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SITT SELLS SEASIDE SITE TO CITY
BY MIRI BENDOR
New York had successfully negotiated a deal for the purchase of 6.9 acres (part of a 12 acre site) owned by Joseph Sitt's Thor Equities. The purchase, said the Mayor, "represents an investment in Coney Island's future," and gives the City control of land which "forms a core" of the future development of Coney Island.
"I am very proud to achieve this victory on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people - proud to prove that Jews can be tough!" he words of Yuri Forman, immediately after winning "the f ight of his life, on November 14, after Shabbat, in front of an enthusiastic audience at the Las Vegas' MGM Grand Hotel. Yuri Forman fulf illed a dream, becoming part of the historic tradition of Jewish pugilists in America. Following in the footwork of champions like Benny Leonard, Max Baer and Barney Ross who fought during the early years of the twentieth century, Foreman, an Orthodox Jew and rabbinical student, f ights wearing a Lion of Judah encased in a Star of David on his trunks.
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he land will be par t of a new a m u s e m e n t p a r k , t h e l a rg e s t City park built since 1954. The mayor emphasized that it will be entirely city owned. Requests for Proposal (RFP) were promulgated November 13 to both American and inter national amusement operators. "Coney Island" said the Mayor, "is one of Americas most famous destinations...one of the administration's economic development priorities...an icon of New York City." The nearly 10 acres of amuse-
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At a well attended November 12 Press Conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the City of
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Israel Approves New Homes in Eastern Jerusalem BY RON BOUSSO
Israel approved the construction of hundreds of new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem on Tuesday, driving another stake into troubled US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks.
he interior ministry said it approved the construction of 900 new units in Gilo, one of a dozen of Israeli settlements in mostly Arab east Jerusalem, adding that the project still faced review. Earlier, Israeli media reported that hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had refused a request from main ally Washington to halt construction in Gilo. It was not clear whether the request
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Israel Warns Palestinians Over Seeking Recognition
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Israel warned Palestinians against seeking recognition of an independent state, while dismissing the move as a political manoeuvre amid frustration over the stalled peace process. ny unilateral action will undo the framework of past accords and lead to unilateral actions from Israel," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Netanyahu said late on Sunday. "There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority," he added. His comments came after the Palestinians said they intended to ask the UN Security Council to recognise an independent Palestinian state as US efforts to relaunch peace talks flounder. The United States said it would support a state founded on the basis of negotiations, while France warned that any unilat-
eral declaration could undermine the Palestinian campaign for a recognised state. "We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous ... the best way to achieve that is negotiation between two parties," said US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. "We support a Palestinian state that arrives as a result of negotiations between
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Millions Will Have to Repay Part of Tax Credit BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
More than 15 million taxpayers are possibly subject to owe taxes when they file their federal returns because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit. axpayers will be at risk if they have more than one job, are married and both spouses work or if they receive Social Security benefits while also earning taxable wages, according to a report released by the Treasury Department’s inspector general for taz adminis-
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NOVEMBER 20, 2009
‘If PA Declares State, Israel 25 Ministerial Delegations Will Annex Settlements' Attended WATEC 2009 BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF A government minister publicly advised the Palestinian Authority on Monday that if it unilaterally declares a new Arab state, Israel may annex parts of Judea and Samaria. Unlike eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, Judea and Samaria remain under military rule, although all Jewish residents have the same basic rights as other Israelis. f the Palestinians take such a unilateral line, Israel should also consider ... passing a law to annex some of the settlements," Environment Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) said on Voice of Israel government radio. Other statements by Cabinet Minister Dr. Uzi Landau (Israel Our Home) and MK Danny Danon (Likud) take a similarly hard line. Landau blames Netanyahu's "generosity" in accepting the "two state solution" albeit with a demilitarized PA state - for the situation, and believes that the PA threats for a unilateral declaration of a state are a result of the concessional declarations and the building freeze in Judea and Samaria. MK Danon says that Israel must not settle for annexing settlement blocs, but must rather annex Judea and Samaria in their entirety, except for Arab cities. Minister Erdan also said Israel has
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the option of tightening up travel restrictions for Arabs and stopping the transmission of tax money that the Israeli government currently transfers to the Palestinian Authority - money that is collected by Israel for the PA. Meanwhile, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) and Minister Landau have taken action to introduce bills for annexing Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Israel Our Home) stated that he doubts that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will succeed in convincing the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution declaring the borders of a future PA State. Lieberman told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee on Monday that the U.S. government probably would veto any U.N. resolution on behalf of a PA state. The Foreign Minister also said that if a unilateral action to declare a new Arab state were taken, Israel would be free of all previous commitments. Abbas has rejected further negotiations with Israel because it refuses to halt all construction for Jews in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Abbas has also has refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a def inition which would hamper his efforts to import millions of foreign Arabs into Israel.
BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Israel's International Technologies Exhibition.
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wenty five ministerial delegations and 150 company directors and business people visited the 5th International Water Technologies and Environmental Control Exhibition - WATEC Israel 2009 held last week at the Trade Fairs and Conventions Center in Tel Aviv. Simultaneously, an international conference examined the need for a sustainable economy to reduce environmental damage, for the benefit of future generations. The conference addressed the problems and challenges facing different countries - more efficient water consumption, limiting environmental pollution and the increasing use of alternative energy sources globally. Some of the conference sessions used a unique model focusing on continents. Guests from the particular countries presented their challenges and commercial and research institute representatives offered possible technological solutions to these problems. All the sessions - moderated by commercial attachés from the Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry - focused on innovative developments over the last two years. One example is the Israeli-Jordanian Project for Production of Bio-Diesel from
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Water experts discussing water filteration at the Wartec 09 conference. Agricultural Waste. The Project, which enables production of alternative energy without harming the production of food is the initiative of Israeli and Jordanian companies and was be presented for the first time at the conference. WATEC 2009 was organized by the Israel Trade Fairs and Conventions Center and Kenes Exhibitions. The Exhibition was held under the auspices of: The ministries of Trade and Industry, Environmental Protection, Foreign Affairs and National Infrastructures, the Government Water Program Israel NewTech headed by Oded Distel, the Export Institute and the Industrial Research and Development Center.
Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli to Speak at Israel Bonds Electrical Industries Luncheon
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli will deliver a major address at the annual luncheon of State of Israel Bonds’ Electrical Industries Division on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan. Israel Bonds President/CEO Joshua Matza will also speak at the luncheon, the longest-running industry event in Bonds history. Since 1955, it has produced hundreds of millions of dollars in investment funds to build Israel’s economy.
This year’s honorees are Carol Kleinberg and her husband Paul Kleinberg, president/CEO and executive vice president of the electrical contractor Kleinberg Electric; Stuart Gruman and Harold Rosenberg, president and secretary/treasurer of the power and communications products distributor Gallant & Wein; and Elliot Hecht, a business representative of Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. For reservations at $195 per person, call Anne Bernstein at 212-446-5853.
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Sarkozy: I’m Ready to Mediate Between Syria, Israel
ISRAEL
46% of Israelis Fear Falling Below Poverty Line
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BY RUTH EGLASH
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted Tuesday as saying his country was ready to facilitate a resumption of talks between Syria and Israel, while warning that extremists could benefit from a continued deadlock in the Middle East peace process.
Close to half of Israel's population lives in constant fear that the government's economic policies will force them into a life of extreme poverty, according to a study published Monday to coincide with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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he United States, the European Union and Russia should stand together with regional powers to relaunch the peace process, according to Sarkozy, who began a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. "The deadlock that we f ind ourselves in today is very worrying," he told the Saudi Al-Riyadh daily in an interview. King Abdullah met Sarkozy at the airport and the two later headed to the king's farm outside Riyadh. Sarkozy, on his third visit to the kingdom in less than two years, did not bring any of his ministers or delegates with him, apparently prefer ring an understated, personal approach to the discussions on the Middle East, Iran's nuclear program and bids by French companies for major Saudi development projects. Meanwhile, his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, was in Amman on Tuesday for talks with Palestinian
Sarkozy walks with Saudi King Abdullah near Riyadh. President Mahmoud Abbas. On Wednesday, he traveled to Israel for talks with government off icials. Sarkozy met last week in Paris with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Bashar Assad to try to revive the entire Middle East peace effort as well as the Israel-Syria track. But Assad said any French role in Israeli-Syrian discussions would only be as a backup to Turkish mediation. France "should support the role of the Turkish mediator and persuade Israel to return to the negotiating table with the Turkish mediator," Assad said on French TV Friday. In the Al-Riyadh interview, Sarkozy said he told both Assad and Netanyahu that "France is ready to facilitate a restart of the talks if both parties thought we could help in this effort."
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he day was marked worldwide on October 17, but will take place here A man searches through the among non-profit organizations on garbage in Jerusalem's Mahane Tuesday. Using a sample of some 500 Israeli Yehuda open-air market. adults, the survey, which was conducted by the Forum for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, live a simple life, and we don't waste found that 46 percent of the those money. We have no car and no televipolled were in a perpetual state of fear sion, but we still spend more than half that government policy would cause of our income on rent. The situation is them to fall below the poverty line. absurd." The family will be among those preOnly a quarter of those questioned for the telephone survey said they felt senting their personal stories Tuesday at f inancially secure in their current situa- a special conference for lawmakers in the Knesset, organized by the Forum for tion. International Day for the "We deal with this kind of fear every the day," commented B., a working mother Eradication of Poverty. "The situation will only change if we of f ive who asked that her real name be withheld. "Both my husband and I work are able to put a face on poverty," said full-time, but we have no outside help Jona Rosenfeld, professor emeritus and no assistance from the government. from the School of Social Work at the We are constantly struggling to make Hebrew University of Jerusalem and from the Unit of Learning from His ends meet." B., who lives in Jerusalem and whose Please turn to page 36 husband works in hi-tech, added, "We
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Germany: 90-Year-Old Indicted for Nazi-era Crimes BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Ex-member of SS charged with 58 counts of murder for 1945 killings of Jewish forced laborers in Austria.
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90-year-old former member of the Nazi's SS has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the 1945 killings of Jewish forced laborers in Austria, authorities said Tuesday. The man is suspected of killing the Jews near the Austrian village of Deutsch Schuetzen, a German state court said in a statement. "On March 29, 1945, the accused and his accomplices brought at least 57 Jewish forced laborers in several groups to a nearby forest area, where they had to give up their valuables and kneel by a grave," the court said. "The accused and other SS members then cruelly shot the Jewish forced-laborers from behind." Though the court described the suspect simply as a "retiree from Duisburg," media reports have identified him as Adolf Storms, a former member of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking." The day following the massacre, Storms is accused of personally shooting another Jew who could no longer walk during a forced march in Austria from Deutsch Schuetzen to the village of Hartberg, the court said. The remains of the victims of the Deutsch Schuetzen massacre were found in 1995 in a mass grave by the Austrian Jewish association.
A plaque now marks the site. Prosecutors opened the investigation of Storms at the end of 2008 after being alerted to his presence by an Austrian university student who had been researching the massacre. Prosecutor Andreas Brendel said his investigation is still ongoing, but so far three former members of the Hitler Youth, who were helping the SS oversee the march, have provided witness statements in Austria. A fourth former Hitler Youth member, now living in Canada, is being interviewed this week, Brendel said. "There are two who witnessed the shooting of the individual Jewish victim, but there are no people still alive who were part of the other shootings themselves," Brendel said. There are, however, statements made during an Austrian trial of others involved that can be used as evidence against the suspect, he said. Brendel said Storms' attorney had asked not to be identified, and the phone at Storms' house in the German city of Duisburg went unanswered. In December, 2008, when German authorities raided Storms' home, they said he had invoked his right not to make a statement to them, but he has denied involvement in the shootings to others. The suspect was interned in an American prisoner of war camp following the war, but was released in 1946. In the chaotic aftermath of the war, it was not uncommon for possible war criminals to slip through the cracks.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Diaries: Mussolini Was Fierce Anti-Semite JEWISH VOICE STAFF Benito Mussolini was a fierce antiSemite, who proudly said that his hatred for Jews preceded Adolf Hitler's and vowed to "destroy them all," according to previously unpublished diaries by the Fascist dictator's longtime mistress. xcerpts were published on Monday. According to the diaries, Mussolini also talked about the warm reception he received from Hitler at the 1938 Munich conference - he called the German leader a "softy" - and attacked Pope Pius XI for his criticism of Nazism and Fascism. On a more intimate note, Mussolini was explicit about his sexual appetites for his mistress and said he regretted having affairs with several other women. The dairies kept by Claretta Petacci, Mussolini's mistress, between 1932 and 1938 are the subject of a book coming out this week entitled "Secret Mussolini." Excerpts were published Monday by Italy's leading daily Corriere della Sera and confirmed by publisher Rizzoli. Historians said the diaries appeared to be convincing and reinforced the image that Mussolini was strongly anti-Semitic, even though early on there was some Jewish support for his Fascist movement. But they cautioned that these are the diaries of the dictator's lover not Mussolini himself - and therefore must be taken with an extra grain of salt.
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Corriere said the diaries shed new light on Mussolini, who had been seen as more obsequious toward the pope and "dubious" over Italy's racial laws, which led to widespread persecution of Italian Jews. Many of the excerpts that were published date to 1938, a crucial year during which Mussolini's Fascist regime passed the racial laws and Europe sealed its appeasement toward Nazi Germany at the Munich conference. "I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler," Mussolini is quoted as boasting in August 1938. "We must give Italians a sense of race." Italy's racial laws restricted the rights of Jews and expelled them from government, university and other fields. In 1943, German troops occupied northern and central Italy, and thousands of Jews were deported. According to some researchers, there
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US to Seize Mosques, Skyscraper of Iran-Linked Group BY AFP US federal prosecutors said they were moving to seize four mosques and a 36story New York skyscraper from a nonprofit Muslim group suspected of having ties to the Iranian government. he Alavi Foundation has been providing "numerous services" and illegally funneling funds to the Iranian government through money laundering, according to the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. Bharara filed a forfeiture action with a New York federal court to seize bank accounts owned by the group and a suspected front company, as well as the office tower and Islamic centers in the states of Maryland, Virginia, Texas and California.
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"For two decades, the Alavi Foundation's affairs have been directed by various Iranian officials, including Iranian ambassadors to the United Nations, in violation of a series of American laws."
Islamic Mosque-center in Rockville seized by the Feds.
The Piaget building at 650 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. "As today's complaint alleges in great detail, the Alavi Foundation has effectively been a front for the government of Iran," Bharara said in a statement. Washington has long accused Tehran of funding terror groups and of seeking to produce a nuclear bomb under cover of its suspect civilian nuclear program. President Barack Obama renewed longstanding US economic sanctions against Iran for another year, telling Congress that "our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal." The move to seize the Shiite Muslim places of worship, a very rare step for US law enforcement due to freedom of religion rights enshrined in the Constitution, comes
as US Muslims fear a backlash following last week's shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, allegedly by a Muslim US Army psychiatrist. Prosecutors said the foundation sent the funds, including rental income from the Fifth Avenue skyscraper, to Iran's stateowned Bank Melli through Assa Corporation and its parent organization, Assa Company Limited. The US Treasury has already designated the two groups as being fronts for Bank Melli, which it says supports Iran's nuclear program and provides banking services to the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its Quds Force branch. In 2007, the Treasury placed Bank Melli
on its list of companies whose assets must be frozen. In a December notice, it had mentioned the office tower located at 650 Fifth Avenue, saying Bank Melli created Assa Corporation to hold its interest in the building and citing the Alavi Foundation as a co-owner. Bharara noted that the group's former president is still under investigation for alleged obstruction of justice, while criminal and civil investigations are ongoing. The Alavi Foundation was founded as a successor to the Pahlavi Foundation, a nonprofit organization the shah had used to pursue Iran's charitable interests in the United States. But after the fall of the Shah during the 1979 Islamic revolution, the revolutionary leadership changed the group's agenda, placing it under the purview of the Bonyad Mostazafan, which reported directly to Iran's supreme leader, the grand ayatollah.
NOVEMBER 20, 2009 The Jewish Voice Inviting Imam Linked to 1993 WTC FBI Arrests Madoff Bombing to City Hall Was Mistake Computer Programmers PAGE 8
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The mayor’s office admits it goofed when it invited a Brooklyn imam linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to City Hall for a Muslim community meeting on Wednesday. i r a j Wa h h a j w a s o n e o f n i n e Islamic leaders who met with Mayor Bloomberg and Po l i c e C o m m i s s i o n e r R ay m o n d Ke l ly ove r f e a r s o f a b a c k l a s h against local Muslims after the Fo r t H o o d m a s s a c r e . The imam’s past wound up overshadowing the get-together and the mayor’s red-faced staff later said Wahhaj should never have been there in the first place. In 1995, Wahhaj was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the World Trade Center bombing - meaning he was never charged but the feds believe he had some connection. Later that year, Wahhaj appeared as a defense witness in the trial of blind sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of trying to blow up the Lincoln Tunnel and the United Nations. “If we were aware of his full background,” an aide said, “it would have been done differently.” Wahhaj heads the Masjid al Taqwa mosque in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and presides over fellow African-American converts to Islam. “He was invited by staff because he leads a large mosque in Brooklyn,” mayoral spokesman Stu Loeser said earlier in the night. “The mayor had never met him and wasn’t aware of his background.” “We’re trying to reach out to leaders
The FBI arrested two computer programmers allegedly employed by Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff to cook the books in his decadeslong, multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme.
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Siraj Wahhaj, imam of the Masjid Al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn. in various Muslim communities throughout the city, because we’re trying to prevent the sort of anti-Muslim backlash we’ve seen elsewhere” after the Fort Hood shootings, Loeser said. The accused killer in the Army base massacre was a Muslim Army major. “If the mayor had any discomfort he would not have invited me,” Wahhaj said after the meeting. “Of course, he knew who I was. The mayor is very smart.” NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Kelly had not previously met Wahhaj. “It was a good, frank conversation between the mayor and the police commissioner and all the other participants,” Wahhaj said. Wahhaj was last in the news last month when a jury threw out his $5 million lawsuit against Curtis Sliwa for claiming the mosque had run guns to Canada.
erome O'Hara and George Perez, who worked for Madoff from 1990 and 1991 respectively, were arrested at their homes and charged with conspiracy and falsifying accounts, the federal prosecutor's off ice in New York said. The criminal complaint charges the two with being core players in a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, fooled federal regulators, and illicitly earned Madoff billions of dollars. "Jerome O'Hara and George Perez allegedly helped constr uct Ber nie Madoff's house of cards," said US Attorney Preet Bharara. They face a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if found guilty on all charges. O'Hara, 46, and Perez, 43, "primarily were responsible for developing and maintaining computer programs that supported the operation," a statement from the US attorney's off ice for the souther n district of Manhattan said. Running programs on an IBM serv-
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er known to employees as "House 17," O'Hara and Perez helped "a concerted effort overseen by Madoff and his then employee Frank DiPascali to deceive" US regulators and an unnamed European accounting f irm, the charges allege. Special prog rams were allegedly created to generate false accounts and records able to fool at least f ive probes between 2004 and 2008 by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the statement said. Prosecutors revealed what they said was a rebellion by O'Hara and Perez against Madoff in August or September 2006. "They met with Madoff and told him, in substance, that they would no longer lie for him. Handwritten notes found by the FBI in O'Hara's desk stated, among other things: "I won't lie any longer. Next time, I say 'ask Frank (DiPascali),'" the prosecution says. According to prosecutors, Madoff told DiPascali, his right-hand man, "to pay O'Hara and Perez whatever they wanted in order to keep them happy, O'Hara and Perez each received pay increases of about 25 percent and net bonuses of approximately 60,000 dollars." Madoff was arrested in December 2008 and sentenced this year to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty to the Ponzi scheme in which existing investors were paid returns stolen from new investors' capital.
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US Smuggles Yemen’s Jews to Safety in Monsey
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Groom Plunges To His Death In Boro Park BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
BY MAAYANA MISKIN A newlywed couple who was spending their honeymoon at The Avenue Plaza Hotel in Boro Park, Brooklyn, turned into tragedy as the groom jumped from the balcony, a seven-story drop, while his bride was sleeping.
The United States State Department has smuggled 60 Jews out of Yemen in recent months due to fear for their lives, reports the Wall Street Journal. Another 100 of Yemen's Jews may follow. he resettlement project began in July, following several attacks on Jews in Yemen, including the murder of Jewish community leader Moshe Yaish al-Nahari. Several of the recent arrivals from Yemen to the U.S. described growing antiSemitism and fear of attack prior to their departure. “They throw stones at us. They curse us. They want to kill us,” said Salem Suleiman of his former Muslim neighbors. Another recent arrival from Yemen, Shaker Yakub, described how he and his family dressed as Muslims in order to escape Yemen without problems. State Department officials reportedly hope that by rescuing Yemen's Jews, they can avoid the bad publicity that would result in further attacks on Yemen's Jews and thus maintain support for the administration of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh has made efforts to demonstrate goodwill towards his country's Jewish population, but has been unable to reign in increasing violence from local Muslim extremists. The new arrivals from Yemen are being
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About 60 Yemeni Jews have been moved to the US about 100 more are said to be transferred to the US in the near future. assisted in America by several Jewish organizations. Most have been resettled in the town of Monsey, a primarily hareidireligious community in New York. Jews have lived in Yemen for more than 2,000 years. In 1949 most of Yemen's Jews were brought to Israel in “Operation Magic Carpet” following a wave of anti-Semitic violence and slayings in wake of the establishment of the State of Israel. The hundreds of Jews who remained in Yemen until recent years faced renewed threats of violence in 2007. Threats of violence forced Jews to congregate in the city of Raida, where they soon faced attack yet again. The growing violence led to reports over the summer that Jewish life in Yemen would soon come to an end, with almost all of the country's Jews moving to either the United States or Israel.
otty Borger, 24, died at Lutheran Medical Center. The hotel’s concierge awoke his wife, Mali, to tell her that Borger had plunged from the balcony to his death at 6:45am, just two days after their beautiful wedding in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The news of Borger’s death came as a shock to his friends who said that they saw no sign of depression as he sang and danced with excitement at his wedding reception, which consisted of 500 guests of family and friends. Yet, deep within, Borger was riddled with pain as he expressed to Mali how he was tormented with tormenting memories of being molested as a yeshiva student. "That entire day he discussed it with her. He told her the story of his life, how he felt so awful and he couldn't go near her. "When he got married, he realized he couldn't face up to it, and he told his wife that he needed help,” a source said. In response to the bride’s questioning as to why he would marry her, Borger said that she was absolutely right and that it was not right for him to get married. Family members and friends, who had just celebrated the young couple’s vows, were shocked to learn of the tragedy.
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Newlyweds Motty and Mali Borger pictured above. Motty plunged to his death from The Avenue Plaza Hotel in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Even a waiter who had served the couple during the post-wedding celebration was dismayed as he remembered them full of laughter as they discussed what they should order and then sharing a meal of broiled salmon Friends said they couldn't believe Borger would want to kill himself or that there could have been any marital strife. "The guy was so full of life," a friend said. "He was so happy to marry her." The city Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide. The NYPD is investigating the sex-abuse allegations, said a police official. A source familiar with the tragedy said Borger had confided in close relatives that he was molested while a teen attending a yeshiva, but that the family hadn’t reported it to the police.
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WAR ON TERROR Crime, Plus Politics, Propelling Jews out of Venezuela BY JTA Esther Benchimol de Roffe arrived in Venezuela as a young bride, leaving northern Morocco more than 50 years ago to meet her groom in a prosperous foreign land. he young couple fit in easily in a country where, as Spanish-speaking Sephardim, they already were familiar with the language and the Jewish community was established. Her husband built a successful business, and Benchimol raised a family and earned international renown singing the ancient Sephardic hymns she had learned as a child in Alcazarquivir. “It was a rich country, there were a lot of opportunities,” reminisces Benchimol, now 74. “We had many friends and there was a real sense of brotherhood. There was never any racism against us.” Her tone changes, however, when she considers the futures of her grandchildren and whether she would advise them to stay in Venezuela. “I wouldn’t stay here,” Benchimol said. “I’m speaking as a grandmother.” It’s not anti-Semitism that causes her to fear daily for the safety of her grandchildren but “la inseguridad” -- insecurity. It's the general term Venezuelans use now to describe an unrelenting crime wave that cuts across the countries economically and ideologically polarized society. The issue consistently tops surveys here as Venezuelans’ biggest concern. Venezuelan Jews say that as citizens of a state in which many have lost faith in the police and judicial system, they fear random violence far more than anti-Semitic attacks. They consistently cite crime as their main source of anxiety. Last year, Foreign Policy magazine called Caracas the murder capital of the world, tallying the homicide rate at 130 per 100,000 residents. Off icial statistics are hard to come by because the government has stopped providing details. In order to gauge crime, journalists rely on the city morgue in Caracas to report how many bodies arrived over the weekend as the result of violence, publishing their tally in newspapers on Monday mornings. In one wave of weekend violence in early October, 56 people were reported murdered in this city of just over 4 million people. In addition to murder, kidnappings for ransom -- a source of high anxiety for the city's wealthier inhabitants -- are said to be on the rise. Jews say they feel at particular risk due to the perception that the Jewish community can pony up a large ransom for a kidnapped Jew. Yair Rosemberg, a 28-year old theater producer, is less than a month away from getting married. Where crime was once regarded as something he read about in the papers, now it has touched a growing number of his acquaintances,
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he said. He and his f iancee probably will move to Israel after they are married; the couple recently returned from a trip there to explore their options. Rosenberg cited it as his main reason for wanting to leave.
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“Chavez severed diplomatic ties with Israel and ratcheted up his rhetoric against the Jewish state.”
.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced last Friday that the case would be tried in civilian court. Mohammed will be tried with four accused co-conspirators. Some members of the U.S. Congress and relatives of the Islamic World Trade Center victims are questioning the Obama administration's decision because it gives the alleged terrorists, reportedly members of alQaida, the protections of the American criminal justice system. The administration will now ask a grand jury to indict the men, who are being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Congress must receive 45 days notice from the administration before prisoners are moved from Guantanamo Bay into the United States. Many throughout the country have called for the trial to be conducted in a military setting. There have been fears stated that there might be security concerns in the heart of NYC that can possibly lead to terror attacks by supporters of the accused. Other concerns are that there will be a harder burden of proof in a civilian court then in a military tribunal. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., joined a chorus of condemnation Friday over the Obama administration's decision to try f ive Sept. 11 suspects in New York City, not far from ground zero itself. King, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he was upset that accused terrorists would enjoy the same rights as U.S. citizens. He said President Barack Obama was "caving into political correctness and the left-wing base of his political party." He also warned that the area surrounding the courthouse would turn into a "circus." “I am really disgusted by it,” Mr. King said. "To me, it’s truly an insult to the memory of those killed on 9/11.”The southern district courthouse is within walking distance of ground zero, City Hall … NYPD headquarters (and) Wall Street. … It is reckless to impose the risk of these trials on New York for no good reason," Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NY though is in favor of the decisssion of the Obama administration to hold the trial n NY. Mr. Bloomberg said in defence of president Obama’s decision, “I support the Obama Administration’s decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists here in New York. It is f itting that 9/11 suspects face
That fear, combined with President Hugo Chavez's verbal broadsides against Israel and still fresh memories of a shocking assault last January against the community's main synagogue, Tiferet Israel, is prompting many Jews here to consider whether there is a future for them in Venezuela. Over the past decade, the Jewish community has fallen from a high of about 20,000 members to the oft-cited f igures of 13,000 to 10,000, according to local Jewish activists. Throughout his decade in power, Chavez has referred to the United States as imperialist and belligerent. Following Israel’s incursion into Gaza last winter, Chavez severed diplomatic ties with Israel and ratcheted up his rhetoric against the Jewish state. He refers to Israel as a genocidal state. Once he referred disparagingly to Colombia as the region’s “Israel” while voicing his displeasure at an agreement to allow the U.S. military access to Colombia’s military bases. Meanwhile, he’s built friendships with and welcomed the presidents of Iran and Libya, part of what he has described as his efforts to build a counterweight to U.S. “hegemony.” Venezuelan Jews say there is a wide gap between the president’s anti-Israel rhetoric and the attitudes of the Venezuelan people toward Jews. Venezuela has not seen the antiSemitism that exists in some other Latin American countries. “I would rather be a Jew here than in Spain,” said Paulina Gamus, a local political commentator and outspoken critic of Chavez, responding to a question about whether Venezuela is still safe for Jews. “There, anti-Semitism is among the people. Here, with all of the government’s hostility, the people aren’t hostile." she adds. "There isn’t a personal sense of anti-Semitism.” Gamus is the only Jew to have served in Venezuela’s National Assembly. While Gamus insists that her home is in Venezuela, the younger generation of her family has mostly left the country. All of her children, nieces and nephews
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The trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, will take place in Manhattan federal court.
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Khalid Sheik Mohammed. justice near the World Trade Center site where so many New Yorkers were murdered. We have hosted terrorism trials before, including the trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.” The former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, under who’s administration the attacks took place, said, “Putting suspected Sept. 11 terrorists on trial in New York City places residents there at unnecessary risk.” Attorney General Eric Holder said he decided to bring the suspects to trial in New York because of the nature of the undisclosed evidence against them, because the 9/11 victims were mostly civilians, and because the attacks took place on U.S. soil. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, however, says she has no problem with Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try in New York City f ive alleged terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. A former senator from New York, Clinton tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that she understands that trials will be a painful experience for the families of those who died. Holder says he plans to bring the professed mastermind of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four others detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to trial in a courtroom near the site of the World Trade Center. New Yorkers are taking sides over the terror trial for the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks. "I think it's a logistical and security nightmare for the American People," Alice Hoagland, mother of a 9/11 victim, said. "Keeping the courthouse secure, keeping downtown secure, we've got the manpower to do that, but what we worry about is suicide bombers, something that could attract other terrorists like the ones that are being tried," Robert Strang, of Investigative Management Group, said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the NYPD is fully prepared. "We've handled high prof ile events, certainly high prof ile trials in the past, and we'll be able to do it," Kelly said.
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Iranian Threat Kurd, Ehsan Fattahian, Executed in Iran
Iran to Mass-Produce Airto-Air Heat-Seeking Missiles BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER
According to several reports from Iran, Ehsan Fattahian a Kurdish activist, was executed early Wednesday morning, in Sanandaj Central Prison.
A senior commander announced that the Iranian Defense Industry is due to start mass production of heat-seeking air-to-air missiles designed by the Iranian Air Force.
here had been a world wide effort to stop the execution. Over 10,000 people signed an online petition calling to stop the execution. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and several Iranian human rights organizations issued statements calling to halt the execution. However, from the moment the date of Ehsan’s execution was set, only the head of the Judiciary, Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani, could stop the execution. Larijani let this young man die despite being innocent. Ehsan was executed for his political activities in support of the Kurdish minority in northern Iran. Despite being tortured, Ehsan refused to admit to participating in the armed struggle against the tyrannical Iranian regime. His was at first sentenced to exile for ten years, showing that the regime didn’t see him as serious threat. It was only during the appeal process that was he declared as an “enemy of god” and sentenced to be executed. According to international law it is ille-
rigadier General Hassan Shahsafi told the Islamic republic news agency that this missile with a test-fire range of over 40 kilometers is one of the heat-seeking missiles designed by the Iranian Air Force Research Center and has already been used in military maneuvers. He also said that the design phase of invisible (stealth) airplanes has been completed in the Air Force, adding that the first prototype plane of this category is under construction. Referring to the high readiness of alert in the Iranian Air Force, to face any eventuality, he said that they have recently forced some intruding foreign (no country identified)airplanes to land before managing escape from Iranian air space. Shahsafi underlined that the Iranian Air Force along with other branches of the military, is determined to keep itself in a state of
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B Ehsan-Fattahian. gal to execute political (non militant) political activists, all humans have the right to self determination. It is only morally wrong to execute someone for wanting to be free. According to the Alliance for Kurdish Rights, “This execution is just another tool in the Iranian regime’s mechanism of repression against the Kurdish minority. The Kurds in Iran are victims of arbitrary arrests, denial of education, denial of cultural expression, executions, raids, and denial of many other human rights.”
General Hassan Shahsafi. high preparedness in spite of all hostile threats and propaganda in order to strongly confront any and all security threats. He pointed to the capability of rapid reaction force, as a remarkable character of the Iranian Air Force to defend Iran's interests in this sensitive region notably in the Persian Gulf. The Air Force commander said Iran pursues an independent policy in this sensitive region and tries to equip itself with the most sophisticated weaponry systems.
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'US Attitude Towards Israel May be Changing'
Obama's Middle East Strategy Stalls
BY HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
BY MEREDITH BUEL
A leading Republican congressman warned that the climate toward Israel on Capitol Hill could be changing, ahead of his address to a major Jewish conference Sunday.
From the beginning of his administration, U.S. President Barack Obama said resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be a top foreign policy priority. After nearly 10 months of diplomacy, however, the peace process appears to be stalled and no negotiations are on the horizon. Some Middle East analysts say the failure to make progress is due, at least in part, to missteps made by the Obama administration.
he possibility is there," US House of Representatives Minority Whip Eric Cantor told The Jerusalem Post, speaking about the prospect that Congress's support for Israel could be ebbing. "There have been incidences of late that do indicate that we have challenges on that front, and I'm very committed to doing everything I can to make sure that Congress remains Israel's strongest ally in the quest for what it needs in terms of its security." Cantor, who spoke to the Post before addressing the Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly, did not specify the nature of the incidents, but he did raise questions about the White House's approach to Israel and the wider Middle East. "I have a lot of concerns about what I have seen lately, about the continued desire to try to engage with Iran and about pressure being applied to Israel in terms of concessions in the name of peace," said Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House and its only Jewish Republican. "Israel is a pillar in our national security strategy and we ought to be emphasizing every bit of our commitment to Israel right now as it faces an existential threat," he said.
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Eric Cantor speaking at last week’s GA Cantor later spoke at the opening session of the convention, which was meant to feature an address by US President Barack Obama on Tuesday. But Obama pulled out late Saturday to attend the planned memorial service for the 13 victims slain by gunman Nidal Malik Hassan at Fort Hood in Texas. Conference organizers said White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel would address the gathering in Obama's place. A small group of Jewish leaders are also due to meet with Obama at the White House. Though many of the 3,000 registered attendants expressed dismay that the president wouldn't be attending the event, they accepted his decision to travel to Fort Hood. Several also expressed interest in hearing from Emmanuel, a key figure in the administration who has been intimately involved in crafting and executing much of Obama's agenda. "There's a disappointment, but we clearly
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ast January, on his second full day in office, President Obama named a special envoy to the Middle East as part of an effort to rejuvenate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. As George Mitchell met repeatedly with top Israeli and Arab leaders the new administration's strategy to get the talks back on track began to emerge. President Obama called for a total freeze on construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank while his diplomats tried to convince Arab governments to make moves toward normalizing ties with Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said a settlement freeze needed to be in place before high-level negotiations could begin. However Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a settlement freeze and efforts by the Obama administration to make progress have stalled. Mr. Netanyahu says he is ready to return to peace talks without preconditions. David Makovsky is the author of a new book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Myths, Illusions and Peace: Finding a New Direction in the Middle East) and is the director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process. "If you ask about the missteps of the administration I feel we [the United States] boxed Abbas in early on," said David Makovsky. "When we said freeze, even though we did not say it as a precondition, he felt that he had to match the United States. Then we cut a deal with Israel and he felt politically exposed. I think we pay a price for raising expectations too high and that should be a cautionary tale always."
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On her recent trip to the region U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised as "unprecedented" an offer by Mr. Netanyahu to limit, but not freeze, settlement construction. Palestinian and other Arab leaders criticized her comments, which she defended after meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Morocco. "They engaged me at length about what it is that Israel is offering, why I believe it is unprecedented, " said Hillary Clinton. "We discussed how the position of the Obama administration has not changed. We do not believe that settlements are legitimate. We have said that repeatedly. And we have made that clear to the Israelis, the Arabs, the Palestinians, and the world." President Abbas, expressing concern about the lack of progress in the peace process, announced he will not run in elections scheduled for January and advisors say he may soon resign. Ghaith al-Omari is a former advisor to the Palestinian president and is currently the advocacy director at the American Task Force on Palestine. "It was a sign of frustration," said Ghaith al-Omari. "It was a message mainly, primarily to the United States, but also to an extent to Israel. If you want to push me around, well I leave and let us see who you have after me." Al-Omari says Mr. Abbas' decision not to run for reelection could be a moot point since he doubts the Palestinian elections will actually take place in January. The militant group Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and so far is unwilling to participate in the elections. Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says what he calls a truly amazing situation now exists in the Middle East. Satloff says for a generation Palestinians have asked America to convince Israel to negotiate the terms of a Palestinian state. Now Palestinians are refusing to come back to such talks. "When America and Israel want to try to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table at least to talk about statehood and Palestinians, perhaps for very good reasons of their own, are balking,
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Sitt Sells Seaside Site To City Continued from cover ments and attractions are the center of a 27 acres amusement district, some of which will be open as early as Summer, 2010. When done, the project will provide thousands of new private sector jobs, almost 5000 units of affordable housing, and long term rewards for private investment. One of America' most famous destinations, Coney Island is a prime element of the Bloomberg administration's long term economic development priorities. This "icon of New York City," "the peoples' playground" has, for the last four or five decades, been slowly deteriorating into a rusting, windblown wasteland. Most of its rides are shuttered or dismantled, its attractions are, well, not very attractive. For a bit over half of one of those decades, Joe Sitt, principal of Thor Equities had a very different vision for Coney Island and of what could be created along the Brooklyn shoreline, centering around a Las Vegas style play land by the New York City sea shore. For almost half a decade, Joey Sitt had indeed put his money where his mouth was. He "sees pluses where others see minuses." His first foray into real estate came through his involvement in the "rag business." At 26, he founded Ashley Stewart, a specialty merchandiser serving the plus-sized, professional urban women's market. His location rental experience spurred his entry into real estate investment and the creation of inner city shopping malls -14 million square feet in a dozen cities. Sitt has an uncanny ability to recognize under performing property and turn them around, f inding real-estate and retail opportunities others have overlooked. He began buying land in Coney Island in 2005, quietly, piece by piece, amassing close to 12 acres of prime property. He formulated an expansive development plan, proposing an extraordinary Las Vegas by the Sea style resort. He cleared away some of the Coney classics - the Thunderbolt, Child’s restaurant, the Astroland Amusement Park - the land remained vacant. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his team had been looking at Coney Island's potential as well. The Mayor had a somewhat different vision.. The Bloomberg administration sought "to turn Coney into a revitalized, yearround destination." Prior to that end, it invested hundreds of millions in area improvements - $240 million for a subway terminal at Surf and Stillwell Avenues, a commitment of $83 million for general neighborhood improvements - and developed a "master plan" to set guidelines for private developers. The City will work with Sitt and other private developers investing in Coney Island, and continue making major improvements to area infrastructure using federal, state and city funding. To complete the City's plans, however, it was necessary to acquire just over half of the property owned by Thor. Getting to the Thursday morning public handshake was not easy. Negotiations have been at times acrimonious, accusatory, even angry. The City offered to buy the property; Sitt refused. Deputy Mayor
R/L: New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky City Planning Commissioner Amanda M. Burden State Senator Diane J. Savino Congressman Jerrold Nadler Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Council Member Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber Thor Equities Chairman and CEO Joseph Sitt and Carlo A. Scissura from the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the City Hall Press Conference announcing the sale of Coney Island by Joseph Sitt to New York City.
Bringing the power of the City and the Federal governments together with the private sector for the Coney Island redevelopment effort are Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Thor Equities Chairman and CEO, Joe Sitt.
City Councilman Dominic Rechia, left, played an integral part in Thor Equities acquisition of its Coney Island Properties. He involvement was noted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, and owner, Joe Sitt.
Robert Lieber threatened that any future offer from the City would be lower, Sitt still refused to sell. The City Council's passage of new zoning in the summer of 2009 added additional problems for the developer.. The difficult real estate market further limited his ability to progress. With the deal concluded - Sitt got more than $300 a square foot - with each side "claiming victory," the way is clear for the City to proceed with its plan. Plans for Thor Equities remaining 5.6 acres remain unknown. A late night announcement November 10, followed by a morning press conference the next day, declared "a major breakthrough," an agreement for purchase of the just under seven acres section of Sitt's property deemed essential for full execution of the City's proposed Coney Island redevelopment plan - a very long term project. Michael Bloomberg and his team are masterful negotiators. Standing together with a smiling Joe Sitt at the City Hall news conference, he assured that "both sides of any negotiations can basically win. A good negotiation should leave both sides satisfied - but not totally - they have to come back and work on the next deal. And, he assured" "there will be other deals done...This will be "a new era in Coney Island history." By summer, 2010, the Mayor assured, Coney Island "will be back in a big way." Sitt acknowledged that the Mayor runs "a tough crew." Perhaps a bit reminiscent, he teased, of the godfather's associate, Luca Brazzi. Creating the agreement took many hours of work by many parties; some had working hundreds of hours. The 95.6 million dollar purchase represents a critically important New York City investment in Coney Island and its future. The 6.9 acres "form a core" of the planned new amusement park which will be "100% City owned, 100% City protected...Coney Island is part of our history. Now, we're making sure it will be part of the future," promised the Mayor. The City plan calls for nearly 10 acres of amusements and attractions to be situated throughout a 27 acre amusement district. According to Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber, the initial Request for Proposals (RFP) was released to national and international amusement operators November 13. In addition to a new Steeple Chase and other amusements, the renovation is expected to stimulate the creation of thousands of new private sector jobs and 5000 units of affordable housing in the area. Purchase of Sitt's property had been termed a "crucial step forward" in the process of turning around the faded seaside amusement district.and creating a robust year-round destination. The Mayor specifically acknowledged the efforts of Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a long time champion of Coney Island revitalization, who secured federal funding to help pay for the extensive infrastructure investments integral to support the area development and make the renewal efforts viable. Nadler mused that he "wants to make sure the areas around Nathan's again becomes the image of Coney Island." He specifically noted "the work of City Councilman Dominic Recchia. "No one has been as big an advocate." compliment-
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The city’s rendering of the future of Coney Island Boardwalk.
A fabulous aerial view of the city’s Coney Island rendering.
A rendering of a Coney Island rollercoaster that is sure to thrill the amusement park’s visitors.
Coney Island Land Aquisition that shows where zoning will take place.
ed the Congressman. "He really provided the leadership for all the other elected officials, including me." Rechia, first elected in 2001, "worked hard to get this deal done. With the encouragement of the Mayor's office, he spoke to many developers. It was Joe Sitt and Thor Equities that took the first active interest. Getting the project underway, he said, "is a dream come ture"
For Sitt, the combination of "new zoning combined with a higher FAR (Floor Area Ratio - a zoning designation defining the allowed building density) will bring Coney Island development "to a modern era." Asked why, in a period of economic difficulties, so much of the City's resources are being focused on this revitalization, Sitt responded that "it's the aggregate that makes the City. Given the importance of Coney Island to Brooklyn and the City, it's not a disproportionate amount of money."
“Thor Equities is far from done with Coney Island. The company still owns a substantial amount of property in the neighborhood.” Deputy Mayor Robert Leiper, called "instrumental in sealing the deal," had the power of two specific situations backing his negotiating positions. The recent City Council rezoning designed to establish a "dynamic amusement and entertainment district consisting of 27 acres" sharply restricted possible uses for the property. Designation as protected park land for an as-of-right amusement center along the
boardwalk excluded all other building options. "America's first playground will be protected for all generations," he said. The current economic climate added further strength to the City's negotiating ability, putting it in the best position to transform the site as quickly as possible. Even with initial RFP's put out immediately - November 13 - Lieber cautioned that the project will "take time - possibly ten years," to complete. "We have to make investments for the future - not just worry about today...it's the silver lining behind the (economic) downturn," said Bloomberg. Joseph Sitt - "alias Joey Coney Island" - has been a Coney aficionado since childhood, sometimes playing "hooky" to visit the seaside amusement resorts name in giant technicolor letters: "THE BOARDWALK AT CONEY ISLAND"... and "spreading the message that this is the place to be." Thor Equities is far from done with Coney Island. The company still owns a substantial amount of property in the neighborhood. With the City set to make an investment of $150 million in infrastructure improvements - and the state and federal government adding more - and in conjunction with the City's investment in the area redevelopment, the value of Thor's remaining property will logically increase.
“Sitt is said to have spent nearly $100 million buying the approximately 12 acres that stretching from KeySpan Park to Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.” Sitt is said to have spent nearly $100 million buying the approximately 12 acres that stretching from KeySpan Park to Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park. Even after the sale of these seven acres of "prime turf" essential to the successful implementation of Mayor Bloomberg's
development plan, he retains a significant - and increasingly more valuable - realestate trophy. His current plans for the remaining land remain mysterious. Rumors among Coney Island locals run rampant; facts remain Sitt's secret. EDC will keep current tenants in place for at least a year, through the Summer of 2010. Then it's an open question. Some, of course, will still complain. "The area zoned for outdoor amusements remains way too small... hemmed in by what could be an indoor entertainment retail mall. And, the whole thing remains blocked off by a series of high rise hotels that really don't belong there," said Juan Rivero of the group Save Coney Island, according to NY1 News. Dennis Vourderis, whose family runs the only amusement park left, Dino’s, and the Wonder Wheel, a city landmark. has said "I think the city made a good choice in buying the land in order to protect the area along the boardwalk for amusements forever. It won’t be threatened by the development of apartments, shopping malls or anything else. Now the question is, Who do we bring in to build this billion-dollar amusement park?" It got sooo much potential! "I love Coney Island," said Joey Sitt, the kid from Gravesend.
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Private Wealth to Replace Bank Obama Announces December Jobs Crisis Talks Lending Wealthy Individuals to Fund New Finance Brand
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President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a jobs forum to be held at the White House in a bid to combat unemployment that has soared to the highest level in 26 years.
The failure of banks and other lenders to meet the needs of quality borrowers has led to the opening of a new mortgage fund capitalised entirely by private investors.
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n December, we'll be holding a forum at the White House on jobs and economic growth," Obama said before departing on a trip to Asia. The meeting among CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts as well as representatives from labor unions and non-profit groups is to see "how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again." With unemployment hitting 10.2 percent in October, Obama said hiring often took time to catch up with economic growth, which the United States posted for the first time in the third quarter after a year of contractions. He said that "given the magnitude of the economic turmoil that we've experienced, employers are reluctant to hire" but cautioned that any decisions made to ease the unemployment problem must be considered carefully. "It's important that we don't make any illconsidered decisions, even with the best of intentions, particularly at a time when our resources are so limited. "But it's just as important that we are open to any demonstrably good idea to supplement the steps we've already taken to put America back to work. That's what this forum is about." The government said earlier this month that the unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 percent in October from 9.8 percent the previous month as another 190,000 jobs were shed. The jobless rate was the highest since 1983, prompting renewed talk of additional government stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession. Obama called the jobless numbers "sobering" and said his administration was considering "further steps" to spark job growth. In the latest weekly unemployment data released Thursday, the US Labor Department said initial claims for jobless insurance benefits fell for a second time last week. The seasonally adjusted number of new unemployment claims in the week ending November 7 fell to 502,000, a drop of 12,000 from the previous week's revised fig-
he California-based Equicap Preferred Mortgage Fund LLC is now raising an initial $70 million from Ultra/High Net Worth syndicates and funds to make mortgages available to top-tier borrowers. The fund will provide a return of 8.5% for investors but is raising the full first year's conservatively forecast borrowing from a syndicate or fund so that the capital can be provided in scheduled tranches over the first year of lending operations.
T US President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington. ure of 514,000, the department said. The fresh data was better than the figure expected by most analysts of around 510,000. The department said that four-week moving average, which smooths out weekto-week volatility, fell to 519,750, a decrease of 4,500 from the previous week's revised average of 524,250. The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits also fell. The Labor Department's figures showed the number of seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 31 was 5.631 million, a decrease of 139,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 5.77 million. The latest initial claims reading supported a trend of slowing job losses since a March peak and was the lowest since January. After declines totaling 30,000 in the past two weeks, "it seems fair to say that the downward trend in claims is still in place," said Ian Shepherdson, chief US economist for High Frequency Economics. "The numbers are still terrible in absolute terms, but at least they are clearly heading in the right direction," he said. The United States grew at a seasonally adjusted 3.5-percent annual rate in the JulySeptember period. The increase was the first since the second quarter of 2008. The United States plunged into recession in December 2007 following a home mortgage meltdown that sent a financial tsunami around the globe.
“Whilst there are already local and regional private wealth funded mortgage pools, Equicap is the first manifestation of such an operation launching with the intent to build a national consumer and commercial finance brand.”
Over the past year there has been a migration of wealth away from private equity funds, CD's and other traditional investment vehicles towards funds and syndicates which have appointed their own management teams, the real 'new economy'. These private wealth resourced funds are already actively operating at the high end, mostly property and construction related investment and loan stratum, often with deal values of $100m+. Whilst there are already local and regional private wealth funded mortgage pools, Equicap is the f irst manifestation of such an operation launching with the intent to build a national consumer and commercial f inance brand. The fund and its brand will roll-out across the USA with a view to f illing the gap left open in the lending market by f inance companies that were absorbed, mismanaged or mis-conf igured by the large banks and f inancial services companies that purchased them. These failings have left quality consumer and commercial loan prospects with no nationally recognised, fully functioning lending brand. The Equicap capital raising is being managed by Equility Capital, a UKbased capital raising and investor relations f irm specialising in working with the growing number of U/HNWI syndicates worldwide.
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Wal-Mart Sees Quarterly Profits Jump 3.2% BY AFP US retail giant Wal-Mart on Thursday posted third quarter profits of 3.23 billion dollars, up 3.2 percent from a year ago, beating market expectations. he firm, which is the world's largest retailer, overcame battered consumer confidence in its principal market, the United States. The profit amounted to 84 cents per share, three cents ahead of Wall Wal-Mart is the biggest private employStreet expectations for the quarter er in the United States. It has more than ended October 31. Net sales for the third quarter were 1.4 million workers at home and more 98.667 billion dollars, an increase of than two million globally. 1.1 percent from the same period last year. But sales would have been even fiscal year. higher if not for foreign exchange fluctuations, "We continue to operate in a very challengthe company said. ing economy and remain dedicated to provide Mike Duke, Walmart president and chief the lowest prices to our customers around the executive officer said of the results: "Increased world," said Tom Schoewe, Walmart executive productivity and improved inventory managevice president and chief financial officer. ment led to a better customer experience and "We believe Walmart is positioned better contributed to our strong financial performthan any other retailer to succeed with cusance." tomers this holiday season." He added: "The sales environment continWal-Mart is the biggest private employer in ued to be difficult this quarter, but customer the United States. It has more than 1.4 million traffic is up throughout the company. We workers at home and more than two million gained market share, especially in the United globally. States, the United Kingdom and Mexico, as Aside from the United States, its overseas customers around the globe continued to count operations are in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, on Walmart for quality and low prices." Chile, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Following the results, Wal-Mart raised its Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, outlook for the coming quarter and rest of its Nicaragua and Britain.
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A Couple’s Pride in their Culture and Borough, Ignites a Business BY PAULA PINTO The last thing on Carrie McLaren’s mind when she had tee shirts made for her husband and her one-year-old son that blended both their culture and enthusiasm of living just blocks from where the Brooklyn Dodgers once played, was that her idea would land her a business. cLaren, who had tee shirts made for both her husband and son that are somewhat a L/R Carrie McLaren together with her replica of the Brooklyn Dogers Uniform, with an italicized logo that son Sidney and husband Charles. reads “Brooklyn Jews”, became an instant hit in their neighborhood where the the couple had hoped, they are opticouple lives nearby Ebbets Field, the stadium mistic that they will pick as people where the Brooklyn Dodgers once played, as begin shopping for Chanukah. "When you have to give a kid eight well as surrounding areas. While strolling through places such different gifts over eight nights, you can get away with making one of them a Tas Prospect Park, the couple captured the attention of onlookers that inquired shirt,” said Charles Star, McLaren’s husband. as to where they purchased the shirts. Star also expressed that the shirts, in "They wanted to know where to buy them. Everybody loved the idea," said no way, are meant to make fun of the Jewish community, but should be McLaren. McLaren, who has been taking a looked at as a source of pride in the borbreak from work as a graphic designer ough. He also commented that his mothto raise her one-year-old son, decided to er was a Jew as well as his grandparents start selling the tee shirts online and how Jews are a signif icant part of because of the vast attention they have Brooklyn’s heritage. received. While the site is rather new, Please turn to page 36 and sales have not been as lucrative as
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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE EDITORIAL
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A PC Terror Trial in New York In a controversial move that has many New Yorkers upset the Obama Administration has decided to bring 5 members of Al Qaeda including the mastermind of the 9-11 attacks, to New York for trial. hile it might be healing for some New Yorkers, to have the trial take place where the atrocity took place. Especially for those that had been personally affected by the terror attacks of 9-11, where it will be easy to attend and face the terrorists. The daily trial that will probably go on for months can also open up old wounds. There is also the issue of security. A trial of terrorists in NY will force an increase in security all over the city. We already have police anti-terror officers stationed all around the city, on the subway, at tourist sites, synagogues and where ever a threat can be conceived. There is fear on the street that NY will have to become an armed camp, similar to the situation immediately following the attacks. By bringing the trial to NY, it seem that President Obama, is caving into political correctness and the left-wing base of his political party the area surrounding the courthouse would turn into a "circus." There are many issues that are at best kept under wraps, such as the techniques used in the military to gather information. The accused were not captured in America but for the most part they had been caught overseas and transferred to Guantanamo Bay. The methods that were used in the capture and transfer of the accused might come under heavy scrutiny. This scrutiny can put American intelligence operatives in danger and future missions at greater risk.
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It is very possible that the defense lawyers of the accused will try to say that it was illegal to transfer the prisoners from overseas. Some of the interrogation techniques that had been used against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other defendants have been labeled torture by the political left. Some say that any information extracted from a suspect under torture such as water boarding is not admissible in court. Even though Mohammed boasted about his role in the 9-11 attacks some have suggested that he could be set free on a technicality. A defense attorney could challenge Mohammed's confession to planning the attacks. The government admitted to using water-boarding interrogation techniques on him 183 times in 2003. There are fears that an unsuccessful prosecution could see the accused walk free on American soil, although presumably they could be deported. A military tribunal has the ability to be closed from prying eyes and has a lower burden of proof then a civilian court. Though we do not live in a military state there are times when civil liberties of the many have to be protected by curtailing those of the few who try to deny us the right to them. NY is where the most visible effect of the terror attack exists. The open wound that used to be the World Trade Center, reminds every New Yorker on a daily basis of the worst terror attack on US soil in history. The possibility of seeing the mastermind of the attacks go free on a technicality because the trial took place in a civilian court will only rub salt into the wounds.
Dear Editor, I absolutely loved the coverage that you gave Fall Fashion Remix, hosted by the Sephardic Community Center in Brooklyn, NY. First of all, the gowns were stunning and deserved the color display, which you gave them in a section entirely to itself. Secondly, it was amazing to see that such an event took place in Brooklyn, NY! And last but not least, the entire presentation of the article from the way it was written to the beautiful
photography and the arrangement of the photos on a two page spread was fantastic! I am yet to see it published anywhere else, and therefore I know I would have missed out on the coverage had your newspaper not publicized it. I look forward to seeing articles such as this one in the future! Thank you, Miriam Tawil
Dear Editor, Unfortunately I was not able to make it to the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of America that took place in Washington D.C., and was pleased to see that you had staff present at the event that so perfectly described it and was able to give readers, such as myself, a first-hand glance at what took place. Often times, major events do not get the coverage that they deserve but thanks to your newspaper, I not only was able to read about the event but see various photographs that so nicely accompanied the story. I also wanted to make mention that the photograph that you selected for your cover of Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, was phenomenal! It automatically captured my attention, and I’m sure other readers as well.
On another note, I’d also like to commend the work that your newspaper does to highlight many of the activities that take place in the Jewish Community. Whether they are events that take place in New York or abroad, I notice that you give them the attention that they deserve and therefore your readers are informed of what’s happening worldwide. It is always a pleasure reading your newspaper, and I’m sure I do not stand alone in saying that. It is loaded with beneficial information and greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Elan Heymann
-SBE We apologize for a mistake in the November 16, 2009 Arts and Culture Section. The book Judasim’s Answers to A Changing World was written by Rabbi Yitzchock; however, the book review which appeared in that issue was written by Fern Sidman.
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Obama's Failure, Netanyahu's Opportunity BY CAROLINE GLICK Once again, US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of "putting light" between America and Israel. His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the latter's visit to Washington this week was breathtaking. t isn't every day that you can see an American president leaving the prime minister of an allied government twisting in the wind for weeks before deciding to grant him an audience at the White House. It isn't every day that a visiting leader from a strategically vital US ally is brought into the White House in an unmarked van in the middle of the night rather than greeted like a friend at the front door; is forbidden to have his picture taken with the president; is forced to leave the White House alone, through a side exit; and is ordered to keep the contents of his meeting with the president secret. Ahead of Obama's meeting with Netanyahu, The Wall Street Journal reported that Obama was effectively attempting to blackmail the Israeli premier by conditioning the meeting on Netanyahu's willingness to make tangi-
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ble concessions to the Palestinians during his speech before the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. Although the report was denied by the Obama administration, if it was true, such a move by the White House would be without precedent in the history of US relations with Israel. And if untrue, the very fact that the story rings true is indicative of the wretched state of US relations with Israel since Obama entered off ice. Obama's hostility was evident as well during his meeting with 50 Jewish leaders at the White House this week. In an obvious bid to split American Jewry away from Israel, Obama refused to discuss Israel or Iran with the concerned American Jewish leaders. As far as Obama was concerned, all they deserved from him was a primer on the brilliance of his economic policies and the worthiness of his plan to socialize the American healthcare industry. His foreign policy is none of their business. Obama's meeting with American Jewish leaders was supposed to be a consolation prize for American Jews after Obama canceled his f irst public address to American Jews since taking off ice. The White House claimed that he canceled the speech because his visit to the Fort Hood memorial service made it impossible for him to attend. But then the conference was a three-day affair. The organizers would probably have
been happy to reschedule. Instead, as Iran races to the nuclear f inish line, America's Jewish leaders were forced to sit through White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel's kitschy Borscht Belt schmooze about his bar mitzva. The ironic thing about Obama's nastiness toward Netanyahu and his arrogant treatment of the American Jewish community is that while it has made him the f irst US president to have no credibility among Israelis and has caused a 14 percent drop in his support among American Jews, it has failed utterly to earn him the trust of the Muslim world. Today the Fatah movement is in disarray. Last week its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, announced his intention to retire and has placed the blame for his decision on the Obama administration as well as on Israel. Key Palestinian spokesmen like Saeb Erekat have declared the death of the peace process and called for the renewal of the jihad against Israel. As for the larger Muslim world, a report this week in The New York Times stated that the US's key Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have been perilously weakened since Obama took off ice. Their diminished influence has been accompanied by the rapid rise of Iran and Syria. Both of these rogue states have been on the receiving end of continuous wooing by Obama administration off icials who seem ready to do
just about anything to appease them. In the meantime, Iran's Hizbullah proxy in Lebanon has again managed to regain control over Lebanon's government, despite its defeat in June's parliamentary election. Making full use of the fact that it f ields the most powerful army in the country and owing as well to the US's decision to abandon the proWestern March 14 movement in favor of an approach that makes no distinction between America's friends and foes in Lebanon, Hizbullah strong-armed its way back to the driver's seat in the new Lebanese government. AS FOR Hizbullah's Iranian bosses, far from convincing them to moderate their policies, the Obama administration's efforts to appease the ayatollahs have emboldened Iran's theocratic leaders to adopt ever-more radical positions against the US. As senior US off icials try to make light of the fact that in the past week Iran has thrice rejected their latest offer to have the US, Russia and France enrich uranium for them, the Iranians announced that they will try three hapless American hikers for espionage. The three young Americans were abducted by Iranian security forces along the Iran-Iraq border in Kurdistan four months ago. The fact that Obama's policies have all failed so spectacularly presents a unique opportunity for Israel to move
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Jihad at Fort Hood: Is Political Correctness Keeping Us From Knowing the Truth? BY LAWRENCE WHITE So what do we know about the massacre at Fort Hood? Emotions and polemics are running at full volume. Reliable information is hard to come by. We are hearing mainly rumors. Nonetheless, we can tease out various facts. irst, there is the official story. A major in the US army went on a killing spree in which he murdered 13 and wounded 38 soldiers at Fort Hood. All the news reports have put the emphasis on a medicalized interpretation. According to them, this is about the emotional stress our soldiers are under. The discussion has focused on PTSD, and about how Hasan did not want to be deployed overseas. And at first, few of the media even referred to the fact that he was a Muslim. According to military historian and columnist Victor Davis Hanson, we are seeing "the familiar therapeutic exegesis, in which we hear of traumatic stress syndrome, justified and principled opposition to the Iraq and Afghan wars, generic mental illness, anger at being deployed overseas, or maltreatment from fellow soldiers due to his Muslim faith and various other efforts to 'contextualize' the violence." President Obama said "I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts." However, there are certain inconvenient facts that we do have. 1. Nidal Malik Hasan was an MD. Moreover, he was a psychiatrist, the very
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specialty that deals most with PTSD and emotional issues related to combat. How many mental health professionals have become mass murderers? 2. Hasan had never been in combat. He had been exposed to none of the pressures that lead to PTSD. In a long career as an Army psychiatrist, Hasan had never been deployed overseas. 3. Though Hasan was born in Virginia, on various forms that he filled out he listed himself not as "American" but as "Palestinian." 4. According to commentator Phyllis Chesler, Major Hasan allegedly tried to convert his infidel patients and colleagues to Islam (for which he was repeatedly reprimanded). Or, he insisted on lecturing students, colleagues, and patients against America and for Islamic rights. While training as a psychiatrist, he was disciplined for proselytizing about his Muslim faith with patients and colleagues 5. According to the AP, quoting Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander, soldiers reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!"---an Arabic phrase for "God is great!"---before opening fire. 6. Hasan has been referring to the US as the "aggressor" in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 7. Anti-semitism expert, Dr. Andrew Bostom, has identified internet postings by Hasan that defend suicide bombing. 8. He had been under investigation for six months because of anti-American and jihadist rage. Despite these facts, easily uncovered, the news media put its collective head in the sand. For example, there is "no concrete
reporting as to whether Nidal Malik Hasan was in fact a Muslim or an Arab" (Huffington Post), and the "motive behind the shootings was not immediately clear" (NPR).
“A pathology and a quite virulent one---in this case, arguably the cause of death of the thirteen men and women murdered at Fort Hood.� And even Fox news, often referred to as "that right wing channel," stated that investigators were looking for a motive. Come again? Have we all become such victims of political correctness? Should it not even be mentioned, as recommended by The Nation, that he is a Muslim? Or that he identifies as a Palestinian? Are the facts that I have listed above indicative of "Islamophobia"? And then of course, it needs to be asked whether or not this was an isolated episode. Between September 11, 2001 and the end of 2008, there have been over 20 terrorist plots uncovered and prevented in the US. These have been aimed at subways, malls, army bases, and synagogues. In 2009, there have been a number of additional plots uncovered. A Colorado resident, Najibullah Zazi, was indicted for a plot to detonate a bomb in New York on the anniversary of 9/11. Two North Carolina res-
idents were charged with conspiring to murder U.S. military personnel at Quantico, Virginia. A Texas resident, (but Jordanian citizen), Hosam Maher Hussein Smadi was arrested after placing a would-be bomb near a 60-story office tower in Dallas. In Boston, Tarek Mehanna, was arrested in connection with terrorist plots against U.S. shopping malls. What are we to make of this? According to our media, not much. So which is the greater danger? Islamophobia or jihadist attacks on American soil? As Victor Davis Hanson has asked, should the narrative be "that Americans have given into illegitimate "fear and mistrust" of Muslims in general, or should it be that there is a small minority of Muslims who channel generic Islamist fantasies, so that we can assume that either formal terrorist plots or individual acts of murder will more or less occur here every 3-6 months?" Politico.com columnist Roger Simon has referred to political correctness as the murder weapon, as much as the two pistols. He states that PC is "a pathology and a quite virulent one---in this case, arguably the cause of death of the thirteen men and women murdered at Fort Hood" Can we get past this? As Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer has pointed out, "The effect of ignoring or downplaying the role that Islamic beliefs and assumptions may have played in his murders only ensures that---once again---nothing will be done to prevent the eventual advent of the next Nidal Hasan". And again, Roger Simon "the most fitting memorial to them [the 13 killed] would be that their murders would
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The Rebbe’s Gift to The World BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER This past weekend Crown Heights was transformed as thousands of Chabad Shluchim (emissaries) gathered for the annual Kinus Hashluchim. hey numbered over 4,000 and came from 75 different countries around the world. It was the idea of Lubavitch Cahisidut that no Jewish soul is ever lost. They just need a ‘lamplighter’ to find them and light their way to return to Judaism. This year marks the 70 anniversary of the escape of the previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn z”tl who came to America in 1940 from Poland escaping the horrors of the Shoah. It was he who started sending Chasidim to help Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. When he arrived in America he was told that he would not be successful in his activities in promoting education and Jewish religious practice. He was warned that “America is not Europe, it is different” He is said to have cried saying, “America is not different.” The next day he set up the f irst Chabad yeshiva. He later started sending Shluchim around the country and to established Kfar Chabad a Cahbad community near Tel Aviv, in 1948 for his followers in Israel. It was his successor Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn z”tl who took over in 1951 who really put the Shluchim idea in motion. His f irst Shaliach was sent to Morocco where a large community still lived before they moved to the New State of Israel. The movement has grown and now Shluchim can be found around the world. They can be found in far flung Jewish communities where they often are the only Jewish organized presence, college campuses and tourist locations. They offer educational and religious services reaching out to all Jews in need. They offer a bright flame for the ‘pintela yid’ the small spark of Judaism that resides in every Jew, no matter how removed they are. As the Rebbe has said, just reach out and touch them and you will rekindle the light. At the conference the Shluchim attended seminars that covered many subjects from communal work, contract negotiations, religious studies, how to hold seminars, answering tough questions and even fundraising. It was a time to learn from each other’s successes and failures. The f inal event of the conference was a banquet, held in an armory in Crown Heights. It was a celebration of their work. Rabbi Arey Surf in of London who was recently honored for his work by Queen Elizabeth as an anti drug activist and founder of Drugsline, gave the D’var Torah. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky later gave the roll call, recognizing the 75 different countries and countless communities where shluchim can be found. A deep sense of loss when he came to the city of Mumbai India, as the gathering remembered that it was exactly one year ago that terrorists attacked and killed the Local Shluchim in Mumbai and their guests. These Shluchim go through many
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More then 500 children of Chabad Shluchim also attended the conference.
Rabbi Kotlarsky Calling the roll call of Shluchim. hardships, they pack up and leave their families and go off, often to places where language, food and even climate is strange to them and where security is a major concern, just to serve any Jew that might be there. A perfect example is the newest Shluchim, Rabbi Bentzion and Mashie Butman who recently set up shop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They went with their two small children to a country with only about 150 Jews just so that the community will have a place to meet other Jews, come for a kosher meal or learn and pray. There is a popular joke that when the f irst astronaut reached the moon he found a Chabad Shalich waiting for him. Every year the list of Shluchim grows and one day they just might make it to the moon and beyond.
Rabbi Aryeh Surfin from London who was recently made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth, giving the dvar Torah at the conference dinnner.
At the end of the roll call all the Shluchim broke out into joyous dancing.
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Fashion Excites Passion Event Attracts Over 1000 BY MAXINE DOVERE When 20 vibrant Jewish organizations organize their 20 and 30 - something young leadership councils and decide to "make it happen," the results to use the generational venacular are awesome. The event Wednesday, November 11th, was just such an moment. At an evening organized by the Council of Young Jewish Presidents (CYJP) and Birthright Israel NEXT New York, more than a thousand (actually, 1035! but, who's counting?) young Jewish leaders made the fashion scene, gathering for an evening of Fashion & Passion. space! on Manhattan's far west side was the setting for this evening of style with substance. The runway event presented the work of several of Israel's top, hot, fashion designers and featured Israeli Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Esti Ginzburg. Accompanied by her mother, she joined the crowd after the fashion show to take pictures and smooze. Natalie Solomon, Assistant Director of Special Projects for Birthright Israel.Next New York, commenting on the evening simply said "It was fabulous, fabulous! The event had two goals. First, to clearly show that we don't live isolated on an island. There is so much going on for young Jews in the city. The evening was a means of exposing everyone to the idea that being involved in Jewish life is chic, that it's cool. Second, we sought to instill an overriding sense of Am Yisrael, bringing together a young collective group of successful Jews". Solomon welcomed the large crowd, then invited each one to find the organization that reflected his or her areas of interest and become active in the community and involved in Jewish leadership. David Borowich, founder of Dor Chadash and a soon to be new oleh, received warm greetings from the large, enthusiastic audience. He and his wife, Sivan, founder of Jewish Heart for Africa (one of the evening's participating organizations) garnered a sincere mazel tov from many friends. Also "on board" for the evening was a charming group of El Al crew members, both pilots and staff personnel. Nina Sherman, a member of the Council of Young Jewish Presidents applauds the connections and engagement of the young members of the community through "all around exciting" events liker Fashion with Passion. People who are eager to learn about what Jewish organizations are out there,
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Israeli model Esti Ginzburg was passionate about her love of the Jewish State. people who want to develop their connections to Israel, and those interested in Tikun Olam are attracted by such events," she says. A wide range of valuable raffle prizes were offered, including an exciting flight to Israel - via El Al, of course. Tickets to FIDFâ ™s Casino Night, Dor Chadashâ ™s Chanukah Bash, AJCâ ™s Gala Dinner, and other prizes were awarded to lucky winners. A featured "goodie" enjoyed by the evening's noshers was the blue and white cupcakes embellished with the Birthright logo - a delicious reminder of of the event's theme - the passion for Israel. BirthRight Israel, a program founded and largely funded by Michael Steinhardt and Charles Bronfman, provides Jewish young adults with a ten day, all expense paid trip to Israel. The program seeks to bring young Jews closer to their Jewish and Israeli roots . Birth Right NEXT New York continues to build the connections, providing programs for BirthRight alumnae. CYJP and its member organizations encourage young Jewish leaders to enhance their Jewish connections through participation in Jewish community organizations that match their interests.
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Mazal Tough! Continued from cover "Santos you're going to get knocked out by a Jew!" shouted a Puerto Rican fan. The implication, says the fighter's manager, was not so much an Anti Semitic one as one of shock and surprise After all, Jews shouldn't be able to knock people out. The implication was that it was simply insulting to get knocked out by a Jew. It was said that his manager, David Alume, “an expression of both awe and respect. There is a lot of mutual respect among the fighters themselves.� Yuri was mobbed, largely by Puerto Rican and Phillapino fans wishing him "mazel tov." It was like a bar mitzvah, said the fighter's promotor. Foreman trains at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn where, he says, fighters come to train They leave the political "shtick" outside the gym. Born in Belarus in 1979, Foreman emigrated to Israel with his parents when he was 9. He subsequently immigrated to America, largely to pursue a career in boxing. "Leaving Israel was a tough decision, but chasing my dream was a matter of timing. I had to make a choice." Most "experts" did not expect Foreman to win. "People looked at the numbers" he said. "The number of fights, the number of knockouts - by the numbers, the other guy would be expected to win. He had knocked out his last six opponents." While "fighting weight" has come to be equated with "ideal condition" for a boxer, it can sometimes be only a temporary a number. Between "weighing in" 25 hours before a fight and the fight, even a welter weight fighter could gain upwards of 20 pounds. (Yuri's unofficial weight was 161, his opponents, 174. It's not drugs or medication - just food and rehydration. Foreman says the most important part of his physical training is a combination of disciplines. It is the mental aspect of training that is most essential: "you always have to focus when you train, you have to stay motivated," he advises. Even from childhood, it was Yuri's dream to become a professional fighter. He started boxing at 7 in Gomel, a small city in Belarus about 500 miles from the capital, Minsk and continued training in Israel.
Yuri Foreman, who remained unbeaten in 28 fights, emigrated from Israel to Brooklyn and began studying to become a rabbi three years ago. Even at 15, he knew he wanted to be a professional fighter and world champion. Throughout his high school studies in Haifa, he continued training. Asked what the most impressive moment in his boxing career had been until now, he responded quickly, saying, "That's easy: Saturday night. I accomplished my childhood dream - winning the world championship. My father, who has supported me throughout, watched me on TV in Israel." (Yuri's mother died twelve years ago.) There is a completely "other" side to this your professional boxer. Chasing his dream led him to winning the championship Saturday night. It also led him to the yeshiva of Rabbi Dov Baer Pinson, the Iyyun Institute where his studies will lead him to another "championship": receiving s'micha from Rabbi Pinson in about two years.
I am very, very proud to do this for Israel and Brooklyn and to show that Jews can fight.
Asked how he had found the spark of Judaism - the pintele yid - Yuri said he had come to America and followed a strict regime of work and training at Gleason's Gym. He found he needed something different - some spiritual support. Soon after he met Leyla, now his wife, they began studying, exploring Judaism together. Now Forman says, Judaism helps in many ways, especially to be more focused both in the ring and outside -in life. "My studies have given me a way to overcome obstacles." "When I was in growing up in Israel, I was different. I looked Russian. I had never been invited to a Shabbat dinner. As a rabbi, I can go back to Israel and raise people's awareness of their Jewish faith. Foreman began his Jewish life taking classes with the Rabbi about five years ago. Initially, he attended classes with his wife, Leyla, a former Hungarian model who now creates documentary films about Judaism
and boxing. Foreman says he needs a bit of rest before going back to his rabbinical studies. "I need to get my mind cooled down." He looks forward to resuming his studies with Rabbi Pinson, a Chabad rabbi, renowned Kabbalist, speaker and Talmudist. "I can get much more studying with him than in any other setting. It is very special for me to be able to study and learn with him." Perhaps the most symbolic combination of this multi-faceted champion is the mezzuzah that now hangs on the doorpost of Gleason's Gym. Bruce Silverglade, the owner of the renowned training facility is Jewish. "A good friend" says Yuri. "Gleason's is sort of like my second home of course, there should be a mezzuzah on the door! Mazel Tov! Here's one fighter who can fight for the Jewish people in a multitude of ways.
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NEWS IN REVIEW BAT MITZVAH PAKISTANI AMERICAN DONATES 100 BIKES TO POSED AS JEW TO ETHIOPIAN ISRAELIS CASE MUMBAI A bat mitzvah donated her gift SWEDISH JOURNALIST money CHABAD to buy bicycles for 100 IsraeliA U.S. citizen of Pakistan origin Ethiopian children. RECONSIDERING Shantal Kash, 12, the daughter of allegedly posed as a Jew in order to entrepreneur and author Peter Kash of enter the Mumbai Chabad center and ORGAN STORY New York, raised money to buy 50 new prepare for last year's attack. ISRAEL
A journalist who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting Palestinian organs in a popular Swedish newspaper is reconsidering his position. Donald Bostrom cancelled a scheduled appearance at a conference in Beirut after a visit to Israel in which he participated in dialogue on the issue, according to Army Radio. Bostrom was in Israel last month for a media conference in Dimona. The Beirut conference was set to be an anti-Israel hate fest, according to reports. "The visit to Israel and the fact that I was part of a fair dialogue made me rethink the whole issue," Bostrom reportedly told associates, according to Ha'aretz. In an article published in August in the popular Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Bostrum reported that Israel seized young Palestinian men and returned them to their families with missing organs. The story, which ran under the headline "They plunder the organs of our sons," also cited the recent arrest of a New York rabbi accused of traff icking in human organs. During the Dimona conference Bostrum admitted that his only proof of the organ stealing came from the allegations of the Palestinian families.
9/11 MONUMENT DEDICATED IN JERUSALEM A monument to the victims of 9/11 was was dedicated in Jerusalem. The monument, commissioned and built by the Jewish National FundUSA/Keren Kayemeth Le Israel, depicts the World Trade Center and Pentagon through sculpture and landscape architecture. Designed by award-winning Israeli artist Eliezer Weishoff, the 30-foot high bronze sculpture is composed of a waving American flag transformed into a memorial flame. It rests on a gray granite base, part of which is from the original Twin Towers. The sculpture is surrounded by a circular, crater-like plaza and reflection area tiled in stone. The memorial was donated by New York resident Edward Blank and the plaza was funded by the Bronka Stavsky Rabin Weintraub Trust. The Jerusalem monument is the only site outside of New York to recognize the names of every victim of the attack, engraved on bronze plaques surrounding the sculpture.
bicycles and acquired 50 used ones. The bicycles were distributed Sunday at the Jewish Agency's Mevaseret Zion absorption center.
AMERICAN OFFICIALS PLAYED A ROLE IN BANNING KAHANE MEMORIAL IN KNESSET According to a Jerusalem Post report, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin’s refusal to permit MK Dr. Michael BenAri to address the plenum on the yahrzeit of Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D, last week, was not his decision alone, but the result of formidable US consular pressure as well. The report cites that consular Second Secretary Mike Pearlstein was in contact with the speaker, and it was explained to Rivlin that America fears a memorial in Knesset for the slain MK “would be bad for the peace process”, adding US special Mideast envoy George Mitchell was adamantly opposed to permitting such an event in Knesset. The Post quotes US Embassy spokesman Kurt Hoyer as saying “We are all aware of Rabbi Meir Kahane’s history…I think that plainly speaks for itself, that obviously he has a controversial history”. At the same time there was no problem for the Palestinians commemorating the death of Yassir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, who had committed many acts of terror against Jews and Israel.
INTERNATIONAL HUNDREDS PROTEST PERES' VISIT TO ARGENTINA IN BUENOS AIRES Hundreds of people gathered in the square opposite Argentina's congress in Buenos Aires in preparation for a protest march against Israel. Protestors are carrying signs and handing out pamphlets condemning Israel and its leaders. The protest was scheduled to coincide with the visit of President Shimon Peres to the country. He has already met with Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and was received as an honored guest in the city.
David Coleman Headley, 49, was arrested last month in Chicago as he tried to make his way to Pakistan via Philadelphia. U.S. and Indian authorities have been investigating Headley. Over the weekend, the Indian Nation Investigating Agency raided several places in Mumbai in search of evidence. Indian security sources believe Headley cased the Chabad center, known as the Nariman House, for the Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is believed to be responsible for the attacks. Indian investigators found that Headley visited all 10 Mumbai locations that were attacked last November, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
CALGARY JEWISH FACILITIES VANDALIZED Over the weekend, anti-Jewish slogans were spray-painted on several Jewish facilities and a Holocaust monument in the western Canadian city of Calgary. A Jewish family also was targeted. Hate messages were painted on the Calgary Jewish Centre, the Holocaust war memorial and at least one synagogue, all in the city's southwest region. The graff iti also were found on fences, bus stops and mailboxes down the street. The messages included swastikas and epithets such as "Kill Jews" and "6 million more." "This is a hate crime," Adam Singer, community relations chair for the Calgary Jewish Centre, told a local radio station. "And the timing is quite disturbing, coming at the time of a very somber memorial within our community. Kristallnacht was almost 71 years ago exactly."
NATIONAL FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO HEAR MEZUZAH CASE A U.S. appeals court will hear the case of an Orthodox condo owner whose condominium association had temporarily banned the use of mezuzahs. Last Friday's ruling by the Chicago federal court resulted from a rare en banc rehearing on the case brought by Lynne Bloch of Chicago and her family. In 2008, an appeals court panel had rejected the appeal. The Blochs' condo association had adopted a rule banning
materials of various kinds outside tenants' doors, which included their mezuzah. Orthodox Union, applauded the court's ruling,"We believe that, irrespective of the facial neutrality of the condo association's rule, to ban a Jewish tenant from aff ixing a mezuzah ought to be viewed as a constructive eviction from their home and thus illegal under the Fair Housing Act," they said. "Freedom from religious discrimination in housing must encompass the freedom to act in conformity with one's religious beliefs.”
OBAMA APPOINTED JEWISH PRESERVATION ADVOCATE TO PANEL President Obama appointed a Jewish preservation advocate to the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Emil Fish, a Holocaust survivor, is the Founder and President of the Bardejob Jewish Preservation Committee, which works to preserve and create a memorial to the Jewish Suburbia in Bardejov, Slovakia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Commission is an independent agency charged with identifying and reporting cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings in Eastern and Central Europe that are associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens. According to the Commission's website, "the Holocaust and 45 years of atheistic, Communist governments created a critical need that led to the Commission’s establishment."
GUN SHOTS FIRED INTO MIAMI LUBAVITCH YESHIVA At approximately 9:00PM Monday an unidentif ied object was shot at the entrance to the Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah in Miami, shattering the glass door. A student was standing at the entrance to the lobby, a few feet from the door of the building at 1140 Alton Road, at the time. He related how he heard what sounded like a gunshot, and then the glass door shattered. He immediately ran inside and alerted the other students, who were learning in the main study hall. 911 was immediately called. No one was injured and the police are currently investigating the incident, saying they do not believe it was antiSemitic, but rather a random act. Rabbi Bentzion Korf, executive director of the Yeshiva, told COLlive that he believes this should be categorized as a hate crime; that it may have been anti-Semitic in nature. “If G-d forbid the shooting would have occured earlier, it could have caused many injuries,” said one shaken student to COLlive. “The building also houses the Mesivta and part of the Elementary school, and a Shul.”
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Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes BY CHANA RUBIN If I could pick two things to remove from kosher kitchens, they would be margarine and non-dairy creamer. We would all be a lot healthier. Just read the ingredient label. Does it sound like food? The hard-to-pronounce ingredients are mainly sugar (in non-dairy creamer) and a concoction of chemicals added to partiallyhydrogenated fat.
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ortunately there are tasty and healthy alternatives. Canola oil is good for baking. Olive oil is delicious in cooking and for salads. And soy, rice or almond "milk" work well for parve dishes and desserts. Enjoy these delicious recipes for Thanksgiving and all year round! Pumpkin Pie (Parve) If canned pumpkin isn't available, use winter squash. It won't taste like pumpkin, but will still be delicious. Bake or microwave the squash, drain off the liquid and puree it in a food processor. Measure a scant two cups for this recipe. If your soy milk is sweet, decrease the sugar in the recipe to ½ cup.
3/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 can (15 ounces/400 gm) pumpkin puree 1 1/4 cups soy milk 2 large eggs Pastry for a single-crust 9" (23cm) pie crust (Recipe Below) Prepare the pie crust and set it aside. Preheat the oven to 425 F (220 C). Mix together the sugar, salt and spices in a large bowl. Whisk in the pumpkin, soy milk and eggs until the mixture is smooth. Pour it into the pie crust. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 F (180C) and continue baking for about 45 minutes, until the center of the pie is set. A knife inserted into the center should come out clean. Let it cool on a rack for at least 2 hours before serving. Refrigerate any leftovers. Serves 8 Mix-in-the-Pan Pie Crust (Parve) 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup + 2 Tablespoons canola oil
2 Tablespoons soy milk + more if needed 9" (23cm) pie plate Combine the dry ingredients right in the pie pan. Mix together the oil and milk and then stir it into the flour mixture with a fork or your fingers. Add more soy milk, if necessary, until the dough holds together. Press the dough evenly over the bottom and sides of the pan.
Olive Oil Glazed Green Beans or Zucchini I often use frozen French-cut green beans in this recipe. Substitute them for the fresh vegetables, without defrosting them first, and use just 1/4 cup of water. 1 pound (1/2 kilo) green beans or zucchini squash 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon sugar Freshly ground black pepper to taste 1/2 cup water Trim the green beans and cut them into 1/2-inch (1 1/4 cm) pieces. (Cut the zucchini into thin sticks) Heat a pan over medium
heat, add the oil. When it's warm, add the onion. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft, about 3 minutes. Add the vegetables, salt, sugar and pepper and stir to mix everything together. Add the water and cook over medium heat, until the water is absorbed and the vegetables are cooked to your liking. Serves 4 Curry Mustard Dressing This zippy dressing is wonderful on grain salads, such as quinoa or a mix of brown and wild rice. Add chopped green onions, dried cranberries, cherries or golden raisins and toasted chopped almonds or pistachios to finish the salad. This dressing also takes well to greens mixed with apples or beets. 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper to taste Juice of 1/2 of a lime or small lemon 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Whisk the mustard, curry powder, salt, pepper, citrus juice and honey in a small bowl. Slowly add the olive oil, whisking until the mixture is thick. Makes 1/2 cup For more recipes and tips on eating well, visit Chana's blog at www.healthyjewisheating.com
COSTCO Opens in Manhattan with a Large Selection of Kosher Products BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF The first COSTCO store in the borough of Manhattan located at 517 E. 117th St. opened last week includes an unprecedented showcase of kosher foods. ompany off icials were boasting that it offered kosher consumers one of the largest selections of kosher foods in Manhattan. Kosher food off icials expect the store to become a key shopping stop for kosher consumers from Manhattan and from as far away as Teaneck NJ. Jim Stafford, Vice President Food & Sundries for the Northeast, extended an open invitation to “kosher vendors small and large to present their products directly to COSTCO for consideration. “We want the kosher community to know that they can approach us directly with their products,” said Stafford, which was also echoed by Rachel Moyer, COTSCO’s Northeast Deli Buyer. Indeed a huge kosher refrigerator case included a display of prepared meals by Meal Mart, assorted cheeses, and other dairy and deli gourmet items. The desserts section was no less impressive with many items from Schick’s and David’s Cookies. In
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The interior of a COSTCO warehose store, with it’s long isles of discounted goods. almost ever y section of the food depar tment were beautifully packaged kosher foods including beef and poultry.
At the formal opening on November 12th, representatives from many of the kosher food companies were in attendance, prompting one well known purveyor to call it “a mini-Kosherfest.” Throughout the store were tables with food, including knishes from Gabilla’s and popcorn from Ike & Sam’s whose flavored popcorn was such a hit at Kosherfest. There was even a display of a kosher gift card that offered two $50 cards for dinners at Prime Grill and Solo’s for only $79.99. Kosher industry officials say that this is the 12th COSTCO store to feature a designated kosher section and a large selection of kosher foods throughout the store. COSTCO’s Manhattan store boasts more than 105,000 square feet of selling space and 3,500 products. In another sign that COSTCO is looking towards it’s Jewish costomers is the recent announcement that they will soon be selling a Jewish Bible. "The Illustrated Torah," published by Gefen Publishing House of Jerusalem in conjunction with The Studio in Old Jaffa and the Jewish Publication Society of New York, will be on sale starting later this month at select stores throughout the United States. “Because many Jewish and Christian consumers do not have access to a local
Jewish bookstore or even a synagogue Judaica shop, having ‘The Illustrated Torah’ at Costco offers a much broader opportunity for this title to be picked up," said Neal Warnick of the Seattle-based Wholesale Solutions, which brokered the deal. "It deserves to be in Costco. They know their membership base and have therefore chosen it to reach those consumers who otherwise may not have the opportunity to consider it for purchase." COSTCO is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members the best possible prices on quality brandname merchandise. With hundreds of locations worldwide, Costco provides a wide selection of merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make your shopping experience a pleasurable one. The company's first location, opened in 1976 under the Price Club name, was in a converted airplane hangar on Morena Boulevard in San Diego. The discount retailer posted a profit of $1.09 billion on sales of $71.4 billion in the year ended August 30th. It had 562 warehouses worldwide as of early November. Costco has long been a favorite Brooklyn shopping venue at 976 3rd Avenue.
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MANHATTAN Abigael’s
KOSHER CUISINE: Modern American 1407 Broadway (at 39th St.)
212-575-1407 www.abigaels.com
Broadway Kosher Cafe CUISINE: Pizza, Salads, Health Food 160 Broadway, Financial District
212-732-1728
Cafe Classico
Cuisine: Italian / American / Middle Eastern / Sushi
212-355-5411
Mendy's Restaurant
Cuisine: American/Sushi/Middle Eastern
212-576-1010 61 East 34 Street (Corner of Park Ave.) New York, NY 10016
Milk NYC and Honey KOSHER CUISINE: Dairy / Sushi 22 West 45th Street (Bet. 5th & 6th Ave) 212-764-4400 Panini, Sushi, Pizza, and Calzones
Mike's Bistro Cuisine: Contemporary Gourmet 212-799-3911
New York, NY 10019
228 West 72nd Street (Bet. Broadway & West End Ave) New York, NY 10023
Circa Restaurant
Mr. Broadway
35 West 57th Street (bet. 5 & 6th Ave)
22 W 33rd St NY 10001 212-244-3730
Cuisine: American/ Deli/ Mediterranean/Chinese/ Sushi
212-921-2152 1372 Broadway (Bet. W. 37th & 38th St.) New York, NY 10018
Diamond Dairy Cholov Israel
Nargila Grill
4 W. 47 St. Off 5th Ave. On Mezzanine overlooking Jewelry Exchange (212) 719-2694 212-535-3700
1599 York Avenue New York, NY 10021 Between 84th and 85th Streets 212-535-3700
Eden Wok 43 E. 34th St Corner Madison Ave
212-725-8100 Chinese, Sushi Bar, Vegetarian Soups
Glatt Kosher
The Prime Grill
CUISINE: Steak House & Sushi Lounge
212- 692-9292 60 East 49th St (bet. Park & Madison)
Estihana Manhattan Cuisine: Japanese/Asian Fusion
212-501-0393 221 West 79th St (Bet. Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10024
Kosher Delight GLATT KOSHER FAMILY RESTAURANT
1395 Broadway, New York, NY
Vabene
Exclusive Italian Cuisine Pastas, Vegetable Dishes & Diserts 1589 2nd Ave
212-517-4448
212-563-3366
www.vabenerestaurant.com
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Village Crown To-Go
GLATT KOSHER
10 West 46th Street 212-869-6699 www.KosherDeluxe.com Mon-Thurs: 7:30 am - 10:00 pm Fri: 7:30 am - 2:30 pmSun: 12:00 noon - 8:30 pm
Cuisine: Moroccan & Italian
212-207-3888 216 E. 49th Street, 2nd floor (Bet. 2nd & 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10017
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BROOKLYN Benny's Glatt Fine Dining
Le Bagel Café
1785 Ocean Avenue (M&N) Brooklyn, New York
CUISINE:Breakfast, Omelettes, French Toast & Pancakes, Israeli & Syrian Specialties, Fish Spreads & Smoked Fish, Panini Toast Sandwiches
718-787-0080 Rabbi Y.P. Gornish
555 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 718-502-9294
Caraville Glatt
Mabat Steakhouse Bklyn
"The New Essex" 1910 ave m
brooklyn, New York
718 336 1206 Rabbi Babad,Tartikov
Carlos and Gabby's
1376 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, New York
718-337-8226 David’s Restaurant Mid-Eastern and Israeli
539 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 718-998-8600 Under supervision of VAAD HARABANIM OF FLATBUSH
Dougies BBQ Brooklyn 718-686-8080 4310 18th Avenue
(bet McDonald Ave. & East 2nd St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Estihana
GLATT KOSHER
CUISINE: Asian Fushion & Sushi 1217 Avenue J (Bet. East 12th & East 13rd St.)
718-677-1515 Specialty: Prime beef, Malaysian Chicken, Portabella Steak, Sushi, we cater sheva berachot and private parties
Fuji Hana Cuisine: American/Japanese
718-336-3888 512 Avenue U Brooklyn, NY 11229
Gio Cafe Cholov Israel
CUISINE: Dairy, Cater on & off premises 448 Ave. P, Brooklyn NY 718-375-5437
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
718-339-3300
1809 East 7th Street (Bet. Kings Highway & Quentin Rd.) Brooklyn, NY 11230
Moshi Moshi GLATT KOSHER
CUISINE: Japanese 1987 Coney Island Ave., (bet. Ave. P & Quentin Rd.) 718-336-4566 Specialty: Steaks, teriyaki, saute, sushi, sashimi, tempura Under Strict Supervision of Rabbi Yisroel P. Gornish
Mendy's on Coney Cuisine: Delicatessen
718-859-1002 1359 Coney Island Avenue (Off Avenue J) Brooklyn, NY 11230
Sushi Station Chinese•Thai•Japanese FREE DELIVERY
1411 Ave M, Brooklyn NY
178. 336. 8900/01 Sun: 12:00 noon- 11:00pm Mon-Thurs: 11:00am- 11:00pm Sat: One Hour After Shabbos
T Fusion Steakhouse Cuisine: International Steakhouse
718-998-0002 3223 Quentin Road Brooklyn, NY 11234
Tea for Two (Café) CUISINE: Italian
Tea for Two Cusine 547 Kings Hwy., 718-998-0020
Think Sweet Cafe Cholov Israel CUISINE: Dairy
2 hours before shabbAT Sun 10 AM - 10 PM, OPEN MOTZEI SHABBAT
546 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 11223 718-645-3473 Moti & Debbie The home of the mefunekett
Glatt a la Carte
Wendy’s Plate
M-TH - 9:30 AM- 10 PM, Fr- 9:30 AM -
GLATT KOSHER
CUISINE: Fine Continental & Grill 5123 18th Ave., Bklyn., NY 718-438-6675 Under the Hashgacha of Rabbi Yechiel Babad Tartikov
Uniquely Vegetarian Restaurant
434 Avenue “U” Brooklyn, NY 11223 718-376-3125 Soups • Omelets • salads • wraps & sandwiches grilled pizza • pasta • fish
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"Raising a Child With Soul" How Time Tested Jewish Wisdom Can Shape Your Child's Character
Author: Slovie Jungreis-Wolff Reviewed by: Fern Sidman In our fast-paced hedonistic culture, raising children with stellar character traits can be a daunting responsibility for any parent. Despite our doughty efforts to shelter our children from the ominous presence of forces that are antithetical to our teachings, it appears that the lure of societal decadence is a definitive factor that holds sway with our youth. nter veteran parenting educator, Slovie Jungreis-Wolff, who comes with 13 years of experience teaching parents how to bring up a child who will become a true "mensch" (upstanding person). In her recently published book, "Raising A Child With Soul" (St. Martin's Press), Mrs. Wolff, (the daughter of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis), takes on tough parenting issues including disciplining with love, how to effectively communicate, diffusing tensions that arise from
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sibling rivalry, the inculcation of gratitude and apprecia- cussed in both salient and nuanced detail. "Children tion in our children and establishing priorities, among who lack discipline grow without understanding the others. limits of acceptable behavior. They often cross the This book is a hybrid of sorts; combining prac- line and then can't comprehend why we get so upset," tical parenting guidelines along with a delicious says the author. If this statement resonates with parselection of poignant stories and a vast array of ents and educators who are experiencing diff iculties Torah related concepts that are presented with a in the discipline department, then what follows is a palpable degree of warmth and love. The predicate real eye opener. of this book emanates from the greatest of all parOther chapters address such paramount issues as enting sources; our Holy Torah. Mrs. Wolff's building self-esteem, teaching compassion to our upbringing in a home completely imbued with children, def ining the Torah def inition of true happiTorah concepts serves as her most treasured ora- ness, inculcating our children with gratitude and cle. appreciation for all that they have, having our chil"The beauty behind the Torah path to raising dren learn to deal with disappointments, how to instill children is the fact that Torah is immutable. It is a cooperation and harmony amongst siblings and how constant, never changing, eternal truth," says the parents can learn to prioritize. Each of these is given author in her chapter entitled, "Raising Spiritual more than ample explanation as the author delves in Children". She advises parents that a child's spiri- to Torah wisdom with such ease and f inesse. tual education begins at birth and our homes must The author's writing style is comparable to somerepresent much more than just a physical dwelling, one who speaks with the authority of a marriage counbut rather, we must work assiduously to transform selor and child psychologist, yet her sage advice is them into a vibrant center for genuine holiness. reminiscent of a heartwarming conversation with a The creation of a "mikdash me'at" - a miniature voluble grandmother or aunt. The trajectory of this sanctuary, should be our ultimate goal. compelling page turner is an exceptionally informaRather than viewing our parenting duties as tive and cozy ride through the vicissitudes of parentmere drudgery, the author reminds us that, "The hood as it explores in great depth the prosaic issues Creator of the Universe has chosen this specif ic that parents grapple with on a daily basis. soul to be brought in to this world through you. By the conclusion of this parenting journey, one Raising this child with soul becomes your life mis- simply cannot leave the same as one entered. The sion. What an awesome and holy task!" inspirational words written here will reach deep in to The modalities for communicating our stan- the crevices of the reader's heart and soul, as one redards, trust and respect to our children is beauti- learns the joy of parenting. This book must take fully brought to the fore through the outline of the precedence on the "to be read" list of every parent, Shema Yisroel prayer. "Many parents mistakenly teacher, guidance counselor and principal and no believe that communicating with children is home or library should be without it. def ined only by their words. The Shema so eloquently teaches us that we impart crucial values to our families through our very being," observes the author. Moreover, you can rest assured that this book Please fill in all information and mail to: does not skirt the issue of greatest concern to today's parents. There is little 2154 E 4th Street,Brooklyn, NY 11223 doubt in anyone's mind that out of control chilT E L . : (718) 998-7600 F A X : (718) 627-0645 E - M A I L : info@JewishVoiceNY.com dren are fast becoming a ubiquitous phenomenon. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE JEWISH VOICE. Meting out discipline with PLEASE ENTER MY SUBSCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS: love is courageously and compassionately dis-
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Dr. Erik Carlin Delivers a Tasteful Lecture onNutrition in Brooklyn Get a water filter, throw out your microwave; eat avocados, artichokes and sunflower seeds. These are just some of the cloves of wisdom bestowed on a group of over 100 women who gathered to hear Dr. Erik G. Carlin speak at the Sephardic Community Center in Brooklyn. he lecture took place in the Center’s new café; a café so new, it still remains nameless. With its ceiling covered with dozens of white modern f ixtures and wall-to-wall windows displaying an ample amount of Ocean Parkway action, the café served as a visually pleasing backdrop for Dr. Carlin’s health and weight control presentation. Dr. Carlin is a renowned chiropractor, nutritionist and kinesiologist who has been in practice for 27 years and has changed many people’s lives. Louise Sitt who has been a devoted patient of Dr. Carlin’s for 25 years attests to his brilliance and devotion. She states, “He has helped many people accomplish better health throughout the most difficult circumstances and has been an influential source for the community in holistic health care for many years.”
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Dr. Carlin energized the crowd by vast insight of the medical field. Another patient of his, Lydia Haddad says, “Dr. Carlin opened me to the world of holistic healing and medicine 25 years ago….He’s worked wonders for me and my children!” Women spilled out the door for this standing-room-only event. Judging from their glowing skin and shining hair, these women obviously care a lot about good health. They listened intently to his words. Some of what “Carlin” (as he is known
to his followers) said was that 97% of all vitamins are toxic. Man was designed to eat food. If you are taking a supplement, make sure it is derived from a food source. The body needs 5-6 hours of uninterrupted sleep to stay thin and to fulfill its life potential. Carbohydrates turn to fat. Good fat does not turn into fat, such as the fat from humus, tehini and nuts. He believes in eating organic poultry and meat, but not in eating so much wheat. He claims that 90% of the popusharing his lation is allergic to wheat and gluten. “If you want to do one good thing for your body,” Carlin insists, “stay off of wheat products. “ He believes that the body is designed to live till 120 and can indeed do so. He said, “The only thing that age does, is give us more time to accumulate problems. The body should not age! Do not use age as an excuse for why the body does not feel well.” What did Carlin have to say about eating dairy? “Dairy is not meant for human consumption.” He stated with surety. “It does not build strong bones; it actually causes osteoporosis. The best way to get calcium is from nuts and green vegetables.” Some of Carlin’s ideas sound radical…He said that people incorrectly rely on attaining fiber from bran and like grains. “We are not meant to eat sawdust.” He insisted. Celery is a better source of fiber; it will scrub your insides. High cholesterol is caused from too much sugar intake. Eating calories burns fat! Carlin eats an egg a day. He cautions those “egg separators” who believe in eating “just the whites.” He says, “Eggs are meant to be eaten with the yellow and the white. They come together for a reason. The yellow has all of the vitamins and the white is just protein.” Carlin addressed the topics of nutrition in regards to pregnancy and parenting. He said that prenatal care begins 6 months before conception, that prenatal vitamins
are not as potent as most believe them to be, and that eating plenty of greens will supply the necessary folic acid to the developing fetus. With a hint of apology in his voice he stated, “If you are not going to breastfeed your baby, you should think twice about having a child. You should definitely breastfeed for at least three months.” Carlin insists that parents should realize that they are in control of what their children are eating. “When you are strict about what they eat, you are not depriving them of anything good.” Questions from the crowd turned to the pressing issue of the day, “Do we or do we not vaccinate for the Swine flu?” Carlin said that the reality of the Swine flu is that it is just a flu and that the possibility of dying from it is highly unlikely; stating statistics, he showed how one is more likely to get hit by lightening, be assaulted, or die from a drug overdose. He said that there are many damaging ingredients in the Swine flu vaccine and that it is a worthwhile endeavor do one’s own research about such matters. One website that Carlin referred to a few times throughout the lecture as a great source of information is www.mercola.com. He insisted that good hygiene is key to staying healthy. One must keep nails short and wash your and your children’s hands often. But, “Purell is poison!” Carlin believes in sun, but not in sunscreen (unless it has titanium.) He is not impressed with fish oil pills and advises against the use of canola oil (avocado, coconut and grapeseed oils are better.) He says that we should be aware of what foods attract mold, that we should not re-use water bottles and that long hot showers expose us to too much chlorine! “Look,” he said at one point, “I’m not here to be all gloom and doom. I don’t want everyone to walk out of here and go eat a “Ring-Ding!” According to the SCC Special Events Committee, those in the audience did not throw in the nutrition towel; as a matter of fact, the program administrators said that since the lecture, the phone has been ringing off hook seeking information as to how to get in touch with Carlin.
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Maimonides Recieves National Recognition for Exemplary BY EILEEN TYNION Maimonides Medical Center recently announced that the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized its “Exemplary Outcomes” in surgical patient care. This designation comes as a result of participation in the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, and places Maimonides among the Top 25 hospitals in the program. e are delighted to receive this recognition from ACS for the fine work being done by the Surgery professionals at Maimonides,” said Dr. Joel Horovitz, Director of the Division of General Surgery, who spearheaded the Medical Center’s participation in this initiative. “Our surgeons, nurses and technicians all do their part to ensure the quality of care before, during and after surgery.” “This is wonderful news for our patients,” said Dr. Patrick Borgen, Chair of Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center. “The award recognizes that our clinicians and Quality Improvement professionals have successfully collaborated to improve overall patient safety in Surgery.” The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) is the only nationally validated program that measures and enhances the care of surgical patients. This program measures the actual surgical results 30 days postoperatively, risk-adjusting patient characteristics to compensate for differences among patient populations and severity of their conditions.
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Surge in H1N1 Cases Puts Strain on Hospital Emergency Rooms BY JEFF SWICORD Some hospital emergency rooms in the United States are facing severe strains dealing with the H1N1 flu outbreak, while others are handling cases without much difficulty. One small hospital outside of Washington began planning last April for an influx of flu patients. nfectious disease physician Tam Ly says she is seeing fewer and fewer suspected cases of the H1N1 virus here at Fauquier Hospital, south of Washington. Dr. Ly says the first wave of infections at her hospital peaked in late October. She is expecting another wave to start within the next few months. "Our hospital was prepared because we had a plan in place for months prior in anticipation that this might occur," she noted. "We always hope for the best but we always anticipate and prepare for the worst." Rural Fauquier County Virginia is known for its rolling hills, and horse farms. Fauquier Health is a small 100 bed hospital that serves the community of Warrenton. When the f irst cases of the H1N1 virus were reported in Mexico last April, Fauquier Hospital began planning. Tracy Turman is in charge of emergency preparedness for the hospi-
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tal. "We knew that there was a potential for this to really snowball and our planning basically began at that point to adapt our existing pandemic flu plan to meet the needs of the H1N1," Mr. Turman explained. "We've got the regular emergency room section and then we have converted this entry point into a flu clinic. We have taken this little vending area and turned it into a waiting room." Hospital off icials divided Fauquier's emergency room into two separate areas with a designated entrance and triage area for flu patients. Their goal is to handle any surge of patients while keeping the virus from spreading to other parts of the hospital. There are special air scrubbers throughout the clinic that remove infectious materials from the air. The treatment rooms have specially designed ventilation systems that recycle room air 12 times in an hour. All staff wear masks and gloves when entering a treatment room. Their planning paid off when flu cases surged in the Emergency Department. Turman says having a separate flu clinic meant less stress on staff and facilities.
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Parashat Toldot 5770, 2009: “Mother Knows Best: The Greatness of the Jewish Woman” BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra, alehah hashalom, and the refuah shalaimah of Sarah bat Rachel, Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam, and HaRav Shimon ben Chaya. ow many of you remember the 1950’s and 60s TV sitcom entitled “Father Knows Best?” For those of you who do not, Wikipedia describes the show in this fashion: Father Knows Best was an American radio and television sitcom of the 1950s and 1960s, portrayed an idealized vision of middle class American life of the era. It was created by writer Ed James… While the show is often regarded as an example of the conservative and paternalistic nature of American family life in the 1950s, it is also cited as an overly rosy portrayal of American family life. Like most shows of the time, all problems were relatively easily solved. In this case, a close to all-knowing father was at once oracle and hero – reflective of the fantasy families portrayed on the black and white television screen. As Jews, however, we have two genuine examples within the period of the
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Avot and Imahot (Patriarchs and to accede to Sarah’s request. Therefore, Matriarchs) wherein mother, not father, G-d directly interceded and insisted that knew best. The f irst example is Sarah Avraham comply with her justif iable and her treatment of Hagar and demand: “And G-d said to Abraham, ‘Be Yishmael. As I noted in a previous not displeased concerning the lad and drasha: concerning your handmaid; whatever Sarah Imeinu (Our mother Sarah, the Sarah tells you, hearken to her voice, Matriarch) recognized the terrible for in Isaac will be called your seed.’” behavior traits and (Ibid, verse 12, this, actions of which and all Biblical Yishmael was translations, The capable. She, Judaica Press therefore, saw him Complete Tanach) as a totally negaThe stamp of tive influence on approval for “Be not displeased her son Yitzhak Sarah’s seemingly concerning the lad and and demanded his heartless actions expulsion from her concerning your handmaid; was given, in this home: “And Sarah instance, by no whatever Sarah tells you, less saw the son of than Hagar the HaKadosh Baruch hearken to her voice, Egyptian, whom Hu. Avraham was for in Isaac will be called she had borne to quite simply Abraham, making wrong, whereas your seed.” merry.” Therefore, Sarah had the the Torah contindeeper vision and ues and states: understanding that “And Sarah said to was necessary to Abraham: ‘Drive guarantee the out this handmaid and her son, for the future of the Jewish people. As Rashi son of this handmaid shall not inherit (1040-1105) notes on the words “sh’ma with my son, with Isaac.’" (Sefer b’kolah” (“hearken to her voice”): “We Bereishit 21:9-10) Avraham, whose learn from here that Abraham was infevision in this instance was blinded by rior to Sarah in prophecy. — [from his love for Yishmael, initially refused Exod. Rabbah 1:1, Tan. Shemoth 1]” (Translation, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach) Clearly, when it came to family matters, Sarah was a greater naviah (prophetess) than Avraham was a navi (prophet). Perhaps this was a direct outgrowth of what Chazal (our Sages of blessed memory) taught us in Talmud Bavli, Masechet Niddah 45b: “HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave an extra portion of understanding (‘binah yitarah’) to women more so than to men.” Be that as it may, it was Sarah who clearly knew best. Chazal coined a well-known phrase to describe the behaviors of earlier generations that foreshadow those of the future: “ma’aseh Avot siman l’banim.” Our parasha contains two stellar example of this principle in regards to Rivka Imeinu (our Matriarch, Rivka): And Rebecca said to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold I have heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying, 'Bring me game and make me tasty foods, and I will eat, and I will bless you before the Lord before my death.' And now my son, hearken to my voice (“sh’ma b’koli”), to what I am commanding you.” (Sefer Bereishit 27:6-8) In this case, Rivka guided Yaakov in the usurpation of the bracha Yitzhak was poised to bestow upon Eisav. She knew full well that this blessing would change Jewish history for evermore. She, therefore, trained innocent Yaakov (ish taam yosheiv ohelim) to beguile his father in order that he, and none other, would be the recipient of this G-dinspired benediction. To achieve this goal, she invoked the phrase “sh’ma b’koli,” knowing beforehand that this was precisely what Yaakov would do. When Yaakov received this blessing, Rivka effectively guaranteed his, and his children’s spiritual future, for all generations to come. The second
instance of “sh’ma b’koli” that appears in our parasha, in reference to Rivka, concerns Yaakov’s physical salvation, when she became aware of Eisav’s desire to murder Yaakov: “And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to my brother Laban, to Haran. And you shall dwell with him for a few days until your brother's wrath has subsided.” (Sefer Bereishit 27:43-44) Once again, it is Rivka, rather than Yitzhak, who steps forward and saves her beloved son from an all but certain death. Clearly, mother knows best. The greatness of the Jewish woman has by no means been limited to the Imahot; rather, it is manifest on an ongoing basis. In fact, it is a fundamental facet of what we call Massorah (the combined body of Torah knowledge and behavior handed down from generation to generation). My rebbi, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zatzal (1900-1993) formulated this idea in the following manner: People are mistaken in thinking that there is only one Massorah and one Massorah community; the community of the fathers. It is not true. We have two massorot, two traditions, two communities, two shalshalot ha-kabbalah – the massorah community of the fathers and that of the mothers…What kind of a Torah does the mother pass on? I admit that I am not able to def ine precisely the masoretic role of the Jewish mother. Only by circumscription I hope to be able to explain it. Permit me to draw upon my own experiences. At this point we are privy to the Rav’s personal reminiscences of his beloved mother: I used to have long conversations with my mother. In fact, it was a monologue rather than a dialogue. She talked and I “happened” to overhear. What did she talk about? I must use an halakhic term in order to answer this question: she talked me-inyana de-yoma [about the halakhic aspects of a particular holy day]. I used to watch her arranging the house in honor of a holiday. I used to see her recite prayers; I used to watch her recite the sidra every Friday night and I still remember the nostalgic tune. I learned from her very much. What, however, was the essence of that which the Rav learned from his mother? What gift did she give him that changed his being and perception of the world? As he states in his unique and unparalleled manner: Most of all I learned that Judaism expresses itself not only in formal compliance with the law but also in a living experience. She taught me that there is a flavor, a scent and warmth to mitzvot. I learned from her the most important thing in life – to feel the presence of the Almighty and the gentle pressure of His hand resting upon my frail shoulders. Without her teachings, which quite often were transmitted to me in silence, I would have grown up a soulless being, dry and insensitive. (Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, “A Tribute to the Rebbitzen of Talne,” Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 1978, Vol. 17, number 2, pages 76-77)
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Israel Approves New Homes in Eastern Jerusalem...Continued from page 3 ing in east Jerusalem, before resuming the talks, while Israel has so far offered only a temporary and limited ease in building. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Tuesday that the impasse has given him no choice but to seek international recognition of a Palestinian state, even as Europe and Washington discouraged the move. "We feel we are in a very diff icult situation," he said in Cairo after talks with Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak. "What is the solution for us? To remain suspended like this, not in peace? That is why I took this step." Palestinian off icials said earlier this week they intended to ask the UN Security Council to recognise a state in a move analysts said was aimed at pressuring Israel amid the floundering US peace efforts.
The European Union, the Palestinians' biggest donor, joined the United States in discouraging the move and urged instead a return to peace talks with Israel. "I don't think we are there yet," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, told reporters in Brussels. "I would hope that we would be in a position to recognise a Palestinian state but there has to be one f irst, so I think it is somewhat premature," he said. The United States said it opposed any unilateral moves. "We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous ... We are convinced that has to be achieved through negotiations between two parties," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said on Monday. French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner, who is due to meet with Abbas in Amman later on Tuesday and with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem the next day, said he will insist on a resumption of negotiations. "We have to f ind ways to surmount the current obstacles," he told the Palestinian Al-Quds daily. Netanyahu has warned that "any unilateral action will undo the framework of past accords and lead to unilateral actions from Israel." And the Islamist movement Hamas, a bitter rival of Abbas's Fatah rival, also poured cold water on the move for international recognitiion. "The proclamation of a Palestinian state should be the result of the resistance putting an end to the occupation ... and not a decision taken by (the Palestinian Authority) to f ill the void after the political option has failed,"
Hamas's exiled political supremo Khaled Meshaal said in a statement. Tuesday's construction approval will make the relaunching of talks more diff icult because the issue of settlements in east Jerusalem is particularly sensitive. Israel, which captured the eastern part of the city in 1967 and later annexed it in a move not recognised by the international community, sees the Holy City its "eternal, indivisible" capital and does not view Jewish construction in the east as settlements. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem as the capital of their promised state and insist Israel stop building houses there. The international community considers all Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land illegal.
Israel Warns Palestinians Over Seeking Recognition...Continued from page 3 two parties." In Paris, foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero cautioned that "a unilateral step could prejudice the establishment of this state that we all wish for so much." Israeli ministers on Monday said the Palestinian move was a political manoeuvre amid a widening rift between the two main Palestinian factions and mounting frustration over the impasse in the Middle East peace process. Environment Minister Gilad Erdan, of the premier's rightwing Likud party, told public radio that the move was "a storm in a teacup, an internal manoeuvre aimed at boosting the image of Mahmud Abbas." And he repeated a threat by another minister on Sunday that if the
Palestinians proceed with their move, Israel should annex the parts of the occupied West Bank that house major Jewish settlement blocs. While dismissing the "empty" rhetoric on both sides, Industry Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer of the centre-left Labour said the Palestinian move "betrays the frustration of the Palestinian population which sees no end to an occupation that has lasted for 43 years." "All those who are speaking about annexation are speaking empty words and all those who are speaking of independence are also speaking empty words," he told army radio. "It's a game of ping pong." Chief negotiator Saeb Erakat insisted that the Palestinian side was serious, saying that he had met with European
Union diplomats to ask them to back the move to the UN Security Council. "We asked their countries to back our initiative," he said. "The initial response of the EU is positive. I didn't hear any opposition or concern from the EU members." US Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said that Washington was likely to veto any attempt to bring the issue before the Security Council, which he branded as "a waste of time." Meanwhile, Abbas's spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said that Netanyahu's comments showed that "Israel is looking for pretexts and excuses to oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state." The move for UN recognition is the latest in a series of options the
Palestinians have warned they could take if the Middle East peace process remained stalled. Others include unilaterally declaring independence, asking the UN to determine f inal borders of their promised state, dissolving the Palestinian Authority (PA) and seeking equal rights within Israel. The administration of US President Barack Obama has so far been unable to convince Israelis and Palestinians to resume their peace talks amid deep disagreements on the issue of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. The Palestinians insist on a freeze of all settlement activity before talks restart, while Israel is offering a temporary and limited ease on construction, saying the issue will be resolved during the negotiations.
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A Couple’s Pride in their Culture...Continued from page 18 The couple expressed how the shirts exhibit a sense of pride in their culture and the borough which they are so much a part of. "It's the same idea of naming a team
the Boston Celtics," he said. "Heck, there's even a a semipro soccer team called the Brooklyn Italians," Star said. According to a Daily news report, Assemblyman Dov Hikind found the tee
46% of Israelis Fear Falling Below Poverty Line...Continued from page 5 Success and On-going Learning in Human Services at the JDC-Myers Brookdale Institute. "Studies and surveys will not bring change. Most of these people living in poverty or fear of poverty are anonymous; they do not have voices, and there is no discourse." Several of the key Knesset commit-
tees will focus on poverty during their sessions on Tuesday. In addition to the f inancial fears faced by most of the population, the survey found that roughly a quarter (24%) of those questioned admitted they'd had to make serious cutbacks to their budget this year and prioritize food and med-
icine in their expenses. In a statement responding to the survey's f indings, Hadash MK Dov Henin said, "The results of the poll show that in Israel, the overwhelming majority of people fear for their fate, and don't agree with the government's turbo-capitalist conduct."
"When a quarter of the Israeli population is living in poverty, it's a sign for the Israeli government that it's time to take responsibility, to stop f ighting the poor and start f ighting poverty," Henin went on.
Crime, Plus Politics, Propelling Jews out of Venezuela...Continued from page 10 live abroad to escape the security situation, she said. While not explicitly anti-Semitic, local Jews fear Chavez’s constant barrage of anti-Israeli discourse could breed hostility towards their community, adding another layer of stress in a city where many citizens already feel helpless coping with one of the highest murder rates in the world. “There’s a lot of fear that there could be an attack against the community,”
said Camila Roffe de Levy, a 51-year old biologist in Caracas and Benchimol’s daughter. “No one has attacked us,” she explained. “It’s not the people, nor your neighbor nor the guy who lives down the street from you. But what scares us is this anti-Israeli discourse that could be wrongly interpreted by people who don’t know any better.” A lawyer who divides her time between Miami and Caracas says there
is a general breakdown of trust toward the government, which she feels both as a Venezuelan citizen and even more so as a Jew. She requested anonymity due to her work promoting human rights in Venezuela. Since the synagogue attack last January, authorities have stepped up protection at Jewish houses of prayer. Many said they were pleased with the security provided during Yom Kippur.
But that day, while many Jews were in synagogue, Chavez praised Libyan President Muammar Gadhaf i and invited him to speak on national television in a ceremony that all of the nation’s public channels were forced to broadcast. “With this man [Chavez] you just never know,” said Benchimol. “It’s not something you can understand. It’s unpredictable.”
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Obama's Middle East Strategy Stalls...Continued from page 12 this is history turned upside down," said Robert Satloff. Satloff predicts it could now take years to reach a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians since other foreign policy priorities are likely to seize the attention of President Obama.
"In the foreign arena he is a reluctant war president," he said. "That issue, more than any other foreign issue, dominates. In what we call the Arab-Israeli arena, or the broader Middle East, it is clear in my perspective that the Iran f ile has a higher and more urgent priority than this f ile. The stakes are higher, the
urgency is greater and the clocks are ticking faster." For now, Secretary Clinton has begun to urge Palestinians to participate in lower-level contacts and talks with Israel to avoid a complete vacuum in the peace process. The hope is that additional coopera-
tion on issues such as economic development and security could create a positive momentum. U.S. off icials and analysts are concerned a void in the peace process may lead to events that could spiral into violence.
Obama's Failure, Netanyahu's Opportunity...Continued from page 21 its policies in a bold new direction. Many commentators and policy-makers have claimed that it falls on Israel to help Obama succeed where he has failed. In their view, Israel must go out of its way to establish a Palestinian state during Obama's term of off ice or accept the blame for any renewal of the Palestinian terror war against it. Such voices - most strongly represented this week by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman - have tried to blame the failure of Obama's attempt to reinstate negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on Israel's alleged intransigence. In response to these allegations, this week Netanyahu expressed profound and urgent interest in holding negotiations with Abbas. This move was illadvised. Although it is true that by proclaiming his devotion to the so-called peace process, Netanyahu was able to deflect some of the White House's attacks against him, the short-term advantage it brought him this week in Washington is eclipsed by the long-term damage such an approach causes the country. In the long-run, Israel is harmed when its leaders promote the f iction that it is possible to reach an accord with the Palestinians that will bring about the formal and peaceful establishment of a Palestinian state. As Netanyahu prepared to fly off to Washington, Abbas made clear that he will not make any concessions to Israel for peace. Together with his fellow Fatah members, Abbas made clear that like Hamas, Fatah does not recognize Israel's right to exist, does not support
peaceful coexistence with Israel, and shares Hamas's dedication to continued war against Israel. For their part, pro-Palestinian lobbyists Robert Malley and Hussein Agha are now arguing that the two-state solution has failed and that the time has come for a one-state solution in which Israel ceases to exist as a Jewish state by accepting the Palestinians as full citizens in one binational state. The Israeli Left, as well as the State Department and several European governments, has now embraced the unelected Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayad's plan to unilaterally declare Palestinian independence in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem in two years. The aim of the Fayad plan is to coerce Israel into abandoning all the lands it took control over during the Six Day War, by implicitly threatening to deploy international forces throughout "Palestine" that will be charged with "protecting" the new Palestinian state from the IDF. BOTH THE Fayad-plan supporters and the one-state solution crowd believe that their plans can indirectly advance the so-called peace process. In their view, frightened of both a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence and of a binational state, Netanyahu will abandon his demand for a demilitarized Palestinian state and for defensible borders for Israel and voluntarily withdraw the IDF and the 250,000 Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria to within the 1949 armistice lines. But the fact is that there is no reason for Netanyahu to fear their plans. Indeed it is high time for Israel to call their bluffs.
The shocking truth is that the demographic threat is an empty threat. The demographic doomsday scenarios for Israel are all based on falsif ied Palestinian census data from 1997 that inflated the number of Palestinians in Israel, Judea, Samaria and Gaza by 50%. As the independent AmericanIsrael Demographic Research Group demonstrated in early 2005, Israel has no reason to be concerned that by maintaining its control over Judea and Samaria, it will become a majority Arab state. Today, the combined population of Israel and Judea and Samaria leaves Jews with a two-thirds majority. With Jewish immigration and fertility rates rising, negative Arab immigration rates, and decreasing Arab fertility rates, the long-term projections for Israel's demographic viability are all positive. As Netanyahu knows, there is consensus support among Israelis for his plan to ensure that the country retains defensible borders in perpetuity. This involves establishing permanent Israeli control over the Jordan Valley and the large Jewish population blocs in Judea and Samaria. In light of the well-recognized failure of the two-state solution, Hamas's takeover of Gaza and the disintegration of Fatah accompanied by the shattering of the myth of Fatah moderation, Israel should strike out on a new course and work toward the integration of Judea and Samaria, including its Palestinian population, into Israeli society. In the f irst instance, this will require the implementation of Israeli law in the Jordan Valley and the large settlement blocs. Replacing the military government in
these areas with Israel's more liberal legal code will also advance Netanyahu's economic peace plan, which envisions expanding the Palestinian economy in Judea and Samaria by among other things reintegrating it into Israel's booming economy. This plan would reward political moderation while marginalizing terrorists in Palestinian society. In so doing, it will advance the cause of peaceful coexistence over the long-term far better than the failed two-state solution. Far from engendering peace, the two-state paradigm empowered the most corrupt and violent actors in Palestinian society, at the expense of its most productive and moderate citizens. Obama's disgraceful treatment of Israel and, for that matter, his atrocious treatment of the majority of America's allies in the Middle East and throughout the world, has strengthened the hands of America's worst enemies and made the world a much more dangerous place. But his obvious failures provide Israel with an opportunity to take control of events and change the situation for the betterment of Israel and the Palestinians alike. Applying Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and the major Israeli population blocs in Judea and Samaria will probably not win Netanyahu many friends in the Obama White House. But if we learned anything from Obama's insulting treatment of Netanyahu and American Jews this week, we learned that regardless of what Israel does, the Obama administration has no interest in being his friend.
Jihad at Fort Hood: Is Political Correctness...Continued from page 21 signal the death knell of political correctness." How long will Americans tolerate their media telling them what they should think, when the evidence points in another direc-
tion? How far shall we go in our attempt to "just get along?" Shall we continue to deny that there is real evil in this world, and that sometimes it exists within the borders of the US?
Barry Rubin in his recent RubinReports post, reprinted below, gives this whole problem a refreshing spin with his satirical imagining of how the press would have treated John Wilkes Booth and other mass murderers
if they were guided by today's political correctness. I think you'll find the satire humorous and his conclusions disturbing.
immune systems. If flu cases should surge again, hospital off icials say they are conf ident they are ready to respond. And as more and more people in the Warrenton area receive the H1N1 vac-
cine, hospital off icials are hoping the worst is over.
the gentle pressure of His hand resting upon my frail shoulders,” was a lesson imparted to him through the love and devotion of his mother. Like Rivka of
old, his mother, it seems, knew best.
Surge in H1N1 Cases Puts Strain...Continued from page 33 "We normally see about 80 patients a day," he said. "That is our average in the Emergency Department. There was one day about ten days ago when we actually saw 158 patients. 50 of those
patients had flu like symptoms." Most of the flu cases at Fauquier Hospital have been people in the high risk groups: pregnant women, young children and people with weakened
Parashat Toldot...Continued from page 35 For the Rav, the great scion of the Brisker Talmudic tradition, the most valuable of life’s lessons was not learned from the Gemara or the
Rambam, or even at the feet of his illustrious father and grandfather. Instead, “the most important thing in life – to feel the presence of the Almighty and
Shabbat Shalom
Millions Will Have to Repay Part of Tax Credit...Continued from page 3 returns next year, long after the money may have been spent. The tax credit is also available for 2010. Russell said the problems will continue in 2010 if they are not
resolved. The credit pays workers 6.2 percent of their earned income, up to a maximum of $400 for individuals and $800 for married couples who f ile jointly.
Individuals making more than $95,000 and couples making more than $190,000 are ineligible. The IRS, in a response to the audit, advised taxpayers to check their with-
holding throughout the year to make sure they don't get hit with an unexpected tax bill.
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'US Attitude Towards Israel May be Changing'...Continued from page 12 understand. It's unfortunate," said Michael Gelman, chairman of the executive board of the Jewish Federations. "We may even get more from Rahm Emmanuel than from the president" in terms of policy specifics, Gelman added. He expects that the crowd would be enthusiastic to hear Emmanuel, even if he had big shoes to fill, saying, "I think he'll be received very well. He's probably the No. 1 adviser to the president." Others, though, pointed to reported tension between Emmanuel and the Netanyahu government, seeing the chief of staff as a key factor in the differences between the two countries. "I think this is going to be a tough crowd for Rahm Emmanuel, who's rumored to be
one of Israel's toughest critics within the White House," said one Washington Jewish leader at the conference. "There's a lot of pressure on Rahm Emmanuel at this event to explain how a nice Jewish boy became White House chief of staff and sends his kids to a Jewish school while advising his president on a speech in Cairo that put tremendous pressure on Israel." At the same time, a long anticipated meeting between Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in town to address the GA on Monday, is scheduled to take place later that day, the White House confirmed late Sunday. Netanyahu is also scheduled to meet with members of Congress before traveling on to France.
Netanyahu's spokesman Nir Hefetz said the prime minister was always happy to talk face-to-face with Obama, but was not concerned that no such conversation had been formally announced even as he was within hours of landing in the US. This trip was planned independent of an expectation that such a meeting would occur, Hefetz told Israel Radio, in an interview he conducted on the plane. "If the trip's objective had been to meet with the president of the United States, then such a meeting would have been secured in advance of the trip," Hefetz said. "The prime minister decided to travel to Washington to address the second largest Jewish community in the world after Israel, the American Jewish community."
He wanted to update them on Israel's diplomatic situation, including the fallout from the Goldstone Commission's report, which accused Israel of war crimes, and the growing threat from Iran. Israeli officials are in daily contact with the White House and the State Department, said Hefetz. He added that Netanyahu held consultations with his advisers in his home until close to midnight on Saturday. He noted that both Obama and Netanyahu were relatively new to their offices and that it took time to build a strong personal relationship. The wider relationship between Israel and the United States remains strong and is not dependent on one person or the other, Hefetz said.
Diaries: Mussolini Was Fierce Anti-Semite...Continued from page 6 were 32,000 Jews in 1943 in Italy, of whom over 8,000 were deported to Nazi concentration camps. "These disgusting Jews, I must destroy them all," Mussolini was quoted as saying by his lover in October 1938. At another point he calls them "enemies" and "reptiles," according to the excerpts. Mussolini also denounced Pius XI, who saw the rise of anti-Semitism in the last years of his 1922-39 papacy, as harming the Catholic Church. Pius commissioned an encyclical to denounce racism and the violent
nationalism of Germany, but he died before releasing it and it was never published. The Fascist dictator said that "there never was a pope as harmful to religion" as Pius XI and accused him of doing "undignified things, such as saying we are similar to the Semites," according to the excerpts. For years, the Vatican has struggled to defend Pius' successor - the wartime Pope Pius XII - against claims he didn't do enough to save Jews from the Holocaust. Mussolini had kind words for Hitler, whom he said was "very nice" and had tears in
his eyes when he met the Italian dictator in Munich. "Hitler is a big softy, deep down," Mussolini is quoted as telling Petacci on October 1, 1938, shortly after the conference. Mussolini also wrote to Petacci about his "mad desire" for her "little body" and his regret over having had relations with other women. "I adore you and I'm a fool. I mustn't make you suffer," he was quoted as saying. Mussolini and Petacci were shot by partisans on April 28, 1945, and their bodies were displayed to a jeering crowd hanging upsidedown from a gas station in a Milan square.
Piero Melograni, a historian who has written several books on Fascism and World War II, said the excerpts were "convincing in terms of the character that emerges and therefore the authenticity of the diaries." He said the diaries appear to strengthen the notion of a strongly anti-Semitic Mussolini, as demonstrated by the 1938 laws and several speeches. But he said the personal quotes almost "humanize" him.
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BY VILLAS LUZ, LDA.
enjoys entertaining events throughout the year: concerts, art exhibitions, the Torres carLess than an hour drive from Lisbon nival—’the most Portuguese event in International airport along the new A8 Portugal’, the Caldas da Rainha ceramics and motorway, links the vibrant capital of fruit fairs, the Bombarral wine festival, Portugal with historic Oporto in the Peniche’s Festas da Nuestra Senhora da Boa North. There is also a proposed new inter- Viagem, the Montejunto popular festival national airport to be located at OTA, this (Cadaval), Alenquer’s Feira da Ascensao, feslittle known region is opening its doors to tivals in Sobral, Monte Agraco and Arruda the outside world. For decades the Algarve dos Vinhos, Feiras da Cebola e das has been the only realistic location for Tasquinhas and hundreds more fairs, festioverseas travelers to enjoy the unique hos- vals and popular gatherings. The region has pitality of the Portuguese, but prices there many hotels with superb facilities and innuhave put it out of reach for most. Now we merable lively venues which ensure that are pleased to invite you to experience the one’s first visit to the Western region is never heart of Portugal—a secret we can all the last. For golf enthusiasts the Western Region is the new destination in Portugal. share. Golf Courses at Praia d’el Rey (18 holes)and Rio Maior (18 holes) are complemented by A Region for Life 9-hole courses at Consolação and Porto xploring the Novo - Bom Sucesso tranquil towns, villages and “The natural abundance and Perola da Lagoa 18-hole courses are countryside of this of the area is enhanced actually already under beautiful region will confirm to you that by beautiful fine-sanded construction and the here is a place that new project of beaches, where the sands brand genuinely has the the 18-hole course of shimmer like silver.” Foz do Arelho, which best of both worlds. will be the largest Whilst offering a life of rural calm amidst should begin soon. The natural abundance of the area is the spectacular scenery, at the same time it is perfectly equipped with access to all the enhanced by beautiful f ine-sanded modern facilities of transport, healthcare, beaches, where the sands shimmer like education and leisure that make life a pleas- silver, at Santa Cruz, Porto Novo, Areia ure for all generations. The Western Region Branca, S. Bernardino, Consolação,
Peniche, Baleal, Foz do Arelho and Salir do Porto. Local crafts can be found in Peniche, which is notable for its lace, and in Caldas da Rainha, which is one of the most important centres for ceramics in Portugal. The new Peniche recreation centre is a base for water sports, with a haven for f ishing and scuba-diving in
Berlenga. Santa Cruz and Peniche (Supertubos beach and Lagide beach) are the places for surf lovers. The Obidos lake has sailing, rowing and windsurfing. Montejunto, Serrado Socorro and Santa Rita beaches are the main locations for paragliding and hang-gliding. The Santa Cruz aerodrome, with its flying school, offers flights in light aircraft and gliders.
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The lively University city of Coimbra is a mixture of ancient and modern architecture.
There are equestrian centres in the Hotel Golf Mar, in Marquiteira (Lourinha), in Atouguia da Baleia—at the Quinta das Tripas and the Quintas de Bom Sucesso— Lourinha, S. Sebastido—Arruda dos Vinhos, Quinta da Ferraria and Cortisada—Rio Maior.
A Region for Health Healthcare facilities are modern and efficient and offer a good range of public and private services for all your requirements. In addition the region offers several thermal baths: Vimeiro (digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system and skin), Cucos (metabolic and endocrine systems, rheumatics, muscular and skeletal systems) and Torres Vedras and Caldas da Rainha—the oldest in Europe (respiratory system, rheumatics, muscular and skeletal systems).
Portugal: Costa De Prata The Silver Coast Aveiro in the north is unique: it is crisscrossed by canals grandly embroidered with art nouveau houses and spanned by humpbacked bridges. Here in colourfully painted ‘moliceiro’ boats, seaweed is gathered in the vast saltwater lagoon. Further inland you can sample the curative waters of the elegant thermal spa towns of Luso and Curia, fashionable since early this century. And in the Bucaco forest nearby, stands the Palace Hotel, resplendent with turrets, arched galleries and an enormous marble staircase: a perfect hideaway for romantics. The lively University city of Coimbra is a mixture of ancient and modern architecture. Its streets are filled with the chatter of blackcaped students and the soulful tones of fado. The university library, one of the best in Europe, is a Baroque fantasy where the rooms each lead into the next creating a telescope-like effect. The old Cathedral is one of the most important examples of Romanesquc architecture in Portugal. In the Marchado de Castro Museum, you’ll find religious art treasures and can actually explore the ruins of the Roman crypt over which the museum was built. An even more impressive sight is the nearby Roman city of Conimbriga. On the west coast, the town of Figueira da Foz has vast beaches and a famous casino. Further south is the charming town of Leiria with its crenulated walls towering high above an almost perpendicular rock. From May to October, the roads nearby are lined with pilgrims—many on foot—visiting the famed shrine of Fatima where three shepherd
Portugal’s Costa De Prata is one of the most exciting and beautiful destinations. children claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. Thirty four kilometres east is Tomar where the bastion of the Knights Templar later became the Convento de Cristo. Tales of mystery and hidden treasures echo around it’s cloisters and its crowning glory is the ornate Manueline window. Another magical place is the Castle of Almmourol, just south, which stands on a tiny island and is steeped in legends of giants and knights. Further opulent architecture can he discovered at Batalha in the Santa Maria da Vitoria Monastery, with its flying buttresses, gargoyles, pinnacles and the intricate stonework of its cloisters. Close to this is one of Portugal’s most awe-inspiring monuments: the Monastery of Alcobaca, which has been given UNESCO world heritage status. The kitchen, with ovens big enough to roast six oxen at once, even has two streams converging through it into one. The monastery also contains the tombs of King Pedro and Ines de Castro whose passionate love story has inspired writers and poets all over the world. Many of the farming methods and agricultural science of the region introduced by the
Cistercian monks are still in evidence today. The delightful town of Obidos, with white houses adorned with bougainvilleas and honeysuckle was captured from the Moors by the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, in 1148. D. Dinis later presented it to his wife, Queen Santa Isabel. From then until 1883, the town of Obidos and the surrounding land was always the property of the queens of Portugal. Encircled by a ring of medieval walls and crowned by the Moorish castle rebuilt by D. Dinis, which is now a pousada, Obidos is one of the most perfect examples of our medieval fortress. As in olden times, the town is entered through the southern gate of Santa Maria, embellished with eighteenth-century azulejo decoration. Inside the walls, which at sunset take on a golden colouring, one can sense a cheerful medieval ambience of winding streets, old whitewashed houses bordered with blue or yellow, Manueline embrasures and windows, reminding us that King D. Manuel I (sixteenth century) carried out major works here, and masses of colourful flowers and plants. Be sure to visit the Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria (Parish Church of Santa Maria), the
pretty Capela de Sao Martinho (Chapel of S. Martinho) and, outside the town walls, the Igreja do Senhor da Pedra (Church of the Senhor da Pedra). Along this route, there are 14 chapels donated by Hungarian Catholic refugees in the West. Of particular note is Valinhos, 400 metres from the village where monuments commemorate the fourth apparition in 1917 as well as the place chosen by the angel. Here, in 1916, the shepherds saw the Angel of Peace for the first and third times. On the coast is the fishing village of Nazare where you’ll find fishermen in knee length plaid trousers, and women in full skirts and seven petticoats, mending nets. The walled town of Obidos should also not he missed, with its narrow streets of brightly white-washed houses and striking towers of the Castle that’s now a splendid Pousada Take just a short trip south and you can explore the active fishing port of Peniche which has a dominating 16th century fort built for protection against marauding pirates. The Silvercoast is one of the most peaceful and romantic places of all.
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BROOKLYN 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
Co-op for sale Kensington, BK: Beverly Rd., Sunny + spacious, 2 Bedroom has corner terrace w/ double exposures, 3 a/c’s, 24 hr doorman, indoor parking, wait list., maintenance, $683, asking $375,000, neg. Call Effie 917-886-2496
Condo For Sale Sheepshead Bay, East 12th Y+2: 3 Bedrooms, 2 bths, parking, 15 yr tax abatement, $545K. Owner 347-219-0884
Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt. Call cell: 347-489-4485
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
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
BRONX 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
QUEENS BEECHHURST/WHITESTONE: On site agents. Doorman, pool, pkg, pet friendly, dock. 1BR, priced to sell! $210,000. 2 BR, ren kit/bth $389,500. 2 BR, terrace, bridge/ waterview $415,000. 3BR, 2 bth, bridge/ waterview $550,000. 4 BR, 3bth, den, bridge/ waterview$774,000. www.stationrealty.com 718-279-4800
LONG ISLAND Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160
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
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
Sackett Lake Front: 4 BR, 2 bth, LR, DR, kitchen combo, master suite, great view, dock on lake, near shuls, shopping and more! Asking $325K www.resortrealtyny.com. Call 845-791-5945
SULLIVAN COUNTY, LAKE Huntington: 15 minutes west of Monticello. 6 BR, 7 bth on 5 acres, city sewer, well water. $265K neg. 914-237-9653 or 917-844-8794
Lovely 2 story colonial w/ 3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bths, hardwood floors throughout, working fireplace, ceramic tiles in bathroom and kitchen w/corian countertops situated on corner lot in a well sort after area, easy access to all major transportation, mins to Hudson River and fine restaurants. 914-805-1734 Asking 289 K.
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
Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339 Sidney NY: Large 4 bdrms, historical hom,e on 2 acres, near schools, places of worship + college needs TLC,. Great investment. $85,000. Ernie 607-563-1020
The Jewish Voice 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
Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900. Owner 914-213-3902
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
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
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
Vacation homes for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bath, deeded lake nights, walk to orthodox shul. 516-662-3045
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 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
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 Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
HORTON & COLLEGE Westchester Rockland, NY-Townhouse 3 Br + 2 extra rms bsmt, d/washer, dryer, a/c kit, leisure rms, nr local trans. $289k 845-426-0836
Hewlett. Hi Ranch:4 BRS, 2 full baths, 2 kitchens, huge yard. Det gar. Nr park, shops & LIRR. Make your best offer! Call owner 516-817-9979 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
Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
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
GREEN COUNTY Ny 37 Acres per tested, views $225,000 20 minutes to Ny Thruway, Build ,Divide or Hunt. Please call 518-634-7842
Moving must sell! Wesley Hills, 1 br colonial,custom Kosher Milch Miller 914-414-3619 Rivky Kagan 845-659-2056 Kagan Realty Monsey Exclusive Large Home with Shul Beaut 8000sf 80 acres bals Med seats 150-200 Comm kit,prkg 30 + cars 6br, 4bths lrg granite elk,pvt study w/sep entr.lrg lr, mbth w/jacz,huge succah rm w/retractbl roof,i ntercom/ video surveillance, alarm & much more!must see! NEWLY RENOVATED HOME Spectacular 4000sf high Ranch 60 acres,nr R’schlessingers shul 7br 4bths,new granite Elk healed flrs, ss appincs skylites,deck sparkling Above grnd pool. All new wndws heating A/C Boiler & roof 2 car attgar 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 845-358-6088
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A private Oasis Grt New listing! Cameo Ridge, Extended remodeled split lots of character!Gourm Elk 2nd kitch,mster suite w/whrpl tub+wlkin closet Huge Fr grt rm library/loft l/g pool cabana fountain Multpl decks hot tub wet bar entertainment home on dbl lot. COLONIAL DREAM An open hse-Sun 11/8,24pm, 3 Baker ln Wesley hls New listing! Elegant spacious 5br on 1 +acr priv cul-de-sac ig Gourm Elk mstr ste,cath ceil Wic huge bsmt only $599k FORSHAY FANTASY Beaut 5br split on magnif prop, Hot tub & gorgeous deck! Upscale Custom Col 9br in hrt of monsey 3 kitchs, priv office huge fin w/0 bsmt. Call Lonna 914-548-0870 RODEO REALTY,INC
OPEN HOUSE 09.13.09, 12-2pm 24 LARK AVENUE, White Plains-House for sale in prestigious area. Hi ranch, 5 bedrooms, central air throughout, walk to temple. Solomon Schecter 1/3 acre. $625K. Contact Betty Imperial Realty. 914-592-9562 COUNTRY CUSTOM RANCH HOME 3+ -3 Opt, Inlaw apt. DBL Garage, 4+ acres, Handicap friendly. $309,900 Neg. 607-286-9074 www.realestatecooperstown.com SULLIVAN COUNTY, LAKE Huntington. 15 mins west of Monticello. 6 BR, 7 bth on 5 acres. City sewer, well water. $265K Neg. 914-237-9653 or 914-894-8794 Catskills: Camp and bungalow colony-For Sale Brand new, kosher kitchen, stunning grounds for sale by owner. Call evenings 347-576-4712 or 718-782-4742 UPSTATE NY TROUT STREAM! 5 acres – was 32,900, NOW $24,900 Apple trees, pines, 300 ft stream front! Gorgeous setting! No closing costs! Hurry! 888-354-5006 Oceanside: 3BR, 3 ½ BA, new cherry/ granite kit, CAC, 1 car, hdwd, total reno, full bsmt, deck, porch. MUST SEE! New to mkt! $599K. Owner 516-250-3538 Chemango County: Hunt on your own land, 3 bdrms plus .64 acres, sauna Jacuzzi, steam unit, wood burning stone fireplace, wrap around deck, built in garage, screened Florida rm. View wildlife. Broker Julie 347-370-6421. Asking $249,900. Neg
Vacation Village: All Year Pleasure! End unit townhse. 4 BRs, 3.5 bths, fplc, CAC, decks. Great deal. $152K. Others from $139K. View photos: www.estyhomes.net Esty 516-946-0766 www.century21yve.com 800-228-YVEN Liberty, NY: Garage warehouse for sale or rent 2nd Fl, 4,500 sq ft (per fl) Drive in garage, plus office building on North Main Street. Heat included (for rent or sale) Contact: 914-548-4668 Woodbridge, NY: 5 bedrooms, 2 bths, den , living room, dining room, fireplace, bsmt, near shops. Calling all investors + buyers seller A1 property. Call 888-799-9391 Price Neg. Low 500’s. Monticello: pvt home on hill, 3 plus BRs, 2 bth. Renov 2009. 2.5 acre. Walk to kosher supermarket. LG pool. $273K. Also… Monticello: Magnif home, 5 plus BRs, 4 bth, LG pool. 9 acres. On Sacket Lake. Built in 2008. $949K. Call Jil, agent. 845-798-4117 Owner says sell~ Upstate, NY! 7 acres/BARN/POND-Was $149,900, NOW $69,900! 40x200ft barn, spring fed pond, gorgeous, Catskill mountain views, unbelievable setting! MAKE AN OFFER! HURRY! 888-620-0738 No Woodmere: One of a kind decorator showcase. Fully renov in & out. 4 BR, 3 bth, maid’s rm. Must see. $995K Owner 516-791-7359
BROOKLYN Midwood: JR4, totally renovated, like new, asking $269K. Prudential Douglas Elliman, RE 917-679-2685 Flatbush: Open house Thur 10/08, 1pm-5pm; 807 E 19th (bet Ave H- Glenwd) Super sz det 1 fam triplex, 5 BR, 4.5 bths, xlrg D/R, lrg L/R w/fireplace, big EIK, parq flr, w-in closets. Pvt drv 2 car gar, pvt bkyd w/deck, htd pool + hkup gas bbq. BO’s Prime Realty 718-272-6500 or 917-952-7771 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
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Corcoran Real Estate PRIME MIDWOOD 2 FAMILY 1341 East 14th Street (Aves M & N) 2 family, 3 BRs over 2 BR, finished basement, private driveway, backyard. Good condition. Price reduced! Steal a 2 family in Midwood!! PRIME CROWN HEIGHTS 1 FAMILY, 1371 Union St. (Brooklyn, NY) Right near 770 Eastern Parkway & Kingston Avenue. 3 BRs. Needs work. Asking $689K negotiable. WE CO-BROKE WITH ALL BROKERS! See these listings online at www.corcoran.com/aweider . Call or email me today! Alan 347-403-3200 Alan.wieder@corcoran.com THINKING ABOUT SELLING? FOR WUICK RESULTS CALL ME TODAY. Midwood: Open House Thursday 10-29, 7-9pm & Sun 11/01, 12-2pm 858 E13th St. (I & Dead End), Brand new luxury duplex 4 & 5 bdrm condos for sale, 3 baths, mod kit w/ granite counters, S/S appliances, hrdwd flrsm balcony, deck or roof access & much more. Must come & see!!! Come or call David at 914-262-0417 or 718-627-8800 x251 COLDWELL BANKER SHAYOVITZ RE SEE 100’s if LISTINGS AT WWW.CBSHAYOVITZ.COM
Ave k / E8 Legal 2 fam can be used as 1 fam Wlk in fin bsmt, nice back porch & more,good cond.mid $500’s Also E32nd & Kings HWY Det 1 family on 30x100 lot 4br, 3 bths,fin bsmt,pvt drv/gar. Good cond Mid $500’s Also E36 Flatlands 2 fam brk mid $500’s Owner 718-419-9306 490 lake street totally detached newly renovated asking 500k baywater bold 1368 Dickens street asking 300k
Sheepshead Bay: 25,000 square ft bldg used as synagogue, build, expand or use as is. Great location! Call for details Asking $3,500,000. D. Greenwod RE 718-769-4448 Brand new luxury condo, Brighton 7th Street + Neptune Avenue. 2 duplex penthouses w. pvt roof decks, beautiful views, washer/dryer hook up, and much more. All nearby shopping + public transportation, Must See! Call owner 917-406-5232 Bed Stuy: House for sale All new, 2 fam, additional walk in apt. rent roll overs, mortgage, walk to trains, shops, parks school. Asking $549K. Call owner 516-413-7400 or 917-623-9603
BORO PARK, 53rd St/10th Ave: 5 fam house, 23x71, 3 stories + fin basement, Can convert to 3 fam. Asking $1.288M. Mint cond 917-509-6154 House for sale Seagate Brooklyn, 3 family detached brick with finished basement $689k 917-769-4776
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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
House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349
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
Bronx house for King Bridge open house sat &sun 12-4 pm 2296 loring place North New Contruction 2 fam brk,parking,gar,3/3 4bths,low down 419k Owner 646-431-0105 (516)439-6803
Bklyn House for sale Ave P/E 7, 1 fam s/det, LR, DR, EIK, 3 BR, 2 ½ bath, lg bsmnt, driveway, garage. Price rduced $715 K. NO BROKERS! Please call: 718-998-7231
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 Ave J/ Low East 2 family 30x100, detached 6/5 rooms, 3/2 bedrms, Den, Full Bsmt, Driveway, Granite kitchen Call Shirley Hanan 917-771-7447 Small one family house with extra lot for sale. Lot is ideal for building. Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400 Marine Park brick attached 1 family, 2 bath, Large yard, garage. Won’t last. Asking $430,000 Many other properties available. Mill basin, Marine Park, OMB, BR. Ask for Miriam. NATIONAL BROKERAGE. 718-377-1500 3 Bedrooms, 1bth, 100% co-op building, utils inc 4 new air cond, all new windows, new dishwasher,stove & refrig, night security guaro,laundry room, w/ new washers & dryers, indoor outdoor pking ,short waiting list Asking $265,000 neg Call Owner (917)561-0075
Neponsit Beaut Beach Block Owner relocating! All brk Colonial. 5Br,4.5bths, 1br apt in bsmt,fully renov,cust kitch,radiant heat,huge Lr w/gas frpic,wet bar & ocean view. FDR,lrg family room, 60x100 secluded prob.many xtras $1.895m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267 Midwood: 3428 Bedford Avenue (B/w M & N) 40x100, 4 BR, 2 BTH, LR, DR, Large kitchen, private drive garage. Asking 1.25M. Please Call 917-930-9013. No Brokers. Property for Sale Six family, Bay Ridge location, low 80’s, below 5th avenue, excellent income, several renovated apts, Good Rent Roll-Basement. Asking price 1050 Mill. Contact Mr. Bill Hionas, RE at 718-921-2383 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
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: Webster/ Seton: Corner brick house, 21 x 10, six 2 BR apts $075K. Call after 8pm 347-576-4712 or 718-782-4742
Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839
East 27th/Ave R, family 33.4x100 3 brs plus den, private drive, large backyard, asking $799. Call after 7pm 718-376-7735 No brokers please!
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
Williamsburg: Classic Wmsbrg TH for sale. 3 units, 3400sf bldg + bsmt, lrg yard, heart of wmsbrg, 3 blocks form L train, excel cond, 100yr old details preserved, 2 frplc ea flr, $1,575,000. Brokers welcome. 888-423-5242. www.williamsburgtownhouse.com
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
Huntington: Newly renovated, new roof, ac system, driveway + siding, single story, 2 BR, frplc, deck with yard. $450K negotiable 516-523-4653
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
STATEN ISLAND BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273
Staten Island 1869 Richmond Terr. M1 Zone. 26,947 sq ft. Please CallFor more information: 718-258-4222
House for sale, Staten Island Mint, large family, semi 3-4 BRs, EIK, LR/DR, OAK cabinets, throughout koitchen, central AC, ceiling fans, hardwood floors, nice size attic, 2 car gar, fenced lrg backyard, plenty of storage space, move-in cond freshly painted. 460K, ask for owner. 718-980-0587
QUEENS/BRONX Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267
Far Rockaway: Brns new constr, 3 & 4 BRs, 2 bths, custom kosh kitch, W/D hook-up, C/A, balcony for sukkaj, parking, no rental fee. WEISSMAN REALTY 516-791-6101
Far Rockaway: On beach. Brand new building. 1 & 2 brs avail. Granite kits balconies, waterviews, shab elev. W/D hookup. No renters fee. WEISMAN REALTY. 516-791-6100
FAR ROCKAWAY: 1 &2 BR apts, some w/balcs, new kitchens, closets, 24 hours doorman. Security cameras. Walk to all & train. Call Sherri @ Weissman RE 516-791-6100 or 516-297-7995
Kew Garden Hill fully Renovated 1 Family det home 4 bedroom 2.5 Baths fin Basementdriveway asking 770k 917-519-6110
CO-OP FOR SALE, HOWARD BEACH Spacious, 3 Bed/ 2 Bth, Lindenwood garden apt, located on 1st floor, new galley kitchen, dining area, sun-filled living room, parking avail, laundry, rec room, near houses of worship. Asking $229K, Parkshop Realty of Queens. 718-846-3008. Parksiderealt@aol.com
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Waterbury, CT: Cozy 1 family, split level, have totally renovated home area, 3 BR, 1 bth, granite hardwood flr, garage, 80 miles to NYC. 139,900. Call 917-418-6421
Kew Hill: Fully Renovated 1 Family house Det Home 4 Bedrooms 2.5Bath Fin Basement Bklyn drwy 770k 917-519-6110
Co-op for sale BAYSIDE: 1 bedroom co-op for sale. $165K. Call 718-454-2911
Far Rockaway/ Neponsit: 2nd house from beach overlooking ocean. 4 BRs, 60x100 lot, 3 ½ baths. 917-742-7779, Klarise
Deep Dale Gardens, Little Neck: Rare upper corner unit, fully renovated, 2 BR, 3 ACs, DW/WD, newly caroeted, low maint. 960 sq ft, brand new 1.5 bths. Contact Felice 718-631-8913
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.
PENNSYLVANIA 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, 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
OUT OF STATE Investment Property Texas Hill Country Property 12Ac several Bldgs,can be winery,rehab center ,corporate retreat or steak house Doris 512-924-0145 Lori austindirt@yahoo.com
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(NC/VA) UNIQUE LIMITED OFFERING Parkchester: Huge 2 fam brick hse, 4br On 2nd flr, 3br on 1st flr,high ceiling fin bsmt.price reduced. Owner 917-312-9170
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MULTI-ACRE (2.8-7+AC) CUSTOM LAKEFRONT HOMESITES; BEAUTIFUL WOODED PLOTS, PRIVACY, GREAT VIEWS & LOCATION EASY ACCESS VIA 1-85 & 1-95 CALL 252-578-2628 WWW.ROANOKERESERVE.COM
Naples: Large mobile home, 2/2 55+ gated community, windjammer Village 5 Star park, 2 bdrms/2 bths, new appliances + W/D, corner lot, lg lanai, dbl driveway over awnings. Century loc, well maint, pool, tennis ownland. Maintenance $100, $109,000.00 or best offer. Contact 239-643-6020
Beliz, Central America: 60 acres, riverfront property title. Owned, asking $300,00. Please Call 646-506-6084
Newfound Land, Oceanfront: Million $$ View. Historic town, grt for nature lovers. 4 br/ 4.5 bath, EIK, LR, DR, den cozy frplc, garden all updated + renovated. Come watch the wales/ cruise ships + the lobstermen. US $429K. Contact 205-299-5692
Directly on water with Atlantic Ocean access, boater + Surfers drea. Commercial + Residential permits also. 360’ view from marina. Contact Toni at 203-258-2529
Inv Prop Unique 3 in1 land, investment, 165 acres, mineral rights in marvelous shade zone, 41 acres, blach cherry timber all residentially zoned with all utilities onsite. Northwest PA. Alleghanyoudoors.com 814-598-1354
Property for sale, VA Randolph- 53.29 acres, cutover, road frontage on 2 sides. Includes well + septic nr hwy. 746+hwy 750, quiet + peaceful. $135K. Contact 434-454-6374 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
3 Bedroom Apt locataed on East 3 Street bet w &x Granet floor and Kitchen Marble tiles in Bthroom freshly painted Hardwd floor throughout W/D Hookup,stainless steel Appl. Heat n hot water incld,pvt parking $1800,Contact Owner 917-519-4862
Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.
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 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
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BROOKLYN E. 9th Street/Off Avenue T: 1 BR, new kit & bth. LR, all new excel cond. Shom Shab. Non smokers. 718-810-6427
Bold Forest hills birthwood towers, JR4 28th floor beautiful top floor views,927 sqft very clean ,renovaded /modern other amentites pool,laundry,24 hr doorman parking playground ,small pets near the subway and shuls,shopping and hospital please call 718-606-8383
599K Oceanside, 1Family+Dr.office+swi mming pool Det. Colonial: Lot Square Footage: 6000, Building Size: 2565Sqft, 6 Bedrooms, 3 full Baths , 1 Garage, 4 cars parking Driveway, Full Finished Basement for legal Dr. Office, back yard with Deck & Pool. 3 blocks to south Nassau communities hospital; 10 min to long beach; best school district. Must see!!! Open house: 8/16/2009 (Sun. 2:004:00 PM) Contact: Leah 917-642-2773 liutaoli@yahoo.com Ditmas Plaza corner east 5th street Ditmas avenue 400 square ft grounded level and basement and 250 bold square ft available and basement can be used for office or retail store please call owner at 732-580-5327 Crown heights 1 bedroom $950.00 Owner 646-338-7003 or 917-518-9928
Bensonhurst: 2 BR, pvt house, LG LR, Kitchen, backyard, deck, parkway flr, heat/ hot water incl, pets? Freshly painted absentee LL. 1,600. Owner 718-755-2595
Gerritsen Beach for Lease Totally renovated store front set up for office space or store Central Air, New gates,parking everywhere $1950 D Greenwood R.E. 718-769-4448
Homecrest Ave/Ave V. Renov 2 Br apt,new Windows ,pvt hse,2nd flr, washer hook-up, drvwy avail $1350 incl heat.Owner, 917-703-3331
Flatbush Open House Thur 10/8 1pm-5pm 807 E 19th (bet) Ave H Glenwd} super sz det 1 fam triplex 5Br 4.5bhs,xlrg D/R irg L/G w/frpic,big Elk parq flr. W in closets Pvt drv 2 car gar,pvt bkyd w/deck htd pool +hkup gas bbq bos prime reality 718-272-6500 ot 917-952-7771
Williamsburg 5,000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St bet park & Myrtle Ave. Please Call: 718-998-2767
Have Property on CT? Out of state, VA 250 Acre farm in Southwest Virginia, bland county + (1) home + Old farmhouse which was built in the 1990’s. Beautiful views. $995K. Please Contact 276-496-5200
Growing RE Management Co in CT seeks landlords in need of exceptional management services. Commercial/ Residential, HUD/ Section 8 WE RUN IT LIKE WE OWN IT! Call 203-776-6363, Mendy
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Brooklyn Ave S/E17. Newly built 3 br apt. Lrge LR & DR. Call: 718-902-7375 347-587-7944
2 ROOMS & PRIVATE BATH SHARED KITCHEN for mature woman. Single mom OK. FREE RENT in exchange for housekeeping in exch for housekeeping duties in Staten Island. Call after 1p. 718-273-4995 or 347-645-8449
Yonkers, East: (2) BR, (1) BA, 1300 sq ft apt, EIK, DR, LR, SR. Close to all, $1500 per month + sec, 914-965-9624
THREE 3 FAMILY HOMES ON 80X100LOT ASKING $975K ALSO 3 BR APT FOR RENT. R7A ZONE. CALL BROKER 646-207-7151
6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110
Boro Park, 20 w/53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 BRs, new kit, bsmt, drv. Nr stores, shuls F train. Asking $3000/mo nego. Call 718-258-4824
House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087
BRONX Norwood: 3133 ROCHAMBEAU AVENUE Renovated, new kitchen and bathrooms, clean building. 24 security, near botanical garden, Montifore hospital, Fordham University and shopping. 1 bdrm, 2 bdrm. Call Property Manager. PAUL: 646-319-2373
QUEENS Richmond Hills, Queens: 4 rooms on second floor. Furnish + unfurnish, near E-train, share bath, kit & LR. Reasonable rates! 917-238-5324
Kings Point, Delray Beach: CONDO Capri Deplux, 2 BR, 2 bath, Newly Renovated, unfurnished. Yearly Lease. $800/month. 201-286-3056
NASSAU / L.I. Vacation property for rent S. HAMPTON Furn, fridge, micro, cable, ut incl. $800/mo+sec 631-537-2900 Enclave Inn. www.enclaveinn.com
NASSAU/ SUFFOLK Huntington/ Melville: Newly décor 2 BR, A/C, Ceramic Bath, SS EIK, DR, LR, full bsmt, workshop, fam room, W/D, garage. $2275+. Please Call: 631-948-3400
Huntington Village, LI: 2 APTS 4 Rent, 2 BR, newly reno, new kit + Ba, W/D, no pets/ smoking. Nr all $2000/mo. 516-523-4653
STATENISLAND Small studio near SI ferry H/HW Inc. Credit Check req’d, 1 mth rent & sec. $700 718-273-4995 or 347-645-8449
Astoria: By owner, 2 BR, 2 bthm living room, NEAR all transportation, $2300 neg. Available Immediately 718-216-6943
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 Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319 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 Alan Wieder Salesperson Corcoran d: (718) 422-2520 f: (212) 230-4475 m: (347) 403-3200 241 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY, 11211
Ghent, NY: 80 acre Hudson River Valley, fruit farm…Prosperous Wholesale-Retail-Pick your own operation. Historic Center Hall Colonial. Contact 518-567-3460 or 518-567-2259 View website www.loveapplefarm.com
Wesley Hills: Live your dream, 1.1M, this majestic residence is uncompromising in quality, craftsmanship. Greta location for new office 5600 s.f., upscale detail throughout. Outfitted with Anderson windows, Central AC, Fireplace, dock floors, etc. Call Helen Simon, Century 21 Grand 914-263-5226 FORSHAY: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent. Reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845 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 Comm. Property for sale Connecticut Sprogue minutes from casinos & shoreline polential Estate, farm,vineyard or subdivision 193 acres Lawrence 1.6m 860-919-6592
Vacation Rentals Rockport Texas: Dalton’s landing at Copano Bay. On the Water Bayview- 3 nights/weekdays & 1 night FREE! 4 bedroom/ 3 bath Getaway 800-299-1686 www.daltonslanding.com donbelled@gmail.com
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
House For Sale East 35th St/ Kings Hwy: 1 BR bsmt apt, freshly painted, private entrance. Gas & electric included. $850 718-677-5759 or 347-262-3853
Gravesend, East 3rd St: 3 BDRMs, EIK w/ granite top, stainless steal appl, washer/dryer, marble bathroom, LR, Heat/Hot water included, parking, 1,800. Sorry NO PETS. Owner 917-519-4862
BROOKLYN E5th & 18th Avenue: Girl lookin to share 2 bdrm apt on 1st floor with other shomer shabbos working girl. Good condition. Freshly painted. Please call landlord. 718-687-7262
Kensinton/Boro Park: 3 bedroom, lg living room, eat in kitchen, dining room, lg porch w/awning, plenty of winsows, incl gas/ heat/ hotwater, 2nd flr in 2 fam house, 2,100 Nego. No pets, no washer/ dryer/ dishwasher. Owner Ozzie 917-753-2580
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.
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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
APTS TO SHARE Looking for frum girl to share 2 br Apt in the heart of Flatbush. Ave J/Coney. Call 718-252-0263
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
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)
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
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 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 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
FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
KGH: Newly built furnishes, 1 BR BSMT apt, full kitchen & bath, sep entr. Non smoker 917-301-4119
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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
Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681
Babylon West 631-376-1510 COUNTRY LAKE VILLAS ADULT COMMUNITY, New Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms, washer/dryer in each unit
East Rockaway: Store for rent By owner, 35 Min St. 900 sq ft, bsmt, new heating & AC & roof. Great loc for office or restaurant. $1700/month. Call Marian 516-652-7136
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
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BROOKLYN HIGH CLASS REALTY SB 718-333-0700 MEDICAL/COMMUNITY FACILITY, NEW CONSTRUCTION! Buy, Rent or/and option to buy possible. MIDWOOD 1168 sq ft. Asking $430K, basement 800sq ft avail. COMMERCIAL, COMMUNITY, MEDICAL FACILITY. BENSONHURST: KINGS HWY/WEST 10ST. 6000+ sq ft. $250$325/sq ft. 24 Ave. 5800 sq ft. $275/ sq ft. Gena917-669-1482
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Med office for sale Bensonhurst Busy dental office for sale in Bensonhurst Area 4 chairs in medical facility. For more information please call: 212-430-3888
Commercial Property for Sale Garage/Warehouse for Sale/Rent. 20,000 sq. ft. E. 15 St. off Ave. L 917-554-5640 lv msg if no answer
PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR SALE CO-OP. NEWLY RENOVATED. MOVE-IN CONDITION. PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. UPPER BAY RIDGE AREA. PRINCIPALS ONLY. CALL BETWEEN 10 AM & 5 PM 718-490-1263
PA - Circa 1860 Center Hall, elegant, stately, 15 rooms, 7 bedroom, 3 ½ bath, 9ft ceilings, new kitchen, new furnace, wood floors, front and rear stair case, detached carriage house with apartment, formal gardens, commercial use permitted, 90 min to GWB or Holland, Broker Owned, by appt, $675,000 CENTURY 21 PINNACLE 610-972-8510
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
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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
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
Crown Heights/ Nostrand & Easter Pkwy 900+ sf store for rent asking $2500 (718)-498-3200
BROOKLYN: 11th Ave/63rd St: beautiful, flexible space for rent. 3000 sq ft office/ showroom/retail. Call 718-869-2005pm.
QUEENS Bakery/ Café, Queens Coutny, New & successful! Partner disagreement forces sale. Janney 917-696-2345 or 917-696-2345
NY STATE SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200
OUT OF STATE Periera, Columbia Appx 50,000 mtrs Best lux residential area. La Julita close to Pinares de San Martin $12M US 860-514-1813
PA, Comm Prop Reading-40 x 100 vacant warehouse w/2nd flr & bsmt; 3 auto repair garages (rented); 1 parking lot fitting 34 cars (rented); all are contagious w/ parking lot in the center 610-780-1550 or 914-548-4668
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BROOKLYN Retail Space BAYSIDE Storefront for rent 1000 sq ft, w/ prkg. Great location for any type of business. Nr all transp. Call owner 718-224-8903
Office Space Professional Medical office for rent up to 7 rms, $600 per room + free reception area on Church Ave between 15th + 16th Street. Contact Moshe 646-436-3320
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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
Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent. Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274 BORO PARK NEW UTRECHT/47TH ST 450 sf good for both store and office 19800 sf also available Call: 718-437-3126 lv msg 16th Ave, 49th Streetbrand new bsmnt, For professional use, 860 sq ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central A/C, many windows. Call: 718-435-9366 Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for light manufacturer Or warehousing 1 passenger freight elevator. Nr all trans. Avail. Immed. 718-541-4997 KINGS HIGHWAY, BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL
SPACE FOR RENT BY OWNER IN A NEW BUILDING. *PLAZA* 2ND FLOOR. 1500 SQ FT, 2 BTHRMS, PARKING, CENTRAL HVAC. EXCELLENT FINISH, PRIME LOCATION, BUSY AREA. EXCELLENT FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RENT NEGOTIABLE
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Park Slope 781 4th Ave Corner of 27th St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area. Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail Box Store, Hair Salon, NO FOOD, No Grocery. Reasonable & Negotiable. Call Owner 718-788-4331 Garage for Rent Brooklyn Bedford. Garage avail. For storage. Ave S+T, secure w/alarm, AC and heat. 917-295-5166 SPACE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2000 Sf Storage/Warehouse space for rent Freight Elevator 917-678-8269 Ave N/E 14 St. 1600 sf 1st flr priv Entrance 15 s. freshly painted, move in condition. Call: 718-908-7764 Space for rent 5 TOWNS VIC, Classroom/spc avail for rent, within shul, easy access to public transp. 20 min to Bklyn, 2 min to 5 towns, reas price. 516-825-5566 Boro PK/Prime, large beaut Professional offices w/reception area & 2 conference rooms. Fully wired, DSL, & much more. Move right in. Call: 718-972-2828
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 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 Ave U 2 Stores For Rent 700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top location reasonable price call owner 917-797-1427
Boro Park-Professional Ofc spaces, prime location Newly renov. 917-494-7987 REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE Court St. Brooklyn, 3rd flr, 900sf. Offices 2 refrigerated 800sf. Each 2 Freezers 800sf each 5000 sf. Storage, 15 ft high, Fright elevator Ground Floor 2000 sf., with loading dock, Total 11,000 sf. Call 917-407-4006 Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette. Gloria: 212-725-6481 Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St. Storefront office For rent Approx 60x20 good for professional or medical offi. Call 917-435-9274
QUEENS/BRONX Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
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 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
LAND for SALE In the heart of Flatbush, on Ocean Parkway between Ave R n Ave S Ideal for Condos, Synagogues, or 1 Family homes. Lot size is 150x50 Selling combined or individual lots of 50x150 Information:
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MEDICAL CABINET Factory 31 Years $500K of state of the Art Machinery inventory ,Gw Materials Owner /seller Retiring 1st year free rent asking $165k Norwalk, Connecticut 203-858-2907
CT’s last working brwnstn quarry $1M Restaurant/ Banquet fscility. 11 acres $1.29M 877-267-8323
Business for sale Williams, MA: Golf-SkiViews, energy efficient. 6 rms, 2 ½ baths, all new kitchen, granite tops. Cherry cabinets. $389,000.00 Jeff 413-329-8090
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BUSINESS FOR SALE: Becket Mass: 1790 Post + Beam, B+B, ski theaters, 12 rms, 7 Bdrms w/baths, 12 acres, sub dividable, antique store. $849,900.00 Jeff 413-329-8090
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FOR SALE, Exceptional Subdivisional 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 & dry, standard septic. Horses allowed. Some second-story water views. Walk to water and marina. $1895M
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Investors wanted (15%) Fifteen Percent Secured by real estate Contact 405-735-3906
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
Investor wanted, upscale gentlemen’s club with complete restaurant/ sushi bar in the heart of times square. Multi million $ gross. Contact 973-786-5688
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
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NASSAU REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013
Bed-Stuy-Vacant Interior: LOT (LAND LOCKED) 18*35 BLOCK 1687, LOT 144, R-6 ZONE, $20K. PRINCIPALS ONLY. OWNER 917-848-7735 AUCTION 18 Hole Golf Course Oct 10th 2009-12:00 Noon 9259 West Fork Road Georgetown, Ohio 45121 126 acre public golf course located 45 min southeast of Cincinatti. 6070 yards, family owned for over 48 years, ½ mile from Brown Co. Airport, Ohio D5 Liquor Licnese, full restraint, pro-shop, Driving range, Tennis court, practice green, Starting bid set at $900K. Campbellauctioneers.com 973-392-4308 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
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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
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Caregiver I am Seeking Position As Home Health Care Provider live-in or Live out Taking Care of Elderly 19 yrs Exp Excellent Ref Call Pam 718-877-8116
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PAGE 51 Caregiver Playgroup: Madison age 2-6. Morah Leora, early/late dropoff. Quality care. Summer/all year. 718-646-9368 Household Positions Wanted Nurse Highly Educated, spec, in Alzheimer’s & dementia. Takes care of People w/various illnesses. Exc refs.10 yrs exp. Fluent in eng & 4 euro langs. Exc travel companion 914-960-4374 Patient Care to work w/elderly 8hrs day. 2 days/wk 15 yrs experience. Good credentials & refs. 347-702-7121 SITUATION WANTED NURSE WITH EXPERIENCE LOOKING TO CARE FOR ELDERLY COUPLE OR PERSON. SPEAKS HUNGARIAN & A LITTLE ENGLISH. HAVE NYS DRIVERS LICENSE. 203-243-0601
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Computer Suppor / Repair: P.C. tuneup Viris Removal clear up clutter Transfer files from old P.C. to P.C. Backup/Restore Documents Contact Dan Schneider (917)488-9300 Collector of Jewish Art. Call Ted: 201-575-0055 SEALED BID SALE By order of owner US largest woven Blanket manufacturer Biederlock of America Corp. 11501 Bedford Rd. Cumberland, MD 210502. assets being offered as a goig concern in sealed bid package 1000 has a close date Oct. 14th 2009 at 5:00pm. Bid on entirety or incremental parts; Certain tangible and intangible Assets. Incl, Real Prop., Web pages/ phone product Design Patterns, Customer List, Raw Mat’ls Invent, finished goods invent., mach & eqt for terms & conditions & sealed bid package visit:www.americanaai.co m Email: dicklowry@americanaai.com to register and receive a bid package & inspection dates. American Auctions & Appraisals, Inc 410-876-8210 NEW SEFFER TORAH, 6 INCH, 1/ARON KODESH, READY FOR SIYUM. 718-627-0915, 917-449-6125
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Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528
House for sale White Township,Nj 4br 2bth $396k,www.discount travel packages us call marleny 908-246-2457
Condo for sale NJ HUDSON + NY VIEWS 1200 sf, 2 BR,/ 2 bth condo, renovated, pogenpohl kitchen, new baths terrace/ parking $349K. Photos at Weichert.com MLS ID # 90007942 (Condo) Contact 917-319-4321
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ELIZABETH: 2 Fam, Handyman Special. Asking $95K. Owner 347-234-3922, More properties available
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
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 Lots: Mullica Hill: Real Estate Auction-Mullica Hill, NJ. 40 lots, approved and improved, ready to build. Buy one, buy all, bidders choice!! Saturday, Nov 21 at 1pm. Registration 11AM-1PM, ABSENTEE and Pre-sale bids acceptable. Bartus Auction. MGT Group, Bill Bartus, AARE 267-772-0390. For details: WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM ID# New Jersey house for Sale Brick / Cherry qyayArea Lrge 5 bedrooms 3 full bath col on culde sac den 2 Family Rooms inground pool. Near schls, beach, shop Family oriented Neighborhood Asking 700k Call 732-616-7278
Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/dining area, huge deck, indoor/outdoor pool, 24-hr security, easy bus/ ferry commute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646
Brick/cherry Quay Area lg 5br 3full bth col on cul de sac, Den 2 fr I-g pool. Nr schls beach shops. 700k (732)616-7278 family friendly Neighborhood
Wayne: Large brick colonial beautiful view 4 BR, 3 ½ bats, family room, volted, ceilings, skylights + fireplace. 4 zone, heat, hot water base bored, central air + vac. Aderson Cament Window, hardwood floors + ceramic, floor finished, basement open house. Every Sunday 973-767-7224
Adult Community, For sale Toms River: Adult community, $239,000 8 miles to ocean! 8 Francios Ct. Large ranch with underground sprinklers on cul-desac. New stamp concrete driveway and front entrance. Completely remodeled kitchen w/ corian countertops. Mexican tile floor. Huge enclosed pantry. Flat top range & double door refrigerator. Large dining room leading to new 20’ Florida room with heat and air. Large 20’ living room. Large bedrooms w/3 large closets. 15’ garage with remote. Brand new front load W/D. Fans installed in all rooms plus air. Baseboard gas heat throughout. Home completely painted in 2009. Immaculate. Call before noon or after 6pm 732-608-0130
Jackson: 7500 SF NEW BOILET! Heat/ elec with 1250 SF office. $5000 month, included, tax, water and sewer. Nights 732-7766575 or 732-547-8166
Deal Lake Jersey Shore Home Lake views throughout the house. A beauty on the outside; Needs work On the inside. 5 bdrms, 3 ½ baths. Located on Senic Edgemont Drive in Loach Arbour. 4 blocks to Ocean. $1,200,000 Call Owner 732-918-1216
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, DAYTON: BY OWNER. 55+, 2 BR, 2.5 BA, DENS/STUDY, LOFT, CAC, FIREPLACE, HARDWOOD FLRS, PATIO, 2 CAR GAR. LOW $400’S. CLUBHOUSE, POOL, WALKING PATH, PUTTING AREA, GREEN TENNIS COURT, CLOSE TO NJ TURNPIKE. MUST SEE, CALL 732-329-9631
LIVINGSTON: By owner, 973-900-2143, 5 BR, 2 BTH, FAMILY ROOM, OFFICE, LAUNDRY ROOM, KITCHEN, DR, LR, RECENTLY RENOVATED. BEST PRICES FOR BIL EVEL HOME. BEST IN TOWN, LEVEL LOT. ASK 519K. CALL OWNER. 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
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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
LINDEN: 4 & 5 room apts $980-$1200. 2 BRs, newly painted & renovated. No pets, no smoking. 1 ½ month security. Call after 9am 908-862-5444 Email: ndc@comcast.net
CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
Commercial Property NEWARK, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, sale area in iron-bound section FOR RENT. 16 ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided 1st floor also available. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of office space, wired & ready. Surrounded w/ heimishe businesses, daily minyonim, close to all highways & trans. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140, If no answer lv msg.
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
Fairlawn: $409,900, 5 BR, 2bth colonial c/c updated MEIK, also 695,000 new construction, 4 BRs, 4.5 bths. Help pick out your new MEIK. Family room + recreation room & office.--Elmwood Park: $359, 4 BR, 2.5bth, S/L Home, new MEIK, beautiful family room and office. Call Carol WeissmanWeichert Realtors201-794-7722 ext.249 Old Ridge: Rural 3+ ac custome 5 br, 2 ba, full base, deck, walk to NY bus, $535, 000. Owner 732-207-8869
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
Elizabeth: Delmora, large 1 BR, BR 12x 16, new hardwood floors walkin closet, large living room with carpet, eat in kitchen, quiet building, close to shopping and transportation, heat & water included. $835, monthly, no pets. 973-539-7827 Kings Point, Delray Beach: CONDO Capri Delux, 2 BR, 2 bath, newly renovated, unfurnished. Yearly lese $800/month. (201)286-3056
Business for sale Health food store for sale in Northern, NJ in growing location. Gross income $750K yearly owner will train, aRed Bank: Downtown office space available. 1350 sq ft vaulted ceilings Fios Internet ready, parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553
Apartment for rent, NJ, 2nd floor in private house. 2 BR, Lrg LR, lrg kitchen. Includes heat & hot water, lrg closets. $1,150 201-659-5574 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 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
Newark: 2 family ask 345K, Large 2 family, oversized lot, hardwood flrs, ceramic tiles + 2 car garage attached. 8K sellers, concession. Call owner: 973-444-9174
For Sale, NJ White Township, NJ: 4 BR, 2 bth, $369K www.discount-travel-packages.us Call Marleny 908-246-2457
Business for sale Health food store for sale in Northern, NJ in growing location. Gross income $750K yearly owner will train, asking price $850K or best offer. Contact 908-850-1470, Lv Message.
Apartment For Rent Sussex County, Hamburg: Newly renovated, 1 BR apartment. Available immediately. 973-827-0432
Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986
FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 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
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
Health food store for sale in Northern Nj in growing location gross income $750k yearly Owner will train Asking price $850k or best offer Contact (908)850-1470 lvg Message
Adult community for sale Cedar Grove: By owner, custom fully furnished, totally upgraded, 9 rooms, condo, building 5 yrs old, 3 BE, 2 BTH, eat in kitchen with stainless, granite, 2 gas fireplaces, cath ceiling & cover, molding Jacuzzi in master bath, custom flooring + lighting, 2 terraces, 2,602 sq ft, 6 chandelier, custom made drapes 16x18, dining rm 22” + 30”, must see a special home for a special person. Asking $790,500. Call 917-303-3370
Commercial Property Red Bank: Downtown, office space available 1350 sq ft vaulted ceilings. Fios internet ready, parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553
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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Florida Real Estate
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Tampa: 3 BR, 2Bth condo. 2nd floor , Built 2006 Clubhouse pool,$150k Nego. 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
Palm Coast, FL: New home construction, located along northeast Atlantic coast and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhomes .com summer building. Call for details 386-586-5665, ask for Will or John, M-F 9am-5pm, w/e 10am-4pm
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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
Jacksonville: New built 2009 townhouse, 3 BR, 2.5 baths, pool, walk-in closet. $200K. Owner 843-538-4315 or 718-213-2422. mgcheetah@gmail.com
Century Village, Boca Raton: Nicely furnished 1 BR, 1.5 BA ground floor $1400/mo, 4 mo min, 305-255-3985 or 305-775-2635
NAHALAO’T/ REHAVIA: Private house, extremely house. 15 rooms, parking, elevator, garden, shalter. 054-238-2016 no5floor@gmail.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
Century Village, Boca Raton: Furnished, 2 BR, 2 full bths, LR, DR, enclosed porch, kosher kitchen, close to temples, second floor. Min of four months. 518-438-8003
Boca Raton: Cent Vill Ainsie sect, 1 BR, 1.5 bth. Closest to shul. Annual. Seasonal. Furn/unfurn. 800-329-5297
Del Ray Beach, Kingspoint: 1 BR, 1.5bth, annual/ seasonal. Furn/ Unfurn. Pool & Clubhouse 800-329-5297
Boca Raton: For sale or rent, 3 Bdrm, 2bth, single family home with garage. Manotya Circle. Nr Shul, just upgraded. Contact 561-627-0550
For sale: KING SOLOMON MEMORIAL PARK: 2 plots for sale located in the Israel section, block 6, plot 1, graves 2&4. Great buy at only $1500 each or for $2500. Seller will pay transfer fees. For details or questions call 760-403-2137
Lev Yerushakyim: Hotel, 2 BRs, 2 bths, kitchen, terrace. 972-3-673-7330 Email: arusi-ez@zahav.net.il
Hollywood: 13,000sf on lg lot. Upscale furn d home w/elevator. Private 2nd wing great for classes & lg events. Superbly located nr YI, I-95, airport & beaches. $1,575,000.00 Call 954-839-0075
Palm Coast: New home construction location along northeast Atlantic, East and Intercostals Waterway. Custom home builder (FL license CDG 1516268) Review plans and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhomes.com summer building incentives apply through August 31 2009. Call for details 386-586-5665 ask for Will or John M-F 9AM-5PM w/e 10am-4pm
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
Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008
Great opportunity Florida Orlando (2) commercial properties one property $400,000.00 office /warehouse close to downtown Orlando 2nd property $150.000.00 Conveinence store Contact (407)402-2760 or (407)839-8474
330 SE 2nd St, Gulfstream Gardens: Fully furnished, 1 bed, 1.5 bths, includes cable, pking, pool, close to library, post office, race track. 55+ Community, $825/Mo, 1325 seas Neg. Call Richard 954-457-3862
3/2.5 Glorious sundronched country, Club home, w/ soaring ceiling, frplc, stunning kitchen, huge yard, screened patios. 325K. United Realty Group. 954-520-1896
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
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
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
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 Delray Beach: 2/2 condo, gated rent/ sale, nicely furn, lots of activities, bull service available, near golf courses, shopping & more. Contact 561-684-5840
NW Broward County Las Vistas in Inverrary 2/2 Furn. New renov, frsh/ cln. All tile, EIKit, new appl, 55+ gated elev building. Cbl tv included/ stps to w/d, pool, active clbhs. Nearby golf, balc garden view. Kosher avail/xtra. Walk to Chabad. 4s/RBO. $90K. Annual$1100. Seasonal $1600. Pixs/info 561-721-1761 values91447@mypacks.net
Lakes of Delray Delray Beach, FL: Gated community, 2 BRs, 2 B, fully furnished, Active Clubhouse, pool and Tennis Courts, Lakeview. December to March. $1,800 Monthly. Call 617-482-3198 Email: plevine@stanzlerlevine.com
Lovely condo in WEST PALM BEACH to rent from Dec, April, fully furnished, 3 BR, 2 BA, 3rd BR used as office, 1st floor, garage and parking. Pool overlooking intercoastal healthclub, convenient to Palm Beach, city place and Downtown. Asking $2800 per month. Please Call 561-671-9952
Kings Point, Delray Beach: Monaco, 1/1.5 furnished on canal. Tiled $550/mo+ or buy. 303-328-5202
Delray Beach/ Pal Green: Decorated Furnished, 2 bdrm/2 bth, 2nd flr, new kitchen + appliances/ Lake Golf View. Sensational or Annual. $995.00 Annually. $1500.00 seasonal. Contact 561-968-5400
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 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
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Hillsboro Beach, Florida Hillsboro Beach, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 deeded Florida 3garage bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 spaces, 2675 sq. ft; deeded spaces, 0 minutes to garage The Boca Resort an 2675 sq. ft; 10 minutes to Club, 25 minutes to Fort Lauderda The Club, andBoca PalmResort Beachand airports. 25 minutes to Fort $719,000 Lauderdale Palm Beach Contact: Garyand Birmingham, SVP airports. $719,000 Rutenberg Realty 954.464.4336 Contact: Gary Birmingham, www.garybirmingham.com
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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
Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 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
Seasonal Rentals, South Florida: Hemisphere 2/2, 15 condo furnished and equipped. Min 3 months rental from $1800 per month. Contact- Pepe & Martha Peña. 305-905-4392 www.oceandreamsrealty.com
MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental. Call: 718-753-4479
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
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
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
Shabbos in Maimi! Tasty Heimishe shabbos meals. When craving a good heimishe home cooked meal for shabbos. Call Schmulie Fried 347-242-4955
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For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch, L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158
NAHALAO’T/ REHAVIA: Private house, extremely house. 15 rooms, parking, elevator, garden, shalter. 054-238-2016 no5floor@gmail.com
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
For sale: KING SOLOMON MEMORIAL PARK: 2 plots for sale located in the Israel section, block 6, plot 1, graves 2&4. Great buy at only $1500 each or for $2500. Seller will pay transfer fees. For details or questions call 760-403-2137
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
Lev Yerushlayim: Renov 1 BR furn apt. Sleeps 4. All amens. Avail 9/7-10/16, part or all. 937-304-4026