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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has written a letter to President Hosni Mubarak, in which he wished him health, following the Egyptian president's recent medical treatment in France and reports about his deteriorating health. "We pray to the creator of the universe to send you full and speedy recovery," he wrote. rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hand the letter to Mubarak on behalf of Ovadia, during an upcoming meeting between the two leaders'. "For your highness, President of Egypt Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, may his glory be exalted," wrote Shas' spiritual leader. "May you continue to lead you countrymen in majesty, courage and strength, for a lifetime and in peace; may you succeed in all your doings, according to your heart's desire," the letter read. Rabbi Ovadia signed the letter with a warm greeting, "Respectfully yours, in the greatness of your virtue."
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receiving a gift of kinot from Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein as Chairman Alan Solow, looks on. Throughout a hectic week of meetings, first with President Barak Obama, later with forums of supporters and some challengers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the main, charmed his audiences and called for direct negotiations. t the July 11 meeting of his cabinet, he summarized his meeting with the President noting that “the first issue that came up was advancing the peace process between us and the Palestinian Authority…The condition for achieving this agreement is scrupulously maintaining the security of the country and its citizens. I gained the impression that the American side as well there is the recognition that we must proceed to direct talks in order to advance the peace process. I gained the impression that the President is also attentive to the State of Israel's special security needs. On these issues we are working in concert. We hope
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that the PA will accede to the call to begin direct talks at soon as possible. I think we should eliminate all these preconditions and all these excuses and all those demands for entering into direct talks. We should just get into them,” he stated to Chris Wallace during a Fox TV interview. Abbas' spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina, affirmed the Palestinian President’s commitment to a serious and ongoing peace process, "which would lead to the end of the Israeli occupation and the establishments of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders,” noting that President Obama “promised to work towards the establishment of a Palestinian state, which would live in peace and security alongside Israel.” Netanyahu asked, “What is there to prevent a meeting?” Mahmoud Abbas (is) 10 minutes away in Ramallah, that's when you have traffic. Without traffic, it's seven min-
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BY MALKA BENDER Representative Anthony Weiner (DN.Y.) married Huma Abedin, Saturday at an historic estate on Long Island. Surely an unusual couple, this bride and groom, married by an unusual officiate, former President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton. einer has held his office for seven terms. Representing the 9th District which includes areas of the queens and Brooklyn, Anthony Weiner has made himself a highly visible force. The 45-year-old congressman, whose district office is in Kew Gardens, has gained prominence during the health care debate, and incurred the enmity of those opposed to health care reform. His positions have given him wide visibility on the national scene. Anthony Weiner has long been an aggressive, filter-no-vulgarities New
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Showdown on $100 Million 9/11 Mosque Project BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU A “last-chance” public hearing to block the proposed 13-story $100 million mosque planned near Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attack on New York put Mayor Bloomberg on the defense. He has rejected opponents’ demands that the backers of the plan be investigated for possible links with terrorists or terrorist groups. ew York City officials already have approved the project, and the only hope by opponents to block its construction is to convince the Landmark Preservation Commission to prevent the demolition of the 152-year-old Cordova House warehouse in order
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to make way for a mammoth Muslim community center and house of worship. Opposition groups from a wide spectrum of the population—ranging from Jews to Sikhs— staged a large demonstration in early June against the planned mosque. The Park Place site is 600 feet from the area where Muslim suicide terrorists hijacked two planes and aimed them at the two towering Twin Towers in the early morning, when the planes’ fuel tanks were full. The resulting explosion and intense fire melted the metal structures, toppling the towers and killing nearly 3,500 people, including police officers and firefighters who arrived to control the blaze and cordon off the area. One of the engines of the hijacked planes crashed into the
Cordova House roof, causing severe damage. Mayor Bloomberg has taken heat for not conducting a probe into the backers of the mosque project, while Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio last week called on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, his Democratic opponent, to conduct a probe. Lazio questioned the sympathies of the center’s backers, and said that “the people have a right to know if this ‘charity’ is using its resources in a legitimate, legal, and charitable way.” Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, has charged that “the imam behind [the] proposed mosque near Ground Zero is a prominent member of a group that helped sponsor the pro-
A huge crowd of 10,000 Jews gathered at the old gates of the Temple Mount Monday night and declared their allegiance to the holy site, which rally organizers said is being separated from Jews by discriminatory practices by the police. he “pledge of allegiance” to a Jewish Temple Mount and a united Jerusalem was part of the monthly “March around Old City Temple Gates,” a colorful event featuring the recital of Psalms at various closed gates around the Temple Mount.
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The monthly march usually attracts 2,0003,000 people, but organizers successfully brought out thousands more Monday night as Jews around the world marked the beginning of the Hebrew month of Av. The Ninth of Av is marked every year as the day when foreign invaders destroyed the First and Second Holy Temples. The marches feature music and dancing and are peaceful, but police have barred several of the monthly prayer rallies during the past year because of fears of Arab violence. National Union Knesset Member Uri Ariel told the crowd that deterioration in security and the increasing discrimination against Jews in
Jerusalem prompted the unusually large turnout. In his speech he described the “surrender of Jerusalem to Arabs,” the worsening security in several Jewish neighborhoods, disturbances by anarchists and the discrimination by police who severely restrict the ability of Jews to ascend the Temple Mount. Jerusalem council member Aryeh King reminded the crowd that the Temple Mount site is closed to Jews most of the time while police allow non-Jewish tourists to freely visit the holy site. Israel accepts Muslim rules that forbid a Jew from praying out loud or even carrying a prayer book when ascending the Temple Mount.
Street, the self-proclaimed political home for "pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans," launched a campaign calling on the U.S. Treasury Department to look into whether organizations named in a July 6 New York Times report have broken the law. The report identified more than 40 U.S. organizations that have collected over $200 million in tax-deductible gifts for schools, syna-
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PA’s New Conditions in Rabbis: Don’t Rent Homes Effect Rule Out Direct Talks to Illegal Aliens BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU
Twenty five Tel Aviv rabbis have endorsed a ban on renting apartments to infiltrators and illegal foreign workers. esidents of southern Tel Aviv neighborhoods asked the rabbis to sign ads to be posted across the city forbidding home owners from renting their property to illegal aliens. "We, the undersigned, neighborhood and synagogue rabbis, warn the public of the Jewish law bans and warns of dangers posed by renting out homes to these people!!!" the ads say. Among other things, the rabbis encourage residents who "help maintain Tel Aviv's Jewish character. ___________________________________
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“We used our authority as rabbis and published this announcement, so they won't come here anymore." ___________________________________ The initiative was organized by various activists in south Tel Aviv neighborhoods who joined forced within a committee led by Shas city Councilor Binyamin Babayof. According to the ad, which cites police statistics, crime rates have increased significantly in areas inhabited by illegal aliens, with about 40% of crimes being carried out by them. Babayof noted that infiltrators into Israel carried out five murders in the past year, and also spoke out against the "plethora of mixed marriages." One of the signatories, Rabbi Hania Leviav said, "Infiltrators from various coun-
he stipulations stated to the BBC by PA chief negotiator Saeb Erekat reflect a previously stated strategy of waiting "a year or two" for the United Nations to recognize it as a new Arab country instead of trying to reach a compromise agreement with Israel. Erekat’s remarks to the BBC Tuesday did not even mention the PA's oft-stated proviso of a permanent extension of the 10-month Israeli freeze on new construction for Jews in Judea and Samaria, which the PA may be taking for granted. The PA has been expecting continued backing on this issue from U.S. President Barack Obama, who originally pressured Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to implement the temporary freeze last year. Neither Obama nor Netanyahu mentioned the issue after their meeting at the White House Tuesday. ___________________________________
T Rabbis call for banof dealing with illegal aliens in Israel. tries arrived here and are harassing our girls. Anyone who thinks this is a racist petition should take in these people himself." Rabbi Rami Yuniov added: "They are illegal and this issue must be addressed. They are not monitored and nobody handles them, and therefore we used our authority as rabbis and published this announcement, so they won't come here anymore." Babayof plans to also distribute the ad to real estate agents, and if the move fails to resolve the issue, he intends to lead his activists on weekly protests. Meanwhile, City Councilor Yael Dayan slammed the initiative, saying "it is completely racist and illegal, because Babayof is a public servant…this is incitement against a community that did nothing wrong to him; it's only premised on race and faith." Rabbi Babayof countered by asking, “Doesn’t Councilor Dayan understand the meaning of ‘illegal’?”
“How can we talk about negotiations when Israeli bulldozers are on PA land?” ___________________________________ The United States has previously failed to convince Israel to apply the freeze to neighborhoods in Jerusalem that the PA demands as the capital of its proposed new Arab country - though a de-facto freeze is in effect there. Erekat told BBC that in order for direct talks to resume, Israel also must accept former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's proposal
PA chief negotiator Saeb Erekat: “We already have recognized Israel based on the 1967 boundaries and now Israel must do the same.” as a starting point. Olmert has said that the PA never replied to his offer, which accepted most of the PA's demands on Jerusalem but did not satisfy its insistence that Israel allow the immigration of millions of foreign Arabs claiming ancestry in the country. In addition, Erekat wants Israel to recognize the PA according to the armistice lines that existed from 1949 until the Six Day War in 1967 - which in effect would leave no issues for negotiation. He told BBC, "We already have recognized Israel based on the 1967 boundaries and now Israel must do the same.” The PA has previously has stated that Israel is a country, but PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has refused to accept Prime Minister Netanyahu’s insistence that it be recognized as “Jewish” country, a stipulation that would in effect preclude flooding it with foreign Arabs. Erekat did not directly answer a question by BBC concerning Obama’s statements that the PA has not done enough to meet its own commitments, such as preventing incitement. “How can we talk about negotiations when Israeli bulldozers are on PA land?” Erekat answered.
New “Humanitarian” Missionary Center in Tel Aviv BY HILLEL FENDEL A missionary organization has set up shop in the heart of Tel Aviv, offering aid to the needy – and guidance towards baptism. ust a few dozen yards from Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station, on Shlomo St., a large building has recently been refurbished and prettified for use as a missionary center. Among the “improvements” is the removal of the mezuzah - unpainted testimony to the Christian missionary hustle-andbustle taking place inside. The Yad L’Achim anti-missionary and anti-assimilation organization reports that every Tuesday, food is distributed there to many dozens of Welfare Service-certified needy people, many of whom are immigrants from the former Soviet Union. They are also invited inside to partake of free coffee at the “Gospel Cafe,” with Christian Bibles and missionary literature on each table. The building also has a professional recording studio, in which Hebrew songs of praise for Jesus are recorded – part of a new missionary “musical” strategy, Yad L’Achim reports. An English-language announcement frm the organization states, “We have recently opened the Messianic Center in Tel Aviv, a three-story building with a lecture hall and
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an industrial kitchen used to feed the needy. Once a week, we have a café that attracts 150 people each week. The café has a nice atmosphere, free coffee, and good music. Our staff speaks with the guests and invites them to come the next day to our Hebrewspeaking Messianic community.” Yad L’Achim reports that at the end of the meal, the guests are asked to bless Jesus together. The organization reports that one of the missionary staff said as follows: “My wife and I are part of the Russian-speaking messianic center in Tel Aviv, which is growing quickly. Some 150 people take part in the gatherings there, and many of them volunteer to help maintain the place and to take part. We do much witnessing and we have a network of volunteers. We invite them to come for free, and slowly but surely they learn about the leader. I go from table to table and connect with people. Although a short time has passed, we have ten young believers who are studying and preparing for to be baptized.” The center also features photographs of IDF soldiers in uniform presenting certificates of appreciation to elderly Holocaust survivors. “These pictures depict how both the soldiers and the survivors are being led astray in the guise of humanitarian assistance,” Yad L’Achim states, “as the clearly stated goal of the organization is to bring as many Jews as possible to abandon their faith.’”
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Abbas to Arabs: We’d Support a War Against Israel BY MAAYANA MISKIN Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told Arab leaders that the PA is ready to wage war on Israel if the rest of the Arab world does, according to the PA daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida as translated by Palestinian Media Watch. f you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don't have the ability to do it,” Abbas quoted himself as having said at the March Arab League Summit in Libya. Arab cities in Judea and Samaria were “completely destroyed” in the Israeli counterterrorism operations that took place during the Oslo War (Second Intifada), Abbas told Arab League members. “We will not agree that it will be destroyed again,” he said. Abbas quoted his own statements to the Arab League while in a meeting with the PA's ambassador to Jordan. The statements were used in explanation of his opposition to the approach taken by Hamas. Hamas pushes for “resistance” - a word often used to refer to terrorism – and refusal to negotiate with Israel. "What we hear from everyone is that the basis is negotiations. At a time that the entire world agrees about this. We are unable to confront Israeli militarily,” Abbas told the PA envoy. Abbas, who is serving his fifth term as head of the PA after unilaterally extending his term in office, has made several statements in recent years that have raised con-
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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: If you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. cerns as to his true intentions. In 2008, as Israel and the PA engaged in peace talks, Abbas told a Jordanian paper that he opposed terrorism “at present” but that “things may change.” In March 2010, the PA held a ceremony naming a main square in Ramallah for a terrorist who led a cell that murdered 37 Israelis. In June, a broadcast on official PA television referred to Jews as “our enemies” and to the entire state of Israel as “Palestine.”
Alleged Spy Arrested in Majdal Shams Suspect's capture sparked near-riot in Druse village BY YAAKOV LAPPIN The tense standoff which nearly erupted into rioting on Sunday night in the Druse village of Majdal al-Shams in the Golan was sparked by the arrest of a man suspected of carrying out offenses which jeopardized national security, police said on Monday. ada Sha'ar, of Majdal Shams, was arrested on Sunday night by Shin Bet and the Israel Police's National Unit of International Crimes Investigation, it was revealed on Monday. The suspect's custody was extended by a Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court by eight days. Unlike Israeli Druse, the residents of Majdal Shams identify themselves as
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Syrians under Israeli occupation, and are generally hostile to the state. A tense standoff between a massive crowd and police in the village ended peacefully thanks to the efforts of village elders and a police negotiation team. Several officers had entered a home in order to conduct a search and make arrests as part of a police investigation in the early evening hours, police said. Before long, a crowed of over 1,000 villagers surrounded the home, and refused to allow the officers to leave. During the height of the incident, police dispatched a negotiations team to the village which began a dialog with village elders. Large numbers of riot police armed with crowd dispersal means were ordered by Police Insp.-Gen. David Cohen to the village, in preparation for the eventuality that negotiations would fail.
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Netanyahu In The US Calls For Direct Talks With Palestinians Continued from Cover utes. Analysts of the Netanyahu - Obama meeting say that the event “marked the first significant move by Netanyahu down the road towards negotiations with the Palestinians since he assumed office 17 months ago.” (Abraham Rabinovich,writing in The Austrailian). For his part, the Prime Minister expressed a positive attitude defying those who would be naysayers about the strength of the American Israeli alliance. Netanyahu is a strategic thinker who clearly understands the essential requirement of nurturing and maintaining a positive relationship with Washington. “According to Israeli analysts, “ he appears ready to cede the workings of statehood to the PA, “include(ing) handing over to full Palestinian control parts of the West Bank ...at present under partial Israeli control,” as well as infrastructure responsibility including road building and construction of the “first modern Palestinian city.” Yet, essential deep issues of final borders, refugees and Jerusalem remain. Will America have sufficient influence to persuade the Palestinians to accept what Israel is offering? Speaking to Jewish leaders less than twenty four hours after the historic meeting and, the following afternoon, discussing the meeting with several hundred secular business leaders and political thinkers at the Council on Foreign Relations, Netanyahu could not have been more positive about his meeting with the President. Obama had both symbolically and explicitly expressed displeasure with Israel during the March meeting: at his July visit, Netanyahu enjoyed the full court press– photo-ops, stay at the offi-
cial guest residence, even a statement that the President was “ready” to visit Israel and, later, a personal escort to his car. Netanyahu has – even if “temporarily” – halted construction in East Jerusalem and in West Bank settlements, and said that the peace terms he is prepared to offer “will surprise the world." Should Kadima head Tzipi Livni accept his invitation to join his right-leaning coalition, his government will gain greater credibility in negotiations. Any decision on resuming talks would not be made without Arab backing, the Abbas aide said. Arab foreign ministers are to discuss the fate of negotiations later this month, he added. In every venue in which he has had opportunity– interviews, speeches, Q and A sessions, print, radio and television Netanyahu has held out his hand, reiterating his statement of readiness to move to direct talks. "The goal is to promote the political process and to try to reach a peace settlement," he said. "The condition is guarding Israel's security scrupulously." The PM has stated that he believes a peace agreement could be hammered out within a year. His desire for efficient resolution seems mirrored by the Palestinians who are wont to “start all over again.” Speaking on Palestinian radio, Abbas aide Yasser Abed Rabbo recently called for a “timetable, a framework for these negotiations. "We will not enter new negotiations that could take more than 10 years." Some issues appear logically solvable: establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, territories in Israel’s hands sine the 1967 War. Both sides seem ready to discuss “land swaps” that would allow Israel to maintain settlements. The issue of Jerusalem, specifically east Jerusalem, where the Palestinian Authority
Rally outside the Council on Foreign Relations, Thursday, where Netanyahu delivered a speech outlining his vision for the future. The participants called on him to stay strong and courageous in face of any pressure he might expePHOTO BY FERN SIDMAN rience to make to many concessions towards peace.
Governor David Paterson holding NY Knicks jersey BiBi No 1 shirt presented Prime Minister Benjamin and Mrs. Sara Netanyhu. On the right is the Yankees BiBi No. 1 jersey, held by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. foresees as the location of its future capital, is one of several major blocks. Netanyahu says he will not relinquish any part of Jerusalem. The Prime Minister acknowledged the “differences of views with the Palestinians” regarding Jerusalem. “He questioned “what are we waiting for? What are we wasting more time for? Let's just get on with it. Yediot Ahronot reporter, Alex Frishman had opined that he believed America would give the parties until late fall to show progress, or unilaterally put a peace plan on the table. Netanyahu, in an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News, had expressed his belief that “we can make peace with the Palestinian Authority, noting that courage is required “from our side, from me, and… from President Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. It's going to be a very tough negotiation, but one that I think our peoples are ripe for…I think we should get on with it and seek to negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. We'll have to deal with Hamas later.” Netanyahu continued saying “there is no substitute for getting into direct talks right now and seeking to break this logger jam, to actually go ahead and try to negotiate a final peace deal...” In almost direct response, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chose a news conference – in Bucharest - to announce that he is ready to enter into direct peace talks with Israel, “providing he receives positive signs that suggest progress is being made.” Abbas called for “positive signs” – which remain undefined, as a condition. Will the Palestinians be serious peace partners with Israel? Despite the giving over of territory and authority, the encouragement of the Palestinian economy and development
of its infrastructure and administration, Israel still lives with threats to its security. Now that President Abbas has announced his willingness to initiate direct talks, will he change the PA’s education curriculum, will he accept Israel’s right to exist? Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, in an interview with The New York Times stated “We need to see deeds,” this, despite Israel’s extensive concessions. U.S. envoy George Mitchell extensive shuttle diplomacy appears to be paying dividends. With Abbas’s requirement, "We have presented our vision and thoughts and said that if progress is made, we will move to direct talks”- appearing to have been, at least initially met, validated by his Tuesday statement in Bucharest, perhaps the elusive pieces of the puzzle will begin to fit. Responding to the reported talks, American State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said, “reports of direct negotiations between Israel and the Americanbacked Palestinian Authority beginning on August 1 were not necessarily true,” cautioning that talks would only begin on that date if conditions allowed it. “You need decisions by both the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority to enter into direct negotiations. We’re trying to reach that point as quickly as possible. We haven’t put a particular date on the map and said it’s got to occur by this date. George Mitchell will be in the region later this week to continue his regular conversations with Israeli and Palestinian officials, and we’ll continue to evaluate, based on their responses, how close we are.” Regarding a time frame, Crowley commented that “if they can be done in August, terrific...Until we get into direct negotiations, there is little prospect of reaching a just settlement for everyone concerned.” BY MAXINE DOVERE
Rabbi Ovadia to Mubarak: Get Well Fast, Your Highness Continued from Cover The rabbi and Shas Chairman, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, have kept in close touch with Mubarak for many years. Only recently, journalist Yotam Feldman, who was arrested in Egypt, was released from custody with the help of Yishai's mediation. Arab media has been reporting about Mubarak's deteriorating health condition for many years, and recent reports have rekindled the debate over who will inherit the presidency, with his son, Gammal, leading the race. However, President Mubarak never con-
firmed such reports and is due to complete his fifth year of his sixth tenure as president. He has yet to announce whether he will compete in the upcoming elections slated for 2011. Speculations over Mubarak's health have increased in recent months following his March trip to Germany, where he underwent an operation to remove a gull bladder. Doubts about his medical situation surfaced again last week after Mubarak made a sudden visit to Paris and met with President Nicolas Sarkozy. It was recently learned that Mubarak’s health has deteriorated, and he may be suf-
fering from cancer; Egyptian leader also postponed meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas due to a trip to Germany for medical treatment Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will travel to Germany for further medical treatment only four months after he underwent surgery there, Lebanese newspaper As-Saffir reported. Mubarak’s health has taken a serious turn for the worse, with fears that the 83-year-old is suffering from cancer. According to the report in As-Saffir, Mubarak will be absent from Egypt for approximately 10 days. Due to Mubarak's upcoming trip to
Munich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with the Egyptian president has been postponed for a second time and will take place on Sunday, an Israeli official said. Mubarak has also reportedly canceled meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The session was subsequently reset for Wednesday, and its location moved to Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, due to what Israel said were changes in Mubarak's schedule. The official cited "logistical reasons" for the further delay, to July 18,
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British Probe Into Death of Group of Senegalese Claim Jewish Past Mossad Spy Apparently Inconclusive Lost brothers? Some 4,000 residents of a remote village called Bani Israel in Senegal are claiming they are of Jewish descent, according to an article published by the official Senegalese news agency, APS.
A London coroner conducting the official investigation into the death of Egyptian Mossad agent Dr. Ashraf Marwan is expected to announced his findings on Wednesday. he inquest at London's City of Westminster Coroner's Court will try to determine whether Marwan died by suicide, accident or foul play. From comments made by the coroner, the findings appear inconclusive. Marwan, the son-in-law of the late Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser, was found dead in June 2007 after a fall from his fourth-floor apartment in Carlton House Terrace in London. Marwan's widow gave an interview Sunday in which she said Israel's Mossad spy agency was responsible for her husband's death. In an interview in The Observer, and in an apparent attempt to influence the results of the investigation and public opinion, Mona Nasser claimed that her husband had told her that his life was in danger on three occasions during the four years that preceded his death. However, after the official investigation got underway, none of Marwan's family members made the claim that Mossad was behind his death. The coroner, William Doleman, heard testimony from Marwan's family, the doctors who conducted the autopsy, investigating police officers and his business associates. Doleman said he requested that the Israeli and American embassies send representatives to attend the investigation, but neither country did. Egypt, meanwhile, dispatched it consul. One of those associates, who was present in an apartment facing Marwan's at the time of his death, told the coroner he saw the Egyptian doctor climb the windowsill and jump to his death. The family attorney, however, countered that testimony by saying the associate, who was employed by Marwan, was prompted by hostility toward Marwan and his family. A doctor that assisted in the autopsy, however, said traces of alcohol were detected in the victim's remains. The coroner also heard testimony from Israeli historian Dr. Aharon Bregman, a London resident who met with Marwan and had tried to persuade him to co-author the
he article attempts to trace the origins of the residents of the village, which is in Senegal's remote southeast, a twohour drive from the capital Dakar. President of the village Dougoutigo Fadiga reported that villagers of Jewish origin. "Our fathers' forefathers left Egypt in order to avoid persecution," he said, claiming that they left the Horn of Africa and made their way west. Fadiga said they settled in the village of Bani Israel, where they have lived for thousands of years.
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Taliban Training Jihad Monkeys Taliban terrorists have a secret weapon to destroy the infidel American enemy — monkey marksmen. ccording to The People’s Daily in China, the Taliban in Afghanistan is “training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops.” The newspaper’s bizarre story says the Islamic insurgents have drafted macaques and baboons to be all that they can be, arming them with AK-47 rifles, machine guns and trench mortars in the Waziristan tribal region near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Fadiga conjectured that their forefathers kept the secret of their Jewish heritage from their children so that they would not be compelled to practice Judaism in the midst of the other residents of the villagers, who are Muslim and lead a Muslim lifestyle. He added, however, that the knowledge of their Jewish origins has been passed down orally from generation to generation Two years ago, Israel's Ambassador to Senegal Gideon Behar visited the village and inquired about the villagers' origins. However, the villagers did not cooperate. Behar reported then to the Foreign Ministry that the villagers had removed the word "Israel" from the name of their village on their passports so that they could make the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia without being harassed.
The monkeys, being rewarded with bananas and peanuts, are being turned into snipers at a secret Taliban training base. The newspaper says “photos have been widely spread by media agencies and Web sites across the world.” One of those sites is the Pakistan Defense Forum, which has pictures of gun-toting monkeys, and makes the wild claim that a monkey-soldier program was first launched by the CIA in Vietnam. “Today, the Taliban forces have given the American troops some of their own medicine,” The People’s Daily said.
France's lower house of parliament has approved a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite serious concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates. here were 336 votes for the bill and just one against at the National Assembly. Most members of the main opposition group, the Socialist Party, refused to participate in the vote.
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Obama to Nominate Orthodox Jew as Director of Office Management & Budget President Barack Obama will nominate Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget, a Cabinet-level post that plays a crucial role in shaping how the administration spends the public’s money. n a statement, Obama said Lew will be “an extraordinary asset to this administration’s efforts to cut down the deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path.” Lew previously served as OMB director during the Clinton administration. During his tenure, the U.S. budget operated at a surplus for three consecutive years, the White House noted. If confirmed, Lew would replace OMB director Peter Orszag, who is stepping down this month. His resignation comes as Obama continues to face the steep economic challenges of reining in the deficit and rallying support for more spending. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recruited Lew to serve as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, a position that had been created during the Bush administration but had never been filled. In that post, Lew was instrumental in securing increased funding for State Department operations and international affairs in Obama’s first two proposed budgets. But Lew was not a desk-bound accountant. In addition to maneuvering through the appropriations process, Lew was also a diplomat, traveling abroad to places like Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan to look into U.S. assistance programs and evaluate their efficiency and effectiveness. Clinton said in a statement that Lew is uniquely prepared to lead OMB. “The president and the nation need his leadership,” she said.
I One of the Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria. BY MALKAH FLEISHER A New York Times article suggesting that the United States gives preferential tax breaks to Jewish organizations and movements in Judea and Samaria was written in collusion with the radical leftist pro-Palestinian movement, and timed to coincide with a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, according to a report by media watchdog Honest Reporting. he NYT article alleged that Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria are taking advantage of U.S. tax breaks in order to conduct illegal building and settlement in the region. The article states that the residents' organizations have an easier time raising and using money from American donors for their cause than they have doing so in Israel. Over 40 pro-Israel groups in the United States have raised more than $200 million on behalf of Jewish life in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem in the last 10 years, according to the article. Yet an analysis conducted by non-governmental organization watchdog NGO Monitor and publicized by Honest Reporting has concluded that the NYT report is very similar to an anti-Zionist campaign run by the anti Zionist Gush Shalom organization in 2009. According to Honest Reporting, a confidential memo of July 2009 outlined a campaign to wrench federal tax exempt status from all U.S. charities providing support to Jews in Judea and Samaria. Furthermore, while the NYT article did make quick mention of the fact that proPalestinian organizations also enjoy taxexempt status in the United States, the article states that because American policy is against a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, tax-exemption for charitable organizations which support them is objection-
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able. "The donations to the settler movement stand out because of the centrality of the settlement issue in the current talks and the fact that Washington has consistently refused to allow Israel to spend American government aid in the settlements," said the article. It then quoted a senior State Department official who said the tax-exemptions are detrimental to US policy. “It’s a problem," he said. “It’s unhelpful to the efforts that we’re trying to make.” Honest Reporting noted that the article did not state the fact that there are also a significant number of pro-Palestinian tax exempt NGOs which promote policies contrary to that of the United States, such as a one-Arab-state solution or anti-Israel delegitimization programs. CAMERA, the media watchdog organization, noted in its critique of the NYT article that there are obvious omissions: The New Israel Fund heavily subsidizes radical anti Zionist Israel-based organizations like Adallah, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, B'Tselem and Machsom Watch. These five organizations, together with many similar groups supported by the New Israel Fund, effectively work to undermine Israel's standing in the world and its ability to defend itself. Yet among literally hundreds of organizations funded by the NIF not one is mentioned in the article. The only similar group the Times does mention is Peace Now, though it is termed an "Israeli civil and human rights group," which the paper allows might be "accused of having a blatant political agenda." The NYT article itself states that the money "goes mostly to schools, synagogues, recreation centers and the like, legitimate expenditures under the tax law" and that "most contributions go to large, established settlements close to the boundary with Israel that would very likely be annexed in any peace deal, in exchange for land elsewhere", leading CAMERA to ask" "So why the front page story?"
Jacob Lew recently nominatedas Director of Office Management and Budget According to the OU : Jack Lew is also a longtime member of the Orthodox Union community – having been an active member of Congregation Beth Shalom of Potomac and the Riverdale Jewish Center. As an Orthodox Jew, Jack Lew observes the religious restrictions on the Jewish Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. He leaves the office Friday afternoons in time to get home before sundown, and does not use electric or electronic devices, including the telephone. Once, while working in President Clinton’s director, Lew’s home phone rang one Saturday. He didn’t answer and a familiar voice could be heard from the answering machine, urging him to pick up the phone. Mr. Clinton said he understood the sanctity of the Sabbath, but that it was important that he talk to Lew. He even said, it was later reported, that “God would understand.” Lew later consulted with his rabbi, who said that taking an important phone call from the President of the United States would be permissible on the Sabbath under the Talmudic teaching that work on the Sabbath is allowed in order to save a life.
US A-G: Russian Spies Posed Threat to US While they passed along no US secrets, the 10 Russian sleeper agents involved in the spy swap posed a potential threat to the US.and received "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from Russia, US Attorney General Eric Holder said. ussia considered these people as very important to their intelligence-gathering activities," he told CBS television's "Face the Nation" in an interview broadcast Sunday. He defended the decision to allow the 10 to return to Russia in exchange for the release of four Russian prisoners accused of spying for the West because the swap presented "an opportunity to get back ... four people in whom we have a great deal of interest." Holder also sought to erase concern over the fate of the children of the Russian agents, saying they all were allowed to return to Russia "consistent with their parents wishes" or, in the case of those who were adults or nearly adults, were allowed to make their own choices of where to live. "The children have all been handled, I think, in an appropriate way," he said. The seven offspring embroiled in the spy saga ranged in age from a 1-year-old to a 38year-old architect. In most cases they were born and grew up in the United On pending terrorism cases, Holder
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acknowledged "there's a real question" as to whether a terrorist suspect such as self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military commission. Holder indicated he still favors bringing Mohammed and four alleged accomplices before civilian courts, but that has been met with opposition in Congress and elsewhere. He said no decision has been made on where the trials will be held or whether they would be civilian or military. He said one roadblock is that Congress has yet to come up with the money for the trials. "The politicization of this issue when we're dealing with ultimate national security issues is something that disturbs me a great deal," Holder said. Holder also said the closing of the Guantanamo detention camp has become more difficult "because there have been people who have changed their positions" and now refuse to provide money in Congress to relocate the detainees to an underused state prison in Illinois. He said other states have offered to take the prisoners, but did not name any states. "There is no reason to believe that people held in Guantanamo cannot be held wherever we put them in the United States. Again, very safely and very effectively," Holder said.
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$1 Fee Eyed on Each New MetroCard
t would provide an incentive to hold on to the card,” a source said, helping rein in manufacturing, distribution and disposal costs as well as providing a new revenue stream for the cash-starved agency. “When I see what it costs to produce MetroCards, it’s not efficient, and it makes me sick when I see them strewn across the floor at stations,” another source said. “I wouldn’t say I’d be distressed” over a newcard surcharge. Riders would pay a $1 surcharge every time they get a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an old
When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shuttered 570 bus stops last week because of service cuts, many New Yorkers thought the silver lining would be additional street parking.
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Charging ahead Leading MTA revenue-raising and fare-hike plans under consideration for 2011: • Riders would pay a $1 surcharge every time they get a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an old one. • $27 weekly MetroCards would rise by about 4%. • $89 monthly cards would increase to just under $100. • Number of rides on weekly and monthly cards would be capped. • Single-ride fare would remain at $2.25. • Overall fare hike would be 7.5%.
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THE METROCARD TAX MAY BE COMING TO A SUBWAY STATION NEAR YOU. Millions of straphangers would be hit with a $1 surcharge when they get a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an old one under one of the MTA’s leading fare-hike and revenue-raising plans, The Post has learned.
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ut city ticket agents added insult to injury, issuing tickets to motorists who parked at the decommissioned bus stops, despite signs clearly saying, “Attention: This location is no longer a bus stop.” In response to an inquiry from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, a spokesman for the city’s Finance Department said the city will dismiss all tickets that were issued for parking at the discontinued bus stops. But the recipient of the ticket must first contest the ticket. “If you contest it, we can dismiss it right away,” said Owen Stone, a spokesman for the city’s Finance Department. “If you do nothing, we will be trying to collect from you.” Officials at the Finance Department will be getting a list of all the decommissioned bus stops. Any motorist who received a ticket at one of those stops will be eligible for dismissal—without needing to provide any further evidence, Mr. Stone said. Paul Browne, a spokesman for the New York Police Department, said the department instructed ticket agents late last week not to ticket any vehicles at the decommissioned bus stops because they are “not being actively used.” Technically, Mr. Browne said, the city is permitted to issue summonses at these loca-
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“When I see what it costs to produce MetroCards, it’s not efficient, and it makes me sick when I see them strewn across the floor at stations.” one. Riders would pay a $1 surcharge every time they get a new MetroCard from a vending machine instead of refilling an old one. Another major change under consideration is putting a cap on the number of trips using weekly and monthly “unlimited ride” cards. Details of that plan were not immediately available. The “unlimited ride” restrictions would curb straphangers’ ability to share MetroCards. Officials are also considering the elimination of off-peak fares on the Metro-North and LIRR commuter rail lines—which would provide another cash injection, sources said. Some of the MetroCard savings might
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City ticket agents added insult to injury issuing tickets at the decommissioned bus stops. tions because the signs haven’t been changed to allow parking. But agents have been told not to ticket because of the confusion. Still, he conceded some agents may not have gotten the message. Councilman David Greenfield said a number of his constituents in Brooklyn’s Boro Park have received tickets for parking at the now discontinued B23 bus service. He fired off a hot letter to the NYPD and the city’s Transportation Department. “It’s bad enough that the MTA has given our community the short-shrift by taking away a vital bus route, but it adds insult to the injury that traffic enforcement agents are issuing tickets at those affected bus stops,” said Mr. Greenfield. He added that everbody in the community knows the bus stops are no longer in use
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WAR ON TERROR Senators Urge British To Investigate Release Of Lockerbie Terrorist With new reports that Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi is still alive nearly a year after the cancer-stricken terrorist was released on compassionate grounds based on medical evaluation that he had only three months left to live, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (DNY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are urging the British government to conduct a full investigation into the Scottish court’s decision to release the convicted terrorist. he Senators expressed concern directly to the British Ambassador to the United States that the Lockerbie bomber, who only served eight years of a life sentence and could now live for another decade, may have been released based on fraudulent medical evidence. “There is clear reason to believe that this terrorist was released based on false information about his health,” said Senator Schumer. “This is especially galling to those of us who believed he shouldn’t have been released even if it had been true that his death was imminent.” “The latest reports are extremely troubling,” said Senator Gillibrand. We, in the United States, opposed the decision by the Scottish court to release Abdelbaset AlMegrahi. Justice was not served and the families of Pan Am Flight 103 were forced to relive the horrific loss of their loved ones. Megrahi should serve his full sentence and spend the rest of his days in prison.” “I was outraged when Mr. al-Megrahi was released from prison and it is sickening that this convicted terrorist may have been released under false pretenses,” said Senator Lautenberg. “This terrorist belongs in prison and these allegations must be investigated promptly. As always, my thoughts remain with the families of the victims of Pan Am 103 as they relive this tragedy.” In their letter to British Ambassador to the United States Nigel Sheinwald, the Senators noted the public allegations that the Lockerbie bomber’s release was motivated by business and political factors. News reports have also alleged that the Libyan government commissioned one of the doctors to make the inaccurate three-month prognosis of the Lockerbie bomber in order to secure his freedom. In 2001, Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 11 on the ground and all 259 on board, including 189 Americans, many of whom were New Yorkers and New Jersey residents.
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, gives Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Ali Megrahi a hero's welcome in Tripoli, Libya. On August 20, 2009, the Scottish Government released Al-Megrahi, based on grounds that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and only had three months to live. Upon his return to Libya, the terrorist received a hero’s welcome. Senators Gillibrand, Schumer, Lautenberg, and Menendez condemned his release and demanded an apology from the Libyan government in a Senate resolution passed last year. Recent reports now reveal that the Lockerbie bomber outlived his three-month prognosis and, according to one of the doctors, could live for another 10 years or more. Full text of the letter is below: July 7, 2010 His Excellency Sir Nigel Sheinwald Ambassador of the United Kingdom 3100 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20008 Excellency: We are very troubled by the press reports this weekend that the 2009 release from jail by a Scottish justice on compassionate grounds of Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset AlMegrahi, was based on potentially fraudulent evidence. Our governments share a concern for the increased incidence of terrorist attacks against our countries and citizens. We are certain that we would all be concerned if it turns out that a convicted terrorist were released based on inaccurate evidence. As you know, Mr. Al-Megrahi was the only one sentenced in connection with a
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o further information on the men’s identities or their alleged connection to the plot was immediately available. The arrests come on the heels of charges levied against a top al-Qaida operative, among others, in the case in an indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court yesterday. Adnan Shukrijumah, who has eluded the FBI for years and remains at large, was among those named in the indictment. Shukrijumah, one of the al-Qaida leaders in charge of plotting attacks worldwide, was directly involved in recruiting and plotting the New York attack, prosecutors said Prosecutors allege Shukrijuma met in Pakistan with Najibullah Zazi, who has pleaded guilty to planning to bomb the subways around the Sept. 11th terror attack anniversary last year. Shukrajuma also met with two others accused in the plot, Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay, who had also pleaded guilty to terror related charges. Medunjanin, who maintains his innocence, awaits trial and prosecutors added new terror charges against him today. “He has said as vehmently as he can that he is not guilty,” said Medunjanin’s atttorney, Robert Gottleib. Shukrijuma is one several suspects charged by the Justice Department in connection with the failed plot to strike subways around the Sept. 11th anniversary. Shukrijumah is not in custody at this time and is believed to be along the PakistanAfghanistan border, officials said. After the 9/11 attacks, Shukrijumah, 34, was seen as one of al-Qaida’s best chances to attack inside the U.S. or Europe, captured terrorist Abu Zubaydah told U.S. authorities Two of the men indicted Wednesday— Abid Naseer and Tariq Ur Rehman—were linked to a previously undisclosed companion plot in England. “The charges announced today illustrate the coordinated and persistent attempts by our adversaries to harm American citizens,” said the acting director of the FBI in New York, George Venizelos. Abid Naseer was arrested in Britain today. Rehman is not yet in custody, officials said. British security officials said officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Extradition Unit and the North East Counter Terrorism Unit took the 24-year-old Naseer, who won the right to stay in Britain earlier this year, into custody this afternoon in the north east of England pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant issued today at the behest of the U.S. government. U.S. officials are seeking to extradite Naseer to stand trial on charges he provided material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspired to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspired to use a destructive device. Naseer is due in City of Westminster Magistrates Court later Wednesday, officials said. Naseer was arrested in April last year as part of a massive counter-terrorism operation in Liverpool and Manchester. The security services believed he and others were planning a “mass casualty”
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“He has said as vehmently as he can that he is not guilty” said Medunjanin’s atttorney, Robert Gottleib.
___________________________________ Naseer was described in court as an al Qaida operative who “posed and still poses” a significant security threat to Britain. A suspected al Qaeda operative in Pakistan known only as ‘Ahmad’ is also charged with helping Zazi. He too is not in custody. Another suspect is not identified. One law enforcement official told NBCNewYork Najibullah Zazi and his coconspirators trained in Pakistan and met with other extremists who discussed carrying out separate attacks in Pakistan and Britain in addition to the New York subway bomb plot. Investigators believe Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot that Attorney General Eric Holder called one of the most dangerous since the 9/11 terror attacks. Court papers unsealed today show Zazi entered into a formal cooperation agreement with the government back in February. The 10 page filing says in exchange for full and complete cooperation - prosecutors would consider filing a letter seeking a somewhat lighter sentence for him. Shukrijumah’s involvement in the subway plot suggests the attack was important to al-Qaida’s senior leadership. Shukrijumah is among the top candidates to be al-Qaida’s next head of external operations, the man in charge of planning attacks worldwide. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly acknowledged Shukrajuma’s rank within the terrorist group, but declined to discuss the expected criminal charges. The U.S. citizens were arrested in September 2009 before, prosecutors said, they could carry out a trio of suicide bombings in Manhattan. Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay have pleaded guilty and admitted planning to detonate homemade bombs on the subway during rush hour. A third man, Adis Medunjanin, awaits trial. Counterterrorism officials believe Ahmedzay, and perhaps the other two men, met Shukrijumah at a terror camp in Pakistan. In 2004, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft called Shukrijumah a “clear and present danger” to the United States. The U.S. is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.
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Iranian Threat Iran Past ‘Point of No Return,’ to Open Nuke Plant in September
Iran said Tuesday a missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S., has taken refuge at the Pakistani embassy in Washington and is asking to return to his homeland.
BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced Wednesday that the Islamic Republic will open its first nuclear power plant at Bushehr in September, passing the “point of no return.” alehi, deputy to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and also director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told the semi-official Fars News Agency, "We hope that, as our Russian friends and Iranian colleagues have said, the reactor will launch operation in September. We feel that we have reached a no-return point, and from now on the ground is paved for the final launch of the reactor.” He said the plant’s reactor passed the last pre-launch test on Wednesday and it is ready to come on-line later in the summer. Russia has been building the nuclear facility since 1994, and its vested interest in Iran’s nuclear power plant has conflicted with Western pressures to back harsh sanctions aimed at halting the unsupervised development of nuclear projects. China has invested heavily in several plants under construction and has balked at tough sanc-
Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi: “point of no return” was passed. tions. Iran has denied charges by Israel and the United States that Iran is using developing capability to produce a nuclear warhead that can be used to attack Israel. Ahmadinejad previously has said that Israel is a “cancer” and should be "wiped off the map.” Iran recently announced it is producing 20 percent grade enriched uranium - a key ingredient for a nuclear weapon, but still far below the necessary quality. (IsraelNationalNews.com)
US Fears Iranian-Backed Attacks in Iraq dierno, the top US general in Iraq, said the Iranian threat to US forces has increased as Tehran looks to boost its political and economic influence in Iraq in the face of a decreasing U.S. military presence. "There's a very consistent threat from Iranian surrogates operating in Iraq," and security has been stepped up at some US bases, Odierno told reporters in Baghdad. He added that joint operations with Iraqi forces against suspected Iranian-sponsored insurgents have also been increased, while
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he state TV reported that the scientist, Shahram Amiri, entered the embassy’s office representing Iranian interests in the U.S. and demanded an “immediate return” to Iran. Mostafa Rahmani, head of the Iranian office in Washington, said the TV report was true but would not elaborate. He said Iran’s foreign ministry would “release details later.” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said that according to Rahmani, the scientist showed up around 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Iranian interest section office and has been with them since. “We understand from Dr. Rahmani that they are making arrangements for his repatriation to Iran,” Basit told The Associated Press in Islamabad. He did not know when a transfer would occur or whether Pakistan would have a hand in making the travel arrangements. Amiri disappeared while on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in June 2009. Iran has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. abducted Amiri — charges the U.S. denies. Before he disappeared, Amiri worked at
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the scheduled withdrawal proceeds apace. Though no attacks have yet occurred, said Odierno, there was credible intelligence some Iranian-backed groups were planning strikes on US forces. Odierno said militants were hoping to make propaganda out of attacks on withdrawing U.S. troops to make it seem as though they were being driven out. "For years, these groups have been talking about attacking U.S. forces to force them to leave," Odierno said. Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, the Islamic republic has capitalized on centuries-old religious and cultural ties to secure greater leverage in Iraq, becoming its biggest trading partner and an important consultant to the Shiite-led governments.
Tehran’s Malek Ashtar University, an institution closely connected to the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard. U.S. media reported in March that Amiri defected to the U.S. and was assisting the CIA in efforts to undermine Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s state TV has periodically showed purported videos of Amiri claiming abduction and torture by the U.S. One of the videos, aired in early June, showed a man wearing headphones and speaking through what appeared to be a webcam, saying he was abducted while on a pilgrimage to Medina, injected with a tranquilizer and taken to the United States. Iran has previously hinted it would trade three American prisoners it has held since last July for a number of Iranians allegedly detained by the United States, including Amiri. An Iranian spokesman later said no such deal was in the works. The United Nations in early June slapped a fourth round of sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to curtain its nuclear program. The West accuses Iran of seeking to develop atomic weapons, a charge that Iran denies. Iran maintains that its nuclear research is for peaceful purposes. The U.S. and Iran have had no diplomatic relations following the 1979 Islamic revolution. The Pakistan embassy in Washington looks after Iranian interests in the U.S.
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Weiner Wedding Could Impact Career Continued from Cover Yorker, sometimes called “pragmatic.” He has been a politician on an upward trajectory, one who may want to call Gracie Mansion home one day. As a practical politician, one might say he has made an unexpected choice of a bride. In establishing his political career, Weiner has followed a somewhat traditional path “putting in his time” as a campaign worker, later staffing Schumer's Washington, D.C., office and later his district office in Brooklyn. He became involved in local politics, running and winning against three primary opponents in a heavily contested race and finally successfully gaining the seat of his former boss, Senator Chuck Schumer. Throughout his career, Weiner has commanded a public platform. He has sought and found, a high visibility profile since his earliest days in Congress. Many in the “pundit” category believe he would like to list Gracie Mansion as his next address: (Weiner ran for Mayor in 2005, and almost ran in 2009.) He has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to raise significant political dollars, and more and more, commands the visibility that could help him develop a national following. Weiner acknowledges that he can be “sharp-tongued,” funny, irreverent…always who I am.” He has been called “pugilistic,” a “street kid.” Yet, according to the Wall Street Journal, Weiner “leads the pack of potential 2013 mayoral candidates in the race for campaign cash.” The congressman is said to have $3.9 million in cash on hand: nothing like the 108 million the self financed Michael Bloomberg is said to have spent, but “at least a $1 million more” than any potential rival.He has filed paperwork with the city Campaign Finance Board to run. “He’s a Brooklyn boy,” says political consultant George Arzt. “He’s a street kid who has always been a little bit edgy. The “streets” Weiner represents include parts of southern Brooklyn comprising Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Midwood, Mill Basin and Sheepshead Bay and south central Queens, including Forest Hills, Maspeth, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Howard Beach, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Middle Village, Ozone Park, Rego Park, Rockaway Beach, and Woodhaven. He was born in Brooklyn. He father is a lawyer and his mother Fran, a math teacher. After graduation from SUNY he roomed with Jon Stewart, host of the Comedy Central program The Daily Show. Weiner is known to work on issues of importance to his urban, middle class, constituency. He is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Housing, has, as noted, been heavily involved in health care
Comptroller's Office Staff to Get $750,000 In Pay Raises City Comptroller John Liu will be handing out over $750,000 in raises to employees at the Comptroller’s office, according to an email sent out to office employees. is office stressed that the salary bump-ups will go to staffers in the Comptroller’s office who predate Liu’s term, which began on January 1 of this year, and not some of the big-name deputy comptrollers that Liu brought on-board, including former city councilman Simcha Felder, former Empire State Pride executive director Alan Van Capelle, or former Clinton White House staffer Eric Eve. Nor will the raises apply to any of Liu’s campaign staffers who have joined his administration. Sharon Lee, a spokesperson in Liu’s office, said that the raises were “in compliance with a larger mayoral order that was made in July 2009,” a directive which gave salary increases to non-unionized Bloomberg Administration officials as well as non-unionized employees in city agencies. She said that 81 employees in the office will receive the raise. In the heat of the political campaign season, city Comptroller William Thompson, then running for mayor, turned down the
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Former president Bill Clinton officiated at the Saturday nuptials of Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York and Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. legislation, and fought to add more police officers to the beat. Positioning himself as a champion of the middle-class, he has established a strong, pro-Israel position, often ending speeches in front of Jewish audiences with Am Yisrael Chai! He has made his Jewish connections very visible. In 2006, Weiner sought to bar entry of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations, claiming that the Palestinian Authority is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department. Weiner joined Rep. Jerold Nadler on a visit to Israel’s north during the Lebanon War, and is said to have worked to stop a $20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia because that country “has not done enough to stop terrorism." Now, he has a Muslim wife raised in Saudi Arab. Weiner married Huma Abedin, a longtime personal aide of Hillary Clinton, on July 10, 2010. Weiner proposed to Abedin on May 23, 2009, four days before he dropped out of the race for Mayor of New York City She stood alongside him as he announced his withdrawal from the race. Weiner’s father is Jewish. Abedin, the daughter of a Pakistani mother and an Indian father, is a Muslim. Many of the constituents Weiner represents are Jewish; many of those observe their religion in a “traditional” pattern. Theirs is not a social tradition that approves intermarriage. Both in Brooklyn and Queens, many of his constituents have strong and active connections to Israel. How will the Congressman’s choice of spouse resonate with these constituents? Despite the presumption that a Democrat can’t lose in the 9th, could the red flag Congressman Weiner now flies in the faces of his voters unseat even that deep loyalty?
Iowa Sign Linking Obama, Hitler Draws Complaints
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Billboard ordered and paid for by the North Iowa Tea Party shows President Barack Obama, Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin. national Tea Party Patriots, says the sign isn't appropriate. She says her group opposes any comparisons of Obama to Hitler or Lenin. The White House declined to comment.
City Comptroller John Liu will not get a raise, but elected offical, Liu can set salaries in his office how he chooses. raises in light of the economic downturn. Lee noted that the money for the raises was included in both this and last year’s budget, even though this was the first year that they were granted. She said that the money was approved by the Office of the Management and Budget. However, Jason Post, a Bloomberg spokesman, rejected the notion the administration was responsible for the staff raises, and noted that as an elected offical, Liu can set salaries how he chooses. The Comptroller himself, who was not an employee of his office before July 2009, will not get a raise, his office noted.
Conservatives Launch Anti-Obama Pro-Israel Group
Screen from Video Ad for New Pro Israel anti Obama group. Leading neoconservatives including Bill Kristol have launched an anti-Obama pro Israel group, the Emergency Committee for Israel, Ben Smith reports: eading conservatives will launch a new pro-Israel group this week with a scathing attack on Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, the first shot in what they say will be a confrontational campaign against the Obama administration’s Mideast policy and the Democrats who support it. The Emergency Committee for Israel’s leadership unites two major strands of support for the Jewish state: The hawkish, neoconservative wing of the Republican Party, many of whom are Jewish, and conservative Evangelical Christians who have become increasingly outspoken in their support for Israel. The new group’s board includes Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol and Gary Bauer, the former Republican presidential candidate who leads the group American Values, as well as Rachel Abrams, a conservative writer and activist.
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A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is being condemned by other tea party activists. he North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the sign in Mason City last week. The sign includes photos of Obama, Nazi leader Hitler and communist leader Lenin with the statement: "Radical leaders prey on the fearful & naive." North Iowa Tea Party co-founder Bob Johnson says the sign highlights what the group argues is Obama's support for socialism. He says the pictures might be overwhelming the intended message. Shelby Blakely, a spokeswoman for the
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“We’re the pro-Israel wing of the proIsrael community,” said Kristol. While President Barack Obama and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to put the best public face on their differences after a White House meeting last week, the two leaders have had a contentious relationship. Some American backers of Israel, as well as many Israelis, remain deeply suspicious of Obama’s efforts to press Israel toward specific policy shifts and to improve American relations with the Muslim world. The new committee declined to disclose its funding — as a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization, it isn’t required to — but said it had raised enough to air its first ad, starting this week, on Fox and CNN and during a Philadelphia Phillies game. The ad attacks Sestak for signing a letter criticizing Israel’s blockade of Gaza while not signing a defense of Israel circulated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and for appearing at a fundraiser for the Council on American Islamic Relations, which it describes as an “anti-Israel organization the FBI called a ‘front group for Hamas.’”
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Inaugural Class of Certified Real Estate Advisors at Touro College’s Graduate School of Business Completes Course
Esther Muller, director of the Certified Real Estate Advisors (CRA) course at Touro College's Graduate School of Business, center, poses with, from left, Benjamin Wieder, chairman of the Academy for Continuing Education, and Richard Dickson, president of The Jones Apparel Group, who was the guest lecturer on marketing and branding for the first graduating class of CRAs at the Graduate School of Business. The certificate of completion course is managed jointly by Muller, cofounder of the Academy, and Dr. Michael Williams, dean of Touro College’s Graduate School of Business. The graduate school and the Academy recently partnered with City Connections Realty, Inc. (CCR), a 20-year-old top residential and commercial real estate firm in Manhattan, in a one-of-a-kind endeavor that aims to change the way agents do business as well as the way the public views the industry. Twenty-six real estate agents from CCR recently completed the certificate of completion course, which aims to improve standards and professionalism in the real estate community through quality curriculum and excellent instructors. Photo by Karen Loew
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Buy Your Next Home From Uncle Sam
As a result of rising foreclosures, some Americans will buy their next home from the U.S. government. mericans who are brave enough to buy a home despite persistent predictions of a double dip in housing may want to contact the federal government, as the recession and financial crisis have turned Uncle Sam into one of the largest owners of real estate in the United States.
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Rising Foreclosures The housing bust has led to an unprecedented number of foreclosures in the U.S. In May, 322,920 foreclosure notices were filed against homeowners, and more than 3 million homes have been seized over the last five years from delinquent borrowers. _________________________________
“Many agencies offer properties "as is," with no warranties on their condition. There is also little flexibility on negotiating the terms of the contract if the government accepts your offer” _________________________________ While most homebuyers may assume that banks are the only source of foreclosures, the U.S. government also owns many residential properties because of its role in buying and guaranteeing mortgages. Many of these properties are held because of the conservatorship established in 2008 over the government-sponsored enterprises popularly known as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Freddie Mac The Federal Home Loan Corp., or Freddie Mac, owned approximately 45,000 multifamily and single-family homes at the end of 2009. The company put a gross value on these properties of $5.13 billion. Freddie Mac obtained these properties by being the highest bidder at foreclosure auctions when the properties were used as collateral for loans owned by the company, or when owners just transferred the property to Freddie Mac without going through foreclosure. Freddie Mac is furiously attempting to dispose of these homes, and has been
fairly successful; the company's average holding period for real estate is less than one year. The company markets the homes through HomeSteps, where buyers can search by state and city.
Fannie Mae The Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, is also a large owner of foreclosed property. The company owned more than 86,000 single-family homes at the end of 2009, with a value of $8.5 billion. These homes are concentrated in states that were ground zero of the housing bust, with 28% of its inventory in California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida. Fannie Mae also markets these homes intensively, and sold 123,000 in 2009. The company's official website to sell homes is called HomePath, where buyers can look up inventory near their location.
Other agencies Another source of homes owned by the government is the Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD obtains its properties through foreclosure auctions on Federal Housing Administration-insured loans. HUD has a website at hud.gov/homes.
Ready to buy? Find Your Dream Home Next up is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which owns its inventory through its role in seizing failed banks. The FDIC owns single-family homes but also has a large number of other properties, including industrial and commercial properties and raw land. The Veterans Affairs Department and the Agriculture Department also play roles in financing and guaranteeing home loans, so both own single-family home and other properties. Buyers can look for their dream home through these agencies as well.
Buyer Beware Buyers shopping for homes from the government should be aware of the disadvantages of the process. Many agencies offer properties "as is," with no warranties on their condition. There is also little flexibility on negotiating the terms of the contract if the government accepts your offer. Fannie Mae, for example, does not accept offers for houses that are contingent on a buyer selling a currently owned home.
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BY PHOEBE CHONGCHUA
It can be a renter's dream (personal attention, prompt repairs) or a nightmare (too much and too personal attention). Here's what to know before moving into that basement apartment.
Park the car and put on the walking shoes. Homebuyers are ranking a home's walking distance to schools, stores, neighborhood parks, and more as high on the list of influences to buy a home. Buyers are interested in purchasing a house that allows them to get around without the car.
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Good deals and (potentially) good friends One definite perk of renting a mother-inlaw or basement apartment in a landlordoccupied building: "I've always been able to get better rent that way," says Oakeson, an office manager who lives in Logan, Utah. "In many cases, with current homeowners being faced with income loss, foreclosure or short-sale-potential properties, they are instead opting to share their space, often sacrificing for themselves the main living area for the tenant, to avoid being completely displaced from their homes," says Ariana Loucas, a real-estate agent in Maryland. Oakeson also says a landlord living that close to you tends to be more observant of your needs. In her most recent situation, she had a maintenance issue that was fixed within a couple of hours. "He knew he needed to take care of us because we lived below him," she says. "A landlord doesn't want someone who's upset living that close." New York City landlord Al Thompson rents out the other half of the duplex he owns and lives in, and says it's definitely convenient to be close when there's an emergency, such as a locked-out tenant. "You don't have to send people over to fix things," he says. "In that case, the closer to the property you are, the better." One of the biggest perks for Oakeson, though, is relationship-building. She continues to socialize with all three former landlords she shared space with. "I've made lifelong friends," she says. "We're invited to their family events and we do stuff together all the time. We basically lived in their house." It's the "becoming friends" part that could muddy the business relationship between a landlord and tenant, say lawyers Dave Crow and Janet Portman. Crow lives in a duplex next to his landlord, but says he always advises tenants against such an arrangement. In Crow's case, the duplex he lives in was too good to pass up. Plus, he and his landlord have a cordial business relationship. "The benefits come from the fact that he is a person who understands that it is more of a business relationship," Crow says. But not all tenants and landlords living under the same roof can easily draw that line.
Whom do you complain to? If your upstairs apartment neighbor doesn't do his share of the upkeep on the premises or blares the stereo at all hours of the
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Buyers Interested in Walkability
When Your Landlord Lives Upstairs t's the third day of the month and you realize you forgot to write your landlord a rent check. Lucky for both of you, your landlord lives right upstairs. Paying rent is a breeze. If you ever get locked out, help is just a few feet away. These conveniences are part of the reason Wendy Oakeson has enjoyed living in the same building as her landlord. She's done it three times now. "Overall, it was a great experience," she says. "It's super convenient. If you have a maintenance problem, you just knock on their door." But living in such close quarters with your landlord comes with its fair share of challenges. What happens when the landlord takes your parking spot, for example? Here's a look at the good and the bad of paying rent to the guy upstairs (or next door).
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ccording to one study of 90,000 homes in the U.S., being able to walk to nearby amenities can increase the value of the home by as much as $3,000 and if there is "location efficiency"—a calculation that measures transportation costs—the number of foreclosures in a neighborhood is impacted. "For a lot of Americans, the whole problem of traffic congestion and having to drive everywhere to do almost anything has made other choices more attractive," Kaid Benfield, director of the Washington-based Natural Resources Defense Council's Smart Growth Program told the Wall Street Journal. Other influences increasing the appeal of a home's walkabilty are two demographics: the baby boomers and the first-time homebuyers. Both of these groups don't want to be isolated. They want the convenience of having stores and restaurants close by. Also, unstable oil prices, make parking the car a well-liked idea. Does this mean everyone is moving to the city? Not at all. The home doesn't have to be in the heart of downtown but if the home has walking-distance amenities, it's likely to attract more buyers. With that in mind, sellers should pay close attention to how their homes are being marketed. A website called Walk Score, (read my column, Can Walk Score Improve the Value of Your Home?) figures out the distance from any address to various amenities. However, it is a "as the crow flies" measure. In other words, it won't
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night, you would typically complain to the landlord. He acts as the intermediary between disputing tenants. When that upstairs neighbor is the landlord, it's a bit more complicated. Oakeson's worst experience living near her landlord came when her son, now 4, was a newborn. The landlord was newly married, owned the home and lived upstairs. Every night, Oakeson and her son were kept awake by constant "newlywed noise." "How do you call him up and say, 'This is really loud and you need to stop'?" she says. "It was super uncomfortable. We left that place because it was so uncomfortable." When your neighbor is the one in charge of your living situation, you lose your intermediate leverage. You're "giving up the hammer," says attorney Portman, who wrote "Every Tenant's Legal Guide." And while maintenance and repair issues are usually made easier when the landlord is right there, there can be an added level of animosity if things aren't always resolved in a timely manner. Oakeson recounts a time there was a drain issue in her laundry room. She talked to the landlord and he did the things he could do himself, but it didn't fix the problem. "I got a little resentful," she says. "There was this leaking drain that wasn't a big deal to him, but it was to us."
The troll in the basement On the other end of the spectrum is the landlord who is "too hands-on," Portman says. "He can become an obnoxious, intrusive landlord." Crow says living so close gives a landlord "too much opportunity to snoop, visit without cause and blur the lines of what ought to be a business relationship." In a tenants-rights blog he maintains on his law firm's website, Crow talks about one variety of overly nosy landlords: the troll in the basement. As Crow puts it, a troll is someone "whose quest for the American dream to own his own property stretched him so thin he had to move into the garage." He describes such trolls as nosy, but not mindful of your needs. This may be an extreme example, but intrusive landlords are not uncommon. "The problem when the landlord lives upstairs or downstairs is it's so easy for them to come and knock on your door, and the law says they can't," Crow says. Depending on your state, a landlord is required to tell you when he's going to be coming on the premises, and to give a certain amount of notice. It's easy for a landlord to ignore those rules when he can just walk downstairs and knock. And knowing that the landlord might stop by any time changes the way a tenant views her own home. "We inherently kept our portion of the home spotless because of the thought that they could come to our door at any second and come inside," Oakeson says. "We don't want them to be upset and think we're trashing the place."
tell you how easy the terrain is, such as if there are hills or rivers that must be walked around because they're lacking a bridge. The website developers are looking into making some adjustments to account for these issues. The website does give buyers an idea of how close a home is to stores and restaurants but it doesn't provide information on safety, upkeep of the neighborhood, whether there are sidewalks or other street designs. Sellers who want to emphasize their home's walkability can use the Walk Score site to calculate their home's rating. Then they can use neighborhood pictures to show the ease of access to amenities, the topography, and couple that with detailed information about the area to gain more interest from buyers. Topography is a vital influence in determining if people will actually walk in a particular neighborhood. If there are 4 lanes of traffic and lots of congestion, even though the distance is short to a store, many will opt to drive. Being specific in your marketing materials (especially online) about the proximity to desired locales, but also the ease of pedestrian access, may be a selling point that gets buyers to physically drop by your home for an in-person look rather than just perusing it via the Internet. So while many sellers are used to talking about good schools and low crime in their neighborhoods, it seems buyers now want more—they want a walk in the park that's going to take them to the corner market, the dry cleaners, restaurants, the pharmacy, and back home using an accessible pedestrian route.
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Florida Distressed Condominium Relief Act Worrall has this advice for real estate agents: Research and be aware of Fannie Maeapproved Associations. "Fannie Mae approved" means the association is approved for lender financing, which makes the property more marketable as a listing and more saleable to a when representing buyers. For non approved Associations, the buyer may be limited to a cash investor or require 20 percent down. Make sure you understand the rental restrictions, if any, imposed by the Association for the investor buyers in your market. From a listing standpoint, this can help market the unit. Always request an account history report from the Association showing the maintenance fee balance on the unit. This can be a helpful negotiating tool (for both buyers and listing agents). This can help if obtained and discussed before the closing, which as agents well know is where many issues occur. First time homebuyers are ideal prospects for condominiums, because they are selling at such low prices and interest rates are so low. There are many renters in the market with good credit who can afford to purchase in Fannie Mae Approved properties that agents could target as a buyer 'farm." The reality is that renters can purchase condominiums today for the same amount or less than the rent they are paying. Worrall cautions Realtors that there may be two losers caught in the middle of the process, the tenant and the individual owner as opposed to the developer or lender owner, who want to lease his/her unit. Tenants are responsible for the monthly association fee, but the law is not clear on how much, if anything, tenants are obligated to pay the association for past due association fees owed by the landlord. This could prove embarrassing for a Realtor who may have placed a tenant in an investor's unit, and the investor, unbeknownst to the tenant, had not been paying his association fee, according to Worrall. Worrall believes that the reality is that those owners who strategically purchased and are collecting rents without making association payments, are not around and are not going to do anything too aggressive. This grey area will continue to drive tenants to the conventional, or apartment, market and to the bulk condo developers, because tenants know what they owe going in and that there will be no surprises, according to Worrall. "We expect the bulk condo developer to grow much stronger, especially now that the new law reduces the developer's liability," Worrall said. "Fannie Mae is very aggressive in finding ways to approve condominium and homeowner associations, "but they are being very thorough," They look at a lot more than financials, according to Worrall. "They want to know all the details, including what percentage of units were sold to investors, second home buyers, and permanent homeowners. They want to know how many tenants are in the property, and much more." If they like what they find, and the property becomes "FNMA approved", meaning financing is available from lenders. Financing brings buyers, and buyers bring Realtors back. As value increases, thanks to Associations making improvements because they finally have the cash to do so, real estate agents are drawn to the community. Nothing can generate sales in a community faster than the local real estate community's favorable opinion of a community's value.
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BY DAVID FLETCHER History may show that July 1, 2010 was the day demand for Florida's oversupplied, demand-starved condominium inventory started crawling towards recovery. The market found its bottom price, and condominium associations' could predict cash flow turning from red to black. t was the day the Florida Distressed Condominium Relief Act became law, bringing renewed trust and real estate agents with it. In past recessions, the recovery depended on thousands of permanent buyers and small investors buying one or two condominiums at a time. This time, the recovery depends on cash-rich 'buy and hold' investors purchasing hundreds of developer or lender owned condominiums in bulk, who plan to hold them for three-to-five years then resell them. But the real winners will be the cash strapped condominium associations and real estate agents who can now list sell their homes and units with confidence. "The new law sets the table for condominium associations to become financially stable, Fannie Mae to approve more projects for financing, and bulk buyers to purchase with less risk," according to Bill Worrall, who helps manage an estimated 350,000 condominium units in 1600 communities throughout Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, as vice president of The Continental Group, Inc. Worrall believes the Distressed Condominium Relief Act will have the following immediate impact on Florida's condominium associations, lenders, and developers:
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Associations will see their association collections improve, because the Association has the ability to collect rent from then tenant to pay the association fee if the owner does not pay it. This increased cash flow means they can upgrade their communities, thereby increasing property values. Fannie Mae will approve more communities for financing, which will bring more real estate agents back into the condominium market. More properties will become FHA approved, because they financially meet association and other guidelines. Bulk buyers will become more aggressive, because their liability for unpaid association assessments is greatly reduced under the new law. Fannie Mae will , on a case-by-case basis, approve condominiums properties they may have turned down. Thanks to tenants paying the monthly association fee, can provide financials that meet Fannie Mae guidelines.
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Americans’ Credit Sores at New Lows THE CREDIT SCORES OF MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS ARE SINKING TO NEW LOWS
Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly 43.4 million people — now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders. It's unlikely they will be able to get credit cards, auto loans or mortgages under the tighter lending standards banks now use. ecause consumers relied so heavily on debt to fuel their spending in recent years, their restricted access to credit is one reason for the slow economic recovery. "I don't get paid for loan applications, I get paid for closings," said Ritch Workman, a Melbourne, Fla., mortgage broker. "I have plenty of business, but I'm struggling to stay open." FICO's latest analysis is based on consumer credit reports as of April. Its findings represent an increase of about 2.4 million people in the lowest credit score categories in the past two years. Before the Great Recession, scores on FICO's 300-to-850 scale weren't as volatile, said Andrew Jennings, chief research officer for FICO in Minneapolis. Historically, just 15 percent of the 170 million consumers with active credit accounts, or 25.5 million people, fell below 599, according to data posted on Myfico.com. More are likely to join their ranks. It can take several months before payment missteps actually drive down a credit score. The Labor Department says about 26 million people are out of work or underemployed, and millions more face foreclosure, which alone can chop 150 points off an individual's score. Once the damage is done, it could be years before this group can restore
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State Tax Revenues Rise Finally! After nearly two years of seeing their tax revenues plummet, states are finally getting a little good news. tates' tax revenues rose 2.5% in the first quarter of 2010, compared to the year earlier period, according to a report published Tuesday by the Rockefeller Institute of Government in New York. The income tax and sales tax grew at 2.5% and 0.4%, respectively, while the corporate income tax declined by 0.6%. This bump marks the first gain since the third quarter of 2008. And the data backs up a June report, co-authored by two other state-focused organizations, that predicted states were hitting bottom. However, most states still aren't celebrating their good fortune. The growth was largely due to tax hikes in California and New York, the Rockefeller Institute found. Not including these two states, tax revenues dipped 1.5%. Some 33 states reported tax declines during the first quarter, with five states reporting double-digit dips. Also, preliminary data for April and May indicate that states' revenues will likely be weaker in the second quarter. Data from 42 early reporting states show tax collections for those two months inched upward less than 1%, compared to a year earlier. "After record tax declines in calendar 2009, the fiscal conditions of the states remain quite fragile," wrote Rockefeller Institute Senior Policy Analyst Lucy Dadayan and Senior Fellow Donald Boyd, the report's co-authors. "Even if the eco-
S 25.5 million people, fell below 599 their scores, even if they had strong credit histories in the past. On the positive side, the number of consumers who have a top score of 800 or above has increased in recent years. At least in part, this reflects that more individuals have cut spending and paid down debt in response to the recession. Their ranks now stand at 17.9 percent, which is notably above the historical average of 13 percent, though down from 18.7 percent in April 2008 before the market meltdown. There's also been a notable shift in the important range of people with moderate credit, those with scores between 650 and 699. The new data shows that this group comprised 11.9 percent of scores. This is down only marginally from 12 percent in 2008, but reflects a drop of roughly 5.3 million people from its historical average of 15 percent. This group is significant because it may feel the effects of lenders' tighter credit standards the most, said FICO's Jennings. Consumers on the lowest end of the scale
nomic recovery is as rapid as those from prior recessions, it would likely take state tax revenue several years to recover to its previous peak." The New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Far West regions all saw increases in tax collections, while the remaining regions suffered declines. The Rocky Mountain region reported the largest drop-off at 8.1 percent. States are eagerly awaiting the end to plummeting tax revenues, which wreaks havoc on their budgets. Governors and lawmakers just finished slashing $89 billion from their budgets for fiscal 2011, which began July 1 in 46 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Going forward, states will have to cope with the end of the federal stimulus program, which has helped prop up their budgets since early 2009. And state economies usually take 18 to 24 months longer to recover than the national economy.
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Small Businesses Grow More Pessimistic Small businesses grew more pessimistic about their economic outlook in June in the face of weak sales and political uncertainty, the National Federal of Independent Businesses said on Tuesday. he NFIB's monthly survey of members showed the small business optimism index fell by 3.2 points in June, dipping to 89, after posting several months of gains.
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Pay Raises are Coming But They Won’t Be Much The weak economy will continue to keep a lid on salary increases this year, but the outlook for next year is slightly better, according to a survey released Tuesday. he Conference Board, a New Yorkbased business research group, said the median budget for salary increases -- meaning the percentage of payroll that companies set aside for raises -- stands at 2.5% for the second straight year in 2010. But the f igure is expected to increase modestly to 3% in 2011, according a survey of over 300 companies the group conducted in April. "This less-than-robust increase is an indication that the economic recov-
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 Flawed The phone has great features, but the antenna is badly designed and needs a fix. Apple shares slip. f you want to see how a stock reacts to bad news, check out Apple (AAPL) after Consumer Reports said it couldn't recommend the iPhone 4 because of that problem of reception. Shares were up nearly 1% when the news hit but promptly dropped to as low as $254.86, a decline of 1.8%, before stabilizing. Apple closed at $257.29, down 0.9%. Apple's claim that the problem is a bad formula that measures signal intensity isn't the case, Consumer Reports pointedly said. The real problem is the antenna, as critics have charged. There are two antennas built into the side and bottom of the device, separated by a small gap. When your finger or hand touches that gap, "the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal." Touching the gap is "an easy thing, especially for lefties," the magazine said. The watchdog organization tested three different iPhone 4 devices in its labs. The design flaw is that there's a gap between the antennas on the lower-left side of the device. If you hand covers the gap, it conducts a tiny amount of electricity and disrupts the antennas, causing the signal to degrade, Consumer Reports said. They tested the iPhone 4 against the iPhone 3Gs and Palm Pre. The other two devices worked just fine.
I You can import and host your blog or online publication on publisha.com, or keep it at its current domain and simply take advantage of the service’s Facebook, iPhone and iPad publishing features. he Facebook app is particularly robust. It creates an articles tab you can add to your Facebook Page, complete with a searchable archive, polls and other interactive content. Readers can like, rate and comment on the articles, and respond to polls. You can also use the platform to publish your content on Publisha’s iPhone and iPad apps; the company has also offered to help “qualifying early adopters” create their own branded apps and drive traff ic to their content. The apps host all participating publications on Publisha’s network. To minimize the size of the app, audio and video content are not supported. Although Publisha is free to use, the company will take a 20% cut of all ad, aff iliate and subscription revenue, and charge $2 per every GB of bandwidth
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used beyond 10GB if you decide to host your publication on Publisha’s website. It will also use 20% of your ad space if you have a free account. Publisha eventually plans to offer two premium packages — priced at $50 and $250 per month, respectively — that offer more bandwidth and take a smaller share of revenue. Publisha’s Head of Marketing Anna Sjostrom also told us that an aggregated ad service is in the works, which will help match publishers with advertisers. The company also plans to add support for the Kindle and other e-book readers, as well as Ping FM and podcasts. While we think the costs of Publisha’s services are pretty steep for users who want to build up a publication on publisha.com, we think many could take advantage of Publisha’s Facebook app and keep their sites on a blogging platform like Wordpress( ) or on their own domains. It also couldn’t hurt to push your content to Publisha’s iPhone and iPad apps in the interest of attracting new readers.
Consumer Reports said Apple should fix the problem. But an iPhone 4 owner can put a small strip of non-conductive duct tape over the gap or put the device in a case. Were it not for that problem, however, Consumer Reports would have recommended the iPhone. It has the sharpest display of any smart phone, the organization said, and the best video camera on the market. It "even outshines its high-scoring predecessors with improved battery life and such new features as a front-facing camera for video chats and a built-in gyroscope that turns the phone into a super-responsive game controller."
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EDITORIAL
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JULY16, 2010
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE EDITORIAL
Spy VS. Spy Last week’s headlines around the world concentrated on two issues. The meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barak Obama that took place on Tuesday was one issue. The other was the intrigue surrounding the 10 Russian spies who were caught and traded for American spies that had been caught and imprisoned in Russia. uring the lead into the NetanyahuObama meeting and during speeches after, both sides emphasized the close relations between the two countries. “All rumors that there is a crisis in relations,” Netanyahu said, “are blatantly false.” The discussions centered round the peace process and the Iranian situation. Both leaders said that for the peace process to go forward there will be a need for hard negotiations and concessions from both sides. It was interesting that when the Russian spy case broke it should have been a major scandal between Russia and the US. It was the first time since the end of the cold war that such a major case of foreign intelligence gathering has been revealed in the US. While these 12 spies (while 10 were originally arrested in the US, another was caught and escaped in Cyprus and a 12th was caught on Tuesday)were supposedly simple gatherers of information there is an old saying that if you see one roach there are probably a hundred more that you did not see. It is impossible to know who the other hundreds of other Russian spies are or what they are up to. It is amazing that the trade took place so quickly. One would think that Russia was desperate to get these 10 spies back along with any information they might have been able to memorize. The Spies that the US got in return had been in prison for years and their information is either outdated or long lost in the minds of the prisoner’s long internment. The official reason that was given for the quick exchange was that the US did not want to endanger the relations it has with the Russians. It was feared that if they were held, brought to trail and imprisoned, Russia would get mad. So the US decided to make nice and let them go home. This week marks 9,000 days that the
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Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard has been in prison. Jonathan Pollard was a civilian American Naval intelligence analyst. In the mid 1980's, Pollard discovered that information vital to Israel's security was being deliberately withheld by certain elements within the U.S. national security establishment. Israel was legally entitled to this vital security information according to a 1983 Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. The information being withheld from Israel included Syrian, Iraqi, Libyan and Iranian nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare capabilities - being developed for use against Israel. It also included information on ballistic missile development by these countries and information on planned terrorist attacks against Israeli civilian targets. In 1985, his actions were discovered by the U.S. government and he was arrested. Even though he pled guilty as part of a plea agreement Casper Weinberger reneged on the agreement and called for a life sentence without the possibility of parole. No one else in the history of the United States has ever received a life sentence for passing classified information to an ally, only Jonathan Pollard. The median sentence for this offense is two to four years. Even agents who have committed far more serious offenses on behalf of hostile nations have not received such a harsh sentence. In the recent discussion between Netanyahu and Obama concessions were called for between Israel and the Palestinian Authority perhaps the US can add something to the pot. The information that Pollard supposedly had been able to memorize 25 years ago is by now obsolete and nobody can claim that his release would in any way harm the security of the US or anyone else’s. Prisoner exchanges happen all the time. Israel in the past has released thousands of Arab for the release of captured soldiers. Negotiations to free Gilad Schalit from Hamas captivity, is said to include the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. The US should make a concession towards Israel and release Jonathan Pollard as a sign of good faith and help further cement the good relations between the two countries.
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. ago passed a law saying that the embassy should be moved to Israel’s capital. The president alone is responsible for not moving it. The president has to sign a deferment every six months claiming that the move could be dangerous. Jonathan Pollard has now been in jail for 9,000 days for passing calssified information to Israel. It is high time for the US to set him free.
Editor, verybody is hailing the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Washington as a success. I don’t necessarily agree. While Obama confirmed that Israeli’s security is of utmost importance to the US and that he considers Israel an American ally he still has not done anything concrete to show his friendship. Let him move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to its rightful place in Jerusalem. Congress years
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Israel has every right to put a blockade on Gaza as long as a state of war exists between Hamas and Israel. It is up to Hamas to stop the rockets, smuggling and mortars that are fired at Israel every day before Israel has to stop the blockade.
Editor, hy did Israel have to feel compelled to issue the list of items that they feel should not be allowed into the Hamas Controlled Gaza Strip? The world doesn’t blink an eye when the US puts sanctions against any of their enemies.
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erately set by Arabs. If the Arabs claim they love the land, that it is holy to them how is it that they are destroying the trees that make it beautiful. It seems that they are trying to return Israel to the state it was in before The Jews started returning more than a hundred years ago and found it desolate.
Editor, The phenomenon of Arabs starting fires throughout Israel is nothing new. During the first intifada Arabs did not use live ammunition but the roads were full of Arabs throwing rocks at any vehicle with yellow Israeli license plates and the air was thick with smoke from fires delib-
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The Blackmailer’s Paradox: Why Israel Shouldn't Attack Arab-Israel Negotiations Iranian Nuclear Installations are a Game Unless It Has to Do So BY PROF. YISRAEL AUMANN
a. Willingness to forego agreements:
Two men—let us call them Reuben and Simon—are put in a small room containing a suitcase filled with bills totaling $100,000. The owner of the suitcase announces the following:
Israel’s political stand is based on the principle that agreements must be reached with the Arabs at any price, that the lack of agreements is untenable. In the Blackmailer’s Paradox, Reuben’s behavior is the result of his feeling that he must leave the room with some money, no matter how little. Because Reuben cannot imagine himself leaving the room with empty hands, he is easy prey for Simon, and ends up leaving with a certain amount of money, but in the role of the humiliated loser. This is similar to the way Israel handles negotiations, her mental state making her unable to reject suggestions that do not advance her interests.
will give you the money in the suitcase under one condition…you have to negotiate an agreement on how to divide it. That is the only way I will agree to give you the money.” Reuben is a rational person and realizes the golden opportunity that has fallen his way. He turns to Simon with the obvious suggestion: “You take half and I’ll take half, that way each of us will have $50,000.” To his surprise, Simon frowns at him and says, in a tone that leaves no room for doubt: “Look here, I don’t know what your plans are for the money, but I don’t intend to leave this room with less than $90,000. If you accept that, fine. If not, we can both go home without any of the money.” Reuben can hardly believe his ears. “What has happened to Simon” he asks himself. “Why should he get 90% of the money and I just 10%?” He decides to try to convince Simon to accept his view. “Let’s be logical,” he urges him, “We are in the same situation, we both want the money. Let’s divide the money equally and both of us will profit.” Simon, however, doesn’t seem perturbed by his friend’s logic He listens attentively, but when Reuben is finished he says, even more emphatically than before: “90-10 or nothing. That is my last offer.” Reuben’s face turns red with anger. He is about to punch Simon in the nose, but he steps back. He realizes that Simon is not going to relent, and that the only way he can leave the room with any money is to give in to him. He straightens his clothes, takes $10,000 from the suitcase, shakes Simon’s hand and leaves the room humiliated. This case is called 'The Blackmailer’s Paradox” in game theory. The paradox is that Reuben the rational is forced to behave irrationally by definition, in order to achieve maximum results in the face of the situation that has evolved. What brings about this bizarre outcome is the fact Simon is sure of himself and doesn’t flinch when making his exorbitant demand. This convinces Reuben that he must give in so as to make the best of the situation.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: The relationship between Israel and the Arab countries is conducted along the lines of this paradox. At each stage of negotiation, the Arabs present impossible, unacceptable starting positions. They act sure of themselves and as if they totally believe in what they are asking for, and make it clear to Israel that there is no chance of their backing down. Invariably, Israel agrees to their blackmailing demands because otherwise she will leave the room empty handed. The most blatant example of this is the negotiations with Syria that have been taking place with different levels of negotiators for years. The Syrians made sure that it was clear from the beginning that they would not compromise on one millimeter of the Golan Heights. The Israeli side, eager to have a peace agreement with Syria, internalized the Syrian position so well, that the Israeli public is sure that the starting point for future negotiations with Syria has to include complete withdrawal from the Golan Heights, despite its critical strategic importance in ensuring secure borders for Israel.
THE LOSING SOLUTION: According to game theory, Israel has to change certain basic perceptions in order to improve her chances in the negotiations game with the Arabs and win the long term political struggle:
b. Taking repetition into account Game theory relates to onetime situations differently than to situations that repeat themselves. A situation that repeats itself over any length of time, creates, paradoxically, strategic parity that leads to cooperation between the opposing sides. This cooperation occurs when both sides realize that the game is going to repeat itself, and that since they must weigh the influence present moves will have on future games, there is a balancing factor at play. Reuben saw his problem as a onetime event, and behaved accordingly. Had he told Simon instead that he would not forego the amount he deserves even if he sustains a total loss, he would have changed the game results for an indefinite period. It is probably true that he would still have left the game empty handed, but at the next meeting with Simon, the latter would remember Reuben’s original suggestion and would try to reach a compromise. That is how Israel has to behave, looking at the long term in order to improve her position in future negotiations, even if it means continuing a state of war and fore going an agreement.
By Barry Rubin An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations for the purpose of trying to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons at all would be a mistake. Instead, Israel should plan--and indeed is planning--for a multi-layer campaign of airstrikes, missile defenses, and other measures in the event of Iran ever posing a specific threat of attacking Israel. efore going into the details of why I'm saying this, however, let me stress that this is not something likely to be a central issue in the near-term future. That is precisely why we should discuss it now. Let me also emphasize that Israeli plans should be in place such that if there ever would be an imminent threat of an Iranian attack, it should be preempted. What should be avoided, however, is an Israeli attack based merely on the goal of stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons at all. It is far better to risk setting of a major regional war only if there is a need to do so, as happened, for example, regarding the 1967 war, a preemptive attack required for selfdefense. Of course, Iran's having nuclear weapons is an overall danger for Israeli interests, wider regional stability, and U.S. interests. Such a situation would in theory open Israel daily to the possibility of an Iranian nuclear attack. Yet history shows that Israelis would adjust to this situation, if remote as it would likely be, without panic or paralysis. Given a calm analysis, however, and the alternatives, a preemptive attack on Iran possessing a few nuclear weapons and long-range missiles would make matters worse, not better.
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Here's why:
c. Faith in your opinions Another element that crates the “Blackmailer’s Paradox” is the unwavering belief of one side in its opinion. Simon exemplifies that. This faith gives a contender inner confidence in his cause at the start and eventually convinces his rival as well. The result is that the opposing side wants to reach an agreement, even at the expense of irrational surrender that is considerably distanced from his opening position. Several years ago, I spoke to a senior officer who claimed that Israel must withdraw from the Golan Heights in the framework of a peace treaty, because the Golan is holy land to the Syrians and they will never give it up. I explained to him that first the Syrians convinced themselves that the Golan is holy land to them, and then proceeded to convince you as well. The Syrians’ unflinching belief that they are in the right convinces us to give in to their dictates. The only solution to that is for us to believe unwaveringly in the righteousness of our cause. Only complete faith in our demands can succeed in convincing our Syrian opponent to take our opinion into account. As in all of science, game theory does not take sides in moral and value judgments. It analyzes strategically the behavior of opposing sides in a game they play against one another. The State of Israel is in the midst of one such game opposite its enemies. As in every game, the Arab-Israeli game involves interests that create the framework of the game and its rules. Sadly, Israel ignores the basic principles of game theory. If Israel would be wise enough to behave according to those principles, her political status and de facto, her security status, would improve substantially.
Iran is unlikely to attack Israel with nuclear weapons but if Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities such an outcome becomes inevitable. A state of open war would exist and the Tehran regime would be seeking revenge. All other options--containment, deterrence, a longer-run overthrow of the regime by domestic forces, a U.S.-Iran war based on accident or misperception--would be closed. Moreover, by waiting to see how the situation develops, Israel will still, in the event of an apparent war crisis or a serious belief that Iran is going to attack, can always preempt in the future. The problem with the idea of attacking to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons is that it is based on the opposite view--a questionable assumption that an Iranian attack is inevitable in the near future. Let me again emphasize that if Israel ever concludes on the basis of intelligence and actions by Iran that there is a real or imminent threat, it should react militarily. It would be a mistake to base a belief that Iran is not going to attack Israel completely on the idea that Tehran's restraint or interests would prohibit such an outcome. We know the statements of Iranian leaders, their goals, and their ideology. Perhaps even more important, we know about the existence of factions within the regime that are very riskoriented and the existence of even more extreme elements in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Yet also to be taken into account are three additional points: limited Iranian capabilities; other Iranian goals, as aggressive as
they must be; plus Tehran’s fear of retaliation from Israel and the United States. It is the combination of these four factors that are persuasive. Limited capabilities: For a very long period of time, Iran will only be able to launch a very small number of missiles against Israel simultaneously. Therefore, Israel and the United States could more easily counter such a threat, including by attacks against the launchers. In addition, over time an Israeli missile defense system and a parallel system for stopping rocket attacks (that would come from Hamas and Hizballah in response to any Israeli attack on Iran) would improve dramatically. Given the small number of missiles fired by Iran at the same time, plus the U.S. and Israeli anti-missile systems, Iran's leadership would know that it could not knock out Israeli airfields. Thus, any attack on Israel would trigger massive destruction of Iran. And of course some of the missiles could easily miss Israel entirely (or be knocked down) so they would explode in Lebanon, Jordan, and the West Bank. Add to this the fact of U.S. warning systems, anti-missile defenses, and retaliation and the deck is highly stacked against Tehran. The point here is not that the Tehran regime would be deterred by purely humanitarian considerations nor proceed in a calm and deliberate matter. But the level of "craziness" would have to be distinctly higher to start a war under these conditions. In addition, a specific threat of any systematic Iranian attack would also have a warning period allowing Israeli leaders to decide to make retaliation possible on a specific occasion. And knowing that Israel would have plenty of capability for a second strike that would inflict huge damage on Iran, even if the Iranian attack enjoyed some success, would also be a deterrent on Iran. Moreover, Iran is unlikely to launch a nuclear attack on Israel (and certainly not an immediate attack on obtaining nuclear weapons) is because that would interfere with Tehran’s overall strategy. That is to use the nuclear umbrella to carry out a longterm, low-risk aggressive policy of supporting surrogates to destabilize or take over other countries, along with enjoying the fruits of intimidation and the resulting appeasement from Europe and Arabicspeaking countries that a nuclear Iran is likely to enjoy. Once Iran goes nuclear its prestige in the Muslim-majority world among the masses is likely to rise sky-high. The strength of revolutionary Islamist movements, especially those allied to Iran, is going to increase.
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Tisha B'Av
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Sheloshim Commemoration at Midrash Ben Ish Hai
The Nine Days precedes Tisha B’Av, the day when the first and second temples were destroyed. Jews traditionally pray while sitting on the ground in mourning. Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe watches as Mr. Freddy Iny lights a memorial candle. On Tuesday, July 6, Midrash BEN ISH HAI held a special commemoration for Rab Mordechai Eliyahu’s ’a”h, Shloshim. The commemoration, which was held at the Midrash Ben Ish Hai Kew Garden Hills branch, was one of the central events in New York commemorating the Sheloshim. he Beth Midrash was overflowing with people from all backgrounds and walks of life who came to pay their respects to the great sage. The audience which was packed to beyond capacity was testimony to the love that his people feel for him. It was also attended by numerous Rabbis of the community.
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tremendous humility, as well as his ability to make every person feel important when he spoke to them. Rabbi Menashe also shared some personal anecdotes of interactions he merited to have with Rabbi Eliyahu, ‘a”h. Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim, head of the Sephardi Beth Din in Kew Garden Hills, spoke about his own personal experiences with Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, ‘a”h. He also stressed that how, despite his great knowledge and important position, he showed remarkable humility and love for all the Jewish people. The evening concluded with an inspiring video presentation that was sent specially from Israel by the family of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu ‘a”h. The video depicted
Rabbi-Ya'aqob Menashe giving a speech. The main speaker of the evening, Rabbi Ya’aqob Menashe, Mora D’Athra of Midrash Ben Ish Hai, spoke emotionally about Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu’s childhood, and how he lost his father, a great Mekubal, at the age of eleven. Rabbi Menashe described Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu’s
Five misfortunes befell our fathers ... on the ninth of Av. ...On the ninth of Av it was decreed that our fathers should not enter the [Promised] Land, the Temple was destroyed the first and second time, Bethar was captured and the city [Jerusalem] was ploughed up. -Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6 hould I weep in the fifth month [Av], separating myself, as I have done these so many years? -Zechariah 7:3 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month ...came Nebuzaradan ... and he burnt the house of the L-RD... -II Kings 25:8-9 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month... came Nebuzaradan ... and he burnt the house of the L-RD... - Jeremiah 52:12-13 How then are these dates to be reconciled? On the seventh the heathens entered the Temple and ate therein and desecrated it throughout the seventh and eighth and towards dusk of the ninth they set fire to it and it continued to burn the whole of that day. ... How will the Rabbis then [explain the choice of the 9th as the date]? The beginning of any misfortune [when the fire was set] is of greater moment. -Talmud Ta'anit 29a Tisha B'Av, the Fast of the Ninth of Av, is a day of mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, many of which coincidentally have occurred on the ninth of Av. Tisha B'Av means "the ninth (day) of Av." Tisha B'Av primarily commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples, both of which were destroyed on the ninth of
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Av (the first by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.; the second by the Romans in 70 C.E.). Although this holiday is primarily meant to commemorate the destruction of the Temple, it is appropriate to consider on this day the many other tragedies of the Jewish people, many of which occurred on this day, most notably the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.1 Tisha B'Av is the culmination of a three week period of increasing mourning, beginning with the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, which commemorates the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem, before the First Temple was destroyed. During this three week period, weddings and other parties are not permitted, and people refrain from cutting their hair. From the first to the ninth of Av, it is customary to refrain from eating meat or drinking wine (except on the Shabbat) and from wearing new clothing. The restrictions on Tisha B'Av are similar to those on Yom Kippur: to refrain from eating and drinking (even water); washing, bathing, shaving or wearing cosmetics; wearing leather shoes; engaging in sexual relations; and studying Torah. Work in the ordinary sense of the word [rather than the Shabbat sense] is also restricted. People who are ill need not fast on this day. Many of the traditional mourning practices are observed: people refrain from smiles, laughter and idle conversation, and sit on low stools. In synagogue, the book of Lamentations is read and mourning prayers are recited. The ark is draped in black, in other communities the curtain is removed.
people from all backgrounds, socioeconomic status and religious levels speaking with love and admiration about the ways in which their lives were touched and influenced by this great Rishon LeSion. May the level of humility and love for all the Jewish people of this great sage be a goal for us all. Amen.
Many Rabbanim from the community were present.
Photo of Arch of Titus in Rome depicting the stolem menorah of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
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Four Prominent Israeli Diplomats Returning to Israel This summer we will see four of the most prominent Israeli representatives in the New York area return to Israel for reassignment after finishing their terms in office in the Tri-State area. mbassador to the UN,Gabriela Shalev; Consul General in NY Asaf Shariv; Ambassador to the UN, Daniel Carmon; and Deputy Consul General Benjamin Krasna. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations honored the returning Israeli diplomats with a dinner at the Prime Grill restaurant on the completion of their tenures in New York and their imminent return to Israel wishing them success in their future postings...
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General of Israel in New York in August 2007. Immediately prior to his appointment, he was the Director of Media and Public Affairs to Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Ariel Sharon. As the Prime Minsters’ personal media advisor and member of the Senior Staff, his responsibilities included supervising the Government’s Press Office and Advertising Bureau. He was also the spokesman for various government agencies, such as the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad), the Atomic Energy Committee, the National Security Committee and the Counter-Terrorism Unit. ___________________________________
which he acted as Foreign Ministry liaison, coordinating Israeli search and rescue efforts in the field and at the IDF field hospitals, as well as humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of the disaster. Mr. Krasna served as Spokesman of the Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands from 2000-2002. Between 2002 and 2005 he served in the Western European Division of the Ministry in Jerusalem, specializing in the European Union, NATO and the OSCE, including two years of responsibility for the EU Political Affairs Desk covering bilateral issues and the EU involvement in the Middle East.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations honored the returning Israeli diplomats with a dinner at the Prime Grill restaurant on the completion of their tenures in New York and their imminent return to Israel” ___________________________________
AMBASSADOR GABRIELA SHALEV Ambassador Gabriela Shalev was Israel’s fourteenth Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She began her tenure on 3 September 2008, marking the first time a woman was appointed to this post. Ambassador Shalev was formerly the President of the Academic Council and Rector of Ono Academic College in Israel. Until her early retirement in 2002, she was also a full professor of contract law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to her appointment, Ambassador Shalev served on the boards of numerous corporations and organizations, including as Member of the Board of the Newspaper Ma’ariv (1991); Member of the Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Bank Hapo’alim (1991-1996); Member of the Board of Hadassah Medical Organisation (1996-2000); Member of the Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Israel Electric Company (1995-2005); Member of the Board of Fibi Holdings Co. (1998-2002); Member of the Board of Koor Industries (1999-2006); Member of the Board of Osem Investments (2001-2007), Member of the Board of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (since 2003); Member of the Board of Delek Ltd. Group (since 2006).
CONSUL GENERAL ASAF SHARIV Asaf Shariv assumed the post of Consul
In 2002, Mr. Shariv joined the Prime Minister’s Office as Senior Advisor to Ariel Sharon’s Chief-of-Staff. While at this position, he sat on the Prime Minister’s committee that discussed strategic issues with the American government, and was instrumental in formalizing the MOU between Israel and the United States regarding the Road Map for Peace. He was also a member of the special task force which dealt with issues such as the route of the security fence, the disengagement from Gaza and the US guarantees on Israeli bonds.
DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL BENJAMIN KRASNA Born and bred in New York, Benjamin Krasna brought a unique perspective to the position of Deputy Consul General, a position he assumed in August 2005. As Deputy Consul General in New York, Israel’s largest mission, he coordinated the political work of the Consulate in the tri-state area, developing relations with national, state and local officials. He maintained regular contact with those following major foreign policy and strategic issues at think tanks and the elite universities. He acted as liaison for the Ministry with the National and Local leadership of the Jewish Community. In addition, he coordinated Inter-Faith dialogue and outreach nationally for the Foreign Ministry and its missions in the U.S. His professional background before coming to New York focused on the Middle East and Europe. After two years in the Jordan Division of the Ministry in Jerusalem, he assumed his first post abroad as Deputy Consul General in Istanbul, where he served from 1997 to 2000. His service there coincided with the tragic earthquakes in Turkey in 1999, during
DEPUTY PERMANENT REP. AMBASSADOR DANIEL CARMON Ambassador Daniel Carmon has served as Israel’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations since February 2005.
In 1973 he began studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he was awarded a BA in International Relations. At the same time, in 1973, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served as a Section Head in the Communications Division. In 1975, Carmon served as a member of the Israeli delegation to Geneva on disengagement with Egypt. In 1978 and 1979, he served as a member of the Israeli delegation to the Camp David peace conferences. From 1978 to 1982 he served as Embassy Attaché in Washington, DC, and then returned to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem in 1982. From 1983 to 1985 he served as the Commercial Director of a high tech company, before returning to the Foreign Ministry. Upon his return, he served in the Personnel Division, and then as Deputy Director of the division. This was followed by a posting as Consul and Counsellor for Administration in Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires, and then one as Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission there. In 1995 he was appointed Head of the Situation Emergency Room in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. From 1996 to 2000, he served as Head of the Information and Internet Division in the Department of Public Affairs. Before his current posting, from 2000 to 2005, he served as Head of the Bureau for Coordination, and Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General's Bureau. In 2008, Ambassador Carmon served as the Vice Chair of the 16th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).
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NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL Tefillin Left Unscratched From Burned Building he owner of the furniture factory that was destroyed in a fire says his tefillin were left complete unscathed. A major fire destroyed his factory in Kiriyat Ata. Firefighter Naftali Rothenberg said there were no injuries. Although the building was destroyed, the owner said he found his tefillin inside without a scratch. Often translated as phylacteries, tefillin are small boxes with leather straps that religious Jewish men wear on their arm and head during morning prayers.
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Uganda: 64 Killed in Suspected Al-Qaeda Attack errorists struck in Uganda on Sunday night, targeting crowds watching the final World Cup match. At least 64 people were murdered in two bombings, one at a rugby club and the other at an Ethiopian restaurant. Several dozen people were wounded.Police believe the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabab, which is linked to AlQaeda, was behind the bombings. If their suspicions are confirmed, it will be the first time the group is known to have attacked beyond Somalia's borders. Senior Al-Shabab member Sheikh Yousuf Issa expressed satisfaction following the attacks, but did not confirm or deny that his group was responsible for the massacre.
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Diamond Exports Triple in 2010 sraeli import and export of diamonds rose by an average of 104 percent since January 2010, according to a report released by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor on Wednesday. Polished diamond exports have tripled, reaching $457.85 million or 280,555.83 carats. The average price for polished diamonds also rose by 18%, to $1,631.94 per carat. The report said 2010 saw an increase in exports to Hong Kong, accounting for 52% of polished diamond shipments. US, Belgium, India and China rounded out the top five countries for exporting of Israeli diamonds. Hamas blocks delivery of outside newspapers
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The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers have said they have blocked what would have been the first shipment of outside newspapers to the seaside territory in three years. The Israeli military says that it was set to begin allowing 10,000 copies of three Palestinian dailies from the West Bank and Jerusalem into Gaza on Wednesday. Hamas said on its website Wednesday it had blocked the shipment because it wasn't properly coordinated. But an official familiar with Hamas' thinking says the group will not allow the newspapers in until the rival President Mahmoud Abbas lets Hamas-linked newspapers into his West Bank stronghold.
400 Jewish Worshipers Visit Ancient Graves in PA bout 400 Jewish worshipers entered the outskirts of the Arab settlement of Awarta late Sunday night to pray at the Hill of Phinehas. Although the site is located within Palestinian Authority controlled territory, the PA allows Jewish worshipers to arrive about twice a year, with IDF protection. The worshipers came to mark Rosh Chodesh Av, the first of the month of Av. The tombs belong to the Biblical leaders Pinchas (Phinehas) and his son Abishua as well as Itamar and Eleazar, the sons of Aaron the High Priest. The Muslims and Samaritans believe Ezra the Scribe is buried there. Recent daytime photos show the tombs covered with Arabic graffiti. The area was under Israeli control until the Oslo Accords of the mid 1990s which created the Palestinian Authority.
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Dustin Hoffman, Meg Ryan Cancel Israel Appearances n an apparent reaction to the Gaza flotilla incident, actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman reportedly have backed out of attending the Jerusalem Film Festival. Ryan canceled her appearance the day after the Gaza flotilla incident, The Jerusalem Post reported, quoting Cinematheque associate director Yigal Molad Hayo. Molad Hayo said Hoffman broke off negotiations, which had reached an “advanced" stage, the day after the incident in which Israeli Navy commandos boarded a Gaza-bound vessel attempting to break a maritime blockade, resulting in the death of nine passengers. While neither actor said explicitly that the flotilla incident was the reason, “it became quite clear that this was the reason,” Hayo told the Post. In addition to the actors, Prince Albert of Monaco canceled his participation in the event, which begins Thursday and runs for two weeks. The film
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festival is scheduled to have a tribute to actress Grace Kelly, the prince's mother.
Greenpeace Detains Ship En Route to Israel reenpeace announced that its activists boarded a ship transporting coal to Israel and are holding up its arrival at high seas. The activists are protesting plans to build another coal-fired power plant in Ashkelon. The organization reported that three activists on the ship and demanded that the captain stop the ship and prevent the entry of coal into Israel. The Captain refused the demands and sailed to Israel where Police officers arrested three Greenpeace activists who tried to hijack the coal ship. The activists were taken to shore and were transferred to a Hadera police station.
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INTERNATIONAL Russia Plans to Open Ten Synagogues in Prisons ead of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer and President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) Alexander Boroda signed a cooperation agreement. “The main thing is to ensure that an inmate is released from prison with a strong conviction that there should be no way back there,” Reimer told journalists after the signing ceremony. Traditional religious communities can help correctional institutions in addressing this problem, and similar agreements make their cooperation more efficient, he said. Two synagogues were opened at Russian prisons in the Arkhangelsk Region, and there is also a prayer room at a prison near Saratov, Boroda said. The FJCR’s near-term plans include the opening of least ten synagogues, depending on the actual number of Jews at any particular correctional institution. Under the agreement, the FSIN will be obligated to assist in the construction of synagogues and prayer rooms at prisons, to distribute printed matter “of spiritual, moral and patriotic content,” and to help develop religious education. For its part, the FJCR will assist “in creating an environment for convicts’ self improvement and acknowledgement of guilt and encouraging them to correct their negative characteristics.”
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Turin Welcomes New Chief Rabbi abbi Eliyahu Birnbaum, the former chief rabbi of Uruguay, has taken the chief rabbi's post in the Italian city of Turin. Birnbaum, a director of the Israelbased outreach organization Shavei Israel, officially took up his post July 1. The Uruguay native succeeds Rabbi Alberto Somekh, who was dismissed in May. Somekh's ouster, the first time in Italy that a community's chief rabbi had been removed, highlighted deep divisions between strictly Orthodox and non-observant members of the community. The lingering tensions and complexity of the situation led community leaders to contact Birnbaum for the post as a "rabbi and dayan of clear fame and recognized prestige in Israel and the international Jewish world." Birnbaum made aliyah in 1972.
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Birnbaum was chief rabbi of Uruguay from 1992 to 1997 and is the director of Machon Amiel, which trains rabbis and spiritual leaders for work in Diaspora communities. He also is a judge on the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Conversion Court.
Egypt’s Jewish Leader Sentenced to Prison he head of Egypt’s Jewish community was convicted of fraud by an Egyptian court and sentenced to three years in prison. Carmen Weinstein was convicted Saturday of selling an Egyptian businessman a building that did not belong to her and then refusing to return his money. Weinstein said documents proving she had sold the building for 3 million Egyptian pounds, or $520,000, were forged. Superiors reportedly told Israel's ambassador to Cairo, Yitzhak Levanon, not to intervene because the tiny Jewish community in Egypt is in a sensitive position and his intervention might hurt them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to raise the issue in his meeting Tuesday in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jareeda reported Sunday that Levanon sent a letter to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry accusing the judiciary of being biased against Weinstein because of her religion. Israeli officials denied the report. Weinstein heads a Jewish community of only dozens of members, most of whom are women. According to the Jerusalem Post, she rents out a few buildings to support the community.
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Germany Bans Hamas-Supporting Group IHH ermany has banned an organization that directly supports Hamas in Gaza. In a statement issued Monday, Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere of the Christian Democratic Union announced that his office had banned the Frankfurt-based International Humanitarian Aid Organization, or IHH, effective immediately. With millions of dollars in donations each year, IHH in Germany directly supports Hamas, "whose charter denies Israel's right to exist and promotes the use of violence to achieve its political and religious goals," the statement read in part. "Organizations that operate from German soil, directly or indirectly, with the aim of fighting Israel's right to exist, have forfeited their right to freedom of association," it concluded. The Israeli Embassy in Berlin said that it greeted the announcement "with great satisfaction." It was a "long overdue" move, according to Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. Hamas is a threat "not only [to] Israel and Jews but the entire free world -- including Germany," Kramer told JTA. Yet "many people in Germany think of Hamas as a group of freedom fighters who should even be considered as 'partners for peace' in the Mideast. That's insane." A 2004 German Federal Administrative Court decision said Hamas' "social projects cannot be separated from its terrorist and political actions." Germany already has banned two other organizations with financial ties to Hamas -- al-Aqsa e.V. and YATIM-Kinderhilfe e.V.
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according to police and industry sources. But there’s one glitch: Cops aren’t sure if it’s legal to scan the prints of people who have not been charged with a crime.
Security Beefed Up for Netanyahu after Guards’ Guns Stolen
US Army Charges Soldier with Leaking Misconduct Video
ecurity for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was tightened shortly after his arrival in Washington early Tuesday morning when it was discovered that four handguns belong to body guards had been stolen. The revolvers were in a suitcase that was supposed to have been transferred from his chartered El Al plane, which landed in New York, to an American Airlines plane to Washington. The Prime Minister arrived in Washington on schedule, but the suitcase did not. It was later discovered in Los Angeles -without the four handguns. American Airlines has not commented on the incident and it is not clear whether the guns were stolen in New York or in Los Angeles. The theft was an embarrassment for airport security at JFK airport in New York. Officials did not explain why the plane landed in New York instead of flying directly to Washington.
n American soldier suspected of leaking a military video of an attack by United States troops on unarmed men in occupied Iraq was charged with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data and putting national security at risk, the U.S. Army said in a statement late Tuesday. Army Spc. Bradley Manning is suspected of leaking a classified video that shows a group of men walking down the street before being repeatedly shot by the Apache helicopters. The American gunners can be heard laughing and referring to the men as "dead bastards."
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NYC Mayor Heads to Primary Battleground Cranking Rumors of Presidential Bid ayor Bloomberg is headed to primary battleground New Hampshire Friday, fueling speculation he’s planning a 2012 presidential run.The mayor will be the first speaker in a presidential lecture series at Dartmouth College, alma mater of gal pal Diana Taylor. The speech comes as the third-term mayor has been raising his political profile, including making a trip to Milwaukee today to endorse Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in his bid for governor of Wisconsin. “I think it’s in his interest as a lame duck mayor to be appearing to run for higher office. It helps his political currency,” said Columbia University’s Steven Cohen. But voters shouldn’t read too much into his visit to the Granite State, home to the nation’s first presidential primary in 2012. “I am not running for President,” he insisted recently.
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Mobile Fingerprint Scanners New Arsenal for NYPD he NYPD is gearing up to buy cops a new high-tech device for their crimefighting arsenal—mobile fingerprint scanners that will let them instantly receive a suspect’s criminal history, including mug shots, rap sheets and outstanding warrants. The handheld gadget, about the size of a BlackBerry, can search state and federal databases for a fingerprint match. It can even confirm if a person’s DNA is on file. Cops hope the device will help solve a problem that has long plagued the department—officers not having fast access to data about a suspect’s past. NYPD brass have been sending people for training on the gizmos, which can also take photos, scan passports, and store 180,000 names of dangerous felons,
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Ex-lawmaker Pleads Guilty to lobbying for Hamas-tied Charity former Michigan congressman pleaded guilty to charges connected with his support of a charity accused of funding Hamas and other terrorist groups. Mark Siljander, 59, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal courthouse in Kansas City, Mo., to charges of obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. An Islamic American Relief Agency fund-raiser from Chicago allegedly hired Siljander to lobby for the removal of the agency from a U.S. Senate list of charities suspected of having terrorist ties, The Wall Street Journal reported. Siljander did not disclose this information and lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during its probe. According to the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Islamic American Relief Agency collected funds in boxes marked “Allah” and “Israel,” showing that the money was going toward attacks in Israel, and collected money in at least one Western European country that went straight to Hamas. The charity also has been connected to the Al-Aksa Foundation. Siljander, a Republican, served in Congress from 1981 to 1987. He faces up to 15 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $500,000. Abdel Azim El-Siddig, the fund-raiser from Chicago, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
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‘Up, Up and Away’ for North American Jews merican and Canadian Jews resumed their annual one-way trek to Israel Wednesday morning, with 232 new immigrants arriving on the first of nearly a dozen flights that will bring 2,500 Jews to their new homes in Zion this summer. “As more North American and British Olim make successful lives for themselves in Israel, we are noticing it is having a snowball effect on their friends, family and peers back home,” said Tony Gelbart, co-founder of the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization, welcoming the new arrivals. Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver, Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and NBN co-founder Rabbi Yehoshua Fass joined Gelbart to greet the
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new Israelis. NBN and the Jewish Agency are coordinating efforts to bring more Jews to Israel. Three more special Aliyah flights and eight group Aliyah flights are scheduled to land on the Ben Gurion International Airport runways before the summer ends. Approximately 5,000 North American and British Jews are expected to arrive in 2010, a 20 percent increase over the previous year.
US to Cooperate with Israel on Energy Issues rmy Radio reported on Wednesday that the United States sent Israel a secret letter, in which it committed to nuclear cooperation between the two states. In the letter, the U.S. reportedly promises to sell Israel materials used to produce electricity, as well as technology and other supplies, despite the fact that Israel did not sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Because Israel never signed the NPT, many countries have refused to cooperate with the Jewish state on nuclear matters, making it difficult to produce energy.
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Obama Israel Visit Not Planned, White House Says resident Obama is not planning a visit to Israel this year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an invitation to Obama when the two leaders met Tuesday at the White House. Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said Wednesday that such a visit was not planned for 2010. "It’s not on the books at this point," he said. "I don't know if it changes or not." A number of Jewish groups, on the left and right, have urged Obama to visit Israel in order to overcome tensions with the Netanyahu government.
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CNN Editor Fired After Hezbollah Tweet NN fired a senior correspondent who praised a Muslim cleric associated with Hezbollah. Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior Middle East editor, was forced to leave her position Wednesday after calling Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah a "giant" in a Twitter post following his death last weekend. CNN and Nasr called the tweet an "error in judgment" on Tuesday, but that did not end the matter. An internal CNN memo leaked to the media Wednesday said Nasr's "credibility in her position as senior editor for Middle Eastern affairs has been compromised going forward.” Jewish groups had protested the tweet, noting Fadlallah's role in founding the terrorist group, in praising deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and in denying the Holocaust. However, at least one group, the Anti-Defamation League, said it was satisfied with the statements of regret Tuesday from Nasr and CNN, and did not call for her firing. Nasr explained in a blog post Tuesday that she did not respect Fadlallah's record, noting that as a Lebanese Christian, she had lost relatives to Hezbollah attacks while he was a leader of the organization in the 1980s. She added that he had pressed for women's rights and had slammed Hezbollah's closeness to Iran in recent years, a position that led the movement to marginalize the cleric.
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Missionary Books Being Distributed In Borough Park
ssemblyman Dov Hikind (DBrooklyn) is alerting the community about the dissemination of a missionary paperback book entitled, Ten Amazing Jews: They Thought for Themselves currently being mailed to teenage residents throughout Boro Park. For wider distribution, free copies of the book are also being dropped off at various shuls in Boro Park. According to several reports, the mailings come in an unremarkable white envelope with an accompanying letter. “To an unsuspecting teenager, this book seems like a very interesting and nicely-presented piece of literature,” Hikind noted. “Who wouldn’t want to read inspiring stories about ten amazing Jews? This kind of misleading propaganda intended to proselytize Jews makes me absolutely sick.” Ten Amazing Jews features stories called Yiddishkeit, The Survivor, and Bat Shalom: Daughter of Zion intended to deceive innocent teens. The book also uses the term ruach hakodesh and quotes from Tanach and Rambam’s Yud-Gimmel Ikarim.
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U.S. Threatens to Cut Jordan's Aid Over Nuclear Program he United States has threatened to cut financial aid to Jordan, if the Hashemite Kingdom continues to develop its nuclear program without coordinating with Israel, the Arab media reported on Monday. The American threat comes after Amman rejected Israeli demands to participate in extraction and enrichment of uranium, and Jordan’s failure to obtain US approval for its nuclear plan, despite talks between the two parties, which lasted six months. According to reports, the ultimatum was probably given to Amman days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judah. In 2007, at least 65, 000 tons of uranium ore was found in the Jordanian desert, making it one of the largest deposits in the world. The Hashemite Kingdom has claimed its enrichment program was aimed at reducing dependency on petroleum imports. Ninety five percent of Jordan’s energy consumption is supplied by other countries, mainly Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The nuclear reactor would allow Jordan to produce a large amount of its own electricity and export power to its neighbors. However, the kingdom is dependent on American financial assistance, without which its economy will be severely damaged. According to Jordanian Minister of Planning Jaafar Abdul Hassan, the United States has transferred Jordan some $665 million during the first half of the year, out of which $360 million was financial aid and $300 million military aid. America’s increased aid to Jordan is meant to help the country deal with financial and social problems, as well as help it strengthen national security. Last month, King Abdullah accused Israel of blocking his country from achieving nuclear capabilities. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the king said Israel was pressuring France and South Korea not to sell nuclear technologies to Jordan, and that its covert operations deteriorated the relations between the two countries to the lowest point they’ve been since the peace agreement was signed in 1994.
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For Nine Days: Dagim Donates 2,500 Portions of Fish to Masbia
Meals served at one on the Masbia Soup Kitchens. The Stefansky family, owner of Brooklyn kosher fish company Dagim, is donating 2,500 portions of tilapia, flounder, salmon and tuna to the city’s only kosher soup kitchen. The donation arrives on time for the “Nine Days,” a mourning period that began Sunday evening and ends with the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av. ish can be expensive, especially for a soup kitchen that relies primarily on private donations to serve about 450 kosher meals a night, says Alexander Rapaport, director of Masbia, the soup kitchen. Masbia opened in 2005, and has grown to four locations throughout Brooklyn and Queens. Masbia receives most of its funding from private donations and what Mr. Rapaport calls “kosher pork,” or member items from city officials as Chistine Quinn, Dov Hikind, and David Greenfield. __________________________________
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Mr. Rapaport said, “there isn’t a day when we don’t feed women and children, mothers with strollers.” According to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, almost 250,000 Jews in New York live in households with incomes 150% under the Federal Poverty Guideline, or about
$33,075 for a family of four. He recently met a woman who makes just enough to be ineligible for food-assistance programs. “She’s single, goes to sleep without eating, has medical woes,” Mr. Rapaport said. “She said: ‘It was the first time in six months I had a hot meal.’” Dagim began donating fish for this period three years ago, when Mr. Rapaport sent Samuel Stefansky a text message asking for support. “He says, you know what, you got me in a good mood today, you got it,” Mr. Rapaport recalls. A few hours later, he learned that Samuel had suffered a heart attack. “My first oh boy was about his health,” he said. “Next, it was oh boy, the fish!” But after the first call came another, this time from Stefansky brothers Abe and Steve. One of the last things Samuel had said before losing consciousness was an imperative to make the fish donation. While Samuel was in the hospital, his brothers took 700 portions of fish to the Masbia. “I was unconscious for four weeks,” Samuel said. “That’s one of the things that probably saved me, that God saw that I donated.” After recovery, he donated money and gefilte fish for Rosh Hashana. Samuel, along with father Isaac and his brothers, have been donating from that point. Since then, though, Masbia grew, with demand ballooning. The growth prompted this year’s gift, Dagim’s largest ever, estimated at a value of $8,000 to $9,000. “The soup kitchen reached our hearts, and something was telling me to give,” Samuel said.
A Passion for Chocolates Leads to Much More for Israeli Couple Roy Gerson and his wife Sharon Moshkowitz thought their life was good together as IT specialists. When Roy began to “play” with chocolate in “an artsy way,” Sharon thought that it was a nice hobby to have. ut when Roy began to share his artistry with family and friends, Sharon took notice: “I looked at the 1,000 boxes of chocolates on Erev Rosh Hashanah that all but filled my house, and thought that maybe Roy is right in that this could be a business.” Four and a half years later, the couple no longer debates the issue. They are partners in Israel’s most successful chocolate venture. The Tel Aviv store was termed Israel’s leading boutique chocolate shop by Yediot Ahronot, Israel’s leading daily. Roy is now a celebrity in his own
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right, including frequent appearances on TV. The Gersons now have 8 shops with a major production facility in Petah Tikvah. The shapes of his bottles, the themes of his chocolates, and the design on every piece of chocolate are so unique that people come from around the world just to taste a small sample. His chocolates, most certified by the Chief Rabbinate and some by the Badatz, are the gifts of choice on the eve of Jewish holidays. Roy’s celebrity status is not so much because of his retail success, but because of his constant innovation that ushers in many new products on a regular basis. Roy and Sharon are thinking about taking their successful chocolate boutique model overseas, perhaps to the kosher market in the US. As good as life was for the Gersons in their previous life, it is a lot sweeter after their major success.
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How NJ’s Two Percent Property Tax Cap Plan Will Impact Residents The state Assembly is to vote today on legislation that would establish a 2 percent cap on local property tax hikes, the result of last week's compromise between Governor Christie and Democratic legislative leaders.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the 2 percent cap on Thursday after Governor Christie, a Republican, and Senate President Stephen Sweeney (DGloucester) struck a deal over the July 4th weekend. Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex_ has posted the bill for a 10 a.m. vote. How did they come up with 2 percent? Current law caps local property tax increases at 4 percent, but it allows several exceptions and voters remain frustrated with high property tax bills. Christie originally proposed a constitutional amendment that would lower the cap to 2.5 percent cap with only one exception, modeled after a Massachusetts initiative. Democrats in the Legislature countered by passing a 2.9 percent cap that included several exceptions, but no constitutional amendment. After signing the new state budget in late June, Christie and the Democrats began negotiations on a new cap. In the end, Christie dropped the constitutional amendment and agreed to allow some more exceptions in exchange for a lower base cap of 2 percent. WHY CAP PROPERTY TAXES? State spending is up 40 percent over the last 10 years, far outpacing the rate of inflation since 2000, but spending by local governments has increased by 70 percent during the last decade. And local governments rely heavily on property taxes, the one tax voters routinely identify as their biggest concern. At a combined $45 billion, local governments spend more money than the state does with its annual budget of about $30 billion. Not surprisingly, New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. DO CAPS WORK? The last decade began with tax bills averaging $4,429 statewide and ended with average bills of $7,281, a more than 60 percent increase. Tax bills were going up by more than 7 percent annually in the mid2000s before a 4 percent cap was enacted by Gov. Jon Corzine in 2007. The last two years saw average statewide increases of 3.7 and 3.3 percent. Conservatives point to those type of decreases when promoting the benefit of tax caps, but labor leaders say they only tell half the story because some communities have eliminated valued services and jobs to get under the caps. WHAT ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONS? The existing 4 percent cap includes several exceptions that communities have used to get around the limit. More than 30 percent of local governments were able to hike taxes over 10 percent in 2008. The deal Christie has struck with Democratic leaders would also allow exceptions, for debt payments, rising health benefit and pension costs and if an unforeseen state of emergency occurs. School districts would also
get an exception to deal with rising enrollment. WHAT HAPPENS TO PROPERTY TAX REBATE CHECKS? The checks are gone for the 2010 calendar year, but Christie's new budget includes some funding for a credit that would be provided in 2011 for property owners. And while those suffering from high property taxes are sure to miss their rebate checks this year, they may accumulate similar relief if the 2 percent cap is in place for a few years and local leaders resist using the exceptions. An analysis of tax data by The Record indicates property tax bills would be nearly $2,000 smaller this year if a 2 percent cap like the one proposed had been followed since 2000. The average rebate check last year was $1,037. HOW STRONG IS A CAP WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT? A cap established by constitutional amendment requires statewide voter approval, but a public referendum is also the only way to undo it. The statutory cap Christie and the Democrats have agreed on can be changed easily by future lawmakers and governors, just as they are changing Corzine's. WHAT'S NEXT? Christie rejected the Democrats' 2.9 percent cap and sent the 2 percent cap to lawmakers in the form of a conditional veto that passed the Senate and now awaits approval in the Assembly. Christie has also put forward more than 30 bills that he would like to see enacted along with the property tax cap to reduce local government costs. The Legislature is planning to review the remaining property tax legislation throughout the summer. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? "Over the years as property taxes have continued to go up, it has become apparent that Trenton politicians of all political stripes have repeatedly failed to fix the system. Today, we can act to ensure … that 10 years from now … young families won't be struggling to own a home because they can't afford the property taxes and that our seniors aren't forced to move out of state by wild tax increases year after year." — Governor Christie "Capping property taxes is only a means to controlling property tax growth. … We still need to give municipalities and schools the tools they need to actually lower property taxes. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee will still spend its summer undertaking an aggressive review of all facets of the property tax system. Unless we release the pressure state mandates and other cost drivers place on mayors and school administrators, property taxes will never actually go down." — Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo.
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Sephardic Genealogist Dr. Jeffrey Malka Lectures in Jersey Shore
Dr. Jeffrey Malka lecturing on Sephardic genealogy at the Magen David Sinagogue in West Deal, NJ. BY MIRIAM KAIREY Carracha, consuegro, bestelle, celsonnes - what do these words have in common? They are a few hints of our Spanish roots. While most of us are keenly aware from our food, language, cultural and social patterns of our Syrian/Arabic heritage, we are less likely to understand the Spanish roots that came before our Arabic ones. ue to the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 and the centuries of persecution that preceded it, many of ancestors were scattered throughout the Mediterranean to places that are now Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Italy, Turkey, to name a few. Our ancestors were brave people of faith who sacrificed almost everything to retain their religion. Who were these heroic people and what if we want to find out who they were? What were they like? Would it tell us anything about who we are? How are we dissimilar, how are we exactly the same? They survived, and then they thrived. If they had perished, we would not exist. It is this pursuit of this knowledge that brings us to Dr. Jeffrey Malka. “If you are Sephardic you cannot find your ancestors, you can’t hope to go further back than 150 years” It was these words, told to Dr. Malka many years ago, that challenged him to search for his Sephardic roots. What he found out during his quest was that the opposite was true. Sephardim adopted surnames (last names) centuries before the Ashkenazi Jews, making it possible for him to go hundreds of years back into his family history. His own surname turned out to be an ancient Aramaic name, carried by his ances-
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tors for centuries. His research took him through a maze of Spanish, Arabic. Ladino, Turkish and English documents and translations. Sorting out this complex puzzle allowed him to trace his family back to Spain, to Catalan blacksmiths, Rabbis and other professions. Along the way he found names based on occupations, previous geographical origins or towns, father’s names, physical characteristics etc. There may be different versions of a last name, he explained how to recognize this. He traced his families travel. Some names disappeared only to reappear later on. Many Jews in hiding took surnames that could be recognized later as Jewish. These converts out of Judaism hoped to reclaim their religion when it was safe to do so. Dr. Malka , a retired orthopedic surgeon, shared these facts and many more with us at Magen David of West Deal on July 10. Born in the Sudan, Africa, Dr. Malka is a descendant of a line of prominent Sephardic Rabbis. His grandfather Shlomo Malka was the chief Rabbi of the Sudan, which until 1956 was a British Colony. We were mesmerized by Jeffrey’s findings, understanding of genealogy and names, his Sephardic revelations, and his broad understanding of Jewish history. We went with him on a journey through his family Genealogy, which in a broader sense is our history as well. Tracing backwards in time is the subject of Dr. Malka’s book, Sephardic Genealogy, Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and Their world. It is the only book of its kind, which helps Sephardim from different countries access the resources needed to search for their ancestors. He related a brief history of the long Jewish presence in Spain, and described the evolution of surnames and the complexity of his search through archives in
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N.J. Peaches Arrive Early, Extra Sweet The first crop of New Jersey peaches are sweeter and bloomed nearly two weeks earlier than usual thanks to an unseasonably warm April, according to a report in the Gloucester County Times. ypically, a nectarine-style peach has a sugar content of 10 percent, but this year’s peaches are about 12.5 percent due to intense sunshine. Growers also say that the peaches will be more flavorful compared to last year’s batch which was watered down due to heavy rainfall.
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Ford Takes on Texting While Driving with Audible SMS
Mercedes Passes Audi To End First Half As No. 2 Global Premium Brand A record-setting result in June pushed Mercedes-Benz brand past Audi into second place in global luxury car sales for the first half. fter six months, Mercedes leads the Volkswagen AG premium brand by just 1,750 units. Both automakers trail No. 1 BMW brand, which finished the first half with a 14.1 percent rise in global volume to 585,755 units. Audi's total global sales were better than Mercedes's for the first five months of the year, but strong demand for the Mercedes E class and S class helped increase the Stuttgart-based automaker's monthly sales 13.2 percent to 113,300, that is the most Mercedes has ever sold in June, the company said in a release. “We are also in an excellent position to do well in the months ahead and plan to continue Mercedes-Benz's success with a significant increase in the third quarter,” Joachim Schmidt, head of sales and marketing at Mercedes-Benz Cars, said in a statement.
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Ford Motor Company has announced a round of updates to its SYNC technology that promotes safer alternatives to texting while driving. ew MyFord Touch-equipped cars will let drivers block incoming calls and texts with a “Do Not Disturb” button, but the biggest addition is support for a new protocol (MAP) that will allow SYNC to read aloud incoming text messages over Bluetooth. Future BlackBerry owners will be the first to benefit as RIM is working with Ford to make audible text messaging via SYNC possible. RIM has agreed to implement the Bluetooth standard MAP — Message Access Profile — on new BlackBerry devices moving forward. BlackBerry MAP integration will create an enhanced connection between the smartphone and the SYNC system so that it can read aloud incoming text messages.
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“New MyFord Touchequipped cars will let drivers block incoming calls and texts with a “Do Not Disturb” button” ________________________ Ford’s Bluetooth MAP support means that other mobile device manufacturers can implement MAP to take advantage of the audible text messaging functionality of SYNC. Ford hopes that the hands-free bonuses will encourage other manufactures to adopt the standard as well. The new version of SYNC — available on 2011 models with MyFord Touch — will also include a “Do Not Disturb” button that will give drivers the ability to block incoming texts and calls, but still make outgoing calls.
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Despite slipping to No. 3 in global premium-car sales after six months, Audi on Thursday reaffirmed its forecast to post record global vehicle sales in 2010. Audi said it is on track to beat its best global sales result ever, which was 1,003,469 units in 2008. Audi said on Thursday that deliveries to customers rose 8.7 percent to 99,250 vehicles in June thanks to another surge in demand in China, which overtook Germany this year as the company's single-largest market. In the first half, sales volume rose 19.1 percent to 554,950 vehicles as above-average demand in the United States and UK markets also helped to drive results and compensate for a 5.1 percent decrease in Germany. "Over the past year in particular we have been investing considerable amounts in our brand and the dealer network in the United States. We are now reaping the rewards," Audi sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer said in a statement. "This year, our aim is to break through the barrier of 100,000 cars in the United States for the first time ever."
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BMW Raises 2010 Outlook As Auto Markets Recover
BMW racing ahead. BMW AG, the world's largest luxurycar maker, raised its 2010 sales and earnings forecast on growing sales in China and strong demand for the new 5-series sedan. BMW predicts sales this year to rise about 10 percent to more than 1.4 million cars and SUVs, while the operating margin in the automotive unit will advance more than 5 percent, the company said in a statement Tuesday. MW, Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen AG's Audi have boosted sales this year on surging demand in China, the world's largest auto market, and a rebound in the United States and Europe. BMW, which also makes Mini and Rolls-Royce cars, said last month the new 5-series was sold out in all markets. “It's not just strong sales in China, it's also the delivery of new models and the effect of cost-cutting steps,” said John Buckland, an analyst at MF Global UK Ltd. who recommends buying the stock. “The fact that they now see the automobile EBIT margin at 5 percent is very good news.” BMW rose as much as 7.9 percent to 41.96 euros in Frankfurt trading, the steepest advance since Sept. 9, 2009. The stock traded at 41.81 euros as of 1:16 p.m., valuing the carmaker at 26.7 billion euros ($33.6 billion). BMW previously forecast that sales would rise by a “solid single-digit” percentage to at least 1.3 million vehicles and the 2010 operating margin in the automotive unit would climb in the “low single-digit” per-
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centage range. BMW increased first-half group sales 13 percent while second-ranked Mercedes-Benz posted a 12 percent gain. Six-month deliveries at Audi, which aims to dethrone BMW as the world's top luxury manufacturer by 2015, advanced 19 percent. “Improved business conditions on international automobile markets mean that BMW now expects to report much better” results for the second quarter and 2010, the manufacturer said. BMW is scheduled to publish second-quarter results on Aug. 3. BMW will export 10,000 3-series vehicles built in Munich to China this year to meet additional demand, spokesman Michael Rebstock said, confirming comments by personnel chief Harald Krueger published today by the Financial Times Deutschland. The manufacturer has hired 5,000 temporary workers after eliminating most non-permanent positions during the financial crisis, Rebstock said. The carmaker is in talks with unions to expand regular shifts beyond the average 38 hours, he said. BMW purchasing chief Herbert Diess said in May that the carmaker will significantly surpass its goal of reducing spending on components and supplies by 4 billion euros by 2012, helped by a partnership with Daimler. BMW is still targeting an operating margin of between 8 percent and 10 percent for 2012 and a return on capital employed of more than 26 percent for its automotive division, the carmaker said Tuesday.
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Toyota Finds Most Sudden Acceleration Crashes Are Driver Error
Toyota Motor Corp.'s investigations of accidents involving reports of unintended acceleration found “virtually all” were caused by drivers stepping on the wrong pedal, a company spokesman said. oyota is looking into causes of unintended acceleration in its cars and trucks and has recalled more than 8 million worldwide in the past year for defects such as pedals that stuck or snagged on floor mats. U.S. auto-safety regulators are also probing the causes and haven't released their findings. The Japanese company has reviewed about 2,000 reports of unintended acceleration since March, including analyzing infor-
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mation from event-data recorders when the incidents involved crashes, said Mike Michels, a Toyota spokesman in Torrance, Calif. “There are a variety of causes -- pedal entrapment, sticky pedal, other foreign objects in the car” and “pedal misapplication,” Michels said. Asked how many crashes were linked to pushing the accelerator instead of the brake, he said, “Virtually all.” The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's analysis of Toyota data recorders found cases in which throttles were open and brakes hadn't been deployed. NHTSA spokeswomen declined to comment on that report.
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Oldest Written Document Ever Found in Jerusalem
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Hebrew University excavations recently unearthed a clay fragment dating back to the 14th century BCE, said to be the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem. he tiny fragment is only 2 cm. by 2.8 cm. in surface area and 1 cm. thick and appears to have once been part of a larger tablet. Researchers say the ancient fragment testifies to Jerusalem’s importance as a major city late in the Bronze Age, long before it was conquered by King David. The minuscule fragment contains Akkadian words written in ancient cuneiform symbols. Researchers say that while the symbols appear to be insignif icant, containing simply the words “you,” “you were,” “them,” “to do,” and “later,” the high quality of the writing indicates that it was written by a highly skilled scribe. Such a revelation would mean that the piece was likely written for tablets that were part of a royal household. The f ind was uncovered in a f ill taken from the Ophel area, which lies between the Old City’s southern wall and the City of David. The Ophel digs are being carried out by Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University Institute of Archeology, through funding from US donors Daniel Mintz and Meredith Berkman of New York. ________________________________
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“This shows Jerusalem was not a provincial backwater, [but] one of the main cities of the area” ________________________________ According to Mazar, the fragment was discovered over a month and a half ago during wet sifting of the Ophel excavations, but was only released to the press this week because researchers wanted to wait until analysis of the piece was complete so as to be absolutely certain of the details of the f ind. The most ancient piece of writing found in Jerusalem before the Ophel fragment was a tablet unearthed in the Shiloah water in the City of David, dating back to the eighth century BCE – nearly 600 years “younger” than the Ophel f ind. Hebrew University Prof. Wayne Horowitz, a scholar of Assyriology,
The quality of the writing indicates that the fragment was written by a highly skilled scribe. deciphered the script with the assistance of his former graduate student Dr. Takayoshi Oshima. Horowitz said thatwhile the script was too broken to get context out of it, the quality of the writing gave some indication of the creator’s pedigree. “What we can see is that the piece was written in very good script and the tablet was constructed very well. This indicates that the person responsible for creating the tablet was a f irst-class scribe. In those days, you would expect to f ind a f irst-class scribe only in a large, important place,” he said. According to Horowitz, the high quality of the tablet piece indicates that it was most likely part of a message sent from a then-king of Jerusalem to the pharaoh in Egypt. Horowitz said that the fragment, which is made of Jerusalem clay, indicated that Jerusalem was one of the central cities of the area at the time. “This shows Jerusalem was not a provincial backwater, [but] one of the main cities of the area,” he said. Mazar called the fragment “one of the most important f inds we’ve ever had” and said she hoped it would lead to further big discoveries. “A piece this small wouldn’t have been sitting there all by itself; there have to be more pieces like it,” she said. In February, Hebrew University excavations led by Mazar in the Ophel area found ancient stone fortif ications dating back some 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and the First Temple. Archeologists said that the 70meterlong and 6-m.-high wall indicated that there had been a strong central government in Jerusalem at the time, which had the manpower and resources to construct large-scale fortif ications.
Hinda Amchanitzky’s grave, in an unmarked plot, above, in the United Hebrew Cemetery on Staten Island, will be identified with her tombstone. Archaeology is usually associated with Israel Greece or Rome and other ancient cites. While NY can only trace its history for less than 400 years there are still historical oddities that have to be discovered and stories to be told. r. John Lankenau happened upon a tombstone while walking his dog one night a few years ago, he took his grim discovery in stride. Then he did what any self-respecting citizen would do: He carted the two-and-a-half-foot-high granite marker, home for safe-keeping. Lankenau realized that the tombstone might have historical importance and tried to f ind out the 5 basic questions of any investigation, who, what, where, why, and when. The only information that he was able to read on the tombstone was the name Hinda Amchanitzky. along with the date of death, May 15, 1910, the rest of the inscription on the tombstone was in Hebrew. Mr. Lankenau, asked around at local synagogues and Jewish genealogists for help in identifying the woman whose name appears on the grave marker but his search proved futile until he happened to ask a reporter from the NY Times, for help. Brian G. Andersson, the city’s commissioner of records, was enlisted, and his staff found a death certif icate dated May 15, 1910, under the name Amachanitzky. She was described as a widowed housewife who was born in Russia, emigrated around 1895 and died in Beth Israel Hospital. Her address was listed as 156 East Broadway; a four-story building on the Lower East Side near Rutgers Street the address is now home to a Chinese supermarket. The death certif icate said she was buried in “Sec. U.H., Ocean View Cemetery” on Staten Island, which opened in 1908. The initials apparently stood for the United Hebrew Cemetery there, but its staff had no record of anyone by that name. By then, Mr. Lankenau was confronted not only with a mysterious tombstone, but also a missing body. When a genealogist, Megan Smolenyak, was contacted, she constructed an Amchanitzky family tree that included Amshers, Shanits, Paleys, Lamports and Massouds. According to family members that were located in California, Hinda Amchanitzky, published an excellent cookbook that was sold in New York and Philadelphia.” Not just any cook-
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book. In 1901, she wrote what is described as the f irst Yiddish cookbook published in America. A copy is in the Library of Congress. The cookbook had a big following in all the Yiddish speaking neighborhoods in NY Philadelphia, and even to the stetlach of Europe. But now the mystery got worse. He knew who, Hinda Amchanitzky was, when she died and where she was supposed to be buried but the cemetery had no record of her. It seems that the name had been misspelled causing confusion in the cemetery off ice. But how did the tombstone f ind its way to East Fourth Street three years ago. ________________________________
“Bruce Slovin, chairman of the Center for Jewish History has agreed to pay to unite Hinda Amchanitzky’s plot on Staten Island and her tombstone” ________________________________ The cemetery where Hinda Amchanitzky was buried reported that while they do experience some vandalism from time to time the grave in question does not to ever seem to have been affected. No records were found of there ever having been a marker over the grave. As it turns out, Mrs. Amchanitzky’s tombstone was left outside the East Fourth Street town house deliberately. It turns out that the three-story double-width brick town house, once housed a small synagogue for a congregation of immigrants from Knyahynychi, now in Ukraine. Along with the synagogue the building also housed a Burial Society. During renovations stone slabs were removed from the basement including Hinda Amchanitzky’s tombstone. It is surmised that the tombstone had been left with the burial society because of a misspelling on the stone or perhaps nonpayment and therefore it was never erected at the cemetery. Now, after a century of laying in an unmarked Staten Island grave, Hinda Amchanitzky will get her tombstone. Bruce Slovin, chairman of the Center for Jewish History, which is in the process of digitizing historic cookbooks, has agreed to pay to unite Hinda Amchanitzky’s plot on Staten Island and her tombstone.
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WHAT TO CRY ABOUT BY RABBI LABEL LAM Remember please, and lament, O all of Israel, let your voices be heard on high. For Germany has destroyed our people, during the stormy days of the World War; with killings, horrible and cruel, with starvation and thirst. For all generations, do not forget, until you will merit witnessing the (ultimate) consolation. emember: Their screams and their weeping as they were tightly packed and locked into the train’s (cattle) cars. Like sheep to the slaughter they were led to be incinerated in the crematorium ovens. May the sound of their pleading cries be eternally remembered by the One Who dwells in the Heavens. When they proclaimed, “Shema Yisrael” they offered up their lives to the Lord of lords. (Excerpt from the Kinnah in memory of the Martyrs of Churban Europe by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe) The following is found in a footnote of the Artscroll Tisha B’Av Siddur: The Bobover Rebbe was a scion of Sanz, one of the most illustrative Rabbinic and Chassidic dynasties. The Rav lost everything in the Holocaust- family, friends, followers, disci-
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ples, and students in the thousands. The Rebbe arrived in America after the war with nothing but the clothes on his back and a burning determination to rebuild what the Nazis had destroyed. With the help of HASHEM the glory of the House of Bobov has been restored and one can find dozens of Bobover institutions and thousands of Bobover Chassidim in every corner of the globe. In 1984, the Bobover Rebbe composed a special Kinnah to bemoan the tragedy of Churban Europe and it is recited in many congregations. When the Rav was asked to for permission to include his Kinnah and its translation in this edition of Kinnos, he graciously conceded. Then he explained why he had written it; “For years I had wanted to express my grief over my personal loss and Klal Yisrael’s loss, in a special Kinnah, but I hesitated. I felt that in order to compose a Kinnah one must be on the exalted level of R’ Elazar HaKalir, who wrote with Ruach HaKodesh, Divine Inspiration. Moreover, he was a master of Kabbalistic secrets and knew the mystical incantations of the ministering angels. Still many Chassidim requested a vehicle to express their personal sorrow on this bitter day, but I held back because I felt genuinely unworthy.
Haftorah Devarim Isaiah 1:1 - 1:27 The Third Haftorah
The Shabbos preceding Tisha B'Av receives its name, "Chazon", from the opening verse of the Haftorah. Starting with the words "Chazon Yishayahu - A vision of Isaiah", we fearfully hear the echo of the Prophet as he decries Israel's betrayal of G-d. (1:11-15) oundless selfishness, greed, misuse of power by those in authority, and oppression of the defenseless widow and orphan is why the Navi characterizes the people as "the lords of Sodom and the people of Gemorah." (1:10) Hearing Yishayahu's indictment of the people, one would think that the end was near. In truth, Yishayahu began to prophesies in 3142 (619 b.c.e.) and the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed in 3338 (423 b.c.e); 196 years
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before the end! Clearly, the Navi's intent was to effect change in hope of averting the destruction. If so, our reason for mourning on Tisha B'Av must be better defined. "The Jew does not mourn that thousands of years ago the Temple was destroyed, but that it had to be destroyed. Not over the destruction, but over the causes of its destruction". (S.R.Hirsch) If only the people would have heeded the cry of the Navi! If only they could have foreseen with the clarity of a prophet's vision what it means for G-d to "draw back his protecting hand" (1:25) from Israel! Shabbas Chazon transports us back in time. We stand in the shadow of the Beis Hamikdash. We hear the word of G-d as the Navi beseeches His children to do Teshuva. Will we listen? Would we listen?
Pirkei Avot CHAPTER THREE . Rabbi Eliezer the son of Azariah would say: If there is no Torah, there is no common decency; if there is no common decency, there is no Torah. If there is no wisdom, there is no fear of G-d; if there is no fear of G-d, there is no wisdom. If there is no applied knowledge, there is no analytical knowledge; if there is no analytical knowledge, there is no applied knowledge. If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour. He would also say: One whose wisdom is greater than his deeds, what is he comparable to? To a tree with many branches and few roots; comes a storm and uproots it, and turns it on its face. As is stated, "He shall be as a lone tree in a wasteland, and shall not see when good comes; he shall dwell parched in
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the desert, a salt land, uninhabited" (Jeremiah 17:6). But one whose deeds are greater than his wisdom, to what is he compared? To a tree with many roots and few branches, whom all the storms in the world cannot budge from its place. As is stated: "He shall be as a tree planted upon water, who spreads his roots by the river; who fears not when comes heat, whose leaf is ever lush; who worries not in a year of drought, and ceases not to yield fruit" (ibid., v. 8). . Rabbi Eliezer [the son of] Chisma would say: the laws of kinin (bird offerings) and the laws of menstrual periods---these, these are the meat of Halachah (Torah law). The calculations of solar seasons and gematria are the condiments of wisdom.
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Annual Tisha B’Av Outdoor Prayer Service For Jews In Danger Worldwide At the UN TUESDAY, JULY 20TH - 2 PM ISAIAH PEACE WALL, across from the UN First Avenue & 43rd Street, opposite UN, Manhattan Join the Amcha-Coalition for Jewish Concerns at their outdoor 33rd annual traditional mincha prayer service, complete with Torah scroll reading, led by Rabbi Avi Weiss, across from the United Nations. Please bring your prayer book; men, tallis and tefilin if possible.
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Then one day I was studying the laws of Tisha B’Av in the book Seder HaYom (By Moshe Ben Yehuda Makir, Rosh HaYeshiva in Sefad, and a colleague of the Arizal and the R’Yosef Karo) He writes as follows: “Whoever can wail on this day should wail, and whoever can recite Kinnos should recite Kinnos-either those already recorded in the holy books or the Kinnos he himself composed with the intellect that G-d has granted him. It is a Mitzvah for each and every individual to compose Kinnos for weeping and moaning and to recite them on this bitter day. Whoever does this is considered most righteous and is worthy of being described as one of Jerusalem’s mourners and one of her holy men. But one who is not capable of composing his personal Kinnos, should recite the Kinnos written by others.” “When I read these words”, the Rav concluded, “I saw a clear sign from heaven that time had come to compose a Kinnah over the last Churban. For doesn’t the Seder HaYom say clearly that any person, even the small-
est, should express his feelings in his original Kinnah?” For those of us who have grown up in the era of the American exile a Kinnah awaits to be written and wailed about on the bitter day of Tisha B’ Av… Woe for all the heads without Tefillin…after 3700 years from Avraham Avinu and after surviving Holocausts and Inquisitions Jewish boys and girls blunder in the darkness that plagues our generation and go lost by the millions, with visions of isms and pleasure in an instant, rapt in utter ignorance, bathed in a blue light that captivates their souls, they may never escape, and generations and giant families whole have disappeared and their names only grace lonely stones in forgotten cemeteries bearing words their children, those that had, could never read. Woe to us…on this bitter day we too have what to cry about. DvarTorah, Copyright © 2007 by Rabbi Label Lam and Torah.org.
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Kids’ Summer Camp Takes Off Kilos BY JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Overweight and obese youngsters can more easily lose kilos when they are having a good time, learning a new lifestyle and sharing their experience with others. he Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer claims that its summer camp for overweight children – now in its 10th year and reportedly the only one of its kind in Israel – has had great success in getting them to lose weight and keep it off. The camp is lead by Dr. Orit Pinhas-Hamiel, head of the hospital’s pediatric endocrinology clinic; Dr. Gal Dubnov-Raz from the exercise, nutrition and lifestyle clinic; and a large team of physical education instructors, dietitians and drama therapists. The camp runs from July 13 to July 30 at a Wizo dormitory facility in Petah Tikva, and the target ages are six to 17, separated in groups. The most important difference from most other summer camps is that the children remain overnight – protected from the effects of summer, which can promote overweight. A no-sleep-over option is also available. As most obese adults were overweight as children, dealing with the problem at a young age can save lives. While their normal-weight friends are having fun at the beach and pool, the overweight feel left out. Boredom at home just
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triggers more eating. The camp participants are certainly not starved; rather they are taught what healthful food to eat and how to overcome the urge for junk food. Sports, martial arts, dancing, drama-therapy and sessions on nutrition are provided, along with support groups for parents and children after the camp is over. A constant message is how to improve one’s body image and self confidence, alongside healthy lifestyle habits. The Safra research team examined the long-term effects of last year’s camp and found that the average participant lost 3.5 kilos during their stay. Six months later, half were still losing weight, and 62 percent had a lower body mass index than before the camp. Their blood pressure also improved. More information can be obtained at http://yeladim.sheba.co.il/news/161.htm or by e-mail to Yael at kaytana.indu@gmail.com.
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Understanding Back Pain May Improve Management, Study Suggests The attitudes, beliefs and health literacy of people with chronic low back pain influence how they manage their pain, Australian researchers report. ealth literacy is the ability to find, understand and use health information. Low levels of health literacy are associated with poor outcomes in many chronic conditions, but this relationship has not been studied previously in people with low back pain (LBP), according to background information about the study, which appears in the August issue of the journal Pain. The study included 56 adults with LBP and 61 adults with no history of back pain. They provided information about severity of back pain, LBP-related disability, fear avoidance, beliefs about LBP, and pain catastrophizing (the tendency to have a fixation about pain and feel unable to cope with it). The researchers also assessed the participants' health literacy.
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE VOICE Hanging up Mezzuzot wealthy, English, Jew buys a fabulous home with over 50 rooms. He brings in a local workman to decorate the place. When the job is finished the Jewish guy is delighted but realises that he's forgotten something - to put mezzuzot on the doors. He goes out and buys 50 mezzuzot and asks the decorator to place them on the right hand side of each door apart from bathrooms and kitchens. He's really worried that the decorator will chip the paintwork or won't put them up correctly; however, when he comes back a few hours later the job has been carried out to his entire satisfaction. He's so pleased that he gives the decorator a bonus. As the decorator is walking out of the door he says to the Jewish guy: "Glad you're happy with the job mate. By the way, I took out all the guarantees that were in the little boxes and left them on the table for you "
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Last Will And Testament The Last Will And Testament of Samuel Benjamin Cohen: Samuel Benjamin Cohen, being of sound mind do hereby declare this to be my last will and testament. To my son Sheldon, my f irst born and the best dentist in the United States I leave one million dollars tax free. To my daughter Jayne who was wonderful and always helped her mother with the dishes, graduated from college and is not married yet because she is too particular, I leave one million dollars. To my loving wife I leave (whatever is not in her name already) two million dollars. Enjoy, sweetheart. Enjoy. To my brother-in-law Louie, who smoked fancy cigars, (mine) who lived with us ever since we got married, and who always said that I would never ever mention him in my will,,,, HELLO LOUIE!"
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Hadassah Power tour bus with 30 Hadassah ladies aboard turned over and all were speedily dispatched to heaven. On their arrival, one of the admitting angels wouldn't let them in. He told them that the admitting computers were down so they would just have to wait. At that moment G-D intervened and said that he would speak to Satan to see if they could be temporarily housed in his domain until the computer error could be corrected. Sure enough room was found, and they all went down to their new temporary quarters. A few hours later G-d received an urgent telephone call from Satan, who said that He must take the Hadassah women off his hands. "What's the problem?" G-d asks. Satan replies, "These Hadassah women are ruining my set-up. They have been down here only a few hours and already they have raised $100,000 for a new air conditioning system."
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Senators Urge British To Investigate Release Of Lockerbie Terrorist... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 shocking terrorist attack, impacting both of our countries. A number of our constituents continue to bear the emotional scars and financial burden of losing their loved ones in that attack on Pan Am 103 twenty-two years ago. It was of some consolation to them that at least one culprit was brought to justice. Close to one year ago, the Scottish court released Mr. Al-Megrahi on the basis of a doctor’s opinion that the Libyan attacker had only 3 months left to live. He had served only
eight years of a life sentence. We raised concerns at the time of his release, specifically Libya’s unseemly reception for a convicted murderer and his lack of remorse for his actions. Mr. Al-Megrahi is still alive and reportedly living in luxury. Furthermore this week, the doctor responsible for the key medical opinion has told the media that not only could Mr. Al-Megrahi live another 10 years, but that the Libyan government had commis-
sioned the doctor to make his assessment, expressly because the Libyan government hoped for a 3-month prognosis. This is outrageous. These newly revealed details threaten to undermine public trust in due process and justice for the victims of terrorism. Unfortunately, allegations are circulating in the media that the release may have been motivated by political and business considerations. If true, this would significantly undermine the ability of countries that prac-
tice the rule of law to bring future terrorists to justice. We urgently request that a full, transparent and appropriate investigation be conducted into whether all appropriate judicial steps were followed, and whether any inappropriate considerations were part of the judicial decision to release Mr. Al-Megrahi. We appreciate the concern that this must raise for both of our governments and our constituents and hope to hear from you soon about this matter.
a nearly $2 billion bailout for the cashstrapped agency. “As we’ve said for months, it’s our intention to stick to the planned 7.5 percent increase,” said MTA spokesman Jeremy Soffin. But that’s not written in stone. The financial plan due later this month “is not complete, and it’s too soon to tell if this will be possible,” he added. A $400 million budget shortfall exists for 2010—a figure that could increase as revenues from real estate and other taxes continue to come in lower than projected. Meanwhile, MTA brass began cutting
internal costs yesterday, laying off 49 employees from the agency’s Madison Avenue head quarters—including executive assistants, lawyers and computer specialists. It’s part of a plan to reduce pay roll by $49 million, including voluntary departures. The MTA will lay out its plan to close the massive budget gap at its July 28 meeting, where the board will vote to approve the percentage that overall fares must increase to balance the budget. Public hearings will follow, and the hikes would go into effect around Jan. 1.
sumer might have a 679 score because of several late payments, which could indicate he or she is a bigger repayment risk. But a computer program that depends just on score won't consider those details. On a broader scale, some of the spike in foreclosures came about because homeowners were financially irresponsible, while others lost their jobs and could no longer pay their mortgages. Yet both reasons for foreclosures have the same impact on a borrower's FICO score. In the past too much credit was handed
out based on scores alone, without considering how much debt consumers could pay back, said Edmund Tribue, a senior vice president in the credit risk practice at MasterCard Advisors. Now the ability to repay the debt is a critical part of the lending decision. Workman still thinks credit scores alone play too big a role. "The pendulum has swung too far," he said. "We absolutely swung way too far in the liberal lending, but did we have to swing so far back the other way?"
$1 Fee Eyed on EachNew MetroCard... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 not last for long. The MTA is hoping to have a credit- and debit-card-based SmartCard program in place by 2014— essentially eliminating the MetroCard. But the agency could put a surcharge on that program. Riders were incensed at the idea of a card charge hitting their wallets. “I don’t like that, not at all. It’s already too expensive to live in this city,” said Kamruz Zoman, 26, at the Rockefeller Center B/D/F/M-line station. “That’s totally ridiculous. That doesn’t make any sense. What are you paying for this MetroCard? It’s a piece of paper,” said
Israel Zytelny, 40. Also, sources said, the $27 weekly card could increase by about 4 percent, and the $89 monthly card could rise to just under $100. But it’s not all bad news. Under the plans, the single-ride fare— used mostly by occasional riders—would remain at $2.25. “We’re very interested in keeping the single-ride fare at the level it’s at now,” one source said. The overall fare hike is still expected to be about 7.5 percent, the number the MTA agreed to after Albany last year authorized
Americans’ Credit Sores at New Lows... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 are less likely to try to borrow. However, people with mid-range scores that had been eligible for credit before the meltdown are looking to buy homes or cars but finding it hard to qualify for affordable loans. Workman has seen this firsthand. A customer with a score of 679 recently walked away from buying a house because he could not get the best interest rate on a $100,000 mortgage. Had his score been 680, the rate he was offered would have been a half-percent lower. The difference was only about $31 per month, but over a 30-year
mortgage would have added up to more than $11,000. "There was nothing derogatory on his credit report," Workman said of the customer. He had, however, recently gotten an auto loan, which likely lowered his score. Studies have shown FICO scores are generally reliable predictions of consumer payment behavior, but Workman's experience points to one drawback of credit scoring: the automated underwriting programs lenders use can't always differentiate between two people with the same score. Another con-
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NYC to Dismiss All Tickets Issued at Canceled Bus Stops ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 and that’s why they’re parking there. “Issuing tickets to unsuspecting drivers for blocking an obsolete bus stop is nothing short of outrageous.” Officials at the Transportation
Department said signs at most of the decommissioned bus stops will be changed by the end of the month. The new rules governing those spaces will be determined on a case-by-case basis,
the department said. Max Perlstein, 70 years old, sent the mayor a complaint after members of his Boro Park synagogue started getting tickets. He called the entire situation “idiotic.”
“Every citizen should be allowed to park in a place that is no longer a bus stop,” he said. “The sign says it is no longer a bus stop—how in the world can the city say it is a bus stop?”
“All these cigarettes contain harmful levels of carcinogens, but these findings show that amounts of tobacco-specific
nitrosamines differ from country to country, and US brands are the highest in the study.”
Us Smokes Even Deadlier... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 appears in the urine. “We know that cigarettes from around the world vary in their ingredients and
the way they are produced,” Dr. Jim Pirkle of the US Centers of Disease Control told UPI.
Understanding Back Pain May Improve Management, Study Suggests... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 back pain, interventions which aim to modify these factors deliver only modest changes in outcomes. This suggests that we may be overlooking an important factor which influences treatment outcomes -- and that is health literacy," lead investigator Dr. Andrew Briggs, of the School of Physiotherapy and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, said in a journal news release. "Quantitative data confirmed that LBPrelated beliefs and behaviors, rather than pain intensity and functional health literacy skills measured from a standard question-
naire, are important correlates of LBP disability. Less positive beliefs and pain attitudes are associated with persistence of pain and high levels of LBP-related disability. These include beliefs about the inevitable dire consequences of LBP, fear avoidance beliefs and the belief that pain results in a hopeless situation (catastrophizing). Beliefs and subsequent pain-related behaviors and coping strategies are shaped by interactions with health professionals and health information. Therefore, it is plausible that health literacy and LBP beliefs are related and that health literacy may be an important driver of
LBP-related disability," Briggs said. The study found that among LBP patients, those with high disability (HD) reported a greater degree of interference with recreational activities than those with low disability (LD) -- 86 percent vs. 27 percent. The HD group also had higher levels of fear avoidance beliefs about physical activity, adopted a more passive coping style, and were less optimistic about the progression of their condition. Briggs and colleagues also found that chronic low back pain (CLBD) patients with high disability tended to believe there was an
anatomic reason for their pain. This trend wasn't seen in CLBD patients with low disability. "Although anatomic reasons may be important in some cases of CLBP, international data and guidelines highlight the importance of psychological and social factors in the etiology of CLBP," Briggs said. "The fact that individuals with CLBP-high disability believed anatomic factors were the primary reason for their pain experience highlights that belief systems and information provided to patients are critically important in management."
Sephardic Genealogist Dr. Jeffrey Malka Lectures in Jersey Shore... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 different countries. He showed us slides of documents he discovered, including several related to the sale of a house. We saw how names which appear differently were actually the same, even in the same transaction! One resource which is particularly useful to those of us interested in our Syrian ancestry is Farhi.org, which is a website collection of
some 200,000 Sephardic Jews, ably administered by Alain Farhi. The bris records of the Sudan reveal that some Aleppo families emigrated there to do business. Descendants of the Dwek and Marcus families are two examples of families that may find key Genealogical information by exploring those records. He men-
tioned the Menasche, Sitt and Sasson, which can be traced back at least hundreds of years. Ketubot, death records, business contracts, citizenship, travel documents, government census and expulsion documents are some of many sources waiting to be explored in archives. When we find these names, historic treasures are revealed.
Glimpses of religious practices, attitudes toward marriage and family, travel and language, customs and occupations, business and wealth are there for the explorer. One gets a pleasing sense of history and of who came before us, an appreciation of our ancestors, and how we fit in… through genealogy.
told am/NY. Building a mosque just several blocks away from Ground Zero is an insult and an affront to every single person that was killed on 9/11, to their families, to the first responders and every concerned American who cherishes liberty, democracy and freedom,”
Pamela Geller, executive director of 'Stop the Islamization of America',” said at last month’s protest. Tuesday’s hearings, which are expected to be hotly contested, are expected to last for two hours, but a decision will not be announced until later this summer.
Showdown on $100 Million 9/11 Mosque Project... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Palestinian activists who clashed violently with Israeli commandos at sea. "Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is a key figure in Malaysian-based Perdana Global Peace Organization, according to its website. Perdana is the single biggest donor ($366,000) so far to the Free Gaza
Movement, a key organizer of the six-ship flotilla that tried to break Israel's blockade of Hamas-run Gaza" May 31. “It’s just two blocks away. They will pass it on the way to the memorial,” Roman Gertsberg, a Queens resident who lost his only daughter Marina in the terrorist attack
Why Israel Shouldn't Attack Iranian Nuclear Installations Unless It Has to Do So ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 Arabic-speaking states know that they cannot rely completely on U.S. guarantees particularly at a time when a U.S. government proclaims that country’s weakness. On a whole range of issues, Iran is going to make big gains. Having nuclear weapons and having the West and Arabic-speaking world both
deterred and pushed toward appeasement by fear of Iran's nuclear weapons is an advantageous situation for Tehran, which could subvert other countries and expand spheres of influence without fear of retaliation. By firing the weapons, those advantages would be lost. No matter how it is conducted or even
how much initial success it has, an Israeli attack is not going to do away with Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons. It does not make sense to follow a strategy you know in advance will not work: to attack Iran to stop it from obtaining nuclear weapons when that effort will, at est, merely postpone Tehran getting them.
At that point, following an Israeli attac and an Iranian crash program to rebuild facilities and get weapons, a nuclear war is a virtual certainty.It is vital to understand that an Israeli attack will increase the likelihood of Iran firing nuclear weapons on Iran, after a period of time.
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British Probe Into Death of Mossad Spy Apparently Inconclusive... CONTINUED FROM PAGE Zvi Zamir, at a London hotel. During that meeting, held on a Friday night, between the 5th and 6th of October 1973, Marwan told the Mossad chief "war will breakout tomorrow" - and he meant the Yom Kippur War. Zamir passed on the information via telephone to the Israeli leadership. In return for his services, Marwan received about one million dollars from Mossad. He continued to stay in touch with his handlers for a number of years after the war, but by then the infor-
mation he had to share was less valuable and there was no need for his services. This stemmed, in great part, from the fact that he had retired from public service in Egypt, had moved to London and had become a wealthy international businessman. Marwan's identity was kept under wraps and only a handful of people knew his role for the Mossad. At one point in the 1990s, the head of Military Intelligence during the
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Yom Kippur War, Eli Zeira, leaked Marwan's identity to journalists and historians in Israel and abroad. Zeira argued that Marwan had been a double agent who tricked Israel. Zeira argued that Marwan had failed to inform the Mossad that the war would start at 2 P.M., and that Israel was expecting the war to start at 6 P.M; in this way, Zeira sought to shake off responsibility for his failure to foresee the 1973 war. This led to a series of exchanges in which Zamir and Zeira blamed
each other, along with a libel suit each intelligence officer aimed at the other. Mossad chief Meir Dagan intervened in the case and brought the matter to private arbitration before retired Supreme Court Justice Theodore Or, who heard many witnesses. In April 2007, Or concluded that there was no libel in Zamir's claims against Zeira, and that Marwan had not been a double agent.
Small businesses account for a major share of jobs in the U.S. economy. Declining conf idence among small businesses could dash Democratic hopes of an improving economy before the November congressional elections and give Republicans an edge in their bid to retake control of Congress. The number of business owners planning to make capital expenditures over the next few months fell a point to 19
percent, 3 points above the 35-year record low, the NFIB said. The survey showed more f irms are looking at declining sales than are expecting higher sales. Many are cutting prices to attract customers and are liquidating inventories, the survey said. The number of f irms planning to add to inventories fell in June, the survey said. "This indicates that the 'inventory' stimulus in this cycle is likely fading," the report concluded.
Small Businesses Grow More Pessimistic... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 "Seventy percent of the decline this month resulted from a deterioration in the outlook for business conditions and real sales gains," the NFIB survey concluded. The report is based on 805 responses to a random survey of NFIB members. "The performance of the economy is mediocre at best, given the extent of the decline over the past two years," the NFIB survey concluded. "Pent-up
demand should be immense, but it is not triggering a rapid pickup in economic activity." Very few small businesses plan to create new jobs, according to respondents. The survey showed that only 10 percent of f irms plan new hiring, that is down 4 points from May, the NFIB said. About 8 percent of f irms plan to reduce their workforce, up one point from the previous month, the group said.
Pay Raises are Coming But They Won’t Be Much... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 ery has not yet picked up enough strength to signif icantly raise salary budgets to a level consistent with a healthy economy," Christopher Woock, a human capital researcher at The Conference Board, said in a statement. While the economy has shown some
signs of improvement from a deep downturn, the outlook remains uncertain and many employers are reluctant to ramp up hiring. U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, resumed growth in the third quarter of
2009 after shrinking for a full year. But the government said last month that GDP grew at a slightly slower pace than originally estimated in the f irst quarter of 2010. In addition, the job market remains depressed. In June, the government said the economy lost jobs for the f irst time this year, as thousands of Census jobs ended. The jobless rate dipped slightly last month but many economists expect it to remain above 9% for the remainder of the year. According to Tuesday's report, the transportation and insurance industries are expected to have the smallest median budgets for salary increases in 2011.
By contrast, the services industry and the f inancial sector are forecast to have the largest gains in budgets for salary increases. Overall, the survey found little variation across industries. No employee group in any industry is projected to exceed the overall median increase of 3% next year. But the news is not all grim. The weak economy is expected to keep consumer prices in check, which could boost the purchasing power of even a small salary increase. "There appears to be little risk of inflation eroding the real value of the increase," said Woock.
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Much Ado About Passport Fees A DAY LATE AND $35 SHORT After months of procrastination, it seems that’s the cost of not renewing my passport in a timely manner. Fees for just about every passport-processing procedure are going up today and if you’ve snoozed, you’ll likely lose the next time you turn in your paperwork. pplying for your first passport? If you’re 16 or older, it’ll run you $135, up from $100. Fifteen or younger? It’ll cost an extra $20, or $105. Renewals, meanwhile, are now $110, up from $75, while passport cards, the less-expensive documents designed for land and sea crossings between the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, will cost an extra $10 for adults and $5 for minors. The new fees are based on a Cost of Service Study the government conducted in 2009 to determine the actual cost of providing passport services. According to the State Department, those costs include not just the physical production of passport books, which, by the way, run about $16 a pop, but also the costs involved in implementing new technology, operating expanded processing facilities and providing aid and emergency services to U.S. citizens overseas. On the other hand, according to most of the people who commented on the new rules, when they were proposed this spring, that’s a lot of hogwash. Of the 1,797 comments the government received, nearly 99 percent opposed the increase, citing everything from the lousy economy to the impact on crossborder commerce to bald-faced government greed. As for the rest, 22 commenters actually supported the plan. Personally, I think the majority of regular travelers will give the news a collective
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shrug. Yeah, the higher fees bite, but most will consider it yet another rising cost of doing business (or pleasure), along with higher airfares, admission fees and restaurant prices. And while some of the other increases listed in the rules are genuinely shocking (e.g., from $0 to $82 for extra visa pages), $35 for something that lasts for 10 years can hardly be considered a deal breaker. Nevertheless, the objections recall the hue and cry over the new passport requirements mandated by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and implemented last year. That rule, you’ll remember, required U.S. citizens to have passports (or passport-equivalent documents) for travel to and from select countries where a driver’s license or birth certificate had previously sufficed. For some, those wholly new costs ($45 for a passport card, $97 for a passport) could be considered genuinely prohibitive, and there’s no escaping the fact that the new requirements made life in travel-dependent border communities even tougher. But for others, it all boiled down to government greed, black helicopters on the border and claims of “I’m an American, why the hell should I need a passport?” This time at least according to a random sampling of the comments there seems to be less anti-gubmint invective. There are, however, several comments from travel companies suggesting that the higher fees will be a deterrent to their business. Maybe so, but when United Airlines complains that excessive fees will harm their business, you have to wonder what they’ve been smoking. Heaven knows it couldn’t be the baggage fees, summer surcharges and generally rising price of flying that are turning people off.
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TISHA B’AV IN JERUSALEM On Tisha B’Av Jews commemorate thedestruction of Jewrusalem and the Beit Hamikdash, while most of the people gather for prayers and morning at the Kotel there are many other places in the old coty that are also remnants of the city from Biblical times. Even the Kotel that most people say is the only remaining section of the ancient temple to survive extends in both directions. or some people the ceremonies at the Kotel have become to hectic and they find that by going to the other less know sites on Tish B’Av they get a better feeling of the loss that took place on Tisha B’Av.
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Golden Gate This gate, in the eastern Temple-Mount wall, may be the best-known of them all. Also called the Golden Gate or the Eastern Gate, it has been blocked for centuries, and is said to be awaiting a miraculous opening when the Messiah comes and the dead are resurrected. The existing gates were actually built during crusader times but many of the
Double Gate Lintel subterranean passageways. Half of the lintel stone and relieving arch of this Herodian gateway is visible above the later protruding arch. Above and to the right is a stone with an inscription mentioning Hadrian's son (138 C.E.). Its position upside down clearly indicates that it is in secondary use. These gates were the main gates into the Temple area as can be seen by the wide steps leading up to the gates.
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Model of the second Beit Hamikdash.
Robinson's Arch is named after the discoverer who noted the significance of the arch. A staircase built by Herod led up from the Tyropoeon Valley (just west of the Ophel - City of David) to this arch and gate to the temple mount. The poor of Jerusalem lived in this crowded valley. The main street through
Burnt House But the Old City's Jewish Quarter is also home to the Burnt House, the once-stately manor of an upper class Jewish family of the priestly caste in Second Temple Jerusalem. Inside you'll find a small collection of period antiquities within the visible remnants of the house itself, including earthenware inscribed
Artist rendering of the Robinson’s Arch the city led under the arch. Another arch, Wilson's Arch (also named after it's modern discoverer), was built by the Hasmoneans (the priestly rulers from the Maccabeen Revolt) to connect the upper city (where they lived) to the temple mount.
The Golden Gate stones in the wall are from the Herodian era. On the inside of the gate there can be seen remnants of the original gates and an area that is called by the Moslems Solomon’s Throne Room.
Wilson’s Arch
Double Gate The Double Gates and Triple Gates provided access to the Temple Mount through
Robinson's Arch
Wilson's Arch is located further to the left of Robinson's Arch and visible from the Western (Wailing) Wall. The arch is actually a bridge that leads to one of the most heavily used entrances to the Temple complex that today holds two mosques. The gate built by the crusaders is located at the end of the street of chains. To see the entrance and get a look onto the Temple mount go through the Arab Shuk and continue straight instead of turning left to go down the stairs that lead to the Kotel.
Wilson’s Arch
The Burnt House museum with the family's name. You'll also be treated to an, ahem, enthusiastic film dramatization (in Hebrew and English), complete with simmering intrigue and hammy acting, of the doomed family's last days as Jerusalem tore itself apart from within while the Romans lay in wait outside the gates.
Hezekiah’s Broad Wall This is a portion of the wall in Jerusalem that Hezekiah built in preparation for Judah's rebellion against Assyria. The smaller stone structure to the right is a house that was destroyed when building the wall. The remains of this wall was discovered by Avigad in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in 1970. It is about 23 feet thick and still stands up to 10 feet tall. Though there are varying opinions (which is very common in archaeological interpretation), it is believed that Hezekiah built this wall to enclose the western part of Jerusalem, including the Pools of Siloam. Prior to this wall, only The Ophel and the temple mount was inside the city walls. This wall and the Siloam Tunnel was built in preparation for an attack by Assyria because Hezekiah refused to pay tribute to Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. These building activities are mentioned in 2 Chronicles 32:3-5 and 2 Kings 20:20. The
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complex. Along the way can be found some of the largest stones used in the construction also there is a place marked as the Little Kotel that represents a spot that is directly opposite the place where the Holy of Holies once stood. The opening of an exit into the Moslem quarter caused riots a few years back and Arabs have claimed that the clearing of the tunnels of debris was an attempt to sabotage the mosque that now stands on the mountain where the Beit Hamikdash once stood.
Hezekiah’s Broad Wall Chronicler seems to praise Hezekiah for these works. But, some scholars believe Isaiah to be rebuking him in Isaiah 22:9-11 because he destroyed houses to fortify the wall (as evidenced in the photo above) and because he didn't give credit to those whose work he built upon when he built the reservoir for the waters from the Siloam Tunnel. Jerusalem was not harmed by Sennacherib, though most of Judah was crushed, including Lachish. If you wish to see Sennacherib's Siege Ramp at Lachish, make that your next stop. Read Chronicles for the exciting details I won't spoil the plot! Sennacherib, of course, tells a somewhat different story. He claims to have "shut Hezekiah up like a bird in a cage." I guess that's a fancy way of saying he couldn't take over the city.
Temple Mount Tunnels Inside the tunnels to the right of the Kotel, there is access to a passageway that leads to the northern corner of the Temple
Herodian Stone from the time of the Beit Hamikdash in the tunnels near the Kotel.
Tablet found by one of the Temple entrances. The text on the tablet reads: “No Gentile is to enter within the partition wall and enclosure around the sanctuary. Whoever is caught will be responsible for his own subsequent death.”
Right, intact Herodian stones of the west retaining wall of the Temple Mount. Upper right is the huge “master course” (camera lens not wide enough to show the entire stone). Note its size compared with the smaller stones below. (Photo taken in the Western Wall Tunnel).
Hezekiah’s Tunnel A 1750-foot (530m) tunnel carved during the reign of Hezekiah to bring water from one side of the city to the other, Hezekiah's Tunnel together with the 6th c. tunnel of Euphalios in Greece are considered the greatest works of water engineering technol-
Hezekiahs Tunnel ogy in the pre-Classical period. Had it followed a straight line, the length would have been 1070 ft (335m) or 40% shorter.
2 Kings 20:20 "As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city..." 2 Chron. 32:30 "It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David." Discovered in modern times by Edward Robinson (1838), cleared by Montague Parker's team (1909-11), work continues on the Tunnel and related passageways under the direction of Ronny Reich (1995-). Recent work has uncovered some of the archaeological tools and equipment abandoned by the Parker expedition.
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George Steinbrennar Dies at 80 George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. or more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as “the Boss,” a nickname he earned and clearly enjoyed as he ruled with an iron fist. The Yankees won six World Series titles during his reign. He was known for feuds, clashing with Yankees great Yogi Berra and firing manager Billy Martin twice. But as his health declined, Steinbrenner let sons Hal and Hank run more of the family business. Steinbrenner was in fragile health for years, resulting in fewer public appearances and pronouncements. Yet dressed in his trademark navy blue blazer and white turtleneck, he was the model of success: The Yankees won seven World Series titles after his reign began in 1973 Till the end, he demanded championships. He barbed Joe Torre during the 2007 AL playoffs, then let the popular manager leave after another loss in the opening round. The team responded last year by win-
The first is an icon, the other started the 2010 college baseball season at Florida International University as a virtual unknown. Now both are inextricably linked to the number 56, and FIU is hoping to send Wittels' popularity soaring with a grass-roots campaign to win him the ESPY award as male college athlete of the year.
George Steinbrenner ning another title. His death was the second in three days to rock the Yankees. Bob Sheppard, the team’s revered public address announcer from 1951-07, died Sunday at 99.
Israeli Olympic Champion Shahar Zubari riding the waves.
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pionship. Liran Machlev ended in 12th place, Nimrod Mashiah is in 16th and Shlomi Ayoubi trails in 19th. Among the women, Lee Korzits is in 16th place, followed by Maayan Davidovich in 22nd, Lior Shimoni in 24th and Nitzan Maayan in 33rd. Zubari will receive a NIS 50,000 prize, half of which will go to his coach.
Lance Armstrong Out of Contention In Tour de France Lance Armstrong will not win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong knew that as soon as his wheel hit the curb Sunday in a roundabout, as quickly as he felt himself rolling on the ground, when he saw his tire fly off, exactly when he noticed his saddle was no longer attached to his bike. he 38-year-old seven-time champion rode the last 32 miles of the 117.5mile Stage 8 with a hole torn in the
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ittels, a 20-year-old sophomore, f inished this season sitting on a 56-game hitting streak, the second-longest in college baseball history. The total matches DiMaggio’s legendary Major League record set in 1941, a mark that most baseball observers would say was even more impressive than his marriage to Marilyn Monroe (after all, two other men managed that feat). Of course Wittels, who is Jewish, may have more in common with another baseball Hall of Famer: Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers' lefty who famously refused to pitch in the World Series on Yom Kippur. Wittels will attempt to break the collegiate record of 58 consecutive games held by ex-Major Leaguer Robin Ventura next spring. It's an unlikely accomplishment considering that Wittels was a utility inf ielder who barely managed a .250 batting average as a freshman at Miami's Florida International. His streak started in February with a bloop single against the University of Maryland and he never stopped hitting this season, propelling him into the national spotlight as both the poster boy for FIU and NCAA baseball. His success earned him the ESPY nomination, ESPN's version of the Oscars. His sudden success story is particularly amazing for many members of Miami’s Jewish community, where Wittels grew up and attended Jewish day school until middle school, and his father is a well-known orthopedic surgeon. "I was speaking with a very prominent member of the community, who is also a member of the Jewish federation," Mark Rosenberg, FIU's president, said. "He asked me, 'What do you think of Garrett Wittels?' I said, 'You know his father.’ He says, 'Who is his father?' 'Michael Wittels.' He says, 'You're kidding me.' He had operated on the guy’s wife." Wittels batted .412 with 60 runs batted in this season for FIU, and he's playing now for the Peninsula Oilers in the Alaska College Summer Baseball League. Like most high-level Jewish athletes, Wittels doesn’t wear his Judaism on his sleeve (or his head -- he's not the second coming of one-time Orthodox basketball phenom Tamir Goodman, who wore a kipah while playing). But baseball is a game of superstitions, and it’s there that Wittels' Jewish background emerges. While his slate of good luck rituals has been noted repeatedly in the mounting media coverage of the streak, the mainstream media has missed this one: Before each game, Wittels kneels in the outf ield and recites the Shema, the Jewish prayer declaring the unity of God. Wittels also carries a travel mezuzah, which contains the Shema prayer, and
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Shahar Zubari Wins Gold at EU RS:X Wind-Surfing Championship
ubari won most of the sailing segments from the beginning and took a further five of six races in the cham-
DiMaggio, Koufax, Wittles - Jewish Batsman Eyes College Streak BY JACOB BERKMAN
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Israeli wind-surfer Shahar Zubari took Friday the gold medal at the RS:X Youth European and European Championships in Sopot, Poland for the second consecutive year.
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"No tears for me" _______________________ back of his shirt, with his RadioShack number, 21, flapping in the wind, with a bandage on his elbow and his left hip aching. "No tears for me," the bruised and battered and proud Armstrong said. "There's been a lot of years where it's been very different." He finished 61st in the climbing stage, 11:45 behind the winner, Andy Schleck, a fresh-legged 25-year-old from Luxembourg.
Garrett Wittels finished this season sitting on a 56-game hitting streak. on road trips he brings a copy of the Jewish Wayfarer's Prayer, according to his mother, Lishka, a member of Miami's "Jewban," or Cuban-Jewish community. And, she added, when FIU traveled this spring, he kept as kosher for Passover as he could. "This is a very spiritual house," his father, Michael, said. "My wife’s family are Turkish Jews. We have that culture, plus all of the other meshugas" he said, referring to his son's pregame habits. Superstitions can cut both ways -Wittels’ parents are wary of the media coverage surrounding the streak, citing their fear that others will give their son the "ayin harah," or evil eye of jealousy, his father said. Even the name Garrett, the father added, is born of kabbalistic philosophy. In English it means strong as an ox, but the name has seven letters -- an important number in Jewish mysticism. (His name was supposed to be Nicholas Garrett, but his paternal grandmother nixed that idea as “too goyish.”) As a 20-year-old, Wittels has said that he does not yet consider himself a role model, but his mother said, "the Jewishness plays a very big part in his life.” “He has said he would marry a Jewish girl and talks about how important it is to carry on the Judaism with his life," his mother said. "My son is the most spiritual, non-traditional young athlete you will ever meet. He carries his religion in his heart." Like many young people -- Jewish or otherwise -- Wittels' parents are his biggest advocates. Michael Wittels lashed out recently at Dave Winf ield after the Hall of Fame outf ielder and current baseball analyst downplayed the younger Wittels' streak when comparing it to DiMaggio's because college players use metal bats, as opposed to the wooden bats used in the majors. Now his father is calling on the Jewish community to help his son win the ESPY, which would be a f irst for a Jewish baseball player. The winner will be announced at ceremonies on July 14. "Jews usually don't vote in these types of contests," Michael Wittels said. "When there is trouble, we send money to help. If the State of Israel goes to war tomorrow and needs a fund, the Jewish community gets out there, and we all send a check. "I don't know if we will rally around this kid, because I don't know if we as a nation put any emphasis on this. ... But the only chance this kid might have is if every Jew votes for him."
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73rd WESTEND AVENUE: SCHWAB HOUSE For sale by owner. 1 BDRM spacious, renovated kitch/ bath, SS appl, sunny river view, landmarks, w/ 24hr drmn, gym, gar. Best location! Immaculate. Asking $699K. MTC $89.3. Contact: 917-655-6860
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
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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 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
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BROOKLYN 2020 Boro Park open house Sun 6/20. 12-5 pm. 1729 61 St. Lrg 4 fam brick s/det. Mod kits & bths. Lg fin bsmt $995K. Laquila RE 718-234-1111
2020 Ave K/ East 9th: 1 fam (legal 2) on 40x100 lot. Prime location. Asking 1.9 M. Make offers, Call Robert. Royal York RE 917-446-0669 2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917748-7780 bkr
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$330,000. Broker 718-372-0380
2000
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REAL ESTATE 2020 Sheepshead Bay: 3 BRs, 1 bth, 100% co-op building, utilities included, 4 new A/Cs, all new windows, new dishwasher, stove & refrigerator 3000 NE Bronx: 3 Fam, 6 BR + basement, large drvwy and yard, numerous amenities. Too many to mention. Near shopping + houses of worchip. Reasonably priced. Call 718-822-6781 or 347-928-4595
MILL BASIN/ MARINE PARK AREA: Amazing opportunity for sale! Renovated 2 family mixed use with dental/medical ofc. 3BR/3 bth duplex with balcony, fin bsmt, 2 parking spaces. For info call Gina M. Papa. Corcoran Group. 718-832-4197 2020
2020East 32nd St/ K& L: 3BR, 1 fam hse in excel move in cond, fin bsmt, alarm, new kitch, 2 bths. Priced to sell. 347-277-8565. Owner. No agents pls.
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Gravesend: 4 Family brick
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Small one family house with extra lot for sale. Lot is ideal for building. Call 718-927-0600 Or 646-753-1400 House for sale Seagate Brooklyn, 3 family detached brick with finished basement $689k 917-769-4776 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 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 1150-
Sunday 12-2 PM 1. Midwood 1385 E. 2nd St, 2 Fam + fin bsmt 2. Midwood 1430 E 29th St. 1 fa,. Det 33’ x 100’ lot 3. Marine Pk 1640 Madison Pl, Brick 5 BR 38’ x 100’ $799K 4. Marine Pk 2:30-4:30 pm at 2160 E. 38th St. 1 fam semi, 4 BR’s $439K Century 21 SAVALOT 718-336-1144 -OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY 12-2PM Midwood 1385: E 2nd, 2 Fam + Fin Bsmt, 3 kitchs & 3 baths. Madison 1432E 2nd, 1 fam det 3BR Duplex. 33x100. Madison 1640 Madison Place. Det Brick 5 BRs, 3 bths, 38x100 Lot. Century 21 SAVALOT 718-336-1144 2020
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
2040
BROOKLYN 9080 RE IS REAL ESTATE, INC. WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 909 E.29 ST UNIT #4K BROOKLYN, NY 11210 WWW.AS-IS-REALTY.COM 718-252-0141 FAX 347-713-4241
Avenue V/ East 7th Street, renovated approximately 350 sqft storefront. Prime location. Also available, 2nd flr office approximately 300 sq ft. 718-938-9899 OCEAN PKWY/ KINGS
1090
HWY AREA. Prestigious profl building, 1 space avail. 2000-3000sf. Parking. Call 347-804-46663pm Williamsburg: 5,000 sq ft warehouse for rent on Spencer Street bt Park & Myrtle Avenue. Suitable for school, shul and retail warehouse. Call 718-998-2767
9080
2040:Boro Park: 2305 12th Ave: Open house, every Sun 3-5PM. Asking 1,39M or best offer. 52BR apts @1250/mo + Store @ 1700/mo. Call 347-554-8282
49th Street. All brick 2 family 20x52 building 20x100 lot. Khalid
OPEN HOUSES
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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 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
OCEAN PKWY/ DITMAS AVE & 18TH AVE: Co-op bldg, 5th flr. Lux 1 BR apt w/new furniture & new kit. $1400/mo. Call owner, 917-723-7611 2040:
GARAGE FOR RENT Coney Island Ave bw S&T Fitting commercial van Please call: 347-405-0553
Williamsburg: 5000 sft warehouse for rent on Spencer St. bet Park & Myrtle Avenue. Call 718-998-2768 BoroPark: Heart of office
2040
floor avail. Ground level, CAC, beaut cond, near public trans.
$1500. Also storage space avail. 347-831-6152 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
Boro Park, 20 Av 53 St. Newly renov 1 fam, 3 Brs, new kit, bsmt, drv. Nr Stores, shuls, F train. 718-258-4824
suite. Kitchenette w/granite,
House for sale in the heart of Sephardic community, Gravesend. Please call: 718-755-6349
Owner 631-220-5706
6920 13th Avenue: Store + 2 family, excellent condition, 3 BR apts. Call Albert. Remax Metro. 917-733-7230 or 718-439-1110
radiant heat, ductless A/C, use with paved yd. $3500/mo incl pkng.
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
brand new bsmnt,
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 STORE FOR RENT IN VERY BUSY AREA IN GRAVESEND. NEWLY REN-
or 917-282-4855
OVATED, PLEASE CALL FOR
Boro Pk, 12 Ave 43 St,
DETAILS: 718-998-7600
store frnt office for rent.
SPACE FOR RENT-BROOKLYN 51st Street close to 18th avenue Basement suitable for storage High ceilings Call for more information: 908-330-3677
Approx 60x20, good for prfsnl or store. Call: 917-435-9274 Brooklyn near 4th Ave. 1700 SQFT All open space: suitable for
Ave U 2 Stores For Rent
light manufacturer Or
700 sq ft and 1000 sq ft top
warehousing 1 passenger
location reasonable price call
freight elevator. Nr all
owner 917-797-1427
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-Professional Ofc spaces, prime location Newly renov. 917-494-7987 REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE Court St. Brooklyn, 3rd flr,
Boro Park, 12 Ave/43 St.
900sf. Offices 2 refrigerated
Storefront office For rent
800sf. Each 2 Freezers 800sf
Approx 60x20 good for
each 5000 sf. Storage, 15 ft
professional or medical offi.
high, Fright elevator Ground
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
16th Ave, 49th Street-
STORE
St 1000 sqft Hi Traffic Area. Good for: Attorney, MRI, Mail
Floor 2000 sf., with loading dock, Total 11,000 sf. Call 917-407-4006
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
2050
BROOKLYN BUSY AUTO/TRUCK REPAIR BUSINESS FOR SALE Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Owner is retiring after 40yrs at this location. Call 718-384-1560, Email VinceAR@aol.com 2050-
Avenue U off McDonald: For sale or rent. Good location! Lot-4,000 sq ft. Store-2300 sq ft. High Ceilings, no columns + full bsmt. Eclod Realty Corp. 718-966-0230 2050-
Busy dental practice in heart of Boro Park 3 networked, fully equiped ops, seller motivated best offer accepted 917-416-3681 Very Active Brooklyn Law Practice For Sale. Only Law Firms with at least 3 Attorneys need Apply. Terms Negotiable. Please Call 718-336-3938 AFTER 6pm Ob/gyn Practice for sale: Brooklyn, ideal for Orthodox Jewish MD. Receipts 700k. Call Mr. Weissen at 631-281-2810 or email gnw1@buysellpractices.com 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
Brooklyn, Established 4 rent. Exc oppty. Ask $69k. 718-810-5323 EXCELLENT DEAL!
For professional use, 860 sq
Box Store, Hair Salon, NO
Boro Pk restaurant for sale
ft, 9 ft, ceiling, Central
FOOD, No Grocery.
$65k Flex; Prime location
A/C, many windows.
Reasonable & Negotiable.
Call: 718-435-9366
in Boro Pk. Serious inqs
Call Owner 718-788-4331
only. 917-626-2927
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 2010
BROOKLYN 2010
Mill Basin: Free room
and board in exchange for house keeping. No children. Near shopping and transportation + synagogues. Call 347-752-1449 Call after 8pm, weekdays only
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
3000
QUEENS/BRONX 1095
BRAND NEW SAND-
WHICH BAR FOR SALE,
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
prime location in Chelsea,
Bed-Stuy-Vacant Interior: LOT (LAND LOCKED) 18*35 BLOCK 1687, LOT 144, R-6 ZONE, $20K. PRINCIPALS ONLY. OWNER 917-848-7735
KFC Franchise For Sale-
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
low rent. Once in a lifetime opportunity! Please call Steve 201-621-2178
Queens location. Call Mr. Rahman: 347-681-9781
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
3060
QUEENS/BRONX Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
Apartment For Sale 2060
QUEENS/BRONX 2060
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
Glatt kosher restaurant in years. Long lease w/low
House for rent Gravesend/E 4th
House
FLORAL PARK COUNTRY
CLUB (Queens). Neatly renov 1 BR, 2 full bths, plently of closets. Avail immed. Low maint. Owner. 917-359-4600 FLUSHING/ GEORGETOWN MEWS -Beautifully custom ren-
2060
For Rent
ovated 1 + 2 Bd Apts,
BROOKLYN
including a duplex. You
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)
choose all finishes + we renovate to your taste. Everything brand new. By prospectus only. Sales office. 718-575-1332
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REAL ESTATE 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 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
Apartment For Rent 2080
QUEENS/BRONX Heart of Kew Garden Hills: Two- 2nd floor 2 BR apts One- 1st Floor-2 BR Linda of Summit Realty 347-730-9907
2080
BAYSIDE-BAY TARRACE: 1BR, LR, din rm, EIK, new bath. $1250 + 6 rooms, 3BR2 BA, Liv Rm, din rm, EIK, terrace. New kit w/granite counters. $1950- 516-983-6682 2080
FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHOPS & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
Kew Garden Hills House for Rent K.G.H 1 Fam, 3 Bdrm, 1.5 Bths. Kitchen backyard and fur-
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:
Deck $2,400 Call
Top location! Immac det 1
917-669-9676
fam, 4 br, 3 ½ bth, LR, DR,
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
House
3020
For Sale
QUEENS/BRONX West of Main Street: 2 s/det houses, all brick. For details call Vera at Coldwell Banker RE. 917-853-5455
3020
City Island, Mint Beach
3020
House: Charming, renovated, 2 be house, hdwd flrs, vaulted ceilings, cac, w/d, d/w. New ss apls, attic storage, pvt beach. $285K. Call owner 917-902-5798
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
5080
LONG ISLAND
EIK, fin bsmnt, pvt drv, newly blt, 1 blk to Shul. $559K/ neg. Owner 917-577-6811
House For Rent
5060
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 Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
Apartment For Sale 5000
LONG ISLAND Co-op/ Condo for sale. GREAT NECK, 2 BR, 1 bth. By owner new granite/ ceramic kitchen/ bath, spacious closets, garage parking, $339K 516-883-2435 Email: redino7@msn.com 5000
CEDARHURST: DENTAL
House for sale LI
OFFICE THUR-SUN. ALSO
Spacious 200 sf. 1 bdrm, 1
SUITABLE FOR PODIATRIST,
bth. Dining area, balcony,
PSYCHOLOGIST OR
out door pool, Custome kitch
SPEECH THERAPIST. CALL 516-316-3360
and bth. Prime doorman, Building and loc, walk to shul, shopping, LIRR. Shown by apt only, $375k
LIC Proff/ Retail Spaces
954-558-3133
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 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
House
For Sale
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
Apartment For Sale
store for sale, good location w. parking, 5 towns area. Partners avail 516-581-3930 MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR SALE PRIMARY CARE. FIVE TOWNS. Successful. Terms Negotiable. Contact 516-612-2444
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
STAPLETON
For Sale
5040
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
LONG ISLAND Cedarhurst: 2 BR, 2bth, recently updated, granite kitchen, huge LR, DR, h/w flrs, bsmt prkng & storage, elev bldg. 917-747-4346 tanis86@aol.com
5040
Applications for the waiting
NY STATE
list for rental units in Staten Island will be available to families with limited income, based on section 8
JOHNATHAN AT
qualifications, beginning between 10am & 3pm
NASSAU / L.I. Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped. Turn-Key, Glatt Kosher. LI Catering hall, seats 300, long lease. Reasonanle rent, attractive terms. Call 212-243-9808 or 516-450-7323
Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped turnkey, Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall, seats 300, long lease. Reasonable rent attractive terms. Call 212-243-9808 or 516-450-7323 6000:
Ext15&/26
Sullivan county, NY.
NASSAU REAL ESTATE Cedarhurst New Construction by Rami 4200 s.f corn, top quality $900’s Call Builder 917-541-7013 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
Apartment For Sale 3080
proposed casino. 1000 pal-
Staten Island-Condo
lets cold storage (18-) (38)
eat-in kitchen, living room,
smaller props, Main ST,
kitchens, huge yard. Det
Falls.845-798-1306
Owner2 br ranch home, 1 bath, detached garage,$650K, builders welcome. No Brokers, Call Owner 917-930-0497
6090:
2 fam in NYS $55K.
$600/mo income. 14%
place. Grt oppty. 347-324-1821
6090:
Catskills, NY,
house/ swimming pool/ Bar & Restaurant. 19 acres $749K. Contact 917-607-4274
$189k 917-693-8239
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
STATEN ISLAND
Property
For Sale
6090
MONSEY COUNTY
Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All
w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809
NY STATE
rooms for guests, EIK, near
6090
LAND FOR SALE
ENJOY THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY
For Rent
6080
NY STATE 6040
Monroe, NY/ Share
Share my home, furn bdrm, 1 hr to Manhattan. Pool, deck, patio, grill, dish washer w/dryer, util incl. car nec. $840/mo. Call Nicki 845-742-7742
Bth C/H, 1 acre Lot on culde-sac. Porch, deck, maids rm, 2 car gar, beaut 3 rm
brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft
Wesley Hills, Powderhorn area: Nearly new 4 BR, 4
Rockland/ Monsey: WESLEY HILLS RANCH: 4BR, 3 full baths, oversized l/r, sep ent, in-law suite, one acre, manicured property, w/kio pond, well maintained. PRICED TO SELL $429K CALL DEVORAH REALTY TEAMS 845-548-9486 6060
(New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457
Occupied. $409K
LITTLE NECK-For Sale By
6090Exclusive camp reduced, 4.25M. 400-600 kids. 128 acres, 2 hrs to NYC, WildacresRealty.com 845-887-4070
House for sale,
taxes, good cond, fully
House for Sale Long Island
914-328-9658
Rockland County
Amityville Village
631-905-6189
Car gar. Excellent Parking &
court, parking space,
4060
BR units, det’d gar, Low
Many Costum features/ Ample Storage/ 2 Frplcs/ 2
23 Units includes 5 BDRM
STATEN ISLAND
washer, dryer, pool, tennis
Legal 3 fam. (1)2BR (2)1
+ Family Rm. 2 Terraces.
Motel for sale.
BRS, 2 full baths, 2
GREAT BUY
Finished Lower LUL w/3rms
GWB, Rt 84 &17/86. Nr
Poss development. Also 2
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
Master Bdrm/ 2 BDRMs + Gallery upstairs. 3.5 Bath.
Middletown, 90 min From
Floor, corner unit, central air,
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
2806sq ft, sunny private
Cold Storage Facility. 20 min No of
w/ofc space, Approx 4
Call owner 516-817-9979
White Plains. F.S.B.O.
Luxury Condo, spacious
cap rate. Upscale area.
acres , sep maint facility.
LIRR. Make your best offer!
$170K. 561-302-6669
Ecxel mngmt & tenant in
condo, Rossville, bottom
gar. Nr park, shops &
overlooking lg pvt pond. 7.15 acres. Ingrnd pool.
845-796-1200
for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth
Hewlett. Hi Ranch:4
bsmt, Great room w/deck
THE SUNSHINE.
Commercial Property
6000
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.
9BRs, 3.5 bths, brk frplc in
SULLIVAN COUNTY HOTEL FOR SALE. CALL
on April 19th 2010, call 516-466-6527
White Lake, NY:
Location. Please call:
1000-
House
6090
end unit. LR/DR EIK, 1st Flr
7000
Established Glatt Kosher restaurant/ take-out/ food
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
6020 4020
3080
6000
nished Bsmt Gorgeous
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
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
SETTING IN THE LOWER
walk-out fin bsmnt. Many extras. Principals only. 845-354-1495 Hancock/Upstate NY 9 room LR,DR & 5 Extra
transportation, shopping, Schools & more, walk to houses of worship. Call 917-340-8489
CATSKILLS. 80 miles from NYC. 2 adjoining 5 acre lots on cul de sac in BEAUTIFUL SUBDIVISION WITH LAKE RIGHTS for single family homes or Bed and Breakfasts. Lot #6-
$155,000/Lot #7-150,000BOTH $300,000. Please Call for more information. 845-434-1018 Cell 845-707-2004
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
TO ADVERTISE IN THE JEWISH VOICE CALL: 800-998-0885
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REAL ESTATE 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
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
House
WOODSIDE, NY 2 family brick house detached. Property is 4000 CALL ANNCURRAN @
6060
NY STATE HOUSE FOR SALE, NY STATE -Catskill Mts Artists Country
6090
Retreat Freehold 57ac.2+sty barn, studios, deck, Guest hideaway, trails, pasture; 3 bdrm, 2 ba. Renovated house. $400K. 518-634-2692 Ulster County Houses for Sale. COTTEKILL For sale 1990’s Country Charmer. This 2 story 3bdr 1 bath sits on almost one acre. Some updates. 845-389-8822 Open House Every Sat & Sun 6060
LOOKING To buy or sell a home? Look no further than Jacob your RE broker. Bklyn only 2% broker fee. Call: 347-733-2207 For any questions.
6060
Co-op Redding: FOR NATURE LOVERS! Secluded, unique Swiss chalet log house, 1 hr fr NYC on 4 ac in old forest. Tennis court, pool, Jacuzzi, $425K. 646-423-2352 Albany Area: SUPER LOCATION, beautifully restored 1840’s farmhouse with 16,000 sq ft barn on 15 park like acres. Turnkey business available. 15 minutes from Downtown Albany. Call Betty at 518-732-2436 or 518-423-9996. Must see to appreciate.
S FALLSBURG, NY Lg, 3 Br house, 3bth, Brand new, pvt in ground pool. Avail July. Call: 914-737-3915
ALASKA LODGE, Beautiful, 11ac. Grand, Oceanfront, $12 Million www.angelinasnest.com/Alaska 20 Lodge % 20 for % 20 Sale H+M Phone: 907-617-7335 Shirley 7050
local trans. $289k
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 Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
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 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
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
Summers near Scranton:
7040
new kitch, fans, propane heat.
Tucson on I-10 Toltec Hwy.
large ground level house.
Pvt well, 2 car gar, shul open
2100 sqft interior, 2100 sq
thru Succos. 215-523-5996
ft terrace & veranda.
Lv msg or 570-254-9445
Theme Park” 40 acres COMMERCIAL 40 acres
tage w/5 lots. 5 BR, 3 bth,
Property on 0.6 acre. 3 bdrms, 3 bthrms, etc.
Family. All for $5.65 Mil.
US $1,750,00/neg.
Island you can drive ontu. 4 bdrm residence, dock, huge boathouse, plus marine railway. $995,000. Century 21 Bourne 800-439-2524
www.16JobsIsland.com Cape Cod Oceanfront
1-264-497-6224
room houses. Idyllic beachfront privacy $6M. Century 21 800-439-2524
rented for $1190/mo or
Includes specials
Barzilay@foreclosureintl.com 281-460-9330
Appx 50,000 mtrs FOR SALE, Exceptional
La Julita close to Pinares de
Subdivisional
San Martin $12M US
Route 1, South Kingstown
Beliz, Central America: 60 acres, riverfront property title. Owned, asking $300,00. Please Call 646-506-6084
www.46winship.com
Preliminary approval on
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
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
4bth home avail for summer. Granite kosh kit. Lg bckyrd. Nr
meadows with trees. Rural
shuls. 310-735-3310
but close to town. High &
Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank. 20 Million oz discovery so far @ Money Knob. Livengood, Alaska www.ithmines.com Last 10 claims for sale. Contact
Moving must sell! Wesley Hills, 1 br colonial,custom
Bob 907-457- or email
cinabar56@hotmail.com
Kagan Realty
Property/House
For Sale
7030
OUT OF STATE 7050
HOUSE
FOR
SALE
PANAMA EL VALLE PANAMA, 2 hours from Panama City, Exat Village, wonderful house on 2 acres, perfectly restored new house, 2BR, 2 yrs old, 1500sq ft,
$250,000 413-243-2746 Email SJDubois28@live.com
$1895M
314-414-0070
(NC/VA) UNIQUE LIMITED OFFERING
WWW.ROANOKERESERVE.COM
New Hampshire, Washington 24 wooded acres, Town Rd w/electric & access to boat launching ramp for half moon pond. $5000 per acre 914-592-8414
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
7060
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
OUT OF STATE PA, VALLEY FORGE Area: 12.5 acres, 30 stalls. Rental income of $6,000+ per month (8 apts) POSSIBLE Owner Financing $1,500,000 610-842-3902
AUCTION 18 Hole Golf Course Oct 10th 2009-12:00 Noon 9259 West Fork Road Georgetown, Ohio 45121 126 acre public golf southeast of Cincinatti.
914-414-3619 Rivky Kagan
Walk to water and marina.
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
course located 45 min
Kosher Milch Miller
845-659-2056
ond-story water views.
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203-899-9924 for appointment
please call Shelly
860-514-1813
New luxury 1 and 2 br APTS*Starting at $1800 call
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Bennies@angaillent.com
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Affordable weekly rental.
OUT OF STATE
Anguilla, BWI: 1995 built
planned “Decades Music
845-426-0836
beaches and town.
7060
Located btn Phoenix &
Westchester
dryer, a/c kit, leisure rms, nr
temporary home. Near
Available For Rent
800-356-3210
HORTON & COLLEGE Rockland, NY-Townhouse 3 Br
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160 Acres Arizona Property
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+ 2 extra rms bsmt, d/washer,
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sq. ft. 5 bdrms, 3 bths.
For Sale
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2 GAS WELLS FOR SALE
6070 yards, family owned
100% W.I. 2.8 Million
Ohio D5 Liquor Licnese,
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Hunter’s Paradise. $850K
806.548.0769
276-496-5200
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Music
8000
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women with insurance expe-
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HAPPY MOVING & STORAGE CO All your moving needs, lic & ins. Competitive Flat Rates, Shom Shab. DOT #37322. 347-576-3432
Mattress & Box spring
9050Shlomo Hamelech’s tour of the United States: Motor home RV trips for free on condition of purchase of electronics, batteries and groceries. Total price $25,000 on condition that you acquire entire RV for additional $175K. You also get a new 2010 black mercury plus groceries for 10 years provided that I am the driver. Call 917-216-8379
9050 IQ TESTED THE NEW YORK CITY TEST CENTER Offers for a limited time, free intelligence and personality tests. You IQ, personality And aptitude determine your future. Know them. No obligations. Walk-ins welcome 224 West 46th Street New York City, NY Phone: 212-921-1210 Open 7days a week from 9:00am- 10:00pm
Credit card companies started placing judgment on people who are not paying. Call us now to settle your debt before it’s too late. 718-705-6649 or 718-705-6645
9050
GIS PRIVATE
9050-Green Turf Irrigation Sales-Service of automatic lawn sprinkler systems. 516-239-3434
BAY SHORE: DOCK
9050-
INVESTIGATOR
SPACE Available. 22
Gambino Information Services, Inc.
feet max. Pvt back-
Matrimonial-PreMatrimonial Investigations Surveillances-Background Investigations Landlord Tenant Investigations Licensed-25 years esperience 718-445-2270
Queen, Pillow top Still In
Singer looking to form band for CD project, as well as performing at simchas. Jewish and secular music. Call Zev 347-593-4591
9050:
9050:
Other
tional references, for info: 859-983-1109
9050Price Right tree cutting, pruning, feeding, spraying, planting, sukkah clearance. No job too large or small. Call 718-763-1816
$ Make Money $
*Sell us your Jewish books/
Love horses?
24 Hr To wService
1976 MERCEDES 450SL CONVERTIBLE/HARDTOP BLACK WITH LIMITED EDITION RED INTERIOR--RARELY SEEN. COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL EXTERIOR RESTORATION ALONG WITH MANY MECHANICALS REPLACED – DRIVES LIKE NEW—CAN EASILY BE A SHOW CAR – GOOD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY– 2ND OWNER (10 years) – 2 tops – 83,000 ORIGINAL MILES & MUCH TOO MUCH TO LIST HERE $19,995 SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY 201-681-6471 LV MSG.
Collector of Jewish Art. Call Ted: 201-575-0055
Invest with no bills!
COMMERCIAL, AFFORD-
9030
9045
of-print books, seforim, music, lectures
QUOTES!!! ANY CONDI-
9035
Buying
& Judaica at 50-70% off retail prices!
SELL YOUR VEHICLE FREE
Pets
Art for Sale Works of Art for Acquisitios Judaica & Landscapes (917)204-5058
9045
With/without Title.
NATURAL GINESIS NO MORE BUGS! 100% NATURAL PLEASE CALL: 800-807-9357 www.naturalginesis.com
Steinway Piano-Original ivory keys + matching bench (Model M) Signed by S. Rachmaninoff. Excellent condition. $28,500.00. Contact 804-380-5659
8 TKTS,
RESERVED
ownership of 8 well bred in
973-332-5886
Do you have merchandise you can’t sell? We’ll buy entire warehouse. Please call: 347-496-1626
PIANO, Mason &
Autos/ Police Impounds!!
foal thoroughbred mares on
www.4privateinvestigators.com
yard. Water and electric. $1200 for a year. 646-734-2451 Gifted and Inturtive Consulting in business Health children and family Relationships Excellent energy Treatment provided in need of Yeshiva Call 347-625-1440
Plastic $350 (631) 716-0174
CORPORATIONS, LLC, LLP, D/B/A/ , IN EVERY STATE WITHIN 24 HRS PUBLISHINGS OF LLC’S, LLP’S NOT FOR PROFIT OR RELIGIOUS EXEMT ORGANIZATIONS TRADE MARKS, COPY RIGHTS, PATENTS TRUSTS NEW DEEDS PROBATE WILLS NAME CHANGES LANDLORD & TENANT CASES, AND ALL COURT CASES COLLECTING COURT JUDGEMENTS
Black, 99K miles, leather int, power seats,
Additions, basements, com-
Windows, moon-roof,
plete renovations, roofind &
excellent shape,
siding. Free est’s! Fully
Totally remodeled! $2500
insured.732-288-2549
Call 718-415-6920
Lic# 13VH01859500
MODEL/Cond. Contact
TITLE NO PROBS SAME DAY
1998 Lincoln Towncar, 8080
$47,500. Pittsburgh,
TION NEW OLD JUNK NOT
We pay $CASH$
TROL. RESIDENTIAL,
KEL NAH REFA NAH LAH
8080
WE BUY JUNK CARS Any condition.
MONTHLY PEST CON-
9028
Handyman
#1 JUNKER
BROOKLYN’S BEST
BED BUGS, RATS.
Donations
Giannotti Contracting All pases of home improvements INC. * Finished Basements * Sheetrock * Taping * Extensions * Masonry * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Roofing * Siding * Windows & more. Call Dominick 718-256-9393
tuned, beau cond
WANTED ANY
732-895-5563
estimate call Steve. 917-975-1752
DIRT BIKES, OLD
24/7 Service Avail.
917-968-6809 J Newman, full service
Walnut Louis XV
Call: 347-234-8566
Specialist
Pianos/Organs.
Styling #496795
Any model, any condition.
Free Estimates
9040
Steinway Model M
Motorcycles.
No title OK. Free PU. Call 732-865-5121
9040
Mopeds/ Go carts
For junk/ unwanted veh.
Licensed and Insured New Construction,
Contact: 631-944-1669
BUGS ARE GONE Bedbug and Roach
Selling
miles, clean 8500.
$200/$500 cars 4 cash.
8075-
Unbeatable price guaran-
AAA CASH
gold package 93,000
$100-$1500
BATHTUB, TILE REGLAZING + WATERPROOFING
9050
1997 Lexus SC 400
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
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New Jersey Apartment For Sale 9055
9055
SOUTH ORANGE:
Lakewood, NJ: 1 BR, 1.5 bth, newly renovated apt, LR, DR, EIK. Reasonably priced, near
Apt for rent
HOUSE FOR SALE,
Oradel: Renov Victorian 3
Lakewood- 3 BR ranch
BR/ LR/ DR/ EIK, 1.5 bth sun
on cul de sac, large proper-
4/5 BR Col, Gorg Prop in
room/ 2 car gar + includes
ty, walk to Pine Park. Frum
Desir. Nghbd. Walk to NY
aupare apartment w/ EIK full
area. JUST REDUCED
bath/ mini kitchen/ LV Bdrm.
$275,000. GLOBE REALTY
Close to trains/ Bus. $3300.00
732-367-9100
Trains, downtown Reno. EIK & Bths, frplc, more.
$489,000. Call Marina, Licensed Realtor 973-768-6007 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
Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553 Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/dining area, huge deck,
mute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646
Avenue, NYC. Men’s, women’s & children’s clothing; Housewares, books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and many other items. Prices are reasonable for quality. Visit us from Mon-Fri 10am 5pm,
utility & 1 ½ mon.sec.
room-dining room-sun room-
OBO Owner
library hardwood floors-new
201-820-4391
dows, new electric, good laundry room on-site ample parking, great nearby park and ride. 2 miles, no pets, no smoking. $875 monthly. Call 973-207-0860 Owner. Newark, northward 263
store or warehouse16x19 f
House For Rent Triple A Jersey Shore Rentals ATLANTIC CITY: Boaters Dream, 3 Blocks to beach/ boardwalk, bay front with deck for 40ft boat. Spectacular 4 bdrm/ 3.5bth. Newer home on the intercoastal. Large outdoor entertainment area. Rent $16K/mo or available weekly. Contact owner 609-703-2273
Proper ty
For Sale 9065
9065
Long Branch: 600sf
Asking 1,144,900. Avrum
EIK, $63,000 includes floor-
bths/ 3 BDRM, fireplace, beau-
bth, walk to NYC bus &
ing allowance. GLOBE
train. Shopping center
REALTY. 732-367-9100
across the street, off street
from GW Bridge. Utils not
$1995, plus electric/month.
included. $2100. By owner
Call Joan at : 631-286-4959
Reasonably priced! Call now Dominick 908-415-2299 or Sal 718-853-3629
000& 40,000 22 ft high, plenty of parking space,
CALL:
Avail for imm purchase or
(800) 998-0885 or email:
lease! Call Barry Littman
info@jewishvoiceny.com
917-363-3974
buyers. Won’t last! Owner
Adult Community,
price $169,900. rental
20,000 sq ft asking 650k.
Warehouse 15,000, 30,
shuls. Grt oppty for first time
Denville, NJ: (off Rt 80,
dry room on floor, sale
HBWE REALTY
IN SALES, TELEMARKETING, CLASSIFIEDS AND OTHER POSITIONS IN NEW YORK NEW JERSEY & FLORIDA
Jewish comm., close to ortho
201-741-6883
parking. Large closets, laun-
9070
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732-695-1046
Call for 732-222-8095
nished studio w/ sep kit, full
347-387-3245
Principles only.
718-338-6813 or
NewTownHouse, 3 levels, 2.5
NR Mineral bath spa (1) hour
ter/Chabad House/
Near train and Hospital.
Lakewood- A country
furnished, includes driveways,
Howell, NJ Near Lakewood,
or 973-687-9270
place, 2 BR, 1 BA, Large
Gorge, Ski Resort area. Semi
Residential/Commercial
Near Sephardic cen-
Shore. For sale by owner,
Available. 10,000+ sf. Call Joe or Ben, 718-947-5037
Ranway/Linden NJ
from beach-10 mins from rr
HIllel/JCC/ Eruv of Jersey
Jersey city warehouse space
LOST YOUR JOB? Looking for a New Career?
Teaneck, NJ: Heart of
rollup steel doors $500 month 551-358-9372
entertainment area. 20 mins station and major roads.
732-364-7333
Commercial property
908-482-0528
9065
HOWELL-RT9: Shopping
Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential
Proper ty
9075
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
updated appliances in EIK.
For Rent
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
Spring Lake Heights:
secluded 20x40 heated
exit 39) Beautiful quiet
tiful gated communityin Great
zone heat. Close to all
inground pool with cabana/
building, furnished or unfur-
Vernon, NJ:
9060
tral AC, new furnace w/3,
2 zone a/c/ heating-new basemetn-burgular system
973-464-5561
Call Steve, M-F
buses. Fast sale $259K
furnace-finished attic/
Asking $339,900. Call
bths, LG EIK, 6 drvwy, cen-
family room-large living
2nd floor in private house. 2
kitchen & bath, parks 5 cars.
center 1200sf rent, 14sf.
201-934-1600 Apartment for rent, NJ,
house colonial 2.5 blocks from the beach. New roof,
9075
2 car garage 4 bdrs, 2.5
Income certification. 201-434-2361 after 4pm
Colonial-one acre corner lot-
Are you looking for a clean remodeled 3BR, 2 ba shore
Bogota, NJ: 2 BR, 1.5
building, 2nd flr, walk-up,
mercial, for any business
closet, new appls, $1100 +
1928 two story Dutch
baths-Jacuzzi large kitchen/
$1,150 201-659-5574
Verona Ave . Business com-
from NYC, 2 Lg BR, walk-in
Wayside/ Deal: Classic
Many incentives!
Hiawatha-1 BR condo quiet
212-222-2600 NEW JERSEY 20 min
House for sale.
to all major highways.
heat & hot water, lrg closets.
and Sat Noon-4pm.
9060
floor, elevator bldg, close
BR, Lrg LR, lrg kitchen. Includes
closet, space storage bin +
munity 949 Amsterdam
units to your need. Second
Parsippany: Lak
VALLEY THRIFT STORE
A non-profit helping the com-
Office Approx 4500 sq ft divide + construct to small
security, easy bus/ ferry com-
Renovated bath, new win-
9060
9065
indoor/outdoor pool, 24-hr
Apartment For Rent 9060
Contact 203-241-2243
Condo for Sale: Atlantic City- Ocean Front luxury immaculate 2 beds/ 2 baths/ (2) balconies. Totally renovated condo on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Corner unit. 500 feet to synagogue. 10 minute walk to casinos & nightlife. Priced below market value @ $549K. Contact owner 609-703-2273
9065
Commercial Real Estate.
Lakewood prime location; Hwy 9 (Madison Ave)Building & property included, presently a dental office.
$350,000. GLOBE REALTY. 732-367-9100
9065:Newark, NJ: Nice commercial gated-in building, safe iron-bound section FOR RENT. 16 ft ceiling. Up to 120,000sq ft, can be easily divided. 1st flr also available. Big parking lot, easy access & loading. Plenty of office space wired & ready. Surrounded w/heimishe businesses daily minyonim, close to highways & transportation. Excellent prices. Call 917-771-3140. If no ans, lv msg.
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Florida & Israel Real Estate
For Sale
9080
FOUNTAIN BLEU HOTELMIAMI BCH Magnif 850sf studio, sleeps 4-6. Daily/weekly. Special summer rates avail. 347-804-4666 N. Miami Beach: Home for sale/rent Completely renovated 3-4 BR, 2 new baths, ceiling fans, crown moldings, spacious LR, DR, Family room, new pool, driveway, patio, new roof & AC, walk to many shuls, 429K. Call 610-247-4989 email: Tstoleberg@gmail.com
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
Pesach Rental in Miami FL
Condos for rent
Miami Bch: Indian Creek, Hallendale: La meron,
Kosher condo Sarsota, FL
King David Towers. Lux
Fully equip. kitchens, 3 Br, 2
beautifully furnished 1500
Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut
BA, Sleeps 6, washer, 1
MONACO
sf condo, 2 BR, 3 bth,
beach view $2500
dryer, walking Distance to
1/1.5 furnished on canal.
restaurant, beauty salon,
Real Estate
For Rent 9085
9085
KINGS POINT DELRAY-
Tiled $550/mo or buy 303-328-5202
9085
Delray Beach FL.
Orlando: Furnished Condo 2 BR, 2 Bth, 2nd floor, club house, pool tennis court $150k negotiable 813-390-5008 MICCO- LIVE + WORK IN GATED PRIVATE PROPERTY
10,000 SQ FT UNDER AIR CUSTOM HOME WITH SEPARATE
2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721
North Myrtle Beach
8,000 SQ FT WORKSHOP/ GARAGE. HOME HAS EXTENSIVE GRANITE + TILE- FEATURES THE NICEST HOME THEATER THAT YOU WILL FIND.
A DEAL @ 1.1 MILLION. CONTACT 321-431-8120 VIEW: WWW.EXTREMEFLORIDAHOME.COM
FL Summer Rental
tiable, asking $325k. Near
Furnished 3/2 Beach House,
July–Oct 2008
Diplomat Hotel, shopping,
4 blocks to beach, pool,
Call: 612-220-2382
beautiful upstairs. “Bobby
BR, 1,000sf furnished and
wrap-around patio. Lots of Miami Bch Blue Diamondoceanfront Completely renovated 2BR/2BTH+Den. Lo Floor No agent necessary. Asking $729K. Please call 786-200-6900
New—tile floors, showers
newly renov, clean,. Available on May 9th – Dec 27th. Short term OK. Has
Call: 954-458-2280
everything you need and more. 954-224-9315 or
whwcz@att.net CONDO FOR SALE-
and a/c. close to shopping
FLORIDA
and houses of worship.
NEWLY RENOV FURN, 2
Seasonal Rentals, South Florida: Hemisphere 2/2, 15 condo furnished and
3 WALK-ON CLOSETS,
rental from $1800 per month.
Fountainbleau Hotel:
GRANITE FLRS, NEW TILE
Contact- Pepe & Martha
Miami Beach,
Night Club, large entertain-
FRLS, A/C. 55 GATED
Peña. 305-905-4392
ment area with outside bar.
Magnificent 850sq ft studio, sleeps 4. renting daily/weekly. Available
COMMUNITY, 2 POOLS,
www.oceandreamsrealty.com
MANY AMENITIES. WALK
Asking $85,000
House. New lrg 2 BR, 2
memberships, 2BR, 2 bth + den. 1750 sf wrap deck beaut f urn, upstrs unit. FSBO, 167.5K 516-650-2366 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
POMP: Palm Aire, 3/2
QUICK SALE. BY OWNER, $99K FIRM.
330 SE 2nd St, Gulfstream
305-877-6927
corner unit, 100% renovat-
bed, 1.5 bths, includes cable,
Florida Condo
pking, pool, close to library,
for sale Orlando
post office, race track. 55+ Community, $825/Mo, 1325 seas Neg. Call Richard 954-457-3862
ed w/ new open kitchen &
New 5 star resort, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bath townhouse.
Pesach. Call 201-836-
retail, office. 6675 Pembroke
sh shab. Short Term rentals.
Road, 800 or 1600 sq ft.
416-782-6791
9642 or email: steven-
schiefer@hotmail.com
$125/night.
Condo for rent Dadeland: 2/2 condo in Dadeland, 5th floor east $1800. 786-512-7068
asking $219,000.
Tiled, clubhouse, pool,
Gated 2 BR, 2 bth, condo,
954-675-7219
gym, Comm. Office, pets
Aventura/N. Miami. 3BR penthouse.Fully renov,furn.For seasonal/yr round rent.For photos or info call 718-217-4426
Pesach Rental in Miami FL
nice view/RED. Lowest in Bluffs
Miami Bch: Indian Creek,
$270k. Contact
King David Towers. Lux
561-746-6446
Apt, 2 BR, 2 bths, beaut beach view $2500
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.
Jerusalem: Private suite in
Kitch ware. Kosher &
Lev Yerushlayim: Renov 1
718-677-9825
amens. Avail 9/7-10/16, part or all. 937-304-4026
5 Star Ramada, sleeps up to 8, in/out pools $250/nite. Albert 514-803-8838
steps to pool, bch, kitchen, DR,
construction located along
incl all linen, applncs,
BR furn apt. Sleeps 4. All
Jupiter/ Ocean BluffsN:
in Florida
Contact 786-506-7895
ISRAEL
Chuck 908-874-7018
Palm Coast FL: New home
playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158
Road, busy shopping center
CONDO 2 BR/2 BA;
646-318-9265.
239-810-1806
L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard,
Winter rental and or
tile flrs throughout. Owner
For Rent or Sale
Coral. Contact Mr. Anulli
lux apt in 18 unit bldg.
ances. New tile bathrooms,
only.646-321-5177.
Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch,
Miami Area- Pembroke
view of the dadeland area
house,$875/mo.Yrly
KIryat GAT Near
S Fort Myers nr Cape
Shab elevator, shul in bldg.
Condo for sale FL
239-254-7633
For sale Israel
bldg, excellent location in
Jerus, central. New 4 BR
to Disney/universal.
LR, FL/R, Ldry/R titled porch,
Email: Arusi@zahav.net.il
Office for rent FL
Naples: TARPON BAY
239-777-4952 or
3 acres + 15000 sq ft
race 972-3-673-7330.
ksher kit-shabbat mode.
Condo for sale FL
Village (BOLD) 2BR, 2 Full
Fort Myers: Restaurant/
Lev Yerushalayim Hotel: 2 BRs, 2 bths, kitchen, ter-
Tudor Villa Realty
the beautiful towers of
OK $185K. Call:
732-367-9100
Time Share-Israel Lev Yerushalayim, 1 BR, sleeps 4 kitchenette, avail for sale 2/7/11-3/07/11, by month or weeks. 718-382-6923
bth w/ocean vu. New
kitchen cabinets & appli-
Boca Raton: Country
GLOBE REALTY
All Amenities, 5 minutes
granite counter tops. New
Baths,No Furn,2 pools, clbWinston 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
347-804-4666
Gardens: Fully furnished, 1
Tampa: 3 BR, 2Bth condo. 2nd floor , Built 2006 Clubhouse pool,$150k Nego. 813-390-5008
tal office $350,000
Excellent opportunity!
Miami Beach, Carriage
tennis courts both w/full
included, presently a den-
equipped. Min 3 months
MAINT. REDUCED FOR
2 prof golf courses & 21
Ave)- Building & property
BR, 2 BTH, LR/DR AREA,
TO SHULS, SHOP, LOW
Delray/ Gleneagles CC:
tion; Hwy 9 (Madison
CLOSED IN, SUN-ROOM,
special. Please call:
Condo/ Co-op, for sale, FL
9090
Lakewood prime loca-
9090
561-498-0468
short/ long term. Summer
Call: 718-661-1286
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale/Rent
FSBO. Asking $189,000.
for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. 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
2008- 3k/mo special rates
Comfortable, safe, dogs OK.
ready to move-in.
closets space. Updated kitchen w/granite counters.
center. Avial now December
Reasonably priced, nego-
trans and more. ALSO 1
BRs + Den, 2 full bths.,
worship, near pool, whirpool, Fitness & business
state of the art gym, pool.
Gleneagles C.C., Bright, Jones”…Vaulted ceilings, 2
718-677-9825
VILLA DREAM HOME Panoramic View of Jerusalem & Judean Hills Exquisite, 17 rooms, 600 Sq Meters, (6450 sq ft) On ¼ acre of pvt land. Designed by US Architect David Collins. 9BR, 7BTH, AC. Huge: Kit, DR, LR, Fam Room, Master BR Suite, Pvt Drvwy, Stunning Land & Gardens. 10 Mins to Yerushalayim. 30 mins to Bnei Brak Frum, Suburban Community of Teishe Stone. Asking $3mil US Dollars. Call toll free from US: 866-627-1810 / 011-972-50-445-9930. Email: brms123gmail.com
Israel RENT/SALEApartment for rent in Jerusalem. Holyland Complex-brand new 4 rooms. Call Shlomo. 845-323-6780
Nahalaot/ Rehavia Private house, extremely rare,15 rms Prking,elevator, garden, shelter 054-2382016 No5floor@gmail.com Jerusalem/ Rechavia: 2 BR, sleeps 5, 1st flr, $150/night. Shomer Shabbos. Kosher only. 2 nite min. Moshe 011-972-54-846-6404 or 914-419-2894
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
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