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Murder of Rabbi Meir Chai, Major Escalation in Arab Violence
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Rabbi Meir Chai pictured above with students he worked with, was murdered by Arab terrorists.
Israel is planning to build nearly 700 new apartments in eastern Jerusalem, government spokesman Mark Regev announced . e make a distinction between the West Bank and Jerusalem. Jerusalem is our capital and remains such," said government spokesman Mark Regev. The Housing Ministry said it had approved a total of 692 new apartments in three existing Jewish neighborhoods Har Homa, Pisgat Zeev and Neve Yaakov, already inhabited by tens of thousands of Israelis. Eastern Jerusalem was not included in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's commitment to a 10-month construction freeze that is being enforced throughout Judea and Samaria. While Pisgat Ze’ev and Neve Ya’akov, became part of Israel only after 1967, Har Homa was built on land that was Jewish owned before 1948, when the area was conquered by Jordan during the Israel’s war of independence. The apartments are part of zoning permits issued for 6,500 housing units in 54 communities throughout Israel. An unnamed official said the government had informed the Obama administra-
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Airport Security being beefed up in the wake of Abdulmutallab (insert) failed attempt to destroy a Delta airline mid-flight. BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER
It was only luck that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a radical Muslim from Nigeria failed to destroy a Delta Airline as it readied for a landing in the Detroit International Airport. sing carried technology standard able to pass through normal security measures in Nigeria and Amsterdam. Abdulmutallab carried a cylinder of PETN, also known as pentaerythrito aboard a North West Airline flight. The device consisted of a six-inch (15-cm) packet of powder and a syringe containing a liquid, which were sewn into the suspect's underwear, according to media reports. Only because the ignition device failed were hundreds of passengers saved from death. Airports and airlines in the United States and around the world have tightened security following the foiled attack. Security officials were investigating how
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Last week Rabbi Meir Chai father of seven and a resident of Shavei Shomron, was murdered. This was seen by many Israelis as a frightening escalation of Arab terror in Judea, Samaria.
Abdulmutallab had been able to get explosive materials onto the plane despite higher security worldwide since the devestation of Sept. 11, 2001. Abdulmutallab is said to have been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen and was on the US International Terror Watch List. British newspapers reported that there are about two dozen British Muslims training at terrorist camps in Yemen and hope to carry out terrorist attacks. The report claimed that Umar Abdulmutallab,23, trained at one such camp. "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is only one of many western radical Muslims ready to attack planes and kill tens of thousands," one Scotland Yard source said. The source promised constant surveillance over the suspects training in Yemen if they should return to the UK. Those familiar with airport security procedures questioned how Abdulmutallab was able to get a visa and board an airplane destined for a US city.
uring Shabbat IDF troops killed the three Al Aksa Brigade terrorists who murdered Rabbi Meir Chai as he was driving from his home to the town of Einav. The three terrorists were identified as Anan Subeh, 33, Raed a-Sarkaji, 38, and Raghsan Abu Sharah, 39 whose brother is considered a top terrorists in the group. All three have been involved in a string of previous terror attacks. A fourth terrorist involved in the murder surrended to the Palestinian Authorities before the IDF operation. According to reports, IDF troops entered the center of Shechem early Saturday morning and surrounded the houses where the terrorists were holed up. Two of the three were killed when they refused the soldiers' call to surrender, while the third was killed in a
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US Diplomat Slammed for Criticizing Oren BY HAVIV RETTIG GUR Major Jewish organizations blasted an Obama administration diplomat with connections to J Street for criticizing Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in a newspaper interview. annah Rosenthal, a former J Street board member, currently serves as the State Department's director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Rosenthal criticized Oren for refusing to attend the recent conference of the leftwing Jewish group J Street because of deep disagreements between the organization's platform and the Israeli government's positions on issues ranging from Iran to peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Rosenthal called Oren's refusal "most unfortunate" and said he "would have learned a lot" had he attended the conference, which was held in Washington in October. "I was surprised to see an off icial of the American government commenting on the positions taken by Ambassador Oren," said Alan Solow, who is a long-time supporter of US President Barack Obama, is consid-
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ered close to the administration, and is the chairman of the New York-based Conference of Presidents. Rosenthal's comments "go beyond her responsibilities," he said, and reflected only her "personal feelings." I've had any number of conversations with people in the administration who interact regularly with Ambassador Oren, and they have spoken very highly of him. The comments are especially inappropriate given the fact that the administration is actively involved in trying to advance the peace process and its relationship with Israel on a variety of fronts," he added. Josh Block, a spokesman for AIPAC, the largest Israel advocacy group in Washington, said "AIPAC totally agrees with the sentiment expressed by Alan Solow and the Conference of Presidents, and those views are widely held by members of the Conference." A senior Jewish off icial in Washington who asked to remain anonymous called the Rosenthal interview, published in Haaretz on Thursday, "a very troubling occurrence. I can't recall a circumstance in which an American diplomat criticized an ambassador of any country in such a signif icant
way." The off icial said news reports that Jewish leaders are calling the White House to protest the interview "are accurate." Another senior Jewish off icial who asked not to be named called her comments "unfair to [Oren]." Rosenthal could not be reached for comment by press time . State Department off icial Jeff Feltman responded to the concerns saying, "The Department of State values its close relationship with Ambassador Michael Oren and his staff at the Embassy of Israel in Washington. The United States and Israel enjoy extraordinarily close ties based on shared values, interests, and history, as well as the deep bonds between the Israeli people and the American people. "Ambassador Oren plays an indispensable role in maintaining and strengthening our relationship through his day-to-day interaction with the administration and Congress on issues of vital importance to both countries and his vigorous outreach to Americans of all origins and points of view."
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Murder of Rabbi Meir Chai, Captain of Famed Exodus New Escalation in Arab Violence Refugee Ship Dies at 86 Continued from cover gunbattle. At least one of the three terrorists, Anan Subih, had been convicted of murdering Jews and sent to prison but was released in a prisoner exchange deal several years ago. Revelations regarding his background is adding fuel to the argument that releasing terrorists for Gilad Schalit is a dangerous proposition that will lead to more terror.
“The IDF’s removal of roadblocks is widely perceived as a gesture toward US President Barack Obama, who has pressured Israel to make Arabs’ “fabric of life” as comfortable as possible.” Samaria Regional Council Head Gershon Mesika said following the terrorist murder of Rabbi Meir Chai from Samaria Thursday: “After a long period of security quiet, the main roadblock between Shavei Shomron and Tulkarm was recently opened, despite our warnings. The government of Israel pre-
ferred ‘the Palestinian fabric of life’ to its citizens’ rights.”The IDF’s removal of roadblocks is widely perceived as a gesture toward US President Barack Obama, who has pressured Israel to make Arabs’ “fabric of life” as comfortable as possible. MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) of the National Union said that “this is the f irst payment of the the ‘at any price’ of the Shalit deal, even before the deal has been carried out. The tracks lead to Netanyahu who is willing to release arch-murderers but freezes the lives of Jews and opens roadblocks, thus encouraging the terror he is surrendering to.” Reaction from the White House at f irst was that of condemnation of the hunt and killing of the terrorists but later the Barak administration demanded an explanation of the army’s action. One Israeli news analyst said, “In a world where 90% of the news articles dealt with the killing of the terrorists rather than the murder of an innocent, law abiding Torah teacher, is it any wonder that even during a week when air terror has lifted its frightening head once again the US is more concerned about the death of 3 terrorists? Where is the condemnation of the Arabs” Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak said in a statement to reporters, “Last Thursday Rabbi Meir Chai was
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BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Yitzhak Ike Ahronovitch, the captain of the Exodus ship whose attempt to take Holocaust survivors to Palestine built support for Israel's founding, has died. He was 86. e died in northern Israel after a long illness, his daughter Ella said. The Exodus left Yitzhak Ike Ahronovitch, the captain of the France in July 1947 carExodus ship who died last week. rying more than 4,500 people - most of them President Shimon Peres eulogized Holocaust survivors and other displaced Jews - in a secret effort to reach pre- the captain of the SS Exodus, Isaac state Israel then called Palestine. At the (Ike) Aharonovitch, upon hearing of his time, Britain controlled Palestine and passing. "Ike was a unique human was severely limiting the immigration being. There was no one who was comparable to him - he had a rare combinaof Jews. The British navy seized the vessel tion of pioneering, courage and love of off Palestine's shores, and after a battle people." The ship's ordeal was widely reporton board that left three people dead, returned the ship and its passengers to ed worldwide, garnering sympathy for the refugees, especially because they Europe, where the refugees were forced were taken to Germany, where the Nazi to disembark in Germany. murder of 6 million Jews during World His daughter Leah said following his death "he never overcame the surrender War II originated and was still fresh in of Exodus, and believed that they Continued on page 39 should have fought the British over it."
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IDF to Search for Freeze Violators Like Terrorists BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF The Israel Defense Forces is using air reconnaissance and photography to detect violations of the freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank, as well as Special-Forces raids on violators, according to a leaked internal army memo. he document, issued by officers from the Central Command, details the intelligence-gathering methods to be used to detect freeze violations and plans to demolish illegally built structures. Documented violations will be destroyed in lightning operations in which the army will create a closed military zone so media will not be allowed to enter. The document differentiates between what its authors called "tactical surprise" and "strategic surprise." First, there will be an effort at dialogue with settlers, the document states. "On the tactical level, surprise needs to be achieved...by blocking off the area with large forces so as to paralyze...." All intelligence sources will participate in tracking violations, the document said. "All agencies will be used, including the intelligence branch of the command, the Shin Bet and regular troops." Violators will be subject to prompt action by the Israel Police with special attention paid to anyone who attacks
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troops or police off icers or sabotages army property. The aftermath of such incidents will be publicized, the document added. IDF troops would be called in to evict settlers "only in extreme instances which will be decided upon individually," the document says in reference to this sensitive issue. There have been acts of disobedience by troops who refused to carry out orders on ideological grounds. The eviction itself is supposed to be carried out by police off icers. "The settlers view these evictions as the beginning of the Disengagement and will strive to prevent demolitions in any way available," the document reads. "There is no concrete intelligence about intention to take up arms but this scenario cannot be discounted, along with attempting to extract a price tag...." The Human Rights for Yesha organization said the document was "a military operation against the settler public" and would trample on their human rights. It added that as much as the freeze is meant to please the Americans, "the government needs to be reminded that the United States does not take such actions against citizens in its territory." The IDF Spokesman's Off ice said that leaving the army out of any political discussion was a "national responsibility."
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Israel to Build 700 Homes in Eastern Jersulem Continued from cover tion about the latest planned construction. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with the media. However, a US official said the construction was another blow to peace efforts. "We feel that unilateral actions make it harder for people to get back together at the table, and that's what our goals are," said the US official, speaking on condition of anonymity pending a formal reaction from Washington. "We also have mentioned in the past ... that we consider all the Israeli settlements to be beyond the pale of what we wish to see going on, and are not helpful, again, to getting the two sides back to the table," he said. One Israeli news analyst remarked that the wording used in the above statement, “beyond the pale,” shows either the insensitivity or even the outright stupidity of the American administration. The Pale of settlement, which the word Pale refers to, was an area to which Jews were confined to in Russia during the 19th century. Jews were forbidden to live beyond the Pale. It was a very anti-Semetic Russian policy that lasted for over a hundred years. Are Israelis again being confined to a new Pale of Settlement? The European Union also condemned Israel's decision to construct 692 new housing units in east Jerusalem, calling it an "ille-
gal" action. "The construction in the occupied territories is illegal, and in contradiction with international law. The decision does not contribute to the renewal of negotiations," read a statement published by Sweden, the European Union's current president. Meanwhile, Israel's Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias said Monday that 500 housing units were also authorized for the eastern Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Silwan. Only two of the 500 homes are for Jewish families. Atias made his remarks to counter Palestinian allegations that Israel has not allowed Arabs to build in Jerusalem. News of the eastern Jerusalem construction plans was disclosed as former Meretz leader Yossi Beilin reported that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hammering out an agreement with the Americans on a framework for restarting peace talks. Beilin said the framework would include negotiations on borders, the status of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. Beilin, an architect of Israeli-Palestinian peace accords in the 1990s, would not say where he got his information. But he remains in touch with government officials and weeks ago, he was the first to report Netanyahu's plans for a 10-month slowdown in West Bank settlement construction. Regev said that Beilin "speaks for himself, definitely not for the prime minister."
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Hamas Rocket Victims Sue in PA Rewards Hamas Terrorists Belgium for War Crimes Arrests BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU
BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU Israeli victims of Hamas rocket attacks who hold dual citizenship have turned the tables on anti-Zionists and have appealed to a Belgian court to arrest Hamas leaders, including de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mashaal. he 15 plaintiffs, all of them Belgian nationals who also hold Hamas terrorist launching rocket at Israeli citizenship, were woundIsrael. ed, sustained property damage or lost relatives in last year’s rocket barrage on Attorney Mordechai Tzivin, represouthern Israel, which subsided but senting the plaintiffs, told the French resumed, albeit at a reduced level, after the news agency AFP, "This is a f irst step three-week Operation Cast Lead that began in a broad offensive across Europe that in late December of last year. will include Spain, Britain, Italy and other countries.” The suit follows several attempts by anti-Zionists in Europe who have "The request for arrest sought the arrest of Israeli political warrants was submitted and military leaders for authorizing counterterrorist maneuvers. after six months of legal "The request for arrest warrants was preparation and is based submitted after six months of legal preparation and is based on strict evion strict evidence which dence which ties Hamas leaders to terties Hamas leaders to ror attacks in which Belgian citizens terror attacks in which ware harmed," attorney Roel Coveliers told AFP. Belgian citizens ware
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The Palestinian Authority revealed on Sunday that it rewards both Hamas and Fatah terrorists with higher “salaries” for committing more serious terrorist attacks that are followed by convictions for long-term sentences in Israeli prison. ost of the PA’s funds come from European Union countries, and the United States earlier this month, for the first time ever, included the PA in its foreign aid package with a $500 million grant. Twenty percent of the American money is earmarked for training the PA’s new army, under the guidance of American army General Keith Dayton. A condition of the aid is that the PA recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept previous agreements with Israel, including a halt to anti-
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Semitic and anti-Zionist incitement. The PA Minister for Prisoners told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency Sunday that it pays out three million shekels ($790,000) a month for monthly stipends to prisoners and their families. The minister specif ically denied a complaint that Hamas ter rorists were being cut off from receiving fund. The monthly payment amount to 1,000 shekels ($260) but rises to four times that amount, more than $1,000, to ter rorists who have served more than 25 years in jail for more serious attacks on Israelis. In addition, ter rorists who are released by Israel receive another 1,200-2,000 shekels ($316-$525) a month for half a year if they were in prison for at least f ive years. The total payments for their time in jail and release amount to as much $10,000.
Israel refusing to free Barghouti and Three Other Heavies for Shalit The Palestinian Terror organization Hamas's off icial website says I s ra e l wo n ’t re l e a s e B a rg h o u t i , Saadat and two other inmates, but notes that discussions on a prisoner exchabge deal continue .
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there was no news on the talks aimed at securing kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit's release. Ubaida denied an earlier repor t by the al-Arabiya network that Hamas has decided to reject Israel's latest offer for a prisoner swap. "We still don't have an answer for the Ger man mediator," he said, but that Hamas was "seriously considering" Israel's latest offer.
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Seventeen Percent Increase in Aliyah From North America in 2009 – Nearly 3,800 From US, Canada, Immigrate to Israel The Jewish Agency for Israel announced that 3,767 new immigrants from North America will have moved to Israel in 2009, an increase of 17 percent compared with 2008, which saw 3,210 newcomers from the US and Canada. lobally, there was also an increase of 17% in the number of new immigrants to Israel from around the world totaling over 16,200, excluding immigrants from Ethiopia. The largest growth in percentage of immigrants by geographic area was from Eastern Europe (27%) and from the former Soviet Union (22%), followed by North America (17%). Countries with the largest increases in the number of new immigrants included the UK (with an increase of 34%, to 835 new immigrants), Argentina (51% to 325), Spain (52%, to 38) and Scandinavian countries (104%, to 57 new immigrants). Aliyah from Ethiopia, whose volume is directly dependent on the number of Ethiopians Israel’s Ministry of Interior grants aliyah eligibility to, dropped this year to under 300, but is expected to rise to 2008 levels of approximately 1,500 immigrants in 2010. “Every new immigrant strengthens the country and is a strategic asset to Israel,” Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said at a press conference Sunday in
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A group of American olim arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport. Jerusalem announcing the immigration data. Sharansky thanked Jewish Agency partners Nefesh B’Nefesh in North America and Ami in France for their work. In 2009, special arrangements were made to bring Jews to Israel from sensitive regions: 47 Jews were brought to Israel from Yemen, 25 from Morocco, 13 from Tunisia, 3 from Lebanon and 90 others from several additional countries. Of the 3,767 new immigrants this year from North America, 3,324 were from the US (representing a 19% increase compared number of US immigrants in 2008) and 443
were from Canada (a 6% increase compared number of Canadian immigrants in 2008).
New immigrants from North America also took advantage of unique Jewish Agency absorption opportunities – 300 attended Kibbutz Ulpan; 90 attended Ulpan Etzion (including 20 who are at the new campus in Haifa), and 200 are enrolled through the Student Authority in degree studies in Israel. “We are proud of the attractive and innovative absorption options which we provide olim – from Hebrew ulpan to job options,” said Liran Avisar, head of the Jewish Agency’s Aliyah delegation in North America. “These difficult economic times have prompted people who were considering aliyah to decide that now is the time.” In the last week of 2009 (and included in the annual figures), 400 new immigrants will arrive in Israel – 200 from North America on a flight arriving Wednesday (Dec. 30) in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh and 210 from South Africa, France and the UK on Jewish Agencyarranged flights.
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US Neo-Nazi Lure Youth with Free Music Downloads BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU American neo-Nazis are using deceptive free music downloads to lure youth and college students into a n t i - S e m i t i s m , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of the B’Nai Brith organization. It s a i d t h e n ew t a c t i c s s p e c i f i c a l ly target high school and college stud e n t s t h ro u g h a dve r t i s e m e n t s i n school newspapers. hile the hate mongers have used stealth tactics before, now they are taking it to the next level by attempting to trick unsuspecting students into logging onto sites that appear har mless, but in reality are p r o m o t i n g m u s i c w i t h a wh i t e supremacist message,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. A scheme for free music downloads was adver tised in newspapers by Montana resident Kevin McGuire, wh o o p e r a t e s t h e Vi c t o r y Fo r eve r racist website. McGuire tricked the school papers by changing his site when he placed ads offering music by independent ar tists, but after the ads were published, he retur ned the site to its usual white supremacist format. The Victor y Forever site claims to disseminate “white resistance” music as widely as possible and to “recr uit va s t m i n i o n s o f wh i t e yo u t h t o
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Neo-nazi stickers offering free music downloads. become soldiers in the war for white racial sur vival.” Its cur rent site features a video of a diatribe against a l l eg e d J ew i s h c o n t r o l o f m a s s media. McGuire also maintains a related website called “Fetch the Rope” that makes available racist CDs, swastika stickers and T-shir ts for purchase at prices “cheap enough to hand out to the neighborhood kids.” Last month, another neo-Nazi placed an adver tisement in the student n ew s p a p e r of Northern Ke n t u c ky U n ive r s i t y promoting R e s i s t a n c e R e c o r d s , t h e g r o u p ’s racist music label, and the music of white power bands.
Founder of Taglit birthright Israel Charles Bronfman, center, with his wife Bonnie Roche-Bronfman shakes hands with participants of the Taglit-birthright Israel program special 10 years anniversary flight as they arrive at JFK International Airport on their way to a 10 day tour of Israel. The youngsters who are at JFK International Airport in New York mark the 220.000 participants in the program which started ten years ago by Jewish philanthropists and the Israeli Government with the purpose of enabling every Jewish youngster in the world to visit Israel for free Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. BY HANA LEVI JULIAN Four hundred lucky BirthrightTaglit program participants touched down at Ben Gurion International Airport Tuesday to find a huge celebration of the program’s first decade in full swing. he officials, celebrants and staffers were celebrating the fact that to date, more than a quarter of a million young Jews from around the world have enjoyed a free 10-day tour of the Jewish State, courtesy of the program. Public Information and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein and dozens of dignitaries were on hand to
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greet the newcomers and alumni who arrived with El Al’s “Decade Airplane.” Among those who arrived on the flight were new participants from North America, as well as alumni from the past 10 years. The ceremony to greet the new visitors included public f igures, military off icers, key donors and other dignitaries. “About 12 years ago, a group of North American Jews had their own dream – that a young Jew, from anywhere in the world, should have the ability to set foot in the state that Herzl created. They wanted this opportunity to be available free of charge. They
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Month-Long Study Reveals Outrageous Wait Times & Instances of Chaos at Brooklyn Post Offices BY ALLISON WITTY In response to constituent complaints about the state of affairs at area post offices, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) conducted a month-long survey of 10 Brooklyn post offices. The sample included Bay Ridge; Blythbourne; Cadman Plaza; Dyker Heights; Kensington; Kings Highway; Midwood; Parkville; Sunset Park; and Van Brunt post offices. The Bay Ridge, Blythbourne, Dyker Heights and Midwood Post Offices are all situated within Hikind’s district. urveyors were asked to note wait times, the length of lines, ease of service, the general demeanor of postal staff, and other conditions. To ensure accuracy of the data collected, each site was reviewed four times on various days and at different hours. After dozens of research hours, Hikind’s staff observed the following: At the Dyker Heights location, evaluators, along with many senior citizens, were made to wait up to 45 minutes on a 20-person line just to get to a service window. The same was true at the Kings Highway site. Though the Dyker Heights station opens at 9:00 AM, the f irst and only window did not open until approximately 15 minutes later. By this point, a considerable line had already formed. A similar incident occurred at the Van Brunt Post Off ice, where the postal staff was also rude to customers.
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Visits to the Blythbourne site revealed that although the mailbox was full, workers made no attempt to empty it. Instead, customers were forced to wait on line to hand their prepared items to a clerk for mailing, resulting in even more wasted time. Despite the fact that Cadman Plaza has a designated line for senior citizens, Gravesend Post Office station, typical of Brooklyn there was no post offices, usually has long lines is understaffed and remarkable difference between has no self service machines. the general and Photo by SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER senior lines in The Kings Highway branch was terms of ease or speed of service. noted for being the most chaotic of the Wait times at most of the other locapost off ices surveyed. Workers were tions, including at the Parkville and Bay curt and did not adequately address con- Ridge Post Off ices, averaged between sumer needs. 25 and 30 minutes. At the Midwood Post Off ice, a workTypically, all of the post off ices surer yelled at several customers for not veyed tended to be busier and less knowing how to complete forms or organized during the morning hours apply for passports. than just before closing.
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“It is unconscionable that customers, especially the elderly, are being forced to spend an inordinate amount of time to obtain something as simple as a roll of stamps or a money order,” Hikind said. “The United States Postal Service continuously hikes their rates, but the public is getting nothing in return.” The f indings were not all negative, however. The Sunset Park Post Off ice proved to be the one bright spot of the survey, with an average wait time of one minute, short lines, and a courteous staff. Bay Ridge Post Off ice ranked number one in customer service. Despite poor ratings in most other areas, surprisingly, managers at the Blythbourne, Kensington, Kings Highway, and Midwood stations either opened additional windows to ease crowding, or helped to facilitate transactions for consumers during particularly hectic times. “It’s time for the USPS to return to a consumer-oriented culture,” remarked Hikind. The Assemblyman has written to Postmaster General John Potter, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia Subcommittee requesting their intervention in this issue.
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Highlights of 2009 from the Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes A MESSEGE FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES
First off, I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year! 2009 has been a very productive year for my office. I am proud to report that we implemented new programs, expanded our Mortgage Fraud Unit, and stepped up on behalf of our country’s veterans. Veterans Project •In July, I announced the Veterans Project with the Off ice or Court Administration and the Veterans Administration, aimed at helping war veterans who committed non-violent crimes and veterans who were crime victims in Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau County. It will help non-violent veteran offenders and victims who qualify by providing services, treatment and peer support, to get back into society. The defendants plead guilty to non-violent crimes and receive treatment for the problems they face, whether it’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, trauma, or other combat-related physical and mental injuries. When treatment is complete, the offenders’ charges will be dismissed or reduced. Drunk Driving •When you drive drunk, not only are you putting yourself at risk, but you are also putting everyone else on the road at risk. It is important to educate our youth about the dangers of drunk driving and to pass legislation to prevent drunk driving tragedies. •Just this week, along with Police Commissioner Kelly and the city’s four other District Attorneys, I announced an agreement on new procedures aimed at expediting blood tests of suspected DWI drivers where there have been deaths or serious injuries. Delays help the drunk drivers by giving them more time for their blood alcohol level to decrease. Under this new agreement, these actions will take place: •NYPD patrol supervisors may read the chemical testing statement at the scene, rather than f irst transporting the suspect to an Intoxicated Driver Testing Unit (IDTU). •The arresting off icer may remove the suspect directly to the IDTU location for testing, rather than initially transporting suspect to the nearest station house. •If portable breath test equipment is not already at a scene, it does not have to be employed unless it would likely assist in establishing probable cause in an arrest. •Police will notify the District Attorney's Off ice at the earliest time possible to permit quickest application for a warrant. •Creation of a new Patrol Guide procedure to specif ically address handling
an accident with signif icant physical injuries and suspected driver intoxication. •My Choices & Consequences program continues to be successful, teaching young people between the ages of 16 and 24, about the lethal problems of reckless and drunk driving among teenagers. Our prosecutors visit Brooklyn high schools, with a 90minute presentation providing information, role-playing a criminal collision, and bringing a guest speaker such as a victim’s family or a defendant. •Leandra’s Law, passed by the Legislature in November, makes it a felony to drive drunk with a child in the car. The law also requires ignition locks for any convicted drunk driver. Leandra’s Law is named after an 11year-old girl, Leandra Rosado, who was killed in a drunk driving accident, when she was a passenger in a car driven by a family friend who was drunk. *Kol Tzedek •In April, I introduced a new outreach program aimed at helping sexcrime victims in the Orthodox Jewish community who have been reluctant to report crimes to secular authorities. They can now call the Project Kol Tzedek hotline at (718)250-3000 to anonymously speak with a social worker and a prosecutor from the Sex Crimes Bureau. In the past year, we have arrested 26 people in the Orthodox Community for child molestation. Eight of them have been convicted; 18 are awaiting trial. *Homicides •I am happy to report that homicides are currently down 2.4% this past year. We also saw several defendants in two of the most high-prof ile murder cases from the last few years be sent to prison for long terms. •In 2007, Dexter Bostic and Lee Woods, were convicted of Aggravated Murder and sentenced to Life Without Parole for the murder of Police Off icer Russell Timoshenko and the attempted murder of Police Off icer Herman Yan. A third defendant, Robert Ellis, was convicted on weapons possession charges and sentenced to 15 years in prison. •Darryl Littlejohn, a bouncer at a Manhattan bar, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree this past June and sentenced in July to Life without Parole, for the murder of Imette St. Guillen in 2006. *Counterfeit Goods •In January, we seized a warehouse storing and selling counterfeit goods brought here from China, including phony Disney products and Chanel hair products. We recovered over 2,000 realistic looking toy guns, which are a danger to law enforcement. •In April, we shut down a showroom for counterfeit goods and arrested six people during a sting operation. The value of the bogus merchandise was estimated at $20 million and included Nike sneakers emblazoned with pictures of President Barack Obama. *Fraud – •We prosecuted many cases involving Welfare Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Identity Theft and Medicare Fraud this year. In those cases, victims were duped of their money, and in some
cases, their homes. •In February, we indicted seven welfare cheats including one couple who stole Medicaid benef its while they owned two daycare centers, numerous vehicles and seven properties. •In March, thanks to help from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-Brooklyn), we created a new Real Estate Fraud Unit with a staff of 12, to exclusively address the high volume of mortgage fraud cases. We created a Mortgage Fraud telephone hotline to report deed fraud, mortgage fraud, predatory lending and other real estate-related fraud. The phone number is (718) 250-2311. •In July, we announced an ATM theft fraud case where four defendants opened bank accounts and padded them with large deposits, over the course of several months. Later, they drained the accounts, with withdrawals of $500 to $1,000 per day. •In October, we took down an elaborate $10,000 per day real estate fraud, identity theft and credit card fraud ring. In some cases, the 13 indicted defendants would fraudulently purchase properties and use merchandise stolen from home improvement stores to increase the values of the homes. •This month, we indicted a crooked travel agent who would take clients’ money for airline tickets, but never booked the flights. The clients thought they were purchasing airline tickets to the Middle East, the Balkans and other international locations, and paid the
defendant in cash. She would make airline reservations online and tell her clients that they had E-tickets, but she didn’t actually pay for the airline tickets. Eventually, the reservations expired. I am proud to say that this case was initiated after a complaint to a member of our Community Relations Bureau. We also indicted a second travel agent this month for fraud as a result of complaints to our Community Relations Bureau. In this case, a Brighton Beach travel agent stole more than $26,000 from a dozen clients. He received payments, mostly in cash, to book trips for clients, which he never arranged. All 12 victims received receipts saying their trips had been fully paid for, but later learned that their tickets had not been purchased. Most of the victims were Russian immigrants who booked a variety of vacations including bus trips; flights to Russia, Mexico, and other locations; and cruises. *Drugs •While my off ice always takes a strong stance against drug dealing, we also try to help individuals who are drug addicts by offering them alternative to incarceration programs. •Once again, as it has since 1990, my DTAP (Drug Treatment Alternative-toPrison) program has been a huge success. This year, 59 former drug offenders graduated from our DTAP program.
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WAR ON TERROR Security Measures to be Revamped After Failed Airline Terror Attack Continued from Cover President Barak Obama in response, said from Hawaii where he is vacationing with his family, “It's absolutely critical that we learn from this incident and take the necessary measures to prevent future acts of terrorism" "We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will ... do more than simply strengthen our defenses" Obama said. "We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us, whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where they are plotting attacks against the US homeland," he said. The president said US authorities will not rest until they find everyone involved in the attack in Detroit and hold them accountable.
In the wake of the failed One security analyst said terrorist attack aboard the incident was a complete Northwest’s flight 253, utter failure of security. Assemblyman Dov Hikind A Video threatening (D-Brooklyn) announced revenge for a US attack on an plans to re-introduce his teral-Qaeda terrorist camp in rorist profiling legislation Yemen was posted four when the legislative session days before Abdulmutallab’s reconvenes next month. botched attempt to blow up the Originally drafted in 2005, American airliner. The video warning was This family hand- passage of the legislation would amend the Executive posted in Yemen where he out photo shows Law to permit police and reportedly began his journey Umar Farouk peace officers to consider the and where he has claimed to Abdulmutallab, ethnicity of a person as one of have been trained at an almultiple factors in identifying Qaeda camp. charged in the a terrorist suspect. Hikind In the al-Qaeda video, dated United States with cites the Supreme Court deci21 December, a man identified as Mohammed al-Kalwi deliv- attempting to blow sion in Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) to supered a eulogy for militants up an aircraft on port the bill’s constitutionalikilled in a Yemeni air strike on Dec 25, 2009. ty. In Grutter, the Court held a militant training camp four that ethnic profiling is not days earlier. He said: "We are carrying a bomb to hit the enemies of God. prohibited by the Equal Protection clause if We have an issue with America and its the profiling is done in furtherance of a agents, beware of standing in the ranks of “compelling governmental interest.” “There is no question that the governAmerica." ment has a compelling interest in protecting the lives and safety of its citizenry from terrorist attacks,” Hikind said. “The history
of modern terrorism has taught us that these attacks are repeatedly executed by young Muslim men of Arab or South Asian origin. This is not a time for political correctness.” Some of the new measures being called for are for the installation of full-body imaging scanners, or so-called "naked scanners," that might have spotted the explosive materials, officials said Abdulmutallab had sewn into his underwear. The imaging technology units range in price from approximately $130,000 to $170,000. According to the Transportation Safety Administration, 19 airports across the country already give passengers the option to undergo a full-body imaging scan instead of a pat-down. And the agency recently purchased 150 more scanners that use X-ray beams to generate an image of a passenger -- including possible foreign objects hidden under their clothing. The full-body imaging scanner technology has been used in prisons and other military installations for years, but former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that it was time to renew calls for more widespread usage.
Domestic-Terrorism Incidents Hit a Peak in 2009 The average American would not have noticed, because most of the plots were foiled, but 2009 saw an unprecedented surge in terrorism events on U.S. soil. When analysts tally these events, they refer to anything from a disrupted plot to U.S. citizens traveling abroad to seek terrorism training or a lone gunman running amok in the U.S. And by the calculations of Rand Corp. expert Brian Jenkins, more terrorist threats were uncovered in the U.S. in 2009 than in any year since 2001. here appears to be an increase in [terrorist] activity in the U.S.," warns Jenkins, who calculates that there have been 32 terrorism-related events on these shores since 9/11 and that 12 of them occurred in 2009. Some of the more noteworthy events of 2009: • In January, Bryant Neal Vinas, a Long Island, New York, convert to Islam, pleaded guilty to helping alQaeda in a plot to blow up a train in Penn Station. • In late 2008, Shirwa Ahmed, a Somali-American college student from Minneapolis, became the f irst American suicide bomber on record when he killed 29 people in an attack in Somalia. Earlier in the year, the FBI revealed that
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at least 20 Somali-Americans from the Minneapolis area had traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabab, a radical militia tied to al-Qaeda. Five SomaliAmericans are believed to have died in f ighting there this year, and Somali off icials say at least one more unnamed U.S. citizen has become a suicide bomber for al-Shabab. • In June, Abdulhakim Muhammad, an Arkansas convert to Islam, was accused of killing one soldier and wounding another in an attack at a military-recruitment center in Little Rock. • In September, Michael Finton, an Illinois man who converted to Islam in prison, was accused of trying to blow up a federal building in Springf ield. • In October, Chicago businessman David Coleman Headley was arrested for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper that had published controversial cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. (Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian resident of Chicago was also arrested in connection with the same plot.) Headley was later additionally charged with abetting the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008. • In November, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the son of Palestinian immigrants, who had grown up in the U.S., was accused of going on a shooting
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Iranian Threat Mottaki: Iran Will Review P5+1 Proposals BY JPOST Iran is prepared to review the P5+1's fuel exchange proposal, Iranian Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in an interview with the Iranian news agency . uring the interview, Mottaki stated that Teheran recently offered to move nuclear fuel to the island of Kish, in the Persian Gulf. The proposal, he said, was a gesture of goodwill which "aimed to open a door for the other side." In recent weeks, US off icials warned that the window of opportunity for talks with Iran was rapidly closing. Meanwhile on Saturday, the Fars news agency quoted Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying that the Russian-built nuclear power plant in Bushehr would have to undergo only three more rounds of testing before becoming operational. "We have drawn up a timetable for the operation of the Bushehr plant with Russia and fortunately we are ahead of this timeframe," Salehi reportedly said. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday night said that
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Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran. Teheran was prepared to reach a nuclear fuel agreement with the West if the US and Western powers stopped threatening the Islamic republic, the FrenchNews Agency reported. Everything is possible ... but not in a climate where they threaten us. They have to change their vocabulary, in respect and legality," Ahmadinejad told AFP in an interview on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. "In this case we will say, very good you want to keep your word, in this case we are ready to sit down at the table to reach an agreement," the Iranian premier was quoted as saying. Ahmadinejad's remarks came hours
Ahmadinejad Ridicules Obama on Television BY HILARY LEILA KREIGER US President Barack Obama is a disappointment to the world, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with the UK's Channel 4 News. hmadinejad mocked Obama's words in his Cairo speech in which he said he was extending his hand to Iran. "Which hand did he extend? His right hand or left hand?" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked wryly. "He extended the sanctions against Ahmadinejad. us." "He has failed to meet the expecta- can set "as many deadlines as they want, tions of the people in the US and the we don't care" and that he was not people of the world," Ahmadinejad moved. But the US is stressing the upcoming deadline is serious and added. The Iranian president continued to should be respected. "Mr. Ahmadinejad may not recogreject America's year-end deadline for nize, for whatever reason, the deadline Teheran to respond to US outreach. "We have offered a proposal in order that looms, but that is a very real deadto provide opportunity for them, in line for the international community. order to have an opportunity for cooper- And I think all of those involved in the ation instead of confrontation," P5+1 would encourage Iran to take that Ahmadinejad said. "But they are insist- deadline as seriously as it's being taken ing on conditions befor giving us the by us to live up to their responsibilities," said White House spokesman fuel." "The story of these claims of the US Robert Gibbs, referring to the negotiatand its allies have been turned into a TV ing group composed of the UN Security Council's permanent members (the US, series," he added. Ahmadinejad dug in his heels this Russia, China, France and Britain) and week - saying that the US and its allies Germany.
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after Salehi said the country had started making more eff icient centrifuge models that it plans to put into use by early 2011, a statement which underscored Teheran's def iance and adds to international concerns over its nuclear ambitions. Salehi said Iranian scientists were still testing the more advanced models before they become operational at the country's enrichment facilities. Teheran has been saying since April that it is building more advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium with higher eff iciency and precision, but Salehi's remarks were the f irst indication of a timeline when the new models could become operational. The new centrifuge models will be able to enrich uranium much faster than the old ones; some experts estimate that this next generation could double or even triple the rate of uranium production. Such a development would add to growing concerns in the West because they would allow Teheran to accelerate the pace of its program. That would
mean Iran could amass more material in a shorter space of time that could be turned into the f issile core of missiles, should Teheran choose to do so. Iran's uranium enrichment is a major concern to the international community, worried that the program masks efforts to make a nuclear weapon. Teheran insists its enrichment work is peaceful and only meant to generate electricity, not make an atomic bomb. Iran has threatened to expand its enrichment program tenfold, even while rejecting a plan brokered by the UN nuclear watchdog agency to supply fuel for Iran's research reactor if Teheran exports most of its enriched stockpile. The UN plan would leave Iran - at least temporarily - without enough uranium to produce a bomb. Centrifuges are machines used to enrich uranium - a technology that can produce fuel for power plants or materials for a nuclear weapon. Uranium enriched to low level is used to produce fuel but further enrichment makes it suitable for use in building nuclear arms. "We are currently producing a new
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White House Condemns 'Suppression' in Iran BY AFP
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White House Says America on 'Verge' of Health Care Reform BY PAULA WOLFSON
The White House strongly condemned "violent and unjust suppression" of civilians in Iran, following a fierce government crackdown on opposition protests. he blunt statement contrasted with careful initial responses by the White House following post-election protests in Iran in June and came as the nuclear showdown between Tehran and world powers reached a critical point. "We strongly condemn the violent and Iranian security forces on motorcyunjust suppression of civilians in Iran seeking to exercise their universal rights," cles surrounded and beaten up National Security Council spokesman opposition protesters during clashes Mike Hammer said in a statement. "Hope and history are on the side of in Tehran. those who peacefully seek their universal idential poll, the White House reacted carerights, and so is the United States. fully, trying to avoid inserting the United "Governing through fear and violence is States into the middle of an escalating politinever just, and as President Obama said in cal crisis with its arch foe. Oslo -- it is telling when governments fear the On June 15, Obama, who came to office aspirations of their own people more than the vowing to engage the Islamic Republic, said power of any other nation." he was "deeply troubled" by violence in Iran, The White House commented after but warned he did not want the United States Iranian security forces killed several protesto become a "political football" in the posttors, including opposition leader Mir Hossein election crisis. Mousavi's nephew, in a crackdown on antiIn subsequent days, Obama hardened the government rallies in Tehran, websites said. US line as violence escalated and critics Witnesses said dozens of protesters were accused him of giving insufficient backing to hurt and several arrested during what turned anti-government demonstrators. into the bloodiest showdown between protestObama has given Iran until the end of this ers and security forces since the height of year to respond to an international offer to unrest in June following the disputed presidefuse the nuclear showdown or face tough dential election. new sanctions. As violence mounted following that pres-
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US Approves Millions for Fannie, Freddie Executives BY AFP US officials unveiled multimillion dollar pay packages for executives at bailed-out mortgage f inance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a new step back from a clampdown on executive compensation. ocuments filed by the regulator for the two firms showed Fannie Mae chief executive Michael Williams and Freddie Mac CEO Charles Haldeman could each earn up to six million dollars per year, although some of that is deferred or conditioned on the performance of the companies. Six other high-level executives at Fannie Mae and four others at Freddie Mac could earn over one million dollars, depending on performance,. The regulator for the f irms, which were seized by the government amid a meltdown in the housing market, said that even with the new pay levels, compensation for the top executives is down 40 percent from before the f irms were placed in government "conservatorship." Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said these f irms need competent executives since they play a role in funding three-fourths of all new residential mortgages. "The enterprises must attract and
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The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, DC, 2008. retain the talent needed to accomplish these objectives," he said. The two f irms are not subject to the limits on f irms bailed out under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which was passed by Congress after Fannie and Freddie were seized. Firms receiving "exceptional" aid under TARP will see their executive
salaries limited to 500,000 dollars annually in most cases, but some exemptions have been announced. FHFA said it consulted with the TARP "pay czar" to come up with packages that include a base salary as well as a performance-based incentive and deferred salary. On Wednesday US authorities released details of salary cap exemptions to bailed-out f irms including General Motors, Chrysler, and GMAC, the former f inance arm of GM, using the authority of the TARP law. The TARP limits also apply to insurance giant AIG, while Citigroup and Bank of America will be free of those restrictions in 2010 since they repaid the government for TARP shares. Fannie and Freddie are both government-chartered, shareholder owned f irms established to provide funding to the housing sector, mainly from the issuance of bonds. The government took over the two f irms in September 2008 and placed them in a "conservatorship" in a bid to avert a f inancial system meltdown from the housing crisis. Under the plan, the two f irms got government-appointed chief executives and shed their mission of shareholder prof it. The Treasury agreed to inject 100 billion dollars in each if needed and the government effectively guaranteed
the estimated 5.4 trillion dollars in assets of the two f irms. The new documents showed Fannie Mae's Williams would receive an annual base pay of 900,000 dollars. Added to this, but subject to conditions, would be deferred compensation of 3.1 million dollars and a bonus of two million dollars. The deferred salary is designed to replicate the stock awarded to executives at other bailed out f irms. Fannie and Freddie are prohibited from providing corporate shares to employees. Packages worth over one million dollars, also subject to conditions, were approved for Fannie's chief f inancial off icer and f ive other key executives, according to documents f iled with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At Freddie Mac, a similar package was structured for CEO Haldeman, while chief operating off icer Bruce Witherell could receive up to 4.5 million dollars, including a bonus and deferred compensation. Freddie's chief f inancial off icer and two others could receive between 2.7 million and 3.5 million dollars. The news comes amid a broad effort in the United States and elsewhere to limit lavish pay packages that critics say encouraged reckless actions leading to a near-meltdown of the f inancial system.
Commercial Prices Roll Back to 2002 Levels BY PAUL BUBNY Although the pace of decline has continued to slow in recent months, commercial property prices have fallen nearly 44% since their peak two years ago, and now look more like what the industry saw in 2002. So says Moody’s Investors Service in its latest Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index report. he report, which covers transactions through the end of October, shows a 1.5% dip in prices nationwide during the month. That compares to the 8.6% monthly decline six months earlier, followed in May by a 7.6% slide. "The pace of declines has tapered off since the large drops measured in April and May; however, further declines are anticipated," the report states. With the
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43.7% drop in the Moody’s/REAL National All-Property Aggregate since the October 2007 peak, "it is now necessary to look to properties purchased in 2002 to f ind positive price appreciation." In particular, the report notes the effects of price drops on loan to values are especially pronounced with more recent acquisitions. "“On average, loans originated at a 75% LTV in 2005 or later are now under water" with an average LTV today of 108%, says the report. Although most of the loans will not mature for several years, thus giving values a chance to recover, "later vintage loans are in a deep hole" and face increasing risk of term default as property fundamentals continue to erode. On a sector-by-sector basis, off ice, nationally, has seen the biggest quarterly index drop. The indices, which are
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compiled for Moody’s by Real Estate Analytics using Real Capital Analytics data, show a 12.2% quarterly decline and a 30.1% year-over-year decline for off ice. Apartments’ year-over-year slide was greater at 34.1% nationally but the sector’s quarterly decline was smaller than that for off ice at 10.9%. Helping to drag off ice down in the Eastern US, where it was the worst-performing of the major food groups, was the "poor performance" of the sector in New York City. The year-over-year decline of 38.1% for New York was slightly greater than the regional drop of 37.1% during the same time period. The other two off ice markets with transaction volume great enough to measure at least annually--San Francisco and Washington, DC--fared considerably better, with 12-month declines of 21.3% and 27%, respective-
ly. The other relatively local market--in this case, statewide--measured by the indices, Florida apartments, declined by 46.1% year-over-year. In keeping with the Florida dropoff, the worst-performing of the four regions measured in the Moody’s/REAL indices was the South, with three of the four property sectors suffering annual price declines of greater than 30%. Of these, the steepest regional drop was incurred by apartments, off 51.8% from 12 months earlier. By contrast, the multifamily sector in the East saw a yearover-year drop in values of just 13.2%, while the West saw a drop-off of 18.9% and Southern California prices experienced a 15.9% decline. Regionally, Southern California fared the best on a year-over-year basis, with no sector experiencing a price decline of 30%.
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Six Years On, Atlantic Yards Deal Closes BY PAUL BUBNY Six years after Forest City Ratner Cos. announced its original conception for the Atlantic Yards mixed-use development, the developer and government entities have closed on the Brooklyn mega-project. Wednesday’s master closing on the deal by FCRC, the Empire State Development Corp., the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city occurs a week after a $511-million bond sale to finance construction of the 18,000seat basketball arena that will serve as a centerpiece of the project. ruce Ratner, chairman and CEO of FCRC, said in a statement that the closing—which covers contracts related to the arena lease, financing, development, purchase and sale agreements— “represents a vital step forward for New York City, one that is all the more important because of the economic challenges our city faces. The jobs we are creating today, as we set forth on the arena and one of the boldest affordable housing initiatives in our city’s history, will create a new dynamic center in this wonderful borough.” Last week, FCRC and the Onexim Group, controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, f inalized their agreement for Onexim to acquire major interests in both the Nets basketball team and Barclays Center, the 18,000seat arena that will house the NBA franchise. The Nets and FCRC on
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Although the master closing appears to clear the track for the Atlantic Yards project, its opponents vow to continue fighting. Wednesday put branded signage along fencing at the arena construction site, which includes logos of the major partners of the Barclays Center. Along with Barclays, the naming rights partner, they include ADT, Cushman & Wakef ield, EmblemHealth, MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Anheuser-Busch, High
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to clear the track for the Atlantic Yards project, its opponents vow to continue f ighting. The coalition known as Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, which last month lost a court battle as the state Court of Appeals upheld the ESDC’s use of eminent domain on the project, issued a statement Wednesday saying its members will “vigorously challenge” the legal papers f iled on the master closing. The group, led by area property owner Daniel Goldstein, cites “two outstanding lawsuits against the project that would stop it cold” and a pending decision by the state’s highest court on a motion to reconsider its Atlantic Yards decision in view of a state court’s ruling earlier this month on Columbia University’s planned expansion. That ruling found that the ESDC’s use of eminent domain for the Columbia project violated the state and US constitutions. Additionally, DDDB says it’s planning on f iling suit over the approvals process in the arena bond sale. The sale has also come in for criticism from State Sen. Bill Perkins, who wrote a letter last week to Gov. David Paterson asking him to keep a promise for “an objective and thorough review” of the project and its f inancing. In his letter, Perkins questioned the BALDC’s legal standing to issue the bonds that will f inance construction of the Barclays arena.
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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Landmark Package of Legislation to Create Greener, Greater Buildings in NYC FROM THE DESK OF MAYOR BLOOMBERG Mayor Bloomberg signed a group of bills this week which together form a landmark package of legislation that will make New York the first American city with a comprehensive, mandatory effort to reduce emissions from existing large buildings. This package, which is part of the cities six-point Greener, Greater Buildings Plan introduced on Earth Day, is the most significant action to date to meet our PlaNYC commitment to reduce emissions 30 percent by 2030. pproximately 80 percent of New York City’s carbon footprint comes from energy use by buildings. Increasing eff iciency in existing buildings is critical to meeting our PlaNYC emissions goals, and this legislation will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4.75 percent, the largest reduction achieved by a single program. “Introductory Number 476-A, sponsored by Speaker Quinn and Council Members Mark-Viverito, Recchia, Avella, Brewer, Fidler, Gentile, James, Liu, Nelson, Seabrook, Weprin, White, Garodnick, Lappin, Yassky, Sears, Mendez, de Blasio, Katz, Mitchell, Vann, Gioia, Vacca, Vallone, Jackson,
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sored by Speaker Quinn and Council Members Gennaro, Brewer, Comrie, Dickens, Garodnick, Gioia, James, Koppell, Lappin, Mitchell, Palma, Recchia, Reyna, Rivera, Stewart, Liu, Yassky, Sears, White, Mendez, de Blasio, Mark-Viverito, Vann, Avella, Vacca, Gerson, Jackson, Gonzalez, Ferreras, Vallone, Barron, Arroyo, Crowley and Mealy, requires private buildings over 50,000 square feet to conduct energy audits once every decade and implement energy eff icient maintenance practices. Also, all Cityowned buildings over 50,000 square feet will be required to conduct audits and complete energy retrof its that pay for themselves within seven years. “Introductory Number 973-A, sponsored by Speaker Quinn and Council Members Recchia, Comrie, Dickens, Fidler, Garodnick, Gioia, James, Lappin, Mitchell, Nelson, Reyna, Rivera, Stewart, Liu, Yassky, Sears, White, Mendez, de Blasio, MarkViverito, Katz, Vallone, Gerson, Koppell, Vann, Avella, Vacca, Jackson, Brewer, Gonzalez, Ferreras, Barron, Arroyo, Crowley, Gennaro and Mealy, requires commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet to upgrade their lighting and sub-meter tenant spaces over 10,000 square feet. In New York
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US Consumer Confidence Had Little Hope In December
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US consumers had little to cheer about in December's sales amid high unemployment, a key survey showed Tuesday, suggesting spending will remain slack in early 2010.
New US claims for jobless benefits dropped to the lowest level since September 2008, government data showed, in a fresh sign of optimism for a weak labor market.
he Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose modestly for the second straight month in December, to 52.9 from an upwardly revised 50.6 in November. The reading was a shade below the 53.0 expected by most analysts; the private research f irm initially reported the November index at 49.5. The improvement in the conf idence index to a two-year high came from rising hopes for better economic conditions over the next six months that offset a grimmer view of current conditions, the New York-based f irm said. "A more optimistic outlook for business and labor market conditions was the driving force behind the increase in the expectations index," said Lynn Franco, research director at The Conference Board. "Regarding income, however, consumers remain rather pessimistic about their short-term prospects and this will likely continue to play a key role in spending decisions in early 2010." The December "present situation" sub-index dropped to the lowest level since February 1983, to 18.8 from 21.2 in November. "Barring a New Year's miracle in the labor markets it will be an enormous challenge to maintain forward momentum on real consumer spending early next year," said Brian Bethune, chief US f inancial economist at IHS Global Insight. The Conference Board's consumer conf idence index was based on a survey of 5,000 households that ended December 21, just four days before Christmas. Respondents seeing "jobs plentiful" fell to 2.9 from 3.1 in November, while those viewing "jobs not so plentiful" rose to 48.5 from 47.7. Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors said the declining cur rent conditions index "can only be found with the Hubble telescope. "I guess all those comments about
he seasonally adjusted initial claims in the week ending December 19 was 452,000, a decrease of 28,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 480,000, the Labor Department said in a report.
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US consumers had little to cheer about in December's amid high unemployment. the recession being over have not made much of a dent in household psyches," he said, amid unemployment at its highest level in 26 years. The jobless rate stood at 10 percent in November. The "expectations" sub-index, which measures conf idence over the next six months, rose to 75.6 from 70.3. That was the highest level since December 2007, when the world's largest economy entered recession. Growth resumed in the third quarter this year after a year of contraction, but at an anemic pace of 2.2 percent, and economists say the recovery will be slow, with unemployment expected to remain elevated even as activity picks up. Consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of US economic output, rose a half percentage point in November, according to the latest off icial data. Early retail reports on the end of year season show an improvement from the disastrous December 2008 sales as the global f inancial crisis went into overdrive. The weekly chain store sales index released Tuesday by the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs revealed a 2.3 percent year-on-year increase in the week ending December 26.
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The US labor market witnessed a dramatic improvement in November as the number of jobs lost narrowed to 11,000 and the unemployment rate dipped to 10.0 percent It was much lower than the 470,000 f igure expected by most economists. The four-week moving average, a less volatile indicator than the week-toweek f igures, fell to 465,250 from the previous week's revised average of 468,000. The f igures suggest the brutal pace of layoffs is easing as the economy pulls out of its worst recession in decades.
The total number of Americans receiving unemployment benef its also fell. The Labor Department's f igures showed the number of seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 12 was 5.076 million, a 127,000 drop from the preceding week's revised level of 5.203 million. Analysts cautioned that unemployment remained a key problem despite the decline in claims. "Although the decline in initial and continuing claims is a positive for the labor market, caution should be taken in reading too much into the decline, considering common holiday volatility," said Andrew Gledhill from Moody's Economy.com. The weekly report offers an up-todate snapshot of the job market, critical to US economic recovery from recession. The US labor market witnessed a dramatic improvement in November as the number of jobs lost narrowed to 11,000 and the unemployment rate dipped to 10.0 percent, the government said. The US economy grew at a 2.2 percent pace in the third quarter, reversing four quarters of contraction. Yet many economists argue the recovery could be imperiled by high unemployment, limiting consumer incomes and hurting conf idence and spending.
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DA Hynes Indicts Travel Agent In Brighton Beach BY JONAH BRUNO Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced the indictment of Brighton Beach travel agent Peter Galin, 40, for stealing more than $26,000 from a dozen clients. etween October 2008 and December 2009, Galin, the owner of TravelCenterOnline.com, at 229 Brighton Beach Ave, accepted payments ranging from $400 to $5,500, to book trips for clients, which he never arranged, according to the indictment. All 12 victims received receipts saying their trips had been fully paid for, but later learned their tickets had not been purchased, according to the indictment. One victim arrived at the airport, expecting to board a flight, only to be told she had no tickets.
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“To report the crime, victims contacted representatives of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office’s Community Relations Bureau, in the Russianspeaking community.”
Victims, mostly Russian immigrants, hired Galin to book a variety of vacations, including bus trips; flights to Russia, Mexico, and other locations; and cruises, according to the indictment. Most paid in cash. To report the crime, victims contacted representatives of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Off ice’s Community Relations Bureau, in the Russian-speaking community. It is the second case this month involving a travel agent charged with fraud, which was reported to the Community Relations Bureau. The f irst involved the Arabic-speaking community, in Bay Ridge. Galin is charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, Scheme to Defraud and Petit Larceny. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Moehle. Michael Vecchione is Chief of the Rackets Division.
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Is Free TV Going to Soon Disappear? BY AFP For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. hat might not work much longer. That business model is unraveling at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and the local stations that carry the networks' programming. Cable TV and the Web have fractured the audience for free TV and siphoned off their advertizing dollars. The recession has squeezed advertising further, forcing broadcasters to accelerate their push for new revenue to pay for programming. Changes could mean higher cable or satellite TV bills, as the networks and local stations squeeze more fees from pay-TV providers such as Comcast and DirecTV for the right to show broadcast TV channels in their lineups. Networks might even ditch free broadcast signals in the next few years. Instead, they could operate as cable channels - a move that could spell the end of free TV as Americans have known it since the 1940s. "Good programing is expensive," Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns Fox, told a shareholder meeting this fall. "It can no longer be supported solely by advertising revenues." Fox is pursuing its strategy in public, warning that its broadcasts - including
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college football bowl games - could go dark Friday for subscribers of Time Warner Cable, unless the pay-TV operator gives Fox higher fees. For its part, Time Warner Cable is asking customers whether it should "roll over" or "get tough" in negotiations. The future of free TV also could be altered as the biggest pay-TV provider, Comcast Corp., prepares to take control of NBC. Comcast has not signaled plans to end NBC's free broadcasts. But Jeff Zucker, who runs NBC and its sister cable channels such as CNBC and Bravo, told investors this month that "the cable model is just superior to the broadcast model." Traditional broadcast model works like this: CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox distribute shows through a network of local stations. Networks own a few stations in big markets, but most are "aff iliates," owned by separate companies. Traditionally the networks paid aff iliates to broadcast their shows, though those fees have dwindled to near nothing as local stations have seen their audience shrink. What hasn't changed is where the money mainly comes from: advertising. Cable channels on the other hand, make most of their money by charging pay-TV providers a monthly fee per subscriber of their programing. On average, the pay-TV providers pay
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Jewish Journalistic Ethics In Jewish law and thought, there is a whole section devoted to ethics. The popular mishnah of Perkei Avot is regularly translated as Ethics of our Father’s. In journalism there is an added responsibility to be ETHICALLY correct. n Israel there is a debate about the Hebrew language newspaper Yisrael Hayom, owned by American billionaire Sheldon Adelson. While Yisrael Hayom has been a strong supporter of the Israeli Government, led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the three other Hebrew language papers have been overly critical of the right wing government. Yisrael Hayom, while owned by an American, most of the writers and editors are Israeli living in the country experiencing its successes, trials and tribulations. They witness f irsthand the political inf ighting that Israel is so famous for and that make a journalists life so interesting. Mr. Adelson while living in America is intimately involved in Israel with his many philanthropic and business endeavors. If Mr. Adelson would suddenly pull his support from the many institutions in Israel that have benef ited from his generosity, the same newspapers that are complaining about his ownership of Yisrael Hayom would cry foul. It is not ethically correct to for a newspaper to try to pass a law just to destroy a competitor. The Chutzpa of MK Yoel Hasson in calling for a new law demanding only Israeli ownership of newspapers and comparing Mr. Adelson to a Saudi businessman tying to own an influential newspaper is really beyond belief. Mr. Adelson’s actions are done out of his love for the country and the Jewish people. Israel believes in freedom of the press. While there is an off icial cen-
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sor policy concerning security issues, Israeli press is the freest in the Middle East. If a new law restricting the ownership of popular newspapers passes it will undermine the very concept of free the press in Israel. The next step in controlling what Israelis have a right to read will be the prohibition against a newspaper using material from writers who do not live in Israel. Journalistic ethics demand that journalists report news and enter the realm of politics and offer opinions, only in editorials or items labeled as news analysis. The competitors of Israel Hayom are acting in fear of losing their influence and readership. They have openly said that they are in danger of closing if Mr. Adelson is not stopped. Mr. Adelson should not be vilif ied, he should be recognized as the journalistic hero that he is.
Do you have something on your mind that you would like to share with our readers? Is there something you have read in our newspaper that you would like to comment on? The Jewish Voice welcomes your opinions, suggestions and insight. Please submit your letters to info@jewishvoiceny.com We look forward to hearing from you. Dear Editor, It seems that while people are excited to travel to NY because it is known for many tourist attractions, especially in New York City, they are also a bit apprehensive when visiting because we have been given this stigma that NY is a dangerous place to be. I believe that is so far from the truth, while I wouldn’t suggest people walking around anywhere late at night alone, or jogging through a dark alley or park in the evening regardless of what city they’re in, NY as a whole, does not serve as a threat to people who would like to visit or live here. Yes, just like anywhere else,
there are neighborhoods that are a bit dangerous where crime rates are higher and things of that nature but overall I’d say I feel quite comfortable living here and that’s why I was happy when I read the article New York Remains The Safest Big City In America. In my opinion, I think that Hollywood and the music industry have created this unrealistic “gang land” that prevails throughout New York but the truth is, it isn’t hardly as dangerous as they make it out to be and I am glad that this survey proves that. Sincerely, Steven Antar
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Dear Editor, Inspiring to say the least was the article you published about the 15-year-old boy who found his voice through technology. Who would have thought that technology would provide means for him to be able to communicate and I could just imagine his mother’s joy as she received that message! It is a reminder that we are never to
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The Year of Living Fecklessly BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not just reject President Obama's latest feckless floating nuclear deadline. He spat on it, declaring that Iran "will continue resisting" until the United States has gotten rid of its 8,000 nuclear warheads. o ends 2009, the year of "engagement," of the extended hand, of the gratuitous apology -- and of spinning centrifuges, two-stage rockets and a secret enrichment facility that brought Iran materially closer to becoming a nuclear power. We lost a year. But it was not just any year. It was a year of spectacularly squandered opportunity. In Iran, it was a year of revolution, beginning with a contested election and culminating this week in huge demonstrations mourning the death of the dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri -- and demanding no longer a recount of the stolen election but the overthrow of the clerical dictatorship. Obama responded by distancing himself from this new birth of freedom. First, scandalous silence. Then, a few grudging words. Then relentless engagement with the murderous regime. With offer after offer, gesture after gesture -- to not Iran, but the "Islamic Republic of Iran," as Obama ever so respectfully called these cleri-
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cal fascists -- the United States conferred legitimacy on a regime desperate to regain it. Why is this so important? Because revolutions succeed at that singular moment, that imperceptible historical inflection, when the people, and particularly those in power, realize that the regime has lost the mandate of heaven. With this weakening dictatorship desperate for aff irmation, why is the United States repeatedly offering just such aff irmation? Apart from ostracizing and delegitimizing these gangsters, we should be encouraging and reinforcing the demonstrators. This is no trivial matter. When pursued, beaten, arrested and imprisoned, dissidents can easily succumb to feelings of despair and isolation. Natan Sharansky testif ies to the electric effect Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech had on lifting spirits in the gulag. The news was spread cell to cell in code tapped on the walls. They knew they weren't alone, that America was committed to their cause. Yet so aloof has Obama been that on Hate America Day (Nov. 4, the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran), pro-American counterdemonstrators chanted, "Obama, Obama, you are either with us or with them," i.e., their oppressors. Such cool indifference is more than a betrayal of our values. It's a strategic blunder of the f irst order. Forget about human rights. Assume you care only about the nuclear issue.
How to defuse it? Negotiations are going nowhere, and whatever U.N. sanctions we might get will be weak, partial, grudging and late. The only real hope is regime change. The revered and widely supported Montazeri had actually issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons. And even if a successor government were to act otherwise, the nuclear threat would be highly attenuated because it's not the weapon but the regime that creates the danger. (Think India or Britain, for example.) Any proliferation is troubling, but a nonaggressive pro-Western Tehran would completely change the strategic equation and make the threat minimal and manageable. What should we do? Pressure from without -- cutting off gasoline supplies, for example -- to complement and reinforce pressure from within. The pressure should be aimed not at changing the current regime's nuclear policy -- that will never happen -- but at helping change the regime itself. Give the kind of covert support to assist dissident communication and circumvent censorship that, for example, we gave Solidarity in Poland during the 1980s. (In those days that meant broadcasting equipment and copying machines.) But of equal importance is robust rhetorical and diplomatic support from the very highest level: fullthroated denunciation of the regime's savagery and persecution. In detail --
highlighting cases, the way Western leaders adopted the causes of Sharansky and Andrei Sakharov during the rise of the dissident movement that helped bring down the Soviet empire. Will this revolution succeed? The odds are long but the reward immense. Its ripple effects would extend from Afghanistan to Iraq (in both conflicts, Iran actively supports insurgents who have long been killing Americans and their allies) to Lebanon and Gaza where Iran's proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, are arming for war. One way or the other, Iran will dominate 2010. Either there will be an Israeli attack or Iran will arrive at -- or cross -- the nuclear threshold. Unless revolution intervenes. Which is why to fail to do everything in our power to support this popular revolt is unforgivable. Charles Krauthammer is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and political commentator. His weekly column appears in the The Washington Post and is syndicated in more than 200 newspapers and media outlets. He is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard and The New Republic. He is a Fox News contributor, a regular panelist on Fox’s evening news program Special Report with Bret Baier and a weekly panelist on Inside Washington.
“Don't Let the Light Go Out” from Bergen-Belsen to the White House BY MENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT “Don't let the light go out, it's lasted for so many years” sang Peter, Paul and Mary in “Light One Candle,” my favorite Hanukkah song. n late December 1948, my parents said a very special Shehecheyanu prayer as they lit the Hanukkah candles in the Displaced Persons camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany. Barely five years after their entire families had been murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, they could not truly thank Gd for granting them life or for sustaining them as part of the small surviving remnant of European Jewry that had emerged from the Holocaust. Too many faces were missing their parents, their siblings, my mother's first husband and her five-and-a-half year old son, my father’s first wife and her daughter. But for the first time, they were celebrating the festival of lights with their son. I was then almost eight months old and their focus must have been on this moment of rebirth, of renewal. Their Shehecheyanu, I suspect, was in large part for me seeing the burning Hanukkah candles for the first time, with no memories of the past, of death and destruction, of other flames. Fast forward sixty one years.
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On the first night of Hanukkah, 2009, a display for a fragile Torah scroll which was brought from Hamburg, Germany, to the United States in 1939 by Rabbi Alfred Veis was dedicated at Congregation Ohabai Sholom in Nashville, Tennessee. Two days later, my wife Jeanie and I attend a memorial service for Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, the long-time President and Chancellor of the Reform Movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion who fled Nazi Germany as a nineyear-old boy had died three months ago.
“Their light inspires us to hope beyond hope; to believe that miracles are possible even in the darkest of hours.” On the sixth night of Hanukkah, I am in the Grand Foyer of the White House together with several hundred other American Jews as the children of Commander Scott Moran, a U.S. Navy officer presently deployed in Iraq, light the candles on a 19th-century silver Hanukkah menorah on loan from the Jewish Museum in Prague. Standing beside them are President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden. Hanukkah,
President Obama reminds us, “was a triumph of the few over the many; of right over might; of the light of freedom over the darkness of despair.” He recalls how over the centuries “Jews have lit the Hanukkah candles as symbols of resilience in times of peace, and in times of persecution in concentration camps and ghettos; war zones and unfamiliar lands. Their light inspires us to hope beyond hope; to believe that miracles are possible even in the darkest of hours.” During the few moments I am able to speak with President Obama afterwards, he tells me of his deep admiration and affection for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel who had accompanied him to Buchenwald earlier this year. “Light one candle for the strength that we need to never become our own foe,” goes another verse from “Light One Candle.” Following the ceremony, a group of us gather in one of the adjoining rooms, surrounded by Christmas wreaths, for the evening Ma'ariv service. Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, the head of the international umbrella organization of the ChabadLubavitch Hasidim, prays alongside Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the President of the Union for Reform Judaism. Elsewhere, members of the liberal, peace-oriented J Street advocacy group are engaged in intense conversations with leaders of AIPAC, the more conservative pro-Israel lobby.
In the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp, the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, religious and secular, Yiddishists and Hebraists, lived and struggled together, as did Zionists covering the broad political spectrum from left to right, who coexisted easily with non-Zionists. They understood that they had suffered a shared fate and faced a common future. In the White House this week, Jewish leaders of all stripes and denominations seemed to let go of their differences, if only for a few hours, and revel in the freedom and dignity of America. “Light one candle to find us together with peace as the song in our hearts.” On the flight back to New York, I sit beside a stranger and we begin talking. He is David Vise, the Pulitzer Prize-winning former Washington Post reporter. His grandfather was Rabbi Alfred Veis of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1939, David's father came to the United States from Germany on the same boat as Alfred Gottschalk, and the two became good friends. “Don't let the light go out; let it shine through our love and our tears.”
Menachem Z. Rosensaft is adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School and vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants.
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Adelson’s Yisrael Hayom, Netanyahu Outlines Israel’s Newspaper Legal Fight to Exist Direction for the New Year BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER When Sheldon Adelson, a US billionaire, established a new Hebrew language newspaper in Israel called Yisrael Hayom two years ago, many competing newspapers raised the question as to weather a non-Israeli should be allowed to own an influential newspaper. “Should a billionaire tycoon who lives abroad be entitled to use his money to influence Israeli political life?”
BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Last week Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke in the Knesset on the direction he is taking the government in the coming year. The speech is as follows: r. Speaker, I'd like to address the principles that guide our actions in the realm of foreign affairs and
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his question came to the fore in early December when a group of Knesset members moved to pass a bill baring the Jewish American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson from owning a free Israeli daily newspaper that supports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The arguments for and against, however, go far beyond the Adelsons, and touch on the very essence of democracy and free speech in Israel. The Knesset bill, which is being promoted by a collection of interested parties ranging from owners of competing newspapers to rival politicians, stipulates that only Israeli citizens or residents should be eligible for licenses to own newspapers. It’s far from clear that the antiAdelson campaign will succeed even if the bill is passed. Adelson easily could appoint a straw-man owner or even hand over the paper to his wife Miriam, who is Israeli-born. The newspaper, Yisrael Hayom (Israel Today), has been a strong supporter of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and has been dubbed the “Bibiton,” a play on Netanyahu's nickname and the Hebrew word for newspaper, iton, by it’s mostly left leaning competitors. Its opponents argue strongly against Yisrael Hayom. First, they say it provides a venue for foreign money to shape the Israeli agenda. Additionally, they complain, Yisrael Hayom is noth-
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ing more than a propaganda sheet for Netanyahu posing as a genuine newspaper and taking in masses of gullible readers. For Netanyahu to buy that kind of publicity would have cost millions; the free newspaper with nationwide distribution could be seen as campaign funding from a foreign source, which might run afoul of Israel’s very strict campaign f inancing laws. Worse, say critics, the newspaper’s free distribution -- some even get home delivery for free -- and super-low advertising rates create an uneven playing f ield that threatens to destroy the competition. Adelson dismisses the agitation against him as a ploy for power and market share by his competitors, notably Arnon Mozes, the publisher of Yediot Achronot. Adelson also said the notion that Yisrael Hayom is a vehicle for Netanyahu is nonsense. “Everybody thinks I started the newspaper Israel Hayom purely to benef it Bibi. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Adelson said. “I started the newspaper to give Israel, Israelis, a fair and balanced view of the news and the views. That’s all. It is not a ‘Bibiton.’” Besides Yisrael Hayom, Israel has only three other Hebrew dailies: Maariv, Yediot Achronot and Haaretz. Maariv is not expected to survive much longer due to economics and loss of reader-
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defense. There are three primary threats facing us today: the nuclear threat, the missile threat and what I call the Goldstone threat. This is all on top of our mission to resume and then accelerate the peace process with the Palestinians, with the goal of reaching a settlement. These are our main tasks. I want to discuss each of them briefly and then say a few words to the Opposition. 2009 ends in just one week, and we're engaged in dialogue with our many friends in the international community about what is happening in Iran. People are looking differently at Iran now, because of the sequence of recent events – starting with the elections, but even before that, when the Iranian president started to make his goals clear. And the secret nuclear facility at Qom. All these things have led to the increased de-legitimization of the Iranian regime, its desire to develop nuclear weapons and its stated goal to erase Israel from the map. That's why there's now a possibility that the international community will impose tight sanctions against Iran. We're working hard to achieve this goal; not everything can be revealed, but we're working intensely in the international arena to ensure that harsh sanctions are imposed on Iran. Time will tell if these sanctions will be enough to halt the Iranian nuclear program, but they're a critical and even essential condition. In my estimate, decisions will be made at beginning of the 2010. I think in February – at least by the United Nation. I can't say what the outcome of these efforts will be. I can only say that I think all Members of Knesset are all united on this issue. We're making every effort to guarantee a positive outcome. But of course, the decision will ultimately be made by the members of
Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the Knesset on the direction he’s going to lead the government in 2010. the Security Council, where even a single member can tip the scales the wrong way. The threat of missiles and rockets is intensifying. We're also working here to develop a solution, and to protect those living in the line of f ire. We're working together with the United States on a number of projects – ones that are familiar to you, or certainly to the members of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, as well as some other projects. But my government has adopted a very simple policy: we won't tolerate any trickle or drizzle of rockets that later turns into rainfall and then a fullfledged storm. Any metal cylinder loaded with TNT that's f ired; even if it lands in an open f ield – which thankfully has been the case so far – will result in a response. Maybe not the next minute or even hour, but it will come quickly and it could be pretty painful. Finally, Goldstone has become code for a much broader phenomenon: the attempt to negate the legitimacy of our
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The Benjamin Strauss Athletic Scholarship Awarded to Six Touro College Students BY EILEEN SULLIVAN Six Touro College students were awarded the Benjamin Strauss Athletic Scholarship on December 10th at the Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills, New York. This marks the third year that Touro has awarded the athletic scholarships. enjamin Strauss graduated from Touro College during its early years when the school had only one campus. After his recent untimely death, friends established the Benjamin Strauss Athletic Fund, which is awarded to full-time students who excel in athletics and athletic courses, maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.4, and participate in exemplary community service.
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“The scholarships were awarded to the following students who are enrolled in the Lander College for Women/The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School in Manhattan, the Lander College for Men, and the Lander College of Arts and Sciences.” “These outstanding students have shown genuine dedication to their academics, athletics, and community,” said Paul Freedman, a senior development officer and founder of the Department of Athletics at Touro College, who also administers the scholarship fund under the direction of the department’s head, Irv Bader. Professor Bader, a legend in athletics and special education, was recently inducted into the Jewish Basketball Hall of Fame. “Emphasizing a community service component to the Benjamin Strauss Athletic Fund fits in perfectly with Touro’s commitment to reaching out to underserved individuals and to social justice.” The scholarships were awarded to the following students who are enrolled in the
Touro College students were awarded the Benjamin Strauss Athletic at the Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills, N.Y. The scholarships are given to students who excel in athletics, academics, and community service. L-R: Danielle Todfeld; Professor Irv Bader, director of Touro’s Athletics Department; Chana Lasker; Paul Freedman, a senior development officer and founder of Touro’s Athletics Department; and Deborah Deitel. Photo credit: Ira Thomas Studios. Lander College for Women/The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School in Manhattan, the Lander College for Men, and the Lander College of Arts and Sciences - Flatbush: Daniel Adler, who is a sophomore from Baltimore, M.D., plays in both the basketball and flag football leagues. Mr. Adler is a finance major at Lander College for Men and runs a carpool service for needy people in the Kew Gardens Hills and Forest Hills communities of Queens. Deborah Deitel, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a junior at the Lander College of Arts and Sciences - Flatbush. Ms. Deitel, a swimmer, is studying occupational therapy and volunteers at “Kids In Shape,” a health facility with branches in Brooklyn and Forest Hills that works with at-risk children. She is also
Students gathered together in celebration of being chosen as the recipients of the Benjamin Strauss Scholarship. L-R: Ari Schwartz-Weitz, Israel Korobkin, and Daniel Adler. Photo credit: Ira Thomas Studios. the personal caregiver to her father who suffered a stroke several years ago. Israel Korobkin, a junior who hails from Los Angeles, C.A., plays in the basketball league and is a biology major at the Lander College for Men. Mr. Korobkin teaches disabled students during the summers when he is in Los Angeles. In New York, he volunteers with the Chai Club, a learning program where he helps train developmentally
delayed young people. Chana Lasker, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a junior at the Lander College of Arts and Sciences - Flatbush, where she studies biology. Ms. Lasker, a swimmer, volunteers with Yad Eliezer, a joint program between Israel and the United States that serves the needy in Israel. She also volunteers at Ateres Avot, a nursing home in Brooklyn. Her goal is to become a physician assistant. Ari Schwartz-Weitz, from Edison, N.J., is a senior who is a psychology major at the Lander College for Men. Mr. SchwartzWeitz, who plays in the basketball and flag football leagues, is very active with the National Council for Synagogue Youth (NCSY). As the vice president of student government at LCM, he coordinates student activities for both Lander College for Men and NCSY in several regions throughout the United States. Danielle Todfeld, a Woodmere, N.Y. native, is an accounting major in her senior year at the Lander College for Women/The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School. Ms. Todfeld, who takes yoga and pilates courses, is a counselor at the Bais Ezra Academy for severely disabled children. She finds it very special that this athletic scholarship takes into account both community service and scholarship. Individuals interested in making a contribution to Touro College’s athletic scholarship fund may contact Paul Freedman at pfreedman@touro.edu
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Assemblyman Cymbrowitz Addresses Berlin Conference to Combat Holocaust Revisionism BY OSWALT M. HEYMANN Calling Holocaust deniers not only a violation of the memories of the victims, but a powerful tool of the modern day anti-Semite, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, a second generation Holocaust survivor, traveled to Berlin, Germany to address The Legacy of World War II and the Holocaust Conference, a worldwide gathering of academics, former prisoners of ghettos and concentration camps, public officials, World War II partisans and journalists, sponsored by the World Congress of Russian Jewry. The goal of the conference was to produce specific recommendations for coordinating the efforts to counter the attempts to revise the history of World War II. he World Congress of Russian Jewry has reported a surge of pro-Nazi sentiments and the glorification of the Nazi collaborators in some countries of the former Soviet Union and among some nations of the former Communist block. “I feel that I have an obligation as both a Jewish elected off icial and the son of Holocaust survivors to do everything within my power to perpetuate the accurate story of the Holocaust’s atrocities. It is not only important to honor the memories of the six million Jews and f ive million others who were killed, but to protect future generations from the results of unchecked hatred,” Cymbrowitz said.
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“It is sad commentary on human nature that we are witnessing antiSemitism on the rise world-wide, including high levels in the nations that once comprised the Soviet Union. This is particularly troubling given that one of the f irst areas to experience the totality of Hitler’s ‘f inal solution’ for the Jews was the Baltic countries where Hitler’s executioners began their f irst actions of mass genocide,” Cymbrowitz explained. Pointing out that the AntiDefamation League labeled Holocaust revisionism as “one of the most important vehicles for contemporary antiSemitism,” Cymbrowitz told the conference, “Holocaust deniers can be quite creative as they attempt to explain the piles of bodies, prisoners starved to a skeletal state, mass graves and children incarcerated. This is anti-Semitism disguised as scholarly thesis.” Cymbrowitz warned that, “The number of Holocaust deniers is increasing and the techniques they are using to plant the seeds of questioning and doubt in their audiences are becoming more sophisticated. We must not let the momentum of malice pick up speed.” “It is our obligation to meet the challenges posed by Holocaust deniers and make sure that the accurate story of the Holocaust survives for generations to come. Time is not on our side. This is why it is imperative that we leave this conference with a plan, and the resolve to show Holocaust revisionism for the pseudo-history that it is. We
owe it to the victims of the Holocaust, the remaining survivors, and we owe it to future generations,” Cymbrowitz concluded. Cymbrowitz, with Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny and District Leader, Mark Davidovich, presented the President of the World Congress of Russian Jewry, and organizer of the conference, Senator Boris I. Shpigel with the New York State bill, and pen used to sign it into law, that mandates all voting materials be translated into Russian. “While we have gathered to discuss a new and growing wave of prejudice and hatred that is becoming more prevalent throughout the world, it is important that we acknowledge laws such as this that send a positive message that democracy, and the freedoms associated with it, is becoming accessible to more people. This law, which takes effect January 1st, will make it easier for Russian speaking New Yorkers to participate in our state’s electoral process. As we learn from looking at the events of World War II, the f irst line of defense against the hatred that fueled the Holocaust is the ability of citizens to easily participate in their government,” Cymbrowitz commented. Assemblyman Cymbrowitz works year round to tell the story of the Holocaust, speaking at Holocaust memorial ceremonies, sponsoring a New York State Resolution declaring a Holocaust Remembrance Day and conducting an annual Holocaust, Art, Essay and Poetry Contest for students
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NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL NEW AIR FORCE PILOTS GET THEIR WINGS Graduates of the recent IDF air force course – the air force's newest pilots – were awarded their wings Tuesday afternoon at a ceremony at the Hatzerim air force base. Sixty three percent of the pilots were from the center of the country, 28% from the north, and 9% from the south. Five percent of the graduates are from immigrant families, 2% are religious, and 16% term themselves traditional.
ISRAELI COMPANY FINDS OIL BENEATH ROSH HA'AYIN An Israeli oil exploration company on Thursday announced that it had found a huge amount of oil and gas during drilling below the city of Rosh Ha'ayin. Givot Olam Oil Exploration Limited Partnership said that more than 60 percent gas was measured in the drill, indicating the f irst such f ind in Israel. The company said it was too soon to determine what signif icance the f ind would bring to Israel, but added that it would become clear over the next few months of drilling whether it could be used for commercial purposes. Givat Olam began drilling at the Megged 5 well beneath Rosh Ha'ayin last June. Its shares rose 123 percent upon news of the f ind.
FIRST STEP TO UNITED NATIONAL-RELIGIOUS CAMP MK Uri Orbach (Jewish Home) said in a speech from the Knesset podium, in the presence of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak, that "on the backdrop of Barak's actions against the National Religious public, MK Uri Ariel and myself are going out on a joint visit to the Machon Meir yeshiva which symbolizes the spirit of unity in the nation." "This is the beginning of a political movement designed to increase unity within the national religious camp," explained MK Orbach.
TRADITIONAL JEWISH MUSIC SOUGHT IN SECULAR KIBBUTZIM Jewish cantorial music is picking up in the least likely locations: the secular kibbutzim of the Galilee. A new initiative by the Ayelet HaShachar (Morning Star) outreach organization is gaining in popularity in the Galilee: Cantorial (hazanut) evenings featuring traditional Jewish cantors singing traditional Jewish music. The f irst one was held in Kibbutz Kineret, one of the f irst kibbutzim in Israel and long considered a
bastion of secularism, and requests have already come in for more.
DISCOVERY OF 2ND-TEMPLE DWELLING IN NAZARETH The remains of a dwelling from the last days of the Second Temple period have been uncovered in the heart of the Israeli Arab city of Nazareth. Among the artifacts were fragments of chalk stone vessels, proof of a Jewish presence in Nazareth such vessels were in common use by Jews in that period because they were impervious to ritual impurity. Proof of a Jewish presence was found in several fragments of chalk (stone) vessels that were discovered. Such vessels were only used by Jews during this period, because such vessels were not susceptible to becoming ritually impure.
INTERNATIONAL VATICAN CLAIMS MOVING PIUS TO SAINTHOOD NOT ANTI-JEWISH The Vatican has released a statement claiming that moving Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood is not a hostile act against the Jewish people. Pius was pope during World War II and has been criticized for alleged complicity in the Holocaust. Many Jewish groups raised concerns after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree on Pius’s virtues, which allows the deceased former pope to be beatif ied. The Vatican statement argued that the decree should not be an obstacle to dialogue between Jews and the Catholic Church.
PA BANS BRITISH CHOIR FOR SINGING WITH ISRAELI ORCHESTRA The Palestinian Authority has joined the chorus of a British boycott group and banned a British choir from appearing in eastern Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The reason: Clare College Choir’s six-day Christian holiday tour in Israel includes a performance with the Israeli Camerata Orchestra. The dwindling number of Christians in Bethlehem were hoping to hear Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, but the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign spread a petition to protest the Cambridge choir’s planned appearance with the Israeli group and its "appearing indifferent to Palestinian suffering.” The choir was told it would not be welcome even in eastern Jerusalem after the PA asked the Bishop of Jerusalem to withdraw the invitation, according to the BBC.
GAZA PROTESTERS STRANDED IN EGYPT Egypt is preventing some 1,300 pro-
testers from around the world from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. The protesters, from more than 40 countries, are part of the Gaza Freedom March, which was organized to protest Israel's blockade of Gaza. Some protester, including a group of grandmothers, began a hunger strike Monday morning to protest Egypt's refusal to allow them to enter Gaza. Rafah is the only crossing into Gaza that does not require going through Israeli territory. Hundreds of the protesters gathered at a United Nations building asking the international agency to intercede with the Egyptian government to allow them to travel to Gaza. French protesters also caused a disturbance by camping out in front of the French embassy in Cairo and blocking the road, a major thoroughfare in the city.
AHMADINEJAD: RIOTS ARE U.S. AND ZIONIST MASQUERADE Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States and Israel on Tuesday of staging an anti-government protest in which at least eight people died, saying it was a "nauseating play." He talked of a theatrical piece "commissioned and sold out" by the country's two arch-foes, came as Iran's conservative parliament called for opposition demonstrators to be given maximum punishment. Iranians have seen lots of these games," the president was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying. “Americans and Zionists are the sole audience of a play they have commissioned and sold out.” Meanwhile, speaker Ali Larijani said on television that "parliament wants the judiciary and intelligence bodies to arrest those who insult religion and impose the maximum punishment on them without reservation."
NATIONAL MADOFF VICTIMS UPSET FOR $22 MILLION TRUSTEE FEE Helen Chaitman, a victim of Bernard Madoff ’s fraud and a lawyer representing hundreds of other investors, said the trustee for the con man’s f irm shouldn’t be paid $22 million for f ive months’ work because Madoff customers aren’t being fully repaid. Trustee Irving Picard and his team with Baker & Hostetler LLP are accumulating fees by doing forensic accounting of decades’ worth of records to set claims, instead of using customers’ last account statements as required by law, Chaitman said in a Dec. 14 f iling in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. The law f irm “is deliberately acting to delay and frustrate the payment of customer claims, even to the point of misrepresenting the law to destitute customers who cannot afford to retain their
own counsel,” Chaitman said in the f iling. “Such misrepresentation is grounds for denial of fees.”
JEWISH CEMETERY NEAR SAN FRANCISCO VANDALIZED. About 20 gravestones were knocked down or damaged last week in the cemetery located in the town of Colma south of San Francisco, according to reports. Most of Colma's land is dedicated to cemeteries; the town is home to 17 cemeteries for human interment and one pet cemetery. Four of the town's cemeteries are Jewish. Police reportedly do not have any leads on who the vandals were.
KJ POULTRY LEAVES SHELVES STOCKED With all the challenges the kosher meat and poultry market has encountered in the last several years, the emergence of Kiryas Joel Poultry (KJ) couldn’t have come at a better time. With their state-of-the-art processing plant in Monroe, NY, KJ Poultry has brought the quality of kosher poultry to a new level while concomitantly projecting unprecedented high standard of kashrus. KJ Poultry’s concern for quality and health is evidenced by its raising antibiotic-free chickens. KJ Poultry is unique in that it is Kehila (Kiryas Joel Community) owned, with a portion of proceeds going to Torah education. KJ Poultry has a policy of pursuing every hiddur and stringency when it comes to the observance of Jewish Law. One of the many ways KJ Poultry displays their strict adherence to Torah law is by having many of its community members employed at the plant involved in every step of the process.
NYPD GOING ON HIGH ALERT FOR NEW YEAR'S While millions watch the ball drop from Times Square, the NYPD will be watching them. "It will be a full fledged deployment of our resources," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. In what the NYPD calls a counterterrorism overlay, they start with a massive police presence. Off icers will be scanning the crowds and roam amongst the crowds, looking for anything suspicious. New Year's Eve is one of the largest and most challenging counter-terrorism events of the year. "We assume New York is the number one target and we've assumed that since January 2002," Kelly says. "We are doing more than any other city to keep us safe from a terrorist attack, but there are no guarantees. We live in a dangerous world."
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tric beater. Dough will be sticky, loose. Store in refrigerator for several hours 56, or overnight. Filling: 2 cups sugar cinnamon raisins chopped pecans coconut (optional) Divide dough into eight balls. Blend sugar and cinnamon together. Place a generous handful of sugar and cinnamon on the board, and knead a ball into it, letting the dough absorb the sugar and cinnamon. Roll ball into a circle and sprinkle generously with nuts and coconut. Cut circle into 8, 12 or 16, as if you are cutting pie slices. On each slice place 1 or two raisins and roll each slice toward the middle to form rugalach. Bake in moderate oven, 350°, for 20 minutes. BABKA Many years ago we lived in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was there that my career in cooking started. A very dear friend gave me this recipe and the f irst time I made it I knew I had a winner. Two uncles came for a visit and I wanted to impress them. It was an overwhelming success. That evening I had to make the dough again to show my Aunts how to make it and the next morning I rolled it out so they could see how it was done. It is really so simple -- but neither of them ever made it. I became the babka maker in the family. When we left America to live in Israel, Debi, daughter #2 took over my job so that a babka is at every family function. 50 grams yeast or 2 Fleishman's yeast or 3 packages Fleishman's dried yeast 1margarine = 2 sticks American mar garine 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup milk or water 1/2 cup sour cream or pareve cream 4 1/4 cups flour 1/4 cup warm water 3 egg whites ** cinnamon, nuts, raisins, coconut and jelly or preserves Put flour into bowl and make a well. Add the margarine that has been melted, 3 egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla, milk, sour cream, and the yeast which has been dissolved in 1/4 cup water. Mix into smooth dough and refrigerate in a covered bowl for several hours or overnight.
** I usually make a good supply of this mixture and keep it in an airtight jar without the jelly. It can be used for many cakes, toppings, or f illings. Roll the dough out on a floured board or table to the largest size possible. I usually roll it out on the table and it takes up half of my kitchen table. The thinner the dough, the better the babka. Whip egg whites with the remaining cup of sugar into a meringue -- stiff peaks. Spread the meringue over the dough, as if icing it. Sprinkle the meringue generously with cinnamon, nuts, raisins, coconut, and a line of jam or jelly in the center of the dough. Roll dough into large roll, starting at the bottom and rolling up. Near the top, bring the dough forward and wrap around the roll. Cut into 6 even pieces. Place piece into a well greased tube pan, cut side down and up. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes then lower oven to 350° for another 40 minutes. Do not over-bake!
Rugalach 2 pkgs margarine (Israeli) or 1-lb butter or margarine - USA 4 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 pkg yeast (Israeli) 50 grams or 2 yeast cakes in the USA or 3 packages dried yeast in the USA 1 cup warm water 3 eggs Put flour into a bowl, make a well in the center and add sugar, melted margarine, 3 eggs and yeast that has been dissolved in the warm water. Mix well by hand or use dough hook of the elec-
Chocolate Mousse Pie Crust: 1 package of tea biscuits or graham crackers or any cookies 1 margarine Crumble the cookies and margarine together in the food processor. Pat into a pie pan and f ill with your favorite f illing. Bake at 350°. This crust may be made ahead of time and used as needed. I try keeping a supply in the freezer. The cookie crumb pie crust is used in many of my recipes - Cheese Pie, Fruit Cocktail Pie, Chocolate Cream Pie and is often used as a topping for a fruit pie. Leftover cake makes a great crumb pie crust. Filling: pareve whip or heavy cream 200 grams of chocolate - melted 1 jigger of brandy Melt chocolate, blend in the brandy. Whip pareve cream until peaks form and carefully fold the melted chocolate into the cream. Add the brandy and spoon the mousse into the pie crust. Refrigerate until served. Easy Non-Dairy Ice Cream 6 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup oil 1/2 package vanilla pudding (Instant) Beat in electric mixer for 10 minutes and freeze. From "Adventures in Bubby Irma's Kitchen" (Targum Press)
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DINING GUIDE
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BROOKLYN Benny's Glatt Fine Dining
Glatt a la Carte
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CUISINE: Fine Continental & Grill
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Delivery From Darkness: A Jewish Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Depression
BY: RABBI BARUCH FINKELSTEIN, MICHAL FINKELSTEIN, RN CNM AND DOREEN WINTER, MSW
REVIEWED BY FERN SIDMAN As far as Jewish lifecycle events go, there is no doubt that childbirth is the ultimate simcha that a woman and her family can ever experience. A new Jewish life has entered this world through the kindness of Hashem, and with great excitement and awe we revel in this incredible miracle. For some women, however, the days, weeks and months following childbirth can be a personally painful and daunting time, as they fall victim to unyielding hormonal upheavals that result in "the baby blues", postpartum depression and in some rare cases postpartum psychosis. n this recently published book entitled, "Delivery From Darkness" (Feldheim Publishers 2009), the Jerusalem based authors, Rabbi Baruch Finkelstein and his wife Michal present a most sensitive yet pragmatic guide on the modalities of depression. Integrating both halachic and medical concepts, the authors make it abundantly clear that PPD and its related disorders are in no way reflective of a mother's general mental state, nor does it serve as an ominous harbinger of her abilities to nurture her child, but rather they offer evidence that PPD needs to be cogently understood and addressed in terms of concrete intervention. The taboo surrounding this most enigmatic of ailments often causes families a great deal of shame and guilt. In the
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forward to this book, renowned psychiatrist and author, Rabbi Avraham Twerski says, "Because the symptoms of postpartum depression are behavorial, many people think of them as being due to a mental abnormality. Given the stigma that this carries, the symptoms are often overlooked or explained away." The authors explain that while there are psychosocial components that make some women genetically pre-disposed to PPD, the major culprits are hormonal in nature that occur during pregnancy, along with both a thyroid and adrenal link as well. Family and communal support along with compassionate and educated health care professionals can make all the difference in the world in helping a woman and her family recognize that PPD is not an insurmountable obstacle on the highway to recovery. Addressing the issues of turmoil and pain that husbands often experience as a result of their spouses' PPD, this book allows them to tell their stories in their own words, giving a personal face to the potential tragedy that can result if PPD is left untreated. With 80% of all new mothers experiencing the "baby blues" and 15 to 20 percent being beset with PPD and in one in a thousand women being diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, the authors sound a clarion call to the Orthodox Jewish world to reach out with urgency and alacrity to those suffering. Mothers often experience daily bouts of anger, irritability, melancholia, moodiness and feel terribly frightened, agitated and distraught. An intense fear of death, or feeling as if one is going crazy and loss of control combined with suicidal ideations are also prevalent in some cases as the feelings of helplessness and hopelessness are all encompassing. In salient detail, the authors describe the origins of hormonal shifts in pregnancy and the post partum period while also emphasizing environmental causes such as societally induced stress related factors. In some cases, medical treatments such as the use of anti-depressants have proven effective along with therapy, but the authors don't stop there. They courageously suggest holistic approaches as well including Traditional Chinese Medicine, the use of herbs, vitamins and minerals as well as establishing a regime of the highest standards in nutrition and exercise. Throughout this often arduous journey to recovery from PPD, we are consistently reminded by the authors that a woman's connection to Hashem must be encouraged and bolstered as the most conducive trajectory to complete healing lies within
a healthy spiritual mindset. Mothers are advised to, "Talk to Hashem out loud. Find time every day to talk to Hashem as if you were talking to a friend. Hashem listens. Tell Hashem everything. Tell Him how you feel about yourself, your family, your relationship with Him. Tell Hashem about your day, your plans, your moods. Tell Hashem your deepest fears and desires. This will be an enlightening and rejuvenating experience." The cathartic benefits of the recitation of Tehillim will resonate in the hearts of women as we learn that they very same feelings of joy, sorrow, frustration, humiliation, anger, sadness and regret were also part and parcel of the life of the sweet singer of Israel,
King David, who penned the words that we find here. Consulting rabbinic and halachic authorities on such issues as choosing the right therapist are earnestly discussed as well as sensitive issues such as the use of birth control. The reader will be left with a sanguine conclusion as the authors offer the sagacious wisdom of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov who viewed depression as "very damaging" but also acknowledged depression as a "growth stage". He said, "Know that all of the descents, breakdowns and confusion are required in order to enter the gates of holiness, and all the great tzaddikim went through them... All falls are necessary for the ascent."
There’s a Place in My Mind REMEBERED BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER
THERE’S A PLACE IN MY MIND, produced by STEP: is a compilation of songs composed by Dina Storch. hile many of the songs on THERE’S A PLACE IN MY MIND, have been very popular for many years, they have never released to together on a CD. This new release, sung by Avrumi Flam along with with Yehuda! and Dov Levine, makes the available to the entire listening public for the first Mrs. Dina Storch, of Lakewood NJ, is not a new name in the world of music. Mrs. Storch is the music Theres a place in my mind, composed by teacher in Bnos Yaakov and Dina Storch. Bais Tova elementary schools. For the past twentynine summers, Mrs. Storch has also and noble as ours must be done in a served as the musical director in Camp sweet and noble way. What can be betBnos, composing all the camp, play, and ter than a good song with good lessons that is loved by all ages and all kinds of cantata songs. Her most popular song, "Someday" Jews alike? The songs speak to you in made a hit when she contracted it to the a way that is real and true. They are JEP IV album in 1977. When MBD simple, yet musically nurturing and agreed to lend his voice to the album, relaxing.” Yisroel Lamm, mastermind of musithe song spread like wildf ire and is still the grand f inale of many wonderful cal arrangements, has created a magnifevents, including NCSY programs, icent arrangement that is soul-stirring. Avrumi Flam, well-known artist has weddings and concerts. Mrs. Storch was influenced by her seen this project through from its incepuncle Yom Tov Erlich, who has been a tion. He has lent his voice to the majorlegendary in Yiddish music that spoke ity of songs on this album and created directly to its listeners. This same goal beautiful choirs with harmonies that is what has directed her and guided her will linger long after the song is over. to create over 450 songs in a span of 35 Yehuda has magnif icently sung two years that have inspired the girls' camps heartwarming songs on the album, and schools with their varied education- while Dov Levine appears on the medley which presents a lullaby and ends al topics. It is this education that Dina hopes with Someday. Whether you choose to listen to the to impart to her students of old and now, to all the listeners of album in one sitting, or pick one song at STEProductions, an acronym for a time so that you can absorb it better, STorch Educational entertainment this album is one that will carry its lisProductions, capitalizing on the 'educa- teners through the many ups and downs of life, giving them a surge of strength tion' of each presentation. “In this day and age,” Mrs. Storch and encouragement to cling to the rich said. “Transmitting a heritage as sweet heritage we were blessed with.
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Living Life As A Woman Lung cancer: New Drug With Asperger’s Syndrome Shows Promise in Lab Mice BY STACY BRYAN Autism is on the rise, especially Autism Spectrum Disorders such as Asperger’s Syndrome. It is reported that about three quarters of those diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome are male. A mere one out of ten are women. pon my diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of 32, I found myself inundated with the typical male stereotypes of this disorder. “You can’t have Asperger’s because you function so well!” Really? I would challenge anyone that claims that I “function well” to talk about my life with me. Lets see, yes, I have been married for eleven years and I have two children. Not that I place my marriage in the news for public scrutiny, but I will admit that our marriage has been anything but easy. In fact, we have been in and out of marriage counseling for years now, and I am extremely vulnerable to relationship predators whom tried to tell me just why I wasn’t happy. Lets see, going down the line. Career? Well, I owned my own business for ten years. Did I profit? Not really. I made a small living for myself, but in the end I emassed so much debt in order to keep our family in a comfortable “self employment role” that I couldn’t pay it back. Kids? I’m a good mom. Both my children are also diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, and my kids think I’m fun. Anyone else that spends any large amount of time with me will find that I am adventurous, a joker, silly, and never able to live too serious of a life. My kids dig that, and they prefer to spend their time with me as much as possible. I can’t really say I am anything close to a nuero-typical “soccer mom”. In fact, my kids are oftentimes forced to quit events because of my lack of interest in getting them to their functions. Socially I could pass as “normal”, in fact, for my entire 33 years I have passed as “typical”. Still, this comes from years of having to supress my true feelings of fear, depression, anxiety, and obsession. Living a life undiagnosed oftentimes leads women with Aspergers to the point of professional intervention. Mine was during my marriage problems. While we were going to a very good psychologist where we live, we learned that many of our issues were
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There’s a huge difference between people with Asperger’s syndrome and people with autism. based on not knowing how to “be married”, but also, my psychologist started to pick up on many of the classic signs of autism. I have sensititivities to sounds, smells, to this day I can’t be around a smoker, I can’t stand to hear shopping carts clank together, and if I get into an argument with someone, I will hold a grudge for years. My social life has been sprinkled with just a couple of good friends who could accomodate for my lack of social graces, and now I f ind that I have gained a couple of very valuable friendships whom seem to look at me as the “little sister type.” This is important to me because if I am unable to handle being “me” in this big bad world of social reasoning, I will be plagued by depression and anxiety. People with Asperger’s are commongly refered to as “uncordinated”. This is something that I love to correct people on since many women and girls with Aspergers are very athletic. I was a soccer and softball starter, yet my life passions are snow skiing and mt. biking where I have succeeded at the competitive levels. Most days you will f ind me skiing on a mountain or out on an isolated mt. bike trail, joined only by my
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A graphic comparing the average per capita health care cost and life expectancy in the developed world. BY AFP A new category of drug brakes the growth of treatment-resistant lung cancer among lab mice, according to a study published in the science journal Nature. he new type could add powerfully to a small family of drugs called epidermal growth factor receptor (EPFR) inhibitors, say its finders. It tackles mutations in a specific form of lung tumour that often becomes hardened to frontline treatment, according to the study.
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“But I am optimistic that our approach is correct and that it will lead to an effective treatment for the thousands of non-small cell lung cancer patients worldwide...”
and colleagues at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, stymied the growth of lung cancer among batches of genetically modified mice. Their work focusses on so-called nonsmall-cell lung tumours, which account for 70 to 80 percent of bronchial cancers. These tumours carry mutations that cause a particular protein, the EGFR, to be permanently activated. The frontline drugs for tackling nonsmall-cell tumours are Iressa and Tarceva. They are designed to block the "switch," but secondary mutations often emerge that lead to drug resistance. Much work remains to determine if the new compound can be a therapy for humans, says the study. "Obviously these are very early days with respect to the possible use of these compounds in patients -- we still have much to learn about their possible liabilities," said co-author Michael Eck in a press release. "But I am optimistic that our approach is correct and that it will lead to an effective treatment for the thousands of non-small cell lung cancer patients worldwide who development resistance to Iressa and Tarceva every year."
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It’s almost Tax Time: How US Health Care Reforms Change Little According to Critics to Keep IRS Auditors Away BY AFP
BY AFP
The health care reform bill passed by US senators leeches off working Americans while enriching the insurance industry and changing little, critics said.
Want to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won't bother you 99 percent of the time. RS enforcement numbers, released last week, show that returns under that amount have a 1 percent chance of getting audited. Returns showing income of $200,000 and above have a nearly 3 percent audit chance. The percentage jumps to more than 6 percent for returns showing earnings of $1 million or more. The percentages apply to both individual and joint returns. The number of audits jumped 11 percent from 2008 to 2009 for returns with earnings of $200,000 or more, but rose 30 percent for returns showing earnings of $1 million or more. For those under $200,000 the number of audits remained steady. The IRS conducted 1.4 million audits of individual returns in the f inancial year ended Sept. 30, with more than 1 million conducted through correspondence with the taxpayer. The others were conducted through face-to-face meetings with IRS auditors.
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“We have to ensure there's a balance between our responsibility to collect taxes with economic realities.” The IRS does not do random audits, but does conduct "research audits" that will test compliance in business tax categories. In 2010, the target will be payroll taxes, according to Steve Miller, deputy commissioner for enforcement. What happens if you're audited while unemployed? The IRS may give you a break. "While our assessments were up, the ability to pay went down drastically" due to the economy, Miller said. "We have a series of tools. We can have them pay partially, over time. If the money is
he American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which groups 57 national and international labor unions, said the Senate bill "doesn't live up to the kind of reform we need." Key shortcomings of the bill are that it would be "paid for by a tax on working families' health benef its" and fails to provide a public health insurance option, "which would control costs by giving insurance companies real competition," the AFL-CIO said. The House of Representatives version, which passed last month, does include a government-backed "public option" to compete with private insurers but that provision was stripped from the Senate bill. Both versions, which differ signif icantly, must now be merged before they can be sent to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law. Republicans have vowed to make sure that does not happen. The most heartfelt criticism of the bill came from a woman who several
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not collectible, it's treated as non-collectible. It's going to depend on each case. "We have to ensure there's a balance between our responsibility to collect taxes with economic realities. We give people more time and determine how fast they can pay and whether they can pay." The total revenue collected from IRS enforcement actions, $48.9 billion in 2009, is a drop from $56.4 billion in 2008 and $59.2 billion in 2007. Miller said the higher numbers in 2007 and 2008 reflect collections from settlements of several major tax shelter cases and other enforcement actions. In 2007, for example, the IRS resolved disputed tax issues with drug maker Merck & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. Merck has agreed to pay approximately $2.3 billion in federal tax, net interest and penalties to resolve issues that had been in dispute for tax years 1993-2001. The resolution was one of the largest achieved in recent years by the IRS and a taxpayer through the examination process. The IRS has stepped up its examination of tax-exempt organizations, checking the books of more than 10,000 groups in 2009 compared to 7,800 the previous year. The number of business tax returns examined was down slightly in 2009 from the previous year.
years ago found herself at the receiving end of medical malpractice and the insurance industry's barbs. "They keep calling it health care reform but it seems to me that it's health care insurance restructuring," said 55year-old Merri Ferrell, who seven years ago was given a hysterectomy by mistake. "If millions of people are going to be required to buy health insurance, think of the revenues for the insurance industry." Ferrell's insurance company was the f irst to contact her in 2002 after she was released from a hospital in New York where she had gone to have uterine f ibroids removed, only to be told by a nurse when she came to after surgery that she had been given a hysterectomy instead, against her wishes. "Not only was everything gone, but my lungs had collapsed during the operation. So they kept me in the hospital for a few days to make sure my lungs reinflated," Ferrell told AFP. "The f irst piece of mail I got when I got home was from my insurance company. They didn't wish me well -- they were asking why I had stayed an extra day at the hospital and I had to justify it or they would charge me some sort of f igure that made me faint."
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OBITUARY
Dear Grandpa, would make when you were proud as can be. You held me and played with me and always made me laugh. hen my first tooth started to wiggle you were there with your strong grip and pulled it right out. I must have cried for hours because I still remember that pain, but what I remember most is how enthusiastic you were to be there and pull it out. You had the best of intentions, always. The David Tebele A”H is lovingly summer my family stayed in Myrtle remembered by family Beach we learned what it was like and friends. to be Southerners. We saw how You were always there for me. hospitable and friendly everyone You were there when I was born, was and it was a pleasant change and although I don’t remember it from the New York atmosphere. When I was old enough you I’m sure you had that enormous smile on your face. The one you bought me my f irst computer.
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You were always up on the technology and when something needed to be f ixed I always had you to call. I was so amazed at how you knew so much. You could f ix anything even if you had never seen it before. When I graduated from 8th grade you got me a ring and I still wear it to this day because it reminds me of you. Every year on my birthday you and grandma would wish me a happy birthday and that I should live to 120. I wish that you had because now I miss you terribly. As my tears brush my cheeks and land on this page I know that you will be there for me always.
You will be there at my wedding and when my f irst child is born. You will be there through my hardships and my semachot and everything in between. I know you are watching me from up above and as you take your place among the great people in heaven I hope that I have brought you joy in life. I will continue to live and honor your name by following in your footsteps. I will be generous, humble and love all those around me because that’s what you did. I love you Grandpa and I always will. Love Hannah
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Parashat Vayechi 5770, 2009: “Living to Serve Hashem” BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-in-law Ruchama Rivka Sondra, the refuah shalaimah of Sarah bat Rachel and Yosef Shmuel ben Miriam. he first verse of our parasha: “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and Jacob's days, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty seven years,” motivates us to ask a very introspective and essential question: “What is life?” This is the question that has captivated some of the world’s greatest thinkers, philosophers, and theologians since time immemorial. This is, after all, the question that is at the center of man’s existence. Little wonder then, that it has been answered in myriad ways throughout the course of human history. It seems that each civilization and society has had its own answer. Some of these answers have been radically at odds with the spirit and essence of the Torah way of life, while others have enhanced the depth and beauty of Jewish life and living. As always, however, we must look to the Torah and its Sages for an authoritative response to such a central and fundamental question. Not too surprisingly, the Siddur (Prayer Book) helps us chart a course through the waters of confusion and move toward an authentic Jewish answer to our question “What is life?” The birchat hachodesh (monthly prayer announcing the new Jewish month) provides us with clear insights into what constitutes “life” according to our holy Torah. In this prayer we beseech Hashem for a month f illed with goodness and blessing. We also beg Him for long and peaceful lives. Specif ically, we ask for a life of peace, goodness, blessing, sustenance, physical health, and wealth and honor. In addition, we ask for a life in which there is awe of heaven, fear of sin, and love of Torah. All of this is in the context of asking for a life in which our heartfelt requests will be fulf illed for the good. (Based upon the Artscroll Siddur translation) Life, as formulated in this prayer, is like a diamond. It is comprised of many facets that are themselves composed of the multitude of our physical and spiritual needs. In addition, our relationship with Hashem emerges as the single most important aspect of our lives. This bracha teaches us quite clearly that everything in our lives stems directly from chasdei Hashem (Hashem’s kindness). Moreover, peace, goodness, blessing, sustenance, physical health, wealth, and honor collectively have but one purpose: to enable us to live lives: “in which there is awe of heaven and fear of sin … and in which we will have love of Torah...” In a word, every good for which we long is subordinate to, and to help us achieve, one macroscopic purpose, namely, to serve Hashem. What, in turn, does it mean to serve Hashem? Perhaps we can gain insight into the proper answer to this question by f irst recognizing who in our tradition received the appellation “avdi” (“My servant”). The f irst to receive this title was none other than Moshe Rabbeinu (our Teacher Moshe): “Not so is My servant Moses; he is faithful throughout
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My house.” (Sefer Bamidbar 12:7; this, and all Bible translations, The Judaica Press Complete Tanach, underlining my own) How do we understand the content of this expression? Why was Moshe “avdi?” The Netziv (Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, 1817-1893) in his classic work of Torah analysis, Haamek Davar, suggests that we should focus on the second half of this verse in order to understand exactly why Moshe was called “My servant”: Moshe was fully cognizant of all aspects of the Tetragrammaton (shame hameforash, [the complete name of Gd]) through which the heavens and earth were created. Nonetheless, he never did anything [as G-d’s representative] based upon his own predilections or desires [b’emunat l’vavo]. One is called “faithful,” if and only if, he has the ability to act [on behalf of his own self-interests] yet refrains from doing so. (Translation my own)
“Life, as formulated in this prayer, is like a diamond. It is comprised of many facets that are themselves composed of the multitude of our physical and spiritual needs.” The Netziv provides us with a profound understanding of the term “avdi.” True avdei Hashem (servants of Hashem) do their utmost to ensure that all of their actions are l’shame shamaim (for the purpose of serving Hashem). All of their actions are subject to the litmus test as to whether or not they f it the criterion of being a G-d-motivated act or self-serving. Therefore, authentic avdei Hashem attempt, with every ounce of their being, to be “faithful throughout My house,” in the sense that Rav Berlin has def ined. This, then, is one reason why Moshe was so deserving of this honorif ic title. Moshe is called “avdi” four times throughout Tanach. Dovid Hamelech (King David), however, received this honored title no less than nine times within the Hebrew Bible. Moshe, as we have seen, was “My servant” and the f irst to receive this title. Yet, it appears he most expressed his eved Hashem (servant of Hshem) quality when he acted in the role of the greatest navi (prophet) to ever live: The L-rd descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tent. He called to Aaron and Miriam, and they both went out. He said, "Please listen to My words. If there be prophets among you, [I] the L-rd will make Myself known to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream. Not so is My servant Moses; he is faithful throughout My house. With him I speak mouth to mouth; in a vision and not in riddles, and he beholds the image of the L-rd. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses? (Sefer Bamidbar 12:5-8):
In contrast, while Dovid Hamelech was clearly a navi, he seems, in some ways, to have reached the pinnacle of being an eved Hashem when he acted as a heroic individual, rather than in the capacity of navi. When did he achieve the heights of heroism? When did he most distinguish himself from those around him? At f irst glance, we might think that Dovid demonstrated his truest nature when he single-handedly conquered Goliath, the gigantic and powerful Philistine warrior. After all, he did this to be mekadash shame shamaim (to sanctify Hashem’s Name): And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his god. And the Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I shall give your flesh to the fowl of the air, and to the cattle of the f ield. "And David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with spear and javelin, and I come to you with the Name of the L-rd of Hosts, the G-d of the armies of Israel which you have taunted. This day, the L-rd will deliver you into my hand, and I shall slay you, and take off your head, and I shall give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines this day, to the fowl of the air and to the beasts of the earth, and all the earth shall know that Israel has a G-d. And all this assembly shall know that not with sword and javelin does the L-rd save, for the battle is the
L-rd's, and He will deliver you into our hand.” And it was, when the Philistine arose and drew closer to David that David hastened and ran to the battle array, toward the Philistine. And David stretched his hand into the bag, and took a stone therefrom, and slung it, and he hit the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. And David overpowered the Philistine with the slingshot and with the stone, and he smote the Philistine and slew him: and no sword was in David's hand. (Sefer Shmuel I: 17:43-50) Chazal (our Sages of blessed Memory), however, had an entirely different view of authentic heroism: “Ben Zoma would say: … Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations. As is stated (Proverbs 16:32), ‘Better one who is slow to anger than one with might, one who rules his spirit than the captor of a city.’” (Pirkei Avot 4:1, translation found at www.chabad.org/library, underlining my own) As great as Dovid surely was at the moment of his confrontation with the gigantic, mocking, and G-d-denying Philistine warrior, I would submit that he achieved even greater heights of heroic grandeur in the manner that he
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The Etiquette Corner
Too Close For Comfort ALICE FRANCO
Are you a personal space invader? Don't push off the question. Think about it! Wikipedia defines “personal space” as the region surrounding each person, or that space which a person considers their domain or territory. As there is no law or outlined area around each and everyone of us, this space is psychologically demarcated and very valuable to its owner. Since the Constitution has deemed us all equal, it would follow, that 'we the people' all have our own right to our own private space. And, if that is the case, then my space is just as valuable as yours. hile it's difficult to guage, acceptable physical space is approximately 24 inches on either side, 15 inches from behind and 28 inches in front for average Americans. Interestingly, Americans, have larger personal space boundaries then other cultures. Personal space for Asian, Muslim and Indian cultures is usually within one foot of one another. Because their populations are so much larger than ours there isn't as much room and so they are accustomed to more physical closeness. It is not unusual nor uncomfortable for them to speak to one another with the others breath on their face. Here in American, crossing over into someone's personal space is not appreciated. Entering someone's domain creates physical discomfort if the relationship does not warrant such closeness. If you notice the person is backing up while you are speaking to them, they probably feel uncomfortable with the lack of space between you; so don't step toward them. Personal Space is a big issue. I hadn't planned on writing about it. In fact, it's something I never really thought about. I believe for the most part that I know what personal space is and that I respect it's boundaries. I f igured most people do. Of course there is the occassional time.... But, when in the past three weeks, f ive people have come up to me with PS issues, I realized it is important to discuss these issues with my readers with the hope that those who are suffering, will soon have their personal space restored to them. The other day, in the Verizon store, when my youngest daughter pointed out
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“Personal space” is the region surrounding each person. to me that she was in need of a privacy protector, (a plastic piece to put over her blackberry screen) so that she could maintain privacy from unwanted eyes looking over her shoulders while texting or bbming, it became apparent to me that space invasion is not just speaking with your face in someone else's face. It manifests itself in so many different ways that most of us don't even realize. It is important to realize when we overstep our bounds and that is why it is essential that we set boundaries in our lives. When these boundaries are in place, healthy relationships which contain trust, respect and friendship can be created and sustained. But, it's not as simple as that. There are always people who avoid, circumvent or just plain ignore the rules and will invade your personal space. With that in mind, here are some ways to overcome some of the most common incidents. Situation: A fellow employee is always in your cubicle or hovering around your desk, looking over your shoulders, picking up your papers, eating his food and dropping crumbs in your area and standing close by when you're on the phone. Solution: You might start personaliz-
ing your area with some pictures of loved ones and a plant to make it feel homey. Establishing your space as your own will hopefully wake up your coworker to reinforce those boundaries on his own. -Just like you wouldn't think of going into someone's home uninvited and go through their personal things, like opening their mail, the same applies to the off ice. You're at work to work and your off ice space is your private space. While it's not exactly home, it should be treated as such. -Put up a sign that says something like “Do not touch unless you're here to clean up” or “If it's not yours, hands OFF!”. -Lastly, just look your space invader in the eyes and say “CAN I HELP YOU?” Most people will stand back and get the message. Once they get it, they won't overstep their bounds again. Situation: A parent, friend or even a perfect stranger pats your pregnant belly without asking. Solution: Although on occasion you may not mind, be prepared for those times that you do. Just take the person's hand off your stomach and say something like “Shh, No touching, the baby is sleeping,” or just take their hand off and put it on their own stomach showing them what it's like to have their personal space invaded. All the above make it clear that your belly is not for touching. -In a more playful manner, wear a tee shirt that says “shh, baby's sleeping, or hand's off ” - both of which I've seen on my own daughter-in law and others. Situation: Your kids, spouse and grandkids seem to leave their toys, dirty clothes, empty tea cups, soda cans and more in your personal spaces. Solution: Aside from the initial group sit down, where you tell them how hard you work to keep things clean and how tired you are – which never does any good anyway, take the items and put them into each of the invader's personal spaces. By doing this you are clearly letting them know that their
items belong in their spaces, not yours. -Or, you can really get organized and label boxes and drawers and closets for all the items you keep picking up and replacing. - Lastly, just laugh, replace the items where they are supposed to go, think about how lucky you are to have such a wonderful family and be thankful you don't f ind these toys and miscellaneous things in your dryer or refrigerator! Situation: Your door is closed, (whether at home or at the off ice), you're on the phone or in a meeting, and the same people are always barging in without knocking. Solution: Always be clear about the reasons your door is closed. You do not have to go into any detail. You can not talk or meet with anyone else at that particular time and they should please respect the closed door. -Of course, if that doesn't work, get a “do not disturb” sign and just put it on the doorknob! There are many many more instances of personal space invasion, but I think you get the picture. It's time that we all step back and think about how we respect the space of others and at the same time,whether our spaces are being respected as well. We live our lives with one another and to do that successfully, there are responsibilities and rules that we must abide by. We share space with others wherever we go and whatever we do. Simple things such as standing on line in the supermarket, shopping in the mall, going to the movies or just walking down the street and brushing along side one another are just a few. In these circumstances, people can accept having their personal space entered without experiencing discomfort and it is in these circumstances especially that we are required to be patient, pleasant and respectable. The world is large and hopefully there is space enough for us all. Thinking of how we would like to be treated ourselves is a good way to guage how to treat others. Respect others personal space and hopefully yours will be respected too!
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People and Places BY PAUL STEINER
"Socialites should remember that libraries exist not just as places to hold cocktail parties, but as places to house books, wrote Dominick Dunne in his last book "Too Much Money." (Crown). agda Cordell McHale, a futurist, died Feb. 21, NY Times ran her lengthy obit on March 17. One never knows in what section The Times puts its obituaries. Sometimes even in the SPORTS section, specially on Saturdays!
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Jackie Mason told me at Applejack Diner that he did 4 shows in Miami and 3 shows in New Jersey, one at the new Club Banana. MidAmerica's New England Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, Monday Jan 18. Enjoy! Programs notes from Pearl Theatre Co. at City Center. "Playwright-critic G. B. S., Bernard Shaw (who loathed the "George" and never used it) had a particular interest in smashing society's expectations. He was the bull in everyone's china shop, mischievously imploding assumptions about love and marriage, parents and children, politics and religion, class and culture. In his sprawling career he was a music and theater critic, a powerful public speaker, a political activist, socialist, novelist, playwright, journalist, teetotaler, and vocal vegetarian. And in 1910 he was in the mood to break free--from theatrical tradition, outdated social structures, and too many years of Victorian vainglory and pomp. It was time to rattle some windows." Famous guest speaker at Beth El's awards dinner was Yuli Yoel Edelstein, Israel's Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora, who was born in Chernovitz (former USSR) in 1958. In 1978, as a fourth year student of foreign
languages in Moscow, he applied for an exit visa to go to Israel. His request was denied. As a refusenik, Yuli Edelstein was involved in Zionist activities and taught Hebrew. He was arrested by the KGB on trumped up charges of illegal possession of drugs. After spending three years in the notorious Soviet Gulag, Yuli Edelstein was f inally freed and in 1987 together with his family immigrated to Israel. They settled in Alon Shvut, a small town near Jerusalem, located in the Judean Hills. Food health experts/say: For optimal benef it, f ish oil must become incorporated into cell membranes where is serves to modulate cell signal events (e.g. modulate inflammation) and increases membrane fluidity. As demostrated in a human clinical trial, ' Wholemega" has been shown to incorporate into peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)--allowing f ish oil to provide its benef icial effects. Additionally, 'Wholomega' has been shown to down-regulate inflammatory arachidonic acid (AA); signif icantly improving the balance of inflammatory AA to anti-inflammatory EPA.
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Mottaki: Iran Will Review P5+1 Proposals...Continued from page 11 generation of centrifuges named IR3 and IR4," Salehi told the semioff icial Fars news agency. "We hope to use them by early 2011 after resolving problems and defects." He did not elaborate on the technical details or the difference between various centrifuge types. However, Salehi added: "We are not in a rush to enter the industrial-scale production stage." The new centrifuges would likely replace the decades-old P-1 centrifuges, once acquired on the black market and in use at Iran's main uranium enrich-
ment facility in Natanz, central Iran. Iran has said the new centrifuges would also be installed at Iran's recently revealed secret uranium enrichment facility. The plant is still under construction at Fordo, near the holy city of Qom. Salehi said that more than 6,000 centrifuges are currently enriching uranium - 2,000 more than the f igure mentioned in a November report by the UN watchdog, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA has reported that it is watching Iran's efforts to improve its
centrifuges. Iran says it will install more than 50,000 centrifuges at Natanz, but currently they have installed fewer than 9,000, so there could easily be room for more advanced models in the future, a Vienna nuclear expert said. The expert spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Iranian off icials have claimed that most parts for the new centrifuges are made domestically and others have been imported - a sign that Iran was able to get around UN sanctions imposed on the country for its refusal to suspend urani-
um enrichment. Iran's def iance has not wavered amid recent signals of possible more UN sanctions over its enrichment. Salehi said Friday such new sanctions won't stop Iran from developing its nuclear program. "We don't welcome new [UN Security Council] resolutions," he told ISNA, another semioff icial news agency. "But resolutions won't stop us in any f ield, including the nuclear."
Living Life As A Woman With Asperger’s Syndrome...Continued from page 32 Ipod and large selection of music. Yes, I have found some social networks for women with Asperger’s. I participate in an online women’s yahoo group geared towards women with Aspergers. I also frequent a site devoted to those who are married to Asperger’s spouses. I f ind some common factors in the womens groups: An
innability to function well in relationships, innability to be in crowded or loud places, and the fact that us aspie women oftentimes place ourselves in dangerous social situations. I have heard of women being robbed at knife-point, even raped because they were lost in their own world of aspie thinking while walking through an
empty parking lot. My biggest issues? Knowing when someone is flirting with me. Knowing when to tell my husband that a guy made me uncomfortable because he sat and listened to one of my many aspie-common obsessions which include politics, sports, and religion. Living our lives as aspie women
brings complications and diff iculties. For those of us who are able to seek social acceptance and ask for help when we need it; we f ind that our lives can be outragously happy and rewarding. Will you follow me on this journey? I hope so.
Murder of Rabbi Meir Chai, New Escalation in Arab Violence...Continued from page 4 murdered, may Hashem avenge his blood, on the road to Shavei Shomron. He left behind seven orphans. It was a severe and painful terror attack. In swift action by the Shin Bet and the IDF the three murderers responsible for the attack were eliminated. Yesterday there was another attack in which a f ire bomb
was thrown at a bus near Negohot. It has also been reported that there have been many rock throwing incidences on the roads throughout Judea and Samaria. “We def initely see, over the last couple of days, an awakening of terror activity in Judea and Samaria,” he said,
“and I hope that we will be able to rein in this wave. We are nearing the end of 2009 a few days from now, and it has been one of the quietest years, on all fronts, yet we begin 2010 with the possibility that despite the quiet, there could be intense activity. "Israel is strong and very deter-
mined, but everyone's working hypothesis is that a confrontation is possible, and we must not ignore the reality of the threat, alongside with the quiet. A large terror event, no matter what its source, could cause the quiet to be replaced by a forceful confrontation with Hizbullah or Hamas or both.”
Adelson’s Yisrael Hayom, Newspaper Legal Fight to Exist...Continued from page 22 ship. Yediot Achronot, remains a powerful economic empire and voice of the political left. Haaretz, on the other hand has benef itted from the emergence of Yisrael Hayom as: Adelson's newspaper is printed on Haaretz’s press providing them with a boost in the form of signif icant printing revenues. “Mozes, the publisher of Yediot Achronot, is the most powerful man in the State of Israel, and all he wants is to maintain his power, and he manipulates the government,” Adelson said in a recent interview. “He is able to make or break any politician, and he uses that as a lever to get whatever he wants from the political sphere. Why is he always
thumping on Bibi? Because he can’t control Bibi. Now he complains when we show strong support for the Prime Minister” In a long, often angry response to the charges against the paper, Yisrael Hayom’s editor, Amos Regev, echoed those arguments, accusing the owners of Maariv and Yediot Achronot of acting out of fear of losing their prodigious influence. Regev cited numerous examples of major newspapers around the world run by overseas owners, noting Australianborn Rupert Murdoch's vast media empire that includes print and electronic media around the world. His holdings
include, The Times (and The Sunday Times), British Satellite Broadcasting in England and New York Post, Fox News Channel, and DirecTV among others in the US. Others on Regev's side add that newspapers are entitled to have political agendas and to support politicians; for example, American newspapers regularly endorse candidates for political off ice. Dahlia Dorner, the president of Israel’s Press Council and a former Supreme Court justice with considerable moral authority in Israel, calls the Knesset bill to outlaw foreign ownership of Israeli newspapers "inappropri-
ate." Dorner supports Adelson’s ownership of Yisrael Hayom saying “It would be wrong to limit newspaper ownership. The more newspapers there are, the healthier the marketplace of ideas and Israeli democracy.” Sheldon Adelson uses his wealth in being a strong supporter of Israel, besides his open support of Netanyahu and the newspaper he most notably supports, Birthright Israel, which f inances Jewish youth trips to Israel and to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Museum as well as many other worthwhile endeavors.
to the program, who said that he and his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson, both felt “fortunate” for being part of its growth. With a nod towards the worldwide economic crunch, Adelson commented, “The next decade holds many more challenges for us that I am conf ident we will successfully attain.” The program, considered the most successful Zionist project in the Jewish world, has resulted in far higher numbers of Jewish youth supporting Israel. According to a study conducted by Leonard Saxe of Brandeis University, a 50 percent higher percentage of Birthright-Taglit alumni than the general Jewish youth population express conf idence in their ability to explain Israel’s position. Moreover, 40 percent of the program’s alumni revisit Israel for a second and third time, for longer
durations, and subsequently bring their families with them to see the country as well, Saxe found. At present, 21,000 young people had already registered for the 8,000 spots in the program that are available this season – and that only in the f irst 48 hours of registration in North America – as compared with a total of 14,000 registrants a year earlier. Charles Bronfman, founder and cochairman of the Birthright-Taglit program, noted, “Many thought this dream would never come true, and that a 10day tour of Israel would never lead to change. The f indings – and more importantly, the happy faces of the participants and the alumni now standing on the soil of the Holy Land, prove that the dream has come true.”
Ten Years of Birthright-Taglit...Continued from page 7 were mocked and their idea was seen as impractical and grandiose,” Edelstein said. “But this project grew from an idea to a reality. Today, nearly a quarter of a million Jews from around the world – and now you – have visited Israel on Birthright trips. May you learn, eat, dance, cry and sing with us during your short visit here. And in the years to come, may you continue to seek out ways to strengthen yourselves and your connection to Israel and the Jewish people.” Record-Setting Flag The program’s alumni from around the world joined those who now live in Israel for a tour in the “Decade Bus” that was meant to reconstruct the special experiences that transformed their lives and their feelings toward the state. But prior to setting out on the tour,
another special event took place. A unique Birthright-Taglit Israel “f ingerprint flag” was inaugurated at the ceremony, entering the Guinness Book of Records for the world’s largest collective work of art. The special flag was designed with 28,267 f ingerprints of the program’s participants over the past two years, each imprinted on a small piece of paper before they returned home from Israel. The f ingerprints were used to make up the two stripes and the Star of David on a large Israeli flag that measured 5 x 4 meters. The project was the brainchild of Javier Gelbwaser, who immigrated to Israel from Mexico. ‘A Moment of Festivity’ “This is a moment of festivity for the Jews in Israel and the Diaspora alike,” noted Sheldon Adelson, a major donor
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Parashat Vayechi...Continued from page 35 faced himself following the incident with Bathsheva. In Sefer Shmuel II: 12: 1-12, Natan the prophet berated Dovid, f irst via an allegory, and then explicitly, for having taken Uriah’s wife, Bathsheva, as his own. Nonetheless, Chazal exonerate his behavior and state: R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in R. Jonathan's name: Whoever says that David sinned is merely erring, for it is said, “And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways: and the Lord was with him.” [Sefer Shmuel I: 18:14] Is it possible that sin came to his hand, yet the Divine Presence was with him? Then how do I interpret, “Wherefore
hast thou despised the word of the Lrd, to do that which is evil in his sight?” [Sefer Shmuel II: 12:9] - He wished to do [evil], but did not. (Talmud Bavli 56a, Soncino Talmud translation) Dovid, himself, however, most def initely viewed his actions in an entirely different light. He knew that Natan was right and that he had certainly come close to behaving as if he “… despised the word of the L-rd, to do what is evil in His eyes.” Therefore, in perhaps his most profound heroic gesture, Dovid declared: "I have sinned against the Lrd." (Sefer Shmuel II: 12:13) A lesser
man would have at f irst denied, and then rationalized, what he had done. Dovid was different. He immediately and unabashedly admitted the failure of his ways, accepted responsibility for his actions, and declared himself guilty before G-d. This was true heroism in the highest and most Jewish sense. As a result, Hashem instantaneously forgave his semblance of sin and allowed him to live: “And Nathan said to David, ‘Also the L-rd has removed your sin; you shall not die.’” (Ibid.) Thus, Dovid was a true eved Hashem and deserving of the title “avdi” because he was a hero of the spirit. He truly embodied the holy words
of the prophet Zechariah who declared: “Lo b’chail, v’lo b’koach ki im b’ruchi amar Hashem Tzivakot” (“'Not by military force and not by physical strength, but by My spirit says the L-rd of Hosts.”) May Hashem give us the wisdom and understanding to live lives like Moshe and Dovid that are totally dedicated to serving Hashem. Then, we will f inally begin to understand what it means to truly live – for we will then be avdei Hashem (servants of Hashem). V’chane yihi ratzon. Shabbat Shalom
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Landmark Package...Continued from page 16 City, lighting accounts for roughly 20 percent of a building’s emissions. This legislation, coupled with rapid improvements in lighting technology in the past few decades, will result in a dramatic reduction of energy use. In addition, mandatory sub-metering will give com-
mercial tenants the information necessary to identify and address wasteful electricity use. “I would like to thank Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri, Director of Operations Jeff Kay, Director of Long-term Planning and
Sustainability Rohit Aggarwala, and their staff for working tirelessly over the past two years to develop this precedent-setting legislation that will point the way for large cities across the country to address climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. I would
also like to thank Speaker Quinn, the Council, and the sponsors of this legislation, Council Members Garodnick, Mark-Viverito, Gennaro, and Recchia.”
Captain of Famed Exodus Refugee Ship Dies at 86...Continued from page 4 the minds of the refugees. It inspired a f ictionalized account by American writer Leon Uris and a classic 1960 f ilm directed by Otto Preminger and starring Paul Newman. Newman's character was patterned after Yossi Harel, who commanded the Exodus mission as a leader of the
Haganah pre-state Jewish armed defence force. Harel died last year. Ahronovitch, who was nicknamed Ike, captained the ship. His daughter said the experience remained a pivotal part of his life for years afterward. It was one of the most important things of his life. He wasn't a big story-
teller, but he'd happily tell schoolchildren about it, she said. The Exodus influenced him and his friends deeply. Those were the days that def ined them and as far as they were concerned def ined the character of this country. Ahronovitch was born in Poland in
1923 and moved to pre-state Israel 10 years later. He later worked with ships and always loved the sea, his daughter said. Ahronovitch is survived by two daughters, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His funeral is scheduled for Friday in northern Israel.
Highlights of 2009 from the Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes...Continued from page 9 Since the inception of the program, 2,806 defendants have been accepted into the program, 369 are still in treatment, and 1,197 have completed the program and have had their charges dismissed. •In April, we indicted 43 defendants and took down a violent drug ring operating out of Southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. They were earning more than $2 million a year selling crack cocaine. Dispatchers received cell phone drug orders 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and sent drivers out to deliver the drugs to customers. •In November, Operation Grand Slam netted 11 defendants who were selling crack cocaine and marijuana on the street, in a residential apartment building and out of several local businesses in Clinton Hill. An undercover investigation was initiated after we received complaints from neighborhood residents. •In February, we indicted a Staten Island doctor, the health clinic he operated, and a Bay Ridge pharmacy for illegally providing bodybuilders and weightlifters with prescriptions for steroids and human growth hormone, including one bodybuilder the doctor knew had a heart transplant. That man later died from a condition related to his
steroid use. Animal Cruelty •Animal cruelty is a precursor to family violence. Research has shown that those who are cruel to animals, in many cases, were victims of some kind of abuse themselves, whether it was bullying or neglect. •In March, we indicted two teens for torturing and killing a cat by lighting it on f ire. The cat had to be euthanized. •In August, defendant Fabian Henderson was arrested for throwing his dog off the roof of a building. The dog, Oreo, survived but suffered multiple fractures in her two front legs and other injuries. Oreo eventually had to be euthanized. Henderson pled guilty to Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and is awaiting sentencing. Indictment of Elected Off icial •In the past, we have put corrupt judges behind bars for illegal activity and just last year, Assemblywoman Diane Gordon was sentenced to prison for Bribe Receiving. This past May, my off ice indicted Senator Kevin Parker for assaulting a New York Post journalist. Brooklyn Gang Summit •In May, I gave the keynote address at the f irst Brooklyn Gang Summit. I discussed the implementation of Project
Re-Direct, the f irst New York State prosecutor’s alternative to incarceration program for gang members. Project ReDirect focuses on each individual gang member’s needs, and designs a program that re-directs each of them from the gangster lifestyle back into being contributing members of the community. Domestic Violence Cell Phone Donation •One way that my off ice helps protect domestic violence victims is through our cell phone program where phones are donated and distributed to Domestic Violems victims. The phones are programmed to call 911 in case of an emergency. This past October, my staff collected 4,006 used cell phones for Verizon Wireless’s Hopeline program, which were then reprogrammed as Hopeline phones, with 3000 prepaid minutes. The reprogrammed phones were then provided to law enforcement and outreach agencies, who will give them to domestic violence victims. Verizon Wireless donated 200 Hopeline cell phones to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Off ice.
for illegal sale of guns. Two men were arrested and charged with selling 39 guns to undercover off icers during a three-month investigation. The weapons were bought at stores and gun shows in Florida to be shipped here. •I continue to call for a change in state law, with respect to the sale and possession of f irearms that have been transported from outside New York State. The proposal would increase the Class of the offense by one level, adding to the potential sentence. It was a very busy and successful year in my off ice. Due to the arrests we have made and the new programs that have been implemented, Brooklyn is a much safer place, and people in the community are becoming more expeditious when it comes to reporting crimes to my off ice. We are here to protect you and we will continue our efforts to make Brooklyn a safer place in the new year. You can read more about our programs and the activities of my off ice at www.brooklynda.org. Again, I want to wish you a Happy & Healthy New Year. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes
Illegal Guns •In November, along with the NYPD, we announced a 105-count indictment
Is Free TV Going to Soon Disappear?...Continued from page 18 about 26 cents for each channel they carry, according to research f irm SNL Kagan. A channel as highly rated as ESPN can get close to $4, while some, such as MTV2, go for just a few pennies. With both advertising and fees, ESPN has seen its revenue grow to $6.3
billion this year from $1.8 billion a decade ago, according to SNL Kagan estimates. It has been able to bid for premium events that networks had traditionally aired, such as football games. Cable channels also have been able to fund high-quality shows, such as AMC's "Mad Men," rather than recycling
movies and TV series. That, plus a growing number of channels, has given cable a bigger share of the ad pie. In 1998, cable channels drew roughly $9.1 billion, or 24 percent of total TV ad spending, according to the Television Bureau of Advertising. By 2008, they were getting $21.6 bil-
lion, or 39 percent. Having two revenue streams - advertising and fees from pay-TV providers has insulated cable channels from the recession. In contrast, over-the-air stations have been forced to cut staff, and at least two broadcast groups sought bankruptcy protection this year.
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Netanyahu Outlines Israel’s Direction for the New Year...Continued from page 22 right to self-defense. It didn't just start now. The international campaign against Israel has gone on since the Durban Conference in 2000 and since the attempt in 2003 to condemn the security fence that has protected Israeli children – but is condemned just the same – in The Hague. I know a young man who tried to explain the role of this "awful" fence to a critic. He said: “There was a girl in my class who didn’t come to school one day. We went looking for her, but didn't have any luck. Later, we learned that she was killed on a bus by a suicide bomber who crossed the border at a point where he wouldn’t have been able to cross today. Because of the fence.” The fence hasn't been f inished yet. But in 2003, it came before The Hague. Israel built a fence – only one small section was an actual wall – and was brought before The Hague to answer for this terrible, international crime. Later, in 2005, General Doron Almog couldn’t even travel to London because he would have been arrested for war crimes. This was in 2005, even before the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and Operation Cast Lead in 2008, which I'll talk about in a minute. We all have a real problem here. Ehud Olmert speaks on campuses in the United States, and he's denounced as a war criminal. Defense Minister Ehud Barak – they want to arrest him in London. And there's a warrant out against Tzipi Livni, the Opposition leader. This is the sequence. You all know the truth in your hearts. This is an all-out offensive, not just against one Israeli government or another. And we are taking action to confront it. Some of the more problematic things derive from our genuine and just struggle to defend ourselves against a new form of warfare: terrorists who attack us while hiding behind their own civilians. It requires tremendous domestic cohesion. It takes doing what I did – when I stood here, as leader of the Opposition, and I said that I supported you. I gave dozens of interviews to the media. So did my colleagues, who also participated in Knesset delegations that defended our cause. Nobody looked to
point f ingers or criticize a government that mobilized to defend the citizens of Israel. We didn’t say that it was all “your fault" just because of the international pressure or response. Our internal cohesion is so important for our international standing and we shouldn't look for opportunities or cracks to challenge a sitting government. Both the Government and the Opposition have to act with dignity and responsibility. This brings me to the Palestinian issue, which is just as clear-cut as the Goldstone matter. I spelled out two principles that almost everyone in the Knesset can rally around. The f irst one is the demand that the State of Israel be recognized as a Jewish state. This includes relinquishing any claim to a right of return – code for the destruction of the State of Israel – and an end to all other claims. This will guarantee that peace is genuine and not just a tactic to continue f ighting. The second principle – which comes along with our recognition of the Palestinians' desire for a state of their own – is a demand for full demilitarization, so that things don't go back to the way they were. Full demilitarization is not a piece of paper. It's not just an agreement. And it's not just about some Security Council resolution. Our problem is that we'll be withdrawing from territory and the void will be immediately f illed by Iran or its proxies, or by Iranian and Syrian weapons. Our problem isn't Hezbollah or our border with Lebanon. It's the border between Syria and Lebanon. That's where the weapons are coming from. And our problem with Hamas isn't a border or a seam between Israel and Gaza. It's those 12 kilometers between Gaza and Egypt because, again, that's where the weapons are coming from. That's why the demilitarization problem is a real one, not just about paper. There will be talk about Security Council Resolution 1701, or about some kind of multi-lateral agreement. But Gaza has proven that this is indeed a serious problem because most of the weapons aren't manufactured in Gaza, they're imported. At least the effective ones are. And they're getting even more
so. That's why we need a real solution to guarantee demilitarization. I know what the minimal conditions need to be – and we'll discuss them too when the time comes – but were going to have to insist on more than just words. We can't talk about a solution without talking about these two things, recognition and demilitarization, as fundamental conditions. What I said at Bar-Ilan University, and what I've said on other occasions, represents a broad consensus that had to be forged and will gives us great strength. But we didn't settle for mere statements. Words are important, but actions are even more important. We said what had to be said, but we also took action. Member of Knesset Sarsur said the f irst thing we did was “promise that Judea and Samaria would be a paradise”. Well, I didn't promise it would be paradise, but I did promise economic prosperity. Hamas turned Gaza into hell on Earth, but Judea and Samaria can be transformed. Maybe not into paradise, but into one of the world's most prosperous economies. In absolute terms, and not just relative growth rates. How? Why is the Palestinian economy, in today’s global economic environment, experiencing growth of 7%, 8%, 9%, or maybe even higher? How much would it have grown if we hadn’t removed those checkpoints and barriers? I know, we all know that there is more work ahead of us. And we did something else. From day one, we told the Palestinians, the Americans, the Europeans, the Russians and the entire world that negotiations have to start right away. From day one. I think a call was even issued from right here, on the Knesset podium, to the Palestinian Authority. And it would be an understatement to say that we've never received a response. We also took other steps just recently. The US Secretary of State said they were unprecedented. It's true. But in your hearts, you all know the truth that from day one, we demonstrated a real willingness – reflecting the unif ied will of the people – to jumpstart the peace negotiations. And I tell you that, even if
not everyone agrees, we still have a real desire to complete those negotiations based on the principles I talked about earlier. What have we gotten from the other side? The Goldstone Report, complaints about building in Gilo and all kinds of unprecedented and unjustif ied preconditions. Let me tell you where it all came from. From expectations that this government could be branded and blamed for everything, despite these facts that I've shared with you and that you know are true. And from the belief that conflict and criticism can take the place of the full agreement that we really need. I'm here to tell you that internal cohesion is the most important thing that will allow us to achieve two tasks: defending ourselves against attacks on our right to self-defense and ensuring that the Palestinian Authority comes to the negotiating table, because we all know the facts. Mr. Speaker, This is why I say that we need to f ight side-by-side, to counter the false allegations against the State of Israel, just like we've done in the past. When we take real, unprecedented measures to resume the political process, we have to work together. Even though we're doing some things that nobody's ever done before, I know that our desire for peace has always been shared by everyone and so, we need to work together on this. The only real choice before you is to criticize or support. I'm not asking Members of Knesset for any more than I asked my fellow Opposition members, when I was Opposition leader just a short while ago. When it comes to the major issues concerning the security and foreign policy of the State of Israel, you really have just one choice. Not to criticize for the sake of criticizing, or to f ind all kinds of excuses why you don't support a policy that you know is just and right for Israel at the present time. You have only one real, responsible choice, and that's to support the Israeli government at this time.
Domestic-Terrorism Incidents Hit a Peak in 2009...Continued from page 10 spree at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and wounding 30. • Also in November, eight SomaliAmerican men from Minnesota were charged with terrorism-related counts involving al-Shabab. Six other had been charged previously. Most of the men were charged in absentia because they remain in Somalia, along with dozens of Somali Americans who are believed to have joined the al-Qaeda-linked militia. • And earlier this month, f ive men
from the Washington area were detained in Pakistan, where local off icials say they had been trying to join the f ight against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Ramy Zamzam, said to be the leader of the group, is a Howard University dental student; two others are sons of businessmen. • Some other cases involve legal residents who are not U.S. citizens, like Najibullah Zazi, the Afghan suspect arrested in Denver and charged with a
plot to bomb targets in New York City, and Jordanian Hosam Smadi, arrested in Dallas and accused of trying blow up a skyscraper. One of the lessons of 2009 is that the Internet can serve as a recruitment tool for extremists. From Smadi to the Virginia Five, many of the men accused of terrorist-related activities in the past year f irst made contact with jihadist groups online, off icials say. "More and more people are going online to f ind
inspiration," says Danny Coulson, a former deputy assistant director of the FBI. Jihadist recruiters have grown increasingly sophisticated in their use of the Internet, and many of them specif ically target American audiences. Extremist e-preachers like Anwar alAwlaki — an American living in Yemen who exchanged e-mails with Hasan — communicate in English, which makes them more accessible to American Muslims. Pakistani authorities believe
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While visiting Arizona make sure to visit the local Jewish community. Listed below are the major Jewish contacts in Arizona’s two largest cities Phoenix and Tucson. Both cities have a number of synagogues a mikva, availability of kosher food a Chabad House and many other Jewish amenities. Phoenix Phoenix www.jewishphoenix.org/ www.jewishphoenix.org/ Chabad Lubavitch Lubavitch of of Arizona Arizona Chabad and Mikva Mikva and Rabbi Zalman Zalman Levertov Levertov Rabbi 2110 East East Lincoln Lincoln Drive Drive 2110 Phoenix, AZ AZ 85016 85016 USA USA Phoenix, Phone: 602-944-2753 602-944-2753 Phone: www.ChabadAZ.com www.ChabadAZ.com
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REAL ESTATE 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 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 Ocean 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
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BROOKLYN E 3RD St & Avenue J WALK TO BORO PARK! Prime 1 fam, renovated semi-att, 24x100, new windows, alarm, gas heat & water. Huge L/R, Formal D/R Lg kosher kit & dinette deck, yard, 3 floors & bsmt. 7 BR, 4 bth, 2 porches, semi-fin bsmt, pesach kit, playroom. $899K Won’t last! Call now! FRIENDLY REALTY 718-252-0575 Midwood: Open House, Sun Nov 22, 12-2. 721 Avenue M, 4 BR, 3 bth. 1400 sf row hse. Fin bsmt w/bth. Sep ent. Backyard, deck & patio. $649K. E Stack 516-428-5024
AVENUE J/ E 16TH: GREAT BLK! 4 BRS, 3 BTHS, KOSHER KIT, PARKING. FOR READY AND SERIOUS BUYER. $450K NEG. 561-305-8373
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 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 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
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 House for sale Seagate Brooklyn, 3 family detached brick with finished basement $689k 917-769-4776 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 Boro Park: OPEN HOUSE SUN Noom- 4 pm 115049th Street. All brick 2 family 20x52 building 20x100 lot. Khalid Ahmed 917-753-5422 Joanna Pavlatac. Exit Top Properties. 443-856-8386 Bklyn House for sale Ave P/E 7, 1 fam s/det, LR, DR, EIK, 3 BR, 2 ½ bath, lg bsmnt, driveway, garage. Price rduced $715 K. NO BROKERS! Please call: 718-998-7231
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. 2:00- 4:00 PM) Contact: Leah 917-642-2773 liutaoli@yahoo.com
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 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
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
Boro Park, 11th Ave/ 50 St: Beautiful basement office with large windows, 2 rooms + waiting area $720. 305-308-8517 or 718-853-6675
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
Gerritsen Beach for lease. Totally renovated store front set up for office space or store. Central air, new gates, parking everywhere. $1950. D. Greenwood RE. 718-769-4448
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 47 St/10th Avenue. 1,500 sq ft, remodeled office. Call 917-414-3127
House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349 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 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 6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
BROOKLYN Prime Boro Park Loc (12th Ave) 60 x 100 Lot Size For Serious inquiries. Call 646-387-8055
Prime location! Coney Island Ave / J&K: Super landlord. Excellent condition. High traffic area. Call 718-258-9013 Medical Offices For Rent Bay Ridge/ Ridge Blvd/ 90’s Corner, Medical Office, 1000 S/F, Ground Level. High traffic loc 2 entr, handicap accessible. Reception area. Will build to suite. Kitchenette w/granite, radiant heat, ductless AC, use of paved yd. $3500/mo incl pkng. Owner 631-220-5706
Williamsburg: 5000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bw Park & Myrtle Avenue. Call 718-998-2767
Have a Business for Sell? Post your ad and consider it sold!
Prime Boro Park Loc (12th Avenue) 60x100 lot size. For serious inquires call 646-387-8055
Foster/ OCEAN PARKWAY: Sublet avail, January 1st 2010. furnished office, good for therapist. Asking $225/mo. Call: 845-642-8072
Williamsburg: 5000 sq ft warehouse space for rent,. Very suitable for supermarket. Conveniently located on Spencer St between Park & Myrtle avenue, near condominiums & more. Call 718-998-2767
Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette. Gloria: 212-725-6481
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St. Storefront office For rent Approx 60x20 good for professional or medical offi. Call 917-435-9274
Building for sale, Sheepshead Bay: 25,000 bldg, used as a synagogue, expand or use as is. Great location! Call for details. Asking 3,500,000. D. Greenwood, RE. 718-769-4448
Madison, Flatlands/ East 35th. 2600 sqft storefront, high traffic area, ground level, Central a/c & heat. Available now $2200. 917-330-6929 KINGS HIGHWAY, BROOKLYN
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SPACE FOR RENT BY OWNER IN A NEW BUILDING. *PLAZA* 2ND FLOOR. 1500 SQ FT, 2 BTHRMS, PARKING, CENTRAL HVAC. EXCELLENT FINISH, PRIME LOCATION, BUSY AREA. EXCELLENT FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RENT NEGOTIABLE
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Park Slope 781 4th Ave Corner of 27th St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area. Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail Box Store, Hair Salon, NO FOOD, No Grocery. Reasonable & Negotiable. Call Owner 718-788-4331 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
2626 E.14th St. Brand new office space available 200 to 1000 sq ft. FREE ELEC, HVAC, INTERNET & MORE! Beaut completely renovated prof’l & medical office bldg. Across bus stop & Q/B trains. All inquiries. Please Call: 718-692-4181 x110 Or Email: Daniel@hampshireprop.com
Garage for Rent Brooklyn Bedford. Garage avail. For storage. Ave S+T, secure w/alarm, AC and heat. 917-295-5166
16th Ave, 49th Streetbrand new bsmnt, For professional use, 860 sq ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central A/C, many windows. Call: 718-435-9366
Ave N/E 14 St. 1600 sf 1st flr priv Entrance 15 s. freshly painted, move in condition. Call: 718-908-7764
BROOKLYN: 11th Ave/63rd St: beautiful, flexible space for rent. 3000 sq ft office/ showroom/retail. Call 718-869-2005pm. Office for rent Bensonhurst, good for services, good condition, close to subway, shopping & schools. Block off 86th St. Price negotiable. 646-944-5209
OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748 Large school building for lease $14,500, move in, excel con, large classrooms, office space & playground, lrge kitch + dining area, lead & asbestos free, handicap accessible, suitable for special ed. 718-483-9665 or 917-282-4855 Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent. Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274 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
SPACE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2000 Sf Storage/Warehouse space for rent Freight Elevator 917-678-8269
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 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
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Ave U/ Ocean Pkwy/ East 5th St: Updated store. Approx 1000 sf with basement. No food. 732-833-1941
Wlliamsburg: Comm’l property for rent, 5000 S/F warehouse, open space, high ceiling, corner loc, 5 min to man. Good for auto body, steel work, art gallery, import/export. Owner 646-247-2687
Midwood: Beautiful double lot magnificent location idealfor apt complex or synagogue. 15,500 sf. Must see, negotiable. DOROTHY GAYLE REALTY. 718-332-9836 or 917-685-5274
Williamsburg: 5000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bet Park & Myrtle Avenue. Call 718-998-2768
Luxury condos for sale Brand new luxury condos, Brighton, 7th street off Neptune Ave. 2 duplex penthouse w/prut roof decks, beautiful views w/d hook-up $2,500, 2 beds, 1.5 bths & much more, near all shopping and public trans. Must see, call owner 917-406-5272
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 Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681 Med office for sale Bensonhurst Busy dental office for sale in Bensonhurst Area 4 chairs in medical facility. For more information please call: 212-430-3888 Commercial Property for Sale Garage/Warehouse for Sale/Rent. 20,000 sq. ft. E. 15 St. off Ave. L 917-554-5640 lv msg if no answer
PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR SALE CO-OP. NEWLY RENOVATED. MOVE-IN CONDITION. PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. UPPER BAY RIDGE AREA. PRINCIPALS ONLY. CALL BETWEEN 10 AM & 5 PM 718-490-1263 NYC, Brooklyn, Williamsburg theater w/ lot size of 17,500 sq ft for investors (1) option is to use 58,000 BSF for commercial community + residential BLDG Zoning is R6 with C1-3 Perfect for condos, co-ops or a renovated theater architectural drawings will be provided. View www.renellirealty.net or call Rene at 917-657-2090
Automobile Repair & Gas stations. Computerized car wash renovated in (summer) 2007, shell gas, 6 pumps, C-Store and 2 bay repair/quicklube. Brooklyn. $1,350,000. Call 914-774-7571 BORO PARK NEW UTRECHT/47TH ST 450 sf good for both store and office 19800 sf also available Call: 718-437-3126 lv msg 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 Commercial Space Avail. GERRITSEN BEACH-Lot for lease. Storefront on Gerritsen Avenue, zone heat, 2 baths, plenty of prkg. $20/sq ft. Can divide. D.Greenwood RL 718-769-4448 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 Bed-Stuy-Vacant Interior: LOT (LAND LOCKED) 18*35 BLOCK 1687, LOT 144, R-6 ZONE, $20K. PRINCIPALS ONLY. OWNER 917-848-7735
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BROOKLYN THREE 3 FAMILY HOMES ON 80X100LOT ASKING $975K ALSO 3 BR APT FOR RENT. R7A ZONE. CALL BROKER 646-207-7151
Boro Park, 20 Ave/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 *NEW* Mill Basin: 2 bdrm, upstairs apt, renovated EIK + bathroom, lg terrace includes heat. Adults only, no pets. $1500/mo. 718-209-0352 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
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BROOKLYN Nostrand Ave/ I & J: Brand new 1, 2 & 3BR apts. Near Brooklyn College. 917-796-9184 Park Slope/ Hts-Studio, mod kit/bth, closets, elev, lndry, nr pk, trains. Jan 1st owner $1400/mo. 310-213-1334 ronaldkbarrett@hotmail.com Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt. Call cell: 347-489-4485
Sheepshead Bay: Luxury 2 bd, 2 bth,m duplex apt. water front on Emons, balcony overlooking pool, trees high end appliances, washer/ dryer, gym, sonar, storage, near all. $1975/mo. 718-408-8404 or 718-332-2233
Apt for rent, Mill Basin: 6 rms, 1 ½ bths, , owner apt, 1st flr. Credit & refs required. $1650. Parking avail 646-641-3104 or 732-774-1663
E 22/ Ave J: Magnificent lrg 2 BR hse. Den, LR, DR, kit, 2.5 bths, C/A, no bsmt. $2500 + util. 718-692-2743
E 26/ Ave K-L. Spac 3 BR apt, kitch, D/R, L/R, balcony. Asking $2100/month. Call Renee 917-626-5663 Sheepshead Bay: 1BR, 1 ½ bth, EIK in large 2 bedroom apartment looking for mature female near all transportation, convenient shopping $500/mo + 1 month security includes heat and electric. References required available. 1/01/10 no pets, no smoking, no calls after 9pm. 718-891-4178 Midwood Open house: 858 East 13th st (I & Dead end) Brand new luxury duplex 4&5 bdrm condos for sale. 3 baths, mod kit w/granite counters, SS appliances, hrdwd flrs, balcony, deck or roof access & much more. Must come & see!!! Come or call David at 914-262-0417 or 718-627-8800 x251
Crown heights 1 bedroom $950.00 Owner 646-338-7003 or 917-518-9928
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 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. 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 Sheepshead Bay. 1 BR remodeled Apt. No section 8. No washer/dryer Call after 6 pm. 718-769-1318 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 APTS TO SHARE Looking for frum girl to share 2 br Apt in the heart of Flatbush. Ave J/Coney. Call 718-252-0263 ROOM FOR RENT In busy area in Flatbush (On Coney Island between J & K) Call 718-253-0493 KENSINGTON: 3 room apt, 1 bath for rent. Freshly painted. Near shopping and trans. Call: 424-202-1152 Bklyn Apts unfurn. Bensonhurst- Apartments 6 rooms, 2 large bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms, refrigerator included, small pet ok, house avail. Now, roommates preffered, no programs. Call owner: 917-805-8324 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
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 Bakery/ Café, Queens Coutny, New & successful! Partner disagreement forces sale. Janney 917-696-2345 or 917-696-2345
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QUEENS/BRONX FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
FAR ROCKAWAY: 1& 2 BR apts, some w balcs, new kitchs, closets, 24 hr doorman, security cameras. Walk to all & train. Call Sherri @Weissman RE. 516-791-6100 or 516-297-7995 FOREST HILLS, lux high rise bldg. 1 BR, designer kitchen. Near subway & LIRR. Tax abatement 25 years doorman, fitness center & lounge. Vera, Coldwell Banker 917-853-5455 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 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 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
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
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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
LAWRENCE, LI: 2 BR, 2 bth apt, lux bldg, 24 hr drmn, elev, 2nd flr, pool, terr, loads of closets, indr parkg, close to all. $500 sK. No brokers. 516-220-6912
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
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
Kew Hill: Fully Renovated 1 Family house Det Home 4 Bedrooms 2.5Bath Fin Basement Bklyn drwy 770k 917-519-6110
Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
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.
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LONG ISLAND Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
Apartment For Rent
LONG ISLAND 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
Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242 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 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
Apartment For Rent
LONG ISLAND Glen Cove, 4 Rooms, lg LR, lovely kit, 2 BR, W/D hook-up, free storage & parking. Near beach. $1500/month + util. 516-676-0324
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Swim school, unbeatable loc & reputation, profitable & rewarding. 5 to 10 year lease. Large costumer base. Smithtown. Owner retiring. $90,000. 631-366-2735
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
NASSAU / L.I. Rocky Point Route 25A. 13,000-2,100 ft; Turnkey condition. $10 per ft, gross rent. Please Call: 516-298-7890 Commercial Property/Nassau CEDARHURST beautiful building Near JFK, showroom offices And warehouse, loading dock, approx 16,000 sq ft Call: 516-448-4393 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT/ L. ISLAND Office available one large bright room with Waiting area available on Maple in Cedarhurst With parking $800 p month Call: 800-388-9299 LIC Proff/ Retail Spaces Beautiful brand new storefront. Completely finished w/ ceramic flrs. Ideal for proff office space, retail a commercial, each unit separate entrance. 900 sf each. Commercial/ residential area..Near Vernon Blvd. Call for details, Bonnie 917-751-8239 NASSAU REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013
FOR SALE FAMILY PLOT (4 PLOTS TOGETHER) IN BETH MOSES CEMETERY LI. BELOW MARKET PRICE OF $2,000 EACH OR $7,500 FOR ALL FOUR, OBO. CALL: 786-378-7174 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
Bethel, NY. Approved 28 lot, subdivision in Sullivan Cntry. Existing house in one lot + 27 -1/2 are lots 3 acre pond, 30 acres of common area $1.5M. By owner 631-692-9878 CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
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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
Long Island East Willston: 79 Bengeyfield Drive, newly updated, 3 BR, 1.5 Bath, attached garage on big lot (62x130). Granite kitchen, wheatly schools. Call 516-343-4084 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
Hewlett: Open house, Nov 22nd 12-1:30 424 Shelter Avenue, 3 bth, come sit & relax in oversize yard! LR, DR, EIK 2 car gar, near house of worship + more! Once in a lifetime opportunity priced to sell at $649K. Call 516-242-7788
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
Ask about home buyers discount. 74 Mill Hill Lane East Hampton Village. Principals only. Original owner immediate closing. 631-324-6024. Have current CO & Survey.
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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 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 No Woodmere: Open house, 918 Glenridge Avenue, Nov 22nd 3-4:30 pm. All updated hi-ranch, 5BR,m 3bth, low taxer, near all, entry foyer, LR, formal DR, EIK, priced at $649K. Call PRIDENTIAL DOUGLAS ELLIMAN. Call Judy 516-633-6464 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
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STATEN ISLAND BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273 Staten Island 1869 Richmond Terr. M1 Zone. 26,947 sq ft. Please CallFor more information: 718-258-4222
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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
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STATEN ISLAND (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457 Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809 Brand new restaurant, Turnkey operator. Must see, mint cond. Great oppty! 13 years remains on lease. Ideal location opposite Cedarhurst train station. Call Harvey 516-510-8172
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NY STATE 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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NY STATE 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
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NY STATE SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200 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 FORECLOSED:100,000sf office bldg, nice location. Tremendous upside. Original sale $4M, asking $2M. 845-558-1693
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
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TWO WOODED PARCELDALBANY TWP BERKS CO PA. 18 ACRES @ $182,000 & 12 ACRES @ $175,000. PARCELS ADJOIN ONE ANOTHER AND ARE ALLOWED ONE HOME ON EACH. THE PARCELS CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED. PERKS & PROBES COMPLETED FOR A SAND MOUNDS SEPTIC SYSTEM. SOUTHERN EXPOSURE. CLEAN & GREEN TAX PROGRAM. QUIET COUNTRY SITE WITH EASY ACCESS TO 178 EXIT #35. PH 610-217-6808. EMAIL Steiner51@verizon.net
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 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 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 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 South Fallsburg, Great Opportunity. Totally renovated, beautiful year-round model, 14 units, kosher kitchenette, shulm, mikva, lobby, DR, outdoor swimming pool & more. 5 acres of magnificent breathtaking view suitable for family get-togethers shabbatons, yeshivas, school, etc. Price $1.4 Mil also possible partial partnership. Good outcome, very great potential. Call 845-694-7306 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
House For Rent VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTCHERS DESIGNR DELUXE HOMES, SALE/RENT,
2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF, WE HAVE KEYS. 845-434-7792
Co-op Redding: FOR NATURE LOVERS! Secluded, unique Swiss chalet log house, 1 hr fr NYC on 4 ac in old forest. Tennis court, pool, Jacuzzi, $425K. 646-423-2352 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 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
Champlain, NY: 385 surveyed acres, 2 min off I-87, some borders, black top road, ½ open & wooded, exclnt hunting, 40 min to Montreal. $250,000. 518-594-7535 Parksville: Wooded acresMust see! Family owned since 1917 minutes from route 17 never lodged wildlife abundant natural underground spring. Hunters paradise. Priced to sell at $170K negotiable. Call Susan 203-270-9235 Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339
Sidney NY: Large 4 bdrms, historical hom,e on 2 acres, near schools, places of worship + college needs TLC,. Great investment. $85,000. Ernie 607-563-1020 Sacandaga Lake in Upstate NY 184’ of sandy shoreline w/ gradual grade/ gorgeous panoramic views, 2 BD/ 1.5 bth, ranch on level lot. Close to Marinas/ yacht club, 3 hrs from NYC, nr Saratoga + Albany. Own a piece of paradise for $525K. Contact 518-661-5358 View@ www.426lakeside.com WOODSIDE, NY 2 family brick house detached. Property is 4000 sq. ft. 5 bdrms, 3 bths. CALL ANNCURRAN @ WAGNER&KELLY REAL ESTATE 646-508-3292 Homes for sale 4 Bedroom, 3 bthm only $55,000!. Priced to sell!! Won’t last!! For listings call: 800-366-0412 xT472
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 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 Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900. Owner 914-213-3902 Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
Vacations homes for sale Liberty/ Loon/ Sheldrake: Open house, June 28th, noon to 4 pm, 2 BRs, 2 bths, CAC, deck, YD crowd, heated pool, extras. 845-436-9212 Vacation homes for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bath, deeded lake nights, walk to orthodox shul. 516-662-3045 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
White Plains24 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 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 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.
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OUT OF STATE Commercial building in heart of enterprise zone in Meriden, CT. 15,000 sq ft on 1.15 acres of land. Located on high traffic road. Presently rented as used car dealer and repair shop. Price $934,000.00 Contact Rita 203-530-5228 Email: Merci@yahoo.com PAINTER, VIRGINIA: WATERFRONT, EATERN SHORE, 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, 3.6 ACRES, 300’ CREEKFRONT AND POND, TAXES $1900. $625K OWNER 757-463-0256
Bayit Vegan: Penthouse 150 sq m terrace-studio-4 bedroomsbreaktaking view & decoration. 1,100.00 USD. Tel 972-54-769-2088 PAINTER, VIRGINIA: WATERFRONT, EATERN SHORE, 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, 3.6 ACRES, 300’ CREEKFRONT AND POND, TAXES $1900. $625K OWNER 757-463-0256 20 Million oz discovery so far @ Money Knob. Livengood, Alaska www.ithmines.com Last 10 claims for sale. Contact Bob 907-457-3295 or email cinabar56@hotmail.com Llama and Alpaca Farm: Montroe PA, Barn with electric and water-10 acres/fences directly off route 29 and route interstate 8! Approved subdiviosion with individual decks, retiring, asking $395K. Taxes 5,000 total school + land call. 570-663-2869 Rye Town/ Port Chester “Ideal Empty Nester” $995,000 Prestigious Greyrock on the sound sommunity next Rye. Water access/comm. Dock/beach. Chmg 1930s 5bed/4bath brk ch col, extd & remod, hw flrs thrt, lvg rm, fam/fdr, lg EIK, cvd patio, mbed ens/his/her bth & wi cls. fin bsmt, lndry, wshr/dryr + cls+ wk space. Gas c/h, cntl a/c, large brdd attic. Party garden, mature trees, lawn sprnklr. Circ dwy, gen off st pkg. frndly ownr assoc protects aplg/pvt ngbhd. Easy access I95, Rye/ Port Chester RR, 40 min Manhattan. http://www.flatfeelisting.co m/1801# 914-935-1182 for appointments. Mls listing # 2929451
Telluride Colorado!!! Beautiful 918 ac ranch w/ over 1400 feet of frontage on beautiful Lone Cone Lake! 1 mi of clear Trout Stream too! Paved county rd, awesome snow cap views, trees! Only 38 mi from World Class Skiing!! Wont last long @ ONLY $3,500,000! Ron 970-749-6698 Owner/Broker
House + Property for sale Penn-Montrose-Private Community endless mountains 2 BR lakehouse + 2 BR new home/ new apt, over workshop/ large barn 10 acres. 14 sub div, lots vacation retreat. Owner retiring, great value $395K. 570-663-3869 or gurney3_99@yahoo.com
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 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 North Canaan: 57 ac sub-dvdbl horse stables, 4 BR, 4 bth brck hse w/inlaw apt, 6 car gar. $999K. Broker Carol. 203-459-9848 or 203-597-7566
LAKE GASTON (NC/VA) UNIQUE LIMITED OFFERING 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
Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank. 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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OUT OF STATE MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210
MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210
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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
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Tutoring Math Tutor all levels Reasonable fees available Evenings & Weekends . Call Corey Polk Cell 718-986-9712 Home 347-254-6004 I offer MATH SUPPORT for HS and College students, I lecturer in math at Yeshiva University, & prepare students for PSAT/SAT 718-869-9034 Talmud Tutor + Coach Available for your sons. Bklyn and SI only. Contact Josh 646-498-7830 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
Music Piano lessons,-all levels. Instrument provided free of charge. Reasonably priced. Call: 718-207-5981 Call: 212-496-9148
Help Offered 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
SIMPLY THE BEST Employment Agency. We offer eldercare companions. Housekeepers, babysitters. All w/ excellent ref & exp. Lic & board agency. Live in/out. 718-332-7608 I am a Mature woman seeking to care for elderly, disabled or babysitting, housekeeping and cooking as well. References on Request Call 347-312-4723
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 Caregiver, seeking fulltime position, many years experience. Excellent references. Live in/ out. Call 718-645-5128 or 347-495-2773
LOOKING TO HELP THE ELDERLY. EXPERIENCED Nurse Aid. Help is at your doorstep. Experienced & Certified nurse’s aid available to care for the elderly + homebound or hospice. Please contact CLAUDIA SHWEKY 732.829.6716 or 732.222.5841 I am a responsible, honest person seeking position as home health aide for elderly or housekeeping. Ref avail. Call Barbara 718-926-1414 Companion/Caregiver Companions/caregiver available Exp. compassionate caregiver seeks position. Live in/out. Excellent ref. Call Beverly: 917-757-5363 Certified HHA looking for job in evening/night shift. Call 646-321-3773 I am a housekeeper with over 16 years exp. Seeking a PT position as a day worker or office. References are available. Call 212-926-0645 Mature multilingual available Private driver w/ car avail to service all your needs. Local and long distance-Servicing NY, NJ, CT + LIServicing weddings, airport, mountains, etc. Reasonably priced. Call: 646-331-9229 Eldercare caring experienced , home aid/Companion, daily or live-in Excellent Ref. Jean: 347-678-5836 Positions wanted I am a MAN with nursing home exp Seeking position to work with elderly. M-F day/evenings. Ref avail upon Request. Call 718-931-8632/ 917-428-7635 AID/ COMPANION/ CHILDCARE with more than 12 years experience, seeks position. Excellent checkable references. Please Call: 718-284-7637
Situation Wanted, Help offered: Exp nurse with A1 refs. Seeking a position to care for the elderly. P/T, F/T or nights. Prefer the Maryland, Virginia or DC area. Contact 301-455-1221 Need a Rabbi? Recently retired, excellent speaker, superb cantorial skills. Available fulltime or part time. 610-348-9965 RETIRED CONSERVATIVE RABBi Available for high holy holidays. Warm and engaging personality. Dynamic and eloquent speaker. Timely and relevant sermon. Torah reader. Rabbi1826@gmail.com ZEVULAN partner to support my Learning for one year, only $20K Call: 646-385-2259 NEED A RABBI !!! A dynamic experienced Modern Orthodox Rav will lead your shul. Baal Koreh and more, great speaker and educator. Email : evereadyrav@yahoo.com Or call 702-673-7180 HAMPTON SWIMMING INSTRUCTION (LIFEGUARD FOR PARTIES) ALL AGES: INFANTS, TODDLERS, SWIM TEAM, HANDICAPPED ENERGETIC INSTRUCTORS, 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE. RESULTS GUARANTEED. CONTACT KIM *82-631-681-6042, VICKI *82-631-839-7946 VLBONAGURO@OPTONLINE.NET
Help Wanted FUNDRAISER and grant writer wanted for chesed organization in Brooklyn. Please fax resume 718-951-2090
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MAN WITH CAR/ VAN NEEDED For newspaper delivery service. Call for more info: 718-998-6602 HELP WANTED Saleslady with some sales exp needed for fabric Store. Call 718-436-5849 or 347-743-7339 TRAINING WANTED, PAPER FOLDING TECHNIQUES, CALL TO DISCUSS RATES. 201-264-6536. LEAVE NAME AND NUMBER. Dental Lab In Bensonhurst looking for office help with dental office experience. Good computer skills helpful Call 718-331-2241 or fax resume 718-331-2251 Cook to run small kosher kitchen in Bronx nursing Home, will move to Queens facility in 2 months.Knowledge of Buchanian cooking a plus. Benefits. 718-519-5878
I AM AN EXPD FEMAL CAREGIVER to care for the elderly. 5 yrs exp, honest, reliable, hard worker. References available. 646-752-7719
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CERTIFIED NURSES AIDE looking for P/T work as companion or chauffer with over 10 years experience. References available. Call Marie 516-469-8410
Cook Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for experienced cook Please call 917-453-6776, 845-893-3719 or 732-363-3636
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Manager Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for heimishe manager. Please call 917-453-6776 or 845-893-3719 Help Wanted Chef, P/time for new upcoming Catering hall, in queens, exper pref, Call bet 10-6pm. 917-696-7879 HELP WANTED/ BKLYN Dental hygienest Boro Park dental office. P/T Fridays 718-854-3333
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Cleaning Services Cleanout commercial & residential. Big or small odd jobs we do it all Call for free estimate Mark 917-682-2247 SPOONER’S DOMESTICS General Celaning 4 Hrs $72 Heavy Duty 4 Hrs $80 Elderly care, sitters. Bonded. 7 days 718-320-5112 Spoonersdomesticservice.com Spoonersdomestic@yahoo.com
1st Class Cleaning Services. We do it all- All organic, Insured & Bonded, references Passover Special $129.95 (4 Hrs) Servicing: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens 718-408-9244 or 646-213-3012 www.1stclasscleaningnyc.com Heaven’s Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Hardwd, Tile & Grout Dry in1 Hr. Prompt, Reliable Svc, House Special: 5 Rms + Hallway & Stairs $189.00 . 2 Rms + Hallway $89.00 3 Rms + Hallway $119.00 Sofa & Loveseat $139.00 (718)696-9117 Housekeeper wanted. Experience necessary, for Middletown, NJ area. Mature couple knowledge of house cleaning/cooking, no children, flexible hours, transportation needed. Good pay. Call 732-859-8788 or 973-677-0499. References needed
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SERVICES & MISELANEOUS Handyman NISSIM’S IRON WORK (PH) 718-854-1777 (Cell) 718-404-2171 1125 48th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219 -Fire Escapes -Security Gates -Beams Steps -Porches -Cellar Doors -Violation Removal FREE ESTIMATES Reasonable Prices Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481 RAJA Appl repair. All major brands, Frig, A/C, micrwv, oven/stove, D/W, W/D, reas, reliable 718-377-1428
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Donations KEL NAH REFA NAH LAH “PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME” Frum woman, mother of two children, four grandchildren, in desperate need of Kidney-Type B G-d gave us two kidneys, so we can donate ONE. And Gd will bless you for saving my life. Call 732-996-0036 Donate your car 100% tax deduction + Great mitzvah. Help Jewish causes, holiday programs, students & elderly education. Same day pickup. Free day + night hotel stay. Outreach programs. Jews of all backgrounds. Accepted any condition. 866-776-5463
DONATE YOUR CAR! Free vacation + $1,000 gift car. 24/7 free pickup tax deduction. HELP CHILDREN IN CRISIS. Se habla espanol. 877-829-9633
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Autos Donate your car 100% tax deductible & a great mitzvah! Help many Jewish causes: -Holiday Programs -Students & Elderly -Children & Education -Outreach Programs -Jewish Background 718-365-770-5463
Pets GERMAN SHEPHERD Puppy’s for Sale Excellent European lines,show out of Triumph Gucci see Whirlingthunder.com for information on the puppy’s. Contact lida: 620-232-2655 , 0r Russ 620-232-1078
1997 Lexus SC 400 gold package 93,000 miles, clean 8500. Contact: 631-944-1669 Motorcycles. Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375 Autos/ Police Impounds!! $500 Police Impounds!! Honadas, Chevys, Toyotas & more!! Please call for listings 800-366-0124 x 2305 Auto for Sale MERCEDES 2003 ML500 Blk, 59K, fully loaded, excel cond. $35,582 917-498-1716 Autos for sale. Mercedes Benz, C220, 1996, black w/tan interior, power windows/doors/seats goodtires, good condition, moon roof $3,200/obo Call: 646-234-4477
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SOMEONE PLEASE LOVE US!! We are desperately looking for a good home!! Our names are Bindi & Jeremiah- we are 2 Pitbull mixes who were rescued from a horrible home in GA 2 years ago by our NYC “moms”. I’m Bindi, a small girl who loves to jump and play. I weigh only 35 punds and am about 3 yrs old. I am Jeremiah, a pit/boxer mix who is a lovebug. I am 3 ½ yrs olf and weigh 55lbs we are both vetted and have had training!! PLEASE WE ARE BEGGING FOR A LOVING & FOREVER HOME!!! Please contact Monica at 516-315-0900 or Darlene at 516-205-0421. We require ref., a home check and adoption fee. Puppies for Sale Cockapoo’s/ Yorkiepoos/ Puggles/ Chorkie/ Lab ShiChow/ Shihtzt/ Morkies $300 & Up CC pet 717- 548- 2989
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Steinway Piano: Original ivory keys + matching bench. (Model M) Signed by S. Rachmaninoff. Excellent condition. $28,500.00 804-380-5659 GET YOUR POWER WHEELCHAIRS, POWER SCOOTERS, HOSPITAL BEDS AT ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO YOU! FAST DELIVERY AVAILABLE. CALL TOLL FREE TO QUALIFY. 800-470-4567 NEW YEARS PACKAGE, 8 TKTS, ROSE BOWL PARADE, RESERVED GRAND STAND, SEATING/ 3 GAME TKTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VS. OHIO STATE + ALL DAY PARKING. $2K. CONTACT 559-269-7507 5000 Comic Books for sale from 1950” To 1990”s for Best Offer contact JBEC48@OPTONLINE.NET METROPOLITAN OPERA Tickets 2 tixs for Elektra Dec 26th $260 Cost $355 Please Call: (202)246-1933
Pianos-BALDWIN GRAND Piano R.series, Ebony color, modern, straight legs. Excellent Condition. Needs Tuning. $10,000 Negotiable call 718-375-3161 NEW SEFFER TORAH, 6 INCH, 1/ARON KODESH, READY FOR SIYUM. 718-627-0915, 917-449-6125
Judaica Store out of business! SELLING ALL MERCAHNDISE AND CONTENTS OF STORE. 347-713-5340/ 646-210-7174 Closeout: 60,000 men’s ties, over 100 designs, normal retail $2-$5, entire lot .15cents per tie/scarves + 30,000 women’s one meter poly/sick. Normally retail for $5-$10. Close to price .65C. Other gift items. No mail sample. Inspection in Philadelphia 610-617-7865 or 484-802-5887 Valley thrift store: (Nonprofit.) 949 Amsterdam Ave. Men, Women & children; House wares, books, videos, DVD, CD, many other items. Mon-Fri 10am5pm, Sat noon-4pm. 212-222-2600
CLOSEOUT SWEATERS WHOLESALE QUANTITIES Suitable for discount stores, street vendors, internet sales, home businesses. *Name Brands * Low Minimum Quantities *Individually Packaged * High Profit Margins Call 917-716-3018 Joe’s gold buying serv. We buy your unwanted gold, diamonds, sterling silver/ bronzes, paintings, rugs, coins and high end watches. We also do partys. General Comm and food allowne. For info call Joe 516-849-8826 Attention smokers!! Deeply discounted cigarettes!. 16 brands (premium brands $27dollars) 18 free usps delivery 1866-962-5255 www.cigarettegirl.net Art for Sale Works of Art for Acquisitios Judaica & Landscapes (917)204-5058
Buying Collector of Jewish Art. Call Ted: 201-575-0055
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4 sale. MY IMAGINATION. Ideas for movies, songs, inventions and everything in between. Would like to build house 4 MOM. Call 505-908-0743 7-11pm MST. Here are some words that my poet side “TJ JAIRICO” …Dear lord; What am I to do? You have my heart, my soul and my life; but my mind is unwilling to go. Please Lord; What am I to do? Poster hanging: Get your posters hung and fliers distributed in Far Rockaway, 5 Towns, Brooklyn, Queens and Man. For lowest rates, list of shuls and stores and for biggest advantages. Call or text Shlomo 646-752-0431
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New Jersey Apartment For Sale Co-op for sale, Fort Lee, NJ: 6 lrg rooms, lux apt, 2bth, patio, gym, heated pool, parking, many extras. 5 min to NYC. Asking price 312K. Call for appt 201-928-0013 Condo for sale/ Rent NJ Denvle, NJ: (Off Rt 80 Ext 39) Beautiful quiet, bldg furnished or unfurnished studio w/ sep kit, full bth, walk to NYC bus or train, shopping center across the street, off street parking. Large closets, laundry room on same floor, sale price $169,900. Rental $1995 plus electric/ month. Call Joan at 631-286-4959 For Sale, NJ White Township, NJ: 4 BR, 2 bth, $369K www.discount-travel-packages.us Call Marleny 908-246-2457 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
Apartment For Rent Passaic County, Clifton: Newly renovated with hardwood flrs. 3 BR, 2 bths, 2nd of 2 fam. Off street parking, Eat-in-Kithen, LR, DR, includes hot water. Near NYC & Local trans. Near rts 46 & 80, Garden state pkwy. No pets, no smoking, $1,600/mo + 1.5 month sec deposit. Call 973-271-9911
Elizabeth, NJ: Luxury brand, new one + 2 BR apts with all new applncs. Walking distance to NY transit. Across the street from schools/ yeshivas, ½ block from JCC. Close to synagogues/ Supermarkets. Walking distance to Kean College. Contact 908-527-1900 or 732-203-1154
Unfunr apt, NJ: 2 BR apt, West NY, NJ 24 hour drmn, hardwood flrs, 15 mins to NYC. Parking avail. $1800. 201-600-3437
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
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
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
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
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For Sale Newark, NJ: Nice commercial, gated-in building, safe area in iron bound section FOR RENT. 16ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st flr also available. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of office space, wired & ready. Surrounded w.heimeshe businesses daily minyonim, close to highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140 If no answer lv msg Parsippany: Lak Hiawatha-1 BR condo quiet building, 2nd flr, walk-up, updated appliances in EIK. Renovated bath, new windows, new electric, good closet, space storage bin + laundry room on-site ample parking, great nearby park and ride. 2 miles, no pets, no smoking. $875 monthly. Call 973-207-0860 Owner. King Solomon Memorial: Park Clifton, NJ. Two burial plots for sale. $1400 each. Call Fanny at 215-205-5334. Jersey City: Clean 2 BR apt, parking avail, heat & hot included, Jacuzzi, 20 min from Manhattan. $1150/mo 347-266-1029 Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528 Morris Township: FOR SALE BY OWNER Cromwell Hills Area. 5 BRs, 2.5 bth, Eat in Kitch, finished basement, fireplace, central air, H/W floors, garage, easy access to highways, pool bond included. $560,000 Call 201-669-2399 Elizabeth/Elmora, Large 1 bedroom, bedroom, 12x16, new hardwood flrs, walk-in closet, large living room with carpet, eat in kitchen, quiet building, close to shopping & trans, heat & hot water included. $835 monthly, no pet. Call 732-539-7827
ROYCEFIELD TRADES PARK, Hillsbourough, Somerset County, NJ. Easy access to routes 206, 202, 22, 287 and 78. CommercialIndustrial buildings and commercial condo units from 2,500 sf to 15,000 sf, outdoor storage and parking, purchases, leases or lease purchase, brokers protected starting at $110.00sf. Tel 908-874-6424
If your planning to purchase or rent a home in Northern New Jersey, please call me with your requirements or visit my website to see and select property listings. Website: www.stanleysammsrealty.c om Tel: 201-227-7676 Stanley E Samms, Realtor 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
House for sale White Township,Nj 4br 2bth $396k,www.discount travel packages us call marleny 908-246-2457 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#
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 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 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
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
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Office space for rent. 1,300-2,500 sq ft. Prime grnd flr, reception area + 9 modern ofc. $30ft. 581 Middle Neck Rd. Owner 212-874-4477 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Commercial Property Newark, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe area in iron-bound section FOR RENT. 16 ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st flr also avail. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of office space, wired & ready. Surrounded w/heimeshe businesses, daily minyonim, close ti highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Please call 917-771-3140. If no answer lv msg.
Commercial Space: New York, New Jersey, Retail space available. 203 Vernon. 18x20 cubic feet, available. For rent or storage with bathroom. 565/mo. 551-358-9372 Elizabeth: Auto service center garage for lease. Location close to Goethals Bridge. Newly renovated 3 bays. Ideal use for car lot, oil change, muffler repair & brake center. Call 732-713-4015/ 723-203-1154/ 908-527-1900
Paterson Prime Corner location. B-2 Enterprise. Lot 12,000 sq ft 5300 sq ft masonary bldg. 30 car lot, used as taxi company, also for sale 17 taxi license, 11 livery license. 575,000. Call 973-278-6700
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 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 Property Management Experience company serving MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA Call Shepherd Properties 248-217-5040
Help Wanted HELP WANTED-NJ Pharmacist position available in Lakewood, NJExc, salary. Pleasant work envirnment. Gershon: 732-666-1748
Adult Community Cedar Grove: Route 23 South,
20 mins from NY. Building 5 years old. Condo 2608 sq ft, 9 rooms, 3 bed, 2 bth. This home is to be sold AS IS, FULLY FURNISHED. All brand new furnishings and newly renovated. Includes exclusive furnishings, Persian Rugs, large chandelier in formal dining room plus 6 chandeliars throughout. Cathedral ceilings and cove moldings. Each room has its own décor and is custom furnished accordingly, including special lighting and Tiffany lamps. Home has 2 granite fireplaces, custom created. Eat-in kitchen with granite tops and stainless steel appliances, open floor plan into recreation room including 11 foot entertainment center, matching granite fireplace, dry bar, recessed storage. There are a number of exclusive pictures on walls throughout. Dining room wall unit filled with exquisite silver, crystal pitchers and glassware including champagne, red and white wine, water goblets. Kneed walls are onyx topped and display Italian Morani pitchers. Master bath has his and her matching granite vanities and 6 ½ brand new Jacuzzi. 2nd bath has floor to ceiling custom tile and marble. Separate laundr room with high end LG washer and dryer, two large terraces. Daytime 973-575-8635, 973-303-3370 Sell Price...$795,500
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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
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