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Jerusalem Riots Stress Relations, Threaten Peace Talks

Ten Israeli Billionaires In Forbes’ List

Sammy Ofer and his family worth $6.7 Billion Shaya Boymelgreen

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BY SMUEL BEN ELIEZER Valley National Bancorp today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Valley National Bank, assumed all deposits and received certain assets of Manhattan-based LibertyPointe Bank from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), which was appointed the receiver for LibertyPointe Bank. erald H. Lipkin, Chairman, President and CEO commented that, “We welcome LibertyPointe Bank customers to Valley National Bank and are pleased to provide a safe and secure home to these customers. Our primary focus is to assure customers that their deposits are safe and remain readily accessible to them.

Valley has served the northern and central New Jersey and New York metropolitan areas for over 80 years and has a healthy balance sheet, and strong capital and liquidity positions.

Shaya Boymelgreen who founded Liberty Pointe Bank in 2005 has a long history of investments in the Jewish world. In 1969, the Israeli-born, Lubavitch-Jewish Boymelgreen moved to America to study at a New York yeshiva. He eventually pursued a series of disparate occupations: He worked at a diamond mine in Brazil, opened a

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Arabs rioting near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

BY MAXINE DOVERE Jerusalem, the ancient city whose very name speaks of peace, exploded in riots, symbolically instigated by the rededication of the historic “Hurva” synagogue in the Old City.

The Hurva Synagogue, an architectural landmark of the Jewish Quarter since 1856, was destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Only its arch remained. The building has been under reconstruction since 2005.

Calling for a “Day of Rage” against Israel, Hamas’ Gaza MP Ahmed Abu Halabiya (Hamas) has promoted the concept that the restoration of the Hurva presages an Israeli plan to destroy the alAqsa Mosque and replace it with the Third Temple. Joined by Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the radical groups have brought blood to the streets of the Old City.

Attempts to prevent would be rioters from accessing the area involved both Israeli security forces and the Palestinian

Authority in a collaborative effort to detain Palestinians attempting to reach Jerusalem to join the protest.

As of Wednesday morning, Israel time, 14 members of the Israeli security force along with 100 Palestinians had been reported injured, mostly by rubber bullets, tear gas and beatings. Thirty one have been arrested to date.

Despite assurances from high ranking Israeli military and religious authorities that there is no plan to harm Muslim holy places on “the noble Sanctuary” (the Temple Mount), any activity near what is perhaps the most sensitive of all holy places in the Old City can serve as an instigation.

Despite absolute assurances that there is no plan to.build a Third Temple, rioting has occurred in the Old City and in the Palestinian neighborhoods of Abu Dis, Hawara, Wadi Joz and al-Tur. When Palestinian worshippers were prevented from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers, additional rumors sparked

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According to the Forbes annual ranking of billionaires from around the world, ten Israelis are worth more than one billion dollars each, right alongside Larry, Steve, Warren and all the other usual suspects. ome of the people on the list are not Israelis, and some are Israelis living abroad. It doesn’t matter. The important thing is that they net over a billion dollars, which gets them a ranking on the complete list from Forbes.

Sami Ofer, The richest Israeli, is an 86 year old self-made billionare who made his fortune from a global shipping empire, plus interests in banking and real estate. Another veteran is Stef Wertheimer, who’s been a social leader apart from a business superstar. At 82 years old, Stef is a lobbist for his idea of implementing the ”Marshall Plan for the Middle East” therefore he created industrial parks like “Tefen” in the Galilee, to bring peaceful coexistence by having Jews and Arabs work together. Most recently he sold 80% of his company Iscar, the manufacturer of precision carbide metalworking tools, for $4 billion.

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Marzel Urges Super Model Refaeli Not To Marry DiCaprio

BY FELICITY KAY Far-right activist Baruch Marzel has sent top international model Bar Refaeli a strongly worded letter urging her not to marry long-term non-Jewish boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio. arzel, formerly of the outlawed Kach party, wrote recently on behalf of Lehava, an organization dedicated to stopping intermarriage within Israel. He called on the top model to reconsider her potential decision, insisting, “It is not by chance that you were born Jewish. Your grandmother and her grandmother did not dream that one of their descendants would one day remove the family’s

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future generations from the Jewish people.

Assimilation has forever been one of the enemies of the Jewish people.”

Marzel urged Refaeli to “come to your senses, look forward and back, too – and not only [at] the present. Don’t marry Leonardo DiCaprio. Don’t harm the future generations.”

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Monday, Marzel explained his actions, saying, “There is an increasing problem with intermarriage all over Israel. We’re f ighting to prevent this problem, and when [the rate of intermarriage] increases, it legitimizes it.

Someone like Bar Refaeli, who is famous, should be ashamed to betray her

Judaism in this way,” he continued. “Part of the way of f ighting this is by sending her a letter.”

Asked whether he believed his methods were appropriate, he stated, “I’ve got to try.

I’m trying any way I can. I tried to call her, but she wouldn’t answer, so I sent her a letter instead. I’ve tried to succeed.”

Marzel cited, but refused to name, “many” examples of high-prof ile female Israeli celebrities who, after his intervention, had broken up with their non-Jewish signif icant others and gone on to be “good religious girls.”

Refaeli’s mother and manager, Tzipi Levine, could not be reached for comment.

Palestinians and Israeli troops.

“I just wanted you to know ... that you do not stand alone,” she told a small group of Palestinians, including the mayor and governor of Ramallah. “People are stepping up. They will not be silent.”

On March 16, 2003, Corrie stood in the path of an armored Israeli bulldozer as it approached a Palestinian home targeted for demolition along Gaza’s border with Egypt, part of an operation against smuggling tunnels.

The driver has said he didn’t see Corrie, and the Israeli military has ruled her death an accident. Corrie’s parents reject that

orrie is considered a martyr by the Palestinian Authority on the same level as suicide bombers whom they also honor with street names.

Corrie’s mother, Cindy, said her daughter stood for many other foreign activists who have come to the West Bank and Gaza in recent years to serve as a buffer between

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version and have brought a civil suit against the Israeli government. The trial began last week in Haifa.

Corrie was an activist in the International Solidarity Movement, a group that sends foreigners into hot spots to assist Palestinians. Often they endanger themselves by standing between Israeli forces and Palestinians, trying to prevent soldiers from acting.

The street naming took place in the backdrop of Arab rioting that was sparked by the rededication of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Key U.S. Lawmaker Sees Iran Bill By April

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West Bank Street Named for Dead US Activist Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a US activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.

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tration. The bills would expand unilateral sanctions targeting Iran’s energy sector.

Berman said the reconciliation process would include areas that are not covered by the bill -- a sign of how rapidly the Iran policy landscape is changing.

The California lawmaker wants enforcing mechanisms to address a recent New York Times expose of how companies

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Jewish Activists Say ‘Arabs Peres Shows Religious Side During Rare Visit to Yeshiva Gaining Control of Gush Etzion’ President Shimon Peres said yesterday that if it were up to him, all Jews would observe the Sabbath and work only six days a week - “as the Torah commands.” peaking on an official visit to the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, Peres said he was proud that the state and the IDF released yeshiva students from military service so they could devote their life to Torah study.

The president, who spoke fondly and sympathetically of the ultra-Orthodox community, its rabbis, values and way of life, was welcomed by Bnei Brak’s top off icials and leading rabbis. He had come a long way from the days in which for them he epitomized the hated left wing, which the late ultra-Orthodox Lithuanian leader Rabbi Eliezer Menachem Shach lambasted in 1990 as “breeders of rabbits and pigs.”

While students from Bnei Brak’s renowned Ponevezh yeshiva pushed through the crowd of thousands of young men to be photographed with the president, fanatic ultra-Orthodox factions arrived on buses from Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh to demonstrate against the guest.

“The people who sit here really study Torah for its own sake. I’m very proud that the state and army have agreed to release them to devote their life to their studies,” Peres said at the

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yeshiva.

After stopping at Ponevezh yeshiva, Peres met privately with one of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community’s leaders, Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman. The president intended to discuss ways of advancing Bnei Brak economically, but also took time to address acute political issues such as the current tension in the coalition over the new conversion bill. He also reminisced about his childhood, waxing nostalgic over Gemara studies with his grandfather and the famous blessing he received as an infant from Rabbi Chofetz Chaim.

Demonstrators outside the meeting with Shteinman held up posters against “desecrating and degrading our holy Torah by paying respect in public to the the evil president of the heretic state!

For money!” They railed against Shteinman and, after Peres left, threw rocks and other objects at the rabbi’s house.

Speaking at the Haredi-owned IROX hi-tech company, which employs 80 ultra-Orthodox women, the president said: “I would say half-jokingly that if I really had the power to do so, I would have all the Jews keep the Sabbath and work only six days a week, as the Torah commands.”

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BY HANA LEVI JULIAN Jewish activists are warning of a European-funded initiative to help Palestinian Authority Arabs with land grabs in Gush Etzion, facilitated by planting olive trees and then claiming ownership. ehudit Katzover of the Committee for Jewish Shdema told Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew newsmagazine this week that her group has been working against the trend for the past five years.

“You can see it everywhere in Judea and Samaria... you can see it along the entire length of the road along Highway 60, especially in the area between [the Jewish communities of] Alon Shvut and Elazar,” Katzover said. “There are no private plots of land there at all, but they continue to plant trees there, in order to close around us.”

“We must wake up,” Katzover declared.

“We want to catch the hilltops before the Palestinians do. We have appealed to all the authorities with any relevance to the problem, but they have to operate in accordance with the law – and as you know, the wheels of the law turn slowly.”

Katzover claims the Arabs are planting olive trees, and then, after seven years, claim ownership. “That is how they work,” she said. “The Defense Minister is really closing his eyes. When we tried to build houses [in these areas], they destroyed them eight times. When we tried to plant trees, we received orders to cease and desist. To the Arabs, no orders are given – only to Jews.

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Al-Jazeera Airs 1983 Footage of Former Israeli Captives

BY MAAYANA MISKIN The pan-Arab news network AlJazeera broadcast archive images of captive IDF soldiers from the past last week as Hamas continued to pressure Israel to release terrorists in exchange for captive soldier Gilad Shalit. The network aired footage of Nissim Shalem and Yossef Groff. halem and Groff were taken captive in Lebanon in 1982. They and fellow captive soldier Hezi Shai were returned to Israel in 1985 in exchange for the release of 1,150 terrorists. One of the freed terrorists, Ahmed Yassin, went on to found Hamas.

The footage aired on Al-Jazeera was recorded in 1983. In the video, the two soldiers accused Israel of murdering innocent Arabs in Sabra and Shatila, and compared IDF soldiers to nazis.

Shalem later told Israeli reporters that his terrorist captors had forced him to make the statements. He told his captors that the IDF was not responsible for the massacre, but “you couldn’t tell them the truth,” he explained.

Al-Jazeera used the tapes as part of a three-part series it is airing on the exchange of Israeli captives for imprisoned terrorists.

In 2006, Hamas kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit near Gaza. The terror group claims Shalit is alive and well, although it has refused to allow international observers to make contact with the young captive.

Only one short video clip of Shaliit was released by Hamas since his capture.

Hamas leaders are demanding the release of over 1,000 terrorists in exchange for Shalit’s freedom.

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PA Arabs are trying to take over land in Gush-Etzion. and join us in the fight to take these hills,” she said.

The Gush Etzion activists note that there is a catch to their struggle, in that if they do nothing in response to Arab plantings, the Arabs take over, while if they (the Jews) initiate a planting of their own, the army comes and throws them off, essentially reserving the land for Arabs.

Shdema, Too Katzover said that in order to continue the fight for Shdema, “we must strengthen the fight in the Gush; [PA Arabs] are making points under the sponsorship of GIE, a European anti-Jewish group which is funding their struggle.

Shdema, an abandoned IDF army camp, is located on Israeli land close to Har Homa on the Jerusalem-Gush Etzion Highway.

Activists have been waging a determined struggle for nearly two years to keep it Jewish.

Ten Israeli Billionaires In Forbes’ List Continued from Cover THE TOP TEN ISRAELIS ARE ACCORDING TO RANKING ARE: 140 Sammy Ofer & family $6.7 Billion 222 Stef Wertheimer & family $4.6 Billion 227 Lev Leviev $4.5 Billion 256 Shari Arison $4.1 Billion 296 Beny Steinmetz $3.6 Billion 307 Yitzhak Tshuva $3.5 Billion 334 Alexander Machkevich $3.3 Billion 358 Arnon Milchan $3.1 Billion 1014 Morris Kahn $1.1 Billion THE TOP FIVE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Warren Buffett with $53.5 Billion Carlos Slim Helu $53. Billion William Gates III $47 Billion Lakshmi Mittal $29 Billion Mukesh Ambani $28.7 Billion

OTHER TOP JEWS ON THE LIST ARE: Michael Bloomberg $18Billion Ronald Perelman $10 Billion Joseph Safra $7 Billion Steven Cohen $5.5 Billion David & Simon Reuben $5.5 Billion David Geffen $4.5 Billion Sheldon Adelson $3.5 Billion

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Reconstructed ‘Hurva’ Synagogue Opens in the Old City FROM COMBINED NEWS SERVICES An “invitation only” joyous ceremony took place last week in the Old City in Jerusalem, where the centuries-old Hurva synagogue has come back to life after having been destroyed by the Jordanians during the War for Independence in 1948. hief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger sent a calming message to the Muslim world, amid tensions over the inaugu-

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Metzger and Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz both set the mezuzah at the synagogue jambs earlier in the afternoon.

Pay no attention to malicious slander. All we are doing is resurrecting the ‘Hurva,’ which was destroyed 60 years ago. We have no intention of rebuilding the temple, not this week – unless the Almighty God descends it from the heavens,” said the chief rabbi during the inauguration ceremony.

“All the rumors that suggest we will later march on Temple Mount are just that – rumors. A media spin by antiSemites that wish us harm.”

Knesset Member Danny Danon (Likud) also attended the ceremony and protested the controversy sparked by the decision to reopen the synagogue.

“Nothing is more in the heart of the Israeli consensus as building a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter,” he said, “But anything Jewish immediately sparks controversy. We have to tell our American friends – ‘keep your hands off

Going over the new Torah scrolls in the rebuilt Hurva before the public rededication ceremony.

Jerusalem and afford Jews their right to pray in the Old City.’”

The reconstruction of Hurva Synagogue, he continued, “symbolized the renewed construction in Jerusalem… The Palestinian Authority turns every project in the capital into an international incident, and unfortunately it was able to do that concerning Ramat Shlomo. We cannot walk into that trap.”

Hurva, literally means ruin and is located in the heart of the Old City, where a new Torah scroll was ushered into the rebuilt synagogue.

The original building stood as a

Jerusalem Riots Stress Relations, Threaten Peace Talks Continued from Cover consequent riots. Israeli police used non lethal weapons to restrain the crowds.

Arab-Israelis, including several Muslim Knesset members, were prevented from entering the area by Israeli authorities. MK Haneen Zoubi (Balad) said, “Israel is testing the Palestinian and international threshold via the violent policies of “Judaization” and occupation it is applying in Jerusalem: (including) massive Jewish inhabitation in the east of the city and in the Arab neighborhoods, the demolition of houses, the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, revoking identity cards, suppressing demonstrations, arresting residents, and picking on human rights activists.” Zoubi, who was in Jerusalem on Tuesday, added, “This policy is nothing short of ethnic cleansing, and it constitutes a strong motive for the launch of a third intifada, even more than Sharon’s visit to the al-Aqsa mosque. It seems that the official Palestinian and Arab stance has given Israel the wrong message: That the Palestinians will not fight for their freedom and their rights, and that the intifadas are a thing of the past. This is an incorrect assumption, as the ongoing aggression and occupation in Jerusalem make an intifada an unpreventable measure.”

The riots have several recent antecedents. While the opening of the Hurva Synagogue is the direct and symbol-

ic incitement, additional underlying causes, including arguments over new construction in East Jerusalem have contributed to the current unrest.

The Hurva Synagogue is less than 800 meters from the Wailing Wall and the Temple Mount, both included within the maelstrom of the action in the streets.

Throughout West Jerusalem Jewish neighborhoods, however, the streets were quiet and appeared completely safe. Tourists strolled along Ben-Yehuda Street enjoying the warm Israeli sun.

The clashes, which could be precursors to a round of escalating violence, may have delayed a visit by George Mitchell, the US special envoy to the Middle East. It is his task is to work towards restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Recent conflicts between the United States and Israel, initiated by announcement of a decision to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem chilled relations between the allies, though John McCain, 2008 presidential candidate, has said criticism of Israel had been “a mistake.” For the Palestinians,” he said, “it is the existence of Israel” that is a problem.

Soon after what was a virtual public scolding of Prime Minister Netanyahu by members of the Obama administration, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did assure that the US “commitment to Israel’s security” was “absolute,” emphasizing the “bond” between the two countries.

landmark in the 16th century, and its well known feature in modern times was the 50-foot arch that remained standing after the Jordanian occupation. That arch now is part of the completed synagogue. Valuable items of Judaica, such as a platinum menorah and works of silver, were stolen by the Jordanians and never returned.

Another historic item the Napoleon Parochet, that was said to have been made from the greatcoat of Napoleon Bonaparte was recently discovered in the Haifa museum. Napoleon’s Parochet (ornamental curtain covering the front of the Holy Ark in the synagogue, docu-

mented by many worshippers of the Hurva synagogue until the War of Independence, was considered lost for many years. It was assumed that the parochet was stolen or burned with the destruction of Hurva synagogue by the Jordanians in 1948.

The Jerusalem Jewish Quarter Reconstruction and Development Company managed to link the legend to reality - and uncover the parochet at the Haifa Museum.

There are a number of legends regarding the oricin of Napoleon’s Parochet. All state that during the Napoleonic wars, Napoleon visited a Jewish community and gave his cloak or saddle blanket in gratitude the item was then turned into a Parochet and brought to Jerusalem and used in the famed Chuirva Synagogue that was destroyed in 1948 by the Jordan Legion during Israel’s War of Independence.

A more central anecdote involves a 19th-century f igure, Yoneh Lurie of Moghilev.

One afternoon in 1812, Lurie’s Minchah prayer was interrupted by Napoleon, whose army had just been defeated and who was in need of assistance.

Yoneh responded nobly to the emperor’s request for help and received Napoleon’s gold-embroidered greatcoat as a token of appreciation. The cloak was later fashioned into a parochet, a curtain for the Holy Ark, and now belongs to the Haifa Museum.

Another legend mentione by Yaffa Eliach states the Napoleon visited the

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Is a ‘Closet-Nazi’ Running for Austrian Presidency?

BY SIM SIM WISSGOTT A far-Right candidate for Austria’s presidential election has brought the country’s dark past to the surface again, by denouncing a law banning Nazi groups and Holocaust denial. arbara Rosenkranz, 51, a regional leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe), looks likely to be the only candidate to run against the incumbent, President Heinz Fischer, on April 25.

But her comments supporting the scrapping of the tough prohibition law have renewed the debate about a heritage with which the country, which was under Nazi rule from 1938 to 1945, has never fully come to terms.

Austrian leaders and the press already fear for the country’s image abroad.

Under the 1947 Verbotsgesetz law, anyone who seeks to set up a Nazi organization, propagates Nazi ideology or denies Nazi crimes can be jailed for up to 20 years.

But Rosenkranz, a mother of 10 and the wife of an outspoken f igure in Austria’s far-Right scene, insists the law constitutes “an unnecessary restriction” and that, on the contrary, people should be allowed freedom of opinion.

In 2003, the European Court of Human Rights already allowed a journalist’s description of her as a “closetNazi”, noting that her attitude towards Nazism was ambiguous.

Such comments from a woman running for the country’s highest off ice prompted scorching criticism from politicians of all colors, civil groups and the Catholic church.

Rosenkranz’s own supporters did what they could to limit the damage.

“Somebody like this is not eligible for election,” said Vienna’s Archbishop

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Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, while the Jewish community described her as “an embarrassment for Austria”. Critics called her about-face this week – in which she signed a statement against Nazism and had it notarized while TV cameras rolled — a political ploy.

“These kinds of statements are usually not even worth the paper they are written on,” Stephen Kramer, secretary general of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told the Austrian daily Standard. Kramer said he suspected Rosenkranz sought to follow in the footsteps of the late far-right Austrian politician, Jörg Haider, as a uniter of rightwing populists across Europe.

“Rosenkranz challenges the Republic’s anti-Fascist foundation. That is unacceptable,” added Norbert Darabos, the social democratic defense minister.

Meanwhile, Hans Dichand, publisher of the influential tabloid Kronen Zeitung, reversed his earlier position and urged Rosenkranz to “distance herself from all national socialist ideas”, just days after he had called on voters to support her.

Rosenkranz issued an affidavit saying, “I condemn outright the crimes of National Socialism and categorically distance myself from the ideology of National Socialism.”

Nevertheless, she refused to answer journalists’ questions on statements she had made earlier in the week in which she affirmed that denying the Holocaust came under “freedom of expression”.

Last week, the leader of the FPOe, Heinz-Christian Strache, also attempted some damage control.

“Nobody in our party is talking about scrapping the prohibition law”, he said.

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“Jude Raus” Sprayed on Polish Holocaust Memorial Polish media say vandals have sprayed anti-Semitic graff iti on a Holocaust memorial at a former Nazi concentration camp. ords including “Jude Raus” — German for “Jew Out” — and “Hitler Good,” in English, were found in red paint Saturday at the former Plaszow camp near Krakow. The vandalism was discovered a day before a planned memorial march marking the 67th anniversary of the liquidation of Krakow’s ghetto.

On March 13, 1943, German soldiers started a twoday action in which they emptied Krakow’s ghetto of its estimated 16,000 Jewish residents, shipping them to Plaszow and to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

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Zbroja, as saying authorities are on the spot trying to determine when the vandalism occurred.

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Israeli Embassy in New Zealand to Reopen Israel will open a new embassy in New Zealand next month amid signs of warming relations between Wellington and Jerusalem. spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, Australia — which has looked after diplomatic affairs in the island nation since 2002 — confirmed Friday that Shemi Tzur, 64, a former envoy to Finland, Cyprus and Estonia, is expected to take up the post of ambassador to New Zealand in April. “It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the relationship between Israel and New Zealand,” the spokesman said.

The spokesman also conf irmed that Yuval Rotem, Israel’s envoy in Canberra, will make a farewell visit to New Zealand next week.

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was closed in 2002 amid cost-cutting measures by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.

In 2004, relations between Israel and New Zealand cooled after two alleged Mossad agents were caught and jailed for trying to illegally obtain a New Zealand passport. As a result, New Zealand suspended high-level diplomatic relations for more than a year until Israel apologized in 2005.

Bilateral relations have since thawed, helped in part by the defeat of Helen Clark and her Labor Party at the 2008 polls. She was succeeded by Conservative leader John Key, the son of a Jewish refugee from Austria who has family living in Israel.

“There’s no reason why New Zealand can’t enjoy good diplomatic relations with Israel,” Key was quoted by 3News as saying.

Germany Protects Eichman, Others - Files Remain Sealed Those hoping to have a 50-year secrecy order overturned believe the government is embarrassed by details within that may prove German and Vatican off icials colluded in his escape and freedom. he secrecy order is being challenged in a benchmark court case against the BND, Germany’s domestic intelligence service, which wants the 4,500 pages of documents on Adolf Eichmann to remain out of the public domain. The service claims that intelligence agencies in other countries will be “frightened off ” in future data-sharing if they are disclosed, Der Spiegel reported.

Critics believe this is a smokescreen designed to avoid off icial embarrassment both in Berlin and the Vatican. It is well documented that German Bishop Alois Hudal in Rome operated postwar “Ratlines,” getting passports for wanted Nazis to allow them to escape justice.

Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp, admitted to British Nazi expert Gitta Sereny that Hudal helped him get away after the Nazi defeat in 1945.

Eichmann also escaped. He was the ultimate “desk murderer” of the Third Reich who, as head of department IVB4 of the SS in Berlin, was responsible for the trains that carried millions to their deaths at extermination centres in Nazi occupied Poland.

After the war he was captured but fled from Allied custody. As the victors scoured Europe and the world for the top off icials of the regime, Eichmann’s name was barely known: it was only as more and more details of the Holocaust emerged that his pivotal role in it began to dawn on Nazi hunters.

For 15 years he lived, sometimes under his own name, in Argentina, raising his family while working at a VW car plant. In 1960, acting on a tip-off, a Mossad team was dispatched to Buenos Aires with orders to kidnap him and bring him back to Israel for trial. He was seized, stood trial, found guilty and hanged on May 31 1962.

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Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichman, possibly escaped to Argentinia with the help of the German government.

Court in Leipzig, Germany, is studying the f iles about his getaway from Europe and life in Argentina to decide if they should be made public. The application for their release was made by German journalist Gabriele Weber.

The BND maintains that secrecy is necessary because “much of the information contained in the f iles was provided by an unnamed foreign intelligence service.” If released, the BND argues, it would “deter” other nations from sharing intelligence with Germany in the future.

But critics believe what the f iles will really reveal are the levels of assistance, succour and turning a blind eye to Nazi fugitives from off icials in defeated Germany, together with details of Vatican assistance to top Nazis like him.

A decision on whether to release the f iles will be made in the next few weeks.

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Brazil Has Given Its Final Approval for a Free Trade Agreement Between Israel And Mercosur

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Anti-Israel Presbyterian Policy Causes Upset

BY JTA Jewish groups are upset with recent actions by the Presbyterian Church regarding its Israel policies. report released by the Presbyterian Church USA on Thursday, entitled “Breaking Down the Walls,” was condemned by the Anti-Defamation League as “a toxic mix of bad history, politically motivated distortions and offensive attacks on Judaism and Israel.”

Other Jewish groups have lashed out at the Middle East Study Committee, which prepared the report, for failing to reach out to a broad range of Jewish leaders.

The Presbyterian Church has had a long and contentious history of treating Israel in a way most American Jewish leaders deem hostile and biased. On the eve of a 2008 convention in which the Middle East was a hot topic, the church released a document on combating anti-

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Israel is the first country outside South America to sign a free trade agreement with the regional bloc whose members produce over $3 trillion in GDP and have a combined population of over 270 million. razilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was pleased to announce to President Peres that Brazil has given its final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc.

Israel is the first country outside South America to sign a free trade agreement with the bloc.

President Peres and President Lula opened an economic conference together in front of hundreds of Israeli and Brazilian business leaders. The presidents were joined by the Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Mr. Binyamin BenEliezer, the Israeli President of the Manufacturers Association Mr. Sharga Brosh, the Brazilian President of the Sao Paulo Industrialist Association (FIESP) Mr. Paulo Skaf, and the Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Mr. Miguel Jorge.

President Peres spoke first, thanking President Lula personally for working towards the free trade agreement between Israel and Mercosur: “Although Israel and Brazil may be distant from each other geographically, we can grow close through economic and scientific cooperation. Brazil has a strong and stable economy and we are willing and happy to cooperate with you in every sector including science, defense, high-tech, agriculture, and advanced space technologies.

The President of the Sao Paulo Industrialist Association said “President Peres’ visit to Brazil gave a big push forward to the economic relations between Israeli and Brazil. A joint work group was established between Israel and Brazil to advance and implement the Mercosur agreement. Both countries have declared their intention to triple their current level of trade.”

President Lula stated that “this is an important visit for me and for the economic delegation travelling with me to Israel.

We hope to advance economic and business ties between Israel and Brazil as trade has increased significantly between our two countries in the past few years. We can continue with the current momentum. I am

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launching a new investment plan in Brazil soon and I invite Israeli companies to take an active and significant part. Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. Thus, we encourage intensive cooperation with Israel.”

It should be noted that a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur Common Market was ratified by both chambers of Brazil’s Congress last fall as a consequence of President Peres’ visit to Brazil. The agreement was given final approval right before President Lula’s current visit to Israel. Its passage reflects in large parts the efforts of President Lula.

When it comes to affect in April, the agreement is expected to rapidly increase the level of commerce between the two countries.

Although the agreement was ratified by both chambers of Brazil’s Congress, it still required Paraguay’s approval. Paraguay approved the agreement on February 24th and Brazil gave its final approval on March 4th in before the upcoming visit. The agreement takes 30 days to take effect.

Brazil is Israel’s largest trade partner in Latin America and with the approval of the agreement trade is expected to increase by the billions of dollars, especially in the sectors of agriculture, education, science, medicine, space and will reinforce the mutual investments by both countries.

Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country (8.5 million km2) and possesses its ninth largest economy ($2 trillion—larger than India, Russia, or South Korea). It has a population of 200 million people with a growth rate of 1.2% and an average GDP/per capita of $10,000. Israel currently runs a trade surplus with Brazil. In the year 2008 trade between the two countries totaled $1.6 billion, out of which $1.2 billion represented exports from Israel. One fourth of Israeli exports were chemicals and fertilizers used in Brazilian agriculture.

Mercosur (Mercadu Comun del Sur) is a common market established between four countries—Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The Mercosur bloc produces over $3 trillion in GDP and has a combined population of over 270 million people. The bloc was launched in Asunción in 1991 and has played an important role in political integration across the continent. Between the countries in the agreement there exists free trade. Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador are each in a different phase of integration into the agreement. Venezuela is on the path to full admittance.

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Jewish sentiment that was vigorously condemned by a broad array of American Jewish organizations as perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Ultimately, that convention yielded a statement embraced by major Jewish groups that promised evenhandedness in the treatment of Israel.

Among the objections raised to the latest report are that it legitimizes doubts about Israel’s legitimacy, draws parallels between the threats posed by suspected Iranian and Israeli nuclear arsenals, and calls on the United States to consider withholding foreign aid to Israel.

The report also names several liberal groups — J Street, B’Tselem, and Jewish Voice for Peace — as demonstrating greater potential for working together “for a more just and secure Israel,” the New York Jewish Week reported. Mainstream Jewish organizations, the church report says, do not oppose the occupation or Israel’s settlement policy.

German Community Dedicates New Synagogue (JTA) More than 70 years after its synagogue was destroyed by Nazi rioters, the German town of Herford dedicated a new Jewish synagogue. n a ceremony Sunday, local and national Jewish clergy and leaders joined together to unveil the new structure, which will serve the 106-member community -- 90 percent are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Four rabbis carried a Torah scroll into the sanctuary as Cantor Jacow Zelewitsch chanted "Ma Tovu" and Rabbi Shimon Grossberg of Osnabruck lit the eternal light.

The community does not yet have its own rabbi.

Among the guests were Charlotte Knobloch, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany; Jurgen Rüttgers, minister president of North Rhine-Westphalia; Rabbi Julian Chaim Soussan of Düsseldorf; Harry Roth, president of the Jewish community; and Rainer Heller, mayor of Detmold.

The new synagogue cost about $2.7 mil-

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lion, a third of which was borne by the German government. Another $137,000 is needed, community member Ruben Heinemann, head of the building fund, told JTA. Heinemann, 47, said his late father and uncles had spoken often of the old synagogue of Herford, which was burned down in 1938, where they had their bar mitzvahs.

For decades after World War II, the tiny community used an old Jewish school building and the former rabbi's residence as a synagogue.

"But it only had 28 seats, which became too small," Heinemann said, adding that he expects the larger synagogue to draw more members to the community from the region.

Ten new synagogues have been built in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the past 15 years.

The Jewish population in Germany has quadrupled since 1990 with the influx of Jews from the former Soviet Union.

An estimated 200,000 Jews live in Germany today, but only about half are affiliated with Jewish communities. There are 82 active Jewish communities in the country.

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Hynes Honors “Extraordinary Women” As part of annual recognition, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is honoring thirty one Brooklyn women for their community service and accomplishments, among them three Orthodox women: Chaya Lipschutz, Jodie Reznik and Amy Cohen. istrict Attorney Hynes awarded the title of Special Ambassador to each of the women, saying, “The women come from neighborhoods all throughout Brooklyn. The honorees all have one thing in common. They make Brooklyn a better place to live. It is an honor for me to recognize these women for their outstanding work, which benefits the people of Brooklyn.”

Chaya Lipschutz of Boro Park was honored for her work finding kidney matches for those in need. After donating a kidney to a total stranger, she began her quest, counseling those in need of transplants and educating people on kidney donation. Lipschutz runs a website, kidneymitzvah.com , dedicated to pairing up potential kidney donors and recipients.

Jodie Reznik of Flatbush is a former graphic designer who is now a teacher and works with the special needs community as director of several programs. She is known for her community orient projects including the Fallen Angels project, portraits painted of fallen NYPD officers which are then donated to their families. Reznik also painted a work of art, now displayed in six embassies, acknowledging the efforts made to rescue Jews during World War II by the people of China, Japan, Spain, the

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In the mid-’90s, Boymelgreen started developing unremarkable low-rise buildings in Brooklyn; he moved onto more high prof ile—and high-end projects—after linking up with Israeli diamond billionaire Lev Leviev in late 2001. (They met on a Lubavitcher-sponsored cruise from Miami to the Caribbean.) With Leviev, who runs a diamond conglomerate called AfricaIsrael Investments, Boymelgreen founded Leviev Boymelgreen, although the two have since split.

Boymelgreen has been one of the most prolif ic developers in Manhattan in recent years. In 2006, he constructed

20 Pine, an Armani-appointed condo tower that opened to great fuss.

Boymelgreen and Leviev dissolved their partnership in late 2006, reportedly because of lingering acrimony over losses they incurred in several Miami developments.

Boymelgreen has since teamed up with a new colossally rich Israeli business partner, Nochi Dankner, the chairman of one of Israel’s largest banks, IDB, and his expansion plans have grown grander. He partnered with Danker to take control of the Israelbased real estate f irm Azorim, which owns 15,000 apartments in Israel, a handful of malls and hotels (like the Sheraton franchise in Israel).

With Meyer Eichler, with whom he founded Eichler’s, Boymelgreen started the now defunct Liberty Pointe Bank in

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Chaya Lipschutz of Boro Park Dominican Republic and Sweden.

Amy Cohen of Carroll Gardens Teaches and counsels hearing-impaired children at Hearing Education Services. She has also volunteered at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue homeless shelter and has run a half-marathon to raise money for children with cancer.

In addition to being recognized by the District Attorney for their accomplishments at the Extraordinary Women’s Event which was held today at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, the women will also be honored at a ceremony at the Ceremonial Court Room at Brooklyn Borough Hall on March 23. The women were chosen from approximately 100 nominees in this fourth annual event and a huge calendar for the month of March, with each day dedicated to one of the extraordinary women, has been unveiled at the lobby of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office.

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Ticket Turmoil:Agents Ticket MUNI Parkers Ira Goldberg had heard talk of a new traffic agent ploy, but the rumors still seemed too far-fetched to be true as he parked his Mitsubishi Montero on E.52nd St. off Park Ave. on Monday. said, ‘That’s too outrageous. Nobody would do that,’” Goldberg recalled.

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The 54-year-old courier proceeded directly to the nearest muni meter with the care of someone who holds a rare record among New Yorkers who make deliveries for a living.

“I have yet to pay a ticket for 20 years,” he can boast.

In a city desperate for revenue, even he cannot avoid receiving the occasional summons. But he has always fought it with the fervor of the righteous, always prevailing, if not at the initial hearing, then on appeal.

“I never paid tickets because I’m kosher,” he says. “I do things the right way.”

By that he means: “I am very careful how I park. I’m very careful in what I do. I follow the rules very carefully.”

He is always well-prepared in the event he encounters a traff ic agent who is not completely versed on the law’s f iner points.

“I carry a copy of all the traff ic regulations,” Goldberg reported. “And I show them the regulation.”

He was as scrupulously correct as ever last week as he paid at the MUNI

meter and turned back toward the Mitsubishi just down the block.

He was then astonished to see the rumors were true: A traff ic agent was standing by his vehicle, writing a summons even though he had stepped away for just the necessary moment to pay.

“What are you doing?” Goldberg inquired. “I just bought the meter receipt.”

“I didn’t see you by the car,” the traff ic agent replied by Goldberg’s account.

“How can I be by the car and buy the meter receipt at the same time?”

Goldberg asked. “Didn’t you look to see if somebody’s over by the meter buying a receipt?”

“I don’t have to look,” the agent said.

Some months before, another agent hit Goldberg with a summons over lettering on his vehicle that was in fact in line with the regulations. He had calmly asked to see a supervisor and the agent gave him a number to call before she strolled away. A supervisor arrived to say there was nothing he could do because the agent was gone.

Now, on Monday, Goldberg decided there was only one way to get a supervisor there while the agent was still present. He made what he terms “a stink,” careful not to curse or threaten.

“You keep yelling at me, I’ll get a supervisor,” the agent said.

“That’s what I want,” Goldberg said.

The agent radioed a report of “an

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FBI Warns: Rental, Real Estate Scams Rampant The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York Off ice is warning the public to remain on the lookout for scams involving real estate and rental properties. Two largely reported scams, which operate through Internet advertising, are being reported by individuals who have fallen victim to such malicious behavior. he f irst type of scam occurs when an individual advertises a rental property and is contacted by someone claiming to be interested. A rental price is agreed-upon and the victim receives a deposit for the rental property in the form of a check. Once the check has been cashed, the scammer backs out of the rental agreement and requests a refund for the funds initially provided. Banks do not usually place a hold on these funds. Since the victim has immediate access to the money once they deposit the check, they believe the check has cleared. When the check is found to be counterfeit, the victim is held responsible by the bank for all losses incurred.

The second scam occurs when real estate is posted on classif ied advertisement websites and a scammer copies the advertisement, makes changes to the ad, then reposts it and creates an e-mail address using the real broker’s name.

When a victim contacts the scammer, who is now posing as the real broker, the scammer claims to be out of the country

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on missionary work and requests money be sent to them at their current location.

It is important to remember that schemes of this nature can only take place with the public’s participation.

The FBI New York is reminding everyone to remain vigilant when solicited by potential scam artists and to use sound judgment and do their due diligence.

Special Agent Richard Kolko, spokesman for the FBI in New York said, “We remind the public to be on constant alert for the rental property and real estate scams that are currently in progress.

The New York City area is home to many rental and real estate properties and it is ultimately everyone’s individual responsibility to remain the front line of defense in protecting themselves from this type of activity. The FBI encourages everyone to report information regarding scams of this type to the proper authorities.”

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WAR ON TERROR Dying Lockerbie Terrorist Still Alive

New Anti-Terrorist Weapon: ‘Lawfare’ Twists the Law

The Lockerbie bomber, who was released from a Scottish prison last year because cancer had supposedly left him at death’s door, is still alive and could live another five more years.

BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU The recently-formed “Lawfare Project” has launched a new type of strategy to fight Muslim-led manipulation of law in its war against democracy. The project was revealed at the first-ever “lawfare” conference, held in New York late last week. awfare is a relatively new term for the abuse of legal systems to halt free speech against terrorism while promoting the use of malicious lawsuits, harassment and complaints against anyone who speaks on national security, Lawfare Project director Brooke Goldstein told Israel National News. “The abuse is aimed at achieving strategic military and political purposes.”

Prominent examples of manipulation of the legal system are calling the “security fence” in Israel a crime against humanity and redefining terrorism to include civilians in “occupied territories,” according to Goldstein, a New York-based attorney.

“Hate speech” legislation is a blatant example of the manipulation of well-intentioned law that now is being used against democracies, part of what Goldstein calls “the slippery slope.” The original concept was introduced after the Holocaust in order to stop incitement and libel against Jews.

Goldstein cited Muslim reaction to a Danish newspaper’s cartoons showing the Muslim prophet Mohammed with a turban and a bomb. The cartoon sparked violent protests throughout Europe and Asia, causing several deaths.

“Lawfare, is not just legal actions,” according to Goldstein (pictured), who has interviewed suicide terrorists and their families in Judea, Samaria and Gaza to understand the mind of parents who encourage their children to die as “martyrs.”

The project is trying to face the questions of what legal limits should be placed on those who fight the war against terrorism and what rights should be granted to terror-

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“Was the existence of a drug which is reportedly now extending the life of the Lockerbie bomber included in any of the reports Kenny MacAskill read before making the decision to release him?” he asked.

Al-Megrahi has prostate cancer, but his condition reportedly has stabilized.

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Brook Goldstein.tif ists. She points out that Hizbullah terrorist leaders can travel freely but that British officials often threaten to arrest visiting Israeli military and political leaders, including Opposition leader Tzipi Livni. They actually are actually targeting Israel, “which abides by international law more than other countries,” Goldstein says.

The Lawfare Project also notes, “AlQaeda manuals instruct captured militants to file claims of torture in order to reposition themselves as victims in the eyes of the law and media. Attempts by terrorist entities such as Hamas…impede the free movement of democratic state officials and achieve legitimacy by hiring lawyers and instituting ‘human rights’ litigation abroad.

Another focus is “the lack of legal accountability demanded of theocratic states that recruit their own children as suicide bombers and child soldiers.”

One of the featured speakers at the Lawfare Conference was Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.

“Lawfare really is terrorist groups exploiting international human rights law for their own advantage,” he said, citing the recent United Nations-sponsored Goldstone Report.

Other speakers were Gabriela Shalev, current Ambassador to the United Nations, and John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the U.N.

Abdel-Basset-al-Megrahi him to return to Libya.

But the terrorist, given a life sentence for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people, has since been taking the chemotherapy drug Taxotere, the British paper The Sun report.

Other reports said that al-Megrahi had not been given the drug while he was in prison and might not have been allowed a “compassionate” discharge if it had been prescribed.

Scottish opposition spokesman Bill Aitken demanded full disclosure from Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.

period when he’s quite well,” a source close to the bomber told the paper.

At the time of his release there were rumors that there had been an oil deal between Libya and England that was dependant on the release of the only person ever brought to trial for the bombing.

Many families of the victims have protested the Scottish decision to release Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, on compassionate grounds saying that he did not take into account the health of the victims when he put a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, killing 270 people.

American Baby Bomber In The Making COMBINED NEWS SERVICES “Christians will burn in hellfire,” is what a 6 year old is being taught according to child’s grandmother, Christine Mott. “That’s what they are teaching this baby.” he 6-year-old son of a Colorado nursing student who ran off to Europe to join a terrorist terror cell was brainwashed into a hate-filled Islamic fundamentalist zombie, his family said.

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Qaeda associate who pleaded guilty last month in a plot to set off bombs in the New York subway system.

The childs mother, Paulin-Ramirez changed her son’s name from Christian to the Islamic name Walid after enrolling him in a Medrash Muslim school in Ireland.

According to George Mott, the childs grandfather, said he talked by phone with the boy at the school and the boy said full of excitement, “We are building pipes [pipe bombs], like the Fourth of July!”

Paulin-Ramirez, the mother, ditched her life in the Rocky Mountain city of

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Iranian Threat Iran Sends Heavier Satellite with Living Organisms Into Orbit

BY JV STAFF A senior Iranian aerospace official announced that President Ahmadinejad’s declaration about sending heavier homemade satellites into the higher orbits will be realized within two years. he promise made by the president on launching heavier satellites into the higher altitudes than what was done on February 3 will come into practice in less than two years,” Managing Director of Iran’s Air Industries Organization Manouchehr Manteqi said.

Referring to Iran’s achievements in the f ield of aerospace in recent years, Manteqi reiterated that if Iran continues its present trend of progress in the next few years, it will be able to send scientists and astronauts into space within 10 years.

The f irst biocapsule of living creatures from Iran was sent into the space on the back of Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer3) carrier on February 3. The capsule has the ability to send back empirical data to studying the living creatures’ status in space.

Iran also unveiled, in February, a new generation of home-made satellites and another newly-developed satellite carrier called Simorgh (Phoenix, a legendary bird in Persian stories).

The satellite carrier utilizes a new generation of liquid-fuel engines to lift satellites into orbit.

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emblazoned in blue with the words “Satellite Carrier Simorgh,” is equipped to carry a 60-kilogram (132-pound) satellite 500 kilometers (310 miles) into orbit.

The 27-meter (90-foot) tall multistage rocket weighs 85 tons and its liquid fuel propulsion system has a thrust of up to 143 tons. The rocket uses a cluster of four engines each having a thrust of 32 tons plus a control engine with a thrust of 15 tons.

Experts believe that the engine could be used in future for carrying 700-kilogram (1540-pound) satellites 1000 kilometers (620 miles) into orbit.

Simorgh is different from Iran’s f irst home-made satellite carrier Saf ir (Ambassador) - which carried Iran’s Omid (Hope) satellite - both in length and diameter and has been designed to carry the new generation of Iranian satellites into the orbit.

Iranian president also on February 3 announced Tehran’s plans for sending scientists and astronauts into space in future.

“With God’s help, (Iranian) scientists will be sent into the space and they will observe the universe from there,” the Iranian president said at a ceremony to unveil several national achievements, especially in the f ield of aerospace.

The Iranian space program is cause for concern to the West and Israel as the satellites can be used as spy stations and might even be used as weapon platforms in the future.

UN Chief Urges for Negotiated Solution to Iran’s N. Issue

BY JV STAFF UN Secretary General Ban KiMoon called for negotiations to end a nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West, describing dialogue as the only principled way to resolve the disputes over Iran’s nuclear issue. s a matter of principle, this matter should be resolved peacefully through dialogue, through negotiations,” Ban KiMoon, who traveled to Moscow on March 17 to participate in a meeting of the Middle East Quartet (Russia, US, UN, EU) said..

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He also reminded the proposal presented by the three European states (France, UK and Germany) plus Russia, China and US as a good basis for negotiations with Iran, and called on all sides to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Ban Ki-Moon also called on Iranian leaders to implement the Security Council resolutions.

Commenting on possible new sanctions on Iran, Ban said, “The Security Council has already taken three sanction measures resolutions. I understand that the members are discussing

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Iran Tempts Israel, US: Reveals Fuel Stockpile

BY AVIGDOR HASELKORN The central mystery in the Middle East nowadays has little to do with the hit on a Hamas agent in Dubai but with Iran’s actions. On February 14, in the presence of IAEA inspectors, Iran moved nearly all its stockpile of low-enriched nuclear fuel to an above-ground plant that Tehran declared will be used to reenrich the fuel to 20 percent purity.

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oughly 4,300 pounds of low-enriched uranium now sits vulnerable to destruction from an air attack or even

a fire.

U.S. analysts, it was reported, have offered a number of theories for the baffling move ranging from baiting Israel to strike, and thus alleviate Iran’s domestic crisis, to a technical screw up. Others speculated Iran is engaged in some sort of diplomatic brinkmanship. By threatening to turn its entire uranium stockpile into near-bombgrade fuel Tehran hopes to force the United States to reopen negotiations on its terms.

There is, however, another possibility.

Accordingly, Iran has concluded that the danger of an Israeli preemption of the Iranian program has been neutralized.

Between Israel’s fears of the responses from Iran and its allies and Washington’s stern objections to an Israeli military undertaking the probability of an attack is virtually nonexistent, or so Tehran may now believe.

The first element in this Iranian assessment, which dismisses the chances of an Israeli attack, must be linked to the new weapons in the hands of Hezbollah. After all, while Israel is supposedly threatening pinpoint attacks on Iranian nuclear targets, the country’s enemies can target not only most of Israel’s key strategic installations but have openly adopted a strategy of indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli cities.

Moreover, the recent statements by some of the leaders of the regional radical axis that for the first time openly promised a theaterwide war in case Israel attacks must be seen as another component in Iran’s growing conviction that its enriched uranium cache is safe wherever it is located.

The second element in Iran’s confident assessment of an American ban on any military action is the seemingly endless pro-

cession of U.S. emissaries who have either arrived already in Israel, or are slated to, ostensibly to warn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against “surprising” Washington. Tehran fully understands that the last thing President Barack Obama wants is a third front on top of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

By publicizing its move Iran in effect threw down a gauntlet, fully expecting Israel not to pick it up and thus lose credibility and standing vis-à-vis its enemies.

Israel’s inaction would be the final confirmation of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s longtime thesis that -despite having a nuclear weapon and the strongest air force in the region - it is weaker than a spider’s web. The Mullahs expect that Israel’s display of impotence will elevate the status of Iran and pay handsome dividends both domestically and internationally.

Even if it was not originally conceived as such, by now Tehran must see the vulnerable storage of its enriched uranium as a test of Israel’s power and credibility. While former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein often resorted to a strategy of “burning the bridges behind him” to convey his commitment (for instance in 1990, he confirmed some of Iraq’s missile capability “so you [Arab brothers] will find no Iraqi excuses when they fail to respond forcefully” to any aggression), Iran is seeking to “burn the bridges” behind Israel.

This has indeed put Israel in a serious strategic bind. If Israel acts, it risks the wrath of America, not to mention the likely response from Iran and its allies. If it does not act, it will be for all to see that Nasrallah’s “spider web” thesis is alive and well. At the very minimum, Israel could face new attacks from the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah. At worst, the likelihood of a full-scale war would increase dramatically.

Indeed, such is Tehran’s new confidence that it is reportedly seeking to instigate another conflict on Israel’s northern border to divert Western powers from their efforts to impose tougher sanctions on Iran.

The breakdown of Mr. Obama’s policy vis-à-vis Iran is in full view. For if this analysis is correct the next step is surely a formal Iranian decision to build the bomb.

The ball is now squarely in Israel’s court.

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View from the Right: Moshe Feiglin Speaks His Mind

BY MAXINE DOVERE Who is Moshe Feiglin? This starkly opinionated spokesperson of the far, far “right,” leader of the Manhigut Yehudit – Jewish Leadership - faction of the Likud Party speaks with a quiet, almost gentle, voice. But, listen to the sharp edge of his controversial statements, and the image is quickly vanishes. eiglin is the co-founder and president of the Manhigut Yehudit ("Jewish Leadership") faction of the Likud party. Its purpose, he says, is to "return the country to the people and lead the State of Israel through authentic Jewish values," knowledge of its historical and spiritual past and application of Jewish values. The movement challenges Israeli secularism, demands free speech and open airwaves for all sectors of the Israeli public, and has demanded that Israeli schools stop teaching the Arab view of the history of Israel.

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(Does that include the Arab population? asked the Jewish Voice) Born in Haifa in 1962, Feiglin was raised in Rehovot. In 1993, the former IDF major co-founded the ZoArtzeinu ("This [is] our Land/Country") movement with Shmuel Sackett. His political activity and specific philosophy, he says, is a response that “started during the Oslo Process when Prime Minister Yitshak Rabin and Shimon Peres negotiated with the PLO. “I felt Oslo would bring war, not peace,” he said. The end result of Oslo, says Feiglin, was Netanyahu’s 1996 recognition of what Feiglin termed “the terror groups, includ-

ing the PLO – those coming to liberate Palestine from the Jews… Giving them recognition will bring only blood…Once you recognize the legitimacy of the burglar; you lose your whole house.”

The contemporary situation, says Feiglin, is that Abu Mazen will not recognize Israel as a Jewish State – the absolute beginning point of any state. Yet, he rebukes, Netanyahu has recognized the Palestinians’ right for a state in the land of Israel.” “Before the Obama presidency, Israel did not recognize Palestine. Now it’s the opposite – the de legitimizing of the state of Israel – a situation that is reminiscent of the 1930’s.

What would be your ideal political picture, asked the Jewish Voice?

Feiglin said he realized “it was time to create a real alternative to the current leadership of Israel.” His analysis is that there is a lack of Jewish identity in Jewish leadership. “The land of Israel belongs to the Jews (is) never to be heard from Israeli officials.” He points out that “Israeli ministers cannot leave the country because they will be arrested as war criminals, yet Ahmadinijad can speak at Columbia University.”

Seeking a political framework through which to offer the public a “Jewish oriented leadership,” Feiglin joined Likud nine years ago. He says that, in the last party election, he “won against all the ministers except Netanyahu. “Israelis” are 80% Jewish oriented- not necessarily religious – and (want) a state that represents Jewish values and pride, that stands for its own interest…. (They) have warm feelings but

lack real knowledge.” Israel, says Feiglin, has taken away its Jewish roots. “The fact that some many Israeli’s define themselves first, as Jews, than as Israelis shows that there is something very strong in our DNA.” “Many times converts find their Jewish roots after conversion – a connection of the genes and the soul.” ________________________________

“Arab out movement would be a “wonderful solution - they want to leave, other countries need skilled workers.” ________________________________

Moshe Feiglin

Feiglin’s negative criticism of the Oslo Process and its results is clear. He claims it and preparation for the two-state solution costs Israel 10% of its annual budget, citing monies spent on wire, walls and additional domestic security.

those he labels “Palestinians living in Israeli controlled lands,” Feiglin proposes payment of a $250,000 emigration payment. Funding for the payments would come from the internal military budget projected for the next 10 years.

Feiglin responded: “Israel will encourage Arabs to emigrate to their countries and assist any Arab who wishes to do so," He insisted there is no such thing as a Palestinian people and that they and Israeli Arabs should relocate, citing a text he had posted on the web site of his Manhigut Yehudit ("Jewish Leadership") movement.

In a 2004 interview with the Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth Feiglin proposed "a voluntary transfer to the 22 neighboring Arab states" of the some 1.4 million Israeli Arabs (20 percent of Israel's population)

What are your suggestions??

“150 billion is enough to invest in every Arab family that wants to leave Israel.

Over 80% of the Arabs in Gaza want to leave. The elite of that population has already left, pointing to the example of two sons of Abu Mazen now living in Dubai.

“The EU countries need skilled Arab immigrants.” he pronounces. “Arab out movement would be a “wonderful solution - they want to leave, other countries need skilled workers.”

To end the conflict between Israel and

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What’s the Difference Shmura vs. Regular Matzah

BY ELIYAHU KITOV It is a mitzvah that the Passover matzot be made specifically for the purpose of fulfilling the obligation to eat matzot on Passover, as the verse (Exodus, 12:17) states: You shall guard the matzot. atzah must be guarded to ensure that it does not become chametz; matzah which was not guarded may not be used on Passover.

How do we “guard“ the matzah used on Passover?

From the time that the wheat is taken to the mill to be ground into flour, it is kept under careful supervision to make sure that it does not come into contact with water or other moisture. We check it to ensure that the wheat is clean and whole.

The grinding, packing, and transporting of the wheat from the mill to the bakery is done under close supervision, to ensure that the ground wheat does not come into contact with water, and all of the utensils used for processing the

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wheat must be clean and dry.

The wheat is not baked on the same day on which it was ground, for it is still warm from the processing and would therefore ferment and become chametz more rapidly. It is watched while it is being kneaded to ensure that this is not done near an oven or open window which is exposed to the sun, lest the dough become hot and ferment quickly.

The water which is used to make the dough is also specially prepared and guarded. All the utensils and machinery used for preparing the matzos starting from the sifters used on the flour must be clean and smoothed every hour so that no crumbs from a previous batch of dough are mixed with a new batch.

There are numerous other precautions which are to be observed while

kneading and preparing the dough, and also regarding placing it into the oven to bake.

The sole purpose of these measures is to fulf ill the mitzvah of matzah.

Since ordinary matzah is guarded, in the manner which we have described, from the time that the wheat is ground, in what way does it differ from the matzah which we refer to as shmurah, guarded. Matzah shmurah refers to matzah made from wheat which is guarded from the time that it is harvested. Many authorities maintain that one can fulf ill the mitzvah of eating matzah on the f irst night of Passover only by using matzah shmurah.

What comprises the extra precautions in the “guarding” of shmurah matzah?

The wheat is reaped before the sheaves have completely dried out, for once the wheat is completely dry, it does not draw water from the ground and if it becomes wet because of precipitation, it may ferment and become chametz even though it is still attached to the ground. The wheat kernels are carefully examined to make sure that there are no grains which have split or that are sprouting, and the harvest is carefully supervised to make sure that it does not become damp until it is ground into flour.

Most authorities maintain that it is suff icient to guard the wheat from the time it is ground, in order to use it to fulf ill the mitzvah of eating matzah.

Some authorities dispute this, however, and maintain that the wheat must be guarded from the time that it is harvested.

Therefore, those who are very stringent in their observance of the mitzvot and on Passover this is more common than during the rest of the year are careful to use only matzot that have been guarded from the time of harvesting.

Many people make a point of eating matzah shmurah at least at the Seder, on the f irst night of Passover, and outside the Land of Israel, on the second night as well, for it is then that there is an obligation to eat matzot. There is no obligation to eat matzah during the remaining days of Passover.

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Over the past weekend a major rain and wind storm hit the NY area killing two Jews in Teaneck NJ who were on the way home from shul. he wind with gusts up to 78 MPH, and rain up to 7.5 inches in Elizabeth NJ, also caused millions of dollars in

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damage to homes, cars and other property.

The damage was so bad that thousands of homes were left without electricity and schools were closed for days. Senator Schumer has asked Governor Paterson to declare a state of emergency so that the affected areas can apply for federal aid.

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Kos Shel Eliyah, The Fifth Cup At The Seder It is a custom on Pesach that is the fulfillment of our ancient traditions as well as inspiring to our immediate future. It is the filling up of the kos shel Eliyahu – the fifth cup of Elijah.

We pour it and, as it seems is the custom, leave its contents untouched. t is a Minhag not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch. We find it in the Chok Yaakov (480:6) and it is also cited in the Be’er Heitev and Sefer Yaavetz. There are also earlier references.

What is the reason for this fascinating minhag? And what are its details?

The silver stores on in every Jewish community, sell larger cups for the Kos Shel Eliyahu. Some might even be gigantic. Is there any basis for this aspect of the Minhag?

The Chsam Sofer used to use a larger cup for Kos Shel Eliyahu according to his student (Likuttei Chaver Ben Chaim in the responsa section at the end of volume f ive.) The reason provided is for the glory and beauty of the Mitzvah.

The Mishna Brurah (480:10) explains that the pouring of this cup is to remind us of our Emunah that Hashem will redeem us from our galut, just like He redeemed us from Egypt.

And that Hashem will send us Eliyahu the prophet to inform us of the arrival of Mashiach. The Mishna Brura juxtaposes this remark with the idea that we open the door on Pesach to remind us

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that it is Lail Shimurim, the night when Hashem guards us.

The Vilona Gaon explains that the reason is because there is a debate in the Gemorah whether we need a f ifth cup and the halacha was not determined def initively. For this reason we pour a f ifth cup, but we do not drink from it. It is called the cup of ELiyahu because he will come and resolve all of our halachic questions.

There is another custom that the wine in the kos shel Eliyah is used for the fourth cup. This ensures that the kos shel Eliyahis not just a symbolic cup sitting on the table.

This author would like to suggest, perhaps another reason why it can be called the cup of Eliyahu. It is based on the notion of why we sing songs of Eliyhau HaNavi on Motzei Shabbat. There is a Midrash cited by the Maharil in his Hilchot Shabbat. The Midrash states that every Motzei Shabbos Eliyahu HaNAvi sits down and writes how careful we were in the Mitzvot of Shabbats.

It is this care and devotion that will bring the future Geulah – and is thus announced by ELiyahu.

The recitation of Kiddush on the night of Shabbat is a fulf illment of a Biblical Mitzvah. The Mitzvah is to sanctify the Shabbat. On Yom Tov, we also sanctify the Yom Tov - but the Kiddush is predicated upon the

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S&P Affirms Israel’s ‘A’ Rating

H&M Clothing Chain Opens in Israel

Standard & Poor's affirmed Israel's investment grade A rating on Friday, saying it expects no further fiscal deterioration. he credit rating agency also said the deterioration had been cyclical in origin and that it expects economic reforms to continue to be implemented.

S&P has a Stable outlook on Israel, which means it does not expect to downgrade Israel's credit rating. The agency also assigned an A rating to the country's newly issued 1.5-billion-euro sovereign bond maturing in 2020.

"We believe that the global recession hurt Israel's export performance in 2009.

Nevertheless, Israel runs structural current account surpluses, and the Bank of Israel increased its foreign exchange reserves to more than $60 billion at year-end 2009 from $43 billion a year earlier," S&P wrote in its statement.

S&P said gross external financing needs

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Hundreds of enthusiastic shoppers waited outside the first local H&M store on Thursday, as the Swedish-owned fashion house opened their first store in Israel in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center. mmediately after the countdown, dozens of customers ran into the store.

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The Swedish clothing chain H&M held its Israeli debut on March 11, pulling in an estimated NIS 3 million in sales.

The store stayed open until midnight, and a total of 15,000 shoppers were expected to pass through by that time.

It was a big week for foreign flagships on Tuesday, IKEA opened its second branch in Israel, in Rishon Letzion. A total of 15,000 came to check it out, but sales totaled only NIS 2 million. When Gap opened its first store in Tel Aviv last week, 10,000 people came in the first day, but spent only NIS 300,000. H&M is believed to have topped both.

A statement calling on Europeans to protest against the store’s opening in Israel was published on the palsolidarity.org Web site. “The familiar red H&M sign will be visible in the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv and, a few days later, in the Malcha shopping center in Jerusalem, a city gradually cleansed of its Palestinian population to be replaced by Jewish-Israeli settlements,” the statement reads.

“H&M is thus investing in Israel at the same time as the UN Goldstone commission and international organizations that H&M is cooperating with, such as UNICEF and the UN, report about Israel’s crimes against

H&M staff was kept busy during the record breaking opening day sales.

international law and human rights,” it added.

Nils Vinge, global H&M’s head of investor relations, said the company is not a religious or political one, and is very happy to be in Israel.

Swedish clothing giant H&M first entered into a franchise agreement with Match Retail Ltd. for store openings in Israel, in 2008. Match Retail Ltd. is a privately owned company founded by the Horesh family. The latter is the sole franchise owners and will handle all of the H&M’s activities in Israel exclusively “There has been a great interest in H&M

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in 2010 are expected to account for 85% of the Bank of Israel's reserves plus current account receipts, calling it "a significant improvement from the 109% in 2008."

However, the firm also noted that public finances remain a weakness, as the ratio of general government debt to gross domestic product rose to 80% by the end of 2009.

In addition, risks to the credit profile emanate from security issues.

"Any prolonged conflict with Hamas or Hezbollah that involves regional countries, particularly Iran, would have a negative impact on the ratings. The cost of these potential conflicts would, in our opinion, likely strain Israel's public-sector accounts and significantly reduce its fiscal flexibility," the analyst wrote.

Any progress in settling the security issues would prompt S&P to consider raising its ratings on Israel. Conversely, fiscal setbacks or substantial weakening of the security situation would put downward pressure on Israel's credit rating.

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H&M staff was kept busy during the record breaking opening day sales. from the Israeli market for quite some time and we believe that our business concept will suit the Israeli market well. Through this cooperation we will gain access to our franchise partner’s solid franchise experience and business network on the Israeli market,” siad Rolf Eriksen, chief executive officer of H&M. “We feel extremely proud and privileged as H&M’s franchise partner in Israel and are committed to providing our customers with fashion and quality at the best price. With its full range of new and exciting products, we look forward to establishing H&M as a leading player in the Israeli fashion market,” added Andrew Horesh, Chairman Match Retail.

H&M was founded in 1947. It currently spans 1,700 stores in 33 counties worldwide with annual sales amounting to $11.5 billion.

H&M, a Swedish owned company, has already signed contracts for six more locations in Israel, including Jerusalem, Haifa, Petah Tikva, Netanya, and Rehovot

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EDITORIAL

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March 19, 2010

THE PEOPLE’S VOICE EDITORIAL

Spring Forward: Building Trust On The Street It is the beginning of Nisan, a month of new beginnings, a month of Spring.

The temporal designation of this segment of the lunar year appears on both the Hebrew and Arabic calendars, bearing the same name, announcing the same time. alendars and time concepts may be shared, but the land the two people must share is once again embroiled. There are riots in the streets.

Many causes can be cited, but essentially, the confrontation in the Old City of Jerusalem focuses on those who would deny the Jewish connection to a quintessentially Jewish structure, the Hurva Synagogue, and the land on which it rests in the Jewish quarter of the Old City.

Ostensibly sparked by the re opening of the historical structure, the riots can be seen as a reflection of pent up Arab anger whose expression was prompted by at last week’s announcement that Israel would build 1600 housing units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. Interior Minister Eli Yishai could not have picked a more inopportune moment.

The announcement touched off a political clash between Israel and the US. The action was considered a direct affront to American Vice President Joe Biden and his efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinian Authority to the peace table.

American official responded to the announcement with anger and admonition.

Leaders of the Arab Street, on the other hand, immediately took the action and the reaction – seeing the events as a “green light” to foment unrest in the Holy City, calling for all Moslems to come and ‘defend’ the mosques in Jerusalem.

The Hurva had been part of the Jerusalem skyline for over a hundred years before it was destroyed by the Arabs in 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence. Still, the “Street” was inflamed by the dedication of the reconstructed Synagogue, increasing the turbu-

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lence and initiating riots in many Arab neighborhoods in the days following the dedication.

With regard to residential construction, Israel had never said building in Jerusalem would cease, even during the suspension imposed on Judea and Samaria. But, the Palestinian leadership has never missed a chance to rile up the Arab street - any provocation, real or imagined, will do.

Can the New Beginnings symbolized

by Nisan ever be implemented? Can the concept find place anywhere other than on a calendar? US Vice President Joe Biden’s declaration that the “cornerstone of the Israeli-US relationship is our absolute, total unvarnished commitment to Israel’s security, (that) “there is no space between the US and Israel when it comes to Israel’s security”) prove strong enough – especially in light of the quick explosion evidenced on the Street, a display of the anger that lives just, barely, below the surface, allow the Israeli government to garner the confidence it needs to go forward with real preparations for peace? Can these two peoples ever manage to dissipate the animosity, eliminate their mutual lack of trust, and gain the freedom each says it wants?

Yeshai’s announcement certainly shot an arrow into the body of the preparation for the announcement of the “proximity talks” in which Netanyahu says Israel has a “profound interest.” Let us hope the wounds it caused will avoid infection and thoroughly heal As the celebration of freedom calendared during the month of Nisan comes closer, the values of these two nations that claim to seek freedom for their peoples are tested. The commitment to freedom and democracy must be stronger bonds than glitches or missteps that can occur.

To attain these common goals requires avoiding the mistakes that embarrass our friends and strengthen our enemies.

To attain these common goals requires trust, certainly between allies, even between enemies.

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.

Editor, ast week’ article, Rabin Thought that Peace with Arafat was only a ‘Long shot’ on page 5, was a real eye-opener.

We all look at Rabin as the person that was the start of the disastrous peace process that has brought us to the situation Israel is in today.

Today the Palestinians have a lot more than a demilitarized autonomous area that was promised in the Camp David Agreements.

Israel has retreated from the Gaza Strip and the major Arab cities in Judea and Samaria. In response the Palestinians are demanding more and

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Editor, he feature about the Haggadot was very interesting often newspapers list Haggadot from only one publisher and from only those that advertise.

Your article took Haggadot from many publishers, covering the full spectrum of the Jewish experience, Askenaz, Sphard Chasidic and Yeminite.

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Editor, found the article about the Lemba tribe in Zimbabwe claiming Jewish roots very interesting.

Being all the decedents of the Children of Noah it is probable that there are many people around the world that can make the claim.

It is interesting that the tribe traces their ancestry to Melech Shlomo and that there is a story that they took the Aron Kodesh with them when they left Jerusalem.

I saw that story about the Lemba’s claim to have the Ark on The History

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more even saying that the rededication of the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem is a provocation for a violent uprising.

The Hurva Synagogue was part of the Jerusalem skyline for more than a hundred years before the 1948 when it was destroyed by the Arab Legion. To deny that it, the Maarat Hamachpela and Kever Rachel as not being Jewish is an insult to history.

Next they will say that no Jews lived in Israel till after the Shoah.

Rabin should have believed his inner voice and not agreed to sit down or shake hands with Arafat. We all would have been better off.

Chaim Stern While I am familiar with some of them there are others that I have never seen before and will be visiting my local book store to find.

Any possibility of doing an article on antique and out of print Haggadot? I think many people would be extremely interested in that subject.

Daniel Kahan

Channel. The ark shown in the program in question was a clay covered straw basket with holes for a rod to carry it.

I did not see any resemblance to the Gold covered Holy Ark that is described in the Torah.

It is also extremely unlikely that the Jews of the First Beit Hamikdash era would have allowed anyone to remove it.

DNA evidence might say that they have some Jewish blood in them but the question, if they are Jewish in practice or that they have any authentic Jewish artifacts.

Sharon Ginsbueg

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Let’s Launch ‘Arab Apartheid Week’

BY MICHAEL FREUND In nearly three dozen cities across the world, a coordinated series of events is being held this week with the express aim of demonizing Israel. Now in its sixth year, the annual hate-fest known as “Israel Apartheid Week” has sought to portray the Jewish state as a bastion of bigotry, inequality and discrimination. he organizers do not mince words in describing their objectives, asserting on their Web site that they aim “to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns” against the Jewish state. This, they conf idently declare, is a key part of “the battle to end Israeli apartheid,” whatever that means.

Naturally, behind the sloganeering stands a clear political platform, one which essentially seeks to dismantle the Jewish state by stripping it of territory and flooding the country with millions of Palestinian refugees through the socalled right of return.

The f irst step in this campaign, of course, is to equate Israel with the evils of apartheid-era South Africa, thereby laying the groundwork for increased diplomatic and economic pressure to make far-reaching concessions. And so, as usual, the only democracy in the Middle East once again f inds itself on the receiving end of yet another indefen-

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sible canard, accused of one of modernity’s greatest political sins without any basis or justif ication.

SIMPLY PUT, this slur cannot be allowed to stand. It is an insult to Israel and its democracy and dangerously analogous to asserting that Zionism is a form of racism. If allowed to take hold in the public’s consciousness, it could have farreaching and extremely damaging effects on support for Israel in the nearand long-term. In the past, the typical response by pro-Israel activists to such charges has been to go on the defensive, responding to the slanders and explaining in great detail the myriad differences between democratic Israel and the racist regime that once ruled South Africa.

Well, I say the time has come to stop playing defense and to bring the offense out onto the f ield. We need to turn the tables and f ight back against our opponents by taking the struggle toward their end-zone.

A good place to be start would be to organize an annual “Arab Apartheid Week,” which would highlight the decrepit state of human and political rights throughout the Arab world. Arab states remain the last great outpost of despotism and tyranny.

There is a solid case to be made that the Arab states remain the last great outpost of despotism and tyranny on earth, and people need to be reminded as much. Indeed, the Arab world today is a living encyclopedia of outmoded forms

of government, from sultanates such as Oman and emirates such as Qatar, to thuggish dictatorships such as Syria and dynastic monarchies along the lines of Jordan. It may be a political scientist’s dream, but it is a nightmare for the hundreds of millions of Arabs chaf ing under oppression and tyranny.

Basic and fundamental freedoms such as personal autonomy and individual rights are routinely trampled upon, and ethnic and religious minority groups suffer extreme discrimination and intolerance. Just ask Coptic Christians in Egypt, Baha’is in Iran or Shi’ites in Saudi Arabia for starters.

This was borne out most recently by a report issued by Freedom House, the independent Washington-based group that advocates for freedom worldwide.

Its annual survey, “Freedom in the World 2010,” would make for eye-opening reading for all those who cry “apartheid” whenever they see a flag with a Star of David.

Consider the following f indings: Of the 18 countries in the Middle East that Freedom House surveyed, only one is considered to be “free.”

And just who might that be? Yep, you guessed it: Israel.

Not a single Arab country – not one!

– did Freedom House consider “free.”

Three Arab states – Morocco, Lebanon and Kuwait – were labeled “partly free,” while 13 other Arab states as well as Iran merited the dubious distinction of being

branded as “not free.”

In effect, then, this means that of the approximately 370 million human beings currently residing in the Middle East, only 2 percent enjoy true freedom – namely those who live in the Jewish state.

So much for “Israeli apartheid.”

NOT SURPRISINGLY, in a press release announcing the report’s publication, Freedom House concluded that “the Middle East remained the most repressive region in the world.” It is this message that Israel and its supporters need to begin highlighting. By casting a spotlight on the subjugation, oppression and tyranny that typify nearly the entire Arab world, we can open some eyes out there and educate the Western public as to who really shares their democratic values.

As Prof. Bernard Lewis has written, the Arab states are little more than “a string of shabby tyrannies, ranging from traditional autocracies to new-style dictatorships, modern only in their apparatus of repression and indoctrination.”

An annual Arab Apartheid Week, held on campuses and at community centers, could be an effective vehicle for driving home this fundamental truth.

Doing so will reframe the debate.

More importantly, it will help Westerners to f inally begin recognizing the Arab regimes for what they are: a dangerous mix of despotism and dictatorship.

National Council of Young Israel President Condemns Critisism of East Jerusalem Construction

BY SHLOMO Z. MOSTOFSKY National Council of Young Israel President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky, Esq. criticized comments made by Vice President Joseph Biden regarding the Jerusalem District Planning Committee’s decision to authorize 1,600 new units of housing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. n a statement issued by the White House, the Vice President said, “I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem.

The substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now.....”

In addition, Vice President Biden spoke about the future of Jerusalem when he said, “The United States recognizes that Jerusalem is a deeply important issue for Israelis and Palestinians and for Jews, Muslims and Christians.

We believe that through good faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree on an outcome that realizes the aspirations of both parties for Jerusalem and safeguards its status for people around the world. Unilateral action taken by either party cannot prejudge the outcome of negotiations on permanent status issues.”

The following is Mostofsky’s statement “We strongly ‘condemn’ Vice

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President Biden’s statements and respectfully urge him to rescind his incendiary remarks about Jerusalem.

The reality is that there is no such entity as ‘East Jerusalem,’ there is only Jerusalem, which is the united capital of Israel. Only Israel can make determinations regarding Jerusalem’s future expansion and development. ________________________________

“We strongly ‘condemn’ Vice President Biden’s statements and respectfully urge him to rescind his incendiary remarks about Jerusalem.” ________________________________ How could a Vice President of the United States promote a policy restricting the right of Jews to build homes in Jerusalem? It would be an anathema for a Vice President to support a statute that banned any American from relocating to, or from building a home in, Washington, D.C. or any American community because the neighbors objected to their presence based solely on religion, ethnicity or national origin. Yet, the Vice President ignored our American values of equality and justice and had no compunction condemning Israel for permitting Jews to build homes in Jerusalem, their country’s capital.

The Vice President misleadingly gave the Palestinian Authority the illusion

that condemnation or pressure by the United States would force any Israeli government to include Jerusalem in negotiations. The overwhelming majority of Israelis believe Israel has no legitimate peace partner and rejects negotiations involving Jerusalem. Instead of pandering to terrorists, the Vice President should have told the PA to amend its charter, stop preaching hatred in their schools and mosques, and immediately halt all plans for terrorist attacks. Instead of criticizing those who wish to build and live peacefully in the State of Israel, the Vice President should have denounced those who wish to destroy it.

Vice President Biden did not condemn the Palestinian Authority’s decision to name a public square in Ramallah after Dalal al-Mughrabi, who carried out a horrif ic terrorist attack in 1978 that killed thirty-seven innocent Israelis, or denounce PA Prime Minister Salam Fayad’s role in the dedication ceremony. The Vice President should have condemned the Palestinian Authority for encouraging its youth to hurl rocks from the Temple Mount at Jewish worshipers praying below at the Western Wall.

If the events of 9/11 taught us anything, it is that you cannot appease terrorists. Jerusalem has been the eternal capital of the Jewish people for thousands of years, and since 1948, of the State of Israel. The condemnation of Vice President Biden will not alter that fact or lead to peace in the Middle East.

If the Vice President truly wanted to encourage the peace process, he should

have condemned the Palestinian Authority for its inability to be a stable and honest partner for peace, praised Israel as America’s only true friend and ally in the Middle East, and commended Israel for its brave and costly efforts on behalf of peace.

So long as the Palestinian Authority celebrates terror and sanctions violence against Jews, the United States cannot in good conscience engage in any substantive talks with them about anything. The United States would be best served by acknowledging the Palestinian Authority’s failings and recognizing the fact that Israel is its friend, not its foe.”

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Senator Parker Fights for Yeshiva University Students Boro Park and Flatbush Spice Up Cholent Cook-off to Be Counted Fairly Borough Park, NY- State Senator Kevin Parker & Esther Lustig, Executive Director of Human Care Services for Families and Children held a ‘Boro Parks Counts’ census meeting. he meeting was attended by over 50 community leaders including: Rabbi Yechezkel Pikus, Executive Director, Council of Jewish Oranizations of Flatbush; Rabbi Yechiel Kaufman, Executive Director, Boro Park Jewish Community Council; Rabbi Chaim Israel of Southern Brooklyn Community Organization; Rabbi David Moskovits, President, Endowment for Democracy in Eastern Europe; Rabbi Shaul Rosen, President, A Time; Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, Spiritual Leader, B'nai Israel

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money for Section 8 Housing, hospital beds or to support the work done by Mrs. Lustig and Human Care Services.”

During the meeting, delegates expressed concern about the Census Forms being mailed to households during Pesach but Senator Parker explained households will be given 30 days to respond and asked residents in Boro Park to f ill in and mail back the forms before the Holiday.

Senator Parker also expressed his commitment to the Boro Park citing the Boro Park Jewish Community Council as a “Be Counted” site where families with more than 12 people can pick up additional forms and non English speakers can f ind forms written in Spanish, Yiddish, Hebrew & Russian.

(L-R) Cholent Champs David Kupperman Jonathan Lamet Jason Wargon and Eric Kupferstein1.

A strange aroma f illed the Washington Heights air as hundreds of students, faculty and curious visitors filed into Yeshiva University’s Weissberg Commons on March 11 for the 2010 Cholent Cook-Off. Sixteen teams made up of 64 students from the men’s undergraduate schools, Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business, went head-to-head in a culinary battle to proclaim a true Cholent Champion. tudents prepared their dishes the night before using a variety of ingredients and techniques in an attempt to impress the panel of discriminating palates.

The contest judges included Dr. Esther Joel, wife of YU President Richard M. Joel; chef, restaurateur, TV personality and author Jeff Nathan (Abigael’s); renowned kosher chef and best selling author of Kosher by Design, Susie Fishbein; catering director and executive chef of Fairway Market, Alan Riesenburger; and president and publisher of Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine, Elan Kornblum.

“One of the nice things about this year’s contest is that we tied it in with our food drive for the Upper Manhattan Food Pantry,” said Jonathan Mantell,

S State Senator Kevin Parker holds a ‘Boro Parks Counts’ census meeting. of Linden Heights. As well as representatives from Bikur Cholim D'Borough Park, Yad Ephraim, Masbia Soup Kitchen, Human Care Services, Nachas Health & Family Network, Boro Park Shomrim & Touro College, who Senator Parker collectively ordained The Boro Park Census Count Committee.

The Senator convened the meeting to remind the Boro Park Community that census numbers determine how more than $400 billion in federal resources is distributed. As well as determining how Senate Districts are drawn. Something that is especially important for the Boro Park Community because Brooklyn’s Ultra Orthodox Jews have traditionally suffered under Republican Redistricting.

“If 5 people in your household go uncounted, that’s a loss of $15,000 Federal Dollars every year for 10 years,” said the Senator. He went onto say “This information will not even been seen by the President so count everybody regardless of age or immigration status. Boro Park needs that

“You are now responsible for making sure every family in Boro Park receives the tax dollars they deserve.”

director of university housing and organizer of the cook-off. “So that way it’s not just about having fun, but it’s also about thinking of other people.”

Shloimie Zeffren, president of the Yeshiva Student Union—one of the event’s sponsors, said that it was important for them “to be part of this because it brings all of the students together and shows the unity we have in our university. It also shows what great chefs we have among our students.”

After a three-way dead heat was announced, President Joel was called in to break the tie. Despite some humorous attempts by the teams at winning over the President, Team Heerlijk, Flemish for “delicious,” was crowned cholent champion.

Winning team members David Kupperman, Jonathan Lamet, Jason Wargon and Eric Kupferstein were all awarded iPods. Second and third prize went to teams Cholent Fulf illment and the Maccabeans.

“This is like the biggest kiddush ever,” observed one student in attendance, while reaching for his second serving. “It’s a great opportunity for students to get together and have a fun time.”

________________________________ “We have to be our brothers keeper.” said the Senator during his closing remarks. “You are now responsible for making sure every family in Boro Park receives the tax dollars they deserve.”

About Senator Kevin Parker Senator Kevin S. Parker is committed to restoring the overall quality of life for the constituents of the 21st Senatorial District in Brooklyn. A lifelong Brooklyn resident, Senator Parker has been a Flatbush resident for more than 30 years. Having been nurtured, schooled and employed in the district, Senator Parker is intimately familiar with the needs of this ethnically diverse community that consists of 311,000 constituents in several communities which include: Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Ditmas Park, Kensington and Borough Park.

(L-R) Judges Alan Riesenburger Elan Kornblum Jeff Nathan Susie Fishbein and Dr. Esther Joel1.

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Spring Breakers Head to Israel, Hard Work and Sense of Satisfaction Lure 250 Participants If Debbie Karmel is any indication, then Jewish National Fund (JNF) has a winning program on its hands. The recent college graduate left for Israel this week on her 4th consecutive JNF Alternative Spring Break (ASB), a community service trip for college students and young adults, ages 18-30, who spend one week in Israel working and volunteering in communities in the Negev.

SB offers a unique experience in Israel unlike any other program I've been on,” said Karmel. “Its purpose is to physically give back to Israel - to the land and to the people -- and to participate in the overall mitzvah of tikkun olam. The fist year I went on ASB, in 2007, I felt that I had finally given a part of me to Israel, improved it, and made a lasting good impression on the Israelis I worked with. To me, this trumps any other experience.”

Now in its f ifth year, JNF’s ASB will be sending nearly 250 hard-working participants to Israel over the next three weeks -- corresponding to the different vacation schedules of the universities -who are eager to go back and give back.

An incredible opportunity to do what they would not do on an ordinary trip, participants are responsible for raising a minimum of $975, using an easy online program to communicate by email with family and friends. This fundraising

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component forges a connection of a different sort.

Money raised goes towards JNF’s Blueprint Negev campaign to sustainably develop the Negev Desert and make it home to Israel’s next generation of pioneers. Once the fundraising minimum is met, the program is free, paid for by JNF donors. It has also been supported by grants from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Repair the World Foundation.

ASB participants do everything from painting low-income housing projects to gleaning surplus harvests for needy families to creating urban community gardens for Ethiopian immigrants.

Created as a natural follow-up tool to Birthright Israel, ASB connects participants to Israel through community service projects with lasting effect.

According to a 2007 study commissioned by the Andrea & Charles Bronfman Philanthropies called “Beyond Distancing: Young Adult American Jews and Their Alienation from Israel,” travel to Israel is strongly related to Israel attachment among young Jews, and while that f irst trip makes a tremendous difference, it is those who go to Israel at least twice who feel the deepest connection.

Since its 2006 pilot year, nearly 800 people have participated in ASB—62% of whom are Taglit-Birthright Israel

alumni. As JNF CEO Russell F. Robinson likes to say, “Birthright is the appetizer; ASB is the main course.”

“People like Debbie are an endorsement of JNF’s work,” said Robinson.

“As part of our Israel Advocacy and Education Department which works to energize, engage and educate this country’s youth -- from pre-K through college -- about Israel, ASB was created to imprint the participants with a lasting connection to the Jewish State. And our formula is working.”

Said Karmel: “With each year’s ASB, I have fallen in love with the land of Israel more and more and I am constantly driven to return to do it all over

again. I met incredible people along the way; other Americans who have the same passion for Israel and tikkun olam, new olim to Israel, Jews who have jumpstarted agricultural and environmental organizations in Israel, and of course, the hard workers of JNF. For all of these reasons and more, I am returning for my 4th and f inal year -- f inal because I am planning to make aliyah in 2010.” ________________________________ For information or to find a participant in your region, contact Jodi Bodner, 212-980-9305 ext. 221 or jbodner@jnf.org

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Communal Sedarim Schedule BROOKLYN, NY Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush 1981 Homecrest Avenue, corner Ave. T Phone: 718-375-0120 Email: lamdan@optonline.net Rabbi Name: Pinchas N. Pearl Times of Seder Second Night: 8:30 pm Cost: $30 Seder Leader(s): Rabbi Pinchas N. Pearl Additional Info: Glatt Kosher, catered by Meal Mart.

NEW YORK, NY Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center 347 West 34th Street - (between 8th and 9th Avenues) Phone: 212-502-5291 Email: info@westsidejewishcenter.org Rabbi Name: Rabbi Jason Herman Times of Seder First night : 8:30 PM Cost: $60 Geared Towards: Families Additional Info: If you would like to come please make your reservations by calling the shul office no later than April 2nd.

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ) 125 E. 85th St. (between Lexington and Park) - New York, NY 10028 Phone: 212-774-5678 Email: beginners@ckj.org Rabbi Name: Haskel Lookstein Times of Seder-First night : 8:00 pm Cost: $90 for an adult.

Seder Leader(s): Rabbi Elie Weinstock and Chazan Shilo Kramer.

Additional Info: Communal Seder is in conjunction with Passover Across America (a project of the National Jewish Outreach Program). We participate in the UJA Federation coucher program. Contact UJA for mor information.

Old Broadway Synagogue 15 Old Broadway Phone: 646-732-5499 Email: p.radensky@verizon.net Times of Seder First night : 7:00pm Cost: $35 Seder Leader: Dr. Paul Radensky Additional Info: Warm, heimish communal seder with a delicious catered meal in an historic synagogue. Space is limited.

Lincoln Square Synagogue 200 Amsterdam Avenue Phone: 212-874-6100 Email: info@lss.org Rabbi Name: Shaul Robinson Times of Seder Second Night: Following 7:15 services Cost: $40 for a child and $85 for an adult.

Geared Towards: Families Seder Leader(s): Rabbi Shaul Robinson of LSS & Rabbi Naftali Citron of The Carlebach Shul

KEW GARDENS HILLS, NY Cong Etz Chaim of Kew Gardens Hills 147-19 73rd Ave - Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367 Phone: 718-576-2470 Email: communalseder@yahoo.com Rabbi Name: Moshe Rosenberg Times of Seder, First night : 8:15pm Cost: $26 for a child and $38 for an adult.

Geared Towards: Families Seder Leader: Rabbi Rosenberg Additional Info: subsidies available

Communal Sedarim bring together Jews from all walks of life creating a group experiance, as in the first Passover.

THE BRONX, NY Hebrew Institute of Riverdale 3700 Henry Hudson Pkway - Bronx, NY 10463 Phone: 718-796-4730 Email: hir_nexus@yahoo.com Rabbi Name: Avi Weiss Times of Seder First night : 8:30 Second Night: 8:30 Seder Leader: Rabbi Avi Weiss

WATERTOWN, NY Jewish Heritage Society 313 Clay St - Watertown,, NY 13601 Phone: 315-777-8406 Email:Jewishheritagesociety@yahoo.com Rabbi Name: Rabbi Yaakov Roth Times of Seder, First night : 8:30 pm Second Night: 7:15 pm Cost: $Contribution req for a child and $Contribution req for an adult.

Seder Leader: Rabbi Y Roth Additional Info: Traditional seder open to all. Especially military

WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY The Hampton Synagogue 154 Sunset Avenue - Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 Phone: 631.288.0534 ext. 13 Email: ffice@thehamptonsynagogue.org Rabbi Name: Rabbi Marc Schneier Times of Seder First night : 8:00pm Cost: $65 for a child and $20 for an adult Geared Towards: Families Seder Leader(s): Rabbi Avraham Bronstein

MIAMI BEACH, FL Beth Israel Congregation 770 W. 40th St. - Miami Beach, FL 33140 Phone: 305-531-7500 Email: jewishcomcouncil@aol.com Rabbi Name: Rabbi Neal Turk Times of Seder-First night : 8:13 Second Night: 7:00pm Cost: $35.00 Seder Leader(s): Rabbi Ephraim Katz Additional Info: The seder is geared for kiruv and everyone. Anyone who needs financial assistance is given it immediately. We have been doing this for 26 years non-stop.We read the Haggadah in English, sing all popular songs with very brief explanations and encourage questions during the meal.We have great food including fish, soup, chicken, turkey, duck & dessert and know how to communicate Emunah, Chairus and Simcha well and eloquently.

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NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL Israeli Defense Company Awarded Australian Contract n Israeli defense company won a $300 million contract to develop a cutting-edge command and communications system for the Australian Defense Force.

The Haifa-based Elbit Systems, one of the world’s largest defense electronics manufacturers, won the international tender, Australian Defense Personnel Minister Greg Combet said.

“The introduction of this new capability will increase the ADF's battle space awareness, automate combat messaging and assist in the successful conduct of operations,” Combet said in a statement. “Importantly, this capability will signif icantly reduce the possible risk of casualties resulting from friendly f ire.”

Elbit CEO Joseph Ackerman said the project would take three years to complete and would spur additional contracts from other foreign armies. “We are in talks with a lot of different countries,” Ackerman said. “All militaries are interested in such command-andcontrol capabilities.”

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Brazil’s President Refuses Visit to Herzl’s Grave razil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel.

President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, who arrived in Israel on Sunday, refused to visit Herzl's grave, which is part of the itinerary for visiting foreign off icials this year in honor of the 150th anniversary of the father of Zionism.

The Brazilian president is reportedly scheduled to visit the grave of Yasir Arafat during a visit to Ramallah.

“It is an insult to Israel’s citizens and to Zionist communities around the world,” World Zionist Organization head Hagai Merom said Monday.

"Avoiding putting a wreath at Herzl’s grave is the same as refusing to visit the graves of Mustafa Kemal Ata Turk in Turkey or the tomb of Mahatma Ghandi in India."

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman boycotted Lula's address to the Knesset Monday afternoon, to protest his refusal to visit Herzl's grave.

The Foreign Ministry said that Lieberman wanted to show the Brazilian leader that Israel takes seriously his dismissal of diplomatic protocols, Haaretz reported.

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Ceremony Honoring Terrorist Held In Ramallah ceremony near Ramallah to honor a terrorist who caused the death of 37 Israeli civilians, that was supposed to be postponed, was held as a "popular rally."

The Palestinian Authority had originally cancelled off icial ceremonies to

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name a town square in el-Bireh after Dalal Mughrabi, who planned and was killed in the 1978 bus hijacking on the Coastal Road.

But several senior Fatah off icials participated in a ceremony at the square Thursday, the day that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden left the region and the 32nd anniversary of the deadly attack. The P.A. now says that the square has been renamed and that it will place the off icial monument at a later date, according to the Palestinian Media.

places where the Cochin Jews, as they were collectively known, settled.

The Paravur synagogue located on the Jew Street of the town was built in 1615 CE, but traditional accounts hold that it was built on the ruins of an early synagogue constructed in 1165 CE, making it the earliest. The services in the Paravur synagogue continued till 1988.

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he European Parliament called in the vote held this evening for the immediate release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Gilad's father, Noam Shalit, said in response that he expects the Israeli government to act now to secure his son's immediate release.

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Egypt Cancels Unveiling of Maimon Synagogue he government has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue.

Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities restored the ruined Ben Maimon synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter and was set to unveil it to the press Sunday following its rededication a week earlier in a private ceremony.

SCA chief Zahi Hawass said in a statement that the cancellation of ceremony comes following "provocative" activities by Jews at rededication, including drinking alcoholic beverages, as well as "aggression by Israeli authorities" against Muslim sanctuaries.

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Iran tops list of jailers of journalists in world ournalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held, making Iran the top jailer of journalists in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The wave of arrests, which has only accelerated recently, has sent a chill through journalists in Iran at a time when the opposition is struggling to maintain its challenge against the government in the face of a heavy crackdown on proreform f igures.

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Ancient Synagogue To Be Restored in India he dilapidated Jewish Synagogue in North Paravur, Kerala, one of the oldest in India, is set for restoration.

“Work will commence this week and about Rs. 63 lakh will be spent to restore it,” said K.K. Mohanan Pillai, Director, Kerala State Department of Archaeology.

The date of arrival of the Jews in the Malabar Coast has not been precisely established yet. Some accounts date it back to the days of King Solomon, while others place it in the 1st century CE. North Paravur, a small town about 20 km north of Kochi, was one of the

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EU Parliament: Release Gilad Shalit Now

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Austrian gov't finds mass graves of Nazi victims ustrian government officials say they have identified at least two mass graves of Nazi victims on property used by the army.

Interior Ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia says talks will be sought with the owners of the site to discuss possible exhumation. He said Friday he did not know whether the army owns the property or rents it.

The mass graves are located underneath an army sports f ield in the southern city of Graz. Government off icials say they contain about 70 bodies.

The victims were concentration camp inmates and others, all killed by the SS to eliminate witnesses to Nazi atrocities shortly before Soviet troops arrived.

The graves were identif ied from wartime photos, made from US bombers, showing open graves and bodies.

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The two individuals who were struck have been identif ied As Mr. Ovadi Musaf i age 52, and Mr. Lawrence Krause age 50.

Two Sullivan Teens Charged in Defacing Jewish War Veterans Memorial olice have charged two teenagers with felonies in the rash of gang related graffiti that appeared on several storefronts on Wednesday morning.

A total of 14 separate locations including postal vehicles and the Jewish War Veterans of the United States memorial were vandalized with spray painted graff iti.

Police charged Anthony Laudadio, 19, of Monticello and Joseph Koelpin, 19 of White Sulphur Springs with second-degree criminal mischief.

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Flier Calls Md. Lawmakers ‘Bagel Brain Jews’ wo Maryland lawmakers were attacked in mailed fliers as "bagel brain Jews" for sponsoring tough firearms legislation.

The flier attacking Democratic state Sen. Brian Frosh and Republican state Delegate Samuel Rosenberg were sent to homes in the lawmakers' precincts and headlined "Bagel Brain Jews Want Your Bullets and Your Guns," the Baltimore Sun reported Saturday.

Frosh and Rosenberg are sponsors of a bill to tighten requirements for gun ownership and licensing of f irearms vendors.

The fliers were produced by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, according to the newspaper, and made available on its Web site. It was not clear who distributed them.

The group has about 6,500 members across the country, the Sun reported.

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NATIONAL Two Othodox Jews Killed From Falling Tree aturday’s vicious Nor’easter created nightmarish conditions across North Jersey, and led to the deaths of two people in Teaneck after winds knocked a tree down on them, authorities said.

The victims were believed to be walking on the sidewalk along Jefferson Avenue early Saturday evening when wind gusts toppled a large tree, which struck and killed them, Teaneck Police Chief Robert Wilson said.

The tree also knocked down power lines, and police were unable to get close to the scene until crews from Public Service Electric & Gas arrived to shut off electricity.

At the scene Saturday night, police cordoned off portions of Jefferson with yellow caution tape.

The street is located in a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, residents said they believed the victims could have been walking home from the Shaarei Orah Shul.

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Clinton to Headline AIPAC Conference nited States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the annual conference hosted by AIPAC, Washington’s pro-Israel lobby. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Likud) and Opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni (Kadima) are also slated to speak at the upcoming conference. AIPAC works to strengthen the ties between Washington and Jerusalem and supports America’s agenda to shrink Israel and forcibly expel all ethnic Jews from Judea and Samaria.

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Pres. Obama's Approval Rating Drops to 46% resident Barak Hussein Obama's approval rating among Amercans continues to drop. In the most recent Gallup poll conducted, only 46% of those surveyed gave Obama a positive approval rating. The continual drop in Obama's approval rating supports many analysts' forecast that Mr. Obama will be a one-term president.

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What Will Get Your Kitchen Clean BY: MALKA VEGH No matter where in your house you start cleaning for Pesach, you will inevitably need to clean the kitchen.

Whether it is first on the list, or last, it is usually the biggest job to clean the kitchen. Here are some tips on how to clean your kitchen without ruining the surfaces being cleaned or the hands cleaning it! or a great all purpose f ill a spray bottle half full with water add a squirt or two of Ivory Liquid dish soap then f inish f illing with water. It’s inexpensive and does a great job cleaning kitchen surfaces without leaving a residue behind.

Be cautious using orange-based cleaners to clean a kitchen. Some contain petroleum distillates. Petroleum distillates break down the rubber in the rubber gaskets around refrigerators and dishwashers.

Standard Surfaces - The Ivory mixture cleans most kitchen surfaces and appliances.

Stain Removal - A 50/50 solution of hydrogen peroxide and water will remove most stains. Blot on the spot and let it set 30 minutes. Then scrub lightly with baking soda if needed. Shaving cream also does a great job on diff icult stains.

Marble - Do not use anything other than Ivory liquid dish soap on marble.

Harsher cleansers will damage the surface. Always dry marble to prevent water spots from leaving their signature mark. Marble stains easily so wipe spills immediately. Do not use vinegar or orange-based cleaners to clean mar-

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ble. The acid in them will damage the surface. Peroxide is safe for stain removal.

Tile - Tile grout poses its own diff iculties. The porous nature of grout means cleaning solutions pass through without a thought of taking the stain with them. When that dreaded spill happens, clean immediately. The longer a spill sets the better chance of it staining. Mix a 50/50 solution of hydrogen peroxide to water in a spray bottle.

Spray the stain and allow to set 30 minutes. Retreat if needed. Do not use peroxide on colored grout. It’s bleach and will take the color out of the grout.

Club soda will also help remove the stain if poured on immediately. Shaving cream does a good job. Spray on and allow to set 30 minutes. Tile stores carry a chalk like stick that is safe for any color grout. Drag it across the stain and remove after an hour or so. Reapply if necessary. Keep a good sealant on the tiles and especially the grout. You’ll f ind good sealants at tile stores.

Stainless Steel - Scratch marks are impossible to remove, so prevention becomes important. Always place a rubber mat in stainless steel sinks. To remove burned on food from the surface of a stainless steel stove, boil some water (wear gloves) and pour directly onto the spill. Let it set a few minutes.

That helps loosen the food making removal easier. In microwaves, wipe them down with boiling water then scrub with Cameo. Cover your food to prevent the splatters.

To clean stainless steel cookware, remove burned on food by f irst boiling water in the pan. Never cook on high heat with stainless cookware. Use medi-

um heat only. And never let the pans boil dry.

Corion - Use only mild cleansers like Ivory for Corion. Harsh detergents will damage the surface. Remove tough stains with Cameo or baking soda or a 50/50 solution of hydrogen peroxide and water. Corion can be sanded lightly using number 800 sandpaper. This sandpaper is gray and called wet or dry sandpaper. Rub very gently keeping the paper wet.

Appliances - Vertical surfaces clean easier with a foaming tub and tile cleaner. It adheres to the surface giving the cleaner time to break down the grease or dirt. Leave scrubbing for those who don’t know better. You won’t f ind me using elbow grease under the hood of the stove, refrigerator walls, ice chest you have the idea.

Refrigerators - Odors are caused by hidden food particles. Make sure to clean under the rubber gasket, but f irst, use the foaming bath cleaner on the walls, wiping them down with a baking soda, vinegar and water combination.

Use about a quarter cup of vinegar and one or two tablespoons of baking soda for each quart of water, though you don’t have to be too precise. The combination f izzles, but it should zap the smell. The smell lingers? Check for Freon leaks.

Dishwashers - Remove the spindles and drawers, clean under them and under the gaskets to get rid of odors.

Fill one dispenser with instant drink mix and the other with automatic dish soap and run the dishwasher empty through just the wash cycle. This combination cleans and deodorizes the inside. I’m not sure how the drink mix

works, it just does.

Small Appliances -Sprinkle a little baking soda on a damp towel to clean without scratching.

Microwaves - To clean that baked-on mess in your microwave, place a coffee cup half f illed with water inside and cook on high for two minutes. The water steams the inside, loosening the hardened splatters. Spray with your Ivory soap cleaner and wipe dry.

Disposals - To freshen, pour baking soda on your scrub brush and scour the inside.

Excellent window and mirror cleaner : In a 32 oz. spray bottle add 1/3-cup vinegar and ¼ cup rubbing alcohol. If you must have another cleaner add one tablespoon automatic dishwashing detergent.

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The Ancient Art of Modern Kosher Wine Making

BY RABBI TZVI ROSEN In the Torah’s eye, nature’s quintessential beverage is “the fruit of the vine,” grape wine. Our Sages tell us of wine’s importance throughout the calendar year and throughout the Jewish life cycle. The Jewish People sanctifies Shabbat or Yom Tov over wine. At the Pesach Seder we commemorate the four expressions of Geulah (freedom) over wine. One recites Sheva Brachots at a wedding over wine. A special Bracha was established by our Sages especially for wine, “Borei Pri HaGafen” . ue to the severe Torah prohibition of drinking or using Yayin Nesach, wine that was used for idolatrous services, and the strict Rabbinical injunction against drinking Stam Yaynom, unsupervised grape wine, the requirement for top quality Kosher supervised wine is critical. To this day, Kosher wine production remains one of the most sensitive, tedious, and difficult processes to oversee.

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What steps must be taken to insure the wine’s Kashrus throughout production?

Wine is def ined as the “fermented juice of grapes.” However, the Bracha that we recite “Borei Pri HaGafen,” the fruit of the vine, can be recited on non-fermented grape beverages too.

Grape beverages can be divided into Alcoholic Wine, Raisin Wine, and Grape Juice.

Alcoholic Wine production takes place at the time of the grape harvest once or twice a year. The grape harvest usually coincides with the Yomim Noraim season. Grapes are carefully picked and transferred to the winery where the grapes are crushed or pressed. The crush or pressing can be done mechanically or manually. From the moment that the grapes are brought to the winery, the Mashgichim have to be on constant alert to prevent an inadvertent irreparable Hamshacha, thus disqualifying the total winemaking process. Hamshacah is def ined in Avodah Zarah, as the separation of the juice of the grape from the grape skin.

In production terms, any movement of the grape juice along the production line, initiated by the non-Jew, qualif ies for Hamshacha. If this Hamshacha is done by a non-Jew anywhere along the line, whenever the juice is pressed,

sampled, conveyed into the plant, or pumped by hose, the production is disqualif ied. An observant Jew must initiate, activate, or operate every essential step of the crush, including the fermentation, standardization, and sample taking for quality control. For this reason, the winery must be manned by a sizable crew of qualif ied Mashgichim throughout the duration of the crush and a smaller crew during standardization operations.

The f irst step of production common to all types of wine production, is the crush—where the grapes are literally crushed and destemmed. From this point on, depending upon the wine color, type, or region where the wine is produced, production is customized to achieve the desired taste, fragrance, and

aroma of each wine variety.

The destemmed grapes are broken down into three grape components: 1. the must (juice) 2. pulp 3. skin.

These components are then conveyed into fermentation vats. ermentation is the natural process that converts the grape juice into wine.

For naturally fermented wine no additional ingredients are added, as there are natural enzymes contained in the grape skins that effect the change.

Natural yeast contained in the grape

converts the sugar in the grape juice into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.

As the gas escapes, the juice bubbles violently (ferments). For red wine, the skins are left in the fermentation vats longer to absorb the purple color; for white wine, the must ferments without the grape skins.

Total fermentation results in a dry wine, while partial fermentation gives a sweet variety. If the vat is not airtight, the must will turn to vinegar.

Many wineries are actually mevashel, pasteurize, the wine at a very early stage of production to avoid Hamshacah problems.

Bishul is def ined Halachically as the point when the juice begins to bubble.

Although there are Halachic opinions that maintain that bishul is fulf illed once the wine begins evaporation, we are machmir, exercise stringencies, and require that the wine should be cooked at the higher temperature to achieve bishul, generally 180°F. Once cooked, the wine can no longer become Stam Yaynom and can no longer ferment naturally. Therefore the wine needs to have outside wine enzymes added to the juice so that artif icial fermentation can occur.

However, Hashgocha is needed at this point as well to make sure that only Kosher wine enzymes are used.

In the United States, most Kosher wines use this method of fermentation. For California red wines, the bishul, pasteurization takes place after fermentation and clarif ication.

There is a combination of natural fermentation and additional wine-yeast additives that are used to ferment the red wine.

California white wines are pressed, chilled, pasteurized and then fermented. New York wineries add sugar to their wines to achieve their sweetness. In some New York wineries, where all the workers are Jewish, wines are naturally fermented. After fermentation the wine is aged in storage casks to mature and develop flavor and fragrance.

During the aging process, wine must be transferred from cask to cask to get rid of sediments and settled solids. After the maturation process, the aged wine is f iltered and bottled.

At some of the sensitive points of the wine development (i.e. aging, blending, or standardizing), nonmevshal wine must never be uncorked or sampled by a non-Jew so that a disqualifying Hamshacha will not occur. For wines that are already Mevushal, tanks have to be sealed with the Mashgiach’s seals to assure that no tampering occurs.

Raisin Wine is the soaking of dried grapes, and is made from water. The added water compensates for the moisture lost. the normal ratio of water to raisins is three to one, although l’Halacha as long as the raisin concentrates accounts for 18% of the total volume, the raisin wine is acceptable. This combination soaks and ferments the raisin until the wine taste is absorbed into the liquid.

Grape Juice is made principally from concord and muscat grapes. After the grape crush and pressing, the grape must is chilled and decantored.

Decantoring is the separation and clarif ication process of grape juice. The grape’s must is sterilized at 180°190°F to retard bacterial growth. No fermentation takes place during grape juice process, and the Hashgocha process is much less intense. However, care must be taken to make sure that no outside blending or standardization will occur without the watchful eye of a Mashgiach.

A question is often raised regarding the criteria used in determining which Bracha to say on grape juice which is reconstituted from concentrate. Rav Moshe Heinemann Shlita, has stipulated that if both of the following conditions are met the Bracha is “Borei Pri HaGafen“ and the product may be used for Kiddush on both Shabbos and Yom Tov: 1. The grape juice concentrate must be greater than one-seventh of the entire volume of the juice.

2. The juice must taste like grape juice.

If these circumstances are not met, the bracha said is “shehakol“.

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March 19, 2010

20 Million Raised to Benefit Israeli Soldiers

BY MAXINE DOVERE The excitement in the air was palpable when1400 friends and supporters of the Israel Defense Forces gathered at the Waldorf Hotel in New York for the FIDF National Gala Dinner March 9th, 2010. Chaired by Benny Shabtai for the twelfth year, this year’s keynote speaker was Chief of the IDF General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. The general greeted the audience with warmth and appreciation. (Ashkenazi had been scheduled to address the 2009 dinner but circumstances required him to return to Israel immediately following his arrival in New York.) galaxy of personalities including high ranking military officers and regular soldiers, diplomats, business and philanthropic leaders from across the United States and long term supporters came to show their support for the Israeli’s soldiers whose daily work is the protection of the Jewish state. Attendees included Brig. Gen. Avi Benayahu; Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Gabriela Shalev; Israel’s Consul General in New York, Assaf Shariv; Israel Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the U.S.A. and Canada, Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni; popular Israeli musician, Idan Reichel; and renowned photojournalist Ziv Koren, who donated some of his photos for the silent auction. The 30 active combat soldiers who joined guests at their tables, were a most welcome addition to the evening.

In total, twenty million dollars was raised during the evening. The most signif icant donation, a 4 million dollar gift was announced by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).Fashion Designer Elie Tahari, the Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York (IAJF); and The Genesis Philanthropy Group donated signif icant amounts.

While each donation was warmly received, among the most moving was one given by U.S. Marine, Sergeant Todd Bowers, recently returned was a tour in Afghanistan. His 1,000 dollars donation was given in memory of Staff Sergeant Liran Banai, a paratrooper who had been the voice and ears of his deaf parents..

Staff Sergeant Tal Shabbat in an on stage chat with Fox correspondent Monica Crowley was charming and flirty, recounting his recovery from a severe injury more than three years early.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the evening by satellite, expressing appreciation to all gathered and to Israel’s soldiers Funds raised provide services and f inancial support to soldiers inneed and lone soldiers, academic scholarships to former combat soldiers, weeks of rest and recreation for entire IDF units, as well as cultural, educational and sports facilities.

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FIDF Dinner Chariman Benny Sabbtai welcomed supporters to the annual DIDF gala

LTG Gabi Ashkenazi, Commander in Chief of the Israel Defense Forces, was Keynote speaker at the 2010 galat of he FIDF. To his right can be seen internationally known Israeli singer, Idan Reichel Brigadier General Eli Shermeister here with Bronx born IDF Spokesman Captain Barak A. Raz, IDF spokesman to the North American media.

Strong support for the FIDF is expressed by members of the Syrian Jewish community From the left, front row-Barbara Beyda, Marilyn Chira, Mrs. Tawil, a soldier of the IDF, and Mr. Tawil. In the second row, another friend and Elaine Dweck

North American Counsel for Tourism Areyeh Sommer joined over 1300 supporters at the annual gala of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, personified his and his organization's devotion to the IDF with a donation of over four million dollars.

Pro Palestinian demonstrators were kept in close check by the NYPD

March 19, 2010

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NYC Towing Blitz Effects NYPD Unmarked Cars The NYPD is regularly towing unmarked police cars - leaving detectives stranded on the street with no way to transport suspects in handcuffs, the Daily News reported. ichael Palladino, head of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, said tow operators working for the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau are meeting their daily quota four tows and 20 summonses - by towing detectives who are legally parked or who have no choice but to double-park.

Recently, a Brooklyn detective investigating the hit-and-run that left a staffer for Mayor Bloomberg in a coma was called to the district attorney’s office.

When the detective left the meeting, his car was gone, Palladino said.

“It’s embarrassing,” Palladino said.

“It takes our detectives four to six hours, often on overtime, to get the car back. In the meantime, another detective has to be called to come pick up the detectives who are stranded, or that third detective has to drive to court, or wherever, with the other two detectives and wait in the car.”

Last week in a further sign that there is a tow blitz, a tow truck towed a hearse from the front of a funeral home, with a no parking zone. The only problem was there was a body the back of the hearse!

New York police spokesman Paul Browne says there was “nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car.”

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Redden’s Funeral Home director Paul DeNigris said a windshield placard had fallen flat. The van’s tinted windows helped obscure the white cardboard box that held the remains.

DeNigris says he was “a wreck” after discovering the van missing Monday in Manhattan, according to the Daily News newspaper. He rushed to the tow pound, where he discreetly explained the circumstances and got the van back. He also got the body to an airport in time for a scheduled flight to Miami.

The tow blitz appears to be a continuation of City Hall’s crackdown, begun in 2008, on city-issued parking permits.

Palladino has been able to document 180 tows, including 40 from an informal survey of detectives. Most tows, he said, involved cars that were legally parked or weren’t impeding traffic.

An NYPD spokesman, Inspector Ed Mullen, said the parking placards used by detectives prohibit parking “in front of hydrants or in bus stops and crosswalks.”

But Palladino said that while patrol cars aren’t being towed, probably because people would laugh, detectives on the other hand, are not given the benefit of the doubt.

“The department wants us to reduce crime, solve our cases and make arrests, and sometimes that requires us to park illegally,” Palladino said. “If the practice continues, escapes of criminals and injuries of civilians, criminals and police officers are inevitable.”

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Cooking Melts Stress of Daily Living

BY LAURA LENK When Bobbi Coffin Walker had to take her mother to the hospital on New Year’s Eve, her thoughts turned to cooking. ot the dinner that she could’ve been making for her friends and family to ring in 2010, but a meal cooked solely to help her release tension and terror.

“All I could think was, ‘When I get home, I’m going to have to cook a meal,’ “ says the Mt. Lebanon resident.

“I don’t even know what it is — you can take your mind off absolutely everything else.” Although Walker’s mother was released from the hospital, she still has daily stressors.

By day, Walker works as director of marketing for Precision Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PRCN) , which individualizes treatment for cancer patients. To counteract her professional stress, she would paint and renovate homes. She discovered therapeutic cooking more recently.

“I’ve picked up cooking since my kids left. I didn’t cook like this for them, poor things,” she says, laughing.

She isn’t the only culinary late bloomer to discover the relaxation aspects of cooking.

Even though Elizabeth Arden (NASDAQ:RDEN) Stewart of Wheeling, W.Va., spent a good portion of her youth baking cakes and creating “sugar art” pieces to supplement her sculpting

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career, she never learned to cook food.

“Now that I am approaching my 60s and I am literally in my new phase of a new life after my midlife upheaval, I f ind that cooking is very enjoyable,” she says.

Similarly, Sharon Matz of Latrobe, a self-proclaimed “empty nester,” approaches cooking dinner as a relaxation ritual with her husband, John.

“Even with the littlest amount of time, we like to listen to music, light a scented candle or two and just enjoy this fun part of the day we feel we’ve earned,” she says. “Let’s face it, how many of us can control our work day? ...

Most days, I look forward to chopping, dicing and savoring aromas as a way to transition from work to home life.”

Regardless of age or how long people have been cooking, many f ind nirvana in different ways, using the act as their vessel.

Retired chef Milan Lovasick of Tarentum found the joy of cooking at age 30 after a stint in the military and working at Allegheny Ludlum Stainless Steel.

Memories of cooking with his Slovak mother fueled the desire to pursue a cooking career at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After spending many years at various establishments, Lovasick now f inds peace in cooking for himself and family members. And he unwinds while perusing local markets.

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Great Cleaning Tips for Around the House Pesach is coming and there is plenty to clean! Here are some tips to help make your home look its best on the Seder night. o clean the windows, make your own spray cleaner. Fill a spray bottle with 3 tablespoons ammonia, 1 tablespoon vinegar & the remainder with water. Dust blinds by wrapping a cloth around a ruler.

Spray cloth with a dusting spray and run the flat end across each blind. Shine windows using old newspaper.

Clean windows on an average temperature, preferably overcast day to avoid streaks.

To clean windowsills, pour diluted rubbing alcohol on a cloth and rub the entire surface.

Then dust off the sill with a clean cloth. Use vertical strokes when washing windows outside and horizontal for inside windows. This way you can tell which side has the streaks.

Straight vinegar will get outside windows really clean. Don’t wash windows on a sunny day. They will dry too quickly and will probably streak.

For bathroom cleanliness, rubbing alcohol can remove the dull haze from mirrors.

Use rubbing alcohol to remove spots from bathroom fixtures. Glass shower doors will sparkle if cleaned with white vinegar. To clean the shower, use a solution of 1/2 cup vinegar, 1 cup ammonia, and 1/4 cup baking soda added to one gallon of warm water.

Lemon furniture oil will remove water spots on metal frames. Running the shower on hot for five minutes will steam the dirt loose.

Grout need cleaning? Wash with 2 tablespoons chlorine bleach in one quart of water.

Dry thoroughly, then apply several coats of lemon oil. Let dry one hour between coats.

Use air-freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell to the shine.

To start working on your kitchen, pour club soda on the counter and clean with a soft cloth, rinse with water then wipe dry.

Baking soda or club soda will clean and shine stainless steel sinks easily. Remove stubborn water spots from a stainless sink with a cloth dampened with rubbing alcohol.

Spots on stainless steel also can be removed with vinegar. For a sparkling white porcelain sink, place paper towels across the bottom of your sink and saturate with household bleach. Let it sit for 8 hour and rinse. Never use bleach in colored sinks. For permanent marker on appliances/counter tops, like store receipt blue, use rubbing alcohol on paper towel.

To deoderize the refrigerator, an open box of baking soda will absorb odors for a month or so. A few drops vanilla extract on a piece of cotton placed in the refrigerator will eliminate odors. Wipe refrigerator with vine-

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gar to prevent mildew. Use your vacuum on the front of the coils and motor to remove dust and dirt Stop yellowing of white appliances by mixing 1/2-cup bleach, 1/4-cup baking soda and 4 cups of warm water. Apply with a sponge and let set for 10 minutes. Rinse and dry thoroughly. Wax large appliances with car wax to make them shine and to remove small scratches.

To shine your floors, create your own cleaner. Floor cleaner is a solution of 1/2 cup of white vinegar in 1 gallon of warm water.

Damp mop with a mop squeezed nearly dry.

It is safer to mist the mop with the cleaner than to apply to floor. Do a section at a time and throw an old towel on the floor and scoot back and forth with foot to dry and prevent streaks. Standing liquid from mopping, spills, and pet accidents can damage floors.

Put a piece of waxed paper under your dust mop. Dirt will stick to the mop and the wax will shine your floors.

For water stains on the floor, rub the spot with No. 2 steel wool and rewax. For more serious water stains, lightly sand with fine sandpaper, clean the spot with No. 1 or 00 steel wool and mineral spirits or floor cleaner then refinish and wax.

Heel and Caster Marks can be eliminated with vigorous rubbing of fine steel wool and floor cleaner. Wipe dry and polish.

The greatest damage done to wood floors is from grit. Mats at doors are necessary to collect grit and it’s important to keep these clean. Frequent dust mopping in high traffic areas to collect grit is the best prevention.

This should be done based on the amount of traffic, which may require dust mopping several times a day in an active household. The brush attachment of a vacuum can be used.

Felt and furniture protectors should be installed on furniture. Never scoot furniture on wood.

Alcohol spots left over from Purim? Rub the spot with liquid or paste wax and that problem will be solved in a few minutes.

For vinyl floors, sweep then damp mop using a gallon of water and a dash of dishwashing detergent. No-wax floors eventually need waxing, so this will help to prevent further deterioration.

For carpets, to clean dry spots, loosen soil and vacuum away prior to moistening it.

When taking out stains, always use a white cloth. Wax dropped on carpet or upholstery?

Set a clean, absorbent cloth over the wax stain and hold a hot iron on it. Then remove the cloth. Coat mildly greasy stains with aerosol shaving cream, use a hair dryer to speed dry. Then vacuum. Sprinkle a greasy stain with baking soda, cornstarch or talcum powder. Leave on at least 8 hours, then vacuum.

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Healthy Cooking for Passover? All It Takes is Tweaking

BY LEAH KOENIG Eating adventurously may be considered a virtue for 51 weeks of the year, but when it comes to Passover cooking, tradition rules with a matzah ball-shaped fist. nfortunately, the canon of Passoverfriendly comfort foods is filled with unhealthy fats, sugar, sodium and cholesterol. And after a week of indulging on salty brisket and egg-laden cakes, seder goers often feel less than liberated.

With all respect to tradition, Bonnie Giller’s book, “Passover the Healthy Way” (self-published at AuthorHouse), posits that there’s a better way to enjoy the holiday.

As a registered dietician and certified nutritionist, Giller has spent the past 20 years helping clients meet their nutrition goals.

And each year as Passover approached, she noticed the same concerns and struggles coming to the fore.

“Virtually every Passover recipe is based on eggs, oil and sugar,” she said. “Despite their best intentions, my clients were finding themselves overeating and gaining weight over the holiday.”

Giller also heard complaints about the extra food preparation time Passover requires.

“People would tell me, ‘I spend the entire eight days in the kitchen, and I emerge smelling like a frying pan,” she said.

After years of providing eating tips and developing simple Passover menus for clients, Giller decided to compile the information into a book. The resulting 100 recipes in “Passover the Healthy Way” feature familiar favorites (think sweet and sour cabbage and potato kugel) that have been tweaked

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with both health and the cook’s time in mind.

Most of Giller’s modifications are straightforward: swapping oil with unsweetened applesauce or another fruit puree; using egg whites in place of whole eggs; or simply reducing the quantity of unhealthy ingredients.

“In general, you can decrease the amount of sugar in any traditional recipe by a third and still get a delicious end product,” Giller said.

The book also includes naturally light dishes such as steamed carrots dressed up with lemon juice and chopped parsley, zucchini and mushroom saute, and a simple roast chicken drizzled with honey-wine sauce.

Giller, of course, is not alone in her quest to reshape holiday eating.

In Chicago, Chef Laura Frankel urges participants in her Passover cooking classes at the Spertus Institute to avoid heavy dishes and sodium-filled “faux” Passover products in favor of fresh, seasonal ingredients.

“People assume it’s too daunting to make clean food, so they use all of these Passover cake mixes filled with chemicals and unhealthy additives,” Frankel said. “Why not celebrate all of the fresh vegetables and lean meats that are available?”

Chana Rubin, an Israel-based dietician and author of “Food for the Soul, Traditional Jewish Wisdom for Healthy Eating” (Gefen, 2008), agrees.

“If people focus on what they can eat

instead of the restrictions, they will eat more healthfully and contentedly,” she said.

Rubin suggests serving vegetables, both cooked and raw, at every Passover meal, making fruit compotes, poached pears or meringues for dessert in place of sugary cakes, and embracing heart-healthy olive and canola oils instead of saturated fats in both cooking and baking.

The common thread running through all of the suggestions is that following a strict diet is not the point.

“There is no reason to completely eliminate favorite foods on Passover,” Giller said.

“Matzah ball soup can be on the menu, just make it healthier.” (For the record, Giller’s traditional matzah balls are bound with heart-healthy olive oil and egg whites.)

Giller believes that a good attitude and awareness about one’s eating habits is the most effective defense against holiday bloat.

This awareness, she said, should extend from the kitchen to the table.

“It takes more time to change the Jewish habit of having an excessive amount of food

on the table,” she said. “But that does not mean one needs to eat absolutely everything being offered.”

Giller recommends waiting until all the dishes have been served before taking food, and helping oneself to smaller portions from the serving platters. By scanning the entire range of choices, she said, it’s easier to make informed decisions that do not result in an overloaded plate.

While many of the guidelines in “Passover the Healthy Way” read like a manual of common nutritional sense, the statistics suggest that many in the Jewish community could benefit from the refresher.

A 2007 study of West Rogers Park, an Orthodox community in suburban Chicago, found that 31 percent of adults were overweight, while an additional 25 percent were obese. The numbers for children were even more distressing: 54 percent overweight and 26 percent classified as obese.

While the survey’s focus was limited to one neighborhood, the trend is reflected in other communities across the country.

Giller is hoping her book can play a role in curbing overeating and poor food choices during the holidays — and all year round.

“In the book, and in all of my work, I help people set realistic expectations,” she said.

“Enjoying food is important on Passover, but with a bit of forethought, there is absolutely no reason to come away heavier than you started.”

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Eggs: What Would Passover Be Eithout Them?

JTA With great prowess, eggs hold together the ingredients that go into Passover kugels, matzah brie and matzah farfel casseroles. hen egg whites are whipped to a frenzy with electric beaters, they increase in volume six to eight times, lending structure to many baked goods. Egg whites singlehandedly add loft to cakes and other pastries, encouraging them to rise without a boost from the usual sources — flour and baking soda.

Eggs play a pivotal role during seders.

Every seder plate reserves a place to display a roasted egg to remind us of the burnt offerings, the daily roasted sacrifices in the Temple.

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HUEVOS HAMINADOS (Oven Eggs) (Pareve) Prepared entirely in the oven, these eggs turn sepia brown and are served at Sephardic seders as the egg course.

Equipment: A 4-quart ovenproof pot that you don’t care about, as it may get stained, or a deep ovenproof glass casserole of equal size.

Ingredients: 4 cups of tightly packed onion skins 12 eggs at room temperature 2 tablespoons coffee grinds 1 tablespoon cooking oil 1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon salt Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

2. Place half of the onion skins at the bottom of the pot or casserole. Nestle the eggs between the skins. Sprinkle coffee grinds over eggs. Add oil, vinegar and salt.

Slowly pour enough water inside to submerge the mixture, about 2 or 3 quarts.

3. Cover and place eggs in the oven for 68 hours.

4. Remove pot carefully, drain off excess water. Eggs can be served hot or refrigerated for later. Yield: 12 servings VEGETARIAN PASSOVER LASAGNA (Pareve or Dairy) Ingredients: No-stick cooking spray 2 vegetable bouillon cubes 6 tablespoons olive oil, or more, if needed 2 large onions, sliced Kosher salt to taste Freshly ground black pepper to taste 9 pieces of commercially prepared matzah 2 zucchinis sliced into circles about 1/8inch thick 6 garlic cloves, minced 2/3 cup Parmesan cheese, optional 1 pound of mushrooms, sliced 3 dried sage leaves, crushed 2 large pinches of dried rosemary needles 6 eggs Juice from half a lemon Preparation: 1. Coat 1 baking pan with cooking spray and reserve. In second baking pan, dissolve bouillon cubes in 3 cups of boiling water and reserve. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil on a medium flame. Add onions and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Saute until onion slices wilt, about 5 minutes.

Move onions to prepared pan and distrib-

ture, but also turns their shells a splendid brown color, reminiscent of roasted eggs.

Many Huevos Haminados recipes suggest saving the skins from the onions used in Passover cooking. In preparation for making Huevos Haminados, collect skins from bins at your supermarket. The skins of red onions lend the most gorgeous color.

While Passover is perhaps the most cherished of Jewish holidays, for many people the sheer volume of eggs used in recipes poses health issues, specifically regarding the amount of cholesterol consumed. There are several ways to be health conscious while observing the egg’s role during seders.

The yolk is the culprit, containing all the egg’s cholesterol and fat (about 5 grams in a large egg). With only about 20 calories, the egg white consists of water and slightly more

than half the egg’s protein.

For a cholesterol-free egg course, serve egg white omelets. I suggest stirring some chopped parsley into the beaten egg whites to give them spring color. This also adds the symbol of Passover greenery. Of course, egg white omelets can be served for breakfast, brunch or lunch throughout Passover.

During Passover’s eight days, I often return to the supermarket for additional ingredients. I end up making more macaroons, either coconut or chocolate almond; matzah brei, either mushroom or classic; Passover lasagna, with or without meat; or my signature dish, peach kugel. These recipes wouldn’t exist without the most ubiquitous ingredient in all of Passover cooking — eggs.

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 2/3 cup chopped walnuts 4 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted Preparation: 1. Coat a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof baking pan with no-stick spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. In a small pot, heat 1 cup of apple juice to a simmer. Stir in dried cherries and soak them while assembling remaining ingredients.

3. Drain peaches, reserving the liquid from the can in the bowl. Dice peaches.

Passover lasagna, with layers of 4.

In a medium-sized pot, heat the remainmatzah replacing lasagna noodles. ing apple juice to a simmer. Remove from ute evenly. flame. Soak broken matzah squares in 3. Submerge 3 squares of matzah into apple juice until soft, about 5 minutes. bouillon bath until barely softened. Cover drain matzah and discard the juice. onion layer matzah.

5. With an electric beater, whip eggs until 4. To the skillet, add 2 tablespoons of olive frothy. Add lemon zest and juice, sugar oil. Add zucchini and half the garlic, sprin- and salt, and beat until well combined. kling lightly with salt and pepper. Saute 6. Drain the cherries and add them to the until wilted, about 5 minutes. Cover egg mixture, along with the peaches and matzah layer with zucchini mixture. walnuts. On a low speed, mix until incorSprinkle 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese on porated. With a wooden spoon, add soaked top, if using. matzah and gently stir until incorporated.

5. Repeat Step 3 and cover zucchini layer 7. Move mixture to prepared pan and matzah. spread evenly. Pour 1/3 cup of the 6. To the skillet, add 2 tablespoons of olive reserved peach juice evenly over the top. oil. Add mushrooms and remaining garlic, Drizzle the melted margarine or butter sprinkling lightly with salt and pepper, over the surface. Kugel will look quite liqplus sage and rosemary. Saute until mushrooms wilt, about 5 minutes. Cover second matzah layer with mushroom mixture.

Sprinkle 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese on top, if using.

7. Repeat Step 3 and cover mushroom layer with matzah.

8. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until 1- Before purchasing eggs, examine them for foamy. Add lemon juice and 1 cup of bouilcracks to avoid bacteria from getting inside. Gently lon and beat again. Pour egg mixture over roll around each egg within the carton. If an egg the top of the lasagna. With a spatula, won’t budge, chances are the bottom is cracked and press down on the lasagna to even out liqhas leaked, gluing the shell in place. uids. Bake until lasagna is firmly set and 2-Always purchase eggs from a refrigerated bubbles at the edges, about 45 minutes. case. Avoid cartons at the front of the case because they have been exposed to warmer air each time the Yield: 24 squares

uid. Place kugel in the oven and bake for 45 minutes, or until edges brown and a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Yield: 18 squares

In addition, the roasted egg on the seder plate is a symbol of the new life the Jewish people acquired in attaining their freedom from Egyptian bondage.

During seder ceremonies all over the world, Jews consume an egg course.

Ashkenazim partake in eggs that have been hard boiled and chilled. During the seder they pour heavily salted water over the eggs, a symbol of the tears shed by our ancestors during slavery.

During Passover, many Sephardim eat an egg dish called Huevos Haminados in Spanish, or oven eggs. The recipe is prepared by layering eggs among onion skins and coffee grinds in a pot of water. The mixture is then warmed in the oven on a low temperature for many hours. This slow cooking method not only gives egg yolks a satiny tex-

MOCHA PECAN TORTE (Pareve) Ingredients: No-stick cooking spray 7 egg whites 1 cup pecans 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate bits 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee 3/4 cup sugar Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9inch springform baking pan with cooking spray.

2. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites until firm. Don’t overbeat or whites will become watery. Reserve.

3. In a food processor, grind pecans and chocolate bits until broken into small pieces. Mix in coffee and sugar until blended. Fold mixture into egg whites, and gently stir with a spatula until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool to room temperature and serve with sliced strawberries sprinkled with sugar and drops of lemon juice, . Yield: 10-12 slices.

The Good Egg Safety and Nutrition Tips

PASSOVER PEACH KUGEL (Pareve or Dairy) Ingredients: No-stick vegetable spray 2 cups apple juice 2/3 cup dried cherries 2 (15-ounce) cans sliced peaches No-stick vegetable spray 3 pieces of matzah, broken into 1-inch squares 6 eggs Zest and juice from half a lemon 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt

case was opened.

3-Refrigerate eggs immediately. It’s preferable to store them in their cartons at the back of the refrigerator so they are not exposed to room temperature air every time the refrigerator is opened.

4-Refrigerate cooked eggs within an hour after preparation.

5-Although recipes abound for raw eggs, they are still considered unsafe to eat by many health experts who warm against salmonella poisoning.

6-To improve whipping ability, keep eggs at room temperature for 20 minutes before beating.

7-When separating eggs, it’s preferable to keep all traces of yolks from the whites so the whites can reach the maximum volume during beating.

However, a speck of yolk will not ruin your chance

of producing frothy egg whites.

8-Eggs are easiest to separate when cold. While egg separators, available wherever kitchenware is sold and at many supermarkets, keep yolks from whites, they take longer than the old-fashioned method of pouring whites into a bowl.

9-The stringy stuff inside an egg anchors the yolk in the center of the white. It is not an imperfection or a beginning embryo. The more prominent the stringy stuff, the fresher the egg.

10- Eggs with a visible blood spot on the yolk are not Kosher. These red spots are caused by the rupture of a blood vessel during the egg’s formation.

11- Organic eggs are from hens fed with certified grains, minus most conventional pesticides and fertilizers. Growth hormones and antibiotics are prohibited. Organic eggs have the same nutritional content, fat and cholesterol as regular eggs.

12- Make sure your refrigerator is 40 degrees. If the temperature is colder, eggs may freeze. Eggs that have been frozen should be discarded. If the temperature is warmer than 40, your eggs will not last as long as they would in a colder environment.

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Parshat Vayikra 5770

“You Shall Be Holy”

by Rabbi Pinchas Winston And He called to Moshe, and God spoke to him from the Appointed Tent.

(Vayikra 1:1) or those who like stories, Sefer Vayikra is probably not for you.

Except for the short account of the death of Nadav and Avinu, when they offered up their unauthorized incense offering, most of the book is consumed with technical halachot, and all kinds of details about sacrif ices that we can’t even offer today. Talk about dry.

However, as the expression goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Likewise, “when the flow gets holy, the holy start flowing.” Or, something like that.

As the Ramban points out, the climax of Sefer Vayikra, if you will, are the words: You shall be holy, for God, your God, is holy. (Vayikra 19:2) It’s always been about that, about being holy. “Don’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,” and be holy. Don’t be like the people of Noach’s time, and be holy. Stick with Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov, for they are holy, and they will make you holy. Likewise, the destruction of Egypt and the building up of the Jewish people was for one purpose only: to create a holy nation, a nation that can be holy to God. However, being holy is not an end unto itself, but rather, a means to a more important end, as introduced by the very

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f irst word of the parshah: vayikra. Or, more accurately, by the little Aleph that hangs in mid-air in a Sefer Torah at the end of the f irst word. Never has something so little alluded to so much, as Rashi explains.

And He called to Moshe, and God spoke to him from the Appointed Tent.

(Vayikra 1:1) A “calling” preceded all statements and commandments. It is an expression of love, an expression that the Ministering Angels use, as it says, “One called to the other” (Yeshayahu 6:3).

However, to the gentile prophets He revealed Himself with an expression of happenstance and uncleanness, as it says, “God chanced (vayikar) upon Bilaam” (Bamidbar 23:4, 16). (Rashi) In other words, if you look into a Sefer Torah at the very f irst word of this week’s parshah you will see the word “And He called” spelled: Vav-Yud- KufRaish-Aleph, as it ought to be, except that the Aleph is written smaller. Thus, the f irst four letters—Vav-Yud-KufRaish—stand out on their own almost as an independent word—vayikar—which means: He chanced upon. This, tradition tells us, is to make a distinction between the way God relates to the Jewish People and the rest of the world. The relationship between God and the Jewish people is meant to be continuous, ongoing, and if not through direct prophecy, then at least through Divine Providence. God never tires of being in touch with His children, the Children of

Haftorah Vayikra

Yeshaya 43:21

BY RABBI DOVID SIEGEL This week’s haftorah displays Hashem’s unbelievable compassion for the Jewish people. The prophet Yeshaya begins by characterizing the Jewish people as the nation created to sing the praises of Hashem. eshaya continues and says in the name of Hashem, (43:22) “And you didn’t even include Me for you were too tired for My service.” The Yalkut Shimoni (as loc) explains this passage to refer to our inappropriate attitude towards the service of Hashem.

Chazal (our Sages) say that one exerts enormous energies throughout the dayin pursuit of self advancement and yet he is unwilling to exert even minimalenergy for the sake of Hashem. One returns home after a long tiresome dayat work and neglects attending davening with the “valid” excuse that he’stoo tired. Hashem says that I wasn’t even included in your plans.

Energieswere available for everything besides My service, the purpose for which you were created.

The prophet continues to reprimand the Jewish people, and says, “You did not bring Me your sheep for burnt offerings and you didn’t honor Me with your sacrifices. I didn’t overwork you with a meal offering and didn’t exhaust you with frankincense

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spice.” Chazal (ibid) elaborated on this passage and explained that all Hashem ever demanded from the Jewish people on a daily basis was the Tamid sacrifice consisting of two sheep. In fact, even the easiest of all offerings, the meal offering was not an obligation but rather a special opportunity to serve Hashem if one so desired. And yet the Jewish people refused to participate in these services. The Radak (ad loc) notes that in the days of King Achaz there were altars in every corner of Yerushalayim for the purpose of idolatry. But the Bais Hamikdash doors were intentionally closed and Hashem was totally excluded from the Jewish services. The Jews were just too tired to serve Hashem although energy was available for every other form of service.

The prophet suddenly shifts gears and begins to address the Jewish people with love and affection. He says, (42:1) “And listen now, My servant Yaakov whom I chose as Yisroel...for as I pour water on the thirsty and flowing waters on the dry land so will I pour My spirit on your children and My blessing on your offspring.” Radak (ad loc) explains that the prophet is now speaking to the Jewish people in Babylonia. They had already suffered severe pains of exile and rejection by Hashem and had now reconsidered their previous ways. They thirsted to drink from the long lost waters of prophecy which had ended many years before.

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Israel. However, as we learn from the Torah, any direct communication that God has with the gentile nations is because, somehow, it serves the needs of Jewish history. A gentile can be righteous, and will be duly rewarded in the World-to-Come for being so, but still, if God communicates directly with him, it will be only to somehow fulf ill some need of the Jewish people, either directly, or indirectly.

Hence, this is really the meaning of being holy: stay in constant touch with God. The commandment to be holy is like a commandment to stay on the line with God, because that is the way we keep the channels of communication open between God and the Jew. To cease to be holy, or to even just reduce one’s level of holiness, is to limit one’s ability to communicate with the God on an ongoing basis.

Hence, the Aleph of vayikra functions in very much the same way, spiritually-speaking, that the tuner on a radio does. The size of it indicates how well-tuned we are to God’s station; it determines how close we are to God’s frequency. Pursuing holiness is like turning the dial in search of the proper station, in order to pick up the signal as fully as possible, making communication between God and us as clear as possible.

Hence, the Aleph, as part of the word “adam” symbolizes the soul of man, the spiritual antenna that allows a person to tune into God in the f irst place. It is the

“receiver,” so-to-speak, and if it gets buried by the body, then the possibility of communication with God becomes weakened, perhaps to the point, God forbid, of no communication at all.

Hence, as we have mentioned before, all the plagues in Egypt were designed to re-build and strengthen the Aleph, in order to restore the lines of communication between God and His people.

Therefore, f irst plague was blood, the Dalet-Mem of the word “adam,” the part the represents the radio box that houses the receiver, in this case the soul itself.

The plague made clearer that the result of slipping to the 49th level of spiritual impurity, was like removing the receiver from within the radio, which certainly makes it valueless as a instrument of communication.

The 10th plague, the death of the f irstborn, was performed by God Himself, resulting in a revelation of God to all Jews still alive after the ninth plague. Anyone who survived until the 10th plague was someone whose Aleph had been rectif ied suff iciently enough to make direct communication with God possible. When the plague occurred, it was like the f irst crackling sound of that f irst radio, and the voice that was heard after that. Which brings me to the f inal part of this message.

Recently, a student of mine told me about a very negative interaction she had with someone, while in America,

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Movie Review: “Harlan - In the Shadow of ‘Jew S ss’

BY ED KOCH Before seeing this film, I had never heard of Veit Harlan who directed the 1940 movie “Jew S ss.” hile I don’t know for certain, I assume he was responsible for the script in that film which Manohla Dargis described in her review of this picture as “one of the Nazis’ most notorious anti-Semitic works.” Dargis also stated in her review that when Harlan’s film was shown at the 1940 Venice Film Festival, it was “excitedly received.”

No surprise when you recall that the United States and most countries in Europe at the time were grossly anti-Semitic. No one rushed in to save the Jews from the assaults by Nazis and fascists which culminated in the Final Solution: death camps.

Anti-Semitic acts and violence against Jews were committed not only by the people of Germany and Italy but also those throughout Eastern Europe in Poland, Hungary and even in the Soviet Union as they had in Czarist Russia.

It was Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda under Hitler, who gave Harlan, then the most lauded of German directors, the assignment of creating a cinematic masterpiece drawing the European populace to great heights of anti-Semitic violence and hatred. I thought that role had been played by Leni Riefenstahl who helped the Nazis glorify the Nazi regime with her films “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia.”

Interestingly, after the defeat of Nazi

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Germany in World War II, both film directors were tried for war crimes and both were acquitted. Why? I don’t know, but if helping the Nazi cause were sufficient basis for conviction, almost the entire German nation would have been found guilty. Very few people opposed Hitler openly.

Today things are totally different.

Under Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany is probably the most active nation in Europe in terms of condemning anti-Semitism and preventing its recurrence. I met Ms. Merkel when I went to Berlin in 2004 as Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on AntiSemitism sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

She welcomed my delegation with a magnificent speech denouncing anti-Semitism and clearly displaying her strong emotions on the subject. She was shortly to become the Chancellor of Germany.

The conference was extraordinarily successful in binding the 55 member nations in their resolve to combat and seek to eliminate contemporary anti-Semitism by enacting civil legislation and educating youth throughout the world of the dangers of anti-Semitism.

Now back to the film. This movie is a one-trick pony. It depicts the efforts of Harlan’s children and grandchildren, many who appear in the film, to clear his name from the taint of anti-Semitism. They didn’t convince me. His films, the product of his ability to produce “art,” added to his reputation as he depicted Jews, as did the

Czar’s secret police, as threatening to dominate the world and, in the case of “Jew S ss,” adding the sexual ingredient of a despoiler who was responsible for the death of a German woman.

I went to see this film, hoping for historical reasons that it would include more footage of “Jew S ss.” Although that movie was used primarily as the vehicle for Harlan’s descendants to defend him in this documentary, only a few snippets of the actual movie were displayed. One exception in terms of his family’s defense was his oldest son who appeared to recognize his father’s contribution to the deaths of so many Jews: six million is the number, not mentioned. In any event, I suggest that the comments of Harlan’s family today on a 70-year-old movie do not make a film for today. (In German, French and Italian, with English subtitles.)

Henry Stern said: “The movie consisted mostly of interviews with Harlan’s descendants as to how their lives had been affected by their ancestor’s fame and subsequent notoriety. Predictably, their reactions varied, with Veit Harlan’s son making films to atone for his father’s propaganda movies shot for Goebbels. The film would have been stronger if it had more of “Jew S ss” in it, although then it might have

been illegal to show it in Germany, the country where it is likely to attract the most interest. Holocaust movies remind us of the horror of the events, and the roles that ordinary people played in it. The film is not a great contribution to its genre, but it is fortunate that it was made, so that the cinematic aspect of the monstrous crimes committed by Germany under Hitler is explored.”

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People and Places

BY PAUL STEINER

“One of the advantages of being unemployed,” says Bob Hope “is that you’re already there when you get up in the morning.” ost critics didn’t like Warner Bros’ “Cop Out” but it came in #2 at the box office the first weekend at 18.5 million.

Thanks to Elysium-Between Two Continents, I learned that Luise Rainer, Oscar winner for “The Good Earth” and “The Great Ziegfeld” was 100 years old on Jan. 12. She now lives in London.

Worth repeating, NY Times correction: “The spiritual leader of Tibet is the Dalai Lama, not the Dali Lama.” (Tibet in exile).

Filmmaker Jean Renoir must be accorded his rightful place in the history of flushing toilets on film. In late 1931 Renoir was asked by the producer Braunberger to prove his competence in sound-film making before being given the funds to make “La Chienne.” He opted to shoot a Fey-deau farce called “On purge bebe,” which deals with the provisions of chamber pots for the French army. He developed the script in a week and shot the film with Michael Simon and Fernandel in six days. One scene required a toilet to be flushed, and Renoir earned himself acertain notoriety by recording the flushing of an actual toilet. “The idea of taking the microphone, going to the place in question and pulling the chain, that seemed like a really daring innovation at the time,“ he said of the scene. “Note however that it was much more difficult than you might have thought, because sound-mixing didn’t exist then.”

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London Review of Books At N.Y. Public Library, 42nd St. “Cabinet of Curiosities” the most bizarre item, not counting those skull fragments from Percy Bysshe Shelley in Room 319, has to be Charles Dickens’s favorite letteropener. The shaft is ivory, but the handle is the embalmed paw of his beloved cat, Bob, toenails and all. Other oddities; Truman Capote’s cigarette case; The cane Virginia Woolf left on the riverbank the day she committed suicide; The original Winnie-thePooh; Hair from the heads of Charlotte Bronte, Walt Whitman, Mary Shelley and Wild Bill Hitchcock; Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s slippers.

At Tibor De Nagar to April 24. Free.

The gallery presents a 40year retrospective of works by Paris-based American abstract painter Shirley Jaffe. The exhibition is the artist’s third with the gallery. Jaffe’s large-scale geometric abstractions are inspired by what she sees day to day in the urban landscape. This vision is translated ultimately into colorful shapes and scriptive lines, set against generous white grounds, creating playful and balanced compositions.

Although Jaffe’s artistic process usually entails many months of struggle, once the artist locks in the compositions, the seamless matte surfaces of the paintings show no signs of their evolution. The artist arrived in Paris in 1949, in the decades that followed, Jaffe established herself among a circle of American artists living in Paris including Sam Francis, Ellsworth Kelly, and Joan Mitchell. Jaffe has enjoyed an increasing international following in recent years, and her work was subject of two major museum retrospectives in the last year.

Jewish MoMA Films “Terrorist in Retirement” (1984).

France. Narrated by Simone Signoret. The “terrorists” are a handful of now-elderly men who recount their experiences as illegal Jewish refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe for the relative safety of Paris in the early 1940s. As “French” Resistance fighters they carried out the most dangerous assignments, assassinating Nazis on the metro or in the streets. Boucault uncovers considerable evidence that local communist Party members betrayed them— allowing many to be arrested by the French police and turned over to the Nazis in late 1943!!!

“The Liberation of Auschwitz:” (1986).

West Germany. A film composed principally of Soviet film footage, shot between January 27 and February 28, 1945, when the Russian troops entered the Auschwitz concentration camp. the footage found its way onto the shelves of Soviet archives, where it remained for some 40 years, until the Resourceful producers tracked it down through Alexander Voronstov, the only surviving cameraman from USSR.

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Peres Shows Religious Side During Rare Visit to Yeshiva... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 In recent years, Peres’ ties with ultraOrthodox leaders have improved. This began with regular holiday visits to Shas’ spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and continued with Shas’ and United Torah Judaism’s support for his presidential candidacy in 2007, along with his historic visit to Lithuanian leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv a

few months ago.

For Peres, the visit, which his aides planned for months, was also a return to his roots - not only to his childhood in Wiszniewo, Poland (now Visnieva, Belarus), but to his political beginnings, when he was David Ben-Gurion’s righthand man in the early days of the state.

The f irst prime minister was the f irst

Israeli leader to visit Bnei Brak, in October 1952, and called on the Hazon Ish - the outstanding Talmud scholar Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, one of the founding fathers of the Haredi community in Israel. It was at this meeting that the two agreed on the arrangement that would exempt yeshiva students from military service.

Although a radical secularist in his

private life, Ben-Gurion established the status quo with the ultra-Orthodox leaders. His work led to compromises which enabled the establishment of the Haredi education stream. And unlike others in his party, he believed in preserving the state’s Jewish identity and maintaining an understanding with the ultraOrthodox community.

into a cover for the Holy Ark in his synagogue.

Jordan barred Jews from visiting the site as well as the Western Wall (Kotel) while it controlled the Old City for 19 years. The Jordanians also prohibited Christians from visiting their holy sites, but Israel opened the gates of religious freedom when the Old City was restored

to the Jewish State in the Six-Day War in 1967.

Muslim and Palestinian Authority leaders claim that the dedication is a “provocation” and the prelude to a Jewish takeover of the Temple Mount.

Security is heavy in the Old City as thousands of Arabs and Bedouin head for the capital “to defend” the Al-Aksa mosque.

Hurva Synagogue Reopens In The Old City... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 town of Olkenik in 1812. ‘Napoleon said it was the most beautiful synagogue he ever saw,’ Eliach says. ‘He was so impressed he gave the people the blanket cover of his saddle, and this was turned into the parochet of the aron kodesh [the ark].’

There is also a Hasidic legend that Napoleon Bonaparte asked Rabbi Dovid of Lelov if he would be successful in his

conquest of Russia. The rebbe told the Emperor that he would not. After Napoleon’s defeat, he allegedly passed through Lelov and told the Rebbe that he was indeed correct. He then gave the Rebbe his velvet cloak. The Hasidim say that Rabbi Moshe of Lelov, the son of Rabbi Dovid, took the cloak to Jerusalem with him, and made cloak

Is a ‘Closet-Nazi’ Running for Austrian Presidency?... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 “Nobody in the FPOe approves of anything relating to Nazism”, he added.

Rosenkranz’s comments he said, “Could have maybe been worded better”.

While the Austrian president has a mostly ceremonial role and Fischer is widely expected to win a second term, Rosenkranz’s candidacy has been seen as a test for the FPOe’s party program.

Strongly anti-EU and anti-immigrant, Rosenkranz also advocates strict family values and traditional gender roles.

This image took a beating when her local priest revealed that she had left the Church years ago and that none of her 10 children - who carry old German names like Mechthild, Hildrun, Arne or Sonnhild - had been baptized.

She has also come under fire over her husband’s connections with top figures in the Austrian and German far-Right scene.

Horst Jakob Rosenkranz, who was once a member of the now banned neo-

Nazi NPD party, still publishes a farRight newspaper called Fakten (Facts).

Barbara Rosenkranz has never distanced herself from his activities, but in an interview with the daily Die Presse that was published on Sunday, she insisted: “I have never shown I was close to Nazism.

“Reports that I favor scrapping the prohibition law are false and misleading.”

She nevertheless maintained: “Those

parts (of the law) that deal with expressed opinions are in conflict with the basic right of freedom of opinion.”

Commentators already fear the “horror scenario” of a far-Right presidential win - especially if turnout remains low as expected - while anti-Semitic comments have already appeared in her support in online forums.

“Is that a foretaste of the elections campaign?” asked the Austrian weekly News.

into the radical Islamic lifestyle. But as the boy’s brainwashing became apparent, Mott confronted Paulin-Ramirez.

“When Huey said, ‘Christians will burn in hell,’ I told Jamie, ‘I’m sick and tired of this hate for Christians.’ Jamie said, ‘It’s the truth.’

George Mott, is himself a Muslim convert who speaks Arabic. He said that once as he talked to the boy on the phone, he could hear a Jihadi recruitment tape playing in the background talking of death to Zionists and America.

Before the boy left, he was like any other 6-year-old, George Mott said. He

was into normal things like cartoons, cars and dinosaurs. “I f igured him to be a paleontologist,” he said.

George Mott said that Christian, who is currently in Irish foster care, told them his mom had married a man named Ali in New York.

As she began to become more deeply involved with Islam last summer, Paulin-Ramirez hit it off with failed terror bomber Zazi.

“When I saw him [Zazi] on TV, I said ‘That’s the fool Jamie’s been talking with,’ “ George said.”She was on the line with Zazi and also with ‘JihadJane,’ all talking at the same time.”

American Baby Bomber In The Making... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Leadville, Colo., last September, and allegedly joined a group of radical Islamists in Ireland who planned to claim a $100,000 al Qaeda bounty by killing a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Mohammed as a dog.

She was arrested last week in a series of raids in the cities of Waterford and Cork, along with other members of the group. They included Colleen LaRose, 46, of Pennsylvania, another blond American woman who called herself “JihadJane” and has been in custody since October.

The Colorado woman’s parents believe she was recruited by LaRose, who they say introduced her to her

Algerian husband.

Paulin-Ramirez was released by Irish authoritie, although charges may still be forthcoming, said a spokesman for the Irish police.

Her son, who was affectionately known to his grandmother as “Baby Huey,” occasionally contacted relatives in Colorado — and what he said stunned relatives.

“I talked to Huey. He said they taught him how to shoot a gun,” Christine Mott said. “They taught him how to kick and f ight . . . We’re Democrats. We won’t even buy him a toy gun.”

Christine said that she became estranged from her daughter who sank

UN Chief Urges for Negotiated Solution to Iran’s N. Issue ...

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and consulting on the issue of taking further sanction measures. This is something to be determined by the Security Council members.”

Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

Tehran on their part, stressed that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian popula-

tion, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Iran refuses to allow inspectors full access to the enrichment plants.

Tehran is now under three rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West’s calls to halt its enrichment of uranium.

Tehran has dismissed West’s demands as politically tainted and illogical, stressing that sanctions and pressures merely consolidate Iranians’ national resolve to continue the path.

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LibertyPointe Bank Closed by FDIC... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 late 2005.

LibertyPointe Bank’s three locations will reopen on Friday morning, March 12, 2010 and operate as branches of Valley National Bank. The acquisition was effective immediately and depositors of LibertyPointe Bank are now depositors of Valley National Bank and their deposits continue to be insured by the FDIC as they were before.

Customers can continue to bank at any of the three branches, and access their money by writing checks or using their

ATM or debit cards. Furthermore, checks drawn on LibertyPointe Bank will continue to be processed, and loan customers can, and should, continue to make their payments as usual.

Once Valley consolidates LibertyPointe Bank and Valley’s computer operating systems, all customers will have access to Valley’s branch network of 201 locations, including 30 in the New York City metropolitan area; our Bank by Phone customer service center, which is open 7 days a week;

Online Banking and our ATM network.”

Under the terms of the agreement with the FDIC, Valley assumed approximately $200 million in deposits and received approximately $180 million of loans which are subject to a loss-share agreement with the FDIC and cash and other assets totaling approximately $20 million. The acquired assets include loans which are primarily collateralized by commercial real estate. Valley paid a 0.15 percent deposit premium on the assumed deposits.

“The loss-sharing agreement with the FDIC mitigates signif icant credit risk that could be assumed in a more traditional bank acquisition,” adds Lipkin.

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Goldberg asked.

“You shouldn’t have been screaming,” the supervisor said. “If you had not been yelling, I probably could have done something for you.”

Goldberg was left with the summons.

“When I don’t get angry, I don’t get anywhere,” he said yesterday. “Well, I

got angry, and I still didn’t get anywhere.”

He still has the receipt and f igures he will again prevail, keeping his perfect record. He will meanwhile be putting a sign on his dashboard when he goes to pay for parking.

“At MUNI meter.”

Ticket Turmoil:Agents Ticket MUNI Parkers... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 irate motorist,” describing Goldberg’s sputtering as spitting.

“Yeah, I’m irate, all right,” Goldberg said.

Two supervisors arrived, along with a dozen or so other agents.

“I could hear you yelling from 10th Ave.,” a supervisor said.

“That’s why you’re here,” Goldberg replied.

Goldberg had a receipt showing that he had paid at 11:48 a.m. The summons was dated 11:49 a.m., so the agent was clearly f illing it out even as he was paying.

“Can’t you imagine my frustration?”

View from the Right: Moshe Feiglin Speaks His Mind... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 "Arabs who elect to remain in Israel will have “human rights without civil rights,” must prove their “loyalty to their Jewish state host and accept Jewish sovereignty over their land.” In return, they would then have “legal-resident status,” and would be able to “carry on their private affairs.”

“Don’t your suggestions constitute an economically encouraged sort of ethnic cleansing?”asked this reporter. “How can a citizen of any country attempt to dictate the social behavior of the citizens of another?

According to Feiglin, implementation of his policies could mean that in 10 or 15 years, Israelis could “find ourselves alone with our biblical land and heritage that connects us to our roots. The small minority who control the Israeli agenda do not want that to happen.” Feiglin sees a great divide between Israeli and Jewish heritage.

“Israeli leadership,” does not understand that it’s not about peace, security, or the economy, rather (it is) “a war between two dreams that cannot leave together at the same time.” The Israeli minority has tried to force its agenda on the majority: It’s about what identity Israel will have. Will it

be a state of citizens or a Jewish state?”

Feiglin says his “mission” is to “give the state of Israel back to “the 80% who see themselves as Jewish; to give them back their country.”

Why would any other country receive an Arab or, any other, population simply because – according to Feiglin – out migration would “benefit” Israel. On what basis can assumptions about the immigration policies of any country be made?

Feiglin says “Arabs want to leave, the European Union and other countries need this emigration – and, it is coming anyhow.”

He points out the influx of Palestinian Muslims coming to Europe and countries in the Persian Gulf. His says his plan “would be helping them fulfill their mission.”

Feiglin certainly has a unique view of history. He is adamant: “All current solutions,” he claims, are “built on lies – never in the history of the world has any people been given as much help as the Palestinians. Why is there no Palestinian State?” Answering his own question, he purports “they simply do not want a state.

What bothers them is that the Jews have a state.” Pronounces Feiglin, “Arabs are international criminals.’ “All we need to do is focus on our identity and see the whole situation through our Jewish identity.”

Quotes attributed to Feiglin are, if not shocking, then certainly disconcerting.

Ha'aretz, an Israeli newspaper known to express a “left” political viewpoint – quoted a statement by Feiglin which appeared to praise Hitler. "Hitler was an unparalleled military genius. Nazism promoted Germany from a low to a fantastic physical and ideological status. The ragged, trashy youth body turned into a neat and orderly part of society and Germany received an exemplary regime, a proper justice system and public order. Hitler savored good music. He would paint. This was no bunch of thugs. They merely used thugs and homosexuals."

Feiglin subsequently clarified his position in a statement in Maariv, a paper to which he has been a contributor, saying that “just because he considers Hitler a military genius this does not mean he admires him.”

Likud members vary in their reaction to

Feiglin. MK Limor Livnat says Feiglin and his friends are "not real Likudniks"…(JPost) "cannot be allowed to prevail, and must be prevented "from taking over, or the party and the state will be in danger…This is not democracy, this is anarchy. “He does not represent Israel” commented a senior diplomat and Likud member, “every society has fringe elements that speak to the extremes,” Yet Feiglin has established “favorable relations” with enough Likud members to have garnered 23.4 percent of the 2007 Likud party vote (Netanyahu received 72.8 percent). Netanyahu’s attempts to have him ousted from the party have failed. In 2008, Feiglin secured the 20th place on the Likud primary “list, but was subsequently demoted to 36th place.

“Our movement is getting bigger, and I want to thank all those who voted for the Likud from Judea and Samaria (Yesha); in their merit, many Yesha residents will be elected to the Central Committee. Great objectives are achieved slowly, but in the end, they are achieved.”

will be noted and it too will help bring the Geulah. The Kiddush cup, is the badge and sign of our devotion to Shabbos and the holy days that follow with it. Eliyahu notes this and reports

on it to bring the Geulah. It is also for this reason that the cup is so much larger. It is representative of Klal Yisroel’s devotion to Hashem’s Mitzvos.

Kos Shel Eliyah, The Fifth Cup At The Seder... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 Mitzvah of Shabbat. This too, is a fulf illment of sanctifying the Shabbat – when we sanctify the other holy days as well.

Eliyahu haNavi perhaps notes this

custom too – where we sanctify the Yomim Tovim on wine and reports on it to HaKadosh Boruch Hu in fulf illment of how we sanctify what Hashem has given us. Our care and devotion in this

Haftorah Vayikra Yeshaya 43:21...

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Hashem told them that they would once again merit the word of Hashem. Although they had turned their back to Hashem and totally rejected His service Hashem did not forsake His people. The Jewish people would always remain His chosen nation and Hashem would patiently await their return. Our eternal relationship with Hashem can never be severed or even affected and when the proper moment will arrive Hashem will reestablish direct contact with His beloved people. Even words of prophecy coming directly from Hashem will become a daily experience.

Hashem’s love for His people extends all bounds. Even after all we have done against Hashem He remains right there waiting for us.

Yeshaya concludes and says (44:22) “As the wind blows away the clouds so will I erase your rebellious acts and unintentional sins, return to me for I have redeemed you.” The Malbim (ad loc) shares with us a beautiful insight and explains that as far as Hashem is concerned our redemption already happened.

From His perspective everything has been set in motion; all that remains is for us to repent and return. May we merit in this month, the month of redemption, the fulfillment of these beautiful visions.

Text Copyright © 1997 Rabbi Dovid Siegel and Project Genesis, Inc. The author is Rosh Kollel of Kollel Toras Chaim of Kiryat Sefer, Israel.

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“You Shall Be Holy”... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35 she was trying to convince about the importance of at least entertaining the possibility of making aliyah. At the very least, she had hoped to show this woman, and others like her, that the American exile might very well be coming to an end. After all, it does have to conclude at some point in time …

The woman’s reaction was not, “I suppose you’re right. These are questionable times. Between the economy, and increasing anti-Semitism … well, those aren’t usually good signs for the Jews, not in the past at least. America has been good for the Jews until now, but it can’t last forever. You’re probably right. We should start thinking seriously about an alternative future if this is the way history continues to go.”

Rather, her reaction was like one that I would expected about 15 years ago, before everything went historically astray. “Are you telling me,” she said angrily, “that you who live in Eretz Yisroel are holier than we are here?

Holier than the great rabbis who lived here in the past, and those who still do?”

My f irst reaction, upon hearing this story, and it is not the f irst one I have

heard like it (aside from my own such interactions), was, “Who said anything about being holier than someone else?

Furthermore, who is say that Rabbi soand-so, who left this world long ago, wouldn’t change his mind about living in Eretz Yisroel at this time, given the current situation?” Even while the Gadol was alive, he questioned why it wasn’t a Torah mitzvah yet to make aliyah, and concluded that calling for mass aliyah wouldn’t serve a positive purpose at that time (the 1970s) since most Jews wouldn’t heed it. In the end, the great rabbi to whom she referred called living in Eretz Yisroel at that time a mitzvah reshus, that is, a mitzvah nonetheless, but not one that is binding until one actually lives on the land. If the rabbi felt that away about aliyah back in the 1970s, what might he say about it today?

That was my f irst reaction. Then, as I thought some more, it occurred to me, “How can she ignore what is going on in the world today, and not be concerned?

How can she be defensive against the idea of making aliyah, given our past history, and present dilemma? God is clearly talking to us today, and being

religious, she should be able to hear what He is saying! Why can’t she?

She is not tuned in. The fact that she is religious means that she has a radio box, and a receiver. She has the components necessary to pick up God’s signal and to hear His broadcast. And, the fact that she endeavors to live a holy life of Torah means that she is close to the proper station. However, the fact that she lives in the Diaspora, in a land that lacks holiness, more so now than ever before, which is why the Americans are beginning to abandon Israel for the Arabs, means that her reception is unclear, that it has static as well.

For example, if a person goes to the Kosel, he will act holier than someone else on the same spiritual level who happens to be at a shopping mall at that time. Is the person at the Kosel a holier person? Not necessarily, otherwise he’d live on the same spiritual level even after leaving the Wall. Rather, the Kosel, being the holy place that it is, brings out the holiness in a person, spiritually tunes a person, at least for the time that he is still affected by it. It is the same with Eretz Yisroel versus the Diaspora. Whatever arguments one puts

forth in favor of remaining in the Diaspora, none of them can be, because the Diaspora is a holier place. That would be heresy. Whether during times of redemption or exile, Eretz Yisroel is always the holiest place in the world (see “Talking About Eretz Yisroel” and “Geulah b’Rachamim”). Now, we probably have some of the holiest people in the world living here in the Holy Land.

However, most of “us” would not put ourselves into that category, calling ourselves instead, “simple Jews.” Simple Jews, that is, living in a very holy place, that tends to bring the holiness out of people, and attune them to God’s signal, giving us a clearer signal, a clearer picture of where history is aheadin’ at this time.

Argue the point. Defend your own.

Criticize us for invading your comfort zone. But, also give us, those who live in the Holy Land, the opportunity to share with you the message of God that may not come in so loud-and-clear so far from the source of the signal.

pay attention when you’re cooking, you’ll make a mess.”

The repetition and rhythm of chopping or a certain smell can take the place of meditating on a specif ic word.

Rabin says cooking also “reduces the concentration of hormones that go up with stress.” Cooking forms a feeling of general well-being knowing “we’re cooking for others and are optimistic of a good result.”

The calming benef its of cooking have led some professionals to create cooking-therapy groups. Julie Ruskin of West Bloomf ield, Mich., who runs Culinary Art Therapy, marries her experience working in restaurants as a college student with her counseling and social-work career. She works with troubled teens to re-establish bonds of trust

and support through cooking, while teaching them marketable skills.

“Sometimes, people are just more at ease and able to express themselves better when they have something to keep their hands busy, something else to look at and focus on,” she says. “This allows people to drop their guard and let their feelings and thoughts flow more freely.”

She admits using the technique herself.

“What I f ind the most calming about cooking is the ability to get lost in my thoughts on a very different level,” Ruskin says. “My brain is still focusing on something else — chopping, stirring, tasting, etc. ... But it is also working through the events of the day. ... The rhythm allows for great process.”

through the U.N. Security Council.

For its part, the White House has made clear that it f irst wants to exhaust its efforts to bring about a new set of multilateral sanctions. It is concerned that the bill in Congress would force its hand and alienate entities that do some business with Iran.

Berman denied reports that the White House was asking for a carve-out for China or any single nation, but he conf irmed that talks between congressional negotiators and the Obama

administration were aimed at allowing Obama the discretion to reward nations it needs -- like China -- to make the multilateral sanctions work.

"There's been discussions about how to deal with cooperating countries," he said.

Berman said he was amenable to making the bill flexible, but he would not discuss details except to say that it could come through presidential waivers or through designations of what constitutes "cooperation."

Text Copyright © 2009 by Rabbi Pinchas Winston and Torah.org.

Cooking Melts Stress of Daily Living... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 “It’s getting the items together — the herbs and spices,” he says. “And shopping is interesting, too. That’s what makes it fascinating to me ... seeing all the new items.”

For newlywed Leila Mitchell of Lower Burrell, cooking reminds her of her Italian family and days in the kitchen as a child watching her mother prepare meals.

“If I am feeling extra stress, I seem to turn to Italian food,” she says. “It calms me to remember those special times.”

Sheri Sable, owner of Sheri Sable Therapeutic Massage, thinks of cooking as a mood enhancer.

“Some people might turn to Prozac,” Sable says. “I go to the fridge to see what I can f ind to work with.”

Scientif ically, cooking actually is closer to an anti-depressant than people realize — triggering benef icial physiological responses in the body.

Dr. Bruce Rabin, medical director of UPMC’s Healthy Lifestyle Program, explains that when the brain is stressed, it scans its database for good memories on conditioned reflex.

“The brain tends to function like a Pavlovian response,” he says. “We look for things that have been pleasant in the past.”

But he concedes the need for therapeutic cooking goes beyond scientist Ivan Pavlov’s experiment with salivating dogs and conditioned response.

“Cooking is almost like meditation,” he says. “During meditation, you focus on your breath or a word. If you don’t

Key U.S. Lawmaker Sees Iran Bill By April... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 working with Iran through foreignowned subsidiaries won $107 billion in U.S. government contracts. He said the bill would make it clear that U.S. companies with foreign-owned subsidiaries "are covered by U.S. law on Iran" and also would enhance the reporting mechanisms that would uncover such doubledealing.

Berman also wants the bill to include provisions that target Iran's post-election repression of the pro-democracy movement. He would exempt companies

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A New Lifestyle in the Old City: Mamilla Hotel In Jerusalem A significant cultural, architectural and touristic evolution of the urban fabric of one of the world’s most iconic and timelessly beautiful cities happened this year with the opening of the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Jerusalem and Israel: Mamilla Hotel. Located in a remarkable position in the city centre with breath-taking views of the Old City walls, the Tower of David and Jaffa Gate, the Mamilla is a contemporary, world-class hotel that combines a distinctly international outlook with the unique cultural heritage of this most magnetic, frenetic, incredible city. pening in the same year as the widely anticipated Ron Arad-designed Design Museum in Holon and one year after Santiago Calatrava’s 2008 ‘Chord’ Light Railway bridge in Jerusalem, the Moshe Safdie-built and Piero Lissonidesigned Mamilla Hotel is a pivotal emblem of the fascinating development and modernization of the local region.

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Jerusalem of Gold There is no place in the world like Jerusalem – a city so unequivocally rich in history, religion, spirituality, architecture, philosophy, literature and art that all visitors, whatever their persuasion, leave feeling they have formed some kind of connection with the city and have been profoundly affected by its energy. Such is the effect that many locals talk of ‘Jerusalem Fever’. Being just an hour’s drive from buzzing, cosmopolitan Tel Aviv and two or three hours’ drive from major destinations such as Eilat, the Negev Dessert, the Dead Sea and the lush, green topography of the North, Jerusalem is an essential part of any trip to Israel and a destination in its own right.

Where luxury, lifestyle and heritage meet

The Mamilla Hotel juxtaposes the spectacular sights and enjoyments of this very ancient city with a fresh, modern approach to hospitality that reflects and anticipates the expectations and needs of a well-travelled, in the know and discerning clientele, combining the warmth of local Jerusalemite culture and customs with a working knowledge of leading-edge contemporary luxury trends, products and services. In particular the hotel aims to go above and beyond simple lodging to deliver to guests and visitors alike a genuine lifestyle experience that delights and inspires through numerous aesthetic, emotional and sensory touchpoints.

This focus on providing not just Jerusalem’s finest first-class accommodations but also a vast array of unique experiences for the

mind, body and soul underpins the Mamilla’s core modus operandi. This is borne out through world-class architecture by Moshe Safdie, bespoke, contemporary design by Piero Lissoni, multiple restaurants and bar venues offering a range of both local and international cuisine, a chic ‘Mirror’ bar, a terrazzo-style Rooftop brasserie with uninterrupted views of the Old City, a holistic well-being spa and gym, various events and banqueting spaces and an elegant, gracious and personalized service.

Safdie and Lissoni in Jerusalem: the ultimate brief Jerusalem’s long history – arguably unparalleled in its universal human appeal and importance – is etched onto the city’s architectural façades in a rich and sometimes truly jaw-dropping display of different forms, styles and shapes, manifesting in monumental icons such as the Western Wall of the Second Temple (dating from 19 BCE) and The Dome of the Rock (685 – 691 CE), and contemporary masterpieces such as Santiago Calatrava’s harp-like bridge for the new city tram system (2008). With this vast architectural history and diversity as a profound context, the prime position within Jerusalem of the Mamilla site and the hotel’s

pioneering mission represented the ultimate design brief; one that both Israeli-born Moshe Safdie and Italian Piero Lissoni were inevitably drawn to.

Moshe Safdie – project architect Known outside Israel for buildings such as the Columbus Centre in New York, the Shenzhen Cultural Centre in China and Montreal’s Habitat 67 residential community (which has just been awarded historical status by the Government of Québec) and inside Israel for Ben Gurion airport’s new Terminal 3 building, the new Yad VaShem holocaust memorial in Jerusalem and the Alrov Mamilla Avenue – a shopping and entertainment experience overlooking the Old City, alongside the hotel – Moshe Safdie’s appointment as project architect places the Mamilla amongst some of the most important and visually arresting buildings in the world. Heeding Jerusalem law which dictates that all new construction utilizes Jerusalem Stone – a local limestone with a distinctive, light hue, designed to protect and respect the city’s precious architectural beauty – Safdie has created a stunning structure that emanates the characteristic shine of the stone, and in doing so has developed a true Jerusalem aesthetic that is both modern and

March 19, 2010 in keeping with the very ancient walls and buildings next door.

"The Mamilla Hotel is a quintessentially urban place. It is a combination of historic buildings and contemporary architecture rising out of the network of alleys which connect the walled and the new cities of Jerusalem. It combines the pattern of the old with cutting edge modernity", says Safdie.

“It enjoys great views of the Old City and is designed to be in the center of action. The Rooftop outdoor venue is bound to become one of Jerusalem's favorite meeting places”.

Piero Lissoni – interior design Piero Lissoni brings to the Mamilla a wealth of product and furniture design, interiors and architectural experience, all of which have firmly positioned him as one of the most globally respected and in-demand designers currently working. Lissoni has

The Jewish Voice the Presidential Suite with bedroom, living room, dinning/study area and kitchen. All rooms feature dark wooden floors, bedside walls of exposed large Jerusalem Stone blocks, large metal headboards, bespoke furniture and sleek and luxuriously simple Piero Lissoni bathrooms with deep, cascading rectangular bathtubs and all featuring liquidcrystal bathroom walls that frost over, creating combined or segmented spaces at the touch of a button.

A destination for world-class food and drink Key to the hotel’s vision is to create restaurant and bar areas that will not just appeal to hotel guests but will become destinations in their own right for local Jerusalemites and other visitors, imbuing the hotel with a wider role in Jerusalem culture and entertainment.

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Holistic Wellbeing Creating a place where mind, body and soul harmonize, and where guests can release everyday tensions and rediscover the essence of life, the Mamilla addresses physical and emotional needs through its 1,000 square meter Holistic Wellbeing Centre. This separate gym, spa and wellness space is designed to encourage visitors to achieve greater balance, mindfulness and inner harmony through a truly holistic approach that supports all aspects of a more healthful life.

The space is split into different areas in alignment with the four elements to ensure comprehensive restoration and rejuvenation.

‘Earth’ is a lounge and bar providing organic and nourishing raw and cooked dishes and drinks; ‘Water’ is the main spa, featuring sound, music and aroma therapies, exclusive Watsu pool hydro-treatments, special hammam treatments and signature therapies using the finest local and international products and ingredients; ‘Fire’ is the gym, fitted with the most up to date equipment including Kinesis, plus a spacious aerobics, spinning and Pilates room and a private training room for optional personal training sessions; ‘Air’ is a calming, peaceful space for yoga, tai-chi, meditation and other group or one-on-one classes, with bespoke music that changes according to the time of day.

Events and Meeting In addition to these public spaces, the hotel offers extensive meeting and events capabilities with its 430 sq ft Ballroom for up to 300 people and flexible meeting rooms which can accommodate a maximum total of 190 people.

designed for a stellar list of brands including Boffi, Cassina, Kartell, Alessi and Poltrona Frau, whilst key interiors and architectural projects include the Hotel Monaco and Grand Canal, the Mitsui Garden Hotel in Tokyo, store design for Ellie Tahari and new private residences at Dellis Cay for Mandarin Oriental. Lissoni’s signature paired-back, Italian minimalist aesthetic – a debut for a Jerusalem hotel – is magnificently contextualized and framed by the historic Jerusalem architecture, and through unique emboldening touches, producing an extraordinary result when housed in Safdie’s modern classic edifice.

Lissoni’s design plays with light throughout the hotel. Inspired by the strong Jerusalem sun, dark colors of the public areas are broken up by the outside light.

Intimacy and simple sophistication are key, with the manipulation of light designed to create unique – and special – experiences. A heterogeneous approach to furnishing sees modern alongside antique and Chinese pieces next to Italian, producing a rich and detailed aesthetic that is at the same time quiet and clean, toned down with simple finishes and the pervasive, uplifting Jerusalem light.

Jerusalem’s finest accommodations The Mamilla Hotel has 194 guest rooms, including well-appointed Studios, spacious Executive Rooms, Mamilla Suites with separate living space, Residence Suites featuring oversized bedroom and living spaces and

Guests, visitors and locals are able to enjoy the finest coffee, teas and cakes from the Espresso Bar located in the prodigious and elegant Lobby – set to become a central hub for both relaxed business and social meetings. In addition to the main hotel dining room, which serves the legendary Israeli breakfast daily, and the Lobby Café, serving

all-day dairy specialties in a stunning historical indoor/outdoor annex to the main Lobby, the hotel offers the Mamilla Rooftop – a spectacular outdoor brasserie with perhaps the finest views of any Jerusalem restaurant, serving Italian style chiccetti, salads, meat and fish. For drinks, the Mirror Bar is the ultimate destination in the city for sophisticated mixology, with an internationally inspired drinks list, resident DJ, local live jazz and a separate enclosed Cigar Lounge. For wine lovers, The Winery offers one of the largest selections of Israeli kosher wines in the country, served upon fine robust antique wooden counters, set amidst a modern 300 bottle contemporary wine rack. Chef Roi Antebi heads up the hotel’s food & beverage outlets, having come from celebrated Tel Aviv restaurant, Catit.

Alrov Luxury Hotels The Mamilla Hotel is part of Alrov Luxury Hotels Holding – the hotel and hospitality subsidiary of Tel-Aviv-based real

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estate company Alrov, founded in 1978 by Chairman Alfred Akirov and overseen by Managing Director Georgi Akirov. Alrov is a prominent market leader, with more than thirty years’ experience developing, operating and investing in unique high-profile landmark buildings, developments and projects. In addition to the Mamilla Hotel, Alrov Luxury Hotels owns the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem and is currently developing two key properties in unique heritage buildings in Europe: the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam and the Café Royal Hotel in London.

Separate to the holding company is Alrov Luxury Hotels Management Company, which has its head office in London and is overseen by Chief Operating Officer Massimo Ianni. Massimo brings to Alrov Luxury Hotels Management a distinguished CV including fifteen years at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and senior management and consultancy roles at the Faena Hotel & Universe (Buenos Aires) and for one of the world’s most prominent international fashion designers on an eagerly anticipated new hotel concept.

As more and more travelers seek a complete experience, where their lifestyle continues uninterrupted by travel, Alrov Luxury Hotels promises dedication to the highest level of luxury and an elegant, personalized service. Throughout its worldwide properties, Alrov builds on the individual values and heritage of each location to create new, contemporary, world-class hotels that offer international and local communities extraordinary design and interiors, state of the art technology, innovative dining and entertainment venues and exclusive and inspiring holistic wellbeing spa & gym centers.

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UPPER EAST SIDE APTS FOR RENT STUDIO, 1 BR, 2 BR, UNFURNISHED & FURNISHED, NO FEE, BROKERS, WELCOME, NEAR ALL SCHOOLS, SHOPPING, TRANS. WWW.THMNY.COM 212-755-6556 Gramercy Park: Brownstone triple on quiet tree-lined street, beautiful large outdoor garden space, 3BR, high loft ceilings w/beautiful moldings, $11,000/mo 516-606-1891 Flex 60’s East Luxury-Apts for rent COME IN AND STAY AWHILE! Short-term and long term leases just steps away from central park. Call us today to see what we are all about! Visit our website: helsleycarltonhouse.com THE HELMSEY CARLTON 680 Maf Ave (61 St) 212-838-3000 x2002 86th St. West: pre-war, doorman bldg, BRIGHT 2 BR Hi, Flr, NO FEE. $3900/mo 212-724-8774

Apartment For Sale

MANHATTAN Gorgeous 1 Bedroom apartment in Midtown West, Doorman, Roof Deck, $2350, 1 Month Free! Contact Sharon 917-754-2198.

Apt for sale NYC 504 Grand Street, LOW MTC! $367, ASK $569k, LARGE CRNR 1BR + WINDOWED OFFICE/ NURSERY BRAND NEW KITCHEN, PEACEFUL TREE LINED COURTYEARD, ELEV., 24 HR SEC., GYM, LAUND. BRK 917-873-4724 OR dcohen@citihabitats.com. Call for private showing TRUMP PARC ~106 CPS~ Mint!1 Bed/1.5 Bath Reno Granite Kitchen w/ Cherry Wood Cabinetry + Top-of-the-Line, Stainless Steel Appliances, Hi Ceilings, Lg Walk-In Closets, W/D in Apt $995K, Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman Lower East Side: 1+2 BR, from $1300, No fee. DH Realty.

Call 212-226-8400 Financial District/ 15 Broad Street: Beautiful studio, 1 BA w/open kitchen, 11ft ceiling, oak floors, washer/dryer, pool, gym, private parking, low cc/ full tax abatement, $825K. For sale by owner 516-776-1747 ~THE MILAN~ @ 300 E 55 - 26C New to Market! Mint 3 Beds/3 Bath + DA, Hi-Floor Amaz City + River Views, Top-of-the-Line Windowed Kitchen + Custom Built-Ins W/D in Apt ~ $11,500 Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman

~Tower 53 Condo~ @ 159 W 53 – 15H Corner Huge Lux 2BR/1.5Baths Windowed Kitchen w/ Stainless Steel Appliances + DA w/ BuiltIn Marble Server’s Bar Low Maint + Tx. Utilities Included. $859K Lisa Mansour @ Uziel Group 212-891-7282 Prudential Douglas Elliman

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

MANHATTAN OFFICE/ SHOWROOM FOR RENT NYC

25th St W#151 3rd flr. Sublease, 3,000sf showroom/ offices.

Excellent condition, avail 9/1. No reasonable offer refused. Call 718-257-9101 Ask for Lloyd.

Office for Rent New York City 555 8th Avenue, New York, NY Open 24 Hours/7 Days With full time professional security Great REASONABLE space avail.

1227 to 4150 RSF. BLDG renovated incl new windows, A/C, sprinklers, light & bright w/sep freight ent on W.38th St Call owner 212-6950005 or main office at 718-387-0500 Midtown: heart of Midtown, East corner store.

52nd St/2nd Ave. excellent location. 1400 sq ft/ high traffic, good for any type of business.

917-868-2623. 24 Hrs Retail space Manhattan 1st to 5th ave #93 Nassau St, sorner Fulton, Huge selling bsmnt avail. Corner windows Pedestraian only mall. Huge foot traffic. Good Many uses. $9950.00/mo. Neg. 212-687-4017/ 212-292-2704 NYC Office for rent NO FEE!!! 1650 Broadway Office in central Midtown. Approx 150 sq ft south facing 24 hr bldg access. Rent includes electric & nightly cleaning. 1 or 2 year lease avail.

Security TBD Caran Proper ties Realty LLC Rebecca M Mason 212207-1803 Cell 917-861-3111

WALL STREET OFFICE Phone & Mail Services $99.00/mo Mail Services Only $48.50/mo • Full Support Services • Furnished Offices • Conference rooms (Hourly Rental) • Beautiful Full Floor Corporate Setting • Attended Reception Area At 110 Wall Street 11th Floor 1-800-205-7685 Fax: (212) 943-2300

Email: sri@sri-ny.com www.sri-ny.com

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

Apartment For Sale

MANHATTAN

BROOKLYN

Business for sale Only kosher supermarket Uptown. 10 yrs in business.

Excellent location, next to Yeshiva College. Big mixed community very busy all day enough for two families.

Very low rent. 10 year lease. Very high income.

Mark-up 45-50pct. Rent $3500/ Utils $3K. Price neg 917-674-2291

Co-op for sale Kensington, BK: Beverly Rd., Sunny + spacious, 2 Bedroom has corner terrace w/ double exposures, 3 a/c’s, 24 hr doorman, indoor parking, wait list., maintenance, $683, asking $375,000, neg. Call Effie 917-886-2496

Internal medicine practice for sale in Midtown, Manhattan. If interested.

Please call 347-742-2524 or email: sony1.435@yahoo.com

CO-OP FOR SALE-BK Marine pk, 4 br tudor, 40x100 Lot, pvt drv, 1 car gar, fin bsmnt. COAST TO COAST REALTY. 718-787-9200; 917-468-2633

Bensonhurst: co-op for sale, Sat&Sun, 2-7 pm, 2 BR, co-op for sale. MAny clostes, huge lr, nice kit, new cabinets, doors, windows & terrace. Great views. G&E incl. Near all.

Owner: 646-361-2101 3 Bedrooms, 1bth, 100% co-op building, utils inc 4 new air cond, all new windows, new dishwasher,stove & refrig, night security guaro,laundry room, w/ new washers & dryers, indoor outdoor pking ,short waiting list Asking $265,000 neg Call Owner (917)561-0075

Kosher coffee place/ Eatery in the Upper Westside, with great lease for sale at $120K. profitable, fully equipped, established clientele.

917-660-6005 Business for sale Travel agency for sale. Call 212-994-2033/Marc 14 yrs in business, NYC location Business for sale Resraurant: Classic running, cozyFrench/Brazillian, well located, 74 seatbar and outside terrace, 5 to 10 yrs lease option. Call 347-753-0427 For sale: Only kosher supermarket, Uptown.

10 years in business. $25-$28K a week, gross.

Approx 1 mil, cash a year.

Mark up 45-50%. Rent $3500. Labor, 3 workers, 10 year lease. $825K Neg. Call 917-674-2291, Very busy. Good for two family Dental specialty practice-Manhattan Multi specialist practice seeks specialist Partners and/or practice purchaser. Conv Picturesque loc with good referral base, lease And equip 212-228-2505; Fax (212)228-2585

~The Milan~ @ 300 E 55 - 26C New to Market!

Mint 3 Beds/3 Bath + DA Hi-Floor Amaz City + River Views, Top-of-the-Line Windowed Kitchen + Custom Built-Ins W/D in Apt ~ $11,500

~Tower 53 Condo~ @ 159 W 53 – 15H Corner Huge Lux 2BR/1.5Baths Windowed Kitchen w/ Stainless SteelAppliances + DA w/ Built-In Marble Server’s Bar Low Maint + Tx. Utilities Included. $859K

Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman

Lisa Mansour @ Uziel Group 212-891-7282 Prudential Douglas Elliman

E 65th Street FS24HrDM No Fee!!!

Huge Lux 2 Bed/2 Bath Top-of-the-Line Kitchen Excellent Closets $5,900

Trump Parc ~106 CPS~ Mint!1 Bed/1.5 Bath Reno Granite Kitchen w/ Cherry Wood Cabinetry + Top-of-the-Line Stainless Steel Appliances, Hi Ceilings Lg Walk-In Closets, W/D in Apt $995K Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman

Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman

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Trump E 69 ~ Amazing 3 Beds + 2 Terraces $3.8M

Milan Condo Huge 1Bed + 1.5 Baths $1.28M

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REAL ESTATE Boro Park, 20 Av 53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 Brs, new kit, bsmt, drv.

Nr Stores, shuls, F train.

718-258-4824

House

For Sale

BROOKLYN East 5th, 2 fam, fully detached, 3 brs + 1 BR finished basement, 2.5 custom bths, LG, EIK, Fin Bsmt, pvt drv, MIC. Must see! 1.8M, No brokers please!

917-902-6400 Mill Basin: Hi ranch, corner, 1 family, detached in MIC, 3 BR over finished, walk in with separate entrance. Custom granite kitchen, 2.5 bths, large rooms, private drive attached garage. Asking $1.25M Joe, Kingsview RE 646-522-1838 Mill Basin: Hi-Ranch. Corner 1 fam det in MIC..3 BR over fin walk-in w/sep entr. Cust granite kit, 2.5 baths, lg rms, pvt drv, all garage. $1.2M. Joe Kingsview RE 646-522-1838 Georgetown: 6.5 rooms, corner house, 3 BR, 2 bths, EIK, DR, LRm MIC near trans.

Call after 718-531-4028 Park Slope/ Hts-Studio.

Mod Kit/ bth closets, elev lndry, nr pk/ trains. Jan 1st, owner $1400/mo.

310-213-1334 ronaldbarrett@hotmail.com E 3rd St & Ave J: Walk to Boro Park! Prime 1 fam, renovated, semi-att, 24x100 new windows, alarm, gas, heat & water.

Huge L/R, formal DR Lg kitch & dinette, deck, yard, 3 flrs & bsmt, 7 BR, 4 bth, 2 porches. Semi-fin bsmt.

Pesach kit, playroom. $899K, Won’t last!

Call now!

718-252-0575 East 8th/ Aves L & M: 1 fam det. 3 BRs, 2.5 bths, fin bsmt. MIC. $785K. No brokers. Call 718-813-9286

Ocean Pkwy/ Avenue R: 1 BR renov apt, NEW kitchen, 2 new ACs incl, excel view. Nr shuls, shops, trans $160K. Call Merrie @ AF Realty 718-633-0559 or 917-783-8076 M. 1 fam det. 3 BRs, 2.5 bths, fin bsmt. MIC. $785K. No brokers. Call 718-813-9286 Ave J/ Low East 2 family 30x100, detached 6/5 rooms, 3/2 bedrms, Den, Full Bsmt, Driveway, Granite kitchen Call Shirley Hanan 917-771-7447 CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 Small one family house with extra lot for sale.

Lot is ideal for building.

Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400 House for sale Seagate Brooklyn, 3 family detached brick with finished basement $689k 917-769-4776

599K Oceanside, 1Family+Dr.office+swi mming pool Det. Colonial: Lot Square Footage: 6000, Building Size: 2565Sqft, 6 Bedrooms, 3 full Baths , 1 Garage, 4 cars parking Driveway, Full Finished Basement for legal Dr. Office, back yard with Deck & Pool. 3 blocks to south Nassau communities hospital; 10 min to long beach; best school district.

Must see!!! Open house: 8/16/2009 (Sun. 2:00- 4:00 PM) Contact: Leah 917-642-2773 liutaoli@yahoo.com FOR SALE BY OWNER Brick 2 family, 2 bedroom duplex, wa;l-in. 2 bedroom apt. totally renovated. Sheepsead Bay, Gravesend Area.

646-644-8802

Ave k / E8 Legal 2 fam can be used as 1 fam Wlk in fin bsmt, nice back porch & more,good cond.mid $500’s Also E32nd & Kings HWY Det 1 family on 30x100 lot 4br, 3 bths,fin bsmt,pvt drv/gar. Good cond Mid $500’s Also E36 Flatlands 2 fam brk mid $500’s Owner 718-419-9306 490 lake street totally detached newly renovated asking 500k baywater bold 1368 Dickens street asking 300k Boro Park: OPEN HOUSE SUN Noom- 4 pm 115049th Street. All brick 2 family 20x52 building 20x100 lot. Khalid Ahmed 917-753-5422 Joanna Pavlatac.

Exit Top Properties.

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

Price rduced $715 K. NO BROKERS! Please call: 718-998-7231 Marine Park brick attached 1 family, 2 bath, Large yard, garage. Won’t last. Asking $430,000 Many other properties available. Mill basin, Marine Park, OMB, BR. Ask for Miriam. NATIONAL BROKERAGE. 718-377-1500 Neponsit Beaut Beach Block Owner relocating! All brk Colonial. 5Br,4.5bths, 1br apt in bsmt,fully renov,cust kitch,radiant heat,huge Lr w/gas frpic,wet bar & ocean view. FDR,lrg family room, 60x100 secluded prob.many xtras $1.895m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267

BORO PARK, 2-3 fam hse, central Loc. New heating system, upgraded Elect system, fin bsmnt, $1.3M Serious bids only. Appts for Sunday only No realtor: 201-669-1779

House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349 Crown Heights 2 family, move-in condition large backyard, 1 Br/1 Br/1 Br, finished basement. $425 neg. Call Owner: 917-880-9839 LOGAN STREET: Brand new 3 family house, beautiful 1.5 BA, wood floors, porch and driveway. Call: 347-683-1923 2 family detached, 1. 2 bedroom, 1 bth. 2. second floor, 1 bedroom, 1 bth w.porch, close to trans and synagogue. Call now, asking low 600’s 646-217-8252 6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

BROOKLYN BORO PARK/3905 13TH AVE: Newly renovated store 20x80 & two 6 room apts.

917-370-2672 or 718-871-0680 Junction, Crnr FLATBUSH/ NOSTRAND. Access from subway & Bklyn Coll.

Offices/ Suites.Reas..

Call Mr. Jack 646-872-2992 East Flatbush: 5000sq ft.

Garage/warehouse. East Flatbush area. Call broker 718-252-2424 Avenue J/ E14th Street: Renov approx, 400 sf.

Prime location, heavy foot traffic. $2500. Avail now!

Bkr 917-204-0301 BORO PARK: Commcl warehouse for rent, 2500sf Hi ceil, loading dock, 24 hr access.

917-681-0151 Ave X/ Nostrand Ave: VIC, 650 sq ft store & bsmt.

Move-in con. $1700 Call 718-998-3312 Boro Park, 60th St: Class A, renovated office space, up to 4000sf for rent .

Call Estie:646-775-5594 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 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 Boro Park 60th St/13th Avenue Office with parking for trucks Call 718-438-7103 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.

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

646-944-5209

OFFICE SPACE KngsHwy Between East 3rd & 4th St Entire floor/ one flight up 4 rms/ 1 bth Private entrance, contact 718- 243- 2748 Large school building for lease $14,500, move in, excel con, large classrooms, office space & playground, lrge kitch + dining area, lead & asbestos free, handicap accessible, suitable for special ed. 718-483-9665 or 917-282-4855 Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St, store frnt office for rent.

Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store.

Call: 917-435-9274 Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for light manufacturer Or warehousing 1 passenger freight elevator. Nr all trans. Avail. Immed.

718-541-4997 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

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

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 Bed-Stuy-Vacant Interior: LOT (LAND LOCKED) 18*35 BLOCK 1687, LOT 144, R-6 ZONE, $20K. PRINCIPALS ONLY. OWNER 917-848-7735

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

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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

For Rent

BROOKLYN Ditmas Park, corner det 1F, 51x131 lot. 3 flr, 13 rooms, drs office on ground flr. Good for daycare or living…$1.25M GOSEN PROPERTIES 718-598-7374

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 BORO PARK NEW UTRECHT/47TH ST 450 sf good for both store and office 19800 sf also available Call: 718-437-3126 lv msg 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

House

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

Apartment For Rent

BROOKLYN East 18th street: Renovated apt, new kitchen, bath, bright + airy, parquet floors, painted, ACs, near trans.

Reasonably priced, $1175.

Good for newly weds. Call 347-200-8018 EAST 3RD ST/ DITMAS + COURTELYOU: Nice 3 room basement for office or apt.

Private entrance. Shomer Shabbos. Please call: 718-851-1720 or 718-258-5366

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

Pesach Rental Avenue L/ East 15th Street: 2 BR apt + fin basement.

Clean and ready for Pesach, near shops and shuls. Great location.

Available immediately.

917-312-1197 Ave L/E 21: Luxury 1 bdrm bsmt apt. Ave I/E 29: Luxury 2 Bdrm apt.

Call cell: 347-489-4485 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

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REAL ESTATE Sheepshead Bay. 1 BR remodeled Apt. No section 8. No washer/dryer Call after 6 pm. 718-769-1318 East 4th St/ M&N: 2 BR basement apts, ceramic flrs, 1 BTH, LR, near shuls, shopping, tran and more! $1200 including utilities.

Call 718-382-0623 Ave L/E 12: 2 family + basement, 2 car garage.

20x58 (25x90lot).

REALTOR 646-391-4211 Foster Ave, East 30th: 2 fam, 4 BR, 2 bth, bsmt.

17.83x40 (17.83x82 lot) Apt for rent-Bklyn DYKER HEIGHTS2 BR w/terrace Modern, LR, EIK, new fridge, W/D hookup $1750. NO Fee.Call 646-734-6053 718-238-3200 Ave. L-M/Ocean Pkwy 1 BR (full sized) EIK,LR,DR. Move in cond. 6th flr. P/T drmn bldg 917-771-6923 E. 2/Ave Y. Newly renov 2 BR apt. Mod luxury kit, bath w/Jacuzzi. Lg LR & DR. Dishwasher,Wash & Dry. Unfurnished 718-902-7375, 347-587-7944 APTS TO SHARE Looking for frum girl to share 2 br Apt in the heart of Flatbush. Ave J/Coney.

Call 718-252-0263 ROOM FOR RENT In busy area in Flatbush (On Coney Island between J & K) Call 718-253-0493 KENSINGTON: 3 room apt, 1 bath for rent. Freshly painted. Near shopping and trans. Call: 424-202-1152 Bklyn Apts unfurn.

Bensonhurst- Apartments 6 rooms, 2 large bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms, refrigerator included, small pet ok, house avail. Now, roommates preffered, no programs. Call owner: 917-805-8324 Bklyn Unfurnished Coney Island brand new 3 extra large bedroom apt w/ 3 balconies, Cair, elevator, 2 baths, ocean view, blck from subway, hookups, $2,300/mo Owner 908-418-4563 Boro Park: 49 St Corner 12 Ave New on market!

Completely renov 1 BR. New kit, all new applncs. 400 sq ft. $1,650 neg. OWNER 718-435-2603

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

QUEENS/BRONX

Bakery/ Café, Queens Coutny, New & successful!

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

Apartment For Rent

QUEENS/BRONX $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

Apartment For Rent

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

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

Ridgewood: 2BR, freshly painted. New wall-to-wall carpet, new stove.$1350/mo.

Nr trains & shops.

Owner 718-781-6935 or 845-290-1753

QUEENS/BRONX

Corona: New building five families with store and 25 yrs 421 tax exemption good income, little expenses. Owner 347-801-1415

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Inspect it first! Certified home inspections Long Island, Queens & NYC $100 OFF. 516-851-5833 www.HomeInspectorINC.com

Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966

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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

Co-op for sale/ Bronx Co-op sale! Newly renovated 1 bdrm, Nr, Yankee Stadium, gated building, No brokers.

Please call 718-793-1331 Barry or Lillian @ 718-993-3446, $175K Kew Garden Hill fully Renovated 1 Family det home 4 bedroom 2.5 Baths fin Basementdriveway asking 770k 917-519-6110 Bronx house for sale King Bridge open house sat &sun 12-4 pm 2296 loring place North New Contruction 2 fam brk,parking,gar,3/3 4bths,low down 419k Owner 646-431-0105 (516)439-6803 Parkchester: Huge 2 fam brick hse, 4br On 2nd flr, 3br on 1st flr,high ceiling fin bsmt.price reduced. Owner 917-312-9170 Kew Hill: Fully Renovated 1 Family house Det Home 4 Bedrooms 2.5Bath Fin Basement Bklyn drwy 770k 917-519-6110 Far Rockaway/ Neponsit: 2nd house from beach overlooking ocean. 4 BRs, 60x100 lot, 3 ½ baths.

917-742-7779, Klarise BAYSWATER: Top location! Immac det 1 fam, 4 br, 3 ½ bth, LR, DR, EIK, fin bsmnt, pvt drv, newly blt, 1 blk to Shul. $559K/ neg. Owner 917-577-6811

Bayside, Windsor Park: 2 BR, 1 Ba, school districtr #26, pool, tennis courts, near shopping, great location, low maint. A/C, 24 hr sec. asking 259k.

Owner 718-776-0080 leave message.

House For Rent

LONG ISLAND Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly.

Call: 631-655-9319

Apartment For Rent

LONG ISLAND 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

Apartment For Sale

LONG ISLAND 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 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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

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

516-443-5029 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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

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

Office space for rent, Hauppage, LI. 600, 1600, 3200 sq ft.

Owner 631-273-1200 Qmobileauto@aol.com NASSAU REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction

by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013

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

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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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For Sale

Apartment For Sale

LONG ISLAND

STATEN ISLAND

Nassau Lawrence: Elegant and spacious one-of-a-kind custom build contemporary 5 BR ranch, 3 ½ bths, circular driveway, grand entry leading to formal living room, formal dining room, den & huge EIK w/ breakfast room overlooking large, beautifully landscaped property. MBR suite w/master bath, hi ceilings, tanersized rooms. 1 acre Call Agent 516-413-8421

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

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.

NASSAU / L.I. Newly renov fully equipped turn-key. Glatt Kosher LI. Catering hall, seats 300, long lease, reas rent, attractive terms.

212-243-9808 or 516-450-7323

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

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 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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

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

Near train.Convenient to all.

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

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

Apartment For Sale

NY STATE Condo for sale NJ HUDSON + NY VIEWS 1200 sf, 2 BR,/ 2 bth condo, renovated, pogenpohl kitchen, new baths terrace/ parking $349K. Photos at Weichert.com MLS ID # 90007942 (Condo) Contact 917-319-4321

For Rent

NY STATE 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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

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

Alan Wieder Salesperson Corcoran d: (718) 422-2520 f: (212) 230-4475 m: (347) 403-3200 241 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY, 11211

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REAL ESTATE 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 Catskills: Prop for sale 40 acres approved for 50 units in South Fallsburg bordering. Raleigh Hotel & Alpine Acres. Please call 718-387-4177

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 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 Glenwood, NY: 1,899 sq ft home, 3 BR, 2 bth, hardwood flrs and basement on 2.92 acres with small lake and waterfall, exit 109.

Asking $179K. Call 917-754-8984 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

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

Fallsburg: New 3 BR, 2.5 bath, 3 acres w/ lake + waterfall. Near shul. For sale by owner. 718-938-4130

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

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

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

Albany Area: SUPER LOCATION, beautifully restored 1840’s farmhouse with 16,000 sq ft barn on 15 park like acres. Turnkey business available. 15 minutes from Downtown Albany. Call Betty at 518-732-2436 or 518-423-9996.

Must see to appreciate.

S FALLSBURG, NY Lg, 3 Br house, 3bth, Brand new, pvt in ground pool. Avail July.

Call: 914-737-3915 WOODMERE/ WOODSBURGH: 5 mins, 5 BR, 4.5 bth, fin bsmt, HW flrs, C/AC, kosher gourmet, granite kit, new bths, den/frplc, cul-de-sac. In eruv, walkable to all shuls. Must see! $1299M. Please Call 917-687-0754 Homes for sale 4 Bedroom, 3 bthm only $55,000!. Priced to sell!!

Won’t last!!

For listings call: 800-366-0412 xT472

Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd.

Walt to dist to falkof.

For pesach Summer.

Call 718-679-4339 Sidney NY: Large 4 bdrms, historical hom,e on 2 acres, near schools, places of worship + college needs TLC,. Great investment. $85,000.

Ernie 607-563-1020 WOODSIDE, NY 2 family brick house detached. Property is 4000 sq. ft. 5 bdrms, 3 bths.

CALL ANNCURRAN @ WAGNER&KELLY REAL ESTATE 646-508-3292 Sacandaga Lake in Upstate NY 184’ of sandy shoreline w/ gradual grade/ gorgeous panoramic views, 2 BD/ 1.5 bth, ranch on level lot. Close to Marinas/ yacht club, 3 hrs from NYC, nr Saratoga + Albany. Own a piece of paradise for $525K. Contact 518-661-5358 View@ www.426lakeside.com

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

516-662-3045

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

Renov in ’08 on .57 acres.

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

Owner 914-213-3902 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

Property/House For Sale

OUT OF STATE Business Opp, running Mediterranean Restaurant share for sale (1/3) in Washington DC, Dupont Circle. Great partners.

Great for chefs or investors. $330K Contact 202-203-8400 Pennsylvania Reading, PA: Reduced by 1/2 , owner financed, remodeled single. No credit questions. Immediate Occupancy. Business allowed 610-743-4777 or 888-835-4836

Land for sale in Melbourne, Arkansas a creek runs through 36 ½ acres. Fenced on 3 sides.

Plenty of deer & turkey.

Close to (3) lakes + white river. Next to air strip.

Asking $109.5K (Neg) Contact 417-256-3900 Conneticut 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 Delaware, lighthouse Road 54 East Fairagamow Lake under sketching 80% clear.

Lease or sale, price 9M. Call 302-846-0137 or 302-846-3982 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 $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

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

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

Available For Rent

OUT OF STATE Brairwood: Newly renovated 2 BR apt EIK, LR, DR, 1 BTH, 4 walk-in closets. Close to all transportation, no pets, non smoker. References & credit check required. Call 718-526-4191

Out of state Orange Beach, ALABAMA 2 blocks from bay 6 lots w/ access ’05-$900k/ NOW -$260K 251-752-5600 Big.fish77@hotmail.com

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

Available For Sale

PENNSYLVANIA PA, for sale All one acre house, 3 homes, 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths each, 2 homes have 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ bths each. Three ranch style.

Two log homes. Price 255,000825,000. ALL BRODERING CAMP D. GOLDEN

Butler PA: Single fam $575,000. 4 large BRs, high & EIK, DR, great rm, LR, office, Laundry rm, Fin bsmt, in-law apt, CAC, all totally redone, basement garage + new 2 car heated garage/workshop, large lot on quiet street, near shopping & schools, spacious home in mint condition. Asking 575,000. Make offer, Call 570-785-2305 Inv Prop Unique 3 in1 land, investment, 165 acres, mineral rights in marvelous shade zone, 41 acres, blach cherry timber all residentially zoned with all utilities onsite. Northwest PA. Alleghanyoudoors.com 814-598-1354 Newfound Land, Oceanfront: Million $$ View. Historic town, grt for nature lovers. 4 br/ 4.5 bath, EIK, LR, DR, den cozy frplc, garden all updated + renovated. Come watch the wales/ cruise ships + the lobstermen. US $429K. Contact 205-299-5692

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

OUT OF STATE Periera, Columbia Appx 50,000 mtrs Best lux residential area.

La Julita close to Pinares de San Martin $12M US 860-514-1813

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 250 Acre farm in SOUTHVIRGINIA, Bland county + (I) Home + A old farm house which was built in the 1900’s. beautiful views.

Hunter’s Paradise. Please contact 276-496-5200 WEST

Beliz, Central America: 60 acres, riverfront property title. Owned, asking $300,00. Please Call

Lake Ariel, NE PA INVEST! RETIRE! RELO! VACATION! Complete renov! 3 BR 2 bth ranch on 1 acre. 1500+ sf, fin bsmt, w/ sep entry. All New: kitchen cab, applcs, floors, wndws, siding, gutters & more!

Quiet neighborhood, no fees/ dues. WW SD. Low taxes!

GREAT OFFER @ 184k. Call for open house. Details Owner 516-322-4009

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631-366-2735

Growing RE management co in Ct seeks landlords in

once in a lifetime opportuni-

need of exceptional management services.

ty. Investment needed from 1

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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Great opportunity to make millions of dollars on a patent product. Private presentation given for serious accredited investors. We

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Bill Morgenstein Marquesa Funding & Consulting Corp.

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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!

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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

Alan J Brown CPA: All business and personal taxes, bookkeeping, payroll and general accounting services.

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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

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Piano lessons,-all levels.

Instrument provided free of charge. Reasonably priced.

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Help Offered I am a professional Male CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AID. I am looking for a job.

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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

Rabbi/ Torah reader. available. 347-754-1979 Companion-Certified HHA with many years experience, seeks hob as a companion.

Live in/out. Excellent references. Please call 646-750-9585 Helping hands-Live in/out: Home attendants & companions. Refs 718-459-4523 or 718-419-9908

Talmud Tutor + Coach Available for your sons.

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AFFORDABLE TUTORING

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As Home Health Care

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who cover all The material &

out Taking Care of

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Please contact CLAUDIA SHWEKY 732.829.6716 or 732.222.5841 I am a responsible, honest person seeking position as home health aide for elderly or housekeeping. Ref avail. Call Barbara 718-926-1414

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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

Senior citizen discount.

Reasonable and reliable services. Licensed & insured.

Call 917-304-8777

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

Pets 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

Painting, Furniture,

Cell: 718-930-9393 BATHTUB, TILE REGLAZING + WATERPROOFING Unbeatable price guaranteed. 10% off with ad 718-866-6124/ 917-335-3798

Electricians

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

Autos AUCTION Classic + specialty car auction. March 20th 12:00 Noon (Inspection @ 10:00am) Consign your car today! View website www.1stnoel.biz Payment by certified check/ bank wire/ Cash payment.

Absentee bidding allowed.

Contact 718-324-9902 LOCATED @ 3766 BOSTON ROAD, BRONX NY 10469 1997 Lexus SC 400 gold package 93,000 miles, clean 8500.

Contact: 631-944-1669

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

STEAMBURG SMOKES. Tax free cigarette brands delivered to your front door for less than expected. 18+ 1877-783-2685 NYJV NEW YEARS PACKAGE, 8 TKTS, ROSE BOWL PARADE, RESERVED GRAND STAND, SEATING/ 3 GAME TKTS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VS. OHIO STATE + ALL DAY PARKING. $2K. CONTACT 559-269-7507 Love horses?

Invest with no bills!

Single investment of $50,000, purchases 11% ownership of 8 well bred in foal thoroughbred mares on 350 acre Bluegrass farm with –out board bills. Mares & foals to be sold at major bloodstock sale Noc 2010.

Proven track record, exceptional references, for info: 859-983-1109 carriebrogden@aol.com

Valley thrift store: (Nonprofit.) 949 Amsterdam Ave. Men, Women & children; House wares, books, videos, DVD, CD, many other items. Mon-Fri 10am5pm, Sat noon-4pm.

212-222-2600 Mattress & Box spring Queen, Pillow top Still In Plastic $350 (631) 716-0174 Sports + Tickets Buy/ Sell tickets/ Yankees/ Mets/ Knicks/ Rangers/ Giants/ Jets and all concerts sports and theater.

800-764-1560 www.arentix.com Lost hse in NJ fine furnishings, collectibles, coins, paintings, rugs.

Cents on the dollar.

646-379-3566

Do you have Steinway Piano: Original ivory keys + matching bench. (Model M) Signed

by S. Rachmaninoff.

Excellent condition. $28,500.00 804-380-5659

Selling 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

sell? We’ll buy entire warehouse. Please call: 347-496-1626

ivory keys + matching bench

Shul closing! Must liquidate.

Benshers, chairs, stainless glass windows, kitchen + office equipment etc. Call Nathan 718-884-9400 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

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

fast quick deals, pick-up avail, Hebrew, English, Yiddish 718-986-4002 Collector of Jewish Art. Call Ted: 201-575-0055

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 PRICELESS CORP. Movers.

No hidden charges credit card OK. 7 days Lic#32623 718-667-6751 or 800-499-6751 Are you looking for love?

Or asking for travel?

Confidential background checks by retired NYPD detective.

212-866-4300 www.remprivateinvestigators.com

Rachmaninoff. Excellent condition. $28,500.00. Contact 804-380-5659

Long arm quilting by Sherry Thompson. Quilting in my home. Q-$35.00 K-$40. 10

Joe’s gold buying serv.

Day return 417-256-3900

We buy your unwanted gold, diamonds, sterling silver/ bronzes, paintings, rugs, coins and high end

World famous psychic Karen. Guaranteed to

tys. General Comm and

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food allowne. For info call

career, finances, health. Free

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214-334-0037

Art for Sale Works of Art for Acquisitios Judaica & Landscapes (917)204-5058

Gifted and Inturtive Consulting in business

Buying MOST CA$H PAID FOR Judaica, Artwork, Antiques, Silver, Gold, Coins, Estates, Jewelry, Paintings, Records, Sculptures, Cameras, Collectibles, Instruments.

Call Aaron 917-923-6580

Health children and family Relationships Excellent energy Treatment provided in need of Yeshiva Call 347-625-1440

Motorcycles.

Mopeds/ Go carts DIRT BIKES, OLD WANTED ANY MODEL/Cond. Contact Mark 516-794-8375

ATTENTION ATTORNEYS! We now accept your LEGAL NOTICES

Autos/ Police Impounds!! $500 Police Impounds!!

Honadas, Chevys, Toyotas & more!! Please call for listings 800-366-0124 x 2305

throughout New York area

Auto for Sale MERCEDES 2003 ML500 Blk, 59K, fully loaded, excel cond. $35,582 917-498-1716

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(Model M) Signed by S.

watches. We also do parBALDWIN GRAND PIANO R Series, ebony color, modern, straight legs + bench. Excellent condition.

Needs tuning. $8000 Neg. Contact 718-372-3161

JEWISH BOOKS

merchandise you can’t

Steinway Piano-Original

Dogs for sale Italian Mastiff: Cane corso, amazing pups, AKC, tail, ears, shots, female dogs, 100 pets, mates, 140 pets, loyal dogs. Man’s best friend, will protect you and your loved ones from home invasion and burglaries, better than any alarm system. Call Vincent at 516-444-0703 or 516-432-3750

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New Jersey Apartment For Sale Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986

FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt.

718-974-5550

Apartment For Rent Newark, northward 263 Verona Ave . Business commercial, for any business store or warehouse16x19 f rollup steel doors $500 month 551-358-9372 or 973-687-9270 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 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

Proper ty

For Sale Kensington: Spac 2 BR/2bth, terrace, 1st flr.

Elev bldg, lndry rm, indoor prkng. $399K Call 732-604-3060

Little Falls, NJ Spacious 4 bedroom central hall colonial. Large rooms, great for entertaining.

Situated on almost 2 parklike acres with fully fenced backyard for complete privacy plus a large front porch.

Little Falls is ½ hour from NYC and has busses and trains into NYC. One or 2 yr leases. $3000 per month.

Available 5.01.10 973-445-8654 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

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 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

PROPERTY FOR RENT/ SALE NEW JERSEY NEW JERSEY/ WESTWOOD 3 BDRM, 2 BTH elegant, grand classic home with 4 usable floors. Ideal for office space, counselor/ lawyer/ photographer/ artist etc.

Beautiful views for rent $3,995 Neg or for sale.

Contact 949-812-9155

Deal/ Wayside Area Classic 1928 Two level Dutch colonial on one acre corner lot-private. In ground pool-20 minutes from beach. 4 BR, new carpets, 2.5 bthrms, Jacuzzi, large kitchen, den w new hrdwd flrs, LR with fireplace, private sun room, office. New 2 zone, AC/heating, new 220 elec serv, new weil, Mclain gas burner, finished basement with LG trom washer & dryer SS, sink, finished attic, burglar system.

Private 20 x 40 heated In ground pool, lighted large entertainment area, cabana with fireplace.

Near Sephardic Comm Cntr, Chabad house, Hillel Yeshiva, Jewish comm.

Center, orthodox, reform, conservative temples-Erub of Jersey Shore.

Ten minutes from RR-close to NYC RT 35-66-33-195 GSP. Price $1,144,900.00 For sale by owner, principals only. Call Avrum 732-695-1046.

Avail in June.

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

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#

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

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.

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Florida & Israel Real Estate

For Sale Looking to buy multi family buildings and hotels in Miami. 305-781-0779 noyafelix@yahoo.com

House for sale in Gordon Beach on the beach!! 6 Bedrooms, 4 bathroom, new furnishing, pool, 10 min walk to synagogue.

305-404-2900

Condo for sale/FA MAGNIFICENT Penthouse, apt for sale $1.3 million.

A DREAM COME TRUE 4 beautiful BDRMs, 4.5 bthrms, marble flrs, drmn bldg, pool spa, 1 block from orth syn. Every room has a terrace, floored to ceiling, slide in glass doors.

Beautiful views overlooking the oceans, next to golf course. Must see! Call DAVIDA 305-613-6688

Miami Bch Blue Diamondoceanfront Completely renovated 2BR/2BTH+Den. Lo Floor No agent necessary. Asking $729K. Please call 786-200-6900

North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool.

Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286

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

MIAMI KOSHER RENTALS.COM Find the perfect So. Florida seasonal or Pesach vacation rental!

Check us out at: miamikosherrentals.com or 786-390-0582

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

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 $1,575,000.00 Call 954-839-0075 MICCO- LIVE + WORK IN GATED PRIVATE PROPERTY

10,000 SQ FT UNDER AIR CUSTOM HOME WITH SEPARATE

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

8,000 SQ FT WORKSHOP/ HOME HAS EXTENSIVE GRANITE + TILE- FEATURES THE

GARAGE.

NICEST HOME THEATER THAT YOU WILL FIND.

A DEAL @ 1.1 MILCONTACT 321-431-8120 VIEW: WWW.EXTREMEFLORIDAHOME.COM LION.

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

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

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

YI, I-95, airport & beaches.

2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721

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

Boca Raton, Century Vil. Lux 2 BR, 2bths, lakefront view, short wlk to orthodox shul & clubhouse. New kitch, new A/C, upgrade 561-487-3711

Tampa: 3 BR, 2Bth condo. 2nd floor , Built 2006 Clubhouse pool,$150k Nego.

813-390-5008 Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008 POMP: Palm Aire, 3/2 corner unit, 100% renovated w/ new open kitchen & granite counter tops. New kitchen cabinets & appliances. New tile bathrooms, tile flrs throughout. Owner asking $219,000.

954-675-7219

“Specializing in Luxury Ocean Front Condos and Estate Homes in Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Highland Beach, Hillsboro Beach and Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Real Estate

For Rent Pesach Rental Miami Beach: Nr 41st Street. All new large, 5 BR, 4 bth house avail for Pesach. Pool/ yard $6900.

Call 305-720-0671 Pesach Rental No. Miami Beach: Spacious 5 BR house, 3 bths, new kitchen, DR, LR, pool, nr all shuls. Avail March 24.

305-450-4205 Excellent opportunity!

Fountainbleau Hotel: Miami Beach, Magnificent square feet studio, sleeps 4. renting daily/weekly. Available short/ long term. Summer special. Please call: 347-804-4666 Pesach Rental.

Miami Beach, 5600 Collins Ave. 2 BR, 2 bth lux condo in lux bldg.

Avail March 24. Call 914-262-3078

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 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

CONDO FOR SALEFLORIDA NEWLY RENOV FURN, 2 BR, 2 BTH, LR/DR AREA, CLOSED IN, SUN-ROOM, 3 WALK-ON CLOSETS, GRANITE FLRS, NEW TILE FRLS, A/C. 55 GATED COMMUNITY, 2 POOLS, MANY AMENITIES. WALK TO SHULS, SHOP, LOW MAINT. REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE. BY OWNER, $99K FIRM. 305-877-6927

Florida Condo for sale Orlando New 5 star resort, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bath townhouse.

All Amenities, 5 minutes to Disney/universal. $125/night.

Chuck 908-874-7018

Condo for sale FL Jupiter/ Ocean BluffsN: Gated 2 BR, 2 bth, condo, steps to pool, bch, kitchen, DR, LR, FL/R, Ldry/R titled porch, nice view/RED. Lowest in Bluffs $270k. Contact 561-746-6446

Palm Coast FL: New home construction located along northeast Atlantic coast and intercostals waterway. Custom home builder (FL License CGC 151265) Review floor plans and features at www.stoughtonluxuryhome.co m Summer building incentives apply through August 31st 2009. Call for details 386-586-5665, ask for will or John, M-F 9-5pm w/e 10AM-4PM

Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825

FL Summer Rental Furnished 3/2 Beach House, 4 blocks to beach, pool, newly renov, clean,.

Comfortable, safe, dogs OK. Available on May 9th – Dec 27th. Short term OK. Has everything you need and more. 954-224-9315 or whwcz@att.net

Seasonal Rentals, South Florida: Hemisphere 2/2, 15 condo furnished and equipped. Min 3 months rental from $1800 per month.

Contact- Pepe & Martha Peña. 305-905-4392 www.oceandreamsrealty.com

Miami Beach, Carriage House. New lrg 2 BR, 2 bth w/ocean vu. New ksher kit-shabbat mode.

Shab elevator, shul in bldg.

Winter rental and or Pesach. Call 201-8369642 or email: stevenschiefer@hotmail.com

Wynmoor Coconut Creek, FL: Furn 2 BR/2 full bth, elev bldg, golf, tennis, swim, movies, bus svc, deli on premise. Full security, emergency med. Rent for 4 mo/ Get 6 mo deal. Call Ralph 215-957-7680

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

MIAMI BEACH, Portugal Towers, Ocean view, 2 BRs. Weekly or monthly Rental.

Call: 718-753-4479

Lev Yereshalayim: Hotel 2 BRs, 2 bths, 2 Bths, kitchen w/Terrace.

972-3-673-7330 arusi-ez@zahav.net.il

ISRAEL

Hallandale: 1817 S. Ocean Dr. Large, 1 BR, 1.5 bth, unfurn, Bay&Ocean views. $950 a month, yearly. Call owner: 954-457-8570

JERUSALEM: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada.

Sleeps up to 8, in/out pools Ramada. Sleeps up to 8. In/out pools

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

$250/nite. Albert 514-803-8838

www.5starjerusalem.com For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch,

Pesach Rental in Miami FL Miami Bch: Indian Creek, King David Towers. Lux Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500 718-677-9825

Condos for rent Kosher condo Sarsota, FL Fully equip. kitchens, 3 Br, 2 BA, Sleeps 6, washer, 1 dryer, walking Distance to worship, near pool, whirpool, Fitness & business center. Avial now December 2008- 3k/mo special rates July–Oct 2008 Call: 612-220-2382

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale/Rent Fort Myers: Restaurant/ Night Club, large entertainment area with outside bar.

3 acres + 15000 sq ft bldg, excellent location in S Fort Myers nr Cape Coral. Contact Mr. Anulli 239-810-1806 Tudor Villa Realty

Excellent Opportunity!

Fountain Bleau Hotel: Miami Beach. Magnificent 800 sq ft, studio sleeps 4, renting daily/ weekly.

Available short/ long term.

Call 347-804-4666

L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158 Jerus, central. New 4 BR lux apt in 18 unit bldg. incl all linen, applncs, Kitch ware. Kosher & sh shab. Short Term rentals.

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Two bedroom apt. Ramot Shlomo oppty for extension, stunning view. $400,000.00 Contact Yael 050-411-4504.

Call after Pesach.

Jerusalem Private Suite in 5 Star Ramada. Sleeps up to 8. In/ out pools $250/night. Albert 514-803-8838 www.5Starjerusalem.com Nahalaot/ Rehavia Private house, extremely rare,15 rms Prking,elevator, garden, shelter 054-2382016 No5floor@gmail.com

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