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Bernard Lander z”tl Founder of Touro College

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Israel’s Olympic Gold Hopefuls NY Congressional Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky Delegation Joins JCRC at Annual Political Event

BERNARD LANDER Z”TL , 94

BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, passed away on Monday night at the age of 94. abbi Lander was best known as the founder and president of Touro College, but he was much more.

Rabbi Dr. Lander attended Yeshiva University in the 1930’s and received his ordination in 1937.

His concern was always with helping others, whether it was helping Yeshiva boys f ind a means to making a living, or whether it was in helping juvenile delinquents. reflected in his Columbia dissertation. The topic dealt with how the courts and police deal with juvenile delinquents.

He was a social scientist and educator, a preeminent leader of the worldwide Jewish community and a pioneer in Jewish and general higher education.

As associate director of former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia’s Committee on Unity, a precursor to the city’s Commission on Human Rights and a leading organization in the nation attacking discrimination and prejudice, Dr. Lander promoted key fair employment legislation and attacked discriminatory quotas in higher education. An ordained rabbi, he holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University.

Dr. Lander’s record of achievement in creating and building new educational institutions is unparalleled.

In 1950, he served as president of the Queens Jewish Center where, under

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Senator Charles Schumer expressed his concern about the effect of sanctions as a possible means of regime change in Iran.

Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky, at their performance in Bryant Park.

BY JV STAFF Though Israel is more known for its beach life and sunshine, for the Zaretsky family Israel is all about ice. This week Israel’s hope for a Winter Olympic medal traveled to Vancouver, Canada in their quest for gold. iblings Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky entered the rink for the first time at the age of 4 and 6. Originally from Belarus, the two immigrated to Israel as toddlers and grew up there ever since.

What started off as a family hobby, with their parents serving as coaches, soon developed into a world class ice skating career. Till today, the two have managed to win gold at this year Winter Universidad, Silver at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany, 5th in the Cup of China and gold

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at the ISU Grand Prix series in 2003.

“When people see us in the Israeli team uniform, you can basically see their jaw dropping. Then they say something about sand and camels, but after our show they usually realize that Israel is very different from the image they had in their head”, says Roman Zaretsky During a recent tour in NY before going off to the Olympics the pair performed at NYC’s Bryant Park, where they thrilled the audience with speed and precision.

After Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky, finished their demonstration they held a Master Class clinic for underprivileged youth, “In the spirit of giving back, we are thrilled to be able to host this skating workshop, providing an opportunity of exchange between our Israeli Olympic ath-

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BY MAXINE DOVERE For the thirty first year, members of the New York Congressional delegation, local and state government officials, consular representatives, ambassadors, and leaders of many faith based communities joined Jewish communal leadership at the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Annual Congressional Breakfast. ore than 300 attended the event, including Senator Charles Schumer, Representatives Gary Ackerman, Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Charles Rangel, Edolphus Towns, Nydia Velázquez and Anthony Weiner. H.E. Asaf Shariv, Consul General of Israel in New York, conveyed greetings form the State of Israel.

JCRC Board President Janice Shorenstein chaired the event, working with fellow Board Members Michael Nussbaum and Bram Weber as well as UJA-Federation of New

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Rabbi Chazkel Besser z”tl, “A Jew Par Excellence” He enjoyed classical music chess and Bridge saying that these pursuits helped train his mind for learning and or work on behalf of the Jewish nation.

Rabbi Besser was born in Katowice, Poland and lived there until the until the age of 16 when he left one day before the outbreak of WWII and the German invasion of Poland in 1939.

His father, a successful businessman, was a close associate of the Radomsker Rebbe, moved to pre-war Palestine. After Rabbi Besser escaped Poland, he reunited with his family in Tel Aviv. He came to the United States in 1949, together with members of his family.

He is the subject of a book written by Warren Kozak called The Rabbi of 84th Street and produced a companion Koshitsky Family Album, published by B’Shir Publications. Rabbi Besser has also contributed hundreds of learned articles on Judaism, history and Torah in publications in multiple languages. He has also contributed his knowledge as a contributor to television and movie projects including an appearance in the television program, The Jews of New York, talking about the experience of Jews in pre-World War II Germany.

He achieved renown as a lead-

BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER

The name of Rabbi Chaskel Besser invokes many memories to many people. When it comes to rekindling the spark of Judaism in Eastern Europe one name is always at the start of the Conversation, Rabbi Chaskel Besser. hen it comes to learning Daf Yomi Rabbi Besser’s name immediately follows that of Rabbi Meir Shapiro, founder of the Daf Yomi concept.

Rabbi Besser was one of the leaders of Orthodox Jewish statesmanship, having worked with presidents, prime ministers and kings from countries on every continent excluding Antarctica.

In the often fractious world of Chasidism he had good relations with the most extreme Satamar to the more open Chabad. He counted the Lubavitcher Rebbe as one of his closest friends and always found welcoming open doors at other Chasidic courts.

Rabbi Besser , a true renaissance man was able to bridge the gap between the Litvak and Chasidic , Ashkenazic and Sephardic, religious and secular, the profane and mundane worlds.

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ing member of the presidium of the Agudath Yisrael of America movement, where he helped reestablish American Jewish Orthodoxy in the aftermath of World War Two. He was the International Chairman of Daf Yomi for 30 years, helping to promote the daily study of Talmud.

One of Rabbi Bessers ideas, was the printing of pamphlets to facilitate the learning of Daf Yomi. He once joked with me saying that he thought of the idea once, when he was traveling and had to carry an oversized gemara to keep up with studies. The small light weight Daf Yomi made learning on trains or planes a lot more convenient. Rabbi Besser was never without a sefer utilizing every spare moment for Torah study.

His bearing and bright smile opened door that were often closed to other people. It was in 1987 that he walked into the office of the Jewish American Ambassador in Vienna Austria. He was greeted with, “Hello Rabbi how can I help you,” by Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder.

That was the beginning of a relationship that would last forever.

Together Mr. Lauder, the son of Estee Lauder and one of the richest Jews in the world and Rabbi Besser, joined forces and revitalized many of the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe that had

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been decimated by the Shoah and the communist regimes. They built schools, searched out hidden Jewish children, protected Jewish historical buildings and cemeteries.

In recognition for his work in Poland Rabbi Besser was awarded a medal of honor by the Polish government.

Of all the hats that he wore Rabbi Besser never let the most important one fall from his head that of being a Jew. All his actions, his speech, his clothing, his thoughts epitomized what a Jew should be. Never a bad word was

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Mumps Outbreak On the Rise in Jewish Communities

BY JV STAFF With many cases reported from an outbreak at a Jewish boys' summer camp in upstate NY, more than 1,000 in New York and New Jersey are infected with the mumps, most of them Orthodox Jews. ne camper caught the disease in England where more than 4,000 are infect-

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ed—spread the sickness to 25 of his bunk-mates, who then brought it home to their Orthodox communities. Many came from Borough Park, Brooklyn, where in October, 79 mumps sufferers were counted, reports CNN. But the numbers are escalating.

It has since spread to Jewish communities in Brooklyn, New Jersey and Orange County in

upstate New York.

The CDC is slated to announce the exact number of confirmed cases in the. In the state, it's the largest mumps outbreak for five years, traced back to an 11-year-old at a sleep away camp in Sullivan County, NY. Most of those affected are teenagers between 14-18.

Of course there's a vaccine for mumps—a malady with symptoms

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Lieberman: ‘Land for Peace’ is Dead FROM COMBINED NEWS SOURCES Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Israel Our Home party, said, “It’s time to forget our obsession of “territory in exchange for peace; all future agreements must be based on ‘peace in exchange for peace.’” peaking at a party faction meeting, Lieberman said, “Peace is in fact our heart’s desire, but it is not more important than Israel’s existence as the state of the Jewish people or than lasting security for its citizens. We extend our hand in peace to enemies, but as long as they choose the path of war, we must be firm, return battle, and defeat the enemy. We must strive for victory instead of talking about possible compromise, interpreted as weakness by our enemies.

“Our party, Yisrael Beiteinu, believes that we must free ourselves of the obsession of peace in exchange for land. Any future agreement will be based on peace for peace, and on the conception of maximum separation of the Jewish and Arab populaces, and on a regional solution, with the participation of Egyptian and Jordan.

“Peace talks can happen only after certain basic conditions are fulf illed: Terrorism must be defeated, a partner/leader must be found who wants peace and who is able to fulf ill his promises; and there must be a basic change in the educational system of the Palestinian Authority, so that instead of

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educating towards the destruction of Israel, it will teach peace and acceptance.”

Lieberman also briefly reviewed his long-standing proposal for a population transfer. “One idea [for a peace agreement] is to have an exchange of territories and populations,” he said, referring to Arab-populated areas such as Umm el-Fahm, just south of the Galilee, which would become part of the PA entity, while large parts of Judea and Samaria would come under total Israeli sovereignty.

“The demand upon us is to remove all Jews from Judea and Samaria, just as we did in Gush Katif – which would mean that a totally Jew-free state would arise in those areas, at the same time that Israel remains a bi-national state [with a 20 percent Arab minority]. This is not acceptable. A future solution must be symmetrical, and must not perpetuate the conflict whose very basis is the clash between two peoples.”

In a brief review of his party’s accomplishments and goals, Lieberman said that though mistakes have been made and will be made – “Only those who don’t do anything don’t make any mistakes - but in summing up this past year, when I look at our voters and at our promises, I am satisf ied. There are many positive aspects of our coalition agreement, and we plan to implement them, such as the law that will enable Israelis abroad to vote – we said that within a year of the establishment of the government this legislation would

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Jewish Star in Gaza Field Causes Stir

BY TOVAH LAZAROFF A satellite photograph showing a 180-foot, Star of David carved into a Palestinian field during the offensive against Hamas in Gaza last winter, slid under the army’s radar screen when it examined the Goldstone Report’s allegations of misconduct against the IDF. hen quizzed, the IDF said it was unfamiliar with the incident.

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The star can be seen in a satellite photograph provided to South African jurist Richard Goldstone by the United Nations last July.

According to a report by the UN Institute for Training and Research that accompanied the photograph, the satellite image was shot sometime between January 3 and 10, 2009.

The UNITAR report states that the photograph of the Gazan f ield showed “ground signatures” that “include tank tracks across cultivated f ields and paved roads,” as well as a “Star of David measuring 180 ft.. in diameter carved into the soil likely by IDF vehicles.”

The satellite image is posted on the UN Web site and is also referenced in the 575-page report published in September by the UN fact-f inding mission into Israeli activity in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, which was chaired

by Goldstone.

But no reference to the Star of David in the Palestinian f ield is made in the Goldstone Report, which accuses Israel

of possible war crimes in Gaza.

It has also not surfaced in any of the hundreds of stories written about the Goldstone document.

The photograph of the Star of David was f irst circulated last week on the Mondo Weiss blog, which belongs to US investigative journalist Philip Weiss, who describes himself as an anti-Zionist. In spring 2009 Weiss traveled to the Gaza Strip and joined a Code Pink: Women for Peace contingent.

IDF sources said it was possible the Star of David was carved into the ground to mark the location – for the air force – of soldiers who were operating nearby. The diameter of the star’s lines was relatively small, the sources said, leading to the conclusion that the star was carved not by a tank but perhaps by a jeep. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said he did not believe that the alleged IDF tracks damaged the f ield.

“If no one complained about it and no one even noticed it, then I would say this is a non-event,” said Palmor.

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Israel’s Olympic Gold Hopefuls Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky

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Israel to Ban All Fur Imports Except Shtreimels

BY JV STAFF Israel will soon ban the import and export of every type of fur except those required for “tradition,” the Ministerial Legislative Committee decided. According to a report in Israeli Hebrew news site Haaretz he Committee approved a proposal by Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon (Labor) to expand the law that prohibits the manufacture, import, export and sale of all types of animal furs. In recent months the Committee approved a similar initiative by MK Ronit Tirosh (Kadima) that applied only to cat and dog furs. That law has already advanced through a first reading in the Knesset.

The Committee approved Simhon’s request to extend the established bans to a legislative proposal on furs from all types of animals except cows, camels, sheep and goats, since the manufacture of products from these animals is considered part of the meat production industry.

An exception will also be made for furs designated for the charedi sector, namely for shtreimel production, after the committee members agreed a sweeping ban would offend their sensibilities.

Minister Simhon, who is in charge of enforcing the Cruelty Against Animals Law, explained during the meeting that the fur trade “is a cruel industry

T Continued from Front Cover letes and the inner-city kids from the New York,” said Asaf Shariv, Consul General of Israel to New York. “Our top-ranked Israeli figure skaters, in town to prepare was the Winter Olympics, are excited to teach this class to the youths of New York.

I am assured that the holiday spirit and the common love of sports can bridge any divide, whether it be language, cultural, racial, gender, or age.”

“Surprises and generosity are hallmarks of the holiday season,” said Sports Commissioner Ken Podziba. “To have the Israeli Olympic Ice Dance team of Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky and skater Tamar Katz take time out of their busy training schedule, for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, to give a

clinic to underserved children is both surprising and incredibly generous. It illustrates the unique bond that New York City and our country share with Israel and I wish Alexandra, Roman and Tamar the best of luck in Vancouver.” Said New York City Sports Commissioner Kenneth Podziba.

“As we train near New York to represent the State of Israel at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, it is such a great honor for us to give back to this great city by hosting a children’s figure skating clinic during Chanukah and, in the spirit of the Olympic Games, to perform before a diverse audience at the historic ice rink, The Pond at Bryant Park,” said Alexandra and Roman Zaretzky.

Shtreimels worn by Chasidism will be exempt from the proposed law baning fur imports. designed to manufacture luxury items.

The animal’s hide is removed while it is still alive. There is no reason for the State of Israel to continue supporting this cruel industry. On this issue we should be ‘a light unto the nations.’”

Simhon added that in addition to the moral issue of preventing cruelty to animals, expanding the ban would ease the task of supervision because airport inspectors would no longer have to determine which animal the fur is derived from in order to decide whether it can be imported.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

German Historians Plan to Hamas Blames Mossad for Reprint Hitler’s Mein Kampf Dubai’s Execution spread it.

"More than two generations have passed since then," she said. "I don't think the contents German historians plan to of the book pose the same risks reissue Adolf Hitler's y”s Mein to the population today." Hitler Kampf (My Struggle), the partdictated the book to his aide ly autobiographical book which Rudolf Hess while in prison in outlines the Nazi dictator's Bavaria following the failed vision of racial supremacy.

Munich "Beer Hall" putsch of 1923. anned since the war, the The work details his docanti-Jewish political work trine of German racial first published in 1925 supremacy and ambitions to became a school textbook annex huge areas of the Soviet after Hitler seized power in Union.

An old German 1933. All German newlyweds The Bavarian state governalso received a copy. copy of Mein Kampf ment, which has had held the Edith Raim at the Institute copyright since the war, said it of Contemporary History in Munich said on Thursday the centre plans to had no intention of relaxing its restrictions issue an annotated version of Mein Kampf on the book's publication for now. with editorial comments once the copyright In another sign that Nazi sympathetic expires at the end of 2015. actions in the lands once ruled by the third "It's one of the most important books of Reich a dog, an Austrian dog magazine pubthe National Socialist era: it should be available to the public," said Raim. The lished a flyer that showed a pit bull wearing general secretary of Germany's Central a yellow star after protests from the counCouncil of Jews had mooted a similar idea try's Jewish community.

Wuff magazine's flyer handed out on in 2008.

In Germany, it is illegal to distribute the streets to oppose a proposed new license for lengthy tome except in special circum- some breeds - showed a pit-bull puppy stances, such as for academic research. wearing a yellow star with the word "bad" Nazi symbols like the swastika and per- inscribed in it. It was seen sitting next to a forming the stiff-armed Hitler salute are Labrador puppy. A headline above it read: also outlawed.

Raim said the planned reprint of the "What differentiates us?"

After protests by Austrian Jewish groups book that had run to some 12 million copies by the end of the war aimed to help alert the magazine pulled the flyer from distribupeople to the dangers of Nazi ideology, not tion but no apology was issued.

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BY JV STAFF Dubai narrows down 7 European suspects; Report: Assassins injected Mabhouh with heart attack drug. ubai Police said Sunday that at least seven individuals were involved in the murder of a Hamas official in a local hotel last week, and would not rule out the possibility that the Israeli spy agency Mossad had a hand in the attack.

“It could be Mossad, or another party,” police chief Dhahi Khalfan told AFP. “Personally, I don’t exclude any possibility. I don’t exclude any party that has an interest in the assassination.”

Khalfan told news agencies on Sunday that the seven primary suspects carried various European passports, but he would not elaborate.

The police have contacted the relevant European nations, said a top commander, in order to glean more information on their identity.

The hit squad that assassinated top Hamas commander Mahmoud alMabhouh in his Dubai hotel room injected him with a drug that induced a heart attack, London newspaper The Times reported on Sunday.

A team of assassins broke into al-

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Mabhouh’s room and killed him silently before photographing all the documents in his briefcase and left a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door, said the paper quoting unnamed sources in the Middle East.

Latest theories contradict a version of events given last week by AlMabhouh’s brother, who told Haaretz that a medical team had determined the cause of death as a massive electric shock sustained to the head. Doctors had also found evidence of strangulation, he said.

Hamas has publicly blamed Israel for the assassination, which occurred only three days after the f irst ever visit to the Arab Emirates by an Israeli minister.

Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the group’s leaders and co-founders, claimed Saturday in an interview with Al-Jazeera television that the killers entered Dubai on forged passports as part of the entourage of Uzi Landau, the infrastructure minister, who was attending a regional conference on renewable energy.

Landau has refuted any connection between his visit and the assassination.

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Bnei Akiva Cheer, as Caspi Chews Up Nuggets

BY GIL RONEN Israeli NBA rookie Omri Caspi scored 14 points for the Sacramento Kings in their game against the Denver Nuggets last week, and although his team lost in the end, 109112, Caspi was the clear winner as far as the local Jewish community was concerned. aggai Shoham, the Bnei Akiva emissary to Denver, Colorado, reported in an enthusiastic e-mail message that the game was very close, and Caspi gave it his all. Television viewers got to see the Bnei Akiva and Israel flags waving proudly in the bleachers, he wrote, and all of the local channels carried the game.

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When the call from Germany arrived at the Spector family home in Lenox, Mass., last month, the voice on the other end betrayed little of the excitement one would expect from a newly minted Olympian. aura Spector, 22, had qualified for the U.S. Olympic biathlon team that will be competing this month in Vancouver.

“It was a very quiet voice, and it was just, ‘Daddy, Hi it’s Laura. I made the team,’” her father, Jesse, recalled. “It

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American Israelis Blast “Gang of 54” U.S. Congressmen For Anti-Israel Letter to Obama

“As one would expect from an event attended by most of the Jewish congregation in Denver,” Shoham reported, “security at the entrance to the basketball arena was tight and every person who entered was checked, but as some of the people on line said – the inspections would not have passed the State of Israel’s security standards.”

Caspi made a surprise appearance at a dinner in one of Denver’s synagogues and gave autographs to all of the children present.

Omri will be coming to the New York area, with the Sacramento Kings, for a game at the Garden against the NY Knicks and New Jersey Nets this week.

BY AARON S. TIRSCHWELL, Director, American Israeli Action Coalition

The American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC) strongly criticized a group of 54 U.S. Congressmen recently, for falsely charging that Israel was inflicting “collective punishment” on the residents of the Gaza Strip. n a letter to President Obama, the 54 Congressmen (all Democrats) charged that “the blockade imposed by Israel....following Hamas’ coup and particularly following Operation Cast Lead” imposed a “de facto collective punishment.....of the residents of the Gaza Strip.”

“This charge is preposterous and amounts to nothing more than outright, outrageous Israel-bashing,” stated AIAC Chairman Harvey Schwartz. “No where do the ‘Gang of 54’ point out that there has not been an Israeli in Gaza ever since the Israeli disengagement from there 5 years ago (other than the approximately one month Operation Cast Lead in 2009, when Israel was forced to conduct a defensive operation against Hamas’ indiscriminate firing of more than 7,000 missiles against Israeli civilians). Nor did they mention that the well-being of Gaza’s population is solely the responsibility of Hamas - which they elected in 2007 - not Israel. The financial assistance given to Gaza by numerous European countries, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in aid pledged by the United States, has been used by Hamas either to further its terrorist activities or to line the pockets of its leaders, rather than to provide for the needs of Gazans.”

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was just like that. It was that quiet, from this 5-foot, 100-pound kid. It was probably a very emotional three to f ive seconds because her voice sounded as though, ‘Dad, I didn’t make the team.’

But she was so composed. It had its own — I don’t know — moment is the only way I can put it.”

Spector will be the youngest American woman vying in the biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing with target shooting. She is also one of f ive athletes measuring in at 5-feet tall — the shortest members of the 2010 U.S. Olympic team.

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“The ‘Gang of 54’s’ blatant anti-Israel position is demonstrated by the group’s use of the inflammatory phrase ‘collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip,’ and the failure to even mention the responsibility of Hamas, which the U.S. government has designated as a terrorist organization,” continued Schwartz. “If Israel has been guilty of ‘collective punishment’ for defending its civilian population from Hamas’ terrorist attacks emanating from Gaza, then why hasn’t this same group similarly charged the U.S. government for inflicting ‘collective punishment on the civilian population’ for the almost 60 year U.S. embargo against North Korea, the almost 50 year U.S. embargo against Cuba and the ever increasing U.S. sanctions against Iran?

Why do these 54 Congressmen believe that Israel has any less of a right to defend itself from its enemies than their own government has? Why do they support the Hamas terrorists and not the State of Israel, America’s best friend in the Middle East?”

“The American Israelis believe that this group of misguided Congressmen represents neither the views of the Obama administration nor most Americans,” stated AIAC Director Aaron Tirschwell. “They deserve the censure of all Americans of good will.”

Tirschwell called upon American Israelis and those in the United States to contact the White House, (www.whitehouse.gov) and the “Gang of 54”, (http://www.rjchq.org/Roots/Documents/E llison_Gaza_Letter_2010.pdf), to make their voices heard and speak out about this crucial issue.

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NY Congressional Delegation Joins JCRC at Annual Political Event Continued from cover York President John Shapiro, UJA co sponsored the breakfast.

Congressional activities of special interest to the Jewish community were key topics in each representative's presentation. Speakers detailed current and proposed legislation,and stressed the signif icance of shared American and Israeli interests. Overall, the Jewish leaders were assured the American government's strong support of Israel continues.

Janet Shorenstein, President of the Board of the JCRC, welcomed the attendees. She commented on the enhancement of security measures being taken

by New York based organizations.

Noteworthy was the high rate of success New York groups have had in securing federal funds to increase such measures.

John Shapiro, President of the UJA asked that politics be put aside, and focus be placed on the partnership between government and philanthropy.

Addressing the needs of those at risk and lessening ethnic divides, especially against a diff icult economic background, should be of concern to all.

Shapiro called on government off icials to extend support programs that "alleviate pain from this recession."

The remarks of Assaf Shariv, Counsel General of Israel in New York, were warmly received. He noted Israel's "disproportionate response" to the crisis in Haiti, adding that, although Israel's emergency response hospital in the damaged country has now closed,

Asaf Shjariv, Counsul General of Israel in New York, addressed the 31st Annual JCRC Congressional Breakfast.

Israelis will remain involved in Haiti to help foster the development of schools and infrastructure assistance.

Congressional representative "Ed" Towns recalled his f irst visit to Israel saying "ever since that time, my views have been very different. Thank you, JCRC, for making that possible." Rep. Gary Ackerman, calling the Goldstone Report a case of "the (Hamas) tail wagging the dog." said that while Goldstone may have thought he did a "fair thing," accussing for the f irst time Palestinians of human rights violations," this reflected "the soft bigotry of low expectations." "When Israel exercises its right to self defense, it gets condemned - that's the hard prejudice of high expectations."

Never one to mince words, Ackerman

Verteran Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney praised Israel as a light unto the nations. said "if the international community thinks it can accuse Israel of war crimes, then not only every Israeli soldier, but every American solider, is in danger of being put on trial at the Hague." "The suggestion that Israel would purposefully blow up a (civilian) facility is outrageous: Israel has gone to extreme measures to protect civilians, so much so that 40% of the Israeli soldiers killed were hit by "friendly f ire."

Ackerman advised "when you are ahead, take your victory. The qualitative military edge diminishes over time.

Time is not friendly to the winner - cut your deal." Closing with the warning that "Hamas couldl become a 'nuclear settlement' on the border between Israel and Egypt," Ackerman stressed the need to return to the negotiating table "without preconditions."

Congressman Jerrold Nadler suggested tht peace negotiations may not have immediate results during a gathering of Jewish leaders in New York.

Senator Charles Schumer discussed the recently [passed Iran Sanctions Bill.

Recalling the Jewish community's - and the world's - complacency during the 1930's, he said "We have vowed that we will never let that happen again. This bill is smart. While we must not take the military option off the table, if we were to squeeze the country economically, there is a real chance that we can bring down the regime.�

Emphasizing that a unilateral boycott will not work, Schumer said greater pressure must be placed on the Chinese and the Russians. "Any oil company that sells gasoline to Iran can have no

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DA Hynes Announces Guilty Plea For Weapons Possessions and Painting Swastikas

Bernard Lander z”tl Founder of Touro College Continued from cover his leadership, a school building was constructed. Two years later he cofounded Yeshiva Dov Revel, a major day school in Queens. He also served on the founders committee for Bar-Ilan University in the early 1950s. He served as a professor of sociology for over two decades at City University of New York. He served as dean of Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School from 1954 through 1969 and reorganized Y.U.’s graduate programs into the schools of social work, education and psychology between 1954 and 1959.

Dr. Lander has authored “Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency,” published by Columbia University Press, and numerous articles in the f ield of sociology. Dr. Lander also worked as a consultant to the Maryland State Commission on Juvenile Delinquency. He has been honored by the Council of New York State College Presidents for his lifetime contribution to higher education. A former Rabbi of Beth Jacob Congregation of Baltimore, Dr. Lander served over thirty years as a vice president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

Dr. Lander has served as a consultant to three United States presidents.

He was a consultant to the White House Conference on Children and Youth; served on an advisory council on public assistance established by Congress; and was a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime in the Johnson and Kennedy administrations.

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BY SANDY SILVERSTEIN Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced the guilty plea of Ivaylo Ivanov, 39, for spray painting swastikas on numerous locations in his neighborhood and possessing a secret cache of weapons, including explosives, in his Brooklyn Heights apartment. e pled guilty to three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the First Degree, one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and four counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime. He will be sentenced to 18 years in prison on February 25 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog.

Ivanov will receive 18 years for possessing numerous pipe bombs in his home. He will also be sentenced to an additional 15 years, to run concurrently, for possessing a 9mm handgun, with which he shot himself in the hand. In addition, Ivanov will be sentenced to one-and-a-third to four years for each count of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime, which will also run concurrent to the 18 years.

On January 20, 2008, Ivanov shot himself in the hand in his Remsen Street apartment. After police arrived and questioned him, Ivanov consented to a search of his apartment, where police found a cache of weapons, including explosives, the 9mm handgun and other guns and ammunition.

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Bernard Lander z”tl with George W. Bush For eight years he acted as a senior director of a national study on the problems of youth for the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Rabbi Dr. Landers crowning jewel is Touro College.

Dr. Lander established Touro College in 1970, Touro College began with a freshman class of 35 and over the years has built Touro into a world class institution of higher learning.

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Ivaylo Ivanov mug shot after his arrest.

On September 24, 2007, Ivanov went around his neighborhood, spray painting swastikas on cars, sidewalks and buildings including two synagogues. He also papered cars in the neighborhood with flyers containing swastikas and the words “Kill all the Jews”.

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WAR ON TERROR Al-Qaida Threatens to Attack US Interests ‘Everywhere’

Israel Weighs Options in Iran Nuclear Threat

BY LUIS RAMIREZ For the last few years, Israel has made the case that Iran poses a serious threat to its existence and it has not ruled out the possibility of a preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. ehran denies it is enriching uranium for weapons and says it will retaliate if attacked.

The failure of the major powers to engage Teheran and convince it to stop developing its atomic capabilities is raising anxiety among Israeli leaders who are trying to determine whether to strike or give diplomacy another chance. Israel is drawing on lessons from its past as it deals with what may be a new threat in the nottoo-distant future.

Zeev Raz is proud of how he led an Israeli air force squadron of F-16 bombers to destroy a nuclear near Baghdad. He remembers it was a sur prisingly easy job with little resistance from the Iraqis. “When we approached the reactor and watched our radar scopes and saw that there was no plane over Baghdad, over the reactor, each of us thought that his radar was not functioning. It was too good to be true,” he said.

It was June 1981. It took one mission of less than an hour to destroy Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program, which Israel believes Iraq could have used to strike the Jewish State.

Now, with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad speaking of the destruction of Israel and Iran developing its nuclear capabilities, the Jewish State feels its existence is again threatened.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been clear. “The worst danger we face is that Iran would develop nuclear military capabilities,” he said. Israelis tend to agree.

Yaakov Amidror, a retired general and former head of an Israel Defense Forces intelligence division, says Israel cannot afford to ignore Mr. Ahmedinejad. “When it is clear that from his point of ideology, Israel does not have the legitimacy to be a Jewish State in the Middle East, I think that from our experience, we have to take Ahmedinejad very seriously,” he said.

Israel has said all options are on the table, including a military

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BY AFP The deputy leader of the Yemeni branch of al-Qaida has called for new attacks on U.S. interests. aid al-Shihri made the threat in an audio message posted Monday on a website used by Islamic extremists.

He said attacks should be launched against American interests everywhere.

Al-Shihri accused Saudi Arabia and Egypt of, in his words, “preserving the inter-

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ests of Jews and Christians” by providing them with oil and giving them access to waters surrounding the Arabian peninsula.

He also praised Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab for his failed attempt to blow up a passenger jet over the U.S. city of Detroit on Christmas Day. Abdulmutallab, who is in U.S. custody, has said he was trained by al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

Al-Shihri is a former inmate at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Israeli Soldier Killed by PA Policeman Hattib worked alone.

Khatib was evacuated to Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital, where he succumbed to the knife wounds The soldier is survived by a father, a mother, two brothers and three sisters.

Several years ago, his uncle was killed in he IDF soldier was named as First- action. In the Second Lebanon War, his aunt Sgt. Muhammad Ihab Khatib, 26, was killed when a Katyusha rocket fired by from the northern village of Marar. Hizbullah hit her house.

The Binyamin and He served as a logistics Samaria Citizens’ non-commissioned officer Committee blasted Defense in the Kfir Brigade.

Minister Ehud Barak after Khatib was waiting in the deadly attack. his Sufa jeep in a queue of “It’s no small wonder traffic when he was that when the defense minstabbed in the chest ister is busy implementing through an open window. the racist settlement conIn the soldier’s attempt struction freeze and with to speed away, the vehicle vain arrests of settlers, the overturned.

The jeep in which terrorists and their accomThe PA officer, identi- First-Sgt. Khatib was plices are celebrating,” read fied as Mahmoud Hattib, killed, overturned on a statement from the organwas then run over and ization. “Today, the settlelightly hurt by a local secu- the side of the road. ment freeze monitors visitrity officer from the nearby settlement of Rehelim. He was then arrest- ed Kfar Tapuah while the terror attack took ed by police. Defense officials assessed that place right under their noses.”

The terrorist who stabbed an IDF soldier to death at the Tapuah junction on Wednesday afternoon was a Palestinian Authority police officer from Yabed, according to IDF sources.

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option. “We clearly believe that no option should be removed from the table. This is our policy. We mean it,” said Ehud Barak, Israel’s defense minister.

Some here believe Israel has may have waited too long, giving Iran time to develop its program. By some Israeli estimates, Tehran will be able to make a crude nuclear bomb within a year.

Former pilot Zeev Raz says Iran poses a much tougher challenge than Iraq did 29 years ago. The Iranian project is dispersed all over the country, which is a huge country, even larger than Iraq. It’s much farther, as we all know, and many of the targets are deep under the ground, even under mountains,” he said.

Another question is whether an air attack would result in a nuclearfree Iran. “The answer is a clear ‘no.’ The whole problem of Iran, the challenge that Iran puts on the table for the international arena, is something that Israel cannot deal with.

That should be done from within Iran. The Iranians have to make a decision of what kind of government they want,” said retired General Yaakov Amidror of the Israeli Defense Forces Israeli off icials hope internal change in Iran will come as the result of new international sanctions. And they are aggressively pushing for them.

“Like our neighbors, we identify with the millions of Iranians who revolt against dictatorship and violence. Like them, we reject a fanatic regime, which contradicts the United Nations charter, a regime which threatens destruction, accompanied by nuclear plants and missiles which activates terror in its country and in other countries. The regime is a danger to the entire world,” said Shimon Peres, Israel’s President.

Former pilot Zeev Raz thinks Israel should keep pressing for more sanctions. He says there is no guarantee of success like the one Israel had in Iraq in 1981. “The Iraqis were taken by surprise. There was no tactical problem. The planning was good. Execution was perfect.

We also were quite lucky. We had much luck. If we go to Iran, we may not have that luck again,” he said.

Israelis hope regime change, or the threat of it, will cause Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions.

Until then, all options, starting with an air strike, are on the table.

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Iranian Threat GATES HOPES IRAN SANCTIONS WILL AVOID MILITARY ACTION

BY JV STAFF U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes strong international sanctions on Iran will forestall the need for a military strike designed to end the country’s chances of developing a nuclear weapon. Gates spoke in Paris, where he and his French counterpart Herve Morin agreed it is time for sanctions after months of diplomatic overtures from the West have not had any impact on Iranian leaders. ecretary Gates is working with allies to develop an effective sanctions regime targeting Iran’s government, while having minimal impact on its people. U.S. officials say they hope to bring a resolution to the U.N. Security Council this month, while France holds the rotating presidency.

Gates says Iran has not responded constructively to President Barack Obama’s unprecedented and long effort to start a dialogue on its nuclear program. But asked whether he is concerned Israel might launch an air strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities now that the Iranian president has ordered the resumption of uranium enrichment, the secretary said he believes there is still a chance for sanctions and other forms of idplomatic pressure to work.

“Everybody’s interest is in seeing this issue resolved without a resort to conflict,”

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he said. “The key is persuading the Iranian leaders that their long-term best interests are best served by not having nuclear weapons, as opposed to having them. And so I think that an approach along these lines, as long as the international community is seen pressing vigorously to resolve this problem, my hope is we will then be able to keep this in economic and diplomatic channels.”

French Defense Minister Herve Morin agreed. He said it is clear nothing has changed in Iranian nuclear policy, and so it is time to begin talking about new economic sanctions.

The two defense ministers also discussed Afghanistan, with both defending France’s role, even though it is adding only 80 trainers in the current round of NATO commitments. They noted France made more significant increases before last week’s defense ministers’ meeting in Istanbul. The two men also welcomed improvements in U.S.-French defense relations in recent years, including France’s return to NATO’s military command.

But they did not agree on everything.

France is considering selling a large naval assault vessel to Russia. Secretary Gates declined to comment in detail, saying only they had had “a good and thorough exchange of views” on the subject. Minister Morin defended the plan, saying the West’s old nemesis, Russia, has “changed deeply” in the past 20 years, and it is time to nurture a new relationship with it.

AHMADINEJAD: IRAN WILL ENRICH URANIUM TO 20%

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL Iran’s president on Sunday ordered his atomic agency to significantly enrich the country’s stockpile of uranium, angering Western nations who want to the Islamic republic to halt its nuclear program. ahmoud Ahmadinejad maintained, however, that Iran was also still willing to follow a UN plan to export its uranium abroad for further enrichment. Refining uranium produces nuclear fuel for a power plant but if carried out far enough can create material for a weapon.

The mixed messages from Teheran have infuriated the US and its European allies, who claim Iran is only stalling for time as it attempts to build a nuclear weapon. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for the international community to pressure Iran into abandoning its nuclear program.

German Defense Minister KarlTheodor zu Guttenberg said: “Today’s

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statement shows that farce is being played out just like we have seen in the past, that the outstretched hand of the international community has not only not been taken but pushed back.”

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has been working on a compromise to defuse international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. In October, the UN proposed that Teheran export its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France, who would return it a year later as enriched fuel rods that could be used to power Iran’s research reactor but couldn’t be further ref ined to make weapons-grade material.

By announcing that Iran would enrich the fuel on its own, Ahmadinejad appeared to reject the UN International Atomic Energy Agency’s deal — even though he had seemed to endorse it just days earlier.

Iran wants to enrich its stockpile of uranium to 20 percent, up from 3.5 percent, to power a research reactor to produce medical isotopes. But the international community has demanded a halt to all enrichment activity

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Iranian Quickstep: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back

BY JONATHAN SPYER Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Iranian state television that “we have no problem sending our enriched uranium abroad.” n so doing, Ahmadinejad appeared to agree to the long-standing plan for the export of the greater part of Iran’s enriched uranium stocks.

Recent experience with the diplomatic methods of the Islamic Republic of Iran suggests that this statement is the latest instance of Teheran’s favored approach to diplomacy. The Iranian tendency is to seek to offset confrontation at the 11th hour by appearing to show flexibility. Once crisis is averted, the regime relies on differences over the details to make sure that nothing actually happens. It is the diplomacy of one step forward, two steps back. Thus is further time bought for the Iranian nuclear program.

The hitherto seemingly inexhaustible international patience at Iranian maneuvering, meanwhile, has recently been showing signs of at last wearing thin.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the latest convert to the cause of renewed sanctions. Brown said on Tuesday that “What we now, I think, have to do is accept that if Iran will not make some indication that it will take action – we have got to proceed with sanctions.”

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It remains to be seen if the latest Iranian move will revive the spirits of the advocates of “engagement.”

Ahmadinejad’s statement relates to the IAEA proposal that Iran should ship its low-enriched uranium abroad, where it would be converted into fuel rods for an Iranian research reactor producing medical isotopes.

The purpose of the IAEA proposal was to call Iran’s bluff. Iran has long claimed that its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes. Very well, then, said the IAEA – let other countries take charge of converting Iranian lowgrade uranium into material f it only for domestic use. Of course, this proposal depends on the assumption that the Iranians have been entirely honest in revealing all their supplies of enriched uranium. If they have not, and if a substantial amount remains outside of the purview of international observers, then the exercise becomes meaningless. Still, let us assume in this regard that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s well-known tendency toward honesty and transparency has prevailed, and that as such the proposal to export a large percentage of Iran’s known supplies of low enriched uranium is not entirely devoid of content.

In considering the seriousness or otherwise of Ahmadinejad’s statement, it is worth looking back to October last year, when the export proposal was f irst tabled. The apparent Iranian flexibility

at that time came two weeks after the revelation of a secret uranium enrichment plant in the town of Qom on September 21. At the time, there was international excitement as Iranian representatives in Geneva agreed “in principle” with the proposal for the export of uranium. It was agreed that the details would be worked out at a subsequent meeting in Vienna.

That was on October 2. At the meeting in Vienna on October 19, the proposal was further clarif ied. A draft proposal was formulated. At the end of that month, Iran began to retreat from its apparent acceptance of the proposal.

On November 18, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki unambiguously rejected it in the following terms: “Def initely, Iran will not send its 3.5 percent-enriched fuel out.”

The tentative December “deadline” came and went. On January 20, Iran conf irmed that it rejected the export proposal as formulated in Vienna.

In other words, a skeptic might conclude, the international anger resulting from the Qom revelation made a bit of momentary cooperation from Iran advisable. Once the moment had passed, normal service could be resumed. The Iranian parliament and Guardian Council a week ago approved an Ahmadinejad endorsed bill to cut food and energy subsidies. The move, while signif icantly reducing government spending, stands to sharply increase

prices and possibly lead to rising inflation. Political unrest is ongoing in Iran, and the regime is reported to be unnerved by the failure of its initial attempts at repression to douse the flame.

At such a moment, the last thing the regime needs is renewed sanctions. It is therefore an opportune moment for the reappearance of the reasonable Teheran of last October – to kick the ball down the road again for another few months.

Will the “international community” play ball? There are currently indications of a hardening US stance. A bill to target Iranian fuel imports is working its way through Congress. New sanctions may be discussed at the Security Council later this month. In the absence of renewed UNSC sanctions, the administration may set about trying to build a “coalition of the willing” for further moves against Iran.

But it is deeply questionable if any of this will prove suff icient to stop the Iranian nuclear drive.

In the meantime, the latest statement by the Iranian president suggests that Teheran still believes it can f ind a few partners for the dance it has been performing since 2003: one step forward, two steps back – all the way to a nuclear Iran.

The writer is senior researcher at the Global Research in International Affairs Center, IDC, Herzliya.

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ZOA Bringing Joy to The IDF On Purim

Obama Warns Voters Will Judge Congress on Health care

BY JV STAFF Over the past 10 years, with your help and support The ZOA of Brooklyn have brought the joy of Purim to tens of thousands of soldiers throughout Israel. e hope to make this Purim the most successful and joyous ever,” Rubin Margolis said.

“Each Mishloach Manot package is personally distributed by participants in our Purim mission.”

Last year, over 5,000 packages were distributed at army bases and checkpoints throughout the country.

In addition, Mishloach Manot baskets were delivered to over 500 children in Kiryat gat, Sderot, Gedera, Kiryat Melachi and Netivot, where they were entertained by parties filled with song, dance and fun. This year, our goal is to distribute 10,000 Purim baskets to soldiers throughout Israel in honor of our ten year milestone.”

ZOA will distribute warm fleece jackets in addition to our Purim baskets. These jackets are not issued as part of a regular uniform and are normally paid for by the soldiers themselves.

Last year, Purim 2009 was truly an amazing experience. With Purim music streaming from the truck, we drove from base to base delivering Mishloach Manot.

As we pulled in, soldiers poured out of the buildings. There was singing, there was dancing, there were huge smiles all around.

Many soldiers that received our Mishloach Manot had fought in Gaza. The Mishloach Manot was a way to show our gratitude and recognize their efforts.

It takes an army to fight a war, and OU Israel, together with ZOA and Emunah representatives, went to bases large and small, to lonely hilltop outpost to express our solidarity and support. Their appreciation was unbelievable. The Mishloach Manot included food, letters from students, and a tehillim.

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Rubin Margolis distributing Mishloach Manotto IDF soldiers somewhere in Israel.

Perhaps one of the most moving aspects was the soldiers’ reaction to the letters they received. ZOA spearheaded a letter writing campaign among Yeshivas in the New York region, participating school included: Brandeis School, Central High School for Girls, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Plainview, NY; Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, Magen David High School, Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel, Nefesh Academy, Prospect Park Yeshiva, Ramaz Middle School, Shulamith School for Girls, Sinai Academy, Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, Yeshiva of Belle Harbor, Yeshiva of Flatbush and Yeshiva of South Shore and hundreds of children wrote letters.

“At one base, a jeep drove up and a soldier said he couldn’t believe we were there.

He had to see it with his own eyes. He asked if we could come to his outpost and give out Mishloach Manot to his unit,” explained Stan Hillelsohn, chairman of the OU Israel Commission. The mission was organized in coordination with Rubin Margules, ZOA national board member and Brooklyn Region President, and in conjunction with Volunteers for Israel and the OU Rubin Margolis Head of ZOA Brooklyn said, “Please make our task much more challenging this year by donating generously to this campaign when called upon…and, by the way, if you are in the neighborhood, please join us for Mishloach Manot packing, or come along to help distribute them at the IDF bases. You will have the time of your life!”

US President Barack Obama Thursday sharply warned lawmakers, including those in his Democratic Party, that they must answer to voters if they balk at passing his longdelayed health reforms. bama, seeking to reinvigorate his ambitious change agenda in a treacherous political year, said that a jobs bill should take priority in Congress, but then lawmakers must get back to his stalled health legislation.

“We have to move forward on a vote,” Obama said, adding that he was prepared to sit down with Democratic and Republican lawmakers and health experts to work out what would work and what could pass.

But he warned, apparently especially referring to majority Democrats, that if a bill did not pass, they would have to explain why voters were deprived of what he says is improved access to health care and lower insurance costs.

“If Congress decides we are not going to do it ... then the American people can make a judgement as to whether Congress has done the right thing for them or not,” Obama told members of his Organizing for America grass roots operation.

“There will be elections coming up,” Obama said, referring to mid-term congressional polls in November, adding that voters “will be able to make a determination and register their concerns one way or the other — that’s how democracy works.”

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US President Barack Obama unveils a budget projecting a record deficit this year, with billions of dollars to curb unemployment and tax hikes on the rich to tame big fiscal shortfalls.

Though Democrats have large majorities in Congress, the loss of liberal icon Edward Kennedy’s former Senate seat in Massachusetts last month stripped away their 60-seat Senate supermajority.

This means Senate Republicans can frustrate or thwart Democratic efforts to pass bills through f ilibuster delaying and obstruction tactics.

Democrats have several options to merge rival bills that have passed the House and Senate, but each one poses substantial political risks, on legislation which polls show is now largely unpopular with the public.

US Army says Failures Behind Deadly attack on Afghan Base

BY AFP The US military Friday blamed a lack of leadership, diversion of vital assets and failure to recognise a growing threat for an insurgent attack on a remote base that killed eight US soldiers. he attack in early October on the base near the Pakistan border in the eastern province of Nuristan was one of the most dramatic of the war against Taliban-led insurgents, now in its ninth year.

Eight US soldiers were killed and 22 wounded after Combat Outpost (COP) Keating was attacked by “an enemy force of 300”, according to a report into the incident

by US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A).

The report praised soldiers of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Calvary, who it said “heroically repelled a complex attack from an enemy force of 300, killing approximately 150 enemy fighters”.

“Soldiers and junior leaders fought heroically in repelling an enemy force five times their size,” said the report, praising their “warrior ethics and professionalism... conspicuous gallantry, courage and bravery”.

But it said the COP leadership had fallen down in a number of strategically vital areas as they prepared to close the base, in Kamdesh, making it “an attractive target for enemy fighters”.

The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, had taken “appropriate action regarding army personnel involved”, it said, but did not elaborate.

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Recommendations had been made to improve tactics at bases in “the rugged terrain of Afghanistan”, it said and commanders told to stay alert to the “value and vulnerabilities” of each COP. McChrystal commands more than 100,000 soldiers fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan under US and NATO command.

Under a new strategy for the way, which includes the deployment of another 40,000 foreign troops in coming months, combat outposts are being closed as the fight is being concentrated on Taliban strongholds, especially in the south.

A major offensive is being planned for this month in Helmand province, which along with neighbouring Kandahar is a hotbed of Taliban activity.

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Affordable Housing coming Charges Against 12 People to Williamsburg For Real Estate And Mortgage Fraud

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More affordable housing could be coming to Williamsburg, but community leaders are critical of a development proposal that they believe does not go far enough to meet the neighborhood’s needs.

t a Community Board 1 Land Use Committee meeting, the city’s Department of Housing (HPD) proposed to build four mixedincome residential buildings on Lot in Williamsburg where new affodable eight city-owned lots with a housing will be built. total area of about 22,000 square feet, on Maujer Street, square feet.

Ten Eyck Street and Bedford Avenue, bringAffordable housing levels remain a ing online a total of 90 rental units of hous- point of contention. HPD off icials ing to Williamsburg. noted that the units would be in the 60 Most of those units in the plan, 79 percent AMI (Area Medium Income) percent of them, were studio or one- range, consisting of 59 units in the combedroom apartments. plex.

There are not that many two bedroom “A lot of work has been done on this units (in his plan) which are not con- and the whole idea is to provide affordducive to big families,” said Community able housing in williamsburg,” said Jack Board 1 Executive Committee member Hammer, Director of HPD’s North Del Teague. “There are hardly any units Brooklyn Planning Off ice. with two bedrooms. I see this as anothCommunity board members, while er situation where families will have to welcoming the security system and the make do with a one-bedroom.” rooftop space, raised objections to those The lots, located on 33 Ten Eyck levels when combined with the paucity Street, 37 Ten Eyck Street, 37-39 of larger apartments and market rate Maujer Street, and 354-358 Bedford rental prices for the community space.

Avenue, were part of the affordable “Our initial concern in HPD warding building promises that came with the the sites to a private developer was how region’s waterfront rezoning in 2005 affordable the apartments would be to and were part of the Ten Eyck Maujer those most in need in our neighborUrban Renewal area. hood,” said CB 1 member Esteban First proposed in 2007, the project, Duran. “Yuco should provide a lower labeled “Williamsburg Apartments,” AMI range to bring it in line with what was bid out to several nonprof it housing local community based housing organidevelopers in North Brooklyn, though zations would offer.” the Manhattan-based Yuco Real Estate HPD off icials said that they may Company was awarded the contract and consider AMI levels as low as 40 perwill work with HPD’s Low Income cent and would reach out to community Rental Program to develop the site. organizations and elected off icials to The buildings themselves all have a market the community space which traditional brick exterior with large could be f illed by a doctor’s off ice or a windows and a brownstone f inish with neighborhood nonprof it. amenities such as elevators, oak hardCommunity Board leaders indicated wood floors, a landscaped exterior gar- that HPD and Yuco Real Estate will den and terrace, and an audio-video return to the board in several months intercom system for screening guests. with more concrete plans for the project The Bedford Avenue site includes a and a request to begin the ULURP community space at 422 square feet and process for the sites. a retail space of approximately 5,968

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BY JONAH BRUNO Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, New York State Senator Carl Kruger and US Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced charges against 12 people involved in various, unrelated mortgage and real estate scams. The charges are the results of investigations by the District Attorney’s Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit, which was created within the Rackets Division, in February 2009, with the assistance of an $875,000 federal grant secured by Sen. Schumer. Joining the Senators and the District Attorney, several victims of the announced scams shared their stories. istrict Attorney Hynes said, “The diversity of crimes committed by all of these defendants shows the lengths to which some unscrupulous people will go to enrich themselves illegally. The arrests and indictments should serve as a strong warning to all who still think that they will devise some new scheme and get away with Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud related crimes. No matter how creative they think they are, no matter what lengths they go to avoid detection, they will be caught and prosecuted. I would like to thank Senator Schumer and Senator Kruger for their help and support as we tackle this relatively new form of crime.”

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among those who prey on the elderly and other vulnerable residents, I applaud the efforts of District Attorney Hynes in aggressively pursuing those who perpetrate this crime and prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law.”

Senator Schumer said, “This Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit at the Brooklyn DA’s Office has proved yet again to be the perfect tool to prevent scam artists from preying on Brooklyn residents during the ongoing economic and housing crises.

New Yorkers have suffered for too long because of scam artists who feel they can take advantage of people without any repercussions. I am proud to have secured the federal funding needed to establish this outstanding unit and I would like to congratulate District Attorney Hynes and the firstrate prosecutors in this unit for working so hard to make this endeavor so successful.”

VICTOR KOLTUN AND JARRETT HABER In October 2009, Jean Kemp, a senior citizen, received a phone call demanding payment on her mortgage. However, Kemp and her husband, who lives in a nursing home, have owned their home since 1975 and have not had a mortgage on it since 1987. Kemp reported the call to the Brooklyn office of State Senator Kruger, where attorneys, including a former intern in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Rackets Division, discovered a new $225,000 mortgage on the home. Sen. Kruger contacted the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, which investigated. Prosecutors and investigators in the Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit determined that the Kemps’ Brooklyn

FEBRUARY 12, 2010 home was one of several properties defendants Koltun and Haber, an attorney, fraudulently used to secure a $225,000 mortgage, according to the complaint. The defendants are charged with using the money from the mortgage to pay down a large debt related to another real estate scam on Long Island.

Koltun and Haber are charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, Residential Mortgage Fraud, and Possession of a Forged Instrument.

JOSEPH NYKIAN AND NITZA JONES Defendants Nykian and Jones are the first the Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit indicted on charges of Residential Mortgage Fraud, which went into effect Nov. 1, 2008.

Nykian and Jones are charged with forging power of attorney in order to take out a $300,000 mortgage on a Brooklyn home, 1234 St. Marks Ave., without the owner’s consent.

In addition to Residential Mortgage Fraud, they are charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Forgery in the Second Degree.

ALEXANDER LANDY Landy was an attorney admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 2003, but by 2004, according to the indictment, he had already become involved in real estate fraud.

In 2006, after he was accused of failing to properly safeguard clients’ escrow funds, he resigned as an attorney.

In December 2004, Landy purchased a home, in his own name, funded by a Washington Mutual mortgage, for more than $500,000. Though Landy ran the title agency responsible for filing the deed and mortgage, he never filed either with the Property Clerk’s Office and never paid the mortgage, according to the indictment. With no deed or mortgage recorded, Landy was able to sell the building without paying Washington Mutual.

Landy is charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree. The investigation is continuing.

MARGARETH BLANC Blanc, a New York City Corrections Officer, is charged with fraudulently collecting more than $30,000 in Section 8 rental subsidies, while living in a home owned by her sister, and using an unsuspecting straw buyer to mask her sister’s ownership of the home.

According to the complaint, the straw buyer believed she was doing Blanc and her sister a favor, by placing the title in her name. The defendant is charged with forging Section 8 applications in the straw buyer’s name and intercepting the subsidy payments, which she then kept. The straw buyer transferred the title back to Blanc’s sister, and though it was illegal for Blanc to receive rental assistance while living in the home of a family member, she continued to collect the subsidies, according to the complaint.

On December 2, 2009, Blanc was arrested on charges of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.

DERIC NELSON Nelson is charged with filing a bogus deed in the Brooklyn Register’s Office, which made it appear as though he owned a building he had previously sold. This allowed him to attempt to rent apartments and collect rent from unsuspecting tenants.

On January 21, 2004, Nelson sold 467469 Vanderbilt Avenue to a developer, who renovated the dilapidated commercial property and turned it into a residential condominium. In November 2009, Nelson filed a fraudulent, back-dated deed, which made it appear as though he had transferred the property from himself to himself, on Jan. 21, 2004, according to the indictment. Though the transfer actually transferred nothing, the City Register listed Nelson as the new owner. He then demanded rent from tenants, rented vacant units, and changed locks on some common areas of the building, according to the indictment.

Nelson is charged with Attempted Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Offering a False

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Instrument for Filing in the First Degree and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree.

ALAN ROCOFF Rocoff, an attorney, was the courtappointed referee for the sale of a foreclosed church, at 2525 Snyder Ave. Rocoff auctioned the church in 2005, for more than $300,000, which included a profit, after paying down all debts, of more than $200,000. Instead of turning the remaining funds over to the court, for the previous owners to claim, Rocoff pocketed the money himself, according to the indictment. Rocoff has been suspended from the practice of law in New York State.

Rocoff is charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.

RUSSELL PITT AND NATHEN FARKAS The owner of 1316 Dumont Ave., an old friend of Pitt, was in danger of falling into arrears on her mortgage payments. Pitt offered to help, by getting the mortgage refinanced, and introduced her to Farkas. The defendants then convinced her to grant Farkas power of attorney over the property, but promised it would only be for the purposes of refinancing, according to the indictment. Pitt and Farkas are charged with selling the home and keeping the proceeds.

Both defendants were charged in a similar scam in 2007, and in that case, Farkas pleaded guilty and repaid his share of the proceeds, $60,000, but Pitt’s case is still pending, while the court determines whether he is competent to stand trial.

EARL DAVIS Davis is charged in multiple scams involving rental apartments.

In the first case, Davis is charged with posing as the owner of 527 Macon St., to show an apartment and collect $3,000 – first and last months’ rent – from an unsuspecting potential tenant. Davis had access to the building because of a business relationship with its actual owner, Thomas Lawson. In that case, Davis is charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.

The second case involving Davis also includes Lawson. In this case, Davis was in contract to purchase a Greene Avenue building from Lawson, but when Lawson learned Davis would not be able to secure funding, he took Davis to court to terminate their contract.

Nevertheless, according to the indictment, Davis rented out an apartment in the building.

When the tenant learned Davis did not own the building, he refused to make rent payments to Davis. Davis is charged with breaking into the apartment and assaulting the tenant, in an attempt to collect rent. In that case, Davis is charged with Burglary in the Second Degree and Assault in the Third Degree.

In a third case, Davis is charged with placing a Craigslist ad for a rental apartment in a building he had formerly managed. He rented the apartment and collected $16,250, for the entire year’s rent, up front, and gave the tenant a forged lease, according to the indictment. In this case, Davis is charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.

TODD GRAHAM Graham also placed an ad on Craigslist for a rental apartment in a building he neither owned nor managed, according to the indictment. Graham is charged with collecting the first month’s rent and security deposit from two different people, for the same apartment.

Graham is charged with Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree.

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.

The cases were investigated by Detective Investigator Kevin McAleese, Detective Investigator Michael Seminara, and Supervising Detective Investigator Robert Intartaglio. The investigation was supervised

by Assistant Chief Investigator George Terra and Chief Investigator Joseph Ponzi.

The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Michelle Malone and Andrea Clarke, Executive Assistant District Attorney Kevin Richardson and Richard Farrell, Chief of the Mortgage Fraud and Real Estate Crimes Unit. Michael Vecchione is Chief of the Rackets Division.

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Yeshiva University To Hold Jewish Jobs Fair

BY CECILE GEORGE While the past year’s economic difficulties have led to a challenging employment market, there are a number of opportunities available in the Jewish communal and educational fields. For all those aspiring to such careers, the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future and the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration’s Institute for University-School Partnership are holding their annual Jewish Job Fair on Thursday, February 18 at 6 p.m. at YU’s Wilf Campus at 500 West 185th Street, New York City. Last year’s event drew over 300 people, including YU students and alumni, as well as members of the broader Jewish community. ozens of Jewish day schools and community organizations from across the country will be in attendance to accept and review resumes and conduct interviews. Participating organiza-

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tions include Manhattan Jewish Experience, the Orthodox Union, the Institute for Public Affairs, Areyvut, Anti-Defamation League, Project Extreme and SawYouAtSinai. Day schools include Manhattan Day School, SAR Academy, Stern Hebrew High School of Philadelphia, Yeshivat Noam, Westchester Day School, Yeshiva Toras Emes, Ramaz School, Magen David Yeshiva, Akiba Academy of Dallas, Greenfield Hebrew Academy of Atlanta, Chicagoland Jewish High School, Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School and Yeshiva of Central Queens.

In addition to teaching positions and other career prospects, the fair offers a wide array of opportunities ranging from fellowships and scholarships for master’s programs and internships. The fair is being hosted in conjunction with Yeshiva University’s Career Development Center.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, to register your organization or school, or to submit a resume visit For more information visit www.yu.edu/cjf/jobfair.

White House Sees ‘Encouraging Signs’ in Jobless Numbers

BY AFP The White House said it saw "encouraging signs" in new jobless figures released that registered a dip in the US unemployment rate to 9.7 percent. hile unemployment remains a severe problem, today's employment report contains encouraging signs of gradual labor market healing," said White House economic advisor Christina Romer.

Figures released Friday showed the United States lost 20,000 jobs, but the overall jobless rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent.

Romer said that the "the unemployment rate remains unacceptably high," and noted that the actual number of unemployed

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"Even as today's numbers contain signs of the beginning of recovery, they are also a reminder of how far we still have to go to return the economy to robust health and full employment," she said in a statement.

The payrolls data, one of the best indicators of economic momentum, fell short of expectations of a gain of 15,000 jobs that would have been a clear sign of a turnaround in the troubled US labor market and overall economy.

But Romer warned that "monthly employment and unemployment numbers are volatile and subject to substantial revision," adding it was "important not to read too much into any one monthly report, positive or negative."

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Toyota Announces Another Mass Recall Hybrid Vehicles

BY DANIEL ROOK Toyota said Tuesday it would recall more than 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, plunging deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up. he Japanese auto giant, facing a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended acceleration to brake failure, is scrambling to reassure drivers it did not sacrifice its legendary safety in its successful drive to be the world’s largest automaker.

But in another heavy blow to its brand image, long synonymous with reliability and quality, Toyota recalled its newest Prius as well as its plug-in Prius, Sai sedan and Lexus HS250h models worldwide owing to faulty brakes. Related article: Toyota to suspend output of two hybrids “We will tackle the issue with dealers and suppliers,” Toyota’s president Akio Toyoda said at a press conference. “Together we will do everything in our power to regain the conf idence of our customers.”

The Toyota family scion, under f ire for his handling of the crisis, said he would travel to the United States to explain the safety troubles. Related article: Toyota recall raises questions about computerized cars The company is pulling roughly 223,000 hybrid vehicles in Japan and

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about 147,500 in the United States due to a problem with the anti-lock braking system, in a recall that also extends to Europe and other markets.

Drivers “can experience reduced braking performance resulting in increased braking distance,” the automaker said in a statement.

The Prius is the world’s most popular hybrid, beloved by Hollywood stars and environmentalists alike, and its troubles are a major setback to Toyota’s efforts to stay in pole position in fuel-eff icient automobiles. Related article: Prius is the world’s most popular hybrid The company’s troubles escalated with a new lawsuit in the United States f iled by a California woman who alleges her Prius has severe braking problems which make it dangerous to drive. Related article: California woman sues Toyota over Prius brakes Lawyers for the plaintiff are pursuing what is believed to be the f irst class-action lawsuit over the faulty Prius brakes, which would add to the legal trouble facing Toyota over the accelerator problems.

The Japanese maker has said it redesigned the anti-lock braking system for Prius cars produced since last month.

It says a delay occurs when the vehicle switches to the conventional hydraulic brake from regenerative braking, used by hybrids to capture the

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Madison Avenue, The Boulevard of Brilliant Shoppers

BY FAITH HOPE CONSOLO Madison Avenue's status as a luxury jewelry destination was a long time coming, but it's certainly here to stay. Despite last year's blip, the glitter literally remains, and has even grown, on the Miracle Mile as new jewelers have joined longstanding tenants. ronically, this most famous of New York thoroughfares wasn't even part of the original Ralph Lauren's purchase of the Rhinelander street grid plan of 1811. It was created twenty five mansion in the late 1980s as a showcase store for years later by Samuel B. his brand brought other nationaly and internaRuggles, the lawyer and tionally known retailers, including jewelers. real estate developer who created Gramercy Park and moving to new locations on the Avenue, helped encourage the development of Union others leaving for other pastures.

Square. Clothiers moved onto the avenue in Today's line-up: Aaron Basha, Alex's the late 1890s, and the Avenue, eventually Jewelry, Asprey, Brequet, Blancpain, became home to neighborhood-oriented Camilla Dietz Bergero, Canturi Jewels, retail catering to the area's wealthy residents Cecile et Jeanne, Chanel, Chopard, - jewelers, hobby stores, etc., all small priDamiani, David Webb Precious Jewels, vate boutiques, abounded along the thorDavid Yurman, de Grisogono, Di oughfare. International luxury was founded Modolo, Dominique Cohen, DuMont on Fifth Avenue to the West and Park Estate Jewelry, Edith Weber Antique Avenue, one block east. Through much of Jewelry, Elizabeth Locke at Piepers & the 20th Century, Madison Avenue was the Kojen, Erwin Pearl, Eve Jewelry, F.P. literal and symbolic home of the advertising Journe, Fabrizio Giannone, Fanelli industry (Mad Men, indeed), locals who Antique Timepieces, Fred Leighton, lived uptown, and the stores that served them Graff, Ilias LaLaounis, Ivanka Trump Ralph Lauren's purchase of the Collection, J.J. Marco, Jack Vartanian, Rhinelander mansion in the late 1980s Jaded, Jewelbox on Madison, JMS & as a showcase store for his brand Eva Ltd., Judith Ripka, Julius Cohen, brought other national and internationKaufmann de Suisse, Kentshire, ally known retailers, including jewelers.

Kieselstein-Cord, Kwiat, Lanciani, Further retail development was encourL'Etoile Royale, Leviev, Mauboussin, aged with the 1996 formation of the Michael Ashton, Michael Dawkins, Madison Avenue Business Improvement Pomellato, R.S. Durant, Reinstein/Ross, District, a partnership of property ownSolange Azagury-Partridge, Stephen P. ers, merchants, residents and elected Kahan, Stephen Russell, VBH, Yael off icials who work to enhance the qualSonia, and Zigzag. Not all of these sell ity of life for the community and its vismulti-million dollar baubles - some also itors. offer f ine fashion pieces, as well. ________________________________ Soon to come: Hublot Watches and Girard Perregaux shortly will join the wars on the Avenue.

“Through much of the 20th timepiece Many of the above will be actively Century, Madison Avenue involved in an upcoming event and benit to celebrate the 30th anniversary of was the literal and symbolic ef the Central Park Conservancy.

Sponsored by Platinum Guild home of the advertising International U.S.A. and W Magazine, industry” Madison Avenue Platinum Jewels in ________________________________ Bloom will be held from April 8 to 17, with store windows from 57th to 86th Of course, there are high-end appar- Streets celebrating spring with Central el merchants on the avenue also - Park flowers and their own glittering Searle, Prada. But Madison really has merchandise. The floral arrangements, become home to jewelers, who favor the curated by the Central Park small boutiques that line the avenue to Conservancy's curators, will be accesgive personalized service. As with other sorized by strategically placed jewelry, retail there, the past two decades have mostly platinum. A portion of the sales brought internationally known names to will be donated to the Conservancy to join traditional locals. Last year saw a keep New York City's backyard as beaushuffling of the players, with some tiful as the storefronts on Madison.

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Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander z�tl This week the Jewish world lost a giant Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander was a man who loved humanity and thought everyone should have a chance at a higher education in order to better themselves. e started life in 1916 on New York’s Lower East Side, where contrary to popular belief, there was a thriving religious community. He attended the Shinaveh Shitble where he was influenced by many Rabbis, teachers and leaders that were part of that venerable institution.

During the thirties he attended Yeshiva University, the only University that offered a religious as well as secular studies higher education. He got his Smichah (ordination) in 1937.

Answering his inner call to help the general public Rabbi Lander, earned his doctorate in sociology at Columbia University, where he established his reputation as a sociologist through his doctoral work on juvenile delinquency.

In 1944 Dr. Lander was one of three associate directors of the Mayor’s Committee on Unity, established by former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, which became the city’s f irst Commission on Human Rights.

Being recognized for his insightfulness he served as a professor of sociology for over 20 years worked at Yeshiva University, where he served as dean of its Bernard Revel Graduate School and at City University of New York. He also served as a consultant to three U.S. Presidents, Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and served on the commission that established the historic “War on Poverty� program.

In the 1960’s he was invited to attend an interfaith meeting with the Catholic Church. Having doubts as to the halachic correctness of the meeting he asked Rabbi Moshe

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Feinstein, with whom he had a personnel relationship, what he should do and was given a psak that the meeting is forbidden (Igrot Moshe, Yoreh Deah III, 43) It was in 1970 that Rabbi Lander established Touro College in direct competition of Yeshiva University.

The new school started small with a freshman class of only 53 students.

His vision was of an all inclusive school with a school of higher Jewish learning with a strong emphasis on Judaic commitment to intellectual inquiry and social justice. He stated that the aim of Touro was reflected in the tradition of Hillel’s historic dictum, “If we are not for ourselves, who will be? If we are concerned only with ourselves, what are we?�

Rabbi Lander’s personal philosophy guided the evolution of Touro from a small school into the international institution that it is today.

Jewish heritage was important to Rabbi Lander, to ensure the continuance of Jewish education at more than the basic level he took Touro College around the US and overseas.

He built campuses in New York, California, Nevada, Rome, Paris and Berlin.

His love and commitment to the Jewish people and its heritage led him to be a strong supporter of Israel where he established a school in Givat Shaul Jerusalem catered to Americans that had moved to Israel.

Rabbi Lander’s energy was the catalyst that, in a career that spanned nearly 80 years, developed many of today’s leading Jews in the f ield of education and social justice.

Through him and the many lives that he touched the world today is a better place.

Rabbi Lander will surely be missed, baruch dayan emet.

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Dear Friends, Most of you have probably heard about the great loss that the Saba family has suffered this past month, of Moises, Adela, Alberto, and Judy, individuals who based their lives around helping and changing the lives of countless people.

In addition to helping Am Yisrael, Moises Saba touched the lives of countless people all around the globe, from all walks of life. He was a true leader who always understood his purpose and responsibilities as a religious Jew, setting an example for others to learn from and follow.

At this time the Saba family is reach-

ing out to all of you who might have interesting experiences, stories or anecdotes that you might be willing to share regarding Moises, Adela, Alberto and Judith. We are also interested to hear your thoughts on how the tragedy may have changed your life.

A special e-mail address has been created for the receipt of such writings‌sabafamily@aol.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon, may we only merit to see Semachot in our lives.

Dear Editor, I am always so intrigued by your editorials. Not only do they reflect true Jewish values but they are timely and pertinent, thoughtful and provocative. \ Over the past six months I have noticed how they reflect your views, no only on community and national issues, but even on international news that needs proper attention.

I’d also like to commend your newspaper for its presentation and the fact that I can leave it out on my coffee table without being worried about what images will be viewed by young children, as you know, many other newspapers are not as careful to be considerate of that.

Sincerely, Moshe Stein

Dear Editor, I found comfort in reading the article “Leaving The Nest: Half Full or Half Empty.� As our children grow up, marry and establish lives of their own, while we are happy for their growth and happiness, there is also a sense, for mothers especially of, “What do I do now?�

It seems that raising our children and still making ourselves available even when they are entering into adulthood is something that is part of our nature, and once they are gone and are leading lives of their own, you start to

wonder, “What am I to do now?�

Ofcourse we welcome this sense of independence and once again a life with our husbands without having to attend to numerous needs throughout the day, but there is a sense of loneliness which I think the author of this article so perfectly addressed. It is important to remember that while the children may be out of the home, they are not out of our heart, and always close by‌

With warmest thanks and appreciation for your time.

The Saba Family

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Your Federation Dollars Hard at Work: American Jews fund anti-Israel organizations

BY SAMUEL SOKOL AND DAVID BEDEIN A U.S. organization has been receiving money from perhaps unsuspecting Jewish donors to support blatantly anti-Israel groups. merican Jews wishing to donate money to Israeli causes routinely utilize local city Jewish federations as a middleman. Hundreds of millions of dollars per year are sent to Jewish federations across the country with the expectation that the contributions will be used to aid worthy causes in Israel.

Many U.S. Jewish federations as well as individual Jewish donors give to the New Israel Fund, or NIF, a Washington, D.C.-based foundation dedicated to fostering social change and progressive causes in Israel.

The NIF budget comes from a combination of donors. These include the Ford Foundation, grant organizations such as the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation and the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, as well as various Jewish communal federations such as the Jewish Federation in New York, the DurhamChapel Hill Federation and the Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids.

However, while many of the programs run by the NIF are considered laudable in the proIsrael community, such as work the group does with economically disadvantaged Ethiopian immigrants, the flagship grantees of the NIF are Israeli-Arab non-governmental organizations that openly and unabashedly dedicate themselves to removing the Jewish character of the state of Israel.

The NIF disperses hundreds of thousands of dollars for the core budgets of such groups as Adalah: The Legal Center for Minority Arab Rights in Israel, Mossawa: The advocacy center for Arab citizens in Israel and I’lam media center for Arab “Palestinians” in Israel.

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Palestinian intifada, or terrorist war, initiated in September 2000 after then-PLO Leader Yasser Arafat turned down an Israeli offer of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem.

The first director of I’lam was Hanin Zoabi, recently elected as a member of the Israeli Arab Balad Party in the Knesset. Zoabi’s party spawned Azmi Bishara, the Israeli Arab Knesset member who fled Israel after he was threatened with prosecution for allegedly aiding the Hezbollah terrorist organization. Balad officials routinely condemn Israel and at times openly present themselves as representing the state of “Palestine.”

In April, in Zoabi’s maiden interview to the Jerusalem Post as a Knesset member, she declared her open support for Iranian nuclear weapons as a counterbalance to Israel.

Zoabi, in her capacity as the director of I’lam, helped draft and sign the Haifa Declaration, which called for the negation of Israel’s Jewish identity and for a “comprehensive change in Israeli policy, whereby Israel abandons its destructive role towards the peoples of the region. …”

In March, I’lam’s so-called empowerment coordinator, Zaher Boulos, issued a “cry of solidarity with the Palestinian people who hold strong to the establishment of a Palestinian state that is independent with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of the refugees to their homes” at the annual conference of the Forum of Journalists, an I’lam affiliate of which he is also coordinator.

The conference expressed “support for the Palestinian people in their struggle for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees.”

Also in March, I’lam issued a press release stating Israel cannot “liquidate the fact that Jerusalem is the capital of Arab culture and will be the future capital of a Palestinian state, and tomorrow will be the focal point of the Arab and Islamic world and the progressive forces in the world.”

The terminology in I’lam’s media publications resounds with terms such as “massacre” and “ethnic cleansing,” as well as accusations of war crimes and the targeted murder of journalists.

Last year, the NIF-funded organization held a conference in Ramallah with journalists from the Palestinian Authority which “aimed to develop and facilitate working relationships between Palestinians journalists in Israel and in the West Bank, and to discuss the role of the Palestinian media on both sides of the Green Line” as well as “exploring strategies for Palestinian media practitioners in addressing Israeli, European and U.S.-American media.”

I’lam’s official statements are representative of the rhetoric employed by some of the NIF’s grantees.

I’lam posted on its website a statement declaring, “The (Israeli) soldiers are the grandchildren of the Nazis’ victims, the Nazis’ survivors. They have come here to consume food quickly and consume life quickly. This is the true image of Israel.”

The statement was made in the context of accusing Israeli soldiers of a “massacre” against Palestinian civilians.

The connection of I’lam to the PA is reflected by its current staff.

Sanaa Hammoud, the current director of I’lam, was a senior official of the PA’s Negotiations Support Unit in Ramallah and served in Jerusalem as a senior communications adviser for the Palestinian leadership.

Wadea Awawdy, who served on the founding board of directors of I’lam, worked as a correspondent for the official PA publication AlAyyam, which routinely prints anti-Israel propaganda.

I’lam’s international relations coordinator, Nasser Victor Rego, has issued numerous statements of support for Hamas, terming the Islamist group “The Palestinian resistance,” while providing a link on his blog to the website of Hamas’ armed wing, the Essedeen AlQassam Brigades.

Nasser also has called on the international

community to boycott Israel.

Rego would not return calls to comment on the issue.

In addition to receiving funds from the NIF, I’lam is also a grantee of Al-Quds: Capital of Arab Culture, which works under the auspices of both the PA and the Arab League.

Among other charges laid against Israel in materials distributed by I’lam are allegations that the Hebrew media contains, “Encouragement for killing and destruction.”

Other anti-Israel groups Also supported by the NIF is Adalah, which defines itself as a non-partisan human rights organization. However, its agenda differs significantly from its self-definition.

Jerusalem-based researcher Arlene Kushner, in her study of Adalah published by the Center for Near East Policy Research entitled “Inside Adalah,” finds that “in various venues – including the Durban U.N. conference on racism – Adalah has charged or participating in charging Israel with grave breeches of international humanitarian law, war crimes, willful killing, racism, apartheid [and] ethnic cleansing.”

Adalah takes the position that the Israeli government is a “junta which proves each day that it is the most fascist and racist in history.”

In 2007, Adalah proposed a constitution for Israel in which immigration of Jews would be banned except for “humanitarian reasons.”

With its demand for the right of return for socalled Palestinian refugees, Adalah sees Israel’s future as one with an Arab majority, which would create another predominantly ArabMuslim state.

Another group funded by the NIF is Mossawa. Last month, Mossawa and fellow NIF grantee Coalition of Women for Peace wrote to the Norwegian government and asked “the Norwegian people to join us in our efforts and to stop investing in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.”

Naomi Paiss, director of communications for the NIF, declined to comment for this report.

Obama’s Destructive Course

BY DAVID HOROWITZ Historically, State of the Union speeches leave no trace. Their impact on presidential approval ratings is nil.

Their utility, therefore, is in what they reflect about the presidential character and the presidential course. Last night President Obama gave a speech that was at times quite eloquent, and on occasion rhetorically empty. But at all times it was the speech of a man who is deeply partisan and dangerously arrogant and is determined to stay a course which has already damaged his party, weakened his country at home and exposed it to attack from abroad. ver and over again the President demonstrated a troubling disconnect from reality, striking in the leader of a political democracy, and indicative of a narcissism that appears to be greater than President Clinton’s. “I have never been more hopeful about America’s future than I am tonight,” he said at the outset of his speech.

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This in a country with 17 million unemployed, a political majority that is unable to govern, and a national security apparatus that couldn’t identify a terrorist whose own father had turned him in.

In the course of his speech, as Charles Krauthammer observed, the President attacked “Washington” seven times in the name of the people, as though he and his party were not Washington, as though the course he had set for his party and his country was not the source of the people’s rage.

Taken as a whole it was an hour-long campaign speech, in which he broke precedent to attack not only the previous Republican Administration and all the Republicans in the chamber but even the Supreme Court justices present as well. And then - as though he had not done that - he scolded the entire assemblage for being politicians instead of non-partisan statesmen, and for running “permanent campaigns.”

But the most disturbing passage of his speech was also the most eloquent, the peroration at the end. In this flourish as throughout his speech there was the

world and then there was Obama. In the world “Each time a CEO rewards himself for failure … people’s doubts grow.” But in the mind of Obama, no failure is his. If voters have rejected his plans for the future that is their def iciency not his. “I campaigned on the promise of change … But remember this … I never suggested that change would be easy.” The cowardice and weakness of his own party and the voters who have deserted him are to blame. And they have betrayed not only him but through him the Republic itself. “If people had made that decision 50 years ago, or 100 years ago or 200 years ago we wouldn’t be here tonight. The only reason we are here is because generations of Americans were unafraid to do what was hard; to do what was needed even when success was uncertain.” L’etat c’est moi.

The philosopher Martin Buber once wrote: “Woe to the people whose leader has no teacher.” In a democracy, the people must function as their leader’s teacher. But Obama has no faith in the American people, and in particular the

people who supported him. And therefore there will be no correction of the destructive - and self-destructive course he has undertaken.

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New Jersey Yachad Presents Special Needs Conference and Resource Fair

BY STEPHEN STEINER New Jersey Yachad will present a Special Needs Parent Conference and Resource Fair on Sunday, February 21, from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at The Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, 666 Kinderkamack Road, River Edge. achad/National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD), an agency of the Orthodox Union now celebrating its 25th anniversary, is dedicated to enhancing life for those with disabilities and providing for their inclusion in the larger Jewish community.

Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, Director of Yachad/NJCD, declared, “We are increasingly doing more and more of these all-day family and professional fairs where we bring together leading experts in the different areas of mental health, disabilities, and psychology and parents due to the ever-increasing need for parents to have this type of information readily available. We f ind it provides hope and encouragement for families as they face the day-to-day challenges of raising children with special needs, and to help them reach their maximum potential.”

The keynote speaker will be Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, noted author and psychiatrist. He will speak on “Community Rejection of My Child and Community Acceptance of My Child. What Can I Do?” Workshops will follow Rabbi Twerski’s address, and will include topics on emotional challenges in children with dual diagnosis; choosing a school placement; social skills development; medication; estate and f inancial planning; vocational training; and intervention for autism. Presenters of the work-

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shops include Dr. Lichtman; Dr. Michelle Orgel, Yachad Coordinator of Family and Clinical Services; Dr. Ronen Hizami; Mrs. Judy Karp; and Dr. Mark Freilich, among others, all of whom work with the special needs population.

Mrs. Susan Newman will be the keynote speaker during lunch, and will discuss “My Journey with Steven,” about her experience navigating the world of special needs. Mrs. Newman’s son, Steven, passed away over a year ago.

Chani Herrmann, Director of NJ Yachad, stated, “NJ Yachad has expanded programming in the area to so much more than just social recreational programs. In addition to the ongoing support groups for parents and siblings, we are now offering a one-day conference where parents can come and network with one another and learn from top professionals through a variety of workshops geared towards helping their child with special needs succeed. We are fortunate to have great speakers, and this is a conference that parents should not miss.”

The Conference will have child care for children ages 2-6, and a fun sibling program for children ages 7-13 years old. There will also be a Yachad program for those with special needs, ages 5-16.

Cost of the program is $25 per adult, and includes a dairy lunch. The cost for a family is $36, and includes lunch and child care services.

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Young Israel Movement Files Supreme Court Legal Brief In Discrimination Case

BY AARON TROODLER The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI), in conjunction with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, recently filed a legal brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of a coalition of minority religious groups - including Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and African American and Hispanic Christians - to defend the right of religious organizations to remain autonomous and to choose their members and leaders without being accused of engaging in religious discrimination. astings, a state-run law school located in San Francisco, California, banned an organization called the Christian Legal Society (CLS) from the list of officially recognized student groups on campus, thereby precluding CLS from engaging in school sanctioned activities, utilizing the school facilities, and publicizing its events via school-issued email addresses.

According to Hastings, CLS violates the school's policy against discrimination on the basis of religion because CLS requires its leaders and voting members to be practicing Christians who abstain from intimacy outside of marriage.

"Should the Supreme Court choose to rule for Hastings, Jewish organizations, such as the National Council of Young Israel, may well be subject to claims of religious discrimination for refusing to let non-Jews into our leadership, which could allow them to modify our core mission," said NCYI President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. "The Becket Fund is proud to be representing such a broad coalition of different faiths," said Kevin J. "Seamus" Hasson, President of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. "They have many disagreements about theology. But they and we are united about law. In America, all faiths have the right to be who they are without interference from the government."

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Christian Legal Society meetings and events are open to all students, regardless of religious affiliation. Only its leaders and voting members, who speak on its behalf, vote on its policies, and lead its Bible studies, are required to adhere to the group's statement of faith and abide by the code of conduct.

"The question in this case is whether the government can force religious groups to embrace individuals who do not necessarily subscribe to the same religion or even agree with the group's mission, as the group's new leadership," said Mostofsky. "If so, it will not be long before the Young Israel Movement will be forced to change its name to Young Atheist or Young Evangelical, and other Orthodox Jewish organizations will lose their identification as well. It is hard to imagine a legal rule that will be more destructive to Torah Judaism in the United States."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Hastings. In what promises to be one of the biggest religious liberty cases affecting the Jewish community in decades, CLS v. Martinez, the Supreme Court will likely hear oral arguments in the spring.

Hasson noted that the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty solicited the involvement of the National Council of Young Israel because of the international organization's century-old mission of advocating strong Jewish religious values among its members throughout North America and Israel. Based in Washington, D.C., The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-profit, publicinterest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions.

The Becket Fund has a 15-year history of defending religious liberty for people of all faiths. Its clients have included Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, and Sikhs. Additional information about the Becket Fund can be found by visiting their website at www.becketfund.org.

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First Ex-Marrano Israeli Rabbi Returns to Spain as Emissary

BY MARK REBACZ For the first time since the expulsion of Spain’s Jews in 1492, a descendant of Marrano Jewry who immigrated to Israel and received rabbinic ordination will return to Spain to serve as a rabbi. abbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, a resident of Shiloh and father of 12, has been appointed a new emissary to the Marrano (or Bnei Anusim) community of Spain by Shavei Israel.

Born in Palma in 1957 to a religious Catholic family, his given name at birth was Nicolau Aguilo.

“Religion was a very important matter for my family. We went to church every week and fulf illed all the religious duties of Catholicism,” he recalls.

But one day, while driving with his mother down Jafuda (Yehuda) Cresques Street, named after a well-known Jewish cartographer who lived in Palma centuries ago, Nicolau pointed at the street sign and giggled, telling his mother, “He was a Xueta!” – a derogatory word in Catalan, pronounced “shweta,” used to refer to the descendants of Mallorcan Jews forced to convert to Catholicism over f ive centuries ago. Nicolau’s mother then turned to him and said, “Why are you laughing?

You, too, are a Xueta.”

That revelation confronted BenAvraham with a possible life-changing decision: embrace his Jewish heritage, with all the suffering and shame he associated with it, or discard it entirely and continue practicing Catholicism.

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Ben-Avraham remembers making the decision.

“After some months, I decided to accept the fact as it is, and it was then that I started to research my roots, and to learn more about Jewish history,” he says.

He began reading everything he could f ind about Jews and Judaism, and started visiting Palma’s small synagogue every week for Shabbat services.

“The way was long and hard, but the Mallorcan Jewish community treated me very well,” he recalls. “I got a f irsthand experience of the Jewish Sabbath and Jewish culture.”

After realizing that his best option for returning to Judaism lay in Israel, he decided to make aliya. Once here, BenAvraham made his way to a religious kibbutz, where he began studying Judaism and Hebrew more intensively.

Finally, in the spring of 1978, he underwent formal conversion to Judaism by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, assuming the Hebrew name of Nissan, after the Hebrew month in which he underwent his own, very personal, spiritual revolution.

The newly named Nissan continued his quest for Jewish knowledge at Jerusalem yeshivas Mercaz Harav and Ateret Cohanim, and then the yeshiva in Shiloh, where he eventually chose to settle and build a family.

In 1991, he received his rabbinical ordination from the Chief Rabbinate, marking the f irst time in centuries that a Marrano had succeeded in achieving the status of rabbi. Now, more than two decades after having immigrated to

Rabbi Nissan Ben Avraham has been appointed a new emissary to the Bnei Anusim community.

Israel, Ben-Avraham is returning to the land where he rediscovered his lost Jewish roots.

As an emissary of Shavei Israel, Ben-Avraham will commute on a monthly basis to the Marrano communities of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante and Seville, where he will assist those seeking to learn more about their Jewish roots. He will teach the communities Torah, Jewish culture and tradition, and conduct a range of social and educational activities.

The Jewish community of Spain experienced a golden age from the 9th to the 12th century. This ended with the onset of the Inquisition in the 14th century, when anti-Semitic laws began to be passed and massacres were carried out, culminating with the edict of

expulsion issued in 1492. Many Jews, facing conversion, expulsion, or death, opted to outwardly convert, while secretly retaining their Jewish identity and lifestyle. These Jews are known as Marranos by many historians, though many believe this is a derogatory term which comes from the Catalan word for pig. Those who are in contact with them, however, prefer the Hebrew term Bnei Anusim, meaning “those who were coerced.”

According to Michael Freund, founder and chairman of Shavei Israel, in recent years there has been an awakening among the descendants of the Bnei Anusim to discover more about their identity.

Freund attributes this rekindled interest to two main factors. First, Spain and Portugal were ruled by dictatorships up until the mid 1970s; once turned into democracies, the power of the church diminished and people began to feel more free to explore their identities. The second factor is the Internet, which has played a major role in reconnecting Bnei Anusim to their Jewish roots. What once required research in a public library, or approaching a Jewish community to f ind out information, can now be achieved in the privacy of their own homes. Further, through the Internet, a network of Bnei Anusim is developing, in which people with similar backgrounds and experiences can interact and shed light on many of their questions.

According to Shavei Israel, Jews

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Assad calls Israelis ‘fighting children’

BY JPOST Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of fighting like children in an interview with The New Yorker regarding the prospects of peace in the Middle East. have half a million Palestinians and they have been living here for three generations now. So, if you do not find a solution for them, then what peace you are talking about?" he said.

On the prospects of peace between Israel and Syria, Assad that "if they say you can have the entire Golan back, we will have a peace treaty. But they cannot expect me to give them the peace they expect…. You start with the land; you do not start with peace."

Speaking about the Israeli leadership, Assad said, "You need a special dictionary for their terms…. They do not have any of the old generation who used to know what politics means, like Rabin and the others. That is why I said they are like children f ighting each other, messing with the country; they do not know what to do."

Alluding to Operation Cast Lead, the Syrian leader said that "[The Israelis] wanted to destroy Hamas in the war [in December, 2008] and make [Mahmoud Abbas] strong in the West Bank. Actually it is a police state, and they weakened [Abbas] and made Hamas stronger. Now they wanted to destroy Hamas. But what is the substitute for Hamas? It is Al-Qaeda, and they do not have a leader to talk to, to talk about anything. They are not ready to make dialogue. They [Al-Qaeda] only want to die in the f ield."

Assad also expressed his concern with imposing sanctions on Iran, saying that this is a problem because sanctions would not stop the program and in fact the Iranians would accelerate it. Sanctions, according to Assad, can cause problems to the Americans rather than to the regime in Teheran..

Furthermore, said the Syrian president, "If I am Ahmadinejad, I will not give all the uranium because I do not have a guarantee [in response to US and European insistence that most of Iran’s low-enriched uranium be sent abroad for further enrichment to make it usable for a research reactor, but not for a bomb]…. So, the only solution is that they can send you part and you send it back enriched, and then they send another part…. The only advice I can give to Obama: accept this Iranian

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Syrian President Bashar Assad proposal because this is very good and very realistic."

Regarding Middle East special envoy George Mitchell, Assad that he told the envoy that "even though he was successful in Ireland, this is different…. [Mitchell] is very keen to succeed. And he wants to do something good, but I compare with the situation in the United States: the Congress has not changed…. But the whole atmosphere is not positive towards the president in general. And that is why I think his envoys cannot succeed."

Regarding US President Barack Obama, Assad said that Washington's approach had changed, in comparison to the administration of former US president George W. Bush "No more dictations but more listening and more recognition of America’s problems around the world, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq," he said.

Still, continued Assad, there have not been concrete results. "What we have is only the f irst step…. Maybe I am optimistic about Obama, but that does not mean that I am optimistic about other institutions that play negative or paralyzing role[s] to Obama," said the Syrian leader.

Assad was critical of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying that "the press conference of Hillary with [Prime Minister Binymain] Netanyahu [in which she appeared to walk away from the US administration’s call for a freeze on settlements] was very bad, even for the image of the United States."

The Syrian President claimed that the US continues to be biased towards Israel, saying that "this is traditional for the United States; we do not expect them to be in the middle soon." Assad went on to say that, regarding the Middle East peace process, "the vision does not seem to be clear on the US side as to what they really want to happen in the Middle East."

With regards to American power around the world, Syria's head of state that "now the problem is that the United States is weaker, and the whole influential world is weak as well….

You always need power to do politics.

Now nobody is doing politics… So what you need is strong United States with good politics, not weaker United States. If you have weaker United States, it is not good for the balance of the world."

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NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL RABBI ELIAHU TAKES TURN FOR THE WORSE ormer Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliahu is in serious condition at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he has spent much of the last two years.

The rabbi’s condition deteriorated in the last few days. Although he had been treated for a heart attack and stroke and went into clinical death and was revived - his current problem differs in that it is an internal condition Rabbi Eliahu has not lost consciousness.

The 82-year-old rabbi, who remains a spiritual leader for modern Orthodox Israelis,includinhg many youngsters, is being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

His family asked that prayers be said for him at the grave of Rabbi Haim Yosef David Azulai in the Givat Shaul cemetery.

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PM: WE WILL PASS LAW TO ALLOW ISRAELI TO VOTE FROM ABROAD rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the Likud faction meeting: “We will pass a law to allow every Israeli citizen to vote from abroad. It contributes to the connection and strength of Israel.”

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Knesset C’tee Marks 75 Years Since Passing of Rav Kook The Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee marked on Monday 75 years since the passing of Rabbi AvrahamYitzchak Hacohen Kook, the f irst rabbi of the modern land of Israel.

Committee Chairman Zevulun Orlev told the many leading rabbis and other public f igures assembled at the observance that Rav Kook was a leader and guide for all the Jews living here before the founding of the modern Jewish state, and not just a rabbi of high standing. He added that Rav Kook acted on behalf of other Jewish communities, including those of Yemen and Russia.

BA CUTS SENDING TEAM TO WINTER OLYMPICS he Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) announced on Monday that it is not sending a team to cover the Winter Olympics. The decision is part of the IBA’s emergency financial plan and the efficiency steps to which it has committed itself. Also canceled is an overnight shift that had been scheduled to handle coverage of the games.

An authority statement says the IBA will fulf ill its commitment to the

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European Broadcasting Union to provide 50 hours from Vancouver. That will include the opening and closing ceremonies and a daily digest every evening in between. Israel has one couple competing in the ice dancing competition and a skier in the Alpine disciplines.

PM ANNOUNCES NEW EFFORT TO PRESERVE HISTORICAL SITES t the closing address of the Herzliya Conference Wednesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanayahu announced a new program to ensure preservation of Jewish historical and archaeological sites throughout Israel. Netanyanhu announced that two new Israel Trails would be established – one for archaeological sites, and one for important sites in modern Israeli history.

In his speech, Netanyahu spoke at length of the importance of preserving tradition and instilling it in youth as an important survival strategy for Israel.

Lieberman’s parents immigrated to Costa Rica from Poland before World War II. He is the grandson of a mohel.

Lieberman told Ynet that his being Jewish did not affect his candidacy. He said Jews are very active in Costa Rican politics. Jews have served in previous governments.

Approximately 3,000 Jews live in Costa Rica.

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INTERNATIONAL ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHERAN ATTACKED

BY BASIJ MILITIA he Italian embassy in Teheran was under siege by dozens of Basij militia members, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday.

About 100 members of Basij, dressed in civilian clothing, tried to attack the building housing the Italian embassy amid chants of ‘Death to Italy’ and ‘Death to Berlusconi’, Frattini told the Italian senate in Rome.

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NAZI-LOOTED KLIMT PAINTING AUCTIONED Nazi-looted painting by Gustav Klimt was auctioned in London for $45.5 million.

The 1913 landscape “Church in Cassone-Landscape with Cypresses,” was sold at a Sotheby’s art auction Wednesday at a record price for the artist’s work.

Montreal retiree Georges Jorisch, whose family in Vienna owned the painting until at least 1939, will share the proceeds of the sale with the current owner, the CBC reported.

Jorisch had been in discussions with the current owners to reach a settlement, Sotheby’s told CBC. Costa Rica elects Jewish VP A Jewish former banker was elected the vice president of Costa Rica.

Luis Lieberman will become vice president after Costa Rican voters on Sunday elected Laura Chinchilla as the Central American country’s f irst female president by a wide margin.

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ritain’s Treasury said on Thursday that it will rush through new legislation after a court ruled the way it freezes the bank accounts of suspected terrorists was unlawful. Treasury minister Sarah McCarthy-Fry said in a statement that temporary legislation should be passed next week, and that Parliament will then consider a longer-term solution.

The Supreme Court ruled last week that the asset-freezing system was unlawful. At a hearing Thursday, it said the previous laws must be overturned immediately.

Suspects, however, will not be able to withdraw money before new legislation is passed, after the Treasury asked banks to cooperate in the meantime.

McCarthy-Fry says about 150,000 ($238,000) of assets held by terrorism suspects has been frozen.

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RED CROSS CAR HIT

BY BOMB IN GAZA amas security officials said that a roadside bomb exploded near a Red Cross convoy as it passed through the northern Gaza Strip Thursday.

Anne Sophie Bonefeld of the International Committee of the Red Cross said no one was hurt in the blast, but one vehicle was damaged. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Hamas security off icials said the bomb went off as four Red Cross cars were driving about half a mile south of Israel’s Erez border crossing. They said police were pursuing a car seen fleeing the scene.

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BERLUSCONI LINKS HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND GAZA SUFFERING talian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi linked Holocaust victims and Arab suffering in Gaza in a move that threatened to tarnish a visit that until then was widely welcomed by the Israeli public.

“Whenever war takes the place of peace, whenever violence takes the place of reason, humanity disappears.

The relationship between men that should always be kept intact disappears,” Berlusconi said at a joint news conference with Abbas. “So just as it’s

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right to cry for the victims of the Shoah, it’s right to show pain for what happened in Gaza.”

NATIONAL OBAMA PRAISES AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE FOR HAITI WORK resident Barack Obama singled out the contributions of the American Jewish World Service in a list of US faithbased groups working in Haiti.

Obama was speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast and addressed the importance of such organizations in dealing with the earthquake’s aftermath.

Minister for Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein was among those in attendance.

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COURT UPHOLDS JEWISH INMATE’S DEATH SENTENCE he Florida Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a Jewish death row inmate.

The court on Monday denied Martin Edward Grossman’s claims that he was entitled to a new hearing to determine if his trial lawyer was ineffective for not having him examined by a competent mental health professional and for not presenting mitigating evidence to avoid a death sentence.

Grossman’s execution is scheduled for Feb. 16.

Grossman was convicted in the 1984 shooting death of state Wildlife Off icer Margaret Park. He was 19 when Park tried to arrest him for shooting a stolen gun in an undeveloped area. He beat her before shooting Park with her own gun.

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TOYOTA CRASHES INTO N.Y. SYNAGOGUE STEPS n elderly man said his Toyota car’s accelerator stuck, causing him to crash into the steps of a New York synagogue.

Gerald Silver, 86, a D-Day veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was driving home with his wife, Rosalyn, when his 2009 Camry’s gas pedal jammed, causing him to lose control of the car.

Silver hit two parked cars and flew over some bushes before slamming into the steps of the Forest Hills Jewish Center in Queens, according to reports.

He nearly missed hitting a group of people, WPIX TV reported. The couple were treated for minor injuries.

Toyota has recalled millions of cars over sticky accelerator pedals.

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Kosher Food & Wine Expo Excites Epicurians POUR! POUR! AND, YES, A BIT OF THAT ONE, TOO!

Fine wines from around the world flowed freely.

Here, a red by Gamla to fill your glass

BY MAXINE DOVERE For several delicious, delightful, divine hours, New York’s Pier 60 was transformed into an international food and spirits festival - certainly among the largest ever organized in the kosher world.

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lmost 14 hundred food and wine gourmets and gourmands ventured to the far west waterside venue to

partake of an unparalleled assortment of food and liquid refreshments at the 2010 Kosher Restaurant & Wine Experience.

The event can only be categorized as a “Wow!” Everything worked. The wines were graciously and generously poured, there were plenty of glasses, and the wait, amazingly brief. Foods were well prepared, abundant, and pleasantly served. Martin Davidson, Communications Director for the event,

A Haimishe l'Chiam! Wine affecianodos from every stream raised a glass or two or... at the Kosher Food & Wine EXPO at Pier 60 in NY. called it “an unprecedented success, beyond the wildest imaginations.” The Expo showcased the wide variety of wines and spirits produced or distributed by Royal Wines.

Those wishing to add an intellectual experience to their visceral pleasures, had the opportunity to attend on site seminars led by wine expert - and maven - Jay Buxbaum. His expertise concerning f ine wines and the wine making process is internationally recognized.

The annual event, now in its fourth year, enjoyed a 50% growth over its 2009 presentation. “This year,” said Chef Jeff Nathan and Alicine Nathan, Davidson “the Expo just propriators of Manhattan's Abigail's clicked. Secular and Restaurant offered delicious tastes and tidbits. wine professionals and magazines editors who, Wines, the organizer of the Expo, has in the past, may have had less regard an extensive and historic association for kosher products, now have a gen- with f ine wines. Now in its eighth genuine interest in kosher wine develop- eration as winemakers, the family ment.” Comparing the Expo’s growth to traces its history to Philip Herzog, the usual pattern of a restaurant’s winemaker for the Austro-Hungarian development, he commented that “in court who was given the title “Baron” the life of a restaurant, the f irst year is by the Emperor, Franz-Josef. Baron a struggle - 80% fail. The second is a Philip created both f ine non-kosher building year - operators are busy just wines and kosher wines of similar qualtrying to stay afloat. Success in the ity.

Three generations later, grandson third year generally means breaking even. It is the fourth year that deter- Eugene Herzog and his family, hidden by righteous gentiles during World War mines an enter prise’s success. The II, reclaimed the family’s winery, but EXPO was like a good restaurant in its by 1948, were forced to flee by the fourth year, reaping the fruits of the Czech communists, and settled in in f irst three years of experience.”

New York.

Kosher restaurants and fancy food Decades later, with the wide expanpurveyors were featured as real part- sion of the kosher wine market, the ners in the 2010 Expo. Each establish- Herzog family is a major distributor of ment displayed its wares and sampled f ine kosher wines from around the its menu. Waiting time was minimum, world and has built its own state-ofthe food was abundant, and the wine the-art winery near Santa Barbara, was robust, even to the end of the California. That facility is a center for evening. Many took home delicious high-end, contemporary wine making samples. based on a tradition that spans eight The Herzog family, owners of Royal generations.

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Mendy's Restaurant

Cuisine: American/Sushi/Middle Eastern

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Glatt a la Carte

1785 Ocean Avenue (M&N) Brooklyn, New York

CUISINE: Fine Continental & Grill

718-787-0080

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Caraville Glatt

Le Bagel Café

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1376 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, New York

555 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 718-502-9294

Meir’s Hemishe Bakery

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718-258-1926

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1321 Avenue J East 14th Street Brooklyn, NY 11230

David’s Restaurant

Moshi Moshi

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Dougies BBQ Brooklyn

Mendy's on Coney

718-686-8080

1359 Coney Island Avenue (Off Avenue J) Brooklyn, NY 11230

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18758 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura, FL 33180 305-935-0761 Sara’s 2214 NE 123rd St. N. Miami, FL 33181 305-891-7272 Shalom Haifa 18533 W Dixie Hwy N Miami Beach, Fl 305-945-2884 Weber Café At the Waterways Shoppes 3565 NE 207th Street Aventura, FL 305-935-5580

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The State of Israel Bonds Hosts Annual Inauguration Campaign With Special Guest H.E. Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s Minister of Finance

BY BONNIE KAUFMAN AND ROBYN RADER The State of Israel Bonds Campaign was kicked off at the West Boca Country Club honoring recipients of the Eretz Zion-Jerusalem Leadership Recognition Medallion.

In attendance were Congressman Ron Klein from Boca and Congressman Barry Goldwater from Arizona. The theme of the evening was Its time to be committed. he time is now”, said H.E. Steinitz, Israel’s Minister of Finance, “we need to use all the power and all the possibilities.”

The recipients of the Eretz ZionJerusalem Leadership Recognition Medallion, is presented in recognition of exceptional dedication to Israel and Jewish life. Each medallion recipient has demonstrated generous support for Israel and Israel bonds while also enhancing Jewish communal institutions and philanthropies: The 2010 recipients are: Robert and Marilyn Birnhak (Philadelphia), Richard and Lillian Gray (Boston), Dr. Burton L. and Helene Herbstman (Chicago), Howard and Mimi Hirsch (Metro NJ), Ronald and Glenda Krongold (Miami Beach), Lothar and Carlyn Mayer (Palm Beach), Jonathan Mitchell (Los Angeles) Lou Beth and William K. Nemzin (Houston), Richard and Selma Rynd (Baltimore), Michael R. Stoler (New York), and Brian and Debbie Taub (Tampa).

State of Israel Bonds has been, and continues to be, an integral part of Israel’s evolution into a modern, progressive nation.

“We are stronger than we were seven years ago”, said Steinitz. The honored speaker of the evening also thanked the audience for their love of Israel and reminded the crowd that despite growing animosities around the

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Development Corporation for Israel (“Israel Bonds”) Chairman of the Board, Michael Siegal, Honoree Micheral Stoler, Joshua Matza, President and CEO of Israel Bonds, Fnance Minister Yuval Steinitz. globe, Israel is growing stronger and stronger. “Israel is recognized by the global economy as one of the countries that handles a crisis more efficiently than most countries...whether it be a security, economic or unemployment crisis, “ stated Steinitz.

From the beginning, capital provided by Israel Bonds has been utilized to fuel Israel’s extraordinary economic transformation. The first Israel bond was invested in 1951. The idea to float bonds was conceived by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. His vision was two fold: to secure crucial funding for immigrant absorption and the construction of vital infrastructure; and to engage Diaspora Jewry in the building and development of the new Jewish state. Israel bond purchases now total more than $25 billion.

Joshua Matza, an 18-year member of the Knesset and minister of health in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, has served as president and CEO of state of Israel Bonds since 2002. According to Matza, in 2009, Israel Bonds, not only met its goal, but

exceeded it with 1.2 billion dollars despite the current recession.

David Halpern, National Chairman of Israel Bonds admitted that the last 18 months has been difficult for everyone, but you would never know from the amount of money that has been invested. Money poured in from people who want to help invest in Israel’s future. Mr. Halpern delineated some of the major donors of the past years campaign: Palm Beach County ($10 million) State of Illinois ($10 million), Commonwealth of Massachusetts ($5 million), Yeshiva University of Manhattan ($3.5 million), Miami Federation ($1,250,000), as well as many other investments.

Proceeds from the sale of bonds are utilized by Israel’s finance Ministry for key economic projects. May of these projects were essential to solidifying Israel’s post independence economy: The National Water Carrier, The Dead Sea Works, Port construction and Alternative energy resources. As Israel builds for new generations, it turns to

the Israel Bonds organization to assist in undertakings including: Development in the Galilee, reclamation of the Negev, Expansion of transportation networks and Enhancing.

Halpern made a plea to the 510 guests in the room to consider investing in Israel. “I recognize our economic struggles lately, but I ask those of you that do have investments in U.S. Stocks, bonds and CD’s, to please take some of those funds and place them into Israel Bonds.” Halpern reiterated that Israel Bonds are the best and most secure investment one can ever make.

“The time has come. The entire world is looking at the only true free leader in the world. This is the time to ensure sanctions.

This is the time to give the Iranians a clear deadline to stop progressing in their nuclear efforts,” said Steinitz. “Your investment in our country, your support of Israel is very important, we trust you and you can trust us to ensure a brighter future for the next 70 years like we have done in the past.” Steinitz added, “The strength of the Israeli economy is the strength of the Israeli private sector.

It’s one of the primary reasons we handle our own and world crises so well. Our people are our nation.“ Joshua Matza summed it all up when he said, “We will go forward with our mission to lead in the support of Israel and we will continue to be The BOND with Israel!”

You can assist in this historic undertaking by buying Israel Bonds for Pension funds, IRA’s, Foundation endowment funds, Trust funds Matching funds programs, Charitable or individual giftgiving, Portfolio diversification, Israel enjoys an exceptional reputation for debt repayment that has been cited by Moody’s Investors Service.

For more information or to buy, Israel Bonds, call (212) 644 BOND

Hatzalah of Miami-Dade Launched Hatzalah of Miami-Dade was officially launched last Saturday night, at midnight.

The 24hr emergency hotline number is 305-919-4900. he Jewish community of Miami-Dade County is pleased to announce that Hatzalah of Miami-Dade is commencing its operations as a volunteer emergency response service in the area. Over the past two years Hatzalah has been gathering resources to be able to provide a supplementary emergency response service to residents of North Miami Beach and Aventura. They are now able to begin serving people in need in those areas. Hatzalah of Miami-Dade is comprised of 30 trained and dedicated volunteers.

Hatzalah of Miami-Dade, Inc. (“Hatzalah”) is a volunteer not-for-profit organization. Whose primary mission is to save lives by providing basic life support services in those vital first few minutes of an emergency situation until an ambulance arrives, with appropriate sensitivity to the religious and cultural needs of our community. While we are supported and staffed by the Jewish community, Hatzalah provides care at no cost equally to all who are in need, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.

All Hatzalah members are Florida State certified EMT’s. All members are fully equipted with AED’s, oxygen, trauma bags, two-way-radios, and other life-saving equiptment. Various Hatzalah members, including its Executive Director and a Coordinator have years of experience as members of Flatbush Hatzolah.

After you call 9-1-1, Hatzalah can be called for any medical emergency, 24/7/365, including on Shabbat, Yom Tov and even Yom Kippur. If you are unsure whether Hatzalah should be called, make the call.

During an emergency, and especially on Shabbat, some people have a tendency to search for a Hatzalah member they already

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(R-L) Joseph Dahan Zalman Cohen Aitan Zacharin. know, by going to their home or Shul, or calling them on the phone. This can result in significant delays in obtaining help and is strongly discouraged. Calling the Hatzalah emergency number is the most reliable way to obtain help quickly.

Hatzalah of Miami-Dade is not a replacement for 911. They do not provide emergency or non-emergency transport. Our service is designed only to act as a bridge until an official ambulance can arrive. We strongly encourage you to call 911 for all serious emergencies first - or at the same time as you call Hatzalah. This will insure that needed transport and Advanced Life Support services are not delayed. Hatzalah dispatchers will always ask whether 911 has already been notified, and will call 911 on your behalf if you have not yet called them yourself.

Hatzalah is currently NOT covering the Miami Beach area. If you live in Miami Beach and need emergency medical treatment, please call 911.

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When Panic Attacks, Stress Reduction and Education Are Key to Control

BY LARA COOPER The public-speaking coach and Santa Barbara native practically oozes confidence when you meet her, and she has had her own speaking and coaching business since 2005.

It’s hard to imagine anyone so upbeat struggling with anxiety, but that’s exactly what happened in 2008 when Braithwaite started having panic attacks. riggered by an unknown reason, Braithwaite recognized the feeling immediately. Having survived a traumatic car accident nearly 20 years ago, she was able to mitigate the effects of panic attacks afterward through visualization and breathing techniques.

Nearly two decades later, the same symptoms drove Braithwaite to the emergency room seeking respite.

“That was an indication that those old tools weren’t working,” she explained.

Acknowledging she ignored the warning signs at f irst, Braithwaite eventually visited her therapist, who put her on a six-month course of medication. After a successful dose, she has tapered off the meds and now focuses on behavioral changes to mitigate stress. Exercising and making more time outside of work have been important elements of her strategy.

Braithwaite began to write about her experience, through her Speak Schmeak blog, one year after her panic attacks had resumed. For the past two days, she has shared her story with Noozhawk readers.

She weighed in on whether it would be detrimental to her business, even though the anxiety wasn’t related to public speaking. She even wondered whether she would be less credible

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with other professionals, but her decision to go forward came from her desire to help educate other people.

“I wanted people to know you can get on with your life,” she said. “And that people you wouldn’t expect deal with anxiety.”

The response from the community?

“The only thing people have ever said about it is ‘good for you,’” she said.

“All the feedback has been really positive.”

One man had started having panic attacks the same day he Googled the term and ended up on Braithwaite’s Web site. He told her he read her story and instantly began feeling better.

She advises anyone having anxiety issues to talk to a professional.

At f irst, Braithwaite waited to tell her family about her panic attacks.

Once she did, however, she found out her mother suffered from them, too.

“I’m happy to say I’m OK getting in crowded elevators now,” Braithwaite laughed.

Also discovering that tight spaces and feeling claustrophobic can trigger an attack, she has worked to overcome those situations.

“I’m the same person I’ve always been,” she said.

A big test came three months ago when Braithwaite learned that her mother had had a heart attack and had flat-lined after doctors tried to resuscitate her. The doctors had pronounced her dead and her family had gathered around her bedside in Sacramento when she started to breathe again — on her own. Braithwaite herself wasn’t there, but when a family member told her about it, she didn’t start to panic.

“It was almost like a test for me,” she said.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

New Scan Reads Mind of Brain-Damaged Patient

BY AFP A man who had been presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, can communicate yes and no via his thought patterns, according to a study by British and Belgian researchers. n 2003, the man, who is now 29, sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a road traffic accident.

He remained physically unresponsive and was presumed to be in a vegetative state for five years, according to the researchers in Belgium and Britain.

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the patient's brain activity was mapped while he was asked to answer yes and no questions such as "Is your father's name Thomas?" according to the study results published in the authoritative New England Journal of Medicine.

"We were astonished when we saw the results of the patient's scan. He was able to correctly answer the questions that were asked by simply changing his thoughts, which we then decoded using our fMRI technique," explained Dr Adrian Owen who headed the team from the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre in Cambridge, England.

The new technique can decode the brain's answers to such questions in healthy, non-vegetative, participants with 100 percent accuracy. But it has never before been tried in a patient who cannot move or speak.

In a three-year study, 23 patients diagnosed as vegetative were scanned in Cambridge and Liege. The new technique was able to detect signs of awareness in four of these cases.

However the researchers only managed to communicate, in the yes, no fashion, with one of the patients.

"It's early days, but in future we hope to develop this technique to allow some patients to express their feelings and thoughts, control their environ-

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ment and increase their quality of life," said Dr Steven Laureys of Liege university, who leads the Belgium team.

"For example, patients who are aware, but cannot move or speak, could be asked if they are feeling any pain, allowing doctors to decide when painkillers should be administered," said Liege neuropsychologist Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse.

"This is far-reaching research,"

Laureys told AFP, while stressing that wider research and more tests on the unresponsive patients was required.

"Now we need to sit down with the multi-disciplinary medical community and legal experts to consider what we are going to do with this," new information which could have ramif ications for such areas as assisted suicide.

The f indings recall another case involving Dr Laureys which came to light in November.

Rom Houben, a Belgian man who was wrongly diagnosed as comatose for 23 years, is now planning to write a book about his extraordinary story, after Laureys rescued him from isolation.

Since 2006, when his true condition was correctly diagnosed, Houben has regained enough coordination to allow him to use a f inger, when aided, to tap out messages on a special computer keyboard.

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Low Serotonin Linked to Infants’ Sudden Cot Death After struggling for years to explain why some apparently healthy babies die suddenly in their sleep, a study published singles out serotonin deficiency as a key culprit in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or cot death. esearchers at Children's Hospital Boston found that infants who died of cot death, which is the leading cause of death in babies under the age of one in the United States, had significantly lower levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin and the enzyme that helps make it in their brainstems.

SIDS babies also had fewer serotonin receptors in the brainstem, another indication that there was a problem with the babies' systems, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Brainstem serotonin controls involuntary functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and breathing.

The researchers who conducted the study believe that SIDS claims babies' lives because the serotonin-def icient brainstem, which works with no back-up during sleep, fails to spring into action to alert the infant when it is faced with a life-threatening challenge while asleep.

"When the baby is awake, the brainstem works together with other systems -- in the forebrain, the cortex -- to control functions like heart rate and breathing," David Paterson, one of the lead authors of the study, told AFP. "However, when the baby is asleep, the higher functions in the brain switch off, so the brainstem system itself is solely responsible for controlling all these functions," he said.

If the infant has a serotonin def iciency, and if there are other SIDS risk-factors such as the baby sleeping on its stomach and rebreathing its own breath, which contains more carbon dioxide, the serotonin system in the brainstem could fail to detect a problem and 'tell' the baby to take action, Paterson explained.

"If the serotonin brainstem system is not working properly, the baby might not respond to this challenge and die," Paterson said.

The f indings of the small study, which looked at tissue from 35 babies

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who died of SIDS, f ive who died suddenly of other causes and f ive who were hospitalized with chronic oxygenation problems, marked a step forward in the f ight to end cot death, which has stumped doctors for decades.

Earlier studies which found that the risk of cot death increased when a baby is laid on its stomach to sleep had sparked campaigns around the world to get parents to lay their little ones in their cribs for the night on their backs or sides.

The campaigns initially met with success, but then the overall SIDS rate leveled off and has stayed steady for years.

"Until 12 months of age, babies should sleep on their backs in a crib with a firm mattress, and without toys, soft pillows, excessive blanketing or excessive clothing."

Following this latest study, the researchers say the next step would be to devise a test to identify infants with a serotonin brainstem defect and develop treatments to correct serotonin def iciency.

But they stressed that while the study provides strong evidence for a biological cause of SIDS, it also shows that other factors, such as stomach-sleeping, can aggravate the risk of cot death.

Of the 35 SIDS infants in the study, 95 percent died with at least one risk factor and 88 percent died with at least two.

Until scientists have come up with a test and remedy for serotonin brainstem def iciency, parents can do their part to reduce the danger of their baby dying suddenly in its sleep by removing SIDS risk factors from the infants' environment, said neuropathologist Hannah Kinney, who led the study.

"During pregnancy, there is no safe level of alcohol a mother can drink and no safe level of smoking, either f irsthand and secondhand.

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Parshas Mishpatim 5770

A Giant Step Toward Holiness PEOPLE OF HOLINESS SHALL YOU BE TO ME... (SHEMOS 22:30)

BY RABBI LABEL LAM HASHEM has plenty of Holy Angels but what He desires is that people guard the Holiness in this otherwise material world. (The Kotzker Rebbe z”tl.) f a man shall uncover a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall into it, the owner of the pit shall make restitution. (Shemos 21:33) I know what you’re thinking. I used to think the same thing. Who’s got an ox or a donkey nowadays? What does this have to do with us? The truth is material conditions of societies have been and are currently in constant flux and from here we learn one of the main principles of damage-“BOR”- pit. A BOR is def ined not just as a pit but as a stationary form of damaging agent as opposed to others that move like some domesticated animal or f ire. It becomes particularly problematic when placed in the public domain. What does all this talk of pits and holes have to do with being holy?

The Talmud tells the following incident: “We learned in a Baraita; “A per-

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son should not throw stones from his property into public grounds. It happened that a person was throwing stones from his property into the public domain. A pious man passed by and said to him, “Foolish one, why are you throwing stones from property that does not belong to onto ground that does belong to you?” The man laughed at him. As time went by he had to sell his f ield and when he was walking on those public grounds, stumbled over his own stones. He then exclaimed, “That pious man was right when he said to me, “Why are you throwing stones from ground that does not belong to you onto ground that does belong to you?” (Bava Kama) In contradistinction one of my Rebbeim told us in class that his wife had once stopped on the street to observe an amazing scene. She was not quite certain what she was witnessing though. Someone who was renowned as “The Tzadik of Monsey”, Rabbi Mordechai Schwabb z”tl. was in front of his house with a large pair of pruning shears. This seemed unbef itting or

The Four Parshiot his week, in addition to the regular Parsha, we read Parshas Shekalim.

Parshas Shekalim is the first of the four special Shabbatot preceding Pesach when additional portions from the Torah are read. Shekalim is read on the Shabbat that precedes the month of Adar, or the Shabbat of Rosh Chodesh Adar (when Rosh Chodesh and Shabbat coincide).

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Summary of Maftir Shekalim key function of the Bait Hamikdash (Temple) was the offering of the daily, korban - public sacrifices. The designation of “public” was because every male adult, 20 years and older, donated a 1/2 Shekel toward the purchase of the communal sacrifices. These moneys were gathered and used to purchase the daily public offerings.

The law demands that all sacrif ices must be purchased from moneys collected for that year. The f iscal year for public offerings was from Nissan to Nissan. Therefore, the Rabbi’s ordained that the portion of the Torah describing the f irst giving of the 1/2 Shekel, be read on the Shabbat of or before Rosh Chodesh Adar, one month before the 1/2 shekel was due, as a reminder that everyone should send in their money to the Temple.

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Haftorah Shekalim-Melachim II Chapter 12 n honor of Shabbat Shekalim, the Haftorah is designated to reflect the theme of Shekalim rather than the weekly portion of Mishpatim. Chapter 12 of II Kings relates how the young Yeho’ash collected the funds for the rededication of the Bait Hamikdash.

In the year 3084 - 677b.c.e., Yeho’ash, the King of Yehudah, decided to strengthen and redecorate the 155 year old Bait Hamikdash. Yeho’ash instituted a simple system of collection, known today as the “Pushka.” A special box was designated next to the Mizbeach where all collected moneys were deposited. The money was then counted and given to the contractors who dispersed the funds, as needed, to the workmen. The Navi specif ically states that no accounting was made with the contractors, because they were men of integrity.

Yeho’ash was the sole survivor from the House of Dovid Hamelech following their massacre by the hands of Queen Athalya, the daughter of Achav and Ezevel, and Yeho’ash‘s own grandmother! (just think what the media would have done with a story like this) He was saved by his aunt, Yehosheva, the wife of Yehoyada the Kohen Gadol, who hid him in the Bait Hamikdash for six years.

After those six years, At the age of seven, Yehoyada revealed Yeho’ash’s existence, and coronated him the King of Yehudah to the delight of the people. Yehoyada was the disciple of Elisha the Navi.

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uncharacteristic for such a revered rabbi to be doing that kind labor intensive garden work. He was reaching for some high branches zealously and clipping away when he noticed that this woman was staring at him with bewilderment.

He paused and beamed in her direction with his usual radiant countenance and told her, “It’s a chessed! It’s a chessed!

(An act of kindliness). She came home and asked her husband, “What kindliness is there is trimming a tree?” She guessed, “Maybe there’s some mystical dimension at play here and extra branches are somehow painful for the tree!” He thought for a moment and laughed. He told her that he was probably removing those branches that hang low from his property onto the side walk and what he wanted was to simply make sure that his tree would not be the cause of somebody who would be strolling by having their hat knocked off their head or getting a poke in the eye. Maybe nothing deeper than that!

I suppose that’s how the pious one thinks. He’s concerned about his responsibility to the public domain in

every possible way. There’s a hidden ingredient of that story that may have slipped unnoticed below the radar screen and may best be highlighted by the next incident.

Once when I was a young Yeshiva student during the holy month of Eul which is the prelude to Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur I was wearing a rather dour an sullen look on my face. One of the Rabbis approached me and asked me what the problem was. I blithely uttered, “Elul Rabbi Elul!” thinking that would be enough of a justif ication for the extra serious face. He told me, “Elul is what’s going on in your heart. That’s the private domain. Your face though is the public domain.” So the Mishne in Avos declares, “Greet every man with a pleasant and interested face!”

The Torah warns not just about carving a hole in the ground in a public area so that an ox should not dare stumble into it but also cautions regarding anything we may bring out from the private to the public domain. Respecting those boundaries and avoiding those kinds of pitfalls is a giant step toward holiness!

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The Etiquette Corner

MANNERS or ETIQUETTE?!

BY ALICE FRANCO When people ask me what I do, I tell them “I teach an etiquette class as well as write an etiquette column.”

One thing leads to another and soon I’m asked a barage of questions about manners and etiquette in the same breath. Most people don’t know that there is a difference between manners and etiquette and so I thought I would try to explain the difference – which is not always easy, because there is overlapping. he primary distinction between etiquette and manners is that etiquette has specific rules of conduct while the rules of maners are more generalized. People cannot learn etiquette without being adept in manners, and while the rules of etiquette must be taught, manners can be learned at home from friends and family.

Formal etiquette began in the French Royal courts during the 1600 – 1700’s.

The nobles who frequented the court did not work and were often bored. To keep themselves busy, they developed an elaborate list of social customs and behaviors that they called ‘etiquette.’

This code of behavior became popular within the courts and soon spread to the Western World where it was accepted and practiced by the upper class. Many people consider the practice of etiquette to be elitist and unncessarily ref ined, but in actuality, most of their rules are already practiced by people who have good manners. People who practice and study etiquette are marked as people who are poised, cultured, kind, considerate of others and always good company.

From the 1600’s through the 1900’s etiquette was taught to children in a school setting. Children were taught the proper way of kneeling before their teachers, the importance of remaining silent until spoken to and how to use a dinner knife as a toothpick. The rules became more complicated over the years. A man was not allowed to speak to a young woman he knew without her f irst acknowledging him. Little girls had to courtsey and boys had to bow when greeted, and women were obliged

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But, for most of us, good manners, used everyday, are enough. Being kind to the people you live with, the nannies or the domestic help who may serve and take care of your homes and children, the mailman, the newspaper delivery boy and all the people you meet, speak and work with every day, is important.

Manners are the outward display of your inner mindset. If you have the right attitude then you will treat people with dignity and respect always. It’s very diff icult to think one thing and try to act out another. And it’s simple; just do unto others as you would want them to do unto you. As Emily Post often said, “manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” Having man-

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ners means that you take note of how you treat people. If you treat people with dignity then good for you. Being well mannered sets you apart from the crowd and people will begin to flock your way. But, if you are disrespectful, maybe you should rething your approach Though most of you will never take etiquette classes because the need to know exactly which fork is for what f ish and which glass is for white or red wine, it does not excuse anyone from practicing the basic manners we need to use everyday to just get along in the world. And although I ‘ve said this to my kids growing up and whenever they left the house, “don’t forget to pack your manners and bring them along with you,” I will say it again; manners go with you everywhere. There is never a time or place that they are not called for. There is no excuse not to know them, and not to use them. Take note of how you treat others. Did you say please, thank you, your welcome and no thank you? Do you smile and make eye contact and give the proper respect to your elders? Do you get on a bus or a train and see and older person and give

up your seat? Do you stay and hold the door open for someone in back of you?

If you see someone who falls or is hurt, do you lend a helping hand? I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture. These are what MANNERS are.

You don’t need to go to school to learn these things. They are just common sense. They are feelings of compassion for humanity. There are what you hopefully learn from your parents and grandparents and from your teachers and classmates. But you don’t have to get a degree to be prof icient in manners.

Part of educating today in the home and out is instilling good manners.Children learn from example and it’s important that you raise children you like, because if you don’t like them, you can be sure nobody else will; and you’re going to spend the rest of your life with them. If they hear you use the words please ,thank you, excuse me and i’m sorry, then they will follow your example. And, if you hear these words in your home, you can be sure others hear them too. But, if you don’t hear them, then you can be sure no one else is hearing then either.

So yes, there is a def inite difference between etiquette and manners, but as most of us do not live in a world where 5 forks and 4 glasses are placed at our dinner setting, and a long line of introductions await us, I think it is fair to say that learning and practicing manners is the way to go. Should you be invited to the White House for dinner, you can always take a crash course, buy a book and ask questions on how to get through the dinner, but getting through life everyday is more of a priority in my book. The world has a lot of f ine people in it and though they many not come packaged the way you want, their hearts and souls are good, and like you, they want to be appreciated and respected too. So instill acceptable standards of behavior in yourself and your family and you will in turn be rewarded by the kindness of others. It’s a 2 way street!

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People and Places

BY PAUL STEINER

A Southhampton home furnishings store reported that a $25 black and white Peace Sign doormat didn’t sell. On the same day NY Times ran obit of Russian conservationist David Sarkisjan who fought against destruction of historical buildings, on January 27, 20 days later! The obit of Ruth K. Smith, abortion rights pioneer, ran 22 days later!

The obit of soap/movie actor James Mitchell, 6 days later; Lawrence Garfinkle, who helped establish the cigarette-cancer link, 6 days after his death. sychologist/book author Les Barbanell went from New Jersey to Hollywood, Fla., to attend Jackie Mason’s show at the Improv Casino Supper Club there.

Flutist Margaret jCornils and pianist Sharon Jensen will play at Weill Hall March 26 via MidAmerica.

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In Warner Bros.’s “Valentine’s Day” an all-star ensemble cast comes together. “Valentine’s Day” follows the intertwining storyline of a diverse group of Los Angelinos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of f inding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love. Directed by veteran f ilmmaker Garry Marshall, starring Jessica Alba, Academy Award winner Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”), Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo (“Princess Diaries”), Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3”), Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts and award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in her f ilm debut.

Michael directed “Valentine’s Day” from a screenplay by Katherine Fugate, story by Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein.

Luise Rainer becomes Honorary Artistic director of Elysium.

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Novominsker Rebbe called Rabbi Besser ”A Jew, Par Excellence.”

His son, Naftali, mentioned that when he went up before to Heaven he was surely was met by the thousands of Jews who were

touched by his actions on their behalf led by the esteemed Rav Meir Shapiro of Daf Yomi fame and the founder of the Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin.

I am honored that, in the 15 years that I

was acquainted with Rabbi Besser, he would call me a chaver a friend. He will surely missed by the many friends that he made around the world.

When Panic Attacks, Stress Reduction and Education Are Key to Control... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 Seeing her mother intubated in her hospital room was also a test, and watching her struggle with the tubes was diff icult, but Braithwaite managed not to panic.

According to the National Institute on Mental Health, about 6 million American adults have a panic disorder.

Panic attacks are also twice as likely to occur with women than men, according to Lani Votaw, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Santa Barbara. Votaw said about 25 percent of her clients come in with anxiety issues.

“Unfortunately, in Western medi-

cine, we look at symptoms rather than the underground problems,” she said.

A patient might come in with stomach aches or some other physical ailment that signals an underlying anxiety problem. “That’s often the f irst way we realize there’s a problem,” she said.

Clinical depression is measured after it lasts two weeks or longer, according to Votaw, and depression can be the eventual result of anxiety, if left unchecked.

“You can only be anxious so long,” she explained.

Votaw recommended that people

experiencing symptoms for longer than two weeks should see a therapist or a physician.

A good therapist will also refer patients to a doctor if it is discovered there are underlying medical issues they aren’t trained to treat, she said.

“Our chemistry changes for lots of different reasons,” Votaw said. “It could be thyroid, it could be diet, it could be emotional. But it doesn’t mean you’re crazy.”

But anxiety is highly treatable, she added, and that everyone she’s seen in her practice with this issue has come away with some relief.

Votaw said she tries to focus on behavioral intervention to help offset anxiety, and that sleeping and eating regularly and getting enough exercise are lifestyle changes that can have big impacts.

“Our body is really the foundation of our emotions,” she said.

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First Ex-Marrano Israeli Rabbi Returns to Spain as Emissary... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 throughout the world must embrace their lost Jewish brethren. If a connection is made between Bnei Anusim and Jews, says Freund, this will benef it Israel in a range of

f ields, from tourism to the f ight against anti-Semitism. From personal experience, says Freund, “When people discover they have Jewish roots, they develop an aff inity

toward Israel and Judaism, even if they remain Catholics.”

According to most counts, there are still tens of thousands of Bnei Anusim in Portugal and Spain, and

others even have the number as high as 100,000. In Brazil, which houses the largest concentration of Bnei Anusim, many academics speak of over three million people.

NY Congressional Delegation Joins JCRC at Annual Political Event... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 dealing with the US - (a condition that) must be put into effect immediately and be rigorously enforced."

With international cooperation "the days of the regime will numbered...Economic sanctions may be able to bring a regime change in Iran before it has an ability to attack Israel."

"The majority of both Palestinians and Arabs do not believe there should be a Jewish state in the Middle East, " said the Senator, saying they want to repossess what they see as Europe's restitution. "This will change only when they realize the American-Israeli link cannot be broken...If you believe in a Jewish State, you cannot let the US put pressure and weaken Israel.

Palestine and the Arab world must realize Israel is here to stay."

Rep. Charles Rangle, a long and ardent supporter of Israel and the Jewish community, thanked Israel for its part in Haiti, saying. "It's no surprise that Israel set up a hospital. Wherever there is a need for people to try to help

each other, Israel will be there. Calling the Jewish State part of the "neighborhood of democracy," Rangel assured "if something happens to one of our neighbors, it happens to us....Members of the Congressional black Caucus know the Jewish community has always been our neighbor."

Westchester representative Nita Lowey, Chairman of the House Banking Committee, cautioned that "if domestic programs get cut, it will be very hard to get dollars for foreign aid" She called foreign aid "one of the three legs of the stool of our national security interest: defense, diplomacy, and foreign aid.

She praised the "below the radar" work being done

by US envoy George Mitchell, saying his push for negotiations must be encouraged.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney was introduced by JCRC board member Sally Goodgold who noted her extensive work to protect consumers from credit card fraud and company manipulation.

Maloney spoke of the need for community strength, saying "when we come

together as a group and speak out, we are stronger. JCRC helps make our voices stronger and therefore helps increase our protection for Israel."

Complimenting the country's recent disaster aid in Haiti, the Congresswoman said "Israel is a light unto the nations."

Noting that he had supported the Oslo negotiations, Rep. Jerrold Nadler said that, although not overly optimistic, G-d willing, there will be negotiations."You have to try... Hamas is controlling Gaza and a majority of the Palestinians say Israel should not exist, but we must prepare for negotiations."

Among such preparations, said the Congressman, would be discussion of the solution to the Palestinian refugee problems. "Compensation for them must be part of this negotiation. He detailed a resolution he is proposing saying the US negotiating team must consider the Jewish refugees from Arab countries on an equal basis.

Reminding the audience that he had voted against the Iraq war resolution, Nadler commented that Saddam

Hussein had been a power balance against Iran, a nuisance but not a threat.

To deal with Iran, we must make sure administration uses the every weapon given to it by Congress...We must apply the sanctions and get tougher at the UN. Queens Representative Anthony Weiner emphasized that the Palestinians and Hanmas have learned to use public relations. Israel has had to learn that it has to "resort to violence in order to stop others from doing violence" to its citizens. While the United States' policy is "to go forward...we should say not a dime of US aid unless they (the Palestinians) return to the table to negotiate. Money should only go them when get the policies we want Michael Miller, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, in summary, emphasized the inherent strength of a united community. Noting the depth of cooperation between governbment and community, he closed saying he look forward to greeting all in 2011.

is exempt from making its own concessions. It is negotiations that will bring about an agreement and we will not enter into negotiations when everything is known in advance.”

Reactions from the Arab sector were typical of recent negotiation tactics.

Hamas leader in Damascus Khaled Mashaal says he sees “no prospects” for a Mideast peace agreement.

Speaking in Moscow on Monday

evening following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Mashaal said that Israeli leaders bring “war and occupation” to the region, thus obstructing peace talks on the Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese tracks.

Mashaal’s statement leaves in doubt Moscow’s desire to host a Middle East peace conference which would involve Hamas, despite strong opposition from Israel and the US.

Lieberman: ‘Land for Peace’ is Dead... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 be introduced, and so by April 2 we plan to do so. In addition, we agreed that within 15 months – by this coming July – laws having to do with conversion and with civil marriages are supposed to come up for vote, and the citizenship law… We can’t promise 100 percent success, but we can promise 100 percent effort; we will do all we can to fulf ill all our promises to the voters.”

Some of the latter-mentioned legislative proposals are opposed by the

religious establishment, and are not expected to pass in the Knesset very easily, if at all.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel will not make major concessions before negotiations. “First, we will conduct negotiations without preconditions. We do not accept the idea that Israel must always make extraordinary concessions in advance while the other side

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Hamas Blames Mossad for Dubai’s Execution... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 The 50-year-old Hamas man’s body was discovered by staff at the luxury Al Bustan Rotana hotel after lunch on January 20. There were no suspicious signs and local doctors diagnosed a heart attack.

But nine days later, blood samples sent to Paris for analysis showed signs of poison and Hamas announced his death and blamed the Israeli agents for the assassination.

Al-Mabhouh, who was the off icial

responsible for arranging arms supplies from Iran to Gaza, was tracked from the moment he boarded Emirates flight EK 912 at Damascus at 10.05 on January 19, the Times reported.

Hamas has since accused Israel of

‘breaking the rules of the game’ by taking its war with Hamas onto foreign territory and vowed to retaliate by targeting Israeli off icials in Europe.

Jewish Biathlete Bringing Passion for Success to Vancouver... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 A student of genetics and Jewish studies at Dartmouth College, Spector is among a handful of Jewish Olympians headed to Vancouver for the 21st Winter Olympics.

Chicago native Ben Agosto, a 2006 Olympic silver medalist, is returning to compete in the ice-dancing pairs.

Steve Mesler, a bobsledder from Buffalo, N.Y., is back for his third Olympics.

Israel will f ield a team of three in Vancouver: Mykhaylo Renzyhn, an alpine skier originally from Latvia, and the brother-sister duo Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky, born in Belarus, who compete in ice dancing.

Agosto, 28, who nearly missed the 2006 Olympics because his partner, the Canadian-born skater Tanith Belbin, was not yet a naturalized American citizen, said he was looking forward to soaking in the atmosphere of what will almost certainly be his last Olympics. A last-minute act of Congress granted Belbin expedited citizenship and she was able to repre-

sent the United States at the Games in Turin, Italy.

“When that came through it was really a big surprise, but we really didn’t have that time to build up and kind of think of what to expect,” Agosto told JTA by phone from his training rink in Pennsylvania. “We were just kind of thrown into it. There’s a lot that I don’t remember because it was such a whirlwind.”

Spector grew up on a farm in Lenox where her family keeps llamas, alpacas, goats, horses, sheep, turkeys and chickens. She does her academic work during the spring and summer to free up the fall and winter for training and competition.

In high school she would wake before the sun to make tracks on her skis in a f ield behind the family home.

She discovered biathlon at a camp for the sport in Lake Placid, N.Y., when she was 14.

“It was my f irst experience with shooting a gun, but I loved combining two sports — cross-country skiing (in

this case running because it was summer time) and marksmanship — to make each a little more challenging,” Spector wrote in an e-mail.

“Therefore, the greater the reward when you do well.”

Her parents describe her as an unusually precocious and passionate kid who, from a young age, was adept at meeting challenges.

“She’s not a frivolous kid,” said Spector’s mother, Patty, herself a national champion in marathon canoe racing. “Even when she’s on the road and traveling, she reads books that most people her age would never go near or pick up. She just f inished ‘The Gulag Archipelago.’ “ When she became a bat mitzvah at the Conservative Congregation Knesset Israel Synagogue in nearby Pittsf ield, where her family has been members for 30 years, Spector conducted the entire Shabbat service in keeping with the synagogue’s tradition of lay-led services. Spector also attended the synagogue’s Hebrew

school.

“For me, being Jewish is a lot about family and community, and the continuity of tradition,” Spector said.

“There is an entire congregation at home responsible for the shaping of my religious and cultural identity.

There is comfort in knowing that these are people who have known me since I was born and have instilled in me thousands of years of tradition in ethical behavior.”

Though generally considered a minor sport by Americans, biathlon is wildly popular in Europe and is said to be the continent’s top-rated televised winter sport. Patty Spector compares it to NASCAR racing in the United States.

The Spectors have watched their daughter perform in stadiums packed with thousands of fans in Europe, and they will be in Vancouver to cheer on Laura and the other American athletes.

“What Jewish mother would not go see their daughter?” Patty said.

Ahmadinejad: Iran will Enrich Uranium to 20%... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 because the same process is used to produce weapons-grade material.

While material for a nuclear weapon is enriched to a level of 90 percent, just getting its stockpile to the 20 percent mark is a major step for the country’s nuclear program.

Achieving that level “would be going most of the rest of the way to weapon-grade uranium,” said David Albright, whose Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security tracks suspected proliferators.

Speaking on state television,

Ahmadinejad said “God willing, 20 percent enrichment will start.” He then turned to the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, and said: “Begin production of 20 percent (enriched uranium).”

At the same time, Iran’s president said he had not “closed the door” to the IAEA’s exchange option. “We are still ready for a swap deal.”

Salehi later appeared on state TV and said that a letter would be sent to the IAEA saying that Iran will start enriching its uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad also said Iran has acquired laser technology for enrichment of uranium, but added, “For now, we do not intend to use it.”

The United States and its Western allies have been pushing for a fourth round of UN sanctions to be slapped on Iran over its disputed nuclear program. But with Russia, and especially China, skeptical of any new UN penalties, they have to tread carefully to maintain unity on how to deal with the Islamic Republic.

Speaking to reporters during a weeklong European tour, Gates said

that “if the international community will stand together and bring pressure” on Iran, “I believe there is still time for sanctions to work.”

Gates declined to be specif ic about the type of sanctions he had in mind, but explained that the focus should be on putting pressure on the government in Teheran and not hurting the people.

“The rest of the world has really begun to see Iran the way we see it,” US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.

Toyota Announces Another Mass Recall Hybrid Vehicles...

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energy of the car’s motion to recharge the battery for its electric motor.

The group has denied it was slow to act on the safety problems.

The company received a report of a sticky gas pedal on a Tundra pickup truck in 2007 but was unable to pinpoint the cause, Jim Lent z, president of Toyota’s US sales arm, said in an interview with the website Digg.com. Related article: 2007 reports over Toyota Tundra pedal The accelerator problems have been blamed for several accidents, including one in California in August in which four family members were killed.

Toyota said it had resumed production in North America of several models whose sales were suspended

over the accelerator issue. Related article: Toyota dealers pull ads from US TV network But it will suspend sales in Japan of the Sai and Lexus HS250h hybrids while it develops a f ix for those vehicles.

The brake trouble comes on top of recalls of more than eight million vehicles worldwide due to sticking gas pedals that have tarnished the image of the company, which overtook General Motors in 2008 to become world number one.

The recalls affect more than Toyota’s entire 2009 global sales of 7.8 million vehicles.

Toyota’s North America president, Yoshimi Inaba, is set to testify at a US congressional hearing on Wednesday as part of a wider probe by lawmakers.

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Why We Wear Disguises On Purim The custom to wear disguises on Purim in general is based on G-d’s hiding His identity in the Megillah of Esther. The salvation of the Jewish People seems to be accomplished through the actions of people alone, and G-d’s Name doesn’t appear once he custom to wear disguises on Purim and to appear as non-Jews is related to our father Yaakov’s wearing of Esav’s clothes when he received the blessings that were due him. It is as if we announce that just as Yaakov only had the outer appearance of Esav, but was inwardly holy and pure, so are all appearances of evil in Israel only external, and inwardly we remain a holy people.

This custom has also been related to a verse in the Torah: ‘And I shall surely hide My face on that day,’ on which the Rabbis comment: ‘Where does the Torah allude to Esther?’ It is said (Dvarim 31) : V’Anochi haster astir panai...’ (And I will surely hide My face...’ ‘haster’ = ‘to hide’ - and ‘haster’ and ‘Esther’ are phonetically alike).

From this we learn that hiding one’s face is proper on the day of Esther.

A original homemade LEGO Purim costume.

Israel and Amalek are two extremes in the history of the nations. They are furthest apart from each other, but as is sometimes the case with extremes, at times they seem similar to each other. It is the way of Esav, and of Amalek his descendant, to disguise himself in garments which are not his; to talk smoothly, to pretend to be pious and just, while inwardly harboring only evil, deception and cunning. You thus f ind it said of Esav: ‘For there is hunt in his mouth.’

His mouth and his heart are not equal.

The same trait, but totally inverted, is found among the righteous of Israel.

You thus f ind of David, King of Israel, that he appears like a sinner, whereas in truth he excelled in piety. The same trait characterized our father Yaakov, whose righteousness was so much concealed from all eyes, that even his father Yitzchak failed to recognize his true self until Rivkah revealed his hidden traits and caused the blessings to be given to Yaakov who alone was worthy of them.

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This week, the world’s attention will be focused on Vancouver, Canada for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

While there are not too many Jewish Olympic athletes especially in the Winter Olympics the host city of Vancouver British Columbia Canada has a long Jewish history. he first Jews known to arrive in British Columbia came in 1858, drawn by news of the Cariboo Gold Rush. Most settled in Victoria, but some travelled to the outlying areas springing up around the territory of British Columbia. They established themselves quickly and participated in community life and government.

Within five years they built a synagogue, today the oldest surviving one on North America’s west coast.

The Jewish population of the territory, 50 in 1858, increased to 242 within f ive years. Later, when the Gold Rush that brought them here waned, this number dropped to 90. Many had come from Germany or England, and to The oldest Synagogue a lesser extent Eastern Europe. They had traveled in Vancouver f irst to the United States, I. J. Benjamin of San some chased by political Francisco, who unrest in their homelands. In arrived on the steamthe “New World”, economic Mr. I. J. Benjamin er, “Panama”, in opportunity drew them from January 1861.

California up into Canada.

“We anchored at Esquimalt, about The f irst recorded Jewish arrival was 21 year old Francis Joseph (Frank) four miles from the city. From Sylvester. He would have been greeted Esquimalt I went by stagecoach to by a scene like this one, reported by Mr. Victoria. The way there provides the

SYNAGOGUES Chabad of Downtown Rabbi Binyomin Bitton 633 Prior Street Vancouver, BC V6A 2G7 Phone: 778.688.1273 Website: www.chabadcitycentre.com

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Cong. Eitz Chaim OU Rabbi Avraham Feigelstock 8080 Francis Rd Richmond BC V6Y 1A4 Canada Phone: 604 275 0007

Vancouver is also a favorite year-round vacation spot. traveler with a singular experience. It runs from the landing place through a rugged, wild district. The stage must f ind its way between ravines and swamps, woodland and great rocks. The city itself winds along in the midst of this wilderness, between trees of great height. Right and left, one encounters the camps of Indians...”

BC’s early Jewish citizens were venturesome, trying many careers before f inding success. In Victoria, most Jewish businesses were near the wharf area. Many were registered as clothing and dry goods merchants, with several substantial wholesale operations amongst them. The rest were in a range of small businesses, such as grocers and provisioners, auctioneers, land agents, owners of hotels, saloons and restaurants. A very few were furriers and manufacturers.

Creating communal institutions was a priority. The f irst organized act of the Jewish community in Victoria was said to be a collection ($185) to help the Jews of Morocco. In the f irst year of their arrival, 1858, Jewish religious services took place observing the High Holy Days. Sabbath services were held in a private home on Johnson Street Within a year, the Victoria Hebrew Benevolent Society was established, the f irst formal Jewish organization in western Canada. Its goals were to provide relief to the Jewish poor and to purchase land for a cemetery.

The consecration of the Jewish Cemetery - still in use today - took place in 1860, with the f irst burial the following year. The Benevolent Society then focused its attention on erecting a synagogue. A religious congregation was formed and held its f irst off icial meeting in August, 1862. Ten months later, on 3 June 1863, the cornerstone was laid in a moving ceremony participated in by many city off icials and groups. The synagogue building was consecrated that September by Rev. Dr. Morris R. Cohen, f irst rabbi of the Victoria congregation.

Today the community in Vancouver is well established with numerous synagogues, schools, institutions and kosher eateries.

Visitors and athletes alike are sure to f ind a warm Jewish welcome in this far off Canadian community.

Ohel Yaakov Community Kollel 1965 Broadway W Vancouver, BC Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1E3 Phone: (604) 738-7060

MIKVAH SCHARA TZEDECK 3476 Oak Street (at West 19th Avenue), Vancouver BC V6H 2L8 Phone: 604-290-0510

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NearAveL917-676-5152 www.danielhomesales realty.com FOR SALE BY OWNER Brick 2 family, 2 bedroom duplex, wa;l-in. 2 bedroom apt. totally renovated. Sheepsead Bay, Gravesend Area.

646-644-8802

Ave J/ Low East 2 family 30x100, detached 6/5 rooms, 3/2 bedrms, Den, Full Bsmt, Driveway, Granite kitchen Call Shirley Hanan 917-771-7447 Ave k / E8 Legal 2 fam can be used as 1 fam Wlk in fin bsmt, nice back porch & more,good cond.mid $500’s Also E32nd & Kings HWY Det 1 family on 30x100 lot 4br, 3 bths,fin bsmt,pvt drv/gar. Good cond Mid $500’s Also E36 Flatlands 2 fam brk mid $500’s Owner 718-419-9306 490 lake street totally detached newly renovated asking 500k baywater bold 1368 Dickens street asking 300k House for sale Seagate Brooklyn, 3 family detached brick with finished basement $689k 917-769-4776 Boro Park: OPEN HOUSE SUN Noom- 4 pm 115049th Street. All brick 2 family 20x52 building 20x100 lot. Khalid Ahmed 917-753-5422 Joanna Pavlatac.

Exit Top Properties.

443-856-8386 Bklyn House for sale Ave P/E 7, 1 fam s/det, LR, DR, EIK, 3 BR, 2 ½ bath, lg bsmnt, driveway, garage.

Price rduced $715 K. NO BROKERS! Please call: 718-998-7231 CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 Small one family house with extra lot for sale.

Lot is ideal for building.

Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400 Marine Park brick attached 1 family, 2 bath, Large yard, garage. Won’t last. Asking $430,000 Many other properties available. Mill basin, Marine Park, OMB, BR. Ask for Miriam. NATIONAL BROKERAGE. 718-377-1500 Neponsit Beaut Beach Block Owner relocating! All brk Colonial. 5Br,4.5bths, 1br apt in bsmt,fully renov,cust kitch,radiant heat,huge Lr w/gas frpic,wet bar & ocean view. FDR,lrg family room, 60x100 secluded prob.many xtras $1.895m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267

BORO PARK, 2-3 fam hse, central Loc. New heating system, upgraded Elect system, fin bsmnt, $1.3M Serious bids only. Appts for Sunday only No realtor: 201-669-1779 Boro Park, 20 Av 53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 Brs, new kit, bsmt, drv.

Nr Stores, shuls, F train.

718-258-4824 House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349

Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839 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 Boro Park: Commercial warehouse for rent. 1,0006,000sf. HiCeil, loading dock, 24 hr access.

917-681-0151 Prime Boro Park loc (12th ave) 60x100 lot size.

For serious inquiries. Call 646-387-8055 Boro Park, 60th St: Class A, renovated office space, up to 4000sf for rent .

Call Estie:646-775-5594 Doctor’s office for rent.

Boro Park, 51st St: (Near Ave) Prime location, nice walk-in office. Separate entrance. 917-975-3656.

Call owner

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 A/C, use with paved yd. $3500/mo incl pkng.

Owner 631-220-5706

Williamsburg: 5000 sqft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bet Park & Myrtle Ave. Call 718-998-2767

16th Ave, 49th Streetbrand new bsmnt, For professional use, 860 sq ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central A/C, many windows.

Call: 718-435-9366 BROOKLYN: 11th Ave/63rd St: beautiful, flexible space for rent.

3000 sq ft office/ showroom/retail.

Call 718-869-2005pm.

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

Ave U 2 Stores For Rent 700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top location reasonable price call owner 917-797-1427

Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent.

Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store.

Call: 917-435-9274

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

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 Boro Park. Corner 15 Ave/48 St Newly renov medical ofc approx 1,200+sqft. Reception +5 offices+ Kitchenette.

Gloria: 212-725-6481 Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St. Storefront office For rent Approx 60x20 good for professional or medical offi.

Call 917-435-9274 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 COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT

BY OWNER IN A NEW BUILDING. *PLAZA* 2ND FLOOR. 1500 SQ FT, 2 BTHRMS, PARKING, CENTRAL HVAC. EXCELLENT FINISH, PRIME LOCATION, BUSY AREA. EXCELLENT FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RENT NEGOTIABLE 917-295-7529 OR 347-992-2722 Park Slope 781 4th Ave Corner of 27th St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area.

Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail Box Store, Hair Salon, NO FOOD, No Grocery.

Reasonable & Negotiable.

Call Owner 718-788-4331 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 Garage for Rent Brooklyn Bedford.

Garage avail. For storage.

Ave S+T, secure w/alarm, AC and heat. 917-295-5166 SPACE BROOKLYN Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2000 Sf Storage/Warehouse space for rent Freight Elevator 917-678-8269 Ave N/E 14 St. 1600 sf 1st flr priv Entrance 15 s. freshly painted, move in condition.

Call: 718-908-7764 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

Office for rent Bensonhurst, good for services, good condition, close to subway, shopping & schools. Block off 86th St. Price negotiable.

646-944-5209

STORE FOR RENT IN VERY BUSY AREA IN GRAVESEND. NEWLY RENOVATED, PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS: 718-998-7600

OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748

SPACE FOR RENT-BROOKLYN 51st Street close to 18th avenue Basement suitable for storage High ceilings Call for more information: 908-330-3677

Boro Park-Professional Ofc spaces, prime location Newly renov.

917-494-7987

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

House

For Rent Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN

GARAGE FOR RENT Coney Island Ave bw S&T Fitting commercial van Please call: 347-405-0553

Williamsburg: 5000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bet Park & Myrtle Avenue. Call 718-998-2768

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

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

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 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

Apartment For Rent

BROOKLYN Brooklyn: Specializing in the Brooklyn area. Nice quiet areas, free state-wide referrals available upon request 24/7. Call Sue 917-648-4112.

PATIENCE IS KEY TO SUCCESS. CROWN HEIGHTS: Saint Marks Ave, 2 bedroom garden flr apt in Brownstone bldg nr shop & trans, backyard incl. Ref regd.

917-873-5561 Mill Basin, East 65th / Mayfair Dr: Spacious 1 BR walk-in apt. New kitchen, modern bath, wood floors.

917-709-9398 Gravesend & East 7th: 4 rooms, 2 BR, no washer, pets. 3rd flr. $200/mo. Call Agent Fran Rizzo.

646-207-5087 East 3rd St/ Ditmas + Cortelyou: Nice room basement for office or apt.

Private entrance. Shomer Shabbos. 718-851-1720 or 718-258-5366 Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt.

Call cell: 347-489-4485

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REAL ESTATE Flatbush & Midwood area. APT Rentals just listed.

1, 2 & 3 BRs + hses. Ave J RE 347-554-8030 Apt for rent/ BKLYN Flatbush: 3 BR apt, recently renovated, 1 bthrm, rent is $1550, near prospect park & subway.

917-287-7857 NOSTRAND AVE/ I & J: Brand new1, 2 & 3 BR apts.

Near Brooklyn College.

917-796-9184 SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Luxury 2 Bd, 2 bath, duplex apt. waterfront on Emmons, balcony overlooking pool, trees, high end appliances, washer/ Dryer, gym, sonar, storage. Near all $1975/mo.

718-404-8404 OR 718-332-3819 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 E. 9th Street/Off Avenue T: 1 BR, new kit & bth. LR, all new excel cond. Shom Shab.

Non smokers.

718-810-6427 Crown heights 1 bedroom $950.00 Owner 646-338-7003 or 917-518-9928 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 Ridgewood: 2BR, freshly painted. New wall-to-wall carpet, new stove.$1350/mo.

Nr trains & shops.

Owner 718-781-6935 or 845-290-1753 WOODHAVEN: Store for rent. 1500 sq ft, 93-25 Jamaica Ave, very busy location. Next to subway & bus stop. $3700/mo, 2 month free rent!

917-403-5596 Corona: New building five families with store and 25 yrs 421 tax exemption good income, little expenses. Owner 347-801-1415 OFFICES FOR RENT Furnished windowed offices available in luxury full service newly built Law Office Suite.

Reception, conference room, kitchen, in-suite bathrooms, copiers, faxes & Internet sevc.

Also includes indoor parking & close to public trans. (Union turnpike Corner of 160th Street, Fresh Meadows, NY) Work stations also avail. Excellent opportunities for cross referrals, overflow, per diem appearances & referrals. Call 646-295-4390 Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966 Bakery/ Café, Queens Coutny, New & successful!

Partner disagreement forces sale. Janney 917-696-2345 or 917-696-2345

Apartment For Rent

QUEENS/BRONX Co-op/Condo for sale/ Queens. Must sell.

Forest Hills, beautiful renov, 1 BR co-op. No board approval needed.

Move-in condition.

Reduced to $230K, near all and close to all synagogues. Owner Mae 718-275-1681

Apartment For Rent

QUEENS/BRONX FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928

WHITESTONE, QNS: Waterfront prop, 10,000 to 50,000 sq ft lots for rent or sale 4.6 acres/ subdivided.

M1-1 Industrial. Contact 914-282-9814 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 Astoria by owner, 2 bdrms, 2 bth, living room.

NEAR ALL TRANSPORTATION $2300 Neg. Available Immediately 718-216-6943 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 Crown Heights, 3 BR, GARDEN APT, 1st flr. Newly renovated, new kit & bath.

New hardwood floors.

Near shuls. Ask $1850/mo.

Call owner 757-576-6628 FAR ROCKAWAY: Brand new constr 3 & 4 BRs, 2 bths, custom kosh kitch, balconies, W/D hookup, C/A, balcony for sukkah, parking, no rental fee. WEISSMAN REALTY 516-791-6101 FAR ROCKAWAY: On beach, brand new building.

1 & 2 BRs avail. Granite kits, balconies, waterivews, Shab elev W/D hookup.

No renters fee. WEISSMAN REALTY 516-791-6100 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: Brns new constr, 3 & 4 BRs, 2 bths, custom kosh kitch, W/D hook-up, C/A, balcony for sukkaj, parking, no rental fee. WEISSMAN REALTY 516-791-6101 Far Rockaway: On beach. Brand new building. 1 & 2 brs avail.

Granite kits balconies, waterviews, shab elev.

W/D hookup. No renters fee. WEISMAN REALTY. 516-791-6100

FAR ROCKAWAY: 1 &2 BR apts, some w/balcs, new kitchens, closets, 24 hours doorman. Security cameras. Walk to all & train.

Call Sherri @ Weissman RE 516-791-6100 or 516-297-7995

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

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For Sale

QUEENS/BRONX Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267 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 Kew Garden Hill fully Renovated 1 Family det home 4 bedroom 2.5 Baths fin Basementdriveway asking 770k 917-519-6110 Bronx house for sale King Bridge open house sat &sun 12-4 pm 2296 loring place North New Contruction 2 fam brk,parking,gar,3/3 4bths,low down 419k Owner 646-431-0105 (516)439-6803 Parkchester: Huge 2 fam brick hse, 4br On 2nd flr, 3br on 1st flr,high ceiling fin bsmt.price reduced. Owner 917-312-9170 Kew Hill: Fully Renovated 1 Family house Det Home 4 Bedrooms 2.5Bath Fin Basement Bklyn drwy 770k 917-519-6110 Far Rockaway/ Neponsit: 2nd house from beach overlooking ocean. 4 BRs, 60x100 lot, 3 ½ baths.

917-742-7779, Klarise 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.

House For Rent

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 Glen Cove: 4 Rooms, Lrg LR, EIK, 2 BR, W/D hook-up plus free storage + parking. $1500/month plus heat and util. Near beach, 516-676-0324 GREAT NECK: 2 Bedroom, 2 bth, large living room, dining room, 2 car gar, 24 hour doorman, walk to rail road. $2,900/month.

Owner 917-656-1120

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 REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction

by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013 Newly renovated, fully equipped turn-key Glatt Kosher, LI, Catering Hall, seats 300, long lease, reas rent, attractive terms.

212-243-9808 or 516-450-7323 Rocky Point Route 25A. 13,000-2,100 ft; Turnkey condition. $10 per ft, gross rent. Please Call: 516-298-7890 Commercial Property/Nassau CEDARHURST beautiful building Near JFK, showroom offices And warehouse, loading dock, approx 16,000 sq ft Call: 516-448-4393

LONG ISLAND

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

5 Towns Co-op for sale by owner Lovley 3.5 room co-op with view. Luxury building, near everything, platform btwn DR + LR, mirrored walls, Italian tile floors, luxury kitchen & bath with Jacuzzi.

Many built-ins. A steal for the right person. $269K 917-502-2237

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

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

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

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

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

Apartment For Sale

Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305

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

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

CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

For Sale

LONG ISLAND

LONG ISLAND

MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR SALE PRIMARY CARE. FIVE TOWNS. Successful. Terms Negotiable.

Contact 516-612-2444 Mount Acarat cemetery: Pinelawn, LI, NY. 8 buried plots, prime location. Retail $3K each. No reasonable offer refused.

516-443-5029 Water Mill: 1st time on the market in over 60 years, well located clonila with separate legal cottage, 631-204-9089 for appt, estate sale. 5 BR, 1.5 bath. $1,300,000.

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

NASSAU / L.I. Glen Cove: Business district, historic building.

Office space available.

516-676-0324

House

H U G E! New huge mansiom in Manhasset, LI (brick) 8 Bdrms/ 6 bths. 1 ½ Acre Land + Kidney shape swimming pool/ tennis court.

Principals only. Contact Susan 516-650-6303 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.

LOCH SHELDRAKE: Hamptons in the Catskills, repriced Octagon, retreat 4 bedroom, 3 bth, 9.8 acre, 3 pond guest suite, pool house, wrap deck, store, fireplace. New septic + more. Walk to synagogue.

Min to Rte 17. $775 Call 845-798-5885 East Hampton: Newly renovated ranch home in community at Clearwater estates in East Hampton.

Comes with private beach and deeded boats. 3 BR, 2 bth hardwood flr throughout granite countertops, EIK, stainless steel appliances, fireplace and patio must sell. Asking $540K. Call 516-769-1050 Hewlett. Hi Ranch:4 BRS, 2 full baths, 2 kitchens, huge yard. Det gar. Nr park, shops & LIRR. Make your best offer!

Call owner 516-817-9979 No Woodmere: One of a kind decorator showcase.

Fully renov in & out. 4 BR, 3 bth, maid’s rm. Must see. $995K Owner 516-791-7359 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 House for Sale Long Island LITTLE NECK-For Sale By Owner2 br ranch home, 1 bath, detached garage,$650K, builders welcome. No Brokers, Call Owner 917-930-0497 BABYLON: With high ranch. 3 over 3 BR, 3 ba, or income of 2 apts $2700, hdwd flrs, newly updated. Beaut design. Great for investors. 1 GS $385,000. call owner Liz direct and say where you saw the ad.

631-671-1289

House for sale LI Spacious 200 sf. 1 bdrm, 1 bth. Dining area, balcony, out door pool, Custome kitch and bth. Prime doorman, Building and loc, walk to shul, shopping, LIRR. Shown by apt only, $375k 954-558-3133 Floral Park Open House, 27 Lesior 4 Br, 3 bth, 2 car gar, new kitchen Sun 3-4 pm FSBO www.livehere-now.com Call: 516-364-2033

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STATEN ISLAND BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273 Staten Island 1869 Richmond Terr. M1 Zone. 26,947 sq ft. Please CallFor more information: 718-258-4222

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 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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

STATEN ISLAND (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space.

Near train.Convenient to all.

Pat 646-369-9457 Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet.

Please call: 347-424-7809 OFFICE FOR RENT/ STATEN ISLAND-Guyan Ave.1500 sq, ft of comm. space excellent for prof. office. Busy area-near transp. Easy access to major roads, highways. Call Gus: 917-750-3898

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

For Rent

NY STATE CATSKILLS: HOTEL LIMITED SUMMER SPECIAL. 795 FOR 3 MONTHS. FOR INFORMATION CALL 215-337-4656 http://catskills2009.blogspot.com/ VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. SALE/ RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR 845-434-7792

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 Sale

NY STATE GLEN COVE Business District: Historic office space available.

516-676-0324

SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200 Foreclosed: 100,000 sf office bldg. nice location.

Tremendous upside.

Original sale $4M, asking $2M. 845-558-1693 Commercial Property Sullivan county, NY. Cold Storage Facility. 20 min No of Middletown, 90 min From GWB, Rt 84 &17/86. Nr proposed casino. 1000 pallets cold storage (18-) (38) w/ofc space, Approx 4 acres , sep maint facility.

Poss development. Also 2 smaller props, Main ST, Falls.845-798-1306 Goshen, NY: Restaurant for lease. The ground floor incorporates a magnificent restaurant and cocktail lounge. Includes large windows overlooking the Gosher Kitchen historic track first turn. For details contact 845-394-6911

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NY STATE Warren County, NY **25,000 REWARD** Help find buyer! For sale by owner-rustic, custom Mountainside home, breathtaking views. Neg 518-792-0315 www.mountainserenityproperty.com Kenisco Cemetery Jewish section SharonGardens in Valhalla, NY. Flush memorials only. 2 grave plots @ $2000 ea. grave. Section Y. Lot #293.

917-848-4265 vpacella@gmail.com 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 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

Monsey Exclusive Large Home with Shul Beaut 8000sf 80 acres bals Med seats 150-200 Comm kit,prkg 30 + cars 6br, 4bths lrg granite elk,pvt study w/sep entr.lrg lr, mbth w/jacz,huge succah rm w/retractbl roof,i ntercom/ video surveillance, alarm & much more!must see!

NEWLY RENOVATED HOME Spectacular 4000sf high Ranch 60 acres,nr R’schlessingers shul 7br 4bths,new granite Elk healed flrs, ss appincs skylites,deck sparkling Above grnd pool. All new wndws heating A/C Boiler & roof 2 car attgar Must see!$779k CHOICE RESIDENTIAL BLDG LOT-1.02 acres, quiet culde-sac near R Schlessingers shul, this one-of a kind loc Will not last!

The World Realty Group 908-355-1717 845-358-6088 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

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NY STATE Riverhead historic, Rural Sound Ave: 8 acres Lg, leg 2 fam, frm hse, pond, 3 lot, subdiv, lg, barns, nr golf/beaches, pond, pasture, town, water/gas, poss B+B. Will hold mortgage! $1.29M 631-921-2666 **25,000 REWARD** Help find a buyer! For sale by owner-Rustic, custom mountainside home, breathtaking views. Neg 518-792-0315 www.mountainserenityproperty.com 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 Homes for sale 4 Bedroom, 3 bthm only $55,000!. Priced to sell!!

Won’t last!!

For listings call: 800-366-0412 xT472

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 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 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 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

Sacrifice wow! Must sell! At kutsher’s Hidden Ridge, designer 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home, fully furnished, heat/ Air/ Pool/ New Playhouse, golf & tennis at Kutchers. Aksing $79K. Call Broker Oscar Pavloff 845-434-7992

HOUSE FOR SALE, VA Waterfront/ Painter: 3BR dream house with lg mstr ste, 2 bth, huge EIK, DR, 2-car. 300’ water frntg.

On 3.69 ac with vu of Nandua Creek, 2500 sf living space, 625K, tax $1900/yr 757-463-0256

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

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 $924,000.00 Rita 203-530-5228 email Mercri@yahoo.com

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

Property for sale Virginia Buckingham: 164 wooded acres with roadways, river & creek frontage, 400’ cleared frontage on Hwy 24, 75 mi Richmond & 60 mi Charlottesville. $3000 per acre as a total package 434-352-7267 or 434-610-33059

Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799

Invest in California real estate. Min $50K. Return on investment between 9-12%.

Paid monthly. Secured by deed of trust. Call 909-227-8418, Email: buda8@aol.com

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 NEW HEMPSTEAD: Open house, Sunday 1-3 pm; $407K. MIC home, ¾ BR, 2.5 bths on cul-de-sac.

Renov in ’08 on .57 acres.

Yaacov (Milch) Miller: 914-414-3619; Rivky Kagan: 845-6592056 KAGAN RLTY Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900.

Owner 914-213-3902 Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130 Vacations homes for sale Liberty/ Loon/ Sheldrake: Open house, June 28th, noon to 4 pm, 2 BRs, 2 bths, CAC, deck, YD crowd, heated pool, extras.

845-436-9212 Vacation homes for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bath, deeded lake nights, walk to orthodox shul.

516-662-3045 Forshay: Home for sale by owner, owner relocating needs to move soon. 6 BR colonial, park like property on cul-de-sac, new windows, bsmt apt, deck pool + hot tub near shills. 6.30K Call Bruce 845-494-3199

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OUT OF STATE Vermont, Ridgeford: 24 room restored c1875 Mansion on the historic preservation registrar $299K, presently my office & antique shop. 3 floor sprinkler system. Owner 802-782-0821

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

Available For Rent

OUT OF STATE MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town.

Affordable weekly rental.

800-356-3210

Tennesseee: 620 Acres overlooking 27 Hole Golf Course, located in the NorthEast corner of Tennessee, tri-cities region.

Future development potential. View website: www.graysburghillgolf.com or contact 423-534-0887

AUCTION 4 BR, 4 BA Home-Views Sugarbush ski on/ski off 454 S. Village Blvd. #78, Warren, VT. Thursday December 3 at 11AM. THCAuction.com; 800-634-7653

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

Vacation Rentals Rockport Texas: Dalton’s landing at Copano Bay. On the Water Bayview- 3 nights/weekdays & 1 night FREE! 4 bedroom/ 3 bath Getaway 800-299-1686 www.daltonslanding.com donbelled@gmail.com

20 Million oz discovery so far @ Money Knob.

Livengood, Alaska www.ithmines.com Last 10 claims for sale. Contact Bob 907-457- or email cinabar56@hotmail.com

SOUTH NORWALK WATERFRONT BRAND New luxury 1 and 2 br APTS*Starting at $1800 call 203-899-9924 for appointment Jefferson@5577water.com Includes specials

MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town.

Affordable weekly rental.

800-356-3210 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

GREEN COUNTY NY 37 Acres per tested, views $225,000 20 minutes to Ny Thruway, Build ,Divide or Hunt. Please call 518-634-7842 Moving must sell! Wesley Hills, 1 br colonial,custom Kosher Milch Miller 914-414-3619 Rivky Kagan 845-659-2056 Kagan Realty

Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity.

Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.

LAKE GASTON (NC/VA) UNIQUE LIMITED OFFERING MULTI-ACRE (2.8-7+AC) CUSTOM LAKEFRONT HOMESITES; BEAUTIFUL WOODED PLOTS, PRIVACY, GREAT VIEWS & LOCATION EASY ACCESS VIA 1-85 & 1-95 CALL 252-578-2628 WWW.ROANOKERESERVE.COM

Vacation properties Delaware:Dewey beach4 BR, 2 ½ bth, deck, hrdwd flrs, balcony, ocn vu, 1 block to beach, 629,999k rentals.

610-888-5866 www.whisperingpalms-db.com Pennsylvania/ Townhouse for rent East Strausberg Townhouse for rent 2 bdrm, 2 bath, fireplace, updated kitchen, cathedral Ceiling, garage bsmnt. Avail now. $1,150/mth + util Call: 570-223-0578 Los Angeles: Lrg 2 story, 5BR, 4bth home avail for summer.

Granite kosh kit. Lg bckyrd. Nr shuls. 310-735-3310

Available For Sale

PENNSYLVANIA PA, for sale All one acre house, 3 homes, 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths each, 2 homes have 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ bths each. Three ranch style.

Two log homes. Price 255,000825,000. ALL BRODERING CAMP D. GOLDEN

Butler PA: Single fam $575,000. 4 large BRs, high & EIK, DR, great rm, LR, office, Laundry rm, Fin bsmt, in-law apt, CAC, all totally redone, basement garage + new 2 car heated garage/workshop, large lot on quiet street, near shopping & schools, spacious home in mint condition. Asking 575,000. Make offer, Call 570-785-2305 Inv Prop Unique 3 in1 land, investment, 165 acres, mineral rights in marvelous shade zone, 41 acres, blach cherry timber all residentially zoned with all utilities onsite. Northwest PA. Alleghanyoudoors.com 814-598-1354 Newfound Land, Oceanfront: Million $$ View. Historic town, grt for nature lovers. 4 br/ 4.5 bath, EIK, LR, DR, den cozy frplc, garden all updated + renovated. Come watch the wales/ cruise ships + the lobstermen. US $429K. Contact 205-299-5692

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

OUT OF STATE Periera, Columbia Appx 50,000 mtrs Best lux residential area.

La Julita close to Pinares de San Martin $12M US 860-514-1813 NICE INVESTMENT PROPERTY: Woodhall St. Detriot, MI 48224. 3BR, 2 bth, 2000 sf colonial, multi-family home. Asking $27,500, current family $85,000 Property management.

Referral Avail Mike 313-330-7563 AUCTION 18 Hole Golf Course Oct 10th 2009-12:00 Noon 9259 West Fork Road Georgetown, Ohio 45121 126 acre public golf course located 45 min southeast of Cincinatti.

6070 yards, family owned for over 48 years, ½ mile from Brown Co. Airport, Ohio D5 Liquor Licnese, full restraint, pro-shop, Driving range, Tennis court, practice green, Starting bid set at $900K. Campbellauctioneers.com 973-392-4308 Property for sale, VA Randolph- 53.29 acres, cutover, road frontage on 2 sides.

Includes well + septic nr hwy.

746+hwy 750, quiet + peaceful. $135K. Contact 434-454-6374 250 Acre farm in SOUTHVIRGINIA, Bland county + (I) Home + A old farm house which was built in the 1900’s. beautiful views.

Hunter’s Paradise. Please contact 276-496-5200 WEST

Beliz, Central America: 60 acres, riverfront property title. Owned, asking $300,00. Please Call 646-506-6084

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Exclusive high end hotel for sale in the center of Managua, Nicaragua.

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B’’H Investment Opportunity Great Opportunity to make millions of dollars and patented product, private presentation given for serious Acredited investors We truly belive that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity investment needed from 1 million.return on investment is enormous more then 30%w/in 1st year Call 718-701-4098 B”H Investment Property.

Great opportunity to make millions of dollars on a patent product. Private presentation given for serious accredited investors. We truly believe that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Investment needed from 1 million. Return on investment is enormous (more than 30% w/in 1st year) Call 718-701-4098 Producing oil wells in texas Earn up to $10,000/mo asking $1m Owner financing available 1800-340-8444

BUSINESS FOR SALE FASHION JEWELRY DESIGNER SUNGLASSES OVER 100K INVENTORY OWNER MOVING TO FL ASKING $15k 203-858-2907

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Horses allowed. Some second-story water views.

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Please contact David @ 808-463-2691 or David@waiehukalo/com Shalom Glatt Kosher Restaurant & next door grocery w/ pizza in central Florida. 386-566-1471, Ask for Yehuda

1st TIME EVER ON VEGAS STRIP -National Sweepstakes -Slot Tournament -TV Game Show -Extremely High Yield -Seeking $500K -High Risk 877-603-4160 Established Glatt Kosher restaurant/ take-out/ food store for sale, good location w. parking, 5 towns area. Partners avail 516-581-3930 Architect seeks financial partner for 114 Room Hotel/ Restaurant in Western NY. Project near completion. Lend or equity position.

631-451-7799 Obgyn Practice for sale: Brooklyn, ideal for Orthodox Jewish MD. Receipts 700k. Call Mr. Weissen at 631-281-2810 or email gnw1@buysellpractices.com A breakthrough in Parnasa.

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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Tutoring Piano lessons, jazze latin 30 yrs perf & teaching exp. (Mongo Santa Maria, Sonny Rollind, Dave Valentin & others) Go to website: www.billo’connell.net For more info 845-642-3071 Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons.

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SERVICES & MISCELLANEOUS Iron Works NISSIM’S IRON WORK (PH) 718-854-1777 (Cell) 718-404-2171 1125 48th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219 -Fire Escapes -Security Gates -Beams Steps -Porches -Cellar Doors -Violation Removal FREE ESTIMATES Reasonable Prices

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Moving Service Shalom moving Best service, Best Price Can help you move anytime, anywhere.

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Electricians Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481 LIGHTING/ ELECTRICAL Track by Jack 917-74-TRACK (87225) Track Lighting specialists.

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Donations KEL NAH REFA NAH LAH “PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME” Frum woman, mother of two children, four grandchildren, in desperate need of Kidney-Type B G-d gave us two kidneys, so we can donate ONE. And Gd will bless you for saving my life. Call 732-996-0036 DONATE YOUR CAR! Free vacation + $1,000 gift car. 24/7 free pickup tax deduction. HELP CHILDREN IN CRISIS. Se habla espanol.

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Autos AUCTION Classic + specialty car auction. March 20th 12:00 Noon (Inspection @ 10:00am) Consign your car today! View website www.1stnoel.biz Payment by certified check/ bank wire/ Cash payment.

Absentee bidding allowed.

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Exterminators NATURAL GINESIS NO MORE BUGS! 100% NATURAL PLEASE CALL: 800-807-9357 www.naturalginesis.com M&K Pest Control Special price for bedbugs, senior citizen discount. Reasonable + reliable services.

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NISSAN MAXIMA SE 2000, blue, 142K, sunroof, alloy wheels, rear spoiler, new tires, good condition. $4,500.

Please call: 646-286-4382 1997 Lexus SC 400 gold package 93,000 miles, clean 8500.

Contact: 631-944-1669 Motorcycles.

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Honadas, Chevys, Toyotas & more!! Please call for listings 800-366-0124 x 2305

Auto for Sale MERCEDES 2003 ML500 Blk, 59K, fully loaded, excel cond. $35,582 917-498-1716 CARS FOR SALE $200/$500 cars 4 cash.

Any model, any condition.

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Asking: $19,500. Contact Ron Schwartz 914-666-2220 Puppies for Sale Cockapoo’s/ Yorkiepoos/ Puggles/ Chorkie/ Lab ShiChow/ Shihtzt/ Morkies $300 & Up CC pet 717- 548- 2989 Puppies for Sale Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppies Descended from the UK’s most winning whole color bloodline genetic guarantee offered. $2000 Call for Health Info: 309-736-7951

Selling Pianos- Cameo 64 note, 4 size keys, red moh. Refin and recon. $1200 OBO. Call: 973-626-4386 Shul closing! Must liquidate.

Benshers, chairs, stainless glass windows, kitchen + office equipment etc. Call Nathan 718-884-9400 Collectibles For Sale BASEBALL*FOOTBALL *BASKETBALL Huge card collection from 1950’s-90’s Peyton Manning, Mickey Mantle ETC. Highest Bidder Takes all 620-736-2970 PLUS HOTWHEELS

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NEW YEARS PACKAGE, 8 TKTS, ROSE BOWL PARADE, RESERVED GRAND STAND, SEATING/ 3 GAME TKTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VS. OHIO STATE + ALL DAY PARKING. $2K. CONTACT 559-269-7507 Love horses?

Invest with no bills!

Single investment of $50,000, purchases 11% ownership of 8 well bred in foal thoroughbred mares on 350 acre Bluegrass farm with –out board bills. Mares & foals to be sold at major bloodstock sale Noc 2010.

Proven track record, exceptional references, for info: 859-983-1109 carriebrogden@aol.com

Steinway Piano: Original ivory keys + matching bench. (Model M) Signed

by S. Rachmaninoff.

Excellent condition. $28,500.00 804-380-5659 NEW YEARS PACKAGE, 8 TKTS, ROSE BOWL PARADE, RESERVED GRAND STAND, SEATING/ 3 GAME TKTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VS. OHIO STATE + ALL DAY PARKING. $2K. CONTACT 559-269-7507 5000 Comic Books for sale from 1950” To 1990”s for Best Offer contact JBEC48@OPTONLINE.NET

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Steinway Piano-Original ivory keys + matching bench (Model M) Signed by S. Rachmaninoff. Excellent condition. $28,500.00. Contact 804-380-5659 CHINA CLOSET FOR SALE. CHERRYWOOD. EXCELLENT COND. 7FT X 7FT 646-591-2837

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We buy your unwanted gold, diamonds, sterling silver/ bronzes, paintings, rugs, coins and high end watches. We also do partys. General Comm and food allowne. For info call Joe 516-849-8826

Art for Sale Works of Art for Acquisitios Judaica & Landscapes (917)204-5058

Buying Judaica Store out of business! SELLING ALL MERCAHNDISE AND CONTENTS OF STORE. 347-713-5340/ 646-210-7174 Valley thrift store: (Nonprofit.) 949 Amsterdam Ave. Men, Women & children; House wares, books, videos, DVD, CD, many other items. Mon-Fri 10am5pm, Sat noon-4pm.

212-222-2600 Mattress & Box spring Queen, Pillow top Still In Plastic $350 (631) 716-0174 Sports + Tickets Buy/ Sell tickets/ Yankees/ Mets/ Knicks/ Rangers/ Giants/ Jets and all concerts sports and theater.

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Cents on the dollar.

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Will pay for military souveniers, helmets, swords, bayonets, medals, old guns, etc.

Call Ray 646-670-8542 CASH PAID OLD ITEMS ETC: Watches, tools, fishing, cameras, toys, trains, bikes, records, knives, musical instruments.

Gold, silver, coins. Larry 718-448-4413

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New Jersey Apartment For Sale Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986

FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt.

718-974-5550

Apartment For Rent Lakewood: 1 BR, 1.5 newly renovated apt, LR, DR, EIK. Reasonably priced! Near shopping + houses of worship. Call 732-904-1922 Denville, NJ: (off Rt 80, exit 39) Beautiful quiet building, furnished or unfurnished studio w/ sep kit, full bth, walk to NYC bus & train. Shopping center across the street, off street parking. Large closets, laundry room on floor, sale price $169,900. rental $1995, plus electric/month.

Call Joan at : 631-286-4959

Somerville: Spacious 1 BDRM avail immediately, rent includes heat & hot water, on-site laundry. Easy commute to NY City. Ask about moving special.

973-857-1107

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

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

Office Approx 4500 sq ft divide + construct to small units to your need. Second floor, elevator bldg, close to all major highways.

Many incentives!

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For Sale Teaneck, FL HOME FOR AUCTION Like New! Completely remod 3BR, 21Z2 Ba, 1 car gar, fenced yard.

Brand new hwd flrs, Granite countertops, w/cherry wood cabs, fin bsmt, marble tile MB suite w/Jacuzzi tub. Appraised at $350K, $219 or best reasonable offer.

Inspection Sat 2/20 & Sun 2/21 12-5pm Home will be sold Sunday Night 2/21 to highest and best bidder.

Free 24hr recorded info 888-279-1795 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.

Bogota, NJ: 2 BR, 1.5 bths, LG EIK, 6 drvwy, central AC, new furnace w/3, zone heat. Close to all buses. Fast sale $259K OBO Owner 201-820-4391 If your planning to purchase or rent a home in Northern New Jersey, please call me with your requirements or visit my website to see and select property listings. Website: www.stanleysammsrealty.c om Tel: 201-227-7676 Stanley E Samms, Realtor ELIZABETH: 2 Fam, Handyman Special. Asking $95K. Owner 347-234-3922, More properties available

Oak Manor, Lakewood: 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, natural gas fireplace, updated, newly renovated, kitchen & bathrooms, carpet & tile throughout the entire house.

All new windows, great location, boys school near ridge ave.

Easy commute to NYC! Asking $219,900. Call 732-370-5758 After 6pm

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# 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

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.

Brick Cherry Quay Area: Lg 5 BR,3 Full BTH On Cul-de-sac,den, 2 fr pool,near schools,bch+shops. $650K 732-616-7278 Family friendly neighborhood

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

Jersey City: Clean 2 BR apt, parking avail, heat & hot included, Jacuzzi, 20 min from Manhattan. $1150/mo 347-266-1029

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

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

732-329-9631

Old Ridge: Rural 3+ ac custome 5 br, 2 ba, full base, deck, walk to NY bus, $535, 000. Owner 732-207-8869

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale Commercial property for NJ INDUSTRIAL/ WAREHOUSE 65,000sf bldg, 31,000sf bldg, 13,000 sf bldg, 6,300sf bldg. each bldg with off-street parking, rail access, located in central NJ just off Rt. 22&287.

Available for lease or sale.

Call owner, Johnathan Stirberg. 732-249-5999

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.

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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 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.

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Gershon: 732-666-1748

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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

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

Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528

Fairlawn: $409,900, 5 BR, 2bth colonial c/c updated MEIK, also 695,000 new construction, 4 BRs, 4.5 bths. Help pick out your new MEIK. Family room + recreation room & office.--Elmwood Park: $359, 4 BR, 2.5bth, S/L Home, new MEIK, beautiful family room and office.

Call Carol WeissmanWeichert Realtors201-794-7722 ext.249

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Florida & Israel Real Estate

For Sale Miami Beach condo on Collins Ave across from Ocean. Low Fl, 2 Bdrm, 2 ½ baths + Den. Elegant private NY style high rise.

305-531-7755 Owner/Agent

Miami Bch Blue Diamondoceanfront Completely renovated 2BR/2BTH+Den. Lo Floor No agent necessary. Asking $729K. Call 786-2006900 2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721

Condo/ Co-op, for sale, FL Delray/ Gleneagles CC: 2 prof golf courses & 21 tennis courts both w/full memberships, 2BR, 2 bth + den. 1750 sf wrap deck beaut f urn, upstrs unit.

FSBO, 167.5K 516-650-2366

APT FOR SALE Hdale Hemispheres mint Studio, Furnished Custom Murphy Bed high floors 7x18 Ft. Terrace Intercoastal and Ocean views free ac/cable Amen Rest,Beauty salon,gym pools must see $115,900 (516)377-7970 (954)457-9910 (516)297-1078

Jacksonville: New built 2009 townhouse, 3 BR, 2.5 baths, pool, walk-in closet. $200K. Owner 843-538-4315 or 718-213-2422. mgcheetah@gmail.com

Hollywood: 13,000sf on lg lot. Upscale furn d home w/elevator. Private 2nd wing great for classes & lg events. Superbly located nr YI, I-95, airport & beaches. $1,575,000.00 Call 954-839-0075 MICCO- LIVE + WORK IN GATED PRIVATE PROPERTY

10,000 SQ FT UNDER AIR CUSTOM HOME WITH SEPARATE

Coconut Grove: L’hermitage unit 45 exquisite established Tuscan style, cluster home development. Largest ¾ + den, elevator. Dramatic path to the bay. Beautiful arch-like bridge sctructures complement the lush landscaping and aquascapes. Pool, tennis, 24 hr security.

Chabad nearby. Owner relocating. $1M+offers invited. Ilene Eber, INC. Realtor. 305-807-2505 ieberimage@aol.com

Boca Raton: Century Village, 5 BR, mins to Miami Beach, beaut 2 BRs, 1.5bths. Excel kept facilities, extras incl pool, gym, tennis etc. 305-308-8517

Boca Raton: Designer furnished, 3 bedroom townhouse, 2 ½ bth, 2 car gar, equity membership mandatory. Golf view. 595K. Call 561-756-3248

Winston Towers: Onsite Resale office.

Winston Twrs100: 2/2.

Penthouse completely remodeled, ask $240’s Winston Twrs 200: 2/2 on the water ask low 200’s. convertible. $179K Winston Twrs 500: 1/1.5, Estate sale. Winston Towers Realty.

305-935-1500

North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool.

Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286

8,000 SQ FT WORKSHOP/ GARAGE. HOME HAS EXTENSIVE GRANITE + TILE- FEATURES THE NICEST HOME THEATER THAT YOU WILL FIND.

A DEAL @ 1.1 MILLION. CONTACT 321-431-8120 VIEW: WWW.EXTREMEFLORIDAHOME.COM

Properties for sale Florida Jax Bch-Atlantic Beach & Ponte Vedra Bch, ocean front in/or golf course living, 350k to $3M+ 904-710-3468.

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For Rent N Miami Beach: 3 BR home, newly décor. Pvt htd pool, kosh kit, internet game rm, next door to 2 shuls. Daily, weekly or monthly, $250/day.

For pictures: www.koshervilla.com 718-627-1559 or 917-805-4659

Ocean Front Condo Ocean Front

Hillsboro Beach, Florida Condo 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 deeded Hillsboro Beach, garage spaces, 2675 sq. ft; Florida 0 minutes to The Boca Resort an 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, Club, 25 minutes to Fort Lauderda 2 deeded garage and Palm Beach airports. spaces, 2675 sq. ft; 10 $719,000 minutes The Boca SVP Contact: Garyto Birmingham, Resort and Club, 25 minRutenberg Realty 954.464.4336 utes to Fort Lauderdale www.garybirmingham.com

and PalminBeach Specializing Luxury airports.

Ocean Fron Condos$719,000 and Estate Homes in GaryBeach, Boca Contact: Raton, Deerfield Birmingham, SVPBeach Highland Beach, Hillsboro and Fort Lauderdale Beach.”

Rutenberg Realty 954.464.4336

Boca Raton, Century Vil. Lux 2 BR, 2bths, lakefront view, short wlk to orthodox shul & clubhouse. New kitch, new A/C, upgrade 561-487-3711

Tampa: 3 BR, 2Bth condo. 2nd floor , Built 2006 Clubhouse pool,$150k Nego.

813-390-5008 Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008 POMP: Palm Aire, 3/2 corner unit, 100% renovated w/ new open kitchen & granite counter tops. New kitchen cabinets & appliances. New tile bathrooms, tile flrs throughout. Owner asking $219,000.

954-675-7219

330 SE 2nd St, Gulfstream Gardens: Fully furnished, 1 bed, 1.5 bths, includes cable, pking, pool, close to library, post office, race track. 55+ Community, $825/Mo, 1325 seas Neg. Call Richard 954-457-3862

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“Specializing in Luxury Ocean Front Condos and Estate Homes in Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Highland Beach, Hillsboro Beach and Fort Lauderdale Beach.

N Miami Beach: Homes for sale/rent. Completely renovated 3-4 BRs, 2 new bths, ceiling fans, crown moldings, spacious LR, DR, family room, new pool, driveway & patio. New roof & AC, walk to many shuls. $429K. Call 610-247-4989 email: tstolberg@gmail.com

3/2.5 Glorious sundronched country, Club home, w/ soaring ceiling, frplc, stunning kitchen, huge yard, screened patios. 325K. United Realty Group.

954-520-1896

Hallendale: La meron, beautifully furnished 1500 sf condo, 2 BR, 3 bth, restaurant, beauty salon, state of the art gym, pool.

Reasonably priced, negotiable, asking $325k. Near Diplomat Hotel, shopping, trans and more. ALSO 1 BR, 1,000sf furnished and ready to move-in.

Call: 954-458-2280

For Rent or Sale in Florida 2BR, w/ amazing bay view Sleeps 6 Comfortably 2Bths Walking distance to Shul Beautiful Gym, Jacuzzi, Boat and Fishing Dock Tennis Courts and more Incl. completely furnished apt Washer Dryer, Sheets, blankets, towels, etc. Ready for Rent or Sale Immediately Come stay for a few days, weeks, or more.

Call917-686-4824 For Serious Purchase Inquiries

CONDO FOR SALEFLORIDA NEWLY RENOV FURN, 2 BR, 2 BTH, LR/DR AREA, CLOSED IN, SUN-ROOM, 3 WALK-ON CLOSETS, GRANITE FLRS, NEW TILE FRLS, A/C. 55 GATED COMMUNITY, 2 POOLS, MANY AMENITIES. WALK TO SHULS, SHOP, LOW MAINT. REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE. BY OWNER, $99K FIRM. 305-877-6927

WYNMOOR COCONUT CREEK, FL: Furn 2 BR/ 2 full bath, elev building, golf tennis, swim. Movies. Bus svc, deli on premise. Full security, emergency med.

Rent for 4 mo/ Get 6 mo deal. Call Ralph 215-957-7650

Condo for sale FL Naples: TARPON BAY CONDO 2 BR/2 BA; Tiled, clubhouse, pool, gym, Comm. Office, pets OK $185K. Call: 239-777-4952 or 239-254-7633

Miami- Alexander Hotel: 52nd/ Collins.

Luxury 2 BRs, 2 bths, lg kitchen, DR, LR, magnify ocean view, balcony, valet.

773-289-1830

Florida Condo for sale Orlando New 5 star resort, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bath townhouse.

All Amenities, 5 minutes to Disney/universal. $125/night.

Chuck 908-874-7018

Halendale Beach, FL: Duo condominium, 3/2 corner unit, facing diplomat golf course and pool, 2nd flr washer, dryer, new building, mint condition also shopping, downstairs gym privileges also.

Call : 954-756-1516

Condo for sale FL Jupiter/ Ocean BluffsN: Gated 2 BR, 2 bth, condo, steps to pool, bch, kitchen, DR, LR, FL/R, Ldry/R titled porch, nice view/RED. Lowest in Bluffs $270k. Contact 561-746-6446

Palm Coast FL: New home construction located along northeast Atlantic coast and intercostals waterway. Custom home builder (FL License CGC 151265) Review floor plans and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhome.co m Summer building incentives apply through August 31st 2009. Call for details 386-586-5665, ask for will or John, M-F 9-5pm w/e 10AM-4PM

Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825

FL Summer Rental Furnished 3/2 Beach House, 4 blocks to beach, pool, newly renov, clean,.

Comfortable, safe, dogs OK. Available on May 9th – Dec 27th. Short term OK. Has everything you need and more. 954-224-9315 or whwcz@att.net

Seasonal Rentals, South Florida: Hemisphere 2/2, 15 condo furnished and equipped. Min 3 months rental from $1800 per month.

Contact- Pepe & Martha Peña. 305-905-4392 www.oceandreamsrealty.com

Miami Beach, Carriage House. New lrg 2 BR, 2 bth w/ocean vu. New ksher kit-shabbat mode.

Shab elevator, shul in bldg.

Winter rental and or Pesach. Call 201-8369642 or email: stevenschiefer@hotmail.com

Wynmoor Coconut Creek, FL: Furn 2 BR/2 full bth, elev bldg, golf, tennis, swim, movies, bus svc, deli on premise. Full security, emergency med. Rent for 4 mo/ Get 6 mo deal. Call Ralph 215-957-7680

MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental.

Call: 718-753-4479

Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570

Condo for rent Dadeland: 2/2 condo in the beautiful towers of Dadeland, 5th floor east view of the dadeland area $1800. 786-512-7068

Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825

Condos for rent Kosher condo Sarsota, FL Fully equip. kitchens, 3 Br, 2 BA, Sleeps 6, washer, 1 dryer, walking Distance to worship, near pool, whirpool, Fitness & business center. Avial now December 2008- 3k/mo special rates July–Oct 2008 Call: 612-220-2382

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale/Rent Fort Myers: Restaurant/ Night Club, large entertainment area with outside bar.

3 acres + 15000 sq ft bldg, excellent location in S Fort Myers nr Cape Coral. Contact Mr. Anulli 239-810-1806 Tudor Villa Realty

Excellent Opportunity!

Fountain Bleau Hotel: Miami Beach. Magnificent 800 sq ft, studio sleeps 4, renting daily/ weekly.

Available short/ long term.

Call 347-804-4666

Office for rent FL Miami Area- Pembroke Road, busy shopping center retail, office. 6675 Pembroke Road, 800 or 1600 sq ft.

Contact 786-506-7895

ISRAEL Lev Yereshalayim: Hotel 2 BRs, 2 bths, 2 Bths, kitchen w/Terrace.

972-3-673-7330 arusi-ez@zahav.net.il JERUSALEM: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada.

Sleeps up to 8, in/out pools Ramada. Sleeps up to 8. In/out pools $250/nite. Albert 514-803-8838 www.5starjerusalem.com

For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch, L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158 Jerus, central. New 4 BR lux apt in 18 unit bldg. incl all linen, applncs, Kitch ware. Kosher & sh shab. Short Term rentals.

416-782-6791 Lev Yerushlayim: Renov 1 BR furn apt. Sleeps 4. All amens. Avail 9/7-10/16, part or all. 937-304-4026

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