renovate the Coney Island Hospital emergency room, $15 million to repair the Boardwalk, and provide funds for a new shark display at the New York Aquarium. Mayor Bloomberg has been making progress on a deal on behalf of New York City to buy vast sections of seaside property from developer Thor Equities. The Bloomberg administration had been unable to activate it Coney Island development plans because the City did not own the part of the property. “Fundamentally the deal is done,” Bloomberg said in a discussion with Community Newspaper Group, at their MetroTech headquarters. “It is very close to being completed.” In late July, the City Council passed the re-zoning of Coney Island, creating a 27acre entertainment district between Surf Avenue and the Boardwalk. According to plans, fewer than ten of those acres would be used specifically for amusements or arcades, according to city officials. The new zoning makes it possible to build high-rise hotels on Surf Avenue and 4,500 apartments north and west of the new district area. Thor Equities controls about ten acres of
seaside land, situated in the middle of the area Bloomberg hoped to use in the Coney Island Restoration development. The city has been in negotiations to purchase six acres held by Thor Equities. Thor Equities will retain the remain of the property, located on Stillwell and Surf Avenues. The developer spent more than $90 million to acquire the land; the City offered about $60 million for the acerage it needed, according to the New York Times. This drastic difference in valuation has stalled the acquisition of the land.
“Bloomberg said that no matter what the cost, the purchase fell well within his “fiscal responsibility to spend the public’s money wisely” -- something he plans to continue to do if elected to a third term.” Several offers had been rejected by Thor Equities. Bloomberg had not yet disclosed what the final purchase price will be. "We're working aggressively to iron out the
terms of a deal ... and we have made a lot of progress," he said. Thor spokesman Stefan Friedman said the company is "hopeful that these negotiations will result in a timely resolution and a brighter day for Coney." “I don’t remember the numbers,” Bloomberg said. “But we did not go out to spend more money than the land was worth. When you rezone, you’re [planning] for the next ten years,” the mayor added. Bloomberg said that no matter what the cost, the purchase fell well within his “fiscal responsibility to spend the public’s money wisely.” “We are going to have to downsize every part of government,” he said, looking at the challenges ahead. “The question is can I find a way to maintain and improve services with less.” Bloomberg said he hopes the voters realize the tough choices he made to balance the budget when they go to the polls and see his name on the ballot. “I was flattered that a lot of people urged me to run and the public is still going to have a choice,” he said. “The voters wanted someone independent and confident and hopefully they think I’m that way.”
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Building Owners Must Keep It Fitch: Stuy-Town Debt Service Reserve May Run Dry Realistic on Manhattan Rent BY GLOBE STREET
Owners need to be realistic in setting prices, much quicker to respond to market pressures and much faster on the learning curve. BY CODY LYON By the end of 2nd quarter, '09, the average asking rents in the Manhattan market for both full service and non-full service buildings declined by 19%, according to recent report from Nancy Packes Inc. The report says that for full service buildings the decline was even steeper at 21%. The Packes report attributes that to declining incomes and the financial service industry's continued contraction. ompany president Nancy Packes says other rental reports have "noted lesser declines in rent, but only measured the drop from Q4 2008, which the Packes report says was well after prices had begun to decline in a number of Manhattan neighborhoods. "The f irst major point is that the decline didn’t begin just a year ago, some regions started to fall earlier than that," Packes tells GlobeSt.com. Secondly, "some areas fare better than others, depending on the how much competition there is from rental buildings in a given area," she adds. The barometric numbers in Packe’s report say studios in full service buildings that were renting for $2,400 are now being priced at $1,900 while one bedrooms approaching $3,000 are now $2,500. Two bedrooms, once peaking at $5,000, are down to $4,000. And, she says they will probably continue to fall. She points out that by the end of May 2009, the New York City Off ice of Management and Budget had reported 103,000 private sector job losses with 32,000 of those in the f inan-
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cial sector. "But, with just half the anticipated job losses in f inancial services realized to date, it could be possible [that] the rental market will drop further," says Packes. Packes, also president at Brown Harris Stevens Project Marketing, says her report sets the framework of an analysis, to prepare owners in particular for the possibility that all the job losses are not in. Speaking to "neighborhood as a function of the rental market," Packes says when an area is prized for its residential character, it traditionally caters to condo buildings as opposed to rental. The report says that renters are well informed by media reports and their own research. As a result, even residents who renew their leases get lower rent premiums. Historically, renewal rents have averaged about 5% to 10% above re-rental rents, but the report says that’s declining. "Owners need to be realistic in setting prices, much quicker to respond to market pressures and much faster on the learning curve," she says. Ultimately, she says, "we see a possible further decline of around 5% to 6% in Manhattan rental market pricing and, after job losses abate in mid-2010, a leveling off of prices for around two years until new rental supply is absorbed and the job market rebounds." For now, Packes says that despite a stable summer impacted by some new summer hiring, owners need to recognize the market is still in a state of flux, that the larger picture says the f inancial services market is not done contracting.
Fitch Ratings says that debt service reserves for New York City’s Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village loan are likely to run out by the end of this year. The ratings agency says in a release, that in this scenario, a default on the loan is likely if an equity infusion or recapitalization does not take place. Loan sponsors are Tishman Speyer Properties, LP and Black Rock Realty. Tishman had no official response.
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owever, a source familiar with the deal says the reserve will last longer, but not by much. "The joint venture is conf ident the reserve will last into 2010, so the ranges are between January and March," says the source. Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village is an 80-acre, 56-building red bricked complex that extends from 14th Street to 23rd Street on Manhattan’s east side. Original owner, MetLife agreed to sell the complex in 2006 to Tishman Speyer and Black Rock for $5.6 billion. Fitch says it reviewed Q1, 2009 financials, debt service draws and it’s reviewed the most recent unit conversion statistics for the Stuyvesant Town/ Peter Cooper village loan and found cash flow from the property remained "significantly below what is needed to service the current outstanding debt." The ratings agency says the borrower continues to use debt service reserves to cover operating shortfalls. A piece of the $3-billion pari passu Stuy-Town loan are securitized, according to the agency, in the following transactions: WBCMT 2007-C30; COBALT 2007-C2; ML-CFC 2007-5; ML-CFC 2007-6. Because of the Stuy-Town/Peter Cooper Village loan’s ‘underperformance’, Fitch downgraded those four CMBS transactions on Friday. They said the outcome of ongoing Stuyvesant Town litigation could have future ratings implications for the four transactions. In July, Fitch is incorporating prospective stresses in forecasting losses, assuming
15% property income declines and 35% peak to trough property value declines. "Continued macroeconomic deterioration will result in further loan performance declines, though we will not see the full effect immediately," said managing director Mary MacNeill in a statement that month. Back on the ground, this past March, an appeals court ruled that Stuy-Town and Peter Cooper’s landlord raised rents and deregulated apartments after getting special tax breaks. News reports speculated that a decision against them could cost landlord Tishman Speyer as well as former landlord Metropolitan Life more than $200 million in restitution.
“Fitch said it believes the ultimate value of the properties will be, in large part, determined by the lawsuit’s resolution.” The court had also imposed a "moratorium on conversion" which has reduced capital expenditures. However, the use of debt service reserves has increased because the court also requires the borrower to seperately escrow the difference between stabilized and market rents on former stabilized units. Fitch said it believes the ultimate value of the properties will be, in large part, determined by the lawsuit’s resolution. Senior director Adam Fox says in a statement that "based on current performance and uncertainty surrounding ongoing litigation, we do not expect property performance to improve sufficiently to service the securitized portion of the $4.5-billion debt before reserves are depleted." According to Fitch, in addition to securitized debt, there’s $1.5 billion of mezzanine debt held outside the trust. For the year ended 2008 ,the servicer reported debt service coverage ratio on the mortgage was 0.69 times as compared to the year ended 2007 DSCR of 0.55x.
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the euro and British pound, have weakened considerably against a strong US dollar, causing a number of European cities to plummet in the rankings. "As most European currencies have weakened against the dollar, it has become more costly for companies based in this region to send expatriates and their families to US cities." The majority of European cities moved down in the ranking, with Warsaw experiencing the most dramatic change, plummeting 78 places from No. 35 to No. 113. London and Oslo, which were in the top 10, have dropped 13 and 10 places respectively. The same trend can be seen in Australia, New Zealand and India. Sydney dropped 51 places, from No. 15 to No. 66, and Mumbai fell to No. 66 from No. 48. "The decline of rental prices both in Oslo and London, coupled with the fall in the value of British pound and Norwegian krone against the US dollar, have caused these cities to plummet in
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'Clunkers' Plan Drives US 'Facebook Doesn't Bar Hateful Content Against Jews' Consumer Spending BY VERONICA SMITH US consumer spending rose in July, boosted by the government's popular "Cash-for-Clunkers" auto sales incentive program, official figures. he Commerce Department said consumer spending -- which drives two-thirds of US economic activity -- rose for the third Purchases of motor vehicles and parts month in a row in July, by 0.2 percent, in line with the average analyst more than accounted for the increase in forecast. July and accounted for most of the Excluding price changes, soincrease in June. called "real" personal spending increased 0.2 percent in July, double "When given sufficient incentive -- as in the gain in June, but still at weak levels. Cash-for-Clunkers -- consumers will spend. "If this recovery is to succeed, we need But reduced wealth, high debt, tight credit, households to open those wallets and what and a weakening labor market are all weighwe saw in July was just people blowing the ing on consumers," said Nigel Gault, chief dust off the leather," said Joel Naroff of US economist at IHS Global Insight. Naroff Economic Advisors. The Commerce Department said June Real spending on durable goods jumped spending rose a revised 0.6 percent in June, 1.8 percent, following a 0.8 percent rise in adding 0.2 percentage point. June. The report showed personal income was "Purchases of motor vehicles and parts flat, up less than 0.10 percent, while disposmore than accounted for the increase in July able personal income -- income less personand accounted for most of the increase in al taxes -- slipped less than 0.1 percent. June," the department said, noting the impact As Americans struggled with the worst of the federal auto rebate program that was recession since the Great Depression, the launched on July 27. savings rate as a percentage of disposable "The increase in consumer spending is income fell to 4.2 percent from 4.5 percent almost completely based off of the jump in after hitting its highest level since 1995 in motor vehicle sales due to the Cash-for- May. Clunkers stimulus package," Briefing.com A weak reading on consumer confidence, analysts said. which can signal the direction of consumer Excluding the 12.5 percent leap in new spending, showed sentiment fell in August vehicle sales, spending would have had zero but not as much as analysts expected. growth, they said. The University of Michigan's consumer Consumers snapped up rebates for up to sentiment index fell to 65.7 in August, from 4,500 dollars to trade in their gas-guzzling 66.0 in July, according to final estimates. vehicles for new more fuel-efficient models Most analysts had forecast a 64.0 reading. under the Car Allowance Rebate System Robert Brusca of FAO Economics (CARS), the official name of the program. warned that consumer attitude data are often The strong demand burned through the unreliable in pinpointing change in the busiprogram's one-billion-dollar funding in the ness cycle. first week, leading Congress to pump in an "We are content with some waffling and additional two billion dollars. mild increases and expect the large improveThe government ended the program this ments in attitudes to come after other major week, less than a month after it started, as signs of growth have come," he said. applications threatened to outstrip funding. Total applications were worth 2.877 billion dollars.
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BY ELAN MILLER The Facebook social networking Web site is violating its own terms and conditions on incitement to hatred, The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs charged in a report. acebook has through ignorance created an anti-Semitic policy platform where the only explicitly allowed hate is that, within certain parameters, directed against Jews," the report said. "Despite the initial Terms of Use and Code of Conduct, Facebook has never been eager to play a proactive role in shaping an online culture against discrimination and hate," the document's author wrote, bemoaning "Facebook's reluctance to take action unless pressured into it by the media." The Web site "has watered down the provisions against various types of hateful content and dropped its promise to provide a 'safe place on the Internet,'" the report continued. Dr. Andre Oboler, who compiled the report, told The Jerusalem Post, "I hope that this will help Facebook realize that there is a serious issue." Late last year, the site was forced to reconsider its terms and conditions of use after receiving complaints from the Jewish Internet Defense Force and Christoph Gunkel, a German journalist. The letter from the JIDF demanded that Facebook take offline f ive Holocaust-denial groups with names such as "Based on the facts... There was no Holocaust," "Holocaust: A series of Lies," and "Holocaust is a Myth." Holocaust denial is illegal in 13 countries and banned in other countries under broader laws that prohibit racial vilif ication, but Facebook claims it is duty-bound to allow its users to upload such content in the name of "free speech." The complaints helped generate public interest in Holocaust denial on the Web site, and consequently Facebook made a raft of changes to its terms and conditions. Previously, words that were def ined as derogatory, demeaning, offensive, harmful, defamatory, abusive, inflammatory, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, or racially, ethnically or otherwise
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Hate groups abound on Facebook. objectionable were banned, but these strictures have now been deleted. The reference to local, regional and national laws has also vanished. According to the report from The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, "In May 2009, Facebook went into damage control in response to the media interest in Holocaust-denial groups it hosted... This occurred six months after Facebook was notif ied that such groups not only breached its Terms of Service but were illegal under national laws banning Holocaust denial in several countries." "Unfortunately what Facebook did, combined with all these things that they've dropped - is a very big change in approach. Facebook was originally about providing a 'safe place on the Internet,' what with users having to register by school and be of a minimum age, but now it seems to be a site where anything goes," Oboler said. "I really do hope that Facebook will reconsider the way in that they changed their approach. Holocaust denial is the tip of the iceberg, and while I would like them to recognize them it as hate speech, their whole approach to offensive content should be reconsidered," he said. There's already been a massive reaction to Holocaust denial on Facebook, as seen by the almost 85,000 people around the world who have joined a
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Africa Israel Restructure Won't Affect Israeli Economy BY JPOST Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz commented on Africa Israel Investments Ltd.'s Sunday announcement that it was seeking to restructure its enormous debt. peaking to Army Radio for the first time since the announcement, Steinitz said that the government was not planning to bail out Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev, or to get involved in any way. He said that the 25 percent decline in shares, though troubling, would not have a "wide-scale effect on the economy." Africa Israel dropped NIS 17.61 to NIS 51.49 in Tel Aviv on Sunday, its biggest decline in more than f ive months. "Africa Israel has shocked the Israeli capital market," said Yuval Ben-Ze'ev, an analyst at Clal Finance Investment Ltd. The company's shareholders and bondholders will be hurt, as well as its banks, though the latter to a lesser degree, he said. The company has paid off NIS 3.3 billion in loans since January 2008 and still has NIS 7.5b. to pay, it said Sunday in a statement. Yehud-based Africa Israel wants to reach a restructuring agreement that is "fair for all the parties involved," Chief Executive Off icer Izzy Cohen said, declining to give details on the terms under discussion. "It has become extremely diff icult to get new loans and ref inance our debt,"
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Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev. Cohen said Sunday at a press conference in Tel Aviv. "We still haven't seen a recovery in the markets in the US and Russia. We are still very much negatively affected by the world crisis."
“The company's assets are not yielding enough to pay back their debt so they're now facing up to the facts." The yield on the company's notes due in 2014 jumped by 8.4 percentage points to 27% on Sunday, pushing the price of the 4.8% securities down by NIS 15.63 to NIS 48.13. "We are sure we can end this crisis smoothly," Leviev, who chairs the com-
pany, said at the press brief ing. "Given the conditions in the economy, this was the most responsible step." Leviev, 53, made his money as owner of the world's largest cutter and polisher of diamonds and was No. 468 on Forbes's list of the world's richest people published in March, with a net worth of $1.5b. The decline in Manhattan property prices has particularly hurt Africa Israel, which bought the former New York Times building for $525 million in 2007 and other commercial real estate. Asked by a reporter Sunday what the company's biggest mistake had been, Leviev replied it was the US investments. Africa Israel's announcement prompted a slide in bank stocks. Bank Leumi Le-Israel Ltd., the country's largest lender, dropped 3.5% to NIS 12.98, the biggest decline since June 25. Bank Hapoalim Ltd., the second-largest bank, fell 3.4% to NIS 12.41, the biggest fall since June 15. The Tel Aviv Banking Index slumped 3.3%. "This injects the market with uncertainty over some of the bank debt," Lior Rabinovitz, an analyst at Israel Brokerage & Investments Ltd. in Tel Aviv said by telephone. "The banks will probably have to set more provisions for bad debt from Africa Israel." In a calming note, Israel's central bank said Sunday that there was "no worry" about the nation's lenders as a
result of Africa Israel's restructuring plans. The banking system, as well as individual banks, are "stable," it said. The Israel Securities Authority said it stepped up supervision of Africa Israel during the past year and asked the company to provide more information than usual in its quarterly report. Meanwhile, Moody's Midroog on Sunday put Africa Israel on a watch list with negative implications for a likely downgrade. Africa Israel also said its secondquarter loss widened to NIS 1.32b. from NIS 91m. a year ago. The loss was mainly a result of a drop in the value of property under construction and an increase in f inancing costs, it said. The company's shares plummeted 91% last year as a decline in global property prices drove the value of its assets down, prompting concern it may be forced to default. Since the start of 2009, Africa Israel has focused on selling assets, including a stake in New York's historic Clock Tower building, and buying back bonds to increase liquidity. "The company's assets are not yielding enough to pay back their debt so they're now facing up to the facts," said Moti Berliner, an analyst at Meitav Investment House Ltd. in Tel Aviv. "They will be able to reorganize their debt because it is in the interest of the bondholders to see the company survive, but there will be a higher cost."
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Child Predators in Our Midst The recent news of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped at the age 11 and was held captive for 18 years before returning to her family this week, has made headlines in newspapers and news broadcasts worldwide. ugard’s gruesome ordeal of captivity and isolation, that included repeated and ongoing sexual abuse, and resulted in her being forced to bear her abuser's children, emphasizes the need for parents’ to heighten precautions for their children’s safety. Parents can no longer be naive. Jaycee Dugard was snatched in front of her stepfather’s eyes as he, on his bike, rode to pick her up from the school bus stop. We must be aware that cases such as this do take place, even in neighborhoods where we are surrounded by family and friends. Philip Garrido, who kidnapped Dugard, is a registered sex offender. He was sentenced to 50 years to life for an earlier rape and kidnapping, but was released in 1988, three years prior to kidnapping Jaycee. In Dugard’s case, she was snatched before her father’s eyes. Yet, plenty of parents believe that their child will be okay, even if they are not supervised. Any child who is not being watched by their parents or a guardian, can easily become the victim of a child predator. Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility, but first and foremost it is the duty of the parents. We cannot rely on law enforcement alone to keep children away from predators. In fact, Garrido is just one of the thousands of sex offenders released and living among us. Others are yet to be caught and prosecuted. Sadly, some parents may become negligent. Keep in mind, no child is immune to the risk of child predators. Even in "the best of neighborhoods," kidnappings, rape and other dangers exist. Although it is counter intuitive, even a parent who may feel confidant about the safety of the neighborhood must not be so easily fooled. Child predators are highly aware that children in neighborhoods considered 'safe' are more likely to be outside, perhaps alone or with other children. Sadly this is the perfect place for a predator to lurk. I observed many instances in the recent months of children, some as young as four years old, others just a bit older, who played outdoors by themselves. One little girl, about 4 years old, strolled her doll carriage around the corner of East 4th and Gravesend Road. As I waited a moment to see if the child's mother or father would appear, the child continued walking down the block -
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completely alone. Not more than three days later, I watched as a young mother crossed the street pushing a baby carriage while talking on her cell phone. Her toddler crossed the street, alone, some 20 feet behind her. Halfway down the next block, the woman finally turned around to check on the little one. Luckily, this time, the child was there. Another, also not rare, yet dangerous situation, is parents’ willingness to charge slightly older siblings, some no more than eight years to babysit their younger siblings. It is not uncommon to see the older ones riding their bikes down the block while the younger ones eagerly try to catch up. When their attempts fail, younger ones are left waiting alone. It is not acceptable to have older siblings playing adult roles when they too, should not be playing outside without a guardian. Another observation involved a group of woman sitting and talking in the park while their children played. One little one had to go to the bathroom and was directed by an adult to the other end of the park. Without adult supervision, the child ran to use the facility while the women continued their conversations. No child should be left unattended in a public bathroom. Virtually any stranger that can be in there once get inside or that can snatch or abuse a child left alone. Do not let your child run off by him/herself. Raise your awareness of how many "registered" sex offenders are living in your vicinity. Visit www.watchdog.com, the National Sex Offender Registry. According to the registry, in Brooklyn, New York, zip code 11223, 15 sex offenders are living within the vicinity, 13 offenders reside in zip code 11219, and 11 live within 11204. That's 39 sex offenders living within just miles of each other, and not to mention the many others that live in the zip codes surrounding these areas. According to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there were 2,383 unresolved cases of missing children in 2008. These numbers equate to 6 abductions a day during a one-year calendar. In order to decrease the astounding number of child abductions, parents and guardians must raise their awareness of how to keep children safe, and follow through on protective measures that will prevent them from being the victim of sexual predators.
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No Holds Barred: Why We in Englewood Pushed Out Khadafi BY SHMULEY BOTEACH Remarks by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the Rally at his home, immediately adjacent to the Libyan Compound in Englewood, NJ. onstruction is seen Monday in Englewood, N.J., as workers renovate a 25-room mansion owned since 1982 by Libya. On August 31, Rabbi Shmuely Boteach welcomed a determined crowd including Governor Jon Corzine, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Congressman Steve Rothman, and Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes to his Englewood, New Jersey home. The occasion was a rally protesting the proposed residence of Col. Mumamar Khadaf i in Englewood. Boteach was the driving force behind a “grass roots” campaign of “ordinary Englewood citizens,” whose activism “achieved a great victory -” the announcement by the Libyan Government, conf irmed by our State Department, that Khadaf i has withdrawn his request to “pitch his tent” in Englewood. “We have” said Boteach,” made our town a terrorist-free zone.” Englewood, one of the most predominantly Jewish areas in New Jersey, was surprised when renovations began on a Libyan owned, 25 room mansion that had been derelict for decades. The
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(l/r) Rabbi Shmuley Boteach confers with Englewood mayor Michael Wildes. Sunday rally celebrated a change of plans: Khadaf i will not be coming to Englewood. Boteach reminded the gathered crowd that Proverbs 24:17 declares "Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles." Unlike Khadaf i's welcome of the Lockerbie bomber, “ the rabbi said, “we are not here to celebrate. …How can we rejoice when the 270 innocent people of Pan Am 103, including 180 Americans and 38 residents of New Jersey, remain dead? And how can we rejoice when so many American soldiers remain murdered and maimed by the Libyan 1986
whether having foreign intelligence services on United States’ soil makes us stronger or simply challenges us further. We have to calibrate who is let into the United States and what sorts of visas are allotted. Visas should have restrictions to prevent foreign intelligence agents from taking advantage of our hospitality. Boteach an active, involved Mayor Michael Wildes addresses the Englewood member of the rally protesting Libyan Dictator’s planned residence Englewood community, noted that his in the New Jersey town. Seated behind hin is home is open “to Governor John Corzine. large numbers of people every Friday night, the Jewish bombing of a Berlin Discotheque? “ Michael Wildes, Mayor of the bucol- Sabbath. “We try and emulate our patriarch Abraham whom the Bible relates ic town of Englewood, addressed the gathered crowd, saying he was “pleased pitched a tent for all, welcoming in the that the court, and most of America, hungry and offering rest to the weary “ Whereas the tent of Abraham welstood with us. This man, this terrorist, who killed Americans – thirty eight of comes the weary with warm food, them citizens of New Jersey -, has no Khadaf i's tent targets the innocent with business on American soil. He will not incendiary bombs. Where the tent of Abraham invites widows and orphans, be pitching a tent here. Wildes continued “I did my job as Khadaf i's tent creates widows and mayor to protect my residents from this orphans. And whereas Abraham's tent f inancier of terrorism. If I were a member of Congress, I would ask myself Please turn to page 38
Illegal Aliens in Federal and State Prisons and Municipal Jails Should Be Deported To Their Countries of Origin Immediately BY ED KOCH I have a proposal which I hope the Obama administration will consider and implement. mmediately or as soon as possible the United States should deport all illegal aliens who are now in our federal and state prisons, and in our municipal jails, to their countries of origin. In 2005, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on the number of illegal aliens incarcerated in the United States. The report stated, “They were arrested for a total of about 700,000 criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien. One arrest incident may include multiple offenses, a fact that explains why there are nearly one and half times more offenses than arrests. Almost all of these illegal aliens were arrested for more than 1 offense. Slightly more than half of the 55,322 illegal aliens had between 2 and 10 offenses. About 45 percent of all offenses were drug or immigration offenses. About 15 percent were property-related offenses such as burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and property damage. About 12 percent were for violent offenses such as murder, robbery, assault, and sex-related crimes. The balance was for such other offenses as traffic violations, including driving under the influence; fraud – including forgery and counterfeiting; weapons violations; and obstruction of justice. Eighty percent of all arrests occurred in
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three states – California, Texas and Arizona. Specifically, about 58 percent of all arrests occurred in California, 14 percent in Texas, and 8 percent in Arizona.” The GAO reported that the number of convicted criminal aliens incarcerated in federal prison on December 27, 2003 was 46,063 and the number incarcerated in state prisons and local jails was 262,105. According to the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform, “Today, criminal aliens account for about 30 percent of the inmates in federal prisons and 1525 percent in many local jails. Incarceration costs to the taxpayers were estimated by the Justice Department in 2002 to be $891 million for federal prison inmates and $624 million for inmates in state prisons [annually].” Every year, about 600,000 of those incarcerated, not limited to illegal aliens, are released and within three years, two-thirds become recidivists and are back in prison. My proposal would make many of these people the problems of their countries of origin. Those countries would be given the authority to put whomever was turned over to them back in prison or f ine them or place them on probation or otherwise free them. Since many of these people are drug offenders, and Mexico and several other Latin American countries have changed their laws and decriminalized the personal use and possession of hard drugs like cocaine and heroin, many of those turned over to them who received harsh
Rockefeller drug laws sentences of four to 16 years may qualify in Mexico and elsewhere for instant release. Why should we care? In the Netherlands, they legally sell marijuana in coffee shops. Each country today makes its own rules, irrespective of international treaties governing the issue. Our approach to controlling drug use is certainly not a phenomenal success that would allow us to lecture the rest of the world on how to control substance abuse. Of course, a determination would have to be made on not releasing those who were convicted of acts of terror against the United States, who remain a danger to us. Even there we have released to friendly countries those we considered terrorists and seen them released in their own country, rather than serving out their prison terms in their country of origin. Of course, there would need to be special U.S. courts provided where applications could be heard from those believing that they should not be expelled because of special circumstances and mitigating factors such as family, particularly American-born children and American spouses in the U.S. There should be provision for hearings and right of appeal to a federal circuit court. I suggest the rules of evidence be softened so as to allow hearsay evidence to make it easier for the individual being expelled to their own country to make their case for the application of compassion or simply to correct facts.
If it is possible to do this by administrative action and as quickly as possible, I would hope President Obama would take that course. If it is not solely within his power, then the President should ask the Congress to provide him with the powers needed. The State of California has been ordered by a federal circuit court to reduce its prison population by 40,000 inmates within two years. If it does not, California may face the situation when it will be forbidden by federal court order from imprisoning any new persons until it has reduced its prison population by that number. We know that California has just seen a prison riot which injured hundreds of inmates – mostly by the acts of other inmates – and attributed by many commentators to overcrowding and racism exhibited by the inmates towards one another. If the Congress cannot by law place the state prison systems into this program, then allow states the option of participating. Perhaps there are states who will not want to participate and would prefer keeping the illegal aliens in their state prisons and jails, ultimately to be freed and allowed to return to society, but I doubt it. I don’t expect to see those who believe in the concept of open borders join me in supporting this proposal. Those who believe that illegal aliens are simply migrants with the right to come and go across borders as they choose and those who are opposed to our build-
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl New York Premiere of Meyer Levin’s Long Lost Radio Play BY BETSEY ALDREDGE On September 14, the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, A Radio Play by Meyer Levin. Not heard since the eve of Rosh Hashanah in 1952 when it aired nationally on CBS Radio, Levin’s play was the first adaptation of the diary. A popular and critical success, Variety described it as “shattering to the emotions.” onathan Hogan will star as Otto Frank opposite Sara Kapner as Anne Frank. Eleanor Reissa will direct. Other cast members include Lori Wilner as Mrs. Frank; Jessica Dean as Margot; Stuart Zagnit as Mr. Van Daan; Cheryl Stern as Mrs. Van Daan; Macleod Andrews as Peter Van Daan; Mary Rasmussen as Miep Gees; and Andy Proskey as the Announcer/Koophius/Dussell. Following the performance, a distinguished panel including authors Cynthia Ozick and Neil Baldwin, and producer Jennifer Strome will examine the play’s historical context and its controversial fall into obscurity. Tickets to these programs are $15, $12 for seniors or students, and $10 for members and are available online or by calling the Museum box office at 646.437.4202. About Meyer Levin and the Radio Play Author Meyer Levin was born in 1905 to Jewish immigrants in Chicago. He began a journalism career at the age of 16 when he started reporting for the Chicago Daily News. In 1943, Levin was based in London as a war correspondent. He followed the stories of American Jewish soldiers and Germany’s genocidal campaign. Levin was the first American journalist to enter a work camp, Ohrdruf, followed by Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, and more. He suffered tremendous guilt as witness to the atrocities and wrote of his inability to tell the story of the Jews of Europe. That changed when he encountered The Diary of Anne Frank, the first to come out of the war. Levin wrote to Otto Frank and met with him before leaving Europe, inquiring into the American publication and dramatic rights. He was the first to see the dramatic potential of the Diary. On Levin’s return to America he began a campaign to endorse the Diary. Levin helped launch the Diary’s success in America with a New York Times review that generated 40,000 orders overnight. With Otto Frank’s
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September 14th will mark the first occasion that the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, Switzerland has acknowledge Meyer Levin’s work on the Diary since the contested event of the late 1950s. consent Levin was positioned as adaptor for the stage. In a still contested series of events, the play was taken from him and assigned to Hollywood screenwriters instead. September 14 will mark the first occasion that the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, Switzerland has acknowledged Meyer Levin’s work on the Diary since the contested events of the late 1950s between Levin and Otto Frank. Bernhard Elias, Anne Frank’s only surviving cousin, and President of the Foundation, in accordance with the Foundation’s Board voted unanimously to approve the presentation. When the play opened on Broadway, Levin became obsessed with the distillation of the Jewish content and spent years battling for the right to have his play adaptation produced. A well-regarded writer, Levin was the author of 13 novels including the best seller Compulsion in 1956. About the Artistic Team Director Eleanor Reissa started directing and choreographing in 1989. Her first venture on Broadway earned her a Tony nomination for Best Director of a Musical for the show, Those Were the Days. Off-Broadway directing work includes Cowgirls at the Minetta Lane Theatre, and four plays at the Mint Theater, including J.M Barrie’s Echoes of the War starring Tony-nominated actors
Richard Easton and Frances Sternhagen, as well as plays by Galsworthy, Cecily Hamilton, and Rose Franken. As an actress, most recently she starred in the title role of Yentl to tremendous critical acclaim. She performed her one woman show, Hip Heymish and Hot to sold out audiences at the Houseman Theatre in New York City, and all over the country. In addition to directing, choreographing, and acting, Ms. Reissa enjoys a career as a playwright, singer, and recording artist. As the child of Holocaust survivors, she is grateful for the chance to direct this work. Jennifer Strome is a theatrical producer who first learned of the story of Meyer Levin and the Diary of Anne Frank in 1999 when she met a member of Levin’s family. Strome was captivated by the story and contacted Levin’s son who introduced her to the vast collection of books and films the author had written. Three years later she met with Levin’s widow and began her research in earnest at the Howard Gotleib Archival Research Center of rare book and manuscript collections at Boston University where more than 50 boxes of personal letters, trial transcripts, and articles belonging to Meyer Levin are housed. In addition to studying Levin’s books and letters, Strome interviewed friends, family, colleagues, and other interested admirers and detractors. She has developed this project into an original play titled The Idealist, scheduled for development in New York City for the 2009-2010 season. About the Actors Jonathan Hogan (Otto Frank)’s Broadway credits include: The Homecoming; Taking Steps; Burn This; As Is (Tony, Drama Desk Nom.); The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; Fifth of July; Otherwise Engaged; and Comedians. Off-Broadway credits include: Sophistry; Book of Days; The Red Address; Balm in Gilead; The Mound Builders; and The Hot L Baltimore. Hogan has performed in several regional productions including Uncle Vanya, The Rhythm Club, and Book of Days. He has appeared on all incarnations of “Law and Order,” and in episodes of “As the World Turns,” “One Life to Live,” “Quantum Leap,” and “L.A. Law.” Film credits include: Getting to Know You; In Country; House on Carroll Street; and A Fish in the Bathtub. Sara Kapner (Anne Frank) is honored to revisit the role of Anne Frank, which she has performed at the Delaware Theatre Company.
She has appeared on Broadway in Hollywood Arms (dir: Harold Prince). Off-Broadway credits include: Children's Letters to God (Joanna) and Captain Louie (Amy). Other theater credits include: Gertrude McFuzz/ Lazy Andy Ant (Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall), Miracle on 34th Street, and High Society (WBT). Television credits include “Saturday Night Live,” “All My Children,” and “TV Funhouse.” Sara can also be seen in the upcoming film A Little Help starring Jenna Fischer and Chris O'Donnell. Lori Wilner (Mrs. Frank) is thrilled to revisit the role of Mrs. Frank, which she played on Broadway with Natalie Portman and Linda Lavin. Other Broadway credits include: A Catered Affair; Awake and Sing; Fiddler on the Roof; and Those Were the Days. Off-Broadway credits include: Everett Beekin; Hannah Senesh (Drama Desk nomination); Milk and Honey; The Witch; The Yiddish Trojan Women; and Hannah 1939. Recent credits include a role in Giant at the Signature Theatre. She has also performed in the Lincoln Center: Tribute to Rabin, and in many regional productions. Jessica Dean (Margot) trained at Professional Children’s School and Oxford University. Theater credits include: Othello (Desdemona, Oxford University); Guys and Dolls (Sarah); From the Top; and The Laramie Project (Professional Children’s School). She has also appeared at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. She has done many voiceovers, radio spots, and recordings including work for: “Reading Rainbow,” Verizon, and Cingular. Television credits include: “Teen Kids News” and “Sex and the City”. She can also be seen in the film House of D. Mary Rasmussen (Miep/Lies) has been seen in New York in: Romeo and Juliet at Public Theatre/NYSF, Fizz at The Ohio Theatre, and The Golden Aurora (NYC Fringe). Regional credits include: Eurydice (Alley Theatre); Blackbird (GableStage); Amadeus (Wilma Theater); columbinus (Kennedy Center); and Othello (Folger Theatre). She is a graduate of the Juilliard School Drama Division. Other credits include Edward II (Also at MOCA, Chicago and Redcat, Los Angeles), Rosmersholm, and Kitty, Kitty, Kitty. Stuart Zagnit (Mr. Van Daan) has been
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Conference on Jewish Merchants Contribution to the American Dream BY DR. RUTH K. ABRAHAMS The first of three annual conferences focusing on a lesser-known aspect of the Jewish contribution to the establishment of the United States, especially the role played by Jewish merchants in the Caribbean and major ports of Colonial America, will be held at the Center for Jewish History in New York City on Sunday, October 18, 2009. his initial one-day gathering is entitled 'Merchant Jews In The New World: 1500-1800.' It is being organized by The Gomez Foundation for Mill House, an organization focused upon the Jewish pioneer experience in America. The aim of the conference is to highlight current research and foster further study in this long neglected corner of Jewish history. Represented on the panels will be noted scholars in the field, including Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jonathan Ray, Samuel Eig Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Georgetown University. Gomez Foundation for Mill House manages and operates the oldest Jewish dwelling in North America, the 300-yearold Gomez Mill House in Orange County, New York. On the National Register of Historic Places, the house, named after Luis Moses Gomez, remains one of the oldest
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continuously occupied residences in the United States. Like many of the Jewish merchants of his day, Gomez was born in Spain, fled with his family to Southwestern France during the Inquisition, and came to New York by way of England and the Caribbean. His aim in building his trading post (now the house) was to help open up the Hudson River to increased trade. Dr. Ruth K. Abrahams, the Executive Director of the Gomez Foundation said, "Jewish contributions to the economy of the New World and Colonial America are subjects which merit further exploration and study and we at the Gomez Mill House are proud to be a catalyst for that." The conference is open to both the scholarly and lay communities. For further information on the conference, which includes a light buffet lunch and early evening reception, please visit www.gomez.org. The Gomez Foundation for Mill House is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 established to support the preservation, conservation and public programs of the Gomez Mill House. Gomez Mill House, the oldest Jewish Dwelling in North America. Located in Marlboro, NY, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. Visit www.gomez.org to learn more about programs for adults and children, how to visit the museum, or learn about upcoming scholarly conferences on the subject of Jewish Merchants.
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NEWS IN REVIEW NEW YORK ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING TO BE SUSPENDED IN PARTS OF BROOKLYN Alternate-side parking regulations in and around Downtown Brooklyn will be suspended for up to two months as the city installs 2,000 new street cleaning regulation signs. Starting next Tuesday, regulations will be suspended in sections of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. It's the third and f inal phase of the project to replace signs in the area. Newly-posted rules north of Joralemon Street will go into effect in two weeks.
MAYOR ENCOURAGES SMALL ENTREPRENEURS Mayor Michael Bloomberg made city's efforts to support new businesses, but his chief Democratic opponent in the mayoral race said it was all a campaign tactic. As a one-time entrepreneur himself, Mayor Michael Bloomberg knows what it takes to start a new business. He gave advise to the founders and employees of some 27 start-up companies that have set up shop in this city-subsidized off ice space in SoHo, Manhattan. "In the end, you're not going to get a lot of help from outside," he said. The businesses are part of a city program to support entrepreneurs in the hope that they grow their companies and create jobs for New Yorkers.
DMV FEES ON THE RISE The prices of driver licenses and car registrations are about 25 percent higher,starting this week. The cost of a regular Class D license is now $64.50, up from $50. Registration fees have increased from $44 to $55. Another $25 fee is on tap for April 1st, when all drivers will have to get new license plates. Those who want to retain their license plate number will have to pay an additional fee.
800,000 PEOPLEIN NY WERE INFECTED WITH SWINE FLU The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 peo-
ple in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health off icial said. Dr. Thomas Frieden, who heads the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said surveys suggested the virus was widely spread around the city. Frieden was New York City’s health commissioner before taking the top CDC job in June. “In New York City where we had a lot of H1N1 this last spring the estimate is about 800,000 people, about 10 percent of New York City residents, got infected with the flu,” Frieden said in an interview with C-SPAN television. The New York City health department off icials say the full study is being f inished and will be released within days.
his annual $250,000 budget; Stephanie Har tman of Nevada's Holocaust Education Task Force said she believes her state's Gover nor's Advisor y Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust is slated to decline $70,000 a year for the next two years; and Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council vice chair man Christopher Gwin said his council does not expect to receive its usual $60,000 budget from state coffers this year. "We are kind of on notice that we are either going to have to re-establish ourselves with the state or be looking for our funding elsewhere," the Tennessee Commission's chairwoman, Felicia Anchor, told USA Today.
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HELSINKI COMMISSION CHIEFS: DENOUNCE SWEDISH ARTICLE The leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission urged European foreign ministers to unequivocally denounce an anti-Semitic article in a Swedish newspaper. Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), chair man of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and co-chair Rep. Alcee Hastings (DFla.) called on European leaders to condemn an article in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that accused Israeli soldiers of har vesting the organs of Palestinian prisoners. "We at the U.S. Helsinki Commission are dedicated to upholding human rights, particularly freedom of the press," Cardin said. "But with freedom of the press comes responsibility. And when major press outlets fail to meet their responsibility, and instead raise the specter of racism or anti-Semitism, then public off icials are duty bound to speak out and condemn such blatant falsehoods."
RECESSION FORCES CUTS TO HOLOCAUST EDUCATION Several U.S. states are cutting funding for Holocaust education programs due to cutbacks. Among the expected cuts, reported by USA Today, are Tennessee's allocation of $128,300 for the state's Commission on Holocaust Education; the executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, Paul Winkler, said he expects the state to cut 20 percent of
The Justice Department is seeking to deport a Michigan resident for collaborating with the Nazis. In a news release Monday, the department said that John Kalymon, of Troy, committed violent acts against Jews during World War II as a member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliar y Police in Nazi-occupied Lvov. Kalymon, whose original f irst name is Iwan, is suspected of shooting Jews and killing at least one during his par ticipation in the "Great Operation," a Nazi-sponsored purging of Jews in the Lvov ghetto. The operation included sending Jews to extermination and labor camps, and shooting them on the spot. “With the active assistance of collaborators like John Kalymon, the Nazis annihilated some 100,000 innocent Jewish men, women and children in Lvov,” said Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Criminal Division’s Off ice of Special Operations, which hunts former Nazis. “Par ticipants in such crimes have forfeited any right to enjoy the precious privilege of U.S. citizenship or to continue residing in the United States.” Kalymon, who became a U.S. citizen in 1955 after emig rating from Germany six years earlier, had his citizenship revoked in March 2007 after a federal judge concluded that Kalymon took part in wartime violence against Jews and lied about it to immigration authorities.
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member who served as f inance minister under Ehud Olmert, and Shlomo Benizri, a Shas member who served as health minister and labor and social welfare minister in different govenments, both entered prison Tuesday. Hirchson will serve f ive years in Hermon Prison in northern Israel for embezzlement and fraud. Benizri will serve four years in Ma'asiyahu Prison in Ramle for taking bribes. Also Tuesday, the rape and sex crimes trial of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav opened in Tel Aviv District Court. The trial is closed to the public and the media to protect the privacy of Katsav's accuser.
UKRAINIAN COMPOSER DMITRY POLONSKY DIES Dmitr y Polonsky, a Ukrainian Jewish composer, cellist and poet, has died. Polonsky, a founder and leader of the Ancient Kiev musical salon, died last week in the Ukrainian capital. He was 71. He initiated the Ancient Kiev musical salon in 1988 and wrote numerous musical compositions, many with Jewish themes. He was a laureate of a number of international contests. Polonsky, a g raduate of the Belarussian Conservatory, worked as a soloist at the Bolshoi Belor ussian Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Later he moved with his family to Kiev and worked as a teacher in music schools and gave concerts. He also was the author of acrostics and fables.
ROCKETS FIRED FROM GAZA AT ISRAEL Rockets were f ired at Israel from Gaza for the third straight day. Two projectiles, either mor tar shells or Kassam rockets, were f ired at southern Israel on Monday evening. The projectiles caused the early warning sirens to go off, though their landing spot was not identif ied hours later. On Sunday night, at least two mortar shells f ired from Gaza toward Sderot landed near the security fence. The previous mor ning, a rocket landed in the western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported in any of the attacks.
FORMER ISRAELI MINISTERS ENTER PRISON Two for mer Israeli gover nment ministers entered prison. Abraham Hirchson, a Kadima Party
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Man on a Mission to Save the Jewish Deli BY SUE FISHKOFF Chicago and Cleveland have the best corned beef. Detroit is tops for rye bread. The best smoked meat is in Montreal, and for pastrami, you can't touch New York and LA. hen it comes to Jewish delicatessen, 30-year-old David Sax is the go-to guy. A longtime deli aficionado, the annoyingly trim Sax spent three years eating his way through more than 150 Jewish delis to research "Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen," a wistful, riotously funny paean to this quintessential slice of American Jewish history. The book, which will be published in October by Houghton Miflin Harcourt, is a delicious romp through a fast-disappearing world. In 1931, Sax reports, there were 2,000 delis in New York City, threequarters of them kosher. Today, Sax says, his research turns up 25 Jewish delis in the city, two-thirds of which are kosher. A similar pattern has followed across North America, with city after city sounding the death knell for its last traditional deli. Sax guesses there are just a few hundred left worldwide, most of them in the United States. "The Jewish deli is dying," Sax told JTA. "Each time I hear a deli closes, something inside me dies." German immigrants brought the deli to New York in the 1820s, Sax reports. By the 1870s and '80s, German Jews had made their own, kosher modif ications to the traditional treif recipes: schmaltz, or rendered chicken fat,
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Davis Sax has eaten at over 150 delis to conduct research for his “Save the Deli,� project. instead of lard; ptcha, or jellied calves' feet, instead of pig trotters. The origins of the f irst pastrami sandwich is shrouded in mystery, although writer Patricia Volk told Sax her great-grandfather was the f irst to slap pastrami between two slices of rye bread at his kosher butcher shop in New York in the late 1880s. Sax chronicles the rise and decline of the "kosher-style" deli, an American innovation that originally differed from its kosher counterpart mainly in hours of operation (they did not close on the Sabbath) and lack of rabbinical supervision. Reaching its heyday in the 1950s
and '60s, the kosher-style deli eventually succumbed to economic pressure and popular tastes and began putting cheese on turkey sandwiches, offering milk with coffee and using non-kosher meats. From there, it was an easy hop to serving bacon with French toast. Today few such delis use the term "kosher style," preferring to call themselves Jewish or New York delis. Sax bemoans the rise of glatt kosher a stricter standard for kosher meat that demands round-the-clock oversight by a mashgiach, or kosher supervisor. He says it puts f inancial demands on deli owners that most cannot meet. That's why most new delis are not kosher, he claims - it's just too expensive. "There's a lot of money in hechsher," he says, using the Hebrew for kosher certif ication. "It's a turf war that uses religion as leverage." But most of this book is about food, the gloriously fatty, heart-stopping Ashkenazi cuisine that is the signature of the Jewish deli: braised brisket in wine sauce; pickled tongue; cabbage rolls in sweet-and-sour tomato; matjes herring; and, of course, the litany of "k's," the knishes, kreplach, kugel and kvetching. He saves his highest praise for the deli meats: corned beef pickled and boiled in vats of brine; pastrami, lovingly rubbed with secret spice mixtures, then smoked and steamed to perfection. The way to suss out a good deli, he says, is to order the matzah ball soup and whatever deli meat the city specializes in, be it corned beef, tongue, pastrami or smoked beef, a softer, gentler Canadian variant. Although delicatessen originated in Europe, American Jews put their own stamp on it. Pastramia, for example, was in its native Romania a method of preparing any meat or poultry, and was in fact originally used most often for duck or goose. In the United States, Romanian Jews applied the same tech-
nique to beef, which began pouring in from the great Western plains and was much cheaper than game poultry. "The Jewish deli is rooted in the flavors of the Old World," Sax says. "Some things are the same, like the chopped liver, the chicken soup. Others are amalgamations, like the sandwich, an American thing that the Jewish delis appropriated." A big part of Sax's mission is to encourage young Jews to take over delis at risk of closing or open new ones, a goal that might seem counterintuitive in today's economic climate. But he insists the market for deli food is there, as a new generation looks back nostalgically to a cuisine that represents an earlier, simpler, more comforting era. "People aren't really looking for innovation in deli," he insists. "The best things I see in the new delis are a return to tradition." His favorite new Jewish delis are taking advantage of the organic, do-it-yourself movement that is influencing the country's restaurant scene. "It's 'innovative' today to pickle your own meat or make your own kishke." In his effort to give props to these newcomers, Sax glosses over the sad but very real possibility that the Jewish deli may not survive outside a few key cities. New York's deli scene has imploded, he says, and new delis in Portland, Ore. and Boulder, Colo., may be just flashes in the matzah brie pan. His hopes for the San Francisco Bay Area seem particularly Pollyannaish. Two of the four Jewish delis he describes in his book have closed since he visited them, and of the remaining two, only Saul's Deli in Berkeley rates as a real destination; David's on Geary St., near San Francisco's Union Square, is a dilapidated version of its former self. Two delis to serve a region with more than 350,000 Jews? It's a shanda.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
Toyota Developing Anti-Drunk Driving Gadget
BY AFP
Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.
Researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a website which allows users to calculate their risk of dying.
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New Website Calculates Risk of Dying
BY AFP
he system features a hand-held breathalyser, equipped with a digital camera, that detects alcohol consumption and photographs the driver's face for identification, a company statement said. If the driver tests positive, the system either warns him or her, or locks the vehicle's ignition depending on the level of alcohol detected, Toyota said. The carmaker is conducting tests with aff iliate truck maker Hino Motors, and will install the equipment in selected trucks and other vehicles of fleet customers that include companies and government organisations. The device will alert fleet administrators if the driver is detected with excessive alcohol levels, Toyota said. Nissan Motor is currently developing similar equipment. In the United States, certain states earlier this year passed legislation requiring drunk driving offenders to install breathalyser ignition locks in their cars
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eathRiskRankings.com uses p u bl i c d a t a f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d E u r o p e t o compare m o r t a l i t y r i s k s by g e n d e r, a g e , cause of death and geog raphic r eg i o n . "Most Americans don't have a particularly good understanding of their own mortality risks, let alone ranking of their relevant risks," said David Gerard, a former engineering and public policy professor at Carnegie Mellon. DeathRiskRankings.com can calculate a user's risk of dying within the next year or a longer period and rank the probable cause of death. Paul Fischbeck, professor of social and decision sciences and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon, said it can provide comparisons between, for example, a 54-year-old Pennsylvania woman or her counterpart in Britain. "It turns out that the British woman has a 33-percent higher risk of breast cancer death," said Fischbeck, the site developer. "But for lung-throat cancer, the results are almost reversed, and the Pennsylvania woman has a 29-percent higher risk."
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The risks of dying in the next year increase exponentially with age. A 20-year-old US woman has a one in 2,000, or 0.05 percent, chance of dying in the next year. By age 40, the risk is three times greater, by age 60, it is 16 times greater, and by age 80, it is 100 times greater, around one in 20, or five percent. "At 80, the average US woman still has a 95 percent chance of making it to her 81st birthday," said Gerard, who is now an associate professor of economics at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.
“Women's cancer risks are actually higher than men's in their 30s and 40s.” Researchers said that when it comes to dying within the year, there are dramatic differences between comparative groups. For every age group, men have a much higher annual death risk than women. For 20 year old males, the risk is 2.5 to three times greater with accidents with homicides and suicides accounting for 80 percent of their death risks. By age 50, however, these causes make up less than 10 percent of the risk for men and heart disease is number one, accounting for more than 30 percent of all deaths.
Women's cancer risks are actually higher than men's in their 30s and 40s. For heart disease and cancer, US blacks have a much higher death risk than US whites with blacks in their 30s and 40s twice as likely to die within the year as their white counterparts.
“Obesity-related death risks are much higher in the United States than in Europe.” Western Europeans have a greater risk of dying from breast and prostate cancer than people in the United States, but people in the United States have a greater chance of dying from lung cancer than people living in Western Europe. Obesity-related death risks are much higher in the United States than in Europe. Fischbeck and Gerard said they hope the website will contribute to the debate currently under way about health care in the United States. "We believe that this tool, which allows anyone to assess their own risk of dying and to compare their risks with counterparts in the United States and Europe, could help inform the public and constructively engage them in the debate," Fischbeck said.
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Tel Aviv University Researcher Finds Natural Cure for Insomnia BY ELANA TEITELBAUM When that good night's sleep becomes elusive, sometimes the only option is medication. But the sleeping pills now on the market often come with risks that may outweigh the benefits, inducing dependency, withdrawal symptoms, and occasionally even cognitive impairments such as shortterm amnesia. ot so with Circadin, a new drug produced by Neurim Pharmaceuticals and based on the research of company founder and chief scientific officer Prof. Nava Zisapel at Tel Aviv University. Unlike other sleep medications which suppress brain activity, Neurim says that Circadin works with the body's natural processes to induce a restful, restorative sleep. It does so by gradually releasing melatonin in the body - the hormone that prepares the body for sleep. Possibly the worst aspect of insomnia is its deleterious effect on daytime functioning. That's where Circadin has an additional edge over its competitors. "Circadin not only improves the onset of sleep but also the quality of sleep," Zisapel, a neuroscientist, told Israel21c. "People who take the drug have reported that they have better daytime functioning and an improved quality of life."
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The drug is already being distributed here and in some European countries by Neurim, which was set up in 1991 by Zisapel and her husband Yehuda Zisapel (founder of the RAD Group), to develop treatments for age-related disorders. It is now in the process of obtaining approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Melatonin is produced in the body at the onset of darkness, preparing the body physiologically by lowering the blood pressure and body temperature. Its primary function is to separate day and night in the body's internal biological clock. Since darkness is a trigger of melatonin, strong fluorescent lights can suppress its production. But other factors may also be involved: Anxiety, depression, or simply aging can suppress the production of melatonin and cause insomnia. "People may start sleeping less well when they age," Zisapel points out. "The brain structure changes with age, and may lose the ability to produce melatonin if the pineal gland becomes calcif ied. It doesn't happen to everyone at the same age, but in general, people who begin to get gray hair are losing the ability to produce melatonin." Circadin is therefore a hormone replacement therapy that becomes
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The Tick That Can Kill You May Also Save You BY MARC BURLEIGH It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered. hey have identified a protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, Amblyomma cajennense, that apparently reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
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"The component of the saliva of this tick... could be the cure for cancer..."
One of nature's repulsive little bloodsucking parasites, the tick, could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas.
"This is a radical innovation," said Ana Marisa ChudzinskiTavassi, the molecular biologist at the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo who is leading the research. "The component of the saliva of this tick... could be the cure for cancer," she told AFP. She said she stumbled on the properties of the protein, called Factor X active, while testing the anti-coagulant properties of the tick's saliva -- the way it stops blood thickening and clotting so the tick can keep gorging itself on its host. The protein shares some characteristics with a common anti-coagulant called TFPI (Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor), specif ically a Kunitz-type inhibitor which also has been shown to interfere with cell growth. A theory that the protein might have an effect on cancerous cells led to laboratory tests on cell cultures -- which exceeded all expectations. "To our surprise it didn't kill normal cells, which were also tested," Chudzinski-Tavassi said. "But it did kill the tumorous cells that were being analyzed." In her modest lab in the institute, housed in a rundown building, a line of immobile bloated ticks could be seen
lined up with straws under their heads. The small amounts of saliva captured that way was reproduced many times over in yeast vats so that tests could be carried out on lab rats with cancer. The results have been more than promising. "If I treat every day for 14 days an animal's tumor, a small tumor, this tumor doesn't develop -- it even regresses. The tumor mass shrinks. If I treat for 42 days, you totally eliminate the tumor," the scientist said. Producing a medicine from the f ind, though, will require years of clinical tests and a signif icant f inancial investment -- neither of which Brazil is geared to provide. Chudzinski-Tavassi has applied for a patent on the tick protein, and is presenting her team's discovery in medical journals and conferences around the world. But she says moving beyond her lab "proof of concept" will be frustratingly diff icult. "To discover this is one thing. To turn it into a medicine is a whole other thing entirely," she said.
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Swine Flu: Who Will Get Vaccinated First? BY MARLOWE HOOD Governments bracing for a second, possibly more lethal, wave of swine flu are all grappling with the same unforgiving dilemma: with not enough vaccine to go around, who is going to get jabbed first? ny lingering hopes that pharmaceutical companies could rapidly fill orders for more than a billion doses from northern hemisphere countries alone were quashed this week by the World Health Organisation (WHO). "We need to gather advice on priority groups for initial protection," WHO head Margaret Chan said Friday. "This is one of the most difficult decisions governments around the world will need to make, especially as we know that supplies will be extremely limited for some months to come." But national leaders looking for guidance from international health authorities on how to best distribute vaccines that will not be available in most cases before early October, at best, are bound to be disappointed. The European Union has yet to issue any guidelines specific to the new strain of A(H1N1) influenza that has swept across the globe, infecting hundreds of thousands and claiming at least 1,800 lives. The WHO does suggest that health care workers should be given priority, a policy embraced by most states, but stops short of
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ment among epidemiologists, who study how infections spread, as to which approach would save the most lives. Researchers writing in the journal Science argue that the best way to halt the spread of the virus for pandemic flu is to vaccinate school age children and their parents first. The study makes projections for the United States, but the model could be applicable in other developed nations, and perhaps across the board. In Japan, the systematic vaccination of school children prevented more than 40,000 deaths across all age groups every year from the 1960s until the policy was dropped in 1994, according to an With this virus the severe outcomes earlier study in the New England Journal happen to people between the ages of of Medicine. This strategy, however, is sharply at 20 and 50 a lot of the time. odds not only with the one adopted by most countries for fighting seasonal flu, making further recommendations. "Individual countries have to look at their but the one taking shape for the 2009 pandemic as well: prioritising what have long own conditions and adapt," WHO spokesman Melinda Henry told AFP from been identified as high-risk groups. These usually include very young chilGeneva. "They have to decide whether they want dren older than six months, pregnant women, to stop transmission, protect essential infra- persons with chronic lung conditions, and the very elderly. structure, or reduce illness and death." But pandemics don't behave like seasonal The problem is that these strategies each target a different segment of society, which flu outbreaks, and don't always attack the means -- in a context of shortage -- that there same targets, experts say. "The shift in mortality toward younger simply won't be enough vaccine to protect age groups was the most striking characteriseveryone during the first critical months. And that's not all: there is also disagree- tic of the 20th-century pandemics," notes
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Mark Miller, a researcher at the Fogarty International Center, part of the US National Institutes of Health. Early indications suggest the current pandemic -- while far less deadly than earlier ones, at least so far -- fits this pattern. "With this virus the severe outcomes happen to people between 20 and 50 a lot of the time, which is very uncharacteristic of (seasonal) influenza," said Lone Simonsen, an epidemiologist at George Washington University and one of the architects of the US Influenza Genome Sequencing Project. "There are some unusual risk factors too, such as severe obesity," she told AFP. Pregnant women seem to be at greater risk in all cases, she added. And data from Mexico, the epicentre of the pandemic, shows that persons born before 1957 seems to have in-built immunity to the new strain, which could mean that the elderly, as a group, are less rather than more vulnerable. Even tallying up potential lives lost is not a straight-forward process. Are the deaths of a small child and a septuagenarian simply two lives lost, or does the child's weigh more heavily because of the greater number of "life years lost"? "Which strategy countries choose is ultimately a political and ethical decision," the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said in a statement last year, before the current pandemic struck.
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Nine Principles for Mastering Happiness and Joy BY RABBI ZELIG PLISKIN I have found nine principles to be the cornerstone of the emotional base of people who have mastered happiness. At the top of the list is gratitude and kindness. very day in the life of a poor person [that is, someone who keeps thinking about what is wrong and missing] is bad, but a person with a tov lev, a cheerful heart [that is, someone who is constantly grateful for the good in his life], will live life with the joy of a party” (Proverbs, 15:5). At every moment, we choose whether to live with the distress of the f irst half of the verse, or whether we will joyfully experience life as expressed in the sec- The qualities that people have who tend to be the happiest are those ond half of the verse. Every time you think about happi- who have an “attitude of gratitude” and display kindness to others. ness and joy in a positive way, you improve yourself in ways that are conWhat is my goal for now? sistent with happiness and joy. fully and kindly, your brain produces the biochemicals that create (Being clear about your priorities is Individuals who regularly read these joyful feelings.) the f irst step to accomplishing and nine principles f ind that their 3. I assume there is a achieving goals. Take a step forward.) minds automatically create benef it. 5. I see myself being the way I wish to more moments of happiness. What is good be. Every time Test it out for yourself. about this? How do I want to be? For the next 30 days read you think about (Develop the (As you picture yourself speaking this list at least three times happiness and joy skill of refram- and acting in ways consistent with your a day. ing. Find posihighest and wisest self, you create your in a positive way, 1. I think appreciatively and tive ways of ideal self.) gratefully. you improve yourviewing events, 6. I focus on solutions. What five things am I What outcome am I looking for? self in ways that situations, and cirgrateful for now? cumstances.) (If a problem arises, f irst clarify the 2. I speak and act joyfully are consistent 4. I strive for mean- problem. Then ask, “What can I do now and kindly. ingful goals. to solve it?”) (When you speak and act joy-
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7. I let challenges develop my character. “This too will develop my character.” (Look at diff iculties as divinely sent opportunities to upgrade who you are. What quality can you develop now with a challenge that you faced or are facing now?) 8. I consistently access positive states. My awesome brain stores my best states. What state do I want for right now? (When you give names to your favorite and best moments, you will f ind them easier to access. Just tell your brain to access the specif ic state you want to experience now.) 9. I smile and wave to mirrors. They always smile and wave back to me. (Research has shown that smiling to yourself in a mirror creates positive chemicals in your body. This works even if you smile without a mirror.) Read these principles a number of times a day. The more frequently and enthusiastically you review these ideas, the greater the imprint on your brain. The positive effect is even stronger when you read this list with a friend or group of friends. In a group, having discussions about these ideas will benef it all those who attend. Each individual will have a unique way of thinking and reacting. This list has been taken from Rabbi Zelig Pliskin's new book: Life is Now: Creating moments of joy, courage, kindness, and serenity (Artscroll publications)
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Parashat Ki Tavo, 5769, 2009: “Of Strangers and Our Spiritual Potential” BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-inlaw, Ruchama Rivka Sondra aleah hashalom, the refuah shlaimah of Sarah bat Rachel and Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam. hazal (our Sages may they be remembered for a blessing) teach us that “Hakol tzarichin mazel, afilu sefer torah sh’beheichal” (“Everything needs luck, even a Sefer Torah in the sanctuary,” Tikunei Zohar, 69). There are certain passages in the Torah, however, that seem to be “luckier” than others. One of the luckiest of all of these portions is found in our parasha. It is the famous section known as “Arami oveid avi” (“An Aramean tried to destroy my forebear”). It has achieved its celebrated status as a result of having been incorporated into the text of the Passover Hagadah. It is, therefore, recited once or twice a year by nearly all of world Jewry. This text is particularly apropos since its relatively few words provide a synopsis of the events leading up to, and including, the Exodus:
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"I declare this day to the L-rd, your G-d, that I have come to the land which the L-rd swore to our forefathers to give us." And you shall call out and say before the L-rd, your G-d, "An Aramean [sought to] destroy my forefather, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with a small number of people, and there, he became a great, mighty, and numerous nation. And the Egyptians treated us cruelly and afflicted us, and they imposed hard labor upon us. So we cried out to the L-rd, G-d of our fathers, and the L-rd heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. And the L-rd brought us out from Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, with great awe, and with signs and wonders. (Sefer Devarim 26:5-8. This and following translations are from The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) The recitation of this Exodus-themed passage is actually included in the mitzvah of bringing bikkurim (the First Fruits) to the Beit Hamikdash in Jerusalem. It is known as vidui bikkurim (the Declaration of the First Fruits). It is introduced by Sefer Devarim 26:1-4, and followed by 26:9-11: And it will be, when you come into the land which the L-rd, your G-d, gives you for an inheritance, and you possess it and settle in it, that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you will bring from your land, which the L-rd, your G-d, is giving you. And you shall put [them] into a basket and go to the place which the L-rd, your G-d, will choose to have His Name dwell there. And you shall come to the kohen who will be [serving] in those days, and say to him, "I declare this day to the L-rd, your
G-d, that I have come to the land which the L-rd swore to our forefathers to give us." And the kohen will take the basket from your hand, laying it before the altar of the Lrd, your G-d." …And He brought us to this place, and He gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground which you, O L-rd, have given to me." Then, you shall lay it before the L-rd, your G-d, and prostrate yourself before the L-rd, your G-d. Then, you shall rejoice with all the good that the L-rd, your G-d, has granted you and your household you, the Levite, and the stranger who is among you The exact role to be played by “the stranger [Hebrew, ger] who is among you” is a fascinating debate within the world of Halacha. Rashi (1040-1105), basing himself on Mishnah Bikkurim 1:4, states: “He brings [his first fruits], but he does not recite the declaration, since he cannot say “to our fathers” [in the introduction to the declaration (verse 3): “I have come to the land which the L-rd swore to our forefathers to give us”]. (Translation, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) In contrast, the Rambam, in Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Bikkurim 4:3 states: “The stranger brings [the bikkurim] and recites [the vidui].” The point of departure between these two Torah luminaries is clear: Both agree the ger must bring the bikkurim; whereas they differ as to whether or not he may engage in the declaration. At first glance, the Rambam’s opinion appears to be very difficult. His p’sak (halachic ruling) is an unequivocal rejection of the explicit words of the Mishnah. Yet, upon further examination, we find that the Talmud Yerushalmi on our Mishnah foreshadowed his position: It was taught in the name of Rabbi Yehudah: “The ger, himself, brings [the bikkurim] and recites [the vidui].” What is the rationale? [It says in the Torah in reference to Avraham] “…but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.” (Sefer Bereishit 17:5) In the past you were [only] the Father of Aram [a play on the original name “Avram”] And now, and from hereon, you shall be a Father to the entire world. [A play on the name “Avraham.”] (Translation my own) It must be noted that this section is not simply explanatory in nature. Instead, it forms the basis for the piska (practical halachic ruling) of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: “Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: ‘The law is in accordance with Rabbi Yehudah.” The pragmatic nature of this decision is underscored by the closing words of the passage: ‘“A practical opportunity for rendering judgment came before Rabbi Abahu and he ruled in accordance with Rabbi Yehudah.” The Rambam explicates the rationale of the above-quoted Talmud Yerushalmi in the following fashion: “Behold he [Avraham] was the Father of the entire world that entered under the protection of the Shechinah (G-d’s divine presence).” Moreover, “Unto Avraham was first given the promise that his children would inherit the Land [of Israel].” (Translation my own) Therefore, for Maimonides, all of Avraham’s children – inclusive of the ger – had, and
have, full rights of inheritance regarding Eretz Yisrael. This is the case, as well, in reference to bikkurim; namely, the ger is no different than a native born Jew: he both brings the bikkurim and recites the complete vidui over them.
“It is no less a time for us to realize that everyone, on occasion, feels alienated, lonely, alone, and like a “ger b’eretz nochriah...” It is fascinating to note that the Rambam initially ruled like Rashi in the first edition of his earliest work of Jewish jurisprudence entitled Perush Hamishnaiot (Explanation of the Mishnah, 1168). In the second edition of this masterful work (the version that we have), however, he rejected the above-cited decision of Mishnah Bikkurim, and embraced the halachic position of the Talmud Yerushalmi – just as he did in the Mishneh Torah (completed in 1180). What might account for this change in the Rambam’s halachic decision-making? The great Rambam translator and scholar, Rabbi Yosef Kapach zatzal (1917-2000), in his edi-
tion of the Perush Hamishnaiot, suggested that the famous responsum of the Rambam to Ovadiah the Proselyte (ed. Freimann, no. 42 = Blau, no. 293) was a tipping point in his thought. The responsum process caused him to come face to face with the alienation and pain felt by Ovadiah the ger, and his struggle for recognition within the Jewish community. Therefore, the Rambam, in contradistinction to Mishnah Bikkurim 1:4, ruled that Ovadiah, and all gerim, should recite “Our G-d and G-d of our Fathers” in the Amidah – just like any other Jew. In addition to being one of the most prodigious intellects of all time, the Rambam thus emerges as acutely sensitive to the pathos of the human condition. We are now in Elul; the month that is preeminently set aside for cheshbon hanefesh (self-judgment) and tikkun hanefesh (addressing our failings and improving ourselves), in preparation to standing before Hashem on Rosh Hashanah. It is no less a time for us to realize that everyone, on occasion, feels alienated, lonely, alone, and like a “ger b’eretz nochriah” (“a stranger in a strange land,” Sefer Shemot 2:22). Therefore, just as we need to redouble our efforts in improving our relationship with the Master of the Universe, we need to improve our rela-
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Advice For Jewish College Freshman: What to Expect As you contemplate the challenge of fitting your belongings into the family mini-van, I’d like to offer a bit of advice to those of you who are incoming Jewish freshmen of the class of 2013. n the academic side, there’s a lot of pressure to declare yourselves to be future scientists, psychologists, teachers, marketing execs or…whatever. If you haven’t decided on a career direction or a major, relax. It’s okay if you’re not sure what you want to be when you grow up or what you want to major in. Most likely, your school won’t require you to declare a major until sophomore year or later. Some of your classes will help you think about what you want to do with your life. You can double major or have a minor. Some colleges let you design your major. You can study anything and still go to medical, law or graduate school, as long as you take the pre-requisites and entrance exams. You might very well major in a subject that does not relate directly to your future career. Like many people, you are likely to engage in several careers. Ten years from now your major could well be a pleasant memory. The fact is, many college majors are not career-specific in the way that accounting and nursing are. So, especially if you’re not focused, it’s important to get out into the real world, explore career fields, and build a resume (that one’s important for everyone). Find opportunities for internships, volunteer work and extracurricular activities. Take on leadership positions. If your school doesn’t provide the options you’re looking for, contact an organization that’s involved in something that interests you and offer to help out. Even if you stuff envelopes and put files in order, you’ll learn about the field and make important personal connections. And the people there will love your initiative. When you apply for openings, you want to be able use the language of people in that field to tell an employer why you’re the right person for the job. When I worked at the Boston College Career Center, the staff used to joke about students who used the worn-out phrase, “I like to work with people.” (I always told my students, “Unless you become a veterinarian, you will.”) When the time comes to “sell yourself ” to an employer, you want to have more to say than that! Be careful about latching onto the idea of graduate school unless this is something that
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Find opportunities for internships, volunteer work and extracurricular activities during your college years. you really want. An additional degree is not a post-college cushion. The decision to pursue a graduate, law or business degree should be a clear and positive one, not a fallback position in case you aren’t sure of what you want to do in four years. Feeling that your school isn’t “one of the best?” Despite what you hear -- even from well-meaning but sometimes overwrought Jewish parents -- success, happiness and a rewarding college life are not just for those whose degrees come from Ivy League institutions. If you have found a school that works for your personality, needs and goals - great! Even if all you needed was one that accepted you -- good enough! It’s not where you get the degree, but what you do with it. As for those who congratulate you on one hand and scare you with clichés about the current economic climate on the other, remember: no one knows the future, and you have the tools –and are getting more! -- to get you where you want be. The college years are also a time to explore your spiritual side. Whether or not your Jewish heritage has been a part of your life up till now, as you approach the wider world you might find yourself seeking a deeper and more solid sense of what it means to be Jewish. Check out the Hillel on campus or whichever one is closest to your school. Joining a Hillel is also just a nice way of meeting people. The start of school can be lonely. Information is available at www.hillel.org/contactus. If there isn’t a Hillel, local synagogues and Chabads would be very happy to host you for Shabbat and for holidays (if it’s hard for you to get home) and to connect you with the local Jewish
community. See if there is a Jewish Community Center, Jewish federation or other Jewish organizations in the area. Rabbi Hillel’s teaching, “Do not separate yourself from the community,” is as much for each of us as it is for the community. On a more serious note, it’s important to be aware that billions of dollars have poured into college campuses for at least 40 years in a so-far pretty successful attempt to discredit the State of Israel. Much of this money originates in Saudi Arabia, thus most Middle East studies departments are not inclined to give a balanced view of affairs in this part of the world. And this slant does not just affect those departments. Walid Phares, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has noted that in the past few decades there has been a “tidal wave that took over the teaching of Middle East studies in America, Canada, and Europe [which has] covered the teaching and research in political science, international relations, history, sociology, economics, geography and all related fields of art, literature and subfields such as peace studies and film.” Be prepared. The good news is that if you find antiIsrael teaching or activities on campus, you will not have to deal with them alone. The following organizations can give you information and training to help you understand the dynamics of the Middle East and to advocate for Israel. Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) www.camera.org; David Horowitz Freedom Center www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org; Zionist Organization of America www.zoacampus.org; Hadassah Israel On
Campus Coalition www.israelcc.org/members/yj_ impact.htm; American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) w w w. a i p a c . o rg / Fo r _ S t u d e n t s / i n d ex . asp; Hillel Foundation www.israelcc.org/resources/study_abroad.ht m. Go to Amazon and get a copy of Mitchell Bard’s pocket-sized On One Foot: How to respond on your way to class, when your best friend joins an anti-Israel protest. Consider joining or, if necessary, starting, an Israel action group. Host a screening of “The Case for Israel, Democracy’s Outpost,” a documentary which refutes deeply entrenched misperceptions about such key topics as Israel's history, Jewish claims to a homeland, individual rights under Israel's democratic system of government, the security fence, and military conduct in the face of terrorist attacks. For information, go to www.thecaseforisrael.com. If you are interested in holding a screening, contact co-producer Gloria Greenfield at ggreenfield@docemetproductions.com. College is a time to stretch yourself in many ways. Maybe you’ll take a year abroad. Consider study in Israel. For information: MASA Israel Journeywww.masaisrael.org; Birthright Israel www.birthrightisrael.org; Hadassah Israel On Campus Coalition h t t p : / / w w w. i s r a e l c c . o r g / m e m b e r s / yj_impact.htm; Hillel’s “Let Our Students Go” Program; w w w. i s r a e l c c . o r g / r e s o u r c e s / s t u d y _abroad.htm. Oh, yes, and have some fun, too! There’s a good chance you’ll meet life-long friends in college, perhaps your future spouse. At last, the freedom you’ve always wanted. Use it well.
Ann Green is a free-lance writer, former assistant director of the Boston College Career Center and coordinator of the BC Internship Program, member of Israel advocacy organizations, and proud mother of incoming freshman Rachel Green.
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People and Places BY PAUL STEINER A sage once said: "Man is the only animal that can find something to do when there is nothing to do." arbara Walters went to 59 East 59 Theatres to see Cusi Cam's world premiere of "A lifetime Burning" rep'd by OTM Co. Jackie Mason again went to Pittsburgh to do a show at a Yeshiva there. Marcey Jacobson, 97, a photographer who traded NYC for the world of the present-day Maya in Mexico, died July 26. NY Times ran a 1/2 page obit 16 days later on Aug. 11. A Jewish Bio At Racquetball, psychologist Les Barbanell won many state and regional championships and at age 50 was the oldest player to win an Open Division title in a sanctioned tournament...and beat a 20 year old in the finals. The highlight of his racquetball career was in 1996 when he won Racquetball's version of the US Open. Movie Talk "The Time Traveler's Wife" was directed by Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan") from a screenplay by Academy Award winner Bruce Joel Rubin ("Ghost"), based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Nick Wechsler and Dede Gardner produced the film, with Brad Pitt, Richard Brener, Michele Weiss executive producers. The co-producer is Kristin Hahn. Heading the film's cast as Clare and
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Henry are Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook," "Wedding Crashers") and Eric Bana ("Star Trek," "Munich"). "The Time Traveler's Wife" also stars Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston and Stephen Tobolowsky. In his "The Penguin Companion to Classical Music" the noted critic Paul Griffiths describes the music of Chopin: "Almost all his works are for solo piano, and the vast majority of them are short. But in their melodic grace, their precision and variety of invention, their range of mood and immediacy of communication, their harmonic richness, their full discovery of the instrument's tone and timbres, and their subtlety in everything, they seem boundless." These words depict the scope of Chopin's achievement and explain his universality, though he never wrote a symphony, opera, or choral work. 2010 marks the bicentenary of Chopin's birth, and in celebration of this anniversary acclaimed pianist and conductor Ian Hobson, a renowned master of the Romantic idiom, is currently recording the most complete edition to date of Chopin's music, in chronological order, including some 50 minutes of works and versions not included in existing "complete" Chopin collections. Mr. Hobson performs an alternate version of Chopin's celebrated FantaisieImpromptu, several waltzes and mazurkas in alternate versions; a two-piano version of Chopin's Rondo, the Dambrowski Mazurka and the last Mazurka in F Minor in Chopin's incomplete version, as well as Jan Ekier's completion based on Chopin's sketch for a middle section.
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PM Faces Uprising Over 'Settlement Halt'...Continued from page 4 return from the Palestinian side," he said. The prime minister could also have problems with Habayit Hayehudi, the most right-wing party in his coalition. Party chairman Daniel Herschkowitz toured Gush Etzion settlements and outposts on Thursday and expressed opposition to freezing construction there.
"It is forbidden to compromise on natural growth in the settlement blocs," he said. "The right of every family to grow is natural and fundamental in a democratic society. The government should settle the legality of Jewish communities that are known as unauthorized outposts even though they were built with the government's encouragement
and funding." The National Union, which is not part of the coalition, warned that Netanyahu would cave in to the United States and endanger Israelis. "The blueprints of the Auschwitz camp that Netanyahu received in Germany should remind the frightened prime minister of what [former foreign
minister] Abba Eban said - that the '67 borders were Auschwitz borders. The surrendering Likud is bringing us back there," National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari said.
Ahmadinejad Demands Opposition Chiefs Punished...Continued from page 10 be angry and die of this anger," the hardliner added in his address at Tehran university. The Islamic republic has faced further embarrassment by allegations that detained protesters have been raped and tortured. Iran shut down Kahrizak prison south of Tehran after at least two
detainees died of injuries reportedly sustained in custody. Iran jailed several prison guards and vowed to prosecute them but the hardline president on Friday pointed an accusing f inger at Iran's foreign enemies and the "overthrowing movement" over attacks on university dormitories and prisoner abuse.
"What happened in the dorms and detention centres was part of the enemy's scenario carried out by the dependants of the overthrowing movement," Ahmadinejad charged. "Revolutionary forces are innocent of such shameful acts. Our basijis were beaten up in the street as they were protecting people's rights," he said of Iran's
hardline Islamist militia which played a key role in stifling street protests. Iran's parliament starts voting on Ahmadinejad's new cabinet from Sunday amid speculation that several of his nominees will be rejected.
'Facebook Doesn't Bar Hateful Content Against Jews'...Continued from page 17 pressure group called United Against Holocaust Denial, Oboler told the Post. Facebook has rarely deleted groups and other pages on its Web site that host material denying the Holocaust, but according to The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs report, "Facebook as a private company does indeed have both the right and a moral obligation to remove this hateful content." The report notes that earlier this year, Facebook was "forced to take a
stand on the Holocaust-denial issue," and that Facebook became involved in "a lot of internal debate" following an assertion by Randi Zuckerberg, the site's marketing director (and sister of founder Mark Zuckerberg), who said it was "Facebook's policy to not remove groups that deny the Holocaust." In a guest entry on Thursday on the American Jewish Committee's Z Word Blog (blog.z-word.com), Oboler warned against "the use of online social net-
working and content collaboration to share demonization, conspiracy theories, Holocaust denial, and classical anti-Semitic motifs with a view to creating social acceptability for such content." The report also cited Facebook's relative zealousness in removing pictures of breast-feeding mothers earlier this year, while leaving content denying the Holocaust online. "Facebook's off icial response in the
media has been to defend their right not to take action (unless legally required to) based on a 'free speech' argument. This came at the same time, and from the same spokesperson who made announcements about Facebook's crackdown on pictures of breast-feeding mothers as 'obscene' and therefore a violation of their Terms of Service," Oboler wrote.
our citizens, they would insult our intelligence. Americans have never cowered before tin-pot dictators. Colonel Khadaf i, you are no match for the inheritors of General Washington. To paraphrase William Jennings Bryan's famous statement, "You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold," Mr. Kaddaf i, "You shall not drown the morals of the American people in a barrel of oil." … As Martin Luther King said, "The arc of history is long but it bends toward justice." In his closing words, Rabbi Boteach called “To my brothers and sisters in Libya” saying ”We have no gripe with you, only with your leaders who live off the sweat of your backs to enrich themselves and live in extravagant opulence, as the Khadaf i's home behind me amply demonstrates. Boteach expressed his admiration for “President Obama, the leader of the free world,” asking him to deny Khadaf i a visa to the United States? Will my pres-
ident, a devoted and loving family man, places me in a position where my nine children need to be under the scrutiny of Libyan intelligence?” Addressing a still mourning Susan Cohen, whose only child, Theodora, aged, 20, died on Pan Am 103, who had told Rabbi Boteach that "It hurts so bad to see how Gaddaf i has won, how all the Western leaders are now running to kiss a terrorist's feet." “Well Susan,” he said, “here in little old Englewood, NJ, we didn't kiss his feet. Unlike Megrahi, we didn't even kiss his hands. Rather, we told him to kiss a part of our bold New Jersey anatomy.
No Holds Barred...Continued from page 21 was illuminated by the glow of the human heart, Khadaf i's tent is illuminated by the infernal f ireballs of airplanes detonated in the sky. Abraham's pitched a tent of universal brotherhood while Khadaf i's is a terror tent of shame. During the series of events leading to the successful resistance that caused the Libyan government to change its plans, Boteach had expressed hope that the Libyan government and Col. Khadaf i might be “seeking a reproach mount with the west. However, said the rabbi, the “hero’s welcome” afforded Abdel Basat al-Megrahi, the recently released mastermind of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, “made it clear that he is not.” “It is beyond comprehension to give compassion to a terrorist, a mass murderer who has erased the image of G-d, and is no longer def ined as a human brother. To be compassionate to a terrorist is to be contemptuous of their victims “ “(If) Khadaf i has done penitence”
asked the rabbi, “why should we Jews reject him when our High Holy Day period, just a few weeks away, is all about the human ability to turn away from sin? But what kind of penitent sends his private jumbo jet to bring home a cowardly killer of 270 people and then throws a Mardi-Gras-style reception to receive him? Such a man is not a penitent but is a pious fraud, a religious charlatan, and an international menace. The New Jersey town's actions provoked a response from Khadaf i's son in an Op-ed The New York Times. Saif Khadaf i writes, "Contrary to reports in the Western press, there was no "hero's welcome" for Abdel al-Megrahi when he returned to Libya earlier this month. There was not in fact any off icial reception for the return of Mr. Megrahi... The strong reactions to these misperceptions must not be allowed to impair the improvements in a mutually benef icial relationship between Libya and the West." Not only would the Libyans kill
The writer is the founder of This World: The Values Network. His upcoming book is The Blessing of Enough. www.shmuley.com Additional reporting by Maxine Dovere
Terror Ship Mastermind Gets 20 Years in Prison...Continued from page 3 Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The activist commented that Bibi is weaker than former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who did not agree to a deal during his term in off ice. ““Did Olmert freeze Jewish building in Yesha? No, but Bibi has,” said Indor. “That’s because Bibi is associated with the right and is always trying to prove
the media wrong. We have seen this weakness in the past too." "Netanyahu promised he would not sign any agreements with the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization terrorist group] unless they extradited terrorists," Indor continued, "and then he signed the Hebron agreement regardless. He also promised he would not
sign the Wye Plantation agreement without the release of Jonathan Pollard and in the end he did so without Pollard's release. Bibi will give into everything Olmert refused to and his excuse will be that he has managed to agree that some of the terrorists be exiled. But the main point is the freeing of terrorists; where they end up living is
mostly irrelevant.“ Indor said that the group would make sure to stain the Prime Minster’s image for life if he went ahead with the deal. “We want Bibi and his aides to know that if he goes ahead with his deal, we will launch a long term campaign exposing his weakness as a leader,” he vowed.
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Iran and Syria: Breaking Bread in Eachother’s Tents...Continued from page 11 This is why it was silly for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to suggest recently: "Given what's been going on in Iran and the instability that appears to be present there, it may not be in Syria's interest to put their eggs into that basket." Well, Assad apparently doesn't agree with her. Perhaps she should listen to what he's saying and watch what he's doing in order to draw the opposite conclusion. Assad said: "I think that what happened in Iran is an important thing and a big lesson to the foreigners, and therefore they are not very satisf ied. I believe the Iranian people's reelection [of Ahmadinejad] is another emphasis on the fact that Iran and Syria must continue the regional policy as in the past." In other words, he correctly views Ahmadinejad and the regime as even stronger after the election. Dictators respect repression; they aren't impressed by an opposition which stages demonstrations and whose leaders get thrown into prison. That's especially true when they don't even receive Western support. WATCHING THE gradual concessions made by the West to the Iran-Syria block, and its evident fear of confronting them, Assad stated that he was conf ident the international community would accept Iran and Syria more than it
had done in the past. Note also that the two countries are very consciously coordinating strategy in a war against Western interests and the relatively more moderate Arab regimes, a conflict that Western governments don't even perceive as existing: "Iran and Syria are on the same front, and any political event is an opportunity which must be used at the best way possible while helping one another," said Assad. Iranian Supreme Leader (and the real leader of the country) Ali Khamenei agreed: "The result of this unity is evident in the Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq issues and also in the entire region." The tide is in favor of the resistance, he added, referring to the combination of Iranian, Syrian, Hamas, Hizbullah, Iraqi insurgents and other members of the radical alliance. What does this mean? Palestine: Hamas is entrenching itself further, while European governments seem less willing to isolate it. There is no prospect of bringing down that regime and the West isn't even trying to do so. Khamenei probably assumes - wrongly - that Hamas is steadily making gains in subverting Fatah's rule in the West Bank. Lebanon: While Hizbullah didn't win the last election, it is clear that the Iran-
Syria client increasingly owns the country. The country's president is fairly subservient to Iranian and Syrian influence; the tribunal investigating Syrian terrorism in Lebanon seems pretty dead itself. Hizbullah seems on the verge of reestablishing veto power in the government, and the most courageous opponent of Iran-Syria influence, Walid Jumblatt, has changed sides (or at least gone to neutrality). Iraq: The US forces are withdrawing. Iran's money, agents and clients seem to be able to operate freely, though Teheran is nowhere near taking over the country. Khamenei also said something truly shocking. After remarking about Syria's improved relations with Iraq (a country against which it is daily sponsoring terrorist attacks), he added that unity (the translation probably should say "alliance") between Iran and Syria, on one hand, and their neighbors Iraq and Turkey would benef it the region. What does this mean? He is showing Iran's longer-term plan to pull Iraq (under a more friendly faction) and Turkey (currently ruled by an Islamistoriented regime) into a broad alliance. That statement should send shock waves throughout the West, and cause intelligence analysts to pick up the phone and inform someone who has Obama's ear. Iran and Syria, along with their
clients, are at war with America, and the US government doesn't even know it. That's why Khamenei remarked, "America's blade has become blunter in the region." He's right. That's why if anyone is worried about putting all the eggs in one basket, nowadays it is America's Arab partners. The fact that the US is perceived as weaker and foolish in the region is far more important than the fact that Obama might be more popular in public opinion polls. WITH A US government so intent on apologizing to everyone, all but ruling out the use of force or power politics and apparently - in Iran's perception afraid to confront its enemies, they're concluding in Teheran and Damascus, as Ahmadinejad put it: "Today the world has realized that Western theories are not working anymore and that is why it needs the help and cooperation of Syria and Iran." An increase in economic sanctions, which is the main US plan against Iran at present, is not going to change this perception - or Teheran's behavior. But before effective action can be taken, there must be the realization that a conflict is going on, one that is far more important than the one between the US and al-Qaida.
Tel Aviv University Researcher Finds Natural Cure for Insomnia...Continued from page 32 applicable if the pineal gland - the gland which produces melatonin - stops doing its job suff iciently. Releasing melatonin gradually Zisapel describes how Circadin works in a way that mimics the activity of the pineal gland. "Circadin produces melatonin in the same way as the gland: It starts slowly at around 10 p.m., gets to a peak at around 2 a.m., and gradually stops by the morning. It releases melatonin in a gradual manner." In reaching this point, it's been a
long road for Zisapel, who began developing the formula in 1992 in her neurobiology lab at Tel Aviv University. Because Circadin was a new kind of sleep medication, regulators insisted on much more clinical data than they had with other medications. The drug was f inally approved for the market in Europe in 2007. Zisapel became interested in the effects of melatonin during her postdoctoral work at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and researched
the hormone's effect on animals for a decade before beginning to apply that research to humans. Now she is also researching a treatment for Parkinson's disease, as well as a treatment for insomnia that is induced by pain and depression. Circadin recently completed a clinical trial in the US, which tested the drug for its eff icacy in patients between the ages of 18 and 55. Until then, the target population for the drug were patients over 55, but the Food and Drug
Administration required that Neurim, which performs R&D in Tel Aviv and business development in Switzerland, expand its research to include younger patients. "We just f inished one study that shows what's going on in whole population over 18 and the drug is still effective, but we feel that patients aged 55 and older benef it the most," says Zisapel. (Israel21C)
Israeli Ex-PM Olmert Indicted for Graft...Continued from page 5 him to step down. The indictment comes amid a string of scandals that have hit Israeli public off icials in recent years, with three former ministers handed prison sentences and both of Israel's most recent former presidents resigning in disgrace. Police earlier this month recommended that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman be indicted on charges of bribery, money laundering and obstruction of justice, while former president Moshe Katsav is on trial on several
counts of rape, sexual harassment and indecent acts. Olmert's formal assumption of the premier's role followed several months as acting prime minister after his predecessor and political mentor Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and fell into a coma at the start of that year. Under his stewardship, Israel became embroiled in a war against Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in July-August 2006, a conflict for which he was widely criticised, with his popularity ratings at one
point plunging into the single digits. But he redeemed his image to a certain extent when he presided over Israel's three-week assault on the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip at the turn of the year, widely seen as a success among Israelis. Olmert relaunched peace talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas at an international conference held in the United States in November 2007 after a nearly seven-year hiatus, but the negotiations made little progress and were
suspended during the Gaza war. Olmert was born on September 30, 1945 in the village of Shoni and in 1973, as a member of the right-wing Likud party, became the youngest member of parliament. But he joined Sharon in breaking with the Likud in 2005 to form the centrist Kadima party, which campaigned for withdrawal from parts of the occupied West Bank.
d and with our fellow human beings - we will go a long way to becoming better people and to actualizing our hidden spiritual potential. G-d willing, when we stand before Hashem this Rosh Hashanah, may we all merit a shanah tovah (a good year), a shanah
metukah (a sweet year), a shanah shel chaim tovim (a year of good life), and a year of Shalom for ourselves and for all of the Jewish people. V’chane yihi ratzon.
Parashat Ki Tavo...Continued from page 35 tionships with our fellow man and reach out to them with chane, v’chesed, v’rachamim (kindness, sensitivity, and mercy). We need to strengthen our relationships with our family, friends, and acquaintances, and let them know that they are important to us and that
they are never alone. This is the heartfelt reassurance that we all really need – to know that we are significant to others and that we truly matter in their lives. If we can work on and improve ourselves in both these areas of human endeavor – our relationships with G-
Shabbat Shalom
Illegal Aliens in Federal and State Prisons...Continued from page 21 ing a security fence on our borders to help control those borders and those who believe the Secretary of Homeland
Security, Janet Napolitano is currently too harsh in arresting illegal aliens in their workplaces, will oppose those pro-
posals as well. Nevertheless, I believe the proposal is reasonable and practical. Why didn’t
people think of it a long time ago? They probably did and the country wasn’t ready for it. Today, we are.
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Chabad Man Donates Kidney to Member of Satmar Sect BY MATTHEW WAGNER In a notable act of kindness between members of two hassidic movements that have a history of tense relations, a Chabad hassid from Teaneck, New Jersey, has donated one of his kidneys to a Satmar hassid from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. he story, which first appeared on Chabad.org, Lubavitch's news Web site, comes as several negative organ transplant stories involving Jews have made headlines. The latest was a Swedish newspaper report claiming the IDF was involved in illegal organ harvesting among Palestinians. Last month, an American Jew was arrested by the FBI for allegedly engaging in illegal organ trafficking. In contrast, on August 13, Rabbi Ephraim Simon, co-director of Friends of Lubavitch and a father of nine, parted with one of his kidneys to save the life of a Satmar father of 10. "It is interesting that what I did happened in the same news cycle as those other stories," Simon said, in a telephone conversation on Sunday with The Jerusalem Post from his home in Teaneck, where he is recuperating. "I hope this goes to show that while bad news tends to get the most exposure, there is also plenty of good news to be reported as well. And I am just one of many people donating their kidneys to save another person. "It is providence that it happened now. I've been preparing for this moment for a year already." What makes the story piquant in haredi circles is the long history of tense relations between Satmar and Chabad. Satmar, virulently opposed to Zionism, has been critical of Chabad's aggressively pro-Israel stance. In the mid-80s a group of
T Two Ocean County residents were arrested for breaking into private beach clubs in New Jersey. BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF In Loch Arbour, New Jersey, two Ocean County residents were arrested for breaking into private beach clubs. Arrested were Gina Marie Gomes, 31, and Ryan C. Higgins, 35, residents of Seaside Park. At about 5:50 a.m. last Tuesday, Sergeant Greg Tongring reported hearing suspicious noises coming from Kassin’s Beach Club to Sergeant Timothy Torchia. assin’s Beach Club, once a former commercial club, is currently owned by Jack and Joyce Kassin for private use by their family and friends. The two sergeants went to have a closer look and saw the two f igures begin to flee the area. To escape from the off icers, Higgins jumped into Deal Lake and swam out to the middle of the waters. Sergeant Tongring caught Gina Marie Gomes, according to Detective Sergeant Charles Weinkofsky. Torchia managed to pull Higgins out from the lake with the assistance of several other offi-
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cers. Their investigation determined that Gomes and Higgins entered the beach club by force and stole two flat-screen television sets, which they had left on the beach while trying to escape. They also broke into a building at the Village of Loch Arbour Beach Club and stole beach badges, which the police later found. Police also searched and seized a 1997 Chevy Blazer owned by Gomes’s mother. In the vehicle they found miscellaneous stolen items and drug paraphernalia. Many of the items had been reported as stolen from other vehicles in Toms River, Lakewood, and Asbury Park. The stolen items were recovered and police from other jurisdictions have been notified so that they may begin their own investigation. Higgins was brought to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Nepture to receive treatment for a leg injury he sustained when jumping into the lake to flee the police. Lieutenant Kevin Faller, Officers Michael Legg, Alon Bercovicz, Randy Slawsky, and Brian Morgan, along with Detective John Green assisted. The First Aid Squad of Allenhurst also was present and assisted.
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Chabad hassidim were attacked while they passed through a predominantly Satmar neighborhood in Brooklyn. Satmar hassidim have also complained that Chabad has at times aimed its outreach efforts toward Satmar followers, in addition to unaffiliated Jews. Simon said the fact that the recipient was a Satmar hassid was never an issue. "It never entered my thought process. The Rebbe [Menachem Mendel Schneerson] always said that we must love every Jew." Simon originally began thinking about donating a kidney a year ago, when a community Web site posted a notice that a 12year-old girl was in need of one. Simon, who at the time had a daughter aged 12, felt he could not ignore the call. He researched the possible dangers and found that there were no real risks involved. The operation was relatively simple. And it was possible to live with only one kidney without suffering any decrease in function. The only risk was in a case in which one kidney suffered damaged or developed cancer, or if someone in the donor's family needed a transplant in the future. "After discussing the matter with my wife we decided that I had to save that girl," he said. In the end, Simon's kidney was not suitable for the girl. But the process ultimately led him to donate his kidney to the Satmar man, who suffered from a genetic disease that had killed several of his relatives and that was destroying his own kidneys. Although he knew the recipient would be a religious Jew with 10 children, he did not know that he was a Satmar until a later stage. "The recipient is doing phenomenally well. He is up and walking around," Simon said. "The doctor said that it was as if he received a kidney from his own brother. It gives me a lot of strength to know that."
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Bowing to pressure from US lawmakers and members of New Jersey's Jewish community, Libyan officials said Libyan President Muammar Khadafi has scrapped plans to pitch his tent in that state during a visit to America next month.
Consumer wariness about the economy pushed retail vacancies in Northern and Central New Jersey upward in the first half of the year, reports the Goldstein Group. The locally based brokerage f irm surveyed 4,250 properties in 22 retail corridors, excluding regional malls.
hadafi, who is expected to attend the UN General Assembly, had planned to camp out in a Jewish neighborhood in Englewood, New Jersey, after New York City officials said Construction is seen in Englewood, N.J., he could not pitch his tent in as workers renovate a 25-room mansion Central Park. In 1982, the Libyan government owned since 1982 by Libya. purchased a 930 square-meter mansion in Englewood, and it recently began a massive renovation project there in wrote. "The strong reactions to these misperceptions must not be allowed to impair advance of Gaddafi's visit. But even after Libyan officials told a the improvements in a mutually beneficial New Jersey congressman that Khadafi relationship between Libya and the West." Still, news that Gaddafi was planning to would not stay in New Jersey, several hundred members of the community planned to stay in Englewood riled neighbors and the rally on Sunday, not only against the near- town's mayor, Michael Wildes, who told the visit but against the presence of the Libyan Post, "We don't want a terrorist to live with us." mansion in their midst. Michael Granoff, an Englewood resident "I still live right next door to Libyan territory. We want them to leave our neighbor- whose daughter attends the Moriah School, located adjacent to the Libyan property, said hood," Rabbi Shmuley Boteach told The Jerusalem Post. He said unless the US he found the prospect of Gaddafi being in such close proximity to the school "nauseatimposes a restrictive visa on Khadafi, the Libyan president could choose to stay in ing" and "beyond comprehension." "The notion of Muammar Khadafi sleepEnglewood next year. Though the mansion had been largely ing in a tent adjacent to where my daughter abandoned for years, Boteach speculated goes to kindergarten is completely and utterthat after paying for expensive renovations, ly offensive," he said. Local lawmakers, including Gov. Jon Libyan officials would use the property Corzine, who was expected to speak at the more often. rally on Sunday, also joined the chorus of "Will it be a retreat for Libyan security officials? Will it be a safe house?" he asked. voices opposing the Libyan leader's visit. Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey Those who opposed the visit said they were offended by the "hero's welcome" said the Libyan leader "wasn't welcome" in the state, and he requested that travel restricrecently extended to the man convicted in the Lockerbie bombing over Scotland. tions limit Gaddafi to the area around the United Nations. Officials at the Libyan Embassy in New On Friday, Libyan officials informed York did not return calls seeking comment. Rep. Steve Rothman, a Democrat of New But in an op-ed in the New York Times on Sunday, Saif Al-Islam El-Qaddafi denied Jersey, that Khadafi would not be staying in reports of a "hero's welcome" for Abdel Englewood, according to the congressman's office. Basset Ali al-Megrahi. In a statement, Rothman said he was While defending Megrahi's innocence, he wrote that no Libyan officials were pres- "very pleased" that the Libyan president "will apparently not be coming to ent when the plane landed, and state and foreign news media were barred from the Englewood. His appearance would have presented event. "There was not in fact any official recep- unnecessary safety and security issues tion for the return of Mr. Megrahi," he for the residents of Englewood and the Libyan diplomats."
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t found that the vacancy rate presence in New Jersey have closed in increased from 6.7% at the beginning of the year to 8.2% in July. Of the past year. the roughly 95 million square feet it average of 9.4%. evaluated, more than 7.5 million square feet "The recession has hit consumers in was empty, up from 6.5 million square feet six their pocketbooks and many are shifting months earlier. About a million square feet of toward purchasing necessities such as retail product is currently under construction. food and household supplies at discoun"We anticipate high vacancies to conters such as BJ’s, Costco, Wal-Mart or tinue even after the recession," said Kohl’s and away from discretionary Chuck Lanyard, president of the spending on clothing and luxury items," Goldstein Group, in a statement accomLanyard noted. "Don’t be surprised to panying the report. "Absorption will be see more retailers close stores or f ile slow over the next few years." bankruptcy over the next few months. Yet the news could have been worse, The silver lining in all this turbulence is Lanyard maintained. "Other states are that, for the retailer looking to open a reporting vacancy rates from 11% to new business, there are now excellent 15%," he stated. "It was surprising that opportunities to secure prime locations the rate increased just over 1% from the that normally weren’t available to them beginning of the year. We thought the before. They now can take advantage of rate would be considerably higher. This very favorable rent deals as well. When could also be an indication that landthe economy does rebound, they will lords are assisting retailers stay afloat already be there." during this recession by providing rent Several major retailers with a large concessions, but as we know, this recespresence in New Jersey have closed up sion is far from over." shop in the past year, including Linens Leading the pack with the slimmest ’N Things, Circuit City, Fortunoff and vacancies were the Route 17Kay Bee Toys. Yet several national and Ramsey/Mahwah corridor (2%) and regional retailers have slipped into their Route 17-Rochelle Park/Rutherford subvacant spaces. For example, PC market (3.7%), both in Bergen County. Richards took over three former Circuit The highest vacancies were found along City locations in Woodbridge, East Route 18 in East Brunswick (18%) in Brunswick and Brick, and HomeGoods Middlesex County and the Route 35is set to occupy a former Linens ’N Shrewsbury/Ocean corridor (11.8%) in Things property in West Windsor. Monmouth County. "There are many more deals in negotiaOverall, the scenario in the New tions and we will continue to see some Jersey retail market is mixed. It is one of of these big-box stores being re-leased," the most densely populated states in the Lanyard stated. nation, with the second highest per Moreover, the state is seeing an household median income--$67,035, influx of health club and f itness purveywhich stands 32% higher than the ors and several national and regional national median of $50,233. However, retailers and eateries have targeted the the cost of living in the Garden State is Garden State for expansion, such as 7also 32% higher than the national averEleven, Chipotle, Walgreens and Sonic age and the state’s unemployment rate Restaurants, which opened three outlets has risen to a 17-year high of 9.3%, in Hasbrouck Heights, Totowa and which is slightly below the national Howel
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A breath-taking costal view of Beirut.
Becky Mesrie visiting the famous ruins of Baalbeck. BY BECKY MESRIE Have you heard of Lebanon? Well it is the land where my husband Sammy and I were born and this year, we decided to go back for a visit after 33 years of absence. ou can only imagine our excitement as we boarded the plane that took us from Rome to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. We had so many mixed feelings about it and we were a little apprehensive as to what we would find there. Upon landing, the customs officer examined our American Passport and after seeing that we were born in Lebanon, handed them back to us with a big smile on his face and a warm “welcome home” with the typical “Ahlan wa sahlan”. Our drive from the airport into town was just bewildering: I couldn’t recognize any of the streets as everything had been rebuilt and so many highways served now as the main
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connections between all the boroughs. Big avenues replaced the old small streets that we knew and it felt like a new city to us. Our first stop was of course a visit to our old quarters, the “Wadi Abou Jamil”, where all the Jews lived back in the 60’s and 70’s. Very little is now left of the buildings and the stores that we once knew… Everything was being renovated and redesigned as this once very secluded Jewish area was becoming one of the hottest real estate sections in town now! We walked down the main street and that brought us to our famous Magen Abraham Synagogue: Only the façade of that once majestic building remains. All the holidays and all the weddings used to take place in that Synagogue and I remember spending so much time in its courtyard a long time ago. The war completely destroyed this once beautiful architecture and everything in it was looted years ago. Two huge wooden panels covered the entrance to that building
Sammy Mesrie Standing in front of the historical ruins in Anjar. and we were not allowed to take pictures as guards stood there in silence. Being fluent in my native tongue, I managed to convince the guards to let me take a picture of the building even though a lot of it was somehow hidden by the wild weed that now blocked the whole view. This once important meeting place, where all the community gathered in the old days, was now a deserted shell of a building … We continued our walk and I couldn’t help but think of this very funny thing that was happening to us: Every huge building that we remembered looked so small now: What we thought was a big high riser at the time, now looked just like a mere regular sized building. As we walked on, we realized that the street where we used to live, called “Rue de l’Alliance” completely disappeared! Apparently when the buildings were razed after being destroyed by the war, some important Roman ruins were excavated from
under the rubles. The government was now in the process of moving these ruins out of that area and into the National Museum, to make room for more new high risers. We continued towards the “Arlequin” hill: This was called by that name because there used to be a very famous caterer by the name of Arlequin at the end of that hill. We used to go there to savor all the delicious refined European pastries and it was also renowned for the many artistically designed hors d’oeuvre that were ordered for parties. As I was anxiously looking for some familiar sight, I suddenly saw the famous iron door of my old school. The color had changed but it was still the same door. Yet again, it seemed so much smaller now… I introduced myself to the guard there and after I let him know that I was a former student, he welcomed me eagerly into the vast courtyard.
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Repairs began last month on the shell of Beirut’s biggest synagogue, the Magen Avraham Synagogue.
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Beautiful waterfalls at the famous Fawar Restaurant.
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Contined from page 42 As I walked into the gardens of the school, I heard the bell ring and I saw the students emerge from the classes with that same uniform that I used to wear so many years ago! What an emotional moment this was for me: I started to cry as I remembered how it felt and I wondered how so many years could have flown by so fast…. In the following days, we decided to take organized tours as we realized that it would help us to get to know the country all over again. It was the best decision we could have made! We were reintroduced to the beautiful sights of our land from the North to the South. We visited the ancient town of Sidon, where the oldest Jewish community dated back to the beginning of the 1500’s. The Jewish Quarters had been renovated to look as brand new and yet with the same old charm of that ancient era. We loved strolling thru the old souks as we admired all the handmade work displayed by the locals. It felt like time had stopped in these places, and that technology never made it here. We also visited the town of Tyre, which is the last town south of Lebanon where we lingered admiring the very old ruins that date back to the Roman and Byzantine eras. From that point, we had a clear view of Israel. It seemed so close and yet so far because of the war that separated those two neighboring countries when Israel was born. Byblos was one other stop on our itinerary and it was a unique visit: Known as the
Old Souk in Blybos town. most ancient town in history, dating back to 7,000 years, it is a quaint fishing port renowned for its important strategic point and its role throughout history, in exporting the wood of the Cedars of Lebanon to the neighboring regions. The ancient port is still as it was many generations ago and the restaurants all along its coast were still as crowded as ever. We visited the town of Deir El Qamar which is known as the second town in Lebanon with the highest Jewish population dating back to the 1600’s. At the time, the Princes employed all the Jewish artisans for they were known for being the best carvers and sculptors of their times. The Beitiddine
The street where Becky and Sammy Mesrie use to live. Roman ruins have been found there under the rubble. Palace that we visited is a testimony to their talented work: a lot of the artifacts made by them and exhibited throughout the palace carry the star of David as decoration. One unforgettable trip that we made was to the famous Cedars of Lebanon: A drive of over two hours led us to the most beautiful sight at an altitude of 6,000 Feet above sea level: We were greeted by the huge majestic trees, some of them 1,000 years old and more. The beautiful hike into those woods was well worth it: We really took our time to admire the different sizes and shapes of these exceptional trees. Even though it was already
spring and the weather was just perfect, we noticed a lot of patches of snow still left from the winter that passed. This area is usually a very busy ski resort and a lot of tourists flock to it every year. We also made several trips on the coastal front. The Mediterranean Sea, with its amazing crystal blue color, greeted us all along as we drove to some of the exotic towns on the shore. Needless to say that the weather was just perfect and the sun was shining all the time. We loved revisiting some of the restau-
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Our Trip to Lebanon...Continued from page 43 rants that we used to go to when we were young. Many of them were situated by the shore and they offered spectacular views of the sea. It was so good to rediscover the same old familiar places and to sample the delicious mezzes (small Lebanese salad dishes) that they offered. Every taste and smell would take us so many years back and remind us of certain things that we thought were forever forgotten. Many times, we loved to linger on, way after the end of the meal, just to admire the spectacular sunset. I must say that Sammy made sure to have a hookah whenever it was available and that meant everywhere! He loved the attention he got while smoking it as the waiter would be constantly checking the coal and making
sure that all was to his liking. He felt very special as he was pampered all the time. As if the days were not long enough, we also went out on the town at night: The whole city is bustling just as much and it is crowded in every restaurant and café. It was so good to sit in those sidewalk cafés just people watching while savoring the many different and delicious desserts. It was a wonderful trip and we realized that Beirut is not what it used to be…actually the whole of Lebanon is not what it used to be: It is more modern, colorful and full of energy. There was traffic everywhere even with the new redesigned infrastructure but it was amazing to be able to drive to a neighboring town in less than 15 minutes when it
used to take us an hour and even more years ago. That was some progress! We noticed many of the things that have changed since we left 33 years ago and yet some things never changed: The warm people, the attention to every detail, the delicious food and the beautiful sceneries were all still there. It was very weird to hear everyone speak the language and to pick up the many familiar expressions along the way. You cannot help but wonder how these same warm and welcoming people could have waged such ruthless wars against each other throughout the years. Of course, the gap between rich and poor is only getting bigger as time passes and we asked ourselves how could it still work? No one seems to mind for now but in the long
run, this will definitely create more frictions and more wars. This tiny country of 4 million people is still somehow sort of a miracle story: It has no natural resources and it functions mainly on tourism: Lebanon received over 1.4 million tourists last summer and this year, they already had a million tourists in the month of July alone which is a record high. We wanted to share with you this unique experience that took us so many years back and we tried to focus on the positive throughout the two weeks we were there. It was a nostalgic reunion for us and we were so happy to have finally made it.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl...Continued from page 22 seen on Broadway in The Wild Party and in Seussical (cast recordings). Off-Broadway credits include: Picon Pie (Lamb’s Theatre); A Dybbuk (Public); Mr. President; All in the Timing; Lucky Stiff; Little Shop of Horrors (as Seymour); The Golden Land; The Majestic Kid; Kuni-Leml; and The Grand Tour. National tours include: How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Crazy for You; Applause; Falsettos; Into the Woods; Tintypes. Regional theater credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (as Tevye); Diary of Anne Frank (Syracuse Stage); Miracle Worker (Paper Mill Playhouse); Enter Laughing (BTF); The Sound of Music (Sacramento Music Circus); and Breakin’ Up is Hard to Do (Capital Rep, Albany, Ogunquit Playhouse). Television credits include: “30 Rock,” “Law & Order,” “All My Children,” and “One Life to Live.” He can be seen in the film Greta, starring Hilary Duff. Cheryl Stern (Mrs. Van Daan) currently appears off-Broadway in Don’t Leave it All to Your Children. Broadway credits include: The Women (filmed for PBS), Candide (NYCO), and Laughing Room Only. She has appeared in the national tours of: A Grand Night for
Singing, Les Miserables, Evita, and Fiddler on the Roof. Off- Broadway credits include the following at the Transport Group: 27 Rue de Fleurus (as Alice B. Toklas, Urban Stages), Being Audrey (as Claire), First Lady Suite (Mamie Eisenhower), and Requiem for William. Other off-Broadway credits include: I Love You ,You’re Perfect.., Game Show, That’s Life!, and The Immigrant. Regional theater credits include: Maryanne in Hats! at the New Denver Civic Theatre; Dr. Gorgeous in Sisters Rosensweig at Geva/Studio Arena; Bella in Lost in Yonkers at Tennessee Rep; Cordelia in Falsettos at Barrington Stage; Flora in No Way to Treat a Lady in Hartford; and Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Cape Playhouse. Television credits include: “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns,” “Law and Order: CI,” and “Sondheim: a Celebration at Carnegie Hall” (PBS). She can be seen in the film Brooklyn Lobster with Jane Curtin and Danny Aiello. MacLeod Andrews (Peter Van Daan) has been seen in New York in: Somewhere in the Pacific; Hang Up; No End of Blame (Atlantic Stage 2); Too Much Memory (Stuart,
NYTW); Nobody (Kash, Rising Phoenix); and Slipping (Jake, Rattlestick). Regional credits include: Othello (Montano, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival) and The Bewitched, (Kennedy Center-Terrace Theater). Film credits include: Inside Voices; Tuesday Morning; Burst; Portraiture (MTV Top 25 Films on Campus); Inside Out; and Keep Your Distance. Andy Prosky (Announcer/Koophius /Dussel) has been seen in New York in: King Lear (Lincoln Center); Titus Andronicus (NYSF); Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, and Much Ado About Nothing (Pearl Theatre); and Swimming with Sturgeon (Abingdon). Regional credits include: Walnut Street, ATL, CATF, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, and Dallas Theatre Center. Television and film credits include: “John Adams,” “E.R.,” “Law and Order,” Men in Black, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Doubting Thomas. About the Panelists Long regarded as one of the country’s foremost literary luminaries, Cynthia Ozick attracts as much praise for her morally rigorous essays as for her powerful fiction.
Counted among her impressive works of fiction are The Shawl (1989), The Puttermesser Papers (1997), and Heir to the Glimmering World (2004). The essay collections Art and Ardor (1983), Metaphor and Memory (1989), Fame and Folly (1996), and Quarrel and Quandary (2000) cover a remarkable range of subjects, from screen adaptations of Henry James to the political exploitation of Anne Frank.Ozick has also written poetry, drama, and countless articles and reviews. Neil Baldwin is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts, at Montclair State University, where he teaches dramaturgy, theatre theory, and criticism. He also serves as the co-chair of the NYU Biography Seminar. A widely-published cultural historian, Dr. Baldwin is the author of Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate (National Jewish Book Award Finalist, 2002), and The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country From the Puritans to the Cold War (2005 Wall Street Journal Editor’s Choice), among other books.
The Sephardic Community Center is Going Green...Continued from page 23 gallon plastic milk jug will save enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for 11 hours; and recycling a one-foot high stack of newspapers saves enough electricity to heat a home for 17 hours! Lowering the thermostat from 70 to 65 can save up to 10% of heating costs. It is possible and easy to save energy, save money, and protect the environment if we reduce, reuse, and recycle! To raise awareness and help you learn how to reduce your environmental impact, the SCC is holding its first Green Fair on Sunday, September 13, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Fun, interactive exhibits and eco-booths run by numerous environmental groups and
“green” experts will help you calculate your carbon and water footprint and learn simple ways to preserve water at home. You can see a solar panel close-up and whether your own home can go solar. There will be displays to answer whether to dump the plastic bottled water habit, learn the difference between natural, free-range and organic foods, and why eating local is all the rage. There will be park representatives and park rangers, home, beauty and nutritional products, and plenty of takeaways to help you shop for “clean and green” for yourself and your family. The day of the fair, you can bring your worn out athletic shoes, clean clothes, linens and other
textiles, cell phones and rechargeable batteries to recycle. The Call2Recycle Mobile Educational Trailer will be outside the SCC for you to play interactive games, test your recycling knowledge, and win prizes! For children 3 – 8 years old, a lively, interactive puppet show, “Perfectly Penguin!” presented by the Wildlife Theater from the Central Park Zoo, at 11:00 AM, will answer why polar bears don’t eat penguins, how penguins survive their harsh habitat, and how recycling a bottle in Brooklyn can help a polar habitat thousands of miles away. For more information about the SCC and the Green Fair, contact Linda Eber at 718-
954-3154. As the Center gets greener, so can you! It’s not just for us today, but is for our children, and all the generations to come! Test your recycling knowledge, play games, and win prizes at the Call2Recycle Mobile Education Trailer. Learn how rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling helps conserve our natural resources. The Wildlife Theater from the Central Park Zoo inspires people of all ages to learn and care about our natural world through interactive and participatory performances using drama, puppetry, games, and songs.
Lane and Tom Dixon. He has also designed memorable spaces, some plastic and tactile, others digital and etherial such as the lobby of the Tel Aviv Opera House and the Holon Design Museum, Israel. Theater News At Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E 4 St., "Promising" by Pam Dickler. On his way to
a Norfolk Street synagogue to fulfill one of his father's last wishes, Ben learns from modern residents that the more things change in the Village the more its spirit survives.
People & Places...Continued from page 37 Now at MoMA Ron Arad stands out among the most influential designers of our time for his daredevil approach to form, structure, technology, and materials in work that spans the disciplines of industrial design, sculpture, architecture, and mixed-medium installation. Arad was born in Tel Aviv in 1951 and stud-
ied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and design in Jerusalem. In 1973 he moved to London, where he attended the Architectural Assn. School of Architecture, and in 1981, together with Caroline Thorman, he opened One Off, a gallery-studio for experimental design that showed not only his work but also that of fellow freethinkers such as Danny
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Financial District/ 15 Broad Street: Beautiful studio, 1 BA, w/open kit, 11 ft ceilings, oak floors, washer/dryer, pool, gym, private parking, loc CC/ full tax abetment. $825K for sale by owner. 516-776-1747Financial District/ 15 Broad Street: Beautiful studio, 1 BA, w/open kit, 11 ft ceilings, oak floors, washer/dryer, pool, gym, private parking, loc CC/ full tax abetment. $825K for sale by owner. 516-776-1747
Apartment For Rent Harlem: Apts avail, 2 BR’s, $2200, 3 BR’s $2800, 4 BR’s $3100. Broker ownere, 1 BR’s from $1350 + up. Close to Central Park + Columbia U. Contact Joseph 212-749-0410
Midtown Manhattan: Beautiful 4 story building, 10,500 sq ft with 3 flrs of night clubs, 1 kitchen, 3 bthrms, 3 DJ booths, 4th flr, 1000 sq ft, owners apt. building can be delivered vacant. 516-483-6045
86th St. West: pre-war, doorman bldg, BRIGHT 2 BR Hi, Flr, NO FEE. $3900/mo 212-724-8774
Gorgeous 1 Bedroom apartment in Midtown West, Doorman, Roof Deck, $2350, 1 Month Free! Contact Sharon 917-754-2198.
60’s East Luxury-Apts for rent COME IN AND STAY AWHILE! Short-term and long term leases just steps away from central park. Call us today to see what we are all about! Visit our website: helsleycarltonhouse.com THE HELMSEY CARLTON 680 Maf Ave (61 St) 212-838-3000 x2002
Huge 2 Bedroom/2 Bath Luxury apartment on the Upper West side, 1 block from Central Park. $4,500 Contact Sharon 917-754-2198
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent OFFICE/ SHOWROOM FOR RENT NYC 25th St W#151 3rd flr. Sublease, 3,000sf showroom/ offices. Excellent condition, avail 9/1. No reasonable offer refused. Call 718-257-9101 Ask for Lloyd.
Business for sale Travel agency for sale. Call 212-994-2033/Marc 14 yrs in business, NYC location
Phone & Mail Services $99.00/mo Mail Services Only $48.50/mo • Full Support Services • Furnished Offices • Conference rooms (Hourly Rental) • Beautiful Full Floor Corporate Setting • Attended Reception Area At 110 Wall Street 11th Floor 1-800-205-7685 Fax: (212) 943-2300 Email: sri@sri-ny.com www.sri-ny.com NYC Office for rent NO FEE!!! 1650 Broadway Office in central Midtown. Approx 150 sq ft south facing 24 hr bldg access. Rent includes electric & nightly cleaning. 1 or 2 year lease avail. Security TBD Caran Properties Realty LLC Rebecca M Mason 212207-1803 Cell 917-861-3111
Dental specialty practice-Manhattan Multi specialist practice seeks specialist Partners and/or practice purchaser. Conv Picturesque loc with good referral base, lease And equip 212-228-2505; Fax (212)228-2585
Help wanted NY Dental front desk Friendly team player for modern group practice. Downtown Manhattan 2 yrs exp. Knowledge of dentist & PPO’s pref. 212-978-7680
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Bensonhurst: co-op for sale, Sat&Sun, 2-7 pm, 2 BR, co-op for sale. MAny clostes, huge lr, nice kit, new cabinets, doors, windows & terrace. Great views. G&E incl. Near all. Owner: 646-361-2101
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2626 E. 14th Street: Brand new executive suites available 200-2500 sq ft FREE ELEC, HVAC, INTERNET & MORE! Beaut completely renov prof’l & medical office bldg. Across bus stop & Q/B trains. All inqs Email: Daniel@hampshirepop.com or call 718-692-4181 x110
Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt. Call cell: 347-489-4485
Lower East Side: 1+2 BR, from $1300, No fee. DH Realty. Call 212-226-8400
Retail space Manhattan 1st to 5th ave #93 Nassau St, sorner Fulton, Huge selling bsmnt avail. Corner windows Pedestraian only mall. Huge foot traffic. Good Many uses. $9950.00/mo. Neg. 212-687-4017/ 212-292-2704
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LONG ISLAND Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
Co-op for sale/ Bronx Co-op sale! Newly renovated 1 bdrm, Nr, Yankee Stadium, gated building, No brokers. Please call 718-793-1331 Barry or Lillian @ 718-993-3446, $175K
BEECHHURST/WHITESTONE: On site agents. Doorman, pool, pkg, pet friendly, dock. 1BR, priced to sell! $210,000. 2 BR, ren kit/bth $389,500. 2 BR, terrace, bridge/ waterview $415,000. 3BR, 2 bth, bridge/ waterview $550,000. 4 BR, 3bth, den, bridge/ waterview$774,000. www.stationrealty.com 718-279-4800
CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160
STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
135 East 57th Street Premises: Alice Kwartler, Pierre Michel Salon Space A: 2,500 sf Ground lvl; 600 sf Basement lvl 3,125 Upper lvl; 600 sf Lower lvl
15th Avenue, Near Kengsington- 6 fam apt building, 3 vacancies and 3 RS. No rent control. Priced for quick sale. Call: 845-658-1007 10am-4pm
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QUEENS CO-OP FOR SALE-BK Marine pk, 4 br tudor, 40x100 Lot, pvt drv, 1 car gar, fin bsmnt. COAST TO COAST REALTY. 718-787-9200; 917-468-2633
Space B: 4,730 sf Ground lvl; MT. Morris Park/ Clinton: 1 BR w/ Jacuzzi, Hardwood floors, exposed brick $1500/mo. Call owner 917-676-5303
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622 Third Avenue Premises: Wild Salmon 22,000 sf of Exquisite Tri-level Restaurant Space 6,000 sf Grnd Lvl 3,000 sf Mezzanine Lvl 13,000 sf Lower Lvl
Space C: Approx 5,000 sf 3rd Fl Retail/Showrm/Office
Prudential Douglas
Prudential Douglas
Elliman 212-418-2020
Elliman 212-418-2020
222 East 59th Street Premises: Scalamandre D&D Building Showroom Space 2,675 sf Ground Lvl 2,475 sf Mezzanine Lvl 7,070 sf Second Lvl 1,000 sf Outdoor Terrace
Prudential Douglas Elliman 212-418-2020
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Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339
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
Lawrence: Causeway Builder’s Home, near golf course, yacht club, tennis club. Great location. $1.35M 516-239-0051
Ave J/ East 15th: 2 BR apt with new floors, 2 flights up, near all. Call 718-692-4181 Ext 110
Sidney NY: Large 4 bdrms, historical hom,e on 2 acres, near schools, places of worship + college needs TLC,. Great investment. $85,000. Ernie 607-563-1020
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
Apartment for sale 101 Old Mamaroneck Rd. #S11 White Plains, NY Sunday 07/12/09 from 1-4, Gorgeous co-op, flexible 2 bedroom located near Young Israel or Hebrew institute. A truly one of a kind completely renovated apartment, that feels like a house. Nancy Rein-Raphael, Sotheby’s International Realty Licensed Salesperson. Certified Home Buyer’s Representative. (Cell) 914-588-8705
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NY STATE Albany Area: SUPER LOCATION, beautifully restored 1840 s farmhouse with 16,000 sq ft barn on 15 park like acres. Turnkey business available. 15 minutes from Downtown Albany. Call Betty at 518-732-2436 or 518-423-9996. Must see to appreciate.
S FALLSBURG, NY Lg, 3 Br house, 3bth, Brand new, pvt in ground pool. Avail July. Call: 914-737-3915
BARGAIN BARNS & FARMS! 5 acres - Barn/Old House $49,900, 7 acres - Huge Barn/Pond - $89,900 7 acres - Farmhouse/ Barn - $129,900 Three gorgeous country locations in Upstate NY! Add’l acreage available! 866-783-1275 or www.upstateNYland.com For more info! Buy in September & pay N0 closing costs! Hurry!
Lawerence: Builder’s home, near golf course, yacht club, great location! Asking 1.35M. Call owner 516-239-0051
WOODMERE/ WOODSBURGH: 5 mins, 5 BR, 4.5 bth, fin bsmt, HW flrs, C/AC, kosher gourmet, granite kit, new bths, den/frplc, cul-de-sac. In eruv, walkable to all shuls. Must see! $1299M. Please Call 917-687-0754
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Sacandaga Lake in Upstate NY 184’ of sandy shoreline w/ gradual grade/ gorgeous panoramic views, 2 BD/ 1.5 bth, ranch on level lot. Close to Marinas/ yacht club, 3 hrs from NYC, nr Saratoga + Albany. Own a piece of paradise for $525K. Contact 518-661-5358 View@ www.426lakeside.com WOODSIDE, NY 2 family brick house detached. Property is 4000 sq. ft. 5 bdrms, 3 bths. CALL ANNCURRAN @ WAGNER&KELLY REAL ESTATE 646-508-3292
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
GREAT BUY! Two family house 4 sale, one acre of land w/horse barn. 1 & ½ hourse to NYC. Income $1,300 per mo. $275K Neg 914-512-4361 or 914-393-6759
GREAT BUY Amityville Village Legal 3 fam. (1)2BR (2)1 BR units, det’d gar, Low taxes, good cond, fully Occupied. $409K 631-905-6189
Forshay/ Suffurn: Home for sale by owner, owner relocating, needs to move soon. 6 BR colonial on parkway, cul-de-sac, new windows, basement apt, deck, pool + hot tub, near shuls $630K. Call Bruce 845-494-3919
4 bdrm, 2bth, large living room Family room, kitchen, den Two Story detached garage. New windows, insulation, siding and roof on all Please contact Michelle 716-462-6478 Or look at the website: GIL8.com under Village Gem Asking $129,500.00
Vacation homes for sale Catskills: Seeking partner to buy 2 fam home in Woodbourne (2 Floors-10 rms) Must have good credit. Approx $20,00 investment 718-972-1552, 718-972-0161 or 917-971-8357
MONROE Grand Mansion estate. 33 acre lake front parcel w/7k square foot mansion, pool, tennis court, 2 guest houses and more. 1 hour from NYC. $3.5M CALL: 212-206-9939 www.camelotrealtygroup.biz Monticello Area for sale Lakefront home 8,000 sq ft with full Apartment, separate entrance on 200 lake Frontage w htd mikvah or swimming pool Across from shule nice jewish community Lake OK for motorboating. 845-794-8510 845-798-4805 Homes for sale 4 Bedroom, 3 bthm only $55,000!. Priced to sell!! Won’t last!! For listings call: 800-366-0412 xT472
HORTON & COLLEGE Spacious 7 BR,3 BTHS, 6 yr young, Huge DR/LR, 9 ft. ceilings, eat in kosher kitchen, C/A, appliances,deck,closets galore,ideal mother/ Daughter or home/business. MIC Price Reduced Call Owner 845-356-5566 LAWRENCE: BUILDERS HOME, NEAR GOLF COURSE, YACHT CLUB, TENNIS CLUB, GREAT LOCATION. 516-239-0051 Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
Small Bungalow colony 70 beautiful acres to buildings, a ring around swimming pool, needs TLC. Features a small lake with historic store den, waterfalls, streamhills, valleys and lots of trees. Less than 35 miles from the George Washington Bridge in scenic Sullivan County (Mountaindale) Asking $579K. Call Joyce David 718-875-2000
Vacation 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 Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900. Owner 914-213-3902
Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
Riverhead: 2 BR/2BA, gourmet kit, granite counters, vaulted ceil, pond front, bch rights, pool, clbhse, tennis, low taxes/ low maint. $310K 516-241-1625
Vacations homes for sale Liberty/ Loon/ Sheldrake: Open house, June 28th, noon to 4 pm, 2 BRs, 2 bths, CAC, deck, YD crowd, heated pool, extras. 845-436-9212
Vacation homes for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bath, deeded lake nights, walk to orthodox shul. 516-662-3045 Hyde Park, NY: beau brick house, 3 BR, 2 bth, fin, attic, bsmt, reno kit, $300,000. Nader 845-742-2762 Wesley Hills/ Pomona, SALE/RENT: New construction. 5 BR, 3 bth, C/H col, large kitchen, DR, great rm, C/A & heat. Deck, 3 car garage. Near shuls/ shops. Priced right. 914-260-4094 POCONOS LAKEFRONT- BEAUTY 4-5 BR RANCH, PLAY ROOM, HOT SUB, DOCK + BOAT, GIGANTIC SCREENED IN PORCH 160 FT OFF SHORELINE IN AMENITY FILLED, GATED, HOMELOCK FARMS COMMUNITY, A PLEASANT COUNTRY, WALK TO CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA, PICNIC TABLES AND OLYMPIC SIZED POOL, NEAR SKIING, HIKING + MORE. PERFECT FOR CHILDREN AND ACTIVE RETIREES. $475K. FURNITURE OPTIONAL 410-730-7265 Forshay: Home for sale by owner, owner relocating needs to move soon. 6 BR colonial, park like property on cul-de-sac, new windows, bsmt apt, deck pool + hot tub near shills. 6.30K Call Bruce 845-494-3199
MONSEY exclusives: Large Home with Shul. Beaut 8000sf, 80 acres, Bais med seats 150-200. Comm’l kit, parking 30+ cars, 6 BR’s, 4 bths, lrg EIK, pvt study w/ sep entr. Large DR, LR, Mbth w/jcz, huge succah rm w/retractable roof, intercom, surveillance, alarm & much more! Must see! NEWLY RENOVATED HOME, Spectacular 4000sf high ranch, 60 acres, nr R’Schlessingers shul, 7 br, 4bths, new granite EIK, heated flrs, SS applncs, sky lites, deck, sparkling above inground pool. All new windows, heating, AC, boiler & roof. 2 car att gar. Must see! $779K CHOICE RESIDENTIAL BLDG LOT 1.02 acres, quiet cul-desac, near R’Schlessingers shul, this one of a kind loc will not last! THE WORLD REALTY GROUP 908-355-1717 OR 845-356-6088
Shilo Rd.: 4 Bedroom, 2.5 baths, CAC, fenced yard with a large patio and hot tub on ¾ acres. Reduced 4,400,000 Please Call:l 732-536-4767
BROOKLYN McDonald + Avenue U, 2 fam, handyman special. 646-644-8808 Clinton Hill: 2 Bdrm/ 2 bth coop “Wilouby Walk” Built in AC Doorman, full security Nr Pratt Institute, close to all. Nr subway $415K Neg. Contact 718-857-3036 or 646-644-6436
Boro Park, 53 St 10 Ave: 5 fam house, 23 x 71, 3 stories + fin bsmt. Can convert to 3 fam. Ask $1.288M. Mint cond 917-509-6154
FOR SALE BY OWNER Brick 2 family, 2 bedroom duplex, wa;l-in. 2 bedroom apt. totally renovated. Sheepsead Bay, Gravesend Area. 646-644-8802 Boro Park: 53 st/10 Ave 5 fam house. 23x71, 3 stories + fin bsmt. Can convert to 3 fam. Ask $1.288M. Mint Cond. 917-509-6154
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 Midwood open house sun June 28th 1-4pm 1397 E 17 St. (M&N) 17’ wide 4BR semi w/pvt parking, fin bsmt w/ sep entr & hospitality suite. Homesite Realty 917-250-5615 Lisashomesite.com $699K
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 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 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 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
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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!
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
LOGAN STREET: Brand new 3 family house, beautiful 1.5 BA, wood floors, porch and driveway. Call: 347-683-1923 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
Marine Park: Brick house semi detached, 3 units, 7.5 rms, 3 Br duplex-2x4.5 rooms. Rentable apts. 2 2brs in each apt. Call owner 718-377-1536
Boro Park, 53 St/10th Ave: 5 fam house. 23x71, 3 stories + fin bsmt. Can convert to 3 fam. Ask $1.288M. Mint cond 917-509-6154
2626 E. 14th St. Brand new executive suites available 2002500 sq ft. FREE ELEC, HVAC, INTERNET & MORE! Beaut completely renov prof’l & medical office bldg. Across bus stop & Q/B trains. All inqs Email: Daniel@hampshieprop.com or call 718-692-4181 x110
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
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
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
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
STATEN ISLAND Dongon Hills: 1 fam, S/D, 4 Br, 2.5 bths, solid oak cabinets throughout kitchen, CAC, fin bsmt, hwd flrs, attic, deck, lg backyard, plenty of storage space, pvt drvwy. $470K, owner. 718-980-0587
Westerleigh: 1 Bdrm, all new appl + upgrades, EIK, close to bus & shopping. Priced to sell. $274,900. Negotiable 917-658-5462
Staten Island 1869 Richmond Terr. M1 Zone. 26,947 sq ft. Please CallFor more information: 718-258-4222
QUEENS/BRONX New Hyde Park: Herricks, 4 BR, 1.5 Ba, huge fin bsmt, IGS, prvt lg yard, updated, MINT $535K. Neg. 516-698-1650
Deep Pace Gardens, Little Neck: Rare upper corner unit, fully renovated, 2 BR, 3 ACs, DW/WD, newly caroeted, low maint. 460 sq ft, brand new 1.5 bths. Contact Felice 718-631-8913
Kew Garden Hills: 2 story det house. Recent renovation. Excel loc. 718-261-4156
Kew Garden Hills: Fully renov 1 fam det home. 4 BR, 2.5 bth, fin bsmt, bkyrd, drvwy. $770K. 917-519-6110
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
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.
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 N. Maine: Lakeview restaurant, lounge + campground in N Maine, specializing in seafood and steak. With spectacular views of 175 acres of long lake. Snow mobile/ ATV trials. Converge + campsites. Pricing Neg. 207-227-0556
250 Acre farm in SOUTHVIRGINIA, Bland county + (I) Home + A old farm house which was built in the 1900’s. beautiful views. Hunter’s Paradise. Please contact 276-496-5200 WEST
Vermont, Benson: incredible mountain views, 3 BR, 2 BA, 2700 sq ft chalet, on 4.5 wooded acres, 5 years old, close to ski areas, many amenities. $265,000 802-236-2923
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Puerto Rico Anguilla, BWI: 1995 built large ground level house. 2100 sq ft interior, 2100 sq ft terrace & veranda. Property on 0.6 acre. 3 bdrms, 3 bathrooms, etc. US $1,750/neg. Never underestimate the power of local knowledge! Phone: 264-497-6221
Ohio Cash cow! 10 single family homes $250,000 Monthly cash flow: $5,200.00 10homesale.com 1-800-913-6810
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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
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Virginia, Randolph: 52,29 Acres Cut-over, road frontage on 2 sides. Includes well + septic. Nr Hwy 746 + Hwy 750 quiet & peaceful. $135K. Contact 434-454-6374
Poconos Lakefront Beauty: 4-5 BR ranch, plus game room, hot tub, dock and boat, gigantic screened in porch. 160 feet off shoreline in amenity filled, gated community, a pleasant country walk to children’s play area, picnic tables and Olympic sized pool, near skiing, hiking + more. Great for children & active retirees. $475K, furniture optional. 410-730-7205
Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.
PA, for sale All one acre house, 3 homes, 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths each, 2 homes have 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ bths each. Three ranch style. Two log homes. Price 255,000825,000. ALL BRODERING CAMP D. GOLDEN
Delaware County GREAT BUY!!! Delaware County, 21.8 acres. Three bedrooms, 2 full bths. Full size bsmt. 40x56 Barn w/a stream. $339,900. Must sell, owner 607-265-3431
North Canaan: 57 acres corner, sub dvdbl, with horse stable, 4 BR, 4 bth, brick w/ in apt, 6 car gar, asking $1.2 M Bkr. Carol 203-459-9848 Call Sal 203-758-8420
Out of State Lots Sale/N. Carolina NC Mntns- 2 ½ ac homesite, spectac vu. High alt, easy access, paved rd, secl, Bryson city, $39,950. owner financing 800-810-1590 www.wildcatknob.com
Charming 3 Story Chateaux: Secure, private, scenic area. Ideal for busy, CEO, designer, author. 4 BDRM, 2 family rooms, 3 FP, 2-1/2 BA, office, atrium, 3 decks. Excellent access to POCONOS, PA Turnpike, NE extension, 1-809, Blue Rt. 476. Avail Immediately. Private sale $499,000 reduced. Elegant furniture negotiable. Phone/ Fax 610-543-0711
MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210
New Hampshire, Washington 24 wooded acres, Town Rd w/electric & access to boat launching ramp for half moon pond. $5000 per acre 914-592-8414
Butler PA: Single fam $575,000. 4 large BRs, high & EIK, DR, great rm, LR, office, Laundry rm, Fin bsmt, in-law apt, CAC, all totally redone, basement garage + new 2 car heated garage/workshop, large lot on quiet street, near shopping & schools, spacious home in mint condition. Asking 575,000. Make offer, Call 570-785-2305
PA HOUSE FOR SALE TROUT RUN 2 CABINS/HOMES ON SAME PARTIAL WITH GARAGE ON 3 ACRES OF LAND. LARGE MAN MADE WELL STOCKED LAKE. EXC HUNTING. $94K OBO. OWNER 570-327-1305
House for sale North Carolina Certified energy star home Arts & Crafts Classic construction. New green home, 3 BR, 2 ½ bth, contemporary, 2100 sq ft, 7 acre. Additional acreage avail. 2008 Asheville Parade of homes$682,508 828-545-4931 or 828-545-8086
Berkshires, Mass, Unique New England B+B 7 BR w/ baths can also be used as a restaurant or residence, energy efficient additional/ 12 acres land can be subdivided, plus building with antique shop nr Norman Rockwell Museum/ Jacobs pillow + much more contact 413-329-8090 $849,900.00 Email: Jespos7249@aol.com
House for sale PA Pocono Lakefront beauty 4-5BR ranch + game rm & giant scrnd-in porch, deck, dock, boat & hot tub; excel pvcy w/160’(l) of shoreline in amenity filled hemlock Farms gtd commu, ideal for grandkids & active retirees; 1:40 to GWB, 475K + furn opt 410-730-7205 pocono-lakefronts.com/hemlocl.htm
5 star resorts nationwide. We have the greatest rates. Time shares-With no time share tours *Rentals for the upcoming Olympics/ Dayona in Feb + The PGA. Disney World + many spectacular events. *Call for our vacation booklet* Contact Vacation Property Liquidators 877-897-2288 www.vpliquidators.com
Ave T & Ocean Ave: 2 BRs, plus garage. E 13 st bet I & K, walk up one bedroom, 1st & 2nd flrs. No broker-Owner 718-236-3199
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 Midwood: Newly renovated 3 ½ room-1 BR modern kitchen and bathroom, parquet floors, MIC, near shopping, transportation + houses of worship. Call 718-859-5964
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 THREE 3 FAMILY HOMES ON 80X100LOT ASKING $975K ALSO 3 BR APT FOR RENT. R7A ZONE. CALL BROKER 646-207-7151
BoroPark49Stcorner12Ave: New on market 400 sq ft $1650 neg. Owner 718-435-2603
Ave T/ Low East- 1 family for sale or rent 40 x 100 detached, 3 BR, 2 Bth, huge LR, DR Hi-ceiling + private drive, finished basement included. Call owner 347-513-1193
6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110
GRAVESEND: 3 Room ultra mod $1000 & studio $750. Call Fran Rizzo agt 646-207-5087
Boro Park, 20 w/53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 BRs, new kit, bsmt, drv. Nr stores, shuls F train. Asking $3000/mo nego. Call 718-258-4824
House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087
QUEENS
Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
House for rent Hamptons Hampton Beach House: On the ocean, Dune Rd., 3 BR, 2 BA, lrge deck on top w/ 360 degree views, newly renov. Available now. For details, 914-490-5115 Vacation property Southampton Waterfront Estate7BR w/5 master BR suites, pool, tennis, volleyball courts, boat/dock, elev, game room/gym. 917-418-6872. View website homerentals.com Property ID 40506
WOODMERE: 1 BR, 1.5 Bth, newly renovated, private garage w/ separate entrance includes all utilities gas + electric. Near all shopping, transportation and shuld. Call 516-524-8378 or 516-612-4656
N.Y. STATE Goshen, NY: Restaurant for lease. The ground floor incorporates a magnificent restaurant and cocktail lounge. Includes large windows overlooking the Gosher Kitchen historic track first turn. For details contact 845-394-6911 FORSHAY: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent. Reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845 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 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 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
Kew Garden Hills. 2 STORY DET HOUSE. RECENT RENOVATION. EXCEL LOCATION. 718-261-4156
Beautiful 24 acre standard Breed horse farm. Located in central Delaware with 22 stalls. Pond & Track included. Visit www.sandielanefarm.com 732-634-0712, Lisa
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
MA, BERKSHIRES: Beautiful lots, prime building lots. Great views, undergrnd util + sewer. Check www.kingsmontlanesite.com or call 413-442-5445. Judith King
Greenwich, CT: 203-661-7777, All rental offerings, homes, land + condos. Engle + Voeikers. www.engelvoeilkers.com/greenwich. Search all properties online
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 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 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
BROOKLYN Huge building Approx 4000 sq ft, large parking lot, ideal for drive in bank, fast food restaurant, office, convenience/ drug store, pizza shop. 347-693-6189 East 35th St/ Kings Hwy: 1 BR bsmt apt, freshly painted, private entrance. Gas & electric included. $850 718-677-5759 or 347-262-3853
Sheepshead Bay: 1 BR apt, private entrance on ground floor, modern kitchen, fully tiled bthrm, close to shopping & trans. Move in condition. Avail Sep 1st. Call Sue 917-648-4112 Credit check req. KITCHEN SPACE, GROUND FLR PREF. F LATBUSH/BORO PARK AREA 917-295-5425 Greenspring: 2.5 bths, kosher kitchen, deck, large backyard, beautiful home. 3 years young! Call 718-338-8712 or 901-255-2794 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 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)
House For Rent 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. 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 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
Boro Park: 49 St Corner 12 Ave New on market! Completely renov 1 BR. New kit, all new applncs. 400 sq ft. $1,650 neg. OWNER 718-435-2603
QUEENS/BRONX FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
Roommate wanted Seeking female roommate, ages 30-60 to share Kew Gardens apt. Asking $500/mo. Call 718-441-0403
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LONG ISLAND Babylon West 631-376-1510 COUNTRY LAKE VILLAS ADULT COMMUNITY, New Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms, washer/dryer in each unit
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
OUT OF STATE 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 For sale in Bensonhurst: Grocery/ Deli 10,000 Neg. 7 year lease, $1200/mo. In building, everything. Call Mario, 917-340-8489
Pizza shop for sale, great location, Boro Park area, large store, heavy traffic. Call 646363-8425 for more info.
Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681
Midwood, Office space 1 new office avail now, 2nd flr Coney Island between N-O Aves, 3 rooms internet ready. Brand new must see. 400 sq ft. $1,200 month. Call 347528-3070, over looking backyard
Business for sale set up as a restaurant or banquet hall. Coney Island Avenue location. Call for details 646-644-8808
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
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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
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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 x 100 ft, 2500sq ft warehouse, 20th Street and 3rd Ave, Brooklyn. 4000 Net lease. Neg. Call 718-238-2352
BROOKLYN: 11th Ave/63rd St: beautiful, flexible space for rent. 3000 sq ft office/ showroom/retail. Call 718-869-2005pm. 198 Delux room Motel Completely renovated in 2006. Tropical Pavillion Lge indoor POOL, Whirlpool Priced @ $26,000 per room. $5,148,000.00. 40% of replacement cost. Arrange own financing principles only. 877-599-8526
QUEENS Restaurant For Sale Main St. Queens. Prime Location10 Years in Business 718-763-5717
NY STATE SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200 West Islip Prof/ Med Space For rent 1295 sq ft., pvt 1st flr entr, 4 rms w.2ba, complete hi end reno. $2995/mo. Owner 917-648-5966
Commercial Property/ Nassua Cedarhurst: Beautiful bldg near JFK, showroom offices and warehouse, loading dock, approx. 16,000 sq ft. Call 516-448-4393 Rhode Island Commercial Property for sale FOR SALE Exceptional Subdivision Route 1, South Kingstown Preliminary approval on four prime lots near water, 5+ acres each! Rolling meadows with trees. Rural but close to town. High and dry, standard septic. Horses allowed. Some second-story water views. Walk to water, beach and marina. $1.895M 314-414-0070 FREEPORT: Industrial Park Machine Shop & Warehse w/ ofc space. Loc in Empire- Hub Zone FOR SALE-CALL 516-623-0865
36-Hole golf course, excel cond; 18-hole par 72, 6900 yards: 18-hole par 67, rated best in Niagra Falls, ONTARIO, CANADA, $7.5M 904-910-1126
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Periera, Columbia Appx 50,000 mtrs Best lux residential area. La Julita close to Pinares de San Martin $12M US 860-514-1813
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
MA: CAPE COD-WELLFLEET Harbor/ Marsh view, 3 BR, 2 ½ BA, walk to beach, marina and shops. Only week of 8/22. $1600. 413-519-2216
Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent. Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274
Aruba Divi phoenix on Palm Beach/ Ocean Frnt/ 2 Br penthouse-sleeps 8, weeks 51 & 52, Dec.19-Jan 2. asking $11,000 for 2 wks or $6,000 per wk. Plasma TV/ Wahser/ Dryer. Just built. Mitchell 732-259-5525 or montagtex3@aol.com
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
BORO PARK NEW UTRECHT/47TH ST 450 sf good for both store and office 19800 sf also available Call: 718-437-3126 lv msg
16th Ave, 49th Streetbrand new bsmnt, For professional use, 860 sq ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central A/C, many windows. Call: 718-435-9366
Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for light manufacturer Or warehousing 1 passenger freight elevator. Nr all trans. Avail. Immed. 718-541-4997
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BROOKLYN 2626 E 14th St. Brand new office space available 200 to 1000 sq ft. FREE ELEC, HVAC, INTERNET & MORE! Beaut completely renov, profl & medical office bldg. across bus stop & Q/B trains. All inquiries, Email: Daniel@hampshireprop.com or call 718-692-4181 x11
Park Slope Area: building for rent for new 5000 sq ft 40x112 + mezzanine. 23 ft ceiling, oversized electric door, 3 offices, 2 bths, CACm 10 min from battery tunnel. Call 347-452-4179 or 845-255-6595 E New York: 1 Story warehouse!!! 20,000sf divisible for two. $6/sf. L Train. 14’ ceiling. Nice offices. Oren 516-398-2368 imir.oren@gmail.com FUNERAL HOME for rent/ sale in the heart of Wlmsbrg 197 Franklin Ave corner of Willoughby. For info pls email es@almod.com or Call 718-801-0341 Office Space BROOKLYN SUITE OFFICE SUITES FOR RENT. Hi End luxury suite, beaut conference rm, furn ofc, new phone & internet sys, prkg & 24 access.200200sq ft avail. Call Israel 646-233-6336
OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748
Office for rent Bensonhurst, good for services, good condition, close to subway, shopping & schools. Block off 86th St. Price negotiable. 646-944-5209
KINGS HIGHWAY, BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT BY OWNER IN A NEW BUILDING. *PLAZA* 2ND FLOOR. 1500 SQ FT, 2 BTHRMS, PARKING, CENTRAL HVAC. EXCELLENT FINISH, PRIME LOCATION, BUSY AREA. EXCELLENT FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RENT NEGOTIABLE 917-295-7529 OR 347-992-2722 Park Slope 781 4th Ave Corner of 27th St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area. Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail Box Store, Hair Salon, NO FOOD, No Grocery. Reasonable & Negotiable. Call Owner 718-788-4331
Garage for Rent Brooklyn Bedford. Garage avail. For storage. Ave S+T, secure w/alarm, AC and heat. 917-295-5166
SPACE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2000 Sf Storage/Warehouse space for rent Freight Elevator 917-678-8269 Ave N/E 14 St. 1600 sf 1st flr priv Entrance 15 s. freshly painted, move in condition. Call: 718-908-7764
Space for rent 5 TOWNS VIC, Classroom/spc avail for rent, within shul, easy access to public transp. 20 min to Bklyn, 2 min to 5 towns, reas price. 516-825-5566
Boro PK/Prime, large beaut Professional offices w/reception area & 2 conference rooms. Fully wired, DSL, & much more. Move right in. Call: 718-972-2828 Crown Heights/ Nostrand & Easter Pkwy 900+ sf store for rent asking $2500 (718)-498-3200
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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
Ave U 2 Stores For Rent 700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top location reasonable price call owner 917-797-1427
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Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
Great Neck: Commercial office space in prime great location, unmits from 13738000 sq ft; Parking; Walk to Train/ Village. Call 516-996-2263
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 for rent Boro Park, 16th Ave: 5 room office for rent, private bathroom, 1 flight up, front exposure 718-338-6473 STORE FOR RENT IN VERY BUSY AREA IN GRAVESEND. NEWLY RENOVATED, PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS: 718-998-7600 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
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
Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette. Gloria: 212-725-6481 Office for rent Ave M, Corner E 19th St. Large office, light, airy, reaso nable. Please call: 718-336-4351 Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St. Storefront office For rent Approx 60x20 good for professional or medical offi. Call 917-435-9274 Gravesend Location Busy area. Beautiful storefront, approx 40x60, High ceilings, full bsmt, ideal for cooperate offices, Ins co, med, bank branches, ETC. For info: 718-966-0230
NY STATE 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
STATEN ISLAND (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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CAPITAL/ INVESTORS WANTED Investors wanted-12% interest paid, full corporate guarantees issued, secured by first lien on NYC Real Estate or promissory notes, strong corporate revenues in the US + abroad, fast growing consulting + investment firm in NY. Needs $500k working capital. Call Flowerson Holdings at 631-584-0000 Fax offers to 631-584-0044 or email flowinvest@aol.com
Investors wanted (15%) Fifteen Percent Secured by real estate Contact 405-735-3906
Business training Foreclosure Mediator Training workshop 15 yrs. Exp. 3 days $4,995.00 FREE info 877-631-8408 Members BBB Rated A
1st Mortgage Maui Jewish family request $1.5M for refinance. Secured by prime 250 acres in Wailuku, Maui. Recent ultra conservative appraisal $6.45 million. Very generous terms. Very secure. Please contact David @ 808-463-2691 or David@waiehukalo/com Shalom
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION BSNS for sale serving NY, NJ, CT, PA plus more. Headquarters in Orange-Ulster county area. Can be closed Fri aft & Sat. Mr. Smith, bkr 845-255-4111
Investor wanted, upscale gentlemen’s club with complete restaurant/ sushi bar in the heart of times square. Multi million $ gross. Contact 973-786-5688
1360 Capital wanted Georgia Contractor seeks financial partner to invest in lucrative Atlanta’s single-family real estate foreclosure market. Call 678-548-5675
Glatt Kosher Restaurant & next door grocery w/ pizza in central Florida. 386-566-1471, Ask for Yehuda 1st TIME EVER ON VEGAS STRIP -National Sweepstakes -Slot Tournament -TV Game Show -Extremely High Yield -Seeking $500K -High Risk 877-603-4160 Established Glatt Kosher restaurant/ take-out/ food store for sale, good location w. parking, 5 towns area. Partners avail 516-581-3930
Architect seeks financial partner for 114 Room Hotel/ Restaurant in Western NY. Project near completion. Lend or equity position. 631-451-7799
Obgyn Practice for sale: Brooklyn, ideal for Orthodox Jewish MD. Receipts 700k. Call Mr. Weissen at 631-281-2810 or email gnw1@buysellpractices.com
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 888-415-1474 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 Business person to negotiate. I have 2 inventions. Great money making opportunity. Interested? Call Janet 347-439-8968
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Land/Lots For Sale Baldwin Warehouse/ Auto garage. Prime location 2000+ sf, fenced parking, OHD, lg office, 16 ft ceiling, near RR lease/ Owner 516-807-6307 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
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New voice studio in Upper Manhattan, Inwood, private classical voice lessons. www.christina-asher.com 212-304-0242
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
VOICE TECHNIQUE & COACHING NATURAL VOCAL PRODUCTION; PROPER POSTURE & BREATHING PRODUCE SUPERIOR RESULTS; VOCAL PROBLES QUICKLY ELIMINATED; SINGING IS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION OF SPEAKING; ONE VOICE (NO BREAKS) THROUGHOUT SINGING RANGE. ALL LEVELS & STYLES 212-481-9144
$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 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 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 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
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 Piano lessons,-all levels. Instrument provided free of charge. Reasonably priced. Call: 718-207-5981 Call: 212-496-9148
Playgroup: Madison age 2-6. Morah Leora, early/late dropoff. Quality care. Summer/all year. 718-646-9368
Tutoring Caregiver Caregiver, seeking fulltime position, many years experience. Excellent references. Live in/ out. Call 718-645-5128 or 347-495-2773
Caregiver/ Babysitter: seeks employment 3+ years experience. Excellent references will live in/ out. Call 201-640-9126 or 973-523-0146 Skilled & compassionate home care nurse seeking private work for elderly or a personal asst/ companionship, 8 yrs exp. Ref Avail 516-263-3800 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
DEVOTED CAREGIVER w. 18 years exp caring for the elderly will provide trans, days or nights, peal prep, housekeeping, personal care & much more! Exc work & character refs. Call Phyllis @ 732-851-5894
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
ELDERLY CARE GIVER Able, energetic, industrious, shows initiative. Has lots of experience. 917-496-7701/ 718-699-1920
PATEL Brothers Market From beans, rice, flours, and karela (bitter gourds) to chutneys, PATEL Brothers has all the ingrediants a budding Indian chef would ever need. We also have an array of spices, seed, nuts, and Indian snacks. Please visit our website for more details: www.Patelbros.com 32-27 74 St Jackson Heights Queens
718- 898- 3445
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Caregiver AID/ COMPANION/ CHILDCARE with more than 12 years experience, seeks position. Excellent checkable references. Please Call: 718-284-7637
Christy’s Services: Professional, screened, hard working for housekeeping, nanny, companion, live in/ out. No fee 718-523-4200 718-523-4213 EUROPEAN EXPERT CARE BONDED + INSURED, KOSHER TRAINED, POLISH/ ENGLISH SPEAKING, LICENSED HOME CARE AGENCY, ELDER CARE HOUSEKEEPING, RNS, LPNS, HHAS, PCAS. LIVE IN/ OUT AVAILABLE. CALL 718-349-0099 Certified nurses looking for p/t work as companion or chauffeur with over 10 years experience. References available. Call Marie 516-469-8410 CAREGIVER/ COMPANION: I am looking for work to care for elderly or disabled. Experienced willing to work wherever . the job may be located in/out. Driver’s license. Call 609-672-5984
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I AM A CARPENTER LOOKING FOR WORK. Spackling, sheet rock, tile, doors, bathrooms, kitchens, painting etc. Call @ 718-363-8994
Cosmetician Stay smooth by Galit Avigail. Waxing, electrolgins and infrared laser/low prices Georgetown Location. 718-214-5046
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
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
Help Offered Reliable HOME HEALTH CAREor housekeeper. Ref avail. Looking in all 5 bros. 718-380-0736
Need a Rabbi? Recently retired, excellent speaker, superb cantorial skills. Available fulltime or part time. 610-348-9965
RETIRED CONSERVATIVE RABBi Available for high holy holidays. Warm and engaging personality. Dynamic and eloquent speaker. Timely and relevant sermon. Torah reader. Rabbi1826@gmail.com
Baal Tefillah for Yamim Noraim/ Baal To Keah + Baal Koreh, many years experience. Israeli accent. Call David 718-878-5678 or 917-224-3303
Available for repair and installation of telephone and computers. Call Isaac at 718-213-7533
Help Wanted KEL NAH REFA NAH LAH PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME Frum woman, mother of two children, four grandchildren, in desperate need of Kidney-Type B G-d gave us two kidneys, so we can donate ONE. And Gd will bless you for saving my life. Call 732-996-0036
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
ATTENTION JEWISH COMMUNITY, A WRITER + DIRECTOR TEAM FROM BKLYN, LOOKING FOR ORTHODOX ACTORS + ACTRESSES, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND INVESTORS FOR POTENTIAL TV SHOW. DANIEL HULKOWER. 646-9348558 pureashismaker2009@gmail.com
Elderly care & babysitting M-F. Over 5 years experience. Excellent references, available immediately. Call 347-221-8919
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
Taylor EUROPEAN TAYLOR Custom made suits I can copy any style you want Ladies and men’s Anything you want Any kind of alterations Specialists in leather & fur 212-355-2936- John
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
Position Wanted Chauffer/ House Manage looking for F/T position/ great with children + pets. Flexible schedule. 8 years experience with travel companion. Excellent references, contact 908-534-6790
HARD WORKING LADY SEEKS JOB FOR BABYSITTING, HOUSE KEEPING & MORE. LIVE IN POSITION, MANY YEARS EXP. EXCELLENT REFS. PLEASE CALL 917-771-8214 OR 347-777-9712
Loving, warm nanny seeks live-out position. 12 yrs exp CPR certified. Baby nurse experience. Good refs. Call Ingrid. 718-419-6821 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
Home attendant Fulltime or part time. Felxible hours. Live in or out. Experience required. Good salary. Call 917-676-1309 or 347-512-8229
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
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
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
Help Wanted 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
Account Exec-Seeking dynamic persons to sell advertising for newspaper & TV. High commission, no exp necessary. Please call 718-523-1870
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
Help wanted Cosmetician, exp’d-F/T knowl of selling cosmetics & fragrances a must. Sal + commish. 718-645-0166
CABLE INSTALLERS 2-7 years experience in commercial/ residential installation. Must be familiar with voice over IP/ Digital Video and internet protocol. We provide competitive salary & some medical coverage. Contact Reginald Lane or Andrew Castagnetti 973-785-9283 Btwn 8-3 M-F
Help Wanted Salesperson Hardware/ Lumber, Inside/ Outside salesperson needed for hardware/ Lumberyard/ Manufacturer of metal studs. Located in Astoria. Call 718-726-4040 or Email info to: hiringservices555@hotmail.com
Cleaning Services Cleanout commercial & residential. Big or small odd jobs we do it all Call for free estimate Mark 917-682-2247
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
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
Handyman AAA Construction. Remodeling apts, bsmts, kits. Will beat any price. Free estimate. 646-250-3613 PEST CONTROL RESCUE PEST CONTROL Rats*Mice*Roaches*Ants*Sil verfish*Termites Contact Keith, Tel 718-348-1141, Cell 718-930-9393 Fax 718-348-1141
All types of work, small or big jobs, many yrs exper, free est, sh shab. Call Itzhak 917-365-3340
All types of work, small or big jobs, may years exp, free est, sh shab. Call Itzhak 917-365-3340 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
CLASSIFIEDS Handyman HARPER’S HANDYMAN SVC. All types of home repair A-Z Done with pricle by dependable, reliable craftsman Call 732-216-7323 D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809 PEST CONTROL RESCUE PEST CONTROL Rats, mice, roaches, ants, silverfish, termites. Contact Keith 718-348-71441/ Cell 718-930-9393 Fax 718-348-1141 AAA construction. Remodeling apts, bsmts, kits, bths. Will beat any price. Free estimate. 646-250Giannotti Contracting All pases of home improvements INC. * Finished Basements * Sheetrock * Taping * Extensions * Masonry * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Roofing * Siding * Windows & more. Call Dominick 718-256-9393 509 McDonald Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11218 (corner of Church and McDonald Aves) 159-03 Hillside Ave, Jamaica Queens. 718-206-4202
PAGE 51 Auto Donate your car 100% tax deductible & a great mitzvah! Help many Jewish causes: -Holiday Programs -Students & Elderly -Children & Education -Outreach Programs -Jewish Background 718-365-770-5463 ALL YOUR TRUCKING/VAN NEEDS. RELIABLE DISCOUNTED RATES. CALL RAM: 917-696-0000
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 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
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
CARS FOR SALE $200/$500 cars 4 cash. Any model, any condition. Call: 347-234-8566
BATHTUB, TILE REGLAZING + WATERPROOFING Unbeatable price guaranteed. 10% off with ad 718-866-6124/ 917-335-3798
Auto Buyers Cars, Trucks, Any condition Cash on the spot highest $$$ Fast, Free Pick up, anywhere, anytime 732-298-4539
For plumbing snd heating repair mechanic, reasonable rates. 24 hour serv. For free estimate Call Mose 718-813-4154 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. 917-9751752 NATURAL GINESIS NO MORE BUGS! 100% NATURAL PLEASE CALL: 800-807-9357 www.naturalginesis.com
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
PAGE 52 Auto SELL YOUR VEHICLE FREE QUOTES!!! ANY CONDITION NEW OLD JUNK NOT TITLE NO PROBS SAME DAY PICK UP. FREE TOWING!! CALL 718-864-2872 GDG Towing-$500-$10,000 Car + Trucks, Running or not. 732-961-7000 GDG Towing: $500$10,000 cars & trucks. Running or not. 732-961-7000 All your trucking/ Van needs Reliable discount rates. Call Ram 917-696-0000
Moving & Storage Shalom moving Best Service, best price. Can help you move anytime, anywhere. Call Alex: 646-407-5950 E & J MOVING Lowest Rated from NY to Florida and in between. www.ejmovers.com USDOT T37637 877-445-4111
Shalom Moving Best service, best price. Can help you anytime, anywhere. Call Alex 646-407-5956
Personalized: Its all about caring. Local / long distance, full sevcs, licensed, insured, moving members of the BBB, professional, reliable, fast + efficient discounted rates, free boxes, no hidden exp. Locations in BK, SI. Please Call 718-954-0119, Free estimates, no hidden expenses. Website www.personalizedmoving.net
MAZEL TOV Moving and Storage Special rates for the holidays Lic & Ins DOT # 10587 718-443-7700 Cargo Van For pick-ups + deliveries, call Willie. 718-452-6469
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 LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST 15 years experience. Reasonable rates. Will come to your home. Call Louise Romano 631-514-9314 HEALTH + FITNESS Tired, listless or stressed out? + Reiki, energy blanket, SCENAR and cold laser can provide an energy makeover. 347-570-2126 or visit www.energymakeoverservices.com
Change your life for the better with quick, powerful & natural healing. Dissolve stress trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, ocd, post partum depression, Miriam Langsam MS, EFT-AdvCH www.chooseemotionalfreedom.com 718-854-3808
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Change your waterChange your life DO YOU SUFFER FORM THE FOLLOWING? Obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, acid reflux, high cholesterol, fatigue. 347-406-2965 or h2origin.com/geneg LEARN solutions to these conditions. Weight loss solution To loose weight + inches but NOT MUSCLE. Start cinching, deliciously, easy. 718-851-9478 or 718-645-2744 123 Wellness Home, LLC-Holis Institute Educate + design your ecohome for health certified organic skincare/ cleaning living/ water/ sleep technology. 123wellnesshome.com 212-501-3827 holisinstitute.org
Licensed Master Reiki, Professional massage T:718-236-5861 C: 917-292-6075 Body Work Sport & Swedish massage Shiotsu, foot reflexogy Stress relief & relaxation.
Pets Black Bombay princess cats and kittens, seeking responsible home, friendly, personal + loving. Good with pets and children over 7. Shots, spade and altered. Please Call 718-859-7274 or 917-941-6854 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
Pets for sale Irish Wolfhounds Born 06/12/09 Home raised First shots Call 518-568-5817
Merchandise
Merchandise
Merchandise
I BUY OLD PAINTINGS CALL ART 732-261-3269
Sports + Tickets Buy/ Sell tickets/ Yankees/ Mets/ Knicks/ Rangers/ Giants/ Jets and all concerts sports and theater. 800-764-1560 www.arentix.com
Machine Shop: Machine Tool and die repair, turning, milling, drilling, grinding. Custom tooling machine fixtures. Enrique: 718-840-7241 enrique.425@hotmail.com
NEW SEFFER TORAH, 6 INCH, 1/ARON KODESH, READY FOR SIYUM. 718-627-0915, 917-449-6125
SIFREI TORAH, NEWLY WRITTEN, KTAV ARI & BAIS YOSEF, VERY REAS Priced. Please cal:l 718-336-6866 OR 917-499-6125
MOTOR RV
TRIPS FOR FREE ON CONDITION OF PURCHASE OF ELECTRONIC BATTERIES & GROCERIES. 917-216-8379
Motorcycles. Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375 Judaica Store out of business! SELLING ALL MERCAHNDISE AND CONTENTS OF STORE. 347-713-5340/ 646-210-7174 Valley thrift store: (Nonprofit.) 949 Amsterdam Ave. Men, Women & children; House wares, books, videos, DVD, CD, many other items. Mon-Fri 10am5pm, Sat noon-4pm. 212-222-2600
Position wanted Reliable home health care aid or housekeeper available. Ref avail. Looking in all five boros. Please call Pauline 718-380-0736 CHEETOH CUBS The look of the jungle in your lap. $500-$700 Call 530-519-9582
DR Set included: China closet, 6 hrs & tbl. Get a crystal chandelier for free. 2 fabric, matching love seats with sleep. Custom made. Seforim Shrank with fireplace in center 130” max. 917-577-7621 For pictures: mgreenwald@ydwusa.com
LOOK! Old watches & watches wanted. Toy collector, regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725
Merchandise Must Sell ATLAS STORAGE: 40 Cindy Ln, Ocean TWP. Magnificent mantle for frpl, 60 Orig. $4000. Must sell $300: Queen Anne Chairs $200, Carved hand-made mahog chairs $100; Magnificent bookshelf orig $4500 now $600; rare Persian carpets & original oil paintings Mahog basees to beautiful home & corbels + onlays on all for a fraction of cost. Call Jack for appointment. 908-489-4675
HOME + FINE ARTS-WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE FURNITURE SALE. SUN THRU FRIDAY. BEDROOMS, DINING RMS + LIVING ROOMS + MUCH MORE. LOCATED @ 14-B 53RD ST. BROOKLYN NY 40K SQ FT SHOWROOM. 10 PCT discount w/ad. Contact 917-776-5743 OR 718-567-0155
Sifrei Torah, newly written 6 inch w/ aron kodesh ready for siyu, ktav ari + bais yosef. Very reasonably priced. Call 718-336-6866 or 917-499-6125
Merchandise Wanted Urgently looking for any: CANTOR LEIB GLANTZ Live/ prvt recordings, concerts, weddings, radio, lectures, services, etc. Video & photo material; letters, newspapers, posters, music scores and manuscripts, stories anecdotes. If you have or know somebody who has any such materials pls contact me at 845-228-8577 or 347-833-3050 leibglantz@gmail.com
Mattress & Box spring Queen, Pillow top Still In Plastic $350 (631) 716-0174
Merchandise wanted COLLECTOR LOOKING FOR JEWISH/ISRAELI ART. 201-575-0055
Do you have merchandise you can’t sell? We’ll buy entire warehouse. Please call: 347-496-1626
Piano, Baldwin Concert Grand, 7 ft, selling $12,500, appraised $25,000 631-277-1937
Send old or broken laptops to be recycled for free!!! On site remote tech support for business + consumer. We can transfer all data on all computers + computer repairs, Contact 866-848-0756 EGT Network, INC. www.egreenetech.biz
Lost hse in NJ fine furnishings, collectibles, coins, paintings, rugs. Cents on the dollar. 646-379-3566
COMPUTER SUPPORT/ REPAIR -PC tune-up -Virus removal -Clean up clutter -Transfer files from old to new PC -Backing, restoring Documents DAN SCHMIEDER 917-488-9300 Computerdr123@aol.com
Mark and protect your valuables with INVISIBLE INK. Get 20% off Coupon Code: USA2009 www.conceptek.com or call 877-504-6286
Forklifts, 500 lb late models, LPG & diesel, air tires, triple mast. S/S special 2500lb Clark. First $800. 516-671-7415
MUST SELL Atlas Storage 40 Cindy Ln, Ocean Twp. Magnificent mantle for frpl, 60” Orig $4000. Must sell $300; Queen Ann Chairs $200, Carved hand-made mahogany chairs $100; Magnificent book shelf, orig $4500, now $600; corner cabinet w.rounded glasses shelves orig $2500: $300; rare Persian carpets & original oil paintings fraction of orig cost. Call for appointment 908-489-4675 ask for Jack.
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Branchville, NJ: 25 acres 5 acre pond. 3 BR + bilevel, 2.5 baths, $450K Firm owner 973-9485-4762 or 201-317-6766
Condo for sale Newark: 2 BD/ 2BA, 1000 sq ft, next to New Prudential Arena Downtown, Luxury hi rise, health club, valet parking, 10 ceilings, upgraded kit, CA closets in BRs & hall closet, near trans, $269,500. 973-273-0688 after 6pm, no agents!
Condo for sale Hudson + NY views 1200 sf, 2 BR/ 2 BTH condo, renovated, pogenpohl kitchen, new baths terrace/ parking $349K. Contact 917-319-4321
Leisure Towne, a 55+ community, for your privacy it is gated. This Walden model home with 2 BR, 2BA and finish garage is better than new condition, with new upgraded appliances. These include a new washer and dryer, hot water heater, dishwasher, fridge, countertop stove also with solid oak cabinets. The whole home has been freshly painted outside in beautiful yellow with a new roof and siding. Inside has all new carpeting. All the windows are new, energy efficient, tilt to clean for ease of maintenance. The large living room has a beautiful brick fireplace that has recently been roof sealed, waterproofed and the chimney has a stainless steel cap. There is zoned heat and central air. The sprinkler system has new heads and nozzles keeping a lush lawn. Both baths have new marble top vanities with Moen faucets. There is a large attic with pull down stairs. The back porch has a new screen. There are 2 new back storm doors. Yearly Taxes are $2,667.08 856-988-0594
Oak Manor, Lakewood: 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, natural gas fireplace, updated, newly renovated, kitchen & bathrooms, carpet & tile throughout the entire house. All new windows, great location, boys school near ridge ave. Easy commute to NYC! Asking $219,900. Call 732-370-5758 After 6pm
Wayside Deal Area, NJ Charming 1928 Dutch Colonial, 1 acre corner lot, 4 BDRMS/ 2 ½ baths/ lrg family room (Den) Dining Rm/ Large Living RM/ Sun Room + office/ New AC + electricl service/ new furnace, finished basement/ attic 20x40 Inground pool w/cabana and pool deck. Nr Hillel Yeshiva + congregation. Mogen David + other temples. 15 mins from beach/ nr major rds $1.275 million. RSBO 732-695-1046 or 908-421-6464
Brodentown: Single family 429,900 4 B, 2.5 bath Allegheny Lane finished basement, full baths, office, exercise room + family room, a world of beauty awaits you in this 4 BR/2.5 Bath, house kitchen w/granite counter tops. Call Obi 973-943-8025
Mountclair (Upper): Charming + Elegant, 8 BDRMs, 5.2 Bthrm, 9 fireplaces (Albaster/ Marble/ Wood) Original woodwork/ Inground pool + extra large patio/ 4 car gar. Kio pond, totally reno. 1890 s Victorian views of NYC + separate carriage, house rental, reduced by $300K to $1.699M. Contact 917-846-3101 or 973-934-8881
Lakewood Enclave: Buckingham, 2 yrs old. 3 b, 2.5 ba, baseboard ht, screened porch, 2 car gar, EIK, Coria counters. 732-534-5859
House For Rent Livingston: Very desirable location. Totally renovated, 4 BRs, 3 full baths, move in condition. Includes large office/ finished basement/ playroom, oversized deck. Eat in kitchen, new roof & windows throughout. Close to houses of worship + NYC buses. Goes to the highest offer, starting @ $585,000 Bids start now and ends on 8/26/09. To view photos email Sam2652@gmail.com
Long Branch: Unique 5 BR/ 5 bath charming home. Includes gourmet kitchen w/ top of the line appliances/ granite countertops/ terracotta frls. 2 sunrooms, outside porch/ sunroom off master bdrm. Open floor plan. Custom wood work throughout. Backyard w.fishpond/ shed/ swingset. Back up generator/ close to ocean. House of worship/ trans. Contact Burke + Manna Real Estate 732-455-5420
Are you looking for a clean remodeled 3BR, 2 ba shore house colonial 2.5 blocks from the beach. New roof, kitchen & bath, parks 5 cars. Asking $339,900. Call 973-464-5561
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 Bound Brook: Main Street. Renting space approx 2500 SF. Suitable for any retail or office space. Call 201-943-0700
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
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
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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.
Linden: 824 E St. Georges Ave. 2600SF. Good exposure w/40 FT front & drive-in. $1950/mo. Loc on busy Rte 27. Call Victor 610-248-0044
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
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
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Wayne, NJ: Gracious colonial w/newer addition + former Dr. office, excellent location! Great NYC commute (18mi) Owner 973-942-6622 Old Ridge: Rural 3+ ac custome 5 br, 2 ba, full base, deck, walk to NY bus, $535, 000. Owner 732-207-8869
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Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Lease RE: Meadowlands Area 8100 sq ft Warehouse/ office (2) 12 ft Overhead doors (1) Loading Dock Heavy power 10 Miles to NYC $5.00 Triple Net Lease1st Year. Call owner 201-835-2040
Montclair: Charming elegant 8 Bdrms/ 5.2 BTRM, 9 fireplaces (Albaster/ Marble/ Wood) Original artwork/ In ground pool + extra large patio/ 4 car gar, kol pond, totally reno. 1890’s Victorian views of NYC + Separate carriage house rental, reduced by $300K to 1.699M. Contact 917-846-3101 or 973-934-8881
Morristown: Central Business District, Restaurant/ retail condo. Be your own landlord, across from HYATT HOTEL. 2500 sq ft + 2500 sq dt bsmt, new/ owner must sell. Principles only, Call 201-650-0759
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 OCEAN COUNTY Memorial Park: Private sale, mausoleum crypt, bldg 11, west patio, Row E, Crypt #18 (single) Family has moved to Atlanta $4700. 770-856-5999
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
Apartment For Rent Middletown- 3 Br, 2 Ba, frpl, full fin bsmt, 2 car gar, c/ac, gas heat, all appls, walking distance to red bank & NYC trans, Avail now. $2500. 732-739-3879
Commcl Prop Newark, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe area in iron bound section FOR RENT, 16ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st flr also available. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of space wired & ready. Surrounded w/ heimishe businesses, daily minyonim, close to highways & transportations. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140, If no answer, lv msg.
Winter Rental West Deal Area: Walking distance to WD shul, 4 BR ranch, full fin bsmt w/recreation rm, yearly/ winter/ summer rental. Call 732-438-5573
Open House Sun 7/12, 1-3PM 393 Harper Ave 2 BR, 1 BA ranch w/2 car gar in desirable Herbertsville. Close to GSP $254,900. 732-840-1553 or 908-361-9742
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
Apt for rent Oradel: Renov Victorian 3 BR/ LR/ DR/ EIK, 1.5 bth sun room/ 2 car gar + includes aupare apartment w/ EIK full bath/ mini kitchen/ LV Bdrm. Close to trains/ Bus. $3300.00 Contact 203-241-2243
Multi family-Great area-fullincome! Only 1.2 million! *Warehouses for sale/lease. Nr Lkwd Only $69 sq ft Buy!!! * 24,704 sq ft whse Toms river lease NOI 204,230, reduced to $2,650,00!7.7 cap! Will Talk! Home on 130 x 150 lot Irreg Woodland 279,900 2 homes one on Ridge Ave, one on E 5th Street only $259,900. Crystal Lake Realty 732-905-3800
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
Apartment For Sale 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
Condos for sale Edison NJ: Adult community, Wood Edge, estates 2 BR, 1st floor large rooms, plentiful closets, nice condition, nice landscaping. Quiet area, near route 1,287 + garden state parkway. Nice pool included. Asking $209,500. for sale by owner. Call 732-985-9246
Jersey Shore/ Country Club: Seashore living at a fraction of the cost. Park model home, fully furnished $40,000 sept 6. Beach house 20,000 pots, pans, dishes, living 10,000 at resort country club, seasonal part at 561 corsons tavern. Call 800-982-3404 or 609-624-3222
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Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360 Linden: 824 E st GEORGES AVE, 2600 sq ft. Good exposure w/40 ft front & drive in. $1950/mo. Loc on busy Rte 271. Call Victor 610-248-0044 4 cemetary plots, 2 graves: per lot at George Washington Memorial Park, PARAMUS. For prices and more info, Nancy Kemp 570-654-0863
Newark, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe area in bound section FOR RENT. 16ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st floor also available. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of space wired & ready. Surrounded w/heimishe businesses, daily minyonim, close to highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140. if no answer, lv msg
Commercial property HBWE REALTY Ranway/Linden NJ Warehouse 15,000, 30, 000& 40,000 22 ft high, plenty of parking space, Avail for imm purchase or lease! Call Barry Littman 917-363-3974 Jersey city warehouse space Available. 10,000+ sf. Call Joe or Ben, 718-947-5037 HELP WANTED-NJ Pharmacist position available in Lakewood, NJExc, salary. Pleasant work envirnment. Gershon: 732-666-1748
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Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008
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
BAY HARBOR ISLAND Large 1/1.5 Pool, 4th Flr, A/C, Long term Available Walking Dist. from Bch 914-960-6789
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
AUCTION 60± New Luxurious FLORIDA Ocean View Condos-20 Units sold ABSOLUTE to the highest bidders, regardless of price. 3 Bedroom UnitsBeach Access-Guard Gated Golf Community-Buy One or More! Ocean Dunes Condos 110 Warsteiner Way, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951 3% Broker Participation Sat., Oct. 10th @ 11 am fisherauction.com 800.331.6620/ 954.942.0917 Preview Center Open 10am to 6 pm daily Subject to all terms of sale Lamar Fisher/ AU93;AB106
FT. PIERCE/ SPANISH LAKES FAIRWAYS RENTAL, 2 beds/2 bath, open & airy, Huge Florida rm, new furniture, pool shopping all over. Plus much much more!!! Avail Oct-March. $2K/mth 631-369-6468
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
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 Sunny Isles Hotter Than Ever Aventura Bal Harbor Hollywood
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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
Boca Raton, Century Vil. Lux 2 BR, 2bths, lakefront view, short wlk to orthodox shul & clubhouse. New kitch, new A/C, upgrade 561-487-3711 North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286
POMP: Palm Aire, 3/2 corner unit, 100% renovated w/ new open kitchen & granite counter tops. New kitchen cabinets & appliances. New tile bathrooms, tile flrs throughout. Owner asking $219,000. 954-675-7219 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
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
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
Palm Coast FL: New home construction located along northeast Atlantic coast and intercostals waterway. Custom home builder (FL License CGC 151265) Review floor plans and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhome.co m Summer building incentives apply through August 31st 2009. Call for details 386-586-5665, ask for will or John, M-F 9-5pm w/e 10AM-4PM
Condo for sale HOLLYWOOD 1/1 In Ramada building condo, furn, Oceanfron on boardwalk w/Bay $159K 786-251-7325
Kings point, Delray Beach: 2 BRs, 2 baths, main floor completely upgraded & furnished. Call Shirley 561-752-4923
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
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
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
Boca Raton/ Boca Lago: 2 BR, 2.5 bth townhouse, lakeview from (2) glass enclosed porches/ new tile/ furnished/ all community amentities. Motivated seller. Price reduced to $114.5K. For sale or rent by owner. Must see 561-852-7090
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For Rent Fountain Bleau Hotel: Miami Beach, magnificent 800 sq ft studio, sleeps 4, renting daily/ weekly. Available short/ long term. Please call 347-804-4666
Aventura: Turnberry on the green 2 BR/2 BTH. Luxury apt, 11th Flr, great location with many amenities: pool, club house, business ctr, sauna, dog, valet parking and much more. $1950 305-610-8804 markb100@bellsouth.net
Kings Point- Delray Beach: 1 BR, Upper, new furniture A/C & Carpets, walk in shower, photos online. $19,900/Best offer. Ellen 919-872-5452
Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825 FL Summer Rental Furnished 3/2 Beach House, 4 blocks to beach, pool, newly renov, clean,. Comfortable, safe, dogs OK. Available on May 9th – Dec 27th. Short term OK. Has everything you need and more. 954-224-9315 or whwcz@att.net 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
Lakewood, FL: Historic Area Large. 1 Bedroom, Only 5 mins to beach or downtown, hardwood flrs, quiet area. $750mo 561-649-3048
MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental. Call: 718-753-4479
Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570
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
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
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Sanibel Island: 3 BR, 2 bth ranch, LR/ DR, EIK, scmd prch, gar, cross st to bch. Reserve for winter 2009-2010 412-398-1927
Condo for rent Fountain Bleau Hotel: Miami Beach, magnificent 800 sq ft studio, sleeps 4, renting daily/weekly, short term/ long term. Avail now for success! Call 347-804-4666
CAREGIVER, FL COMPASSIONATE, HONEST, EXPERIENCED CNA WITH LOTS OF REFERENCES WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR ELDERLY PERSON IN MY BEAUTIFUL HOME IN ORLANDO FL, CAN BE SEEN ON REQUEST. 407-461-8383
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Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Commercial prop FL Ft Lauderdale: adj ftl, exec airport, bay/whse industrial, 30’ ceil zoned M3 mfg, remod 7000sf whse/mfg area+ 1000sf ac 954-610-6362
Condo for sale HOLLYWOOD: 1/1 In Ramada, Ocean front on boardwalk. Bayview $139K 786-251-7325
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
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Kiryat Shmueal in the heart of Tibenas. Real Estate developers, builders & private investors are welcome 700 sq.m ready to build. $299K avail July 6. 954-899-5885 Sales@yalebusinesscapital.com
One of a kind luxury penthouse in DAVID’S VILLAGE for sale, 3 BR, 140 sq meters 40 sq meters, private roof w/best view to the old city. Private parking, security, elevator, plus storage room. Call 212-444-1013
For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch, L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 star Ramada. Sleeps up to 8, in/ out pools. $250/night. Albert 514-803-8838 www.5starjerusalem.com
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 star Ramada, sleeps up to 8. in/out pools. $250/night. Albert 514-803-8838 www.5starjerusalem.com Jerus, central. New 4 BR lux apt in 18 unit bldg. incl all linen, applncs, Kitch ware. Kosher & sh shab. Short Term rentals. 416-782-6791
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada. Sleeps up to 8. in.out pools $250/nite. Albert 514-803-8838 www.5starjerusalem.com
Apartment For Rent For holidays + year vacations Penthouse in Ashdod, fully furnished on the beach. 4 rooms, good for 6 people. From 2 weeks to 3 months. 646-413-3826 jacomogador@yahoo.com
Summer rental Shaarei Chesed/ Rechavia/ Morasha/ Geuia. Lovely apts/ homes for sale/ shrt/ long term, summer/succos. MS Rlty & Mgmt. 972-50-4146979 Shnapp!barak.net.il
Lev Yerushlayim: Renov 1 BR furn apt. Sleeps 4. All amens. Avail 9/7-10/16, part or all. 937-304-4026
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