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HISTORIC 2010 INAUGURATION ACCENTUATES THE POSITIVE, AND CELEBRATES DIVERSITY
JORDANIAN DOUBLE AGENT MURDERS SEVEN CIA AGENTS AND ONE FELLOW SPY
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The annual worldwide conference for rabbis is taking place this week. The conference, which is organized by the Department for Religious Affairs in the Diaspora of the World Zionist Organization, brought approximately 150 representatives from Israel and the Diaspora to Jerusalem. he representatives came from 33 countries, including - Argentina, Australia, Uruguay, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, U.S.A, England and Ukraine. Rav Yechiel Wasserman, the department head says: "The diversity of participants is indicative of how central a place Israel fills in the life of the Diaspora Jews." This year the event is marking 75 years to the death of Rav Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook may his memory be blessed. The Jewish communities' representatives are discussing Rav Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook's ideas on agada, philosophy and mussar, and his contribution to the Jewish people and the state of Israel. Special panels were dedicated to current issues on the agenda of the rabbinical system, such as The Protection of Synagogues – a discussion moderated by the rabbi of Turin, Italy, who contends with the complex reality of such problems every day. Rav Yisrael Rozen and Rav Yosef Carmel offered creative halachic solutions to rabbis from around the world. In addition the conference is dealing with subjects such as Determining the Moment of Death and Organ Transplants, Inter-religious Dialogue – Between Openness and Closure and others.
A Royal Honor Guard funeral for a Jordainian intelligence officer who was killed along with seven CIA members in Afghanistan.
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BY HANA LEVI JULIAN
Mayor Bloomberg was sworn into office for his third term as the Mayor of New Yorkon New Years Day. During the inaugural ceremony, Bloomberg’s gave an inspiring address where he emphasized the important role that innovative government can play in improving people’s lives and the need for New Yorkers to come together to get through the challenging times ahead. BY DAVID BEN HOOREN
With warm words of promise and possibility, Michael Bloomberg took the oath of office Friday, the first day of January, 2010, the first day of the next decade on the first day of his third term as the 108th Mayor of the City of New York. The Mayor spoke of the government’s ability to affect the lives of citizens and the responsibility that he, as head of the City’s government, has to better the lives of all New Yorkers. Bloomberg acknowledged all the value of each component and the role it plays in city life. loomberg’s speech began with a bilingual greeting, greetings and welcome to fourteen new members of city government –Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio and
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A Jordanian spy sent to Afghanistan to search for top Al Qaeda leaders apparently succeeded in his mission – but upon reaching his objective, he became a double agent and turned on his own people.
Comptroller, John Liu, and 12 incoming members of the City Council. He noted the City flags flying at half-staff, and recalled the memory of a “true civil rights pioneer, a legendary public servant, and a great New Yorker - Percy Sutton.” He briefly reminisced about his first inauguration, when smoke was still rising from the ground zero, noting how far the city had progressed. The Mayor spoke of the balance between “the bright promise of our future,” and the day to day struggles of many New Yorkers. Noting that New York is “the safest big city in the nation,” the mayor promised the city would take its place as “a national model” for educational progress, the affordable housing and its most sweeping public health agenda. A true cheerleader for the City,
he double agent murdered a fellow Jordanian and seven CIA operatives in a suicide bombing last Wednesday at a meeting being held at the CIA’s Forward Operating Base Chapman in southeastern Afghanistan. He had not been searched when he entered the base; the American security guards trusted him, seeing him with the Jordanian operative with whom they were familiar, and knowing that he had important information to share with them. They believed him to be an informant who would deliver the top Al Qaeda leaders into their hands. Instead, 36year-old Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal alBalawi donned an explosives belt prior to entering the base and detonated it at the meeting, killing all those around him. The base is being used as the nerve center for operations against the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Haqqani guerrilla network in Afghanistan,
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Simcha Felder To Leave City Council & Join Comptrollers Office BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
In a story first reported by Yeshiva World that NYC Councilman Simcha Felder, a close ally of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg who supported his campaign to revise term limits, plans to resign from the Council to work for the new comptroller, John C. Liu.
elder, of Brooklyn, is expected to become a deputy comptroller John Liu, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the move is not yet official. Felder's resignation would create an immediate vacancy in the city council that would be f illed by a special election. Sources told Yeshiva World that David G. Greenf ield, Esq., Director and Counsel of TEACH NYS would run for Council
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UBS Ex-Employee Must Start Prison Term BY AFP
An ex-employee of Swiss banking giant UBS on Friday must begin serving more than three years in prison, a federal court judge ruled, denying the man's request to delay the prison sentence and shorten its duration. nited States District Judge William Zloch denied a petition by defendant Bradley Birkenfeld, who had argued that his whistleblower role in exposing massive fraud by UBS made him deserving of softer treatment than the three-years, four-months sentence he
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received for inciting UBS clients to commit tax fraud. Birkenfeld blew the whistle on some 19,000 UBS clients who were said to have invested some 20 billion Swiss francs (13.5 billion dollars) in secret Swiss accounts, information which could allow the US government to recoup several billion dollars in lost taxes. But it did not earn him a reprieve in the prison sentence handed down for his role in aiding a California property developer hide some 200 million dollars worth of investments in Switzerland and Lichtenstein. "I gave them the biggest tax fraud case
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US Overhauls Terror Watchlists BY TANGI QUEMENER The United States has overhauled its terror watchlists after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airliner which has led President Barack Obama to order a widespread review of security measures.
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the US-bound jet. An administration off icial told AFP the president would unveil an "initial series of reforms" following the meeting. The talks will focus on reviews of the botched attack on a Northwest flight as it approached Detroit, as well as improved intelligence-sharing. "There's already been a rescrubbing of all the different lists," White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters, referring to watchlists of those with suspected terrorist ties and the narrower list of those barred from boarding US-bound flights.
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"Probably thousands upon thousands upon thousands of names were scrubbed, and probably dozens were moved to different lists." Obama has directly linked the Al-Qaeda network, responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, to the bid to blow up the Northwest jet carrying 290 people. Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, allegedly tried to detonate explosives sewn in his underwear as the plane was approaching Detroit from Amsterdam, but
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Escape From Cherbourg
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BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER This week marks the 40th anniversary of the daring raid on the ship yards of Cherbourg France in which Israeli commandos retrieved five missile boats that although had been paid for in full, France refused to deliver as part of an arms embargo. uilt for the Israel Navy, the five vessels, part of a deal for a total of 12 boats, seven of which had been delivered earlier, had been embargoed at the beginning of the year by French president Charles de Gaulle. The French president imposed the embargo after Israeli commandos raided Beirut airport in reprisal for an attack on an El Al plane in Athens. When the full story eventually came out it added to the mystic of Israeli intelligence superiority and daring that had been born just two years earlier with the amazing victory over its Arab neighbors in the Six Day War. Admiral (ret.) Mordecai Limon, head of Israel's arms purchasing mission in Paris and a former navy commander, advocated running off with the boats, but prime minister Golda Meir refused for fear that France might sever relations. Eventually she agreed on condition that the boats' extraction be carried out "not illegally." Limon would demonstrate that the gap between legal and "not illegal" was wide enough to push through a missile boat squadron. 80 Israeli sailors in civilian dress were dispatched in small groups to Cherbourg where they were hidden
BY ARIEH O’SULLIVAN As custodians begin to pack up an exhibit of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls and ship them back to Israel, both the Palestinians and the Jordanians have demanded their seizure.
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oth Jordan and the Palestinians have claimed custody over the historic Dead Sea Scrolls, currently on display at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Canada. Israel's Antiquities Authority loaned 17 of the Dead Sea Scrolls along with other artifacts from the time of the Second Temple to the ROM as part of a six month display. The display, entitled "Words that Changed the World", ended on January 3. "They are an integral part of Palestinian heritage," Hamdan Taha, Director of the Palestinian Antiquities and Cultural Heritage Department told The Media Line. Taha said the Palestinians had demanded months ago that the Canadians close the exhibition and seize the artifacts until an international court could rule on their ownership. The Jordanians have also reportedly claimed the priceless scrolls. Two weeks ago, the Globe and Mail reported that Jordanian off icials had summoned the Canadian chargé d'affaires in Amman to demand that Canada keep the scrolls
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The five Cherbourg missle boats in Haifa Bay, Israel. below decks by the skeleton crews maintaining the boats. Christmas was chosen as the day to liberate the boats, as most of the quiet town of Cherbourg would be busy celebrating the holiday. On Christmas Eve a strong gale wind, threatened to keep the boats bottled up, but at 2 a.m. the d the wind shifed slightly and the boats cast off. Their empty berths and the absence of any announcement about the embar-
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until an international court can determine their rightful owner. The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded by saying that the disputed ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls is a matter for Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians to resolve amongst themselves, and that it would not be proper for Canada to intervene, the newspaper said. Canadian off icials in Amman could not be reached for comment. The Dead Sea scrolls consist of about 900 documents and biblical texts, whose discovery in the 1940's and 50's in caves in and around Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea was one of the greatest archaeological f inds of the 20th century. The texts include some of the only known surviving copies of biblical documents made before 100 B.C.E., and preserve evidence of Jewish life during the Second Temple period. They also are seen as an insight into early Christianity. Some of the scrolls were purchased from antiquity merchants by Israel and others made their way to the Rockefeller museum in east Jerusalem, which was under Jordanian control from 1948 till captured by Israel in the 1967 war. Taha said that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad made an off icial request to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to not allow the display
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A year after Operation Cast Lead, the IDF is continuing to update its maps and highlight international and humanitarian institutions - adding several hundred in the past year - to prevent them from being targeted in a future conflict, The Jerusalem Post has learned. uring the operation, which began a year ago next Sunday, the IDF distributed maps filled with over 1,500 dots, designating buildings that were offlimits to all air force and ground force commanders. These dots marked hospitals, United Nations facilities, schools, and homes of foreigners and journalists. The constant updating of the maps underlies the Israeli assessment that a future conflict with Hamas could be around the corner and that the IDF needs to be prepared at all times. Despite this work, carried out by the IDF's Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration before Cast Lead, Israel has been accused of intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and UN compounds. The IDF has said that while it will refrain from initiating an attack against the sites on this list in the future, it reserves the right to respond with force if it is attacked from within the buildings.
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According to the latest IDF casualty findings, 1,166 Palestinians were killed during the operation. Of these, 700 were terrorists - 600 Hamas and 100 Islamic Jihad - 295 were civilians and 162 remain unidentified. In contrast, B'Tselem claims that Israel killed 1,387 Palestinians during the operation and that more than 50 percent of them were civilians. The latest IDF assessments show that Gaza remains Israel's most volatile border, particularly in light of Hamas's continued efforts to rearm itself since Cast Lead. Today, the terror group is believed to have a few thousand rockets, including several hundred with a range of 40 kilometers and several dozen with a range of between 60 km. and 80 km. Intelligence assessments are that Hamas smuggled the long-range Iranian-made missiles into the Gaza Strip through tunnels and in several pieces, to be assembled later by Hamas engineers. Hamas is building large missile silos that can contain and simultaneously launch over 20 rockets, and is also digging dozens of kilometers of underground tunnels, connecting open fields with urban centers in the hope of drawing the IDF into the builtup areas next time. The group is making unparalleled efforts to obtain other types of advanced Iranian weaponry, such as anti-aircraft missiles and Russian-made armor-piercing anti-tank missiles.
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Tourism Minister Noaz Bar Nir Warned of an Expected Shortage in Hotel Rooms
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BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF “The existing hotel room supply does not match the ministry’s plan to bring an additional million tourists within three years” n a debate in today’s State Control Committee regarding the Palmahim resort, the Director-General of the Tourism Ministry Noaz Bar Nir warned of an expected shortage of thousands of hotel rooms in the coming years. Bar Nir noted that the Tourism Ministry is planning for the arrival of an additional one million tourists within the next three years as a target of the ministry and as a result of the gradual exit from the global economic crisis. In keeping with the target of 5 million tourists from the year 2015, the Tourism Ministry is working to add another 2,500 rooms to the existing supply throughout Israel within the next three years. Noaz Bar Nir: “The existing supply of hotel rooms of various types does not match the demand that is expected to renew and increase in the coming years and months as we gradually move out of the global economic crisis. The Tourism Ministry will continue to encourage entrepreneurs from Israel and abroad to build hotels in Israel and increase the accommodation supply, thereby reducing prices and meeting the expected demand.”
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Major tourist destination in Israel is Tel Aviv that might be facing a major shortage of hotel rooms in the future. At this time, the Tourism Ministry is completing the process of transferring the Investment Center from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor to the Tourism Ministry, which will help simplify the bureaucratic procedure. In addition, the ministry is working to increase the budget for encouraging capital investment for constructing new hotels, locating and marketing land and giving grants to help entrepreneurs. During the debate on the Palmachim resort, Noaz Bar Nir noted that the Tourism Ministry will continue to support the project as long as natural and environmental values and legislation are maintained, alongside the entrepreneurs’ commitment that the project will be reserved for hotel use exclusively.
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Christians Rally to Support Greek Jews BY HANA LEVI JULIAN A week before what is arguably the most lucrative and religiously important event in the Christian calendar, hundreds of Christians in a small Greek town turned out in the winter cold to express support for their Jewish neighbors. oining hands in a “human chain against racism and violence,” Christians in the small northwestern Greek city of Ioannina, surrounded the city’s Jewish cemetery to protest repeated acts of neo-Nazi vandalism there. In the past 12 months Ioannina, not far from the Albanian border, has seen a rise in anti-Semitic incidents perpetrated in the Jewish cemetery by neo-Nazis in town – a trend the protest organizers decided was intolerable. “The Jewish cemetery is not only the religious space of the Jewish community but also a cultural monument of our city, the protection of which, like other historic monuments of our city, is the duty of every citizen… Let the world know that we value our Jewish presence, one of the oldest in Greece, and will not allow callous, hateful acts to def ine us as a community or as a people,” the organizing committee said in a statement. “Letters and emails of anguish, hurt and recrimination” were sent to local and national Greek authorities over the incidents, said Marcia Haddad
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Ikonomopoulos, president of the Association of Friends of Greek Jewry and director of the Kehila Kedosha Janina Museum. “Our intention was to bring to worldwide awareness what had happened.” That appeals succeeded brought immense joy to the community, she said. “Our pleas did not fall on deaf ears… What then can be more emotionally rewarding than to pass on the news of a recent mass demonstration against antiSemitism?” Ikonomopoulos commented. Many of those who showed up for the demonstration held public off ice, she noted. Organizers stressed that politics was not the issue, and public off icials were not identif ied by their political parties. “All major parties were represented,” she noted. “Let us all applaud the good citizens of Ioannina who organized and took part in this historic event.” The Jewish presence in the small Greek town goes back thousands of years, to the destruction of the Second Temple, according to the Kehila Kedosha Janina Museum web site. Those who lived in the city were Greek-speaking Jews who had absorbed the Hellenistic culture of the time. The community was not a wealthy one; sons succeeded their fathers in their trades, and daughters married and became wives and mothers. If they
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Operation Attic: Search for Warsaw Ghetto Items, Artifacts BY HANA LEVI JULIAN Archivists at the Museum of the House of the Ghetto Fighters are working diligently, yet frantically, to save whatever remnants of evidence might still remain that shows what life was like in the Warsaw Ghetto before and during the Ghetto Uprising in World War II. ithin hours of the launch of “Operation Attic” – a nationwide project to save documents, letters, diaries, photographs and other Holocaust-era items from attics, basements and warehouses – dozens had already volunteered to bring in documents and other articles they had in their possession. Yossi Shavit, director of the museum’s archive, told Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew news service that there are many documents, photographs and albums in Israel recounting the stories of those who suffered through the Holocaust. However, he said, “Many of them are unfortunately ending up in trash cans. Many merchants in the flea markets come to us and tell us about diaries written in Russian or Yiddish that have fallen into their hands. A young art dealer called us and gave us two diaries that had been tossed out – they contained a rare document written by a prisoner in BergenBelsen,” Shavit said. “It’s not deliberate,” he continued. “But their descendants don’t realize that what we are dealing with is really a treasure of the Jewish People. After their parents die, they try to dispose of the contents of the home without understanding the signif icance of the rare
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items they may be dealing with.” Shavit is asking anyone with a parent who survived the Holocaust, alive today or not, to check and see whether he or she left behind any written documents. “Check the attic, the storage areas, everywhere you can think of. See if you can f ind letters in a foreign language, original diplomas or certif icates of any kind, and let us know if you do. Sometimes the survivors themselves have already forgotten about what they have. There are also many who recoil from dealing with anything having to do with the Holocaust,” he said. The Museum of the House of the Ghetto Fighters is working hard to restore the documents that are received, and to translate them into Hebrew for posterity. “We carefully restore the physical paper,” said Shavit, “photograph it for microf ilm and photograph it once again. Then we send the document for translation into Hebrew.” Everything is published on the museum’s website, but “only with the permission of the family,” he said. Many of the diaries have shed new light on the history of the Jews, Shavit added. “We have a diary that was written by a f ighter in the [Warsaw] Ghetto during the actual battle. [In the diary] it is written, ‘G-d help us, send us grenades.’ “At the beginning of this year, the sister of the woman who wrote this diary passed away,” he explained. “Vanda Rottenberg left a large literary estate, and the diaries written by her sister, who fought in the ghetto, were bequeathed to us. Three of them reveal things that were previously unknown.”
Yad Vashem to Honor Polish Righteous Among the Nations On Wednesday, January 6, Yad Vashem is holding a ceremony honoring the late Wojciech Twardzicki from Poland and his daughters Helena, and Zof ia, and the late Wladyslawa, as Righteous Among the Nations. The ceremony will take place in the presence of the granddaughter of the Righteous, Jadwiga Zarnowiecka, who will arrive from Poland for the event, Holocaust survivor Zahava (née Waic) Schwartz, and Polish Ambassador to Israel Agnieszka Magdziak Miszewska. memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance will be held at 11:00am, followed by the ceremony awarding the medal and certificate to the Righteous in the Synagogue and the unveiling of the names of the Righteous in the Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem. The events will take place in Hebrew and Polish. Rescue Story: On September 8, 1939, the city of Jaslo in Western Galicia was occupied by the Nazis. Many Jews attempted to flee, but the German Army prevented their escape and returned them to their homes. The Jews of Jaslo suffered and were persecuted: they were beaten in the streets; they were sent forcibly to hard labor; their homes and stores were looted; and they were obligated to wear
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a white armband marked with a blue Star of David. In 1941, the Jews were sequestered in a ghetto in a small quarter of the city. In July 1942, some months before the liquidation of the ghetto, young Zahava Schwartz escaped from the ghetto to the house of some family friends, the Twardzickis, who lived in the neighboring town of Birowka, where she was hidden together with her cousin Mina. The Twardzicki family was kind and warm hearted. The mother of the family died of an illness shortly after the arrival of Zahava and Mina, and the father, Wojciech, together with his three daughters, Helena, Wladyslawa and Zof ia, devotedly cared for the two girls. For two years, the family provided the young girls with food, shelter and all their needs, all without receiving any compensation. They protected them, hiding them in a closet, the attic or the stables during raids by the German police. Zahava’s parents, Hinda and Pinchas Elazar Waic and her sister Esther, were murdered when the Jaslo ghetto was liquidated. On April 10, 1994, the Commission for the Designation of the Righteous at Yad Vashem decided to recognize Wojciech Twardzicki and his daughters, Helena, Wladyslawa and Zof ia, as a Righteous Among the Nations.
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Upbeat US Economic Data Reported BY MICHAEL BOWMAN The United States has received a triple-dose of encouraging news on consumer conf idence, business hiring, and home prices that suggests a fledgling economic recovery is gaining traction. merging from the deepest and longest recession since World War II, Americans' confidence in their nation's economy continues to rebound. The New York-based Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index stands at 52.9, up from 50.6 a month ago, and a marked improvement from a 25.3 reading in February. "We have posted yet another moderate gain in December, primarily because people are more optimistic about the short-term outlook," said Conference Board researcher Lynn Franco. Fueling that optimism are signs that double-digit unemployment in the United States will recede in comi n g m o n t h s. A s ur vey of U. S . e m p l oye rs sh ow s t ha t 20 pe r c e nt expect to hire full-time workers next year, up from 14 percent in 2009. Unemployment reached a high of 10.2 p e rc e n t i n O c t o be r a nd c ur r e nt ly st a n d s a t a n eve n 10 pe r c e nt . A l t h o u g h m o n t h - t o- m ont h f l uc t ua tions are possible, most economists expect the jobless rate to gradually decline in the coming year.
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Another welcome sign is a stabilization of U.S. home prices. A private reading of home prices edged up .4 percent in October for the f ifth month in a row. Eleven of 20 U.S. metro areas showed gains, although housing prices remain signif icantly depressed from all-time highs recorded in 2006. D avi d B l i t z e r of S t an d ar d an d Poor's, helped compile the data. "We are seeing some small gains in home prices. Looking at the overall picture, home prices are back to where they were at about 2003," said David Blitzer of Standard and Poor's, who helped compile the data. "I think we will see continuing gains going forward." Most economists predict a lackluster U.S. economic recovery in 2010. But Jim O'Sullivan, chief economist at MF Global f inancial f ir m, says cur rent data point to better times ahead. "The start of a real recovery," he said. "The question still, of course, is whether that will translate into positive job growth. And I think it will not necessarily immediately, not necessarily next week. But over the next few months we will see positive job growth. And as the year progresses, I think strength will start to feed on itself." O ' S ul l iva n wa s s p eak i n g o n Bloomberg Television.
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US, Yemen Looking at Al-Qaida Strike BY JPOST Yemen said it will continue hunting down al-Qaida members and launching military strikes against them until the group's powerful branch in the country is eliminated. eputy Interior Minister Brig. Gen. Saleh al-Zawari made the pledge at a meeting of senior military officials in Mareb, one of three provinces where alQaida militants are believed to have taken shelter. The group's growing presence in the country on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula has drawn attention with the attempted attack on a US airliner on Friday. US investigators say the Nigerian suspect in the attack told them that he receivedtraining and instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen Earlier Wednesday, CNN reported that the US and Yemen are looking into a possible attack in Yemen as retaliation for the botched Christmas Day attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner. Al-Qaida in Yemen claims it organized the attack. CNN quoted two unnamed senior US off icials, saying that US special operations forces and intelligence agencies and their Yemeni counterparts were working to f ind specif ic targets to connect with the plane incident. Senior US off icials told The Associated Press that intelligence authorities were looking at conversa-
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Hikind Advocates for Formal Shmuley Boteach: I Might Holocaust Curriculum in Run for Public Office Local Charedi Schools BY ALLISON WITTY As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles each year, the Jewish community increasingly faces the daunting challenge of ensuring that the next generation is thoroughly educated about the heinous atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is advocating for the introduction of a formal Holocaust curriculum in area charedi schools to address this concern. ducating our children about our past is our only key to securing our future,” Hikind noted. “The next generation must know how and why our enemies sought to destroy us, and more importantly, how we persevered in spite of appalling cruelty.” At a meeting today with prominent rabbonim and mechanchim (pictured), Hikind distributed copies of Mrs. Ruth Lichtenstein’s recently published work, Witness to History (Project Witness, 2009), a brilliant compilation of Holocaust literature, scholarly research, and eyewitness accounts. Woven together into an accessible and aesthetically pleasing format, Witness to History also captures the unique charedi experience during the Shoah, which many existing academic texts do not.
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach says he is considering a run for public office after local officials failed to prevent a Libyan ambassador from moving in next door to him. n an opinion piece published by JTA, Boteach said he was outraged that Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, was permitted to take up residence in Englewood, N.J. The rabbi, best known for his book "Kosher Sex" and counseling the late pop star Michael Jackson, said that having the diplomat as his next-door neighbor has him angry enough to launch a career in politics. "From the age of 16, all I ever wanted to be was a rabbi, someone who brings healing to broken lives and values to a needy culture. But for the f irst time in my life, I f ind myself contemplating a run for elective off ice. The reason is simple: The Talmud declares, 'In a place where there are no men stand up and become one,'" Boteach wrote in his JTA piece. In conclusion, he added, "I wish to remain a rabbi who informs and influences politics from the outside. But if Gadhaf i’s envoy remains my nextdoor neighbor with the tacit blessing of my elected leaders, I will do my best to unseat them by every legal means necessary."
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Assemblyman Dov Hikind presenting Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Agudath Israel with a copy of Ruth Lichtenstein's book, Witness to History. “Unfortunately, for whatever reason, there has not been a great emphasis placed on Holocaust education in the charedi community,” remarked Hikind. “I am hoping to change the status quo.” Toward that end, Hikind is encouraging the principals of local charedi yeshivot to utilize Lichtenstein’s book as the primary text for teaching their students about the Holocaust. Hikind, a child of Holocaust survivors, also represents the largest contingent of Holocaust survivors in the world in his Boro Park, Brooklyn Assembly district.
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Back in August and September, Boteach played a lead role in the successful campaign to keep Libyan leader Muammar Gadhaf i from staying at a house in Englewood during the U.N. General Assembly. But Shalgham recently moved into the property, owned by his government and located near Boteach's home; the Libyan diplomat was able to do so under an agreement reached 25 years ago, according to a report in the New Jersey Jewish Standard. The deal reportedly limits the use of the Englewood property to Libya's U.N. ambassador and his family. Boteach said he was outraged when his friend and congressman, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), was quoted by the newspaper as saying, "And so, I hope everyone will be appropriately good neighbors.” "Is he seriously asking me to borrow a cup of sugar from a man whose government murdered American servicemen while they danced at a disco?" Boteach wrote. In a statement issued to JTA, Boteach did not identify a specif ic off ice that he was eyeing, but listed the issues that were most important to him. "My consideration of a possible run for elected off ice, which is currently in its earliest stages of review, revolves around my profound disappointment in
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Historic 2010 Inauguration Accentuates the Positive, and Celebrates Diversity Continued from cover Bloomberg proclaimed “we have made the greatest City in the world even greater!” He acknowledged that “this term is a special opportunity, one that comes with extraordinary responsibilities.” He spoke of the progress in gun control and promised to “assemble a bipartisan coalition to support President Obama’s call for comprehensive immigration reform” calling on all to “honor the ideals that have lit the lamp of liberty in our harbor for more than a century, and that continue to inspire the world! The song says that to “make it here” is the challenge: Bloomberg went further, quoting former Mayor Ed Koch – who was in attendance – he said New York is where the future comes to audition.” Bloomberg promised to “transform the relationship between business and government, making it possible for entrepreneurs to open their doors more quickly – and build their futures more successfully.” As he stood at the podium in front of City Hall, the third term mayor said, “The building behind me is yours, and the job in front of me is to listen and to lead.” Bloomberg said he would employ methods similar to those he had used in building his company, Bloomberg L.P., to foster eff iciency and progress in government. Deputy Commissioners would gain enhanced insight and understanding of the work of coordinate agencies – “an invaluable resource in f inding new ways to do the job better” - by participating in other agencies. Three week “management challenges” would enable deputies to “break down the bureaucratic barriers that …impede innovation.” “And,” he said “as I tell everyone I hire, don’t screw it up.” Despite tough economic times, Bloomberg promised to “budget not only with our heads but with our hearts,” foretelling progress in a wide range of areas including technology, culture, education, affordable housing, and protection of the City from terrorism -”together, as New Yorkers.” “‘New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village – the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up… I believe with all my heart that on this – the f irst day of the year, the f irst day of the decade, and the f irst day of the future of this great city – the way is still up,”Bloomberg said. As noted, past mayors, Koch and Dinkins, Congressional members, City Council members and local political leaders attending this 108th Mayoral inauguration. in his fourteen minute speech, Bloomberg provided an optimistic beacon, more a statement of positive governing philosophy rather than a hard edged statement of policy. It can be anticipated that his State of the City address will include more specif ic policy detail. The formal inaugurations of the City’s new comptroller, John C. Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio preceded the swearing in of the Mayor. Both Democrats are considered to be potential mayoral contenders in 2013. Mr. Liu’s constituents formed a virtual cheering section as they celebrated the inauguration of the f irst Asian-
Mayor Bloomberg sits among the crowd of admiring fans who voted him in for a third term as the Mayor of New York. John C. Lui, the first Asian American elected to city wide office, addressed his supporters at a gathering at 60 Center Street following his January 1, 2010 inauguration.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, the third New Yorker to hold the Ombudsman's post, was sworn in on the steps of City Hall on January 1, 2010.
Rabbi Joseph Potasnick, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis and Chaplain of the Fire Department of New York, joined other clergy to give the invocation at the Mayoral inauguration.
Mayor Bloomberg delivering his inaugural address to the city. American to win citywide off ice. Throughout the inauguration, family played a highly visible role. Bloomberg was accompanied by his daughters, Emma and Georgina, and Diana Taylor, his companion. Lui introduced his wife – his best friend for more than half his life - and son, and offered special greetings to his immigrant parents and brothers. DeBlasio’s the third public advocate of the City, welcomed the supporters who would not be surprised if the next Mayoral election conf irmed him. Even on the f irst day of his job as Public Advocate, his supporters
expressed their hopes future mayoralty hopes. wife and children received his warm appreciation. The extended family of the City was represented by students from the Newcomer’s School who served as “MC’s” throughout the event. While recognizing progress in the Mayor’s f irst two terms, Mr. de Blasio challenged the Bloomberg administration literally from day one. His was issue oriented and raised specif ic challenges: issues of “homelessness, public education, the perils of rampant development and the disconnect between the people and City Hall.”
“There is no question that we have come a long way in the past eight years, and I commend the mayor for his dedication to improving our education system,” remarks that audibly pleased administration off icials seated around Mr. Bloomberg. who clapped to show their appreciation. “But I am convinced we can do better if we involve the parents of this city more fully.” The crowd cheered louder. Mr. de Blasio’s swearing-in as the public advocate on Friday was seen by some as one of the f irst formal steps that could lead to higher off ice. Supporters say discussions have already begun though de Blasio states that he is
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WAR ON TERROR Jordanian Double Agent Murders Seven CIA Agents and A Fellow Jordanian Spy Continued from Cover where the terrorists slip across the border into safe houses in Pakistan. Later, a Pakistani Taliban source who called a news agency named him as Humam Khalil Mohammed. Al-Balawi, a Jordanian physician came from the same town that spawned Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of the al Qaeda network in Iraq who was assassinated by U.S. forces in an air strike in 2006. Al-Balawi, a known al Qaeda sympathizer, was recruited by Jordan’s General Intelligence Directorate, a CIA ally, while serving time in a Jordanian prison after being arrested more than a year ago. He was originally brought to Afghanistan as a Jordanian spy to infil-
trate the international Al Qaeda terrorist network by posing as a foreign jihad f ighter. Admired by jihadist web surfers as a top jihadi on the World Wide Web, he often posted Internet harangues against the United States war in Afghanistan and Iraq using a false name. The Jordanian government has been deeply embarrassed by the publicity surrounding the incident, according to a
Full-Body Scanners at Airports: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly In our absurdly terrorismfearing world, and after the near tragedy, in Detroit last week it was inevitable: Full-body scanning tech will be coming to an airport near (or not so near) you. But what are these machines, and will they invade your privacy?
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he U.S. Embassy said it had received a threat by Al-Qaida, which U.S. intelligence agencies believe has a growing presence in the poor Arab country. A British Foreign Off ice spokeswoman cited security reasons for the embassy's closure but declined to say if any specif ic threat had been made. Yemen has already tightened security on its coastline to stop Islamist militants inf iltrating from Somalia and held talks with a U.S. general on strengthening cooperation. But Foreign Minister Abubakr alQirbi said his government was not coordinating strikes against Al-Qaida with the United States. Western allies have sought to bolster Yemen's government, which faces facing a Shi'ite rebellion in the north and a separatist movement in the south, for fear that Al-Qaida might exploit its instability to launch more attacks across the globe. A Nigerian man, charged with trying to bomb a Detroit-bound passenger plane on December 25th, is believed to have received training from the militant group in Yemen. Al-Qaida said the attempt was in retaliation for U.S. involvement in Yemen and its military support for the government, which has launched an offensive against the militants.
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device works pretty much like a medical x-ray, with rays penetrating through your bag to a sensor that's then connected to a screen--they use strong radiation, which is why they're plastered with those scary orange signs. Backscatter body scanners subject you to a far gentler burst of x-rays, and then detects those ones that are bounced back (scientif ically: "backscattered") from your body, or objects on your person towards the machine. Concealed packets containing liquid bombs, drugs, or ceramic knives that would otherwise have passed through metal detectors undetected scatter the x-rays and are shown up. Millimeter wave tech uses a similar system, with rays transmitted out to you and bounced back. But in this case technology borrowed from military radar designs allows for detailed "radar" images of your body to be created in a computer, and there's no use of the scary-sounding "x-ray" science.
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organization was deemed responsible for a bloody attack on a Christian choir in Amman in July 2008. Six people were wounded, including four Lebanese musicians, when a gunman opened fire on a tour bus carrying passengers from a university choir. Twelve Jordanians of Palestinian ancestry, led by 28-year-old al Qaedalinked mastermind Shaker Khatib, were put on trial after a months-long investigation. If convicted, members of the group could be put to death. In August 2005, Jordanian authorities arrested 17 al Qaeda-linked terrorists who had plotted to attack U.S. military personnel. All of the terrorists were Jordanians from the Sweileh neighborhood of Amman, recruited by al-Zarqawi to help him bring in Arab terrorists to fight U.S. troops in Iraq.
US, UK Embassies Reopen in Yemen After Al-Qaida Threat The United States and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen on Sunday over security concerns about possible militant attacks after the failed bombing of a U.S.-bound plane on December 25th but reopened them on Tuesday.
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ulsa's been trying one out for ages, and yesterday Chicago's Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino confirmed that the tech will be coming to O'Hare airport licketysplit: We're talking about the next-gen in anti-terrorism tech at airports, full-body scanners. These are large machines that will go alongside the metal-detectors and baggage x-ray machines at the security point on your way into the departure lounge, and they do pretty much what you think they do: They scan your entire person for concealed weapons, bomb-making material, and, as a bonus, for stuff like baggies of marjihuana stuffed into trousers. They use various technologies, and as a front-line defense they'll be extremely useful. But, if you think about it, they'll have to be human-operated, and they effectively let the operator see you--or your wife, or your teen-age daughter--naked. The Good Full-body scanners use different systems, but there are two main competing technologies: Backscatter x-ray and millimeter-wave. Both of these use radiation (of a non-harmful kind, before you start worrying) that penetrates clothing. In a baggage x-ray system, the
number of diplomatic sources. Much of the discomfort is due to the exposure of its discreet cooperation with the CIA, which it has tried to hide from its own citizens, more than half of whom are Palestinians, and other Arab countries. The official Jordanian news agency issued a terse announcement of the death of the second Jordanian operative, Captain Sharif Ali bin Zeid, saying he was killed in action last Wednesday as part of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda Alive and Well in Jordan? Al Qaeda-sponsored terrorism has infiltrated deep into Jordan. A group linked to the international terrorist
Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal alBalawi donned an explosives belt prior to entering the base and detonated it at the meeting, killing all those around him.
The U.S. Embassy told its Yemeni staff to stay in their homes on Sunday. "The U.S. Embassy in Sana'a is closed today, January 3, 2010, in response to ongoing threats by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to attack American interests in Yemen," a statement on the embassy website said. In Washington, a senior aide to President Barack Obama said the United States has indications Al-Qaida was planning an attack against a target in Sanaa. "We know that Al-Qaida is out there. We know we have to mind our steps," homeland security and counterterrorism aide John Brennan told CNN. U.S. off icials have said Washington was looking at ways to expand military and intelligence cooperation with Yemen to increase pressure on Al-Qaida militants in the Arabian Peninsula. The United States and Britain have agreed to fund a counter-terrorism police unit as part of the effort. No agreement on strikes Foreign Minister Qirbi, quoted by the state news agency, said Yemen was cooperating with foreign countries in exchanging information and training. Asked if Yemen had agreed to allow U.S. missiles and aircraft to strike AlQaida targets in Yemen, Qirbi said: "There is no agreement with the United States in this regard." British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's off ice said Britain and the United States had agreed to intensify their joint work to tackle "the emerging terrorist threat" from both Yemen and Somalia in the wake of the failed plane attack.
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Iranian Threat Cotler Heads Drive to Stop Iran Threat BY DAN IZENBERG Canadian human rights activist and former justice minister and attorney-general Irwin Cotler revealed at a Jerusalem press conference on Wednesday a petition he is spearheading that calls on governments and the UN to take immediate and massive diplomatic and economic action against Iran. otler accused the Iranian government of violating international law regarding nuclear weapons development, incitement to genocide, state-sponsored terrorism andhuman rights. Other speakers at the press conference included Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz, who spoke from the US, British MP Denis MacShane, who spoke from London, Bassam Eid, executive director of the PalestinianHuman Rights Monitoring Group and Prof. Suzanne Stone of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. All have signed the petition, which includes documents and eyewitness testimony describing Teheran's violations in all four areas, according to Cotler. It also includes a "road map" of sanctions and remedies that the world should apply against the Iranian government to force it to cease its alleged violations of international law.
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"Iran has already committed the crime of incitement to genocide..." Neither Cotler nor Dershowitz ruled out the possibility of military action against Iran, but said that, before reaching that point, all peaceful attempts to curb the Iranian government must f irst be tried. "For sanctions to be effective," added Cotler, "what is needed is the will to act, and what has been absent so far has been political will with respect to each of the threats." Dershowitz warned that "today is a true test of whether international law will survive and whether the rule of law will prevail... This is the time. This is the moment in which the international community must act to prevent genocide." The speakers stressed that taking action against Iran was not an option but an obligation of the international community. "Iran has already committed the crime of incitement to genocide," said Cotler. "We do not have to wait and should never wait for the actual beginning of atrocities before taking action." States that signed the 1948 Genocide Convention are obliged to act since Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad has already violated Article 3, which enumerates punishable actions including "direct and public incitement to commit genocide," Cotler added. In this context, the petition calls for individual states and the UN to take action, including asking the UN Security Council to f ile a complaint against Teheran with the International Criminal Court prosecutor. Cotler also warned that because most of the international concern regarding Iran was focused on its nuclear development, "the genocidal threat is being sanitized and marginalized."
Cotler is travelling all over the world to discuss his call for sanctions with various world leaders. Regarding the nuclear threat, Cotler charged that not only has Ahmadinejad gone back on his word regarding an agreement he reached with world leaders on October 1, but in the past two weeks he has taken additional steps to advance his nuclear program. For example, the head of Iran's nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced that Iran would build 20 new uranium enrichment facilities. Cotler said the true face of the Iranian regime's attitude toward human rights inside the country has been revealed since the June elections, with protesters allegedly being arrested, tortured, raped and murdered. He said the petition included many eyewitness testimonies of how the government treated the demonstrators. Cotler is travelling all over the world to discuss his call for sanctions with various world leaders. Recently, he has visited Austria and Germany, and he said he planned to put special emphasis on 13 countries, including South Africa, the US and Canada, which have a special connection to the issue. He said his own party, the Liberal Party, had endorsed the petition and that the Canadian parliament was due to release a statement on the matter. Cotler also drafted a bill, which he presented to parliament, calling for stiff economic sanctions against Iran. More than 60 people, including human rights experts, academics and politicians have signed the petition, including Per Ahlmark, former deputy prime minister of Sweden, Kamal Hossain, former minister of justice and minister of foreign affairs of Bangladesh, John Turner, former Canadian prime minister and author Elie Wiesel.
Blogs Buzz Over Khamenei Scape File BY YAAKOV KATZ Whether it is genuine or not, a document detailing preparations for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's escape from Iran is causing quite a stir in the blogosphere regarding the future of the Islamic regime. letter, on what appeared to be the official stationary of the Islamic republic's National Security Council, detailing the preparations being made to quickly smuggle Khamenei and other top aides out of Iran, started circulating on social network sites on the Internet. "We would like to inform you of the inspection, check-up and preparation of the aircraft, destination Russia, for the purpose of transporting the Supreme Leader, his esteemed family and various Iranian Revolutionary Guards off icials should the commanding forces lose control," the letter stated, stamped by Dr. Saeed Jalili, current secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and the country's chief nuclear negotiator. The letter was reminiscent of the Shah's escape from Iran in 1979 follow-
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Republicans Hammer Israel Advocacy Program Obama After Airline Attack Coming To Flatbush BY STEPHEN COLLINSON BY AARON TROODLER Republican heavyweights steered a political storm toward Barack Obama's, branding the US president soft on terror after a airliner attack. bama foes seized on the aftermath of the thwarted plot to attack Obama's entire national security policy and closing Guantanamo Bay, escalating a fight sparked as the president faces his first big test in confronting terrorism. The row juxtaposed Obama's measured crisis management and capacity to overcome an early administration misstep on the attack with Republican assaults that painted Democrats weak on national security -- a potent past tactic. It also raised the question of whether Republicans had rebuilt credibility with the public on national security, which appeared to hurt the party in the 2008 elections after grinding years of war and challenged US power. "In the Obama administration, protecting the rights of terrorists has been more important than protecting the lives of Americans," said Newt Gingrich, a former Republican House speaker and possible 2012 presidential candidate. "That must now change decisively," Gingrich said a letter to supporters. John Boehner, current Republican leader in the House of Representatives issued a statement criticizing Obama for treating suspect Umar Farouk
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Former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich said that the Obama administration has been protecting the rights of terrorists more than protecting the lives of Americans. Abdulmutallab as a criminal rather than a mortal enemy of the United States. "We're f ighting a war on terror, and this was a terrorist act," Boehner said, striking a Republican theme critical of Obama's use of a mix of civilian courts and military tribunals to try terror suspects. Former vice president Dick Cheney
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The National Council of Young Israel, the Young Israel of Flatbush, and the David Project will present "Understanding the Mideast Conflict and 'The Forgotten Refugees' Radical Islam and Iran Advocacy Training: Responding to the 30Second Sound Byte." The program will take place on Sunday, January 10, 2010, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Young Israel of Flatbush, which is located at 1012 Avenue I, in Brooklyn, New York. The program is free of charge and is open to all.
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he January 10th program is part of the renowned Israel advocacy series, "Winning the War of Words: Become an Effective Advocate for Israel," which is presented by the National Council of Young Israel and the David Project. Participants will learn about the skills and strategies needed to be effective advocates for Israel in their schools, places of employment, and communities. The program will focus on the education and training necessary to properly combat the wave of anti-Semitism that has resulted from the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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To register for the January 10th program, call the National Council of Young Israel at 212-929-1525 x100 or go to http://www.youngisrael.org/content/yiadvocacy.cfm. For more information about the January 10th program in Flatbush, or to learn how you can bring this program to your community, contact NCYI Director of Programming Rebbetzin Judi Steinig at 212-929-1525 or by email at jsteinig@youngisrael.org
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shadows permanent job creation. $4,500 for cars which, in many cases, are worth little more than several hundred dollars. The program burns ) Corporate Earnings. through $1 billion in the first week Corporate performance will be causing congress to provide another key to watch, especially on the $2 billion to the program. The result top line. The stock market has ralis 690,000 cars sold of which only an lied from a low in early March of estimated 125,000 would not have about 6,600 to about 10,500 today. been purchased without the program. Much of this increase was caused The housing market becomes so by speculation and above-estimated stressed that the U.S. reaches a record earnings based upon companies rate of a foreclosure every 13 secslashing expenses (payroll being the onds. largest of these cuts). While effecWith Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tive in the short run, reducing hemorrhaging losses, FHA comes to expenses is not a viable strategy for the “rescue” as a new subprime Between Fannie and Freddie and FHA sustainable earnings growth. Top lender requiring down payments of line revenue must increase and, thus the US government now guarantees 92 3.5% or less. Between Fannie, far in the cycle, companies have not Freddie and FHA, the U.S. govern- percent of all home loans in the country. seen revenue growth in a tangible ment now guarantees 92% of all way. home loans in the country. The $8,000 first time home buyer’s ployment. To figure out where we are ) Credit Markets. In order to make tax credit is launched stimulating home headed in 2010, we will be watching 10 our commercial real estate markets sales. The program is subsequently key indicators. Let’s take a look at them function, we need available debt. In expanded to include a broader group of (in no particular order): New York, we have been fortunate to purchasers. Based upon the average U.S. have community banks and smaller ) Unemployment. For those of you regional banks that have been consistenthome price of $178,000, and a 3.5% FHA who are regular StreetWise readers, ly lending since we started to feel the down payment requirement, the governyou know that I believe there is no effects of the credit crisis in the summer ment is “paying” people to buy houses. Several banks turn very prof itable metric that more closely impacts the fun- of 2007. In many parts of the country, based upon the Fed’s monetary policy, damentals of the residential and commer- many of these smaller banks have tied up allowing them to recapitalize resulting in cial real estate markets than unemploy- far too much of their capital in development. If people have lost a job or fear ment and redevelopment projects which many of them repaying TARP money. Chrysler and GM go belly up and get losing one, they are not likely to move have been the property type hardest hit. bailed out by the government. The atypi- from a 0ne-bedroom apartment to a two- This has resulted in 140 bank failures in cal bankruptcy processes leave many bedroom and are not likely to move from 2009. We have not seen a meaningful wondering why highly sophisticated a rental apartment to a purchased resi- number of large commercial banks or bankruptcy law is cast aside (along with dence. When employers cut staff, they are money center banks actively making thousands of senior secured creditors) for not likely to be taking more office space commercial real estate loans and their repolitical objectives. Chrysler is taken and, if anything, may take less space at emergence would be welcomed. over by Fiat and GM emerges as a zombie renewal time. Similarly, those who have The TALF and the PPIP programs, did with UAW control and unsustainable lost jobs are less likely to travel, leaving little in terms of direct activity, particupension obligations which the taxpayers hotel occupancy hurting and they are also larly compared to initial expectations, less likely to spend freely in retail stores, however, their mere existence brought must swallow. Based upon all of the government stressing that sector. credit spreads in appreciably. This As indicated above, the present offi- dynamic could help rekindle the CMBS spending, the U.S. budget deficit triples cial unemployment rate is 10%, down in size to over $1.4 trillion. market which is so desperately needed by Yes, it was an eventful year with many from 10.2% even after a net loss of jobs our marketplace. The shadow banking firsts and many unprecedented actions in in November. This indicated that dejected sector provided as much as 40% of lendresponse to uncharted territory. On the job seekers are dropping out of their ing in the bubble inflating period of commercial real estate front, we saw the search and after 30 days, they are no 2005-2007. The present and near-term lowest volume of sales that we have seen, longer counted as “unemployed”. demand for refinancing proceeds is staggoing back at least to 1984. We also saw Currently, the average length of unem- gering. Unfortunately, even if the tradiprices tumble anywhere from “a lot” to ployment for those who have lost jobs is tional banking sector and the insurance “a real lot” depending on the property in excess of 28 weeks, the longest period industry were both operating at fulltype in question. Volume appears to be on ever recorded going back to 1948. throttle relative to real estate lending, If we add to these discouraged work- they do not have the capacity to meet the the upswing while prices continue to slide in tandem with increasing unem- ers, those that work part-time that would demand. like to be working full-time, the unemAccess to public capital is vital. In ployment rate soars to about 17%. It is 2007, CMBS was a $230 billion market expected that the official unemployment which eroded to $12 billion in 2008 (all rate will remain elevated throughout of which was in the first six months). 2010 as discouraged workers begin to From July 2008 thru just weeks ago, the seek employment again as jobs are creat- CMBS issuance had been zero. A couple ed. Over 7 million jobs have been lost of transactions have now closed and othduring this recession. Add to this the fact ers are in process. We will be keeping a that, simply based upon population close watch on continued CMBS activity trends, we need to add 1 million jobs per and also on REIT capital raising activity year and it is easy to guess that it may be ($20 billion recently) and the newly some time before we get back to mid-sin- formed mortgage REITs for signs that gle digit official rates. Net job creation public capital is again flowing into our will be a key towards a recovery in our market. fundamentals, particularly if it can be See next weeks issue for the conclusustained. sion of the article. On the positive side, we have seen Mr. Knakal is the Chairman and productivity increases at typical “com- Founding Partner of Massey Knakal ing-out-of-recession” levels of 5%-6% Realty Services in New York City and has which is, usually, a prelude to resumption brokered the sale of over 1,000 properties in hiring. Similarly, temporary employ- in his career. ment is also on the rise which also fore-
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Midtown Rent Declines Bringing New Deals BY ALYSON GRALA With an almost 50% decline in effective rents from a year ago, many office tenants previously priced out of Manhattan’s Midtown North now find the typically difficult-to-penetrate locale within their reach. Conversely, the now-affordable Midtown North may be taking a toll on Downtown, which had been performing well on a relative basis, but saw a jump in availability as tenants now have affordable options throughout the city. anhattan’s overall average asking rents declined just slightly quarter-over-quarter, to $51.41 per square foot, but in the much-desired Midtown North, the average asking rent dropped to $59.31 per square foot, down from $88.81 per square foot a year ago, reports Manhattan-based commercial real estate services firm FirstService Williams. Meanwhile, the overall Manhattan availability rate increased only slightly quarter-over-quarter, to 13.8%, with Downtown seeing the largest increase at 13%, up from 11.6%. However, overall Manhattan leasing activity increased to 6.3 million square feet, up from 5.5 million square feet in Q3 and rising from 5.4 million square feet a year earlier.
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the worst may be over,” Mark Jaccom, CEO of FirstService Williams, tells GlobeSt.com. “Tenants once priced out of Midtown now see it as a viable destination. Demand drives deals, and we’re seeing that play out.” With the financial sector still a major driving force in the Like the rest of the nation, New York City has been Downtown market, through an incredibly difficult year, but the city is recovery in lower Manhattan may be now seeing signs that the worst may be over. slower than expected, adds Robert L. The market shows other signs of Freedman, executive chairman of strength. The size of concession packages FirstService Williams. “Normally, there in Midtown North are stabilizing, and would be little question that demand from available rentable space has held steady the financial sector would start to grow in quarter-over-quarter, indicating that this 2010, a full year after the economic recovsubmarket’s average effective rent may be ery began. In this cycle, however, getting close to a trough. And while it is Washington has set out to change the regstill too early to announce that rent ulatory structure and rules related to busideclines in Midtown South have ended, ness operations in the financial sector. asking rents held steady quarter-over- Coupled with the potential increase in quarter, and its 11.7% availability rate is capital gains taxes, investments in busithe lowest in the city. ness operations and new hiring may be “Like the rest of the nation, New York delayed.” City has been through an incredibly diffiFreedman notes that additions to availcult year, but we’re now seeing signs that able space on the overall Manhattan mar-
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ket have slowed each month, and that over the last two quarters, gains in the overall availability rate have become much slower. Additional highlights from FirstService Williams’ fourth quarter analysis include: Though Manhattan’s overall availability inched up in the fourth quarter to 13.8%, from 13.4%, much of this increase occurred in the first half of the quarter. The slight increase in Midtown South availability is not as steep as it first appears. The rate climbed to 11.7%, up from 11.1% in the third quarter, but that rate was down from 11.4% in the second quarter. Over a six-month period, the availability rate rose only 0.3 percentage points. Nearly two-thirds of the increase in Midtown South available space over the past quarter was attributable to two buildings--450 W. 33rd St. and 350 Fifth Ave. (the Empire State Building). Absorption along Park Avenue, Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas totaled in excess of one million square feet in the fourth quarter, with approximately 200,000 square feet of space leased at 399 Park Ave. alone. However, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 1221 and 1220 Avenue of the Americas each added at least 150,000 square feet of space to the market in the fourth quarter.
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Related Companies Create Three Theater Spaces in 42nd Street Tower BY MAXINE DOVERE Standing in what will be the heart of the Signature Theater Company performance spaces, Mayor Bloomberg, joined by City Council President Christine Quinn, officers of the Signature Theater Company and directors of the Related Companies, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin, Signature Theatre Company Playwright-in-Residence in 2010-11 Tony Kushner, Executive Director Erika Mallin and artists-in-residence Bill Irwin, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Hallie Foote, John Guare and Edward Albee, announced a $60 Million dollar partnership that will effectively extend New York’s theater district west to Tenth Avenue. The Frank Gehry designed performing arts center will add almost one thousand seats to theater district capacity. Signature Theatre Company Founding Artistic Director James Houghton and Related Companies Executive Vice President Bruce A. Beal, Jr. joined the Mayor and Speaker Quinn at the podium to announce. he development of the public/private partnership provides at least sixty million dollars in funding for the Signature Theatre Company. It is considered “significant,” even in a city with the budget the magnitude of New York’s. The announcement of a City contribution of $25 Million was made at a (virtually) open air Press
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An exhuberant James Houghton, Founding Artisitic Director of the Signature Theater Company participated in the announcement of the Frank Ghery designed complex schedule to open in 2011. Conference at the site of Signature Theater Company’s new home at 42nd and 10th, which, even though in the “pouring concrete” stage of construction, clearly indicates the impressive footprint of the new theater complex. Commenting on the project’s importance, Mayor Bloomberg said the addition to the cultural base is “quite significant,” and is a contribution that will “directly affect the lives of at least 80,000 New Yorkers and visitors.”
including more than 160 that will be designated for lowincome families. The entire project is part of a 1.2 Million square foot LEEDSilver Complex. The building will incorporate smart design measures and premium eff iciency systems that will save over $800,000 worth of energy each year. It will feature three intimate and distinct theatres, rehearsal studios, a café, bookstore and administrative off ices, and will allow Signature to more than douMayor Michael Bloomberg and City ble its audience, with an increased anticipated attenCouncil Speaker Christine Quinn donned dance of more than 80,000. hard hats for the announcement of $60 mil- The LEED-Silver building will create 700 construction lion dollars in private and public funding jobs and is expected to be for the Signature Theater three stage facili- completed in 2011, with the Signature Center expected to ty in the Related Companies new tower at be completed in 2012. 42nd Street and Tenth Avenue in “Signature Theatre Company is one of New York Manhattan. City’s most successful and fastest growing cultural The Frank Gehry-designed Signature Performing Arts Center is part of The groups, and its spectacular new home Related Companies’ $800 million, 59- will allow it to continue to expand,” said story, mixed use residential/hotel/cul- Mayor Bloomberg. “The $25 million tural complex, adding a building that commitment, combined with a $35 milphysically and psychologically expands lion private investment, will result in a the vibrant Manhattan theater district, new, world-class performance venue in drawing it west along 42nd Street to the heart of the City’s theater district. 10th Avenue. The building will provide Continued on page 40 more than 800 new housing units,
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Facebook and Twitter Face More Sophisticated Attacks
AT&T Wants Out of Landline Business US telecom giant AT&T has asked US regulatory authorities to waive a requirement that it and other carriers maintain costly landline networks.
Social n e two rk s will f ac e increasingly sophisticated hacker attacks in 2010 but law enforcement is expected to make strides in f ighting cybercrime, according to Web security f irm McAfee Labs.
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he explosion of applicat i o n s on Fa c e book a nd other services will be an ideal vector for cybercriminals, who will take advantage of friends trusting friends to click links they might otherwise treat cautiously," McAfee said. In i t s 2 0 1 0 T hr e a t P r e di c t i ons report, McAfee also said it expected to see increased threats to banking security and a rise in the use of "botnets," armies of infected computers used to spread malicious software or malware. "However, in 2010 we expect to see an increase in the effectiveness of law enforcement to f ight back against cy b e rc ri m e ," the S a nt a Clara, Califor nia, computer security f ir m sa i d i n t h e re por t r e l e a s e d on Tuesday. McAfee said Adobe products were likely to come under increasing threat next year and the release by Google of its Chrome computer operating system would "create another opportunity for malware writers to prey on users." "Cybercriminals have long picked on Microsoft products due to their popularity," the report said. "In 2010, we anticipate Adobe software, especially Acrobat Reader and Flash, will take the top spot." "Based on the cur rent trends, we expect that in 2010 Adobe product exploitation is likely to sur pass that of Microsoft Off ice applications in the number of desktop PCs being attacked," it said. McAfee said hackers were expected to try to take advantage of the proliferation of URL shortening services such as bit.ly and tinyurl.com. "These services now appear in all sorts of communications -- making it easier than ever to mask the URLs that users are asked to click," it said. "This trick will play a more pre-
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T&T, the oldest US telephone company, made the request in a filing last week with the Federal Communications Commission in which it also asked the FCC to set a "firm deadline" for phasing The AT&T Communications Inc. corpoout wireline service. "The business model for lega- rate headquarters building in San cy phone services is in a death Antonio, Texas. spiral," AT&T said. "With an outdated product, falling revenues, expand broadband access and to improve and rising costs, the plain-old telephone the quality of broadband service." service (POTS) business is unsustainable The company said it was being forced for the long run." to "dedicate substantial resources to an The AT&T filing was in response to antiquated network and outdated servan FCC request earlier this month for ice." input on plans to extend high-speed AT&T said that with the rise of cellInternet broadband to the entire country. phones and Internet communications It was published online by technology such as VoIP less than 20 percent of blog GigaOM. Americans now rely exclusively on landAT&T said the high costs of maintainlines for voice service and 25 percent ing the legacy phone network were have abandoned them altogether. "diverting valuable resources, both pubIt said 700,000 lines are being cut lic and private, that could be used to every month.
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The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. dominant role in 2010; it's the perfect avenue to direct users to websites that they would normally be wary about visiting. "As users' expectations of their Web 2.0 services evolve, we expect to see many rogue services set up with the hidden pur pose of capturing credentials and data," McAfee said. McAfee also said email remained vulnerable. "Email is increasing in popularity as the prefer red method for targeting attacks against individual users, corporations, and gover nment institutions," it said. "Although such attacks were rare some years ago, we now see many reports of successful assaults, both by criminals and for espionage, in which an email with an attachment or a link to a website is the attack vector," it said. "During the last six years, botnets have become the biggest thorn in the side of cybersecurity professionals," McAfee added. "Botnets have become the essential infrastructure used by cybercriminals and nation states for launching nearly every type of cyberattack," it said. Law enforcement has made some progress in battling botnets. "As a result of aggressive efforts to take offline these service providers that cater predominantly to the cybercriminal element, as well as of direct targeting of specif ic botnet control channels, numerous botnet operations have be e n s eve r e ly d i s r u p t ed i n recent years," McAfee said.
In Whose Best Interest ? BY MARTIN E. FRIEDLANDER, ESQ. Under Jewish law (Halacha) one must have grounds to be entitled to a divorce. This must be established before a Rabbinical tribunal (Beth Din) if it becomes contested. This has become an issue especially when one spouse requests that the Rabbinical Court attempt at reconciliation between the parties (Shalom Bayit) which at times is used as a delay tactic. New York State Law also requires grounds for a divorce and is one of the only jurisdictions where one spouse must specify a complaint claiming a legal basis for divorce even when both sides agree to a divorce. urrently the grounds for divorce are; adultery, cruel and inhuman treatment, actual abandonment or constructive abandonment. There are other grounds such as living pursuant to the terms of an executed separation agreement or incarceration for a period of time, which is beyond the scope of this article. Under Jewish law, when the ban of Rabbeinu Gershon was instituted against polygamy, requirements that a wife accept a Get willingly was instituted as well. This ban has almost become universally accepted Jewish by communities. Accordingly, a husband must willingly give a Get, as a wife must willingly accept one.
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In today’s society we are faced with people utilizing the Get as an additional weapon in their matrimonial matters. Society as a tool: What I have seen that has been helpful in situations is community assistance. Local communities where people who refuse to give a Get, are not welcome in local synagogues and refused any honors and are not welcomed at communal functions, have shown great success. At times there are organizations that protest outside ones home or place of work. Of course this must be done in a law abiding method. This has shown to be an effective action When Jewish law is applied under a jurisdiction based on Halacha, it does provide for instances when one who has been adjudicated by a Rabbinical Court to be Mechayav a Get (required to give a Get) could be coerced to give a Get which would be valid. To be continued‌.. Lawyer Martin Friedlander is a Jewish Voice columnist who discusses issues relating to family/matrimonial law affecting the community. Mr. Friedlander can be reached by email at mef@mflawyer.com or by phone at 212-321-7092 and for suggestions for the column please email Inwhosebestinterest@gmail.com
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US New Jobless Claims Dips to 17-Month Low ending December 19 was 4.981 million, a decrease of 57,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 5.038 million, the department said. The weekly report offers an up-todate snapshot of the job market, which 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 from 10.2 percent. The US economy grew at a 2.2 percent pace in the third quarter, reversing four quarters of contraction.
BY P. PARAMESWARAN New claims for jobless insurance benefits in the United States fell to the lowest level in 17 months, government data showed s that unemployment is at 26-year highs may ease as the economy recovers from recession. he seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits in the week ending December 26 stood at 432,000, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 454,000, the Labor Department said. Tumbling below the 450,000 psychological level, the latest claims dipped to the lowest level since July 19, 2008, and the decline was much steeper than the 460,000 f igure expected by most economists. The four-week moving average, a less volatile indicator than the week-toweek f igures, fell to 460,250 from the previous week's revised average of 465,750. The f igures suggest the brutal pace of layoffs is easing as the economy pulls out of a brutal recession since December 2007. Although volatility and the influence of seasonal factors at this time of year may be overstating the moderation in layoffs, "it remains clear that trends are moving in the right direction," said Andrew Gledhill, an economist at Moody's Economy.com. "If initial claims are still at this level once holiday disruptions clear -- late
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Changing of the Guard Every inauguration day brings change, most often by an elected official losing confidence in the voters and not being reelected. his year NY is losing one of its most long standing and influential politicians, District Attorney, Robert Morris Morgenthau.He left his post not because he has finished the job or that the people have lost confidence in him but that at the age of 90 he has passed the torch to the next generation. In the nearly 35 years that he served as DA for the city of NY, Mr. Morgenthau prosecuted many high level cases some of the more notable being: Bernie Goetz, the "Subway Vigilante" (1987), Robert Chambers, the "Preppie Killer" (1988), Central Park Jogger (1989):, ennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz of Tyco (2005).
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"I never expected to be here this long ...Recently I figured that I’d served 25 years beyond the normal retirement age of 65." Many of his assistant district attorneys have risen to great heights in their own rights under his tutelage. They include such notables as Sonia Sotomayor: current associate Justice of the supreme court, Andrew Cuomo: NY State attorney general, Eliot Spitzer former governor and attorney general of NY, Rudolph Giuliani, and John F. Kennedy Jr. Mr. Morgenthau, comes from a German Jewish family that immigrated to the US in 1866 that quickly rose to prominence. His grandfather Henry Morgenthau, Sr. served as the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War His father Henry Morgenthau, Jr. served as the Secretary of the Treasury hduring the Second World War and was influential in
the establishment of the war refugee board, bringing Jewish refugees to the US during and after the Shoah. Robert Morgenthau continued in the family tradition of public service. .In 1961, Morgenthau ,accepted an appointment from President John F. Kennedy to become the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and resigned only after Nixon became president in 1969. It was in 1974 that he was elected to become the DA of NY and has run unopposed in general elections ever since. Along with his public duties Robert Morgenthau has been an advocate for many worthy causes including many Jewish causes most notably the Museum of Jewish Heritage, of which he serves as chairman. On January 1, Morgenthau stepped down from the office of district attorney, saying "I never expected to be here this long ...Recently I figured that I’d served 25 years beyond the normal retirement age of 65." New York will miss Robert Morgenthau, who was arguably one of the greatest District Attorneys in NY’s history. The Jewish Voice wishes him a long and happy retirement. Mr. Morgenthau is succeeded by Cy Vance Jr., a prosecutor under Morgenthau and the son of former President Jimmy Carter's secretary of state. The Jewish Voice will also like to congratulate all the politicians that were inaugurated on Friday January 1. Mayor Michael Bloomberg who was elected to a third term as Mayor of our great city deserves special recognition after defeating the terms limits bill that would have prevented him from attaining his lofty goal of a third term in office. We also wish Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio and Comptroller, John Liu, as well as the 12 new members of the City Council, all the luck and wisdom they need to guide the great city of New York into the next decade. -SBE
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Dear Editor, While childbearing is a blessing we have also learned through experience as well as psychology that it can be a very emotional and challenging time for new mothers. It was not so long ago that these woman felt isolated and alone as to some of the grievances they endured after giving birth, but thanks to those who were able to come forward and express their struggles, it has made way for other mothers to not feel so alone. In Rabbi Baruch Finkstein, RN Michal Finkstein and MSW Doreen Winter’s book Delivery from
Dear Editor, I love articles that feature various travel destinations and therefore am always appreciative of the wonderful selection of places that you select for your publication. I also took notice that in the most recent one “Arizona…Land of Many Wonders,” that you provided information about the Jewish community there. One could easily miss out
Dear Editor, Finally, I know it’s not just a matter of my own impatience when I find myself annoyed by the long wait at the post office. It is completely outrageous that if you want to run in to merely purchase a book of stamps, you’re online for at least 20 minutes…sometimes less if you’re lucky. Often times you’re left wondering if you’ll even get to the teller before your time
Darkness, there seems to be a lot of beneficial information for woman that are trying to prevent as well as are going through postpartum depression. Thanks to Fern Sidman’s excellent review of the book, I believe that more people will take interest in the subject and it will of help to many. It is vital to remember that woman that are enduring this, did not chose to feel this way and therefore we must continually offer support to them. Depressionurts, and no one should have to face such hard times alone. Anonymous
on visiting some of these sites, had you not given a list of them, and I thank you for it! I look forward to reading future articles pertaining to worldwide destinations and I was hoping that you could perhaps include one about Spain, as I hope to visit there in the sometime soon. Sincerely, Simon Stein
on the meter runs out and this seems to happen at many of the Brooklyn post offices, not one in particular. Whatever has to be done to better serve customers and get the postal service running properly, I hope these actions are taken. Sincerely, Leah Laredo
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WINNERS Washington Watch: Winners and Losers for 2009 BY DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD Few can be sorry this year is ending and the aughts are history. Here are some of the winners and losers. WINNERS • Joe Lieberman - Lots of Jews and progressives are furious with him for trying to block health care reform, but the senator from Aetna had a very successful year. Barack Obama blocked Senate Dems from punishing Joe for playing on the Republican team in the 2008 elections and helped him keep his seniority and committee chairmanship, but that didn't inhibit the sanctimonious senator from sticking it to Obama and the Dems at every opportunity, even flip-flopping on Medicare coverage out of what seemed more like spite than conviction. He got everything he wanted and no one could touch him, because Dems are willing to pay any price for his 60th vote. • Binyamin Netanyahu - He didn't win the most votes in the last election (sound like anyone we know?) but he got the top job anyway. He deflected American pressure for a total settlement freeze with a partial moratorium. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted on terms he knew Netanyahu couldn't meet and rejected Bibi's invitation to meet him halfway, making the Israeli leader look like the only one who really wants peace. • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - He stole the Iranian election, brutalized the opposition and continued his nuclear program without interference. His stall strategy is a big success: Obama keeps declaring and missing his deadlines, the Chinese run interference and the Iranian centrifuges keep spinning. Congress is poised to pass feel-good sanctions, but they're meaningless unless everyone joins in, and that appears highly unlikely. • J Street - The new pro-peace/proIsrael lobby had a hugely successful f irst annual convention with unexpectedly large turnout, media attention and contributions - thanks in very large part to the hysterical attacks by its rightwing Jewish enemies who were apparently terrif ied that it might catch on and be effective. • Sarah Palin - She may like to criticize the media, but all their jousting is selling lots of books and making her very rich. She far outdistances the rest of the GOP pack with glamour and personality, if not brainpower and experience, and she's running for president in 2012-2014. • Dr. Ada Yonath - The f irst Israeli woman to win a Nobel Prize and only the fourth woman ever to win one in chemistry. • Al Franken - The freshman senator's f irst measure to become a law left Republicans furious and crying foul. It was an amendment barring defense contractors from preventing employees taking workplace sex assault and discrimination cases to court. Dubbed the "antirape" amendment, all 30 opposing votes
Many Jews and Progressives are furious with Joe Lieberman for trying to block health care reform but the senator from Aetna had a very successful year.
were cast by Republican men. When they realized what they had done, they accused Franken of tricking them, proving once again the worst wounds are self-inflicted. LOSERS • Barack Obama - For contracting out health care reform to the Congress, for creating confusing policy on Iran, for getting outfoxed and outmaneuvered by Bibi Netanyahu and for a focus on bipartisanship that never had a chance. Afterrunning an effective campaign to become president, he now needs some f irst-class legislative strategists to help enact his agenda. Quickly. • Hannah Rosenthal - A bright and talented woman whose f irst action as the special State Department envoy for f ighting anti-Semitism was to attack the Israeli ambassador. Whether her comments were right or wrong, she forgot she now works for the US government, not J Street, and private thoughts are to be kept private. • Israel's Labor Party - The once venerable party came in fourth, making it a candidate for the endangered species list. It has become a party in search of meaning. • Middle East peace - 2009 began full of hope generated by the new American administration, but no one seemed deeply committed enough to relaunch peace negotiations that had been on ice for the past eight years. • Nobel committee - One editorial cartoonist put it best: giving the gold medal to the athlete at the start of the race and hoping he does well. • Philandering politicians - Busy doing to their girlfriends what politicians usually do to the country: John Edwards, John Ensign, David Vitter, Mark Sanford, Vito Fossella, Elliot Spitzer and more to come. Several even had their own church/house on Capitol Hill and a regular Bible study group. Now we know what they were praying for. • Jimmy Carter - Al Het or mea culpa, he's now apologizing. Remember all those nasty things Jimmy said about "apartheid" Israel? He's sorry for "stigmatizing" the Jewish state. And he insists his repentance has nothing to do with his grandsonrunning for the Georgia state senate in a district with a sizeable Jewish population and a retiring Jewish incumbent. • Birthers - The lunatic fringe still can't believe a black man could be elected president in the 21st century - Lou Dobbs, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Alan Keys, Rush Limbaugh and Orly Taitz, the Israeli expat dentist-lawyer. Eleven House Republicans even introduced legislation requiring presidential candidates to produce their "original birth certif icate." • Rep. Peter Hoekstra - The Michigan Republican said "it really is" fair to hold the Obama administration responsible for the suspected terror incident on a Christmas Day Detroit-bound flight because it is "not going to use the word terrorism anymore."
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Binyamin Netanyahu deflected American pressure for a total settlement freeze with a partial moratorium.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - He stole the Iranian election, brutalized the opposition and continued his nuclear program without interference. Sarah Palin may like to criticize the media, but all their jousting is selling lots of books and making her very rich.
Dr Ada Yonath is the first Israeli woman to won a Nobel Price and the only the fourth woman to win one in chemistry.
LOSERS Barack Obama created a confusing policy on Iran, got outfoxed and outmaneuvered by Bibi Netanyahu and focused on bipartisanship that never had a chance.
Hannah Rosenthal whose first action as a special State Department envo for fighting anti semitism was to attack the Israeli Ambassador.
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New York City Council Presents Proclamation to Rebbetzin Jungres BY FERN SIDMAN Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, founder and president of Hineni has been honored with a proclamation for her "exceptional service to the Jewish community and New York City" by the Council of the City of New York. The official proclamation was signed by Alan J. Gerson, New York City council member from the 1st district and lauds the Rebbetzin's accomplishments throughout her lifetime. iting Rebbetzin Jungreis' "outstanding contribution to her community and the world at large", the proclamation speaks of the Rebbetzin's background; her descendancy from a great rabbinic dynasty that traces its lineage back to King David. Placing emphasis on her life's mission of "the preservation of the Jewish people and their faith", the proclamation also acknowledges her unwavering faith during the Holocaust. "This honoree has suffered persecution of the most extreme kind, having survived the Holocaust as an inmate at Bergen Belsen and rose to educate" says the proclamation. Speaking of the historic 1973 founding of Hineni, the international Torah outreach organization that has so deeply touched the lives of countless Jews throughout the decades, the proclamation recognizes Hineni as being the "first of its kind in the world in offering classes in all aspects of Jewish study". Also given recognition in this proclamation is the tremendous impact that Rebbetzin Jungreis' books have had on shaping Jewish identity; "The Jewish Soul on Fire", "The Committed Life", "The Committed Marriage" and her latest best seller, "Life Is A Test" (Artscroll Publications - 2006) along with the release of her new documentary, "Triumph of the Spirit", an exceptionally inspirational film on her experiences during the Holocaust and beyond.
The One Who Made Me Smile BY Y. WELLER, Telling a nine-year old child that she has cancer is something like dropping her in the middle of a raging battlefield, thick with smoke, giving her a rifle and saying, "Go ahead, little girl, fight!" Chances are she will start screaming and run in the opposite direction, or perhaps try to hide in some ditch. But in this case – that is, with advanced blood cancer, there is nowhere to run. She can try to hide, but it won't stop the pain. was almost nine years old on that terrible day. Two days of headaches, fever and bleeding, Tylenol, vomiting, and so on. And then, I passed out. I had been lying in bed since the morning, except for a few runs to the bathroom. Mom went out for a minute. She wouldn't have left me alone like that, but the Tylenol was f inished, and she went to borrow some more from a neighbor. Someone knocked at the door, maybe a neighbor asking for milk, or a man coming to collect the contents of the tzedaka box – no difference. But for some reason, I thought it was of utmost importance to get up and answer the door. Maybe Mom got locked out? How? When you have 104 degrees temperature, logic is not in top form. All I can say is that I got up somehow and shuffled to the door. There was a scent of frying eggplant in the air. Since that day, I have never been able to touch eggplant. Whenever I smell the thing, I feel as if I am back in that endless corridor, my ears burning, my head heavy and – At this point, it is as if someone burned the memory f ilm in my mind. Two people in an ambulance. Another mental short circuit. A clamorous emergency room. Everything is a fog. I'm floating in the air. A lot of orderlies moving and talking. My mother bending over me. "How do you feel, sweetheart?" I murmur something and sink back into unconsciousness. The f irst month of cancer. The most terrible month in my life. How is a nine year old girl supposed to cope with horrible treatments, painful tests, and the conviction that she is going to die within a day or two? Just like Zeidy died of "the illness," just like Shoshi's grandmother and the father from the black tzedakah flier died. I kept picturing in
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my mind rough building walls covered from top to bottom with posters carrying a picture of me smiling, yahrtzeit candles, and f ive weeping children – my brothers. "The illness," somebody whispers, "G-d help us." But I wasn't planning to tell you what it's like to discover you have cancer. You probably heard hundreds and thousands of stories like that. I wanted to tell you about her, the one who didn't just light up the darkness, but simply fought back the darkness with her bare hands. The one who forced me to smile. Another awful day. Excuse me, another routine day. I lay wearily in my narrow, hard bed, my head throbbing and my body aching. The medicine cart had been there a few minutes earlier, and then – She burst into the room like a bank robber, a black case with a keyboard inside slung over her shoulder. "Hi," she said in the most natural voice. "I have to practice playing my keyboard, you understand, and they said that I can do it here." I stared at her with wide open eyes, but the girl didn't even seem to notice. She collapsed onto the end of the bed, and considering her wide proportions, that was no small feat. "All right," she ran her hand through her short, black hair. "My friends say I have terrible taste in songs. Want to check it out?" Suddenly, I found my tongue, "Um, uh, who are you?" "You'll hear in a moment," she pulled open the zipper with a dramatic flair, her f ingers tapped lightly on the keys and she started singing in a thick voice. "I'm not Sara Schenirer, I'm not Rebbetzin Kanievsky, I'm not – " she wrinkled her brow, "Ummmm… Alright, we'll skip that. But I am Sara, shara me'halev me'halev me'hallllllev – who sings from the heart, the heart, the heaaaaaaaaart." She stretched that note like yellow cheese in a grilled toast, while I choked up, hysterically laughing. "Are you laughing at me," she asked, offended. "Oh, you're not? Well, all right then. Anyway, like I said, my name is Sara, but I am shara me'halev me'halev me'halllllev –" That was the f irst time I met "Sara from the heart", a heavy, funny girl who just needed "a place to practice," and for some reason, decided that my room
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Torah Dedication at Avraham Ohavi BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER East Third St. and Ave U rang out in celebration on Sunday as a new Sefer Torah was dedicated at the Avraham Ohavi baal teshuvah organization located in the Bet El Synagogue. he festivities started at the home of Dr. Issac Muadib who has been a long time supporter of the program. Many of the guests that crowded into the Muadib home were honored with the writing of a letter in the Torah, part of a tradition fulfilling the commandment of every Jews to write a Torah scroll. The Torah was then paraded in the street with most of the neighborhood coming out to escort it into its new home in the Bet El Shul where it was greeted by the older Scrolls of the synagogue. Moving into the synagogue the throngs danced with the scroll as if it was Simchat Torah with each celebrant taking his turn with dancing with the new Torah. Rabbis from neighboring congregations and communities from as far away as Lakewood came for the special occasion. Especially proud were Eitan and Yitzchak Izyaguyev, who dedicated the beautiful Torah in memory of their parents. The whole event was overseen by Mr. Asher Ben Tov. Mr. Ben Tov was everywhere making sure that everybody that had anything to do with the event or the organization was honored with a letter and recognized for their contribution. The Rabbis, the gabbai and students were all singled out for their work and achievements. But as beautiful as the Torah dedication was, the organization to which it was dedicated is even more amazing. It was only a few short years ago that Asher Ben Tov walked into a small Ashkenazi synagogue in a neighborhood that had become almost exclusively Sephardic. The synagogue struggled to get a regular minyan. They at that point tried to bring in different programs to build up the congregation but at the same time adamantly strived to maintain their Ashekenazic identity. During a vacation to Florida Mr. Ben Tov came across a kiruv program aimed at disenfranchised young Israelis and decided to bring the program to NY. “I saw these young people,” Mr. Ben Tov said, “and nobody cared for them. I came to the Shul and said we need to open a Shabbat program for them.” The program that Mr. Ben Tov founded four years ago is called Avraham Ohavi in memory of his father who also worked with baaleh teshuvah. The program is exclusively for former Israeli soldiers, both men and women, under the age of 35, who are not religious. Advertising in all the local hot spots he invited them to come to Shabbat dinners and lunches. As in most Jewish rituals food is the central theme and Avraham Ohavi is no exception. Mr. Ben Tov makes sure that the food served at every meal is of the best quality, often taking over the kitchen himself to make sure that it meets his own high standards. The Shabbat meals have proven a tremendous success with about 150 joining for the average Friday night meal, 100 for Shabbat lunch and another 50 for Seudat Shlishit. Drawing them in with the Shabbat
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With the completion of the final words of the Torah by the Sofer Mr. Moratov, dancing broke out. l-r Mr. Asher Ben Tov, the Izyaguyev Brothers, Rabbi Cohen and entertainer Avi Peretz.
Eitan Izyaguyev carrying the new Torah in the parade to it's new home in the Bet El Synagogue.
The Scribe Mr. Moratov, writting the final letters in the new Sefer Torah.
All the old Torahs joined in greeting the new Torah into the Syanagogue.
Eitan and Yitzchak Izyaguyev placing the new Torah Hundreds turned out to celebrate the dedication of the new Torah and particapated in a scrumotious into the Aron Kodesh with Rabbi Yochai Cohen. meals he offers so much more. While it can seudah. During the week Avraham Ohavi, runs an evening Kollel with about 40-50 students, with dinners following the classes Avraham Ohavi also hosts a full selection of Jewish events at their base on East Third Street. While not a dating service Asher is proud that 17 couples have met married and started building a true Jewish home through Avraham Ohavi.
truly be said that Mr. Ben Tov runs the show at Avraham Ohavi, he is not alone in the work done at this amazing organization. The president of the Bet El Synagogue, Mr. Ben Kuzer has been of tremendous support to the program. Rabbi Yochai Cohen is the Rav of the program and Rabbi Eliyahu Menajed is one of the many lecturers which include the well known Rabbi Issac Ginsburger that regularly
give classes. He also gets support from the community and even from former and present students. The best example of this dedication is Eitan and Yitzchak Izyaguyev, who donated the new Torah on Sunday. When a friend noticed that the syna-
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JEWISH CONSTRUCTION IN EASTERN JERUSALEM APPROVED
MOLDOVAN CHURCH BLAMES JEWS FOR ANTI-SEMITIC RALLY
The Jerusalem municipality approved the construction of four apartment buildings on the Mount of Olives in eastern Jerusalem. The city's planning and building committee approved the construction, which has been in the works for several years, on Monday. The buildings, which will house 24 Jewish families, will be located next to the long-established Beit Orot yeshiva. The land is privately owned. Monday's approval comes as the Palestinians continue to refuse to come back to the peace negotiating table until Israel halts all settlement construction, including in Jerusalem. The Palestinians say that eastern Jerusalem will be the capital of a future Palestinian state. The 10-month freeze on new West Bank settlement construction announced in November does not include Jerusalem.
Jews are to blame for the antiSemitic rally two weeks ago in which a Catholic priest torn down a Chanukah menorah and erected a cross in its place, Molodovan church leaders claimed. "We believe that this unpleasant incident in the center of the capital could have been avoided if the menorah had been placed near a memorial for victims of the Holocaust," off icials of the Moldovan orthodox church said. Although the church expressed respect for the “feelings and belief of other cults,” it added that it was “inappropriate to put a symbol of the Jewish cult in a public place connected to the history and faith of our people, especially because Hanukkah… symbolizes the victory of Jews over non-Jews."
PLANETS GET NEW HEBREW NAMES Two until now "mystery planets" - at least for Hebrew speakers – now have names. In an internet poll conducted by the Academy for Hebrew Language, the planets Neptune and Uranus will now be known in Hebrew as "Rahav" and "Oron," respectively. The name Rahav is based on a passage in the book of Job, which refers to the "angel of the sea," chosen by visitors to the Academy's website because of Neptune's reputation as a watery world. Oron means "small light," due to its dim light, diff icult to detect even with a telescope.
BRIS EDGES OUT WEDDING FOR BIGGEST JEWISH LIFE EVENT A poll of Israel National News readers asking the question, "What is the most signif icant Jewish life event?" has led to the following results: Bris 45%, Wedding 40.6%, Bar/Bat Mitzvah 14.2%.
FORMER PM ARIEL SHARON STILL COMATOSE FOUR YEARS AFTER STROKE Ariel Sharon, the tough army general turned premier who shocked his hawkish supporters by pulling Israel out of Gaza in 2005, is still lying unconscious in a hospital bed, friends said Sunday on the fourth anniversary of the massive stroke that put him in a coma. Sharon, 81, led Israel from 2001 until the January 2006 stroke that left him comatose. Dov Weisglass, a close friend of Sharon and his former spokesman, told said that Sharon's vital signs are good but it was not clear if he would ever regain consciousness. Medical experts have said that is most unlikely.
NEARLY 300 ISRAELIS MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO RABBI ABUHATZEIRA`S TOMB IN EGYPT Dozens of Israelis are making an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish holy man in Egypt's Nile Delta.Cairo airport off icials say some 290 Israelis ar rived Sunday on their way to the tomb of Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira near the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. The commemoration of the anniversary of his death will take place Saturday. The elderly rabbi was making his way from his native Morocco to the Holy Land in 1879 when he fell ill and died in the Egyptian city of Damanhour. Egypt has in years past limited the number of pilgrims. Israeli newspapers say, however, that President Hosni Mubarak accepted a request from Israeli Prim
IRANIAN SOCCER FEDERATION MISTAKENLY GREETS ISRAEL An Iranian soccer federation off icial repor tedly resigned after his off ice sent New Year's greetings to Israel. Mohammad-Manour Azimzadeh, who heads the Iran Football Federation's foreign relations off ice, quit over the gaffe, and the federation's president apologized, according to reports. The foreign relations off ice had sent New Year's greetings to all members of FIFA, soccer's global federation, but forgot to omit Israel, which is called the "Zionist entity," from its list. Israel's soccer federation replied positively to the message with no repercussions to the sender.
POLAND REQUESTS SWEDEN’S HELP IN AUSCHWITZ CASE Poland has made a formal request to Sweden for help in investigating the theft of the sign from the entrance to Auschwitz. "This request is now being passed on to the Prosecutor-General, who will decide which pubic prosecution off ice will handle the case," said Martin Valfridsson, a spokesman for Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask, according to The Local, a Swedish news publication. Early on the morning of Dec. 18, the iconic wrought-iron Arbeit Macht Frei sign was stolen from the memorial at the prison camp of Auschwitz. It was recovered 72 hours later, sawed into three pieces and set to be shipped out of the country. Five Polish men were arrested for their alleged involvement in the theft. A wealthy British Nazi sympathizer was the intended buyer of the sign, via an extreme-right wing group in Sweden, the British newspaper Mirror reported over the weekend. The stolen sign was supposed to be hidden in Stockholm until the British man could arrange to get it. The money for the theft was going to be used to fund neo-Nazi hate attacks in Sweden, the Mirror reported, quoting a source in Sweden.
IRAQ TO TURN YECHEZKEL HA’NAVI'S TOMB INTO A MOSQUE Sources in Baghdad say that the government is planning to build a mosque at the ancient burial site, which is located in Al-Kifl, a small town south of Baghdad, including removing the ancient Hebew inscriptions that adorn the site. Some reports say that all or some of the lines of Hebrew script have already been erased. Ezekiel (Yechezkel, in Hebrew), lived in the sixth century BCE, having accompanied the exiled Judeans to Babylon. His prophecies include the Vision of the Dry Bones, as well as the future return of Jewish People to the Land of Israel even if they are not deserving (Chapter 36: 22-25). Thousands of Jews often visited the site of his tomb annually before Iraqi Jewry came to an abrupt end in the middle of the 20th century, Moslems and Christians continue to visit it even to this day.
NATIONAL SYNAGOGUE, CARS VANDALIZED WITH RACIST GRAFFITI A synagogue was defaced with racist graff iti. Vandals tagged Kenesset Israel Torah Center on the 1100 block of Morse Avenue. The word "Satan" and numbers "666" were spray-painted on the side of the synagogue. A swastika and a profanity defaced a utility box on the property. It was not the f irst time the
center has been targeted. In 1999 a f irebombing at its previous location forced the congregation to move. Approximately one mile away on Northrup Avenue, f ive vehicles were spray-painted with a Star of David, the number 6 and squiggly lines. A sign at the nearby Woodside East residential complex was also tagged.
CHASIDISH FAMILY HAS FIRST NYC BABY OF 2010 Just 13 seconds after the ball dropped, baby “new year” came bouncing into the world. “We’re proud, very happy, very excited,” said proud mom Brucha Strulevich, who hasn’t as yet picked out a name for the third addition to her family of all boys. Following Jewish Orthodox tradition, the child will be named at his Bris. The baby boy was delivered at Mount Sinai Hospital, which almost had the f irst baby of the year in 2006. That child arrived at 11:59 and 48 seconds, 12 seconds early. “It was a very pleasant surprise,” said Doctor Michael Silverstein, who delivered the child. Silverstein says he was in induced and should have been delivered at noon New Years Eve, but the little guy fought to stay in. Both baby and mother are doing f ine. The little bundle of joy weighed in at just 5 pounds, 1 ounce.
HACKER ATTACKS BOULDER JEWISH WEB SITES A hacker attacked Jewish Web sites in Boulder, Colo., posting anti-Semitic messages. The Web sites of two Boulder synagogues, Bonai Shalom and Har HaShem, were defaced Saturday. The messages compared the Jewish community to a terrorist organization, a company that maintains the Web sites told the Denver Post. The Web site of the Boulder Rabbinic Council was also attacked, according to the report. The hacker called himself Waja (Adi Noor). It took about five hours to restore the sites. This is not all that different from painting a swastika on the wall of a building," Jeff Finkelstein, who maintains the sites, told the Denver Post. He said he is trying to trace the hacker.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR DIES, LEAVES 2,500 DESCENDANTS A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor died, leaving behind at least 2,500 descendants. Yitta Schwartz of Kiryas Joel in New York was buried Monday morning. She had f ive generations of descendants. Schwartz survived Bergen Belsen, leaving the concentration camp with her family intact when World War II ended in 1945. Schwartz, her husband and six children moved to Antwerp and then Belgium before settling in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the Times Herald-Record reported. The Schwartzes had 11 more children following the war. Her husband died 33 years ago. Schwartz, who reportedly was reluctant to talk about the Holocaust, had about 170 grandchildren -- and knew all their names.
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Cholent Traditions From Around the World BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER Whether called cholent or chamim Jews around the world all enjoy a hot Shabbat stew. The origin of the custom of a slow simmering stew served over Shabbat lunch is the Biblical prohibition against cooking on Shabbat. While cooking on Shabbat is forbidden, food that has been brought to a boil can remain on the stove or in a hot oven to be served on Shabbat afternoon. hile the basic idea of Cholent is the same wherever Jews lived, meat or fowl with beans and vegetables there are slight variances depending on the availability of ingredients or spices and cooking techniques. Some communities have a thick paste like cholent while others serve an almost soup like cholent. In European communities potatoes are a main ingredient and in some Sephardic communities rice is used. Sephardim place raw eggs in the mixture allowing them to cook overnight where they are infused with the flavors of the meats and spices. The eggs called haminados are often served ceremoniously by the head of the household as a delicacy. Other additions to cholent mix are Kishke or Helze,l a sausage made with stuffed goose neck. Other names for cholent around the world are: in Germany it is calledschalet, in Morocco it’s skhina, the people from Maghreb call it daf ina, in Bukharia, it’s oshi sabo, and in Iraq it is called tebit. Whatever one calls it and wherever ones family comes from cholent is one of the few truly Jewish delicacies.
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Vegan Cholent. Vegetarian Cholent Source: Wendy Baker 1/3-1/2 cup dried soy beans, soaked 12 or more shiitake mushrooms, soaked enough to remove stems Water you soaked the mushrooms in 1-3 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 very large carrots or 1 pound regu lar carrots, peeled and chunked 6 medium potatoes-chunked, not peeled 1 large or 2 medium onions 1 large green pepper 3-4 stalks celery 1-3 smashed cloves of garlic l 8 ounces can tomato sauce 1/2-3/4 cup wine, either dry sherry or other dry wine 2-3 teaspoons vegetable or chickenflavor soup powder 12 whole cloves 10-12 whole peppercorns salt freshly ground pepper water, 1-2 cups if needed
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6 eggs in their shells (optional) Soak soy beans and mushrooms ahead. Chop 1/3 of the large or 2/3 of the medium onion and 1/3 third of the green pepper. Smash and chop the garlic. Heat oil, in your crockpot if it can take it, or in a small frying pan and sauté the chopped vegetables until lightly browned. If you used your crockpot, push the sautéed vegetable aside and start layering. Put potatoes and carrots on the bottom then soy beans then other vegetables. Add seasonings, sautéed vegetables if not already in, soup powders and liquids. Pour the mushroom liquid carefully so you don't get the sandy sediment from the bottom. Put in eggs if using. Liquid will not come to the top of the vegetables, but don't worry, extra liquid will be produced during the cooking. If your crockpot can take it, bring to a boil before setting the pot to cook overnight. Seal the cover (I used aluminum foil) and set on a low heat an hour or so before Shabbat comes in. On my West Bend I use setting 2, out of 5.
1 teaspoon hot Hungarian paprika Salt or salt substitute, to taste Boiling water to cover Soak beans overnight or boil them for 2 to 3 minutes, remove from heat and let stand for 2 hours. Spread the onion on the bottom of a heavy pot with a good tight lid or in a crockpot. Add all the meat, half the garlic, and sprinkle with a small amount of the seasonings. Discard the soaking liquid and add the beans and the barley (not soaked) to the cholent pot. Add the rest of the garlic and the seasonings. Boil enough water to just cover the whole thing and pour it on. Cover and put it in the oven. Let it roast for no more than half an hour, and then reduce the heat to 200°F and let it cook for at least 8 hours. Poster's Notes: For the chunk of goose, can use leg and/or thigh. Hungarian paprika from the city of Szeged is available in most supermarkets in the spice section, in tins. The even more flavorful sweet paprika processed by hand in the town of Kalocsa is sold in plastic bags in specialty food stores. Once I bought some California paprika that was quite good, too, but I never saw it again. Do not use Spanish paprika as a seasoning or flavoring. Use that as a coloring only, if at all. If you can't f ind the hot paprika, try red, black or even white pepper. The flavor is different, but the cholent will still have that zing. In many Hungarian households, the hot pepper is not added until the food is served, right at the table, from a saltshaker.
Chicken Cholent, Iraqi 1/4 dark meat turkey OR 2 to 3 chicken leg quarters on the bone 1 cup brown rice 1 can whole tomatoes (28-oz) 3 carrots and/or 2 sweet potatoes peeled and chunked 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or more) 1 teaspoon cumin Salt (optional) 3/4 cup little white beans (only pre soaked, not cooked) Water to cover Put everything into a crockpot and cook overnight for Shabbat lunch. I f ind that I put the rice near the top of the pile of ingredients, to help it from getting totally mushy. I haven't done the following, but some cholent and hamin recipes put the rice into a bag before cooking the dish. Perhaps this would help too. Cholent w/Smoked Goose Source: Carolyn C. Gilboa 1 large onion, diced 6 to 8 cloves of garlic 1 chunk of brisket, about 4 to 5 pounds 1 chunk of smoked goose 1 piece of smoked sausage, 8" to 10" long 1/2 pound navy beans 1/2 pound pea beans or other small white beans 1/2 pound kidney beans or other red beans 1/2 pound baby lima beans 1 cup barley 2 rounded tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika
New Orleans Cholent Source: Joan Nathan whole brisket salt to taste cayenne pepper, to taste 3 tablespoon olive oil 3 onions, peeled and sliced thickly 2 cups dried lima, fava, kidney or other beans, washed and drained 4 cup water, or to cover 1 tablespoon flour Rub the brisket with the garlic, salt and cayenne pepper, sear in a heavy skillet in the olive oil. Surround with the garlic, onions, beans and salt, add water, cover and bake in a preheated 250°F oven for 8 hours. Just before serving mix the flour with 1/4 cup of the gravy, stirring briskly. Then stirring constantly, pour the paste into the gravy. Tip: you can also cook the dish ahead of time, refrigerate overnight, skim off the fat, slice the brisket and reheat.
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Mr. Broadway
212-355-5411
212-921-2152
35 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019
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Glatt Kosher
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Eden Wok 43 E. 34th St Corner Madison Ave
212-725-8100 Chinese, Sushi Bar, Vegetarian Soups
The Prime Grill
CUISINE: Steak House & Sushi Lounge
212- 692-9292 60 East 49th St (bet. Park & Madison)
Estihana Manhattan Cuisine: Japanese/Asian Fusion
212-501-0393 221 West 79th St (Bet. Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10024
Kosher Delight GLATT KOSHER FAMILY RESTAURANT
1395 Broadway, New York, NY
Vabene
Exclusive Italian Cuisine Pastas, Vegetable Dishes & Diserts 1589 2nd Ave
212-517-4448
212-563-3366
www.vabenerestaurant.com
Kosher Deluxe
Village Crown To-Go
GLATT KOSHER
10 West 46th Street 212-869-6699 www.KosherDeluxe.com Mon-Thurs: 7:30 am - 10:00 pm Fri: 7:30 am - 2:30 pmSun: 12:00 noon - 8:30 pm
Cuisine: Moroccan & Italian
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New York, NY 10017
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BROOKLYN Benny's Glatt Fine Dining
Glatt a la Carte
1785 Ocean Avenue (M&N) Brooklyn, New York
CUISINE: Fine Continental & Grill
718-787-0080
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Under the Hashgacha of Rabbi Yechiel Babad Tartikov
GLATT KOSHER
Caraville Glatt
Le Bagel Café
"The New Essex"
CUISINE:Breakfast, Omelettes, French Toast & Pancakes, Israeli & Syrian Specialties, Fish Spreads & Smoked Fish, Panini Toast Sandwiches
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brooklyn, New York
718 336 1206 Rabbi Babad,Tartikov
Carlos and Gabby's
1376 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, New York
555 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 718-502-9294
Mabat Steakhouse Bklyn Cuisine: Middle Eastern
718-339-3300
718-337-8226
1809 East 7th Street (Bet. Kings Highway & Quentin Rd.) Brooklyn, NY 11230
David’s Restaurant
Moshi Moshi
Mid-Eastern and Israeli
GLATT KOSHER
Dougies BBQ Brooklyn
Mendy's on Coney
718-686-8080
1359 Coney Island Avenue (Off Avenue J) Brooklyn, NY 11230
CUISINE: Japanese 539 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 1987 Coney Island Ave., (bet. Ave. P & Quentin Rd.) 718-336-4566 Specialty: Steaks, teriyaki, saute, sushi, 718-998-8600 sashimi, tempura Under Strict Supervision of Under supervision of Rabbi Yisroel P. Gornish VAAD HARABANIM OF FLATBUSH
4310 18th Avenue
(bet McDonald Ave. & East 2nd St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Cuisine: Delicatessen
718-859-1002
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1411 Ave M, Brooklyn NY
4102 18th Ave (Corner of East 4th St)
TEL: 718.438.3006 FAX: 718.438.3122
Estihana
GLATT KOSHER
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718-677-1515 Specialty: Prime beef, Malaysian Chicken, Portabella Steak, Sushi, we cater sheva berachot and private parties
Fuji Hana Cuisine: American/Japanese
718-336-3888
178. 336. 8900/01 Sun: 12:00 noon- 11:00pm Mon-Thurs: 11:00am- 11:00pm Sat: One Hour After Shabbos
T Fusion Steakhouse Cuisine: International Steakhouse
718-998-0002 3223 Quentin Road Brooklyn, NY 11234
Think Sweet Cafe Cholov Israel CUISINE: Dairy
512 Avenue U Brooklyn, NY 11229
546 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 11223 718-645-3473 Moti & Debbie The home of the mefunekett
Gio Cafe Cholov Israel
Wendy’s Plate
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434 Avenue “U” Brooklyn, NY 11223 718-376-3125 Soups • Omelets • salads • wraps & sandwiches grilled pizza • pasta • fish
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Come and enjoy our wonderful bakery, featuring Sephardic and American pastries. Call us for all your simchas. Under OK supervision
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Crowds Cheer for David Broza in Concert at the 92Y BY MAXINE DOVERE What’s a nice Jewish girl to do? With so many friends are out of town (though, this year, fewer than in other years) even the “big City” is pretty quiet. Chestnuts are roasting on open fires – but on every other corner. It’s late, and the street vendors have left their corners, too. There is definitely a little nip in the air. Then, there are all those colorful lights…exactly the perfect atmosphere for a good Jewish communal experience. t seven, the evening is very young. With an eight o’clock curtain, grab a cab, bus or the East Side subway and join the loyal, loving crowd that gathers annually to hear, adore, admire and glory in the music of David Broza. For the fourteenth December 24th, Broza brought his warmth and ultimately professional performance to New York. Though the December 24th scheduling of this concert was spurred by the tragedy of the death of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the event has evolved into a full blown celebration of Broza and his music. A Bit of History: The night the Prime Minister was murdered, David Broza was scheduled to present a major concert in New York City’s Town Hall. – I was there, with more than a thousand others, all excitedly awaiting Broza and his repertoire of the familiar and the surprising, a musical journey only Broza could travel. Word of the tragedy in Israel spread quickly through the audience: min-
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Generous with his time and talent on stage and off, David Broza greeted friends and fans after his annual December 24th concert at the 92Y.
On stage at the 92Y. a musician's musician, Broza, incorporates multiple styles and cultures into his music, with music and lyrics ranging from traditional and contemporary Hebrew to Ladino, to contemporary Spanish and English.
utes, then ten’s of minutes passed. Alone, David Broza came to center stage. Only Hatikvah would – could be sung that night. Many left the hall, and on a bitter cold New York night, stood, together, silently, in front of the off ice of the Israeli Consulate. There were no words. The concert was rescheduled to December 24th. A tradition begun in
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tragedy has become a celebration.) For the last several years, the 92Y has been home to the December concert. This year, singing to a multi-generational audience, Broza brought his artistry, his emotion, his utter joy in music to a house that, as always, sold out. Another New York tradition - JDate’s annual mass gathering of Jewish singles, the Matza Ball, was well underway by the time we arrived at Capitale, once a great bank, now, one of the most extravagant event spaces in New York, the line was snaking down the Bowery. Single Jews of every size, shape and color, mostly in their late twenties to forty, some older, a few younger, from velvet yarmulke to kipa s’rugah to shul once a year – Jews, every one - f illed an amazing space awash in soft lights and loud music. Organized by J-Date, the twentythird annual MatzoBall is appropriately enough called, MatzoBall23. The event is the nation’s largest Jewish singles’ mixer anywhere. This year, it expanded its mission beyond the social to the societal, asking attendees to bring gently used or new children's items to benef it the Home for the Homeless. “Don't procrastinate! Get your tickets to the 23rd Annual Matzo Ball now,” said one tweet on the popular network-
ing site, Twitter. That was in October – singles certainly start planning ahead! And how could any December 24th in New York or the area ‘burbs be complete without Chinese food – vegetarian, of course! I remember December 24th with my parents– movies, then… Chinese food. In my tradition, there is something absolutely “December” about steaming eggplant with garlic sauce – brown rice, of course. This year, we walked from Capitale to “China Town” searching out that vegetarian kosher Chinese Restaurant. With frozen f ingers and tired feet – it was a bit of a hike in high heels – the hot soup was especially welcome. Lots of conversation, much to talk about and, as the owner was counting his evening’s receipts, we “closed” the restaurant. Scarf ’s were wrapped about the necks, gloves pulled from pockets, and buttons fastened. Wishes for prosperity and peace were exchanged. The evening was not yet ended: placed in my hand was a bright red box of crisp, individually wrapped rice cookies. “Only good fortune” the restaurantor assured. “Happiness.” What better wish could there be for this season of light? And then, a true New York miracle! A taxi at two in the morning!
HEALTH
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Women and Heart Disease BY RENA WILLIAMS Since our heart is the most vital organ in our body, naturally we would want nothing more than to protect it from harm. You might find it surprising to know that negative emotions such as frustration, worry, and anger put us more at risk for heart disease. he most common emotions that link most people to heart disease are experienced at a higher percentage by women than men. The reason being is women are born with more intense emotions. Females feel feelings of joy more deeper than men, they also take setbacks and disappointments to heart more than men. Quite naturally these emotions of anxiety, depression, anger, and loneliness are more powerful and detrimental to their heart. Let's take a look at some reasons and solutions for each emotion. Anxiety- Too much anxiety can lead to high blood pressure. We are all hardwired to worry, but even more so for women. Especially during the childbearing years. Some simple ways to calm anxiety is to slow down using methods like yoga, light exercise, walking, or meditation. Of course avoiding stress as much as possible is very helpful, mainly work related stress. Depression- Being overly depressed can cause a hardening of the heart's arteries. There are many reasons for depression. Studies have shown that they are seeing a higher level of depressed people being linked to an abundance of stress hormones in the blood, that causes platelets of the blood, which eventually damage the blood vessels. Ways to combat depression is to have an awareness of its symptoms that seems to linger on and on. Symptoms such as fatigue and insomnia. Develop a daily workout habit of at lease 30 minutes per day. Also be sure to consume the proper amount of supplements. Anger- Feelings of rage will put an extra strain on anyone's heart. Men and women feel the same amount but they express it differently. It doesn't matter how you express anger, whether it be through gossip or some sort of an aggressive behavior, you are still hurting your heart.
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Being overly depressed can cause a hardening of the heart's arteries. Harboring hostility will put a strain on your blood vessels. Conquer anger by freely expressing your thoughts and frustrations rather than holding them in. Then resolve the issue quickly. Take some time to do some relaxing breathing techniques, or listen to some mellow music. Loneliness- I'm not saying it is bad to be alone or loneliness is a bad thing. Only if you are to the point of feeling disconnected from the universe. Isolated loneliness not only makes the blood pressure rise, but it effects the immune system as well. Resist loneliness by getting connected. Force yourself to join a group, preferably a hobby of your choice. Get a loving pet, get out to meet new people and make some quality friends. Learn to mange your emotions to better protect your heart. Strive to stay calm as much as possible. Think about the things you say before proceeding with a knee jerk reaction. Think more on the positive side of things instead of the negative. Hanging around more positive, encouraging and like minded people always drive the right behavior. Cling especially to the ones that seems to have their lives in order. Anxiety, anger, depression, and loneliness are the main emotions that has a negative effect on the heart. These same emotions are linked to the high rate of heart disease present in women. Ladies, get a grip on your emotions. Life is worth the effort. Rena Williams is a nutritionist of natural health with a well established wellness business. Her goal is to help many others achieve optimum health and empower them to reach healthy goals.
Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep and helping adolescents feel on top of the world. BY AFP It seems parents have long been right. Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep and helping adolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported. lack of sleep among youngsters may trigger depression and suicidal thoughts, according to the study by the Columbia University Medical Center. "Our results are consistent with the theor y that inadequate sleep is a risk factor for depression, working with other risk and protective factors t h r o u g h m u l t i p l e p o s s i bl e c a u s a l pathways to the development of this m o o d d i s o r d e r, " s a i d l e a d a u t h o r James Gangwisch. "Adequate quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against depression and a treatment for depression," he added in the study published in the Friday issue of Sleep magazine. The study followed the nightly habits of some 15,659 college and high-school students, and found those who consistently went to bed after midnight had a 24 percent high-
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er risk of depression than those who tur ned in before 10:00 pm. Night owls also ran a 20 percent higher risk of battling suicidal thoughts, the study added. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that adolescents should sleep at least nine hours or more a night. Those who were tucked in before 10:00 pm repor ted they slept on average about eight hours and 10 minutes. But that amount of sleep dropped signif icantly for those in bed after midnight. And adolescents who slept f ive hours or less a night were 71 percent more likely to suffer depression and 48 percent more at risk of becoming suicidal, the study said. "It is a common perception and societal expectation that adolescents do not need as much sleep as preadolescents, yet studies suggest that a d o l e s c e n t s m ay a c t u a l ly r e q u i r e more sleep," said Gangwisch. "Studies have found that adolescents do not go to bed early enough to compensate for earlier school star t times, and transitions to earlier school star t times have been shown to be associated with signif icant sleep deprivation."
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Obama, Democrats Forge Ahead on Health Care Overhaul BY OLIVIER KNOX President Barack Obama and his top allies in the Congress worked to map the way to enacting a sweeping overhaul of US health care by his annual marquee State of the Union speech, now weeks away. bama and the Democratic leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives were to discuss their final drive to pass the legislation, his top domestic priority, in talks at the White House set for 5:45 pm (2245 GMT). The high-stakes discussions, at the dawn of a mid-ter m election year expected to see an erosion of the Democrats' House majority, aimed to chart the best way for the two chambers to reconcile their rival versions of the bill and approve a f inal compromise that the president could sign into law. Both bills aim to extend health care coverage to some 31 million Americans out of the 36 million who cur rently lack it, while banning abusive health insurance practices and curbing skyrocketing US medical costs. Passage would hand Obama and congressional Democrats a huge victor y ahead of November elections that, if history is any guide, are likely to result in sizeable Republican gains in Congress. With Republicans locked in unyielding opposition to the plan, Obama and his top legislative allies looked for ways to tamp down bitter intra-Democratic feuds that still clouded the fate of the legislation. A headline battle looms over the provision of a gover nment-backed "public option" to compete with private insurers -- a core component of the House version that Senators stripped from their less expansive bill. Another potential obstacle is the House bill's tougher restrictions on federal funds subsidizing abortions: While pro-choice lawmakers denounce the limits, some centrist Democrats say they will withhold support without them.
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Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was to meet f irst with Democratic committee chiefs in the House, amid an insur rection on the ar ty's left-flank at the Senate's watered-down version of the bill. Later, Pelosi and Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer were to attend the White House talks in person while Democratic Senate Majority Leader Har ry Reid and his deputy, Senator Dick Durbin, were to join by telephone. Democrats say they want f inal passage before Obama's State of the Union speech, which Pelosi has suggested could slide to early February from its typical late January date. The House approved its version of the bill on November 7. The Senate adopted its version December 24. According to media repor ts, Democrats may look to blunt Republican delaying tactics by skirting the traditional "conference" in which formally appointed delegates from each chamber meet to work out a f inal compromise. Instead, key lawmakers and top White House off icials would put together a f inal plan from the House and Senate version in informal talks sometimes known as "ping-pong" because the process can include the two chambers sending bills to each other until a f inal compromise is achieved. Democrats have virtually no margin for er ror: The Senate's Christmas Eve vote rallied exactly the 60 votes needed to pass the bill, and some centrists have said they will oppose any major changes. The United States is the world's richest nation but the only industrialized democracy that does not provide health care coverage to all of its citizens. As a nation, the United States spends more than double what Britain, France and Germany do per person on health care. But it lags behind other countries in life expectancy and infant mortality, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Antibody Finds, Wipes Out Prostate Cancer BY AFP U S res ea rch ers h ave fo u n d a n a n t i b o dy t h a t h u n t s d ow n p ro s t a t e cancer cells in mice and can d es t roy t h e k i l l er d i s ea s e even i n a n a dva n ced s t a ge , a s t u dy s h owed M o n d ay. he antibody, called F77, was found to bond more readily with cancerous prostate tissues and cells than with benign tissue and cells, and to promote the death of cancerous tissue, said the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).
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metastasized around 85 percent o f t h e t i m e. I t r e c og n i z e d ev e n a n d r og e n independent cancer cells, present wh en p r o s t at e can cer i s i n cu r able, t h e s t u d y by r e s e a r c h e r s a t t h e U n iver s i t y o f Pen n s y l van i a sh owed . F 7 7 " i n i t i at ed d i r ect cel l d eath o f p r o s t at e can cer cel l s . . . and eff ect ively p r even t ed t u m o r o u tg r ow th ," i t s ai d . But it did not target nor mal tissue, or tumor tissues in other parts of the body including the c o l o n , k i d n e y, c e r v i x , p a n c r e a s , l u n g , s k i n o r bl a d d e r, t h e s t u d y s h owed . T h e an t i b o d y " s h ow s p r o misin g potential for diagnosis and treatm en t o f p r o s t at e can cer, esp ecially f o r an d r og en - i n d ep en d en t m etastati c p r o s t a t e c a n c e r, " wh i c h o f t e n s p r ead s t o t h e b o n es an d i s d iff icu lt t o t r eat , t h e r es ear ch er s wr o te in P NA S . C u r r en t ly, t h e f ive- year su r v ival r at e f o r m et as t at i c p r o s t at e can cer i s j u s t 3 4 p er cen t , acco r d i ng to th e s t u d y. Prostate cancer is the second m o s t co m m o n can cer am on g men , cl ai m i n g h al f a m i l l i o n l ives each ye a r wo r l d w i d e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Wo r l d H eal t h O rgan i s at i o n ( W H O ) .
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Small Acts of Kindness Make a Big Difference BY TOVA YOUNGER The story sent out from the website "Touch of Kindness," established years ago by Shmuel Greenbaum in memory of his wife who was murdered in the Sbarro Pizza bombing, caught my attention. The writer always allows anxious drivers to pass him -- with a wave of the hand or a smile. How I wish I had seen this idea before we moved to Israel when I still had a car! I would have loved to perform this small act, especially given the road rage so prevalent in my former home of Los Angeles. ut the idea stuck. We usually think, No one is going to push me around. I waited, let them wait. We can actually reframe our thoughts to, I have an extra minute or two. I’ll let this harried, frantic driver go ahead. It’s really nothing to me – but to him, it’s bringing intense relief. It costs so little yet creates so much pleasure. So how could I apply it? One day at my local grocery store, it hit me. I was getting ready to pay, with an anxious customer right near me surveying the lines. She had only an item or two, and I made my pitch. “Would you like to go ahead of me? I see you haven’t got many items and I've got a cart full.” Her relief was palpable. “Are you
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they asked! Make believe they looked anxious and you offered. So what if that's not what happened…you're not here to teach them manners; just work on yourself! Once on the kindnesswarpath at the grocery, I found more opportunities to help out. I made it my business to greet the cashiers with a smile and ask them how their day was. I kept my eye peeled for shoppers that Remember to smile and say thank you seemed to need help – often when being helped by others. the elderly or young children – and got them the hard-tosure you don’t mind?” she asked, mov- reach items. ing into place. One day I was waiting on line with a “Not at all!" I realized that this could full shopping cart and noticed a cusbe my kindness! tomer with a couple of items. I offered As I shopped in my local market or to let them pay ahead of me. They gladother stores, I began to look forward to ly accepted my offer, as did the next the time spent waiting in line, wonder- person. When I let a third customer ing if I would have a chance to enhance ahead of me, my young daughter asked someone’s shopping experience by sav- me, “When are we going to pay?” ing them a few minutes at check-out “Honey, they just had an item or two. time. I would keep my eye peeled for the It’ll just take a couple of minutes and customer holding an item or two, a des- then it will be our turn. I would feel bad perate expression on her face. seeing them wait behind me, We have Ironically, some customers would occa- such a large order, I'd feel bad making sionally just cut in front of me and my them wait." smile would begin to slip. I had to hold Just then, the cashier called out to back from reminding them that I was me, “Giveret (Ma'am) – come to the waiting to pay and there was a line here. next register – I’m opening up now.” I rebuked myself instead. Make believe
My daughter and I smiled at each other. I won’t know if the clerk had been paying attention, but one thing is for sure -- the Almighty was -- and so was my daughter. We have so many opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others, to indulge in such small acts of kindness and reap such disproportionately larger rewards. Here are some additional suggestions. Please send in yours. 1. Smile at the retail sales clerk and say thank you (everyone else has been yelling at her all day). 2. Hang up your clothes in the dressing room (the tired saleswoman will be very grateful) 3. Stop by the kitchen door of the restaurant to tell the chef how delicious the food was (If the owner’s around, make sure to tell him also) 4. Send a complimentary email to the boss of someone who has been particularly helpful. 5. Bring dinner to a shut-in. 6. Pick up groceries for a busy friend. 7. Babysit for a tired mother (okay, maybe this doesn’t qualify as a small act!) 8. Deliver flowers to someone who is feeling blue. 9. Brainstorm with a friend for more ideas.
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Parashat Shemot 5770, 2009: “Understanding the Name “Hashem” BY RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF Dedicated to the sacred memory of my sister-in-law, Ruchama Rivka Sondra aleah hashalom, the refuah shalaimah of Sarah bat and Yosef Shmuel ben
not give G-d His names. G-d, as it were, named Himself. This is very logical, since the giving of a name suggests a certain amount of control over that which has been named. This, of course, would be absurd in the context of the GRachel, d - Man relationship, since G-d, in some Miriam. ways, must forever remain wholly other and ineffable. He is by def inition, as we dam harishon (Adam the f irst say in the Kaddish, “l’alah min kol birman), following his creation, was chata I’shirata…” (“beyond any and all placed in the Garden of Eden: blessings and songs of praise…”). As a “And the L-rd G-d formed man of dust result, G-d remains indescribable and from the ground, and He breathed into the ultimate Mystery. Nonetheless, G-d his nostrils the soul of life, and man named Himself and shared these names became a living soul. And the L-rd G-d with Man. planted a garden in Eden from the east, The names Kale, Shakai, YHWH and He placed there the man whom He (Hashem), and Elokim appear throughhad formed.” (Sefer Bereishit 2:7-8, this out the Tanach. It is the name YHWH, and all Torah translations, The Judaica however, whose meaning I would like to Press Complete Tanach) explore. It appears 47 According to a times in Sefer widely known and Bereishit. A number oft-repeated of these instances Midrash, Adam take place in the was tasked with the context of job of naming all “May we be zocheh (merit) Hashem’s direct to see the explicit of the flora and communication fauna in the world. with the Avot manifestation of G-d’s Thus, we can thank (Patriarchs). Then, kindness and mercy via him for calling a too, in our parasha, His holy name Hashem grape vine a grape following Moshe’s vine and a lion a request from the soon and in our days.” lion, etc. Why was Almighty as to it Adam's job to do what he should tell this? Why did not B’nai Yisrael when Hashem simply they ask: “What is show Adam some His name?' what sort of catalog of the plant and animal shall I say to them?,” G-d responds: “So kingdom and tell him that when he saw shall you say to the children of Israel, this or that plant or animal “this is the 'The L-rd G-d [YHWH] of your forefaname by which it is to be called.” Why, thers, the G-d of Abraham, the G-d of in a word was Adam the active party to Isaac, and the G-d of Jacob, has sent me this naming convention? to you.' This is My name forever, and Perhaps we can indirectly answer the this is how I should be mentioned in above question by noting Rabbi every generation.” (Sefer Shemot 3:13 Eleazar’s famous dictum in Talmud and 15) Given the aforementioned, it is Bavli, Berachot 7b in reference to the very diff icult to understand one of the name of a person: “How do we know opening pasukim (verses) in next week’s that the name [of a person] has an effect parasha, Parashat Vaera: “I appeared to [upon his life]? R. Eleazar said: Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob with Scripture says: ‘Come, behold the works [the name] Almighty G-d, but [with] My of the L-rd, who has made desolations in name YHWH [Hashem], I did not the earth.’ Read not shammot, ['desola- become known to them.” (Sefer Shemot tions'], but shemot, [names].” 6:3) This appears to be a blatant contra(Translation, Soncino Talmud, with my diction: Either G-d appeared to the Avot emendations for readability) A name, as YHWH (Hashem) or he did not! therefore, is a crucial aspect of the perRashi (1040-1105) explains this son or entity that has received that seeming contradiction in the following name. In terms of the broader perspec- fashion: tive of his/her life, it may even be viewed as a constitutive element of their It is not written here lo hodaati, total being. If this is the case, we can “but My Name YHWH [Hashem] I did now understand why Adam was given not make known to them,” but lo the task of naming all of the plants and nodaati, “I did not become known.” animals of Creation. By doing so, he [I.e.,] I was not recognized by them became a shutaf im Hakadosh Baruch with My attribute of keeping faith, by Hu b’maaseh Bereishit (a partner with dint of which My name is called G-d in the Creation of the Universe). YHWH [Hashem], [which means that I If the names of plants and animals am] faithful to verify My words, for I have cosmic ramif ications, all the more made promises to them, but I did not so do the names of G-d Himself. Unlike fulf ill [them while they were alive]. the rest of Creation, however, man did (Sefer Shemot 6:3, translation, The
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Judaica Press Complete Tanach) Rashi notes that the terminology of the verse itself contains the solution to the above-noted apparent inconsistency. Clearly, the Avot were well aware of the name YHWH. They were unaware, however, as to its full signif icance and meaning, since G-d’s demonstrative actions as Hashem had not yet taken place. The great Spanish exegete, Avraham Ibn Ezra (1092 –1167), presents an insightful resolution to our textual conundrum that in some ways parallels that of Rashi. Like Rashi, he opines that it was impossible for the Avot to be unaware of the name “Hashem” per se, since it is used throughout Sefer Bereishit. He labels this use of the name as the shame etzem (the proper name) aspect of Hashem. In other words, they knew G-d by this title or appellation. They did not know the Almighty, however, in a manner that was empirically based upon His actions and deeds since He had not yet carried them out. The Ibn Ezra calls this aspect of the name “Hashem” the shame toar (the adjectival descriptive name). It specif ically refers to G-d’s name as manifested via His actions and as He who fulf ills
His promises. Rav Ibn Ezra places a great deal of emphasis on this newly revealed aspect of G-d’s name. In fact, he suggests that the true purpose inherent in Moshe’s agency was none other than: “… to make this name [YHWH, Hashem] known [to mankind].” (Ibn Ezra, Sefer Shemot 6:3) When viewed in this light, Hashem clearly carries the connotation of He who promises and fulf ills that which He promises. In sum, it was this new “persona” that Moshe now publicized to the Jewish people and to the world. May we be zocheh (merit) to see the explicit manifestation of G-d’s kindness and mercy via His holy name Hashem soon and in our days. May we see all of His promises fulf illed to our people with the ingathering of all Jews to Eretz Yisrael and their return to Torah, the destruction of Amalek, and the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash – all under the long-awaited leadership of Mashiach Tzidkeinu (the one true Messiah). May this time come soon and in our days. V’chane yihi ratzon. Shabbat Shalom
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The One Who Made Me Smile...Continued from page 22 in Tel Hashomer Hospital, with the IV stand and the pervasive smell of medicine, is the best place in the world for her music. I admit that I don't understand much about musical inspiration, but it really didn't strike me as the ideal spot. I don't know if she herself would have told me, but from comments I overheard from the nurses, I understood that she was an Ezer Mizion volunteer. Not that I ever thought she simply landed here from outer space, complete with her keyboard. But one thing is for sure – from the day that "Sara from the heart" appeared in the hospital with her keyboard and her thick voice, it stopped being a hospital. I mean, there were still treatments and chemotherapy, but now, real life was Sara (from the heart) and all the rest were painful side annoyances – admittedly diff icult, but all quite tangential. She didn't let me talk much, nor did I have much energy to do so. Mostly, she would sing enthusiastically, or plan what I would do the minute I would be out of there. "When you'll f inish with this hospital scene, a matter of a few days, you'll see what I meant. Count on me." My mother simply worshipped her. Once she even hugged her so hard that Sara didn't know what to do with herself. "A tzaddekes," my mother said once when we were alone, "she is simply an angel." Once I asked her, as children do, how old she is. In response, she started singing "To a hundred and twenty...!" Years later, I learned a few details about Sara that snapped together to form a sad
puzzle. When I f irst met her, Sara was about twenty four years old. She came from a broken home – diff icult parents, rebellious brothers, poverty. Paradoxically, in her everyday life, Sara was not particularly happy, the inevitable product of a tough, depressing life. I was her "hour of release" and she really did it with all her heart. And she had a lot of heart. She was made of pure gold, the kind that shadchanim never discover. I f inally came out of it at age 12, on my birthday. Joy, happiness, glee – all these words are too weak to describe my bas mitzvah celebration – a party that was actually also the day of my freedom. F-r-e-e-d-o-m. Freedom from illness, from the hospital, freedom for my family from three years of worry and tribulations. The party was an explosion of emotions, tears of joy and release. All the women in the neighborhood came. My brother, the clown, suggested that the bear hugs would f inish off what the illness didn't do. His comment earned him a murderous look from his older sister, but I just burst out laughing. It was such sheer pleasure to laugh, dance, jump around. I'm healthy! No more chemotherapy, no more white bed, no more nurses and doctors (who were actually pretty nice), no more davening for me. And if there are posters in the streets, they aren't black with yahrtzeit candles; they're pink, with gold feathers, and I appear there laughing at my brother's joke, and everyone there is so happy… And then, after my aunt hugged me for the eighth time, she came in – Sara. I may have frightened some people
with my screech, but I couldn't help it. I remember running, the entire world around me swirling, while one point remained stable – Sara. I hugged her. I hugged her for all the "Sara from the heart" and for all the "When you get out of this bed," and for all the times she gave me hope and fought the darkness with her bare hands (and the keyboard), and for the fact that she may be the one responsible for my being here today. She hugged me back and I remember asking myself, "What crazy man would not want to marry her?" After that, I stepped aside, and my mother tearfully embraced her. Sara was uncomfortable, as if she really didn't understand what the fuss was all about. When we sat down on the couch, my mother, Sara and I, I promised myself that the moment I was able to, I would become an Ezer Mizion volunteer. I would look after a little girl, and help her not to think too much about the burning orange liquid, that awful chemotherapy. I would get her to think about the day she would come out of her hospital bed and how happy everyone would be. I would be there when it hurts, just like Sara was, and just like thousands of tzaddikim and tzadkaniyos are. After all, I have experience. I kept my word. As soon as I could, I started volunteering. I became a regular visitor in a few children's wards. I cheered them up with all my heart, and still, I felt that I could never be Sara, because she had a heart of gold. The years passed, and from a lively girl, I turned into a busy housewife, and the passing years almost made me for-
got my promise, almost. When my last son began cheder and I was left alone most hours of the day, I remembered the promise I had made years ago. I called the closest Ezer Mizion branch and asked if they had something appropriate for a woman in her early thirties who is not cut out for hospitals and such. I was told about a volunteering niche that does not require me to budge an inch. All I have to do is pick up the phone and talk to lonely women, whose loneliness is no less painful to them than serious illness. No less painful than blood cancer – I thought to myself – and I agreed to give it a try. An older woman, said the secretary, all alone in the world. Her name is Sara. Got it? I didn't, not yet, though something fluttered in my mind, some old memory. I found a quiet moment – and there were many – and called. The phone rang, one ring, and then another, a bit too slowly for my thumping heart. And then I heard the voice. "Hello?" That voice! It was so familiar. Somehow older, wearier, but very familiar. The world started spinning. Memories of joy and pain danced about before my eyes. The wheel of life just completed a full turn. "Sara," what happened to my voice? "Sara, is it really you?" And just like that time, so many years earlier, Sara chose to answer in her own unique way, in song. "To – a – hundred – and twenty."
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People and Places BY PAUL STEINER
"The most impor tant things in life are not things" wrote author Margaret Atwood. F NOTE: Al Gore's daughter married a Jew named Schiff. President Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea, is also engaged to marry a Jew, Marc Mez-Vinsky.
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Better late ... Peter Forakis a sculptor of geometric for ms and founder of a cooperative ar t galler y of note, died Nov. 26, NY Times ran his half-page orbit 24 days!!! later on Dec. 20. On Dec. 20 NYT also ran half-page obit of u n o r t h o d ox Yu g o s l av n ove l i s t Milorad Pavic 20 days after he died. The same day NYT also published a long obit of F. William McCalpin.., a champion of legal aid to the poor, 11 days after he died . Quite a record for the Times! Jackie Mason busy and funny as ever, did two shows in a theatre in Red Bank, NY., he told me. Historical Fact D i d yo u k n ow t h e Z i o n i s t Organization of America was founded 1897. This year ZOA plans to distribute 10,000 Purim baskets throughout Israel and is also planing to organize Purim concer ts at ar my bases and bring deser ved Purim Semeach to the defenders of Israel. To f ind out more about the ZOA's Campus A c t iv i s m N e t wo r k e m a i l c a m pus@zoa.org and visit www.thecollegezionist.org. At For um Galler y, Toronto ar tist Cybele Young produces unique, colorful, dimensional "paintings" e n t i r e ly c r e a t e d f r o m h a n d m a d e paper and her own copper plate etchings. Inspired by the fleeting dayto-day minutiae that comprise ever yday life. Young's miniature worlds have been described as "deviously funny, somewhat ominous. As she m e t i c u l o u s ly r e c r e a t e s s e e m i n g ly quotidian objects, her subconscious magically imbues them with animate qualities: teapots and umbrellas c o m e t o l i f e i n c o nve r s a t i o n , brassieres have thoughts, and ar m-
c h a i r s eve n d eve l o p t o - d o l i s t s . Each work is an ar resting picture of an imaginative idea, and compels attention, thought and broad smiles. Yo u n g ' s wo r k s a r e p r i c e d f r o m $3,5000 with most works available for $5,000 or less. At MoMA free wheelchairs are ava i l a bl e o n a f i r s t - c o m e f i r s t ser ved bases at the checkroom. All galleries and f acilities are wheelchair accessible. Health/Food exper ts say Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products (including dairy foods and eggs.) If you avoid animal products altogether, eat foods for tif ied with vitamin B12 or take a vitamin B12 supplement to avoid a def iciency, which can cause neurological problems and per nicious anemia. Iron is found in meat (especially red meat) is more readily absorbed than the kind found in plant foods, known as non-heme iron. Stat Stew
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Christians Rally to Support Greek Jews...Continued from page 6 worked at all, it was in the professions deemed acceptable for the women of the time, such as seamstresses. Education ended at high school or even earlier.
Approximately 2,000 Jews lived in Ioannina at the beginning of World War II, but it came under direct German control in September 1943. The Nazis, on
Greek Independence Day just before Passover in March 1944, rounded up the community's Jews and deported them to Auschwitz-Birkenau, almost all of
whom were murdered. Their names are engraved in stone on the walls of the community’s synagogue.
US, Yemen Looking at Al-Qaida Strike...Continued from page 7 clearer picture of the suspect would have emerged," Obama said. "The warning signs would have triggered red flags, and the suspect would have never been allowed to board that plane for America." Senior administration off icials said the system to protect US skies was
deeply flawed and, even then, the government failed to follow its own directives. They described a breakdown that would have been much worse had 23year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab been successful; an angry Obama called the situation "totally unacceptable."
"It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community but was not effectively distributed so as to get the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, on a no-fly list," Obama said. Obama spoke to reporters on both
Monday and Tuesday after three days of silence. In a frustrated tone, he chided off icials for what he called a "potential catastrophic breach of security." Critics have questioned why Obama didn't talk about the issue publicly sooner.
no longer afford the astronomical New Jersey real estate taxes, not a penny of which goes to their children's education. Public off ices where I would be able to
impact on these vital issues is what I am considering."
Shmuley: I Might Run for Office...Continued from page 8 my city's unwillingness to take action against Gadhaf i's Ambassador being my next-door neighbor and the Libyan compound not contributing a penny in local
tax," Boteach said in the statement. "In addition, I am a passionate advocate of school-choice. Religious parents in my area, both Jewish and non-Jewish, can
Blogs Buzz Over Khamenei Scape File...Continued from page 11 tors to keep rioting despite the regime's violent crackdown. "It is meant to make them feel that they are succeeding and to continue despite the violence," one veteran observer said. Students clashed with pro-government Basiji militiamen on the campus of a Teheran university and security forces continued to round up dissidents
as Iran reeled from the aftershocks of last weekend's deadly protests. Iranian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 protesters, dissidents, activists and journalists in the last two days and broadcast non-stop calls for government supporters to head to the streets Wednesday to rally against those that "desecrated" the holy day of Ashura.
The outcome of the demonstrations is still unclear but some Israeli off icials believe that the process, that started following the elections in June, is irreversible and that the regime will ultimately fall. One indication is that there are already reports that off icials in the Iranian police force and military are refusing to crack down on the demon-
strators, claiming that they were hired to "protect the Iranian people" and not f ight against them. "The people are not afraid," explained one Israeli observer. "The regime will fall. Now it is only a question of time."
Cholent Recipes...Continued from page 26 Meat Cholent Cholent, a heavy stew, became the answer to the age-old problem of how to have nourishing hot food on the Sabbath without violating injunctions in Jewish traditional law. Since it is permitted to prepare food in advance and keep it warm in an oven lit before the Sabbath began, cholent, which it is not impaired by long, slow cooking (indeed the process improves the flavor), was adopted as the principal Sabbath food in eastern Europe. In Israel, cholent has become exceedingly popular with every segment of the population. There are even restaurants where one sees lines of customers standing with pot-in-hand waiting for their turn to get "take-home" cholent. Cholent is served only on weekends. Anyone who partakes of this dish will understand why. It is a thick, heavy, and f illing food which induces sleep. 2 cups dried lima beans
3 lbs. brisket 3 onions, diced 2 tsp. paprika 1/4 tsp. pepper 1/4 tsp. ginger 2 tbs. flour 8 small potatoes (peeled) 1 cup pearled barley 8 eggs (uncooked) 2 tsp. salt 2 tbs. fat or margarine Soak the beans overnight in water. Drain. Use a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven and brown meat and onions in the fat (or margarine). Sprinkle with salt, pepper and ginger. Add beans, barley, small potatoes (peeled) and sprinkle with flour and paprika. Place uncooked eggs in shells on top. Add enough boiling water to cover one inch above the mixture. Cover tightly. Cholent may be baked for 24 hours at 250 deg F (125 deg C) or for quicker cooking, bake at 350 deg F (180 deg C) for 4-5 hours. Galician Jewish Ghetto Cholent
and Kneidl ingredients • 3/4 cup white beans • 3/4 cup brown beans • 1 1/2 lbs beef brisket, boned • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil • 3 onions, sliced • 2 garlic cloves, sliced • 6 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered • 3/4 cup pearl barley • 1 bay leaf • 1 teaspoon dried thyme • 1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika • 1 tablespoon honey • salt, to taste • pepper, to taste Kneidl • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • salt, to taste • pepper, to taste • 2/3 cup butter, softened • 6 tablespoons water, cold • 1/2 bunch parsley, f inely chopped Directions
1. Soak the beans in cold water overnight, then drain. 2. Cut the meat into cubes and brown in the oil on all sides. Remove the meat and fry the onions until soft and then the garlic. 3. Return the meat to the pan, add the soaked beans and the remaining ingredients, sprinkling each layer with salt and pepper. 4. Finally, cover with water to level of 1 inch over ingredients, bring to a boil and leave to simmer for 20-30 minutes. 5. In the meantime, prepare a dough out of the kneidl ingredients, shape into an oblong dumpling and carefully place on top of the meat and beans when they are done simmering. 6. Cover the pan tightly with a piece of aluminum foil between the lid and the pan and slow cook in the oven at 210-250F for 10 hours or overnight. DO NOT STIR! 7. Before serving, slice the kneidl and serve with the stew.
Torah Dedication at Avraham Ohavi...Continued from page 24 gogue was in bad disrepair Sam, pitched in and helped with the renovations. When it was announced that there was going to be a dedication of a new Torah
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Escape From Cherbourg...Continued from page 4 go's termination prompted media inquiries, which failed to elicit convincing explanations. "Where are they?" asked a banner headline in a local newspaper. International media scented an outlandish story: Had Israel stolen back its own boats? A television team flew out over the North Sea to see if the boats were headed for Norway, to which they had ostensibly been sold; others flew out over the Mediterranean. The boats were indeed on the run. Battered by towering waves as they crossed the Bay of Biscay, they dropped anchor in a Portuguese cove alongside an Israeli freighter f itted out as a refueling ship, one of several support vessels deployed along the 5,150-km. escape route. When the boats entered the Mediterranean, British maritime monitors on Gibraltar signaled "What
ship?" A Lloyd's helicopter circled the silent vessels but saw no identity numbers or flags. The British monitors, guessing the boats' destination from the media reports, flashed "bon voyage" in salute to Nelsonian flair. Stung by Israel's audacity, French defense minister Michel Debre called for the air force to interdict the vessels which had been spotted off the North African coast racing east. Prime minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas refused. Near Crete, IAF Phantoms roared low overhead protectively and waggled their wings. The boats sailed into Haifa harbor on New Year's Eve, 1970, to cheers for bravado display of high-stakes chutzpa. The boats eventually became the backbone of the Israeli Navy. They played a pivotal role in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 when they made history
engaging in the f irst-ever missile battle at sea off the main Syrian port of Latakia. The description of the battle is part of international naval history. Two Syrian picket boats were encountered well off the Syrian coast. The f irst, a torpedo boat, was sunk with gunf ire. The second, a minesweeper, was hit with missiles, the Gabriel's f irst blood. Three Syrian missile boats already at sea turned to meet the Israeli boats. With their 25-kilometer advantage, the Syrians got off the f irst salvo. The Israeli boats raised their electronic umbrella and charged. As the two boats raced at each other, the Syrian f ired f irst. The Israeli vessel again put up its electronic and chaff umbrella and at maximum Gabriel range launched two missiles. The Styx and Gabriel missiles passed each other, the
former hitting the sea, the latter exploding on the deck of the Syrian vessel. A second Syrian boat was sunk a few moments later. The Soviet-built vessels had no countermeasures and were doomed once the Israelis reached Gabriel range. The captain of the third Syrian boat, realizing the situation, ran his vessel onto the shore to escape. The next night, the story was repeated off the Egyptian coast, with three Egyptian missile boats sunk and no Israeli vessel hit. For the remainder of the war, neither the Syrian nor Egyptian fleets would venture out again, enabling more than 100 freighters carrying vital supplies to safely reach Israel, which was in the throes of a brutal, two-front ground war. Exerpts taken from: The Boats of Cherbourg (US Naval Institute Press)
Roman and other periods," Taha said. "Israel should be pleased that the Palestinians are showing concern for this period of our past." The Palestinians have demanded that Israel return to them all artifacts uncovered in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967. The Israel Antiquities Authority said in response to the report that it had the
right to loan the artifacts. "The IAA presents the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Royal Ontario Museum according to the original agreement," a statement said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one off icial at IAA said that Israel has never claimed to "own" the scrolls, but is acting simply as their "custodians."
Palestinians Claim Dead Sea Scrolls...Continued from page 4 to open and to return the scrolls to Israel. Taha said that the Palestinian request had led to "a series of maneuvering" that removed it from the agenda. Eventually no reaction was given by the Canadians and the show went on. Taha said that the motion was also aimed at making other countries think twice before putting the Israeli-controlled Dead Sea Scrolls on display.
"This isn't harassment," Taha said. "Harassment is the occupation of our land. These scrolls are of course Palestinian because they were found in Qumran which is located in the West Bank." "They are an integral part of Palestinian heritage, its Jewish heritage. Palestine doesn't represent one layer but a multicultural history, that includes the
Full-Body Scanners at Airports: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...Continued from page 10 Detection of foreign, concealed objects on a body work the same. As such, both systems are absolutely ideal for defeating the efforts of some knife-wielding would-be hijackers or bomb-laden terrorists. The Bad Firstly, when these systems were f irst dreamed up there was a notion that they'd be quicker and more eff icient at doing the screening of passengers than current systems--that's better for travelers. But maybe, in our crazed-TSAsuffering society of today, they'll be an extra security layer, which will actually slow you down. Then there's the awkward bit: While these things do certainly reveal your weapons...they also reveal your body. In detail. Down to the furry bits. And, given that they're going to have to be
human-operated (with some computer assistance, for sure, but still man-inthe-loop) like the baggage machines, that means you're effectively going to be taking your clothes off for a TSA guy/gal (and how long before there's a law suit about there being no TSA girls on duty to scan women for a particular flight?) Yup--that's a stranger, a government employee. And one who's almost certainly empowered to arrange for you to be thrown in jail if you object or are, in these stupidly super-sensitive times, deemed as being "uncooperative." Now the companies who make the machines know about this issue, and they've even worked out ways to blur the imagery of your personal regions so that the operator doesn't get to see how well you do your panty topiary. But given where the "pantsbomber"
concealed that bomb...can you imagine this system being allowed to remain? Nope. The Ugly The privacy implications of all this have worried individuals and pressure groups for ages, and since the machines are also being trialed for use in situations other than airports, a new lawsuit (PDF f ile) has just been brought against the Department of Justice concerning the illegal strip-search nature of the technology. Full body systems are coming though, you can bet on it: Anything the TSA can do to try to justify its billion dollar budget. And in other countries too--the Dutch have just conf irmed that they've started to scan people on flights to the U.S. starting now. The moral and ethical issues are
going to be vicious, and if you dissent...well, imagine you're not going to be in for a comfortable flight. How does this affect Islamic women in concealing clothes (who'll possibly be prof iled as high-risk targets anyway)? What if you suffer sever psychological body image problems? What about female-to-male transsexuals, who sometimes wear a prosthetic penis? How long before some low-brow operator at LAX succumbs to the tempting dollar prize and sells on a scanner image of Britney or Tom Cruise to the gutter press? The questions just keep popping up. And there's the last bigger question-the capacity of these machines for detecting devices/weapons concealed inside a body. Watch for that answer to emerge soon...in graphic detail.
US, UK Close Embassies in Yemen Over Al-Qaida Threat...Continued from page 10 Washington has already increased training, intelligence and military equipment provided to Yemeni forces, helping them to stage raids against suspected AlQaida hideouts last month. General David Petraeus, head of the
U.S. Central Command, said last week that Washington would more than double its e70 million security assistance to Yemen. Northern Shi'ite rebels from the Zaidi sect have been f ighting government
troops in Yemen's mountainous north since 2004, complaining of marginalization. The conflict has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands. In the mainly Sunni Muslim south, Yemen has also clashed with separatist
protesters seeking independence for southern Yemen, which unif ied with its northern neighbor in 1990 and failed to secede in a 1994 war.
Inaugurate Me! Historic 2010 Inauguration...Continued from page 9 “focused on doing the job of public advocate.” John C. Liu, former city councilman representing Flushing, is the f irst Asian-American to hold a major elective off ice in New York City. In his address, Comptroller John Liu challenged Mayor Bloomberg for "millions of dollars of no-bid contracts whose justif ications are weak at best." He promised vigorous examination of existing development deals for improprieties.
He, too, is considered a potential candidate for mayor in 2013. Liu was the f irst Asian member of the City Council, elected in a 2001 election considered to have been “a watershed for the Chinese-American community.” The former PricewaterhouseCoopers actuary won re-election in 2003 and 2005. His ability to quickly mobilize a news conference has been a distinctive characteristic of his campaign. He has gained a
reputation for immediate response and community activism. His campaign included the outreach to some 50 ethnic and community newspapers to present his policies. An immigrant from Taiwan, Lui has worked on economic empowerment throughout the immigrant community. Bloomberg held no post-inaugural party. Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio welcomed supporters to an understated event at which he restated his resolution
to make his off ice open to all. Comptroller John C. Liu received hearty best wishes at his post inaugural event, including those of his predecessor, Bill Thompson, his former City Council colleague, Speaker Christine Quinn, and well wishers including Congressman Jerry Nadler and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. A Chinese Lion Dance added color and tradition to the festivities.
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Republicans Hammer Obama After Airline Attack...Continued from page 12 also weighed in, with a hard hitting statement to the Politico website. "(We) are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren't, it makes us less safe," Cheney said. "Why doesn't he want to admit we're at war? It doesn't f it with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Off ice." The White House has sparred with Cheney before, and given he left off ice with approval ratings of below 30 percent, appears to relish the f ight. "It is telling that Vice President Cheney and others seem to be more focused on criticizing the administration than condemning the attackers," said White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer in a blog post. "This President is not interested in
bellicose rhetoric, he is focused on action," Pfeiffer said. "Seven years of bellicose rhetoric failed to reduce the threat from AlQaeda and succeeded in dividing this country. "It seems strangely off-key now, at a time when our country is under attack, for the architect of those policies to be attacking the President." Republicans pounced on an early misstep on the Christmas Day attack on a Northwest jet, after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the "system worked" -- apparently referring to aviation security measures following the attack. But given the fact a known extremist was able to board a US airliner with high explosives concealed in his under-
wear, the comment appeared jarring. Obama's denunciation on Tuesday of "systemic" in the intelligence system seemed partly aimed at squelching controversy over Napolitano's comment and to show he was in charge of f ixing the problems. With advanced telecommunications technology, a president can conduct his job anywhere in the world at any time. But the fact Obama has been relaxing in his native Hawaii, and not in Washington, may also have helped Republicans. Obama broke his silence on the attack with a televised statement on Monday, attempting to portray calm and urgency. But when Obama made a second statement on US intelligence glitches on
Tuesday there was not time to rig up the Marine base hosting the appearance for live television. As a result, the president's voice was broadcast on television at f irst using an audio feed -- contributing to an impression he was far away from the action in Washington. Democrats cried foul when Republicans complained at the weekend that Obama, enjoying an energetic holiday of golf, tennis and workouts was guilty of a presidential vacuum over the attacks. But they used identical tactics when former president George W. Bush retreated to his ranch during a presidency punctuated by national security crises -- though Obama has so far had much less vacation time.
Related Companies Create Three Theater Spaces in 42nd Street ...Continued from page 16 The fact that Related Companies is moving forward with the major development project now is great news and will have a profound impact, not only on the cultural industry and the City’s skyline, but also on the local economy. There was a period when the future of the project was in question – as were its 700 construction jobs and hundreds of units of much-needed housing. But the construction unions, contractors, architects and engineers worked together to reduce costs, and today it’s serving as a prime example that – despite the national economic downturn – large-scale projects are still happening.” “The Council has a long standing commitment to the visual and performing arts of this City,” said Speaker Quinn. “We recognize that in order for the city’s theatres to thrive we need to invest in them. I am very happy the city was able to participate in this public private partnership. With the incredible new space that the Signature Theatre Company is acquiring, I look forward to
not only the many exciting projects that are sure to come, but the jobs it is creating for our city particularly during this diff icult time.” Founding Artistic Director James Houghton spoke of the history of the theater company saying “Since its founding, Signature Theatre Company has been making an extended commitment to a playwrights’ body of work, championing the playwright’s singular vision, and involving the playwright in every aspect of the creative process. The Signature Center will be a home for many diverse writers to create work that engages even more artists and audiences. The collision and interaction of multiple distinct voices reveals the greater power of our collective stories. We are honored to have the extraordinary support of the City of New York and the Related Companies as we bring Signature’s artistic vision to life on an even larger scale.” Related Companies Executive Vice President Bruce A. Beal Jr. recalled the
“long-standing commitment to supporting the arts” that characterizes the Related Companies activities. He graciously acknowledged the “our entire development team, contractors, architects, consultants and members of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York who are working hard to ensure that this large scale development project can continue to move forward in challenging economic times and as many other development projects remain stalled.” In conversation following the ceremony, Joanna Rose, a Related Companies spokesperson, spoke of the “sense of heart and soul” that the theater facility added to the project, saying that we “are very thrilled to have them as a long term member of the arts community, as part of a vibrant 24/7 community. Ms. Rose noted that the “Hudson Yards District has long been an area of interest to the Related Companies, from its f irst foray into the area with the
acquisition of Manhattan Plaza. The company has acquired 26 acres of the Hudson Yards complex and recently received approval to create a “mixed use” community of residences, hotels, and commercial and cultural space. An integral part of the agreement involves the construction of a PS/IS public school to be built by the New York City School Construction Authority. The development of the school was part and parcel of the acquisition of the land from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The Hudson Yards project will be built entirely on a platform above the existing rail yards. The tracks below will continue to operate on an active basis. As part of the project, the “Highline Park” will be extended at least to Thirty Third Street. In total, Related Companies will build ten acres of new park lands, providing suff icient room for both community and cultural activities.
with Iran, Sudan and Syria, currently deemed by the State Department to be state sponsors of terrorism. All are subject to the rules, as are the 10 other countries of concern. A prominent US Muslim rights group criticized the move as "ethnic prof iling." "While singling out travelers based on religion and national origin may make some people feel safer, it only serves to alienate and stigmatize Muslims and does nothing to improve airline security," said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Related article: New screening rules criticised Obama received a review into the incident from the CIA Monday and met with his top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan. Brennan has defended the nation's 16
security agencies, saying there had been "no smoking gun" that could have helped unmask the plot earlier despite warnings from Abdulmutallab's father, a wealthy Nigerian banker. FBI agents in Ghana have also probed Abdulmutallab's stay there amid allegations he bought his ticket for Detroit in the country. Obama says Abdulmutallab spent time in Yemen during the summer where he was allegedly in contact with AlQaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has claimed responsibility for the thwarted attack. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, called instability in Yemen a global threat. The US embassy in Yemen reopened on Tuesday after having shut on Sunday due to Al-Qaeda threats. Related article: Clinton's warning over Yemen
US Overhauls Terror Watchlists...Continued from page 3 the explosives failed to detonate properly and he was overpowered by passengers. The administration has ordered tight new security measures for US-bound passengers. Travelers flying to the United States from or via 14 countries including Iran, Nigeria and Yemen will undergo mandatory enhanced screening. The new meas-
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Australia, Land Down Under, Full of Wonder BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER When people think of Australia, the first image that comes to mind is that of jumping kangaroos or clinging koalas. The truth is that Australia is much more diverse than most people know. odern Australia can be said to have started with the arrival of Europeans just over two hundred years ago. England sent a group of criminals and paupers along with guards to a far way land as punishment. It was in 1788 when Captain James Cook’s British Fleet arrived at Botany Bay bringing nearly a thousand convicts from Great Britain to establish a penal settlement, which became the small colony at The Rocks that would sprout into Sydney. At that time, aboriginal people are said to have inhabited the area for over 30,000 years and were largely killed off. The surrounding area is still full of stone carvings that visitors may view today; travelers may also partake in the growing recognition and celebration of indigenous culture. In addition to the largely Anglo-Celtic population, the 20th century brought to Sydney a new wave of immigration from Croatia, Lebanon, Argentina and Turkey to name but a small fraction and today the city is a culinary and cosmopolitan cornerstone of the globe not to be missed! Today Sydney is famous for it’s harbor and opera house and diverse community. Jews have been living in the area since the very beginning of European settlement. Other major cities are Melbourne and Perth and Adelaide all of whom have signif icant Jewish communities. The Jewish community in Australia, grew after the Shoah when many of the Jews that had escaped to Shangahai China, continued on to Australia. The community got a further influx with the end of White rule in Rhodesia and aparthaid in South Africa. In 1920 Israel Cohen, an early zionist went on a whirlwind tour of the world to raise money for the cause of Jewish settlement in Palestine. A major portion of his fund raising took place in Australia where he visited major cities and even desert communities throughout Australia. His book recounting his journey, The Journal of a Jewish Travler by Israel Cohen, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1925, remains to this day as one of the dif inative works about Jewish settlement history in Australia. There are also many natural wonders to be found in Australia, many of the
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Mother and child koala bear in the Eucalyptus forest of Australia. animals that are found in its vast land can be found no where else on the planet such as the koala bear, the kangaroo and the duck billed platapus. Ayers Rock is also known by its Aboriginal name 'Uluru' is a natural sandstone formation often called the largest rock in the world. Uluru is considered one of the great wonders of the world. And is one of Australia's most recognizable natural icons. Ayers Rock is a large magnetic mound large not unlike Silbury Hill in England. It is located on a major planetary grid point much like the Great Pyramid in Egypt. The Great Barrier Reef considered by man to have some of the best locations for scuba diving in the world. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs with over 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. It is said that it can be seen from outer space and is the world's largest single structure made by living organisms. The reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps.The Great Barrier Reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. It along with Ayers Rock has been labeled it natural wonders of the world.
Kangaroos travel in groups and while they seem friendly can often be agressive.
Colorful Coral of the Great Barrier Reef.
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While there are many synagogues throughout Australia space requirements have limited us the few listed below. For travelers going to places outside those listed search http://jewishaustralia.com/. For Kosher food and restaurants it is advisable to contact the local synagogue. http://jewishaustralia.com/ • Synagogues • Melbourne Beit Aharon Mayf ield Street, East St Kilda 0408 448-568 Chabad of Melbourne CBD Rabbi Chaim Herzog 343 Lt Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 Phone: (03) 9525-9929 Email chaim@chabad.org Elwood Talmud Torah Congregation Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick 39 Dickens St, Elwood Victoria 3184 Phone (03) 9531 1547 Email: info@elwoodshule.org • Perth Chabad of Western Australia 396 Alexander Drive, Dianella, 6059 WA Tel: 08 9275 4912
Sydney Bet Yosef (The Caro Synagogue) Sephardi Minyan 243 Old South Head Road Bondi NSW 2026 9363-4306 email info@betyosef.org.au Yeshiva Synagogue 36 Flood St, Bondi Tel (02) 9387 3822 • Organizations Jewish Holocaust Museum + Research Centre 13-15 Selwyn St Elsternwick 3185 Phone (03) 9528 1985 email admin@jhc.org.au Archive of Australian Judaica The University of Sydney Dr Marianne Dacy Archive of Australian Judaica, University of Sydney, NSW Australia 2006. Tel 61 2 9351 4162 ( http://judaica.library.usyd.edu.au/
The Famed Sydney Opera House at Dusk.
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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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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
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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
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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
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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LONG ISLAND 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
Swim school, unbeatable loc & reputation, profitable & rewarding. 5 to 10 year lease. Large costumer base. Smithtown. Owner retiring. $90,000. 631-366-2735
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
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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
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 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
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Rocky Point Route 25A. 13,000-2,100 ft; Turnkey condition. $10 per ft, gross rent. Please Call: 516-298-7890
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
For Sale 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.
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
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
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
Alan Wieder Salesperson Corcoran d: (718) 422-2520 f: (212) 230-4475 m: (347) 403-3200 241 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY, 11211
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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
Apartment For Sale
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
Apartment For Rent
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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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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
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For Sale 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 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
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
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
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.
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
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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
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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 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 MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210
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
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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
PAINTER, VIRGINIA: WATERFRONT, EATERN SHORE, 3 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, 3.6 ACRES, 300’ CREEKFRONT AND POND, TAXES $1900. $625K OWNER 757-463-0256
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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
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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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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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Pianos-BALDWIN GRAND Piano R.series, Ebony color, modern, straight legs. Excellent Condition. Needs Tuning. $8,000 Negotiable call 718-372-3161 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
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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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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
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
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# New Jersey house for Sale Brick / Cherry qyayArea Lrge 5 bedrooms 3 full bath col on culde sac den 2 Family Rooms inground pool. Near schls, beach, shop Family oriented Neighborhood Asking 700k Call 732-616-7278 Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/dining area, huge deck, indoor/outdoor pool, 24-hr security, easy bus/ ferry commute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646
Brick/cherry Quay Area lg 5br 3full bth col on cul de sac, Den 2 fr I-g pool. Nr schls beach shops. 700k (732)616-7278 family friendly Neighborhood 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
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
Donations Children’s hope charities-A- Car donation is tax deductible, free pickup, any condition. 800692-1221. For NJ call 973-504-6215. Not an endorsement
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
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
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