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BY JV STAFF BY JV STAFF The Jewish Agency for Israel continued the shake-up of its top professionals with the naming of a new director-general. lan Hoffmann, the veteran chief executive of the Jewish Agency’s Education Department, was chosen to be the agency’s next directorgeneral, according to a Jewish Agency news release. The appointment marks the agency’s first oleh director-general, and the first Anglo to hold the position, according to agency insiders. Hoffmann, who made aliya from South Africa in 1967, has held numerous senior education positions in Israel and the Jewish world, including director of Hebrew University’s Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora, executive director of New York’s Council for Initiatives in Jewish Education and head of Hebrew University’s Mandel Center for Jewish Continuity.
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BY COMBINED SOURCES The inclusion by Israel of the Ma’arat Hamachpelah (Cave of the Patriarchs) and Rachel’s Tomb have sparked Arab violence throughout the West Bank. On Sunday Arab youth rioted on Har Habayit at the the Al Aksa Mosque requiring Israeli Police to storm the compound, to quell the disturbances. he Palestinian Authority has called on the international community to stop Israel from placing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem on its list of national heritage sties. To protest the inclusion of the West Bank sites the PA believes will one day be part of its future state, it moved its weekly cabinet meeting from Ramallah to Hebron on Monday. In a statement that it released after its meeting, the PA said that this decision was against international law. “These sites are an inseparable part of Palestinian land which has been occupied
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since 1967. The PA has turned to all the international bodies to demand that it oppose Israel’s decision and cause its abolishment,” said the PA. The PA also spoke of its opposition to Israeli actions in east Jerusalem, including its construction of Jewish homes and demolition of Palestinian homes there as well as the steps it took Sunday to quell Palestinian rioters on the Temple Mount. It also turned to the European Union to ask that it help stop Jewish construction in east Jerusalem. On Monday the EU said that Israel was harming the peace process. A spokesman for Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief said in a statement that she regarded the addition of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb “as detrimental to the attempts to re-launch peace negotiations. The EU calls on Israel to refrain from provocative acts.” Jordan’s King Abdullah also condemned Israel’s “provocative measures in Jerusalem,” after a day on which security forces stormed
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U.S. President Barack Obama is targeted because of his standing up to the Jews who control American politics as well as its economy; the Chicago Sun Times quoted the leader of Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan as saying on Monday. arrakhan, speaking to a crowd of 20,000 followers at Chicago’s United Center on Sunday, said that Obama’s political problems began when he, according to the Chicago Sun Times report, stood up to the Jewish lobby during a White House meeting. When they left the White House, his problems began,” Farrakhan said, adding that “the Zionists are in control of ` Congress.” Minister Farrakhan also referred to the U.S. president’s chief economical advisors, Timothy Geithner, Henry Paulson and Larry Summers, asking “Who does he have around him? The people from Goldman Sachs.” The leader of the Nation of Islam added that “bloodsuckers of the poor” were rewarded with a bailout.
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Chabad Celebrates Purim As Devastating Chile Earthquake Spares Pacific Jewish Communities BY MOTTY SELIGSON Jewish communities bordering the Pacific Ocean emerged largely unscathed after one of the largest earthquakes on record sent buildings and bridges crashing down to their foundations throughout the South American country of Chile. As word spread of the devastation, Jewish residents in the Chilean capital of Santiago and half a world away in Hawaii celebrated their deliverance from harm and turned their attention to how they could help those who weren’t so lucky. ur hearts and prayers are with the victims of this horrible tragedy,” said Chaya Perman, co-director of
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Chabad-Lubavitch of Chile. “Thank G-d, the Jewish community is okay.” The magnitude 8.8 quake struck just after 3:30 local time early Saturday morning, rousing hordes of sleeping citizens and tourists. News reports and first-person accounts said that the shaking lasted for about 90-seconds, and that most of the damage was centered in the cities of Concepcion and Talca. Perman reported that there was some light damage to the Chabad House, but that plans for the Purim holiday went ahead as scheduled. Marcelo Lewkow, national director of ORT Chile, a Jewish charity, said that 60 percent of the capital was without power. Immediately following the quake, “the com-
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munication system was very fragile,” said Lewkow. “Cell phones were off and sending [text] message was the only way people could be in contact.” Throughout the city, “synagogues and schools are okay, pending a deeper evaluation by professionals, but there is no visible damage to the buildings or hydraulic systems,” he added. “Ort in Chile … seems to be alright, and all personnel are safe and sound.” Meanwhile, in Hawaii, where threats of a tsunami led emergency personnel to evacuate beaches, and the bottom of hotels, fears of destruction proved unfounded. Footage shot showed erratic surges in tidal levels, but there
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address the Israeli public directly next week during a speech he is scheduled to deliver at Tel Aviv University, focusing on American commitment to Israel’s security, Iran’s nuclear program and the peace process. enator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Monday in Jerusalem that Biden is seeking
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and other electronic forms of communication. It is estimated that cutting Saturday delivery, a move that requires congressional permission, could save $3.5 billion a year. Potter said the Postal Service, aside from trying to cut down service days, would also use price increases in “moderation” to close the budget gap as well as pursue other changes. He urged regulators
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Jerusalem’s Old City, Haven For Rare Animal and Plant Life BY NIR HASSON The millions of visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City every year are usually seeking the sacred - a prayer at the Western Wall, the Temple Mount or the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - or more earthly pursuits, like a good price on a rug or an olive wood camel. Few imagine that between these ancient walls they can also enjoy the beauty of nature. fter thousands of years of urbanization, it turns out that animal and plant life still thrives in the Old City - including 44 species of birds, toads, bats and martens, and about 100 types of plants. That is the harvest of data yielded by a survey of flora and fauna, conducted jointly by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and the Jerusalem Development Authority. The study, meant to serve as a conservation tool, is a continuation of a previous survey that studied plant and animal life on the Old City walls themselves. “Some of the plants we found are very rare and were preserved in the city thanks to the delicate balance between humans and nature,” says Ido Wachtel,
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who conducted the survey together with Amir Balaban. One such plant is the Sicilian snapdragon, considered rare elsewhere in Israel. The Old City is considered to provide an ecological link between two climate zones - the edge of the desert and the Mediterranean region - and this can be seen in its flora and fauna. Gardens and orchards thrive amid the crowded quarters on rooftops, while in abandoned areas, old walls, ancient pools and winter rain pools are home to plants, reptiles and birds. Only 50 meters away from the Jaffa Gate is Hezekiah’s Pool, which can be reached only with the help of neighbors and which f ills every winter. The pool, though neglected and f illed with garbage, still contains a surprising variety of toads. The common swift, as well as bats, can also be seen dipping and darting over the water. Two unexpected avian residents of the Old City markets are the booted eagle and the common quail. At the top of the food chain is the carnivorous marten. Although it did not appear on this survey, evidence indicates it still makes its home in the Old City.
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Pieces of Rare Written ‘Shirah’ Manuscript Reunited BY JTA Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in the history of the Hebrew Bible. he 1,300-year-old fragments, which are among only a handful of Hebrew biblical manuscripts known to have survived the era in which they were written, existed separately and with their relationship unknown, until a news photograph of one’s public unveiling in 2007 caught the attention of the scholars who would eventually link them. Together, they make up the text of the Song of the Sea, sung by jubilant Israelites after fleeing slavery in Egypt and witnessing the destruction of the pharaoh’s armies in the Red Sea. ‘’The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My lust shall be satisf ied upon them, I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them,’’’ reads the song, which appears in the Book of Exodus. ‘’Thou didst blow thy wind, the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty
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Two sections of an ancient Biblical manuscript at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. waters.’’ An exhibit at Israel’s national museum dedicated to the Song of the Sea is now bringing together the two long-separated pieces. One page of the song, known as the Ashkar manuscript, was previously housed in a rare books library at Duke University in North Carolina and was f irst displayed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in 2007. That’s when a photograph of the manuscript in a local newspaper caught the eye of two Israeli paleographers, Mordechay Mishor and Edna Engel, who noticed it resembled a different page of Hebrew writing known as the London manuscript, presently part of
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Palestinians up in Arms Over Israeli National Heritage Site List Continued from cover the Temple Mount to quell Arab rioting. Abdullah made the remark after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman. Abdullah called on the international community to take immediate steps to “protect Jerusalem’s holy sites.” According to police, the violence broke out in the Old City of Jerusalem when some 30 Arabs who had holed themselves up inside Al-Aksa Mosque Saturday night began throwing rocks at a group of visitors to the Temple Mount Sunday morning. The youths, were thought to be protesting a government decision to include a number of religious landmarks, including Rachel’s Tomb near Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, on a list of national “heritage sites,” fled into the mosque when security forces stormed the Temple Mount compound, but some continued throwing rocks as police deployed in the nearby plaza. Palestinian sources reported that the youths had flocked to Al-Aksa over the weekend at the behest of Islamic leaders, who had told their followers to be prepared for a planned “Jewish takeover” of the site during Purim. The violence also spread into the alleyways of the Muslim Quarter, where Arab youths hurled rocks at security forces near the Antonia Gate and Lion’s Gate. Since the sites were placed on the list on February 21, Palestinians have clashed with the IDF in Hebron. Clashes were very intense for the first five days, but has since watered down to rock throwing and road blockages. Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Monday night reprimanded Arab states for their “silence” in the face of Israel’s national heritage plan, while praising the Palestinians for their solitary resistance to it and warning Israel of “surprises” the terror organization was harboring, Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV reported. Speaking through a large TV screen to mark Mohammad’s birthday as a part of the Week of Islamic Unity in the Sayyed AsShouhadaa’ complex south of Beirut, Nasrallah claimed that Israel was indifferent to the one billion Muslims in the world, and
that as well as wanting Jerusalem within its territory, it was seeking to include the “Islamic holy sites” in the recently announced Israeli national heritage plan. “All this happens amid an Islamic and Arab silence only violated by minor denouncement statements,” Nasrallah said, adding that nobody was actually defending the Muslims’ holy sites except the Palestinians. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that placing West Bank sites on the heritage list could lead to a religious war. But Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told AP, “We are not going to be drawn into a cycle of violence. We are fully determined, and we count on our people understanding fully well that the best response to this ... is to stay focused” on state-building. The cave where the biblical forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are buried is sacred to both Jews and Muslims, both of whom pray in separate sections of the complex. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said he hoped the present tension over Rachel’s Tomb and the Tomb of the Patriarchs was just a “rough moment, a hiccup” that could be overcome on the way to renewing IsraeliPalestinian negotiations.Kerry, at a Jerusalem press conference, said that access to the sites — which he said were important to Jewish and Moslem understanding of their “history, culture and religions” — was shared. Saying that he thought what Netanyahu did was “understandable” within the context of trying to “preserve and renew” the Jewish components of the sites, Kerry added that “the timing and manner of the announcement needs to be taken into account in the future context of trying to move people to dialogue.” Kerry said that the move “certainly lends itself to misinterpretation without adequate explanation, and I think you have to be carful with these things. My caution as we go forward is we have to be thoughtful about everything we say and do so we keep a dialogue on track."
Alan Hoffmann Chosen as Next Jewish Agency Director-General Continued from cover He has served as director-general of the Jewish Agency’s Department for Jewish-Zionist Education since 2000. Hoffmann was a former agency lay leader, representing UIA-Keren Hayesod on the Jewish Agency Executive. He essentially will serve as the first lieutenant to former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, who took over last summer as the chairman of the agency’s executive. Sharansky is the organization’s face and thought leader; Hoffman will run the organization’s day-to-day operations. Hoffman takes over as the agency’s second-in-command for Moshe Vigdor, who announced in December that he was resigning to become the director-general
of Israel’s Council for Higher Education. As Hoffman comes in, the organization is losing one its top financial officers. Chief fund-raiser Jeff Kaye is leaving to become the chief development officer for World ORT. Both moves follow the forced resignation of Maxyne Finkelstein, the head of JAFI North America. Finkelstein is being replaced by Misha Galperin, the current CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Hoffman, who moved to Israel from South Africa in 1967, oversaw the Jewish Agency’s operations in the former Soviet Union and helped develop its MASA program. The moves follow Sharansky’s recent announcement that he would be shifting the focus.
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EU Court: West Bank Goods Not Israeli BY ZVI HENDELL The European Union’s high court ruled last week that products that Israeli companies make in the West Bank are subject to import duties in the EU because they are not covered by trade agreements the bloc has with Israel or the Palestinian Authority. sraeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said Israel had no immediate comment on the EU court ruling. Existing EU trade agreements charge no import duties on Israeli products made in Israel and Palestinian ones made in the West Bank. Israeli companies located in the settlements produce many products there, including cookies, pretzels, wines, cosmetics and computer equipment. The ruling stems from a German case filed by Brita, a German company that imports drink-makers for sparkling water and fruit syrups from Soda-Club Ltd., an Israeli company in Mishor Adumim, one of 10 Israeli industrial areas in the West Bank. Brita told German customs authorities its imports came from Israel and were therefore exempt from import duties. Suspecting they came from the West bank, German authorities asked Israel to clarify matters. Israeli customs only confirmed the goods originated in an area under Israeli responsibility and said nothing about the West Bank.
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The Palestinian Authority cannot lose rights to trade benefits to an EU-Israel deal, and Israeli goods can only get preferential treatment if they have been manufactured in Israel proper, the court said. Later Thursday, soda Club CEO Daniel Barenboim told reporters, “The case is between BRITA and the European customs’ authority concerning the import of Soda Club products in a 2002. In any case, our company does not enjoy tax benefits for export to the EU these days so this case is an archeological matter.” Meanwhile, an Israeli official offered the following comments: “The situation is such that the EU does not offer tax benefits for Israeli products manufactured beyond the Green Line. They do not consider it an area under Israeli sovereignty. Therefore this verdict, while unpleasant for us, changes nothing in respect to the status of Israeli goods exported to the EU.” According to agreements between Israel and the EU, products produced inside the Green Line are entitled to tax benefits,” the official added. “Products produced outside the Green Line, by European standards, are not eligible for such benefits. This is the situation and though unpleasant for us, is not likely to change for the worse.” Manufacturers of products in the Judea and Samaria West Bank say that this new ruling is a form of boy-cot and additional pressure by the European Union to give up the territory to the PA. Jewish companies that are based in Judea and Samaria pay taxes to Israel.
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‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ On Campuses this Week BY BEN HARTMAN The sixth international Israeli Apartheid Week kicked off on this week, with the “week-long” festivities taking place over 14 days in over 40 cities across the globe. rganizers say this year’s events are meant to “educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement.” The IAW’s Web site says 2010’s apartheid week “takes place following a year of incredible successes for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the global level.” Organizers say the event will not only push for an end to “colonization of all Arab lands” and the “full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel,” but also the dismantling of the West Bank security fence and the right of return for Palestinian refugees IAW released a trailer on YouTube earlier in February, showing a series of pastoral and urban West Bank and Gaza scenes as concrete sections of the wall plummet from the sky and mar the landscape. Halfway through the video, the words “Boycott, Divest, Sanction” appear and obliterate the wall. IAW began in 2005 only in Toronto but by 2006 had spread to Montreal and Oxford, adding five more locations in 2007, including New York. In 2008, 19 additional locations were added, and by 2009, IAW was held
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in 27 cities. This year, over 40 cities are part of the proceedings, from Cape Town to Beirut to Melbourne. The first IAW was organized by the University of Toronto’s Arab Students’ Collective in order to show “solidarity with the people of Palestine and other oppressed nations. The first IAW was a five day event that featured lectures on the Nakba, as Palestinians refer to the dispersal of their population in the pre-state Israel following the 1948 war, as well as Palestinian prisoners, labor apartheid, and the Apartheid Wall. It also featured a lecture on ‘Resisting Apartheid’ that featured Haifa University professor Dr. Ilan Pappe,” according to IAW. Noah Kochman, chair of the political affairs and advocacy department of the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students at McGill University in Montreal, said that activists at McGill and other universities in Canada will seek to counter IAW by reaching out to what according to him is the 80 percent of students “who don’t know about Israel and haven’t made their mind up about Israel yet.” Kochman said that in addition to “combating the harassment and intimidation of Israel supporters on campuses and the demonization of Israel,” groups like his are moving to “harder-hitting, countering campaigns.” These include the “don’t play with the truth campaign,” in which the CFJS will hand out “truth cards” on campus to dispel what Kochman says are misconceptions about Israel, in addition to hosting a series of
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Complaints Pour In Over NJ Toll Collectors BY MALKA VEGH Every day 1.7 million cars travel from New Jersey to New York via the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. Most are in a rush to get to and from work and home as quickly as they can. To speed up the process, many have installed an EZ Pass transponder in their vehicles so their tolls can be processed electronically without a need for a stop. espite the convenience and popularity of the EZ Pass, approximately 25 percent of motorists still use cash and wait in line. They also complain about the toll collectors. “Just not very friendly, snatching my money. When I ask for a receipt, they don’t pay attention or they drop it on the floor,” Cynthia Jeter noted. Over 18 months, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority received 550 complaints about toll takers on both the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. One of the toll collectors told a woman who entered the wrong lane that she would have to go inside for a strip search. Another collector, upset about having to make change for a $20 bill on a $1.75 toll, apparently threw the change and told the driver to get back on the road and die. “Obviously, those kinds of things make you cringe,” said Franceline Ehret, a toll collector for over 25 years and the president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local No. 194, which represents Turnpike toll collectors. “But it’s a very difficult job, and I would say that nine times out of 10, the complaints are
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A typical Toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike. unfounded,” she pointed out. “There’s a lot of road rage out there. People hate to wait in line for traffic.” One toll collector said maybe some of the collectors are nasty, but that is only one side of the story. “Half the world is nasty,” he commented. “I try my best to be nice to people.” Toll collector Linda Henderson defended her coworkers by noting that maybe the rude ones are some of the drivers. “It’s the patrons that come through here. Very nasty,” Henderson said. A spokesperson for the authority said that in relation to the number of motorists, the number of complaints is minimal. The complaint forms they do receive are usually anonymous as well, so the cases are hard to follow. The Turnpike Authority does encourage all to file and pursue a claim formally as they do not want to employ the bad apples.
Farrakhan: Obama is Targeted by U.S. Jewish Lobby Continued from cover Abraham Foxman, director of the AntiDefamation League, said in response to Farrakhan’s speech that “anybody who thought the old Farrakhan was gone: He never was.” “It’s the same Farrakhan: ugly and antiSemitic. With age, he doesn’t get milder, he gets uglier.” Further on in his address, Farrakhan also reiterated his claims that the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was “an inside thing.” Last year, the Anti-Defamation League lashed out at Farrakhan for remarks he made in which he accused “the Israeli lobby” of controlling the government. “When the people of Gaza were being slaughtered, the pro-Israeli lobby sent messages to the House and the Senate of words that they wanted them to use, gave them the language, and now you have bipartisan support,” Farrakhan told supporters in Rosemont, Illinois in a speech. “You cannot deny the pro-Israeli lobby and get re-elected,” Farrakhan said. “Ask Cynthia McKinney. Ask David Hilliard. Ask our mayor in Oakland, California. Ask [former Illinois Senator Charles] Percy. Ask Jimmy Carter. You can’t criticize; you can’t say nothing because if you do, you’re branded as an anti-Semite.” “Why, U.S. Congress, will you not
speak? It is because you fear a lobby that has money and influence that will turn you out of your seat? So you’re terrorized. That’s why you don’t act for the American people that sent you to Congress. You are not their representative. You are the representative of the money and interests that have bought your soul.” At one point during his address, Farrakhan implied that the validity of Holocaust records should be open to debate. “[You] can’t even engage in constructive argument over the veracity of the figures of the Holocaust. We know something happened, sure, but you can’t talk about [it]. In certain cities in Europe they arrest you and put you in prison for denying such.” “There’s not a vote that the pro-Israeli lobby wants that doesn’t get bipartisan support,” Farrakhan said. “Why? Because the Israeli lobby controls the government of the United States of America.” The remarks were again met with strong condemnation by Abe Foxman. “Louis Farrakhan is at it again,” said Foxman. “After his near-silence on Jews over the last several years, we thought Minister Farrakhan had put his long history of anti-Semitism and racism behind him, or at least had held his views in check. Apparently, that was wishful thinking. Once again he is clearly comfortable with putting his bigotry on display, unfettered and unhidden for his supporters and the world to see.”
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BY JV STAFF The effects of a winter storm began piling up Thursday in the Northeast even before much snow did, as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, schools closed and officials prepared to shut down major roads if needed. he storm was expected to dump around a foot of snow and bring high winds over a swath of the Northeast from Philadelphia to New York City to Albany, N.Y., canceling flights and creating a danger of toppled power lines. Airlines were telling passengers to call ahead, as hundreds of flights from airports in the Northeast were scratched with threats that the storm would worsen. More than 500 flights were canceled at Newark Airport. At LaGuardia airport in New York City, 88 departures and 86 arrivals were canceled by 10 a.m. At JFK airport, 70 departures and 20 arrivals were cancelled. Philadelphia airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said 15 to 20 percent of flights there were delayed or canceled by 8 a.m. ET with wind as the big risk, she said, noting that crews weren’t worried about clearing the snow. “We’ve had good practice,” she said. ‘Snowicane’ controversy A description of the coming storm as a “snowicane” by Accuweather Inc. touched off criticism — one newspaper called it a “smackdown” — by the National Weather Service. On Tuesday, 48 hours before the storm was to hit, Accuweather called it “hurricane-like,” a “monster,” and a “powerful storm of historical proportions” that
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Getting drunk in New York could get more expensive. The Health Department is mulling a new tax increase on alcohol - which supporters say would make New Yorkers drink less and get healthier. t’s one of the things on the menu,” said Executive Deputy Commissioner Adam Karpati, who oversees the Health Department’s alcohol policy. And it could put a big siphon on a party budget. Under one scenario, a bottle of Bud would skyrocket as much as 10 cents taking the fun out of happy hour. That plan would bump the total tax on a beer to more than 17 cents, a steep fee on a $2 longneck, while a bottle of Cabernet would climb up to nearly 50 cents. Booze-imbibers are already pumping big tax bucks into city, state and federal coffers. New Yorkers pony up 7.4 cents of taxes on a bottle of beer, 36.9 cents on a bottle of wine and $3.61 on a standard 750-ml bottle of hard liquor. The state raked in $206 million off alcohol last year - and that was before Gov. Paterson increased wine and beer taxes to help balance the state budget. The city taxes only beer and liquor, not wine, raising $23.5 million. Mayor Bloomberg hasn’t weighed in on the idea. But he is a big fan of rais-
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ing taxes on cigarettes and sugary sodas to improve health - so higher booze taxes would f it right in. “The surest pathway to changing behavior is through the wallet,” Bloomberg said last month. Former Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden was working on the idea before President Obama picked him to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Columbia University‘s Joseph Califano. “It’s a terrif ic idea,” said Califano, president of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. “This has the potential to be one of the most signif icant things that Bloomberg can do in terms of the public health.” Frieden was replaced by Commissioner Thomas Farley, who wrote in 2005 that “the simplest and single most effective step we could take to cut drinking is to raise prices by taxing alcohol more.” The city counted 1,700 alcohol-related deaths in 2008, and wants to reduce high school drinking by 16% and boozefueled hospitalizations 19% by 2012. “We need to be doing more around alcohol. This is a reasonable thing to consider,” Karpati said. Any city increase would need approval from state lawmakers in Albany. The Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York called for the 10cents-per-drink hike in alcohol taxes, which would flood $500 million a year into tax coffers.
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New York City Will Meet Its Ambitious Affordable Housing Goals “With the economy still stalling and tax revenues still falling, many cities are cutting back on affordable housing – just when people need such housing badly. ut not New York! Our Administration’s affordable housing plan is called ‘The New Housing Marketplace.’ Our longrange target has been to fund the creation or preservation of affordable housing for half a million New Yorkers by 2014. After seven years of effort, we’re right on course to do that. And in a speech last week, I described how, despite these hard times, we’re going to meet our goals in full over the next four years. “A key part of our strategy will be persuading building developers and owners to make long-term affordability commitments on their apartments. When the market was hot and the sky appeared to be the limit on rents, that wasn’t easy. But in today’s economy, incentives that our City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development can offer in exchange for affordability commitments – for example, low-cost loans for rehabilitating buildings and refinancing mortgages – look a lot more attractive. And we’re going to use such incentives to lock in agreements to preserve apartments across the city as affordable for working and middle-class New Yorkers. “We’re also mounting the most aggressive efforts of any city in the nation to prevent housing foreclosures. That includes moving aggressively to protect apartments at risk of neglect by owners who now find themselves in over their heads financially. With City Council Speaker Christine Quinn we have, for example, created a program to
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convert stalled condo projects into affordable apartments. We’re also committing $750 million to provide low-cost refinancing and repair loans for apartment buildings where foreclosure threatens to cause deterioration and disrepair. After all, it’s not right for tenants to suffer because of business decisions they had no part in making. “We can pay for these new initiatives – and still continue to fund affordable housing construction across the city – because despite the recession, New York City’s housing finances have stayed in A-number-one condition. That’s thanks to the outstanding work of a little-known but very important City agency: our Housing Development Corporation, the best, and biggest, public financer of affordable housing in the nation today. To meet our housing goals by 2014, we’ll have to pump an additional $1 billion into our efforts. And because of the prudent and productive management of our housing finances, I’m glad to say that we can do that without using additional, and scarce, City tax dollars. “That’s good news for all New Yorkers. And so is this: the New York City Housing Authority is working to obtain roughly $100 million a year in Federal funds to upgrade and maintain about 18,000 public housing apartments. Because they’re in developments built with local money, they’ve never received Federal support before. But now NYCHA has come up with a way to make that happen. And last week, that effort got a big boost when the State Legislature passed the necessary bill supporting NYCHA’s plan. It’s one more way we’re making sure all New Yorkers have the good, affordable homes they need.
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10 Hurt at Purim Party By Falling Ceiling Shards of glass rained down on hundreds of revelers — including actor Chris Noth and “Jersey Shore” cast members Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino — at a Midtown party last night, injuring ten, officials said. mg roof just collapsed!” Snooki Tweeted right after the 11:15 p.m. accident at the Sony Building, where some 300 guests had gathered to celebrate Purim, a Jewish costume celebration. “We thought the dj was beatin the beat hardcore but nope, the roof couldn’t handle snooki and vin,” she posted.
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It’s not clear why pieces of the ceiling fell in the atrium of the Madison Avenue building, which was evacuated. “I think me and @sn00ki felt the wrath for not being Jewish,” Guadagnino Tweeted. “It was a rocking party, this happened right in the middle of everything,” one attendee told The Post. The injured guests were taken to area hospitals with cuts. “Small pieces fell everywhere, in my hair, on my shoes,” said Dorian Levy, who was dressed as Jackie Moon, the Will Ferrell character from “Semi-Pro.” “A glass ceiling fell on everyone,” said Nellie Barkley, 29. “This is my first and last time at one of these.”
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WAR ON TERROR Two More Men Charged in Plot to Bomb Subways BY A. G. SULZBERGER Two men already in custody were indicted on Thursday on new charges of participating in a Qaeda plot to detonate explosives in the crowded New York subway system, and federal prosecutors suggested that more people would be charged in the case. he men, Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay, were accused of working with Najibullah Zazi to launch three coordinated bombings on Manhattan subways during rush hour. Standing side by side in loose-fitting prison garb and thick black beards, Mr. Medunjanin, 25, and Mr. Ahmedzay, 25, pleaded not guilty to new charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, and providing material support for a terrorist organization. The arraignment occurred during a previously scheduled hearing at United States District Court in Brooklyn on Thursday. The men face life in prison if convicted of the new charges. “These are serious charges,” said Michael A. Marinaccio, the lawyer for Mr. Ahmedzay. “I appreciate that. My client certainly appreciates that.” The charges come three days after Mr. Zazi pleaded guilty to those same charges. Mr. Zazi attended Flushing High School with Mr. Medunjanin and Mr. Ahmedzay, and traveled with the men to Pakistan —
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where they were recruited and trained by Al Qaeda, prosecutors charged. Mr. Zazi has been cooperating with federal authorities. Until Thursday, he had been the lone individual to be publicly charged with participating in the subway bombing plot. While speculation as to the identity of Mr. Zazi’s co-conspirators had centered on Mr. Medunjanin and Mr. Ahmedzay, they had not been formally implicated in the domestic terrorism plot until the new indictment. Jeffrey H. Knox, the assistant United States attorney overseeing the case, told the court that it was likely that other defendants would be charged in the case, adding, “although probably from overseas.” Though the half-hour hearing was mostly procedural, Mr. Knox revealed a few new details about the specific plan, which he described as “three coordinated suicidebombing attacks on Manhattan subways during rush hour,” similar to the 2005 attacks on the London mass transit system. The planned attacks were “undertaken at the direction and under the control of Al Qaeda leadership,” Mr. Knox said. Mr. Medunjanin and Mr. Ahmedzay — who were arrested in January — had originally faced charges related to a trip they took with Mr. Zazi to Pakistan in August 2008, during which Mr. Zazi said he was recruited and trained by Al Qaeda. Before the new indictment, Mr.
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Romney Accuses Obama Of Wrongly Apologizing For US Once and possibly future Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says in a new book that President Barack Obama’s international outreach efforts during his first year in office have been “kindling” to the “anti-American fires burning all across the globe.” n a wide-ranging policy book none-toosubtly titled “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness,” Romney says the Democrat’s efforts to reconcile with foreign powers, Muslims and others angered by President George W. Bush’s administration have weakened the country’s stature instead of enhancing it. “And of all people, we should expect our president to understand these things, to expect that his bonds of affection for our country would be obvious and unbreakable,” writes Romney. “In a world composed of nations that are filled with rage and hate for the United States, our president should proudly defend her rather than continually apologize for her.” He writes: “There are anti-American fires burning all across the globe; President Obama’s words are like kindling to them.” The Democratic National Committee disputed that assessment. “In the last election, the American people overwhelmingly rejected a radical foreign policy authored by Dick Cheney and wholeheartedly adopted by Mitt Romney that alienated our allies, emboldened our enemies, depleted our resources, distracted our focus and made the nation less secure,” said DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan. “What’s sorry is that Romney doesn’t think that deserves an apology. The president, on the other hand, has repaired much of the damage done by these failed poli-
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cies, rebuilt our capacity to fight terrorism around the world, and kept our country safe,” Sevugan said. Romney kicked off his book’s marketing campaign Tuesday with a blitz across the TV dial, starting with NBC’s “Today” show, where he gave Obama an “F” for his first year rather than the B-plus the president recently gave himself. The former Massachusetts governor then moved to ABC’s “The View” and Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” before concluding on CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” Fellow Republican and potential 2012 White House rival Sarah Palin was booked as a guest on NBC’s competing late-night program, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” During the next two months, Romney’s book tour will take him to 19 states, the District of Columbia and across the border to Toronto, where Palin recently promoted her own book. His itinerary reads like a presidential primary schedule, with stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Missouri and Nevada. Romney’s 323-page tome is less personality-driven than Palin’s book, “Going Rogue.” Instead, it reflects on why great societies have declined and suggests ways to improve the U.S. economy and restore its military and diplomatic might so it remains both a superpower and an independent arbiter of freedom around the world. “I don’t wish challenges and hard times on this nation, even though I believe they have made us the country and people we are today. But neither do I fear them,” writes Romney. “My sole concern is that Americans will choose not to act, not to face our challenges head-on, not to overcome them.”
Son of Hamas Leader was Top Spy for Israel BY GIL RONEN Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of jailed Hamas terrorist leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, operated undercover in the service of Israel’s intelligence agency for a decade. Yousef reveals this information in an upcoming book, and in an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz to be published this weekend. ccording to the newspaper, the intelligence Yousef supplied led to the arrests of several high-ranking terrorists including Ibrahim Hamid, a Hamas terror commander in Judea and Samaria, as well as Fatah strongman Marwan Barghouti and Hamas bomb-maker Abdullah Barghouti. Mosab Hassan Yousef converted to Christianity and moved to the U.S. in 2007, where the book he co-wrote, Son of Hamas, is due to be published shortly. He said that after he converted to Christianity, he decided he had to escape and “live my life away from violence, because I couldn’t coexist with that situation as a Christian.” “He provided very important information [as did] hundreds of others fighting against terror,” MK Gideon Ezra (Kadima), formerly deputy chief of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), told BBC World Service. Haaretz said that Yousef “was considered Shin Bet’s most reliable source in the Hamas leadership.”
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“The amazing thing is that none of his actions were done for money,” said his ISA handler, who is named in the book as “Captain Loai.” Yousef’s father, who has great influence within Hamas, was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in January 2006 from his prison cell. Yousef has said that from an early age he was appalled by the brutality of the Hamas movement. “Hamas, they are using civilians’ lives, they are using children, they are using the suffering of people every day to achieve their goals. And this is what I hate,” he said. In an interview with Fox News in 2008, Yousef said that when he was 18 years old, he was arrested and placed in an Israeli jail. “Hamas had control of its members inside the jail and I saw their torture; [they were] torturing people in a very, very bad way... Hamas leaders that we see on TV now, and big leaders, [were] responsible for torturing their own members. They didn’t torture me, but that was a shock for me, to see them torturing people: putting needles under their nails, burning their bodies. And they killed lots of them... I was a witness for about a year for this torture. So that was a huge change in my life.” “The problem is not Hamas, the problem is not people. The root of the problem is Islam itself as an idea,” he added. He said he saw no chance for Israel and the PA to make peace.
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The United States is working "expeditiously and thoroughly" to win new international penalties on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday night.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday addressed the state of affairs on Iranian sanctions, or lack thereof, and briefed members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on the latest developments on negotiations toward a prisoner swap with Hamas.
linton told reporters traveling with her in South America that a new sanctions resolution is likely to come before the United Nations Security Council sometime in the next several months. That's far later than the United States once hoped for, in part because of reluctance among some other members of the Security Council. Clinton is recruiting support for the Iran penalties. She said she would make sure that the president of Brazil, which has close ties to Iran, knows the extent of world alarm over Iran's activities. Earlier Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who for the last two weeks has loudly been calling for sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, received strong backing when visiting US Sen. John Kerry supported the move. Kerry, the powerful head of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, said he “absolutely” supported sanctions against Iran’s energy industry. “I believe that the most biting and important sanctions would be those on the energy side,” Kerry told a press conference, after meeting Netanyahu. The senator said there were other sanctions that should be considered, such as f inancial ones, but he thought that those against the energy sector were “of particular importance.” In the past two weeks, Netanyahu has been continuously calling for sanctions against Iran’s export of oil and import of ref ined petroleum products, saying that anything less would be ineffective. Up until Kerry’s comments, the prime minister’s call had not been echoed by anyone. Last week, Russia said it opposed paralyzing sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, and although Clinton called for “crippling sanctions” a few weeks ago, this has never def ined. Kerry said there was “no one in the US Congress not deeply concerned about the steps Iran is taking, not just with respect to the nuclear enrichment program, but also with respect to its relationship with other countries in the region. “We are deeply concerned and talks are ongoing with allies, the Quartet, China and obviously at the UN, to press forward with sanctions if there is not a change in behavior.” Kerry said those sanctions should be “rigorous, biting, real, multilateral and need to be imposed with the intent of allowing the Iranians to begin to under-
he Iranian [arms] train is travelling fast compared to the advancement of the international community, which is more like a faltering car,” Netanyahu explained with a metaphor. “That notwithstanding, there is significant progress in the international community’s understanding of the nature of [Iran’s] nuclear program.” ___________________________________
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. stand what its choices are.” Kerry said that Teheran would make a “great mistake if they shortchange, misunderstand or misinterpret the full intent of this administration or Congress to hold their behavior accountable.” The senator said that while a nuclear Iran poses a direct threat to Israel and the region, the issue is much larger than that. “All of us who want a world with less nuclear threat know one thing for certain: the road to that safer world does not lead through a nuclear Teheran,” he said. Kerry said that if the UN does not approve sanctions, the US and “a number of powerful allies will move on their own.” Asked whether he was concerned Israel would take unilateral actions or whether he had relayed that concern to the prime minister, Kerry said Israel and the US were “talking from the same page. “I think he is very tuned in to not being rash, or jumping the gun here, or doing something that doesn’t give these other opportunities [to stop Iran’s nuclear development] a chance,” Kerry said of Netanyahu. Referring to a parade of visits by high-ranking US off icials to Jerusalem in recent weeks, which will culminate next week with the scheduled arrival of US Vice President Joe Biden, Kerry said one of the reasons for the quantity of the dialogue “is to make sure we are all on the same page, that we are all clear about what time frames may exist, or may not exist, what threat levels may be real or not real, or what options may be on the table for us. I think we are on the same page.” Kerry said he found Netanyahu “tremendously supportive of the initiatives we are taking right now, and that other countries are taking, and very hopeful they will have an impact. I think he is very much speaking from the same page as the rest of us.”
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interested in strengthening cooperation with Israel, and there is a wide spectrum of topics for cooperation between Beijing and Jerusalem. China is part of our efforts on Iran.” Netanyahu then spoke of the threat of missiles from the Palestinian Authority, hitting out at opposition head Tzipi Livni in the process. “I see that for you paper is enough to ensure that missiles won’t enter the Palestinian territories. I was elected to make sure that things happen,” he said to Livni. “If it’s about what the public chose, political decency would necessitate you acting after the elections based on what you promised beforehand,” Livni countered. Netanyahu also commented on the possibility of proceeding with a prisoner swap with Hamas to secure the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit. According to the premier, Israel relayed its proposal to Hamas via the German mediator some three months ago, and was still waiting for the terror group’s response. Netanyahu stressed that Israel had learned its lesson from previous prisoner swaps, and would ensure that terrorists released in such a deal won’t be able to return to terrorist activities against Israelis.
Is Iran the New 4-Letter Word? BY NAZEE MOINIAN I was invited to the Hertzliya Conferences, Israel’s political follow up to Davos, and came back with an eerie sense that a new 4-letter word has emerged in the international arena, and that word is Iran. n fact, Iran was mentioned or alluded to 47 times in the two and a half hour opening ceremony, and then it was entirely dropped by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his closing address, as if even one mention would sully the successful end and dishonor the guests. Is America’s old protégé the new face of the enemy? Is this repressive regime the current symbol of shame? Is Iran ten-feet tall and dangerous, or four-letters long and ugly? To be sure Israel perceives Iran as both dangerous and ugly. This week’s report by the IAEA that Iran maybe currently working on a nuclear payload, along with Ahmadinejad’s venomous rhetoric, has one again raised the red flag for Israel. As one famous Persian proverb goes, “Those who are bitten by a snake will fear even a stripe yarn.” Israel has been bitten many times and the stripes it sees are on an Iranian nuclear warhead. It also sees the ugly side of Tehran. The Web pictures streaming back to us from the bloodied and defenseless Iranians proved the point the Israelis have been making all along: “If they can do that to their own citizens, why wouldn’t they do it to us?” For Israel the very possession of nuclear weapons, so long as this regime is in power, is menacing to the stability of the Middle East. As Richard Haas, president of the
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Council on Foreign Relations put it “What happens in the Middle East does not stay in the Middle East.” Well what’s happening in Iran is definitely threatening the Israelis and the West and they both want it stopped. The options for stopping Iran, as proffered by the host of international policymakers gathered in Hertzliya, ranged from impractical to ineffective. Both the formerly optimistic and the perennially pessimistic argued that Obama’s engagement policy has failed and needs to be abandoned in favor of air strikes and/or “smart” sanctions—a political Prozac aimed at controlling a country’s unruly behavior. That would be a prescription for failure. Either directly or through proxies, Iran can retaliate in any theater of operation, from Afghanistan to Lebanon, and target both American and NATO troops; not to mention renewing its rocket attacks in Israel through Hezbollah and Hamas. In case of an attack, the Iranian people, even the reform-minded pro-western youth, may pour into the streets in support of their leaders. In the words of Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endowment for Peace “Nothing extends the shelf life of this regime more than if Israel or America attacked Iran.” America-loving Iranians may hate their regime, but they hate being bombed more. Sanctions have been largely ineffective in improving Iran’s behavior. Iranians have managed to withstand eight years of a brutal war with Iraq, survive another eight years of Clinton administration’s “dual containment”, US unilateral sanctions, three rounds of UN sanctions, and a fractious international effort
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March 23rd Election, Challenges Local Political Establishment BY MAXINE DOVERE
BACKGROUND Having persuaded his long time friend, Joe Lazar, to pick up the political gauntlet, the race for the City Council seat once held by Simcha Felder is really a contest between him and David Greenfield. (Hikind had been quoted (City Hall News) as saying “That’s the goal of everybody, to be united [against Greenfield].”) he former Hikind employee’s independence is seen as threatening to Hikind’s ability to “influence” local politics. The candidate, Hikiind’s former Chief of Staff, has impressive endorsements: Kings County Democratic Party Leader Vito Lopez, State Sens. Carl Kruger and Marty Golden and Council Member Domenic Recchia. Mayor Bloomberg has endorsed him. Greenfield has said Hikind’s politics are “old-school,” “backroom, smoke-filled room” efforts that are “not going to select the City Council candidate.” He is seen as the strongest candidate in the district’s other neighborhoods, Bensonhurt and Midwood. Joe Lazar has considerable following in Boro Park, remaining heavily dependent on Hikind for financial and endorsement support. After a brief stint in Hikind’s office, Greenfield was appointed as head of the newly Sephardic Community Federation, establishing connections that have helped his campaign efforts. His political/lobbying style has been called aggressive and includes coalition-building with outside-of-BoroPark leaders in the Teach NYS program. Despite opposition from power brokers like Sheldon Silver, Greenfield has had success, including getting a $330 tax credit for NYS parents who send their children to religious schools. Greenfield and Teach NYS targeted
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The panel from left to right: Shlomo Greenwald, associate editor; Jason Maoz, senior editor; Eli Chomsky, editorial staffer. Silver himself, publically challenging his position on the tax credit issue. Teach NYS also secured some $30 million of funding for special-needs schools in New York City, a substantial portion of which went to the Hasidic community. The Orthodox Union’s Howard Beigelman, a member of the Teach NYS coalition, says “David has ruffled some feathers. But in this process, he made more friends than enemies.”
DEBATE And then there was one. One of fifty one, that is, to be selected by a special election March 23. When Simcha Felder resigned his City Council seat to become First Deputy Comptroller, the political life of the orthodox
Candidates from left to right: David Greenfield, Jonathan Judge, Joe Lazar, Avraham Shlomo Tischler.
Jewish community in Brooklyn found itself challenged. Rather than following its establishment favored candidate, the community seat is being sought by four (two of whom are significant) candidates in the March 23rd election. To help voters understand their positions, each of the candidates presented his positions at a debate organized by The Jewish Press. The substance of their positions did not differ dramatically. All hold similar basic premises: gaining additional financing for area schools, support for expanded government incentives and the creation of affordable housing in the community, improvement of local services ranging from lessening parking tickets to better snow and garbage removal, more services for senior citizens, and the ability to promote community interests – were supported universally. It is the style of the candidates that differs significantly. Lazar, stressing his “experience in government,” promised to “help the community reallocate funding to make things happen,” saying the City Council should find the waste in city agencies. “I helped everybody…I had an inclusive agenda,” said Lazar. “To get anything done, you have to be a diplomat.” Recounting his history of securing new programs and financial aid for the community (and beyond), Greenfield said his most important job would be to “bring back results to the community” and create “innovative” ways to enhance community services. He spoke of his efforts as a “coalition builder” emphasizing that “very few have better relationships.” Judge, who acknowledged the values he shared with the community as well as his differences, discussed fiscal conservatism, re designation of existing resources, and reinstating term limits. He promised to “to bring back the bucks to this community.” Abraham Tishler is very young. His understanding of issues, several of which with which he appeared unfamiliar, was based on “growing up in the community. “ When an audience member raised the issue of Congestion Pricing, each candidate expressed opposition. Greenfield noted he was “unequivocally opposed,” Judge calling it a “bad plan for the middle class,” and Lazar characterizing it as “a really bad policy” and a burden for this community.” Parks – and the lack of them – and parking tickets – and their overabundance – were “hot” topics at this community gathering. All agreed that increases were needed in the amount of land allocated to the former and substantive administration changes in the latter (extended meter limits, equity in enforcement by agents) were needed. “The agencies have got to stop doing “gotcha,”” said Lazar. Greenfield discussed rezoning, suggesting that instituting “shared profit between community and owner” would encourage landlords to help create additional affordable housing.
Nachum Segal, debate moderator. Each contender acknowledged his obligation to reflect the values of the community yet (Greenfield) “not sell out personal values for political expediency.” Judge noted that the “views of the community are as important as personal views.” Saying the “system not only broken, it is corrupt” David Greenfield claimed that he “works against the system… against the special interests,” and that “there’s no one better than me” to foster the community’s interests. Joseph Lazar, promoting his “experience, experience, experience,” stressed the need to understand the workings of the system in order to “fix something” within it. The need to “look across the aisle to find common interests and common grounds (and) have the “ability to work across different communities for the benefit of all communities,” was emphasized by Greenfield. In summarizing their positions, Abraham Tishler began, saying his goal was “to be representative,” stressing that he “owes no favors.” Joseph Lazar called himself the candidate who “will use experience to bring services to help community thrive to make a better life for all.”He recollected his achievements including securing grants to help holocaust survivors, saying he “wants to continue working for this community.” Jonathon Judge proposed that the community “needs a real change of course – a Conservative Republican,” he assured “will not raise taxes, and will look for more efficient ways of spending…. the next councilman must be independent……It’s time that the peoples’ voice is heard” he concluded. David Greenfield, speaking last, emphasized that he was “dedicated to trying to help the community,” promising to “work harder to bring back resources to the community that we demand need and deserve.” The Jewish Voice will observe the candidates and the campaigns in the weeks to come. We encourage all to vote. Choosing a candidate is your right and privilege as an American, a New Yorker, and a Brooklynite.
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REAL ESTATE
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Quick and Easy Interior Design for Home Sellers
DAVID’S FLOORING OF NEW YORK
BY DREW JOHNSON Home buyers and home sellers have the same goal: an exchange of property. Buyers want to pay as little as possible for the nicest house they can afford; sellers want to earn as much as possible on their property. They may seem like conflicting interests, but they aren't. Buyers and sellers goals, at bottom, are both about making a fair trade. or sellers, there are some intangible factors they simply can't control, like fluctuations in the market in their city or neighborhood, interest rates on mortgages, and the price at which nearby homes are selling for. Sellers can, however, control how their home is presented when their Realtor shows their property to prospective buyers. One of the best ways for home sellers to ensure the sale of their property is to make it attractive to buyers. Having a pleasant interior design can put buyers at ease and reassure them that your home is well cared for. Buyers don't easily get excited about purchasing a home that is sloppy, dirty and poorly decorated. Interior design professional Emily Spreng, who holds degrees in interior design and historic preservation, says working with just two elements of your interior design can reap huge benefits in the overall feel of your home.
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"Lighting is one of the most important elements in interior design," Spreng says. "By changing lighting you can instantly change the mood of a room." Whether you're showing your home day or night, pay close attention to the mood being created by your lighting. In the bedroom, Spreng recommends creating a relaxing, ambient feel by turning off your over-
head light and adding lamps with opaque shades to your bedside tables. For cramped or dim spaces, Spreng says mirrors can make a room feel larger and warmer. "Put a mirror on the opposite wall of yours window to bounce the light around," she says. By reflecting the sunlight, mirrors create the illusion of a second window. You should also pay attention to your choice of window dressing to use the daylight you have, Spreng adds. "Use blinds that open and close and go up all the way, so you can let in a little bit of light or a lot—it's just another way to control your lighting."
Accessories "Your accessories are the cheapest thing to change if you're working on a budget," Spreng says. Accessories are the stuff you put in the room to make it more interesting, things like vases, candlesticks, pottery, flowers and wall hangings. For Spreng, the thing to remember about accessories is: less is more. "I think the most important thing to remember when accessorizing your home is that one very interesting accessory is better than six or seven knickknacks," she says. "If you want to emphasize the design of your home, it's important to remove as much clutter as you can." Spreng advises home sellers to focus especially on area rugs, paintings or photos and throw pillows to spruce up a room. "An area rug is probably the best way to warm up a room," she says, adding that it will bring a room together and make it feel cozy. Paintings and photos are a good way to add color and character to your room, and you can liven up drab furniture with cheap, colorful throw pillows. An extra tip: if you have a big room with an empty corner, folding screens are a great way to round out the space and bring the focus back into center of the room.
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Real Estate Outlook: Reading the Numbers BY KENNETH R. HARNEY When it comes to the current housing recovery, never assume the path leads straight up. That's just not the way it's playing out. s the economic and real estate numbers this week suggest, it's more like two steps forward, one step back, one step sideways. The new quarterly home price numbers released last week by Standard & Poor's Case Shiller index show we're headed toward gradual improvement on a national basis -- and a lot better than that in key metropolitan markets. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, Case-Shiller's 20-city index was up three tenths of a percent -- the seventh consecutive monthly improvement in pricing. Fifteen of the 20 cities in the survey posted positive price appreciation last quarter. Check out some of the increases Case Shiller measured in the largest urban markets -- a f ive percent gain
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year over year for prices in San Francisco, three percent for the year in Dallas and San Diego, plus higher than average jumps in metropolitan Washington DC, Boston and Denver. Even hard-hit Las Vegas and Phoenix saw small increases in the new report, despite the ongoing high percentage of total sales transactions involving defaulted and foreclosed properties. Mortgage giant Fannie Mae also came out with its latest forecast -- and sees gradually improving conditions in the months ahead. Fannie's chief economist Doug Duncan said that despite temporary setbacks in sales in any given month, the underlying reality in the marketplace is that the employment situation, slowly but surely, is getting better, and is likely to continue to do so. Duncan is particularly impressed by the creation of 540,000 new jobs for
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Peanut Allergy Cure May Be Within Sight BY DELIA LLOYD Researchers in Cambridge, England, believe that they have uncovered a successful, long-term cure for the peanut allergy. As they embark on another clinical trial, they predict a treatment in as little as three years. or many, this is important news. There are plenty of things you don’t expect when you become a parent. Parents do not expect their child to be allergic to many foods, some of which could kill them. According to a 2008 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 million U.S. children have food or digestive allergies, affecting nearly 5 percent of all children under 5. That’s a rise of 18 percent between 1997 and 2007. Food allergy is responsible for the majority of anaphylactic shock (severe breathing difficulty) in children and has increased by 20 percent in Western countries in the past 10 years. According to National Health Service figures, the number of emergency adrenaline injectors (EpiPens) issued by doctors to combat severe allergies rose by 112 percent in 2008 alone, coupled with a stark rise in hospital admissions for allergy-related anaphylaxis. Still, the allergy that everyone worries about most remains the dreaded peanut allergy. And that’s for two reasons. First, it is by far the most lethal of all food allergies. It is estimated that 1.5 million Americans have peanut allergies and that hospital emergency departments treat about 30,000 cases of food-related allergic anaphylaxis per year. Peanuts are responsible for about 160 deaths annually in the United States —
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roughly 80 percent of all food allergy fatalities. In the past 10 years, peanut sensitivity on a standard skin prick test has increased by 55 percent, while allergic reactions increased by 95 percent. The second reason that peanut allergies provoke so much anxiety among people who suffer from them is that unlike other allergens peanut particles can travel by air. While research suggests that it’s actually quite rare to go into anaphylaxis from inhaling peanut products, it isn’t uncommon for people to develop allergic symptoms, like a runny nose or itchy eyes, in the presence of a peanut. So it’s a tremendous relief to learn about the study in Britain, which holds out the hope that all of this may soon be behind us. What’s distinctive about this study is that it combated the allergy through “desensitization therapy,” in which children are exposed to the allergen in question in small increments over time, rather than avoiding it altogether. An earlier, similar attempt at desensitization therapy in the 1990s used injections of peanut oil and resulted in several severe reactions among participants. This time, the peanuts were ingested in the form of peanut flour, and 21 out of 23 children tolerated them without experiencing allergic reactions. Because of this success, the research team behind this study is testing it on a larger group of children over the next three years. If those trials exhibit the same success rate, the next step would be to roll out this approach clinically across England and eventually the United States. According to Dr. Andrew Clark who led the investigation, “This may be the beginning of the end” for all food allergies.
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GM to Recall 1.3 Million Compact Cars
ExquisiteCelebrations Chevy Cobalt, one of the affected models General Motors Co. said Monday it will recall 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac compact cars sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to fix power steering motors that can fail. he recall affects 2005 to 2010 Chevrolet Cobalts, 2007 to 2010 Pontiac G5s, 2005 and 2006 Pontiac Pursuits sold in Canada and 2005 and 2006 Pontiac G4s sold in Mexico. The automaker said the vehicles are still safe to drive and never lose their steering, but it may be harder to steer them when traveling under 15 mph. GM spokesman Alan Adler said it will take time for the automaker to get 1.3 million new power steering motors from the supplier, JTEKT Corp., and GM will notify car owners when the parts are available. Adler said the failures are rare and the cars can still be driven until motors can be replaced by dealers. Drivers will see a warning light and hear a chime if the power steering fails, but they could be surprised when the steering becomes more difficult. GM told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the recall on Monday. NHTSA began an investigation into 905,000 of the models on Jan. 27 after getting 1,100 complaints that the cars lost their
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power steering assist. The complaints included 14 crashes and one injury. The automaker will fix older models first because it usually takes 20,000 to 30,000 miles of driving for the condition to develop, Adler said. GM also will have to repair thousands of vehicles on dealer lots before they can be sold, he said. "Recalling these vehicles is the right thing to do for our customers' peace of mind," Jamie Hresko, GM's vice president of quality, said in a statement. Adler said if the power steering assist fails, it usually comes back for a time after the car is shut off and restarted. The recall comes at a time of heightened interest in auto safety after sudden acceleration problems experienced in some Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles. Toyota has had to recall 8.5 million vehicles worldwide to fix problems with sticky gas pedals, floor mats that can snag the gas pedal and cause unintended acceleration, and brake software problems with the Prius gaselectric hybrid. Toyota executives have been summoned to testify before congressional committees investigating the company's actions and whether NHTSA did enough to make sure the Toyotas are safe.
Home-Based Businesses Need Business Insurance BY ROB PERELMUTER, The dream of owning a business is becoming a reality for thousands of people each year. For many of these would-be captains of industry, that means starting the operation at home. However, your enterprise may be in jeopardy if you don’t have business insurance. ou need business insurance because most homeowners policies place limits on business-related exposures. For instance, a copier or fax machine used for business and damaged in a fire may not be fully covered because it is considered business property. Also, the homeowners policy does not cover business liability, loss of income, exterior signs and many other important items. If a client were injured at your home while con-
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ducting business, your homeowners policy would not apply. Anyone who operates a home-based enterprise and does not have the proper insurance coverage is putting his or her business and personal assets at risk. Business insurance may provide many or all of the coverage listed below: Accidental direct physical loss coverage for business personal property. Broader off-premises property coverage Loss of income coverage Extra expense coverage Contractual liability coverage Liability of employees while acting within the scope of their employment. Many entrepreneurs start their businesses on shoestring budgets and try to cut corners by keeping expenses at a minimum. But when you consider what you get, business insurance becomes a tool you can’t afford to work without. Rob@RobAgency.com
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Top 10 List Of Best Cars and SUVs For 2010 Lexus GS 450h he 2009 Lexus GS hybrid features the Dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence and a dual fuel-injection system. The engine on the GS 450h provides optimum V6 power and fuel efficiency in all driving ranges. The MPG rating is 22 City / 25 Highway. The Lexus GS 450h hybrid car has a base MSRP of $54,900. The vehicle offers Regenerative Braking, which can store lost energy from heat during braking. The lost energy is captured by an electric motor/generator to charge the battery.
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he 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid has one of the highest midsize car MPG ratings. The Milan hybrid offers a fair price and can drive up to 47 miles per hour in hybrid electric modes. The base MSRP is $27,500. The Mercury hybrid features an innovative dual-LCD SmartGauge cluster with EcoGuide which provides a four-level display to help you improve fuel eff iciency. One of the nice things about this Mercury car is that it is capable of driving more than 700 miles on one tank of fuel. The propulsion system is also equipped with a combination with a permanent magnet electric motor powered by a nickel-metal hydride (NiMN) battery.
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Ford Fusion ord Motor Company has delivered just about everything that a consumer wants in their 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid car. The Ford Fusion is the most fuel-efficient mid-size vehicle today with an MPG rating of 41 City / 36 Highway. It has a starting price of $27,270 and is still illegible for a hybrid tax credit before March 2010. The Ford hybrid can operate up to 47 mph in the pure electric mode and can deliver more than 700 miles on a single tank of gas. Ford recently drove its hybrid more than 1,440 miles on one tank of gas while using driving techniques to conserve fuel. This is another reason why this car is our favorite and deserves the number one spot.
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Honda Insight EX onda Motor Co., Ltd is outselling other hybrid cars in Japan after introducing its 2010 Honda Insight EX. Sales in the United States continue to climb as consumers look seek affordability and fuel-efficiency. Insight delivers an MPG rating of 40 City / 43 Highway. The Insight hybrid is priced at $19,800, which is one of the most affordable cars on the market. The Honda car is equipped with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and includes the Drive-by-Wire throttle system which can deliver the most eff icient drive ratio possible. The CVT technology provides the Insight with better fuel economy and acceleration in comparison to conventional transmissions.
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Toyota Prius oyota is releasing its 2010 Toyota Prius, which is a third-generation hybrid. It has a long track record of proven reliability. The first Prius was launched in 1997. This car is one to keep an eye on as it offers the highest MPG rating of 51 City / 48 Highway. Toyota Prius makes use of its electric water pump and its new exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, which contributes to the engine’s eff iciency. The vehicle also requires no belts under the hood which can result in less potential maintenance. The driver can also receive feedback, from the multiinformation display panel, which can provide help to acquire economical driving habits.
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Toyota Camry he 2009 Toyota Camry hybrid delivers an MPG rating of 33 City / 34 Highway. Camry is the best selling car in North America with a proven track record for reliability. It is one of the most reliable cars on the market. The Toyota Camry hybrid is a comfortable ride and has a base MSRP of $25,500. The price also includes Toyota’s green technology, which delivers better fuel economy. The automaker equipped the hybrid with luxury features found in its top-line Camry XLE model.
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Ford Escape SUV he 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid comes with a 4WD system to enhance traction on roads covered with gravel, ice, or water from rain. The Ford SUV seats up to five passengers and offers a versatile cargo area. The MPG rating is 34 City / 31 Highway. The Ford Hybrid SUV has a starting price of $29,645. The SUV vehicle actually uses no fuel when you’re stopped in traff ic or driving at lower speeds. The electric mode will activate, at speeds up to 40 mph, which will turn off the gasoline engine automatically.
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Nissan Altima he 2009 Nissan Altima was built to extend mileage while maintaining high performance. The Nissan hybrid can drive up to 600 miles without refueling. The MPG rating is 35 City / 33 Highway. The Altima Hybrid has a base MSRP of $26,650. The automobile uses the gas engine on highways since it’s more eff icient at higher speeds. The electric motor will assist at slower speeds, braking, and when the car stops. Highway travel at faster speeds will automatically recharge the battery in the Altima.
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Mercury Mariner SUV he 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV is powered by a gasoline engine and electric motor. The SUV will run entirely on its Mariner battery at speeds up to 40 mph. The MPG rating is 34 City / 31 Highway. The Mariner provides a very comfortable ride and despite the Ford Escape, is our favorite SUV. It has a
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Number 1 Rated Ford Fusion. base MSRP of $30,090 and features a Mercury Vehicle System Controller. This system shuts down the gas engine during coasting or while at stops.
Toyota Highlander SUV he 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV offers a dashboard indicator which can help drivers achieve fuel economy. The SUV includes an EV Mode switch that controls throttle response for better fuel efficiency. It offers an MPG rating of 27 City / 25 Highway.
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The Highlander Hybrid has a starting price of $34,700. The SUV comes standard with Toyota’s Star Safety System, which now includes enhanced Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRAC), an anti-lock brake system (ABS) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), and Brake Assist (BA). Enhanced VSC helps the driver maintain control by automatically adjusting engine output and braking force at each wheel under certain conditions while providing steering assistance in the appropriate direction through Electric Power Steering (EPS).
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EDITORIAL
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THE PEOPLE’S VOICE EDITORIAL
This Land Is My Land
The Israeli National Heritage Site List This past week has been marked by riots throughout Yehudah and Shomron by the Arab population protesting the fact that Israel has compiled a list of Heritage Sites. The sites on the list are slated to receive money for renovation and tourist promotion. Among the sites that brought the most agitation were the Ma’arat HaMachpelah (Cave of the Patriarchs) in Hebron and Kever Rachel (Rachels Tomb) in Beit Lechem. he Palestinians as well as Arab leaders, even so called moderates such as King Abdullah of Jordan, have joined the cry that these are Arab Holy sites have to be protected from Israel at all costs. Even UN representatives have said that by claiming these sites as National Heritage sites, Israel is committing a crime. All these claims are tr ying to deny the ver y reason for Israel’s existence. The Ma’arat HaMachpela is mentioned in the Torah as the first piece of land bought by Avraham in the land of Israel. The deed even the price and from whom he bought the burial cave from is mentioned in detail. All the biblical commentators mention that the details are given so that in the future there will be no doubt as to the ownership of the property. Kever Rachel likewise is mentioned in the Torah as the burial place for Rachel who died in child b i r t h o n t h e way h o m e f r o m Haran. Arab denial of Jewish heritage i n I s r a e l i s n o t n ew. T h e Pa l e s t i n i a n A u t h o r i t y h a s f o r years been saying that the Beit Hamikdash never stood on the site where the Mosque of Omar stands t o d ay. T h ey h ave d e s t r oye d archaeological evidence and deny anything that is found in the con-
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str uction sites as Jewish. Between 1948 and 1967, when the Arabs held sway over the old city of Jerusalem they destroyed most of the Jewish quarter and all of its synagogues. The cease f ire agreement called for free access to the Kotel (Western Wall), but Jews were denied the right to pray at their holiest site for 19 years. I n S h e c h e m ( N a bl u s ) , eve n though there is a treaty that allows Jews access, Kever Joseph was destroyed. Ever y time Jews got together to renovate the site they the Arabs came back bur ning, looting and ransacking the holy site. Today a militar y escor t is needed to visit the tomb and when Jews sneak onto the site unescor ted they are ar rested. These sites along with many others are the true remnants of our ancient connection to the land. Driving the roads of Yehuda and the Shomron one passes places with names such as Shilo, Shaechem, Beit El, Jericho, Hebron, Efrat and Kiryat Arba. These are place names that are engraved into the heart and memory of every Jew. For the Arabs to say that we have no right to these places is to say that we have no right the land of Israel. The very reason for Israel’s existence in the land of Israel is not the Shoah, not for our need to defend ourselves, but because of our ancient heritage that took place there. That history did not take place on the seashore but for the most part it took place in the mountains of Yehudah and the Shomron. If Israel gives away the territory of Yehudah and the Shomron they might just as well have created the state in Uganda that had been proposed in the early stages of political Zionism. SBE
Do you have something on your mind that you would like to share with our readers? Is there something you have read in our newspaper that you would like to comment on? The Jewish Voice welcomes your opinions, suggestions and insight. Please submit your letters to info@jewishvoiceny.com We look forward to hearing from you. Dear Editor, Fascinated, to say the least, is how I felt as I read through the Purim section in your special holiday issue. It amazes me that a newspaper would take the time to develop such a section full of informative articles that perfectly describe the origin of Purim and the importance of why it ought to still be celebrated. It seems that you place a main focus on sharing the importance of our holidays with readers, as I’ve seen you’ve done in the past as well and therefore I look forward to the Pesach issue with many meaningful and thought-provokDear Editor, I love travel, everything and anything that has to do with it! Therefore, week after I am so fond week at the fine job you do with providing such a terrific travel section in your newspaper. Recently I’ve noticed that Mr. Eliezer has included special places that Jews can visit, specifically in each destination that is being displayed for the week. What a wonderful idea! It really helps to be able to plan a trip when you know where you would like to go once you are there that reflects Judaism. Dear Editor, What happened? Every week I had picked up your newspaper and after reading all of the important issues that are happening locally, nationally and internationally, I would then head to the “Consumer” section to learn about new products or items that have gotten recalled. I recently noticed that you haven’t really been covering that section too much and am hoping that is only
ing articles that I’m sure it will include. In my opinion, I don’t know why, but I feel that the importance of the holidays has gotten lost in print media and when they are highlighted, it is but a page or two. How refreshing it is to know that the Jewish Voice places high emphasis on them and therefore I am confidant that as each holiday approaches, I know I will be able to read about them in your publication. Sincerely, Chanah Benesh
On another note, you did a splendid job at reporting on the travel show at the Jacob Javits Center! As you may assume, travelers like myself, feel as though they miss out by not being able to be a part of such a show, but when I read the article about it with all the information show gave as well as the pictures, it’s though I didn’t miss a thing! You do a great job at making the reader feel as though they were there…. Sincerely, Ezra Kaplan
because of the holiday stories which are taking its place right now, but it will be back. I just happen to find consumer related articles so vital because you really did a good job at letting us know about what was being recalled, and some of those items were baby carriers, carriages, bottles etc. Please do your best to provide this info to your readers…it’s so important! Anonymous
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Toyota and the Price of Modernity BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER It’s no disrespect to those killed to admit technology can be fallible. Amazingly, the congressional hearings on Toyota were relatively civilized. Apart from some inevitable theatrical hectoring, the questioning was generally respectful, the emotions controlled. his was all the more remarkable given the drama of some of the testimony, such as that offered by a tearful Rhonda Smith, who recounted how, in her runaway Lexus, she had called her husband because “I wanted to hear his voice one more time.” Such wrenching and compelling stories might impel you to want to string up the f irst Toyota executive you f ind. But the issue here is larger and highly complex. Industrial society produces an astonishing array of mass-produced products – cars, drugs, medical devices – that are at once wondrous and potentially lethal. The wondrousness sometimes eludes us. Even the lowliest wage earner has an automobile that conveys him with more luxury, more freedom, more comfort than any traveling king ever experienced in all the centuries before the
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20th. And modern medicines – why, vaccines alone – have prevented more suffering, more debility and more death than anything ever conceived by man. But these wonders can be lethal. And sorting out the endless complaints about these products is maddeningly diff icult – though sort you must, otherwise every complaint would require shutting down the factories, and we’d have no industrial society at all. THE QUESTION is: How do you distinguish the idiosyncratic failure from the systemic – for example, the single lemon that came off the auto assembly line versus an intrinsic problem inherent in that model’s engineering? How do you separate one patient’s physiology producing a drug side effect versus an intrinsic problem with a drug that makes it unacceptably dangerous? Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrif ic possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can’t remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, projectile vomiting, a nasty rash, a four-hour erection and sudden death. Sudden death is my favorite because there is something
comical about it being a side effect. What exactly is the main effect in that case? Relief from abdominal bloating? And how many sudden deaths does it take until we say: “Enough,” and pull the drug off the market? It’s not an easy calculation. Six years ago, Vioxx, a powerful anti-inflammatory, was withdrawn by the manufacturer because it was found to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke from 0.75 percent per year to 1.5 percent. The company was pilloried for not having owned up to this earlier, but some rheumatologists were furious that the drug was forced off the market at all. They had patients with crippling arthritis who had achieved a functioning life with Vioxx, for which they were quite willing to risk a long-shot cardiac complication. The public furor denied them the choice. And don’t imagine that we do not coldly calculate the price of a human life. In 1974, the speed limit was lowered to 55 mph to conserve oil. That also led to a dramatic drop in traff ic fatalities – approximately 3,000 lives every year. This didn’t stop us, after the oil crisis, from raising the speed limit back to 65 and beyond – knowing that thousands of Americans would die as a result. The calculation was never explicit,
but it was nevertheless real. We were quite prepared to trade away a f inite number of human lives for speed, and for the eff iciency and convenience that come with it. This is not to let Toyota off the hook simply because all products carry risk. Toyota executives have already admitted that they had underplayed the reports of sticking accelerators. They seem f inally to have made a very serious, almost frantic, effort to correct what can be corrected – the floor mat and sticky accelerator problem – while continuing to investigate the more elusive possibility (never proved, perhaps never provable) of some additional electronic glitch. But it is no disrespect to the memory of those killed, and the sorrow of those left behind, to simply admit that even the highest technology produced by the world’s f inest companies can be fallible and fatal, and that the intelligent response is not rage and retribution but sober remediation and recognition of the very high price we pay – willingly pay – for modernity with all its wondrous, dangerous bounty. The author is a syndicated Washington Post columnist.
Crisis in Turkey BY DANIEL PIPES The arrest and indictment of top military figures in Turkey last week precipitated potentially the most severe crisis since Atatürk founded the republic in 1923. The weeks ahead will probably indicate whether the country continues its slide toward Islamism or reverts to its traditional secularism. The denouement has major implications for Muslims everywhere. urkey's military has long been both the state's most trusted institution and the guarantor of Atatürk's legacy, especially his laicism. Devotion to the founder is not some dry abstraction but a very real and central part of a Turkish off icer's life; as journalist Mehmet Ali Birand has documented, cadet-off icers hardly go an hour without hearing Atatürk's name invoked. On four occasions between 1960 and 1997, the military intervened to repair a political process gone awry. On the last of these occasions, it forced the Islamist government of Necmettin Erbakan out of power. Chastened by this experience, some of Erbakan's staff re-organized themselves as the more cautious Justice and Development Party (AKP). In Turkey's decisive election of 2002, they surged ahead of discredited and fragmented centrist parties with a plurality of 34 percent of the popular vote.
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Parliamentary rules then transformed that plurality into a 66 percent supermajority of assembly seats and a rare case of single-party rule. Not only did the AKP skillfully take advantage of its opportunity to lay the foundations of an Islamic order but no other party or leader emerged to challenge it. As a result, the AKP increased its portion of the vote in the 2007 elections to a resounding 47 percent, with control over 62 percent of parliamentary seats. Repeated AKP electoral successes encouraged it to drop its earlier caution and to hasten moving the country toward its dream of an Islamic Republic of Turkey. The party placed partisans in the presidency and the judiciary while seizing increased control of the educational, business, media, and other leading institutions. It even challenged the secularists' hold over what Turks call the "deep state" – the non-elected institutions of the intelligence agencies, security services, and the judiciary. Only the military, ultimate arbiter of the country's direction, remained beyond AKP control. Several factors then prompted the AKP to confront the military: European Union accession demands for civilian control over the military; a 2008 court case that came close to shutting down the AKP; and the growing assertiveness of its Islamist ally, the Fethullah Gülen Movement. An erosion in AKP popularity (from 47 percent in 2007 to 29 percent now) added a sense of urgency to this confrontation, for it points to the end of one-party AKP rule in the next
elections. The AKP devised an elaborate conspiracy theory in 2007, dubbed Ergenekon, to arrest about two hundred AKP critics, including military off icers, under accusation of plotting to overthrow the elected government. The military responded passively, so the AKP raised the stakes on Jan. 22 by concocting a second conspiracy theory, this one termed Balyoz ("Sledgehammer") and exclusively directed against the military. The military denied any illegal activities and the chief of general staff, lker Ba bu , warned that "Our patience has a limit." Nonetheless, the government proceeded, starting on Feb. 22, to arrest 67 active and retired military off icers, including former heads of the air force and navy. So far, 35 off icers have been indicted. Thus has the AKP thrown down the gauntlet, leaving the military leadership basically with two unattractive options: (1) continue selectively to acquiesce to the AKP and hope that fair elections by 2011 will terminate and reverse this process; or (2) stage a coup d'état, risking voter backlash and increased Islamist electoral strength. At stake is whether the Ergenekon/Balyoz offensives will succeed in transforming the military from an Atatürkist to a Gülenist institution; or whether the AKP's blatant deceit and over-reaching will spur secularists to f ind their voice and their conf idence. Ultimately the issue concerns whether Shari'a (Islamic law) rules Turkey or the
country returns to secularism. Turkey's Islamic importance suggests that the outcome of this crisis has consequences for Muslims everywhere. AKP domination of the military means Islamists control the umma's most powerful secular institution, proving that, for the moment, they are unstoppable. But if the military retains its independence, Atatürk's vision will remain alive in Turkey and offer Muslims worldwide an alternative to the Islamist juggernaut. Mr. Pipes (www.DanielPipes.org) is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. © 2010 by Daniel Pipes. All rights reserved.
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New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony BY MARIA ESTEVES The 14th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (NYSJFF) 2010, Opening Night 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony sponsored by the American Sephardi Federation/ Sephardic House (ASF), Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), supported by the Consulate General of Israel in New York, were held at the Center for Jewish History, New York, Thursday, February 4, 7:30 PM. he New York Premiere of COCO, directed by Gad Elmaleh and opening night gala reception immediately fol-
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lowed the awards inaugural. Since 1990, the New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival founded by the American Sephardi Federation /Sephardic House acknowledge the history, tradition, and culture of Sephardic Jews through f ilm. This year’s inaugural awards hosted by ASF President David E. R. Dangoor celebrated twenty years by honoring the following festival founders for their visionary achievements with the Pomegranate Award (Oded Halahmy Sculpture):
2010 NYSJFF 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, ASF President David E. R. Dangoor, left, with award recipient MORRIE YOHAI, Festival founder.
DR. JANICE OVADIAH, festival founder HAIM SHIRAN, festival founder/filmmaker PILLAR OF SALT MORRIE YOHAI, festival founder/board member 2010 NYSJFF 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, (from left-right), executive director Stanley Urman, ASF, Institutional Advancement Director Rachel Lazin, YUM, director of programming Lynne Winters, ASF, award recipients MORRIE YOHAI, DR. JANICE OVADIAH, festival founders, president David E. R. Dangoor, ASF, and award recipient HAIM SHIRAN, festival founder/filmmaker.
2010 NYSJFF 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, ASF director of programming Lynne Winters, left, with award recipient MORRIE YOHAI, festival founder.
2010 NYSJFF 20th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, Award recipient, DR. JANICE OVAIAH, with her family, daughter Simhi, son Meiri, and husband Isaac.
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If you’re like tens of millions of other Americans, chances are you’ve got a collection of loose change somewhere in your house — in a jar, a tzedaka box (pushka), a bank, a dish - scattered in various places. he traditional tzedaka box in synagogues, organizations, schools and homes accumulate thousands of dollars worth of coins, especially during fund raising campaigns. Some families use collecting change as a way to teach children about the value of money and tzedaka. The question arises what to do with all the change when the boxes become full or it is time to hand the money into the organization for which you have collected the money. The month before Pesach, is the time for the yearly house cleaning. Jews of all denominations clean and search for every bit of dirt and chametz. It is the perfect time to go through the coin jars and tzedaka boxes and turn in the accumulated cash. While most organizations would be happy to except money in any form it will make things a lot easier for them if they would get a check (it is also easier for you to send a check in the mail). There are a number of ways that change can be turned into foldable money, here are a few options. Wrapping coins yourselves (manually and using a couple of
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coin sorting devices), changing money at a local bank or using a coin counting kiosk at a supermarket. It used to be that there were not that many options. You just got some unformed wrappers from your bank, rolled up the coins (perhaps writing your account number on each wrapper) and then let the teller tally your rolls. It’s not the old days and you have a lot of choices — many with a catch. You could still do it the old-fashioned way — if your bank still allows you to turn in rolled coins. It costs nothing but your time. And if you have a big pile, that’s a lot of time. You have to count the coins one by one as you drop them in the unformed rolls. Annoyance factor: high. If your time is worth some money to you, you could invest in tools that make the counting and sorting go easier. Coin tubes (about $15 at an off ice supply store) help skip the counting part. When the tube is f illed you slide in a preformed wrapper (cost about $5 per 100) and you’re all set. Downside: you have to separate the change — only pennies f it in the penny tube and only dimes f it in the dime tube. It does save you some time and avoids the problem of losing count, but is that worth $15 plus the cost of the wrappers? Then there’s the mechanical method. We paid $35 for a coin sorting machine that you can put 20-30 coins at a time into and it will sort and drop them into the proper tube with the preformed wrappers
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EPA: Gowanus Canal, One of the Country’s Most Hazardous Waste Sites
Turn Loose Money Into Tzedaka for the Needy BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER
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Time to empty your old tzedaka boxes. inside. No measuring or sorting for you to do. When the roll is full, the excess with go into an overflow tray. Cheaper ones that we’ve used jammed from time to time and occasionally sorted a coin into the wrong slot, but this one worked pretty well. It’s not commercial grade and its tiny motor can’t run non-stop, but it should work for most change collectors. Downside: This is a big one: the price of the machine is the equivalent of 3,500 pennies or 350 dimes — and that’s not counting the price of batteries. So, can you get right with the idea of making that big an investment to count change? In other words, why bother accumulating coins if it’s just going to cost you to turn them into usable cash? Then there’s Coinstar, which has thousands of kiosks at retail locations around the country. You bring your change however you care to —
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as one of the country’s most hazardous waste sites, a Superfund site. The decision was widely anticipated despite the opposition of local developers and New York City, which had its own plan to clean up the site. he goal is to ensure that polluters pay for clean up, not taxpayers,” said Judith Enck, regional administrator for the EPA. “We concluded that there was not enough money to take the path that the city of New York and the development community had suggested.” City off icials expressed disappointment at the designation. “We had an innovative and comprehensive approach that was a faster route to a Superfund-level cleanup and would have avoided the issues associated with a Superfund listing,” a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, noting that the city will work closely with the EPA. “Local residents and businesses raised concerns about the impact of a Superfund designation on their community, and we hope that the EPA will work with us to address those concerns as they move forward.” The EPA identif ied 10 parties that took part in polluting the canal and would be responsible for paying for the cleanup. They include National Grid (the successor company to Brooklyn Union Gas), Consolidated Edison, the city of New York, the U.S. Navy, and Chemtura Corp. The EPA did not say how much the cleanup will cost.
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Belief in the Future: Rabin Medical Center Builds for Tomorrow
Pictured (left to right) Ofer Yardeni, Michael Stoler, Joe Berko, Daniel Libeskind, Nina Libeskind, Joshua Plaut, Oren Heiman. BY MAXINE DOVERE The basic optimism and belief in the future that characterizes both constructing buildings and constructing health was reflected in the words of famed architect Daniel Libeskind at a gathering of the American Friends of the Rabin Medical Center, Real Estate Division, at a stunning SOHO venue. espite a brewing snow storm, and with full faith in the attendees support, AFRMC hosted a brilliant gathering of over 200 “Young Professionals” (and a few older leaders) at its annual New Circle real estate charity event. Libeskind, whose work is known world wide, both in Jewish and secular applications, explained that architecture, “in its truth, in its deeper dimension, is a story telling profession…and the only criterion for the story teller is optimism.” He spoke about those who build as believers in the future, possessors of an inherent optimism that their buildings would exist in a future. “Those who would bestow buildings upon future generations “[create] a place of stability. Suggesting that each attendee “be part of Theodor Hertzl’s dream” by giving a day of their salary – on half of what the builders of the hospital had given in 1936 - Ofer Yardeni,
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Stonehenge Partners’ Managing Partner & Executive Board Member to the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center, encouraged greater participation. Michael Stoler, Managing Director at Madison Reality Capital and host of the Stoler Report led the ceremonies, spoke about the signif icant funds raised for the Rabin Medical Center’s $20 million emergency trauma center opening in 2012. The facility will be prepared to handle large-scale emergencies such as warfare and terrorist attack. His comments were echoed by Dr. Joshua Plaut who reminded that “We are on Israel’s front line of defense.” The hospital’s ability to “blunt the impact of vicious extremism and intolerance,” enables it to “demonstrate the way the future of the Middle East should look: peaceful coexistence, just as the hospital treats Jew and Arab alike at its facilities.” Oren Heiman, Managing Partner of Shibboleth LLP was recognized for his ability “to foster among the unproven and ambitious members of New York’s professional community, a vision of Israel’s future and the passion to support it.” He received the inaugural Yitzhak Rabin Young Leadership Award. An enjoyable evening of live jazz, tasty dining, and a magician’s tricks rewarded all those who had braved the snowflakes.
Dr. Joshua Plaut presented Oren Heiman, Managing Partner of Shibboleth LLP the inaugural Yitzhak Rabin Young Leadership Award
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NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL Lebanon Arrests Six Suspected Of Spying For Israel he Lebanese army has arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, a security source said on Friday. He said the suspects, arrested in four separate raids this week, were being questioned about providing Israel with information on Hezbollah members and their movements. He said some of the suspects were found to have sophisticated communication devices in their possession.
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mnesty International responded Thursday to Noam Schalit’s call for the group to pressure Hamas to release his son Gilad, who has been held in Gaza since June 2006. In a written response, Itai Epstein, head of Amnesty International’s Israel branch, expressed his “empathy” to Schalit and his family for the “difficult situation they are in.” Epstein said he “sincerely hopes you will see your son Gilad soon,” and pledged that Amnesty International would continue to help the family in any way it could. He stressed that the organization had on “many occasions” raised its concern about Schalit’s condition to Hamas officials. In a letter he wrote to Amnesty on Wednesday, Noam Schalit had said, “I expect Amnesty International to use its high-profile international status to ensure that whenever it has reason to contact any high ranking official of the Hamas organization, it calls for Gilad’s immediate release."
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Palestinians Hand Israel Qassam Rocket Seized In West Bank andover signals growing cooperation between Palestinian security force and IDF. Palestinian security forces have handed over to Israel a Qassam rocket manufactured in the West bank, Army Radio reported on Monday. So far the homemade Qassams, which have a range of a few kilometers, have only been fired at Israel from the Gaza, sometimes hitting towns like Sderot but often landing in empty desert. But such a rocket fired from the West Bank could easily strike one of Israel's most densely populated areas. The handover has been viewed as a sign of increasingly close cooperation between the Palestinian and Israel security establishments, despite a continuing freeze in direct
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soccer tournament sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Women's Training Center and Faculty of Educational Sciences named a soccer tournament after a terrorist. The tournament, played in Ramallah, was named the Shahid (martyr) Abu Jihad Tournament, after a founder of Fatah who planned terror attacks for twenty years which killed dozens of Israeli citizens.
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More Pigs Slaughtered Than Cattle n Israel more pigs are slaughtered for food each year than cattle. According to data collected in recent years by the Ministry of Agriculture, each year about 130 thousand head of cattle and sheep are slaughtered, compared with 180 thousand pigs. The Ministry explained that the increase in slaughtering of pigs is due to the increase in immigration from the former Soviet Union. Israel also imports most of its beef from South America.
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srael's embassy in Madrid has received dozens of postcards from Spanish schoolchildren containing anti-Semitic messages. On Sunday, Israel lodged a formal complaint with the Spanish government charging that Spanish schools are promoting antiSemitic and anti-Israel ideas among young children. Some of the postcards read "Jews kill for money," "Leave the country to the Palestinians" and "Go somewhere where they will accept you," Haaretz reported. Other letters addressed to the ambassador, Rafi Shotz, read: "How many Palestinians have you murdered today?" and "Mr. Ambassador, you should think about not killing the Palestinian children and elderly. I don't know if it doesn't bother you, having to murder people. You should leave Palestine," according to Ynet. In a phone call with Foreign Ministry's deputy director of European affairs, Naor Gilon, Spanish Ambassador to Israel Alvaro Iranzo said that the letters were not part of Spain's national education curriculum and appear to be a private initiative. Gilon called the letter-writing campaign an "incitement against Israel."
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Dubai: Israelis Will be Denied UAE Entry ubai's police chief says travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with alternative passports. Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim says the move comes after the killing of a Hamas operative in Dubai, blamed by the Emirates authorities on Israel's Mossad spy agency.
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Jewish Athletes Take Silver, Gold wo Jewish athletes took home medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Steve Meisler won a gold medal for the United States in the four-man bobsled, pushing his team to a combined time of 3:24:46 in the four-heat race. Jewish ice dancer Charlie White claimed a silver medal in ice dancing along with partner Meryl Davis. Other Jewish competitors in ice dancing, the Israeli brother-sister duo Roman and
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Alexandra Zaretsky, finished 10th. Their routines included music from "Schindler's List" and "Hava Nagila," and in one performance, Roman wore a yarmulke. Israel's third Olympic athlete, skier Mikail Renzhin, finished 35th in the slalom and 55th in the giant slalom. Laura Spector, a Jewish biathlete from Massachusetts, finished 65th and 77th in the two races in which she competed.
Iranian Website: Iranian Nuclear Bomb End of Israel he MEMRI organization reports that the popular Iranian website Asr-e Iran posted an editorial last week stating that Iran's possession of nuclear weapons will threaten Israel's existence and lead to its elimination - even if they are 'never used'. Once Iran possesses nuclear weapons and shifts the balance of power in the Middle East this will be the end of Israeli society, said the editorial. "Iran's possession of such weapons will sow in Israel a sense of insecurity - and this sense alone will be enough to shatter the glass palace of this illegitimate regime in the Middle East. An Iran with nuclear weapons means an end to the dream of 'secure Israel' and this means the exodus of most of the residents."
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NATIONAL Clinton Will Try To Free Fish For Passover ree the gefilte fish! Just in time for Passover, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will try to resolve a trade dispute holding up a huge shipment of American-caught fish destined for seder dinners in Israel. Clinton drew chuckles from a congressional panel when she said that getting nine containers of Asian Carp filets from an Illinois fishery to a processing plant in Israel in time for the Jewish holiday "sounds to me like one of those issues that should rise to the highest levels of our government." She made the pledge Thursday to Rep. Don Manzullo, an Illinos Republican. Manzullo said Israel slapped a 120-percent import duty on the fish, and he asked for help before the first seder on March 29. "I will take that mission on," she said.
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Orthodox Jewish School Forfeits Tournament Game small Orthodox Jewish school forfeited a consolation game in a Washington state high school basketball tournament so players could safely observe a religious fast. A small Orthodox Jewish school forfeited a consolation game in a Washington state high school basketball tournament so players could safely observe a religious fast. Northwest Yeshivam elected to forfeit the game Thursday rather than break the "Fast of Esther," one of five fasts on the Jewish calendar that prohibits eating or drinking anything until nightfall. School officials said the risk to players not able to rehydrate during the game was unacceptable. The on-court formalities were brief. Northwest Yeshiva players, led by coach Jed Davis, shook hands with opposing players and coaches, huddled at their opponent's
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free-throw line, had a quick cheer, hugged and walked off the court. One player cried.
Early American Jewish Books to be Auctioned mong the offerings at next month's sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil. A first edition of Esther Levy's 1871 "Jewish Cookery Book" is estimated to fetch $10,000 to $15,000. This first Jewish cookbook published in North America offers a glimpse into late-19th-century Jewish life and food trends, when mutton was popular and husbands expected special Sunday dinners. Also for sale is an extremely rare "Liber Psalmorum Hebraice" from 1809, the first Hebrew version of the Bible printed in the Americas. No other complete copy has been seen at auction since 1998, according to the auction catalogue. The book is valued at $9,000 to $12,000. Other items of interest include 200 books, manuscripts and other papers from the family archives of Abraham Moses Hershman, who became rabbi of Detroit's Shaarey Zedek synagogue in 1907, and an early edition of Isaac Leeser's "The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews," dating from about 1852.
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Report sees ‘Alternative’ Futures for the Jewish People n Israeli think tank in a major new report foresees four "alternative futures" for the Jewish people. By 2030, the state of the Jewish people will be either thriving, defending, drifting or nightmare, according to the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, which focuses on Jewish peoplehood and Israel. "2030: Alternative Futures for the Jewish People" was presented last week by the Jerusalem think tank to a visiting delegation of American Jewish leaders and released Wednesday to the media. Along with envisioning the "alternative futures," the report presents recommendations to effect more positive outcomes. It said that the Jewish people has never been as strong as it is today, in terms of military power and the global standing of Israel, and the "soft power" embedded in the political and economic powers of the Jewish community in the United States. Among the report's recommendations are strengthening Jewish identity; promoting a comprehensive peace in the Middle East; initiating Tikkun Olam (or social justice) enterprises; improving Israel's standing globally; and establishing a Jewish leadership academy.
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1st Jewish Gov. Hangs Mezuzah At Mansion elaware's first Jewish governor has hung a mezuzah at his home — the governor's mansion in Dover. Rabbi Peter Grumbacher affixed the mezuzah to a door post at Woodburn on last week. Grumbacher is rabbi emeritus at Congregation Beth Emeth and has long been rabbi to the Markell family. The Mezuzah was given to the governor as an inauguration gift and was placed on the door frame of French doors in the parlor on the first floor. Markell, who took office last year, is not the first governor to hang a mezuzah. In 2007, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist put one on his office door at the state capitol in Tallahassee.
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Record Number of New and Improved Passover 2010 Products to Hit Supermarket Shelves BY EDA KRAM, koshertoday.com As supermarkets around the country open their Passover 2010 sets, consumers will find an unprecedented array of new foods and wines that will make this holiday “more interesting than in recent years,” according to one source. any of the new products are designed to bring the Passover taste closer to that of year-round items while others are simply meant to add the broad array of items already available for Pesach. There is also an emphasis on healthier products. In its exclusive annual review, KosherToday looks at an impressive list (that is far from complete) designed to preview what is being described as “one of the most exciting groups of new products in a long time.” This year’s list of new products includes many new sauces, condiments and oils for Passover. They include Leiber’s Macadamia Oil, Taanug Olive Oil Spray (Lantev Distribution Corp.), Gefen Sauerkraut and Chrayonnaise, Chili Sauce, Mustard, and Spicy Ketchup from Blanchard; 100% Fruit Spreads (no sugar added and in a variety of flavors—from Beit Yitzhak, Israel), Ein Harod’s Pure Honeys in 5 varieties, and Tishbi Wine Jellies and Preserves (upscale line of wine jellies and preserves by Oshra Tishbi, available in such varieties as: Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet; as well as Fruit and Wine Preserves combinations such as Strawberry Merlot, Apple Cabernet, and Passion Fruit). In the category of drinks, juices and sauces are such new items as Chamomile
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Peppermint and Senna Leaf Tea (Taanug), Lemon Juice and Apple Sauce (Mishpacha), Clover Honey Squeeze Bear (Manischewitz), Gift set of Wissotzky line of teas (now distributed by Kedem), and Kedem’s new Peach and Blush Grape Juice flavors. There are many new soup related items on the shelves this year, including Osem Mini Crouton Soup Mandel, Telma Reduced Sodium Chicken Consomme Mix, and Telma Reduced Sodium Chicken Consomme Cube, and Halperin Jerusalem Matzah Ball Mix, and Kneidle Mix. In prepared foods, Osem introduces its Mashed Potatoes N Onion, Streits is out with its Quinoa Original and with Garlic, and Sugat (one of its many interesting products which are distributed by Osem) introduces its White Quinoa Royal, and Savion Falafel Mix. While more and more supermarkets sell Shmura Matzohs, the shelves will be decked with all kinds of new Matzah and Matzah related products, including Holyland Handmade Shmura Matzah, Halperin Jerusalem Egg and Whole Wheat Matzah, Yehuda Mini Matzah, Streits Oat Matzah, Osem Whole Wheat Israeli Matzah, Negev Matzah, Aviv’s Whole Wheat Original, Mini Egg, Mini Egg N Garlic, Mini Egg N Onion, Egg, Egg N Onion, Egg N Garlic, Honey, and Wheat Bran and Rye Matzos, Halperin’s 18-Minute Matzah Farfel, Halperin Jerusalem Cake Meal, Streits Spelt (part of an increased number of spelt Passover items), Matzo Meal, Whole Wheat, Original and Cake Meal, Manischewitz Matzo Farfel . Yehuda Matzo Crackers and Yehuda Mini Matzo. Streit and Gefen are out with Chow Mein Noodles, as well as a thin and medium version of all-natural, Gluten Free and Chow Mein Noodles.
There are many additions for breakfast and dessert, including Gefen’s Honey & Fruity Flavored Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, and Chocolate Flavored Cheerios, Savion’s Crispy-O’s Fat-Free Frosted, Sugat’s line of baking products include Baking Powder, Imitation Vanilla Extract Sugar, Sesame Seeds Hulled, Coconut Flakes Sweetened, Glick’s Chocolate and Vanilla Cookies and Glick’s Chocolate Brownie Cookie, Klein’s new Viennese Ice Cream Cake, Zelda’s Sweet Shoppe’s Chocolate Chip Mandel breit, Cinnamon Almond mandel breit, Chocolate dipped vanilla meringues ,Vanilla meringues Raspberry Jelly slice, Apricot Jelly slice, Chocolate Dipped macaroons and Chocolate Chiffon cakes In the meat and fish category, Abeles & Heymann (now of Super Bowl fame) is introducing a Premium Sliced Turkey line and Smoked Turkey Mini Sausages. Remember Season? They’re back with their 100% Premium Quality Solid White Albacore Tuna, available in both water and olive oil. Also back are many new items from Haddar, a brand that used to be a basic staple on Passover and was recently reintroduced by new ownership. In the sweets department for both adults and kids are a number of new products from Mishpacha, including a new line of macaroons (Coconut, Chocolate and Chocolate Chip), Grab n’ go all-natural apple sauces, lemon juice, and delicious pineapple products, Magic Max Cotton CandySoft and Fluffy, Magic Max Pink Cotton Candy, Manischewitz Dark Chocolate Almond Bark, BBM’s Swiss Selection Premium Chocolate, and from Streit’s- Lollypops in Assorted Flavors, Peach Yogurt Hard Candy, Strawberry Hard Candy, Butterscotch Hard
This year the Seder table will beset with a record number of Kosher for Passover products. Candy and Cappuccino Hard Candy, Chocolate & Coconut Macaroon in Travel Pack, Streit’s Raspberry Jelly Rings, Savion Marshmallow Cream, Elite’s variety of flavored Lentils, Mini Chocolate Mixes and a Milk Mekupelet Bar, Carmit has new Chocolate Balls in Dairy, Pareve and White Chocolate, Gedilla Ice Cream Cups - glutenfree alternative to the traditional ice cream cone and Klein’s Premium Sorbet Lemon in a Quart and Pint size. In addition to foods, many new novelty items will be on sale in time for the holiday. They include Kar-Ben’s three new Passover Haggadahs for families, Sammy Spider’s First Haggadah; Sammy Spider leads the Passover Seder, Rite Lite’s Passover Pleasers (child friendly cookbook), My Passover Haggadah (for the youngest of children), and Melamine Childrens Plate.
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JNF Dinner to Honor the Children of Aleh Negev
Franklin Covey and The Center for Advancement of Jewish Education-Miami Announce New Education Partnership BY DEBRA LUND FranklinCovey and The Center for Advancement of Jewish Education-Miami (CAJE-Miami) today announced they are embarking upon a ten-year partnership to bring The Leader in Me, FranklinCovey’s education process for teaching leadership at the elementary school level, to South Florida Jewish day schools and throughout the United States and Canada. ogether, FranklinCovey and CAJEMiami will design, develop and disseminate a customized solution for Jewish day schools that integrates existing school curricula and Jewish principles with the world-renowned The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The partnership links Jewish texts and teachings with FranklinCovey’s leadership training to create a Jewish day school culture imbued with Jewish values, character development and leadership skills. The new initiative, “The Leader in Me: Ensuring Our Jewish Future,” will provide ‘flagship’ Jewish day schools with intensive and extensive training, coaching and implementation strategies for incorporating the principles found in The Leader in Me process. To launch the partnership, Stephen Covey, recognized as one of Time magazine’s 25 Most Influential Americans and international best-selling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, will give a keynote address at a special launch event sponsored by CAJE-Miami, on March 17 in Miami. At the event, Stephen Covey will address his vision for bringing The Leader in Me initiative to Jewish day schools. He will also discuss his recent book, The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In the book, Covey chronicles the process of how extraordinary elementary schools are teaching the same 7 Habits leadership principles which have guided corporate and government boardroom decisions for years. Some of the principles and life skills students learn include: goal setting, time management, teamwork, problem-solving and life balance. The CAJE-Miami event will be held at Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami. Registration begins at 7:30 p.m. The program begins at 8:00 p.m. A dessert reception will precede Covey’s keynote address. Cost for attending the event is $54 per person (non-deductible covert). To
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Retired Israeli Major General Doron Almog will be honored with JNF's Tree of Life award. BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF This year, at its Tree of Life Award Dinner, Jewish National Fund (JNF) will honor the children of Aleh Negev and its chairman, Major General (Res) Doron Almog. he dinner will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at the Design Center of the Americas in Dania Beach. Actor and comedian Paul Reiser will serve as the master of ceremonies. In addition, The Aleh Award will be given to Barbara Mautner for her generosity in support of Aleh Negev and Michael Lazar, JNF South Palm Beach Board President, will be presented with the JNF Guardian of Israel Award for his unwavering support of Israel through JNF. Located near the town of Ofakim, Aleh Negev, a state-of-the-art communal rehabilitative village in Israel’s Negev Desert for people with cognitive and physical disabilities over the age of 21, is the only facility of its kind in Israel, and is being studied as a model by experts worldwide. Still under construction, it will be home to 220 disabled adults once completed, and will also provide a wide range of vital outpatient therapy services to 12,000 children and adults throughout the Negev. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the facility. Eran Almog, the General’s son who passed away two years ago, was one of the first residents of Aleh Negev and the inspiration behind the establishment of the village which has since been renamed in his memory, and serves as an oasis of hope and potential for special children like him. Major General Doron Almog enjoyed a distinguished 35-year career in the IDF that included four wars and a number of special operations, including the rescue operation at Entebbe airport in 1976, and the airlift of Ethiopian Jews in 1983-85. As a former school teacher and librarian,
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Barbara Mautner understands the importance of positive reinforcement in learning and the need to create an environment that encourages the learner to “reach for the stars.” “Supporting this program allows me to share my love of education while giving back to my Jewish homeland,” she said. As a long-time proponent of community development, Michael Lazar has devoted countless hours and dollars to JNF’s Blueprint Negev campaign to sustainably develop the Negev Desert and make it home for the next generation of Israel’s residents, of which Aleh Negev is a part. He has served as a member of JNF’s NY board, as general chairman of Israel Bonds of Palm Beach County and chairman of the Salute to Israel parade for two years in NY. Jewish National Fund (JNF) began in 1901 collecting coins in blue boxes to purchase land and return the Jewish people to their homeland. In over 107 years, JNF has evolved into a global environmental leader and become the central address for partnering with the land and people of Israel. JNF has planted 240 million trees; built over 1,000 parks and recreational areas; constructed security roads; educated students around the world about Israel; created new communities so that Jews from around the world would have a place to call home; discovered new means of growing plants under arid conditions, bringing green to the desert; and built over 200 reservoirs and water recycling centers, increasing Israel’s water supply by 10%. Today, JNF is supporting Israel’s newest generation of pioneers by bringing life to the Negev Desert, Israel’s last frontier. A United Nations NGO, JNF sponsors international conferences on desertification, shares afforestation techniques, and funds research on arid land management. JNF is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and continuously earns top ratings from charity overseers. For more information on JNF, call 888-JNF-0099 or visit www.jnf.org.
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RSVP online, visit http://www.caje-miami.org or call Allison DiGiacomo at 305-5764030, ext. 141. “FranklinCovey is thrilled to be partnering with CAJE-Miami because of their vision and leadership as it relates to educating students who attend their Jewish day schools. These principles will arm students in the 21st Century with the necessary skills to be successful in every area of their lives. We look forward to partnering with them to develop and deliver this process together,” said Sean Covey, Chief Innovation Officer and Education Practice Leader, FranklinCovey. “Our vision is to create and foster a meaningful and sustainable Jewish day school culture imbued with Jewish values, character development and leadership skills that has the power and unlimited potential to transform the landscape of Jewish day school education for generations to come. The principles taught in FranklinCovey’s Leader in Me process, which includes the 7 Habits, will transform our schools, our families, businesses and communities - locally, nationally, in Israel and throughout the world,” said Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick, President and CEO of CAJE-Miami. ABOUT FRANKLIN COVEY CO. FranklinCovey Co. the global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution, leadership, customer loyalty, sales performance, and individual effectiveness. Over the Company’s history, FranklinCovey clients have included 90 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, thousands of small- and midsized businesses, as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions. FranklinCovey has 40 direct and licensee offices providing professional services in 147 countries. For more information, please visit www.franklincovey.com.
ABOUT CAJE The Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) is deeply committed to Jewish continuity and renewal through quality formal and informal Jewish education. As a central agency, profoundly dedicated to the unswerving pursuit of educational excellence, CAJE is devoted to creating, fostering and nurturing a community of Jews with deep knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Jewish traditions, culture, values and heritage. Through its extensive network of day schools, early childhood programs, congregational schools, adult education programs, CAJE endeavors to create an exciting and meaningful Renaissance for Jewish living and learning in the Greater Miami Jewish Community. Underscoring CAJE’s mission and vision is its commitment to educational innovation and experimentation anchored in a philosophy of excellence and model practice.
Teens Vandalizing Synagogue May Not be Considered “Hate Crime” BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Police in Boca Raton, Fl, say that they are unsure whether the actions of three teenage boys, who had confessed to vandalizing a temple with Nazi symbols, will constitue as a hate crime. he teenagers, ages 14, 15 and 17 have who admitted to scratching a swastika, “KKK,” and the words “Hail Hitler” and “nigger” on doors inside Temple Beth El in Boca Raton, have been charged with only criminal mischief, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The case has been turned over the pros-
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ecutors. “The detective said the evidence did not support (an enhanced hate crime penalty) at this point. But the investigation is ongoing,” police spokeswoman Sandra Boonenberg said. Andy Rosenkranz, the Florida regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, called the vandalism “a prima facie hate crime.” “A swastika at the side of the synagogue, I think, is a strong indication of bias and prejudice directed at a religious institution for its purposes of being a Jewish institution,” he said. “We’d be concerned if this is not being investigated as a potential hate crime.”
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A Face-Off on the Safety of When It Comes to Salt, No a Drug for Diabetes Rights or Wrongs. Yet. Three years ago, Dr. Steven E. Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, conducted a landmark study that suggested that the best-selling diabetes drug Avandia raised the risk of heart attacks. The study led to a Congressional inquiry, stringent safety warnings, a sharp drop in the drug’s sales and a plunge in the share price of GlaxoSmithKline, Avandia’s maker. he battle between Dr. Nissen and GlaxoSmithKline was waged from afar in news releases and published papers. But on May 10, 2007, 11 days before Dr. Nissen’s study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, he and four company executives met face to face in a private meeting whose details have not been disclosed until now. Fearing he would face pressure and criticism from executives, Dr. Nissen secretly recorded the meeting — which is legal in Ohio as long as one party to the conversation is aware of the taping. On a recent day in his sunny office at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Nissen shared the contents of the recording with The Times. What was said at the 2007 meeting raises questions about science and ethics that have suddenly become keenly relevant. A Congressional investigation released Saturday concluded that GlaxoSmithKline had threatened scientists who tried to point out Avandia’s risks, and internal memorandums from the Food and Drug Administration show that some government health officials want Avandia withdrawn. The drug is still being taken by hundreds of thousands of patients, and sales last year were $1.19
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billion. So the battle over Avandia has begun anew, and issues raised in the meeting between the four executives and Dr. Nissen are likely to be raised again. For instance, during the meeting, company executives repeatedly promised to begin a crucial analysis of the safety of Avandia “within days.” Nearly three years later, such a study has not been published in a medical journal, although the company has posted results on its Web site. Also during the meeting, Dr. Ronald L. Krall, GlaxoSmithKline’s chief medical officer, predicted almost exactly the results of another crucial study of Avandia that was two months from publication and whose results, according to scientif ic protocols and the company itself, should have been kept secret from the company. In an interview, Dr. Nissen said the recording showed that the executives hoped to persuade him not to publish his study by suggesting that they had contradictory information they would share with him in a joint study. “In retrospect, it seems clear that neither statement was true,” Dr. Nissen said. “They did not have contradictory data, and they never intended to cooperate in any analyses.” In response to questions, GlaxoSmithKline said that its executives went to see Dr. Nissen to discuss a possible research collaboration and to review the safety information surrounding Avandia. “G.S.K. was not aware that Dr. Nissen secretly recorded the May 10
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Suppose, as some experts advise, that the new national dietary guidelines due this spring will lower the recommended level of salt. uppose further that public health officials in New York and Washington succeed in forcing food companies to use less salt. What would be the effect?
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A) More than 44,000 deaths would be prevented annually (as estimated recently in The New England Journal of Medicine). B) About 150,000 deaths per year would be prevented annually (as estimated by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene). C) Hundreds of millions of people would be subjected to an experiment with unpredictable and possibly adverse effects (as argued recently in The Journal of the American Medical Association). D) Not much one way or the other. E) Americans would get even fatter than they are today. Don’t worry, there’s no wrong answer, at least not yet. That’s the beauty of the salt debate: there’s so little reliable evidence that you can imagine just about any outcome. For all the talk about the growing menace of sodium in packaged foods, experts aren’t even sure that Americans today are eating more salt than they used to. When you don’t know past trends, predicting the future is a wide-open game. My personal favorite prediction is E, the further fattening of America, but I’m just guided by a personal rule: Never bet against the expansion of Americans’ waistlines, especially not when public health experts get involved. The harder the experts try to save Americans, the fatter we get. We followed their admirable advice to quit smoking, and by some estimates we gained 15 pounds apiece afterward. The extra weight was certainly a worthwhile trade-off for longer life and better health, but with success came a new challenge. Officials responded by advising Americans to shun fat, which became the official villain of the national dietary guidelines during the 1980s and 1990s. The antifat campaign definitely made an impact on the marketing of food, but as we gobbled up all the new low-fat products, we kept getting fatter. Eventually, in 2000, the experts revised the dietary guidelines and conceded that their anti-fat advice may have contributed to diabetes and obesity by unintentionally encouraging Americans to eat more calories. That fiasco hasn’t dampened the reformers’ enthusiasm, to judge from the growing
campaign to impose salt restrictions. Pointing to evidence that a salt-restricted diet causes some people’s blood pressure to drop, the reformers extrapolate that tens of thousands of lives would be saved if there were less salt in everybody’s food. But is it even possible to get the public to permanently reduce salt consumption? Researchers have had a hard enough time getting people to cut back during short-term supervised experiments. The salt reformers say change is possible if the food industry cuts back on all the hidden salt in its products. They want the United States to emulate Britain, where there has been an intensive campaign to pressure industry as well as consumers to use less salt. As a result, British authorities say, from 2000 to 2008 there was about a 10 percent reduction in daily salt consumption, which was measured by surveys that analyzed the amount of salt excreted in urine collected over 24 hours. But the British report was challenged in a recent article in The Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Washington University in St. Louis. The team, led by Dr. David A. McCarron, a nephrologist at Davis, criticized the British authorities for singling out surveys in 2008 and 2000 while ignoring nearly a dozen similar surveys conducted in the past two decades. When all the surveys in Britain are considered, there has been no consistent downward trend in salt consumption in recent years, said Dr. McCarron, who has been a longtime critic of the salt reformers. (For more on him and his foes, go to nytimes.com/tierneylab.) He said that the most notable feature of the data is how little variation there has been in salt consumption in Britain — and just about everywhere else, too. Dr. McCarron and his colleagues analyzed surveys from 33 countries around the world and reported that, despite wide differences in diet and culture, people generally consumed about the same amount of salt. There were a few exceptions, like tribes isolated in the Amazon and Africa, but the vast majority of people ate more salt than recommended in the current American dietary guidelines. The results were so similar in so many places that Dr. McCarron hypothesized that networks in the brain regulate sodium appetite so that people consume a set daily level of salt. If so, that might help explain one apparent paradox related to reports that Americans are consuming more daily calo-
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Weight Loss Diets Significantly Reverse Clogging of the Arteries in the Study Led by Ben-Gurion University A two-year study led by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) found that healthy, long-term weight loss diets can signif icantly reverse carotid (main brain artery) atherosclerosis, a direct risk factor for strokes and heart attacks. The study is one of the first to prove the potential of moderate weight loss as a strategy to reverse atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) in overweight and mildly obese people. ccording to the just published study in Circulation, the leading journal of the American Heart Association, the researchers used novel technique imaging of three-dimensional ultrasound at the beginning and after two years, measuring changes in carotid artery vessel thickening of plaque to determine whether diet can reverse atherosclerosis, a process that naturally increases with age. The research team compared three diets among moderately overweight, mostly male, participants. The f indings, using ultrasound, showed that after two years, there was a f ive percent decrease in average carotid vessel-wall volume and a one percent decrease in carotid artery thickness. Compared to participants who experienced an increased carotid wall volume, those with decreases showed signif icantly greater weight loss (11.7 pounds vs. 7 pounds); decreased systolic blood pressure (6.8 mmHg vs. 1.1 mmHg) and an increase in apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1), a marker of “good cholesterol” ( HDL). These participants
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also had reduced homocysteine levels, an amino acid in the blood that is related to higher risk of stroke or heart attack. This study was conducted in Israel by researchers led by Dr. Iris Shai, BenGurion University of the Negev, with the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva. According to Dr. Shai, “Even if we experience some partial weight re-gain over time, long-term adherence to weight loss diets are effective for reversing carotid atherosclerosis as long as we stick to one of the current options of healthy diet strategy. This effect is more pronounced among mildly obese persons who lose more than 5.5 kgs. [12.1 lbs.] of body weight and whose systolic blood pressure decreases by more than 7 mmHg.” Dr. Iris Shai is a researcher at the S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition in the Department of Epidemiology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Dr. Yaakov Henkin, a cardiologist at Soroka University Medical Center, who led the carotid measurements, explains that “the importance of these results is in the understanding that over two years, changes in carotid atherosclerosis are more strongly predicted by dietinduced changes in blood pressure than by changes in lipoprotein levels, which are commonly believed more important for the coronary arteries.” Researchers studied 140 people (88 percent men, average age 51, Body Mass Index 30.4) who were randomly assigned to a low-carbohydrate, low fat
or Mediterranean diet as part of the Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial-carotid (DIRECT) study. The study conducted at the Nuclear Research Center required signif icant cooperation between staff, participants and their spouses. Workplace cafeteria managers worked with clinicians and nutritional advisers to transform the food service program and provide healthy food according to each of the low fat, low carb and Mediterranean diet regimens. Along with workplace nutritional counseling, trial participant spouses were educated on keeping to the diet strategy at home. “Lifestyle projects in the workplace might be a perfect platform for longterm successful interventions. As lowfat, low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets all induced regression of carotid atherosclerosis, a lowcarbohydrate diet seems like a safe and eff icient alternative to low-fat and Mediterranean diets in reversing the atherosclerosis process,” according to Dr. Dan Schwarzfuchs, the director of the medical clinic of the Nuclear Research Center where the intervention was conducted. This study is part of the Dietary Intervention Randomized Control Trial (DIRECT), the initial results of which were previously published in the New England Journal of Medicine (July 2008). In this influential paper, it was found that Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets may be effective alternatives to low-fat diets for inducing weight loss, with more favorable effects
on lipids obtained with the low-carbohydrate diet, and on glycemic control with the Mediterranean diet. Adherence to the study was 95 percent after the f irst year and 85 percent after the second, an unprecedented result in dietary intervention trials. In the current study, the researchers sought to assess whether these diets had measurable effects on established (IMT) and emerging (3-Dimentional Vessel Wall Volume) ultrasound measurements of carotid atherosclerosis and whether such effects could be predicted by alterations in lipoproteins and other lessroutinely measured cardiovascular biomarkers, which they did.
The study was planned with Dr. Meir Stampfer, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University, USA. Analysis of the IMT and 3D VWV was performed at the Imaging Research Laboratories at Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada, led by Drs. J. David Spence and Grace Parraga. Blood biomarkers were analyzed in Leipzig University Laboratories, Germany, led by Drs. Joachim Thiery and Michael Stumvoll. The study was funded by the following sources: 1. The Israeli Ministry of Health, Chief Scientist Office (grants received by Drs. Shai, Rudich, Schwarzfuchs and Tirosh, Israel) 2. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP6655) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Ontario; NA5912), grants received by Drs.Fenster, Parraga and Spence, Canada) 3. Disabled Facilities Grant (KFO 152, grants received by Drs. Bluher and Stumvoll, Germany) 4. The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Research Foundation. This foundation was not involved in any stage of the design, conduct or analysis of the study and had no access to the study results before publication. Other co-authors are: J. David Spence, M.D.; Dan Schwarzfuchs, M.D.; Grace Parraga, Ph.D.; Assaf Rudich, M.D., Ph.D.; Aaron Fenster, Ph.D.; Christiane Mallett, M.Sc.; Noah LielCohen, M.D.; Amir Tirosh, M.D., Ph.D.; Arkady Bolotin, Ph.D.; Joachim Thiery, M.D.; Georg Martin Fiedler, M.D.; Matthias Blüher, M.D.; Michael Stumvoll, M.D.; and Meir J. Stampfer, M.D., Contact information: Dr. Iris Shai can be reached through Andrew Lavin, (516) 944-4486 or alc@alavin.com in the U.S. About American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev plays a vital role in sustaining David Ben-Gurion’s vision, creating a world-class institution of education and research in the Israeli desert, nurturing the Negev community and sharing the University‘s expertise locally and around the globe. With more than 19,000 students on campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat in Israel’s southern desert, BGU is a university with a conscience, where the highest academic standards are integrated with community involvement, committed to sustainable development of the Negev. For more information, please visit www.aabgu.org.
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he act warrants their annihilation, and Hashem threatens Moshe with just that, adding that He is ready to build a nation from Moshe himself. “Hashem said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and behold! it is a stiff-necked people: And now, desist from Me. Let My anger flare up against them, and I shall annihilate them, and I shall make you a great nation.’” (Exodus 32:9-10) But Moshe beseeches Hashem to forgive the nation for the calamitous sin of the Golden Calf, and Hashem acquiesces, offering an historic formula which is the precursor to every prayer of penitence. Hashem entails the supplication that is known as “the thirteen attributes of Hashem.” They include the words “Hashem, Hashem, G-d, Compassionate and Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness and Truth…” (Exodus 34:6-7). Those powerful, deep, and concise statements that embody anthropomorphic qualities to an Omnipotent Creator contain signif icant meaning far beyond mortal comprehension. What is astonishing is that almost immediately after Hashem forgives the people, Moshe beseeches Hashem to accompany them for the precise reason that Hashem was angered by them! “If I have now found favor in Your eyes, my L-rd, let my L-rd go among us — for it is a stiff-necked people, and You shall forgive our iniquity and error, and make us Your heritage.” (Exodus 34:9) Was it not stiff-neckedness that caused Hashem to want to annihilate them? It had become a nuisance for most of those who strolled in the Swiss forest in the early 1950s. Hikers would come home and spend time removing the sticky cockleburs that had fastened to their clothing. But it was something that their forebears had lived with for years and another hindrance that nature had put in their way. But George de Mestral did not look at the cockleburs that had snagged his
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Summary of The Maftir:
Maftir Parah
By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky In one of the most difficult portions of the Torah, and chapters in our history, this week the Children of Israel make a Golden Calf and serve it.
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sweater as a nuisance. In fact, he realized that Divine genius played a vital role in their physiology. Returning home after a walk one afternoon, he took out a microscope to get a better look at Hashem’s prodigy. When he realized that the burs were actually comprised of thousands of natural hooks that would engage countless loops he realized that this was no nuisance of nature. Their sticky nature was actually the way that these seed pods were transported to f ind new breeding grounds. They would latch themselves to the fur of animals and be transported. De Mestral realized that he could carry this wisdom to the more mundane world. And so with a system of a fuzzy felt and crocheted hooks, he combined more than just two divergent materials. He also combined two words, velvet and crochet, now employed in the lexicon and inventory of both schoolchildren and rocket-scientists. He invented, or perhaps introduced us to, Velcro®. The Dubno Maggid explains that after Moshe heard the wondrous quality of Unrestricted Compassion, he realized that Hashem was actually offering a product that was well-tailored to our mortal needs. It was in fact Moshe’s biggest argument for Hashem to accompany His nation. “Angels don’t need those attributes! It is the fallible human who needs that ever-lasting, unceasing mercy! It is only because we are stiff-necked that we need Your unending kindness!” That is why after Moshe heard Hashem’s argument, followed by His attributes, he presented his plea for Divine accompaniment. Often, we do not take advantage of the great goodness of Hashem. We leave His attributes in heaven, distancing our mundane needs from His all-powerful abilities. Moshe teaches us that it is distinctly our capriciousness and mortality that needs His omnipotence. We must realize that the attributes of Hashem are specif ically assigned to sustain His nation. And all we have to do is utilize that unceasing, unyielding, and everlasting product to our advantage. Good Shabbos
This week, in addition to the regular Parsha, we read the section known as Parah. The additional sections of Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, and Chodesh are read prior to Pesach for both commemorative and practical reasons. Shekalim, the first additional section, dealt with the 1/2 Shekel and the public sacrifices. The reading of the second section, Zachor, facilitated our fulfillment of the Mitzvah to remember the evil of Amalek. The two sections of Parah and Chodesh are directed toward our preparations for Pesach. n Parshas Parah, we read the section found in the beginning of Parshas Chukas known as Parah. This section discusses the necessary steps that had to be followed to remove the impurity which caused by having had contact with a dead person. This process involved a seven day period during which the impure Tameh person underwent a process involving the ashes of the Red Heifer. The process was facilitated by a Kohen, and had to take place in Yerushalayim. The status of being Tameh restricted a person from entering into the Temple compound and / or participating in certain select activities. Although these restrictions are less applicable today because we do not
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have the Bais Hamikdash; nevertheless, it is incumbent upon all people, male and female, to keep these laws to the degree that they do apply. In the time of the Bais Hamikdash it was required of every male adult to visit the Bais Hamikdash and offer a sacrif ice a minimum of three times a year: Pesach, Shevout, and Succoth. However, it was even more important to be there on Erev Pesach to sacrif ice the Korban Pesach - Pascal Lamb. Anyone who happened to be Tameh, from having had contact with a dead body, would have to undergo the process of the Parah Adumah - the Red Heifer, to remove the status of Tameh and be allowed to bring his Pascal Lamb to the Bais Hamikdash. The Talmud tells us that the furthest point in Israel from Yerushalayim was a two weeks travel. If so, a person who was Tameh living two weeks travel away would require a minimum of three weeks to arrive in Yerushalayim with suff icient time to go through the one week process of the Red Heifer and be able to offer his Korban Pesach. Therefore, Chazal ordained the reading of Parah on the week before the reading of Chodesh as a public reminder to those who are Tameh that they must immediately arrange to get to Yerushalayim so that they can purify themselves in time to bring the Korban Pesach.
Boruch Dayan Emmet The Toldos Shmuel Rebbe, Hamekubal Rav Shmuel Toiseg Z”tl Rav Toiseg was visiting NYC for Purim, and had attended the Tish of the Sanz Klausenberg Rebbe on Shushan Purim. Rav Toiseg lived on Rechov Givat Shaul, and lead his Kehillah from his Bais Medrash located on
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Rechov Alkabetz located in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Yerushalayim. A well known Mekubal, Rav Toiseg, kept up a busy schedule travelling and speaking with Jews around the world seeking his brachot. He is survived by his 13 children (8 boys & 5 girls), all of whom he was Zoche to marry all his children off. The Levaya took place in Boro Park, after which the Aron will be brought to Eretz Yisroel.
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When We Pray At Cemeteries, To Whom Do We Pray? By SHLOMO BRODY This week many Jews will be traveling to Poland to visit the grave of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk to pray for variousneeds that include health, wealth, marriage and children. On Rash Hashanah as many as 20,0000 Jewish men fo to Uman to pray at the grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. This pilgrimage is in memory of his promise that he will do everything possible to save those that pray at his grave on Rosh Hashanah. he phenomenon of Jews praying in cemeteries has existed since antiquity, and while its propriety was the subject of historical debate, today one f inds it commonplace in most communities both Ashkenazic and Sephardic. Nonetheless, the contrasting justif ications for this ritual gave it various meanings and limitations. The Torah def initively discourages Jews from attempting to contact the next world. It forbids “seeking out the dead,” prohibiting sorcery and other “abominable” attempts to access otherworldly spirits (Deuteronomy 18:11). The sages, however, narrowly interpreted this proscription to a form of necromancy or divination, in which one starves himself, enters a cemetery to undergo an “impure spirit” and attempts to gain some form of knowledge
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(Sanhedrin 56b). Tellingly, the Torah records that the burial place of Moses remains unknown, a verse unfortunately ignored by some unscrupulous tour guides (Deut. 34:6). Many midrashim asserted that God did not want his burial spot to become, for Jews and non-Jews, a place of worship (Midrash Lekah Tov). Along these lines, Rabban Shimon bar Gamliel deemed tombstones at the grave sites of scholars as unnecessary, contending instead, “Their teachings serve as their remembrance” (Yerushalmi Shekalim 2:5). Maimonides codif ied this opinion into law, further adding, “One should not visit graves” (Avelut 4:4). In modern times, this sentiment was supported by the Vilna Gaon (Ma’aseh Rav), Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer and Rabbi Haim Soloveitchik (Nefesh Harav, p. 254). They opposed graveside visits, even on memorial days (yahrzeit), since it might lead to inappropriate worship and more fundamentally, because cemeteries engender and signify impurity (Ish Hahalacha 36-40). Others, like Rabbi David Hoffman, expressed concern that tombstones and memorials will waste money better spent elsewhere, including charity in the memory of the beloved (Melamed Leho’il 2:139). Indeed, many communi-
ties historically felt that to prevent inappropriate behavior, simple stone markers suff iciently delineated burial spots (Shut Radbaz 4:243). ________________________________
“As Dr. Yehezkel Lichtenstein has documented, a more dominating strand in law and Jewish thought permitted, and at times thoroughly encouraged, prayers in cemeteries. ” ________________________________ As Dr. Yehezkel Lichtenstein has documented, a more dominating strand in law and Jewish thought permitted, and at times thoroughly encouraged, prayers in cemeteries. The Talmud tells several stories of ad hoc prayers by various sages at grave sites, and further asserted that Caleb (Numbers 13) prayed at the Tomb of the Patriarchs to aid him from falling under evil counsel (Sota 34b). In talmudic times, the most prevalent scenario for communal cemetery visits came in times of distress, such as droughts (Ta’anit 16a). The rabbis debated the purpose of these communal gatherings, which initially developed as folk customs with no earlier textual support (Ritva). One sage suggested that it symbolically represented to God, “We are as the dead before You,” and as such did not preclude its performance at non-Jewish cemeteries. Others understood this more radically as a request for the deceased to intercede for mercy on their behalf. These sentiments echo other talmudic sources which speak of the deceased maintaining a living presence in the world, to the point that ritual behavior was typically forbidden cemeteries as it insulted the deceased (lo’eg larash) who could not perform mitzvot (Brachot 18a). This latter interpretation raised controversial questions of intercessory prayer in which the deceased or angels
are requested to beseech God. Maimonides deemed such prayer heretical in the f ifth of his 13 dogmas of Judaism, and not surprisingly adopted the f irst explanation of the ritual (Ta’anit 4:17), a position which was codif ied in the Shulhan Aruch (OC 579:3) Nonetheless, these rituals remained exclusively at Jewish grave sites (Magen Avraham 579:11), with various understandings of cemetery prayers proposed. Some promoted cemeteries as places with greater spiritual presence (Drashot Haran No. 8), while others innocuously stressed the importance of cemetery visits to recall the merits of the righteous and one’s beloved (Ktav Sofer YD 178). Many, however, advocated this ritual as an opportunity for intercessory prayer, with some further noting that the living reciprocated the favor by praying for the elevation of the departed’s soul (Sefer Hassidim 710). The Zohar extolled Jews who come to cemeteries in remorse and repentance, thereby making their request worthy of additional support. Indeed, cemetery visits became particularly prominent on fast days, times of mourning, and during the Days of Awe. Despite the widespread allowance for cemetery visits (Bach YD 170), many were worried by its excesses. In one extreme 16th-century case, Rabbi David ibn Zimra chastised worshipers who opened graves (!) so that they could communicate directly with the dead (Radbaz Ta’anit 4:4). In the 19th century, Rabbi Abraham Danzig warned people against praying to the dead and leaving God out entirely (Hochmat Adam 89:7). Given the excesses of cemetery supplications and the theological concerns raised by intercessory prayers, I strongly recommend shunning prayers directed toward the deceased. Instead, use the occasion to think about the mortality of life, the heritage of the deceased and to pray to God that He help us create our own righteous legacy. The writer, on-line editor of Tradition and its blog, Text & Texture (text.rcarabbis.org), teaches at Yeshivat Hakotel.
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People and Places BY PAUL STEINER A witty rabbi once told me “Jews are just like other people but more so.” Comedian Susie Essmen has a small part in Warner Brother’s movie “Cop Out.” everly Pepper has stone sculpture at Marlborough, Chelsea until Mar. 20. Free.
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THEATER NEWS Primary Stages extended its play “Happy Days” for three weeks. David Mamet’s play “Race” which he also directed, is still being enjoyed by Broadway audiences. ___________________________________
“Jews are just like other people but more so.” ___________________________________ Frank Tilroy’s “The Subject Was Roses” will be at The Pearl Theater Co., City Center April 9-May 9. Tickets are $10 to $50. New York State speaker Silver told at Ohel’s 40th anniversary that his grandparents came to America from Russia. New England Symphonic Ensemble with chorus Sunday, Mar. 14, at Carnagie via MidAmerica - also April 4th. The great-grand children of Ruth Handler (who created Barbie Doll) attended the performance of West Side Story by NY City Ballet. Jerome Robbins did the choreography.
Frank Tilroy’s “The Subject Was Roses” will be at The Pearl Theater
ART LOVERS You can always go to 12 galleries free at 24 West 57St. At MoMA “Project For New York Water Front” Mar. 24-Aug.9. Sophia Loren once mentioned that she kept her glossy hair using olive oil.
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Jerusalem’s Old City, Haven For Rare Animal and Plant Life... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 The Jewish Quarter is the poorest part of the Old City in terms of flora and fauna, according to Balaban and Wachtel, as it contains mainly new construction and hardly any open space. The richest area is The Temple Mount,
with “a richly developed system including an olive grove and many planted and ancient trees,” the survey states - citing its domes, towers, embrasures (f iring slits) and other architectural elements as perfect places for nests or hideouts
for agama lizards and other species. The Western Wall is home to about 40 nesting pairs of swifts. The Christian Quarter has many well-kept gardens next to its churches and homes. The Muslim Quarter’s
ancient foundations sustain a variety of plants, and its underground spaces shelter bats. The Armenian Quarter, with its relatively generous open spaces, is likely to harbor a variety of animals and plants, but most of it was not surveyed due to opposition from residents.
Pieces of Rare Written ‘Shirah’ Manuscript Reunited... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 the private collection of Stephan Loewentheil of New York. ‘’The uniformity of the letters, the structure of the text, and the techniques used by the scribe ... it made it very clear to me,’’ Engel said. The relationship would not be so clear to a casual observer. The Ashkar manuscript has been so blackened by exposure to the elements that the text is all but invisible, while the London manuscript is legible and far better preserved. But after close study of ultraviolet images, the experts were able to
conf irm that the texts were not only written by the same scribe, but were also part of the same scroll. Scholars believe the scroll was written around the seventh century somewhere in the Middle East, possibly in Egypt. It is not known how the two parts were separated or what happened to the rest of the manuscript. The museum arranged to have the London manuscript brought to Jerusalem. The new exhibit chronicles how the Song of the Sea was written through various ancient manuscripts,
from the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls to the manuscript known as the Aleppo Codex, written nearly a millennium later. The reunif ication of the two pieces adds an important link in the chain, showing how the writing of the Hebrew Bible evolved through the so-called ‘’silent’’ period — between the third and 10th centuries — from which nearly no Biblical texts survived. While in the Dead Sea Scrolls the song is arranged like prose, for example, in the newly reunited manuscript it is written like a poem, the same way it appears in the
Hebrew Bible today. The manuscripts are ‘’f illing the gap,’’ said Israel Museum curator Adolfo Roitman. ‘’We can see we are dealing with a tradition that is still alive.’’ The museum exhibit displays the manuscripts along with other depictions of the Song of the Sea from the museum’s permanent collection, including artistic renderings of the biblical passages in frescoes and Renaissance paintings and recordings of the song as it is chanted by Jews in different communities worldwide.
and sanctions campaign and IAW “don’t deal with the issue of Israel being a Jewish state, or whether there should be a one-state, or two-state, or three-state solution. What they advocate is boycott, divestment, and sanctions to pressure Israel to abide by international law.” D’Orazio said that he felt the “grassroots” movement is “definitely picking up momentum,” even though they have received “nothing but scorn from the usual suspects.” D’Orazio said his group sees as a goal making Carleton University the first Canadian university to completely divest
from Israeli companies. D’Orazio said that while the situation in Israel “is obviously not the exact same thing as Apartheid South Africa,” there are strong parallels between the two, in particular in regard to the divestment and boycott campaigns launched against both. Last Thursday, the IAW was met with condemnation by the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, which issued a resolution denouncing the name of the event. The measure was unanimously approved by all those present at the voting session.
‘Israeli Apartheid Week On Campuses this Week... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 pro-Israel speakers on Canadian campuses. Kochman says his group won’t seek to avoid politics or change the subject, saying they will directly address issues such as the Goldstone Report, Operation Cast Lead, and the Gaza Blockade. Kochman also said that IAW, for its part, does not address the peace process rather, “is devoted to the demonization of Israel.” Dax D’Orazio, media coordinator for Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University, told The Jerusalem Post Sunday that his organization and others that
are taking part in IAW are working “with the university community to launch a socially responsible investment policy that will work against investment in groups that violate labor rights and international law.” D’Orazio discounted criticism that IAW is devoted to delegitimizing Israel or is antiZionist or anti-Semitic in nature, saying that such criticism “is part of an ongoing campaign to blur the line between the advocacy of Palestinian rights and anti-Semitism.” D’Orazio added that in terms of the diplomatic process, the boycott, divestment,
Snowicane Hits Tri-state Area... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 miles to his job as a valet at an orthopedic center. He figured he wouldn’t be driving home in a foot of snow. His dedication was no big deal, he said. “What else am I going to do, read a book at home? I can do that on the weekend,” he said. The latest snow comes just as Philadelphia and New Jersey have finally cleaned up from a pair of blizzards more than two weeks ago that deposited more than 3 feet of snow. For Albany, the storm comes only a day after one Wednesday left 2 feet of wet, heavy snow that clogged snowblowers and stranded pickup trucks trying to plow it out. About 150,000 customers lost power, hundreds of schools were closed and at least three traffic deaths were blamed on the storm. By Thursday morning, 60,000 homes and businesses in eastern New York were still without power. The hardest-hit areas were in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills. Another 18,000 customers in Vermont still lacked power. In the snow-weary Philadelphia region, where a seasonal record of more than 70 inches has fallen already since December, most of it in three major storms, there was some denial about the possibility of another whopper. Philadelphia’s public and parochial schools were canceled for the day, as were scores of suburban districts. Some were holding out but anticipating early dismissals as the snow picked up later in the
day. The speed limit on New Jersey’s Atlantic City Expressway was reduced to 35 mph and transportation officials in Pennsylvania said they would close interstates in eastern Pennsylvania if conditions got bad enough. New Jersey Transit began its morning rush hour allowing riders to use bus tickets on its commuter trains. Forecasts called for Thursday’s storm to hit much of the East and into the Midwest. The Cleveland area could get 15 inches of snow — enough to close in on but not break the February record there of 39 inches. New York City was expected to get a mixture of rain and snow through the day, with it turning to all snow in the evening. Up to 10 inches was expected by Friday morning. Anthony Thomas, who repairs cables for Verizon, maintained a sunny outlook — and a sense of humor — as he headed to work on Manhattan’s west side, where snow was falling by 8 a.m. but not sticking. “We’re not going to have a drought,” Thomas said, laughing. “Cold is good for killing the germs.” Vince Mobley, 42, a machinist at the naval shipyard in south Philadelphia, said he wasn’t tired of snow falling. “I’m tired of the cleanup. And I’m tired of the snow days, missing work because of the snow,” said Mobley, who lives in north Philadelphia.
“They’ll excuse us if it gets really bad,” he said, “but that hurts us in the pocket.” It was the opposite for Alan SanFilippo, who lives in the Long Island community of Long Beach and works at the Long Island Rail Road yard in Manhattan. He was expecting overtime to clear snow from the tracks. “It’s easy money,” he said. The worst of the storm is yet to come, even as drenching rain is falling in eastern New England and snow is already accumulating and making roads slippery in the northern mid-Atlantic. This is not your average, everyday nor`easter. AccuWeather.com meteorologists expect the storm’s worst to take place from this evening into Friday morning in most areas as winds, snow, rain and related problems increase in intensity. New York City to the northern Philadelphia suburbs, northwestward to Allentown, Scranton, Binghamton, Syracuse and Rochester, will get the worst of the snowstorm. A secondary area of heavy snow will hold on over the mountains of northern New England. At the height of the storm, strong winds will blow the rain and snow horizontally in some locations, while sending loose debris flying. Motorists should expect deteriorating conditions with lowering visibility and road surfaces turning to slush, snow and ice. Some roads and highways may close, and you may get stuck.
Expect flight cancellations in the major airports in the region, especially around New York City and Philadelphia. Expect high winds to down trees and result in power outages. Onshore winds in New England will lead to coastal flooding, while blowout tides occur in the southern mid-Atlantic. Gusts close to hurricane force are possible in coastal New England, the central Appalachians, and around the Delmarva. Winds will be strongest in open areas, between buildings, on ridges, and in the gaps between the mountains. PIVOTING PRECIPITATION. The wound-up storm is causing precipitation areas to pivot in an unusual way. Rain has backed westward across New England. Dry air will continue to be sucked eastward over the Delmarva. Further pivoting of the storm tonight could sweep dry air in over eastern New England for a time, while causing the snow to return to the northern Delmarva and portions of the central Appalachians. Further complications are expected. Areas currently experiencing rain and flooding will have colder air and perhaps a change to all snow to follow late tonight and Friday. As always, we have a plethora of maps, expert discussions and videos here at AccuWeather.com on the many aspects of this dangerous storm. Story by AccuWeather.com Alex Sosnowski
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Two More Men Charged in Plot to Bomb Subways... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Medunjanin had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and receiving military training from a terrorist organization. Mr. Ahmedzay had been charged with lying about his trip to Pakistan. Those charges remain, and additional
charges may be filed, Mr. Knox said in court. While Mr. Medunjanin and Mr. Ahmedzay were before Judge Raymond J. Dearie, F.B.I. agents and police detectives from the Joint Terrorism Task Force executed a search warrant at Mr. Ahmedzay’s home, a law enforce-
ment official said. The men abandoned their attack plans in September days before they had been planning to carry it out, after realizing they were under government surveillance. Mr. Zazi was arrested aater that month. “The facts alleged in this indictment shed
further light on the scope of this attempted attack and underscore the importance of using every tool we have available to both disrupt plots against our nation and hold suspected terrorists accountable for their actions,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement.
have free coin counting machines for account holders. Some let anyone use them. Some charge non-account holders. Some take account holders’ change, bag it and send it off-site for counting — at no charge. One bank in NY that usually has a machine for counting change is TD Bank. You can bring your change to their Penny Arcade. The machine counts your coins for free! you don’t even have to be a customer.
The bottom line: You have to sort out whether what your bank offers for converting coins to cash works for you. So, if you have a bank that will count your change and not charge you for the privilege, that’s the best deal. Free is the best price, after all, and you also don’t have to spend your hard-earned free time sitting at a table dropping coins into wrappers. Still, it is a lot of fun using the coinsorting machine.
Turn Loose Money Into Tzedaka for the Needy... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 in buckets, jars, bags, or whatever. And then you pour them into the machine and watch it count. If that sounds just too easy — don’t worry, there is a catch. You’ll pay for the convenience. After the machine is done counting, you get a slip that you then turn in at the store to get your cash. It will be 8.9% less than you poured in. That’s about 9 cents of every dollar you collected.
But Coinstar is smart. They also offer the option of having no fee taken out. The catch: you have to take the money in the form of a gift card from a selection of retailers. Gift cards are a good bet for stores, not so good for consumers who leave billions of dollars on then unspent. Of course, there’s also the bank. Banks are all over the place. Some want your rolled coins. Some don’t. Some
A Face-Off on the Safety of a Drug for Diabetes... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 meeting and is disturbed to learn that he did so without advising G.S.K.,” the company said in an e-mail message. Dr. Krall, in an e-mail message on Monday, said he did not recall discussing potential results of the Avandia study in the meeting, but added that he did not learn the results “until many days after the meeting with Dr. Nissen.” The recording and events surrounding it offer a rare window into an unusual confrontation between a prominent cardiologist and one of the world’s biggest drug makers. Since industry is the source for much of the money and studies available in academic medicine, executives normally drive the agenda in such meetings. But GlaxoSmithKline was sued in 2004 by Eliot Spitzer, who was New York’s attorney general at the time, over the company’s failure to publicize studies that helped to reveal that antidepressants could lead children and teenagers to engage in suicidal behavior. The company settled the lawsuit by agreeing to post all of its clinical trial data. These Internet postings became the grist for Dr. Nissen’s analysis. During the meeting with Dr Nissen, the four executives spoke as if they did not know the results of Dr. Nissen’s stillunpublished study. And Dr. Nissen did not mention that he had already sent it to the journal, the recording shows. But a week before the meeting, the Congressional investigators said, GlaxoSmithKline had been secretly and inappropriately faxed a copy of Dr. Nissen’s manuscript by a journal reviewer who also worked as a consultant to GlaxoSmithKline. The company confirmed that the faxed copy of Dr. Nissen’s study had been read by its executives, “some of whom attended the meeting with Dr. Nissen.” Revealing this knowledge to Dr. Nissen was not the point of the meeting, the com-
pany said. This game of cat-and-mouse became, in retrospect, almost comical. At one point, the executives said that studies showed that Avandia had no impact on cardiac death rates. Dr. Nissen’s study had concluded that the risk was increased by 64 percent. “I get different numbers on this, but we’ll talk about it later,” Dr. Nissen said. “Hmm!” one executive responded. “I would like to hear more about that.” Another executive said, “That would be interesting to see.” “This is one that is important to us,” Dr. Krall concluded. At another point, Nevine Zariffa, a company statistician, asked what Dr. Nissen was studying. “So you’ve done a summary type meta-analysis looking at” heart attacks and heart-related deaths? she asked, precisely describing Dr. Nissen’s study. “That’s right,” Dr. Nissen answered, then asked rhetorically, “Now, what am I going to do? What is my responsibility? I mean, answer the question for me. Do I sit on it? Drug’s being used by how many people?” He was told that he should do an analysis that included information about when patients in trials suffered problems. Such detailed analyses are more reliable than the kind of study Dr. Nissen performed. Dr. Nissen lost patience regarding the increased risk of heart attacks, or myocardial ischemia, in Avandia patients. “I hope you guys understand how much trouble G.S.K. is in here,” he said. “You’ve got a bunch of people who are incredibly vulnerable to myocardial ischemia, and you’ve had evidence that you’re provoking ischemia in those people, and that is of grave public health consequences.” Dr. Krall asked Dr. Nissen if his opinion of Avandia would change if the Record trial — a large study then under
way to assess Avandia’s risks to the heart — showed little risk. Dr. Krall said he did not know the results of Record. “Let’s suppose Record was done tomorrow and the hazard ratio was 1.12. What does...?” Dr. Krall said. “I’d pull the drug,” Dr. Nissen answered quickly. The interim results of Record were hastily published in The New England Journal of Medicine two months later and showed that patients given Avandia experienced 11 percent more heart problems than those given other treatments, for a hazard ratio of 1.11. But the trial was so poorly designed and conducted that investigators could not rule out the possibility that the differences between the groups were a result of chance. “Dr. Krall did not know what the point estimates of the Record interim analysis would be on May 10” because the company did not officially get access to the data until four days later, GlaxoSmithKline said. Even as Dr. Krall and the other executives tried to corral Dr. Nissen, executives were strategizing over how to blunt the impact of his study if it were published. But according to internal documents, the company’s own scientists had concluded that Dr. Nissen’s work was sound. In one internal e-mail message, the Congressional investigation found that a company statistician stated that “there is no statistical reason for disregarding the findings” of Dr. Nissen’s study. In another, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of research at GlaxoSmithKline, wrote that federal drug regulators, Dr. Nissen and the company’s own researchers all seemed to agree that studies of the drug showed that it substantially increased the risks of death and heart attacks, also known as ischemic events: “F.D.A., Nissen and G.S.K. all come to comparable conclusions regarding
increased risk for ischemic events, ranging from 30 percent to 43 percent!” Dr. Slaoui wrote. In public comments after Dr. Nissen’s study was published, company executives insisted that the study had been “based on incomplete evidence and a methodology that the author admits has significant limitations.” Indeed, this battle was foreshadowed in the May 10 meeting when executives asked Dr. Nissen why he would publish his study if a more detailed look at the data — called a patient-level analysis — would provide a more reliable result. “But suppose we did this patient-level analysis and it looked very different from what you have?” Dr. Krall asked. “But there’s no way it can,” Dr. Nissen soon said. “Come on, guys. You already did your patient-level analysis for 42 trials. You’re about to add in two trials that went the wrong way. What do you think’s going to happen?” Dr. Krall said the two sides disagreed on the numbers. “And, you know, frankly, the last thing we want to do is get into a public debate about whose analysis is right. Now, sometimes that happens...” Dr. Krall said. “No, public debates are just fine,” Dr. Nissen interjected. “In fact, in science, the best way I know of to get to the truth is you just get it all out there and you let the chips fall where they may.” One of the executives responded: “And I supposed the science is the issue. And that’s why we think this patient-level approach is the right one.” “It is the right approach,” Dr. Nissen said. “Now I’m going to be equally blunt: you should have done this a long time ago.” That approach still has not been published in a medical journal. A version of this article appeared in print on February 23, 2010, on page D1 of the New York edition.
When It Comes to Salt, No Rights or Wrongs. Yet... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 ries than they used to. Extra food would be expected to come with additional salt, yet there has not been a clear upward trend in daily salt consumption evident over the years in urinalysis studies, which are considered the best gauge because they directly measure salt levels instead of relying on estimates based on people’s recollections of what they ate. Why no extra salt? One prominent advocate of salt reduction, Dr. Lawrence Appel of Johns Hopkins University, said that inconsistent techniques in conducting the urinalysis surveys may be masking a real upward trend in salt consumption. But Dr. McCarron called the measure-
ments reliable and said they could be explained by the set-point theory: As Americans ate more calories, they could have eased up on some of the saltier choices so that their overall sodium consumption remained constant. By that same logic, he speculated, if future policies reduce the average amount of salt in food, people might compensate by seeking out saltier foods — or by simply eating still more of everything. The salt reformers dismiss these speculations, arguing that with the right help, people can maintain low-salt diets without gaining weight or suffering other problems. But even
if people could be induced to eat less salt, would they end up better off? The estimates about all the lives to be saved are just extrapolations based on the presumed benefits of lower blood pressure. If you track how many strokes and heart attacks are suffered by people on low-salt diets, the results aren’t nearly as neat or encouraging, as noted recently in JAMA by Michael H. Alderman, a hypertension expert at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. A low-salt diet was associated with better clinical outcomes in only 5 of the 11 studies he considered; in the rest, the people on the lowsalt diet fared either the same or worse. “When you reduce salt,” Dr. Alderman
said, “you reduce blood pressure, but there can also be other adverse and unintended consequences. As more data have accumulated, it’s less and less supportive of the case for salt reduction, but the advocates seem more determined than ever to change policy.” Before changing public policy, Dr. Alderman and Dr. McCarron suggest trying something new: a rigorous test of the lowsalt diet in a randomized clinical trial. That proposal is rejected by the salt reformers as too time-consuming and expensive. But when you contemplate the potential costs of another public health debacle like the anti-fat campaign, a clinical trial can start to look cheap.
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Is Iran the New 4-Letter Word?... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 to counter their monetary and military operations. To this end, the steady and easy flow of goods from Dubai—estimated by US Department of Treasury at $8 billion per year—solid trade with EU, China and Russia, and a traditional Iranian resiliency and penchant for suffering continue to help render all sanctions, even the so-called “smart” sanctions, palpably ineffective. But all hope is not lost. There is reason to believe that President Obama’s engagement policy may not have failed, because in no other time and under no other American president since the Islamic Revolution did the Iranian people feel empowered enough to
create a movement, let alone give it a color. The massive demonstrations that started as a legitimate protest over the results of the presidential elections on June 12th did not fade into the archives of the regime’s secret service. The Green Movement is alive and well and by some accounts gaining momentum, even with the poor showing on February 11th, the thirty first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The mullahs are getting visibly nervous and confused. Just recently Iran’s judiciary forced the ouster of Iran’s key prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi—the notorious “butcher of the press”—only to announce weeks later the execution of two protestors
whose crimes are classified as Moharrebeh, or waging war against God. The throne of theocracy isn’t crumbling yet, but it shows some signs of stress fracture. If Iran is using God as a political ally, then America must take the lead as the moral crusader of the Iranian people. This posture is not incompatible with President Obama’s attempts to talk to Tehran. Engagement is not appeasement; it is patient political jostling. President Obama’s promise of change has crept into the Iranians’ psyche, and has planted itself in their dreams. What the world needs to remember is that change is slow to occur in the Middle East, where the past is very much a part of the present, and where
traditions are not only kept, they are revered. President Obama’s bold diplomacy needs time to take hold and to make the past irrelevant. America must continue to offer an “out-stretched” hand. This is the only way to pry the door open and expose the regime for what it really is. And there is no shortage of four-letter words to describe it. A native Iranian, Nazee Moinian immigrated to the United States after the revolution. She holds a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and served as a consultant at the Council of Foreign Relations. She lives in New York City with her husband and five children.
Chabad Celebrates Purim As Devastating Chile Earthquake Spares Pacific Jewish Communities... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 was no loss of life, and very little property damage. “It was the tsunami that wasn’t,” Pearl Krasnjansky, co-director of Chabad of Hawaii, said of the Saturday evacuations. Because of the strictures associated with
Shabbat, the Krasnjanskys didn’t have a television or radio on throughout the day. “Someone woke us up and told us to drive away,” said Krasnjansky. “Our synagogue is in the hotel area, but one and a half blocks from the ocean. We went up to the second
floor and waited it out. “The tsunami was supposed to hit at 11:15 a.m.,” she continued. “Our nine-yearold said that we’d be okay, because that’s when we normally read from the Torah.” Yudi Weinbaum, a kosher caterer who
lives in Honolulu said that it was miraculous that Hawaii was spared. “Because we’re on an island, the effects of a tsunami could knock out power and water supplies,” he said. “We can’t just drive over to the next state.”
VP Biden to Speak Directly to Israelis From Tel Aviv... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Palestinian Authority. An Israeli political source has told Haaretz that Biden would like “to make a speech that is important and significant for
Israeli-American relations.” The political portion of his visit will likely concentrate on the Iranian nuclear question, with Biden stressing before Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. expects Israel to assist in the effort to foil, using diplomatic means, Iran’s nuclear ambitions through the imposition of effective
sanctions at the UN Security Council, thus avoiding unilateral steps that may include an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations.
every approach to move the Postal Service forward,” Potter said. “We need to reinvest, redef ine and reinvigorate the value of mail to business and households.” The Postal Service posted $3.8 bil-
lion in losses last year. Mail volume was down 13 percent, a decline off icials say will continue. Potter said mail volume went from 213 billion pieces in 2006 to a projected 166 billion pieces in f iscal 2010
End to Saturday Mail Delivery Near... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 to act quickly in helping the Postal Service implement those changes and expressed optimism that the service could eventually get above water. Though he said privatization had been on the table during a lengthy inter-
nal review, that option appeared to be ruled out. One consultant, Thomas Dohrmann from McKinsey & Company, said privatization was “unlikely” in part because it would be hard to f ind a buyer. “We need to rethink everything and
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households nationwide in January, and a shift by employers away from parttime positions to full time. "The upswing in employment data means positive news for economic growth," said Duncan. "Better f inancial strength for households makes it easier for people to make payments and more likely they'll buy houses." Okay, that's the bright side of the picture this week. Now for some sobering, one-step-backwards news: Builders saw sales of newly-constructed homes in January plunge by 11 percent - hitting their lowest level in decades,
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Jewish Heritage Sites of Judea and Samaria BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER The Land that the world calls the West Bank, is known by the Jews that live there, as Yehuda, Shomron (Judea, Samaria). It is an area that is full of Jewish historical sites dating from Biblical times. tarting in the south there is Hebron. The Maarat Hamachpelah (Cave of the Patriarch’s ) is the best known site in Hebron for being the burial site of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Jewish people. The building itself was built in the first centuary BCE by King Herod. The city was also the capitol of the country under King David until he conquered Jerusalem. there are many other sites of historical significance including an ancient Jewish cemetery that has graves that prove the ancient connection to the city. Traveling North on the road to Jerusalem one passes many settlements that have Biblical names as they are situated on or near archaeological sites that have been identified. There is Tekoa on the southern outskirts of Jerusalem that is mentioned as being an outpost and early warning station against invaders from the south. Herodian near Tekoa is a man made mountain, built by King Herod who also renovated the Beit Hamikdash in Jerusalem. Beit Lechem is famous as the birthplace of King David as well as being the site of Rachel’s Tomb. While Jerusalem is not considered as part of Judeah and Samaria the world does not officially recognize Israel’s dominance over the city. Jerusalem, is just north of Beit Lechem, the Jewish connection to the Holy city has not been broken for three thousand years.
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At every corner in the city in the old section and the new, there is evidence of Jewish Heritage. There is the ancient cemetery on Mount Olives with it’s monuments in Nachal Kidron. The segment of the third city wall that is located near the American consulate in the Arab sector of the city and the grave of Shimon Hatzadik also in the eastern part of the city. North of Jerusalem ones comes to Beit El, made famous by Jacob’s Dream in the Torah. Further on there is a hill top with white exposed rock that has been identified as Levona. Directly east of Levona is Shilo. Shilo is notable as being the capital of the Jewish nation for 369 years from the time of Joshuah, when he built the Mishkan (Tabernacle) there. North of Shilo one soon comes to the city of Shechem (Nablus). Shechem is first mentioned in the Torah as the site of confrontation between the sons of Jacob and the city inhabitants. Later it became known as the burial site of Joseph and after the division of the country between Judea and Israel after the reign of Solomon it became the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. After the 10 tribes were exiled the Samaritans turned it into their capital and built their temple there. Travel through Judea Samaria is a trip back in time. While there are many historic sites, only a small fraction which are listed here, there are many small towns and even cities of Jews that have been reclaimed from a barren landscape that is full of Jewish Heritage.
Herodian, the man made moutain fortress built by King Herod.
Israelis are forced to Pray at Joseph's Tomb like theives in the night.
Archarlogical ruins dating to Biblical times dot the whole of Yehudah Shmoron.
Israel has been forced to build a security wall and use armored buses for safe access to Rachel's Tomb in Bet Lechem.
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Small one family house with extra lot for sale. Lot is ideal for building. Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400
Open Space for Rent Available in the Mill Basin/Canarsie area. Open for truck parking and truck repair shop. For more information call (917) 756-5545
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
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
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 60th St/13th Avenue Office with parking for trucks Call 718-438-7103
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
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.
House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349
Office for rent Bensonhurst, good for services, good condition, close to subway, shopping & schools. Block off 86th St. Price negotiable. 646-944-5209
Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839
OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748
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
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BROOKLYN Ave X/ Nostrand Ave: VIC, 650 sq ft store & bsmt. Move-in con. $1700 Call 718-998-3312 Ocean Ave/Ave M walk in 2 prof offices for rent. Up to 2500 sq ft. call Sconic View (718) 375-5353
Large school building for lease $14,500, move in, excel con, large classrooms, office space & playground, lrge kitch + dining area, lead & asbestos free, handicap accessible, suitable for special ed. 718-483-9665 or 917-282-4855 Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent. Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274 Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for light manufacturer Or warehousing 1 passenger freight elevator. Nr all trans. Avail. Immed. 718-541-4997 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 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 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 STORE FOR RENT IN VERY BUSY AREA IN GRAVESEND. NEWLY RENOVATED, PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS: 718-998-7600 SPACE FOR RENT-BROOKLYN 51st Street close to 18th avenue Basement suitable for storage High ceilings Call for more information: 908-330-3677 Ave U 2 Stores For Rent 700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top location reasonable price call owner 917-797-1427
Boro Park-Professional Ofc spaces, prime location Newly renov. 917-494-7987 REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE Court St. Brooklyn, 3rd flr, 900sf. Offices 2 refrigerated 800sf. Each 2 Freezers 800sf each 5000 sf. Storage, 15 ft high, Fright elevator Ground Floor 2000 sf., with loading dock, Total 11,000 sf. Call 917-407-4006
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BROOKLYN Williamsburg: 5000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bet Park & Myrtle Avenue. Call 718-998-2768 Busy dental practice in heart of boro park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681
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 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 Ditmas Plaza corner east 5th street Ditmas avenue 400 square ft grounded level and basement and 250 bold square ft available and basement can be used for office or retail store please call owner at 732-580-5327 Bed-Stuy-Vacant Interior: LOT (LAND LOCKED) 18*35 BLOCK 1687, LOT 144, R-6 ZONE, $20K. PRINCIPALS ONLY. OWNER 917-848-7735
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BROOKLYN GARAGE FOR RENT Coney Island Ave bw S&T Fitting commercial van Please call: 347-405-0553
Premiere House/Avenue I and Ocean Avenue Spacious, stunning, 2 BR with view large terrace, 24 hour doorman, Pool, shbbos elevator, playground area 1895/mo Iris B 917- 405-6119 Also for sale 399K very desirable building 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
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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. Ocean Parkway/Ave R 1 BR renovated apt. New kitchen, 2 new A/Cs incl Excel views. Nr shuls, shops, transp. $160K Cal Merrie @ AF realty (718) 633-0559 or (917) 783- 8076 Co-op for sale, Midwood: Junior apt renovated asking $179K. 1171 Ocean Pkwy. Robert Nicholetti 718-840-20*3 Prudential Douglas Elliman
Seepshead Bay 3BR 1BTH Co-op Building utilities include 4 new A/C, all new windows, New dishwasher/stove/refrigerator, night security guard, laundry room w/new washers & dryers, indoor/outdoor parking, short mailing list, asking $1265k neg call owner 917-561-0075
Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt. Call cell: 347-489-4485 Flatbush & Midwood area. APT Rentals just listed. 1, 2 & 3 BRs + hses. Ave J RE 347-554-8030 Project 2010-Designing your year of success. 3-Day workshop. January 8-10 2010NYC 646-593-8901 proect2010@designingyourdash.com Partner/ Salesperson for jewelry mfg business. Knowl. of Internet sales. Willing to travel. 212-575-9590 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 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
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REAL ESTATE 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 Bronx, Throgs Neck/E Tremont Avenue space for rent by owner. Great for retail/ office, very high traffic area in the Bronx. Call (917) 371-6680 Ridgewood: 2BR, freshly painted. New wall-to-wall carpet, new stove.$1350/mo. Nr trains & shops. Owner 718-781-6935 or 845-290-1753 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
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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
$1100-$1400 NORWOOD: 3133 ROCHAMBEAU AVE Renovated, New kitchen and bathrooms. Clean building, 24 security. Near botanical garden, hospital, Fordham University and shopping. 1 BR, 2 BR. Call property manager. Paul 646-319-2373
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QUEENS/BRONX FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHO[ & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
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 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 Forest hills birthwood towers, JR4 28th floor beautiful top floor views,927 sqft very clean, renovaded /modern other amentites pool,laundry,24 hr doorman parking playground ,small pets near the subway and shuls,shopping and hospital please call 718-606-8383 Kew Garden Hills House for Rent K.G.H 1 Fam, 3 Bdrm, 1.5 Bths. Kitchen backyard and furnished Bsmt Gorgeous Deck $2,400 Call 917-669-9676 BEECHHURST/WHITESTONE: On site agents. Doorman, pool, pkg, pet friendly, dock. 1BR, priced to sell! $210,000. 2 BR, ren kit/bth $389,500. 2 BR, terrace, bridge/ waterview $415,000. 3BR, 2 bth, bridge/ waterview $550,000. 4 BR, 3bth, den, bridge/ waterview$774,000. www.stationrealty.com 718-279-4800
Far Rockaway: On beach. Brand new building. 1 & 2 brs avail. Granite kits balconies, waterviews, shab elev. W/D hookup. No renters fee. WEISMAN REALTY. 516-791-6100
Bayside, Windsor Park: 2 BR, 1 Ba, school districtr #26, pool, tennis courts, near shopping, great location, low maint. A/C, 24 hr sec. asking 259k. Owner 718-776-0080 leave message.
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LONG ISLAND Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
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LONG ISLAND Vacation property Southampton Waterfront Estate7BR w/5 master BR suites, pool, tennis, volleyball courts, boat/dock, elev, game room/gym. 917-418-6872. View website homerentals.com Property ID 40506
Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242 WOODMERE: 1 BR, 1.5 Bth, newly renovated, private garage w/ separate entrance includes all utilities gas + electric. Near all shopping, transportation and shuld. Call 516-524-8378 or 516-612-4656
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Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267
5 Towns Forest Hills Co-op for sale by owner Lovley 3.5 room co-op with view. Luxury building, near everything, platform btwn Dining Room, Raise3d Living Room mirrored walls, Italian tile floors, luxury kitchen & bath with Jacuzzi. Many built-ins. A steal for the right person. $296K 917-502-2237
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
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 Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305 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
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LONG ISLAND Long Island: 3 motels for sale. 140rm, 7 acres. Near major attractions. Triple net 99 year lease. Buy as a package or buy 1 only. GW REALTY. 718-376-5252 OR 917-449-3902
MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR SALE PRIMARY CARE. FIVE TOWNS. Successful. Terms Negotiable. Contact 516-612-2444
CEDARHURST: DENTAL OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST, PSYCHOLOGIST OR SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
Cemetery Plots Long Island, Beth Moses Cemetery, 4 plots, will divide in pairs. Open to negotiation. Below market $2000 each. Call Bonnie (908) 415-1311
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Mount Acarat cemetery: Pinelawn, LI, NY. 8 buried plots, prime location. Retail $3K each. No reasonable offer refused. 516-443-5029
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.
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.
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
Long Island Medical Office For Sale/ LI Fully equip’d rehab gym, 5 treatment rooms, 2 MO’s office, admin ofct, waiting room. Hempstead (206) 337- 3821
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NASSAU / L.I. Office space for rent, Massapequa, LI. 600, 1600, 3200 sq ft. Owner 631-273-1200 gmobileauto@aol.com 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 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT/ L. ISLAND Office available one large bright room with Waiting area available on Maple in Cedarhurst With parking $800 p month Call: 800-388-9299 LIC Proff/ Retail Spaces Beautiful brand new storefront. Completely finished w/ ceramic flrs. Ideal for proff office space, retail a commercial, each unit separate entrance. 900 sf each. Commercial/ residential area..Near Vernon Blvd. Call for details, Bonnie 917-751-8239 FOR SALE FAMILY PLOT (4 PLOTS TOGETHER) IN BETH MOSES CEMETERY LI. BELOW MARKET PRICE OF $2,000 EACH OR $7,500 FOR ALL FOUR, OBO. CALL: 786-378-7174 Space for rent 5 TOWNS VIC, Classroom/spc avail for rent, within shul, easy access to public transp. 20 min to Bklyn, 2 min to 5 towns, reas price. 516-825-5566
Bethel, NY. Approved 28 lot, subdivision in Sullivan Cntry. Existing house in one lot + 27 -1/2 are lots 3 acre pond, 30 acres of common area $1.5M. By owner 631-692-9878
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 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
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STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
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STATEN ISLAND (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457 Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809 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
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NY STATE Condo for sale NJ HUDSON + NY VIEWS 1200 sf, 2 BR,/ 2 bth condo, renovated, pogenpohl kitchen, new baths terrace/ parking $349K. Photos at Weichert.com MLS ID # 90007942 (Condo) Contact 917-319-4321
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NY STATE CATSKILLS: HOTEL LIMITED SUMMER SPECIAL. 795 FOR 3 MONTHS. FOR INFORMATION CALL 215-337-4656 http://catskills2009.blogspot.com/ FORSHAY: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent. Reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845 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
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 Foreclosed: 100,000 sf office bldg. nice location. Tremendous upside. Original sale $4M, asking $2M. 845-558-1693
Forshay: 13+BR mansion for rent for the summer. Heated indoor/ outdoor pool, large backyard ALSO Forshay: 2-4 BR bsmt apt for rent, reasonably priced. Call 845-354-4845
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NY STATE Albertson: 9000 sq ft. For rent Bsmt suite, new carpet/ lights. Off LIE Exit 37. ideal for loc acct/Brokers. $1000/mo. Ask for Bruce 516-747-6363 SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL JOHNATHAN AT THE SUNSHINE. 845-796-1200 Commercial Property Sullivan county, NY. Cold Storage Facility. 20 min No of Middletown, 90 min From GWB, Rt 84 &17/86. Nr proposed casino. 1000 pallets cold storage (18-) (38) w/ofc space, Approx 4 acres , sep maint facility. Poss development. Also 2 smaller props, Main ST, Falls.845-798-1306 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 Catskills: Prop for sale 40 acres approved for 50 units in South Fallsburg bordering. Raleigh Hotel & Alpine Acres. Please call 718-387-4177 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 Hancock/Upstate NY 9 room LR,DR & 5 Extra rooms for guests, EIK, near transportation, shopping, Schools & more, walk to houses of worship. Call 917-340-8489
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REAL ESTATE Owner says ~SELL~ Upstate, NY! 7 acres/BARN/POND-Was $149,900, NOW $69,900! 40x200ft barn, spring fed pond, gorgeous, Catskill mountain views, unbelievable setting! MAKE AN OFFER! HURRY! 888-620-0738
Upstate house for Rent Beautifull New 3 BR, 2bth House in Harris NY near Monticelo NY quiet location with outlook on woods large kitchen w/s-steel applce, Master bath w/ 6 foot long with pool tub, high speed internet in every room! $1200 / month + utilities. Joshua (516) 449-9891 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 Wesley Hills: Just reduced $499K. 3 BR, 3bath, ranch flooded w/light, C/A, sunken LR, fin bsmt. Margo Bohlin, BHG Rand 845-304-4140
Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130
Vacation homes for sale Sackett Lake: Totally renovated 3 BRs, 1 bath, deeded lake nights, walk to orthodox shul. 516-662-3045
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
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
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
**25,000 REWARD** Help find a buyer! For sale by owner-Rustic, custom mountainside home, breathtaking views. Neg 518-792-0315 www.mountainserenityproperty.com
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
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
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
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
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
HORTON & COLLEGE Westchester Rockland, NY-Townhouse 3 Br + 2 extra rms bsmt, d/washer, dryer, a/c kit, leisure rms, nr local trans. $289k 845-426-0836
Newburgh: 2500 expandable to 4200sf. Walk out basement. New 4BR loft, style home, 5 acres, nr thruway. $384,900. Owner 914-213-3902 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 Forshay: Home for sale by owner, owner relocating needs to move soon. 6 BR colonial, park like property on cul-de-sac, new windows, bsmt apt, deck pool + hot tub near shills. 6.30K Call Bruce 845-494-3199
GREEN COUNTY NY 37 Acres per tested, views $225,000 20 minutes to Ny Thruway, Build ,Divide or Hunt. Please call 518-634-7842 Moving must sell! Wesley Hills, 1 br colonial,custom Kosher Milch Miller 914-414-3619 Rivky Kagan 845-659-2056 Kagan Realty
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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 Conneticut Commercial Properties For Sale in Connecticut Stanford – Serene Settings, 2 lots sub-dividable: 21 plus acres, surrounded by conservation, ideal for family compound or private horse farm. For more info: Contact Danielle Claroni (203) 570-8110 or New England Land Company Limited (203) 661-6004 ext 345 Motor Home For Sale Shlomo Hamelech’s tour of the US! Motor home rv trips for free on condition of purchase of electronic batteries and groceries Total price $2500 on condition that you acquire entire rv for additional $1500 Call (917)216-8379 RENT TO OWN Newly built 4br log house in the hide out with central water and sewer lines 20 miles east of Scranton, PA Own/Rent $2000 mo include utilities (845) 856-7016 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 Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.
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 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
Colorado Ranch For Sale By Owner Email: loudermil@yahoo.com Phone: 317-509-3303 THE JVL RANCH CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 26,000 ACRES 100 MILE EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS, AN IDEAL HIGH PLAINS GRASS CATTLE RANCH. OIL DRILLING RIG MOVING ONTO PROPERTY IN 12/2009.1000 HEAD OF CATTLE AVAILABLE TREMUNDOUS TAX ADVANTAGE
$267,00 PER ACRE $6,200,000 OWNER FINANCING 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 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 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
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
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
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OUT OF STATE MARTHA’S VINEYARD Beautiful 3 bedroom contemporary home. Near beaches and town. Affordable weekly rental. 800-356-3210 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 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
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 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 Los Angeles: Lrg 2 story, 5BR, 4bth home avail for summer. Granite kosh kit. Lg bckyrd. Nr shuls. 310-735-3310
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
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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
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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
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES Business Opportunity PEPPERIDGE FARM COOKIE RT. Start the New Year right and buy your own biz in central FL. Must have min $70,000 down. Contact Albert 407-221-9640 Business Opportunity WANTED Investor wanted for Highend Automobile $1,000,000 + WANTED Formula 1 Auto Import For detail call WAEL 201-344-8993
Fine Jewelry designer in Business over 30 years. One of a kind is seeking an Investor/Partner contact Dan (516) 395-4883 or (516) 377-0341
SALON Upscale Midtown salon has two(2) chairs available. Daily/weekly or monthly arrangement available. Call for info. 212-317-8488 TIME-MONEY-FREEDOM If you didn’t make $2K to $5K last week. Contract Jeff 1-800-792-6915
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Investment Properties Earn 15% APR See available mortgage investments now at… Bridgewellcapital.com 407-447-1000 WORLD’S MOST AFFORDABLE & Best business. No entry fee. Free leads. Free website. Call John at 866-771-4280 New Jersey – SEAVIEW HARBOR MARINA Waterfront location @ Great Egg Harbor Inlet Bay + Intercostals Between Atlantic City & Ocean City 08403, Sea NY Times Web ID NS 100208201 $4,499M. Contact (610) 304-8307 yburns2080@comcast.net Secondary financing Wanted prime Manhattan Upper Westside (Low 90’s) residential brownstone property 200,000 for 2 yrs @ 10% Good credit all 888-282-0155 Innovative Company w/10+ pat. Pend in hand wash compliance systems & 100% no touch restrooms, seeks strategic partner. $5M for 40%; global trademark brand: info@uberloo.com Now financing business equities. Real Estate, Auto Deals, Movie Deald. Call Dwayne: 212-252-2134 Project 2010-Designing your year of success. 3-Day workshop. January 8-10 2010-NYC 646-593-8901 proect2010@designingyourdash.com Business Opportunity Investors Wanted. DOUBLE/ TRIPLE Your investment w/in 60-90 Days Buying/ Reselling Gold through 40 yr old Chicago Fund* 602-214-1136 aariav@cox.net Exclusive high end hotel for sale in the center of Managua, Nicaragua. Close to prominent bank (Landmark). Upscale area approx 8000 sq ft. Fully equipped, can expand to 20 rms + /Swimming Pool/ Restaurant or bar for add. $200K. Can be divided + art gallery + artwork throughout hotel by famous artist. Best offer $400K. Contact 914-426-7017 www.hoteLTamiraINN.com Investment Opportunity 15% Guarantee ROI Secured by Contract Activation $50K-$500K Call Brad at Ticketforce 480-726-3581
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
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 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 $30K IN 30 DAYS Complete turn-key system No buying or selling 1-800-884-5967 Presidents & VPs ONLYsm Custom marketing services for senior executives wishing to reach decision makers world-wide. Our confidential service does all contact work directly. See our recent testimonials at www.dwic.com RECENT SUCCESS President, Foreign Sub. $280K base++ Repeat client David Werner International Corp. Email: dwerner@dwic.com 212-682-8888 Swim school: Unbeatable loc & reputation, profitable, profitable & rewarding, 5 or 10yr lease. Large customer base. Smithtown. Owner retiring. $90,000. 631-366-2735 FOR SALE, Exceptional Subdivisional Route 1, South Kingstown Preliminary approval on four prime lots near water, 5+ acres each! Rolling meadows with trees. Rural but close to town. High & dry, standard septic. Horses allowed. Some second-story water views. Walk to water and marina. $1895M
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414-841-7084 Investor wanted, upscale gentlemen’s club with complete restaurant/ sushi bar in the heart of times square. Multi million $ gross. Contact 973-786-5688 Investors wanted (15%) Fifteen Percent Secured by real estate Contact 405-735-3906 1st Mortgage Maui Jewish family request $1.5M for refinance. Secured by prime 250 acres in Wailuku, Maui. Recent ultra conservative appraisal $6.45 million. Very generous terms. Very secure. Please contact David @ 808-463-2691 or David@waiehukalo/com Shalom 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 #1 Opp!!! $15K+ Per week potential! Giant international Co. Exploding in the US. Contact 800-399-0447
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Obgyn Practice for sale: Brooklyn, ideal for Orthodox Jewish MD. Receipts 700k. Call Mr. Weissen at 631-281-2810 or email gnw1@buysellpractices.com A breakthrough in Parnasa. Have the time and money for whats vital in your life. Worj from home simple system training and support. www.behappylivelife.com 888-415-1474 Capital wanted $2.5M To facilitate a 413 acre oceanfront liquidation, Puerto Rico USA. Land MAI Appraised @ 186M, July 2007. Earn $6M from equity participation in sales. Secured 1st lien. 202-756-4808 Business person to negotiate. I have 2 inventions. Great money making opportunity. Interested? Call Janet 347-439-8968 Partner/salesperson for jewelry mfg business. Knowl of internet sales. Willing to travel. 212-575-9590 BECOME A SUCCESFUL CONCERT PROMOTER Call: HMI, New York (800) 836-1691 Very Active Brooklyn Law Practice For Sale. Only Law Firms with at least 3 Attorneys need Apply. Terms Negotiable. Please Call 718-336-3938 AFTER 6pm Salesman or distributor of an exclusive and high tech product for business, investment from $480 US up to $1,000,000 US 717-718-5568 bkidr25@gmail.com $500-$3,500: Returning calls from home, part-time. Pick your own hours, No selling! Not multi-level marketing, No cold calling. Please Call: 888-601-6261 EXCELLENT DEAL! Boro Pk restaurant for sale $65k Flex; Prime location in Boro Pk. Serious inqs only. 917-626-2927 Glatt kosher restaurant in Brooklyn, Established 4 years. Long lease w/low rent. Exc oppty. Ask $69k. 718-810-5323 FINANCIAL SERVICES Professional who controls your future? If your future is firmly in Your hands-this ad is not for you. but if you’d like more control over what the future brings it’s time to check out a career with Edelstein Financial Group.for motivated professional we offer unparalleled opportunities on our professional sales team. As a Financial Service Professional, you’re in control of your career.in this entrepreneurial,consultative sales position,you have the opportunity to build your own business by providing products and services to meet your clients financial needs. Excellent training and benefits package available. 718-253-4000 www.SolEdelstein.com TRADE STOCKS? Leverage 20x intra-day, 10x over-nite. Full service broker, low commissions. Call 212-422-1122
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Tutoring Exp. Certified teacher available. Will tutor in math, science, reading & SATs. Reasonable rates. Contact 718-763-6524
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. Conatct: 617-835-6404 I offer MATH SUPPORT for HS and College students, I lecturer in math at Yeshiva University, & prepare students for PSAT/SAT 718-869-9034 Talmud Tutor + Coach Available for your sons. Bklyn and SI only. Contact Josh 646-498-7830 AFFORDABLE TUTORING Prep for Math & Science Regents With outstanding tutors who cover all The material & strategies students Must know. Very affordable rates! Online & Flatbush locations. Call Perry: 718-377-0015 Professional tutoring Are you Worried About your child passing the 2008 NYC math test? Service is offering test prep qualified tutors Individualized attention amazing results references available. We cover All of the topics outlined by NYS Dept of Education. Homework help also Avail. Help your child Excel in Math. Call 347-247-4258 Piano lessons,-all levels. Instrument provided free of charge. Reasonably priced. Call: 718-207-5981 Call: 212-496-9148
Help Offered
HHA/CAN: Cert & profl woman with over 20 yrs exper seeks job to care for elderly. Honest & dependable. Highly recommended 617-501-9210
Caregiver, seeking fulltime position, many years experience. Excellent references. Live in/ out. Call 718-645-5128 or 347-495-2773
Excellent Sofer musmach, yirel shamayim. Expert in writing and checking mezuzahs, tefillin. Call 347-406-1999
LOOKING TO HELP THE ELDERLY. EXPERIENCED Nurse Aid. Help is at your doorstep. Experienced & Certified nurse’s aid available to care for the elderly + homebound or hospice. Please contact CLAUDIA SHWEKY 732.829.6716 or 732.222.5841
Elderly Care: I am exper w/dementia patients & all their needs. Excel refs. Livein. Joan 973-980-2405 lv msg. I am Seeking Position As Home Health Care Provider live-in or Live out Taking Care of Elderly 19 yrs Exp Excellent Ref Call Pam 718-877-8116 Hello families our babysitters, nannies, companions, housekeepers are available with no cost to you! They are honest, reliable, CPR, First aide, HHA Certified. Call now 347-295-3348 & let willing hands do it for you! Experienced CAN looking for eldercare or companion job references available, greencard, licensed, Hungarian/ English speaking. No wheelchair. Call 718-915-2163 I am a Mature woman seeking to care for elderly, disabled or babysitting, housekeeping and cooking as well. References on Request Call 347-312-4723 I am seeking a job as a companion for the elderly or disabled. I have many years of experience. Excellent references. Live in/out 631-896-0849, Willing to work 6 days a week.
Playgroup: Madison age 2-6. Morah Leora, early/late dropoff. Quality care. Summer/all year. 718-646-9368 Household Positions Wanted Nurse Highly Educated, spec, in Alzheimer’s & dementia. Takes care of People w/various illnesses. Exc refs.10 yrs exp. Fluent in eng & 4 euro langs. Exc travel companion 914-960-4374
I am a responsible, honest person seeking position as home health aide for elderly or housekeeping. Ref avail. Call Barbara 718-926-1414 Companion/Caregiver Companions/caregiver available Exp. compassionate caregiver seeks position. Live in/out. Excellent ref. Call Beverly: 917-757-5363 I am a housekeeper with over 16 years exp. Seeking a PT position as a day worker or office. References are available. Call 212-926-0645 Mature multilingual available Private driver w/ car avail to service all your needs. Local and long distance-Servicing NY, NJ, CT + LIServicing weddings, airport, mountains, etc. Reasonably priced. Call: 646-331-9229 Eldercare caring experienced , home aid/Companion, daily or live-in Excellent Ref. Jean: 347-678-5836 Positions wanted I am a MAN with nursing home exp Seeking position to work with elderly. M-F day/evenings. Ref avail upon Request. Call 718-931-8632/ 917-428-7635 AID/ COMPANION/ CHILDCARE with more than 12 years experience, seeks position. Excellent checkable references. Please Call: 718-284-7637 Situation Wanted, Help offered: Exp nurse with A1 refs. Seeking a position to care for the elderly. P/T, F/T or nights. Prefer the Maryland, Virginia or DC area. Contact 301-455-1221
Helping hands-Live in/out: Home attendants & companions. Refs 718-459-4523 or 718-419-9908
Home Care Agency Serving In Home Supportive JEWISH Services In The CAREGIVER / 5 Boroughs of NY. Brooklyn Home Care Agency is Seeking
COMPANION For the Jewish Elderly all over the NY Area. Full/Part Time with Benefits. Please call us at 718-336-7110 ext 288 Jeffrey
We Have Live In And Live Out Skilled Home Attendants To Assist With Activities of Daily Living And Housekeeping. This Support Allows Many Older People To Remain In Their Homes.
(718) 336-7110 ext 215
RETIRED CONSERVATIVE RABBi Available for high holy holidays. Warm and engaging personality. Dynamic and eloquent speaker. Timely and relevant sermon. Torah reader. Rabbi1826@gmail.com Available for repair and installation of telephone and computers. Call Isaac at 718-213-7533 I AM A CARPENTER LOOKING FOR WORK. Spackling, sheet rock, tile, doors, bathrooms, kitchens, painting etc. Call @ 718-363-8994 ZEVULAN partner to support my Learning for one year, only $20K Call: 646-385-2259 NEED A RABBI !!! A dynamic experienced Modern Orthodox Rav will lead your shul. Baal Koreh and more, great speaker and educator. Email : evereadyrav@yahoo.com Or call 702-673-7180 HAMPTON SWIMMING INSTRUCTION (LIFEGUARD FOR PARTIES) ALL AGES: INFANTS, TODDLERS, SWIM TEAM, HANDICAPPED ENERGETIC INSTRUCTORS, 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE. RESULTS GUARANTEED. CONTACT KIM *82-631-681-6042, VICKI *82-631-839-7946 VLBONAGURO@OPTONLINE.NET Have property in CT? Growing RE management Co in CT seeks landlords in need of exceptional/ management services. Commercial/ Residential HUD section 8. Call 203-776-6363 and speak w Mendy. Situation Wanted Aide/ companion/ nanny available immediately. Days/ nights. Experience with Kosher rules. Call 516-214-6577-or 516-316-2817
Help Wanted Uptown Manhattan: Help Wanted, for kosher supermarket. Cashier/counter, help needed Full time/ part time. Please call: 212-927-4890 Home attendant Fulltime or part time. Felxible hours. Live in or out. Experience required. Good salary. Call 917-676-1309 or 347-512-8229
NAILS TECHS AND MASSAGE THERAPISTS 10 min. manicure Is Hiring Technicians, Massage Therapist. Must be licensed. New JFK Airport location. Apply at www.10minutemanicure.com or call Mary Beth. 866-663-0802 Legal secretary P/T or F/T, Must have legal experience. Short-hand or speed-writing preferred. Salary negotiable. Sheepshead Bay area 718-646-2600 Help wanted Secretary f/t Sun-Thurs Midwood, phones, Filing, comp, lit, photoshop knowl A+ Hebrew A+ Call: 718-998-9301 Hello Families, our babysitters, nannies, companions, housekeepers are available with no cost to you. They are honest and reliable, CPR, First Aid, HHA Certified. Call now (347) 295-3348 Let Willing Hands Do It For You! Simply The Best Employment Agency. We offer eldercare, companions, housekeepers, babysitters,. All with excellent references, Licensed and Board Agency \. Live in/out (718) 332-7608 POSITIONS WANTED I am a Certified Home Health Aide wih own transportation and 20 years exp. Live-in or live out position. To care for the elderly. Ref avail upon request. Call 973-4935108. Can also drive
MAN WITH CAR/ VAN NEEDED For newspaper delivery service. Call for more info: 718-998-6602 HELP WANTED Saleslady with some sales exp needed for fabric Store. Call 718-436-5849 or 347-743-7339 TRAINING WANTED, PAPER FOLDING TECHNIQUES, CALL TO DISCUSS RATES. 201-264-6536. LEAVE NAME AND NUMBER. Dental Lab In Bensonhurst looking for office help with dental office experience. Good computer skills helpful Call 718-331-2241 or fax resume 718-331-2251
KOL HAOLAM NEWS SEEKS ADVERTISING REPS % BASED. CALL 347-678-0925. E-mail/text kolhaolam@yahoo.com
Cleaning Services Cleanout commercial & residential. Big or small odd jobs we do it all Call for free estimate
Cook Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for experienced cook Please call 917-453-6776, 845-893-3719 or 732-363-3636
Manager Wanted LAKEWOOD Restaurant looking for heimishe manager. Please call 917-453-6776 or 845-893-3719 Help Wanted Chef, P/time for new upcoming Catering hall, in queens, exper pref, Call bet 10-6pm. 917-696-7879 HELP WANTED/ BKLYN Dental hygienest Boro Park dental office. P/T Fridays 718-854-3333
Mark 917-682-2247 SPOONER’S DOMESTICS General Celaning 4 Hrs $72 Heavy Duty 4 Hrs $80 Elderly care, sitters. Bonded. 7 days 718-320-5112 Spoonersdomesticservice.com Spoonersdomestic@yahoo.com 1st Class Cleaning Services. We do it all- All organic, Insured & Bonded, references Passover Special $129.95 (4 Hrs) Servicing: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens 718-408-9244 or 646-213-3012 www.1stclasscleaningnyc.com Heaven’s Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Help wanted Cosmetician, exp’d-F/T knowl of selling cosmetics & fragrances a must. Sal + commish. 718-645-0166
Dry in1 Hr. Prompt, Reliable
Passover Special: 3 hours
2 Rms + Hallway $89.00
with our eco-friendly,non toxic,
3 Rms + Hallway $119.00
hypoallergenic supplies ONLY
Sofa & Loveseat $139.00
$89.95. Additional hours at the same discounted rate. Recession special:$20 per hr with your supplies Brownstone Maids: www.brownstonemaids.com 888-7ny-maid (888-769-6243) Salesperson Hardware/ Lumber, Inside/ Outside salesperson needed for hardware/ Lumberyard/ Manufacturer of metal studs. Located in Astoria.
Hardwd, Tile & Grout Svc, House Special: 5 Rms + Hallway & Stairs $189.00 .
(718)696-9117 I AM HOME HEALTH AIDELicensed Nursing Assistant seeking a full a live-out postion to take care of elderly in the home. Call 718-738-8729 FREE MASSAGE! Buy one 30 min massage, get 2nd free. Great for colds & flu, aches & pains. Blood circulation & more! Great service at reasonable prices…for more info call 732-483-0032. Lv msg.
Call 718-726-4040 or Email info to:
hiringservices555@hotmail.com
Begolli Brothers RESTORATION SERVICES
Cook to run small kosher kitchen in Bronx nursing Home, will move to Queens facility in 2 months.Knowledge of Buchanian cooking a plus. Benefits. 718-519-5878
OFFICE AVAILABLE IN DEDICATED MENTAL HEALTH SUITE Large Furnished office in dedicated mental health suite available now for immediate occupancy. Tenant may lease office on a day-basis or full-time. Beautiful new suiter features desk, chair, lounge chair, full-sized coach, coffee and end table, plus floor and ceiling lighting. Also includes a shared furnished reception lounge; a convenient kitchenette and wireless internet at no charge. Easy access to multiple mass-transit hubs. Call 917-406-5568 for complete information and personal tour.
MARBLE•GRANITE•TERRAZZO Floor - Counters - Bathrooms - Walls Polishing - grinding - Diamonizing & Repairs
We also do installation Please call for an estimate 516-476-6166 10% Off on the First Job!
Travel VIP for life.com Want to get away for cheap? Only $79.99/Night in a six-star resort. Junior suite sleeps, 2-4 people in a room. Call now to reserve!.
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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
D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809 J Newman, full service construction and violations removed. *Kitchen & Bathroom renov *Basement digouts *Extersions and more. Licensed NYS professional engineer. Fully Lisc and Insured. For free estimate call Steve. 917-975-1752
Home
Improvement SERVICE Ephraim Glass Serving the community for over 30 years specializing in store fronts Mirrors, table tops, doors, windows, shower doors, screens (718) 435-4664 VALUE YOUR TIME? We are A_Z home improvement We show up when we say! Everyday we say, until the job is done! *We do finished basement *Hardwood Floor *Any completing job *Sheetrock *Painting/plastering *Windows & Doors *Tiles. For a free estimate, please call 718-574-4959 or 917-538-3875. Ask for Lenny or Sharon. General contracting: Fin bsmts, plumbing, flrs, etc. Fully insured, 30 yrs exper. Shraga 718-717-4070 Micolosi Bros. FLOOR REFINISHING, INC. *SANDING * STAINING* *PICKLING Reliable, Professional, courteous, fully insured. 516-593-0022, 718-843-2400, 718-227-2074, 718-468-2780 AVOID LEAKS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. Specializing in grouting, bathroom tiles, grouting, loose tiles, ceramic tiles + all house repairs. Call 516-302-6748 Serving all 5 Boros + LI 2680: Masonry Old-world Quality Masonry, concrete & brick work. Show us your designs. Sono Construction, Joseph or Frank. 646-772-0471 INTERIOR DECORATOR Workshop. Home based business $2000 fee davoralilian@gmail.com 203-257-7142 Exact Masonry. All types of Masonry Specializing in stone & concrete Residential & Commercial Restoration work *Steps *Foundatations *Chimneys *Patios *Pool decks *Sidewalks, and much more! Over 25 years Experience! 732-785-7767
BATHTUB, TILE REGLAZING + WATERPROOFING Unbeatable price guaranteed. 10% off with ad 718-866-6124/ 917-335-3798
Giannotti Contracting All pases of home improvements INC. * Finished Basements * Sheetrock * Taping * Extensions * Masonry * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Roofing * Siding * Windows & more. Call Dominick 718-256-9393
Handyman RAJA Appl repair. All major brands, Frig, A/C, micrwv, oven/stove, D/W, W/D, reas, reliable 718-377-1428 HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net
*HANDYMAN* Give me a call, I do it all! •Kitchens•Ceilings•Bathrooms •Dry Wall•Painting•Tile Work www.QualityDoesCount.com 20years Experience. FREE ESTIMATES. Call Steve 718*614*4916 HARPER’S HANDYMAN SVC. All types of home repair A-Z Done with pricle by dependable, reliable craftsman Call 732-216-7323
Moving Service Shalom moving Best service, Best Price Can help you move anytime, anywhere. Alex 646-407-5950 Dependable & reliable moving service. Call simon anytime. Low price. 718-715-0632 or 305-890-8923
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. Licensed & insured. Call 917-304-8777 Rescue Pest Control RATS* MICE* ROACHES *ANTS *SILVERFISH *TERMITES. Contact Keith. Tel: 718-348-1141 Cell: 718-930-9393 Fax: 718-348-1141
Electricians Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481 Lighting/Electroinics Track by Jack 1-91774-Track (87225) Track Lighting Specialists Design/Installation/Sales Update old cans with small inexpensive heat & energy Efficient, Low Voltage Halooens. Everything Stocked
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. 877-829-9633 Donate your car 100% tax deduction + Great mitzvah. Help Jewish causes, holiday programs, students & elderly education. Same day pickup. Free day + night hotel stay. Outreach programs. Jews of all backgrounds. Accepted any condition. 866-776-5463 Donate your car 100% tax deductible & a great mitzvah! Help many Jewish causes: -Holiday Programs -Students & Elderly -Children & Education -Outreach Programs -Jewish Background 718-365-770-5463
Motorcycles. Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375
Insulation for sale 8 ¼ InsulationOwens Corning R-30C 917-913-0000
Autos/ Police Impounds!! $500 Police Impounds!! Honadas, Chevys, Toyotas & more!! Please call for listings 800-366-0124 x 2305
STEAMBURG SMOKES. Tax free cigarette brands delivered to your front door for less than expected. 18+ 1877-783-2685 NYJV
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. Call: 347-234-8566 Auto Buyers Cars, Trucks, Any condition Cash on the spot highest $$$ Fast, Free Pick up, anywhere, anytime 732-298-4539 SELL YOUR VEHICLE FREE QUOTES!!! ANY CONDITION NEW OLD JUNK NOT TITLE NO PROBS SAME DAY PICK UP. FREE TOWING!! CALL 718-864-2872 Mercedes Benz 2003 CLK: Convertible EXCELLENT CONDITION 40K miles. 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
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Auto for sale 2006 BMW 750I Black/black 47,000miles, 4DR, fully loaded, includes GPS. Excellent condition. $31K Neg. Contact 516-625-0401 or 516-606-4614
Shul closing! Must liquidate. Benshers, chairs, stainless glass windows, kitchen + office equipment etc. Call Nathan 718-884-9400
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. Contact 718-324-9902 LOCATED @ 3766 BOSTON ROAD, BRONX NY 10469 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
Musical Instruments PIANO Grand 5’x8” Henry miller 1927, totally rebuilt w/new hammers, beaut blk lacquer finish beaut sound. Must see! $4800. Rich 631-878-6630
PIANO FOR SALE Pianos Cameo 64 full size keys in red mahogany refinished & reconditioned S2300 or best offer Kolher Campell Spinet mahogany S1200 or best offer call (973) 626-4386 Great Buy Quality Furniture For Sale By Owner Like new, living room, dinning room, bedrooms, chests, desks, lamps & more Frank 718-654-7961
Sports + Tickets Buy/ Sell tickets/ Yankees/ Mets/ Knicks/ Rangers/ Giants/ Jets and all concerts sports and theater. 800-764-1560 www.arentix.com Piano, Baldwin Concert Grand, 7 ft, selling $12,500, appraised $25,000 631-277-1937
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
Lost hse in NJ fine furnishings, collectibles, coins, paintings, rugs. Cents on the dollar. 646-379-3566
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
CLOSEOUT SWEATERS WHOLESALE QUANTITIES Suitable for discount stores, street vendors, internet sales, home businesses. *Name Brands * Low Minimum Quantities *Individually Packaged * High Profit Margins Call 917-716-3018
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 NEW SEFFER TORAH, 6 INCH, 1/ARON KODESH, READY FOR SIYUM. 718-627-0915, 917-449-6125
Excellent Sofer musmach, yerei shamayim, Expert in writing & checking mezuzahs & teffilin call 347-416-1999 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
Do you have merchandise you can’t sell? We’ll buy entire warehouse. Please call: 347-496-1626 Steinway Piano-Original ivory keys + matching bench (Model M) Signed by S. Rachmaninoff. Excellent condition. $28,500.00. Contact 804-380-5659
Joe’s gold buying serv. We buy your unwanted gold, diamonds, sterling silver/ bronzes, paintings, rugs, coins and high end watches. We also do partys. General Comm and food allowne. For info call Joe 516-849-8826 Art for Sale Works of Art for Acquisitios Judaica & Landscapes (917)204-5058
Free until 04/01/2010 Receive a FREE $125 Gift Card Certificate Regularly $19.95, face value. You pay only $7.95 for process & handling surcharge. Redeem the Certificate for the Gift Card of your choice for $100 and you will receive TWO Bonus Cards for a value of $125. Gift cards can be used on all major airlines, favorite hotels, online shopping & offline shopping at popular retail store loc such as: Macy's, Toys R Us, Exxon Mobile gas, Office Depot, Best Buy, Wal-Mart & Many great locations!!! To order your FREE Gift Card Certificate Call 1-800-844-9639 x1011
Collector of Jewish Art. Call Ted: 201-575-0055 CASH PAID OLD ITEMS ETC: Watches, tools, fishing, cameras, toys, trains, bikes, records, knives, musical instruments. Gold, silver, coins. Larry 718-448-4413 HAY – Grassy second cut $7 a bale Timothy first cut $6.15 a bale. 300 bale minimum. Large square bales available. Visa/Mastercard 315-525-3193
Other Long arm quilting by Sherry Thompson. Quilting in my home. Q-$35.00 K-$40. 10 Day return 417-256-3900
Astrology-MariAxinn Kabbalistic Astrology readings + teaching New York 212-677-6002 New Jersey 908-591-9814 levanah@earthlink.net
Buying Will pay for military souveniers, helmets, swords, bayonets, medals, old guns, etc. Call Ray 646-670-8542
LOOKING TO BUY USED JEWISH BOOKS. ANY LANGUAGE. PICK-UP AVAILABLE 718-986-4002
Old Watches & Watches Wanted Toy collector regardless of condition Highest prices paid (212) 517-8725
World famous psychic Karen. Guaranteed to reunite lovers. Help with career, finances, health. Free reading by phone. 214-334-0037
Gifted and Inturtive Consulting in business Health children and family Relationships Excellent energy Treatment provided in need of Yeshiva Call 347-625-1440
Have Something to Sell? Post your ad and consider it sold!
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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
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
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 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! 201-934-1600
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. 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
Jersey City: Clean 2 BR apt, parking avail, heat & hot included, Jacuzzi, 20 min from Manhattan. $1150/mo 347-266-1029 Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528 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
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For Sale Kensington: Spac 2 BR/2bth, terrace, 1st flr. Elev bldg, lndry rm, indoor prkng. $399K Call 732-604-3060
ELIZABETH: 2 Fam, Handyman Special. Asking $95K. Owner 347-234-3922, More properties available
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
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 SOUTH BRUNSWICK, DAYTON: BY OWNER. 55+, 2 BR, 2.5 BA, DENS/STUDY, LOFT, CAC, FIREPLACE, HARDWOOD FLRS, PATIO, 2 CAR GAR. LOW $400’S. CLUBHOUSE, POOL, WALKING PATH, PUTTING AREA, GREEN TENNIS COURT, CLOSE TO NJ TURNPIKE. MUST SEE, CALL 732-329-9631 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 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
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# Deal Lake Jersey Shore Home Lake views throughout the house. A beauty on the outside; Needs work On the inside. 5 bdrms, 3 ½ baths. Located on Senic Edgemont Drive in Loach Arbour. 4 blocks to Ocean. $1,200,000 Call Owner 732-918-1216
LIVINGSTON: By owner, 973-900-2143, 5 BR, 2 BTH, FAMILY ROOM, OFFICE, LAUNDRY ROOM, KITCHEN, DR, LR, RECENTLY RENOVATED. BEST PRICES FOR BIL EVEL HOME. BEST IN TOWN, LEVEL LOT. ASK 519K. CALL OWNER. Residential/Commercial Howell, NJ Near Lakewood, 20,000 sq ft asking 650k. Reasonably priced! Call now Dominick 908-415-2299 or Sal 718-853-3629
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 Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent Red Bank: Downtown office space avail 1350 sq ft, vaulted ceilings, fios, internet. Parking avail. Call Art 732-22-3553 Irvington, NJ 21500 sq ft near airport, $6500 mo loading dock with enough room for two trailers to back up. Call (917) 804-8442 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
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
Commercial Property Newark, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe area in iron-bound section FOR RENT. 16 ft ceiling. Up to 120,000 sq ft can be easily divided. 1st flr also avail. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of office space, wired & ready. Surrounded w/heimeshe businesses, daily minyonim, close ti highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Please call 917-771-3140. If no answer lv msg.
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
Jersey city warehouse space Available. 10,000+ sf. Call Joe or Ben, 718-947-5037 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
Help Wanted HELP WANTED-NJ Pharmacist position available in Lakewood, NJExc, salary. Pleasant work envirnment. Gershon: 732-666-1748
Donations Children’s hope charities-A- Car donation is tax deductible, free pickup, any condition. 800692-1221. For NJ call 973-504-6215. Not an endorsement
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 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
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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
MICCO- LIVE + WORK IN GATED PRIVATE PROPERTY TOM HOME WITH SEPARATE
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
Boca Raton: Country Village (BOLD) 2BR, 2 Full Baths,No Furn,2 pools, clbhouse,$875/mo.Yrly only.646-321-5177. 646-318-9265.
Aventura/N. Miami. 3BR penthouse.Fully renov,furn.For seasonal/yr round rent.For photos or info call 718-217-4426
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
10,000 SQ FT UNDER AIR CUSCoconut 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
Properties for sale Florida Jax Bch-Atlantic Beach & Ponte Vedra Bch, ocean front in/or golf course living, 350k to $3M+ 904-710-3468. WWW.MarthaVidal.com
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
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
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 www.garybirmingham.com
“Specializing in Luxury Ocean Front Condos and Estate Homes in Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Highland Beach, Hillsboro Beach and Fort Lauderdale Beach.
Real Estate 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
For Rent W Palm Beach/ Century Village: 55+ 3 condos for rent/ sale. $550/mo. Neg 718-974-9164 or 516-727-5507 Pesach Rental. Miami Beach, 5600 Collins Ave. 2 BR, 2 bth lux condo in lux bldg. Avail March 24. Call 914-262-3078
MIAMI KOSHER RENTALS.COM Find the perfect So. Florida seasonal or Pesach vacation rental! Check us out at: miamikosherrentals.com or 786-390-0582
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
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
Miami- Alexander Hotel: 52nd/ Collins. Luxury 2 BRs, 2 bths, lg kitchen, DR, LR, magnify ocean view, balcony, valet. 773-289-1830
330 SE 2nd St, Gulfstream Gardens: Fully furnished, 1 bed, 1.5 bths, includes cable, pking, pool, close to library, post office, race track. 55+ Community, $825/Mo, 1325 seas Neg. Call Richard 954-457-3862
3/2.5 Glorious sundronched country, Club home, w/ soaring ceiling, frplc, stunning kitchen, huge yard, screened patios. 325K. United Realty Group. 954-520-1896
Hallendale: La meron, beautifully furnished 1500 sf condo, 2 BR, 3 bth, restaurant, beauty salon, state of the art gym, pool. Reasonably priced, negotiable, asking $325k. Near Diplomat Hotel, shopping, trans and more. ALSO 1 BR, 1,000sf furnished and ready to move-in. Call: 954-458-2280
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
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
Florida Condo for sale Orlando New 5 star resort, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bath townhouse. All Amenities, 5 minutes to Disney/universal. $125/night. Chuck 908-874-7018
Condo for sale FL Jupiter/ Ocean BluffsN: Gated 2 BR, 2 bth, condo, steps to pool, bch, kitchen, DR, LR, FL/R, Ldry/R titled porch, nice view/RED. Lowest in Bluffs $270k. Contact 561-746-6446
Palm Coast FL: New home construction located along northeast Atlantic coast and intercostals waterway. Custom home builder (FL License CGC 151265) Review floor plans and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhome.co m Summer building incentives apply through August 31st 2009. Call for details 386-586-5665, ask for will or John, M-F 9-5pm w/e 10AM-4PM
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
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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
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
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale/Rent
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
Nahalaot/ Rehavia Private house, extremely rare,15 rms Prking,elevator, garden, shelter 054-2382016 No5floor@gmail.com
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
SE FLORIDA OCEAN FRONT REAL ESTATE ESTATE HOMES, LUXURY CONDOS, CONDO HOTELS & CUSTOM HOME SITES. East Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Ft. Lauderdale Beach, Highland Beach, Hillsboro Beach & Lighthouse Point Intracoastal/ Ocean Front Gary Birmingham, Senior VP. Rutenberg Realty, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
954-464-4336 www.garybirmingham.com
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